Li Chiying tightly grasped the belt around her neck. Her face was red. She panted and shouted at the youngest County Magistrate of Huo, "You little idiot, I clearly told you to pretend to hang yourself. Why did you really hang yourself?"
Little Huo Guo, who was six years old, was hanging from the belt. She was so tight that her tongue was almost sticking out. Her face was red, and she kept yelling and kicking her legs. She wanted to raise her hands to grab the belt, but she couldn't lift them at all.
Li Chiying gripped the ring around the belt and said nervously, "Why isn't anyone here yet? Chiying, it's bad. Little Sister is about to hang. Let's call for help! "
The Qingyang County Princess said with tears in her eyes, "I … I can't hold on much longer!"
Li Chiying said, "Then let go. It's not high from here. You won't die if you fall."
The Qingyang County Princess said with a trembling voice, "No, no, I'm scared. I don't dare. I … Ouch …" She was weak and couldn't hold on any longer. Her hands loosened and the ring tightened around her neck. The Qingyang County Princess' eyes bulged and she couldn't speak.
Li Huawan panicked. She was already exhausted, and now her hands slipped and her neck was tightly bound by the belt. This time, the Seven Sisters' act became reality. Originally, they wanted to pretend to hang themselves, but now they were really hanging themselves.
The servant girls and maids who accompanied the sisters had already been ordered to leave. In this cold weather, none of the guests attending the banquet in the junwang fu were willing to leave the warm and cozy court and run to the easternmost corner of the courtyard. Li Chiying was so scared that tears rolled down her cheeks. She didn't dare to let go and fall. Seeing that she didn't have the strength to hold on any longer, she could only scream in fear, "Quick … Someone … Come!"
On the other side of the wall, Yang Fan heard his son talking nonsense in the tree. He couldn't help but feel angry and amused. He scolded him, "Little brat, you've learned to bluff your father? Get down here right now! "
Yang Nianzu was so anxious that he jumped on the tree, "No, Father, there really are people hanging over there. It's a large group of people hanging and they're all very beautiful girls."
A group of people hanging themselves? And it's a group of beautiful girls? How could Yang Fan believe such nonsense? His face darkened as he scolded, "Are you coming down or not? If you don't come down, I'll spank your butt! "
Yang Nianzu didn't dare to disobey his father's command and quickly slid down the tree trunk. Halfway down, Yang Fan grabbed his back and placed him on the ground. He lightly kicked his butt and scolded, "You little brat, why are you even more mischievous than your father when he was young!"
Just as he said this, he heard a faint voice coming from the wind, "Help …!"
Yang Fan was startled. Suddenly, he jumped ten feet high and stood on the trunk of the plum tree. He looked out of the wall. His son did not lie. There were people hanging themselves over there, and it was a group of girls dressed in luxurious clothes.
Yang Fan cried out involuntarily, "Someone really hung himself!"
Yang Nianzu seized the opportunity and stretched his neck under the tree, saying, "See, see, father doesn't believe what they said. You even kicked their butts."
Yang Sirong anxiously paced around and chased after her brother, asking, "Little brother, who did you say hung themselves? How many? Quickly tell me. "
Yang Fan didn't dare to hesitate. He leaped up and used the rebound force of the tree trunk to leap onto the top of the wall like an eagle. His toes pushed off the top of the wall and he leaped another thirty feet into the air.
Li Chiying was panicking and afraid, but it was too late for regrets. She saw a strong and vigorous figure suddenly sweep across the sky. In midair, there was a 'qiang qiang lang' sound of a saber, and a dazzling stream of light whistled through the air. The two belts hanging from the tree branches were cut, and the two sisters, Shou Guang and Huo Guo, fell to the ground.
The figure clearly hadn't stopped moving forward, but he straightened his waist and forcefully sank down, landing on the ground before the two sisters. One by one, he steadily caught them. Li Chiying's big eyes were still blurred with tears. She suddenly opened them wide and exclaimed, "Amazing!"
On the other side of the wall, Yang Sirong had just asked her brother when her father, Yang Fan, stomped his feet on the tree. The thick snow on the tree rustled and fell down. Yang Nianzu and Yang Sirong were hit by the pouring snow. The two little ones cried out in pain and ran away like rats. For a moment, they couldn't care less about the girls hanging themselves.
Yang Fan didn't stop to think. He grabbed the two little girls and pushed Huo Guo, who was coughing violently, into Shou Guang's arms. He immediately leaped up again and saved the two girls, Qingyang and Xicheng, in the blink of an eye.
Yang Fan hurriedly glanced around and found that the pretty girl with an oval face, big eyes, and a small mouth was the smartest. Her hands were still holding the ring around her neck. Although it seemed that she was in danger, he didn't have to worry about any real danger, so he put her last.
