Li Clan. Li Xiu'an stood quietly in the Xiu Pavilion and glanced sideways out of the window. From here, he could only see the tip of the iceberg of this prosperous capital, one of the thousands of high pavilions in the deep palace.
Earlier, her mother had personally talked to her for a long time, asking her if she was not satisfied with her marriage to Chai Shao, or if she had other young heroes in her heart.
As parents, they naturally love their children the most. If they force their children, how can they bear it?
Even in the end, his father personally said that if he was not satisfied with his marriage to Chai Shao, Li could risk the disapproval of the world, violate his reputation, and pay a huge price to ask to break off the engagement with Chai in order to protect the love of his parents.
Even if you have thoughts about someone else, you can ask your second brother to come to your door in person to talk about marriage. It is not a bad idea to use a city as a dowry.
At that time, she was very touched and even felt that her parents were the best people in the world. But at this moment, she suddenly understood one thing: there is no love in heaven.
Why did they secretly let him break off the engagement? It's simple. Chai Shao is no longer useful. Li now wants money and people.
This Chai Shao supported the Li family in his uprising. Not to mention his wealth, he was not even as good as the current Li family, and his ability was too disappointing.
Thirty thousand against two thousand, and a big defeat is possible. What's the use of this kind of waste? If there are no other circumstances, sacrificing the happiness of a little daughter to protect Li's reputation is actually quite good.
But now that Kou Zhong's young marshal army may have the support of the Song family, it will no longer be the case. The forces of all parties are still confronting each other. Kou Zhong is still a young man, young and energetic. If he sees his sweetheart marrying someone else, he must
It would be too unfair to fight with the Li family to the death and both parties would suffer losses.
The more important thing is the Song family. Who knows whether the Song family is acting on a whim or whether it will increase its investment in the Young Marshal Army later?
They dare not gamble!
"Xiuning, you want to see me." Chai Shao was led through the door by the maid, with a big smile on his face, but anyone with a discerning eye could see the fatigue on his face.
Li Xiuning nodded slightly and turned around: "Come, try the tea that my father gave me today. Song's Longjing tea has a very unique taste."
"Okay!" On the tea table, Chai Shao picked up the teapot as usual and helped pour the tea, but his hands were shaking for some reason.
"Chai Shao, you have always given a lot to me and the entire Li family." Li Xiuning said gratefully.
Chai Shao smiled: "Xiuning, it's enough for you to know that I'm good to you! It doesn't matter even if I lose everything for you, because I do everything for you willingly." Li Xiuning struggled for a moment and finally said: "
Just because you are so good to me, there are some things I don’t want to lie to you and want to make it clear to you..." Chai Shao interrupted directly: "Xiuning, if you have anything to do, wait until I am free to talk about it, okay? I still have it right now.
I need to comfort the soldiers who were killed and seriously injured in the battle." Li Xiuning shook his head slowly and took out a straw ring from his arms: "This thing was given to me by someone." Chai Shao raised his head, stared deeply, and felt a pain in his heart.
He suddenly remembered what Kou Zhong once said to himself when he was at Pegasus Ranch: It's useless to be sentimental. If two people are in love, even a piece of grass is a treasure. It's hard to buy a piece of grass with a thousand dollars. Do you understand?
"No wonder he said that!" Chai Shao gritted his teeth. Li Xiuning gently advised: "You know what I want to say."
"I don't want to know!" Chai Shao said in a deep voice, picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.
"The facts are before our eyes. Avoiding them will only make you more sad. You might as well face it as soon as possible." Xiuning continued to persuade her nicely.
Since his father wants to break off the engagement, Chai Shao's refusal will only make everyone more embarrassed.
"I don't want to know, I don't understand what you are talking about, not at all!" Chai Shao shouted loudly, lowered his head, looked panicked, stood up and prepared to go out and leave.
"Stop, tell me, why did you do such a stupid thing when transporting grain and grass this time? Don't you often say that you are rich in knowledge, talented in fighting, and can strategize thousands of miles away? Don't you know the importance of scouts?
Sex? Why would you give such a stupid and mindless order?" Li Xiuning suddenly said coldly.
Chai Shao was startled, held his head, squatted down, and closed his eyes: "I don't know, I don't know why I thought that way at the time! When I faced Kou Zhong, I really wanted to defeat him, but it was too late, he was too
Stronger!" Li Xiuning stood in front of Chai Shao, looked down and said sternly.
"Yes, it was Kou Zhong who suddenly took action against our Li family, but do you know how many families were separated by that order? Some of them were still the breadwinners of the family, but they died suddenly. What will you do if you leave the only orphans and widows in their families? Even if
So what if you gave me money? Do you think those people will stop hating our Li family? Chai Shao, you are destroying the foundation of my Li family. You are wrong, a big mistake!" Chai Shao heard this and held his head.
