The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 405

South of the city, Cui Mansion.

The afterglow of the setting sun adds a layer of golden outer veil to the tiled roof of this big mansion.Taiwei Cui Lie finished his day's government affairs in Sangong's mansion, and returned to his own mansion in a sedan chair.

At the entrance of the mansion, a young man in a brocade suit and blue robe stepped forward quickly, bowed to salute, and said: "Uncle has worked hard."

Cui Lie stepped out of the sedan chair and nodded in satisfaction when he saw the young man.Then, under the guidance of the young man, they walked into the mansion together.

The servants and maids in the mansion all call him 'Mr. Xu'.

This 'Mr. Xu' was not born to the master, but a concubine from the offshoot of the Cui family. He only came to Luoyang two years ago, but even so, he has won the trust of the master.

He would stand guard at the gate of the mansion every afternoon, waiting for the return of the Patriarch, and prepare everything in the mansion properly. It can be said that he is a very capable person.

Of course, Cui Xu was able to gain Cui Lie's trust, and there were some little-known credits.

The emperor sold his official position, and the Sangong bid 1000 million yuan.

Cui Lie wanted to be Sangong, but he couldn't speak because of his face.So Cui Xu took the lead and bribed the emperor's mother, Mrs. Cheng, to buy Cui Lie the position of Situ for only 500 million yuan.

Soon afterwards, Cui Lie worshiped as the Taiwei, the head of the three princes of the court.

At that time, the Xiliang rebels attacked Guanzhong fiercely, and the imperial court was deeply worried.Cui Lie, as a Taiwei, proposed to abandon Liangzhou. This proposal was strongly opposed by all the officials. Yilang Fu Xie was even more angry, and angrily scolded on the spot: "Old man, you are a Hanchen!"

The Liangzhou incident, coupled with the previous buying of officials, pushed Cui Lie to the forefront, and was despised and cast aside by scholars all over the world.

So far, the reputation has faded.

After a long time, Cui Lie felt a little uneasy.One day, he asked his son Cui Jun: "I am in the third rank, what do people outside talk about me now?"

His son Cui Jun replied: "My father had a good reputation when he was young, and he served as the prefect and Jiuqing. Everyone thinks that my father should be an official. But now that my father has become a Situ, the people of the world are very disappointed with you. "

Cui Lie asked, "Why?"

The son's answer was very straightforward: "Because everyone dislikes you for having a copper stink."

Cui Lie was furious after hearing this, and raised his cane to beat him.

Cui Jun was the general of Huben Zhonglang at that time, and he fled in embarrassment wearing a military officer's uniform.Cui Lie chased after him and scolded: "Dead soldiers!

Father hits and runs, is this a filial son! Cui Jun turned around and said: "Shun treated his father with a small stick, but with a big stick, he ran away. This is not unfilial!" "

Cui Lie stopped feeling ashamed.

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Entering the hall, Cui Lie sat down.

Cui Xu summoned a servant, brought the hot soup that had been prepared earlier, and handed it to Cui Lie respectfully with both hands, and said with concern: "Uncle, you seem to be very tired, is there something wrong? Go and ask a doctor to come and show you."

Seeing Cui Xu's concerned expression, Cui Lie took the hot soup, shook his head slightly, and sighed: "If Jun'er is half as sensible as you, I can rest assured even if I die."

The word "death" was mentioned for no reason. Cui Xuxuan noticed something unusual in it, rolled his eyes, and asked tentatively: "Uncle, did you encounter something uncomfortable today? Why don't you tell me and let my nephew My son will also share one or two for you."

"You can't help me even if you say so."

Cui Lie shook his head, but still told Cui Xu.Firstly, he already regarded this distant nephew as his confidant, and secondly, he also wanted to find someone to confide in. If he kept many things in his heart, it would really hurt his body.

After Cui Xu heard from his uncle what happened in the Chongde Hall this morning, although his face remained unchanged, a turbulent sea had already set off in his heart.

