Liu Xiu burst into tears inside the tent, heartbroken. Zhu Youzai and others outside the tent finally found out what happened through Xiaomei, and they were all stunned.
Unexpectedly, such a big thing happened in Wancheng, and the lord's eldest brother was actually killed for treason.
Zhu You's eyes were red and tears were streaming down his face. Among all the people under Liu Xiu's command, Zhu You and Liu Yan had the deepest feelings. After all, they had known each other since they were children. Liu Yan treated him like his own younger brother and took great care of him. .
He grinned, cried loudly, and said incoherently: "How could the eldest brother rebel? They are working together to frame the eldest brother..."
If Liu Yan conspired to rebel, he could not have known Liu Xiu, but there was no news on his side and he was still fighting to the death here in Runan.
Furthermore, if Liu Yan really rebelled, he should lead his army back to Wancheng, but Liu Yan's army is still in Luyang, so how can he talk about rebellion? This is obviously an attempt to impose a crime.
The eyes of the rest of the people were also wet and red. While people were grieving, they also had a premonition that things were going to change. Liu Xuan, Wang Kuang and others murdered Liu Yan. Can they let their lord go? Next, these people must be the ones to blame. Point to the Lord.
They wanted to go back to the camp and discuss with Liu Xiu what to do next, but hearing the grief-stricken crying in the camp, people looked at each other and no one dared to go in.
They knew very well how deep the relationship between Liu Xiu and Liu Yan was, and they could all relate to how Liu Xiu would feel when he heard such bad news.
I don’t know how long it took, at least more than half an hour, before the crying in the camp stopped. Everyone looked at each other, and finally everyone’s eyes fell on Zhu You. The meaning was obvious, let him go first. Take a look in the account.
Zhu You wiped the tears on his face, nodded, walked to the door of the camp, and asked softly inside: "My lord? My lord?"
There was no movement at all in the camp. Zhu You called several times, but still didn't hear Liu Xiu's reply. He felt something was wrong, raised the curtains, and strode in quickly.
After coming in, he raised his eyes and saw Liu Xiu lying on the desk with his eyes closed, and he had fainted. Zhu You was shocked, and quickly stepped forward and said loudly: "My lord——"
Hearing that Zhu You's voice was wrong, everyone outside rushed in. When they saw the unconscious Liu Xiu, they all panicked. Yao Qi turned around and shouted urgently: "Medical officer! Call for a medical officer quickly!"
When Liu Xiu woke up, it was already late at night. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Zhu You kneeling beside the bed. Liu Xiu's tears flowed down again.
Zhu You hurriedly moved forward and said with red eyes: "My lord, I want to express my condolences. My lord, I can't hurt myself..."
Liu Xiu choked and said: "My eldest brother and I depend on each other for life. The eldest brother alone supports the Liu family. How could he... how could he... harm my eldest brother..."
At this time, Liu Xiu was in a state of confusion, and what he said was just random sentences with no logic.
But Zhu You could understand. He rubbed his eyes with his sleeves and said, "Lord, we must avenge the death of my eldest brother!"
Liu Xiu looked at the ceiling with dull eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Eldest brother helped them conquer the world, how could they treat him like this..." As he spoke, he slowly lowered his eyes and fell asleep again. past.
This time, Liu Xiu fell asleep until dawn the next day, when he finally woke up.
In just one day, when I looked at Liu Xiu, she had lost a lot of weight, her eye sockets were sunken, her cheeks were sunken, and her originally bright eyes had now lost their luster.
Zhu You walked in from the outside and saw that Liu Xiu was awake. He was surprised and happy and whispered: "My lord is awake! I just made some porridge, I'll go get it right away."
Liu Xiu sat on the bed, his eyes dull and silent. Seeing this, Zhu You felt sour and hurriedly turned around and walked out of Liu Xiu's bed tent. When he got outside, he wiped his tears.
Not long after, Zhu You returned to the sleeping tent with a bowl of porridge, knelt down in front of Liu Xiu, and whispered softly: "Master, would you like to drink some porridge first?"
Liu Xiu shook his head slowly. Now, his throat felt like it was on fire. Even if he swallowed his saliva, let alone porridge, it would sting like a needle.
Zhu You knelt down and sat beside him, holding the bowl in both hands and lowering his head.
The sleeping tent became quiet for an instant. I don't know how long it took, but Liu Xiu's dull eyes finally regained focus. He mechanically turned his head and looked at Zhu You, raised his arm, and waved outward.
"Lord—" Zhu You called him softly, choking with sobs. Liu Xiu didn't say anything, but just waved his hand outwards again.
Zhu You had no choice but to stand up from the ground and said in a tearful tone: "Master, please take care of yourself!" After saying this, he bowed and exited the bed tent.
After he left, Liu Xiu leaned back, fell on the bed again, and slowly closed his eyes. Now Liu Xiu's psychological support collapsed, and he was no different from a walking corpse.
During this day, Liu Xiu didn't say a word, didn't eat a grain of rice, didn't drink a drop of water. He lay on the bed, motionless, as if he were dead.
The next morning, Ma Wu and Feng Yi also heard the news and returned to Pingyu one after another.
However, the return of the two of them did not alleviate Liu Xiu's condition. He was still lying on the bed, neither eating nor drinking. His whole body was becoming thinner and haggard at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.
Everyone understood that Liu Xiu was torturing his own body to relieve the grief in his heart. But they had no way to do it. Even if he could cry loudly, it would be worse than now without eating, drinking, crying or laughing. Much stronger.
