A few days later, news came from the Tingwei Mansion: Peng Yuemen accused Peng Yue of wanting to rebel. Suddenly, Luoyang City exploded again, and the discussion continued. After Liu Bang heard the news, he immediately summoned Wang Tiankai, the court commander, and asked him about Peng Yue's rebellion, and expressed his disbelief that Peng Yue had the intention of rebellion. Wang Tian opened his eyes and saw that the emperor did not believe it, so he asked Liu Bang to summon Peng Yue's doormen, and Liu Bang immediately ordered to summon Peng Yue's doormen one by one, and they replied as if they were in the Tingwei Mansion, and insisted that Peng Yue had conspired with his generals to rebel, and they had lined up in the north and west of Liangdi to guard against the central army, and one of the guests even said that he had seen Chen Xuan's envoy quietly enter the palace of King Liang, and only came out the next night.

'Bang-', Liu Bang immediately darkened his face and was angry at the case.

Seeing the situation, the four disciples took a step forward, and Qi Qi begged Liu Bang to execute Peng Yue according to the law, and told Liu Bang that he should not have been exiled to Tsing Yi County, Shu before, but should directly raze the three tribes.

When Liu Bang hesitated, the news of Zhang Liang's request to see suddenly came from outside the hall, and suddenly Liu Bang's face was a little overwhelmed, but he immediately calmed down, and handed over a letter to Wang Tiankai on the case, and beckoned Wang Tiankai to take three steps forward, Liu Bang whispered a few words in Wang Tiankai's ear, that Wang Tiankai was silent but nodded again and again, and finally Liu Bang waved his hand, Wang Tiankai led Peng Yue's four doormen around the side hall. An hour after they left, Liu Bang called Zhang Liang to enter the palace. Zhang Liang hurriedly walked over when he came in, and persuaded Liu Bang with an anxious and solemn face, "Your Majesty, Peng Yue's crime is not true, I hope Your Majesty will learn from it." As soon as the words fell, Zhang Liang's waist was so bent that he couldn't see his face, but he obviously felt the heavy and urgent pleading of the words. Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's words and said nothing, just looked at Zhang Liang who was hunched over his old waist and had a righteous demeanor in front of him, Liu Bang scratched his nose, scratched his forehead, and said lukewarmly and unhurriedly, "But his guests all said that Peng Yue had discussed rebellion with Hu Yu, and Chen Bing was in the west and north to prevent the Han army, and some people said that they had seen Chen Yan's envoy enter and leave the Liang Palace in private." Liu Bang stood up, got off the stage, helped up Zhang Liang, who had been hunched over, and pulled him to sit on the mat facing the temple door, and said with a straight face, "Don't forget how Chen Feng rebelled." Previously, Zhao Yao had found out the evidence of Peng Yue's rebellion, and I remembered his contribution to the Han family, so he was exiled to Shu, but I didn't expect that now there are guests who have come to the Tingwei Mansion one after another to say that Peng Yue had wanted to rebel, so that everyone knows that although I have the heart to pardon, I can't do it in the end. Peng Yue, according to the Han law, the three tribes. "Your Majesty......" Zhang Liang was very anxious, but he had nothing to say, and still looked at Liu Bang with hope. Liu Bang sighed, looked at the outside of the hall and said profoundly, "He is the king of Liang who I dissected for the letter, and I hope he is well." Suddenly, Liu Bang turned his head to look at Zhang Liang, and said a little helplessly, "At this time, even if I want to pardon him, it will be too late." Zhang Liang's eyes lit up, and he looked at Liu Bang in confusion. Wang Tingwei had already taken my will to the post house to arrest Peng Yue. Liu Bang knocked on the case with a 'bang', as if blaming himself for his impatience.

"It's too late, if Your Majesty is willing to pardon it." Zhang Liang suddenly got up, knelt down in front of Liu Bang, and pleaded with Liu Bang again for Peng Yue eagerly and excitedly.

