When Liu Wei and the others returned to the palace, the sky was full of stars and the moon was in the sky. Fortunately, they sent someone to the gate of the palace in advance and bribed the sergeant on duty, so that Liu Wei and others could enter the palace smoothly.

Because Liu Wei is still underage, his dormitory is on the edge of Changqiu Palace. Worried that his mother, Empress He, would find out about him sneaking out of the palace, Liu Wei walked in a hurry along the way.

Incidentally, some patrolling guards passed by, and most of them recognized that it was the prince Liu Wei who was running all the way with the guards. Everyone knew that this prince was dissolute and did not follow the law of etiquette, and guessed where he must have run to play and forgot the time. Seeing him hurrying forward, everyone pretended not to see and hid aside. After all, it is the prince who has the potential to become the future emperor, and there is also a queen mother and a powerful uncle who is the head of the first palace, and no one wants to touch that moldy head to stop it, let alone someone who dares to report it afterwards.

Liu Wei ran all the way, almost trotting. As soon as I got on the stone bridge, a group of people happened to come in front of me. Liu Wei couldn't stop and was crashing into the guards who were leading the way in front of the group.

Liu Wei was small, and he was hit so that he turned over on his back and fell backwards. Fortunately, Jiang Qi, who was closely behind him, made a quick move, supported Liu Wei, and then shouted at the group: "Who dares to rush into the prince of the Han Dynasty? ”

Jiang Qi's voice was loud, and a roar was like thousands of troops arrayed in front, which was even more shocking to hear in the silent night.

The group in front of them was stunned, and the two guards at the head responded quickly, quickly moving back, and two guards immediately came up from behind, and the four of them stood side by side, blocking the middle person behind them, which seemed extremely well-trained. Seeing that they were about to unsheath their blades, a child's voice stopped them: "Stop! ”

The four guards immediately stopped, and Tong Sheng immediately asked, "Is the person who came Brother Bianhuang?" ”

Hearing the other party's question, Liu Wei couldn't help but be stunned, rubbed his aching forehead and replied, "It's me." I don't know who it is? ”

A young man separated from the guards and walked closer, and two small yellow doors also followed closely with lanterns. The word Dong Hou was written on the lantern, and under the reflection of the red lantern, the young man also had bright eyes and red lips, which was quite similar to Liu Weimeiyu. It's just that there is less frivolity of Liu Bian, and more maturity and sophistication.

"It's Brother Liu Xie." The boy bowed and replied.

Liu Wei was stunned. I didn't expect to meet Liu Xie here, although the two are brothers, but they don't have much time to meet each other. After all, his mother, Queen He, killed Liu Xie's mother, Wang Meiren, and there was a mother-killing feud in the middle, and Liu Wei was embarrassed to take the initiative to find him.

Therefore, most of the meetings between the two are at public gatherings in the palace, and they only say some superficial polite words. I didn't expect to meet here tonight.

Liu Wei looked a little embarrassed, but Liu Xie's face was as usual, and he looked quite urban. Then he said: "The sky is dark, I am in a hurry to rush to the imperial brother, and I hope that the imperial brother will forgive the sin." ”

"It doesn't matter." Liu Wei said lightly. His eyes were looking back and forth at the four majestic guards behind Liu Xie.

Thinking of the neat movements of the four of them just now, at first glance, they were battle-hardened and well-trained guards. Think about the swordsman of Liu Xie I saw not long ago, and he is also a mighty and extraordinary appearance - Liu Xie is surrounded by some warriors.

Thinking of this, Liu Wei couldn't help but feel a little jealous in his heart, and said sourly: "Brother Xie's guards are all warriors, isn't Brother Xie's recruited from?" ”

Liu Xie smiled and said humbly: "How can Xie have any prestige to recruit others, these four people are all given by their father." A few days ago, the emperor's brother Haolongyuan was in danger, and his father was afraid that something would happen to me, so he sent these four people to strictly protect him. ”

Liu Wei supported what Liu Xie said, and he couldn't help but be indignant in his heart: It was obviously himself who was in danger, but it was others who strengthened protection. Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty is too obvious!

Although he was resentful in his heart, fortunately, Liu Wei had high emotional intelligence, open-minded nature, and was optimistic and casual, and he had long been accustomed to Liu Hong's indifference, and soon swept away this unhappiness in his heart. Because of the weakness of his heart, Liu Association asked where he went, so he preemptively asked: "It's getting late at this time, I don't know what Brother Xie's is doing when he goes out?" ”

Liu Xie replied: "Sister Wannian came to see me, and unconsciously talked too much. Seeing that it was dark outside, he got up and gave him a ride. ”

Years? Only then did Liu Wei notice that there were two girls behind Liu Xie, standing silently in the shadows. A girl dressed as a palace maid leaned against another girl with her head bowed. The other girl hid behind Liu Xie, peeked at Liu Wei with her eyes, and found that his gaze was staring, and she quickly lowered her head in fright.

