Dahan first prince

Chapter 41
On the No. 17 day after the death of the Supreme Emperor Liu Yu, that is, the second day of the eighth month in the autumn of the tenth year of the Han Dynasty, three elderly figures in filial piety appeared in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City.

One person walked in front and looked older, at least over sixty years old; the other two followed closely behind, not more than fifty years old.

The filial piety clothes on the three people are also slightly different.

The old man walking in the front and one of the people behind him are both wearing zhǎn cuī (zhǎn cuī) clothes. If you look carefully, you can even find that there is a bit of similarity between the eyebrows of the two.

And the other person is under the service of Qi Decay (zī cuī).

"Rituals Mourning Clothes" says: There are five mourning clothes, which are Zhan Shuai, Qi Shuai, Great Gong, Minor Gong, and Shuma.

According to the different levels of mourning clothes, the mourning period corresponds to three years, one year, September, May, and March.

In later generations, according to the distance of kinship corresponding to the five mourning clothes, "five clothes" was also used as a noun to describe the kinship.

The reason why later generations will use "five clothes" to describe the kinship is because the mourning five clothes strictly correspond to the blood relationship between the deceased and the mourner.

Taking the first level, Zhan Shuai, which has a filial piety period of up to three years, can only be worn by the immediate relatives of the deceased.

The beheading clothes are made from a piece of the roughest burlap, and a large piece is cut directly with a knife, and then tied to the body of the mourner with a hemp rope.

No cutting, no hemming, just "cutting" a piece from the whole piece of burlap, so it is called "cutting down", and it also means "to mourn without embellishment", or "sorrow is like a knife cut into the heart".

In comparison, the person who wears the second level of uniform decline will naturally have a slightly distant relationship with the deceased.

Although it is also coarse linen filial piety clothes, but Qi Shuai can be cut and sewed, so it is named "Qi Shuai".

The reason why there is a difference in cutting and sewing between cutting mourning and Qi mourning is mainly to distinguish the relatives of the mourners and the deceased.

In the words of later generations, Zhan Shuai means "the relationship is so close that the mourning clothes can't be cut and hemmed", and Qi Shuai means "although they are very close, they still care about the cutting and hemming of the mourning clothes." .

Combined with the fact that these three people are followed by two luxurious chariots of princes and kings, it is not difficult to guess the identities of the three people.

In today's world, the only princes of the Liu family are Liu Jiao, King of Chu, Liu Jia, King of Jing, Liu Fei, King of Qi, and Liu Ruyi, King of Zhao.

Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, was the only one who met the two requirements of "immediate relatives of the Supreme Emperor Liu Yu" and "mature man".

And Liu Xie has no brother Kun Ji, and only one cousin.

In this way, the identity of the person who was following that elder, walking alongside Liu Jiao, and wearing mourning attire was ready to be revealed.

Liu's Clan - King Jing: Liu Jia.

As for the one who walked in the front, it is not difficult to guess his identity according to the requirements of 'he is over sixty years old', 'not a vassal king', and 'he is a direct relative of Liu Yu'.

"Brother Zhong."

Getting off the chariot in the eastern suburbs hundreds of steps away from Changle Palace, Liu Jiao couldn't help but step forward a little bit, pulled the hemp on the old man's body, and signaled to walk a little slower.

But at this moment, no matter it was the man Liu Jiao called 'Brother Zhong', or Liu Jiao and Liu Jia, there was not much mourning for their father's bereavement on their faces, but a little more doubt.

Hearing a soft call from behind, the old man turned around slowly, showing a puzzled expression.

Seeing this, Liu Jiao showed a little sympathy on his face, and asked in a low voice: "That incident back then..."

"Your Majesty hasn't forgiven Brother Zhong yet?"

Hearing this question, the old man only shook his head with a bitter smile, and then heaved a sigh.

"Since Your Majesty demoted me to be the Marquis of Heyang, it has been three years since I have not been able to gain the beauty of being a brother..."

Hearing this, Liu Jiao couldn't help but froze, as if he wanted to say something comforting, but when he said it, there was a hint of complaint inexplicably in it.

