The sunset is hidden, and the autumn wind is cold.

"Goo-goo!"

The sound of gurgling hunger came and went, and the sleeping people screamed one by one.

At this moment, the bowel sound of the front chest against the back became the main theme, and hunger overcame the fatigue of the body.

The northwest wind howled and the irresistible chill enveloped the crowd, causing them to huddle up from their hunger, hiding under the crumbling low walls to ward off the cold wind, rubbing their hands together to keep warm.

However, their eyes were unprecedentedly unanimous to look at Dong Cheng sitting on the stone steps of the Taoist Temple, but they didn't know that Dong Cheng had been sitting on the stone steps for most of the day, as if he had passed away, his body was motionless, and he looked into the distance in a daze.

What's in the distance? It's still a mountain, a rolling majestic mountain, and a golden jungle.

The footsteps of "tom tom" came into Dong Cheng's ears, he didn't look back, he didn't get up, but he knew who was coming.

"Dong Hou woke up, you might as well sit down and look at the scenery, here has a wide view and charming scenery. Weichen、、、 uh, I haven't seen such a beautiful scenery for a long time. ”

After Dong Hou Liu Xie heard this, his brows were furrowed, his face was very displeased, he turned his head to look at the hundreds of pairs of eyes full of expectation behind him, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said softly: "Zhongqing、、、 oh no, everyone is looking at you, waiting to eat!" ”

"Hmm." Dong Cheng nodded lightly, turned his head and said to everyone in the courtyard: "The horse meat is in the burden of the soldiers, let's take it out and share it, there is no need to keep it." You can't make a fire, you can only make do to fill your stomach. Otherwise, the Xiliang cavalry chasing and killing us will rush over when they see the smoke, and no one will be able to escape when I wait! ”

Seeing that everyone got up one after another to untie their burdens and eat the horse meat that had been cooked a few days ago. Dong Hou swallowed his saliva and sat beside Dong Cheng with difficulty.

"Dong Cheng, you are still in the mood to look at the scenery at this time, this is clearly a pretext, I don't believe it 、、、. Let's be honest, what exactly are you looking at? ”

"Dong Hou is wise, in a word. I really don't want to see the scenery under it. Rather, they were looking at the cooking smoke. ”

"Smoke? What do you do with the smoke? Oh, I see. Where there is smoke, there are people's houses or villages. That way we'll have food and warm clothing! ”

"Dong Hou is very smart, it is true. However, Dong Hou was only half right, and there were naturally people and villages where the smoke rose. But that doesn't mean we have food and clothing. ”

Why is that? On the territory of my great Han. I 、、、 what do I want, do these people dare to refuse to pay for food and clothing? ”

After Dong Cheng heard this, he looked stunned, rolled his eyes, shook his head slightly with a smile and a smile, glanced sideways at Liu Xie, who was full of indignation, and said in a low voice: "We have always been on the territory of the Han Dynasty, why do we have to flee?" Dong Hou is heroic. Wise and wise, he will definitely be able to reorganize the dynasty in the future. Zhongxing Han family, but at the moment, we can't forget where we are and what kind of situation we are in?

Presumably Dong Hou also saw that all the gold, silver, soft and rare toys I carried when I left the palace were robbed by horse thieves, and more than 300 people were taken away or killed by horse thieves. The accompanying guards suffered heavy casualties, and now there are less than 200 people left, and all of them are scrawny, with broken weapons and no battle armor, and they are no longer as brave as before.

Now, all we have left is the broken silver and jewelry in our baggage, and we have no money left to use. Therefore, in the future, we will have to tighten our clothes and food, otherwise this bit of entanglement will not be able to support Luoyang at all, so that we will really become a begging homeless person along the way. At the same time, if the villages along the route cannot buy food and clothing, we cannot use it. Otherwise, these villagers may go to the court or fight with us. Dong Hou should know that at the junction of Sili and Xiliang, the people here are fierce, and they are by no means weak and deceitful; Once we push them into a hurry, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get out of the way. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng solemnly said to Liu Xie: "As long as we don't arrive in Luoyang, Dong Hou can't reveal his identity, otherwise we may not have the life to return to the Eastern Capital alive." In addition, there are many thieves along the way, and we must remember not to publicize it, so we can only continue to pretend to be homeless, so as to hide people's eyes and ears and avoid being targeted by Xiliang and thieves. ”

"Okay, everything is according to what Dong Qing said." With a perfunctory look of impatience, Liu Xie got up and walked into the courtyard and walked straight to the "sleeping palace".

Turning his head to look at Liu Xieyi's back, Dong Cheng's expression was gloomy, his eyes were quite worried, and he whispered to himself: "After all, Your Majesty is too young, not deep in life, and is often bold and high-spirited, but I don't know that this is a light and immature expression, and I think of a qiē is too beautiful and too simple." What can you do if you leave Xiliang, although there are many princes in the world, it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and ambitious people abound. Zhongxing Han Room ?????? Hey, it's not easy to say, but there's a long way to go! ”

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In the "dormitory" behind the main room of the Taoist temple, Liu Xie gnawed on the cold and hard horse leg meat with a disgusted face, chewed it half loudly, and swallowed it with difficulty, choking so much that he rolled his eyes, his throat was itchy and unbearable, and he couldn't help retching a few times.

