Chapter 619: Emperor An Lezhi
The former emperor is now a prisoner, which makes Liu Liniang feel a little regretful. What is rare is that Su Yan is trapped in a cage, but she doesn't seem to have much resistance, as if she had expected that she would end like this.
"Who?" Su Yan saw the fire outside everywhere, covered his eyes and shouted, "Master, Master, is that you?"
Originally, he wanted to rescue Su Yan, but when he saw Su Yan's situation, no one dared to step forward. It is hard to say about etiquette. Although Su Yan is nominally the Southern King of the Dashun Dynasty, he was the former emperor after all, and he wrote down a mark on the glory of the internal and external wars of Shun Dynasty. Now facing him, many people don't know what attitude to accept. And the only person who can let go of this kind of restraint was the only one on the scene.
"Why don't you save someone?" Liu Yu calmed down and asked the guards to go up and smash the door open. In this way, Su Yan finally came out of the cell.
The very low cage, after coming out, Su Yan couldn't even stand his body, but his face was much more energetic. Although he had a smile on his face, he didn't seem too excited.
"Master, I knew you would come." Su Yan said with a little straightforward smile, "Since I was caught by them, I knew the master would come and would definitely come..."
Su Yan was detained for a long time and was a little nagging. After saying a few words, he suddenly lost his body and fell directly to the ground.
"Come! King Funan goes out to rest!"
Liu Yu didn't expect that he would find Su Yan, who had been missing for nearly ten months in such a special place and place. When Liu Yu went to Lingnan, he thought that Su Yan was kidnapped or killed by the military forces in Lingnan. Liu Yu did not expect that the kidnapping of Su Yan was related to the people of the Three Pure Cults. The people of the Three Pure Cults did not kill Su Yan for political purposes, but instead imprisoned him.
Liu Yu immediately thought of someone, King Su Zhe of Chu, which should be Su Zhe's masterpiece. If this is the fact, there is a little troublesome, that is, the mysterious armed forces that once attacked the court in Lingbei should be powered by Su Zhe. The strength of those mysterious armed forces could not even Huo Bing do anything to them, and Liu Yu also felt the power of the rebel forces behind them.
Liu Yu came out of the dungeon and didn't speak for a long time. When the cold wind blew, Liu Yu's mood still did not calm down.
Liu Liniang came over and wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say. Because in Liu Liniang's heart, she once thought that Liu Yu "eliminated" Su Yan for the sake of the stability of the throne. Now many people in the Shunchao court also thought so. But today when Liu Liniang saw Liu Yu's attitude when she saw Su Yan, she understood one thing. That is, in Liu Yu's heart, although Su Yan was a political enemy with him, Liu Yu did not have the intention to kill him. This is very rare.
Su Yan's existence is ultimately an unfavorable factor to the stability of the Dashun Dynasty royal family. Liu Liniang knew this, but Liu Liniang's opinion was that Liu Yu would not be ignorant. Liu Yu and Su Yan also started from a small matter. No matter how strong this master-apprentice relationship is, it would not be too jealous to kill each other. Liu Liniang has always believed that Liu Yu was a person who did big things and never ruthless in things that would harm his interests.
"Li Niang, I didn't expect him to be alive." Liu Yu suddenly seemed to come to his senses, looked at Liu Li Niang and sighed, as if he was finding someone to talk to him, "I used to think he was dead, and I even set up a tomb for him."
"Ah?" Liu Liniang exclaimed, Liu Yu set up a tomb for Su Yan?
With Liu Liniang's intelligence system, she knows nothing about this. I believe that no one in the world will know about this except Liu Yu. Liu Yu doesn't want others to know about his condolences about Su Yan's "death". Su Yan's rise relies on Liu Yu's help, but Liu Yu's rise also relies on the relationship between Su Yan and the royal family. Only Liu Yu knows this best.
"It's always a good thing for people to be fine." Liu Liniang didn't know what to say, so she had to just say perfunctory.
