The local government was still busy with tax matters, but some guests arrived in Luoyang.

Liu Mastiff, who was in Yuan's mansion, was called back to the palace by Huangmen.

Bidding farewell to Yuan Shu and his two friends, Liu Mastiff hurriedly returned to the palace, arrived at the palace, changed his clothes again, and Huangmen told him that King Chen Liuwang was coming.

Liu Mastiff recalled, for the memories of this uncle, in his mind a little vague, changed his clothes, and followed the Yellow Gate to the outside of the Houde Palace, the Yellow Gate went in to pray, which allowed Liu Mastiff to enter, Liu Mastiff walked in cautiously.

In the hall, the Son of Heaven held the prince and sat facing Chen Liuwang, not knowing what he was talking about.

Liu Mastiff met the Son of Heaven, and bowed to King Chen Liu, saying, "Nephew to meet uncle!" ”

Chen Liuwang is different from the Son of Heaven, he is very thin, with a short beard, a little sickly, when he saw Liu Mastiff coming in, a smile appeared on his face, "Mastiff? Have you grown so big? ”

Chen Liuwang waved his hand, asked Liu Mastiff to come over, held his hand, let him sit beside him, and asked, "Mastiff, how old is this year, have you ever gone to school?" ”

"Uncle, the mastiff is twelve years old and has entered school."

"Who's the teacher?"

"Sikong Yuan Gong."

Chen Liuwang was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to react, nodded, and chatted with him for a while, Liu Mastiff knew in his heart that his uncle was coming because of his grandmother, but he didn't know in his heart why his uncle would take so long to arrive in Luoyang, talking about his grandmother, Chen Liuwang couldn't help crying in a low voice, Liu Mastiff lowered his head, knelt beside him, and was also sad.

The little prince was in his father's arms, and he didn't know why they were crying, muttering his mouth, and it looked like he was about to cry.

"Mastiff..."

"Father?"

"Take your brother outside first..."

"Respectfully!"

Liu Mastiff just walked to the side of the Son of Heaven, little Liu Di rushed out, hugged Liu Mastiff's legs, looked at Liu Mastiff, smiled, Liu Mastiff lowered his body, hugged him up, it was still a little difficult, with the little guy, Liu Mastiff left the Houde Palace, walked outside the hall, found a place, sat down, put Liu Di in front of him, Liu Di had just learned to walk, waving his little hands, shaking in front of Liu Mastiff.

He walked in front of Liu Mastiff, waved his hand, he didn't know what he was calling in his mouth, Liu Mastiff stretched out his hand, grabbed his two fleshy little hands, teased him, and pinched his round little face, the little guy was not happy, so he stretched out his hand to hit Liu Mastiff's hand, which made Liu Mastiff laugh.

The Son of Heaven and Chen Liuwang walked out of the Houde Palace, Chen Liuwang's eyes were red, standing beside the Son of Heaven, he looked more and more thin, the Son of Heaven sighed helplessly, he knew that this younger brother's health was very bad, he was weak and sick since he was a child, and after learning that the Empress Dowager Song died, he was even more seriously ill, which made the Son of Heaven particularly distressed.

It's a pity that Erlang can't see his mother for the last time.

Thinking of this, he looked at King Chenliu's eyes, and then softened a lot, and the Son of Heaven said: "Don't be in a hurry to go back, I will send you a few more imperial doctors, you should adjust your body first, and then return to Chenliu...."

"Thank you, brother."

As the two were talking, they saw four or five palace maids appear in the distance, surrounded by one person, and walked over.

The person who came was none other than Cao Guiren.

Walking in front of the Son of Heaven, Cao Guiren hurriedly met with King Chen Liu, and King Chen Liuwang also returned the salute, Cao Guiren smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I was afraid that Di'er would delay things, so I came to pick him up...."

"Jiro?" The Son of Heaven was a little puzzled, and looked around, wasn't he taken out by Da Lang?

He hurriedly called the yellow gate in the distance and asked, "Where are Da Lang and Erlang?" ”

"It wasn't long ago that it was here... Later, I didn't know..."

Hearing such an answer, Cao Guiren's face suddenly turned pale, his whole person trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, where are they?" This...", the Son of Heaven was suddenly annoyed and scolded: "What's the hurry?!" Can they still get lost in the palace?! Send someone to find it! ”

"Respectfully!"

