Chapter Thirty-Six: Escape from the Tiger's Den
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Zixuan came out of Shimin's study and saw Li Jin as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. As soon as Li Jin saw her come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and looked her up and down.
"Look at what? Will I still be missing arms and legs? Zixuan glared at him, but his heart was full of warmth.
Li Jin stroked his chest and whispered: "But I'm scared to death, I've never seen the second son so angry, did he do anything to you?" Did you hit or scold you? ”
Zixuan couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed with a "flutter", "No, he didn't beat me or scold me, but he didn't allow me to learn to ride a horse with the eldest prince anymore, brother, you don't have to worry." ”
Li Jin let out a long breath, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said mysteriously: "Sister, don't you think this matter has a deep meaning?" ”
"What does it mean?" Zixuan didn't know why.
Li Jin glanced around and said softly: "It seems that the eldest prince likes you, and the second prince is not happy!" ”
Of course, Zixuan understands the intention of completion, but the people of the world ...... He should only fancy her being able to pinch and calculate.
"Who likes me, what's the matter with him?"
Li Jin said: "My sister! Are you stupid? The second son is not happy, which means that the second son also likes you! ”
Zixuan turned his head and looked to the side, "Others don't know, you don't know yet, what he likes is my sister." ”
"The second son likes Miss Ziyi, but that doesn't mean he can't like you!" Li Jindao.
"Don't guess, he can't like me anyway." After Zixuan finished speaking, he strode towards his room, wanting to end the conversation with Li Jin quickly.
Li Jin trotted all the way to follow, and said babblingly: "I originally thought that the eldest prince likes you, and it is good for you to marry the eldest prince." But if the second son also likes you, then I think it's better to be the second son, although the eldest son will be the prince in the future, but the eldest young grandmother is too jealous and will definitely not tolerate you, and the second young grandmother will be different...... Hey, sister, don't close the door. ”
Zixuan didn't care about him, closed the door, covered his head with a quilt, and wanted to keep all these troubles outside.
On the second day, on the execution ground.
There were many onlookers, and the soldiers maintained order. The king of Tang wanted to kill the Sui generals headed by the Yin Shishi, and everyone came to see the excitement.
"This Yin Shi Master should also be killed, he actually dug the ancestral grave of King Tang and killed King Tang's son, can King Tang not kill him?"
"Yes, and that bone instrument also doesn't know how to practice. Who is King Tang? That's to save the people in the world, he dares to go against King Tang, it's not looking for death! ”
"Yes, it should be killed, it should be killed."
People were talking about it, and Li Jing was being escorted to the execution ground and was hearing these remarks. Could it be that this day has really changed? The Great Sui Qi is exhausted! It's a pity that he is full of wealth and ambition, so he has to give this Da Sui a funeral!
"Execution!" The warden said in a loud voice.
Suddenly, Li Jing saw a group of people dressed in fancy clothes sitting next to him, led by Li Yuan, who had personally come to supervise the beheading. Li Jing shouted: "Tang King! You raised an uprising, originally for the sake of the world, to get rid of the riots, why don't you want to accomplish great things, and kill strong men with personal grudges? ”
The executioner was startled by him, stopped his hand, looked at Li Yuan, and waited for his next order.
When Li Yuan saw that it was Li Jing, he was angry, but said slowly: "Isn't this Li Jing of Mayi County?" Don't you want to go to Jiangdu to sue me? Why are you afraid of death now? ”
Li Jing was dumbfounded, it seems that Li Yuan is a person who holds grudges, and he will definitely die today.
"Father, this person can't be killed." Shimin hugged his fists and said, "This man shouted at the execution ground, he must want to surrender to us, if he is killed, I am afraid that the enemy will not dare to surrender to us in the future." And this Li Jing is the nephew of the famous general Han Baohu of the Sui Dynasty, and he is very good at using soldiers, so it is better to stay and use it for us. ”
Li Yuan knew that he was reasonable, and he didn't want to block the way for others to surrender, but he hated Li Jing so much that his teeth itched. So he let him go, but sent him under the tent of the people, and he himself was out of sight and out of mind.
Li Jing followed Shimin to his residence, and Shimin ordered someone to prepare a table of wine and food for Li Jing to be shocked.
Li Jing knelt down and said, "Thank you Duke Qin for saving your life." ”
Shimin hurriedly helped him up, "General Li doesn't have to be polite, if the general dies like this, wouldn't it be a pity for his talent." That's the loss of all the people in the world, how can I not come to my rescue? ”
Li Jing said: "Anyway, Duke Qin saved me, and I will do my best for Duke Qin in the future." ”
Shimin smiled: "Don't be busy thanking me first, there is another person you should thank well, if it weren't for her, I might not have rescued you." ”
Shimin gave a high-five, and Zixuan walked out from behind the screen.
"Lord Li, don't come unharmed?"
"Miss Zixuan! You saved me? Why are you here? ”
"Don't worry, let's talk while we eat." Shimin invited Li Jing to sit down, and Zixuan also sat down.
Zixuan simply told Li Jing about the aftermath, and Li Jing was amazed in her heart that this little girl had such a ability, and she actually expected that Li Yuan would be able to succeed.
