The old farmer told Liu Bang word for word what he saw in Qianshouling. Liu Bang, who was sitting on the mat, pinched his eyebrows without saying a word, disgust and anger suddenly appeared in his vast old eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but he never said a word. With a big exhale, he stood up and walked to the edge of the steps, and when he was on the edge of the steps, he was a little deeper, and looked at the old farmer and the county of His Highness, "Can you see the cause of death?" Liu Bangla asked with a black face.

Jun Cheng didn't know the whole thing very well, so he dragged the old farmer, the old farmer took a step forward with a grunt in his eyes, and bent down with his old hand, "The grass people look like a landslide and a murder, and there are indeed gravel slips to block the way out, but there are knife marks on Guan Gongzi's neck, so the grass people are not sure." ”

Liu Bang raised his head and closed his eyes in thought, "Are their bodies still in Shangdang County?" ”

Jun Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand, "Lord County Guard has ordered a good coffin to bury them all, waiting for His Majesty's will." ”

Liu Bang was quite satisfied with what the county guard had done, and nodded. Jun Cheng asked again, "I wonder where Your Majesty wants their bodies to go?" ”

Liu Bang pondered for a long time with a calm face, and sighed, "Just bury it in Shangdang and find a place with excellent feng shui to bury it." Then he commanded the confessors, "Take them to the apse and receive three hundred gold." ”

The old farmer and the county man hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him, and after the farewell salute, he bowed and followed the confessor to withdraw, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he was called by Liu Bang, "Who did you say this to when you came?" ”

The old peasant and the county man retreated to the hall and bowed their waists and shook their heads at the emperor, saying that it was an accident that was led directly by the confessor to the palace to see the emperor, during which they just followed the eunuch and walked a little, as for who passed by and what pavilion pavilion, they didn't remember, even if they met someone, they didn't know and bowed their heads all the way into the palace, and they also knew that the county guard was to see the two of them have a strict mouth before calling them, except for the emperor to know, I'm afraid no one knows.

Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and still ordered them to keep their mouths shut and not to tell the matter, but the old man and the county said that they didn't dare, so Liu Bang waved them down.

Sitting alone in the main hall, the sunshine that constantly slanted westward shone on Liu Bang's face through the hollow carved window, and the sunlight did not know how many times his melancholy and serious face shone on, each time it was a different melancholy, and each time it seemed to be deeper than before. Lying on the couch with a soft body, he sighed dozens of times in the middle of the night. Thinking about the old peasant's words in his wide sleeve robe, Guan Xiuyan died because of it, whether it was a landslide or murder? His first feeling was murder, and the figure of Empress Lu immediately jumped out of his mind, judging from his current relationship with Empress Lu, and the relationship between Empress Lu and Mrs. Guan, as long as Guan Xiuyan had an accident, he thought that it must have been done by someone from the queen's family, and it seemed that Liu Bang had no other candidate in his mind except Empress Lu. Thinking wildly about the possibility of the queen instigating others to murder Guan Xiuyan, thinking of the queen's decision to kill and not caring about herself, Liu Bang shuddered, and immediately sat up straight, his eyes rolled a little uneasily, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back, and he dared to do something to murder others under his nose, and it was related to the people in the harem. With his hands behind his head and his eyes closed, he didn't want to imagine it, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he thought of Lu Hou's tenacious and resolute appearance. A trace of thought flashed in his mind, hoping that Guan Xiuyan died due to a landslide, Liu Bang did not want this matter to be related to Empress Lu, but when he thought that the old farmer said that Guan Xiuyan had a knife mark on his neck, this hope was finally shattered by reality.

has been married for almost 20 years, Liu Bang knows the queen's temperament, she has gone from pure and kind to cold and resolute. For Lu Ling's matter, the queen's family will not fail to pursue it, and if they can't hold their handle, they can't punish the people of their family, but the queen's family does this, doing things neatly and neatly without leaving a trace, even if they think that the queen's family did it in their hearts, they can't help them without evidence. Liu Bang covered his face tightly in annoyance, holding all the anger on his face and exhaling in his hands, Liu Bang vaguely remembered hinting that it was not good for Empress Lu to kill too much, and she ignored her own words and assassinated Guan Xiuyan to the party. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Liu Bang slapped it heavily on several cases with one hand, and the piles of slips on several cases were scattered. got up and put on a black robe and windbreaker, followed by a few eunuchs and went straight to Changxin Palace.

