V2.Chapter 21

"What did you say? The third one...he was sent to the Heavenly Prison?" After listening to Wu San's words, the eldest aunt slumped down on the stool.

Wu San didn't plan to tell the Yu family the bad news, but then he thought about it, Lao Yu will not return to the village for a long time, and the Yu family will go to the capital to ask sooner or later, and they will still hear the wind, so it is better to give them the truth first. Got it.

The eldest uncle, aunt and brother Yu Feng all sat in the main room of Yu Wan's house. Little Tie Dan took his sister to play. Jiang's and Yu Wan sat opposite Wu San.

I don't know if it was Wu San's illusion, but I always felt that there was murder in my sister-in-law's eyes.

He must have thought too much, such a weak lady, sister-in-law, will only be sad when she hears the bad news, and will not want to kill!

"Uncle Wu, take a step to talk." Yu Wan didn't want to talk about such a sad thing in front of her mother. Her father and mother were in such a good relationship, and when her father went to prison, her mother must be sadder than anyone else.

Wu San understood and went to the small fish pond in Lianhua Village with Yu Wan.

"What happened to my father?" Yu Wan asked straight to the point after no one else was around.

Wu San let out a long sigh: "Lao Yu today...was going to enter the palace to be conferred. He made a great contribution, and His Majesty summoned him in person."

Yu Wan was slightly taken aback: "My father made a contribution?"

Yu Shaoqing said lightly about the situation in the army, and did not mention the battle in the northwest. The son who returned from the village said a lot, but no one expected that the protagonist of the incident would be Yu Shaoqing from their village.

"Why didn't your father tell you? He has done a great job! Your father was a centurion in the northwest camp..." Wu San briefly explained the night raid on the camp by the Huns, "... ... 20,000 people, but less than a hundred escaped. After entering the snow-capped mountains, we hid everywhere. Many brothers were shot dead by the Huns' arrows. One night, Daniel found General Xiao who was seriously injured..."

Speaking of this, Wu San paused, "Da Niu is a good soldier, he sacrificed."

Yu Wan's eyes moved slightly.

Wu San cheered up, and continued: "Old Yu asked the big bull to rescue General Xiao back. General Xiao knew that he would not be able to recover, so he gave all the medicine to the brothers. I went to treat the brothers, but I didn't hear him talking to him. What Lao Yu said, but the next day Lao Yu began to take his brothers over the snow-capped mountains. Lao Yu said, we must go to Youzhou. I thought Lao Yu was going to bring his brothers to join the army of Youzhou. One thing was handed over to General Pang Ren, and I guessed that General Xiao might have explained something to him. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Marshal Xiao to spread false news, lure the Huns into Youzhou, and cheat in a urn. Great victory. Now, the news that Lao Yu handed in the detailed work list gradually spread.

That mountain, called Death Mountain, has never been out alive, Lao Yu... Lao Yu took us out. "

He saved not only the 100,000 people of Youzhou, but also the lives of the remaining soldiers in the Northwest Camp.

Yu Wan knew that her father was a hero, but she didn't expect to be such a powerful hero. He could endure what ordinary people couldn't bear, and become what ordinary people couldn't achieve. He was a hero among heroes, but he was such a hero. A burden, back home, a husband who loves his wife, a father who loves his children...

"So how did the crime of deceiving the king come from?" It wasn't because he handed in a fake list, which led to his defeat.

Wu Sandao: "A shameless general Guidelang insisted on telling His Majesty that Lao Yu stole the list from him!"

"Then Your Majesty believes it?" This is too deceitful!

Wu San said in anguish: "You don't understand, little niece, that General Gui Delang has some background, and he is highly valued by His Majesty."

"Aren't there any witnesses?" Yu Wan asked.

Wu Sandao: "All those who escorted General Xiao were dead. Only a boy named Zhou can prove that General Xiao has not seen General Gui Delang, but that boy Zhou is gone! He has gone to the end of the world!"

Zhou Huai was a beggar picked up by General Xiao. He only worked for General Xiao all his life. After they arrived in Youzhou, Zhou Huai left. The ends of the earth, where can I find someone? When you find it, maybe Lao Yu has already been beheaded.

"Do you want to ask about beheading?" Yu Wan's eyes trembled.

Wu San sighed again: "This is the crime of deceiving the king, little niece! Not even the nine clans are good! Once the Dali Temple gets Lao Yu's guilt, Lao Yu is afraid that he will die. But I don't think Lao Yu would 'confess' so easily, he's a man!"

It's not easy to admit guilt, but it doesn't mean that you don't suffer. For someone like his father who has been trapped in the shadows, he's afraid that he won't have any good fruit to eat when he enters the heaven prison.

