"Father, as descendants of our ancestors and descendants of the empress of the Han Dynasty, we must be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. We must not follow the crowd!"
Liu Zhang looked at the decadent Liu Yan and felt a little distressed.
Liu Yan did not react to the few words, but frowned and shook his head slightly.
"As a father, why don't you want to eradicate the traitors and revitalize the court? It's just that people speak lightly, but there is nothing you can do! Alas!"
Looking at his father who kept sighing, Liu Zhang suddenly realized.
It seems that transferring him back to Luoyang was not his father's original intention. Before, he served as governor and benefited the people of Fuzhou County.
Although he has been promoted now, it is only in name and has no real power.
"Does father know the way to peace?"
Liu Yan was also surprised why Liu Zhang suddenly mentioned Taiping Road, but he still nodded.
"Before, there were many believers in Taiping Dao in Jizhou."
"Not only are there a lot, Taiping Taoists are now spread across every state and county, with hundreds of thousands of followers!"
"There are many landowners, powerful people and even officials among them. As far as I know, there are Taiping Tao believers even in the palace!"
"this...?"
Liu Yan looked at Liu Zhang's excited expression and couldn't react for a while.
"hiss!"
"It must be controlled, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"
Liu Yan stopped and hit his left palm with a fist in his right hand.
"It's too late!"
"The Taiping Rebellion is imminent!"
Liu Zhang walked up to Liu Yan and shouted urgently.
"ah?"
Liu Yan was shocked and asked: "How do you know?"
"I was looking for Zhuge Gui in Taishan County before and found out by chance."
"Now all Jingzhou and Yangzhou believers have arrived in Jizhou, and there are also internal responses in Luoyang. It is the end of the year, and there will definitely be an uprising soon!"
Liu Yan still couldn't believe it. For Liu Yan, who had been at peace for decades, rebellion was too far away!
"Are you sure about this? If it is not true, you will definitely be punished."
Seeing Liu Yan's disbelief, Liu Zhang nodded heavily.
"How dare I talk nonsense about such a big matter!"
"In that case, I will report it to Your Majesty immediately."
Seeing that Liu Zhang was so sure, Liu Yan did not dare to delay, so he attacked Mian Sheng.
Liu Zhang quickly stopped him and advised:
"Father, wait a minute, you must not be anxious about this matter."
Liu Yan wanted to push Liu Zhang away, but after pushing him several times, Liu Zhang did not move at all, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
"It's such a big deal, how can we not be in a hurry and get out of the way quickly?"
Liu Zhang was so strong that Liu Yan couldn't push him. Seeing Liu Yan sweating anxiously, he explained:
"Father, please don't act rashly. As I just said, there are also internal agents among the eunuchs."
"If the spy finds out and makes arrangements, how will the father end up?"
"Taking this opportunity, we also need to plan something for ourselves!"
After hearing this, Liu Yan looked around and calmed down.
Just now my mind was burning and I wanted to go see the emperor as soon as possible.
"Zhang'er, what should we do?"
At this moment, he was in complete confusion and didn't know what to do.
"We need to find an opportunity to meet His Majesty alone!"
"Look for another position. You must lead the troops in battle."
Liu Zhang made two requests, and he wanted to take this opportunity to become an official.
"I'm afraid it's not easy to meet alone."
Liu Yan frowned and thought, then suddenly stamped his foot on the ground.
"The New Year is coming soon, and Your Majesty will need to sacrifice to the ancestors. As Zongzheng, I will not be left behind in the ancestral temple. If you go with me, you may have a chance!"
"Okay, just follow father!"
Liu Zhang nodded in approval.
You must not go directly to the palace to do this, because you don't know what trouble will happen.
The most important thing is to seek opportunities to lead troops at the right time.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhang remembered the hundred archers that Huang Zhong had trained before.
"Father, are the guards that Huang Zhong trained before still in the house?"
Liu Yan nodded.
"A hundred guards are in the house."
"That's good."
"Don't be anxious about this matter. Father should rest early."
When Liu Zhang saw that it was getting late, he got up and left.
Looking at Liu Zhang's leaving figure, Liu Yan still couldn't calm down for a long time.
The next day, Liu Zhang got up early. After greeting his parents, he went directly to Taishi Cidian and Wei.
Taishi Ci was at his mother's place, and Liu Zhang also visited Taishi Ci's mother. Then the three of them went to the backyard together.
The backyard of Liu Mansion is very large. A hundred people can stand in it without feeling crowded at all.
At the front of the crowd, there was a person who stood out.
Wearing black clothes, with a sharp face, as three-dimensional as a knife or an axe. This man is Huang Zhong.
Liu Zhang and the three of them walked up to Huang Zhong and bowed first.
"Hansheng!"
Huang Zhong saw Liu Zhang coming and stepped forward to salute.
"Master!"
"I haven't seen you for five years, the young master has changed amazingly!"
Liu Zhang chuckled and said sheepishly:
"Although my health has improved in recent years, my martial arts skills are still so unbearable."
Huang Zhong also gave a wry smile, he already knew that Liu Zhang had no talent for martial arts.
"Hansheng, this is the meaning of Taishi Ci's character, and Dianwei's character of Eilai. Both of them have courage that is unworthy of all men."
"Ziyi is good at shooting, and his marksmanship is superb. Dianwei is extremely powerful. They are all my confidants."
Then he looked at the two of them, pointed at Huang Zhong and said:
"Ziyi, evil comes, this person is the person I mentioned before! His surname is Huang, his name is Zhong, and his courtesy name is Hansheng. He is highly skilled in martial arts, and it is difficult to find an opponent in the world! His archery skills are as good as piercing the Yang with a hundred steps, and he can shoot a four-stone bow!"
"My martial arts skills were taught by Han Sheng, but I didn't learn even tenths of them."
Liu Zhang was a little embarrassed. He was really not a martial artist. Fortunately, he had developed brute strength.
"Young master, you are humble. Your physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary people. If you practice more diligently in the future, you will definitely improve by leaps and bounds."
Huang Zhong complimented him a lot, and the three of them greeted each other, and they were considered acquaintances.