The war was in a state of anxiety, the reinforcements of the court were still missing, the wounded soldiers on the front line became increasingly crowded, and there was less and less news about the battlefield. It was not that the news could not be released, but that the news was not dared to come back, for fear of chaos in the rear.

The eldest wife Hei never came down from the forefront of the wounded soldiers. She only sent a few daughter-in-law and niece-in-law to the garment room and gauze room in the rear. On the surface, it was because there was a shortage of people in the rear and they could not do the moving and lifting things in front. In fact, they were afraid that there would be something in front and dared not let them take risks again.

On the fourth day of the first day of the fifth month, a bamboo door behind the gauze room was knocked three times. Two beds were placed in the room, and four people were asleep, namely Xiaoqi's master and servant Fan's master and servant. Hongfu and Fan's girl Suizhu sat up one after another and put on clothes. Hongfu was close to the table and fu was fumbled from above to find a fire break. Suizhu brought an oil lamp for her to light it. The second girl asked in a low voice through the door panel who was outside.

"The eldest lady has come down from the front." The person who replied outside the door was an old lady named Jiang from the main house.

At this time, Xiaoqi and Aunt Fan also sat up. Through the faint light, they looked at each other and saw a little panic in each other's eyes. They suddenly came down in the middle of the night, but something happened.

Hongfu and Suizhu quickly found clothes to serve them on, and took a somewhat dilapidated old lantern from behind the door, took the fire and pointed it out, and the four of them left the house one after another.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang quickly stepped forward to pick up the lanterns and lit them in front of them.

After the five men entered the gauze room, they saw the eldest wife Hei sitting upright on a pile of gauze long skewers. Two women squatted on the ground and wiping the wounds on her legs. On the ground next to it, there was a bloody arrow as big as a thumb, as if it had just been taken out. Liang Ma was holding a wet cloth wipe to wipe the sweat stains on her forehead.

Although Hei's face was pale, he did not cry out in pain. After seeing Aunt Fan and Xiaoqi, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised and he showed a little smile, "I was accidentally caught up by the arrow, it's nothing serious."

Aunt Fan and Xiaoqi rushed forward, but didn't know what to do.

"You are heavy and can't help. Sit down first, I have something to tell you." I signaled to the two bamboo slabs next to you.

Aunt Fan and Xiaoqi looked at each other and sat on the turtle obediently.

"The big house and the three houses have sent someone to Xiaocanghe. I'm afraid they are already halfway. You two are far away. The news is at the latest. After the conversation, they are ready. You can go too." Although it was very urgent, Hei's tone felt that it was just a very simple arrangement.

Even so, Xiaoqi and Aunt Fan's hearts were stuttering. They knew very well what it meant to go to Xiaocang River, which meant that the long river bank would not be able to be kept, and their men were still ahead.

Seeing that the two girls were silent, the eldest lady slowly calmed down in the corner of her eyes, "If you don't want to do it, just think this is an order."

Under such circumstances, anyone with a little brain will not cry. Although the two girls were sad, they had to nod and respond.

At this time, the carriage outside was ready, and the carriage was bumpy. Under Hei's instructions, several women piled a thick layer of cotton yarn into the car.

Four women got into the car one after another, emptying the most comfortable seat in the middle, but found that the woman outside was closing the curtains.

"Aunt you don't get into the car?" Xiaoqi knelt beside the curtain, clutching the door axle, and asked Hei, who had moved to the millstone outside the car.

As the lights flashed, Hei smiled slightly and said with a little pride, "You don't have to leave when your men and children are in front of you."

The curtain of the car was heavily slashed, blocking the pride outside and covering the surprise inside.

Aunt Fan plunged into the car body and couldn't make a sound for a long time. The same one was Xiao Qi next to the door shaft.

The carriage moved forward, and the two wind lights in the front shaft of the carriage were gently swaying in the mist as the carriage moved, like two lonely and unsightly eyes.

The car was silent and could not even hear the breath.

"Who is it?!" A shout came from afar.

"Namen left behind." One of the guards who were pressing the car drank a command that ordinary people couldn't understand.

The other party went back to "Namen Right", so there was no movement on both sides.

"Madam, look, it's Wu/Erqing!" Hongfu suddenly pointed at the curtains and said.

After hearing the three words Wu/Erqing, Xiaoqi rolled and moved to the curtain of the car and looked in the direction Hongfu pointed. He saw Wu/Erqing standing in a group of war horses on the side of the road, chewing the grass with his ears erecting.

After seeing Wu/Erqing, Xiao Qiba searched around the car window. Unfortunately, the distance illuminated by the wind lights in their car was too close to see who the heavy black shadow was. After searching for a long time, he finally found a familiar back under a Chinese toon tree with a wrist thickness on the roadside. The back was sitting on the ground, leaning against the trunk. His fatigue could be seen from his lower shoulders.

She didn't call him, but stared at the back without blinking through the blue yarn outside the curtain, from far to near, from near to far, until the light could no longer be seen, until the sky outside was slightly blue, she was still lying there and looking out the window with great difficulty.

