newbobooks Chapter 279 Leave no one behind
Chapter 279 Leave no one behind
"I was only thirteen when my father died. He died saving the emperor. Although he gained some glory, what use was this glory to two fatherless and motherless children?"
Soon, the property that Commander Lu had sacrificed his life for was seized by his brothers. Lu Shiyuan and Lu Chang became dependents, living a life of hunger and starvation, and being bullied wherever they went.
"That winter, Chang'er fell seriously ill and had a fever for three days and three nights without recovering. I went to ask my uncle and aunt, and asked my uncle and aunt to find a doctor to treat him, but they said that Chang'er was destined to have this disaster, and if he couldn't make it, it would be his bad luck."
"I was filled with grief and anger. I left the Lu family's house carrying Chang'er on my back and went to seek medical treatment. On the way, I met him."
It was freezing cold and snowing heavily.
Lu Shiyuan fell in front of Prince Jing's carriage.
"His Highness gave me some money and asked me to treat Chang'er."
Prince Jing?
Su Li and Huan Ge'er looked at each other silently, seeing the same doubt in each other's eyes.
Lu Shiyuan hooked the hair on his temples and put it behind his ears, and his voice came faintly:
"I have no way of repaying your highness for his kindness. So as soon as Chang'er recovers from his illness, I will agree to become a maid in the palace and be his spy in the palace."
"So, your entry into the palace was not as the outside world said, but because the emperor took special care of you in recognition of Commander Lu's life-saving grace?" Su Li asked.
"Humph!"
Lu Shiyuan snorted and said disdainfully,
"The Emperor? My father died tragically saving him, and he thought that rewarding Chang'er and me with some gold, silver, and property would appease us? Where was the Emperor when Chang'er and I were being exploited by our uncles? My father gave his life out of loyalty to the emperor, and what about him? He took it all for granted and accepted it calmly."
"Even when I appeared in front of him and asked whose daughter I was, a look of confusion crossed his face. It was obvious that he had long forgotten the name of his savior."
When Su Li and Huan Ge'er heard Lu Shiyuan talk about Emperor Jingde, they all felt the same way.
"So, you have always been Prince Jing's man?"
"That's right! Your Highness is a man of great talent and strategy, full of strategy, and full of loyalty and righteousness. He is a thousand times better than that bastard emperor. Over the years, I have helped Your Highness with many things, and Your Highness also promised me that when the day comes, he will let Chang'er serve as an official in the court to help me take back everything that belongs to us and revive my Lu family."
"Unfortunately, I didn't wait."
"I don't know if the dog emperor realized something or had some other plan, but just when I was about to leave the palace, he suddenly said he wanted to give me to General Pei."
"No!" Su Li interrupted her, "No, no, isn't Prince Jing already dead? Could it be..."
"Mother, everything Aunt Lu did today proves one thing: Prince Jing is not dead at all!" Huan Ge'er frowned and deduced this was the only possible outcome.
"not dead?!"
Su Li was so shocked that she almost stood up from her chair.
"Hahaha, His Highness is a peerless hero, of course he's not dead! Not only is he not dead, he will make a comeback and wipe out that bastard emperor's world. When His Highness Prince Jing ascends the throne, my Chang'er will be able to serve as an official in the court, and I will be able to take back the Lu family's assets and revive our family!"
Having said this, Aunt Lu suddenly went a little crazy.
"It's all your fault! Su Li! You ruined my plans! You used Chang'er to threaten me. I couldn't kill Pei Heng, and I couldn't complete His Highness's request. I... I... had to betray him. Twelve years of hard work, all in vain!"
"Ah! All my efforts have been in vain!"
"Chang'er! Why don't you understand my sister's painstaking efforts? I did all this for you and the Lu family, but you don't appreciate it at all! What have I done for the past twelve years?"
Aunt Lu howled to the sky and burst into tears.
"Hahahaha, Su Li, so what if you kidnapped Chang'er and me! Tonight, you will not die a good death either! Erlang will chop off your and Pei Heng's heads and send them to His Royal Highness Prince Jing. Even if Chang'er and I die, everyone in this villa will be buried with us!"
Looking at the nearly insane Aunt Lu, Huan Ge'er waved his hand and had someone take her away.
The room finally became quiet.
Su Li thought quickly, and Huan Ge'er beside him was also silent, thinking about what had happened recently.
Suddenly, they both said in unison:
"Prince Jing is colluding with the Beimang people!"
"Prince Jing is colluding with the Beimang people!"
Su Li frowned and said to Huan Ge'er, "Son, tell me."
Huan Ge'er said:
"Mother, look. Prince Jing set a fire and fled the capital. Not long after, war broke out in the north, the border city fell, and news spread that the Marquis of Zhenbei was collaborating with the enemy. Then, after the Lantern Festival, the people of Beimang were like a force to be reckoned with, breaking through Liangzhou and Ganzhou one after another, almost like a divine army descending from the sky and reaching the city of Guazhou."
"So, the one who collaborated with the enemy and committed treason was not Marquis Zhenbei, but Prince Jing!" Following Huan Ge'er's reasoning, Su Li came to this astonishing conclusion.
"That's right! I even suspect that the garrisons of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Guazhou are all Prince Jing's men. They have collectively collaborated with the enemy and committed treason."
"If that's the case, then your dad!"
Su Li jumped up in a hurry and ran back to the main courtyard room. She picked up a pen and wrote down all of Huan Ge'er and her own guesses, then sealed the letter and handed it to Lian Cheng.
"Brother Lian, you must deliver this letter to him as soon as possible. Tell him to be wary of the garrisons in Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Guazhou. Prince Jing has colluded with the enemy and committed treason."
Liancheng knew that the matter was of great importance, so he said no more. He silently glanced at his sister on the bed, gestured "take care", and then flew away into the night.
After sending the important information, Su Li felt relieved. She walked to the corner of the room and turned a button on a mechanism. A dark secret room appeared on the wall behind the bed.
"Lian Rong, quickly go into the secret passage and take shelter."
Lian Rong looked anxious and gestured towards her while sitting on the bed.
"What about you, ma'am?"
Su Li walked into the secret room, picked up a crossbow, opened the safety bolt, held it in his hand, and said coldly:
"I want to see how that Erlang of the Qian family will break into the villa! And how he will chop off my head and send it to that heartless traitor Prince Jing!"
After saying this, she came to the courtyard with her big belly and a crossbow in hand.
"Songzhi, send all the elderly, weak, women and children in the villa into the secret passage."
"Yes!"
"Song Tao, tell the brothers in the village to walk into the trap and prepare to meet the enemy."
"Yes!"
Su Li calmly arranged everything, and everyone began to act according to the plan in an orderly manner. Finally, she shouted to the empty night in the courtyard:
"Brothers, I'm going to trouble you tonight to guard the general well!"
"Yes!"
Responses came from all directions in the night.
A gust of spring breeze blew by, and everything disappeared silently into the night.
……
The night was dim and it was almost midnight.
The tea mountain is filled with the croaking of frogs, and unknown small insects chirp from time to time, making it seem particularly quiet.
At the foot of the mountain, Qian Jinru looked at the mountain quietly, waiting for the agreed signal.
"Fire!"
The man in black beside him suddenly shouted.
Sure enough, there was a faint glow of fire coming from the direction of the tea house halfway up the mountain. In a short while, the fire shot up high and seemed to be spreading across the prairie.
Qian Jinru was greatly excited. He pulled out a black scarf to cover his face and shouted to the people around him:
"Brothers, leave no one behind in the Banshan Tea House!"