Liu Yu nodded and looked into the distance, suddenly feeling a little disappointed. Liu Liniang noticed a kind of thought from this expression. She understood that since Su Yan was not dead, Liu Yu would have a tricky thing next, that is, how to place Su Yan, the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty.
Liu Yu led the guards and his men to the inn. At this time, the yamen in Lang County had already arrived after hearing the news. When they learned that it was Prince Lin who was personally, the yamen in the yamen felt the seriousness of the situation. The previous explosion had alarmed the residents of the small county town, and people in Lang County now knew that something happened in the county town.
Liu Yu asked Qu Zhu to contact the officials in Lang County and the people in the garrison camp, mainly dealing with the matter of Tang Bing, the county lieutenant of Lang County. Although Liu Yu was the king of kings, he suddenly led his troops to the city and took the county lieutenant of Lang County, and always gave the people of Lang County an explanation. Tang Bing's charge was that he had collusion with the rebels, saying that it was a rebel, and the officials of Lang County did not know who the rebels were specifically referring to.
Liu Yu temporarily set up his base camp in the inn where he was staying when he came to search for the remnants of the Three Pure Sects.
Liu Yu found Su Yan in the dungeon, and had seen Liu Liniang's junior sister before, but he didn't know the girl who was stunned by the old woman. The girl seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, which surprised Liu Yu. Logically speaking, the old woman fainted her disciple and let the people from the Sanqing Cult take it away to solve the physiological needs of these believers. However, looking at the clothes of those people in the dungeon, they were very neat and they did not see any women or other other things.
The girl was so stunned that she was carried away by them. Why was Liu Yu not sure about it?
"General, His Highness Nan Wang... has woken up." Liu Yu stood in the inn yard thinking about this issue, and Lian Husheng walked over and said. Because the matter was over, Lian Husheng had restored his previous title to Liu Yu.
"Yes." Liu Yu nodded, walked in front, and took Lian Husheng and Liu Liniang into the room to see Su Yan.
At this time, Su Yan was lying on the bed with a tired face. He didn't see the good spirits he had just now, but instead he seemed to have grown up a lot. But in Liu Yu's eyes, he was still the gangster who liked to be sloppy and ignorant.
"Master, are you here?"
Seeing Liu Yu enter the room, Su Yan wanted to sit up, but his body was almost exhausted and he felt a little weak even when he sat up.
"No need to get up. Just lie down and talk." Liu Yu said, "Just treat yourself as a patient now."
Su Yan smiled and said, "What did the master say? The disciple is in good health! Cough. Actually, it's just a little sick. I've been in the dungeon for so long, and I can't go out for a walk. Maybe I've got a little sick and recovered for a few days and I'll definitely be alive."
Liu Yu didn't expect that Su Yan was detained for more than half a year and saw him. Although he was a little haggard, he could maintain such an optimistic state.
Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Su Yan was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He could have had no worries about food and clothing and glory for the rest of his life. Whether his elder brother succeeded to the throne or his second brother ascended the throne, he would not make things difficult for him, a brother who was indifferent to the world. But it was the battle of royal power that led to his elder brother and second brother turning against each other and being the right time for the King of Huai. Even himself was not promoted from the palace.
Su Yan was prosperous when he was young. However, the young man lived on the streets and experienced the ordinary lives of the people in the city, and even the ordinary lives that the people were not as good as the people. He had not continued to eat and drink for three meals. Liu Yu thought to himself that if Su Yan had not had such an optimistic attitude of making fun of hardships, he might have long been a pile of dead bones on the street and would not have lie here today.
"Let's rest for two days first and take you back to Chang'an City. Meeting Xiaoyu and... your son." Liu Yu said.
When Su Yan heard that he had a son, his eyes lit up and said happily: "Master, do you mean, I...I have a back?"
"Yes." Liu Yu nodded, "Your son is pretty good, he doesn't have a name yet. He originally planned to wait for him to pass one year old and then he can't find you. He will help your child name. Now you have to take it off, and the name will be taken by you, the father."
