Chapter 598: Fighting on Bulls
Chapter 598: Fighting on Bulls
"Senior Liu Xiu, you have been very honest since childhood. In addition to your love of reading, your greatest hobby is farming.
Because of this, you were often teased by your brother Liu Yan. Liu Yan's personality was exactly the opposite of yours, Liu Xiu. He didn't like doing farm work, and he was very righteous and liked to make friends with all kinds of heroes.
Around 14 AD, Senior Liu Xiu went to Chang'an to study, and from then on your life was about to undergo earth-shaking changes.
However, what changed you, Mr. Liu Xiu, was not knowledge, but an unexpected encounter.
Before this, Senior Liu Xiu, you had the honor of meeting Yin Lihua, the daughter of the wealthy Yin family in Xinye.
The Yin family was very wealthy, and Yin Lihua was extremely beautiful, dignified, graceful, intelligent, and was the object of many people's desire to marry.
But how can a poor man dare to enter the prosperous world, and how can a clean-handed man dare to miss a beautiful woman.
Senior Liu Xiu, you naturally admire Yin Lihua like everyone else, but you also know very well who you are and who Yin Lihua is, so you don't even dare to look at her for even a second.
So you decided to leave Nanyang and make a name for yourself.
Chang'an is a good place. No matter which dynasty it was, it was always so prosperous. I want to see the Chang'an of the past. The current Chang'an is no longer the Chang'an of the past. Even the name has been changed," Li Wu said helplessly. It used to be called Chang'an. How popular it was. It was the capital of many dynasties.
Liu Xiu's old face turned red and he couldn't help but recall his youth.
At that time he was just an authentic farmer. When he saw Yin Lihua from a distance, he was shocked by her appearance. He had also heard of her reputation a long time ago. He didn't dare to look at her for even a second. He just looked at himself and then at the noble person in the distance. How could he be worthy of her?
He is not even worthy of being promoted.
At that time, his biggest dream was to marry Yin Lihua. Fortunately, he did it. Now when he thinks about it, he really can't believe it. He actually became the emperor and married Yin Lihua. If it had happened in the past, he wouldn't have believed it if someone had told him this.
Li Wu and the other two looked at Liu Xiu's happy expression and for a moment they didn't know whether they should interrupt him.
"Liu Xiu, what are you thinking about?" Wang Mang shouted, "You look like you are in love, and you are not afraid of being found out by others. You are making a fool of yourself as an emperor," and he rolled his eyes.
It's a great thing to have a wife, as if he is important to everyone. But she is indeed not as famous as Yin Lihua.
Liu Xiu's face turned even redder, and he pointed at Wang Mang and said tremblingly, "You, what nonsense are you talking about? The immortal is still here."
Wang Mang looked at Li Wu and said, "Okay, okay, I'm talking nonsense. I'm talking nonsense, okay, but don't you look at yourself?" Wang Mang spoke the rest of the voice very quietly, so that no one else could hear it, but it was not a good thing at all.
"I was just thinking that it's a little unreal now. I was just a poor commoner before, but now I'm the emperor. Everything feels so unreal, and I've even married Lihua," Liu Xiu's old face turned even redder as he spoke, and others couldn't bear to look at him.
The ancestors in front of the sky curtain were also speechless. Liu Xiu looked like he was in his 40s or 50s, so how could he still be so innocent?
Yin Lihua's face was also red. In fact, she couldn't believe it was true. She became the queen and Liu Xiu treated her very well.
"Senior Liu Xiu, this is of course true. Besides, it has been so many years, why don't you dare to believe it is true?" Li Wu laughed and shrugged helplessly, but it was understandable. It's just that when he recalled it, it was a little unbelievable.
"Then I would like to toast to you, Senior Liu Xiu, for fulfilling your dream," Li Wu said, raising his glass, and Liu Xiu followed suit.
Wang Mang said, "I won't drink this glass of wine. I will feel uncomfortable if I drink it. Liu Xiu stole my throne." As he said this, he looked at Liu Xiu with a resentful look.
Liu Xiu drank directly after hearing this, "Senior Wang Mang, I didn't steal the throne, I just let it return to the hands of the Han Dynasty. Besides, your throne was stolen from the Han Dynasty, so what's the problem with returning it to the Han Dynasty?"
He didn't say some heart-wrenching words because he saw that Wang Mang was not young anymore and was afraid that he would be angry to death. Although he really hoped that Wang Mang would die, he couldn't want Wang Mang to die at the hands of a little immortal, right?
"Then I will continue to talk about your deeds, Senior Liu Xiu.
When you first arrived in Chang'an, Senior Liu Xiu was shocked by its prosperity. Chang'an is truly prosperous.
Moreover, at that time, the commander of the Beijing garrison, the Praetorian Guard, was leading his troops on patrol on Chang'an Street.
There are 200 Praetorian Guards and 520 men holding spears. Such a grand ceremony immediately made you, Senior Liu Xiu, utter the famous saying, which is what Senior Wang Mang said just now: If you want to be an official, you should choose the Praetorian Guards, and if you want to marry, you should marry Yin Lihua.
Moreover, in Chang'an, Senior Liu Xiu also made friends with Deng Yu, Zhu You and others, who were all your teammates.
At that time, Senior Liu Xiu, you also thought that the Prefect of the Guards was a very important official. You never thought about becoming an emperor, not even in your dreams. Who would have known that you would become an emperor later? Life is unpredictable, and who can know what your future path will be like? It is completely different from your life plan, which is a normal thing.
Liu Xiu said, "Indeed, now when I think back to what I saw at that time, I still feel shocked. At that time, I thought being a Praefectus Guards was already very impressive, hahaha," Liu Xiu laughed. Wang Mang secretly rolled his eyes. Haha, hypocrisy, this man is really hypocritical to the extreme.
Liu Xiu also raised his eyebrows provocatively at Wang Mang.
The Praefectus Guards in front of the sky were dumbfounded. What? The emperor actually wanted to be a Praefectus Guards before and thought the Praefectus Guards were powerful. However, the Praefectus Guards felt that they were just small officials and the most insignificant existence in this capital city.
A high-ranking official could come at any time, so you have to be careful in everything you do.
This was something they had never expected.
However, the people understood Liu Xiu's thoughts very well, because they also felt that the Praefectus Urbi was very powerful and majestic.
"When you, Senior Liu Xiu, were growing up, Senior Wang Mang was establishing a new dynasty in place of the Han Dynasty.
At that time, Wang Mang's reforms failed, and various natural and man-made disasters occurred, so people all over the world rose up in rebellion, and many places were in rebellion. "
When Wang Mang heard this again, his face turned extremely dark. He was determined to kill Liu Xiu when he returned!
"And your elder brother Liu Yan, Liu Xiu, has also announced his uprising in his hometown of Nanyang, so it seems that he can no longer continue his studies.
Senior Liu Xiu, you can only follow your brother Liu Yan in rebelling!
At that time, most of the rebels were peasants and civilians, so needless to say, their conditions were extremely simple.
Senior Liu Xiu, although you are Liu Yan's deputy general, you don't even have a horse and can only fight on a cow.
But riding a bull to fight did not affect Senior Liu Xiu at all."
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