"If Miss Li is inconvenient, then forget it. Chen Xingwen said.

Li Jiaojiao: "I mean this horse is strong, and people can't ride it." It is more appropriate for me to return with you. ”

Chen Xingwen was a little difficult: "Six or seven hundred miles away, the girl and I are walking, but I am afraid that the girl will be inconvenient." ”

Mrs. Li: "Nothing inconvenient. Jiaojiao has been like a boy since she was a child, let him accompany you, and there will be a care on the way. What is Chen Gongzi in a hurry to rush back to Jinzhou for?"

Li Jiaojiao: "Rush to your son's men to save people." Your son, who was a general, has detained his brother. ”

Mrs. Li raised her voice: "Jiaojiao, go back and tell your brother, being a man is about knowing kindness, if he wants to embarrass Chen Gongzi, you send someone to tell your mother, and your mother will make him look good." ”

Chen Xingwen hugged his fists and said: "Don't dare to work the old lady." ”

Mrs. Li: "Son, don't be polite, go back to Li's Mansion with us in a while, stay for one night, and leave early tomorrow." ”

Chen Xingwen: "Xiaosheng didn't dare to go to the house to disturb his wife. I have lived in Taiyuan for a few years, and the road is familiar, so I can find accommodation by myself. ”

Mrs. Li: "It's too much for the son to say this, so how can the old body feel at ease? Siyuan has been fighting abroad for a long time, and there are few close men in the family. If the son hadn't been in a hurry to return to Jinju and stay at my house for a few more days, the old man would be very happy, so how could he bother. If you don't dislike it, just rely on your old body. ”

Chen Xingwen saw that if he refused, it would be unreasonable, so he had to agree. Li Jiaojiao saw that he was willing to go along, and she jumped with joy, like a little girl who got her beloved.

At this time, the Lingkong Dao chief returned from collecting medicine, sorted and wrapped the medicine, and explained how to take it. Knowing that Chen Xingwen was going to go with Mrs. Li, he took out a book of alchemy experience he wrote and handed it to him.

Li Jiaojiao put Chen Xingwen's luggage on horseback and walked with him.

No words on the way. And when they came to the gate, they surrounded the multitude, and blocked the way. The guards lined up the crowd before they cleared a trail.

When I entered the human wall, I saw more than 100 women and children, standing there in several strings with their hands tied. They were ragged, their faces haggard, and some of them were wounded.

A man who looked like an officer was saying loudly: "This is the woman we captured from the Khitan." If you want, take the money to buy it. The young ones are one for one hundred taels of silver, and the old ones are one for fifty taels of silver. If you want to buy it, hurry up and choose good goods. ”

Chen Xingwen passed by them, and just as a woman fell beside him, the two women next to her also stumbled. Chen Xingwen hurriedly leaned down and helped the woman sit down.

The woman gestured to the water bag he was carrying.

Chen Xingwen opened the mouth of the water bag and fed her water.

A soldier with a leather whip in his hand walked over and shouted to Chen Xingwen: "Hey, what are you doing? If you don't buy it, get out of the way! This is not the place for you to do good." ”

Chen Xingwen: "She is so hungry and thirsty that she is afraid that she will faint to death." ”

Bingding: "If you want to save her, you can pay for it." ”

Chen Xingwen: "Give her something to eat." ”

Soldier: "Give it to her, do you sympathize with the captive?"

Chen Xingwen: "She is also a person." Don't you have any compassion?"

Bingding: "Less nonsense. If you go to war, you will know whether there is mercy or not. Men are killed, and women are kept as slaves, this is the rule of war. ”

Chen Xingwen stood up: "Why are you so cruel!?"

The soldier was annoyed by him, and did not answer, but was a whip on him.

Seeing this, Li Jiaojiao quickly rushed over, snatched the soldier's whip, gave him a few whips on his head and face, and said, "I think you don't want to live anymore." ”

The officers standing on the side and a few other soldiers immediately rushed up and besieged Li Jiaojiao. Li Jiaojiao lashed at him and hit him in the face.

