Chapter 61: The Lure of Fame and Fortune
In the study, Liu Ling held a brush in his hand and was writing hard on a piece of silk. The square silk quickly covered the neat official script...
"Dongdongdongdongdong..."
A burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the door, but when they arrived at the door, they suddenly stopped abruptly. Then, Liu Quan carefully pushed open the door, walked into the study, quietly came to Liu Ling, and then stood quietly aside.
From the beginning of entering the door, during the whole process, Liu Quan just took a look from afar and found that Liu Ling was burying his head to write something, and his every move became more careful, and he almost didn't make too loud noises.
I don’t know how long it took, but Liu Ling suddenly stopped writing, stretched his waist, put down his brush and rubbed his slightly sore wrists, and said in a lazy tone: “How is the matter doing?”
Liu Quan bowed and replied, "Return to the master, the man has just left the mansion and is now being escorted outside Chang'an City by Li Yannian. Moreover, the old slave has arranged for the man to secretly follow the two men and instructed our people to stay there after they arrive in Xinfeng, and always monitor Xinfeng and Shangyuli's every move, and report immediately whenever there is any situation."
"Yes!" Liu Ling nodded slightly and ordered: "Be careful, remember not to be discovered by others, especially Zhang Ran, who is not old and is very cunning..."
Speaking of this, Liu Ling suddenly paused and continued: "At present, just monitor it immediately, as long as the news is not leaked, don't take any action for the time being, so as to avoid the slightest slightest being smelled by the mad dogs of the Tingwei. Without the order of giving, no one should act rashly, do you know?"
Liu Quan replied respectfully: "Don't worry, master, I have told them that I am not allowed to approach Shangyuli at will, but only move around Xinfeng and Xiting in Xixiang..."
"Yeah~"
Liu Ling raised his chin with both hands, frowned slightly, and a trace of sorrow appeared in his beautiful face. Suddenly, Liu Ling turned his head to Liu Quan standing beside him and said, "What do you think about today?"
"This..., the old slave dares not speak nonsense."
Liu Quan's pupils shrank, he bent his body, and his head lowered even lower.
"Haha..." Liu Ling Zhanyan smiled, waved his hand, and said in a gentle voice: "There are only two of us here, there are no outsiders, but it's okay!"
"promise!"
Liu Quan responded carefully, stood up a little, pondered for a while, and then said carefully: "From the current situation, what happened in Xinfeng may be really just an accident. The way to make tofu should be just discovered by the two little boys.
But whether intentionally or unintentionally, they sold tofu at a low price of two yuan, and the public selling tofu in Xinfeng was very hateful.
After being hit by the two children, most of Xinfeng was in a turmoil. The old slave was afraid that such a fuss would happen, and even the noble family in Chang'an City had received the news, which would be bad."
Speaking of this, Liu Quan sighed deeply, full of regret and heartache: "Alas~ Because of these two ignorant children, our palace will be difficult to entertain guests from now on."
"It's very hateful!"
Liu Ling slapped the table with anger on his pretty face.
There is a reason why Liu Ling was so angry. Liu Ling's father, King Liu An of Huainan, wanted to ask for immortals and asked questions. He often went to the mountains with his servants, Bagong and others to burn elixirs to refine mercury. This bean milk was discovered by them during an alchemy process.
Because the beans are as white as ice and snow, they eat fresh and tender, and they melt at the mouth. Because they are unexpectedly obtained by alchemy, Liu An believed that this was a delicacy given to him by God, and he loved it very much and often ate it.
Later, Liu An presented the secret technique of bean milk to Emperor Liu Che.
When Emperor Liu Che heard about Liu An’s entire experience in discovering Shu Mi, he also thought it was a very good omen, so he often ordered the imperial chef of Shangshen Ling in the palace to cook it.
For the emperor Liu Che, it doesn’t matter whether Shumi is delicious or not. What he likes is the legendary birth experience of Shumi, and what he wants is auspiciousness.
What a good guy, a wise king who is famous all over the world, a 95-year-old emperor, two "senior immortal cultivators" with extremely high status, they all like Shuru so much...
Now, Shu Lu’s value has increased by a hundred times immediately?
In addition, Shu Lu was originally obtained by Liu An in the alchemy and seeking Taoism, and it had a bit of the taste of cultivating immortals and seeking Taoism... Therefore, it was quickly regarded as a "spicy medicine" by those who did not understand the truth, and there were some rumors that Shu Lu could prolong life and even live forever.
