Looking at the distant backs of Cai's father and son, Liu Zhi still had resentful eyes, staring at the three of them for a long time, and Zhao Yan beside him looked at Liu Zhi's appearance, and was also slightly afraid, but more worried, afraid that Ailang would be sad, and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Zhi, Uncle Cai, they don't know your identity, I think they are too afraid of Liang Ji." If you edict Cai Yong to be an official in the future, I believe he will do his best to assist you. ”

After listening to Zhao Yan's words, Liu Zhi only stood in place in a daze, and didn't speak for a long time, his expression suddenly became miserable, and he turned his head to look at Zhao Yan and said, "Yan'er, am I really young and immoral?" I am alone as the Son of Heaven, but I have no merit or virtue, and I have no kindness to the people, so it is no wonder that none of them love to help me...... They all want to leave me......" his voice was bitter and helpless, and finally said, "You will leave me in the end......" was even more sad, with tears in his eyes.

"No, it won't! No, it won't! Yan'er must be by Brother Zhi's side whether she lives or dies! Zhao Yan was shocked, she was afraid that Liu Zhi would be too sad and leave her behind, and she was about to cry in a hurry.

"Brother Zhi, who said that you have no favor to the people? Last year's flood gathered at the gate of the city, those victims, either Brother Zhi took food and clothing to them, and built a new home for them, they no longer have to endure hunger and cold, it is Aunt Fan, I also saw it yesterday, they are very grateful for Brother Zhi's kindness, saying that Brother Zhi is ...... Well...... The benevolent Son of Heaven will definitely create a meritorious career in the future! Although Zhao Yan said that she met Aunt Fan, the villagers were grateful for the kindness of the government, but they didn't know that it was Liu Zhi's holy decree, so they didn't praise the emperor anything, but Zhao Yan said in a hurry, although it was not the truth, but it was not a bully, Rao was like this, and his face was red when he spoke.

"Really? Yan'er, you're right! They really remember my favor! Liu Zhi was already passive, but when he heard Zhao Yan say, his spirit was lifted.

"Really...... It's true! Brother Zhi will still be able to cherish the people and give them favors in the future, who in the whole world does not love Brother Zhi, and which one does not want to serve you! Although Brother Zhi is still young, he has more time to benefit the world, how can he be virtuous, this little bit of accumulation, how deep the blessing is, then Uncle Cai's vision is also short-sighted! Zhao Yan encouraged Liu Zhi, the more she spoke, the smoother it became, she thought so in her heart, hoping that Liu Zhi could be a good emperor, and she said it naturally.

"Yan'er! …… This is also your credit, if you hadn't informed me that there were those homeless people, I wouldn't have known......" Liu Zhi's heart was agitated at this time, his voice trembled, and he was indescribably grateful and happy. If he is not the Son of Heaven and does not have the fetters of the country, if he has a wife like this, what more can the husband ask for; But he is the Son of Heaven, with Yan'er's empathy and always trusting himself, it is even more difficult to find, thinking so, Liu Zhi regained his prestige and courage as the Son of Heaven, and said fiercely again in his heart, "I will definitely destroy this Liang clan!" Let the Han Dynasty prosper the world again! ”

Liu Zhi hugged Zhao Yan tightly in his arms, and Zhao Yan also felt the warmth of Liu Zhi's chest, and both of them felt that their eyes were overflowing with crystal.

After a long time, I heard Liu Zhi whisper in Zhao Yan's ear, "Yan'er, let's go to the side of the road, wait for my subordinates, and then we will go to find Uncle Xiahou you are looking for." ”

"Oops!" Zhao Yan screamed in a low voice, and secretly said in her heart, "Oops, how can you forget about business!" "This night, Liu Zhi was poisoned by a snake, and when he saw that Ai Lang was seriously injured, he wanted to find a short time several times, and fed blood and cried, which was really exhausting; When I woke up and saw that Liu Zhi was fine, I was even more overjoyed and forgot everything, and then I remembered it after Liu Zhi mentioned it, and I was secretly ashamed.

