Daytime. Far away in Chang'an's Zhao Wangfu. Four mermaids in black rushed in, knelt down in fear, and couldn't stop wiping cold sweat with their sleeves. Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, came in with his henchman Sun Xiu.

The four black-clothed men immediately pleaded with some anxiety: "The ministers have failed to live up to the prince's trust, and ask the prince to surrender." ”

Sima Lun was furious: "Didn't you say to the widow that there is no problem? What's going on? Why wasn't the prince removed? Do you know that for the sake of your widow, you even spent a lot of money to buy off the guards of the East Palace, and you can't even pack up a half-old child, which is really disappointing to the widow. ”

The four black-clothed men were full of panic, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "This ...... The ministers are guilty. The ministers have lived up to the prince's expectations and delayed the prince's plan......"

"Alright, stop talking nonsense! Please calm the prince's anger, although we didn't get rid of the prince this time, but we are not without gains, at least we can increase the hatred between the prince and Empress Jia. ”

Sima Lun glanced at the four men in black with some disgust, but it was these incompetent guys who ruined the plan he had planned a long time ago: "You bunch of waste! If it weren't for your years of hard work, the widow would have let the guards drag you down and chop you up and feed the dogs. Fortunately, this time Mr. handled it in a timely manner and did not let the ministers of the DPRK and China know, otherwise I don't know what kind of turmoil it would have caused. ”

Four men in black: "Thank you for the grace of the prince not to kill, I am willing to die for the prince!" ”

Sima Lun glanced at them and ordered: "From today onwards, you have to keep an eye on the crown prince for this king, as long as he leaves the East Palace, you will find an opportunity to kill him, understand?" ”

"Yes!"

"Honestly work for the widow, your glory and wealth will be indispensable in the future, go down!"

"Yes!"

In the first year of Yongxi (290), Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty succeeded to the throne by Yang Jun, a relative. Yang Jun appointed Liu Yuan as the general of Jianwei, the governor of the five departments, and the marquis of Hanguang. Liu Yuan has remained in Luoyang, Kyoto, since he arrived in Beijing with his two sons last year, and during this time he has witnessed the corruption and degeneration of Jin officials.

Instead of being loyal to the country, the ministers of the DPRK and China vied for power and profit, plundering the wealth of ordinary people. In particular, the powerful minister Yang Jun was killed, and the queen Jia Nanfeng set off round after round of political storms, during this period, the auxiliary minister Sima Liang was killed, and the king of Chu Sima Wei was killed, in short, either you killed me, or I killed him.

In the past year, the whole of Luoyang has been shrouded in bloody rain, and tens of thousands of people have been implicated. Liu Yuan did not participate in this power struggle within the Jin Dynasty, he just watched silently from the sidelines as a bystander, watching the country established by Martial Emperor Sima Yan slide into the abyss step by step.

Liu Yuan is an ambitious person, otherwise he would not have stayed in Luoyang to actively study Han culture, because of his outstanding performance, he was respected by the Han people at that time, and was finally recommended by Wang Hun to Sima Yan. During the destruction of Eastern Wu by the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan was almost appointed as a vanguard general, but was finally stopped by the minister.

In the last year before Sima Yan's death, Liu Yuan was appointed as the governor of the north, and was able to return to the left Xiongnu to take over the position of northern commander left after Liu Bao's death, and command the entire northern Xiongnu.

Speaking of Liu Yuan, we have to mention Wang Hun. To say that Sima Shu doesn't have a good impression of Wang Hun, an old guy, although he made great contributions in the Pingwu War, but just look at his efforts to protect Liu Yuan, you know that this guy is blind. And where is Wang Hun from? This guy's hometown is the Wang family in Bingzhou.

At that time, many ministers in the court saw that Liu Yuan was a hero, and he would definitely become a big problem for the Jin Dynasty in the future, and they wrote to Emperor Wu of Jin to ask him to be killed. Although not all of these ministers were loyal, they all had the right intentions. Unlike Wang Hun, the old puppet who cried bitterly in front of Emperor Wu every time to ensure Liu Yuan's character.

As a result, after the Jin Dynasty fell into civil strife, Liu Yuan immediately plotted a rebellion in Bingzhou. And if Wang Hun has no selfish intentions, why should he protect Liu Yuan so desperately, maybe the Jinyang Wang clan had colluded with the Huns as early as then. These gatekeeper families don't have any concept of a nation-state.

A little far away, and then said Liu Yuan. In the year when the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty first ascended the throne. Liu Yuan can be regarded as an eye-opener, and he has truly witnessed what bloody politics is. First the Empress Dowager was deposed, the Yang family was destroyed, and then the auxiliary minister Sima Liang, the king of Runan, was killed, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, who was originally called to act, was abandoned by Empress Jia in a blink of an eye, and became a rebel who everyone spurned, and was finally beheaded at the corner of the street.

This series of changes made Liu Yuan see clearly the essence of the Jin Dynasty's external strength and vain. It was at this moment that it germinated even greater ambitions. Tonight, he planned to go to Wang Hun's house to pay a final visit to Lord Situ, and then he was ready to leave Luoyang with his son and return to Jizhou, ready to welcome the arrival of the troubled times.