Yang Fan moved like a hare and swooped like a falcon. It was as if there were springs under his feet. In a flash, he saved six girls. When he landed on the ground with the last two girls, the pretty girl with big eyes and small mouth couldn't hold on any longer. She cried out and fell from the tree. Yang Fan was holding one person in each hand. As soon as he landed, the girl fell in front of him. He didn't have time to let go to save her, so he hurriedly stretched out his right leg.
Yang Fan was a master of Cuju. He could lift heavy things as if they were light, and lift light things as if they were heavy. He used the girl as a ball and used the back of his foot to cushion the girl's buttocks. He lowered and lifted his thigh to ease her fall. Yang Fan put down the two girls in his hands and slowly lowered his right leg. The girl sitting on the back of his foot had already touched the ground, but she still sat there foolishly.
"Little girl, you're safe now."
When Yang Fan saw that the girl was scared silly, he couldn't help but find it funny. However, he knew that this was Li Chengqi's royal prince's palace. Looking at the clothes of these girls, they weren't maids or servants, so he didn't teasingly call her a little girl. Instead, he used a proper form of address.
"Oh? Ah! "
The one sitting on the back of Yang Fan's foot was Li Chiying. Li Chiying thought that this fall would definitely break her buttocks. She didn't expect that she would land steadily on the ground. She was puzzled and only reacted after hearing what Yang Fan said. Li Chiying quickly jumped up.
She tidied up her clothes and stroked her buttocks. She suddenly remembered that this man's foot had touched that place and couldn't help blushing. Although she was still young, she was born in the royal prince's palace. She had received all kinds of education since she was a child. She knew that men and women had different principles, so she couldn't help but feel a bit shy.
Yang Fan looked at the seven little girls, who were still in a state of shock, and said with a smile, "Ladies, what game are you playing? Why did you start to hang yourselves? Do you know how dangerous it was just now?"
Yang Fan didn't think that these seven ignorant little girls really wanted to hang themselves just now. Besides, when he jumped over the wall to save them, he saw that some of them were still holding the noose with their hands, so he thought that they were playing a game. Li Huawan and her sisters looked at each other and were speechless.
Yang Fan jumped over the wall. Although it was to save people, it was trespassing. Seeing that the girls were silent, Yang Fan shook his head and said, "Don't play this kind of dangerous game in the future. It's not every time that someone will come to save you. Quickly move that ladder away, lest your family's adults see it and they will reprimand you again."
With that, Yang Fan was about to jump over the wall. Li Huawan reacted and hurriedly went forward to thank him, "Thank you for saving our lives! May I ask for Langjun's honorable name? "
Yang Fan waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, there's no need to thank me. This lowly one's surname is Yang and my given name is Fan. We can be considered neighbors. "
The blush on Li Chiwan's face faded slightly. Hearing his name, her eyes lit up and she blurted out, "Looking at Langjun's clothes, you must be a general of the Imperial Army. Langjun is also surnamed Yang and given name Fan. Could it be that Langjun is the loyal Great General who brought the crown prince safely back to Luoyang?"
Yang Fan glanced at her in astonishment, his heart secretly on guard.
Only after he brought Li Xian back did the imperial court publicly send someone to Fangzhou to pick up Li Xian. Of course, this was only under the guise of picking up Li Xian. In reality, they were picking up the Princess of Luling, Lady Wei, and Li Xian's children. The people who knew that he had brought Li Xian back from Fangzhou were all influential figures in the court. Not only did the common people not know, even many of the officials in the court did not know that the Prince of Luling, Li Xian, had long since been brought back to the capital. Moreover, so many dangerous and bizarre things had happened on the road back to the capital, but this little girl actually knew.
Yang Fan slowly replied, "This lowly one is indeed the loyal Great General. As for bringing the crown prince back to the capital, there's actually no such thing. I don't know where you heard this from, but you must not easily believe such rumors."
Li Chiying pursed her lips and said, "General Yang is a great hero who is open and aboveboard. There's no need to hide what you've done. I've heard Third Brother talk more than once about how General used a series of clever schemes to rescue my Seventh Uncle and bring him back to Luoyang. That's why my Third Brother would spread rumors to deceive his own younger sister. "
Li Dan has eleven daughters. Among them, there are only two younger sisters who share the same mother as Li Longji. One of them is Li Chiqiong, the Lord of Western District, and the other is Li Chiying, the Lord of Chongchang District. Therefore, Li Chiying is the closest to her Third Brother, Li Longji. From Li Longji, she has learned many secrets that others are unaware of.
