Li Yuan slowly stopped the noise of the crowd, and at this time, the onlookers looked at him in unison, as if they wanted to hear what he had to say, Li Yuan said with a smile: "Fellow villagers and elders, you must be very puzzled why Chen Xiaoer was released on the spot without being tried by this official. ”

When everyone heard Li Yuan's words, they couldn't help but make a discussion, and they all speculated about the reason why Li Yuan did this.

Seeing the doubts in everyone's hearts, Li Yuan instructed a servant to bring a local dog, and then poured a bowl of water from the teapot on the table on the side. ”

This person didn't understand Li Yuan's intentions, but because Li Yuan was an official, he had to take the bowl tremblingly, close his eyes and drink the water in the bowl with an expression of imminent death.

Seeing that this person drank the water in the bowl, Li Yuan motioned to the official on the side to take out a reward money for him, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be so nervous, there is nothing in this bowl of water, just ordinary water." ”

After drinking the water, he found that he was not abnormal, and he had inexplicably won a reward, this person hurriedly thanked Li Yuan and returned to the crowd with a smile.

Everyone was very puzzled why Li Yuan ordered a random person to come out and drink a bowl of water, and when they saw that he didn't speak, they stared at him tightly, only to see Li Yuan shouting: "Built, bring the real murderer up." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Li Jiancheng walking up with something in his hand, and some of the people in the crowd found that Li Jiancheng was holding a gecko in his hand, and couldn't help shouting: "Lord Li, why is this gecko the real murderer?"

Li Yuan smiled but didn't answer, casually poured another bowl of water and put it on the table, and then sent someone to get a candle, lit the candle and put it on the side of the bowl, and then motioned Li Jiancheng to pinch the gecko's body and put the gecko above the candle away from the fire.

After about half an hour, I saw a trace of ripples suddenly on the calm and waveless water, as if something was dripping into it, and then Li Yuan motioned to the servant to bring the dog over, first fed some leftovers, only to see the dog sigh and eat the leftovers, and then raised his head and stuck out his tongue to look around, as if he was eager to find water to drink because the food was a little salty.

Li Yuan motioned to the servant to put the bowl of water in front of the dog, only to hear a thin sound, the water in the bowl was drunk by the dog not a drop, after a while, the dog suddenly went crazy, roaring desperately, the servant holding the rope on the side almost couldn't pull it several times, and after a while, I saw the dog suddenly fall to the ground and was silent.

At this time, Li Yuan summoned an onlooker from the crowd and motioned him to come forward to check on the dog's condition, in view of the fact that everyone had seen the dog go crazy just now, the villager cowered and stepped forward, put his finger under the dog's neck, and then stood up and shouted with a frightened face: "The dog is dead, this dog is dead." ”

Seeing that Li Yuan had killed a lively dog in an instant, everyone showed frightened expressions, especially the villager who had just drunk a bowl of water, and kept clasping his throat while letting the person next to him pat his back.

Li Yuan laughed when he saw this, and everyone laughed when they saw him, and for some reason, they all stopped making noise and watched, only to see Li Yuan say to the villagers who had just drunk a bowl of water: "Don't be afraid, there is no poison in the bowl of water you drink, if it is really poisonous, you should have died of poison at this time." ”

When this person heard Li Yuan's words, he gradually came back to his senses from his fright, and thought that it was indeed ah, depending on the situation of the dog just now, if he had drunk poisonous water, he would have died at this time, and then asked with a puzzled face: "My lord, then why did this dog die after drinking water?" ”

"I can't talk about pointing, in fact, the real poison is the urine of the gecko, yesterday I sent someone to the leather merchant to investigate, and found that there was a burnt candlestick on the leather merchant's table at that time, and there was a dry bowl next to it, the bowl should be soup and other things, and my people also found a large number of geckos in the leather merchant, so the official boldly guessed that the cause of the death of the leather dealer should be caused by drinking the soup that dripped gecko urine, so today the official made a verification here, and the situation was the same, so the official can be sure that Chen Xiaoer is innocent。 ”