As the saying goes, the King of Chu is so thin that he often starved to death in the palace. Under the leadership and demonstration of Emperor Liu Che and Liu An, the soy milk was covered with a mysterious veil with the color of immortality, making it transcend the category of ordinary food and become a "spicy pill" more precious than tonics such as ginseng bird's nest in the future.
What Zhang Ran did in Xinfeng was a saying in later generations, and undoubtedly sold century-old ginseng as a big radish!
The consequence is that the "century-old ginseng" in Liu Ling's hands, which was originally worth as valuable as gold, has become a big radish that can be seen everywhere on the streets.
Seeing Liu Ling's expression of anger, Liu Quan continued to analyze: "Master, it doesn't matter if we lose some money. I'm afraid of it. Those marquis who have enjoyed soy milk in our mansion and guests from the noble family, after learning that... After learning that soy milk is actually just a cheap thing that can be bought with two coins, they will feel resentment and even become enemies with us!"
Speaking of this, Liu Quan couldn't help but gritted his teeth, and he felt a little relieved in his heart that the Huainan Prince's Mansion discovered the "Xinfeng Tofu Incident" in time. Otherwise, if he had been kept in the dark and had foolishly taken the mulberry milk as treasures to entertain guests, he would probably be resentful unknowingly, and even turned against their Huainan Prince's Mansion.
Don’t think that this kind of thing will not happen. You should know that many of the powerful people in Chang'an City regard face as much as the sky.
Just a few years ago, something similar happened in Chang'an City. It caused a prime minister to rebel against a general and both died.
The parties involved in this matter were the then Prime Minister Tian Fung (the uncle of Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che) and the general Dou Ying.
The cause may be very funny. One day, Guan Fu, a friend of Wei Qihou Dou Ying, went to visit the then Prime Minister Tian Fu. During the visit, Tian Fu casually said, "If you have time, I plan to visit Wei Qihou with you tomorrow."
Originally, Tian Fu was just talking casually, but who knew that Guan Fu was the stupid critic. After returning, he ran to Dou Ying's house excitedly and told Dou Ying in detail about the visit.
Dou Ying was very happy after knowing that Tian Fen was coming to visit him and thought it was a good opportunity.
Because Dou Ying's biggest backer, Empress Dowager Dou, had already passed away, and Emperor Liu Che became stronger after taking power, Dou Ying urgently needed a powerful ally in the court to help. The Prime Minister Tian Far, who was at the time, was also vaguely rejected by the emperor who was eager to take power, and his situation was very similar to Dou Ying.
Therefore, in order to promote the relationship between the two families, form political allies with them, and jointly resist the huge pressure from the emperor Liu Che, Dou Ying showed great enthusiasm.
Not only did he personally buy meat and wine with his wife, he also cleaned the house overnight, arranged curtains, and prepared a banquet, and was busy until dawn...
When it was dawn, Dou Ying sent the mansion manager to serve in front of the house early, ready to welcome Tian Fu.
But I waited until noon, and I didn't see Tian Fu coming. Seeing that the time for the banquet was almost over, Tian Fu still didn't come.
So Dou Ying found a friend Guan Fu, asked him to drive and go to Tianfu Mansion to greet him in person.
Who knew that when Guan Fu came to Tian Fu's house, he found that the other party was still sleeping, so he became angry and cursed Tian Fu on the spot.
After returning, Guan Fu also told Dou Ying about what happened in Tian Fu Mansion. Dou Ying, who learned the truth, was angry and thought that Tian Fu was deliberately humiliating him, so he became resentful and hated Tian Fu.
From then on, Dou Ying opposed Tian Fen everywhere in the court... Dou Ying would object to anyone who supported Tian Fen. The two gradually became in the same power and wanted to get rid of each other quickly.
In the end, the two were defeated by Emperor Liu Che, who seized the opportunity to take advantage of the conflicts between the two sides.
It is because of a small matter that seems inconspicuous that even determines the fate of two families, one prime minister and one general, that two large families that can almost influence the direction of the Han Empire disappeared.
There is this bloody example before. In this case, why would their Huainan Prince's Mansion still dare to continue to use soy milk as a treasure to entertain guests?
If someone knows that tofu similar to Shumi is only sold for two pounds, who can guarantee that those nobles will not think that Liu Ling is humiliating them and therefore hold a grudge?
When Liu Quan thought of this terrible consequence, he felt chill and sweated all over his body.
"Hmph~" Liu Ling couldn't help but snorted coldly when he heard this. How could she, the princess of Huainan who is good at dancing, not understand?
This is also the reason why she learned that someone was selling "shumi" for profit in the market in Xinfeng County. She was furious and did not hesitate to make a big move and sent people to Xinfeng, dozens of miles away to force the arrest of people.