Thinking that his father might be tortured in prison, Yu Wan's hand turned into a fist: "How is my father? Others don't understand, can't Marshal Xiao, who has been with my father all the way, also see it? Didn't you justify my father a thing or two?"

Wu San shook his head: "Marshal Xiao did not say a word because of your father's sake."

"How do you say this?" Yu Wan asked in confusion.

It happened that Cuihua was passing by while holding a pot of clothes while hitting the fish pond.

"Awan!" Cuihua greeted with a smile, her husband's eldest brother returned safely, and the whole family was very happy.

Yu Wan nodded lightly with a smile: "Sister Cuihua."

Wu San came to the village several times. Cuihua saw him and knew that he was Yu Shaoqing's comrade-in-arms.

Wu San continued: "Marshal Xiao is a great leader, His Majesty has long been jealous of him. When he asked to marry Princess Yan, do you think he got it?" Wu San laughed at himself and said, "He With a million military power, the Xiao family army was disbanded."

"Just for a woman?"

"It's also for the lives of the soldiers."

Yu Wan nodded: "I understand, the more Marshal Xiao pleads for my father, the more your Majesty will kill my father."

"That's right." Wu San usually doesn't seem to care, but he has his own opinions on these matters, "Your Majesty's disrespect to Lao Yu is somewhat like killing chickens and setting an example... But the most important thing is that you don't want to be a fool. Face! The emperor wanted to kill, and he happened to hand over a knife!"

It wasn't that Yan Congming slandered Lao Yu for stealing military exploits. Even if the emperor wanted to dispose of Marshal Xiao, it would not be Lao Yu's turn!

"Uncle Wu, can I meet my father?" Yu Wan asked.

"This..." Wu San scratched his head, "I don't know people from Dali Temple..."

Yu Wan turned around and left.

"Where are you going, little niece?" Wu San asked after him.

"Go to Dali Temple." Yu Wan said.

Wu San said anxiously, "It's said that I have no way to go to Dali Temple..."

Yu Wan's eyes were resolute: "Then I'm going too, I can't let my daddy suffer unjust injustice."

"You, what can you do when you go to a girl's house?" Wu Sandu regretted telling her these things.

Yu Wan's footsteps stopped: "I don't know what I can do, but I know I can't do nothing. I want to ask my father myself, maybe I can get some clues from him."

"Hey, you..." Wu San wanted to say, can't I just ask? But when they met those quiet and stubborn eyes, they couldn't say anything to refuse.

Yu Wan first found her aunt: "Eldest aunt, please take care of my mother."

The aunt was surprised: "Where are you going, Awan?"

"I'm going to the capital." Yu Wan said.

"Don't do stupid things!" The aunt said with a frightened face.

Yu Wan shook her head calmly: "I won't. Uncle Wu is with me."

Wu San squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.

Well, if he doesn't bring his little niece back safely, he won't have the face to see Lao Yu's family.

The two went to the town and rented a carriage to the capital. Wu San was not familiar with the capital. Fortunately, the driver knew the way, so they soon sent them to Dali Temple.

But what is desperate is that the two of them couldn't even enter the door of Dali Temple!

The guard of Dali Temple said: "Yu Shaoqing is a repeat offender. Unless there is the will of the Holy One, no one is allowed to visit!"

Wu San also wanted to go out of his way to ask for mercy from Marshal Xiao, but now it seems that it is not possible...

"What can't you do?" In the Chixiao Hall, where the Xiongnu envoys were received, the county master of the Xiongnu was so angry that he slapped his whip on the table, "I am the county master of the Xiongnu! He is my guard in the Central Plains! Caught! I want him out!"

The person who endured her yelling was her cousin, the second prince of the Xiongnu. The second prince was the son of the Xiaoyu clan, and his status was second only to the eldest brother from the Dayu clan. This point was very different from Yan Huaijing. resemblance.

The difference is that his mother is not as smart as Xu Xianfei Bingxue, but fortunately he has an uncle who fully supports him, the biological father of the Xiongnu county lord in front of him.

He can be said to be responsive to this cousin, but he cannot agree to this matter.

The second prince said earnestly: "Mingzhu, he stole other people's military exploits and tried to fool the emperor. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor in Dazhou, and he will be beheaded. If you choose another guard, you need as many lines as you want. ."

The county master of the Xiongnu refused to forgive: "I don't care! I want him!"

The second prince sank his face: "Don't fool around!"

The county master of the Xiongnu slapped the ground with a whip: "I want to kill him! I want him to live! Brother, you don't care, I will find a way myself!"

After all, she stood up and went out without looking back.

"Pearl...Pearl!" The second prince didn't stop.

