In the front yard of the inn, Li Sanlang took Li Wuya, and Li Qilang was taking medicinal materials from more than 20 medicine boxes one by one. Every time he opened a medicine box, Li Sanlang grabbed some medicinal materials from inside, and then placed them next to him.
In an empty box.
"Brother, get more Sanqi."
"Brother, compact it a little tighter."
At the entrance of the lobby, Zhuang Yutang and Xu Chengkun stood side by side, silently watching the three Li brothers and sisters who were busy.
"My sister seems to know more about medicine than my brother. The five-year-old girl is very smart!"
Zhuang Yutang looked with interest at Li Wuya who kept instructing Li Sanlang to do this and that.
Xu Chengkun snorted: "Three brothers and sisters, that little girl is the most thief!"
When the brothers heard that the general wanted to reward them with twenty taels of silver, they were all overjoyed, but the girl was not tempted.
She even boasted that she wanted to help her father get promoted, but if she couldn't get promoted, she asked for medicinal materials.
It is difficult to obtain medicinal materials at the border. A box of medicinal materials cannot be bought with twenty taels of silver.
Xu Chengkun looked at Zhuang Yutang, hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "General, the secret letter has been opened."
Zhuang Yutang was unmoved, his eyes still on the three brothers and sisters: "So?"
Hearing the indifference in Zhuang Yutang's tone, Xu Chengkun frowned: "The defense plan is of great importance. The military bases above are top secret places. If outsiders know about it, the losses will be incalculable."
Zhuang Yutang then turned to look at Xu Chengkun with a calm expression: "What do you want to say? Do you think the three brothers and sisters of the Li family saw the defense map and wanted to kill them?"
Xu Chengkun pursed his lips and said nothing, but it could be seen that he acquiesced.
Zhuang Yutang's eyes were a little indifferent, but he smiled upward: "In order to protect our country, sometimes we can do something extraordinary, but we cannot become inhumane people."
"Without those three brothers and sisters, the military defense map would probably have been in the Beiyan military camp at the moment. It would have contributed to both us and Da Chu."
"But now, you want to kill them, isn't it a bit chilling?"
Xu Chengkun's expression changed again and again. He held his neck and defended himself: "General, my subordinates are only concerned about the security of the border."
Zhuang Yutang sneered and patted Xu Chengkun on the shoulder: "I understand what you think, but..." His eyes turned to the three brothers and sisters of the Li family again.
"Even if they open the secret message, I don't think they can understand it. There are not many people who can read here, let alone those who can read the defense map."
"What do you think?"
Xu Chengkun looked at the three brothers and sisters of the Li family who were still picking at the medicine box, lowered his head and said, "My subordinates are unfounded."
Zhuang Yutang smiled and nodded, without saying anything more, and his eyes fell on Li Wuya again.
Was he just dazzled?
That little girl just looked at Xu Chengkun with murderous intent?
Is this possible?
That was a five-year-old baby, he must have been dazzled.
However, when he thought of the dead Huyanhe people, Zhuang Yutang felt a little uncertain again
These border guards have been on too many battlefields, and they have evil spirits all over them. Even some adults will tremble when they see them, but none of the three brothers and sisters of the Li family are afraid. On the contrary, they dare to take the initiative to ask for rewards.
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This courage is not ordinary!
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"Brother, compact it a little tighter."
"It can't be pressed any harder!"
After loading a box full of medicinal materials, Li Sanlang didn't leave any more. He could feel that the deputy was hostile to them. He bent down to thank Zhuang Yutang who was standing at the door of the lobby, then pulled the box and left the inn with his younger brothers and sisters.
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The inn was hijacked by the Beiyan people, and the people in Tianlingtun had already received the news.
Not long after Zhuang Yutang led his men into the post station, many people from the military camp came outside the post station.
"Sanlang, Wuya, Qilang!"
As soon as Li Sanlang and the others left the inn, Jin Yue'e, who was anxious about waiting, rushed to their side.
She has been here a long time ago, but unfortunately no one is allowed in the inn.
"Sanlang, are you injured?"
Jin Yue'e noticed the arrow wound on Li Sanlang's shoulder at a glance, and then saw Li Wuya covered in blood, and was so frightened that her body shook.
