Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Journey to Changling (Part II)

Changling is not far from Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace, and it will take half an hour to walk after Weishui. The car drove slowly and leisurely, and Liu Bang took the lead in humming the song of his hometown of Pei County in the car, "The red sunset doves and birds return, the mountains are quiet and the apes are barking, the smoke is smoking, and the bright flowers are waiting for the ...... return" Fan Xu, Zhou Bo and others also hummed along, Lu Jia Guan Ying is not from Pei County, and he can't sing, listening to the emperor, the song they sang was high-pitched and emotional, and Lu Jia Guan Ying praised it. 'Driving-', Xiahou Ying, who was driving the car, said inside, "Cross the Weishui." Liu Bang lifted the curtain and took a look, the beautiful and clear Weishui water was flowing, the car crossed the Weishui Stone Bridge, and suddenly the bridge deck ushered in a cool breeze, Liu Bang put down the curtain and shivered, rubbed his hands and gritted his teeth, "It's really cold." "After walking about two miles, I saw Changling in a vague way; You can already see the top of the towering Xianyang Plain abruptly; It can already be felt that the workers who built Changling bowed their heads and did the work with a clear division of labor, and they were silent to each other, just to keep their work from making mistakes; You can already see the tired figures of the workers busy in and out every day and night; I have already seen the dull scene of the people of Changling with expressionless faces, hunched over their waists and bowing their heads; One can already imagine the women and fathers and mothers who are waiting for their husbands or sons at home.

The car arrived at Changlingkou, there was a not too steep hill in front of it, the road was rugged and difficult to walk, Xiahou Ying lifted the curtain and told Liu Bang inside, Liu Bang allowed to get off here. Xiahou Ying jumped out of the car, lifted the curtain and waited for them to get out of the car. Wang Ling Zhou Bo and they first stood on the left and right of the car to wait for Liu Bang, everyone went down Liu Bang only slowly came out of his Luan car, just poked his head out and looked up at everything around Changling, put his hand on his forehead and looked at the sky above Xianyang Plain, a clear and a blue, cold wind mixed with freshness. Liu Bang stroked his beard and smiled, and then got out of the car with the help of Xiahou Yinggao and others.

Tugging the black robe with a dragon-like pattern embroidered on the neckline, he said abruptly, "It's a good place." Turning around, he squinted his eyes and looked at the distance behind him, it was the Weiyang Palace that was directly opposite Changling, and suddenly Chang'an City was under Liu Bang's eyes, and occasionally a trace of cooking smoke rose into the air; Occasionally, crows and vultures on the branches of dead trees screamed, flapping their wings a few times, and burrowing back into their nests; Occasionally, the leaves of the trees are blown down by the wind. Looking at the eastern part of the country, it is the vast area of Kanto, as if crossing the Yellow River and crossing the Hangu Pass, as if you see everyone in the Kanto region worshipping you.

Liu Bang pointed to the direction of his eyes and said to the ministers around him, "This place is very well chosen, the scenery is excellent, and it looks at the second palace of Weiyang Changle and the entire Jingshi Chang'an. I liked my rhetoric a lot, and said with a wicked smile, "You can also look down on the six countries of Kanto, do you say this place is not good?" ”

Everyone bowed down and said, 'Very good.'" Liu Bang really laughed happily at this time, and walked towards Changling with a smile on his beautiful beard, accompanied by Wang Ling Zhou Bo on the left and right, followed by Lu Jia Fan and the baby, and the six people were still walking in the order of Wen Zuo and Wu right. Along the way, talk about the recent situation, talk about the joy of Chang'an turning into prosperity, and laugh at the funny things when they laughed. For example, how Fan Hao slaughtered dogs, and the dog meat he sold was less than two catties, which aroused the disgust and disgust of the squires and heroes of Pei County and some ordinary people. I remember that once because of the lack of a few taels of meat, Fan Hao, who was chased by a few people, ran all over the street, and finally gave a few more taels of meat to calm the people, and was warned that if this was the case again, he and his daughter-in-law and son would be driven out of Pei County. For example, Zhou Bo's mat fell apart in less than three days, others came to settle the account, Zhou Bo had already fled, and came back a few days later, but I didn't expect some people to still block in front of the door and refused to stop, Zhou Bo had to apologize with kind words, and everyone gradually dispersed in the chatter and scolding. Several people laughed and blushed at the troubles of the year.

