Liu Yu did not die immediately, because the arrow in his chest was obviously careful. The person who shot the arrow did not use all his strength, and it was very deflected, and it could not be a dirty arrow.

In fact, from the time the doctor arrived to perform emergency treatment and successfully removed the arrowhead to the time he was carried home, Liu Yu remained awake throughout the entire day.

While appeasing the ministers who seemed to have lost their backbone, he asked Han Rui and others to exercise restraint. At the same time, he also sternly urged Guan Jing to persuade Gongsun Zan not to kill indiscriminately, and to ask people to find him at this time.

It should be Zhong Yao and Yuanchang who were going to deport the military rations... Even when the ministers were about to leave, he did not forget to ask Huang Wan to write a letter to Liu He, the eldest son of Liaoxi, for him, so that the latter did not have to worry; the ministers were leaving.

Finally, he did not forget to comfort his concubine who was already crying.

Considering that wounds are less likely to be infected in winter, at this time, almost everyone felt that Liu Bo'an should be able to survive.

However, everyone overlooked one small thing, that is, Liu Yu kept coughing all winter. This small problem had a shocking negative effect when it hit the arrow wound on his chest - the intermittent coughing made it difficult to heal the wound, and

The severe pain caused by the continuous tearing of the wound seriously affected his own resistance.

But within just two or three days, the body of the imperial minister who was in charge of the imperial family affairs began to deteriorate violently. He had a fever, and his wounds were red and swollen. In the end, the injury spread to his lungs, which would inevitably be involved when coughing, and he began to cough.

Blood, and then facial spasms from time to time...

At this moment, everyone with battlefield experience became silent or panicked.

It should be noted that in the past six years, this kind of situation was rare for people who had lived in Chang'an for a long time, but earlier, this kind of thing was familiar to everyone, and everyone knew what it meant.

What.

"Don't listen to women." After a violent cough and a tearing pain that was almost visible to the naked eye, Liu Yu, who was leaning on the couch, finally regained his consciousness again, and his speech became fluent, but he should mention it first

Something happened. "I heard everything just now... This matter is extremely ridiculous! I think that as the auxiliary minister, I can't find out the beginning and end of this matter early and let the matter disappear. I am already very ashamed. How can I do it for me?"

How can one person stop the entire city of Chang'an from using coal? It has just snowed, so if we don't allow coal to be burned, wouldn't it mean that people will freeze to death? This is not saving me, it is destroying the last trace of my virtue."

Hearing this, Liu Yu's concubine, who was already very sad, could only continue to wipe away her tears. Huang Wan, who was standing in the front, couldn't help himself and could only nod. Behind him, Zhao Qian, Shi Sunrui, and Zhong Shao

, Ma Rixi, and Gongsun Zan, who looked extremely ugly, were also speechless.

As for the rest of the people, including Zhao Ping, Feng Fang, Zhang Fan, Han Xuan, Fu Qian, She Jian, Jin Xuan, Zhang Chang, Chun Yujia and others, they could only wait outside and listen.

"There are a few things, both public and private. While several important people in Chang'an City and my few personal friends are here, please be sure to record them for me..." Liu Yu couldn't help but cough in the middle of his sentence.

, the facial expression was extremely painful, but the people around him were helpless. Even the concubine could only wipe it with tears.

But after he finally finished coughing, everyone became more and more solemn. Because everyone knew that Liu Boan was about to give his last words.

Separated by a wall, Zhang Chang, the so-called Asian Saint, even spread out his pen and paper in person, preparing to take notes.

"One thing first... I died of old age and frailty. The so-called destiny is not caused by just an arrow wound... I cannot blame Yang Shizhong." Liu Yu said slowly while lying on the couch.

But as soon as these words came out, not to mention Huang Wan, Zhao Qian immediately glared, Zhong Shao, Shisun Rui, Ma Rixi became very sad, Gongsun Zan sneered, and even Zhang Chang, who was recording next door, angrily wrote half a sentence

Gongsun tore off the paper, crumpled it into a ball and threw it out.

