Daily life of captives

In less than three days, Shangguan Ying took off the head of the Emperor Jixi, and called Changsun Boyi and Wu Ninghe. They couldn't help but sigh that this woman's assassination method is much better than her resourcefulness and strategy.

Once the emperor of the extreme west died, the army of the extreme west had no leader. The pace of the eastward march was blocked by the coalition forces of Hou Chu and Ding Ling, but when they turned to the west, they were stopped by the army of Xizhi, who was fighting for the last time, outside the country. In just half a month Within a short period of time, the Jixi army lost more than half, and the Guirong clan, which was forcibly brought under the command of the Jixi emperor, also took the opportunity to defect, and the Jixi army could only flee around in a panic.

Adhering to the principle of eradicating weeds, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms took advantage of the victory and pursued them. After two months of pursuit, they killed all the hundreds of thousands of people in the extreme west.

This battle was won, but no one was happy except for Shangguan Ying. The reorganized team only had less than half of the people left. How could anyone be happy?

In the blink of an eye, it was another cold winter, and the army returned to the court. Li Shao was a little surprised when he received the news, because Wu Ninghe did not go back to Dingling with the White Wolf Army, but brought Liu Zi to Houchu, even Shangguan Ying Follow along.

In Zichen Palace, Xie Jun, Yongning and Li Shao sat around a table, finally able to relax and have a drink.

"After this battle is over, our Hou Chu really dare not challenge others anymore." Yong Ning drank a cup and let out a long sigh.

Several powerful armies in the north have been severely damaged, and it will take a long time to recruit troops and train them to look like before.

Xie Jun smiled and said: "Oh, we don't have the confidence anymore, neither do Ding Ling and Xi Zhi. Those who are sensible should be honest, otherwise no one will get it. Did you mention this? I can’t go to the front with my eldest grandson. I’ve been having trouble sleeping and eating for a year, and I’m finally relieved. Don’t let me think about it again, okay?”

Yong Ning joked: "Is it because of your eldest grandson that you are having trouble sleeping and eating? Isn't it because of your wife?"

Li Shao smiled and asked, "How is Madam?"

Xie Jun grinned and said, "My wife is still a little weak, but mother and child are safe, son, don't worry."

"That's good," Li Shao nodded, "If you have any hard-to-buy medicinal materials, just come to me."

"Okay," Jie Jun nodded emphatically, "Never be polite to the young master."

Yong Ning glanced at the Yaoqin behind a hollowed-out screen door at the side of the main hall, and said tactfully, "It's been a long time since I heard you play the piano."

Li Shao smiled, got up and walked to the cubicle.

Thinking of the melodious sound of the piano, the sound of the piano is high and low, sometimes it is as clear as splashing jade, and sometimes it trembles like a dragon's chant.

Yong Ning closed his glasses and listened carefully, only felt that with the sound of the piano unfolded in front of his eyes was a warm spring scene of singing birds and fragrant flowers, which made Yong Ning very gratified.

Li Shao's piano sound is usually gentle, just like his people, rarely impassioned.

It can be said that the tranquility of Li Shao's fingertips is the tranquility of the top of the snow mountain, as if there is only one person in the world, which makes people feel like still water, but also makes people afraid of the cold.

But now, Li Shao's tranquility is like a splendid spring scene under the warm sun, with the sounds of insects and birds singing, making people feel peaceful, and lamenting that the world is beautiful and lucky to be born.

Yong Ning was enjoying the beauty of the tune, but suddenly he heard the sound of "Zheng", his heart was shocked, and Yong Ning suddenly opened his eyes.

The sound of the qin stopped abruptly, and Li Shao stared blankly at the broken strings on the qin, and blood overflowed from the cut fingertips, dripping on the qin.

There were two more "clank" sounds, which made Li Shao tremble, and when he took a closer look, he saw that the remaining six strings on the piano were all broken.

"Sir?"

Yong Ning and Jie Jun were also frightened by the successive noises, they hurriedly got up and went to the cubicle, probed to check Li Shao's situation, and when they saw the piano with all the broken strings, both Yong Ning and Jie Jun were also stunned.

