Hearing that Elder Brother described the current situation as 'natural disasters and human disasters', Liu Xiu subconsciously looked to the left and right. Fortunately, the people around were watching the notice, and nobody paid attention to them.

He pulled Liu Yan's sleeves and walked quickly outside the city. When he walked out of the city gate and saw no one around, he loosed Liu Yan's sleeves and reminded him, " Elder Brother, be careful when you speak!"

What were natural disasters and human disasters? This was tantamount to attacking today's dynasty, today's emperor, and this was a felony that would kill him!

Regarding Liu Xiu's reminder, Liu Yan disagreed and said indignantly: "Thief Wang Mang has no virtue. He acts backwards, causing the world in chaos. The people were living in misery, and the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army are rising. The overthrow of the tyranny is just around the corner!"

Both Liu Xiu and Liu Yan were descendants of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty Liu Bang. They were considered to be the roots of the Han Dynasty. Overturning the reckless regime of Wang Mang and assisting the Han Dynasty was of course the desire of both of them.

It was just that Liu Xiu was cautious in nature, and never spoke out such irresponsible words, but Liu Yan's character was diametrically opposed. He was unruly, and chivalrous.

He had long wanted to imitate the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army to hold high the banner of the assisting Han Dynasty, and overturning the reckless tyranny. But he suffered from lack of financial support.

The two brothers left Caiyang County and returned to Chongling Village where they lived.

Liu Xiu's father passed away when he was nine years old and he had been sent to his uncle Liu Liang's family. He had two elder brothers and two elder sisters, and a younger sister.

The eldest brother Liu Yan and the second elder brother Liu Zhong had already got married. The eldest sister Liu Huang lived in the grandfather's house, ad the second sister Liu Yuan was married to the Deng Family in Xinye. The younger sister Liu Boji, like Liu Xiu, also lived in the house of his uncle Liu Liang.

Back in the village, Liu Yan shook his head and said, "A'Xiu, let's go to my house!"

Liu Xiu said: "Elder Brother, there is still a lot of farm work in the field. I have to work on the ground!"

Hearing his words, Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh gently. His heart was both helpless and sad. His younger brother was a Taixue student, but now he could only do farming at home.

Thief Wang Mang was so reckless, so how could such a court last for long?

Opportunity! He urgently needed an opportunity now, an opportunity to change himself and his family's destiny!

Liu Yan nodded to Liu Xiu and urged: "A'Xiu, doing farm work is ok. But don't let yourself be too tired. Your hands ..." his hands were used to hold the pen, not the hoe.

He did not say the last half of the sentence.

His father died, and as the eldest son of his family, he was unable to take care of his brothers and sisters, which made Liu Yan also worried.

Liu Xiu understood the ideas in his brother's heart. He said cheerfully to his brother: "Elder Brother, I know. You go back!"

Watching the Elder Brother walk away, Liu Xiu went to his field, weeding the grass, and turning the ground.

He was busy, and there was a rapid horseshoe in the distance.

Liu Xiu unconsciously put down the hoe in his hand, straightened up, and looked up.

He saw a white horse flying towards his own field. When it was far away, he didn't see anyone immediately. When the horse was approaching, he saw a person lying on the horse's back.

As the horse got closer, the speed gradually slowed down. When Liu Xiu approached, the man lying on his horse seemed to be unable to persevere anymore, and immediately fell over from the horse.

Liu Xiu was startled and hurried forward to help the man up.

He took a closer look, and the more he looked at the person, the more familiar he felt. When Liu Xiu saw the oblique scar on the forehead of the person, his heart suddenly moved and he said involuntarily, "Are you Long Yuan?"

This man's appearance was almost exactly the same as the portrait posted in the county seat.

The man who fell off his horse was already in a semi-comatose state. Hearing Liu Xiu say "Long Yuan", his body burst into shock, his eyes suddenly opened, and two electric beams were directed at Liu Xiu's Face.

Before Liu Xiu responded, he suddenly felt his neck was cold, and he saw that the man had an extra dagger in his hand, which was just reaching his throat.

"Who are you, and why do you know my name?" The man's tone was cold, as if it could freeze an elephant.

Liu Xiu behaved calmly, and he said rightly: "Now the county has posted a notice to arrest you. I just came back from the county!"

This man was Long Yuan, who was wanted by the court because he was assassinating Wang Mang. He stared at Liu Xiu and asked in a cold voice: "Are you going to take me to the official?"

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Don't misunderstand me. You has assassinated the Thief Wang Mang who usurped the Han Dynasty, how can I take you to the official?"

Hearing this, Long Yuan's eyes flashed obviously, and he looked at Liu Xiu subconsciously again.

Wang Mang was the emperor of today, and this young man dared to say that he was a usurper. This was a crime of great disrespect. If his words were heard by officials, all of his family would be killed! He must not be an ordinary person!

He frowned, asking, "Who are you?"

"Zaixia Liu Xiu."

"Liu Xiu ..." Long Yuan had no impression of the name.

Liu Xiu added: "My father was the magistrate of Jiyang County, Liu Qin. And my ancestor was the Feudal Lord Changsha Dingwang Liufa."

Ah, he turned out to be the descendants of the Liu Family, the Han Dynasty's clan. No wonder he would say that Wang Mang was a usurper!

