Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 182 Only pick the old and the weak
From Chang'an to Zhang County, the notoriety of King Tang is unknown to everyone.

He hadn't even arrived in the Jing Kingdom, and the Jing Kingdom officials were already discussing this matter.

Liu Jia's adopted son is still very young, even younger than Chang Liu, so he doesn't understand these things at all.The prime minister and the generals are in charge of all matters of the state of Jing. The prime minister is called Wang Xiong. He fought with Liu Jia at first. Although his achievements were not obvious, he won Liu Jia's trust, so he stayed by his side and reused it.

Wang Xiong stood beside Liu Bao, looked at the officials, and said seriously: "Your Majesty has promised the king to come to the country, and specially sent the Tang king and Yingyin Marquis to preside over the ceremony."

"It would have been a good thing. It's just"

With an embarrassed expression on his face, he looked at the crowd and said, "This King Tang is really not easy to get along with."

"King Tang was brought up by the Queen Mother herself, and she was deeply spoiled, so there are some."

Wang Xiong thought for a long time and said, "It's a bit arrogant."

The ministers knelt down on both sides and heard Wang Xiong's words, and someone said: "The king of Tang rushed to Jing State all the way, and wherever he passed, he always rudely made things difficult for the officials, the governor of Nanyang, the governor of Hengshan, The governor of Lujiang County has been humiliated by the Tang King for various things."

"In the entire southern country, no one is not afraid, no one is afraid."

"I heard that this Tang king was a cannibal, and there was a famous person named Kuai Che who was cooked and killed by him because he never went out to greet him and ate his flesh!"

"Yes, yes, I heard that too."

"I also heard that this King Tang is moody, ridiculous, er, wait for him to come to Jing Kingdom, how should we treat him?"

Hearing these words, the young Liu Bao's face turned pale with fright. He trembled and said, "In that case, should the ministers still greet him?"

Wang Xiong shook his head, "Your Majesty doesn't know anything, the King of Chu kindly sent messengers to give gifts, but the King of Tang asked why the King of Chu didn't come to meet the King of Chu, but the King of Tang is the father of King Zhong. I'm afraid that King Tang will be more rude to the king."

"The king humiliates his ministers to death!"

A general stood up and shouted, Wang Xiong glared at him sharply, "My Jing Kingdom city is less than [-], and the soldiers are less than [-]. If you anger the Tang King, will you stop the Tang Kingdom's tigers and wolves? The Tang Kingdom is all barbarians. , I don’t know how to behave, and I’m disrespectful to the Son of Heaven, so why are you still afraid of you?”

"Tang country is far away."

"Far?? Tang Guo sent troops from Jibei County, does Qi Chu dare to stop it?"

Everyone immediately lowered their heads.

Wang Xiong looked at Liu Bao, who was restless, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid. When King Tang is here, please treat him as a brother and talk more about the previous king. When the previous king was there, he talked about Tang King many times. He likes him very much, calling him "My family's milk tiger, strong will save the country". If you respect him, Tang Wang will definitely not be too rude to you."

"Your Majesty is here, we should go out of the city to greet the princes, please don't offend the king of Tang, and don't say anything more. After the king of Tang worships and observes the ceremony, he will leave, and ask the princes for the last wishes of the late king, for the time being. endure."

Wang Xiong asked again and again, and everyone took orders.

After everyone left, Wang Xiong continued to comfort Liu Fu, "Although I have never met King Tang, I have heard more about him from the previous king. As long as you are willing to give gifts, flatter him more, and say something he likes to hear, It'll be all right."

Liu Bao asked weakly, "I won't lose my father's face by doing this, right?"

"Of course not. King Tang, even if King Chu wants to give him three points, it's definitely not shameful for you to be patient with him. If a minister says this is wrong, then let him serve King Tang! See if he dares. Don't dare not bear it!"

Liu Bao nodded and asked, "Is this widow brother really so scary?"

"It's terrifying. It's terrifying. Your Majesty doesn't know anything. Back then, Morton sent someone to ask for peace. This one wrote to Morton, saying that he wanted to enter. Well, forget it, Majesty, anyway, you have to remember that you must not offend him Tang Guo. Up and down, you can't provoke a group of barbarians, reckless husbands, and rebels. As long as the king can catch up with the king of Tang, even if there is a major chaos in the future, he will not lose his throne!"

"what??"