"Yongning..." Li Shao was stunned for a while before he opened his mouth, seemingly calm, but his trembling voice revealed the panic in his heart, "Where's Xuanyuanhe?"

"...haven't come back yet."

Yaoqin broken strings are always regarded as a bad omen, let alone seven broken at once, this piano was given to Li Shao by grandson Boyi, and such a situation has never happened in many years, even if Yongning wanted to To comfort Li Shao, he couldn't think of any proper words.

"What about Mu Ran?"

"I'll let someone call Mu Ran into the palace right now, young master, don't worry." Yong Ning immediately turned to look for Wei Feng, asking Wei Feng to bring Mu Ran into the palace as quickly as possible.

Xie Jun knew that it was useless to say anything to Li Shao at this time, so he could only wait for Mu Ran to give Li Shao a definite answer: "My lord, bandage your hands first. Deng Yi, go get the medicine and give it to your lord." Bandage it."

After Xie Jun finished speaking, Deng Yi immediately went to look for medicine, but Li Shao still sat there without moving his eyes.

"Master..." Xie Jun frowned, tried to grab Li Shao's arm, and dragged Li Shao out of the cubicle.

After bandaging Li Shao's fingers, Wei Feng also happened to bring Mu Ran to Li Shao.

"Uncle." Sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the hall, Mu Ran stood in front of Li Shao uncomfortably, looking around timidly.

Li Shao looked up at Mu Ran, and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Xuanyuan Heren?"

"Xuanyuan?" Mu Ran glanced at Yongning, "Xuanyuan is still in Xizhi, he said Uncle Changsun asked him to stay there, as if he still has something to do."

"Then did he send any news back?" Li Shao asked.

Mu Ran shook his head blankly: "No, uncle, what happened?"

Xuanyuan didn't send any news back, but he received a message from Yu Shi before...

Mu Ran stole a glance at Li Shao, hesitating whether to say it or not.

But Muran is frank by nature, especially not lying in front of Li Shao, so Li Shao saw the clue as soon as he rolled his eyes.

"After staying in Xuanyuan and there for a while, you are promising. Muran, where do you want to be sent by me? How about the small island in the East China Sea?"

Mu Ran swallowed, forced a smile and said, "Uncle, Uncle, what does this mean? Why can't I understand?"

Li Shao said coldly: "You go back and pack your luggage today, tomorrow..."

"Ah! Uncle Changsun is injured!"

As soon as Mu Ran said this, he regretted it, and the three of Li Shao were even more stunned.

It is a matter of course that you will be injured on the battlefield, but if you have to hide it from Li Shao, then it is not a minor injury.

For a long time, Li Shao's mind went blank, until Yong Ning pushed him, and Li Shao came back to his senses.

"Young master, don't worry, you're just injured, and the Seventh Prince is following you."

Hearing this, Li Shao's heart tightened again.

He thought it was strange that after such a big battle, Wu Ninghe would go back to Ding Ling to report the loss of the White Wolf Army to the King of Ding Ling. After all, the White Wolf Army is the trump card of Ding Ling Kingdom. He was brought out, Wu Ninghe was supposed to go back and give an explanation to the courtiers and the people, but Wu Ninghe came directly to Houchu, he should have guessed what was wrong when he received the news.Needing Wu Ning and escorting him back to Beijing, Boyi must be in danger for his life...

"Where are they?" Li Shao asked in a deep voice.

"Ah?" Mu Ran was stunned, "Where is what?"

Xie Jun hurriedly asked again for Li Shao: "Where did the army back to Beijing go now? Which way did they go back to Beijing?"

Mu Ran scratched his head and said, "Maybe we've only arrived in Shanzhou now? Yu Shi sent a letter before saying that they will pass through Qinzhou."

As soon as Mu Ran's words fell, Li Shao got up and ran out the door, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving only a hasty reminder.

"Jingzhong, please."

Yong Ning sighed: "Wei Feng, Wei Ze, follow closely."

"Yes!"

