Record of ups and downs in troubled times

"Prince Xiaoxiang," the emperor stared at the pile of fat in front of him for a while, and said with a stab in his voice, "Prince Xiaoxiang is very lucky. After a hard trip to the South China Sea, his body has become more and more plump."

"Hey," King Xiaoxiang was frightened by the emperor's stare. Hearing Liu Pu speak first, he immediately returned to his usual hippie smile. How can this protective fat not be lost? Can’t you see it? Hey! Either it’s bloated with water, or it’s soaked for too long and it’s swollen. If it’s not good enough, it’s just hungry and swollen..."

The emperor waved his hand, stopped his long complaint, and asked, "Where is the regent who is traveling with you?"

"The Regent? Oh, yes, where is the Regent?" King Xiaoxiang looked around for some reason, and continued to complain: "Oh, you said the Regent? I was exhausted by him all the way. , why not just send me there..."

"Where's the regent?" There have been many affairs in Japan these past few days, and Liu Pu felt his forehead twitching when he heard him talking nonsense again, wishing to stretch out his hands and tear up the fat king.

"I'm not with him." King Xiaoxiang finally answered on time, "I haven't seen him since I fell into the big water. I floated for a long time before I was fished out by Lu Guang's men. I stayed with them for two days to recuperate, so it was too late. Could it be that the regent didn't return to Beijing before me?"

"Didn't come back." The emperor stared at Xiao Xiang's every move, and added in a gloomy tone: "I'm afraid I won't come back again, right?"

Ever since King Xiaoxiang and the Prince Regent traveled together and encountered disasters in Qianzhong County, Liu Pu always felt that it was King Xiaoxiang who was the troublemaker.There is no other reason, it is because this guy is not like a good person.Could it be that he killed someone by the way when he fell into the water?Or did he see the regent fall into the water but fail to save him?Wait, the Lu Guang he just mentioned, could this matter be related to this person?

"Who is Lu Guang?"

"Hey! My father's old subordinate." When King Xiaoxiang said this, his eyebrows became more and more joyful. "After that, my father didn't use him anymore, so he found a job for him in the south. This man has some skills. You became a general over there, hey! How majestic!"

Old King Xiang's old department?Fortunately, he can speak out!Who doesn't know that the old subordinate of the old King Xiang is the same as the fifth king Liu Yu who resells the military rations and makes a fortune!If it hadn't been for the old King Xiang's death before the incident, and the fact that no one mentioned the past after many years, whether the young King Xiang could keep his title or not is another matter, and this fat guy is allowed to play wild here!

What else is there to "find something to do in the south"?Probably the remnants of smuggling by sea back then!The old master died, so he stayed in the south, right?That place is mixed with fish and dragons, and it used to be the territory of Ji Kingdom, so it is difficult to restrain and discipline it. It is not impossible for the remnants of the King Xiang Party to thrive.

We have to find another opportunity to renovate the south side.

The flood has just passed, and everything has been destroyed, which may be an opportunity.Liu Pu thought secretly.It's a pity that there are not many people available now, it is difficult to achieve a major event, and it is likely to miss a good opportunity.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, King Xiaoxiang dared to reach out and shake his hand in front of the emperor's face because he was Liu Pu's brother.Seeing Liu Pu looking at him impatiently, he hurriedly begged with a shy face, "Your Majesty, I came here this time to ask for something. I begged you, and it was considered a relief for Your Majesty. The one who saved me, Lu Guang , do you still remember? He has a godson named Feng Shuxing, he is a capable man, suitable for his age and stable, and he is really inferior in the south, why not arrange an official position for him in Beijing."

"Oh? How can you be so capable?" Liu Pu smiled slightly, with a disdainful tone.

What can that kind of stuff do? !

"That's a long story. When the Wang family army rebelled many years ago, he came to Beijing with General Lu Jiaozhi to rescue him. Don't think he has no family background. He is a distant relative of the Feng family army in the north. He is really a descendant of a famous family. "

A distant relative of Feng Jiajun in the North?I don't know if Feng Shi is willing to recognize him!