The officer let out an "ah", touched his hot face, and said sharply: "Take it for me and sell her as a slave." ”

Li Jiaojiao rounded the whip, and the soldiers didn't dare to get close, so they surrounded her.

The officer was furious, drew his sword, and shouted, "Up!"

A Li Jiaojiao guard hurriedly stepped forward and called: "Stop!"

Officer: "What's your business?" Stand down, or I'll get you all together." ”

Guard: "You are so daring, dare to move......"

Li Jiaojiao interrupted him: "Don't say it, lest people say that I am a bully." Let this girl teach these few things a good lesson first. ”

When several soldiers heard her say this, they hesitated and did not dare to move forward.

The officer was beaten into annoyance: "I call you the king of heaven, I have to pick your skin." As he spoke, he swung his sword and stabbed.

Li Jiaojiao whipped him again and hit him on the wrist. The whip wrapped around his hand, and she pulled it, and the officer fell to the ground.

Officer: "Come on, go up!" he shouted as he fell to the ground.

The surrounding soldiers wanted to step forward again.

"Straddle click", a general on horseback came behind Li Jiaojiao. The soldier in the way dodged to the side.

The general waved his hand, the soldiers didn't dare to move, he looked at Li Jiaojiao's back and asked, "Is it Jiaojiao?"

Li Jiaojiao looked back and was happy: "Third brother!"

The person who came was Li Keyong's own son, Li Cunqiao.

Li Cunmiao: "Jiaojiao, why did you come here to fight? Isn't it fun to practice martial arts at home alone?"

Li Jiaojiao: "Your subordinates bully people, I will discipline them on your behalf." ”

Li Cunqiao beckoned, and the soldiers immediately ran over and knelt in front of Li Jiaojiao, and the officer said, "I don't know the identity of the young lady, the little one should be damned." ”

Li Cunmiao: "This is my eldest brother's sister, you are so bold that you dare to be wild with her." Jiaojiao, it's up to you. ”

Li Jiaojiao said angrily: "Okay, twenty whips per person!"

Chen Xingwen pulled Li Jiaojiao: "Forget it, it's useless to deal with them." ”

Li Jiaojiao: "For the sake of this son, I will spare you today." Don't bully people anymore!"

The sergeants nodded busily.

Li Cunqiao looked at the sedan chair and asked, "But the godmother in the sedan chair is her old man?"

Li Jiaojiao: "Exactly. ”

Li Cunmiao dismounted, walked to the sedan chair, bowed down and said, "Cunmiao asks for peace to my godmother." ”

Mrs. Li opened the sedan curtain and returned the salute, saying: "Cunqing, every family has women, treat them well, men are dead, life is hard enough, no longer have to be abused." ”

Li Cunmiao: "What the godmother said is that the child will do it." Then he motioned for the officer to come to his side, and said, "Untie the ropes, provide water and food, and settle down." In the future, if there is any abuse of women and children, they will be severely punished. ”

Li Jiaojiao: "This is like a hero." ”

Li Cunmiao: "It's not that the third brother is tyrannical by nature, it's just that he is busy with military affairs and laxes in disciplining these sergeants, so I will pay more attention to it in the future." ”

When they were about to take the lamp, they returned to the Li Mansion, and Chen Xingwen entered the hall with his wife.

A maid came up to report: "Madam, the King of Jin heard that his wife is not well, so he sent someone to send Khitan ginseng." ”

Mrs. Li: "King Xie Jin's note." Go and explain to the cook, there are distinguished guests tonight, get some good meals. ”

The maid said "yes" and withdrew.

Mrs. Li: "Son, please take a seat." ”

Chen Xingwen: "Mrs. Tired, go to bed and rest first, you don't have to accompany me." ”

Mrs. Li: "Out of the way. It's inconvenient to talk on the road, so now sit down and chat with the son, which will naturally relieve the fatigue. ”

Chen Xingwen sat down, but he didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Li: "You don't have to be rigid, it's like going to your own home." Look at you like a girl, the old body really likes it. ”