Chapter 36: Li Quan faces the saint
Li Quan took the Tianyan personnel all the way to Luoyang, and whenever he arrived in the county seat, he chatted loudly with his subordinates in the restaurant about the battle of guarding Xiangping and Liucheng, so as to attract people to promote Li Huiyi's reputation.
On this day, Li Quan and his subordinates came to Julu, Yizhou, and found the restaurant with the most local people to live in, and began to go downstairs to eat with his subordinates.
At this time, someone asked Li Quan in disbelief, "I see that you are all bragging, and tens of thousands of people defeated the 300,000 troops of Wuhuan to attack the city, and also recovered Liucheng, anyway, I don't believe it."
Li Quan has already seen a lot of such people these days, so he said, "If you don't believe it, you can go to Xiangping to investigate, at this time, that Wuhuan Shan Yu is still imprisoned in Xiangping by my lord, waiting for the Son of Heaven to fall."
At this time, someone said, "That big man, you don't believe that you went to Xiangping to see, we can believe in the big Han Tianwei, and the little Wuhuan is not ready to be captured." Your Excellency, go on, and everyone is listening."
I saw that the person who asked the question was squeezed out of the listening circle by several people, and Li Quan continued to spit in the lecture there.
At this time, a middle-aged man at the table next to him listened carefully, and occasionally nodded frequently when Li Quan spoke wonderfully. I saw him say to himself, "When did the big man come out with such a great talent, it seems that he has been in the mountains for a long time, and he no longer understands the things outside the mountains, it is time to go out of the mountains to visit, I hope this person is the person I am looking for."
Li Quan finally arrived in Luoyang a month later after a speech, Li Quan looked at the Luoyang City in front of him and sighed, "If you hadn't met the lord, you might have been a thief on Youzhou Mountain for the rest of your life, and you wouldn't have seen such a prosperous Luoyang."
After speaking, he led his subordinates to the post station and came to the door of the post station, Li Quan took out the document and said to the guard at the door, "Little brother, as soon as the trouble is announced, it will be said that the lieutenant of Xiangping County has come to Beijing to report the victory, and this is a document."
The guard at the door took the paperwork and replied, "Please wait, I'll report right away."
Li Quan waited for a while, and then saw the post chief hurriedly come out and say, "Is the document true?" If you falsely report your war exploits, you will destroy the Nine Clans!"
Li Quan said, "It's true, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to Xiangping to check."
"Good! Good! Good! Someone has prepared the best room, and I will report the matter to the court as soon as possible, and you can rest here and wait for Your Majesty to summon you." After speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the post station with the paperwork.
When Li Quan rested at the post station, he got up and beckoned his subordinates to carry ten boxes of jewels to Zhang's mansion.
When he arrived at Zhang's house, Li Quan asked someone to go up and knock on the door.
When the door opened, a person looked at Li Quan and said, "Who are you, what are you doing in my Zhang Mansion?"
Li Quanjin said with a slanderous eyebrow, "I am the lieutenant of Xiangping County, and I am here to visit Lord Zhang Rang on the orders of my family."
The man said proudly, "My master has fallen asleep, you guys are coming tomorrow!"
Li Quan took out the money bag and secretly stuffed it into the pocket of the subordinate and said, "Big brother is convenient, I really have something to do, this little bit of heart to invite big brother to have a cup of tea."
The man touched his pocket and said, "Okay, don't take it as an example, you wait here, I'll report it, if my master is gone, then I can't do anything."
Li Quan said, "Whether it succeeds or not, we will not be entangled."
The man turned around and went back to report, and after a while he came back and said, "Come with me, don't get lost, I won't be able to save your life then."
Li Quan and the others followed closely to the subordinates, only to see the subordinates walking around with Li Quan and the others, and finally stopped at the door of a luxurious room after a quarter of an hour.
The subordinate went up and said cautiously, "Master, the person has been brought."
A duck voice came from inside the door and said, "Bring it in."
After listening to the subordinate taking Li Quan into the room alone, the subordinate welcomed Li Quan into the door, and then withdrew and closed the door by himself.
Li Quan entered the house and saw Zhang Rang sitting there, so he stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The villain has seen Master Zhang, and my family often mentions you."
Zhang Rang said, "Say, what did Li Huiyi call you to do, did you hear that the Yuan family and the Wang family impeached him for killing innocents indiscriminately, so he came to save his life?"
Li Quan said innocently, "My lord is wronged! The Wang family and the Yuan family colluded with Wuhuan to attack Xiangping, and my family and the people of the city were the same enemy to defend Xiangping, but I didn't expect that the Yuan family and the Wang family also sent someone to assassinate them. So I specially asked the villain to come to Beijing to report the results of this battle, and by the way, I brought some souvenirs to the adults."
Zhang Rang asked, "I don't know what the souvenir is?"
Li Quan shouted to the door, "Bring the box in and show it to Master Zhang."
When the people at the door heard it, they immediately carried it in and opened the box, only to see Zhang Rang look at the box, "Said with a smile, you have worked hard, or Li Huiyi knows my heart!"