Liu Zhi was also Zhao Yan mentioned Aunt Fan, only then did he remember the purpose of the micro-service trip, holding Zhao Yan's hand in one hand and Chilin in the other, and walked to the side of the official road to wait.

The two waited for an hour, although a few people passed by, but it was not the black armor guard, Liu Zhi couldn't help frowning, Zhao Yan looked at Liu Zhi's face, and asked, "Brother Zhi, you have been out for more than a day, there must be many things to be dealt with in the palace, Yan'er dared to let Brother Zhi come here......"

"Yan'er, how can you say such a thing, how happy I can be with you." Liu Zhi said softly, "Before I went out, I had already instructed me to stay in the Liwu Marquis Mansion for two days, and let my mother inform the palace." Today is fine, but tomorrow is Qingming, I will lead a hundred officials to worship my ancestors in the morning, and I must return to the palace tonight......"

"Ahh Zhao Yan also remembered that tomorrow is Qingming, as the son of the Han family, the word "filial piety" comes first, and no matter what, it cannot be delayed to worship the ancestors, so she said, "That's so, Brother Zhi, let's go back first, and after Qingming, Yan'er will come with her brother to find it." ”

"Well......" Liu Zhi hesitated, not to find the missing villagers, he really wanted to get along with Zhao Yan more, and after this separation, he couldn't see Zhao Yan for more than ten days, so he could have an extra moment.

The two waited for another two moments, and suddenly heard a neighing from Chilin, the horse's head was raised, and Liu Zhixi said, "It's them who have arrived!" ”

Sure enough, after a few breaths, a black shadow flashed in front of Liu Zhi and the two of them, and then it solidified, it was the leader of the black armor people, Commander Cui, as soon as he appeared, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said, "Your Majesty, you are not careful to protect Your Majesty!" If you are separated from Your Majesty, you deserve death! ”

Liu Zhi didn't speak, he snorted coldly for a while, and even more frightened that Commander Cui kowtowed like pounding garlic, Zhao Yan couldn't bear it, glanced at Liu Zhi with a pleading face, and said softly, "Brother Zhi......"

Liu Zhi glanced back at Zhao Yan, shook his head, and said sharply to Cui Tongling, "Get up, stand aside and wait!" ”

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, girl! He knew that the relationship between the emperor and this young lady was extremely extraordinary, and he knew that the emperor forgave him so easily all in this face, and even kowtowed to Zhao Yan and thanked him again and again, Liu Zhi also saw it in his eyes, and his heart was also very satisfied.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he saw that this black-armored man with such a ability was in such a lost form in front of Liu Zhi.

When Commander Cui stood up, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, but when he looked up and saw Liu Zhi's left arm wrapped in a yellow cloth, his heart rose to his throat again, and he broke out in a cold sweat, and was shocked, "Your Majesty is injured!" It's bitter and bitter, and when I return to the palace, my head is going to move......"

Commander Cui was uneasy, but he heard Liu Zhi ask coldly, "Where did you go after that?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the criminal ministers and others were deeply frightened after seeing His Majesty disappear, and hurriedly divided into three ways to find His Majesty's dragon traces, but there was no result until this morning, and after the meeting at the agreed place, they sent a team of people back to the capital to explore, all the way to the vicinity of the search, and the ministers led all the way to the west to explore the ......"

Although Commander Cui was uneasy, he didn't dare to show too much panic when he spoke to the emperor, and continued, "The criminal ministers and others were exploring in the forest, and suddenly saw a person sneaking into the forest, and he became suspicious, so he stepped forward to inquire. The man was dressed as a farmer, and he turned around and fled in fright when he saw the appearance of the ministers, and the ministers felt that there was something wrong with this person, so he grabbed and asked, the man was only frightened at the beginning and did not dare to speak, only shivered, and then the criminal ministers and others were scared to kill him before saying, it turned out that he was a man from Liang Jizheng to build a rabbit garden. ”

"Liang Ji's Rabbit Garden?" Liu Zhi was also surprised when he heard this.