Crying bitterly: "Ugh...I don't know why. I didn't think about that at the time. I just wanted to ensure my rights and dignity. Thinking about it now, I feel chilled and scared. Why did I become like that? I was wrong, I'm sorry."
, I’m sorry! I even wanted to go to Kou Zhong and kneel down, begging him to let those captured soldiers back. But I knew he wouldn’t agree, and I don’t even know what to do now!” See this!
The once high-spirited man turned into what he is now. Li Xiuning shook his head, sighed, and knelt down in front of Chai Shao to comfort him.
"You don't have much experience in leading troops. It's because I, Mrs. Li, have been too demanding. It's me who wants to break off the engagement now, and it's not your fault. If you want to hate me, I hope you don't hate Mrs. Li, but hate me. If
If you want to kill me, I won't make any resistance!" Chai Shao was shocked, stood up and begged: "Xiuning, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I beg you, please
Give me another chance."
"It's useless to say anything now. I hope everyone is okay. I don't want to see you again!" After saying that, Li Xiuning stood up and left.
"Xiuning, Xiuning!" Chai Shao shouted several times, feeling even more painful. He punched the wall with his fist, causing blood to flow.
Why, why would he lose, to a guy like Kou Zhong, who was born in poverty, has no power and nothing!
...Partial room. After Li Xiuning asked the maids and maids to leave, he opened the door and gently put the grass ring in a corner. There was a name underneath: Kou Zhong.
Looking around, the whole room is full of various unique gifts. Under each gift is carefully marked the name, the process and reason for giving the gift, the character of the friend, the touching words that the two people once said, and
Something important happened.
At the top, there is a golden hair. Even at night, there seems to be a faint and colorful brilliance.
Song Yuzhi! She is an emotional person, so she will take care of every gift carefully prepared by her friends.
Maybe one day, these gifts will have greater value... Luokou.
"Come on, drink!"
"Suck!"
"Meow meow meow!" The celebration banquet was very lively, and the food and grass that required 30,000 people to transport was naturally a huge harvest.
Kou Zhong stood on the high platform in high spirits.
"Brothers, since I established the Young Marshal's Army, I have said that we don't care about birth, relationships, only ability, and only military exploits. Merits will be rewarded, and misdeeds will be punished! Come, let's have a celebration banquet today.
While having a carnival, you will be rewarded with gold, silver, treasures, power and status. As long as there is a share for me, then there will be a share for the brothers!"
"Oh! Long live the young marshal's army!"...Kou Zhong smiled, waited for a while, raised his hand, and the scene suddenly became silent. He took the list handed over by the military advisor and shouted loudly.
"The first place for meritorious service this time: Yang Guangsheng, killed ten enemies, one of whom was at the level of a centurion, with a ninth-grade merit plus one, and a tenth-grade merit plus nine. In addition, thirty people were captured, including an eighth-grade general and a seventh-grade general.
For a general, according to regulations, all captured prisoners will be killed, and he will receive twenty-eight of tenth-class merit, one of seventh-class merit, and one of eighth-class merit. Yang Guangsheng!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"According to regulations, you can continue to accumulate these military achievements, or you can exchange them for gold and silver treasures, martial arts magic weapons, power and status. What do you want?" Kou Zhong asked in a deep voice.
Although there are two young marshals in this young marshal army, Kou Zhong is mostly in charge. Xu Ziling is not very interested in power and rarely gives orders.
According to his discussion with the military advisor "Xu Xingzhi", they did not have enough reputation in the Sui Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible to recruit those virtuous ministers.
However, there are many strange people in the countryside. If the war merit system of the Great Qin Dynasty is followed, firstly, it will attract more people to fight to the death, and secondly, it will also convince everyone.
Real things such as fame, fortune, and wealth are the easiest to move people's hearts. Of course, most of the young marshal's army is uneducated, so he designed the military positions to be simple: commander of ten, commander of hundreds, commander of thousands, and commander of the seventh-grade general.
Two thousand people, five thousand for sixth-rank generals, 10,000 for fifth-rank generals, and 30,000 for fourth-rank generals.
He is now a fourth-grade general.
"Report to the young marshal, I want a military position." Although Yang Guangsheng is just a soldier, he has a majestic and extraordinary bearing, clasping his fists.
Kou Zhong looked him up and down and was very satisfied that he was worthy of being his subordinate. However, the name seemed a bit strange. Isn't Yang Guang the name of the former Sui Emperor?
