For several days, Liu Bang and Pei County's fathers feasted and drank joy, and the banquet in Pei Palace was never withdrawn. The noise of the day dissipated for a long time, and Liu Bang couldn't sleep after late night. Decades ago, he had nothing to raise troops from Pei County to fight against Qin, and finally became the supreme emperor, for which the world has been in war for many years, the people have been displaced, the population has plummeted, and all industries have been depressed, and Liu Bang inherited the tattered mess of the first emperor. When he ascended the throne, he rebelled against several people and Zang Di, and then he was assassinated by Gao Xing, Chen Feng rebelled, Han Xin rebelled, Peng Yue was disloyal, and Huang Bu raised troops, almost every year, Liu Bang was tired physically and even more tired. Liu Bang understood that to grasp the imperial power and take charge of the hard-won country of the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to think about how to calm the hearts of the people, how to enrich the country and strengthen the army, how to prevent and reduce rebellions, how to make the princes of the world have absolute centripetal force towards the Han family, and more importantly, to carefully check and verify who is a qualified and competent person to succeed the supreme imperial power. Now, the people who once followed him to fight the world have rebelled against him and betrayed him, and the former intimacy is gone, only today's swords and swords face each other, even if they chase a thousand miles away, they must take their heads without any mercy.

Liu Bang was completely sleepless, looking at the bright moon in front of the independent door in his coat in a daze, lingering in his mind Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Han Xin, Peng Yue and Huang Bu and other heroes and generals fought with him, but now they have to put down the rebellion of some of them one by one. Liu Bang was upset, as if there were more silver threads on his sideburns, and there were a few more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but in the old eyes that were originally deep and wise, there were more of the exhaustion and vicissitudes of the old man after the years and the loneliness of losing everyone's respect. Liu Bang leaned against the door and sighed, as if Xiao He's virtuous figure of serving the people appeared in front of him, as if Zhang Liang gave advice to him, and then lived quietly and traveled with red pine nuts, as if he appeared in the magnificent picture of worshipping the general and sealing Han Xin as the general.

"Twelve years." Liu Bang looked up at the bright moon and sighed meaningfully, "Ande warriors guard the land of Kyushu?" ”

The next day, Peigong was lively again, and everyone welcomed Liu Bang to his seat. A few days ago, Liu Bang had instructed the county magistrate of Pei County to summon one hundred and twenty Peizhong children, and today the county magistrate summoned all of them to Liu Bang to listen to the order. Liu Bang saw that all the children in the former Pei Xiaoxiao had grown into strong and heroic young men, and he couldn't help laughing, and asked the young people in the township to get up. The county order shows the music officer, and the music officer sings happily; The county magistrate also looked at the teenagers, and the teenagers lined up and danced mightily and bravely. Liu Bang drank and happily beat the beat, when the wine was strong, his heart was even more stunned, the musician played the king's victory song, no one knew the emperor's inner melancholy at this time. 'Bang-', Liu Bang clapped his hands, the singing stopped abruptly, and the magnificent dance stopped, and everyone looked at the emperor in shock. Liu Bang laughed a few times, got up and walked to the one hundred and twenty young man, and said, "Suddenly I was interested, and there was a song of the Three Marquis Chapter in my chest, I will teach you, okay?" The young men looked at each other for a moment, and then replied without hesitation, "Wow-". Liu Bang nodded with a smile, cleared his throat and moistened his throat, and then took the Zhu Lai of the music official to knock it, and sang majestically and brightly, "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet-" As soon as the words fell, Liu Bang's originally smiling eyes gradually became lonely and lost, and the singing voice gradually became less enthusiastic and not very majestic, as if a sense of dissipation after being extracted from the essence. But no one cared about the loneliness and melancholy in the emperor's heart, quietly listened to the emperor's song, and silently remembered this song of the proud king.

One hundred and twenty teenagers sang this song of the Three Marquis with the emperor, and the elders of Peizhong were also smiling, immersed in the emperor's pride on the surface. The teenagers sang and danced, so cheerful and lively, Peizhong father and elder is even more happy to drink, immersed in the silver and gold wine, when the wine is prosperous, they all hold the wine bottle to respect the emperor, "Your Majesty is happy for a long time, and it will last forever." Liu Bang smiled perfunctorily and politely and refreshingly drank it all, and suddenly felt a drop of bitter something dripping from the corner of his eye, it was a tear, Liu Bang leaned on the couch and closed his eyes to rest, at this time the Hebei Chen Fan Rebellion has not been pacified, and Huainan's Tu Bu has not been pacified, these two people used to be his favorite generals, and now they are not compatible with his life and death. At this moment, no one cared about the emperor, but Liu Bang could only calm down, and the noisy sound outside his ears could not disturb him. Liu Bang stroked his chest, the arrow shot by Duo Bu almost killed him, but imagine how much Duo Bu hated him, this arrow was not more than two centimeters away from the arrow shot by Xiang Yu, Liu Bang knew that his body was getting weaker and weaker, and how long he could not leave him.

