I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 323 Brother, Is It Difficult For My Brother?
The prince made another move and rescued Zhou Yafu from Tingwei's prison.

It is such a simple and fluffy sentence, and it has become the headline of the "Hot Search" in the streets and alleys of Chang'an for several months.

Whether it is courtiers and officials, or meritorious relatives;

Whether it's traffickers or pawns, or rural farmers.

Whenever you are free and you happen to have friends who can chat a few words, you will inevitably say: Hey, did you hear that?

His Royal Highness, another life was saved...

It can be said that for Liu Sheng's approach, public opinion does not have any specific tendency.

Some people say that His Royal Highness has been kind-hearted since he was a child, as evidenced by the stabilization of food prices before;

He even cares about the people's stomachs, so naturally he will not sit back and watch his elder brother Liu Rong and veteran Zhou Yafu's later life be bleak.

Some people also say that this is a habit that the prince has developed since he was a child - he can't stay idle;

I want to join in all the excitement and add another foot.

But more people still regard this matter as a topic of conversation when chatting with friends before and after tea and dinner.

As for the conclusion, most people are still on the sidelines based on the principle of 'don't comment if you don't know the truth'.

Liu Sheng naturally didn't pay much attention to external public opinion.

Liu Sheng's focus is still more on the business that he is busy with.

When it comes to business, I have to mention Tianzi Qi's monopoly on Prince Sheng, as well as his soft-spoken and soft-hearted.

——Earlier, Liu Sheng approached Tian Ziqi and expressed his idea of ​​"wanting to save Zhou Yafu's life, and try to see if the waste can be recycled".

At that time, although Tian Ziqi's attitude was not too tough, he did not forget to use his actions to say: I am the one who picks the fruit, and you will be blamed.

However, after Liu Sheng personally took Zhou Yafu out of Tingwei's prison, and confirmed that Zhou Yafu was the crown prince Shaobao, and Cheng Bushi and Zhidu were candidates for the "commander" selected by Zhou Yafu, Tianziqi's follow-up actions seemed to be as fast as possible. Everything has been prepared long ago.

On that day, three edicts were issued from Weiyang Palace at the same time.

——Tiao Hou Zhou Yafu's private possession of armor case, after investigation, it was Hou Shizi Zhou Yang's own claim and had nothing to do with Zhou Yafu;
Zhou Yang, the eldest son of the Marquis, was abolished, and Zhou Pengzu, the second son of Zhou Yafu, was replaced as the son of the Marquis.

Zhou Yafu had no way to teach his son, and seized his country of Jianghou.

As the crown prince Shaobao, he was allowed to make meritorious deeds.

—— Cheng Buzhi, the governor of Beidi County, is well-managed in the army, and has repeatedly made meritorious deeds.

He was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his duties, and to wait for a vacancy in the court.

——Lieutenant Zhidu, please release him as a general;

He was dismissed from the post of lieutenant and waited for the vacancy in Bianjun.

Ren Taizi Taifu Jianling Hou Weiwan, and lieutenant...
When the news came out, especially the official announcement of Zhou Yafu's "acquittal" came out, the public opinion in the market was immediately filled with an inexplicable "evil trend".

Oh ~
just say it~
Your Majesty, you still love the prince very much~
For the person the prince wants to save, His Majesty has arranged everything without saying a word~
This, even for this time, the "explosive news" of Liu Sheng rescuing Zhou Yafu from Tingwei's prison has come to a successful conclusion.

As for the job transfers of Cheng Bushi and Zhi Du, the public opinion didn't pay attention at all, and it was just a normal job transfer.

Going up to the sky, that is, idlers, lazy men and rangers in the streets and alleys, holding the idea of ​​"finally sending away this plague god", are secretly happy that Zhidu has left the post of lieutenant.

Everything was arranged properly by Tian Ziqi, and Liu Sheng should have been happy about this, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to this major event related to Liu Han's community and even the national destiny of Chinese civilization.

However, after all, it is the crown prince;
In this series of political incidents, Liu Sheng's focus was precisely the appointment that everyone ignored, or did not bring up Xing Xing's attention.

——Prince Taifu Jianling Hou Weiwan, concurrently serving as lieutenant······

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"Not right."

"It's so wrong."

"—With the temperament of the emperor who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, can he lift Wei Wan to the position of lieutenant for no reason?"

"Here, there must be something Ah Sheng missed!"

Tai uterus, a view.

After nearly two years, Liu Sheng and his elder brother Liu Pengzu finally got to meet each other in this very familiar place.