When Yang Fan heard her addressing Crown Prince Li Xian as Seventh Uncle, he vaguely understood their identities. Hesitantly, Yang Fan asked, "Your Third Brother is …"
Li Chiying answered, "My Third Brother is the Prince of Lin Zi!"
Looking at these seven ladies, Yang Fan was enlightened, "So you are the seven noble ladies from the Prince of Xiang's residence. Forgive me for my lack of manners."
Li Chiying replied, "General Yang is the benefactor of us seven sisters. There's no need to be rude. However, does General know that even though you have saved our lives today, if we are unable to solve a difficult problem, we will still seek our own deaths? "As Li Chiying spoke, she circled to the front of Yang Fan, blocking his path.
Yang Fan frowned, feeling that he has brought trouble upon himself. Bracing himself, he answered, "All the noble ladies are descendants of the Emperor. Their identities are respected and their status is extraordinary. What kind of trouble can there be?"
Li Chiying inquired, "Has General heard of the Tubo King's proposal for a peace marriage?"
Yang Fan nodded, "I have heard a little about it."
At this point, Yang Fan finally understood the situation. These seven princesses were not hanging themselves earlier but because the Tubo King is unwilling to marry them. Judging from their earlier actions, they may not be hanging themselves but they are intentionally creating a ruckus to exert pressure on the Empress and force her to reject the peace marriage.
Li Chiying took a step forward and slightly lifted her chin, looking at Yang Fan. The radiant sunlight is shining on her face and on her lips, there is a thin layer of virgin hair. Under the sunlight, it is as if her delicate skin is covered with a layer of pearl powder. On her sharp chin, there is a small cinnabar mole, giving her a mischievous look.
Yang Fan cautiously took a step back, unsure of what this witty lass is up to. Suddenly, Li Chiying bent her knees and prostrated in front of Yang Fan, sobbing, "I beg General to show mercy and save our sisters' lives!"
Yang Fan turned pale with fright. If this was seen by others, Yang Fan quickly dodged and exclaimed, "Princess, please get up. What are you doing?"
However, Li Chiying did not get up. She moved her knees and continued to kowtow to Yang Fan. She sobbed and said, "I don't want to marry Tubo and I don't want my sisters to suffer in Tubo. But Tubo is aggressive and Imperial Grandmother is likely to agree to Tubo's request. I beg General Yang to help my sisters!"
Yang Fan can't hide, but he can't just jump over the wall and escape. He was so anxious that he was sweating. He hurriedly looked back. Fortunately, this place is relatively remote and no one came. Yang Fan quickly stepped forward and said, "Princess, please get up. The peace marriage is a national event. My words carry little weight. How can I make the decision?"
Originally, there was a difference between men and women, so Yang Fan shouldn't help her up. But at this time, he couldn't care too much. No matter what, he had to pull this troublesome little girl up first. If this was seen by others, it would be improper. But he didn't expect that as soon as Yang Fan reached out, Li Chiying would grab his sleeve tightly and not let go.
Li Chiying turned her head and said to the six sisters who were in a daze, "When Seventh Uncle returned to the capital, the treacherous officials had set up layers of traps to intercept and kill him. It was thanks to General Yang's clever plan that Seventh Uncle returned to the capital safely. Third Brother said that General Yang's strategy is outstanding and he is the world's top wise man. There is nothing in this world that can't stop him. Our lifelong happiness now depends on General Yang. If you don't beg with me, when will you? "
Li Chiying was now desperate to find a doctor. She didn't care whether Yang Fan could really solve her problem or not. But she did hear from Li Longji about Yang Fan's clever plan to save Li Xian. After hearing it, Li Chiying worshiped Yang Fan like a god. Li Longji's evaluation just now was indeed from Li Longji.
As Li Longji grew older, he was no longer as naive and childish as he was in the past. He already understood that sometimes good and evil, distant and close, were not always the same on the outside. It was unavoidable to put on a show in the officialdom. As a result, he no longer held any prejudice against Yang Fan getting close to King Liang. He also sincerely admired Yang Fan's ingenious arrangements, which was why he said these words.
Li Chiying wasn't the oldest among the girls, but she had the most prestige. As soon as she said these words, the sisters who had no idea what to do all knelt down one after another. Li Chiying said, "General Yang, we entrust our lives to you. Please help them to the end and help them to the end!"
The seven little girls knelt in front of Yang Fan and said in unison, "General Yang, we entrust our lives to you. Please help them to the end and help them to the end!"
Yang Fan immediately broke out in a cold sweat. If someone saw this, who knew what kind of ugly rumors would come out of it. He looked around in panic. Fortunately, there was no one around. Yang Fan was drenched in sweat as he said, "Don't be like this. This is too much for this Yang! Get up, get up! We can talk things out, we can talk things out! "
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