Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 62, I am not the Emperor Qing
After the family dinner at the Fan Mansion, Liu Hong politely said goodbye.

From beginning to end, neither party said when the marriage contract would be fulfilled.

For Liu Hong, he just wanted to use the Fan family's network of relationships to gain a firm foothold in the court.

As for the Fan family, even if they had to accept the engagement, they still had to see whether Liu Hong had the strength to withstand the attacks from the court.

When he returned to the compound, Sang Wen came to greet him with a happy face.

"My Lord, you are back. I just made dinner."

Liu Hong looked at the small wound on Sang Wen's hand and gently held Sang Wen's jade fingers.

A warm current blew over him. No woman had ever treated him like this before.

"You don't have to do this. Your hands are for playing elegant music like the pipa, not cooking."

Sang Wen's face flushed, and he quickly pulled his fingers away, and left in a hurry like a frightened deer.

"grown ups……"

Shi Chanli was preparing to report the news.

Liu Hong stepped forward to stop him, and then called Yang Du's name.

"Yang Du, take two hundred guards with you tomorrow and head to the places that must be passed between Kyoto and Yingzhou."

Yang Du nodded silently, arranged for his personal guards to organize their weapons, and added a few more eggs to the warhorse's fodder tonight.

"You say it."

After seeing Yang Du leave, Liu Hongcai turned his attention to Shi Chanli.

"Sir, today the congratulatory gifts from the officials of various departments have filled up the entire West Courtyard. A rough estimate is that they are worth about 100,000 taels of silver."

Liu Hong looked somewhat sad.

In this case, King Qing suspected that his ministers were incompetent, and one hundred thousand taels of silver could support the food and fodder for an army of one hundred thousand for a month.

However, this group of people would rather give gifts to curry favor with others than to stabilize the newly occupied territories, let alone to help the disaster victims in Jiangbei.

What's the point of keeping such a dynasty!
Seeing that Shi Chanli seemed to be hesitant to speak, Liu Hong waved his hand impatiently.

"Chanli, you and I are close friends, so there's no need to worry too much."

"The Qin family also sent gifts!"

As soon as Shi Chanli said this.

Liu Hong was stunned. This was the Qin family showing goodwill and trying to ease the relationship.

After all, Liu Hong now holds the positions of Left Vice Minister and Right Vice Minister, and the Shangshu He Hai above him is not indifferent to matters.

It can be said that the garrison supplies of the national army and the promotion of generals below the third rank are all in Liu Hong's hands.

If the Qin family still regards Liu Hong as a thorn in their side, I'm afraid the generals under their command will be in a miserable situation.

"In that case, take it."

Shi Chanli breathed a sigh of relief. He had accepted the Qin family's gift a long time ago, but he realized later that the Qin family had always been at odds with Liu Hong.

"I don't have any feelings for the Qin family. I killed the Qin family's illegitimate child with a chessboard. Since the victim doesn't want to pursue the matter, why should I be so arrogant?"

Liu Hong was quite free and easy. He never suffered any losses from beginning to end.

He and Chen Pingping also cheated the Qin family, and both the left and right assistant ministers were in his hands.

Back in the study, looking at the shredded potatoes and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Liu Hong's mouth twitched slightly.

I have already eaten, but if I say it directly, I am afraid it will hurt Sang Wen's feelings.

Anyway, I will consume a lot of physical energy tomorrow, so I can just consider it as replenishing it in advance.

Liu Hong ate two dishes in big mouthfuls and was mushy! Sang Wen is really not suitable for cooking.

Wasting food is shameful!

At dawn in the morning, Liu Hong led two hundred personal guards to retrieve the war horses at the post station outside Kyoto.

They rushed towards Yingzhou in a mighty force.

Almost in the grove, Liu Hong led his personal guards to ambush nearby.

A few hours later, four or five carriages came from afar, stepping on gravel.

Liu Hong moved his fingers slightly and saw the yellow words on the carriage flag clearly.

"Kill! Leave no one behind."

This is Emperor Qing’s gift.

Emperor Qing knew that the state of Qianlong Bay was not only an enclave but also a place of war.

