"Chengying, it's you!" Ji Xuan also recognized Zhang Meng, shouted, his face was happy, and he took down the halberd and crossed his arms with Zhang Meng, but when he saw Luo Fu shrinking behind, he immediately became vigilant, "This woman is ...... with the thief."

Zhang Meng explained: "She was captured by thieves here, and I came to save her. ”

There was a commotion around him, Zhang Meng looked left and right, so Ji Xuan looked at the corpse outside the door, roughly understood what was happening, and said: "I also said why the thief is in chaos by himself, it seems that it is because of your appearance." Then he sighed, "Chengying, when you fell, I only said that my injuries were fatal, and I had no power to return to the sky." I didn't expect you to survive. Now the wound ......"

Zhang Meng smiled and said, "It's no big deal." ”

Ji Xuan nodded, with a little shame: "After you fell, I dragged you to the ox cart, but the soldiers were in chaos, you fell off the car in the bumps, and the chasing soldiers came, and the emperor of heaven was in a hurry again, I ......"

Zhang Meng patted his arm and said seriously: "Zhong Ming, you and my brother, it's useless for Hugh to say this. ”

What kind of person Ji Xuan is, Zhang Meng's memory is clear. At that time, the situation was urgent, and everyone had to make a choice that had to be made.

Zhang Meng looked at the gloomy courtyard and wondered, "Are you also separated?" It's still ...... to shelter from the rain here."

Ji Xuan confirmed that there was no one behind Zhang Meng, shook his head lightly, and lowered his voice: "I am here for the Son of Heaven." ”

"Where is the Son of Heaven?" Zhang Meng was shocked, "Is it here?" ”

Ji Xuan said: "Yes, the Son of Heaven is in the courtyard. This place is called the house, which was originally a post station of the previous dynasty, and has been abandoned for a long time. I waited for a group of people to hug the Son of Heaven to the river first, Lu Shangshu and others chased after them, Zhang Rang and other eunuchs saw that they were cornered, and threw themselves into the water and died. Lu Shangshu went back to Luoyang to report the news, and the Peng Min Gong in central Henan presided over it, and we waited for the protection of the Son of Heaven to find a temporary place to rest in Beibihan, and moved to the area of Beibihan, where there was a house to live in, and second, it was more remote and hidden......" Speaking of this, he laughed dryly, "I didn't expect to jump into the fire pit, and there were thieves entrenched in this house......"

Zhang Meng asked, "With your martial bravery, what can these thieves do to you?" ”

Ji Xuan shook his head: "Of course I'm not afraid of them, but except for me and Min Gong, there are only two guards left, and one of them was caught off guard and was caught by the thief." I was afraid that the melee would hurt the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu, so I joined forces with Min Gong and retreated to the inner courtyard. Although there are many thieves, I block the main road, and they can't attack for a while, but I can't drive them away. If it weren't for you suddenly disrupting the siege of thieves, it's hard to say how long it would be stalemate. ”

Zhang Meng smiled: "No wonder I always think that the thief's behavior is strange, it turns out that there is still this story." By mistake, I didn't want to save the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu. ”

Ji Xuan said: "Not only this time, you were injured a few days ago, I can see it clearly, it is for King Chen Liu's sword to block, if you don't come forward, Your Highness, he is only afraid of more evil and less auspicious...... Ahem, he has been thinking about you all the way, and he must be happy to see that you are still alive. With these merits, as long as you can get through this predicament, the Son of Heaven will definitely reward you heavily. ”

Zhang Meng replied: "I don't ask for anything else, but I want to be a person and do things with a clear conscience." ”

Ji Xuan gave a thumbs up: "Brother said it well!" Then he looked up, "The thieves fled in fright, and they all ran away on horseback, even if they came back, with your help, I would have nothing to worry about." ”

Zhang Meng said: "Okay, I'll go to the inner courtyard to meet Your Majesty first." ”

Ji Xuan replied and said, "King Chen Liuwang seems to be in the front hall...... I won't go in with you, I'll go to the side courtyard to see if the thieves are gone. After speaking, he clenched his halberd and walked away.

Zhang Meng turned around and took Luo Fu into the house, found a fairly clean side house to settle in, and saw that she was drenched in some rain, so he took off his robe and wrapped her in it, and said gently: "You wait for me here." ”

Luo Shi was speechless, but tightened his robe and nodded slightly.

Nowadays, the torrential rain is pouring down, the courtyard is flooded, and the rainwater falls like beads along the tiled eaves. Zhang Meng stepped on the mud and hurried through the rain curtain in the front yard and into the front hall. Hard leather boots stepped on the blue brick ground, and the footsteps "horn and horn" sounded particularly clear in the cold and quiet environment.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Dong Hou! Dong Hou! ”

He stood with his sword in his hand, anxious, and let the raindrops gather in a stream from the grooves of the nail plate and drip to the ground, not paying attention, looking at the seemingly empty front hall and shouting, the aftermath of which echoed in the quiet and dim hall.

