Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

"Cousin, where are you, cousin?"

"Third Brother Xu, Fourth Brother Cheng, Fifth Brother Shan..."

That clear voice seemed to illuminate the path in front of Qin Qiong like a bright light.

Qin Qiong also didn't care to think about why his cousin Luo Cheng suddenly appeared here. There was a way out in front of him, and he just wanted to lead the soldiers out of this sea of ​​flames.

Raising his head, his eyes were still smoky and unable to see clearly ahead, but Luo Cheng's arrival at this moment gave Qin Qiong enough confidence, and shouted with all his strength: "Cousin, I am here, and many of our brothers in Wagang are here." here."

Luo Cheng heard the call, although the smoke was so choking that he couldn't open his eyes, but at least he knew that his cousin was fine, so he felt at ease, and shouted: "Cousin, listen to my gong and go away, I will take you Go out through the west gate."

Qin Qiong shouted, "Okay."

Only three loud bangs followed, "Bang bang bang——" Luo Cheng shouted: "Generals, I am Luo Cheng, the great general who protects the country in the original Wagang village. Yang Guang set up an ambush here, and all kerosene was buried under the ground. , I only had time to kill the guard at the west gate, and I didn't let it light up, so don't panic, follow my gong now, and I will take you out."

"Okay." Everyone's response was unanimous.The generals who thought they would die this time have nothing to say now, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.Regardless of whether what this person who appeared out of nowhere said was true or false, if you give it a go and believe in him, you may still have a way to survive, or else just wait to be burned into coke.

There were also some dubious voices, Luo Cheng didn't have time to appease and persuade, the fire was so strong that it might reach here at any time, and he could only do this for everyone.

Luo Cheng immediately shouted to the people around him: "Qin Yong, let's beat the gong together and go to the west gate."

"Okay, general, look at me." After finishing speaking, Qin Yong grabbed the reins with one hand and knocked on the gong tied to the horse's side with the other, and walked towards the west gate, shouting as he knocked, "Those who want to live , follow me! Let’s rush to the west gate!”

Amidst the smog, the two of them took the lead, followed by the people who were running forward.

And what is Li Mi doing at this moment?

Since Li Mi stood still after entering the city, he has been paying close attention to the jade seal on the abdication platform. From before Yang Guang suddenly stepped on the pedal and fell down the tunnel, and then the surrounding fire ignited, everyone stopped their movements, groaned, and Running for his life, he saw it all in his eyes, not only did he not run for his life, but he kept pushing forward, trying in vain to squeeze onto the abdication platform.

Wang Bodang, who was standing beside him and escorting him, immediately pulled him and kept hiding in a safe place, but Li Mi forcibly stopped him: "Bodang, Yuxi! My Yuxi is still there!"

"Your Majesty, even Yang Guang has escaped. I think this jade seal is probably fake. Let's leave the jade seal alone and run for our lives first."

Li Mi shook off his hand and said: "How could it be fake? You forgot that Yu Wenhuaji presented the jade seal to everyone before? This jade seal is obviously real! No, I must get it, get it , I, the emperor, can do what I deserve!"

Unable to stop Wang Bodang, he stomped his feet anxiously: "Your Majesty!"

The little general Qin Yong who was standing on the other side of Li Mi was also anxious: "What time is this? I'm almost dying. Are you still thinking about Yuxi?"

The reason why Qin Yong appeared next to Li Mi at this moment is that he bid farewell to the Luo family and asked tearfully to stay with his adoptive father Qin Qiong.

Today's martial arts competition was very dangerous, so Qin Qiong kept some selfishness and did not arrange for him to compete in the school field, but placed him next to Li Mi, relatively speaking, it was safer.

But who would have thought that Li Mi is very stubborn right now, with power at his fingertips, and he is unwilling to leave no matter what, seeing the fire spreading to this side, Qin Xin thought that there is no way to delay it like this, and he has to confess his life here , and remembered that before his adoptive father left, he told himself to protect the emperor, so he glanced at the jade seal on the abdication stage, gritted his teeth and said, "Then you go first, and I will fetch the jade seal for you."

Wang Bodang struggled a bit, and said: "Then be careful yourself." Then he pulled Li Mi who was still reluctant to leave first.

Everyone knew what happened after that, the people who were lucky enough to survive but couldn't find a way out were wandering, and when they heard Luo Cheng's gong and shouts, they all moved towards the sound and ran to each other for their lives.

When everyone ran out of the school grounds and out of Jiangdu, they were all as tired as dogs, lying on the side of the road panting, most of their clothes were burned by sparks, and there were many scars on their bodies.

