That day, amidst the sounds of fighting all over the country, that cry was so clear. Li Xu, Liu Hongji and others just listened to the reminder from the other side and fought their way through the chaos and escaped. Everyone.
Everyone guessed who was the mastermind behind sending dozens of people to shout in unison on the river bank. Liu Hongji said afterwards that Li Jiancheng was not a quick-witted person, and this idea was definitely not his idea. It was said that General Yu Wenshu
As soon as he saw his son's figure, he immediately fainted on the river beach.
"Flee, run north, Zhong Jian, run north -" Li Xu vaguely heard an anxious female voice mixed with the shouts of dozens of people. Every time he woke up from a nightmare, that voice was in his ears.
Echoed over and over again. Today, until he led his horse out of the house, the shouting still lingered and refused to go away.
He remembered that when he, Liu Hongji, Samurai Xun and others were recuperating in western Liaoning, Li Waner came to visit them many times. She either followed Li Jiancheng or walked with Li Shimin. Every time she came, she seldom spoke and just listened.
The men talked for a while about the gains and losses of the Liaodong War, then silently stood up and walked out. Miss Li Er's sudden girlishness made everyone very puzzled. The warrior Xun also secretly joked about the eighteenth change of women, no matter who the girl is.
When you reach the age of marriage, you will suddenly change from a lion to a sheep.
Xuzi didn't dare to guess that Li Waner's tenderness was because of himself, although he longed for the fact deep down in his heart that it would be like this. Li Waner liked to practice martial arts with Li Xu and chat with her. This was something that the entire food protection army knew. But Li Waner liked everything that could
Things that aroused her curiosity, such as kittens with weird coats, puppies, horses, cattle and sheep, and even the customs outside the Great Wall, the leather robes of the Khitan people, and the accessories of the Mohe people.' She only showed curiosity about Xuzi inadvertently.
'Liu Hongji once warned like this when everyone was talking nonsense, and Li Xu also vaguely agreed with this point of view.
'She is just curious, well, curious.' Xuzi comforted herself over and over again. 'The environment of the two families is so different. It's no big deal that the daughter of the Duke's family is curious about the lives of the common people!' As for whether these reasons can deceive him.
Asahi herself tried her best not to speculate.
In the breeze of February, the sun-soaked young man walked freely to his uncle's restaurant while thinking about his thoughts. He was going to Liaodong soon, and he wanted to say goodbye to his uncle. Uncle Baosheng had no son, and he always looked down upon Xu Zi.
Out of oneself.
There is an inn that has become very lively now. Since the news that Li Xu was appreciated by the prince of the dynasty spread, the yamen's helpers headed by Zhao Er Ge rarely come to fight in the autumn wind. Some gangsters who bully Zhang Baosheng are old and have no children.
A scoundrel, he also paid off the wine debts he had owed over the years. Without these additional expenses, Uncle Baosheng's wallet gradually became fuller. He also promptly recruited a clever clerk and hired a man who had resigned from a restaurant in the city.
Thanks to the hard work of the chef, the entire inn slowly came back to life.
In Li Xu's eyes, the look on his uncle's face was much better than before, and even Mrs. Zhang Liu's behavior was not as startled as before. Seeing her nephew come in, Mrs. Zhang Liu quickly got up and poured tea.
As he walked, he whispered: "Xuguan, come in and sit down quickly. Your uncle is thinking about sending someone to find you. Yesterday afternoon, a noble man brought you a gift!"
"Noble?" Li Xu asked in surprise. He raised his eyes to look at his uncle, only to find that his uncle's eyes were narrowed and he was looking at him as if he were looking at a treasure.
"Last night, when it was about to close, a strange man came!" Zhang Baosheng explained slowly while pulling his nephew to sit down. "As soon as he entered the door, without ordering, he first asked if the owner of this hotel was Li Xu.
uncle!"
"How can there be such reckless people?" Li Xu smiled and said. This style of behavior was very similar to that of several of his friends in the food protection army. Suddenly, he realized that those few friends were acting laissez-faire.
He has left forever, and I can't help but feel sad again.
"I told him yes, and he ordered wine and food, invited me to sit down and eat with him, and kept asking about how you are doing!" Uncle Baosheng babbled proudly. Because of his nephew, he was respected by others, more than the other party respected him directly.
He himself is also very happy.
"Is it possible that Lao Qi and the others are still alive?" Li Xu was startled by the sudden thought in his mind. He quickly interrupted his uncle and asked eagerly: "Did he tell you his name? Did he tell you where he went?
?”
"I also found it strange. When I asked him his name, he refused to tell me. He just said that he had a friend who was very familiar with you, so he specially ordered him to bring you a gift. I asked him the name of his friend, and he said
He said you would know it after seeing the gift."
