After this battle, Wang Jian did not lead his troops to attack the city, and Li Mu did not fight, the two seemed to have a tacit confrontation, in fact, they both knew that whoever fought would lose.

On the other side of Handan, Guo Kai continued to in the name of Zhao Wangqian, issued an edict ordering Li Mu to fight, Li Mu insisted on not fighting, and later King Zhao issued an edict to let Li Mu return to Handan to receive the order, Li Mu also resisted the order and did not return, he was iron-hearted and did not listen to any orders from Handan, so the two sides spent nearly a year.

Li Mu has been in the army for a year, and he has not sent a letter to his family, Nalan Xue is worried about her husband day and night, and her son Li Shu's illness is inseparable from her, except for accompanying her son, most of the time she is silently praying, asking for the blessing of the gods, what else can you do.

One day, Guo Kai brought people to the mansion and asked to see Nalan Xue, Na Lanxue faintly felt that the situation was not good, and wanted to see it, but it was too late, Guo Kai had already brought people into the mansion, Na Lanxue said: "The general is not at home, the prime minister is coming to the house, there is any inconvenience, please go back!"

Guo Kai said with a smile: "Ben Cheng is here to find a wife who wisely retreats from the Huns, not to find Wu Anjun, Wu Anjun is in the front line, where can he take care of it." ”

Nalan Xue said: "There is no wife of the wise Huns here, only the wife of Wu Anjun, please go back!"

Guo Kai said with a smile: "Madame still doesn't admit it?" As he spoke, Mrs. Wang and her daughter, who had not left the cabinet, walked out of the dormitory, came to the prime minister, and said to Nalan Xue: "Sister, you just admit it, there is nothing to lose." ”

Nalan Xue looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "When did my sister speak for outsiders, she actually framed my sister!"

Mrs. Wang said coldly: "Nalan Xue, I have endured you for many years, since my husband married you, He Zeng regarded me as his own person, and took it to heart, He Cheng took a look at his daughter!"

"That's because he has been fighting for years and has no time to take care of it, isn't it the same for the obstacles, don't you understand?"

"Of course I understand, in his heart there was me, the lady of the main room, you gave birth to a waste of evil for him, he not only did not stop you, but pampered you, you vixen, took everything from me, today I finally have to pay it off, I advise you to admit it, so as not to suffer, I have already told the prime minister the truth. ”

Nalan Xue didn't expect that Mrs. Wang, who has always been very easy-going and humble, would say such a thing, but she knew in her heart, "No one except Li Mu will know about the matter of Yanmen Pass, they suspect that 'that person' is me, and they are just testing my tone." He said coldly to Guo Kai: "Didn't the prime minister let Wu Anjun go to Yanmen Pass?" said that as long as Wu Anjun was enough, Wu Anjun did it by borrowing the prime minister's good words, why did he still come to ask me?"

Guo Kaidao: "Wu Anjun left Yanmen Pass without permission to assist Sima Shang in retreating from the Qin army, I have already inquired about the soldiers, you don't want to prevaricate me with this here, if you don't confess who this person is, then you and your obstacle can only go with me today!"

Nalan Xue said: "You dare, you dare to be presumptuous in Wu'anjun's mansion, come here, send off guests!" Seeing that no one stepped forward.

Mrs. Wang smiled coquettishly and said, "Na Lanxue, who do you think you are? Leaving Li Mu, you are nothing!"

Nalan Xue stared at Mrs. Wang and said, "What benefits did the prime minister give you, you actually fornicated with outsiders and harmed my mother and son, even your husband, you call him by his name!"

Guo Kai smiled and said: "The benefit is what you lonely women want to get, if you tell the truth, I will also give you everything you want, hehe, Mrs. doesn't know, Li Mu disobeyed the king's order and fornicated with the enemy, your reality, give me a serious explanation, I will leave your name." ”

Nalan Xue glared at Guo Kai coldly and said, "You framed my husband Yingming, do you have any evidence?"

Guo Kai laughed and said: "Evidence, haha, the evidence is at your fingertips!"

Nalan Xue turned her head and stared in the direction of Li Barrier's bedroom, hoping that Li Barrier would take the opportunity to escape, turned her head and said fiercely: "Guo Kai, you despicable villain, my husband will break you into ten thousand pieces!" said and suddenly pulled out a dagger from his cuff, this dagger was originally assassinated by Li Mu, and he had been staying by his side to defend himself, knowing that he would not be able to live today, how could he be insulted by others, so that Li Mu would be humiliated, and he was about to pierce his heart when he saw it, and at this time a flying locust stone flew in. With a bang, the dagger was knocked away, and it was the green-robed Taoist priest next to Guo Kai who shot it, and the green-robed Taoist stepped forward and quickly hit Nalan Xue's acupoint, and Nalan Xue couldn't move.

Guo Kaidao: "If you want to die, it's not that easy, before you kill Li Mu, a traitor, you don't want to die, take her away!"

At this moment, I heard a child's voice coming, "Wait, I said." Nalan Xue knew that Li Barrier couldn't run away, but still cried and shouted: "Barrier, run!"

Everyone looked for a sound, only to see Li Zhan, who was in his early teens, slowly walking out of the door, Guo Kai doubted: "Oh, what do you know, if you are right, I will let your mother go!"

Li Jian said lightly: "What do you want to know?"

Guo Kaidao: "Who is the person who retreated from the Huns in Yanmen Pass?"

Li Jian said firmly: "It's me." ”

"Are you joking with Bencheng, do you know the consequences of lying?"

"Do you look like I'm lying, like I'm afraid of you?"

