Chapter 441 I don’t want to participate in the rebellion
"Your Highness?" Wantang called, "Your Highness Li Rong?"
Li Rong was unconscious and unresponsive.
Wantang subconsciously stretched out his hand to pick up Li Rong, but when his hand touched the material on his body, he was suddenly stopped by Xu Jian.
Xu Jian explained: "There seems to be an injury on his body. Don't move him yet. Check it out."
Wantang understood it all at once.
He was so impatient that he forgot all this common sense.
Xu Jian carefully pressed Li Rong's hands, feet, chest and abdomen with his palms.
"The right leg is broken," Xu Jian said while judging, "There is a cut here, and the blood has coagulated."
Shen Chen handed over the dagger.
Xu Jian cut open Li Rong's trouser leg and checked: "It doesn't look like there is any ulcer."
Wantang nodded: "I touched his forehead and it didn't feel hot."
As he said that, he looked at Li Rong again.
No matter what Li Rong's final fate is, he, Lao Wan, is definitely better off alive than dead when he arrests people.
After working hard for so many days, I finally caught a big one.
The problem with the hands and feet is considered a minor problem. There is no large-scale bleeding. At most, it will be broken badly. I am afraid that there are injuries in the chest and abdomen. It is not visible on the surface. When I move, there will be bleeding here, and there will be broken bones and injuries to the internal organs.
, then it will be difficult to save.
Wantang martial arts practitioners can see some bruises and injuries, but they are far less skilled than doctors and cannot see internal injuries.
He saw that Xu Jian's movements and gestures during the inspection were very impressive, so he asked, "Did you learn from the doctor in the mansion?"
"I've learned some," Xu Jian said, "but it's all superficial."
Wantang clicked his tongue.
In the wilderness, there were all his own people, so he was not so scrupulous about what he said: "The King of Jin has rebelled, and the doctor he found for the Duke of the country is really good. He usually walks around unobtrusively, but today I got on the horse and took a look.
I know it works well."
"The King of Jin is the King of Jin, and the doctors are doctors," Xu Jian said briefly without elaborating on the problem, "There are doctors, old and young, who come to the capital to treat injuries just to make money and get involved in King Jin's head-turning affairs.
do what?"
"That's the truth," Wantang nodded repeatedly and asked, "How? Can he move?"
Xu Jian checked carefully and said: "It doesn't seem to be a big problem. I guess he lost his footing and fell from the hillside. His leg was injured and he couldn't move. He has no water or food."
"Then he's quite lucky." Wantang commented.
Being discovered before dying of hunger and thirst is luck.
Falling here motionless and not encountering any carnivorous beasts was just a matter of luck.
It's really unlucky. I'm afraid it will be torn into pieces or there will be bones everywhere, and no one will know.
Wantang signaled to his men and said, "Fortunately, we brought the chariot. Be careful and carry him out."
Carrying a chariot is not as good as riding a horse, and walking with human legs is much slower.
Besides, we were carrying a weak wounded man, so we had to be even more careful. By the time we reached the mountain road, the sky was darkening.
Shen Chen went ahead to report the news, and Lin Yunyan stopped the carriage here.
The carriage was tightly and softly padded, and was escorted by guards all the way into the city and into the palace.
Soon, news came from everywhere that Li Rong had been captured.
Those with more keen information learned that Li Rong was injured and weak, and was under the care of Cining Palace, and also invited an imperial physician.
Li Rong was placed in the Jingxin Hall not far from Cining Palace.
The Jingxin Hall was originally a place for worshiping Buddha, the main hall was dedicated to Guanyin, and the west side hall was for Princess Jin to live temporarily, which was more comfortable than being confined in a house. However, daily activities were only in the side hall and the main hall.
Princess Jin was grateful for this. In her status, it was a mercy to just be grounded and wait for retribution.
Li Rong was moved into the East Side Hall.
When Princess Jin heard that her son had been found and injured again, she was so anxious that she wished she could take care of him herself, but was persuaded to go back by Grandma Wang.
"Since the man has been found, the imperial doctor is here, so the princess doesn't have to worry."
"I know you are concerned about me, so I specially arranged it in the side hall opposite. You can see the imperial doctor coming in and out. You can tell whether there is anything important."
"After all, this is the situation. After His Highness wakes up and finishes asking questions, His Majesty nods, you can go over and see him."
Princess Jin was persuaded and stayed in the palace as she was told, only opening the window to watch the entrance and exit of the compartment.
Eunuch Cao also rushed over and asked Xu Jian how he discovered Li Rong, and listened to the imperial doctor's assessment of Li Rong's condition.
"When will you wake up?" he asked.
"It is possible to wake up tonight," the imperial doctor replied, "but His Highness has been short of water and food for several days and is weak. My father-in-law will have to wait a few more days if he wants to ask questions."
In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was also asking Lin Yunyan about the whole story.