"Really?" Liu Bang helped Zhang Liang and asked him. Zhang Liang nodded excitedly with tears in his eyes. Liu Bang smiled, patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder, and said that at this moment, he would write another urgent edict to pardon Peng Yue, and asked Zhang Liang to go to the post house to rescue Peng Yue, Zhang Liang was very grateful. Soon, Zhang Liang took Liu Bang's edict and hurried to the post house where Peng Yue was located. Before entering the door, he held the emperor's edict high above his head, and shouted happily and eagerly, "The emperor has an order to pardon Liang ......" When Zhang Liang stepped into the threshold, he was shocked, and the body of Peng Yue's death was scattered in front of him.

"Stop-" Zhang Liang hurriedly went out and grabbed Wang Tian's open arm, glared angrily and asked, "The emperor asked you to arrest him, why did you kill him." ”

"Returning to stay in the marquis," Wang Tiankai waved his hand again, "it is true that he was arrested, but he resisted and refused, and fought with us several times, and the emperor once said that if Peng Yue resisted the order, he would be killed on the spot." ”

'Boom-' sounded in Zhang Liang's mind, he understood everything, the emperor first asked Wang Tingwei to come to the post house to kill Peng Yue, it was too late to see the emperor himself, the emperor said that the edict to pardon Peng Yue was just to show his magnanimity to others, others may have been deceived by the emperor's performance of leniency, but Zhang Liang has seen through everything since then. Suddenly, Zhang Liang's chest ached, he covered his chest and closed his eyes and let out a deep breath.

The next day, Liu Bang got Zhang Liang's recital, which was not a state affair, but a request from him who was sick and wanted to return to Guanzhong. Liu Bang was nervous for a while, and immediately wanted to go to Zhang Liang's residence to see him in person, but before he took two steps, his mind suddenly flashed, his eyes immediately lit up, and he slowly paced down the steps. Yesterday, Peng Yue just died, Zhang Liang was sick today, Liu Bang guessed that Zhang Liang was unhappy because of Peng Yue's matter, and he didn't know what to say when he went to see him at this time, the words on his face were just perfunctory, and Zhang Liang mistakenly thought that he was faking. In this way, Liu Bang did not go to see Zhang Liang, but only agreed to Zhang Liang's request to return to Guanzhong. In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Bang still specially sent Zhang Liang out of the West Gate of Luoyang, and the two gentlemen and ministers did not say much, but Zhang Liang first said, 'Shu Chen's body is weak, and His Majesty will return to Guanzhong first', Liu Bang said 'um' and said, 'Go back'. Then, Zhang Liang's car gradually disappeared into the billowing dust.

As soon as he returned to Nangong, Liu Bang had not yet sat down, and Empress Lu came out of the inner hall and helped Liu Bang sit on the mat. Empress Lu burned warm wine and said, "I heard about Peng Yue. Empress Lu poured Liu Bang a jue of the warm wine that had been burned, and Liu Bang drank the warm wine and asked, "You say, am I wrong?" I'm a little ......" Liu Bang smiled, "I don't know what it feels like, it's hard and it's not good." ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you make an example?" Empress Lu said, "You and I don't know what the thoughts of many princes of the Han family are. Zang Di, Han Wangxin, Huaiyin Marquis, Chen Feng and others rebelled against the Han one after another, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no more traitors in the future, why didn't Your Majesty warn them with Peng Yue. ”

Liu Bang looked at Empress Lu in confusion, and asked for a long time, "What do you mean?" ”

"Where is Peng Yue's body now?"

"It's buried on the hillside a mile from the inn."

"Dig it out," Empress Lu said to Liu Bang with a sudden look in his eyes, "hang his head on the city gate, and order that others are forbidden to cry and pay tribute." Moreover, he was congratulated and gave his meat sauce to the princes of the world. In this way, I will see who dares to oppose it. ”

Liu Bang blinked his eyes in a daze, looked at Empress Lu in a daze, and forgot to drink the wine, Liu Bang fell into careful thought, and only after a while did he look at Empress Lu, scratching the tip of his nose as if worried, "It's dangerous to do this, I'm afraid that someone will turn against me even more because of this." Empress Lu smiled, and said with Liu Bang's hand, "Then take advantage of this to identify the loyal traitor." Empress Lu implicitly patted Liu Bang's hand, "The surname of the world is Liu, if you want the society to be stable, you must pull out the thorns." Liu Bang was shocked by Empress Lu's words, but finally agreed with Empress Lu's statement.

