The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen asked Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, do you have something to say to me?" She smiled and said, "Between you and me, you can speak bluntly, and you don't have to hide it. If you have anything, just say it. "

Liu Bei replied "yes" and said, "Ming Gong, there is indeed one thing about Bei, I dare to ask for advice from Ming Gong."

"Ask me for advice?" Xun Zhen stroked her short mustache and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Liu Bei said, "Duke Ming is Yuan Shu."

"Yuan Shu?"

Liu Bei said, "That's right, I don't dare to hide Duke Ming. Bei actually wanted to ask Duke Ming for advice. I don't know what Duke Ming is thinking about Yuan Shu?"

"What do you think about Yuan Shu? ... Xuande, what do you think I should think about him?"

——The crusade against Yuan Shu after next spring at the latest. As mentioned above, Xun Zhen only discussed with a few people such as Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Chen Qun, etc., and never mentioned it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei said: "Ming Gong, let's not mention the distance, only since the sage and the imperial court moved to Xu County, Yuan Gonggong has violated the imperial edict several times, repeatedly disobeyed orders, refused to come to the Hajj, and hid the murderous thief Guo Si. Heart, it is already obvious! He stole Nanyang, has tens of thousands of troops, and has successively recruited Lu Bu and Guo Si as minions. He is close to Xu County, like tigers and wolves. ."

"Ask for it? ... Xuande, you are right, Yuan Gonggong has bad intentions. If he keeps resisting the imperial court, he will indeed be a threat to the imperial court. I am also worried about this, but if I argue with it, what do you think? When is the right time to discuss it?"

Liu Bei said: "Bei dares to make plans for Duke Ming: if Duke Ming has the intention of harassing Yuan Shu, Yuan should not ignore it at first. Judging that in the future, when the Duke of Ming investigates Yuan Shu, Youzhou will be enough for the Ming Dynasty to rule Yuan Benchu. This is the chance for the Duke of Ming to challenge Yuan Shu. It has been nearly half a year, and all aspects of the sage and the court have stabilized, so I am prepared to think about it, is it possible to consider attacking Yuan Shu now?"

Xun Zhenru seemed to ponder, and after a while, she did not answer Liu Bei's temptation to "is it possible to attack Yuan Shu?", but instead asked, jokingly said: "Xuande, you suddenly bring this up, you must have something to do with it. Picture, what do you want to picture? Answer me bluntly!"

"How dare you have a picture! But it does have a small private thought."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "You say it."

"It's time to ask Yuan Shu..." Liu Bei said this, and quietly raised his eyes to see Xun Zhen's expression.

Xun Zhen was looking at him, and the two looked at each other.

Liu Bei hurriedly lowered his head and bowed to the ground.

Xun Zhen asked with a smile, "How about when you are waiting for Yuan Shu?"

"Duke Ming, prepared with crude resources. Fortunately, Duke Ming did not give up. In the past, he used to be the prefect of Yingchuan. Although he was in Yingchuan's office for a short time, but during this period, Yuan Shu had violated Yingchuan before. Therefore, he paid a lot of attention to Nanyang, and he sent a lot of meticulous work, went deep into Nanyang, and explored the truth of Yuan Shu's department; he also fought with Chen Gongdao and other lords, and with Yuan Shu's generals such as Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and asked himself. In addition, I have a good understanding of the combat power of Yuan Shu's soldiers, because when Duke Ming is crusade against Yuan Shu, he is prepared to be bold and dare to invite Duke Ming to be the vanguard!"

But it turned out that Liu Bei wanted to invite Xun Zhen to fight and be the vanguard of Xun Zhen's crusade against Yuan Shu in the future.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei's political sensitivity is indeed very strong.

Today, he was just a guest summoned by Xun Zhen, and he just listened to the conversation between Xun Zhen and Xian Yuyin, but he could see from it that Xian Yuyin and the others had been wary of Yuan Shao. , this is not particularly surprising, the most important thing is that he can also extend the idea of ​​crusade against Yuan Shu from this, which is something very human.

