Li Shimin was young, but his reaction was extremely fast, and he didn't wait for the guy in the store to open the door, so he preemptively said: "Man, we have all the bags here."

But his words were still a step late, and a dozen men dressed as businessmen had already broken in, and a fat man led by him threw out a large ingot of silver with a smile and said loudly: "Man, if you have any good wine and good food, just serve."

As he spoke, dozens of men entered, and among them was a pretty woman, who sat down before the crowd fell silent

Li Shimin frowned, walked over and arched his hand: "We have already chartered this inn, dare to ask you where this comes from and where is it going."

The fat man still said with a smile on his face: "At home, relying on our parents, going out to rely on friends, we are a caravan from Luoyang, we have just returned from Jiangnan, this little brother, you see that it is too late, there are still a lot of empty rooms in such a big inn, why not let us sleep outside."

This is still the territory of the Changshan Army, Li Shimin doesn't want to reveal his identity, so he can't use force, but he still frowns and asks: "Since you return to Luoyang from Jiangnan, why don't you take the canal and take this almost abandoned trade route?"

The fat man laughed and said: "Don't hide this little brother, my wife can't take the boat, so I have to abandon the boat and go ashore, I don't know where the little brother is going."

Li Shimin naturally went to Luoyang on the way, and it was inevitable that they would meet again, but it was not good to hide it very much, and listening to these people talking, it was indeed a Luoyang accent, so he couldn't help but nod and said: "We are also going to Luoyang, and we don't want to take a boat, but the situation is similar to you, so everyone doesn't interfere with each other, so you are quieter."

The fat man thanked him again and again: "That's that"

Li Shimin didn't know that this caravan was pretended to be led by Zhang Chuchen

There were also many people who fled from Luoyang to Jiangnan during the war in the north, and Zhang Chuchen effortlessly organized a caravan with a Luoyang accent, but most of these people were mediocre in martial arts and were not capable of dealing with Li Shimin

However, Zhang Chuchen knew that Ah Fu and the three of them were seriously injured by a black and thin young man, and she also knew that there was no opponent of that young man by her side, so she didn't plan to take it hard, but just tiptoed on the trail of Li Shimin and his party, but secretly sent a letter to Li Jing, hoping to try to intercept them

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At dawn the next day, the two "caravans" were ready to go, but Li Shimin commanded the carriages and horses and turned to the southwest, and the fat man stepped forward and asked with a surprised face: "This son, listening to your accent, is also from Luoyang, why did you go to the southwest?"

Li Shimin replied without hesitation: "We still have a business to do in Liyang, and we will not return to Luoyang for the time being."

Liyang already belonged to Lujiang Group, and the fat man's goal was to go to Luoyang, so they naturally didn't want to continue to follow, watching Li Shimin's convoy gradually drive out of the inn, the fat man stomped his feet fiercely, and said, "What should I do, madam?"

Although Lujiang County was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Changshan Army, there was no Changshan Army stationed there, and the actual control was still in the hands of the former courtiers, and Zhang Chuchen's orders were not necessarily easy to use there

Zhang Chuchen gently lifted his veil, looked into the distance and said: "Sister Xiu'er is still in their hands, we can't use force, but no matter which way they go, they can't get around Yingchuan, let's go to Runan and wait for them."

Li Shimin was very careful, he led the convoy to the southwest, but he still left an eyeliner, and learned that the caravan was really going in the direction of Luoyang in the north, Li Shimin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said: "Everyone rest in place for an hour, and when they go away, we will also set off north."

The eldest grandson Wuji said to stop him: "Don't Huainan, Runan, Ruyīn, Huaiyang The four counties are heavily guarded by the Changshan Army, we will inevitably pass through the four counties from here, and now Xuanba is seriously ill, it will be difficult to resist if he encounters a strong enemy, it is better to continue to go west, from Xiangyang to the north through Nanyang."

Li Shimin muttered: "This way can be detoured, I'm afraid Liu Ziqiu can't wait for such a long time, and he is already going to invade Luoyang in a big way."

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said: "In five or six days, Liu Ziqiu should have gotten the news that his wife and children were captured by you and me, can he still sit still?"

Li Shimin trusted his eldest brother's ability the most, and immediately said: "Okay, just listen to your delay, there will be a change, let's go west immediately, and we must rush back to Luoyang as soon as possible."

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The road to the west is not easy to walk, sometimes it is necessary to go over the mountains and mountains, fortunately, Li Shimin brought all the sharp horses in the army, and the horses are also one in a thousand good horses, everyone is Xiaoxing, and sometimes they even have to sleep in the wilderness, the hardships of which can be imagined, ten days later, finally arrived in Handong County

Although Li Shimin is young, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his body is strong, except for his face and being a little haggard, he can also hold on

It's just that the eldest grandson Wuji is suffering, he is a scholar, although there are also exercises in the six arts, after all, it is not the main business, and when he walked to Handong, he was finally overwhelmed and completely fell ill

Another sick person is Li Xuanba, Li Xuanba has always been in the torment of illness since he ate cold food and caused a poisonous xìng attack, and the road was bumpy and the illness became heavier and heavier, and his black face was actually golden sè

Li Shimin became anxious and ordered someone to bring Gao Xiu'er over and said, "Isn't Madame a doctor and ask Madame to help the two of them heal?"

