Dong Zhong immediately entered the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager, and told the Empress Dowager about his guess, and the Empress Dowager was also shocked and angry. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info she ordered someone to summon the Empress Dowager Song, angrily reprimanded, and asked her to pay for Zhang Zhong's life. Emperor Song was inexplicable, and flatly denied that there was such a thing, and she said very aggrievedly: "The Empress Dowager, the appointment of Zhang Zhong as the assassin of Yizhou, the concubine did not know at all. ”

"You don't know?"

"Exactly, the Son of Heaven is young and has not yet been in power, and the concubines know that they are not talented, so they dare not command indiscriminately, and all the affairs of the court are handled by the three dukes. Zhang Zhong was appointed to the history of Yizhou's assassination, and the concubine also just knew. ”

The Empress Dowager was suspicious and ordered someone to go to Situ Mansion to investigate, this matter was indeed done by Situ Mansion, and it had nothing to do with Queen Song. The Empress Dowager called Situ Lu Zhi to question, and Lu Zhi was also very aggrieved, took out a ruler from his sleeve, and handed it to the Empress Dowager with both hands: "Empress Dowager, this matter ...... But Zhang Zhong asked for it himself, and he said that this was the meaning of the Empress Dowager, and the minister ...... Don't dare to disobey. ”

Looking at the seal that was indeed Zhang Zhong's handwriting, the Empress Dowager remembered that Zhang Zhong had mentioned this matter to her.

"Zhang Zhong died on the plank road to Hanzhong, the Empress Dowager was sad, and the ministers could understand it, but if you want to investigate the person responsible, you must have evidence." Lu Zhi said very cautiously: "The minister suggests, should you send someone to check first?" Now that the war in the Kwantung region is tense, the financial endowment of the imperial court is exhausted, and it is difficult to continue, and Yizhou's financial endowment is urgently needed. ”

The Empress Dowager didn't dare to say anything anymore, the war in Kanto was actually in charge of the Taiwei Duan Cheng, but nominally it was the matter of the general Dong Chong, and she was still counting on earning a little more benefits for the Dong family by relying on her military exploits, but she didn't want Yizhou to be in chaos. But let her just let it go. She couldn't swallow it again. After Lu Zhi left, she was in tears. While asking Huo Yu what to do, he couldn't let Zhang Zhong die like this.

Huo Yu recommended Lu Shen. Lu Shen is the son of Lu Zhi, and after he performed the crown ceremony the year before last, he no longer served by the side of the Empress Dowager, but was transferred to the side of the Son of Heaven as a companion. He has a Laozi who is Situ, a brother who is Shanggu Taishou, and a chariot general who is as close as his brother, and his strong background is self-evident. He himself has excellent learning and good martial arts, and he is also a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs among Lang officials. Now be the companion of the Son of Heaven. The future is limitless.

Lu Shen also stayed in the Empress Dowager's Palace for several years, and his relationship with the Empress Dowager was also very good. As soon as he heard that the Empress Dowager had a summons, he immediately came. After listening to the Empress Dowager's thoughts, he shook his head.

Chen felt that Liu Xiu was reckless. I don't think that's going to happen. Lu Shen continued: "The plank road is dangerous and difficult to walk, maybe it was really an accident. ”

"What an accident?" The Empress Dowager was unhappy, "Are you also talking to your senior brother?" ”

Lu Shen smiled: "The Empress Dowager is serious. However, it's normal for you to have this idea, and whoever changes it will think so. ”

The Empress Dowager was a little more satisfied: "Then you say, how can you determine whether it was an accident or not." ”

"It's very simple, send another person to Ren Yizhou to assassinate the history." Lu Shen smiled: "If this person dies inexplicably like this again, then the suspicion of the general of the chariot cavalry cannot be cleared." If this person takes office smoothly, the Empress Dowager, then I'm afraid it's really just an accident. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she felt very reasonable. But she was a little worried, if this was really Liu Xiu's black hand, she would send another person. Wouldn't it still be sent to death? The power of the Dong family is not strong in the first place, and if one dies, there will be one less. But if you send someone else, in case this is really an accident, Yizhou Assassin Shi Ke will have nothing to do with the Dong family. Yizhou is a big state, much stronger than Liangzhou and Bingzhou, wouldn't it be a pity to fall into the hands of others?

