Looking at the back of the team of cavalry, which disappeared completely in the field of vision, Liu Xiu changed the panic and cowardice just now, ran back into the field, used both hands, dug the soil, and dragged the Long Yuan from the ground out.

After Long Yuan came out, he coughed continuously and spat out several mouthfuls of black mud. His already pale face now looked paler with no blood, and almost transparent.

Liu Xiu looked at him and asked, "Are you ... are you injured?" On Long Yuan, he keenly smelled a strong bloody smell.

Long Yuan asked hoarsely, "Is there water?"

Liu Xiu hurriedly got up, walked aside, filled a bucket of fresh water from the wooden barrel, and handed it to Long Yuan.

The latter took it, didn't look at it, and poured a ladle of water into his stomach. After drinking, he coughed again, and his energy finally became stronger.

At this moment, he was in a mood to look at Liu Xiu carefully.

Liu Xiu was seven feet and three inches in height, about 1.75 meters tall. He was well-proportioned and had a thin figure. Looking at his face, he had a long eyebrow, a tall nose. He was a handsome young man.

After looking at Liu Xiu for a while, Long Yuan nodded to him and said in earnest: "This time I would like to thank benefactor for your help. The life-saving grace I dare not forget. As long as I am still alive, I will repay your grace one day."

Liu Xiu didn't care whether he repaid or didn't repaid his grace. The reason why he was willing to take the risk of beheading to rescue Long Yuan was entirely because Long Yuan did something he wanted to do but he didn't dare to do, nor was he capable of doing it. That was, assassinating Wang Mang!

He asked with concern: "Where are you going?"

Long Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Look for a forest in the mountains and avoid the arresting before making plans." While talking, Long Yuan gritted his teeth and stood up. Although he stood up, his one leg kept trembling non-stop.

Liu Xiu got up and reached out to help Long Yuan, who was crumbling, and said: "Depending on your current state, I'm afraid you can't get out of two or three miles. Even if you are not caught by the officers and soldiers, you will fall down first."

Long Yuan was silent. What Liu Xiu said was the fact. He was now not only overstretched physically, but also had serious injuries and excessive blood loss. If he could not find a safe place to recuperate in time, he might be worried about his life.

Liu Xiu blinked, pondered for a moment, reached out to hold Long Yuan's arm, and secretly said, "Go, let me take you to a place where you can hide!"

Long Yuan's look was serious at once, and he said: "Never mind. If you take me in, once the information leaks, you, and your family, can not escape from the punishment!"

Liu Xiu said: "Relax, the place I will take you to is very hidden. It is a log cabin abandoned by hunters in the mountains. It is very safe there, and no one would go on weekdays!"

Long Yuan glanced at Liu Xiu and asked, "Why does benefactor help me so?"

Liu Xiu said: "The Thief wang Mang have no virtue. But there are very few people who dare to assassinate this thief. I admire the courage of Brother Long!

Long Yuan said: "Benefactor, you think highly of me. What I did was not for the world, but for my own personal complaint."

"Brother Dragon has hatred against the thief?"

Long Yuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Yuan came from Lord Guangqi's Mansion."

Hearing the words, Liu Xiu was startled, followed by an expression of sudden enlightenment.

No wonder Long Yuan said that he had personal grievances with Wang Mang. No wonder Long Yuan dared to stab Wang Mang. He turned out to be a man from Lord Guangqi's Mansion.

After the death of Emperor Ping Liu Kan, because he had no heirs, Wang Mang, who was already in power at that time, decided to set up a puppet and chose the son of Lord GuangQi Liu Xian.

At that time, Liu Xian's son was only four years old and was taken to Chang'an by Wang Mang. He became the crown prince, and Wang Mang called him Ruzi.

Wang Mang raised Ruzi in the palace, and no one was allowed to talk to him, and no one was allowed to teach him to read or write.

Ruzi had been the crown prince for three years in the palace, but he became a fool who knew nothing about the six beasts and he could not even speak clearly.

During this period Liu Xian sent letters to the court for many times and proposed to visit his son in Chang'an, but they were all rejected by Wang Mang.

Later, Wang Mang simply found a cause to kill anyone in Liu Xian's family. Liu Xian's family were all dead, and only this little fool was left to him. Only then Wang Mang felt relieved.

