It is said that the people who were emperors in ancient times had the appearance of emperors, and when they were born, auspicious rains, meteors, comets, red lights in the sky, etc., whether these things are true or not we can not verify, in short, it is to tell the world that this person is different from others, and the reason why the emperor can be the emperor is because they are all proud sons of the sky.

However, it is said that now in Pei County, Jiangsu, there is an old man surnamed Liu named Zhijia; His wife is Wang's name, and her name is Hanshi. Zhijia has a long and thick nature, and the people of the time called him Taigong. Wang and Taigong are the same age, and people at the time also called her Liu Yuan. Liu Yu gave birth to two sons, the eldest name is Bo, the second name is Zhong, when Bo Zhong was born, it was not very strange, but when she got pregnant for the third time, it was different from the first second child.

Legend has it that the Wang family went out for something, passed by Daze, felt that his feet were overworked, sat on the embankment for the time being, closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he was sleeping, and suddenly saw a golden armor god standing beside him from the sky, and fainted for a while, and he didn't know what the god man did. The princess remembered his wife's room at home, and when he saw that she had not returned for a long time, he had to look for her. Just about to go out, the sky suddenly darkened, the lightning flashed, the thunder rumbled, the more anxious the Taigong felt, busy carrying rain gear, three feet and two steps, approaching Daze. I saw a person sleeping on the embankment, like his wife's room, but there were clouds and mist in the air, and the loop floated, faintly revealing the scale armor, like a dragon coming and going. At the moment, he was afraid of crossing, and he stopped again, not daring to approach. The clouds and fog dispersed, and the day was restored, so he dared to go to examine, and sure enough, it was the wife of the Wang family, who was about to get up, and the state was hazy, so he couldn't help but ask. The Wang clan seemed to be unconscious, and after the prince asked a few times, he opened his eyes and looked around in surprise. When the prince asked her if she had been frightened, Wang replied, "I was resting here, and suddenly I saw the man of God descending, and I was stunned, and I don't know what happened after that." When I woke up just now, I realized that it was a dream. Taigong recounted the thunder and lightning Jiaolong and other states, Liu Yuan didn't know it at all, and it took a break to recover before returning with Taigong.

Unexpectedly, she got pregnant, and after October, she gave birth to a boy. He has a long neck and a high nose, and has seventy-two black moles on his left thigh. Taigong is known as a British thing, and is named Bang, because he is the smallest, so he takes the season as the word. The Taigong family is engaged in farming, inheriting the past and opening up the future, which is nothing more than spring ploughing, summer cultivation, autumn harvest and winter storage. The two sons also started farming and followed their father for a living. Du Liu Bang grew up and didn't like farming, so he was good at wandering. Taigong repeatedly refrained, so he had to listen to his freedom. After Bo Zhong married his wife, his wife was stingy, and when he saw that Bang was seven feet long, he was an adult, but he was lazy and lazy to sit and consume his family property, and he was disgusted in his heart, and he couldn't help complaining in his mouth. When the prince heard about it, he simply analyzed the industry and made Bo Zhong live separately. Liu Bang has not yet married a wife, and is still with his parents.

Liu Bang is lazy, greedy, selfish, cruel, and his six relatives do not recognize him, Liu Bang's family is all rural hukou, but Liu Bang thinks that he is superior, and he hates to work in the field with his family the most, and he is lazy if he can. Taigong couldn't stand Liu Bang's lazy behavior anymore, and severely criticized him for being a scoundrel, unwilling to work hard to get rich, just wanting to be opportunistic, and taking Liu Bang's younger brother as an example, letting him learn from his younger brother, be diligent and thrifty, and buy a family business bit by bit. However, Liu Bang believed that he was a person who did great things, and he had seventy-two black moles on his left leg, saying that this was a picture of the heavens.