God, I have never believed you once, but this time, I have to hand him over to you. Please bless him to come back safely. I will sincerely visit you in the future.

*******

Poor bones by Wuding River are still people in the dream of spring boudoir.

In the past few days in Xiaocanghe, Xiaoqi has been immersed in this sad and sadness. Whenever she hears crying outside, her heart will be tangled.

The day before yesterday, the famous Shitou lady of the Hei family cried on the street. The husband she had planned to fight for the rest of her life fell on the bank of the long river and could no longer be angry with her. Overnight, her temples were stained with frost, and the deep resentment on her brows disappeared, but there was no more life in her eyes. Whenever someone went to see her, she would always repeat, "Why don't you? You're not an enemy." I heard that this was the last thing her servant said to her before leaving home.

Xiaoqi also went to see her. When she came back, she always dreamed of Li Chu, either with blood all over her body, or with her hands and feet broken. In short, she was full of miserable situations. She was so scared that she didn't dare to close her eyes at night, and she was so blue and black that she had a cloud of blue eyes.

Hongfu felt that this was not a solution, so she thought of various ways to calm her down. Finally, she found that she had to be with Brother Heng more during the day. Only when she was tired could she go to bed with her.

On the tenth day of the fifth month, a message finally came from the front, saying that the old master of the Li family came to the front line and was in charge of the central army with Hei Junshan, the guard general of Dayuankou.

Xiao Canghe was a splatter for a moment, and everyone knew what this meant. Qin Chuan was here, and this was preparing for the last battle.

That evening, for some reason, Xiaoqi was very relaxed. Before Hai, he fell asleep on the bedside and had a strange dream. In the dream, he walked on a path paved with white jade. There were a large red layer of layers on both sides of the road. She thought it was beautiful and wanted to pick one. At this time, a beautiful little boy appeared in front of her and told her that the flower could not be picked. His father would not be returned after picking it. So she retracted her hand, and the little boy disappeared. Turning his head, Li Chuzheng stood not far away with a smile, and told her that he would be back soon.

She believed his words, even though they were in a dream, and she never suffered from insomnia since that night.

Early in the morning of May 16th, someone from the main house invited Xiaoqi to come over and said that the eldest wife was back and wanted to gather the family and have a meal together.

Xiaoqi cleaned up his body, chose a half-old cloth shirt, a phoenix-tail wooden hairpin, brought two boxes of glutinous rice cakes, and a basket of cabbage. He and his two aunts and grandmas and Mei Zhao came to the bedside of the main house.

The main house lives in a circle of earthen houses surrounded by bamboo fences. Because the space inside the house is small, the dining table is set next to the vegetable bed in the yard. It is said to be a dining table, but in fact it is a temporary table made up of long strips and a circle of horse stools are placed around it. There is no way, and the tables and door panels at home are built for Dajun, so I have to give it up.

By the time Xiaoqi and the others arrived, the food had been set up on the table, and the bowls and plates were no longer printed in the fine porcelain, but were replaced with blue-edged and coarse porcelain. It is said that it was the order of the eldest wife. Now it is wartime, so there is not so much attention.

Xiaoqi first took the female relative to the eldest wife to ask about her, and then looked at the injuries on her leg.

The happiest person is Heng Ge'er, who has lived with a few kids from the big and three bedrooms for more than 20 days. He met him early, and when he met, he followed them and chased and played all over the yard, having a lot of fun.

The eldest wife came out of the room and sat at the table. She first looked at her grandchildren playing in the yard with a loving look on her face. A few of them wanted to call a group of children back, but the eldest wife didn't let her go and said she wanted them to play.

"I called you here today, mainly for two things. One is to reward you. These days, you are not afraid of hard work, and you are busy running around in front of you, stabilizing the morale of the army, and appease the people, so that you can see the determination of our family and the soldiers on the border to live and die together. The other is out of my selfishness. I have been married into the Li family for 37 years and have never dared to be idle and carefree one day, but today, I can finally stop drunk." Moments Liang said to pour wine for myself.

The girls held their breath and stared at the big lady's expression, trying to find clues between her eyebrows and eyes, wondering whether this was a heartbreaking wine or a celebration wine.

After pouring a large bowl of wine, Hei slowly stood up with his wounded leg, picked up the bowl, and the side of the bowl was tilted, the wine flowed down like a waterfall. Hei said in her soft and gentle voice, "This bowl, I wish all the warriors who fought against the enemy in Qinchuan!"

The girls stood up one after another, watching the wine splashing, and they all remained silent.

After tribute to a bowl, Liang Mai held the pottery urn and then poured a bowl forward, "This bowl is to respect all the female members of my Qinchuan Army."

Hei looked at Nian Sanwan with his eyes lingering.

The girls' hearts sank, and some timids have wiped their tears.

Hei said nothing, drank all the wine in the bowl, and tears came out with a smile.

Liang Mama stepped forward and explained to the hostess, "Dear grandmas, ladies, Dayuan mouth is guarded!"

Xiaoqi suddenly covered his mouth and wanted to laugh, but his eyes were sore and uncomfortable. The others couldn't be much better. They were crying and laughing. The table was like a fool, which attracted a group of skinny children to tease each other.

