Chapter 8: Out of Luoyang to hunt down the traitors
But said that this Yan'er, whose surname is Cai, is eight years older than Liu Xie, and is seventeen this year, not only smart and beautiful, but also strong in martial arts, and the most important thing is that she has a heart of loyalty and courage to protect the Lord.
Yan'er originally didn't have a name, and Liu Xie gave it to her.
She not only visited Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong and Lu Bu for Liu Xie, but also helped Liu Xie do a lot of important things, such as secretly rescuing Dong, Jian Shuo and Ding Guan and others, as well as bribing various personnel including eunuchs, grandmothers, palace maids, guards and so on.
And all these expenses are secretly provided by the Dong family.
Emperor Ling only had two sons, one was Liu Braid, the son of the He family, and the other was Liu Xie, the son of Wang Meiren.
He and Dong have always been not on good terms, and killed Wang Meiren, after Dong rescued Liu Xie, he especially favored this child, so when Liu Xie was seven years old, to start his rise plan, Dong naturally fully supported.
Yan Er quickly changed into armor, dressed in a military uniform, and had a heroic posture, which stunned Liu Xie.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Yan Er said angrily.
"Sister, you are so beautiful," Liu Xie praised from the bottom of his heart.
Yan Er nodded on his forehead and said, "Your Majesty is coveting my beauty?" But Your Majesty should pay attention to your words in the future, you are the Ninety-Five. ”
"Got it, let's go."
"Too early, right?"
"It's not too early, I have to go to the imperial grandmother to say goodbye."
Liu Xie said and led Yan Er to Dong's palace, according to Liu Xie's suggestion, Dong's dormitory was named Changchun Palace, due to the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, many palaces in the palace were destroyed, including Dong's Changchun Palace.
So when I entered Changchun Palace, I saw that the palace was still a mess, and Liu Xie told him that he was going to fight in person, so Dong immediately hugged Liu Xie and cried:
"My hard-working child, you are so young, you have just ascended the throne, and you are going to fight, how can you give up your mourning family?"
Liu Xie comforted her and said: "Imperial grandmother, I also know the difficulties in the middle, but you have also seen that now that the Han family is in danger, everything must be done by me myself, otherwise, our Han family will really be lost in my hands." ”
"But you're too young."
Yan Er said: "Empress Dowager, you can rest assured, as long as I Yan Er is here, I will definitely protect Your Majesty." ”
Dong looked at Yan'er and pulled her over, and Yan'er sat down in front of his knees and beat her legs.
Dong said: "Miss Yan'er is cautious, both civil and military, and the mourning family is a little relieved. Yan'er, Your Majesty is young, the mourning family will hand him over to you, you must not let down the mourning family. ”
"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, even if Yan'er fights for her life, she will never let His Majesty be harmed in the slightest."
Dong patted Yan'er's hand and said, "Yan'er, you are also a hard-working child, so let's do it, you will be the granddaughter of the mourning family, and call the grandmother of the mourning family like Your Majesty, do you think it is good?" ”
"Grandma!" Yan Er immediately shouted, "You just wait for Yan Er and Your Majesty to return triumphantly!" ”
"Good, good!"
Liu Xie and Yan Er said goodbye to the Dong family and walked towards the gate of the palace, there were not many palace maids and eunuchs along the way, and the whole palace was still very deserted.
In addition to wearing armor, Yan'er also led a green horse, holding a big knife in her hand and carrying a bow.
Yan Er and Liu Xie walked together, followed by the palace maids, eunuchs and guards, Yan Er asked, "Your Majesty, do you have a suitable mount?" ”
Liu Xie asked rhetorically: "You see that I am so small, I may ride a horse?" ”
"What then?" Yan Er said, "This battle is outside, you can't live without a suitable mount." ”
Liu Xie sighed and said, "Alas, I am also worried, I am in a hurry, and I don't have a mount, when the time comes, I can't let me run after you, right?" ”
"Why don't you, Your Majesty, make a carriage?"
"How's that going to work? The carriage is so slow, how to fight? Liu Xie said.
"Why don't we ride together?"
"Can you do it? I'm afraid you'll throw me down. ”
"It's okay, Your Majesty, I'll be careful."
"Okay then."
Yan'er really hugged Liu Xie to the horse, and then rode up and sat behind.
Before coming to the palace, it was a little early, and the four generals were not ready, but Situ Wang Yun was already waiting, and when he saw Liu Xie's arrival, he hurriedly led his ministers to kneel down to greet him.
Liu Xie sat on Yan'er's horse and said, "All the secretaries are flat, get up, Lao Wang, hurry up." ”
Seeing that Liu Xie and a female general rode together, without the majesty of the emperor, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, Liu Xie said: "Don't be surprised, I want to drive the expedition in person, but I am too small, there is no suitable war horse to ride, and it is too late to build a chariot, so I can only let Yan'er take me first." ”
Everyone has also seen that Liu Xie is spicy and calm, although he is young, he can also be intimidating, so no one advises.
Liu Xie just waited, and Lu Bu and the other four soldiers and horses came in turn. After the personnel arrived, they entrusted the capital to Wang Yun and set out on the expedition.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was the Rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants and the Rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the capital was already in a depression, and the marching team walked on the streets and did not see many people farewell.
On the way to the West Gate, Lu Bu asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you chase after Li Dao Guo Yan and a group of other rabble people today, and delay the time here, and once he occupies Chang'an, and then wants to cut it off, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”
Liu Xie glanced at Lu Bu and knew that although this person was invincible in the world, he was a person who forgot his righteousness after all, but now was the time to employ people, and he would have the opportunity to eradicate him in the future.
I thought so in my heart, but I didn't show it, but smiled: "Old Lu, I just let him escape, I have my own way to kill him, you don't have to worry about waiting." ”
All the way to the west of the city, out of the city gate, I saw more than a hundred carriages parked outside the city gate, each car carrying a black box, hundreds of soldiers waiting, standing in front of Xiao Luozi.
When Xiao Luozi saw the army leaving the city, he searched in the crowd, and it took a long time to find Liu Xie on Yan'er's horse, and said, "Your Majesty! I'm all set. ”
Liu Xie nodded and said, "Very good, Xiao Luozi, you are doing a good job, let's get ready to go!" ”
"But Your Majesty, Xiao Luozi also has to be in parallel with Your Majesty."
"Presumptuous!" Lu Bu scolded: "You are a eunuch, but you dare to go hand in hand with the emperor? ”
Xiao Luozi was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, Liu Xie said: "Old Lu, don't be angry, this little Luozi plays with me and I play together, we are inseparable, so let's do it, Xiao Luozi, you also find a general, let him take you." ”
This little Luozi is only nine years old, the same age as Liu Xie, he entered the palace at the age of six and has been serving Liu Xie.
Liu Xie looked back, pointed to a military general and said, "You come here, take Xiao Luozi with you." ”
The order was given, the army went on the road, and the carriages with black wooden boxes also joined the ranks of the western expedition.