Liu Bang was always concerned about the affairs of Weishui, and after breakfast, he couldn't wait to come to the front hall to ask the ministers about the solution to Weishui, and after getting the words that the ministers would definitely repair Weishui, he felt a little relieved. The ministers retreated one after another, leaving Liu Bang alone to sit on the couch, rubbing his temples with one hand, thinking of the fact that the Marquis of Huaiyin said that he was ill, and he couldn't help but have some resentment in his heart.

Since Han Xin was placed under house arrest in Chang'an, Liu Bang often went to the Hou Mansion to sit in the Hou Mansion at first to appease Han Xin. After a long time, he didn't often go to the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion to see him, and Han Xin didn't come to see Liu Bang on the grounds of illness, the two can be said to have not seen each other for a few months or even half a year and a year, but Liu Bang always asked people to pay attention to Huaiyin Marquis's every move, and Huaiyin Marquis also knew Liu Bang's purpose of trapping him in Chang'an, so he didn't do anything that Liu Bang was afraid of. However, the Hou Mansion is very quiet, and there are not many people who come to visit every day, but occasionally I see three or two people who were deputy generals under Han Xin's account enter the Hou Mansion once, and they come out again not long after, and each time it will not be very long. In addition to accompanying his wife and son to walk on the street, Han Xin sat quietly by the lake in the suburbs, but Liu Bang said that he asked Zhang Liang to sort out the military law of the pre-Qin era with him.

"Han Xin, it's been a long time, it's time for me to go see you." Liu Bang muttered, the scene of Han Xin's arrest in Chang'an appeared in front of him, Han Xin at that time felt a chill both on the surface and in his heart, Liu Bang knew that Han Xin resented him, so he often went to the Hou Mansion to see him, played chess with him and talked, and then due to the rebellion of Zang Tu and Han Xin in the Yan Dynasty region, sometimes he would go out of the customs to inspect the people's situation, and gradually the opportunity to go to the Hou Mansion was much less, and then he only went to the Hou Mansion once in half a year or even longer. But Liu Bang knows Han Xin's every move. This Weishui incident alarmed all the officials in Chang'an, but Han Xin still didn't show up, Liu Bang immediately felt that Han Xin was a little ignorant, and felt that he had not been going to Han Xin's mansion for a long time, so he took advantage of this Weishui incident to see him, talk to him, and suppress him appropriately.

Liu Bang decided to go to the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion, maybe he also felt that Han Xin was resisting him, resisting his own injustice to him, and taking Han Xin's military power twice, Han Xin was blaming the emperor.

Liu Bang instructed the housekeepers to find two unknown and good-looking little palace maids and asked them to visit Han Xin with him.

In the past, dozens of people opened the road and drove in a six-horse carriage, but today Liu Bang did not drive in a car, but only rode a tall horse and went, and the people accompanying him were a few housekeepers and small palace maids. His close guards were worried about his safety, and Zhengyan proposed to follow Liu Bang to Han Xin's mansion, after all, the remnants of Zang Di and Han Wangxin had not been completely eliminated, and the guards were afraid that they would not be good for the emperor if they came out halfway. Liu Bang also had some doubts at first, and paced a few steps in place with one hand on his waist, agreeing to follow the close guard.

The Marquis of Huaiyin's Mansion is in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, and it takes half an hour to arrive. Han Xin's mansion is more than three feet, the stone lion in front of the door is squatting majestically, with double beads in his mouth, his eyes are blazing, and he makes pedestrians tremble, but there are not many guards in front of the door, and the gate is hidden every day, and passers-by rarely see Han Xin go out.

In the past, he also came to Han Xin's mansion, but now his mansion has not changed much, and the desertion of almost no one coming to the door makes Liu Bang happy. A familiar man knocked on the door.

