Chapter 144 Tears behind bars
??At somewhere in the Duke of Zhu’s Mansion, there are important “guests” in the mansion in the dungeon that cannot be described. Of course, this place is different from ordinary state prisons. The environment is sanitation and ventilation are good, and the service is thoughtful. The floor is cleaned every day and every five days.
The dungeon is often seen in many high-gate houses, and it is even more indispensable in the forts of powerful people in various places. It is specially used to deal with all kinds of disobedient servants, tenants, unruly people and various characters.
Yuwen Envoy, who loves people as much as his son, has always opposed the establishment of a powerful mansion and lynching privately. Why does there be dungeons in his mansion? This is a philosophical issue and is not within the scope of ordinary discussion.
Li Yuantong was tied up in a large area and tied to a horizontal wooden board in a cell. He had something stuffed into his mouth. He could breathe but could not commit suicide. But it didn't matter to those who were unwilling to live.
Isn’t it just torture? I want me to give the relevant personnel somewhere else to settle down? Don’t think about it!
During this operation, Li Yuantong had already written a suicide note when he left Chang'an and arranged the family's funeral. As an old man in the Yang family, as long as he did not violate the taboos, the man-master of the past, now His Majesty will take good care of his family.
He failed to rescue Yang Lihua and didn't even see him. Li Yuantong only sighed that God's will was difficult to violate. No matter how careful the plan was, he could not be fully confident in implementing it. He thought he could succeed, but he still lost.
Where did you lose?
Li Yuantong had thought that when he entered the mansion, he would meet Yuwen Wen, which would lead to failure. But now it seems that this is not the problem. The Yuchi family who evacuated in a hurry means that Yuwen Wen should have not come back yet.
Otherwise, with Yuwen Wen's cunning and versatile style of acting, such flaws would not have occurred.
"So am I losing to a woman?"
He smiled bitterly and shook his head. He guessed the situation. The fake Yuwen Wen's identity was still discovered. According to the situation arranged by the other party, he might have been exposed that night.
Li Yuantong was not interested in how the fake Yuwen Wen's identity was exposed. Now that things have come to this point, his life is about to come to an end, and scenes of life appear in his mind.
He was the illegitimate son of a maid from the Yang family after an affair with someone. His biological father was Li Jing, a guard of the Yang family. At first, he did not admit that the child was his own seed, so Li Yuantong was helped by the servants of the Yang family.
No, it was because of the care of the old man, that someone dared to help raise this illegitimate son. When he grew up, his father and son recognized each other, but Li Yuantong's feelings for the Yang family were deeper than the father and son.
Li Yuantong grew up with Yang Jian, the eldest son of the Yang family. As a servant, he has experienced decades of ups and downs and watched the little girl Yang Lihua grow up, but now he has not been able to rescue Yang Lihua from the clutches and has no shame to go back to see the former husband, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty today.
Looking back at the past, when footsteps suddenly sounded. Li Yuantong knew that he was about to be punished next, so he made up his mind: as long as the things in his mouth are removed, he would gossip and commit suicide to avoid suffering!
Before fighting to the death in the backyard, Li Yuantong's passion surged in his heart and wanted to die with the other party. Now he thought that it would be better to sway his sword and commit suicide, so he thought about making up for the dead sheep and killing him.
The footsteps stopped in front of the prison door, and then someone opened the prison door and came in to shake the wooden board where Li Yuantong was lying. He was about to act and prepare to "confession" to deceive the other party to remove the blocked object, but after seeing the person in front of him, he was stunned.
Yang Lihua was among the people standing in front of him, with a sad expression.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Li Yuantong struggled hard, but the rope was tied tightly and could not break free. After shaking the wooden board tied up, everyone else left the cell, leaving only Yang Lihua and a thin young man.
The young man stepped forward and took away the things in Li Yuantong's mouth. After getting free, his mouth did not gossip but shouted hard: "Princess!"
