Under Duan Ying's careful care, the Liu She brothers and sisters were able to survive in the chaotic court until 178 AD.

During this period, Cai Yong often met with Liu Yan. He believed that Liu Yan was extremely malleable in poetry and verses, so he began to teach her everything he learned, so that Liu Yan could write poetry by herself at a young age.

Out of his guilt of persecuting Zhongliang with Wang Fu and others for several years, Duan Ying secretly selected the victim's son from the list of exiles to the frontier as his godson, and then cultivated their own literary and military strategies. There were already seven or eight people over the years. The atmosphere should have become more and more lively in the family, but it does not include Liu She. Since learning about his life experience, he has become like a different person. He is silent all day long and rarely talks to others.

In order to please Duan Ying, the governor of Liangzhou specially escorted Jia Xu, who had dared to pretend to be Duan Ying's grandson after being captured by the Di people, and Duan Ying looked at the young man in front of him who was just in his early thirties. Not only did he not blame him for pretending to be his grandson, but he praised him for his ability to adapt to his situation and be calm. For this reason, he said to Jia Xu:

"Since you are so willing to be my Duan Ying's grandson, then I will do what you want..."

Later, Duan Ying general Jia Xu stayed in the mansion and gave Duan the surname Duan like other children. During this period, only Jia Xu and Liu She could have a common language. The two often studied military strategy together.

At this time, Sima Fang, who served as the Luoyang ruling, was highly valued by Duan Ying. Sima Fang also had a good relationship with Duan Ying's relative Duan Wei, and often went to Duan Ying's mansion. Although Sima Fang was not very involved in the officialdom at this time, he could see that Duan Ying was not as aggressive as other people said and framed the loyal and kind. Not only that, he could also have a great time talking to Liu She. Looking at Duan Ying's mansion, Sima Fang was the only one who could let Liu She say something for an entire hour.

Sima Fang had a sister named Sima Youran. She looked as gentle as a fairy in Luoyang City, and no one could surpass her. Therefore, many eunuchs' relatives began to propose marriage to Sima Fang, but Sima Youran refused them all.

Hu Zhao, a native of Yingchuan who is married to her, is a rare young leader. He rushed from his hometown to Luoyang to prepare to marry him.

However, Sima Youran only regarded Hu Zhao as her brother. She admired Hu Zhao's talent and told her that she was not willing to marry him as a wife. Although Hu Zhao was sad, she also expressed that she was willing to wait for her to change her mind.

In May 178 AD, Duan Ying specially hosted a banquet in the mansion to entertain his friends and colleagues in the court for his 70th birthday. Sima Youran mentioned Duan Ying's grandson Liu She many times from Sima Fang. Every time he mentioned it, Sima Fang couldn't help but show appreciation and respect, which aroused the great interest of Sima Youran, who was over and over the age of the year.

As she was so scrupulous, Sima Fang had to agree to take her to Duan Ying's mansion. As soon as she entered the mansion, she felt extremely uncomfortable with the decadent aura that the officials praised each other, so she walked out of the banquet hall.

When she walked to the untouched pond, she looked at a man sitting on the stone in a daze under the moonlight, and was curious, and tiptoed forward, suddenly stretched out her hand and patted him on the back:

"What are you doing here if you don't go to the banquet hall?"

“I don’t like the disgusting atmosphere there…”

Sima Youran didn't expect that someone would have the same idea as her, so she naturally sat next to the man. After the two introduced each other, Sima Youran realized that the taciturn young man in front of her was actually the Liu She that his brother mentioned many times...

Wang Fu once again talked about the overthrow of Emperor Ling of Han and supporting Liu She as emperor in Duan Ying's study. He believed that Liu She was already an adult and it was time to take action. Duan Ying did not want Liu She to be involved in the dispute over the government, so he still did not give a positive answer.

At the banquet, Jian Shuo accidentally discovered that Sima Fang's sister was so beautiful, so after returning to the palace, he secretly told the debauchery and indecent Emperor Ling of Han Liu Hong. Liu Hong immediately sent an eunuch to Sima Fang's house to pass the imperial edict, asking him to quickly choose a day to send Sima Youran into the palace. Sima Youran would rather die than enter the palace and let Liu Hong ruin it. In desperation, Sima Fang had to secretly send Sima Youran to Duan Ying's mansion, and then claimed to the public that Sima Youran ran away from home because of his naughty nature...

Although Liu Hong was unhappy, he was not willing to make things difficult for Sima Fang so much. In addition, Duan Ying had to give up because of his pleading for him.

During his days in Duan Ying's mansion, Sima Youran and Liu She's relationship deepened.

Who can be ruthless without plants? The two of them have been together for a long time and finally deviated from the rules, but due to Emperor Ling of Han, Duan Ying could only close the door and secretly hold a wedding for them. Hu Zhao was heartbroken after learning about this incident. He returned to Yingchuan alone with extreme loneliness, and there was no news again...

Two months later, Sima Youran became pregnant. At this time, Sima Fang's wife also became pregnant again after giving birth to Sima Lang. Therefore, the two often talked in Duan Ying's mansion and formed a deep sisterly relationship.

In March 179 AD, Liu Ji, the son of Liu She, was born, and Sima Fang's second son, Sima Yi, was also born on the same day.