Oh, a short doorman poked his head out from the inside, saw so many people waiting in place seriously, the doorman looked left and right at Liu Bang's team, some people wore eunuch hats, some could be seen to be palace maids, some were general guards, the doorman felt strange but also felt extremely majestic, Xu had just come, he had not seen Liu Bang's face, the doorman asked tremblingly, "Who is coming?" ”

"The emperor is here in person, and he quickly called the Marquis of Huaiyin to take over." Said the confessor.

Doubts suddenly appeared on the face of the door official, and he still looked at the so-called emperor at the door, wearing a high crown, a beautiful beard, and riding a horse with a leisurely and arrogant expression. The door official frowned and thought for a while, half of his body hid in the door and said categorically, "What nonsense, the emperor is far away in the palace." How did you come here? "Xu felt that Emperor Liu Bang was full of ruffianism, unlike the emperor's virtue, so he said this.

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, he was stunned, he didn't even know himself, he felt very embarrassed, Liu Bang was a little resentful in his heart, and jumped off the horse. Liu Bang stopped him with one hand, stood in front of the main gate, put his hands on his waist, pointed at the door official and said disdainfully: "Go quickly and call Han Xin to come out to see the driver, and then be presumptuous, Yi Sanclan, I don't want to kill today, go quickly." ”

The doorman looked at it several times, and finally felt that the person in front of him was unusual, and was yelled at by Liu Bang again, and the doorman closed the door and went inside to report Han Xin.

After a while, Han Xin came out with the doorman. Han Xinzhi, seven feet nine inches tall, with a straight waist, tied in a high bun, heroic spirit, and a clean dress adds a lot of heroism. After a few years, I suddenly saw that Han Xin was more mature, sophisticated and stable, and he was no longer arrogant and arrogant when he first met him, and there was a little more trace of the vicissitudes of life between his eyebrows.

Han Xin came out of the door and saw that it was Liu Bang, who had robbed him of military power twice, standing with his waist crossed and his legs separated, very ruffian. At this moment, he is still obviously unruly, but he has more of an imperial demeanor, an inner irresistible imperial majesty, Han Xin immediately bent down and respectfully bowed to apologize: "The minister does not know that the emperor is here, he is guilty." ”

Liu Bang stroked his beard and laughed, and put one hand on Han Xin's shoulder, "The general is out." ”

Han Xin invited Liu Bang and others into the mansion, Han Xin walked in front to guide Liu Bang, the interior of Han Xin's mansion was really good, there were pavilions and pavilions in front of him while walking, Liu Bang couldn't help nodding yes. Han Xin was not guilty and was placed under house arrest in Chang'an, Liu Bang couldn't help but be kind to him, this mansion was personally selected by Liu Bang for Han Xin, and the mansion was allowed to be as good as possible, but it was not allowed to see a trace of troops. Suddenly, Liu Bang appeared in front of him a big tree with fallen leaves, this big tree is not very eye-catching, the strange and interesting thing is that there are five-colored cloth strips tied between the branches of the big tree, which are red, yellow, white, green and blue, he is very curious when he sees these, pointing to those cloth strips and asking Han Xin: "Why do you want to tie these cloth strips on the big tree?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just fun, I usually like to mess with these things when I'm fine." Han Xin replied.

Liu Bang nodded in disbelief.

Further on is Han Xin's own ornamental pond, there is a small pavilion on the side of the pond, called Changyu Pavilion. The four corners of the small pavilion are warped outward, there are wind chimes under the corners, the pavilion is simply hung with the clear color of the gauze silk, the wind blows, ethereal like a butterfly, the wind chimes jingle as ringing, the fish swim happily in the pond, watch the fish on the pavilion, there is a row of leisurely posture. The two of them sat down in this elegant little pavilion.

As soon as he sat down, two young maids with willow waists, dancing in their clothes, and delicate faces walked with broken steps with wine jugs. Leaning forward, the jade hand lightly buckled the pot ring, and the wine came out, and the two of them were as light as fairy women. Liu Bang has been in the palace for a long time, and he rarely has time to see beautiful women outside the palace. Han Xin Yuguang saw Liu Bang's behavior, he knew that his old mistake had been committed again, so he smiled lightly, picked up the wine glass and toasted Liu Bang in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, please punish yourself with a cup." Han Xin took the wine and drank it all without waiting for Liu Bang to speak.

