In Chinese history, proverbs have always been a mysterious and useful thing.

Prophecy, that is, prophecy. It is usually used to predict future events with some vague and uncertain words, and if images are also added, it is called a diagram, and a systematic interpretation of the prophecy is called a prophecy. Every time a dynasty falls, there are proverbs that come into play to a greater or lesser extent.

The earliest Wei Wei in history may be when Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of Qin, someone carved words on the stone, saying "Hu Ye, the dead Qin", which made the first emperor displeased, and sent the general Meng Tian to attack the Hu people in the north, and built the Great Wall, but he never thought that he also had an unlucky child named Hu Hai.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted in Daze Township, relying on stuffing cloth strips in the belly of the carp, and Wu Guang pretending to be a fox and shouting "Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang" in the grass, and other means that seem very pediatric in modern times, but at that time, they played a decisive role.

Generally speaking, proverbs are usually popular when "the country will not be the country", and it is not surprising that "the country will die, listen to God", and it will be strange when the country is ruined.

At present, the Xiongnu Han State has a bit of signs of "the country will not be a country", since the death of the queen Liu of the main palace, Liu Cong has been less restrained, **** indulged in wine, his body is getting worse, and his behavior is becoming more and more unreasonable.

In addition, the Xiongnu Han State was full of internal troubles, not only did there be generals who supported the army and stood on their own, but more seriously, Liu Cong did not choose his son Liu Cang as the heir to the throne, but set up his younger brother Liu Yi as the prince of the East Palace, which laid a hidden danger for the future royal family to fight for power.

As the saying goes: When a kingdom is about to die, there will be a vision!

In the second year of Jianxing, in July, a meteor came out of the morning glory, and entered the crape myrtle, and then fell in the north of Pingyang!

Liu Cong was very unhappy when he heard about it. However, he was worried that this was a warning from heaven, so he asked the ministers for advice. Because Liu Cong was moody, the other ministers did not dare to speak at will, for fear of angering Liu Cong.

Only Chen Yuanda, the veteran and important minister, wanted to use this to warn Liu Cong, and boldly said: "This is a sign of the death of the country!" ”

Although Chen Yuanda's words disgusted Liu Cong, Chen Yuanda was a veteran minister of the Huns after all. and has always been upright and upright, and Liu Cong also heard his sarcasm from it, so he did not blame Chen Yuanda heavily, and finally had to retreat in a stupid manner.

Originally, Liu Cong thought that this matter would be over here, but who knew that it didn't take long for a proverb to start circulating in Pingyang. Liu Cong once ordered a large number of arrests of those who spread rumors, but the effect was not ideal, and the rumors and rumors became more and more intense.

In the face of gossip from the outside world, Liu Cong was both panicked and a little at a loss, and this kind of matter was not easy to discuss with other ministers. In the end, he had no choice but to summon Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, to the palace for a secret discussion. Liu Yao is Liu Yuan's adopted son, one of Liu Cong's most relied on generals, and is known as the two giants of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms along with Shi Le.

Since entering the palace, Liu Yao found that those eunuchs and palace ladies were all panicked and walked carefully, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and secretly said: It seems that his imperial brother has been in a bad mood recently, and he will have to deal with it carefully later. Don't anger Liu Cong! Liu Yao cheered up because of this, and followed the eunuch more carefully towards Liu Cong's bedroom.

"The minister, the king of the mountains. Greetings to Your Majesty, and Greetings to St. Ann! ”

"Brother Yao is here, cough cough, come to someone, give, cough cough. Set a seat for the King of Zhongshan! ”

"Your Majesty is in poor health, why don't you find a doctor to take a look?" Liu Yao asked as if he was concerned about Liu Cong's body.

"No, I'm an old problem, I'll be fine in a few days. I came to the emperor's brother today because I had a confidential matter to discuss with my brother. ”

"Your Majesty. If there is something to order, Weichen will report to His Majesty Longen! ”

Liu Yao immediately knelt down from his seat and swore to express his loyalty to Liu Cong.

Liu Cong looked at Liu Yao, who had a red face on his face, and was full of joy, and said excitedly: "I have the King of Zhongshan, why are you afraid of any rumors?!" ”

Liu Yao's eyes turned, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Your Majesty is worried about the proverbs that appeared in Pingyang recently?" ”

"Yes, I don't know when a proverb suddenly arose in Pingyang City, 'When a stone gives birth to a dragon, heaven and earth collapse; Scaly armor, breaking the ground; In the event of a storm, the momentum is magnificent; You Yan Zhao, should be shipped. When I heard this, I was troubled day and night, and I was puzzled, and I secretly sent people to investigate, but I could not find out the true source. ”

Liu Yao echoed: "The rumors and rumors are rootless and unfounded, but it is impossible to verify them. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? I still remember the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the sentence 'Those who represent the Han Dynasty, should be Tu Gaoye!' 'Provoke the world's heroes to be fascinated! Even Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty under this name, which shows that the proverbs and rumors are very harmful! However, the day before yesterday, there was a vision, and now there are rumors coming out, I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to seek the glory of my Han country! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, if anyone dares to touch the country of my Han Kingdom, my brother is willing to lead the troops to ask for it!"