It's just that when Ziyi was mentioned, Li Jing sighed reluctantly: "Alas, how could poor Ziyi girl suffer from this catastrophe, I don't know where she is now?" ”
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Xu Shiyun slowly opened his eyes and found that it was a simple house, with bunches of dried vegetables hanging on the wall, apparently a peasant family. But fortunately, the fire was burning brightly and the house was very warm.
Where is this? He forced himself to sit up and open the window. I saw a round of sunset, dyeing the snow-covered white village with a faint warm orange, and the curling smoke rose to create a peaceful scene.
"Wake up, wake up! Ziyi, you're awake. A woman from the village shouted excitedly when she saw him open the window.
The door was hurriedly pushed open, and Ziyi was dressed as a farmer, but it was difficult to hide the face of the city.
"Mao Gong!" Her eyes glistened with tears, but her lips were smiling. She walked gently to Xu Shiyun's bed, as if it was a dream, for fear that she would accidentally wake it up, "Mao Gong, you are awake!" Do you know how long you've been asleep? ”
Xu Shiyun raised his hand and gently wiped away her rolling tears, "I'm sorry for worrying you." ”
Ziyi held his hand, "As long as you wake up." ”
"Why are we here?" Xu Shiyun asked.
Ziyi sniffed, "That day, you fell off the carriage and were covered in blood, which scared me to death!" Fortunately, I met Brother Zhou, who was hunting, carried you back and helped you hire a doctor...... And sister-in-law Zhou, the person who called me just now, she has been helping me take care of you. If I hadn't met them, I really didn't know what to do. ”
"They think we're husband and wife?"
"Well, I didn't explain either. This will make it easy for me to take care of you. ”
Xu Shiyun shook his head, "You stupid girl, how can you be so wrong?" If Second Prince Li knew......"
Ziyi said fiercely: "You are a fool, why are you so good to me......"
He cried again.
Xu Shiyun didn't understand what she meant, "Why are you crying again?" ”
"Mr. Wei has already sued me." Ziyi said sadly, "You know that I only have the people in my heart, and you still ...... How do you want me to repay you? ”
Xu Shiyun looked at her distressedly, "Don't cry, I don't need you to repay me, I just hope you can be happy." ”
Ziyi cried even more, and hugged him tightly, "Then how can I have peace of mind, you have done so much for me...... Mao Gong, you are really, really good! But, I'm sorry! I got to know the people first. ”
Xu Shiyun sighed, "It's okay. You will treat me as a ...... As the most trusted person, if you are willing to let me help you in any difficulty, I will be satisfied. ”
"Mao Gong ......" Ziyi raised her head, and her beautiful big eyes were full of tears.
Xu Shiyun gently wiped away her tears, "Don't cry, my injury will heal soon, and you will return to Jinyang soon." ”
The next few days are the happiest days in Xu Shichang's life. Far from the war, in this quiet little village, he and Ziyi lived like an ordinary peasant couple. Ziyi took care of him carefully, Ziyi would change his dressing, redress his wounds, and bring him hot porridge, although the porridge was a very ordinary vegetable porridge, Xu Shiyun felt that it was the rarest delicacy in the world. In the evening, Ziyi would help him go outside to watch the sunset, Xu Shiyun had never felt that the sunset was so beautiful before. Also, I used to be always handsome, how could I have time to enjoy the sunset? If you can spend your life here with Ziyi, you will have nothing to ask for in this life!
But this can only be delusional, Ziyi's heart is not here, and his injuries will eventually heal. When the doctor examined the wound and said that he was fine, Ziyi looked at him with a smile, but he couldn't be happy.
Xu Shiyun prepared a carriage and walked out of the village with Ziyi. Brother Zhou and sister-in-law Zhou were sent to the entrance of the village, and getting along these days is inseparable. Sister-in-law Zhou wiped her tears and said that if life outside is difficult, they can come back at any time, and this is their home. Ziyi has been crying on the shoulders of Sister-in-law Zhou, and her gratitude these days is beyond words. But she had to go, she had to go back to the people.
Ziyi and Xu Shiyun left the village and hurried to Jinyang. Along the way, the two rarely spoke, and when the parting was approaching, they just looked at each other reluctantly, for fear that they would not bear to separate.
A few days later, Ziyi came to the gate of the Jinyang Left-behind Mansion, the vermilion gate was still gorgeous, but seeing it again was like a world away.
The guards at the gate recognized Ziyi, and hurriedly invited Ziyi and Xu Shiyun to enter the door, while reporting to the fourth prince Li Yuanji, who is now the Duke of Qi, General Zhenbei, and Taiyuan to stay behind.
Since his father took his eldest brother and second brother to raise troops and fought all the way to Daxing, Yuanji has not been very happy. The eldest brother and the second brother all went to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, but his father arranged for him to stay in Jinyang to take care of the Li family's daughters. If you take good care of this, you should do it, and if you don't take care of it well, you are at fault. And where are these female dependents so easy to take care of? Since my father wrote from Daxing, mentioning that Zhiyun was dead, Aunt Wan didn't think about tea and dinner, and cried in the house all day long. The eldest sister-in-law has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, and the second sister-in-law is pregnant again. Yuanji felt that the work he did was not a general, a stay-at-all, but a nanny, trivial and boring. (The novel "The Legend of the Two Concubines of the Tang Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )