Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 540 The Curse of King Zhao (4000)

"Zhao Guo...Liu Pengzu?"

This name may be unfamiliar to many people in later generations, but to Wu Liang, who studies archaeology, it can be said to be very familiar.

Liu Pengzu is the half-brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and one of the famous official gangsters in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the pre-Qin system of conferring kings has continued. Most of the relatives and heirs related to the emperor will be sealed off a territory, forming a small country of their own. Among the small countries, these kings are the emperors who are far from the emperor.

But such a "earth emperor" can't do whatever he wants.

Because the Han Dynasty granted these people kings and states, at the same time, in order to prevent some people from having unruly intentions, they also sent special inspectors, that is, the prime ministers of these states, and the prime ministers have the right to intervene in all domestic affairs of Feng. And have the right to report the actions of the kings to the court, so as to ensure the emperor's control over these kingdoms and kings, lest they forget the fact that "there is no king in the world".

And Liu Pengzu is such a king.

It is worth mentioning that before moving to Zhao State to become King Zhao, Liu Pengzu's feudal country was Guangchuan, and his title was Guangchuan King... Does this title sound very familiar? The tomb of the "King of Sichuan" has been stolen by Wu Liang, and Bai Jingjing and the Bai family have the most say in this matter.

Moreover, Liu Pengzu is actually the first Guangchuan king who has never existed before, and the name of Guangchuan country was only used because he was named Guangchuan king.

As for Wu Liang's colleague Guangchuan King Liu Qu, he should be the fourth Guangchuan King.

Between them are Liu Qu's father and grandfather.

In terms of the ranking of immediate family members alone, some people think that Liu Qu should be the third King of Guangchuan.

However, if we only trace the inheritance of King Guangchuan, we must count Liu Pengzu, the first King of Guangchuan. After Liu Pengzu moved, he became Liu Qu's grandfather. Therefore, Liu Qu can only be counted as the fourth King of Guangchuan.

"It seems that the words I and King Guangchuan are really destined..."

Closer to home, in Wu Liang's view, Liu Pengzu, even in later generations, can still flourish in the officialdom, because this person is extremely skilled in this area, and many history books have given him "a skillful man" evaluation of.

At that time, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed a group of courtiers such as "Zhu Fu Yan" to implement the "Tweet Order".

The father Yan is not a good person. He traveled to Yan, Zhao, Qi and other countries in his early years and was treated coldly. After gaining power, he not only became a huge greedy man, but also launched crazy revenge on these kings. He was accused of "incest" and "rebellion" successively. King Yan and King Qi were forced to death at that time.

At that time, Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu was also worried that Zhufu Yan would retaliate and report him. Fortunately, he had been collecting black information about Zhufu Yan, so when Zhufu Yan went to work in Qi State, he immediately carried out the collected black information. After sorting it out, he wrote down a document with complete personal and material evidence and reported it to Emperor Wu. In addition, King Qi's "rebellion" charge was fabricated and framed by his father Yan, so Emperor Wu was furious and ordered his father Yan to be killed.

In addition, Liu Pengzu is also one of the earliest "COSPLAY" enthusiasts in history.

Whenever the inspectors and officials came to work, Liu Pengzu would dress up as a servant in common clothes and go out to greet them in person. To lure and corrupt them, he himself watched how these officials responded. As long as these officials misbehaved to a certain extent and violated the taboos and laws of the court, he would record the black material word by word, without any omissions. .

In the future, whenever an official wants to act according to the law, Liu Pengzu will take out these black materials and threaten him to obey his will, otherwise he will report to the court and ruin their family.

Let's just put it that way.

Liu Pengzu has been the king of Zhao for more than 50 years. None of the ministers and officials who came to office have served for more than two years. Those who have committed minor crimes will not be able to stand up for the rest of their lives after being punished.

With such a wrist, how can the human nature with all kinds of weaknesses resist it, and it won't be held in his palm every minute?
In addition to servants, Liu Pengzu also likes cosplay government officials very much. When he has nothing to do, he puts on the clothes of officials and leads the soldiers to go around. He will blackmail and rob travelers and caravans passing by.

He even wrote to Emperor Wu, volunteering to supervise the "thieves" in the kingdom.

