At dawn the next day, before dawn, the soldiers ate quickly. Before the temperature rose, the group set off southward. Without delay, he traveled more than forty miles to the foot of Longgang City, the seat of Xingzhou Government.
Force the city and go down to the stronghold.
At this time, Xue Huairang, the governor of the Anguo Army in the city, was woken up early because of Liu Chengyou's arrival, but he was in a particularly unhappy mood.
Xue Huairang is already over fifty, but his body is quite strong. He is full of meat, thirsty for wine, and the queen of the night... Although his behavior is greedy and violent, his appearance is quite decent. As long as he doesn't open his mouth to speak, he can't tell that he is vulgar. Takefu.
"What kind of second prince is this? Is this deliberately disturbing people's dreams?" The young concubine who was adopted from Xinxing climbed up on her breasts and cursed, expressing her dissatisfaction and cleaning up at the same time. The old face was a little pale, as if he had consumed too much last night.
"Commander Jiedu, the Second Prince has sent an envoy to the city to ask you to meet at the military camp." As they were walking into the hall, a Jiedu officer walked awkwardly and gave way to the yawning Xue Huai.
"Huh?" Xue Huairang's beard curled up as soon as his steps stopped: "What kind of second prince is this, so domineering? Why do I always have one-sided control? He personally appointed me, but he bossed me around like this. Isn't it too arrogant!"
After saying that, Xue Huairang, who was already dissatisfied, turned his head to return the room, waved his hand and said: "Leave him alone!"
Seeing his willfulness, the judge quickly advised him: "You can't be charismatic! After all, he is the second prince, a nobleman of the Tian family, and has a great reputation. He is young and energetic. If you offend him, it will inevitably lead to disaster."
If you want to be promoted to an official, all you have to do is tell Xue Huairang directly that you can't afford to offend him.
After calming down a little, Xue Huairang let out a vent: "He's just a kid. I want to see what kind of person this second prince who beat up the Khitan is."
He kept talking, but his behavior was subdued. No matter how unhappy he felt, he honestly led the people out of the city to Liu Chengyou's camp.
When I arrived at the camp gate, I looked at the two rows of soldiers setting up a sword bridge. The sunlight reflected by the steel swords made my eyes hurt. Seeing this battle, Xue Huairang was still humming, muttering to himself: "Are you trying to give me a blow? It's ridiculous. You want to scare me with just this method?"
Raising his eyebrows and beard, Xue Huairang led his followers and walked in with his head held high. The soldier put away his sword at the right time and let him walk to the front of the central army tent. Then, he was stopped by Li Chongju.
"Xue Shijun, please remove your weapon!" The young commander had no arrogance on his face, but calmly pointed at the sword on Xue Huairang's waist.
"Ha!" A flash of anger flashed across his face. Xue Huairang glanced at the tent. From behind the tent, he could vaguely see the figure on the main seat. He deliberately shouted loudly: "The second prince has such a big air. When I met him, Zhuangzong and Jinzu both allowed weapons to be kept close to their bodies!"
Li Chongju still had an honest look on his face and smiled at Xue Huairang: "Please ask Xue Shijun to remove the weapon, and the general will keep it for you personally so that it will not be contaminated by dust."
Xue Huairang had a cold face, clenched his fists until the joints cracked, and glared at Li Chongju, almost spitting out all the evil energy he had accumulated in his life at him: "Do you really think I am a veteran who is easy to bully?"
"I don't dare. Please let me use my weapons. If the general does it himself, it won't look good!" Li Chongju grinned.
Seeing that the young man showed his fangs innocently, Xue Huai let his face twitch, took a step back, took off the knife from his waist, and said angrily: "Today, I have really learned a lot! What taboos do I have to see your Highness? "
"I can only let you enter the account alone." Li Chongju followed the words.
"You!" He raised his hand and pointed at Li Chongju, and pushed the knife and scabbard hard to his chest: "Keep it safe for me. If it gets a wisp of dust, I'll take it from you!"
This guy was quite strong, and he almost pushed Li Chongju down without warning. He stood up hard, took a breath, and blushed from holding back.
Liu Chengyou noticed the movement outside the tent early in the morning. He didn't pretend to do anything else, and just watched Xue Huairang walking in quietly.
"I've met the Second Prince! I apologize for missing you from afar."
Similarly, Xue Huairang also looked at Liu Chengyou, held his neck high, and cupped his hands casually, glancing at Liu Chengyou from the corner of his eye, without giving his name, and his tone was particularly aggressive. This person, at this moment, was in a particularly unhappy mood. However, in Liu Chengyou's eyes, he directly felt that these warlords in the feudal towns were so unruly.
Xue Huairang was domineering, and Liu Chengyou was also arrogant at this time. Sima's face was numb, and he stared at Xue Huairang: "Xue Shijun! It's better to be famous than to meet."
Looking at Liu Chengyou, Xue Huairang seemed to relax when he saw such a yellow-haired boy. He just thought that he was praising himself and replied: "His Royal Highness's reputation is like thunder to my ears."