Just when everyone was at a loss and didn't know what to do, a man came to the Han army camp, Yan Guang.
Upon hearing the news of Yan Guang's arrival, Zhu You, whose face was ashen, his eyes suddenly lit up and he jumped up.
After the Han army defeated the armies of Nanyang Prefect Zhen Fu and Duwei Liang Qiuci on the shores of Feishui River, Yan Guang went to travel around the world.
He had been away for several months, during which time there was no news at all. Unexpectedly, he would now arrive in Pingyu, Runan.
Zhu You ran out of the camp at a trot. When he saw Yan Guang, he quickly stepped forward, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Brother Ziling, you are back. Something big happened in Wancheng..."
Yan Guang waved his hand to him and said, "I have heard about it." Liu Yan was killed. News of such a big event had already spread all over the country. Even Yan Guang, who was traveling around, heard the news.
It's ridiculous to say that Liu Yan's cavalry in Chongling, holding high the banner of rebellion against Mang, fought in Nanyang with consecutive victories, and alarmed Wang Mang in Chang'an.
Wang Mang once announced to the world that he was offering a reward for Liu Yan's head. Anyone who could kill Liu Yan, regardless of his high or low birthplace, would be rewarded with 50,000 households, 100,000 catties of gold, and the title of Duke.
With such a heavy reward, no one in the world could kill Liu Yan, but in the end, the person who killed Liu Yan was Wang Kuang and others who fought alongside him, and he was loyal to the reforming emperor Liu Xuan.
Yan Guang looked at Zhu You and asked, "How is your master doing now?"
Zhu You smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It's very bad."
Seeing that Yan Guang did not show any surprise, Zhu You continued: "Since I heard the news that my eldest brother was killed, my lord has not eaten or drank for almost three days!"
Yan Guang nodded. He knew very well how much impact Liu Yan's murder had on Liu Xiu, and he could see it more clearly than others.
Liu Xiu was a man with great ambitions, but unlike others, his ambition was largely based on Liu Yan.
To put it bluntly, everything Liu Xiu has done so far has been mainly to assist Liu Yan and help Liu Yan achieve a great cause.
He never thought about leaving his eldest brother and achieving a great career on his own. Therefore, the news of Liu Yan's murder was absolutely fatal to Liu Xiu.
Yan Guang expected that Liu Xiu's condition would be very bad, but after seeing Liu Xiu's current appearance with his own eyes, he was still shocked.
In the dormitory, the light was dim, Liu Xiu was lying on the bed, her cheeks were thin, her eye sockets were sunken deep, her face was pale and bloodless, lying here, she looked like a dead person.
Seeing Liu Xiu's appearance, Zhu You was heartbroken and said softly: "Ziling..."
Yan Guang waved to him and signaled to Zhu You, "You go out first." Zhu You didn't say anything more, turned around and exited the tent. Yan Guang walked to the bed and said softly: "My lord!"
He called several times, but Liu Xiu received no response. Yan Guang frowned, looked aside, and saw a bowl of water on the table beside him.
He took the bowl, took a big sip, pointed it at Liu Xiu's face, and spat out a big mouthful of water with a pop.
Liu Xiu, who was lying on the bed as if he were dead, finally reacted. His body trembled, and he turned his head to look at Yan Guang beside the bed.
The latter took out the sweat towel and wiped the water stains on Liu Xiu's face while saying: "Lord, I'm back!"
Liu Xiu seemed not to recognize Yan Guang. His eyes fell on his face for a while before he gradually gained focus. His voice was so hoarse that it was almost impossible to hear his original voice: "Ziling?"
"It's me! Lord, I'm back late!" Yan Guang wiped off all the water stains on Liu Xiu's face, and then nodded towards Liu Xiu.
"You...you're back?"
"Well, I'm back!"
Liu Xiu's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said in a trembling voice: "Brother, he..."
"I know everything."
Liu Xiu stretched out his hand and grabbed Yan Guang's shirt tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw.
Yan Guang lowered his head, stroked Liu Xiu's hand that was holding his clothes, and said: "People cannot be resurrected after death. My lord must live well. Only in this way will I not be ashamed of my elder brother's spirit in heaven."
Liu Xiu's hand trembling as she grasped the lapel of Yan Guang's clothes, her tears were like short-term pearls, and she said in a trembling voice: "Ziling, do you know that a tree has no roots and must die, and a person has no heart, how can he live? My whole heart is now full of energy. All broken..."
While speaking, he grabbed Yan Guang's clothes with both hands and cried loudly.
When Zhu You, Ma Wu, Yao Qi, Feng Yi and others who were standing outside the camp heard the crying inside, they all let out a long sigh of relief involuntarily, feeling relieved.
Now they are not afraid of Liu Xiu crying and making trouble, but they are afraid that he will not cry or make trouble, eat, drink or speak.
A tree without roots will die, and a person without a heart, how can he live? Liu Xiu's words made Yan Guang, a man who was almost an outsider, red-eyed and scratch his intestines.
He let Liu Xiu hug him and cry. I don't know how long it took. When Liu Xiu's crying gradually subsided, he picked up the sweat towel again, helped Liu Xiu wipe the tears on her face, and said: "Da Situ is here , my lord is just a child, now that Da Situ is gone, my lord should grow up."
Yan Guang's understanding of Liu Xiu was truly unparalleled by anyone, including Zhu You, who had the closest relationship with Liu Xiu.