"Father, died?" Liu Xie sat paralyzed, his eyes glazed over, his eyes full of disbelief.

Father... Really died?

Liu Xie stood up, walked in front of the kneeling eunuch, grabbed the eunuch's shoulders, and shook his shoulders vigorously. His hands were clenched very tightly, and the joints of his bones were blue and white.

"It's got to be fake, it's got to be fake!" Screaming, a little hysterical. shouted like this, but Liu Xie understood that this was true, and no one would be bold enough to joke about the life and death of his father. But in my heart, there will always be a glimmer of hope, hoping that this is the news that someone has the courage to make.

"His Royal Highness, it's true, it's true." The eunuch said.

Letting go of the hand that grabbed the eunuch's shoulder, Liu Xie took a few steps back, and his whole body lost strength. He sat down on the couch and kept muttering, "Really, it's true..."

Although he is young and still a teenager, Liu Xie has already understood many things. Including, how his mother died, including who in the palace was staring at him.

All along, Liu Xie has shown a very mediocre state. Originally, he should have done better, could have done better, but he didn't dare.

A little bit of goodness could be his death. It was precisely because of this danger that he left the imperial grandmother's side and was released from the palace. Otherwise, the prince will generally leave the palace when he is an adult and live in the palace outside the palace.

Everything is because of the Queen, Queen He. That's why he cooperated with the Ten Standing Servants when he contacted him, and reached a consensus with him when people from Liangzhou visited.

Failed, must have failed. When he received that one of the ten permanent servants was assassinated, Liu Xie had this premonition, and until now, he finally affirmed it. The rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants was killed, and the news of his father's death came out together, which made him sensitive and have to think of many things.

Now that his father, who had been sheltering him and protecting him, was dead, what should he do? What to do? In any case, the woman Queen He will definitely not let him go.

His hands and feet were cold, his body trembled slightly, Liu Xie's mind was empty, and he couldn't think of anything else. All that appeared in my mind was the beautiful face of Queen He, and when she looked at him, the cold gaze that shot straight into her eyes.

He is clumsy, he wants not to be noticed by Queen He, and he wants to be a little transparent. However, his existence itself is something that Queen He can't ignore.

"What should I do?" Liu Xie looked up at the roof beams.

There is not much way, he really has no way, he is just a small prince, and he has no real power in his hands, how can he compete with Queen He? If he could compete, he didn't have to move out of the palace, because even his father, the emperor, was helpless against Queen He at that time.

Looking at the eunuch kneeling under the hall, Liu Xie shook his head. The eunuchs around him who serve him can be trusted with loyalty, but ability, that's another story. At least Liu Xie knew that even he had no choice, and they had no choice.

"Your Highness, there are people outside the palace who ask to see you." A little eunuch came to report.

"Who is it?" Liu Xie's heart trembled, and he immediately thought that this was someone sent by Empress He.

Soon he calmed down again, it shouldn't be Queen He's person, otherwise there was no need to report at all, and he just broke in and took him away.

Thinking like this, he breathed a sigh of relief. But who would come to him at this time?

After thinking about it, Liu Xie still didn't think of someone who was eligible.

"Your Highness, he didn't say it. Still, let me leave this to Your Highness. A jade plaque appeared in the palm of the little eunuch's hand.

As soon as the jade plate appeared, Liu Xie hurriedly said, "Take it, take it quickly." ”

After the little eunuch approached, before he could walk in front of him, Liu Xie had already grabbed the little eunuch and grabbed the jade plate. He carefully looked at the jade plaque, and when he saw the familiar mark on it, the horror in his heart couldn't help but dissipate a lot.

The little eunuch next to him was a little stunned, wondering why the prince, who had always had a very good demeanor in his eyes, was now in such a hurry. But as a little eunuch like him, he is not qualified to ask.

"Please." Putting away the jade plate in his hand, Liu Xie immediately said.