Li Quan borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and said, "Yes, my family also asked me to bring a letter to Mr. Zhang."
After speaking, he took out the letter and handed it to Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang opened the letter, and after reading it, he asked seriously, "Does Li Huiyi really say so?"
Li Quan didn't know what was written in the letter, so he replied, "Yes, this letter is the heartfelt words of my family."
"Good! When you go back today, prepare well, and tomorrow I will definitely say a few kind words in front of Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Lord Zhang, then I won't disturb your rest." After speaking, he led people out of Zhang's mansion.
Li Quan waited for the summons of Emperor Ling of Han at the post station the next day, and a small yellow gate came to the post station about an hour and asked, "Who is called Li Quan?"
Li Quan stepped forward and said, "Lord Angel, my name is Li Quan."
"Your Majesty summoned, let's go with our family." After speaking, he walked ahead proudly.
Li Quan hurriedly followed, walked to Xiao Huangmen's side and stuffed him with a money bag, and then said, "Lord Angel has worked hard, and the little meaning is not respectful, I hope Lord Angel will take more care of him on the road."
Xiao Huangmen touched the money bag and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
In front of the main hall of Weiyang Palace, Xiao Huangmen said, "You wait here, don't move around at will, otherwise you will lose your life, don't blame our family."
Li Quan hurriedly said, "Thank you Lord Angel for reminding me, the small ones must pay attention."
When Xiaohuangmen entered not long ago, he heard the summons of the court, and Li Quan came to the hall under the guidance of others, and immediately knelt down and said, "The county lieutenant of Xiangping has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said, "I heard that Li Huiyi broke Wuhuan in Xiangping, but it's true."
Li Quan said, "Back to Your Majesty, it is true, this is the merit of this battle, please take a look at it."
Emperor Han Ling said, "Bring it up."
After reading it, Emperor Han Ling said, "Okay, Li Huiyi is really a great Han Liang Zhu, unlike some people who only slander in the court, Lord Yuan, Lord Wang, you say yes?"
Yuan Kui and Wang Yun immediately knelt down and said, "The ministers are guilty, please punish Your Majesty."
Emperor Han Ling said, "A few days ago, you said that Li Huiyi killed you and other clansmen indiscriminately, but Li Huiyi told me that the Wang family and the Yuan family colluded with Wuhuan and intended to rebel, what else do you have to say?"
Yuan Kui and Wang Yun were sweating profusely and said, "I hope Your Majesty will investigate clearly, and we will swear allegiance to Your Majesty!"
Emperor Han Ling said, "Forgive me for not daring to wait, but the crime of slander is inevitable, so I will deduct you from waiting for three years, if there is a next time, you will go home to recuperate"!
Yuan Kui and Wang Yun hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Emperor Han Ling said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Huiyi has made such a great contribution, how should he be rewarded!"
The subordinate ministers were silent, and at this time Zhang Rang whispered to Emperor Han Ling, and Emperor Han Li said after listening, "Since no one speaks, then Li Huiyi will be appointed as the general of Liaodong Taishou, supervising the military affairs of the three counties of Liaoxi, Xuansu, and Lelang, and has suppressed all the different races in the north." Chen Gong is the county lieutenant, Zhang He and Gao Shun are the captains, Tian Chou is the captain of the Wuhuan school, and everyone Aiqing can have objections."
Yuan Kui, Wang Yun and their faction had just been suppressed, and they didn't dare to come out to speak, and Cao Cao, Cai Yong, Zhu Yun and others were friends with Li Huiyi, and the rest of them naturally wouldn't come out when they saw it.
Zhang Rang saw that no one spoke, so he said, "The county lieutenant is not ready to accept the order."
Li Quan immediately said, "The minister accepts the order, thank Your Majesty Long En."
Emperor Han Ling said, "If you have nothing to do, go down, go back and tell Li Aiqing not to disappoint me."
Li Quan said, "Yes, the minister must bring it."
After Li Quan came back from the palace, he took his subordinates to publicize the Battle of Wuhuan everywhere, and everyone in Luoyang knew about it.
Three days later, when Li Quan visited Zhu Yun, Cao Cao and others and was about to return to Xiangping, someone suddenly came to report that Zhang Rang had invited him to come over to the house.
After Li Quan heard this, he immediately came to Zhang's house, and when the people at the door of Zhang's house saw it, they immediately took him to Zhang Rang's room.
Zhang Rang saw Li Quan coming and said, "Your Majesty's will has been made, when are you going to go back?"
Li Quan replied, "I'll leave today, I don't know what arrangements Master Zhang has"?
Zhang Rang took out a letter and handed it to Li Quan and said, "Go back and tell General Li that I am waiting in Luoyang, don't let me down."
Li Quan said, "Lord Zhang, I will definitely bring it."
"Okay, then you should hurry up and set off, don't let the general wait for a long time." After speaking, he sent Li Quan away.
On the way back, Li Quan began to recruit troops and horses, laying a solid foundation for Tianyan.