Looking at the back of the cavalry gradually moving away until it completely disappeared from view, Liu Xiuyi changed his panicked and cowardly appearance just now, ran back to the field, used both hands, dug the soil, and dragged Long Yuan out of the field.

After Long Yuan came out, he coughed continuously, spitting out several mouthfuls of black mud, his already pale face looked even whiter at this time, so white that it was bloodless, almost transparent.

Liu Xiu looked at him and asked, "You...... Are you hurt? On Long Yuan's body, he keenly smelled a strong smell of blood.

Long Yuan asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there water?" ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly got up, walked aside, took out a scoop of clear water from the wooden barrel, and handed it to Long Yuan.

The latter took it, didn't look at it, and poured a scoop of water into his stomach with a clatter. After drinking, he coughed twice, and his spirits finally strengthened.

At this time, he was in the mood to look at Liu Xiu carefully.

Liu Xiu is seven feet three inches tall, that is, about 1.75 meters, with a well-proportioned figure, a thin body, looking at his face, dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a tall nose bridge, handsome and handsome, he is a very peugeot young man.

After looking at Liu Xiu for a while, Long Yuan nodded to him, and said: "Thank you for your help this time, save your life, I don't dare to say thank you, as long as Long is still alive, I will repay today's kindness in the future." ”

Liu Xiu didn't care about repaying the favor or not, the reason why he was willing to risk killing his head to rescue Long Yuan was entirely because Long Yuan did something he wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and he didn't have the ability to do it, assassinating Wang Mang!

He asked with concern, "Where are you going?" ”

Long Yuan took a deep breath and said, "First find a deep mountain and old forest, and then plan after avoiding this limelight." As he spoke, Long Yuan gritted his teeth and stood up, but the others stood up, but one leg kept trembling.

Liu Xiu got up, stretched out his hand to support the crumbling Long Yuan, and said: "According to your current state, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk two or three miles, even if you are not caught by the officers and soldiers, you will fall first." ”

Long Yuan was silent. What Liu Xiu said is the truth, he is not only physically exhausted now, but also seriously injured, with excessive blood loss, if he can't find a safe place to recuperate in time, I'm afraid he will worry about his life.

Liu Xiu blinked, pondered for a moment, reached out and grabbed Long Yuan's arm, and said to the side, "Let's go, I'll take you to a place where you can hide!" ”

Long Yuan's face was straight, and he said: "By all means, if you take me in, once the news leaks, you, and your family, will inevitably die!" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Don't worry, the place I took you to is very hidden, it is a small wooden hut abandoned by Orion in the mountains, it is very safe there, and no one will go there on weekdays!" ”

Long Yuan glanced at Liu Xiu and asked, "Why did Engong help me so much?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "The reckless thief has no way, the sky is angry and the people are resentful, but in the whole world, there are very few people who dare to shoot against the reckless thief, I admire Brother Long's courage and courage!" ”

Long Yuan said: "Engong has won the award, what I did was not for the common people in the world, but for my own personal grudges." ”

"Brother Long has a grudge against the reckless thief?"

Long Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Yuan is from the Guangqi Marquis Mansion. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu was stunned at first, and then showed an expression of sudden realization.

No wonder Long Yuan said that he had a personal grudge against Wang Mang, no wonder Long Yuan dared to assassinate Wang Mang, it turned out that he was a person from the Marquis of Guangqi's mansion.

After the death of Emperor Ping Liu Yin, because he had no heirs, Wang Mang, who was already in power at that time, decided to set up a puppet and chose to choose and choose, so he chose the son of Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi.

At that time, Liu Xian's son was only four years old, and was taken to Chang'an by Wang Mang and made him the crown prince, and Wang Mang called him his son.

Wang Mang kept his children in the palace, and no one was allowed to talk to him, nor was anyone allowed to teach him to read and write.

The son of the prince who had been in the palace for three years became a fool who didn't know anything and couldn't even speak clearly.

During this period, Liu Xian went to the imperial court many times and proposed to visit his son in Chang'an, but Wang Mang refused.

Later, Wang Mang simply found a reason to destroy Liu Xian's full door. Liu Xian's family was dead, and only a little fool was left at his mercy, so Wang Mang felt relieved.

It can be said that the Marquis of Guangqi and Wang Mang have a common enmity.