After listening to Li Yuan's words, there was an 'oh' sound from the crowd, and then they all applauded. Seeing this, Li Yuan motioned to everyone to have something to say, and then the noisy voice stopped abruptly, Li Yuan saw this and said slowly: "Fellow villagers and elders of Xicheng County, Li Mou decided to raise troops to enter Chang'an to support the succession of the king, this time he stayed in Xicheng County for many days, relying on your support for Li, but there is no feast in the world, Li is about to leave for Huoyi tomorrow, I hope you can give birth with peace of mind, this is the greatest support for Li." ”

When everyone heard that Li Yuan was about to leave tomorrow, they remembered yesterday's move to open the warehouse and release grain, and today's case was like a god, and when they looked at Li Yuan again, they couldn't help but have a little admiration in their eyes.

Seeing this, Li Yuan turned around and left the lobby with a smile, and walked towards the backyard, and everyone knelt down and kowtowed when they saw this, chanting 'Tang Gong Yingming'.

At this time, in Hua Ling'er's room in the backyard, Hua Ling'er, who had been in a coma for a long time, woke up faintly at this moment, her fingers moved with difficulty, but she touched something, pursed her lips that were a little chapped, and made some sounds with difficulty: "Water, I want to drink water." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a 'bang', as if something had fallen to the ground, and I saw a familiar figure come into my eyes, "Silly girl, you're awake, if you don't wake up, I'll have to carry you to Luoyang to find a doctor." ”

The pupils slowly focused on the image, and Hua Ling'er realized that the person in front of her was her fiancé Chu Mofeng, Hua Ling'er barely squeezed out a smile and said: "Brother Chu, how long have I been asleep?" I only remember that an assassin came to assassinate Master Li, and then I pounced, and I don't know what happened next. ”

"You've been in a coma for three days, and the doctor said it's good that the bleeding stops quickly, otherwise your life will be in danger." Seeing Hua Ling'er wake up, Chu Mofeng hurriedly took a bowl of water, carefully helped her up, and fed her little by little.

After drinking a few sips of water, it seemed that her body also had a trace of strength, Hua Ling'er flashed a pair of smart eyes and asked shyly: "Brother Chu, have you been here with me these days?"

"It's not like home, there is no girl to serve, and I don't feel at ease, so I can only accompany you here. Chu Mofeng helped Hua Ling'er back so that she could sit on the bed.

Hearing that Chu Mofeng had been by her side, Hua Ling'er's heart warmed, and she slowly leaned her body into Chu Mofeng's arms, and said faintly: "Brother Chu, Ling'er is afraid that she will never see you again." As soon as he finished speaking, he began to cry.

Chu Mofeng took her in his arms, kept patting her on the shoulder and said, "Silly girl, haven't you woken up well? ”

Hearing this, Hua Ling'er burst into tears and laughed, stretched out her hand and punched Chu Mofeng softly, "People are not dirty little flower dogs." After saying that, he didn't know where he got the courage, raised his head and printed his lips on Chu Mofeng, and in an instant, he saw Hua Ling'er leaning against Chu Mofeng's arms with her eyes closed and her cheeks flushed, and from time to time she opened one eye and secretly glanced at him.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Yuan walked in, and when he saw the scene in the house, he hurriedly covered his eyes with his hands and said jokingly: "Ouch, ouch, don't look at indecent things, don't look at indecent things, you two continue, just be the old man if he doesn't exist." ”

After saying that, he pretended to leave the house, Chu Mofeng let go of the hand holding Hua Ling'er when he saw this, and shouted to Li Yuan: "Uncle Li, which one are you singing?"

Hearing Chu Mofeng speak, Li Yuan took his hand away with a smile, walked quickly to Hua Ling'er's bed and said, "Ling'er, you're awake, don't you know that some people can be in a hurry these days." ”

"Uncle is safe and sound, Ling'er is relieved, and a little injury makes my uncle worried. Hua Ling'er had difficulty moving, so she had to sit on the bed and nod to Li Yuan.

