Chapter Thirteen: The sin of the minister deserves ten thousand death
Li Xuan took deep breaths several times in an attempt to calm down.
But at this moment, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side had obviously discovered them, and they had already made various noises and ran towards them.
Seeing this, Li Xuan dared to stay there any longer, and immediately said loudly: "Let's go back first!"
Continuing to move forward is undoubtedly asking for death, and even staying here to hide is impossible. Although it is night, my group was holding torches just now, and they were discovered from a long distance.
If the torches were extinguished, the sky would be so dark that they would not be able to go far, and it would not take long for the officers and soldiers to find them.
In fact, Li Xuan didn't need to say anything, everyone was already preparing to retreat. Now that Li Xuan had just finished speaking, everyone just wished they had more legs and could run faster.
However, there are exceptions among everyone, and that is Dong Yunyun and Zhu Er.
They are not bandits, let alone people who want to rebel. They were robbed here by bandits. Now that they meet the officers and soldiers, they naturally want to be protected by them.
However, after Dong Yunyun hesitated for a moment, she did not run directly to the officers and soldiers, but staggered to keep up with Li Xuan's pace.
It wasn't that she didn't want to leave, but she had already seen Li Shan and Bai Yunqi approaching their master and servant, with knives in their hands!
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan said to his mother, Mrs. Bai, "Mother, why bother!"
However, Mrs. Bai snorted coldly: "She is the legitimate daughter of the Dong family. At the critical moment, we can still have a hostage. Besides, even if they escape and return to the officers and soldiers, do you think I will bow to you?"
Can she still survive in court?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Xuan was speechless.
Talking about being a hostage is nothing. When the critical moment comes, how can those officers and soldiers worry about the life and death of a woman and let Li Xuan go? This is a 'big credit'.
The key point is that whether this Dong Yunyun was forced or took the initiative to act, it is a fact that she and Li Xuanzheng'er had a close relationship and was even appointed as a 'Queen' by the so-called Tang Dynasty.
It would be fine if they ran out secretly and no one knew about it, then it could be treated as if nothing happened.
But in today's situation, if Dong Yunyun showed up and was rescued by officers and soldiers, her ending would not be very good in the end.
Even if the officers and soldiers did not pursue her relationship with Li Xuan, the Dong family's scholarly family would never allow a woman whose innocence and chastity were insulted by the rebels to live, because in contemporary people's minds, in
The first time Dong Yunyun was captured by the bandits, she should have committed suicide to avoid losing her innocence!
The chance that the Dong family will force her to commit suicide in the end is not 100%, but there is still a 70% to 80% chance.
Dong Yunyun may have thought of this herself, so she didn't make any noise, but consciously kept up with Li Xuan's pace, and even ran not too slowly.
After everyone ran in panic for a while, they quickly retreated into the valley.
At this time, many torches were already lit in the valley, and the shouts and curses of bandits and the cries of children were heard.
"Don't worry about them, let's go out from the other end!" Bai Yunqi said at this time.
But as soon as he finished speaking, several people ran over from a distance, and the leader was Liu Bagou!
Seeing this man, Li Xuan, Madam Bai and others couldn't help but turn pale!
At this moment, Fang Dongquan had already walked up to him with several people. His eyes quickly swept over everyone, but he seemed not to notice the baggage Li Xuan and others were carrying.
Instead, he knelt down directly and said, "I pay homage to your majesty. If you frighten your majesty like this, I deserve to die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several bandits behind him also knelt down and shouted: "I deserve death for my crime!"
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan's face became even darker, and the anger in his heart suddenly became stronger. Thinking about what he had experienced in the past few days and what Fang Dongquan had done, he immediately couldn't bear it anymore. He directly stepped forward and scolded: "You bastard, if you and Liu Bagou hadn't messed around, how could I have ended up in this situation today? Fuck you!"
As he said that, he stepped forward and kicked Fang Dongquan hard. The force was so strong that he kicked Fang Dongquan directly to the ground.
At this time, several bandits who were kneeling next to them quickly stood up, then directly pulled out the knives from their waists and glared at Li Xuan and others.
Unexpectedly, Fang Dongquan, who was still lying on the ground, shouted: "Get back!"
Then he endured the pain and climbed up from the ground. He first walked up to the bandits who drew their swords and glared at Li Xuan. Then he slapped each one hard and said at the same time: "How dare you draw your sword in front of your Majesty?" !”
With that said, he turned around again and knelt down to Li Xuan once again and said: "I am incapable of controlling you and you deserve death!"
Li Xuan looked at Fang Dongquan, who was kneeling in front of him for the second time, and at the bandits who had withdrawn their knives but still had angry expressions on their faces, and his heart was filled with rage.
At this time, Mrs. Bai stepped forward, stretched out her hand to hold Li Xuan, who still had an angry look on her face, and said to Fang Dongquan: "What crime does General Fang have? Now that the enemy is in front of us, there is no time to worry about such trivial matters. Please, please General Fang, retreat the enemy quickly!"
Fang Dongquan still lowered his head and said: "I respectfully obey the Queen Mother's decree!"
At this time, Mrs. Bai also pulled Li Xuan's sleeve calmly.
Li Xuan took several deep breaths in succession, and then said: "Go ahead, if you can't stop the officers and soldiers, we will all die together!"
As he said that, he ignored Fang Dongquan and walked past him directly to his wooden house.
Now that they have been discovered by Fang Dongquan, it is impossible to escape, because Li Xuan has just left, and one of the bandits who originally followed Fang Dongquan received an order from Fang Dongquan: "Protect your majesty!"
Then this person followed closely behind Li Xuan, and it could be said that he never left.
Bai Yunqi looked at Li Xuan, then at Fang Dongquan, then gritted his teeth and walked to Fang Dongquan: "The officers and soldiers have already come up from the trail in the back mountain, what should we do now?"
At this moment, Fang Dongquan also stood up: "Let's discuss this with the Prime Minister first!"
Immediately afterwards, Bai Yunqi and Fang Dongquan took their people away one after another. For a while, only three women, Mrs. Bai, Dong Yunyun, and Zhu'er, were left here.
At this moment, Mrs. Bai also sighed, looked at Dong Yunyun and Zhu'er, and then said: "What are you still standing here for? Let's go!"
Dong Yunyun and Zhuer looked at me and I looked at you. Zhuer lowered her voice and said, "Miss, what should we do now?"
Dong Yunyun bit her red lips lightly, counted her breaths and then stamped her feet: "What else can I do!"
After that, he took steps to catch up in the direction of Li Xuanhe.