Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 253 The enemy is in Weiyang Palace

"What a lousy idea!"

"The emperor's son is too young to be recommended by the clan? Then will the emperor's son live to adulthood in the future?"

"See if the crown prince has talent? Then what counts as talent? Do you have to be like your father, like a widow, or like your elder brother?"

"It's just farting!"

Liu Chang scolded Zhang Hui.

Zhang Hui was not angry at all, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is just an idea of ​​the minister, and there is still room for improvement."

"This is still an improvement. It's a shame that you are still a Legalist, so why did you start playing Confucianism? Otherwise, everyone would go back to ancient times, learn from Yao and Shun, and pass the throne to whoever has talent!"

Liu Chang was very dissatisfied, and Zhang Hui's impression in his heart plummeted.

Zhang Hui said calmly: "Your Majesty, as an emperor, you don't have to have much talent, you don't have to have much martial arts, you can make the world stable, and the struggle will not lead to the collapse of the country, and you can succeed a young emperor. The responsibility, if the harem helps, will form the current situation. Only the clan is different, if the clan is supplemented, even if a few princes die, so what? worship."

Zhang Hui immediately talked about his thoughts. In his opinion, the most important thing in governing a country is stability, and stability needs to be established through order, that is, systems and laws. As for whether these systems and laws will endanger others , then he doesn't care.

"Even if the king doesn't do this, he should set up another system to seek peace in the world."

Liu Chang finally understands why this man has not been in office for a long time, and lives at home, teaching and educating people. This man's extreme thoughts are several times more exaggerated than Zhang Buxuan, Chao Cuo, and the others. This man is not from Han Feizi's faction. It's not like Shen is harmless, barely getting close to Shang Yang, but taking the dross and removing the essence.

"Which faction are you from?"

"Your Majesty, the principles of the school of the past were not formulated for the people of the present."

Zhang Hui said seriously: "Sooner or later, the king will be the master of the world. At that time, the king will be required to rule the world and pass it on through the ages!"

"Oh, well, well, wait until the widow becomes the master of the world and then find you!"

"You go back first."

"Your Majesty, the system mentioned by the minister is not a state system."

Liu Chang listened to his words carefully, and then invited this great sage out. He looked at Zhang Hui who was far away and couldn't help shaking his head. This brother is half crazy about reading, a theoretical school of Legalism?It's no wonder that Chao Cuo, who has a good eye and a low hand, is also from him. He doesn't consider reality at all, and he speaks for a thousand years, so are you worthy? ?

Liu Chang didn't take this person to heart at all, and he didn't want to stay in this empty mansion for too long. He ordered the soldiers to prepare gifts and prepared to go out.

The soldiers immediately bought the gifts and asked, "Are you going to visit Fan Hou?"

"Cough, husband-in-law, I'd better go later, let him put out the fire first."

"That's to visit Xiang Chen?"

"No, come with me!"

"When you go back and tell Shu, you say I'm going to visit an old friend so that she doesn't have to wait for me."

Liu Chang took a few people and quickly came to a residential house in the west of the city. The soldiers were a little surprised, because this house looked ordinary, it was the mansion of an ordinary family. Does the king have any acquaintances here?I've never heard of any Xungui living here.

Liu Chang stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a long time, only one person opened the door, stuck his head out, and saw Liu Chang in front of him.

"Hahaha, Teacher Wang, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

The man hurriedly invited Liu Chang to come in. This person was the scholar from the original Taixue. He had spontaneously taught Taixue martial arts, but he was seriously injured by Liu Chang's fall. Liu Chang looked at his mansion, his family was not Very wealthy, this scholar looked very embarrassed, "Your Majesty, I am humble here."

"Hey, what did you say, how is your injury?"

"Your Majesty, my minister is fine!"

"Hahaha, Wang Jun, I have never done anything that is ashamed of my conscience in my life. Only yours, I am sorry."

"Your Majesty, to be treated like this by Your Majesty, you are now a minister who fell to your death, and your minister will never complain!"

"Then shall we try again?"

Teacher Wang was startled, and Liu Chang laughed again. He scratched his head and laughed along with him.

