Looking at the back of Zhu Feng'er riding away, Li Zhiyun's heart was very sad. He sighed and said, "What a good girl! She should have had a good life, but it's a pity that she has a father like Zhu Cang......" Zhang Zheng, who was standing on the side, also sighed and said: "Yes, in the future, she will only be accompanied by green lanterns and yellow rolls and wooden fish and fan bells."

Li Zhiyun led the new army out of Champion City and officially embarked on the journey back to Chang'an. The team trekked through mountains and rivers, slept in the open air, and walked for six or seven days in a row.

On this day, the procession marched on a mountain road, with undulating mountains on both sides of the road, lush forests, birds singing and flowers, and beautiful scenery. Li Zhiyun was riding on a horse, enjoying the picturesque scenery, when he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of swords clashing from the valley in front of him. He hurriedly led Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to the front, and happened to meet Scarface beating the horse.

"What's going on?"

"Back to the prince, there are two groups of people fighting in the valley ahead!"

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he hurriedly rushed to the front of the team, only to see that there was a wide valley in front of him, and the official road went down a gentle slope to the bottom of the valley. At this moment, the shouts of killing in the valley shook the sky, and a fierce battle was going on.

Li Zhiyun took out his binoculars and observed for a while, and found that the two warring sides were extremely contrasting. First, there was a huge disparity in numbers, and the attacking side had one or two thousand men, and they surrounded each other in three layers and three layers outside. The encircled side consisted of only one or two hundred men, and although they were few in number, they desperately protected a two-wheeled carriage. Second, there is a clear distinction between strength and weakness in terms of combat strength, and the encircled side is a regular army, with soldiers wearing armor and complete weapons in their hands. The side that was surrounded seemed to be the courtyard of a large family, they did not wear armor, and they only had short weapons such as swords in their hands, although they were very tenacious, but the number was too small, and the combat power was too weak, and people were constantly stabbed or cut down. As the opponent's encirclement shrinks smaller and smaller, their defense line may collapse at any time, and the situation is extremely critical!

Li Zhiyun put down the binoculars, turned his head and asked Scarface on the side: "Who are the people on both sides of the war?" Scarface shook his head blankly and said, "I don't know! Li Zhiyun twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and said, "No matter who the two sides are, save the carriage first!" Wang Baoqiang, you immediately send a battalion down and drive that army away! ”

"Yes!"

With an order, the soldiers of the new army rushed down the official road. As soon as the other party saw that someone was coming to reinforce him, he hurriedly adjusted his deployment and drew out some troops to intercept it. The soldiers of the Forces nouvelles who rushed to the front opened fire with their rifles, and after a dense rain of bullets, the opponent was knocked down in large pieces. The army was tenacious, and the soldiers continued to charge forward despite casualties. The Forces nouvelles soldiers threw grenades, causing the opposing soldiers to cry wolf. Explosions and smoke filled the valley, and enemy soldiers scattered and fled. The other party saw that he couldn't beat it, so he had to withdraw.

Li Zhiyun led the horse down the hill and came to the carriage. The people in the carriage had already come down, and there were only two people, a man and a woman. The man was an old man in his fifties, dressed exquisitely and gorgeously, but with a thin body, a haggard face, and a gray beard. The woman is about thirty years old, with black hair and beautiful faces, probably the continuation of the old man. She was already frightened, and stood there trembling.

The old man had just seen what was happening outside through the car window. He saw Li Zhiyun coming over surrounded by a group of people, and estimated that he was the leader, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down with a "plop", and said while kowtowing: "Little old man, thank you for saving your life!" ”

Li Zhiyun hurriedly pulled the other party up and said, "Uncle, don't be so polite!" Please get up and speak! The old man stood up and arched his hand: "Dare to ask the benefactor's surname?" Zhang Zheng next to him introduced: "He is the king of Chu of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the King of Chu, disrespectful! Disrespectful! The old man bowed respectfully.

After Li Zhiyun returned the salute, he said, "Uncle, may I ask your surname?" Why are those people besieging you? The old man sighed and said, "Since His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the life-saving benefactor of Xiao Lao'er, Xiao Lao'er will not hide anything from you." The little old man's name is Zhang Shouyi, who is a native of Hejian and has been an official in the imperial court. When Xiao Lao'er was the commander of Wendeng County, he once captured a robber named Wang Kai. Xiao Lao'er interrogated him strictly and asked him to confess to his accomplices, but Wang Kai was as hard as a stone, so he just didn't speak. It was also the little old man's meritorious service that he ordered the servants to be tortured, but he didn't expect Wang Kai to be tortured to death. A few years later, Wang Kai's son Wang Fanzi inherited his father's business and also became a robber. In the past few years, the world has been in turmoil, and Wang Fan has recruited troops and horses, and he has become a climate, with thousands of men and horses under his command. He also took refuge in Wang Shichong and was named a general. That Wang Fan threatened people everywhere, saying that he would cut off the head of the little old man to avenge his father. Just half a month ago, he really led his army to attack Hejian County. The little old man saw that he couldn't stay in his hometown anymore, so he had to pack up and take his family to take refuge in Wu'er. Unexpectedly, the wind leaked, and Wang Fan led his troops to chase after him, and was caught up by them here. If it weren't for the rescue of the prince, Xiao Lao'er would have died today! ”

After listening to this, Li Zhiyun nodded, and said, "May I ask the old man, where is Ling Lang now?" ”

"My son Zhang Changxun is the general guard of Wuyuan County."

