Chapter 13: A Misunderstanding
Wang Wanru was so frightened that she cried, and it took a while to recover, and said, "The two of us have just arrived in Chang'an, and we are not familiar with each other, where can anyone dare to take in my husband and wife." ”
Xie Tong heard about Li Jun's intimidation, and he had already seen through Li Jun's calculations, which was nothing more than taking a fancy to his martial arts and accepting him as a general.
Xie Tong stopped Wang Wanru's crying and said, "Wanru don't cry, Li Gongzi is kind-hearted, since he can point out the way for us, of course he won't die without help." After speaking, he clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Xie Tong is willing to be the son's general, and please take the two of me in."
Li Jun didn't expect this Xie Tong to be so sensible, saving him a lot of lips and tongues, and said happily, "Brother Xie is still sensible, since this is the case, Li is not welcome, from today on, Brother Xie will be my Li Jun's general."
Xie Tong pulled Wang Wanru to thank him, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you young master for saving your life, call me Xie Tong in the future, this brother is never daring to be the word." “
Li Jun narrowed his eyes, he was the second son of Li Zhaorun, the king of Huai, and now he has recruited a right-hand man, and his father must be overjoyed. He smiled and said, "Then you two will go home with me!"
Xie Tong hurriedly said, "There is one more thing, I want to ask the young master for help!"
Li Jundao: "What else is going on?"
Xie Tong told all the plans he had thought of, and said, "I heard that Lord Taiwei will hold a banquet in the mansion tomorrow and hold a lantern festival, and the villain's wife wants to see the prosperous world, and I hope that the son can fulfill this little wish." His reason is really excessive, it depends on whether Li Jun can agree to him.
Li Jun was surprised and said, "I didn't expect you to know so many things when you first arrived in Chang'an," he thought for a while and immediately said, "It's a trivial matter, I will take you to the Taiwei Mansion tomorrow to see it."
Xie Tong was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, young master."
Such an impossible thing has become a reality, and even Xie Tong can't believe that it is so smooth.
The two followed Li Jun to the mansion, to Xie Tong's surprise, Li Jun turned out to be the second son of the prince of the dynasty, King Huai and the pilgrimage were half-brothers, and they were favored by the emperor, although the fief was in the Nanyang area, but always lived in Chang'an, no wonder Li Jun did not take Sima Jinyu to heart.
Li Jun placed Xie Tong and the others in the palace, and left in a hurry to find his father.
Back in the room, Wang Wanru said excitedly, "Big brother, Wanru doesn't look like you."
Xie Tong was speechless for a moment, he didn't make a sound.
Wang Wanru saw that Ailang was displeased, so she changed the topic and said, "The eldest brother hasn't told Wanru why he wants to take refuge in this gentleman, Wanru feels disgusted when she sees him, and she still pretends to be grateful."
Xie Tong was really speechless this time, his purpose in taking refuge in Li Jun was to participate in the lantern festival of Taiwei Sima Xuan, so that he could get close to Hong Shan at the lantern festival and create an illusion of meeting for the first time, but he couldn't tell the beautiful woman he fell in love with, so as not to make her sad. Xie Tong sighed and said, "I just want Wanru to participate in the Lantern Festival and see the prosperity of Chang'an."
Wang Wanru fiddled with the teacup on the table, and suddenly said, "Actually, Wanru knows, eldest brother should be able to meet Sister Hong Shan at the lantern festival! She is the daughter of the doctor Hong Ru, and she should be invited to participate in such a feast."
Xie Tong didn't expect Wanru to be so smart and able to see through his inner thoughts, but when this beauty exposed the lie, she became embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Big brother didn't mean to lie to you, but I'm afraid that you will ......."
Wang Wanru interrupted him and said, "Wanru knows what the eldest brother thinks, the eldest brother can take Wanru to the dinner, it is already the best trust in Wanru, please rest assured, the eldest brother will not destroy the relationship between you and Sister Hong Shan, maybe it will create opportunities for you!"
