"Elder-in-law" migraine

Chapter 60

It has been half a month since the Battle of Liangzhou City, the Turks retreated back to the city and completely isolated Liangzhou City from the outside world with a solid defense.General Lin, who was stationed in Sizhou, had already obtained the order to surround Liangzhou city firmly, but he did not take any action.Ashina Aji would inspect the four walls as usual after getting up in the morning, and then return to the prefect's mansion that has become the Khan's mansion to handle official duties.

It was not nearly noon after his inspection that day, the sun was scorching the earth, Ashina Aji reached out to wipe off the sweat from his temples, pushed open the door of the Khan’s mansion, and walked straight to a room in the corner go.

Two Turkic soldiers were guarding the door of the house. When they saw Ashina Aji approaching, they hurriedly saluted.Ashina and Aji waved his hands, "Is he awake, did he eat?"

The two shook their heads, Ashina Aji frowned, opened the door, and walked in.

The windows in the room were closed tightly, and the light was dim, but it could still be seen that there was a young man with dark hair lying on the bed in the inner room.Ashina Aji walked up to him, stretched out his hand to caress the young man's black hair hanging on the pillow, then raised his hand, wanting to touch the young man's cheek, but suddenly a thin palm grabbed his wrist.

The young man on the bed opened his eyes at some point, looked at Ashina Aji without blinking, and said lightly, "Ashina Aji, I hope this is the last time." Then he slowly withdrew his hand, turned away.

Ashina Aji glanced at the hand hanging in the air. The cold touch of the young man's fingers still remained on the wrist. He stared at the back of the young man's head for a while, and suddenly chuckled, "His Royal Highness Xiaoyao Wang doesn't seem to have done it yet." Clear your identity as a prisoner."

The young man on the bed snorted, "If you weren't a prisoner, do you think you still have a chance to stand in front of me alive?"

Ashina Aji suddenly sighed softly, "Renzhi, why do you do this? Emperor Zhaoning is so good, he deserves your life even if he doesn't want it? If it were Ben Khan, he would never be willing to let you fight on the battlefield , life is at stake. What's more, he has his own queen, and he can only give you the title of Xiaoyao Wang, and you will never be able to stand by his side for the rest of your life. If you follow Ben Khan, Ben Khan can guarantee that you will never If you marry someone else, you will be named Ke He Dun immediately. Everything you want, Ben Khan will give you."

Ren Zhi turned his head slowly, fixed his eyes on Ashina Aji's face, and said, "Then I want your life?"

Ashina and Aji raised the corners of his lips slightly, as if he was chuckling, laughing at the innocence of the young man in front of him.He quietly looked at the young man in front of him, with fair skin and a thin body due to serious injuries and little food. In the past half month, Ren Zhi's life was almost hanged with ginseng soup. Ji felt that Ren Zhi would rather die outside the city gate with the soldiers of the three armies that day than be captured by him and raised here.

Ashina Aji shook his head, "If you want Ben Khan's life, you have to be able to sit up first. In your current state, not to mention Ben Khan's life, or your own life, I'm afraid you don't dare Guaranteed?"

Ren Zhi snorted softly, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I won't die so easily. I bear the lives of the soldiers of the three armies on my shoulders, and I don't dare to die. As long as I have breath, I will crawl." Get up and kill you."

"If you don't want to die, just eat something, and it will save Ben Khan going to find ginseng to hang you." Ashina Aji said softly, "I heard that Emperor Zhaoning has already died." Lead the army to march in person. You keep this life well, maybe this king will give you a chance to meet him again. But this Khan doesn't know, compared with these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, your life is more important. It is the throne that he deliberately seized that is more important."

Ren Zhi closed his eyes again, and did not answer Ashina Aji's question.After a while, there was a clear and shallow breathing sound, as if falling into sleep again.Ashina Aji lowered his head and quietly looked at Ren Zhi's sleeping face. After a long time, he turned around and left the room without looking back.

Five days later, Emperor Zhaoning arrived in Liangzhou City on his own expedition.On this trip, Emperor Zhaoning brought the most elite troops in the Zheng'an Dynasty and the most advanced siege equipment. If he wanted to take Liangzhou City, he was bound to win it.

Duan Yixian was riding on the horse, followed by two dark guards wearing black masks. This was the first time since the establishment of the dark guards that they followed Duan Yixian in a fair manner.Duan Yixian raised his head, and his eyes fell on the three big characters of Liangzhou City on the city gate. He raised his eyebrows and looked back. The lieutenant behind him immediately stepped forward and shouted at the Turkic soldiers on the tower, "Your Majesty benevolent, if you You go out immediately and accept the surrender, and give you the whole body. If Ashina Aji’s body is presented, you will not die!"

The Turkic soldiers on the tower started to make noise, and after a while, they quieted down again. Ashina Aji passed through the heavy guards, stood at the front, looked down at the army below, and let out a cold laugh, "I didn't expect that!" Emperor Zhaoning is willing to fight such a big battle for a mere Liangzhou city."

