On the risks and benefits of falling in love with a prince

Zhao Tang bandaged Liu Rui while weeping, and then walked forward with Liu Rui on his back: "Then you still promised Yun Qi that I would give up?"

"It's...to make me give up." Liu Rui laughed, "King An is always afraid that I will learn from the late emperor, but when I was 12 years old, I would peek at the late emperor in the imperial garden and visit others. The new censor is only 24 years old. Tied with a red string, placed on a stone table, with snow-white skin... I was behind a tree, peeking at myself while swearing. When the censor was struggling, he saw me. His expression, I will never forget it for the rest of my life Fell, he was saying: "The crown prince is so unbearable, he is a man of heaven!" He hanged himself the next day! Later, the late emperor made a move on me, but I didn't know how to check it first, so I have to blame myself..."

Zhao Tang was startled: "Don't talk nonsense, the late emperor is shameless, what does it have to do with you?"

Liu Rui didn't speak, Zhao Tang continued: "Let me give you an example, let me ask you, if Magistrate Cui is still alive, would you kill him?"

"Kill...I still want to dissect the coffin and kill the corpse, smashing the bones and ashes!" Liu Rui's voice was choked up, and he paused every word, "If I had known that nothing would be accomplished, I might as well be a foolish king, at least I don't have to make you suffer..."

Zhao Tang was moved and embarrassed: "Oh, why don't you cooperate with me? I can't talk to you. Anyway, I don't think you are like the late emperor."

"No," Liu Rui trembled, tears streaming down Zhao Tang's neck, "I want to imitate the late emperor day and night and tie Brother Zhao in the imperial garden... If Brother Zhao follows me, sooner or later, I will treat you Do that kind of thing..."

Zhao Tang kept silent, and walked with Liu Rui on his back for a long time before saying, "Oh, you are so stupid! Only those with fair skin should be tied with red strings, and my complexion looks better with black satin."

Liu Rui was stunned.

Zhao Tang said: "Let's try after we go out? But we have to wait for summer, it's too cold right now."

Liu Rui hugged Zhao Tang's shoulders tightly and said nothing.

Zhao Tang said: "Hey, I will accompany you to play whatever you want to play in the future. You just have to hang on for a while, and wait for me to take you out."

Liu Rui said, "Yes."

The dark ditch was vast, and there was no sound around it, only the sound of footsteps, breathing, and dripping blood.Zhao Tang quickened his pace, but he was still very flustered. He didn't hear the sweet words, and Liu Rui had to answer to make sure that the other party was still alive.

There was a faint light ahead, and Zhao Tang shook his head: "Ruirui, we're at the exit!" He lifted Liu Rui on his shoulder and walked forward quickly.

The light source suddenly moved, as if it was approaching, mixed with the barking of a dog, Zhao Tang's scalp became tense, he turned and ran, but he was overtaken within a few steps.

The torch approached and illuminated the two of them. Soldiers with bows and arrows and dead soldiers with scimitars surrounded them. There were hundreds of people in a dense crowd.The soldiers had blood on their clothes and faces.However, King An and Liu Jian were still clean and spotless, and they were the two most beautiful nobles.

Zhao Tang put Liu Rui down and took a deep breath before he dared to look at him intently.He thought he would see a terrifying blood man, but Liu Rui was neatly dressed, with snowy complexion and glinting eyes.His crimson gauze robe was soaked, the hem of the robe was close to his legs, and the lower edge was dripping with blood.The way they came was a line of blood.

King An clapped his hands lightly, and said with a smile: "There is such a place under the city of Luoyang, my father almost couldn't find you."

Liu Rui walked up to Zhao Tang, and said calmly, "Father hates the county examination system so much, does he insist on taking the emperor's life?"

King An sneered: "You still have the face to mention it! What's wrong with the ancestral law, but what kind of county examination system you want to set up, all the aristocratic families in the world have offended you!"

Liu Rui smiled and said: "Brothers kill brothers, ministers kill kings, even if the aristocratic family supports it, Jian'er's throne will not be secure, right?"

Wang An laughed out loud, as if he had heard a good joke: "Hey, didn't that male whore tell you?"

Zhao Tang had a bad heart and held Liu Rui back, while King An had already smiled and said, "What kind of gentleman are you? You are just the child of an adulterous female prisoner. This king is kind and brought you back to raise you. I really think that I am the Liu family. Descendants, true dragon emperor?"

Liu Rui was stunned, and his fingers clenched Zhao Tang tightly.

King An laughed and said, "What qualifications do you have for surviving incest? Naturally, you were strangled to death by this king when you were born. Although you came from a humble background, you were obedient and filial when you were young, and this king once treated you as your own... Who Knowing that you are a prostitute by nature, you seduce the late emperor after a few years in the palace, and hang out with male prostitutes after you grow up..."

Liu Rui's fingers trembled and he backed away unconsciously.Zhao Tang pulled out his hand, covered Liu Rui's ears, and said, "Rui Rui, don't listen to his nonsense!"