The Yellow Gates were busy, searching everywhere, and after searching for a long time, they didn't even find it.

"Your Majesty . . . Your Majesty... Why don't you let the guards look for it too? Cao Guiren asked, anxious and almost cried.

The Son of Heaven glanced at her coldly, she suddenly didn't dare to say any more, the Son of Heaven looked at King Chen Liuwang on the side, and said, "You go to the post station to rest first, and I will look for you tomorrow..."

"Okay, brother, they must have gone to play, don't worry..."

"Yes."

After sending away King Chen Liu, the Son of Heaven sat in the Hall of Houde, holding the book and looking at it, very calm, without the slightest panic, Cao Guiren sat beside him, and began to sobb softly, which made the Son of Heaven even more upset.

The two were sitting, the yellow door had not come back, but Liu Mastiff was holding the hand of the little guy, walking in from the door, the little guy took his brother's hand, staggered into the hall, looked at the Son of Heaven and Cao Guiren, grinned, he grabbed the fruit in one hand, and the whole face of the food was dirty, Cao Guiren exclaimed and stepped forward in surprise, and snatched Liu Di from Liu Mastiff's hand.

hugged Liu Di and began to cry.

Liu Mastiff looked at her blankly, and then looked at the Son of Heaven, at a loss.

"Where have you been?!"

"Erlang said he was hungry, so I took him to pick fruits to eat..."

Cao Guiren hugged Liu Di, looked up and down, and saw that he was safe and sound, so he was relieved, seeing that he was still eating the fruit in his hand, Cao Guiren angrily snatched the fruit from his hand, threw it on the ground, and cried out: "I have a son, if you fall and get hurt, what can I do...", the little guy looked at the fruit falling to the ground, and also cried.

The Son of Heaven slapped the case suddenly, and Cao Guiren immediately closed his voice.

He glared at Liu Mastiff and said, "Do you know how worried I am?" Why didn't you tell me and go so far away?! ”

Liu Mastiff looked at the angry father sluggishly, turned his head again, looked at Cao Guiren, was silent for a long time, he arched his hand, faced his father, and still said a little sluggishly: "The child knows his mistake." ”

"As the eldest son of the emperor, he is so old, why are you still so messing around, I don't know if King Chen Liuwang is also in the palace? It's so big, and it doesn't reassure the elders! Is it enough to just know what is wrong? Cao Guiren rebuked angrily, and then glanced at the Son of Heaven on the side.

The Son of Heaven frowned, waved his hand, and said:

"Go and kneel outside the temple! Kneel for half an hour, and have a long memory..."

"Your Majesty!" Cao Guiren was just about to speak, but the Son of Heaven looked at her fiercely and shouted, "Stop! Take Di'er back!! Cao Guiren was taken aback, glanced at Liu Mastiff, hugged Liu Di, and walked out of the Houde Palace.

The Son of Heaven looked at Liu Mastiff and said, "Before doing anything, you have to think a lot..."

Liu Mastiff didn't say anything, his heart was suddenly a little cold, the punishment was not heavy, kneeling and sitting, this is nothing, in the Yuan Mansion, Liu Mastiff even knelt and sat for two or three hours, this is nothing, but Liu Mastiff has never been so wronged, Cao Guiren took Liu Di away so roughly, which made Liu Mastiff extremely uncomfortable, and what was even more uncomfortable was his father.

Father didn't say a word for himself, is it fault that he didn't tell him?

Even the palace maid can take Erlang to play at will, but I need to tell me?

Liu Mastiff grinned, smiled bitterly, turned around, walked out of the Houde Hall in despair, came to the door outside the hall, and knelt down fiercely against the main hall, and the sharp pain in his knees did not move him.

He sat quietly on his knees, his face was surprisingly calm, no grievances, no anger, he looked a little numb, with a touch of sadness in his eyes, and the yellow doors around him were a little unbearable, and he wanted to tell the queen, but he was afraid that the Son of Heaven would blame him, so he didn't dare to act.

Gradually, the wind rose, and the thin Liu Mastiff knelt on the ground, his whole body shrunk into a ball, which made him look even thinner, he lowered his head, and tried to hold back the tears from falling.

In front of the door of the Houde Palace, Han Men looked at him, gritted his teeth, and entered the Houde Palace.

"The country... The eldest son of the emperor is young. It's windy again..."