However, when the little eunuch turned around to leave, he seemed to be too slow to be idle, and he ran out directly. To see this is to personally go and greet the person who comes. Leaving only the little eunuch with a stunned face and the eunuch kneeling on the ground, the two of them glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.

For Luoyang City, every day is almost a peaceful day, although there is the news of the emperor's death and various prohibitions during the state funeral, but the daily life of the people in the city is not much affected. On the contrary, in the hearts of these people, there is even a thought that this day is too late.

In any case, Liu Xie, who died, as an emperor, has always left a negative impression on them. Who in the city has not been oppressed by the cronies and family members of the Ten Permanent Servants? These experiences are ultimately traced back to the body of the Ten Standing Attendants, as well as the Emperor of the Ten Standing Attendants, but no one will express it on the surface and verbally.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." The general on horseback, with a eunuch who was also on horseback, and a large group of soldiers, rushed towards Liu Xie's mansion.

Along the way, he had urged him many times, and even the eunuchs around him did not complain in the middle of a word. After receiving the queen's order, although he was a little confused, he still had to carry out the queen's order to the end.

Arrived at the destination very quickly, looking at the mansion that was also a big mansion in Luoyang City, the general gave the order without hesitation.

"Surround here, anyone in the mansion dares to go out, and it doesn't matter if they are killed."

"Yes." The soldiers under his command responded in unison, quickly dispersed, and surrounded the entire mansion.

The people in the distance were talking, and they all knew who the owner of this mansion was, it was the prince. A prince, surrounded by such heavy troops, what will happen has been expected in everyone's hearts.

"Stop here, this is the prince's mansion, what are you going to do?" The two soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion, seeing this situation, beat a drum in their hearts, but they still asked forward.

"Take it!" The general snorted.

The soldiers beside him immediately stepped forward and walked up to the two soldiers, about to snatch their swords from their hands.

Seeing that the two soldiers were about to resist, a cold light appeared in the general's eyes.

"Dare to resist, die!"

The two soldiers, whose long knives had been drawn from their sheaths a little, fell back into their sheaths, their faces turning extremely pale. Unable to move again, the two of them could only let the knife at their waist be untied, and walked to the other side after being escorted by the soldiers.

"Let's go." Walking towards the gate, the general was followed by two columns of heavily armed soldiers.

A moment later, the general hurriedly led the people out of the mansion, and the coldness on his face was even worse. His hand pressed tightly against the scabbard, but he still couldn't stop the raging.

"Come on, go to the gates of each city, you must not let Liu Xie escape!"

"Yes!"

Seeing the soldiers running towards the positions of the various city gates, the general still didn't have any confidence in his heart. He had just interrogated the subordinates in the mansion and those eunuchs, but no one knew when Liu Xie disappeared. Except for a few cronies and eunuchs who disappeared together, everything in the entire mansion was the same as the people.

But he didn't come here for these things! It's Liu Xie, and Liu Xie alone is far more important than these things! If he can't catch Liu Xie, how can he explain to the queen?

Thinking of this, he felt that the future was bleak.

The two carriages had already approached the east gate of Luoyang City at this time and stopped in front of the city gate. The front of the carriage was blocked by soldiers guarding the city gates.

Li Ru in the carriage closed his eyes and looked calm, and the sudden stop of the carriage could not move him. In the carriage, Liu Xie, who was sitting opposite Li Ru, looked a little nervous, his little face was tense, and his face was worried.

Li Ru opened his eyes, saw this scene, and said in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness, don't worry. ”

After listening to Li Ru's words, Liu Xie still didn't have any confidence, the other party was the queen, and it was easy to block the city gate or something. Although he didn't know what was going on outside, he also knew that the carriage had been stopped, what if he couldn't get out of the city next?

Thinking of this, Liu Xie regretted a little, he shouldn't have listened to Li Ru's words so easily and went out of the city with him. However, he didn't seem to have any choice but to trust Li Ru to take him away and bring him back as promised.

