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Chapter 12 House arrest of the in-laws

As soon as King Huo returned to Fucheng, he went to see the King of Yue, but the King of Yue didn't see him, so he only told him: let him make preparations for the marriage between Huo Yuan and Li Ling, and just discuss it with Li Guogong. When Huo Yuan comes back, let his father and son together see you.

After staying for a few days, Huo Yuan returned to Fucheng, and was taken to a courtyard newly found by Lord Huo and Duke Li.When the father and son met, they couldn't say much, because there were several guards closely following them.

Lord Huo saw Huo Yuan coming back, thinking that the King of Yue wanted their father and son to meet together, so he planned to go out with Huo Yuan to the Palace of the King of Yue.Just when he was about to go out, he was stopped by the soldiers at the door, saying that he had received Li Guogong's warrant, and without his permission, Lord Huo and his son were not allowed to leave the 'Huo Mansion' at will.

Lord Huo looked outside the door again, and there were already soldiers standing there, all of them holding their spears with stern faces, guarding the entire courtyard.King Huo said to the soldiers leading the team: "An Jiu asked this general to go and talk to Li Guogong. I want to discuss the wedding with him."

The school lieutenant didn't refuse, he turned around and left with fists in his hands.

King Huo waited for a whole day but there was no news. When he went to look at the door again, he had already changed to a school lieutenant to lead the team. He didn't know anything about him going to deliver a message to Li Guogong.Lord Huo knew that this was putting his whole family under house arrest.Thinking that he didn't do anything to be ashamed of Yue State and Yue King, he comforted himself, and watched the changes quietly at home with Huo Yuan.

King Yue kept an eye on King Huo and Duke Li's movements in the palace. He asked Duke Li to be responsible for the house arrest of Lord Huo and his son, and he did not allow Duke Li to meet with Lord Huo.After watching for two days, the soldiers and guards who guarded and monitored came back to report that there was nothing unusual, and the king of Yue immediately changed another batch of soldiers.

When the second prince heard that the third prince was back, he hurriedly sent someone to invite him. The two brothers met again in the second prince's mansion. One had both legs broken, the other lost both eyes, and both became disabled.The two brothers hugged and cried for a while, and then cursed with gritted teeth, focusing their resentment on Huo Yuan and Li Ling.

The third prince said to the second prince: "Second brother, I have already asked my father for orders. When the Huo family's father and son's crimes are verified and the evidence of Li Qu's collusion with him is found out, I will hand over all the dozens of members of the Li family." Let me deal with it. At that time, I will tell the old man Li Qu and Li's sister that they can't live or die. I will kill the old man alive, and then torture the two goblins to death! Fangxie my hatred !"

The second prince also said: "My two legs were also trampled off by Huo Yuan, and the Huo family father and son actually colluded with the Qi army. I will personally watch him and his son be hacked to pieces!"

Li Guogong was at home, and he didn't leave the door. He also vaguely heard the news that all the officials who had something to do with Lord Huo had been taken to the Ministry of Criminal Justice one by one for questioning. Those who went, some came back, and some never came back; The same is true for several princes and ministers who have made good friends.Li Guogong himself can only sit all day long, mourning endlessly.Sister Li Ling didn't know why her father was depressed, but Li Ling was very happy when she heard that the king of Yue had given her a marriage to fulfill her marriage with Huo Yuan, and she and Li Long happily cleaned up all day.

Hearing that Huo Yuan came back from the upper city, Li Ling and Li Long went to look for Li Guogong. They didn't think it was strange until they saw their father in the front hall looking downcast, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, which made his father so sad.

Li Guogong looked at the two daughters who were as beautiful as flowers and jade, and felt a colic in his heart, and his nose felt a little sore.When I wanted to talk to them, it would be useless to think about it, so I braced myself and said to the two daughters: "I am worried about the war ahead, so I am depressed. You go to the back and spend more time with your mother!"

Although Li Ling didn't believe Li Guogong's explanation, she didn't expect that a big disaster would happen to her home that day, so she took Li Long to find her mother in half-belief, and said some intimate words to her mother.

The Qi army outside Hangzhou just camped steadily, defending from a distance, and was not in a hurry to attack.Huangfu Nianfeng gradually felt relieved, thinking that the Qi army was still waiting for Lord Huo's dedication to the city, so they were far away from attacking.

And within three days, You'an City was conquered by Wu Jun's tens of thousands of troops, and all the defenders were besieged in the city, and none of them escaped.

The Yue army outside the upper city changed its general. The general thought that the Qi army was vulnerable, so he quietly gathered all the troops and horses, intending to attack the upper city in one fell swoop.Zhang Yankun in the upper city saw that the generals of the Yue army were mostly gathered outside his own city, so he sent a letter to the Qi army in the other two places, and at all costs, abandoned the city defenses and fought out with all their strength, turning around from left and right, flanking the Yue army outside the upper city; Please, Prince Duan of Dali, gather the army and just fight towards him.

The Vietnamese army assembled 7 to 7 horses, preparing to capture the upper city, but unexpectedly, [-] to [-] Qi troops suddenly came from both sides, and nearly [-] Qi troops in the city also rushed out.The Vietnamese army was in a siege position. When they were attacked, they were caught off guard. The whole army loosened up. After a short battle, they were defeated.Even the main general was shot to death by the random arrows of the Qi army. Sixty-seven thousand people died and fled, and the rest abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Prince Duan of Dali's army attacked all the way. Because the Vietnamese troops along the way were conscripted to the upper city, the defense was naturally loosened.

