after being kidnapped by the general

One and a half months ago, Chu Hechao was ambushed by King Chen and fell into the Huai River with an arrow.

The arrow hit was actually a fake. Chu Hechao was wearing armor, so the bow and arrow couldn't go in.However, the road of survival was surrounded by King Chen, and only by throwing himself into the Huaihe River would he have a chance of survival. Chu Hechao pretended to be hit by an arrow and jumped into the river, and the soldiers guarding him also jumped down together.

They took off their armor as soon as they entered the water, because Yuan Li told them to practice swimming frequently, and they were all good at swimming.But the Huaihe River was swift, and there were Yangzhou navy officers on the river to arrest them. They drowned more than a dozen people in the process of fleeing for their lives.

Many brothers' arms and legs were also broken by the rocks. Yuan Congyun was almost killed by the river and hit a boulder. Fortunately, Chu Hechao grabbed him at a critical moment and rescued him by his collar.

However, in order to save him, Chu Hechao's thigh and waist were pierced with blood holes by sharp and thick branches.

Chu Hechao gritted his teeth, grabbed Yuan Congyun with one hand, and an exhausted soldier with the other, and dragged them ashore with all his strength.After landing on the shore, Chu Hechao fell into a coma as soon as he threw his hands away.

Most of the brothers were covered with wounds, and Chu Hechao's wound was also inflamed, and the Yangzhou Navy was still chasing after him.Fortunately, they met a fishing boat bound for Jingzhou, so they had time to recuperate.

Yuan Congyun cleaned up Chu Hechao's wound according to Yuanli's method, smoked moxa and changed herbal medicine, and waited for Chu Hechao to wake up in fear.Fortunately, Chu Hechao's desire to survive was unusually strong, and he finally opened his eyes after being in a coma for half a month.

Yuan Congyun was overjoyed, and told Chu Hechao all the information he had inquired within half a month, including Yuanli's departure from Xuzhou and King Chen's attack on Xuzhou. After telling him, he asked Chu Hechao whether he would return to Youzhou or go to Xuzhou.

Chu Hechao pondered for a moment, but led his subordinates to change to a fishing boat headed to Jiaozhou.

He knew Yuan Li's character well. He disappeared under the frame of King Chen, and Xuzhou was in dire straits. Yuan Li's departure this time must be to transfer troops.With the round trip time by boat plus the time to transfer troops, Yuanli will return to Xuzhou in at most three months.Chu Hechao and the others were too far away from Youzhou, and they were seriously injured. When they arrived in Youzhou, Yuanli might have returned to Xuzhou and started fighting with King Chen, so Youzhou could not return.

It is even more dangerous to return to Xuzhou, and they will be found by King Chen's army at any time.

What's more, Wu Kai and Ouyang Ting are defending the city. It is easy to defend the city and difficult to attack the city. With them around, it will be no problem to defend the city for a few months.Even if Chu Hechao escaped King Chen's army and successfully reunited with Wu Kai and the others, a wounded him and his dozens of remnants would not be of much use to Xuzhou.

Chu Hechao is not a character who just sits and waits to die. Since neither Youzhou nor Xuzhou can go, he has the idea of ​​the governor of Jiaozhou.

The governor of Jiaozhou was named Zhou Lian, and he was once a friend of Chu Hechao's father, Chu Hengping.The governor of Jiaozhou also had a son named Zhou Yukan, who was once the Minister of the Shaofu in Beijing, and was Chu Mingfeng's best friend.

Chu Mingfeng once gave Yuanli Zhou Yukan a call letter, but Yuanli did not visit this person.

The relationship between Chu Hechao and the governor of Jiaozhou is faint, because he has met him several times and called him uncle.

However, the governor of Jiaozhou once wrote to ask Chu Hechao for help on how to deal with the barbarians, and Chu Hechao didn't keep it private, and taught him all the methods.

With his help, the governor of Jiaozhou drove away the barbarians in the south. In order to thank him, he once told Chu Hechao that he could ask him for help if he had any problems.

Chu Hechao understood the fickleness of people's hearts better than anyone else, and he never took Jiaozhou governor's words seriously, let alone today.But until now, I still have to try it.

As long as he can borrow soldiers from the governor of Jiaozhou, he and Yuanli can attack King Chen on both sides.

Even if the governor of Jiaozhou only lent 2000 people to Chu Hechao, Chu Hechao would have a way to make Chen Wang suffer a lot.

So while recovering from his injuries, he rushed to Jiaozhou.Half a month later, the fishing boat finally arrived in Jiaozhou.

