Zhu Kun's kowtow woke up everyone present. Wu Han, Geng, Jia Fu, Feng Yi, Zhu and others all adjusted their armor, then knelt down together, kowtowed forward, and said in unison: "Wei ministers"
Meet your Majesty!"
Sitting in the Quefei Hall, sitting on the throne of the Quefei Hall, Liu Xiu felt that he had really ascended the throne and become the emperor, and truly became the emperor.
For a moment, his heart was surging and his blood was boiling. He said in a loud voice: "Announce to the world and make Luoyang the capital!"
At that time, Liu Xiu probably never expected that Liu Xuan would appoint him as the Sili Colonel and send him to Luoyang to build a palace. In the end, the person who actually took over the palace would be himself.
Liu Xiu built a palace for himself.
After walking around, he seemed to be back where he started, but his identity was completely different.
At first, he was just a Sili lieutenant who lost the protection of his elder brother, was ostracized by Liu Xuan, and was sent to Luoyang to repair the palace as a sign of humiliation. But now, he has become the emperor and is another founder of the Han Dynasty.
emperor.
When they heard that Liu Xiu had decided to make his capital Luoyang, everyone present was stunned for a moment. Then, they all kowtowed forward and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Now that Chang'an is still under the control of the Red Eyebrow Army, it is impossible for our own side to make Chang'an the capital.
Since Chang'an cannot be the capital, Luoyang, as the companion capital, is naturally our first choice. Moreover, Luoyang even has a ready-made palace, so setting the capital in Luoyang can save us a lot of money.
Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang, officially kicking off the vigorous Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu's ability to become the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty had to be said to be God's will and fate.
If Liu Xiu's eldest brother had not been killed, and if Liu was still alive, then it would never have been Liu Xiu's turn to take the throne anyway. Then in Chinese history, there would not have been the Eastern Han Dynasty, nor would there have been the magnificent Three Kingdoms era.
Regarding the mysterious assassin who appeared in Luoyang, Long Yuan, Zhu Tuna, and Jia Fu all conducted detailed investigations, but unfortunately no one had a clue.
Even those assassins who were captured alive eventually died of the poison. They did not take the poison after being captured, but had already taken the poison before the assassination.
However, the poison they took was wrapped in wax skin, so the poison would not act immediately in the body. It would wait until the gastric juice gradually melted away the wax skin, and then the poison would start to act.
The day after Liu Xiu moved into the Luoyang Palace, Long Yuan came to report that Hua Feiyan, the master of Yunxi Pavilion, asked to see him.
Although Hua Feiyan had already taken refuge with Liu Xiu, she did not appear in front of Liu Xiu many times.
This time Hua Feiyan came to see him in person, so there must be something important.
Liu Xiu met Hua Feiyan on the cloud platform of the palace. Hua Feiyan was still the same as before, covered with a veil, and walked in from the outside. After seeing Liu Xiu, he took off his veil, knelt down and saluted, and said: "
I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"Miss Feiyan, please get up!" Liu Xiu waved to her.
Liu Xiu and Hua Feiyan were not very familiar with each other. Strictly speaking, they had only met twice.
When they met for the first time, Hua Feiyan expressed Yunxi Pavilion's willingness to be loyal to Liu Xiu. When they met for the second time, when Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor in Gaoyi, Hua Feiyan went to congratulate him, and only showed one side and offered
After congratulating him, he left.
This time, it was the third meeting between the two of them.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hua Feiyan stood up, and at Liu Xiu's signal, sat down on the seat next to her. She said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I have gone to check on the assassin's body."
Liu Xiu's heart moved, and it turned out that Hua Feiyan came for this matter. Liu Xiu said: "According to the assassin's account, they were all Li Yi's retainers during his lifetime."
This was just an assassin's statement, and obviously, this statement was not true. The reason why Liu Xiu said this to Hua Feiyan was just to show that his side had not found nothing, which also showed that his side was too incompetent.
Hearing this, Hua Feiyan said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the assassin did not tell the truth."
