The great man will live forever

Chapter 241 I wish to win the heart of one person and stay together forever
In order to raise more money to support Liu Xiu, Yin Lihua sold her dowry and jewelry. She was filled with joy as she thought about going to Hebei with Liu Xiu and jumping out of the whirlpool of Luoyang and Chang'an.

Liu Xiu returned home and looked at her with a serious look, "I will take you back in the next few days, and I will leave in a few days."

Yin Lihua's smile faded a little. They had only been married for a few months. "Do you want to go to Hebei alone?"

Liu Xiu said seriously, "Lihua, although your Majesty sent me to Hebei, he did not give me any soldiers. You are a girl, with swords and swords, and it is not suitable to run around. You should rest at home and wait for me to stand firm in Hebei." Just take it with your feet."

Yin Lihua glanced at him a few times, then broke away from his arm, "If you want it back, I'll take it back myself!"

Then he turned around and ran back into the house. Liu Xiu quickly chased after her, shouting: "Lihua, listen to me."

Yin Lihua packed her things with tears in her eyes, and Liu Xiu pulled her, "Listen to me, now is no better than when we were fighting in the past. At that time, I had soldiers under my command. Now, going to Hebei is a dangerous road, with a narrow escape from death. The situation in Hebei is special. It’s complicated, I’m sending you back because I’m afraid Liu Xuan will keep you as a hostage!”

Yin Lihua looked at him with stern eyes, "On the wedding day, you said that we would never be apart, life or death."

"I just want to protect you!"

"I don't need anyone to protect me. Since the moment I married you, I have regarded your place as my home. Now you ask me to go back. Where can I go back? = Where is home without you?" Yin Lihua cried as she spoke.

Then he asked, "Honestly, did you think about this day the day you got married? You had already made plans to escape. Tell me, you have never thought about giving me a decent home. You talk!"

There were tears in Liu Xiu's eyes. He reluctantly nodded and admitted, "Yes, because I don't have the confidence to give you what you want."

"Then why did you marry me? Get out!" Yin Lihua was a little sad and pushed her out the door. Then she squatted down, covering her face and crying. Liu Xiu stood outside the door, feeling extremely tormented inside. He listened to the words inside the door. Yin Lihua was crying. She didn't know what to do and was at a loss.

Liu Xiu stood outside for a long time, and it started to rain. He ignored the pouring rain and stood motionless in the rain. He said to himself: "This time Liu Xuan sent me to Hebei with no good intentions. The Hebei faction Lin Li is different from when we were cavalry. At that time, I still had an eldest brother and the support of my clan family. But even so, my second brother, second sister, and many other people died there in Xiao Changanju...

I watched my second sister and niece die tragically in front of me, but I could do nothing. When I heard that my relatives, and later my eldest brother, were being brutally killed by the Xinmang officers and soldiers, I was powerless and had to pretend not to care.

The battle with Kunyang was also different. It was a fierce battle. I was willing to die on the battlefield, and I didn’t want to live. I hadn’t married you at that time. Even if I died on the battlefield, someone else would come. I will take care of you all my life, but now, I really don’t know what is waiting for us in the future? "

Liu Xiu said, looking up at the sky. As powerful as he is, after experiencing so much, he still feels confused and afraid. True bravery is not to be fearless, but to be afraid and move forward until you slowly overcome fear!

Finally, Yin Lihua inside did not cry and said calmly: "So, do you think I will live alone after you die? Or do you want me to be a widow from now on? Or do you think I will remarry? I wish to win the heart of one person, The white heads will never leave each other!"

She slowly opened the door, looked at Liu Xiu who was all wet, gently wiped the raindrops on his head with a handkerchief, and then apologized, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't be angry with you, you Come in, give yourself a good wipe, and don’t catch the cold.”

Liu Xiu hugged him tightly, "Lihua, it's my fault, I'm sorry!"

