No one talked to him, and no one was willing to listen to him. Li Tai'an lay quietly on the bed and thought about it for a while. Soon he felt a wave of sleepiness and fell asleep. After all, he had had enough time this day. It was a toss-up, busy building telegraph relay stations during the day, and experiencing such a death adventure at night.
But this was troublesome for Xuan Ye. He had already fallen asleep before, but what Li Tai just said made him so upset that he couldn't sleep at all!
Although Li Tai's words were all based on analysis and speculation without any real evidence, some of them hit Xuan Ye's heart directly!
The room became quiet again, and only Li Tai's breathing could be heard faintly. Xuan Ye sat back on the chair, dazed. As soon as he closed his eyes now, Li Tai's words would echo in his ears. Especially the last sentence "Who would be willing to be a dog if he could be a human being?" gave Xuan Ye the biggest impact and deepest feeling!
After a while, Xuan Ye stood up and walked towards the door.
Anyway, he couldn't sleep for a while. He wanted to go out and see how Tianying's defense arrangements near the inn were going. As for Li Tai, he wasn't too worried about the fat guy sneaking away.
Tonight is a sleepless night for most of them, because they have just kidnapped the king of Tang Dynasty and Wei Dynasty. The government will definitely try every means to rescue Li Tai from them tonight, so the area around Tongfu Inn must be Layers of defenses and strict vigilance to prevent government officials from sneaking in at night!
However, what Xuan Ye and Tianying didn't expect was that Li Junxian told them a "counter-logic". The government and Bingzhou Daying would not send anyone to Tongfu Inn to rescue Li Tai tonight. Instead, they would Basically everyone has rested!
Waiting until tomorrow, the people on the government side have been recuperating all night and are in good spirits, while the Turkic spies have been on high alert all night and are exhausted!
In this way, Li Junxian and the others will have a better chance of winning when rescuing Li Tai!
As for Taiyuan Posthouse, not everyone has fallen asleep. Tiedan stood alone on the corridor on the top of Yiqing's attic, looking melancholy to the southeast, where Tongfu Inn was!
The night was as cold as water. Tie Dan was only wearing a single coat, but he didn't feel the cold at all. At some point, a tall middle-aged man walked behind him. Seeing Tie Dan's back looking bleak and lifeless, he slowly walked up In front of him, he put his palm on Tiedan's shoulder and asked in a low voice:
"You brat! Are you still sad about His Highness being arrested?"
"father!"
The person who came was none other than Han Lizheng. After hearing the sound, Tiedan quickly turned his head and glanced at Han Lizheng. Then he paused and asked without answering: "Dad, you have been working hard all day on horseback. Why don't you rest early?"
"Hey! Brat! How can your father and I be so delicate? I think back then... Oh, that's it. If I don't tell you this anymore, you must be tired of hearing it!"
Han Li was laughing and cursing, and was about to tell Tie Dan about his heroic deeds back then. However, seeing Tie Dan's depressed mood, he knew that now was not the time for such gossip. He turned around, sighed, and said:
"Alas! Aren't I worried that your kid would do something stupid and go to the Turkic people's den to rescue His Highness alone? So I looked for you everywhere, but I couldn't find you. As a result, you are hiding here alone!"
Regarding the specific process of Li Tai's kidnapping, Han Lizheng had already heard a general explanation from Dugu Feiying and others. Although Tiedan seemed to be fine on the surface, he knew that his son was like his father. Han Lizheng knew that Tiedan must be full of self-blame. Previously in the front hall of the post house, Li Junxian asked everyone to have a good rest tonight and rescue Li Tai together tomorrow. At that time, Han Li caught a glimpse of Tie Dan clenching his fists, with eagerness flashing in his eyes. At that time, he was a little worried about Tie Dan. Dan will act without authorization at night and sneak into the lair of the Turkic spy alone to rescue Li Tai!
