"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 step forward and knock on the door, the Gaomen compound has a last resort, the more the Gaomen compound is in the current situation, the more unsafe it is, the more people talk or second, the more they have concerns. 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.

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

The "father" didn't know when both children sat up, and the junior 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, good, come ......" Before the word came out, he immediately reacted, and the eunuch entered the city yesterday: "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 stood on the steps and shouted loudly.

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."

"Yes, yes, I'll go and prepare right away" vigorously and excitedly rushed directly to the west wing.

A bowl of hot soup cakes into the stomach, the spirit of the little brothers has obviously improved, especially the second brother, although his spirit is still a little sluggish, but he has also improved significantly, which makes Liu Ju's mood very good.

"Father, why is Grandpa Zhang gone?" Xiao San, who put down the dishes and chopsticks, found that Father-in-law Zhang was not waiting by his side today, but was busy with everything, and asked curiously.

"Oh, I asked him to go into the city yesterday to grab medicine, and by the way, I will borrow a loan or two from an old friend from the past, we have been eating hard like this, and we will eat him poor." Liu Ju was in a relaxed mood, and even spoke with a bit of ridicule, which was a phenomenon that had not occurred during this time.

"Oh, that's right." Xiao San didn't say anything, after all, his father was in a good mood now, and he didn't want to splash his father's cold water now. But in my heart there was vigilance.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone down from the top of the hill behind the thatched hut in the west wing, and sprinkled in the courtyard, and at the gate of the courtyard walled with a fence of tree branches, there was a middle-aged man, in his thirties, with a fair and clean face, although it was also a coarse cloth garment, and it was also damaged, but it was also clean. Slowly pacing back and forth, the shadow was stretched long in the setting sun.

The steady pace could not hide the unconscious movements of his hands, and from time to time he looked at the eyes of the path leading to the outside of the courtyard, which completely exposed the owner's anxious mood now. It's been four days and almost five days, and the waiters who were sent out to grab medicine and borrow money from old friends haven't come back yet, and Liu Ju's heart has a bad premonition.

"Father" Xiao San saw that his father was anxious, of course he knew the reason, it was not far from the county seat, no matter how slow it was, it would take only three days to serve inside, no matter whether the thing was done or not, he would rush back as soon as possible. The chamberlain hasn't come back yet, and there is only one reason, there was an accident.

"What have you been doing these two days?" Liu Ju was a little irritable, and when he saw Xiao San coming in and out in the past two days, he was a little unhappy mysteriously, after all, the tense was a little weird, and Liu Ju was also afraid that Xiao San would have some accidents.

"I think we should make some preparations, Grandpa Zhang must have had an accident."

"Of course I know something happened, I'm asking you, what the hell have you been doing these two days."

"They wanted to surprise us, and I think we should surprise them too."

"That's the official army" didn't pay attention to Xiao San's words, just regarded it as a child's words, and now we are really unarmed, and we bring surprises to the officials and soldiers? All we can do is run away or be killed.

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.

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.

In the east, the belly of the fish finally appeared white, and the birds and birds in the forest chirped.

"Vigorously, not there?" The silence of the early morning was broken by the voice of a male duck, and outside the fence wall stood a middle-aged man wearing a brown robe with a square scarf on his head, holding the courtyard door and looking in.

"Coming, coming, who?"

Dali hurriedly opened the door and walked out. When he saw the comer, he was stunned, and immediately trotted over with a smile on his face and opened the fence gate.

"Oh, it's Satoma-sama. What is it that makes you ......."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly, more than a dozen people surrounded him from all around, all wearing soap suits, pushed Li Zheng away.

"This, this." Wang Dali was stunned for a moment, and immediately regained his composure.

"Official, what's the matter with finding a villain?"

"What's the matter? Hmph, do you know this person? "A man who looks like a squad leader walked out of the crowd, and the two people behind dragged out a man covered in blood, his hands and feet were twisted abnormally, and it seemed that his hands and feet were broken.

"Your Highness!" The bloody man collapsed on the ground, raised his head with all his might, rushed to the room and shouted, "Your Highness! The old slave is useless" Tears and the dirt on his face flowed loudly, and he couldn't stand it, and his whole head fell to the ground, and the sound of whimpering was still indecisive. The door of the upper room opened with a bang, and Liu Yi held the door panel with both hands, staring blankly at the poor man lying on the ground crying.

