I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 9
A moment later, a middle-aged official who looked around thirty walked quickly into the side room hall, and bowed to Liu Bian who was standing in the hall.

"Chen Dongguan, Xu Yan, the attendant in the Yellow Gate, pays homage to Shihou."

"Well."

Liu Bian nodded slightly, and at the same time looked up and down the person.

Don't think that the eunuchs in the Han Palace are all flatterers because the ten permanent servants are in power. Regardless of the little eunuchs who can't help themselves, in fact, there are also upright and clean eunuchs in the palace.

For example, Lu Qiang, the Zhongchang servant who was framed and killed by the ten permanent servants in the early years, is also a eunuch, and a great eunuch, his rank is no different from that of Zhao Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, and he is also trusted by Emperor Ling .

However, it is recorded in historical data that "the emperor knows his loyalty and cannot use it", which is very interesting.

What was the reason that Lingdi knew that Lu Qiang was loyal to him but couldn't use it?
Could it be because of the obstruction of the Ten Permanent Attendants?

not necessarily!

I remember that in history, when He Jin wanted to kill the ten permanent servants and wanted to call foreign troops into Beijing, Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiyuandian Military Academy, said: "It is appropriate to have eunuchs in ancient and modern times. The emperor's improper control and excessive favor on officials led to the death of the emperor." The situation has come to this point.To punish the crimes of officials, one jailer is enough to punish Yuan evil, so why call foreign generals one after another?
This is indeed the case, especially if Emperor Ling wants to get rid of the ten permanent servants, it is even easier. If the order is followed, will the ten permanent servants still dare to rebel? !
Then the question arises, since it is not the reason for the ten permanent servants, why does the historical data say that the emperor knows his loyalty and cannot use it?

The reason is very simple, because Lu Qiang is a Zhongchang servant in the camp of partial scholars, and Lingdi, in fact, knows that scholars are more harmful than Shichang servants, so he doesn't use Lu Qiang, and silently ignores Shichang servants to frame Lu Qiang. He even pretended to listen to Shi Changshi's slander, sent someone to arrest him, and committed suicide in anger.

This is not to wash the ground for Emperor Ling.

In fact, whether it is Emperor Huan or Emperor Ling, these two generations of Han monarchs are certainly stupid emperors, but they are still very sensitive to imperial power. Had to use the hands of eunuchs to weaken the power of the courtiers, and then there were those two disasters of party imprisonment.

If the Yellow Turban Uprising led by the Zhang Jiao brothers was not so fierce, until the first year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling did not want to forgive the party members.

However, Lu Qiang favored scholars in his position, and even pleaded for the party members many times, which led to Emperor Ling'knowing his loyalty and not being able to use it'.

So Empress He is right to call He Jin Wumou, he is even more stupid than Emperor Ling!
In addition, there are still some officials in the Han Palace who hold a neutral position and never involve in political struggles. The famous ones are mainly in Dongguan, such as Jiyin Dingsu, Nanyang Guodan, Ruyang Li Xun, Beihai Zhaoyou , and the person from Xiapi who came today, Xu Yan.

These little Huangmen made good friends with Lu Zhi, Yang Biao, Ma Rizun and other officials of the DPRK and China, but they never involved politics, so the ten permanent servants did not target them until two years later, when the Luoyang Palace was changed and they were replaced by Sili School. The so-called "General He Jin" headed by Wei Yuan Shao and Huben Zhonglang Yuan Shu entered the Han Palace with troops and killed more than [-] eunuchs in the Han Palace.

Ding Su, Xu Yan, Guo Dan, Li Xun, Zhao You and other eunuchs who were called "Qing Zhong" by the scholars all died in this catastrophe.

What's ridiculous is that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu originally thought they could replace He Jin and He Miao in the court, but they never thought of making a mistake. In the end, Dong Zhuo took advantage of them and ruined the Han Dynasty completely.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian became more and more disgusted with Yuan Shi.