"Changle Weiyang, eternal eternity?" Liu Bang smiled bitterly. While Fang Jing was thinking about it, a white-haired old woman approached Liu Bang's side and asked Liu Bang lovingly and kindly, "Your Majesty, do you remember the old woman?" Liu Bang opened his eyes and was stunned, and after a long time of careful investigation, the old woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes, her hair was loose, her temples were white, and her face was much older and yellow, and the corners of her eyes were full of wrinkles, and there was nothing but love in those cloudy old eyes. Liu Bang asked tentatively, "Yes...... Is it the royal lady who used to drink on credit from you when she was young? The old woman smiled lovingly, "It's the old woman." The old woman looked at Liu Bang from top to bottom for a long time, and the person in front of her was richly dressed, with a black and red imperial dress, a vigorous flying dragon pattern on his chest, his face was more moist, and his head was tied with a dragon-shaped high bow. The old woman sighed, "It's changed. Liu Bang invited the old woman to sit down, and asked with a smile, "Time has changed, who can not change?" Is life good? The old woman said, "It's better than Qin Shi." Liu Bang nodded faintly, and the old woman looked at Liu Bang's expression carefully and asked, "How is Auntie?" Fat and thin? How tall has that little Liu Ying grown in your family? The poor old woman will never see Grandma and Little Liu Ying again. Liu Bang was silent for a while and said, "It's all good." Saying this, Liu Bang was angry, and when he mentioned Liu Ying, he became angry, and told himself that if Liu Ying was not incompetent, how could he lead the troops to the battle, and how could he be shot by Di Bu? Thinking of this, Liu Bang suppressed the fire in his heart, but secretly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and wanted to return to Guanzhong, so he immediately deposed the prince and set up King Zhao, no matter who advised, it was useless.

Fang said, but Peizhong's father and the one hundred and twenty teenagers sang in unison, "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet-" The voice moved Yun Han. Liu Bang picked up the old woman and beat the beat, but she was all sentimental, and tears flowed. Liu Bang comforted Peizhong's father a little and said, "The wanderer is sad about his hometown. Although I live in Guanzhong, after ten thousand years, my soul will still return to my hometown. In the past, Liu Ji won the world with Pei County's army, and since then, Peidi has been Tang Muyi for me, and the people of Peidi are exempt from forced labor, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court for generations. "The elders of Pei County all applauded. For more than ten consecutive days, the elders of Pei County and the emperor drank and feasted, telling interesting stories about the emperor when he was young, and bursts of laughter dispersed into the sky of Pei County. On the idle day, Liu Bang ordered Liu Fei to handle the relocation and burial of his mother, Mrs. Cao. In the next few days, the ministers advised the emperor that the daily use of the army was huge, and it was not appropriate to stay in Pei County for a long time, increasing the burden of supply for the people. The next day, Liu Bang said goodbye to his father in Pei County. The father and the common people wept and wanted to keep the emperor. Liu Bang was also reluctant, saying, "There are a lot of people, and the supply of the elders is quite heavy, so we need to go." "The father held on again. Liu Bang pedaled the car and waved goodbye, but the elders of Pei County unanimously sent him to the western suburbs of the county. Chen Ping told the emperor about his father and his soldiers with his soldiers, Liu Bang lifted the curtain to look at it, the car was dusty a mile away, and the father and old man of Pei County chased quickly with a bamboo basket, and Liu Bang hurriedly ordered Xiahou Ying to stop. Liu Bang got out of the car, followed the villagers of Pei County from afar, and saw that the villagers were running out of breath, Liu Bang was very moved, and he gave a heavy hand to the villagers from afar. Pei county fathers and elders chased after one after another, scrambling to grab the first and then happily stuffed the things in their hands to the emperor, not long after, Liu Bang has been surrounded by bamboo baskets and various people's specialties, Liu Bang also hung two sausages in his hands. But the father looked at him happily. Liu Bang immediately ordered the army to move forward for the time being, and held a banquet in the western suburbs of the county to invite the villagers for three days. Some of the fathers and elders thought that the emperor had been running around in Fengpei County since he was a child, and Feng County was the emperor's second hometown, and now only the people of Pei County were exempted from forced labor, and they were afraid that the emperor had forgotten Feng County. Many fathers and elders advised the emperor, "Pei County has been exempted from servitude by the emperor's grace, and Feng County has not yet been completed, may Your Majesty be gracious to Feng County." Liu Bang was silent for a long time, and said, "Feng County, where I grew up, I dare not forget, because Yongya betrayed me and surrendered to Wei, and the people attached themselves to me, so I didn't give favor." "Even so, Fengyi is like the land of His Majesty's parents, why should the son hate his parents? In addition, there are many famous elders in Fengyi, why doesn't Your Majesty give you grace here, and win the hearts of the people. Liu Bang thought about it again and again, and felt that what everyone said was reasonable, so he asked Fengyi Bienpei County, Pei County's fathers and elders to kneel down again to thank Liu Bang and help them up one by one.

