Journey to the West, this Sun Wukong is too persuasive

Chapter 233 How do you know it’s not me?

Deng Yu and Zhu You who were traveling with Liu Xiu were still surprised when Liu Xiu made so many friends in Wan County.

Wan County is the seat of Nanyang County, and the person hosting the banquet this time was the Li family, a wealthy family in Wan County.

The head of the Li family, Li Shou, is now serving as the imperial minister in the court, in charge of clan affairs, and has considerable power.

At this time, the two saw that Liu Xiu and Li Tong, Li Shou's son, were talking happily, and they knew that they had a close relationship.

The two friends looked at each other and remembered that before Liu Xiu went to Taixue to study, he traveled around the world with Taoist Sun, and they suddenly had some guesses in their minds.

At this moment, Cai Shaogong from Nanyang Rang County laughed and said: "It's strange to say that I heard a prophecy the day before yesterday that Liu Xiu should be the emperor."

The expressions of Deng Yu and Zhu You changed drastically, and all the guests were also shocked and looked at Liu Xiu one after another.

After a brief silence, someone asked loudly and jokingly: "Is it Liu Xiu who is the Grand Master of the country?"

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "How do you know it's not me?"

Everyone laughed, thinking it was a joke.

They already knew that Liu Xiu had made a name for himself in Chang'an Imperial College. He had recently written two Mongolian classics and was called a master of Mongolian studies by the great Confucian scholar Liu Xiu.

But this is just a name, but there is no foundation for its rise, because Liu Xiu is a descendant of the Liu clan, and it is also a distantly related side bloodline.

Even Liu Xiu's father died young and he was raised by his uncle Liu Liang.

With such a background, what do you expect to become the emperor?
Only Deng Yu and Zhu You took a serious look at Liu Xiu, and then fell into deep thought.

Li Tong, who was hosting the banquet, also had an inexplicable look in his eyes. Then he returned to normal and continued to greet everyone, quietly changing the topic to other places.

Liu Xiu's expression did not change, and he remained calm and composed.

Before he went to Chang'an, he traveled to various places with Master Sun and studied at Chang'an Imperial College for two years.

It is not modest to say that what he saw and heard was completely well-informed, and his vision was not comparable to that of the children of these wealthy families.

He knows what is going on in the entire world, from the rivers and lakes to the temples.

As Master Sun said, the reckless thief is a person who seeks fame and reputation. Various national policies are changed from day to day, even to the point of using shells as currency, just to recreate the ancient system.

Later, the currency system was reformed many times, and the world's wealth was harvested invisibly.

What is even more despicable is that the reckless thieves spent national resources to build thousands of temples, requiring the people to recite Amitabha and control the people with their faith.

The world seems to be peaceful, but in fact, the monks are not engaged in production, but are still farming in various counties and counties, making the common people even more miserable.

However, the dignitaries and wealthy families in Chang'an are still singing and dancing in peace.

Liu Xiu saw all kinds of things in the world and took the world into his heart.

How could the children of these wealthy families in Wan County know that he had ambitions?

However, according to Master Sun, it is true that we can only rely on wealthy families now, and real changes will have to wait until later.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu smiled even more on his face and continued to laugh and talk with everyone.

After the banquet, the guests dispersed.

Liu Xiu stayed at Li's house and talked with Li Tong all night.

Early the next morning, Liu Xiucai, Deng Yu and Zhu You continued to Caiyang County.

Half a day after they left, a sea fishing document from Chang'an was delivered to Nanyang County and was also known to Wanxian County.

The content of the sea arrest documents was quickly spread, and at the same time there was news that Liu Xiu, the Grand Master of the country, and the Liu clan of Chang'an used the clothes and belt edict as a conspiracy to usurp the throne, and more than ten thousand people were executed by the emperor.

For a time, all the wealthy families in Nanyang were shocked.And the children of the wealthy families who were invited to Li Tong's family dinner yesterday were all in disbelief, because the sea arrest document clearly stated, "Whoever kills Liu Xiu will be rewarded with ten thousand gold, and whoever kills Liu Xiu of Nanyang will be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households!"

What's more important is that Nanyang Liu Xiu's name is also among the 12 people who were issued the Yidai Zhao!

I remembered that at yesterday's banquet, after Cai Shaogong said that Liu Xiu would be the emperor, everyone did not believe this prophecy and regarded it as a joke. Many people even looked down on Liu Xiu's background and were jealous of his talent.

But now everyone understands that they underestimated Nanyang Liu Xiu.

When everyone was young and still indulged in drinking and sex, Liu Xiu had already gained a huge reputation, and even joined forces with a world-famous scholar like the Grand Master Liu Xiu to do a major anti-reckless thing!
Now Liu Xiu is not just famous, he already has the foundation to become famous.

Some people admire it, some people sigh with emotion, some people are jealous, and some people are greedy.

When they learned that Liu Xiu had left Wan County and went to Caiyang, some wealthy families secretly sent their retainers to hunt down Liu Xiu.

Not only them, Nanyang County has already sent troops.

At the Li family in Wan County, Li Tong knelt on the ground and cried loudly. Even though Liu Xiu had told him last night that his father was involved in the Belt Edict conspiracy in Chang'an and might be in danger.

But when he actually heard that his father was killed by a gangster, he was still heartbroken.

After calming down his sadness a little, he looked in the direction of Chang An with firm eyes and said to himself: "Father, don't worry."

His father, Li Shouhao, was much more powerful than Cai Shaogong and others. He had long heard the prophecy from his father that "the Liu family will revive, and the Li family will be the assistant."

Now this prophecy is coming true. He has seen Liu Xiu's ability and knows that the world will change.

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Although Zhu You was from Wan County, he was only born in Wan County. Like Liu Xiu, he also lost his father when he was young. He left his hometown early and went to live in the home of his grandfather Liu, so he and Liu Xiu had known each other since childhood.

Now that Liu Xiu left Wan County, he naturally followed.

The three of them took an ox cart and wandered toward Caiyang County.

What happened at yesterday's banquet made Zhu You hold back his words. He waited until they were far away from Wan County before he couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Wen, what are your ambitions?"

Deng Yu also looked at Liu Xiu, his eyes full of expectation.

Liu Xiu looked at his two close friends, then looked at the endless fields, and said seriously: "My ambition is to establish a heart for the world, to establish a destiny for the people, to inherit the unique knowledge of the saints, and to create peace for all generations!"

The calm tone sounded like thunder in the ears of Deng Yu and Zhu You, shaking their minds.

They looked at Liu Xiu in shock, which was even more shocking than hearing Liu Xiu say "I am determined to be in the world"!
The bullock cart swayed along.

After a while, Deng Yu said seriously: "I originally wanted to say that Uncle Wen can bring great virtue to the world, so I have to do my best for Uncle Wen and leave his name in the annals of history.

Now it seems that my ambition has also changed! "

Zhu You laughed and said, "Me too!"

When they left the boundary of Wan County, they suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses and shouts coming from behind.

"Liu Xiuxiu, leave!"

"Kill Liu Xiu!"

"Liu Xiu, leave the head on your neck!"

Deng Yu and Zhu You's expressions changed. They had no time to think about why there were pursuers, but immediately thought about how to solve the sudden crisis.

They are bullock carts, how can they outrun those fast horses?
But Liu Xiu laughed on the bullock cart: "Haha, the man who sent us horses is here!"

(End of this chapter)