The weather was exceptional on this day.

Blue sky and white clouds, the sun is shining.

The gates of Shangdang City were closed.

"Open the door, I'm an envoy of the imperial court."

Xu Yongzhi shouted to the city.

A young soldier poked his head out and saw that Xu Yongzhi and they were not many in number, if not counting the red panda, there were only two people.

The creep retracted, and the veteran poked his head out.

"Wait a minute, my lord."

This title is very polite, and it is not at all the state of the two countries fighting each other.

Li Yun pulled all the soldiers who could fight to the front line.

After a while, an elderly person appeared in the city, this person Xu Yongzhi had seen, it was none other than Luqiu Zhongqing.

"Amitabha!" The old man recited a Buddha in the city.

"Lord Xu, you're here! Open the gates, open the gates! ”

Lu Qiu Zhongqing commanded the soldiers.

Xu Yongzhi and Duan Zishou rode into the city, and several soldiers of the Li family gathered over and asked them to hand over their blades.

"No, no," Lu Qiu kicked them away, "this is our son's guest." ”

Xu Yongzhi had been to Li Yun's mansion, and he was familiar with the road, and Luqiu led the way, and they soon entered the Taiwei Mansion - maybe it should be called Pingnan Wangfu.

Li Shoujie was disheveled and squatted in his study, he hadn't slept for three days.

He had just learned the news of his father's defeat in the field.

"My father will be stationed in Zezhou, waiting for Khitan reinforcements, Li Chongjin of Huainan said that he wants to help, and he should come soon." Li Yun's letter said so.

Lee Chongjin?

There is no faith in this man's promise.

Defending in Zezhou Cage City?

That's hopeless.

This has never been a big city that can be defended, it took one day for my father to fight Zezhou, and it is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin will fight Zezhou for one day.

After the fall of Zezhou, where should I go?

Thinking of this, I will blame my father for not being reasonable, but no matter how unreasonable it is, it is also my father, if my father dies, will I follow my father to die, or will I run away and take revenge on Zhao Kuangyin in the future?

Thinking of this, he felt that there was nothing to love in life, and if he received Zhao Kuangyin's edict, he could keep the whole family rich, what's wrong?

It is true that some people are young heroes, such as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who commanded thousands of soldiers and horses in their teens, and fought in the east and west.

But most young people, when they don't go through big things alone, are the first to go through both ends, and they are inappropriate.

Li Shoujie took out the Khitan-style short knife in his waist - this was a gift from his father when he was seventeen years old, the Khitan people eat roasted meat, they have a small knife, and when they are adults, they must have their own knives - it can be used for revenge, of course, it can also be used for self-destruction - heroes and heroes will not be humiliated.

Li Shoujie gently cut a wound on his wrist, the knife was very fast, it was actually a white mark, and there was no blood.

He pressed his finger hard, and the red blood flowed out.

The moment he saw the blood, he knew that everything recently was not a dream, and there was a feeling of pain.

Awake? Still not enough?

Then cut another one.

When he cut to the third one, he heard someone calling him from inside the second gate.

It's none other than his father's military advisor Lu Qiu Zhongqing.

Luqiu Zhongqing took Xu Yongzhi and came in through the second gate, and shouted inside.

"Childe, Lord Xu is here!"

"Lord Xu?" Li Shoujiemu thought in a daze, who is that?

"Dechen!" Xu Yongzhi raised his voice, "I'm here!" ”

"Oh, it's Brother Xu!"

He thought of the warm smile on Xu Yongzhi's face, and couldn't help but agree loudly.

"Brother Xu? I'm here! ”

He threw down the knife and stood up supporting his body, only to realize that he had lost so much blood.

"Ah, my head is so dizzy after bleeding......" he grunted and fell to the ground.

Xu Yongzhi pushed open the door and saw Li Shoujie lying in his own blood.

"Trouble!" Xu Yongzhi came over and saw the wound on his wrist, held it down, supported Li Shoujie's back and legs, and quickly carried him to the small bed in the study.