In a few days, the entire western part of Yue State was completely occupied by the Qi Army and Dali Army.For a while, the advantage of the Vietnamese army on the western front disappeared, but was opened by the Qi army and the Dali army.

After hearing the battle report, the king of Yue felt depressed again, so a close minister offered a plan. Before he could do anything to Lord Huo and his son, he took Lord Huo as a hostage, imprisoned Li Guogong's family at the same time, and then sent Huo Yuan to lead the army to go out. The Qi army and the Dali army spared the death penalty of the Huo family and the Li family. If they were defeated, they would kill hundreds of members of the Huo family and the Li family first.

King Yue also had no good plan, so he nodded in agreement and ordered Huo Yuan and Li Ling to get married immediately.Once the wedding was completed, Huo Yuan was ordered to take the heroes from the Hero Tower and more than ten thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to face the Qi army and the Dali army.

Huo Yuan also saw clearly the sinister intentions of the King of Yue at this time, if he didn't follow suit, his whole family would be in Fucheng, and they would be under house arrest in the mansion, and the killing and cutting would only be in his own thoughts.In addition, the dozens of people in the Li family were also implicated now, so Huo Yuan had no choice but to bid farewell to his parents and wife, and left Fucheng with less than 2 people to go to the former enemy.

Li Ling had just married Huo Yuan, and she was about to send her husband off the next day. She was very reluctant and reluctant to part with her, but she could only stand upstairs and send her husband off on the journey.She couldn't help thinking of sister Ying'er in her heart. Although sister Ying'er didn't know any martial arts at all, she was loved by Mr. Qi and could accompany her husband all day long.And although I have some skills, I can't follow her husband and take care of him.Then I thought about it, after all, I got married to my beloved Brother Huo and worshiped him, so I became the daughter-in-law of the Huo family, and my wish in this life was also taken advantage of, so I felt better.

Li Long was able to come and go frequently, other than these two families had no further contact.It's not that Li Guogong and Huo Wangye are indifferent, but that they are both veterans. When they knew that this matter was by no means commonplace, only when Huo Yuan defeated the Qi army in the front and slightly resolved the suspicion of Yue Wang, the life of the two families would be easier. Other than that, I can only stay at home and pray for the blessing of the Buddha to survive.

Li Guogong has one more errand, which is to be in charge of commanding the army guarding the Huo family, listening to their reports at any time, and then going to the palace to report to the King of Yue.The Yue army guarded by the king of Yue changed several batches, and those soldiers gradually knew that they would not be punished if they talked about the bad behavior of the Huo family. Interrogated and even punished.As a result, those soldiers spoke bad things about Huo Mansion almost every day: the servants of Huo Mansion cursed the King of Yue in the mansion;Li Guogong had a headache when he heard it, but he dared not not answer.

The defense of Li's mansion is relatively better, and the servants in the mansion can come out to buy something at will.However, Li Guogong also strictly warned his family members not to go out unless they have to; they must prepare enough food and supplies for purchase; people in the house are not allowed to chat with outsiders at will.

Li Long was used to being naughty, and she missed her sister, so she was the only one who went to the Huo Mansion the next day to meet her sister and pass a message to her mother and sister.

Unexpectedly, the news reached the ears of the third prince. He had already sharpened his sword to attack the sisters of the Li family, but the war on the western front was unfavorable. The prince's crime of betrayal was temporarily put down, and Li Guogong was also responsible for the house arrest of his relatives, so he was temporarily exempted from pursuing the crime.The third prince was secretly ruthless in his heart, but almost no one from Li's mansion came out at will, and he couldn't catch it.Finally got the news that Li Long often went to Huo Mansion.The third prince couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, so he arranged for his confidants to lay an ambush, to tie up Li Long on the way, bring her to the mansion, torture her hard, make her confess her guilt, and then report to the emperor, killing all the family members of Li's mansion first.

On this day, Li Long walked out of Li's mansion with two servant girls. As soon as he turned the corner of the street, a group of imperial soldiers surrounded them. Arrived at the government office of the third prince.

Although the third prince was blind, his heart became even darker.He waited in the mansion, thinking about how to torture Li Long if he caught him, he became excited when he thought about it, he raised his hair and roared a few times.

Li Long was tied up by the imperial army and still had to struggle. After all, she was a girl with weak strength. She was caught and thrown into a box. Her thoughts turned quickly, thinking that someone must be trying to harm her. At this time, she was caught. My father may not know it yet, so I must find a way to tell my father and let him go to rescue him.So I thought of a way in my heart.

When they arrived at the third prince's mansion, the soldiers dragged Li Long out of the box and threw them on the ground, and the two servant girls also threw them on the ground.The third prince waved to the left and right, and the left and right took the three girls to the dungeon. The third prince was also escorted by the guards to the dungeon.Some of the women who had been captured in the dungeon were mostly in rags and dying.Some women were submerged in water, and their bodies were covered with maggots; some had their limbs severed and were still in a cage; Li Long was tied to a pillar, and the black cloth covering his eyes was removed.She had seen such scenes there, and she was frightened and chilled for a moment.The two servant girls opened their eyes, then closed them in fright, and passed out.

When Li Longdai saw the third prince who appeared in front of her, she had a general understanding in her heart. Seeing the third prince's eyes sunken, she seemed to be blind, so she knew that the third prince must have suffered some kind of torture. Take it out on yourself.She thought about it, after all, she was the Duke's daughter, and she only hoped that the third prince would not torture her with those inhuman methods, as long as her father got the news, he would definitely go out by himself.