In the evening, in Wang Hun's mansion, Wang Hun was reading a book indoors, and a house slave came in and reported: "Master, Liu Yuan and his son ask to see." ”

Wang Hun was overjoyed when he heard this, this old guy valued Liu Yuan, the leader of the Huns, very much, because every year the Huns would bring huge wealth to his family. He hurriedly commanded, "Oh? Please come into the flower hall. I'll go over here! ”

Flower hall indoors. Liu Yuan, Liu Cong, Liu Yao, father and son, led by the domestic servant, walked in. Because it was the first time for the two Liu Cong brothers to see the luxurious and luxurious life of the Jin Dynasty family up close, the two brothers felt that their eyes were not enough, and the whole palace was decorated with magnificence, and its exquisiteness was no less than that of the palace.

Liu Cong and Liu Yao looked at the beautiful maids coming and going, and only felt that their eyes were straight. "Ahem!" Liu Yuan woke up the two brothers who were still in a dream with a light cough, "How is it?" Do you envy the Han Chinese? However, I don't want you to be overly addicted to this kind of life, don't you see that the entire Great Jin has been destroyed by this kind of life? ”

"It's the father, and the child remembers the teachings of the father!"

"Of course, when we are strong in the future, we will not have what you want, but now you don't have to envy others."

Listening to Liu Yuan's words, the eyes of the two Liu Cong brothers shot a hot and greedy color, and at this moment they heard a sound of footsteps outside, and the father and son immediately stopped talking, and even their expressions became respectful. As soon as Wang Hun appeared, Liu Yuan immediately took his two sons to kneel down to greet him.

Liu Yuan: "The last general will meet Lord Situ." ”

Liu Cong and Liu Yao: "Boy, meet Master Situ!" ”

Wang Hun: "No courtesy, no courtesy." ”

The guests are seated. Wang Hun noticed that there were two majestic young men standing behind Liu Yuan, and couldn't help asking, "Who are these two young talents?" ”

"Lord Situ, these two are the two unfilial sons of the minister. Today, I specially brought to see the world, Lord Situ is a rare wise man in the world, and I hope that the adults will teach the dogs more. Liu Yuan replied respectfully.

"Oh? Hiss! I heard that Yuan Hai has a son named Cong, who is a young talent, I don't know which one? Wang Hun asked in some surprise.

"Lord Haojiao learned that this is the little Liu Cong, and the one next to him is my adopted son last year, just because he has been staying at home and has not come out to wander, so the adults don't know a lot." Liu Yuan explained.

"I see, the old man has long been a useless person, the major affairs of the court and the central government have been entrusted by the queen to Zhang Hua and Zhang Maoxian, and now, the old man can be in front of the door, only to sit at home and wait for death. Your father and son are willing to come to my broken threshold, won't they have something to ask for? Yes? Hehehe! Wang Hun joked.

Liu Yuan deliberately sighed: "Alas! What do adults say? In the end, he will receive the grace of the adults, but he should repay him with death. The adults were as vicious as hatred, and offended the party annihilated by the DPRK and China, and the emperor did not know, but imprisoned the adults at home. The last general only hates the petty position of the official, and has no chance to face the king, otherwise, he will definitely wash away the grievances of the adults in front of the emperor and the civil and military officials. ”

Wang Hun: "Joke, joke." Actually, Your Majesty won't do anything to me. Anyway, I, Wang Hun, am the first person to pacify Jiangnan, and I have no merit and hard work. It won't be long before I still go in and out of the court as if I were in a no-man's land. Brother Yuanhaixian, what is the matter with you coming to me so late? ”

Liu Yuan: "Back to Lord Situ, I received an urgent message from the clan this afternoon, saying that there are signs of rebellion in the northern Tuoba Xianbei, and the last general immediately asked the court to resign, Your Majesty has allowed my father and son to rush back to the state immediately to preside over the overall situation, and the last general has come to resign to your lordship." ”

Wang Hun: "What? The North is going to be chaotic again? ”

Liu's father and son bowed their heads, they didn't dare to let Wang Hun find out the abnormality on their faces, this was an excuse made up by Liu Yuan to leave Beijing.

Fortunately, Wang Hun didn't think much about it, and then said: "Since this is the case, I don't dare to delay your business more." It's just that after you return to the state, do you have any plans? ”

Liu Yuan: "The last general will listen to the arrangement of the adults. ”

Wang Hun pondered: "That's the case. Yuan Hai, if you go, the imperial court has no choice but to let you inherit Ling Zun's legacy and become the left marshal of the Huns. With the knowledge and talents of your father and son, I believe that it is not a problem to quell the rebellion in the Northlands. In the future, if the emperor summons you to return to Beijing, you must be careful. ”

"You have also seen the current situation, Empress Jia took power, the king of Runan and the king of Chu were killed one after another, so that all the princes and kings did not dare to enter the capital easily. But which of those princes and kings is easy to provoke, it won't be long before they will rebel, and then the court will definitely send a large army to conquer, I hope you will prepare more in Bingzhou, once the situation changes, I have to ask the emperor for a will, and after receiving the will, you will immediately go out in the name of the king to quell the rebellion. I wonder what you're doing? ”

Liu Yuan's heart moved, bowed down to receive the order: "As soon as the adult says it, the last general will obey the order." ”

Wang Hun: "That's good. Come here, prepare a banquet in the courtyard, and I want to make a meal for Yuan Hai and his son. ”

At dawn, on the outskirts of Luoyang, the back of Liu Yuan's father and son was left between heaven and earth.

Liu Cong: "Father, are we really coming back?" ”

Liu Yuan: "Come back." ”

Liu Yao: "But the Han people clearly look down on us. ”

Liu Yuan: "One day in the future, we will let the Han people bow their proud heads in front of us!" ”

Liu Cong and Liu Yao glanced at each other, and the luxurious life in the palace reappeared in their minds, and the greed in their eyes could not be concealed.