But it was only for a moment. After sighing, Zhang Chang lowered his head and entered the words again.

To put it bluntly, Liu Yu was not excusing Yang Qi, but the emperor.

We are not stupid. Back then, Duke Linggong of Jin wanted to kill Zhao Dun, but Zhao Dun escaped, and his younger brother Zhao Chuan led his troops to kill Duke Linggong of Jin. How did historians remember it in the end? It was not Zhao Dun who killed his king!

In political events, the person responsible can only be the political leader of a certain faction, not an executor. The Chinese have known this for a thousand years.

In the same way, conversely speaking, as long as the emperor died in Sanfu, it would be Gongsun Xun who committed regicide. He was killed by bandits or sent by Cao Cao to assassinate him. If he froze to death or starved to death on the way, it would also be Gongsun Xun who committed regicide, because

Everyone in the world knows what happened!

Liu Yu's words were just to block Gongsun Xun's mouth as much as possible and prevent the latter from taking advantage of his death. Of course, it could be regarded as fulfilling the last loyalty of a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

"One more thing..." Liu Yu leaned on the couch, looking past Huang Wan and others, and fixed on Gongsun Zan. "This matter is of great importance. We must wait for General Wei to come back, at least until the censor Zhongcheng

(Zhong Yao) can only be dealt with after he comes back, and he must not kill anyone without permission."

The veins on Gongsun Xun's forehead were exposed, but he avoided speaking.

But Huang Wan, Zhao Qian, Shi Sunrui and others all nodded, and most of the ministers next door also responded.

In desperation, Gongsun Zan could only smile and nodded: "Listen to the words of the Taiwei."

"There is one more thing I would like to warn Brother Ziyan." Liu Yu was in a difficult condition. Seeing Gongsun Zan nodding, he no longer cared about it. Instead, he looked at his close friend Huang Wan beside him and said sincerely. "Brother Ziyan, go.

After the trip to Jingzhou and Yizhou, I came back and scorned Liu Yan and Liu Biao. In fact, I have always disagreed, but I was afraid of Brother Ziyan's behavior and did not dare to speak out. Today I reluctantly persuaded..."

"you say."

"General Wei once said a very good thing when he was on the Wei River... A capable minister in governing the world will become a hero in troubled times, and a hero in troubled times will become a capable minister in governing the world." Liu Yu tried hard to persuade. "Liu Jingsheng and Liu Junlang are certainly hateful, but if they

If we were to change our position, we might not be able to do better than them. If they live in Chang'an, they might also scold us for betraying Han's grace... The current situation is outside, what's the use of manpower? Today's loyal ministers, tomorrow's rebels, are all the current situation.

Why should we blame others harshly if we cause trouble?"

Huang Wan originally wanted to refute it by saying that deeds do not matter in the affairs of the world, but after seeing the hopeful look in his eyes, he suddenly realized that Liu Bo'an was defending Liu Biao and Liu Yan? He was clearly defending himself... At this moment,

The current lieutenant only felt that he was not competent enough to prevent what had happened before, so he felt guilty and instinctively used this to defend himself.

At this thought, Huang Ziyan almost blurted out, asking the other party that he was going to die for the Han Dynasty, what else could he be ashamed of? But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them hard and could only nod slightly.

Liu Yu felt relieved and continued: "As for the rest of the things, I have thought about them a lot in the past few days, but after thinking about them, I feel that it is useless... As a captain, I cannot handle the past things properly.

, it’s useless for me to say more, so I’ll leave it to you and General Wei to discuss it together.”

Separated by a wall, quite a few of the ministers were clearly hesitant to speak.

"As for private matters, there is actually only one thing to talk about." Liu Yu glanced at his beloved concubine standing by the bedside and smiled bitterly. "My wife died early, and only this concubine, Amei, is always by my side. I should have made her my wife long ago, but my only

The legitimate son Liu He was attached to his biological mother and was unhappy with it, so he was dragged down... After I die, I ask Ziyan and you guys to help take care of Amei. When my son comes to attend the funeral, if you can persuade him,

Let him take care of her as a mother; if not, please be sure to find a good family for Amei to marry into, and the dowry will come from my inheritance."

