"Yongchang Taishou Cao Luan wrote a letter to sue the party members, and he said that the great drought in the world was because the party was not resolved, so God warned him." Liu Hong picked up his wine glass and looked sad: "Your Majesty didn't dare to send Cao Luan to Luoyang, otherwise these students would definitely respond in groups, and Luoyang would definitely be in chaos again." ”

Cao Luan? Liu Xiu didn't dare to say anything, and said in his heart that this person was very similar to Song Qi's wife, and he didn't know if he was from the Cao family.

"What is Your Majesty going to do with him?" Liu Xiu took a sip of wine and asked casually.

"I don't know yet, but Cao Luan's recital is written very intensely, which has the meaning of admonishing each other to death." Liu Hong smiled bitterly, "You can't kill it, you can't let it go, Your Majesty is having a headache about it." ”

Liu Xiu was silent, although he did not agree with the party's practice of seeking fame, he also felt that it was inappropriate to use killing to deal with the party. Although Cao Luan did not solve Luoyang, if he really killed him, the news would inevitably come out, and Luoyang would be in chaos sooner or later. From another point of view, the use of killing to deal with literati seems to have obvious results, but in fact, for a dynasty it is a short-sighted move to dig its own grave, and the literati who do not speak are far more destructive than the literati who shout.

"What do you think of Deran?" Liu Hong broke the silence and asked tentatively.

"I, I don't have any good solutions, I just think that if killing people can solve the problem, the problem should have been solved a long time ago after the two party deaths of so many people." Liu Xiu shook his head, "If you continue to kill, there will be no positive effect other than accumulating greater hatred." ”

"So what do you think should be?"

Liu Xiu scratched his head, and before he could speak, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Liu Xiu's ear. Liu Xiu's face changed, he sneered, ordered Xiahou Yuan twice, turned his head and arched his hand to Liu Hong and said, "I'm in a bit of a hurry, I want to leave for a while, if it's rude, please Haihan." ”

Liu Hong was very curious, "What's so urgent?" ”

"The mayor of Luoyang accused me of tax evasion and wanted to close my noodle restaurant, and I want to reason with him." Liu Xiu smiled contemptuously, confessed, and said goodbye. Liu Hong glanced at the sturdy entourage and followed him downstairs.

Yuan Shu was sitting in the wine shop, and when he saw Liu Xiu's car rushing towards him, he couldn't help laughing, and glanced at Xu Yong: "Go over and take a look, this scene is a good scene, you can't miss it easily." Xu Yong understood, hurriedly got up and went downstairs, rushed to the front of the Luoshi noodle restaurant, hid in the crowd watching the excitement, and paid attention to every move in the noodle restaurant.

Liu Xiu walked into the noodle shop slowly, glanced at the overturned table, and then looked at the few city officials with horizontal eyebrows, and finally fell on the face of the mayor of Luoyang, who was arrogant and put the four hundred stone seals in front of him.

"Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Liu Xiu, the owner of this Luofu noodle restaurant......" The mayor of Luoyang rolled his eyes and said uncontrollably, before the words fell, Liu Xiu raised his hand and slapped him, making him stunned, and the people next to him also looked at each other.

"You hit me?" The mayor of Luoyang was furious, stood up violently, and pointed at the halberd in anger. Liu Xiu nodded calmly, and motioned to the frightened Hu waitress next to him to wipe her hands with a handkerchief: "The name of the owner, is also your name?" ”

"A businessman slut......" As soon as Mayor Luoyang's words came out, Liu Xiu raised his hand and slapped him again, this slap was drawn even louder, and it directly hit the mayor of Luoyang in a circle, and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Bold, dare to attack my family." The city clerk and a few city officials only came back to their senses at this time, and one by one they drew their swords out of their sheaths and shouted loudly. Liu Xiu glanced at them contemptuously, hooked his fingers at Xu Yu, and said lightly: "Throw these pieces outside, be light, don't kill people." ”

Liu Xiu was not there, Xu Yu didn't dare to touch these officials, Liu Xiu issued an order, he didn't have to take any responsibility, without saying a word, he stopped in front of those people, stretched out his big hand to grab those guys with teeth and claws, and threw them out easily. Liu Xiu said, just don't kill people, within this range, you can clean up as you want. Xu Yu was bullied by them just now, of course he would not be polite at this time, with a little strength in his hands, it was enough for them to drink a pot.

Liu Xiu followed out the door, squatted in front of the mayor of Luoyang, who had half of his swollen face, and asked calmly, "Who did you just say you were looking for?" ”

"I'm looking for Liu Xiu, the owner of this Luoji noodle restaurant......"