Knowing Liu Xiu 's identity, Long Yuan secretly sighed, and his hand with a dagger fell down weakly. He gasped and said, "There are stubborn soldiers chasing me behind, please trouble your little brother, give me some water. I will leave here quickly. "

As soon as his voice fell, he heard the sound of a rushing horseshoe looming in the distance.

Long Yuan shook his heart and dared not delay any more. He clenched his teeth tightly, stood up, put the dagger in his back, and walked towards the horse.

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, and in a very short time, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Long Yuan was walking towards the horse. Liu Xiu stepped behind him with a big step. Before Long Yuan had yet to react, he grabbed the dagger with Long Yuan in his waist. Long Yuan was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "You ..."

He only said a word "you", and Liu Xiu swung his dagger decisively.

He did not harm Long Yuan, but pierce on the hip of the horse.

The horse was hurt, it screamed, and galloped along the country road.

Seeing this, Long Yuan's face suddenly changed, and he asked sharply, "How did you run my horse away?"

In his current state, if there was no horse to help him, he could not get rid of the chasing soldiers behind.

Liu Xiu looked at the back of the horse, and turned around, looking back, saying: "With your current state, I'm afraid you can't run far. I will help you hide!"

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu like a monster. This place was flat and had no shield. Where could he hide?

"Where can you help me hide? If you let the soldiers of Wang Mang see you with me, they will treat you and me as the same party in order to invite merit ..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu had returned the dagger to Long Yuan and shook his head and said, "Come and help!" While talking, he didn't look at Long Yuan, he lifted his hoe, and quickly walked to an open space, struggling to dig.

Long Yuan froze for a moment before reacting, wondering: "Are you going to bury me in the ground?"

"Are there any other better ways?" Liu Xiu was busying digging while turning his head, asking quickly.

Long Yuan stared at Liu Xiu with a frown, and the sound of horseshoes coming from the back was becoming clearer. Looking from afar, the dust was flying like a hurricane. No matter how much he thought, he could only believe Liu Xiu, treating himself like a dead horse.

He stumbled to Liu Xiu, kneeled down, and helped Liu Xiu to dig together with a dagger.

The field was long plowed by Liu Xiu. The soil was soft and was easy to dig a pit. It was only used to hide people. It did not need to be dug too deep.

It didn't take long. The two dug out a shallow pit that was just one person long. Liu Xiu let Long Yuan lie in, and then used both hands and feet to fill the pit.

In order to prevent Long Yuan from being suffocated, Liu Xiu deliberately left a small hole in his nostril.

When Liu Xiu finished burying Long Yuan, the soldiers chasing Long Yuan were only a few dozen meters away from him. Liu Xiu leaned on the ground with a hoe, pretending to be surprised, and stared blankly at this team of cavalry who was running like lightning.

The cavalry who came here, unlike the officials Liu Xiu had seen before, all had black helmets, black armor, black tassels on their heads, armed with spears, swords under their ribs, and black horses under their crotches. They were like the dark clouds moving on the same side.

The cavalry ran to Liu Xiu and stopped.

Liu Xiu swallowed subconsciously. His performance was also in line with the psychology of an ordinary people seeing a large group of officers and soldiers.

A black armored cavalry urged the horse to go out, first came to Liu Xiu, then raised his eyes to look around, and finally put his eyes on Liu Xiu.

Looking at him roughly, the black armored cavalry asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

Liu Xiu looked down at the hoe in his hand and stuttered: "Cultivated ... Cultivated land ..."

"Just now, did you see a person passing by here on a white horse?"

Liu Xiu stuttered and said, "No! Ah, yes, I saw one!"

"Yes or no?" The black armor cavalry's tone was even colder.

"Yes, yes ... is that way!" Liu Xiu said, pointing at the side road in the field.

The black armored cavalry looked in the direction of his finger and wanted to continue to ask questions. Another black armored cavalry said anxiously, "There is blood on the ground!"

Hearing his words, the cavalryman looked in the direction of his fingers.

Sure enough, there were some bright red blood beads on the ground not far away, and obviously, it was fresh blood that had just dropped on the ground.

The direction of the blood stain was the same as the direction of Liu Xiu's finger, indicating that Long Yuan was indeed running over there!

The black armored cavalryman near Liu Xiu suddenly jerked the reins, and the war horse took two steps forward. Liu Xiu was very close to him, almost hit by the horse's head, and he retreated several steps involuntarily. His heels were just right stepping on Long Yuan's body. His feet were soft, his body was out of balance, and he sat down on the ground.

The black armored cavalries didn't know that Liu Xiu was tripped by Long Yuan buried under the soil. They only thought that he was intimidated by their companion, and they laughed out loud.

One of the black armored cavalry summoned: "He was just a country boy. There is no need to scare him? Go away, we don't have so much idle time to delay here!"

The black armored cavalry who urged the horse to hit Liu Xiu sat on the horse with a disdainful look, gave Liu Xiu a condescending glance, hummed, turned his horse's head, and came out of the field.

This team of cavalry sprinted away in front of Liu Xiu.

If they went slower, they would find that the soil beside Liu Xiu was trembling slightly. If they paid more attention, they would surely find a piece of clothing that emerged from the cracks in the soil.

But there was no "if". They would not take a look at a country boy like Liu Xiu more often, nor would they think that he would have such a gut to dare to hide the criminal arrested by the court.

Note:

1. Zaixia: refers to I, a modest appellation of oneself