The boy lay in his mother's arms and fell asleep peacefully.
Liu Ying walked into the Jiao Fang Hall and was about to speak when Empress Lu shook her head. Liu Ying glanced at Liu Chang who was sleeping soundly, said nothing and carefully sat down in front of Empress Lu.
"Tingwei has captured Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi."
Liu Ying said in a low voice.
Queen Lu thought for a moment and said: "Let them wake up for two days and then release them."
"Okay... then the farmer..."
A trace of murderous intent flashed in Queen Lu's eyes, "Do you want to plead for him?"
Liu Ying lowered her head, "Mom, he could have left... He found Tingwei and told him about this matter. I have already asked him, and he said that he really couldn't bear to see... mother and son meet.
I am disabled, so I said that I hope I can stop my eldest brother in time to prevent him from making a big mistake... He is not a bad person."
"What do you know? Lock him up first and I will interrogate him personally."
"only!"
Liu Ying did not dare to refute Empress Lu at all. He glanced at Liu Chang secretly and asked: "What about this matter..."
"You are in charge of the world's major affairs, and I am responsible for the family affairs."
"only!"
Liu Ying left quickly, and only Empress Lu and Liu Chang were left in the Jiaofang Hall.
When Liu Chang rubbed his eyes, yawned, and sat up, Empress Lu was still caressing his back. Liu Chang shouted sleepily: "Mother! I'm hungry!"
Empress Lu gestured to the table beside her. Liu Chang turned around and saw that his mother had already prepared food. He quickly got up, sat in front of the case, and started eating. Empress Lu looked at him and pondered.
After a moment, he said: "Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi have been imprisoned by Tingwei."
"Cough, cough!"
Liu Chang almost choked, but Queen Lu glared at him and said, "Eat slowly!"
Liu Chang raised his head and asked angrily: "Xuanyi, this old donkey dares to capture my family?"
"I asked him to catch him... Also, don't disrespect Duke Xuan."
"Ah? Mom, why are you arresting them? It's okay to arrest Zhang Buyi. I have long expected that this guy will end up in Tingwei's prison sooner or later, but why do you want to arrest Luan Bu?"
"Luan Bu wanted to kill Marquis Piyang and then commit suicide to apologize."
"Zhang Buji stopped him and the two of them fought. If Tingwei arrives a little late, you can collect their bodies for them."
Liu Chang was stunned, "Why...why do they do this?"
"Because they are your subjects."
"Luan Bu is willing to die for you. Zhang Buyi was no match for Luan Bu, but he still delayed Luan Bu for nearly half an hour... Even Liu Hou who was beaten probably couldn't recognize him."
"They are your ministers, they love you... Therefore, Piyanghou is not your enemy. They don't want you to bear a bad name. If you say enemies, your father may be your enemy. He gave the order.
He was imprisoned because he refused to save her."
"do you understand?"
"Mom...let them out."
"Let them sober up. They acted so recklessly. Without Ji Bu, they almost made a big mistake. I thought Luan Bu was a steady man and could entrust big things to him. Unexpectedly, after following you for several years, he turned into a
so!"
Empress Lu seemed to be very dissatisfied with Luan Bu, "This time, I must make him remember it for a long time."
When Liu Chang left the palace, the person who came to greet him was Ji Bu. Liu Chang glanced at Ji Bu and said with some displeasure: "Isn't this the Queen Mother's sacrifice? Why are you standing here?"
Ji Bu didn't care about Liu Chang's ridicule. He replied, "I'm waiting here for the Queen Mother's son."
"Ha, you are indeed a loyal minister...waiting here so early."
"My King, you are still young now. When you get older... you will naturally understand whose approach is correct."
Liu Chang just said a few words without blaming anyone, and got in the car. Ji Bu took him all the way to the Tang Palace. When he walked in, everyone was having fun, and Zhang Yan was also here. He is now
He hesitated every day, but he still came here to play every time, and gradually got used to the feeling of being beaten. Liu Le was very dissatisfied, feeling that Liu Chang had brought his good son down, but Zhang Ao didn't care, he felt that the man was a man.
That’s how it should be!
When Zhang Yan entered Tingwei earlier, Liu Le turned pale with fright, but Zhang Ao was very happy and lamented that his son had finally grown up. As a result, Liu Le almost beat up both father and son.
When Liu Chang arrived, all the wise men came to pay their respects. Liu Chang said solemnly: "I have something important to tell you!"
"Ah? Your Majesty? What happened?"
