Chapter 13
The front and back inns were separated by a road for more than an hour, there was not even a shadow on the road for most of the day, a few guards cut down some trees and branches, and before nightfall, they simply built two sheds outside the temple and lit a fire.

"Shizi Yan, why are you still so unhappy when you wake up, General?" Yi Xing tightened his collar, and leaned closer to the fire to keep warm.

"Where do you see that this son is unhappy? I was hungry, why haven't those people who went to buy food come back?"

Yan Mo folded his hands on his chest, his long and narrow eyes scanned the room, his expression was composed with a hint of sadness.

"Yi Xing told me everything, thank you for your willingness to help." Xiao Huan was wearing a white blanket and half leaning on the quilt, his black hair was slightly messed up, his slightly pale handsome face was haggard, and his eyes were as deep as a deep pool. The thin lips under the bridge of the nose were slightly parted, and the thick and magnetic voice was a little lazy and charming.

Li Ru'an had to admit that the man in front of her met all her aesthetic standards for men, no matter his appearance, figure, or voice.

Float big and hollow, like pressing onion tube, the hole veins are mainly for blood loss and Yin damage, Li Ru'an withdrew his hand to touch the pulse, remembering that there seemed to be some Chinese patent medicines for blood and iron in the secret room, I don't know if it has expired, go in at night and have a look.

"It's nothing serious, take your medicine on time and rest more."

"Your name is Ruhua? Since you are a friend of gentlemen, telling each other that you don't break the rules, right? My name is Jizhi, Ji of Four Seasons, Xiao Jizhi." When Yan Mo told her about the conversation with her just now, Xiao Huan felt a little sour in his heart.

Xiao is the surname of the emperor, Li Ru'an raised his eyes, surprised at his frankness, he is actually a relative of the emperor, then he and Xiao Huan's marriage contract has not been rescinded, it is even more difficult to reveal his identity at this time.

"Ruhua is my word." Li Ru'an looked serious, a little annoyed at the random name.

Xiao Huan raised his mouth slightly, and took out a piece of green jade with carved patterns from his sleeve, "Okay, I will call you Ruhua from now on, you keep this piece of jade, and if you encounter any difficulties in Beijing, just go to the Yunhai Building on the main street to find it. Yi Feng, send as you please."

Li Ru'an raised her eyebrows, the man's eyes were deep, with unquestionable firmness, she was too lazy to refuse, she reached out to take it and raised her hand, "Okay, thank you."

Xiao Huan looked at the beautiful figure who turned to leave, glanced at the gauze on his chest, his thin lips curled into a smile, tenderness shone in his deep black eyes, the wound on his chest was real, and the coma was real, but he inhaled the poisonous powder on purpose For this reason, because he really wanted to see her, there was a reason, and he bet that she would come to her rescue.

"General." Yi Xing walked in, presenting a bamboo tube the size of a finger.

"Let Beijing take action, spread the news of the attack and injury on the king's road, and write a private letter to the mother, explaining that the king will not hinder her from worrying." Xiao Huan read the note in the bamboo tube, threw it into the fire, Said lightly.

"Yes, General, those people in the back," Yi Xing said while looking at the desk, and lowered his voice.

"Let Twelve and the others settle it. If necessary, no one will be left alive. I don't want anyone to disturb Ruhua on the next journey back to Beijing."

"Yes." Seeing the tenderness on his general's face that he had never seen before, Yi Xing thought to himself that the hero is sad about the beauty pass!
Opening the food box brought by the guard, there are rich dishes, both meat and vegetables, Xuegu pursed her lips and thought, seeing the young lady walking around the desk, she quickly pulled someone to sit down, and took a blanket to cover her.

"Sister, tell the nanny, is that person thinking of you? Otherwise, this is too considerate. Look at these fine jackets, and there is more than an hour's journey to the front and back inns and restaurants. The food They were all brought back with mattresses wrapped in food boxes, and they were still steaming, his followers saw you saluting like your master, what's going on?"

"I saved him, he is grateful, that's all." Li Ru'an replied seriously.

"Although I have no choice but to be stuck here now, if others see how bad sister Yu's reputation is, it will be even more troublesome if it is reported back to the capital, especially the matter that you treated him last night. Men and women are different. Alas, I I should have stopped you." Xue Gu was worried, and started nagging again unconsciously.

"Grandmother, I have my own sense of propriety. People who come from the snow and ice outside will see it. It may take a few days to see the snow. We have no dry food. Now there is someone to help run errands. What's wrong with delivering food and drinks?" Li Ru'an took a leisurely sip of Yunshan tea, the mellow fragrance left teeth.

"No, no, I'm still flustered. Wang Er is also awake. I don't think he's seriously injured. Tomorrow, I'd better find a way to go to the inn ahead. My sister is big-hearted. These men and women, in the wilderness, The impact is not good, and the station’s snow-clearing team doesn’t know when it will come here.”

"Nurse, I'm hungry." Li Ru'an threw out his trump card after being read a little bit and gave a headache.

"Oh, look at me, the dishes are getting cold, hurry up, Ziyan pour some hot water for the young lady to wash her hands! Don't be starving, Pazi!" Xuegu couldn't hear the young lady's soft coquettish voice the most, and immediately turned everything to her. Forget it, I'm afraid that her heart will be starved.

