Chapter 44: The White-Haired Man Sends the Black-Haired Man
Yang Bing fell asleep for three days and three nights, because the arrow wound penetrated the entire shoulder, and was hit by a horse and flew out, the internal injury was not light, and he almost lost his breath several times in three days.
"Woo~" Yang Bing opened his eyes and saw that he was in a cave, several torches were shining, and a little girl about seven or eight years old was lying next to him, curled up next to him to sleep.
"General Yang! You're finally awake! Then an old man's voice came.
Yang Bing turned his head to look and saw that the person who came was Guan Shiru: "Doctor Guan? ”
"It's me, General Yang." Guan Shiru came over, and the other people in the cave saw that Yang Bing had woken up, and they all came over.
At this moment, Yang Bing was still very weak and wanted to sit up with difficulty, Guan Shiru hurriedly helped Yang Bing up and leaned against the rock wall of the cave.
"What are you?" Yang Bing didn't know where the people in front of him were, why were they here, he thought he was still in the cave before.
"General Yang, do you know, these people are refugees in the small city near Tongtian Pass, before the war, the Tatar army ransacked a lot of small cities, many refugees want to flee outside, away from Tongtian Pass, the four princes ordered me to lead the people to take refuge in the Central Plains, but I didn't expect this last group of people to be discovered by the Tatar army soon after leaving the city." Guan Shiru said this, his eyes were slightly red.
"Those brutes, even the little ones! Thousands of people were all killed by them, and only a few of us were left desperate and ran into the mountains. Guan Shiru gritted his teeth and said.
"And how did you find me?"
"General Yang, three days ago in the evening, we wanted to find some edible wild vegetables, and accidentally found the cave where you were hiding, your war horse went crazy in the cave, and almost bumped into this little girl, it was you who desperately saved her, and then you were in a coma for three days and three nights because of arrow wounds and internal injuries."
After hearing this, Yang Bing thought a little vaguely that he had indeed saved a little girl that evening.
"Thank you Doctor Guan for saving your life." Yang Bing hugged his fists and thanked him.
"No, no, General Yang, it's all Guan someone's should do, if it weren't for you that day, maybe the old bones would have been thrown there." Guan Shiru was not complimentary, but if it wasn't for Yang Bing that day, he and Xiaohua might have died under the horse's hooves.
"How's the situation out there now?" Yang Bing said what he was most concerned about, he had been dreaming for the past few days, in the dream he was arrested by the Lin family, and Wan Qi Keer was also brutally killed on the way.
"It's not optimistic, the Tatars have surrounded this mountain forest and stationed it on the way down the mountain, and there are many people from Lin Ziren who are also mixed in." Guan Shiru said this, clenched his fist and hammered the ground fiercely: "This Lin Ziren actually colluded with the Tatars and collaborated with the enemy to commit treason!" In vain for His Majesty's trust in him! ”
Yang Bing smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said in his heart that Lin Ziren has the main reason for this, but the royal family is not completely without fault, if Zhu Yuanzhang can really trust Lin Ziren, such a thing may not happen, he sent Lin Ziren, who made the founding achievements, to the South China Sea where birds don't.
"In other words, can't we get out of the mountain now?" Yang Bing asked weakly, he now wants to go out of the mountain to find Wan Qi Ke'er, he is very worried about whether Wan Qi Ke'er can reach Kyoto safely, and whether the list can be successfully handed over to the emperor.
Guan Shiru shook his head: "Alas, it's not just that you can't go down the mountain, General Yang, they have now set up checkpoints on all the necessary ways to go down the mountain, and they are all pasted with your portraits, and we are now completely trapped in the mountain." ”
Yang Bing lowered his head and pondered, the current situation is not good, but it is not a very bad situation, after all, he is still alive, there will always be a time to go out, but now he doesn't know anything about the situation outside, and he doesn't know what the current situation in Tongtianguan is.
"Major General, today we sent people into the mountains to search again, but we still found no trace of Yang Bing." At the foot of the mountain, a soldier reported to Lin Yan.
In the past few days, he has been sending people to search for Yang Bing's whereabouts in the mountains, and he thinks that Yang Bing is not dead, and even if he is dead, Lin Yan will see Yang Bing's body.
After all, if Yang Bing is captured, Lin Ziren will have the capital to negotiate with Yang Xiyuan, in the eyes of the Lin family, the threat of Wan Qi Shihui is not big, but Yang Xiyuan has to guard against it, there have always been rumors in Kyoto that Yang Xiyuan hid a team of 100,000 elite soldiers in the mountains near Kyoto, but Lin Ziren has been looking for someone for a long time, but no clues have been found.
"Well, keep looking, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." Lin Yan sat on a chair and drank tea, and the soldier was about to retreat as soon as he agreed, Lin Yan remembered what stopped him: "Did the person sent to chase Wan Qi Ke'er send back the news?" ”
The soldier's face was embarrassed: "Back to the major general, the people sent have not returned, and the subordinates have sent out men and horses today, and the corpses of our people were found halfway." ”
"Rubbish! Two people and one horse, dozens of you were actually killed! Lin Yan's eyes were cold, and the soldier hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Young General, that Wan Qi Ke'er has extremely high martial arts, and there are three masters by his side, we are really powerless." ”
Lin Yan snorted coldly: "Go down and order twenty military sticks yourself!" ! ”
"Yes." The soldier was very depressed, and said to himself, "Who have I provoked?"
After the soldier went down, Lin Yan picked up his pen and wrote a few words on the paper, and then grabbed a carrier pigeon from the cage on the side and tied the secret letter to the pigeon's leg.
