Chapter 403: High-profile entry into Beijing
Liu Xian was not afraid of the dark arrow, but he was afraid that the court would be falsely accused of a trumped-up crime, or that he would be framed and convicted.
If he obediently followed Qin to Beijing, then after arriving in the capital, he was weak, and he really let people handle it.
In addition, Liu Xian did not think that Ma Guiren could keep himself in the capital. After all, Ma Guiren is a woman, and it is inconvenient to do anything, she told Liu Xian earlier that after arriving in the capital, she will find a way to visit some of the relics of the former emperor or something. Liu Xian felt that she was actually a little whimsical.
The remnants of the first emperor, not to mention that it was more than ten years ago, even if there are still a few officials in the court, I am afraid that they are all idle official positions, and it is impossible to speak in the court at all.
And Ma Guiren, she is actually just an empty nobleman who was given by the first emperor, in fact, it is useless at all. Which of the courtiers in the court would put such a woman in his eyes?
In fact, Ma Guiren is an ordinary woman in the people, what can she do when she arrives in the capital? What's more, she is in Beijing, and it is doubtful whether she can move freely.
Ma Guiren is like this, and Liu Xian is probably the same. Liu Xian is a person with no roots, and he can be said to be the number one person in Liulin Village and Yangshi County, but when he arrives in the court, who knows Liu Xian?
The imperial power is greater than the sky, Liu Xian really entered Beijing with Qin so easily, and it is difficult to say whether Liu Xian can see Ma Guiren. Because after entering Beijing, with any holy decree, Liu Xian can be placed under house arrest in a certain place, and then Liu Xian can be killed as much as he wants. Because no one in the DPRK knows Liu Xian at all, Liu Xian will die when he dies, who cares?
Of course, if Liu Xianruo is dead, it will affect the reputation of the current emperor or something, then this is not a matter at all. Because no one in the capital knew Liu Xian, after Liu Xian was killed, he casually asked someone to say that it was Liu Xian, and then slowly, announced that Liu Xian had died of some illness, and the matter was over.
In this world, it is impossible for anyone to know how Liu Xian is in the capital, whether he is dead or alive, and if he dies, no one will know how Liu Xian died, let alone pursue Liu Xian's affairs.
As for Yangshi County and Liulin Village, if Liu Xian is gone, then those who are loyal to Liu Xian, such as Huang Zhong, they have no way, and in the end, Yangshi County and Liulin Village will definitely be slowly taken away, and they will eventually be like history, as they should be.
After all, with their current situation, it is indeed impossible to know Liu Xian's situation in Beijing, even if Liu Xian is dead, it is impossible for them to avenge Liu Xian or anything.
In the end, Liu Xian may have never appeared in this era, at most it is just unforgettable in the hearts of individual people.
Therefore, Liu Xian knew that if he really obeyed the order to enter Beijing, then he must not enter Beijing in obscurity, and he must be high-profile, so high-profile that the court does not dare to easily manipulate himself.
Since the emperor wanted to summon himself to Beijing, Liu Xian could not disobey the will, so he simply regarded the capital as a place for his own development.
High-profile, must be high-profile.
High-profile is Liu Xian's magic weapon to save his life in Beijing this time.
After explaining everyone's affairs and arranging the affairs of the capital with great fanfare, Liu Xian still has to appease his own women.
Liu Xian originally planned to deal with the affairs of Yangshi County, Liulin Village, etc., and then announce the good news of himself and Kong Xue, Cai Yan, Zhang Ning, and Huang Wudie.
But fortunately, this happy news date has not been really announced, but only my family knows that they are preparing for a big wedding. If the date is announced, and the invitation stickers are also distributed to invite guests, then it will be troublesome, and you have to send someone to inform you that things have changed and the marriage has been postponed.
This night, the sky is very good, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the cool breeze is gusting, which makes the hot summer night look particularly refreshing.
In the backyard of Liu's Mansion, the original courtyard wall has been demolished, because Zhang Ning's plan to expand the backyard of Liu's Mansion has already started, and they even plan to build a new backyard before Liu Xian's wedding.
Of course, the old wall has been demolished, and the new ones have been built a long time ago, but now the attics in the courtyard and the various landscaping of the enlarged back garden have not yet been built.
However, these did not affect the scenery of Liu Xian's original back garden, which is still full of flowers and green leaves, and it seems to be a very bourgeois back garden.
The sudden holy decree to summon Liu Xian into Beijing was already known to the women, and they all knew that Liu Xian had to enter Beijing with Qin the next day.
Therefore, although the sky was good, the women who sat in the pavilion in the back garden with Liu Xian were a little dull, and they were all a little depressed, and everyone wanted to stop talking, but they didn't know how to speak for a while.
Naturally, it has been decided to let Zhang Ning and Huang Wudie go to Beijing with Liu Xian, so these two women don't have too much of the gloomy color that seems to be parting from life and death. However, the two of them also knew that they could not show the joy of being able to enter Beijing with Liu Xian in front of the women, and they also wanted to comfort the women, but they didn't know how to speak.