Everyone became more and more sad when they heard this, and the concubine named Amei also shed tears, while Huang Wan, Shi Sunrui, Zhao Qian and others all agreed immediately.

Liu Yu knew that these people were promising a lot of money, so he immediately relaxed a lot, so he slowly said again: "There is one more thing, please tell it to my son Liu He for me... I heard that before Lu Ziqian died two years ago, he had a special message for Wei.

The general told his son, "Don't do evil because it's a small thing, and don't do good things because it's small." I deeply agree and admire you very much. But today I want to say one more thing... Don't forget about the times.

Be disciplined and don't let your power lead you to chaos... When you gain some power, you can't help but pursue pleasure. Once you are in trouble, you just want to shrink back and act vaguely. The result is that Lu Ziqian died without any shame, and his son

We can imitate him in the future; but I, Liu Yu, can only set myself as a warning so that my sons will not make the same mistakes again... This is probably the difference between a wise man and a common man, right?"

Inside and outside the back house, all the birds were elegant and silent, except for Zhang Chang, who could write like flying.

"That's it." After Liu Yu said the last few words, he seemed to have taken a breath and collapsed on the couch. "I hope you will remember it for me."

Everyone was about to agree, but they saw that the other party was coughing again and again, and the pain was unbearable. They couldn't bear it, so they left. Only Huang Wan stayed for a while longer and asked Zhang Chang to make two copies of Liu Yu's speech just now.

, and comforted Amei, who was already crying so much that she couldn't listen to anything, for a few words, and then turned to leave.

A day without words.

On the morning of the next day, the wind and snow had stopped. Inside the Chang'an City County Temple, Han Rui, the commander of Chang'an who had been in the limelight before, had already returned to his normal posture - he was urging his several county lieutenants to clear the snow.

"This county knows that this is difficult... Who made the streets of Chang'an so wide? Who made Chang'an have so many palaces and government offices? Who made this place not like other small counties and towns where every household can just clean the snow in front of their door?

What?" Han Rui had a sarcastic look on his face, with an obvious sneer. "But on the other hand, why are there four county magistrates in Chang'an alone in the world? Why are there so many magistrates in these two counties alone?"

"The main reason is that the weather is cold and the people below are also working hard." A county lieutenant complained helplessly. "In addition, the people's hearts are unstable..."

"It's cold? It's better to work when it's cold! If people's hearts are unstable, they should calm down and work!" Han Rui sneered more and more. "I'm telling you... believe it or not, I will take the extra salary of county officials like you compared to other counties." If I give out ten days' quota and exchange it for corn, I will cook porridge on Beique Street and sweep snow to exchange for porridge. Those who are eager to save a meal for their families in winter will definitely be able to help me save the four and three places in Chang'an City. The seven avenues have been swept clean! And they won’t complain to me about whether it’s cold or not, let alone whether my heart is stable…”

The four county captains remained silent.

After a while, one of them suddenly said thoughtfully: "County Lord, I just remembered that the county temple had a batch of coal left in the capital pavilion outside the west city. This is hard currency in winter. If I find it, Merchants in Gexi City bought most of them, exchanged them for some corn, and cooked porridge at the intersection. Wouldn't it be possible to clean the streets in the city as easily as the county king said?"

Han Rui asked jokingly: "In that case, what are the four of you still doing here?"

The four county captains quickly turned around and left as if they were being pardoned.

As for the voice of the county magistrate coming from behind them again, saying something like, "Although it is freezing cold, the emperor and the two beauties don't care, they are just freezing in the wild, and a group of county officials are just showing off", that's even more so. Pretend not to hear, and then leave quickly.

