"I want to settle down in heaven and earth. I pray for the four seasons to nourish the earth. I pray for people to be safe and the animals to prosper. I kneel down in Taoyuan and pray for three sworn brothers. I just pray for peace in the world..."

On the makeshift stage in the Emperor's Palace, actors wearing colorful wooden masks were singing operatic lines.

The actor's clothes are a bit strange. If you look closely, you can see that he looks like a witch doctor or a sacrificial priest from the Nanzhong Yi tribe.

This is a new opera from Nanxiang.

I heard that there is a legend circulating in Nanzhong now, saying that Guan Suo can command the Ghost King.

Therefore, when the Yi tribe invites gods, they often pretend to be Guan Suo and order the ghost king to drive away the ghosts.

When Nanxiang students went to Nanzhong to study, they found it quite interesting, so they made up such a new play after returning.

It mainly tells the story of Guan Suo, the son of the Guan family who lived among the people after the Jingzhou Incident. He went through hardships and returned to Shu. At the same time, he also practiced martial arts hard and served the country.

There are sorrows and joys, life and death, separation and reunion, and also interspersed with the story of the late emperor and the brothers Guan and Zhang who restored the Han Dynasty, which is quite fascinating.

Even the emperor and queen in the audience watched with gusto.

When they saw the fall of Jingzhou and the death of the Guan family, everyone in the audience sighed in unison.

Seeing Guan Suo recuperating in Baojiazhuang, then defeating the thieves who came to rob the village, and finally returning west with Bao Sanniang, even the queen had a smile on her face.

Then came the Southern Expedition, where he helped the Southern Expedition army defeat the enemy, met Meng Huo's daughter Hua Wan by chance, and captured the heart of the beautiful lady.

Seeing this, the little fat man couldn't help but smack his lips.

When the actors on the stage went down to prepare for the next scene, Adou turned his head and whispered to Zhang Xingcai:

"In the past, I only heard about my father-in-law's southern expedition, but I never thought that other people had such wonderful stories."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingcai turned around and said with a smile:

"I heard that there is indeed something going on between Guan Suo and Hua Wan. It can be said that they don't know each other without fighting. When Guan Suo first started, he even won a curly red rabbit horse from Hua Wan."

"If nothing else happens, this curly red rabbit horse should still be raised at Yuexi's racecourse."

They also open a racecourse to raise Yunnan horses, and the quality of the horses produced at the racecourse under the name of Xinghanhui is higher than that of others.

Even if Huawan, a local snake in Southern China, has the ability to obtain pure Yunnan horses from various tribes in Southern China, the quality of the horses in her private horse farm is still inferior to that of Xinghan Club.

Where do you think this can be justified?

The emperor and empress laughed together.

Guan Tong next to him was a little restless.

During the Southern Expedition, he was just a child and didn't know much about the world.

After watching this play, he was completely in a trance: Could it be that he really has such a powerful fourth uncle?

Don't blame him for thinking that way.

After all, how could a play that could be sung in front of the emperor be just randomly arranged?

What's more, the late emperor was involved.

"Dalang, what do you think of this play?"

"Very... very good, very beautiful."

The queen nodded:

“It’s really beautiful.”

As he spoke, he sighed again, "Even though it was painful to watch at the beginning, the events in Jingzhou, not to mention the Guan family, even the Han Dynasty suffered greatly from it!"

Guan Tong was still a young man in his teens, and he was most unsettled. Thinking of the events described in the play, he felt a surge of excitement in his chest:

"The rats from Jiangdong are not the sons of men!"

After saying this, he was startled and looked at the emperor and queen with some anxiety.

Who would have expected that the emperor and the queen would look at each other and smile.

There was no more expression on Zhang Xingcai's face. She motioned to the stage and said leisurely and meaningfully:

"The next act is about to begin, let's watch the show first."

As the queen and the most important think tank of the emperor, Zhang Xingcai has far more timely information than others.

In addition to the widely circulated news in Hanzhong, she also knew that after forcing the Prime Minister to surrender to Qian County, he had already sent his troops to the east and might have crossed the Wugong River by now.

If nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Wei should have already arrived at Chang'an City, and it is very likely that he has made direct contact with the Prime Minister's army.

According to the military intelligence analysis passed down by Xiang'an, only a small number of troops are currently stationed in Chang'an, and most of Sima Yi's main army is concentrated in the Hexi and Tongguan lines east of Chang'an.

Maybe it was to guard against Feng Mingwen, or more likely to be able to withdraw from Guanzhong at any time.

But I don't see any intention of relying on Chang'an to defend.

So from this point of view, it is just around the corner for the Han Dynasty to regain Guanzhong.

For the big man, the great drama of the Battle of Guanzhong has almost come to an end.

The rest depends on what kind of results Feng Mingwen can achieve in the end.

If we can really eat Bingzhou and Hedong, it will be a huge surprise.

If there were no unexpected surprises, it would not matter if the Han and Wei dynasties finally used the river as their boundary.

Anyway, as long as the Han Dynasty regains Guanzhong, it will have two grain-producing Kingdoms of Abundance (the earliest name for Guanzhong is the Kingdom of Abundance).

The three areas of Longyou and Jiuyuan in Liangzhou raised war horses, produced wool, and weaved cloth; Nanzhong grew sugar cane and pressed brown sugar; and the Shu area raised silkworms and weaved brocades.

Coupled with the elite soldiers and generals who are proud of the world, it is a solid foundation that neither Qin nor Emperor Gaozu had before he unified the world.

In Zhang Xingcai's view, the next act of the Han Dynasty is to unify the world. Jiangdong is indeed a rat, but he is not a fool.

Over the years, the Wei State has lost troops and territory one after another. It would be an understatement to say that it was beaten to a pulp.

There is no need to even think about what the little half-crippled person and a rat will do when faced with a big man who has the power to unify the world.

The emergence of Guansuo Opera was the beginning of the public opinion war in Jingzhou.

Zhang Xingcai watched the show and subconsciously put a pickled sour plum into his mouth, chewing it slowly while thinking in his mind:

Before Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou, they had been shouting that Jingzhou belonged to them, right?

Guan Tong is a bit mediocre, but that is also for Guan Xing, who "rarely asked questions".

After watching "Guan Suo Opera" with the emperor and empress, he already felt confident.

It seems that having an extra fourth uncle is not that simple.

Such a complicated matter is beyond my current ability to participate in.

Seeing Guan Tong leave with relief, Zhang Xingcai took another sour plum and put it in his mouth, thoughtfully.

Adou next to him looked at his queen eating pickled plums, and felt that the roots of his teeth were about to collapse.

After waving the waiter down, he quietly touched Zhang Xingcai's belly.

Zhang Xingcai, who was deep in thought, was woken up. He raised his arm to allow Adou to touch it more smoothly and said softly:

"She's only four months old."

Adou hey hey silly music:

"Otherwise, Hanzhong is the land of Longxing. Fortunately, I didn't go back to Jincheng."

Zhang Xingcai pursed his lips and smiled.

A Dou is just enjoying himself:

"I don't know whether the queen is pregnant with a son or a daughter this time."

"Your Majesty, do you want a son or a daughter?"

"Anything is fine."

"I wish I was a princess."

"Why?"

Zhang Xingcai sighed:

"The Prime Minister is old and sick, and now he is leading the Northern Expedition despite his illness. After this battle, his body will probably suffer a lot. I don't know how long he can last."

"After this battle, Feng Mingwen will be the pillar of support after the Prime Minister."

She reached out and touched her belly:

"We asked Siniang to take the lead in the past and asked if we could let the Feng family's legitimate daughter marry into the royal family, but Feng Mingwen never responded."

"If I give birth to a daughter this time, no matter whether I marry or not, the Feng family will have to choose one."

Adou didn't take it too seriously. He held Zhang Xingcai's hand:

"The child is still young. Feng Mingwen didn't say that he didn't want to marry his daughter, or he said that he would let his daughter make her own choice in the future."

"So this matter still depends on his daughter. When we go to Chang'an together in the future, let the children play together more and become childhood sweethearts. Then it will be done, right?"

As he spoke, Adou came close to Zhang Xingcai’s ear and whispered:
To be continued...