At the same time, in a forest, Wan Qi Ke'er and Li Wu and two other black-armored guards stared blankly at the bonfire in front of them, their eyes revealing sad looks, and they all had a few wounds on their bodies.
Two days ago, after entering the mountain, the two black-armored guards did not run to the depths, but took advantage of the terrain to get rid of the pursuers at the edge, and then rushed in the direction of Kyoto non-stop, and met Li Wu and Wan Qi Keer on the way were besieged by more than 20 pursuers, and the two went up to solve the pursuers with Li Wu and Wan Qi Keer.
Then he kept wandering near the official road, thinking that if Yang Bing escaped, he could still run into him, but two days passed, and Yang Bing was not found.
"Young lady, you can eat something." Li Wu took a bowl of cooked porridge and handed it to Wan Qi Ke'er.
Wan Qi Ke'er took the porridge silently with red eyes, she knew that two days had passed, Yang Bing would have come out if he could have escaped, and now that such a long time has passed, even if he is not caught by the pursuers, the arrow wound can kill him.
She didn't expect that Yang Bing would be able to block the arrow for herself, she thought that she and Yang Bing were just an emotionless marriage, but it wasn't until that day that Yang Bing was injured for her, and there was no news in the next two days, Wan Qi Keer felt sad to heartache for the first time.
"Young lady, don't worry, tomorrow I will go back with the second child, and we will definitely be able to find the young general in the mountains where the young general went!" Li Wu could only comfort and comfort Wan Qi'er with such words at this moment.
Wan Qi Ke'er recalled Yang Bing's words that day, drank the porridge in the bowl in one go, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks with red eyes: "Don't look for it!" I'll be back in Kyoto tomorrow! ”
Li Wu, the second child, and Sun Bo were stunned, and then the second child said reluctantly: "Young lady, if you go back, you go back, I can't just leave the young general here alone!" I'm going to find the major general even if I die! ”
The reason why the second child is like this is because when he was just elected to the Black Armor Guard, his wife was seriously ill, and he had been dependent on the old lady since he was a child, so he did not hesitate to give up the qualification to enter the Black Armor Guard, and chose to go home to find a way to treat the old lady, and when he reported this matter to Yang Bing, Yang Bing directly granted him the qualification to enter the Black Armor Guard, and also allowed him to take leave to go home first, and gave him two taels of silver when he went back, and took it to the old lady to see a doctor.
Although the second mother's mother died of illness in the end, the son has been waiting by his side, and it is not very painful to go, and the second child is also very grateful to Yang Bing because of this incident.
Wan Qi Ke'er understood their loyalty to Yang Bing: "I understand your loyalty, but when I escaped that day, Yang Bing said that we must send the list back to Kyoto. Wan Qi Keer said here and wiped her tears: "We can't let Yang Bing down!" Come back to Kyoto with me tomorrow! That's an order! ”
Li Wusan lowered his head and didn't speak, and after a while, Li Wu spoke: "It's better like this, young lady, you and Sun Bo go back, me and the second child will go back to the mountains tomorrow to find it again, if there is no news of the major general, we will go back to Kyoto immediately!" ”
Wan Qi Ke'er thought about it and nodded in acquiescence, now it can only be like this.
Ten days later, Wan Qi Keer and Liu Bo rushed back to Kyoto, ten days away, the two of them began to have some entanglements on their bodies, they could buy some food, but in the next three days, the two people used all the remaining money to buy grass for the horses, and the two people in the three days did not enter the dripping water and looked very embarrassed, and when they entered the city, they were almost driven out by the soldiers guarding the city.
After entering Kyoto City, Wan Qi Keer did not return to Wan Qi Mansion, but rushed directly to the East Palace and met the crown prince Zhu Di.
"Kerr? How did you get back! Kyoto had obviously not received news of Lin Ziren's rebellion, and the prince was surprised to see the embarrassed Wan Qike'er.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Yang Bing, Yang Bing asked me to hand this over to you...."Wan Qi Ke'er finally couldn't hold it anymore, fainted, and at the last moment, handed over the list to the crown prince Zhu Di.
"Kerr!" The second prince also hurried over when he heard the news, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Wan Qiao Ke'er fainting.
When she woke up again, Wan Qi Keer had already been sent back to Wan Qi's mansion and lay on her bed, Yang Bing's mother Liu Yuting was wiping her face with a handkerchief, Wan Qi Shihui, Yang Xiyuan and the fourth prince looked at Wan Qi Keer in the room, their faces full of worry.
"You're awake, Kerr." Liu Yuting saw Wan Qi Ke'er wake up, and asked with concern, "How is it, are you still uncomfortable?" ”
Wan Qi Shihui and Yang Xiyuan also came over, and Wan Qi Shihui asked with concern, "Ke'er, how is it?" How so? ”
When Wan Qi Keer saw Liu Yuting and Yang Xiyuan, her heart trembled, her eyes turned red uncontrollably, tears fell like raindrops, and she plunged into Liu Yuting's arms: "Mother! ”
Liu Yuting instantly understood, and the handkerchief in her hand fell to the ground.
Yang Xiyuan asked tremblingly, "Ke'er, Yang, what about Yang Bing?" ”
Wan Qi Ke'er raised his head: "Killed by Lin Yan!" ”
"Whoa!" Everyone only heard the sound of dishes falling to the ground at the door, Yang Ruo was stunned at the door, she had just gone to serve the soup to Wan Qi Ke'er, but when she first entered the door, she heard Wan Qi Ke'er say that Yang Bing was dead.
"What!" The crown prince Zhu Di and the second prince Zhu Qi exclaimed in unison.
Yang Xiyuan clutched his chest, took two steps back, and sat heavily on the chair: "Lin Ziren!! After shouting, Yang Xiyuan closed his eyes and fainted.