"Speaking of which, the old man should be most grateful to you Ling'er, if you hadn't blocked that thorn for the old man, maybe the old man would be separated from you at this time, and after we stayed in Chang'an this time, the old man would definitely hold a grand marriage ceremony for you and Chu Xiaozi. Thinking of the assassination that night, Li Yuan was still a little afraid in his heart.

At this time, Chu Mofeng remembered that Li Yuan was promoted to the court to ask about the case today, and hurriedly asked: "How is Uncle Li's promotion to the court today?"

"The two cases have been dealt with, it can be regarded as an explanation to the people of Xicheng County, tomorrow we will leave for Lingshi County, I wonder if Ling'er's injuries can be set off with the army?" Li Yuan nodded, asking with some concern in his heart.

Chu Mofeng was about to speak, and Hua Ling'er on the side spoke: "Uncle Li, rest assured, Ling'er's injury is no longer serious, and he will be able to set off with the army tomorrow." After speaking, he looked at Chu Mofeng and motioned to him not to stop him.

Seeing this, Li Yuan nodded and said: "Then Ling'er, you are so resting, I will send someone to Fumanlou to order some food and send it, you eat a little more to replenish your body, and if you need anything, tell Chu Xiaozi." ”

Hua Ling'er nodded when she heard this, Li Yuan turned around and left the house when she saw this, and when she saw Li Yuan walking away, Chu Mofeng closed the door of the house and turned around and asked, "Ling'er, you are crazy, why do you want to set off with the army tomorrow, you must know that the journey is tiring, and it will not be good for you to recover from your injuries." ”

"Brother Chu, isn't there still you by my side, besides, if I hadn't set off with the army, when the two armies were fighting, if the father-in-law knew about it, he would be distracted, Ling'er knew that everything was changing rapidly when he was fighting, and if there was anything wrong with his father-in-law because of Ling'er, then Ling'er would be full of regret in his heart. Hua Ling'er sat on the bed and slowly said her thoughts.

When Chu Mofeng heard this, he walked to the window and opened the window, and suddenly a fresh air came, and the room was instantly much cooler, and he looked back at Hua Ling'er on the hospital bed, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, then I will ask the doctor to come and treat you today." ”

Fumanlou's reception banquet Li Yuan did not enjoy because of the assassination, at this time everything was settled, Li Yuan couldn't help but recall the dishes of that night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he should re-set a table to enjoy, thinking of this Li Yuan called a servant and told him to go to Fumanlou to prepare a table according to the standard of the reception banquet and send it to the county office, and then sat on the lobby and looked through other files.

At seven o'clock, Li Yuan came to the execution ground surrounded by everyone, only to see many onlookers standing under the stage, and when they saw Li Yuan appear, everyone knelt down to say hello.

Li Yuan waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then sat on the prison beheading platform, and after a while, the supervisor signaled that noon had arrived, Li Yuan got up and shouted below: "Noon has arrived, and the criminal Zhu Dabiao has verified his identity." ”

I saw Zhu Dabiao wearing prison uniforms, kneeling in front of the execution table with a shawl, looking at the stage indifferently, the executioner in red clothes and red pants picked up the wine jug next to him and took a sip of wine in his mouth, sprayed the ghost head knife in his hand, and then whispered: "Zhu Dabiao, offended, don't blame me on Huangquan Road." ”

The executioner pulled out the sign behind Zhu Dabiao, and then pressed his head to the beheading platform, at this moment the sun gradually came directly above the people, and the supervisor on the side watched the copper kettle drip and gradually walked to three o'clock in the afternoon, and hurriedly turned back to Li Yuan.

Seeing this, Li Yuan got up and took out a wooden card and shouted: "The hour has come, execution." Then he threw the wooden card in his hand into the ground.

The executioner, who received the signal, raised the ghost head knife in his hand and slashed downward, only to see the big head fly out and bring out a blood flower.