"Shouldn't husband and wife support each other? Don't say anything like asking me to go home. When I married you, this was my home. Have you ever seen any wife running to her parents' home every now and then?"

In the end, Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu completely reconciled, and Yin Lihua was willing to return to Xinye under his persuasion.

Before leaving, there was one person he was worried about, and that was his sister Liu Boji. She was not an ordinary person, and she could be considered a woman.

Back then, after experiencing the Xiao Chang'an reunion, Liu Boji, who was in grief, asked herself in confusion: "Why are the official army so powerful in deterrence? Why did our army collapse in one blow?"

After repeated hard thinking, Liu Boji decided to embroider four banners for the Han army herself to encourage the soldiers to move forward.

So, she selected four yellow banners from the fabric she was preparing to make for her wedding dress, matched them with five-color threads, wiped away her tears and started embroidering.

On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, before the joint army set off for the expedition, Liu Boji ran to the general station and dedicated four yellow silk flags to her eldest brother Liu Yan with her own hands.

Liu Yan was very happy when he saw it. He looked at the big flag carefully and shouted: "Good sister! What a big flag!"

Then the big flag was unfolded. When the soldiers saw it, there was the Zhuque flag in front, the Xuanwu flag in the back, the Qinglong flag on the left, and the White Tiger flag on the right. Each flag also had the Chinese character "Dou Da" embroidered on it. The whole place was excited and morale was high. Big shake.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. At dawn, the rebel army composed of the Han Army and the Green Forest Army followed Deng Yu's combat plan of "anti-visitor-oriented", and a counter-siege war started between the rebel army and the Mang army.

Liu Boji, who was currently guarding the empty city of Jiyang, organized old and weak soldiers to defend the city, and sent people to carry the war drums to the top of the city and beat the drums to help the battle. In the end, they won a great victory.

For such an extraordinary woman, who has experienced life and death, is beautiful and heroic, naturally many people like her. For example, the two brothers Li Tong and Li Yi prefer Liu Boji.

It's just that Li Yi surrendered to Liu Xuan, followed him, and forced Liu Yan to death. He almost fell out with Liu Xiu and the others, but this guy really liked to stir up trouble in order to win Liu Boji's favor.

He insisted that Liu Yan was a conspiracy of some other people to clear the way for Liu Xiu and started to sow discord. Liu Boji was very smart and didn't believe it at first, but as he talked more and more, he gradually became suspicious. Naturally, he did not suspect Liu Xiu. Instead, he suspected that Liu Xiu's men did it behind his back.

Recently, Liu Boji came to see him. Li Yi couldn't hold it in anymore and once again expressed his love for her. Liu Boji naturally wanted to leave, but he hugged her tightly.

"Brother, don't you understand what I mean?"

"Let go!"

He wanted to use force, "I want to get you, Bo Ji, you know how much I feel for you!"

As he said that, he started to press her on the table, trying to force the overlord to raise his bow and say, "Let me go, let me go!" Liu Boji kept struggling. She wanted to pull out the dagger from her waist, but her hands Already being held down by Li Yi, she shouted, tears welling up in her eyes.

"You beast, let me go."

"help."

"You can shout, no one will come even if you shout at your throat. This is my mansion, Boji, you are mine."

Seeing that Li Yi was about to succeed, Li Tong came in. Seeing this scene, his face changed drastically. He drew his sword and wanted to attack Li Yi. Li Yi quickly ran away, "Cousin, I am sincere to Boji." "Beast, you." Do you like Bo Ji? You are greedy for his body, you are a filthy thing."

Li Yi ran fast, but Li Tong could not catch up, so he could only send Liu Boji back to Liu Xiu's mansion.

Liu Xiu was very angry when he saw the crying Liu Boji. He wanted to chop Li Yi with a knife, but he knew that he should not be impulsive now. Li Yiyi was now much more powerful than him.