Therefore, Han Lizheng kept an eye on Tiedan from now on. He also stayed in the same guest room with Tiedan tonight. He just went out to fetch a basin of water. When he came back, Tiedan disappeared. Han Lizheng suddenly panicked. He He turned around and left the room, looking for traces of Tie Dan in various places in the post house, but couldn't find them. Finally, he found the top floor of Yiqing Pavilion, but he never thought that Tie Dan was here.
"Dad, you are worrying too much!"
Feeling the concern in Han Lizheng's words, Tiedan felt warm in his heart. He turned to look at Han Lizheng and said seriously:
"If I hadn't received Master's telegram, I might have gone to Tongfu Inn alone to rescue Qingque, as you said, because Qingque was arrested because of me. Under the circumstances at that time, if he didn't risk his own life, I must have died under that man's knife! What I thought before was that if I could exchange my life for Qing Que's, it would be worth it. He saved my life anyway!
But later, Master sent me a telegram telling me not to act rashly, and Master had already predicted what would happen today and had made arrangements, so I gave up the idea of going to the inn alone. I believed Master. He said that Qingque was fine, and Qingque was fine. Nothing will happen. I'm afraid that my unauthorized actions will disrupt Master's plan. Not only will I be dead, but Qingque will also not be able to be saved! So dad, you don’t have to worry about me going into danger alone! "
"It's okay if you don't!"
Han Lizheng felt a little at ease after hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Tiedan, you have grown up and understand responsibility! Dad is very pleased that you can make a life-and-death friend like King Wei, regardless of his identity. Talk about it, he can desperately save you in such a critical moment, such a friend is worth all your efforts to make! But his identity is still a bit special after all. If His Highness really has something wrong this time, the Holy Spirit will know the specific story of the matter. In the end, I’m afraid I’ll be angry with you! You have to be mentally prepared!”
In any case, Li Tai is one of Li Er's favorite princes. Although it was not Tiedan's original wish for Li Tai to be arrested, under the circumstances, Tiedan was the only one at the scene who had the best chance of saving Li Tai. But in the end, it turned out that Li Tai used his own life to save Tiedan!
If Li Er is a pure "consequentialist" person, he might really be angry with Tiedan for this. Even if he does not punish Tiedan for his crime, Tiedan's future political future may not be too clear!
Of course, as long as Li Tai can be rescued, everything will be easy. If he is afraid that he cannot be rescued in the end, then what Han Lizheng is worried about may very well happen!
"Dad! I just want to save Qingque now, I don't want to worry about the rest!"
Tiedan shook his head. Although Han Lizheng's worries were reasonable, he didn't want to pay attention to them now.
Han Lizheng knew that Tiedan was only thinking about the safety of his good friend, so he did not discuss this issue in depth. He sighed and said: "Oh! That's all! I'm worrying too much! In fact, with Xiaoxuan here, at least I can protect my health." You have no worries about food and clothing in your life, what else do I have to worry about? But when it comes to rescuing people, you must assess the situation and act according to your ability. Your father and I will try our best to help you! Don't act impulsively! Even if you have to follow If people work hard, your father and I should also work hard, you are still young!"
As a father, Han Lizheng respects his son's friendship and loyalty, so he supports Tiedan to save Li Tai. After all, Li Tai also sacrificed his life to save Tiedan before; but at the same time, Han Lizheng doesn't want anything to happen to his son. What he means by this sentence It is "If you want to fight with someone, let him stand in front of him." This is the only thing a father can do for his son at this time!
"Dad..."
Of course Tiedan understood the meaning of Han Lizheng's words. He couldn't help but feel a sore nose. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Han Lizheng waving his hand: "I just said that you have grown up, but don't act like a little girl. It’s getting late, go back to your room and rest early! Get a good sleep and recharge your batteries so that you can have the energy to rescue His Highness tomorrow!”
"Um!"
Tiedan nodded heavily.
The father and son turned around and went down to the attic together.
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