Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 228 One hundred and one ways to depose Liu Qian

The huge procession passed through the long street. Those who knew clearly that this was Huo Qubing, the son of the prime minister, was traveling, but those who didn't know thought he was going to fight.

The rather mighty team stopped in front of the palace.

Huo Qubing wore armor and walked towards the palace under the leadership of Jin Gui and Liu Jian.

Cao Xiang leisurely clasped his hands behind his back, as if visiting a brothel, and was even humming a little tune.

On the other hand, Jin Kui and Liu Jian, one was nervous, and the other was sweating on his forehead.

Although things like going to the prince to ask for money came from the mouth of the protagonist Liu Ling, if it weren't for Huo Qubing in front and Cao Xiang behind, they would not have dared to do such a thing if they had a hundred courages. things.

Turning around the long and dark corridor and passing through the clusters of pavilions, this is the palace where Prince Liu Jian lives.

As soon as everyone came here, they heard the music of silk and bamboo orchestra coming from the front.

This was vaguely mixed with the laughter of men and the charming laughter of more than one woman.

Cao Xiang said with a smile: "It seems that Liu Jian really knows how to enjoy life."

"He drank all the soldiers' blood, and if he can't get the money back, I'll break his legs today." Huo Qubing smiled grimly.

After hearing these words, Jin Gui and Liu Jian felt that their eyes were starting to get dark and dizzy.

What this living ancestor said was definitely not meant to scare people.

"Stop! I didn't know this was the prince's palace, what are you doing?" The guards outside the palace gate recognized Jin Gui and Liu Jian, but they sounded as if they didn't know them.

One of these two people was a palace guard general, and the other was an unpopular grandson. Therefore, in the eyes of the guards in front of the Taifu Palace, they were nothing more than mediocre people.

Huo Qubing showed a surprised expression, and looked back at the Golden Chamber: "Whose soldier is this? So brave?"

Jin Gui smiled awkwardly: "According to the rules, these are your subordinates, general, but they are personally accompanied by the prince, and their monthly salary is also paid to them by the prince."

After saying this, Jin Kui looked at the guards and explained: "This is the new commanding general appointed by the king, you can't wait to be rude."

Several people hesitated for a moment and looked at Huo Qubing, but still clasped their fists and saluted: "I've seen the general!"

"Well, get out of the way. I have something important to discuss with the prince when I go in." Huo Qubing smiled gently.

"This..." Several people hesitated, and the leader shook his head and said: "General, you have no right to enter here. The prince has already given instructions. Anyone who comes must be informed."

"It's really embarrassing for you." Huo Qubing punched out without any warning. The man didn't expect that Huo Qubing really dared to attack him. He was unprepared and was knocked unconscious by the punch. Others Just as the guard was about to shout something, he was frozen in place by Huo Qubing's frightened look.

Cao Xiang laughed happily: "You guys are pretty smart." Then he walked in with Huo Qubing swaggeringly.

Jin Kui was kind-hearted, glanced at a few people, and said in a low voice: "Stay here if you want to survive, don't talk nonsense, don't look for people randomly."

The few people were startled by these words, and they didn't dare to say anything, they just dragged the corporal leader who had been knocked out to one side.

"Hahaha... well, the beauty's waist is really thin and soft, come again! Come again! I want to pour wine from the waist to taste!"

Just as they walked outside the palace gate, everyone heard Liu Qian's dissolute laughter.

Cao Xiang's eyes widened: "You idiot, you can play better than me!"

Huo Qubing sneered, strode into the hall, and saw Liu Qian mingling with a group of disheveled beauties from a distance.

Seeing someone rashly breaking in, the musicians who were playing were frightened and immediately stopped, thinking that the King of Huainan had arrived.

"Bastard! What are you doing if you stop? Believe it or not, I will chop off your fingers..."

The furious Liu Qian raised his head, his face covered with fruit wine, but when he suddenly saw the expressionless Huo Qubing and the smiling Cao Xiang, he was so frightened that he suddenly shivered and collapsed.

"Master Cao Hou, Huo Qubing? You...what are you two doing here?" Liu Qian took off his robe and put it on himself as he spoke.

The other concubines were too frightened to bite and hurriedly got in behind the screen.

Huo Qubing strode forward, turned around and sat down on a chair.

Cao Xiang smiled happily and walked to the side of the table filled with various delicacies and drinks. Although he didn't like Liu Qian very much, he had to admit that this boy had good taste.

