Hedong Road, Puzhou, Liu's mansion.

The old patriarch Liu Congyu before the sickbed.

The eldest son, Liu Cha, bowed to the eldest grandson Liu Zhen, and Qi Qi stood beside him, watching the maid wait for Liu Congyu to take the decoction.

They were punished, and they were quietly copying the ancestral teachings in their respective courtyards, and now they were suddenly called by the old man, and they didn't know what happened, and they didn't dare to ask, they were a little anxious and worried.

The maid had been serving Liu Congyu for a long time, and was not affected by the restlessness of the two future masters next to her, according to the usual rhythm, holding a silver spoon, stirring in the porcelain bowl, and feeding Liu Congyu spoonful by spoon.

It seems that a long time has passed, and the bowl of brown-black decoction has finally bottomed out.

The maid took the caramel again, gave it to Liu Congyu, and slowly retreated.

"Tell me, where is the matter you have done for King Xiang?" Liu Congyu had caramel in his mouth, and his voice was low and indistinct.

"Father, in Puzhou City, the chief officials stationed in various departments and surrounding state capitals, except for a few old stubborn and stunned young people, almost all have positive intentions, and those who confirm their sincerity through the child and Qi Chong will give the copper money to the Commerce Mansion and accept it as a ......family" Liu Cha responded quite cautiously, feeling a little strange in his heart, Liu Congyu had not asked about these specific matters for a long time.

"Positive intentions? As a family? Liu Congyu repeated the two words of Liu Chabow, but a trace of mockery flashed on his face, "Your copper coins have been given away a lot, how many copies have you received for the name of the Prime Minister?" ”

"The time is pressing, and the children are still too late to persuade one by one" Liu Cha bowed a little embarrassed, "At present, eight people have submitted letters, including the history of the assassins of the four states, and they are willing to obey the orders of the prime minister...... After all, the melons are weaving, and Yin Jian is not far away"

"Well, that's not bad" Liu Congyu was a little surprised, this number exceeded his estimate, "Collect tokens, handwritten is the cheapest, obviously the officials of Hedong Province are not stupid, they will not hand it over easily, what are you going to do next?" ”

Liu Chabow did not answer directly, but glanced at Liu Zhen, intending to let him behave a thing or two.

"Grandfather, the king said that the situation in the DPRK and China has changed, and it seems that people with a heart have paid attention to Hedong Road, which is a bad thing and a good thing" Liu Zhen said in a loud tone, and replied solemnly with a stiff face, "The people are only greedy, and they don't have to take care of it, and if they do, let them spit it out, it is no less than cutting meat from them, the situation in the DPRK and China, or it can be used by us to conduct pressure with them"

"In case of emergency, in the name of Qi Chong, you can use the rhetoric of responding to the investigation of the DPRK and China in tandem, and gather them together without their knowledge, and form eyewitness witnesses to each other, even if you want to withdraw and deny it, there is pressure from everyone, this method is too strong, it may attract disgust, and it should be used with caution."

"If it is not urgent, then you can be more refined, join forces with those seven people of insight, with the same government office, or the same state capital, to gather for a banquet or a meeting, knock on the side, confirm the same party, and slowly exert pressure, so that they can recognize the situation, have confidence, and submit a handwritten letter of return."

"Hehe, urgent, it's urgent......" Liu Congyu listened to his grandson's strategy, was full of sharpness, couldn't help but chuckle, took out a bright red invitation card from the pillow, and handed it over.

Liu Cha hurriedly took it, and opened it to see that it was an invitation to the night banquet of the Puzhou Thorn Mansion, the date was last night, and it was from the beginning, for the prime minister Di Renjie, who came to Hedong Road to inspect the river workers.

With a "hum", Liu Cha was stunned, and all kinds of loud noises in his ears kept roaring, and his body shook.

Liu Zhen hurriedly stretched out his hand to support it, took the invitation over and looked through it, and exclaimed, "Prime Minister Di Renjie? Inspecting the rivermen? ”

Liu Congyu was there, leaning on the carved bed, without saying a word, quietly waiting for his children and grandchildren to wake up in shock.

