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I'm afraid no one would have thought that after Ma Yuanyi, the 'divine envoy' of Taiping Dao, came to Luoyang, Kyoto, another great power of Taiping Dao also followed to this royal capital, and this person was Tang Zhou, another disciple of Zhang Jiao, the great sage and teacher of Taiping Dao.

After entering Luoyang, Tang Zhou went to visit Yongle Shaofu and Guangluxun Liu Kuan, a relative of the prince who was modest and generous, but served as a lieutenant.

Liu Kuanzi Wenrao, is the son of Situ Liu Qi, the fifteenth grandson of Han Gaozu, don't look at this old man is now over sixty, but he was also a brave man when he was young, he served as a captain of the Tun cavalry, and several times promoted to Taisi (referring to the three dukes), is the leader of the Han royal family, both civil and military, quite capable.

In the first year of Jianning, he and the court's virtuous ministers Yang Ci and Zhang Ji (not Zhang Xiu's uncle) taught Liu Hong, the son of heaven, in Huaguangdian, and later successively served as Tunqi Captain, Zongzheng, and Guangluxun, and then succeeded Xu Xun as a lieutenant in the fifth year of Xiping. Later, because of the great difference in the sky (solar eclipse), he was demoted to the rank of lieutenant, but after Duan Cheng was removed by the time when Yang Qiu, the captain of the Sili school, plotted to punish Wang Fu, Liu Kuan immediately replaced Duan Cheng as the lieutenant again. However, in the fourth year of Guanghe, this talented man of the royal family was once again deposed because of a strange celestial phenomenon (solar eclipse), and worshiped Yongle Shaofu and Guangluxun.

Before Tang Zhou visited Liu Kuan, there was actually another person who visited this old lieutenant, who was the chief of staff of the general He Jin, Zhang Jin.

After all, he is a human spirit who has lived for more than 60 years, and Liu Kuan can guess a thing or two about Zhang Jin's intention to visit, which can be affirmed when Zhang Jin asks for a detailed discussion in the secret room.

"Boss, don't you think the lieutenant's hand is stretched too long?"

Not long after sitting down in the secret room, Zhang Jin said something meaningful to Liu Kuan.

Liu Kuan glanced at Zhang Jin with slightly cloudy eyes and did not speak. But Zhang Jin said angrily, "The boss is humble and generous, and everyone knows it at home. But those Huangmen often serve well, regard the boss as a thing, overstep the situation, and instigate the messengers of the Sanwei Mansion to govern the Beijing Division, so that the people are afraid of words. It's okay if you know, but if you don't know, you think the boss ordered it to do that! ”

It turned out that although Liu Kuan served as Guangluxun. He is the highest official of Guanglu Temple, but because he is old after all, he rarely cares about the things in the palace, to put it bluntly, his position of Guanglu Xun is just a fictitious, and the entire Guanglu Temple can actually be said to have been vacated by eunuchs such as Zhang Rang. Think about it, if it is really Liu Kuan, an open-minded and tolerant elder of the royal family, who is really in charge of Guanglu Temple and the Imperial Forest Army. It is impossible for Luoyang to fall to the point where 'the people dare not speak'.

Glancing at Zhang Jin, who was full of indignation, Liu Kuan's face did not change, he took a sip of tea and asked lightly, "Is He Jin going to attack the Dong family?" ”

Zhang Jin's eyes narrowed slightly. He said quietly, "Why did the old man say this? ”

Liu Kuan groaned for a while, and said indifferently, "Zhang Rang and other Huangmen attendants are attached to the Dong family. Therefore, the Dong clan is powerful, and if He Jin wants to get rid of the Dong clan, he must first cut off the wings of the Huangmen Chang Attendant in the 'Third Lieutenant'...... Wei Wei, Guangluxun, Tingwei, Si Li. These four are the defense of the Beijing Division, if you can control these four...... Hehehe. After that, he glanced at Zhang Jin and said meaningfully, "Recently, I heard that General He is going to push Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu to the position of commander and lieutenant?" Could it be that he intends to use this to obtain the support of Yuan Sikong (Yuan Feng) and the Yuan family? ”

