After leaving the city gate, Liu Xie hid in the carriage.

The merchant was also a secret thread for the embroidered messenger. After he stuffed the Junhou who was guarding the gate a bag of Wuzhu coins, he even saved the inspection and let it go directly.

The convoy went east and successfully passed the levels under the influence of money.

However, Xuan Tingwei was not a good meal, and soon discovered the news of Liu Xie's disappearance.

Dong Zhuo was furious when he learned the news. While asking Xuanting Guards to follow him, he dispatched the elite cavalry of the Western Liang army to pursue him along the official road and thoroughly investigate the convoy along the road.

"war!"

The driver who was chasing the car suddenly made a sound.

Wang Yue's face changed suddenly, which was their agreed code. The beacon fire ignited, proving that the pursuers were approaching.

“How long does it take to get to the agreed location?”

"At the current pace, there is still a quarter of an hour."

"The thief sent to pursue the chasing must be elite cavalry, and this speed will definitely be caught up. I will take Your Highness first! You are driving normally, you should not be exposed yet, and they are still searching."

Wang Yue walked off the carriage with Liu Xie on his back and replaced it with a war horse.

Several knights followed Wang Yue and rushed forward with Wang Yue.

The groom who was driving the car looked at Wang Yue and others gradually moving away from their backs, and a smile appeared on his face, but it didn't take long before the smile on his face disappeared.

"Zheng!" "Zheng!" "Zheng!"

The sound of drawing swords kept ringing, and carriages without coaches ran towards the surroundings like headless flies. On the official road, more than 30 cavalrymen were already drawing their swords in their hands.

Although Wang Yue asked them to continue hiding, they decided to use their lives to buy time for the emperor to escape.

...

Wang Yue did not dare to stop and ran all the way, and the buildings in front of him were getting closer and closer.

When Wang Yue saw the people surrounding him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After breathing all the way, Wang Yue suddenly paniced the horse, but he almost caused Liu Xie to fall off the horse. At the last moment, Wang Yue saved him with his superb riding skills.

Wang Yue just got off the war horse with a pale face.

The crowd surrounding them separated to both sides like waves and cracks. An old man with white hair and even slightly trembling walking walked out of the crowd.

"The old minister came to save the emperor late, so please forgive me."

The old man saw Liu Xie and immediately bowed down.

"How come Mr. Lu's sins?"

When Liu Xie saw Lu Zhi wanting to bow, he quickly stepped forward a few steps and held Lu Zhi's arms.

When he saw Lu Zhi, his heart calmed down.

"Mr. Lu..."

Liu Xie couldn't help but choke when he looked at Lu Zhi's appearance.

When Lu Zhi went on a war in the past, Liu Hong personally sent him with a sick body. Liu Xie also followed Liu Hong to send Lu Zhi on a war.

When he went to the war, Lu Zhi was full of energy and was wearing armor and robe, and was very majestic.

This time I saw Lu Zhi again, but Lu Zhi was already old, with gray hair and sick.

Liu Xie trembled and stretched out his hand, touched the white hair on Lu Zhi's head, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"Mr. Lu has a lot of white hair..."

Lu Zhi was slightly stunned, and his eyes suddenly became blurred.

"The old minister is ashamed of the late emperor's trust... The defeat in Jizhou was at the hands of Xu An, which led to the expansion of the "moth thief"... In the time of crisis, he was plagued by illness and was unable to support His Majesty in the court."

Lu Zhi turned his head and wiped away the tears in front of him with his sleeve.

Liu Xie held Lu Zhi's hand and sighed: "It's so difficult for the country, it's not the crime of Mr. Lu."

In the Battle of Zhangshui, the main force of the Han army led by Lu Zhi was defeated by Xu An, and the Yellow Turban Army in the four states safely entered the Bingzhou territory. The Yellow Turban Army has become a climate now.

Later, Lu Zhi fell into the water and was rescued by the generals in time, but he was exhausted both physically and mentally, and he fell into the root of his illness. He couldn't get sick after returning to Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo was indiscriminate and Lu Zhi was angry, but he couldn't even get up from the hospital bed.

Until today, my health has improved a little.

At this time, Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Liu Xie.

There were only a hundred remaining embroidered messengers, and they were really unsure of taking Liu Xie to Kanto to safely, so someone remembered Lu Zhi.

