Chapter 1062 The Forgotten Brocade


    As an emperor, looking at all the people in power in the Han Dynasty, there are probably very few people like Liu Xie. Even Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, who fled in panic during those chases and interceptions, was better than Liu Xie. At least Liu Bang had a group of brothers and subordinates desperately protecting him even if he was escaping for his life, but Liu Xie couldn''t even bring more attendants.


    ?The sky gradually darkened, just like this empire.


    Liu Xie sat blankly in the main hall, looking at everything in front of him, or because of the color of the sky, or for some other reason, the surrounding areas gradually became blurred, and the colors gradually peeled off, and it seemed that only All gray and black.


    This world is familiar to Liu Xie, because he walks around in the same place.


    The low wooden board of the first pillar at the entrance of the main hall is very loose. You cannot step on the side close to the pillar, otherwise the whole wooden board will become warped...


    ??The mechanism of the third window lintel on the left is somewhat corrupted and cannot be opened. I originally planned to ask someone to repair it, but there was never a chance...


    But this world is also unfamiliar, because Liu Xie has never had the chance to go far.


    Even if you arrive from Luoyang to Chang''an, you will spend most of your time in a carriage. Between the sky and the earth, what is always separated are the guards and the courtiers who don''t know what they are thinking...


    Will it be different this time?


    Liu Xie is like an ordinary boy, longing for but afraid at the same time.


    No one can give him advice, and no one can give him answers. Everything needs to be judged and decided by Liu Xie himself.


    Now, Liu Xie doesn’t know whether his decision is right or wrong.


    “…Your Majesty, the queen is here…” the small yellow doorman reported in a low voice outside the main hall.


    "Your Majesty..." Fu Shou walked in under the guidance of the small yellow door.


    Liu Xie took two steps forward, suddenly froze for a moment, and said: "...Here, you, why are you still carrying this? Do you know..."


    Fu Shou bowed slightly to Liu Xie and saluted, then revealed a roll of brocade silk in his arms and whispered: "This... this was given to me by your majesty when I was in Luoyang..."


    “…” Liu Xie was silent.


    When Fu Shou said this, Liu Xie also remembered it. When a group of people including Fu Shou had just entered the palace, Liu Xie summoned them, and then only a few people were left, including Fu Shou. What was sent away was a reward of some gold and silver, and what was left behind was a reward of the brocade silk that came as tribute from Shu. I never thought that Fu Shou would be preserved until now.


    "...If you...are willing to take it with you, just take it with you..." Liu Xie turned his head, his voice slightly hoarse.


    Fu Shou smiled slightly, and then hugged the brocade silk in his arms tighter.


    “Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”


    Zhong Shao’s lowered voice came from outside the main hall door.


    ??As the torch shook, Zhongshao''s shadow danced in the hall, like an old tree desperately swaying its bare branches, or like a fickle beast looking at the sky and roaring.


    "...The hour has come. Your Majesty, come quickly with me... Ah, the Queen is here too, that''s the best... Come with me quickly..." Zhong Shao saluted Liu Xie and said hurriedly.


    "...Uh, okay..." Liu Xie nodded and was about to walk out of the hall. He didn''t take two steps when he felt his sleeve being pulled by someone. When he looked back, it was Fu Shou.


    In the night, under the light of the torch, Fu Shou''s eyes were crystal clear, like a frightened deer, looking so panicked and helpless.


    Liu Xie lowered his head, not daring to look any further. Because he also saw himself in Fu Shou''s eyes, his own eyes, a look that was also a little panicked.


    “Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”


    Zhongshao walked to the entrance of the main hall and saw that Liu Xie was still behind him, so he couldn''t help but urge him again.


    "...Follow me...I...I will be in front of you..." Liu Xie did not break away Fu Shou''s hand holding the corner of his clothes, but just walked forward with Fu Shou.


    "...Your Majesty..." Xiao Huangmen knelt down beside the palace door and buried his head deeply on the ground.


    "...Wait for me here..." Liu Xie paused next to Xiao Huangmen. He wanted to take this Xiao Huangmen who had been following him away, but Liu Xie couldn''t help but make the decision on this matter, "...I, I will be back of…"


    "Yes...Your Majesty..." Xiao Huangmen''s body trembled and his voice trembled.


    The palace is still under Zhongshao''s control, because the group of people arrived at the southern section of Changle Palace, near the Fu''anmen Gate, without any hindrance.


    ?A group of people were waiting in front of the palace gate. Under the light of several flickering torches, the scales on the armor shone with a faint brilliance.


