Chapter 45: The Grace of a Meal

'Whoosh! Arrows shot from behind him, and once again shot at Li Kuan, who was getting on his horse.

Li Kuan was enduring the pain in his spine at this time, and he had to adjust his body with the ups and downs of chasing clouds, but he couldn't dodge for a while. At this moment, a black shadow swooped out from the side, blocking between Li Kuan and the arrow.

The 'poof......' arrow shot into the flesh and sent the shadow forward.

At this time, Li Kuan had already gotten on the horse, and hurriedly turned around to see that the black shadow was flying in his direction, stretched out his hand to catch him, grabbed him, and then clamped the horse's belly, and chased the clouds and suddenly increased his speed again. The other soldiers also mounted their horses and followed him at a gallop.

The Turks behind him did not shoot arrows again, because at this time the distance between the two sides was once again widened, and now they were almost out of his range, and shooting arrows again would not have much effect. With regretful expressions of regret, they put away their bows and arrows, and turned towards their original destination, the Turkic king's tent. The purpose of their trip was to find out what was going on with the dragon turning over early yesterday morning, and they met these dozen Tang people just to chase them by the way. It is impossible to forget their original purpose in order to hunt down Li Kuan and the other dozen or so people, if they knew that these dozen people had just come from the Turkic king's tent, they would definitely not give up lightly, but now they don't know, let Li Kuan and the others escape from life.

Li Kuan's face was in a cold sweat, and he grabbed the black shadow with one hand, which was two hundred pounds, and the sprain on his spine made him miserable. But let him leave the person in his hands, he must never be able to. This man has just saved his life, how can he abandon it? Although his steel teeth clenched in pain, his hands clenched even tighter.

The horse galloped for a long time. Finally shook off the Turks behind him, and Li Kuan and the others stopped. At this time, Li Kuan turned his head to look at the person who saved his life, it was an ordinary Xuanjia guard soldier, and Li Kuan didn't remember his name. They have been together for more than a month, but Li Kuan does not have the ability to remember, but only knows that he is his subordinate. looked familiar, and Li Kuan really couldn't remember what the specific name was.

Liu Wei was sitting upright on the horse at this time, standing beside Li Kuan. looked at the soldier Li Kuan was carrying, and said urgently: "Li Xiao, how is it, are you okay?" "A look of eagerness. Many brothers have been lost on this trip to the grasslands. I had already started the return journey, and I thought that there would be no loss to the brothers on the way after that, but I didn't know that such a thing would happen.

At this time, Li Xiao, who was being carried by Li Kuan, was already dying, with a line of blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, still dripping down drop by drop. An arrow pierced through the chest, and the arrow pierced through the chest, and the barbs on it looked terrifying. Fortunately, there is no blood trough, otherwise this blood loss along the way would have killed this man. But though there is no sinister blood tank and poison. At this time, the soldier named Li Xiao still had his last breath left, after all, the arrow penetrated his body and destroyed his lung lobes, and now the coughing up blood at the corner of his mouth was because he injured the surface of his heart and lungs, and if he injured other internal organs, there would be no blood flowing out of his mouth.

At this time, this soldier has reached the moment of death, his eyes are filled with an infinite desire to survive, he is no longer the iron-blooded tough guy who has returned from a hundred battles, but an ordinary person who is eager to live. But the sharp pain in his chest reminded him that he was no longer good, so after being lowered to the ground by the other soldiers, he began to explain what had happened.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the little one ...... I please, a small thing! "Hoarseness, this is a common problem of all those who serve in the army.

"Say, this king will do it for you!" Li Kuan dismounted, ignoring his injuries, and went straight to him and squatted down.

"The small hometown is in Xunyang, Jiangnan Province, and there are cheap and a little cub at home, this time I can't go back, I hope His Royal Highness the King of Chu can bring my ashes back, so that they can send me Li Xiao to the ancestral grave! cough cough ...... "Although Li Xiao coughed up blood, he still spoke in a very orderly manner, and he did not break it.

"No, you will live, this king still has gold sore medicine here, as well as alcohol, which will help you heal your injuries!" As he spoke, Li Kuan took out two small porcelain bottles from a package beside him, which were specially fired with spiral textures that could be completely sealed.

"Your Highness, I can't do it anymore, my current state should be back to the light! Ahem...... Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern! Li Xiao stopped Li Kuan's actions, and although the iron-clad man trembled when he spoke, he did not moan.

"Li Xiao, why did you pounce and block that arrow for this king?" Li Kuan asked, although he knew that these people would definitely be able to die for themselves, but they might not be able to complain without complaints, after all, they were Li Er's personal guards, and they would inevitably hesitate when they acted. At that time, the situation could be described as a critical moment, as long as there was a slight hesitation, it would definitely not be able to stop, this soldier would not hesitate to die for him Li Kuan, which made Li Kuan very shocked.