"Did you meet your cousin by accident?" The Empress Dowager was surprised, "It was indeed a coincidence. Li Rong was lucky enough to be discovered."
Lin Yunyan said: "It would be best to find him. They all say that he must be seen alive and his body must be seen dead. If there is no news about him and Prince Jin and his son, we will not feel at ease."
"That's the truth." The Empress Dowager nodded.
In front of the empress, Lin Yunyan only said this for the time being.
Li Rong's condition is more optimistic than the imperial doctor expected.
He woke up once that night because he had been hungry for a long time, so he only fed him sugar water and porridge, and did not dare to let him eat greasy food.
When Li Rong opened his eyes again the next morning, he felt much calmer.
Xu Jian came over with Eunuch Cao.
Entering the side hall, he saw Li Rong half leaning on the couch, being served by the chamberlain and eating porridge. Eunuch Cao said to Xu Jian in a low voice: "It's better to be young and recover faster."
Xu Jian smiled and nodded.
Li Rong saw the person coming and struggled to get up.
Eunuch Cao helped him lie back down: "Your Highness, it is important to take care of yourself."
"I heard that it was Duke Fu who found me from the wilderness," Li Rong looked at Xu Jian with bright eyes, "Thank you, Duke Guo, for saving my life."
"I don't dare to take it seriously," Xu Jian gave in and said, "His Highness needs to rest, so we won't beat around the bush and get straight to the point and ask all the questions that need to be asked."
Li Rong bit his lower lip lightly: "I will tell you everything I know."
"Your Highness, please tell me where you have been and what you have done in the past few days." Mr. Cao said impartially.
Li Rong is not very old, but he is articulate and very organized.
"Early that morning, when my father did not return from court, Eunuch Ye said that my father asked me to go to Zhuangzi and come to look for me when he comes down from court. Almost half a month ago, my father and I agreed to go fishing together. I thought that today my father finally got the chance to go fishing.
If it is empty, Eunuch Ye will arrange for you to leave the city."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Duke Cao asked: "Approximately what time is it? The defense did not stop it?"
"No," Li Rong replied, "it was very early, not long after the city gates were opened."
Xu Jian knows it all.
At that time, the Holy Emperor had not yet ordered the siege of the Jin Palace, and the city gate guards had naturally not been notified.
It happened that not long after the city gate was opened, people inside and outside the gate were rushing to make a living. There were so many people coming in and out that Li Rong left the city unknowingly.
"After I arrived at Zhuangzi, my father took a long time to come. The longer I waited, the more I felt something was wrong."
"I wanted to go down the mountain and back to the city, but my father-in-law wouldn't let me, so I was locked up there."
"In the next few days, I heard their stories one after another. I found out that my father had conspired to rebel, and that he had escaped from prison. People were wanted everywhere."
"I asked them, 'How is my mother-in-law?' Eunuch Ye, they didn't say anything."
"One day, I found that there were a lot fewer people in Zhuangzi. I guessed that they all went to join my father."
"Although I am my father's son, I miss my mother and concubine and do not want to rebel. I don't know when my father will return to Zhuangzi, so I took advantage of the lack of manpower and escaped overnight."
"I thought it would be nice to go back to the city, but it was too dark at night and the road was difficult to walk. I accidentally slipped down the hillside and injured my leg."
"My legs hurt so much that I couldn't get up. Then I became more and more hungry and thirsty..."
"I thought I would die in the mountains, but luckily I was brought back by the Duke."
As he spoke, Li Rong's eyes turned red and he almost cried.
"Your Highness, please hold on," Xu Jian calmed his voice and continued to ask, "How many people were there in Zhuangzi at the beginning?"
"I only know five people, and the rest are unfamiliar. I was locked in the room, so I can't say I saw everyone, but I saw about thirteen or fourteen people."
Xu Jian asked again: "Besides Eunuch Ye, who are the other four people your Highness knows?"
"The two chamberlains and the two bodyguards are all from the palace." Li Rong answered and said their names.
Xu Jian remembered that he was indeed the one who slipped through the net after the siege of the Jin Palace.
"Your Highness ran away a few days ago?" Xu Jian asked.
Li Rong shook his head: "I'm not sure. I was in a daze after the fall. Maybe it's been three or four days?"
Xu Jian asked again: "Didn't you see King Jin when you were in Zhuangzi?"
"No."
"Did those chamberlains and guards say anything about King Jin's future plans?"
Li Rong still shook his head: "No."
Xu Jian had no choice but to ask again: "As long as King Jin's Zhuangzi in the Xishan area is registered or known to the princess, we have searched it before, and we did not find His Highness or anyone else at that time. Does Your Highness remember the location of Zhuangzi?"
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"The carriage was arranged by Eunuch Ye, and I sat in the carriage both times I went there," Li Rong thought for a while and then said, "But I remember that looking out from the Zhuangzi Gate, I can see the gate of Fa'an Temple on the hilltop next door.
By the way, it's looking west, slightly higher than the mountain gate."
