"Sangkook laughed,"

Wu Chen said busily,

"Chi You is not Chi You, those are all ancient gods, and the ministers dare not discuss it.

But Mei Kai is indeed a Southern Barbarian, and he has a tattooed face—"

"- Yes, yes, yes, I remember, half of his face was covered with cyan tattoos, piece by piece, I didn't dare to look at it directly."

Liu Ji couldn't help but interject, and pointed at Wu Chen and said with a smile,

"In addition to Mei Kai, I also know a tattooed person, which is your brother-in-law, Huainan Wang Yingbu.

By the way, have you seen your brother-in-law when you came to Luo this time? ”

Hearing the emperor's question, everyone present looked at Wu Chen, and all kinds of suspicious, scrutiny, and admonishment eyes converged on him, all waiting to see how he answered.

Huainan Wang Yingbu is one of Liu Jifeng's seven kings with different surnames, is the son-in-law of the old Changsha King Wu Rui, and is currently the brother-in-law of Changsha King Wu Chen.

Yingbu comes from the six counties of Jiujiang County, traces back to his ancestors, is the ancient six kingdoms since the Xia and Shang periods, is the fief of the ancient sage Gaotao, and is also counted after the decline of the royal family.

He has been silent since he was a child, brave and ruthless, and never put Qin Law in his eyes, and later because he violated the law, he was sentenced to a black face by the government, and his face has since left a blue-black tattoo.

As a kind of corporal punishment, the original intention of the black face was to humiliate the criminal, but Yingbu was convinced that one thing would descend to another, and the black face on his face was not so much a shame as a manifestation of the great responsibility of the heavens.

Unruly, he simply changed his name and called himself a cloth to the outside world, not ashamed, and peaceful.

***

Later, Qin sent hundreds of thousands of prisoners across the country to do hard labor in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor in Lishan, and Yingbu was also among those who were requisitioned. The huge dirt field with no end in sight is a heroic land mixed with fish and dragons in his eyes.

With his natural leadership temperament, Yingbu quickly recruited hundreds of outlaws, escaped from Lishan en masse, escaped into the deep mountains and swamps of Fanyang County, and became a hero in the green forest.

At that time, the county order of Fanyang County was Wu Rui, who won the hearts of the people.

The times create heroes, Yingbu took the heroes of the rivers and lakes to Wu Rui, Wu Rui also married his daughter to him, the two erected the banner of anti-Qin Zhang Chu, pulled thousands of heroes, and invested in the Chu army led by Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, and joined the vigorous anti-Qin war.

Unlike the loyal and benevolent Wu Rui and Wu Chen's father and son, Yingbu seems to be a born king of Hades and is ruthless. All the dirty work that Xiang Yu wanted to do but didn't want to get his hands on was handed over to Yingbu to perform.

Back then, Xiang Yu made up his mind to kill 200,000 Qin soldiers, so he sent Yingbu to ambush him in Xin'an, and finally caused this tragedy that shocked the Quartet.

Later, Xiang Yu became the head of the princes, and he thought that Emperor Yi, the king of Chu Huai, who he had erected, was in the way, and it was Yingbu who gave a secret order to chase and kill him for thousands of miles, and finally got rid of Emperor Yi in Hunan.

In history, Liu Ji took all the treasures to bring Yingbu over and use it for his own use, but Yingbu witnessed the princes and kings being eliminated one after another, and the rabbit died and the fox was sad, so he took advantage of Liu Ji's illness to ask for Liu Ji's life, but he still reversed.

Liu Ji dragged the aging and sick body, personally solicited it, and with the cooperation of Wu Chen, joined forces to kill him. After that battle, the old emperor was exhausted and died suddenly within a few months.

The records in the history books are vivid, and when Lu Pheasant heard Yingbu's name, his mind turned to another matter:

"Huainan Wang Yingbu was originally born as a Jiangyang thief, and he didn't have much foresight. The reason why he rebelled was because he saw that Peng Yue, the king of Liang, lived cautiously, but he still couldn't escape the fate of being killed by the emperor.

And the reason why Peng Yue, the king of Liang, rebelled, was because he saw Han Xin, who was obviously reined in, could not escape the clan punishment because of the crime of conceiving Bi.

