Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said: "It's not easy for the county government to investigate this matter, so let's let Yunxi Pavilion handle it!" ”

The target of the people in the county government is too big, and it is too easy to arouse people's vigilance, so it is better for the people of Yunxi Pavilion to secretly investigate.

Hua Feiyan owed Liu Xiu and responded: "Yes!" Your Majesty! ”

Dong Xuan asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, on the night of the moon, do you still want to visit Luoshui at night?" ”

Liu Xiu Zhengse said: "Of course! And it is necessary to put up notices and make them public. ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... I'm afraid that's not right! ”

Luoshui flows through Luoyang, but not through the urban area of Luoyang, but through the Guo district of Luoyang.

The moat in the south of Luoyang is mainly supplied by Luoshui.

In Dong Xuan's view, now the urban area is not safe, and Guo District is even more dangerous, and the Son of Heaven wants to travel to Luoshui at night, isn't this an opportunity for unscrupulous people to start?

Liu Xiu said: "I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss this matter!" ”

Dong Xuan's brows tightened, but in the end he didn't say anything more.

On the night of the moon, the Son of Heaven wanted to travel to Luoshui at night, and as soon as the notice was hung out, it immediately caused an uproar in Luoyang.

This is not a trivial matter, for ordinary people, this is an opportunity to see the demeanor of the Son of Heaven, and for the big families of the noble family, this is also an opportunity to stand out in front of the world.

On both sides of the Luoshui coast, there are roads along the river, and as soon as Liu Xiu's notice that he wants to visit Luoshui at night is hung out, someone immediately goes to the road along the river to seize the place.

The Son of Heaven travels to Luoshui at night, what you can see is both sides of the Luoshui coast, hanging your own lanterns along the river road, you will be able to see by the Son of Heaven, only your own lanterns are beautiful enough, and the hanging position is eye-catching enough, maybe you can also win the favor of the Son of Heaven.

With this in mind, every family, rich and not, wants to grab a place.

For a time, the road along the river in Luoshui was not lively, people were bustling, in order to seize a conspicuous position, quarrels were common, and even did not hesitate to fight.

The county government had to send a large number of people to patrol here to maintain order.

Zhang Ben also came to Luoshui along the river, looking at the overcrowded riverside road, he frowned, now there are so many people, and by the night of the moon, the people here don't know how many there are, once there are assassins, the situation is really difficult to control.

He was standing on the road and watching, when he suddenly heard someone calling him in the distance, he raised his eyes and looked around, at this time, a boat came up on the river, someone stood on the deck, and waved to Zhang Ben's side.

Zhang Ben took a look, he really knew this person, Xu Zheng.

Zhang Ben showed a look of surprise on his face, and looked at the ship that Xu Zheng was on, it was a very large and beautiful building ship, with three floors up and down, and it was carefully carved.

After a short time, the ship slowly approached the shore, and Xu Zheng, who was standing on the deck, looked down and said with a smile: "County Captain Zhang, get on the boat and sit down!" ”

Zhang Ben didn't want to get on the boat, but seeing that there were too many people along the river, it was difficult to walk, and after thinking about it, he still walked to the dock where the ship docked.

Boarding the deck of the ship, Zhang Ben looked around and smiled at Xu Zheng: "Mr. Xu, your ship is good!" ”

"Let County Lieutenant Zhang smile! County Lieutenant Zhang, please inside! ”

Under the guidance of Xu Zheng, Zhang Ben walked into the cabin.

As soon as he came in, Zhang Ben smelled a strong smell of rouge, and looked around, this was obviously a painting boat, but the women who did not accompany the guests were all Xu Zheng's subordinates, and people were lowering their heads, sketching and drawing, and they didn't know what they were painting.

Zhang Ben curiously walked up to a person and looked down with a look of surprise on his face, who was painting buildings along the Luo River.

After looking at it, he turned around and asked in surprise: "Mr. Xu, this is the ......" Xu Zheng explained: "On the night of the moon, Your Majesty wants to visit Luoshui at night, and the houses and pavilions along the Luoshui need to be investigated clearly. ”

Zhang Ben's eyes flashed, and he nodded secretly, Xu Zheng was really careful enough, now, he was walking the route of His Majesty's night tour in advance, and then recorded which section of the road was relatively dangerous and which section was relatively safe.

