Speaking of which, Cai Jue has also lived in the State Pastoral Mansion for more than a month, but he has not really seen Liu Xin a few times, and he has even less to say. Although she was just a child, she was also very shy, and when she heard Cai Yan push everything on her, her baby face had already turned red.

Ma Yun caught a glimpse of the kite in Cai Jue's hand, became excited, took Cai Jue's hand and said, "Go, I'll teach you to fly a kite." ”

As she walked to the middle of the meadow, she beckoned, "Rui'er, Yu'er, come to see my mother fly a kite!" ”

As the kite rose higher and higher, the children's laughter spread farther and farther, and the sorrow in Ma Yun's heart seemed to gradually disappear......

In the Luoyang Palace, Liu Hong was lying on a low couch, and Zhao Zhong picked up a piece of spice from the sandalwood box, held it in both hands, and handed it over respectfully. Liu Hong took it casually, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and a strong aroma was refreshing. He glanced at the frustration who was standing at the foot of the stairs with his hands out of the corner of his eye, and said lightly: "Liu Xin said in the chapter that this incense is a tribute intercepted by Zhang Zhi, since it is a tribute, why haven't I seen it before?" However, this incense is really good, hundreds of times better than the rhino incense from the Western Regions. ”

This time, the tax escort into Beijing did not need to be sent in person.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", Confucianism has completely occupied a dominant position in the culture of the Han Dynasty, and the strategist Fu Zhu is no exception, and he has received a traditional Confucian education since he was a child.

In the early days of following Liu Xin, Fu Zhu was not very optimistic about this young man. What really changed his thinking was when Liu Xin put him in charge of the Phantom Spy. Since he is a secret spy, most of the things he does are very secretive, and he has also discovered many secrets that outsiders can't understand. Many secrets have to be reported to Fu Zhi first, and it can be seen from these secrets that in the past, in the eyes of Fu Zhu, those ministers and doctors who were dignified and sanctimonious, and there were a few who were not satisfied with benevolence, righteousness and morality, but behind them were male thieves and female prostitutes. In contrast, Liu Xin's determination to forge ahead, his pragmatic style, and his fruitful changes all convinced him.

Therefore, Fu Zhu took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Luoyang, and he must try to make the emperor completely dispel his doubts about Liu Xin.

At this time, he didn't know that Liu Xin had already moved his mind to dominate the world, and when he heard Liu Hong's question, he hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the lower officials also felt that this spice was a tribute, and there was a lack of evidence. But the state pastor said that Zhang Zhi hid this spice in a very stable place, which shows that it is extremely precious, and such a precious good thing is only worthy of the emperor, so it should naturally be a tribute. ”

Liu Hong showed a smile on his face and said: "Good things are only worthy of the emperor's possession, well said, Liu Xin, this kid is a little interesting." ”

This time, Zhao Zhong was responsible for the recovery of tax arrears in Jingzhou, but Zhao Zhong did not get any benefits, and hated Liu Xin even more in his heart, so he put on a flattering look and said: "Good things are naturally only worthy of the emperor." Although Liu Xin's words are good, he killed the minister without evidence, and he was even more bold enough to sell his official position privately, which is already an unforgivable crime. ”

Zhang Rang was also waiting on the side at this time, and he knew the true meaning of the phrase "take people's money and eliminate disasters with others", so he cleared his throat and said: "Lord Zhao's words also have some truth. However, your majesty, you can still remember that when Liu Xin released the tax payment the year before last, he said that Jiangxia and other four counties refused to listen to his orders, so they owed part of the taxes to the imperial court. So in the slave's mind, Liu Xin must have been forced to do this. And the emperor once said that if there is really someone who disobeys the order, he can act cheaply with Liu Xin, and for this reason, the slave maid also gave him an edict. ”

Liu Hong asked with a puzzled face, "Oh, did I say it?" Why don't you remember. ”

Zhang Rang's face did not change at all, and said: "Your Majesty, you have a lot of opportunities, these little things are naturally not in your heart, but what you said is engraved in your heart!" ”

Zhao Zhong naturally refused to let go of this opportunity to pat himself on the back, and echoed in a loud voice: "Yes, the emperor's words, the slaves and maids dare not forget it for a moment!" ”

Fu Zhu could hear from Zhang Rang's words that the edict he gave to Liu Xin was really fake, and it did not go through the hands of the emperor, but fortunately he did not rely on this edict.

Liu Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned to frustration: "Tell me, what's going on this time?" ”

Fu Zhu hurriedly said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, it is true that as Lord Zhang said, Lord Zhou Mu also made this decision as a last resort. The governor knew that in recent years, the imperial court had to clean up the Yellow Turban rebellion and help the people of the world, which had cost a lot of money, and he urgently needed the taxes to be paid in various places. He is a relative of the Han family, but he can't share the emperor's worries, so he often restless. Later, he received a government order from Lord Zhao to collect the payment within a time limit, so he had to use force to recover. It has been ascertained that these guards not only refused to pay taxes, but also committed many illegal acts. Take Lingling Taishou Zhang Zhi as an example, he has repeatedly tried to murder the state pastor, and has robbed the tax revenue transported from Guiyang to the imperial court many times, it is indeed innocent! Please also ask the emperor to take a look! ”

