As Li Shimin counted to "three", Li Xuanba became excited again and waved the horizontal sword eagerly. Gao Xiuer hurriedly shouted: "Wait! You are not allowed to hurt these villagers anymore, I promise to take the children with you!"
Li Shimin sneered and said: "Okay! Please come out, young master!"
Gao Xiuer sighed quietly and said, "Vanilla, please take Chou'er out."
Chou'er is a nickname for a child. It does not mean how ugly the child is. On the contrary, the child is fat and white, with big eyes, and is very cute. Because of the local custom in Changshan Village, the uglier the child is, the easier it is to grow up. In addition, in the
In Gao Xiuer's mind, Liu Ziqiu should naturally decide on the name, so she temporarily gave the child the nickname Chou'er.
Vanilla walked from behind the crowd with the child in her arms and cried: "Sister, we can't leave the ugly child to them!"
Gao Xiuer shook her head firmly: "Don't cry, listen to me!"
Vanilla gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll go with my sister!"
Gao Xiuer ignored her, turned to Li Shimin and said, "Untie me, I want to hold the baby."
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, thinking that Gao Xiu'er was just a prostitute, so he waved the sharp knife in his hand and cut the rope.
"Mom, hold me. Mom, hold me." Chou'er was still ignorant. When he saw his mother, he struggled in Vanilla's arms.
Gao Xiuer took the child and said calmly: "Let's go!"
Li Shimin's knife still refused to leave Gao Xiuer's neck, and said fiercely to the surrounding villagers: "No one should follow! Otherwise I will kill them, mother and son!"
The villagers in Changshan Village cried together, but they were afraid that these teenagers would really hurt Gao Xiuer and her son, so no one dared to follow them.
After leaving the village, they saw two men lying in a pool of blood with their heads dismembered. Li Shimin had sharp eyes and had already recognized the two slaves they had brought with him. He was startled and the hand holding the sword shook involuntarily.
one time.
Gao Xiuer was worried that he accidentally hurt Chou'er, but comforted him: "Don't worry, he must have been killed by the angry villagers just now. Our mother and son are in your hands now, and they won't follow. Now walk faster
, we can still reach Changshan Market before dark, and I can help get a boat across the river."
Li Shimin looked back at Changshan Village, which was still in mourning. Sure enough, no one was coming, so he nodded and said, "Madam, as long as you know the current affairs, Li will not let you mother and son suffer too much. Then
Let’s go.”
At the Changshan market, there were also more than fifty warriors disguised as domestic slaves brought by Li Shimin. After the two gathered together, they immediately rushed to the Changshan Pier. The steward on the wharf saw that his mistress had arrived, so he did not dare to neglect and hurriedly
A boat was arranged to take them across the river overnight.
When he saw the boat leaving the pier, the steward wiped the sweat from his forehead and said loudly: "Quick, go and report to Mrs. Li!"
It turned out that Li Jing and others had all gone to the front line, and now it was Wei Zheng who was in charge in Jiangnan. Wei Zheng had been unwilling to move to Yuhang, and still stayed in Yanguan, just because it was closer to Changshan Village.
Gao Xiuer has a laid-back temperament and doesn't actually like to get involved in political affairs. Therefore, if there is anything that needs to be communicated, Zhang Chuchen goes to Yanguan County to contact Wei Zheng. It happened that a document urging food came from Jiangbei today, so Zhang Chuchen went to Yanguan County early in the morning to contact Wei Zheng.
Chuchen was escorted by Agui to Yanguan County. When she came back from Yanguan County, Gao Xiuer and her son had been kidnapped.
Zhang Chuchen was shocked and turned pale. While organizing people to rescue the wounded, he also sent people to sneak over to inquire about the whereabouts of Li Shimin and others. People in Changshan Village along the way also got the news that Gao Xiuer and her son had been kidnapped.
When the steward saw Gao Xiuer, he understood what was going on. Although he also had dozens of subordinates, Gao Xiuer, mother and son were in the hands of those people. He did not dare to make any arbitrary decisions, so he had to arrange a boat to send them across the river and spread the news.
Passed back to Changshan Village.
After learning the whereabouts of Gao Xiuer being kidnapped, Zhang Chuchen did not hesitate at all and immediately said: "Gui, pack up and let me catch up!"
…
The Changshan carriages and horses traveled very quickly and arrived at Jiangdu in the evening of the next day. Li Shimin suddenly said: "Let's go! We won't take the boat anymore, let's go ashore."
The boat was driven by horses and carriages in Changshan. Gao Xiuer had many ways to deliver the news so that the people in Changshan Village could keep track of his whereabouts. If he landed on land, it would naturally be much more difficult. Gao Xiuer hesitated and said, "I can't walk a long way.
.”
Li Shimin chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I don't need you to walk by yourself, madam!"
It turned out that Li Shimin had already prepared many carriages and horses in Jiangdu. There was no canal from Jiangdu, and Luoyang could be reached by another road.
Li Xuanba became impatient and shouted loudly: "If you don't get ashore, I will twist your son's head off!"
Chou'er couldn't help crying when she saw Li Xuanba's fierce look.