Duan Yixian waved away the lieutenant beside him, and looked at Ashina Aji coldly, "Turk has already surrendered to me Zheng'an, Ashina Aji, you suddenly attacked my city, captured my people, and killed my soldiers, come out now Najiang, I will leave you a whole body, if not, I will take your head with my own hands. All the Turks in your Liangzhou city will not be left alive."

Ashina and Aji shook his head with a smile, "Emperor Zhaoning and King Xiaoyao are really brothers, they even say the same harsh words. I'm afraid even the results will be exactly the same."

Hearing the three words "Xiaoyaowang", Duan Yixian immediately changed his face. Although Ashina and Aji couldn't see clearly from the top of the tower, he could also feel that he only used those three words to poke at the young man. The emperor's weakness, he unconsciously raised the corners of his lips, and made a gesture towards the person behind him. The guards behind him immediately understood, and the next moment, a thin figure was brought to the top of the tower.

Duan Yixian only felt that at that moment, he could no longer see anything clearly in front of him, only the black-haired young man on the tower.He was wearing a white undergarment, his ink-like black hair was without a crown, hanging on his sides, the young man's complexion was exceptionally pale, with obvious morbidity.

Duan Yixian forced himself to close his eyes, and then opened them again. His eyes were already red, and the guard behind him said cautiously, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Duan Yixian didn't answer, and raised his head to stare at Ashina Aji, as if he wanted to kill him with his eyes.Ashina Aji seemed unaware of Emperor Zhaoning's ferocious eyes, stretched out his hand, brushed Ren Zhi's black hair, turned his head and smiled at Duan Yixian, "Emperor Zhaoning and King Xiaoyao reunited after a long absence, Ben Khan originally I should give you some time to talk, but now Ben Khan is trapped here, the army has been besieging the city for a long time, so I must save Ben Khan's life first."

Duan Yixian clenched the reins tightly with both hands, and then asked, "It seems that Khan has a condition to mention to me, so let's just say it."

Ashina and Aji chuckled, "Ben Khan heard that Emperor Zhaoning and King Xiaoyao are deeply in love with each other. Since this is the case, then Ben Khan thought that it would not be an exaggeration to trade the thirteen Northwest States of Zheng'an, right?"

Ashina Aji's words came down clearly from the tower, and the army of Zheng'an was in an uproar for a moment, even Ren Zhi, who was expressionless, with his hands tied behind him and a scimitar on his neck, turned his head to look at it. Ashina Aji glanced at him, his complexion was frighteningly white, and he looked at Ashina Aji coldly, "You are so shameless that I am shocked."

Ashina Aji bowed his lips toward Renzhi, "As long as the goal can be achieved, then it doesn't matter."

Ren Zhi snorted softly, "You won't achieve your goal."

Ashina Aji stretched out his hand and stroked his face, "If he doesn't even want to part with the thirteen states in the northwest, then Ben Khan can take you back to Turkic with peace of mind."

Ren Zhi turned his head away from Ashina Aji's hand, turned his gaze back to the tower, and met Duan Yixian's gaze.

Duan Yixian looked at Ren Zhi quietly, regardless of the noise of the soldiers behind him, General Lin, who was accompanying him, had already rolled off his horse and knelt in front of Duan Yixian's horse, "Your Majesty, although King Xiaoyao's status is precious and is connected with your blood, but, The thirteen prefectures in the northwest were defended by tens of thousands of soldiers, if they were surrendered to the Turks, then I would be safe in the northwest without barriers, and I would be in danger!"

The reins were wrapped around Duan Yixian's palm, and a red mark was drawn on his palm. Duan Yixian stared at Ren Zhi's face on the tower for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice, "General Lin, why don't I not know the importance of the thirteen prefectures in the Northwest?" Sex. It's just that I can't do it."

I can't watch my only lover die in front of me, I can't be lonely in this life without that person to accompany me.

When Ren Zhi heard Duan Yixian's voice, a smile appeared on his lips, he turned around suddenly, kicked away the Turkic soldier holding a scimitar behind him, jumped up, and jumped down from the tower.

Duan Yixian's eyes widened at that moment, and he patted his horse's back almost without thinking, and headed towards the gate of the city.The hidden guard who was following him had no time to stop him, so he could only urge his horse to follow.General Lin got on his horse and told the soldiers behind him, "Go forward and protect His Majesty, and attack the city at the same time."

Ren Zhi was lying quietly on the ground, his white underwear was almost stained red with blood, Duan Yixian rolled off his horse, knelt in front of Ren Zhi, looked at Ren Zhi, but didn't dare to stretch out his hand, it was a hidden guard following behind him He stretched out his hand to check Tan Ren Zhi's breath, and then said in Duan Yixian's ear, "Your Majesty, the Turkic people are going out of the city soon, so we should take the prince back and find someone to treat him quickly."

