Ben He didn't dare to stop all the way and drove straight to Chang'an, I heard that the courtiers of Chang'an had not seen the emperor for many days, and many affairs during this time were handled by Prime Minister Xiao He, and the things that Xiao He couldn't handle were also written into a book to the emperor, and when the emperor approved, the palace was almost deserted. Ben He thought about it carefully, thinking that the emperor had been living in the harem recently and did not want to see the minister, and if he was arguing to see the emperor every day, he might provoke him to cut him in anger. Ben He wrote a document about the rebellion to the emperor, and a day later, Liu Bang was immediately frightened and sweaty, and he was restless. Liu Bang thought at the moment, there was no sign of the rebellion in Dubu, and no one came to Chang'an to report in Huainan near Houguo County, how do you think that Dibu should not do anything rebellious, is it really as Empress Lu said that he used Peng Yue's matter to deter the princes and shake out some weak-hearted people? He commanded himself to be the king of the cloth and make him inherit his throne for generations, and he was also regarded as the supreme of the people, and he should not do anything rebellious. Liu Bang immediately contacted the death of Han Xin and Peng Yue, he could feel that Di Bu was tying himself to Han and Peng, and the three of them together laid half of the country for the Han family, and now Han Xin and Peng Yue died before and after, Di Bu felt that he was in danger, and he was catching up with Lu Hou to offer a plan for Liu Bang to punish Peng Yue to deter the princes, and Di Bu felt more and more that the court was doing this way for himself, and Di Bu felt that he would not be able to die in the future, so he risked his life to raise troops? Now that the rebellion of Chen Feng has not completely subsided, and there is a rebellion in the south, Liu Bang was anxious for a while, and an impatient breath blocked his chest and made the original arrow wound recur again, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden, beads of sweat rolled down his face, Liu Bang gritted his teeth and trembled to get up from the ground. Zhao Zi'er came out of the inner hall and saw Liu Bang fall to the ground, so he hurriedly ran to his side to help him up, and hurriedly called someone outside the main hall, "Pass the imperial doctor-"

The imperial doctor carefully examined Liu Bang's condition and solemnly explained that he could not be angry, could not have excessive emotions, and could not be angry, ecstatic, sad, or blissful. Liu Bang, who was lying on the couch, smiled perfunctorily, and when Imperial Physician Qin saw that he was so inappropriate, he persuaded him not to be overly angry, sad, happy, etc. Liu Bang still smiled and agreed. As soon as the imperial doctor left, Liu Bang sent someone to call Prime Minister Xiao He to discuss the matter of Tu Bu's intention to raise an army and rebel. Liu Bang showed Ben He's recital to Xiao He, and asked, "Do you really want to raise an army against me?" Xiao He was stunned suddenly, looked at Liu Bang with an expression of disbelief, and immediately had an ominous premonition in his heart: Di Bu was about to die and the country would be destroyed. Xiao He knows how much that Tu Bu is a martial artist, more brave and less wise, and the crime of rebellion is the crime of clan punishment, Tu Bu only wants to live safely, just keep his Huainan within a radius of thousands of miles, and it is expected that Tu Bu will not and does not want to risk his life to rebel. Xiao He pinched it in his heart and said with a little unfirmness, "It is not appropriate for Duo Bu to have this, for fear that he will be framed by people who have a grudge." He is a brave man, and we must not rush and rush to send troops; Tu Bu is also the king of a place, and he is the minister of the Han family, and the prince is guilty, and the court needs to verify it. Now Ben He is coming alone, and he will believe in Huang Bu's two hearts when he talks nonsense, which is really impossible, I hope the emperor will temporarily put Ben He in prison and send someone to infiltrate Huainan to secretly investigate Di Bu. ”

After thinking deeply, Liu Bang agreed with Xiao He's statement, and sent someone to infiltrate Huainan to secretly investigate Di Bu that night.