Liu Fu's eyes widened. Hearing this, how could he feel that he was persuading himself to follow the Tang king to rebel in the future? ?
Wang Xiong said with a smile: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would really allow it. Thanks to someone who spoke for us.. This is a good thing, your Majesty should be happy!"

When Liu Chang came to the southern country, he immediately caused a lot of trouble in the southern regions.

The legends about him are also spreading more and more widely, and they are getting more and more outrageous. In Jing, Chu, Wu and other places, they are moving fast in the direction of "stopping children's crying at night".

Liu Chang didn't realize it. At this moment, he was holding a three- or four-year-old child, laughing and teasing the child.

"This child reminds the widow of Jian. Jian is about the same age as him, but he is not as honest and noisy as he is."

Liu Chang smiled and said to Luan Bu, who was beside 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 terror. shiver.

"Your Majesty, put it down."

"okay."

Liu Chang put the child down, took out some food from his sleeve, 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 wicked men out of here, and Luan Bu couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, have we gone too far in these days? For the people of the South, seeing the king is like seeing a hungry tiger. , there is no color on his face, King Jing won't be too scared to come to greet him, right?"

"will not."

It was Ji Bu who spoke, and he said earnestly: "The ministers of Jing Kingdom must be preparing to welcome the king at this moment."

"I know Wang Xiong. He has no talent, but is loyal enough to the old King Jing, so he appointed him as prime minister."

Ji Bu said with emotion: "It's a pity that although this person has no great talent, he is diligent and thrifty, treats the people kindly, and is diligent and virtuous without loss."

Liu Chang suddenly asked: "Jibu, the widow, always feel that something is wrong."

Ji Bu was taken aback and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"The Kingdom of Jing is surrounded by Chu and Wu, but in one county, there are tens of thousands of soldiers. The soldiers in the capital may be less than [-]. A large number of soldiers are all on the side of Fujian and Yue. Do they really dare to rebel?"

"Brother has always been benevolent and righteous. If no one else intentionally reminded him, would he want to deal with Jing Kingdom?"

"You just said that Wang Xiong is a person who loves the people. Will he bring the people of Jing country to be buried with King Jing?"

Ji Bu hadn't spoken yet, but Luan Bu was shocked, "What do you mean, Your Majesty??"

However, Liu Chang just stared at Ji Bu's eyes, "The messenger is here, His Majesty will meet him in the Xuanshi Hall, with Wang Ling and Chen Ping on the left and right."

"Mother said that Chen Ping had told her about the whole thing, that is, Chen Ping hinted to his brother and made him deliberately suspicious, so that he could spend me in Chang'an? Is that right?"

"Chen Ping dares to do this. Is it because he was instructed by his mother to do something against whom? Do you have to let me go? The queen mother gives up?"

Liu Chang stared at Ji Bu's face. At that moment, Zhang Budo and Luan Bu quickly drew their swords, and the two sharp swords directly touched Ji Bu's neck from left to right.

Facing the threat from Liu Chang, Ji Bu was not at all afraid, he just looked at Liu Chang calmly.

"Is Your Majesty going to kill me?"

"I ask you, how did your mother instruct you? Did Guanying also participate?!"

Liu Chang pulled out Ji Bu's own saber, with a cold expression, staring straight at Ji Bu's eyes.

"I just said how can my mother let me go out so easily. If I really want to take risks, my mother will let me go? Chen Ping will propose to let me go? He is not afraid that something will happen to me, causing chaos in the Tang country. They have already colluded. ."

Ji Bu chuckled, "Your Majesty is getting smarter and smarter."

"However, it's too late."

"Now, it's probably over."

"Tell me! Who are you targeting!"

Zhang Budo suddenly asked, "Could it be for the Marquis of Huaiyin?"

"No, Master has been protected by my mother for a long time, otherwise he would have died a long time ago. If you want to kill him, you don't have to be so troublesome."

The Duke said thoughtfully, "Your Majesty. The Queen Mother doesn't want you to participate, so it's better that Your Majesty doesn't know."

"Master Zhao? You know?"

Liu Chang hurriedly looked at Zhao Ping, Zhao Ping pondered for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty may not know, since the Empress Dowager delegated power to His Majesty, Wang Ling has the intention of completely eradicating the relatives of the Lu family. The palace .. also wrote a letter to let Cao Can's son be the commander of the lord . .

"You mean that my mother wants to attack the ministers? Want to kill Wang Ling?!"

"No! My mother wanted Wang Ling to support her brother, so she persuaded me many times not to do anything to Wang Ling. How could she do it?"

