The atmosphere in the room was a little stiff. Perhaps because of the fireworks being moved out, Li Xiaozong, who was kneeling on one knee, looked a little pale, and he didn't know if it was cold or scared.

Li Yuanshan glanced at him and then frowned slightly: "Although you are not a legitimate child of the Li family in Longyou, I have felt that you will have a future since you were a child. Maybe you don't remember that on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year... On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, your father, my second brother Li Yuanmou built a circumference in the hunting ground, and there were 30 or 50 hungry wolves and two equally hungry tigers, saying that they were having some fun for the people in the tribe to see, and even the old man invited them."

"That day, the wolves and hungry tigers were fighting against each other. It seemed a bit interesting. The old man stood there for a long time. Your father ordered all the beasts in the surrounding area to be shot to death. If the arrows were shot down, all the wolfs and tigers would die. The old man insisted on going down and taking a look. Your father and I helped the old man into the surrounding area. You, who was only seven years old, followed with a short knife in your hand. Who knew that when you walked to a hungry tiger, the beast was not dead yet."

"Your father and I draw the sword at the same time, but you took a step first and said loudly that the safety of grandpa is the most important thing. It is important for father and third uncle to protect grandpa. You go forward and stab the hungry tiger to death."

"At that time, your father scolded you for having no rules, and I didn't say anything. Even the old man turned around and left, and didn't say anything to you. But you don't know... The old man sighed for a long time afterwards, and regretted it for a long time. He said it was a pity for your child's courage and wisdom. If you are not a child born, you should cultivate it vigorously."

Li Yuanshan paused for a moment and continued, "You were brave enough to kill tigers when you were seven years old. Since that day, I have been paying attention to you. It was also what I told your father about your father's future. Your father's original intention was to choose one from his legitimate child and send it to the exam. I advised him for half a day before he agreed."

Li Xiaozong's face changed a little, and he changed the military salute of kneeling on one knee to kneeling on both knees.

"General Xie."

Li Yuanshan sat down on the chair, shook his head and said, "You should call me Uncle San."

Li Xiaozong bowed his head and said, "Wearing in military uniform, I dare not be called a third uncle."

A hint of praise flashed in Li Yuanshan's eyes and said, "You can still remember the military rules at this time, which is great... But your courage when you were a child is already amazing. Why are you so timid now when you are doing things? I gave you a big mansion in Jiangdu, and Wu Paisheng promised to help you to suppress the greed. Death a few minions and a few people, this is just a small matter as fine as dust for your future. Why can't you take action?"

Without waiting for Li Xiaozong to explain anything, Li Yuanshan continued, "Even if you have the difficulties, you will be even more angry about Wu Paisheng's death! Wu Paisheng is a celebrity in front of His Emperor, a eunuch in the imperial study. If he dies, he will inevitably shock the court and shock His Majesty. But... if he dies, he will die, and there is no need to worry too much... As long as the things are done cleanly and beautifully, will His Majesty kill another general with a bright future because of a dead person?"

"But you didn't do this well and you have no courage!"

Li Xiaozong bowed his head and simply refused to explain.

"I watched you grow up and I also think you will have a future. It is precisely because I always feel that you are a good material that I can't help but take care of it."

Li Yuanshan stood up and patted Li Xiaozong on the shoulder: "You have considered a lot, that's right. But since you have to consider it, you can't think too narrowly... You plan to use the excuse of infiltration of the Mongol cavalry to scoop up the investigative officials from the imperial capital in the future. This is simply impossible. Even if you stuff more money into it, no one can guarantee whether they will regret it in the future. The people in the imperial capital... are all in the bones."

"I said so much, do you understand how to do it?"

He asked.

Li Xiaozong nodded and shook his head again: "General, the reason why I can't bear to be a woman's kindness is not the kindness of a woman, but I want to leave some help for the future. The border army in Fan Gucheng made a statement every six years. These people are veterans of a hundred battles. After a few years, I plan to find a way to transfer them to my subordinates."

"Veterans are treasures, but not futures."

Li Yuanshan sighed and said, "Since you can't bear it, you should not interfere."

He turned around and walked out the door, and paused when he arrived at the door: "You don't want to kill people, I won't force you... But you need to rewrite a memorial to the court. The officials sent by the court to investigate the case will be at least two months. Two months is enough to do a lot of things, and... I don't plan to ask you to wait for two months."

"On the second day of the second month of the 11th year of Tianyou of the Great Sui Dynasty, because of the incident of the Northern Liao people smuggling horses, the Mongyuan Empire brazenly launched an offensive against Fan Gu. A team of 10,000 people in Mandu Banner crossed the Wolf Rushan Mountains and attacked Fan Gu. Fan Guya general Li Xiaozong led his army to fight for several days, killing thousands of enemies... As soon as the imperial envoy Wu Peisheng arrived in Fan Gu, entered the city to assist in defense, the officials of the Ministry of War and Dali Temple in the capital fought side by side with the border troops and defended the city... However, they were outnumbered and held on for ten days. Most of the defenders in the city were killed in battle. The imperial envoy Wu Peisheng and the accompanying officials failed to fight. The ya general Li Xiaozong was seriously injured and still fought bloody battles without retreating. The city was about to break out, and the Right Guard General Li Yuanshan led his army to break the enemy outside Fan Gu City and kill six thousand enemies..."

After Li Yuanshan said these words in a cold voice, he turned to look at Li Xiaozong and said, "I have deducted the apology you sent to the court a few days ago. What I said above is my memorial to Your Majesty."

Li Yuanshan looked stiff and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Fortunately, most of them died in battle."

