The breath of spring and March, with the refreshing cool spring breeze, quietly descended on the land of Guanzhong.

Feeling the obviously warmer temperature, the instinct of the people in Guanzhong engraved in the depths of their blood was also quietly awakened.

- Spring ploughing.

As early as more than 2,000 years ago, nearly 3,000 years ago, in the ancient period where the Yan and Huang emperors lived, the skill of cultivating crops to obtain food had been controlled by the wise Chinese nation.

In the following thousands of years, the changes of Chinese civilization basically revolved around farming.

- If there is not enough land to plant, then go out and drive away those barbarians who drink blood!

- If there is not enough food to eat, then the internal reform will be carried out and those tyrants who oppress the masses at the bottom, such as Chiyou and Shangxuan, will be ousted!

Not only internal innovation, external conquest and expansion, but also the birth of ancient Chinese rituals, sacrifices, and even astronomy are closely related to agriculture.

——The first sacrificial ritual originated in the Chinese civilization, and the chief priest's primary prayer to the heavens and the gods was that the wind and rain would be smooth and the grains would be abundant;

——Since ancient times, the ritual system that still exists in the Han Dynasty is also the beginning of spring every year, when the Son of Heaven personally opens the field to persuade the world to farm;

It was the astrological officials of ancient times who observed the stars, and also established the calendar, so that agricultural production could be "at its own time", so that the people could know clearly when to sow and when to water, when to weed, and when to harvest.

It is in this inheritance that has been passed down for more than 5,000 years that farming has become a 'talent' deeply engraved in the blood of the Chinese nation.

Even in the 21st century, the first question that the Chinese people who successfully landed on the moon wanted to figure out was still the following: Can food be grown on the moon······

This is still the case in the later generations of modernization, and now, the Han family, which is still in the feudal system and agricultural civilization, is not to mention - as soon as March arrives, the attention of all farmers is focused on the upcoming spring ploughing.

It was when Chang'an City, which had been bleak for a whole winter, that everything was revived and gradually prospered by the bustling crowd, and the tranquility of Shangguanli's rebellion was in chaos because of a sudden disappearance······

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"What?!"

"Gone ?!!!"

Qu Shun Hou Mansion, back hall.

Hearing the words of the servants outside the hall, Chen Ping only got up from the couch in a hurry, and didn't bother to tidy up his clothes, so he opened the door.

Looking at the slave outside the door with a calm face, Chen Ping did not forget to ask in a cold voice while hurrying his belt: "Come carefully!" ”

Seeing that the slave heard this, he forcibly adjusted his confused snort before bowing to Chen Ping.

"Hey, you're a prince."

"At the time of Chen, the prince took the chariot from Sima Gate out of Weiyang, joined the Marquis of Jiancheng in the arsenal, and the captain of the A Department of the Southern Army, and immediately earned it to the north and went straight to Sanyuan!"

"The slave asked the people in the north of Weiyang Palace, and finally one of them said - the prince said that the people along the road said: The canal repair has not been completed, and he does not dare to stay in Chang'an for a long time."

"The slave asked again, and the people said: The prince repaired the Zhengguo Canal, and before the winter, the dredging and narrow road had been completed, but the remaining solid soil had not yet been completed."

"Now the prince will go out of Chang'an and go to Sanyuan, and when he returns to Chang'an, I am afraid that it will be ······ in April and summer."

Listening to the servant's report, Chen Ping's face only sank a little, and when he heard the sentence 'The prince will not come back until a month later', Chen Ping's face completely darkened.

"Hmmm······"

With a calm face and a slight groan, Chen Ping sped up the speed of his hand.

Quickly put away his clothes and neatly packed up, and saw Chen Ping humming and raised his head.

"Hurry to the Prime Minister's Mansion and hand over the post!"

"After a while, I should go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person and meet Xiao Xiangguo in person!"

The tone of calm made the next command, and Chen Ping's face couldn't help but become more ugly.

