Chapter Ninety-Nine: Escape
The words were divided into two ends, when Lu Chang threw the letterhead into the window of Laihu'er's house, Laihu'er was awakened, after all, people who practice martial arts are much more alert than ordinary people.
But Lu Chang's speed was too fast, and when Laihu'er sat up, there was no sound outside.
Lai Hu'er hurriedly turned on the lamp, but saw a letterhead on the window, took it and looked at the content of the letter under the light, and was immediately stunned.
"Come to the general, Yu Wenhua has already led the army to mutiny. He wants to kill the king and kill the minister, and your father and son are the main targets to be eliminated, so run for your life. If you want to flee in secret, don't show your face, and leave a rope on the wall of the city where the big locust tree is located in the west of the city. I have other things to do, so be careful. Jiangnan. Land. ”
Laihu'er looked at the letter and didn't speak for a long time, and his wife was also awakened.
"Why do you wake up in the middle of the night and don't sleep?"
As soon as his wife opened her mouth, Hu'er came to her senses and hurriedly beckoned her to get up.
"Go, call all the sons here, don't make a move."
Mrs. Lai didn't know what was going on, but when she saw her husband's expression was stern and abnormal, she knew that things were probably very strict, so she put on her clothes and went out.
After a while, the three sons of Laihu'er came, Laikai, the eldest son of Laihu'er, and conferred the general doctor; Lai Hong, the fifth son of Lai Hu'er, awarded the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor; Lai Cheng, the sixth son, awarded Doctor Zuo Guanglu, and was named the Duke of Xiangyang County.
"Father, you called us over in the middle of the night, why is it so urgent?"
As soon as he entered the door, he opened his mouth and asked, and the other sons were also puzzled, what happened to my father today, the rooster crowed in the middle of the night!
"Quietly, look at this letterhead, someone just brought it in through the window."
The sons took the letter and looked at it, they were stupid, the news was too shocking.
In astonishment, it was time to speak.
"Father, I'm afraid this news is true, the defection of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army is not a matter of a day or two, there has been a lot of chaos in the army recently, and there are many rumors. It is even rumored that the emperor prepared more poisonous wine to poison the people of Guanzhong, and only the southerners were left around. I think this is probably a matter of intent. ”
I know a little bit about these things, but I didn't expect someone to mutiny. Coming to the whole thing, Lai Hu'er realized the severity of the problem.
At this time, after saying it all, Lai Hu'er also understood that this matter was eighty percent true.
"It seems that we must flee quickly, or we will be ruined when we come home. But can't we just leave? What about the imperial court, what about the emperor? Is it to let the culture and the scourge of the universe? ”
"Father, the matter has come to this point, even if we want to resist, I'm afraid it will be useless, except for losing our lives, we can't do anything, we can't delay it any longer."
Lai Kai heard what his father meant, and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"The question is where are we going?"
"It's up to my father to decide."
"This messenger is signed Jiangnan Lu, could it be that Lu Chang, who is still in Jiangnan, personally sent it?"
Several sons also noticed the last signatory of the letter, but they didn't think about Lu Chang for a while, and when their father said it, they remembered that it was really him.
In the past half a year, Lu Chang can be described as famous, and the people below may know less, who among the ministers of the DPRK and China does not know that Lu Chang won with the remnants of the army, and resisted Lin Shihong under impossible circumstances and finally destroyed him.
"It should be him, otherwise he wouldn't have signed Jiangnan. Land. Otherwise, let's go to Jiangnan, I heard that General Lu has gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan. If this letter was really sent by General Lu, he would have saved our entire family. ”
Lai Cheng said that he wanted to go to Jiangnan, and several brothers agreed, and Laihu'er thought about it, and I am afraid that there is only one way to go to Jiangnan at present.
"Okay, let's get out of town first. The women couldn't get out over the wall, so they evacuated to the homes of the soldiers first, and then mixed out when the city gate was opened during the day. Hurry up and prepare, our father and son will evacuate immediately. ”
The family was in a hurry, and first let the female relatives take away the relatives, and the father and son quietly went out of the door with only a few personal soldiers.
Laihu'er didn't dare to take the avenue, so he chose a secluded path away from the central area of the city and dived to the west of the city.
Undoubtedly, Laihu'er chose the right one, and the noise of army soldiers could be heard in the nearby alleys, and the mutiny had already begun.
At first, it was quite smooth, but Laihu'er, father and son, had just turned a corner of a small alley when they ran into a group of soldiers patrolling at night.
"Stop, who came out in the middle of the night, didn't know the curfew?"
Laihu'er's father and son had to stop, but fortunately, these people knew Laihu'er.
"It turned out to be a general, you are ......"
"Hehe, there's a colleague who has something at home, let's go take a look."
"That's the case, I won't delay you, come to the general."
There was no danger, and the father and son came to the city wall near the big locust tree in the west city wall, and sure enough, there was a rope tied to the wall battlement.
Laihu'er looked back at the dark Jiangdu City, and the palace in the distance was already full of fire, and he didn't have to think about it to know that it was the light from the torch. Yu Wenhua and sure enough, he began to act.
Laihu'er sighed deeply and said to his sons: "Let's go, the short-lived glory of the Great Sui Dynasty is over today." ”
After speaking, he took the lead in grabbing the rope and descending the city wall. The sons followed their father one after another and disappeared into the night.
When the father and son walked to the woods outside the city, a few soldiers came out of the woods.
"Is the one who came to be a general?"
"Exactly, who are you?"
"Come to the general, I have been waiting for the arrival of the general's family here for a long time on the order of the general, please go first and rest in the forest."
Lai Hu'er was very moved, General Lu not only sent a letter to himself, so as to prevent the family from flying to the disaster, and now he also arranged for someone to respond, how can he come to the house to receive this great favor, there is really no way to repay it!
Laihu'er and the others approached the forest, and Liu Shouhui greeted them.
"Come to the general, my general has something to do and go back early. When the general was leaving, we asked us to prepare a boat for the general's family, just a dozen miles ahead. If there are all the people, everyone will be there on horseback soon. ”
Look at how meticulously they have prepared, even the boat is ready. Considering the safety of the ladies in the family, Laihu'er decided to let his son stay as a whole.
"Come on, you stay here and wait for your mother, I guess they will come out after dawn."
"Yes, father, I'll wait for my mother."
When Liu Shouhui heard this, there were still people behind him. This will not work, and the cavalry must be left here for safety.
"Come to the general, I think so, leave some cavalry here, and wait for them to leave the city quickly. Let's leave here and wait on the ship, what do you think? ”
Of course, this is good, and Laihu'er and the others left with Liu Shouhui and other cavalry.