I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 142 Send this memorial to Wei Qing and Wei Zifu to have a look!
Half a month later.

Greenhouse Hall of Weiyang Palace.

"This rebellious son...is worthy of being my son!"

After reading the memorial that Huo Guang had sent to Chang'an when he was still in Lu, Liu Che looked pleased.

"When he used the excuse of 'making up for one's crime' to exonerate the historians in his memorial, I wanted to scold him for being too soft-hearted."

"How can we keep a family that dares to judge the situation in the affairs of the royal family and trample on the face of the royal family? Otherwise, won't it teach the world that the royal family is weak and can be bullied?"

"I didn't expect this rebellious son would have another trick up his sleeve."

"This rebellious son has indeed grown up. Not only has he learned not to be soft-hearted, but he has also learned to settle scores later."

"In this way, those who don't know the inside story will only think that the historian died because of committing crimes and deceiving the emperor and morality, while those who know the inside story will be frightened and dare not mention the previous events again. This method has reached the eleventh level of my method."

"And he figured it out himself. It has become his own thing, and he will only become more and more adept at it in the future..."

"Good! Very good!"

"Thinking back to the past, when I was his age, although I had already inherited the throne, I was constrained by others and could never do whatever I wanted like this rebellious son."

"I really envy this rebellious son..."

"If he didn't have an open-minded father like me who was willing to give him the opportunity to grow and be independent, how could he have grown so fast?"

Thinking of this, Liu Che's feet began to shake unconsciously again.
"The most surprising thing is that he also knows how to win people's hearts!"

"After dealing with the Shi family with thunderous means, he even entrusted Liu Guang to bury Shi Wanjun with honor. He even gave Shi Wanjun a new surname when he erected the tombstone, completely severing her connection with the Shi family."

"This way, even those who know the inside story won't think he's heartless. What a good trick!"

"But why was she given the surname 'Li', 'Li Wanjun'..."

"'Li' doesn't seem to be a good word, right? What does it mean that this rebellious son gave the surname Shi Wanjun with this word?"

"Is it another way of using both kindness and force, on the one hand to prevent people from thinking he is heartless, and on the other hand to let people know he bears grudges?"

"..."

"Su Wen!"

After pondering for a long time, Liu Che suddenly called his attendants over.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Su Wen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed in response.

Liu Che casually threw the memorial over and said with a smile:
"Go, send this memorial to Wei Qing and Wei Zifu!"

"Also tell them to take a good look at the prince I trained and see how it is different from the princes they trained. Is it me who taught better or them who taught better?"

"promise."

Su Wen hurried over to do as he was told.

Looking at his retreating back, Liu Che was still in a good mood, thinking to himself:

"I feel relieved this time."

"This rebellious son has always been critical of alchemists and their techniques. Now that he is traveling with Gongsun Qing, a liar who dares to deceive the emperor, he will definitely not tolerate this villain's behavior of deceiving his father, the emperor. His methods will only become more cruel."

"In this way, I don't need to do it myself. I can use this rebellious son to get rid of Gongsun Qing."

“This is a two-pronged approach.”

"It can deter those rumormongers like Gongsun Qing. When this rebellious son comes back, I will pretend to scold him in public and express my nostalgia for Gongsun Qing. It can also prevent the true alchemists who understand the art from being insecure and not daring to come forward to offer advice in the future."

Liu Che naturally would not forget what happened before.

At the beginning, General Wencheng Li Shaoweng used the method of "silk book feeding cows" to deceive him, and he was killed in anger.

Although he passed on the tradition that Li Shaoweng was poisoned to death by eating horse liver, the matter was not concealed, which led to a sharp drop in the number of alchemists seeking to see him for a period of time.

Even later, when Luan Da entered the palace, he still said something like "I am afraid that if I emulate Wen Cheng, all the alchemists will cover their mouths and dare not speak of alchemy."

Liu Che took these words to heart.

He had thought about this problem a long time ago, and thought that those masters who really understood the art of alchemy were mostly idle wanderers who disdained to mingle with the court and the secular world. If he became known for killing alchemists indiscriminately, these masters would be even more unwilling to show up and surrender to him. Wouldn't that ruin his plan for immortality?
That is why, after Liu Ju exposed Luan Da's deception, he has not executed Luan Da until now, but has imprisoned him in the palace.

This time it's Gongsun Qing too.

Firstly, he was unwilling to admit that he had been deceived, and secondly, he did not want to leave a bad reputation for killing alchemists indiscriminately.

Therefore, this matter could only be done through Liu Ju. Anyway, this rebellious son had always been critical of these rumormongers and sorcerers, so he would not mind bearing this bad reputation.

on the other hand.

If this rebellious son went to Qi where alchemy was prevalent and met a master who truly understood alchemy and was influenced and enlightened by it, this would also be a good thing.

From now on, this rebellious son can work together with his father and son to plan for longevity.

From now on, not only will I be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort, but I won’t have to listen to his irritating and rebellious words anymore…

This isn't just killing two birds with one stone, but killing three birds with one stone!

……

at the same time.

Jimo County, Beihai State.

