The great man will live forever

Chapter 235 I can only endure it, I can only act

Within a few days, Liu Xiu worked hard and took people back to Wancheng. He stayed with thousands of people, all living outside Wancheng.

And he went to see Liu Xuan alone and handed over all the military power in advance.

Liu Xuan was sitting on the dragon chair, surrounded by green forest heroes. The scene looked very solemn. Liu Xiu knew that he had to pass this level. If he failed, he would probably be killed.

As soon as he saw Liu Xuan's face, he half-knelt down and looked very respectful, "The guilty brother Liu Yan deserves to be punished for his rebellion. Your Majesty treats others leniently. His crime has not affected the whole clan. I am shattered to pieces. It is difficult to repay Your Majesty's great kindness! I only wish Follow him through life and death to atone for his brother's sins."

For a moment, Liu Xuan was stunned. He couldn't tell whether it was true or false.

He was deeply shocked by Liu Xiu's acting skills. What kind of superb acting skills it was. It was even better than his acting skills when he ascended the throne.

The green forest generals next to him were also deeply confused by Liu Xiu's acting skills. What kind of noble sentiment is this? He killed his brother and he was still so loyal?
As expected, Liu Xiu is as obedient and docile as the legend says. He behaves his duty and is content with his content. He only aspires to be a high-ranking official and a beautiful woman. Don’t worry, everyone!
In fact, Liu Xuan didn't really want to kill Liu Yan. Most of them were usurped by the heroes of the green forest. He felt a little guilty. He sighed and said: "I have always made clear rewards and punishments. You Kunyang retreated the enemy and recovered Yingchuan's father's city. You have done a great job." It goes without saying."

But Liu Xuanxiu said: "The battle in Kunyang was all due to the concerted efforts of all the soldiers and fighting to the death. It was not the fault of me alone. My father's city was dedicated because of your majesty's dragon power. I dare not take credit. I only ask for your mercy." , giving me a chance to atone for my sins.

I only wish to continue to hold the post of Taichang etiquette, to enjoy the wealth and honor of the court, and to be commanded and driven by Your Majesty. I am willing to be a dog and horse in order to repay the divine grace. "

Zhang Xuan, who was standing next to him, saw that Liu Xuan did not want to punish Liu Xiu, so he quickly said, "Your Majesty, this person is disrespectful to you!"

Liu Xiu retorted, "Since I have followed Your Majesty, I have never dared to show any disrespect to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

Seeing that something was wrong, the ordinary Zhu Tuna hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty..."

He really wanted Liu Xuan to kill Liu Xiu. Liu Xuan had no intention of killing Liu Xiu in the first place and had no reason to kill Liu Xiu. He had already chilled the hearts of the elders of the family by killing Liu Yan. If he continued to kill Liu Xiu, I really wonder what the entire Chongling Liu clan will think of him?

Now that he has killed to establish his authority, killing again will have the opposite effect. It will make everyone mistakenly believe that a great purge will break out, making everyone in danger and fighting among themselves every day. This will not do him any good.

Liu Xuan said coldly: "Zhen Zhen is free to advocate, stop talking about it."

Then, he glanced at Liu Xiu and said, "Uncle Wen, please step back first."

Liu Xiu said very respectfully, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he withdrew. The moment he walked out of the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had guessed that Liu Xuan would not kill him before he came, it was still a guess. What if he went crazy and wanted to kill him?
No matter what, he got through this.

When Liu Xiu left completely, Zhang Xuan said quickly, "Didn't His Majesty already agree? Why should he let him go? Letting the tiger go back to the mountain will cause endless troubles!"

With a "pop" sound, Liu Xuan slammed the table and said angrily, "He just came back from doing meritorious service. How to kill him? What crime was used to kill him? Liu Yan is already dead. Everyone in the Liu clan in Nanyang is panic-stricken. How can we find excuses to punish him?" Liu Xiu’s crime is that the morale of the army is unstable, who will be responsible?”