When Lu Zhi heard about Dong Zhuo's conspiracy, he chose to assist the embroiderer without hesitation.

It is precisely because of Lu Zhi that they learned a small road that could bypass Luoyang Pass.

This settlement is actually Lu Zhi's private property. Now the people gathered in this settlement are all the soldiers of Lu Zhi's family.

"This is not a place for talking. Xiliang cavalry will come at any time. Please ask Your Majesty to get on your horse and ask the old minister to escort Your Majesty to Guandong."

Lu Zhi stopped his excitement. At this time, a family soldier had already brought the war horses.

Wang Yue took Liu Xie to the war horse, and Lu Zhi forced his body to step onto the war horse. His illness had not yet been cured, but he was only slightly relieved, but in order to save Liu Xie, he could not take too much care.

During the settlement, Lu Zhi had more than 200 soldiers, all holding sharp blades and bows and arrows on their waists.

Lu Zhi divided more than 200 people into three teams, first divided eighty people, one man and two horses, galloped in two directions, as suspicious soldiers, and scattered pursuers.

The last 100 soldiers of the Lu family were divided into three teams by Lu Zhi.

One team was the forefront, the other team was the guard and the embroidered envoy to protect Lu Zhi and Liu Xie, and the last team was the palace army to cover the retreat.

The team did not waste too much time, and Lu Zhi had already planned everything.

After the preparations were completed, the three cavalrymen did not hesitate and each followed the tree-shaded path and rushed into the deep mountains.

Just less than a quarter of an hour later, a team of black-armored cavalry arrived at the settlement where Liu Xie and others had been.

There are many horse hooves on the ground, and they know they are not chasing them wrong.

Seeing the three forks, the leading generals of the Xiliang Army did not hesitate. There were horseshoe marks on all three roads, and they had to chase them all.

The flag was shaken, and the black-armored cavalry split into three in an instant, chasing along the tree-lined avenue.

...

The mountain road was narrow and could not allow riding a horse at all. Everyone had to walk slowly with the war horses.

With the help of his family soldiers, Lu Zhi followed the team forward with difficulty.

When Liu Xie lay on Wang Yue's shoulder, he still turned back from time to time to observe Lu Zhi's situation.

Lu Zhi looked at the young Liu Xie and suddenly understood why Liu Hong didn't like Liu Bian, but wanted Liu Xie as the emperor even more.

Liu Xie is only nine years old this year, but he already has the appearance of an emperor and a wise ruler.

When his life was at stake, Liu Xie remained calm and did not panic. He did not act like a nine-year-old child at all.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie may be able to really revive the Han Dynasty...

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Xie and sighed helplessly.

If Liu Xie was a few years older, if Liu Hong could live a few more years, the situation would not have been so uncontrollable.

"call out----"

A sudden arrow exploded.

Lu Zhi's expression couldn't help but change. This was a signal that the family soldiers behind the palace were pursuing the Xiliang army and were fighting.

The team couldn't help but speed up a few more points. After a while, another arrow exploded.

Everyone knew that the family soldiers behind the palace were probably destroyed.

The mountain road winds, and Lu Zhi turned around and noticed that there were birds that were shocked not far behind him, and the pursuers of the Xiliang Army were not far from them.

At the current speed, they may be caught up before dusk.

A lot of sweat had already oozed out of Lu Zhi's forehead. After walking so far, his physical strength was almost at its limit.

Dong Zhuo was determined to kill Liu Xie, and the Xiliang army they pursued were all elite among the elite.

After walking for a while, I reached the highest point of the mountain road, which started to go down from here.

It also indicates that they will step out of the eight passes of Luoyang and enter Kanto.

Lu Zhi sat on a big rock with the help of his family soldiers. Everyone stopped together. They were really exhausted.

Lu Zhi looked around and saw that it was the highest point of the mountain road. The mountain road that came up was quite steep. On the right is a steep mountain wall and on the left is a cliff that was ten thousand feet tall.

The mountain road is narrow and can only accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

Lu Zhi's face turned pale, and cold sweat kept coming out of his body.

"Wang Yue, take Your Majesty first and catch up with the front drive. I'll catch up later."

Wang Yue was shocked, but he did not take any steps. He saw that Lu Zhi had already had a desperate ambition.
To be continued...