Hearing that the eldest brother described the situation as a 'natural and man-made disaster', Liu Xiu subconsciously looked left and right, but fortunately, the people nearby were watching the notice, and no one paid attention to them.

He pulled Liu Xuan's sleeve and walked quickly out of the city. When he went out of the city gate and saw that there was no one around, he put Liu Xuan's sleeve and reminded: "Big brother, be careful of the trouble coming out of your mouth!" ”

What are natural and man-made disasters? These words are tantamount to criticizing today's government and the current Son of Heaven, this is a felony of killing the head!

For Liu Xiu's reminder, Liu Xiu disagreed, and said indignantly: "The reckless thief has no way, perverse, the world is in chaos, and the people are not happy. ”

Liu Xiu and Liu Xuan are both descendants of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and they are considered to be the relatives of the Han family, overthrowing the Xinmang regime and supporting the Han family, which is of course the wish of the two of them.

It's just that Liu Xiu is cautious by nature and will never say such a rebellious thing, while Liu Xiu's personality is diametrically opposite, unruly, and bold and chivalrous.

He has long wanted to follow the example of Green Forest and Red Eyebrows, hold high the banner of Kuangfu Han Dynasty, and overthrow the tyranny of Xinmang, but he has no financial resources to support him.

The brothers left Caiyang County and returned to the village of Chungling, where their home was located.

Liu Xiu's father died when he was nine years old, and he has been sent to his uncle Liu Liang's house. He has two older brothers, two older sisters, and a younger sister.

The eldest brother Liu Xuan and the second brother Liu Zhong have both started a family. The eldest sister Liu Huang lives in her grandfather's house, the second sister Liu Yuan married into the Deng family in Xinye, and the younger sister Liu Boji, like Liu Xiu, also lives in her uncle Liu Liang's house.

Back in the village, Liu Jiu shook his head and said, "Ah Xiu, go, go to the eldest brother's house and sit down!" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Big brother, there is still a lot of farm work in the field that I have not done, I have to work in the field!" ”

Hearing his words, Liu Jiu couldn't help but sigh softly, feeling both helpless and sad in his heart, the younger brother is too student, but now he can only work in the family farm, and his talents and learning have nowhere to show.

The reckless thief has been so mediocre, how can such a court last long?

Opportunity! He urgently needs a chance now, a chance to change himself and the fate of his family!

Liu Xiu nodded to Liu Xiu and admonished: "Ah Xiu, just plant the land almost enough, don't let yourself be too tired, your hands are ......" is used to hold a pen, not a hoe.

The last half of the sentence, he didn't say.

His father died of illness, and as the eldest son in the family, he couldn't take care of his younger brothers and sisters, which made Liu Jiu also angry.

Liu Xiu understood the thoughts in the eldest brother's heart, and he said happily to the eldest brother: "Big brother, I know, you go back!" ”

Seeing his eldest brother go away, Liu Xiu went to his own field, hoeing and ploughing the ground.

He was busy when the sound of horses' hooves could be heard faintly in the distance.

Liu Xiu subconsciously put down the hoe in his hand, straightened up, and raised his eyes to find prestige.

He saw a white horse galloping towards his field, and when he was far away, he did not see anyone on the horse, and when he was near, he saw a man lying on the horse's back.

As the horses got closer, their speed slowed down. When Liu Xiu approached, the man lying on the horseback seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, and directly flipped off the horse.

Liu Xiu was startled, and hurriedly ran forward to help the man up.

He fixed his eyes on it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this person's appearance was very familiar, and when Liu Xiu saw the slanted scar on this person's forehead, his heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help blurting out: "You are Long Yuan?!" ”

This person's appearance is almost exactly the same as the portrait posted in the county town.

The man who fell off the horseback was already in a semi-comatose state, and when he heard Liu Xiu say the word 'Long Yuan', his body suddenly shook, his eyes suddenly opened, and two electric lights shot directly on Liu Xiu's face.

Before Liu Xiu could react, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and saw that there was an extra cold dagger in the man's hand, which was dead against his throat.

"Who are you, and why do you know my name?" The man's tone was so cold that it seemed like an elephant could freeze to death.

Liu Xiu behaved very calmly, and he said with a straight face: "Now the county has posted a notice to arrest you, I just came back from the county seat!" ”

This man is none other than Long Yuan, who was wanted by the imperial court for assassinating Wang Mang. He stared at Liu Xiu and asked in a cold voice, "You want to send me to the official?" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, you assassinated the usurper thief, how could I take you to the official?" ”

Hearing this, Long Yuan's eyes flickered obviously, and he subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu again.

You must know that Wang Mang is the emperor today, and he dares to say that he is a usurper and a thief, this is a great crime of disrespect, and he will be beheaded all over the house, this is definitely not something that ordinary people can say!

He frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Under Liu Xiu."

"Liu Xiu......" Long Yuan had no impression of this name.

Liu Xiu added: "My ancestor was Liu Qin, the county commander of Jiyang County, and the ancestor was Liu Fa, the king of Changsha. ”

Ah, it turned out to be a descendant of the Liu family, a relative of the Han family, no wonder he would say that Wang Mang was a usurper and a thief!

Knowing Liu Xiu's identity, Long Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his hand holding the dagger hung down weakly, and he gasped and said: "There are reckless soldiers chasing me behind, please your little brother, give me saliva to drink, and I will leave immediately." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of rumbling, dense and rapid horses' hooves faintly heard in the distance.