Liu Qian didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dare to neglect Cao Xiang. He immediately stepped forward to pour wine for Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang pointed at Huo Qubing: "His affairs have nothing to do with me. I just followed him to join in the fun."

Who would believe this?

Anyway, Liu Qian didn't believe it, he poured wine for Cao Xiang with a smile on his face, and then looked at Huo Qubing: "Brother Huo, I'm really kidding, why didn't you tell me in advance when you came?"

Seeing Jin Gui and Liu Jian standing on the side, not daring to show their anger, Liu Qian suddenly said angrily: "What's going on with you two? Brother Huo and Lord Cao are visiting. Why didn't you inform them?"

Huo Qubing raised his hand, stopped Liu Qian's move, and said calmly: "Now I am the general in charge of the palace guard. My brothers' military salary has always been with His Highness the Crown Prince. I am here today to get paid."

After Liu Qian heard this, he felt like he was dreaming even when he saw Huo Qubing taking out the appointment book of King Huainan from his waist.

"Your Highness, when will the money be received?" Huo Qubing asked expressionlessly. He pointed at Jin Gui and Liu Jian: "These two are my subordinates now. If they did something that dissatisfied Your Highness before, Yes, that’s all in the past.”

When Jin Gui and Liu Jian heard this, they couldn't help but feel calm in their panic.

Liu Qian's eyes were even more surprised, but he quickly calmed down: "Brother Huo, the matter of money and food is not difficult at first, but..."

"Since it's not a difficult task, let's do it now. As soon as I took up the post of general, I promised my brothers that within three days, all the arrears of military pay will be paid in full. I think your highness will also do it. You won’t embarrass me, will you?”

"Qu Bing, what are you talking about? Is Your Highness that kind of person?" Cao Xiang took a sip of wine and chuckled: "Your Highness, am I right?"

Facing Huo Qubing, Liu Qian really had nothing to fear, but when facing Cao Xiang, he was completely afraid from his heart.

This is because he has never experienced the severe beatings in Chang'an City. As long as he knows a little bit of news about Chang'an, he will know that his idea is really wrong.

"What Mr. Cao Hou said is true. Come...immediately pay all the military salary arrears over the years in full!" Liu Qian shouted loudly.

The guards standing outside rushed in immediately.

Liu Qian looked at the high red swelling on the forehead of one of them, and his eyes narrowed slightly, but he just pretended that he saw nothing: "Immediately go to the treasury to withdraw money and food, and pay all the arrears of military pay in full!"

"Here!"

The guard surrendered and accepted the order.

Liu Qian turned to look at Cao Xiang and smiled: "Master Cao, look..."

Cao Xiang put down the wine bottle and pointed at Huo Qubing: "I'm not going to tell you anymore? I'm just watching the excitement. Why don't you believe it?"

"Yes... yes, that is!" Liu Qian turned to look at Huo Qubing: "Brother Huo, look..."

"The matter is done, everyone is happy, the prince will continue to enjoy himself, I will go directly to the barracks and wait, and tell all the soldiers that the prince has ordered that the military salary be paid in full, and there will never be any money in the money and food that I want to give." Old grain, and coarse grain mixed with clods of silt as supplements, right?"

Huo Qubing knew very well what was going on in the army.

Cao Xiang yelled in surprise: "What? It's all here now, would anyone still do this? Qu Bing, you are treating the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Cao Xiang put her arms around Liu Qian's shoulders: "You don't know, Qu Bing grew up in the military camp since he was a child. He saw some people who drank the blood of soldiers, and mixed mud and sand into the military rations, and then used them as military pay. Give them to the soldiers."

"Such a situation will never happen to me in Huainan." Liu Qian felt that Cao Xiang's greasy hands gave him an indescribable feeling all over his body.

Cao Xiang sighed, "Qu Bing, what happened to this man who drank the blood of soldiers?"

"Let Your Majesty chop off the head and destroy the three tribes." Huo Qubing's voice was cold, even with a hint of ferociousness.

Cao Xiang patted Liu Qian on the shoulder: "Really, isn't it good to live?"

Liu Qian didn't know whether this sentence was a threat to him or had some other meaning. It wasn't until Huo Qubing and his party had left the palace that he noticed a chill on his back, and his clothes were soaked with cold sweat. .

"Why did the father let Huo Qubing be the general of the palace guard?" Liu Qian turned around and sat down. He drank a sip of fruit wine to calm down his shock. He was suddenly startled because he thought about the fact that Liu Buhui had become the Da Nong Order before.

