Chapter Seventy-Four: The Ins and Outs

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Liu Xiu suddenly remembered an incident that happened before. When Long Yuan went to Lantian County to find Long Zhun and Long Xiao, he encountered two homeless people in the field, and the two homeless people said that they wanted to rob the grain, but they were bent on killing him.

At the time, he thought things were weird, but he didn't think much of it. If you analyze it now, those two homeless people are likely to be in the same group as these mysterious people, and their purpose is to want their own lives.

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Zhongyi and Shuli, do you two know who they are?" ”

Long Zhun and Long Xiao glanced at each other, and the former said slowly: "We only know that the main messenger behind them is in the capital, and as for who it is, we haven't found out yet." ”

"Beijing?" Zhu You scratched his hair inexplicably, and said to Liu Xiu: "Ah Xiu, when we went to Taixue in the capital, we didn't offend anyone?" ”

Oh, yes! Liu Xiu frowned secretly, he also felt that he had no enemies in the capital.

And to be able to send so many assassins, it must not be an ordinary person. When he was in Taixue, he was a poor boy, and he couldn't get in touch with those dignitaries at all.

Long Xiao walked up to the shopkeeper, dragged him up from the ground, and asked word by word, "Say, who sent you?" ”

The shopkeeper's face was pale, but his attitude was very arrogant, and he sneered: "I don't know anything. ”

Long Xiao nodded, pushed the shopkeeper back to the ground, and then squatted down beside him, and said unhurriedly, "You don't know anything, do you?" Okay, I've seen a lot of people like you, don't you know nothing now? I'll let you know everything in a minute! ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a rolled leather bag from his waist and unfolded it, filling it with steel needles of different lengths and thicknesses.

Long Xiao took out a steel needle, deliberately shook it in front of the shopkeeper, and said slowly: "If you tell the truth now, you can suffer a little less flesh and skin." ”

The shopkeeper's face looked at Long Xiao fearlessly, and said with a cruel smile: "Dog, what kind of ability, you can fucking do it!" Long Xiao nodded, and suddenly, he reached out, grabbed the back of the shopkeeper's neck, pressed him to the ground, and then grabbed his back neckline, pulled hard, hissed, the back of the shopkeeper's shirt was forcibly pulled open, Long Xiao picked up the thick steel needle, aimed at the lower part of his heart

I stabbed it little by little.

At first, the shopkeeper could grit his teeth and persevere, but after less than ten seconds, he couldn't help it, opened his mouth wide, and let out a scream like killing a pig.

Long Xiao pressed the back of his head with his knee, so that his mouth was on the ground, and continued to stab the steel needle inside.

The shopkeeper couldn't scream, his body was trembling in pain, and the people around him could clearly see that the skin and flesh behind the shopkeeper were beating and spasming suddenly.

Beads of sweat seeped out of his skin at an almost visible rate, and then continued to flow downward.

Looking at Liu Xiu, who was surprised, Long Zhun explained: "Don't worry, the lord has always been safe in his use of torture, but people can't survive or die!" ”

After a pause, he waved his hand to the side again and said, "If the lord can't get used to this, you can go here and rest first." ”

Long Yuan nodded and said, "Lord, the longest record of Long Xiao's forced confession is a meal, and this person is estimated to be relieved in less than a meal." ”

Liu Xiu is indeed not used to such scenes as torture to extract confessions. According to Long Yuan and Long Zhun's intentions, he walked towards the woods next to him, followed by Zhu You and Gai Yan, followed by Liu Xiu.

The crowd sat on the floor. Zhu You looked left and right, Gai Yan, Long Yuan, and Long Zhun had all worshiped Liu Xiu as the lord, but he was still different from them. He looked at Liu Xiu and said, "Ah Xiu, I also want to worship you as my lord!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Ayu, haven't you always admired my eldest brother?" Zhu You smiled, scratched his hair, and said: "There are so many helpers around the eldest brother, not one of them is worse than me, and if you want to talk about opposing Wang Mang together, I am more willing to follow you!" Zhu You admires Liu Xiu very much, but in terms of personal relationships and emotions, he is closer to Liu Xiu and is with Liu Xiu

He is also more uninhibited and feels more at ease.

Liu Xiu and Zhu You have known each other for too long, and they know each other very well, and Liu Xiu's trust in Zhu You is incomparable to no one else, including Long Yuan.

With Zhu You by his side, Liu Xiu was of course happy in his heart.

He patted Zhu You's arm and said with a smile: "We played together when we were young, and when we grew up, we went to Chang'an to study together, and in the future, you will fight against the reckless thief, of course you have to follow me to do it!" ”

When Zhu You heard this, he laughed out loud and smashed Liu Xiu's shoulder twice with his big fist. The latter grinned in pain, but soon laughed with Zhu You.

On the other hand, Long Yuan also told Long Zhun in detail why he worshiped under Liu Xiu's door, recognized Liu Xiu as his father, and willingly did things for Liu Xiu.

After listening to Long Yuan's story, Long Zhun solved the doubts in his heart, and at the same time, he also had a new understanding of Liu Xiu.

While they were talking, Long Xiao walked over, still holding a torn strip of cloth in his hand, and was slowly wiping the blood from his palm.

He came to Liu Xiu's approach, bowed his hand, and said, "Lord, that person has recruited all." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, patted the open space next to him, and said, "Shuli, sit here, tell me in detail what is going on." ”

Now Liu Xiu is also the second monk of Zhang, and he is confused, and he doesn't know where his enemy came from.