However, this is actually "robbing and killing by order", because he alone has the final say on who is a "thief" in the country of Zhao, and there is no reason to be robbed or killed, so that when he was in power, people passing by The travelers and caravans all became frightened birds, not to mention staying overnight in the county city, they didn't even dare to pass through the territory of Zhao State.

In this way, Liu Pengzu is a master of power in Zhao Guo, and all the patent sales are in his hands. His income is much higher than the normal tax of other kingdoms. He has accumulated countless properties during his 60 years in power.

However, according to the records of "Historical Records", Liu Pengzu was a spendthrift, and he squandered all his property before his death...

Besides.

Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, is also very interesting.

Legend has it that this is the weirdest and most unlucky prince in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, not one of them.

Zhang Ao, the first king of Zhao, was Liu Bang's son-in-law. Liu Bang was defeated when he conquered the Huns. On his return journey, he passed through Zhao. He blamed him for no reason, and often scolded and abused him, so that several of Zhang Ao's sincere servants couldn't see it, and secretly plotted to assassinate Liu Bang, wanting to vent this anger on Zhang Ao.

As a result, the matter was revealed, and Zhang Ao, who didn't know anything, was almost killed. Fortunately, Empress Lu interceded, and finally saved his life, but the throne was abolished.

The second king of Zhao was the famous Liu Ruyi in history.

Many people have heard about him. His mother, Mrs. Qi, was chopped off her limbs, eyes, nose and ears by Empress Lu, and then she was still a "human pig" in the toilet. Liu Ruyi was tricked to Kyoto and died of poisoning. , even Liu Ying, the pro-son of Empress Lu at that time, saw such a tragic situation, so he got a heart disease and couldn't get out of bed for more than a year. Finally, he became ill by drinking to relieve his sorrow. After a few years, he became depressed. And finally.

Later, Liu You, the sixth son of Liu Bang, took over as the king of Zhao, and it didn't take long. Because someone chewed his tongue in front of Empress Lu, he was recruited to the Chang'an mansion. Empress Lu ordered people to surround the palace and cut off the food. In the end, he died of starvation and was buried in a random grave.

The next unlucky guy was Liu Bang's fifth son, Liu Hui, who committed suicide after only four months in office.

Then it should have been the turn of the later Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng. Liu Heng was acting king at the time. When he heard that he was being asked to be the king of Zhao, he was so frightened that he quickly declined, saying that he would give up the fat of Zhao to the king. De Gaoxian, he would rather stay in the bitter cold frontier for the rest of his life, and guard the North Gate for the country... Later, it turned out that his choice was correct, only he escaped the disaster, and finally ended up as the most unpopular "bastard" As the master of Weiyang Palace, he became the biggest winner.

However, the curse of King Zhao did not end.

In this matter, the descendants of the Liu family have been terrified by the unknown title of King Zhao, and no one dares to take over, but the descendants of the Lu family, who are backed by Empress Lu, do not believe in evil.

So Lu Lu, the nephew of Empress Lu, was appointed as the next king of Zhao, and he still didn't have to go to the king of Zhao to live in Zhao, and stayed in the capital to control the army in the capital.

As a result, Empress Lu died not long after, and Lu Lu listened to people's persuasion to surrender his military power. The final result was that the minister suffered from Empress Lu for a long time, and soon launched a pillow, beheading him and other descendants of the Lu family.

in the next.

King Zhao returned to the Liu family and was succeeded by Liu Sui, the son of Liu You, the fifth king of Zhao. Defeated, committed suicide.

This is the "Curse of King Zhao" that people talk about in later generations.

Since the founding of the country in the Western Han Dynasty, the king of Zhao has been replaced several times, but almost none of them ended well, even if they don't believe in evil.

And the person who put an end to this strange curse was none other than the "Liu Pengzu" that Liu Bei mentioned just now.

As a recognized official hooligan in later generations, he designed and murdered countless officials, and successfully turned the "curse of Zhao Wang" into "the curse of Zhao Xiangguo", making it almost impossible for all those who came to Zhao to supervise him. A good death.

As for himself, he reigned for 60 years and finally died.

This sincerity makes people unable not to think about it. Is it possible that the curse is also afraid of evil people?
"It seems that the fourth brother knows this person, so it will be easy."

