Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 497

Kuai Chenghou Mansion.

Two luxuriously dressed servants were standing at the gate of the mansion, and four warriors stood behind them, wearing sharp blades.

When Luan Bu and Li Guang came here, the servants looked at him quickly. Luan Bu was wearing very ordinary clothes, his carriage was very simple, and the cart was only pulled by an old horse. His Majesty got off the carriage and stood behind Luan Bu in the strong attire worn by the trainee. He was a head taller than Luan Bu, and he was extraordinarily mighty.

Before Luan Bu could open his mouth, the servants reached out to ask for it: "Invitation?"

Luan Bu was taken aback, and then said, "I'm not here for a banquet, I'm here to see Kuai Chenghou and Zhou Chang."

"How rude are you?! How can you call Junhou by his first name?!"

The servant's expression was displeased. During these days, this little Zhou Chang also met many noble people by relying on his own family property. He also kept a certain distance, but Zhou Chang's friends obviously couldn't reach the level of courtiers, but as the Marquis of Che, for those officials and small dignitaries who were determined to go up, he was Has a huge appeal.

Although from Liu Chang's point of view, Chehou is nothing, the most around him is Chehou, but from the perspective of a big man, Chehou is still very rare. During the period of Emperor Gao, there were a total of 140 three in the country. Compared with the tens of millions of people in the whole country, this number is really very, very small, and as the Marquis of Che, the status of Jiuqing is even much higher in name. After all, the title of some Jiuqing may not be able to reach the title of Marquis of Che.

Of course, the Sangong is still crushed. The Sangong itself is held by the biggest Chehous. There are also gaps between the Chehous. Climbing up to a Chehou, the future is really limitless, even if he is only his servant, he can accomplish a lot.

Every time Zhou Chang held a banquet, there were still many people who came to participate in the banquet, hoping to gain the friendship of this Marquis Che and reap some benefits. At one point of Chehou, the sheriff may have to kneel and worship.

Marquis Kuaicheng was considered Dachehou at the beginning, with more than 3000 food towns. The first generation of Marquis Kuaicheng, Zhou Jue, a fellow from Peixian County, was a servant of Emperor Gao from the beginning. When Emperor Gao went to fight against Chen Xi, he cried and begged Emperor Gao to cherish himself and not to conquer himself. Emperor Gao felt that he loved him very much, so he allowed him to enter the palace gate without walking quickly, and later rewarded him. His "exoneration gold medal".

Zhou Zhen was a man of duty and was honest, but he did not use the immunity order. After his death, his posthumous title was Zhen, and Zhou Chang inherited his position.

And this prince who has the same name as the Marquis of Fenyin in the great Han Dynasty is really not a good person.

He knew that his family had a decree of exoneration, which was given to them by Emperor Gao himself, so he started to enjoy it as he wanted, but he didn't make big mistakes, such as murder and robbery, but he kept making small mistakes, buying and selling by force, Extravagance and waste, brawling and other things are common crimes.

Under his influence, his servants have become a little domineering, and they don't take others seriously. If the guests who come to the banquet don't give the servants any benefits, they won't even be able to enter.

Zhou Chang not only did not stop the behavior of his servants, but also took pride in it, thinking that it was a symbol of his own power.

The servant looked at Luan Bu at this moment, seeing that he didn't intend to give him money, so he continued: "If you don't come to the banquet, you can wait here, my lord is hosting a banquet, and you can enter when the banquet is over! "

Seeing how rude he was, Li Guang was furious. The big man took a step forward and stared at the servant in front of him. The servant was shocked and stepped back hurriedly. The warriors behind him also surrounded him and looked at him. Even the tall and mighty Li Guang felt a little afraid in his heart.

Luan Bu stopped Li Guang, "Don't be rude."

Then he said: "Please go in and report to Kuai Chenghou, the internal historian Luan Bu came to Kuai Chenghou on the emperor's order!"

The servant looked at his car, then at the two of them, and couldn't help laughing.