Time is easy to pass, and suddenly it is already a weak crown year, but he does not change his old nature, and he still wanders all day long without production. They often obtain family wealth, make friends, and seek food and drink. Taigong thought that Liu Bang Bingzi was strange and looked at it differently. When he saw that he was old and unsuccessful, he denounced him as a scoundrel, and he no longer had food and clothing. Liu Bang was afraid that his father would not dare to go home, so he went to the house of the two brothers to take shelter. The two brothers are compatriots, but they also call for the same food, and it is not easy to ignore it. Unexpectedly, Uncle Liu died of illness, and his wife hated his uncle, so he naturally did not want to renew his confession. Liu Bang went straight without the city government, no matter whether she hated it or not, she still often went to her eldest sister-in-law's house to ask for food. The eldest sister-in-law used the excuse that the widow and the woman were not kissed, and told him not to come alone, so as not to gossip about others. In fact, I'm afraid that people's gossip is false, and it's true that I don't like him to eat white food! Liu Bang thought that his sister-in-law was really afraid of gossip, so he brought his friends with him. Uncle Liu's wife couldn't cry or laugh.

One day, Liu Bang went to the eldest sister-in-law's house with several guests, and at noon, the eldest sister-in-law saw that Liu Bang was already very disgusted, and added many friends who refused to provide it. With a frown, he hurriedly went into the kitchen and scraped the kettle with a scoop, pretending that there was no way to get the soup. Liu Bang recruited friends to come to eat, and suddenly heard the sound of scraping kettles in the kitchen, and regretted that he had come too late. Friends are also interesting, so they don't go by themselves. After Liu Bang sent his friends back, he returned to the eldest sister-in-law's kitchen, only to see that the steam on the kettle was thick, and the soup was about half a pot, so he realized that the eldest sister-in-law deliberately deceived and did not want to keep anyone to eat. So with a long sigh, he turned around.

Lu Gong is a man with a successful career. Not only did the family business become wealthy, but he also made a group of friends from the upper class. Lu Pheasant's family turned out to be from Shan Father (now Shanxian County, Shandong), and Lu Gong didn't know what enemies he had provoked in the local area, so he took his family out to avoid revenge in order to avoid pursuit. Because Lu Gong had old friends with the county magistrate of Pei County, he took his family to hide in Pei County.

The county magistrate of Pei County was very happy to see his old friend's family coming, and he was warmly entertained. Soon his subordinates and friends heard about this and came to visit Lu Gong. Because there were too many people coming, the county magistrate and Lu Gong simply set a day for a big banquet of guests, which was not only counted as a reception wine for Lu Gong's family, but also saved the trouble of people coming and going every day.

The feast started on time. Because there were too many people to come, they couldn't sit in the courtyard, so the county magistrate and Lu Gong set a rule: those who held congratulatory gifts of less than 1,000 yuan sat in the hall. That is, to sit under the main seat outside the hall.

Liu Bang heard that the guests of the county banquet also came to join in the fun, and according to Liu Bang's income, he couldn't get a congratulatory gift of 1,000 yuan. Just when he was secretly anxious and couldn't do anything, he suddenly found that it was his old friend Xiao He who was responsible for registering the congratulatory gift money in the courtyard. Xiao He was the Gongcao of the county at this time, equivalent to the current chief and first secretary.

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked up with a swagger, and said loudly at the same time: "Congratulations to 10,000 yuan!" "Actually, I didn't take out a single one! This sound shook the atrium, and the people in the courtyard were boiling. Some locals knew his temperament, so they just shook their heads with a smile: "The Liu family's children are talking big again!" Xiao He was also taken aback when he heard that someone had congratulated him with a gift of 10,000 yuan, and when he found out that it was Liu Bang, he was too familiar with his friend. couldn't help dragging Liu Bang aside and whispered, "What are you here to make trouble?" If the county magistrate knew about it, wouldn't he want to reprimand you well? ”

