Tang Dynasty

Li Jiancheng leaned against the branch behind him, raised his head slightly, exposing a pale and slender neck in front of him.He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes drooping slightly, clearly looking extremely weak.

The man stared at it for a moment, then suddenly pushed aside the barrier, strode forward, and knelt down in front of him.

Sun Hua and Xiao Zao couldn't stop him in time, they raised their knives and chased after him, but seeing that the man had no malicious intentions, they looked at each other for a while, not knowing what to do, but they dared not relax their vigilance.

Although Li Jiancheng was suffering from a high fever, his limbs felt chilly.In a trance, he only felt his body being gently lifted, and then put into a generous embrace.

The instant warmth attached to his body, like a huge vortex, made him instinctively want to be greedy, and want to sink into it.

Struggling, Li Jiancheng opened his eyes and finally saw the person in front of him clearly.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, then he bent his pale lips, smiled forcefully, and said, "Brother."

Looking at him aggressively, his pair of eyes were abnormally deep in the night.He slowly tightened his arms around Li Jiancheng, finally smiled, and said, "Jiancheng, it's all right. Brother will take you back." I don't know if it was a hallucination, but Li Jiancheng felt that his expression was extremely calm, but he wrapped himself in his arms, It seemed to be trembling a little.

He looked aggressive and nodded very slowly.

"My son," Sun Hua and Xiao Zao had already walked over at this moment, looked at Tuobi, then shifted their eyes to Li Jiancheng and said hesitantly, "This person...does this son know each other?"

Li Jiancheng felt that the arms that were holding him tightly around him suddenly loosened a bit, and changed into a supporting posture without any trace.He moved his body slightly, as if intending to stand up.

Agbi was taken aback for a moment, then stepped back a bit.Li Jiancheng stood up slowly with the help of Dubi, and said to Sun Hua and Xiao Zao, "This is... Kang Sheath from the Turkic Pillar Kingdom, ordered by... Shibi Khan... to come to help our army." He said The voice was extremely hoarse, and due to unstable breathing, the voice was also intermittent.

When the two heard the words, they immediately raised their fists and saluted Duo Bi.Duo Bi felt that Li Jiancheng's whole body was terribly cold through his sleeves, and he didn't care about returning the gift, so he said to the two: "We can't stay here for long, we need to go down the mountain immediately!"

Sun Hua immediately said: "The rain has not subsided, and the son is seriously injured, how can he go down the mountain rashly?"

"Seriously injured?" A trace of distinct surprise flashed in Doubi's eyes, and he turned to Li Jiancheng and said, "Jiancheng, you..."

Jiancheng shook his head and interrupted, "It's just an arrow wound. It's on the shoulder and back, it's fine..."

Doubi looked at him for a moment, and his expression gradually regained his composure.He turned to Sun Hua and said decisively: "Since the son is seriously injured, he needs to go down the mountain for treatment immediately. How can he stay in this barren place? Besides, I brought five hundred people here, and most of them are waiting at the foot of the mountain. Soldiers, teach him not to leave a piece of armor behind!"

Sun Hua and Xiao Zao looked at him, and Fang wanted to speak, but Li Jiancheng had already opened his mouth and said softly: "Qu Tutong thought that if I was wounded, I would not... come out of the mountain in heavy rain, so I withdrew my troops. If... Really wait until the rain stops before leaving, I'm afraid I will meet the Sui army..." He paused, stood up straight with all his strength, and said solemnly, "Let's go down the mountain now, I... can hold on."

Sun Hua and Xiao Zao were startled, they had no choice but to gather their troops together immediately.Sun Hua led Li Jiancheng's horse and came under the tree. Li Jiancheng looked at it aggressively and said, "Brother... didn't you come here on a horse?"

Duobi laughed and said, "The mountain road is rugged and overgrown with weeds, so we hiked up."

Li Jiancheng said: "Then let's take a batch of horses... give it to the eldest brother." After saying that, he turned around, intending to call a small school over.

Because of his injuries, he had already taken off his armor at this time, and was only wearing a half-wet plain robe.Turning around at this time, a black and red patch on the left shoulder was suddenly exposed in sight.Although the wound was bound, the blood still slowly spread to the surroundings, like a blooming blood-colored peony.