This is all Li Rong can say.
As a young child, he had no idea about King Jin's strategies, back-up moves, etc.
Li Rong sniffed the tip of his nose and choked: "I only know that I don't want to participate in rebellion. Rebellion is wrong."
After talking so much, Li Rong looked very tired.
Eunuch Cao saw that he couldn't ask anything else, so he gave up and only asked a few words: "Has Your Highness seen the princess?"
"I saw my mother-in-law in the hall opposite from the window earlier, and she was gesturing with me." Li Rong laughed, showing his pointed tiger teeth, "I am very happy that my mother-in-law is safe."
Xu Jian and Eunuch Cao walked out.
After leaving the Jingxin Hall, Eunuch Cao asked in a low voice: "What do you think, Eunuch Guo?"
"Don't dare to lie yet," Xu Jian said, "my father-in-law will report to the Holy One first, and I will bring some people to find that Zhuangzi."
The two of them went on separate sides.
Searching the mountain requires a lot of manpower, so Xu Jian still searched for Wantang. The two of them spread out the map of the Xishan area to determine the general scope.
On the east side of the mountain gate of Fa'an Temple, there is another hilltop that is higher than the mountain gate. Combined with the location of the mountain col where Li Rong was found, Xu Jian drew a circle on the map.
This search took two days in a row to come up with any results.
The village is not big, and it is hidden among the mountains and greenery, making it very secluded.
At this time, the building was naturally empty.
Wantang clicked his tongue.
Too.
Li Rong has been running away for several days, who dares to stay here?
After going around Wantang for several times, I finally had no choice but to gather up all the books and scrolls and take them down the mountain, regardless of whether they were useful or not.
The group returned to the capital.
When entering the city, Wantang asked Xu Jian: "Will the Duke of the country go into the palace and report to the Holy One now?"
Xu Jian glanced at the clothes that were stained with a lot of dust and said, "I have to go back home and change my clothes first."
It was time to change clothes, and I saw that Lin Yunyan was the master.
While Xu Jian was busy these days, Lin Yunyan was also collecting some news.
She had to find out whether Li Rong was lucky or not.
Xishan is so big that in previous years, some hunters and herbal farmers’ families came to report them missing, but it can be said that very few of them were found in the end.
The two cousins were visitors from other places and were not familiar with the conditions of the mountain roads. They relied on their good road recognition skills and walked to whichever side the scenery was best. In the end, they accidentally slipped down the hillside and ended up near that place.
According to what the two of them said, there were no traces of recent human activity nearby.
But Lin Yunyan and Xu Jian still didn't let down their guard.
She asked Chen Gui to walk around several villages at the foot of the Western Mountain in the name of "collecting medicinal materials."
Seeing Xu Jian come back, Lin Yunyan talked about the result.
"Dong Chen's family just left."
"That area is indeed inaccessible. Hunters usually don't go there because they say they can't catch anything."
"You can dig some Radix Pseudostellariae in the mountain next door. Only when the season comes, the herbalists go to that area. The season is wrong now."
"Only one old farmer said that Ganoderma lucidum is occasionally found in the mountain col. The quantity is very rare and it is rare to see it once a year. If it were not nearby, I would not go there."
Judging from what Chen Gui heard back, it seems that it was a coincidence that he found Li Rong.
However, what Lin Yunyan always thought about was, if his cousins had not discovered him, would Li Rong really have died there?
In other words, what can Li Rong do after being found by the court?
The two quickly discussed a few words and entered the palace together.
Xu Jian went to the Imperial Study Room, and Lin Yunyan went to Cining Palace.
Perhaps due to many things, the Empress Dowager has been feeling slightly unwell these past two days.
"You have to take care." Lin Yunyan advised.
"Everyone in the Ai family understands this," the Empress Dowager said solemnly. "The more times this happens, the more sick the Ai family becomes."
Lin Yunyan said: "I heard that the DPRK and China are still quite divided on how to deal with His Highness Li Rong."
The crime should be punished.
Or left as protons.
Others said that His Highness escaped because he did not want to join forces with Li Du, so he should not be executed.
The Li family members were also discussing and wanted to protect the still young Li Rong.
"The Holy One also asked the Ai family for their opinions," the Empress Dowager said, "Kill to avoid future troubles, not to kill as a warning."
Ding Yuannian could not be the only official attracted by Li Du. Some were loyal and some were hesitant.
If we use Li Rong as a reference and let those people tell what they know and understand, and then only give appropriate punishments without killing them, we should be able to win over some of them.
The Holy Spirit's move was not entirely out of mercy and justice, but because he wanted to resolve Li Du's matter as soon as possible.
In order to avoid, as Xu Jian said, external enemies will suppress the territory, internal strife will reappear, and the internal response and external cooperation will lead to greater losses.
Lin Yunyan came here for this matter. After hearing this, she asked Ying: "I'll go talk to Princess Jin. What do you think?"