At this time, Xu Yan bowed and expressed his intention: "Shi Hou forgives the crime, I took the liberty to come here today to disturb you. It was entrusted by Lu Shangshu and other adults.... When Cai Langzhong was in Dongguan in the past, and The adults are confidantes of each other, two days ago, the adults received a letter from Cai Langzhong, saying that Miss Cai was favored by Shi Hou, please go to the Han Palace to accompany Shi Hou, and I beg a few adults to take care of her..."

"Wen Ji entered the palace yesterday, why didn't you come yesterday?"

Liu Bian looked at Xu Yan with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Uh……"

A bit of embarrassment appeared on Xu Yan's face.

The facts are just as Liu Bian guessed. In fact, when Cai Yan entered the palace yesterday, Lu Zhi, Yang Biao and others had already got the news, but these courtiers had never dealt with Liu Bian before, and they did not dare to act rashly. Come and see, so as not to be misunderstood as supporting Cai Yan, threatening the prince in disguise, and finally offending Shi Hou and Empress He for no reason, and even implicating Cai Yong's daughter.

Therefore, Lu Zhi, Yang Biao and others decided to wait and see what happened. After all, according to their understanding, Shi Hou liked Cai Yong's daughter, so he took her into the palace. It should be unlikely that he treated Cai Yan badly.

Facts proved that their guesses were at a loss. When they entered the palace today, they heard that Liu Bian loved Cai Yan very much. He brought Cai Yan twice into the Changqiu Palace to visit Empress He. Empress He also loved Cai Yan very much. Sixteen sets of clothes were hurriedly made for Cai Yan in the palace, and a lot of precious jewelry was given to him.

Therefore, Lu Zhi and the others felt that since Cai Yan was so favored by Shi Hou and Empress He, they entrusted Xu Yan to meet and see Cai Yan's current situation, so as to give Cai Yong an explanation, there should be no problem, so they entrusted Xu Yanqian Come.

I just didn't expect Liu Bian to ask this casually.

"Uh."

Xu Yan calmed down and explained: "Miss Cai just entered the palace yesterday, and the journey was tiring, so the old minister and all the adults don't want to disturb her."

"Ah."

Liu Bian chuckled lightly and turned to look at Cai Yan without revealing it.

Of course Cai Yan also heard Xu Yan's intention, she didn't think too much like Liu Bian, when Liu Bian turned to look at her, she got up and came forward, saluted and thanked: "Concubine Cai Yan, thank you Xu Neishi and your lords remember..."

"Do you want to chat alone?" Liu Bian asked generously.

Cai Yan was a little surprised by Liu Bian's elegant and polite expression at the moment, hesitated for a while and nodded slightly, then Liu Bian turned and left the room facing the east.

This made Xu Yan very surprised. After Liu Bian left, he smiled at Cai Yan with a tentative intention: "I never thought that Shihou would love Miss Cai so much..."

Cai Yan's cheeks were slightly red when she heard the words, but she had to admit that although he bullied him and teased her, he really doted on her, and just now he coaxed her in disregard of the prince's dignity, obviously just a ten-year-old brat... …

Gathering her mind, she asked Xu Yan softly, "Did Shangshu Lu receive a letter from my father?"

"Ah."

Xu Yan nodded and said: "According to Lu Shangshu, Cai Langzhong is very worried about Miss Cai, but from the current point of view, it seems that there is no need to worry?"

Cai Yan blushed slightly again, and immediately saluted and said: "Please express my gratitude to Lu Shangshu on behalf of the concubine. I will write a letter home and entrust Shihou to send someone to send it to my father, so that he can rest assured."

Xu Yan nodded when he heard the words: "In that case, I will take my leave first."

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and told Cai Yan in a low voice: "If Miss Cai entrusts Shihou Dai to deliver the family letter, it will probably have to go through the hands of the regular servants in the palace. The regular servants used to have grievances with your father, so if it is not necessary , don’t mention anything related to North Korea-China affairs in your letter..."

