I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 108 The Secret Report Huo Guang Received (for further reading, Chapter 3k)

After Liu He cried again in the mourning shed of the Changyi mansion, he finally fully acted out the drama of "loyalty and filial piety".

After crying several times in a row, even Liu He, a young man in his prime, couldn't bear it a bit.

Fortunately, most of the face-saving tasks have been completed.

At the beginning of the application, Liu He followed the car to the Changyi Mansion in Shangguanli.

In Chang'an City where every inch of land is expensive, this Changyi mansion is not as big as Changyi Palace, it is just an ordinary mansion with three entrances and three exits.

For ordinary people and wealthy households, this mansion is already very luxurious, but compared with the mansions of other royal palaces and nobles around, it is not conspicuous.

After all, the Changyi Kingdom and the Second Kingdom did not have much accumulation in Chang'an.

However, who would have thought that this little-known King of Changyi would soon become the new crown prince of the Han Dynasty?
At the gate of Changyi Mansion, Liu He met Gong Sui, the Lang Zhong Ling who had resisted Chang'an half a month earlier.

Before the two of them got to the point, they felt a burst of emotion.

"After more than a month of separation, Gong Qing does not look old at all, and is still as hale and hearty as ever."

"It's all because of His Highness's blessing."

"Gong Qing, do you still remember the conversation the widow had with Gong Qing that day in Changyi Palace?"

Of course Gong Sui remembered that on that day, His Highness said categorically, "The destiny lies in Changyi".

"Of course, the old minister will not forget that His Highness is as good as a god, and the old minister admires him so much. His Highness came down so fast."

If it weren't for the Qichuan Cheng who was standing in front of the Changyi Mansion at this moment, Gong Sui would never have believed that the Mandate of Heaven had really come to the head of the Changyi Kingdom.

"Did Gong Qing start to 'splash dirty water' on the widows in Chang'an?" Liu He asked in a low voice.

"It's natural. Now most of the people in Chang'an City know that His Highness is not only addicted to strange skills and prostitution, but also suffers from the hidden disease of 'sometimes serious, sometimes crazy'." Gong Sui replied with a smile.

Liu He was very satisfied, Jiang was indeed old and spicy.

Be serious when you want to be serious, and be crazy when you want to be crazy. This is the best disguise.

In this way, what Liu He will do next will be logical.

When the two were talking, An Le, who had always regarded himself as the head of the officials of the Changyi Kingdom, was busy directing the people to carry their luggage.

But Wang Ji knew the general situation very well, so he didn't argue with him.

At this point, the mission of the driving group was finally successfully completed.

Zheng Shi Le Cheng came to Liu He with three deputy envoys.

"Your Highness is exhausted, you can have a good rest today and tomorrow, and after two days, the lower officials will come to deliver an edict announcing that His Highness will enter Weiyang Palace and perform the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince." Le Cheng said politely.

"In the past month, I have relied on Zhuqing to accompany you, and I am very grateful. Zhuqing's hard work, I will never forget it."

After Liu He finished speaking, he made a big gift to them in full view.

Even though the envoys were somewhat dissatisfied with Liu He, even though Liu He was destined to be a puppet in their eyes, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and ministers are ministers.

This rule must not be messed with.

So just as Liu He here saluted, the several welcoming envoys there seemed to be scalded by boiling water. They quickly started up and bowed to Liu He, not even daring to say it.

"Please hurry up, Zhu Qing, I am only the king of Changyi now, if someone else sees it, I'm afraid it will cause discussion." After finishing speaking, Liu He quickly went to help a few people.

"When the widow first arrived in Chang'an, he was like a wanderer living here. All the ministers are from Chang'an. I'm afraid I will have to trouble the ministers in the future. At that time, the ministers should not hide from the widow."

Liu He said it lightly, but the several escorts who "have their own ghosts" thought they heard other meanings, and their expressions were a little weird.

In the end, it was the scheming Le Cheng who took the words: "Your Highness is serious, how dare we hide from His Highness, all the officials and ministers in the court must be willing to serve His Highness."

"Really?" Liu He said with a smile, "The widow can feel at ease. From now on, this Chang'an is the widow's home."

After another exchange of pleasantries, Liu He walked into the Changyi mansion under Gong Sui's guidance, and the escorts were relieved to see him leaving.

What was the meaning of the last few words that the King of Changyi said?Does it hint at them?Or just say it casually?
Lecheng patted the dust on his robes, wiped off the flattery on his face, and replaced it with the arrogance of a superior, and said to the deputy envoys with his hands behind his back: "My lords have worked hard all the way, but we are finally satisfied." I humiliated my mission, I did not live up to the general's entrustment, and welcomed the King of Changyi back, I will thank you all."

In this way, the Yingjia group "died away", and the Yingjia envoys and the redundant support left the Changyi mansion in an orderly manner.

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The assistant envoys of Yingjia can finally breathe a sigh of relief, but there is one last thing to do when they are envoys, and that is to enter the palace immediately and report to Huo Guang what happened along the way.