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Seeing Liu Xiu looking at him intently, Hua Feiyan took out a roll of silk and handed it to Liu Xiu. wavv
An attendant came forward, took the silk cloth, and brought it to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu took it and unfolded it. He saw that the word "three" was written on the silk cloth.
After Liu Xiu finished reading, he put down the silk cloth, looked at Hua Feiyan in confusion, and asked, "Miss Feiyan, what does this mean?"
"These assassins all have 'three' tattoos on their bodies." As he spoke, Hua Feiyan looked at Long Yuan who was standing aside. The latter bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."
Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "What does this 'three' mean?"
Hua Feiyan said: "As far as my subordinates know, there is only one sect that tattoos dead soldiers with numbers."
Liu Xiu leaned forward and asked, "What sect?"
Hua Feiyan said: "Si Ah."
"Si Ah? What the hell is this name?!" Liu Xiu looked confused.
Hua Feiyan said: "Why did they give such a weird name as Si'a? My subordinates don't know. What they know is that Si'a has four leaders, one is Ruan Xiu, the other is Tian Xi, and the third is Guan Ying.
, the fourth is Qi Zhong. Under their command, each of the four has a group of dead warriors and assassins whom he personally trained. These dead warriors have tattoos with the four numbers one, two, three and four on their bodies."
Liu Xiu was really not familiar with Jianghu sect, and Long Yuan only had a superficial understanding of it. As for what Hua Feiyan said now, they were all confused.
Liu Xiu picked up the silk cloth, looked at the word 'three' on it again, and said suspiciously: "I have never heard of Si'a, and in my impression, I don't seem to have had any trouble with them."
Hua Feiyan glanced at Liu Xiu and said: "According to the investigation by my subordinates, Si'a and Mo Yan have close contacts. My subordinates suspect that Mo Yan is probably the real leader of Si'a."
When Liu Xiu heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed. If he said this, then everything would be explained.
Today, there are three emperors coexisting in the world, one is Liu Penzi who was supported by the Red Eyebrow Army, the second is Yizhou Mu Gong Sun Shu who proclaims himself emperor in Shu, and the third is Liu Xiu who proclaims himself emperor in Hebei.
Gongsun Shu lived in a corner, huddled in Shu, and was basically no longer within the scope of the Central Plains. At present, the ones who really have a chance to conquer the Central Plains are either the Red Eyebrow Army or Liu Xiu's forces.
It can be said that after Liu Xuan was deposed, Liu Xiu has become the main enemy and competitor of the Red Eyebrow Army.
And Mo Yan, now the dog-headed strategist of the Red Eyebrow Army, used all available forces to get rid of Liu Xiu, which was in the best interests of the Red Eyebrow Army.
Liu Xiu suddenly realized and murmured: "It turns out that everything was done by the Red Eyebrows Army!" After a pause, he asked: "So, who was the assassin who assassinated me in Dongying?"
Hua Feiyan said seriously: "It is true that he is Li Yi's retainer. However, my subordinates speculate that this person is probably sent to Li Yi by the Red Eyebrow Army. In other words, Li Yi not only secretly
It’s clear that he also secretly had an affair with Chimei. He was trying to please both sides and left several escape routes for himself!”
Long Yuan stood by, bowed and saluted, and whispered: "Your Majesty, this matter is due to the lack of thorough investigation by my subordinates!"
Liu Xiu burst out laughing and laughed angrily. Hua Feiyan's speculation was very consistent with Li Yi's character of being good at speculation. He said in a deep voice: "Li Jiwen, it is really not a pity to die!"
Hua Feiyan did not make any comments about Li Yi. She only talked about the information she had. She said solemnly: "Si'a is one of the most mysterious assassin sects in the world. It is said that they have existed for a long time.