But Hei Shi covered her eyes with one hand and sat down on the stool. The war did not take away her husband and children, but took away her only brother. Should she be happy or sad?

Amidst laughter, Liang Mama helped Hei to the backyard. Hei was lying on an old mulberry tree and burst into tears.

"Grandma, do you have a stomachache?" Yun Ge'er, who was born to Aunt Fan, was leading Heng Ge'er to catch insects in the vegetable bed. When they heard the crying, the two of them walked step by step under the old mulberry tree.

Brother Heng is one year old and has a little bit of difficulty speaking. He can only squat in front of Hei like a cousin, repeating his words, "A stomachache?"

Hei slowly stopped his tears and looked at the two babies in front of him.

Brother Yun stepped forward and touched his grandmother's stomach with his little hand. Because when his stomach hurts, the wet nurse touched him like this. Brother Heng was following the same thing and also used his little fleshy hand to touch Hei's belly.

As they touched, the two kids forgot their original intentions, and looked at each other while smirking, simply thinking that this was fun.

Hei sighed and touched the back of the two dolls' heads, "Grandma doesn't hurt anymore."

Liang Mama helped Hei up and waved to signal the wet nurse and the mothers who were standing not far away to come and pick up the children.

*******

After the battle in Dayuankou severely damaged the Qinchuan army's vitality, the imperial court finally dispatched troops to help.

The Liao and Han coalition forces carried out the last wave of attack before the arrival of the imperial army, but the defender Hei Junshan finally resisted and adopted Li Chu's interspersed and differentiated tactics in Yangcheng, and successfully sniped the Liao and Han coalition forces on the bank of the Long River. They did not allow the opponent to enter the Qinchuan boundary, and at the same time, they did not allow the imperial army to seize the credit.

Li Zhendao, the leader of Qinchuan, responded quickly and submitted a letter to the court on the day the Liao and Han coalition forces retreated, saying that the five thousand Qinchuan troops had lost all their losses and asked to withdraw their number.

The capital city did not expect that he would ask himself to withdraw his family army so quickly. You should know that Qin Chuan was personally accepted by Zhou Tai/Zu. Although the court has been thinking of ways to sack the sons, it is not possible to withdraw just by withdrawing. It has to be done after three or four words. Li Zhen said that he would save trouble. He said directly that my people have been beaten, and it would be boring to leave an empty number. Your Majesty, you should withdraw. Anyway, if I don’t withdraw, I will be gone. This is equivalent to calling out to the entire Great Zhou Kingdom: In order to be loyal to the Great Zhou Kingdom, my family is almost dead!

Such achievements will not easily affect the Li family's status for generations.

What is a conspiracy? That's it. The context will be clearly visible to you, and you can't avoid it.

Either the old man is still the hottest. After getting Qin Chuan's submission, the palace scolded three times: Old man! Then he issued a decree to punish the general who went to reinforce the country for a crime of laziness. He thought to himself that you should run faster to reinforce and you won't even take any credit. What's the use of you?!

Qin Chuan made such a big noise, and almost the whole country knew the achievements of their Li family. What the whole family went to the front line, the elderly, weak, women and children were all mourning, and they would not be ashamed of their loyalty.

So after the war subsided, in early June, Qinchuan ushered in the grand prize season, and the Li family was officially awarded the title of King of Han, which was fundamentally different from the original title of King. The original title of King of Wang could not be hereditary, and now it is unshakable for at least three generations. By the way, the Hei family also won the title of county duke, and Qinchuan added another duke.

This shocked the Wei family, who had similar experiences to the Li family, and thought to himself that Li Zhen said, "You old boy really have a trick, and you have to play a game of dead chess alive, which is much more than what the Wei family got when they quit their number.

In mid-June, Li Zhendao personally led his descendants and some Qinchuan officials to the capital for rewards, and said that the Li family would stay in the capital in the future. This move involved another sensitive nerve in the court.

Li, Wei and Mo families were founding heroes of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have been living in their own family. Although they set up mansions in the capital, their descendants have not moved. The court urged them back and forth several times, but the three families had excuses, but they were actually reluctant to let go of their own territory. However, this was a taboo of centralization and also a heart-wrenching problem of Emperor Zhou. The impact was not obvious in the early days of the founding of the Kingdom. As time went by, the contradictions became more and more prominent, and they were almost about to become a country of China, which seriously threatened the imperial power. The heads of the three families knew each other and knew that the move would be done sooner or later, but they were all looking for the most profitable opportunity.

What is regrettable is that this opportunity was first obtained by the Li family. Li Zhendao took advantage of the situation to share your worries and twitched this nerve.

Maybe what are Xidu and Changning cursing now?

The Li family doesn't care about this. Anyway, they should get benefits. When they are stuck, the two families have never been ruthless. They should be with each other.

The enthronement happened at the end of June. Li Chu went to Beijing with Li Zhendao and was asked by Li Zhendao to temporarily live in the capital, so as to return to the inner palace to work at any time.
Chapter completed!