When Liu Ji was born, the sky was originally clear and suddenly covered with dark clouds, and then the same scene happened as before Liu Zhao's death: a huge burning meteorite cut through the sky and landed directly in front of the palace gate.

Afterwards, all the dark clouds in the sky were dispelled without a trace by a strong light that suddenly appeared. Then a scene that surprised everyone in the world happened: there were two suns in the sky! And the original sun's light gradually faded, and the newly emerged sun emitted extremely dazzling light...

This incident happened to give Wang Fu, who had been secretly planning to depose Liu Hong, a good opportunity. He used this incident to secretly spread the emperor's incompetence and incompetence. God had issued an order to depose Liu Hong and become a new king.

When he went to Duan Ying to discuss this matter, he kept staring at Yang Qiu who was secretly staring at Wang Fu. Liu He and others also took Wang Fu in one fell swoop when Yang Biao collected enough evidence. Therefore, Duan Ying was implicated, so he personally apologized to Emperor Ling of Han Liu Hong, and was willing to give up all his official positions and take his family back to his hometown to spend his old age.

However, it was too late to fix the problem of Duan Ying's failure. Wang Fu, who was imprisoned, could not bear Yang Qiu's torture and forced confession, and even told the matter of "Yongyuan Secret Imperial". Yang Qiu believed that it was of great importance and was ready to report this matter to Liu Hong.

At this time, Duan Ying had already vaguely felt that the danger was getting closer and closer to him, so he quickly found Sima Fang and Duan Wei, and asked them to enter the palace to report to Liu Hong, so that they could protect their families.

At first, the two refused to follow, but Duan Ying reminded Sima Fang with the lives of Sima Youran and Liu She and his son to not lose the big picture because of small things.

In the end, Sima Fang and Duan Wei had to go to the palace after bowing to Duan Ying three times, and first Yangqiu told Liu Hong that Duan Ying was hiding Liu Zhao's descendants. Liu Hong knew that he was afraid that the existence of the secret edict would threaten his throne, so he directly issued an order to strip Duan Ying of all his titles and official positions, and ordered Sima Fang and Duan Wei to go and take all the people in the Duan Mansion and others.

Sima Fang and Duan Wei, who were carrying troops, surrounded Duan Ying's house and were in a mess. They ordered all soldiers not to enter, and they entered the Duan Mansion's house first. At this time, Duan Ying was waiting for their arrival. Not only did he not have any fear, he seemed very calm: "You are finally here..."

Although they had made up their minds, Sima Fang and Duan Wei still couldn't bear to attack their brothers and their superiors.

At this time, the children who were deeply cared for by Duan Ying stood in front of Sima Fang and Duan Wei. Duan Ying was very happy to comfort them not to do anything, and he was just going out with them to do something and would come back soon.

In addition, he also instructed Liu She and his wife not to do any dangerous actions no matter what happened.

With tears in everyone's eyes, Duan Ying was shackled by the soldiers and taken to the court lieutenant. In accordance with Liu Hong's order, Sima Fang and Duan Wei took all the uninformed people in the mansion and seized them. They secretly prepared the armor of the patrol camp for Liu She and his wife and the children adopted by Duan Ying, and safely left Duan's mansion under the personal escort of Sima Fang and Duan Wei.

In order not to cause too big goals, the officers and soldiers of the city defense specially investigated all the couples holding a baby boy, Sima Fang had to arrange for someone to send Duan Ying's adopted child out of Luoyang City overnight, and then temporarily placed Liu Yan in Cai Yong's home, while Liu She and Sima Youran and his wife stayed in the villa on the outskirts of the city.

In April of 179 AD (the second year of Guanghe), Duan Ying refused to explain the whereabouts of Liu She and his wife, and committed suicide by drinking poison in prison.

According to the previous plan, Sima Fang originally wanted to wait until the news was no longer so tight before sending Liu She and his wife out of Luoyang City safely, but Liu Hong's attention to this matter was beyond his imagination. Three months passed, and the chaos of searching Liu She everywhere in the city still did not stop, and Liu She and Sima Youran's hiding place were also found by the officers and soldiers.

Liu She considered that Emperor Ling of Han was his goal, so he reached out to knock Sima Youran out of his hand when he was extremely reluctant to leave, and then entrusted Jia Xu, who was still in the city, to send the mother and son back to Sima Fang's home.

Finally, Liu She set fire to the entire Beiyuan without any way to escape, and he disappeared into the sea of ​​fire...

After waking up, Sima Youran saw the villa surrounded by fire behind him, entrusted the child to Jia Xu, whom Liu She trusted most during his lifetime. She turned around and rushed into the sea of ​​fire without hesitation...

The only moon that can illuminate the earth under the night is also covered by the gradually condensed dark clouds, and soon a storm and storm falls...

Jia Xu hid in the bushes with the young Liu Ji in his arms and avoided the pursuit of the pursuers. Finally, he waited for Sima Fang who had arrived after hearing the news. He handed the child over to Sima Fang and set off to search for the children sent out of the city.

Sima Fang, who was holding the baby, braved the storm and returned to his home like fallen leaves floating in the wind. When he just pushed open the door, he saw his young eldest son Sima Lang standing at the door, looking at the wet father's arms in surprise, holding the sleeping baby...
Chapter completed!