Li Sanlang quickly supported the person: "Mom, we are fine. None of the blood on Wu Ya's body is hers. I was hit by an arrow. The arrow has been pulled out and there is no bleeding now."
Seeing Jin Yue'e looking like she wanted to check their injuries immediately, Li Wuya quickly grabbed her: "Mom, I'm scared, let's go home first."
Jin Yue'e finally came back to her senses and saw everyone around them looking at them. She nodded quickly: "Yes, go home first!" After saying that, she looked at the box Li Sanlang was pulling.
Li Sanlang whispered: "This is the medicinal material that the general rewarded us with."
After hearing this, Jin Yue'e took the box from Li Sanlang without asking any questions and returned to Tianling Tun with the three children.
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Most of the people living in Tianlingtun are like the Li family. Their ancestors have been military households for generations, and only a few of them are prisoners who were exiled to serve in the army.
Here, everyone is relatively poor, and every household is a yellow mud thatched house.
Because there is Li Changsen, who works as a flagman in the guard station, the Li family's conditions are slightly better than other families. Although the place they live in is also a yellow mud thatched house, it has a yard and more rooms.
The Li family courtyard is a square courtyard with five upper rooms, three east and west wing rooms, two back rooms, a kitchen, and a woodshed.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Li Erya stretched his neck and looked towards the entrance of the village, his young face full of worry.
Didn’t it mean that the defender of Dieling Pass had killed the Beiyan people who hijacked the inn?
Why hasn’t Mom come back with Third Brother, Wuya and Qilang?
When she was washing clothes two days ago, she fell by the well and sprained her foot. She wanted to go to the inn to have a look, but her foot hurt after walking a few steps.
So, she can only wait at home.
Li Erya turned around and glanced at the people sitting in the upper room, with a look of resentment on his face.
Dad is not at home, and Third Brother, Wuya, and Qilang are trapped in the inn. Grandma and Grandma don’t ask Second Uncle and Third Uncle to come over and take a look.
"Erya, what are you doing standing at the door? Why don't you hurry up and make dinner? Everyone is hungry."
Li Changsen's second brother, Li Changlin, stood at the door of the hall and shouted to Li Erya.
Li Erya was filled with resentment. When he heard this, he became even more angry. He turned around and replied angrily: "Without me cooking, is the second uncle ready to starve to death?!"
Hearing this, the Li family members in the hall were stunned.
The four children in the first house are all very cunning. On weekdays, the people in the second and third houses try to get them to help with work, but they never succeed.
Although I am very annoying, I have never openly opposed my elders like today.
It took a long time for Li Changlin to come back to his senses, then he picked up the stick next to him and walked towards Li Erya angrily: "Smelly girl, you dare to curse me, see if I don't teach you a lesson, you have a father but no father to teach you.
Unfilial daughter."
Li Erya stood at the door without moving, looking coldly at Li Changlin who was approaching: "Second uncle, if you dare to hit me today, I will tell my father the truth when he comes back."
As soon as these words came out, Li Changlin, who was so aggressive just a moment ago, suddenly stood in the yard like a deflated balloon.
The eldest brother Li Changsen, the second eldest brother Li Changlin, the third eldest brother Li Changmu, and everyone else in the Li family are all afraid.
Their eldest brother has killed countless people on the battlefield, and he is full of murderous intent. Whoever bullies the four brats in the big house will definitely find someone to settle the score when he comes back.
At this moment, a broom for cleaning the hot bed was thrown out of the main room and hit Li Erya with a bang.
"You ungrateful villain, do you talk to your elders like this? That's your second uncle. Your father has not been at home these years. If it weren't for the help of your second uncle and third uncle, I don't know whether you and Sanlang would have survived.
?You cursed him like that, are you ignorant of your conscience?"
The speaker was Mrs. Li. At this moment, she was sitting on the fire bed and was already standing at the door of the main room, looking at Li Erya with a gloomy face.
Li Erya didn't mean to give in, and looked at Mrs. Li with a stubborn expression: "Mistress, what you said is wrong, who has been helping whom in this family all these years?"
"It's my dad. It's my dad who fought on the battlefield regardless of danger, so our family has ten acres of military land. It's him who supports everyone with his monthly salary."
