Chen Mai, the only knowledgeable person among the virtuous people, said hesitantly.
He wasn't quite sure either.
Liu Chang looked at Zhou Shengzhi who was standing aside, "Who is Wei Ting?"
"Well, Your Majesty, do you still remember that before you left, I called a group of people to come to see you? The one named Xuan Ru among them is the second son of Tingwei."
"Xuan Ru?"
Liu Chang pondered for a moment and asked, "Is that the one with the mole on his face?"
"Yes, that's him!"
Hearing these words, Liu Chang's eyes lit up, "Zhou Yafu, go and call that man!"
"Okay! King!"
Zhou Yafu jumped away and left, while Liu Chang continued to say to the brothers: "Get your chariots and weapons ready. This time, we are going to rescue the prime minister!"
Xiahou Zao subconsciously took a few steps back and said tremblingly: "Brother, this is a serious crime... Besides, the prime ministers who were ordered to be imprisoned are all elite soldiers. How can we be their opponents?"
"What? Are you scared?!"
Mr. Fan frowned and said angrily: "If you are afraid, go home! Don't embarrass us!"
Liu Chang stopped Mr. and Mrs. Fan and said seriously: "Don't worry, I have thought about it. Although those soldiers are elite, they may not dare to attack us! My uncle Lu Shizhi has always been benevolent and righteous. We can send the Prime Minister away
Hiding in his house, if my father wants to accuse me, my mother will definitely not allow it... She has to intervene even if she doesn’t want to!"
"Um... wouldn't this harm Marquis Jiancheng?"
"It's okay. He's protected by his mother, so he won't die anyway."
Jiancheng Hou Lu Shizhi sneezed several times in succession in the mansion at this moment. He sat in the study and looked helplessly out of the window. During this period, it was really unlucky. The original ally Zhao Yao also didn't know why he went crazy.
He impeached himself, and after impeaching himself, he impeached the prime minister again. He was so frightened that he could not even leave the door...
He wrote to ask his eldest sister, who reprimanded him again and asked him to discipline the servants in the house. If he didn't know how to discipline, she would do it for him.
Why have I been so unlucky during this time?
When Tingwei Tujun Hou Xuanyi's son followed Zhou Yafu to the Zhou Mansion, he was also shocked.
Seven or eight children surrounded him, each with evil eyes. The leader, Liu Chang, raised his head and held a wooden sword in his hand.
Xuan Ru, who had already heard about Liu Chang's "powerful reputation", was almost scared to death when he saw this posture.
Liu Chang also realized that he looked a bit scary, so he put away his wooden sword and asked with a smile: "I heard that your father is a court official. I wonder where Prime Minister Xiao is?"
.........
In the past few days, many people have come to plead for Xiao He. Even Zhao Yao, the imperial censor who impeached Xiao He, came once and said that the prime minister was indeed guilty, but he hoped to forgive him in the face of his past achievements.
Life, let him go home and spend his remaining years in peace.
Liu Bang's attitude was very firm. No matter who came to plead for mercy, he would ignore it.
Liu Ying originally wanted to kneel outside the palace to plead for mercy, but in the end, Empress Lu sent people to arrest her.
Liu Bang frowned, and for several days he neither met with the ministers nor summoned the wives in the harem. He just read the memorials from various places alone. Few people knew what he was thinking.
It wasn't until someone from Shang Fang came to report that he wanted to show Liu Bang the latest achievements of the eldest son, that Liu Bang left the palace without any ministers. He just asked the guards to follow him with the soldiers, and issued an order to ask the guards to follow him.
No one is allowed in, not even Empress Lu!
Shang Fang looked very excited.
They demonstrated it to Liu Bang six times, but only one was successful. The sound of thunder really startled Liu Bang, who was in a daze.
"Is this caused by that guy??"
"This is exactly what the Young Master did. As long as the weight is enough, it can easily explode the mine and can be used for mining coal... According to the Young Master, this thing can also be used to hurt people... It is very dangerous..."
Liu Bang was overjoyed after hearing Shang Fang's report. He hurriedly said: "Quickly send an order to the county. They are not allowed to disclose it to the outside world! Anyone who leaks it will be beheaded! In addition, quickly bring it to the prime minister and let him..." Halfway through his words, Liu Bang suddenly stopped
When he came down, most of the joy on his face disappeared.