One thing good about the people in Shanzitang is that they will definitely have a medical kit on their bodies, and Duan Meimei will always carry a medical kit when she goes out, not to mention Xu Yongzhi.

Xu Yongzhi tore off the placket of Li Shoujie's underwear, covered the wound with wound medicine, and bandaged it tightly.

He stuffed a small pill into Li Shoujie's mouth.

"What kind of medicine is this, Lord Xu?" Lu Qiu was a little worried when he saw this medicine.

"Sugar, it's a piece of maltose."

Li Shoujie ate the candy, and after a while, opened his eyes.

"Brother Xu, has Zezhou fallen?" Li Shoujie felt that Xu Yongzhi should have come to persuade him to surrender when Zezhou fell.

"The official family asked me to convince you to open the city first, and if you have this credit, you can exonerate the whole family." Xu Yongzhi said Zhao Kuangyin's plan.

"Then my dad ......"

"Taiwei Li can't be saved, he sent the prison army to the Northern Han Dynasty, and killed the predecessor Zezhou Assassin Shi Pingbai, his crime is the crime of extermination, but you can keep your family." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Childe, make a decision." The old man Luqiu said.

Li Shoujie looked at Lu Qiu: "Uncle, you go out first, I have something to ask Brother Xu." ”

"This ......," the old man hesitated.

"Don't worry, he saved me, can he still harm me?" Li Shoujie's face was pale, but his mind was still very clear.

"Then I'm out."

"They ......," Li Shoujie looked at Duan Zishou and Ah Crisp.

"Ah Crisp and Ah Shou are my relatives, you don't have to shy away from them." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Brother Xu, I want to ask you, what do you think of me in your heart?"

"I treat you as a brother, I told the official family that I want you to be my lieutenant." Xu Yongzhi said.

"But I don't want to be your lieutenant......" Li Shoujie shook his head.

"If you don't want to be an official, farming and business can be arranged for you." Xu Yongzhi said again.

"Brother Xu is running away again," Ah Crisp said to Duan Zishou with a grin.

"Flee from what? There was no war! Duan Zishou was confused.

"You see, people are sincere to him and like him, so he pretends to be stupid, and he leaves us two as candlesticks to illuminate, and arranges future lives for others, which is to escape one thing." Crisp said.

"What's the matter?" Duan Zishou asked.

"Do you like people or not, give me a quasi-word!" Crisp said.

"Of course I like you." Duan Zishou said puzzled.

"I'm talking about Brother Xu, does he like Gongzi Li?" Crisp said.

"Ah, can a man like a man too?" Duan Zishou said.

"Humans can still like pandas, right?" Crisp said.

"It's different, you're a girl." Duan Zishou said.

These two people chattered, and Xu Yongzhi and Li Shoujie heard it clearly.

Xu Yongzhi said: "Dechen, take care of your body, don't think too much." ”

"Brother Xu, I really want to hear a sentence." Li Shoujie said.

"In my heart, you are a brother, a brother who has fallen into trouble, watching his family suffer, I don't know what to do well, I feel sorry for you, I pity you, I think of everything I have experienced, I think of the warmth that others have given me, I want to help you." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Do you always go around saving people like this?" Li Shoujie said.

"Hehe, of course...... My sister ......" Duan Zishou is going to talk nonsense.

"Amori!" Xu Yongzhi glared, and Duan Zishou obediently shut up.

"You like men, but I don't." Xu Yongzhi said.

"But I heard that Xia Zhaoyi is a man." Li Shoujie said.

"Xiaogui is a woman, but she is not very lucky, she has a man's body." Xu Yongzhi said.

"I can also treat you like a woman, I won't embarrass you, or Miss Duan." Li Shoujie said.

"I'm already struggling." Xu Yongzhi said.

"I'm sorry." Li Shoujie said.

"Don't say that," Xu Yongzhi said, "Li Lianqiao said to me, I always have to pull desperate people out of the puddle and quagmire, but I don't care about them becoming immortals and ascending to heaven, making people fall back into despair, it's better not to pull her." ”

"That woman is very vicious, Brother Xu, don't believe her words."

