Chapter 031: Grappling

There are close attendants who advise the queen to go to Luoyang, although the distance is not very far, but it is not too close.

Especially in this day and age, going far away is actually a very dangerous thing, and many people walk and disappear. Thieves, diseases, beasts, anything can happen. And Childe is so young, what if something happens?

Empress Lu just replied coldly: This shaft is stiff, it's okay.

For Liu Changer, how did happiness disappear?

originally thought that as soon as his mother left, he would be able to completely let himself go, but he never thought that his mother would actually take him, probably because he was worried that the palace would be demolished by Liu Chang when he came back.

However, thinking about it from another angle, this is the first time he has gone far away, and he may be able to see a lot of interesting things, and Liu Chang can only comfort himself like this.

The queen traveled, and the posture was almost the same as the emperor's travel, and thousands of people left Chang'an City in a mighty way. Liu Chang didn't even have time to say goodbye to his brothers, so he was dragged away by Empress Lu.

Liu Changkai happily jumped into his mother's car and looked at the scene outside from the curtain.

There are indeed people in Chang'an City.

As the carriage slowly left the palace and entered the main street, passers-by could be seen in the distance who were stopped by the samurai accompanying them. Most of these people were carrying farm tools, and it seemed that they had just left the house to cultivate the fields, and they were almost no different from the craftsmen that Liu Chang had seen at the beginning.

The same ragged, the same sluggish, skinny, after seeing the frame, knelt down in horror and buried his head.

Of course, you can occasionally see wealthy people, and they are much calmer, although they are also kneeling, they can still see their high crowns.

Liu Chang suddenly felt bored, the people of Chang'an City are all in the same mold, and they can't see any difference at all.

When the frame leaves Chang'an, the road is even more bleak, most of the time, Liu Chang can only see endless trees, wilderness, not to mention pedestrians, sometimes, see a small thing, Liu Chang will be excited for a long time.

This trip is a little different from what Liu Chang wanted.

This father's ability to govern the country is too bad, the roads are worried, pedestrians, and merchants can't see it, and the people he sees are not human, and the poor are crying ghosts and gods.... Liu Chang secretly complained in his heart.

Compared to him, Empress Lu only closed his eyes and recuperated, only when he arrived in some counties, Empress Lu would open his eyes and call the officials here, sometimes rewarding, sometimes reprimanding, and sometimes, simply arresting him.

When they passed through a county town, Liu Chang didn't know what it was called, anyway, it was a county town with a short city wall, and almost all the people here came out to greet Empress Lu, which was extremely lively, and the people could also be seen holding all kinds of things in their hands, eating pot pulp, in order to welcome the king.

Liu Chang was very excited, and he could finally see the lively scene, but Empress Lu's face became quite ugly.

She immediately ordered the county magistrate who had taken the lead to greet her to be arrested, loaded into a prison car, and dismissed the local people.

"It's only February, and it's not a farming job, and he's also kind, why would my mother do this??"

Liu Chang's eyes widened in confusion, and Lu Hou just shook his head and didn't say anything.

........

Peng Yue never thought that he would have such a day.

The Han envoy who had left went and returned, and with him came back the missing servant.

The Han envoys with thousands of elites, taking advantage of Peng Yue's complete defenselessness, rushed into the royal capital, first controlled the army of Liang in the royal capital, and then went to arrest Hu Yu, who was discussing with the ministers to go to war.

After knocking down six armor soldiers, Hu Yu was shot.

When the Han envoy threw the head in front of Peng Yue, the elderly King of Liang trembled, his eyes fixed on the human head on the ground, and wept.

Peng Yue was stunned and puzzled at the beginning, but now, only sadness and pain remain.

However, the Han envoy did not give him time to mourn, and the soldiers escorted him into a prisoner car, covered in chains, and drove out of the national capital. When the prisoner cart drove away quickly, the people of the royal capital looked at their own king in the prisoner cart in astonishment.

Most of the people were afraid, and they didn't know what was going on, so they fled one after another, never daring to go out again, and there were exceptions.