"Emperor's order? Hahaha, who are you bluffing? When did the emperor's order come like this? You can't even make it up. Do you know what the emperor's edict is? Have you ever seen it? Where is the edict? Take it out!" "

"It is true that there is no edict, but an oral order, please go in and report."

Li Guang couldn't bear it anymore, he knew why His Majesty sent him here, Duke Luan is a gentleman, he will inevitably be humiliated if he treats such a villain, he still has to come by himself!

The servant scolded: "If you dare to mess around again, I will not forgive you!"

"Bang~~~"

The servant flew out and hit the warrior behind him directly, and the two fell down immediately.

Li Guang was dumbfounded, what did he see?Luan Gong kicked the man in the chest, and he was kicked away. The warriors drew their swords, but Luan Bu's sword was even faster. There was a flash of sword light, and Li Guang was stabbed. He couldn't help squinting his eyes. When he opened them, those warriors had already fallen to the ground, moaning with their arms covered. Their arms were bleeding, and their swords fell to the ground. Luan Bu put away his sword, glanced at Li Guang, "Go in."

"Oh"

Li Guang obediently followed behind Luan Bu, and the two walked into the mansion. The man who broke into the mansion quickly attracted the attention of the warriors in the mansion. After kicking over, Luan Bu stepped over them and continued to move forward. Li Guang looked down at the warrior and swallowed.

Kuai Chenghou's mansion was still very large. In the main courtyard, Zhou Chang was drunk. In front of him, there were more than a dozen people kneeling and sitting. Wine and meat were placed in front of them. There was a dancer dancing, and everyone was laughing loudly. Amidst their flattery, Zhou Chang shook his head triumphantly.

Suddenly, the musician stopped playing.

Zhou Chang, who was immersed in the music, was taken aback for a moment, and looked at his musicians. Their eyes were full of panic at the moment, and they all looked forward and took a few steps back. Zhou Chang turned his head suspiciously, just in time to see The two people who broke in were seen by everyone, the dancers stopped dancing, the guests were serious, Zhou Chang squinted his eyes, looked at them for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

"Hahaha, so it's Duke Luan!"

"Okay, that's great. I wanted to entertain Duke Luan for a long time, but I never thought that Duke Luan would give me this chance!"

Zhou Chang staggered to Luan Bu's side, stretched out his hand, grabbed Luan Bu's hand, and pulled towards the banquet, but Luan Bu didn't move at all. Zhou Chang tugged several times, but couldn't move Luan Bu. , he turned his head in surprise, and looked at Luan Bu drunkenly, "Why don't you go to the banquet?"

"This is called a feast of ten oxen! Even Your Majesty, you can't eat it on weekdays. If nothing else, it's the oxtail. Your Majesty probably has never enjoyed it in his life. It's a good thing."

The faces of all the people present changed drastically, they got up hastily, their faces were terrified, but Li Guang stood up and sized them up, making them unable to move.

The banquet no longer had the excitement it had before, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point.

Luan Bu looked coldly at their banquet and the beef all over the place. The scene of extravagance and waste made Luan Bu a little angry. As the leader of Nong Sang, Luan Bu had been busy farming these days. Food is very sensitive. Seeing such a scene of extravagance and waste, he immediately frowned.

Under Luan Bu's gaze, the guests couldn't help frowning.

"I'm afraid it's wrong for you to eat cattle like this."

"One cow can be used by the people in a mile to cultivate the land in turn."

Zhou Chang was not afraid, "I eat my own cattle, not farm cattle, but beef cattle, and what I eat are dead cattle, so what?"

If you want to eat cattle, there are plenty of excuses.

"I came here on the orders of His Majesty to buy cattle from you."

Zhou Chang looked at him in surprise, and then laughed, "It's my honor, how many heads does Your Majesty want to buy? I'll deliver them myself!"

"A thousand heads."

Zhou Chang was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, as if he had regained consciousness.

Letting go of Luan Bu's hand, he asked suspiciously, "How much?"

"A thousand heads."

