Chapter 18: The First Encounter
On the day of the erection, when he went to the court, Liu Huizu said: "Your Majesty's harem is barren today, and the queen has only had one son for many years. The ministers responded one after another, and there were even humanitarians: "The common people have rich families and want three wives and four concubines, but now Your Majesty has been on the throne for five years, but there is only one son under his knees, isn't it a loss of virtue in the middle palace?" Please listen to the heartfelt words of your ministers, and listen to them with righteousness. The emperor's face was ugly for a while, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a family matter." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu stood up directly, "Your Majesty! How can there be family affairs in the family of the Son of Heaven, everything is a state affair! The emperor said: "Zhuqing is concerned about state affairs, and I am very comforted, Prime Minister, what do you think?" The emperor saw that his uncle had not spoken, so he asked. Your Majesty, the ministers think that the people of the world are all Your Majesty's subjects, and I hope that Your Majesty will focus on the overall situation and recruit concubines, so that the prince can strive to forge ahead, and the royal family is thriving. ”
The man on the dragon throne stopped talking, and the courtiers were silent, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to respond, but the emperor said: "Even so, I think that the matter is very important, and I can't discuss this matter lightly, and then discuss it." I heard that the Yellow River burst its banks, many people drowned in Shanxi, and the fields were also damaged, and there was no harvest this year. Prime Minister, you have been in the court for many years, won my trust, today I will appoint you as the chief governor of Shanxi disaster relief, and go to office in the afternoon, the disaster situation is urgent, do not delay, I will let people send disaster relief food later, the prince Taibao Mou Shuai is an old minister of the three dynasties, conscientious, never made a mistake, today I want to restore the post of Mu Shuai Prime Minister, the general leader of the court, scatter the dynasty! ”
Here Xu Yuan hurried day and night, has arrived in Gyeonggi, a few years of cultivation and beard make him look particularly old and serious, even if it is the old man of the Xu family, I am afraid that he will not be able to recognize it at a glance, despite this they are still very cautious, avoiding Liu Huizu's ears and eyes, to Gyeonggi, secretly looked at the house where the little lord was imprisoned, it was empty and almost no one was there, but there were always people watching at the door, it was not easy to start, Xu Yuan went to explore at night, and found that on the surface it seemed that there were few people in the house, but the corners that were not easy to observe outside were almost full of dark whistles, He continued to explore inside, and found that there was a courtyard with a lot of people, he looked, and found that there was a room full of bright clothes, but the house was foul-smelling, this should be the place where Liu Huizu imprisoned the people in the clan, he looked carefully, and there was a young man with a hungry face but no panic, this should be the little lord that Sister Ting said.
I saw Xu Yuan looking left and right in the house for a long time, only to find their granary, a fire down, instantly burned into a piece, the house instantly became a mess, Xu Yuan took advantage of the chaos to release all the clans, seen by the attendants, and did not care about the granary, went straight to chase, how could the people in the clan scatter and flee, in the chaos, Xu Yuan grabbed the little lord, turned out of the optimistic wall, and planned to escape from Gyeonggi overnight, but it was really impossible, but the gate was not opened, and the city tower was heavily guarded, so he could only stay in the city for one night.
Xu Yuan looked at this little lord, although his breathing was also short, but his eyes calmly observed the surrounding environment, and only after he confirmed that he was safe, did he turn to Xu Yuan: "Are you sent by Ah Ting to save me?" Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "That's the case, but we can't get out of this Gyeonggi now, if we can't think of a good way, then when those people come to search at dawn tomorrow, we won't be able to escape." The boy did not panic, but asked him, "Did you come to this Gyeonggi city alone?" Xu Yuan looked at him: "Exactly." The young man looked at the surrounding environment, it was terrifyingly quiet, and he could hear the cries for help from the captured clan, but the surrounding houses were tightly closed and no one came out to rescue or even take a look, listening to the footsteps of those pursuers getting closer and closer, the young man's body shrank into a ball of fear. Xu Yuan stuffed him into a large water tank on the side of the road, "You can hide it and don't make a move." ”
Seeing the young man's figure disappear in front of him, Xu Yuan was like a huge bat, jumping up and lying on the wall, only to see two or three people chasing after him from the alley, they looked around, but saw that there was no, and then turned away. Xu Yuan hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief, and heard them say again: "There is still a cylinder here that I haven't seen." As he spoke, he approached. Xu Yuan held his breath and concentrated, and when they came, he jumped down gently, and first slapped his palm on the back of the head of the last man, and the man fainted with a muffled snort. The two people in front turned their heads to see Xu Yuan, and instantly became vicious, pulled out their waist knives, and slashed at him.