A few years ago, the two brothers came to this palace for the first time. Because of the stabilization of food prices, they used this side hall of the palace as a temporary office space, which is as vivid as yesterday;

After Liu Shenghuo became the crown prince, the scenes of the two brothers talking day and night and doing business in Jiaguan, the study of the crown prince's uterus, are still clearly displayed in the minds of the two brothers.

But in just a few short years, everything seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes...
"Ah Sheng think about it: recently, did Ah Sheng do something that made the emperor suspicious?"

"If there is, then the emperor asked Wei Wan to be a lieutenant because he wanted to test it out."

"At the very least, it's a reminder and admonition to Ah Sheng: Don't go too far?"

Seeing that his elder brother entered the state very naturally, as he did a few years ago, thinking about the situation and countermeasures for himself, Liu Sheng's slightly hesitant gaze could not help but stay on Liu Pengzu's face for a moment.

Liu Pengzu turned his eyes away from his elder brother when Liu Pengzu looked away with a little guilty conscience, and laughed twice pretending to be calm;
He lowered his head with a smile, thought for a while, then smiled and shook his head.

"Brother has been away from Beijing for several years."

"In recent years, many things in Chang'an have changed."

"—The imperial grandmother has changed;"

"—the mother has changed;"

"Father has changed;"

"Brother, I have also grown up..."

Unobtrusively interrupting his elder brother's chatter, when Liu Pengzu bowed his head guiltily and sneaked glances at himself from time to time, Liu Sheng let out two chuckles again;
It's just these two chuckles, in the ears of Liu Pengzu, the same mother and brother who played together with bare buttocks since childhood, are so palpitating...

"Tiaohou, my younger brother personally picked him up from Tingwei's prison."

"Cheng Bushi and Zhidu are also people whom Tiaohou reached out and wanted."

"I don't need to care about what it is used for specifically."

"You just need to know: Brother, the crown prince, is not indistinguishable from the importance..."

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"Hmm~"

"As for Taifu serving as a lieutenant, the meaning is not unreasonable."

"——Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the imperial guards of our Han family have always been guarded by Wei Wei and lieutenant."

"The lieutenant is in charge of the Northern Army, in charge of patrolling the gates and streets of Chang'an;"

"Weiwei is in charge of the southern army, and the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle are under the ban."

"As for Lang Zhong Ling and Zhong Lang General, Zhong Lang is restrained and forbidden to serve, and he will accompany and guard the holy car."

"The current Lang Zhongling is the humerus confidant of the father when he retired to the residence: Zhou Ren, Marquis of Rufen."

"Wei Wei is a good old man who has always been famous for his 'dezheng' in the government and the public."

"Now, the father has handed over the military power of the Northern Army to my younger brother by appointing Taifu as a lieutenant..."

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng did not forget to raise his eyes a little, and glanced away at his anxious brother Liu Pengzu;
Then, pretending nothing happened, he grinned again.

"Maybe, it's just like what my brother said."

"——The military power of the imperial army may be a pawn for the father to test whether the prince, the crown prince, has any disobedience."

"And Taifu Wei is the safety lock for the father to ensure that the younger brother can't really do anything wrong."

"So, Taifu Wei, the 'Lieutenant', brother, it's better to pretend that he doesn't exist..."

Some euphemisms that seemed to be matter-of-fact, but actually insinuated, only aroused Liu Pengzu's guilt;
However, Liu Sheng hadn't pierced the window paper yet, and Liu Pengzu couldn't directly put on a posture of 'I know I was wrong'.

Looking forward and backward, he had no choice but to raise his head with a stiff smile, and nodded to Liu Sheng with erratic eyes.

"Ah..."

"I haven't seen you in just a few years, Your Highness, you have indeed improved a lot."

"If it hadn't been for His Highness's suggestion, my widow, I still haven't seen this..."

"—Brother, you are welcome~"

Before Liu Pengzu finished speaking, Liu Sheng interrupted without any scruples, and even exhaled a long and relaxed breath.

Seeing his elder brother Liu Pengzu shrinking his neck in surprise, Liu Sheng stared deeply into the depths of Liu Pengzu's gaze;

After a long time, he said again: "Anyway, he is also a brother who fell from the womb."

"Elder brother and His Highness, if this gets out, it will be my brother's fault..."

"What did brother say?"

It was clearly a spring-like smile, but in Liu Pengzu's eyes, it was so gloomy and cold;
It was clearly a sincere greeting, and when it reached Liu Pengzu's ears, it was so chilling and palpitating.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Liu Pengzu managed to squeeze out another extremely stiff smile, and at last he plucked up his courage and bowed to Liu Sheng slightly.

"His Royal Highness is serious, serious..."