After Ben He fled to Chang'an that night, he felt that he wanted to tell the emperor about his secret deployment of military forces, so he ordered strict vigilance against all those who entered Huainan from outside the country, and even stepped up the deployment of troops and troops at home to make all preparations. In the past few days, several cautious people have come to Huainan Kingdom, taking turns to stay not far from the Huainan Palace, and several other people have gone to post houses, wine shops, and markets to inquire about the Huainan King and the recent Huainan Kingdom. As everyone knows, Huainan has one heart, and when I see someone asking about the recent situation of the king of Huainan everywhere, as well as some things that touch the military and political affairs, some people have already entered the palace and said in detail that someone is secretly investigating the king of Huainan. Di Bu immediately shuddered, but also confirmed that he had known the emperor for so many years, and Du Bu knew that Liu Bang was secretly investigating the evidence of his crimes, so he also confirmed that Ben He really betrayed him. A strong anger of resentment immediately rushed to his head, and he immediately summoned Liang's father and others to the palace to discuss matters.

On the way to the palace, some of them had heard that the emperor had sent someone to secretly investigate the matter of the Huainan king's army, and they wanted to come to Dubu to announce that they were also for this matter. As soon as they entered the hall, Liang's father Hou eagerly bowed his hand to Tu Bu and said, "Ben He villain! The envoy of Chang'an has entered the city, and we are all dead, if it is against it, it will be lived, if it is not against it, it will die, and the king will do it. ”

Don't say to the fat man, "The wise lord has issued a wise order, and we all belong to the king, and the current situation has to be reversed, may the king order to raise troops, and we will roll up the army to the west." ”

Di Bu had already planned in his abdomen, and nodded silently but firmly.

"There is one more thing that needs to be done," Lou Ban's eyes flashed with a cruel light, and he stepped forward and said, "Don't let Ben He be too rampant, Huainan is in danger because of him, and we want him and his entire clan to fall into death." Why don't you also learn from the old emperor King Liang, and feed their meat sauce to the beasts of the North Garden, so that their society will not eat blood, and the ghosts of the Ben clan will be discouraged. ”

Liang's father, Hou and others seconded. Di Bu was angry at Ben He's disloyalty, and Lou Ban's statement made Du Bu even more relieved, and immediately agreed with Lou Ban's statement, and immediately ordered Lou Ban to complete the matter, and announced that he would officially raise troops against Liu. Seeing the situation, Zhu Jian, the king of the plains, immediately stood up and persuaded the prince to be cautious and not to rebel again, but the prince of the plain saw that the rebellion had been decided, and he was afraid that the Huainan fiasco might implicate him in the future, so Zhu Jian fled west with his family that night.

The next day, Lou Ban entered the palace and said that the whole Ben He clan had been punished and fed to wild beasts. Everyone was delighted and applauded. After relieving his anger with everyone, he waved his hand and signaled them to calm down, and gave a detailed explanation of how to attack the city, which country, which county, and which city to attack at this time. All the generals said that they were good at their strategies, so that if they attacked Jing in the east and Chu in the west, there would be no threat on the two wings of Huainan.

The next day, Huainan was in turmoil, and the majestic soldiers of the whole city gathered in the huge square of Huainan to wait for the oath review of the cloth. Holding the Yue in his left hand, he raised the talisman in the air with his right hand, and raised his voice and swore an oath, "The soldiers of Huainan are not unjust, but the emperor is unkind." I Huainan is not at fault, but the emperor is suspicious of the kings of the world, and the king of Zhao, Ao Xian's son-in-law, is filial piety, and the emperor abolishes it; Yangxia Hou Chen Feng was not at fault, but the emperor doubted it; Huaiyin is unparalleled, the merit is high, and the emperor kills him; King Liang was very wronged and was brutally killed. Now I listen to the slander of the ministers, and I just take the opportunity to trap my Huainan in a desperate situation, and your homeland is not guaranteed. The humble people are willing to guard Huainan with you. ”

"Mighty, mighty—" The soldiers were expressionless, just learning from the people in front of them to numbly shout slogans.