- The current Chen Ping, but the messenger sent by Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven!

This time in Chang'an, Chen Ping has a mission!

On the day he returned to Chang'an, Chen Ping entered the palace as soon as possible and read the edict of Liu Bang, the son of heaven, to the crown prince Liu Ying.

For example, in the case of the boiling grain prices in Guanzhong, Chen Ping has obtained a detailed coping strategy from Liu Ying.

Regarding Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi, Liu Ying has also made his attitude clear - family ugliness should not be publicized.

As for Liu Ying's renovation of Zheng Guoqu, even if Liu Ying is not there, Chen Ping can go to Shaofu and then briefly understand the situation from Xiao He.

But there is one more thing, Chen Ping must meet Liu Ying in person, and he is alone.

- Huaiyin Hou, Han Xin!

Before setting off from Handan, Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, repeatedly reclaimed: This matter must be asked to Liu Ying alone, and let Liu Ying give a disposal plan as soon as possible, and Xiao He and Lu Pheasant must not be allowed to give advice to Liu Ying!

Chen Ping also knew very well in his heart: this matter is almost entirely a test for the crown prince Liu Ying, and it will be directly related to the attitude of Liu Bang, the son of heaven, towards the matter of 'easy storage'!

If this matter is not done well, Chen Ping will return to Chang'an this time, not to mention making contributions, after returning to Handan, whether he can be kicked twice by Liu Bang, the son of heaven, is considered to be in a good mood!

"Huh!"

"On that day, you shouldn't have let your family run away!!"

Gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, Chen Ping raised his head with a calm face, only to see that the slave who had left a moment ago had run back out of breath again.

"What are you doing?!"

"Don't go !! yet"

With an extremely terrible roar, the slave only fell to his knees in a hurry, and before he could explain, he saw the figure of another Houfu slave outside the backyard.

Seeing the slave hurrying over, he didn't even bother to catch his breath, so he looked at Chen Ping breathlessly.

"Jun, Junhou!"

"The emperor, the queen, the queen sent people, please enter the palace !!"

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Under the guidance of the palace people, he walked into the Weiyang Palace, took off his cloth shoes outside the Xuanshu Palace, and untied his sword, and the anxious look on Chen Ping's plane also quietly dispersed a little.

- Because at the gate of the palace, Chen Ping found another pair of cloth shoes.

"Who could it be······

"What is the queen's call, what is ······?"

With this doubt, he handed over the untied sword to the temple people on the side, and Chen Ping dressed up again and slowly walked into the oath hall.

"Qu rebels Hou Chenping, I would like to worship the queen······"

A decent singing naturally attracted a friendly greeting from Lu Pheasant.

"Qu Rebel Hou doesn't have to be polite~"

Raising his head in response, Chen Ping finally saw the figure who had entered the palace before him, kneeling in the hall with a flat face.

——It was Fang Cai, Xiao He who Chen Ping wanted to visit.

With a puzzled face, he came to the side of the hall, knelt down on the feast, and listened to Lu Pheasant's signature gentle tone in the hall without waiting for Chen Ping to speak.

"Since last year, Qu Shunhou has gone out with His Majesty, and he has been half a year old in a flash."

"If it weren't for this, Your Majesty would send Qu Rebel Marquis as an envoy to return to Chang'an, I don't know when I can see Qu Rebel Marquis again······"

With a smile on his face, he saw Lu Pheasant raise his head gently, and looked at Chen Ping's gaze, which was rare with a touch of kindness.

"Your Majesty is in Handan, but everything is going well?"

"There is war again, but what are the obstacles?"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's two questions, Chen Ping had no choice but to put aside the doubts in his heart for the time being, and bowed his hand slightly to Lu Pheasant, who was at the top.

"Your Majesty is all right, and the war, although it has been a little prolonged, is not very difficult······"

Seeing that Lu Pheasant heard this, he only nodded with a gentle face, and even the strength that was often carried in his temperament seemed to have disappeared.

