The post official lowered his head and was speechless by Liu Xiu's question. He hesitated and said: "General Peng... General Peng..."
Liu Xiu stood up suddenly and asked with a gloomy face: "General Peng really had an accident in the city?"
"No, no, no, that's not what the villain means. What the villain means is..." He was the one who shouted "General Peng is here" just now. Now he was asked by Liu Xiu, and he didn't know how to answer Liu Xiu. .
Liu Xiu said with a serious face: "If something happens to General Peng in Raoyang, everyone from the county magistrate to the county lieutenant to you, a post official, will be killed!" As he spoke, he stepped towards Walk outside.
Deng Yu, Zhu You and others present also stood up and followed Liu Xiuyi out.
The post official hurriedly caught up with Liu Xiu and asked in a trembling voice: "Where are you going, sir?"
"Of course I'll go find General Peng!"
"General Peng... General Peng may have gone to the county government. Your Excellency, you should stay at the inn and wait..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xiu snorted heavily, interrupted him, and asked in a solemn voice: "You said General Peng is at the county government? Well, I will go to the county government now to take a look. Is the general really there, or has he been hijacked by you and others!"
The post official trembled and spoke with a cry in his voice. He stammered: "Young man... even if you are brave enough, you still... don't dare to kidnap General Peng..."
Liu Xiu ignored him and continued walking out in stride.
The post official followed closely behind, and when Liu Xiu was about to walk out of the post, he caught up with Liu Xiu again, stopped him, and said, "Sir, General Peng should be arriving at the post soon. Sir, please wait a little longer!" "
"Stop blabbering and get out of here!" Liu Xiu scolded angrily.
"grown ups……"
Seeing that the post official still prevented everyone on his side from leaving, Liu Xiu became furious. He handed the stick in his hand forward, pointed the stick head directly at the post official, and said loudly: "This is the staff given by your majesty personally. See the staff as you see it." His Majesty!"
The post official's body was shaken, his legs were weak, and he knelt down on the ground involuntarily, kowtowing forward, and other post officials and post soldiers present also knelt down on the ground.
There is a yellow strip of cloth tied on the staff, which indeed represents the emperor. However, the staff in Liu Xiu's hand belongs to Liu Xuan, not Wang Lang.
Seeing that the staff successfully frightened the post officials, Liu Xiu winked at Deng Yu, Yao Qi and others behind him, signaling them to leave quickly.
In the land of right and wrong, no one was willing to stay for long, not to mention that they had already eaten and drank enough. If they didn't leave now, how long would they wait? Everyone followed Liu Xiu and headed straight for Beicheng.
When the post official and his men stood up from the ground, they raised their heads and looked again. There were figures of Liu Xiu and others nearby.
A postman asked cautiously: "They... they won't really go to the county government, right? What if County Magistrate Cao thinks that we have offended the Handan envoy and blames us, but we will have to walk around without food!"
The postman pondered for a moment, then turned around and ran, heading straight for the county government.
When he arrived at the county government, he met the county magistrates Cao Qi and Peng Ning. The post official told the story of the Handan envoy arriving at the post station and coming to the county government to find Peng Ning.
Cao Qi, the magistrate of Raoyang County, looked puzzled. Did the Handan envoy come to Raoyang? Why didn't he know about this? Besides, no one came to the county just now, let alone the Handan envoy.
He subconsciously looked at Peng Ning. But Peng Ning was even more confused than Cao Qi now, and King Kong, who was two feet tall, was confused.
He did not remember that His Majesty sent an envoy to Raoyang. Could it be that after he left Handan, Your Majesty sent another envoy? Of course, this possibility is not impossible.
He asked the post official: "I wonder who the envoy is by name?"
"This..." The post official lowered his head and whispered: "Ignorant... I don't know..."
"What? You don't know?" When Cao Qi heard this, his nose was almost twisted with anger. They came to your inn and drank a lot of Hu Chihai, but you don't even know their names?
The post official lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Ignorant person... I don't dare to ask any more questions!"
Peng Ning thought for a moment and asked, "He said he was His Majesty's envoy. Do you have any evidence?"
The post official said hurriedly: "The envoy has the scepter given by the emperor himself."
"A scepter? What does a scepter look like?"
"Just... it's just a wooden stick with a yellow belt tied to it."
Peng Ning frowned. There was a wooden stick with a yellow belt on it. With His Majesty's character, such an important object as the scepter would never be made so simple and crude.
From the post official's description, this scepter is more like the one held by Liu Xiu.
Thinking of Liu Xiu, Peng Ning's heart suddenly shook, and he couldn't help but take a breath. He asked urgently: "Tell me in detail, what does that messenger look like!"
The post official was startled by Peng Ning's nervous look, and told Peng Ning in detail Liu Xiu's figure, appearance, and the characteristics of the people around him.
After hearing this, Peng Ning's head buzzed. Isn't this Liu Xiu who is wanted by His Majesty for 100,000 households of food?
"Ah!" Peng Ning shouted involuntarily, grabbed the postman by the collar, walked back, and asked sternly: "Where are the others? Where are they?"
The post official was so frightened by the distorted appearance of Peng Ning's facial features that he turned pale and his legs were trembling. He said in a trembling voice: "Let's go... let's go, tell me... I came to the county to see Peng Ning."
Your Majesty..."
"Go to hell!" Peng Ning pushed the postman away hard. Unless Liu Xiu was mad, he would come to see her.