If he killed Li Yi in anger, their family would probably be in trouble. He could only look at Li Tong with his hands raised, "Thanks to Brother Jiyuan for helping me this time."

Li Tong said apologetically: "Brother Wenwen's words really put me to shame. Ji Wen's actions are a disgrace to the Li family and have simply insulted the Li family's tradition. I will definitely try my best to give you and Bo Ji an explanation before I say goodbye."

He walked out as he said that, feeling that he had no shame to stay here. Liu Xiu hurriedly chased him out, "Brother Jiyuan, please stay. Brother Jiyuan, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."

"Brother Wen Ji, it's okay to say it!"

"Brother Jiyuan, what do you think of your sister-in-law? Please tell me." Li Tong hesitated and said, "Boji, I like Boji so much that I don't know how to express it."

Liu Xiu said: "My little sister is willful. I don't know what Brother Jiyuan likes about her."

"Brother Wen, maybe you are too outstanding. To you and your late eldest brother, we are all too ordinary. In my eyes, Bojinu takes care of his brother, is not afraid of life and death, knows the general situation and knows how to advance and retreat, and is virtuous. Shude, elegant and generous, is a very good woman, I like her very much..."

Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment and said: "Brother Jiyuan, I am about to leave for Hebei. Boji is the one I am most worried about. I hope that brother Jiyuan can take good care of him for me. If you are willing, I will marry her." You are my wife.”

Li Tong was stunned at this time. He was a little surprised, "Brother Wenwen, even if you don't betroth Bo Ji to me, I will take good care of her."

Liu Xiu shook his head, "Luoyang is now a land of tigers and wolves. My eldest brother also said before his death that he hoped to find a good family for Boji. Brother Jiyuan, I know your character, ability and knowledge very well, and I also care about Boji very much." Love is worth entrusting her with for a lifetime."

Although Li Tong was happy, he still asked: "Then have you asked Boji? What did she say?"

"In my opinion, Boji still has a good impression of Brother Jiyuan, and it's rare that you are willing to treat her well. I think she will gradually discover your friendship for her in the future."

"Brother Wenwen, if you really betroth Bo Ji to me, I promise you that I will take good care of her for the rest of my life."

Liu Xiu cupped his fists and performed a solemn courtesy, "In that case, I will entrust my sister-in-law to Brother Jiyuan!"

In fact, Liu Xiu did this not only to find a good home for Liu Boji, but also to win over Li Tong. Now he is weak and has no one in the court, but Li Tong has a certain status in Liu Xuan's court and also has a certain status in Liu Xuan's court. Not bad, the two of them are soldiers together, so this marriage can bind them closely together.

After the two of them saluted each other, Li Tong asked, "In a few days, you will be setting off, right?"

"It's okay. I will find someone to officiate your wedding first. You can drink your wedding wine after I come back."

Li Tong was very happy and said quickly: "Okay, I'll get ready right now. Don't worry, Uncle Wen. After you leave, I will replace you, replace the late Bo Sheng, and take good care of Bo Ji!"

After Liu Xiu went in and told Liu Boji about the matter, Liu Boji yelled: "I don't want to marry, third brother, I don't want to marry, how could you do this to your biological sister?"

Liu Xiu comforted, "Boji, it's the third brother who is sorry for you. The third brother is worried because he won't be able to protect you after he leaves. Li Tong is a good man and will definitely treat you well in the future. I will entrust you to him." , can you go to Hebei with confidence.

It is unpredictable whether you are going to Hebei or not. There must be at least one person in the family. If anything happens to the third brother, you will go to the eldest brother, third brother, and second sister every year during the Qingming Festival to visit our graves. Do you understand? "

Hearing what Liu Xiu said, Liu Boji agreed with tears in her eyes, hugged him and said: "Third brother, you promise me that you must live well and come back alive. I only have you and eldest sister!"

