Han Shizu

Chapter 129 Uncle
With adequate preparations and orderly scheduling, the South Crossing went smoothly without any accidents. It took nearly two hours, and more than [-] troops and horses all crossed the river.

Originally, beside Liu Chengyou, only the third army and the personal guard battalion and most of the horse army had less than three thousand troops.However, in Xingzhou, it was said that Xue Huairang's trilogy was annexed, and the strong ones were selected to serve as troops, and the rest were dismissed.

Liu Chengyou belonged to the later groups who crossed the river. With a full spirit, he set foot on the land of Henan for the first time.Behind them, there were sergeants and civilians who placed war horses, ordnance, wealth and other things on the ferry.

On the ferry, there is a stone monument, which is probably a boundary monument. There are some words in the scriptures, among which "Bai Ma Jin" is the most conspicuous.Anyone who has watched "Three Kingdoms" should have a little impression of this place in Baima.

Not far from the ferry is a small town. When his subordinates regrouped, Liu Chengyou was invited to come to the town.

There is a white horse post in the town, and the front of the post is full of spectacles. Generals and officials from Huazhou have lined up here to greet them, all of them with low eyebrows and pleasing to the eye, tightly restrained.Liu Chengyou was at the gate of the posthouse. Seeing this scene, he cast his eyes inside.

I saw there was a movement in the meantime, before anyone came out, the sound came, accompanied by a burst of wild laughter: "Erlang, you are finally back!"

Two figures appeared side by side at the gate of Baimayi, two middle-aged men with bushy mustaches, Liu Chengyou recognized at a glance that they were his uncle Liu Xin.After entering Bian, Liu Xin served as the commander of the bodyguards and horse troops, led the Yicheng Army Jiedu envoy, and was ordered to lead a Xingjie Forbidden Army to station in Huazhou.

It was obvious that when Liu Xin appeared, those Huazhou generals subconsciously became a little shorter.It can be seen that his uncle is extremely powerful, and these people are very afraid of him.In this regard, Liu Chengyou was not surprised. When he was still in Jinyang, his uncle had a reputation for being vicious. He was good at killing, tortured, and tortured sinners for pleasure.Thinking about it, it was Liu Xin who was in Huazhou and made some brutal actions again.

Looking at Liu Xin, Liu Chengyou cupped his hands reservedly: "Why don't you welcome me, uncle."

"It really hasn't changed at all!" Seeing Liu Chengyou's reaction, Liu Xin didn't take it seriously, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "We're all one family, so saying that would make you feel alienated."

His eyebrows were raised. Liu Xin's enthusiasm made Liu Chengyou a little uncomfortable. You must know that although their uncles and nephews had friendship, they didn't have much affection.However, he still agrees: "What uncle said is true."

After a brief observation of Liu Xin, compared to when he was in Jinyang, there are only four words between Liu Xin's brows at this time: proud of the spring breeze.A little bit of joy, a little bit of arrogance.Wearing a brocade suit, the material is high-quality satin cloth, the lapels are all gilded with gold silk, the belt is inlaid with beautiful jade, and the crown on the top of the head is also inlaid with a few pearls according to certain rules, green, Glittering green in the sun.

With this attire, it is obvious that during this time, Liu Xin has gained nothing.

"I heard that you came from the south. The officials ordered me to pay attention to the news and welcome you." Liu Xin said with a smile.

"Then I would like to thank the emperor for his concern." Liu Chengyou raised his hand to the southwest and made a salute.

From the corner of the eye, he glanced at the middle-aged strong man next to Liu Xin, his complexion was extremely dark, and his face was dotted with dense pockmarks, making it hard to forget at a glance.Noticing Liu Chengyou's eyes, the big man laughed loudly and said, "Why, have you forgotten your Uncle Yanchao?"

Frowning slightly, Liu Chengyou really didn't have much impression. After Liu Xin introduced Fangzhi, the middle-aged man in front of him was Liu Zhiyuan's half-brother, Murong Yanchao.

"Uncle." No matter what, it was always the elder, and Liu Chengyou bowed respectfully.

At the beginning, after Murong Yanchao came from Fangzhou to Beitou, after he entered Bian, he was just at the time of employing people. The country was first established, and his family could use it at ease, so Liu Zhiyuan appointed Murong Yanchao as the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenning Army to lead troops to garrison Chanzhou. This critical place.

As for Chanzhou, it is a neighbor of Huazhou, and Puyang and Baima are only eight or ninety miles away.This time, I came to Liu Xin's place as a special guest, which happened to coincide with Liu Chengyou's coming from the south.

Knowing these things, Liu Chengyou casually observed Murong Yanchao, paying special attention to that pockmarked face.Liu Zhiyuan's black face appeared in his mind, and it can be believed that it should be born of the same mother.From this, I thought that I, my elder brother Liu Chengxun, and my third brother Liu Chengxun were all fairly fair-looking, and I had to thank my mother Li's genes, otherwise, I'm afraid it would not be a black family.