"I don't think it's necessary to have a high official position, or outsiders say you are partial. Let's start with the Imperial Guard first? He is still very good at martial arts. Let him be a small commander first, and then he will be promoted later. How about it? "

"It's not that good," Liu Pu smiled coolly, stretched out his hand and pulled two azure sapphire beads, twisting them in the palm of his hand for a few times.When King Xiaoxiang was about to make a noise, two green jade beads shot out immediately, and a green shadow was drawn, which happened to get stuck on both sides of King Xiang's left knee and nailed into the tall pillar of vermilion lacquer behind him.

The two pea eyes embedded in the fat face, looked down the legs dully, and saw that the fabric next to the knees had just been pierced, exposing the white flesh.Looking up at the emperor again, he couldn't hold back for a moment, a scorching heat gushed out between his legs.

"The task of finding the regent will be left to you, King Xiaoxiang. Also, since that Uncle Feng is so capable, it's good to ask him to help you. I don't need to send you more people." The emperor said with a smile Standing up, he glanced at the wet trousers on the opposite side with a little disgust, and still smiled politely when he raised his eyes, "If you don't care about your two legs, then just sell your official position to Lu Guang and return his kindness for saving you. "

If the emperor doesn't say anything, it doesn't mean he doesn't know about King Xiaoxiang's activities of selling officials and nobles!

Liu Pu lightly lifted the hem of his shirt, and without looking at King Xiang, he stepped across the threshold.Zhou Zheng, who was behind, caught up and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, I have brought you back."

That night three days ago, it was the shadow guard Zhu Qi who came in through the window.

He was wounded, and relying on his lightness kung fu, he managed to avoid the patrolling young generals in the palace with a single breath, only to return to the palace first to report a letter to the emperor, and also to save the life of Kuomuye who was stranded outside the city.

Since the embankment broke, he has searched back and forth along the Zishui River, not daring to close his eyes for several days and nights.The water is raging, how can it be so easy to catch the Regent Liu Zheng who fell into the water?It was also a stroke of luck that when he was going down the bank, he unexpectedly ran into Kuomu Ye who was lying on the driftwood and drifting to the shore!

At that time, Kuomu was also alone, being besieged by seven or eight rangers who didn't know where he came from.Zhu Qi broke the siege for him, dealt with a group of people who came to hunt him down, and searched downstream together for many days, but still did not find the whereabouts of the regent.

The regent was not found, but the assassin followed him like a shadow.

Zhu Qi and Kuomu also suffered many injuries, so they had to go back to Beijing first.Arriving in the city, Zhu Qiben wanted to observe the movement first, and then bring up the matter of entering the palace city, but for some reason, the group of assassins came to him strangely, clenching their teeth and refusing to relax, so he temporarily parted ways with Kuomu and touched the palace alone. Come into the palace.

"Where's the jade pendant I gave you on the day before leaving?" Liu Pu was surprised.

When he dispatched Zhu Qi to leave the capital, he gave him a wooden box containing half of Liu's jade pendant.Zhu Qiyingwei's identity is very special, even in Jingren Palace, few people have seen his face, and of course the imperial guards are completely unaware of his existence.It was precisely to prevent the imperial guards from not recognizing Zhu Qi and hindering him from doing things, so they specially gave him the jade pendant to open the way for him.

Unfortunately, this jade pendant was unfortunately lost when he fell into the water.

Liu Pu sorted out the messy causes and consequences in his mind, hoping to find out from Kuo Muye's mouth, he quickly stepped into the side hall of Changle Palace, and looked around for a week, but he didn't see the shadow of the strong man of the foreign race.

There were only two people sitting in the side hall.

One person was sitting upright and restrained like a statue, and the other was with big empty eyes, without even a trace of life.