    “Your Majesty is here! The stud is here!”


    ??Amidst the clanging armor scales, the soldiers who had been on standby for a long time quickly bent down and saluted.


    "Where is your Majesty''s armor?! Why don''t you put it on your Majesty quickly!" At this moment, Zhong Shao suddenly realized that Liu Xie was still wearing his usual clothes, which had no protective ability at all, and he couldn''t help but frowned and shouted.


    ??Although this is a blind breakthrough, it will definitely be well protected, but what if a stray arrow hits it?


    "...Your Majesty...Your Majesty, you have no armor..." the **** serving beside Liu Xie said with his head lowered.


    Originally, when he was in Luoyang, he was still young, and no one would ask Liu Xie to go into battle to kill the enemy, and no ceremony such as school field review was held. In addition, after coming to Chang''an, almost everyone was also Swaying back and forth like a revolving lantern, who is thinking about adding some clothes and daily necessities to the growing Liu Xie?


    So Liu Xie did not have his own armor at all.


    "...This..." Zhong Shao couldn''t help but be stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zhong Jie, frowned and said, "... Jie''er, why don''t you take off your armor quickly and put it on for Your Majesty!"


    “Huh?” Zhong Jie didn’t react for a moment.


    Zhong Shao said angrily: "Move quickly! Someone, help your Majesty change his clothes!" His Majesty has no armor, so it would be too casual and disrespectful to just take the armor of the soldiers on the side, so he can only use Zhong Shao. Yes, of course you can take off your own clothes, but Zhong Shao has never thought about this.


    ??Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, took off Zhongjie''s armor, and then put it on Liu Xie with all their hands. They went around and tied the silk ribbon of Liu Xie''s armor. "Ah, sir... the queen also needs armor..." Liu Xie said as he saw the thin Fu Shou beside him.


    "Uh...Queen..." Zhong Shao suddenly felt that the blood vessels on his head seemed to jump twice.


    "No, no... I don''t need it... Your Majesty will be fine if you have it..." Fu Shou shook his head and said softly.


    "Huh... the queen really understands the righteousness, I will definitely protect your majesty and the queen..." Zhong Shao bowed his hands and bowed, and then ordered his surroundings, "... you are not allowed to take a step away from your majesty! If there is anything wrong, please raise your head and see me! "


    “Wei!” All the soldiers responded in unison.


    Zhong Shao nodded, and then said to Liu Xie: "These are the adopted sons of the old ministers. They are the most loyal. Your Majesty can rest assured..." The so-called adopted sons are equal to private soldiers, but they are better than private soldiers. Some, after all, nutrition and training are still better.


    Liu Xie nodded, but he still didn''t feel confident.


    "Brother, sir..." A soldier came to report the news and said, "There is a signal from outside the door..."


    Zhongshao waved his hand and immediately led everyone to the palace gate.


    "...Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, Fu''an is outside the door..." Zhong Shao stood beside Liu Xie and said as he walked, "...I am an old acquaintance of the old minister..."


    ?Outside Fu''ang''s gate, a line of soldiers was waiting quietly.


    At the front of the soldiers, standing was a captain, looking up.


    ??This captain''s surname is Hu and his given name is Xia. He is from Wuling County. He can indeed be regarded as an old acquaintance of Zhong Shao. At that time, Hu Xia had a head-on confrontation with the local rightists in Wuling because he was fond of fighting. As a result, he was forced to take care of himself by the local rightists, so he could only escape anonymously and moved to Kansai.


    ?However, in the Han Dynasty, it was a very troublesome matter without an official person to protect him. Soon Hu Xia was arrested and exiled because he had no place to live, and was sent to the northwest border...


    It was at that time that Hu Xia and Zhong Shao met. With Zhong Shao''s intentional or unintentional support, Hu Xia''s military merits were finally able to fall on his head, and because of this, he accumulated military merits and was promoted all the way back to Chang''an.


    Zhong Shao has not always kept this relationship in the open, so many people think that Hu Xia and Zhong Shao are not very familiar with each other. This time Yang Biao had just taken over the Chang''an city defense and did not have time to make some adjustments. Even if Zhongshao is given such an excellent opportunity.


    The heavy palace door creaked open a crack in the night, and then the face of Zhong Shao was revealed under the light of the torch.


    "Brother..." Hu Xia stepped forward to greet him and bowed his hands in salute. It''s not that Hu Xia doesn''t understand the conflict between Yang Biao and Zhong Shao, nor does he know what consequences his actions will bring. It''s just that the kindness he owes Zhong Shao must be repaid no matter what.


