Long Yuan turned to Liu Xiu, and the relationship between them was virtually close. Long Yuan asked: "What is the lord's future plan?"

Liu Xiu didn't reply immediately, and after a moment's silence, he slowly said: "If there is a chance, I will kill the Thief Wang Mang and recover the Han Dynasty!"

He had never said this to anyone before. In his house, his eldest brother Liu Yan was the one who most often shouted, "Exclude thieves, restore the Han Dynasty."

On the surface, Liu Xiu never echoed his elder brother's remarks, but in his heart, recovering the Han Dynasty had already become his greatest wish.

Long Yuan heard the words, his face was bright, and he said word by word: "Lord has such an ambition, and Zhongbo will vow to follow you till death. I will never leave lord!"

Liu Xiu smiled, and after a while, he asked with bright eyes: "Zhongbo, since you dare to assassinate Wang Mang, the martial art must be very powerful?"

Long Yuan blushed and lowered his head embarrassedly, saying, "I am so ashamed." If his skill was really strong enough, Wang Mang's head was now in his hands.

In fact, Long Yuan was still too self-effacing. Wang Mang was not an ordinary person, but the emperor today. There were countless guards around him. Who could be close to Wang Mang around the world?

Liu Xiu patted Long Yuan's arm and smiled and praised, "I think you are more powerful than Jing Ke!"

"Ah?" Long Yuan didn't react and looked at Liu Xiu blankly.

"Jing Ke died in the Qin Palace, but you managed to run out!"

Long Yuan blushed and smiled bitterly: "Lord doesn't know. We took advantage of Wang Mang's inspection of Lantian County and took the opportunity to attack him." His assassination could not be compared with Jing Ke's penetration into the Qin Palace.

"Then you can successfully escape!" Liu Xiu asked enthusiastically: "Zhongbo, when you recover, how about you teaching me how to practice martial arts?"

Long Yuan's spirit was lit, and he said: "Lord is willing to learn, and I must teach you without any reservation." After a short pause, he asked tentatively: "Lord has learned martial arts before?"

When Liu Xiu helped him to the log cabin in the mountains, he could feel it. Although Liu Xiu was slender and thin, as if he was weak and unable to resist the wind, he had great strength and strong muscles.

"I have learned some, but only know the fur." Liu Xiu and his eldest brother Liu Yan had learned some martial arts, but they were not good at practicing.

Long Yuan asked him to practice the martial arts he had learned.

Liu Xiu was also not hypocritical, and in the log cabin, he played a set of punches taught to him by Liu Yan.

After seeing his play, Long Yuan smiled and said, "It can be seen that lord does not practice boxing often."

Seeing Liu Xiu's embarrassment, Long Yuan replied: "But that's fine, so I can help you to lay the foundation."

Hearing this, Liu Xiu's face lit up with joy, and walked to Long Yuan, sitting cross-legged, taking out the food in the bamboo basket, and said, "We can talk while eating."

Long Yuan replied: "Okay!" He was about to get the rice, Liu Xiu put the meat soup in his hand, and said: "You are hurt, eating meat soup will help you recover from the injury."

"You eat it, lord." Long Yuan pushed the bowl of meat soup to Liu Xiu.

"You need it more than I do now." When saying, Liu Xiu pushed the meat soup back to Long Yuan again.

Looking at the bowl of meat soup given to him, Long Yuan's eyes were wet and red. To be honest, he had never been treated so courteously since childhood, even when he was in Lord Guangqi's Mansion.

He secretly vowed in his heart that in this life, he must follow his lord Liu Xiu.

After eating, the two sat in a wooden house and talked about martial arts and the current situation. Liu Xiu did not leave Long Yuan until the evening. Thy sky was already dark. He left the the cabin and returned to his home.

Now Liu Xiu lived in the house of his uncle Liu Liang. He did not walk through the main door, but entered through the back door. He and his little sister Liu Boji lived in the backyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the door opened and Liu Boji walked out, looked at Liu Xiu suspiciously and asked, "Third Brother, why did you come back so late? Where did you go ?"

Liu Boji was three years younger than Liu Xiu. She was born slim and charming, charming and with long eyelashes, which flickered like a small fan. Her dark eyes were crystal-like.

Liu Xiu was in a good mood, smiling, and replied casually: "I visited a friend."

Liu Boji asked, "Which friend? Do I know?"

"You don't know." Liu Xiu couldn't tell his sister abut Long Yuan . If the little girl leaked the information unconsciously, she would bring disaster to the whole family.

Liu Boji pouted, and suddenly asked: "Do you fall in love with a girl, and secretly run to meet her privately at night?"

Liu Xiu was amused by the little sister's words. He walked to the front of Liu Boji and pushed her into the room, saying, "Go back and do you needlework. You should not worry about such things. Don't ask so much."

Under the push of Liu Xiu, Liu Boji returned angrily to her room.

If a brother had a sweetheart. His sister was usually very unhappy at the beginning and felt that her brother was going to be robbed by others. Liu Boji was now in this age group.

The next day, Liu Xiu got up earlier than usual. In addition to the farm tools used for arable land, he also brought an extra axe. Then he pondered for a while and then went down to the cellar to take out a basket of millet and two pieces of bacon.

Walking out of his house, he went straight to the log cabin in the mountain forest.

There were cooking utensils left by the hunters in the cabin, and there was no problem with cooking there. There was also a small stream nearby, and so it was also very convenient to take water.