Xu Yuan first bent down to dodge the knife that came over, reflexively tripped the person on the left and fell to the ground with a stumbling leg, and then took a step back and flew up a kick that hit the person on the right cheek, the person fainted directly, and then looked at the person on the left, he just came back to his senses and wanted to call someone, but Xu Yuan jumped out six feet with a leap of six feet, grabbed his throat with both hands in the shape of claws, and turned back, he began to lie on the ground and began to convulse, while his eyes were looking at the sky, a good round of crescent.
Xu Yuan leaned over and leaned into the tank, and saw an old fist in his face, Xu Yuan was unprepared, and hit his right eye. I only felt dizzy for a while, and I saw the young man's wet body shrinking into a ball, with fear and defense in his eyes, and when he saw that it was Xu Yuan, he quickly jumped out of the water tank. "Your eyes, I didn't mean to..."Xu Yuan looked at him, he was a child after all, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, "It's okay, come and help, and I'll settle accounts with you when I get out." Together, they put the three men stripped naked into the water tank, the fainted two heads into the water, and the dead one on top of each other. Xu Yuan was afraid that they would run out, so he pressed a stone table and chair on it. After changing their clothes and taking out the waist card for going out, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Xu Yuan beckoned the young man to hide in an alley close to the city gate, and as soon as the city gate opened, he fled from the city.
The young man touched his stomach and pulled Xu Yuan's sleeve: "I'm hungry, can we buy something to eat before going out?" Xu Yuan looked back at him with a look of disbelief: "I didn't bring any money, besides, even if I go out of the city now, it will be dangerous all the way, and I must not be exposed to outsiders." The young man's eyes dimmed, "Yes, I know that we have to escape before we can do anything else." Xu Yuan looked at him with some surprise, but he didn't dare to underestimate him in his heart, and when he went out, the officers and soldiers guarding the city asked him how to get his eyes, Xu Yuan just smiled and stuffed a bag of broken silver into the soldier's hand, "This is my Uncle Liu Guo asked me to arrest the thief who stole the family's property, Uncle Liu Guo saw that the villain was broken, and refused to use me anymore, so I came out of the city, just looking forward to finding a good source, even if it is to go back to farm a field for others, do our old business, big brother, you will be accommodating." ”
As soon as the soldiers heard that the old people in Uncle Liu's mansion refused to accept the money, they just said that Uncle Liu was a nobleman, and the people in the mansion could not stop him, and Xu Yuan had a waist card, so he let the two of them go out of the city, and when they got out of the city, the young man muttered quietly behind him: "A name of Uncle Liu Guo is more effective than the customs clearance documents and gold and silver!" Xu Yuan looked at him, knowing that he must be indignant in his heart, so he told him: "The relationship between the royal family is also far and near, Liu Huizu grew up with the emperor since he was a child, even if he is a straw bag, he is still reused, although you are a member of the royal family, you are a clan relative, and you are also qualified to inherit the throne, how can they tolerate you." ”
The young man lowered his head and looked at his surroundings again: "I know that the clan has become a street rat now, and I also understand one other thing. "What's the matter?" Xu Yuan was a little curious, since he was out of the city, the young man had been talking about big things, Xu Yuan ignored him out of the taboo, he didn't expect him to be talking when he went out of the city, then he wanted to ask the truth. "You came to save me, not only Ah Ting begged you, just with the jade pendant I gave her, she couldn't invite someone like you at all, you want to use my royal status to help you do something rebellious!"