Chapter 2: Night Falls

Before you know it, the sun has set behind the mountains, and the clouds in the sky are slowly losing their brilliant colors. Although the sky was still bright, the villages in the canyon were slowly hazy in the shadow of the mountains, and night fell.

The furnishings of the inner house are very simple, except for a clay kang made of adobe, which is indeed a real home. The reeds on the kang are very dilapidated, and in some places the thatch that is padded underneath has leaked. The two children, one older and one younger, were lying on it, their faces flushed unhealthily, but their breathing was quite steady, the older ones were teenagers, and the younger ones were five or six years old. Liu Ju sat on the edge of the kang, leaning against the adobe wall, motionless, I don't know if he was asleep, but the tiredness on his face was undoubtedly revealed.

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the autumn and seventh month, Liu Ju sent a guest to pretend to be an envoy of the emperor and arrested Jiang Chong and others. According to Daohou Han, he suspected that the envoy was fake, refused to accept the edict, and was killed by Liu Jumenke. Liu Ju personally supervised Jiang Chong and scolded: "You, a slave of the Zhao Kingdom, it was not enough to disturb your king's father and son before, and now you are coming to disturb our father and son!" He also burned Jiang Chong's Hu Ren wizard to death in Shanglin Yuan.

Su Wen escaped from Chang'an and came to Ganquan Palace, where he reported to Emperor Wu of Han that the crown prince was very disagreeable. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "The prince must have been scared, and he resented Jiang Chong and the others, so such an accident happened. Therefore, he sent an envoy to summon the prince. However, the envoy did not dare to enter the city because of timidity, and lied to Emperor Wu that the prince had rebelled and wanted to kill him. Emperor Wu was furious, because he was convinced that the prince had rebelled.

On the day of Gengyin in July, Liu was defeated and fled south to Chang'an City. Si Naoda Hitomasa led his troops to guard the city gate, because he felt that the prince and Emperor Wu were father and son, and he was unwilling to persecute too much, so the prince was able to escape from the city.

Fleeing all the way, chasing and killing all the way, there were fewer and fewer followers who followed Liu Ju to flee, and when they reached the realm of Huxian County, in order to lead away the chasing enemy, all the entourages fled in another direction except for one inner servant. Only Liu Ju, father and son, plus an internal attendant, and a group of four people entered Renhu County in disguise. When those entourages separated, they also informed Liu Ju of the general situation in Huxian County, including some people who had communicated with the Prince's Mansion before.

"Your Royal Highness, this is also the residence of the Prince's Mansion" Zhang Neishou took out bamboo slips, pointed to the names on them, and introduced a large mansion in front of him.

"Let's go" Liu Ju did not let the chamberlain come forward and knock on the door, the Gaomen compound has the Gaomen compound as a last resort, the more the Gaomen compound is in the current situation, the more people talk about it, the more they have to worry about. They are only suitable for icing on the cake, and by no means suitable for charcoal in the snow.

"Your Highness" waiter stopped talking.

"Let's go" Liu knew what he wanted to say, but many things couldn't be explained too clearly. He is now guilty of rebellion, and his identity is special.

"No"

The word "Quanjiuli" suddenly appeared in Liu Ju's mind, and he couldn't help but say it out of his mouth.

"The old slave is guilty of capital crimes, I didn't hear what His Highness said" The waiter was full of panic, and almost knelt down in the street.

"Okay, okay, it's none of your business, go and ask, how to get to the spring dove" Liu Ju's tone immediately relaxed. He also suddenly remembered the great force, the great force of weaving straw sandals. It was a simple man, and he was only a one-sided relationship with himself, but from the words he talked to, he could feel that this was a loyal man, and no one knew what he had to do with him, and no one would have thought that he would go to him, hide in him, and be absolutely safe.

After several twists and turns, when he was almost sleeping in the wilderness that day, he finally found a strong home. Dali is also very simple, and he didn't ask the prince of the dynasty why he was so embarrassed, so he happily agreed to take in the prince Liu Ju and his party of four, and Liu Ju and they stayed at Dali's house.

The sadness of dying all the way can't help but come back to my heart. Liu Ju has been clothed and fed since he was born, and he is loved in every way. His father is the son of heaven, his mother is the queen of the dynasty, and he is also the crown prince, prince, and future monarch of the destiny of heaven, when would he have thought that he would have such a downcast day? Two lines of tears slipped silently from the corners of his eyes.

"Father, mother... The call of his heart is destroying the last line of defense in Liu Ju's heart.

The "father" did not know when both children sat up, and the younger child knelt beside him and wiped the tears that had slipped for him with his cuffs.

Liu Ju woke up in shock and hurriedly touched the foreheads of the two children with his hand.

"How does it feel?" The well-fed child, under the double blow of hunger and fear, both fell ill. As a father, in addition to being anxious and helpless, this is a mountainous area, that is, there is no medical treatment and no medicine, human life is like an ant, everything has to be left to fate.

"It's much better, thanks to my father's concern" The younger boy was calm and calm, and sat down for a long time.

"Father, the child is hungry...

"Okay, okay, come..." Before the words came out, he immediately reacted, "Wait a minute, go get a meal for your father"

He wiped his face indiscriminately and ran out like a gust of wind.

"Vigorously! Vigorously!! Liu Ju shouted.

The door of the east wing was slammed open with a "bang", and he ran out in a hurry.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?"

"Is there anything to eat? The second and third are awake, and it seems that there is no problem."

"Ah, yes, great. Heaven forbid"

"Go get some food. They haven't eaten for two days."

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the villain is useless, the little villain should be damned" He fell to his knees with a strong puff and cried with a whimper.

Liu Ji chuckled in his heart, and his eyes, which had just brightened, slowly dimmed. Yes, there is no food at home. In the past, he had enough food and clothing because he was the only one in the whole family, and he had a surplus every year, and his life was quite rich. Now that there are four more people out of thin air, how can you support three or two small five people by vigorously selling straw sandals, it has been interrupted yesterday, otherwise he would not have risked letting the house slave into the city and finding a friend who has not yet met to take out a loan. That person was just one of his doormen who mentioned it casually, saying that he was in the medicinal herb business in Huxian County, and talked about some interesting things about medicinal materials, and he hadn't even seen anyone, at most he was a friend of a friend. I don't know what my family background is or what my character is.

"Get up, it's me... It's me who is abrupt."

Turning around and walking towards the house, his originally tall body suddenly fell down. A deep sense of powerlessness almost crushed this young body, and the three of them, father and son, plus a eunuch, could hardly carry them on their shoulders, could not lift their hands, and almost did not have any means of life except sitting and waiting for food every day. Although I used to be in constant contact with the bottom of the society and knew some of their sufferings, knowing and experiencing are two different concepts, they are the pride of the sky, but the pride of the sky has left the sky, and they are nothing. In terms of survivability, they are not even as good as ants.

What about today, tomorrow?

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow!!

Is it true that our father and son are going to starve to death in this spring?

The inner servant has not returned for a long time, and something must have happened. The possibility of betrayal and smuggling is very small, this slave was personally selected by the queen mother and given to herself, and loyalty is absolutely no problem. The biggest possibility is that there was an accident, but what can be done if there is an accident? Flee again? Even if you escape, what can you do, you can't escape the pursuit and you can't escape the hunger.

The moon is about to be full, and it hangs quietly on the treetops, neither happy nor sad.

Suddenly a blue light flashed in the depths of the mountain stream, and everything was back to normal.