Xie Tong was speechless for this beauty's understanding, he really couldn't find any words to comfort her, so he had to smile bitterly.
The two fell silent again.
Suddenly, Li Jun opened the door and walked in.
Xie Tong and the others were startled. Xie Tong hurriedly got up and said, "What do you have to say?"
Li Jun said with a solemn face, "Xie Tong, my father and eldest brother will come to you for questioning in a while, I treat you as your own person, remember to tell the truth, don't talk nonsense, otherwise even I won't be able to protect you."
Wang Wanru didn't know what was going on, and when she heard this, her face was shocked.
Xie Tong knew what was going on, the second son of the prince had accepted a martial arts general for no apparent reason, it was really suspicious, if he didn't make the slightest interrogation, it would be too abnormal.
Xie Tong nodded and said, "Don't worry, Childe, Xie Tong will definitely let the prince and the eldest prince accept us."
Li Jun looked at Xie Tong in surprise, this person was able to see through his thoughts and predicament, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had got a right-hand man.
The three of them came to the study of King Huai Li Zhaorun, and as soon as Xie Tong stepped into the study, he obviously felt the strange atmosphere in the study.
Huaiwang Li Zhaorun was short and fat, with fat all over his body, and Xie Tong was stunned when he saw it. King Huai was sitting on a large chair drinking tea, and after Xie Tong and the others came in, he didn't even raise his head.
A tall and thin young man stood aside and looked at Xie Tong coldly. This young man looks very similar to Li Jun, but he is much more mature than Li Jun, and he should be Li Jun's eldest brother Li Xiao.
Li Jundao said, "Father, eldest brother, this is Jun'er's newly recruited general." ”
Xie Tong and the others hurriedly knelt down and said, "Grass people Xie Tong and Wang Wanru participate in the prince, see the little prince."
Huaiwang Li Zhaorun said coldly: "Flatten!"
Xie Tong and Wang Wanru slowly stood up.
Li Xiao stared at Xie Tong for a long time, and suddenly said, "Someone, take it for me." ”
A team of guards suddenly rushed out of the study, surrounded Xie Tong and the two tightly, and pointed the blade at Xie Tong and the two.
Wang Wanru suddenly became nervous, and Xie Tong signaled Wang Wanru not to act rashly. The two of them were tied up strongly.
Li Jun looked at Li Xiao dissatisfied, and said, "Big brother, what do you mean by this!"
Li Xiao sneered, "Who are you, why are you approaching my second brother, hurry up and recruit from the truth, otherwise I want the lives of the two of you." ”
Li Jun was still about to speak, but Li Zhaorun said coldly, "Jun'er, step aside."
Xie Tong didn't expect such a thing to happen, he was forced to kneel down, looked at King Huai and Li Xiao, without the slightest timidity, and said loudly, "Lord Qi, my husband and wife inadvertently offended Sima Jinyu, the son of the Taiwei, and were ready to flee from Chang'an, but fortunately they met the second son of the prince and were taken in by the prince." Then he told everything that happened to the noodle shop.
Li Xiao said angrily, "It's nonsense, you said that the two of you eloped, with your martial arts, who can control you, do you still need to run away and elope!"
Xie Tong didn't expect this, it was just a joke by Wang Wanru, and he didn't expect that there would be so many loopholes. He had to reconsider what he had said.
Li Xiao sneered, "I can't make it up, don't you, I see that you are deliberately approaching the prince and plotting against him." ”
Huaiwang Li Zhaorun said without raising his head, "Pull it out and behead it to show the public."
Xie Tong didn't expect that this King Huai would be so ruthless, and he would kill people casually without asking, and he felt remorseful in his heart. It's not a pity that he died, and he even affected Wang Wanru.
He was just about to resist, but Wang Wanru shouted "Slow".
Wang Wanru said, "I am the daughter of Wang Daoxun, the envoy of Hebei Jiedu, because my father did not agree to the marriage of the two of us, so I eloped."
Wang Wanru's words thundered like a thunderbolt, making the study instantly quiet.
