During the time when he was on good terms with Xiao Heng, Liu Huangchang, who had been suppressed for many years, finally showed signs of rising. Suddenly, many people came to make friends with him and gave him gifts. In addition to the gifts from Xiao Heng and Shen Yicheng, Liu Huangchang, who had been poor for many years, couldn't help but accept a lot of things.
He couldn't stop. He accepted more and more money. For the first time in his life, he knew that money was so easy to get. He couldn't stop accepting money.
He was not clean himself.
He used the money to buy houses and tenants in his hometown, which was also against the law of the court. If Xiao Ruxun and the others succeeded, what would happen to him?
What would the Emperor do when he killed so many people?
In the end, he and Xiao Ruxun didn't have much friendship, let alone a life-and-death friendship. It could only be said that Liu Huangchang agreed with Xiao Ruxun's ability to command troops. They had also drank and chatted with each other in Korea and had a good impression of each other. In the post-war memorial, Xiao Ruxun also mentioned Liu Huangchang.
As for what to do …
Helplessly watching the hardworking and loyal Xiao Ruxun die, helplessly watching the emperor being deposed, helplessly watching all these things happen, and then let everything be twisted, never to be known by future generations again ….
Or out of conscience, out of the only conscience left in his heart, help in time?
In the tug-of-war between practical interests and conscience, Liu Huangchang, who hadn't completely sunk in, spent a day and a half in extreme entanglement and pain. Finally, Liu Huangchang came up with a solution that seemed to be the best of both worlds.
He let Shen Yicheng do this, attack the Emperor, and destroy the Emperor's plan.
At the same time, he would severely attack Xiao Ruxun's self-confidence and destroy Xiao Ruxun's spirit. He would let him know the huge gap in strength between him and Shen Yicheng. He would become depressed and no longer dare to attack Shen Yicheng.
Then, he would release Xiao Ruxun and let him leave in despair. Xiao Ruxun would then return to Myanmar with his wife and children and never interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains again.
This way, not only would he be able to live with his conscience, but he would also not be killed after the Emperor gained power, causing the wealth that he had worked so hard to obtain to vanish into thin air once again.
This was the only method Liu Huangchang could think of.
Of course, Liu Huangchang did not intend to take any risks because he was a person who believed in fate.
If Xiao Ruxun died here, then he deserved to die there. Liu Huangchang did not owe Xiao Ruxun anything.
If Xiao Ruxun could survive Shen Yicheng's trap, then Xiao Ruxun's life wouldn't end here. If he helped him, he would be able to live up to his conscience.
On the night when the coup was about to begin, Liu Huangchang was recommended by Tycoon Xiao. He did not act with Tycoon Xiao. Instead, he received the task of commanding and planning to destroy the four guards of the Soaring Phoenix Army and the Warrior Battalion.
Tycoon Xiao made it clear that he wanted Liu Huangchang to perform well in front of Shen Yicheng and show his strength so that he could be promoted to the position of assistant minister of the Ministry of War after the coup was successful.
Liu Huangchang did not disappoint Tycoon Xiao's expectations. He not only completed this task perfectly, but also used psychological tactics to recruit many elites of the four guards of the Soaring Phoenix Army and the Warrior Battalion to surrender, expanding the strength of Shen Yicheng's side.
Therefore, Liu Huangchang was rewarded by Shen Yicheng. Compared with Xu Fang, who had done something stupid outside Donghua Gate, Liu Huangchang would obviously have a better future.
However, while Liu Huangchang was working for Shen Yicheng, he also arranged for his younger brother to do another thing.
After Liu Huangchang made a little fortune, he would certainly not forget his younger brother who was suffering. Therefore, he asked Tycoon Xiao to mention his younger brother. Tycoon Xiao thought that Liu Huangchang had just made a fortune. If it was too late to promote his relatives at this time, it would easily arouse the dissatisfaction of outsiders.
Tycoon Xiao gave Liu Huangchang some suggestions, and Liu Huangchang agreed. Therefore, Tycoon Xiao informed Zhao Shiqing and mentioned Liu Huangding, who was working hard in the Ministry of Revenue.
Zhao Shiqing was very good at dealing with people. Soon, he transferred Liu Huangding from a poor position to the position of warehouse manager of the Ministry of Revenue. He was responsible for managing the large grain warehouses next to Chaoyang Gate for the people of the capital and the capital guards.
Although it wasn't a very high position, it was much better than his previous position. Not only was the working environment better, but the income was also good. The Liu brothers, who had suffered for so long, were finally able to see the light of day.
