.

Fu has changed a lot, at least she is not as snobbish as before.

This is how life is. When you are poor and you are willing to spend it for others, then you are a saint. If you are poor and you are willing to spend it for others, then you are a good person.

Hongfu Nu is not a saint and is not a good person, but when she has some money on hand, she will never keep it and spend it. She can abandon the comfortable life of the Shangshu Mansion for her beloved man, or endure the financial difficulties for her beloved man. She hopes that the man she chose will be glorious, but she can endure more than ten years of poverty and contempt. She is stingy and mean, but she does not regret it when the most precious decade of her life passed.

A few tables of wine and food were placed in the courtyard of Li's house in Mayi. Hongfu girl greeted the guards to drink, very enthusiastic, "I'm using my chopsticks, but do you think the dishes I cook are not good?"

All the guards shook their heads, "The food is so rich, but Juncheng Li and General Xiao are not here. I heard that they will come back soon. Can we wait?"

They all used a negotiation tone, but Hong Fu Nu's eyes were a little red, and she whispered: "Okay, I'm just afraid that the food will get cold. My Li Jing came back and said that I would not be well served."

"Mrs. Li was very thoughtful," Zhang Qing smiled at the table and said, "We had agreed to it at the beginning. When we were turning around, we must give him a drink to Prince Li. We want to say to Prince Li, he is a good general, and we will submit to him!"

"My third brother is the general," Hongfu Nu smiled and said, "Don't praise Li Jing too much, he is just a county magistrate."

All the guards said: "Madam Li, in our minds, Master Li is a veritable general!"

Sun Shaofang was not here, otherwise they would have beaten their heads and scolded them for not being able to speak. However, Hong Funu was a little excited in her heart and looked at the outsider to herself and said, "Why haven't Li Jing come back yet?"

**

Li Jing, Xiao Buyi, and Sun Shaofang are currently in a village outside Mayi City.

The village is not like a village, but more like a ruin. Li Jing looked at the ruins and sighed softly.

This was not surprising. This time, the two most severely affected counties were Mayi and Yanmen. The Turkic soldiers burned, killed, plundered, and did not attack Mayi City, so they would naturally exhale the surrounding villages.

Li Jing rode into the village and saw many people rebuilding simple homes without saying a word.

They saw this kind of plundering too much, but they could not avoid it, so they could only endure it silently. Li Jing sighed lightly, and said nothing, but walked to the west of the village, where there was no exception. An old man with white hair sat helplessly on a big rock with a crutch, with his eyes blank.

Li Jing dismounted and walked slowly over, "This father-in-law, can Wang Erniu's family be nearby?"

The old man raised his head and said anxiously: "I am his father, are you?"

Li Jing was stunned for a moment and looked around, "Brother Wang, where do you live?"

Mr. Wang looked at Li Jing up and down, and suddenly stood up tremblingly, grabbing Li Jing's hand. "What's wrong with Erniu? He went on the battle, but something happened?"

Li Jing stared at the old man's eyes and said for a while: "He is a hero. Unfortunately, something happened when he was fighting the Turkic soldiers."

Mr. Wang sat down powerlessly, but did not cry, but just murmured: "He is a hero..."

When Sun Shaofang saw the old man's gray hair and helplessness, his nose felt a little sore. He actually didn't know Li Jing's intention to leave the city, but when he saw that Li Jing was actually looking for the soldiers' families, he understood why those soldiers bravely moved forward!

Li Jing took ten hangs of money from the saddle bag and handed it to his father-in-law, "This is the government's pension. Please accept it. As for renting and mediocre transfer, your family will be exempted from it in the future. I have reported this to the village chief. If there is any mistake, just go to Mayi City to find Li Junzhu."

Mr. Wang looked at Li Jing and did not accept the money. He suddenly asked, "Are you Mr. Li Jing and Li?"

Li Jing was slightly stunned and said for a while: "I am."