Although horse meat is also meat, the taste is really not good, dry, coarse, and the smell is so strong that it is disgusting and difficult to swallow. What's more, the horse meat in Liu Xie's hand still didn't add any condiments, it was cooked a few days ago, and it was put in the sweaty burden for many days, and it was already slightly moldy. You can imagine how this horse meat tastes. As a result, Liu Xie wanted to gag when he saw the horse meat, but he was so hungry that he had to eat, otherwise the taste of hunger would be even more uncomfortable.

"Eat slowly, drink saliva." Queen Fushou handed over a bowl of water, and said softly while wiping off the scraps from the corners of Liu Xie's mouth with a silk scarf.

Fu Shou and Dong Guiren eat a small amount of food, and they will not be hungry if they chew and swallow a few bites slowly. But Liu Xie is different, he eats a lot, although the horse meat is rough and dry, and it is difficult to swallow, but he still covers his nose and eats a piece of horse meat the size of a palm.

"Goo-goo-goo!" After drinking a bowl of water in one go, Liu Xie's painful expression improved slightly, and he sighed with relief: "Choking to death!" This 、、、 meal was so coarse that I never wanted to see it again unless I had to do it. ”

Fu Shou and Dong Guiren nodded thoughtfully, and Dong Guiren said: "This place is not far from the Xingyang camp, it is not advisable to make a fire, otherwise it will be discovered by the thief army." His Majesty has suffered in the past few days, so bear with it a little, and when you go farther, the hard days will come to an end. ”

Liu Xie closed his eyes and took a breath, feeling much more comfortable, then picked up the bowl and drank the last sip of water at the bottom of the bowl, brushing his sleeves to wipe off the water stains at the corners of his mouth. Handed the golden bowl to Fu Shou casually, Liu Xie stretched his arm, and when Dong Guiren saw this, he knelt behind him obediently and gently kneaded his shoulder.

Turning his head to look at the handsome Dong Guiren, Liu Xie said with a rather angry expression: "Just now, your father nagged in front of me again, saying that from today, I will have to remain incognito until I arrive in Luoyang safely." I can't understand why I have to hide and hide now that I have escaped from the rule of Li Thief and is far away from the Xiliang Army? I am a dignified man of heaven, after escaping from the clutches of the Li thief, I can completely show the carriage and horses, and take the official road directly to Luoyang, why should my whereabouts be so sneaky, is it really necessary to do this? ”

Dong Guiren's face was slightly red when he heard this, and he had the heart to defend his father Dong Cheng for a few words, but he was worried about annoying Liu Xie and making him dislike him. Therefore, she lowered her head and didn't dare to answer, she was very aggrieved, turned her head to look at Fu Shou, and then carefully rubbed Liu Xie's shoulders and was silent.

Seeing that Liu Xie was angry with Dong Guiren, Fu Shou gently rubbed Liu Xie's thighs and said softly: "Your Majesty is angry." Along the way, if it weren't for the careful care of the Lang, we might not be able to escape the pursuit of the thief army, and even our lives would be in danger. At present, although we have left the Xiliang realm, the concubine has heard that Luoyang and Henan Yin are full of bandits and robbers, and the public order is extremely chaotic, and it is still a borderless land. Your Majesty might as well imagine that Luoyang, the eastern capital, was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and Henan Yin was an important town in the Central Plains of Gongwei Gyeonggi, so why didn't the princes come to occupy this place? ”

"Huh?" Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this, and wondered: "Why is this? The dormitory 、、、 cough, there are only three of us here, the queen might as well speak bluntly. As soon as he said this, Liu Xie's cheeks couldn't help but burn, and he hurriedly changed his words.

Hearing the word "dormitory", Fu Shou and Dong Guiren couldn't help but turn their heads around the broken walls full of holes, and then looked up at the big hole (skylight) in the dustpan above their heads, and the two daughters were gloomy.

Getting rid of distracting thoughts, Fu Shou said softly: "The reason why the eastern capital Luoyang and Henan County are not occupied by the princes is not that they don't want to seize this place, but that they don't dare to set foot in the territory of Sili. Today, Li Thief has 30,000 iron cavalry in Xingyang Daying, 50,000 troops are still stationed in Hangu Pass and Tongguan, and more than 40,000 troops are stationed in Hedong and Hanoi counties, totaling more than 100,000 troops. Li Thief stationed all the troops of more than 100,000 troops in Sili, and also controlled the annexation of the state, which has virtually formed a situation of encirclement of Sili. In this way, which princes in the world dare to enter the army without authorization, and who dares to occupy Luoyang and Henan County? ”

“?????? His Majesty just said that we can take Luan and take the official road to Luoyang, which is indeed a bit big. The concubine dared to assert that as long as His Majesty's Son of Heaven and Luan appeared on the official road, the Xiliang cavalry would immediately catch up, and they would capture us and the others overnight. In other words, if the political situation of the Xiliang army is chaotic, infighting, and falling apart, we can naturally take Luan, display the flag, go to Luoyang openly, and gather all forces along the way to escort His Majesty back to the Eastern Capital.

However, now Li Thief is in charge of Xiliang, the Xiliang Army is the strongest army in the world, and Li Thief is the overlord among the princes. Therefore, even if some people knew that His Majesty had left Chang'an and got rid of the control of the Li thief, in the case of an unclear situation, they would not dare to act rashly, let alone send troops to meet the Son of Heaven Luan. Therefore, we must go to Luoyang incognito, secretly go to Luoyang, and then issue an edict to summon all the princes to enter the king of Jingqin, so as to ensure the safety of His Majesty. ”

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