Lantai, Liu Xiu looked at the information transcribed by Yuan Hui and was full of praise. Yuan Hui is not only beautifully written, but also well-organized, and the source is indicated behind each piece of information, as well as other entries that can be consulted, so it can be said that this is a compilation of materials about the war in the mythical age of a considerable level.

"The knowledge of beauty, I think it's much stronger than that of ordinary doctors." Liu Xiu closed the information and stroked the thick and soft book cover. His movements were gentle, as if he was caressing his lover's face, and Yuan Hui's heart moved inexplicably, and then he blushed, hurriedly lowered his head, and said modestly: "Mr. has won the award." ”

"There is work, there is work." Liu Xiu stood up, took the information into his arms, looked at the long stone rooms on both sides, looked at it with envy for a moment, and suddenly said, "Miss Yuan, in fact, ...... With such good conditions, it is entirely possible for you to be a one-of-a-kind naturalist. ”

"Naturalist?" Yuan Hui tilted his head, revealing a little suspicion, and his flashing eyes showed an extremely pure look.

"That's it...... Collect the world's famous things, compile into a book, there are many rare things in the palace, and Lantai is a place to hide the secretary's strange things, which is a unique condition. Liu Xiu roughly explained the meaning of being a naturalist, and Yuan Hui's interest increased greatly, and he nodded frequently.

"Deran, are you teaching my little sister calligraphy again?" Yuan Shao stepped in from the outside with a smile on his face, and first arched his hand to Liu Xiu, and then saluted Yuan Hui. Yuan Hui hurriedly put away his smile, and then said with a smile: "Could it be that the eldest brother and Mr. came here together, I will prepare some tea, and you will have a good chat later, so that I can have a long experience." ”

Liu Xiu touched the information on his chest, and said in his heart, I said why is Yuan Hui so enthusiastic today, it turned out that Yuan Shao was coming. Yuan Shao went to see Cao Ying and test Cao Ying's mind, Cao Ying thought that the Northern Army was the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, and as long as the Son of Heaven ordered the Northern Army to go on the expedition, he would definitely obey the command and politely refused Yuan Shao's wooing. Although the current manpower of the Changshui Battalion is mainly Yuan Shao's subordinates, and now there are several military marquis who still claim to be the former officials of the Yuan family, but as long as Cao Ying refuses to bow to Yuan Shao, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to directly control the Changshui Battalion. Yuan Shao later asked Wang Kuang to pass the word, hoping to meet Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu refused because he was not available.

Now anyone can see it, but Yuan Shao can't see it, but I didn't expect Yuan Shao to give up, and finally blocked him in Lantai. In this case, it is not easy for Liu Xiu to turn around and leave, which does not seem natural enough.

"At the beginning, you were so busy, and you still had time to come to see your sister, it was really a brother-sister relationship, although the palace wall was high, it was not a constant love between flesh and blood." Liu Xiupi said with a smile, and turned around and sat on the chairman. Although this is Yuan Meiren's territory, he, as Mr. Yuan Meiren's painting, honestly and unceremoniously sat in the most distinguished seat.

Yuan Shao smiled indifferently, he felt that the more Liu Xiu cared about these at this time, the more it showed that he had an inferiority complex in his heart. He sat down calmly, straightened up, and had a calm and calm smile on his face.

"I just came from Your Majesty, and by Your Majesty's grace, let me come and see my little sister."

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yuan Shao, who could see the smugness under Yuan Shao's calm smile. Yes, he has the right to be proud, the Yuan family can stir the heartstrings of the entire Han with a slight pluck, which proves the strong strength accumulated by the Yuan family for generations, even if he is as expensive as the son of heaven, he can only suppress his anger in his heart, and dance to the rhythm of the Yuan family helplessly. And what he had planned for himself became Yuan Shao's spoils of war in the blink of an eye.

He didn't dare to offend the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven didn't dare to offend the Yuan family, and from this point alone, Yuan Shao was qualified to be proud.

This is not the end, though, but just the beginning. After several years of stubborn struggle with history, Liu Xiu already had enough knowledge of the powerful habitual surname of history, and since this was the case, he believed that the more brilliant Yuan Shao was now, the worse he would fall at that time, although he had not yet found enough evidence to prove it.

