Chapter 21 Zhang's Mansion
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Of the four major urban districts in the southeast, northwest and northwest, Taiping Road accounts for three, and only the southern district is under the jurisdiction of Liu Bei, which has lasted for several years.
The Imperial City was also under the control of Taiping Dao in the early years, but now it has lost control.
Some former ministers simply could not tolerate people other than the imperial family discussing matters in the imperial city, and Taiping Dao, a force from the countryside, was naturally the same.
But due to the huge number of troops, they used to only "dare to be angry but dare not speak". Until the human emperor Liu Bei appeared.
Liu Bei has royal blood, and he has obtained the sword of the Son of Heaven, which symbolizes the emperor of the people, and those old courtiers are very supportive of him, but because the former Han family has not passed away, so there is no loyalty.
It's just that a discerning person can see at a glance that it's basically just a name, and in fact, he has already secretly surrendered.
There are ministers arguing on the basis of reason, and there are reasons why the high-level forces of the imperial army are quite good, the first half of the imperial city, that is, the front palace where the Deyang Hall and the Four Holy Chaotianque are located, are jointly controlled by the two forces.
The two forces formed an alliance, and whenever they had a discussion, they would go to the Nadeyang Palace, except that there was no backbone to sit on the throne, and it resolutely became a small court.
Taiping Dao relied on the occupation of Luoyang in the early years, and only 40,000 or 50,000 elite troops developed into nearly 55. And the human imperial army is less than 50,000.
When it comes to the number of troops, it naturally cannot be compared with Taiping Dao. However, there are many masters in the Human Emperor Army, and the three brothers of Liu Bei are all condensed and cultivated. There are also a large number of gods under him. I heard that an old master who didn't know what cultivation was was recruited recently, and he easily defeated Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei as soon as he came, and his strength should not be underestimated.
However, in the Taiping Dao, only Zhang Jiao and Nama Yuanyi are above the condensation, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who were born, have been at the level of transformation over the years and cannot move. If you don't expect to have any opportunities, you shouldn't want to break through in your life.
There are about seven or eight levels of god transformation in the Taiping Dao, which are uneven, not to mention the combat effectiveness of the masters under Liu Bei, and the number cannot be compared; Zhang Bao said that there are at least no less than fifteen god transformation masters in Liu Bei's army.
While hurrying, he inquired about the current news of Taiping Dao, and when Lu Yu followed Zhang Bao to his destination, he had already learned a lot.
In short, it is still Taiping Dao that has the advantage, although Liu Beifang has an extraordinary reputation and many masters, but their foundation is not very good, and at the beginning, there were only Liu Bei's three brothers. Although the development has been good in recent years, it can only absorb talents in Zhongzhou, and other Kyushu have long been recruited by the local overlord.
The bright word Zhang Fu in front of them was close in front of them, Lu Yu and the others slowed down, and before they could get in, a girl's figure came out of it: "Uncle!"
The girl is Zhang Ning, her bright and shining apricot eyes contain surprises, her graceful and pretty figure is like a rabbit when she moves, and she pulls up his arm after she rushes to Lu Yu's side, jumping up and down, looking very lively.
"You little girl, I've never been so enthusiastic when I saw your second uncle. On the side, Zhang Bao laughed with some taste.
Zhang Ning glanced at Zhang Bao and said indifferently: "Second uncle, you can see it every day, but uncle is not common." ”
Zhang Bao said with a smile: "You will be common in the future, you girl, it is estimated that it will be three and a half days fresh." ”
Pouting, Zhang Ning didn't say anything, just glanced at Lu Yu's smiling appearance, then quickly turned his head and pretended to be nothing, but a layer of blush flashed on his face.
Zhang Bao didn't notice her small movements, Lu Yu found that her face was a little ruddy, but it should have been just a flush under excitement, except for a little relief in her heart, she didn't feel anything special.
The three of them entered the mansion, and after seeing a couple standing in the mansion, Zhang Ning's hand on Lu Yu's arm unconsciously gave it away, although his face was still excited, but he seemed to have some scruples.
The couple was naturally Zhang Jiao and his wife, but they didn't see Zhang Liang come back, so they must have arrived yet.
Zhang Bao had already briefly explained the situation with the communication in Taiping Dao before this, so when Zhang Jiao saw this young man who was surrounded by his younger brother and daughter, who looked strange but had a somewhat familiar temperament, he already knew his true identity in his heart.
His eyes were also excited, but Zhang Jiao didn't show much reaction on his face, just looked at Lu Yu getting closer and closer with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Zhang on the side also looked at Lu Yu with a smile, and after seeing him hug Zhang Jiao, he said with a smile: "Little brother-in-law is coming back, your three brothers are estimated to be excited for several days." ”
Hearing his sister-in-law's teasing, Zhang Bao, who followed behind him, said with a smile: "Of course, the reunion of the four brothers will be happy for a few days, but I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will be busy for a few days." ”
Zhang shook his head, his face full of indifference.
After Lu Yu hugged Zhang Jiao, he said hello to her, and then the group entered the front hall together.
Lu Yu appeared suddenly, so they didn't have time to prepare anything, only some melons and fruits were placed on the table for them to eat.
Taiping Dao adheres to the principle of equality of all people, and does not practice any dignity and inferiority. The Zhang Jiao family doesn't even have any subordinates now, so these things are just prepared by the Zhang family alone.
The group sat down around the Eight Immortals table in turn, all of them smiling. Zhang Ning is the same, although he is a little more disciplined after returning home, his lively nature can't help but be revealed, and he chattered with Zhang Jiao about the situation on the road with his uncle before.
Zhang and Zhang Bao interjected from time to time to ask a few words, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Although they didn't say it, they tacitly began to wait for Zhang Liang's arrival.
After sitting for a while, Zhang Shi had already gone to the back kitchen to prepare meals, usually Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang do not eat here, so there are still a lot of tasks today.
Zhang Ning wanted to continue to stay here, but he was ordered by Zhang Jiao to help, leaving only the three brothers here.
When it comes to eating, I have to mention it here. There are two forms of eating in Kyushu, one is to eat around the table as it is now, which is more intimate. The other is to kneel behind the desk and eat, with a gap between everyone, and the people below serve the food, which seems to be a little more distant.
The first is naturally a way of eating together as a family, while the second is a gathering of colleagues and friends.
There were only three Lu Yu brothers left in front of the Eight Immortals table, although Lu Yu had talked to Zhang Bao once before, but now that he saw Zhang Jiao, he was naturally asked about what had happened over the years.
Just as he was halfway through speaking, Zhang Liang came back.
It's just that he didn't come back alone, and there were two others with him.
One is Liu Bei, and the other...
Lu Yu looked at it intently, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "Uncle Huang!?"
The second person is Huang Zhong, who has not been seen for many years!
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