It can be said that Lord Guangqi had hatred deeper than sea towardsWang Mang

Liu Xiu helped Long Yuan move forward while talking. He walked out of seven or eight miles and came to a mountain forest. After walking for more than half an hour in the mountain forest, Long Yuan finally saw the cabin that Liu Xiu said.

The log cabin was not large. It was a temporary shelter built by the hunters in the mountain forest to facilitate hunting.

It could be seen that no one had lived here for many years, and many spider webs had formed in the house.

Liu Xiu first cleaned up briefly, then helped Long Yuan in and let him sit on the meadow. He asked: "How is your injury?"

Long Yuan smiled and took off his coat. His body was wrapped a circle of cloth strips and he took them away. Several fierce wounds appeared.

There were at least seven or eight wounds on his body, including stabbing and scratching. Some of the wounds turned up on both sides, and even when people looked at them, they made people feel shudder.

Liu Xiu swallowed and was secretly startled. It was hard to imagine that a person who had suffered so many and so serious injuries could still clench his teeth and insist on it. How strong willpower was required!

He said anxiously: "There are a lot of herbs in the mountains. I'll pick some for you."

While talking, he got up to go out.

"Benefactor!" Long Yuan shook his head, stopped him, and said weakly: "I have basic drugs in my pocket. Can benefactor help me get some clean water?"

Liu Xiu responded well, carried a wooden barrel in the wooden house, and walked out quickly.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Liu Xiu returned to the cabin with a large bucket of water.

He first helped Long Yuan clean some wounds, and then he applied basic drugs on the wounds, and finally took off his inner lining, torn it into strips, and helped Long Yuan wrap up the wound.

Ordinary people couldn't stand the process. But Long Yuan was silent from beginning to end.

It was not that Long Yuan did not know the pain, but his willpower was so amazing. When he helped him clean the wound, Liu Xiu clearly saw that the muscles around his wound were all cramping and trembling, but looking at his face, he had no expression at all. Only the bean-sized sweat beads dripped steadily from his forehead.

After finally helping him deal with the wound, Long Yuan was relieved, and Liu Xiu was even relieved.

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu and thanked him again.

"Brother Long, you're welcome." Liu Xiu asked, "What else do you need I to help you?"

Long Yuan felt that he had troubled Liu Xiu too much, and he was embarrassed to ask more again. He didn't speak, but his body was very honest. His stomach growled.

Suddenly, Long Yuan's pale complexion turned unnaturally rosy.

Liu Xiu suddenly realized that he was hungry. He gently patted his own head. Long Yuan was pursued along the way. He was afraid that he had no chance to eat a decent meal. Now he was naturally hungry.

He said: "You are waiting for me here, I will go home and get some food for you."

"This ..." Long Yuan looked embarrassed.

There were constant natural disasters and human made disasters now, either drought or flood, and locust disasters from time to time. Every household's harvest Was not very good. At this time, if anyone distributed food to give away, he was at the risk of starving himself.

Seeing what he was worried about, Liu Xiu smiled at him and said, "Relax, the harvest in my house is not bad. I can afford to feed you."

While talking, he stood up, looked around, and said, "It's safe here, and there aren't many people coming here. You can stay here with peace of mind!"

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu and seemed to want to say something, but he finally swallowed the words that came to his mouth. He smiled at Liu Xiu and said, "Thank you, Benefactor."

Liu Xiu did not spend much time in the log cabin, and gave a few more words and turned away.

He drove all the way back to his home, boiled a bowl of meat soup as quickly as possible, made another pot of rice and a plate of dishes, and then packed it into a basket, and went back to the cabin in the mountain non-stop.

Long Yuan was originally sleeping on the straw mat. Hearing the footsteps outside, he immediately opened his eyes, and at the same time, picked up the dagger beside him.

As the door opened and saw Liu Xiu coming in from the outside, his tense nerves were relaxed.

Liu Xiu approached him, put down the basket, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, it's still hot!"

On weekdays, Liu Xiu made others feel very soft and low-key. He was not very talkative. But in fact, Liu Xiu's personality was calm, not introverted. He loved making friends and knowing righteousness.

