The next day, after breakfast, Li Zhiyun ordered everyone to pack up and prepare to set off. At this moment, County Magistrate Wang hurriedly came to the inn to look for him. As soon as he met him, he said, "King Chu, are you leaving?" Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"
"I just came to tell His Highness that you should get out of here quickly. A group of Qiang people are coming to kill you."
"What, Qiang people? What's going on?"
"That group of Qiang people was originally stationed near Chang'an," Wang Zhucheng said. "They suddenly rebelled, marched into Nanshan, and then passed through Hanyang and came here to kill!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhiyun hurriedly asked, "Is their leader called Pang Qidi?" Magistrate Wang nodded and said, "Probably so."
"Then, why did they rebel?"
"The Qiang people have always been ferocious," County Magistrate Wang said. "I heard that the imperial court was worried about placing them near Chang'an, so they wanted to move them to Liangzhou. Liangzhou is facing the Turks, and the imperial court wanted them to be a great force for us. When Tang was guarding the border, the group of Qiang people stopped working."
"Then the imperial court didn't send troops to encircle and suppress them?"
"Why didn't you send one? The mighty general Pang Yu led thousands of people to attack them, but they were defeated."
"how so?"
"Your Highness, that group of Qiang people burned, killed, and looted along the way. They committed all kinds of evil. They are not far from here. I just got the news. Gaoling County has no soldiers and generals. It will definitely not be defended. You should leave quickly!" Wang Zhucheng After that, he turned around and walked away in a hurry.
Li Zhiyun came to his senses and immediately ordered everyone to pack their bags and leave here immediately. After everyone was ready, the team left the inn and headed along the street towards the north gate. As soon as they reached Jixiang Street, chaos suddenly broke out on the street. Many people turned around and ran back. Some people shouted while running: "The Qiang people are coming! Run!"
Li Zhiyun stopped his horse and called to a young man who ran by and asked him what happened. The man pointed his arm back and said tremblingly: "The Qiang people are coming, they are killing people randomly, run away!" After that, he hurried away. Li Zhiyun listened and said to himself: "Why did it come so fast?"
When he was in a daze, he suddenly saw a large group of people, about hundreds of people, coming from a hundred feet away in front of him. They wore different costumes, some were riding horses, some were on foot, and all of them were armed with swords and spears. They killed anyone they saw. Many people who had no time to escape became victims of the sword.
"King Chu, what should I do?" Zhang Zheng asked from the side.
Li Zhiyun frowned and made a decisive decision: "Turn around and go to the east gate." After that, he turned the horse's head. So, the team immediately turned around and turned into another street. However, the group of Qiang people had already discovered them and immediately pursued them like bloodthirsty mosquitoes and flies.
The team marched less than a hundred steps when a large number of Qiang people appeared in front, stopping them. The Qiang people rushed forward like evil wolves and started fighting with the guards in front. At this time, the Qiang people who were chasing behind also arrived, and fighting broke out in front and behind. Seeing that he couldn't leave, Li Zhiyun had to dismount, came to the carriage and called Liu Yinglian down. When Liu Yinglian heard the shouts of killing Zhentian from all around, she was so frightened that her delicate body trembled, and she held one of his arms tightly with both hands.
Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu stood guard beside them. The Dianjun of the Marriage Affairs Office ran over from the front, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the front is blocked and we can't get through. I will lead people to resist here for a while. You guys can't get through." Take that alley." He pointed to an alley on the right.
Seeing Li Zhiyun nodding in agreement, Dian Jun ran back to continue directing the battle. The alley was obviously too narrow for carriages. Li Zhiyun stopped riding and pulled Liu Yinglian to leave, but Liu Yinglian refused to move and shouted, "Where is my father?" After hearing this, Li Zhiyun remembered his future father-in-law. , looked around quickly, and happened to see Liu Hong running from behind with the support of several nurses.
When they came to the front, Li Zhiyun said loudly: "Master Liu, there is no way to pass, let's go through the alley next to it." Liu Hong gasped and said: "King Chu, please leave me alone. I will leave my daughter alone." Leave it to you, you must protect her!" Li Zhiyun waved his hand and said: "Stop talking so much, let's go together." After that, he pulled Liu Yinglian and was protected by Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and more than 20 guards. , entered the alley.
The alley was quiet, not a soul in sight. After they walked for a while, Liu Yinglian looked back and suddenly shouted: "Hey, where is my dad?" Li Zhiyun looked back and found that Liu Hong and the nursing staff had not followed.
"My lord, you go ahead, I'll take someone to look for you!" After Zhang Zheng said that, he took a few guards and turned back to look for Liu Hong and the others.
Liu Yinglian still didn't want to leave, so Li Zhiyun comforted her: "Your father will be fine, go quickly!" After that, he forced her to move forward. The group of people exited the alley and came to a street, hurriedly walking towards the east gate. However, before they had gone far, another group of Qiang people came towards them, and more than a dozen guards immediately rushed to resist them.
