The quiet villages along the Huaihe River are very desolate in the cold winter wind.
The open fields are covered with light white snow. The white snow is beautiful, but if it is not fully covered and the brown land is exposed, the color will look very abrupt and messy.
The cold winter wind blew by, and the weeds frozen by the frost on the ground swayed humbly and stubbornly bent their branches and leaves.
Lan Yu was wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket and was sitting on a wicker chair in front of his house, staring blankly into the distance. The thick beard on his cheeks was like weeds in the ground, covered with thick frost.
The same is true for his eyebrows, and the wrinkles on his face are as hard as hills. Only his eyes are still bright.
Suddenly, he raised his big hand and slapped his dull chest hard.
A sudden cough broke out, and he quickly covered his mouth with his big hand.
Cough, cough!
There was warm liquid surging in his mouth. When he let go of his hand, his palm was filled with bright red blood.
"Damn, what a pity!" Lan Yu scolded with a smile, licking the blood from her palms back into her mouth again. Moreover, she still wanted to lick her fingers clean, and rinsed her bloody teeth with her tongue.
"Damn it!" Lan Yu cursed again, "It turns out that my blood and other people's blood have the same taste, it's weird!"
Behind him, Lan Yu's wife came out with a bowl of hot medicinal soup.
"Master, drink the medicine!"
"It's already uncomfortable enough. If I drink like this again, I won't have the heart to drink at night!" Lan Yu frowned and said, "This thing can't cure your life!"
"Master!" Madam's tears fell instantly into the medicinal soup, and then she still held the medicinal soup, "Drink it, and be obedient!"
Lan Yu's Adam's apple moved, and she grinned, "Damn it, I will never see women cry in this life!" After saying that, he took the medicinal soup in his big hand, and regardless of whether it was hot or not, he drank it all in one gulp, and then grinned.
, "Damn, it's bitter!"
The lady gently wiped the corners of Lan Yu's mouth with her handkerchief, and looked at the empty field in front of her, "Master, go back to the house, don't look any further! It's cold outside!"
"My heart is burning!" Lan Yu smiled.
The lady added, "How about you go back to the house and take a nap? You haven't slept for several days!"
"Why are you so anxious about going to sleep?" Lan Yu said with a smile, "There will be more when you go to sleep in the future!" Then she laughed, "Damn it, I can't even wake you up!"
As he spoke, Lan Yu's ears suddenly twitched, then he squatted down and touched the ground with his big hands. There was a hint of heat in his bright eyes.
Gradually, the lady also heard the sound in her ears, and other people in the Lan family in the room also heard the sound. His son and daughter-in-law all came out and stood crowded at the door.
In the distance, on the horizon, in the desolate wilderness, a large battle flag of the bright sun and moon fluttered in the wind, and dozens of knights with frost on their armor came towards them.
"Your Highness, you have indeed not forgotten me!" There was sadness in Lan Yu's eyes, but a smile on her lips.
He looked back at his wife, his eyes full of affection again, and said, "I'm sorry!"
Just one sentence, just four words, made Mrs. Lan burst into tears instantly.
She knows what her husband is looking forward to outside the door every day, and she also knows that if her husband comes looking forward to it, she may never see her husband again.
"I will never forgive you in this life!"
The cavalry's hoofs were getting closer and closer. Lan Yu took his wife's hand and gently stroked the wrinkles on it. "In the past few years since we have been married, I have rarely been at home. I was either fighting outside or training troops outside. At home,
I have to rely on you to take care of everything big and small, and I, as the boss, owe you a lot!"
"I am very content to marry you!" the wife cried.
Lan Yu stroked his old wife's hair again, "I am very content to marry you." After saying that, she smiled again, "I have been betraying you all my life, and I will continue to betray you again. After I leave, everything in the family will be all over.
It’s up to you, you have to live a good life, eat what you want, wear what you want, do you understand?”
The wife nodded with tears in her eyes, grabbed Lan Yu's big hand, and couldn't help but put it on her cheek.
"I'm leaving, don't cry!" Lan Yu said softly, "It's unlucky for a woman to wipe her tears when a man goes out. Besides, it doesn't look good when you cry!"
The lady pursed her lips and smiled with difficulty.
The cavalry is approaching.
At the front, two men wearing gray cotton armor and pointed helmets jumped out.
"Lanyu accepts the order!" Two men strode over, one of them said.
Lan Yu let go of his wife, slowly straightened out his clothes, stroked his beard, and said loudly, "My lord, Lan Yu, hereby listen to the holy edict!"
"Can the general still fight?" the man who delivered the order asked loudly.
"If you can fight, dare to die!" Lan Yu replied loudly.
"Seventy thousand troops of the Northern Yuan Dynasty invaded Liaodong and Peiping. Order Lan Yu as the general to suppress the captives and rush to the front line!" After the man finished speaking loudly, his sullen face turned into a smile, and he helped Lan Yu up with his own hands, "Uncle Lan,
The emperor's grandson ordered that you go to the front line and serve as King Yan's deputy!"
