The great man will live forever

Chapter 237 Accumulate Strength
After the Battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang's new dynasty had almost no power to fight. Liu Xuan led his people to chop melons and vegetables, and then enfeoffed the heroes.

Of course, he divided the heroes very cleverly. Consciously or unconsciously, he began to transfer people under Liu Xiu. He even sent Liu Xiu's brother-in-law Deng Chen as the governor of Changshan, urging him to take office as soon as possible.

Deng Chen had no choice but to go to take office, say goodbye to Liu Xiu and drink, their eyes met, everything was in silence.

"Xiu congratulates my brother-in-law for becoming the prefect of Changshan. Will he be leaving in the next few days?" Liu Xiu sat on his knees, looking sad or unhappy, but the sadness in his heart could hardly be concealed. Only in front of his brother-in-law could he show it slightly. So a trace of sadness.

Deng Chen sighed helplessly and said, "Not only me, but also Bo Sheng's old department and your former subordinates, Ren Guang and Fu Jun, have been transferred far away, as well as Deng Feng."

Deng Chen wanted to say something else. Liu Xiu glanced at him, then glanced sideways around him, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise."

Deng Chen also looked sideways at the surroundings intentionally or unintentionally, and spoke more cautiously.

"Your Majesty certainly has his reasons for doing this. Everything is for the sake of the Han army and the revival of the great cause of the Han Dynasty. We all have a bright future, each has his own mission, and will definitely make great achievements. It's okay to leave, brother-in-law doesn't have to Mind you."

After hearing this, Deng Chen felt sorry for him. He quickly poured a glass of wine, then stood up and walked to Liu Xiu and said, "Come, brother-in-law, I'll give you a drink."

Liu Xiu quickly picked up the wine, and the two walked closer and closer until they were within touching distance, and then drank.At this time, Deng Chen quietly said in a voice that could be heard by two people: "Brother-in-law knows that Zhu Qian can't find a reason to kill you. Bo Sheng's subordinates and Qian's subordinates, as well as the heroic sons of Nanyang County who were revolting at that time, have all dispersed." .

You yourself may be in danger at any time under his nose. If you can't hold on any longer, find a way to find your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law will risk his life to save you. "

After just a few words, Liu Xiu's eyes were red, she was holding back tears, and nodded slowly. She had a thousand words to say, but she didn't know what to say.

Deng Chen sighed and said, "Okay, my brother-in-law is leaving too. You must take good care of yourself."

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. Xiu will not forget his eldest brother's deep grudge and will live up to the expectations of his brother-in-law and second sister."

Deng Chen patted his shoulder and left.

Even when Liu Xiu married his wife Yin Lihua, he pretended to be greedy for money, in love with beauty, and content with pleasure.

Zhu Tun and others were still worried. He specially asked Li Yi and Zhang Xian to test him. They said they wanted to drink with him, but in fact they were testing him to see if he had second thoughts. If he did something wrong, he would immediately find a way to kill him.

During the banquet, none of them ate much. Only Liu Xiu was drinking wine and eating meat. They were eating very comfortably and comfortably.

"I heard that your eldest brother Liu Xiang had a funeral, but you didn't even go?" Zhang Xuan said angrily.

Liu Xiu said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty is magnanimous and allows my uncle to send my brother's body back to his hometown. I am already grateful. How dare you provoke such criticism!"

Li Yi said with a smile but not a smile, "Brother Wenwen is worried. I heard that the Liu family is very dissatisfied with you now, saying that you are greedy for life, afraid of death, betraying your brother for glory, coveting wealth, and loving beauty, hahaha." He said and laughed.

Zhang Xuan on the side took the opportunity to continue to fight, "Liu Yan's subordinates are also very critical of you, Uncle Wen. I heard that they want to kill you, huh, they are a bunch of stupid people."

It must be said that these people are really powerful when it comes to their evil spirits, but Liu Xiu remained unmoved and said unhurriedly: "As for them, they are just confused for a while. One day they will understand."

After saying that, he remained as calm as ever, still drinking from a large bowl and eating meat.

"It makes sense. If everyone is as sensible as you, then Your Majesty will not have to worry too much. Let's not talk about you first. If your brother is as loyal to Your Majesty as you are, he will not end up like this. ."

Listening to what Li Yi said, Liu Xiu's hands were shaking slightly as he held the wine glass, but he tried his best to control it so that no one could see it.

Zhang Xuan continued to finish the attack, "Brother Bo Sheng was famous all his life, but he became a traitor when he died. If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? Don't you think so?"

"He has always bowed and been arrogant. He didn't take His Majesty seriously. He deserves to die. He is the one to blame. Uncle Wen, don't you think so?"

Liu Xiu couldn't help it, and put down the wine glass with a "pop" sound. The people around him were overjoyed, thinking that Liu Xiu was going to lose his composure so that they could seize the opportunity. However, Liu Xiu just said, "This wine is good, okay." Yes, although he, Liu Yan, is my elder brother, we have had different opinions since childhood.

He has a wide network of friends and loves to show off. I like to work with him and farm all my life. He actually laughed at me and said that I had no ambition.

