From Chang'an to Zhangjun, everyone knows about the bad reputation of the Tang Dynasty.
Before he even arrived at Jing State, the officials of Jing State were already discussing this matter.
Liu Jia's adopted son was still very young, even younger than Liu Chang, and did not understand these things at all. All the affairs of the Jing Kingdom were taken care of by the Prime Minister and the generals. The Prime Minister was called Wang Xiong, who originally followed Liu Jia.
Although Jia's battle results were not impressive, he won the trust of Liu Jia, so he stayed with him and used him in important ways.
Wang Xiong stood beside Liu Bu, looked at the ministers, and said seriously: "Your Majesty has agreed that the king will return to the country, and specially sent the King of Tang and the Marquis of Yingyin to pay homage and observe the ceremony."
"This would have been a good thing...it's just..."
He looked at everyone with a troubled expression and said, "This Prince of Tang... is really difficult to get along with."
"The King of Tang was raised personally by the Queen Mother and was deeply doted on, so he was somewhat..."
Wang Xiong thought for a long time and said, "It's a bit arrogant."
The ministers knelt and sat on both sides. After hearing Wang Xiong's words, someone said: "On his way to Jing Kingdom, the king of Tang always made things rude to officials, big and small, including the Nanyang County Sheriff and the Hengshan County Sheriff.
The governor of Lujiang County was humiliated by the Tang Dynasty king for various things..."
"In the entire southern country, no one is not shocked and no one is not afraid."
"I heard that this king of the Tang Dynasty was a cannibal. There was once a famous scholar named Kuai Che who was cooked and killed by him because he did not go out to meet him!"
"Yes, yes, I heard about it too."
"I also heard that this Tang King is moody, irrational... well, he is so disrespectful... When he comes to Jing Kingdom... Well, how should we treat him?"
Hearing these words, the young Liu Bu's face turned pale with fright. He trembled and said, "In that case, should the ministers still go to greet us?"
Wang Xiong shook his head, "Your Majesty, you don't know. The King of Chu kindly sent an envoy to give gifts, but the King of Tang asked the King of Chu why he didn't come to meet him... The King of Chu is the close father-in-law of the King of Tang. Even so... If the King doesn't
If I go to greet him in person, I'm afraid that Prince Tang... will be even more rude to your Majesty."
"The king will humiliate and the minister will die!"
A general stood up and shouted, Wang Xiong glared at him, "Our city of Jing is only thirty, and our soldiers are only thirty thousand. If the king of Tang is angered, are you going to stop the tigers and wolves of Tang? Then the whole Tang is barbarians.
, I don’t know etiquette, and I’m disrespectful to the emperor. How can I still be afraid of you?”
"The Tang Dynasty is far away..."
"Far?? The Tang State sent troops from Jibei County, Qi Chu dared to stop them?"
Everyone immediately lowered their heads.
Wang Xiong looked at the restless Liu Bu and said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid. When the King of Tang comes, please treat him as a brother and talk more about the former king. When the former king was still alive, he talked about the king of Tang many times.
He liked him very much and called him "my tiger, a strong and strong man will bring peace to the country"... If you respect him, the King of Tang will definitely not be too rude to you."
"Your Majesty has come, and we will go out of the city to greet him... Please don't do anything to offend the King of Tang, and don't say anything... After the King of Tang worships and observes the ceremony, he will leave. Please do it for
The late king’s last wish is to be tolerated for the time being.”
Wang Xiong gave instructions again and again, and everyone followed the instructions one after another.
After everyone left, Wang Xiong continued to comfort Liu Bu, "Although I have never met the King of Tang, I have heard a lot about him from the late king. As long as you are willing to give gifts, flatter him more, and say things he likes to hear,
Nothing will happen.”
Liu Bu asked weakly: "Doing this won't bring shame on my father, right?"
