In February of the twelfth year of Daye, the weather in the North was still very cold and the wind was very strong.`
A group of more than ten people rode their horses along the post road and arrived at the foot of Shenwu City.
Today's Shenwu is considered an empty city, but some people who had gone out to escape the war came back to live here.
Moreover, at the beginning of the year, a battalion of 500 Sui troops came from Mayi, entered Shenwu, cleared out all the corpses in Shenwu City, and buried them.
There were also some refugees who came with them, probably more than a thousand people. They were the first batch of residents to settle in Shenwu after the war.
However, if you want to return to the way it was before, you don't have to think about it for ten or eight years. Therefore, the term "empty city" is not appropriate, because there are too few people.
As for the cultivated land, there is no need to worry about it.
There was little arable land in Mayi, and the main occupation was animal husbandry. In order to deal with future attacks by Turks, Li Jing, the prime minister of Mayi County, also intended to turn the people into herdsmen.
This is a very wise approach. In a place like Mayi where there will be frequent wars, the food grown is for the Turks. It is better for everyone to graze together.
As for whether it is feasible, more than half of Mayi is grassland. Do you think it is feasible?
More than ten people were all dressed in Sui army uniforms, wrapped in thick hooded cloaks, and equipped with swords and bows. There were two big men with thick spears hanging on the sides of their horses.
One look at the long blade tip, and you know that it is one of the most expensive weapons in the Sui army.
People who carry such weapons are almost indispensable for their family background and martial prowess.
More than ten people circled Shenwu City for half a circle. The Sui soldiers at the top of the city poked their heads in, but few people asked. They came from the south and were dressed so... cleanly... but they had nothing to do with these soldiers.
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It doesn't matter if you don't enter the city. Once you enter the city, there will naturally be camp captains. The brigade commanders have to deal with them, and it is not their turn to show their authority.
After half a circle, the people at the city gate had already received the report and were about to see who it was. But the group of people had already turned their horses and walked onto the post road heading north.
The captain guarding the city gate spat hard and said to himself, Damn it. He is so cunning, he is not a Turkic spy, right?
Of course, a more credible guess would be to go to Yunnei City. It's not sure how lively it is there now. The unshaven corps leader looked north enviously.
More than ten people left Shenwu City. Someone twisted his shoulders on his horse and said, "Of the eight large and small cities in Mayi County, once the Turkic army passed by, only Shenwu fell, and the others were all safe. It's really strange. Look at that city
The appearance is not much worse than that of Mayi City."
A thin voice came from the side. It was a little tired, but also a little cheerful, "Yanmen was completely destroyed, but Mayi only destroyed one city. Li Juncheng has done a great job."
Li Shimin, who was riding on the horse, immediately curled his lips. This was the reason why he didn't want to get along with his brothers and sisters. If you talked about East, he could talk about West. When you talked about tactics, he would talk about strategy. He also understood what the other party wanted to say.
This feeling is so bad that I can't find a place to go.
Li Shimin looked around helplessly, but he couldn't find anyone except his sister who could say a few words to him, because the people who escorted them to Mayi were all his father's guards.
These people are just stupid. Except for Li Yuan, it would be very difficult for others to control them.
Especially the two leaders. One is named Yuwen and the other is named Gao. You can understand by listening to these surnames that the family does not give them for free. If you, the second son of the Li family, want to show off in front of others, you have to weigh it carefully.
If you get angry, I'll stab you and kill you.
Li Shimin was a little depressed. It was true that he was easy to make friends with, but he didn't want to get involved with these people. They were his father's bodyguards. If you made close friends, there would inevitably be something wrong with them.
These are the rules of a wealthy family. Both father and son must abide by them, but if they are exceeded, there may be endless resentment.
As a son of an aristocratic family, if you don't even understand these basic rules, well, you'd better go to bed as soon as possible.
So he could only talk to his clever sister, "Who told the emperor to be in Yanmen at that time?"
This means I want to end the topic and get on my way.`
Next to her, Li Xiuning wrapped herself in a cloak again, but she was complaining in her heart that the cloak was too big, cumbersome, and not good-looking at all. At the same time, she glared at her maid sideways, and even forgot to bring wine, so she asked her to go back.
Empty the toilet for a month.
"Second brother should go see Li Juncheng first. It's quite rude to ignore him like this."
Sure enough, the donkey's lips are completely different from the horse's mouth again.
Li Shimin sighed like an old man in his heart and said, "After entering Mayi City, it will be difficult for us to figure it out. You are so smart, you can't think of it, right?"
Of course I can imagine it, but it’s just a bit unbalanced seeing how you look silly and cheerful all day long.
Why can you join the army when you want, and come out when you want, but I have to be trapped in the house, and it's so difficult for you to have a few sips of wine?
"How can we be smarter than my second brother? We have traveled a lot more this time... But if we rush there in such a hurry, we will become unwelcome guests..."