"What did the second uncle and the third uncle do?"
Madam Li was so angry that she slapped her thighs and howled: "You are going against the will of heaven, you are going against the will of heaven, I can't even blame you, old lady, you rebellious and unfilial thing!"
"Boy, why are you still standing here? Why don't you catch that money-losing guy? I must teach her a lesson today."
Li Changlin's eyes lit up and he walked towards Li Erya eagerly.
The four cubs in Dafang are becoming more and more unruly as they grow older. It’s time for Mom to loosen up on them.
Seeing Li Changlin approaching, Li Erya's face flashed with timidity, but she still stood still and did not lower her head like Mrs. Li.
"Who are you trying to teach me a lesson?"
Jin Yue'e looked ugly and led Li Sanlang, Li Wuya, and Li Qilang into the yard. From a distance, she heard her mother-in-law scolding Erya.
Seeing Jin Yue'e's return, Li Changlin, who was still aggressive at first, suddenly died down.
The elder brother is not easy to mess with, and the elder sister-in-law is also difficult to deal with.
Dafang’s family doesn’t have a single fuel-efficient lamp.
Mrs. Li glanced at Jin Yue'e, snorted, and said nothing more.
Li Changlin saw the alley on Jin Yuee's back, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you came back just in time, you should take good care of Erya."
"Didn't you see that she just talked back to my mother? She replied ten times as soon as my mother said something. She is really disobedient and unfilial. Who would dare to marry a girl like her in the future?"
Jin Yue'e looked at Li Changlin indifferently: "What about Erya? I don't need to worry about it. Second brother should take care of Sanya and Siya when he has time."
Li Changlin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, you all listen to sister-in-law. By the way, sister-in-law, let me help you get the box on your back!" As he said that, without waiting for Jin Yue'e to respond, he reached for the box.
"Bang!"
A wooden stick hit the back of his hand hard.
"Ah~"
Li Changlin's screams like killing a pig suddenly rang through the sky.
"Wu Ya, how dare you attack your second uncle!"
Mrs. Li turned blue with anger. Dad Li, who had not come out of the main room, also came out and looked at Li Wuya with an unhappy expression.
Li Wuya gently pulled at the blood-stained clothes: "Master, grandma, third brother and I are all injured, don't you see?"
At this time, other people in the Li family discovered that Li Sanlang and Li Wuya were covered in blood, and their expressions couldn't help but change.
Li Wuya walked towards Li Changlin with a smile.
Li Changlin, who was arching his waist and covering his hands in pain, looked at Li Wuya walking towards him, and for some reason, he took a few steps back.
"Second uncle, do you know how many people the Beiyan people killed in the inn? Do you know how my brother and I escaped alive?"
Li Changlin retreated again.
When he retreats, Li Wuya enters.
"Second uncle, don't be afraid. I'm not injured. None of the blood on my body is mine." Li Wuya lowered his head and touched the blood on his clothes with a smile. "This belongs to a Beiyan man. He was hiding behind the closet. I
He raised his sword and stabbed it in."
"But the man didn't die with one stab of the sword. He still wanted to kill me, so I pulled out the sword and stabbed him again, and then he died."
Li Wuya said and demonstrated her movements. The wooden stick she held in her hand seemed to turn into a sharp sword. She stretched it towards Li Changlin, frightening Li Changlin and fell directly to the ground.
"Haha~"
Li Wuya covered his mouth and laughed: "Second uncle, you are too timid, will I still kill you?"
One moment he was beating and killing, the next moment he covered his mouth and smiled sweetly.
It shocked everyone in the Li family and was stunned on the spot.
Li Wuya smiled for a while, then suddenly stopped, and glanced at everyone in the Li family with an indifferent expression: "The boxes are medicinal materials, which my brother and I returned at the risk of our lives. Who dares to snatch them...
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With a "click" sound, the wooden stick in her hand was inserted into the ground.
The courtyard of the Li family was quiet. After a while, Mrs. Li looked at Li Changmu: "Third brother, why don't you go help your second brother up?" After saying that, she glanced at Li Wuya and returned to the main room without saying a word.<
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The eldest family has four children, and the one that frightens her the most is this stinky girl.
A pair of eyes staring at people, as if they can see through them.