Li Zhiyun was like a headless fly, dragging Liu Yinglian around. When they came to another street, hundreds of people suddenly came forward and blocked them. Sitting on a tall horse at the front of the queue was a tall and sturdy man. Li Zhiyun took a closer look and saw that it was the Qiang leader who was standing next to him. At this moment, except for Cai Hu, there were only seven or eight guards left around Li Zhiyun. The Qiang people surrounded them three layers inside and three layers outside.
Sitting on the horse beside him laughed loudly and said: "King Chu, it's been a long time. How are you?" Li Zhiyun stood still, looking at him calmly and said: "Bangqidi, what do you want? ?" There was another burst of laughter from the side, and then he said: "For the sake of you paying for my drinks in Chang'an, I won't kill you today, so I can let you go, but the woman next to you has to be given to me. Leave."
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was shocked and secretly shocked. After hearing this, Liu Yinglian was so frightened that she trembled all over and hugged him tightly. Li Zhiyun forced himself to calm down and patted Liu Yinglian's back gently with his hand to tell her not to be afraid. Then he looked at Pang Qidi and said, "This is impossible." Pang Qidi laughed and said, "King Chu, you We have fallen to this point, is there any choice?" Li Zhiyun looked back and saw that Cai Hu and the guards were all holding swords, facing off against the broadswords and spears in the hands of the Qiang people who surrounded them. However, the Qiang people are numerous and powerful, while they are alone. The contrast is too great.
A good man does not suffer immediate losses. Li Zhiyun turned around, put on a smiling face and said: "Bang Qi Di, if you let us go, I can tell my father to forgive you for your rebellion." When Bing Qi Di heard this, his eyes widened and he said, "I have already You rebelled, and you asked your father to pardon you?"
"Then, how about being promoted to a higher position and given gold, silver and jewelry?"
"I don't want anything but this woman."
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry, and a rush of blood rushed to his forehead. He drew his sword and shouted: "Even if I shed blood on the spot, you can never take her away from me!"
"Are you stupid?" He shouted from the sidelines, "There are only a few of you. If you take action and you all die in battle, won't this woman still fall into my hands?"
Li Zhiyun did not expect that a Qiang leader would force him into such a desperate situation. The guy in front of him was arrogant and rude, insisting on taking away people's love, but as a man, he could never just watch the woman he loved being taken away. Li Zhiyun's heart skipped a beat and he said loudly: "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! Come on!"
"Okay, since you are so disrespectful, don't blame me for being rude." He shouted from the side, "Brothers, give me..."
"No," Liu Yinglian suddenly shouted, she grabbed Li Zhiyun's arm, "My lord, please leave quickly and leave me alone!"
"No, no," Li Zhiyun said with tears, "I will never let him take you away!"
Liu Yinglian's eyebrows were sad, her eyelashes filled with tears, and she said: "Your Majesty, we have suffered bad luck today. If we can live longer, just count it as one. You go quickly!"
"No, never!..."
Sitting on the horse beside him, staring with a pair of bull's eyes, he said impatiently: "Have you had enough of your performance? I'm going to do it, brothers, do it!"
"Stop!" A woman's voice sounded outside the encirclement.
The surrounding Qiang people consciously moved out of the way, and the woman walked in. Li Zhiyun wiped away his tears and took a look, isn't this Wang Zhujun? Wang Zhujun walked calmly to the horse beside him and said calmly, "Let them go, and I will follow you."
"Are you coming with me?"
"Don't you just want to find a beautiful woman?" Wang Zhujun smiled, "I'm not worse than her, am I?"
Looking at her from the sidelines, he saw that this woman had a graceful and curvaceous figure, enlarged breasts and an extremely attractive waist. She had a soul-stirring pretty face, her face was like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her color was like the flowers at dawn in spring. He swallowed silently and nodded with satisfaction. However, he suddenly remembered something again and said with suspicion: "Girl, others are avoiding me, why do you take the initiative to follow me?"
"I've fallen in love with you," Wang Zhujun said with a smile, "You are tall and strong, like a man, and I like that. How about I go back to the village with you and be your wife?"
When he heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "I like that girl so generous. Okay, that's it!"
Wang Zhujun turned around and walked up to Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian, winking mischievously. Li Zhiyun looked at her worriedly and said, "Miss Wang, you don't have to be like this." Wang Zhujun didn't say anything, but turned his eyes to Liu Yinglian and teased, "I'm sorry, I stole your man." After that, he turned around. He turned around and said to Qi Qi, "Let's go."
"Can you ride a horse?"
"Of course I will."
With a wave of his hand, a Qiang man came leading a horse. Wang Zhujun took the reins, mounted his horse, and rode away following Qi Di.
Liu Yinglian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the Qiang people were gone. As soon as her spirit relaxed, her body collapsed and she could not stand steadily, so she had to lean on Li Zhiyun's arms. Li Zhiyun hugged her tightly and was unwilling to let go for a long time.
