Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Faithful

Jizhou.

Qinghe Country, Tobu Castle.

Liu Wei and his entourage went all the way west from Bingzhou, entered Jizhou, and went directly to the city of Dongwu.

Liu Wei came to see a person this time, and before his death, he had his last words: If His Majesty is unfortunate enough to encounter difficulties, he can go to Dongwu City to seek refuge, Zhao Bao is a loyal minister, and his son Zhao Chen is also a loyal person, if His Majesty goes to defect, he will do his best to help His Majesty get out of danger.

Zhao Bao is Zhao Zhong's younger brother, and the two are cousins.

Zhao Bao can definitely be called a good official with the people in mind, when governing the Guangling order, the officials ruled Qingming, the Guangling was governed by the road, and the night was not closed, after moving to Liaoxi Taishou, Zhao Bao sent people to welcome his mother and wife to live in Liaoxi, I don't want to encounter the Xianbei people who went south to Koubian on the way, I heard that Xianbei went south to Koubian, Zhao Bao personally led 20,000 horses, and Xianbei people started a confrontation outside the city.

Seeing this, the Xianbei people wanted to take their mother as a hostage to force Zhao Bao to lead the army to surrender.

Zhao Bao looked at the mother who was taken hostage and cried: The son is a good heart, and he wants to support his mother with a meager court, but he doesn't want to hurt his mother, I am your son before I become an official, and after I become an official, I am a courtier of the court.

When Zhao's mother heard this, she didn't think she was angry, but she was happy, and then said righteously: "Weihao, everyone has their own life, how can they take care of each other and lose loyalty." In the past, the king and the mother of the tomb of the Han envoy bowed the sword to consolidate his ambition and should be encouraged. ”

Zhao's mother used the allusion of Ling's mother to ambush the sword to inspire Zhao Bao.

Zhao Bao heard this, immediately commanded the army to attack the Xianbei people, the soldiers thanked Zhao Bao for his loyalty, all fought bravely to the death, after breaking the thief, Zhao Bao ordered people to rein in the killed mother and wife, and then cut himself off in front of his mother's grave.

After Zhao Bao's death, his son Zhao Chen had no intention of entering the office, so he sold his property and returned to Tobu City with his wife and children to become a rich man who did not care about the world.

Liu Wei took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, handed it to Chai Shao, and said, "Take this jade pendant, go to Zhao Mansion to meet Zhao Chen, and after he sees the jade pendant, he will go out of the city to meet me." ”

"No."

Chai Shao left in response.

Since the killing of Hua Xiong, Liu Wei and his party no longer have the sense of urgency of being chased by others when they were on the road, and the princes from all walks of life led their troops to the Tiger Prison Pass to meet Dong Zhuo, which relieved a lot of pressure on Liu Wei and his party.

About a stick of incense has passed.

Chai Shao went and returned, followed by a pot-bellied rich man, this person was Zhao Chen.

When the two came closer, Zhao Chen rolled the saddle and dismounted very clumsily, and immediately walked quickly in front of Liu Wei, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is the person who came Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Wei laughed miserably, turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Zhao Chen, took his hand and walked along the moat, and said: "Dong thief messed up the government, abolished the establishment without authorization, and demoted me to the king of Hongnong, and then he didn't give up, and he wanted to send someone to kill me." ”

Liu Wei said, smiled and pouted Li Ru behind him, then patted the wine jug hanging on his waist again, and said, "The wine jug is still here." ”

When Zhao Chen heard this, he blinked in confusion, and suddenly felt that his head was a little insufficient.

"I came here to see if there are any loyal people in your Zhao family?" Liu Wei said.

Zhao Chen knelt on the ground without thinking, clasped his fists and saluted: "Although Chen is a mustard, he does not dare to forget his loyalty to the king. ”

When Liu Wei heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, then stretched out his hand to pick him up, and said, "Now that I am short of a group of people, I wonder if the Zhao family is willing to endure the pain and cut love?" ”

When Zhao Chen heard this, he nodded without thinking, and said: "The minister will order someone to burn the Zhuangzi, and in the days to come, the minister is willing to follow His Majesty's side and lead the horse for His Majesty." ”

"If I am not yet clear, how can I cause you to suffer with me?"

Liu Wei felt extremely moved, but at the same time, he couldn't bear to drag the loyal Zhao Chen into the water, so he very tactfully rejected his proposal.

Zhao Chen looked at Liu Wei with firm eyes, and said resolutely: "There is still a son in the minister's family, who can inherit the family business, so he will serve the minister's wife at home, and the minister is willing to sell his property and follow His Majesty to the end of the world." ”

Liu Wei smiled dumbly and said, "I don't want your property, I want people, do you have someone in your family who can ride a horse?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "The northerners are good at riding, and there are more than 500 tenants and Zhuang Ding in the minister's family, which can be driven by His Majesty. ”

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Ru, who was standing behind him, suddenly looked sideways at Yang Xiu on the side, and said, "Good guy, there are hundreds of tenants and Zhuang Ding in dilapidated settlements like the Zhao family, so how many people do you have to support the Yang family of the fourth and third dukes?" ”

When Yang Xiu heard this, he glanced at Li Ru coldly and said, "It's your business." ”

Li Ru was bored in front of Yang Xiu, but he was not annoyed at all, in fact, he had already achieved his goal, because what he said just now was for Liu Wei.

Before meeting Yang Xiu, Li Ru wanted to drill into the circle of the world clan, but after getting along with Yang Xiu for a while, he completely dispelled such thoughts.

In the dead of night, after some careful consideration, Li Ru found a very accurate positioning for his future, and the meaning of his existence was to help Liu Wei suppress those clan forces that could not be defeated.

To borrow a phrase from later generations: only magic can defeat magic.

Li Ruxin is a well-known poisoner in the world, and he also owes Liu Wei a great favor, he once did something that wanted to poison Liu Bian, but people repaid the grievances with virtue, instead of retaliating, they also treated him with courtesy, if this favor is not returned with his life, he himself is a little embarrassed.

When Li Ru looked at Liu Wei again, he found that Liu Wei was also looking at him with a smile, Li Ru glanced at him, and Liu Wei winked at him very playfully.

Li Ru was stunned, and then lowered his head silently, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart: "I don't want Your Majesty to have such a lively side, if he hadn't made such an expression just now, I would have forgotten that he was just a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child." ”

Li Ru thought about it, and suddenly his face froze, his eyes flickered, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, and said, "Your Majesty? Did I just say Your Majesty? ”

Li Ru suddenly fell into deep self-doubt.

Just when Li Ru lowered his head and thought nonsense, Zhao Chen had already summoned fifty Zhuang Ding to come to meet Liu Wei and said: "Lord, these are all good hands with one as ten, and the minister dares to guarantee that they will never give birth to two hearts, although the lord can use it with confidence." ”

In front of his own household, Zhao Chen did not dare to call Liu Wei His Majesty again, but deliberately changed his title.

Seeing that Zhao Chen looked confident, Liu Wei was embarrassed to open his mouth to discourage his enthusiasm, so he nodded with a smile and said, "You stay in Dongwu City, recruit strong men for me, and secretly teach them riding and archery skills, and after they can master riding skills, I will let people come to contact you." ”

"No."

Zhao Chen saluted in response.

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