Two lavishly dressed servants were standing at the door of the mansion, and four warriors stood behind them, wearing sharp blades.
When Luan Bu and Li Guang came here, the servants quickly looked at him. Luan Bu was dressed very ordinary, his carriage was very simple, and the one who pulled the carriage was just an old horse. Li Guang, who was driving, just put on the strong outfit he usually wore when he practiced with His Majesty. After getting off the car, he stood behind Luan Bu. He was one head taller than Luan Bu, and was particularly majestic. He also wore a sword and put his hands on the scabbard, which was daunting.
Before Luan Bu could speak, the servant asked for it first: "Invitation?"
Luan Bu was stunned and then said, "I am not here to attend the banquet, I am here to meet Kuai Chenghou Zhouchang."
"How rude are you? How can you call your lord and lord the name directly?!"
The servant looked unhappy. During these days, Xiao Zhouchang relied on his family property to meet many noble people. Although the ministers in the court did not dare to continue making friends and attend banquets after Wu Zui, and kept a certain distance on weekdays, Zhou Chang's friends obviously did not reach the level of court officials. But as a marquis, he was very attractive to those officials and little powerful people who were willing to move up.
Although from Liu Chang's perspective, Chehou was not a big deal. The most common ones around him were Chehou, but from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, Chehou was still very rare. During the reign of Emperor Gao, Chehou had a total of 143 people in the country. Compared with the tens of millions of people in the country, this number was really very small. As Chehou, the status of the nine ministers was even much higher than that of the nine ministers. After all, the titles of some nine ministers may not be as good as Chehou.
Of course, the three dukes are still crushing. The three dukes themselves are the biggest marquises, and there are also differences between marquis. For example, the marquis of Caoku is about ten marquises, Kuai Cheng, Zhou Chang, because in this era, if you can reach one marquis, the future is really limitless. Even if you just serve as his slave, you can achieve great things.
Every time Zhou Chang held a banquet, there were still many people who came to participate in the banquet. They all hoped to get the friendship of this Hou Che and gain some benefits. In the local area, even the county magistrates had to give them enough face. If the older Hou Che, the county magistrate might have to kneel down and bow down.
Marquis Kuai Cheng was originally considered a Marquis of Dache, with a fief of more than 3,000. The first generation of Marquis Kuai Cheng Zhou, a fellow villager in Pei County, was a servant of Emperor Gao from the beginning. He was not very capable, but he was very loyal to the emperor. When Emperor Gao went to Chen Xi, he cried and asked Emperor Gao to take care of himself and not to fight in person. Emperor Gao thought he loved him very much, so he allowed him to enter the palace gate without having to walk quickly. Later, he was awarded a "gold medal for exemption from crime."
Zhou Chang was a man of duty and honesty, but he did not use this order to exempt him from crime. After his death, he was posthumously named Zhen, and Zhou Chang inherited his position.
And this lord, who has the same name as the Marquis of Fenyin of the Great Han Dynasty, is really not a good person.
He knew that his family had an edict to exempt him from crime, which was given to them by Emperor Gao himself, so he began to enjoy it as he pleased, but he did not make big mistakes, such as murder, robbery, but he made small mistakes, forcing to buy, squander, wasting, and fighting.
Under his influence, his servants became a little domineering and did not take others seriously. If the guests who came to the banquet did not give the servants good, they would not even be able to enter.
Not only did Zhou Chang not stop his subordinates' behavior, he was also proud of his belief that this was a symbol of his own power.
The servant looked at Luan Bu at this moment, and saw that he had no intention of giving him money, so he continued, "If you were not here to attend the banquet, just wait here. My lord is holding a banquet. When the banquet is over, you can enter!"
Seeing him so rude, Li Guang was furious. The big man stepped forward suddenly and stared at the servant in front of him. The servant was shocked and hurriedly took a few steps back. The warrior behind him also surrounded him. Looking at the tall and mighty Li Guang, he felt a little scared.
Luan Bu stopped Li Guang, "Don't be rude."
Then he said, "I'm sorry to go in and report to Kuai Chenghou. The inner historian Luan Bu came to find Kuai Chenghou under the order of the emperor!"
The servant looked at his car, then looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but laugh.