During the exchange of pleasantries, Liu Chengyou was invited into the White Horse Station by Liu Xin.Liu Xin showed off his knowledge that he had prepared in advance: "I have prepared a banquet to welcome you. This place is specially selected by me. This white horse station has some explanations. more than 40 years ago, Liang Taizu It is here that Li Tangnagan's old officials were all killed, and the obstacles were removed, so that Tang Jianliang could be successfully replaced."

Speaking of the killing, Liu Xin was still a little excited, and said boldly: "Our uncle and nephew will drink here today, so it is a good time to congratulate me on the founding of the great man."

Hearing Liu Xin's view of the "White Horse Station disaster" in this way, and talking nonsense about the founding of the Han Dynasty, the corners of Liu Chengyou's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Seeing his complacent appearance, Liu Chengyou flattered him: "Uncle is really knowledgeable."

Liu Xin was even happier: "Although I'm a warrior and I don't know much about writing and ink, I've been with the officials for so long, and I've made some progress."

From the heart, Liu Chengyou didn't think much of these two uncles, and could even be described as contempt.Liu Zhiyuan appointed the two to guard the throat, yet he behaved so carelessly.

Needless to say, Liu Xin, this guy has always been like this.This Murong Yanchao is also the same, when he was in charge of Chanzhou, he left his post without authorization, just to come to Baima for a drink.Where is Chanzhou? It strangles the throat of the north bank of the Dahe River and is an important place for river defense.Liu Zhiyuan arranged for him to be there, obviously to guard against Du Chongwei of Yedu.

If Du Chongwei rebelled and raised his troops to the south, Chanzhou would be the first line of defense against him. With such an important place and such a responsibility, he simply regarded military affairs as trifling matter.

Thinking of this, Liu Chengyou's expression became more peaceful, but his eyes gradually turned cold.

He probably also understood Liu Zhiyuan's mentality. After all, he was his own family, so he was more trustworthy, and he had to rely on these people to defend the country.However, there are countless cases out there, and when things are urgent, it is these "family members" who often do bad things.Don't talk about far away, just talk about near at hand, for example, Du Chongwei!

After arriving in Tokyo, do you want to make a suggestion to your father?Liu Xin was still talking "buzzing" in his ear, Liu Chengyou already had such thoughts in his mind.

His thoughts drifted away a little. It seems that there are not many members of the clan and royal family of the Liu family who are successful, and they can be entrusted with important things.

The performance of Liu Zhiyuan's three brothers, Liu Xin and Murong Yanchao, is here. As for Liu Chong, wouldn't it be possible to get along until now with Liu Zhiyuan as the eldest brother?
On Li's side, there are several uncles of Liu Chengyou, but one is more messy than the other. The second uncle Li Hongwei is a little more brilliant, but he is too cowardly, procrastinating and not decisive enough.

As far as Liu Chengyou knew, among all his relatives, his brother-in-law Song Yanwo was a talented person, but unfortunately he didn't have a deep friendship.And his cousin Li Shaoyou.

Liu Xin and Murong Yanchao naturally didn't know how the nephew who was dealing with them in front of him despised them in his heart, they were both very interested and chatting very intensely.

In the main hall of the post house, a table of wine and dishes has already been set up, the aroma hits the taste buds directly, the dishes do not look exquisite, but they are richer, there are all kinds of meat, the table is full, and the use is very extravagant.

As soon as he was seated, Liu Xin clapped his hands, and a few beautiful figures stepped gracefully into the hall, barefooted, thinly dressed, and some ingenious weapons were faintly visible, dancing gracefully to the music played from behind the curtain.

Liu Chengyou sighed silently in his heart, did he enjoy it now?What kind of scene is it in the city of Tokyo? Liu Chengyou can't be optimistic at this time.

Few men are immune to debauchery, sex and wealth, especially the warriors of this era.Murong Yanchao's eyes were immediately attracted, his wide eyes almost sucked the dancing beauties into his eyes, his face salivating like: "Brother Xin, I have been in Baima for two days, such a beauty, you hid it well Deep."

"Hey." Liu Xin was a little proud: "This is a trick I collected after a lot of effort after I arrived in Baima. I am good at singing and dancing. If you are interested, I will send you two?"

Murong Yanchao was not polite, and directly accepted with a smile: "Then I thank you in advance."

In front of Liu Chengyou, the two didn't shy away from it at all, or they didn't care at all.Liu Chengyou only looked around for a while, then looked away, seeing his reaction, Liu Xin was slightly surprised, and then said a little angrily: "Erlang, you may like these beauties, you can choose one or two, and treat them as my gift to you." Gift."

This Liu Xin is really a jerk, he just wanted to give Liu Chengyou a woman.

"No, the younger nephew's ambition is not here, and besides, how dare he take the love of the elders?" Liu Chengyou said.

"How can you be so boring at such a young age?" Liu Xin waved his hand and said carelessly: "Isn't there a concubine in your mansion? It stands to reason that I have also experienced the beauty of it. One, how is it enough? The leader has been away for so long, think about it. I must have been holding back for a long time, and I should find this delicate and watery person to relieve the fatigue of fighting."

When Liu Xin spoke dirty words, Murong Yanchao also opened his mouth, and said in a tone of someone who had experienced it: "This woman is wonderful, and she is full of joy. Erlang, don't take away your uncle's kindness."