"Of course not... King Tang, even if the King of Chu wants to give him three points, it is definitely not a shame for you to tolerate him... If some ministers say that this is wrong, then let him serve the King of Tang
!Let’s see if he dares not to give in!”
Liu Bu nodded and asked: "Is this brother, my brother, really so scary?"
"It's terrible... it's terrible... Your Majesty didn't know something. When Moton sent someone to ask for peace... This person wrote to Moton and said he wanted to join... Well, forget it, Your Majesty, you want it anyway
Remember, you must not offend him... No one in the Tang Kingdom can be provoked... They are all a group of barbarians, reckless men, and rebels... As long as the king can get on the line of the Tang King, even if there is a big chaos in the future, he will not be offended...
Don’t lose your throne!”
"ah??"
Liu Bu's eyes widened. Hearing this, why did he feel that he was persuading him to follow the king of Tang in rebellion in the future?
Wang Xiong smiled and said: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would really allow it...Thanks to the noble people who spoke for us... This is a good thing, and the King should be happy!"
....
When Liu Chang came to the Southern Kingdom, he immediately caused a disturbance in all the southern lands.
The legends about him are spreading more and more widely and becoming more and more outrageous. In Jingchu, Wu and other places, they are rapidly moving in the direction of "stopping children from crying at night".
Liu Chang was completely unaware that at this moment, he was holding a three or four year old child and teasing the child with a smile.
"This kid reminds me of Jian... Jian is about the same age as him, but he's not as honest as him... he's too noisy."
Liu Chang smiled and said to Luan Bu next to him. The child's parents were standing not far away, their faces pale with fright. Luan Bu glanced at the child. The child's eyes were full of fear. He held his breath and was so frightened.
Shivering.
"My lord... put it down."
"okay."
Liu Chang put the child down, took out some food from his sleeves, put it in the child's hand, touched his head and said, "Listen to your parents!"
"Yeah!", the child kept nodding his head, his eyes full of fear.
"Let's go!"
Only then did Liu Chang lead the four evil men away from here. Luan Bu couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty...have we gone too far these days? The people of this southern land feel as if they are seeing your Majesty."
The hungry tiger has a pale face, King Jing won't be too frightened to come to greet him, right?"
"Won't."
The one who spoke was Ji Bu, who said seriously: "The ministers of Jing State must be preparing to welcome the king at this moment."
"I know Wang Xiong. He has no talents. He is just loyal enough to the old King Jing, so he was appointed or dismissed as prime minister."
Ji Bu said with emotion: "It's a pity that although this man doesn't have any great talents, he is diligent and thrifty, treats the people well, is conscientious... and has no fault of virtue."
Liu Chang suddenly asked: "Ji Bu... I always feel that something is wrong."
Ji Bu was stunned and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"The Kingdom of Jing is surrounded by Chu and Wu. It only has one county and tens of thousands of soldiers. The number of soldiers in the capital may be less than 3,000... A large number of soldiers are on the border of Fujian and Vietnam. Do they really dare to rebel?
"
"Brother has always been kind and righteous. If no one else had intentionally reminded him, would he want to deal with Jing Guo?"
"You just said that Wang Xiong is a man who loves the people. Will he take the people of Jing State to bury King Jing with him?"
Before Ji Bu could speak, Luan Bu was shocked and said, "What do you mean, Your Majesty??"
Liu Chang just stared into Ji Bu's eyes and said, "The envoy has come. Your Majesty will meet him in the Xuanshi Hall. On the left and right are Wang Ling and Chen Ping."
"My mother said that Chen Ping once told her...the whole thing was that Chen Ping hinted at my brother and made him deliberately suspicious so that he could send me to Chang'an? Isn't that right?"
"Chen Ping dared to do this... because he was instructed... Who is my mother going to attack? She has to send me away... The Queen Mother sacrifices her life?"
Liu Chang stared at Ji Bu's face. At that moment, Zhang Buyi and Luan Bu quickly drew their swords, and the two sharp swords were directly pressed against Ji Bu's neck.