"Brother Zhong was indeed a bit aggressive about that incident back then..."

After saying the words, Liu Jiao sighed again, seeing 'Brother Zhong' turning around with a wry smile, he followed slowly.

The person called "Brother Zhong" by Liu Jiao is none other than the second son of the late Supreme Emperor Liu Xie and the second elder brother of the present son Liu Bang: Liu Xi!
Logically speaking, when the younger brother Liu Jiao has to be named King of Chu, the second brother Liu Xi and the emperor Liu Bang should also take care of him.

But in fact, Liu Xi's current "bad" treatment is not because his younger brother Liu Bang is not enough to take care of him, but because Liu Xi himself is not up-to-date.

Three years ago, that is, the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Han Wangxin surrendered to the Huns in Mayi, the capital of the king, and immediately turned his guns and went straight to Daidi!
At that time, Liu Xi was the acting king conferred by Liu Bang himself.

But as the ruler of the Dai Kingdom, facing the menacing Huns and Han Wangxin who surrendered to the enemy, Liu Xi at that time did something that shamed the entire Liu family.

——The coalition forces of Han Wangxin and the Huns had just broken through Mayi, and hadn't reached Loufan County at the gap of the Great Wall of Zhao. Hundreds of miles away, Liu Xi, the acting king who lived in the capital city of Jinyang, unexpectedly ran away with his wife and children!

When Han Wangxin led the army to Jinyang, Liu Xi had already gone to Luoyang, the eastern capital!
Looking at the back of Liu Xi's "Yiqi Juechen", even Han Wangxin, who turned against the water and turned his head to attack Han, can only be caught up...
As the princes and kings sent by Liu Bang to garrison the frontier, he deserted when the enemy was nowhere to be seen. Liu Xizong, as the brother of the emperor, cannot escape accountability.

Even if it weren't for the status of "Brother Tianzi Zhong", Liu Xi would have nine lives, which would not be enough for Liu Bang to kill him just by running away and abandoning the country!

Since then, Liu Xi has been demoted to Marquis of Heyang, and until now, he has not been summoned by Liu Bang...

"Last year ago, my father had begged His Majesty to entrust him with his brother after his death."

While Liu Jiao was thinking, he heard Liu Xi's deep voice, and couldn't help but quickly regain his focus.

Liu Xi stopped for a while, turned sideways, and looked at Liu Jiao meaningfully.

"Does the King of Chu know that His Majesty conferred the title of title on the dead brother?"

Seeing Liu Jiao's bewildered expression, Liu Xi couldn't help smiling miserably again.

"Gengjiehou..."

"Gengjiehou~"

"Tsk tsk..."

Hearing Liu Xi's slightly resentful sigh, Liu Jiao couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, why are you like this..."

"Ugh······"

Liu Jiao finally didn't dare to say the word 'remembering grudges', but there was a gloomy and gloomy look on his slightly refined face.

"In the future, be cautious in your words and deeds."

"Where there is nothing to do, offending the emperor's brother is..."

While thinking about it, Liu Xi stopped again.

Raising his head, Liu Jiao found out: Changle Palace has arrived.

"King Chu and King Jing enter the palace."

"As a brother, I will go back to the mansion first and sweep the couch to wait."

As he said that, Liu Xi cupped his hands slightly, and actually made a gesture of turning back to go home.

Seeing this, Liu Jiao hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. After a while, he remembered Liu Xi and said: Emperor Liu Bang has not summoned Liu Xi for three years...
"Since that's the case, brother Zhong will go now. I will plead for brother Zhong when I see His Majesty."

Hearing his younger brother Liu Jiaozhi's words, Liu Xi didn't show any gratitude on his face. He just let out a wry smile and left silently...

　It felt a bit boring, so I changed it all night, and the more I changed it, the more uncomfortable it became.

　　In the end, I still feel: Liu Xi needs to explain something, after all, his son Liu Bi will be crowned king later.

　　Everyone will take care of the occasional transitional chapters in the background.

　　This chapter is the update promised the day before yesterday, and it will be updated at normal time at noon and evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)