"Xiang Guo was joking,"
Wu Chen said hurriedly,
"Chiyou is not Chiyou, they are all ancient gods, and I don't dare to make unreasonable opinions.
But Mei Rong is indeed a southern barbarian, with a tattoo on the left side of his face——"
"——Yes, yes, I remember that half of his face was covered with blue tattoos, and I didn't dare to look directly at them."
Liu Ji couldn't help but interrupt, pointed at Wu Chen and smiled,
"Besides Mei Rong, I also know someone with facial tattoos, your brother-in-law, Wang Yingbu of Huainan.
By the way, have you met your brother-in-law when you came to Luo this time? "
Hearing the emperor's question, everyone present looked at Wu Chen, with all kinds of doubts, scrutiny, and admonitions focused on him, all waiting to see how he would answer.
Wang Yingbu of Huainan is one of the seven kings with different surnames of Liu Jifeng. He is the son-in-law of the old Changsha King Wu Rui and the brother-in-law of the current Changsha King Wu Chen.
Yingbu comes from six counties in Jiujiang County. His ancestry can be traced back to the six ancient kingdoms since the Xia and Shang Dynasties. He is the fiefdom of the ancient sage Gaotao and can be regarded as the descendant of the declining royal family.
He was taciturn since he was a child, but he was brave and fierce, and never took Qin Fa seriously. Later, he violated the law and was sentenced to face tattooing by the government, leaving a black and blue tattoo on his face.
As a form of corporal punishment, the original intention of tattooing is to humiliate criminals, but Yingbu firmly believes that one thing will bring down another, and the tattoo on the face is not so much a shame as it is a sign of a great responsibility coming from heaven.
Unruly and unruly, he simply changed his name and called himself Qingbu to the outside world. He was not ashamed and took it easy.
***
Later, Qin sent hundreds of thousands of prisoners across the country to do hard labor in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor in Lishan Mountain, and Yingbu was also among those who were conscripted. In his eyes, the endless dirt field is a heroic land where fish and dragons are mixed.
With his natural leadership qualities, Yingbu quickly recruited hundreds of desperadoes, and collectively escaped from Lishan Mountain and escaped into the deep mountains and swamps of Fanyang County, becoming heroes in the forest.
At that time, the magistrate of Fanyang County was Wu Rui, who had won the hearts of the people.
Times make heroes. Yingbu led the heroes of the rivers and lakes to defect to Wu Rui. Wu Rui also betrothed his daughter to him. The two raised the banner of anti-Qin and Zhang Chu, and recruited thousands of heroes to join the Chu army led by Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu. Joined the vigorous anti-Qin war.
Unlike the loyal and benevolent Wu Rui and Wu Chen father and son, Yingbu seemed to be born as the King of Hell and was ruthless. All the dirty work that Xiang Yu wanted to do but didn't want to do was handed over to Yingbu.
At that time, Xiang Yu made up his mind to kill 200,000 Qin soldiers, so he sent Yingbu to ambush Xin'an, which eventually led to this tragedy that shocked everyone.
Later, when Xiang Yu became the leader of the feudal lords, he felt that the Emperor Yi of Chu Huai, whom he had enthroned, was in the way. Yingbu followed the secret order and chased Emperor Yi for thousands of miles, and finally eliminated Emperor Yi in Hunan.
Historically, Liu Ji spent all his treasures to win over Yingbu and make him his own. However, because Yingbu saw the princes and kings being eliminated one after another, he was so sad that he took the risk and took advantage of Liu Ji's illness to kill Liu Ji, but he still rebelled.
Liu Ji dragged his old and sick body to conquer personally, and with Wu Chen's cooperation, they jointly killed him. After that battle, the old emperor was exhausted mentally and physically, and died suddenly within a few months.
The records in the history books were vivid in his mind. When Lu Pheasant heard Yingbu's name, his mind turned to another thing:
"Wang Yingbu of Huainan was originally a gangster and had no foresight. The reason why he rebelled was because he saw that Liang Wang Peng Yue lived a cautious and cautious life, but still could not escape the fate of being executed by the emperor.
The reason why Liang Wang Pengyue rebelled was because he saw that Han Xin, who had obviously restrained his sharpness, could not escape the execution of his family for the crime of carrying a jade.
