"Damn fat man, do you want to rebel? Guards arrest him quickly." Liu Long pointed at Liu Kang who was getting closer and closer. He shouted loudly to a group of guards behind Liu Kang. As he watched Now is an opportunity to completely defeat Liu Kang.
"I have something to say to my father. You go down first." Liu Kang was followed by a group of guards, but these guards did not listen to Liu Long's words. On the contrary, after Liu Kang spoke, the Zichuan Prime Minister, the General and other important ministers bowed and retreated.
"Youyou want to murder my fatherit turns out that you have colluded with them a long time ago" Liu Long is not stupid either. He naturally saw it at this time. I'm afraid today is the day A bloody palace coup.
"Are you tired of yelling? He doesn't look like a descendant of the Liu family at all. Drag him down." Liu Kang glanced at his second brother and said impatiently. Then two palace guards came forward, one on the left and one on the right, to pick up Liu Long and drag him out.
"You are a beast who killed your father and brotheryou must die a good death" Liu Long resisted desperately and shouted.
"Wait a minute." When the guard dragged Liu Long past Liu Kang, he suddenly told the guard to stop.
After the sudden stop, Liu Long was also stunned. He didn't know what his younger brother wanted to do, and he forgot to curse for a while. Then Liu Kang suddenly reached out without warning, took the ring-shou knife from the guard beside him, and struck Liu Long on the cheek with one blow.
"Kang'er, don't" The old Zichuan King was so frightened that he tried to stand up, but he was too old. As soon as his butt left the soft seat, he fell down again, and he could only stop Liu Kang with words.
The blade in Liu Kang's hand stopped less than half an inch away from the tip of Liu Long's nose. He did not actually chop it down, but stared at Liu Long and said seriously: "If you dare to scream one more time, I will chop with my sword." If you want to live, just shut up. Besides, I hate calling me fat, and you dare to add the word "death" in front of it? If I hear it again, this word will be applied to you first. Take him down with you."
Liu Long was so frightened that his legs trembled and his teeth chattered. He never dared to say another word in the face of death. And he also saw that his younger brother had unknowingly taken control of the Zichuan Kingdom.
Soon, only Liu Kang and his son were left in the palace hall. When there was no one else around, Liu Kang stood in front of his father, the old King of Zichuan, bowed respectfully and said, "My son, I pay my respects to my father."
"Do you still have me as your father in your eyes?" The old Zichuan King looked at his youngest son with some anger. As a father, he knew that among all his sons, this humble young son was the most outstanding in terms of scheming. He also saw this back then, and Liu Kang had good relations with the emperor's eldest grandson Liu Jin and others, so he chose this youngest son to be the crown prince. But he didn't expect that Liu Kang would secretly take control of the country in just a few years after returning to China. The only person in the eyes of the important ministers was the Prince of Zichuan!
"My father is joking. In fact, my father is a smart man. When you chose me to be the prince, the teacher said that my father is a visionary and courageous man. So now I would like to invite my father. Look at something!" Liu Kang said with a smile to his father, and then took out a piece of letterhead that had been folded in half several times from his sleeve.
"What is it?" The old Zichuan King looked at Liu Kang with a puzzled look on his face, and subconsciously reached out to take the letter.
Liu Kang did not answer, just looked at his father with a smile. Then the old Zichuan King buried his head in opening the letter and began to read it word by word.
"Thisis a letter from the emperor's eldest grandsonhe is actually still alive?" The old King Zichuan's face changed more and more as he looked at it. At this moment, he had ignored his son's behavior just now and was constantly thinking in his mind. stand up.
"Do you think the King of Zichuan should be loyal to the Qin King or the Qing King?" Liu Kang asked again, still with a silly smile on his face.
"Who else have you contacted?" The old King of Zichuan is not a stupid person, he is even an extremely shrewd person. When he was sure that Liu Jin, the emperor's eldest grandson, was not dead yet and Huo Guang was determined to support his eldest grandson as his successor, his mind became more active.
This mature King of Zichuan knew that with Liu Jin¡¯s status, it was impossible to contact only Liu Kang. The status of the emperor¡¯s eldest grandson was enough to call on more than half of the kings and counties with the surname Liu in the Han Dynasty. Because King Qin only had merit, everyone returned to their respective families in the end, but supporting the eldest grandson was the merit of Conglong, and the rewards he received far exceeded what King Qin received. The most important point is that the idea that a son inherits his father's legacy has already penetrated deeply into the soul of this nation. Most people are actually sympathetic to Prince Wei's case. After all, the reputation of Prince Liu Zhi has been good for more than 20 years, and people in the world have long regarded Liu Zhi as the future emperor. Now that Liu Zhi is dead, Liu Jin can inherit his father's legacy and become the new heir to the throne of Han Dynasty. It's logical.
