Chapter 23
Ling Yao lowered her eyes and did not speak. Her mouth was stuffed with a rag and her wrists were tied with ropes. Even if she wanted to speak, she couldn't help it.

While chewing, Zhao Yi removed the rag from her mouth: "Do you want to talk?"

"The way of heaven dictates that no one is perfect. A wise man knows it, so he perfects himself; a fool doesn't know it, so he blames others. You say fate is unfair, why don't you look at yourself?"

She looked at him without fear.

Zhao Yi smiled, a bit sinister. He pinched her chin and forced her to look at her: "You have everything, and you have been admired by thousands of people since you were born. Naturally, you don't understand. The truth is that There are a bunch of them, but you don't understand my suffering at all!"

"I don't understand, I don't understand why you provoked war in a peaceful and prosperous age, and killed so many people who were loyal to you and became souls killed by swords!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Yi pushed her to the ground at once, "You grew up in an ivory tower, so naturally you don't know anything, your father disregarded the opposition of all clans and insisted on exploiting the rights of nobles, you know that Is it the feeling of standing on the tip of a knife for life and death?"

"Father also clearly said that if there are talents in the royal family, they will definitely be reused. It is you who have no ink and only think about crooked ways!"

"Oh, crooked ways?" He seemed to sneer, making it difficult for people to see his thoughts clearly.

Lingyao turned her head and continued: "You obviously spared your life and left blood for Marquis Ding An, but you secretly returned to Beijing and left your mother alone. Is this behavior a gentleman's doing?"

"My mother?!" Zhao Yi's tone suddenly became weird, "Yes, I am the one who is greedy for power and glory, and my father is the one who planned the rebellion, but... what did my mother do wrong?! She was dressed in brocade clothes since childhood. Yushi, she is also the jewel in the palm of my grandfather, married to my father, became the wife of the Hou family, and has a royal order on her - such a person, how dare those beasts trample on her!"

Lingyao was stunned for a moment, and saw Zhao Yi slumped on the cold ground like a walking corpse. His eyes were lifeless and only a few tears were shining: "They defiled her and insulted her, but they treated her like a prostitute." The pieces of silver are still on the ground, and the silver... is our mother's and child's rations..."

Zhao Yi cried. He is down now, but he also regrets the past: "She was sick, but they didn't care about her, and what preferential treatment they said was all fake!"

He grabbed Lingyao's skirt viciously, leaned close to her ear and said with a sinister tone, "Zhao Lingyao, let me tell you, no matter what happens today, I will kill you to pay homage to my parents' spirits in heaven!"

How could Xu Wanyin be right?The corner of Lingyao's mouth curled up into a mocking smile, and she looked at him with contempt in her eyes: "Heaven reincarnates, all evildoers will have no rewards, even if there is no danger in this life, they will be retribution for animals in the next life. You should be lucky, They have paid off in this life, at least they don’t have to suffer in the next life.”

"What did you say?!" Zhao Yi's eyes were tearing, "How dare you slander my mother!"

"I didn't slander her!" Lingyao broke free from his shackles, and said word by word: "Xu Wanyin wanted to harm me, and even used my mother and concubine! Now that she has suffered so much and paid for it with her life, it will probably be paid off." !"

"You!" Zhao Yi was in a hurry, but suddenly heard the neighing of a horse outside. He put the rag back into Lingyao's mouth, lay down vigilantly on the ground, and made sure that there was no large group of people, so he pulled Lingyao up and said: " Since you are so sharp-tongued, are you still in my hands? If you want to live, let's see if your Duan Xiuran can save you!"

After saying that, he dragged her to stand at the door of the ruined temple and said to the outside: "Put the banknote at the door!"

Duan Xiuran was wearing a black robe, almost blending into the night, the night was too thick, Lingyao couldn't see his expression clearly.

I saw Duan Xiuran put the wooden box in his hand on the ground, took two steps back, and said, "I gave you 1 taels, and the horse is right behind me. As long as you let Yao'er go, I..."

"Shut up! You have no room to bargain with me!" Zhao Yi said, looking around vigilantly, and suddenly smiled: "Duan Xiuran, you should know that if there is a fourth person here, what will happen to Zhao Lingyao! "

"I only want Lingyao to live." Duan Xiuran said, "I can satisfy the rest of the conditions, including sending you away from the capital."

Lingyao felt that Zhao Yi was stunned. She noticed this subtle change, and knew that Zhao Yi still wanted to survive compared to revenge.

Otherwise, he would not ask for the banknotes and horses, nor would he keep his own life.

Zhao Yi didn't trap her feet, but dragged her to move conveniently. He walked to the box carefully, picked up the box and turned it upside down, quite satisfied: "Duan Xiuran, it's wise not to play tricks on me." Act of."

After he finished speaking, he dragged Lingyao and continued to walk out. While walking, he looked around until he was next to the horse, and then he smiled: "Duan Xiuran, do you really think I will believe you?! Once Zhao Lingyao is released, The sword in your hand will stab me immediately!"

He smiled sinisterly: "If you really want Zhao Lingyao to live, then look for her in the northeast direction early tomorrow morning. If I feel safe, I will naturally let her go."

The corners of Duan Xiuran's mouth were tightened, his expression could not be seen clearly in the night, and Zhao Yi stopped talking, but stared at him firmly.

