At this time, Luoyang City, the ancient imperial capital, spread out from the palace as the center to the east and west, and it was a chaotic situation, and in this chaos, there were also uneasy factors lurking, such as a pair of brothers surnamed Liu in a residence somewhere in Yonghe Li, where the nobles lived.

The elder brother's name is Liu Fan, who is the eldest son of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and the other brother is naturally the second son Liu Dan.

However, in the past, the two brothers, who were also high-spirited and personable in front of people, have the same sad frowns and a worried and thoughtful expression on their faces at this moment.

Liu Fan looks more old, and the city government is deeper, although he is sad, he can still sit firmly on the top; Liu Dan couldn't bear it, only sat down for a while, and then couldn't help but stand up, wandering back and forth in a large open space in the center of the hall below, occasionally going around in circles.

After doing this a few times, it made Liu Fan a little impatient, frowned and raised his head to look at him, and said angrily: "Can you not go back and forth like this, there is no qualitative child, it makes my head dizzy, and I see that you are getting more and more anxious, but I don't know if you have thought of anything useful?" ”

After all, they are all crowned adults, and the two brothers have actually lived separately, but their relationship is close, and they are not shy about choosing two houses next to each other, each of which is in charge of the house, but this is not Liu Fan's house?

The two were born into a family and were influenced by Confucianism. attaches great importance to etiquette, so it has always been a brother and a friend, and the place of discussion is generally chosen in the brother Liu Fan, after all, according to the etiquette system, the juniors and juniors should take the initiative to visit the elders, there is no other way around, if there is no father in the family this year, then the eldest brother is like a father, although Liu Yan is still in this fashion, but after all, it is far away in Yizhou, so Liu Fan has become Liu Dan's only elder, and Liu Dan is naturally respectful in front of him.

After hearing Liu Fan's words at this time. Liu Dan really stopped immediately. Facing Liu Fan, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, how can I not be in a hurry with this situation?" This is a time when life is at stake, and of course I know that walking around like this is useless in addition to wasting my efforts and adding to my anxiety. But I really can't control myself. ”

Liu Fan immediately knew that he was really anxious this time. For a while, I didn't know how to comfort me. After all, if he had a good method, he wouldn't have been able to sit here like he is now, and he would have already figured out a way to implement it.

Although the two brothers are not lacking in tactfulness. But he is not a timid person, which is the same as their father Liu Yan, of course, compared to their father, it is still a little smaller.

This time in Luoyang City, they can be regarded as the first nobles in the city and the courtiers in the court to contact Na Ma Chao in addition to Fu Wan, of course, in terms of the relationship between their father and Lu Bu, whether it is from the surface or from the bottom, they can't talk about the betrayal of Lu Bu.

However, although the two of them have a father who owns one side, and their own abilities are not bad, not to mention looking at the world, they are also authentic little people in this Luoyang City.

The two of them have enough courage, and at the same time, they also have the same ambition as their father, and they are unwilling to climb up slowly, and Ma Chao's appearance naturally makes them see the opportunity, plus because of the relationship between their father behind them, they can be regarded as having a conflict of interest with Lu Bu, so they threw themselves to Ma Chao's side without any psychological pressure.

When Pang De and the others took the initiative to withdraw from Luoyang City before, the reason why they were able to go so smoothly had a lot to do with the role they played in it, and even in fact, it was the two brothers who really brought them in.

To say that although Jia Xu and others withdrew, they did not take away all the horses in the city, in addition to Liu Xie's Yulin Army and the palace guards, there were also a considerable amount of troops left at the city gates, after all, the soldiers and horses of the battalions in Luoyang City were very chaotic when they commanded each other, although Lu Bu was the captain of the dynasty, it was difficult to sort out for a while, but he only took away some of the people he needed and looked at, and left them alone.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of Lu Bu, Jia Xu and Zhang Liao, they don't look down on this part of the city gate defenders at all, and their combat effectiveness is actually conceivable.

However, they can't get into Lu Bu's eyes, but if they really want to be serious, with the benefits of Luoyang City, they can resist Pang De and Xu Rong, who are not good at attacking the city, but they can still be landed, but it is a pity that these people are not only sparse in combat power, but also have very problematic personal discipline and military discipline, they are all a group of pure veteran oilers, even Zhang Liao is too lazy to transform them, so rotten that it can be imagined how Cheng Dù was bought by the Liu Fan brothers, and they successfully made Pang De's "internal response", and the defending army became the "Kaesong Army".