So he also smiled calmly, and nodded in an old-fashioned manner: "Your Majesty is kind to the Yuan family, and the Yuan family should also be loyal to Your Majesty, at the beginning, don't let Your Majesty down." ”

The corners of Yuan Shao's eyes twitched slightly, and he suddenly hesitated: "Deran, the Northern Expedition is not a trivial matter, this is a battle with the Xianbei people with national strength, and what I am seeking is the peace of the Han Dynasty for thirty years." You're a rare genius among young men, and if you can fight with me, the odds ......."

Liu Xiu raised his hand without thinking and interrupted Yuan Shao's words: "Originally, it was said that you were older than me, and now you are not my subordinate, I shouldn't have criticized you." But there are some things I have to say. If you don't say it, you will be disloyal to Your Majesty, and you will be insincere to the beginning, and if you are rude, please forgive me. ”

Yuan Shao's face stiffened, and he smiled wryly: "Please advise Deran." ”

"It's true that you are the commander of this Northern Expedition, but don't forget, this is not your Yuan family's war, this is the war of the Han Dynasty. In the end, it is Your Majesty who makes the decision, and it can only be Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants me to go on an expedition, even if it is to be your pawn, I will have no complaints. If you think that I can still lead the troops, then you should go and tell Your Majesty, instead of giving it to you privately. ”

Yuan Shao choked and let out a long sigh, his disappointment overflowing. He was silent for a moment, just as Yuan Hui came over with the palace maid holding the tea, and hurriedly greeted: "Drink tea and drink tea, since you have been in Northern Xinjiang with the adults ......" As soon as the word "adult" came out, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly changed his words: "...... After the Deran campaign, I also liked this tea. ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said nothing, took a sip of the ear cup, and shook his head: "The tea is good, the tea set is too bad, and the good tea is wasted in vain." ”

"What kind of tea set does Mr. think is suitable for drinking tea?"

"There are three." Liu Xiu raised his fingers and talked eloquently: "The best nature is glass, the tea leaves enter the water, the delicate is clear, you can appreciate and drink, and Si is the best." The second is the new white porcelain, the wall of the cup is almost transparent, the tea and the cup are good, and the tea is faintly visible in the cup. It is followed by purple sand, although the cup body is opaque, but it can keep the tea fragrance undefeated, if you meet the cup made by the master, it is also a pleasing thing to the eye. The rest of the celadons, ear cups, rhino horns, etc., are not suitable for tea......"

Liu Xiu talked about the advantages and disadvantages of the tea set with great interest, and deliberately did not let Yuan Shao speak. Yuan Shao wanted to pull him on the Northern Expedition, that is, he wanted to win him over to join the Yuan family. Ordinary people seem to be like the Yuan family now, but he just knows that the Yuan family is just cooking oil in the fire now, how can he throw himself into the net. He knew that there must be eyes and ears arranged by the Son of Heaven here, and he couldn't show a little bit of suspicion to the Son of Heaven, so Yuan Shao said it vaguely, but he simply and resolutely refused, and he solemnly stated that I only listen to the Son of Heaven, and the others please avoid opening their mouths.

Yuan Hui guessed the result from the disappointment in Yuan Shao's eyes, and hurriedly took advantage of Liu Xiu's topic to play a round: "Dare to ask sir, what is Zisha?" ”

"Purple sand is a special kind of mud, and the tea set made by burning this mud has a special beauty." Liu Xiu smiled mysteriously, got up to say goodbye, and walked away. He just said it casually, and now he remembered that the process of purple sand pot has not yet appeared, and he has some understanding of all aspects of the purple sand process, although he is not proficient, but in this era, especially for the artist Tianzi, this is a nirvana.

Looks like I have time to get some purple sand mud to have fun.

The Yuan brothers and sisters looked at each other in frustration and smiled dumbly. Their idea of wooing Liu Xiu failed again. The Yuan family has encountered this kind of stunned young man for so many years.