Zhang Xuan didn't care about this and shouted, "I don't care, Liu Xiu, I must kill him."

Liu Xuan looked at him coldly, "Do you want to die too?"

Li Yi on the side quickly grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty is extremely worried. I am just worried that Liu Xiu will surrender on the surface and wait for an opportunity to counterattack in the future, harming Your Majesty."

Liu Xiu sighed and said, "He is in Wancheng. It is up to you to send people to keep an eye on him. If there is any abnormality, it will not be too late to take action."

Here, as soon as Liu Xiu came home, she was surrounded by many people from the Liu clan, and they started questioning her.

"You don't go to worship your elder brother when you go home, but you go to Gengshi first to apologize. What's the point?"

"Third brother, Brother Bosheng was killed. We are waiting for you to take us to the emperor to ask for an explanation."

"Third brother, as long as you give the order, we will immediately gather our brothers to kill Zhu Tuna and Li Yi in the palace to avenge my eldest brother."

Many Liu family members shouted, "Avenge your eldest brother, avenge your eldest brother."

The crowd was so excited that the situation was uncontrollable for a while. Liu Xiu quickly shouted: "Stop talking, your Majesty was elected by eldest brother and all of us. Have you forgotten the purpose of our army? Have you forgotten eldest brother's wish during his lifetime?" ?

We, the cavalry, were originally to overthrow the Xinmang and restore the Han Dynasty. Now that the Xinmang is not destroyed, we are fighting with the Han army. Not to mention that we cannot fulfill the wish of our eldest brother during his lifetime, and we, the children of Chongling, will be labeled as rebels. "

A descendant of the Liu family said coldly, "Third brother, don't you want to avenge the eldest brother?"

Liu Xiu scolded him directly, "What kind of hatred is there? Brother is just confused. Conspiracy is a capital crime."

When he said this, his eyes were extremely cold, and his heart was also full of duplicity, but he had to say that people under the eaves had to lower their heads, "Your Majesty is generous and has not punished us, so what qualifications do we have to be here?" No one is allowed to mention any treasonous words in the future. From now on, it is strictly forbidden to..."

When he said this, he paused, gritted his teeth and said, "Feel guilty for the guilty minister Liu Yan, and transport the guilty minister's body back to Chongling."

Now the Liu family's children and Liu Yan's old subordinates were angry, pointing at his nose and yelling, "Beast, beast, are you worthy of my elder brother? For the sake of glory and wealth, you don't even want your own brother."

With a slap, his uncle Liu Liang rushed over and gave Liu Xiu a slap in the face, "You, your eldest brother was wronged, how can you say he is a guilty minister? I raised you so big in vain, you beast Ah, you beast."

Old Liu Liang burst into tears and shouted, "Bosheng, Bosheng, please take a look in the spirit of heaven."

At this moment, no one was in more pain than Liu Xiu. His fists were clenched in his sleeves, and his nails were already embedded in the palms of his hands. He allowed the Liu family's children to insult him. They cursed for a while, but had no choice but to curse and walk away. .

Liu Xiu knew very well that what he was going to play was not a short play, but a long series that tortured people to death.

In the play, he must deeply hide his anger and sadness, show a heartless look, shake hands with the enemy and make peace, even beg for mercy from the enemy, and then put his blood, integrity, reputation, family affection, Even the features and edges are all packaged, and then put into a thick shell, which is sealed layer by layer so that no one can see it.

Because there are open guns, hidden arrows, nets and traps all over him, up and down, left and right, front and back. As long as there is a gap that is not well protected and someone grabs the handle, he may be killed instantly!

In short, this is a test from God.

Some of the words spoken by Liu's disciples and Liu Yan's old subordinates are true and some are false, but these are not important.

What Liu Xiu has to do now is to show ruthlessness and determination, and draw a clear line with Liu Yan, so as not to let the enemy get any leverage.