"But I don't have a thousand cows, can I have less?"

"I heard that your Excellency claims to be the Marquis of Thousand Cows. There should be a thousand cows."

"I really don't have one. I can give a hundred cows to His Majesty."

"A thousand heads."

Looking at Luan Bu's indifferent expression, Zhou Chang's expression was also a little ugly, "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, picked it up from his sleeve, then took out a coin, and threw it at Zhou Chang's feet.

"I'll pay for it."

The atmosphere suddenly froze, Zhou Chang's face became gloomy, and Luan Bu still looked at him calmly.

"Are you trying to rob me? Although my title is not high, my father was once the concubine of Emperor Gao. He has many friends. The Empress Dowager treats me like a nephew. Even Your Majesty cannot rob other people's wealth. It is reasonable to make trouble in front of the Empress Dowager!"

Luan Bu completely ignored these things. Before coming here, he was a little ashamed and felt that he wanted to take it by force, but after seeing the scene here, Luan Bu no longer had that kind of thought. , Eat up the hopes of the common people in Shili in one meal, what is there to be ashamed of dealing with such powerful people!
Can more than ten people eat ten cows? ?
Seeing Luan Bu's expression, Zhou Chang took a few steps back, smiled and called a servant, and gave some instructions.

Soon, the servant came to Zhou Chang's side and handed him 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 big smile, "Here is the order of Emperor Gao! Kuai Chenghou is not guilty of murder!!"

It was something that Emperor Gao bestowed on the first generation Kuai Chenghou, and he was not guilty of murder.

Pointing at Luan Bu in front of him, Zhou Chang said angrily, "These cattle are my private property. I can do whatever I want, but what can you do? I am not the only one who eats cattle in Chang'an, but everyone The rich and powerful, which family does not have a lot of cattle and ten thousand hectares of land, I have never done evil, I bought all my cattle, what about them? They rob! They kill and commit murder. I have this edict, I can kill, but I No, I bought it from the people!"

"You bullies who are afraid of the hard will not dare to rob those people, so you come to deal with me, a kind-hearted person!"

"Kindness?"

"Your Majesty is also kind, isn't this also buying from you?"

"This is a clear robbery!"

"So you also know that there is no difference between buying by force and grabbing by force."

Zhou Chang couldn't say no to Luan Bu, so he immediately turned his face, pulled out the sword from his waist, and cursed: "I'm not those Qianshou! I'm Chehou! If you can give Qianshou a hundred dollars, they will already be grateful to me. I'm not like They, one money, you are humiliating me!"

"I am Kuai Chenghou! Emperor Gao's edict is here, I can kill people! Not guilty! You leave now! Otherwise, I will kill you now!!"

The guests were all terrified and their scalps were numb.

Luan Bu let out a long sigh and lowered his head.

"It seems that no matter how much food is cultivated, the people can't get enough to eat. Your Majesty raises cattle on a large scale in the frontier, but there is always not enough cattle in the world. Zhang Xiang is desperate to promote agriculture, but the food is always not enough for the people. I I have never understood why, but now I can see it clearly. It is because there are too many people like you, who occupy and buy by force, annex people’s farmland, buy their livestock by force, and force them to become tenants.”

Luan Bu slowly pulled out the saber at his waist, making a hissing sound.

"If you can't stop this kind of behavior, how can you fill the stomachs of the people in the world?"

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, and Luan Bu stepped on his chest directly , making Zhou Chang unable to move, Zhou Chang cursed: "You actually lost the edict of Emperor Gao!! You this."

Luan Bu raised the sword in his hand, grabbed it with both hands, pointed the sword point down, and pointed it at Zhou Chang's neck.

"Today, the only option is to kill you to deter the powerful, and then find a way to stop such behavior."

Zhou Chang's face paled quickly, and at that moment, he was sober.

"I give it!! A thousand cows!! I give it!! Spare me!! Spare my life!!!"