Yuan Hui lowered his head to drink tea, his lips touched the teacup, and suddenly said: "This person will be a trouble." ”

Yuan Shao nodded disapprerovingly: "It's just a small trouble." ”

"Not really." Yuan Hui took a sip of tea, slowly put down the teacup, turned around and took out a book that was exactly the same as the one in Liu Xiu's hand, but thicker: "You take this back and take a good look, Liu Xiu has been very interested in this recently, I suspect he has found some sharp weapon." ”

"Sharp weapons?" Yuan Shao took the book, flipped through it casually, and pouted: "This is not a street fight, with a sharper sword and sword, you can take advantage of it." Xuanyuan Sword, Chiyou Blade, Ah Hui, you won't believe that these so-called artifacts exist, right? ”

Yuan Hui didn't have a smile on his face at all, but glared at Yuan Shao very dissatisfied: "Is the artifact used for fighting?" That's the human heart. Big brother, you're looking more and more like a vain warrior now. ”

Yuan Shao was very embarrassed and a little unhappy, but in front of Yuan Hui, he couldn't show it, so he had to be silent.

Yuan Hui sighed secretly, and a trace of sadness rose to his eyebrows.

…… After about a month of quarrels, consultations, and reciprocal arguments, the plan for the Northern Expedition was basically drawn up, with Yuan Shao as the general of the expedition to the north, commanding the Wuhuan, Xiongnu and Qiang people and the border army in the three prefectures of Youji and Liang, with a total of between 50,000 and 60,000 people. Yuan Kui's opinion is to take Zang Min as the assassin of Liu Xiu on behalf of the state, and remove Liu Xiu from the post of general of Beizhonglang, and Zang Min led the merger army that originally belonged to Liu Xiu, together with Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, Zhou Hong, the commander of Liangzhou, Xia Yu, the captain of Wuhuan, Tian Yan, the general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, and Zhang Ze, the captain of the Huqiang and the border counties, to contain the east and west, break through the middle road, and go out of Yunzhong, Gaoliu, and Yanmen together, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Xianbei in the central part led by Tanshi Huai.

After the plan was reported, the Son of Heaven hesitated and never approved it. Yuan Kui, together with Taiwei Zhang Huan and Sikong Tang Zhen, questioned several times, and the Son of Heaven was forced to be helpless, so he had to issue an edict to agree to implement it.

The edict was written, and the Great Han Kingdom was moved.

Liu Xiu was unofficial at this time, but he was not idle, after more than a month of urgent work, the new house was finally completed, and the wedding was held as scheduled. The queen mother and the queen sent people to congratulate, the hussar general Dong Chong, the chariot general Song Feng personally attended, the three princes and the nine kings all appeared, the scale of which was no less than a court meeting, Luoyang's officials all knew that although Liu Xiu was excluded from the Northern Expedition, but his favor was undiminished, he did not dare to slack off, and rushed to cheer one by one, because there were too many people, and those with lower official positions could only sit outside, and they could not even see Liu Xiu's face.

Gifts were piled up and filled the long corridor, and the gifts from the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother, and the Empress were placed in the center, announcing the halo above Liu Xiu's head to everyone. An Quan was appointed as the family of Liu Xiuxin's mansion, looking at the golden gifts, An Quan's eyes were spent, and he was busy and enthusiastic.

Because Liu Xiu's parents are missing, Lu Zhi and his wife acted as his elders and came forward to receive the guests who came to congratulate, Liu Bei, as Liu Xiu's closest brother, took on the task of ushering in the send-off, and he led Zhang Fei and others to pay attention to every move around him for a moment. In terms of dealing with people, Liu Bei has innate ability, coupled with the disciple of the great Confucian Lu Zhi and the favored celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, he is now a well-known person in Luoyang's social circle. Although Liu Xiu's wedding was full of guests, Liu Bei still handled it easily and won praise from everyone.

At that time, the guests gradually dispersed, and the noisy mansion finally quieted down slowly, Cao Ying's face was flushed with alcohol, but he pulled Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He and others with undiminished interest to prevent them from leaving, he squeezed his eyebrows and said, I heard that Liu Xiu is studying the technique in the room, and this cave room today must be different, and we will go to the corner of the wall together.

Xiahou Yuan and the others also drank a lot, and when they heard this, of course they raised their hands in agreement, and even Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan, who usually don't talk much, joined in the excitement with great interest, discussing where to hide and listen to it when the time comes.

"You'll have to ask me about that." Cao Ying patted his chest and raised his eyebrows proudly: "Back then, Yuan Benchu and I once stole other people's brides, and I know best where to enter the new house." ”

"You've ever done anything like this?" Guan Yu came over and happened to hear Cao Ying's words, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. In his opinion, although Cao Ying is a descendant of eunuchs, he is more or less a child of a family, how can he do such a lack of morality.