So he didn't say anything. He just repeated the apology words he used when entering the palace over and over again. Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, his heart was cut like a knife.

Not only that, Liu Xiu not only did not go to the funeral for his brother, he talked, laughed, and ate as usual. He ate meat when he should eat meat, drank wine when he should, and played when he should have fun in front of others. He regarded secular ethics as nothing, and behaved completely like a gangster with no ideals and no future. , just want to have fun.

However, how many people knew that when Liu Xiu did these things, his heart was bleeding?

As the old saying goes, as much prestige as there is, there must be so much authority. If the two do not match, the disaster will be at the elbow and armpit.After the First World War in Kunyang, Liu Xiu's reputation in the Han army can be said to be at its peak, but this is not a good thing, because his current authority is too low, and the two are not matched;
Therefore, he could only curl up his minions, pretend to be stupid, and even blame all his calm planning and heroic deeds in the Battle of Kunyang on Wang Feng and Li Yi, in order to lower his reputation and compromise.

A gentleman's revenge is never too late. Liu Xiu has been waiting, and he must wait.

He must not die. In Kunyang, he can be brave and not afraid of death, because even if he dies, his eldest brother Liu Yan will still be the backbone of the family.

Now that Liu Yan has been killed, apart from the orphans, widows and children, Liu Xiu is the only man left in the family, so he must survive, and for this he can throw away all dignity and sell all honor.

Even if his reputation is ruined, even if he is betrayed and separated from his family, he must live, because only by living can he hope to inherit his brother's legacy, hope to take revenge, and hope to see the night dissipate and the sun come out... it's dawn.

These days of enduring humiliation and not being understood by others are extremely uncomfortable, and would drive ordinary people crazy.

In fact, whenever no one was around and Liu Xiu was alone at home, he would secretly mourn for his brother. He would not drink and eat, but would break his silver teeth every night and cry silently. When he got up in the morning, he would talk and laugh as usual, except that he had to change pillows and mats every day. Apart from the tear stains on the pillow and mat, nothing special could be seen.

It's really hard to imagine how Liu Xiu survived this kind of life where he had to force a smile during the day, be misunderstood, and be on guard all the time, and only wet his quilt with tears in the dead of night.

If you were an ordinary person, even if you don't have a mental breakdown, you might end up with a schizophrenia and become a psychopath.

What's more, Liu Xiunai was born in the Imperial Academy, and the most important thing in his life was Han etiquette. But now he was forced to violate his own rules repeatedly. Ordinary people could not imagine how painful he felt.

From a certain perspective, this is a war, which can be called a psychological war.

For Liu Xiu, it would not be much easier than the Battle of Kunyang, it would even be more difficult. Sometimes death is not the most terrifying thing.

Because Li Yi, Zhu Tuna and others are far more sinister and sinister than Wang Yi;

Its eyes and ears are everywhere, there are hidden reefs everywhere, the situation is delicate, and people's hearts are unpredictable. These are far more dangerous than real swords and guns;

What's more, in the battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu only needed to pay attention to other people's hearts, but in this battle, Liu Xiu also needed to pay attention to his own heart to fight against the knife in his heart.

This is truly a purgatory, a long and endless spiritual purgatory.

Once you get through it, you will be reborn in Nirvana. You will never be poor and difficult to become an adult, and you will be innocent without being beaten.Since ancient times, heroes have come out of purgatory and entered the mortal world with wealth and honor.

Life in this world is like being among thorns. Those who do not move will not be hurt, but those who have great ambitions and travel far will be covered with thorns, so they experience all kinds of pain in the world!

Only by understanding the pain in the thorns and understanding the world can we get rid of all the impetuosity and temptations in this world, and penetrate the strong inner strength from the inside out. From then on, the sword hides its edge, the abyss is deep and the fish is beautiful, reborn, and the phoenix nirvana.

Suffering is not worthy of praise, but once you survive the suffering and develop a strong heart, you will most likely be greeted by a bright future and success, but in between are long nights and endless pain. Most people will only Frozen to death, even crushed.

