Zhao Changyuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch her face, and suddenly realized that such an action was inappropriate at this moment. He blushed and nodded to her, "Definitely." After speaking, he said to Xiao Juan, Hua Feng
The others ordered: "The emperor will leave it to you for your protection!"
The two of them solemnly clasped their fists and said, "I obey!"
Hua Feng breathed a big sigh of relief. Now he had stepped back from the brink and turned from rebel to escort. Judging from the current situation, his life and that of his brothers were saved.
Xiao Juan felt like a fire was igniting in his heart. The people he admired no longer hated him and trusted him. Since he met this couple, Xiao Juan was no longer a person who was despised and abandoned by others.
When Zhao Changyuan's combat boots stepped heavily on his ears, Guo Chongxi and Pan Badao immediately stopped fighting and fell on both sides panting.
Guo Chongxi knew that his strength was exhausted and he could only let himself be slaughtered. He couldn't help but lower his head sadly and said feebly: "I didn't expect you to survive. This is all God's will. I can't defeat you, so you can give me a ride."
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Zhao Changyuan looked at the rough and honest big man in front of him, thinking about the days before when he treated him like a younger brother, teaching and caring for him, and he felt sad and sad in his heart.
Pan Ershao looked at the expressions of the two people and remembered the reason for Guo Chongxi's rebellion. He couldn't bear it in his heart. He reached out and took off the wine bag he had been carrying around his waist. He gasped in pain from the cracked wound on the tiger's mouth. He opened the lid.
After taking a sip, he threw it towards Guo Chongxi opposite.
Guo Chongxi was startled at first, then he took a big sip without hesitation, and the mellow strong wine spread in his belly. "Good wine!" He shouted and threw the wine bag to Zhao Changyuan.
The three people sat on the floor, taking turns drinking the wine from the bag. The autumn wind dried the blood on everyone's faces and bodies, and blew the iron scales on Zhao Changyuan's body from time to time. Fortunately, the wine in the bag warmed the three cold bodies and desolate faces.
heart.
Guo Chongxi suddenly looked at Zhao Changyuan and asked, "Do you still practice nunchaku?"
Zhao Changyuan lowered his eyelids and answered him: "I have been practicing."
Guo Chongxi turned to Mr. Pan again, with a look of admiration on his face: "You're so skinny, so why are you so energetic? Haha! You've made me so tired... I'm going to be terrible!"
No matter how good the evil young man is at pretending to be crazy and hiding his emotions, he can't stand such a tragic scene. He suppresses the sadness in his heart and comforts him calmly: "General Han Chenglie is trying to rescue your wife and children. Don't worry too much."
Guo Chongxi smiled calmly: "Hi! Brother, I have tried my best to be worthy of my wife and children in this life. However, I am really ashamed of the emperor and you brothers." At the end of the sentence, his eye circles were red and his voice was trembling.
Zhao Changyuan raised his head, his eyes still pure and sincere: "I don't blame my brother. If I do, I blame Old Thief Luo. My wife called him a turtle, a beast, and a bastard. It's absolutely right."
Guo Chongxi was amused and couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Hahahahaha! That lady of yours doesn't look like an ordinary person, she is a ghost. Unlike you, a silly boy, hahahaha!"
Mr. Pan couldn't help but joked: "Oh, smart people all like fools." Just like he liked the stupid Du Ruotong.
"Yeah, you're right! Just like my Wan Niang, she has been smart since she was a child, but ended up marrying a stupid guy like me! Hahaha..." Guo Chongxi smiled and shed a line of tears, and then said to Zhao Changyuan
He gave an instruction: "Say hello to your second brother-in-law Yang Jinyi, brother, I will fight with him for wine in the next life."
After saying that, he stood up and faced the emperor and his entourage who were watching them not far away and knelt on the ground with a bang: "Your Majesty! I am guilty! I will repay you for your kindness in the next life!" The rough and sad voice reached the emperor.
When he heard it, he had already raised his knife and struck it on the top of his head... leaving only a cold corpse and two young men with their heads lowered and crying silently.
"The child's father!" "Dad!" Two miserable calls suddenly came from the direction of the front hall. Like two thunders, they woke up the two men who were immersed in regret and the emperor who was in a complicated mood.
"Your Majesty! The minister's late arrival of rescue has frightened the Emperor and His Highness!" Yang Jinyi threw down Liu Zhe's head and knelt down in obeisance.
The emperor was so excited that he immediately helped him up: "Please get up quickly! Your beloved is here in time!"
Yang Jinyi stood up and announced another piece of good news: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has brought great news! Youzhou City has been captured by our army! Marshal Cao and Wei Chen's eldest brother are now stationed inside, waiting for the Emperor.
Send orders!"
"Okay! That's great!" After hearing the good news, the emperor put aside all his worries. The two families of Song and Liao had been fighting for many years, and they were finally relieved.
The generals and ministers who came later knelt on the ground and shouted congratulations: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Everyone was immersed in the joy of victory. Only Gong Yueyue looked in the direction of her husband, where a woman and two children were holding Guo Chongxi's body and crying. Zhao Changyuan and Pan Ershao had their backs to the crowd, lowering their heads and remaining silent.
There seems to be two different worlds from here.
She silently walked towards Zhao Changyuan and sat silently next to him. Xiao Juan also sat behind Pan Badao, letting the noise behind her fade away.