Guo Kai, Qingyang Daochang and others, they didn't expect such a young child to have such courage and composure, Guo Kai smiled and said: "Courage is commendable, you are the son of Li Mu?"

"I'm Li Mu's son, but it's not what you can call, you're not worthy, what else do you want to ask?"

Guo Kai pointed at Li Jian and said: "You are so young, you have no power to restrain the chicken, how is it possible!"

"The Huns use their minds, not brute force, to see people depends on their hearts, not their age, I have already told the truth, I can't understand it, it's your own problem. ”

Guo Kai said angrily: "Bold, dare to insult Ben Cheng!"

"Do you think you scared me out of my guts? If you don't want to ask, let my mother go. ”

Guo Kaidao: "I don't know how thick the sky is, come here, cut off the tongue of this yellow-mouthed child!"

Li Jian said coldly: "You dare, do you know that your life is now in the hands of my mother?"

Guo Kai laughed: "Boy, you are not only bold, but also speak wildly, hehe, you say, how can my life be in the hands of your mother?"

"Do you think that if Qin Guo makes a choice, what is the importance of you and your father?" Seeing that Guo Kai did not answer, he continued: " You are just a dog that Qin bought to harm my father, if my father saw that my mother and son were killed by you, what else would he have to do to stay in Zhao State, if you lead troops to Qin State, your dog will have no value at all, because you are a traitor seeking glory, my father is desperate, forced by traitors, which is more important, besides, you framed my father, if my father will plan, what should you do, if my father defects, Zhao Guo will die in an instant, what is the use of leaving you, isn't your life and death my father's thoughts, isn't it in the hands of my mother?"

Guo Kai broke out in a cold sweat, in his heart Li Mu has always been a loyal and good person, he has never thought about problems like this, he pondered for a long time, and said in his heart: "How can I be coerced by you, but if he is serious, I will be cornered, it is better to put this mother and son under house arrest to see what happens, if Li Mu defects, I protect this mother and son, Li Mu can't say anything, if Li Mu does not defect, you can also rely on this mother and son duo to coerce him." Thinking of this, Guo Kai smiled slightly: "Wu Anjun is fighting outside, and there are rumors in the city, and there is no one to take care of his wife in the house, please ask his wife and nephew to take refuge in this mansion for a few days!" After speaking, a few people stepped forward and escorted Na Lanxue and Li Jian into the car, returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and put the mother and son under house arrest.

Qingyang Dao Chang was basically sure that 'that person' was this child, but seeing this child's face, he knew that he was terminally ill and his life was short, so he was not in a hurry to kill him, and it was of other uses.

It is absolutely impossible for Li Mu to defect, the reason why Li Mu said this is that he intimidated Guo Kai, he must not be presumptuous, and he did not dare to bully his mother and son. The second is that Li Mudang puts the country first, and will not care about the personal feelings of his children, let alone his life-threatening 'evil obstacles', as long as Li Mu does not come back, his mother and son will be safe, but Li Mu's prediction was wrong.

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In Jingcheng Pass, in Zhao Junjun's tent, Li Mu received a secret letter from Guo Kai, which read: "Ling Lang and Mrs. Nalan are in my mansion, safe." After reading the secret letter, Li Mu slapped the secret letter on the case, gritted his teeth angrily, Sima Shang walked over, picked up the secret letter and looked at it, and scolded: "Guo Kai, you despicable and shameless villain, who has brought disaster to the country and the people, I will kill your eighteenth generation ancestor!" shouted to Li Mu: "General, we will lead the troops back and kill him alive!"

Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, his face was full of gloom, as if he had lost his vitality in an instant, and he had aged a lot, and said in a low voice: "You go out first, let me be quiet." ”

Sima Shang stared at Li Mu and shouted: "What are you still hesitating about, are you still worried about the destruction of this city, we have been here for a year, this country has been worthy of our bloody soldiers, how did they treat you, didn't you hear that the whole Handan is rumored that you have defected, I think we will open the city and surrender, Wang Jian admires you and will definitely treat you well." ”

Li Mu stood up suddenly, drew out his long sword and pointed at Sima Shang and said: "No matter how the rumors are spread, after all, I have not defected, even if I die in battle, I will never turn the gun around and stab at the land of Zhao State, why does Wang Jian respect me, if I open the city, will he still respect me? Am I still Li Mu, Sima Shang, this is not to be mentioned again in the future, the military heart is unshakable!" After speaking, he put the sword on the table with all his might, grabbed the silver in his hand, and walked out of the military tent.

Ascending the city tower, looking at the Qin military camp tent in the distance, he gradually froze, once upon a time Top Gun, but now it has become difficult, the familiar battlefield suddenly became strange, such a life, what is the get, the world seems to be strange, as if he is the only one who is insisting.

The moon rises and the moon sets, overnight, sitting alone at the head of the city, like a statue, when the red sun rises, Li Mu's hair turns into snow, Li Mu stands up, the silver snatch is hard to insert on the city tower, take off the armor and robe, hang on it, do not look back, walk down the city tower, and ride a war horse.

Sima Shang rushed over and asked, "What are you going to do here?"

Li Mu said: "I'll go back, you have to stay here, Zhao Guo is dead, you can't die in the hands of our soldiers." ”

Sima Shang shouted: "You go back and die for a lifetime, they are waiting to kill you, let's lead the troops back together and destroy them!"

Li Mu said: "No, I will go back this time for personal gain, I am ashamed of my wife, I want to save my son, do my duty as a father, even if he only has one day to live, I will not let anyone deprive him." He hugged his fist at Sima Shang and said, "Take care!" With a shake of the reins, he galloped away, and Li Zhong flew on his horse from behind, holding a spear, and followed closely behind.