"And, what is this, what is this little thing, it is much more excessive than us." Cao Ying is really drunk today, and he is a little unscrupulous, he talked about the fierce things he did when he was young, and even leaked the matter of forcing Xu Shao to give him a comment with a knife, if it wasn't for Xiahoudun pulling his sleeve violently, he didn't know how many secrets he would have to reveal.

"It's getting late, let's go." Cao Ying waved his hand and sneaked towards the back house with a group of guys who were also a little numb. I have to say that Cao Ying is indeed talented in this area, he actually bypassed the warning circle led by Xu Yu and touched the back wall of Liu Xiu's wedding room. Several people squatted down with each other and sat down against the corner, enduring the rising cold wind, pricking up their ears to listen to the sounds of the room.

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai sat shyly on the edge of the bed, her face was red by the candlelight, looking at the various dowries around her with joy, her eyebrows and eyes were full of spring, and she was a little anxiously waiting for Liu Xiu's arrival. There were too many guests here today, and her identity was too noble, Liu Xiu sent her into the cave room and had to go out to accompany the guests again, this time it was an hour, and she was so confused that if she hadn't followed her nurse to watch from the side since she was a child, she almost jumped up and scratched her hair.

The noise in the front yard gradually quieted down, but Liu Xiu still didn't show up, Princess Yang Zhai was anxious, and Cao Ying and the others outside the wall were also a little angry. It was already October, and the night wind was very cold, and they had just drunk a lot of wine, and many of them were so hot that they took off their coats, and they were so dizzy that they didn't remember to put on their coats first, and now they were blown by the wind, and they were shivering from the cold.

Cao Ying crossed his arms, glanced at others with the rest of his eyes, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he secretly wiped away the frozen snot with his sleeve, and muttered to himself in his heart. I heard Yuan Shao say that when they were fighting in northern Xinjiang, in order to march quickly, they didn't bring tents, each person brought a sleeping bag, and slept in the ice and snow, so they couldn't freeze to death?

However, Yuan Shao can survive that kind of hardship, he Cao Ying must be able to, but his Cao family's confidence is not as strong as Yuan Shao, after Yuan Shao has endured hardships, he has become a Luoyang scholar - no, it is a heroic difficulty in the minds of the entire Han scholars, and he has become a famous general in World War I, and this time he is expected to become the main general of the Northern Expedition, and he Cao Ying can only pick up Yuan Shao's tooth wisdom and be the captain of Changshui he has done, and he may soon have to follow Yuan Shao on the expedition and obey Yuan Shao's command.

I don't know if my answer at that time would make Yuan Shao suspicious. Cao Ying listened to the movement in the room and thought about it. He glanced at Xiahou Yuan and the others, and couldn't help but laugh secretly. Xiahou's family has been in decline for a long time, Xiahou Yuan is optimistic about Liu Xiu, and follows Liu Xiu with all his heart, even if Liu Xiu becomes an idler this time, he still does not change his original intention, and he doesn't know where he came from, he actually believes that Liu Xiu will definitely make a comeback. He didn't know that if he lost this time, the Han Dynasty would be doomed, and if he won, it would also be a victory for the Yuan family, and Liu Xiu would also be doomed.

"Bang" The door rang, and Cao Ying hurriedly raised his fingers and signaled everyone to silence. Everyone was full of energy and closed their mouths, but the forced smile on their faces looked like naughty children, and they couldn't be reminiscent of the word celebrity.

"Eldest Princess, I'...... I'm coming. Although the voice was vague, it was obviously Liu Xiu, probably because he had drunk too much wine and his tongue was a little big.

The eldest princess stood up and complained angrily: "Why do you drink like this?" He hurriedly beckoned someone to bring the decanting soup.

"Oh no, he was poured too much just now, he won't just sleep like this, right?" Xiahou Yuan said with annoyance.

Everyone looked at each other, and they were a little worried, and they were more energetic, and listened to all the sounds in the room.

"It's rude to let the eldest princess wait for a long time." Probably because the decanting soup had an effect, or maybe he was sober after washing his face, Liu Xiu's voice became much clearer.

