The winter of the first year of Jianhe was extraordinarily long and dark for Liu Zhi.

The martyrdom of Li Gu and Du Qiao was like a dark cloud over the entire Kyoto, and everyone in Luoyang looked sideways, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.

Even the ceremony of Liu Zhi's two younger brothers to be crowned was only hasty, and only a few royal relatives participated.

Liu Zhi summoned them in the dormitory, and he still had some memories of his second brother Liu Shuo, who was a loyal and old man.

But the third brother Liu Kui has no impression, he feels that he is smart and clever, can speak well, has a sweet mouth, and is very affectionate to Liu Zhi.

The three brothers haven't seen each other for a year and a half, but they seem to be separated by a lifetime, and they are very unfamiliar with each other.

Now that the atmosphere in Luoyang is sluggish, Liu Zhi doesn't want them to stay in Beijing for a long time, so as not to cause more trouble, so he asked the two to rush to the fiefdom as soon as possible.

Liu Shuo, the new king of the plains, immediately agreed very honestly, but Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, was a little unhappy, and said that he wanted to stay in Kyoto.

This one is a troublemaker, Liu Zhi has enough trouble, where do he dare to leave such a trouble by his side.

Immediately, his face sank, "This is the rule, the princes and kings are not allowed to stay in Kyoto if they have nothing to do, if you are worried, let the lady go with you." ”

Liu Kui saw that it couldn't be done, and he was immediately a little unhappy, "No, just let my mother stay at home." ”

This time, Mrs. Ma was also named the nobleman of Xiaochongbo Garden, the eldest sister was named the princess of Changshe, and the younger sister was the princess of Yiyang.

But Liu Zhi's mother was not among the summonses, which made him very disappointed, but he didn't say anything.

After sending Liu Shuo and the others away, Liu Zhi also fulfilled a wish and began to concentrate on his own affairs.

Although the deaths of Li and Du made Liang Ji more arrogant, they also completely aroused the anger of the people.

During the month of Layue, he rewarded his favorite concubine Liang Guiren, his brother Deng Yan was Nandun Hou, a special entry, and his mother Mrs. Xuan was Chang'an Jun, enjoying the privilege of freely entering and leaving the palace.

Ci Nan Dun Marquis Mansion in Yanxili, Deng Yan took advantage of the incident of Li Gu last time to get acquainted with many upright and promising young Confucian students.

Based in the Nantun Marquis Mansion, they often held various gatherings in the name of reading banquets.

Moreover, the Hou Mansion recruited servants and nurses with great fanfare, which was large-scale and in the limelight for a while.

Under this cover, Liu Zhi's Long Linwei had expanded to more than 800 people, most of whom were Green Forest high-rollers recruited by Duan Xi and Lu Feng.

In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year, and in the spring of the second year of Jianhe, a major event occurred that shocked the whole country.

Baimaqiang, who had been silent for several years, suddenly invaded the subject country of Guanghan, killed many local officials, and plundered them.

When the 800-mile urgent military report arrived in Kyoto, the whole court was shocked, and this time the opinions of the courtiers were unprecedentedly unified.

Even the general Liang Ji resolutely advocated fighting back, demanding that the Empress Dowager Liang immediately issue an order to conquer the Baima Qiang tribe.

Fighting, it is definitely going to be fought, but the treasury is empty, money and food are tight, how should military spending be settled? These gave Empress Dowager Liang a headache.

In the evening of that day, Xu Huang suddenly hurried into the palace and secretly asked to see Liu Zhi through Shan Chao.

Could it be that something big has happened again?

The two were in Liang Meng's secret meeting in the West Palace, and Xu Huang disguised himself as an ordinary eunuch, and mixed in with his eyebrows lowered and his head lowered.

"Your Majesty, Liang Ji collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and conspired with Xiqiang to launch a rebellion."

Liu Zhi was taken aback, "What? Why did he do that? ”

As a general, he has almost all the control of the local armies of the Han Dynasty, and now he is the same in the court.

What else is he Liang Ji not satisfied with, he has to do such a rebellious thing?

Xu Huang sneered repeatedly, "It's not that I want to make more money by fighting." ”

Liu Zhi's face was pale, hasn't he made enough money over the years, it is underestimated to say that he is rich and rivals the country, it should be a rich country.

In this way, he was not satisfied, and even went crazy to make money by waging war, knowing that once the war spread, thousands of soldiers would be sacrificed.

Hundreds of people have been left homeless and displaced.

"If the thieves are not eliminated, the people will have no peace!"

"Boom!"

Liu Zhisheng smashed his fist on the case in anger, and he decided to get rid of this wingman as soon as possible no matter what.

"Do you have proof?"

Xu Huang shook his head, "I bought off several guards of the Liang Mansion, and the news I got from them is said that he has a correspondence with the Xiqiang patriarch, and he is hidden in the secret room. ”

The West Garden covers a vast area, is heavily guarded, and the secret room is full of organs, and there are many masters of the rivers and lakes.

If you want to get the evidence, it can be described as a fantasy.

"Also, I suspect that he forged the jade seal of the country, and it was also placed in the organ building."

Liu Zhi's eyes lit up, and the forgery of the jade seal of the country symbolized the usurpation of the dynasty, which was the evidence he had always needed.

With it, he can justifiably kill Liang Ji, and he will no longer worry about being accused of ingratitude.

"Okay, you stay quiet for now, find a way to help me find out the situation of the building, the more detailed the better, I'll find a way to steal the evidence."

Xu Huang immediately understood that Liu Zhi was preparing to attack Liang Ji, and his eyes suddenly showed excitement.

He has been waiting for this moment for too long, dancing with thieves every day, and the pain in his heart can be imagined.

"No, the minister will be done."

Seeing Xu Huang away, Liu Zhi was so excited that he kept walking around the room, thinking about his next move.

The situation of the organ building is not enough to rely on Xu Huang alone, although Yang Jian has many masters, but he can't let them use their lives to explore the way.

What's more, if you startle the snake and try to steal the evidence, it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

What to do?

The more Liu Zhi thought about it, the more irritable he became, and he always felt that this was an impossible task, sitting by the window alone until late at night, but still having no clue.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, so you better rest first."

Zhang Rang was very worried, but seeing his solemn expression, he didn't dare to disturb, so he said hesitantly after enduring it for a long time.

"Okay."

He also knew that his blind thinking here might not be of any use, so it was better to discuss it with Dong Ban and Deng Yan tomorrow.

Because of something in his heart, Liu Zhi tossed and turned in bed, and fell asleep until dawn, dreaming in a daze.

It had been almost two years since he had traveled through it, and for the first time he dreamed of his past life, of stealing things with those gangsters, chatting, drinking, bragging, and farting.

"Don't look down on our profession, let me tell you, there is an emperor in history who is a thief, how about it?"

It's Applejack's voice, and a bunch of people are heckling him for bragging, and they don't believe it at all.

"It's true, there was an Emperor Huan of Han in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who was addicted to stealing, and he relied on this to bring down the ministers."

Applejack swears, and the others are naturally skeptical, "Then you can tell us about it." ”

"Wow."

He readily agreed, then drank half of the beer in his hand, wiped his mouth, and began to speak eloquently.

"Legend has it that Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty did not learn or know, and his first hobby in his life was stealing things, and he also liked to show off.

Usually I love to steal the jade pendants of those ministers and the like, but then I don't like it, so I develop into door-to-door stealing.

Luoyang City has been stolen by him, but there is one he doesn't dare to go, and that is his brother-in-law Liang Ji......"