Liu Wei thought that this girl should be Liu Hong's eldest daughter, Princess Wannian. Liu Wei had read her name when he was reading history in his previous life, but he only saw one name, and there was no life or deeds. After being reborn in this era, Princess Wannian was also not famous, and she only knew that this person existed, but Liu Wei had never seen it once. I only know that she was born a year before herself, and she was born to Emperor Ling and a palace maid.

Because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty only cared about eating, drinking, and having fun, he had always cared little about his children, and Wannian's mother had a humble status, unlike Liu Wei and Liu Xie, who had a queen and Empress Dowager Dong to take care of, so their mother and daughter were often bullied in the palace, and gradually developed a cowardly and fearful character for Wannian. When others saw that she was weak and could be bullied, they intensified it even more, often finding excuses to deduct the worship of her fiefdom, and when the eldest princess of the dignified Han was still hungry, this was exactly what happened to the dehaired phoenix was not as good as a chicken.

Wan Nian was afraid of things and didn't dare to resist, and Queen He, who was in charge of **, turned a blind eye and completely ignored the life and death of their mother and daughter. Only Liu Xie often helped them, so Wan Nian and Liu Xie got closer. As for Liu Bian, because his mother Queen He was domineering, mean and vicious, even Liu Wei himself was afraid.

Looking at Wan Nian Yifu's timid fear of himself, Liu Wei lamented in his heart: his parents died early in his previous life, and he had no brothers and sisters, so he was just a lonely person in the world. Unexpectedly, after being reborn, although there are fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, these people are either indifferent to themselves or take advantage of them, or they are afraid, and they have no family affection at all. I'm still alone.

Thinking of this, Liu Wei crossed Liu Xie, walked to Wan Nian with a gloomy expression, and took her hand. Wan Nian trembled, his cheeks were crimson, and his head hung even lower.

Liu Wei saw that Wannian's height was similar to his own, but he buried his head deeply, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but he was skinny and skinny, and the weather was getting cold, but he was still wearing single clothes.

Liu excused himself and put it on Wan Nian's body.

Wan Nian was stunned by his actions and couldn't help but raise his head. Liu Wei saw her appearance clearly: cherry mouth, delicate eyebrows and eyes, although she did not have the grace and luxury of a noble girl, but she had a unique flavor of small jasper.

Looking at Wan Nian's surprised face, Liu Wei sighed and said, "It's cold at night, sister remember to add clothes." If he has time in the future, he will also come to my palace and sit down. ”

Then, he glanced at Liu Xie with a little sentimentality and said, "The palace is so big, it has lost the love of brothers and sisters!" ”

As he spoke, he took people away without looking back.

Looking at Liu Wei's somewhat lonely back, Liu Xie muttered to himself: "Brotherly love? ”

Back in the dormitory, Tang Ji, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately greeted him. It turned out that Queen He sent someone to find Liu Wei twice, although she didn't know what to do, Tang Ji still used the excuse that Liu Wei took people to Maolong Park to play and returned immediately, and passed perfunctorily.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Wei thought that Empress He might have rested, so he decided to go to greet him tomorrow.

It's just that Jiang Qi was sent out of the palace again to tell Wei Yi about Chen Haonan and others, and he dug out some ideas for opening a restaurant and asked Jiang Qi to take them to Wei Yi.

After tossing for a long time, Liu Wei was idle. Tang Ji saw that his face was tired, his expression was gloomy, and he seemed to have encountered something troublesome, so he arranged for Liu Wei to lie down empathetically, and while massaging Liu Bian, he accompanied him to talk.

Softly spoken, the beautiful jade was warm and fragrant, and Liu Wei, who had been tired for a day, fell asleep unconsciously.

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In the middle of the night, there was silence.

Buguangli inside the Upper East Gate is the settlement area of the powerful people in Luoyang. During the day, there is a lot of traffic, and there is no white ding. At night, the high door is closed, and from a distance, the rows of houses are solemn.

In the entire Buguangli, the largest garden belongs to the Yuan family. Inside the pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, through the tall walls can be seen inside the majestic atmosphere, profound heritage.

At this time, the contemporary head of the Yuan family is Situ Yuan Kui, his father Yuan Tang, brothers Yuan Cheng and Yuan Feng all died early, and Yuan Feng left two sons Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, which can be said to be the middle-aged and young power of the Yuan family.

Although Yuan Kui is low-key and unassuming. However, the Yuan family has the halo of the famous family of the fourth world and the third duke, and the protégés are all over the world, and it is difficult to keep a low profile.

