No matter how stupid Yuan Shu was, he could hear Yuan Kui's anger and contempt, and he was suddenly so angry that his face turned red, and he was about to leave with his sleeves brushed up, but when he saw that Ma Lun's face was pale and crumbling, his first reaction was to rush up to help her and shout to the doctor to come quickly. Ma Lun waved his hand weakly, signaling Yuan Shu not to make trouble in the city, and let her subordinates know that this kind of thing was definitely not a good choice for her. Yuan Shu didn't dare to disobey, stroked Ma Lun's back, helped her smooth her breath for a long time, and finally calmed her down.

"Highway, I usually ask you to study, but you just don't listen." Ma Lun was heartbroken, and pointed at Yuan Shu's nose with a finger that was still a little trembling: "You surname who can't sit still, how can you fight with Ben Chu?" I don't think you can even fight that little shaft. ”

Yuan Shu was very unconvinced, why can't I fight Yuan Shao's concubine, why can't I even fight Liu Xiu, a countryman? It's just that he has always been in awe of Ma Lun, and now that Ma Lun is being blamed by Yuan Kui, he doesn't dare to reply as unsparingly as usual, just sullen his head and keep silent. When Mullen saw this, he knew that he was not convinced, so he asked again: "Let me ask you, what are the powerful tricks in this recital?" ”

Yuan Shu blinked, picked the corners of his mouth with his fingers, and thought for a long time, and then said uncertainly: "He has more serious charges that he didn't say?" ”

"It's not stupid." Ma Lun breathed a sigh of relief and explained to Yuan Shu in detail. Liu Xiu's impeachment of Yuan Kui for dereliction of duty only said that Yuan Kui was incompetent in the position of Situ alone, and did not involve anything else. The crime of dereliction of duty can be big or small, you can say that he said it in a word, or you can say that he is big and inappropriate, really according to this standard, which of the three princes and nine ministers is not derelict in their duties?

This is a universal crime, and although there are not many people who dare to use this crime to accuse the Three Princes, it is not impossible. With this charge alone, it is impossible to defend Yuan Kui's position as Situ. From another point of view, if he really wants to bring down the Yuan family, why should he use such a crime, Liu Xiu pulled out one of the several articles that Yuan Fu said that day, which was heavier than the dereliction of duty, not to mention anything else, the crime of trespassing was enough to make the Yuan family drink a pot. No matter how rich the Yuan family is, it is a courtier after all, but the scale of the Yuan family's mansion far exceeds the standard that a courtier can have.

This is also a universal crime, but it is far more lethal than dereliction of duty.

But why is Liu Xiu useless? It's not that he doesn't dare, he took the initiative to make it clear that he wanted to tear his face with the Yuan family, there was nothing he didn't dare, he just did this to keep his back hand, and wait for the Yuan family to react excessively, and then further expand the situation.

It's not cowardice, it's a sign of having a backhand.

Although Yuan Shu is stubborn, he is not stupid, and as soon as Ma Lun explained, he understood the hidden murderous motive. He scratched his head, feeling like he had accidentally got into a thorn. To kill Liu Xiu, he has many methods, but if he wants to do it cleanly, it is not an easy task. Liu Xiu made it clear that he was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and maybe he had plans to become famous by stepping on the Yuan family. What's even more annoying is that Liu Xiu is Lu Zhi's disciple, and Ma Lun may let him clean up Liu Xiu, but he will definitely not let him kill Liu Xiu, so she can't explain to Lu Zhi.

But for a puppet like Liu Xiu, he has nothing but a bad life.

"Uncle?" Yuan Shu piled up a flattering smile and asked Ma Lun for advice.

Mullen leaned on the table, his twinkling eyes looked at the blue sky outside, the sun was bright and dazzling, there was no rain for several months, and even the flowers and plants in the yard were a little listless. The more Ma Lun thought about it, the more nervous he felt, Liu Xiu's recital was just a sign of it, what other tricks did he have behind him? Ma Lun stood in Liu Xiu's point of view, and soon found several more lethal accusations, each of which was enough to make Yuan Kui embarrassed, it was not a problem to lose the position of Situ, and it was not impossible to even lose his surname.

Ma Lun inadvertently put Liu Xiu in the opponent's point of view, she felt that with Liu Xiu's insidiousness, Liu Xiu must also think of the methods she thought.

"Let the Xu family settle this matter by themselves." Ma Lun pondered for a long time, and then said: "Xu Xun is commonplace, I want to see if this Liu Xiu is really fearless, or is he still fighting and dying." ”

Yuan Shu blinked. Let the Xu family come forward by themselves, that is, the Yuan family has to endure this breath, for him, who has never been deflated, this result is obviously not a good result.