Duo Bi's heart tightened, he stopped him and said: "It doesn't have to be like this when it is completed, I... will ride the same horse with you."

Li Jiancheng looked at him for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "That's fine..."

After the two got on their horses, Duo Bi spread out his cloak and wrapped Li Jiancheng in it, then they rode out from under the tree and into the rain.

The rain is still pouring, and it is cool when it falls on the body.Even though Aggressive's clothes were already half soaked, his tall figure blocked most of the rainwater.Enduring the severe pain on his back, Li Jiancheng shrank his body slightly, and suddenly heard the human voice behind him: "Jiancheng, stay close to me, don't let the wound see water."

Li Jiancheng nodded, and slowly leaned back.In this way, his whole body seemed to be completely nestled in the arms of the other party.

Slightly raised his eyes to look at the sky, but saw that the sky was no longer as dark as airtight.In the gloomy sky, there seems to be a faint gray.

Probably...it will be dawn soon.I don't want to be in the rain, it's already a night if I endure it.

Fortunately, I endured it and stayed until this moment.Li Jiancheng exhaled slowly and closed his eyes silently.

Feeling that the person in his arms gradually became immobile, Aobi lowered his eyes, and the outline of Li Jiancheng's side face was faintly visible in the night.After a while, he raised his eyes and stared at the road ahead.The hand holding the rein quietly released one, and gently wrapped it around the other's waist.

Then he pinched the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse neighed in a low voice, then quickened its pace and walked forward.

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"Second Young Master, it's raining non-stop, how can you be drenched like this?" A general rushed forward and said, "It's better to find a shade tree, Second Young Master, rest there for a while, and wait for me to go ahead to find the Eldest Young Master figure?"

Li Shimin turned his head away, staring at the road ahead: "No need, I will find it myself." After finishing speaking, he hit his horse and walked forward.

Pianjiang looked at his back and sighed, and had no choice but to lead the team behind to follow.

At this time, the sky was already brightening.It rained heavily all night, and Li Shimin was drenched in the rain all night, but even after a fight, he looked completely exhausted, and he still took the lead and walked ahead.

In other words, there is always such a breath in his heart, so that he must not have the slightest slack or discouraged thoughts.

big brother...

Li Shimin gritted his teeth, reached out and wiped his face to make his vision clear.He kept telling himself in his heart that his eldest brother was ahead, and he could be rescued if he walked a few more miles.

With this in mind, he endured the old wounds that had recurred during the fight just now, and walked "a few miles" one after another.

It's just that compared with the pain between the hair and skin of the body, the four words "life and death are uncertain" in Liu Wenjing's mouth are undoubtedly more torture to him.

At this moment, my elder brother's life or death is uncertain... This thought flashed in my mind, and there was a burst of burning pain, which made people unable to calm down.

He felt that he would keep searching along this mountain road.If you can't find your big brother, you won't stop, and you can't stop yourself.

And so, until death.

While he was meditating, he suddenly heard someone shout: "Second Young Master, there is someone in front!"

Li Shimin didn't have time to raise his eyes, he raised his whip almost instinctively, and rushed forward.He knew that there was no Sui army in this mountain, if there was someone, it would only be his elder brother.

Seeing the situation, the opponent's horses hurriedly gathered together to block them.Li Shimin ran straight to him, grabbed the reins, and shouted: "I am Li Shimin, is the elder brother in front?"

Hearing that it was the name of the visitor, the other party immediately dispersed, obviously they were members of the Li family, calling "Second Young Master" scatteredly in their mouths.Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed the ecstasy and relief in his heart, and shouted to the front again: "Where is the eldest brother?"

However, when his voice fell, he didn't hear Li Jiancheng's answer. What he heard was another "Second Young Master".

The voice was thick and deep, although it was in the same Chinese language, it was different from others after all.To Li Shimin, this voice was inexplicably familiar.

He raised his eyes to find the owner of the voice, and the next moment, he saw a shadow walking out slowly from behind the person.