"What are you talking about?" The eldest princess said angrily, "It's not early, let's rest early." ”

"The eldest princess can't wait." Cao Ying couldn't help but snicker silently.

"That is, the women and children of ordinary families are about to make soy sauce, and she is only married, so it's strange if she is not in a hurry." Xiahou Yuan also lowered his voice and said with a strange smile: "I've been hungry for more than ten years, and this time I must have enough to eat at once, and I don't know if the owner can bear it." ”

"Then it depends on whether this room in the room is really useful." Cao Ying also snickered.

There was an exclamation from the room, it was the voice of the eldest princess. "Husband, don't worry, take off your clothes first, cover yourself with a quilt, and don't catch a cold. After the concubine washes herself, she will come to serve her husband. ”

Cao Ying clenched his fists angrily and widened his eyes: "I didn't wash it for so much time just now, and I only washed it now?" ”

Xiahou Yuan and the others looked at each other, and then couldn't help but want to laugh. No wonder Cao Ying was angry, so he hurriedly covered their mouths, shaking his head again and again, signaling them not to make a sound.

There was a sound of rushing water in the house, and Cao Ying and the others looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh again. This is really rare, although I can't see it, but it is also a rare experience to hear the princess wash her body.

It was easy to wait for the eldest princess to finish washing, and then heard the sound of the eldest princess undressing and going to bed, the sound of taking care of the maids when they went out, the sound of the eldest princess murmuring, and Liu Xiu's unbridled bad laughter, just when everyone thought that the show was about to start, they heard a hurried knock on the door, and Hao Zhao's nervous and trembling voice suddenly sounded.

"My lord, I have a visitor."

Cao Ying almost scolded, what time is this, there are still guests visiting. Liu Xiu and the eldest princess in the room obviously also had this attitude, and before Liu Xiu could say anything, the eldest princess had already scolded him: "Let him come back tomorrow." ”

"Eldest princess......" Hao Zhao became more and more nervous, he hesitated for a moment, but did not leave, and continued: "My lord, this guest can't be seen, you better get up." ”

"Damn, who is so ignorant?" Liu Xiu signaled the eldest princess not to be angry, put on a piece of clothing randomly, strode to the door, opened the door suddenly, and was about to get angry, but when he saw a smiling face, he suddenly became dumbfounded, and the wine he drank one night turned into a cold sweat.

"You're in good shape." The visitor chuckled softly.

"Uh......" Liu Xiu's head crashed for a while, he didn't react, he lowered his head and looked at his almost ** body, and hurriedly covered it with pajamas. He was full of enthusiasm, ready to pick up his gun and get on the horse, and when he fought with the eldest princess of the royal sister for three hundred rounds, who would have thought that this extremely awesome guest would actually go straight to the bedroom, and he could see it through all of a sudden.

He looked at the very innocent Hao Zhao, sighed helplessly, and said in his heart that this cave room was ruined. "Bodao, go and turn up the fire in the study, boil tea, and get some snacks."

"Whoa." Hao Zhao was relieved and hurriedly led the guests to the study. The guest took two steps, looked back at Liu Xiu, and said jokingly: "Is half an hour enough?" ”

Liu Xiu was embarrassed, the guest laughed, turned around and left.

Cao Ying and the others sat outside the wall, confused, they didn't know what kind of guest was so powerful, they actually pulled Liu Xiu up from the marriage bed, left the eldest princess to guard the empty room alone, and accompanied him to drink tea. They looked at each other, and were hesitating whether to continue waiting, Zhang He got up and left. Cao Ying and the others saw it, and they also followed the flash people.

Guan Yu followed a few steps, approached Zhang He's side and asked, "Who, it's really not the right time." ”

"Who else can make the eldest princess so quiet?" Zhang He glanced at him and stretched out his finger to the top of his head.

Guan Yu was taken aback, gasped, and then became happy again, "So, we also have a chance to go on a northern expedition." ”

Cao Ying hurried two steps and laughed softly: "Yun Chang is such a hero, and the heavy armor is an invincible killing weapon, wouldn't it be a pity not to go on the Northern Expedition." ”

Guan Yu smiled, looking forward to himself. Cao Ying thought about it, and was also glad, thinking of the choice he made, he was quite complacent.

(To be continued)