Even though Liu Xiu behaved like this, Li Yi and Zhu Kun always sent people to monitor him.

It has to be said that most of these green forest generals are really impressed by Liu Xiu's acting skills. Looking at his gentle and harmless appearance, as well as his humble and respectful behavior, who can not be confused by him?

Even if they are not confused by him, how can people be embarrassed to kill him again? Even if they can kill him, how can they stop everyone from talking?
However, Zhang Xun and Li Yi were still a little worried about Liu Xiu, because the Chongling forces represented by Liu Xiu had not yet formally reached reconciliation with the Green Forest System.

Liu Xiu not only had to express his sincerity in gestures, but also needed to further prove this with actions.

With Liu Xiu's keen sense of smell, he quickly noticed this, so he immediately took action to give everyone reassurance, and this reassurance was marriage.

He is getting married, to Yin Lihua, whom he has longed for.

At this time, Yin Lihua was already nineteen years old, and Liu Xiu was already 29. This was definitely considered a leftover man and woman in the Han Dynasty.

It's just that Liu Xiufei doesn't want to marry you, and Yin Lihua probably has high vision, so she has delayed it until now.

Now that the two parties are interested in each other, and they are well-matched, the man is talented and the woman is beautiful, so of course they can't delay it any longer, so the two families decided to get married as soon as possible, and they have been preparing for the past few months.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Liu Yan was executed by Emperor Gengshi.The eldest brother's body is still cold, but Liu Xiu is in a hurry to hold a happy event, which is not suitable.

But Liu Xiu ignored it and proposed to get married immediately.

He did this not because he was ruthless, but to paralyze his enemies and protect himself.

At the same time, he can also connect with the power of the Yin family as a political ally, believing that his elder brother will understand him because he is under Jiuquan.

On that day, Liu Xiu got married. He had been thinking about this wedding for several years, but now that he was actually getting married, he was not as happy as he had imagined.

Yin Lihua was very beautiful in her newlywed clothes. Liu Xiu looked at him like a fairy, and all kinds of feelings came to his heart.

Even on their wedding night, Liu Xiu pretended to be very drunk. When he arrived at the new house, he lifted Yin Lihua's headscarf and looked at her. Thousands of words poured into his heart, and he even shed tears for a while.

"Lihua, I'm sorry. I shouldn't marry you at this time. I should give you a grand and glorious wedding, but I have to do this."

"I know, I know!" Yin Lihua is an extremely smart woman and knows Liu Xiu very well. He naturally knows the purpose of Liu Xiu's actions.

She hugged Liu Xiu into her arms, "From now on, you are no longer alone. You have me. We are husband and wife. We will live and die together, and we will be united forever."

"Okay, Lihua, I, Liu Xiu, have you in this life, so what else can I ask for? If I fail you in the future, I will be doomed!"

That night, Liu Xiu hugged her and fell asleep. The two talked a lot and didn't fall asleep until midnight. This was the day Liu Xiu slept most peacefully after his eldest brother died.

Liu Xiu loved Yin Lihua, and felt painful in his heart. He could not convince himself that he was still greedy for the pleasure of men and women at this time.

But in front of others, Liu Xiu still has to pretend to be a loving wife, a wine-loving beauty, and Yin Lihua is really good. She cooperates with him in acting like this every day, laughs with him during the day, and cries with him at night, wearing two masks. Swap around.

It was a beautiful and unforgettable time. Unexpectedly, this love story, which has been praised throughout the ages, was full of bitterness and helplessness from the beginning, as well as a huge and terrifying political shady story. Liu Xiu had to be cautious, and he could live or die if he made the wrong move.

This can be said to be one of the darkest moments in his life. Fortunately, Yin Lihua was with him.

He can only wait slowly, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the moment to emerge from the cocoon and become a butterfly, and the dragon swims in the sea.

(End of this chapter)