"Don't be afraid, the emperor is high in the spring and autumn, and he hates war, so he will not come. If you send the generals, the humble Yingbu only suffers Han Xin and Peng Yue in his life, and now that the two are dead, the humble people are fearless, and they will be able to make the Han soldiers come and go away in embarrassment. "The cloth shouted, and the soldiers shouted 'mighty and mighty' even more excitedly. On the same day, Duo Buxian sent people to fill twenty-five carriages with the treasures of the palace, sent troops to escort them along the road to Yuedi, and escorted his concubine Mi Ji to his mother's home Changsha for temporary refuge. The country of Huainan is as turbulent as the water that has been stirred.

The envoy immediately told Emperor Liu Bang what Huainan had seen and heard, and Liu Bang was silent for a long time, sitting quietly on the mat motionless, looking out of the hall with tired eyes and helplessness. At this time, Liu Bang suddenly felt extremely lonely in his heart, the former brothers worked hard to fight the world together, and now the brothers rebelled against him one by one, as if there was a moment, Liu Bang's heart was happy, the world belongs to Liu, and will never allow too many and too large forces of the opposite sex to threaten the Jiangshan Sheji surnamed Liu. The princes of the opposite sex rebelled, Liu Bang's sorrow was less than his joy, and at this time, he was able to 'correct his name', which could cut off the opposite sex forces for the descendants of the Liu family, so that the Liu family would continue for generations like the Ji Zhou Dynasty. But Liu Bang is a king, they are ministers, loyal ministers, junli ministers, Liu Bang's courtiers all rebelled against him and rebelled against him, making Liu Bang's deep-rooted idea of 'loyal to the king' unable to accept the behavior of 'ministers and rebels'. Logically, Liu Bang didn't want his courtiers to have two hearts, in fact, he also knew that there were no absolute loyal ministers; In addition to reasonableness, he may have a hint of hope that the king with a different surname will make a big mistake, so that he can justifiably cut them off and pave the way for the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang has some contradictions. An hour later, Liu Bang turned pale with a white face, covered his chest and slowly got up, walked to the door of the palace and instructed the courtiers to enter the Qingliang Hall to discuss matters.

Liu Bang was carefully taken care of by Zhao Zi'er, and after drinking the decoction boiled by Zhao Zi'er himself, he dragged his body to the Qingliang Palace. After Liu Bang sat on the couch, the courtiers stopped talking, and the civil and military trains stood up.

"The cloth has raised an army against me, and you have all heard about it, so what can you do about it?" Liu Bang gently covered his chest with one hand, and asked the ministers not very enthusiastically.

Two or three marquis-level courtiers stepped forward one after another and said, "The cloth is rampant, may Your Majesty send troops to Huainan and bury the erector surnamed Ying alive." Most of the courtiers seconded it. Liu Bang had an even more headache when he heard this, the words of the brave and unscrupulous soldier who said 'send troops to bury the erector surnamed Ying' have been buzzing in Liu Bang's mind, and he doesn't like this kind of rough person who rushes to speak without thinking about speaking. Liu Bang took a deep breath, rubbed his sideburns with both hands, and asked again in a low voice full of anger, "Is there anyone in the dynasty who can be the opponent of the cloth, out of the ranks." ”

Look at me, courtiers, gritted their teeth, and none of them dared to go out of work.

'Bang-', Liu Bang slapped the case, pointed directly at the courtiers in the audience and scolded, "In the huge Han room, no one can be an opponent of the cloth," Liu Bang knocked on the case next to him angrily, and shouted loudly, "Then you still want to send troops?" ”

The courtiers were silent, but they were all unconvinced.