Mr. Wang suddenly laughed and his lips squirmed a few times. "When Erniu went on the war, he and the land were Lord Li, so I can rest assured..."

Boss Wang's voice choked, Li Jing was silent, Sun Shaofang didn't know whether to scold or be sad, Xiao Buyi was also silent. For some reason, a poem suddenly flashed through his mind, "Long's conquest of the man and the souls of Long's descendants, and life and death will be together to hate the Han generals!"

But who knows the pain of the battlefield? Li Jing succeeded without any reward. Did he have no resentment or hatred? Maybe he knew this result too long ago?

"He reassured me. He said that even if he died, Lord Li would not forget the soldier's family." Mr. Wang suddenly burst into tears, unable to suppress his sadness. "He did not read the wrong person, he had no regrets when he went there. I thank General Li..."

**

When Li Jing and the other two left the village, it was getting late. Li Jing spent a whole day to find twelve families, and there were no one in two families anymore. He could only return in despair. He didn't pay much money, but he had already tried his best.

Sun Shaofang walked out of the village, looked at the sunset, and suddenly sighed: "General Li, I have never seen a general like you."

Li Jing also looked into the distance and suddenly asked, "Shaofang, do you know why the soldiers I brought sacrificed their lives and fought bravely to fight the enemy?"

"Of course it's because of General Li." Sun Shaofang said without hesitation: "It's their blessing to be your soldiers. General Li went to the grassland for thousands of miles, attacked the grassland tribe and fell more than a dozen, causing the Khan's 400,000 troops to return in vain. Only twelve soldiers died. Which general in the Sui Dynasty could do it?"

Xiao Buyi was silent all the way, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited and could not do anything by himself.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "You are very wrong!"

When he saw Sun Shaofang and Xiao Buyi, Li Jing reached out and pointed to the ruined village and said in a deep voice: "They sacrificed their lives not for me, Li Jing, but for this black soil they loved deeply! After the military system of the Great Sui Mansion was reorganized, the military households were incorporated into civilian households and were under the jurisdiction of prefectures and counties, and no longer existed. However, the soldiers still had military names. Except for a few elite soldiers of the Wei Mansion who were supported by the imperial court, most of the so-called soldiers were managed by the Wei Mansion, who farmed on weekdays, went to wartime, and provided their own equipment. This time, the 300 soldiers I brought with me farmed at home on weekdays. The equipment was excellent only because of the marriage. They were not for fame and fortune, but only for the farming area to be free from rent and mediocre orders. One person sent troops, and the young and old in the family were worried about. Although these 300 soldiers were few, all of them were carefully selected and trained by me, Li Jing, and I was like brothers and sisters."

When he saw Li Jing, he was suddenly a little excited. Xiao Buyi and Sun Shaofang looked at each other, not knowing what to say. But Xiao Buyi knew that the three hundred elite soldiers Li Jing trained were for him.

Sometimes, there is no need to say anything between brothers.

"In the grassland, they learned that 400,000 Turkic soldiers had gone south to the border. In fact, they were anxious, but they could sacrifice their lives. It was just because they all understood that going back was useless. They could only fight hard and hit the ground well, so that they could save their hometown elders." Li Jing sighed and said, "Hao Huaiyin said that Han Xin would be more soldiers. The more they would be better. A general would be good for his achievements. He would pile up dead bones on the battlefield. I, Li Jing, led the troops, not many, but only for victory. Li Jing had only one life. Didn't they be born to their parents? I, Li Jing, wanted to win, and did not need the soldiers' bones to be piled up! Today I came to distribute money, but not for their gratitude, but just to reduce my guilt. Because I promised that their hometown would no longer be bullied by Turkic soldiers.

I didn't do it, I felt guilty."

When Li Jing said this, the iron-clad man also had tears in the corner of his eyes. He was quite sad. Xiao Buyi and Sun Shaofang were both terrified and speechless for a long time!

**

When Xiao Buyi and the other two turned around, they found that the guards were still waiting. Li Jing said in confusion: "Hongfu, I asked you to entertain them for dinner, why would you wait for a day?"