It's just that Liu Fan and the others soon found out that their decision was not correct, this is not to say that they should not provoke Lu Bu, but that they should not provoke Ma Chao, if what they did after entering the city can be explained, and the two brothers can still accept it, then what they are doing now is simply a big rebellion.

As Liu Yan's son, he naturally doesn't have any respect for the young son of heaven Liu Xie, but they know very well the huge influence of the righteousness represented by the title of emperor, Ma Chao They don't know, but they don't care, but Liu Fan They can't, although they hitched a ride on Ma Chao, they don't want to be driven by it all the time, if they are just ordinary people, no matter how much they die, they don't feel anything, and it won't have much impact, but the identity of the emperor is too sensitive, is so sensitive that once they are involved with unfavorable news, their reputation may be stinky in an instant, which will not only affect their future business, but also affect Yizhou's father.

At this time, the Liu Fan brothers didn't know that their father, who usually seemed to be strict with them, didn't see much value and love for them, and this time he would actually lead the army for them personally, because their news was completely blocked, and the news from the outside could not come in, and the news inside could not be transmitted, which was also the reason why Liu Yan could not get any news about them.

Speaking of which, it is necessary to involve another place that the two brothers regret, saying that it is to help Ma Chao and them enter the city, but in addition to guarding some money that can bribe those city gate guards, it can be said that there is no power of their own in this Luoyang City, which is doomed to them have no solid foundation to talk to Ma Chao on an equal footing, and it is not surprising that after successfully entering Luoyang City, Pang De did not take the two of them in his eyes at all, which obviously reflects Ma Chao's attitude towards them.

However, at this time, it was too late to regret and scold Ma Chao for not being trustworthy, although Pound disdained the two brothers, but he did not take them lightly, just outside their mansion, he even arranged a special guard, at this time, whether it was a nobleman or a minister living nearby, everyone was planning to escape, but few thought about surrendering, which was another kind of deterrent formed by Pound's actions before, and those who could not escape or did not want to escape for various reasons could only stay, also hurried to gather people to take care of the home, so the faces that appeared inside and outside Liu Fan's house did not attract too much attention from outsiders.

But there are already complaints in this house, even if an ordinary person goes out to buy some vegetables, someone must be by his side, this is not protection, but simply surveillance.

If it was said that the two brothers who were just unwilling to do so were now tired and even hated by Ma Chao and Pang Delai, but no matter how they were trapped in a cage at the moment, it also determined that even if they had any ideas, they would not be able to implement them.

"Brother, why don't we ......" At this time, I don't know if I suddenly thought of any idea, Liu Dan's originally sad face was actually brightened, and his eyes were also suddenly bright, like stars in the sky at night, looking at Liu Fan was shining.

Liu Fan knew that his brother had always had a lot of ghost ideas, and although he didn't seem to be stable enough, sometimes he was also useful, so he said "oh" at this time, and then asked, "I don't know what Erlang thinks?" As he spoke, he really listened to Liu Dan's high opinions.

Liu Dan smiled abruptly and said, "Actually, it's all here, how can I have any good ideas, but our brothers can take a good look at it." ”

"Hehe, brother, don't sell it, but it's okay to say it, listen to it for your brother."

Liu Dan said: "In fact, in my thoughts, that Ma Chao forgetful and untrustworthy, and that Lu Ding Dong (that is, Lu Bu, which means that Lu Bu has gone through three surnames and treacherous people Gai Mo is like this) is the same as a raccoon dog, and now we have no good way out, just want to get out of the cage of Luoyang and go back to my father." ”

Liu Fan was silent, and also fell into hesitation, making this kind of decision, he was far less decisive than Liu Dan, but he also had to admit that Liu Dan was reasonable, rather than living this kind of life now that he couldn't see the end of his life at all, it was better to give it a go, although the danger was great, but it was better than now, not to mention that they were not fighting against that Ma Chao before? It's just that in the end, they lost.

Thinking of this, Liu Fan's wavering heart finally calmed down, and after thinking about it, he said: "Since this is the case, then our back road should be used in advance, anyway, this is the last chance." ”

"Well," Liu Dan nodded heavily, and solemnly promised: "I'll go down and arrange ......" (to be continued......