Tiny ice particles fell on the eaves and hit the roof tiles with a crackling sound.

Standing outside the front door of the attic, Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, tilted his face slightly, and looked at the ice slag falling from the sky.

The dark gray clouds that converged in the sky finally turned into tiny ice slag and fell to the ground. The tiny ice particles fell to the ground, bouncing, and finally could not resist the gravitational pull of the ground, and threw themselves into the embrace of the earth, turning into a small wet imprint under the warmth of the ground temperature.

This is the first snow encountered by the army since the northern expedition. Fortunately, they broke through Handan two months ago and collected enough grain and grass from the surrounding areas to survive the winter, otherwise this snow alone would have made the soldiers suffer a lot.

"Your Royal Highness, it's really snowing...... Standing behind Liu Bian, just like Liu Bian, looking up at the sky slightly, Guan Qing said softly: "In the past, when Qing'er was a yellow scarf, the most hated thing was the snowy weather......

"Only when you are warm will you think about the artistic conception! If you are hungry and dressed in single clothes, who will have the leisure to enjoy the enchanting rivers and mountains covered in silver? With his hands behind his back, Liu Wei did not look back, but said softly: "The snow has just fallen, and it is all ice slag, not snowflakes." When the ice slag is exhausted and the snow falls, that's really beautiful......"

"Your Highness!" Looking up at the gray sky with Guan Qing, listening to the sound of ice slag hitting the roof, a Yulin guard ran quickly towards the attic.

Since the snow has just started, it is not snowflakes but ice slag that looks like raindrops, and the small ice particles fall to the ground and are quickly melted by the ground temperature. There was no white snow on the ground, just a little damp.

Yu Linwei, who ran over, was wearing a thick red winter coat, which was covered with hard cowhide armor, and as he ran, the red tassels on the helmet trembled, which was very good-looking.

"Your Royal Highness, Yuan Shao has already entered Handan and is waiting in the front hall......" When Liu Wei approached, Yu Linwei clasped his fists with both hands and bowed down to report to Liu Wei.

"Yuan Shao entered Handan?" After listening to Yu Linwei's presentation, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment and asked him, "Why hasn't this king received the news?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, Yuan Shao is here, but he is a light car, and the brigade guards are only slowing down as suspicious soldiers." Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Yu Linwei said to Liu Wei: "Even the two brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang only knew that he had entered the city!" ”

"Tell me to go down, prepare some hot food and good wine, and light a pot of charcoal fire in the flower pavilion in the backyard, and this king will feast in the flower pavilion later!" After a slight sigh, Liu Wei waved his hand at that Yu Lin Wei and commanded.

When Yu Linwei answered, turned around and ran quickly, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Guan Qing who was standing behind him: "Qing'er will go with this king to meet Yuan Benchu." ”

"No!" Guan Qing responded with a fist clenched, and when Liu Wei raised his feet and walked to the front yard, he followed him closely.

A burly man who looked to be about forty years old, wearing gold scale armor and a mink fur hat, was standing on the side of the stairs under the main hall in the front courtyard of the official mansion, looking forward to the entrance of the back garden.

Behind this big man, there were not only brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang standing in military uniforms, but also a young general who was about twenty-two or three years old and looked slightly older than Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

The young general is not as dignified as Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, and he looks like a teenager when he takes off his uniform. He has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, holding a paper umbrella in his hand, covering the ice slag falling in the air for the middle-aged man in front of him.

The ice slag knocked on the paper umbrella, and with the incessant sound of "popping", the yellow umbrella surface was soon smeared with a thick layer of white velvet.

"Father, Your Highness is here!" When Liu Wei and Guan Qing appeared at the entrance of the back garden, Yuan Xi, who was standing behind the middle-aged man and the little general with an umbrella, stepped forward and reminded the middle-aged man with his fists.

This middle-aged man is none other than Yuan Shao, who has been instigating Liu Wei to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Seeing Liu Biao leading Guan Qing out of the small gate of the back garden, Yuan Shao's Adam's apple moved twice, and there were crystal tears in his eye sockets, and he walked over to Liu Bian quickly.

The young general holding the umbrella wanted to follow, but Yuan Xi on the side hurriedly shook his head at him. Only then did he put away the paper umbrella and handed it to a personal soldier behind him, standing upright with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang against the falling ice slag.

Because it was already winter, Gongsun Zhan's army was temporarily stationed in the northeast of Jizhou, and the fighting between the two sides stopped for a while, Yuan Shao settled the front defense, and then led his eldest son Yuan Tan Xingye to Handan.

It was his eldest son Yuan Tan who held the umbrella for Yuan Shao. Among the brothers, Yuan Tan is the most courageous, and he has always taken the lead in charging into battle, which is very different from his two brothers who are good at planning.

The brothers stood at the foot of the steps, watching Yuan Shao trot towards Liu Wei.

Liu Wei, who had just come out of the back garden, had never seen Yuan Shao since he came to this era. But the remnants of the real Liu Wei in his mind were recognizable to the sturdy middle-aged man in mink fur in front of him!

"Your Majesty!" Walking quickly to a place only five or six steps away from Liu Bian, Yuan Shao stopped, clasped his fists with both hands, bent his legs, and knelt on the already very wet ground with a "poof", not caring about the knee being leaked out of a water stain, Yuan Shao leaned over and made a five-body bow to Liu Bian, while lying down, he also choked and shouted to Liu Bian: "His Majesty was trapped in Luoyang back then, and his subordinates failed to break Dong Zhuo, which really deserved death!" ”

As he spoke, Yuan Shao was already howling in pain, fell to the ground, and cried.

