"Kill him?" Zheng Huiyuan was startled and said, "But... I am also tied up."
"Li Xia will take us away in the evening." Duan Xingzhi said: "He took away my gold talisman, but he didn't know that he still needs a talisman to walk along the Lingguan Road. I will remind them then and ask you for it.
Where to find the talisman? They will loosen your bonds and let you find it. You wait until Li Xia comes..."
He stretched his head and said, "Have you seen the fifth brick in front of the house? When Li Xia walks there, you can shoot him by pushing open the hidden grate. The arrow is poisoned and can kill him when he sees blood.
His fate is certain to be death."
Tears suddenly fell from Zheng Huiyuan's eyes. With tears in her eyes, she murmured: "But if this is the case... they will kill Lang Jun, right?"
Duan Xingzhi laughed sadly and murmured: "Over the years, my subjects have thought that I, Duan Xingzhi, am greedy for life and afraid of death. But you know, I surrendered not to steal my own life, but actually to the Duan family.
Li Xia killed Wu Liang Taihe, who was Ashu's life-and-death enemy. If I help him leave, Ashu will be furious and kill the nine Duan clans. Furthermore, if Li Xia marries the Gao clan, they will become the Duan clan in the future.
The great enemy.
In short, this son must be eliminated. I am not afraid of death, but I will never bring annihilation to the Duan family. This is my only wish before death. After this matter is over, you and I will become a pair of desperate mandarin ducks... Hui Niang,
Can you help me?"
Zheng Huiyuan's eyes became filled with tears and she cried: "Okay."
At this moment, she was extremely sad.
In fact, she could see clearly that Duan Xingzhi himself could push aside the hidden space and shoot Li Xia.
However, Duan Xingzhi didn't want to do it himself, he still wanted to survive.
After she shot Li Xia, Li Xia's men must have been enraged and killed her.
But they need Duan Xingzhi to leave Dali. They have to take Lingguan Road, and there are many checkpoints on the road... In short, it is possible for them to let Duan Xingzhi go for the time being.
Zheng Huiyuan also saw clearly that without the extremely calm Li Xia, it was impossible for those Song people to escape from Dali. As long as they were entangled by a defender on the road, more and more troops would be able to surround them.
By then, Duan Xingzhi may not have a chance to survive...
After several years of loving each other, Zheng Huiyuan thought that she was the only one who understood Duan Xingzhi. She understood his pain, his humiliation and seeking for perfection, and she believed that he only bent his knees to rule the people.
She firmly believed that her husband was not a person who lived in an ignoble way. Even though all the people in Dali were unbearable to be exploited and lived extremely miserable lives, she believed that it was Duan Xingzhi who prevented them from falling into an even more miserable situation.
Even if these are all false, she still thinks... at least his love for her is true.
Believe that the emperor has true feelings? Believe that the emperor has true feelings?
Zheng Huiyuan thought about this and murmured: "Don't worry, I will follow your instructions and push away the secret... to fulfill your husband."
"Huiniang." Duan Xingzhi also blushed and whispered: "In my life, I have been responsible for my ancestors and the common people. Only you...only you..."
"I am so happy...to die with my husband...so happy..."
When the two of them talked about this, Liu Tudiao pushed open the door and came in, scolding: "I will reapply the medicine for you this time. But General Bai said that if you dare to be nagging again, I will directly brand your wound!"
"Thank you, warrior..."
In the afternoon, Li Xia walked through the backyard and saw Gao Mingyue and Asha sitting on the swing chatting.
Gao Mingyue usually doesn't talk much, but to friends like Han Qiaoer and Asha Yu, she is quite talkative.
Li Xia was standing behind them, watching Gao Mingyue holding the rope of the swing with both hands and shaking slightly, and listening to her chirping in a low voice.
"My mother used to raise several cats in this courtyard, some of them colorful, some of them white... One of them was very timid, and it would frighten the tiles when the wind blew them off. It was then that I discovered that cats
When you are scared, your pupils will enlarge and turn completely black."
Asha did not speak, but she was not impatient either and listened quietly.
Gao Mingyue whispered again: "There used to be an apricot tree over there, and my mother used it to make peach gum and apply it on the face, which can make the face white. Peach gum, snow swallow, and saponaria rice are the three treasures of Dali's beauty. And over there
, I originally planted a lot of herbs, all of which were used to wipe my face.”
"I know, I saw Bai Ji."
"You really know these things, right?" Gao Mingyue tapped the ground with her toes to stop the swing, pointed at her cheek, and said with some distress: "Auntie, look at me, I have a red spot here."
Her movements were quite beautiful and lovely, and Asha couldn't help but have a faint smile on her face, but her tone was still calm and she said: "This is acne. I'll just rub it on you with herbal medicine and it will be fine."
"Well, I haven't washed my face properly in the past few years. It's troublesome to have growth. By the way, what do you usually use to wipe your face?"
Asha thought for a while and then said: "Pluto is behind us."
"ah?"