At this time, Wang came to the front of the stage with the support of the maid, knelt down to Li Yuan and said: "The folk woman Zhu Wang thanked Lord Li for saving her life, if there was no Lord Li to re-investigate and try the case, at this time, the woman had already turned into a pile of dry bones with a body of infamy, and the woman had nothing to repay, so she had to ask someone to carve a plaque and send it to the adult, I hope the adult will not dislike it." ”

Seeing this, Li Yuan hurriedly walked to the stage, motioned to Wang's maid to help her up, and said: "Zhu Wang's words are different, and it is the duty of this official to avenge the people's grievances, and the fact that the plaque is well deserved. ”

Zhu Wangshi ignored Li Yuan's excuse, motioned to his subordinates to bring the plaque, and then said slowly: "Why should you be humble, a plaque is not gold or silver, it is just the gratitude of the people's women, don't dislike it." ”

Li Yuan saw that Zhu Wang's insistence on this, so he had to nod and reach out to remove the red cloth on the plaque, only to see that the plaque was printed with the three big characters 'Li Qingtian', and the villagers on the side applauded when they saw this.

Then the group hugged Li Yuan back to the county office, at this time the banquet of Fumanlou had also been delivered, Li Yuan hurriedly signaled his subordinates to summon Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, and he took a few clean bowls, and set aside a part of each dish and put it in the bowl, and then signaled the subordinates to bring these bowls to Hua Ling'er's room.

Then the two sons of the Li family came together, and when they saw such a sumptuous dish on the table, their index fingers suddenly moved, and at this moment Li Shimin opened his mouth and asked: "Father, I don't know if Chu Xiaozi and Ling'er have anything to eat?"

Li Yuan glanced at his second son angrily, and said with a smile: "You kid, you have been busy for your father for a long time today, so you have to sit down, you don't care about your father first, but ask about Chu Xiaozi." ”

"Father, don't blame, it's just that Chu Xiaozi has really spent a lot of energy in the past few days, and his son is just worried about him. Li Shimin looked at the dishes on the table, everything seemed to be a little less, and he suddenly understood that his father had already sent food over there, and hurriedly explained after feeling guilty.

"It doesn't matter, you can always think about your brother, who has died, it's too late to be happy for your father, how can I blame you, you two haven't had a good meal after a few busy days, eat quickly, and later we will go to the city to inform the army to prepare for tomorrow's march." Seeing that his second son was a loving person, Li Yuan felt quite comforted in his heart, and hurriedly beckoned the two to have dinner together.

After a meal, the Li family, father and son, hurried to the military camp outside the city, and conveyed the news of tomorrow's opening, and the camp that had been silent for a long time suddenly became agitated.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Yuan and others were ready to go, behind them were tens of thousands of soldiers with knives and guns, only to see Li Yuan was about to shout and set off, and a group of people walked out of Xicheng County, led by the representatives of Shinong Industry and Commerce, only to see an old man over sixty years old come forward to Li Yuan and arch his hand and said: "Since Tang Gong is ready to go on the expedition, then the old man will give this Wanmin umbrella to Tang Gong on behalf of all the people of Xihe County, I hope you can accept it." ”

As soon as he heard the words 'Wanmin Umbrella', Li Yuan ignored the burden of his whole body armor, turned over and dismounted and walked to the old man and said: "Old man, this Wanmin Umbrella Li is really deserved. ”

When the old man saw Li Yuan's resignation, he said with a straight face: "Tang Gong doesn't need to excuse himself, this Wanmin Umbrella contains the hearts of the people of Xihe County, and it is well deserved to be given to you." ”

Li Yuan saw that it was difficult to excuse himself, so he could only nod and say: "Then Li has thanked the villagers of Xihe County here." After speaking, he solemnly bowed to the crowd who came to see him off.

Ordering his subordinates to put away the umbrella of the people, Li Yuan turned over his horse and waved to everyone, and then shouted loudly: "The whole army is set off, the target is Huoyi." ”

With Li Yuan's order, the army slowly moved forward, and in the middle of the army, a carriage also moved forward with the crowd in front of it, escorted by all the soldiers.

Li Yuan won the hearts of the people in Xihe County here, and after the small imperial court left behind in Xijing learned the news of Li Yuan's army, he sent Xiao general Song Laosheng with 20,000 elite soldiers to Huoyi County to garrison early, in a vain attempt to block the advance of Li Yuan's army.