Liu Huangding had always followed Liu Huangchang's lead. When he learned of this matter before the coup, he was equally shocked, and after hearing his elder brother's arrangements, he was even more shocked. He felt that his elder brother had gone crazy.
However, Liu Huangding had no intention of opposing his elder brother. Although he felt that it was inappropriate, since it was his elder brother's request, Liu Huangding could only agree.
Their father had passed away early, and the two brothers depended on each other for survival. The elder brother was like a father, so Liu Huangding naturally listened to his elder brother in everything.
Thus, on the night of the coup, when Liu Huangchang's two trusted aides brought Xiao Ruxun's group of four to Liu Huangding, Liu Huangding was truly flabbergasted.
His elder brother was right. Those who weren't fated to die really shouldn't die.
Liu Huangding immediately opened the grain storehouse and personally hid Xiao Ruxun's group of four in sacks of grain. He told them that they absolutely had to believe in him, in his elder brother Liu Huangchang. Tomorrow, the two brothers would think of a way to get them out of the city.
Liu Huangchang naturally had a card up his sleeve for these arrangements.
Because Shen Yicheng had launched the coup and mobilized a large number of soldiers into the city, he had also mobilized a large number of soldiers to seal off the gates of the capital. This naturally meant that there would be some troops that weren't part of the capital's ranks.
These troops were stationed outside the city, so the grain they needed was naturally sent from the nearby storehouse at Chaoyang Gate. In truth, Chaoyang Gate was the city gate for grain to enter and exit. The grain transported from the south would be loaded onto trucks at the Dongbianmen Pier and then sent to the storehouse at Chaoyang Gate to be registered and stored before being sent out.
The flow of grain here was very fast, especially in a situation like this.
The grain from the south had not yet arrived, so the grain was only going out and not coming in. Every hour, a large amount of grain would be sent out of the storehouse and sent to the capital or the army camps outside the capital. Shen Yicheng's special approval was not needed for the grain to be sent out. All one needed was a receipt from the Bureau of Revenue and the Bureau of Military Personnel and a slight inspection.
After the coup, Shen Yicheng immediately decided to give some consolation and rewards to the large garrison around the capital so that they could stabilize. This task was given to Xiao Daheng, and Xiao Daheng gave this task to Liu Huangchang to arrange.
This reward naturally included a large amount of grain. Liu Huangchang and Liu Huangding worked together, using their own authority to deceive the public and arrange for Xiao Ruxun's group of four to be loaded onto the carriages that were to be sent to Liaodong Village. They smoothly sent Xiao Ruxun's group of four out of Chaoyang Gate and toward Shanhai Pass.
Of course, Xiao Ruxun's group could not go with the carriages to Liaodong. Liu Huangchang ordered them to use the night, when the army stopped to rest, to cut open the sacks of grain and run out.
Then, they could choose where they wanted to go!
Before leaving, Xiao Ruxun tightly grasped Liu Huangchang's hand.
"Xiao Ruxun will definitely repay Duke Liu's kindness, but right now, there is still one matter that requires Duke Liu's assistance!"
"Please speak."
"I have two elder brothers, Xiao Rulan and Xiao Ruhui, who are leading troops in Shaanxi and Ningxia. I fear that Shen Yicheng will harm my two brothers, so I request Duke Liu's assistance in protecting my two brothers. If this can be done, Xiao Ruxun will forever remember Duke Liu's kindness!"
Liu Huangchang hesitated for some time.
"This Liu does not dare to guarantee that this matter will be successful, but Lord Minister Shen has not mentioned Duke Qin's two brothers, so there should still be time. This Liu will do his best. Duke Qin, I, Liu, am only doing this for the sake of my own conscience. The outcome has already been decided, and you have no other choice. While the Imperial Court doesn't know that you've escaped, quickly flee back to Myanmar and take your family far away! Don't come back! "
Liu Huangchang exhorted Xiao Ruxun like this.
Later, Liu Huangchang bribed four Men of Sacrifice with a large sum of money, and directed a drama in which Xiao Ruxun was discovered and then burned himself in defeat. He knew that there must be someone who could not resist the temptation of five hundred taels of silver, so he did not need to arrange the fuse himself.
That act was quite successful, at least it managed to fool Xu Zuo.
As for whether Shen Yicheng believed it or not, and how he would investigate if he did not believe it, these were the problems that Liu Huangchang needed to worry about.
He had to arrange more interference information to be thrown to Shen Yicheng, to interfere with Shen Yicheng's thinking, so that he could not accurately find out the truth of the matter. While protecting his own safety, he could also buy some time for Xiao Ruxun to escape.
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