After the battle in Liangzhou ended, Tao Wujing, Xin Qijie and Chen Peng returned to their respective garrisons with their respective armies, and they would not go to Beijing to face the saint until they had resettled the armies.And after the three parties were separated, there were not many people left to return to Beijing. Yu Shi led the troops, Wu Ning and the team leader, but this army returned to the court triumphantly. His face is solemn.

There were two carriages in the team, Shangguan Ying who had been hijacked back to Chang'an sat in one, and grandson Boyi lying unconscious in the other.

Liu Zi followed Changsun Boyi's carriage on a horse, and glanced into the carriage from time to time: "Seven idiots, why is he still awake?"

How many days has this been?How long will grandson Boyi sleep?If he couldn't wake up before returning to Chang'an, how sad would Shao be when he saw it?

That's why he doesn't like the Seventh Idiot to continue to be the commander of the White Wolf Army. He would rather the Seventh Idiot be useless, and he doesn't want him to go through life and death for irrelevant people.

As soon as Liu Zi finished speaking, the door of the carriage was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind, and a slender figure floated down and quickly got into the carriage.

Wu Ninghe was taken aback by the big movement, and immediately turned around and came to Liu Zi, the advancing team stopped because of this, everyone looked at Changsun Boyi's carriage with vigilance, the soldiers who were close had already approached The weapon was in his hand.

"what happened?"

Liu Zi looked at Wu Ninghe and said sullenly, "Shao is here."

In the end, I still didn't hide it.

Wu Ninghe was startled, and gestured to Yu Shibi in front of him to move on, then bypassed Liu Zi, went to the side of the carriage and walked alongside the carriage, and stretched out his hand to open the window of the carriage.

"Li Shao."

In the carriage, Li Shao sat quietly beside Changsun Boyi, and when he heard Wu Ninghe's voice, he asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Wu Ninghe replied truthfully: "The injury is not serious, and there is no danger of life."

"So you're trying to say he's just asleep now? Even my making such a fuss didn't wake him up?"

Li Shao turned his back to Wu Ninghe, and his voice sounded extremely calm, but Wu Ninghe knew that Li Shao could not be calm.

"...Sorry." He was unable to make an accurate diagnosis for the time being.

After settling his mind, Li Shao asked again: "Are you sure that his life is not in danger?"

"Definitely." If he couldn't make a correct judgment even on this point, then he would be a doctor in vain.

"I see," Li Shao closed the car window with his backhand, "We'll talk about the rest when we return to Beijing."

On the way from Shanzhou to Chang'an, Li Shao didn't take a step out of the carriage, and stayed by Changsun Boyi's side for a moment, doing nothing but staring at Changsun Boyi. No matter who persuaded Li Shao, it was useless, or those who persuaded Li Shao didn't listen to a single word.

Wu Ninghe saw that something was wrong, so he added some sleep-soothing medicine to Li Shao's dinner every day. Li Shao noticed it, but didn't say anything, but as time went by, Li Shao didn't even eat very well. have eaten.

The team moved slowly, and it was already the first month when they arrived in Chang'an. Changsun Boyi's injuries were almost healed, but there was no sign of waking up.

Inside the Zichen Palace, the atmosphere was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

Wu Ninghe sat on the side of the bed and did an examination for eldest grandson Boyi, but still frowned. Seeing his expression, Liu Zi knew that the diagnosis result was the same as before, but Wu Ninghe still failed to find eldest grandson Boyi. Cause of unconsciousness.

"Shao." Li Shao was terribly calm all the time, but this made Liu Zi worry that he would suddenly explode and kill, so before Wu Ninghe could speak, Liu Zi rubbed against Li Shao's side and hugged Li Shao's arm.

Li Shao glanced at Liu Zi, but said nothing.

Wu Ninghe said in a deep voice: "His injury has healed to a great extent, and there is nothing wrong with his body. He will be unconscious because he probably injured his head."

"so what?"

Wu Ninghe looked at Li Shao: "We can only wait for him to heal on his own, and the medicine I can concoct can only help him heal."

"how long?"

Wu Ninghe shook his head: "It's hard to say."

"...Understood. Deng Yi and Yunzhu arranged for someone to take care of him."

After finishing speaking, Li Shao turned around and walked out.

Liu Zi was startled, and looked at Wu Ninghe in a panic.