"The emperor's order? Hahaha, who are you scaring? When did the emperor's order be like this? Even if it is not well organized, do you know what kind of etiquette is the emperor's edict? Have you seen it? Where is the edict? Take it out!"
"There is indeed no edict, it's an oral edict. I'll go in and report it."
Li Guang couldn't help it anymore. He knew why His Majesty sent him here. Duke Luan was a righteous gentleman. He would inevitably be humiliated when dealing with such a villain. He had to do it himself!
The servant scolded, "If you dare to make trouble, I will forgive you..."
"Bang~~~"
The servant flew out and hit the warrior behind him directly, and the two of them fell down immediately.
Li Guang was stunned. What did he see? Luan Gong kicked the man in the chest and kicked him away directly. The warriors drew out the sword, and Luan Bu's sword was faster. A sword light lit up. Li Guang was stabbed so hard that he couldn't help but squint his eyes. When he opened his eyes, the warriors had already fallen to the ground, covered their arms and moaned. Blood was flowing from their arms, and the sword fell to the ground. Luan Bu put away the sword and glanced at Li Guang, "Go in."
"oh...."
Li Guang followed Luan Bu obediently, and the two walked into the mansion, and the people who broke into the mansion quickly attracted the attention of the warriors in the mansion. Li Guang followed Luan Bu and watched one warrior after another being kicked over by Luan Bu. Luan Bu stepped over them and continued to walk forward. Li Guang lowered his head and glanced at the warrior and swallowed his saliva.
Kuai Chenghou's mansion was still very large. In the main courtyard, Zhou Chang was drunk. In front of him, more than ten people were kneeling. There were wine and meat in front of them, musicians playing music, dancers dancing, and everyone laughed loudly. In their praise, Zhou Chang shook his head proudly.
Suddenly, the musician stopped playing.
Zhou Chang, who was immersed in music, was stunned and looked at his own musicians. The musicians' eyes were full of horror at this moment, and they all looked forward and took a few steps back. Zhou Chang turned his head suspiciously and happened to see the two people who broke in without permission. Everyone also saw them. The dancers stopped dancing. The guests had a stern face. Zhou Chang narrowed his eyes, looked at them for a moment, and then was overjoyed.
"Hahaha, it turns out it's Duke Luan!"
"Okay, that's great. I wanted to have a banquet for Mr. Luan long ago. Unexpectedly, Mr. Luan actually gave me this opportunity!"
Zhou Chang staggered to Luan Bu's side, reached out his hand, grabbed Luan Bu's hand, and pulled it to the banquet. However, Luan Bu did not move at all. Zhou Chang pulled it several times, but he could not pull Luan Bu. He turned his head in surprise and looked at Luan Bu drunk, "Why not go to the banquet?"
"This is called the Ten Ox Banquet! Even Your Majesty, you can't eat it on weekdays. Not to mention anything else, even the ox tail. Your Majesty is afraid that you have never enjoyed it in your life. This is a good thing..."
Everyone present changed their faces and hurriedly got up, with fear on their faces. However, Li Guang stood up and looked at them, making them unable to move.
The banquet was no longer as lively as before, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point.
Luan Bu looked at their banquet coldly and the beef everywhere. The extravagant scene made Luan Bu a little angry. As the leader of farming and mulberry trees, Luan Bu has been busy in the farming and farming for many days. He is very sensitive to food. Seeing such extravagant scenes, he frowned.
Under Luan Bu's gaze, the guests couldn't help but frown.
"It's probably inappropriate for you to eat beef like this."
"A cow can allow the people of a mile to take turns to use it and cultivate the land."
Zhou Chang was not afraid, "I ate my own cows, not plowing cows, they were all beef cows, and I ate all dead cows, so what about that?"
Some people want to eat cows are excuses.
"I come here on the order of Your Majesty and want to buy cows from you."
Zhou Chang looked at him in surprise and then laughed, "This is my honor. How many heads do Your Majesty want to buy? I'll send them there in person!"
"One thousand heads."
Zhou Chang was stunned, shook his head, as if he was a little more awake.
After letting go of Luan Bu's hand, he asked in confusion: "How many?"
"One thousand heads."
"But I don't have a thousand cows... can I lose some?"
"I heard that you call yourself Qianniuhou and a thousand cows, there should be one thousand cows."
