Chapter 36 Section 3 Prison Break

On the first day of the new year in this world, there are often as many people burning incense and worshiping Buddha in temples as crucian carp crossing the river, praying for better luck in the new year.It was also the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Liu Yan traveled for more than a hundred miles without hesitation, and came to find Cai Shaogong to calculate the ominousness of the rebellion.For more than ten years, Liu Yan has been dormant in Nanyang, waiting for change. After three years in Dihuang, Liu Yan felt that the best time for rebellion had finally come. That's all, once it appears on the stage, it is bound to deal a fatal blow to Wang Mang's regime.

However, to Liu Yan's great disappointment, Cai Shaogong did not provide him with any positive information, and finally got a six-character mantra—"Liu Xiudang is the emperor", and it has nothing to do with him.What's even more hateful is that once the phrase "Liu Xiudang is the Son of Heaven" came to his ears, it quickly took root in his mind, and he refused to escape like a nightmare. As a proposition, the sentence "Liu Xiu should be the Son of Heaven" is only describing a certain possibility in the future.If Liu Yan is a logical positivist, he can naturally sneer at this temporarily unprovable and possibly never-provable proposition, regardless of who said it, it can be regarded as meaningless.However, Liu Yan unfortunately lived in the Middle Ages. All he can do is to use his agricultural mind to make a rough analysis of this proposition: "Liu Xiu should be the Son of Heaven" Liu Yan might not mind so much if someone said it, but it happened to come from Cai Shaogong's mouth, so Liu Yan couldn't help muttering, Cai Shaogong's words were never forbidden!Judging from experience, there is no doubt that "Liu Xiudang is the emperor".Then the next question is, who is this Liu Xiu, and when will he become the emperor?If it is a foregone conclusion for Liu Xiu to be the emperor, then where is his chance for Liu Yan to be the emperor?If Liu Yan couldn't be the emperor, wouldn't it be a waste of work if he rose up again and rebelled?

Liu Yan's final conclusion is: this Liu Xiu is still most suspected of being Liu Xin, the national teacher of the new dynasty. After all, Liu Xin is old, famous, has many party members in the court, and has a lot of reputation among the people, and the fortress is the easiest to attack from the inside. Breaking through, once Liu Xin launches a coup, the chance of success will be far greater than Liu Yan's rebellion.With such a conclusion in mind, Liu Yan returned to his hometown of Chongling, feeling quite disheartened for a while, and never mentioned the rebellion. Liu Yan had been depressed for a few days, but his guests Wang Jiu and others caused troubles for him again: Wang Jiu and others returned home to visit relatives, saw a rich man on the way, suddenly had evil thoughts, robbed on the way, and they were happy when they were robbing, so they were not careful He was caught by the government and tortured in prison for interrogation.Wang Jiu has always been cruel to others, but when it was his own turn, he suddenly became weak and couldn't bear it, so he confessed to his master Liu Yan.

There was Liu Yan's internal response lurking in the government, so he came to inform Liu Yan urgently and advised him to flee quickly.Liu Yan heard the news, but hadn't made a statement yet, but Liu Ji had already complained about the case, and laughed loudly: "There is no need to panic about some trivial matters. When I go to the county prison and go to the county prison, I will give the government a death sentence. What can the government do?" Liu Ji is Liu Yan's brother and best friend, brave and majestic, killing three or five guests in prison is naturally a piece of cake.At that time, the bright moon was in the sky, and Liu Ji's clothes flew like flying, and he climbed over several prison walls in an instant, and went straight to Wang Jiu's cell.Seeing Liu Ji suddenly, Wang Jiu suspected that he was in a dream. He opened his eyes in a pool of blood and forced a smile, "I have no choice."