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said: "Later, you just let him get up, let him go back to the Yuan Mansion...", Han Men nodded, walked out of the Houde Palace, the Son of Heaven shook his head, the jade is not cut, it is not a weapon, and he can't change that cowardice without being tempered.

Han Men trotted and walked to Liu Mastiff's side, stretched out his hand, and was about to help him up.

Liu Mastiff raised his head and looked at Han Men with some blankness.

Han Men said: "Your Highness, get up quickly... The wind is blowing..."

............

When I walked out of the palace, a light rain gradually fell from the sky.

The streets were deserted, and Liu Mastiff walked on the road, with the guards following him.

The rain falls on the ground, splashing the water.

The guards knew that Liu Mastiff was in a bad mood, and they all lowered their heads, not knowing how to speak, they were all elites in the army, elite soldiers in a hundred battles, fighting and marching, they were all good hands, but if they wanted to persuade them, they had no choice at all, just sighed helplessly, Liu Mastiff walked slowly, walked to a corner, stretched out his right hand, and supported the wall.

He lowered his head, but tears kept falling, in this hazy rain scene, his silent pain, his mouth grew up, but he didn't make a sound, even the tears, mixed with the rain, disappeared.

In his heart, it was so lonely and so sad.

A large hand jerked out and grabbed him by the shoulder.

Liu Mastiff raised his head with tears on his face.

Standing in front of him was Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu looked at him, stretched out his hand, and took him into his arms.

"Master... I miss my grandmother so much, I miss my grandmother so much..."Liu Mastiff cried out loud, the whole person buried his head in Yuan Shu's arms, and cried bitterly, Yuan Shu patted his back kissed, frowned, and didn't say anything.

took Liu Mastiff back to the mansion, and a soldier came in and carried Liu Mastiff to the couch.

Liu Mastiff's face was pale, with a hint of redness, his eyes closed, and he didn't know what he was muttering.

When Yuan Shu stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, he noticed the heat, and Yuan Shu immediately called a soldier in the house, this soldier is a doctor who has been treating soldiers in the army before, he checked Liu Mastiff's condition, and hurriedly began to work hard to heal.

Yuan Shu clearly saw that Liu Mastiff's knees were worn out, revealing a piece of redness and swelling, and the left knee, and even the blood were coagulated into a piece, glowing black, seeing this, Yuan Shu's face suddenly became gloomy, and he turned his head and looked at Su Wei.

"It's, what's wrong?"

................

The rain is still falling, in the sunlit night.

The streets are empty.

Gradually, the group appeared in the street, masked and dressed in sweat clothes, through the rain curtain to the door of a mansion.

The leader looked at the mansion in front of him, looked around, waved his hand, and several people in the back rushed over, waved the sword in his hand, slashed towards the gate, kicked again, and directly broke the door!

The servants in the mansion had already woken up, and rushed out of the house with their lamps in hand, and there was a lot of noise outside, and they roared angrily and made the loudest noise, to frighten the thieves who came, but they really couldn't understand how any thief dared to rush here to make trouble???!

The slaves took up their weapons one after another, and fought with the thieves head-on, the momentum was huge, and the neighbors around them were also awakened, they knew that soon, the neighbors would also come to the rescue, and the soldiers in Luoyang would also come, as long as they dragged the thieves, they could kill them all in the courtyard!!

Thinking so, however, things are not as they think, these thieves, I don't know where they came from, all of them are strong in martial arts, proficient in the art of fighting, some have fewer eyes, some lack ears, even so, they are still extremely brave, cut down the slaves in the house to the ground one by one, the slaves are not their opponents at all, after the slaves fell to the ground, they rushed to the inner courtyard.

Therefore, Cao Ding, the captain of Sili, was disheveled, holding a sword, standing at the door, looking at everyone, trembling, he roared angrily: "I am the father of Concubine Cao in the harem, a relative of heaven and country, how dare you come to make trouble!! ”

"Huh!"

The leader had no words, jumped a step directly, went to Cao Ding's side, swung out a sword, the sword light flashed, and directly picked up the sword in Cao Ding's hand, Cao Ding was taken aback, and the leader kicked him to the ground with a kick, Cao Ding held his abdomen in pain, looked at him, and hurriedly said: "I don't know what misunderstanding I have with you, I hope you forgive your sins and spare your life, I will not pursue it, I will not pursue it!" ”

"Wait for the order!" The leader roared.

"In!"

"Break my legs from everyone in this mansion..."

The leader said coldly.

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