Chapter 97 The Grand Banquet

Xue Bing stood beside the couch and looked at Sun Shangxiang, lying on the couch. She saw Sun Shangxiang blushing, as if she was very embarrassed.

He looked at it for a while, and finally said coquettishly: "What are you looking at? It's all you bad guy!" Xue Bing said nothing, but just grinned proudly, and then continued to wear clothes.

He is wearing a scribe shirt now. I don’t know why Sun Shangxiang remembered to buy a scribe shirt. However, Xue Bing felt very comfortable wearing it, so he fell in love with this set of clothes.

At this time, after he finished putting on his clothes, he smiled and was lying on the couch and couldn't stand up. He said, "Today, you will have a good rest at home. We will fight you and I will wait for me to come back!"

When Sun Shangxiang heard this, his little face turned redder and spat lightly, saying, "Go quickly and go quickly. If you ask the emperor to wait for a long time, you will definitely deal with you!"

Xue Bing said: "It's still early, and I can walk slowly, and it's time to do it."

"As he said, he wanted to take a look outside, and saw that the sun was almost rising, so he said, "I'll leave first!" After that, he sorted out his clothes, came to the couch and kissed Sun Shangxiang lightly, and then turned around and left.

After coming out of the mansion, the left and right had already prepared horses, but Xue Bing said, "It's still early, so I won't ride a horse anymore!" In a righteous manner, he rode from a distance. When Xue Bing saw that it was Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun rode his horse slowly to Xue Bing and asked, "Why didn't Zihan get on the horse?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "It's still early, I want to walk! Is Zilong willing to be with me?"

After hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "It's good! I've been on the horse for a long time, but I haven't walked around for a long time." After that, he jumped off the horse and handed the mount to the servants of Xue's mansion, and said, "Worry, I'll take care of my mount."

"Then he said to Xue Bing: "Let's go with Zihan now."

The two then walked up to Liu Bei's mansion. Now Liu Bei held a banquet in his mansion. He invited all the ministers, whether they were old ministers who had been with him for many years, such as Zhao Yun, or newcomers who had just surrendered, such as Zhang He. They were all invited.

And these two people are now going to attend a banquet. Like Xue Bing, she didn't even eat after getting up, so she was going to go and let go with her stomach.

We walked and chatted along the way. We didn't feel bored. The two of them have been living on horseback in recent years, but it has been a long time since they are so relaxed now.

Xue Bing walked for a while and suddenly remembered something and asked, "How old is Zilong this year?"

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "It's already forty-one this year!" Then he sighed again, "It's so fast to pass the land! When I first met my lord, I was still in my early twenties, but I didn't expect that nearly twenty years had passed in the blink of an eye."

Xue Bing said: "Have Zilong already married?"

Zhao Yun said: "The lord has not achieved great achievements, so why do the subordinates become their families?"

Xue Bing was stunned when she heard this, and then she saved Zhao Yun from his whole life until the day he died of old age and illness. His child was only in his twenties. It can be seen that he was late for his family.

He thought to himself: "This Zhao Zilong is really focused on his mind. He puts the position of his lord more important than himself."

During this chat, the two of them had already arrived at Liu Bei's mansion, so they stopped laughing and joined them.

Liu Bei had a banquet for the ministers. However, not everyone could sit in the same hall with Liu Bei to drink with him. Like some people with lower positions, they could only attend the next hall.

However, during this period, Liu Bei also took the time to go over and toast everyone with a glass of wine, which moved the ministers.

Xue Bing naturally sat in the main hall. He was surrounded by military generals. The top leader was naturally Zhang Fei. At this time, Zhang Fei was happily drinking there with a jar of wine.

At the beginning, he agreed with Liu Bei that he would not drink wine when he was leading the army, but after returning to Chengdu, he wanted to drink for the best of his time. So Liu Bei could not say anything about him when he drank like this, so he had to persuade him to drink less and ignore him.

Zhang Fei's next head was Zhao Yun. At this time, Zhao Yun was holding a wine bottle, drinking in small sips, and occasionally ate a bite of the dish. This was what Liu Bei brought the wine to another hall, otherwise the dishes in front of Zhao Yun would have never moved at all.

Then there was Xue Bing. He himself didn't expect to be placed in this position. He took a peek at Ma Chao who was leaving his head. "I hope he won't complain about it."

Behind them, Yu Jin, Zhang He, and Liu Bei arranged the two of them to sit together. It should be so that these two people who were both from Cao's camp could have someone to talk, so that they would not be left alone, which seemed embarrassing.

Veteran Yan Yan was also present, and the county magistrate of Ba County was replaced by the original deputy general Lai Changyi, which was recommended by Yan Yan. Liu Bei also considered that Yan Yan was old, so he transferred him back to Chengdu. In addition, veteran Huang Zhong had just recovered from his injuries and needed to rest and was not on the table.

Xue Bing looked at it for a while and looked back, not to mention these generals. Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Ma Dai and others were all the talents of future generals, but now they can only be listed behind.

It can be seen that Liu Bei's talent was so high that although he was not as good as Cao Cao, he was still comparable to Eastern Wu.

There is a civil servant seat opposite, and the first ones are naturally Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, but Zhuge Liang's position is slightly higher, which also means that his status is slightly higher than Pang Tong.

This is also impossible. Liu Bei's current territorial power was all based on Zhuge Liang's help. Pang Tong had the opportunity to take down Xichuan, but he was seriously injured due to carelessness. As a result, the battle of Xichuan did not make any contribution.

In the end, Zhuge Liang still took the achievement. If it weren't for the fact that he had come up with several good strategies when he took Hanzhong, he would probably not be able to be a second-ranked adviser.

Later, Fa Zheng, Huang Quan and others sat in turn. Fa Zheng, who was originally depressed and unsuccessful under Liu Zhang, has now become an important local adviser in Liu Bei's army, and it can be said that he has finally made it through.

At this time, some important officials of Shu Kingdom in history were still listed behind, and people like Jiang Wan who had just shown their talents could only sit in the middle.

Xue Bing sat there, looking east and west, feeling bored. Most of the people just whispered to a few people beside them, and there was no atmosphere of a banquet at all.

When he looked up, he saw Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng saying something. Xue Bing said intimately, "Are you going to mention that matter today?" But he didn't care. He asked, so he went up to help. If he didn't mention it, then he would have nothing to do with him.

So Xue Bing is thinking about what to do in the past few days.

Part of the main combat corps was stationed in Hanzhong, under Wei Yan's control, while the others returned to their original location to prepare for the recruitment during the war. As for training, Liu Bei specially transferred General Yan back to let him train the soldiers in Chengdu.

Xue Bing's turn to do other trivial matters. Moreover, Liu Bei thought of his long-term battle and did not arrange any business for Xue Bing so that he could rest.

After thinking about the formation, Xue Bing said to Zhao Yun: "Does Zilong have business in the near future?"

Zhao Yun said: "The lord has not made any arrangements yet. I will stay in a few days before I will go to find a military advisor to get some errands."

Xue Bing said intimately, "This workaholic!" But he said, "Zilong has been fighting for so long, why can't he have a rest?"

Zhao Yun frowned when he heard the eyes. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xue Bing. Xue Bing believed that he would refute him with words like the lord's failure to accomplish great things, so he said to Zhao Yun first: "Only by combining work and rest can we do the best tasks in our work and work."

Moreover, when the lord's power was decided, what he had to do was not to fight everywhere, but to consolidate the internal situation. That was what civil servants were good at.

All we have to do is to rest well and cultivate sufficient combat power. Only when the lord has some recruitment can he use the greatest strength..." Xue Bing said this in a scattered manner, and finally Zhao Yun only replied: "What exactly do Zihan want to say?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Bing curled his lips helplessly and said, "I want to go out for a trip. Can Zilong go with me?"

However, before Zhao Yun answered, Zhang Fei said first: "Where is Zihan going to go?"

Xue Bing was stunned, but unexpectedly Zhang Fei heard it, so he replied, "But let's have a tour around Chengdu, relax, and be able to accompany his family."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei replied, "I will go with you and bring the boy at home! Zihan will also take the younger brother and sister and children! Let's have fun together!"

Xue Bing responded with a smile, looked back at Zhao Yun, and saw his unwilling expression, so he said, "Zilong, don't refuse, I will go to the mansion to find you that day!" After saying that, he turned around and invited Ma Chao to go with him.

History has changed at this time. After Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao, he did not return to Xiliang, but directly surrendered to Zhang Lu. Therefore, his wife was not killed. After Hanzhong was pacified, his wife was also taken to Chengdu.

At this time, Xue Bing invited her and said, "I will agree to you if Zihan has an invitation!"

After the discussion, the few people made an appointment to meet at Zhang Fei's mansion three days later, and each took his wives to the suburbs to have fun together. As soon as they discussed, they saw Liu Bei walking back to the hall with a slightly red face.

Just now, Liu Bei looked at the halls and left and drank with his ministers. He was already slightly drunk when he returned.

After sitting on the head, the left and right first presented clear water to Liu Bei to drink it. Liu Bei said, "Today's banquet, everyone drinks wine, how can I drink clear water alone?" Then he took the clear water down and then laughed and said, "I can achieve what I have achieved today, rely on your efforts. Please drink this cup with me!"

Everyone then raised their glasses to drink together. After drinking, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng turned their eyes, got up at the same time, turned from behind the table, bowed to Liu Bei, and said, "Now Cao Cao is the only one who is in power, and the people are not in charge.

The lord is benevolence and righteousness in the world. Now he has pacified the two rivers and Jingxiang. He can respond to the people of Tianshun and ascend to the throne, be clear and just to fight against the traitors!"

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, and then he was drunk and cleaned up and said in a panic: "Why did the military advisor say this? Although Bei was a relative of the Han Dynasty, he was a minister. If he did this, he would be rebelling against the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Liang replied: "Today, the lower part collapses, and heroes rise up, and each dominates the world. Those who are talented and virtuous in the world want to live for their own lives and serve their superiors all want to climb up the dragon and attach themselves to the phoenix and establish fame. Now the lord avoids suspicion and righteousness, and is afraid of losing the expectations of everyone. I hope the lord will think about it well.

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