But Luan Bu didn't speak anymore, and stabbed down with his long sword. At that moment, Li Guangfei rushed forward, hugged Luan Bu, and stepped back a few steps. Luan Bu's sword missed, Li Guang's eyes were full of panic, He yelled: "Duke Luan!! No way! The big man Chehou, how can he be killed! Can't be killed! Can't be killed!!"

For Marquis Che, the usual biggest punishment is expelling the country, unless it is an unforgivable crime such as treason and disobedience, he will be killed.

Moreover, it must be ordered by the emperor himself. For example, the three princes can punish Chehou and cut their titles, but they must not order them to be killed. The emperor alone, of course, the queen mother can also, but that is a special case.

Li Guangda shouted: "Duke Luan! You are overstepping! You are overstepping!!"

But Luan Bu struggled vigorously, "No problem! Killing people pays for their lives!"

He stabbed Zhou Chang with his sword, Zhou Chang was so frightened that he almost cried out, and he backed away, trying to escape from here.

"Duke Luan! Not worth it! Not worth it!!"

Li Guang roared, hugging 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, Luan Bu couldn't use his strength, the sword couldn't stab Zhou Chang Chang, but this was scary enough. Zhou Chang wept loudly, knelt in front of Luan Bu, and kept kowtowing.

"Forgive me! Forgive me!!"

Luan Bu struggled for a while, and found that he was not the young man's opponent, so he calmed down and let him put himself down.

Li Guang put him down carefully, but he was still prepared, if Duke Luan wanted to kill him, he had to stop him.

Li Guang is not related to Kuai Chenghou, the main reason is that he does not want Luan Bu to bear such a crime. Killing Chehou is a serious crime. If Luan Bu directly kills a Chehou today, then even if His Majesty can save him, then The rest of Chehou would probably not agree, and they would go all out to deal with Luan Bu in the future. It would not be a good thing to be dealt with by all the Chehous in the world. It was really not worth it for such a pig and dog.

Luan Bu frowned, and said seriously, "Go and pick up that money!"

Zhou Chang quickly picked up the money.

"One thousand cows will be delivered to the Neishi Mansion tomorrow."

"As for you people, are you enjoying the ten-ox feast? Tomorrow, each person will send ten cows to Neishi, otherwise, we will kill you!"

Everyone hastily said yes.

It wasn't until Luan Bu and Li Guang left that someone came forward and helped Zhou Chang up. Zhou Chang panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead, his feet were a little soft. With the support of everyone, he came to the upper position. Sitting down tremblingly, the guests stood up to ask for their resignation, but Zhou Chang didn't answer them. It wasn't until everyone left that Zhou Chang remembered something, and hurriedly picked up the fallen Emperor Gao's edict from the ground, and held it tightly. Hugged in his arms, trembling all over.

Li Guang looked at Luan Bu beside him in surprise.

He finally understood that His Majesty sent him to follow him, not because he wanted to help Luan Gong get ahead, nor because he was afraid that Luan Gong would suffer, but because he sent him to watch him so that he would not start killing randomly. Li Guang always thought that this Luan Gong He is a true benevolent and righteous gentleman in the court, but he has never seen his face before. This is the first time Li Guang knows that a gentleman also has such a terrifying side. Lord Che, kill as soon as you say, Li Guang knows, this He really wanted to kill him just now, if he didn't stop him, he would really kill that Zhou Chang.

After crossing an intersection, Luan Bu politely said goodbye to Li Guang.

Li Guang hurriedly returned the gift.

Soon, Li Guang appeared in the palace, describing what happened in Kuai Chenghou's house vividly, listening to Li Guang's report, Liu Chang's face was not surprised at all, Luan Bu had a famous saying: " Poverty cannot be humiliating, it is not a person; wealth cannot be satisfied, it is not a virtuous person." People who treat themselves well must repay them, and those who treat themselves badly must be killed.

Anyone who regards him as a submissive gentleman is a fool.

"Hahaha, you go and send someone to tell Zhou Chang that he will see me after delivering the cows tomorrow!!!"

"only!!"

(End of this chapter)