Xiaojing was even more watery-eyed, wanting to cry, and silently brought Liu Xue, a little girl who also had beads in the corners of her eyes, to serve tea to Liu Xian, as well as some pastries.
"What's wrong? Yan'er, Miss Yi Ji, play a song and listen to it. Liu Xian wanted to liven up the atmosphere, and then appease them well.
In addition to Zhang Ning and Huang Wudie, the other girls all looked at Liu Xian, their eyes were gloomy.
"Ahem...... Well, if you don't want to play, forget it. Well, this and this...... Sister Xue'er, Yan'er, this marriage event is really not child's play, but damn it, we can't do anything about this holy decree, right? However, it doesn't matter, when I get to the capital and gain a foothold in the capital, even if they want to murder me, we can't do it, let's choose another zodiac auspicious day to get married. β
"Brother Liu Xian, it doesn't matter if Xue'er gets married when you get married, Houzheng ...... Cher will marry you...... I just thought that Brother Liu Xian, if you go now, it will definitely be very dangerous when you arrive in the capital, and people are worried about ......it," Kong Xue said at this time.
"What Sister Xue'er said is that people don't blame you for getting married, but after you arrive in the capital, you must be more careful." Cai Yan followed.
"Well, I see, I'll be careful." Liu Xian nodded to the two women respectively.
It's good that they don't blame themselves, Liu Xian's heart is a little calm.
If Liu Xian successfully marries this time, he will marry Kong Xue, Cai Yan, Zhang Ning and Huang Wudie at the same time. Of course, there is a difference in name.
In this Han Dynasty, although it is true that you can have three wives and four concubines, according to the laws and customs, generally speaking, you can only have one wife. After all, a home, a man, and then there is only one hostess.
Liu Xian's situation, according to the woman's background, only Kong Xue can be Liu Xian's wife, in fact, she can only marry Kong Xue as her wife, which was also set by Ma Guiren at the beginning.
Therefore, even if Liu Xian made it clear that after marrying them, their status in their hearts is the same, they are all equal, and they are all their wives. But in fact, at least for this sake, in the minds of the people, Kong Xue is Liu Xian's wife.
I have to say that Cai Yan and Huang Wudie are Liu Xian's other two wives, flat wives. As for Zhang Ning, in the name of the public, she is just Liu Xian's concubine.
If he gets married, Liu Xian will actually marry three wives and one concubine.
As for Xiaojing, Liu Xian felt that she was indeed too young, and her body had indeed grown slowly, but it had not yet reached the point of true maturity. Liu Xian can't do it.
And Yi Ji, now is not the time to marry her, Liu Xian has already talked to her about these.
"Brother Liu Xian, why don't you go to Beijing with you?" Xiaojing said at this time.
She really didn't want to leave Liu Xian.
"No, you and Xue'er and Yan'er are at home, here, it's safer, I'll be in Beijing...... If there is something, I'm afraid I can't take care of you. Liu Xian hugged Xiaojing over and stroked her hair.
"Hey, what about me, I want to go to Beijing with you."
Yi Ji chimed in.
"You ......"
"If you're not here, what if Gongsun Chan wants to send someone to pick them up and take them back to Youbeiping? You...... There is no one among the women you married this time, and if he sends someone to ask for someone, there is no excuse to send others away. Unless you give an order to the people below to protect them no matter what. Otherwise......" Yi Ji said with a pretty face.
Kong Xue and Cai Yan heard Yi Ji say that they wanted to follow Liu Xian into Beijing, and they were also very moved.
In fact, they also want to say that now they are entering Beijing with Liu Xian, so after arriving in Beijing, the days of marriage have not yet passed, and they still have time to get married in the capital. And Ma Guiren is in Beijing, so he can let Ma Guiren preside over the wedding at that time.
However, the two women looked at each other, but neither said anything.
This is because of their identity, Cai Yan is Cai Yong's daughter, and she cannot enter Beijing. And what about Kong Xue? Kong Rong also resigned and took her back to Beihai. Why did Kong Rong resign? The situation is similar to Tian Feng's situation, if you evil those traitors in the imperial court, if you say it is good, you will resign and return to the field, and if you say it is not good, it will avoid trouble.
Kong Xue was naΓ―ve, she would definitely not have thought of this, but she was about to marry Liu Xian, and she was about to become a wife, so naturally, her mind matured.
"Sister Yi Ji......" Liu Xian faced Yi Ji, and he really didn't know whether to reject her at this time. If you bring Yi Ji into Beijing, if you only bring one, Liu Xian is sure that she can protect her, but what if you take her, but not Xiaojing? Again, this seems a little unreasonable.
Yi Ji's problem is indeed a problem.
Gongsun Chan definitely wants to get Yi Ji, and now that the Yi family has thrown himself into Gongsun Chan on the bright side, it is naturally impossible for the Yi family to hide Yi Ji's whereabouts. If Yi Ji's whereabouts are concealed, then it proves that the Yi family is not sincere.