Liu Xiu and Long Yuan first prepared breakfast, and then Long Yuan guided Liu Xiu to practice martial arts.

The two walked into the mountain forest. On a gentle slope, Long Yuan stopped and patted a tree with half an adult's waist. It felt quite strong. He first drew a mark on the trunk with a dagger. Then he remind Liu Xiu: "Pay attention to my footwork and tactics!"

Between the words, he took a step next to the tree and waved his dagger. The blade hit of the mark he just drew. Immediately after that, he took another step. The dagger waved again, still hit the mark. .

He made a circle around the tree, and just took seven steps, and he also waved seven times. Of these seven hit, no one strayed from the mark on the trunk.

He used the same footwork and dagger technique to circle the tree three more times, and then stopped, wiped the virtual sweat on his forehead, and asked breathlessly: "Did lord remember what I was doing?"

This was the most common practice he usually did on weekdays. There were no problems at all, but now he was injured. Only four times, he was already tired and sweaty.

Liu Xiu took it seriously and nodded at Long Yuan. Long Yuan took a few steps back and said, "Lord, you can have a try."

Taking a deep breath, Liu Xiu took the axe and walked to the front of the trees. According to the method Long Long taught him, he took a step and waved an axe.

Long Yuan watched and stepped forward from time to time to correct Liu Xiu's movements.

Liu Xiu was really talented in martial arts. After being corrected by Long Yuan several times, he did it again.

Long Yuan found a stone nearby and sat down. While watching Liu Xiu practice, he explained: "Just training arm strength, not training foot strength, one could only be trained into a cripple. Similarly, just training your foot strength, not arm strength could also be half disabled. When we are fighting against people, most of our body parts are in high-speed movements. This requires us to move quickly and accurately during high-speed movements. If a single attack cannot attack the enemy, even if there is only a slight difference, then it is likely that we are killed. "

"Lord has just practiced now. Instead of asking for speed, you can only ask for movement standardization. After a period of time, you need to complete fifty turns and three hundred and fifty hits in the time of a wick of incense."

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For the next period of time, besides working in the fields as usual, Liu Xiu went into the woods and practiced martial arts with Long Yuan as long as he had time.

Long Yuan recovered quickly. In only half of a month, most of his injuries had been healed.

Liu Xiu's martial arts progress was equally rapid, which surprised Long Yuan.

In less than a month, Liu Xiu had already practiced the footwork and attacking techniques he had taught.

Long Yuan originally thought that he had to wait two or three months before he could ask Liu Xiu to complete fifty turns and three hundred and fifty hits in the time of a wick of incense, but Liu Xiu had already done it in less than a month.

A month later, Long Yuan no longer asked Liu Xiu for speed, but for his strength. He stipulated that in a day, Liu Xiu should cut down a tree through the way he taught him.

The first two days, Liu Xiu failed to do it, but on the third day, Liu Xiu really cut down a half-man thick tree. Although he spent more than three hours, and he used a total of thousands of hits, he made it. Even himself could not tell how many hits he had done clearly.

By teaching Liu Xiu to practice martial arts, Long Yuan also had a better understanding of Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu had tenacity in his body. He was unyielding, and it was not easy for hi to give up. Once he made up his mind and set a goal, he would try hard to complete it no matter how hard it was.

He had noticed that the blisters on Liu Xiu's palm had multiplied these days. He usually bit the blisters and squeezed out the pus, and then continued to practice like nothing happened.

This kind of perseverance and patience were not available to everyone.

Through this, Long Yuan was also more certain that Liu Xiu must be a person who could make a big difference, which also strengthened his determination to follow Liu Xiu.

After another half month, Long Yuan's injury was completely healed.

This morning, Liu Xiu, as usual, came to the cabin early.

At this time, Long Yuan had already prepared his meal. When Liu Xiu came in, he bowed down and said, "Lord!"

Liu Xiu looked at the prepared rice and side dishes. He smiled and asked: "Zhongbo, how are today's meals made so early?"

Every morning, they go out to practice for a while, and then come back to cook and eat.

Long Yuan said seriously: "Lord, my injuries have been healed, and I intend to go to Lantian County."

Liu Xiu was surprised and asked, "Are you leaving, Zhongbo?"

"No, lord, I am going to Lantian County to find Long Zhun and Long Bo."

"Are you sure Long Zhun and Long Bo must be in Lantian County?"

Long Yuan slowly shook his head and said: "I am not sure. But even if the two of them are not there, I will leave a mark in the agreed place and let them come to Caiyang County to find me."

Liu Xiu nodded, thinking for a moment, and he asked again: "How long will this trip take?"

Long Yuan calculated the time silently in his heart, and said, "More than half a month, but not more than a month ."

Liu Xiu frowned, and said with worries: "But your portrait is still there. This trip is dangerous. Let's go like this. I will go with you and help you disguise yourself!"

"No!" Long Yuan was startled, he quickly waved his hand and said: "I alone without any care am ok. Even if I meet an enemy, I am confident that I can come and go easily."

If Liu Xiu was brought to Lantian County together, in case he was chased down by the government, he would still take care of Liu Xiu, and neither of them could run away.

Liu Xiu understood that with his current ability, he would be Long Yuan's drag. But he was not at ease to let Long Yuan go to Lantian County alone to take risks.

Long Yuan said with a smile: "Lord rest assured. I have made preparations."

While talking, Long Yuan untied the cloth wrapped around his head and took it off. Liu Xiu fixed his eyes on it, and. his eyes widened suddenly.