Liu Xiu supported Long Yuan, and while talking, he walked forward, and walked seven or eight miles before he came to a mountain forest. After walking in the mountains and forests for more than half an hour, Long Yuan finally saw the small wooden house that Liu Xiu said.

The cabin is not large, and it is a temporary residence built by hunters in the mountains and forests to facilitate hunting.

It can be seen that it has been uninhabited for several years, and there are many cobwebs in the house.

Liu Xiu cleaned up briefly, then helped Long Yuan in and let him sit on the meadow. He asked, "How are your injuries?" ”

Long Yuan smiled bitterly and took off his coat, on his body, there were circles of cloth strips, and when he removed these strips of cloth, several hideous wounds were revealed.

He had at least seven or eight wounds on his body, including both stab wounds and scratches, and some wounds, the flesh on both sides were turned upside down, even looking at it, it made people shudder.

Liu Xiu swallowed his saliva, secretly speechless, it is hard to imagine that a person who has suffered so many and such serious injuries can still grit his teeth and persevere, how strong willpower does it take!

He hurriedly said, "There are a lot of herbs in the mountains, I'll go and pick some for you." ”

As he spoke, he got up to go out.

"Eun Gong!" Long Yuan shook his head, stopped him, and said weakly: "I have gold sore medicine on my body, can Engong help me get some water?" ”

Liu Xiu said hello, carried a wooden barrel in the wooden house, and walked out quickly.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Liu Xiu returned to the wooden house with a large bucket of water.

He first helped Long Yuan clean his wounds, then helped him apply gold sore medicine to his wounds, and finally took off his inner lining, tore it into strips, and helped Long Yuan bandage the wounds.

After dealing with this time, ordinary people couldn't stand it at all, but Long Yuan didn't say a word from beginning to end.

It's not that Long Yuan doesn't know the pain, but his willpower is too amazing, when he helped him clean his wound, Liu Xiu obviously saw that the muscles around his wound were spasming and trembling, but looking at his face, there was no expression at all, only beads of sweat the size of beans dripping downward.

After finally helping him deal with his wounds, Long Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu and thanked him again.

"Brother Long, you're welcome." Liu Xiu asked, "Is there anything else you need my help with?" ”

Long Yuan felt that he had troubled Liu Xiu too much, and he was embarrassed to ask for it again, he didn't speak, his body was very honest, and his stomach gurgled out.

Suddenly, Long Yuan's pale face turned unnaturally ruddy.

Liu Xiu suddenly realized, and gently patted his head, Long Yuan was hunted down all the way, and I am afraid that he will not have a chance to eat a decent meal, and now he is naturally hungry.

He said, "Wait for me here, and I'll go home and get you something to eat." ”

"This ......" Long Yuan looked embarrassed.

You must know that there are many natural disasters now, either drought or waterlogging, and locust plagues from time to time, and the harvest of every household is not very good.

Seeing what he was worried about, Liu Xiu smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, the harvest in my field is not bad, and it is not bad for you to eat." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, looked around, and said, "It's safe here, and no one usually comes, so you can stay here in peace!" ”

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, he smiled at Liu Xiu and said, "Thank you so much." ”

Liu Xiu didn't stay in the cabin for long, explained a few more words, and turned to leave.

He walked all the way back to his home, boiled a bowl of meat soup as fast as he could, made a pot of corn rice and a plate of vegetables, and then put it in a basket, and returned to the cabin in the mountains without stopping.

Long Yuan was sleeping on a straw mat when he heard footsteps outside, he immediately opened his eyes, and at the same time, picked up the dagger that was placed aside.

As the door opened, and seeing Liu Xiu coming in from the outside, his tense nerves were relaxed.

Liu Xiu walked up to him, put down the basket, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, it's still hot!" ”

On weekdays, Liu Xiu gives the impression of being very soft, very low-key, and not very talkative. But in fact, Liu Xiu's personality is calm, not introverted, he loves to make friends, and he also knows righteousness.

Long Yuan lifted the cloth sheet on the basket and looked at it, there was porridge, vegetables, and meat soup. He looked surprised and said, "Engong, this ......"

Liu Xiu smiled: "I made these things, how about trying my craftsmanship?" ”

He didn't say how rare the food was now, how expensive the meat was, he only asked how good his cooking skills were, and his thoughtfulness of giving grace without saying anything made Long Yuan deeply moved.