It turned out that Gongsun Zan said that Yi Ji was in the Plains Palace, but the Ma nobles of the Plains Mansion had all entered Beijing, what about Yi Ji? Well, in Liulin Village, and now that Liu Xian has also entered Beijing, what excuse does Yi Ji have to stay here and not return home?
On the other hand, Liu Xian really needs Gongsun Chan to be an enemy of the alien race outside the Guanhai in Youzhou, and it is not good to tear his face with Gongsun Chan.
"It's really not appropriate for Sister Yi Ji to stay in Liulin City. Brother Xian, or let Sister Yi Ji go to Beijing together. With me and Dancing Butterfly, I can keep her safe. β
"Sister Zhang Ning is right, Sister Yi Ji's situation is different. She still avoided it as much as she could. β
Cai Yan also said.
The women around Liu Xian are also a little delicate with each other.
How to say it, Kong Xue is indeed Liu Xian's wife, and it stands to reason that Kong Xue does have the most right to speak at home. However, she especially admires and respects Cai Yan, so many times, she also listens to Cai Yan. And Cai Yan has special respect for Zhang Ning, and will discuss anything with Zhang Ning, but Zhang Ning seems to love Huang Wudie very much, and Huang Wudie is the most compatible with Xiaojing, and Xiaojing likes Yi Ji very much......
Anyway, now these women of Liu Xian have reached a balance and get along well.
"Okay, then Sister Yi Ji will go to Beijing with me." Liu Xian thought about it and agreed.
"Hmph, if you don't agree, people will go by themselves." Yi Ji said provocatively to Liu Xian.
Liu Xian shrugged helplessly, he knew that with Yi Ji's surname, I was afraid that he would really do that.
The atmosphere slowly melted, and Liu Xian chatted with them until late before resting.
Liu Xian forcibly held back and didn't go to drill Cai Yan or Kong Xue's bed.
Originally, Liu Xian thought that they were about to get married, so he endured it until he got married. But I didn't think about it, and I had to be patient.
However, in the dream, the shadow of Ma Guiren appeared again, thinking that he would be able to see her again soon, Liu Xian was a little expectant.
The next day, I didn't set off right away.
Liu Xian asked the caravan to assemble, and it would take some time to start the goods.
This time in Beijing, in addition to Zhang Ning, Huang Wudie, and Yi Ji, Wang Yue, Zheng Bo, and Shan Yong will also follow Liu Xian to Beijing. Of course, Wang Yue must be hiding in Liu Xian's guards, hoping that no one will recognize him after entering Beijing. But come to think of it, with Wang Yue's ability, if he doesn't want people to find him, others shouldn't be able to find him.
In addition, there were 100 people in the secret camp of the sin army, 500 archers, 100 cavalry, 200 Liu Xian's guards, and 1,200 caravan guards.
The escort force was two thousand and one hundred men.
There were more than 1,000 wagons.
Most of the carriages of the Liu Mansion caravan were originally in Beihai, but soon after Liu Xian returned, he bought a lot of goods in Beihai and sold them back, so in fact, most of the carriages of the merchant Beihai returned to Liulin City. However, Xu Shang did not come back, and stayed in Beihai to deal with the original goods.
Liu Xian brought Shan Yong and them, in fact, he was asked to preside over some miscellaneous affairs of the caravan this time.
Thousands of carriages, in fact, most of them are pulled by mules and horses, and Yangshi County and Liulin City have been temporarily mobilized to report mules and horses, and even some cattle have been asked to pull the carriages.
There were thousands of oxen and carriages, each of which had to have a coachman, and two people to take care of the goods on the wagons. So, there are still 3,000 people here. Among them, one of the two people in charge of the carriage cargo will be a young man who has undergone a certain amount of training, and if necessary, they can actually be used as caravan guards. They are also armed with swords and other weapons.
This shipment is mainly wine and soap.
In this way, although the formation of the Liu Fu caravan was not as good as the formation of 10,000 people who went to the North Sea last time. But it's also a huge caravan.
Liu Xian asked people to play the banner, and then set off in a majestic manner.
The women, as well as Cai Yong, Tian Feng, Zheng Xuan, and Tao Qiuhong, all came to see each other off, and repeatedly told Liu Xian to be careful after entering Beijing. Tian Feng, in particular, told Liu Xian a lot of things to pay attention to after entering Beijing.
Qin sent Zhao He, this time he was not as good as when he came to announce the decree last time. Especially after seeing Liu Xian enter Kyoto to make such a big formation, his face has always been iron-blue.
When Liu Xian waved goodbye to everyone, none of the officials of Yang County, including Wen Shen and others, sent Zhao He any more money, and his eyes became even more gloomy.
Zhao He is not greedy for money, but in order to appease Liu Xian last time, he did not ask for bribes and did not receive any benefits. But this time it was different, he really hoped that these officials could give him another benefit, and then he wanted to refuse and welcome, so he reluctantly accepted it.
But this time, he was visibly disappointed. Of course, he also held a grudge, thinking in his heart about how to put on the small shoes for Liu Xian and the officials of Yang's County.