Chapter 2: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Chapter 2: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
With Liu Xuan's words, a person with a height of about one meter eighty-three and wearing a set of tightly wrapped his whole body walked out. Keep in mind
The helmet on the man's head obscured most of his face, and the only thing that could be seen was the pair of eyes, barely lifeless.
The black-armored man took off his helmet, revealing a pale face that had been obscured - it was Sun Ce and Sun Bofu, the original Jiangdong Xiaobawang, and now the elder brother of Sun Quan who was in exile overseas.
It's just that this man who used to be against Liu Xuan has become Liu Xuan's most loyal subordinate at this time, although he still retains his thoughts and consciousness, but his thoughts have changed drastically because of a thought that can never be changed, which leads to ...... In the same situation, he will make a very different choice than before.
"Your Majesty!"
In fact, when he was just resurrected, Sun Ce called Liu Xuan the master, but Liu Xuan always felt awkward to be called the master by a big man, so he ordered him to change his name.
Looking at Sun Ce, who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, respectfully and respectfully, Liu Xuan now felt that he was like the ultimate villain, especially when he thought that Sun Ce, who was still his brother, to clean up that Sun Shangxiang, this feeling became even stronger.
"Your sister wants to assassinate me...... Anyway, you should be happy to see your sister, right?"
"Anyone who tries to threaten His Majesty in vain should be destroyed, even if she is my own sister!" Sun Ce's answer was swift and firm, without the slightest hesitation, and his eyes exuded a very violent killing intent, and even affected his own strength, the temperature of the entire Tianji Pavilion suddenly dropped a lot, and the ground under Sun Ce's feet was even covered with a layer of frost.
All of this was seen by Liu Xuan, to which he just replied lightly: "The mastery of the power of ice is still too poor, master it as soon as possible!"
"Your Majesty has been disappointed!"
Trying hard to bring back the overflowing cold air, Sun Ce's performance never exceeded the slightest, as if Liu Xuan's most loyal domestic servant was not even a family general, and this kind of behavior was not much different from that of a servant.
With a casual hum, Liu Xuan waved his hand to let Sun Ce go down.
Today, I came to Tianji Pavilion, in addition to talking to Yu Ji, to see Sun Ce's situation, as far as the current point of view, Sun Ce after the resurrection, has indeed met his expectations in terms of strength, but because he suddenly got this huge power, his own mastery of power is too poor, and it is estimated that it will take a few years to truly control this power for his own use.
Because of this, Liu Xuan has always asked Sun Ce to hide in this palace and not show up, so as not to cause any trouble - anyway, Sun Ce is not a living person at all, and not eating, drinking, resting, or sleeping will not have any effect on him, after all, to some extent, this is a 'corpse' that is self-aware and can move freely.
It's just that compared to Zuo Ci's puppet corpse, this one is much more advanced!Of course, the shortcomings are not nothing, that is, although the strength of the physical body has also been improved accordingly, in order to maintain flexibility, it is not as hard as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who have been tempered (even if you use weapons, you can't cause any damage to them).
In order to make up for this, Liu Xuan used the remaining materials to directly help Sun Ce refine a set of battle armor, which was the set of black full-body armor that he wore at any time.
The armor has no ornate ornamentation, and there are no strange patterns. It's very simple, but everyone can see the defensive power of this armor - unlike the scale armor worn by most generals today, this is a plate armor that is closer to the heavy cavalry worn by the European Middle Ages, except that Liu Xuan has done more detailed processing at some joints to maintain flexibility. ...,
Originally, he was still thinking about whether to make some skull patterns on his armor, but in the end he gave up - don't you get those things to tell the other party that this person is different? Now, even if Sun Ce makes some famous names in the future, the other party will at most know that 'it is strange for the big man to have a person wearing black armor', as for the scope of this black armor, there are many people who like to wear black armor, and even the standard armor of the entire tiger and leopard riding is black.
Therefore, even if Sun Ce broke into some fame again and aroused some people's concern, before they really encountered all kinds of 'weirdness', they would not be able to judge whether the person they were facing was 'that person'.
"That's what I wanted!"
Turned around and left the Tianji Pavilion, looking at the sunny sky, the weather is good today, although there are a few clouds floating, but it can't hinder the sun from exuding its enthusiasm, plus it's still spring, the weather is not hot, and the warmth is very comfortable.
During this time, because he has been busy cultivating and dealing with political affairs, he has not had a good contact with several of his women for a long time, and even Huang Yueying, who has matured, has no time to eat it, but let this girl escape her 'claws'.
"Hmph, have you escaped for a while, have you escaped for a lifetime?"
Hehe smiled evilly, Liu Xuan asked Cao Bao beside him, "What are the queen and a few ladies doing at this time?"
"Your Majesty, the queen and the ladies are all relaxing in the imperial garden!"
"Hmm...... Take me there!"
As the days passed, the court gradually stabilized, and Cao Bao's status naturally became more and more stable.
It's just that unlike many powerful eunuchs, Cao Bao's reputation is not bad. In the final analysis, it is because he is not greedy for power, he knows what he can't touch, and after Liu Xuan taught the exercises, he doesn't care so much about money, so except for some routine etiquette, he basically won't accept property from others.