This is a flock of frightened birds, once one is frightened, it will be out of control, and all the joints are still in Han Xin. ”

***

But he heard Wu Chen cautiously replied,

"As soon as the minister entered Luoyang, he fell ill, and there were many people who were eager to come to visit, and the ministers all closed their doors to thank them. It's just that because of the face of his sister, when King Huainan came, he barely left him a stick of incense, and forced him to reminisce about the past.

Today is the first time that the minister has gone out after recovering, and he has gone straight to His Majesty. ”

The western border of Huainan borders Changsha State, and as the king of Changsha, he has an extra layer of kinship with the king of Huainan that is different from ordinary people, and it is impossible for Liu Ji not to mind. Therefore, his words and deeds must be particularly avoided.

Before the princes and kings entered Beijing, Chen Ping had already laid a net-like eyeliner around the princes' palaces, and Wu Chen's response was completely consistent with the feedback of the dark line, which showed that he did not deceive the king.

Liu Ji was obviously quite satisfied, and snorted in his nose,

"I've told him several times that I have a good medical officer here, and I can bleach away the eye-catching tattoos on his face, and the officials who have been in charge of the characters all year round have antidotes at hand.

He only insisted on refusing, saying that it was more prestigious. Hmph, when it comes to competitiveness, who can compare to him. ”

Wu Chen said with a smile, "He is now old, guarding the comfort nest in his hometown Lu'an, there is good wine and beauty, what more can a husband ask for." ”

Liu Ji also smiled, looked at Wu Chen encouragingly, and motioned for him to continue talking about Mei Kai's past.

"Oh, yes, back to Mei Hong. You may not have seen it with your own eyes, although the mountains in our Hunan Province are not high, they are better than the rugged caves, many of which are bottomless and can even accommodate thousands of people.

The locals call a big cave a mountain, the Mei Kaina tribe, claimed to occupy the ten mountains, in fact there are only a lot more, so it is called 'ten mountains', and it is also called famous among the various ethnic groups in Baiyue. ”

***

Seeing that everyone listened with relish, Wu Chen thought about it and added some details,

"Your Majesty just said that he was hidden, and according to the minister, he is not trying to escape the world.

Shitong has always believed in witches, and the most particular thing is to return to the roots, and after all, Mei Kai is also seventy and five this year, and it is also a custom to live back in the mountains. ”

"So, can you still find him?" Lu Pheasant said.

"Findable,"

Wu Chen said to her, but he was very surprised in his heart, and he didn't know why the queen paid attention to this person.

"His father once ridiculed him, saying that he was only half-hidden, not completely hidden.

He now lives in the mountains of Yiyang County, Changsha County, and his clansmen go down the mountain every ten days to buy some grain, rice, salt, or sell some rare animal skin herbs, which can be seen from time to time.

The mountain where he lives now is a vein of Xuefeng Mountain, which originally had no name, because he lived often, and now it is also called 'Meishan' by the local Yue people. ”

Liu Ji teased,

"Hey, he can be named after a mountain now?"

Lu Pheasant's body shook slightly, it turned out that this was the origin of the name of Meishan, and the vicissitudes of nine hundred years all poured into his heart.

In the last life, since she began to take over the government, she knew that there was a Meishan vein in the hinterland of central Hunan Province, which stretched for hundreds of miles, isolated from the world, like a place outside the world.

The local natives called "Meishan Man", live in the mountains and dangers, hold long knives and crossbows, brave and invincible, never obey, very tricky.

The magistrates often consulted with the barbarian King Mei, and the King of Mei only replied, "The ancestors have merit, and they have been personally approved by the emperor, and they are exempt from taxes for generations" [1].

The magistrate was confused, and asked which emperor promised it and what merits he had made, and King Mei couldn't say clearly, but it was a rule passed down from generation to generation.

The state and county officials guarded this huge mountain, and they couldn't get into it, and they couldn't control it, so they could only report to the court level by level, but no one had a good way to do it, so they had to rule according to the customs and continue to tolerate them.

Unexpectedly, in this life, I will see Meishan and the first King Mei with my own eyes.