After Liu Zhang left, Liu Hong and Liu Yan chatted alone in the palace for a long time. Originally, Liu Yan was reluctant to go to Youzhou, that place was not only bitterly cold, but also very dangerous. However, through Liu Hong's heartfelt persuasion, Liu Yan not only accepted the appointment, but also accepted it willingly, after all, this is the emperor's trust, and it is difficult for others to get it. However, Liu Hong still felt quite guilty in his heart, how to say that Youzhou is not comparable to the prosperous Jingshi. What's more, even Liu Zhang is going to Youzhou, and as the emperor, he can't say anything if he doesn't say it. Originally, he wanted to give Liu Zhang a higher official position, but Cao Jie reminded him that with Liu Zhang's ability, sooner or later the official residence would be the best, so he wanted to give Liu Zhang other compensation.

"Cao Qing, the emperor's brother is going to Youzhou, but I can't bear it, if he doesn't always serve me wholeheartedly, he won't be squeezed by the Yuan family!" After Liu Yan and Liu Zhang left, Liu Hong only had Cao Jie, Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang by his side, these were all his cronies and slaves, and he didn't have to hide them.

Cao Jie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Mencius Yun: The heavens will descend on the Si people, and they must first work their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and do what they do, so they are tempted to endure their surnames and gain what they can't!" Now that the little boy is going to Youzhou, maybe it is God's test for him, and it is also a tempering! ”

"What kind of tempering and testing, it's all the damn Yuan family's trouble!" Liu Hong said angrily: "With Lu Zhi's ability to clean up some foreign clans, why do you have to ask for Han clan relatives?" As a result, as an emperor, I can't keep my cronies, you say I... Alas..."

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, maybe during the trip to Youzhou, Lord Zongzheng will give Your Majesty unexpected joy?"

"Forget it, don't be relieved! That Youzhou is the land of tigers and wolves, I really don't worry about the little emperor..."Liu Hong's face was unhappy and worried, which made Cao Jie's old face twitch. Cao Jie understood that Liu Hong loved Liu Zhang very much, and this love also made Liu Hong feel a little guilty about Liu Zhang.

Cao Jie said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty is worried about the little prince, it is better to send more guards." The minister saw that Huang Zhong, Yan Yan, and Shi A were outstanding in martial arts, but they had no other powerful guards, and in addition to these three people, there were only fifty or sixty Yulin guards around the little prince, so it was better for Your Majesty to select elite soldiers and go to protect the little boy! ”

"What Cao Qing said is reasonable, and he ordered the captain of the Yue Cavalry to select five hundred elites to be the emperor's guard!" Liu Hong looked happy, he finally thought of how to make up for Liu Zhang.

"Obey the order!" Cao Jie smiled: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen will say one more thing." The little boy is determined to be the Huo Qu of this dynasty, but he has not had a magic weapon to take advantage of until now. That minister watched the little boy practice swords, and he used nothing more than an ordinary iron sword, which was not as good as..."

"That's right! Cao Qing didn't say it, I forgot about it! Liu Hong laughed and said, "Go!" I ordered Liu Zhang to enter the palace, and I took him to choose a few good weapons! Those iron guys are almost rusting in my treasure trove! ”

"Yes! Then send someone! ”

In Zongzheng's mansion, Liu Zhang and Liu Yan were packing up their things, but Liu Yan was a little unhappy. In Liu Yan's view, Liu Zhang does not need to go to Youzhou to endure hardships. But Liu Zhang wanted to go, and he couldn't object. However, although Liu Yan didn't say it in his mouth, he didn't feel it in his heart. Liu Zhang saw that his father's face was hanging all the time, as if it was Changbai Mountain, and he understood his thoughts. Just as he was about to open his mouth to persuade him, a servant ran and said, "There are palace attendants asking to see you!" "This permanent attendant is different from the Yellow Gate, and generally cannot leave the palace unless there is a will to be conveyed. Liu Zhang had no choice but to go to the palace first, and then find time to convince Liu Yan!

When he came to the hall, he saw that it was Zhang Rang, Liu Zhang opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Zhang Changshi, why did Your Majesty send you?" ”

"The little boy wants to go out of Beijing, how can he not come to see him off? Originally, His Majesty ordered Lord Cao to call a yellow gate casually, but I fell in love with the little boy, so I volunteered to come. If you are presumptuous, I hope that the son will forgive me! Zhang Rang understood Liu Zhang's status in Liu Hong's heart, and Liu Zhang did not have the problem of the family looking down on eunuchs, so he was very polite to Liu Zhang.

"Where is it, Lord Zhang has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, if there is anything that needs Zhang's service, please speak up!"

"Your Majesty's dictation, let the little boy enter the palace!"

"My father and I just came out of the palace? Is there anything wrong with Your Majesty? ”

"That's not something I know! However, it is said to be a good thing! ”

Liu Zhang rolled his eyes and said in his heart; "Isn't that nonsense? Your Majesty treats me very kindly, and it will be a good thing to recruit me. Even if I do something wrong, Your Majesty will not care about me as a child! Although Liu Zhang was not very satisfied with Zhang Rang's statement, he still followed Zhang Rang into the palace. Before leaving, he asked Liu Yan to seal a big red envelope for Zhang Rang.

Zongzheng's Mansion was not far from the palace, and Liu Zhang soon met Liu Hong.

"The royal brother is here?" Liu Hong grabbed Liu Zhang very affectionately.