"King Liang" Liu Kang didn't say much, he just said Liang Wang. But as soon as the word Liang Wang came out, Liu Kang saw a clear change in the expression on his father's face.
"Sigh We are all old After all, this world belongs to you young people. It's up to you to toss" The old Zichuan King stood in front of the case with some dejection. Go up, and then push forward a red lacquered wooden box at one end of the desk.
"Take it, and your second brother" The wooden box pushed by the old Zichuan King contained his Zichuan King's seal.
"Father, please rest assured. Liu Kang is not the kind of person who disowns all his relatives. As long as the second brother is safe in the future, I can ensure that he has enough food and clothing throughout his life." Liu Kang bowed to the old Zichuan King, and then reached out to pick up the food. The wooden box also makes a promise in its mouth.
"It's the best. I hope my father didn't make the wrong choice this time" The old King of Zichuan breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to this fight for the throne, he, an old man who has only a few days to live, is more concerned about Will the descendants cause trouble to Xiao Qiang?
"Father, you will soon realize that you have made the most correct choice." Liu Kang said very confidently, and he already had some blind worship of Huo Guang in his heart. Moreover, their Zichuan Kingdom is not a small country. Coupled with the leader of the kings, King Liang, their power this time is far more powerful than the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu back then, not to mention that there is nothing that can be used in Chang'an now. of troops and commanders.
When Liu Kang took out the seal of the King of Zichuan as the crown prince of Zichuan, the troops and supplies that had been secretly prepared for a long time quickly gathered towards the giant city, and those officials of the Zichuan Kingdom who had dissident intentions had already obtained the Zichuan King's Seal. Wang Dayin had already cleared them one by one. This was not a hasty act, but a careful operation that had been prepared for a long time.
The armies of King Qin from all over the world are still gathering in various places, and no one knows that the Zichuan Kingdom has undergone earth-shaking changes. As the largest county in the southwest of the Han Empire, Shu County also had some unknown things happening.
Shu County governs Chengdu. This prosperous city is not inferior to the big cities in the Central Plains. At this moment, it is still full of flowers and business is prosperous.
Outside the Governor's Mansion in Chengdu, an ordinary carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the Governor's Mansion. Behind this carriage were hundreds of people, seventy or eighty of whom were guards armed with weapons, and then more than twenty people. They are all wearing exquisite clothes, and they are all officials of various government offices in Shu County. It can be said that except for Sima Zheng, the current governor of Shu County, all the high-ranking officials of Shu County gathered together.
An old man in a brocade robe on the carriage slowly stepped out of the carriage with the help of a muscular servant. When the guards at the Prefecture's Mansion saw the carriage and the people behind it, none of them showed any surprise. Instead, after the old man got off the carriage, the soldiers guarding the Prefecture's Mansion bowed their heads and saluted the old man.
"I've met Zhuo Weng!" the soldiers from the Taishou Mansion greeted respectfully.
This old man is Zhuo Wenjun¡¯s younger brother, Zhuo Junchen, the head of the Zhuo family in Shu County. He did not have an official title, but he had a resounding honorific title of "Zhuoweng" in Shu County.
"I want to see the prefect." Zhuo Junchen walked towards the prefect's house. He said something to the guarding soldiers and walked in without waiting for a moment. Behind him were only two slaves, one of whom was supporting him. , the other held a large wooden box one foot square in his hand.
No one stopped Zhuo Junchen. Everyone knew that it was almost entirely due to Zhuo Junchen that the prefect Sima Zheng became the prefect of Shu County. Sima Zheng himself respected Zhuo Junchen both formally and privately.
Zhuo Junchen walked straight to Sima Zheng's study. This huge prefect's mansion seemed to be the back garden of the Zhuo family. Even if he saw a few officials from the prefect's mansion on the way, these people would respectfully call Zhuo Junchen "Zhuoweng" because of his status. This can be seen at the height of Shu County.
Sima Zheng¡¯s study room was not closed. Zhuo Junchen walked to the door, pretended to cough twice, then stood at the door and said to the inside: "I, Zhuo Junchen, have come to pay a visit to Sima Prefect."
"Oh, Zhuo Weng is here, please come in quickly." Sima Zheng heard Zhuo Junchen's voice and quickly stood up and walked to the door. He did not dare to neglect Zhuo Junchen.