Yes, compared with his great ambition, I would rather be a commoner for the rest of my life. In this life, our Liu family, the second brother and second sister have died in Xiao Chang'an. Now I am the only one left in the Liu family, so I marry a Wife, carry on the family line well and inherit the incense for the Liu family. Only then can you live up to the expectations of the Liu family's heroic ancestors, don't you think? "

At this time, Zhu Tuna stood up and smoothed things over, "Okay, okay, I'm hosting a banquet this time to entertain General Polu, so you two should say a few words."

Good guy, he obviously wanted to kill Liu Xiu, but he pretended to be a good guy at this time. Several other people laughed, "Hey, we were just chatting with General Liu. General Liu, don't be offended."

Li Yi on the side said nonchalantly, "Uncle Wen has a broad mind and will definitely have a bright future. I'd like to toast you too."

Liu Xiu quickly stood up, holding the wine glass and said, "We are all His Majesty's ministers, and they are loyal to His Majesty. It's just a joke. Why should I mind? Come on, cheers..."

We are all like friends, but only they know what they are thinking.

……

That night, Liu Xiu was drunk, but he didn't lose his temper completely. He stumbled all the way back home.

"General, general!" The maids and servants at home rushed to help him. One of them was particularly obvious, tall and handsome, and that was Feng Yi, who came to seek refuge with him.

At first, Feng Yi went out to inspect the county and was captured by Liu Xiujun.At that time, Feng Yi's cousin and several fellow villagers were all in Liu Xiu's army. They jointly recommended Feng Yi. Liu Xiu was thirsty for talents and naturally met him.

Feng Yi saw that Liu Xiu was not an ordinary person, and admired his reputation in the Kunming War. He expressed his willingness to surrender and said: "My mother is in the city now. If you can let me go back, I am willing to dedicate the five cities in my custody to you."

Many people disagreed and thought that if they let him go, he would never come back.Liu Xiu saw that Feng Yi did not look like a treacherous person, so he agreed to him.Feng Yi returned to his father's city and persuaded Miao Meng to surrender to Liu Xiu. He said that Liu Xiu was kind and would be able to achieve great things. Miao Meng trusted Feng Yi and agreed.

As a result, before Feng Yi had time to dedicate the city, Liu Yan was killed and Liu Xiu went to Wancheng alone to apologize. Feng Yi had to continue to defend his father's city.

Later, Liu Xuan sent people to recruit him to surrender, but Feng Yi was willing to submit to Liu Xiu, but not to Liu Xuan.Liu Xuan sent troops to fight, and Feng Yi held the city firmly. Liu Xuan's army besieged it more than ten times, but they never defeated it.

Soon, Liu Xuan sent Liu Xiu to Luoyang to set up a front station in preparation for moving to Luoyang later.

When Liu Xiu passed by his father's city, Feng Yi immediately opened the city gate to welcome Liu Xiu, slaughtered an ox and bought wine to entertain him.Feng Yi expressed his willingness to follow Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was overjoyed and appointed Feng Yi as chief secretary, equivalent to the secretary-general in later generations.After that, Feng Yi followed Liu Xiu and became Liu Xiu's confidant.

He knew clearly that Liu Xiu was losing power at this time, and even when he was in danger at all times, he still turned to Liu Xiu without hesitation.

When a person hits rock bottom, there are others who are willing to follow you unwaveringly. That is your most trustworthy person and precious wealth.

Now Feng Yi is still working as a housekeeper in Liu Xiu's house, and they live together. Feng Yi also recommended many fellow villagers, such as Yao Qi, Shu Shou, Duan Jian, Zuo Long, etc.These people were appointed as governors and followed Liu Xiu to Luoyang.

Seeing that Liu Xiu was drunk, Feng Yi kept patting Liu Xiu's back and supporting him, but Liu Xiu stumbled and never stood up, "How about I call my wife over, but she went back to her parents' home today. ." A maid said with some worry. It happened that Yin Lihua went home to stay for two days in the past few days.

Liu Xiu was probably still conscious, so he quickly said: "Let's talk tomorrow, don't bother Lihua."

Feng Yi didn't say anything, and walked closer to the house with him on his back.

The next day, the sun shone through the window and shone on Liu Xiu's face. He covered his head with a headache and slowly stood up.

He just stood up and continued to do it, and then he saw Feng Yi coming in with sobering soup, "General, you're awake."

"What's wrong with me?" Liu Xiu asked doubtfully.

"You are drunk. This is sobering soup. General, please drink it."

"I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, did I say anything out of the ordinary?" Liu Xiu took the sobering soup and frowned slightly, he was a bit probing.

"No."

Hearing this, Liu Xiu pretended to be relieved and said, "That's good. Thank you Gongsun. Brother Gongsun, you are not the cook as the chief clerk. How dare you bother to do this kind of thing yourself?"

Feng Yi said calmly, "The chef's skills are rough and not to my liking, so I have asked him to leave the house."

Liu Xiu was stunned. As smart as he was, he immediately knew that Feng Yi was afraid that the cook was one of Zhu Tuna's men and had poisoned him to assassinate him.