Lu Shen gave the Empress Dowager another idea, sending a person who is attached to the Dong family, but is not the strength of the Dong family, to test it, if he dies, it will not hurt the vitality of the Dong family, and if he does not die, the interests of the Dong family will not be damaged.

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed, and even praised Lu Shen's plan, and immediately notified Dong Zhong to select a suitable candidate. Lu Shen retreated. In the evening, after getting off duty, he returned to Situ Mansion and went directly to Lu Zhi's study, and told Lu Zhi about the day's events, Lu Zhi smiled: "Ziyan, you have a good plan." ”

Lu Shen didn't smile: "Father, if the senior brother knows that it was my idea in the future, I'm afraid that it will ......."

"Afraid of what?" Lu Zhi sank his face: "Social justice is justice, friendship is private righteousness, can't you even tell the difference?" ”

Lu Shen didn't say anything and lowered his head. Liu Xiu won Yizhou and asked to appoint someone to assassinate Yizhou, which caused Lu Zhi's dissatisfaction, and he was worried that Liu Xiu would have a heart for self-reliance. Liu Xiu has a cool elite soldier, and there are a group of fierce generals under him, but he has not had enough wealth, and now with Yizhou, a big state with sufficient wealth, his shortcomings will soon be made up, if he has a heart of disobedience, I am afraid that no one in the world can restrain him.

Out of this worry, Lu Zhi wanted to use the position of Yizhou Assassin to try Liu Xiu. If Liu Xiu accepted the arrangement of the imperial court, then there was no need to worry about it for the time being, but now that Zhang Zhong is dead, although the death is unknown, it seems that he can't be hooked with Liu Xiu, but Lu Zhi's worry about Liu Xiu has increased significantly.

Like the Empress Dowager, he very much wanted to know whether Zhang Zhong's death was an accident. Lu Zhi also hoped that it was an accident, because that could show that Liu Xiu was still under control.

And recommending the people of the Dong family to go to Yizhou is just a way to hit the Dong family's strength by the way. The Dong family has no talents, but they are very greedy for money, starting from the emperor and the emperor, to Dong Chong, to Zhang Zhong, they are all insatiable. Send them to Yizhou, even if Liu Xiu accepts it temporarily, sooner or later it will arouse Liu Xiu's disgust and drive them out of Yizhou. Liu Xiu's identity is special, and he has a good relationship with the Empress Dowager, so there should be no resistance for him to deal with the Empress Dowager Dong.

Zhang Zhong wanted to go to Yizhou to do the assassination history, which was Lu Shen's idea.

In other words, Lu Zhi is now going to try Liu Xiu's knife, first, to try that this knife is still out of control, and second, to see if this knife is sharp enough. Testing Liu Xiu to eliminate the power of his relatives can be described as killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.

"It's a pity that the Empress Dowager Song is too cautious and resolutely refuses to arrange the people of the Song family." Lu Zhi sighed and pondered for a moment: "Then I have to wait until the Dong family is removed." ”

A trace of worry flashed between Lu Shen's eyebrows, and he felt that it was very dangerous for Lu Zhi to do this. Liu Xiu's temper was clear to him, and once he knew that this was their father and son using him, he would definitely be very angry.

