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Wang He called two of his most trusted guards as helpers and went to the ugly king's house for two consecutive nights to inquire about the situation.

Wang Jianhuo is famous, but not rich, there are three mansions, two are vacant, only the ancestral house is inhabited, the place is quite large, half has been abandoned, the other half is full of all kinds of people, etc., there are their own male relatives, some come to ask for help, there are admirers, there is nothing to say that they just want to stay for a few nights, no one has to be polite when it comes to the meal, everyone eats whatever the Wang family has, there is no distinction between relatives and relatives, the only difference is that some guests can be received individually.

Three guards searched the royal mansion, one of the guards even pretended to be a guest for a night, but found nothing, the royal mansion has no female dependents, naturally there is no so-called inner house, guests can go anywhere, there is a room piled up with a lot of scattered gold, silver and copper coins, anyone can take it, and you can put some in it.

Amazingly, the money here is never completely empty, and the people who come are very conscious of taking the corresponding amount, no more, no less.

The guard who pretended to be a guest inquired curiously, and got a few vague stories, it is said that someone was greedy and took all the gold and silver in the house, but the matter could not be hidden, only three days, this person was ruined, and even his own relatives did not bother to talk to him, and finally the ugly king himself came forward to solve the siege, and this person was forgiven, but he still collapsed, and did not dare to appear in the rivers and lakes again.

According to another theory, the ugly king saved many powerful and heroic people, and even great thieves, and these people, after they regained their prosperity, sent servants and food to the royal house, and one of the duties of the servants was to keep an eye on the gold and silver house and not let it become empty.

The same surname Wang, the guard Wang He admired Wang Jianhuo so much that he decided to give up the task, and as soon as the deadline was up, he went to ask the emperor for guilt, and as a result, shortly before midnight, when he went to his tent to pack his belongings, he found that Baoxi was placed on the bed, without a package, without covering.

Wang He immediately went to the emperor's account and told him the cause and effect, without any concealment, and even confessed that he had plans to give up the task.

Han Ruzi didn't know whether to be happy or angry, so he first called in Liu Jie, who had served as the seal of the middle palm for many years, and was most familiar with the treasure seal, but he recognized it at a glance that this was indeed true, for the sake of caution, he held his hands in his hands, looked at the candlelight boy carefully from a distance, and finally said: "It's the treasure seal." ”

"During my tour, the Treasure Seal is still in your hands." Han Ruzi said.

Liu Jie bowed down, took out the scarf, carefully wrapped the treasure seal, put it in his arms, and protected it with both hands, like a woman who had just learned that she was pregnant.

A tacit and well-known bet in Luoyang ended quietly, the emperor won, but he was not happy at all, looking at the guard Wang He and the torturer Zhang Jing kneeling in front of him, he secretly shook his head in his heart.

Strictly speaking, the treasure seal was not retrieved by Zhang Jing, but he predicted the time when the treasure seal would reappear, and it was no merit.

"Zhang Jing, you've already seen Wang Jianhuo, right?"

"Yes, Weichen went to the royal mansion in the morning."

"Is it really like what Wang He said, let people come and go?"

"Yes, Weichen has not been reported, and no one can be found, he went directly into the house, and it was easy to see the ugly king, it is rumored that he rarely goes out, and occasionally he is not there, but he also has to leave a note, or ask someone to pass on the word, when to leave, when to return are clearly explained."

"Hey." Han Ruzi sneered, in this way, the ugly king personally visited the emperor, which can be regarded as giving a lot of face, "What kind of person do you think Wang Jianhuo is?" ”

Zhang Jing was dazed for a moment, kowtowed heavily, and bowed his head and said, "It is worthy of the title of Luoyang hero." ”

"Because he has kept your position."

Zhang Jing kowtowed again and again, not daring to answer.

Han Ruzi ordered the torturer to retreat, and asked the guards the same question: "What kind of person do you think Wang Jianhuo is?" ”

Wang He also kowtowed, "I don't dare to assert lightly." ”

"Does he know martial arts?"

"As far as I can see, the ugly king often talks about martial arts with guests, and he also practices boxing himself, but he only strengthens his body, and he is by no means a master."

"You were found out when you went to check on the situation in the royal mansion, which means that either the royal mansion has hidden masters, or your subordinates have leaked the news."

"I can save my life, and the three of us will never leak a word."

"That is, Wang Jianhuo has a master by his side. But the treasure seal is in your tent, what's going on? Is his master too powerful to even be stopped by the guards and guards, or is there someone in the barracks who has been bought by him? ”

Wang He couldn't answer, and he didn't dare to answer, so he could only kowtow and ask for guilt.

Han Ruzi waved his hand to let the leader of the guards retreat, thought silently for a while, and said to Liu Jie, who stayed by his side: "If people can send the treasure seal back, they will naturally be able to take it back, what can we do?" Have you ever served Emperor Wu and encountered something similar? ”

"Yes."