"Why is there no one?"

After waiting for a while, no one answered, Zhang Meng took three or two steps inside, and the call in his mouth became more and more urgent. At this moment, a weak voice came from a dark corner: "Chengying, is it you?" ”

Zhang Meng's heart was shocked, and he followed the prestige, only to see a head slowly poking out from the messy case table that had been turned over a few feet away.

"Dong Hou!" He was pleasantly surprised, stepped forward, and did not forget to bow down, "Ji Xuan said that the Son of Heaven was in the house, but there was no sound here, and I also said that there was an accident." ”

"It's okay, I'm afraid that someone will come, so I didn't dare to squeak."

What came out was a child, about eight or nine years old, with grass and dirt sticking to his face, and his body was covered with dirt, looking embarrassed, and his expression was quite tired, but even so, he still couldn't hide the luxury and dignity of his clothes, and matched the faint handsome air between his eyebrows, showing an extraordinary identity.

"The famous Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in later generations is still just a child now......"

Zhang Meng knew that the child in front of him who was as tall as his waist was Liu Xie, the second son of the former emperor Liu Hong and the king of Chen Liu.

Liu Xie was fostered in the Yongle Palace where the Empress Dowager Dong lived since he was a child, and the people close to him were called "Dong Hou", because the current Zhang Meng stayed in the Yong'an Palace for a long time, and was witty and interesting, so he formed a deep friendship with Liu Xie.

"Chengying, it turns out that you are still alive, I thought you were ...... at that time" Liu Xie's eyes were moist, and he ran up and hugged Zhang Meng.

"I'm not good!" Zhang Meng smiled comfortingly and looked left and right, "What about Your Majesty?" ”

"Chengying, not long after you were separated, we ran to the river, and Lu Gong, Min Gong and others chased after each other. Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others threw themselves into the river and died, Min Gong said that they were traitors, although they were dead, but the chaos was coming, it was difficult to distinguish between good and bad, for the sake of safety, it was better to hide deeper. We went to the bottom of the North Mountain, then we moved here, and now they are all in the backyard. ”

Liu Xie's face was as pale as paper, and even though he tried his best to stabilize his breath, his voice still trembled from time to time, which showed that he still had lingering palpitations about his previous experiences.

Zhang Meng's throat was dry, and then he slowly exhaled: "Gong Min is prescient...... Dong Zhuo is coming. In his previous life, he had read this history and knew that after the political turmoil in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo would be on the main stage of court politics, even if he didn't know much about the details, he still had a good idea of the general trend.

"Dong Zhuo?" Liu Xie was stunned, silent as if he was reminiscing, and only after a long time did he ask, "I...... I seem to have heard the name...... Dong Zhuo...... Is he a good man, or is he ...... Or the bad guys? ”

Zhang Meng looked at the dull and helpless gaze of the child in front of him at this time, and couldn't help but bow his head and sigh.

Even if he has only come to this era for a short time, with the insight of his previous life, Zhang Meng has already made a general judgment on the development of the situation. The original owner's own quality, family background and even connections are remarkable, but he is very lacking in foresight and immaturity, so that he failed to seize the opportunity to emerge in such a major change, and finally disappeared into oblivion.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the young King Chen Liuwang in front of him is really the greatest political wealth in Zhang Meng's opinion.

"Dong Zhuonai and the state pastor, he was previously recruited by the general to come to Luoyang, but for some reason, he has been stationed in Jiyang Pavilion until today." Zhang Meng said according to his memory, "I asked the fleeing people along the way, and Dong Zhuo's banner was coming towards Beibihan. ”

"I see...... The Queen Mother said to me before her collapse that the general is not a good person. I believe in the Queen Mother, the general was killed by eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Duan Jue, so Zhang Rang and Duan Jue should be good people? But Lu Shangshu and Min Gong said to me again, Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others are traitors, and they deserve to die, so, so who is a good person? Dong Zhuo is in the same group as the general, is he a good guy or a bad guy? Liu Xie's face was full of sorrow, staring at the heavy rain outside the hall and he was stunned.

Zhang Meng pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Dong Hou, do you believe me?" ”

Liu Xie raised his immature face to look at him, blinking his eyes: "Of course I believe you, after the collapse of the Queen Mother, you are my best friend." ”

As soon as the words fell, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from outside the courtyard, rumbling and shaking, and the sound was quite loud.

Liu Xie's pupils dilated, and he was frightened: "Who, who's coming?" ”

Zhang Meng immediately grabbed his shoulders, leaned over and whispered: "Go to the backyard and tell anyone not to act rashly." ”

"What about you?"

"I'll take care of it."

Zhang Meng looked Hongyi and took a deep breath.