This man was none other than Zhu Yunxi's personal guard commander Fu Rang. He continued, "Originally I was ordered to see your body, but who would have thought that as soon as I left the palace, Brother Wang took the emperor's grandson to let you
The will of resurrection is catching up!"
The brother Wang he was talking about was another man who came with him.
The son of the late Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi, Anyuan Marquis Wang De.
"Uncle!" Wang De saluted.
"Little bastard, your father is no longer in charge of your family?" Lan Yu said with a smile, "Will you also follow me on the expedition?"
"My father is gone, so of course the Wang family's nephew will go into battle!" Wang De said with a smile, "By your side, my nephew can learn some skills!"
"Good boy!" Lan Yu laughed, straightening her back in the cold wind.
Then he slowly turned back, looked at the family members behind him, and said to Fu Rang and others, "Wait for me for a while, I have something to tell you!"
"That's right!" Fu Rang said, "Uncle Lan, please be at ease. Your Highness also has grace for your family!"
Lan Yu patted the other party's shoulder and turned back to the house.
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There was an earthen kang in the room, and Sapphire was sitting cross-legged. The lady was standing on the ground, and the other children and grandchildren were kneeling, with tears on their faces.
"You all know that I will never come back once I leave!"
Everyone in the room started crying, and Lan Yu suddenly looked unhappy.
"Stop fucking mourning, I'm still alive! If I die, I won't be able to hear you howling!" Lan Yu said loudly, "From now on, you should be filial to your mother and don't disobey him, do you hear me?"
"Yes!" The children and grandchildren agreed with tears, and the eldest son Lan Chun cried, "Father, my son will go with you!"
"I'm going to fucking die! Why are you following me?" Lan Yu glanced at him, "Have you lived enough?" She said, her tone softened slightly, "You are the eldest son, you have to bear the burden, you know? I
After you leave, this family will be counting on you!"
"My son knows!"
"Don't be ridiculous, why did I give birth to such a thing like you!" Lan Yu scolded, "You are not material to be a general, nor are you material to be an official. I and the emperor's grandson have asked for grace, you can rest assured and wait for it.
A comfortable and well-oiled junior official!"
"But you have to remember!" Lan Yu suddenly emphasized her tone, "If the Ming Dynasty wants you to go into battle in the future, you must not ruin the reputation of our Lan family!"
Lan Chun said nothing and kowtowed heavily.
Lan Yu took one last look at the kneeling children, gritted her teeth and said, "Everyone, go out. I've said what needs to be said. I want to say something to your mother!"
The children kowtowed and slowly exited.
"Master, I will help you put on the armor!" I took the thick armor from the cabinet and put it on the kang.
Lan Yu's wife knelt down, first tied up her legs tightly, put on her knee pads and leggings, her chain mail, her breastplate, her iron arms, and her neck protector.
She moved very slowly, and tears fell on the armor every time.
Lan Yu's thug patted her hand, slowly pulled out the short knife, looked at the blade, and then smiled and cut off a strand of hair.
"Keep it as a thought!" Lan Yu said.
The madam held her hair tightly in her palms, "Keep it and bury it with me!"
Lan Yu turned around and looked into the other person's eyes, "I'm sorry! I won't be able to pay you back what I owe you in this life!"
"Master!" Madam cried, approaching Lan Yu's arms.
Lan Yu took a deep sniff in his wife's hair and said, "Marry me again in your next life! When the time comes, I won't be a soldier, and I will farm with you every day and raise some chickens, ducks, kittens and puppies!"
"Yes!" The lady nodded heavily and burst into tears.
"See you in the same place in the next life!" Lan Yu smiled again, "Can you still wear that embroidered emerald green skirt? It's so beautiful!"
"Yes!" Madam nodded, wrapped her arms around Lan Yu, and cried, "Master!"
Lan Yu's eyes turned red, "It's not that I'm cruel. When you saw me, I, Lan Yu, was an upright hero. I can't die soon and let you see the first loser!" With that, he pushed his wife away and stood in the armor.
He stood up amidst the grinding sound and said, "I'm leaving!"
"Master!" the lady howled, without saying anything else.
Lan Yu turned around and saw his wife slowly bowing down, "I wish you a great victory!"
"Hey!" Lan Yu grinned broadly.
Outside the door, all the children of the Lan family were kneeling in the wind.
"I wish my father a great victory!"
Lan Yu looked at them, nodded, took off the short knife from her waist and threw it to her eldest son, Lan Chun.
Then, without saying a word, he got on his horse.
The sun and moon battle flags stood beside him.
Cough, cough!
Lan Yu coughed twice, her eyes gleaming, "Damn it, where are the Tatars?"
Wang Defurang pointed northward at the same time, "Where?"
"Then wait for a bird!" Lan Yu shouted, mobilizing the horse, "Chop them into pieces."
This chapter has been completed!