The two chatted for a long time, Liu Chang put his arms around his neck, and said enthusiastically: "After you finish your studies, you will come to Tang country, my Tang country is poor, the people are not clothed, and they have no food to eat, so there is a lack of people like you to come. Help the widow govern!"

Instructor Wang said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I live here alone, and I have never started a family. There is really nothing at home to entertain Your Majesty."

"No problem, let's go. I know a restaurant. There are a lot of good wines there. Let's go there to eat!"

Liu Chang then took this man's hand and chatted all the way, and soon he arrived at a familiar place. Liu Chang looked at this place in surprise, "Why are there so few people?" He walked in with instructor Wang, Ben Xun In a corner, the two knelt down and sat down, and someone came to serve immediately.

"You guys have changed owners? Have you ever changed the drinks?"

The person who came to serve was a strong and powerful young man. The man said with a smile: "This distinguished guest has just changed the owner, and the cooking and wine have never been changed."

"That's good!"

Liu Changchang waved his hand, "Bring me and this brother some fine wine, as many as you want!"

"Get some more pork!"

"My dear, we have mutton here."

"Ah?? There's still mutton? Good! Let's serve mutton!"

After ordering the meal, Liu Chang looked at Coach Wang with a smile, and said, "Now you can eat mutton in restaurants in Chang'an, and it's all because of the widow's credit!"

Teacher Wang frowned at this moment and did not speak.

Liu Chang boasted again: "The widow fought against the Huns before, and captured countless cattle and sheep."

Just as Liu Chang was bragging, the young man immediately came up, brought the meat, and someone brought wine and put it in front of Liu Chang. Liu Chang stretched out his hand and was about to take the wine, but Coach Wang grabbed it. Hold Liu Chang's arm.

"Your Majesty!"

Teacher Wang's eyes are very serious.

Liu Chang looked at him in surprise.

Coach Wang stood up, put his hand on the hilt of the sword slowly, and gestured to the wine in front of him, "Please drink it first."

"what?"

The little servant looked at Coach Wang blankly and said, "What do you mean?"

"I invite you to drink first."

"No. Honorable guest, how dare I drink this wine, my humble person?"

"I said. Please drink first."

Instructor Wang's tone became colder and colder, and he had already drawn most of his sword.

The little servant looked at Coach Wang in horror, and Liu Chang also heard what Coach Wang meant at the moment, frowned, and his face was very ugly.The little servant hurriedly picked up the wine jug, "Given your honor, I will drink it first!" The little servant lifted the wine, and at that moment, he suddenly threw the wine jug in Liu Chang's direction, not knowing what to do in his hand. When a dagger appeared, he jumped towards Liu Chang, and Teacher Wang was quick-witted and stabbed with his sword.

The diners sitting on the side suddenly burst into flames, blocking Teacher Wang.

When the little servant rushed in front of Liu Chang with a ferocious face, Liu Chang threw a punch, fierce and fast. Before the opponent's dagger was raised, he slammed into the opponent's face. At that moment, The boy's face seemed to explode, he flew out and fell directly into the diners, while the other diners, who had been stabbed in the chest by the head of the teacher at this moment, fell to the ground and died.

The little servant fell to the ground in pain, couldn't help but raised the dagger and stabbed himself in the heart, and then he stopped moving.

Coach Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood in front of Liu Chang, "Your Majesty?? Are you alright?!"

Liu Chang didn't say anything, his eyebrows were almost wrinkled, and his face had never been so ugly.

"The widow is fine."

The soldiers who were guarding the door rushed in and couldn't help but fight. The diners fled in panic. All were subdued by the soldiers. Liu Chang watched this scene calmly and clenched his fists. The riot soon subsided, everyone was subdued, and the leading soldier came to Liu Chang, "Your Majesty, they are all caught, and a few in the backyard have committed suicide."

Instructor Wang said angrily: "At the foot of the world, there is someone who wants to assassinate the king?!"

Liu Changqiang endured the anger in his heart and looked at Coach Wang, "The widow owes you a life."

"Your Majesty regards me as a friend, why do you need to say such things."