This person was none other than the chamberlain sent by Liu Ju to ask for help at his door, Eunuch Zhang.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we have surrounded this place. Let's ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come out. The headcatcher-looking man stood in front of the door of the main room, grabbed the handle of the waist knife in his right hand, and shouted at the upper room.

With the shout, the door of the upper room creaked open, and Xiao San walked out of the crack in the door, looked around, and then stood on the steps.

"Where's your father?" For the sudden appearance of a child, whether it was a headcatcher or a servant, he was obviously stunned, and the headcatcher subconsciously asked.

"My dad is resting, what are you doing, tell me" may feel that even standing on the steps is not high enough, Xiao San took two steps forward, simply sat on the steps, and looked at the guarded head catcher.

"Little San, stand down" Just as the headhunter was weighing whether to rush in first, or cut this little mongrel first and then rush in, the prince's voice came from the room.

"Father" Xiao San quickly stood up, looked at his father who came out of the room, and said to Fu Qi in a pleading voice.

"Stand down!" Liu Ju said sharply.

"Nuo" Xiaosan had to retreat behind his father, looking unwilling.

Liu Ju walked down the steps, facing the Pu knife facing him, and walked forward step by step, while those officials who held the knife could only retreat step by step. If it was in the chaos, they would take advantage of the chaos to hack the prince to death, but in this situation, none of them dared to be the first to take the knife. This is the real prince, killing the prince is like a rebellion, although he is now a wanted person, but to kill him, it must be in a situation of resisting arrest, now, the prince did not resist arrest, so they can't openly kill him.

When he walked to the side of the chamberlain, Liu Ju stopped, looked at the mountains in the distance, and said in a calm voice: "Say, what's going on?" ”

"Your Highness," the servant didn't have the strength to raise his head, his whole face leaned on the ground, and he couldn't cry: "The slave went into the city to find Mr. Simon, and Simon also agreed to support him at that time. The minions were overjoyed and relaxed their vigilance. Who knows, who knows, woo woo, he just wants to stabilize the minions, and pretends to agree. In the name of sending people to deliver grain and grass, he deceived and deceived the address of the slave, and then broke the slave's hands and feet, and he reported to the official. Damn the minions!! ”

"Mr. Simon, you should come along. Come out, after all, we've known each other for years. Liu Ju's gaze did not move, and he was already looking into the distance.

"Your Highness, don't come unharmed" The rich man named Simon came out of the back row of the crowd tremblingly, bowed and saluted, and there was no shortage of courtesies.

"I'm okay, sir, I should know very well. I have nothing but a clue to ask Mr. Simon in person: 'Are the merchants really as ruthless and unrighteous as you?' ’”

"Your Highness, please forgive me, the grass people really have no choice" This word was heartfelt, this businessman named Simon, for a moment, cold sweat soaked his back.

"Do you know, when I first arrived in Huxian, Zhang Neishou led me to Mr.'s mansion, I saw that Mr.'s door was wide and the population was large, so I didn't knock on the door for fear of causing trouble to you. I didn't expect Mr. Simon to behave like this for a few buckets of rice. This prince doesn't blame you, he only hates me for having no eyes. At the beginning, how many people persuaded me, saying that businessmen are ruthless, I still don't believe it, thank you Mr. for teaching me. "In the peaceful language, every sentence is full of resentment.

"Your Highness!! ~"Simon knelt on the ground, and he knew that as soon as the prince's words came out, not only the world could not tolerate him, but even the merchants could not tolerate him, and his way would come to an end.

Liu Ju took a step sideways and did not accept his bowing, which means that Liu Ju does not forgive him as a last resort, if you are afraid of involvement, you can refuse to fund, but as a former doorman, you can't choose to sell no matter what, no matter what the reason, betrayal will not be forgiven.

"Vigorously" Liu Ju came to Dali's side and bowed.

"Your Highness can't help it" jumped away vigorously.

"No, Dali, please accept my gift," Liu Zhi insisted; "Thank you, let me know that there is still true love in this world, I am dying, and thank you for proving that my original path was not wrong."