Facing the threat from Liu Chang, Ji Bu was not afraid at all. He just looked at Liu Chang calmly.
"Is the king going to kill me?"
"Let me ask you, what did grandma give you the order? Was Guan Ying also involved?!"
Liu Chang pulled out Ji Bu's own sword and stared directly into Ji Bu's eyes with a cold expression.
"I asked my mother why she let me go out so easily... If I were really in danger... would my mother let me go? Would Chen Ping suggest that I go? Isn't he afraid that something would happen to me and cause chaos in the Tang Dynasty?
...They have already colluded."
Ji Bu chuckled, "Your Majesty is getting smarter and smarter..."
"But it's too late."
"Now, it's probably over."
"Tell me! Who are you targeting?"
Zhang Buyu suddenly asked: "Is it going to be against the Marquis of Huaiyin?"
"No, Master has been protected by my mother for a long time, otherwise he would have died long ago. If you want to kill him, there is no need to go to such trouble."
Duke Zhao thought thoughtfully, "Your Majesty... the Queen Mother doesn't want you to participate, so it's best that your Majesty doesn't know."
"Zhao Gong? Do you know?"
Liu Chang hurriedly looked at Zhao Ping, who pondered for a moment and said: "Perhaps your Majesty doesn't know that since the Queen Mother delegated power to Your Majesty, Wang Ling has the intention to completely eradicate the Lu family's relatives... He has openly written a letter to move
The Empress Dowager and the Changle Palace... also submitted a letter to let Cao Shen's son serve as Lang Zhongling... and also ordered the imperial censor to strictly investigate the Marquis Jiancheng..."
"You mean...my mother is going to attack the ministers? She wants to kill Wang Ling?!"
"No! My mother hoped that Wang Ling could support her brother, so she repeatedly persuaded me not to touch Wang Ling. How could she touch Wang Ling?"
"Besides, this government affairs was handed over to my brother by my mother... If she wants to take it back, why bother?"
Zhaoping hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty... this matter is not as simple as you think... The Queen Mother delegates power to Your Majesty, but most of the ministers in the temple obey the Queen Mother's orders. Previously, the royal tomb was in
A letter was sent to the temple saying that as long as the order was detrimental to the interests of the Lu family, Zhao Yao and others would hurriedly oppose it."
"It cannot be said that Wang Ling wants the ministers to obey His Majesty's edict. This cannot be said to be wrong, but how can the Queen Mother easily delegate power? The people outside the city only know the kings, the ministers in the temple, and the Queen Mother... this
How do you ask Your Majesty to govern the country?"
Ji Bu retorted: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense."
"The Queen Mother will not be unfavorable to Your Majesty... let alone what he said is greed for power. After Cao Shen left the temple, the ministers had other ideas in their minds. Wang Ling is loyal to Your Majesty, but he is too stupid and does not distinguish between good and bad.
, he was bewitched by the villain, and actually wanted to reduce the emperor's wings and abolish the embroidery method... The people he wanted to deal with were the Queen Mother and the King."
"If Chen Ping hadn't stopped him, that guy from Wang Ling would have wanted to cut down the vassalage!"
"Does your Majesty know the consequences of doing this? This is not to protect the emperor, it is to destroy our country!"
Zhao Ping sneered and said, "Of course the Queen Mother would say that."
"The Queen Mother first appointed Marquis Jiancheng to be responsible for the garrison of Chang'an, and then ordered his sons and nephews to serve as ministers in the Southern Army or in the palace... What does this mean? The Queen Mother is a tough person. Even during the reign of Emperor Gao, she repeatedly interfered with temple affairs. Now Your Majesty
After ascending the throne, all matters, big and small, pass through the hands of the Queen Mother... This is the battle between the Emperor and the Queen Mother!"
Ji Bu also sneered, "The fight between the Emperor and the Queen Mother? The Emperor was born to the Queen Mother, so what else do the two of them have to fight about? This is the fight between the treacherous officials and Your Majesty! After the death of the late Emperor, the ministers despised Your Majesty.
