Chapter 482: The power of divine weapon!
The waterways on the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers are crisscrossed like silver ribbons, with ripples created by the wind. On the rivers, boats rumble forward on the white waves.
This is Luo's fleet. Inside the cabin, capable men are resting with their eyes closed. It is rare to see that they are not brave warriors.
The brave warriors are invincible knights and the strongest armored soldiers, but because they have stayed in the north for a long time, the Luo family rarely sends brave warriors to the south of the Yangtze River and Huai River, fearing that the brave warriors will get sick and affect their combat effectiveness, so they mainly adopt a cautious approach.
The Luo family has another base in Tiannan, Luo Village, which was once the Luo family's refuge.
After the main body of the Luo family moved to Zhaocheng, Tiannan Luo Village was not abandoned, but became the headquarters of Tiannan, responsible for the affairs of the south. This time, the Zhennan Division was responsible for the inspection of Jiangdong.
During the Zhou Dynasty, Jiangdong was a fiefdom of the Wu State and one of the various concubines.
Later it was occupied by the State of Chu, and the Xiang family of the Ji surname was granted fiefdom here. They played an extremely important role in the turbulent history of the entire State of Chu and in the uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
In particular, Overlord Xiang Yu was the only emperor ever born among the Chu people and had a high reputation throughout Jiangdong.
After the establishment of Han Dynasty.
On the one hand, Liu Bang elevated Xiang Yu's status and achievements, and on the other hand, he began to divide the old territory of Chu. The land of Jiangdong was redivided into Wu, the old land of Kuaiji was named Yue, and the old land of Jingchu had nothing to do with Chu. Only Xiangying was left, renamed Chu County, as the capital of Chu.
Lü Zhi migrated a large number of Chu people to replenish the exhausted and sharply depopulated Guanzhong, which led to a decrease in the population of Jiangdong. Emperors of all dynasties liked to migrate the powerful people in Jiangdong, and this was not stopped until Emperor Xiaoding.
In Wu, the incense and sacrifices to Xiang Yu were still very prosperous, and it can be said that Luoling was slightly inferior.
"Wudi."
Luo Qing pondered. The biggest rebel in the Han Dynasty was the King of Huainan. Wherever he was granted a title, there would always be rebellion. So the country was abolished and changed into a county. Apart from Huainan, the problem in Wu was the biggest.
Because Wu was rich, it had plains that were rare in the south. Although they were far inferior to the continuous plains in Jizhou, they were already very high-quality land. Hundreds of years of cultivation by the Xiang family had made the development here far exceed the same period in history.
“Bang!”
The boatman was very skilled and easily docked the boat at the pier.
"We've reached the shore."
He shouted at the top of his voice, and the men in the cabin got off the boat one after another, holding sharp blades in their hands and dispersed into the big city in Jiangdong, Gusu.
Gusu is very prosperous. More than half of the millions of people south of the Yangtze and Huaihe River live on the Jiangdong Plain, and another half live in Gusu and its surrounding villages.
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After Luo Qing entered Gusu City, he soon met the manager who reported the news, who was a very capable middle-aged man.
"Zhang Jiu greets you, sir."
Luo Qing clasped his fists and said solemnly, "Manager Zhang, you are too polite. This is a matter of great importance. Please tell me what you have learned."
Zhang Jiu knew the priorities and immediately said, "Sir, it's the King of Wu. According to the clues we found, it vaguely points to the King of Wu.
Because it involved princes, I was worried about making mistakes, so I stared at the King of Wu for a long time. I found that there were a lot more unfamiliar faces in the King of Wu's palace. From the accents they spoke, they seemed to be from Guanzhong. I couldn't get into the details of what they were talking about.
So I immediately reported it to the family and asked them to make the decision."
Luo Qing had already roughly determined in his mind that the King of Wu was plotting something, and now all he lacked was evidence.
If it really is the King of Wu, then things will be difficult.
It is definitely not possible to arrest him directly. Even the emperor cannot arrest a prince without reason.
Especially since the Jingnan Campaign had just taken place a few years ago, arresting a prince from Guandong would likely cause political turmoil and make all the kings and marquises feel insecure.
Luo Qing said in a deep voice: "Manager Zhang, now tell me the time and the people who entered the Wu Palace. The more detailed the better, and it would be best if it could be accurate to the time, minute, appearance, height, etc."
Zhang Jiu was a little confused. What was the use of such a thing in such a vast sea of people? But thinking back to the mystery and power of his family, he told everything he knew.
After hearing this, Luo Qing said, "Okay, you go down first and continue investigating, keeping an eye on the Wu Palace."
After Zhang Jiu left, Luo Qing took a deep breath and spread out his palms. Suddenly, a jade bamboo slip appeared in his hand. The bamboo slip was shining brightly, illuminating the entire room with bright light.
An ancient breath that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness suddenly filled the world. Luo Qing, who was holding the bamboo slips in his hand, was like the legendary ancient sage, gentle, omniscient and omnipotent.