Duan Yixian came back to his senses when he heard the word "healing", and hurriedly stretched out his hands to hug Ren Zhi, but his hands were shaking violently.On the other hand, the two hidden guards were calm, one bent down and carried Ren Zhi onto the horse's back, and the other helped Duan Yixian get up on the horse.Duan Yixian was taken back to the tent where he was stationed in a daze, and completely handed over the overall situation outside to the accompanying generals.

He let him lie on the only bed in the big tent, surrounded by several accompanying imperial doctors busy.Duan Yixian stood a few steps away, not daring to approach, but also not daring to go far.He fixed his eyes on the lifeless face of the young man on the bed, afraid that if he looked away, he would never see him again.

A dark guard walked over with light steps, and whispered in Duan Yixian's ear, "Your Majesty, the city of Liangzhou has been broken. Ashina and Aji led a small group of soldiers to escape through the secret passage in the city. Someone from General Lin came to ask, do you want to escape?" To chase?"

Duan Yixian took a deep breath, and then said, "Don't chase after the poor. Ashina Aji has been entrenched in Liangzhou City for several months. He must have been prepared. Now he hastily pursued him. I am afraid he will fall into the trap. He ordered General Lin to search the city. , without leaving any Turkic prisoners, and then appease the people and restore their livelihoods."

The dark guard took the order, and continued in Duan Yixian's ear, "The dark guard secretly reported that one person was caught in the city, which probably explains why Prince Xiaoyao led his lone army to fall to Liangzhou that day."

Duan Yixian raised the corner of his eyes, "Who?"

"Jizhi."

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In the fourth year of Zhaoning, the new Turkic Khan Ashina Aji led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the Zheng'an Dynasty, and once captured [-] states in the northwest in one fell swoop, causing heavy damage to Zheng'an.Xiaoyao Wang Duan led the nine-way army to fight against the enemy. After several months, he took back several cities.Unexpectedly, in the siege of Liangzhou City, King Xiaoyao was seriously injured and captured. His subordinates with less than [-] troops fought bloody battles. In the end, the entire army was wiped out.

Emperor Zhaoning was shocked when he heard the news, and he personally conquered Liangzhou City in one fell swoop, expelled Ashina Aji from the Zheng'an Dynasty, and sent heavy troops to garrison the border.In the Battle of Liangzhou City, Xiaoyao King Duan thought that he would not be used as a threatening chip by the Turks, so he jumped from the top of the city tower, fell into a coma, and was taken back to the capital by Emperor Zhaoning himself to recuperate in the palace.

It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. Duan Yixian returned to Funing Palace immediately after he went down to court. He heard laughter from inside when he arrived at the door. All of a sudden they went away.Duan Yixian waved to the servant who was following behind him, and walked in by himself.

Ren Zhi was leaning on the soft couch, Ren Ping was sitting next to him and was smiling and saying something, Ren Zhi still had a smile on his face, when he saw Duan Yixian coming in, the corners of his lips raised again, "Did you go down? Get up early I didn't eat anything, I asked Shangshi Bureau to prepare food for you, and Xiao Ping went to get it."

Duan Yixian nodded, bent down and hugged Ren Ping in his arms, sat down where Ren Ping was sitting just now, slightly raised his lips, "How do you feel today, are you still so tired?"

Ren Zhi smiled and shook his head, since he woke up two days ago, Duan Yixian wished he could stay by his side all the time, for fear that he would fall asleep again when he left him, and Ren Zhi would force him to go to court in the morning.

Ren Zhi was lucky, he almost lost half his life by jumping from the tower, but he was robbed of his life by the imperial doctor with all kinds of panacea, and now, only a few broken ones are left in his body. The restored bones are no longer a serious problem.

Duan Yixian touched Ren Ping's head in his arms, "Go and see if your brother is coming over?" Ren Ping obediently got down from Duan Yixian's arms and ran out.

Duan Yixian held Ren Zhi's hand in his, and said in a warm voice, "Do those wounds still hurt?"

Ren Zhi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you have only been away for a few hours, what can happen to me, you don't have to do this."

Duan Yixian wanted to hold Ren Zhi in his arms but was afraid of touching his wound, so he just held his hand tightly and sighed softly, "In the past few months, I'm afraid I've tasted all the pain in half my life. "

Ren Zhi leaned his head in Duan Yixian's arms, did not speak, and heard Duan Yixian say in his ear, "I just went to see Mrs. Lin, she looks much better, she is not alive, and with that child, she will support her to live well of."

Ren Zhi sighed, and after a long while, he said, "In a few days, take me back to the mansion to pay respects to the old lady, and also see Mr. Lin and Fu Sheng's son."

Duan Yixian nodded, "Okay." He paused, and then said, "I have ordered that Ji Zhiwen will be executed in three days."

Ren Zhi closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around Duan Yixian's waist, "Okay."

Duan Yixian bowed his head, and gently kissed Ren Zhi's forehead, "Ren Zhi, fortunately you are still alive."

Ren Zhi raised his head to meet Duan Yixian's eyes, and slowly opened the corners of his lips, "I will always live well, as long as there is you, there will be me."