"Smack!" Liu Xiu slapped him again, directly pulled away his two teeth, frowned, and reprimanded him very unhappily: "Why don't you remember your surname for a long time, I told you everything, you can't call this name." ”

The mayor of Luoyang was beaten dizzy, he didn't understand why the name Liu Xiu couldn't be mentioned, and after being shaved by Liu Xiu a few big ears one after another, he fell to the ground and fainted. It's okay for the city officials he brought to bully ordinary businessmen, but they really have to face fierce people like Xu Yu, and they can't even plug their teeth. Xu Yu didn't even pull out his sword, and with just one pair of hands, he beat them to the ground, and they couldn't form an army.

Yuan Shu choked on a sip of wine, coughed and burst into tears, pointing at Liu Xiu speechless. Henan Yin Guoxun saw it, and knew that the time had come for him to contribute, so he stood up and arched his hand: "I'll go to meet this Liu Xiu, this is too arrogant, he actually dares to run rampant in the city, is there still a king law in his eyes?" After saying that, he turned around and strode downstairs, walking towards the opposite side with a high spirit.

Yuan Shu was also surprised, and hurriedly followed downstairs, hiding in the crowd to watch the excitement. Guo Xun didn't come alone, he brought more than 20 soldiers, and he was originally going to seal Liu Xiu's Luofu noodle restaurant, but now Liu Xiu committed murder on the spot, which just gave him a legitimate reason.

Yuan Shu wiped the tears that choked out, gloating at Liu Xiu, who didn't know that the catastrophe was coming, and hesitated whether to watch Liu Xiu being cleaned up by Guo Xun later, or go out to be a good person and give Liu Xiu a big favor.

Guo Xun, under the escort of the soldiers, took official steps to separate the crowd, slowly walked in front of Liu Xiu, and said coldly: "You are Liu Xiu?" ”

As early as when those soldiers rushed over, Liu Xiu saw this 2,000-stone official, he didn't need to look at it to know that Yuan Shu was hiding next to watch the excitement, and there were really few people who could make Henan Yin a thug except for the Yuan family. He had already investigated clearly, Henan Yin Guoxun was a member of the Yang Zhai Guo family, and Yuan Kui's former official was made from a county order to Henan Yin because of his attachment to Yuan Kui. As early as when he was preparing to confront the Yuan family, he had investigated this person, and it was this Guo Xun who invaded the fief of the eldest princess of Yangzhai last time.

"Yes, so what?" Liu Xiu said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Guo Xun sneered: "You are so bold, you dare to beat an official in public?" ”

"This kind of evil officials who don't know how to respect and humility are not enough to be angry if they don't fight." Liu Xiu didn't even look at Guo Xun, and looked at his hand a little narcissistically: "The name of the owner of Luo Shi Noodle Restaurant can also be mentioned by a slut like him?" ”

"Really? Can a mere Rashiki noodle restaurant be so arrogant? Guo Xun laughed angrily and breathed a sigh of relief, he was not afraid of Liu Xiu's toughness, what he was afraid of was that he was not tough, so he would not have to make excuses.

"It's not arrogance, it's that there must be rules in everything." Liu Xiu glanced at Guo Xun: "The head of the dignified Yang Zhai Guo family, doesn't he even understand this rule?" ”

"I really don't know what rules to talk about with the owner of a noodle restaurant." Guo Xun coughed and said deliberately loudly: "Come on, take down this illegal and undisciplined Luo Shi Noodle Restaurant owner Liu Xiu for me......"

"Smack!" Another resounding slap in the face. Guo Xun covered his fiery cheeks, glared at the slow and logical Liu Xiu, and his fingers trembled with anger: "You...... You are so bold that you dare to hit me? ”

"It's you who hit it." A cold voice sounded behind him.

"You...... Where are you a woman, I don't know if you ......live or die" Guo Xun was angry, looked at the young woman in regular clothes in front of him, and scolded loudly: "Do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes? ”

The eldest princess of Yang Zhai didn't bother to look at him, and glanced at Liu Xiu: "Palm!" ”

"Whoa." Liu Xiuqiang couldn't help laughing, answered, grabbed Guo Xun's collar with one hand, opened the bow left and right, and slapped Guo Xun more than ten times in a row, directly beating him into a pig's head. When the soldiers behind Guo Xun saw it, they were shocked, drew their weapons and rushed forward. When Liu Xiu saw it, he was in the middle of it, and yelled: "Protect the princess!" Threw Guo Xun, rushed forward, fists and feet, knocked over two first, followed by Xu Yu also rushed up, a roar like a lion, his arms swept like an iron rod, and hit the waists of the two soldiers fiercely, knocking them upside down and flying.