Liu Bangfang was watching the two women, and when he saw Han Xin toasting, he shifted his gaze from the woman again, and drank the wine with a smile.

"General Han doesn't look like a sick person, why does he stay at home and not go to court?" Liu Bang said and let the glamorous maid pour a glass of wine, and smiled at her from time to time, the maid felt embarrassed, and her eyes were far away from Liu Bang's sight.

"What's your name?" Liu Bang asked the girl with a smile while holding the wine.

"Slave Meng Yao." The girl bowed her head respectfully.

Liu Bang pretended to talk about the topic here, relieving the pressure on Han Xin from the words just now.

Han Xin knew that Liu Bang would definitely ask this, and it was not a day or two for Liu Bang to ask, since he came to see Han Xin today, then he had to say this seemingly natural but actually long-standing words, drinking is the most natural, and he was talking and drinking while talking in a homely form, so that Han Xin would not feel that he was blaming him, and let this sentence seem so natural at this time, this is wisdom.

Han Xin stopped the wine bottle in his hand and said thoughtfully: "The most uncomfortable thing is not the illness of the body, but the pain of the heart. ”

Liu Bang looked at him with a fixed look, and then his face looked a little embarrassed, and then he put down the wine bottle, stroked Han Xin's back and smiled, his eyes were a little evasive, "The general said and laughed." The bottom of his heart immediately became alert, "The disease in the heart? ”

Han Xin immediately stood up, bowed his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is no longer a general, and now he is just a small Huaiyin marquis, please ask the emperor to call the minister a prince, Han Xin deserves the title of general." ”

"Uh...... This ......" Liu Bang was even more stunned, he didn't know how to answer, he stopped the wine he was about to enter, and his outstretched hand wanted to help Han Xin but it was hanging in the air, Xu was embarrassed. Isn't Han Xin complaining about Liu Bang's seizure of military power and degrading the king to the Marquis of Huaiyin twice? The title of general, how could Han Xin be ashamed, it was a hint that Liu Bang was ashamed, Liu Bang smiled astringently, and helped Han Xin up, "Hehe, Han Qing is laughing again, the position of general has always been reserved for Han Qing." ”

Han Xin also smiled indifferently: "Emperor Xie is still reading Han Xin." ”

Liu Bang tried his best to alleviate this embarrassment, changed the topic, and asked, "Han Qing just said that he was guilty, I don't know what he meant?" ”

"Oh, the minister heard that Weishui broke the embankment, but Han Xin was in poor health and couldn't go to the court, and he couldn't solve problems for the emperor, so he was guilty." Han Xin may know the purpose of Liu Bang's trip, so he didn't wait for him to ask, he said it first, he and the emperor were both good to go down the stairs, and it was much better to say it by himself than to ask the emperor himself.

Liu Bang drank all the wine and said, "The Weishui embankment is related to the country's social welfare and the survival of the people, even if Han Qing is sick, he should stand up and speak out his heart and contribute a little bit for the people." Of course, I was also worried when I heard that Han Qing was sick, no, I can't wait for the future, and I will come to visit you in person today. Liu Bang said cautiously, fortunately, Liu Bang's brain turned the fastest, first slightly blamed Han Xin for not refusing to go to court on the grounds of illness, and then said in a soft way that he was very concerned about Han Xin's body.

Han Xin didn't know how to answer, Liu Bang said like this, he had something else to say, but he had to come up with a better reason, so he said, "Your Majesty, it's wrong for the minister not to be in court, but the minister thinks that the Han Xianchen is like a pearl in the sea, such as Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Gao Qi, Chen Juan, etc., they will make suggestions for the emperor, even if the Weishui bursts, the minister thinks that it will be difficult for the Han courtiers, the son of heaven is Shengming, the courtiers are virtuous, and Han Xin will solve it without me, is the emperor right?" Han Xin said everything, but he didn't mention Chen Ping, Liu Bang just noticed it, and Liu Bang knew that he was still blaming Chen Ping for framing him.

