Chapter 41: The Daqian Dynasty in Turbulence
Zhiruo smiled mischievously and looked at the fruits beside Liu Hu's bed.
Liu Hu nodded, and sighed in his heart: "I feel that Zhiruo is not Lanxin's child, but more like Huaying's child. She is also good at calculating and will not suffer any loss."
When Zhiruo saw Liu Hu nod, she immediately brought the fruit beside the bed to the table, picked up a pear that was bigger than her hand, and started to eat it.
While eating, he said: "There are many people, Su Xiucai from the east of the village, Li the blacksmith from the west of the village, Zhang the shopkeeper from the south of the village, and Uncle Wang from the north of the village..."
Listening to Zhiruo's words, Liu Hu almost exploded with anger. It seemed that so many people were thinking about his wife. What was the purpose? Were they trying to take over while he was away?
There is one in each of the east, south, west and north. What? Do you want to gather the four great beasts, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise, and summon the dragon?
Liu Hu was anxious and didn't want to wait any longer. He shouted to the outside of the door, "A Si, come here."
He was furious but didn't care at all. Zhiruo's big eyes showed a cunning look, as if her evil plan had succeeded.
Ah Si was eating, and Luo Fanchen was resting on the table. When he heard Liu Hu yelling, he turned over and went upstairs without caring about anything else, and rushed in and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Boss, you're lying on the kang."
If Liu Hu was able to move, he guaranteed that he would want to beat Ah Si to death at this moment for actually saying such words in front of Zhiruo.
When Ah Si came in and saw Zhi Ruo, he smiled foolishly and said, "Boss, what's wrong?"
"Take me to the capital." Liu Hu already had a plan to deal with Xiao Leng in his mind. He originally wanted to take a rest, but now he didn't want to rest for a moment.
Ah Si said with some difficulty: "Boss, can your body hold on?"
Running around for so many days would be exhausting for a normal person , let alone Liu Hu who was seriously injured.
"It's okay." Liu Hu said coldly, not caring about the injuries on his body .
Liu Hu now didn't even have the strength to stand up, but his tone remained firm and he didn't allow anyone to refuse.
Asi knew Liu Hu's character. As long as Liu Hu made up his mind, no one could change , so he had to put Liu Hu on the chair.
"Little darling, can you go back to your mother? Uncle has some things to do. Tomorrow, uncle will be able to accompany you." Liu Hu forced a smile and said to Zhiruo.
Ever since Xuemei called Zhiruo "little bun", Liu Hu also felt that the nickname sounded nice and started calling her that too.
Zhiruo nodded, and then, not caring about the fruit on the table rolling to the ground, she ran to Liu Hu, raised her head and whispered, "Uncle, take care of yourself."
Who wouldn't like such a well-behaved little girl? Liu Hu smiled warmly and continued, "Don't worry, the person who can hurt me hasn't been born yet."
"Boss, didn't you just get injured? Ouch." Liu Hu twisted Asi's shoulder and his big mouth immediately opened wide, letting out a breath of cold air.
"A wounded person has such great strength." Ah Si muttered to himself, but did not dare to continue.
Zhiruo pulled Liu Hu's hand obediently, made a pinky promise and said, "Uncle, let's pinky promise. Promise me that you must come back alive."
She didn't know what Liu Hu was going to do, nor who he was going to face, but she clearly felt Liu Hu's murderous aura, which was as scary as the "bandits" a few days ago.
After making the promise, Zhiruo went to the table and picked up the food in her arms. She looked at the remaining food with some reluctance, looked at it a few more times, and then returned to the room.
Ah Si has a straightforward personality. Seeing Zhiruo being so sensible, he pretended to cough and said, "Boss, your daughter is really sensible."
"Of course." Which parent would not feel proud when their daughter is praised by others? Liu Hu was no exception and even raised his head.
Ah Si saw that Liu Hu was happy, and tried to test him: "Since you have such an obedient daughter, don't make trouble outside. It's easy to hurt Lan Xianzi, and..."
Seeing Liu Hu's murderous eyes, Asi quickly shut up and took Liu Hu downstairs.
Luo Fanchen had just sat down to rest for a while and was was woken up by Ah Si's actions. He was not surprised and continued, "Boss, are we going to do it now?"
"How's the situation in Shangjing?" Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. No one knows the situation in Shangjing better than Luo Fanchen.
Luo Fanchen took out a letter from his robe and began to read.
'Last night, Xiao Leng gathered all the assassins he had secretly trained and gathered them in the palace, but they did not take any action. Rumor has it that Xiao Leng and Emperor Xiao Han had a dispute.'
'Xiao Leng insisted that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to clean up the government, eliminate dissidents, and deal with all the rebels, but the emperor seemed a little scared and insisted on waiting for definite news.'
Liu Hu nodded. The pressure on the emperor over the years was effective. Even if he was gone, he would not dare to act rashly.
These were all within Liu Hu's expectations, and he was not surprised to hear Luo Fanchen's report.
"Among the ministers, 30% of them are on the emperor's side, and some even suggest finding your body and crushing it to dust." Even a bold man like Luo Fanchen was a little scared when he said this.
It's really too much to curse someone to such an extent.
Looking at Liu Hu again, he seemed fine, his facial expression didn't even change. Luo Fanchen saw that Liu Hu was normal before continuing.
"Zheng Peng led 300,000 troops stationed around Shangjing, and it is said that he wanted to force the emperor to abdicate. Xiao Leng wanted to summon the second and third corps, but the two corps commanders did not respond, neither agreeing nor refusing."
All of this was within Liu Hu's expectations. Among all the corps, the First Corps was the strongest and the largest. The other corps had only 200,000 people, but the First Corps had a full 300,000 people.
These were carefully selected. Each of them had followed Liu Hu in his campaigns and had fought in no less than a hundred battles, large and small.
Moreover, Liu Hu still had 300,000 troops stationed in Lingnan. Even if he died, no one knew whether these 300,000 would rebel. No one was willing to take the risk and help Xiao Leng at this time.
"I see." Liu Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "Has Zheng Peng made his move now?"
In Liu Hu's mind, it was not the time to break off relations with the imperial court. If he killed Xiao Han, the entire Daqian would rise up and the situation would be out of control.
Luo Fanchen looked at the message in his hand again: "I heard that Xiao Leng will go to negotiate with Zheng Peng tonight. I think Zheng Peng will take action tomorrow morning."
No matter what conditions Xiao Leng offered, Luo Fanchen believed that Zheng Peng would not accept them. Moreover, the First Corps would always be loyal to Liu Hu, not Daqian.
Liu Hu nodded and said, "Let's go to Zheng Peng's camp first and capture Xiao Leng alive."