"His Royal Highness is commensurate with his elder brother, and it is His Highness who values ​​love and righteousness;"

"But if the widow is also called a brother, and even considers himself an 'elder of the clan' in front of His Highness, then the widow does not know the importance..."

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"Uh, I don't know today, is there anything important your Highness wants to tell the widow?"

"If so, then His Highness need not have doubts, you can speak out."

"As a widower who is a son of heaven, there is absolutely no reason to disrespect the emperor's order and His Highness..."

As the saying goes: the unknown is the most frightening thing;
Just as a falling knife is no more terrifying than a hanging one.

Liu Pengzu at the moment has exactly this kind of mentality.

——If as soon as we met, Liu Sheng blamed Liu Pengzu for "too shameless" and "not honest at all for being the king of Zhao", then Liu Pengzu has [-] sets of excuses, and he can use soft and hard things in front of Liu Sheng;

If Liu Sheng talked about him from the beginning to the end, and never mentioned the past few years, then Liu Pengzu would have the shame to pretend that nothing happened.

But what Liu Pengzu encountered was the most uncomfortable situation.

Liu Sheng mentioned;

It doesn't seem to mention it.

In other words: Liu Sheng can say that he did not mention it, but Liu Pengzu must not really pretend that Liu Sheng did not mention it;
Liu Sheng can say 'I didn't say anything', but Liu Pengzu can never say that he 'didn't hear anything'.

Just like what Liu Sheng said to Liu Pengzu just now: In recent years, Liu Sheng has really grown a lot...
"Oh?"

"I heard what my brother said, if it's all right, can't I invite my brother to come to this womb again, to sit and chat with my brother?"

"It's only been a few years since you left Beijing and became a feudal clan?"

"The brotherhood of a mother and compatriots faded so quickly?"

Hearing Liu Pengzu's request to "speak directly if you have something to say", it could even be said to be a plea, but Liu Sheng remained unmoved.

And Liu Pengzu finally gave up the last sliver of luck, lowered his head full of shame, and bowed to Liu Shengna.

"I'm here because I have something to do, and I want to report it to Your Highness."

"It was yesterday that I was summoned by the Queen Mother to enter Changle to receive admonition..."

Seeing that Liu Pengzu finally clarified his attitude and claimed to have changed from a "widow" to a minister, the faint smile on Liu Sheng's face, which seemed gentle but was actually extremely hypocritical, finally quietly disappeared on that face that was just showing a heroic appearance. superior.

Taking a deep breath, he pursed his lips tightly, letting the rough breath out from his nostrils;
Seeing Liu Pengzu wishing to bury his head in the ground, wishing to poke his chin into his chest, there was no trace of gentleness on Liu Sheng's face.

"Back then, my elder brother was not yet King Zhao, and my younger brother hadn't lived in this crown prince's uterus yet."

"Father told my younger brother: Your brother will definitely not have anything to do with the word 'Gong' when he becomes the king of Zhao."

"—Brother didn't believe it."

"My younger brother told my father: my younger brother and my elder brother have the same mother, and I know each other well, and I know my elder brother's temperament like the back of my brother."

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"Afterwards, my younger brother also told my elder brother that my father is sure that my elder brother will kill a Zhao Guoxiang every one or two years."

"Brother remembers that at that time, the elder brother promised the younger brother: as an elder brother, there is no reason to cause trouble for the younger brother..."

"Could it be that my brother made a mistake?"

Following Liu Sheng's last sentence, 'Did I remember wrongly? At the exit of the road, Liu Pengzu, who had just lowered his head before, prostrated himself on the ground at some point, and gently placed his forehead less than half an inch above the floor;

But what happened next caused Liu Pengzu's heart, which was already hanging high, to be filled with an unexplained panic even more.

——Liu Sheng, stood up from the chief seat...
Not only stood up, but also walked in the direction of Liu Pengzu with extremely slow steps;

Every time he took a step, Liu Sheng would utter an extremely plain word, but it seemed that in Liu Pengzu's heart, one heavy hammer after another was thrown...

"Brother, King Zhao, what he did is really pretty;"

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"In one year, the corpses of the two Prime Ministers of Zhao were sent out of Handan City;"

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"Until half a month ago, as soon as the imperial father's edict calling for his elder brother to enter Chang'an was sent to the gate of Handan, he passed by the body of his third Zhao Guoxiang..."

Liu Pengzu clearly remembered that his seat was at least seven or eight steps away from Liu Sheng's seat above him;

But for some reason, with just three steps and three sentences, Liu Sheng, who was sitting at the head just now, has already come in front of Liu Pengzu.

And squatted down in front of his kneeling elder brother.

"Brother, it's really difficult for me..."

(End of this chapter)