Luo Cheng searched for his brothers among the wounded. Seeing the devastated people lying on the grass, Luo Cheng's tears almost fell down.

"General, don't worry, General Qin must have escaped, it's all right."

"But why didn't I see him?"

Qin Yong looked around, although many people were burned to death by the ignorant and faint emperor Yang Guang, but because the general and himself arrived in time, there were still many people who escaped alive, but the injuries were not small. The ground was blackened again, lying on the grass and moaning in pain, it was really hard to tell who was who for a while.

"General, don't worry, there are still a lot of people here, how can you see the head at a glance, General Qin must be among them, please rest for a while, I will look for you."

"No, I'll go find it myself."

Just as he was talking, he saw a person staggering towards him not far away. If it wasn't for the support of someone beside him, he might not even be able to stand still.

"Cousin..." Who is that unkempt person, Qin Qiong?

Next to him were Cheng Yaojin and You Junda. Although they were in a mess, they were still alive.

Especially when Cheng Yaojin was still cursing: "Goddamn Yang Guang, even if my old Cheng is fat, so what? He still wants to roast suckling pig?"

When Luo Cheng saw Cheng Yaojin, he burst out laughing, and still had the strength to curse. It must be nothing serious, so he ran forward and hugged the three of them in a moment of excitement: "Cousin, fourth brother Cheng, You Qi Brother, luckily you are still alive!"

Cheng Yaojin said: "If it wasn't for the sound of your gong, brother Luo Cheng, my old Cheng might not be able to get out of Jiangdu."

The four escaped from death, and after feeling a lot of emotion, they saw Shan Xiongxin, Wei Zheng, Wang Junke and others who escaped all the way with Xu Maogong on their backs.

Seeing that everyone was fine, it was finally a blessing among misfortunes, and my mood improved a little.

At this moment, someone suddenly asked: "Hey, where is Brother Bodang? How is Brother Bodang?"

Speaking of Wang Bodang...the Wagang brothers remembered that their emperor didn't know whether he was dead or alive...

You Junda took the lead and said: "The place where they were standing was in the northwest corner, not particularly close to the school grounds, we all escaped, the emperor and Bodang brothers, young general Qin Yong should have escaped, maybe in a certain place Let’s rest in a corner, let’s look for it again.”

Seeing that he was in a hurry again, Luo Cheng didn't want to join in, so he immediately said: "It's better for me to avoid it, after all, I am not from the Western Wei Dynasty, and I am too close to you, if Li Mi sees it for a while, I am afraid I will get hurt You guys made him suspicious."

Xu Maogong nodded and said: "It's rare that Luo Cheng brothers are thoughtful, the third brother doesn't talk nonsense, and I don't want to thank you for your kindness. There will always be a chance for us brothers to get together someday."

Luo Cheng didn't take it to heart at the time, what Xu Maogong said made Qin Qiong on the side look at him more thoughtfully.

As soon as Luo Cheng left, Wang Bodang appeared in everyone's sight with his back supporting Li Mi.

Li Mi's crown was also toppled, and his clothes were full of holes, and he was limping when he walked. If Wang Bodang hadn't supported him, he might have fallen down a long time ago.

Seeing that Qin Qiong and others were safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said a little relaxedly: "God bless me in the Western Wei Dynasty, as long as everyone is fine."

No wonder Li Mi said that, after he escaped, along the way, all the anti-kings were counting the number of casualties, and they heard the wailing sound all over the ground.Among the rebellious kings, there are too many generals who died in this trap. The most famous ones are Xiong Kuo Hai who occupies the mountain as the king and is capable of raising thousands of gold, Xu Yuanlang, the brave and skilled Yanzhou King of Lu, and Lin Danran, the leader of the 46 road smoke, The most pitiful thing is Zhang Ziyan's younger brother Zhang Chengjin, a good-looking man with high martial arts skills, who accidentally fell off the horse, broke his leg, couldn't walk, and was trampled to death by the crowd. big...

When Qin Qiong heard that her brother-in-law had died unexpectedly, she staggered and almost fell.

Despite the grief in his heart, he still did not forget his adopted son Qin Yong, and asked, "Your Majesty, where is my adopted son Qin Yong?"

Seeing Qin Qiong mentioning Qin Yong, the embarrassment on Li Mi's face flashed away, and he said lightly: "Just now, there was smoke everywhere, and there was no one in sight. We got separated at the beginning, and I don't know if we escaped."

Wang Bodang glanced at Li Mi, lowered his eyes, and remained silent.

When Qin Qiong heard this, he looked at the red city of Yangzhou again, and got separated?If he hadn't escaped by now, how could he still be alive!

"Second Brother Qin!"

"Hey, Brother Qin..."

