Chapter 981: On stage

Nanyang City.

Liu Xie looked up at the sky.

The sky was confined by the eaves on all sides into a very small square. The square was covered with dark clouds, and before dinner was about to come, the sky was as dark as late as night.

A violent wind blew from the west, accompanied by a rustling sound, probably overturning the tiles on the roof. A tiles suddenly fell down and smashed into pieces in front of Liu Xie.

Liu Xie's attention was focused on the opposite ridge. In the gap between the ridge, there was a cluster of grass growing horizontally. Liu Xie pursed his lips and looked at the grass swaying left and right in the strong wind, as if it could fly away at any time, but it never flew away.

After watching for a long time, Liu Xie felt his eyes a little sore and his head and neck were stiff.

"Your Majesty, the wind is strong outside, please go back to the hall to rest." An eunuch advised.

"It's going to rain?" Liu Xie asked casually: "I seemed to see the lightning flashing just now?"

He could not see the sky far away, but he guessed that when huge rain clouds approached, the scenery must be spectacular.

"Your Majesty, it's strong wind outside, please go back to the hall to rest." The eunuch did not answer, but just continued to persuade.

Since he came to Nanyang with the King of Wei, Liu Xie has lived in this rude and simple palace for several months. His activities were limited to entering the courtyard with no familiar people around him, and even the eunuchs were unfamiliar. They were polite, with good manners and care, but they did not dare to answer with Liu Xie.

So Liu Xie ignored these eunuchs.

He continued to look up at the height of the sky, as if there was something interesting in the sky.

He stood for a long time until the raindrops fell down, and he still stood without changing his posture. The eunuch advised him several times and asked him to go back to the hall to rest, but he did not respond at all. After a few times, the eunuch stopped talking. They stood silently in the corridor like the palace maids, accompanying the emperor with the clay-sculpting wooden wombs.

I don’t know how long it took, but the raindrops gradually turned into rain lines, hanging densely. The wind stormed in the courtyard, causing the rain to sprinkle on Liu Xie’s robe. Liu Xie suddenly felt a little cold, but he still stood stubbornly. He thought of the entanglements of the eunuchs who wanted to persuade but did not dare to persuade him, and he was a little happy.

At this moment, the main entrance of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open.

Dozens of tower-like soldiers stepped over the accumulated water on the stone steps and walked in with great clang. Until Liu Xie, they lined up one point left and right.

A bearded general came forward with a high reputation, bowed down and performed a ceremony, and said in a deep voice: "My dear Xu Chu, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Liu Xie's lips trembled, and he asked with a thorn in his mouth, "What's the matter with General Xu?"

"The King of Wei invites you, please let Your Majesty move you."

"……good."

After saying this "good", there was nothing left to Liu Xie.

He changed his clothes and crowned him, walked through the soldiers' queues and boarded the train.

The Xuan car surrounded by a large number of knights began to move. He shook his body with a wooden expression as the wheels vibrated. The rain line hanging from the brackets everywhere hit the roof of the Xuan car's canopy, and then flowed down along the curtains on all sides. A corner of the curtain was blown up by the wind and landed inside the car. He lowered his eyes and watched the water stains at the bottom of the car slowly expand.

The cavalry team moved forward in the rain, and the car left the palace and went east. Along the way, thousands of soldiers did not shelter from the wind and rain, standing upright with their entourage like guns and spears.

After half an hour, I came to a high platform.

The platform is divided into three layers, facing north and south, and is round and downward. The closer the car is, the more majestic the platform is.

Xu Chu's voice came from the outside: "The King of Wei is waiting on the stage. Your Majesty, please come on stage."

Liu Xie went out silently, stepped onto the ground with splashing mud and water, and then walked up the stairs quickly.

The ceremonial guards behind him hurriedly followed, but because the rain was getting heavier, the canopy above Liu Xie's head did not play any role. When Liu Xie reached a high place, his robe was almost wet, layers of fabrics involved his steps, and the stairs became more and more slippery, so he had to reach out to support the stairs before he could continue climbing.

Fortunately, there were not too many steps at the eighty-one level. When Liu Xie staggered a little, he finally climbed up to the platform. His wet hair stuck to his forehead and blocked his vision. He turned on the silk to see that there was a big hall in the middle of the platform. Under the eaves of the main hall, King Cao Cao of Wei was looking at the rain curtain happily, occasionally talking to the people around him.

Cao Cao noticed Liu Xie's arrival and waved his hand.

So everyone beside him, and the emperor's ceremonial guards, retreated, leaving him and Liu Xie a few feet apart, standing side by side under the eaves and looking at them.

At this time, the wind and rain became more and more violent, and lightning and deafening thunder were getting denser. The rain flowed around the platform, and the soldiers who were originally standing still placed their flags to avoid being damaged by the wind and rain. Among the guards on the edge of the three-story high platform, some people shrank and used the help of the piles to block the wind and rain.

In the direction of some large-scale outbuildings behind the platform, many people not only did not shelter from the rain, but instead worked harder under the scolding and whip of the military academies. They were covered in mud and dragged willow baskets and logs filled with earth and stone in the mud. From a distance, they looked like yellow ants struggling in the rain.

Cao Cao said: "What a heavy rain."

Liu Xie was silent.

Cao Cao asked again: "Have you ever seen such heavy rain when Your Majesty was in Xudu?"

"No."

"Don't say that Your Majesty has never seen him. I have been in war for decades and traveled to most of the world, but I have never seen such heavy rain." Cao Cao said with satisfaction: "It's worth my patience for more than two months! Those old farmers who are familiar with the climate of Jingxiang did not lie to me!"

Liu Xie felt that Cao Cao was a little excited and a little happy. What was he looking forward to this rain? What did this have to do with the overall situation of the world he faced? Liu Xie didn't know how to respond, so he asked tentatively: "Is this rain very important to the King of Wei?"

"It's very important, it's so important!" Cao Cao pressed his belt and said with emotion: "There will be floods after heavy rain. Where the floods pass, the enemy troops in Jingxiang will be wiped out. After the threat from Jingxiang is removed, I will choose a general to lead the troops to travel west calmly. What can Liu Bei do in Lianglong? I estimate that by around October, the border war will be basically settled and the Zen platform should be completed. At that time, Your Majesty will be able to take off the important tasks of the world with peace of mind, haha."

"Haha, haha." Liu Xie also laughed twice.

Cao Cao glanced at the emperor: "Does Your Majesty also feel very happy?"

Liu Xie has been an emperor who is in name for more than 20 years, and the more he goes, the more he becomes more insignificant. On the contrary, when the throne is about to be replaced, he has played an irreplaceable important role. Liu Xie naturally understands this situation, so he is more bold than before.

Hearing Cao Cao's inquiry, he suddenly couldn't help but say, "I think it's a bit funny."

"funny?"

"I heard for a long time that the King of Wei was under the command of one million troops, thousands of tiger generals, and countless wise counselors. However, the great princes gathered in Nanyang, but they could not defeat the enemy for the King of Wei, so the King of Wei worked hard for several months just to wait for a heavy rain, hoping to rely on rain to subdue the enemy... Can the matter in the world be decided by a heavy rain?" Liu Xie smiled and shook his head: "King of Wei, I really think this is a bit funny."

Cao Cao's eyes froze and then he laughed.
Chapter completed!