"Besides, this government affairs was also handed over to my brother by Mother. If she wants to take it back, why should she do it?"

Zhaoping hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not as simple as you think. The Queen Mother delegates power to her Majesty, but most of the ministers in the temple obey the Queen Mother's edict. Previously, the royal mausoleum wrote a letter in the temple, and her order As long as it is detrimental to the interests of the Lu family, Zhao Yao and others will hurriedly oppose it."

"The king's mausoleum wants to make the ministers 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 of the temple, and the Queen Mother. This makes Your Majesty How do you govern a country?"

Ji Bu retorted: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense."

"The queen mother will not be detrimental to your majesty, and it is not because of the greed of power that he said. After Cao Can left the temple, the ministers had other thoughts in their hearts. Wang Ling is loyal to your majesty, but he is too stupid. After being bewitched by the villain, he actually wants to reduce the emperor's wings, and the people he has to deal with are the queen mother and the king."

"If it wasn't for Chen Ping to stop him, Wang Ling's servant would actually want to cut the clan!"

"Your Majesty, do you know what will happen if you do this? It's not about defending the emperor, it's about destroying my great Han country!"

Zhaoping sneered and said, "Of course the Queen Mother Sheren would say that."

"The Empress Dowager first appointed Marquis Jiancheng to be responsible for the garrison of Chang'an, and then ordered her son and nephew to be the Lang of the Southern Army or the palace. What does this mean? Everything is in the hands of the empress dowager, this is the struggle between the emperor and the empress dowager!"

Ji Bu also sneered, "The battle between the emperor and the queen mother? The emperor is born by the queen mother, what else do they need to fight for? This is the battle between the traitor and your majesty! After the death of the emperor, the ministers despised your majesty, If you want to stand up for Your Majesty, only because the Queen Mother and the King are in charge, so you don't dare to do so. The traitor can't achieve his wish, so he wants to break the shield of the Son of Heaven first!"

The two suddenly quarreled.

Liu Chang was always silent.

The words of these two people cannot be trusted by the four benefactors under their command. Everyone's political opinions are different. Jibu hopes that the Queen Mother will assist His Majesty, Zhaoping hopes that the ministers will assist His Majesty, Zhang Budo hopes that he will assist His Majesty, but Luan Bu does not. What thoughts, only care about their own business.

"Hey! Why is the king again?"

Guan Ying came here in a hurry, and was about to speak, when she saw Zhang Budo and Luan Bu forcing Ji Bu with swords, she was also stunned, "What happened?"

"do not know."

Liu Chang said, and then said to Luan Bu and Zhang Budo, "Retract the sword."

The two put away their swords, Liu Chang didn't say anything to Guan Ying, and left here directly. Walking 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 had no choice but to give up, and they continued to rush towards Jing Country. Liu Chang was no longer as lively as he used to be, and suddenly became serious, which made Guan Ying a little unaccustomed to it.

He also asked a few Shiren, but Shiren also shook their heads and did not speak.

At night, the soldiers lit a bonfire, and Liu Chang sat beside the bonfire, staring dully at the bonfire in front of him, not moving.

Luan Bu sat beside him and burned the fire together.

"Isn't Your Majesty going back?"

"It's too late. If Chen Ping is in charge of going back now, it's probably possible to go to the tomb of the king's tomb to worship."

Luan Bu sighed and asked, "What if the ministers and the queen dowager fight against the king?"

"Of course I helped my mother to kill the ministers."

"Then what if Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, will do?"

Liu Chang was silent for a long time, "Return to Tang Kingdom."

Luan Bu pursed his lips, glanced at King Tang, and then said: "Actually, Ji Bu and Zhaoping can't believe what they said. They are all speculating on this matter from their own perspective. Although I don't know what's the big deal, but I know , Whether it is Chen Hou or the Queen Mother, they are definitely not stupid people, they do things well, and they will never cause chaos."

"I think the matter of Jing Kingdom may not be fake."

"After all, Chu, Jing and Wu are connected together, which is actually a threat to the temple. Now the king of Chu can still be deterred, but the king of Chu is not young, and now the state of Chu is the strongest and can deter the two countries of Wu and Jing. The problem, Wu Jing couldn't hold him back."

"Therefore, it is definitely not wrong to remove the Jing Kingdom and use this place as a fortress to deter Wu Chu."

"Wang Xiong has a good reputation, but he is loyal to King Jing. If King Jing leaves a legacy order to ensure that he must protect his country, it is difficult to say whether he will rebel."