Doesn’t this mean that everything in Huainan Kingdom has been controlled?
"Something incredible must have happened during today's martial arts performance on the school field!" Liu Qian immediately thought of something, stood up, and shouted loudly: "Come here! Go and find out what happened during today's martial arts performance on the school field!"

"Here!"

The guard immediately responded and left.

At this moment, in the large tent in the Huainan military camp, Liu An and Li Huan were having a drink alone.

When there were only two of them, their conversations became straightforward and simple.

"How do the troops and horses under the Prime Minister compare with the elite of the North Camp in Guanzhong?"

Li Huan shook his head and said: "It's not as good as that. The Beida camp is the elite among the elites of my court. It seems that it is not comparable to the guards under my command. As for my four thousand cavalry, if it is a battle in the plains, they can naturally compete with Beida." battalion to fight for the front, but if you fight under the horse, you will not be the opponent of the Peking University Battalion at all."

Liu An frowned: "If this is the case, isn't it true that as the Prime Minister said, once our Huainan Army and the Guanzhong Army fight, there is really no chance of winning?"

"It can't be said that there is no chance of winning. It's just that most of the Huainan army before the king was too lazy and had no fighting spirit."

Li Huan smiled awkwardly: "They lost the first game just now. After going to bed and defeating Jin Gui in the second game, they realized that there was no hope of victory. They laughed when they were playing around with my soldiers and horses. It was enough. It can be seen that what they lack is not elite equipment and sharp swords, but the courage to fight."

"The courage to fight?" Liu An frowned: "This thing..."

"Courage is illusory, intangible, intangible, but it really exists." Li Huan sighed: "The reason why the general Gongsun He and Wei Chen insisted on fighting for the second time is because they wanted Let’s see how courageous our Huainan Army officers are, whether they can still fight to the death when faced with desperate situations, but it’s obvious…”

"As far as the Prime Minister is concerned, what should we do?"

"The emperor's imperial edict stipulated that we should not use more than [-] troops. This number should be a number that he and Wei Qing came up with after careful discussion. The battle to destroy South Vietnam will be more difficult than we thought."

Li Huan muttered: "Now these soldiers have an old-fashioned attitude, so my suggestion is to break them up, drive them away, and reorganize a new army!"

"Break them up, drive them away, and reorganize a new army?" Liu An really didn't expect that Li Huan would have such courage and make such a big move.

"In Huainan, there are only about [-] to [-] troops in the headquarters. If they are all scattered and messed up..." Liu An felt really reluctant to give up.

"Your Majesty, in the past Xiang Yu's Battle of Julu, he used tens of thousands of troops to defeat Wang Li's army of hundreds of thousands, and frightened Zhang Han, who had an army of 30, to surrender. This is the importance of elites.

If these veterans are not dispersed and sent back to their hometowns to farm, it will not take long for the newly recruited soldiers to be infected with the bad habits of these veterans. When they arrive on the battlefield, they will all be afraid of death and shrink from advancing. , your and my century-old plan, won’t it fall short? "

"What the Prime Minister said is true, but have you ever thought about how many soldiers and horses our Huainan country can recruit?" Liu An smiled awkwardly: "Otherwise, how could I be so hesitant?"

"Oh? Is that so?" Li Huan really didn't understand, because he was not someone who was promoted in the system. He only knew the specific official positions in the Han Empire based on their names, and this was only limited to the imperial court.

If you go to the kingdoms of princes, these princes and kings like to set up some small official positions with strange names. Such official positions with less than a certain salary do not need to be reported to the court.

As for the national conditions of the Huainan Kingdom, Sima Qian, his personal secretary, knows more than he does...

"Right now, if all the troops are sent home, we should only be able to recruit more than [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. If there are more, it will have a greater impact on production." Liu An hesitated a little. He rebelled for Gain the world instead of destroying the whole world.

Li Huan pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I have a dangerous trick here, let's see if the king dares to use it."

"Dangerous move? What dangerous move?"

Li Huan had a cold look on his face: "Ask the emperor for someone!" "What? Ask the emperor for someone?" Liu An smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister, what kind of request is this?"

"I am a country in Huainan, and I am willing to use the whole country's soldiers and rations to share the emperor's worries. Then, if other vassal states send some people, some food and grass, it is reasonable to think about it?"

There was a sneer on Li Huan's face: "In the eyes of the emperor, all the princes and countries in the world are rich. This is obviously an excellent strategy to weaken the princes and countries in the world. The emperor has no objection to this."

When Liu An heard it, his eyes suddenly lit up: "It makes sense! When you say that, I suddenly think of another thing."

