Chapter 398: Secretly Pushing the Hand

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Since Liu Xiu was killed, Liu Xiu has always been reluctant and has not shown any excesses. He seems to be fine, comfortable with the status quo, has nothing to do, and also married Yin Lihua, which makes many people think that Liu Xiu is too affectionate

Oligo.

But what outsiders see is just an illusion deliberately played by Liu Xiu, the real Liu Xiu, I don't know how many times he has woken up from crying in his sleep. His forbearance, the secret layout, finally got the reward he wanted.

Cao Xu, whom he secretly befriended, helped Liu Xiu win the opportunity to appease Hebei.

In the eyes of others, this is a good thing, Liu Xiu went to Hebei to die, but for Liu Xiu, as long as he can get out of the control of the court and Liu Xuan, it will be an excellent opportunity for himself.

However, Liu Xiu also knew that this trip was indeed dangerous, and crises were everywhere, and it was impossible for him to take Yin Lihua on the road with him.

He was in Luoyang and wrote a letter to Yin Lihua, explaining that he was going to Hebei to appease her, and as long as he settled down, he would immediately send someone to pick her up in Hebei.

Liu Xuan gave Liu Xiu the title of Xingda Sima Shi, and asked him to go to Hebei to appease the local princes and nobles and the rebel armies from all walks of life, but did not give him a single soldier, only gave him a stick, which is the so-called scepter.

At one end of the stick, a yellow band is tied, and this is the scepter.

Liu Xuan asked Liu Xiu to take such a stick to Hebei to appease him, and it is conceivable what Liu Xuan thinks about Liu Xiu'an. To put it mildly, Liu Xiu may be killed by bandits everywhere when he walks halfway.

Fortunately, Liu Xiu is not a bare-bones commander, and under his hands, there are a large group of brothers and subordinates who are loyal to him.

The people who followed Liu Xiu from Luoyang included Zhu You, Cho Qi, Feng Yi, Wang Ba, as well as Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Xiao, Xu Ying, Xu Fei, Xu Ting, Xu Xiling and others.

A group of more than ten of them left Luoyang City, arrived outside the city, and walked more than ten miles, Xu Xiling rode to Liu Xiu's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

After Liu Xiu heard this, he nodded, and then he ordered to change the original route and lead everyone to the north. After walking more than ten miles along the way, everyone passed through a large area of woods, and then looked forward and found a small mansion in front of them.

Located in a clearing in the middle of the mountains, this small house has three simple thatched huts and a fenced yard outside.

When he arrived at the door of the courtyard, Xu Xiling took the lead in dismounting, stepped forward, and gently tapped the door.

After a short time, the courtyard door opened, and a young and beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes, elegant temperament, and young and beautiful came out. For this woman, some of the people around Liu Xiu know it, and some don't know it.

The beautiful woman glanced around at everyone, her eyes fell on Liu Xiu, blessed her, and said, "Cheying has seen the lord!" ”

Liu Xiu dismounted, stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Cheying doesn't have to be polite. "This woman is Xu Xiling's senior sister, Xi Cheying. At the beginning, Liu Xiu arranged her to be by the side of the national teacher Liu Xin to make a response, Xi Cheying did a good job, used clever tricks, borrowed the hands of others, and conspired to denounce Liu Xin's rebellion, and Liu Xin was also because of this

was forced to death by Wang Mang. Xi Cheying helped Liu Xiu and eliminated Liu Xin, the enemy.

Later, Xi Cheying went to Shi's house, worked as a maid for Shi Luo, and followed Shi Luo into the palace. Chang'an was captured by the Han army, Shi Luo mysteriously disappeared, and Xi Cheying also disappeared. Who would have thought that she would actually live near Luoyang.

"Lord, please inside!"

"Please!"

Liu Xiu followed Xi Cheying and walked into the thatched house.

Don't look at the thatched house, but the inside is very clean. At the door, Liu Xiu and the others took off their shoes one after another and walked into the hall of the main room. As soon as everyone was seated, another woman came out of the back room.

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look.

This woman, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, was dressed in a very ordinary linen cloth, with no rouge on her face, no jewelry on her body, and clear soup and noodles, but it was difficult to take your eyes off her body. The woman is very beautiful, and not only beautiful, in her, there is also a graceful and luxurious temperament that ordinary people do not have, her whole person looks like a shining pearl, even if it is ordinary clothes, it is difficult to hide her body

Out of this world.

Seeing her, Liu Xiu was also stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stood up, bowed his hand, and said, "Xiu has seen ...... Mrs. Shi! ”

Others haven't guessed the identity of this woman yet, but Liu Xiu has already guessed it, and now, he doesn't know what to call her, and after thinking about it, he can only be called Mrs. Shi.

"Your Excellency is polite, your Excellency should call me Shi Luo's name." She has outstanding femininity, a good voice, and a pleasant voice like a silver bell.

Shiro? Hearing these two words, Zhu You, Feng Yi and others present all showed surprise on their faces. She...... Isn't she the missing Empress Shi? Isn't Empress Shi in Chang'an? Why did you get to Luoyang?

Why she was in Luoyang and why she was spared, of course, it was all thanks to the brook shadow around her. At the beginning, Xi Cheying mixed into the Shi family and worked as a maid for Shi Luo, but she just wanted to follow the Shi family as a springboard to facilitate her to blend into the palace.

After staying by Shi Luo's side for a long time, Xi Cheying gradually became familiar with and understood Shi Luo.

Don't look at Shi Luo's wealthy family (his father Shi Chen is a marquis), but he is kind, clean and self-loving, and the vices of the daughter of the nobleman, Shi Luo is not contaminated at all.

