Liu Wei, who only knew a little about history, did not know that the word "long live" was a common cheer used by the common people and the army in celebrations before the Song Dynasty, but it was only in the Song Dynasty that it became the exclusive domain of the emperor.

The excited villagers surrounded Liu Bian, seeing the horses and grain brought back by Liu Bian and others, they became more and more unable to suppress the joy in their hearts, many people even cried with joy, Liu Bian, who had not been put down by the villagers, was thrown up again, and the cheers of the villagers were also higher than waves.

Tang Ji had been standing far away, her eyes were full of tears, looking at Liu Wei who was thrown high by the villagers, she could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart and cried.

These days, Liu Wei has given her too many surprises, and it has also made her feel proud that she has never felt before. As a woman who is Liu Wei, how can she not be excited to see him transform from a cowardly deposed emperor to a hero who can personally lead people to exterminate and be loved by the people even by bandits?

In addition to Tang Ji, there was also a woman who stopped when she was about to run in front of Liu Wei.

Tao Huanniang, when she heard the news that Liu Wei and others had come back from exterminating the bandits, she was a little more happy than everyone else in the village.

Although she didn't know why Lu Dao had such feelings, she knew very well that every time Liu Wei did something, she would always be happy for him from the bottom of her heart, and every time he decided to do something, she would silently pray that he could succeed.

Standing outside the crowd, Tao Huanniang did not squeeze in, nor did she go to find Tao Hu. She just pursed her lips, with tears in her eyes, and looked at Liu Wei, who was thrown high by the men, with a smile on her face.

Tears hazy Tao Huanniang's eyes, Liu Wei's figure was slightly blurred in her vision, but under the hazy tears, his figure flashed with a little silver brilliance.

"It would be nice if he could stay here for the rest of his life." Looking at Liu Bian, who was thrown up again, Tao Huanniang had such a strange thought in her heart.

But soon she shook her head, pursed her lips, and denied the idea: "He is going to leave after all, the third uncle and the other old people in the village have said that he is not an ordinary farmer, he is a person who wants to do great things, how dare a country girl like me expect to see him every day?" ”

The heart was very miserable, Tao Huanniang slowly lowered her head, wanting to smile reluctantly, but the tears rolled down like beads with broken threads.

The sun was setting, it was dusk again, the chimneys of each house were rising blue smoke, Tao Hu distributed the food evenly to the whole village, the adults were busy with their own affairs, and only some children were still chasing and frolicking back and forth in the open space of the village.

With their backs to the setting sun, Liu Wei and Tang Ji sat side by side on the dirt slope at the entrance of the village where the river could be seen.

The afterglow of the setting sun spread over the land, and the small river a few miles away glowed with orange-red light.

Sitting next to Liu Wei, Tang Ji supported her chin with her hands, and her eyes looked at the orange sparkling river in the distance without blinking.

"Homesick?" Reaching out to wrap his arms around Tang Ji's shoulders and taking her into his arms, Liu Wei asked her gently.

"Hmm." Tang Ji nodded lightly, rested his head on Liu Wei's chest, and said softly with a little shyness: "Where the husband goes, the concubine will follow." ”

"If I say I won't go to Yingchuan, you must be disappointed." Holding Tang Ji in his arms and looking at the blood-colored river in the distance under the sunset, Liu Wei said in a slow and firm tone: "Rest in the village for two days, let's go to Tiger Prison!" ”

"Didn't the husband say ......?" Liu Wei said that he was going to Tiger Prison, Tang Ji was taken aback, and wanted to ask the reason, but seeing his resolute face, he swallowed back the last half of the sentence.

"Earlier, I just thought we could live well." Letting go of the arm that was holding Tang Ji's shoulder, Liu Wei furrowed his brows slightly, turned his head to look at the small village behind him and said: "It's the villagers here, their lives are too hard, they want to live well, but they can't raise their heads under the heavy tax pressure, and the powerful and thieves rob and slaughter them at will." Even if you and I succeed in returning to Yingchuan, it will be difficult to find a hiding place in the future when the world is in chaos. ”

Tang Ji looked up at Liu Wei with a solemn expression. She didn't say a word, she really wanted to go back to Yingchuan, and from then on she and Liu Wei lived a life of not asking about the world. But Liu Wei is the bloodline of the Han Dynasty after all, can he really watch the Han Dynasty be taken away by Dong Zhuo since then?

In fact, Tang Ji didn't know that Liu Wei had no loyalty and sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty at all. It's just that he lived in the village for a few days, which made him see the difficulties of the people's survival, and made him come up with the idea of using the identity of the abolished emperor to achieve a great cause to save the people from fire and water and make his life more stable.

