Chapter 139: Visit
There will always be many bizarre coincidences in the affairs of the world, and mortals who don't understand anything that is too profound will summarize many things that they can't understand.
Life is a very interesting word, Liu Bang beheaded the White Snake Uprising, and ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Honor as a grass people. Liu Heng inherited the unification from the king, and it was also fate. When Liu Che killed the prince Liu Ju and the three clans, and Liu Ju's only bloodline, Liu Ju, had picked up the throne for nothing many years later, it would be even more fatal.
When Wang Mang usurped the throne, he also said that he obeyed his orders and should replace the emperor of the Han Dynasty. As a result, it turned out that his own life was not very reliable, and the throne was destroyed by a group of poor grandsons of the old Liu family before it was passed to the next generation.
and then to Liu Qing, who was the first prince established by Liu Wei, and was demoted to the king of Qinghe because of the Dou family. Later, he helped his younger brother Liu Zhao, who became the emperor, to kill the Dou family, and then his younger brother died, and his younger brother's son also died, and his own son became the emperor......
Liu Hu felt that being able to be the emperor was a kind of life, a kind of compensation for his father. Liu Hu became emperor at the age of thirteen, and was able to govern himself at the age of twenty-seven. For fourteen years, Deng Sui was in the dynasty, and Liu Hu didn't complain about Deng Sui, but he felt a little aggrieved. There is a queen mother watching on her head, and she doesn't dare to be too presumptuous, and she doesn't even dare to make a big deal when her father dies.
Now it's okay, Empress Dowager Deng died and went to find Xiaohe and Emperor Xian, and he is the biggest Liu Hu in the world!
Liu Hu happily made the first holy decree since the pro-government!
"Posthumously honored his biological father Qinghe Xiaowang Liu Qing as the filial piety emperor, his mother Zuo E as the filial piety queen, and his grandmother Song Guiren as the queen of Jingyin. ”
The sacrificial text was burned to Linfu, and then sent to Chang'an on the grassland by the people arranged by Liu Zheng, who passed on a few copies of the newly obtained news and showed it to a group of emperors.
In the end, it was dispersed to the Liu clan in Chang'an City, and Liu Qing also got the news. Liu Qing is actually very satisfied, although he has no chance to win the throne, it is actually not bad to be a king, there are not so many affairs, and there are not so many conspiracies around him. He sees the open and secret battles between his younger brother Liu Zhao and the Empress Dowager Dou, and he thinks that he doesn't have a smart head like his younger brother, so it's more appropriate to be a prince!
I have always been very happy to be the king of Qinghe, and the happier thing is that I dropped the pie, and my son was taken to Luoyang to be the emperor. Deng Sui's meaning is very clear to him, Liu Zhao's son Liu Sheng is sick, and he can't guarantee a long life, and the closest relationship to the throne is his own line, Deng Sui and Empress Dowager Dou are completely different, not so vicious, but more kind and generous to his daughter's family. Liu Qing was still very relieved that his son was doing the emperor under Deng Sui.
At that time, he was not dead, and he was still alive and tenaciously in the world. After he died, no one noticed him, after all, there were too many people in the old Liu family, from the princes and kings to the liehou, to the county order to the commoners
The son inherited the orthodoxy and did what the emperor counted. Didn't you look at Emperor Han Ai and Emperor Han Ping's father, who didn't have any sense of existence!
After Liu Qing died, he came to Chang'an to settle in a very low-key manner. Although the money for the funeral was not as much as the emperor's, it was enough to buy a house in Chang'an City, and to buy a good house and buy some family property was nothing more than to buy some shops to collect rent. Then take over his mother, who has been waiting for him in the underworld, and by the time his wife Zuo'e dies, he already has more wealth than many ghosts, and lives a peaceful and sufficient life.
The ancestors didn't think of him, and his younger brother Liu Zhao didn't know that Liu Qing was dead, and he always felt that his elder brother should live much longer than him.
The news of the world was transmitted to Liu Qing, Liu Qing was not very happy, his son was a very jerk, how could there be a reason to posthumously crown himself as the emperor of filial piety. First of all, if it is not in accordance with the etiquette and law, what is the title of this emperor? This is not the title of the emperor, it is considered to be one level higher than the king?
Deng Sui has just died, and his son is messing around in the world, if his younger brother knows about it, wouldn't he blame himself.
The more Liu Qing thought about it, the more ashamed he felt, his son was educated by himself before he went to Luoyang, and he also shared half of the mistakes he made. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to go to Liu Zhao and make amends to him.
Liu Zhao bought a courtyard near the Dao Palace, the courtyard is not big, and there are not many rooms, he and Deng Sui don't have too high requirements for these external things, just enough. The underworld is not a human world, and they are just ordinary ghosts at the moment, without any specialness.
When Liu Qing found the Dao Palace, there were only two gatekeepers guarding the door in the Dao Palace.
"There is no preaching in the Taoist Palace today, if you listen to the sermon, please come back in seven days. ”
The janitor behaved very politely, and Liu Ai and Ji Chang gave them a very high salary, which was worthy of their complete etiquette.
Liu Qing arched his hand and said: "You misunderstood, I'm not here to listen to the sermon, I'm here to find Rao." ”
"Oh, who are you looking for?"
Liu Qing looked into the courtyard and said, "I'm here to find Liu Zhao, I'm his brother Liu Qing." ”
The janitor said: "Mr. Liu Zhao is on vacation today and is not in the Dao Palace, you might as well go to his house to find out." ”
Liu Qing said embarrassedly: "Although I am his brother, I died behind him, and I only heard him here in the Dao Palace recently, so I really don't know where his home is." ”
"It's not hard to find, it's just down the street in front, and the house with two pine trees planted at the door is!"
