Bashu, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhuge Liang wore a sick scarf with his head down, his eyebrows were drooping, and he looked sad, but his fingers were completely opposite to his sick look on the strings. The sound of the piano was like a storm.

--The phoenix is ​​like a phoenix and a phoenix return to my hometown, and travel around the world to seek its phoenix.

――I haven’t met at the time and I have no one to go to this hall now!

The song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is about to be played at a high point, and suddenly the sound of the piano is uncontrollable. The faster you play, the more you play, the more urgent you play.

With a "clang" sound, the strings of the piano broke, and Zhuge Liang pushed the piano off the desk irritably.

"Prime Minister..." The civil servants around him quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty insists on going north, so that it will inevitably solve the problem of military food. Four and six taxes are collected, and three tries are collected... It is inevitable! The Prime Minister must take care of his health.

ah."

Hearing that Zhuge Liang was playing the wrong thing in "The Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix", everyone's mood was as heavy as Zhuge Liang's face.

"Is it 'Phoenix seeking the phoenix, or phoenix prisoner phoenix,?"

Zhuge Liang suddenly sighed, and he shook his head... and continued to play with the broken string.

--The phoenix and the phoenix live from me, and I will be the concubine forever.

――The friendship and mind are harmonious, and who knows each other in the middle of the night?

-- Both wings rose and flew high, and I felt sad without any emotion.

When the last sound fell...

Zhuge Liang fell into silence. He closed his eyes and lowered his head helplessly, "Even Zilong...

Can't you persuade Your Majesty to take back his life? Alas...ah..."

The faint sigh echoed in the aftermath of the strings, and the lingering sound lingered for a long time.

"Unexpectedly, after five years of truce, Shu Han was as in danger as if he was exhausted..."

yes......

It's like a burden!

―How sad?

―What a pity!

......

......

Bashu,

Shangshu Deck.

Li Yan walked around the house, as if he was worried and was restless.

Li Yan's son Li Feng walked slowly with a stack of bamboo slips in his hand, "Now my father has regained military power from the Jingzhou mission and then regained the power from Prime Minister Zhuge. This is a great joy. Why is my father depressed all day long?

?”

"Ah..." Li Yan sighed, "It was because Zhuge Kongming was sick. In the past five years, whether it was military affairs, government affairs, people's livelihood, courts, he always asked about everything in person, and fell asleep every day at Yin.

, he got up again before Chen, and slept for less than two hours. Even the iron man could not withstand it. For five years... Prime Minister Zhuge was also at his limit."

From Li Yan's mouth, he seemed to have no luck in defeating his "political enemy", but instead he became more lonely.

Really...

Bashu's heavy burden was pressing on him, and he suddenly felt a huge pressure. It was not until this moment that he could personally realize the profound meaning of the sentence "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight first"!

It's so heavy, the burden of Bashu is heavier than Mount Tai...

"The military power should be in the hands of my father. Think about it, how many soldiers are there in our Bashu Jingzhou? It's only 20,000! How many veterans are there in His Majesty? That's 10,000, but our Shu army has more than 300,000.

...... Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that the military power would sooner or later belong to our Dongzhou faction!"

The Dongzhou faction is a "native" in the Bashu area, and it has a natural advantage in commanding the Shu army.

Can......

Li Yan answered a big answer, but no key questions were answered.

Why is he always depressed?

Li Feng's eyes rolled and continued to ask, "I heard that my father proposed "46 taxes, three taxes will be collected, so that His Majesty will have enough food for the Northern Expedition, but...

Remember, my father told the child that he did not agree with His Majesty’s Northern Expedition in his heart!”

Li Feng's words made Li Yan look sideways...

He micro

After a moment of pause, he opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty's intention to attack Wei has been settled. Feng'er, don't forget our identity. Although our Dongzhou school has the most officials and the most soldiers, it is finally surrendering.

