Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 899: Rebellious Subordinates 3
After the Cheng brothers and sisters left, Liu Ke went to find An Lushan.

An Lushan started a rebellion and gave himself a good name: "To attack the traitor Yang Guozhong."

At first, everything went very smoothly. The Tang Dynasty had not seen a war for a long time, and many people were accustomed to a peaceful life. They did not know how to resist An Lushan's army. An Lushan quickly occupied Hebei.

Liu Ke was highly valued by An Lushan and was put in charge of military affairs and logistics.

In the early days, An Lushan was really successful. In less than a year, he captured Luoyang.

An Lushan was preparing to proclaim himself emperor.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, he proclaimed himself Emperor Xiongwu, named his country Dayan, established his capital in Luoyang, and named his reign Shengwu.

Liu Ke also got an official position, but he had a bad feeling.

An Lushan was so arrogant that he became emperor without even conquering one-third of the country and started to enjoy himself...

I’m afraid——

Failure is not far away.

Liu Ke wanted to send Liu Yu away as well, but before he could do so, An Lushan's imperial edict arrived at the Liu family.

The imperial decree required Liu Yu to marry An Qingxu as the prince's concubine.

An Lushan's most promising successor, his eldest son, was killed by the imperial court after he launched his rebellion. An Lushan had no choice but to make An Qingxu his heir.

But he looked down on his second son who had no skills, so he wanted to find more helpers for him.

Marriage is the best way to find help.

An Lushan arranged a crown princess and two concubines for An Qingxu. All of them came from very good backgrounds and their families were powerful.

Among the three people, Liu Yu has the weakest background.

Liu Ke gritted his teeth. He didn't want to have a closer relationship with the An family. However, he was still An Lushan's subordinate. Could he disobey his order?

While Liu Ke was still hesitating, Liu Yu exploded.

She would never marry An Qingxu because she already has someone she loves.

Liu Yu ran away directly, but she didn't know that it was Liu Ke who let her go, otherwise she would never have escaped from Luoyang City.

Liu Yu ran to find her lover.

Her lover is none other than Cheng Xin.

But in fact, Cheng Xin’s surname is not Cheng, but Li, and he is a relative of the royal family.

Cheng Xin also likes Liu Yu, and the two have met privately many times over the past year.

Now Liu Yu has gone to find Li Xin, and the two of them are together openly.

This really put Liu Ke in a difficult position.

The prince's concubine ran away and went to the enemy side, flirting with the enemy's people. An Lushan felt so embarrassed and was extremely furious.

He is not a sentimental person.

"When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked."

An Lushan was now the emperor and thought that Liu Ke was of little help to him, so he showed no mercy to Liu Ke.

Liu Ke was imprisoned in the Tianlao, and the Liu family’s property was confiscated by An Lushan.

What he didn't know was that one third of the Liu family's assets had been transferred away.

Liu Ke sat in the corner, feeling very calm.

He knew that he would not have a good ending, but he did not expect An Lushan to be so ruthless and ungrateful that he would treat the old friend who followed him to conquer the world in this way.

He also thought that he would be killed along with An Lushan by the Tang army.

But now this ending...

Liu Ke couldn't help but laugh sarcastically.

Suddenly, Liu Ke's ears moved, and he looked up, only to find that his brother appeared outside the prison door. "Ah Shu..." Liu Ke said in surprise, "Aren't you in Shu?"

Liu Shu: "I'm worried about you staying alone in this place full of tigers and wolves."

Liu Shu twisted the iron lock with force, opened the cell door, and said to Liu Ke, "Brother, come out quickly."

Liu Ke shook his head: "Go, I'm injured and will be a burden to you."

Liu Ke’s martial arts skills are very high, but how could An Lushan be without experts around him?
Among them, there was one who was taller than Liu Ke, who was An Lushan’s confidant, named Lan Yonghui.

Lan Yonghui fought with Liu Ke for more than a hundred rounds, seriously injuring Liu Ke.

If it weren't for Lan Yonghui, with Liu Ke's martial arts skills, he would have been able to escape.

Liu Shu walked into the cell, helped Liu Ke up, and walked out with him.

"Don't worry, big brother. I'm very good at martial arts. If I can come to save you, nothing will happen. I will get you out of Luoyang City safely."

"Besides, Lan Yonghui is not in Luoyang now. We won't run into him."

Liu Ke was puzzled: "Isn't that An Lushan's confidant? If he didn't stay in Luoyang to protect An Lushan, where did he go?"

Liu Shu: "An Qingxu sent him to do something."

Liu Ke was even more confused: "An Qingxu? Can he control Lan Yonghui?"

Liu Shu laughed: "Brother, don't judge a person by his appearance. Don't treat An Qingxu as a straw prince like others do. He is just pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger!"

Liu Ke looked at Liu Shu, his face full of disbelief: "You mean - An Qingxu has been pretending all along?"

Liu Shu hummed, "If he wasn't the idiot known to everyone, he would have been the one sent to the capital! It was precisely because it was An Qingzong's outstanding son who was sent to the capital that Li Longji did not suspect that An Lushan wanted to rebel. If An Lushan had sent his idiot second son to the capital, Li Longji would definitely be wary of An Lushan."

Liu Ke took a breath: "An Qingxu's scheming is even deeper than his father's!"

Liu Shu: "It doesn't matter to us whether it's deep or not."

Liu Ke hummed.

As the two walked along, they found that all the guards of the prison had fainted on the ground.

Liu Shu smiled: "I used some medicine."

Liu Ke: "Not bad."

The people in their family are not martial arts heroes. What they have learned since childhood is to use the most effective means to achieve their goals.

The two men escaped from the Heavenly Prison smoothly, but it was not so easy to leave Luoyang City.

After all, it was An Lushan’s old nest, and the guards in Luoyang City were very strict to prevent martial arts masters from assassinating An Lushan.

Liu Shu took Liu Ke back to the house where he lived.

Liu Ke took a fancy to the small courtyard and said to Liu Shu, "It's not safe here. If An Lushan finds out that I'm missing, he will definitely search the whole city for me."

Liu Shu took out his makeup props and said, "Don't worry, brother. I have a way to help us escape An Lushan's pursuit. But now, brother, you should heal your wounds first."

Liu Shu put the cosmetics aside and took out the gold medicine for healing wounds and medicine for treating internal injuries.

He had prepared these medicines when he went to the Heavenly Prison to rescue Liu Ke.

In order to avoid having to get medicine after rescuing the people, An Lushan's men could use this to track them down.

Liu Ke prepared a complete set of medicines, and no matter how serious Liu Ke's injuries were, they could be cured.

Liu Ke first took the pills for internal injuries and said to Liu Shu, "Give me some clean water."

The eldest son was very fond of cleanliness, and there was nothing he could do about it since he was locked up in the Sky Prison.

But once he got out of the prison, the eldest son could no longer bear the dirt on his body.

Liu Shu knew his brother's temperament and said with a smile, "There's hot water boiling in the kitchen. I'll bring it to you right away."

Liu Ke chuckled: "Brother is still the best!"

My own biological brother is much better than my adopted sister.