Just as the three of them stared wide-eyed, Zhu Qi, who was recuperating from the roof beam, jumped down and landed in front of the emperor, explaining softly, "Your Majesty, Kuomu was also spotted by an assassin last night. This gentleman's teahouse. Thanks to this gentleman's help, he escaped unharmed."

"Where is the man with broad eyes?" The emperor looked at the owner of the teahouse in the middle, thinking that such a powerless person, could he have the ability to save people? !

He and I exchanged a few words, and finally made things clear: Ever since Zhu Qi entered the palace alone to report the news, Kuomu was also hiding in the city, being chased and killed by assassins from time to time.At midnight last night, he hid in a teahouse, and with the help of an expert, he escaped by feigning death.Now that he was "dead", he didn't want to stay in Beijing any longer, so he simply went out of the city and went back to Nanhai to continue looking for that idiot Liu Zheng.

And the owner of this teahouse is none other than Yingguzi.The one following him was none other than Mu Tang.

Liu Pu walked a few steps, received the ceremony from the two, and sat down on the couch.He took a sip of his tea, didn't look at Yingguzi or Mu Tang, and asked Zhou Zheng with a lazy smile, "You're old, so you're confused? Since Kuomu doesn't want to come back, let him go to the South China Sea to find people." Well, what does it mean to bring these two back? Do you think there are few people in the palace who eat for free?"

Everyone is silent.

Ying Guzi hesitated for a while, took out a folded piece of hemp paper from the lapel, and presented it to the emperor with both hands.

On the paper is Kuomuye's handwriting.As he said, the Chinese writing is indeed not very good, and the sentences are often incomprehensible.But even though the words are badly written, the meaning is obvious: [-]. When he was hiding in the teahouse, thanks to those assassins, the three-story building of the teahouse was almost completely demolished.In order to save him, these two people made themselves nowhere to live, which is really pitiful; second, among the two, the young man named Mu Tang has some entanglements with Kuomu himself, and some grudges between life and death.Now this person has a hidden disease, I only hope that His Majesty can save his life.

"Hey," Liu Pu slowly folded the piece of thin paper back to its original shape, and threw it on the table, "He deserves the kindness he deserves, and he has to repay it himself. I don't owe him anything, so why should I do it for him?" Take the two of you?"

This is the truth.

It was indeed Liu Pu who sent that fool to his death, but it is only natural for the regent to compensate the victims, so why should he blame the emperor?

"Or, do you have the ability to make me look high? The assassin who entangled Kuomiya must be extremely difficult. I wonder which of you two helped him?"

Yingguzi didn't expect the emperor to be such a reckless master, so he turned his head to look at Mu Tang, then glanced at the emperor nervously, and replied in a low voice, "It's another friend who drew the sword to help, and neither Mu Tang nor I know how to do it." martial arts."

The emperor bent his lips gently, and ordered Zhou Zheng to throw the two out.

"No, no, no!" Ying Guzi hurriedly waved his hands, and when he was in a hurry, he blurted out in a panic: "Your Majesty, I am from the Nanhai Ying family! Do you know Nanhai Ying's family? When Ji Guo was in power, my Ying's family was from the south. Half of the Confucian scholars in the world come from Ying’s family…”

"It's been nearly fifty years since the end of the Ji Kingdom. The original famous family has long since fallen into ruin." Liu Pu said helplessly, "Even if Ying's family is still prominent, what's the use of having a bunch of Confucian scholars? Can they plug the leak in the levee for me?"

"This...Since your majesty knows about Ying's family, you should also know about my uncle Ying, right? He is very good at painting," Ying Guzi straightened his arms, pointing to a painting hanging on the inner wall of the hall, "Look, you are here I also have one in my collection."

In the painting is a beautiful young girl standing under the falling peach blossom trees.Although the woman turned her back, but looking at her graceful figure, people can't help but guess what kind of beauty she has, and how infatuated the painter is.

At the bottom of the left corner of the picture scroll is a large hand-painted seal with four characters written in Yangwen: Dongli Mountain People.