Although this holy Buddha temple had already shocked Liu Bian, Liu Biao still endured the discomfort and inspected various places in Lu County.

This Lu County is a Buddhist city, full of monks, temples all over, although not as good as the Holy Buddha Temple, but it can also be clearly inferred from it, where has Peng Chengguo's money and food been spent in recent years.

"Something is still wrong,"

When it got dark, Liu Wei lived in a rented teahouse, stood at the window, looked at the monks who were still in an endless stream, looked suspicious, and said: "Even if there is luck or harsh taxes, it is not enough to support Lu County to build so many luxurious Buddhist temples and support these monks......"

It costs money to build a large number of buildings, and those golden bodies cost money, and they have to feed the monks, make porridge by themselves, and spend millions or tens of millions of dollars at every turn, not to mention the small Peng Chengguo, even the Han court can't do it!

Even if it is the tip of the iceberg, Liu Wei can still deduce that Lu County alone is afraid that two or three million will not be able to hold it, which is equivalent to the expenditure of more than ten years of rebellion between the Han Dynasty and the Qiang people!

Lu Yu, who was standing behind him, was stunned for a long time, and he thought about it when he heard the words.

After a while, Huangfu Jian said: "Your Majesty, do you want to bring that Rongrong over and have a good trial?" ”

Liu Wei shook his head and said, "The flowers are all spent, even if you kill him now, what can you do?" ”

His purpose for leaving the palace this time is simple and straightforward - to see the real world and fill in the gaps for his 'new deal'.

It is completely unnecessary to show up to deal with Zhenrong now, in the final analysis, Pengcheng is just a small county town.

"Check it out." Liu argued. Now the focus is on the secret of Peng Chengguo's 'wealth'.

Huangfu raised his hand and said, "Yes, Weichen will do it." ”

Liu Wei's eyes were still on the street outside the window, and the monks were all round-skinned, white, fat, and carefree, very different from the yellow-skinned, struggling, and uprooted people he saw outside the city.

This Lu County seems to be in another world, rich, comfortable, and devout to worship the Buddha.

Lu Yu watched Huangfu Jian leave, and stopped talking several times.

He had heard some rumors, but they were just rumors, and in front of Liu Wei, he must not use rumors to speculate on this matter.

Liu Wei looked at it for a while, restrained his emotions, turned his head, and smiled with Lu Yu: "I can't say, we can find a new way to earn money from this Lu County." ”

Seeing that Liu Wei was joking, Lu Yu also smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Dian Zhonglang will bring out a few meals in the Buddhist temple not far away, does Your Majesty want to taste it?" ”

"Don't eat it,"

Liu Wei didn't have much appetite, and said, "Take all the playbooks, and I will dispose of them in a centralized manner." ”

Now there are a lot of big and small things, plus long-distance transfers, as long as Liu Wei delays for half a day, he doesn't know how much he has accumulated.

Lu Yu saw that Liu Wei seemed to have lost some weight, and opened his mouth to comfort him, but Liu Wei had already gone straight to his temporary small study.

In the study, Liu Wei sat down, took a sip of tea, and began to seriously deal with his government affairs.

On the other side, Huang Fujian grew out of the teahouse, gathered a group of his henchmen, and secretly assigned tasks.

Shi A held the sword and stood aside quite coldly, waiting for the group to leave, and then said to the emperor: "You told Your Majesty?" ”

Huangfu Jianchang was thinking about how to find the secret of Peng Chengguo's wealth from Zhenrong, and it was best to get the account book and the like, when he heard Shi A's question, he was suddenly stunned and said, "What do you say?" ”

Shi Ah frowned, but his eyes were sharp, and he said: "That Zhenrong is the person recommended by Xun Servant, and he has a suspicious relationship with the 'Yingchuan Party'. ”

Huangfu Jianchang's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly came to the door quietly, looked left and right, and saw that there was indeed no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief, came to Shi A and whispered: "This kind of thing, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Even the emperor is strong, and he is also deeply afraid of the 'Yingchuan Party', because the 'Yingchuan Party' controls all aspects of the imperial court, and it is unrivaled today.

Even those invincible generals and great horses in the past can't do it!

Shi A looked indifferent and said, "Zhenrong sends a lot of things to Luoyang City every year, aren't you worried that your brother will also collect them?" ”

Huangfu Jian Chang suddenly waved his hand again and again, and said: "The eldest brother is not a greedy person, if you give him some rare and unique books, he is willing, but he disdains gold and silver money." ”

Seeing him, Shi Ah didn't think so, just looked at him calmly.

After Huangfu Jian finished speaking, he was still unconscious, and he looked at Shi A for a moment, and couldn't help but be shocked, and said, "You mean, big brother, really accepted it?" ”

In the past, Huangfu Jianchang privately called Huangfu Jianshou 'second father', a kind of "venting anger", mainly because Huangfu Song went out to fight, and Huangfu Jianchang managed the family.

After Huangfu Song died of illness, I don't know when, Huangfu Jianchang respectfully called Huangfu Jianshou 'big brother' to Huangfu Jianshou, both publicly and privately.

Shi Adao: "I don't know, I just said it casually." ”

Huangfu Jian's face was dark, he sat down slowly, was silent for a while, and said: "Big brother is really going to take some, and he doesn't care, he will definitely not bend the law for Zhenrong." But if Zhen Rong really bribes in Luoyang City, he will inevitably bring out the 'Yingchuan Party', which will make His Majesty very difficult, especially at this time. ”

The close ministers around Liu Wei all understood that Liu Bian's forcible promotion of the 'Yingchuan Party' to the young people to control the center was not only a son of heaven and a courtier, but also a last resort to wipe out the powerful ministers.

Rather, it is to use the huge 'Yingchuan Party' to implement the 'New Deal', and if at this critical moment, the 'Yingchuan Party's vile behavior of wantonly corrupting and bending the law is exposed, it will be the most serious blow to the 'New Deal'!

Huang Fujian carefully considered the power, and only raised his head for a long time, and said to Shi Adao: "These, in fact, have nothing to do with us, as long as we report it according to the truth." Until the matter is confirmed, these rumors cannot be said in front of His Majesty. ”

Shi A saw that Huangfu Jian thought thoroughly, and said: "I'm worried, if you don't say it now, Your Majesty will find out in the future, and you will be suspicious." ”

Huangfu Jian looked embarrassed, and the pressure in his heart was like a mountain, and said: "I know what I mean, I'll find a time to hint a few words in front of Your Majesty." ”

Saying this, Huangfu Jian Chang still hesitated.

Although these are all 'speculations', they really have to be verified, and it is their Majesty who is really embarrassed.

"Let's hope it's not what we thought." Huangfu Jian said softly with a long obscure gaze.

Shi A held the sword, saw the killing intent that flashed in Huangfu Jian's long eyes clearly, and said, "You want to transfer someone over, right?" ”

Huangfu was stunned for a moment, then realized and said, "Don't use it for the time being." Although His Majesty was angry, he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts, and the next stop was Yuzhou. ”

Shi Ah hummed lightly and said no more.

If it weren't for Shi A, if it was another person, even if it was Huangfu Jianshou, he wouldn't have said so much.

After so many years, he and Huangfu have long been 'dependent on each other', and they have long been destined for life and death.

In the small teahouse, Lu Yu accompanied Liu Wei, Dian Wei guarded outside the door, Huangfu Jianchang and Shi A whispered, Zhao Yun was inspecting the teahouse, and Sun Ce was around Zhao Yun.

With Sun Ce's official position, he has already entered the ranks of 'generals', and he is a high-level military general of the Han Dynasty, and Zhao Yun, a 'Zhonglang general', is at most a middle-level general.

But Sun Ce, the Marquis of Wu Cheng, still followed behind Zhao Yun without any discomfort.

Looking at the plainclothes guards everywhere, the hidden short crossbows, sword soldiers, and armor, Sun Ce was very worried.

Naturally, he was not thinking about what he saw and heard today, but how to escape.

came to see the driver alone, and was taken to Lu County, where he was unfamiliar with his life, how could he sneak away silently?

He didn't simply escape from Liu Bian's sight, but he still needed a two-day time difference, and after Liu Bian's move on Wu Jun, he rushed back to Wu Jun and made a full coping strategy!

This is obviously not easy.

Zhao Yun didn't care about Sun Ce's soul thoughts, took him around the teahouse, and suddenly said, "Wucheng Hou, do you have the idea of returning to the forbidden army camp?" ”

A few years ago, Sun Ce fled from the forbidden army camp and ran back to Wu County to receive the huge inheritance of his father Sun Jian after his death.

Sun Ce's expression was unmoving, and he said, "Since it is subject to His Majesty's will." ”

Zhao Yun didn't care about his expression and tone at all, and continued: "The soldiers of Wu County, how about sending them to the forbidden army camp for rotation training?" ”

Sun Ce's heart sank, his face did not change, and said, "I have no objection." ”

Obviously, it was not Zhao Yun who was chatting with him, it was His Majesty who was talking to him through Zhao Yun's mouth.

Zhao Yun said: "Okay, starting in June, there will be five thousand people first, and Wuchenghou should be ready." ”

Sun Ce raised his hand and said, "Sun Ce has the order." ”

Zhao Yun was dressed in coarse cloth and green clothes, looking like a servant in the house, and when he saw that Sun Ce had broken it, he just nodded and continued to walk forward.

Sun Ce looked at Zhao Yun's back and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, His Majesty was very jealous of him, not only wanted to transfer him out of Wu County, but also wanted to put his hand into Wu County's soldiers and horses!

Sun Ce hurriedly thought of countermeasures, and kept up with Zhao Yun.

"None of them will be left!"

At this moment, a group of soldiers and horses stood in the small village where Liu Wei stayed last night, and I don't know where the soldiers and horses came from, surrounded this small village, and a man who looked like a captain in the lead, said in a cold tone, calm as usual.

"Kill!"

A group of cavalry rushed in, killing people on sight, and even more infantry, kicking in the door from house to house, screaming and fearing suddenly rose and disappeared.

Some people ran in panic and ran in all directions, but they were shot before they could take a few steps.

Someone tried to beg for mercy, but the soldiers who rushed in did not talk nonsense at all, raised their knives and slashed and killed, without mercy.

There are even people hiding in thatched houses, rooftops, and cellars, even if they are hidden, they are still caught, stabbed in with a knife, and cut off their heads.

Wang Zhen small courtyard.

Wang Zhen looked at the torches everywhere, and heard those screams that seemed to be far and near, and seemed to be real and illusory, Wang Zhen's face was pale and trembling.

His wife and daughter hugged each other, and they also looked at the torches not far away, which were not far away, and they couldn't stand steadily.

Born in troubled times, they may not know what is happening, but they know that they are going to die.

There is no room for resistance, let alone escape.

"If it weren't for the money that man gave, we might have left, or we might have ......survived," he muttered to himself in despair as he looked at the torches that kept lit.

He didn't know if these officers and soldiers who killed people on sight had anything to do with that noble son, and he didn't expect that noble son to fall from the sky and save their family, so he just muttered to himself bitterly.

But knowing that he couldn't escape, Wang Zhen was still unwilling to sit still, so he reacted quickly and pulled his wife and daughter to the back of the hospital.

There is an abandoned dry well behind his courtyard, which is not so easy to find in the dark as long as it is slightly disguised.

He used the fastest speed in his life to hide the food, his wife and daughter, and after a few words, he was about to turn around.

The woman grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Father, what are you going to do?" ”

Wang Zhen hesitated and said, "There are a few other things, you hide them first, no matter what you hear, it's not dawn, you are not allowed to come out!" ”

When the woman heard this, she let go, held the child, and hid in the well, not daring to come out.

Wang Xun did not look for anything, but quickly set fire to the house, and then took a kitchen knife and ran towards the back of the village desperately.

The soldiers, who killed people when they saw them, looked at the courtyard that suddenly caught fire, and rushed over quickly.

The fire was already so big that they couldn't rush in, and they didn't know what was going on, but they didn't care, because of this village, they would have to wait a while.

Therefore, they searched the surroundings and saw that there was no one else, so they continued to kill from house to house, and one by one their heads were hung around their waists and brought out bloody.

I don't know how long it took, but the soldiers withdrew from the courtyard and came to the captain who led the troops.

"Can anyone get away?" The lieutenant's eyes were indifferently staring at the fire not far away, and his expression flashed with excitement in the reflection of the firelight.

A military marquis stepped forward, raised his hand and said, "Captain Hui, this village is surrounded by water, and no one has escaped." ”

The lieutenant kept looking at the fire and said, "How much?" Isn't it almost. ”

"Seventy in all,"

The military marquis stood in front of the captain's horse, his voice was not loud or small, obviously he had no intention of concealing it, and said: "Plus the previous 1,430, exactly 1,500 heads!" ”

The corners of the captain's face twitched violently, and he said loudly: "Okay, go back to the city tomorrow and report to the prince!" ”

"Yes!" There was also excitement in the voice of the military marquis.

Reward for success, that's a reward!

The captain who was on the horse turned around and looked at the large boxes not far away, there were hundreds, and in addition to cash, there were also many gold, silver, jewelry, and other valuables.

A large part of these things had to be paid tribute to those big people who could give him a promotion and make a fortune, and a small part was his own.

……

Early the next morning, because he stayed up late to review the transcript, Liu Wei was still sleeping.

Lu Yu, Dian Wei and the others didn't dare to disturb and did their own thing.

But suddenly, it seemed that the whole city was beating gongs and drums, and there were bursts of mixed sounds from far and near.

Liu Biao has always liked to be clean, because this teahouse is relatively remote, and the sudden sound of gongs and drums not only surprised Lu Yu and others, but also woke Liu Bian.

Liu Wei rubbed his face, opened the door, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, someone has been sent to investigate." ”

Liu Wei snorted, looked at the street downstairs, the crowd was surging, and he heard a lot of 'Amitabha' sounds.

(End of chapter)