"Brother Huang, my brother is preparing to pack my bags, I wonder what you have to tell me when you call me?" Liu Hong's attitude made Liu Zhang feel a little strange. As the saying goes: nothing to do is to be diligent, or to be annihilated. Although Liu Hong is the emperor, Liu Zhang, who had seen a lot in his previous life, saw the difference between Liu Hong and the past.

"Brother Huang! Back then, you were determined to be the Huo Qu of this dynasty, I was very happy, and now you are going to Youzhou. There are a lot of soldiers there, and if you don't have good guards, weapons, and armor, it's really dangerous. As an imperial brother, I don't have anything to give you, so I will give you a few weapons and armor, and when you see these things, you should see me! Liu Hong's reluctance made Liu Zhang a little moved. Huang Yanjing is an emotionless animal, the better the emperor, the more ruthless. Liu Zhang didn't know for a while whether to be glad that he met the faint king, or to be sad for the big man!

Liu Zhang looked at Liu Hong and was stunned, but his stunned face was slightly moved, but Liu Hong misunderstood. Although Liu Zhang is leaving, Liu Hong is indeed a little sad, but to say that Liu Hong misses Liu Zhang a lot, it is completely nonsense. Think about Liu Hong's behavior in history, he can even abandon his own son, what is Liu Zhang? He just wanted to take advantage of Liu Zhang's youth and entrap Liu Zhang to help him die, which can be regarded as an imperial technique! Liu Zhang understood after a little thought. However, as long as Liu Hong didn't embarrass him, he was not ready to betray Liu Hong, after all, with the memory of Liu Zhang's previous life, the princely strife in the late Han Dynasty only started after Liu Hong's death!

Seeing Liu Zhang and Liu Hong looking at each other "with affection" there, Cao Jie smiled and said: "Your Majesty, let the minister take the little boy to the arsenal!" ”

Liu Hong knew that Cao Jie wanted to use the blade in the inner library to send Liu Zhang, but Liu Hong had already decided to win over Liu Zhang, so naturally he would not give him garbage. Winning over people is also a science, at least, Liu Hong also understands the truth that high investment can have high returns.

"Cao Qing, there are no magic weapons in the inner library, let's go and see my collection!" Liu Hong vetoed Cao Jie's decision with a wave of his hand.

"This..."This time it was Cao Jie's turn to hesitate, Liu Hong said that it was the collection of the emperors of the past dynasties, given to an eight-year-old child, this money is a little big! Cao Jie frowned and said; "Your Majesty, the little boy is only eight years old, isn't your collection some..."

Liu Hongyi waved his hand and smiled: "Those things are not very useful to me, besides, the imperial brother is young now, won't he be able to use them in ten or twenty years?" I'm only twenty years old, do you think I won't live for ten or twenty years? I also want the emperor's brother to help me expand my territory, so naturally I want to give him the best things! ”

Liu Hong's words have all been said to this point, if Cao Jie objects again, it will be kicked in the head by a donkey. Under the leadership of Cao Jie, Liu Hong and Liu Zhang came to a room. Cao Jie had just opened the door and was about to lead them in, when Liu Zhang suddenly said, "Brother Huang, wait!" ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Liu Zhang's expression was a little strange, Liu Hong couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything wrong with my private treasury?" ”

"It's not!" Liu Zhang asked strangely, "Didn't the imperial brother hear it?" Someone's calling me! ”

"How is that possible!" Liu Hong and Cao Jie looked at each other, and they didn't hear any sound.

"No, there's a voice calling me!" Liu Zhang closed his eyes and walked in the direction where the voice came from. Liu Hong and Cao Jie followed him until they walked to a shelf where swords were placed, Liu Zhang stopped, and Liu Hong looked at the shelf in front of him with a strange expression. It turned out that there was only one sword on this shelf, and this sword was the sword that Gao Zu used to cut snakes back then! Except for Gao Zu, the only person who has used this sword is Huo Quai, the general under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty! In order to prevent other generals from disagreeing, Emperor Wu specially gave him this sword to deter the whole army, and he also had the right to cut first and then play.

Seeing that Liu Zhang had been standing in front of this sword and had not moved, Liu Hong couldn't help but ask: "Imperial brother, you don't want to tell me that this sword is calling you, right?" ”

"I don't know!" Liu Zhang said with some doubts: "The sound is now inaudible!" ”

When Liu Hong heard Liu Zhang say this, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, the snake sword is the thing of Gaozu, although Liu Zhang is also a descendant of Gaozu, but it is really inappropriate to use this sword, especially the right to cut first and then play, which makes Liu Hong quite jealous. You must know that Liu Hong has been with Liu Zhang for three years and knows Liu Zhang's lawlessness. If the snake slashing sword was given to him, God knows if he would use this sword to kill the two old guys of the Yuan family!

Just when Liu Hong was relaxing, he only heard the snake cutting sword on the shelf buzzing, and then it actually fell. What made Liu Hong even more stunned was that Liu Zhang didn't move at all, and the sword was inserted into Liu Zhang's waist as if it had life.

"What's going on?" Not to mention Liu Hong, even Liu Zhang was stunned.

"In the name of me, I will give the sword of the snake to protect the great man!" In the dark, a majestic and calm voice came, but this voice was only heard by Liu Zhang and Liu Hong!

"Bang dang!" There was another loud bang, and a large spear placed next to the sword of the snake slash actually collapsed the shelf and fell to the ground. Liu Hong took a closer look, and was shocked in his heart, lying on the ground was the overlord gun that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Huo Quai!