Chapter 157 - Overcast Clouds

In Luoyang City, it stands to reason that the first thing you see when you climb high and look far away is the imperial palace. As the saying goes, under the whole world, could it be the land of the king, and the shore of the land, could it be the courtiers of the king. In Luoyang, the eastern capital, the tallest building should naturally be the imperial palace, but in reality it is not, but a vast and extremely luxurious manor.

Whose manor is this? How dare the emperor build so high?

A young servant in the courtyard carried his robe and skirt, walked in the wide courtyard, bypassed the overlapping courtyard rooms, came to a big house in the middle, and walked in cautiously.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhao please see me."

"Zhao Zhong is here, tsk tsk, let him in."

The person sitting on the main seat in the house has a white face, a soft voice, and is extremely luxuriously dressed. He looks like a wealthy businessman, but there is always a strange feeling in his words and deeds.

The servant came out in response, and after a short while, another person came in. He was also white and beardless, with a feminine appearance, and was also very luxuriously dressed. The temperament of the two people was very similar.

"Mr. Zhang, this old Huangfu really doesn't know what's good and what's wrong, it's too much!"

As soon as this person walked in, he cursed loudly before he could sit down, and his fair face was flushed red, feeling aggrieved.

"Zhao Zhong, what are you in a hurry for? Sit down and talk slowly. We are all close ministers of the emperor. Don't lose your bearing in every move." He held the position of Zhongchangshi in the palace, so he was called the Ten Changshi. Since he served Lingdi since he was a child, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was very good. Lingdi even called Zhang Rang his father and Zhao Zhong his mother.

Zhao Zhong sat down, a servant from Zhang Rang's mansion had already stepped forward and poured honey water for Zhao Zhong.

Zhao Zhong took a sip of honey water, calmed down, and then hummed: "Mr. Zhang, Huangfu was ordered by the emperor to serve in Jizhou. When he saw a certain house purchased in Yecheng, he wrote a letter to the emperor. Yu Mou, is it too ignorant for you to talk about this old thing?"

After Zhang Rang heard this, he hummed and shrugged his shoulders.

"It's a good thing that Zuo Cheqi didn't let Zuo Cheqi see the manor that a certain bought here, otherwise I'm afraid that he will write a letter asking His Majesty to blame him?"

Zhang Rang built this manor to be taller than the buildings in the palace. He was afraid that Emperor Ling would punish him if he saw it, so he told Emperor Ling that "the son of heaven must not climb high, and there will be great disaster if he climbs high." Looking far away, he couldn't see Zhang Rang's manor.

Zhao Zhong followed with a dry laugh, frowned and said, "I said Mr. Zhang, we can't just sit and wait for death, right? This old man Huangfu took impeachment letters everywhere because of his own merits, and let him be so tyrannical after defeating the three brothers Zhang Jiao. If Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang are defeated again, this Zuoche General will become a Hussar General?"

Although Huangfusong was upright, he was not lacking in political wisdom. He had a low official position before and did not provoke the ten regular servants. Everyone did not violate the river, but Huangfusong became the general of the left chariot, and immediately dared to write a letter to impeach Zhao Zhong. If he was promoted further, he would probably be beaten and killed.

Zhang Rang put down the honey water in his hand, and a cold light flashed in his narrowed eyes.

"Hmph! This Huangfusong didn't just offend you by writing a letter, he didn't even give a certain face."

Zhao Zhong was surprised: "This Huangfu Song doesn't even give Zhang Gong face?"

Zhang Rang said with a sneer: "I heard that he won a big battle in Jizhou, at least he seized tens of millions of dollars from Hebei, and an envoy asked him for fifty million dollars. What do you think Huangfusong said?"

"No?"

"Hey, he said that the victory depends on the bloody battle of the soldiers and the blessings of His Majesty. There is no credit for being an "eunuch"!"

When Zhang Rang said this, he deliberately imitated Huangfusong's tone, but he was an eunuch, and his voice was high-pitched, with a bit of a general's air, but it was like a crow flapping its wings and screaming.

Zhao Zhong's face became even angrier, he slapped his palm on the table, and took it back in pain, and said with a dry smile: "This Huangfu Song is so disrespectful to us, we must show him some color. And that Shangshu Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, They are all good people, relying on their military exploits, they don't pay attention to us, the emperor's close officials, and sooner or later let this Huangfusong and Lu Zhi experience the taste of prison."

Zhang Rang nodded, but said with a deep expression: "It's not possible now, we have to wait."

The Yellow Turban Rebellion spread all over the world. Thanks to Huangfusong's actions, Changsha burned down 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves, and then wiped out the three brothers Zhang Jiao in Hebei. Lu Zhi's warlord Hebei was withdrawn halfway. Although Zhu Jun also defeated Zhang Man in Nanyang and became hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves, he was still inferior to Huangfu Song.

Because of this, when he heard that Bianzhang Beigong Boyu's rebels threatened Sanfu and invaded the Yuanling, the first thing Emperor Han Ling thought of was the mighty Huangfusong, and he even pointed at Huangfu's old man to protect the emperor. Mausoleum.

Although the birds do their best to hide their bows, the cunning rabbits are dead and running dogs. But now is the time for employing people. Even if Zhang asks Zhao Zhong and the Ten Permanent Attendants to perform together, it will be difficult for Huangfu Song to step down. Instead, it will make Emperor Ling think: You let me change generals, Sanfu and the mausoleum of the first emperor what to do?

In fact, sometimes this is the standard for the imperial court to employ people, as long as you are needed, no matter how many problems you have, no matter how big your temper is. When Han Xin asked for the post of false King of Qi in Hebei, Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu in Xingyang. After hearing this, he said without saying a word, instead, he said: If you want to be a man, you should be the real King of Qi, and what kind of false King is you?

As a result, when the world was pacified later, Han Xin was first captured by Liu Bang and demoted from the king to the Marquis of Huaiyin, and then directly let Empress Lu be caught in the palace and wiped out with a knife, because the world is over, you don’t need Han Xin, you just die. , Liu Bang didn't care much.

Zhao Zhong nodded and said with a sneer, "The Qiang people in the Northwest have always been brave, and they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. This old man Huangfu will definitely not be able to win in a hurry. I will wait until the time comes to write a letter, hehe."

Zhang Rang nodded in satisfaction, and laughed with Zhao Zhong.

Huangfusong is a mere left-hander, but he has fought a few battles, so what's so great about it? We don't need to use knives and guns, we can get rid of you with just a word of mouth.

Huang Fusong, whom Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were talking about, had already led his army across Hanoi, passed Hongnong County, and went straight to Tongguan.

Standing between mountains and mountains, Tongguan has always been the east gate of Chang'an. If you want to guard Chang'an, you must protect Tongguan. When Ma Chao invaded, he took Tongguan from Cao Hong, which is why Cao Cao was so angry. After all, Tongguan is really a gateway.