Seeing this scene, the three Yuan brothers who were standing far away also had tears in their eyes. Judging from Yuan Shao's weeping and the irrepressible tears of the three brothers, no one would doubt Yuan's loyalty to the Han court.

Seeing Yuan Shao kneeling on the ground, Liu Wei stepped forward quickly, supported Yuan Shao's armpits with both hands, and helped him up.

was hugged by Liu Wei and stood up, looking at Liu Wei who was standing in front of him with tears in his eyes, who was already much more mature than the little emperor he had seen in the past. Two lines of turbid tears poured out of Yuan Shao's eye sockets in an instant, and his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but his throat was like a ball of cotton, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make half a note.

"Primordial!" Holding Yuan Shao's arms with both hands, Liu Wei looked at Yuan Shao from head to toe, with a thick smile on his face, and said to Yuan Shao: "You and I meet each other, we are both leaders, how can we make such a little daughter's posture?" ”

Slightly ashamed of Liu Wei's words, Yuan Shao raised his hand to wipe the tears that flowed down his cheeks, smiled and said: "Your Majesty never thought that in your lifetime, you would actually see Your Majesty!" ”

"Now I am the king of Luoyang, and the word 'Your Majesty' cannot bear it!" Holding Yuan Shao's arms, looking at his face that was not pretentious at all and resolute, Liu Wei was also inexplicably moved in his heart, and gently patted Yuan Shao's arm with one hand, and said to Yuan Shao: "In the future, I just need to call this king 'His Royal Highness'!" ”

"Your Majesty has an order, Shao doesn't dare to disobey!" Yuan Shao lowered his head slightly, his face showed endless annoyance, and he said to Liu Wei very reluctantly: "It's just that in this world, Dong Zhuo usurped it from His Majesty, and if Shao changed his title, Shao ...... in his heart."

"Nothing!" Supporting Yuan Shao, Liu Wei kept a smile on his face, looked at Yuan Shao's eyes, and then said: "After all, the world belongs to the Han family, and it doesn't matter whether His Majesty is the emperor or the emperor is the emperor today......

"!" Liu Bian's words obviously touched Yuan Shao's most sensitive nerve, and he didn't care about his identity, Yuan Shao glared at him and said to Liu Bian: "Have you ever thought that if the world is decided, the people of the court will no longer need Your Majesty, and who will be the one who will suffer in the end?" Don't take away the country under Your Majesty, sit as safe as Mount Tai, Your Majesty now has the strength to regain the throne, how can you be willing to cut wedding dresses for others? If Your Majesty has this thought, Shao categorically refuses to accept it! ”

Yuan Shao said this, Liu Wei has long been thinking in his heart, but he knows very well that whether he is the emperor or not determines whether the Han Dynasty will divide into two camps.

Although Luoyang and Chang'an have nothing to do with each other at the moment, Li Dao and Guo Yan occupy Chang'an, and Liu Wei has not sent a single soldier to Qinwang. But nominally, there is still only one court in the world. If he really claims to be the emperor, his courtiers who are loyal to him like Yuan Shao will definitely be out of the control of Chang'an, and although Liu Xie is a puppet, many heroes who want to use this puppet to get more benefits will set up another camp, and the two sides will attack, and they will be ready to fly.

The destruction of life is a foregone conclusion, and Liu Wei has no time to think about it. But there is chaos in the chaos, but Liu Wei doesn't think that he has the ability to control it now.

What cannot be controlled, only for the time being, let it not happen for the time being, at least until the grasp that can be controlled is more sufficient, the world should not be more chaotic!

"There are some things, let's discuss them later!" Knowing that if he continued, Yuan Shao would definitely hold on to this matter, Liu Wei maintained a thick smile on his face, and said to Yuan Shao: "This king has prepared some wine and food in the flower pavilion in the back garden, and today the two of us will not enter the main hall, only go to the flower pavilion to enjoy the snow and drink, and talk about the world?" ”

Liu Wei said that he couldn't go out of the main hall, Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood, Liu Wei wanted to inform the world that in Liu Bian's eyes, he Yuan Shao was like his own family, and a warm feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and he hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty's orders, how dare your subordinates disobey?" ”

"Primordial, please!" Letting go of the hands holding Yuan Shao's arms, Liu Wei stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Yuan Shao.

"Your Majesty, please!" Yuan Shao still refused to change his title, and still called Liu Biao "Your Majesty", after Liu Biao withdrew and stood aside, he also made a gesture of please, and said to Liu Bian: "Please Your Majesty first!" ”

Yuan Shao was born in the family of the Three Princes, and Liu Wei knew that in his thinking, respect for the humble and the humble was deeply rooted. If Liu Wei didn't take a step first, Yuan Shao, who was a Hanchen, would definitely not go ahead of him, so Liu Wei didn't make any more polite gestures, reached out to take Yuan Shao's hand, turned around and walked towards the back garden.

The hand was held by Liu Wei, Yuan Shao's heart "chuckled", and a more intense wave of emotion and pride hit his heart fiercely.

Liu Wei and Yuan Shao entered the backyard hand in hand, and Guan Qing, who had been standing behind Liu Wei, also turned around and followed closely behind the two.

The Yuan brothers standing on the side of the steps glanced at each other, and Yuan Tan ordered the guards behind him: "You wait here, don't move around without permission." ”

When the guards responded, the Yuan brothers quickly caught up, followed Guan Qing, and entered the back garden of the official mansion.