"I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm a little damaging when I say this, my lord." Zhang Jinlang said with a smile, "The four families and three princes of the Yuan family are the pillars of the court, and Yuan Benchu is a young talent, even so, how can the general's exceptional promotion provoke criticism?" ”

"Huh." Liu Kuan laughed twice, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he asked, "What do you want the old man to do?" ”

"Don't dare." Zhang Jin clasped his fists and said, "The general just thinks that the boss is too conniving with the lieutenant officials, which is inevitably a little detrimental to Sheji." I hope that the old man can personally take charge of Guangluwei and rectify the safety of the Jingshi. ”

Liu Kuan looked at Zhang Jin deeply for a while, and said a little tiredly, "The old man is old and lacks to sit for a long time, so he won't stay long." As he spoke, he picked up the tea cup, the so-called serving tea to the guests.

Zhang Jin was anxious when he saw it, and said in a tight voice, "Boss......

Liu Kuan raised his hand to interrupt Zhang Jin's words, and said unhurriedly, "Go back and tell him He Jin, the old man is not interested in his fight with the hussar general Dong Chong." …… However, if there is a real day, Guanglu Temple will not be dispatched. The implication is that Liu Kuan intends to maintain a neutral attitude in the struggle for power between He Jin and Dong Chong.

"......" Zhang Jin frowned and thought for a moment when he heard this, although this promise did not satisfy him, he also realized that it would have no effect if he continued to talk about it, so he got up and said goodbye happily.

"That's it, go back now, reply to the general's words from the boss, and leave."

"No." Liu Kuan drank tea and said lightly.

As soon as Zhang Jin left on the front foot, Liu Song, the son of Liu Kuan on the back foot, turned out from behind the wooden screen in the secret room and asked curiously, "Father, why don't you help He Jin?" ”

"Why do you want to help He Jin?" Liu Kuan asked rhetorically.

I saw Liu Song thinking about it and said, "Although He Jin is from a vulgar background, he is enthusiastic, straightforward and benevolent, no more serious than Dong, and he claims to be a member of the Son of Heaven's mother's family, and instigates His Majesty to go on a rampage and extort tyranny...... Why not? ”

Liu Kuan snorted lightly and asked lightly, "Replace Dong with Jin, why do you replace Jin?" …… In the future, He Jin will not become today's Dong family. Wang Mang, Liang Ji, and the disaster of relatives, is there still less place for my Han family? ”

Liu Song was stunned when he heard this, and after some deep thought, he frowned and said, "Having said that, if you can borrow He Jin's hand to get rid of Zhang Rang and other Huangmen attendants, you can't lean on He Jin a little." ”

Liu Kuan shook his head and said lightly, "Compared with relatives, eunuchs are just small ears. …… The so-called eunuchs are nothing more than rootless duckweed, thanks to the grace of the Son of Heaven. If the Son of Heaven favors him, he will be rich; If the Son of Heaven is cold, he will be defeated. Wang Fu back then was the best example, if it weren't for the fact that Empress Song had already been centrifuged by her majesty, how could Yang Qiu kill Wang Fu? But the relatives are different, the relatives are in charge of the Beijing army, and they have heavy power, if they are not checked and balanced, it is inevitable that they will not repeat the disaster of Wang Mang and Liang Ji. ”

Hearing this, Liu Song nodded suddenly in understanding. After all, compared with relatives, it is impossible for a eunuch with an incomplete body to be recognized by the world and the world. Even if it is the extreme, it is only a eunuch, and there will never be a day when he usurps the throne, even the eunuchs themselves know this. But the relatives are different, there was a Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty, and it is inevitable that there will be a second.