"Oh? What did the king think of? Is Wei Chen's strategy feasible?" Li Huan asked knowingly at this moment. Not only did he know what Liu An was thinking, he also knew that he had orchestrated the emperor Liu Che to let people do it. of.

Liu An said: "During the great victory in Henan, Your Majesty sent envoys to various countries to publicize the matter, but he never thought that Lord Cao would suddenly show off how rich he was.

After he made a bad start here, the other envoys also showed off their wealth one after another.

This has caused all the princes and kings in the world to show off their wealth. Now that I hear you talking about asking other princes to contribute money for food and soldiers, I have thought about this matter. With such an example before, I am afraid these princes and kings just want to say no. I can’t do it without money! "

"Hahaha..." Li Huan laughed happily from the bottom of his heart: "I really didn't expect that this unintentional display of wealth by a powerful person could actually contribute to our big event."

Li Huan sighed with emotion: "There are so many princes in the world. From their feudal kingdoms, each of them sent a thousand criminals and sons-in-law to us in Huainan, and let us train for several months, which is enough to go to the battlefield!"

Liu An was also overjoyed and said with great excitement: "This is really God helping me!"

"Your Majesty, in this special period, the prince should establish his prestige, so you revoke his ban and let him take charge of the formation of a new army."

"This..." Liu An hesitated: "I am afraid that I will anger Marquis Cao. After all, he also made great efforts to get the emperor to agree to our formation of troops to go south to attack South Vietnam."

"He is just looking for an excuse to stay here. Once he returns, he will make a marriage contract with His Majesty's princess." Li Huan shook his head and said, "Of course, if the king is worried, I will go to Cao Xiang to talk about it. , after all, he is Wei Chen's nephew, so he will obey what Wei Chen says."

"That's fine." Liu An nodded and said, "The Prime Minister has already spoken for this reason, so I don't have anything to worry about..."

"Report to the king, Wu was asked to see you!"

Outside the big tent, the voice of the guard reporting came.

Liu An glanced at Li Huan slightly and said in a low voice: "This person Wu Bei is quite brave and knows how to use troops, but I haven't confided in him yet. The Prime Minister needs to find an opportunity to win over us... …”

"I understand." Li Huan also nodded and responded in a low voice.

"Come in!" Liu An then raised his head and said loudly.

The military tent was opened from the outside, and Wu Ban walked in with an embarrassed look on his face. Seeing that Li Huan was also present, his expression became even more embarrassing, but he still raised his hands and saluted: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

"Wu Aiqing, please sit down." Liu An said with a smile: "I wonder what happened that made Wu Aiqing show such a difficult expression?"

"Your Majesty, I'm a humble minister..." Wu Bei suddenly glanced at Li Huan.

Li Huan frowned slightly, but according to the rules of the world, he stood up at this time and prepared to retreat.

Liu An raised his hand and asked Li Huan to sit down: "Wu Aiqing, I and the Prime Minister are close friends. I just regret that we meet too late. No matter what you have, you must not hide anything from the Prime Minister."

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This is not what I mean. Please ask the Prime Minister to be magnanimous." Wu Bei's face became more and more troubled.

However, he didn't know that Li Huan also knew why he was like this.

Huo Qubing's pursuit of the Golden Chamber position was originally a plan he secretly made with Han Yan. If Huo Qubing was young and unable to defeat the Golden Chamber, then the next one to appear would be Su Wu, and the next one to appear would be Jin Guduo, who would appear last Yes, it is a thunder quilt!
The reputation of Huainan's best swordsman is definitely not a lie. Li Huan believes that even if the first few people have lost, a swordsman like Lei Wen who has left a name in history can definitely defeat Jin Gui in a duel.

However, Huo Qubing did not disappoint him.

Seeing Wu Bei's appearance now, Li Huan knew that his plan was progressing perfectly in the direction he expected.

"General Wu is joking, how can I blame you?" Li Huan sat down again: "Then what is the problem? Just put it aside, I can share your worries for the king."

Wu Ben smiled awkwardly, looked at Li Huan, and then at Liu An, but still felt it was difficult to speak.

Liu An was about to ask again when Wu Ban finally said: "Your Majesty, although our internal military pay is paid out on a monthly basis, in fact, all military pay has been secretly withheld by the prince."

"What?" Liu An was furious: "This is serious?"

Wu Bei blushed with an old face, lowered his head, closed his eyes, and looked desperate: "This matter is absolutely true, and I just learned the news."