"Think about what he would have done if he had been in this situation at the beginning." Ma Lun patted Yuan Shu's hand and signaled him not to rush and think about it from a different angle. Although Yuan Shu was unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare not listen, and as soon as he rolled his eyes, he understood what Ma Lun meant.

"Uncle, I'...... I'm going to Liu Xiu...... Ask? It was very difficult for this sentence to come out of Yuan Shu's mouth.

"Highway, eat a trench, grow a wisdom, you have finally opened your mind." Ma Lun said to Yuan Shu with relief, and reached out to carry Yuan Shu's cheek lovingly: "Famous people, it's all good." Lao Tzu said, if you want to take it, you must give it first, this truth doesn't need me to say more to you, right? You just don't want to bow your head, in fact, sometimes it's more useful to bow your head than to raise your head. Look at how you did it in the first place, and you'll know what you're doing wrong. ”

Yuan Shu's face was very ugly, if it wasn't for Ma Lun who said this, he would have jumped up and scolded. He believed that Mullen would not say this just to hit him, but to think about him. He suppressed the anger in his heart and savored Ma Lun's words, and suddenly realized that he had really lost to Yuan Shao in this regard.

Yuan Shao passed to Yuan Cheng, is the long house of Yuan Tang's vein, among their three brothers, Yuan Shao was the first to be released, just twenty years old did the Puyang order, and later because of his mother's worries to go to the official, three years of mourning, and then for Yuan Cheng to serve for three years, but when he should be the official, he served six years of mourning, and then lived in Luoyang, refusing to go out. Yuan Shu originally thought that he was troublesome and hypocritical, but now he found that this was more useful than being an official, although Yuan Shao's highest so far was only six hundred stone Puyang Order, which was much lower than Yuan Shu's captain, but Yuan Shao's reputation was not something that Yuan Shu dared to hope for.

Whether it is a ranger or a celebrity who comes to Luoyang, they will all go to see Yuan Shao, and few take the initiative to visit Yuan Shu. This incident made Yuan Shu feel very unhappy all the time, feeling that those rangers and celebrities were blind, and they only knew how to support the stinky feet of the Yuan family's concubines, but they didn't know that the Yuan family was now strong Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui - Yuan Feng inherited the title of Yuan Tang, and Yuan Kui was the first in this generation to be the third duke.

Now he understands that this is Yuan Shao's business method, and he is more famous than being an official. Yuan Shao greeted all the rangers and celebrities who came to the door, and it seemed that he didn't have the prestige of the clan at all, but this was even more majestic.

"I see. Uncle, don't worry, I won't be compared to that concubine. Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Who wouldn't pretend to be a grandson." ”

"That's right." Ma Lun was very pleased, and gave him another idea to push the Xu family out. Yuan Shu understood and went to arrange it in a hurry, he found Xu Yong - the stupid man who was scolded by Liu Xiu and vomited blood, and said to him very seriously, for your business, our Yuan family has become Liu Xiu's enemy, he impeached my uncle Situ for dereliction of duty, should you also make some efforts to relieve my uncle?

Xu Yong was helpless, so he had to convey Yuan Shu's opinion to Sikong Xu Xun. Xu Xun already knew about Liu Xiu's impeachment of Yuan Kui, and he didn't expect that this matter would be involved in him, but he just sighed that people in these years dare to do anything in order to be famous. In his opinion, it is definitely not a good idea to step on the shoulders of the Yuan family to become famous, maybe it can be famous in the short term, but it is definitely a mistake in the long run - the Yuan family will avenge this revenge sooner or later. But he didn't expect that this matter would involve his Xu family, and the Yuan family must not be offended, and he must be relieved. So Xu Yong defended Yuan Kui on the table, saying that the wealth was insufficient, and Situ could not get rid of responsibility, but when it came to direct responsibility, it was the matter of the great Sinon, and asked for the removal of the great Sinong Cao Song.

Liu Xiu's impeachment of Yuan Kui was just a good listen, the students felt that he had the guts, and no one in the court dared to stand up in favor of it, but Xu Xun's impeachment of Cao Song was very different, and the people who seconded the above table rushed to be the first to be considered sympathetic to the eunuchs. And the real eunuchs have little support for Cao Song, in their opinion, the Cao family is bent on taking refuge in the family, is a traitor, and does not deserve sympathy.

