Chapter Eighty-Nine: Pre-Take, First Sacrifice (I)

After listening to Liu Cun's righteous and awe-inspiring oath, Huang Wan dissipated the last worries in his heart, held Liu Cun's hand tightly, smiled self-deprecatingly under Liu Cun's comfort, quietly wiped away his tears, and asked something that made Liu Cun secretly frightened:

"Brother Xian, there is a foolish brother who asks one or two, whether the tomb of Mrs. Liu Yanyan is buried at the southern foot of Jieshan Mountain in the northeast of Qianqian (now Puji Town, southwest of Jiaozhou City)?"

Liu Cun immediately remembered that before he took office in Chengyang County, his far-sighted henchmen Gongsun Pei and Huo Jian planned carefully, in order to let he, a lord of unknown origin, rule justifiably and eliminate all hidden dangers, secretly collected the information of many Liu princes who had been divided into Qingyan and Qingyan Prefectures by the royal family for two hundred years, and carefully forged them after repeated investigations, so as to make a father's tomb named Liu Feng and the so-called genealogy for themselves out of thin air, and urged him to bring his wife and children to the sacrifice for two consecutive years.

Although this matter was carried out by Gongsun Pei and Huo Jian from beginning to end, and it was very confidential, no fourth person knew about it except for the two of them and Liu Cun, and even Liu Cun's brother-in-law Wang Qi and his concubine Sun Wan were kept in the dark, and they really thought that the three inconspicuous graves under Jieshan were lying in Liu Cun's father and mother, so that Liu Cun was still full of guilt, and his heart was very embarrassed.

But in the face of Huang Wan's Yin Yin's inquiry, Liu Cun could only continue to falsify with a clear conscience, and after a short daze, he ordered Tai Shici and Fu Min to step back for the time being, and deliberately pretended to be surprised and asked Huang Wan: "Why does my brother ask such a question?" ”

Huang Wan sighed faintly and pulled Liu Cun to sit down: "This matter is extraordinary!" Brother Yu didn't know a month ago, until the monarch of Jinan sent a secret envoy to the door to verify, Brother Yu was shocked and quietly visited several local sages, only to understand the cause and effect, but I never expected that several big families in Qingzhou Haoqiang as early as a year ago, on the origin of the brother in every way questioned, many slanders, and secretly sent people to investigate, and finally let these people find out, Brother Xian three times in the past two years quietly took his wife and children, went to the northeast of Qiancheng City under the mountain to sweep the tomb of Ling Zun Ling Ci, after several families learned, Quietly gathered several elders and Kanyu teachers from Qi and Beihai to go to the bottom of the boundary mountain to investigate in person. ”

Liu Cun was taken aback: "There is such a thing? ”

Huang Wan nodded sadly: "These heroes and heroes are extremely hated by the virtuous brother for suppressing the family lord to benefit the people, and they are deeply panicked by the many new policies quietly implemented in Chengyang County, and have been looking for the handle of the virtuous brother, in a vain attempt to attack the prestige and reputation of the virtuous brother, so these people were overjoyed after seeing that the tomb of Ling Zun Lingci was old and dilapidated, and it was still inferior to the tomb of ordinary people. The crime of disloyalty and unfilial piety creates public opinion, hits the reputation of the virtuous brother, and then unites more than 100 families in Qingzhou to jointly write to the imperial court, and finally expel the virtuous brother from the Qingzhou officialdom, destroy the new policy of the virtuous brother, in order to maintain the privileges and interests enjoyed by the family for a hundred years. ”

Liu Cun was stunned after hearing this, then shook his head and sighed, the whole person was so happy that he didn't want to say a word.

Huang Wan smiled slightly: "Is the virtuous brother deeply resentful and frustrated? ”

"Do you need to say it? The younger brother has long known that the new policies that have been gradually implemented over the past few years have offended people, but as long as they continue to walk unswervingly, they can explore a path of innovation for my Han world...... Alas! Liu Cun shook his head helplessly.

Huang Wan patted Liu Cun's arm affectionately, put away his smile and asked seriously: "Please tell Brother Yu truthfully, does Brother Xian already know that he is from the lineage of Dongping Guojun of this dynasty?" ”

Liu Cun sighed, and according to the instigation of Gongsun Pei and Huo Jian, he explained quite painfully: "The younger brother knew his life experience when he was fourteen years old, and in the autumn of that year, a major epidemic broke out in the eastern part of Qingzhou, and the low-lying Qianqian County was even more disastrous. It is actually the third son of Liu Gongcang, the king of Dongping, since his great-grandfather was expelled from the family and lived in seclusion at the southern foot of Jieshan, the next three generations are sparse and depressed, and finally he doesn't even know where to bury his younger brother, and he is even more lonely in this generation, losing his father at the age of two, and losing his mother at the age of fourteen, alas...... Without further ado, let it slip by! ”

Huang Wan stood up with relief, took Liu Cun's hand and sighed with emotion: "Brother Xian, no matter what your ancestors are, what flows in your body is the same as my Han royal blood!" ”

Liu Cun hurriedly waved his hand: "Brother, do you think that the younger brother's background is very glorious?" No matter what others think, this matter is an indescribable pain for the little brother, a kind of pain that penetrates into the bone marrow! Alas...... Don't mention it, don't mention it! ”

"You can't do that, a virtuous brother! Brother Fool knows that you have a resolute personality and a frank heart, and you are a person who is upright and upright, and you disdain to rely on anyone's grace to create a great cause, but this matter is not trivial, it is a major matter involving the royal patriarchy. If the Holy Lord or the royal family relatives and the Chinese Wu ask about it, how do you let the foolish brother deal with himself? Therefore, the foolish brother advises you not to dwell on the old past of your ancestors, instead of trying to avoid it and deliberately conceal it, it is better to face it calmly! Huang Wan, who was full of thoughts of loyalty to the monarch, persuaded Liu Cun bitterly.

Liu Cun sighed again: "Brother, can you talk about this matter in the future?" At present, the thieves and soldiers are pressing the border, and the people are panicking, and at this time of internal and external troubles, it is imperative to think about how to deal with it first! ”

Huang Wan realized that Liu Cun no longer insisted in his heart, so he smiled and nodded happily: "Okay, let's continue the previous topic and think about how to recruit soldiers to speed up training as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid it's really too late." ”

Huang Wan, the assassin of Qingzhou, adopted Liu Cun's opinion, and the next morning he summoned Jiao He, the Taishou of Qi County, and Zhao Rong, the county governor, to explain the major crisis facing Qingzhou at present, and ordered Jiao He and the two to lead 5,000 county soldiers to Dongpingling and Licheng to implement curfew and martial law within three days.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Wan, in the name of Qingzhou Assassin History, simultaneously issued an urgent order to recruit soldiers and soldiers to raise food and salary to Qi County, Anle State, Jinan State, Beihai State, Donglai County and Pingyuan County under his jurisdiction, and in the letter sent to the civil and military chiefs of each county with the order, the impeachment stick in the hands of the assassin was sacrificed for the first time.

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