I want to evade Your Majesty, but I don’t dare to do so because the Queen Mother and the King are sitting in charge... The treacherous minister cannot achieve his wish, so he wants to break the emperor’s shield first!"
The two immediately started quarreling.
Liu Chang remained silent the entire time.
I can't believe what these two people say... There are four people under his command, and each of them has different political opinions. Ji Bu hopes that the Queen Mother will assist His Majesty, Zhao Ping hopes that the ministers will assist His Majesty, Zhang Buyi hopes that he will assist His Majesty, and Luan
Bu didn't have any ideas, he only cared about his own affairs.
"Hey! Why does your Majesty..."
Guan Ying came here in a hurry, and just as he was about to speak, he was stunned when he saw Zhang Buyi and Luan Bu forcing Ji Bu with swords, "What happened?"
"have no idea."
Liu Chang said, and then said to Luan Bu and Zhang Buyi: "Put your sword away."
The two put away their swords. Liu Chang left the place without saying anything to Guan Ying. On the road, Guan Ying wanted to ask several times, but Liu Chang didn't give him a chance and always interrupted him. Guan Ying
They had no choice but to give up and continue to rush towards Jing Kingdom. Liu Chang was no longer as lively as before and suddenly became serious, which Guan Ying was not used to.
He also asked several people in the house, but the people in the house shook their heads and did not speak.
At night, the soldiers lit a bonfire, and Chang Liu sat beside the fire, staring blankly at the bonfire in front of him, motionless.
Luan Bu sat next to him and lit the fire together.
"Your Majesty, won't you go back?"
"It's too late. If Chen Ping is in charge... If we go back now, we can probably go to the tomb of Wang Ling to worship."
Luan Bu sighed and asked: "If the ministers and the Queen Mother fight... what will the king do?"
"Of course I'm helping my mother to kill the ministers."
"Then if it's His Majesty and the Queen Mother...what will the King do?"
Liu Chang was silent for a long time and said, "Go back to Tang Dynasty."
Luan Bu pursed his lips, glanced at Tang Wang, and then said: "Actually, I can't believe what Ji Bu and Zhao Ping said... They are speculating on this matter from their own perspective... Although I don't know
It's not a big deal, but I know that neither Chen Hou nor the Queen Mother are stupid people... They do things thoughtfully and will never cause a big mess."
"I think... what happened in Jing Kingdom may not be false."
"After all, Chu, Jing, and Wu are all connected, which is actually a threat to the temple... Now the King of Chu can still intimidate, but the King of Chu is not young. Now Chu is the strongest and can intimidate Wu and Jing. If Chu
There is a problem in the country, but Wu Jing cannot suppress him."
"Therefore, it is definitely not wrong to exterminate the Jing Kingdom and use this place as a fortress to intimidate Wu and Chu."
"Wang Xiong has a reputation as a virtuous man, but he is very loyal to King Jing. If King Jing leaves a legacy ordering him to protect his country, it's hard to say whether he will rebel."
Liu Chang nodded, "I know."
"Luan Bu... is power really that important? Why can't I realize it?"
"Your Majesty, with his innocent heart, regards power as dirt... Moreover, this matter is not for power, but for the country... Isn't your Majesty also begging everywhere for help for the Tang Kingdom?"
"You just wanted to beg, didn't you?!"
"I don't dare!"
"Well, Luan Bu! Come here, I haven't practiced swordsmanship with you for a long time... Let's see if your swordsmanship is good!"
"Your Majesty! I have to go on a journey tomorrow!!"
........
The next day, Guan Ying looked at Liu Chang who had returned to his original appearance. He was full of confusion. What happened to this doll?
"Guanhou! Guanhou, stop the car quickly! There is a beauty there!"
Guan Ying had a dark face and ordered to move forward quickly.