Feng Yi continued: "There are too many servants in the house, and I don't feel very good. It's a bit wasteful. I only keep some loyal, smart and capable old servants.

For those who are new, lazy, glib, and gossip, I will invite them out of the house.

Also, I told them that the general likes peace and quiet and is not allowed to enter the inner courtyard without permission, so you can rest assured. "

Liu Xiu suddenly raised his head and looked at Feng Yi. He knew that Feng Yi's intention was to eliminate the informants in his house, protect his safety, and reveal as little information about him as possible.

At this time, a warm current flowed through his heart, and he said softly: "Brother Gongsun, you have good intentions, and Liu Xiu is very grateful."

"At least you can sleep peacefully in the inner courtyard and no longer have to cover up anything."

Liu Xiu stopped pretending now, stood up and bowed to Feng Yi with his hands raised, and said seriously: "Everyone in the world calls Liu Xiu a shameless person, but you are the only one who will never leave me, brother Gongsun. Liu Xiu is grateful for this friendship."

Feng Yi quickly went to help him up and said: "Uncle Wen, I am not the only one who believes in you. No matter how well you hide it, flaws will inevitably leak out, so you need more than just hiding your strength and biding your time.

I suggest you find a time to jump out and develop elsewhere, and don’t passively stay with Liu Xuan and Zhu Tuna, otherwise sooner or later they will take action, like a rabbit in a cage, and will not be able to develop their own power..."

"Okay." Liu Xiu held his hand tightly, saying nothing.

……

On the other side, in Liu Xuan's palace, the green forest heroes from Xiajiang Pinglin were already making a quarrel, with the two parties yelling at each other.

"Why are you going to attack Luoyang? If our general Wang Chang hadn't guarded Kunyang, how could Liu Xiu have defeated Wang Yi and Wang Xun? Now that all the elites of Xinmang have been wiped out, you lead an army of 30 to attack the two capitals. How can you still Isn’t it easy to catch him? It’s not fair that such a good thing has left behind all our brothers who went down to the river.”

The speaker was Shuiheng General Cheng Dan. This guy can be said to be one of the founders of Xiajiang Bing.

Zhang Ang on the side yelled, "Kang Kuang, the Duke of Dingguo, is originally the leader of all the generals. What's wrong with him leading a team to fight? Besides, Wancheng always needs people to defend it. What's wrong with your defense?"

Cheng Dan couldn't tolerate him and cursed loudly, "Wancheng, why is Wancheng so impregnable? I think it's the one of you who has done the most good, and the one I don't like. It used to be Liu Yan, but now it's us."

Good guy, he spoke without any hesitation. Liu Xuan's face changed when he was sitting on top, but he doesn't have much prestige now and can't suppress these green forest heroes.

These are all reckless men, and only some of them listen to him. Although they respect him on the surface, I don’t know how much they are sincere behind the scenes. Moreover, Xiajiang soldiers are not like Xinshi and Pinglin in the first place. Xinshi and Pinglin Wang Kuang and Wang Feng are good brothers and have known each other for a long time.

Moreover, when the generals discussed the establishment of the clan with the surname Liu as the main one, most of the people who went down to the river wanted to agree to support Liu Yan, but Zhu Tun, Zhang Xun and others did not agree. There were many of them, so they had no choice but to obey them.

Zhu Tuna on the side saw something wrong with Liu Xuan's face and quickly cursed, "Shut up, don't talk nonsense."

Cheng Danna was the leader of the uprising, fearless of heaven and earth, and he also cursed, "I'm telling the truth. In short, I won't stay here. Whoever wants to stay will stay here. I won't do it."

"Cheng Dan, you are such a reckless man, do you understand what it means to put the overall situation first?"

"I don't understand. I only know that when you are a soldier, you have to fight. You can't be a coward and hide here for comfort."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Xun intentionally or unintentionally. This time, Zhang Xun stopped and pointed at him, blushing and shouting: "Who the hell are you calling a coward?"

Cheng Dan didn't lie to him at all and said it directly, "When you were hiding in Kunyang, you were the one who didn't want to fight and wanted to surrender. Aren't you the turtle grandson?"

At this moment, Zhang Yan's face turned pale. This was simply exposing his shortcomings. Seeing that something was wrong, Zhu Jun stopped them again, "Okay, what's the etiquette of saying dirty words in front of His Majesty? Give them all to me." shut up."

Cheng Dan continued to argue, "This is unfair in the first place. You guys get involved in all the good things. Why?"

"We are more powerful than you and have more people than you. Are you not convinced?"

"Let's go out and practice."

"Chong!"

The people on both sides drew their swords and looked like they were about to fight.

Wang, who was standing by, often felt something was wrong and stopped them, "Stop talking." Then he bowed to Liu Xuan and left with Cheng Dan.

At this time, Liu Xuan's face looked very ugly. When he returned to the palace, he started to curse, "Bastards, bastards, they are all a group of reckless people, useless people, and bastards. These reckless people without a monarch are doing their own thing, and they are also doing their own thing." Do I take it seriously?"

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(End of this chapter)