Suddenly, a war horse neighed, and the front hooves of the horse that Duan Qi and Liu Bian were riding were raised, and Liu Bian did not grasp the horse firmly for a while and fell to the ground.

This fall was not light, Liu Wei rubbed his back, and didn't get up for a long time.

Duan Jue rode on his horse and yelled at him viciously: "Hurry up!" ”

Liu Wei looked at Duan Jue's vicious appearance, and he was scared for a while. began to regret that he had to conform to history, and honestly stayed in Jiang Qi's barracks, with Tang Ji, Ren Hongchang and others by his side. Although he only suffered a little crime in history, he still returned to Luoyang without danger. But now in this situation, Zhang Rang Duan Jue's mental state is getting more and more out of control, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not change history and do any harm to themselves, Liu Wei began to worry in his heart.

While Liu Qi was panicking, Liu Xie, who was on the other horse, ignored Duan Jue's fierce face and scolded loudly: "Duan Jue must not be rude to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Duan Jue was stunned by Liu Xie's reprimand, and then realized that he was shouting the king of a country, the lord of all vehicles, and retreated to the side, at this time Zhang Rang came out to play a round and said: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the ministers rebelled, and the old ministers asked Your Majesty to leave the palace as a last resort." After waiting for the ministers to be well, the ministers will naturally apologize with death. ”

Liu Wei slandered in his heart, he wanted to die to apologize for his sins now, what do you have to wait for?

Although he was slandered in his heart, but he was a swordman, Liu Wei still said: "I know that I am loyal to you. ”

Duan Jue stepped forward and helped Liu Wei to the horse, and the four of them and two horses continued to go north.

Liu Wei, who was wrapped up in the horse, already had the idea of escaping for help, and in history, Lu Zhi, Min Gong and others should have caught up with him at this time, but now they can't see their shadows, could it be that they have gone wrong?

Speculating and doubting in his heart, Liu Wei decided to find a way to leave markers along the way, so that Lu Zhi and others could follow the trail. But there was nothing long on his body, Liu Wei touched it for a long time, and only found the six jade seals that he brought out before leaving the palace.

These six jade seals are the Emperor's Seal, the Emperor's Seal, the Emperor's Letter Seal, the Son of Heaven's Seal, the Son of Heaven's Seal, and the Son of Heaven's Letter Seal. It is a symbol of the supreme imperial power of the empire. Liu Wei was afraid that they would lose by staying in the palace, so he took them out in advance. And that piece symbolizes the destiny of heaven, the orthodox jade seal of the world made Liu Wei buried under a tree in the Dragon Garden in advance, he didn't want any palace maid to hold the jade seal into the well, and finally it was obtained by Sun Jian or Yuan Shu.

Touching these six jade seals, Liu Wei turned his heart sideways, and secretly threw down a piece of jade seals every line and a while, hoping that Lu Zhi or Min Gong would see them catch up with them along the way.

Zhang Rang kidnapped Liu Wei and the others and ran for a while, until they reached a bamboo forest, and they were tired and tired and couldn't walk anymore.

Duan Jue jumped off his horse and sat on a big rock, panting for breath. Although Zhang Rang had the intention to urge them to leave quickly, he couldn't stand the pain in his inner thighs due to horseback riding, so he had to sit down and rub his legs.

Faced with the same threat, Liu Wei and Liu Xie naturally leaned against each other. Although the situation in front of them is uncertain, the two of them are still relatively calm, and they are thinking about a way out of the predicament in their hearts.

Liu Wei is not afraid because he has the thinking of an adult and has a certain grasp of the development of things, but Liu Xie is really young and old, and he is not afraid of danger.

After a pause, Duan Jue asked Zhang Rang, "Gong Zhang, where should I go in the future?" ”

Zhang Rangyi frowned, not knowing how to answer.

Although they kidnapped the emperor, they did not know how to do it. Everyone in the world hates them to the core, the world is big, where is their place?

