After Caizhen's trouble, Zhang Kun and Luo You also woke up.

Zhang Kun said angrily in front of Liu Xiu: "This cheap maid is really bold, Your Majesty, you should kill her with a rod to set an example!" ”

Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Kun, waved his hand, and said, "Just expel Caizhen from the palace, you don't have to hurt her life." ”

Liu Xiu is a person who attaches great importance to rules and etiquette, and the palace maid takes the initiative to seduce the Son of Heaven, which Liu Xiu cannot tolerate no matter what, but it will not be to the point of fighting or killing.

Zhang Kun bowed and said, "Your Majesty is still merciful." ”

Liu Xiu Zhengse said: "In the future, if Weiyang Palace recruits people again, it must be strictly reviewed, and people with good conduct must be selected." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty. ”

Liu Xiu yawned and asked Zhang Kun to take a few rolls of bamboo slips back to Chengming Hall to rest.

When Liu Xiu was reading a book before going to bed, Luo You laughed out loud beside him.

Liu Xiu put down the book, looked at Luo You, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Luo You smiled: "The maid thinks that the palace maid of Weiyang Palace is bold, but in Luoyang, no palace maid is so bold." ”

Liu Xiu thought about it and smiled.

Indeed, in the Luoyang Palace, even if some palace maids with bad minds would scratch their heads in front of him, they didn't dare to go too far, and there had never been a palace maid as bold as Caizhen, who directly stripped off her clothes and climbed on his bed.

The next day, Liu Xiu had nothing to do, took Luo You, Long Yuan, Xuying and others, and went out of the palace to inspect in micro-clothes.

Speaking of which, Liu Xiu really hasn't had a good visit in Chang'an, and while he is free today, he also wants to see how the people in Chang'an are now.

Compared with Chang'an in its heyday, the current Chang'an is a little worse.

First of all, Chang'an is no longer the capital, which undoubtedly greatly affects the prosperity of Chang'an, and secondly, the biggest impact on the prosperity of Chang'an is the rebellion of the Red Mei Army in Chang'an.

During the occupation of Chang'an, the Red Eyebrow Army did not do a good thing, and the Red Eyebrow Army was most enthusiastic about looting.

There is no food, rob in the city, there is no money, rob in the city, there are no women, or rob in the city.

During Wang Mang's reign, the people of Chang'an have suffered a lot, after the Green Forest Army took over, the people of Chang'an were in dire straits, and after the Red Eyebrow Army took over, the people of Chang'an had no way to live.

In order to survive, the people had no choice but to flee.

When the Red Eyebrow Army withdrew from Chang'an, and Deng Yu led the Western Expeditionary Army to occupy Chang'an, it became an empty city completely.

After all these years of recuperation, Chang'an has finally recovered some vitality, and the population is increasing year by year.

Compared with Luoyang, the price of Chang'an is still higher, the production in the Sanfu area has not fully recovered, the materials are still scarce, and many necessities are transported from other places, which naturally causes the price to remain high.

Liu Xiu took Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others to walk around the market, and after learning about the prices in Chang'an, Liu Xiu shook his head helplessly, and said: "As long as Gongsun Shu and Kui Huan are still there, it will be difficult for Sanfu's industries to recover, and it will be impossible for Sanfu's prices to come down!" ”

Over the years, the Sanfu region has been in the position of the front line, and the Shu army has attacked from time to time.

Long Yuan said: "As long as the hustle and bustle is calmed down, Gongsun Shu loses the only foreign aid, and next, Gongsun Shu will not be able to last long." ”

Liu Xiu nodded, and saw that there was a wine house nearby, so he took Luo You and the others into the wine house to eat.

The wine house is not big, and the facilities and decorations inside are also a little old, but there are many guests, mainly because the price of this wine house is relatively fair and very civilian.

After everyone sat down, Liu Xiu ordered two pots of wine and a few dishes.

There are many guests in the wine house, and there are many people chatting.

A middle-aged man about forty years old said: "This time, Your Majesty led an army of 100,000 to Chang'an in person, saying that he was going to fight Gongsun Shu, but in fact, he came to fight Kui!" ”

The guests in the wine house nodded one after another, and Liu Xiu also sat up straight and listened attentively.

The other drinker seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and his face was full of red, he shook his head and said, "I really can't understand how the imperial court fought with the general of Xizhou!" ”

The people of Chang'an and even Sanfu have a good impression of Kui.

Gongsun Shu has repeatedly sent troops to attack Sanfu, and every time it is critical, Kui Huan will send his elite soldiers and strong generals to help the Sanfu defenders defeat the Shu army, which undoubtedly makes Kui Huan greatly win the favor of the people of Sanfu.

"Speaking of which, isn't it a struggle for power and profit?

The general of Xizhou controls the nine counties of Liangzhou, and he is like the king of Xiliang, but he is not the Liu family, but a foreign surname, and the court naturally can't tolerate him! ”

"But the general of Xizhou is meritorious to the imperial court!"

"In the face of fame and fortune, no matter how much credit you make, whoever the Son of Heaven wants to die, whether it is justified or not, it is not all a matter of the Son of Heaven's words!"

Listening to the discussion of the drinkers, the faces of Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and the others became more and more ugly.

Long Yuan held the table with both hands, and was about to get up, Liu Xiu pulled his sleeve and smiled at Long Yuan, signaling that he didn't need to be angry.

A place like a wine house is the place where the most concentrated speech, and the speech of the drinkers can basically represent the speech of the general public.