"That's good, it's good ······"

Murmuring lightly, Lu Pheasant raised his head with a slight sense of affinity.

"Hearing the prince's words, Qu Shunhou is returning to Chang'an, because His Majesty has to trust him with state affairs."

"Now, it has been a few days since Qu rebelled Hou to return to Chang'an; I don't know what His Majesty entrusted, Qu Rebellion Hou has been finished? ”

Saying that, Lu Pheasant smiled to himself as if he was afraid that Chen Ping would misunderstand.

"Today, Your Majesty's garrison in Handan, although the war is safe, it is the pillar of the rebel country, and it is the strategist of Your Majesty's trust."

"I'm afraid that the rebel marquis often follows His Majesty's side, so it's more appropriate?"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's previous two questions, Chen Ping didn't react yet, but he thought that Lu Pheasant was dominated by the desire to control again, and wanted to understand what task Liu Bang, the son of heaven, had given to Chen Ping.

But when he heard the latter sentence and tasted Lu Pheasant's almost undisguised meaning of 'sending off guests', Chen Ping's face suddenly froze.

"When His Majesty was about to set out on the expedition, he sent the Marquis of Jiang to Chang'an to tell Xiao Xiangguo about the Marquis ······of Huaiyin."

Thinking to himself, Chen Ping raised his head thoughtfully and looked at Prime Minister Xiao He, who was kneeling not far from Lu Pheasant's side, with an ancient complexion······

"In addition to sending the Marquis of Jiang to tell Xiao Xiangguo, His Majesty seems to have informed the Xiahou servant of this matter; and Xiahou's servant went to tell the song of Zhouhou ······"

"Hmmm······"

Thinking of this, Chen Ping finally raised his head and looked at Lu Pheasant with a dark gaze.

"Isn't it ······"

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that the smile on Lu Pheasant's face did not change, and he only spoke more gently.

"Qu Yihou?"

Brought back to his senses by this light voice, Chen Ping only thought about it for a moment, and then hesitated to give up his hand to Lu Pheasant.

"It is true that the family said: The minister returns to Chang'an, but His Majesty entrusts him with state affairs, and wants to ask the family face-to-face."

"One of them is that Your Majesty asked about the repair of the canal at home, and the grain price in Guanzhong was boiling, and the family went up to the grain and rice official camp to stabilize the grain price in Guanzhong."

With a deep voice, Chen Ping couldn't help but look at Xiao He, and narrowed the corners of his eyes slightly tentatively.

"This matter, the day before yesterday, the family has been informed to the minister."

Speaking slowly, seeing that Xiao He was still like Fang Cai, as if he had been immobilized, Chen Ping had no choice but to move his gaze back to Lu Pheasant.

"Second, it is King Zhao."

"Your Majesty has Xiao Xiangguo's words: In the past, King Zhao had close contacts with the Changlingtian clan."

"Before that, the Changling Tian clan wanted to seek the peak of the grain price in Guanzhong, and he was involved in the assassination of the prince; King Zhao is a clan relative, and he is His Majesty's own son, so there is no reason to stay out of the matter. ”

As he spoke, Chen Ping involuntarily glanced at Xiao He again, but he didn't stare like Fang Cai, and after making sure that Xiao He's complexion had not changed, he naturally moved his gaze back.

After telling the first two things, seeing that Lu Pheasant's face was still full of smiles, Chen Ping couldn't help frowning slightly.

Just as Chen Ping was secretly weighing whether to tell Han Xin in front of Lu Pheasant, he saw Lu Pheasant smiling and turning sideways and nodding his head at Xiao He.

Then, Xiao He got up from his seat with a stiff face, arched his hand towards Lu Pheasant like a walking corpse, and immediately picked up a one-foot-square wooden box not far behind him, stepped forward with a dull gaze, and placed the wooden box in front of Chen Ping.