"Luan Bu entered the imperial court..."
Liu Chang said helplessly, and everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they yelled at Tingwei, "Why is such a good person from Luanshe imprisoned?!"
"Yes! This Lieutenant Donkey Ting really doesn't distinguish between good and bad!"
"How much punishment should the people of Luanshe suffer there..."
Seeing the wise men speaking out for Luan Bu, Ji Bu suddenly felt a little relieved. Although these people were bastards, they were still very affectionate.
Zhou Shengzhi changed the subject and said hurriedly: "Before the Luanshe people came out, we had to be more honest. No one is coming to fish for us now!"
Ji Bu's face darkened, he still looked down upon these bastards.
Because it was too cold, the sages had no interest in climbing over the wall to borrow sheep... They lit a fire in the yard, used wooden boards to skate, and had snowball fights. Liu Chang didn't play with them for too long, he just laughed.
Stand aside and watch them play.
"The king is much more powerful than I thought."
"oh?"
Liu Chang glanced at Ji Bu and said, "Don't think I'm weak just because you've defeated me before. When I'm a few years older, I'll let you know what it means to be strong!"
Ji Bu stroked his beard and said, "What I mean by strength is not strength, but courage."
"The most important thing in my life is courage."
"This is the most father-like thing about the king. This is the case with the late emperor. No matter what happens, he will never be defeated."
"Fart, he will not be defeated? When he was chased by Xiang Yu... you think I don't know that every time he holds a banquet, he shamelessly brags that he has never been defeated once in his life. I actually believed it when I was a child.
Got it!"
"The late emperor is right, he has indeed never been defeated."
Liu Chang looked at Ji Bu with disdain and ignored this treacherous minister who could only flatter himself.
At this moment, a man from Fan City suddenly came to Liu Chang's side and said, "Your Majesty, your good brother is here and is waiting outside the door."
"Oh! My good brother is here!"
Liu Chang was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted: "Stop playing around! Follow me to meet my friend!"
The good brother of the King of Tang was standing outside the door, followed by several followers. He was wearing thick fur and his face was red from the cold. When he saw Liu Chang leading everyone out, he hurried forward and was about to pay his respects.
Liu Chang helped him up and said, "Brothers, you and I don't need to be polite!"
"My King, long time no see, you have grown taller again... You will definitely be the strongest warrior in the future!"
"Hahaha, it must be so! Come on, follow me into the house!"
Liu Chang took his hand and took him into the house, "I was about to send someone to pick you up. How did you find this place?"
"It was the soldiers at the city gate who brought me here."
"How is Yuezhi's situation?"
The two entered the inner room. The good brother shook off the snow on his body and sat in front of Liu Chang. Speaking of Yuezhi, he shook his head bitterly, "The situation is not very good... Since the last time Yuezhi
After fighting against the Xiongnu, Maodun took a grudge against the Yueshi and fought three battles. I also participated and almost died on the battlefield."
"We are no match for the Huns at all. We have already given up our original pasture land, which was robbed by the Huns... If the king hadn't taken in our old and weak and let them leave in advance, I'm afraid they would all have died in the Huns'
The knife fell."
"Ah? Why don't you ask for help?"
"Your Majesty, the Huns have surrounded us. We are surrounded by three layers. We can't go out to deliver messages at all. The knights we sent were caught by the Huns and their heads were chopped off... If it hadn't been for this heavy snow, Maodun would have been
If I lead the troops back, I may not be able to come to Chang'an again."
Liu Chang frowned. The Yueshi were also a powerful tribe. On the vast grassland, the Huns were able to defeat them so hard that they couldn't even go out to ask for help. This Mao Dun was really powerful.
"Stop running... If you keep running, you will starve to death without the Xiongnu coming to fight... Come to the Tang Kingdom."
"ah?"
"I will move directly to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. I will allocate a piece of land for you in Shangjun. Your king only needs to regard my brother as the emperor, and does not need to regard me as the master. He will still be his king and continue to manage his tribe.
Tang Guo will protect you."
The good brother lowered his head and looked a little hesitant.
Liu Chang was furious, "Don't you still believe me? Can I annex your tribe? If you don't believe me, then leave! I will treat you as my friend!"
"Your Majesty, of course I believe you, but I am in a humble position and cannot make the decision on this matter. I have to let my king make the decision."
"Okay, I'll write a letter to King Yuezhi and bring it back to me when you leave!"
"good!"
........