Zhao Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his rhetoric, even if those who are too guarded are damned, he Liu Xin can't sell his official position without authorization." ”

Liu Hong's favorite things in his life are nothing more than two things, one is money, and the other is women. Liu Xin's recital clearly stated that he sold three Taishou positions, and the proceeds were not retained, and all the money was paid to Luoyang. And the strange spice he is holding in his hand now is the favorite thing of women, thinking of this, Liu Hong said disapprovingly: "Mother, since Liu Xin has already sent the money, it can't be regarded as selling officials without authorization, but really helping me sell officials!" ”

Zhang Rang saw the opportunity and hurriedly said: "The emperor is sage! ”

Zhao Zhong also wanted to give Liu Xin some more eye medicine, but Liu Hong had already said with a straight face: "Jingzhou Mu Liu Xin's loyalty to me is beyond doubt, and no one is allowed to slander me again in the future, otherwise he will never be forgiven!" Father, I remember that Liu Xin proposed to find a piece of land to build a house in the capital, how did this go? ”

In fact, Zhang Rang had already found this land, but it had already been taken by him as his own, and when he heard Liu Hong suddenly ask about it, he rolled his eyes and said: "Back to the emperor, there is nothing difficult about this land." It's just that the slave maid is a little worried, if Liu Xin has a house in Luoyang, he will not put all his thoughts on Jingzhou, and it will inevitably be difficult to do things at that time, so he thinks it is better to drag him first. ”

Liu Hong no longer has any suspicions about Liu Xin now, he picked up the spices and sniffed them again, and said to Fu Zhu: "You go back and tell Liu Xin, let him not keep thinking about going back to the capital, and work in Jingzhou for a few more years, I will not treat him badly." Step aside! ”

Frustrated and left the main hall, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, this trip to the capital was finally worthy of his mission.

As soon as Liu Hong saw that he was frustrated, he showed a smile and said to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong: "Father, Mother, are you ready?" ”

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong laughed together: "Back to the emperor, it has been done a long time ago." ”

It turned out that in addition to letting the palace maids only wear open-file pants, Liu Hong now has a new hobby, that is, watching the palace maids bathe. His hobby is not to see which palace maid bathe, but to watch a group of palace maids bathe. At that time, there were no particularly large baths, and if you wanted to see a group of women bathing, I am afraid that only he, the emperor, could do it.

Liu Hong sat on the couch, and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong accompanied him. Around them, thirty-six large barrels circled them. Unlike ordinary tubs, these barrels are not very high, and people standing in them are just knee-high, but they are so wide that three or four people can sit in them at the same time without feeling very crowded. Now there are two or three palace maids in each barrel, the room is lightly mist, the snow-white and slippery ** in the barrel rises and falls, the silver laughter is endless, and the sound of the water is even more incredible.

When the palace maids bathed, Liu Hong always asked people to add the rhino incense to the water, and then poured the water after their bathing into the ditch channel outside the palace wall, and the fragrance often wafted out more than ten miles away, and the ditch was called the incense canal from then on. Today, the palace maids bathed with this unknown spice offered by Liu Xin. Liu Xin didn't know the true origin of these spices, so he didn't dare to say the name and efficacy of this spice, and Liu Hong and Zhang Rang had no way of knowing. However, the spice was already very strong, and under the action of hot water, it was mixed with the breath of a woman, which penetrated into Liu Hong's nostrils, making his heart ripple.

Liu Hong indulges in lust all the year round, his body and bones are not as good as day by day, and his interest comes and goes faster. Liu Hong asked the palace maids to wear open pants, just to be more convenient when he was interested, and later, he had to watch the palace maids take a bath to raise his interest.

To his surprise, today, looking at the rippling scenery in front of him and smelling the intoxicating fragrance, a certain part of Liu Hong's body had an unprecedentedly strong reaction, he couldn't wait to shake off the dragon robe, and lay down into the big wooden barrel closest to him in one step. In a few moments, the sound of blood-pumping moans and gasps echoed in the spacious and tall palace......

After a full hour, Liu Hong leaned on the edge of the barrel with satisfaction, not only him, but also the two palace maids in the barrel were also paralyzed. After resting for a while, Liu Hongcai dried himself and changed his clothes under the waiting of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

Zhang Rang said flatteringly: "The emperor was really powerful just now!" ”

Zhao Zhong's face was even more like a smile, and he said: "The emperor's majesty is really better than when he was a teenager!" ”

Liu Hong exhaled a breath of turbid air very comfortably, and said: "Yes, I haven't lived so happily for a long time, I didn't expect that the strange fragrance sent by Liu Xin has such a miraculous effect, I reward him heavily!" ”

Liu Hong is not stupid, he knows very well what his body is, and he can have today's performance, except for benefiting from this unknown spice, he really can't find any other reason to explain. In fact, even Liu Xin didn't know that this spice also had the effect of "Viagra", because he was already too powerful and didn't need to use any external force at all.

Zhao Zhong heard Liu Hong say that he would reward Liu Xin, and he was not angry, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Liu Xin is now the Mu of Jingzhou and the Marquis of Xiangyang, and his status is really very high, and there is no reward for him. ”

Liu Hong pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Then make him king!" ”