Two quarters of an hour later, Le Cheng rushed to the Shangshu Office and met Huo Guang.

Cheng Cheng didn't hide anything, and it took about half an hour to report to Huo Guang in detail what he saw and heard over a period of time.

Of course, Le Cheng is very smart, he didn't tell about the fact that he "borrowed" a mansion to An Le, let alone that he and An Le called each other brothers.

There is no need for the general to worry about these small things.

Le Cheng spoke very carefully, and Huo Guang listened carefully, and would ask Le Cheng some questions from time to time.

Among all things, the assassination of King Changyi is the most important thing.

Although Le Cheng had already written it clearly in the secret letter, and attached the case conclusion issued by An Le and Wang Ji, Huo Guang still wanted to know more details.

After repeated checking several times, Huo Guang finally confirmed that he did not miss any details, so he was relieved.

But at this time, there is still a small question in his mind that he wants to know.

"There were 11 assassins in total, but only [-] of the Ting Zu were killed or injured. The combat power of the Ting Zu of the Changyi Kingdom does not seem to be weak."

"The lower officials also had doubts, but they secretly sent people to the Lieutenant's Mansion of Changyi Kingdom to inquire, and found nothing abnormal. I am afraid that the people in the land of Qilu are more martial arts."

Huo Guang nodded silently, I hope the reason is so simple.

"How many people did King Changyi bring to Beijing this time?"

"Six officials, 32 servants, 35 hired workers, and 25 young men. The subordinates have checked and found that these young men are all wandering youths who used to mess around with the King of Changyi in Changyi."

Huo Guang felt more at ease, he only brought six subordinate officials with him, which was the same number of subordinate officials brought by Emperor Xiaowen when he came to Beijing. King Changyi seemed to be a person who knew the general situation.

General knowledge is a good thing, but too much general knowledge is not necessarily so.

Knowledge is generally sensible, and great knowledge is generally deep in the city.

Huo Guang only wanted a sensible emperor, not a deep-rooted emperor.

"What kind of person do you think King Changyi is?"

Shi Cheng didn't answer right away, he spoke slowly after thinking about it for a while.

"Although I only stayed in Changyi Kingdom for two days, I sent a lot of people to find out the details of the King of Changyi, so I know something more or less, but I don't know where to start... ..."

Huo Guang looked at Le Cheng majestically. He was seven or eight years older than Le Cheng, but the posture he put on at this time was as if he was the other party's father.

Like a king like a father, I'm afraid that's what he meant.

"Huh? If you have anything to say, just say it, the King of Changyi won't blame us." Huo Guang said.

"only!"

"The king of Changyi is very different from all the princes and kings I have seen, or in other words, he is very different from all the clansmen I have seen." There was some hesitation in Le Cheng's words.

"Well, to be more specific." Huo Guang continued to ask.

"Two years ago, the king of Changyi was a completely insane young man, but in the past two years, he seems to have changed his temper. He stays in private all day long and rarely shows up in the middle school."

"This is a good thing, thanks to the blessing of Emperor Gaozu." Huo Guang said expressionlessly.

"The king of Changyi doesn't like beauties, he doesn't like to drink, but he likes to hang out with those small officials. I heard that the king of Changyi even went to the bloody place of the county prison to interrogate the prisoners himself, and went to Tian Cao's official field. He went to plow the fields, and built a workshop in the manor outside Changyi City."

"In April, in order to punish a coward from a small mansion who was greedy for money from the palace, His Highness went to Changyi's prime minister's mansion to beat drums to complain about grievances, causing nearly a hundred people to be arrested in the county prison. It is really a sight to see that the Prime Minister of Changyi is building a prison."

"In addition, His Highness passed out for a whole day because of drinking too much wine a few years ago, and then suffered from the disease of talking nonsense, and often did some things that are different from ordinary people."

"However, from what I see, His Highness usually looks serious. The disease must have been cured, but I'm afraid there is still a hidden disease, which will attack from time to time."

What a strange person, it seems that there is indeed a hidden disease, which coincides with some rumors circulating in Chang'an recently.

"Has the king of Changyi ever read scriptures?"

"I heard from Changyi that His Highness really likes to read and write scriptures, especially "Zuo Zhuan" and "The Analects of Confucius". However, it seems that the relationship with Changyi Prince Fu has not been particularly harmonious."

Lecheng said a lot of things in bits and pieces. Although his words were already careful, he still roughly expressed the shortcomings of King Changyi's insanity, lack of behavior, and greed for profit.

It doesn't seem to be stupid to say that it is stupid, and it is not virtuous to say that it is virtuous.

After Le Cheng finished speaking, Huo Guang seemed very satisfied. He stroked his beard and said with some complacency: "You have done a thorough and detailed investigation on this matter, but it is the same as what I have investigated before."

When Le Cheng heard Huo Guang's words, he couldn't help being surprised. Did the general know these things before?

(End of this chapter)