In 9 AD, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and founded the country "Xin".

During his reign, Wang Mang implemented a new policy and reorganized it through ancient times. After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, he successfully pushed a huge empire to the brink of collapse.

God seemed to be against him. Within a few years, drought and locust plagues continued, causing unprecedented famines. The people had no choice but to rise up and form a wave of uprisings that swept across the country. The two largest rebels were the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army.

In 23 AD, the Green Forest Army and the powerful Nanyang, elected Liu Xuan, a relative of the Han Dynasty, as the emperor, and "Gengshi" was the "Gengshi Emperor". Soon after, Wang Mang died, the Xin Dynasty was destroyed, and Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan entered Chang'an.

In 25 AD, Liu Xiu, the minister of the Gengshi regime, established himself as emperor in Hebei and rebelled openly. He made his fortune by destroying the rebels such as Tongma. At that time, people called him the "Bongma Emperor".

In 25 AD, the powerful Red Eyebrow Army entered Guanzhong and pointed directly at Chang'an. The leaders Fan Chong, Xu Xuan and others supported Liu Penzi, the "Niu Lie" in the army, as the emperor, and the reign was called "Jianshi", which was the "Jianshi Emperor".

At this time, the world was in chaos and all the heroes emerged. Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan occupied Chang'an and ordered the world; Emperor Bronze Horse Liu Xiu ran rampant in Hebei, and no one could defeat him; while Emperor Jianshi Liu Penzi, the fifteen-year-old cowherd, just wanted to escape.

Two hundred miles east of Chang'an City, at the foot of Mount Hua in the west, Zheng County.

On the mountain path, a young man was covered in hair, wearing shabby short brown, with his chest open and barefoot, running wildly like a crazy calf.

Behind him, more than a dozen people were chasing each other desperately, waving and shouting in a mess:

"Battery!"

"Niu Li! Niu Li!"

"What a great official, that's Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty stop!"

"Your Majesty, don't run!"

When the boy heard this, he not only did not stop, but ran faster. The road was covered with weeds and gravel, and he stepped on it barefoot, but he did not feel any pain.

Guanzhong is already very hot in June, and running under the scorching sun is very exhausting. After a while, the boy was sweating and panting, and his body was as heavy as if he had just climbed up from the water.

He stopped, bent down, supported his legs with both hands, and gasped heavily.

His pursuers were not much better either. They were all in a very embarrassing state. Someone was already tired and stumbled on the ground. A man with a farmer staggered up, wiping the sweat on his forehead, and laughed: "Your Majesty, you run so fast!"

Someone shouted behind him, "Of course, you are your feet, Your Majesty's dragon claws! You are running, Your Majesty's can drive the clouds!"

The farmer said, "Your Majesty, go back with us!"

The young man suddenly stomped his feet and grinned and cried, "Don't call him! Don't call him Your Majesty! I'm not Your Majesty! You are Your Majesty, you, you, you are all Your Majesty!" He cried and turned around and ran away.

"Oh, why did you run away again?"

"I blame you, I have to say that Your Majesty is the dragon claw, which makes Your Majesty angry."

"Who said it? It was clearly because you called Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty ran away."

"What's your Majesty's name?"

"Don't let Your Majesty run away, chase after you quickly, chase your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, don't run away!"

The young man ran wildly with his big mouth, tears and sweat flowing down his face, and he sobbed and muttered: "I, I am not the emperor, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I am, Niu Li, I am Liu Penzi!"

Turning over a ridge, Liu Penzi turned around and ran towards the mountain, and the rocks rolled down under his feet. He climbed hard with his weeds and trees, leaving a group of people far behind.

Suddenly, his feet were empty, his body lost balance, and he fell to the ground. He felt panic, and he wanted to get up with his arms, but he could not stop his momentum of falling and rolled down the hillside.

Everyone behind him screamed in panic, watching him rolling all the way, but there was nothing he could do.

Liu Benzi rolled down the hillside until he hit a big tree, and stopped his falling momentum. At this time, his face was covered in blood and he was lying on the ground motionless.

Everyone rushed up in a panic and shouted:

"Niu Li, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

"It's not Niu Li, it's Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty wake up. Oh, after shed so much blood, she won't be dead!"

"It's not death, it's death!"

"Oh my God, Your Majesty is dead!"

In Zheng County, the residence of the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.

"What? Your Majesty has passed away?" Xu Xuanteng, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army and the current prime minister of the Han Dynasty, stood up.