People who are Shangfang dare not speak, but just lower their heads.
Liu Bang was silent for a long time, and then he said: "Send someone to Jiaofang Palace and tell the chief not to tell anyone the secret recipe."
"In addition, take back the mine in Shangjun... and arrange several people who know the formula to join Shangfang..."
Without Xiao He's help, Liu Bang had to arrange these things by himself. Although the power of the thing in front of him was not as powerful as Liu Chang boasted, Liu Bang still saw its magical effect. Unlike a textile machine, the structure of this thing could be seen at a glance.
It is best to keep such things in the hands of the royal family and not spread them easily.
Moreover, many of the things that Liu Chang and his colleagues have produced are semi-finished products. It would be best to send people to study them to see if they can be improved.
Liu Bang had arranged everything for Shang Fang, but he looked a little haggard.
His condition has not been cured, and he still feels a little lack of energy when he is busy.
Just when Liu Bang got in the car and was about to return gloomily, Wang Weiwei, who was responsible for Liu Bang's safety, suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, what serious crime did the Prime Minister commit, and why was he suddenly locked up?"
Liu Bang glanced at him and said calmly: "I heard that when Li Si was the Prime Minister of Yingzheng, all good things he did were attributed to the Lord, and mistakes were made by himself. Now the Prime Minister accepts a lot of money from those despicable businessmen.
, but he came to ask for my garden for the people and wanted to please the people. Isn't this just imitating Li Si? So I want to lock him up and punish him!"
Wang Weiwei was stunned and said helplessly: "Every time His Majesty goes on an expedition, the Prime Minister has been sitting in the rear for many years. If he wanted to benefit himself and collect bribes from merchants, how could he wait until now?
When Your Majesty fought with Xiang Yu, if the Prime Minister had other intentions, I am afraid that the land within the Pass no longer belongs to Your Majesty. How could Your Majesty doubt the Prime Minister like this?"
"What's more, your merits and wisdom far exceed those of Ying Zheng, and the prime minister's talents and virtues are not comparable to Li Si's. How can you compare these two people together? Please forgive me, your Majesty, for giving such a careless gift.
It is really inappropriate for the Prime Minister to put him in shackles and imprison him!"
After hearing these words, Liu Bang's face became a little gloomy. He stared at Wei Wei, "So, it's my fault?"
"I heard that the reason why Ying Zheng lost the world was because he didn't know his mistakes and didn't allow others to point out his mistakes."
Wang Weiwei was not afraid and answered seriously.
When Liu Bang heard this, he immediately waved his hand, "Let's go! Go to Tingwei's prison!"
The prime minister, who always had a smile on his face, finally couldn't smile anymore.
The old Xiao He was wearing a prison uniform, with chains all over his body, his hair disheveled, barefoot, and dirty. He stood tremblingly in front of Liu Bang. Before he could say anything, there were two traces of tears on his face.
Seeing Xiao He like this, a trace of unbearability flashed in Liu Bang's eyes, and he didn't know how to speak.
Xiao He was about to bow tremblingly to meet him, but Liu Bang grabbed him. Liu Bang took off the chains on his body and said at the same time, "Prime Minister, don't bow to me. What happened this time is...
The Prime Minister petitioned for the people, but I did not allow it."
"This is enough to prove that I am nothing more than an unprincipled emperor like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou."
"But you are a truly virtuous Prime Minister. I imprisoned the Prime Minister, and the people also knew about your virtuousness and saw my faults!"
"I hereby give an order to give up the open space in Shanglin Garden to the people of Chang'an for farming... I will listen to you."
Xiao He sobbed softly, wiped his tears and said nothing.
Just when Liu Bang took his hand, conscientiously comforted him, and led him out of Tingwei's prison, he heard a loud cry and a group of naughty children rushed over.
Wang Weiwei was able to personally protect Liu Bang, so of course he was not a vegetarian. From inside the prison and from all sides, hundreds of soldiers rushed out and surrounded the place. Seeing this scene, the dolls immediately screamed and screamed.
Start running around.
The leader of the group still maintained his sword-raising posture, looking motionlessly at his father in front of him.
"Shu Zi!! What do you want to do?!"
"I...I heard that my father was unhappy today...so I came to give him a sword dance..."