The white candles in the house had burned out, and only a few traces of burnt wax remained on the candlesticks.

The morning light peeked in through the window, and on the ground not far from the bunk, a bright spot of light was reflected.

Maybe it was because he had consumed too much strength on Guan Qing's belly the night before, but Liu Wei felt that it was who had reached the third pole of the sun.

Liu Wei turned over and put his arm to the side, but it was empty.

Without hugging Guan Qing, Liu Wei slowly opened his misty sleepy eyes and looked around the room.

The room was empty, there wasn't even half a figure, and Guan Qing didn't know where he had gone.

didn't see Guan Qing, Liu Wei turned over, lay on his back, opened his eyes, and stared at the beams on the roof.

The beams on the roof are painted with a bright red lacquer surface, which may be often maintained by people with paint brushes, although this house is some years old, but the beams are still bright as new.

Several bright red beams stretched across the roof, and although the sunlight could not reach directly, the paint was new, but it still shone with a lustrous sheen.

Looking at the beams of the house, Liu Wei felt dizzy in front of him, the red paint on the beams was like the blood splashing on the battlefield with the arc light of the sharp blade, the red was so dazzling, and the red was so depressing.

The red beams lay across his head, as if they were about to be pressed down, forcing Liu Wei to feel a little dull in his chest.

Before coming to this era, he also killed people, but at that time, the people he killed were only a few vicious murderers.

But in this era, he became the king of Luoyang, leading thousands of troops and horses, attacking cities and plundering land all the way. How many thousands of those who died at his hands, or indirectly at his hands?

He clearly remembered that in the conquest of Hedong, the blood of soldiers on both sides stained the river red; Approaching Handan, the blood of the officers and soldiers defending the city and the Black Mountain army besieging the city painted the city walls bright red.

For what exactly?

Closing his eyes, Liu Wei sighed softly. He didn't want to see any more killing, no more people like the people in Zhuojun City, crushed by the ruins of collapsed houses.

But at the same time, he also knew that if he retreated at this time, if he no longer had ambitions, he would withdraw from the world hegemony and give up recovering the Han Dynasty. The soldiers of the Luoyang Army who followed him, and the people he had been guarding in the past few years, would be reduced to fish on the chopping board of others.

He is in an era of the jungle, Guan Qing is right, where there are people, there is fighting! And the struggle of this era is particularly cruel!

"Your Highness, General Deng asks to see you!" With his eyes closed, Liu Wei was lying on his back, and the voice of a dragoon guard came from outside the door.

Hearing the voice of the dragoon guard, Liu Wei sat up, put on his clothes, and ordered the door: "Please General Deng come in and speak." ”

The dragoon guard answered, and just as Liu Wei walked to the armor stand, just took off the armor, and was about to put it on his body, Deng Zhan strode into the house.

"Your Highness!" After entering the house, Deng Zhan was stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Bian putting armor on his body, and then he bowed down to Liu Bian with his fists and said: "A total of 319 houses collapsed in the city, more than 200 people died, and our army and the people in the city rescued more than 600 people from the ruins. ”

"More than 200 people died...... "Taking off the armor from the armor rack, Liu Wei said to Deng Zhan while putting it on his body: "The dead people are buried alive, and don't forget to order the Jizhou army that took over the city, those who have broken their legs and feet, give them a way to live, at least they can't starve to death and freeze to death due to broken hands and feet in the future!" ”

"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed, and in response, Deng Zhan strode to Liu Wei's side and helped him put on his armor.

"General Deng!" Wearing armor with the help of Deng Zhan, Liu Wei seemed to ask Deng Zhan casually: "Do you remember how you and I met?" ”

"Remember!" After helping Liu Wei put on his armor, Deng Zhan clasped his fists with both hands, took two steps back, and said to Liu Wei very humbly: "At the end of the day, the general also appeared as an assassin......

"yes!" Looking at Deng Zhan, Liu Wei nodded and said to him: "I'm afraid that this king is an assassin who has been killed, since General Deng, the assassins have never been cut off, and then Wang Zhan is still on the run, I don't know when he will turn back!" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general has already ordered to go down, and the dragoon guards will strictly inspect the city, and it will not be like the city again!" Liu Wei suddenly mentioned the assassin, and Deng Zhan hurriedly said: "If that Wang Xun dares to appear, the last general should behead him and pay tribute to His Highness." ”

"I have General Deng, why fear assassins?" Smiling at Deng Zhan, Liu Wei asked him, "Besides, does General Deng have anything else to do?" ”

"None!" Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists, Deng Zhan first replied, and then said to Liu Wei: "If Your Highness has no orders, the last general will retire first!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Wei didn't say anything more, just nodded at Deng Zhan, waited until Deng Zhan bowed and took two steps back, and then turned around and walked out of the wing room, he shouted outside the house: "Come on, fetch water and wash for this king!" ”

A dragoon guard guarding outside the house answered, and after a while, he entered the room with a basin of water.

