Torches burned continuously at the East Gate, and footsteps echoed in the darkness, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.
Dogs barked incessantly throughout the city.
Yan Xiaoliu was first struck by an arrow in the right shoulder, and then by Wang Shang's sword. Blood had already soaked his entire shoulder and arm.
If the bleeding is not stopped in time, he is likely to lose too much blood and be in danger of dying.
Yan Xiaoliu's face had turned pale, and his steps were unsteady.
Liu Wei and Yan Shisan helped him along the way to Liu Hua's residence.
At this moment, everyone in Liu Hua's mansion was already asleep, but they were woken up by Liu Wei and his two companions knocking on the door.
The servants, seeing that it was Liu Wei, dared not neglect them and quickly welcomed them in, waking up Liu Hua and Fu Wan.
"Was the fight at Shangdongmen just now your doing?"
Fu Wan was grinding soybeans with Liu Hua when they heard commotion coming from the palace in the distance.
When Liu Wei revealed that he was ambushed by He Miao and his men shortly after leaving the palace, it was deduced that the fight just now was Liu Wei's doing.
“He Miao led over a hundred assassins to ambush me. He himself was killed by us, along with more than ten others. The rest escaped.”
"However, my brother is injured and needs your help to bandage him, otherwise he will bleed to death."
Liu Wei looked solemn.
Fu Wan hurriedly summoned the steward, who, with Yan Shisan's assistance, removed the arrow from Yan Xiaoliu's wound, cleaned it, and bandaged it.
To prevent infection of the wound, Liu Wei asked Fu Wan to bring out the strongest liquor from his residence to clean it.
"This can be used to clean wounds?" Fu Wan was greatly shocked.
"It's a pity that things happened so suddenly tonight, otherwise I could immediately teach you a wonderful method from the Fu family for purifying the concentration of yeast."
"This one item alone can make your Fu family richer than a country."
Because Liu Wei gave Liu Hua the sales rights for honeycomb briquettes in Luoyang City to arrange.
These days, following Liu Wei's advice, Liu Hua divided Luoyang into ten districts to attract investment, and collected 100,000 taels of silver just from deposits.
Fu Wan was already convinced when he heard Liu Wei say this.
At first, Fu Wan did not understand why Liu Hua was investing in Liu Wei, a prince born out of wedlock. However, after Liu Wei wrote poems at Feifeng Tower, engaged in a heated debate with He Jin's faction at Jiade Hall, and saw honeycomb briquettes continuously arriving in Luoyang, he completely agreed with Liu Hua's decision to marry his daughter to Liu Wei.
Whatever Liu Wei casually utters is a golden touch that many people dream of.
"We'll talk about that later. It's more important to treat this brother's injuries first." Fu Wan wasn't in a hurry.
"The He family is so audacious as to attack you right at the gates of the capital!" Upon hearing this, Liu Hua was already furious.
If Liu Wei dies, all her efforts over the past few days will be in vain.
"Tomorrow I will go to find my brother, the Emperor, to support you and kill the He family."
Liu Hua said it, but he knew it was unrealistic.
The fact that the He family dared to take such action means they had already prepared a foolproof plan.
"Your Majesty, He Miao is already dead. He Jin and Empress He will deny everything!"
Liu Wei smiled. "However, you can't stay here long. He Jin will be coming here soon!"
"He wouldn't dare! With me here, he won't even step into my residence!" Liu Hua stood up abruptly and said.
"Imperial Aunt, I'm going to the borderlands, and I'll need you to manage things for me in the court so that I can eventually come to the capital!"
Liu Wei held down the agitated Liu Hua, saying, "Therefore, you should not have a conflict with the He family right now. Otherwise, how will I marry my cousin Shou'er in the future?"
Tears welled up in Liu Hua's eyes. He nodded and suddenly reached out with his sleeve to wipe a bit of blood from Liu Wei's forehead.
Liu Wei remained motionless, letting Liu Hua wipe his forehead, saying:
"We're leaving right away. Have someone clean up the bloodstains at the door!"
“The housekeeper had already cleaned up when you came in,” Fu Wan said from the side.
“That’s good. Then this wounded brother can stay here to recover. We’ll be going now! He’ll leave on his own once he’s healed!”
"Alright, I'll have someone take him to the basement right now. Even if He Jin comes to search, he definitely won't find anything."
Seeing that everything was settled, Liu Wei turned to Liu Hua, his face resolute:
"I had planned to come tomorrow to say a proper goodbye, but I never expected that we would have to part so hastily tonight!"
"Tell my cousin Shou'er that I will definitely keep my promise to her!"
"Nephew, are you leaving the city tonight?" Liu Hua asked.
"Um!"
Liu Wei nodded. "When He Jin learns that He Miao has been killed, he will definitely know that I was the one who did it. He will order a city-wide search. I need to leave the city before he takes action and inform the guards of Beiman Mountain that we will leave Luoyang tonight."
"How can you walk at night without knowing which way to go?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we have a plan!"
At this moment, after Yan Shisan helped Yan Xiaoliu remove the arrow and treat his wound, he came to Liu Wei's side. The two looked at each other and nodded slightly.
"Your Highness, farewell then. See you another day!"
"If Sister Shou'er misses me, her cousin, she can ask the coal merchant to deliver a message to you."
After Liu Wei finished speaking, he quietly left through the back door with Yan Shisan.
Their warhorses could only be temporarily left here.
If riding a horse, one becomes an even bigger target.
The two arrived at an alley in the south of Luoyang City, and Yan Shisan let out three long and one short meow.
Before long, a dozen or so figures jumped out of the darkness. The leader was none other than Lu Wenzhao, Ding Xiu, Pei Lun, and others from the Central Plains Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
"Greetings, my lord!"
The crowd roared in low voices.
"Commander Lu, I'm leaving the city tonight. Also, immediately send someone to inform Commander Wang of Beiman Mountain, and tell them to set off immediately upon receiving the order."
"Let's meet up near Mengjin Ferry early tomorrow morning."
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