"I said a long time ago that the black boy is hopeless," Gao Xiu'er shook her head, and pointed to the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "He's just not adaptable to the water and soil, and the road is tired, and it's not a big problem, as long as he rests three or five times and recuperates carefully, he can ease his strength."

Li Shimin was in a hurry to rush back to Luoyang, and he couldn't help but be angry: "You slut, you are not deceiving Li, you have to think clearly, your mother and son's lives are in the hands of Li, don't think about any plan to delay the army."

Gao Xiu'er glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji coldly and said: "The doctor's parents' heart, although he is not worthy of being Ziqiu's brother, I would rather let Ziqiu avenge our mother and son openly, and I will not do anything when I see a doctor, I just ask for a clear conscience, if you don't believe me, I have nothing to say."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's go to Handong City to avoid three rì for the time being."

How do you know that before they arrived at the city of Handong, they saw hundreds of people in front of them rushing over like cháo water, Li Shimin didn't understand what was going on, and hurriedly pulled a person over and asked, "What's wrong ahead?"

The common man trembled and said, "Run away, you can't go to the front, the cannibal demon king is about to fight."

"Man-eating Demon King" Li Shimin was shocked and said, "Who is the Man-eating Demon King"

The people were anxious to flee for their lives, and wanted to break free, but they were dragged by Li Shimin's men, and seeing that they were carrying knives and swords, they had to say: "The murderous demon king is called Zhu Cang, who has more than 100,000 soldiers, plundering everywhere between Han and Huai, and eats up the food everywhere, eats the women and children, and eats the women and children, and eats the strong men, you also run quickly, otherwise it will be miserable if you are caught by them."

Li Shimin is actually very bold, even if he faces thousands of troops, he will not retreat, but when he heard that Zhu Cang was going to eat people, he couldn't help but shudder, and muttered: "What to do, what to do?"

The eldest grandson Wuji struggled up from the cart and said: "The people of the world, don't panic, whether he eats people or not, since there is a large army to attack, we can't break through, so we have to retreat with these people first."

The sound of horses' hooves was dusty, the thieves came quickly, and the fleeing people suddenly seemed to have been immobilized, and they could no longer take a step, stopping in place, trembling, and as a result, Li Shimin and his entourage, who were engulfed, could not move

The group of thieves who caught up was a cavalry of more than 500 people, and the thieves rode over, raised their whips, and whipped them at the people on the side of the road, and cursed in their mouths: "Escape, I told you to run away again, listen to the woman and the child standing on the left, and the man standing on the right."

This group of fleeing civilians was no less than 10,000 people, and in the face of 500 thieves, the cavalry was like a group of tame sheep, and they really followed the order to separate on both sides, only to hear a cry, but no one resisted, but in this way, Li Shimin and his party, who were originally caught in the middle, were exposed

If according to the requirements of the thieves, women and children go to the left, and men go to the right, then Li Shimin will lose control over Gao Xiu'er's mother and son, and the life and death of Gao Xiu'er's mother and son is not in his heart, but it is related to whether Liu Ziqiu can be held hostage by this, and Li Shimin tried his best to catch them, how could the mother and son give up easily

Li Xuanba also understood Li Shimin's intentions, gritted his teeth and said: "Second brother, I still have the last pill here for me to eat, and I will take care of this gang of thieves."

Gao Xiu'er's heart moved when she heard this, and asked, "What pills can I see?"

Li Xuanba was still hesitating, but Li Shimin urged: "It's okay for the third brother to show her" and said: "This is the power given to my third brother by a passing Taoist in the early years, and every time he eats, it will skyrocket by one point."

Gao Xiu'er took the pill and put it under his nose, sniffed it, nodded again, and said: "This pill can stimulate potential, but if you eat it for a long time, it will inevitably hurt itself, and the poison in his body will accumulate over time, it turns out that it comes from this pill, with his current physical condition, if he doesn't take this pill, he can live for a year and a half more, if he takes another pill, I'm afraid he won't live for ten days."

Li Xuanba couldn't care about the pain in his abdomen, struggled to snatch back the pills, and said loudly: "Ten days, ten days, second brother, I'll fight with them first"

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Don't wait for someone to think of a way"

As he spoke, the bandof thieves had already rushed towards them

At the critical moment, I suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and a sharp arrow slashed through the forehead of the thief in the middle, and the thief was about to turn over and fall off the horse, and the thieves were in a panic