"Father, father, shouldn't Di Renjie come to check on us?" Liu Cha bowed with horror on his face, and cold sweat was dripping, "No, King Xiang is in Beijing, it makes no sense that Di Renjie has arrived, but there is no news from King Xiang...... Xu is Di Renjie here, and he has nothing to do with us, and the king ignored it? ”

The corners of Yoyu's mouth moved and his eyes closed.

"No" Liu Zhen was surprisingly the first to calm down, "King Xiang has not been summoned so far, there are only two possibilities, either Di Ren did not mention coming to Hedong Province when he was in the capital, or he ......"

Liu Zhen felt a little cold, "Either King Xiang has already passed the news out, but it hasn't come to us."

Liu Zhen had a heavy arm, but his father Liu Cha bowed his legs and had to rely on his son to stand firm.

The father and son looked at each other, both frightened and uneasy.

"Hehehe" Liu Congyu laughed softly, "Yesterday, I arranged Conghou to go to the banquet, and I didn't bring back any news, so I called you here, the matter has come to this point, speculation is in vain, and it is not beneficial"

"What you just said is the way forward, so, now, tell me, yours, Hedong Liu's, where is the way out?"

Liu Cha bowed and couldn't speak.

It was still Liu Zhen, his thoughts turned sharply, and he sorted out their actions after being involved in this matter, "We are just threading the needle, and there is no direct evidence of guilt, and the evidence of guilt is the official who received the copper money from the inside, and it is the bold Qi Chong"

Liu Zhen's voice became more and more excited, he gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Qi Chong, it's him, his life, it's our retreat."

Liu Cha looked at Liu Zhen in astonishment, as if he had just met his son, not long ago, their father and son were still pushing cups and exchanging lamps with Qi Chong.

"Hehe, good, very good, the way in, the way out, there are all the way" Liu Congyu smiled, raised his hand full of old age spots, and patted Liu Zhen's arm, "Grandfather, there are a few people, later, go find Liu Shen, he will hand it over to you"

"Thank you, grandfather," Liu Zhen bowed as a salute.

Liu Congyu waved his hand and told them to step back.

Walking out of the main room, Liu Cha bowed and looked at Liu Zhen deeply, "My son is smarter than a father, so I will do it according to your ideas."

Liu Zhen shook his head, "Father, this matter has cost the two of us countless efforts and consumed countless resources of the clan, and it has come to fruition, can my father be willing?" ”

Liu Cha bowed and smiled bitterly, silent is better than sound.

Liu Zhen took a step forward, his stature was already taller than his father, and leaned into his ear, "There are both approaches and retreats, the approach can be effective, and the retreat can protect oneself, if the advance and retreat are carried out at the same time, what is it?" ”

Liu Chabow's eyes shone brightly.

Outside the city of Puzhou, on the Emei Ridge, Pufu Temple.

This temple, is the Buddhist's ten jungles, enshrine the Buddha Bodhisattva Arhat and the Heavenly King Protector, the square in front of the temple, there is a relics pagoda, the structure is peculiar, there is an echo effect, the good faith in the tower below the palm of the palm, the tower can hear the sound of frogs, extremely chic, the name is the sound of the universal rescue toad.

Xie Yao surrounded his childlike innocence, and ordered his subordinates to keep high-five under the tower and listen to the sound of frogs for fun.

"Commander, the gods have no word tablet to send a message, and three more people have come from the gods, and the subordinates have received them, and they have all been executed."

Xie Yaohuan nodded indifferently, "Well done"

Cut off the letter from Shendu, Puzhou is a teapot with no exit, and the people in the teapot can only be suspicious, lucky, and cannibalistic.

"Quack ......"

There was a sound of toads, and Xie Yaohuan showed a happy smile, pure and flawless.

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The dawn of the Tang Dynasty

Dawn of the Tang Dynasty original