Xun Zhen was quite impressed with his political sensitivity and his ability to look for opportunities to get ahead, but he didn't show this feeling on his face.

"Do you want to make a contribution in front of Liu Xiehe's court officials?" Xun Zhen thought for a while, Xun Zhen smiled calmly and said to Liu Bei, "Xuande, I have always wanted to find you on this matter, Prefect of Yingchuan. Let me talk about it, but I have been too busy and have no chance. It happened that you mentioned this matter today, so I will tell you about it by the way. Let me ask you, I have declared you as the prefect of Yingchuan before, but the sage has been with you. After the court moved to Xu County, I expressed Yuanlong as the prefect of Yingchuan for you, do you have any complaints about this?"

Liu Bei panicked and said: "Ming Gong! Whether it is political ability, or fame, Bei is far behind Chen Jun! It used to be good, but with the help of Han Ji and Chen Gongdao, Bei is barely able to prepare a seat, but now the Holy High Peace The court moved to Xuxian, the sage was smart and majestic, and all the princes in the court were highly respected, and because of their talent and meager reputation, it was obviously not enough to hold the post of the prefect of Yingchuan again! If there are omissions and mistakes, be prepared Being punished for negligence is a small matter, and it involves Duke Ming, making the court and the public think that Duke Ming is ignorant of people. If it's too late, how can you dare to complain?"

"Xuande, don't lie between you and me, is this your truth?"

When he first joined Xun Zhen's tent, he only felt that Xun Zhen was gentle and amiable, but as time passed, Liu Bei gradually felt that Xun Zhen treated him. The estrangement, and in recent years, every time I see Xun Zhen, I can't help but feel Xun Zhen's lack of anger and self-control, like a big mountain, pressing down on his head, making him feel all the time. He was shrouded in his shadow. Liu Bei also tried to think about it. Is this "unpredictable"?

Liu Bei, who had just stood up, heard Xun Zhen's words and couldn't help himself. He bowed to the ground again, bowed his head and said, "In front of Duke Ming, how could Bei dare to tell a lie? What Bei said, every word and every word, came from the bottom of my heart!"

Xun Zhen didn't hear anything for a while, Liu Bei felt uneasy for some reason.

He was bowing his head to the ground, but he didn't see that Xun Zhen, who was sitting on the main seat, was looking down at him thoughtfully.

Fortunately, the silence in the hall did not last too long, otherwise Liu Bei would be sweating like a pulp.

He finally heard Xun Zhen leisurely, probably with a smile, and said, "Xuande, you don't have to pout your **** so high."

After Liu Bei was stunned, Deng Jue felt embarrassed and hurriedly pressed his raised **** down.

Immediately afterwards, he heard Xun Zhen say, "Get up."

Liu Bei suppressed his messy thoughts, stood up respectfully, put his hands on his chest, bowed his head.

Xun Zhen said, "Xuande, you said just now that you want to be the vanguard when I ask Yuan Shu."

"If you go back to Duke Ming, I don't know if this is appropriate or not. If Duke Ming thinks it's inappropriate, I will only follow the order of Duke Ming."

Xun Zhen asked: "Xuande, I just asked you, when do you think it is appropriate for me to attack Yuan Shu? You just said that it seems that the time has come to discuss this matter, but you haven't answered me yet. should?"

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, then replied: "In the interest of my humble opinion, the sage and the imperial court have now settled down in Xu County, and they have obtained Youzhou to control Yuan Benchu, so they will attack Yuan Shu. After spring, it seems that we can use soldiers."

"After next spring."

Liu Bei couldn't hear Xun Zhen's intentions from Xun Zhen's words, so he followed carefully and said, "Ming Gong, this is all Bei's stupid opinion. As for whether it is appropriate, everything has to be decided by Ming Gong."

The hall fell silent again.

Xun Zhen didn't tell Liu Bei about his plan to attack Yuan Shu. Of course, Liu Bei wouldn't know about the specific plans for deploying troops after the spring of next year, but Liu Bei said at this time that he would be able to attack Yuan Shu after the spring of next year. Come on, this means that Xun Zhen will probably crusade Yuan Shu after next spring, and now it is very likely that it has already been the consensus of Xuxian court, including some insightful people from other states. Could someone have seen this already?

