During the fierce battle just now, the women and children who were unable to help had already started cooking. As soon as the fighting stopped, the women and children went up to the city wall with baskets on their shoulders to deliver food to the young men who had just finished vomiting. There was plenty of food, but
There was not much to eat, and everyone could not get rid of the blood that had just happened. They were holding their heads in a daze, staring at the horizon in a daze.
Li Mu and Li Siwen didn't eat either, they really had no appetite. Li Siwen leaned on the arrow stack and looked at the Turks just a stone's throw away, and saw that they were also making a fire to cook. Suddenly he felt a lot of emotion,
Said: "Brother, look at these Turks. They know that once the reinforcements arrive, they have no chance of winning. Why do these people attack the city without fear of death? If they win, they will not enjoy the glory. If they lose, they will not win."
, they still want to die...I really can’t understand."
"What are you thinking about these useless things?" Li Mu took a sip of water and said: "With the war, everything can no longer be handled according to common sense. Maybe they have received great favor from Princess Yicheng? Or maybe their relatives are in the Tang Dynasty.
There are various possible reasons for losing one's life during the battle, there is nothing strange about it."
Li Siwen sighed and said, "Actually, these people are all warriors."
Li Mu laughed dumbly and said: "Now is not the time to praise our opponents. Let's think about how to deal with the next wave of siege. I think they will continue after finishing their meal, because there is not much time left for them.
Already."
Li Siwen suddenly said: "Brother, there is one more thing I don't understand. Why do you think she wants to pass on the national jade seal? Isn't it just a piece of jade? The Supreme Emperor and His Majesty have conquered such a huge country without that piece of jade.
, if she can really help the future, she can do it without this thing. Is it really worth it to risk hundreds of lives here for such a dead thing? "
"If our Majesty were given the choice, he would be willing to sacrifice a thousand lives," Li Mu said, and stood up holding on to the city wall, saying, "But you just reminded me that if we can find the Imperial Seal,
Maybe we can use this as a blackmail to get her to take action."
Li Siwen nodded, then frowned and said, "This city is so big, where can I find it?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "It is absolutely impossible to hide such an important thing casually. Looking at Princess Yicheng's posture, the thing should not be on her body, so it can only be in the hands of Queen Xiao. But you didn't have it when you searched for it.
The search found...where could she hide the things?" Li Mu thought for a moment, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and said: "Have you searched the house where they were housed?"
"That's not true." Li Siwen suddenly frowned and said, "When you said that, I remembered it. It seems that their names are not on the refugee register."
"There is no refugee register either?" Li Mu quickly asked: "No registration? Are you sure? Who resettled them if they were not registered?"
"This..." Li Siwen tried hard to recall it. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember it and said: "It should be that he has not been registered. I made the refugee list myself and registered every name by myself. I don't
I remember the situation where grandparents and grandchildren came together to register. Besides, Queen Xiao’s temperament is different from ordinary people. If I had seen her before, when she had a dispute with the cook, I would not have been surprised when I saw her.
Well, it’s not registered, I’m sure.”
"It's better to go to the Yamen and read the brochure!" Li Mu suddenly thought of a possibility and urgently needed to confirm it.
The two returned to the Yamen and found the refugee register. They looked through it from beginning to end and found that the names of Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were not there. Because each name was written by Li Siwen himself, he could correspond to each name.
After reading it from the beginning, there is no mismatched number, which means that it is not a case of false names. This way, it can be confirmed that Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao really have not registered.
Li Mu confirmed what he was thinking, closed the refugee register, and said: "People still appear in the city without registration, which means that besides the city gate, there are ways to enter the city. And Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao didn't before.
appeared on the streets, then there is only one possibility. That is, there is a secret room in the city. When Duke Wei broke into Xiangcheng, Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao hid in it, and there were more than two people hiding in it.
Months, until we discovered them, maybe they ran out of food and had to come out of their hiding place." The more Li Mu thought about it, the more likely it was, and said, "Does anyone know where they live?"
Li Siwen frowned and thought carefully, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "The cook, she said that she followed Yang Zhengdao and saw Yang Zhengdao giving the cornstarch to Queen Xiao, she must know where they live!"
"Go find him!"
The two hurriedly returned to the city wall, searched two gates, and finally found the cook at the south gate. After careful questioning, they learned that Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao lived in the north of Dongfang, far away from the Turks on North Street.
The gathering place of the nobles was very close. Li Siwen recalled that when the Tang Army camp was stationed here, the place where Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao lived was used to house wounded soldiers. Later, when the wounded soldiers left, it was used to house the refugees.
.They must have come out of the hiding place at that time. When the government officials responsible for resettling the refugees saw someone in the house, they thought they had been arranged in advance and moved to the next one. That's why they were counted as refugees but were listed in the refugee register.
It happens that the name is not registered on the website.
The two of them took people to the place mentioned by the cook. They looked inside and outside and found nothing unusual. But Li Mu was sure there was something wrong here and said: "There must be a secret room. Look for it. Dig three feet into the ground to find it."
Even if the house is demolished, we still have to find it!"
Everyone responded, using the knives in their hands as shovels, and looked around. Li Muye and Li Siwen were also looking around, and suddenly heard a young man shouting: "There is a cellar here!" The two hurriedly ran over, and saw something next to the stove.
There was an open cellar. The entrance was a square wooden board that had been lifted aside. The cellar entrance could only allow one person to pass through. Li Mu took the torch from the person next to him and got in directly.
Entering from the entrance, there was a space about two meters square. Li Mu looked around and saw a lot of rotten vegetable leaves. It turned out to be a cellar for storing vegetables. But he didn't believe that Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao could live in such a closed space.
After living in the environment for two months, Li Mu raised his hand to touch the wall of the cellar, and suddenly touched a place with a different texture. The cellar was made of bricks and stones, but here, it felt cold to the touch, more like iron. Li Mu
I brought the torch close to it, dusted it off, and found an iron ring.
Li Mu grabbed the iron ring and tried to pull it, but it didn't move. He tried twisting it clockwise again, but it didn't move. Then he tried harder counterclockwise, and this time the iron ring moved.
As the machine sounded, a gap opened in the middle of the wall. Li Mu continued to turn the iron ring, and the gap became wider and wider. A secret passage actually appeared in front of him!