King An continued: "Since your surname is not Liu, you are naturally stupid and ugly, and you have to spend ten times more effort than others in learning everything. Has this king ever beaten and scolded you for this? No. Only when you misbehave, This king will punish you to kneel and break the porcelain pieces. You don’t learn well, and you actually resent this king in your heart, and you want to lock up your brother! How can this king treat you like his son?”

Liu Rui was trembling all over, with tears in his eyes, unable to speak a word.

Zhao Tang yelled violently, and rushed towards King An, with his right hand clasped into a claw, grabbing King An's throat.An Wang stood where he was, sneering slightly.A dead soldier with a scimitar jumped out and blocked Zhao Tang.Zhao Tang changed his claws into fingers, drew a circle with his arm, and poked the man's armpit from bottom to top.There is a "Jiquan Point" under the armpit, which is located between the scapula and humerus. Once hit, both bones vibrate, causing severe pain.The killer screamed after being poked, and the scimitar dropped from his hand.

Zhao Tang caught the scimitar in mid-air, flicked it with his backhand, and gently cut the opponent's throat—gently, if it was too heavy, the knife would be stuck in the throat bone and could not be pulled out.This is the experience of hundreds of life and death fights.

The killer spurted blood from his throat and fell to the ground.

Zhao Tang didn't stop for a moment, and continued to push towards King An.King An backed away in surprise.Another two dead soldiers stopped Zhao Tang, while two archers bent their bows and set arrows.Zhao Tang flew up, split his legs in the air, and kicked the chests of the two killers left and right, causing them to fall on their backs.When Zhao Tang landed on the ground, he slashed out, and the extremely sharp machete cut off the finger of an archer.The four fingers and the longbow fell to the ground together, and Zhao Tang kicked them away and rushed towards King An.

At this moment, another archer fired an arrow, and Zhao Tang was hit by an arrow in his left arm.He pulled out the arrow, threw it behind his back, and approached the archer.

The archer trembled and kept retreating.Zhao Tang tiptoed to the ground, jumped forward, and at the same time swung his arm, the scimitar cut across the archer's throat.

All this is complicated to say, when it happened, it was only a moment when the rabbit rose and the falcon fell.Wang An backed away again and again, Liu Jian covered his ears and screamed.And Zhao Tang has already penetrated into the siege, approaching King An.

He was so close to King An that the archers dared not shoot their arrows.But the dead soldiers with scimitars were not afraid of death, and came forward one after another.Zhao Tang killed six of them, the scimitar in his hand fell apart, and his arms were as soft as cotton.A dead man kicked Zhao Tang's knees, and Zhao Tang fell to his knees, and was immediately clamped around his neck by countless scimitars, unable to move.

King An was shocked, and walked towards Zhao Tang: "It's so presumptuous, you dare to do something to this king..."

Zhao Tang raised his head and grinned at King An: "Old bastard, you wear a green hat yourself, and you still want to set up a memorial archway to teach others?"

King An jumped into a rage, took the scimitar from the soldier, and slashed at Zhao Tang's skull.Zhao Tang didn't blink his eyes, staring at the scimitar falling, thinking: "I'm going to die." At this moment, he was not afraid, but regretted that he couldn't turn his head and take another look at Liu Rui.

The young man in red with snow skin looks so pretty.Didn't catch the last look.

But there was a sound of the bowstring, and a white light, like a white swallow returning to its nest, was thrown into Wang An's open mouth and passed out from the back of his neck.

King An was bleeding from his mouth, raised his head, and looked ahead in shock.

Everyone was dumbfounded, Zhao Tang's heart was pounding, and he thought, "It's Liu Rui! How could I have forgotten that he is proficient in the six arts, one of which is shooting!"

Liu Rui's voice sounded, trembling and low: "Of course I am the Son of Heaven, and I am also a Mingjun, but not only the Mingjun of my father and family, but also the Mingjun of the people of the world."

After finishing speaking, his voice gradually became louder: "If you are not surnamed Liu, you will not be surnamed Liu! My country is not inherited from the first emperor, but my own soldiers, inch by inch, city by city, from the Yellow Turban Army." It was snatched back from my hand. It was bought by the soldiers of the great Han Dynasty in exchange for blood and flesh, and it was blocked by the elders of Luoyang and begged to be dedicated to me! I am the country, and if my surname is not Liu, the royal family will not be surnamed Liu!" After a pause, he said loudly: "You are all soldiers of the Han Dynasty who were deceived by traitors, so you did this rebellious thing. As long as you just abandon the dark and turn to the bright, I will not blame the past."

The soldiers hesitated.

Liu Jian flung himself on King An's body and cried loudly: "Don't trust him, don't trust him! We did treason, how could he let it go!" Liu Rui said, "I supervised the country at the age of 16 and ascended the throne at the age of 20. Never believed what you said?"

Everyone is silent.The soldiers all lowered their heads and aimed their bows and arrows at the ground.Liu Jian stomped his feet angrily: "Useless trash, step down, step down! Scimitar team, give it to me!"

The soldiers were pushed away, and hundreds of dead soldiers in gray clothes and holding machetes stepped forward.Most of them are short in stature, numb in expression, and hostile, completely different from soldiers in armor.

