Chapter 372: The Happy Life of the Prince
Just when the Zhenbei Army was fighting with people from all walks of life in the periphery of Bingzhou, in a well-protected manor in Crouching Tiger City, Liu Rong, the third son of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, was living a happy and comfortable life.
The third prince, who was dragged out of the Chang'an Palace by the little eunuch Sanshun from the dog cave in his sleep, was taken to Shangdang in a daze with a black cloth on his head, and then sent to a warm and quiet courtyard, and disappeared from the world's field of vision.
Liu Rong is just a half-grown child, one year younger than Zhao Xing's eldest son Zhao Zhenbang, in the face of this sudden change in environment and life, if it weren't for the familiar little eunuch Sanshun by his side, he would probably be able to cry in fear.
Sanshun is now completely refuge in Zhao Xing, and for a man who has nothing below, he doesn't ask for much. Zhao Xing agreed to his request, and found a way to find Sanshun's undeceased old mother and one of his own brothers from Nanyang, and brought them back to Crouching Tiger City. Now Sanshun's younger brother Simao has been arranged to be a personal soldier by General Gao Shun's side, and the military salary received by his brothers can already allow the old mother to spend her old age in peace.
Sanshun feels that his life is very solid now, and he no longer has to worry about being pulled by Zhang Rang's ears in the middle of the night, and he is brought out of the bed to serve and urine. Because he cherishes the good life now, Sanshun works hard to do his job, which is to serve the three princes well and protect the three princes at the same time. In addition to doing some work to take care of Liu Rong, Sanshun also has to enlighten this phoenix who has been plucked in his spare time, lest Liu Rong, who is not even a big rooster now, annoy the eldest son Zhao who came to visit one day, and he will be beaten in vain.
To be honest, at the beginning, Zhao Zhenbang really beat Liu Rong. Liu Rong held his noble status as a royal nobleman, and after seeing the strange Zhao Zhenbang, he directly ordered Zhao Dagongzi to hand over a "kaleidoscope" that he was fiddling with in his hand, and Zhao Zhenbang naturally did not do it. This thing was made by his father Zhao Xing before he set out on the expedition, in order to appease a group of beloved sons and daughters, and deliberately spent half a day guiding the master master to make it himself, which is not only beautiful and fun, but also very precious, how can it be handed over to others casually.
Zhao Zhenbang didn't do it, and Liu Rong opened his mouth to scold Zhao Dagongzi for being a wild breed and a people, and he had no royal eyes. Good guy, Zhao Zhenbang came out of his mother's womb, how could he have been insulted like this. In the past, when I played with the children of several generals' families, I was anxious with each other, and the children would also make mockery and scolding, but no one ever said to each other that the other party was a bad man or even a wild seed.
In Zhao Zhenbang's heart, in addition to his powerful father and gentle and loving mother, who can scold him, others dare to scold him, and dare to beat him, no matter whose turtle son you are. Therefore, Zhao Zhenbang, who was scolded, pinned the kaleidoscope to his waist, and under Sanshun's stunned eyes, he punched Liu Rong's pink and tender little face, and then rushed up and began to teach Liu Rong a hard lesson.
When children fight, it's nothing more than pulling and pulling. But the children of the Zhao family beat people differently, and they even paid attention to the art of war strategy, which made people dazzled, but it was always the third prince Liu Rong who was beaten. Liu Rong, who was frightened by Zhao Zhenbang's fat beating, hurriedly called Sanshun loudly and said: "Third father-in-law, hurry up and protect the master, don't let this wicked man kill me!"
Seeing that Liu Rong finally relented, Zhao Zhenbang stopped, took two steps back, and easily dusted off the mud on his body, and then said: "Entering Crouching Tiger City, it is the dragon you give the master me a coil, it is the tiger you give the master and I lie down." Don't say that you are Liu Hong's son, even if your eldest brother Liu Wei, who is the emperor, dares to insult me, the master can beat him all over the ground to find teeth!"
Liu Rong, who had already been beaten by Zhao Zhenbang and had a blue nose and swollen face, hid behind the little eunuch and said with a cower: "You say this about my imperial brother, you are not afraid of being charged with disrespect?"