"I really don't... I can take out a hundred cows and give them to His Majesty."
"I want a thousand heads."
Looking at Luan Bu's cold expression, Zhou Chang's face was a little unfavorable, "Okay, if you want to buy a thousand cows, the price is not low. How much are you going to pay?"
Luan Bu reached out his hand, opened it in his sleeve, then took out a piece of money and threw it at Zhou Chang's feet.
"I'll pay one."
The atmosphere suddenly solidified, and Zhou Chang's face also became gloomy, and Luan Bu was still looking at him calmly.
"Are you trying to steal? Although my title is not high, my father was once the servant of the High Emperor and had many friends. The Queen Mother regarded me as my son and nephew. Even if he was your Majesty, he could not steal other people's finances. This matter was justified even if it was in front of the Queen Mother!"
Luan Bu ignored these things at all. If he had said that before coming here, he was a little ashamed and felt a little forced. But after seeing the scene here, Luan Bu no longer had that idea. He was arrogant and extravagant, forced to buy oxen, and ate the hope of the people of ten miles in one meal. What else can I be ashamed of dealing with such powerful people!
More than ten people can eat ten cows??
Looking at Luan Bu's expression, Zhou Chang took a few steps back, smiled and called a servant, and gave a few instructions.
Soon, the servant came to Zhou Chang and handed over a bamboo slip.
The bamboo slips were well maintained. Zhou Chang picked up the bamboo slips and staggered. This gradually seemed to give him courage. He raised the bamboo slips in his hand and said with a smile: "The order of Emperor Gao is here! Kuai Chenghou is not guilty of murdering people!
”
That was something that Emperor Gao rewarded to the first generation of Kuai Chenghou, and murder was not guilty.
Zhou Chang pointed to Luan Bu in front of him and said angrily: "These cattle are my private property. I can do whatever I want, so what can you do? In Chang'an, I am not the only one who has delicious cattle. For all the powerful and powerful families, which one does not raise many oxen and thousands of acres of land. I have never done any evil. My cattle are bought. What about them? They rob them! They kill people and commit crimes. I have this edict. I can kill people, but I don't. I bought them from the people!"
"You guys who bully the weak and fear the strong will not dare to steal those people, so they will deal with me, the kind-hearted one!"
"Good heart?"
"Your Majesty is kind-hearted, isn't this buying from you?"
"This is a robbery!"
"So you also know that there is no difference between forced buying and grabbing."
Zhou Chang couldn't say that Luan Bu, so he turned his back immediately, pulled out the sword on his waist, and cursed: "I'm not those Qianshou! I'm Chehou! If you can give Qianshou a hundred coins, they are already grateful to me. I'm not like them. One ounce, you are humiliating me!"
"I am the Marquis of Kuai Cheng! Emperor Gao's edict is here, I can kill people! I am not guilty! You leave me now! Otherwise, I will kill you now!
”
The guests were frightened and their scalp was numb.
Luan Bu sighed and lowered his head.
"It seems that no matter how much food you work, the people will not be full... Your Majesty raises cattle on a large scale in the border, but the world's plowing ox is always not enough. Zhang Xiang fought to promote agriculture, but the food is always not enough for the people to eat. I have never understood why. Now I can see it clearly. It is because there are too many people like you. They are forcibly occupying, buying, and merging the people's arable land, forcing their livestock to become tenants..."
Luan Bu slowly pulled out the sword around his waist and made an iron hissing sound.
"If you can't stop such behavior, how can you make everyone in the world eat enough?"
At that moment, Luan Bu flew out and quickly appeared in front of Zhou Chang, kicking him in the heart. Zhou Chang screamed and fell to the ground. The edict was thrown aside. Luan Bu stepped on his chest, making Zhou Chang unable to move. Zhou Chang swears: "You actually lost the edict of Emperor Gao!
You..."
Luan Bu raised the sword in his hand, grabbed it with both hands, aiming the sword tip downwards, aiming at Zhou Chang's neck.
"Today, I can only kill you to shock the powerful and find ways to stop such behavior in the future..."
Zhou Chang's face was quickly pale, and at that moment, he woke up all his wine.
“I’ll give it to!
One thousand cows!
I'll give it to!
Say life!
Say life!
!”
