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

Chapter 64: Liu Hong was assassinated, an obvious frame-up

Liu Hong actually doesn't care about the promotion and transfer of other members of the Qin family.

But if you are in the fourth rank, you can go further and become a high-ranking official.

Liu Hong has always been very cautious and has been suppressing these people from increasing their value.

After all, the Qin family’s Privy Council is in control of the third rank and above. If it is not suppressed, Liu Hong will suddenly find out.

Any little brother of the Qin family can be of the same rank as me.

It’s just that I can’t bear to give up these hundreds of thousands of taels.

Qin Heng saw the hesitation in Liu Hong's eyes, a hint of contempt appeared in his eyes, and he continued to increase the stakes.

"My father said that if Lord Liu could help, then Qianlong Bay, an enclave surrounded by wars, could probably garrison tens of thousands more people."

This sentence successfully touched Liu Hong.

"We will recruit people ourselves..."

Qin Heng was quite cautious. He shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​adding sand to Qianlong Bay.

"A word is settled!"

It is hard to imagine that the ranks of officials in the Qing Dynasty court could be exchanged and bought and sold.

But this is actually the norm.

Emperor Qing is really too confident. He keeps saying that the world does not need a grandmaster, but in fact, the world only needs him as a grandmaster.

With the strength of a grandmaster, Emperor Qing doesn't care about the power-for-sex transaction at all.

All they need to do is check and balance each other and let Emperor Qing hold absolute power.

After dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of War, He Hai stroked his increasingly fat belly and greeted Liu Hong with a smile.

"Minister Liu, have you finished handling the ministry affairs?"

"Sir, it's done."

Liu Hong bowed and saluted, which can be said to be the pinnacle of etiquette.

He Hai nodded with satisfaction and left the Ministry of War with a few of his followers.

If he were a few years younger, he would certainly not want to see his subordinates being so capable.

But now he is only interested in making money.

Qin Heng saw that Liu Hong was also preparing to get up and leave. He was very reluctant in his heart, but he still greeted him with a smile.

After all, the Qin family has many followers, and Liu Hong will be of use in the future.

"Master Liu, would you like to take a walk together?"

Liu Hong nodded slightly, agreeing to Qin Heng's goodwill.

Although Qin Heng had several years of experience in the army, he still found it difficult to conceal his arrogant and extravagant nature.

Even though the exterior of the carriage was inlaid with gold and silver, he was not worried about street thugs prying it away when he wasn't paying attention.

Yang Du then led the horse, after all, Liu Hong was used to riding a horse.

Qin Heng shook his head, sneered at Liu Hong's behavior, and suffered the consequences himself.

The coachman jumped up, lifted the curtain and motioned for Qin Heng to get in.

As soon as Qin Heng stepped onto the carriage, the coachman suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms and stabbed Liu Hong in the back.

Years of tense mental state saved Liu Hong's life.

Liu Hong instinctively turned his head and blocked the knife with his arm.

The driver wanted to continue stabbing, but the dagger was grasped by Liu Hong's bloody hand.

The strong stinging sensation made Liu Hong's eyes bloodshot and almost red.

"Protect your lord!"

Yang Du immediately drew out his long sword and chopped at the driver's head.

"Leave him alive and find out who is behind this."

Liu Hong endured the pain and kicked the driver to the ground.

Everything happened so suddenly that Qin Heng was completely stunned.

He didn't understand why the driver who had followed him for five or six years suddenly went crazy today and came to assassinate Liu Hong.

It's really gratifying.

But don't you see where this place is? The Ministry of War! And there are twenty of Liu Hong's guards nearby.

Do you really think you are a ninth-grade master who can kill with one blow?

Qin Heng then felt cold all over. His driver had assassinated Liu Hong, and the Qin family was not immune from this matter. He didn't understand why this happened.

The Qin family suppressed Liu Hong, and Emperor Qing wanted to take sides! The Qin family and Liu Hong showed goodwill, and then someone framed them.

It was as if two invisible forces were competing with each other.

Several bodyguards placed their knives across the driver's neck, and if the driver moved even for a moment, his head and body would be separated.

The driver looked at Liu Hong and Qin Heng with a look of deep mockery in his eyes.

Then dark blood flowed from the corners of his mouth and he committed suicide by taking poison.

Liu Hong's pupils shrank. Poison! Looking at the wounds on his arms and right hand, a faint black aura seemed to emerge.

"Go to the infirmary immediately, quickly!"

Liu Hong jumped on the horse and galloped directly on the street, while several personal guards led the way in front.

Qin Heng watched everything with cold hands and feet, then he didn't even want the carriage and hurried towards the Qin Mansion.

He wanted to tell the old man all this.

After arriving at the clinic, the doctor confirmed that Liu Hong was only given anesthesia and not poison.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Then everyone was shocked, whether it was Liu Hong's personal guards or the officials and spies who got the news.

He was a third-rank official, but he was assassinated in the Ministry of War, and the assassin was the Qin family's groom.

The frame-up is too obvious.

However, the slightly eased relationship between Liu Hong and the Qin family will re-enter the ice age.

After Liu Hong learned that he was not poisoned, he fell into deep thought and stopped his guards from making a lot of noise.

He took some wound medicine and some internal medicines and returned to the courtyard. Then he stayed in the study room and did not go out.

Even when Sang Wen wanted to play a song or Yang Du reported the latest intelligence, Liu Hong avoided them.

It was not until late at night that Er Gouzi returned to the courtyard in a dishevel and knelt at the door of Liu Hong's study.

"Brother, I was wrong!"

The study door opened and Liu Hong stood at the door with an expressionless face.

"Come in and tell me, we are brothers. I don't want to make things too embarrassing."

When Liu Hong was assassinated in the Ministry of War, the assassin did not have a dagger coated with poison.

Liu Hong understood everything in an instant. This was a warning from Emperor Qing to him.

Even when he was having a family banquet at the Fan family, he had never encountered such a serious warning from Emperor Qing.

In Emperor Qing's eyes, Liu Hong is a knife that balances the Qin family, and the best is to be as incompatible as water and fire.

If their relationship eases and they become accomplices, Emperor Qing will probably not be able to sleep.

With the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, a few years of effort would be enough to make the entire military's middle and high-level generals all from the Qin and Liu families.

Why did Qin Heng come to show goodwill today?

That's because Liu Hong had already spread the news and secretly showed goodwill to the Qin family, so Mr. Qin sent Qin Heng to seek connections.

The person who released the news was Ergouzi.

On the surface, Shi Chanli handles the business streets of Kyoto and analyzes intelligence. Secretly, Er Gouzi controls the gangsters and controls the public opinion and direction of Kyoto.

If Liu Hong was assassinated a few days later, he would think it was nothing.

But the assassination happened just when he had just eased relations with the Qin family.

That only means that Emperor Qing always has the first-hand information about him.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but feel horrified. Fortunately, he didn't do too many tricks in Qianlong Bay, otherwise he wouldn't know how he died.

"Are you from the Overwatch Council or the Emperor's?"

Liu Hong asked expressionlessly, opened the pungent golden wound medicine, and applied it to the wound.

Er Gouzi instantly knelt on the ground, his tears soaking the ground.

"Brother! I have always been yours, right? This is all my fault. I was blinded by lust."

Liu Hong remained indifferent and continued listening.

Of course he believed that Ergouzi was loyal to him. After all, he was an old bandit brother he brought from Danzhou.

If Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping wanted to make a plan, it would have to start more than ten years ago, when he had just become a pirate.

After all, Ergouzi had already been in the water bandit camp at that time.

(End of this chapter)