The imperial court soon sent a new Yizhou assassin, and for the sake of safety, the imperial court sent a letter in advance to ride Shi Xunyu, the governor of the general's mansion, and asked him to send someone to escort the Yizhou assassin to Chengdu, so that nothing like Zhang Zhong could happen again. Xun Yu received the official letter, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately sent someone to inform Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu has been very busy recently, and when he received Xun Yu's book, he was inspecting Jinguancheng and Cheguancheng. Shu County's commerce is developed, and the handicraft industry is also very developed, among which Shu brocade and lacquerware are the most famous, and the cars made in Chengdu are also very famous, not only a large number of royal cars are made here, but also many dignitaries and nobles also like to use the cars made in the official city. There are also four barracks around Cheguan City, with more than 5,000 elite soldiers stationed, which is the main force to stabilize the surrounding areas of Chengdu and even the entire Yizhou.

Zhang He sent Liu Xiu the latest news, after more than a year of hard work by him and Bian Zhang, most of the subject countries of the South Silk Road have agreed to cooperate with the Han Dynasty to reopen the Silk Road, and the North Road is also being negotiated. After the beginning of spring, Murong Feng left Junji Mountain as promised, and was migrating to the area of Jinwei Mountain, and has now reached the area of the Western Han Dynasty and the Ganwei River. Because further west, they would clash with the remnants of the Xiongnu and Hujie and Jiankun, so they were more cautious at present. If Murong Feng wants to speed up his westward move, he needs the financial resources provided by silk.

Liu Xiu is now raising materials for the reopening of the Silk Road, Shu brocade and lacquerware are the major items, and the current supply of Shu brocade is in short supply, there is no pressure to sell, and those big clans have little interest in supporting the reopening of the Silk Road. Liu Xiu's first task for the craftsmen of the Chengdu Academy was to improve the loom and greatly increase the output of Shu brocade for export to Western countries in the future.

Yan Zhong and Wang Yun were on the side, Yan Zhong's appointment of the Yizhou Assassin had not yet arrived, but after he received Liu Xiu's order, he immediately handed over all matters in Liangzhou to Xiahou Yuan, rushed to Chengdu, and began to take over the functions of the Yizhou Assassin Mansion. Wang Yun was summoned by Liu Xiu to be the Taishou of Qian, and the appointment had not yet arrived, so he began to perform his functions first. Liu Xiu didn't want too many locals to be officials near Chengdu, so he cooperated with Gan Ning to recover the fish and restore the merit, reported the merit to the imperial court, and asked the imperial court to reward and promote the position of Qianwei Taishou. Ren Qi also knew in his heart that although he would lose the position of Qianwei Taishou, Liu Xiu would definitely give him a better one than Qianwei Taishou, so he was very willing. Although the appointment has not yet arrived, he has already handed over some affairs to Wang Yun.

In the final analysis, it is still an exchange of interests, as long as Liu Xiu can bring them more benefits, of course they are willing to cooperate with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu talked and laughed with these heroes in Chengdu, and saw Bao Zhu coming over in the distance and standing on the side waiting, knowing that there was something important that could not be heard by these heroes, so he sued and walked aside. Bao Chu followed him into Yizhou last time to make meritorious service, and after receiving the reward, he had money, and he had just become a relative to his second brother, and his own and two younger brothers' relatives were also in preparation, his spirit was very strong, and he was more attentive to his work, and now he was already a more powerful servant by Liu Xiu's side.

"General, Xun Changshi's urgent book." Bao took out his hands and handed over the book. Xun Yu personally attended the marriage of his second brother, and the head of the Cheqi General's Mansion attended the wedding of the Bao family, which made Bao Yu very face-saving in front of his fellow villagers, and he was very grateful to Xun Yu, and he was also very respectful between words.

Liu Xiu opened the book and read it, sneered, and handed the book to Yan Zhong: "The court is not dead." ”

Yan Zhong quickly glanced at it and smiled faintly: "I'm afraid that someone wants to use the general's knife to eradicate people who don't like it." ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed: "You mean ......"

Yan Zhong nodded.

"So what should I do?" Liu Xiu asked quietly.

"Since someone wants to use the general's knife, why doesn't the general plan it?"