"Your Highness, hehe...... cough cough ......" Li Xiao brought a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he remembered something beautiful: "Your Highness is kind to me, is the little one ungrateful?" ”

Li Xiao's words made Li Kuan even more puzzled, when did he show favor to this Xuanjiawei soldier? Why is it not impressive at all? So his face unconsciously showed a puzzled expression.

This look fell into the eyes of Li Xiao, who was lying on the snow, and the corners of his mouth pulled up again: "Your Highness, don't ...... Think again! My Li Xiao died of my father and mother when I was a child...... Pulling me to grow up, she taught me since I was a child that I need a meal to be a man...... The grace will be repaid! Maybe when ...... The matter of the year is just a matter of convenience for His Highness, insignificant, but it is ...... It makes me feel deep in my heart! Li Xiao's speech was no longer coherent, and the injury began to worsen.

"I'll never, ever forget...... I can't forget, that wind ...... On a snowy night, the palace of the king of Chu ...... You are holding the bowl, Her Royal Highness Princess Changle, cough cough...... Blocking the falling snowflakes with a handkerchief, in the light of the fire at dusk, the bowl of food that was delivered, cough cough...... I've been a filial piety for more than ten years...... Nian Bing, that night was the warmest night! Li Xiao looked up at the gloomy sky, and his eyes seemed to see a little boy holding a bowl of steaming venison and some green vegetables again, and a petite figure beside him blocked the bowl with a snow-white handkerchief, walking towards him step by step. When he was dying, he did not see his relatives, but this pair of brothers and sisters, which was the warmest place in his heart over the years. As a soldier, he was paid in order to seal his wife and son, although he married a wife and had children during this period for more than ten years, he did not have much affection for them. Most of the time was spent in the army, so the most profound thing that I remembered at this last moment was that he received a bowl of food from Li Kuan, who was still the second son of King Qin at the time, that night, which was more unforgettable than the countless gold and silver given by Li Er.

After this reminder, Li Kuan finally remembered this incident, but he didn't expect that he just felt sorry for his little Lori sister at the beginning, and actually planted such a period of cause and effect, and now this soldier is willing to die generously for himself for that bowl of leftovers, which shocked Li Kuan beyond words, which really made him unbelievable. There are still such people in this world, and the purity and simplicity of the ancients made Li Kuan, a traveler, feel embarrassed.

Not only Li Kuan, but even the rest of the Xuanjia Guard soldiers were stunned when they heard it, they didn't experience this matter personally, no matter how they sounded it, they felt that it was ridiculous, for a bowl of rice, they actually dared to give their lives to repay, they couldn't do such a thing.

Looking at the sky, the snowflakes began to fly, and the snow-white elves flew freely between the heavens and the earth with their delicate bodies. Li Kuan knew from the system's prompts that the person in front of him had lost his life, but those eyes still looked up at the sky with the divine light of infinite longing.

"Rest in peace! Your wishes, I will help you make it happen! Li Kuan stretched out his hand and closed his eyes, and then ordered the soldiers to take his body and hang it on his horse, and wait until he was completely out of the Turkic sphere of influence and cremated into ashes and brought back.

This time, there are 300 Xuanjiawei who followed Li Kuan deep into the grassland, and now there are seventy or eighty people who have been lost on the grassland, but there is only Li Xiao who can save the body back to the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the people can only be buried in the belly of the wild wolf with the green weeds and the snowflakes on this grassland, or they will become a pile of dry bones buried among the wild grass.

"Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream!" Li Kuan let out a long sigh and unconsciously chanted this verse. He didn't remember who the poet was, but it was in his current state of mind, and the wives and children of these dead soldiers must still be looking forward to the return of the beloved who went out on the expedition, and when that day comes, even if the eyes are clouded with tears, they will have the happiest smile at the corners of their mouths.

"Let's go, go back to Datang!" Li Kuan twisted his waist on the ground and restored his twisted lumbar vertebrae. There was a clicking sound, and the spine twisted and twisted like a moving living thing. After the final freeze, the sandalwood box that had previously contained the heirloom jade seal was moved back with a misplaced spine. Then get on the horse and give the order.

"No!" A group of soldiers turned over their horses and followed Li Kuan's footsteps.

Li Kuan took the lead, followed by several soldiers, followed by four war horses, all of which were accompanied by a person, three of whom were the three former Sui princesses and queens who had survived the fall of the Turkic king's tent and their maids, and one war horse was the body of Li Xiao, and the group left rows of horseshoe prints on the grassland and disappeared at the end of the sky.

On the other side, the Turks rushed to the king's tent, only to find that there was nothing but a deep crack in the ground. This stunned all the Turks, is this the punishment of the wolf god? (To be continued......)