"Brother Yao is loyal, I know it. It's just that if I don't understand what the proverb means, it's really hard for me to feel at ease! ”

"Your Majesty has a ...... in your heart Is there a suspicion? Liu Yao asked through gritted teeth.

Liu Cong didn't answer when he heard this, he was only silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "What does Brother Yao think of Shi Shilong?" ”

Liu Yao suddenly saw sweat on his forehead, and his heart was very nervous, and after a while, he muttered: "Shi Shilong, the great general of the world, is the first-class hero of my Han Kingdom. ”

Although Liu Yao was very jealous of Shi Le, he did not dare to slander Shi Le in front of Liu Cong at will. Not to mention that Liu Cong is a smart person and should not be fooled, in addition, it is a sensitive period now. If the words were heard in Liu Cong's ears, they had the opposite effect, making Liu Cong think that Liu Yao wanted to get rid of Shi Le and then spread the rumors, then wouldn't he want to die unjustly?

Unexpectedly, Liu Cong didn't seem to hear what Liu Yao said, only to see his eyes flickering, frowning, and said to himself: "This proverb is very obvious to Shi Shilong, no matter where this proverb comes from, I think there is still some truth." Shi Shilong supervised the military of eastern Shaanxi and mastered most of the elite of the Han Kingdom, if he really wanted to have a different heart, the rivers and mountains of my Han Kingdom would really be dangerous! ”

Although Liu Yao knew that Liu Cong was talking about Shi Le, he was still scared into a cold sweat. His own situation is similar to that of Shile, and he is also a general of a feudal town with self-respect. Today Liu Cong is suspicious of Shi Le, who knows if Liu Cong will be suspicious of him Liu Yao tomorrow? It was at this moment that Liu Yao was determined to take Guanzhong as a foothold as soon as possible.

As for Pingyang, he does not plan to come back in the future if it is not necessary, not only does the emperor Liu Cong have suspicions in Pingyang, but even Liu Cang, the king of Jin, has bad intentions towards him.

"Then what is Your Majesty going to do? Now that Shile has fledgled his wings, I am afraid it will be difficult to try again! If he ignores the enemies around him and raises a large army to crusade against him, but he damages the soldiers and horses of the Han State, but instead benefits Liu Kun of Jinyang, if he instigates Daijun Tuoba Xianbei to go south to invade my Pingyang, wouldn't it be dangerous? ”

Liu Yao didn't want Liu Cong to send troops to fight Shile, one would destroy his plan to go to Guanzhong, and the other was that Shile was not easy to mess with, if Liu Cong transferred him to fight Shile, the result was likely to be a lose-lose, and the final winner was Liu Cong's father and son.

It is said that Liu Cong did have the idea of transferring Liu Yao to attack Shile at the beginning, but when he heard what Liu Yao said, he immediately hesitated.

Liu Yao saw that Liu Cong was a little moved, and hurriedly continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, Shi Le is hateful, but at least nominally he is still the general of my Han Kingdom, and he also restrains the Jin army in Youji and Hebei, so that it cannot come west to aid Liu Kun. His Majesty is suspicious of Shi Shilong, and his assistance will be cut off in the future, that is, without the support of our Han State, Shi Shilong may not be the opponent of the Youji Jin Army. ”

"In this way, you can eradicate Shi Shilong with the hands of the Jin people, and you don't have to damage Your Majesty's reputation, why don't you do it? As long as Shile is dead, all the proverbs and rumors will be gone! ”

Liu Yao's words made Liu Cong's eyes light up, and he said thoughtfully: "Can the Youji Jin Army beat Shi Shilong?" Even Wang Pengzu is not Shi Le's opponent, and who is in the land of Youyan who is Shi Le's opponent? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know that there are still Xianbei people in Youzhou, and I heard that they were once Wang Jun's allies. Now that Wang Jun died at the hands of Shi Le, how could those Xianbei people not want to avenge Wang Jun? With the help of Xianbei people, even if the Jin army can't defeat Shile, it will end up with a lose-lose ending. ”

After Liu Yao left the palace, the humility on his face quickly disappeared, and in the coming day, without waiting for Liu Cong's edict, Liu Yao left Pingyang with his henchmen and went to Puban, preparing to cross the Yellow River from Puban to the west into Guanzhong. (To be continued.) )