Su Yan was mentally exhausted. When he heard that he had a child, he suddenly seemed much happier. Tears were hanging on the corners of his eyes, as if the torture he had suffered over the past few months had been rewarded. He could finally wait until he was rescued and see his own child.
"Xiaoyu...is she okay?"
Liu Yu nodded again, but couldn't help but sigh. What Liu Yu thought of was Cao Yi. If it weren't for Cao Yi, his relationship with Su Yan would not have been so stalemate. Now Su Yan is unlikely to return to the position of emperor, but his existence still brings some trouble to the stability of the royal family.
"Master, I want to go back to the capital...Is it okay if I don't go to the south?"
Taking advantage of the fact that he was rescued, Su Yan made another request. He felt that if he didn't say it now, he would not have the chance to let Liu Yu agree in the future.
He originally thought that Liu Yu might agree to him and let him stay in Chang'an City, but Liu Yu finally became cruel and shook his head and said, "You still have to go to your own vassal state. But now the south has been pacified, and I will arrange you to another place, find a prosperous city, and let you be a leisurely prince."
Su Yan was still a little disappointed when he heard that Liu Yu refused to let him stay, but the disappointment was temporary. He quickly said happily: "As long as you don't go to those places where birds don't poop, you can only play with crickets, it's all done."
Liu Yu smiled and found that Su Yan's standard for judging whether the city is prosperous or not is the variety of crickets there.
Liu Yu chatted with Su Yan for a while, and then felt that Su Yan was still a little mentally distressed, so he asked him to rest, while Liu Yu and Liu Liniang and others went out. Su Yan was imprisoned in the dungeon for more than half a year, and it was rare to come out. Liu Yu also wanted him to have a good sleep on the soft pillow of the high bed.
Liu Yu came out, and Qu Zhu had already come over. Some of the captured officials related to the rebellion and members of the Three Puritans had been preliminary interrogated, and he also came to report the situation.
The situation was basically not as expected by Liu Yu. The Sanqing Cult set up this secret stronghold in Lang County. In addition to hiding a batch of gunpowder, it also hid a large number of weapons for future rebellion against the court. Liu Yu could be said to have accidentally discovered the conspiracy of the Sanqing Cult and rescued Su Yan by the way. While Liu Yu felt lucky, he realized that the Sanqing Cult's threat to the court is getting bigger and bigger.
The Three Pure Cults were just an ordinary religion from the beginning, but after they were involved in politics, the nature of religion had changed. If Su Zhe took the opportunity to rely on the Three Pure Cults to seek rebellion, Liu Yu would not have a good idea.
"Have you noticed anyone else, such as Master Wuding?" Liu Yu asked.
Qu Zhu replied: "We have blocked the gates of Lang County, and subsequent troops have also arrived one after another. We will also look for them in the surrounding county towns, and then follow the clues based on the confessions of those people, hoping to find more clues."
Liu Yu nodded. It is already rare to have such a result now, and he is not hungry and can be too demanding. The ability to destroy this secret arsenal has already solved a major problem.
"The three Puritans are interrogated more strictly!"
Liu Yu knew that these three Puritans are no longer pure believers. They are more like a group of mysterious armed forces under the cover of religion. The Three Puritans are just a guise they used to take, and these people should not believe in the existence of any gods at all.
Qu Zhu took the order and left, while Liu Yu dispatched the useful people and asked someone to continue to dig out clues in the tunnels in the city.
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The next morning, Su Yan had already woken up. After changing his clothes, he looked energetic and even more charming than when he was the emperor. When Liu Yu saw him, he couldn't help but frown. He didn't just come out of prison. He just came back from a trip and relaxed, and was about to do something big.
"Master, how about it?" Su Yan showed his new clothes like Liu Yu. "It seems to be a little thinner and his robe is a little wider, but it's pretty good. When I went back to see Xiaoyu and my son, they wouldn't think there was any change in me, right?"
Restore freedom. Su Yan is even more eager to go back to see his wife and children, which is also normal. Originally, Liu Yu wanted him to rest for two days in Lang County to restore his vitality, but now it seems that there is no need for this. Su Yan's psychological self-healing ability is so scary.