He suppressed his shame and looked at Li Huan: "This was when the Prime Minister was ill and after receiving the king's book, he went to the prince to ask for the pay for his three thousand guards. The soldiers in other military camps The general saw this in his eyes, became angry and found Wei Chen, and Wei Chen only found out about it!"

"You traitor! You traitor! I handed over the general power to this traitor, and he actually did such a thing under my eyes. I am so angry! Come on, bring this traitor Liu Qian to me!"

Hearing this, Li Huan immediately stood up and held up his hands to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, calm down. The so-called family scandal cannot be publicized. Even if the prince is confused and does such a thing, we only need to know it internally. Once it is publicized, wouldn't it make the world laugh at him?"

When Wu Bei heard this, he quickly stood up and held up his hands to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of yourself. The first priority is to take care of yourself."

Liu An gradually calmed down after listening to the words of the two men. He glanced at Li Huan and said, "What the Prime Minister just said, the matter of handing over the power of the new army to the crown prince will be discussed later. I will go back to the palace first."

"Your Majesty, what about military pay..." Wu Bei asked nervously.

Liu An was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but suddenly an eunuch walked in outside the big tent, and reported to Liu An with great excitement: "I am reporting to your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief heard that the soldiers in the army were gathering, and he seemed to be suspected of causing rebellion, so he entered the camp in person. , to appease the soldiers, all the soldiers have returned to their camps."

Hearing this, Li Huan was also slightly surprised, because Liu Buhai's move was not in his plan at all...

But fortunately, this seemed to further advance his plan.

Liu An noticed the unexpected look on Li Huan's face, and felt strange in his heart. After Liu Buhui took the position of Da Nong Order, he seemed to be a different person...

"If you pass the order, all the arrears of military pay will be paid naturally within three days." After Liu An said this, he felt unbearable shame on his face.

He never expected that his son would actually become the first big obstacle to his rebellion!

Damn it!
Liu An couldn't help but uttered a curse word in his heart. He calculated over and over again, but he never figured out that the biggest enemy was not Liu Che, but his rebellious son!

"The king is holy!" Wu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed his hands.

Liu An was furious at this moment. Hearing Wu Ban's words, he directly replied: "Sheng Ming's ass! Drive back to the palace immediately!"

Looking at Liu An who walked out of the big tent angrily, Li Huan never expected that this old man Liu was still a sweetheart.

Wu Bei smiled awkwardly, and before he could say anything, Li Huan stepped forward, patted the back of Wu Bei's hand, and said with a smile: "General Wu, don't take it seriously. Your Majesty is really very angry with the Crown Prince."

"How dare you!" Wu Ban quickly explained: "The king has been kind to me!"

"Let's go, you and I will go take a look at the military camp." Li Huan nodded slightly and pulled Wu Quiet out of the tent. The two of them rode horses and began to inspect the military camp.

Liu Buyu seemed to be doing a good job. Even if someone saw Li Huan and Wu Qui and wanted to say something, they forcibly stopped.

Seeing this scene, Li Huan realized that Liu Buhai's soothing effect was far greater than what he imagined.

"Why is the prince like this?" Wu Ben couldn't help but shook his head: "The land of Huainan will be his in the future, why do you treat the soldiers so harshly?"

Li Huan changed his mind, and immediately said: "Just now, I also talked to the king about the battle of the Southern Expedition. I am afraid that these old soldiers will not be able to bear the heavy responsibility. They want to recruit new troops after they are dismissed. Now it seems..."

"The prime minister has also been deceived." Wu Ban said with a bitter smile: "As long as the military pay can be paid in full, how can the soldiers not fight bravely for the king?"

Li Huan pondered: "General Wu seems to know these soldiers quite well?"

"Don't dare." Wu Bei hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "It's just that it's very clear that most of these soldiers rely on military pay to support their families."

Wu Bei's tone became more and more emotional: "In my kingdom, there are only more than [-] standing troops. Now that we have summoned all the soldiers who know how to attack, there are only [-] to [-] soldiers. If the payment of the standing army cannot be solved, we will If you break your trust with the people, I am afraid that no one will obey the king’s orders.”

The worry on his face became more serious: "If word spreads that the prince withheld military pay and enriched his own pockets, even if his reputation is not ruined, how can the soldiers still obey the king's orders to march south?"

"Is it true that the soldiers are all afraid of the Southern Expedition?" Li Huan noticed the important point in these words.

