Liu Bang is now the Marquis of Juchao, and Juchao County in Lujiang County is his fief. However, through several wars, Liu Xin had already recovered all the fiefs of all the Han clan relatives in his jurisdiction. From now on, no matter what the title, you will no longer have a fief, but can only receive a certain amount of money according to the level of the title.

In other words, after Liu Bang was renamed Changle Hou, he no longer had his own fief, but could only receive Yulu on a monthly basis. What is Joy? Those who are content are always happy. Liu Xin wants to crown Liu Bang as Changle Hou, which is to remind him that he should be content.

Fu Zhu is a smart person, and he immediately understood, and said with a smile: "This is the first marquis of the lord's title, and he should indeed be content." ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "The world is unpredictable, I'm afraid that some people don't know how to be satisfied!" ”

In the corner of the campsite, Liu Bei fed the war horses alone outside the tent, looking up from time to time to observe the surroundings. He originally wanted to share a tent with Liu Bang, but suddenly two guards came and took Liu Bang away. However, Liu Bei was not in a hurry, he believed that after arriving in Xiangyang, he would have a lot of time and opportunities to get close to Liu Bang.

After a day's journey today, Liu Bei didn't feel very tired, he already knew that it was because the horse he was riding was equipped with stirrups. And when he was feeding the horse himself, the careful Liu Bei made a new discovery, and the horse's four hooves were nailed with iron palms. Liu Bei gasped, no wonder Liu Xin's cavalry was invincible, it turned out that there were so many new things on a horse alone. Liu Bei quietly wrote down all of these for his own use in the future.

At dawn, the team continued to hurry, and Liu Bei still shared a war horse with Liu Bang. Today, however, there were a few more capable knights around him, almost inseparable from them. Liu Bei knew very well that these people were the guards sent by Liu Xin on the surface, but in their bones, they were the eyes and ears who watched him.

In the evening, two figures flashed into Liu Xin's tent, and retreated a moment later. Liu Xin muttered to himself: "Hmph, what a Liu Bei, I see how long you have to pretend!" ”

Until he arrived in Xiangyang, Liu Bei didn't say anything out of line to Liu Bang, but just seriously taught him how to control the war horse. It's a pity that Liu Bang was born short and fat, and his body coordination was too poor, Liu Bei spent a lot of effort, and Liu Bang still couldn't learn to ride a horse by himself after all.

Standing under the magnificent Xiangyang City, looking at the wide moat in front of them and the stone bridge like a long snake, Liu Xin, Zhang He and others all had a feeling of being home, even Zhang Fei, who has always been reckless, thought that he would see his wife and young son immediately, and his heart couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth. Guan Yu's face was full of shock, he was a tiger general who had been in battle for a long time, and he could see at a glance that Xiangyang City was impregnable, such a city, even if he was given 100,000 elite soldiers, he would not be able to take it for a year and a half. But Liu Bei's mood is much more complicated, his eyes are flickering, full of envy, jealousy and hatred, if he can have such a city as a foundation, why can't he break out of the world!

This is the east gate of Xiangyang City, Dongcheng District is inhabited by dignitaries, ordinary people will not enter and exit from here, and the city gate looks a little deserted. However, the guards at the city gate were all elite soldiers of a hundred battles, and the bursts of murderous aura emanating from their bodies made Liu Bang shudder.

At the city gate, a team of civil and military hurriedly greeted him, the first one had a scorched face, and carried a pair of big iron halberds under his ribs, it was Dian Wei, followed by Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Wen Ping and other civil and military officials. Everyone came to Liu Xin and said together: "Welcome to the lord (big brother)!" ”

Liu Xin laughed, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, go into the city!" ”

Liu Bei's eyes searched the crowd and did not find Zhao Yun. He has the ability to recognize people, and the first time he saw Zhao Yun in Luoyang, he knew that this person was a loyal and brave general, and he wanted to take it for his own use, but he failed to succeed. However, he can also see that none of these civil and military forces in front of him are simple, if these people can be used by him, peace in the world is just around the corner. However, seeing that these people were loyal to Liu Xin, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Dian Wei and the others had just heard the news of Liu Xin's return, so they hurried to the city gate to greet them. After entering the east gate, Guo Jia, Chen Gong, and Wen Ping retired one after another, they all had their own duties, and they all knew that Liu Xin didn't like these false texts, so they should pass the scene. To Liu Bei's surprise, Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Xu Chu and others all had their own mansions in Xiangyang City, and after entering the city, they actually said goodbye to Liu Xin one by one and went home.

As a result, only Dian Wei, who succeeded Xu Chu as a guard, Tian Feng, who presided over the ministry, and Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Liu Bang, who had no residence in Xiangyang City, were left with Liu Xin.

Liu Xin jumped off the horse, threw the reins to the guards beside him, and said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, Xuande and their residences have been arranged?" ”

Tian Feng arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, the three mansions have been cleaned, and the guards, slaves, maids and a set of tools are all ready. ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Then please ask Mr. Yuan Hao to arrange for Xuande and Liu Bang to stay, Yun Chang, you go back to the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion with me, there is a surprise for you." ”

Tian Feng hesitated: "Dare to ask the lord, do you want to take Liu Bang Gongzi back to meet his wife first?" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No need. The days to come will be long. ”

Tian Feng is also a human spirit, and he has already seen some clues from Liu Xin's attitude, so he smiled, and retreated with Liu Bei and Liu Bang.