"She loves to lie and hurt people, but sometimes her insight is really top-notch, and I used to like to confuse helping others with liking others, but now, I think it is clear." Xu Yongzhi said.

Ah Crisp looked at Xu Yongzhi and wanted to complain about something, but when he saw Xu Yongzhi's sincere eyes, he couldn't open his mouth anymore.

"I don't have so many people I like, I'm helping you now, just because you are an excellent candidate for lieutenant, are you willing to join my team?" Xu Yongzhi asked.

Li Shoujie looked at Xu Yongzhi and didn't speak for a long time.

"Big brother, if he doesn't agree, do you want to threaten him?" Duan Zishou said.

As soon as the words fell, he was hit on the head by Ah Crisp: "Don't talk nonsense, children!" ”

"I'm willing," said Li Shoujie, "but, for now, you must hug me." ”

Xu Yongzhi leaned down and gave Li Shoujie a hug between brothers.

"Well, with this, I will be satisfied in this life." Li Shoujie struggled to his feet, with a smile on his face that forced tears to endure.

"Uncle Luqiu, let's change the flag!"

Shangdang City raised the banner of the imperial court, and this time, tens of thousands of people died.

Li Shoujie insisted on taking his wounds to see Zhao Kuangyin, hoping to persuade his father to open the city, so that his father might be given death instead of being executed—leaving a festival for the last dignity.

Unfortunately, they were still late.

When Xu Yongzhi and Li Shoujie came to the city, the gate of Zezhou had fallen, and the infantry of the Song army rushed into the city like a tide.

Xu Yongzhi hurriedly looked for the dragon flag.

Zhao Kuangyin's dragon flag is very forward.

There is no way, although he is a new emperor, he is an old general, and he can't help but rush forward, and even move stones with the soldiers.

Li Yun retreated to the wall of the official office in Zezhou, and he finally understood a lot of things.

The Northern Han is unreliable, the Forsythia is unreliable, and the Khitan is unreliable.

The brotherhood he had hoped for was even more unreliable.

Overestimating his popularity, he completely lost his mind.

Overestimated the loyal ministers of the Great Zhou and let himself be encircled.

Zhao Kuangyin's Huang Luo umbrella appeared under the wall, it seems that Zhao Kuangyin is going to humiliate me.

Li Yun poked his head out:

"Lao Zhao!"

"Lao Li!"

Li Yun suddenly laughed.

"Lao Zhao, you're still amazing."

"The era of chaos is over the fist, Lao Li, open the door and come out."

Li Yun hid his hands under the battlements, and he still held a bow and arrows, and his recurved bow was particularly hard, and it was no problem to shoot one hundred and fifty paces.

"What if I say no?" Li Yun secretly felt the wind and calculated how to make a move.

"Daddy!" A young man rushed up from behind, calling out loudly.

"Shoujie, why are you here!" Li Yun was confused all of a sudden.

"Dad, let's open the city, I have already returned to the imperial court, and the official family has promised to protect our whole family. Official, I beg you, and pardon my father, I, as a son, can die for him......"

Zhao Kuangyin saw Li Shoujie come out to persuade his father, and he was also a pure filial piety, but he pardoned Li Yun like this, and he couldn't say anything.

After a moment's hesitation, Li Yun understood.

"Lao Zhao, I don't want you to be embarrassed, thank you for pardoning my son. We have been fighting for so many years, you won, you are really powerful, if there is an afterlife, maybe I can be your brother and your minister, but in this life, I won't, I have met Taizu and Emperor Sejong, I can proudly say, I, Li Yun, have two knees, and I have never knelt to your surname Zhao! ”

Li Yun reached out to touch something, and Xu Yongzhi pulled the bow full: "Put your hand where I can see it!" ”

But Li Yun didn't take out anything dangerous, just a jar of oil, and he poured it all over his body.

"Lao Zhao, see you underground!"

He threw the torch at himself and was immediately engulfed by a fireball.

"Daddy!" Li Shoujie was already short of qi and blood, so he fainted to the ground at that time.

"The criminal Li Yun burned himself to death, all the soldiers, our army has won!" Zhao Pu shouted loudly.

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”