"Chen Ping!" Liu Bang called Chen Ping out with a dark face, "What do you think about this?" ”

Chen Ping bowed his head and went out of work, sweating in shock, but there was no good way. Liu Bang waved Chen Ping away, stood on the side of the stage with his hands behind his back and said a little angrily, "Anti, you are anti, go back to your fiefdom to rebel, don't rebel in front of my Liu Bang." Liu Bang's angry words were a little calm and warning, so frightened that the ministers hurriedly surrendered their hands and humbly said, 'The ministers don't dare, the ministers are loyal to the Han family, and they have no two hearts'. Liu Bang laughed contemptuously, as if he didn't believe their words, and left a blank look to the ministers, Liu Bang suppressed his anger and returned to Yongning Palace, and when he returned to the palace, he ordered the confessors and guards not to let the ministers enter the palace to see him for any reason, Liu Bang was afraid of hearing about someone's betrayal. That night, Liu Bang couldn't sleep, stood in front of the window and thought about it for half the night, reminiscing about it for half the night.

The ministers couldn't see the emperor for three days, they all waited anxiously outside the palace, and when they saw the prime minister Xiao He coming in a hurry, all the ministers asked Xiao He to lead everyone to meet the emperor, Xiao He was obligated to lead the civil and military forces to go inside, and the soldiers guarding did not hesitate to stop it, and said with a cold face that the emperor did not see anyone. Xiao He said that there was something important to see the emperor urgently, but the soldiers said that they only listened to the emperor's orders, if it wasn't for the collapse of the sky and the earth and the fact that they couldn't see the emperor, Xiao He and they really had no choice but to go home, but everyone knew that the situation in Huainan was tense, and the emperor couldn't see the minister because of anger.

Liu Bang returned to Yongning Palace, and it happened that someone from Yuzao Palace said that King Zhao had prickly heat in his body, and he cried Mrs. Qi urgently. Liu Bang didn't say a word, and immediately rushed to the Yuzao Palace, just as he saw that the imperial doctor was carrying a bowl of things and smearing something on King Zhao. Liu Bang approached King Zhao's bedside, only to see that King Zhao's face was full of red rashes, his forehead was even worse, his wrists, and his legs were especially numerous.

"Zheng Shu, does King Zhao have prickly heat?" Liu Bang looked at it and asked Song Xiaoshu, the imperial physician. Mrs. Qi immediately answered, "The palace is humid and stuffy, there are many mosquitoes, and he loves to play with dirt, and he has been full of people in just two days." Mrs. Qi looked at Liu Bang with a worried face, and Liu Bang gently patted her shoulder and comforted her.

"Bathe King Zhao frequently, the clothes you wear must be clean, the food must be clean, there are many mosquitoes in summer, Your Majesty had better send someone to place the mugwort incense in the palace. The fish algae palace is humid and stuffy, and you should dry the humiliated clothes in the house more. King Zhao's rash was not a big problem, and he only smeared ginger on King Zhao every day like a minister, and it would heal in a few days. His Excellency Imperial Physician Song finished smearing the ginger bowl and got up to explain to Liu Bang. Liu Bang and Mrs. Qi each exhaled, and accompanied King Zhao for two days, personally feeding the medicine, laughing with Ruyi, bathing Ruyi, and dressing Ruyi in clean clothes. Mrs. Qi saw it in her eyes, and wanted to remind Liu Bang that she met the queen when she was sitting in Lin Yuan Liang recently, although the queen did not say a word to her from beginning to end, the eyes of the yin owl like a hook made Qi Ji tremble. It just so happened that Qi Ji heard that Liu Bang was worried about the rebellion of Tubu recently, thinking like this, Qi Ji did not tell Liu Bang about Shanglin Yuan's encounter with Empress Lu, but Qi Ji shuddered every time she thought of Empress Lu's vicious and resentful eyes.