The janitor enthusiastically showed Liu Qing the way to dry, and Liu Qing followed his words and found the door of Liu Zhao's house. When I was at home, I had already thought about what I wanted, but when I really stood at the door of my brother's house, I forgot everything.
Liu Qing took a few deep breaths before he dared to knock on the door in front of him.
Deng Sui opened the door of the courtyard and saw Liu Qing with a tangled face, Shi Li said: "It turns out that the eldest brother is here, Liu Zhao and I are going to visit the eldest brother a few days ago, I don't want the eldest brother to come to us first!"
Liu Qing was very surprised when he heard Deng Sui call him eldest brother, the Han Dynasty was ruled by loyalty and filial piety, and filial piety was the foundation. The Queen Mother's position is very high, so high that except for the ancestral tablet, there is no one worthy of the Queen Mother's salutation. When he was in the world, only he Liu Qing knelt down to worship Deng Sui, where was it possible for Deng Sui to salute him.
Liu Qing hurriedly returned the salute and said, "I haven't seen Your Majesty Xiaohe for a long time, and the day before yesterday, I heard that the Queen Mother also came down, so I came to take a look." ”
Deng Sui said with a smile: "Big brother doesn't have to keep the title of the world, what Your Majesty, what Queen Mother, it's all a matter of the world." Now that I'm dead, the past is empty, and my eldest brother calls my younger siblings. ”
Following Deng Sui into the courtyard, Liu Qing had a trace of curiosity about his younger brother's current life. This courtyard is not one-fifth the size of his own, and the emperor lives here, is it too simple.
Liu Zhao's face, hands and clothes were stained with white flour, and he was still kneading dough in the kitchen, when he heard that Liu Qing was coming, he hurriedly dropped the work in his hand and ran out.
Ever since he had eaten fried noodles at Liu Aiji's wife, Deng Sui had been asking him to make them at home. Where would Liu Zhao do such a thing. Before his death, he was a cook waiting to cook for him, but after he died, he actually kept eating in Wei's restaurant.
It wasn't until Deng Sui came that he bought a house outside, prepared daily utensils, and planned to live like an ordinary couple. This is the first meal I've made since I moved here.
Liu Zhao and Liu have learned a lot, from how to knead loose flour into a ball with water, to cut into wide noodles, and how to make a good bowl of meat sauce.
Liu Qing's arrival made Liu Zhao temporarily stop what he was doing, which could be regarded as temporarily rescuing him from the kitchen. Cooking was not an easy task, and he did feel a little embarrassed.
"Big brother!"
Liu Zhao directly gave Liu Qing a hug, the support that his brother gave him back then was in his heart, and there was never any problem with the friendship between brothers.
Liu Qing was also very moved, his younger brother, who had not seen him for many years, was still the same as he was back then, and he did not have any estrangement from himself. Thinking of what his son did in the world, Liu Qing felt more and more guilty.
"Your Majesty, I ......"
Liu Zhao directly interrupted his words and said with a smile: "What is your majesty, when you are in the world, it is because of etiquette, there is no way, now that you are dead, it will be too much for the eldest brother to call it like this." Wake up, big brother, why did you come to me after you have been dead for so long?"
Liu Qingdao: "After I died, I went directly to Gaozu's Chang'an City, lived in an alley with the people of the clan, and just lived some ordinary days every day, and I really didn't want to come out and walk around." ”
Liu Zhao said: "Big brother can come and go more in the future, you and I are brothers, there is nothing to see." ”
Liu Qing nodded in response, and said embarrassedly: "I came today to say sorry to Your Majesty." ”
"Oh, why is the eldest brother like this?" Liu Zhao really couldn't think of anything that Liu Qing was sorry for himself, he, the eldest brother, had always been cautious and kind to others, how could he do something sorry and forgive!
Liu Qing explained: "After the death of my younger brother and sister, Liu Hu issued a decree posthumously crowning me as Emperor Xiaode, my wife as Empress Xiaode, and my biological mother as Empress Jingyin. This is really against the law of etiquette, and it is a shame for you. ”
Liu Zhao waved his hand indifferently and said, "Big brother, it's nothing." Liu Hu became the emperor, and the pursuit of his biological father, biological mother and grandmother was the proper duty of being a son of man and a grandson, and should not be blamed. Under the rule of filial piety, what is in line with filial piety is against etiquette. ”
Liu Qing was still a little guilty, and Liu Zhao comforted her a few more words.
"It's rare for the eldest brother to come, and he should have called for some wine and food to get drunk with the eldest brother. But today's eldest brother came by coincidence, I learned to make fried noodles with Emperor Xiaoxuan a while ago, and this is the first time I made it, and my eldest brother happened to taste it together!"
Liu Qing was left to eat together, Deng Sui happily helped Liu Zhao bring out three bowls of noodles, and Liu Zhao carried a bowl of fried sauce and a plate of appetizers in the back.
The noodles are not very good, although Liu Zhao is very hard working and smart, but it is still much worse than Liu Zhi.
But Deng Sui ate very happily, this was the first time her husband cooked for herself. The sweetness in the heart is the best taste!
Liu Zhao also ate very happily, the first time he cooked, at least it was made, and it was not very delicious.
Liu Qing was a little moved, he actually ate the food cooked by Brother Lin, and a few people had the opportunity to taste the emperor's craftsmanship!