Long Xiao sat down next to Liu Xiu and told the shopkeeper's confession 1510.

"These people are indeed from Chang'an, and the object of their orders is Doctor Guanglu and the national teacher."

Dr. Guanglu? National teacher? Everyone's faces changed, and Liu Xiu subconsciously said, "Liu Xin? ”

Long Xiao corrected: "Lord, Liu Xin has already changed his name to Liu Xiu. ”

"......" Liu Xiu was silent. is also Liu Xiu, he, Liu Xiu, is just a rural villager, and that Liu Xiu is a dignified national teacher.

Liu Xin is one of Wang Mang's most important confidants, but the official position of national teacher sounds scary, but in fact he does not have much real power.

The national teacher was like the emperor's secretary general, providing a legal basis for some of the reforms implemented by the emperor.

After a moment of silence, Liu Xiu said: "In this way, the person who wants to kill me is Liu Xiu!" ”

Liu Xiu wants to kill Liu Xiu, which sounds awkward, but in fact it is like this.

Long Xiao nodded and replied, "Lord, that's the case." ”

"But why? Why did the national teacher Liu Xiu kill me? ”

"Because of a proverb."

Liu Xiu frowned, and subconsciously asked, "What proverb?" ”

"Liu Xiufa can't catch the soldiers, the four Yi gather in the dragon fight, and the fire is the main thing on the occasion of the fourth and seventh!" When Long Xiao said this, his eyes also looked at Liu Xiu without blinking, and his heart could be described as turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The meaning of this proverb is very straightforward, the person who can become the emperor in the future is Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, burst out laughing, shook his head and said, "There are still such proverbs in the world. ”

Long Xiao Zhengse said: "This proverb comes from the "Red Fu Fu", and it is said that the proverbs on the "Red Fu Fu" have come true. ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "That national teacher Liu Xiu wants to kill me because of this proverb?" ”

Long Xiao nodded and said, "According to the meaning of this proverb, the person who overthrows Wang Mang and replaces him will definitely be Liu Xiu!" The national teacher Liu Xiu has secretly executed all the Liu Xiu in the country, and now there are only two Liu Xiu left in the whole country, one is the lord and the other is the national teacher. ”

Liu Xiu himself doesn't believe much in metaphysics such as proverbs and prophecies, and thinks that most of these things are fooling people.

Like before Wang Mang usurped the throne, he also pretended to dig out a stone in Wugong County, which was engraved with the words 'Sue An Han Gongmang as the emperor'.

So after listening to Long Xiao's words, Liu Xiu didn't take it to heart at all, and completely regarded it as a joke. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The national teacher wants to kill all the people called Liu Xiu in the whole country because of this proverb, he is simply crazy!" ”

This is Liu Xiu's true thoughts in his heart, in his opinion, the national teacher Liu Xiu wants to be the emperor and wants to be stunned, and he has reached the point of delirium and madness.

Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't believe this proverb recorded in "Chifu Fu" at all, Long Xiao swallowed his saliva and whispered: "Lord, what if this proverb is true?" ”

Liu Xiule looked at Long Xiao and asked with a smile: "So, I can be the emperor in the future?" After saying this, Liu Xiu himself burst out laughing.

However, no one else present laughed, and everyone looked at Liu Xiu with blank eyes, and their heartbeats accelerated for a while.

After laughing for a while, seeing that the three brothers Zhu You, Gai Yan, and Long Yuan were all staring at him with strange eyes, Liu Xiu restrained his smile, cleared his throat, and asked, "You don't really think that I will be the emperor in the future, do you?" ”

Even if this proverb may come true, the possibility of the national teacher Liu Xiu becoming the emperor is thousands of times greater than that of himself.

Zhu You, Gai Yan and the others looked at each other, and then sighed in unison, as if they also felt that it was unlikely that Liu Xiu would be able to ascend the throne as emperor.

Long Yuan Zhengse said: "The national teacher is bent on putting the lord to death, and the lord can't help but guard against it!" ”

Liu Xiu didn't take the proverb in "Chifu Fu" seriously, but the key problem is that the national teacher Liu Xiu believed this proverb and was bent on killing himself, Liu Xiu.

This operation failed, and so many people died, and if it was not done well, it would arouse the vigilance of the national teacher and provoke even greater killing opportunities for himself.

That's a tricky question. Liu Xiu couldn't help but knock on his forehead, the difference between his identity and the national teacher was too great, so disparity that there was no room for counterattack.

Everyone was also frowning, considering how to deal with this crisis.

Zhu You hammered his head, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Ah Xiu, no, lord, if it doesn't work, we'll go back to Chungling now, it's against his mother!" ”

Liu Xiu glared at Zhu You, waved at him, and motioned for him to sit down. He said in a deep voice: "The time is not yet ripe, and rushing into trouble now is tantamount to killing yourself." "If we don't reverse now, what else can we do? That Liu Xiu is a national teacher, a celebrity in front of Wang Mang's old thief, we can't beat him, but he can easily hit us. This time, with Zhongyi and Shuli secretly helping, we were lucky to save the day, but what about next time? Next time they move

Hands, what do we do? ”

Gai Yan, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Xiao lowered their heads and were silent. Such a situation is indeed too passive for oneself.

Liu Xiu's eyes rolled, and he suddenly asked, "There is a big difference between my identity and that of the national teacher. "Yes! It's too much of a difference. Everyone looked at Liu Xiu and couldn't understand why he said such a thing.