"It's not bad, you don't need to rest for a while?" Liu Yu calculated the time. From Su Yan's arrival last night, it took only three or four hours. Even if he was sleeping, Su Yan would not sleep less than four hours a day.
Su Yan is the kind of person who is lazy and doesn't want to meddle in other people's business.
"I originally wanted to sleep more, but somehow, when I saw the sun, I couldn't sleep. It was so strange."
Liu Yu thought to himself that, this kid hadn't seen the sun for more than half a year, and now it suddenly became bright around him, and he felt scared. He should be more afraid of the light now, and he wanted to hide in the shadows as a turtle shrouded head.
"Master, when will we go back to Chang'an City?"
"Tomorrow." Liu Yu said, "There are still some things to deal with today. By the way, you can rest for a while, don't be too anxious."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Master, it's easy to say about rest, but I'm too hungry and I don't feel full when I eat something."
Su Yan was in the dungeon, unable to eat enough or sleep well, and even the air was smelly. Even this was the case, and he could still maintain such an optimistic attitude. Liu Yu thought this was incredible.
At this time, everyone in the inn had woken up. They didn't know what happened in the city because they were stunned last night. At this time, they got up in a daze. A group of merchants living in the inn actually became officials. The officials in Lang County who were originally above the top are now waiting respectfully outside the inn.
These people didn't dare to ask anything. After preparing the meal, they kept sending it to Su Yan. Su Yan had a meal, but he didn't feel full, so he ate another meal.
"Master, you don't know, I'm inside, the turtle sons always abused me and refused to give me food. They also said that I was the emperor, but now the emperor is being watched by them, they seem to be very proud. Later, I ignored them and ignored them whether they give me food or not. Anyway, I know that since I am locked up, I don't want me to die. If I don't eat, they will beg me to eat." While eating, Su Yan also talked about his life in the dungeon. "Later, seeing that I was hungry for two days, they came to deliver food to me and improved the food. I was very happy. I went to eat immediately. After eating, they immediately knew that I was foolish, and then hungered me again, and then I didn't give food for three or four days. Sometimes I was hungry."
Liu Yu heard that he was complaining, and didn't speak, but just sat next to him as someone listening.
"Who has ever seen you?" Liu Yu asked.
"Who? There are no ones. At first I thought, which turtle son was so unhappy and locked me up. They didn't know that I was not the emperor now, and they couldn't get any benefits even if they tied me up? Later, I thought, I just had to live. Every day I counted the grassroots and thought of them as little soldiers, and then let them fight and started the war one by one... I wanted to try to learn from the master and command thousands of troops. Later I found that grassroots were not that fun, unlike people who could run by themselves, and they had to push them with their hands. It was too boring."
Liu Yu smiled, but he didn't expect Su Yan to be imprisoned and had such a good "entertainment program". Imagine grassroots as soldiers, and then start a war, it's like a soldier on the battlefield, with a bit of leadership temperament.
"When you go back this time, how do you plan to live?" Liu Yu asked again.
"How else can I live, just live that way. Actually, when I'm fine these days, I also think that I'm not really the reason for being an emperor. It was right for my father to not choose me to be an emperor. If there was no master, no fourth emperor sister, and... Yuan Xiang, I'm nothing, the things I do are too naive. These days, I'm thinking that if I could go back, open a vegetable garden, have a lot of children with Xiaoyu, and run around the vegetable garden every day, that would be much more interesting. What's the prince and emperor? It's too troublesome, it's more interesting to be an ordinary person."
As Su Yan said, she couldn't help but start to burst into tears, as if she had remembered something sad. This was unexpected to Liu Yu.
"What's wrong? Isn't it coming out now? Not only will I let you be a vassal king, but you have your own land, you can open as much vegetable garden as possible. In this way, isn't your wish fulfilled?"
Su Yan was crying there, and when he heard Liu Yu's words, he suddenly burst into tears again. It was as if he wanted to pour out all the grievances of these days at once.
Chapter completed!