Liu Xiu just wanted to hear the views of the people of Chang'an on this battle.

Luo You glanced at Liu Xiu, turned his head and said to a few drinkers who were talking like a river: "You guys are really confused!" ”

When several drinkers heard this, they turned their heads one after another, looking for a sound and heading towards Luoyou.

Seeing that the person who spoke was a handsome young man who was fifteen or sixteen years old and looked like a white jade doll, they all showed contempt, and someone raised his hand to point at Luo You and asked, "Boy, who are you scolding for being a fool!" ”

"I'm just scolding you!"

"Boy, are you begging to be beaten?"

"Aren't you confused?

Gongsun Shu repeatedly sent troops to attack Sanfu, burned, killed and looted in Sanfu, and did all kinds of evil, didn't you all suffer from it?

Now that Kui Huan has taken refuge in Gongsun Shu, you are still talking to him, what are you not a fool? ”

"Who said that the general of Xizhou took refuge in Gongsun Shu?"

"Kui Huan has been named the king of Shuoning by Gongsun Shu, I heard that His Majesty led a large army to borrow his Longdao and arrived in Shu, he sent soldiers and horses to destroy Longdao and prevent His Majesty from leading the army south, and you still said that he did not take refuge in Gongsun Shu?"

The drinkers were red-faced by Luo You's words, and the rest of the drinkers were also talking.

Unconvinced, one of the drinkers said, "Who knows if what you say is true or false!" Gongsun Shu named the general of Xizhou as the king of Shuoning, that is just a side of Gongsun Shu's words, the general of Xizhou did not accept it, as for the destruction of Longdao, it is just a rumor, who has personally seen it? ”

At that time, the transmission of information was very closed and slow, and it was far less well-informed than in modern society.

Even in such a well-informed modern society, a single rumor can cause an uproar, and at the time, rumors were more powerful and difficult to verify.

Luo Youyou asked angrily, "Have you ever been to Longdao?"

Have you ever seen that Longdao is intact? ”

The drinker said with a tough attitude: "I just came from Longdao!" Longdao is intact now, you are spreading rumors! ”

Luo You pursed his lips, laughed twice, and said, "You are either stupid, you don't know anything and are willing to be blinded by the hustle and bustle!" You are either a loss, a spy sent to Chang'an by Gongsun Shu and Kui Huan! ”

"Who do you say is a spy!"

The drinker got up and walked straight to Luo You.

When Luo You approached, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Luo You's collar.

However, his hand was only halfway out and couldn't reach out, and Liu Xiu, who was sitting next to Luo You, had already pinched his wrist first.

Liu Xiu only used two fingers to pinch the winer's pulse, and the drinker felt that half of his body had become numb, and he couldn't help but scream.

Seeing this, several of the guests' companions got up one after another and glared angrily at Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu raised his arm outward, and the drinker took three steps back, and then stood up and sat on the ground.

Liu Xiu said indifferently: "The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, and your Excellency and a half-grown child are too impolite." ”

"That's it! We chatted in the wine house, and we talked about things, so why bother! ”

"You're so embarrassed when you're so young!"

The guests in the wine hall accused the drinkers of not doing it.

The drinker sitting on the ground stood up, looked around, and saw that several of his people had become the target of public criticism, and knew that he could not bargain in the wine house.

He raised his hand and pointed at Liu Xiu and Luo You, then turned around and walked out, and several of his companions also followed him out of the wine house quickly, and after a short time, the group disappeared without a trace.

Seeing a few of them fleeing in the wilderness, Luo You showed a smug look and smiled at Liu Xiu: "Childe, I'm not doing well, right?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled on her back, raised her hand and pinched Luo You's cheek dotingly, and said, "Hmm! The performance is good, this meal, add an extra chicken leg to you! ”

Long Yuan whispered: "Childe, I don't think those guys are like good people. ”

Maybe Luo You was really right, they were Gongsun Shu and Kui Huan sent to Chang'an, and their purpose was to spread unfavorable remarks to their own side.

Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively, even if it was fine, it was normal.

With a big war imminent, both sides are engaged in a war of public opinion, and both sides are sending detailed work to the other side to spread unfavorable remarks against the other side.

"Eat! After eating, we will go to the north of the city in the afternoon. ”

There are more markets in the north of the city than in the south of the city, and the large markets alone include the East Market, the West Market, and the Xiaoli City, in addition, the Fufeng Mansion and the Feng Yi Mansion are also in the north of the city.

Liu Xiu also wanted to know about the situation in Fufeng and Feng Yi counties.

The county government institutions can be set up in the capital, only the right Fufeng and the left Feng Yi, and it is precisely because the county governance of these two counties is in the capital that it can be called Sanfu together with Chang'an.

After eating, Liu Xiu and the others left the wine house, rode horses, and headed north of the city.

Halfway to the north of the city, Long Yuan urged the horse to come to Liu Xiu's side and whispered, "Childe, someone has been following us!" ”

Liu Xiu didn't look back, and asked calmly with a calm expression, "Do you know who the other party is?" ”

"It looks like a local ruffian in Chang'an."

Long Yuan said.

"Don't bother, as long as they don't bother us."

Luo You reminded: "Childe, we don't look like rich businessmen in what we are wearing. ”

They were dressed very ordinarily, even Liu Xiu was wearing a linen robe, just like ordinary people.

Since they don't look like rich people, it's very strange that the ruffians secretly follow them, but I'm afraid that the comers are not good.