He walked back to Xu Zheng and couldn't help but sigh: "It's still Mr. Xu who is rich, and the county government is far behind Mr. Xu." ”

The county government also has boats, but the boats of the county government, compared with Xu Zheng's painting boat, are simply unsightly, it is good to be able to make four or five people on the boat, and the hull is very low, sitting in it, you can't see the buildings along the Luoshui coast at all.

Xu Zheng waved his hand and said happily: "County Lieutenant Zhang misunderstood, this painting boat is not under it, but borrowed by the flower beauty." ”

Zhang Ben said with feeling: "If the money of the county government can be as sufficient as Yunxi Pavilion, why can't Dong County Ling and I even raise our heads in front of Your Majesty." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ben shook his head helplessly and smiled, smiling bitterly.

Xu Zheng's face was straight, and he said: "Hua Meiren has already explained, this painting boat, the county government can call it at any time, if County Lieutenant Zhang can be trusted, these drawn by the brothers can also be viewed by County Lieutenant Zhang at any time." ”

When Zhang Ben heard this, his eyes lit up and asked, "Can I borrow this boat?" ”

"Of course you can, this is what the flower beauty explained."

Zhang Ben's face was overjoyed, and he bowed his hand to Xu Zheng and said, "Mr. Xu must thank Hua Meiren on my behalf when he sees Hua Meiren." ”

As he spoke, he looked east, west, left and right, and said excitedly: "With this painting boat, it has helped the county government a lot!" ”

Xu Zheng said with a smile: "County Lieutenant Zhang is not polite, we are all doing things for Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Ben nodded again and again, and then summoned all the men he brought to the painting boat, and like Xu Zheng's men, they also drew architectural drawings along the Luoshui River.

To make a long story short, this day has finally arrived at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the folk have had the tradition of sacrificing the day of the spring equinox, the summer solstice sacrificing the ground, the autumn equinox sacrificing the moon, and the winter solstice sacrificing the sky.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is the festival of the autumn equinox to the moon.

After the early dynasty, Liu Xiu went to the Changqiu Palace, and at the same time asked Yin Lihua, Xu Xiling, Xi Cheying, and Hua Feiyan to be invited to the Changqiu Palace.

When everyone arrived, Guo Shengtong asked first: "Your Majesty, are you going to visit Luoshui at night tonight?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded with a smile and said, "On the eve of this year, I want to leave the palace and have fun with all the people." ”

He was in Changqiu Palace, and it was for this reason that he gathered the concubines of each palace.

Seeing the joy on people's faces, Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said meaningfully: "Tonight's night tour of Luoshui, I'm afraid it may not be smooth sailing." ”

Guo Shengtong was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "How can Your Majesty say this?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "There are many assassins with bad intentions hidden in the city, and I think they will not miss this opportunity, and will definitely take advantage of this opportunity and wait for the opportunity." ”

Hearing this, Guo Shengtong and the others' faces changed, and she subconsciously said: "Then Your Majesty is swimming in Luoshui at night, isn't it very dangerous?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Of course, there is a risk, but it is also a good opportunity to lure out the assassins and wipe them out in one fell swoop." ”

As he spoke, he looked around at everyone and said, "This trip is unpredictable, you can stay in the palace." ”

As soon as his words fell, Yin Lihua said: "On the night of the moon, Your Majesty is traveling, how can there be a reason not to bring concubines?"

The concubines will accompany His Majesty on the journey. ”

Hearing Yin Lihua's words, Liu Xiu hadn't said anything yet, Guo Shengtong immediately answered: "The concubine is the queen, so naturally she has to travel with Your Majesty." ”

Xu Xiling and Xi Cheying naturally did not want to stay in the palace, and both expressed their willingness to follow Liu Xiu and travel to Luoshui at night.

Hua Feiyan frowned secretly, traveling in Luoshui at night tonight, His Majesty is actually using his body as bait, if the concubines in the harem have to follow, it will be really unpredictable.

She looked at Liu Xiu and whispered, "Your Majesty......" Liu Xiu waved her hand.

He did think about it, and he didn't bring harem concubines on tonight's night tour, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was really inappropriate to do so.

For such a big event, he traveled alone, and he didn't bring any of the concubines in the harem, so he didn't know how much gossip he would provoke, and the assassins hiding in the shadows would also be suspicious.

