Chapter 4: The Way Home

Li Xiao, who has read the history of the Ming Dynasty, still knows a little about this ancestor Dale. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Zu Dale, the word Xingyu, the son of the ancestral surname Jiangmen family in Liaodong, is the cousin of the famous general Zu Dashou in Liaodong. This person is accustomed to martial arts, familiar with military books, at the age of sixteen he put on his hair to join the army, is a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, and has fought Ningjin victory, Zunyong victory and other famous victories. Later, he was ordered to enter the customs to suppress the thieves, and even more painfully eliminated the rogues from all walks of life, and killed the leader of the rogues, the "King of Chaos". Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the military to aid the suppression, and was deeply loved by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda at that time. Unfortunately, in the battle of Songmian in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Songshan City where he was stationed was broken by the Qing army, and he had to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and finally died in the early years of Shunzhi.

At this time, Zu Wan'er certainly wouldn't have thought that Li Xiao was recalling these historical materials.

When she saw Li Xiao's contemplative look, she quickly gave a brief description of her own home, and told him how she was captured by the Tartars.

It turned out that this Zu Wan'er was the only daughter of Zu Dale, the deputy commander of the Liaodong Forward Battalion, Zu Dale had only one son and one daughter in his life, his eldest son was named Zu Zeyan, who was 20 years old this year, and his youngest daughter was named Zu Wan'er, who was 17 years old this year.

Some time ago, because Zu Wan'er had a good relationship with a concubine of Huanglong, the commander of the Dongjiang River, she was invited to Lushun to play. But he never expected that he happened to encounter the Houjin army to attack Jinzhou in southern Liaoning.

Originally, the soldiers of the Ming army in Jinzhou thought that the Houjin army would just invade the border and capture a few villages and forts as before, and then withdraw. But I didn't expect that this time, Houjin was the heart of annexing southern Liaonan.

Houjin soldiers were extremely fast and invincible, and in just a few days, they hit the city of Arthur, and then immediately besieged the city. It is difficult for Zu Wan'er to escape now.

After the city was broken, the concubine and the chief soldier Huang Long were martyred together, Zu Wan'er disguised herself as an ordinary refugee, and wanted to escape from the city with a large number of refugees.

Zasu was overjoyed, he never expected that he would be able to catch such a big fish in this Lushun City. He knew that if he sacrificed this daughter of the Jiangmen to the Houjin Khan Court, his military exploits would be greatly increased.

Therefore, Zasu immediately tied Zu Wan'er to his majestic horse along with his looted property. And immediately ordered his own team, and hurried back to Shenyang Shengjing to invite merit.

When he arrived at the rugged mountain road of Panlong Mountain, Nazha Su thought that the team was moving too slowly, so he took two cronies and infantry soldiers and led the horse tied to Zu Wan'er to take the first step, wanting to pass through Panlong Mountain as soon as possible and return to Shenyang as soon as possible.

The horses galloped quickly on the rugged mountain road, and soon Zu Wan'er fainted. But she didn't expect that by chance, she, who had become the fish of the golden chopping board, was so lucky to be rescued by Li Xiao here.

Zu Wan'er said this long paragraph intermittently, paused, and looked like she wanted to say something.

Li Xiao looked at her with a smile, as if encouraging her to continue.

Zu Wan'er let out a long sigh and said slowly: "Li Xiao, I know that my request may be difficult for a strong man, but if you send me back to my home in Jinzhou, Liaoxi, my father will definitely thank you again." She blinked a pair of bright black eyes and looked straight at Li Xiao, who was silent opposite, her eyes were full of inexplicable expectation.

A faint smile appeared on Li Xiao's face: "Girl, you think too much, Li Xiao is not a greedy person." Promise the king, will be kept. As I said, I promised to send you back, and I will do it. Even if you are penniless, Li Xiao will not give up. ”

Zu Wan'er's eyes were full of gratitude, and two blush flowers flew up on her face, making her feel even more shy.

The two chatted a few more words, and Li Xiao asked Zu Wan'er to rest early, preparing to leave this place early tomorrow morning and go to Jinzhou.

When Zu Wan'er was falling asleep in bed, Li Xiao was still sitting by the fire, uneasy.

He never thought that he had traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty and could quickly get into a relationship with the daughter of a famous Liaodong general, so how should he go forward?

Li Xiao's face was as calm as water, but in the depths of his pupils, there seemed to be two raging flames, beating violently.

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The next day, until the middle of the morning, Zu Wan'er, who had slept soundly all night, woke up from her dream.

At this time, the entrance of the stone cave was already wide open, and bright sunlight came in, making the whole cave bright and clear.

Zu Wan'er, who knew that she had overslept, quickly got up from the bed, she raised her eyes to look around, but found that there was silence in the cave, where was Li Xiao's shadow!

Hey? Where did this Li Xiao go?

Just as she was terrified in the cave, the sound of Sisuo's footsteps came from the entrance of the cave.

Before Zu Wan'er let out a scream, Li Xiao held a bow in one hand and a bloodied fat hare in the other, and lowered his head from the entrance of the cave.

The fear in Zu Wan'er's heart disappeared in an instant, and she let out a long breath, an expression of resentment and shyness on her face.

This hateful Li Xiao really scared me to death. He had no idea how dependent I was on him now。。。。。。

"Are you up? No, I just went outside to feed the horses some forage, and I shot a rabbit back, and I'm going to walk a long way when I don't have enough. ”

Li Xiao didn't notice Zu Wan'er's facial expression, he continued while he was busy in his hands: "There is a mountain stream outside the cave, Wan'er, you go outside to freshen up, I will start roasting rabbit meat now." ”

When Zu Wan'er went outside to freshen up, Li Xiao had already re-lit the fire, quickly skinned the rabbit, dug out the internal organs and water, smeared the sauce, and roasted it on the fire.

