Hearing Liu Ji mention Zhao Tuo's ancestral grave, everyone was behind him.

Since he called himself a barbarian and flatly denied that he was from the bloodline of Zhao Di Zhending, then there was indeed no need for this ancestral tomb to continue to exist.

Wu Chen's face changed slightly, his brows furrowed slightly, and he carefully considered,

Zhao Tuo was a man of foresight, and as early as the outbreak of the war, he moved his closer family to South Vietnam.

Let's look for it now, and the Kundi who is related to the distant branch can be found, but I am afraid that we will not be able to find any important relatives as hostages. ”

He thought that Liu Ji planned to follow the example of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and take Zhao Tuo's wife and family members hostage, and even torture and kill them one by one to set an example.

"Where do you want to go," Lu Pheasant saw his benevolence, sighed in his heart, and said with a smile,

"Even if we find Zhao Tuo's father, wife, and children, we can only support them, and even respect them as His Majesty's biological parents, so as to demonstrate the benevolence of our dynasty.

Blindly killing people indiscriminately will only drive them further and further away. ”

Liu Ji rubbed his brows, since Lu Pheasant mentioned it, he has been thinking about Mei Kai's whereabouts for the past few days, and thinking of the dangerous north-south border, his thoughts fluctuate, and his head wind has a faint attack, like a scorching sharp iron saw, constantly grinding back and forth between the two temples, in pain,

"Well, the queen is right, even if she kills them all, it's useless, but instead gives people a handle and makes Zhao Tuo change his name to be justifiably anti-Han.

This kind of thing that harms others and is not beneficial to oneself, Xiang Yu'er has done it, and I am a son of heaven, so I don't care about it. ”

He couldn't help but think that Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord of Western Chu at that time, was outside Guangwu City, and threatened him alarmistly to cook Liu Taigong into meat soup-

Hmph, who can be scared!

He even imagined more than once that if Xiang Yu really tortured and killed his old father or wife, the Han army was full of resentment, and he was afraid that this battle could be fought more neatly.

***

In this way, even if Zhao Tuo's clan Kundi and ancestor graves in Zhending are all found, they can't be killed, and if they are slightly improper, it will backfire, and it will become a hot potato.

Although most of his family members are no longer in real decision, the families of other northerners in South Vietnam will never be able to escape. He was able to gain a firm foothold in South Vietnam, in the final analysis, half of it relied on the local Yue people, and half of it also relied on the 100,000 Central Plains soldiers who followed him south during the Qin period. ”

Lu Pheasant looked around and saw that everyone had some frustration on their faces, so he analyzed in an orderly manner,

"In my opinion, the ancestral grave of the Zhao family still needs to be found, not only to find it, but also to guard it properly.

Also, Zhending City is so big, he is a big living person, and he will not leave until he is thirty years old in the city, and there will always be some other clues that can be used by me. ”

Zhao Tuo is such a wall grass, Qin Sheng, bowed his head to the ear to do Qin's Nanhai County Longchuan Order, once Qin declined, he immediately became independent and established himself as the king.

She sneered,

"He is a wavering person, to put it mildly, he is called knowing the current affairs and knowing how to follow the trend.

As long as my Han is strong and rich enough, under coercion and temptation, he will obey himself. ”

Even if it is not strong enough now, you can take advantage of the barrier of mountains and rivers and the inconvenience of traffic to put on a strong appearance.

Moreover, they thought that they were at odds with the Xiongnu, and the Han Dynasty was firmly clamped down by the south and the north, and they were in a dilemma, which was also where Zhao Tuo's confidence lies.

She lowered her head and thought about it, and said to Liu Ji, "The iron needs to be struck while it is hot, and this matter should not be postponed. ”

***

Liu Ji snorted, but heard Wu Chen praise in a low voice,

"Exactly!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Pheasant's views coincided with his father Wu Rui's ideas before his death.

Wu Rui always said to Wu Chen before his death, if he wanted to persuade Zhao Tuo to return to Han, he first had to eliminate the forces in the Nanyue Dynasty that opposed the unification of the Han Dynasty.

Otherwise, with Zhao Tuo's vacillating character, even if he agrees to surrender, he will backtrack.

And with the gradual indifference of the Central Plains people who went south to their homeland, decades later, they may even have to abandon the Chinese language, let alone return to the Han Dynasty.

But these are all private discussions between father and son, because he was not sure of the emperor's attitude towards Nanyue, Wu Rui repeatedly told Wu Chen before his death, not to be in the limelight in the affairs of Nanyue, to fight for merit and victory, as long as he was at ease to do a good job of the partition between Nanyue and Han, he could ensure lifelong glory and wealth.

Therefore, after thinking about it at this moment, he swallowed the advice about the different forces in the court of South Vietnam, and only said conservatively,

"South Vietnam has to buy a large number of ploughing cattle and iron field tools from the surrounding areas every year, and over the years, they have gradually begun to forge iron tools in their territory, but their skills are not as good as people, and the output is also greatly insufficient, and they are not able to use them."

"Okay, since he has a request for my court, then you can try it when you arrive in Changsha Kingdom.

It's just that don't talk about collapse, if there is a war in the south, the troops of Changsha will not be enough to fight. ”

Liu Ji had a splitting headache, and told Lu Pheasant a little impatiently.

Wu Chen wanted to propose to return to Changsha in advance, and escort the queen and his party along the way, but suddenly thought that on the way, the queen would also meet local officials and wealthy families in Wancheng and Jiangling and other places.

He swallowed his saliva and swallowed the words back to his lips.

***

When everyone dispersed, Lu Pheasant was worried about another matter, so he hurriedly made a long story short,

"The Zhao family's source search and other matters, I am determined to hand them over to Yuan'er to do."

Liu Ji glared, "Yuan'er? What does she know? Let's leave it to Zhang Cang. ”

"Think about it, Zhang Cang is the prime minister of Zhao State, King Zhao came to Luo to see him, he stayed in charge of government affairs, and he was already lacking in skills, and it was inconvenient to look for people with great fanfare.

The attendants around Yuan'er were all middle-aged women who were old and sophisticated, and they were done silently by going out of the palace to buy. ”

"If you insist, that's it. When the time comes, Yuan'er will mess up, don't blame me. ”

Liu Ji never regarded his daughter who was far away in Zhao as an extension of his power, and in his eyes, Zhang Cang's usefulness far exceeded that of the Queen of Zhao.

Therefore, it is also good to be able to give Zhang Cang less trouble.

Lu Pheasant went out in response, and hurriedly chased forward, but saw a person sitting on the stone steps outside the temple in front of him to rest.

The man's hair was all white, but it was Zhang Liang.

Her heart was relieved, knowing that Zhang Liang was waiting for her, so she walked over quickly and said,

"It's cold, why is Taifu sitting here?"

"It's old, it's useless,"

Zhang Liang said with a smile, and struggled to get up with the support of the palace people,

"I just sat down with numb legs and feet, and after only two steps, I wanted to rest."

"I'll walk with Taifu." Lu Pheasant understood and walked slowly with Zhang Liang.

She was hesitating how to say her reluctant request, only to hear Zhang Liang take the lead in asking,

"How long are you going to go this time?"

She calculated, "Everything is simple, day and night, at most four months, and then I will be back." ”

Zhang Liang said slowly,

"That's good, the old minister is worried about the three hundred pregnant horses in Longxi day and night, and I really can't wait to see the newborn foal."

The mare was pregnant in October, and it was almost early autumn when the mares were released from the border, and the time of giving birth would be in late spring and early summer this year. These two sentences of dialogue that others have no clue sounded like fairy sounds in Lu Pheasant's ears-

Zhang Liang promised that he would stay in Luoyang during her departure from Beijing in case of emergency.

A daughter, there is Zhang Zifang, Liu Ying can't make a big deal, she put down her heart after a long time, and then she is endlessly grateful. was about to open his mouth to say some gossip of thanks, but Zhang Liang said,

"Oh yes, my uncle and grandson have something to ask to see."

"See me?"

"Yes, he wants you to take one more person with you when you go south this time."