Chapter 221: The capital is dangerous
Although the capital is full of flowers, it is a dangerous place, and Liu Xian must be very careful when he comes this time.
If it was in Yangshi County and Liulin City, no matter what danger there was, Liu Xian would not be too worried. There are two super masters of Huang Zhong and Wang Yue around him, as well as the guards of the Liu Mansion caravan, and tens of thousands of people to support him.
In his own territory of influence, it will be reversed, but in this Luoyang capital, if he falls in, I am afraid that he will not even have a chance to rebel.
Liu Xian is only a third-rate general, and if he enters the palace and is ambushed, Liu Xian estimates that he will not be able to escape. Not to mention anything else, being fired in a volley by hundreds of archers, I'm afraid I will really have to confess. At that time, even if he was in a moment, he couldn't dodge the dense bow and arrow.
Thinking about the situation when he dealt with Wang Yue, he was as strong as Wang Yue, and he had to bow his head in the face of a salvo of bows and arrows.
The Han Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, although there is no mention in history of whether there are any hidden real masters in the palace. But Liu Xian didn't dare to be careless when he was killed, the capital of a country, the emperor's palace, if there is no real master in charge, then wouldn't it mean that a master like Wang Yue can come and go if he wants? Obviously, that's unlikely.
Sometimes when you are rich and powerful, do you also worry about your own life?
The Heavenly Empire, the emperor's palace, how can you say that there will be three or more real super masters in charge, right? Or the world does not know, but Liu Xian believes that the so-called "Baolong family" is estimated to definitely exist.
In fact, when Liu Xian studied some historical allusions of the Han Dynasty in later generations, he often felt that there were many things that were not logical.
How so? The Great Han Dynasty is divided into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. But whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to the founding monarch, there are occasionally one or two holy kings after that. But the rest of the Han emperors, they basically ascended the throne at a young age. And when they ascended the throne, they were basically equivalent to a puppet emperor. At that time, whether it was a relative or a eunuch, they all controlled the absolute authority of the imperial court. However, why didn't they just depose the emperor and ascend the throne themselves?
This, Liu Xian didn't believe that those relatives or eunuchs who controlled the power of the Han court, or the powerful ministers who were in power for a while, did not have the heart to be the emperor. But what are they not emperors?
Of course, there was a Wang Mang who was called the emperor, but he was quickly destroyed, so that there was the later Eastern Han Dynasty.
Many things, in addition to the current situation, politics and so on. Are there some unknown reasons that influence those who wield the power of the Great Han? So that they don't dare to easily abolish the Han Emperor and stand on their own?
Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, he himself has never been the emperor, but it is definitely not that he does not want to. What is he afraid of? Don't say that he has a reputation or something, what other reputation does Cao Cao have?
Is there an intriguing reason for this?
Anyway, the water in Luoyang Kyoto is too deep, and Liu Xian has to be careful.
Liu Xian felt that if the emperor wanted to kill him, he could send a super master like Wang Yue. But think about it, the emperor doesn't really attach too much importance to a super master like Wang Yue, and he just uses it at will.
Think about it, how many super masters are there in this world? The current emperor, no matter how extravagant he is, no matter how mediocre he is, he should know the importance of a super master to him. But the current emperor doesn't care about Wang Yue, what does this mean? This shows that it is possible that there is no shortage of super masters like Wang Yue around the emperor, so that Wang Yue will seem to be just a dispensable figure.
If you go a little deeper, the current emperor was only a teenager when he ascended the throne, and the Han Dynasty was controlled by the Empress Dowager Dou and the general's brothers and sisters. With the power of the Dou brothers and sisters at that time, it was definitely possible to turn the Liu family's country into their Dou family. But they didn't, and as a result, in a few years, when the emperor came of age, the Dou brothers and sisters were destroyed.
The current situation, Liu Xian feels a little similar to the situation at that time, but today's generals have not yet been able to cover the sky with one hand. After all, the emperor is still there, and he is also in the prime of life.
No matter what, Liu Xian always believes that the reason why the Liu family of the Han Dynasty can last for hundreds of years is not a simple matter. No matter which dynasty it is, if it wants to continue, it must have a strong foundation, if there is no strong enough deterrent, where does the so-called imperial authority come from?
You must know that the so-called strict imperial authority has never been obtained out of thin air. Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was just a gangster at the beginning, at that time, how majestic could he talk about?