Qin Qiong really closed his eyes this time, couldn't bear the blow, and passed out.

Naturally, he didn't see Li Mi's guilty eyes. Qin Qiong didn't see it, so he didn't think that others didn't see it either. All of this didn't escape Xu Maogong's eyes.

Besides, in order to avoid suspicion, Luo Cheng avoided Li Mi and others, got on his horse and was about to drive forward, but was stopped by Qin Yong: "General, where are you going?"

"Go back to the Li family's camp. Now that the person has been saved, I should go back and plead guilty."

Why did Luo Cheng suddenly appear here, and shot the guard at the north gate, ready to save people with drums and drums?

This matter has to go back to the city of Chang'an a few days ago, when his hand had just healed and he came to thank Li Yuanji for delivering the medicine.

Luo Cheng didn't come to Li Yuanji's yard once or twice, each time it was unimpeded, just because Li Yuanji had already issued an order to let Luo Cheng go when he saw him, he wished that Luo Cheng would come to him.

This time was no exception, but when Luo Cheng followed the maid's guidance and came all the way to the door of Li Yuanji's study, he was about to knock on the door when he heard some words, which stunned him immediately.

It turned out that Li Yuanji and his elder brother Li Jiancheng were better off. Now, the two chatted privately, and they happened to talk about Li Shimin's order to go to Yangzhou City to seize the jade seal. Li Jiancheng said that this time, the second brother might take the lead. , Father is also happy when he comes back after taking the jade seal, and our Li family can formally aspire to the throne.

Li Yuanji was puzzled, so he asked what happened.

Li Jiancheng sneaked Li Jing into Yangzhou City, got the exact news that Yang Guang set up an ambush, and then ran around overnight to tell each other.

Li Yuanji immediately asked: "Is this Yangzhou city really so dangerous?"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "According to Li Jing's report to his father, this stupid gentleman is vicious enough. He buried kerosene in the ground and set up traps, intending to burn those who seized the jade seal to death."

"So, people from the Western Wei Dynasty are also inside?"

"Of course, except for my Li family who did not enter the game, the rest of the anti-kings have entered."

When Li Yuanji heard this, Xiao Jiujiu immediately rose in his heart: "Brother, please don't tell Luo Cheng about this matter."

"What did I tell him?"

"Anyway, don't let him hear the slightest bit of wind."

Li Jiancheng was not a talkative person in the first place, not to mention that the less people knew about it, the better. If Li Yuanji was not his own younger brother, he would not have blurted out this matter. , he was a little confused: "What do you mean?"

Li Yuanji frowned and said, "Luo Cheng is a man of friendship. If he knew that his brothers in the past were about to be burned to death, he would definitely not stand idly by. If he went to Yangzhou City, wouldn't he be in danger? ? Simply don’t tell him, when he finds out, the matter will be a foregone conclusion, since there is no major event that broke his father, he will not rashly take risks.”

Li Jiancheng has never seen Li Yuanji who is so considerate of others. In his impression, his younger brother is a child with a good heart but a bad temper. It was not once or twice that Elo became the first, so he was puzzled, what happened to this man?

Before Li Jiancheng could figure it out, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Luo Cheng suddenly stood at the door.

Li Yuanji was immediately dumbfounded: "Luo... Luo Cheng..."

Luo Cheng glanced at him, turned around and left.

Li Yuanji spat annoyedly: "Bah, crow's mouth, I really want to come up with whatever I want."

He quickly chased after him: "Luo Cheng, where are you going?"

Luo Cheng kept walking forward without saying a word.

"Luo Cheng, stop!"

Luo Cheng glanced at the arm in front of him, and said: "Thank you for the ointment you brought over the past few days, my hands are all healed, I came here today to thank you, and secondly, I wanted to make gestures with you. But now I’m afraid it won’t work.”

"I'm free." Li Yuanji hurriedly said, isn't it just being beaten, and he got used to it.

"I'm not free." Luo Cheng wanted to leave again.

"Wait, did you hear everything?"

"Well, my cousin, my brothers who share life and death are all in Yangzhou City, why do you want me to watch them die?"

"Even if you want to stop it, it's too late. I'm afraid that the army of anti-kings has already entered Yangzhou City. If you go, you will die."

"If I don't go, they will really die!" Luo Cheng raised his head and looked at Li Yuanji with burning eyes, "It counts as one who can save the next one."

"What if I say I must not let you go?"

"Get out of the way, you are not my opponent."

"No!"

"Li Yuanji, you!" Luo Cheng stretched out a punch that almost reached his face, but he still couldn't see him dodging, so Luo Cheng had no choice but to stop his hand suddenly, "Will you let me go?"