This is a silent contest, a matter of life and death, as well as dignity, Zhao Yi will always be a scourge if he does not get rid of it.

Suddenly, Lingyao broke free from the rope that bound her wrist. Zhao Yi had been focusing all his attention on Duan Xiuran, so he didn't expect this.But Lingyao was too close to him, so Zhao Yi grabbed Lingyao's hand and found that her fingertips, which were originally round, were broken and even stained with blood.

She broke the rope with her fingernails!
Zhao Yi originally thought that Lingyao would definitely run towards Duan Xiuran, but she did the opposite, grabbed the dagger in his hand and stabbed fiercely at his leg. Zhao Yi didn't know that she was going to do this, and pulled After hitting her, the dagger was deflected a bit, and a cold light flashed, leaving a deep blood mark on Lingyao's ankle.

"Yao'er!" Duan Xiuran panicked, just now he saw that she looked at him differently, but he didn't understand what she meant, just like lightning, he had no time to react.

Lingyao collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, Zhao Yi tried his best to support her and tried to take her away, but Lingyao's legs seemed to be crippled, and she couldn't move at all.

Zhao Yi is just an idiot, neither literary nor martial, let alone how strong he is to carry Lingyao, and now that he is skinny, he is even more useless.

Zhao Yi didn't care about other things, knowing that his plan could not be implemented, he hurried on his horse.gallop away.

"Zhao Lingyao counts you as cruel! But what can I do? I can still live happily, but you actually broke your hamstring, I'm afraid—ah!"

A scream pierced through the silent night. The archer hidden on the tree branch received Duan Xiuran's order, and dozens of arrows shot towards Zhao Yi. He fell directly on the horse, and the horse was also well-behaved. He quickly ran back to Duan Xiuran's side.

It turned out that Duan Xiuran didn't arrange a large group of people to follow him up the mountain, but arranged for a group of sharp archers to hide in the shade of the trees, so Zhao Yi couldn't escape anyway.

In fact, Lingyao was what they were afraid of. The sword had no eyes, and they were afraid of hurting her. They didn't expect that she would make Zhao Yi give up her in this way, which gave them a chance.

Zhao Yi's desire to survive was far greater than his desire for revenge. He dragged Lingyao to grab the only life-saving straw with all his strength. If this straw became a burden, there was no need to hold on to it anymore.

After all, a hostage who can no longer walk is a lead stone that drags him down, and will only slow down his escape.

"Yao'er!" Duan Xiuran hurriedly picked her up, only to see that her lips were pale, her forehead was sweating, and she passed out quickly.

At midnight, it was supposed to go to bed, but Pingyang Hou's mansion was in a mess, Yuqiao was wiping tears outside the door, and Duan Xiuran was sitting on a chair outside without saying a word.

Mrs. Sun also came out in her clothes. She couldn't sleep at all, she just wanted to rescue Lingyao safely, but as soon as Xiu'er returned to the mansion, she sent someone to find the imperial doctor, and rushed to invite the old man in the palace. The doctor is here.

"When the imperial doctor got off the horse, his feet were weak, maybe he should be treated well?" Yuqiao asked anxiously.

"We originally wanted to invite Dr. Zhang. He is young, so even if he is bumped by a horse, he will not be hindered. How could Dr. Zhang pretend to go back to his hometown yesterday. Fortunately, Dr. Li said that he used to ride a horse to accompany him when he was young. I just invited you here, but I don't know that the imperial physician is too old, and he can't stand the toss." said the servant who invited the imperial physician.

"Go down." Sun said, "It's useless to have so many people around here, I can't help disturbing Yao'er anymore."

"Yes." The boy saluted and went down.

The door opened, Doctor Li came out wiping his sweat, Duan Xiuran hurried up to meet him, Doctor Li was taken aback, ignored him and continued to walk forward.

Duan Xiuran was stunned for a moment, followed quickly, and after leaving the courtyard, he saw Li Taiyi waiting for him.

"Your Majesty." Imperial Physician Li bowed, and Duan Xiuran hastily helped him up: "Princess Li, please get up—how ​​is Yao'er's injury?"

Imperial Physician Li shook his head: "Princess's left ankle wound is deeply bone-deep, let alone leave scars or not, the hamstring is completely broken, I'm afraid it's..."

"What are you afraid of?! Duan Xiuran seems to know the answer, but he still refuses to believe it.

Doctor Li sighed, and directly cut off all his hopes: "I'm afraid that the left leg will no longer be able to walk."

He raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, you should prepare a wheelchair for the princess earlier. The princess can also secretly practice walking with crutches, but she will always fall easily in the beginning. Your Majesty... you should comfort the princess more!"

Doctor Li shook his head, turned around and wanted to leave, but was grabbed by his sleeve. Duan Xiuran's almost begging voice sounded behind him: "Is it really impossible? She is so proud, I'm afraid..."

Unobtrusively pulling back his cuffs: "Even if Hua Tuo is alive, there is nothing he can do."

Duan Xiuran seemed to have lost his soul, and when he walked into the yard, Mrs. Sun hurried forward and asked, "Xiu'er, what does the imperial physician say?"

 Sorry for being late~

  
 
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