"But father, His Majesty favors Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, doesn't think about politics and plays all day long, so it's not a matter if it goes on like this. …… If the father doesn't want to see his relatives, why not summon the Qingliu in the court to think about the son? ”

Liu Kuan pondered for a moment when he heard this. Shaking his head, he said, "The party is not solved, and it is difficult for scholars to get ahead." …… Wait for the moment. ”

"How long is this going to be?" Liu Song frowned and asked.

Liu Kuan sighed lightly, and at this moment, suddenly there was a surge of earth on the ground in the secret room, and a figure slowly emerged from the ground, it was Tang Zhou.

"When the boss wants, Tang sent it to Your Excellency!"

Seeing this change, Liu Kuan, Liu Song's father and son's faces changed greatly, and they asked in surprise. "You...... Who are you?! ”

"Under the Lower Taiping Dao Great Sage Master Zhang Jiao, disciple, Tang Zhou!"

"Taiping Road?" Liu Kuan stretched out his hand to stop his son Liu Song's move of preparing to call for help, frowned and asked Tang Zhoudao, "What's the matter here?" ”

"I said it below. Tang came to send the 'opportunity' he wanted for the boss! Tang Zhoucheng paced back and forth in the secret room with his hands behind his back, looking at the furnishings in the secret room, and said lightly, "The fifth day of the third month." Taiping Dao will hold high the anti-flag and gather people to oppose the Han. When the time comes, there will be thirty-six parties and hundreds of thousands of Taiping Dao disciples. will rebel together ......"

Even if it was an old man like Liu Kuan, who had collapsed in front of Mount Tai and did not change his face, his face changed greatly when he heard the words at this time, and he asked in surprise, "Really?!" ”

Tang Zhou snorted lightly and was about to speak, but saw Liu Kuan's son Liu Songhu looking at Tang Zhou suspiciously, and said in a deep voice, "Father, how can this demon's words be taken seriously?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Tang Zhou raised his right hand and slowly spread it out, and when he landed, a unique black jade jade pendant fell from his hand, because it was tied by a red thread, shaking left and right.

After taking a closer look at the jade pendant, Liu Kuan's face suddenly changed suddenly, he stood up and hurriedly clasped his fists, and said in shock, "I don't want to respect the driver, but I am actually an immortal master of Fang Immortal Dao......

[Fang Xiandao?] ]

Seeing his father's strange appearance, Liu Song couldn't help but be a little surprised, and suddenly, as if he had comprehended something, he looked at Tang Zhou in disbelief.

[Fang Xiandao...... That's not with my Han Dynasty National Teacher Fifth Palace Yuan Immortal Master......]

"Isn't Venerable Mo a disciple of the Fifth Immortal Master?" Liu Song stammered and asked.

"Fifth House Yuan?" Tang Zhou frowned when he heard this, and seemed to be a little displeased.

Seeing this, Liu Kuan's heart was even more shocked, and his evaluation of Tang Zhou was a little higher in his heart, and he arched his hand and said respectfully, "What does Immortal Master Tang command?" ”

Tang Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "Tang is looking for you because you are a child of the royal family, and your prestige in the court is not low. You quickly enter the palace and tell the emperor of the Han Dynasty. ”

"Old decay understands." Liu Kuan nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The old man immediately entered the palace, reported this matter to His Majesty, and asked the world to arrest Taiping Dao." ”

"And."

"Immortal Master, please speak."

"There is a person named Ma Yuanyi in Taiping Road who has infiltrated Luoyang, and wants to collude with the eunuchs, and conspire with Luoyang inside and outside......"

When Liu Kuan heard this, he hurriedly said, "The old man immediately passed on the Royal Forest Army to arrest Nama Yuanyi. ”

Seeing Liu Kuan interrupting his words, Tang Zhou was slightly dissatisfied, and said lightly, "Ma Yuanyi is one of the six 'divine envoys' of Taiping Dao, he is good at spells, and ordinary soldiers can catch him?" ”

"What does the Immortal Master mean?"

