"Let me go." Xiao Jiangyuan and the county lord of Hezheng said in unison.

"No!" Li Longji and the county lord of Hezheng said in unison.

Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji to speak, the county lord and the county lord smiled lightly: "General Xiao wants to stay to assist my grandfather in shouldering the overall situation, and he Zheng thinks that he is very eloquent, if he can get out alive, he will definitely be able to live up to his mission!" ”

Liu Tan, the husband of the county lord of Hezheng, walked out at this time: "I'll accompany you." ”

There was no time for them to hesitate. Xiao Jiangyuan immediately sent forty Inner Flying Dragon Soldiers to escort the Hezheng County Lord away with Liu Tan.

The palace wall was about to collapse, and Chen Xuanli led his troops to retreat with Li Longji and others, intermittently until Xuanying Tower.

"You all go upstairs!" Chen Xuanli said.

Wei Jiansu and the others immediately pushed Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan into the Xuanying Building, and the old and weak all stayed on the first floor, holding all the weapons they could hold, and fought to the death as soon as the door was breached, while the younger ones went up the stairs to the second floor and locked Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan on the top floor.

Chen Xuanli led all the soldiers to fight hard outside the building, dragging on for a moment, two quarters, half an hour, and an hour.

During this period, Li Longji once opened the window and shouted to the people below in the name of the Son of Heaven, which had already had some results and disturbed some of Guo Qianren's military morale, but he didn't want Guo Qianren to casually cut down a few retreating people on the spot, and once again turned the tide of the battle.

"What time is it, and the county lord hasn't come back yet?"

"Isn't it already ......?"

"Are we going to die here......

Hearing a few whispers gradually coming from outside the door, Li Longji sat slumped under the window, leaning against the wall, and suddenly smiled with tears: "As the lord of the Tang Dynasty and the king of a country, I can't even protect my beloved woman, not only that, but let her know what choice I will make, and still die for me...... I can't protect these subjects, but they still have to protect me with their lives...... What have I done over the years......"

"Do you regret it?" Xiao Jiangyuan sat next to Li Longji and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

Li Longji turned his eyes to look at Xiao Jiangyuan's side face: "What about you?" This life...... Have you ever regretted it? ”

"I'm not anyone's courtier, even if I do it all over again in this life, I will still choose to follow you." Xiao Jiangyuan turned her head to meet Li Longji's gaze, feeling his gentleness, she lowered her eyes, "There is only one thing, I may try another result." ”

"Which one?"

"That kid...... I probably wouldn't want him. Xiao Jiangyuan's eyes were a little more dazed, and his eyes were a little surging, "In this life, I can be said to be worthy of my heart, but this is the only ...... When you were slacking off in government, when Tianbao was extravagant, when Ge Nu and Yang Guozhong were in power, when An Lushan rebelled, when we escaped from Chang'an, and when we were in Ma Weiyi...... I often wonder if it was the right thing to do with that child. ”

“…… Why do you think so? ”

"If that child can be born and grow up, maybe there will be no later you and the concubine, and there will be nothing later, Datang is still Datang, you are still you."

Li Longji never thought that under Xiao Jiangyuan's indifferent and calm appearance, she was so paranoid that she took all the blame on herself.

He held Xiao Jiangyuan's hand, only to find that she was already holding the lotus silver hairpin in her palm, thinking that if the door was broken down in a while, she would take this to fight with others. He wanted to laugh a little, and while he raised the corners of his lips, tears flowed into his mouth, and the taste was sour and astringent: "That kid...... If it's gone, it's gone. If there really is, and you refuse to marry me, in the end I will not be able to resist you, and I will find another woman to be his mother, he will not call you a mother in his life, you may not be sad or regretful because of this, but I will. And I am me, even if I have this child, I don't have a jade ring by my side, everything will still happen later. This war is not your fault, it is not the child's fault, and it is not Yuhuan's fault...... It's the greatest sin of my life. ”

As he spoke, he gently opened Xiao Jiangyuan's fist with his fingers, changed the lotus silver hairpin into his hand, and held it without doubt: "How can a man let a woman guard in front?" Now, it's up to me to protect you. If the rebels do attack, I will not fall into the hands of the enemy. When I lived, I lost the dignity of the emperor, at least dead, I want to get it back! ”

The sound of fighting outside the building suddenly became louder, and the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer came from the building, Li Longji pulled Xiao Jiangyuan and hid behind the door.

Xiao Jiangyuan glanced down at Li Longji's arm in front of him, and then looked at his increasingly calm and sharp eyes while listening, was slightly stunned, and slowly smiled.

There was silence inside and outside the door. In an instant, the door was pushed open and an arm came in. Li Longji didn't say a word, he directly stepped forward and grabbed him, and locked the man's throat with his arm and flipped him to the ground, his posture was as vigorous as when he was coup/d'état. He was just about to stab the lotus silver hairpin when he heard two familiar voices ringing in his ears:

"Wait!"

"Grandfather!"

Only then did Li Longji realize that the person he had captured was none other than his grandson-in-law Liu Tan, who had successfully returned!

"We wanted to come up first to make sure that my grandfather was safe, but there was no sound inside, and we thought that my grandfather couldn't think about it for a while...... Only then was he rude and pushed the door in. The lord of Hezheng County hurriedly explained.

Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly helped Li Longji up, and then solemnly saluted the county lord of Hezheng: "The county lord and his wife have made great contributions, please accept Xiao Mou's worship." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." The county lord of Hezheng was also busy helping her husband, "Although Guo Qianren's defeat has been decided, there is still a little bit of residual power, and there is still kindness to some soldiers, so after the four thousand people arrived, they turned against the water a little." Fortunately, most of them are still good sons of my Tang Dynasty, and General Chen is experienced and has already worked with them to make Guo Qianren's back suffer. Hezheng brought some archers up, let's be condescending now, and we can fight back! ”

The upstairs windows immediately opened wide, and the archers stood in a row. The lord of Hezheng County personally pulled his bow and shot arrows, but he did not pull the bowstring for a long time.