This time, Liu Ju and his party traveled faster. After leaving Lu, it took them another half a month to reach Jimo, Gongsun Qing's hometown.

Still under the leadership of Gongsun Qing, they traveled dozens of miles to Gongsun Qing's ancestral home. Speaking of which, Gongsun Qing's background was indeed very ordinary.

His ancestral home was only slightly better than that of ordinary civilians. It was just a courtyard with a mixture of earth and stones. There were only five or six houses in the courtyard, and the area of ​​​​his family was not much different from that of rural houses in later generations.

"Woof woof woof, woof woof!"

As Gongsun Qing entered the door, a big black dog immediately barked at Liu Ju.

Moreover, the big black dog kept jumping up and pouncing, and its target was also Liu Ju.

Seeing this situation, Huo Guang even drew his sword, fearing that Liu Ju would be accidentally hurt. Even if he only got a little skin broken, it would be his dereliction of duty.

Fortunately, this big black dog was not free-range, but was tied to the trunk of a locust tree with a rope. Otherwise, with those few blows just now, his sword would have been damaged even without shedding blood.

However, Huo Guang also felt strange.

There were more than a dozen people including him who entered the courtyard with Gongsun Qing and Liu Ju.

But this big black dog seemed to be targeting Liu Ju only. Whether it was baring its teeth or biting hard, it was obviously targeting Liu Ju.

At this moment, even Huo Guang couldn't help but feel a little suspicious:

"Is there really something wrong with this dog? Liu Ju's arrival made it feel threatened, so it behaved like this?"

"Shut up! Shut up! How dare you, you bastard, be rude to the prince!"

Gongsun Qing was also a little embarrassed when he saw this. He bent down and picked up a stone to scare the big black dog, while repeatedly apologizing to Liu Ju.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. The dogs in the countryside have never seen the world and have never been trained in rules. Please don't blame me."

"It doesn't matter."

Liu Ju just smiled, glanced at the big black dog, and said,
"Your dog is quite big, so you should be able to get a lot of meat from it... You'll soon find out that it can no longer be kept, so remember to bring me the best meat later."

"..."

Gongsun Qing shrank his neck unconsciously when he heard this.

Not only him, but Huo Guang and the accompanying personnel also felt a chill in their vests.

The incident with the historian of Lu State happened not long ago, and they witnessed this lesson with their own eyes. Naturally, no one would take what Liu Ju said now as a joke.

Even Liu Ju's extremely bland smile at this moment looked cruel and terrifying in their eyes.

Even those who had been around the emperor had begun to miss Liu Che, the emperor. At least some of the emperor's ideas were traceable, but Liu Ju, the crown prince, was really hard to figure out...

It was a cold moment.

A middle-aged woman had heard the noise and walked out of a room wiping her hands.

Seeing so many people suddenly coming into the yard, the leader was wearing gorgeous clothes, and those following behind were wearing armor and holding sharp weapons, the middle-aged woman first showed a look of shock and took two steps back, pretending to escape.

But when she saw Gongsun Qing in the crowd, she felt a little relieved and called out quickly, "Husband?"

"Your Highness, this is my wife."

Gongsun Qing did not agree immediately, but first respectfully introduced himself to Liu Ju, and then said to the woman who turned around,
"Madam, this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Come over and greet him!"

"Ah? Prince..."

When the woman heard this, she was frightened again and stood there at a loss as to what to do.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. This country girl has never seen the world..."

Gongsun Qing became more and more embarrassed, and hurriedly apologized to Liu Ju. However, at this point, he hesitated for some reason.

Because he clearly remembered that when he talked about the big black dog just now, he said exactly this, not a single word was different...

So much so that at this moment he suddenly began to worry. If he said this again, would Liu Ju laugh again: "You are a big woman with big arms and a big waist, you should be able to get a lot of meat out of it..."

He didn't dare to think about it any further.

Although he had thought before that when Liu Che made him a general and he came back to buy land and renovate the ancestral home, he would also take in a few young and beautiful concubines.

But this legal wife was his childhood sweetheart, and she stayed with him when he was poor in the first half of his life, so there was some affection between them...

Fortunately, although Liu Ju was still smiling, he just shook his head:
"That's fine. We have official business to attend to this time, so we can't stay here for too long. Let's skip the red tape and get down to business."

"Yes, yes, your highness is right!"

Gongsun Qing immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.

"I just don't know how Your Highness intends to investigate the evil spirits in this humble ancestral home. Please let Your Highness know, and I will prepare right away."

"No need, I'm prepared."

As he spoke, Liu Ju had already taken out a few Wuzhu coins that he had prepared in advance.

However, unlike ordinary Wuzhu coins, these Wuzhu coins have a five-inch long hemp rope passed through the coin holes.

Holding one end of the hemp rope in this way, the five-zhu coins hung in the air, swaying slightly.

"This is……"

Everyone looked puzzled, not understanding what Liu Ju was planning to do.

"Wow woof! woof woof!"

The big black dog in the corner of the yard suddenly started barking wildly in a very cooperative manner.

(End of this chapter)