Chapter 13 The Treasure of the Ten Permanent Attendants
Zhang Rang turned around and discussed with Duan Gui for a while, and then he unwillingly told Lu Bu about the treasure land.
It turned out that the treasure was buried next to the tomb of Emperor Ling of Han in Beim Mountain. It was a tomb dug next to it when he was building a tomb for Emperor Ling of Han. It contained the money plundered by the ten eunuchs and many young eunuchs for decades (Note 1).
Zhang Rang and others controlled the center. Many years ago, they had a premonition that the troubled times were coming and there would be chaos in the capital, so they buried the treasure there in advance, dug it out and divided it after the turmoil, leaving Luoyang and returning to their hometown to live in peace, but they did not expect the turmoil to come so quickly.
Lu Bu looked at the low-rise but majestic and green Beimang Mountain in the distance, and murmured in his heart.
The mountains of Beim Mountain are majestic. The water of Yi and Luo flows through Beim Mountain from west to east. The water is deep and the soil is thick. Establishing a tomb in Beim Mountain is a perfect Feng Shui theory that the ancients advocated. Moreover, the soil layer below the surface of Beim Mountain has low water seepage, good stickiness and tightness. Therefore, Wum Mountain is regarded as a Feng Shui treasure land for funeral and Anzhong. Starting from the prime minister of Qin Lu Buwei, many emperors and generals of all dynasties have placed their tombs here. The poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty also said, "Why not follow the Dongluo River? Who is buried in Beim Mountain?" There is also a saying that "born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in Beim Mountain."
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the founding emperor Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han, to the last emperor of Xian, Liu Xie, in front of him, all emperors were buried here. Since it was an imperial tomb, it should be a heavy guard inside. If you want to dig treasures in it, what is the difference between robbers and tomb robbers? The robbers are still the imperial tombs. They are extremely ruthless. Once the news is revealed, Lu Bu's fate will not be better than Dong Zhuo in the future. Therefore, this treasure cannot be dug for the time being.
When the treasure digging of Beimang Mountain is placed in the future, the most important thing at present is to solve the eunuchs in front of you.
Lu Bu ordered people to pull out several ships from Xiaopingjin Pass and push them into the Yellow River, and then ordered Zhang Rang to let go of the young emperor Liu Bian and King Chenliu Liu Xie.
Zhang Rang and others quickly let Liu Bian and Liu Xie go, and then ran towards the ship.
Liu Bian and Liu Xie were held hostage by Zhang Rang and others for nearly a hundred miles. They were exhausted and could not even walk.
Lu Bu hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the nine-year-old Liu Xie.
Liu Xiechang probably looked like his mother, Wang Meiren, with white face, white teeth and red lips, and was naturally smart and calm, not crying or making trouble. He turned his head to look at Zhang Rang, then looked at Lu Bu, and asked, "General Lu, can you spare Mr. Zhang? He did such a thing for his father, and he was very good to me. He had no credit and worked hard. He was old and had not had a few days to survive."
Lu Bu nodded and obeyed the order: "Abide by the will of King Chenliu."
Lu Bu felt very moved. Obviously, Liu Xie remembered Zhang Rang's kindness. If the Ten Eunuchs protected Liu Xie, Liu Xie would have been killed by He Jin and Empress Dowager He long ago. Such a smart and kind emperor, but unfortunately, he always met his ministers.
Lu Bu was not interested in hugging the fifteen-year-old Liu Bian, so he asked Qin Yi to support him.
Such a big child will only cry when something happens. It is really good to depose Dong Zhuo in the future. Even the puppet emperor must look like a personal king.
Liu Bian cried and shouted, "I'm so hungry, so thirsty, I want to eat, I want to drink water!" That looked no different from an ordinary child who was spoiled. It seems that the woman, Empress Dowager He, was very good at educating her children.
Lu Bu frowned and asked his guard to bring some dry food and water for Liu Bian and Liu Xie, and finally stopped Liu Bian's crying.