Li Shimin chuckled, swallowed a mouthful of wind, and couldn't help coughing twice, "How about... Third sister, you go to Mayi to pay homage to Li Juncheng, and go to Yunnei on your own as a brother?"
The girl next to me snorted dissatisfiedly. It was quite fun to say, but it was also a lie and was far less loyal than the elder brother.
Rolling her eyes, she also laughed, and as expected, she took a mouthful of wind, coughed twice, and then said: "Sister Li's family was very beautiful back then, but after all these years, how beautiful is she?
Second brother, don’t forget that it’s only been two years since my sister-in-law came here, so you don’t have to wait long to see Shu.”
One sentence almost made Li Shimin fall off his horse. Even the guards around him had smiles on their faces. They all felt that it was quite lively for the two sons and daughters of the Li family to come together.
If others said this, Li Shimin might even feel proud. A man is a lustful man, and as long as he has that ability, others will only envy him.
Of course, the legacy of Emperor Wen's reign is still affecting people's thinking. It's okay to be lustful, but it's best not to touch the wife of the main wife lightly.
This was the consensus of the court officials during the reign of Emperor Wen, because there was a Queen Dugu above who was keeping a close eye on everyone.
Therefore, there was a strange phenomenon during the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, the courtiers had many wives and concubines, but their reputations were all good because they had no concubines.
Up to this point, the style of the Kansai clan has not changed much. It can be seen how powerful and powerful Queen Dugu was back then.
However, it was his sister's talk and it was overheard by outsiders, so Li Shimin's face became a little worried.
"Don't talk nonsense. If word spreads, I, Li Er, will be accused of being a womanizer."
As he spoke, his slender eyes turned towards everyone, with a cold light flashing, as if he had suddenly changed from before, and the warning was self-evident.
The guards quietly distanced themselves from the brother and sister.
The girl frowned. She was not innocent. You must know that the father and son of the Li family have no restraint when it comes to women.
Take their father Li Yuan as an example. Although he and Dou had a close relationship and respected each other for many years, which was a good talk in Chang'an, over the years, Li Yuan's concubines came in one after another, and there were a large number of sons and daughters.
Li Jiancheng was slightly stronger. Except for Li Xuanba who died young, the rest, like Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, were almost the same as Li Yuan.
If I go to Yunnei and meet my old friend Li's sister again, hey, maybe there will be some story.
Li Xiuning rolled his eyelids. If he does it, others can't say it?
Along the way, the two brothers and sisters fought against each other, and on that night, they stayed in the southeast of Yunnei Racecourse.
Originally, Li Shimin wanted to see the battlefield where the Sui army in Mayi gathered to annihilate the Turks, but they came quietly without any guide, so he could only regretfully give up.
At noon the next day, the group finally arrived near Yunnei City.
The closer they got to Yunnei City, the more they muttered that there were too many people.
Similar to Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, he was used to seeing desolation and had seen enough of the horrors after the war. When he came to a place with a lot of people, he was particularly uncomfortable.
I couldn't help but asked a little bit.
Li Xiuning laughed immediately. The Li family's sister was getting married and was having a happy event.
Li Shimin was not as unbearable as she thought, and she became interested at that time. He liked to join in the fun, and he gossiped in a down-to-earth manner.
Immediately, the two siblings felt that this marriage was a bit strange.
Li Po and Li Ding'an, who joined the army in Heng'an Town, were students of Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County. They were from Fufeng. Both of his parents were dead and he only had one girl by his side.
Married the third wife of the family of Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County, Li Bi, the general of Heng'an Town.
The bride has just been brought back from Mayi City and is preparing to get married.
The identities of these two people seemed strange enough to Li Shimin. He was also well-informed. Was there anything strange happening in Chang'an City and the eastern capital of Luoyang?
For example, someone who marries a girl, someone who marries a niece, someone who takes his father’s concubine, someone who makes his daughter pregnant, there are all kinds of things going on in the mansion that you can’t think of, there is nothing that others can’t do, but he
But I have never heard of joining the army and marrying a general. This is so interesting.
What’s even more strange about this marriage is that there are only two people in the husband’s family, so the ceremony should be about the memorial tablet, right?
Ah, this man from Heng'an Town who joined the army is amazing. He married the daughter of a noble family in Kansai, and he was able to welcome people to Yunnei City by himself, and Li Jing didn't follow him. Such an ability, damn it,
This is really a big deal.
The brother and sister memorized the hero genealogy over and over again, but they never thought of anyone named Li in Fufeng, Guanxi, who had such ability.
Suddenly, the image of Li Canjun, whom the brother and sister had only heard of but never met, became taller in the hearts of the brother and sister.
Being from a wealthy family, they naturally understand the peculiarities.
But, having said that, there are too many families with the surname Li in Kansai, and it is not certain whose family this Li Canjun is.
And there was only so much they could learn from ordinary people. If they wanted to know more, they had to meet him.