Since he woke up, he hadn't seen Guan Qing, and Liu Wei couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. When the dragoon guard put down the basin and was about to retire, he asked the dragoon, "Can you see General Guan?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, General Guan went out early in the morning!" Liu Wei asked Guan Qing, and the dragoon guard who brought water into the house hurriedly bowed down and replied.

waved his hand at the dragoon guard, and when the dragoon guard exited the room, Liu Wei dipped the sackcloth in water and washed his face, and muttered secretly in his heart, where would Guan Qing go out early in the morning.

As soon as he washed his face, Liu Wei was about to beckon the dragoon guards outside the door to bring the water basin out, when Guan Qing's voice came from the door: "Come on, don't be afraid!" Your Highness is easy-going! ”

From the voice outside the door, Liu Wei could hear that Guan Qing had brought someone back, and he should still be a civilian who had not seen much of the world.

He threw the linen cloth he was holding in his hand into the basin, stood up straight, and said to the door: "Qing'er, I heard that you went out early in the morning, what are you doing outside?" ”

As soon as Liu Bian's words fell, Guan Qing strode into the house, with a smile on his face, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness, but let Qing'er find her, after all, I still found her!" ”

"Who?" Guan Qing's face was full of smiles, which couldn't help but make Liu Wei even more puzzled in his heart, he frowned slightly, and asked Guan Qing, "Could it be that Qing'er still has acquaintances in Zhuo County?" ”

"Come in!" Guan Qing did not answer Liu Wei directly, but smiled slightly, then turned his face to look outside the house, and shouted outside: "Come in quickly, let His Highness take a look!" ”

Looking at Guan Qing with a suspicious face, Liu Weizheng didn't know who she brought, and a small figure slowly rubbed into the house.

Entering the room was a very thin young woman, the woman had fair skin, but her face was not scratched by any kind of abrasions, and there were a few very clear scars.

The woman's stature is not high, if she stands with Guan Qing, she is a head shorter than Guan Qing. From her hanging hair, Liu Wei could see that the woman had not yet left the cabinet.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, women came out of the cabinet relatively early, even if they were girls from rich and noble families, like Cai Yan, who did not leave the cabinet until they were fifteen or sixteen years old, there were very few. Not to mention, judging from her demeanor, this woman is just a girl from a commoner family.

From this alone, Liu Wei can see that she will definitely not be more than thirteen years old.

"Qing'er ......" The woman entered the house, Liu Wei first looked at her from head to toe, and then turned her head to look at Guan Qing with a stunned face, and asked her, "Could it be that you really have relatives in Zhuo County?" ”

"How did Your Highness forget?" When Liu Wei asked this, Guan Qing covered her mouth, trembling with laughter, and only after laughing did she say to Liu Bian: "Yesterday, Her Royal Highness personally supported the beam of the house, and she was the one who rescued her from the ruins." ”

"Huh?" When Guan Qing said this, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes twice, looked at the woman from head to toe with a puzzled face, and said to Guan Qing: "The woman rescued by this king yesterday was covered in blood, but this child is clean and refreshing, but there are just a few more scars on her face, how can it be her?" ”

Liu Bian's words fell, and she stood beside Guan Qing with her head bowed, and the woman with a cramped face bent her knees, knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed to Liu Bian, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Xiuniang thank Your Highness for saving her life!" ”

"Get up!" Raising his hand to the woman named Xiuniang, Liu Wei said in a very flat tone: "If it weren't for the king to lead the army to attack the city, you wouldn't have been crushed in the ruins, but you don't have to come to thank the king!" ”

Xiuniang didn't dare to pick up Liu Bian's words, but just knelt on the ground trembling slightly, not noticing that Liu Bian had already asked her to get up.

"Xiu Niang! Your Highness wants you to get up. Seeing that Xiuniang didn't get up, Guan Qing stepped forward, reached out and grabbed her arm, and helped her up.

was held by Guan Qing and stood up, standing beside Guan Qing, Xiuniang still lowered her head, and her thin body was still trembling.

"Your Highness!" Helping Xiuniang up, Guan Qing clasped his fists and saluted Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian: "When I found Xiuniang, Qing'er also asked her. Her parents died when she was very young. The woman who died because she protected her was her sister, and now she has no support, and Qing'er wants to take her with her......"

"Gongsun Chan has been ambushed, and there is no more war in Youzhou!" Without waiting for Guan Qing to finish speaking, Liu Wei smiled, nodded at her, and said to her: "As long as Qing'er thinks it is feasible, take it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" After getting Liu Wei's promise, Guan Qing hurriedly bowed down and saluted him, and after saluting, she pulled Xiuniang again and said to Xiuniang: "Thank you Your Highness soon!" ”

"Xiuniang thanked Your Highness!" After Guan Qingyi pulled, Xiuniang bent her legs, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Liu Wei, and said: "Your Highness and the general's grace of regeneration, Xiuniang will never forget!" ”

Looking at Xiuniang, Liu Wei didn't speak.

Guan Qing mentioned that he wanted to take Xiuniang with him, if he didn't want to make Guan Qing unhappy, Liu Wei would definitely not agree.

Xiuniang's sister died due to the siege of the Luoyang army, although she was rescued from the ruins by Liu Wei and Guan Qing herself, but the hatred of bereavement and the grace of saving her life, how will Xiuniang choose in the end, don't say Guan Qing, even Liu Wei does not dare to make judgments.