While Zhang Rang was silently pondering, thunder rumbled in the western sky, and a violent wind suddenly rose, carrying dark clouds that covered the sky.

Seeing that it was about to rain, Zhang Rang and the others were about to look for a place to shelter from the rain in the bamboo forest, but they heard the horse bell ringing sharply on the side of the road, and a man rode a horse alone, galloping from far and near.

The person who was on the horse was the Shangshu Lu Zhi who persevered and tracked down. At this time, he has long lost his usual jade tree in the wind, the gentle and elegant image of Confucianism, his face is full of dust, and the black undergarment on his body has long been mottled by dust and sweat.

Seeing Zhang Rang and others holding Liu Wei and Liu Xie standing beside the road, Lu Zhi shouted loudly: "Traitors must not be rude, let go of the Son of Heaven quickly!" ”

When the people arrived, Lu Zhi turned over and jumped off the horse, and was between Zhang Rang and the others and Liu Wei and Liu Xie.

Seeing Lu Zhi coming in time, Liu Wei, who was finally relieved, hurriedly shouted: "Lu Shangshu save me." ”

Lu Zhi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty rest assured, the ministers should swear to protect Your Majesty." ”

Duan Jue said viciously: "Lu Zigan, don't meddle in your affairs!" ”

Lu Zhi said angrily: "It is a great crime for you and other traitors to abuse power and mislead the country, brutalize Zhongliang, and now kidnap the Son of Heaven. Now that he has failed, he will not automatically lead his neck to death to atone for his sins! ”

Zhang Rang was furious and pulled out the long sword in his waist, and Duan Qi was also holding a dagger, staring at Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi was in a hurry to save people, so he didn't have any weapons on him, so he had to pick up a broken bamboo from the ground and use it as a weapon to resist.

The sky overhead had been obscured by rolling dark clouds, and from time to time there was lightning and thunder that shook the heavens and the earth. The wind roared, and the bamboo in the bamboo forest was bent by the wind, but when the wind stopped for a while, it stood up stubbornly.

The final showdown between the good and the evil of the Han Empire has begun at this time!

For many years, the dictatorship of eunuchs such as the Ten Standing Servants has made many upright ministers killed, and how many loyal people have no way to serve the country. The once powerful Han Dynasty was shattered by them, the people were in distress, and the country was in danger of perishing.

At this moment, it was finally time for reckoning, and the scholar (Lu Zhi), who represented the upright power of the Han Empire, and the eunuch (Zhang Rang Duan Jue), who represented greed and cruelty, began the final decisive battle! Although this duel is not as wonderful as the so-called "Three Heroes Battle Lu Bu" and "Night Battle Ma Chao" and other famous martial arts fights, it can also go down in history and be remembered by the world.

For this moment, how many people with lofty ideals sacrificed their reputation, freedom and even their lives, Chen Fan, Li Ying, Liu Shu and other court officials or students, they paved the road of this decisive battle with blood, Lu Zhi came here, carrying the hopes and long-cherished wishes of tens of millions of people in the world. So Lu Zhi, you're not fighting alone!

A flash of lightning swept through the sky, and Duan Jue was the first to attack. He held a short dagger and stabbed at Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi turned to one side, let go of the dagger, and at the same time swung the broken bamboo and smashed it on Duan Qi's wrist, Duan Qi screamed in pain, and kept jumping up on the spot.

Seeing that Duan Jue was injured, Zhang Rang roared angrily and brandished his long sword and slashed towards Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi hurriedly picked up the broken bamboo, and between the swords and bamboos, the broken bamboo was cut into two.

Lu Zhi skimmed the remaining broken bamboo at Zhang Rang, who easily dodged it, and then swung his sword at Lu Zhi.

Unlike Duan Qi, Zhang Rang's body was still a little hardworking, while Lu Zhi had no long things at this time, and was forced to retreat again and again by Zhang Rang's fierce swords, his feet slipped, and he tripped and fell to the ground.

