Chapter 976: Injured and Captured
Daohua didn't hold a big celebration for Daozi's fourth birthday. She only invited a few female relatives for a small gathering. Those who had children at home brought their children.
Daozi was very happy to see the new children, and generously took everyone to his amusement park.
The children were extremely envious when they saw the novel amusement park.
Daozi was envied by everyone and was very proud of himself. He took a group of children to have fun for the whole day.
After dinner, the children went home, but Daozi was still a little reluctant to leave.
In the yard, Daohua was bathing her son while smiling as she watched him excitedly talk about how great he was today.
"Mom, they don't have an amusement park, only I have one."
"Mom, they said they would come to play with me again in the future, and they also said they would bring their toys for me to play with."
"Mom, none of them can run as fast as I can, nor can they climb as high as I can."
The rice flowers listened with a smile, nodded from time to time, or exclaimed in surprise, and were so happy that their mouths almost stretched to their ears.
After washing the little guy clean, Daohua wrapped him in a towel and carried him to bed.
As soon as he put on his little vest and shorts, Daozi smiled and somersaulted on the bed, then jumped and danced. It was obvious that he had a lot of fun today.
When Daohua was about to go wash up, Daozi suddenly hugged her neck and said, "Mom, where is Dad? It's my birthday today, and he didn't even bother to spend time with me. He even said before that he would take me horseback riding when I turned four."
Daohua smiled and hugged her son: "Your father is busy with work. He will accompany you when he is done."
Daozi pouted and said, "Well, when Dad is no longer busy, he will compensate me with a birthday."
Daohua smiled and said, "You have to discuss this with your father yourself."
Daozi puffed out her chest and said, "Dad loves me so much, he will definitely agree. If he doesn't agree, I will go to my ancestors and grandmother and ask them to help me."
Daohua couldn't help but patted her son's butt: "You are becoming more and more good at complaining nowadays."
Daozi dodged with a smile and started rolling around on the bed again.
Rice flower got up to wash up, and by the time she was done, Rice had already closed its eyes and was about to fall asleep.
After covering her son with a thin blanket, Daohua went to the outer room to wait.
"Why hasn't Xiao Yeyang come back yet?"
Speak of the devil, he appears. Hearing footsteps in the yard, Daohua went out to greet them with a smile: "Why are you so late today?"
Xiao Yeyang took off his coat and said, "The Quartermaster Department was delivering salt and medicinal herbs to Jianzhou Guard. Unexpectedly, they were robbed by sand bandits on the way, and a fight broke out between the two sides."
"That group of sand bandits is the famous Longxing Five Tigers of Xiliang. Not only are their men numerous, but they're also quite skilled in martial arts. Fortunately, Su Hongxin delivered the message in time, and I rushed over with my men. That's how we saved the salt and medicinal herbs, and we also captured the third and fourth in command of the Five Tigers' Camp."
Daohua frowned: "Are the bandits here so bold that they even dare to rob the army's supplies?"
Xiao Yeyang snorted coldly: "A bunch of bandits, even if they were given a hundred courage, they wouldn't dare to confront the army. This time, they must have robbed the wrong person."
"However, this just gives me an opportunity. There are many bandit problems in Xiliang, and the Five Tigers are arguably one of the most powerful. I've wanted to take action against them for a long time."
Daohua was a little worried: "Those are a bunch of desperate criminals, you must be careful."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded, wiped his face, and quietly walked into the inner room. Looking at his son who was sleeping soundly on the bed, he asked with a smile: "I didn't spend my son's birthday with me today. Did he make a fuss?"
Daohua smiled and said, "Of course not. He asked you to compensate him with one of his birthdays."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I will definitely compensate him when I'm done with my work."
The next morning, Daozi woke up and saw that Xiao Yeyang was gone again. He looked a little disappointed. He wanted his father to take him horseback riding, but unfortunately, his father was nowhere to be seen.
The little guy frowned and shook his head in a stern manner: "My father is unreliable! He doesn't even care about his own son, huh."
Daohua couldn't help laughing when she heard this. "Your father promised last night that he would give you a birthday as compensation. Hurry up, get up, wash up, have breakfast, and go find Grandpa Chu to practice martial arts."
When Daozi heard this, he immediately covered his face with his chubby hands and lay on the bed, sighing, "Dad is unreliable, and Mom is strict. I am living in dire straits~"
“Bang!”
Daohua slapped her mischievous son on the butt: "Are you itchy so early in the morning?"
Rice covered its butt and looked at Rice Flower sadly: "Mom, if you do this, you will lose your son's heart." After saying that, it ran to wash up.
Rice Flower smiled and shook her head.
After breakfast, Daozi went to find Chu Lang.
Although Daozi started practicing martial arts, he was still young, so he didn't practice for long every day. He usually only practiced in the morning. In the afternoon, he could play by himself.
During lunch, Gu Jian saw that Daozi was a little listless and couldn't help asking, "Are you tired from practicing martial arts?"
Daohua glanced at her son and said, "Your father has already said that he will accompany you after he finishes his work. You are not allowed to act willfully."
Daozi pouted and said, "But I want to ride a horse. If you don't let me ride a dog, can't I just ride a horse?"
Daohua: "I didn't say no, I just asked you to wait a moment."
Gu Jian spoke up: "I thought it was something else, isn't it just horseback riding? Your father is busy, but the ancestor has time. The ancestor will accompany you to ride horses in the afternoon."
When Daozi heard this, she was immediately happy. She ran to Gu Jian and hugged him: "Grandpa is the best. I love you the most."
Hearing this, Gu Jian also smiled and said: "Our ancestors also like rice the most."
Watching the old man and the young pouring out their hearts to each other, Daohua felt a little amused and helpless.
Daohua did not stop Gu Jian from taking Daozi horseback riding. Although Gu Jian was old, he was still in good health. With Dongli by his side, there would be no problem for him to take his son horseback riding.
However, accidents are everywhere.
Daohua thought that Gu Jian and his companions would at most take the rice for a run around the mansion, but she never expected that they would actually leave the mansion, and not only that, they would leave the city.
Xiao Yeyang captured the third and fourth in command of the Five Tigers Camp yesterday. Today, the second in command of the Five Tigers Camp brought his men in disguise and sneaked into Liangdu.
I don't know how they found out, but they recognized Gu Jian and Daozi riding horses out of the city.
So, a group of people followed him out of the city.
After leaving the city, the people from Wuhuzhai attacked Gu Jian and Daozi.
This trip was a spur of the moment decision. Gu Jian brought Dong Li with him alone. When they saw the fierce men surrounding them, both of them looked gloomy.
Dongli stood in front of Gu Jian, who was holding the rice tightly. "We are from the Weiyuan Palace. What can we do for you?"
The second in command sneered and said, "The people we are arresting are from the Weiyuan Palace." After saying that, he didn't hesitate and simply waved his hand to let his men start to act.
There were many people in the Five Tigers Village, and Dongli was entangled. Gu Jian could only run towards the city gate desperately with the rice. Unfortunately, when he was still some distance away from the city gate, he was shot off his horse by the second in command with an arrow, and the rice was taken away.
(End of this chapter)
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