Seeing Wu Liang's expression, Liu Bei straightened his body, and said mysteriously in a lower voice, "Actually, I have led people to search for Liu Pengzu's tomb in the past few days. If I can find it, I will get a fortune." Huge sum of money, it is no problem to relieve my current predicament!"

"This……"

Wu Liang frowned slightly, and asked, "I remember this person because of "Historical Records". "Historical Records" records that this person is a profligate person, and he squandered all his property before he died. Burial?"

"Books are also written by people. People can make mistakes, but how can they not remember things?"

Liu Bei immediately retorted, "What's more, if Liu Pengzu deliberately released this news to confuse the public, and built a suspicious tomb on the surface, but buried a large amount of property secretly, he would not let outsiders know, let alone write it later. The historian who wrote the history book?"

"Brother is right..."

Wu Liang nodded, and then asked again, "The only thing I don't understand is why the elder brother is so sure, where did the elder brother get the exact news?"

"This matter is my family's secret, so don't say it clearly."

Liu Bei was vague and continued, "However, I can guarantee the reliability of the news. Liu Pengzu's real tomb is in Zanhuang Mountain, dozens of miles away, and he can't even make a mistake about the specific area. It's just that it's a long time ago. After a while, the terrain near the real tomb has changed, and I searched for it in the past few days, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.”

"So that's the case. This matter is an unspoken secret in the elder brother's family. Just now, I will pretend that I have never heard what elder brother said, and I will not tell anyone about it."

Wu Liang immediately assured him with a solemn expression, then pointed to Dian Wei and said, "Brother Dian Wei also has a life-long friendship with me, so you can rest assured that he will never go out and talk nonsense... But I still want to talk about it again." I would like to advise my elder brother, this grave-digging is detrimental to morality, please think twice before acting!"

"Fourth brother, don't persuade me, I've made up my mind! Now that I have no way out, how can I manage so much?"

Liu Bei insisted.

"Since this is the case, the younger brother will not say more."

Wu Liang also closed his mouth very flatly, shook his head slightly and stopped talking.

"..."

Seeing Wu Liang's attitude, Liu Bei finally fell silent, and the scene was a little dignified.

After being silent for a few breaths, Liu Bei still couldn't hold his breath. He suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Wu Liang, and begged hard: "Fourth brother, elder brother has a merciless request, my virtuous brother. It's a capable person with extraordinary powers, I wonder if my virtuous brother can provide me with some help in this matter?"

"Brother can't do it, please get up!"

Wu Liang hurriedly got up to support Liu Bei, but found that Liu Bei had exerted all his strength, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift him up.

"Hey... big brother, why are you doing this?"

Wu Liang sighed helplessly.

"Fourth brother, I haven't known you for a long time, but I've asked you for help many times. Even if you don't tell me, I'd be ashamed of my shameless behavior."

Liu Bei lowered his hair and let out an angry voice, even with a hint of tears in his tone, "But I really have no other way, if I don't have the audacity to beg my virtuous brother for help, not only will there be no chance to turn around in this life, chase me This group of brothers is also difficult to end well, so even if you know that you are afraid of being rejected by the fourth brother, you can only blackmail the fourth brother!"

"Fourth brother!"

"Fourth brother..."

As soon as the words fell, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also felt the same way, and they bowed their hands in unison.

"Second brother! Third brother!"

Wu Liang pretended to step forward to help him, but naturally he couldn't help him up. After all, he couldn't even help Liu Bei up, so Dian Wei must be called to do it.

"I beg fourth brother to help us this time!"

The two also said, "If this is done, from now on, regardless of the ends of the earth, regardless of the mountains and rivers, as long as the fourth brother needs us, if we frown, we will not be worthy of being human!"

"Big brother, second brother, third brother, you..."

Wu Liang seemed a little at a loss.

"As long as the fourth brother can help us find the tomb, the next thing has nothing to do with the fourth brother. We will never teach the fourth brother to dirty his hands and ruin his virtue!"

Liu Bei continued to plead, "In addition, if the tomb gets property, I would like to share half of it to thank my fourth brother. The heaven and the earth will bear witness, and I will never break my promise!"

"Hey - come on, come on, this may be my doom!"

Wu Liang was silent for a long time, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed, "I promise you, but I dare not take the property, let alone spend it, you just need to agree to one condition."

(End of this chapter)