Bidding farewell to his father, Liu Bang led his army back to Beijing, and after walking a short distance, he suddenly flew to the south and rode on, followed by Chen Ping. But it was the messenger from Changsha who came to report that Tu Bu had died in Fanyang. Chen Ping told Liu Bang the news, and Liu Bang was happy and sighed, and the joy and sigh were that Duo Bu also died like Han Xin and Peng Yue. It turned out that after Guan Ying defeated the fat general of Tu Bu, he led his troops to pursue Di Bu, and met Shen Tu Jia on the road, and Shen Tu Jia and Guan Ying pursued Tu Bu together. The two led the army south to Taoshui together, and met more than 1,000 people led by the Dubu Duwei, and the two sides did not wait for a conversation to each send a general to fight, and Guan Ying and Shen Tujia defeated the soldiers led by the Duwei, so far, the Dubu army was completely dispersed. Di Buzi and his relatives rushed to the five people to dodge, and on the way they met his brother-in-law Wu Chen leading the army. It turned out that the wife of Dubu was the daughter of Wu Rui, the former king of Changsha. When he met Wu Chen today, Di Bu had nothing to worry about, thinking that Wu Chen had come to pick him up, he was all happy, and he stepped forward to talk to him, telling him the truth about his defeat, and Wu Chen and others all wept. Wu Chen said that he had learned about his brother-in-law's army from his little sister, and said that since he was a family of in-laws, he had no intention of helping each other, and said that he was willing to go into exile with Dui Bu and others. When Di Bu returned to his tent, one of his subordinates admonished, "May the king not believe the words of the king of Changsha, how could Wu Chen abandon the throne and follow a traitor?" He was immediately furious and wanted to behead this man, but the people would stop him. Tu Bu pointed at this person and scolded, "I know that the king of Changsha is a person, and if you dare to speak ill of him, you will never forgive." All the generals did not dare to speak, and they all retreated. Someone knew that he had no more momentum, so he left him that night and fell into the mountains and forests. The next day, Wu Chen invited Duo Bu and others to have a full meal and went on the road, and when they ran all the way to Fanyang, it was already dark. After eating at the farmhouse, they went back to their houses to rest. He was asleep and dreaming, but a strong man in black came into the room, and the flash of the sword alarmed him, and he exclaimed, "Who killed me?" "The emperor killed you." Before he could finish speaking, he was immediately hacked to death by the black-clothed strong man halfway through his up, and blood flowed all over the ground. It turned out that this strong man was the first fierce general Dao Pavilion under Wu Chen's account, and Liu wrote a letter that day, exerting pressure on Wu Chen, so that he could not help the cloth, and if he helped him to oppose the Han, he would slaughter the clan and its fiefdoms; If they do not help the cloth and contribute to the Han family, the people of the fief will be exempted from three years of forced labor, and the king will not have to send people to Beijing for three years to make a pilgrimage, nor will he have to pay tribute. Seeing Han Xin, Peng Yue, Chen Feng and others rebelling and dying and destroying the country, Wu Chen did not dare to raise troops, and wanted to compromise to protect a place in Changsha. There is also the prime minister of Changsha State, Li Cang, who persuaded Wu Chendao, "The Han family is heavy, and the cloth is light." lost the Han family, and died and the country was destroyed; lost the cloth, and the people set the king's peace. Stability in the world is the trend, and punishment of injustice is everyone's wish. And His Majesty sent this letter, just to read the king's loyalty and treachery, and the king's plan. Wu Chen thought about it again and again, according to what Li Cang said, lured Huang Bu to Fanyang, and sent a knife pavilion to kill him. In order to invite merit, Wu Chen urgently sent an envoy to see Liu Bang. When Liu Bang heard this, he praised Wu Chen for being a loyal minister, and ordered the envoy to bring it back in a hurry that night, as he said before, to avoid forced labor and not to make pilgrimages.

On the one hand, Liu Bang ordered someone to recall Shen Tujia, and asked Guan Ying to lead the troops to pacify and pacify the people of Huainan Chu and other people, and sent people to pick up the king of Chu who was hiding in Xuedi, and on the other hand, he issued an edict and said, "Wu, the country of the ancients is also." In the land of King Jing in the past, King Jia of Jing died, and there was no queen. I want to send people to suppress this place and promote people who can do it. Wu Chen, the king of Changsha, preemptively said, "Peihou Liu Bi is respectful and benevolent, please be the king." The ministers seconded. Liu Bang suddenly remembered that it was his brother's son Liu Bi who sacrificed his life to save him that day, so he readily agreed without much thought, and summoned Liu Bi to the palace, Liu Bang looked at him again and again, but frowned for no reason, and couldn't help but go down to the palace to be short-sighted, with an abnormal forehead protruding, a concave nose and thin eyebrows, and an unruly look in his eyes. Liu Bang said worriedly, "You have the opposite face." Liu Bi was shocked. Liu Bangqiang relaxed himself, stroked Liu Bi's back and said, "There was chaos in the southeast in the fifty years after the Han Dynasty, could it be you?" However, the world has the same surname, be careful not to rebel. The ministers looked at each other. Liu Bi was sweating, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't dare." ”