Chu Hechao put on a robe to cover his face and the sword at his waist.

They got off the boat in a hurry, and blended into the crowd in a low-key manner.

Youzhou.

Ever since Yuanli read the letter in Yang Zhongfa's residence, he has calmed down day by day.

According to the instructions in the letter, he ate well and slept well.If Chu Hechao is still working hard for him, how can Yuanli let himself live so badly?

Yuanli worked hard to make herself as healthy as before.But he was busy in the military camp every day, and he was hiding something in his heart.Even if she is willing to eat and sleep, she still hasn't gained any flesh, and she looks extremely haggard.

And one day, when someone in the army was talking about Chu Hechao's death and he heard him, Yuan Li directly used military law with a cold face, and warned the soldiers of the army that if they spread rumors to disturb the morale of the army, they would be executed immediately.

In the political affairs hall, even the subordinates who are valued by Yuanli will be reprimanded by Yuanli if they say that Chu Hechao is dead. After half a month, no one dares to mention "Chu Hechao may be dead" in front of him .

After Chu Hechao's accident, Yuanli's personality changed drastically.Coupled with these incidents, some people already vaguely feel that the friendship between Yuan Li and Chu Hechao seems to be so deep... It's not just the friendship between uncles and friends.

Such thoughts make people secretly startled.

But Chu Hechao is now in danger, and Yuanli is their lord, so no one dares to think about it anymore, just pretend that they have not noticed anything, and they don't know anything.

As early as Chen Shi learned that Chu Hechao's life and death were unknown, she was shocked and worried.Worried about whether Chu Hechao is really dead, and also worried about Yuanli.

She has been looking for a chance to visit Yuanli, but Yuanli has no time.On this day, when she learned that Yuanli had finally returned to Chu Palace from the army camp, she immediately packed up her things and prepared to go see her son.

After Yuan Song knew about it, he also went to Chu Palace with her.

Both husband and wife were afraid that Yuanli would be exhausted.

It's just that the Chen family knew about the affairs between Yuanli and Chu Hechao, but Yuan Song didn't.

Chen was worried that Yuan Song's wrong words would make Yuan Li sad, so she carefully told her: "The general is missing now, Le Jun and the general have known each other for several years, and the relationship is naturally very deep. Master, you must not be in front of Le Jun." Mention the murder of the great general so as not to make Mr. Le sad."

Yuan Song nodded in response, touched his beard and sighed: "I have heard a lot of things recently. I heard that because someone said in front of Le Jun that the general died, Le Jun lost his temper several times. I have never I've seen Le Jun lose his temper... Sigh, I never thought that the relationship between Le Jun and the General is so good, it's a pity..."

He was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The general is a hero, and he has been kind to our Yuan Mansion. If he is gone, there may be turmoil in the north. Fortunately, the Huns are gone... These days, some of the retainers in the mansion are still there. Some people are secretly happy, happy that the general is gone, and Youzhou and Beijiang can become Lejun. If I hear that pigs and dogs are not as good as this, I will get angry and drive these people out. I would rather the general be good Even if they are alive, they don’t want to take advantage of this, they are also short-sighted, and their character is really despicable!"

Mrs. Chen followed suit and nodded, "Master did the right thing. The general has gone, how can this be a good thing..."

After arriving at the Chu Palace, the servant led them to sit in the lobby.

When Yuanli heard that his parents were coming, he rushed over in a hurry.After entering the door, he greeted them both, "Father, mother, why are you here?"

Seeing him, Yuan Song and Chen Shi were startled, they stood up abruptly from their chairs, not daring to say anything: "My son, why are you so thin!"

Yuan Li smiled lightly, and asked them to sit down, "You two don't have to worry, I'm just busy these days, so I lost a little weight."

Yuan Song is a person who has been here before. He knows the difference between the appearance of being thin due to busy work and the appearance of being thin because of the hidden thoughts in his heart. He is distressed and angry: "What is 'a little'! You are almost skinny. It’s just that you’re so busy with business. Le Jun, listen to what dad said, Chu Hechao is gone, if you fall down again..."

"He's not here," Yuan Li interrupted Yuan Song, looked down at the small cracks on the ground, covered his eyes with long eyelashes like crow feathers, and repeated, "He's still alive and well, but he's not in Youyou. It's just the state."

Looking at him like this, Yuan Song felt strange in his heart. He frowned and said, "That's exactly what I mean... Le Jun, you..."

He wanted to say something, but shut up and swallowed.

Is Le Jun too sensitive about whether Chu Hechao is alive or dead?