Gao Mingyue seemed to be frightened and let out a soft cry.
She turned around and saw Li Xia, lowered her head quickly, returned to her demure look, stood up and asked, "Well? Are you finished?"
"Almost." Li Xia said: "In more than an hour, the laborers will have loaded the grain and grass. Then we can leave with Duan Xingzhi."
"I asked someone to prepare hot water, do you want to wash it off?"
Gao Mingyue had already washed it, and although she was still wearing a more convenient military uniform, she looked white and clean, and very pleasant.
Li Xia couldn't help but look at her twice.
"That's fine."
"Would you like to sleep for a while after that? You haven't slept since last night. I have prepared a room for you and the bucket has been placed inside."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
The two naturally held hands and walked to the corridor.
Gao Mingyue lowered her eyebrows and said nothing for a while.
What she prepared for Li Xia was her former boudoir, which is now occupied by one of Duan Xingzhi's sisters. Duan's daughter was temporarily driven elsewhere.
Li Xia suddenly asked: "It seems that you, Qiaoer, and Asha have more to say?"
"No way."
"I'm a little jealous."
"Huh?" Gao Mingyue was stunned and said shyly: "I...I...you are not jealous."
Li Xia gave a rare smile and said, "If we have time in the future, we should also chat about trivial matters like that."
"You are a person who does great things." Gao Mingyue responded.
Finally, she added softly: "Besides, I don't dare."
"Are you afraid of me?"
While talking, the two opened the door and entered the house.
Gao Mingyue said: "Well... I'm afraid you think I'm annoying."
"No." Li Xia hugged her.
Gao Mingyue was a little panicked and wanted to hide away, but failed in the end and blushed in Li Xia's arms.
"It took a lot of effort to bring you back, but it's a pity that I can't stay for a long time, and it's a pity that I can't really take your home back," Li Xia said.
Gao Mingyue was still pushing Li Xia, but after hearing these words, she was stunned for a moment and hugged him.
Although she didn't speak, she looked at Li Xia longingly, with many emotions left unspoken.
a long time.
"You take a rest quickly, I'm going out first..."
Gao Mingyue left the house and couldn't help but look back. She stopped there and listened to the sound of water in the house, not knowing what she was thinking.
Asha was standing in the corridor and asked calmly: "Do you want to take a peek at him?"
"Ah? I didn't..."
Halfway through Gao Mingyue's words, he stopped talking and stopped talking when he saw Asha's eyes that seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.
She sat down in the corridor and looked at the room where Li Xia was in a daze.
After years of wandering around, she finally stayed by Li Xia's side, but the war was still going on. Deep down in her heart, she also hoped that the two of them could settle down and live a life of... "sitting together".
This idiom popped into my mind, and Gao Mingyue tapped her head lightly, cursing herself secretly.
Li Xia only squinted for half an hour before waking up.
After not sleeping for several days, he felt a little tired. But he still took Gao Mingyue and Asha back to the front yard to make arrangements for leaving Dali City.
In the evening, Xiong Shan came back and reported that the food and grass had been loaded on the mules and horses, and everything was arranged.
"Let's go. Go and escort Duan Xingzhi out."
After a while, Xu Tudiao ran over and reported: "County Lieutenant, Duan Xingzhi said that one of his talismans was missing. He said it was needed to cross the Lingguan Road. The villain is looking for it."
"Taken?"
Xu Tudiao scratched his head and said, "I don't understand much either."
Li Xia called a Dali official and asked, and he roughly understood that not all Lingguan Road is within the territory of Dali. Even if Duan Xingzhi wants to go north to have an audience, he also needs a pass sign.
So he got up and walked to the room where Duan Xingzhi was being held, followed by several people following him.
When I arrived at the main house, I saw several Qingfu Army soldiers standing in the house. Duan Xingzhi had been untied and was huddled there, turning over his pockets.
Zheng Huiyuan was rummaging around the house.
"Li County Lieutenant, it's really not that I'm disobedient. My concubine kept the talisman. I forgot where I put it for a moment. I'll find it soon..."
Li Xia stared into Duan Xingzhi's eyes and frowned.
Duan Xingzhi was startled and lowered his head.
It's strange to say that he was nearly forty years old and had been the emperor of a country, but he couldn't stand Li Xia's scrutinizing gaze for some reason. He felt timid and had fear in his eyes.
"You're hiding something from me." Li Xia said. As he spoke, he drew his sword and stepped forward slowly.
As he walked, he surveyed the room.
One step, two steps...
Duan Xingzhi was trembling a little and secretly glanced at Li Xia's footsteps.
Zheng Huiyuan didn't tremble at all. She turned her back to everyone, stretched out her hand and touched the wall, and touched the hidden grid.
"Ah." Duan Xingzhi suddenly exclaimed softly.
He saw that Li Xia had stepped on the fifth big brick.
Zheng Huiyuan closed her eyes, reached out and pushed hard to open the hidden compartment.
There is a "click" sound.
"Swish, swish, swish" three sharp arrows shot out...