"Don't worry. After His Majesty's death, the whole city was immediately put under martial law, and it was just a routine inspection. As long as there is a pass order from Luoyang Order, there will be no problem to get out of Luoyang City. ”

"As for what His Highness is worried about, there is no need to worry. Empress He's movements will not be so fast, she must first stabilize the situation in the palace before she has the spare hand to deal with His Highness. So we should be faster, but not much. Li Ru said calmly.

His calmness also infected Liu Xie, which made Liu Xie's anxiety and anxiety in his heart alleviate a lot, not as anxious as before. Speaking of which, there is still some luck, if Li Ru does not appear, Liu Xie really doesn't know what to do.

"Scholar Wen, then, why did you let the eunuchs who served me leave with them through another city gate?" Liu Xie thought of Li Ru's arrangement before, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

The carriage moved again and moved forward, making Liu Xie feel relieved. The fact that he imagined that it didn't happen also gave him more attention to other places, and this question was one of them.

"They, naturally, are there to lead away the pursuers for His Highness." Li Ru replied.

Because Liu Xie is the prince and a key chess piece that can be used, Li Ru has the patience to answer his questions. If it was someone else, Li Ru would not have the leisure time to chat with others and answer questions for others.

"Will they die then?" Liu Xie continued to ask.

Those eunuchs were all his cronies, and they got along day and night, which made him feel a little worried about their situation, which made him feel safe.

"Possibly or not." Li Ru replied.

He looked at Liu Xie, the most favored prince of the emperor, although he was smart, he was also very limited. At least, in some ways, he really wasn't as ruthless as the emperor.

Liu Xie's face soon became a little more joyful.

"They're certainly not going to have a good time, though. It is also unpredictable what those pursuers will do if they can't find His Highness. Li Ru smiled and poured a basin of cold water on his head.

Liu Xie's face immediately stiffened. He thought of the palace struggle, and thought of his mother who died at the hands of Empress He, and the fate of his cronies, no matter how bad it was, it was not impossible.

"Why does Your Highness have such an expression?"

"I..."

Without waiting for Liu Xie to answer, Li Ru continued to talk to himself, and said: "His Highness's cronies died for His Highness, and that is also their glory." And His Royal Highness doesn't have to be sad, there is nothing to be sad about, at least their efforts are not without gain, is it? ”

Looking at Li Ru and listening to the tone of his speech, Liu Xie felt a little cold. Without thinking much of it, he lifted the curtain and looked out of the small window of the carriage, just in time to see a carriage in front of him heading in a completely different direction.

"Scholar Wen, what is this?" In order not to think about what happened to those cronies and eunuchs, Liu Xie asked again, so as to distract himself.

"Your Highness doesn't think it's so easy to chase soldiers, does you?" Li Ru straightened up and stretched out his hand to lower the curtain that had been lifted.

"Those pursuers, after catching up with the carriage that went out of the city with His Highness's token, will definitely react when they find that His Highness is not in the carriage. will not give up the pursuit, will continue to pursue, then the role of the second carriage at this time is also reflected. ”

"This is a means of preparation, whether it can be used or not, it is a guarantee. By the time the pursuers found the second carriage, we had already left, and no matter how much the pursuers tried to chase us, they would not be able to find us in the vast sea of people. ”

Li Ru slowly explained his plan, the carriage he and Liu Xie were riding in belonged to the kind of very ordinary. At first glance, it looks exactly like the rest of the people's carriages, not much different.

At the same time, the number of guards guarding this carriage is also very small, Hu Che'er dressed as a subordinate, and the elite scouts of Liangzhou. People are refined, not much, and it is not easy to attract attention. The second carriage he used as bait was to send most of the Liangzhou soldiers who followed him to escort him.

One side has a large number and is conspicuous, and the other side has a small number and blends into the ordinary. It is self-evident how those pursuers will choose. When they found that there was no trace of Liu Xie in the second carriage, it was too late to chase them again.

(End of chapter)