But it was too late at this time, because Lu Gong had been alarmed by the sound of "10,000 congratulatory money", so he walked out of the courtyard to find the person who gave the gift. When he saw Liu Bang's dignified appearance, his dragon face and beautiful beard, he was immediately surprised, welcomed Liu Bang into the lobby, and arranged to sit on the chief. Liu Bang's face was fearless, and he entered with high spirits. Xiao He saw that the matter could not end, so he secretly approached Lu Gong to explain Liu Bang's problem, saying that he likes to talk big and not do practical things, please Lu Gong Don't be angry, and don't take his words seriously. Because Liu Bang couldn't come up with a congratulatory gift of 10,000 yuan. Who knew that Lu Gong was puzzled, and he wanted to leave Liu Bang in the banquet. At this time, the other guests were submissive to Lu Gong, but Liu Bang sat in the chief but talked and laughed and drank frequently, as if no one was around. Lu Gong didn't know what he was fascinated by, and the more he looked at Liu Bang's actions, the more he loved it. During the banquet, he frequently looked at Liu Bang, suggesting that he could stay after the banquet. Liu Bang understood, and still sat there after he was full of wine and food. After the other guests left, Lu Gong dragged him aside and said with a pleasant face: "There are many ministers, none of them are as good as Ji Xiang, may Ji love himself." Liu Bang was surprised and delighted when he heard it, he had lived most of his life in a mess, and most of the villagers recognized him as a scoundrel. I didn't expect someone to encourage him like this today. However, the bigger surprise was still to come, and Lu Gong immediately asked kindly, "Are you married?" I have a daughter who would like to marry you as your concubine who cleans the courtyard. "When Liu Bang heard this, this is really a big pie that fell from the world! He lived to be in his thirties, because his family background was not strong, and he made trouble in the township all day long, and people who knew him well were unwilling to marry his daughter to him. And now Lu Gong said that he wanted to marry his daughter to him. Liu Bang immediately agreed happily.

When Duke Lu decided on the marriage of his daughter and Liu Bang, he happily went home and told his wife. Mrs. Lu said very angrily: "You always say that this daughter is not a noble person and will not marry, and you have shirked the proposal of Peixian County for his son, and now you actually marry your daughter to that idle scoundrel, are you old and confused?" Lu Gong said forcefully: "This is not known to the sons and daughters. So the marriage between Liu Bang and Lu Pheasant was decided.

At that time, Lu Pheasant was still a cardamom girl, and Liu Bang was 15 years older than her, and she was middle-aged. At that time, Lu Pheasant had a docile personality and obeyed his father's arrangement in everything. The two had a sweet time after getting married.

Before Liu Bang got married, he had an affair with a widow in a neighbor's house and gave birth to a son, Liu Fei. When Lu Pheasant learned of this after marriage, she not only did not blame Liu Bang, but even took Liu Fei to her home and raised and took care of her personally. Later, Lü Pheasant gave birth to his own son and daughter, who were later Princess Lu Yuan and Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying. But she still cares about Liu Fei and treats him as her own.

At that time, Lu Pheasant was indeed a gentle and lovely, hard-working housekeeper, filial piety to her in-laws, and a kind woman who was a good neighbor, Liu Bang often went home to help Lu Pheasant farm in his spare time, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Hao and others also often interacted with Lu Pheasant, and Lu Pheasant respected and loved them very much.

In Liu Bang and Lu Pheasant's short and comfortable married life, everything is quietly changing. At this time, the Qin Dynasty had reached the point of anger and resentment. There were continuous uprisings everywhere, the most famous of which were Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and when these news reached Liu Bang's ears, Liu Bang's heart was also ready to move.

One day, Lu Pheasant was working in the fields with his two children, and an old man passed by and begged Lu Pheasant for water to drink. Lu Pheasant not only gave the old man water to drink, but also gave the old man all the food he brought. After drinking the water, the old man said to Lu Pheasant: "Madame will definitely be a noble person in the world in the future!" Then he looked at Liu Ying, who was playing on the side, and said, "Madame, it's because of him that she is noble!" After saying that, he hurried away. At this time, Liu Bang happened to go home on leave, when Lu Pheasant told him what the old man said. Liu Bang went after the old man and asked the old man to meet him, and the old man looked at it carefully and said, "Your wife and son will be very rich in the future, and you are even more noble." Because it's a heavenly opportunity, please forgive me for not being able to say it explicitly. ”

Fan Hao is Liu Bang's fellow villager, Liu Bang is cynical and idle, and Fan Hao is diligent and diligent and makes a fortune from industry. Fan Xu's dog meat is fragrant for ten miles, famous in the township, Liu Bang has no money, and eats and drinks for nothing. Fan Hao had no choice, in order to prevent Liu Bang from eating him bankrupt, he inquired about Liu Bang's whereabouts before selling meat on the street. If Liu Bang is in the east, he will go west, and if Liu Bang is in the south, he will go north. Liu Bang was embarrassed to eat for nothing, so he matched his sister-in-law Lu Xiao to Fan Xu. Fan Xu and Liu Bang are brothers-in-law, and in the future, dog meat will have to be eaten for nothing.