[The only one in the Xuan level: Qingshi (known by heaven, earth, you, and me): Tear open the fog of history and get all the truth. Enter the time, place, and people, and the Qingshi will show what happened at that time. This is the magic weapon of the historian, which dispels all the falsehoods between heaven and earth.]
This is the artifact given when papermaking appeared. It is powerful and has amazing effects. What happened this time is indeed a bit bad, so Luo Sheng directly let Luo Qing take this artifact out.
Luo Qing held the bamboo slip in his hand and squeezed it gently. He input the information into it bit by bit in his mind. The light of the bamboo slip kept flashing, alternating between blue and black.
As Luo Qing input information, the light continued to change, the green light became stronger and stronger, and the black light became brighter and brighter.
It was not until Luo Qing stopped inputting information that black lines began to appear on the bamboo slips, which were extremely obvious on the jade-like green bamboo slips.
Those black lines were like dots of ink, eventually forming words that were listed on the bamboo slips.
Luo Qing looked carefully. The first column had the time, and the second column had the words "King Wu secretly conspired with others to frame someone."
Luo Qing felt relieved and immediately continued to mobilize Qingshi to get more detailed information, even the content of the conversation between the two parties.
In the void of heaven, petals from a peach tree fluttered down to the ground and then melted into the ground. The peach blossoms were flying in the air, giving a sense of destruction and a dreamlike illusion.
Luo Qing naturally didn't know about this scene, nor did he know that his family's wealth was burning. He looked at the words appearing on the bamboo slips and laughed.
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The Palace of King Wu.
The prosperity of the King of Wu's palace ranks among the top three among all the kings. The King of Wu is fed with delicacies every day. The women in Wu are beautiful and the palace maids are of very high quality. If someone without ambition were to be king, he would not be replaced by an emperor.
But unfortunately, the King of Wu is not the kind of person who has no ambition.
He really wants to improve!
How far can you go if you want to improve?
Only the emperor's throne!
As the son of Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Xiaoding was the legitimate son and had no qualifications to compete for the throne. However, after the death of Emperor Xiaoding, he lost his qualification to inherit the throne because of the saying that the country depends on the eldest son.
The most hateful thing is that after Emperor Li Liu Dan was executed, he suddenly stopped talking about the country relying on the eldest prince, and would rather choose Liu Xun, a young boy, than him, a prince who was in his prime and had a good reputation!
This huge gap made the King of Wu feel like his heart was being bitten by a poisonous snake all the time. He was jealous to the extreme and even became perverted, wantonly abusing the palace maids. When a group of people found him, he immediately joined them.
Because what those people said was so reasonable, "The emperor's position is too stable, and it is impossible to rebel. The only family in the world that can fight the emperor and suffer mutual destruction is the Luo family. As long as we can make these two sides fight and cause chaos in the world, we can take advantage of the situation.
It can also weaken the Luo family. They are too strong, controlling this and that, which is disgusting. "
He must become emperor!
This is King Wu’s obsession.
However, he did not expect that the emperor would realize the conspiracy so quickly and even decisively search the whole country. The only thing that could comfort him was that the emperor's influence in Guandong was not that deep.
It is not easy for the imperial court to arrest some heroes, let alone those who are protected by kings and ministers. Basically, all investigations will be in vain and there will be no accidents.
It was not until the Luo family began to fall that the King of Wu felt fear. The Luo family had been entrenched in Guandong for too many years. Although they had many enemies, they also had many allies. There were even allies of the Luo family in the State of Wu.
He spent two or three months in fear, and only then did he gradually feel relieved and even a little pleased, because it turned out that Luo's family was nothing special.
We can’t even find the State of Wu, let alone find some clues about it.
The subordinates and merchants who had contact with the Chang'an officials at the time have all been dealt with. As long as he and the others do not admit it, there will be no evidence.
Could it be that the Emperor and the Luo family could convict me based on mere speculation?
After hearing so many legends, I actually regarded Luo as an omnipotent god.
If you have the guts, come and arrest me!
King Wu sat in the palace, with countless thoughts churning in his mind. He forced himself to calm down, but it was not so easy. He was still very anxious in his heart, and he didn't even have a way to change.
"Your Majesty, someone from below reported that a member of the Luo family might have entered Gusu."
The words reported by his subjects made King Wu's heart even more alarmed. He did not expect that Luo could actually find this place. He recalled that all the troubles should have been cleaned up, and his heart, which had been tense, relaxed a little.
In the evening, another person hurried in and whispered, "Your Majesty, Young Master Qing of the Luo family has come to Gusu. He has sent you an invitation and hopes to invite you to meet him."
King Wu's figure swayed, his face turned pale in an instant, his heart was pounding violently, his heart was full of fear, and even cold sweat could not be restrained from flowing down. He said with a dry throat: "Did Master Qing say what happened?"
The subordinate was somewhat surprised by King Wu's reaction, but still said, "Your Majesty, the post said that there is an important matter for you to assist with, but Gongzi Qing did not say what it was."
When King Wu heard the word "assistance", he felt relieved a little, thinking that maybe Prince Qing had just arrived and needed his help.
Suddenly he felt confident and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go!"
(End of this chapter)
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