What's even more commendable is that Shi Luo also takes great care of the people around him, and I have to say that this has greatly won Xi Cheying's favor for her. After having a good impression of her, Xi Cheying also began to sympathize with Shi Luo's background.

The daughter of Houmen should have been a collection of thousands of pets, but she had to marry Wang Mang.

When Wang Mang married her, he was already in his sixties, nearly seventy years old, and one leg had already entered the age of antiquity, while Shi Luo was only sixteen years old.

After Shi Luo married Wang Mang, although he was made the queen, he did not live a married life at all, and it was very difficult for Wang Mang to let an old man who was nearly seventy years old, worked day and night, and was also nervous. Such a day is already sad enough, but it has only been a few months since Shi Luo entered the palace, and Chang'an was captured by the Han army, Shi Luo, who has never had a skin-to-skin relationship with Wang Mang, is just Wang Mang's nominal queen, but

wants to follow Wang Mang to die together, which makes Xi Cheying really can't look at it. Xi Cheying used her disguise technique to disguise Shi Luo and herself as two ordinary palace maids, and after the Han army invaded Chang'an, the two took advantage of the chaos to escape. Xi Cheying has his own subordinates in Chang'an, and after the cover and escort of his subordinates, Xi Che

Eventually, Ying and Shi Luo managed to escape from Chang'an, and traveled all the way east to Luoyang, where they hid in this small mansion near Luoyang. The food and clothing on weekdays are all bought by Xi Cheying's subordinates and sent here.

In order to find Wang Mang's Empress Shi, the Han army wanted to dig Chang'an three feet into the ground, but they didn't even find a ghost, not even a clue.

Without Xi Cheying's cover, Shi Luo alone, or even the Shi family, would not have been able to do this.

After Xi Cheying fled to Luoyang with Shi Luo, he did not go to Liu Xiu. At that time, Liu Xiu's own situation was very difficult, if they went to Liu Xiu, not only would they not get help, but they would also easily expose themselves, and at the same time hurt Liu Xiu.

It wasn't until Liu Xiu was ordered to go to Hebei to appease him this time that Xi Cheying told Liu Xiu where they were hiding through her junior sister Xu Xiling.

After Liu Xiu greeted Shi Luo, he turned his head to look at Xi Cheying and said, "Cheying, hiding in Luoyang, I'm afraid it's not a long-term solution." ”

Now that the first court has just replaced the Xinmang court, everything is still very chaotic, and when the situation gradually stabilizes, they are so close to Luoyang here, it is inevitable that they will not be discovered.

Xi Cheying smiled and said, "This is also the reason why Cheying asked her junior sister to invite her lord here." ”

Liu Xiu looked at her puzzled and asked, "What does Cheying mean, let me arrange a safe place in Luoyang?" ”

Xi Cheying shook his head and said, "As long as you are still in Luoyang, no matter where you hide in Luoyang, you won't be too safe." ”

That's right! This is exactly what Liu Xiu is concerned about. Xi Cheying continued: "Only when we are far away from Luoyang and away from the imperial court, will Luo's situation be truly safe. ”

The more Liu Xiu listened, the more wrong he became, and when Xi Cheying finished speaking, he asked in disbelief: "You don't plan to follow me to Hebei together, right?" ”

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is no place safer than Hebei, for A Luo." Now that Xi Cheying and Shi Luo are like sisters, Xi Cheying completely takes care of her as her own sister.

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard this, is Hebei safe? On this trip, even he himself is unpredictable, where can he still have the ability to ensure the safety of others?

As if seeing Liu Xiu's concerns, Xi Cheying said: "Ah Luo and I will not follow the lord all the time, as long as we arrive in Hebei, we will find a safe place and leave the lord." Seeing Liu Xiu still shaking his head, Xi Cheying said meaningfully: "Lord, Wang Mang has been the emperor for more than ten years, and there are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry looted

was secretly hidden by Wang Mang, and it was impossible for the court to find it, and there was only one person left in the world who could still find these gold, silver and jewelry. As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Shi Luo beside her.

Liu Xiu was shocked. Wang Mang is a well-known stingy person, others are emperors, and they will hide treasures privately, he may not believe it, but this kind of thing is really done with Wang Mang's character.

He followed Xi Cheying's line of sight and looked at Shi Luo, who lowered his head and said nothing.

At this time, Liu Xiu fell into deep thought.

As the Son of Heaven, Liu Xuan wanted to put Liu Xiu to death so much, but for such a long time, he had been helpless with Liu Xiu, what was the reason? is all because Liu Xiu is careful in doing things, so that people can't catch the slightest flaw and handle.

Now if he wants to take Wang Mang's Empress Shi to Hebei, once Liu Xuan knows about it, it will be a capital crime, and the gods will not be able to save him.

Xi Cheying saw that Liu Xiu was still hesitating, and she reminded slowly: "The lord is a person who wants to do great things, but if you want to achieve great things, you can't do without money!" ”

Liu Xiu was amused by Xi Cheying, looked at her a little helplessly, and said, "Cheying and Shi ...... Mrs. Shi's relationship is very good! "Actually defended her so much, in order to help Shi Luo, and threw such a big bait to herself.

Xi Cheying said: "Ah Luo is just a poor person, could it be that the lord also thinks that Ah Luo should die with Wang Mang and make a funeral offering for Wang Mang?" Liu Xiu was noncommittal, he knocked on his forehead, pondered for a while, and said: "Along the way, I will wronged Cheying and Mrs. Shi, and temporarily be a maid for Xiling!" ”