Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 397
"Isn't there any major incident in Chang'an?"

Liu Chang rode a tall horse and looked suspiciously at the embroidered clothes in front of him.

As soon as Liu Chang came to Luoyang, he encountered the embroidered clothes hurriedly looking for him. Liu Chang was also very surprised when he saw embroidered clothes with such a terrified face. Could it be that Ji Bu's servant was right?Whenever you go out, something will happen to Chang'an?

"Your Majesty!! Wu Zui colluded with the witch. While His Majesty was away, he sacrificed and cursed His Majesty, and was discovered by his wife, and then the Tingwei who was killed by him found out this matter."

"what?!"

Liu Chang's eyes widened in disbelief.

"The queen mother was furious and ordered Hou Feng to take charge of this matter. Hou Feng immediately imprisoned hundreds of officials, imposed martial law throughout the city, arrested people everywhere, and killed innocent people!"

"what?!!"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, and the round tiger's eyes were fully reflected by him.

"Chengmen Xiaowei Hou Feng Jiaozhao, falsely using the Queen Mother's order, put Feng Jing, Zhang Shizhi, Chen Tao, Song Chang, Qin Tong, Fu Qiubo and others in prison. Tens of thousands of people were arrested successively. Thousands of noble families related to Wu died tragically. 160 imperial students died in his hands. Everyone is afraid!"

"What?!!! Hou Feng? He's arrogant to grandma's edict???"

"Doctor Zhang Budo, the king of Chengyang, Liu Zhang, invited the Emperor Taishang. When the Emperor Taishang heard about this, he was furious, and regardless of his condition, he immediately summoned his ministers and ordered them to arrest Hou Feng and pacify the city. turmoil"

"What?!!!! My second brother? He led the ministers to pacify the civil unrest?"

"The queen mother is very pleased. She took the hand of the emperor and gave him beautiful clothes, and also rewarded Zhang Gong and Chengyang Wang Baijin as a reward for them to subdue Hou Feng. He sent someone to protect the Queen Mother, fought against the thieves, and was injured. The Queen Mother took pity on him, rewarded him at the mansion, and ordered him to go to the mansion to recuperate. Currently, Duke Zhang has assumed the post of state minister.”

Liu Chang looked at Xiuyi blankly, bewildered.

What the hell is this guy talking about?

There are too many things Xiuyi said, and Liu Chang has to slow down a little.

Wu most rebelled, and then the queen mother asked Hou Feng to take charge of this matter. Hou Feng made his own decisions, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and then his unreliable second brother led the ministers to clean him up? ?Then the mother also rewarded the second brother and the ministers? ?

Why does this sound more mysterious than the other?

Compared with what happened later, Wu Zui's rebellion is not even a big deal.

Liu Chang just felt a bit of a headache. He looked behind him and found that Lu Lu was also confused.

"Do you understand?"

"It seems. I understand a bit."

"Forget it, go back to Chang'an!"

Liu Chang simply gave up some of them, and the rest all rode fast horses and galloped all the way towards Chang'an.

Walking on the road, Liu Chang was still thinking about these things. Hou Feng Jiao Zhao didn't believe him. Hou Feng was his mother's die-hard loyal, the first eagle dog. Besides, it was his mother, and the ministers were Jiao himself. You don't dare to correct your mother's edict, do you? ?And why did he kill so many people?Thousands of Xungui, is this killing all the Xungui in Chang'an? ?What resentment what? !No matter how you look at it, it looks like something that only a mother can do! !
And the second brother, does he really have such courage? ?Dare to summon the ministers to arrest the ministers of the grandmother? ?
These things sound outrageous, and there are definitely many things here that I don't know.

When Liu Chang rushed to the outside of Chang'an, there was no change in Chang'an. The merchants were still piled up outside a few gates. There were many people on the road, talking and laughing. It was not like they had just experienced There has been a bloody storm.Not to mention the dark clouds of civil strife, even the weather was exceptionally sunny. The big sun hung high in the sky, making people sweat like rain. Liu Chang wanted to take off his clothes several times, but Lu Lu stopped him.

If this is to let the world see that the emperor is naked, is this still great? ?
Because Chang Liu came back quickly, when he came here, Bai Guan was not ready to meet him.

Chengmen Colonel first noticed him, but at this time, Chengmen Colonel was no longer the original Hou Feng, Liu Chang looked at Lu Chan blankly, but Lu Chan showed a wry smile.

"Brother?? What's going on??"

"Oh, Your Majesty is finally back, it's great, great!"