It turned out that on the day Zhao Changyuan received the news of the rescue, Mrs. Wang of the Yang family was at a loss and sent someone to rush to the front line to notify the two sons of the Yang family and ask them to find a way to save me. The news had not been delivered to Youzhou.
The city had been breached, and the Song army entered the city gate.
As soon as Yang Jinyi received the news, he discussed it with his eldest brother and Cao Rui. Everyone felt that although the army was outside and could not return to the capital without the emperor's order, the emperor's life safety could not be ignored. He dispatched a team of elite cavalry and marched day and night.
hurried back.
Liu Zhe's troops encountered Yang Jinyi's outflank and almost collapsed quickly. Tens of thousands of people were killed, and Liu Zhe's head was also carried away by Yang Jinyi.
The rest of the Royal Forest Army was unable to survive in the hands of Mr. Luo Xiangye. Their morale was shattered and they simply abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Mr. Luo took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
Han Chenglie, Du Ruotong and Sixth Aunt followed Gong Yueyue's previous instructions and went to Luo Xiangye's house and Liu Zhe's house to investigate respectively. Finally, they found Guo Chongxi's wife and children in Liu Zhe's house.
The holy driver rushed towards the Jinluan Palace with the imperial army shouting from behind. Halfway through, a spy's voice suddenly sounded: "Be honest! You old thief! How dare you rebel? Let's see how the emperor will deal with you later!"
While he was talking, he saw several people not far away pushing a fat guy towards the Holy Driver.
When I got closer, I saw that it was Tong Guiren and several young eunuchs who were escorting Master Luo to come to see the saint.
"Your Majesty! This slave deserves to die! He was unable to break into the palace to save me, and he almost died at the hands of the rebels! It's useless to ask your Majesty to forgive me!" It was not that he was powerless to save him, but that he had never thought about crossing this muddy water.
Now that I have tied Mr. Luo to face the Holy Spirit, I just feel that I am too close to Mr. Luo and will inevitably be implicated by him, so I just don't do anything and add insult to injury in order to protect myself.
The emperor didn't know him well, so he didn't expect a half-man like him to do anything. He just said lightly: "Luo Kuibao colluded with Liu Zhe and other rebel generals in an attempt to usurp the throne.
The minister of Dali Temple will try it today. All those involved in the case will be judged guilty!" Old man Luo was calm and fearless when he was about to die, shaking his head as if he didn't care about life and death.
Zhao Xiong quickly stepped forward and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Forest Army..."
The emperor said without thinking: "Except for the few hundred people behind me, everyone else will be blamed." Thinking of the humiliation he and his wife and children had suffered in the past few days, he really couldn't let go.
Zhao Xiong couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, please think twice...the number of people involved is too high..." Killing so many people at once, involving so many families, it would be strange if there was no trouble.
The emperor closed his eyes and thought calmly. In the end, his reason overcame his anger and he said helplessly: "Then... send them all to the border and guard the border for me."
Zhao Xiong then breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly discovered that Zhao Changyuan and his wife were missing. He was going to the Jinluan Palace to discuss merit and reward. What could he do without these two little guys? He quickly ordered someone to look for them quickly.
Finally, beside Guo Chongxi's body, they found Zhao Changyuan and his wife hugging each other in a daze, as well as Xiao Jun and Pan Jingyuan, and Xue Jiu who had just woken up from a long sleep.
This is destined to be a sleepless night. The victorious people are eagerly looking forward to the fruits of victory, while the defeated people have to stay together for the last time.
Except for the four young people who were still standing stupidly outside the Jinluan Hall.
"I said...do you really want to go in? I'm going to starve to death...can't I go and have a few bites first?" When Mr. Pan said this, his stomach grumbled a few times in response.
Gong Yueyue smiled softly: "I'm afraid not, we can't let the emperor wait for us. Do you think so? Mr. sir? Mr. sir? Mr. sir! You are so amazing, you can even fall asleep standing up!"
Zhao Changyuan was pushed awake by her and realized that he had fallen asleep standing up. "Ah, madam, what did you just say?"
"It's okay, let's go in, let's go, Xiao Juan." When she looked back, Xiao Juan was still following behind with a Zhao look on his face.
As Zhao Changyuan walked, he couldn't help but ask Xiao Juan: "Aren't you sleepy or tired?"
Xiao Jun shook his head: "It's okay." After all, he didn't fight for as long as Zhao Changyuan and Pan Badao did.
Zhao Changyuan joked: "It's great to be young."
Gong Yueyue saw that he was pretending to be old-fashioned and serious, and couldn't help laughing: "Why is it so good to be young? I am as old as you."
Zhao Changyuan couldn't help but look him up and down carefully: "Really? I really can't tell, he looks only seventeen or eighteen years old."
Young Master Pan was also amused and joked with a smile: "Ha, it's not my problem. It's just that you are a little anxious about your appearance." Zhao Changyuan has been half a head taller than other children since he was a child, and his shoulders and body have grown immediately as an adult.
He was strong and looked stronger than his peers. Pan Ershao was a little envious in his heart. He couldn't build up his body no matter how much he ate or practiced. Du Ruotong also misunderstood that he was looking for flowers too much and was consuming too much energy...
When Gong Yueyue heard this, she misunderstood him and said that Zhao Changyuan was old, and immediately got angry: "What did you say? Why is my husband so anxious about his appearance? Isn't he handsome? Isn't he beautiful? You are talking nonsense without drafting it!"
"She was so angry that her face turned red, but Zhao Changyuan felt so sweet in his heart that he lowered his head and smiled secretly. (To be continued)