Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 6 Why are you?

The housekeeper was startled when he saw a girl suddenly rushing out and grabbing him. When he saw it again, he felt that she looked familiar. When Wu Rou made a sound, he recognized her and asked in surprise:
"Miss Yuan, why are you here? Why are you..."

Wu Rou interrupted him anxiously and asked again;
"Is the old man who is with my eldest brother and the others Liu Hongji? Where are they going?"

Her eyes were so stubborn and firm, and when she stared at people, they seemed to be filled with a little hatred.

The old housekeeper replied subconsciously:

"Yes, he came to take a look, and now he is going to offer incense to the old master. Miss Yuan, why do you ask this?"

"Are they coming back?"

"If you don't come back, I will leave after offering incense."

"Don't tell others I've been here." Wu Rou said a few words and ran away.

The housekeeper stood at the door and was stunned for a while. Seeing that he had been standing at the door and not coming in, the servant who guarded the door came out curiously and asked:
"Who was that just now?"

The housekeeper sighed and said angrily:
"So many questions, what does it have to do with you?"

After that, he walked in the door.

The Wu brothers themselves also knew that what they did was shameful, so except for those in the farm, few people in the Wu family's mansion knew the truth of the matter. They all thought that the Wu family's stepmother and sisters were recuperating in the farm and did not live together. That’s all.

The housekeeper knew that they would not deal with them, and he also knew that they would not live well after being driven to the farm by the Wu brothers, but he did not expect that they would live so badly.

Wu Rou's appearance just now really shocked him. He was so thin that he looked like a beggar.

He felt guilty, so he just said everything... He really couldn't help much, why not just answer a few questions?
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Wu Rou ran all the way to the graveyard of her warrior Aye.The cemetery was on a mountain, and there was only one road going down the mountain. She had to block them at the intersection on their way down to have any chance.

This may be her only chance to stand up. Whenever she has a stomachache and can't run, Wu Rou will recite this sentence silently in her heart. The fear and despair of the future force her to lift her feet again and again and face the future. Move forward.

It wasn't until my legs were numb from running and my chest was burning that I saw the intersection.

She finally ran into the woods at the foot of the mountain. When she stopped, there were two carriages parked on the road outside the woods, one loaded with goods and one empty, with guards and drivers.

Standing on the hillside, she sharply saw Liu Hongji's two horses parked in the convoy, seemingly waiting for someone.

She didn't dare to move forward, so she could only hold on to the tree trunk, panting, and look outside.

Almost as soon as she arrived, the people on the mountain came down. Liu Hongji took the young man with small eyes and walked down the mountain with the Wu brothers.

A few people were talking and laughing. The Wu brothers were so respectful to Liu Hongji that they basically didn't straighten their waists.

Wu Rou looked at her with hatred in her heart. If she were a man, how could it be their turn to be the head of the Wu family?
Seeing them chatting in front of the motorcade for a while, Liu Hongji said goodbye and got on the carriage. The Wu brothers watched the carriage set off and stood still for a long time.

Wu Rou couldn't go out directly. If what she wanted to do was known by the two beastly brothers of the Wu family, she would be killed or forced to marry before the news came.

But seeing Liu Hongji's motorcade moving faster and faster, she gritted her teeth, turned around and went back the way she came.

Another desperate run.

At the foot of this zigzag-shaped hillside, the road turns and passes by. When Wu Rou came here, in order to take a shortcut, she walked through the path on the mountain. There was no road and she had to forcibly find a way to reach the intersection.At this time, she ran back desperately, hoping to stop in front of the convoy.

Her skirt was torn and her feet were scratched by dead branches. She seemed to be unconscious, running through the woods like a deer being chased by a hunter. She could only hear her own rapid breathing, and her ears There was the sound of wind blowing by, and the crackling sound of dead branches being trampled to pieces.

Finally, she saw the carriage at the bottom of the hillside, but the carriage was about to pass in front of her.

At this point, if she ran along the path again, it would definitely be too late.

There were only two roads in front of her. Jumping down from here would stop her in front of the carriage.Or continue running along the path down the hillside, falling behind the carriage team and never being able to catch up...

Wu Rou held on to the tree trunk, sweat stuck to her hair and stuck to her cheeks, which were stained and stained with blood from scratches on the branches. The sunlight fell from the sparse branches, and the shadows dappled on her face, making her look even more cruel and cruel. fear.

She looked at the two-story mountain bank at her feet, her beautiful brows filled with despair, and in the blackness of despair was a desperate determination. She slowed down her breathing, raised her feet, and jumped down without hesitation.

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Liu Hongji's coachman, the young guard with small eyes, had long seen the thin figure of a girl on the hillside. At first, he thought it was a nearby farmer who was collecting herbs and was passing by here on his way up the mountain.

As a result, the closer he got, the more familiar he felt. Suddenly, the girl jumped down from in front of him, two stories high. When she landed in front of his carriage, she let out a scream, a childish voice like an oriole, and something sharp. Harsh.

He quickly stopped the speeding carriage. Liu Hongji also stuck his head out of the carriage and saw a little girl sitting on the road in front. "what happened?"