"The Prime Minister doesn't know. In the past, when the Qin Dynasty went on a southern expedition, many soldiers were recruited from the Chu region. There are many people in Jingchu whose ancestors went to the south." Wu Bei smiled bitterly: "This southern expedition will be gone. If you don’t return it, your subordinates have already heard that the soldiers who have been summoned back from the army are complaining about the Southern Expedition. Who would have thought that the prince’s matter would suddenly be exposed, and the soldiers have been angry for a long time, I’m afraid..."

"In other words, Da Nong Ling's act of saving the field in time is simply a stroke of genius!" Li Huan said in surprise.

Wu was shook his head: "The crown prince's action really lost the morale of the army. He even deceived the king, let alone..."

"General Wu, be careful what you say." Li Huan immediately reminded him.

Wu Bei shook his head and said: "Prime Minister, Wu Bei is deeply favored by the king. It is inevitable that the prince will lose the morale of the army first and then the people. The current plan should be planned early to avoid..."

Li Huan narrowed his eyes: "General Wu doesn't think he will harm the prince..."

"The Crown Prince has always been looked down upon by the King, but when something happened in the army, he dared to be at the forefront. On the other hand, the Crown Prince..." The disappointment on Wu Bei's face could not be concealed at all costs.

"First of all, there was the incident of thunder and quilt. I am regarded as the Eighth Duke of Huainan and a close friend, but I can't say a word in front of the prince."

Li Huan touched the tip of his nose: "I have also heard about Lei Quan. If it were not for the timely rescue by the Lord, I am afraid that Lei Quan would have been dead long ago. It was also the Lord who showed him the way and asked him to come to me to seek survival. …”

"It's just that the king has always doted on the prince. You and I should just keep these thoughts in our hearts. If we speak them out, I'm afraid it will make the king unhappy. Instead, the prince will feel resentful towards you and me."

Li Huan looked at Wu Fei with a disappointed look on his face and said: "I still have prestige in front of me, and the prince hates me and dare not harm my body and reputation. But you, General Wu, are different. You didn't see Lei Fei's incident alone?"

After hearing these words, a strong look of fear suddenly appeared in Wu Bei's eyes.

"Although the minister says that he does not care about personal life and death when giving advice, how narrow-minded is the prince's heart?" Li Huan shook his head and said: "The king prefers the prince. We can only do our duty as ministers and suppress this matter as soon as possible. If we can make up for the arrears of military pay, if it can be more, I think the officers and soldiers in the army will not hold any grudges for it."

Wu Bei didn't know where, Li Huan was lying to himself.

"Pass the order, I invite all the soldiers in the army to drink and eat meat. No matter how much wine and meat they need, everyone in the army must be given one catty of wine and three catties of meat!"

Li Huan immediately turned to Xiong Da and ordered.

Xiong Da immediately handed over his hands and went to deliver the order.

At this time, Lei was trotting over from a distance on horseback. He first glanced at the quilt, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and then he cupped his hands towards Li Huan and said, "My lord, I invite you to come to the tent." Discuss important matters.”

"Well, I'll go right away." Li Huan nodded and said: "You and General Wu are close friends. He also took pains to advise you when the prince was angry with you. Although the matter was not successful, he tried his best to help you. You can talk to him. Let’s reminisce about old times.”

"Here!" Lei Ban nodded and watched Li Huanyuan go away. Then he looked at Wu Ban and smiled bitterly: "Brother Wu, have you already known about the fact that the prince is receiving military pay?"

When Wu Bei heard Lei Bei's words, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Lei Bei chuckled: "I'm afraid only the king doesn't know, many people know about this."

Seeing that Wu Bei still didn't speak, Lei Bei chuckled: "People in high positions should promote talents and appoint them, which is the way to long-term prosperity. The prince is narrow-minded, jealous of talents, and suppresses those who are capable. He is really Liu Buhai's demotion from the throne, isn't that what everyone expects?"

Wu Bei sighed: "Lei Bei, I know you resent the prince in your heart, but there's really no need for that."

"The Eight Dukes of Huainan have a great reputation, but as far as I'm concerned, the only ones with real talent and knowledge are Jun and Leer."

Wu was silent about this.

Seeing that he was still like this, Lei couldn't help but sneer: "I really hope that when disaster befalls you, you can still remain silent like this."

Leaving these words behind, Lei Bei ignored Wu Bei and drove his horse to the side.

It was only at this moment that Wu Beifang seemed to be touched. He raised his voice and called out to Lei Bei: "You and I can be considered acquaintances. If nothing happens, can we have a drink?"

(End of this chapter)