"Zijiu, do you think I made a mistake in buying an official, and I was scolded by the world." Cui Lie sighed heavily, brought the hot soup in his hand to his mouth, and put it down again.

The old man in front of him is so lonely, Cui Xu should be happy logically.But for some reason, there was not much joy, and he just said: "Uncle, the court is now in the power of treacherous ministers. Instead of falling into the hands of those treacherous villains, Uncle, you should take care of the Sangong. Why should you care about other people's opinions? Ask yourself Just be ashamed."

Hearing these words, Cui Lie felt a lot better, he waved his hand, signaling Cui Xu to go on first, he wanted to be alone.

In the middle of the night, Cui Xu's room was still lit with candles.

That night, Cui Xu finished writing the bamboo slips in the house, he had already figured out the patrol route in the mansion, and taking advantage of the night, he easily found out of the mansion.

Hei Ying, who was waiting outside the mansion, bowed and cupped his fists. He was one of the guards who accompanied Cui Xu to Beijing.

Cui Xu handed the letter slip into this person's hand, his face was a little dignified, and he ordered in a low voice: "Go to Youzhou and give it to the master."

The black shadow nodded in response, took the bamboo slip, and quickly disappeared into the night.

In the next period of time, the emperor did not go to the early court again, and the matter of establishing a crown prince was put on hold for the time being.

That night, the emperor, who had not climbed the height for a long time, went to Yong'an Houtai.

Standing on the high arched bridge, the Son of Heaven stood with his hands behind his back, and the cold moonlight sprinkled on his thin and pale face, adding a bit of coolness.

In Luoyang city, the lights of thousands of houses can be seen all over the place.

The old eunuch who was waiting beside him stooped his body, glanced sideways at the young emperor of the Han family secretly, and found that this young emperor who had grown up under his care made him feel extremely strange at this moment.

"Father, has my oral order been passed on?" The emperor, who was leaning on the railing, looked away, but there was an air of submission in his plain tone.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old slave has already sent someone to Youzhou, and it should be passed on to General Lu in the near future." Zhang Rang replied in a low voice, unaware that the cavalry he sent had already been killed that day. The imperial edict also fell into the hands of others.

The Son of Heaven let out an 'hmm' and stopped talking.He is waiting for Lu Bu to come back, as long as he has this sharp sword, he can kill all disobedient people.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, you'd better go back to the palace early to rest. It's windy here, and you're easy to catch cold." The old eunuch reminded in a low voice.

The emperor knew that Zhang Rang was doing it for his own good, so he looked away, and was about to go back to the palace for bed, but he hadn't moved away.Suddenly, inside a certain house in the north of the city, a pillar of red light bloomed, forming colorful clusters, illuminating the entire sky, rushing like a dragon pattern.

This is a vision that he has never seen for so many years since he took the throne.

The vision lasted only for a short while before dissipating.

"Your Majesty, please see Qi Cheng."

At this time, Duan Gui, one of the ten permanent servants, led a literati official to the emperor.

Wang Qi Cheng, Tai Changqing's official under Taishi, has an annual salary of only two hundred shi.The main job is to look up at the starry sky, observe the stars and the flow and direction of 'Qi'.

According to the procedure, an official of Wang Qicheng's level is not qualified to come to worship the emperor.But the matter was so important that Duan Gui was shocked when he heard that, so he brought him to the emperor.

"What's the matter?" The Son of Heaven did not turn around, but put his hands on the railing.

Fearing the emperor's wrath, Wang Qicheng first knelt on the ground, kowtowed and resolutely said: "Your Majesty, according to what I have seen recently, the north of the city is pregnant with the spirit of the emperor. I am afraid that he will come to the world soon. If this person is born, In the future, the one who will destroy our great Han country and country must be this person!"

After the voice fell, there was no more sound, and Yong'an Houtai fell into a deadly silence.

After a long time, they heard the order from the emperor on the railing, his tone was colder than his face: "Tell Jian Shuo, all pregnant women in the north of the city, go to prison and kill them all!"

(End of this chapter)