Lu Chan wiped his tears. As Empress Lu's son, he should live a happy life. However, in these years, he has experienced all kinds of unfortunate things, and his life is very unsatisfactory. Forget it, this time Wu Zui rebelled, a group of soldiers rushed in to arrest people, Lu Chan was on the road at the time, and he was a little curious, so he asked people to stop and go to watch, just seeing this, he was treated as Wu Zui's party. caught up.

God is pitiful, he doesn't even know Wu Zui! !

Although he shouted that his surname was Lu and was the son of the Queen Mother, Hou Feng ignored it, and even when his disciple tried to stop him, he was killed on the spot by Hou Feng.

Lu Chan was immediately cowardly, and was imprisoned in Tingwei's prison.

It was not until the Emperor Taishang reversed the situation that he was released and served as the captain of the city gate.

Liu Chang just glanced at him, and hurried towards the palace.

Zhang Budo walked triumphantly to a mansion in Chang'an, and all the officials and soldiers he met could meet him. Outside this mansion, there were seven or eight soldiers guarding the mansion. The prime minister of the state, Zhang Budoubt at the moment, even Zhou Chang's status is far inferior to him. The veritable Ming, no, he is the first minister of the Han! !

Under the amazement of everyone, Zhang Budo was about to walk into the house when he heard the sound of horse hooves.

Zhang Budo was furious, "Who is this? I ordered several times not to ride horses in the city and disturb the people. How could anyone dare to go against it?!"

He immediately ordered the soldier, "Stop this ignorant son!!"

"Your Majesty~~~"

Zhang Budo suddenly ran out from the side, but Liu Chang was taken aback and hurriedly reined in his horse. , Whenever a horse falls, this powerful official is about to die on the spot. Liu Chang violently exerted force, but he changed the direction of the horse, his front hoof fell to the side, and Zhang Budo stood still.

"Your Majesty's riding skills!! It is truly unparalleled in the world!!"

Zhang Budo couldn't help but praise.

Liu Chang was a little angry, "You are looking for a good place to die? You were almost trampled to death by me!"

Zhang Budo just smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped and said hastily, "Your Majesty! Dismount! Please dismount!"

Liu Chang rolled over and dismounted, handed the reins to Lu Lu behind him, and then looked at Zhang Budo, "What happened?"

"Your Majesty, please come with me!"

Zhang Budo took Liu Chang's hand and walked towards the room just now. Liu Chang also noticed several soldiers at the door, and followed Zhang Wuzhu into the courtyard. Abusive.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

"Zhang Budo is a dog thief! I know it's you! Do you know what you did?!"

"You bastard!! I will never get around you!!"

This voice is very familiar, it is Zhaoping's.

Liu Chang walked into the inner room in a daze, and saw that Zhao Ping was tied up, and there was a soldier standing beside him. Zhao Ping, who was swearing, suddenly saw Liu Chang coming, and he couldn't scold him.

His complexion suddenly became complicated. He wanted to turn his head away, and he didn't want to see Liu Chang. His expression changed. He really didn't know what to say, his face was full of pain.

Zhang Budo shouted in displeasure, "I saved your life! How dare you scold me like that!"

Liu Chang frowned, "What happened?"

Zhang Budo explained this.

He first told Wu Zong the events after the rebellion, and Liu Chang just listened carefully. Compared with the nonsense of the embroidered clothes, Zhang Budo's version was obviously more real.

"I originally left the palace, but when I think of this guy's tone, I feel bad. No matter how I look at him, it looks like he is explaining the funeral."

"I went back to look for it. They all said that Zhaoping went to see the queen mother."

"I felt bad. At that time, I rushed to the gate of Changle Palace and several soldiers stopped me. No matter what I said, they would not allow me to enter. I forced me to death, and they refused to escape."

"Then I went to find Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng led people to subdue these soldiers. When we rushed in, we saw Wang Tianqi and Zhao Ping scuffled together. Then Wang Tianqi is still a general, and he is not from Duke Zhao. The opponent, being held down by him, the queen mother was very angry and asked us to catch Zhaoping and tie him up"

"Let the others go out and leave me, Wang Tianqi, and Zhaoping behind."

"Zhaoping begged for death, and I will play the queen mother: This fellow has a will to die now. If he is allowed to die, he will have his wish. It is better to let him live and punish him properly. The queen mother ordered him to be locked up. There is no execution. He, immediately, the Queen Mother asked us all to go out, and let the soldiers seal the Hou Feng in."

"After Hou Feng came out, he apologized to us, saying that everything was his own fault. He pretended to act under the orders of the Empress, and then drew his sword and killed himself."