"Cut! You don't know yet, your imperial brother has heard that you have now been rescued from the party, and he has already sent 500,000 troops to fight my father! He is afraid that your three brothers born in Chang'an will compete with him for the throne in the future, and he wishes that you would be beaten to death!" Zhao Zhenbang looked eloquent, and began to provoke the relationship between Liu Rong and Liu Bian.
"You are talking nonsense, the imperial brother will not do this to us!" Liu Rong couldn't care about the pain on his face, jumped out from behind Sanshun, and refuted Zhao Zhenbang with a flushed face.
"Alas, you little brother, you are so stupid. Do you know what the current emperor and my father have set for an armistice? As long as the state is willing to send you back to Luoyang, Taiwei Lu will return to the court. When you return to Luoyang, your brother will definitely find a way to kill you......" Zhao Zhenbang shook his head, with an expression of hatred that iron is not steel.
Frightened by Zhao Zhenbang's repeated bluffing, the third prince completely withered, turned his head to look at Sanshun aggrievedly, and asked softly: "Third father-in-law, what he said is true?" How will Sanshun, who has already taken refuge in Zhao Xing, answer the beef jerky? Naturally, he instigated with more horror, and Liu Rong, who was pure in heart, cried bitterly.
Zhao Zhenbang, who got cheap, came to the crying Liu Rong with an affectionate attitude at this time, gently patted the shoulder of the third prince, and said very understandingly: "Brother, my brother is here today to tell you a good news." My dad has decided to protect you, and he will not send you back to Luoyang, and you can play with your brother often in the future......!
After speaking, Zhao Zhenbang couldn't help but pull Liu Rong, who had stopped crying, and the two children went to the area of Taihang Academy happily under the gaze of a large group of shadow team members who were secretly protecting.
For Liu Rong, the third prince, the beating he received at the initial meeting was worth it, because the person who beat him now agreed to accept him as a younger brother. It is really not an easy thing to be the younger brother of Zhao Dagongzi. Not to mention Zhao Zhenbang's wolf-like younger brothers and sisters, they all like to pester their eldest brother after school, and there are more civilian and military generals in the Zhenbei Army, who doesn't want to follow Brother Zhao to mix the world.
This eldest son of the Zhao family seems to have obtained the true inheritance of his father Zhao Xing, and what he has done in terms of winning people's hearts is called a good one. He never bullies others, but he is definitely not afraid of being provoked and bullied by others. If anyone dares to make the brother recognized by Zhao Zhenbang bad, this kid can have more than ten ways to get back to the field, and it is not the kind of strategy that oppresses people with power, or is very vicious.
The residents of Crouching Tiger City all jokingly called Zhao Zhenbang the "Demon King of the Mixed World", and sometimes they couldn't help but want to tease him and have fun, but they were worried about being teased and pestered by this kid one after another. Fortunately, Zhao Zhenbang and his father still have a very good set of discipline for children. Zhao Xing talks about the principle of children's education, that is, it is okay to be naughty, but the behavior of bullying or even mischief is absolutely severely punished. The children saw Zhao Xing beat the buttocks of their eldest brother Zhao Zhenbang with their own eyes, so they didn't dare to disobey the precautions given by their father.
Since recognizing Zhao Zhenbang, the eldest brother, the happy life of the third prince Liu Rong has begun. The youthful friendship, worry-free life, and strangeness that he had never felt in the cold Chang'an Palace were all touched and felt in Crouching Tiger City.
The children often split into two teams, riding half-sized foals and carrying knightly spears sharpened from wood, facing off against each other on the empty playground of the Crouching Tiger Junior School. Liu Rong also participated in such a competition, although he was often beaten to the ground, he still enjoyed it. Because he felt a lot of experience in the team, such as courage, equality, teamwork, collaboration, etc. The moment everyone picked up the knight's spear and put down the armor to hide their faces, there was no distinction between the prince, the eldest son, the prince or even the pauper, only a real contest of intelligence and force.
Liu Rong gradually fell in love with this kind of full and happy life, and felt more and more that if he had been born in an ordinary family, maybe the feeling of happiness would have come earlier.