Liu Xiu said to Hua Feiyan: "Tonight, we need to prepare a few more escort ships, and we will be prepared in case of emergency." ”

Hua Feiyan and Liu Xiu looked at each other for a moment, nodded, and said, "Feiyan understands." ”

The boat Liu Xiu was riding on was a huge building ship, built by Jing Zhaoyin of Chang'an, with a total of six floors and a height of seven zhang.

In fact, this was far from the highest level of shipbuilding at that time.

For example, Gongsun Shu, who occupied the land of Shu, built a building ship with more than ten floors.

With Chang'an's shipbuilding standards, it is not so difficult to build a building ship with more than ten floors.

It's just that because of the frequent wars, Chang'an's talents have withered, the number of craftsmen has decreased sharply, and it takes too long to build a giant building ship with more than ten floors.

Wang Mang's rebellion, as well as the subsequent rebellion of local secession, defeated the foundation of the Western Han Dynasty naval army.

You must know that in the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty naval army, there were more than 4,000 large and small warships, and there were 200,000 naval troops.

This time, Chang'an Jingzhao Yin provided Luoyang with more than ten building ships, three of which were six-story ships, and the other dozen ships, ranging from three to five floors.

Liu Xiu chose a six-story building ship for his own use, the other two six-story building ships as escorts, and the remaining dozen building ships were borrowed for the use of ministers.

That night, Liu Xiu and the harem concubines went out of the city from Pingchengmen, walked Pingchengmen North Street, and came to the royal Luoshui dock.

When Liu Xiu arrived, there were already many people in the dock, all of whom were ministers of the court and their families.

Seeing Liu Xiu with Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua and others present, everyone present bowed down and saluted.

Liu Xiu waved his hand to everyone, he first walked up to the third duke, and asked with a smile, "Have you ever seen a ship?" ”

Wu Han arched his hand and smiled: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already seen it, it is very strong!" ”

Liu Xiu laughed, he glanced around Wu Han, Fu Zhan, and Song Hong, but didn't see their family members, and asked puzzledly, "Didn't all the gentlemen bring their family members here?" ”

"Bring, bringing!"

Wu Han beckoned to the side.

On the side of the woman, a woman walked out.

She came to Liu Xiu's approach, blessed herself, and said, "Concubine to see Your Majesty!" ”

Wu Han has a wife, but the woman he brought is not his wife, but Qin Ziwen.

Liu Xiu is naturally no stranger to Qin Ziwen, Qin Ziwen was originally Xie Gong's wife, but later Wu Han killed Xie Gong, and by the way, he snatched Qin Ziwen to his side.

Wu Han had also asked Liu Xiu before that he planned to make Qin Ziwen his wife, but Liu Xiu did not agree.

Later, he proposed to set up Qin Ziwen as his wife, but Liu Xiu did not agree.

To be more precise, Liu Xiu didn't want Wu Han to keep the woman Qin Ziwen by his side.

Wu Han mentioned it twice, and when he saw that Liu Xiu was not fake to Qin Ziwen, he stopped mentioning it after that.

Participating in such a grand event this time, Wu Han would bring Qin Ziwen out, and Liu Xiu was also quite surprised.

Looking at Qin Ziwen, who was giving a salute to him, Liu Xiu frowned secretly, if it weren't for Wu Han's face, he really wanted to let people drag this woman away.

Although Xie Gong is Liu Xiu's enemy, he is also a respectable opponent, his wife, after his death, was a concubine by Ziyan's side with peace of mind, which made Liu Xiu feel very uncomfortable, and Liu Xiu did not have any good impression of Qin Ziwen, a woman.

Liu Xiu looked at Qin Ziwen, didn't speak, he didn't speak, Qin Ziwen had to maintain a gesture of blessing and courtesy, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Of course, Wu Han knew that Liu Xiu had prejudices against Qin Ziwen, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this grand event to improve His Majesty's impression of Ziwen, but he didn't expect that now things have become difficult to ride a tiger.

He turned his eyes to Guo Shengtong beside Liu Xiu.

The relationship between Wu Han and Guo Shengtong is very good, and when Liu Xiu fought in Hebei in the past, Guo Shengtong, who was with the army, also received a lot of care from Wu Han.

Seeing Wu Han's plea eyes for help, Guo Shengtong secretly pulled down Liu Xiu's sleeve and whispered, "Your Majesty! ”