The Xiongnu royal court had many males and females, and the county lord of the Xiongnu was born first-class and beautiful. She was deeply loved by her own father and uncle. She was spoiled since childhood, and her temperament was unruly, and even the second prince often couldn't bring her down.

The second prince instructed the guard: "Follow up with the princess, don't let her make trouble again!"

"Yes!"

The two Huns guards chased in the direction the county master left.

However, it was said that the county master of Xiongnu had left the palace and planned to visit Yu Shaoqing at Dali Temple, but unexpectedly met a familiar woman at the gate of the palace.

"Yu'er greets the county master." Yan Ruyu bowed slightly.

The county master of Xiongnu suddenly realized: "It's you!"

Yan Ruyu smiled softly: "The county master still remembers Yu'er, it's really Yu'er's honor."

"Who wants to remember you?" The Xiongnu county lord rolled his eyes, and didn't ask who Yan Ruyu was or what he was doing in the palace.

Yan Ruyu looked at the back of her hurriedly leaving, and the corner of her lips raised a faint arc: "Is the county lord going to Dali Temple?"

The county master of the Xiongnu, who had stepped on the stirrup with one foot, suddenly stopped.

Yan Ruyu smiled lightly and said: "If I were the county owner, I would never touch this bad head. Yu Shaoqing committed a capital crime. If you are not happy, then it will be troublesome, what does the county master think?"

The county lord of the Xiongnu coldly walked towards Yan Ruyu.

Yan Ruyu looked at her with a smile. Her father made a great contribution and was awarded the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households.

After all, this county master has to beg them for a big week.

The county master of Xiongnu snorted coldly, raised his hand, and slapped Yan Ruyu with a whip!

This time, it's not as simple as just laying down her veil.

Yan Ruyu hurriedly dodged sideways. Although she avoided the key point, she called the whip to hit her forehead with blood.

The county master of Xiongnu said coldly: "What is he doing to you? If he dares to talk nonsense again, this county master will strip your clothes off and give you ten whips in public!"

Yan Ruyu's nails dig into the flesh.

"The princess!" The guards chased after him.

The county master of the Xiongnu rolled his eyes in disdain, and asked the horse to be brought over, and he drove away.

Yan Ruyu touched her forehead and looked at the blood on her fingertips: "You will pay the price, Helian Pearl."

As arrogant as the county lord of the Xiongnu, he failed to break into the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple in the end. The Dali Temple seemed to have built a copper wall and an iron wall in one day, and not even a fly could fly in.

"I'm mad at me! I'm mad at me!" The county master of the Huns, who had a gray nose, took out the precious flowers and plants in the garden as soon as he entered the palace, and smashed the flowers with a whip.

Yan Huaijing was passing by on a path not far away. Hearing the movement, he glanced at the Xiongnu county lord and asked the accompanying eunuch, "Isn't that the Xiongnu county lord? What happened?"

The eunuch stepped forward to inquire, and replied: "If you return to Your Highness, the sinner who was thrown into the Heavenly Prison by His Majesty today is the escort that the Xiongnu County Master asked for Marshal Xiao. "

Yan Huaijing asked thoughtfully, "Is he the one who stole the detailed list from Marquis Yan?"

The eunuch said: "It's him, I heard that the surname is Yu, and he is a commander of thousands."

"Yu?" Yan Huaijing frowned, wouldn't it be so coincidental...

...

After Yu Wan and Wu San left the Dali Temple, they began to think about what to do.

"Uncle Wu." Yu Wan pondered, "Are you going to find Zhou Huai? Bring your brothers as much as possible. Didn't you say that my father is their great benefactor? Now that my father is in trouble, please help them. , find Zhou Huai for my daddy."

"What do you do when I leave?" Wu San asked worriedly.

Yu Wan smiled bitterly: "Why are you like my aunt? Don't worry, Uncle Wu, I won't do stupid things, I'm measured."

A little girl told herself that she was measured, and Wu San should have laughed in the past, but now, apart from finding Zhou Huai as soon as possible, there seems to be no way to exonerate Lao Yu. Even if the hope is slim, he can only try his best.

Wu San said solemnly: "Okay, I'll contact the brothers now, take care of yourself! Don't do stupid things, your father regards you as more important than his own life, he would rather die than I hope you will put the moth into the flames for him."

Yu Wan nodded.

Wu San took a deep breath and rode away.

Yu Wan lowered her eyes, for her father, what if the lantern moth flew into the fire?

Yu Wan said to the driver, "Go to Marshal Xiao's mansion."

The coachman drove the carriage to Xiao Mansion.

Shangguanyan once asked her to come, but she refused to come, but now she brings her to the door by herself.