"Xue Huairang, a native of Taiyuan, was born in the northwest of Hu. He was a young man who was brave and aggressive by nature. He defected to Zhuangzong. He fought bravely and made many military exploits. He was transferred to military positions. From the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, he served successively as Jiang, Shen, Yi, Liao, Mi, and Huai. The governor of the state. At the end of the Kaiyun period, he sent the cavalry army formation envoys and the vanguard commander envoys to accompany Fu Yanqing and Du Chongwei to resist the Khitan. In the twelfth year of Tianfu, he killed the Liao general in Mingzhou and submitted a letter to our court..."
There was no wave in his voice. Liu Chengyou simply recounted Xue Huairang's resume, leaving Xue Huairang a little confused. Frowning, he looked at Liu Chengyou doubtfully: "Your Highness, what does this mean?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that after fighting for a lifetime and governing several states, I haven't made any progress." Liu Chengyou said.
Liu Chengyou was a little rude, and Xue Huairang felt that something was wrong. This kid was not only arrogant, but also seemed to have some bad intentions. Suspicious eyes flew to Liu Chengyou, and Xue Huairang asked with a stern face: "What do you mean, and to be honest, why do you need to say these roundabout words to humiliate the veteran?"
Obviously, Xue Huairang really didn't have much fear of Liu Chengyou.
"Chief Neiqiu, was he appointed by Xue Shijun?" Upon seeing this, Liu Chengyou asked.
"Yes!" Xue Huairang answered simply: "So what?"
"This person has been in office for more than a month. What do you think of his performance as county magistrate?"
"The people I use are certainly not bad!" Xue Huairang said subconsciously, as if thinking of the money and food handed over by the inner Qiu chief, as if he was not ashamed of his words.
This time it was Liu Chengyou's turn to tremble, and he didn't know if Xue Huairang was really crazy. He took a gentle breath and said: "I stayed in Neiqiu last night. I have dismissed him and drove south."
Hearing what Liu Chengyou said, Xue Huairang's expression changed: "This is my subordinate, an official under the control of the Anguo Army. His Highness just appointed and dismissed the prisoners without a single word. Isn't it a bit beyond his authority!"
"I was ordered by my eldest father to take over the military and political affairs of Hebei Daozhou." Liu Chengyou replied immediately.
Originally, he wanted to argue with Xue Huairang about Neiqiu County Magistrate again, but seeing Xue Huairang's performance, Liu Chengyou suddenly lost interest and directly looked at him. With a stern expression, he asked coldly: "Xue Huairang, what are you doing?" Can you know the crime?"
Seeing Liu Chengyou's attack, Xue Huairang replied calmly: "What is my crime?"
"Excessive solicitation, extortion and extortion, private punishment, cruelty to the people, indulgence of subordinates, bullying of good people, and in Xingzhou, all industries are in ruins and complaints are widespread. Aren't these crimes?" Liu Chengyou said coldly.
"Are these considered crimes?" Xue Huairang smiled and asked.
Liu Chengyou was stunned now. This question left him speechless.
Xue Huairang, on the other hand, had a lot of time to rest: "Your Highness is setting up such a big battle today just to question me about my crime?"
"Yes, so what?" Liu Chengyou looked at the domineering old man, a little surprised. He was so arrogant that he had no respect for him as a prince.
It is impossible to say that Xue Huairang is not false at all. It's just that he has always been unruly, and after decades of life and death, he has also seen many things clearly. If he is good to you, I am good to everyone, then he will naturally restrain himself, but now it is obvious that Liu Chengyou comes with bad intentions, and he will not "seek compromise".
Xue Huairang took a step forward, lowered his head slightly, and looked at Liu Chengyou: "Your Highness, why do you ask me to accuse you? I am the emperor's appointed Jiedu, do you have this power?"
Could it be that this is where your confidence lies, Xue Huairang?
Liu Chengyou was secretly thinking, staring at him without blinking: "There is a saying, cut first and then play!"
Liu Chengyou's gaze at this time was so cold that even Xue Huairang, this evil and reckless man, felt a chill in his chest. Looking at Liu Chengyou seriously, maybe because the weather was too hot, he was sweating a little unconsciously. Xue Huairang finally weakened a little: "Your Highness, are you joking with me..."
"Do you think Xue Shijun is setting up such a big battle just to make fun of you?" After Liu Chengyou finished speaking, he waved his hand to the guard in the tent impatiently: "Take it down!"
Seeing that Liu Chengyou was coming, Xue Huairang subconsciously stretched his hands to his waist, but unfortunately his waist was empty. Two guards immediately stepped forward to grab him. The man was old, but he was quite brave and almost let him break free. The guards around Liu Chengyou were not good people either. They hit him twice in the stomach before subduing him.
"Let me go! I am An Guojun Jiedu, appointed by the emperor and ordered by the court! Why should you take me?" Xue Huai let shock appear on his painful face, and then was filled with ferocious anger.
His legs were hit by two more kicks, and he knelt heavily on the ground. Xue Huairang just calmed down. Looking at such a scene of bullying the old man, it seems that Liu Chengyou is a villain.