Hongfu Nu almost grabbed Li Jing's ear. "You are so embarrassed to say that the guest came and the host ignored it. Do you know how rude it is? These people just to toast you with a glass of wine, but they have waited until now."

However, Sun Shaofang whispered a few words to the guards. The guards stood up suddenly, some slapped the mud seals of the wine jar, and some were busy looking for bowls. The wine was pouring all over the table.

Sun Shaofang took the lead in picking up a bowl of wine and said sincerely: "General Li, this bowl of wine is for you. Your official title may not be as good as Lord Xiao, but your life will not allow Lord Xiao."

After hearing Sun Shaofang's words just now, the guards suddenly realized it, but suddenly became excited and admiration.

This kind of admiration is not a sudden occurrence, but a accumulation of life and death struggles over the past month, which burst out at this moment.

They really didn't expect that Li Jing was just going to visit the families of the dead soldiers today. Since that's the case, what would they do if they waited for a few days?

Xiao Buyi also reached out and picked up a bowl of wine and smiled, "What Shao Fang said is wrong, it is not that he would not allow him, but that I cannot compare with him. The official title is just a false one. Who can say that Li Juncheng will not be the best and become a real general?!"

Everyone said yes, and they drank a lot of wine, but they drank happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Shaofang left early with the imperial guards. He thought that he had a deep brotherhood, and there was a couple who had been together for a long time. It would be a very favorable thing to entertain you. If he was not tactful and took someone to drink all night, then the Hongfu girl would not drive her away with a broom.

Although Hongfu Nu was very enthusiastic, Sun Shaofang always felt that her eyes were like a knife, mainly because her habits were difficult to change. Hongfu Nu's temper was very famous in Dongdu.

Xiao Buyi also thought the same way, and with his own affairs, he also stood up and said goodbye. When he was at the door, he saw Sun Shaofang and others walking away, and suddenly remembered something. He reached into his arms and took out a book, and handed it back to Li Jing. "Second brother, I have only been in the Youxiao Guard for a few days, and my fellow villagers have sent Sun Tzu's Art of War. It's useless for me to keep it. Second brother may be able to use it."

Li Jing smiled and took the book and weighed it. His smile became stronger. "Of course I am useful. Since my third brother is kind, I am disrespectful."

When Hongfu Nu saw that the book Xiao Buyi took out was filled with a box, it was very gorgeous. It had four big characters written in gold characters, Sun Tzu's Art of War, dragons and phoenixes dancing, but it was also beautiful.

Thinking that Xiao Buyi could become the general of the Right Guard, Li Jing had been familiar with military tactics for decades, but was just a county magistrate. He had no complaints in his heart, and suddenly felt a little sad.

"The third brother gave you precious jade last time, and this time he gave you the second brother the military tactics, which is a deep brotherly love. But your second brother said that the military tactics lies in adapting to the situation, and this book is for him..."

Li Jing waved his hand, "Hongfu, the third brother gave it to me, always kindness."

Xiao Buyi smiled and turned around and left.

Hong Fu Nu cleaned up the dishes with her maid. Li Jing is now a county magistrate. It was too shabby to have no maid at home, so she gritted her teeth and bought it. But she was used to cleaning up and didn't shout.

Kuaishou and quick-handed to pack everything up, Hongfu Nu looked at the sky, and it was already night.

The red candle was lit, and the girl Hongfu walked into the hall, stretched her waist, and smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I've been so busy." Seeing Li Jing sitting quietly in the living room, looking at the Sun Tzu's Art of War on the table, without turning it around, the girl Hongfu shook her head, "The third brother is really funny. I gave you Sun Tzu's Art of War inexplicably, but I don't know what kind of weapon you have been remembering in my heart."