"The tiger prison is surrounded by heroes, and it is really not wise to go there." Liu Wei turned his head to look at the riverbed in the distance, and continued to say to Tang Ji in a firm tone: "But there is also a benefit to the presence of the heroes, at the moment, Yuan Benchu and others are still somewhat loyal to the Han court, and no one dares to risk the disapproval of the world and openly disadvantage me in the place where the heroes gather." ”

Liu Wei stood up, straightened his body, raised his head slightly, looked at the blood-colored clouds in the sky, and said word by word: "I was the master of this country and the emperor of the Han Dynasty!" How can I watch thieves take over my country and kill my people wantonly? I will definitely regroup and regain the country that should belong to me, and in the future, I will reduce the levy and pacify the world's sword soldiers! Save the nations from fire and water! ”

"But what the prince decides, the concubine obeys it." Tang Ji slowly stood up, stood side by side with Liu Wei, and said softly: "The husband is the Emperor of Xiongwu, and he will definitely be able to achieve some achievements in the future!" ”

Liu Wei reached out and hugged Tang Ji's shoulder, Tang Ji also gently snuggled his head on his arm, neither of them spoke, just stood there silently looking at the remnants of the sky.

Under an old locust tree not far from the entrance of the village, Tao Huanniang leaned against the trunk of the tree, her beautiful eyes were shining with tears, and she looked at Liu Wei and Tang Ji who were standing on the dirt slope from a distance, covered with colorful glow.

Two days later, the cemetery outside the village.

Zhou Cang was alone, standing on the edge of a lonely grave far away from other tombs.

There had been no rain for several days, and the soil at the head of the grave was very dry and fluffy, and a few green grasses had emerged from the dry soil. The blades of grass swayed in the wind, as if they were deliberately dancing a light dance for Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang squatted down, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the soil on the tomb, and there were two crystal tears hanging on his rough cheeks.

"Honggu, I'm leaving the village with my husband." Slowly closing his eyes, Zhou Cang's Adam's apple rolled twice, and he choked up and said to the lonely grave in front of him: "It's been three years, and I've been waiting for you here for three years." If I hadn't taken you out of Woniu Mountain, you wouldn't have died. It's a pity that I have a body of martial arts, but I can't kill the enemy. Now that I have met Mr., Yuanfu swears to you here today that I will come to pay tribute to the head of Yan Zheng in the future! ”

Zhou Cang's words lagged behind, and a cold wind swirled around him twice, and then disappeared above the grave.

Seeing that this small whirlwind swept up a piece of dry soil on the grave, raising a puff of smoke and dust and then dissipating, Zhou Cang's eyes widened, and he hurriedly shouted: "Honggu, is it you?" Did you hear what I said? ”

But where would anyone answer his question, the little tomb still stood quietly, and the whirlwind just now only added a bit of desolation to the empty field.

Yan Zheng mentioned in Zhou Cang's mouth was also a general of the Yellow Turban Army at the beginning, because the Han army besieged Yangcheng, he killed Zhang Bao Xiancheng and threw himself under Zhu Jun's account. Later, in order to curry favor with Zhu Jun, he led the army to attack Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's Woniu Mountain, but it happened that Zhou Cang was not on the mountain that day, but took a few people and his new wife Honggu down the mountain to worship the gods, praying for the Zhou family to add Ding as soon as possible, but I didn't want to meet the Han army led by Yan Zheng halfway.

In a fierce battle, several brothers who followed Zhou Cang were all killed, Zhou Cang snatched a war horse and desperately protected Honggu to escape, but Yan Zheng shot an arrow through Honggu's heart.

After fleeing to the village several times, although the villagers tried their best to help him, they still did not save Honggu's life.

He never returned to Woniu Mountain because Zhou Cang knew that even if he went back, with the few people in his hands and Pei Yuanshao, it would be impossible for him to have a chance to kill Yan Zheng. So he stayed and accompanied Honggu's tomb in the small village for three years.

It was not a few days since he met Liu Bian, but Liu Bian first built a waterwheel for the village, and then led everyone to preemptively annihilate the bandits who came to rob the village. Zhou Cang, who has always revered heroes, how could he watch him leave in front of him when he saw such a courageous, knowledgeable and strategic person.

When Liu Wei proposed his resignation to the villagers, Zhou Cang immediately made a decision, he wanted to follow Liu Wei together, in his opinion, people like Liu Wei would not be subservient to others, maybe follow him, and in the future, they can clear their hearts and minds for Honggu.

"Brother Zhou Cang, are you really going to leave too?" Squatting on the edge of the grave, Zhou Cangzheng recalled Honggu's smile, and Tao Huanniang's voice came from behind him.

"It's Huanniang." Zhou Cang turned his head and glanced at Tao Huanniang standing behind him, then turned his face to Honggu's grave, raised his hand and secretly wiped the tears hanging on his cheeks, and asked lightly: "Why did you come here?" ”

Although Zhou Cang's movements were fast, Tao Huanniang still saw the tears hanging on his cheeks, she was stunned when she had never seen Zhou Cang cry, and then lowered her head, pursed her lips, and muttered: "Will you come back?" ”

"I don't know what to do!" Zhou Cang didn't stand up, just raised his head, looked up at a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, and said leisurely: "Girl, your big brother understands." But Mr. is not an ordinary person like the eldest brother and the rest of the village, if he has a heart, he should come back, but you don't have to wait for him deliberately, wait for a person's mood, the eldest brother understands. ”