"The herald ordered the city gate to be closed, and the Imperial Forest Army was responsible for arresting the rest of the Taiping Road thieves, as for Nama Yuanyi...... Tang personally arrested him! ”

"Yes." Liu Kuan replied.

After giving orders, Tang Zhou did not use the technique of Dunjia this time, but walked out of the gate of Liu Kuan's mansion in a dignified manner.

As he walked, Tang Zhou suddenly saw an acquaintance walking towards him, a little ghost who had taught the 'Art of Fu Shui' when he was in Taishan County.

[Is that kid Zhang Huang?] Hey! This 'robber' is really coming to Luoyang! ]

With a slight smile in his heart, Tang Zhou stepped forward and patted Zhang Huang on the shoulder.

……

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Regarding Zhang Huang's 'coincidence of fate' getting acquainted with Ma Yuanyi, although Tang Zhou secretly called it in his heart, he was not surprised. After all, the so-called 'robber', as the name suggests, is a crucial chess piece, if this kid fails to participate in some things that affect the general trend of the world, Tang Zhou will feel surprised.

After meeting Tang Zhou on the way, Zhang Huang took Tang Zhou to Xun You's residence. Tang Zhou didn't care much about this, after all, in his opinion. It also took a little time for Liu Kuan to play the Taiping Dao rebellion to the imperial court.

In Xun You's mansion, Zhang Huang met Li Tong, Xu Fu, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici. When they met again, Li Tong and the others inevitably asked about the fifth palace yuan, which made Tang Zhou, who was listening, slightly surprised.

[Fifth Gong Yuan has already seen this kid?] ]

Tang Zhou smiled quietly.

After chatting a few words, Tang Zhou felt that the time was almost up, so he took his leave and prepared to go to Ma Yuanyi.

"Brother Tang Zhou is going to find Brother Yuanyi?"

Zhang Huang and the others didn't know that Tang Zhou went to find Ma Yuanyi this time, it was not ill-intentioned, and they thought that Tang Zhou was here to help Ma Yuanyi, so they hurriedly said, "We know where Brother Yuanyi lives." …… I haven't seen Brother Yuanyi for several days. We went with Brother Tang Zhou. ”

[You're a vital robber, how can you not go?] ]

Tang Zhou smiled secretly in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and he said gratefully, "Since that's the case, then thank you!" ”

"Brother Tang Zhou is too polite!"

After saying a word to the old man at Xun You's residence, Zhang Huang dragged Tang Zhou's sleeve and couldn't wait to walk out of Xun You's residence.

It can be seen that Zhang Huang likes Tang Zhou very much in his heart, and he keeps chatting with Tang Zhou along the way. He also told Tang Zhou all the qiē they had experienced after leaving Taishan County at that time.

Feeling Zhang Huang's closeness and enthusiasm from the heart, Tang Zhou inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

For some reason, Tang Zhou found that he also liked this little ghost named Zhang Huang, however. He also knew that he was destined not to be a member of this kid, and he was even afraid that he would see each other in the future.

I can't help but feel that there is a love called 'betrayal'. gradually grew in Tang Zhou's heart.

And just when Tang Zhou was distressed that he seemed to be too close to Zhang Huang, the robber, they had already returned to the outer city and came to Ma Yuanyi's residence in the outer city.

"Brother Yuanyi? Little Brother She? ”

I haven't walked a few steps into the house. Zhang Huang shouted at Ma Yuanyi and She Zhi.

At this time, Ma Yuanyi didn't seem to have come back, only She Zhi stayed in the house to watch the house, and saw Zhang Huang and others shouting and walking into the house, She Zhi greeted him with tears and laughter.

"What are you little ghosts calling?"