"Then that Chen Ping appeared out of nowhere and pointed fingers at us, let us appease the people and inform the ministers that everything was the fault of Hou Feng, Your Majesty, I think it was Chen Ping behind the scenes. have to!!!"

"Don't look at his ill appearance, that's all he pretended! When did this fellow appear in the palace, even Zhang Meng doesn't know!"

Zhang Budo spoke in great detail, and he didn't even omit his hands-on experience. His memory is very good. In a short period of time, he told everything that happened in these days without any secrets. , and even what Liu An said to him, he told Liu Chang truthfully.

Liu Chang's face became darker and darker.

He angrily looked at Zhaoping, who was tied up.

"Let's just mess around like this! It's such a simple thing, you have to do it like this!"

"It's just bullshit!!!"

Liu Chang was very angry, and neither Zhang Budo nor Zhaoping dared to speak.

Zhao Ping said slowly: "Your Majesty, this minister has set a precedent for all kinds of sins, and it is absolutely impossible to live. I have asked for death several times, but I can't succeed. Please, Your Majesty, let the minister do what he wishes, and allow the minister to die. Once I die, what I do now is not in line with what I have pursued in my life, if I cannot die, then I am an immoral person!"

"shit!"

"Tell me, who set the precedent for murder? Who set the precedent for looting? Who set the precedent for conspiracy?" Is there a shortage of rebels? My master has rebelled, and he still lives well? I also rebelled, and the outer king ascended the throne, how is this precedent? Not to mention, the Emperor Taishang ordered, and the inner court formulated it, what kind of arrogance is this? Isn't the Emperor Taishang not the Son of Heaven?!"

"I'm disrespectful to the Queen Mother."

"Heh, do you think Zhang Meng is so good at talking? Who is Zhang Meng? You don't know? If the queen mother really wants to kill, and Zhang Meng blocks the palace, she can kill you cleanly, not to mention disrespectful to the queen mother. It's disrespectful, my big man, the first of the queen dowager's dictatorship, is much more serious than yours, I am going to order, I have to restrict the harem!"

"what???"

Zhang Budo and Zhaoping were both stunned.

"Could it be that the mother has been training for such a long time, and she has to come out to work again, what does Zhang Shizhi do?! No doubt! You go to Zhang Shizhi now, and find a board to beat him in the back, so that he will later Serve the snacks! Don't leave everything to the Queen Mother! Wu Zui killed his wife, he didn't see anything, and the Queen Mother even sent someone to investigate! He pretended to be so powerful in front of me on weekdays, but it was so unbearable when he really used him. !!"

Liu Chang scolded.

Zhang Budo took the order, turned around and walked out.

Only then did Liu Chang look at Zhaoping.

Zhaoping is a little confused now, and he doesn't know what to say.

"You're not bad. When grandma is angry, she doesn't choose to kill anyone. You can't say that what you think is wrong. If you don't stop him, maybe people like Feng Jing will really die."

When Empress Lu killed Red Eyes, she would become very cold-blooded and ruthless. In history, Liu Ying's son, Liu Gong, was dragged by Empress Lu to drink because he said "I am not strong, but when I am strong, I will change." This is my grandson.

Therefore, Zhaoping and their worries cannot be said to be false. Empress Lu may not necessarily kill these important officials, but there is still a possibility, and it is very large.Like Qin Tong and Feng Jing, if no one came to rescue, they would die without a doubt. They even had their last meal, and were rescued by Liu Zhang when Hou Feng was about to start.

This chaos gradually changed from being the most rebellious of Wu to an accidental collision between Liu Chang's forces and the Queen Mother's forces.

Some people chose to be neutral, such as Zhang Cang, some chose to bet on both sides, such as Wang Tianqi, some chose to put on sheep's clothing, such as Zhang Meng, and some chose to put on wolf's skin, such as Zhidu.

Of course, there are also people who can't tell whether he is standing or not, and which side he is standing on, such as Chen Ping.

Liu Chang doesn't care much about curses and killings. To him, these are all tricks of liars. It's just that this chaos made Liu Chang realize a very important problem. The empress dowager and queen of the big man may have to limit it a little. Liu Chang is not afraid of his mother. He can understand that his anger is all because of himself. He just comes from the intuition of a king, and feels that the power of the harem is a bit too much. If my mother is willing, she can kill the minister. .

From the school captain of the city gate, to the Weiwei, and the lieutenant are all her people, and Lang Zhongling has to obey her edicts.