After learning that Song Laosheng led 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison Huoyi County, Li Yuan led the army forward, and sent several groups of scouts to the vicinity of Huoyi to reconnoitre.

There is no other reason, just because after Song Laosheng garrisoned Huoyi County, not only did he not send a horse to investigate the enemy's situation, but the army never went out of the city in Huoyi County, as mentioned above, Jiahu Fort in Lingshi County, the terrain is dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack, if Song Laosheng sends people to occupy this place, then it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble to Li Yuan's army.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan then ordered the horses to spy on the situation along the way, and at the same time ordered the army to speed up the march, in order to be able to quickly reach Jiahu Fort for defense, as time went by, in the blink of an eye, the army hurried all the way to Lingshi County, Li Yuan immediately ordered the army to camp in Jiahu Fort, and at the same time radiated the guard to Jiahu Fort as the center for nearly forty miles.

The day after the army had settled down, the sky began to darken in the morning, and a sultry wind came from all directions, blowing in the camp and making people a little irritated.

Many soldiers could not stand the heat and had already stripped off their armor, and even sat shirtless in their tents.

In the commander's tent, Li Yuan and others were standing in front of a map and discussing something, when the soldiers outside the door came to report, saying that the heavy rain was coming, and asked Li Yuan to give instructions.

When Li Yuan heard this, he ordered all battalions to take precautions against the rain, and at the same time, they should also strengthen vigilance to prevent the defenders of Huoyi County from taking advantage of the heavy rain to attack the camp.

At this time, in a barracks next to the boss's tent, Hua Ling'er was lying on the couch bored, with some fresh fruits and food beside her, while Chu Mofeng was sitting on the other side and carefully wiping his weapons.

Hua Ling'er secretly looked at Chu Mofeng while eating, the two got along day and night along the way, and Chu Mofeng cared for herself, Hua Ling'er's heart had already been tightly tied to Chu Mofeng's body, and when she saw him wiping her weapon at this time, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Brother Chu, if the two armies go to war, will you also go to the battlefield?" Thinking that her lover was also going to the battlefield, Hua Ling'er couldn't bear it in her heart.

Chu Mofeng nodded and said, "Since I have decided to accompany Li Lao Er's kid to complete this grand cause, then I will inevitably go into battle to kill the enemy in every battle." ”

"Then you must be careful when you go to the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, you must know that people are always worried about you in the rear. Although she didn't get married, when it came to love, Hua Linger thought that she would not lose to any woman.

Chu Mofeng nodded, put down the weapon in his hand and walked to Hua Ling'er's side and said: "Your injury still needs to take medicine for a few more days, don't be afraid to drink the medicine on time, I'll see if I can go out and catch a rabbit for you to come back to play, otherwise you will be extremely bored in this big camp by a girl." ”

As soon as she heard that Chu Mofeng was going to catch a rabbit for herself to play, Hua Ling'er immediately recovered her little daughter's posture, turned over and sat up to shoot this song and said: "I know that Brother Chu is the best for Ling'er, Brother Chu, don't worry, Ling'er obediently drinks medicine and heals her injuries as soon as possible." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded and motioned for her not to go out, and he got up and walked to the other side and began to decoct Hua Ling'er.

In the commander's tent, Li Shimin said to Li Yuan worriedly: "Father, now we are facing a problem, our food stock is only enough to support the army for three days, if we don't want to mobilize it, I'm afraid it will have a bad impact." ”

Li Yuan waved his hand when he heard this, and said: "It's okay, after three days, the whole army will attack Huoyi, as long as Huoyi is defeated, why worry about no food." As soon as the words fell, there was a thunderclap in the sky outside the tent, and then someone outside the tent was heard shouting, "It's raining, it's raining." ”

Li Shimin had no choice but to give up when he heard this, then turned around and walked out of the big tent and walked towards Chu Mofeng's tent......

As the saying goes, the sky is not beautiful, a heavy rain actually lasted for several days, at this time, many hidden problems gradually emerged with the backflow of rain, and seeing the Jiahubao army moved and the people were scattered, Chu Mofeng made a plan to solve the crisis, I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......