Cai Yan's heart trembled, and he thanked again: "Thank you, servant Xu, for reminding me."

Xu Yan smiled and saluted and said goodbye.

Looking at the back of Xu Yan's departure, Cai Yan also thought that he should write a letter to his father, but Xifangdian didn't have pen and ink.

So she came to the east room hall, and immediately saw Liu Bian standing at the desk writing.

This was the first time she saw Liu Bian writing. She stepped forward to take a look curiously, but saw that Liu Bian wrote her name, which made her feel a different kind of emotion.

"Finished?"

Liu Bian looked up and asked casually, "See how I write?"

"Well, it's over."

Cai Yan responded, and immediately looked at the calligraphy on the paper with a smile on his face: "Does Shihou want to hear the truth or lies?"

Liu Bian raised his head and glanced at Cai Yan, with a look of interest on his face: "How can you tell a lie?"

Cai Yan snorted softly and said, "The lie is that Shihou's words are extremely well written. There is no one in the past and no one in the future. Even if the world-famous people are far behind. As for the truth..."

"Stop." Liu Bian interrupted in time: "I suddenly don't want to hear the truth."

"..."

Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized that Liu Bian had made fun of him again, and gritted her teeth secretly in anger.

Thinking about it, she didn't realize that her state of mind at this moment is completely different from the panicked look when she first entered the palace yesterday.

It's no wonder that a little eunuch who was milling for Liu Bian showed surprise on his face, perhaps because Miss Cai, who just arrived in the palace yesterday, dared to speak to Shi Hou like this.

What surprised him even more was that Shi Hou was not angry yet.

After a bit of bickering, Cai Yan revealed her reason for coming: "I want to write a letter from home to inform my father, so that he can rest assured."

"Come."

Liu Bian gave up the seat to Cai Yan, and even laid new paper for her.

I don't know if Cai Yan has noticed this, but she pondered for a moment, then took a pen to write on the paper.

It has to be said that, as Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan's handwriting is not as good as her father's, Shi Yiguan's and other calligraphers, but it is much better than Liu Bian who has only studied for a few days. Don't hesitate to praise: "Good words!"

Cai Yan blinked, and suddenly asked: "How does it compare to Shihou?"

Liu Bian was not angry either, and replied with her previous words: "Does Wen Ji want to hear the truth or lies?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Yan knew that this guy was definitely going to tease her again, so she thought for a while and said, "How can I tell a lie?"

Seeing Liu Bian showing disgust, he shook his head and said, "Ugly, too ugly, far inferior to me."

Cai Yan was a little surprised, and asked again: "What about the truth?"

At this moment, Liu Bian smiled slyly: "The truth is...it's really ugly."

"..."

Cai Yan's small face tensed up angrily.

After that, there was another flirtatious quarrel in the eyes of outsiders. I'm afraid even Cai Yan didn't realize it, but the little official beside him could see it clearly.

After putting my father in the letter box, Cai Yan said to Liu Bian with a plea: "Shihou, if it's not troublesome, I want to go to Dongguan to meet Lu Shangshu and other elders, and thank them for entrusting Xu Neishi to come here. Visit me, and ask them to deliver the letter home."

Naturally, Liu Bian would not refuse this trivial matter, so he took the opportunity to hold Cai Yan's little hand and said with a smile, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Although Cai Yan felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't break free, but when the two were about to leave for Dongguan, the little eunuch who was grinding before stood in front of Liu Bian.

"Shihou should not go to the east view." He lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Why?" Liu Bian frowned.

"This..." The little official faltered, and said to him from left to right: "It's just not good..."

"..." Liu Bian's complexion gradually darkened.

How could he still not understand the appearance of the other party?

Presumably, it was his love and tolerance for Cai Yan that gave some guys the illusion of being 'deceitful'.

"Step aside!"

he said coldly.

Cai Yan and the little eunuch were taken aback by that indifferent tone.

(End of this chapter)