Feng Yi, Zhu You, Ji Zun, Yao Qi, Zang Gong, Ma Cheng, and Wang Ba followed Liu Xiu into Hebei immediately, and there were also some entourage, but the number was about a hundred at most.

On the way, Liu Xiu's close friend Deng Yu drove him to cross north and caught up with Liu Xiu. He told Liu Xiu that Liu Xuan would be defeated and chaos would break out in the world. He advised Liu Xiu: "Recruit heroes, please the people, establish the cause of the great ancestor, and save all people." Destiny should be based on public considerations, and the world cannot be settled!" Deng Yu's words were in line with Liu Xiu's wishes, and the two cherished each other.

In February of the second year of Gengshi (24th year), Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan moved west from Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an.Just as they set off, Li Song was leading the way, and his horse suddenly galloped and hit the iron pillar gate of the North Palace. All three horses were killed.

Later Li Song and Zhao Meng from Jiyang suggested to Emperor Gengshi that all meritorious officials should be crowned kings.Zhu Tuna argued that Han Emperor Liu Bang had an appointment, and it was not the Liu clan that could make him king.

Emperor Gengshi first ennobled the clan, with Taichang General Liu Zhi as King of Dingtao, Liu Ci as King of Wan, Liu Qing as King of Yan, Liu She as King of Yuanshi, General Liu Jia as King of Hanzhong, and Liu Xin as King of Ruyin. , and Liu Xiu was still the Marquis of Wu Xin, and his status had not improved, so Liu Xuan was on guard against him.

Later, Liu Xuan established Wang Kuang as King of Biyang, Wang Feng as King of Yicheng, Zhu Tuna as King of Jiaodong, General Weiwei Zhang Xun as King of Huaiyang, General Tingwei Wang Chang as King Deng, and General Jinwu Liao Zhan as the King. He was the king of Rang, Shentu Jian was the king of Pingshi, Shangshu Hu Yin was the king of Sui, General Zhutian Li Tong was the king of Xiping, Wuwei Zhonglang general Li Yi was the king of Wuyin, and General Shuiheng Cheng Dan was the king of Xiangyi. , the chief minister Chen Mu was the king of Yinping, the general of the hussars Song Ren was the king of Yingyin, and Yin Zun was the king of Yin.

Only Zhu Kun declined and said: "I am not a member of the Liu family, so I dare not violate the royal system." He refused to accept the offer.

So Zhu Tun was appointed as the Grand Sima of the Left, and Liu Ci was appointed as the Former Grand Sima, so that they, together with Li Yi, Li Tong, Wang Chang and others, could control Guandong.Li Song was also appointed as prime minister, and Zhao Meng was appointed as the right chief minister to jointly preside over internal affairs.

At this point, the situation in the world was very good for Liu Xuan. Many people believed that he was the man chosen by God, and a large number of rebels and gentry came to join him.

Of course, some are taking a wait-and-see attitude, especially the states and counties north of the Yellow River. The Red Eyebrow Army is developing rapidly in Shandong and is growing in power. There are also the "Three Kings of Hebei", Tongma, Youlai, and Weixiao. , Gongsun Shu and other separatist forces...

To say that the most powerful force among the rebels at that time was, in addition to the Green Forest Army that supported Liu Xuan, the other force was the Red Eyebrow Army that originated in Shandong.

When Fan Chong, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, learned that Liu Xuan had entered Chang'an, he prepared to lead more than 20 key leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army to Beijing to meet with Liu Xuan and expressed his willingness to support the reform regime.

At this time, the Red Eyebrow Army occupied the prosperous areas of Shandong, and its strength was no worse than that of the Green Forest Army. If anyone in the country poses the greatest threat to the reform regime, it must be the Red Eyebrow Army.

This time, Ayimei, or Chi Zhaoping, also followed Fan Chong, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, to meet Liu Xuan. Unfortunately, she didn't know that Liu Xiu had already gone to Hebei, so she was destined to miss it.

(End of this chapter)