At this time, Yuan Kui was sitting upright in the main hall, and the attendants on both sides were sent to the distance, only the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were sitting with their hands down, listening to Yuan Kui's instructions.

Yuan Kui had a piece of paper on the low table in front of him, and Yuan Kui tapped on the paper, thinking thoughtfully and not knowing what he was thinking.

Yuan Shao was already a general in the tiger at this time, and Yuan Shu also had the official position of captain of Changshui. The two of them each have their own mansions in Buguang and do not live with Yuan Kui. At this time, seeing that Yuan Kui was silent, Yuan Shu, who was thinking about the beautiful concubine at home, couldn't sit still.

The old man didn't know what to think about anymore, so he took a look, but when he saw Yuan Kui's stern gaze shining straight over, he was so frightened that he hurriedly sat up straight again.

Although Yuan Kui is low-key, he is a well-known figure in the clan. If Yuan's power is compared to a spider web covering the Han Empire, then Yuan Kui is a black spider quietly hiding in the center of the web, silently directing the operation of this huge spider web.

Not to mention that as the head of the Yuan family, those protégés and former officials have a lot to look up to, Yuan Kui's wife Ma Lun is the daughter of Ma Rong, a great Confucian scholar, and he has a good relationship with Ma Rong's disciples Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and others, both of whom are respected by scholars. Therefore, Yuan Kui, who has such strength, has vaguely become the head of the Confucian official group of the Han Dynasty.

The Yuan brothers had to rely on their uncle Yuan Kui before they were fledgling, so they naturally bowed down to orders and behaved in front of him.

Yuan Kui taught Yuan Shu a lesson with his eyes before asking, "Are you going to send Cao Mengde back to his hometown today?" ”

Yuan Shao hurriedly replied: "Yes, my nephew sent Meng De outside the city before turning around." ”

Yuan Kui nodded, and then said: "Cao Mengde is a genius in the world, you can make friends with your heart, and it can be a great help!" ”

Yuan Shao freely intersected with Cao Cao, so he naturally knew Cao Cao's ability, and hurriedly nodded seriously. But Yuan Shu pouted on the side, thinking in his heart that Cao Cao was just a eunuch, he would have already broken the knot by talking to him, if it wasn't for Yuan Kui's order, he wouldn't have bothered to see him off.

He has always believed that people like Cao Cao, even if they have the ability, should take the initiative to scold him. Why do you want to lower your status and make friends with him, the kind of thing that loses the face of the third prince of the fourth world and the prominent family background can only be done by Yuan Shao, who was from a humble background.

The expressions of the two of them were under Yuan Kui's eyes. Although Yuan Shao came from a humble background, he was both civil and military, humble, and willing to be a corporal, and he was a nephew he valued very much in the clan, and felt that he would have something to do. And although Yuan Shu has also begun to break the corporal in recent years, he has never been able to change his problem, and it is difficult to become a big tool. If it weren't for the fact that he was the son-in-law of the family, and Yuan Feng entrusted him to take care of him more before he died, he would not have taken care of him so wholeheartedly.

Yuan Kui paused, and said to Yuan Shu: "In a few days, I want to make someone write a book, and you will be Henan Yin, and you will be the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang." These days, you are more restrained, don't go to the eagle and lackey, more than the scholar contact to earn fame. ”

Hearing that Yuan Kui was going to show that he was promoted, and that he was finally on the same level as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu couldn't help but be overjoyed, glanced at Yuan Shao provocatively, and hurriedly thanked Yuan Kui.

As a result, I heard Yuan Kui ask: "A few days ago, you had a conflict with Shi Hou Liu Wei's guards, and you were beaten, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yuan Shu didn't expect Yuan Kui to ask about this, his face turned red, he glanced at Yuan Shao, and found that he didn't look ridiculous, so he was a little relieved, and replied: "It's just some small conflicts, Shang Fangcheng Wei Yi has already reconciled for us." ”

Wei Yi? Yuan Kui muttered the name.

"Have you met Wei Yi, what do you think of this person?" Yuan Kui asked.

Yuan Shu recalled the scene of seeing Wei Yi, and the sneer on his face pushed the glass cup in the box down in front of him, and his mouth was full of flattering words, no different from the people he usually saw.

"An ordinary person!" He said nonchalantly.