Wu Ninghe looked at Li Shao's back, and told Liu Zi, "Follow him these few days."

"Okay." Liu Zi nodded emphatically, and hurried to chase after Li Shao.

Walking out of Zichen Palace, Li Shao's face was stern, and no matter where he came from, he couldn't find a trace of a smile.

"Wei Feng, bring Shangguan Ying to Xuanzheng Hall."

"Yes." Signaling Wei Ze to protect Li Shao with his eyes, Wei Feng immediately went to find Shangguan Ying.

When Li Shao walked into the Xuanzheng Hall, Wei Feng had already brought Shangguan Ying to the empty Xuanzheng Hall.

Taking a glance at Shangguan Ying, Li Shao sat down on the dragon chair.

"Give me a chair to sit on," Shangguan Ying looked around calmly, "You seem to have a lot to say to me, I'm too tired to stand."

Li Shao sneered: "Do you think they invited you as a guest?"

"Otherwise, what else can you do?" Shangguan Ying said confidently, "Whether it's Hou Chu or Ding Ling, they don't have the ability to fight against Xi Zhi again, right? What happened this time is because I did something wrong, and I will compensate you all." Can something be done?"

"What do you want to pay for?" Li Shao glanced over Shangguan Ying's abdomen, "That's good, give me Xizhi's Guoxi and the baby in your belly."

Shangguan Ying stared angrily at Li Shao and said, "Don't you think your request is too much? If you were me, wouldn't you cause trouble like me?"

Li Shao said with a smile: "I'm not as stupid as you, and I won't do such a thing of enmity with neighboring countries."

Shangguan Ying's face darkened: "I will never give you Xizhi's imperial seal, you can get it yourself if you have the ability!"

Li Shao leaned back on the dragon chair, and said in a cold voice: "I think highly of you. Now, the three princes of Xizhi Kingdom are all in Dingling territory, how about I let Wu Ninghe let one go back to Xizhi? You said how long will it take for me to find someone to help this prince become the king of Xizhi, and then kill him to replace him? Is half a month enough?"

Shangguan Ying was startled, and tried to calm down: "Doing that will do you a hundred harms but not any benefits. You Hou Chu now doesn't have the ability to manage such a large area like Xizhi!"

"Government?" Li Shao shook his head, "Why do we need to govern? Two-thirds of Xizhi's territory is covered by the Gobi Desert, while the remaining third is home to hundreds of thousands of people. Such a drag, we Why do you need to manage it? Isn’t it good to let it fend for itself? Once the gate of Yangguan is closed, will anyone else come in and come to Houchu?”

"You!" Shangguan was so angry that his stomach ached, "That's hundreds of thousands of lives!"

"Hundreds of thousands?" Li Shao sneered, "That's just right, life for life! You killed so many soldiers of Empress Chu who killed me innocently, and I'll kill how many people you support to pay with blood. What do you think?"

"Those who join the army are going to fight on the battlefield and die for the country. This is their glory!"

"You think so? Well, I will give you Xizhi country soldiers a chance to sacrifice their lives for the country, and exchange the remaining 6 lives of the Xuange army for your Xizhi country's national seal." Li Shao He looked at Shangguan Ying coldly.

"You! What do you mean?" The stomach hurt more and more, causing Shangguan Ying to squat down uncontrollably, "Oh no! Li Shao, call Wu Ninghe!"

Li Shao got up, walked slowly in front of Shangguanying, suddenly grabbed Shangguanying's hair and lifted him up, not caring what happened to the child in Shangguanying's stomach: "Call Wu Ninghe? Tell him to do it." What? Shangguan Ying, don't you know who I am? If you just let me lose the soldiers of Hou Chu, then I might be more polite to you, but Boyi lost half his life. Do you think I will let you go? ever you?

Shangguan Ying, I have given you a lot of chances, and Hou Chu has just calmed down, and I don't think of any conflicts. It's because you are smart and want to plot something from me.Whether you want the Imperial Seal or the Xuan Ge Army, you decide for yourself, if you still can't give me an answer within three days, then I will let you witness with your own eyes what it means to be truly miserable! "

Raising his hand to shake Shangguan Ying away, Li Shao said to Wei Feng again: "Lock her up and ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a prescription for anti-pregnancy. If Boyi is fine, her child can live well. If Boyi If something happens, she will be buried with her child!"