On this day, Liu Bang was bathing for Ruyi in the house, and the confessor outside the palace came in a hurry, and happened to be stopped by Qi Ji, and asked the confessor what was the matter to see the emperor, and the confessor said that Prime Minister Xiao Cheng led Wenwu to wait outside the palace to meet the emperor, and wanted to discuss the rebellion with the emperor, and said that he had been waiting for several days. Qi Ji was embarrassed, and every night she saw Liu Bang standing in front of the window without saying a word, but she refused to see the minister during the day, so it had been four or five days. Even so, Qi Ji didn't care about the affairs of the court, even if she felt that Liu Bang should see the minister, but Qi Ji didn't dare to anger Liu Bang, who didn't want to see the minister, at this time, so she had to grit her teeth and say to the confessor that the emperor's arrow wound had recurred, and it was not appropriate to see the minister, and asked the confessor to tell Prime Minister Xiao Cheng that you would come back after a while. After Xiao He heard this, he vented his anger towards Liu Bang on Qi Ji, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, his eyes turned red and he cursed secretly, "Su Nu mistook the country!" It is said that Daji's surname is Su, Xiao He didn't dare to scold Qi Ji for being Daji, so he was angry, so he had to secretly scold her for being a Su girl. After that, Xiao He was the first to leave angrily.

Xiahou Ying, Marquis of Fenyin, has been Liu Bang's servant for a long time, and he knows Liu Bang's mind very well at this time, and feels that Liu Bang is not unwilling to see him in his heart, but he can't think of a good way for a while, and he doesn't want to see it. Xiahou Ying thought all the way to the door of his house, but saw a man in his forties standing respectfully in front of the door. Xiahou Ying immediately went over, and the man gave Xiahou Ying a deep look first, "Servant Xue Yong see Xiahou Gong." ”

Xiahou Ying stared at the man who called himself Xue Yong in a daze, and also replied with a salute and asked, "I don't know what happened to Xue Gong?" With that, Xiahou Ying invited Xue Gong into the mansion and invited tea to Xue Gong. After Xue Gong thanked him, he went straight to the point and said, "Dare to ask Xiahou Gong, has Your Majesty been upset about the rebellion of King Huainan recently?" Xiahou Ying, who was drinking tea, was stunned and nodded, "How did Xue Gong know about this?" "It's not a secret that the Cloth Rebellion is no longer a secret, is it?" Xue Gong said, "It's not a secret, the servant is a native of Chu, and he once served Chu Lingyin, and he has seen this person many times, so he knows a little about him. ”

"Tu Bu is a fierce general, we are not as good as him, what can I do about it?" Xiahou Ying asked Xue Gong stupidly.

"The cloth wants to rebel, as it should be." Xue Gong was not in a hurry, and smiled hehe.

Xiahou Ying was a little angry with Xue Gong's words, drank tea sullenly, and said dissatisfiedly for a while, "Xue Gong's words are wrong, Your Majesty rules the world, splits the soil and seals the marquis, and crowns the king of Huainan, so that the south is called the noble family of the Gu family, and the title is endless for generations, which can be regarded as the supreme of the people, why should he rebel?" ”

"In the first month of spring, Han Xin died; In March, Peng Yue died, and Duo Bu and the two of them became one, and the world of the Han Dynasty was inseparable from the merits of the three of them. Now that Han Peng is dead, Di Bu must think that he has harmed himself, and then Ben He told the emperor about his secret deployment of troops to raise troops, and the emperor immediately sent someone to secretly investigate, which made Di Bu restless, so that his anti-heart was firm, can he not rebel? ”

Xiahou Ying listened reasonably, and felt that this person in front of him must have a clever plan, so he unconsciously moved the mat to Xue Gong's side, and asked eagerly, "Does Xue Gong have a countermeasure?" ”

Xue Yong's eyes lit up, and he immediately gave up his hand and said solemnly, "May the Duke of Xiahou introduce the humble people to His Majesty the Emperor, and the humble people have their own words." "Okay." Xiahou Ying immediately happily agreed to him.