The next day, Peng Yue's head was hung on the gate of Luoyang City, and a notice was posted that no one was allowed to mourn Peng Yue, otherwise he would be beheaded. For a while, there were many people around the city gate, pointing and talking about Peng Yue's head, and there was no one in half a day, only Peng Yue's head hung alone at the head of the city, very desolate.

At the end of the afternoon of the next day, there was a man at the city gate who was crying and mourning under Peng Yue's head, and his mouth said that Peng Yue's various merits to the Han family before his death attracted many onlookers for a while, and the people pointed at him one after another, whispering that he was about to die, and someone advised him to leave quickly, otherwise he would die. The man remained motionless, ignoring the words of others, and cried vigorously.

"King Liang, the minister has put your father's coffin into the ground, I don't know if this arrangement is as you wish." The man cried and said, "The minister has reached an agreement with the Qi State for you, and the silk of Liangdi will be exchanged for the sea salt of the Qi State." ”

When the man was mourning, a column of soldiers with halberds ran out of the city gate, and from a distance, he pointed at the man and shouted, "Who dares to pay tribute to the traitor?" The man stopped crying, knelt down and solemnly kowtowed to Peng Yue three times, and then let the soldiers rudely tie him up. The soldier tied him up in front of Liu Bang's eyes, and the soldier said that the man had turned a blind eye to the emperor's will, and respectfully mourned Peng Yue. Liu Bang waved his hand to call the soldier down, looked the man up and down carefully, and asked unceremoniously with a gloomy face, "Name." "Doctor Liang Guo, Luan Bu." "Are you afraid of death?" "I'm afraid."

'Smack-', Liu Bang slapped the case angrily, pointed at the person who called himself Luan Bu and shouted, "Then you still go to pay tribute to him?" Do you want to rebel with him? I forbid anyone to refrain from paying tribute to him, and you turn a blind eye to provoking me. Liu Bang shouted to the left and right, "Someone! Cooking in a wok. The people on the left and right quickly stepped forward to tie Luan Bu, but Luan Bu said calmly and calmly, "Please let me say one more word, okay?" Looking at the emperor left and right, Liu Bang waved his hand to signal them to stand down, and asked Luan Bu what else he had to say when he died.

Luan Bu didn't kneel down quickly, but just stood firmly in place like Mount Tai, and said to the emperor with a sonorous face, "When His Majesty was trapped in Pengcheng and defeated into Gaoxingyang, Xiang Ji couldn't go west because the King of Liang was guarding Liangdi and it was difficult to share with the Han Dynasty. At that time, the king of Liang was even Chu, and Chu was victorious; Even Han, then Han wins. In the next battle, if there is no King Liang, maybe Xiang Ji will not be defeated. Today, King Liang received the letter of His Majesty's dissection and swore to be a loyal minister, and wanted to pass on this title from generation to generation, according to His Majesty's original title of king, so that it would be endless from generation to generation. However, His Majesty was suspicious of his rebellion because of the conscription of Liang and the King of Liang due to illness, and the evidence of the rebellion was not conclusive, and His Majesty could not wait to kill the twenty-six members of the Liang family. In this way, everyone who has meritorious service is in danger, and the Han family is in danger. After saying this, Luan Bu said to Liu Bang with a slight bow, "A person is about to die, his words are also good, King Liang did not rebel, but died innocently, such loyal ministers are dead, and it is meaningless for Luan Bu to live." I have nothing to say, you can cook me. ”

Liu Bang didn't speak for a long time, he thought about Luan Bu's words for a long time on the mat, and asked with infinite loss in his eyes, "What benefits did he give you, why are you so loyal to him?" "He is a king, and I am a minister. The monarch does the king's way, the minister does the minister's way, that's all. ”

Liu Bang repeated this sentence, and finally released Luan Bu because of his loyalty to Peng Yue.