Empress Lu and Ji Bu appeared at Tingwei. Xuanyi hurriedly asked the officials to wait outside, and he followed the Empress Dowager to the prison.
Queen Lu walked into the prison with cold eyes. Under the leadership of Xuanyi, she quickly came to the farmer's side.
"Xuan Gong, please wait outside."
"only!"
After Xuanyi said goodbye, Empress Lu looked at the farmer in front of her. Through the fence, the farmer knelt in front of Empress Lu, terrified to the extreme.
"Who sent you... King Zhao? Chen Ping? Cao Shen?"
Upon hearing Queen Lu's question, the farmer raised his head in fear and said, "Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"Let me ask you...who sent you here?"
Queen Lu asked very calmly.
The farmer cried: "No one sent us here. My master and I were traveling in the Tang Dynasty. The master was very happy when he saw the farm tools of the Tang Dynasty, so he took me to visit the king... The master was indeed with the king of Tang... We were out there
, I don’t know what happened in Chang’an, we all thought that the King of Tang knew the truth..."
"Oh, is it so?"
"After the master found out that King Tang didn't know about it, he never said anything about it again..."
"Then why do you want to bewitch King Tang again?"
"I...I'm scared. I'm afraid that King Tang will kill me. He keeps forcing me. I dare not not say..."
"Then why are you looking for Tingwei again?"
The farmer looked dull and said blankly: "Your Majesty didn't hit me..."
"What?"
"The king didn't hit me... He didn't kill me... He let me run..."
"Hehehe."
Queen Lu sneered, "Do you think I'm as easy to fool as the King of Tang?"
The farmer trembled, "I don't dare to deceive the Queen Mother...My master once taught me: One should not take other people's food for no reason, and one should not take other people's lives for no reason...The King of Tang is not a bad person...I don't want him to
I will die..."
Queen Lu narrowed her eyes and said coldly: "Kill."
"Queen Mother..."
The farmer cried again, his expression almost collapsed.
Ji Bu glanced at him and said, "Queen Mother, it's better to wait until this matter is clarified and then let Ting Wei come to judge. There are still many doubts and we can't help others silence them."
Queen Lu hesitated slightly, "Okay."
After Empress Lu left, Ji Bu did not follow her. Instead, he went to find Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi. When Ji Bu saw Luan Bu, he was also shocked. Luan Bu had his hair disheveled and his face
There were several scars and one eye could hardly be opened.
"Zhang Buyi can actually beat you like this?"
Ji Bu was a little surprised. He knew the strength of these two people. Although Luan Bu was not very brave, his swordsmanship still had merit. As for Zhang Buyi, he had no brute force and was no match for Luan Bu.
.
"snort."
Zhang Buyi snorted coldly. Only then did Ji Bu see Zhang Buyi lying next to Luan Bu. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He was so beaten that he could hardly stand up. He couldn't even recognize him without looking carefully. Ji Bu smiled.
.
Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi both turned their heads away from Ji Bu to express their dissatisfaction.
Ji Bu asked, "Do you know your mistake?"
"Wrong? Even if it is wrong, it is still a matter of loyalty to the emperor. It is not like someone who eats the emperor's salary and fails to do the king's work."
"madness."
Ji Bu said with a straight face, "The king and the queen mother must never be separated from each other."
"What would the king be like without the Queen Mother? He would become the most dangerous and cruel tyrant in the Han Dynasty... The Han Dynasty would start a huge civil war... Brothers would kill each other, and all ten families would be empty..."
"What would happen to the Queen Mother if there was no King? She...you will understand for yourselves!"
"When the farmer came, I told you to be optimistic about the king and never let the king come into contact with the farmer alone. But what about you? You were deceived by the king so easily... How did you do it?
of?!"
Ji Bu reprimanded loudly, and Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi were immediately speechless.
"I am old. In the future, it will be you who will assist the king... If you continue to behave like this and act recklessly in the future, no one can stop you."
Ji Bu said, turned around and left, leaving only Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi looking at each other.
At this time, Liu Chang was trying the horse.
A good brother sent Liu Chang a horse. This horse was extremely tall, white in color, and had thick and long limbs. It was also the most handsome horse among war horses. It was a perfect match for the King of Tang. As soon as the King of Tang saw this horse
I loved the horse very much. The wise men surrounded the war horse, and the horse was not afraid. The good brother handed Liu Chang the fodder, and Liu Chang was brave enough to feed it directly.
The war horse buried its head in Liu Chang's hand and gnawed the fodder.