"Okay, if it's superfluous, the widow doesn't say how did you find out?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything. Before I came to Taixue, I used to be the pavilion chief in the locality. After we came in after catching thieves and bandits all the year round, the thieves looked at the king in a very wrong way. There was no fear of ordinary people. I have calluses, I was born in the army, and I have this meat. I never had a family. I often dine out. The king sent a lot of cattle and sheep, but it is rare for restaurants to sell sheep. Dolphin meat."

"When I was catching thieves, there was a robber who entered the house to commit crimes and tied a dagger to his sleeve. I saw his sleeve just now, and I was even more suspicious. This meat and this wine seem to be specially designed for the king. Prepared the same."

Liu Chang nodded, and then he remembered his mother's evaluation. He didn't have enough experience and was easy to be plotted against. Coach Wang noticed so many things, but Liu Changfang really didn't care. If there is no such person, when will he be? If you come here to eat meat and drink, you must be mourned that day.

The more Liu Chang thought about it, the more angry he became. Someone actually wanted to kill him?
At this moment, Coach Wang followed the soldiers and began to search. After searching for a long time, Coach Wang seemed to have found something, and immediately hid it, sneaked to Liu Chang's side, and handed it to him.Liu Chang looked down, but it was a piece of festival, that is, a token, which was used by ministers with titles to send letters and orders, such as Tianzi Festival, and this festival came from Cao Can, Marquis of Pingyang.

Liu Chang abruptly hid the thing so that no one else could see it.

"Teacher Wang, you don't think you have seen it."

"I understand."

"However. Your Majesty, the person who wants to assassinate must be as secretive as possible. Why would you bring such a token?"

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes, "This must be framed."

Coach Wang wanted to say something, but seeing Liu Chang's determined face, he still nodded, "That's it."

Soon, people from Tingwei's mansion arrived here, perhaps because the case involved King Tang. Therefore, it was Tingwei Wang Tianqi himself who came here. Wang Tianqi hurriedly walked in and looked at King Tang in front of him. After looking up and down for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned over and bowed, "Your Majesty! If the rectification is not strict, it is the fault of the minister!"

Liu Chang glanced at him and said, "No problem. If there is anything, I will ask this king. He is my good friend and saved a widow's life."

"only!"

"The widow went back first."

Liu Chang didn't want to eat, he turned around and left here with the soldiers.

"I thought that the first thing to do is to get this Shanshan country. If the Shanshan country goes to the Xiongnu, the road to the Western Regions will be blocked. I heard that Wusun once insulted the king of Shanshan and asked him to offer a daughter to the king of Wusun. The king of Shanshan deeply thought that Shame. That's all we can do."

Feng Jing seriously explained his thoughts to Chen Ping. Just halfway through, there was a commotion in the courtyard. The two of them were stunned and raised their heads. Someone kicked the door open and walked in aggressively. In the house, Feng Jing hurriedly got up, "Why is Your Majesty here?"

"Have you been by his side these days?"

"Yeah. I have been discussing the Western Regions with Chen Xiang."

"You go out first and wait for me in the courtyard!"

Liu Chang said loudly, Feng Jing didn't hesitate, turned around and walked out. Liu Chang squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Ping in front of him, "Chen Hou, how did I offend you and want you to kill me?"

"Your Majesty?"

Chen Ping looked at him suspiciously, "What did you say?"

"Oh, that person has already been arrested by me, and he has explained it truthfully, Chen Hou. You have always been under Feng Jing's eyes, how did you contact them?"

Liu Chang said, sitting in front of Chen Ping carelessly, staring at him.

Chen Ping frowned, "I don't understand."

"not understand?!"

"Someone wants to poison the widow!"

"If it weren't for Zhongliang by his side, the widow would have gone to see my father at this moment!"

"Chen Ping! I know you did it!"

In the face of Liu Chang's questioning, Chen Ping did not panic at all, he shook his head, "I don't know what I did wrong, the evil things in the world are finally on the head of the minister. Why did I kill the king? What? If the king dies, the first person the queen mother wants to kill is me, how could I do this?"