"Not yet, not yet! But Your Majesty has been unconscious. I am afraid... it's not far from his death!" "Cow Horse Captain" Liu Xiaqing wiped the sweat on his face, "I, I didn't expect him to run to the mountain... The child has always been obedient, but he just refused to be the emperor. He ran five times after he ascended the throne for only three days. He went up the mountain to herd cattle every day, running so fast, but he really couldn't catch up."

Liu Xiaqing is the leader in charge of cattle, horses and livestock in the Red Eyebrow Army. Liu Penzi was originally a cow official under his command. He was just "ascended the throne" three days ago. Although the emperor had a special "palace", Liu Penzi refused to live and stayed stubbornly in the cowshed. He also paid homage to his old superior Liu Xiaqing every day as usual. Xu Xuan handed over the little emperor to Liu Xiaqing for care, but unexpectedly something happened in three days.

"Why is this kid so stubborn? It's so good to be an emperor, you won't be hungry, you can eat and drink, you are not better than herding cattle? How many people want to be but can't be!" Fan Chong, the chief censor of the Red Eyebrow Army, didn't understand.

He was a tall and stout man, sitting at the corner of the house, with his head resting on his arms against the wall, and his legs stretched forward long.

"Censor, Prime Minister, it's all my fault for this. I didn't protect Your Majesty well. I'm guilty. I, I, you punish me!" Liu Xiaqing burst into tears, prostrated himself, leaned down on his upper body, and raised his butt, as if he was ready to get a military stick.

Xu Xuan said: "Person Liu, your crime is really a big deal. If Your Majesty has a few shortcomings, don't want your head!"

"Don't, Prime Minister, Prime Minister! Censor, please spare me because I, Old Liu, have been with you for so many years!" Compared to Fan Chong, who loves to lose his temper, Xu Xuan's face that always has no expression makes Liu Xiaqing even more scared.

"I said to Lao Xu, don't scare Lao Liu! No matter how bad Lao Liu does, he is his own brother. You punish him heavily, dismiss him, and beat military sticks. For the sake of brotherhood, leave him a way out!" Sure enough, Fan Chong spoke for Liu Xiaqing. He is a person who values ​​friendship and will never kill his brother for a small matter. Death of a little emperor is not a big deal in his eyes.

"That's right, Prime Minister, please save my life. Old Liu, I will do my best in the future. Following you and the Censor, if you let me go east, I will never go west! If you want me to go west, I will never go east!" Liu Xiaqing let go half of his heart. It seems that his life has been saved, and Xu Xuan will never refute Fan Chong's face.

Xu Xuan had a tight face, and felt a little dissatisfied with Fan Chong. Boss Fan was brave enough in the war and was very helpful to his brothers, but he was just about feelings and loyalty in everything. Sometimes he would inevitably owe justice and lose the rules.

But the Red Eyebrow Army was originally a group of refugees. Everyone rebelled because they were hungry. In the past few years, thanks to Fan Chong's loyalty, they were able to gather the team together. If they were to use laws to restrain themselves, they would have disbanded long ago.

"Person Liu, you go back and serve Your Majesty well. There is no way to do it... Let Wu Zhu drive away evil spirits for him, maybe he got into something dirty... If His Majesty has a bad fortune, come and report it to me!"

Nowadays, medical standards are underdeveloped and the whole people are superstitious. Wu Zhu also assumes the responsibility of a doctor. When people get sick, they often drink some talisman water to drive away evil spirits. Whether it is useful or not, they can be at ease.

Xu Xuan sent Liu Xiaqing away, turned to Fan Chong and said, "Censor, do you want to wait for two more days and wait until the emperor is determined before leaving?"

"Old Xu, oh, Prime Minister, the military situation in front is urgent. The left Grand Sima and the right Grand Sima are still waiting for our army to reinforce. I can't delay and I have to leave soon. If this little emperor is useless, you will discuss with the Grand Sima and the Grand Sima, why don't you change someone else? Didn't that Xi'an Marquis Liu Xiao always want to be the emperor? How do you think this person is?"

"Xi'an Marquis Liu Xiao? That's an ambitious person... Let's see the situation first! Wait for two days, what if the emperor comes back to life!" Xu Xuan did not comment.

Fan Chong stood up, "There is nothing to do with ambition! No matter who is the emperor, these hundreds of thousands of troops belong to our brothers! If he dares to disobey, I will slash him with one knife!"

Xu Xuan was shocked, but said without saying a word on his face: "What this is right, it's not your thing to make the emperor? Three elders, why don't you just do this emperor, brothers have no other words!"
Chapter completed!