As the saying goes, the Lord humiliated his ministers to death, and the young people who followed him all the way were just fellow villagers, but the villagers here were all the people of Jiedu Pavilion. There were seven miles under Jiedu Pavilion, and they were so close to each other that they were not even surrounded by inner walls. The li mentioned here does not refer to distance, but the lowest administrative local unit in the Han Dynasty. There are more than 300 villagers living here. Jiedu Pavilion can be regarded as the largest pavilion in Raoyang County.
These three hundred households of villagers are all descendants of Liu Hong. In the Han Dynasty, prefectures and states existed in parallel, and the enfeoffment system coexisted with the prefecture and county system. Of course, these nobles and kings had no actual rights, and there were no private soldiers. Most of them had no aides or followers, and would even be targeted and suppressed by the prime minister. However, Tinghou was obviously the most popular, especially for a prince like Liu Hong who had no official position.
If an ordinary official is granted the title of Marquis, his seat will never be in his hometown. This is also for checks and balances. Moreover, he does not have any control over his own seat. All he can get is the annual settlement of the seat. It was just a tax that was handed over to the imperial court. After all, it was a centralized country. Only a Tinghou like Liu Hong, who had no official position and spent his life in his own fiefdom, could have a significant influence on the people of Tingting.
What's more, Liu Hong is the third generation of Jiedu Tinghou!!
After these scholars spoke rudely to Liu Hong, the villagers became angry. Some young and middle-aged men took out weapons from their homes, most of which were farm tools. Even women and children shared the same hatred in the periphery. This was a foreigner coming to bully their boss.
Even in later generations, such behavior will be attacked by groups. You can think about it, if a group of outsiders come to your village, block the door of your respected old village chief, and keep abusing you, how will the villagers here behave?
The villagers quickly surrounded these scholars and stared at them with unkind expressions. After the scholars noticed it, their abusive voices gradually became lowered. They looked around in confusion. They were obviously here to get rid of them. , why would they help this traitor if they didn't help themselves? Hearing the abuse outside gradually disappear, the little fat man was also stunned, frowning, and listened carefully.
"Old fellows of your hometown, we have no ill intentions in coming here. I heard that the contemporary Marquis Jiedu Ting is a very evil man, harms the heaven and justice, and is here to eliminate harm. I hope you will not stop him!" The leader among the scholars said to him. He said to the people around him with their hands raised. He spoke very fast and in Mandarin, which the villagers could not understand very well. After shouting among themselves for a while, they finally understood what the man meant.
Before they could reply, they heard the local young man who had followed him shouting with a smile in the dialect of Hejian Country: "Fellows, these idiots insist that my Tinghou robbed civilian girls, raped and kidnapped, and committed all sorts of evil, haha Haha, let them call Lord Ting to come out and let them see how the Young Lord steals the daughter of the people!?" After hearing the young man's words, everyone burst into laughter, and looked at the scholars with eyes filled with amusement. Abuse.
Although the scholars did not understand what they said, they could also understand that the young man did not say anything nice. They suddenly became furious and walked out from the leader's side. He put his hand on the hilt of his sword. However, he was much older. He narrowed his eyes and said displeasedly: "It's just a clan, but you are so flattering. Today, you are going to eliminate harm for the clan."
This man was tall and tall, nine feet tall. He was only about twenty years old, but he had a majestic appearance. Many scholars were led by him. He looked at the young man fiercely and said, "I am ashamed to be with you if you help the emperor to be an oppressor." !”
"Ah, idiot." The young man was also young and vigorous, and his eyes were evil. He had been hanging out with many rangers in Raoyang County since he was a child. Although he had never killed anyone, he was not lacking in courage. He was brave and he was also a ranger in the county. A ruthless person among them, not to mention that this was his hometown, how could he be afraid of foreigners? The man looked at the young man carefully, as if he had him in his mind.
He turned around, looked at the Hou Mansion, and yelled: "Liu Hong, if you are still a member of the Han family, go out and meet us! When did my Han family have such a close relationship with you? The evil thief who framed the party members!" The little fat man was listening inside. When he heard this, he immediately became angry. He suddenly pulled out the sword from the waist of the slave next to him and rushed out!!
"Young Lord!!" The slave was so frightened that he hurriedly chased after him!
Liu Hong struck the door latch with his sword, but failed to cut it off. Instead, the sword got stuck and could not be pulled out. Liu Hong was furious and shouted to the slave beside him: "Open the door for me and take the sword. If you don't do it, wait until I am strong." Then you should regret it!" When the slave heard this, his legs trembled with fear. After all, Liu Hong was the master of the family. What's more, he was taught by evil Confucian scholars who could retaliate for nine generations. He did not dare to disobey. He hurriedly drew his sword, looked at the door, and looked at Liu Hong in embarrassment.
The little fat man opened the door bolt directly, took the sword from the slave, and rushed out. He said that the man was cursing outside, and then he saw the door suddenly opened, and a boy rushed out, closed his eyes, and was cruel to himself. He slashed hard with his sword. Fortunately, this man had been practicing swordsmanship for a long time. How could he be afraid of a boy? He just took a step back. The little fat man didn't hit him with the sword, but almost fell to the ground!
The little fat man steadied his body, stared at the man fiercely, and shouted: "What kind of thief dares to cause trouble for me!!"
This milky voice did not achieve the goal that the little fat man expected at all. Instead of being afraid, the villagers around him laughed kindly, but the man was stunned. The little fat man looked at him panting, with eyes filled with tears. He was pretending to be fierce, and the scholars around him were also fooled. They looked at the little baby in silence. The man was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Are you Liu Hong?"
"It's me!"
"So...young...young..." The man was speechless, his face became extremely gloomy, and he felt that he had been cheated.
All the scholars around him were also silent, but the local young man laughed and said: "Robbing women of the people? Hahaha, this is my young prince, how about it? What did you say just now? He How did you tease a good family and force your first wife to death?"
The man at the front turned red, and was stunned for a moment, and then he cupped his hands and said, "I've met my younger brother. This is a huge misunderstanding. I'm sorry." In full view of everyone, the man leaned over and saluted. , the little fat man was startled, this guy called his brother? What's going on? Didn't you just shout to fight and kill? Seeing him, they all bowed and admitted their mistake. Naturally, the scholars around them also bowed their heads quickly, raised their hands and said, "We don't know the truth, it's offensive." I hope that Hou Ting will forgive you."
"You call me brother?"
"I am the son of Emperor Xiaojing, Prince Lu Gong, the great-grandson of King Jin of Lu Qing, and the great-great-grandson of King Liu Sui of Lu Wen. Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng are brothers of the same generation as Tinghou. Chi is several years older, so I call him my younger brother."
Liu Hong was a little stunned. This introduction sounded so familiar. Why do all the members of our clan introduce themselves this way? The more prominent the people, the longer they say.
Thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. He frowned and did not return the greeting. Instead, he asked: "Since you and I are from the same clan, why have we never met each other? You don't even know my age?" He remembered what the other person said to him just now.
He was surprised at his age. If he was really his brother, how could he not even know his age? When he said this, Liu Biao felt even more ashamed. It was true that he was from the clan, but he was from a declining lineage.
The lineage of King Lu Gong is also very prominent, but in the Han Dynasty, after Emperor Guangwu began to show off, this lineage has existed in name only. It was only recently that he participated in the imperial student movement many times and became famous all over the world. Together with Zhang Yin
, Xue Yu, Wang Fang, Xuan Jing, Gong Chu Gong, Liu Zhi, Tian Lin, etc. were called Ba Gu. How could he have the qualifications to meet Liu Hong, a close relative of the clan before?