Even if there were no invading forces around, it would cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels just to stabilize the situation.

So he chose a fat pig for Liu Hong to kill. This was a reward from Emperor Qing, but also a warning.

Liu Hong is also a pig raised by Emperor Qing. If he doesn't obey, his fate will be the same as Huang Ming.

He is a dignified official of the second rank, a minister of a ministry, and a first-class earl.

He was unexpectedly easily controlled by Qin Ye. Even though Emperor Qing reminded Huang Ming in the court, Huang Ming had already made up his mind to resign.

This made Emperor Qing very unhappy.

The carriage had guards, of course, and there were quite a few of them, but they were all shot by arrows from the guards' poisonous crossbows and fell to the ground dead.

Some guards wanted to escape, but could they be faster than horses?
Not everyone is a ninth-grade master, and not everyone is Wang Qinian.

The carriage was in panic, but Huang Ming was the only one sitting in it, comforting his wife gently, standing still.

Before long, dozens of guards were all cleared out.

Liu Hong rode his war horse only after his personal guards confirmed that there was no one there.

He stepped lightly on the ground and rushed towards Huang Ming.

Huang Ming's old face seemed to see through everything.

"Minister Liu, it seems you have arrived."

The wife was trembling all over, but at the same time she felt somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, Huang Xuan rejected the opposition and let his offspring take another path, otherwise the Huang family would be extinct.

Liu Hong remained silent, dismounted his horse, and stood with his hands clasped.

Huang Ming lifted the car curtain, and after seeing Liu Hong, he laughed and looked at him reminiscingly.

There was no time when he was such a high-spirited top scholar.

At that time, Qin Ye had just become the chief envoy of the Privy Council, and he also became the Minister of War, and the Qing army was caught in a balance of power.

However, he was not as experienced as Qin Ye. He caught his son hiding armor and smuggling fatal information with the Hu people, and became a puppet from then on.

"You...are very good. I hope you won't follow my old path."

Huang Xuan sighed, closed his eyes, and prepared to die.

Liu Hong looked at the two white-haired old men and turned around.

In the distance, the black cavalry of the Supervisory Office were parading nearby. This was Emperor Qing monitoring Liu Hong.

How could a guy with such a strong desire for control let Liu Hong not follow his own script?

"Minister, I admire you very much. Emperor Qing launched three northern expeditions and the treasury was empty. Yet you were able to gather enough food, fodder and military equipment without increasing taxes on the people."

Liu Hong finally spoke, looking sincere.

In his opinion, Huang Ming was a super butler similar to Xiao He, but Emperor Qing was too suspicious and too particular about checks and balances.

Huang Ming burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face.

"I never thought that someone would remember my achievements from decades ago! Come on, I will die without regrets."

The guards around him put away their swords one after another, and seven or eight of them returned to guard Huang Ming again.

"I am not His Majesty. I cannot bear the charge of killing a meritorious official! Qianlong Bay is a good place, the emperor is far away, please do not return home."

Liu Hong bowed, became the driver himself, and turned the car around again.

The yellow flag on the carriage had long been chopped down to the ground.

The Black Cavalry of the Overwatch Council came forward one after another, wearing heavy armor, with expressionless faces and holding spears in their hands.

"Let them go..."

The Black Cavalry commander Jing Ge suddenly spoke.

"The Black Cavalry has confirmed that Minister Huang was surrounded and killed by bandits. No one is left alive. Retreat!"

Although this matter is outrageous, the Black Knights only obey the orders of the Emperor and the Overwatch Council.

Jing Ge quietly gave Liu Hong a thumbs up.

The dean and Lord Shadow only hinted that he could help Liu Hong, but whether he was willing to do so depended on Jing Ge's intention.

However, after seeing Liu Hong lending a helping hand to the retired minister.

Jing Ge, the Black Knight, was an outlier. When he thought of his deadly feud with the Qin family, he suddenly wanted to help.

If Liu Hong had been in the army when he offended Qin Heng, he would not have been framed and sentenced to death.

For a moment, Jing Ge was a little dazed.

Liu Hong shouted in his heart, Damn! This bet was right.

(End of this chapter)