Liu Chang smiled stupidly, "Good brother, this is too precious, it is too precious! How can I have the nerve to accept it!"
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. Your Majesty, Your Majesty has taken in my Yuezhi people. The Yuezhi people are in Shangjun. They are not bullied by the officials and live better than in their hometown... This horse was personally selected by my king and asked me to bring it to him.
Given to you."
"Hahaha, okay!"
Liu Chang gently stroked the horse's face, and the horse squirted.
Liu Chang looked at the people around him excitedly, "What do you think this war horse should be called? Call it Cao Shen or Ji Bu?"
"It's better to call it Xuanyi!"
A good brother said from the side: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to ride. This horse has a strong temper. It is best to feed it for four or five days before riding it..."
"I know, I know!"
In return, Liu Chang gave King Yuezhi a powerful bow from a Han Dynasty. This kind of big bow was of little use in mounted archery, but it was very beautiful and suitable for showing off at home. This big bow
It was given to Liu Chang by Lu Chan. Lu Chan had spent a lot of money to buy this big bow, but he had no use for it. Later, he gave it to Liu Chang. Liu Chang also liked it very much at first, but the function of this big bow was more than decoration.
It has no practical effect, so it has been left in the mansion to gather dust.
As for his good brother, Liu Chang asked him to bring some iron tools back to Tang as a gift.
"Good brother, you must persuade the king of your family. The Huns are ferocious and always try to eradicate the roots. He will never let the Yuezhi go. If the Yuezhi king is willing to come to my county, he can gain peace for the tribe. You guys
Those people who were sent earlier are also living very well in Shangjun..."
After Liu Chang explained several times, the good brother solemnly said goodbye to Liu Chang.
As soon as the good brothers left, Liu Chang couldn't wait to say: "Mr. Fan, Zhou Shengzhi, come, stand here, I want to mount the horse!"
"Ah? Your Majesty... the man said this horse is fierce..."
"If it wasn't a strong horse, I wouldn't ride it!"
.......
"Mom!"
When Liu Chang walked into the Jiaofang Palace happily, Queen Lu gritted her teeth and her eyes were full of anger.
She stared at Liu Chang's muddy, torn and torn clothes, "Did you go to Yunzhong to fight with the Huns? You just changed into new clothes this morning! You bastard!!"
Liu Chang was ready to escape at any moment and said in a low voice: "No, it's all the fault of the soldier. He had to go out to patrol in the snow. It was just a patrol. He also chased me... which caused me to fall."
....”
Empress Lu took several deep breaths, suppressed the anger in her heart, and cursed: "Go in and change your clothes!"
"okay!"
Liu Chang rushed into the inner room with a smile. Soon, he changed into a set of clothes, walked out, adjusted his tie, and said: "Mom, I can't put on this clothes. It's too small. It's too big."
It makes me uncomfortable..."
He raised his head and saw another person sitting in front of Queen Lu.
Seeing this person, the smile on Liu Chang's face immediately disappeared.
Because, this person is Piyanghou Shenshiqi.
Shen Shi straightened his body and sat in front of Empress Lu, with a very solemn expression on his face.
Liu Chang turned around and was about to go back, but Empress Lu said: "Marquis Piyang is here to see you..."
Liu Chang stopped, and Queen Lu stood up, walked to Liu Chang's side, motioned for him to sit over, but she went into the inner room, obviously to let them chat alone.
Liu Chang reluctantly sat in front of Shen Shiqi. Even though he no longer pursued the past, he could not face the man in front of him with a smile.
"What do you want from me?"
"I came to your Majesty to tell him the truth."
"Huh...what is the truth?"
Liu Chang smiled disdainfully and shook his head, "Go away. I don't like you. Don't come to me again."
"No, the king should know... If the king wants to kill me if he wants to accuse me, he can do it at any time."
These words made Liu Chang particularly angry. He stood up and cursed: "Old man! I already told you that I don't want to be held accountable. What are you talking about here! You want to force me to kill you, right? You
Do you know how Kuai Che died?!"
"I know that Kuai Che tricked the King of Chu into rebelling and was stabbed to death by the King."
"Well...I can stab him to death! I can stab you to death too!"
"I know...but before stabbing me to death, I would like to ask the king to sit down and listen to my story."
ps: Starting from noon, my right leg cramps from time to time. Is it because I sit for too long? It seems that I need to buy a treadmill or something and do more exercise, otherwise I feel that my body cannot handle ten thousand words a day.