While coaxing her son, Gao Xiuer said coldly: "If my son has any shortcomings, Ziqiu will definitely kill everyone in your Li family, young and old!"
Li Xuanba was furious and wanted to slap Gao Xiu'er with his palm, but Changsun Wuji stopped him and persuaded him: "Third Young Master, forget it. A certain person promised to keep their mother and son safe." He then said to Gao Xiu'er: "Sister-in-law, as long as you are
If I can help the prince persuade Brother Ziqiu to surrender, I will guarantee the life of my whole family to ensure that Ziqiu will be prosperous and wealthy throughout his life."
"Zi Qiu doesn't have a brother like you." Gao Xiu'er replied coldly and hugged her son ashore.
Changsun Wuji shook his head, sighed, and followed him ashore.
The carriages and horses left Jiangdu and turned northwest, arriving at ** County before dark. This was already the territory of the Changshan Army. Li Shimin was very cautious and did not enter the city. Instead, he chose a relatively large restaurant outside the city.
Stay at the inn.
**It used to be the main route to Luoyang from the north, but with the opening of the canal, the place became increasingly depressed. The business of such a large inn was not good, and they were the only caravan. However, the store was very welcoming, and the food, wine, and hot water were as good as the others.
No shortage.
Li Shimin was extremely careful. All the food and drinks had to be tried by one of his subordinates. After half an hour, if there were no problems, others could continue to eat. Although safety was ensured, all the food he ate was cold.
Just after Li Xuanba took two mouthfuls, he suddenly coughed loudly again. The pain in his abdomen was unbearable, and he rolled on the ground while holding his stomach.
Li Shimin was shocked and said: "No, it's poisonous!"
Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said: "Second Young Master, there should be no problem with the food and wine. We all eat the same, so why is there no problem? Check quickly to see if Third Young Master has eaten anything else."
Gao Xiuer glanced at him lightly and said, "There must be nothing wrong with what he eats. It's just something wrong with him."
Li Shimin said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! My third brother is born with supernatural powers..."
Gao Xiuer shook his head and said, "I'm telling the truth. It's up to you to believe it or not."
Changsun Wuji actually saw Li Xuanba coughing up blood several times. After hearing Gao Xiuer's words, he couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, is she proficient in medicine?"
Gao Xiuer ignored him and stretched out her hand to take Li Xuanba's pulse.
Li Shimin was stunned and shouted: "What are you going to do!"
Changsun Wuji stopped him: "Shimin, let my sister-in-law take a look."
Li Xuanba's face was as golden as paper, and beads of sweat as big as soybeans oozed from his forehead. He was in unbearable pain. Li Shimin didn't say anything after seeing this, but held the sword tightly with one hand. If Gao Xiuer dared to make any move,
He will stab him without mercy.
Gao Xiuer put her hand on Li Xuanba's wrist, sometimes with a solemn face, sometimes nodding secretly. After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said, "No wonder."
Li Shimin quickly asked: "What's the reason?"
Gao Xiuer said expressionlessly: "He is indeed born with great strength. If he grows to eighteen years old, he will be a brave general. It's a pity, it's a pity."
Li Shimin suddenly became anxious and yelled: "You stinky woman, don't you have something to say quickly?"
Gao Xiuer was not afraid of him at all, and continued to speak slowly: "In this world, haste makes waste. It's a pity that he has been taking a medicine for a long time. Every time he takes it, his strength will double. But he doesn't know that the medicine is three-part poison.
After so many years, he has already suffered from many poisons, and even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated, he will not be able to recover."
Li Shimin exclaimed "Ah" and suddenly rushed to Gao Xiuer and said loudly: "Say quickly, you are lying to me!"
Gao Xiuer said disdainfully: "Do I need to lie to you, a little kid? To tell you the truth, if he hadn't eaten cold food tonight, he wouldn't have had an attack so quickly. But after this attack, his toxicity has deepened.
However, if he stops taking that medicine from today on, he should be able to live to be sixteen."
Li Xuanba is only twelve years old this year, and according to Gao Xiu'er, he only has four years left to live. More importantly, according to Gao Xiu'er, what accelerated Li Xuanba's onset of toxicity was actually Li Shimin's caution.
After all, he was his twin brother. Li Shimin couldn't help but anxiously wandered around the room. After a while, he handed over his hand and said: "Sister-in-law, I have offended many people in the past. I hope that my sister-in-law will ignore the past grudges and save my brother."
Gao Xiu'er shook his head and said: "Please forgive me for being powerless. However, as long as he does more good deeds and does less killing in the future, he may be able to gain mercy from God and extend his life for a few more days. If he persists in his persistence, he will be struck by lightning sooner or later!"
After hearing Gao Xiuer's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but shudder, but then he gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph! You'd better pray that my third brother is okay. Otherwise, I will let your mother and son be buried with my third brother!"
He spoke sternly, but Gao Xiuer ignored him and kept coaxing his son. Changsun Wuji frowned, and then sighed after a long while. Li Xuanba howled on the ground for a while, and the pain gradually subsided.
Shao, slowly sat up.
At this moment, there was another wave of people shouting outside the inn, and someone outside asked loudly: "Man, are there any vacancies?"