However, in just a moment, a county captain left and returned, and respectfully saluted in the hall: "County Lord... Dayin sent someone to invite you, County Lord, to go to Taiwei's Mansion quickly. He said there is something Official business!”

Han Rui was confused for a moment... He knew that Liu Yu's health was deteriorating, but after all, the level gap between the two parties was too big, and it was not his turn to go to the Taiwei Mansion. Of course, it was just a moment of doubt. After all, Han Rui's performance that day It was too much. Liu Yu didn't have much time left, and he was afraid that he would get into trouble by using the power and responsibilities of the Chang'an Order, so it was understandable that he called him over specifically to give instructions.

However, when Han Rui hurried to the Taiwei Mansion and entered the courtyard, he realized that the matter was a little serious - the entire Taiwei Mansion was crowded with soldiers outside, but many high-ranking ministers had gathered inside. But everyone looked sad, and some officials in the government had even begun to wear filial piety.

Han Rui was dumbfounded, and before he could salute, he privately confronted the oncoming Jingzhao Yin Han Xuan: "Master Fu... It stands to reason that the Taiwei should still have seven or eight days left, right?"

Han Xuan immediately nodded, shook his head again, and then quickly pulled Han Rui to the side corridor, lowering his voice and saying: "It's charcoal poison!"

Han Rui was suddenly enlightened. He nodded quickly, but then shook his head again and again. His movements were exactly the same as Han Xuan just now: "Master Fu! The charcoal poison was mentioned in a special brochure issued by my subordinates. Now everyone in the world knows that coal We have also seen cases in Chang'an City after Daxing, there is no reason why the Taiwei Mansion wouldn't know and prevent this kind of thing, right?"

"Someone did it on purpose." Jing Zhaoyin Hanxuan's voice became lower and lower.

Han Rui was really stunned: "Who dares to do this?!"

"It's Mrs. Mei who is close to the Taiwei." Han Xuan replied weakly. "Several servants of the Taiwei's house can confirm that she asked for a charcoal basin, put some good charcoal, and closed the window without hiding it. people."

Han Rui thought for a moment, raised his head and sighed: "Mrs. Mei means well."

"Who says it's not the case?" Han Xuan stamped his feet. "The Taiwei looks like he is dying, but he suffers from coughing every day. Everyone knows that he has good intentions... But after all, he is killing his husband, or his concubine is killing his husband! And if it is ordinary It's just a case, but the Taiwei's death is a big deal at this juncture! Think about it, as long as the Taiwei lives, even if everyone knows that he is going to die, the officials in the city still have backbone, and they can definitely take over Yuan Changgong Come back! But this time, if we can’t explain things clearly, the situation will become unstable immediately.”

"This matter is indeed troublesome, but other people can avoid it, but we can't." Han Rui nodded repeatedly, and then asked again, "Where is Mrs. Mei?"

"Of course they died together." Han Xuan replied simply. "The corpses were all inside. Several ministers went to see them with their own eyes. They were all so sad that they couldn't stop feeling sad."

Han Rui was stunned again.

The man thought about it for a long time, but got something in his mind, so he asked again: "I dare to ask Mr. Fu, who else knows the truth about this matter?"

"Actually, the officials in Taiwei's mansion and several ministers who entered the room should have vaguely guessed it, but they didn't say anything and just asked us to check... I have asked clearly now, but I don't know how to get there.

Talk to those ministers!"

"I want my subordinates to tell me..." Han Rui suddenly approached the other party and spoke. "The Taiwei died under the emperor's bow and arrow. This is the emperor's abandonment of the Chang'an Gongqing ancestral temple. It is a clear proof of the emperor's lack of morality! How can he be forced to death?

At the hands of a woman who died? I was ordered by the general to guard Chang'an, and I am already very ashamed of what happened before. How can we make this matter more redundant?"

Han Xuan was as big as the other, but he didn't dare not answer: "What the Chang'an Order said is absolutely true! It's just that it's hard to explain to some people?"

"Who is there?" Han Rui asked immediately.
To be continued...