At this time, the sky became brighter and brighter.Dim light fell through the thick clouds, dimly illuminating the other party's face, as well as... the white figure in his arms.

Torrential rain.

Agbi's whole body was drenched, but the person in his arms was completely unharmed.

Li Shimin stared blankly at the other party's horse approaching, and finally said slowly: "You...why are you here?"

Duo Bi lowered his eyes to look at the person in his arms, and said, "Why is Second Young Master here, and why am I?"

His voice was calm and restrained, but the movement of lowering his eyebrows made Li Shimin's chest burst into anger!

He suddenly drew out the long sword at his waist, and stabbed at the head of Doubi!

Everyone was shocked and let out a low cry.However, the person involved was aggressive, but he remained motionless in place.He didn't even move his eyes away to take a look at the sword tip that stopped only an inch from his neck, but just looked at Li Shimin quietly.Compared with the anger in the other party's eyes, there was only bottomless calm in his eyes.

"If the second son has any complaints against me, he is willing to let me deal with it in the future." He said slowly, "It's just that the son is seriously injured and needs to go down the mountain quickly."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's hand holding the hilt of the sword trembled immediately.He lowered his arms slowly, looked at Li Jiancheng in the arms of the other party, and called "Big Brother" in a low voice.

Li Jiancheng closed his eyes slightly, lowered his eyes and leaned on the aggressive chest, and did not respond.

"Brother?" Li Shimin called again, but the other party was still silent.

His heart sank severely, and Li Shimin's long sword fell to the ground, and there was an unstoppable panic in his chest.

Duobi looked at him quietly and said: "Just now when I took the son on the horse, he still had some sense of sanity. At this time, he may have a high fever and pass out. I must not wait any longer in this mountain." After a pause, he said, "Since the second son is here, come down the mountain with me, and cross the river quickly before the enemy is aware of it." After speaking, he lightly raised the rein of the horse and walked away from Li Shimin. Pass.

As they passed each other, he heard Li Shimin ask in a low voice, "Why do you save him?"

Hearing that there was a strange tremor in the voice, he raised his eyes and looked at him again in surprise.Li Shimin's whole body was soaked in the pouring rain, and his clothes and hair were completely wet. However, it was clearly the blood after the battle, but there were still dark red marks all over his body.

For some reason, Du Bi only felt that at this moment, Li Shimin looked like a helpless child, as if it was not Li Jiancheng who was in a desperate situation, but himself.

Even though the hostility in Li Shimin's eyes couldn't be more clear, even if he himself understood why this hostility arose, but when he heard the words, he just smiled lightly and said, "Maybe it's God's will."

Just now he heard Xiao Zao and Sun Hua mention that there are two roads into the mountain, east and west.I didn't know the way, so I searched up the mountain randomly. It was the dangerous east mountain road.But at this moment, it seems that Li Shimin, who came from the west, should have bumped into most of the Sui army, so it was much later.

So, it was God's will, even though he didn't intend to rescue Li Shimin before him.To him, all he cared about was the safety and well-being of the person in his arms. As for whether he rescued it by himself, it might not be that important.

he thought to himself.

Maybe one day he will become an enemy of this person, but it won't be for the reason he thought.

After a pause, he said again: "Second Young Master, let's go now."

Li Shimin looked at the back of Duobi leading Li Jiancheng away, and his heart suddenly became empty.All that's left is a sense of loss.

Even just now, he still desperately wanted to save his eldest brother from trouble with his own strength.For this belief, he fought bloody battles, he showered all night, and even took his life for it.

However, at this moment, he could only stand in the same place in vain, watching the other party faint in the arms of others, and slowly move away from him.

He suddenly discovered that his eldest brother was not his own, and his eldest brother had never... belonged to him alone.

This thought flashed through his mind, making Li Shimin suddenly at a loss.Until a general beat the horse approached, called "Second Young Master" suspiciously, and brought the dropped long sword to his eyes.

Only at this moment did he feel the bone-piercing coldness of the rain that fell on his whole body; only at this moment did he feel the abrupt warmth of the old torn wound on his chest.

The frozen picture in front of my eyes began to flow slowly.

Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses, but when he looked into the distance, the figure had long since disappeared.