Walking through the yellow sand dunes, walking through the rugged paths, walking through the seemingly ownerless abandoned farmland, and finally seeing Changling up close. Someone had already found out that the emperor had come to Changling, so as soon as Liu Bang appeared, everyone 'huhulala' hurriedly stopped their busy work, regardless of the old and young who came to kneel at his feet to perform the bow, they all said, "Your Majesty the Emperor is happy for thousands of years." "The black press knelt all over the ground, and the mountains were surging.

Liu Bang hurriedly walked in front of them and made a gesture of support, "Everyone, hurry up." Looking at the villagers who built Changling for themselves in front of him, Liu Bang remembered himself when he was young, and he was very much like them at this time when he went to Lishan to serve in the conscription when he was young. Looking at their tattered clothes stained with ash stains, it has been a long time in winter, they are still thinly dressed, their feet are frozen in straw sandals, their faces show the tiredness of not resting for a long time, even some teenagers show an old-fashioned face full of mud. The faces of some elderly people were covered with furrows and wrinkles, the slightly dull eyes in the hollow of luster and hope under a few wrinkles, and the skin that was tanned and greened by the sun, which made Liu Bang have a strong sense of frustration at this time, his people have not really received sweetness.

Liu Bang fixed his gaze on the two old men in front of him, looking at their ragged clothes, unkempt hair, unkempt beard, calloused hands, and lips with traces of freezing and drying. They were cautiously timid but looked at the emperor they had never seen before, he was dressed in a black robe, with a gilded hair on his head, a beautiful beard, and a noble appearance with a straight and dragon face, it was this row of emperors, these two old men did not dare to talk to him easily, nervously looked at each other in fear, and the two old legs as thin as withered branches involuntarily took a step back.

Liu Bang apologized for a while, took a step forward and stretched out his hands, and said to the two of them, "I respectfully ask the two elders to spread out one hand each." ”

The two old men were at a loss for what to do, and the vicissitudes of life in their eyes floated with panic, and they stretched out one of their hands tremblingly, carefully looking at what the emperor was going to do, thinking if they had made a mistake, and the emperor would punish him. The old and young people of Changling looked at the emperor and the old man blankly, and the ministers around Liu Bang didn't know what he was going to do, and looked at each other in surprise at what the emperor did.

Liu Bang looked at it in a daze for a while, the guilt in his heart jumped on his face, and he felt cold when he held the hands of the two of them, and hurriedly warmed their hands on his left and right chests. Changling, young and old, were all in an uproar at the emperor's actions, and opened their mouths in surprise to look at each other. The ministers who followed Liu Bang were also confused, and Fan Hao thought that the emperor's move was inappropriate, and he was worried that some troublemakers would take the opportunity to make trouble and prepare to stop it. The two old men were flattered and frightened, and shouted 'Ahhhh ”

Looking at the frightened two old men on the ground, the senior rulers present all felt a kind of sadness in their hearts. Liu Bang sighed slightly, bowed down to help the two old men on the ground, and attached his arms, "How are the two elders doing in the spring and autumn this year?" ”

"Sixty-six."

"Sixty-four."

The two of them timidly bowed their old waists and truthfully reported their ages, for fear that their behavior just now would offend the emperor, so they didn't dare to raise their heads.

Liu Bang nodded 'um', looked at the ministers on the left and right, took off his robe and put it on one of the old men who looked the worst, the old man hurriedly shirked and said that he didn't dare to accept it, and he refused to accept it when he died. After saying that, he knelt down gratefully, and was quickly helped up by Liu Bang.

Seeing the emperor so courteous to the elderly, the rest of the old and young people who built the Changling Mausoleum were very moved by the emperor's words and deeds, and actually cried silently. The young and old people of Changling all focused their eyes on Liu Bang, and everyone couldn't help but take a step forward, full of hope and anticipation for the emperor, and Liu Bang felt everyone's eager expectations for him.