"Please, Your Majesty, tell me when you were assassinated? How did the traitor assassinate you?"

Liu Chang just tried Chen Ping, but what Chen Ping said made sense. The queen mother suspected him. The first thing that came to mind was Chen Ping. In this case, Chen Ping was crazy. If he is really poisoned, then the first person to be suspected is Chen Ping. The queen mother will not give any evidence. If Liu Chang is gone, let alone Chen Ping, all may involve this. Everyone involved in the incident had to drink, maybe not drinking, but beheading.

Liu Chang informed Chen Ping of everything he went to see his friends, go to restaurants and so on.

"Can you show me that section?"

"Take it!"

Liu Chang threw it to Chen Ping, and Chen Ping lowered his head and looked at it seriously.

"It's Cao Can's festival."

"Will the person who wants to assassinate me carry something that can prove their identity? Don't tell me that it is to clear their suspicions. If the widow is poisoned, my mother won't care about it. It's not suspicious. This will make you lose your head."

Chen Ping frowned, "The king thinks, who would do it?"

"I thought it was you who did it."

"Your Majesty. Let me find out about this."

"you?"

Liu Chang glanced at Chen Ping, "Okay, you can do it. If you can't find it out, the widow will not spare you."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, it won't take long."

After Liu Chang walked out of the inner room, Feng Jing hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

"It's nothing. These few days, keep an eye on Chen Ping. If you find anything unusual about him, you can catch him."

"only!"

Liu Chang left Chen's house, and then rushed towards the palace. On the way, Liu Chang's mood was very complicated. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. When he returned to the Hall of Houde, Cao Shu was accompanying him. An Xue, An holding a pen, was writing something, Liu Chang glanced at them, didn't speak, turned and walked into the inner room, Cao Shu looked at him in surprise, let the attendant look at An, and walked in himself.

"Your Majesty? What happened??"

Liu Chang hesitated, "It's okay."

"Your Majesty? What the hell happened!"

"After you came back, did you see the eldest sister?"

"Of course. Your Majesty asks this for what?"

"How is the attitude of the elder sister?"

Cao Shu was stunned and lowered his head.

"how?"

"It's cold and not as close as it used to be."

Liu Chang raised his head and hesitated for a long time before he said, "Shu. Someone wants to poison the widow."

"Big sister?!"

At that moment, Cao Shu was stunned, her face was pale, and her whole body was shaking.

"It shouldn't be her no, not her."

Liu Chang shook his head, looked at Cao Shu who was about to cry, and said earnestly, "Don't worry. I'm fine. It's just that the assassin must be found. These few days, you will stay with us Don't go anywhere, don't leave him."

Cao Shu was speechless, gasping for breath.

Liu Chang was about to say something when he heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

"Your Majesty!!"

"King!!!"

A valet rushed into the inner room in a panic and knelt in front of Liu Chang. He was shaking with fear, and even his voice was out of tune, "Your Majesty summons! Your Majesty summons!!"

Liu Chang jumped up abruptly and ran out of the Hall of Houde quickly. The valet chased behind him and reminded: "Ganquan Palace! Ganquan Palace!"

When Liu Chang rushed into Ganquan Palace, Liu Yingzheng knelt in front of the Queen Mother and begged bitterly.

Liu Xiang is crying loudly.

There were two soldiers in the distance, standing behind Empress Cao, Empress Cao's face was pale and her eyes were dull.

And the queen mother stood in front of them and looked at Empress Cao coldly.

Seeing Liu Chang walking in, Liu Ying hurriedly got up and rushed to Liu Chang's side, "Chang, save your sister-in-law, save her, my mother wants to kill her!!", Liu The commander helped Liu Ying up, looked at the two soldiers, and said sharply, "Get out!"

Hearing Liu Chang's words, the soldier was taken aback for a moment, and he couldn't help but look at Empress Lu.

Liu Chang was furious and rolled up his sleeves. Empress Lu gestured, and the soldier left.

Liu Chang smiled and walked to Empress Lv's side, "Mum. I have something to look for you, why did you come here?"

(End of this chapter)