Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 148 Escape
At night, Liu Yunxiang was lying on the bed, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, but it was as if he had taken cold air when he was out of the city during the day.She was afraid that she was about to give birth, so she didn't dare to sleep.

At this time, the curtain opened, and a dark shadow crept in.

The black figure was short and bulky, still dragging a thick wooden stick.This time Liu Yunxiang didn't speak, but when he saw the black shadow approaching, he actually raised the wooden stick.

"Aunt Yan, I didn't offend you, did I?" Liu Yunxiang said.

Because of this sound, Aunt Yan took two steps back in fright, and the stick fell to the ground.

Liu Yunxiang got up with propped up arms, lit the candle on the table, and saw Aunt Yan was wearing a thick padded jacket, staring at her hard, as if she was afraid that she would run away.

"You want to beat me to death with this stick?" Liu Yunxiang glanced at the wooden stick as thick as a forearm.

Aunt Yan's hand was broken and she had to hold it with her arm. Xu practiced it while sweeping the floor in Ziyun Nunnery, and the movement of holding the wooden stick was quite flexible.But in the end, he was no match for his hands, and he couldn't use his strength.

Aunt Yan hurriedly shook her head when she heard the words, "Shock... faint... you."

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "And then?"

"take away."

"doing what?"

Aunt Yan looked at Liu Yunxiang quietly for a long time, then took off the monk hat on her head with difficulty, and took out a letter folded into a square from the interlayer.

I don't know how long this letter has been hidden, and it has turned yellow.Aunt Yan didn't have hands and couldn't open it, so Liu Yunxiang took it from her.Carefully opened under the candle, there are several lines on it.

"There is a traitor in the army who has turned against Beijin, and a thousand of my soldiers are trapped in Tuhun Fort. Please send your army to help quickly."

Looking at these words, Liu Yunxiang recalled the legend from the previous life that the soldiers of the Western Expedition did not die, and 1000 people entered the Mobei Desert.

"Who wrote this?"

"Master Hou..." Aunt Yan said tremblingly, tears filled her cloudy eyes when she mentioned this person, "He...lives..."

"This letter is for the emperor, how did it get into your hands?"

Aunt Yan talked intermittently for a long time before Liu Yunxiang understood.

There was a traitor in the army who passed on the news to Bei Jin, and the action of the old Hou Ye was known in advance by the other party and an ambush was set up, resulting in countless casualties.The old Hou Ye led three thousand soldiers to fight, and was forced to retreat into the desert in Mobei.And these [-] soldiers were injured or killed, and only [-] were left when they finally arrived at Tuhunbao.

Outside Tuhun Fort is the garrison of Beijin's border city. They couldn't escape, so they sent a few soldiers to join the caravan and return to Shengjing for help.

However, these soldiers were chased all the way, and when they reached Shengjing, there was only one left, and he was seriously injured.

The soldier guessed that there were traitors in the court, so he couldn't see the emperor at all, so he could only sneak into the Hou's mansion and entrust this letter to Aunt Yan.

This soldier died, Aunt Yan was always smart and was very much relied on by the old Hou Ye. She knew that the matter was not easy, so she hid the letter first, and then went to find the old Hou Ye's best friend.

Li Chengwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, asked him to take her into the palace to face the saint.

It can't be for no reason, she still revealed a little news.She was imprisoned in the dungeon, exhausted all kinds of torture, her hands were chopped off, her appearance was destroyed, and she had countless burns on her body, but she gritted her teeth and didn't know what to say. Seeing the emperor, she just wanted to ask the emperor to completely Check the Xizheng case and call for injustice for the old Hou Ye.

Those people wanted to know the clues, but they couldn't find out, and they were afraid that she would speak out, so they cut off her tongue and threw her back to the Hou Mansion.

The old lady didn't know what was going on, but she felt that Aunt Yan was a disaster, so she didn't find a doctor for her and left her to fend for herself.That's why, the old lady felt guilty when she saw Aunt Yan.

But at this time, the queen mother ordered Aunt Yan to go with her to Ziyun Nunnery to pray for blessings. After ordering her to be cured, she was allowed to stay in Ziyun Nunnery.

"So you've been hiding this letter all these years, and haven't shown it to anyone else?" Liu Yunxiang asked with a trembling voice.

Aunt Yan nodded, "No... dare..."

Don't dare, don't trust anyone.

"Why give it to me?"

Aunt Yan stared at Liu Yunxiang and said with difficulty: "You...brother..."

Liu Yunxiang's heart skipped a beat, "You mean my brother is still alive?"

Aunt Yan paused, then shook her head.

She didn't know either, and could only say that there was a glimmer of hope.

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Aunt Yan's thick stick again, "You knocked me out and wanted to take me away, and you're looking for them?"

Aunt Yan nodded, her eyes were burning.

"But it's been four years, have you ever thought about whether they are still alive?"

Not anywhere else, but in the desert.

How can they live without water and food?
She couldn't help but think of the rumor that the soldier who came back alive may be the only one alive...

Aunt Yan shook her head, and said anxiously: "He...he must... must be alive...he waits for me...wait for me to find him..."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Aunt Yan's eagerness, and it was hard to imagine how she, a weak woman, survived in the execution room, and how she endured it these few years.

She loves old Hou Ye very much, this is the only answer.

Aunt Yan probably understood in the past few years that even if she saw the emperor and gave him this letter, that stupid emperor would not send someone to rescue him.She had no choice but to go to see him alone.

Liu Yunxiang looked out the window, "But can you take me out?"

Aunt Yan nodded hurriedly and pointed in the direction of her room.

The next day, Liu Yunxiang sent Aunt Zhang out to buy vegetables.

Aunt Zhang responded loudly and looked at Liu Yunxiang worriedly. Seeing her nodding at her, she went out with a basket on her shoulders.

When Liu Yunxiang returned to Westinghouse, Jinyan was busy doing her needlework.

She held a coat in her hand, stuck a cloth bag on the inside, and stuffed a stack of banknotes into it.

"Girl, you put on this dress."

Liu Yunxiang laughed, "Then are you hiding it?"

Jinyan patted the place on his chest, puffy, "Hiding a lot."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "It's still your thoughtfulness."

After the two packed up, they heard Zijin shouting outside: "Girl, come and take a look, Aunt Yan seems to be sick."

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Jinyan, "Let's go."

Jinyan nodded heavily, "Yes."

The master and servant came out of the main room, Liu Yunxiang glanced at the wall, but saw the branches of the locust tree outside the wall shake.She lowered her eyes and entered Aunt Yan's room on the pretext of seeing a doctor.

When Aunt Yan saw their master and servant coming in, she hurriedly moved the pile of firewood away from the side room.

Liu Yunxiang probed to look, and there was a hole behind it.

Aunt Yan went in first, Jinyan helped Liu Yunxiang go in again, and Zijin covered the firewood behind.

This hole leads to the west wing of the west courtyard next door, which is Lu Changan's home, but fortunately his place is deserted and unoccupied.There is also a hole in the west wing room, and you enter the west room. There is also a hole behind the west room, and you are in another alley behind Liu Yunxiang's house.

It must have taken a lot of time for Aunt Yan to dig this road because she was not good at it. No wonder she stayed in the house all the time.

There was a carriage in the depths of the alley, and the coachman was waiting for them.

"Boss, hurry up and get in the car, the shopkeeper asked me to send you out of the city."

Liu Yunxiang asked Zhang Qi to prepare this carriage, got on the carriage, and left the city quickly.

Looking at the distant city gate, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

She left the place where she was born and raised and left home.

(End of this chapter)