After saying this, Li Shao strode away from the Xuanzheng Hall.

Three days later, Shangguanying decided to hand over Xizhi State's imperial seal to Li Shao, in other words, hand over Xizhi State to Li Shao.Shangguanying understands that Li Shao will not let her go back to Xizhi until her grandson Boyi wakes up. Can steal it back from Li Shao.

Since Li Shao returned to Chang'an, he has been very normal. He went to the court when it was time to go to court, and carefully reviewed all the memorials that should be reviewed. He handled government affairs as usual without the slightest mistake. There was no difference, but only Deng Yi and others knew that Li Shao stayed by Changsun Boyi's side every step of the way except in the early court, and even the memorials were piled up beside the bed.

After finishing the day's government affairs, Li Shao lay on the bedside and looked at his eldest son Boyi. The eldest sun Boyi didn't move, and neither did he. He also ate less and less meals for three meals a day. In just half a month, Li Shao lost a lot of weight, his eyes were dark blue, and his face was full of tiredness.

"Shao!" Liu Zi rushed into the Zichen Palace, grabbed Li Shao's arm and dragged him out, "Shao, you can't stay here anymore, come out with me!"

The thin Li Shao was pulled by Liu Zi and fell to the ground, which startled Liu Zi.

"Shao!" Liu Zi hurriedly helped Li Shao up, and as soon as his hands touched Li Shao's skinny shoulder, Liu Zi's eyes turned red, "Shao, if this continues, he's fine, but you're going to lose your life!"

"How could it be?" Li Shao smiled weakly, "Didn't I have a good meal and rest?"

"What did you eat?!" Liu Zi picked up Li Shao and walked out, "I can count how many grains of rice you ate a day!"

Li Shao frowned, and grabbed Liu Zi's clothes: "Liu Zi, I won't go out, you let me down."

"No!" Liu Zi carried Li Shao into the courtyard with strides.

Deng Yi had already set up a round table and a few chairs in the yard at Liu Zi's order. At this time, there was a porridge and a vegetable on the table, which was obviously prepared for Li Shao.

Liu Zi put Li Shao on the chair, and Wei Feng immediately covered Li Shao with a cloak.

Liu Zi sat down on Li Shao's left, and held Li Shao's left hand tightly: "The seven idiots said that you should eat well, sleep well, and sunbathe more, but I don't think you have so much time to eat and sleep. , basking in the sun, so they let them set up the dining table in the yard, although it’s still a bit cold, you won’t get sick if you’re around. Eat quickly, and you can go back after eating.”

Li Shao was helpless: "Liuzi, I'm really not hungry."

"It's up to you whether you're hungry or not!" Liu Zi roared, "Eat quickly!"

Li Shao had no choice but to pick up the spoon with his right hand, and drank the porridge slowly. At first, he didn't feel anything, but after half a bowl of porridge, Li Shao suddenly felt his stomach was overwhelmed, and he turned his head and vomited it out with a "wow". .

"Shao!" Looking at Li Shao who was throwing up in a mess, Liu Zi really burst into tears, "Shao, what do you really want? Do you really want to die? But he is still alive, Changsun Boyi is still alive !"

After recovering, Li Shao said weakly: "I don't want to die... I really don't want to... I just don't know what to do...

Liu Zi, when do you think he will wake up?When I first came back, I thought that as long as he was still alive, he would wake up naturally when his internal and external injuries were healed, but when exactly?It has been almost two months since I arrived in Shanzhou. How long will he keep me waiting?How many decades do I have to wait for him?Liu Zi, what if he can't wake up again like this?What should the world do?What should Hou Chu do?what do I do? "

"I'll wake up," Liu Zi cried and hugged Li Shao, "I'll definitely wake up! Seven idiots are trying to figure out a way, and they'll find a way soon, but you have to take good care of yourself! Shao, I beg you..."

"Liuzi, what should I do?"