The people of Changxin Palace watched the emperor walk in a hurry with dark clouds on his face, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, so he blindly stepped back and stood with his head bowed. Three or two steps up the steps 'pop-' pushed open the door of Changxin Palace, Lv Hou was playing with Dai Qing, seeing the emperor coming, Lv Hou quickly got up and walked to Liu Bang in front of Su Li, "The emperor is Changle Weiyang." ”

'Hmph-' A rough voice was thrown to Empress Lu who was kneeling on the ground. Empress Lu saw that his face was not good-looking since Liu Bang entered the hall, and he was looking for it in his heart when he heard the emperor's unceremonious 'hum', and Empress Lu looked at the emperor who walked towards the side of the case inexplicably. Seeing that Liu Bang sat alone on a few cases with a black face but didn't say a word, and didn't tell himself to get up, Lu Hou thought he had forgotten, so he simply got up by himself and handed Dai Qing a look, and Dai Qing hurriedly went to the back to make tea.

Empress Lu ordered a few eunuchs to burn the stove in the palace more vigorously, and then waved them to take them down the door. Turning around and seeing that the emperor was still panting with a dark face, he didn't say a word, Lu Hou thought about it for a moment, and immediately thought that he must be in trouble in political affairs again, smiled and walked to the side of a few cases, looked at the emperor and sat down, personally poured a cup of tea for Liu Bang and asked, "I heard that the prime minister, they are dealing with the affairs of the bureaucrats, landlords, and thieves in Guanzhong, are they not handling it well and causing trouble to the emperor?" ”

Liu Bang's eyes were as cold as knives and stared at Lu Hou for a long time but he didn't speak, Lu Hou became more and more uncomfortable, looked at Dai Qing at a loss, and met Liu Bang's eyes again, and listened to Liu Bang as soon as he opened his mouth, "Guan Xiuyan is dead." Liu Bang held back his anger and gritted his teeth and stared coldly at Empress Lu.

Empress Lu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the emperor for a long time, resentment and grievances, pain and disgust were all piled up on her thin face, and she immediately understood in her heart that the emperor had come to ask her for guilt. With a breath in his chest, Empress Lu drank three cups of tea in a row to drive himself to calm. After a long time, Empress Lu suppressed her anger and pretended to be surprised, "Didn't he go to Yanmen?" How can you die? ”

Liu Bang's eyes never left Empress Lu, staring at her like a hook, "I said that it's not good to kill too much, I hinted that you won't pursue everything in the past, and you won't pursue Lu Ling's death, I originally thought that you would understand what I meant, and I thought that you wouldn't pursue Guan Xiuyan again, but you ......"

Empress Lu listened more and more to the emperor's accusation of her, he was saying that Guan Xiuyan's death was related to himself, but in the past few days, the emperor also saw that he went to Liyang Palace to worship the emperor, went to Changling to supervise the construction of the mausoleum, went to the nullah for a walk, and had no time to kill Guan Xiuyan. Almost unable to suppress his anger, he stared at the emperor and forced a calm rhetorical question, "You doubt me?" ”

"I have no reason not to doubt you." Liu Bang flicked his sleeves and said coldly.

Empress Lu stood up suddenly, her face was almost twitching but she was helplessly silent for a long time, looking at the emperor with angry eyes and raising her voice and said, "The emperor doesn't know the whereabouts of the concubine in the past few days, how can I harm him, knowing that as soon as Guan Xiuyan has an accident, the emperor will immediately think of the concubine, so the concubine prayed silently with the hope that Guan Xiuyan would take office safely, but he was still killed, and the concubine was unwilling." He dared to unceremoniously flick his sleeves in front of Liu Bang and said angrily, "How can you prove that I killed him." ”

Liu Bang's 'snap-' shot of the case also stood up and scolded angrily, "You are presumptuous!" Pointing to her face, he asked, "You won't, and neither will the other people of the Lu tribe?" ”

Suddenly, Empress Lu was completely stunned, although she had no intention of caring about Xiuyan, but she couldn't guarantee that her brother had never done such a thing in private, and she was speechless for a while.

"Take good care of the people in your family, and the relatives of the country should not be so presumptuous. If you encounter such a thing again, go directly to the Lord and exile to the Far North. And he said, "Mrs. Guan is pregnant, and I hope you will not tell her about it." ”

Liu Bang went down to the palace with a black face and walked out of Changxin Palace.