Confucius, and Kong Ming has followed His Majesty for many years and made great achievements in Bashu. If something happens, he can say bluntly that we cannot do it! We must act according to His Majesty's wishes, especially if His Majesty has Kong Ming.

When you are in a different position, you must stand on Your Majesty's side with all your heart!

Li Yan is very good at being an official and is also good at guessing Liu Bei's thoughts...

In recent years, he has transformed from a surrendered general to become the third person in the Bashu court. In addition to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, he is by no means accidental.

"But my father..." Li Feng was still worried, "If it was a Northern Expedition, Your Majesty would face Cao Yu. He was not only the King of Wei, but also the Yin Lin who had no choice but to attack the enemy after the years of conquests.

Attacking the heart, there has never been a defeat. Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Zhou Yu are not his opponents. How sure is his father? In Shu, money, food, soldiers and horses are spreading out of the country and investing in the empty Shu Road. If you can't win

What? Why do we do the aftermath?

"What are you talking about?" Li Yan was angry.

"My father is facing Cao Yu now, and Cao Yu has tied Zhou Yu, Ma Chao, Xun, Lu Bu and others into one rope. Does his father really think that the power of Bashu can match the competition?"

"Random!" Li Yan suddenly stood up, "They are not Cao Yu's opponents? Isn't Your Majesty? Nowadays, the Great Wei says that it embraces all rivers, but in fact... the forces of various stocks are complicated, so there is no civil strife? Xiliang's

, Can the Jingzhou and Jiangdong be harmonious?"

"But...the princess of Xiliang and the princess of Jiangdong...they are also Cao Yu's concubines!"

"Feng'er!" Li Yan said earnestly, "You must never say such words in the future, in the future!"

"I..." Li Feng wanted to say something, but because of Li Yan's angry eyes, he swallowed all the things he wanted to say.

Just then...

The footsteps of "step..." came from outside the door.

A sect official broke into here to report: "Report to the Secretary of the Republic of China, General Zhao Zilong asked for a meeting..."

Hmm...

This sudden sentence made Li Yan stunned. He didn't expect... Zhao Yun would come to find him?

You must know...

Previously, Zhao Yun had a very clear position, only Zhuge Kongming followed the order.

to this end......

He also specially distanced himself from Li Yan and refused to get close to him.

It can be said that Zhao Yun and Li Yan have no personal relationships for the past five years.

Then...now...

"Hurry... Please ask General Zhao Zilong to enter the main hall! Be polite!" Li Yan quickly got up as he ordered.

......

......

Luoyang, Weiyang Palace.

This is a newly built palace in the Great Wei Palace, which is exactly the same as the "Weiyang Palace" built by Liu Bang in the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, built by Xiao He, an important minister, on the basis of Qinzhangtai, Chang'an City.

only......

The former Weiyang Palace is located on the southwest cemetery dragon headland, the highest terrain in the Han Dynasty.

Today's Weiyang Palace is located in the original Deyang Palace of Han Palace... It is the center of the Wei Palace, with pavilions, towers, mountains and rivers, and pools, towering like clouds!

In addition, this Weiyang Palace was a gift from Lu Yu to the Queen of the Great Wei Dynasty Cai Zhaoji.

At this time, Lu Yu was accompanying the queen to watch their daughter "Cao Nanxi" practice martial arts, Xixi, Nanchen, and Huachao Yuexi.

―Cao Nanxi, this is a rich name for poetry and books...

Although Cai Zhaoji is a talented woman, Xiao Nanxi is abnormal. She doesn't like studying, and her nephew likes to dance with guns and sticks...

In just half an hour, Nan Xi danced with wooden spear, wooden sword, wooden halberd... Even the wooden daggers danced so powerfully.

......This made Lu Yu applaud,

Cai Zhaoji shook her head slightly.

"Isn't Nan Xi good at this stick method?" Lu Yu smiled at Cai Zhaoji.
To be continued...