At night, Liu Yunxiang lay on the bed, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, but it was like he poured cool air when he went out of the city during the day. She was afraid that she was going to give birth, so she didn't dare to sleep.

At this time, the curtain opened, and a dark figure crept in.

The shadow was short and heavy, still dragging a thick stick. Liu Yunxiang didn't speak this time, but when he saw that the black shadow was near, he actually raised the wooden stick.

"Aunt Yan, I haven't offended you, have I?" Liu Yunxiang said.

Because of this sound, Aunt Yan was so frightened that she took two steps back, and the stick fell to the ground.

Liu Yunxiang stood up with his arms propped up, lit the candle on the table, and then saw that Aunt Yan was wearing a thick cotton jacket and was staring at her hard, as if she was afraid that she would run away.

"You want to beat me to death with this stick?" Liu Yunxiang glanced at the wooden stick with the thickness of his forearm.

Aunt Yan's hand was broken, and she could only hold it with her arm, Xu practiced it when she was sweeping the floor in Ziyun Nunnery, and her movements with wooden sticks were quite flexible. But in the end, it is not possible to use hands, and there is no way to use force.

Aunt Yan shook her head hurriedly when she heard this, "Hit ...... Dizzy...... You. ”

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "And then?"

"With ...... Walk. ”

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"Do what?"

Aunt Yan looked at Liu Yunxiang and looked at it quietly for a long time, then took off the monk's hat on her head with difficulty, and took out a letter folded into a square from the mezzanine.

I don't know how long this letter has been hidden, and it has turned yellow. Aunt Yan didn't have a hand and couldn't open it, so Liu Yunxiang took it from her. Carefully open under a candle with a few lines of words on it.

"There are traitors in the army who defect to Beijin, and my 1,000 soldiers are trapped in Tuhun Fort, please send troops to help as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yunxiang looked at these words, and remembered the legend in the previous life, the soldiers of the Western Expedition did not die, and a thousand people entered the Mobei Desert.

"Who wrote this?"

"Hou ...... Father. Aunt Yan said tremblingly, tears in her cloudy eyes at the mention of this person, "He ...... Live...... Make move. ”

"This letter is for the emperor, why did it get to you?"

Aunt Yan spoke intermittently for a while, and Liu Yunxiang generally understood.

There were traitors in the army and Beijin to pass on the news, and the old marquis's actions were known in advance by the other party and an ambush was set up, with countless casualties. The old marquis went out with 3,000 soldiers and was forced to retreat into the desert of Mobei. And these 3,000 soldiers were wounded and killed, and when they finally arrived at Tuhun Fort, there were only 1,000 left.

Outside Tuhun Fort was the garrison of the border city of Beijin, and they could not escape, so they sent a few soldiers into the caravan to return to Shengjing for help.

However, these soldiers were chased and killed all the way, and by the time they arrived in Shengjing, there was only one left, and they were seriously injured.

The soldier guessed that there were also traitors in the court, and he couldn't see the emperor at all, so he could only sneak into the Hou Mansion and pay the trust to Aunt Yan.

The soldier died, Aunt Yan has always been smart, and she is very relied on by the old marquis, she knows that things are not simple, so she first hid the letter, and then went to find the old marquis's best friend.

Li Chengwu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, asked him to take her into the palace to face the saint.

It can't be for no reason, she still revealed a little news. She was imprisoned in the dungeon, exhausted all kinds of torture, her hands were cut off, her face was ruined, and she had countless burns on her body, but she gritted her teeth and said that she didn't know anything, seeing that the emperor just wanted to ask the emperor to thoroughly investigate the case of the Western Expedition and cry out for the old marquis.

Those people wanted to know the clues, but they couldn't ask them, and they were afraid that she would say it, so they cut out her tongue and threw it back to the Hou Mansion.

The old lady didn't know what was going on, but she intuitively felt that Aunt Yan was a scourge, so she didn't find a doctor for her, and left her to fend for herself. This is also the reason why the old lady will be weak when she sees Aunt Yan.

