Han Xiang

Chapter 647 Afterword
In the winter of the fifth year of Zhang Wu, the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion in Luoyang.

After nightfall, the guests dispersed.

In the vast hall, only Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were left.

When no outsiders are present, there are no emperors or generals here, only brothers in life and death.

The three of them drank wine and chatted about the past, as if time had returned to Taoyuan.

Zhang Fei drank so much that his beard and chest were stained with wine.

Liu Bei was helping him tidy up next to him. Seeing that Zhang Fei's beard and hair had turned a lot whiter, he felt distressed and reminded him: "My third brother is celebrating his sixtieth birthday today, how can he still be as unruly as a young man?"

"hey-hey."

Zhang Fei smiled naively: "I am a younger brother, and Your Majesty is a younger brother. A younger brother will never grow up before his elder brother."

"The barbarians in Hexi are causing trouble. Meng Qi will deal with it. Don't worry about it."

"How can that be done?" Before Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhang Fei's head shook, "Ma Mengqi is my deputy general, how can I let the deputy general enter the battle alone?"

"Third brother, listen to the elder brother's words. Didn't I also leave the matter of conquering Liaodong to Chief Wen? How can a mere disease of fibrosis be worthy of our brother's action?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard as he spoke. His originally elegant and beautiful beard was also marked by the mottled and gradual changes of color, marked by the passage of time.

The man with the beautiful beard was getting older, but his arrogance was still there. After persuading Zhang Fei, he followed up and asked without waiting for an answer: "Yunqi has been in Jiaozhou for a few years, and he only came to Luoyang once in the process. Your good son-in-law doesn't want to answer either." Coming?"

"Forehead"

Before Zhang Fei could explain, Liu Bei spoke for Long Xiang first: "There is no need to embarrass Yunqi and his son. After all, Jiaozhou is too far away from the Central Plains. It takes half a year to go back and forth. Besides, it's not a big deal."

Guan Yu was not really angry, and he often took care of Qiao Min. He felt that he owed Long Xiang.

Longxiang's brave retreat from the rapids will make outsiders suspicious of Liu Bei. Guan Yu knows his brother's character, so he often talks about it.

"Who said my son-in-law doesn't miss me? I'll show you something good."

Zhang Fei suddenly smiled mysteriously, stood up and walked outside the palace gate to say a few words, then walked back to his original position and sat down, leaving Liu Bei and Guan Yu confused.

"Is there some treasure?"

"My third brother doesn't like money, and Zikun (Long Ji) won't give away mundane things."

Guan Yufeng looked at Liu Bei, but got a negative answer, so he stared at Zhang Fei and asked: "Third brother, what is it?"

"Hey, you'll find out soon."

Not long after, several maids came in with Pingting in their hands and brought the roasted oysters to the table.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu had not lived a good life for a few days, so they had no chance to taste this food. Both of them showed surprised expressions.

Zhang Fei picked up one and handed it to Liu Bei. He said with a smile: "Zi Kun wrote that this thing is an oyster. It was picked from the sea in Zhuyazhou. It was just delivered to Luoyang by fast horse yesterday. I tried it and thought it was very delicious. Brother Come and taste it soon.”

"Is it?"

Liu Bei hesitated and took it in his hand to examine it carefully. Long Xiang organized people to catch and dry the dried sea fish. After eating it several times, he felt that the smell of sea fish was too fishy, ​​neither unpalatable nor delicious.

Guan Yu was extremely adaptable both in terms of military and taste, so he picked one up and started eating without any hesitation.

"It's really delicious."

Guan Yu chewed and swallowed the tiger body and was shocked. Then he looked at Zhang Fei and joked: "Third brother, why didn't you put such a rare and delicious food on the birthday banquet just now? I can also praise your son-in-law by the way."

"At the birthday party?"

Zhang Fei shook his head like a rattle and explained: "Zi Kun only sent two hundred, which is not enough for my generals to fill their teeth. That's why I held a small banquet after the big banquet."

"I see."

Liu Bei ate the oysters and even drank the juice. Then he asked out of curiosity: "I think even two hundred oysters can't be used exclusively. Kong Ming, Zilong and others should also have a taste. Yun Qi is not stingy." Man, but why is he?”