"No."

Luo Cheng was in a hurry. Why did this person look like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water? He was sure that this person would definitely not be his opponent in a fight, but who made him strong against blows?

Luo Cheng walked around Li Yuanji, trying to get away from him.

Li Yuanji stretched out his hand to stop him, but Luo Cheng threw him over his shoulder and directly threw him to the ground. He made another hand, leaned forward, pressed his body, and stretched out his hand to untie his belt. Li Yuanji was so embarrassed. Thick-skinned blushed, but fortunately his skin was dark, so it wasn't very obvious.

"Luo Cheng, what do you want to do?"

Luo Cheng was surprised why this man suddenly became so honest, but it was good to be honest, let him tie Li Yuanji's hands and feet together with a belt without any effort, let alone Doriso.

When Li Yuanji came back to his senses, someone had bound his hands and feet, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "Luo Cheng, what are you doing? Untie me quickly!"

Then, she clapped her hands and stood up, with the corners of her lips slightly hooked: "I've known you for so long, how can I not know your temperament? If you really untie it, can I still leave smoothly?"

"Luo Cheng, you bastard, untie it for me!"

"Come on! Come on—"

Luo Cheng glanced at him, cupped his hands and faced Li Jiancheng and said, "My lord, Luo Cheng offended you today. It's just that I and everyone in Wagang once paid homage to Guan Gong, we lived and died together, and we will never leave. I don't know. I know. There is absolutely no reason to turn a blind eye and close one eye. I have to rush to Yangzhou City now. If someone here wants to stop me, they can't stop me. As for the third son—"

"Luo Cheng!"

Luo Cheng turned a blind eye to Li Yuanji's bearded and staring expression: "The eldest son doesn't want the third son to go into danger with me, does he?"

Li Jiancheng glanced at Li Yuanji's panic-stricken look, let alone, if Luo Cheng went, Yuanji would most likely go with him.

So, he waved his hand and said to the guards who had rushed up, "Go down."

"Big brother!"

Li Jiancheng turned a deaf ear to it, and said to Luo Cheng with his hands behind his back: "The people in this mansion really can't stop you, so I don't plan to stop you either. But Luo Cheng, do you remember? You are from my Li family now."

Luo Cheng knelt down on both knees: "If the Duke's plan is ruined, if Luo Cheng can come back alive, he will definitely go to him to plead guilty in person. How to deal with it is up to you."

"Okay, remember what you said."

As soon as Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Luo Cheng stood up, bowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chengcheng." He turned around and walked out the door without looking back.

"Luo Cheng, come back! Don't go, do you hear me! Don't go!"

"Brother, why do you really let him go? It's fire oil. What can he do?"

"No one is allowed to untie him. I don't think the belt is very strong. Go and get a stronger rope. If it is tied firmly, don't let your third son break free. If there is an iron chain, bring it together. "

"Brother, how could you do this!"

Luo Cheng ignored him, and Li Jiancheng ignored him. Li Yuanji was in a hurry: "You dog slaves, you are all from my house, you have to obey me, hurry up! Untie the rope for me, go out and stop Luo Cheng! "

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They all lowered their heads and tied the ropes to Li Yuanji.

"You dog slaves!"

Li An stood out tremblingly, and said with a bitter face, "Third Young Master, you listen to the Eldest Young Master, do we dare not listen to the Eldest Young Master? As for General Ban Luo... Third Young Master, please spare us, you This is too much to look down on us servants."

"You...you fucking bastards! When the master is free, none of you can escape..."

"Come on, come on, let me see, which bastard dares to tie my master's legs, I can't kick you to death..."

"Okay, Li An, you bastard, you don't listen to my words when you are so kind to you, and you are the first one to come up and tie me up..."

"Oh, ouch, you strangled me to death, big brother...how can you torment me so much, I'm your own younger brother, I don't know, I thought I was born by my stepmother..."

Luo Cheng remembered that when he strode out of Li Yuanji's yard, he could still hear Li Yuanji's furious clamor inside.

"General? General?"

"Huh?" Luo Cheng came to his senses, looked around, and was on his way back to Li's camp.

"General, what were you thinking just now? You all laughed."

Luo Cheng smiled and said: "I'm just thinking about what Li Yuanji should be like now. You didn't see how embarrassed he was when I left."

Qin Yong muttered: "What time is it, and I still have to think about it, so I should think about how to explain it to Tang Guogong when I go back."

Just as Qin Yong was about to speak, he suddenly saw a person and a horse passing diagonally not far away, and immediately closed his mouth, curled his lips and said: "Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there, if you want to know how angry he is, you can ask him yourself gone."