"Exactly! The sinner heard from the man that the general had built a rabbit garden in the west of Luoyang City, with a radius of dozens of miles, and levied live rabbits from various states and counties, and these rabbits had a pinch of hair on their hind legs as a mark, which coincided with the fact that hundreds of snow rabbits had just come from Liaodong yesterday, and those people shaved the rabbits, and one of them brought a few snow rabbits to the rabbit garden, but one of them tripped while walking, and three rabbits escaped from the man's hands......"

"Snow Rabbit!" Liu Zhi suddenly screamed, and immediately thought that the hare he was chasing with Zhao Yan last night was pitch black when he saw that the rabbit was lightless, but it was really pure white under the light of the fire, unlike the gray rabbit in the Central Plains, he didn't pay much attention to it, and then he thought it was the so-called snow rabbit.

"Go on." When Commander Cui saw Liu Zhi's voice, he was so frightened that he stopped his mouth, and then he said again after receiving the holy order.

"Yes! The sinner caught the man who lost the snow hare, he told the sinner that escaping a rabbit in the rabbit garden is a capital crime, and he was already frightened, so he went to the woods to look for the snow hare, but this morning only found two, and he met his subordinates while still searching in the forest...... "This Cui commander only felt that he had committed a big crime and died soon, and the narrative was quite chattering, thinking that he could drag his head for a moment without moving.

The man originally thought that the criminal ministers and others were sent by Liang Ji to arrest him back, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything when he ran away. The sinner thought that His Majesty might have fallen into the rabbit garden, and in a panic, he asked the man to lead the way to the rabbit garden, but the man refused, and then he had to go with the knife on his neck. Liu Zhi and Zhao Yan both listened interestingly, and they didn't feel that this Cui Commander was talking too much.

The man said that this was the Rabbit Garden, and when he walked into the pasture, he saw dozens of thatched huts, including a dozen people, and the ministers asked them if they had seen His Majesty and a girl, and they said they had not. But there were still nearly 100 people who built a wasteland in another place, and the ministers followed to explore ......"

When the sinner waited for the wasteland, he saw more than a dozen people with whips and more than a hundred people, and the more than a hundred people were reclaiming the wasteland with hoes and axes, but those people only worked, and some of them were tired and lay on the ground to rest for a while, and then went to work. And the dozen or so whip-wielding guards did not come forward to whip them, and they did not even shout at them......

"The criminal ministers and others were surprised, that Zhang Lao Liu, oh, the ministers grabbed the people's husband and called Zhang Lao Liu, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted to those people, 'Brother Xiahou, these masters have something to ask you!' Seeing a big man in the wasteland standing up and walking towards the ministers, this big man has broad shoulders and round waist, and when he got close, the ministers saw that it was the appearance of the big man that His Majesty and the girl said to the ministers that they were looking for, and they heard that this person's surname was Xiahou, so it must be this person. In advance, Zhao Yan informed Commander Cui of the appearance of Xiahou An, Aunt Fan's husband, Uncle Xiahou, so that he could easily find it.

"What! You've found Uncle Xiahou! Zhao Yan asked in surprise when she heard this.

"Exactly, the sinners and others brought those hundreds of people ...... No, please come, they are in the forest in the distance with their subordinates, and the minister came alone first. Commander Cui said respectfully.

"Tell them to come to me! No, I'm going to do it myself! Liu Zhi saw Zhao Yan on the side with a look of surprise on his face, thinking that Zhao Yan must want to see this person soon, so he disregarded his imperial dignity and wanted to go with Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan glanced at Liu Zhi, her eyes were full of gratitude, and Liu Zhi smiled.

"No!" Commander Cui didn't dare to disobey his order, so he took Liu Zhi and the others to the forest.