Sit down slowly, Hongfu girl reached out to help Li Jing dust off the dust on her shoulders, and found that the clothes line was cracked, and she frowned, "Husband, your newly made clothes are not torn after returning from the war. I want to make a new outfit for you. But today, I am entertaining my third brother's friends, and I don't want to be too shabby. The family's savings in the past six months are almost the same. Otherwise, can we sell the piece of jade that my third brother gave me?"

When he saw Li Jing, he didn't say anything. Hongfu Nu said softly: "I know that jade is the third brother's intention, it's priceless, but you are the county magistrate now and have a lot more hospitality than the east. You are wearing too shabby clothes, so it's also a slander for the third brother, right? Why don't we treat jade as a gift and redeem it when we have money? Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."

"Hongfu," Li Jing reached out and grabbed Hongfunu's hands. It originally meant Ruochun Onion. It was not oil-touched, but now it looked much rougher. His eyes went from Hongfunu's hands to her coarse Bro's skirt. "It seems that you haven't made new clothes for a long time."

Hongfu Nu snuggled gently beside Li Jing, "What new clothes do I want? I have enough clothes. Besides, I don't go out often."

Li Jing hugged his wife in his arms and sighed softly: "With this, what else can the husband ask for?"

The Hongfu Nu instantly looked radiant and felt the rare peaceful time. "Husband, it's actually nothing to be poor, and it's nothing to be worn out. But you have great talents, but you are not used by the court. You have great achievements, but you are not highly rewarded by the court. This is the saddest thing for me. You look at the ground, but I can't see it, so I say my third brother..."

"You still don't understand him." Li Jing shook his head and reached out to open the book. Under the candlelight, there was a golden light in the book.

Hong Fu Nu's eyes fell on the book, and she was surprised and said after a long time, "How come this book contains golden leaves?"

Li Jing put the book on Hongfunn's hand and smiled and said, "Don't you say that the strategy of war is to adapt to changes, and the same is true for this book. Hongfu, use these golden leaves to buy clothes for yourself. My clothes are enough."

**

When Xiao Buyi came out of Li's house, he breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, for himself and for Li Jing and his wife.

Looking at the stars in the sky, as if the eyes of a lover, he was somewhat lonely.

As the general of the Right Guard, he naturally had no worries about urging him. As soon as he left Li's house, elite soldiers from the Right Guard Mansion came to escort him. However, he asked the guard to turn around, but he was wandering around the city of Mayi.

Walking in the ancient city of Mayi, Xiao Buyi suddenly thought that about a year ago, he was walking like this. At that time, he was still ignorantly looking forward to getting rich by selling horses. Yang Dezhi was surrounded by him. He was chased for no reason and almost died. Later, he found out that it was Li Zhixiong who wanted to kill him for the fourth imperial examination.

All the causes are because he met Pei Mingcui and played a horse for her. This is life, like a lonely boat on the sea, an inadvertent wave will take you away from the direction of the beginning.

As for Yang Dezhi, why hasn't heard from him for a long time? Xiao Buyi was very worried when he thought of this, but he felt that there was nothing he could do.

A person in this era is really not different from Caojie. Yang Dezhi disappeared inexplicably and had nowhere to look for him. He suddenly realized that he still knew nothing about him. He didn't know if he had any relatives or where he lived. Yang Dezhi never said it!

Shaking his head slowly, Xiao Buyi could only hope that although Yang Dezhi was not very good at martial arts, he was quite active and mature and steady, and maybe he should be fine.

Xiao Buyi sighed softly, no longer thinking about Yang Dezhi, found

There was a noodle stall where several people were eating noodles. Xiao Buyi saw a white shadow busy, and his heart moved slightly. He walked over and sat down and ordered a bowl of noodles.

The old man was still the same old man a year ago. He seemed to be busy as long as he was not dead. He seemed to have no idea about Xiao Buyi. He heard that he ordered a bowl of noodles, but he didn't look up and quickly delivered a bowl of pork-foot noodles stewed on the ground.

Xiao Buyi picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't move the chopsticks for a long time, quietly thinking about the copycat.
To be continued...