"Why are you so handsome?" Xue Huairang's head was pressed down, but his bull's eyes stared at Liu Chengyou with anger gushing out.
Liu Chengyou stood up, walked slowly to Xue Huairang, knelt down and looked at him: "Xue Shijun, have you always been so domineering? If all states are like this, then it is not incomprehensible that the world cannot be stable. .”
"I just listed your sins alone. Are you stubborn or did you not listen at all?" Liu Chengyou said coldly with a cold expression.
Hearing this, Xue Huairang came to his senses. Then he opened his mouth and spat out some saliva: "It's ridiculous. You want to take down my town with this little mistake? What a big prince, so domineering!"
A stench hit his face. Liu Chengyou stood up shivering, covered his mouth and nose, and looked at the old man with disgust: "In the past, I was too kind to you, which led to the collapse of the government and the suffering of the people! If we don't warn, this will happen Evil never goes away!”
As soon as Liu Chengyou said these words, Xue Huairang seemed to understand something. He looked at Liu Chengyou and blurted out: "You, you want to use me to scare the monkeys?"
Liu Chengyou was a little surprised to see that the domineering veteran turned out to be smart, but his look directly answered Xue Huairang.
At this time, Xue Huairang couldn't bear it anymore, struggled hard and roared: "I don't accept it! Who among the world's Taozhou envoys is not like this? They are untouchables. I keep them safe and they support me. What's wrong with me?" In this world, there are people who are ten times more cruel and ferocious than me, why don’t you go and get them? I don’t accept it!”
Who taught you to hit the muzzle of a gun?
After listening to his remarks, Liu Chengyou suddenly felt tired. He probably couldn't make sense. He turned to look at Wei Renpu, who was sitting quietly aside: "Mr. Wei, did you hear that?"
Wei Renpu showed a bitter expression, but he was not too surprised.
"Since you have already guessed that I am going to scare the monkeys, what's the point of not accepting it?" Liu Chengyou's eyes were as cold as before.
His expression froze, Xue Huairang gasped for air, already a little panicked: "I am the hero who drove out the Khitan and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Your Highness really dares to do such an unforgivable thing in the world?"
I don’t know where this guy heard these words from, he just used them indiscriminately.
Crossing his arms, Liu Chengyou said slowly: "These words are too serious! I am just asking for orders for the people and acting in accordance with the law."
"No, I am the commander-in-chief approved by the emperor. You have no right to kill me! If you kill me, how will you explain to the emperor and the court!" Liu Chengyou's tone became more and more calm, but Xue Huairang became more and more panicked.
Liu Zhiyuan was mentioned again, as if Liu Zhiyuan could really bless him.
"I don't need Xue Shijun to worry about how to explain it to my father and the court!" Liu Chengyou replied. The word "my father" has a very strong accent.
Feeling depressed, Xue Huairang blushed and dared to threaten Liu Chengyou: "I still have thousands of soldiers under my command, isn't your highness afraid of causing a rebellion?"
"Send an order to Xiang Xun, lead the army to Longgang, take over the guards, and control the city. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!" In front of Xue Huairang, Liu Chengyou ordered calmly, with a cold tone.
His old face turned pale, and Xue Huairang lost all his energy and spirit, and collapsed miserably. Then he buried his head hard: "Your Highness, please spare your life..."
This sudden change of face is really surprising. Liu Chengyou thought he would fight to the end.
"If Your Highness wants to shock the world, why not go to Yedu and find Du Chongwei? His corruption and exploitation are ten times more powerful than mine!"
Liu Chengyou blinked violently subconsciously, not wanting to listen to what he said, and waved his hand: "Pull him down first, it seems!"
After Xue Huairang shouted and was taken down, Liu Chengyou paced in the tent for a long time and said with emotion: "After these questions, I have a deeper understanding of the arrogance of these warriors."
After hearing this, Wei Renpu persuaded: "Although there are many people like Xue Huairang, they are not all like this. There are also many handsome men in the world who are famous for their character and intelligence."
"for example?"
"Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, An Shenqi..." Wei Renpu named a string of names, all of which were familiar people.
However, Liu Chengyou didn't take it too seriously. These famous generals and veterans of the court must have been secretly collecting dirty information. In this world, good people cannot get ahead. Of course, the above people have better reputations.
"Your Highness, do you really plan to kill Xue Huairang?" After Liu Chengyou thought for a while, Wei Renpu couldn't help but speak.
Raising his hand to stop him, Liu Chengyou said: "I know what you want to say. Killing, I guess it is impossible to kill. Just now, Xue Huairang mentioned Du Chongwei, maybe he said it unscrupulously, but it reminded me that I had to Be careful!”
PS: I saw a book review, which is very interesting. I would like to share it with those who are still following this book: This post-Han Dynasty is from Shatuo, which is the same as during the Manchu rule. The biggest connection with the Han Dynasty is that he was given the surname Liu by the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His demise is one of the important signs of the re-emergence of the Han nation. Now in this article, the rise of the Han nation was extinguished by this Liu Chengyou. From now on, there is no need to wait until Yashan, China is gone, only the history of foreigners like India enslaving local peoples.