Zhang Rang took the opportunity to stab with his long sword, and seeing that Lu Zhi was about to lose his life, a stone flew from Zhang Rang's side, although the force was not large, but it smashed right on Zhang Rang's eyebrow bone.

Zhang Rang was in pain, and hurriedly put away his long sword and looked at the person who skimmed the stone—Liu Xie's body unconsciously took a step back under his fierce gaze.

Zhang Rang's eyes widened angrily, and he suddenly shouted like crazy: "Let's die together!" Brandishing his long sword, he rushed towards Liu Xie.

Liu Xiezao was so frightened that he stood in place and didn't know what to do.

And Lu Zhi, who fell to the ground, didn't have time to get up, so he had to exclaim: "No! ”

Zhang Rang had already rushed in front of Liu Xie, his long sword stabbing rapidly, and blood splattered.

Everyone was stunned on the spot.

Blood flowed out of Liu Bian's sleeve, Liu Bian clutched his injured left arm, gritting his toothache and sweating profusely!

Liu Xie sat on the ground, looking at Liu Wei with a puzzled gaze, not understanding why he would stand in front of him just now and take the sword for him.

In fact, Liu Wei didn't know why he did this, maybe it was to repay him for falling off the horse just now, Liu Xie stood up for himself, or maybe he sacrificed his life to protect it, it was the blood and family affection that he longed for but lacked in his heart!

However, Liu Wei didn't have the heart to investigate the reason now, and his heart was only full of anger now. It's not just because Zhang Rang hurt himself, but the main thing is that he is angry that he has to follow the bad idea of history. In fact, if he wanted to hide his strength to deal with Dong Zhuo, he could still think of other methods, but he came up with such a stupid idea, and now he finally paid the price.

Liu Wei gritted his teeth and straightened his body and glared angrily at Zhang Rang. A bolt of lightning in the sky illuminated Liu Wei's angry expression. Zhang Rang couldn't help but tremble.

"How dare you hurt me?" Liu Wei gritted his teeth and said every word.

Zhang Rang took a step back in fear.

Liu Bian was half a cut shorter than him, and his body was two circles smaller, but the kind of inviolable momentum that Liu Bian exuded from his whole body made Zhang Rang terrified.

"Old minister, I'm ......" Zhang Rang seemed to want to explain, but he was speechless.

With an "ah" scream behind him, Zhang Rang looked back and saw that Duan Jue had been smashed to the ground by Lu Zhi with a big stone, and his brain burst out.

Lu Zhi held the stone and glared at him angrily, if it weren't for Liu Wei still under his sword, he would have rushed over a long time ago.

"You let me dare to hurt me!" Liu Wei angrily forced Zhang Rang over.

Zhang Rang wanted to take a step back, but stopped again. He had no way out.

"God will kill me!"

With a long roar in the sky, Zhang Rang Hengjian killed himself, and the corpse fell to the ground.

Seeing that Zhang Rang had committed suicide, Lu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to inspect Liu Bian's injuries, but fortunately the wound was not deep, but the blood flowed like an infusion, and Liu Bian's face turned pale in pain.

The injury of the Son of Heaven was a major event in ancient times when Mount Tai collapsed and the Yellow River burst. Lu Zhi cried with tears streaming down his face: "The old minister is incompetent, causing the traitor to mutilate the dragon body, and the minister is to blame for his death!" ”

What Liu Wei hates most in his life is that men cry and cry, especially watching an old man over half a hundred years old crying like a woman, which is even more unbearable. Just now, Lu Zhi was still fighting against the traitor with dignity, but the gap in the blink of an eye is too big!