Yu Wan looked at the magnificent plaque and got off the carriage with her skirt in hand.

When the guard at the gate saw Yu Wan walking up the steps, he hurriedly stopped her and said, "Who is it?"

Yu Wan stood on the steps, looked up at the guard with a guarded expression, and said calmly, "My daddy is a subordinate of Marshal Xiao. I have something to ask for Marshal Xiao. I'd like to ask Brother Guard to pass on it on his behalf."

The guard looked down at Yu Wan and said, "Master is not here, what is your father's name? When Master comes back, I will tell him that you have been here."

Yu Wan looked at his expression for a moment, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and said, "Then can I wait here for him to come back?"

The guard said: "Then you may have to wait. Our master accompanies his wife to go out. Faster is one day, slower, even more than ten days!"

so long!

Her father's head has already moved!

"Can I ask where they went?"

The guard said coldly, "How can the whereabouts of my master and wife be revealed to outsiders casually?"

Yu Wan squeezed her fingers and looked at him with eyes like torches: "But I'm really in a hurry, my father is at stake, and this matter has nothing to do with your master. My father was implicated by him!"

The guard choked: "You...what nonsense you girl!"

Yu Wan continued to irritate him and said: "General Xiao Yan's last words were brought to Marshal Xiao by my father. Now that Marshal Xiao is alone, he wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge. They all say that Marshal Xiao is a hero, but which hero can bring his subordinates down? Pushed out to die, but I hide behind me and live happily!"

The guard was so angry that he pulled out the sword from his waist.

Another guard came out of the mansion, stopped him in time, and said to Yu Wan: "Marshal Xiao is indeed not here, and we don't know where he went. If you are really anxious, go to Fifth Master Xiao of Qinghe Street."

Yu Wan turned around and left.

Just two steps away, I heard the second guard say: "Marshal Xiao will never let his subordinates die, he must have no choice but to ignore it."

Yu Wan looked back from the corner of her eye, didn't speak, and stepped into the carriage.

"Girl, it's going to rain," said the coachman.

"Go to Qinghe Street." Yu Wan said.

"But……"

As soon as the driver spoke, Yu Wan threw a silver ingot out.

The driver closed his mouth angrily and drove the carriage to Qinghe Street.

The mansion of Fifth Master Xiao is not difficult to find, but the difficulty is that he is not there.

Yu Wan took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to run away, and asked the servant, "Where did Fifth Master Xiao go?"

This servant went to Mrs. Wei's banquet with Fifth Master Xiao. She had met Yu Wan in Wei's mansion. She knew that she had friendship with her master, but she was not afraid to tell her: "Mrs. Wei has a headache, he will go. Visiting her old man, he had just left, and the girl might have come across half a cup of tea early."

"Thank you..." Yu Wan pressed her sore brows and got into the carriage, "Go to Madam Wei's mansion."

The driver looked at the dark clouds above his head, hesitated again and again, and went away with a look of embarrassment.

The carriage was halfway through, and the worrying thing happened - a spring thunder exploded, and then the sky seemed to be torn apart by a huge hole, and the torrential rain slanted down, hitting the carriage heavily and hitting the ground too. , splashing high water mist.

There was chaos on the street.

The driver put on his sackcloth and continued on his way, but unexpectedly the wheel got stuck in a stone crevice, and the body jolted violently, and the wheel was thrown off.

The wagon, which had lost its wheels, suddenly lost its balance and tumbled lumberingly to one side.

Yu Wan fell out of the carriage.

The driver jumped down in time because he was sitting outside the carriage, but the horse was frightened away, so he left Yu Wan and hurriedly chased the horse.

Yu Wan sat on her knees on the ground, and the bean-sized raindrops hit her unceremoniously. Her clothes were soaked, her bun was messed up, and there was a sharp stinging pain in her ankle, which must have been a sprain.

She sat dazedly in the icy rain, and was drenched into a little chicken.

Suddenly, a carriage stopped behind her.

The next person in the car comes.

The man was tall and slender, wearing a silver-white cloak, like a cold white moonlight in the dark rain.

He opened an oil-paper umbrella over her head.

The hand holding the umbrella has distinct joints and is as slender as jade.

Yu Wan was drenched in the shower, the rain was gone, and there was a familiar cold fragrance lingering in the fishy smell of water.

She turned around slowly, raised her head, and on her little face, which was frozen white by the heavy rain, I don't know if it was rain or tears, and she looked extremely pitiful.

The man's eyes moved.

At first, Yu Wan, who didn't feel very wronged, only felt that she was too unlucky. The moment she saw this man, her voice choked with grievance: "Yan Jiuchao, my father was arrested..."