Long Yuan's heart was shocked, he didn't dare to delay any longer, he gritted his teeth, stood up, stuck the dagger into his waist, and walked towards the horse on the side.

Liu Xiu's eyes rolled, and in a very short period of time, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Long Yuan was walking towards the horse, Liu Xiu walked behind him with an arrow, and before Long Yuan could react, he snatched the dagger that pinned Long Yuan to his waist. Long Yuan was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "You ......"

He only said the word you, and Liu Xiu had decisively waved the dagger.

He didn't swing his knife at Long Yuan, but slashed at the horse's buttocks.

The horses were in pain, neighing, and galloped out along the country road.

Seeing this, Long Yuan's face changed suddenly, and he asked sharply, "Why did you scare my horse away?" ”

In his current state, if there were no horses to walk around, he would not be able to shake off the pursuers behind him no matter what.

Liu Xiu looked at the back of the horse and left, turned his head, and said: "I look at your current state, I'm afraid you won't be able to run far, I'll help you hide!" ”

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu like a monster. This place, a flat river, where can you hide?

"Where can you help me hide? If you let the reckless soldiers see that you are with me, the reckless soldiers will definitely regard you and me as fellow party members in order to invite merit......"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xiu had already returned the dagger to Long Yuan, shook his head and said, "Come here and help!" As he spoke, he didn't look at Long Yuan, picked up the hoe, walked quickly to a clearing, and struggled to plane.

Long Yuan was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and said in surprise: "You want to bury me in the ground?" ”

"Is there a better way?" Liu Xiu turned his head and asked rhetorically while quickly plowing the ground.

Long Yuan frowned and glared at Liu Xiu, the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind was getting clearer and clearer, and from a distance, the dust was flying, as if a hurricane was blowing. If he thinks about it anymore, he can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

He staggered to Liu Xiu's side, knelt on the ground, and helped Liu Xiu dig a pit with a dagger.

The fields had already been plowed by Liu Xiu, the soil was soft, and the pits were dug quickly, and they were only used for Tibetans, and they did not need to be dug too deep.

It didn't take long for the two to dig a shallow pit more than one person long, Liu Xiu asked Long Yuan to lie down in it, and then used both hands and feet to fill in the pit.

In order to prevent Long Yuan from being suffocated to death, Liu Xiu deliberately left a small hole in his nostrils.

Liu Xiugang buried Long Yuan, and the officers and soldiers who pursued Long Yuan were only a few dozen meters away from him. Liu Xiu pretended to be surprised with a hoe on the ground, and looked blankly at this group of cavalry rushing like lightning.

The team of cavalry that came over was different from the officers and soldiers Liu Xiu had seen before, all of them were black helmets, black armor, black tassels on their heads, spears in their hands, sabers under their ribs, and black horses under their crotches.

The cavalry ran to Liu Xiu and stopped one after another.

Liu Xiu subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his performance was also very much in line with the psychology of a flat-headed ordinary man seeing the officers and soldiers of the brigade.

A black-armored cavalryman urged his horse out of the ranks, first came to Liu Xiu's approach, then raised his eyes to look around, and finally fell on Liu Xiu.

After looking at him roughly, the black-armored cavalry asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

Liu Xiu looked down at the hoe in his hand and stammered, "Ploughing...... Cultivated land, ......"

"Did you see a man riding a white horse passing by just now?"

Liu Xiu stammered: "No! Ah, yes, yes! ”

"Is there or isn't?" The tone of the black-armored cavalry was even more gloomy.

"Yes, yes...... It's running over there! As he spoke, Liu Xiu pointed to the field path on one side.

The black-armored cavalry looked in the direction of his finger and wanted to continue to ask questions, but another black-armored cavalry hurriedly said, "There are blood stains on the ground!" ”

Hearing his words, all the cavalry looked in the direction of his finger.

Sure enough, there were a few bright red blood beads on the ground not far away, and it was obvious that they were fresh blood that had just fallen to the ground.

The direction of the bloodstains was the same as the direction of Liu Xiu's finger, indicating that Long Yuan had indeed run over there!

The black-armored cavalryman in front of Liu Xiu suddenly lifted the reins, and the war horse took two steps forward, Liu Xiu was very close to him, and was almost hit by the horse's head, and involuntarily retreated several steps, his heel just stepped on Long Yuan's body, his feet were weak, his body lost balance, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.

The black-armored cavalry didn't know that Liu Xiu was tripped by Long Yuan, who was buried under the soil, and only thought that he was intimidated by his companions, so they all laughed out loud.

One of the black-armored cavalrymen summoned, "It's just a country boy, what are you trying to scare him?" Let's go, we don't have that much time to spend here! ”

The black-armored cavalryman who urged the horse to crash into Liu Xiu sat on the horse, looked at Liu Xiu condescendingly, snorted, turned the horse's head, and came out of the field.

This group of cavalry roared away in front of Liu Xiu.

If they walked more slowly, they would find that the dirt beside Liu Xiu was trembling slightly, and if they paid more attention, they would definitely be able to find the corners of their clothes peeking out of the cracks in the soil.

There is no if, a country boy like Liu Xiu, they don't take a second look at it on weekdays, let alone think that he would have so much courage to dare to harbor an important criminal who was wanted by the imperial court.