Liu Chang nodded, "I know."

"Luan Bu, is power really that important? Why can't I understand it?"

"Your Majesty's pure heart, regards power as dung, and this matter is not for power, but for the country. Isn't the majesty begging for help for Tang's sake?"

"You just wanted to say begging, didn't you?!"

"I dare not!"

"Good, you Luanbu! Come on, it just so happens that I haven't practiced swords with you for a long time. Let's see if your swordsmanship is good!"

"Your Majesty!! I have to hurry tomorrow!!"

The next day, Guan Ying looked at Liu Chang, who had returned to his original appearance, and was full of confusion. What was going on with this doll?
"Guanhou! Guanhou, stop! There's a beauty there!"

Guan Ying had a dark face and ordered to move forward quickly.

This long trip will not only take a car, but also a boat. Chang Liu is not afraid. Running around on the boat, he points to the water and shouts: "There are big fish!! There are big fish!"

Luan Bu has been following behind him, afraid that he will fall into the water.

But Zhang Budo was pale at the moment, clutching Ji Bu's sleeve tightly, Ji Bu glanced at him and asked, "Are you afraid of water?"

"Don't be afraid."

"Don't be afraid. You don't know that we have people drowning here every year. As long as the wind blows, the boat will shake so much that it may sink. You can swim, right? No, it won't hurt. It won't hurt too much. of."

Zhang Budo's face became even paler, and his whole body was trembling.

Everyone laughed.

When the boat docked, Zhang Budo was almost the first to rush out. Standing on the ground, he was panting heavily, his eyes full of fear.

Liu Chang and others walked for a while, and finally saw the mighty welcoming team.

Liu Bu, the eldest son of King Jing, led the officials of Jing State to greet Liu Chang in a grand formation.Guan Ying looked at these people with a cold face. There were probably more than a hundred people, and there were more than 30 soldiers on the left and right.
Liu Chang raised his head, the chariot pulled him, and walked at the forefront, but Guan Ying kept whispering something to Liu Buha next to him.

This is the first time that Liu Bao has seen the legendary Tang Wang. This Tang Wang looks much older than himself, tall, almost like an adult. Looking at that look, he is really arrogant and rude, and he never looked at himself. , Liu Bao took a deep breath and looked at Wang Xiong beside him.

Wang Xiong said in a low voice, "That's King Tang. Your Majesty, don't be afraid, the minister will go to greet him first, and you will see you later."

Liu Bao nodded, and the ministers looked at Tang Wang's arrogant appearance and whispered.

Wang Xiong was the first to walk towards Tang Wang's frame, and Liu Bao carefully followed behind Wang Xiong, thinking about how to meet him later.

He saw Wang Xiong step forward and bowed respectfully towards Tang Wang. Tang Wang got out of the car, pulled away a few people around him, and walked to Wang Xiong. The two said something, but Liu Bao didn't listen. Qing, just as he was about to come forward to meet him, he saw that Tang Wang suddenly raised his fist, and a heavy punch landed on Wang Xiang's face, and Wang Xiang fell straight down.

Liu Bao was stunned, and once again gained a new understanding of King Tang's arrogance. At this time, the personal soldiers around King Tang began to charge, and quickly formed a group with the ministers of Jing State, and the two sides fought. Liu Bao stood there in a daze, at a loss, his eyes were only on the Tang King, Tang Wang took the lead in rushing over, punching and kicking, and even drew his sword after the ministers resisted.

In a moment, the officials of Jing State were tied up, and the soldiers of Tang State carried them and quickly walked towards the direction they came from.

Liu Chang wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked in front of Liu Bao with a smile.

Liu Bao raised his head and looked at him in horror, "Brother!"

"Come too!"

Liu Chang grabbed his arm, dragged him into the car, and the army returned immediately.

Liu Bao was terrified and shrugged, not daring 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, the widow was not injured, did you remember it? The widow fought for the first time, knocked down eight people, and captured 24! Hahaha, Luan Bu, did you see that? Wang Xiong, who I punched just now, passed out!! !"

Luan Bu was unable to stop Liu Chang just now, with a dark face at the moment, he said very unhappily:
"Seeing the king facing the enemy in his sixtieth year, he has no fear, punches one punch, and cleanly, it is really "admirable"!"

"Uh, the widow still captured the prince of King Jing!!"

"Yes, when the king catches enemies who are under ten years old, he is really sure to catch one! It will definitely be remembered in the history!"

(End of this chapter)