Wang Dali took advantage of everyone's stunned effort, quickly grabbed the hoe leaning against the fence, and shouted without looking back, "I'll fight with you!" Your Highness, run."

As the saying goes, the horizontal is afraid of the flute, and the one is afraid of the dead. When he saw the person in front of him with a lifeless posture, he also frightened those officials. However, he was only taken aback, and he pulled out his sword one after another.

The hoe that Wang Dali took was only called a hoe in name, from the hoe to the hoe, it was made of wood, and there was almost no lethality.

Because of the successive years of foreign wars, the iron and bronze tools of the people were requisitioned to make weapons and consumed on the battlefield, and the current agricultural productivity can be said to be inferior to the Stone Age. Not to mention that even if there are middle-aged men in the family, there is a good chance that they are disabled with broken hands and short feet. There are not many sturdy men like Wang Dali in the entire village, no more than two palms. Wang Dali has a total of two sisters, three younger brothers, six brothers and sisters, two sisters married in the early years, and now one is widowed, because her husband died in the battle in Mobei. A husband who has lost his legs on the battlefield and has lost his labor. All three younger brothers died in battle, and their parents died shortly after the younger brothers died in battle. The only reason why Wang Dali was not smoked was that he would weave straw sandals, which could support his parents and not cause trouble to the court. All three younger brothers volunteered to go to war in his place, also because he could weave straw sandals and could support his parents without causing trouble to his siblings.

As for the death benefit, there is only hehe. No, there is still honor, when going to the grave of the brother, the local leader sent someone to send a sheep's head and a pig's head, and recited aloud in front of the grave "The greatness of life, the glory of death" and then ran to the next family with the pig's head and the sheep's head. (Hanshu records: the county to the clothes coffin burial utensils, the shrine to a young prison, the chief official in the early years of the Han Dynasty in order to compensate the soldiers who died in the war, its funeral specifications are more grand, the government not only to provide burial tools, but also to the specifications of the young prison to be sacrificed, and require the chief officials to be present in person to mourn. After that, the compensation for soldiers killed in battle became the permanent system of the Han Dynasty government. The sacrifice of cattle, sheep and pigs is called Taigao, and the sacrifice of sheep and pigs is called Shaojiao)

With the sentence "Kill no matter what" at the head of the shop, Wang Dali also fell in a pool of blood.

"Vigorously!" Liu Ju's body shook a little.

At this time, more than 20 people appeared one after another in front of the house and behind the house, all of them nervously surrounded the Liu Opera Troupe standing in the center of the courtyard.

Two children, one older and one younger, the junior pulled the second brother and stood by the door. Xiao San tilted his head and quietly looked at Dali lying in a pool of blood.

The crown prince Liu Ju stepped forward, helped his crown belt, pulled the sleeves of his left and right clothes, and then, turned around, pulled the two princes, and stood on the steps at the door.

"I am the prince of the Han Dynasty, who are you waiting for? Register your name. ”

The man who looked like a head catcher took a step forward and arched his hand: "I am waiting for Huxian to catch fast, my name is Zhang Fuchang." I was ordered to arrest the rebels by order of my lord, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come back to the yamen with me."

"I am the prince of the Han Dynasty, and I have the blood of the Liu family and the Wei family in my body. The dignity of the heavenly family cannot be offended! Wait, I'll freshen up, and I'll go back with you."

Without waiting for Zhang Fuchang to answer, he returned to the house with the two children and inserted the door latch with his backhand. As the door closed, in front of Zhang Fuchang's other catcher, the two exchanged glances, sat on the two stone piers at the door of the east wing at the same time, and at the same time, made a gesture to let the catcher and the official enclose the main house.

Time passed minute by minute, and about half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the house. Zhang Fuchang glanced at the strange man, and at the same time felt that something was wrong, and at the same time grabbed the Pu knife on the ground and threw himself towards the main house, which was only two or three steps away.

Zhang Fuchang rushed in front, didn't care much, raised his leg and kicked the door, the door opened in response, and the rotten latch did not play the slightest role in hindering. As soon as I rushed through the door, I couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. And the man who came in later couldn't hold his foot, and hit Zhang Bantou's body headfirst, causing the two of them to stumble at the same time, Fang stood on his heels, and when the two stood up, they couldn't help but be stunned by the scene in front of them.