But at this time, the Queen Mother ordered Aunt Yan to go to Ziyun Nunnery with her to pray for blessings, and after ordering someone to cure her, she let her stay in Ziyun Nunnery.

"So for the past few years, you have been hiding this letter and not showing it to the second person?" asked Liu Yunxiang with a trembling voice.

Aunt Yan nodded, "No...... Dare to ......"

Don't dare, don't trust anyone.

"Why give it to me?"

Aunt Yan stared at Liu Yunxiang and said with difficulty: "You ...... Younger brother ......"

Liu Yunxiang's heart skipped a beat, "You mean my brother is still alive?"

Aunt Yan paused, then shook her head.

She didn't know, she could only say that there was a glimmer of hope.

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Aunt Yan's thick stick again, "You knocked me unconscious, you want to take me away, and then you're looking for them?"

Aunt Yan nodded, her eyes blazing.

"But it's been four years, have you ever wondered if they're still alive?"

Not somewhere else, but in the desert.

Without water, without food, how can they live?

She couldn't help but think of the rumor that the soldier who came back alive might be the only one alive......

Aunt Yan shook her head and said a little anxiously: "He...... He must ...... Must be alive...... He waited for me...... Wait until I go find him......"

Liu Yunxiang looked at Aunt Yan's eagerness, it was hard to imagine how she survived as a weak woman in the torture room at that time, and how she had endured it in the past few years.

She loves the old marquis very much, this is the only answer.

Aunt Yan has probably understood in the past few years, even if she sees the emperor and gives this letter to the emperor, the faint monarch will not send someone to save her. She had no choice but to go to him alone selfishly.

Liu Yunxiang looked out the window, "But do you have a way to take me out?"

Aunt Yan nodded hurriedly and pointed in the direction of her room.

The next day, Liu Yunxiang sent Aunt Zhang out to buy vegetables.

Aunt Zhang looked at Liu Yunxiang worriedly while responding loudly, and saw her nodding at her, so she went out with a basket.

Liu Yunxiang returned to the West House, and Jin Yan was stepping up needlework.

She held a middle coat in her hand, attached a cloth bag to the inside, and then stuffed a wad of silver tickets into it.

"Girl, you put on this dress. ”

Liu Yunxiang laughed, "Then are you hiding it?"

Jin Yan patted the position of his chest, bulging, "I have hidden a lot." ”

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "It's still thoughtful." ”

After the two of them packed up, they heard Zijin shouting outside: "Girl, come and see, Aunt Yan seems to be sick." ”

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Jinyan, "Let's go." ”

Jin Yan nodded heavily, "Hmm." ”

The master and servant came out of the main room, Liu Yunxiang glanced at the wall, but saw that the branches of the locust tree outside the wall shook. She lowered her eyes and entered Aunt Yan's room under the pretext of seeing a doctor.

Aunt Yan saw the three of them come in, and hurriedly moved the pile of firewood at the end of the room.

Liu Yunxiang looked at it, and there was a hole in the back.

Aunt Yan got in first, and Jin Yan helped Liu Yunxiang to go in again, and Zijin covered the firewood in the back.

This hole leads to the west wing of the west courtyard next door, which is Lu Changan's house, but fortunately, he is deserted and no one lives here. The west wing also opened a hole, entered the west house, and there was also a hole behind the west house, so it was behind Liu Yunxiang's house, in another alley.

It must have taken a lot of time to dig through this road, and Aunt Yan was not good at it, so it was no wonder that she had not come out of the house all the time.

There was a carriage in the depths of the alley, and the coachman was waiting for them.

"The proprietor gets in the car, and the shopkeeper will send you out of the city. ”

This carriage was prepared by Liu Yunxiang for Zhang Qi, and he got into the carriage and quickly left the city.

Liu Yunxiang looked at the city gate in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

She left where she was born and raised, and left home.