Moreover, he is quite knowledgeable in political affairs, and when many ministers have urgent matters to see the Son of Heaven, Cao Bao will not obstruct him, so his relationship with the princes in the court is not bad, and the relationship with these people is not bad, and his reputation will naturally not be bad - after all, the group of people in the court today, the network of relationships under them is all over the world, and the students have mastered the public opinion of this era, as long as they do not criticize Cao Bao, his reputation will naturally not stink.
As for the other eunuch Zhang Rang, this old eunuch died the year before last, and there was no pain in leaving, and he was at the end of his life. Although Liu Xuan also taught him some exercises, after all, his foundation was too poor, and he suffered several major changes, so he was very satisfied to live to this year.
Fortunately, before he died, he taught everything that should be taught to Cao Bao, so he died and died.
Walking through the Dragon Palace for a while, Liu Xuan did not take a car, although the area of this new palace is huge, but he was not in a hurry, taking advantage of this time to relax and relax, why take the car to hurry up?
But even so, he soon came to the Imperial Garden - after all, the Imperial Garden was for the emperor and the concubines to relax and relax, and it was impossible to build it far from the main palaces of the Imperial Palace, so it would not be too inconvenient, and the meaning of building the Imperial Garden would be lost.
I have to say that the scenery of this imperial garden, which is made by all the most powerful craftsmen in the country, is indeed beautiful, and the area is sufficient, almost covering all kinds of scenery in the north and south of the world.
So that Liu Xuan will not feel tired even if he wanders in it for a long time - the same scenery has different flavors in different seasons, not to mention so many different scenes? ...,
Liu Xuan is like this, not to mention those women? So whenever they are free, this group of women likes to hang out in the garden in twos and threes, and basically they can't find it in the palace, so they must be in the imperial garden.
From time to time, Huang Yueying called Liu Zi to go to the royal hunting ground to play, and the rest of them were not very interested in shooting arrows and other things.
Unexpectedly, all the women got together this time, even Huang Yueying did not run around, nor did she nest in the refining department to tinker with any new inventions, but wore a pale yellow long skirt, pulled her hair that was always yellow into a beautiful bun, and then hung the rest of her head naturally, and there was a crystal-inlaid hairpin in the bun, which gave Liu Xuan the illusion of watching some idol costume dramas in the future.
This kind of strange mix and match of modern and unmodern, ancient and unancient is actually very good-looking, so Liu Xuan did not resist, and even came to Huang Yueying to look at it playfully, and looked at this girl with rare embarrassment.
Of course, in the end, he inevitably raised his neck and said, "Why? Haven't you seen this girl dress up?"
In a word, all the women laughed coquettishly, in fact, for Huang Yueying, these women admired it very much, because except for her, no one seemed to dare to talk to the current son like this.
What's more, when today's reputation outside is half good or bad, for Liu Xuan's revival of the Han family and the restoration of the Han Dynasty's qi, even the most disdainful Confucian students pinch their noses and nod in approval. But for Liu Xuan's temper and various behaviors, they also spared no effort to frantically publicize, which led to many people knowing that when today's son has a bad temper, and he will kill the whole family when he is angry, he is very brutal.
In this case, some courtiers who were not familiar with Liu Xuan trembled when they entered the Hajj, for fear that if they didn't do a good job, they would anger the son of today, ordinary people didn't even dare to take a breath in front of him, who would dare to hold their necks high and the Son of Heaven like her?
"It's really rare, don't you always dress casually and always make a mess of yourself?"
As soon as I talked about this, the laughter of the women became more obvious, Huang Yueying worked in the refining department, and often tinkered with some inventions on weekdays, and it was normal to not sleep or wash her face for a few days and nights when she was engaged in inventions, so everyone often saw Huang Yueying's embarrassed appearance, and even thought it was strange at all - at the beginning, seeing that she was so embarrassed, several sisters also said: "Why do girls pay so little attention to their appearance?", but after a few years, they didn't bother to say it.
Wearing clothes is also according to your own temperament, how comfortable and how to come, if there is an occasional explosion or something, it will be even more embarrassing, not only the clothes are tattered, but even the hair will be fried like a chicken nest, and the face is smoked like coal.
Fortunately, Huang Yueying habitually wears a set of tight-fitting protective clothing inside, so there is no risk of running out.
In addition, compared to when Huang Yueying was only helping in the Refining Division, now she is a serious refining division, in charge of the refining division, no matter how small it is, she has to make the decision.
In addition, the refining department has now transformed from the core high-end manufacturing unit of the Han Dynasty to a pure research institution, and the manufacturing has been completely taken over by the Ministry of Industry, plus Huang Yueying has already made many achievements, and he is a person valued by the Son of Heaven, so although he caused some turmoil when he took office, he finally became a formal official of the Han Dynasty very smoothly.
And almost at the same time that Huang Yueying took office, Lu Bu's daughter Lu Lingqi also officially entered the forbidden army, but she was not given any privileges, but she was awarded a lieutenant according to the merits she received when she was in Jingzhou. ..., but even so, Lu Lingqi was also the first female military attache in the Han Dynasty to really get a formal official position, which really gave the Han people a lot of talk about it.
What's more, his father is still the first fierce general Lu Bu today, which is more legendary, and there are even teahouses that make up some jokes to tell the guests who come to drink tea every day.
After learning this, Liu Xuan also deliberately went to listen to it a few times, and then he personally issued an edict to let those idlers in the court change some important battles that occurred when the Han Dynasty unified the world into jokes, and then sent them to the shopkeepers of the major teahouses, so that they could publicize the 'glorious deeds' of the Han Dynasty in their own teahouses.
It is precisely because of the recognition of the people and the deliberate guidance of public opinion by the imperial court that the matter of Huang Yueying and Lu Lingqi did not cause too much negative evaluation, and there was a lot less trouble.
As for the princes of the court, from the many things that the Son of Heaven did back then, they had a premonition that sooner or later there would be such a day, so they didn't say anything.
It's just that they are still trying their best to fight against Zhen Mi's entry into Taixue as a doctor-forget those cornering officials, Doctor Taixue is too important, and this place must not be lost.
It's a pity that in Liu Xuan's eyes, these actions are just to add some fun to him, anyway, sooner or later they will give in, just play slowly.
And when it comes to these heroines, Liu Xuan once again remembered Sun Shangxiang who wanted to assassinate him.
According to Yu Ji's words, Sun Shangxiang didn't know about Yu Ji's connection with him, and even asked Yu Ji to take her to Luoyang and then find a suitable opportunity to assassinate her in Luoyang, and even asked Yu Ji for proper help.
The poor little girl didn't know that she had asked the wrong person, probably because Yu Ji had been teaching her wholeheartedly for so many years, especially after fleeing overseas, which made her think that Yu Ji was a trustworthy teacher, so she didn't think about anything else, right?
In this regard, all Liu Xuan wants to do is to give her a memory that she will never forget for a lifetime, so that she can understand how sinister this world is.
As for mercy, he won't be soft-hearted just because the other party is a cute girl, but if he wants to get along with himself, then there will be no other end.
It's just that...... Now that it has come out, let's fix it as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night!
Looking at the few women beside him, Liu Xuan began to feel in his head how to create the 'best assassination opportunity' for Sun Shangxiang.
In order to avoid accidents, you can't take these people with you, after all, these women have no experience in dealing with emergencies except Diao Chan, like Cai Yan and Er Qiao, who are not good at fighting with people at all, and if they are really accidentally injured or something, it will make him depressed.
"Bring the cicadas?"
Just thinking about it, Huang Yueying next to her suddenly came up and poked Liu Xuan's waist and eyes with her fingers, and when Liu Xuan turned around, she saw this eccentric girl squeezing her eyebrows at her, and asked, "What fun are you thinking?"
“......”
"Don't admit it, just look at your expression and know that you are going to be bad again!" There was a hint of curiosity and a hint of contempt in his eyes, and then he suddenly burst out: "Take me with me, stay in the palace all month long, suffocate to death!"
"It's you who don't go out and walk around, and it's not me who imprisons you!"
Huang Yueying replied with an expression of 'who are you fooling, if I want to go out to play, you don't catch me back'. What's more, although she is only an official of the Han Dynasty in name now, who in Luoyang City does not know that she Huang Yueying is the emperor's woman?
Of course, Liu Xuan is ready to issue an edict to take Huang Yueying as a beauty, the same as Er Qiao and Zhen Mi, and her status is lower than that of Queen Cai Yan and the noble Diao Chan. ..., who of these women will become nobles in the future? It will depend on who will please him more.
As for this time, Liu Xuan thought about it, but he didn't have to hide it from these women, anyway, they were the closest people to him, and he was not afraid to say it.
Even if it is accidentally spread out, it will be known by Sun Shangxiang...... That girl is still stupid to stay with Yu Ji, when the time comes, Yu Ji will shoot directly, this girl will still run away?
As for not directly letting Yu Ji catch him and send it to him, it's just that he has been a little bored recently and wants to have fun.
After hearing Liu Xuan's words, the girls knew that Sun Ce's sister had come to Luoyang and wanted to assassinate the Son of Heaven. Although they knew that Sun Shangxiang would definitely not succeed, assassination was ......
"It seems that Your Majesty should send a general to capture that Sun Shangxiang, and he should not be in danger!"
Liu Xuan smiled and comforted Cai Yan, who persuaded him: "Don't worry, there will be no problem!" It just so happened that Sun Shangxiang told some ill-intentioned people that they wanted to assassinate ...... Weigh yourself first!"
Indeed, with the unification of the Han Dynasty and the stability of the court and the world, there will always be some people who will not be satisfied with the status quo and want to cause some trouble.
Among them, especially the group of people who feel that they have suffered unfair treatment, Liu Xuan can just borrow Sun Shangxiang's hand to warn this group of guys, and by the way, he also shows some means in front of the world.
To put it bluntly, it is to make an example of killing chickens and monkeys!
P.S: 10,000 words updated ...... Well, it's a good start, keep it up!
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