Liu Ji nodded, and said: "Everyone is a righteous man, how could Liu not know." Wang Jiu begged, "Brother Liu, save me!" Liu Ji nodded again, and said, "Okay." Fall, backhand is a sword. Wang Jiu and others were severely tortured and seriously injured, unable to resist at all.After killing Wang Jiu, Liu Ji killed the rest of the guests, put the sword back into the sheath, looked around at a loss, feeling that he still couldn't get enough, so he dipped his clothes in blood, made up a name, and wrote on the wall: "The murderer is Wu Song." After Liu Ji succeeded, he retired and returned to Liu Yan.Seeing that the matter had been accomplished, Liu Yan was overjoyed and ordered a banquet and wine.Liu Xiu had already fallen asleep. Hearing the cheers, he put on his clothes and asked, and Liu Yan told the truth.Liu Xiu frowned, stared at Liu Ji and said, "Have you ever cut off your head?" Liu Ji was enjoying his drink, and replied disapprovingly, "Why do you need to cut off your head when you kill someone?" After speaking, he raised his glass to invite the four, and laughed, "What does Uncle Wen think?" Forbearance!"

When Liu Yan heard Liu Xiu's sudden question, his expression suddenly became solemn.What Liu Xiu asked was precisely the key point.Liu Ji did a good job, but he only took the lives of Wang Jiu and others, but did not cut off their heads.In this way, although the government no longer has a living certificate, the death certificate is still there, and the corpse is the death certificate. The government can hold the corpse and go to the door to ask Liu Yan to claim it. Liu Ji soon came to his senses, and had to rush back to prison to complete the procedure of beheading.Liu Xiu hastily stopped him and said: "You can't go back. The government must have noticed at this time, how can you let you come and go freely?" The next sentence Liu Xiu held back: "You go, just give it away for nothing." A living witness from the government.

It seems that the guilt is inevitable, and the government may come to arrest him at any time, Liu Yan is furious, choosing the day is worse than hitting the day, who cares who will be the emperor in the future, let's talk about it first!Liu Ji said happily: "Brother, I have waited ten years for this sentence!" Liu Yan turned his head and asked Liu Xiu, "What about San Lang?" Liu Ji said impatiently: "What does San Lang know?" Liu Yandao: "My brother, of course we have to discuss things together!" Liu Ji yelled at Liu Xiu, "Okay, Sanlang, tell me, is it against you?"

Liu Xiu looked at Liu Ji and said calmly, "Seventh Brother, you made a mistake the moment you opened your mouth. We are not rebelling, we are restoring the country." Liu Yan laughed loudly with his palms in his hands, and said to Liu Ji, "One word from San Lang will make you and me both Overshadowed. Refugees are the rebels. I am waiting for the army to restore the country." After speaking, he asked Liu Xiu: "How about raising the army now?" Liu Xiu replied: "It is not the right time to raise the army suddenly, I am afraid it will be in vain. " Liu Ji sneered and said: "I know you are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Liu Xiu was not angry, and asked Liu Ji: "The refugees have no ambitions. If they win, they will gather, and if they lose, they will disperse. They don't care about victory or defeat. I can't afford to wait for soldiers. If you fight together, you can only win without defeat. Let me ask you, if you act in a hurry today, with no food, no money, no soldiers, no support, how can you call yourself victory?"

Liu Ji's momentum was greatly weakened and he could not answer.Liu Xiu said again: "Those who speak up for righteousness are bold and clear-sighted; those who make great plans are secretly conspiring. Sooner or later we will inevitably rise up, but now patience is the most important thing." After a short pause, he said: "Husband Being the head of power, it is rare or not enough, Chen She and Xiang Yu are still not prosperous, we would rather be careless? For the present plan, we should stockpile more grain, form a wide range of aid, and watch the struggle between the refugees and the government. Just this year, the refugees There must be several vicious battles with the government, and you can wait for both of them to lose, and then raise troops at the right time to attack labor with ease, and get twice the result with half the effort."

Liu Yan asked: "Although the time has not come yet, the government is about to come to your door. What's the plan?" Liu Xiudao: "What the government asks is nothing more than the mastermind. The great cause of the restoration of the country can be done without me, but without my brother. I should accept this matter, and the government will press everything on me. I fled to other places and waited for amnesty. The government is busy There is no way to deal with the victims of the disaster and the bandits, so if my brother manages up and down and bribes riches, he will naturally be safe."

So the plan has been decided, Liu Xiuding will run the road, and Liu Yan will sit in Chongling, go out and spend money.Making money can make ghosts turn the mill, and making more money can also make the mill turn ghosts.The government was soft-spoken after being bribed by the Liu family, and soft-handed after seeing the power of the Liu family. In addition, Liu Xiu, the rightful owner, could not be caught, and the matter gradually came to an end.