And power, sometimes it doesn't just mean one-sided, sometimes, it can refer to economic affluence, and money can be used to shape authority. Sometimes it means having a strong army, and sometimes an individual has a lot of power. Or, in a good way.
Liu Xian thought that he had to meet Ma Guiren before he could enter the city, and if he couldn't see Ma Guiren, Liu Xian would rather go home immediately.
Why? It's not that Liu Xian is really so greedy for life and afraid of death, he even runs away regardless of Ma Guiren. But if he couldn't see Ma Guiren, Liu Xian had to consider the possibility that Ma Guiren would have been killed a long time ago. If Ma Guiren is gone, then what is the point of Liu Xian entering the capital again? Isn't this a clear sign that the sheep are being sent into the tiger's mouth?
If Ma Guiren is safe and sound, then even the emperor has no right to see Ma Guiren himself. didn't do anything, why can't you let the righteous mother and son meet?
When Liu Xian saw Ma Guiren, then Liu Xian was not too worried that he would be suddenly plotted. Because after the public appearance, everyone in Luoyang knew about Ma Guiren and Liu Xian in Luoyang. At this time, even the emperor has to think about how to block the mouth of the world after assassinating Liu Xian and Ma Guiren. At least, there are still many direct ministers in the imperial court, and when the time comes, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among these direct ministers.
Now that the Han Dynasty has just experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people in the world are panicking, and Luoyang is actually panicked for a while, and now it is finally a few days of peace. The emperor didn't want to cause a commotion in the court because of Ma Guiren and Liu Xian's affairs, and he didn't want everyone in the world to know that he killed the first emperor's relics and killed people's orphans and widows.
Even if you are a faint monarch, sometimes you have to pay attention to the impact, and you don't want to be scolded by the world, right?
Sometimes I am afraid of the instigation of some well-intentioned people, after all, there are too many relatives of the Han family in the Han Dynasty, and there is also the Liu Han family clan in the Han Dynasty. This usually has no impact on the emperor, but to put it mildly, if the emperor does things too much, it will make the people of the Liu Han family turn their backs and everyone will feel in danger. The Zongren Mansion even had the right to remove him, the emperor, from the Liu clan. An emperor who was removed from the Liu Han Clan's Zongren Mansion is still a legitimate Han emperor?
Of course, this is only hypothetical, but it is possible.
Only after Liu Xian had met Ma Guiren could he know whether the Han Clan's Han Clan's Sect Mansion had recognized his identity as a Han clan relative. If you admit this, then Liu Xian is actually equivalent to adding an extra layer of protection in Luoyang, the capital city.
It doesn't matter if you haven't admitted it, because Liu Xian does have the Liu family tree, even if the Liu family tree in his hand is not visible for the time being, isn't there still Ma Guiren's share? Moreover, Liu Xian still had the emperor's holy decree in his hand, admitting that he was the holy decree of Ma Guiren's righteous son. With these, Liu Xian can actually enter the Liu Han Clan's Zongren Mansion in a grand manner. This may be the time to shoot yourself in the foot. wants to murder Liu Xian through this, but Liu Xian can also make some articles with such a holy decree.
Zhao He entered the city first, Liu Xian refused to enter the palace with him first, and he had no choice. He met with the guards of the capital first, and asked the guards of the capital to set aside a place outside the city for Liu Xian, and let Liu Xian's Liu Mansion caravan camp first.
It was going to be dark, and I had to do it first.
Then, Zhao He quickly entered the palace, naturally, he met the master Chang Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and others, and then went to see the emperor.
Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten permanent servants, they actually don't pay too much attention to Liu Xian, a small person. were waiting for Zhao He to go to Liulin Village to read the holy decree, and then Liu Xian obediently followed Zhao He into Beijing. As long as they arrived in the capital and entered the palace, then they would immediately give an order and order the forbidden army in the palace to kill Liu Xian.
Such a small person, and the emperor is a kid who wants to put him to death, and he will kill him if he kills him. In fact, because a small person like Liu Xian wanted his life, but there were twists and turns, which really made them feel unhappy.
This feeling is that I feel a little itchy somewhere on my body, but I can't scratch the itch no matter how I scratch it.
Now after listening to Zhao He's report, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the others felt that something was wrong, and they felt that the situation seemed to have deviated from their control. Especially when Zhao He privately mobilized Hanoi's military horses to deal with Liu Xian.
They didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao He like this, they felt that it should have been like this, and they could solve Liu Xian as soon as possible, and they didn't even let Liu Xian come to the capital and kill him, so it would be the best to solve the emperor's big trouble in one fell swoop.
But even the mobilization of thousands of military horses failed to solve Liu Xian, this is the problem. What does this mean? It shows that Liu Xian has become a climate.
This really made them feel a little incomprehensible. A young man who is only seventeen years old, what kind of virtue can he have, so that these powerful people in the Han Dynasty can't kill him? What's more, there is still the will of the current emperor, and he still hasn't been able to kill him.
You said, I originally wanted Huang Fu Song to kill Liu Xian, but Huang Fu Song actually didn't kill Liu Xian, and asked for credit for Liu Xian. Well, directly sent Wang Yue, who is known as the number one swordsman in the world, to get rid of Liu Xian, but as a result, Wang Yue never returned, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. At this time, it is impossible to directly send officers and soldiers to Julu Liulin Village to kill Liu Xian, right? Find a way to summon him into Beijing to kill him.
But now it's a good thing, Zhao He mobilized the officers and soldiers but failed to destroy them, and did not solve Liu Xian on the way to Beijing.
The most ugly thing for them was that Liu Xian came with great fanfare all the way, in the name of Liu's caravan, and everyone was known as Liu Xian along the way, and they knew about Liu Xian's entry into Beijing.
They all have a hunch that Liu Xian's Liufu caravan of thousands of people is now outside Luoyang City, and such a huge caravan has not been in Luoyang for a long time, and I believe that it will soon be known to everyone in Luoyang Capital. At that time, even if they wanted to kill Liu Xian, they would have to pay attention to the impact.
Originally, it could also be remedied, while Liu Xian had just arrived, and the influence in the capital had not yet been formed, at this time, he quickly cut through the mess, killed Liu Xian directly, and then forcibly detained the Liu Mansion caravan. It was claimed to the public that Liu Xian had entered the palace to serve the nobles of the mare horse, and the caravan of Liu's mansion was temporarily placed by the imperial court. In this way, the impact of Liu Xian's entry into Beijing can also be minimized, after a long time, who will know what Liu Xian will be? I'm afraid that even the nobles will be forgotten by the world.
What's more, who in the world knows the life and death of Ma Guiren and Liu Xian?
However, this is at the gate of the capital, but Liu Xian does not enter the city, which really makes Zhang Rang and others have no choice for a while. It is impossible for them to directly mobilize the forbidden army or the defenders of the capital to kill the Liu Mansion caravan now, right?
In this case, it is tantamount to making the matter known to everyone in the world. What's more, if you think about it, the Liufu caravan will be wiped out if even thousands of officers and soldiers dare to be destroyed, and if they dare to send troops to kill, it will be equivalent to starting a war in front of Luoyang City. This really talks about going to war, but they are a little scared, and the stability and tranquility of the capital are not easy to come by.
At this time, the emperor was also absurd. is chasing those wonderful palace concubines wearing veils and silk in the palace where he is playing, the open crotch pants are really wonderful, and when he walks around, the grass is green and looming, which makes him caught, and he can immediately pick up the gun and get on the horse, which is extremely convenient.
Hearing Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's request to see, the emperor was not disappointed, after all, he was also at the end of the crossbow, but secretly relieved, he pretended to be bold and strong, and threw the palace concubine in his arms strongly, and said with a smile: "Concubines, I have something important, you all have to rest first, take care of your body, don't always look like you can't withstand my attack and can't help but be weak." Haha, I'll show you my might! ”
casually draped in dragon robes and arrived at a quiet hall in the palace.
"A few Aiqing, what's the matter?"
Seeing Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, the emperor asked with both hands supporting his somewhat sore waist.
"Your Majesty, it's Zhao and the chamberlain who are back." Zhao Zhong stepped forward and knelt down.
"Zhao Heqing's family? Oh, by the way, Zhao Qing's family, you came back so well, it's been a hard journey. That, what about Liu Xian's wild seeds? Summoned to the palace? Imprisoned? This kid, you just need to settle it. ”
Only then did the emperor remember that he had asked Zhao He to go to Julu Liulin Village to summon Liu Xian to Beijing.
What he really meant, he believed that these people had already understood, so he left it to them. Now, he just wants to know the results.