Helplessly, Liu Wei had no choice but to comfort him and said: "It doesn't matter if you have a little skin injury, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, Lu Gong hurriedly bandaged it for me, and we left here quickly." ”

Lu Zhi hurriedly cut off the strips of cloth from his clothes and bandaged Liu Wei's wounds. Liu Xie also came over to help Liu Wei up. At this time, in his eyes, there was no longer resistance and strangeness to Liu Wei, but instead his eyes were full of gratitude and dependence.

Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said kindly: "Don't worry, let's go." ”

Liu Xie nodded vigorously.

Lu Zhi and Zhang let Duan Jue's horse no longer know where to go, and the three of them had to help each other out of the bamboo forest.

The heavy rain was pouring, the road was muddy, Liu Wei and the three of them rushed forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Lu Zhi was worried about Liu Wei's injury, so he proposed to carry Liu Wei forward, Liu Wei looked back at Liu Xie, who was also walking with difficulty and had fallen four or five times, waved his hand and refused to say: "I can still stand it, Brother Xie is young, Lu Gong carries him away." ”

When Liu Xie heard Liu Wei say this, he hurriedly refused: "I can follow you, Brother Wei is injured, and Duke Lu will carry him!" ”

Seeing their brothers fighting each other, Lu Zhi was sincerely happy in his heart, Liu Wei himself also felt warm in his heart, Liu Xie finally stopped resisting him, and addressed him so kindly for the first time.

Relieved in his heart, Liu Wei couldn't let Liu Xie suffer from this rush anymore, so he didn't allow him to refuse, so he helped him to Lu Zhi's back, and said sternly: "I'm your brother, you have to listen to me, hurry up!" ”

Although he was forcibly ordered by Liu Wei to climb on Lu Zhi's back, Liu Xie did not feel a little unhappy, but received a warm feeling of being protected by his big brother.

The three of them continued on their way, walking for a while, and the rain finally stopped. At this time, it was late at night, the moon was dark and the stars were sparse, and it was pitch black all around.

The road under their feet was still muddy, there was no light around, Liu Wei and the others were already soaked, hungry and cold, and it was even more difficult to walk.

At this time, a group of fireflies flew up in the grass, and the fluorescent light illuminated the path of the three of them, Lu Zhi couldn't help but rejoice when he saw this: "This is God's favor to help Your Majesty and us get out of trouble." ”

The three of them followed the fluorescent light and hurried forward, and after a while, they saw a mountain villa not far away, Liu Wei said to Lu Zhi: "Lu Gong, there is a manor in front, it is getting late, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, how about I wait until the front to spend the night?" ”

Lu Zhi nodded and said, "The minister also has this intention. ”

Before the three of them came to the villa, Lu Zhi went up to call the door, and waited for a long time before someone answered: "It's so late, who is shooting what door outside?" ”

Lu Zhi replied: "Passing merchant, lost in the mountains, I wonder if you can use it for a night?" ”

The person in the door impatiently refused: "It's inconvenient to open the door in the dark, go and vote elsewhere!" ”

Seeing that the other party refused, Lu Zhi was about to continue to sue him, when another voice came from inside and said: "Cui Wu, there is no house in this place for a hundred miles, where do you want them to stay." To be convenient with others is to be convenient with yourself, let them in. ”

"Yes, Steward Cui." The man named Cui Wu said whimsily.

The latch rang, and the courtyard door was opened. There was a very thin young man standing in the door, carrying a lantern and letting Lu Zhi and the others in.

Lu Zhi and the others walked in, and saw an old man in his sixties inside, who seemed to be the Cui housekeeper that Cui Wu said. Lu Zhi bowed first and thanked, "Thank you for the convenience of the elders and me." ”

That housekeeper Cui looked at Lu Zhi's face under the lantern, and couldn't help but change his face greatly, and exclaimed: "Your Excellency, isn't it Shangshu Lu Zhi?" ”

Lu Zhi, who wanted to hide his identity, was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: I haven't returned to Beijing for many years, how can anyone recognize me in such a wild place?

To be continued