Liu Bang later became the pavilion chief of Surabaya in Pei County, once sent the service people to Xianyang, on the way met Qin Shi Huang's brigade of people and horses out on patrol, Qin Shi Huang sat on the beautifully decorated and gorgeous car majestic, Liu Bang was so envious that he blurted out, "The big husband should be like this!" ”

On another occasion, Liu Bang escorted the apprentices to Lishan, and many of them escaped halfway. When Liu Bang walked to Mangdang Mountain, he stopped to drink, and Liu Bang said to all the remaining apprentices: "You all run for your lives, and I will run away from now on!" "More than a dozen strong men were willing to flee with him.

So Liu Bang and the others took the path through the swamp at night, and a person who walked in front came back and reported: "There is a big snake blocking the road ahead, let's go back." ”

At this time, Liu Bang was drunk, so he said loudly: "What's so terrible about the big husband walking!" So he hurried to the front and slew the serpent. The serpent was cut in two. Liu Bang continued to hurry, and then he was even more drunk, so he lay down on the ground.

When the people behind came to the place where the snake was slain, they saw an old woman weeping in the darkness of the night. When asked why she was crying, the old woman said, "Someone killed my son, and I was crying for him." Someone asked, "Why was your child killed?" The old woman said, "My son is the son of the White Emperor, who has changed into a snake and blocked the middle of the road, and now he has been killed by the son of the Red Emperor, so he is crying." The people thought the old woman was lying, and were about to beat her, when suddenly the old woman disappeared.

In 209 BC, a peasant uprising broke out at the end of Qin, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led the rebel army to capture Chenzhou, and Chen Sheng established the "Zhang Chu" regime, which was openly opposed to the Qin Dynasty. The people of the nearby counties also killed the officials in response. Pei Ling also wanted to prepare for this news. Xiao He and Cao Shen said: "The officials of the monarch and Qin, if they want to turn their backs on the court, they are only afraid that they will not be convinced. It is better to recruit outlaws to hijack the public in order to succeed. Pei Ling found out that Liu Bang lived in Mangdang Mountain, so he ordered Fan to go to Zhao.

Fan Hao went to the mountains to meet Liu Bang and described Pei Ling's intention to gather the outlaw uprising.

Liu Bang heard that the county order was recruiting, so he led the crowd back with Fan Xu. Who knew that Pei Ling suddenly repented and closed the city gates to prevent Liu Bang from entering the city.

Liu Bang had hundreds of people at that time, so he wrote a letter tied to a feather arrow and shot it into the city. When the people in the city took the book and looked at it, they saw that it was written:

The world has been suffering for a long time, and countries have revolted. Now my father and elder have worked hard to defend the city, and soon the troops of all countries will arrive, and the whole city will be slaughtered. If you can make a joint effort to contact other countries, you can protect your wealth. Otherwise, both father and son will die, and it will be useless.

The fathers and elders took the book and consulted with each other, and they all thought so. Everyone killed Pei Ling and opened the city gate to welcome Liu Bang into the city.

Xiao He and Cao Shen were both clerks in Pei County, and they tried their best to recommend Liu Bang to lead everyone to start an incident. Liu Bang obeyed the will of the people, set up an altar to erect a red flag, and called himself the son of the Red Emperor, and soon the rebel army expanded to 3,000 people.

It happened that Zhang Liang recruited more than 100 young people from Xiapi to meet Pei Gong, and Zhang Liang persuaded Pei Gong to take Xiapi, and Pei Gong used Zhang Liang as a stableman.

Pei Gong wanted to capture Fengyi, so he brought more than 100 people to borrow troops from Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang sent 5,000 foot soldiers and 10 generals to help him. Pei Gong led the new soldiers and veterans to attack Fengyi. Yongya's army was defeated and defected to Wei.

After Pei Gong got Fengyi, he led his troops to follow Xiang Liang, and Xiang Yu just came back from breaking through Xiangcheng, and Pei Gong and Xiang Yu met each other.