Why did the family give him this name? Is it a bit unlucky? It's not a big problem. It's better than those in the military who call him dog egg and the cat can hold it in his mouth better.
"Okay, according to the rules, high-level military merits can be exchanged for low-level military merits at a ratio of one to three. Three military merits of the same grade can be upgraded to one level. After promotion, all military merits will be cleared. From today on, you will be a centurion, commanding a hundred people.
Yang Guangsheng knelt on one knee: "Thank you, Marshal!"
"Next, Chen Fei!" Yang Guangsheng stood up and stepped back, the corner of his mouth slightly raised. As expected, he was smart. After asking for a long time, he entered the army of young marshals with the most potential.
With this system, coupled with the financial support of the Song family, if Chang'an is captured again in the future, just like the Qin Dynasty back then, the tiger will be in the middle of the pass, overlooking the world.
That is the eternal emperor's legacy. Now, no matter who gives him another chance, he will prove to the world that Yang Guang is not weaker than others!
...Young Marshal's Mansion. Kou Zhong returned to the mansion drunkenly and saw Xu Ziling sitting quietly by the small lake, looking up at the moon.
After absorbing the Evil Emperor's relics and greatly improving their skills, the two of them have changed a lot unknowingly. He prefers fighting on the battlefield, drinking and chatting with the soldiers, while Xu Ziling prefers peace and quiet.
"Pah~" Kou Zhong fell directly on Xu Ziling's back and said with a smile.
"Master Ling, you won a big victory today. Why don't you go to the celebration banquet? Everyone misses you a little. Are you thinking about the little ladies? Oh, why don't you just listen to me, kowtow to Mr. Le, recognize me as a foster father, and then let
The adoptive father took us directly to Cihang Jingzhai to snatch the bride. When the time comes, the rice will be cooked and the fairy will give you a child. Are you afraid that she will run away?" Xu Ziling shook his head firmly.
"You don't understand. Concubine and I have a soul-to-heart connection, and the friendship between gentlemen is like water. She supports me in what I want to do, and I will fully support her in what she wants to do. Just when you come over, I and I
Tell me something. Now the good and evil are about to fight to win the martial arts treasure: He's Bi. I will go to help tonight, and then the young commander's army will only rely on you." Kou Zhong was startled and dumbfounded: "No, right?
, are you leaving me for a woman at this critical moment, or are you not a brother?" Xu Ziling laughed: "I am of no use here. On the contrary, it affects your power. There are people who have joined me intentionally or unintentionally these days. And the He family
Bi, according to ancient legend, the one who wins the Heshi Bi will win the world. If I go to convince Fei Xuan and let Buddhism support you, wouldn't you have a better chance of winning?"
"Good guy, how can you be so good? Why don't I believe it?" Kou Zhong said suspiciously.
"Hey, I accidentally noticed it by you. I heard that Cihang Jingzhai's rule is that whenever there is chaos in the world, choose a true emperor to give full support. Whoever Concubine Xuan chooses, of course I will support. But who calls us
He's a brother, I'll take her to see you first when the time comes." Xu Ziling said honestly.
In his opinion, the two of them were born as commoners and their current status was worth it. Even if they could not win the world in the future, it would be good to rely on their martial arts to go to the Song family and live a stable life with Zhenniang.
"It's a deal!" Kou Zhong excitedly gave his brother a slap on the shoulder. The supreme being in the world, who wouldn't want to?
Only in these days did he truly understand the taste of power, which was just one word: cool! How can a man have no power!
"Young Marshal, there is an envoy from the Li family outside asking to see you."
"Let him wait in the middle hall." Kou Zhong said bluntly. With his current strong internal strength, as long as he is not a great master, he can escape unscathed from anyone he confronts.
It's just the Li family, and robbing him of his food is just to give them face.
"yes!"
"Since Marshal Zhong has something to do, I won't say more. I'm going to leave right away. Take care!" Xu Ziling said solemnly.
Kou Zhong nodded: "Take care." The two brothers grew up together and this was the first time they were separated, but he didn't say much.
Everyone wants different things, there is no need to force... On the other side of the river, Song Yuzhi was watching the little yellow cat fishing eagerly, waiting all day just to have a hot breakfast.
"Gugu~" The girl held her stomach and said pitifully, "Master Le, I'm hungry!"
"Meow!" The little yellow cat swung the fishing rod, jumped back, and jumped directly on the head of the shit shovel.
"Suck!" Wash her face directly from top to bottom.
"Meow meow!" [Don't speak, it will scare away all the fish!]
"Okay." After a while, a man and a cat squatted quietly by the lake, staring wide-eyed at the motionless fish float in the middle of the river.
The night is like water, and the sky is full of stars...