Chen said in time: "Father and mother are just worried about you. There are many things I want to say to you, but I just want to watch you eat something when I see you. It's already noon, don't you like being here Do you want to add a meal, is it available?"

Yuan Li shook his head slowly, "Not yet."

Chen hurriedly asked people to serve food, and in order to let Yuanli eat more, she went to the kitchen to cook two dishes herself.

The table was filled with food, and the chef of Chu Palace also knew that Yuanli had a bad appetite these days. In order to let Mr. Wen eat more, the kitchen had exhausted all their efforts and made sour, sweet and salty food. Spicy food with various flavors, the aroma is so mouth-watering.

Yuan Li still didn't have much appetite, but because his parents were there, he also ate a lot.

For a while, only the sound of knocking dishes and chopsticks was heard on the table.

The more he ate, the more uncomfortable Yuan Song felt.

The Yuan family did not have the rule of not talking when eating or sleeping. In the past, Yuan Li would always say some light-hearted and witty words to make people happy when eating. Such a silent meal was the first time in the world.

Thinking of this, Yuan Song took another look at Yuan Li.But he found that Yuanli actually picked up the piece of ginger that he didn't like in the past and put it into his mouth. After chewing it twice, he swallowed it as if he didn't find the taste was wrong.

Yuan Song said in surprise: "Le Jun, why did you eat the ginger piece?"

Yuan Li was taken aback, then smiled nonchalantly, "Ginger is good for your health."

Chen Shi and Yuan Song were speechless.

Yuan Song felt for a moment that it was not Chu Hechao who died, but his son's beloved wife...

After this idea came up, Yuan Song felt even more strange.

After the meal, Mrs. Chen dragged Yuan Li to eat and relax. Yuan Song followed behind, not knowing what he was thinking, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Chen looked back and pulled Yuan Song over dumbfounded, "Both of you father and son are usually too busy to see each other a few times, and now we finally meet each other, why don't you talk more?"

Yuan Song looked at Yuan Li who had lost a lot of weight, but for some reason he kept thinking of the thought just now.The more he thought about it, the more dazed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't take it back. His heart was in a mess, and things that he thought were normal before became strange, and he suddenly asked, "Le Jun, why did you go to Jizhou Wengong's mansion?" , the general wants to go to Jizhou with you?"

Yuan Li heard the words, turned his head and looked at Yuan Song.

Chen was taken aback, and said anxiously: "What's there to say..."

But Yuan Song still stares at Yuan Li.

Yuan Li pursed his lips and said calmly: "He is worried that I will go to Jizhou alone."

Yuan Song stopped breathing for a few moments, his face was stiff for a moment, and then he smiled nonchalantly: "The general really treats you like a family member, and I'm afraid something will happen to you. That's right, Wu Shanshi had just After being captured, Jizhou is still in chaos, so it is understandable for the general to go with you."

Yuan Li responded and didn't say anything more.

Chen shi breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing Yuan Li like this, he couldn't help his eyes sour.

When she heard about Chu Hechao's accident, although she was very worried, deep in her heart was a secret hope that if something happened to Chu Hechao, Yuanli would be willing to marry a wife and have children.

After all, she didn't want her son to bear the stigma of his uncle's incest.

But after seeing Yuanli today, this last sliver of hope disappeared completely. Now, from the bottom of her heart, Mrs. Chen begged Mantian Gods and Buddhas to bless Chu Hechao, so that Chu Hechao could come back alive.

This piece of meat that fell out after being pregnant in October, as a mother, Chen couldn't see Yuanli like this.

She hid her tears and changed the topic: "What is the red string around your neck? Mother remembers that you didn't want to wear these things before."

Yuan Li finally showed a smile, and he took out the Jade Bodhisattva from his clothes, "It's Avalokitesvara made of Zunyu."

The Avalokitesvara made of that jade is exquisite and small, and its fineness is rare.When it landed on Yuanli's clothes, it was even more translucent.

Yuan Song looked at this Avalokitesvara, his eyelids twitched suddenly, the more he looked at this Avalokitesvara, the more familiar he looked.He stared at it for a while, then his face changed, and he lost his voice: "Isn't this the jade on Chu Hechao's neck? Le Jun, why is this jade on your body!"

Yuan Li didn't even blink his eyes, he said with no change of expression: "Father, you should have already guessed it."

Yuan Song clenched his fists tightly, staggered a step back, and the boulder in his heart suddenly fell to the ground.

His mouth was full of bitterness, he didn't want to believe it but he had to believe it - Yuan Li and Chu Hechao had such a rebellious relationship!