Liu Bang nodded in agreement, and then asked pretending to be flat: "Does Han Qing know who is planning to solve the Weishui matter this time?" ”

Han Xin shook his head.

"Qu is waiting for Chen Ping."

Han Xin didn't see the slightest relief or joy on his face, but he was not so surprised. He knew that if Zhang Liang didn't go to court, then who else in the court would be Chen Ping's opponent, wasn't he the one who was used by Chen Ping to make Liu Bang go to Chen County to capture himself in Chang'an City? He was also demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin for no reason and no evidence, everything was given by Chen Ping, and when he mentioned this person, Han Xin hated it so much, he sat there for a long time without saying a word, and his eyes were full of resentment.

Liu Bang knew that when it came to Han Xin's sore spot, he would accept it when he saw it, stimulate it first, and then stop talking about it.

"Han Qing, I know that you are good at soldiers, I want to ask you, and you have to answer truthfully."

"Your Majesty, please speak." Han Shin came to his senses again.

Liu Bang took Han Xin to the railing of the pavilion and said while watching the fish, "I know that you are good at generals, but you are no longer in the court after all, how many soldiers do you think I can command Zhou Bo?" ”

"One hundred thousand."

"What about the baby?"

"One hundred thousand."

"Where's Fan?"

"Fifty thousand." Han Xin replied thoughtlessly.

Liu Bang smiled at Han Xin, "What about me?" ”

Han Xin also smiled and replied truthfully, "It's only 100,000." ”

The monarch and the minister looked at each other for three seconds, an unexpected surprise? Is it a mutual disdain for each other? Or is it an honest and particularly hurtful understanding? The eyes of the two monarchs and ministers suddenly became extremely deep. Liu Bang looked away from Han Xin's gaze again, looked at the swimming fish, and forcibly suppressed his anger and asked, "What about Han Qing?" ”

Han Xin still spoke, "Minister, the more the merrier." ”

Liu Bang was even more angry when he heard this, and he hummed when he gave you a step, with a sly smile on his face, "Since Han Qing has more soldiers, the better, why was he arrested by me in Chang'an?" ”

Listening to Liu Bang's words, Han Xin did not show weakness, the emperor wanted Han Xin to be embarrassed, didn't he know that Han Xin was militarily wise? How could this slightly military question stump Han Xin, Han Xin also raised a smile and talked eloquently, "The minister was arrested, that is because the emperor is good at generals, and the minister says that the more the merrier, that is because the minister is good at generals, and His Majesty's lord is not human." ”

Liu Bang was speechless for a while, and then smiled, and he knew in his heart that what Han Xin said was right.

After a long pause, both of them drank to relieve the awkward atmosphere, and sometimes looked at the two beautiful girls around them.

Liu Bang didn't want to ask him about political and military matters anymore, he came in for a while, and he didn't see Mrs. Han and his son, so he stopped the wine bottle in his hand and asked, "Aren't Madame and Gongzi here?" ”

Han Xin said, "Humble Jing and the dog went out into the street, saying that it had rained in the past few days, and the Weishui had burst the embankment again, so she had to visit those who were affected. ”

Liu Bang's mouth opened slightly, 'oh' for a moment, he didn't expect Mrs. Han to have such a kind heart, and said with a smile, "Mrs. Han is different." ”

"She was born like this, and we don't have to worry about her."

Liu Bang said 'um' again, remembering the military books and military laws that Han Xin and Zhang Liang had sorted out at these times, so he asked casually, "The military books that Han Qing sorted out should be almost finished, right?" ”

"Some time ago, I discussed some things with the ovary, and added some things, but some places still need to be repaired, and they are almost finished." Han Xin said.

Liu Bang nodded.