A bright moon hung in the night sky, illuminating the slightly dim Zhangtai Street.

At the end of Zhangtai Street, in the high temple near Anmen, Liu Hong was sitting outside the ancestral hall, looking up at the night sky with haggard eyes.

In just a few days, Liu Hong, who was already thin, was almost skinny.

The cheeks are deeply sunken, the cheekbones are faintly prominent, and even the eye sockets, which are not shallow, look deeper.

These days, Zhou Bo has not cut off the food and water of the Gao Temple, and two meals a day are still delivered to the outside of the Gao Temple on time; There were even a few days when Zhou Bo came to deliver food in person.

But Liu Hong really didn't dare to eat it...

Well, he's afraid that this body has a tap water allergy, or corn poisoning!

Out of this worry, Liu Hong didn't even dare to eat the three animals that were placed in the temple and used to worship Liu Bang!

In the past few days, Liu Hong has basically taken snow from high places and turned it into water to drink, so as to ensure his survival - if you don't count the few bird eggs that were picked up from the dead branches behind the temple the day before yesterday.

Hungry until now, Liu Hong was already in a trance, and even when someone knocked on the door, it took a while to react.

Weakly let someone in, Liu Hong sat up straight.

At this time, Liu Hong was in the high temple, and those who dared to invite him must be officials who were regular and upright.

Sure enough, the temple door slowly opened, and Liu Hong saw the old Fengchang Liu Budo step by step, came to the ancestral hall with a respectful face, bowed heavily, and then turned sideways, and said to Liu Hong on the side: "Fengchang leads the sect and the ministers are not suspicious, and I would like to worship Your Majesty." ”

Struggling to support the ground, Liu Hongxu gasped and stared deeply at Liu Budo's old face.

"I usually come here, but I will turn it on to the prime minister?"

That's right, in the past six days, except for Zhou Bo who came to 'deliver food', neither Worm Da nor Liu Budo have come to Gao Miao!

Insect Da can't come, Liu Hong can still understand, after all, Insect Da is now an honorary guard, and in the case that Liu Hong himself is trapped in the high temple, it is normal for Insect Da to be restricted from moving.

But as Fengchang, who is responsible for the daily maintenance of the high temple and the sacrificial affairs, Liu Budo has never been here, which makes Liu Hong very unhappy.

- Liu Hongzhi was stunned and waited for six days, but he was waiting for Liu Budo to come and deliver a bowl of food that would not make people die of allergies!

When Liu Budo heard this, his face suddenly became bitter, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the matter of the high temple, since the day the Shaofu sold grain, it has been regarded as a non-Fengchang belonging..."

Hearing this, Liu Hong's face warmed up a little, and he said lukewarmly: "Then why did you come here today?" ”

I saw Liu Budo sneakily looking around left and right, and then stepped forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Today's evening, news came out from the internal history: there are bandits outside the city, and His Majesty the inner history has issued an edict to send the thief commander Dasuo Guanzhong..."

Speaking of this, Liu Budo's voice was so low that it was insignificant: "Wei Wei Insect said: This may be a change outside the city..."

Liu Hong suddenly became clever and almost stood up from the ground!

That army is really here!

When he wrote the blood edict, Liu Hong didn't have a score in his heart at all: who knows if that army exists at this time?

But today, that army is coming!

That army not only existed, but also accepted Liu Hongdi's summons, and traveled nearly 2,000 miles in just a few days and appeared outside Chang'an City!

Liu Hong was excited, but there were almost no tears in his eyes...

Seeing that Liu Hong's originally dull eyes suddenly lit up, Liu Budo also had a trace of joy on his face, and then said: "Wei Wei said: There may be changes tonight, Your Majesty should have something to defend himself, and Wei Wei will come later." ”

As he spoke, Liu Budo took out a short sword from his sleeve like a trick under Liu Hong's horrified gaze!

Immediately afterwards, under Liu Hong's even more shocked gaze, he took out one from his arms...

Chicks!

Then he took the short sword and chick in his hand and held it in front of the jaw-dropping Liu Hong!

After a lot of waste, Liu Hongcai put back his almost collapsed expression, and looked at the short sword with a little hesitation: "Feng Chang should know, Gao Miao can't show a blade?" ”

Liu Budo's face was as usual, his face was not red, and his heart did not skip a beat: "This ritual weapon is also unbladed." ”

Then, Liu Budo squatted down and used the 'unbladed' short sword to gently cut the neck of the chick, and a pool of blood red suddenly appeared on the snow-white ground.

Waiting for the chicken blood to dry up, Liu Budo took off the chicken feathers and skin together with a slightly rough face, and then presented the bloody 'chicken corpse' hands to Liu Hong with an indifferent face.

After reacting that Liu Budo was solving his own food problem, Liu Hong couldn't help but be happy in his heart, squinted slightly, and said meaningfully: "Fengchang should also know that the ancestral ancestral hall is not allowed to see blood stains..."

Liu Budo still has the appearance of righteous words: "This ancestor is also." ”

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Before dark, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, and Guan Ying had already gathered at the shogunate on the west side of the arsenal, waiting for news while guessing where the mysterious border army came from.

As for why the Shogunate was chosen, it is because the Shogunate is located adjacent to the arsenal, almost in the center of Chang'an Castle.

In this way, no matter whether there is news of abnormal movements from the direction of Chang'an, the three of them can rush to the place of the incident in the shortest possible time, or appear where they should appear.

"Why is the prime minister worried about this?"

Compared with Chen Ping's worries, Zhou Bo is undoubtedly much more relaxed: no matter who he is or where he comes from, as long as he comes, he can't get rid of the charge of 'acting without an edict'!

The baby was relatively calm, and analyzed rationally: "No matter how the child sent the letter to him, just talking about the time when Qin Shilang came out of Chang'an, it is only a dozen days now." ”

"In terms of a daily march of 100 miles, this rebel army should be no more than 1,000 miles away from Chang'an."

Hearing this, Chen Ping became inexplicably anxious: "Having said that, within a thousand miles, only the two armies of Longxi and Beidi can be used by children, and the rebels have not passed the Xiao Pass..."

Looking at Chen Ping's suspicious appearance, Guan Ying couldn't help but stop talking, and persuaded euphemistically: "Prime Minister, the words of the Marquis of Jiang may not be unreasonable, in the Han world, is there an army that does not send troops without sin?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Pingrao was uneasy, and it was not good to say anything more, so he could only sit down on his knees with a little sadness and fell into deep thought.

Zhou Bo glanced at Guan Ying and Guan Ying, then came to the weapon rack on the side, and looked at the halberd and Ge that Guan Ying placed in the council hall; From time to time, he pulled out a handle and weighed it in his hand.

Seeing that the two had no intention of talking, he took out a volume of "Tao Te Ching" from his arms and studied it with relish.

There was silence for a long time, and there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.

Zhou Bo didn't hear it, and he still couldn't put it down, playing with long guns and short sticks; Guan Ying slowly put down the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at the hall door.

Chen Ping stood up a little uneasily, walked to the door of the hall, regardless of whether this move was in line with etiquette, and made a posture of asking bluntly.

Chen Ping had just walked two steps when he saw a soldier running in quickly, glanced at the three people in the hall, and then panicked and said to the baby: "General, the southern camp is lost!" ”