“…… I can't pull it. ”

Liu Tan shook his head and smiled, took the bow and arrow from his wife's hand, and shot the first arrow at the rebels under the gaze of everyone!

The lord of Hezheng overlooked the downstairs outside the window, his eyebrows stretched, calm and proud.

Li Longji stared at the silhouette of his granddaughter in a daze, and suddenly whispered to Xiao Jiangyuan: "Look at the peace ...... Like a person? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan also reacquainted himself with the county lord of Hezheng: "...... Huiwen Zhaorong? ”

"I think she's more like an aunt."

“…… Princess Taiping can draw a bow. ”

“…… She's still like a human being. Li Longji said and glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan, and said at the same time

"Grandmother."

"Empress Zetian."

After speaking, Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head again: "Lord Hezheng just has red makeup, she is always herself." ”

“…… You have always been yourself, too. Li Longji smiled gently, summoned an archer, and took the bow and arrow, "I know you can't pull the bow either, come." ”

Li Longji asked Xiao Jiangyuan to stand in front of him, holding Xiao Jiangyuan's hand and pulling the bow and arrow. He glanced downstairs for a while, then suddenly frowned and shook his head: "I'm a little dazzled, you can take a look for me, where is Guo Qianren." ”

This embrace is familiar and warm, but it can no longer arouse any reverie and nostalgia. Xiao Jiangyuan leaned his back against Li Longji's chest, squinted his eyes seriously, and searched among the people outside the building. The bow and arrow quickly stopped as her gaze moved.

"The helmet and armor that were scattered by General Chen are Guo Qianren."

Li Longji aimed again, and finally let go of the arrow, which hit Guo Qianren's heart!

The generals are dead, the soldiers are leaderless, and the overall situation has been decided.

This was the first victory that Li Longji personally experienced since the An Lushan Rebellion.

After the traces of the killing in the two palaces were almost cleaned up, and Li Longji personally presided over the burial of the deceased, it was getting late, so Xiao Jiangyuan took the opportunity to arrange a celebration banquet to strengthen the hearts of the group.

Life and death are fateful, wealth and wealth are impermanent, and if you can survive in troubled times, you should be happy.

It is said that it is a celebration banquet, but in fact there is no pomp, just a big fire is lit in the square in front of the main hall, and the princess and princess Wang Sun even have to roast it by themselves, because it is a rare experience, but also enjoy themselves. The children scattered and jumped around under the siege of the palace people, and the old and weak sat beside Li Longji, waiting for the filial piety of the children and grandchildren, while sighing, it would be nice to have some wine.

At this time, the reinforcements who came in a hurry from elsewhere finally arrived at the Eternal Life Palace, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and at the same time sighed that the saint was blessed with great blessings.

"Here comes the wine." Li Longji raised his lips and smiled.

Hearing Xiao Jiangyuan lightly ask them to go to the barracks twenty miles away to transport all the wine, they knew that this was a meritorious service, and rushed over in a hurry.

An hour later, the feast began.

Seeing that the county lord of Hezheng was only followed by Liu Xiaolangjun, the widow of Mrs. Qin Guo, and there were no other children, Li Longji asked, "What about your three sons?" ”

The smile on the face of the county lord of Hezheng instantly faded most of the time: "I left in a hurry, I only had time to take Sister and sister-in-law's orphans, Sister A has been weak since she was a child, Liu Xiaolang is still young, and they need me to take care of them even more...... But grandfather, don't worry, my eldest son is very clever, and he will definitely be able to take his two younger brothers to live in Chang'an! ”

Although she was still smiling, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at her husband beside her, revealing a little weakness and guilt: "It will be, right?" ”

Liu Tan gently soothed: "Don't worry, the county lord will definitely be." ”

Li Longji couldn't say the word "definitely". As soon as his heart fell, he felt a weight on his shoulders. He turned his head and saw that it was Xiao Jiangyuan leaning over, breathing smoothly, already asleep.

Wei Jiansu said with a smile: "Sage, General Xiao has been drinking, I think he is drunk. ”

Chen Xuanli also said: "It seems like a long time...... I didn't see General Xiao so happy. ”

"She's been ...... for a long time. I didn't sleep so soundly. Li Longji sighed lowly.

Since escaping from Chang'an, Xiao Jiangyuan has been extremely worried, eating less, sleeping less, there are always times when she can't sleep all night, and finally has time to sleep, and her knees hurt so much that she can't sleep, and Li Longji knows all this.

Li Longji glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan deeply, and suddenly stretched out his arm to pick Xiao Jiangyuan up horizontally: "You go on, don't worry about us." ”

After saying that, he got up with her and returned to the dormitory.

The younger generation was a little surprised when they saw this, and the older generation like Wei Jiansu and Chen Xuanli had heard some rumors a long time ago, so they were not surprised. Seeing his son Wei Ge staring at Li Longji's back, Wei Jiansu also patted his son's head: "What do you see?" The saint and General Xiao have walked hand in hand for so many years, and they are already like brothers, and so is General Chen, right? ”

Chen Xuanli hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I'm not." ”

Wei Jiansu: "......"

Li Longji put Xiao Jiangyuan on the couch, hesitated slightly, helped her take off her shirt and shoes and socks, untied her breasts, changed into a clean middle coat for her, took off her head, and wiped her face. He covered her with the quilt, and was about to get up to leave, when she suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of her robe.

"Saburo ......"