Liu Chang has never paid attention to this, he is not worried about himself, he is just a little worried about his unsatisfactory children and grandchildren. The current trend shown by the Han clan, in Liu Chang's eyes, is that the generation is not as good as the generation, and it is becoming less and less common. What the heck, if the person in the position of the Queen Mother has always had such a powerful force, then the world will not follow foreign surnames in the future, right? ?
"Your Majesty. Nachen"

"You just wait here for a few days, don't worry, I will kill you sooner or later, don't worry!"

Liu Chang said something, turned around and left, leaving Zhao Ping stunned.

Liu Chang came out from here and went directly to the palace.

The imperial palace is different from Chang'an, and the vigilance in all aspects is still stricter than usual. The number of soldiers is a bit large, and Liu Chang doesn't care. When he came to the palace, he did not go to the Hall of Houde and Xuanshi Hall, but went directly to Changle Palace. go.

"Mum~~~~"

When Liu Chang walked into the hall, Empress Lu suddenly raised her head.

She looked at Liu Chang worriedly, and scrutinized him for a while before she moved away from him and asked coldly, "Are you here to ask the guilt?"

This means that Chang Liu was not injured when he went out this time. If something really happened, such as being scratched while fighting with a wild boar, a major incident might have to happen.

Liu Chang walked directly to Empress Lu's side and sat down.

"What are you doing? Kill all the ministers under my command, who will do these things in the future??"

"Wu wants to curse you most."

Empress Lu said.

Liu Chang opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. All the words he wanted to question were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything at all. He closed his mouth, was silent for a moment, and said, "Jiangwu is in their line. It's better if people can't handle it? Why is this necessary?"

"You are too indulgent to these people on weekdays, only by beating them hard will they know what to do and what not to do. They curse you, just want to kill you, I want them to even think like this Don't dare to have it!! If you dare to think like this, I will make him disappear completely, and everyone related to him will disappear with him!!"

"Those nobles, with your connivance, colluded with each other on weekdays, and each of them was full of greasy food. In 20 years, you don't have to worry about these nobles colluding. After I die, you can rest easy. These people have eaten After a hard time, even if you are afraid of sitting down, you dare not get close to each other."

"There are also those witches, these people pretend to be ghosts and arrange you around, those who support these witches, don't do serious business, they want to go to state affairs, but they have to let the witches first for themselves, and use the witches to decide the family and the country. It's a big thing, it's just a child's play! Let's see who would dare to do this in the future!!"

"Mum!! Do you think I'm still a child? Do I still need your protection?! Who can harm me?! Look at my hand. Sigh."

Liu Chang was anxious and angry, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"In the future, you don't need to pay attention to the affairs of the temple. I will handle it myself."

As Liu Chang said, Empress Lu's expression did not change, as if he had expected it.

The mother and son fell silent for a while.

Relatively speechless, after being silent for a long time, Liu Chang couldn't help it.

"Mum. I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?"

Zhang Qing served the meat respectfully and placed it in front of Liu Chang and Empress Lu.

He thought that after His Majesty came back, he would definitely have a big quarrel with the Queen Mother, but he did not expect that His Majesty was quite calm.

He put down the meat and was about to get up and leave.

Liu Chang stood up abruptly, Zhang Qing had no time to dodge, and an elbow hit him in the chest.

At that moment, Zhang Qing felt as if he had been hit by something. He flew out heavily and fell to the ground. He only felt that his chest was split open. He couldn't breathe for a long time.

Liu Chang looked at him in surprise.

"Ah? I accidentally bumped into you, are you okay?"

"No problem. I'm fine."

"That's good, you have to be careful in the future, don't bump into it again."

"only"

Zhang Qing came out in pain, rubbed her chest, and happened to bump into Zhang Meng.

"Mr. Zhang?? What's wrong with you?"

"No problem. Why are you here?"

"I am. Has Your Majesty ever had a dispute with the Queen Mother?"

Zhang Qing looked at him in surprise, turned around and walked away without speaking.

Zhang Meng looked at the ceremony worriedly, hesitant in his heart, wondering if he should go in.

The Queen Mother's original words kept repeating in his ears.

"Feng Jing, Song Chang, Qin Tong and these people are kept, you should protect them more, they are not very close to His Majesty. When His Majesty returns, let His Majesty release them in person. I am old, time is short, you must pay more attention to these People, help your majesty, your majesty is too affectionate and easy to be deceived by villains. All I can do is to make him less villains, and there is no need to tell your majesty about this."

"If the ministers attack Hou Feng, you don't have to interfere."

"But the empress dowager. minister."

"Ok??"

"only!!!"

(End of this chapter)