After saying that, Liu Xin directly ordered him to stop singing and dancing, and asked several maikos to come forward and let Liu Chengyou choose.

The kindness is hard to come by, Liu Chengyou once again put his attention on those few dancers, they are not very old, they are good-looking, and they have a good figure, but they are just good.

Compared to Liu Chengyou's flat reaction, the dancers were a little excited, with earnest eyes, hoping that Liu Chengyou would pick them.The conversation between the three just now was not restrained, and of course they listened to it.

Compared to serving a tyrannical warrior like Liu Xin or being given to a black man like Murong Yanchao, a handsome man like Liu Chengyou is naturally more pleasing to the eye, young and heroic, and has a noble status.
It's a pity that Liu Chengyou still let them down, as if ignoring the pink skull, he picked up a glass of wine on the table and turned to Liu Xin: "Uncle's heart, my nephew's heart, I just came all the way south, exhausted physically and mentally. The public opinion over there, I would like to take this cup, and I have the right to accuse myself."

After speaking, he drank it in one gulp.Liu Chengyou showed a look of embarrassment, the "smart" Liu Xin immediately reacted, pointed to the south and said: "Are you concerned about the public opinion in the court? No need to be like this, just a villain who is jealous of the virtuous and capable. This time you It is the prestige that makes those who claim to be heroes of their lives unable to sit still!"

Under Liu Zhiyuan's command, there were many factions and power struggles, and the courtiers had their own ideas.It wasn't obvious before, but when they entered Kaifeng and the overall situation was settled, they couldn't calm down, and things like fighting for merit and favor happened repeatedly.The clan like Liu Xin is also a faction, but they think highly of themselves, relying on Liu Zhiyuan's favor, they always look down on those courtiers and foreign generals.

"Uncle's words are serious."

"You don't have to worry too much about it." Liu Xin said carelessly: "Isn't it just sending some soldiers and horses to Zhao Yanshou to fight the Khitan? It's no big deal. Da Lang also explained it to the elder brother. You are the son of the elder brother, so what? It is those outsiders who can alienate. Besides, without you, those Yan soldiers can be captured."

When Liu Xin looked at the problem, it was obviously very simple.Is the problem really just Liu Chengyou's assertion and arrogance?
For the founding king, having a son who is too powerful is not a good thing, especially in this new dynasty.Looking back a little, we can find that Liu Zhiyuan's establishment of the country was basically to take advantage of it, gather troops in Hedong and wait and see, and then march into the Central Plains to take over the country and it's over.

From beginning to end, there was no tough battle.Originally, Liu Chengyou's fight against Geng Chongmei counted as a battle, and then Shi Hongzhao fought against Hanoi, and Guo Congyi went to the Central Plains and entered Kaifeng.If this is the case, although Deguo does not have much persuasive and deterrent power, it is basically carried out under the control of Emperor Liu Zhiyuan, and everything is under his control.

However, in Luancheng, Liu Chengyou suddenly dealt such a blow to the Khitan army. With [-] soldiers against hundreds of thousands, he was defeated, and he was still the main force of the Khitan.It can be said to be earth-shattering, and it will naturally have a huge positive effect on the establishment of the New Han Dynasty. It will deter the world. Seeing the return of states and towns, all local festivals have basically put away their overflowing cautious thoughts, and dare not make any changes.

So, here comes the problem. In the battle of Luancheng, no matter how you look at it, only the prince Liu Chengyou was the most dazzling.No one, no matter how stupid, would think that the Battle of Luancheng was carried out by Liu Chengyou under the will of Emperor Liu Zhiyuan.

For Liu Zhiyuan, this kind of situation is that the more he thinks about it, the more wrong he becomes, the more he thinks about it, the more delicious he becomes, and the more he thinks about it, the more complicated his thoughts become.Which founding monarch can be really magnanimous, and he can see it.Liu Zhiyuan is not a good person, but he has an extraordinary bearing, and Liu Chengyou is still his son, so the development of the story will not be too tense
These things, Liu Chengyou didn't think of them at first, but after being reminded by Tao Gu's slapstick, Liu Chengyou came back to it.This guy Tao Gu is definitely talented in politics.So Liu Chengyou also had a clearer understanding of the public opinion in the court.

Liu Chengyou knew this, but he didn't mean to explain to Liu Xin, he just dealt with it simply.

"Don't mention these things, just come back, those people don't dare to be arrogant." Liu Xin picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth: "Come on, our brothers, let's toast Erlang together."

"Don't dare." Liu Chengyou answered with a cup.

Although, I don't like Liu Xin's extravagance and extravagance in my heart, but Liu Chengyou's body is very honest, there is good food and drink, there is no need to pretend to be reserved, and suffer himself as usual.

Furthermore, I have already rejected my uncle's kindness once, so why should I refuse a second time? That would be really disrespecting my uncle.

While drinking fine wine and gnawing on big bones, that's what Liu Chengyou thought: give Liu Xin some face.

　Regarding the listing, I originally planned to finish the first volume and then apply.But based on the current progress, there is still water.
　　
　
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