Li Xiao saw Zu Wan'er bowing her head by the stream from a distance from the entrance of the cave to freshen up, and couldn't help but remember that when she had just jumped into the stream to take a bath, she saw her face for the first time through the calm and clear stream.

Li Xiao, who had been soaking in the stream for a long time, stood up proudly, only to see a masculine, well-developed body reflected on the water. With a height of more than 1.8 meters, the neck and neck muscles are thick and firm, the shoulders are broad and thick, the muscles are grand, the pectoralis major muscles are smooth and solid like steel casting, and the eight-pack abdominal muscles are obviously tight and tight...... From top to bottom, it forms an inverted triangle with great visual impact.

What especially satisfied Li Xiao was his appearance. A well-defined face, resolute and deep eyes, angular lips, a high nose, and raised eyebrows.

A handsome and brave, toned and strong young man!

Li Xiao secretly thought, this superb force, toned body, and handsome appearance can probably be regarded as the so-called crossing welfare.

Of course, if compared with those who have systems, space, aircraft, missiles, tanks, cannons, and the emperor and the crown prince, Li Xiao, who has crossed as an ordinary hunter, has received a somewhat pitiful benefit, but Li Xiao is already very content and full of self-confidence in his heart.

It's better to rely on people than to rely on yourself, if you come, you will be safe, let yourself rely on this force to work hard for a future.

Zu Wan'er, who came back from freshening, was obviously much more open than yesterday, she happily took the half of the rabbit that was roasted and charred on the outside and tender on the inside, first inhaled the tempting aroma of the rabbit deeply, and then, like Li Xiao, couldn't wait to bite a large piece of rabbit meat and chew it hard.

"Well, it's fragrant and tender, it's delicious, Li Xiao, your craftsmanship is really good." Zu Wan'er's mouth kept moving, praising while eating. She wiped the corners of her mouth and scratched the grease stains on her hand.

"It's delicious, this is the craft of our hunters, in the future, I will give you deer, pheasant, and wild boar, so that you can eat the same, and you will never eat it." Li Xiao saw that she was eating so happily, and said funny.

The girl's eyes lit up obviously, but then, suddenly, they dimmed.

Alas, it would be nice to be able to eat every day, but after this experience, when I return home, my father will never let me leave again.

Li Xiao saw her face change slightly, and he also guessed her careful thoughts. He smiled softly and didn't say much, just finished the roast rabbit in his hand more quickly.

Ten minutes later, both of them had finished eating, and the originally fat rabbit was only left with skeletons scattered all over the ground.

Then, Li Xiao swept the cave and hung the bow and arrows, the package with gold, and a large bag of rice grain on the left and right sides of the saddle of the horse. Next, Li Xiao put on his armor again, held the tiger knife, and walked out of the cave with Zu Wan'er, and re-covered the entrance of the cave with the stone.

"Li Xiao, your home was destroyed, will you come back here?" Seeing Li Xiao carefully cover the entrance of the cave with a stone, Zu Wan'er suddenly asked softly.

Li Xiao's face suddenly became solemn, he looked up at the bright sun in the sky, and finally said softly: "I don't know, maybe, one day I will return here." ”

"By the way, Li Xiao, this steed, have you ever named it?" Zu Wan'er saw Li Xiao's face condensed, and hurriedly changed the topic.

Li Xiao smiled and shook his head.

"I have a good name, this horse's hooves are so white, as if it were stepping on snow, how about it be called stepping on snow?" Zu Wan'er said with a wink.

"Good! Treading snow is a good name, so it's up to you. Come, I'll help you to your horse. Li Xiao replied with a laugh.

The breeze gently blows the boundless trees on Panlong Mountain, making a sound, like a ballad that has been sung through the ages. In the swaying grass and trees, Li Xiao held a knife in one hand in front of him, led a horse in the other hand to explore the way, and stepped on the snow to carry Zu Wan'er to follow Li Xiao step by step.

About an hour later, Li Xiaozu and Wan'er came to the place where they fought with the Houjin Tartars yesterday.

Li Xiao specially detoured here.

The corpses of the Tartars have all been removed, and only the corpses of Xiao Er and Xiao Daquan are still lying alone between the mountain roads.

Seeing the corpses of the two of them, which had already been stiff as stones, Li Xiao's heart felt sad like a knife.

These two last folks in Shantun, these two people who came to this world at the end of the Ming Dynasty to meet first, are now separated from themselves forever by yin and yang, is it all fate?

Li Xiao asked Zu Wan'er and Taxue to stay in the dense forest, and then went over alone, carried Xiao Daquan's corpse, as well as Xiao Er's body and head, from the mountain road, and then silently took out a small shovel specially brought from the cave from the horse, and began to dig a pit on the spot.

After a short time, Li Xiao dug two holes, carefully put the bodies of Xiao Daquan and Xiao Er into the pits, and then filled in the soil and buried them.

Zu Wan'er watched Li Xiao kneeling in front of the two newly erected graves with a look full of sympathy and pity, and cried bitterly in a suppressed voice.

Zu Wan'er walked over gently, and under Li Xiao's gaze, she was full of tears, and gave three heavy kowtows to the two new graves.

"Uncle Daquan, Xiao Er, when one day I, Li Xiao, defeat the Tartars, I will definitely come back to reassemble the coffin for you and the whole village, and then set up a good grave." Li Xiao kowtowed.

After a long time, Li Xiao finally got up, helped Zu Wan'er to get back on the horse, and left silently, never looking back.