"Hey, I heard that it is not easy to pick, and it is easy to spoil during long-distance transportation. Yunqi also discovered the oyster producing area this year. Zikun asked us to taste it first in the letter. If it suits the taste of the two brothers, he will have more oysters next winter. Give some away so we can have a good time this year."

After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he grabbed one in each hand and began to eat it, and he was like Mr. Zhang letting himself go again.

Liu Bei stroked his beard and nodded gently, and said to himself: "It seems that life in Jiaozhou is not bad. At least we have this kind of delicious food that is rare in the Central Plains. Chang Wen (Chen Qun) came to me several times to plead for mercy, saying that Sima Zhongda If he cannot adapt to life in Lingnan, I think his family will live a happy life."

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Fei nodded in agreement: "Chen Changwen abandoned my eldest brother in the past. When we returned to the Central Plains, he came to join us again. It was a big honor for my eldest brother to reuse him again. Sima Zhongda wanted to leave in the clouds, even if he never returned to the Central Plains. It’s none of his business.”

"Third brother celebrates his birthday today. Let's not talk about anything else. Second brother and you are competing to see who is better at eating oysters."

"No, second brother, please slow down, this is my son-in-law's filial piety."

The three of them had a good time, drinking and chatting happily, and Liu Bei mentioned that the carefree Sima Yi had indeed lived a "free" life.

Sima Yi's family lived in the north of Zhuya, but their arrival here was no different from being exiled. They had no one to support them and could only make a living by farming.

If it weren't for Zhang Chunhua's hard work, Sima's family would have starved to death on the island. Sima Yi often stood on the beach and looked north, hoping that Xu Wen on the other side would have a boat to pick him up. There might be a ship that dares to take him away.

One evening, Zhang Chunhua discovered that one of the chickens he was raising was missing, and Sima Yi, who was supposed to drive the chickens into the cage, was "looking at the sea" to the north of his home.

Zhang Chunhua picked up a broken bamboo pole by the wall and ran angrily in the direction of Sima Yi. As she ran, she cursed: "Sima Zhongda, you are going to kill me today. I will never finish with you today!"

"Madam, listen to me, we have to endure it, they will definitely find a way to deal with it."

"You have to eat too, why don't you go find chickens with me!"

The days of turmoil were happening almost every day. Sima Yi had a lot to learn, and it seemed that he could only tell the story to the sea.

At that time, there were few roads in Zhuya Prefecture, and Sima Yi had never explored the south. He didn't know that Longxiang, whom he missed, actually had a "resort" in the south of the island, where he and his family would stay every winter.

While Zhang Fei celebrated his birthday, Longxiang and Erqiao were also bathing in the warm sunshine at the seaside.

The breeze blows and the sand gulls rise and fall.Long Xiang was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and was lying on the back of the chair, waiting for the two beauties to change.

In a small wooden house not far away, Qiao Wei and Qiao Wan were wearing new underwear and trying on Long Xiang's newly designed outerwear.

In an era of conservative clothing, no matter how daring the underwear was, it would be hard for outsiders to talk about it, but Long Xiang’s innovations in outerwear were something that even Qiao Wan was too shy to try.

I can only let Mr. Long enjoy his eye addiction in this secluded place alone.

After changing clothes, Qiao Wan looked at her sister's eyes, as if she had opened the door to a new world.

White shirt, small suit, hip skirt, high heels
In Qiao Wei's eyes, the younger sister wears a dark green cheongsam with high slits. The silk texture catches the shadows and outlines the exquisite curves. She is as good as her elder sister.

One is charming and mature, and the other is jasper.

One is rustic and charming, the other is graceful and graceful.

"Sister, you are so pretty."

Hearing Qiao Wan's compliment, Qiao Wei glanced at her long legs under her skirt, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "My little sister, this outfit is still reserved and dignified. I can't wear it out at all."

"Still reserved and dignified?"

Qiao Wan turned sideways and hooked up her hip slit, which meant that I was more exposed than you.

Qiao Wei turned around and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile: "Maybe Long Lang made a mistake in the size. If you go back and close the opening, it will look natural and dignified."

"What's wrong?" Qiao Wan muttered with her mouth flat: "I think he did it on purpose. If sister likes it so much, I will switch with you right away. You are so stunning in this outfit."

"It's no problem to change, but Long Lang deliberately slit it like this, maybe just to see his sister wearing it for him. If you really change with me now, don't regret it later."

Upon being reminded by Qiao Wei, Qiao Wan's ears turned red and she said coyly:

"We are tailor-made. If you want to change it, you can only go back and make it again. My husband has been waiting at the beach for a long time. Let's go over quickly."

"Ah."

The two sisters immediately walked out of the wooden house. Long Xiang turned around when he heard the sound and couldn't help but let out a tut-tsk sound.

It is undeniable that Hanfu is beautiful, but the Qiao sisters are also classic. The moment they walked out of the wooden house, Long Xiang seemed to have returned to the future world.

The hand-made and material differences may make it different from the future world's high-quality clothing, but these two outfits are Long Xiang's best. The only drawback is the lack of two pairs of stockings.

No matter how much Long Xiang knew, he still wouldn't be able to create it at this time.

The two sisters walked over and found Long Xiang frozen in place, staring at them intently.

Qiao Wan stepped forward and deliberately turned sideways, revealing the high slit under her waist, and opened her mouth to speak seductively.

"Husband, is it pretty?"

"Change another batch."

"Ok?"

"I mean look on the other side."

When Long Xiang moved to Jiaozhou, he would secretly go to Beijing every two years to meet the emperor. Later, Liu Guan and Zhang passed away one after another, and he never returned to the Central Plains.

Long Ji, Long Huai and other descendants gradually matured. They stepped on the shoulders of their fathers, took the sea ships that had been improved countless times, and took Xu Chu, Feng Zhong, Tang Hui and other descendants of the old tribe to sail south along the coastline for exploration.

Later, the Zhenhai Kingdom was established in place of Funan, extending the Han's tentacles to Ninan and further south.

After a hundred years of vicissitudes, the Central Plains dynasty still had the surname Liu.

The root of stability lies in the economy. Every time the Central Plains encounters famine, natural disaster, or war, the barren Jiaozhou in the south will provide food supplies, as if it was a convention.

In the eighth year of Liu Bei's great-grandson Liu Zhu's accession to the throne, the country's prosperity reached its highest level in a century. All barbarians surrendered and all nations came to court.

In restaurants and teahouses in Luoyang, the capital, passers-by and idle students often gather together to discuss heroes.

Discuss those heroes during the troubled times a hundred years ago.

The Three Heroes of Taoyuan, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, etc. are often mentioned, but the Zhenhai King who once dominated the southeast seems to have disappeared from everyone's memory.

In addition to the Long family's fading out of the Central Plains, it was also related to its imprisonment of Sima Yi.

The Henan nobles headed by Chen Qun became resentful after failing to speak up for their friends. They and their descendants deliberately manipulated the history books to artificially erase Long Xiang's achievements and existence. After several generations, they were forgotten by the public.

There was a guest in the wine shop who was dressed differently from the people from the Central Plains. Seeing that no one mentioned Long Xiang, he slammed the table and said loudly:

"There was a man who joined the army at the age of 15 and established his career at the age of 20. He retreated from Zhang Fei alone, defeated Ni Heng in a verbal battle, and took the second bridge in the southeast. He was the envy of Cao Cao and the envy of Zhou Lang. He was the ancestor of the ancestors and the Sun family's nightmare. It can be said that hero?"

"Ok?"

Another person at the next table stood up when he heard the words. He looked at the people in front of him, nodded and said to him: "Huainan nail shop, little expert in arching fire, creator of the door-sealing technique, the founder of pancakes and fruit, master of rhythm, can he be called a hero?"

"Wait a minute, you seem to be talking about the same person. I haven't asked you two yet."

As the first two people were having a conversation, a third person came in to supplement the conversation, causing the wine shop to suddenly boil.

"Ancestor Long Yunqi, King of Zhenhai!"

"Oh? You and I are actually relatives? Our ancestors, General Chariot and Cavalry, Marquis of Zhuo, Zhang Yide, and your Excellency..."

"Uh this."

"Why do you need to be so coy? Your Majesty has a broad mind now, what can't you say? Since you know King Zhenhai, your ancestor must not be an unknown person."

"My grandfather's surname is Cao, but my great-grandfather is Yuan Shao."

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