So Liu Xiu's impeached son, Situ Yuan Kui, was not affected, but Cao Song, the chief farmer, was dismissed. Cao Song was still watching jokes, wanting to see how far Liu Xiu and the Yuan family could fight, and how capable they were, but they never expected to see that the jokes were coming, the city gate was on fire, and the pond fish were affected, Yuan Kui had nothing to do, and he lost his official position for no reason. He was so angry that he scolded, not only scolding the Yuan family and Xu Xun for being shameless, not daring to compete face-to-face with Liu Xiu, only daring to be angry with himself, but also scolding Liu Xiu for being troublesome, what are you talking about, you want to talk about wealth?

At this moment, Cao Luan was also in trouble. After she accepted Liu Xiu's suggestion, she was reborn in a short period of time, and soon conquered her husband Song Qi and managed him well. After winning Song Qi's favor, Cao Luan just snorted a few times, and quietly kicked the originally favored beautiful concubines out of the house.

After Cao Luan's victory, she did not get rich or secure, her concept came to a big flip, and she no longer thought that Cao Luan's original idea was nonsense, on the contrary, she felt that such a good way was not to let Queen Song use it to win the favor of the Son of Heaven, but just to conquer Song Qi, which was a bit overkill. So she found an opportunity to enter the palace to see Empress Song, and appeared to say, suggesting that Empress Song should also change her old-fashioned and boring style, think about how to please the emperor and solve the major crisis faced by the Song family.

What is the crisis of the Song family? The crisis of the Song family is big. Empress Song's aunt is the princess of Liu Kui, the younger brother of Emperor Huan, the king of Bohai, who was falsely accused of rebellion in the first year of Xiping, and the husband and wife were killed together, and the initiator is now the most powerful Zhongchang servant Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others. The Song family became the queen, how could Cao Jie and others live in peace? What they are most afraid of is that Queen Song will give birth to a son and become the queen mother in the future, none of them will be able to escape, even if they die, they will have to be dug out and whipped.

There is no room for relaxation between the Song family and the eunuchs, only you live and die. But what makes the Song family depressed is that Queen Song has been in office for six years, not to mention giving birth to a son, not even a daughter, in fact, it is simple, the Son of Heaven doesn't like her at all, and she can't come to her palace a few times throughout the year, so it's strange that she can give birth.

Therefore, although Empress Song felt that Cao Luan's suggestion was too ridiculous, she was like grasping a life-saving straw and refused to let go. According to the method transferred by Cao Luan, she first read Yuefu, then practiced her physical posture, dressed up, and then found an opportunity to show a small face in front of the Son of Heaven. The effect is very good, it is rare to see her in the sky, and the eyes of the Son of Heaven are bright, and the mood is very good and chatted with her, and I also had a meal in the Jiaofang Hall that day.

This made Queen Song cry with joy, she had been in the palace for so many years, that is, when she first became the queen, she saw the smiling face of the Son of Heaven, and she didn't know what year it was when she ate together in Jiaofang Palace.

However, just when Empress Song decided to make persistent efforts, the effect ended here, and the Son of Heaven came twice and never came again.

Queen Song was puzzled, Cao Luan was also confused, she was still so attractive to Song Qi, she was a pet every night, why did the Son of Heaven get tired of it so quickly? Although Queen Song said that being able to be the queen was related to the family background of the Song family, her talent and appearance were not bad, otherwise she would not have been able to enter the palace through layers of selection.

Cao Luan was puzzled, so he had to come back to discuss with Cao Ying, and just happened to learn the news that Cao Song's Dasi Nong had been deposed, which was a disaster. She had no choice but to ask Cao Song to immediately invite Cao Ying back to Luoyang to discuss. Cao Ying quickly returned to Luoyang, but he was in a very bad mood, because he was also in trouble, Peixiang Wang Ji grabbed a little thing he had committed before, and wanted to arrest him, thanks to Xiahou Yuan's guilt, he was spared, and now Xiahou Yuan is still in prison.

When Cao Song heard this, his face was like ashes, and he knew that this matter was probably related to the Song family. Wang Ji is Wang Fu's adopted son, maybe it was Wang Fu who learned that Empress Song had the intention of competing for favor, so he signaled Wang Ji to attack Cao Ying - maybe they thought that the mastermind behind Empress Song's competition for favor was Cao Ying, and getting rid of Cao Ying was to get rid of the Song family's think tank.

Cao Ying didn't know that so many things had happened in Luoyang before he arrived in Luoyang, and the final root cause of these things was all concentrated on Liu Xiu, so he couldn't help but be a little sneering. Originally, I wanted to avoid Liu Xiu and stay away from him, so as not to be affected, but I still didn't dodge, Liu Xiu lit a fire, and he didn't have anything to do, but he was burned to the ground, and his father's big Si Nong was also dismissed, and the loss was unimaginably big - how much oil and water there is in this position, only those who have done it can know in their hearts.