Zhang Rang and others took advantage of this time to run to the boat. Before they could sit firmly, Lu Bu waved his hand and dozens of Bingzhou soldiers opened their bows and arrows, and shot the eunuchs of Hou Lan and other big and small in an instant, leaving only Zhang Rang to cry and scream: "Lu Bu, you have no credit, you really want to kill someone to silence you!"
Lu Bu shook his head and ordered Qin Yi and others to help Liu Bian and Liu Xie on the horse, and ordered Qin Yi to lead most of the soldiers to slowly rush to Luoyang City.
Seeing that the large army was walking away and there were no idle people waiting on the bank of the Yellow River, Lu Bu ordered his confidant soldiers to pull Zhang Rang out of the boat, change Zhang Rang's clothes, and glued some beards to him, which was immediately different.
Zhang Rang Er's monk was confused: "Lu Bu! Why didn't you kill them and not kill me?!"
Lu Bu smiled coldly: "Because I only promised King Chenliu to save you one life, but I did not promise to let other eunuchs go a long way to live, let alone the fewer people who know our treasure secret, the better!"
There is another reason why Lu Bu kept Zhang Rang's life. Although Zhang Rang was busy most of his time to please Emperor Ling of Han and make money, he had been in the inner palace for so many years and should have great experience in fighting against the Qingliu Party members of the aristocratic families outside the palace. Lu Bu even suspected that Zhang Rang had an organization similar to the East Factory of the Ming Dynasty, which was specifically used to spy on the Qingliu Party members of the aristocratic families. Even if there was no such organization, Zhang Rang should have hidden many dirty things in his head about the Yuan Shao family and the Wang Yun family.
In addition, it is said that Zhang Rang was an inventor who regarded Cai Lun as an idol. He had invented a water truck for the people to gush land. In order to please Emperor Ling, Zhang Rang also invented many wonderful things. Those who were regarded as "strange skills" by the Qingliu ministers, and their values were very different in Lu Bu's eyes.
Although it is dangerous to be slandered by the world, overall, the benefits of keeping Zhang Rang's life outweigh the disadvantages.
Lu Bu asked his confidants to send Zhang Rang to the camp to hide, and cut off the heads of eunuchs such as Duan Gui and hung them beside the horse's head, and then began to rush to chase the army ahead.
Lu Bu couldn't appreciate the bloody habit of hanging his head next to his horse's head, but in this era when the enemy's head counted as military achievements, he could not be too demanding. Fortunately, he was the chief general and did not need to take the head to claim credit. Even if he killed the general in the future, he would hand over the enemy's head to his subordinates to save it, rather than hanging it on his own mount.
After Lu Bu caught up with the front army led by Qin Yi, he ordered the entire army to be on guard because Lu Zhi and Min Gong's hundreds of soldiers rushed over from not far away, and soon after, Dong Zhuo's army might also be coming.
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Note 1: The records of Zhang Rang in history: Among the few people who were young, they were the Xiaohuangmen during Emperor Huan. During Emperor Ling, Rang and Zhao Zhong were also promoted to the Zhongchangshi, and were granted the title of Liehou, and were in the form of a liehou, and were in the form of a relative. Rang had a slaughter in charge of family affairs, transported and bribed goods, and his power was noisy. At that time, Rang and Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Gui, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Ju, and Song Dian, were all appointed as Zhongchangshi, and were favored by the marquis and noble people. The father, brother and son, Bride County, were greedy and humble.
, was a trauma. Next year, Nangong disaster, Rang, Zhong and others said that the emperor ordered the tax of land in the world to build a palace. Those who had no money would commit suicide. Those who were in charge of the Qing Dynasty beg for the officials who were forced to send them. They also built Wanjin Hall in the West Garden, and led the officials to collect money, silk and silk to accumulate them. The eunuchs were successful and fearless, and they set up a house and planned the palace. Next year, they ordered the Gudun to repair the Nangong Yutang. In this way, Zhang Rang and other ten regular attendants did indeed plunder a lot of money.
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