"Hey, hey!" Zhang Huang smiled at She Zhi, then blinked and said, "Little Brother She, guess who's coming?" ”

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Huang to say, after She Zhi finished greeting Zhang Huang, he saw Tang Zhou smiling at a glance, a little surprise flashed on his face, and he bowed his hand and said, "Senior Brother Tang Zhou, why are you here?" ”

"Huh." Tang Zhou smiled, didn't say anything, looked around, and asked, "Senior Brother Ma isn't there?" ”

"Something important is out." Due to the storage of the armillary sphere, She Zhi was inconvenient to elaborate, so he invited Tang Zhou and Zhang Huang to the secret room.

After arriving at the secret room, She Zhi still couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and asked Tang Zhou after serving tea and pouring water, "I don't know if Senior Brother Tang Zhou came to Luoyang this time, but what new instructions does the old man have?" ”

Tang Zhou took the tea and took a sip, and said slowly, "It's not a big deal, just ask Tang to ask Senior Brother Ma about the situation here." ”

She Zhi didn't doubt that he was there, and said truthfully, "Senior Brother Yuanyi has already said that a few Yellow Gate squires have been moved......

"Hmm." Tang Zhou nodded, waiting for Ma Yuanyi to come back with peace of mind.

But as soon as he waited, he waited from noon to evening, watching the sky gradually darken, but Ma Yuanyi had not come back yet, and Tang Zhou was inevitably a little anxious. After all, calculating the time, at this time, Guangluxun Liu Kuan had already told Liu Hongqi, the son of heaven, about the Taiping Dao rebellion, and even the order to arrest the Taiping Dao in Luoyang City should have almost been issued to the lieutenant of Si Li, the captain, the lieutenant, and the court lieutenant, Ma Yuanyi did not come back for a long time, which would inevitably make Tang Zhou feel uneasy.

"Senior Brother Ma...... Did you say when you would be back? Tang Zhou couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't say that." She Zhi shook his head.

"Oh." Tang Zhou pondered for a moment and asked again, "In this case, I'll go find him." …… Who has he been to see today? ”

"It's not easy to say...... She Zhi looked embarrassed, and then said, "That's it, I'll go find Senior Brother Ma, he should still be the guys from a few days ago." ”

As he spoke, She Zhi was about to turn around and leave, but saw Tang Zhou grab him by the shoulder.

"Or ...... I'll go. Tang Zhou smiled and said in an irrefutable tone.

"......" She Zhi was stunned, nodded slowly, and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, then Senior Brother Lao Tangzhou will take a trip." By the way, Senior Brother, does the old man have to start on March 5th? I think this matter can be considered in the long run...... Hey? As he spoke, he didn't know what he had noticed, turned his head to look into the depths of the secret room, and said in surprise, "Senior Brother Yuanyi? When did you get back? ”

Tang Zhou subconsciously looked into the depths of the secret room, and at this time, he saw She Zhi grabbing Zhang Huang and the others, and shouted, "Go!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before Zhang Huang and the others could react, She Zhi performed the Earth Escape Technique and took Zhang Huang and the others out of the secret room.

"How...... What's going on? ”

One moment ago, he was still in the secret room, but the next moment he was already in a remote place outside the city, and Li Tong and the others looked around blankly.

"Little Brother She?" Zhang Huang also looked at She Zhi with a blue face in surprise.

I saw a look of hatred in She Zhi's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Tang Zhou...... Betrayed! ”

Before he could finish speaking, a chuckle came from behind him.

"You guessed it!"

With this playful chuckle, only to hear a click, a bloody hand penetrated She Zhi's chest from behind. And the owner of this hand was shocked to be Tang Zhou, who appeared behind She Zhi's body at some point.

"Senior Brother Shezhi, this kind of trick also wants to deceive Senior Brother? …… However, I really underestimate you. Tang Zhou smiled coldly.

"......" Seeing this, She Zhi grabbed Tang Zhou's hand, and looked back at Zhang Huang and the others beside him who were at a loss and shouted, "Hurry up!" …… Go find Senior Brother Yuanyi! ”

However, at this time, Zhang Huang was already dumbfounded, and looked at Tang Zhou dumbfounded.

"Don ...... Brother Zhou? (To be continued......)