    “Captain Hu, you’ve got a job…” Zhong Shao saw Hu Xia, took a step to the side and said, “…but are you ready?”


    "Brother, the surrounding soldiers don''t have any suspicions, and no unusual arrangements have been seen... I also brought brothers who have been with me for many years..." Hu Xia said, "...it''s just that this war horse... the stallion, raised temporarily, I can only collect more than forty horses..."


    Zhong Shao sighed and said: "This...well, this is also difficult for you...It doesn''t matter, it is difficult to mobilize the war horses, which is expected...Come, this is your Majesty, why don''t you salute..."


    Zhongshao turned to Liu Xie and introduced: "Your Majesty, this person''s surname is Hu and his name is Xia. He is a loyal and brave person. He also made many military exploits during the Ping Qiang period in Xiliang..."


    "See your majesty!" Hu Xia quickly stepped forward and knelt down on the ground. The soldiers behind him also half-knelt and saluted Liu Xie.


    "Pingshen, let''s all be flat..." Liu Xie said nervously.


    Before the words could even be finished, maybe there were too many fires here that attracted the attention of other places, or maybe the patrols patrolling at night noticed something unusual. Suddenly, someone shouted loudly in the night, asking about the situation here.


    "Hurry! Hurry! Get on the horse!" Zhong Shao didn''t have time to say anything more, so he quickly pushed Liu Xie and asked him to get on the horse.


    “Captain Hu, I’ll leave this place to you!” Zhongshao shouted, “…I will send someone to take your wife to Pingyang later, and she will treat her as if she were my own! Don’t worry!”


    Hu Xia took a deep breath, raised his hands and said, "Thank you sir! Come, prepare to fight and **** your majesty!"


    ?It is not difficult to get out of the palace, but the road ahead is not easy. War horses are limited, which means that nearly half of the personnel do not have war horses, which means they have to walk...


    Emperor Liu Xie naturally had to have horses, and they had to be good horses to be among the guards, but other people may not have such conditions.


    Even the queen.


    In other words, the queen has not yet been officially canonized by the Imperial Ancestral Temple.


    ?Several people followed Zhong Shao to **** Liu Xie and got on the horse, but Fu Shou was squeezed by other people and fell behind.


    "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Fu Shou shouted in a panic, but her voice was buried in the noise of people and horses, and could not attract the attention of others.


    Liu Xie turned around in panic, only to see Fu Shou stumbling among the crowd, almost falling to the ground due to the crowd.


    "Queen! Take...take the queen!" Liu Xie turned around, pointed at Fu Shou in the crowd, and shouted loudly.


    Zhongshao was next to Liu Xie, so he naturally heard Liu Xie''s shout. He sighed when he saw this, pulled Zhongshao away, and shouted loudly: "Did you hear your majesty''s order? Take it with you! Take the queen with you!"


    Zhongjie cursed secretly, but was unable to do so. He could only turn the horse''s head, then rushed back, shouting loudly: "Queen! Where is the queen?"


    ?Fu Shou stumbled out of the crowd, still holding the piece of brocade silk tightly in his arms.


    "Hurry, someone is here!" When Zhong Shao saw Fu Shou, he no longer cared about etiquette. He pointed his finger and shouted, "Take her with you!"


    ?Two or three guards rushed over, grabbed Fu Shou and pulled him forward. During the tug, Fu Shou could no longer hold the brocade silk in his arms and dropped it to the ground...


    "Ah..." Fu Shou looked back hastily, but under the swaying figures, where could he see any traces of brocade and silk?


    ??The guards pulling Fu Shou were focused on following the large army and escaping for their lives, so how could they care about listening to what Fu Shou was talking about? What''s more, even if you understand it, who will pay attention to a woman''s words at this moment?


    "Jinbo..." When he learned that he had to flee Chang''an and fled to the unknown, Fu Shou did not cry; when he was separated from Liu Xie and was crowded out by the crowd, Fu Shou still did not cry; but now, I don''t know why , Fu Shou''s eyes couldn''t help but burst into tears, "...Your Majesty''s brocade silk..."


    When the noisy crowd passed by, the sound of people shouting and neighing gradually faded away. Under the shining of the moonlight and stars, I could vaguely see a bit of the soft brilliance unique to silk on the ground. However, this section of brocade that was once colorful was now It has been mixed with the soil, becoming dilapidated, wrinkled, and dirty...


    (End of this chapter)