This trip involved not only taking a car, but also a boat. Liu Chang was not afraid. He ran around on the boat, pointing at the water and shouting: "There are big fish there! There are big fish!"
Luan Bu followed him all the time, fearing that he would fall into the water.
But Zhang Buyi was pale at the moment, clutching Ji Bu's sleeve tightly. Ji Bu glanced at him and asked, "Are you afraid of water?"
"No...not afraid."
"As long as you're not afraid...you don't know...people drown here every year. As long as the wind blows, the boat will rock so hard that it might sink. You know how to swim, right? It's okay if you don't."
...It won’t hurt too much...”
Zhang Bujie's face became even paler, and his whole body was trembling.
Everyone laughed.
When the ship docked, Zhang Buyi was almost the first to rush out. Standing on the ground, he gasped for air and his eyes were filled with fear.
Liu Chang and others walked for a while and finally saw the huge welcoming team.
Liu Bu, the eldest son of King Jing, led the ministers of Jing Kingdom in a grand formation to greet Liu Chang. Guan Ying looked at these people with a cold face. There were about a hundred people, with more than thirty soldiers on the left and right, and at the rear
There are also some people, on the left side of the generals, there are more than ten people wearing armor...
Liu Chang raised his head, and the chariot pulled him to the front, but Guan Ying kept whispering something to Liu Buyu beside him.
This was the first time that Liu Bu met the legendary King of Tang. This King of Tang looked much older than him, tall and almost as tall as an adult. Judging from his expression, he was really arrogant and rude, and he didn't even look at him.
, Liu Bu took a deep breath and looked at Wang Xiong aside.
Wang Xiong said in a low voice: "That is the King of Tang... Your Majesty, don't be afraid. I will go to greet you first, and you will bow to me later."
Liu Bu nodded, and the officials looked at Tang Wang's arrogant look and whispered.
Wang Xiong was the first to walk towards the carriage of King Tang. Liu Bu followed Wang Xiong cautiously, thinking about how he would bow to see him later.
He saw Wang Xiong step forward and salute King Tang respectfully. King Tang got out of the car, pulled away a few people around him, and walked to Wang Xiong. The two said something, but Liu Bu didn't listen.
Qing Qing, just when he was about to go forward to pay homage, he saw the King of Tang suddenly raised his fist and landed a heavy punch on Wang Xiang's face. Wang Xiang fell straight down.
Liu Bu was stunned, and once again had a new understanding of the tyranny of King Tang. At this moment, the soldiers around King Tang began to charge, and quickly formed a group with the ministers of Jing State, and the two sides fought.
Liu Bu stood there in a daze, at a loss, and his eyes were only on the King of Tang. The King of Tang took the lead and rushed over, punching and kicking him. After the officials resisted, he even drew his sword.
Within a moment, the officials of the Jing Kingdom were tied up, and the Tang soldiers carried them and quickly walked in the direction they came from.
Liu Chang wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked up to Liu Bu with a smile.
Liu Bu raised his head and looked at him in horror, "Brother...brother..."
"You come too!"
Liu Chang grabbed his arm, dragged him into the car, and the army returned immediately.
Liu Bu was so frightened that he shrank his head and did not dare to say a word.
The general on the side looked very angry.
"How can the king do it himself? If I hurt the king, how can I explain to the Queen Mother!!"
"It's okay. I'm not injured. Do you remember it? In my first battle, I knocked down eight people and captured twenty-four! Hahaha, Luan Bu, did you see that? I just punched Wang Xiong and he fainted.
!!!”
Luan Bu failed to stop Liu Chang just now, now he said with a dark face and very unhappy:
"I see... Your Majesty, facing an enemy who is over sixty years old, has no fear, punches one after another, cleanly, it is really "admirable"!"
"Well, I even captured Prince Jing's Crown Prince alive!!"
"Yes, your Majesty is really sure to catch enemies who are under ten years old! They will definitely leave their mark in history!"