Without waiting for Chen Ping to look at him suspiciously, he moved from Xiao He to Lu Pheasant, who was on his head, and heard Lu Pheasant smile softly again.

"I don't say anything, I also know that Qu rebel Hou is returning to Chang'an, because His Majesty has to entrust him with the real murder of the prince."

With a smile to himself, Lu Pheasant shook his head with an easy-going face.

"Only a few days ago, the prince was assassinated in Changling, and the people in Guanzhong were panicked, and there were many theories."

"The work of repairing the canal has not yet been completed, and the spring ploughing is imminent, so the prince has to go to Sanyuan first, focusing on state affairs."

After speaking, Lu Pheasant smiled meaningfully, raised his head slightly, and bowed his mouth to the wooden box in front of Chen Ping, and did not forget to say: "Get this thing and return to Handan, Qu Shunhou's mission of this trip should also be complete?" ”

Listening to Lu Pheasant's obviously easy-going tone, but it was like a man's back to his heart, Chen Ping only turned around with a dull face.

raised his head and looked at Xiao He with a little hesitation, but he still couldn't get any useful confidence from Xiao He's stake-like stiff complexion.

Qiang Zi shook his heart, took a deep breath, and Chen Ping stretched out his hand and gently lifted the lid of the wooden box.

In an instant, a pungent lime smell hit Chen Ping's mouth and nose, causing Chen Ping's complexion to condense.

When he saw that inside the wooden box, there was a human head that had been wrapped in lime, Rao was a little mentally prepared, and Chen Ping couldn't help but be surprised!

Slightly flustered, the wooden box was covered, and Chen Ping's face was suddenly shocked!

Forced himself to adjust his heavy snort, barely suppressed the horror on his face, and just turned his head sideways, he saw Lu Pheasant getting up from the soft couch with a smile on his face.

"In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin secretly hid Xiang Chu Yu Zhong Li, and was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin for His Majesty."

"It's been another year, Han Xin and his peers are Chen Xuan, and they plan to cooperate with the outside to seek reversity······"

"Later, Han Xin teamed up with the Changling Tian clan to raise the price of grain to disrupt Guanzhong; After the attempt, he sent the soldiers to death and assassinated the prince in Changling! ”

Leng Ran scolded lightly, and saw Lu Pheasant's face condensed without being blunt, looked at the corner of Chen Ping's eyes, and couldn't help but squint quietly.

"Huaiyin Hou Xin, who has repeatedly violated the law of the country and does not repent, his sin is a clan!"

"Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, is a relative but not self-respecting, and he is in the same stream with thieves such as Changling Tian's clan and Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin, and he is ashamed of Liu Zai!"

As he spoke, Lu Pheasant's tone sank slightly, and the anger on his face also retracted slightly.

"The prince remembered the brotherhood of King Zhao, and he couldn't bear to be punished heavily; However, the lord of the palace behind me did not sit back and watch King Zhao's mistakes and insult the reason of the country. ”

"I have issued an order: Before Your Majesty's class, King Zhao and his mother are grounded in the palace; When His Majesty returns to Chang'an, he will dispose of it. ”

After saying that, Lu Pheasant finally clasped his hands in front of his stomach and looked at Chen Ping with a cold face.

"In this way, the mission of Qu Weihou should be completed."

"Rest for a few days, Qu Rebellion Marquis, and return to Handan, serve His Majesty left and right······"

Listening to Lu Pheasant's statement and explain these things that had not happened yet, Chen Ping was only stunned.

looked at Xiao He with hesitation, but saw that Xiao He was still the same as before, his face was ancient, and he was kneeling on the side of the hall with a sloppy gaze······

"Alas······"

Secretly letting out a sigh, Chen Ping could only raise his head in the end, and bowed his hand to Lu Pheasant with a mixed face.

"Minister, the ······ command"

"Tomorrow, the minister will set off and return to Handan ······"