Although the envoy of Hebei Jiedu is a third-grade official, he holds military power and is actually a warlord on one side. And Wang Daoxun fought against the Turks all the year round, had a great reputation, and was stationed in Luoyang, and his name was known to everyone.
Li Zhaorun looked at this outstanding-looking woman for the first time, if it was really Wang Daoxun's daughter, don't say he, even Tang Xizong could not easily give the death penalty. He heard that Wang Daoxun had a daughter under his knees, and he didn't know if it was true or not. He said solemnly, "If it is Lord Wang's daughter, she should stay in Luoyang, how could she elope with this kid to Luoyang." It's too much of a joke."
Xie Tong was shocked, he didn't expect that Wang Wanru would not hesitate to expose her identity for him, if the elopement spread, it would be an immeasurable blow to her reputation. He really didn't want to see that happen.
Xie Tong was so busy that "the prince is on top, please dispose of Xie Tong!" Xie Tong begged the prince to let her go."
Wang Wanru looked at Xie Tong in surprise, and said, "If the prince doesn't believe it, you can imprison the two of us and send someone to Luoyang to find out, not to mention that my father will enter Beijing in the near future to participate in the meeting to recruit Huang Chao on the fourth day of the second month." When the time comes, the prince will know when he asks."
As soon as Wang Wanru said this, the expressions of several people suddenly became solemn, the meeting on the fourth day of the second lunar month was a military secret, except for a limited number of people, no one knew about it, since Wang Wanru said this, her identity has no doubts.
Li Zhaorun laughed and said, "The water washed the Dragon King Temple, the family didn't know the family, the virtuous niece rushed into Beijing, why not say hello in advance, and then call Xiao Er Jun'er to receive it, and still stunned what to do, and don't let go."
No matter how doubtful his identity is, Li Zhaorun said again, "Xiao'er will prepare wine and food, and my father will entertain my niece well."
Li Zhaorun became so fast, thinking that Lord Wang was indeed famous.
Li Xiao prepared a very exquisite luncheon.
During the meal, Li Zhaorun asked long and short questions, and never left Wang Daoxun's body and the situation in Luoyang. It's just that Li Jun is embarrassed.
The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.
Li Zhaorun asked, "Since they are all their own people, this king is gone, and the virtuous niece dares to elope with Xie Xiashi, isn't she afraid that your father will clean you up?" He called Xie Tong a chivalrous man, showing respect, but making Xie Tong extremely uncomfortable.
Wang Wanru put on everyone's beautiful demeanor, and said, "Since the prince asked, Wanru also told the truth, Brother Xie is my life-saving benefactor, and he is also favored by my father, and he is the commander of the forward battalion under the father's account, he came to Chang'an to deal with some private matters this time, Wanru learned that her father came to Chang'an, and wanted to come to Chang'an to play, but my father didn't allow it, so I had to beg Brother Xie to bring me here, and then explain after my father came to Chang'an. “。
After hearing this, King Huai laughed and said, "Lord Wang has been cautious all his life, and it is indeed extremely interesting to have such a tricky and eccentric daughter as you." Well, stay in the palace for a few days, and be safer, and make a decision when your father comes to Chang'an."
After lunch, Li Jun sent the two back to the courtyard to rest.
Xie Tong said to Li Jun embarrassedly, "Xie Tong is really suffering, and I hope that Brother Li will atone for his sins."
Li Jun laughed and said, "Li should know Brother Xie's suffering, so he didn't expose it at the wine table, ha, Brother Xie and Miss Wanru are indeed a natural pair, Li should apologize, ha, Brother Xie doesn't know, Li is very envious of the soldiers who fought on the battlefield, if there is a chance, Li is willing to fight on the battlefield with Brother Xie." If Brother Xie ignores his previous suspicions, Li is willing to make Brother Xie a friend."
Xie Tong suddenly had a good impression of this Tang clan, although he was a gentleman, he also had a patriotic feeling, which was very different from Sima Jinyu's kind of valve nobles. He hurriedly said, "Xie Tong can't ask for it, and I am willing to make friends with Brother Li".