Because Liu Ling was also worried that after Shu Mi’s secret was leaked, those powerful people who had admired and envied the King of Huainan to cultivate immortals and loved the house and the black man, and then praised Shu Mi for "eating forever" and were proud of eating Shu Mi. After learning the truth, they turned against each other because the gap in their hearts was too big!
Originally, Liu Lingman thought that the secret technique of bean milk was stolen and sold at a low price this time was most likely the enemy of their Huainan Kingdom, who was a means of revenge on Huainan Kingdom by using a plan between death.
Liu Ling even suspected that the person behind the scenes was probably the one who was instructed by the Liehou family, who had a feud with their Huainan lineage, was probably the one who was like the Marquis of Piyang.
At that time, Liu Ling's grandfather, Liu Chang (zhang), the King of Li of Huainan, relied on being the only younger brother of Emperor Xiaowen and the only two remaining parents and children of Liu Bang, which had caused many harm to the marquises in Chang'an City!
Even the founding heroes like Shen Shiqi, Liu Bang's confidant, and Empress Lu's life-saving benefactor, dared to come to the door and hammer him in the hall, which shows how arrogant and domineering he is.
You should know that Liu Chang is a strong man who can carry a tripod. What a guy, he hit an old man in his fifties and sixties with one hammer. The picture...
It is precisely because she was the King of Huainan who had a lot of hatred with some noble families in Chang'an City that after the incident, Liu Ling's first doubt was the founding fathers like Shen Shi's family who hated them, and they hated them.
Otherwise, just two thieves could steal the secret technique of Huainan under her Liu Ling's nose?
Who would deliberately sell the secret technique to the street at a low price of two cents after stealing it?
Who else can be there except Shen Qing (Shen Shiqi's grandson) who is eager to avenge his father and grandfather and who is opposed to their Huainan Prince's Mansion?
The other party used such despicable means, and his purpose was nothing more than to make her Liu Ling cut off herself from the ranks of the nobles in Chang'an City. At the same time, he used the hands of Emperor Liu Che to attack her, the princess of Huainan. The viciousness of her intentions can be seen.
Therefore, after catching the thief, he was angry and angry, and Liu Ling did not think about it and wanted to execute the thief with his own hands to vent his hatred.
In Liu Ling's opinion, just two bold and shameless thieves, killing them is nothing big. From the moment she noticed and caught, these two thieves who dared to steal their secret techniques in Huainan Kingdom were already "dead". Even if they were killed, no one would argue with the two thieves.
But what Liu Ling didn't expect was that after getting the thief back for interrogation, she found that she had made a mistake.
The stolen secret technique of the so-called "thief" this time was just a "unexpected coincidence", and the so-called "thief" were just two mere two children who accidentally discovered the method of making "tofu".
However, even though he understood that this was just a misunderstanding, in order to ensure that the secret technique of Shumi was not leaked and to protect his own interests, Liu Ling was not hesitant to be a villain and "sacrifice" two common people like grass...
But what Liu Ling didn't expect was that not only did these two children refuse to surrender, but they also threatened her with the reputation of her father... and scolded her as an "unfilial daughter"... so Liu Ling became angry.
Liu Ling wanted to kill such a arrogant person who dared to be superior, but he was a little anxious and wise. Not only did he keenly grasp her weakness, but he also said everything that was reasonable and directly touched Liu Ling's heart. Then he put forward a suggestion that made Liu Ling feel a little moved...
...
"Forget it, let's leave it to your father to decide!"
Liu Ling picked up the silk from the table and handed it to Liu Quan beside him, saying, "Immediately send someone eight hundred miles to Huainan Kingdom to send this secret letter to his father."
"promise!"
Liu Quan quickly reached out his hands to take the silk from Liu Ling's hand, then took out a small bamboo tube from his cuff, rolled up the silk and stuffed it into it, and handed it in his arms, turned around and walked out of the door...
Just as I walked to the door, I heard Liu Ling behind me suddenly say, "Wait!"
When Liu Quan heard the news, he stopped immediately, turned around, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Master, what else do you have to give?"
Liu Ling's face changed a little, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "You'd better go there in person! Report this to your father in person and ask him to decide! Remember, you must explain Zhang Ran's last suggestion clearly!"
"No!" Liu Quan bowed and replied firmly: "Master, please rest assured. I will definitely repeat the story of today to the king."
Liu Ling felt relieved when he heard this, and he let out a sigh of relief, "Okay, you go!"
Chapter completed!