This is a group of frightened birds. Once one of them flies away, it becomes unstoppable. All the joints are still in Han Xin. "
***
But Wu Chen replied cautiously,
"I fell ill as soon as I entered Luoyang. There were many people who were eager to visit me. I closed the door to thank the visitors. But because of my sister's face, when the King of Huainan came, he reluctantly left him a stick of incense to hold on. The writing was about reminiscing about old times.
Today was the first time I went out after recovering from my illness, and I went straight to your Majesty. "
The western border of the Huainan Kingdom borders the Changsha Kingdom. As the King of Changsha, he also has an extra level of family relationship with the King of Huainan that is different from ordinary people. It is impossible for Liu Ji not to mind. Therefore, everything he says and does must be extraordinarily avoidable.
Before the princes and kings came to Beijing, Chen Ping had already set up a dragnet of informants around the princes' palaces, and Wu Chen's response was completely consistent with the feedback from the secret line, which shows that he did not deceive the emperor.
Liu Ji was obviously very satisfied and snorted from his nose,
"I have told Ting Bu several times that I have a good medical officer here who can lighten the eye-catching tattoos on his face. The officials who are responsible for tattooing all year round have antidotes on hand.
He just refused, saying that it would be more impressive. Humph, when it comes to being competitive and aggressive, who can compare to him. "
Wu Chen apologized and said with a smile, "Now that he is old enough, he can stay in his cozy home in Liu'an, where he has fine wine and beauties. What more can he ask for?"
Liu Ji also smiled and looked at Wu Chen encouragingly, gesturing for him to continue talking about Mei Rong's past.
"Oh, yes, let's talk about Mei Xuan. You may have never seen it with your own eyes. Although the mountains in central Hunan are not high, they are more rugged and full of caves. Many caves are bottomless and can even accommodate thousands of people.
The locals call a large cave a cave. The Meilongna tribe claims to occupy ten caves, but in fact there are only a lot more. Therefore, it is called "Shidong Barbarian", which is also famous among various tribes in Baiyue. "
***
Seeing that everyone was listening with great interest, Wu Chen thought about it and added some details.
"Your Majesty just said that he was hiding. From Yichen's point of view, he was not hiding from the world.
Shitong Man has always believed in witchcraft and Nuo, and the most important thing is to return to one's roots. After all, Mei Yi is already seventy-five years old this year, so it is customary to live back in the mountains. "
"Then, can you still find him?" Lu Pheasant asked curiously.
"What is found,"
Wu Chen said to her, but he was very surprised. He didn't know why the queen paid attention to this person.
"My father once teased him, saying that he was only half-hidden, but not fully hidden.
He currently lives in the mountains of Yiyang County, Changsha County. The tribesmen go down to the mountains every ten days to buy some rice, salt, or sell some rare animal skins and herbs. You can always see him.
The mountain top where he currently lives is part of Xuefeng Mountain. It originally had no name, but because he lives there often, it is now called "Meishan" by the local Yue people. "
Liu Ji teased,
"Hey, he can now be famous as a person?"
Lu Pheasant's body was slightly shocked. It turned out that this was the origin of the name of Meishan. Nine hundred years of vicissitudes of life all came to his mind.
Since she took over the government in her previous life, she knew that there was a line of Meishan Mountains in the hinterland of central Hunan, which stretched for hundreds of miles and was isolated from the world, like a foreign land.
The local natives are called "Meishan Barbarians". They live close to the dangerous mountains. They are brave and invincible with long knives and crossbows. They never surrender and are very troublesome.
The Meishan barbarians did not submit to the imperial court, nor did they have the luxury of serving and paying taxes. Every time the local officials discussed with the barbarian King Mei, King Mei would always reply, "The ancestors have meritorious service and have been personally approved by the emperor. They have been exempted from taxes for generations." 【1】.
The local official was confused and asked which emperor made the promise and what achievements he had made. King Mei could not explain clearly. He only said that it was a rule passed down from ancestors.
The officials of the state and county guarded this huge lofty mountain. They could not penetrate or control it. They could only report it to the court level by level. However, no one had a good way. They had to govern according to the customs and continue to tolerate them.
Unexpectedly, in this life, I would see Meishan and the first Meiwang with my own eyes.