The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the onlookers scattered and fled.

Princess? Yuan Shu shuddered, only to feel that his scalp was numb, and as soon as he misunderstood, Liu Xiu had already rushed in front of him, raised his hand and slapped him on the cheek, and then hit him in the lower abdomen. This kick was so hard that he didn't take a breath, and he almost fainted in pain, and his waist bent into a prawn.

Xu Yong was startled, didn't think much about it, rushed forward, protected Yuan Shu to death, and screamed: "Liu Jun, Liu Jun ......"

"Is that you?" Liu Xiu raised his hand to hit again, Xu Yong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy again and again: "Liu Jun, forgive me for being clumsy, I offended Liu Jun, please raise your noble hand." The highway is just passing by, just passing by, he doesn't know, he doesn't know at all. ”

"Don't know?" Liu Xiu was a little regretful, this Xu Yong was the protector of the master, regardless of himself, he took Yuan Shu aside first. Since he said so, it's not good for him to fight again without asking. He turned around and asked for instructions from the eldest princess of Yang Zhai. Eldest Princess Yang Zhai is also a little scared now, Liu Xiu and his subordinates who are not strong enough to speak are too ruthless, as long as they beat none of them without injury, in case Yuan Shu is injured, then it will be difficult to clean up.

However, this face still has to be said. The eldest princess of Yang Zhai walked up to Yuan Shu and raised her eyebrows: "Yuan Highway, you are so bold, dare to attack me?" ”

Yuan Shu also came back to his senses at this time, although he didn't know what was going on, but Princess Yang Zhai was standing here, and Liu Xiu kept saying just now that the name Liu Xiu was not something that the mayor of Luoyang could mention, so to speak, the owner of this Luofu noodle restaurant was not him, Liu Xiu, but ...... The eldest princess of Yang Zhai?

As soon as Yuan Shu's mind turned, he knew that he had been pushed into the pit by Liu Xiu again. The single person doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, he hurriedly followed Xu Yong's words and said, swearing, I am really passing by, and it has nothing to do with this matter.

"That's really embarrassing, I saw you rushing over just now, I thought you were going to be bad for the princess." Liu Xiu pulled Yuan Shu up apologetically, and said hypocritically: "How about it, it's not in the way, right?" ”

Yuan Shu was so painful that tears were about to come out, half of his face was hot, but he didn't dare to say more, Princess Yang Zhai was standing there with a gloomy face, if she didn't know each other at this time, she would definitely be beaten again, besides, there were so many people watching the excitement next to him, it was better for him to leave this place of right and wrong quickly. He didn't say a word, and he didn't care about Guo Xun and the others, so he pulled Xu Yong and ran away.

Guo Xun and the others were not so lucky, the eldest princess of Yang Zhai entered the palace crying, cried to the Son of Heaven, and sued Guo Xun fiercely. The Son of Heaven didn't say a word, and ordered Guo Xun to report to Tingwei himself. Guo Xun already knew that his kick was kicked to the iron plate, last time he invaded the fiefdom of Princess Yang Zhai, and this time he wanted to seal Princess Yang Zhai's shop, the evidence of the crime was conclusive, at this time, it was impossible to count on Yuan Kui to save him, and if he didn't admit it, he would wait to be killed. Without waiting for Tingwei Chen Qiu to be executed, Guo Xun confessed honestly.

The news of Guo Xun's confession reached the mansion of the eldest princess of Yangzhai, and the eldest princess laughed so much that her stomach hurt, and the evil anger that she had been holding back for several months came out in one fell swoop, which was called a cool. She smiled and said to Liu Xiu: "I did you a favor this time, how can you repay my favor?" ”

Liu Xiuyi pouted: "I gave you all the noodle restaurants, isn't it enough?" He then added, "Although I am not a clan yet, but after all, my surname is Liu, you don't want me to make a promise, right?" ”

The eldest princess was flushed by him, took a bite of him, laughed and scolded, let you talk nonsense, one day your stinky mouth will suffer. Liu Xiu laughed, disapproving, what's wrong with the eldest princess, she is also a woman, and it is not bad to flirt a few words occasionally. He said with a bitter face: "My noodle shop can earn three or four hundred gold a year, and I am really distressed to sell it to you so cheaply in order to export my anger." Why don't you give me a part of the shares of the Tai Chi Daoist Pavilion to comfort my wounded heart? ”

"That's not possible, the shares of the Tai Chi Taoist Pavilion are much more valuable than this Luo Shi Noodle Restaurant." The eldest princess glanced at him with disgust and said with a smile: "Otherwise, for the sake of your meritorious work in running the Tai Chi Dao Hall, I will increase your salary?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled, took all the orders, and then reminded the eldest princess, the Song family has asked for a decree to sell rice in Jiaozhou, and this business must be guaranteed to make money, are you interested in adding one? As soon as the eldest princess heard that it was related to the Song family, she was a little hesitant, she just owed He Guiren a favor, and now she is getting involved with the Song family, which doesn't seem to be appropriate.