"You still go and ask Yuan Benchu, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Chengcheng is the former official of the Yuan family, ask him to write a letter to Chengcheng, and let Chengcheng impeach Wang Ji for cruelty." Cao Song was very depressed, but there was nothing he could do.

Cao Ying hesitated, did he plead with Yuan Shao, or ask Liu Xiu for advice? It's a matter of life and death. Don't look at the fact that the Yuan family has not fought back against Liu Xiu's impeachment now, but what Liu Xiu is thinking, he roughly knows that Liu Xiu's actions are by no means as simple as using the Yuan family to become famous, and what he has to do is far greater than being famous.

If it is done, it will naturally be a step to the sky, if it can't be done, he probably won't be able to take Yuan Shao's ship again.

Cao Ying thought about it for a day and a night, discussed it with Cao Luan for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to visit Liu Xiu. Rich and dangerous, follow Yuan Shao, he will always be a despised eunuch, if you help Liu Xiu now, Liu Xiu will be grateful to him for a lifetime, and after success, he will not lose his piece of the pie. The risks are high, but the benefits are also very clear.

Cao Ying came to Luofu Noodle Restaurant again, but he didn't see Liu Xiu, and when he asked the shopkeeper Hu, he knew that Liu Xiu was busy with the opening of the Lingtai branch in the past two days. In order to open in front of the big goose, Liu Xiu has been so busy in the past two days that he has not even had time to go back to Buyunli, and lives directly in the Lingtai branch.

Cao Ying hurriedly rushed to the Lingtai branch, but what appeared in front of him was not a noodle restaurant, but a Taoist hall. The house is a building attached to the Lingtai, the door is open inside and outside, three floors up and down, five rooms horizontally, the real place to sell noodles is only the first floor, although the private rooms on the second and third floors also sell noodles and wine, but it is mainly where the Tao is. In the middle of the second floor is a one-person high podium, and you can see the scene on the stage directly from the private rooms on the second and third floors.

Liu Xiu is directing several lacquer craftsmen to depict the decoration in the center of the high platform, which is a circle with a curve in the middle that divides the circle into black and white halves, with a white dot in the black half and a black dot in the white half.

"Deran, what kind of picture is this?" Cao Ying stepped forward and greeted him affectionately: "This is not Hetu, and it is not Luoshu, where is it knowledge?" ”

Liu Xiu traced the white dot with his own hands, he had already seen Cao Ying's figure, but he didn't get up, he didn't turn his head until Cao Ying greeted him, and then showed a happy expression, and laughed: "Meng De, came back from your hometown so soon?" ”

Cao Ying was a little embarrassed, he didn't know whether Liu Xiu's words were true or false, so he had to nod, "I just came back yesterday, and I came to see you as soon as I came back." ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu handed the lacquer and pen in his hand to the lacquer craftsman, and said with a smile while washing his hands: "It's really clear, I was thinking that my Tai Chi Dao Hall would lose a lot of color without Meng De's help, so you rushed back." ”

Cao Ying smiled: "Tai Chi Dao Hall? Don't sell noodles anymore? ”

"Selling, but it's a small business, and I can't always be a small businessman who is looked down upon." While talking to Cao Ying, Liu Xiu was satisfied with admiring the Taiji diagram that had just been completed, and said with some smugness: "Meng De, how is my hall?" ”

"Stylish, and elegant." Cao Ying said convincingly. This Tai Chi Taoist hall exudes an atmosphere of learning from the inside out, whether it is the calligraphy and paintings on the walls or the patterns on the pillars, it is very different from the Luo Shi noodle restaurant in the market. "It's going to cost a lot of money to renovate it, right? Two hundred gold or three hundred gold? ”

Liu Xiu smiled, avoided answering, pulled Cao Ying downstairs to sit down, asked someone to send wine and food, and invited Cao Ying to take a sip, then smiled: "It's a small meaning, it's just five hundred gold." ”

Cao Ying directly squirted out all the wine he had just drunk, his eyes widened, and he said for a long time: "Deran, you have made a fortune, in less than two months, you can actually take out five hundred gold?" ”

"I didn't." Liu Xiu shook his head, "I'm just the owner on the surface, and the real owner doesn't come forward." ”

Cao Ying's heart moved, and he said half-jokingly: "Who has such a big face, and can actually use Deran you?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled: "There are many powerful people in Luoyang, and I am a grass people, nothing." When you say that, you're a little ill-intentioned. What you know is that you look up to me, and those who don't know think I'm arrogant. ”

Cao Ying was a little anxious: "Don't say it's useless, follow me to the bottom, who is the real big boss?" ”

(To be continued)