Sima Zheng welcomed Zhuo Junchen into the study. After Zhuo Junchen took his seat, Sima Zheng sat down. He always maintained the courtesy of a junior when facing Zhuo Junchen.
"I wonder if Zhuo Weng is here to give you any advice?" Sima Zheng asked with a smile on his face.
"I heard that the emperor issued an edict to King Qin, and the Grand Governor also sent a message to appeal to Lord Qing. I think the prefect is also worried about this matter, right? I came here to ask the prefect today, do you want King Qin? Or do you want Lord Qing to side?" Zhuo Junchen said without any polite words. He sat there and asked directly, just like a superior officer asking his subordinates.
"This With the emperor's edict, it is natural to choose King Qin. I wonder if Zhuo Weng has any advice?" Sima Zheng said with some embarrassment. He had also heard more or less about the Zhuo family of Shu County and the Governor Huo Guang's Mansion. SomeHe knew that Zhuo Weng's words were more useful in Shu County than he, the prefect. But as a minister of the Han Dynasty, he had to say something to comply with the emperor's edict.
"Since the eunuch is asking, I won't say any more nonsense. What I mean is, Qing Jun" Zhuo Junchen leaned forward slightly and looked at Sima Zheng and said.
"This the governor of Yizhou is still in Chengdu. If Zhuo Weng's words are known to the governor, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble" Sima Zheng was shocked and quickly pulled out the governor of Yizhou.
"Haha When I came here today, I also brought the governor to Sima Taishou." Zhuo Junchen said with a strange smile on his face.
"Bring it? What does this mean?" Sima Zheng asked subconsciously. He did not see the governor of Yizhou coming with him, so he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
Just when Sima Zheng was confused, the slave who followed Zhuo Junchen placed the wooden box in his hand heavily on the table, and then opened the wooden box in front of Sima Zheng. There was a head inside with eyes wide open, and the eyes happened to be looking at Sima Zheng.
"Ahyou killed the governor? Are you going to rebel?" Sima Zheng was so frightened that he leaned back and lay on the ground with one hand supporting the ground and the other Pointing at Zhuo Junchen, he stammered.
Zhuo Junchen stood up calmly, took two steps forward, approached Sima Zheng and then said: "Now, is the Grand Administrator Sima going to use the Grand Administrator's seal to carry out the Qing Dynasty? Or should I find another Grand Administrator?"
Soon Sima Zheng nervously held the Grand Administrator's seal and left the Grand Administrator's Mansion with Zhuo Junchen. When he walked to the gate of the mansion and saw the crowd gathered outside, Sima Zheng realized that important officials from Shu County had been waiting for him outside the mansion. Turning his head slightly to look at Zhuo Junchen, he knew that he was just a chess piece in the hands of the old man in front of him.
"I would like to accompany the prefect Qingjun" Before Sima Zheng could say anything, dozens of important officials from Shu County outside the mansion had already bowed to him, and then said in unison: Follow Sima Zhengqing's words.
At this moment, the people of Shu County who were still far away heard it clearly. They heard clearly that the eunuch was going to lead the entire Shu County to the side of Qingjun in Chang'an. Soon, Sima Zheng, the prefect of Shu County, summoned the soldiers of Shu County and responded to the governor Huo Guangxing. The matter of Qing Jun's side quickly spread throughout the entire Shu County.
Sima Zheng was already riding a tiger, and he knew that everyone in the world now thought that he really wanted to respond to Huo Guang, leaving him with no way out. At this point, he no longer had to think about anything. He could only concentrate on mobilizing troops from Shu County, recruiting civilians and food and starting to prepare to go north to Chang'an.
What Sima Zheng didn¡¯t expect was that even without paying much attention, this huge Shu county would soon be filled with responders, and even a large amount of food and supplies began to be collected. Even in peacetime, the orders of the Taishou Mansion were not so efficient, and Shu County was a large county. In less than three days, Chengdu actually gathered nearly 40,000 troops, although more than 10,000 of them were temporarily recruited. , but this number is still surprising.
However, the surprise did not end there, just when Sima Zheng raised the flag of Qingjun and prepared to lead his troops northward. Changes also occurred in Jianwei, which is close to Shu County. The governor of Jianwei suddenly died suddenly. He Tai, the captain of Jianwei, raised 20,000 troops to respond to the Qingjun's side message from the governor Huo Guang.
Soon, the two counties of Shu and Jianwei joined forces, and a total of 60,000 troops marched north towards Hanzhong. For a time, the situation in the southwestern part of the Han Dynasty reversed. The originally vigorous banners of King Qin all ceased. The counties began to wait and see in secret, and very few responded to King Qin's edict