Gohara-gun? Li Zhiyun turned his head to look around, and found that in addition to the Zhang family's nursing home, there were only twenty or thirty people left who could stand and walk. He turned his gaze back to the old man and said, "Uncle, Wuyuan County is very far away from here, although Wang Fan has been repulsed, he will not give up and will peep in the distance. If we break up, he will catch up and continue to hunt you down. The old man nodded and said, "What the prince said is reasonable, and this is also where the little old man is anxious." ”

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "Uncle, it's better to follow me to Chang'an, stay in Chang'an for a while, and then send someone to escort you to Wuyuan County when I hear the exact news of Ling Lang." When the old man heard this, he immediately smiled, and said that it was very good. Then, he wanted to kneel and kowtow to Li Zhiyun again, but was stopped by Li Zhiyun.

Li Zhiyun ordered the soldiers of the New Army to bury the nursing homes killed in battle, the wounded to be bandaged and treated by the middle of the army, those who could walk sent people to support the marchers, and those who could not walk were transported by mules and horses. When everything was in place, the army set out on its return journey.

After more than half a month of arduous trekking, the team finally returned to Chang'an City. After entering the city, the new army returned to the barracks, and Li Zhiyun took Zhang Shouyi and others back to the Chu Palace.

After Li Zhiyun saw Wei Xiaobao, he asked him to send someone to vacate the Xichuan Courtyard and settle Zhang Shouyi and his wife and the family of Zhang's mansion.

After Li Zhiyun washed up, he immediately went to the palace to visit his grandmother. Grandma was very happy to see him come back, the mother and son talked for a while, and Grandma urged: "When you come back from an errand, you should report to your father, don't delay at Grandma's place, go and see your father." ”

Li Zhiyun had no choice but to leave the harem and come to the inner hall. When the eunuch went in to give a report, he came back and announced his entry. Li Zhiyun walked into the palace room and saw Abba sitting on a soft couch. He hurriedly walked a few steps, stepped forward and bowed to his head: "Son, see Abba!" ”

However, Abba didn't squeak for a while, Li Zhiyun raised his head slightly and peeked at it, and found that Abba was expressionless, and he couldn't figure out whether he was happy or angry in his heart. After a while, I heard Aba say, "Get up." ”

Li Zhiyun stood up and arched his hand: "Abba, you sent your sons to Jutan to comfort Zhu Cang." However, due to Duan Qu's drinking and misconduct, Zhu Cang rebelled, and Erchen's mission failed. But Erchen defeated the champion city, and contacted Yang Shilin, Tian Zan and others, and defeated Zhu Cang's 200,000 soldiers and horses. Now, the thirteen states of Huaixi are all part of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Although Li Zhiyun is telling the truth, it is inevitable that there is an element of showing off. He exterminated the 5,000 Turks, and his heart was inevitably uneasy, so he hoped to calm the anger in Abba's heart by boasting about his exploits.

Actually, Li Zhiyun thinks too much. It was also his luck that after the First Battle of the Mayi Ancient Road, Tong Lifu led more than a dozen people to flee back to the Turks. He wanted to raise an army for revenge, but it happened to coincide with the violent death of Shibi Khan, and the Turks fell into civil strife because of the competition for the throne, and no one paid attention to him at all, so the matter was over. Abba saw that the Turks didn't mention this matter anymore, so where was he interested in mentioning it again?

Abba listened to Li Zhiyun's words, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I have heard about the situation, and this time the errand was done well." Turn back, I will reward you heavily! When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Son, thank you Aba Longen!" ”

The next day, Li Zhiyun took time to visit Zhang Shouyi in the West Cross Hospital. Zhang Shouyi and his family lived in a large guest room, and Wei Xiaobao thought very thoughtfully and sent many maids and servants to serve them.

Zhang Shouyi welcomed Li Zhiyun into the room, and after the two sides sat down, the maid served fragrant tea. Li Zhiyun took a sip of the teacup, and after putting down the teacup, he looked at Zhang Shouyi and said, "Uncle, are you still used to living here?" Zhang Shouyi nodded again and again: "Habit, habit." ”

"If you need anything, just come to me."

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

After a pause, Li Zhiyun said again: "Uncle, the juniors want to inquire, can you be sure that Ling Gongzi is still in Wuyuan County?" Zhang Shouyi raised his head and recalled, and said: "He went to work in the ninth year of the Great Cause, and he began to exchange letters with his family. However, in the past few years, there has been a lot of war, and there is no news of him, and I don't know his current situation. ”

Li Zhiyun pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle, do you think this is good, you can live here with peace of mind first, and the juniors will send someone to inquire about the news." Once you have the exact news of Ling Gongzi, how about the juniors send someone to send you over? When Zhang Shouyi heard this, he quickly nodded and said, "This is very good, then there will be Prince Lao." ”

"You're welcome."