My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 42 Good on you Shen Tujia
Enter Chang'an from Zhicheng Gate, get off the bus outside the palace gate, enter Weiyang Palace from Sima Gate, and walk back to Phoenix Palace.

Along the way, the three brothers no longer communicated in words.

When the three of them returned to Liu Rong's palace, Liu Rong sat down on the rocking chair without waiting for his two younger brothers to ask questions.

"It's Deng Tong."

"——The old man is Deng Tong."

With just this word, Liu Yu, the third child who was so angry and seemed to want to challenge his eldest brother, was immediately frozen in place as if a immobilization spell had been cast on him;

Even Young Master Liu De's face showed a clear look of "I see."

"At the time of the late emperor, Deng Tong became Huangtou Lang, and he was promoted to a senior official. He was highly favored by the late emperor."

"Moreover, the late emperor granted him Yandao Tongshan and allowed him to mint coins."

"——With the gift of Tongshan, within three to five years, 'Deng Tong's money' has flowed to all parts of the world and has been widely praised."

"There are even rumors in the market: Half of the copper coins in the world come from Liu Bi, King of Wu, and half come from Deng Tong of Shu County..."

As these words came out, a memory that had not been buried for too long emerged in Liu Rong's mind.

Speaking of which, this matter can be regarded as a rare and interesting thing in the late emperor's dynasty.

——In the beginning, Deng Tong was just a yellow-headed man, that is, a small official wearing a yellow scarf who was responsible for managing ships.

In Chang'an, if the ministers and nobles have two thousand stones, a thrown brick may hit several of them, but a small official with a hundred stones like Huang Toulang is really not that easy to find.

Perhaps this is the principle of rare things being valuable: That day, the late emperor had a dream.

In the dream, the late emperor tried to reach the sky but failed, and was finally pushed up to the sky by a man wearing a yellow scarf with a hole in the clothes behind him.

After waking up from the dream, the late emperor thought it was auspicious and ordered to find this person.

What a coincidence: in the huge palace, there are only a few yellow-headed men in Manchuria!

Deng Tong is the only one who meets the appearance of "wearing a yellow scarf" but has a hole in the back of his clothes.

Being so confused, the late emperor thought that he had understood the secret of heaven.

——Deng Tong, ascending to the sky, isn’t it a homophone? (Liu Rong said it was difficult)
——Isn’t this Huangtou Lang the one who pushed himself to heaven?

Therefore, the late emperor regarded Deng Tong as an auspicious sign to the Han family, and even as a messenger sent by God to help him "ascend to heaven".

Since he was a messenger sent by heaven, the late emperor naturally gave him everything he asked for and showed his utmost favor. Deng Tong was also courteous and courteous enough, and was quite popular with the late emperor.

Later, the late emperor found a fortune teller who was good at fortune-telling to give Deng Tong a fortune teller, hoping to find out whether Deng Tong was what he understood - a messenger sent by God to help him ascend to heaven.
As a result, the fortune teller only said: This person will starve to death, and said no more.

Can this late emperor endure it?
Dang Ji dropped the sentence: As long as I am here, who dares to let Deng Tong starve?

With a stroke of his pen, he rewarded Deng Tong with the Tongshan Mountain in Yandao, Shu County, and allowed him to mint money privately to make him rich throughout his life.

Perhaps in the late emperor's view, Deng Tong already had a mine at home, so the fortune teller's words could not come true. Deng Tong couldn't really starve to death, could he?
And today - judging from what the Liu Rong brothers and brothers saw just now: perhaps it was the late emperor's wishful thinking that made the fortune teller's words come true...

"The late emperor was tortured by back problems in his later years. Deng Tong couldn't bear the late emperor's suffering, so he immediately stepped forward and sucked out the thick water from the late emperor's back."

"Later, the late emperor wanted to see if his father was filial, so he asked him to smoke for him."

"——Father is unkind and unwilling in every possible way;"

"After finally taking a small sip, he vomited it all back on the late emperor's back, along with several days' worth of overnight meals..."

Seeing his two younger brothers lost in thought, Liu Rong only said a word and then shook his head helplessly.

"Of course my father did not dare to bear grudges against the late emperor for this matter, so he naturally grudged Deng Tong."

"But this Deng Tong, who owns the Yandao Mine, burns copper and makes money, is as rich as any country..."

"——It's a crime to have a jade~" "On a groundless charge, not only all the family property was taken away, but the young man was also owed tens of millions of money..."

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"Aunt Guantao couldn't stand it. Remembering the friendship in the past, she sent money, grain, cloth and silk to Deng Tong, but they were all taken away by the two internal historians just now."

"——Collecting while keeping accounts: How much of the tens of millions Deng Tong owes the young master is still unpaid."

"Just now, did you two see it too?"

"Those two rice cakes were eventually converted into a penny, and those two people took them away..."

As he spoke with regret, Liu Rong couldn't help but shook his head and sighed again. He didn't know whether he was feeling melancholy for Emperor Qi's heavy belly, or feeling sad for Deng Tong's death at the speed of light.

Even the Second Young Master Xuan Ming next to him couldn't help but feel sad when he heard Liu Rong tell the details.

At this moment, Young Master Liu Yi did not care to blame his eldest brother for not saving him. He only said with some emotion: "Once upon a time, Deng Tong was also a popular figure around the emperor, a well-known figure both inside and outside the court."

"Unexpectedly, once he lost power, he would end up starving to death on the streets..."

"——Alas~"

"This is what will happen if you offend the emperor of the Han family..."

Seeing his third brother getting pregnant for Deng Tong, Liu Rong felt funny for a while;
Just as he was about to start teasing, he heard his second brother Liu De echoing softly: "I vaguely remember that Marquis An seems to dislike Deng Tong very much?"

"I was angry because the late emperor favored Deng Tong. Once, he was so angry that he almost beheaded Deng Tong in the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"Now that Deng Tong has lost power, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the desolation of his later life. Therefore, if Marquis An knows about it, he will feel relieved..."

It was just a casual remark during a casual chat, but it reminded Liu Rong subconsciously of the old face that watched him leave with a smile a few months ago...

"Speaking of Gu'an Hou~"

"What's going on in the court lately?"

Hearing that Liu Rong asked about business, Liu De, who was responsible for collecting intelligence, immediately straightened up.

"After my eldest brother intervened last time, it seems that my father and the prime minister have finally broken down."

"Today, the Prime Minister is still 'recuperating' in his mansion and has never interfered with the government affairs of the DPRK."

"Everyone inside and outside the court is saying: The prime minister has bowed his head and no longer intends to take care of the Han family's ancestral temple and state affairs."

"When the Huns' envoys come to Chang'an and negotiate the marriage, my father may officially start to reduce the feudal vassal..."

Liu De's low and gentle words only caused Liu Rong's expression to change, and his mind to race rapidly;
After only a moment, Liu Rong lowered his eyes calmly, grabbed the tea bowl at his feet, and brought it to his mouth smoothly.

"understood."

"You don't have to worry about the court affairs anymore."

"——Send someone to tell Master Cen: Find me another tile kiln and a bricklayer who is good at this."

"Starting tomorrow, you two will stay with me and concentrate on the affairs of the young master."

His eldest brother made arrangements, and the two brothers took the order and left, leaving Liu Rong some alone space.

But after his brothers left, Liu Rong's eyes crossed the east wall of Weiyang Palace and wandered towards where Shang Guanli was.

"I thought my father was the only actor in the Han family."

"Well done to you, Marquis An;"

"What a handsome Shen Tujia with thick eyebrows and big eyes..."

(End of this chapter)