And if someone on Yuan Shu's side saw this, would Yuan Shu have already reacted accordingly? And if Yuan Shu is already on guard, will he encounter greater resistance than expected when he deploys troops in Nanyang after the spring of next year?

At this moment, Xun Zhen was thinking about these things that Liu Bei had thought about because of his words.

Liu Bei didn't know what Xun Zhen was thinking, but the quiet atmosphere made him feel uneasy again.

He wanted to raise his eyes to peep at Xun Zhen's expression again, remembering that he just happened to meet Xun Zhen's eyes, so he resisted the urge again, tried his best to keep the posture of stooping down, cocked his ears, restrained his voice and held his breath, listening to the Lord. Xun Zhen's movement in the seat.

"Xuande, Yuan Shu is not a minister. If he insists on acting recklessly, he will definitely attack him in the future. However, I have not yet decided when to attack him. However, I already know that you want to be a pioneer, so that's it. , When the next day, I really use Nanyang to attack the court, let's talk about this again, how about it?"

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, quickly agreed, and said, "Be prepared to follow Duke Ming's wishes!"

"The few jars of wine that I sent to Xian Yuyin and others yesterday were sent to me by officials before Zhang Yang. They are Zhong/Shan fine wines, and they said that the Di family was drunk for a thousand days. Xuande, Since you and I have been away from Zhao State and Wei County, I haven't drank serious Zhong/Shan sake for many years, not to mention Di's family has been drunk for thousands of days! Tonight I want to hold a banquet at home, please Zhicai, Wenruo, Changwen , and Gongren all come, have a taste, you come at night too, we will not be drunk."

The wine is clear and turbid, and the wine is clear. The Zhong/Shan Sake is a famous domestic and international wine. . Liu Bei used to drink this wine with Xun Zhen when he was in Zhao State and Wei Commandery, but as Xun Zhen said, since they left Zhao State and Wei Commandery, they hadn't tasted this wine for a long time.

Liu Bei answered his promise again and said with a smile, "Is it really a thousand days of drunkenness? Duke Ming, the taste of this wine cannot be forgotten until now!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Drink a few more drinks that night!"

It has been judged that Youzhou can contain Yuan Shao for himself~www.wuxiaspot.com~ So it is necessary to let Xi Zhicai and others know about this matter as soon as possible, so Xun Zhennai plans to hold a banquet at home tonight , Drinking is second, mainly because I want to talk about this with Xi Zhicai and others.

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei said goodbye.

After he was about to leave, Xun Zhen stopped him.

Liu Bei hurriedly stopped and asked respectfully, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, what other orders do you have?"

Xun Zhen got up and left the table, got down from the seat, took a towel, walked across the lobby, walked to Liu Bei who was already at the door, pushed up the Wu Guan on Liu Bei's head, and wiped his forehead with his own hands. With sweat, he stuffed the towel into Liu Bei's hands and said with a smile, "Xuande, the weather is hot, when you come to see me again, you don't need to dress as neatly as Xianhe, just be casual, and you'll be cool too."

Jian Yong is arrogant and arrogant by nature, and has never been restrained by etiquette. Although he came with Liu Bei just now, his clothes were completely different from Liu Bei's robes and belts. They were only wrapped in regular clothes.

Liu Bei respectfully complied.

After watching Liu Bei leave with the towel, Xun Zhen ordered the attendants in the corridor to find Zhuge Jin, and asked Zhuge Jin to personally invite Xi Zhicai to come to the house for dinner in the evening.

Although it was a rest day today, Xun Zhen was currently in charge of the three palaces. There were so many military and government affairs, and she still couldn’t rest. The slips come over for review and processing.

Unconsciously, the sun moved westward, and when the sky was about to twilight, Zhuge Jin came in from outside.

Xun Zhen heard his footsteps, raised her head and asked, "But Zhicai and the others?"

Zhuge Jin said: "If you return to the prince, it is not the play of the king and the others, but Kong De asking for an interview."