Liu Xiu didn't expect her to participate, after all, the strength of Queen Song and He Guiren was not at the same level, and it was reasonable for the eldest princess Mingzhe to protect her life and not dare to join Queen Song's camp rashly. He instead thought of a way, let the eldest princess pay him a year's salary in advance, cooperate with the Song family in his name, if he made money, he would give a part of the profits to the eldest princess, and if he lost, it would all be his.

The eldest princess has no objection to this idea, the Tai Chi Daoist Hall has just been open for more than a month, and the business has been much better than expected, with Liu Xiu in front of the cover, she doesn't have to have a direct conflict with the He family, why don't you make money if you have money, so she readily agreed, advanced Liu Xiu's salary for a year, and lent a part of the money to Liu Xiu, a total of five hundred gold, and handed it over to Liu Xiu to cooperate with the Song family.

Liu Xiu sighed with emotion, the eldest princess of Yang Zhai is actually not a rich person, her main income is the rent of the fief, which is two or three hundred gold per year, except for the personnel expenses in the mansion, she has a limited rest, and it is even too far from the Cao family. The Cao family easily took out 10,000 gold, which is equivalent to one-twentieth of the annual income of the Great Han Kingdom. And compared with a giant like the Yuan family, the Cao family is just a small thing. Although Liu Xiu has not yet made statistics, he viciously estimates that if the Son of Heaven dares to eliminate the Yuan family, the financial problems can be alleviated to a certain extent at least in a short period of time - the Yuan family's family property is conservatively estimated to be more than two billion.

Don't Dahan have any money? Definitely not. The Han Dynasty has money, but the court has no money, this is the standard country is poor and the people are rich, of course, this people does not include those people at the bottom, but refers to the big families and local heroes. The words of Confucianism often refer to these people, and never to those people at the bottom.

The parasites represented by the royal family sucked the people's fat and ointment uncontrollably, grew too fat, sucked up the blood of the host, and came to the brink of destruction, but no one realized this, they just fought more frantically for limited resources, and even clashed with each other - the family, the wealthy and the emperor competed for wealth, completely unaware that everyone had reached the edge of the cliff.

As early as when Liu Xiu was preparing the Taiji Daoist Pavilion, he transferred the Luofu Noodle Restaurant to the eldest princess of Yangzhai at a price of fifty gold, in exchange for the eldest princess Yangzhai becoming one of the main funders of the Taiji Daoist Pavilion. On the one hand, he wanted to pull in the real nobleman of Princess Yang Zhai as a backup, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for Yuan Shu to jump inside.

Now both goals have been achieved. Yuan Shu suffered a lot, and by the way, Henan Yin Guoxun was rectified, and the eldest princess of Yang Zhai let out a bad breath, and she was in a good mood, and he also raised his salary.

The brawl at Rashiki Noodle Restaurant had a big impact. Yuan Shu was scolded by his father Yuan Feng, studied behind closed doors, and was not allowed to come out again to be embarrassed. The Xu family was blackmailed by him, and they didn't dare to provoke him again. Guo Xun was dismissed from office and went back to his hometown in a gloomy manner. As for the mayor of Luoyang and the city squire, God knows if they are dead or alive, anyway, they can no longer be seen in the city where Luofu Noodle Restaurant is located.

The real owner of the Luofu Noodle Restaurant was the eldest princess of Yang Zhai, and no one dared to come to the noodle restaurant to make trouble, and it was useless for Xu Yu to stay there, Liu Xiu simply transferred him to the Taiji Daoist Pavilion and was responsible for the safety of the Taiji Daoist Pavilion with Xiahou Yuan. There is no need to go to Luofu Noodle Restaurant, Liu Xiu's words are more leisurely, except for the occasional visit to the Tai Chi Taoist Hall to check, most of the time he wanders around Luoyang City, carrying a drawing board and paper and pencil with him, describing the landscape of Luoyang City.

When Liu Hong found him again, Liu Xiu had just returned from sketching in the original tomb (Guangwu Emperor's Mausoleum).

(To be continued)