Li Yuanshan smiled and said, "It's all... the remaining half written in the memorial. I will assign it to you from the Right Guard. The Ministry of War has a list of registered registrations by Fan Gu Border Army, but the name... is just a code name. Anyone can call it Zhang San or Li Si."

"As for the explanation... I will send someone to get rid of it."

After saying this, Li Yuanshan left.

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On the second day of the second month of the 11th year of Tianyou, Fan Gu's border troops received a military order to gather at the school ground. After waiting for a long time, the general Li Xiaozong of the Ya was not here. He stood on the school ground for three hours, and the water was not enough, and everyone was exhausted. In the evening, he suddenly received another military order. The General of the Right Guard Li Yuanshan transferred Fan Gu's defenders out of the city for 30 miles, and there was an emergency military situation.

The soldiers who had no food and drink for a day dragged their tired bodies out of the city and rushed to the vicinity of Fangying Pavilion thirty miles east of the city. Those who awaited them were five hundred armored cavalry and three thousand elite infantry.

Seven hundred and seventy-five people, all of them died.

Late at night, the soldiers of the Right Guard who had changed into border military uniforms entered Fan Gu. The next day, the people of Fan Gu received news that the three hundred cavalry of the Mongol Empire attacked the border, and Li Xiaozong led his army to meet the enemy, but unexpectedly he was ambushed. The enemy cavalry was more than 300, no less than thousands. The border troops fought hard, and most of them died in battle.

The people were shocked and the crowd was excited.

The seriously injured Li Xiaozong summoned the people of the whole city to recruit soldiers. Unexpectedly, at this moment, thousands of soldiers of the Mongol Empire rushed into Fangu City with the help of spies and slaughtered all the people. More than 2,000 people in the city were not spared.

Li Xiaozong woke up that day. It turned out that Li Yuanshan said that the massacre of the city was a little troublesome, not a troublesome to kill people, but how to explain the troubles to the court.

Just before the massacre, when the elite soldiers of the Right Guard pretended to be Fan Gubian Army and entered the city, Du Hongxian, the owner of Yunji Dog Meat Shop, released a carrier pigeon at the top of the city, and then carried a small luggage and left the city. She didn't know that not long after she left, the people in the city became headless wild ghosts.

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The carriage was moving slowly. Although the wind was still cold when it swept over, it was also interesting to wrap the clothes tightly in the wind to find the warmth of the sun. The big dog drove the carriage slowly, and fell from a distance behind the seven carriages of Hongxiuzhao. The people in front ignored them, and they were too lazy to get close to those girls.

Although Big Dog likes to draw naked girls on the snow, she actually has no desire for women. At least in the past fifteen years, Fang Jie has never seen him find a woman, so Fang Jie's definition of Big Dog is that this person is either a stingy person who loves money than everything, or has physical problems.

Mu Xiaoyao was even more unwilling to deal with the women of Hongxiuzhao. There was not much to say between beautiful women and beautiful women. So she would rather lie in the carriage sleep every day than to match the group of Yingying Yanyan sisters. The reason why Fang Jie would rather sit outside in a big cloak and talk and chat with the big dog without any connections was because Mu Xiaoyao was really a woman who didn't treat herself as a woman.

Her red dress was thin, and she didn't have a ladylike look when she was sleeping. After tossing and turning, her beautiful legs were exposed outside. Fang Jie, a normal man sitting in the carriage, was beautiful and could not eat, so he might as well chat with the big dog outside.

"Da Dog, do you think if I had become a high-ranking official of the Sui Dynasty when I returned to Fangu, what way would the people of Fangu City welcome me?"

The big dog smiled and said, "It's nothing more than beating gongs and drums, and firecrackers are ringing."

Fang Jie shook his head and didn't continue speaking. For some reason, his face looked a little ugly.

"What's wrong?"

Big Dog Ask.

"I just fell asleep leaning against the carriage and had a dream."

"What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that I went back to Fangu many years later, and the villagers in the city picked me up at the gate of the city. I was so happy that I wanted everyone to hold and kiss them. But when I ran forward with a smile, I suddenly realized something was wrong... Why did many years pass, Aunt He still remain the same, like a blooming trumpet flower without changing? Why did Xiao Jiaojiao have been so many years but only reached my knee high? She still speaks with a silly voice? Why did Qu Feng have been so many years, but she is still a lieutenant in the border military? I have not been promoted? I looked at them, becoming more and more scared, and finally woke myself up."

"Because you left Fan Gu, they definitely haven't changed their dreams."

The big dog thought for a while and said, "Your mind is what they are now, and dreaming is naturally what they are now."

"No..."

Fang Jie slowly wiped away the sweat from his forehead: "They were all wearing white clothes, and their faces were paler than the clothes... I went to hug them, but none of them hugged them... Their feet did not step on the ground, but floated. I thought for a long time before I realized that they were all dead when I saw them in my dream."

The big dog was stunned, got into the carriage and took out Mu Xiaoyao's wine pot and handed it to Fang Jie: "It's just an absurd dream. If you really don't feel at ease, we can go back and take a look now."

Fang Jie took a sip of wine and felt that his back was still cold: "No need... don't you say it all, dreams are the opposite of reality. If you dream of whoever dies, you will have a longer life. I dreamed that Fan Gu's villagers are all dead, so why can they all live for a hundred years?"

"Yeah!"

The big dog nodded and smiled, "I have dreamed that we have died many times in the past fifteen years, but we are still living well. And there is an old saying that good people do not deserve their lives, and disasters will last for thousands of years... I am not a good person, Mu Xiaoyao is not, nor are you."
Chapter completed!