Zhao Tang actually saw a few acquaintances.

It was a poor friend who killed wild dogs together in the Colosseum.After the change of dynasty, they are still poor, the Colosseum is closed, and they become robbers, beggars, and thieves.Such a person is dead when he dies, and he is lucky enough to be able to work for the powerful and be a good dog.

They don't read, can't read, don't know how to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and don't know how to show mercy.

200 people held machetes and walked towards Liu Rui.Zhao Tang took advantage of the splits of the crowd and made a sudden attack. He knocked off the knives around his neck and ran towards Liu Rui.Liu Rui's face was full of tears, and he stood upright, like a red Qiao Song.Someone behind him threw a scimitar, and the wind was shrill.

Liu Rui pulled out the golden hairpin, took the hairpin as an arrow, and sent it out with a bowstring.The golden hairpin hit the scimitar, and the scimitar fell to the ground. , Zhao Tang took the opportunity to run to Liu Rui, held Liu Rui's hand, and said with a smile, "Rui Rui, don't be afraid, we will die together."

Liu Rui shook his head lightly, looked at the machete team again, and frowned delicately: "Mr. Sun Er, is that you?"

Zhao Tang turned around in astonishment, and the middle-aged man walking in front of the machete team gave a thumbs up: "That's right! You little bastard, I didn't fuck you at the beginning, but I will cut your neck later, and while you are warm, I will fuck you with you." Several brothers fuck you together."

This Sun Er was the thug who wanted to prostitute Liu Rui for food outside the Colosseum. 11 years and he is alive.

Zhao Tang didn't get along with him, so he immediately yelled: "Go home and fuck your mother! How dare you touch my wife?"

Sun Erdao: "Zhao Tang? Are you and him... okay?!"

They were talking about the old days, while Liu Jian was annoyed: "Sun Er, kill him immediately, I will reward you with a thousand gold!"

Sun Er narrowed his eyes, overflowing with murderous aura, sticking out his scarlet tongue, licking the tip of the knife.Zhao Tang was about to rush over and fight him desperately, when suddenly Liu Rui's body leaned over, as if he couldn't stand upright and asked him to support him.

Liu Rui said: "If you let me go, I will reward you with two thousand gold."

Liu Jun said: "Ten thousand gold! You can choose the beauties of the palace!"

Liu Rui said, "Do you want to be an officer?"

Liu Jundao: "Sun Er, I am enthroned, and I will make you a centurion!"

Liu Rui shook his head lightly: "He can dismiss an official with a single sentence, and he can even dismiss him with a single sentence, and even kill people with a single sentence. With so many of you brothers, does he seal all of them?"

Sun Er grinned: "Little beauty, are you willing to give us two hundred people, all of whom will be appointed officials?"

Liu Rui said: "Yes."

Sun Erdao: "Hahaha, aren't you just and strict, and never favoritism!"

Liu Rui gasped, as if he was out of strength: "I'm not playing for selfishness, you are all good at martial arts, you are virtuous, you should have status, status, and be able to support your wives and children... Do you know why King An rebelled?"

Sun Er sneered: "Because your surname is not Liu, King An wants someone with the surname Liu to be the emperor."

Liu Rui shook his head and lowered his voice: "Because in the past dynasties, the prefects and county magistrates selected some officials from their relatives and recommended them to Luoyang. Living in another place, clean and cold and turbid like mud, Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken... and those who are really capable can only starve in thatched huts for generations. This is not right. I want to implement the county examination system... to be selected by examinations Officials, let people who don’t have fathers...be able to serve the country...rely on their own abilities...go up...don’t have to be a dog..."

Zhao Tang was stunned and looked back at Liu Rui.

Liu Rui leaned on Zhao Tang's shoulder, his face was like snow, and there was only the sound of air on his lips.

"The county examination system... is my ambition. I have been fighting against the family... Originally, the new government should be promulgated tomorrow morning..."

With tears in his eyes, Zhao Tang repeated Liu Rui's words loudly.Liu Rui closed his eyes, and murmured: "Even prostitutes and merchants can take the test, but you need to get three points higher...you all go to the martial arts exam... you must go...you are both civil and military, you shouldn't sell yourself ..."

Just as Zhao Tang was repeating, he suddenly choked up and burst into tears.He said to Sun Er: "Do you understand? If he is alive, your son is no longer a lowly person. If he is dead, your son will still have to sacrifice his life for Liu Jian. If he says he will die, he will die like a dog!"

Sun Er remained silent, and the scimitar team behind him also became restless. Some people asked loudly: "How do you test! Are you going back to the county!" Some shouted: "I have no place of origin, I am a black household!" Said: "Can women take the exam?"

Liu Rui fell into a coma and couldn't answer.

Zhao Tang said: "He is too tired, let him take a rest, let him ask questions after a rest..."

At this moment, footsteps came from behind the machete team, and Yun Qi's voice shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Zhao Tang said: "He is here!" Then he looked at Sun Er.

Sun Er dropped the knife.