"Brother Li..." Yang Lihua smiled sadly, "I didn't expect that it was Bother Li who came in person."
"Princess! Your Majesty miss you, and Your Highness misses you too!!"
"I know, I know..." Yang Lihua was already in tears when she said this, "I'm fine here, but I don't know what's going on with my father...and mother now?"
"Princess, your Majesty and Your Highness are good, both the prince and the King of Jin are good, just waiting for the princess to take the little princess back to the family to reunite. But the old slave is incompetent and cannot save the princess out!"
Li Yuantong burst into tears when he said this. With the belief of winning, he came to Xiyang City, Bazhou. He thought that he would be able to successfully rescue Yang Lihua, but he failed.
When I think of watching the little girl growing up, I have to compromise under the clutches of Yuwen Wen, my heart is like a knife.
Yang Lihua was the Empress Dowager of Zhou back then, and then disappeared inexplicably in the palace. Yang Jian, the prime minister at that time, claimed that Yang Lihua died of illness, so for the world, Yang Lihua is no longer alive.
But in fact, Yang Jian never gave up rescuing his daughter since he learned about Yang Lihua's whereabouts. If Yang Lihua could be rescued, he would naturally be named a princess, so Li Yuantong called the other party "princess".
Although the young man next to him didn't know what his identity was, he must be the one who monitored Yang Lihua's conversation with him. Li Yuantong guessed that the other party probably knew the purpose of his trip, so he didn't care about so much and directly talked to Yang Lihua.
He was dead, and in addition to Yuwen Wen, he also knew about Yang Lihua's identity, so there was nothing to avoid in the Duke of Gui's Mansion.
"Uncle Li, you promise me not to commit suicide, and live well. I beg my wife to let you live. After returning to Chang'an, I told my father not to send anyone else." Yang Lihua said with a sob.
"Princess, Princess! Your Majesty will definitely save the princess back!!"
"I'm very good here, and Eying is also very good. Don't let innocent people come and die again for me. This is my chance to ask my wife. Uncle Li, would you promise me?"
"Princess, I'm incompetent, but Your Majesty will definitely save the princess and go back. Please don't do this!"
"No! No... I told my father that I am very good here and don't send anyone here anymore, otherwise I will commit suicide, so as not to affect innocent people! Whether it is my father's people or... the people from Duke Zhu's mansion, don't fight for me anymore!"
Yang Lihua showed a decisive love, she was stuck between Yuwen Wen and her parents. Over the years, in open and secret struggles, I don’t know how many people died for her.
She had been communicating with her mother Dugu Jialuo, and the mother and daughter had been hiding it from Yang Jian. At least Yang Lihua had been asking her to hide it from her father. However, her father still found out that she was by Yuwen Wen's side and persistently sent someone to save her.
Yang Lihua didn't want to leave Yuwen Wen, nor did she want to feel cold to her parents' hearts, but she was powerless to stop all this from happening. Even if she could handle it calmly, as a mother, she wanted to accumulate virtue for her daughter and son.
So only in this way can we stop bleeding and let Li Yuantong, who is deeply trusted by his father, lead the conversation. He is the most suitable candidate.
"Uncle Li, please promise me that I will bring the message back to my father and don't send anyone else. Everything will go with the flow. I will write a letter to ask Uncle Li to bring it back to Chang'an."
"Princess...is the old slave is incompetent..." Li Yuantong burst into tears.
"Brother Li, promise me."
Seeing Li Yuantong silently, Yang Lihua suddenly knelt down, ignored Li Yuantong's loud shout and kowtowed: "Brother Li, you watched me grow up. Now that my parents are far away in Chang'an, Lihua cannot be filial, so she kowtows here. Please ask Li Bo to take my father on my behalf, and my mother will bear it!"
Seeing Yang Lihua kowtowed, Li Sanjiu quickly stepped forward and helped her up. After waiting for the two of them to say a few more words, he helped Yang Lihua leave. Before leaving, he ordered the guards waiting outside:
Chapter completed!