"I don't know, she suddenly jumped down from above." The young man with small eyes pointed to the forest next to him.

Liu Hongji subconsciously glanced around and saw that there was no sign of an ambush, so he quickly got off the carriage and walked over to check.

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Hongji asked.

Wu Rou held her painful legs and waist, groaned in pain a few times involuntarily, knelt down quickly, and said to Liu Hongji:
"The little girl is Wu Rou, the eldest daughter of the warrior Yu. Duke Kui, please save us, mother and daughter."

Her tears were no longer clear whether they were painful or sad and desperate. They were mixed with sweat and mud. Her eyes were as bright as stars, obviously very beautiful, but because the corners of her eyes were so sharp, the ends of her eyes looked like half-open iris. Flowers seem to be born with rebellion and hatred.

Even when he looks at people in such a weak and pitiful way, there is a sense of perseverance and respectability.

Anyone who has seen such a pair of eyes will never forget them.

"Why are you?! You said you are...the daughter of the warrior Xun? Didn't Mrs. Yang take her daughter to recuperate at the farm?"

Wu Rou endured the pain in her body and told Liu Hongji in tears what she had experienced in the past year and what efforts she had made to save herself.

After Liu Hongji heard this, he looked very sympathetic and asked in embarrassment for a while:
"How do you want me to help you?... I am also an outsider, so I can't take you all away. It doesn't make sense."

Wu Rou raised her hand as a big salute, raised her head and said:

"Arou knows that Arou asked Master Liu to tell His Majesty our difficulties and ask him to accept me into the harem and save us from the sea of ​​suffering.

After much deliberation, I realized that only if His Majesty issued an order, my brother would not dare to refuse, bargain, or harm our lives in private. "

She was choking and crying, looking at Liu Hongji with eyes full of hope and pleading, and said:
"Sir, listen to my mother-in-law, you have a chivalrous heart. Please consider your past friendship with me, Aye, to provide a way for us, mother and daughter, to survive. Please agree, otherwise, the rest of us will We just have to die together."

After saying that, she put her head on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

Liu Hongji looked at her in shock, his broad eyebrows even startled, and after a while he said with a sigh:
"You are really brave, and you put all your ideas on His Majesty's head."

Wu Rou suddenly raised her head and said with burning eyes:
"Everything Ah Rou said is true. She is not trying to get rich and powerful. Sir, if I were a man, whether I was doing business or taking imperial examinations, I would be confident that I could protect my mother-in-law and sisters. Unfortunately, I am not. , I only have this way to go. Please help us!"

Liu Hongji looked at Wu Rou, finally sighed and said:

"Okay, I will bring it for you, but it is not up to me to decide whether His Majesty agrees or not."

Wu Rou immediately laughed out loud, her gratitude beyond words, she raised her hand and saluted:
"Thank you so much, Duke Kui! Ah Rou will see your fate. No matter whether it succeeds or not, she will never complain."

Liu Hongji took a step forward to help her up.The small-eyed young man next to him immediately took over and stretched out his arms to help Wu Rou up.

Wu Rou clutched her waist, hissing in pain, and finally couldn't stand up straight. Liu Hongji said:
"You are really cruel to yourself. You can jump down from such a high place."

Wu Rou smiled bitterly and said nothing, but she was so scared that she even began to worry about what she would do if she was really disabled.

Liu Hongji saw the panic in her eyes and said:
"Let's go to the medical clinic first."

He rode a horse, asked Wu Rou to take the car, and found a nearby medical center. Doctor Wang inquired about it and made some inquiries. He said that fortunately there was no serious problem and no muscles or bones were injured. He would be fine after a few more days of training. He gave him an injection and some anesthesia. Boiling powder.

Then, he sent her near the farm. Looking at the dilapidated appearance of the farm in the distance, Liu Hongji hesitated for a while and said:
"Would you like me to go in and speak to you?"

Wu Rou shook her head and said firmly in a voice like an oriole:

"It's useless, they won't let anyone in. Besides, my two brothers must not know that I went to ask the Duke for help. What will I do if they let me get married in advance?"

Duke Kui nodded, and when Wu Rou got out of the car, he said again:
"Don't worry, I will mention it to His Majesty as soon as I get back. If His Majesty refuses, I will also have someone bring the message."

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Liu Hongji was entrusted by others and did not dare to delay on the way. He returned directly to Chang'an and then went to the palace to see the emperor.

When I arrived, I was catching up with the emperor's envoy sending away the Tibetan people, and he was in a very bad temper.

Liu Hongji sat on the edge of the soft couch with him politely, looking at the emperor sitting cross-legged on the couch, opening the Tibetan credentials with a sneer, and grumbling:

"I don't know where Tubo got the news. When they learned that I was going to send the princess to Tuyuhun for marriage, they came to ask for it, and they were not polite at all.

What a joke!We conquered Tuyuhun, and now it is a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty. That boy Murong is the king of Heyuan County of our Tang Dynasty. I am happy to give him people and things to help him stabilize his foundation!What kind of onion is he, Tubo?Do you dare to send someone directly to take care of my request?It’s simply in need of cleaning up! "

(End of this chapter)