Luan Bu stopped talking and stabbed the sword suddenly. At that moment, Li Guangfei rushed forward, picked up Luan Bu, and took a few steps back. Luan Bu's sword did not hit him. Li Guang's eyes were full of horror and shouted: "Duke Luan!
No! How can the great Han Dynasty, how can you kill it? Can't kill it! Can't kill it! Can't kill it!
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The greatest punishment for Chehou is to eliminate the country, and it will only be killed unless it is an unforgivable crime such as treason for rebellion and disobedience.
Moreover, the emperor must have ordered it himself, such as the three dukes who can punish Chehou and cut off their titles, but they must not be ordered to kill them, which would be a violation, including the princes and kings. The only person in the world who can decide the life and death of Chehou is the emperor. Of course, the empress dowager can do it, but that is an exception.
Li Guang shouted: "Duke Luan! You are usurping! We are usurping!
”
Luan Bu struggled hard, "No obstacle! Killing someone will pay for his life!"
He tried hard to stab Zhou Chang with his sword. Zhou Chang was so scared that he almost cried out, rolling and crawling backwards, trying to escape from here.
"Mr. Luan! Not worth it! Not worth it!
”
Li Guang roared and hugged Luan Bu tightly. Luan Bu couldn't move, so he could only throw his sword to stab Zhou Chang. Fortunately, Li Guang was strong enough and Luan Bu couldn't use his strength. The sword could not stab Zhou Chang, but this was scary enough. Zhou Chang cried loudly, knelt in front of Luan Bu, and kept kowtowing.
"Give me your life! Please spare me your life!
”
Luan Bu struggled for a while and found that he was no match for the young man. Only then did he calm down and let him let himself go.
Li Guang carefully put him down, but was still prepared. If Duke Luan still wanted to kill him, he would have to stop him.
Li Guang was not close to Kuai Chenghou, but mainly because he didn't want Luan Bu to bear such a crime. Killing Chehou would be a serious crime. If Luan Bu directly killed a Chehou today, even if His Majesty could protect him, the rest of Chehou would probably not agree. In the future, they would have to deal with Luan Bu with all their strength. It would not be a good thing to be dealt with by Chehou in the world. It would be really not worth it for such a pig or dog-like thing.
Luan Bu frowned and said seriously: "Go and pick up that money!"
Zhou Chang hurriedly picked up the money.
"One thousand cows will be delivered to the Inner Palace tomorrow..."
"And you guys, are you happy to eat in the banquet? Tomorrow, each person will be sent to the Inner History, otherwise, you will be killed without any hesitation!"
Everyone hurriedly said yes.
It was not until Luan Bu and Li Guang left that a servant came forward and helped Zhou Chang up. Zhou Chang was breathing, rubbing the sweat on his forehead, and his feet were a little soft. With the support of everyone, he came to the upper position and sat down tremblingly. The guests stood up to resign, but Zhou Chang did not answer them. Until everyone left, Zhou Chang remembered something and hurriedly picked up the fallen emperor Gao's edict from the ground, hugged it tightly in his arms, and his whole body trembled.
Li Guang looked at Luan Bu on the side in surprise.
He finally understood that His Majesty sent him to follow him, not to help Luan Gong stand up, nor to be afraid that Luan Gong will suffer losses, but to send him to stare at him so as not to start killing randomly. Li Guang always thought that Luan Gong was a real benevolent gentleman in the court, but he had never seen his face. For the first time, Li Guang knew that gentlemen also had such a terrible side, Marquis Che, killed him as soon as he said he could kill. Li Guang knew that this man had really had the intention to kill just now. If he hadn't stopped him, he would have really wanted to kill Zhou Chang.
After passing an intersection, Luan Buke politely bid farewell to Li Guang.
Li Guang hurriedly replied the gift.
Soon, Li Guang appeared in the palace, vividly describing what happened at Kuai Chenghou's family. Listening to Li Guang's report, Liu Chang's face was not surprised at all. Luan Bu has a famous saying: "Poverty cannot insult one's ambition, it is not human; wealth cannot be happy, it is not virtuous." People who are good to themselves must repay them, and people who are bad to themselves must kill them.
Anyone who treats him as a kind of timid gentleman will be a fool.
"Hahaha, go and send someone to inform Zhou Chang and let him see me after sending the cow tomorrow!