Li Ru'an looked at the busy Xuegu with a smile, and there was warmth flowing from the bottom of her heart. Xuegu's surname was Jiang, and she had been serving Gao Qing since she was a child. They were pregnant and gave birth at about the same time, Xuegu had enough milk, enough for both babies to eat, and even saved a nanny, but unfortunately, Xuegu's daughter died half a month later, she transferred all her love to Li Ru'an in grief She regarded her as her own. Later, her husband and Gao Qing died of illness one after another, and only two of them were left to depend on each other in the prime minister's mansion.

The guards were eating in the shed outside, while Yan Mo ate his meal in the inner room, and glanced at Xiao Huan who was in a good mood.

"How do you deal with the empress dowager?"

"Eat without talking, sleep without talking." Xiao Huan glanced at him, swallowed the food in his mouth before making a sound.

"Still telling me these hard rules. You will know Xiao Ruhua's identity sooner or later after you return to Beijing. If you are thinking about it, you have to make plans early. Li Yuan is greedy for profit. With your current military achievements, he will definitely take advantage of it." This marriage is not let go."

Xiao Huan put down his chopsticks and took a sip of tea, "Li Yuan has been fighting like a raging fire with Prime Minister Han Zong these years, and he has done so many sinister things in private. This person values ​​profit and has no bottom line. He is not a person worthy of friendship."

"This marriage was decided verbally before your Northern Expedition. So many years have passed, and Mrs. Zuo Xiang has died of illness. As long as the empress dowager doesn't mention it, no one will dare to mention it, but the empress dowager did mention it, and personally Sent someone to the prime minister's mansion, now it's all over, Li Yuan is so happy that he can't wait to beat the gongs and drums to announce to the world that his daughter of the Li family is going to marry the popular King Huan. Do you know this person's temperament, you shouldn't!" Yan Mo shook his head as he spoke, quite puzzled.

Xiao Huan narrowed his eyes and sighed, "It's not that my mother doesn't know, it's because of the friendship with Mrs. Zuo Xiang and the old lady of the Gao family that I brought up this matter again. My mother and the old lady of the Gao family have been friends since they were in the boudoir. They have known each other for many years. Li Yuan broke the contract."

"It's also because of you. You have been in the north all these years, and the empress dowager is restless. Every time I see me in the palace, she asks about you, saying that you don't have any caring people around you at your age, and the marriage is far away. Now It's hard for you to come back, she can only kill you first, and then play later, for fear that you will run away again." Yan Mo said, thinking of his mother's methods of forcing marriage, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"My mother has really been worrying too much about me all these years, but no matter what, this marriage must be called off." Xiao Huan put down his teacup, his tone uncompromising.

The sun rose during the day, and the snow began to melt after nightfall, and the temperature dropped by more than a few degrees from the previous day.

The doorway and the hole were tightly blocked. Behind the counter, wearing cotton jackets and blankets, several people were crowded on two layers of quilts, leaning against the fire, but they didn't feel cold.

Xuegu was embroidering a handkerchief, Ziyan and Alan were muttering to each other, Li Ruan looked down at the medical books, the atmosphere was peaceful, Liu Shi carefully touched the cotton jacket on her body, her whole body was warm, she had never worn it so well in her life He bowed his head and hesitated again and again, got up and knelt down to Li Ru'an.

"Sister-in-law Liu, what are you doing?" Xue Gu stopped her embroidery and asked in surprise.

"The kindness of the benefactor, so many things happened along the way did not leave our mother and daughter behind. Food and clothing are things that poor women never dared to think about before. There is no way for a poor woman to repay her great kindness." Liu said while knocking Head up.

"When you are away from home and everyone is in trouble, Sister-in-law Liu, it's cold on the ground, you should get up first." Seeing the sign from the young lady's eyes, Xuegu stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Liu up.

"The poor woman has the audacity to ask her benefactor for one thing. Can you let Alan go to serve her benefactor after returning to Beijing?" Mrs. Liu insisted on kneeling, looking ashamed, and kowtowed again.

"You went to seek refuge with your husband. He works in a mine, and finally the family of three got together. Are you willing to let your daughter be a servant?" Xue Gu glanced at the silent young lady again, and asked in a low voice.

"To tell you the truth, Alan's father broke his leg in the mine at the beginning of the year. After recovering from the injury, he limped and couldn't do heavy work. The manager kicked him out. Now he is working as a man on the dock, earning a few dollars. I brought all the money back home, and I slept under the bridge at the pier every day, and my health was not good. This was only known to the poor woman after the neighbor’s son went back. Later, the village was plagued by insects, so the poor woman simply went to the capital to find He, thinking about it, can take care of him." Rendunzi was someone who stepped on someone's foot to get on and off a carriage, Liu's face was sad, and his voice was choked up.

"It's okay for a poor woman, but I can't bear that Alan also suffers with his parents. If he can follow his benefactor, have hot food to eat, and a roof tile to cover his head, then the poor woman will have nothing to ask for!"

"Aniang." Alan moved her mouth into Liu's arms with her mouth flattened, big tears fell down her eyes, and her big eyes were full of sadness.

Liu hugged her daughter's thin body tightly, all the sadness turned into tears, and she choked up endlessly.

Xuegu turned her face away and let out a low sigh, Ziyan bit her finger, her big round eyes filled with tears.

The sufferings in the world are endless, Li Ru'an lowered her eyelashes, after coming to this time and space, she didn't know if it was because of changing her body, she found that her heart was softer than before.

"I promise you, get up."

Liu wept with joy, pulled Alan to kowtow, "Thank you benefactor for your mercy!"

(End of this chapter)

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