He turned to the stunned Cao Qi and said: "This envoy must be Liu Xiu. Magistrate Cao, immediately block the whole city, gather all the county soldiers, and follow me to capture Liu Xiu!"
What, the messenger was Liu Xiu disguised as him? Liu Xiu arrived at his own Raoyang? Cao Qi was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. He shivered and ran out while shouting: "Here comes! Hurry up!"
Someone is coming——”
On the other side, Liu Xiu, Deng Yu and others had arrived near the North City Gate at this time.
As soon as they arrived at the North City Gate, the city was in chaos. Especially at the county government, there was a lot of shouting, as if a pot was exploding. People could still faintly hear the screams: "Arrest Liu Xiu! Arrest Liu."
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Liu Xiu calmly walked to the city gate, but was immediately stopped by the soldiers guarding the city gate.
The city gate officer walked out from among the soldiers, looked at Liu Xiu and others, frowned and asked, "What do you do?"
Liu Xiu still said the same thing, shook the staff in his hand, and said: "We are the envoys from Handan. We are going to Zhuocheng. We are passing by Raoyang. Please open the city gate quickly and let me pass through the city."
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Although Cao Qi's order has not yet reached the North City Gate, the city is already in chaos. At this time, it is impossible for the soldiers guarding the city gate to open the city gate and let people out of the city.
The city gate official was a veteran who was nearly forty years old. He didn't know the emperor's scepter, but judging from the attire of Liu Xiu and his entourage, they really didn't look like messengers.
His mind moved, and he raised his hands and said: "There are people in the city shouting to arrest Liu Xiu. Does your Excellency know what is going on?"
Liu Xiu's face darkened and he said displeasedly: "How do I know? Open the city gate quickly!"
"I'm sorry, sir, there's a big chaos in the city right now, and it's really inconvenient for me to open the city gate!" the city gate official said helplessly.
Liu Xiu squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, but the expression on his face softened. He took a few steps to the side, turned back and said, "Let me take a step to talk!"
The city gate official was startled, thought for a moment, and then walked up to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu leaned toward him, leaned into his ear, and asked in a low voice: "Nowadays, the world is in chaos and heroes are everywhere. Sometimes this country belongs to Wang Mang, sometimes it belongs to Liu Xuan, and sometimes it belongs to Wang Lang.
How long do you think this prince can last in Hebei? Do you really not intend to leave a way out for yourself?"
The current world is in response to those words, the city walls are changing into the king's flag.
In the past, the banner of the Xinmang court was erected in Raoyang. After Wang Mang's death, it was changed to the banner of the Gengshi court. However, after Wang Lang became emperor in Handan, it became the banner of the Zhao and Han court.
The changes were so dizzying that even the soldiers below were dizzy and didn't know who the emperor was above them.
If Liu Xiu's words were told to a stunned young man, he might explode immediately and have to arrest him on the spot.
But the city gate officer is a veteran, sophisticated and thoughtful. Liu Xiu's words are like directly clarifying to him that I am the fake Handan envoy, and I am the Liu Xiu you want to arrest.
Of course you can capture me now and go to receive the reward from Wang Lang. However, you are destined to receive the reward, but do you really have the destiny to spend it? In today's world, can Wang Lang really sit still?
His words made the city gate official break out in a cold sweat.
He looked at Liu Xiu in surprise. The latter did not look like a fugitive in a desperate situation. He could not feel any tension in him. Instead, he was smiling and calm.
The reward issued by Wang Lang is indeed very tempting, but Liu Xiu's words are also correct. No one knows how many days Wang Lang will be able to sit still in Hebei, and the army of the imperial court may come at some time.
Now, if I catch Liu Xiu now, will the imperial court let me and my family go free in the future? Furthermore, is Liu Xiu so easy to catch? Everyone in the world knows that Liu Xiu is benevolent and has done great things to fight against recklessness.
He made great contributions and defeated 400,000 reckless troops in a single battle at Kunyang. I don’t know how many people regard Liu Xiu as a role model. If Liu Xiu was really killed by Wang Lang because of himself, there might not be a need for the imperial court to find him.
You and all the wise people in the world will let you die without a burial place.
During this moment, the city gate official had a lot of thoughts, and he thought of many aspects at once.
Although he was thinking a lot, in reality, he only looked at Liu Xiu for three or four seconds. Suddenly, he took two steps back, opened the distance between the two, raised his hands, and said respectfully
Give a deep bow.
He said: "Young man Raoyang Lu Yan, here to send the envoy out of the city!" As he spoke, he straightened up, waved to the soldiers behind him, and shouted: "Open the city gate and let people pass!"
As the saying goes, county officials are not as good as current officials.
The soldiers acted under orders. Even if the city was in chaos, as long as their superiors gave orders, they had to carry out the orders. After hearing the order from the city gate officer, the soldiers opened the city gate without hesitation.
Following the creaking sound, the heavy city gate was slowly opened. Liu Xiu shook his head to Deng Yu, Yao Qi, Feng Yi and others, and everyone walked out quickly along the opened city gate.
Before Liu Xiu Lin left the city gate, he turned to look at the city gate official who called himself Lu Yan. The two looked at each other for a moment. Liu Xiu didn't say anything more, but just cupped his hands and bowed to the ground.
When Lu Yan saw this, he was shocked and hurriedly bowed and returned the courtesy. Neither of them spoke, but they both understood each other tacitly, and Liu Xiu also firmly remembered Raoyang Lu Yan's name.