Long Yuan lifted the cloth sheet on the basket and looked closely. There were porridge, vegetables, and meat soup. He looked surprised, and said, "Benefactor, this ..."

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I made these, how about trying my culinary skills?"

He didn't say how rare the food was now and how expensive the meat was. He only asked how he was cooking. His kindness and generosity impressed Long Yuan deeply.

Long Yuan suddenly stood up, and Liu Xiu was taken aback by his sudden move. Before he could figure out what was going on, Long Yuan suddenly knelt down and knelt forward.

His behavior immediately caused Liu Xiu to panic and hurriedly reached out to hug him.

Long Yuan knelt on the ground and remained motionless, still holding a prostrate posture, sobbing and said: "Yuan was originally a slave of the Lord Guangqi's Mansion. At that time, Lord didn't think Yuan was humble and low, and he kept Yuan in the house. Yuan was supposed to die, and followed him under Jiuquan, but the hatred is not cleared. Yuan, can't die ... "

Saying this, Long Yuan had been crying, crying prostrately, saying intermittently: "As long as Yuan still has a breath, Yuan will kill the reckless Thief Wang Mang to comfort Lord in the spirit of heaven ..."

When Liu Xiu helped him clean his wounds, he was trembling with pain, but he could not say a word, just like this iron-clad man. But at this time, he cried into tears, like a child, which made Liu Xiu's heart was also mixed.

He took Long Yuan's arm and said, "Brother Long you get up and talk!"

Long Yuan raised his head slightly and wiped the tears on his face. Then, his head tapped on the ground again, took a deep breath, and said with a serious face: "Benefactor, you have saved Yuan's life, and you are courteous to Yuan. Yuan is willing to serve you as my lord from now on. Yuan will swear to follow benefactor! "

Liu Xiu was stunned, and he didn't expect that Long Yuan should treat himself as the lord and followed him.

For a moment, he reacted and quickly waved his hand and said, "I ... I am just a country villager, and ... what is worth following me?"

Long Yuan wiped the tears from his face, and said with a serious face: "Yuan can see that benefactor must be a great person in the future!"

Judging by the process of Liu Xiu saving him, although he was young, he had the courage to do things. He never changed his mind, he had ambitions and tricks, and the most important point was that he was a descendant of the Han Dynasty.

In the matter of anti-Wang Mang, Liu's descendants were orthodox. The identity of the Han descendants was far from others.

"This ..." Liu Xiu hesitated, and Long Yuan said firmly: "If the lord does not agree with me, Yuan will kneel here forever."

Seeing Long Yuan's firm attitude and that he didn't mean to get up, and the wound on his body was already bleeding, Liu Xiu said in a hurry: "I promise you, Brother Long please come up quickly."

Hearing this, Long Yuan, with Liu Xiu's help, sat back on the mat.

Liu Xiu looked at Long Yuan with frustration and said, "Although you were a slave in Lord Guangqi's Mansion, but now Lord Guangqi was gone, you are no longer a slave to anyone. If you want to follow me, just be my follower. "

Before waiting for Long Yuan to answer, Liu Xiu said with a helpless smile: "However, it will be very hard to be my follower. I have no power and no money. What I can give you is only such a meal. "

Long Yuan said seriously: "Lord, that's enough."

Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and asked: "Your name is Long Yuan. What is the secondary personal name?"

Long Yuan heard this, lowered his head, and whispered, "We are slaves ... and there is no such name."

"You guys?" Liu Xiu was very careful and immediately heard the out-of-talk voice. He asked curiously, "Do you still have other companions?"

Long Yuan nodded and said, "In the process of assassinating Wang Mang, seven of us died. Later in order to help me escape, three more sacrificed. Now that I am included, we have only three remaining."

Liu Xiu asked, "Where are the other two?"

"When we got rid of the chasing soldiers, we were separated." After a while, Long Yuan said: "When my injury is cured, I will go to them. Long Zhun and Long Bo must also be willing to follow lord."

Liu Xiu smiled, turned his mind and asked, "Which of the three of you is the oldest?"

"It's me! I am twenty-five years old. Long Zhun and Long Bo are both 23 years old."

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, and said, "How about I call you Zhongbo?"

"Zhongbo." Long Yuan said twice, and once again knelt on his knees, said: "Thank you Lord for giving me name!"