The internal members are mostly orphans from the land of Yanzhao. They were adopted by Si'awang since they were young. After ten or twenty years of rigorous training, they are all warriors who are not afraid of life and death and have superb martial arts skills. This time they
More than fifty people were dispatched to assassinate His Majesty. Si'a has never carried out such a large-scale operation before. It can be seen that Si'a is cruel to His Majesty and is determined to win! If it fails this time, the subordinates are worried that they will do it next time!
"
Liu Xiu asked: "So, how should I respond?"
"This..." Hua Feiyan lowered his head and remained silent.
The members of Si'a mainly come from the land of Yanzhao, that is, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou, but now their core should no longer be in these places, but around Moyan.
As long as Mo Yan is still alive and as long as the Red Eyebrow Army is still there, it will be difficult for our side to kill the assassin organization Si'a at once.
After being silent for a while, Hua Feiyan said: "It is still difficult for Your Majesty to touch Si'a's roots. I believe that Your Majesty should be careful."
Liu Xiu said quietly: "In addition to taking precautions, we must put down the Red Eyebrow Rebellion as soon as possible!"
Hua Feiyan leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
It is not easy to pacify the Red Eyebrow Army. The Red Eyebrow Army not only has many soldiers and generals, but is also very powerful. In addition, Liu Xiu has too many things to do now. Although he is based on Youzhou and Jizhou
Although he was the foundation emperor, there was no peace internally, and many people were ready to take action. In addition, Liu Xiu also had to rush to regain Jingzhou and other places that originally belonged to Liu Xuan, lest they fall into the hands of others.
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked: "Miss Feiyan comes to Luoyang this time, when do you plan to leave?"
Hua Feiyan said seriously: "If Your Majesty has any need, Feiyan is always at your Majesty's disposal."
Liu Xiu smiled and said softly: "During this period, please ask Miss Feiyan to stay in the palace temporarily! Miss Feiyan needs to pay more attention to the interrogation by the chamberlain and the palace maid!"
For such a large palace, there are thousands of servants and maids, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. It is necessary to recruit so many people into the palace, and they are all people around you. Once Si'a's assassins are mixed in among them, even just one of them will
If one or two sneak in, they will be extremely fatal.
How to identify whether the opponent is an assassin from Si'a or a Jianghu assassin? None of our own people are very good at it, and Hua Feiyan is the best candidate for review.
Hua Feiyan was startled for a moment, then stood up, saluted Liu Xiu, and said, "I obey!"
During the Western Han Dynasty, the harem was divided into fourteen levels: Queen, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, E, Hua, Chongyi, Beauty, and Beloved.
When it came to Liu Xiu, the division of the harem was very simple. There were only five levels: queen, nobles, beauties, palace maids, and concubines.
Liu Xiu learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, which meant that the harem was enlarged and the foreign relatives were dictatorial. Only then did Wang Mang usurp the throne. He streamlined the harem in order to prevent the occurrence of the dictatorship of the foreign relatives.
Hua Feiyan wanted to enter the palace, and she couldn't do it without a name or status, so Liu Xiu temporarily named her a beauty. In theory, a beauty can be regarded as the emperor's concubine, but there is no such relationship between Liu Xiu and Hua Feiyan.
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At least Hua Feiyan's current responsibility is to be solely responsible for all matters related to the recruitment of palace servants.
Liu Xiuding's capital was in Luoyang, so the ministers under Liu Xiu naturally arranged their residences in Luoyang. Among them, Sima's Mansion, Situ's Mansion, and Sikong's Mansion were lined up in a row, located in the southeast corner of the palace, adjacent to the palace.
Although Sima Mansion, Situ Mansion, and Sikong Mansion are all very grand and occupy a large area, compared with the imperial palace next to them, they are really insignificant. Even the three mansions put together are not as large as the imperial palace.
One-third the size. This shows how terrifying the scale of the Luoyang Palace is. You must know that the current palace is only the South Palace among the North and South Palaces. The North Palace to be built in the future will be even larger than the South Palace after many expansions.
Slightly larger.
It can be said that in the inner city of Luoyang, the area of the North and South Palaces combined is larger than all other areas combined.