Long Yuan stood up suddenly, Liu Xiu was startled by his sudden move, and before he could figure out what was going on, Long Yuan suddenly knelt down again and kowtowed forward.

His gift immediately made Liu Xiu panic, and hurriedly reached out to help him up.

Long Yuan knelt on the ground and did not move, still maintaining the posture of kowtowing, and said in a choked voice: "Yuan was originally a slave of the Hou Mansion of Guangqi, and the Hou Ye did not think that Yuan was humble back then, so he took Yuan in the mansion. Hou Ye's family was unjustly killed, Yuan should have died, and followed Hou Ye under Jiuquan, but the Hou Mansion was full of revenge and did not revenge, Yuan, he couldn't die......"

Speaking of this, Long Yuan couldn't cry anymore, fell to the ground and wept, and said intermittently: "As long as Yuan still has a breath left, Yuan, he will kill the reckless thief to comfort the spirit of Hou Ye in the sky......"

When Liu Xiu was helping him clean his wounds, he was trembling in pain, but he could not say a word, just such an iron-clad man, but at this time he cried into tears, like a child, which made Liu Xiu's heart also have mixed feelings.

He took Long Yuan's arm and said, "Brother Long, get up and speak!" ”

Long Yuan raised his head slightly, wiped the tears on his face, and then, his head knocked on the ground again, took a deep breath, and said: "Engong has the grace to save Yuan's life, and treats Yuan with the courtesy of guests, Yuan is willing to serve Engong as the lord, from now on, Yuan will swear to follow Engong to the death!" ”

Liu Xiu was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that Long Yuan would serve himself as his lord and follow him.

He was stunned for a while before he reacted, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I...... I'm just a country man, and I'm ...... And what is there to follow? ”

Long Yuan wiped the tears on his face, and said, "Yuan can see that Engong will be a person who can achieve great things in the future!" ”

Through the process of Liu Xiu's rescue of him, it can be judged that although he is young, he is resolute in his work, he is not surprised by changes, he has scheming and the city, and the most important point is that he is a descendant of the Han family.

In the matter of opposing Wang Mang, the children of the Liu family are orthodox. The identity of a descendant of the Han family is far beyond comparison with others.

"This ......" Liu Xiugang hesitated a little, and Long Yuan said categorically: "If the lord should not, Yuan will not be able to kneel here." ”

Seeing that Long Yuan was resolute, kneeling on the ground really didn't have the slightest intention of getting up, and the wounds on his body were already oozing blood, Liu Xiu hurriedly said: "I promise you, Brother Long, please get up quickly." ”

Hearing this, Long Yuan sat back on the straw mat with Liu Xiu's support.

Liu Xiu looked at Long Yuan helplessly, and said: "Although you used to be the house slave of the Guangqi Marquis Mansion, but now that the Guangqi Marquis Mansion is gone, you are no longer anyone's house slave, if you want to follow me, be my guest." ”

Before Long Yuan answered, Liu Xiu smiled helplessly and said: "However, it will be very hard to be my doorman, I have no power, no power, no money, I can give you, I'm afraid there is only such a mouthful of food." ”

Long Yuan Zhengse said: "Lord, this is enough. ”

Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and asked, "Your name is Long Yuan, what is the word?" ”

Hearing this, Long Yuan lowered his head and whispered, "We are house slaves...... There are no words. ”

"You guys?" Liu Xiu was very careful, and immediately heard the voice, and he asked curiously, "Do you still have companions?" ”

Long Yuan nodded and said, "When we assassinated Wang Mang, we lost seven people, and later sacrificed three more people to cover my escape, and now counting me, we have only three people left." ”

Liu Xiu asked, "Where are the other two?" ”

"We were separated when we got rid of our pursuers." After a pause, Long Yuan said again: "After my injuries are healed, I will go to find them, and Long Zhun and Long Xiao will definitely be willing to follow the lord." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, his mind turned, and asked, "The three of you, who is the oldest?" ”

"It's a subordinate! The subordinates are twenty-five, Long Zhun and Long Xiao are both twenty-three years old. ”

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "I'll give you a word, how about calling it 'Zhongbo'?" ”

"Uncle Zhong." Long Yuan muttered twice, knelt down and kowtowed again, and said, "Thank you for the word!" ”