Approaching the door of the state pastor's mansion, suddenly, a beautiful young woman rushed over with a skirt in both hands, threw herself into Liu Xin's arms, beat his chest hard, and said angrily: "You die Liu Xin, you said that you would return in two months at most, but you have been gone for nearly half a year, isn't it ......?"

Looking at the entire Jingzhou, those who dare to call Liu Xin by name to his face can't find a second person except Ma Yun. Liu Xin smiled awkwardly and comforted, "Aren't I coming back?" Besides, there are outsiders here, so save my face. ”

"Hmph, turn around, don't look at it!" Ma Yun raised his head and yelled at Dian Wei and the guards, and suddenly saw Guan Yu and Cao Hui and Du Xiuniang behind him, with a smile on his face, nodded towards Guan Yu, and said, "This must be General Guan, my lord often mentions you in his letters." ”

In fact, Ma Yun had long known that Liu Xin was going to bring Guan Yu's family into the mansion today, and when she heard Liu Xin say that there were outsiders here, she naturally guessed it. Moreover, even if she didn't know that Guan Yu was coming, she could guess who this tall man was when she saw the iconic red face and long beard.

To tell the truth, Guan Yu and Liu Bei have been together for a long time, and the idea of male superiority and female inferiority has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and he is not too interested in Ma Yun's style, so he subconsciously turned his head to look elsewhere. But seeing that Dian Wei was just grinning with a big mouth, all the relatives and guards were also expressionless, and even the veiled woman who had been following Liu Xin's side only blinked her big good-looking eyes, as if she was not smiling, obviously such a situation had long been commonplace for them.

However, hearing Ma Yun take the initiative to greet him, Guan Yu still hugged his fists very politely and said, "The last general will meet Madame!" ”

Ma Yun waved her hand, but walked past Guan Yu, came to Cao Hui and Du Xiuniang, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "These two must be Mrs. Guan?" Sure enough, she was born with a beautiful face and a good pair of beauties. ”

Cao Hui and Du Xiuniang hurriedly saluted, but were stopped by Ma Yun and said, "Mrs. Guan doesn't have to be polite, be careful of the fetal gas." ”

Mink Chan stepped forward at this time, squeezed her eyes at Ma Yun and said, "Sister, my sister's trip to Jiangnan has finally fulfilled her mission......

"Hehe, my sister has worked hard all the way. Let's go inside and tell the sisters about the interesting things about Jiangnan. Ma Yun snorted, glanced at Du Xiuniang, who had the beauty of the country and the city, and said, "My lord and General Guan still have important matters to discuss, so the two ladies might as well go into the mansion with me to rest for a while." ”

Cao Hui and Du Xiuniang knew that the status of the woman in front of them in the state pastoral mansion was not low, so they didn't dare to shirk at the moment, and followed Ma Yun into the mansion through the side door.

Guan Yu frowned, and arched his hand and said: "This lady of the lord is bold and does not lose to men, it's just, it's just ......"

Liu Xin was still thinking about what Diao Chan just said about not dishonoring her mission, and when she heard Guan Yu say half of what she said, she couldn't continue, and couldn't help laughing: "Yun Chang wants to say that my lady is a little tough, right?" In fact, she is not the most powerful, there is another one in my house who is more powerful than her, Lu Bu was injured by the two of them back then. Who says women are inferior to men? Yun Chang shouldn't underestimate women. ”

Guan Yu really looked down on women, but when he heard that Ma Yun and Liu Xin's other wife teamed up to hurt Lu Bu, they couldn't help but be in awe.

Liu Xin patted Guan Yu on the shoulder and said, "Don't be stunned, let's go, I have a surprise to tell you later." ”

Coming to the hall of the State Pastoral Mansion, Liu Xin and Guan Yu sat down as guests, and Dian Wei had already taken over the duties of Xu Chu's guard, standing beside Liu Xin with the pair of big iron halberds. The two little maids brought tea, Guan Yu thanked him, and before he could ask Liu Xin what the surprise was, he saw a teenager rushing in outside the door.

The young man was born with a tiger's brain, carrying a small cloth bag on his back, and went straight to Liu Xin, and shouted crisply: "Dad, you are back, you want to die Yu'er." ”

Liu Xin grabbed the young man's hand and said, "Yu'er, why don't you study hard in the academy, what are you doing when you come back at this time?" Don't you want to skip school? ”

That young man is naturally Liu Xin's real eldest son, Liu Yu.

Liu Yu patted his chest and said, "Dad, don't worry, Yu'er will never skip school." In the days when you are not at home, Yu'er's homework does not dare to fall behind in the slightest, and Yu'er is much more proficient in the boxing techniques you teach. ”

Guan Yu had seen Liu Bang, if he was to choose, he would prefer the young man in front of him, and couldn't help asking: "Lord, this must be the second son, right?" ”

His eldest son was demoted to the second son at once, Liu Xin had a strange look on his face, patted Liu Yu on the shoulder, and said, "Yu'er, I haven't seen General Guan soon." ”

Liu Yu bowed to Guan Yu and said, "Uncle Long Beard is good." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this nondescript title. Guan Yu looked at this young man full of vitality, but his eyes were red.