Yuan Kui frowned, and said in his heart that asking you is equivalent to asking in vain. Then he looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao hated the eunuchs in power, and he was also quite concerned about the newly emerging Wei Yi, so he also did some investigations, and when he saw that Yuan Kui wanted to ask, he returned and said: "This Wei Yi was originally the son of Dazai Ling, and because he offended He Jin at home, he was punished by corruption and worked as a miscellaneous servant in the palace. Because Shi Hou worked in the whimsy and ingenuity, he made Luoyang paper as he liked, and also opened a paper mill in the city. Although I haven't heard of his talents, he should be a person who is good at engineering and economy. ”

Yuan Kui nodded noncommittally, thinking in his heart about the relationship between Wei Yi and Liu Wei and the Ten Standing Servants and He Jin. Yuan Shu was unusually angry that Yuan Shao had stolen his limelight, but he didn't want to attack on the spot, but he didn't understand why Yuan Kui attached so much importance to this Wei Yi.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu didn't know that the reason why Yuan Kui attached so much importance to Wei Yi was because he had something to do with Chen Chao's death, and Chen Chao was not sent by He Jin to spy on him as Liu Wei thought, it was Yuan Kui who sent him!

In his heart, there is a hidden ** of the Yuan family, which has never been announced by anyone, but it has been passed from generation to generation. From his grandfather to his father, brother, and even the two sons and nephews in front of him, this ** has never stopped.

Regarding the death of Chen Chao, he did secretly find someone to investigate, but he did not investigate anything strange. Although he was weak-hearted, he was afraid that someone would find his ** and kill his eyeliner Chen Chao with Wei Yi's hand. But after careful analysis, it doesn't look like it. He Jin is unscrupulous, greedy and incompetent, and he is not like a person who can discover his secrets. Although he also thought of Liu Wei, this idea was quickly denied by himself. What scheming will a playful yellow-mouthed child have!

Liu Bian's false appearance deceived Yuan Kui's vigilance, and a few years later, he would regret his carelessness.

couldn't think of the real reason for Chen Chao's death, Yuan Kui felt that it should be that he was killed by the thief Xiaohuangmen as said in the palace, and everything was just a coincidence. Thinking of this, he didn't care about Wei Yi anymore - after all, he was just a eunuch who had just picked up, although he had taken the line of Empress He and Liu Wei, but he had not yet reached the ability to influence the situation. However, even if he really reached that kind of strength, he didn't have to make a move himself, and the Ten Standing Servants or He Jin would clean him up.

No longer thinking about the death of the Chen Dynasty, Yuan Kui began to instruct the Yuan brothers: "Our Yuan family is the fourth generation and the third duke, and it can be regarded as an extreme in our generation. But you have to understand how many eyes are staring at our house. Be careful what you say and do outside. Originally, I came to ask you, have you gathered a crowd to insult the Ten Permanent Servants recently? ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Yuan Kui turn the topic to himself. Originally, he was very dissatisfied with the chaos of the Ten Standing Servants, and often had a close relationship with the party member Zhang Miao and He Hao. Of course, these people will not say anything good about the ten permanent servants when they get together.

It's just that these words would reach Yuan Kui's ears, and Yuan Shao was really surprised. Seeing that Yuan Kui wanted to ask, he had to cover it up: "The little nephew just talked about state affairs with some friends, and there was no deviant behavior. ”

Yuan Kui didn't know Yuan Shao's thoughts, ignored his explanation, and continued to lecture: "It's a good thing for young people to be jealous and hateful, but they must also learn to protect themselves. It is not a good thing for oneself to be too sharp, and it may even bring disaster to one's own family! ”

Yuan Shao's elder-like spur moved Yuan Shao, and he hurriedly said yes. When Yuan Shu saw that Yuan Shao was being trained, his heart was dark for a while, and he suddenly remembered that he had heard something recently, so he interjected and said: "Uncle, don't be angry, have you heard a rumor on the streets and alleys of Luoyang recently?" ”

Yuan Kui was stunned for a moment, and vaguely guessed what Yuan Shu was going to say.

"It's about a prophecy......"

"How can you believe it when you hear it on the streets!" Yuan Kui rudely interrupted Yuan Shu's words.

"You're also a well-read person, and instead of turning your nose up at this kind of street gossip, you're flocking to it. It must be known that the fourth generation of the Yuan family is an official, and he is favored by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so you must not be affected by it, ruining the century-old foundation of the Yuan family! ”

Yuan Kui's tone was stern, and Yuan Shu had to be silent, bowing down with Yuan Shao. Yuan Kui's mood seemed to be greatly affected, and he waved his hand and continued: "I'm tired, I won't leave you anymore, let's go back to our homes." ”

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu glanced at each other, and at the same time said goodbye and retreated, and when Yuan Kui was the only one left in the main hall, he turned over the piece of paper that was clasped on the table.

Those who represent the Han should be painted high.

The prophecy in black and white came to life.

Yuan Kui gently rubbed these words, and his mood was extremely complicated.

If the great man's qi is exhausted, will the Mandate of Heaven be on Yuan's side?

To be continued