Those soldiers who were dismissed by Peng Yue and started farming again, after seeing Peng Yue in the prisoner car, roared and raised the farm tools in their hands and charged towards the soldiers in front of them.

"Don't... Get back! Go back! ”

Peng Yue roared.

"Rush! Save the General! ”

Those old and dying souls seemed to have returned to the original battlefield at that moment, and bravely rushed towards the heavily armed armor soldiers in front of them with the attitude of rushing towards the army of Chu, and the army that came to escort King Liang suddenly rioted.

The soldiers fought against those people, and they came all the way, but the soldiers of the Liang State did not resist, and the ministers of the Liang State did not resist. The only ones who resisted were an unknown general and a group of peasants who had laid down their swords.

Perhaps these peasants were also famous warriors at the beginning, and they were fierce men who once made the overlord of Chu helpless. However, they were also old, they did not have the weapons in their hands, they did not have strong armor on their bodies, they fell one by one, but none of them retreated, and more and more former soldiers who learned about this began to go on the expedition, and they took their own families, their own families, to fight against the Han army.

The Han envoy felt that he could not delay like this any longer, so he led a group of people to fight back, and asked the others to send Peng Yue out of the city quickly.

When the prisoner car left the royal capital, Peng Yue was in the prison car, tears streaming down his face, he was speechless, just crying in a low voice, watching the tragic death of one innocent brother after another in the past, his heart seemed to be torn off by a sharp blade.

The servant was riding a horse and following Peng Yue's side at the moment, and his face was also very uneasy.

"It's all your fault, my lord... Why rebel? If they don't rebel, how will they die? ”

"Although I also fought with you, we are all ministers of the Han Dynasty, and I am doing this for the sake of justice... There's nothing wrong with that..."

"If you wait for you to raise the army, I don't know how many people will die, I'm saving people..."

The servant said in a panic, over and over again.

And Peng Yue didn't look at him at all, didn't even defend himself, burst into tears, looked dazed, and was silent, as if he couldn't see the person of the servant at all.

Peng Yue was imprisoned in Luoyang, and at the same time, Liu Bang also put down his affairs and came to Luoyang to judge the former King of Liang.

"Are you rebelling?"

King Liang was covered with chains, knelt on the ground, and did not say a word in the face of the interrogation of the chief officer.

"Did your subordinates persuade you to make trouble?"

King Liang still didn't answer.

"The king still has a chance to appeal, is the king ready to plead guilty?"

Peng Yue slowly raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "I'm not guilty... My men are innocent..."

After three or four days of interrogation by the officials, it was finally determined that Peng Yue, the king of Liang, had an attempt to rebel, and his subordinates had persuaded him many times to cause trouble, and at the same time, recently, the king of Liang recruited soldiers on a large scale, hoarded grain and grass, and was suspected of rebellion.

Liu Bang came very low-key, and almost not many people knew that the emperor had come here.

He hurried to the prison and looked at Peng Yue, who was covered in chains.

For some reason, there was not a hint of joy on his face.

"Why did you rebel?"

"Minister... I have never rebelled... I have never rebelled..."

Peng Yue, who had been sick before, looked even more miserable at the moment, with his hair scattered, his expression in a trance, and he could no longer see the figure of the heroic King Liang.

"The ministers beg me to put you to death."

Liu Bang said.

Peng Yue slowly raised his head, his eyes numb, staring at Liu Bang's eyes.

Liu Bang looked at him, his hands were sometimes clenched, sometimes loosened, his face was cloudy, his lips trembled slightly, and his pupils seemed to tremble.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Bang finally spoke.

"I pardon the capital crimes of King Liang and his clan, depose King Liang as a common man, remove his shackles, and exile him to Shu, so that he can live in peace."

"Your Majesty! Cannot! ”

Zhao Yao, the imperial historian, was shocked, and he shouted: "When the King of Chu rebelled, you didn't kill him, so there are so many rebellious princes in the world, and now you want to pardon the King of Liang, do you want all the princes in the world to rebel?!" ”

"I've made up my mind! Needless to say! ”

Liu Bang turned around and left domineeringly.