Hearing this answer, Han Ruzi was slightly stunned, "Do you want to keep this matter secret?" ”

Liu Jie shook his head, his hands were still on his stomach, he squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "It was the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Wu, and I was still a little eunuch in the imperial stable. The Empress Dowager at that time accused us eunuchs a lot for this, thinking that we had lured His Majesty into not doing our job properly, and we were in danger of being injured from time to time. ”

Thinking back on the past, Liu Jie showed a hint of a smile, and quickly straightened his color, "As a result, the more you are afraid of something, the more you will come out, Emperor Wu was in a good mood that day, and he summoned many guards to race horses, and everyone else knew to let and protect Emperor Wu, but there was a young man who didn't understand the rules and grabbed ahead of Emperor Wu." Emperor Wu was not convinced, ran three laps in a row, was careless, fell off the horse, and fainted. ”

Liu Jie's face changed slightly, even after so many years, he still felt scared, "There are more than a hundred people present, all of them are frightened, we eunuchs are busy rescuing Emperor Wu, and those guards have arrested the young man who doesn't understand the rules and wants to execute him on the spot." ”

"And then?" Han Ruzi was a little fascinated by what he heard, and even ignored that this was not much in common with the matter of Baoxi.

"Fortunately, Emperor Wu soon woke up, asked no one to tell the Queen Mother about the matter, and then ordered his mount to be executed."

"Huh?"

"I still remember the appearance of the horse, the whole body is black, the four hooves are snow-white, Emperor Wu gave the name 'Long Li', is one of the seven horses that Emperor Wu loved the most, but Emperor Wu said that this horse has a false appearance, and it is not guilty of throwing the owner down, and it is a capital crime to run away from ordinary horses."

"What about the unruly young man?"

"Oh, I remember clearly, several guards pressed the man's head, and a large number of people scolded him, ordering him to kowtow to Emperor Wu and ask for guilt, and even I shouted and kicked him in the back of his ass, if nothing else, he almost killed us all."

Han Ruzi couldn't help laughing, it was hard to imagine that the upright Liu Jie also had a time when he fished in troubled waters to vent his personal anger.

"But this man is not convinced." Liu Jie unconsciously straightened up, as if possessed by that arrogant young man, "He was forced to kneel, but he refused to bow his head, but shouted loudly, saying that he was not guilty, saying that 'horse racing is horse racing, let it go, Your Majesty will never be able to pick out the real thousand-mile horse, and riding skills will not be improved', Your Majesty listen, what is this?" ”

"But he has a point." Han Ruzi stood on the side of the young man.

Liu Jie bowed down as usual and said with a smile: "Emperor Wu also said so, so he pardoned this person for his innocence, and named him a general, and let him lead the troops to fight." ”

"So he's supposed to be a famous general?"

Liu Jie nodded, "Perhaps the most famous general, his name is Deng Liao, one of the greatest contributors to the pacification of the Huns, but unfortunately he died young, if it weren't for Emperor Wu's insight, General Deng would have been unknown for the rest of his life." ”

Han Ruzi was stunned for a long time, "It turns out that General Deng is so favored by Emperor Wu. ”

"Well, Emperor Wu didn't like Deng Liao arrogantly, but he insisted on doing the right thing, Emperor Wu once said privately that the military situation on the front line is changing rapidly, the enemy is constantly tricking, and his own people are also holding one end, and it is rare to have the same opinion. Often this person thinks about grain and grass, that person thinks about military merits, and some people think about the number of reserve troops, and some people only care about the level of officials, the commander must be a person like Deng Liao, who can not be moved, and only wants to win the battle, regardless of your dignity and humility, those who can fight are on the list, and those who cannot fight are retreated, even if the emperor personally intervenes, he will not accept it. ”

"This is the real general." Han Ruzi praised him sincerely, there is no such person around him, Chai Yue and Fang Daye can be called generals, and Deng Liao's persistence is still too far away.

Han Ruzi was leisurely fascinated, and asked after a while: "But what does this have to do with Baoxi and Wang Jianhuo?" ”

Liu Jie knelt down with the treasure seal in his arms, first apologized for what he wanted to say, and then said: "Your Majesty is right, the person who can send the treasure seal can also steal the treasure seal again, but in another way, maybe this person is still the best choice to protect the treasure seal." ”

Han Ruzi immediately shook his head, "He is from the rivers and lakes, not used by the emperor, and his set of methods in the rivers and lakes cannot be used in major national affairs, even Emperor Wu also killed the heroes and did not reuse any of them." ”

Liu Jie knelt on the ground and didn't squeak, and Han Ruzi couldn't help but ask, "Does Duke Liu know the ugly king?" ”

"I've never met, and I haven't had any contacts. I'm just talking about the past of Emperor Wu, at least who should be used and how to use people, that is the art of the emperor, I have been by Emperor Wu's side for so many years, and I haven't learned anything. ”

"It's me who has a lot of heart, Liu Gong go down, choose ten guards, and use them specifically to protect Liu Gong and Baoxi."

"Yes." Liu Jie got up and slowly exited the tent.

Han Ruzi had already moved to kill the heroes, and he still hadn't changed at this time, but he understood that Emperor Wu's murderous methods would not work, and they would just clear the way for a new generation of heroes.

The ugly king is indeed a strange man, he made a bet with the emperor, but in the last half a day, he quietly handed back the treasure seal, and gave up the victory, not only did not save the Tan family, but also took his own family, and made many gamblers who bet on him to win lose all their money.

He put all the initiative in the hands of the emperor, but Han Ruzi had a bad choice.

There is also Meng E, Han Ruzi's biggest puzzle is how Baoxi could be transferred from Meng E's hands to the Ugly King.

It was already late, Han Ruzi called in Zhang Youcai and Loach, asked the two to make the bed, and after changing into pajamas, he suddenly asked, "What can a bold person do?" ”

Zhang Youcai didn't understand what it meant, and the loach smiled: "Then Bao Tianbei." ”

Han Ruzi smiled, planning to summon Wang Jianhuo early tomorrow morning to completely solve this matter. (To be continued.) )