After that, Uncle Baosheng jumped off the chair and took Li Xu, who was confused, to the backyard to see the gifts. He didn't even taste the tea that Jin Jin had cooked. He was so angry that Jin Jin stood at the door of the house and cursed: "
At such an old age, you still can’t calm down? Xuguan just walked in, and you didn’t even give him a drink of water..."
"Drink again later. What does your wife know? This friend Xuguan must have asked for something. I was afraid that he would not accept the gift after giving him a gift, so he came up with such a weird method." As he spoke, Uncle Baosheng had already walked into the courtyard, and walked out from the courtyard.
He took out a long oilcloth package from under the pergola, held it in both hands and placed it in front of Li Xu.
"What's inside, I didn't dare to open it for you. I guess he may be a child of a wealthy family nearby. He heard about your reputation, so he wanted to make friends with you. But..." Uncle Baosheng frowned suddenly.
He then overturned his statement, "If he wasn't familiar with you before, how could he know his uncle's name?"
"You're just asking around! Xu Guan is so promising now! Yixian County is only about the size of a palm. After asking around, no one knows who his uncle is!" Ms. Zhang and Liu also chased after her. Obviously, they were worried about the mysterious man.
She was equally curious about the mysterious gift.
After being tossed around by his uncle and Jin Jin, Li Xu also felt that something was a little weird. He carefully untied the velvet rope on the package and unfolded a thick layer of grass cloth and two layers of felt. What caught his eye was a black thread.
Painted long stick.
He suppressed his excitement, lifted up the long stick with both hands, and then gently shook off the wool wrapped around the top of the stick. A horse stick, eight feet long, with a black pole and a silver blade, was immediately placed in front of the three people.
"What a long stick!" Zhang Baosheng praised out loud. He stretched out his hand to touch the handle of the stick and flicked it. The feeling between his fingers was as warm as jade.
"I'm afraid it's worth a lot of money! Xu Guan just needs it!" Even though Jinyu and Zhang Liu didn't know how to identify weapons, they could tell from the warm color of the stick that this thing was not extraordinary.
Li Xu did not answer the words of the two elders. He held the pole carefully, as if he was holding a priceless treasure. In an instant, the past events he and Xu Dayan had experienced outside the Great Wall appeared in front of him. The second expedition.
The Battle of Liao is about to begin again. What is Xu Dayan doing now? If he were with his friends, he should be giving advice and predicting the success or failure of this battle.
"Xu Zi, Xu Zi!" Zhang Baosheng shouted cautiously. His nephew's sudden serious expression made the old man feel very uneasy. Xu Guan was now a member of the officialdom, and people in the officialdom had the rules of the officialdom. He had to accept it for him without any reason.
Such a heavy gift might cause him a lot of trouble...
"How about wrapping this thing up? When you see that person again, ask your uncle to throw it back to him!" Mrs. Zhang Liu was far more agile than her husband. She stepped forward and suggested loudly.
"No, this was a gift from a friend I hadn't seen for a long time. So I was a little stunned!" Li Xu freed up a hand, scratched his head, and explained to the two elders apologetically.
"This friend of yours seems to be very rich, right?" Jinjin asked tentatively after she calmed down in shock.
"Very rich and very trustworthy!" Li Xu nodded and answered. Then he asked his uncle eagerly: "He said where did the person who brought the gift go now? How is his life?"
"No, I didn't say that. That man was very weird. After finishing the meal, he left the gift and a bunch of copper coins and left in a hurry. I said I didn't need so much, but he refused to take the money back!"
Zhang Baosheng and his wife looked at each other awkwardly and answered in unison.
For a meal, they were rewarded with a drop of money. This was the most generous drinker they had ever seen in their lives. When the two of them and the waiter woke up from the shock and chased him out, the man was already far away. Not to mention giving him gifts.
The details of the person were unknown, and even the general whereabouts of the person were not clear.
"I guess he was in a hurry and didn't bother to talk. The man who gave the gift is called Xu Maogong. He was the tall one in the caravan with clean clothes when I left home last time!" Li Xu recognized the two elders.
Feeling embarrassed, he stroked his long hair and whispered to help the two of them.
"Oh, I remember. He's the son of the Xu family. He's the one with all the shops in our family!" Uncle Baosheng covered the back of his head and said as if he suddenly realized, "Didn't he come out of the country with you? Didn't he join the army with you later?"
"He said that in the Liaodong battle, there was no victory but defeat, so he refused to go with me!" Li Xu kindly covered up his and Xu Dayan's experiences outside the Great Wall.
"It turns out that Mr. Xu asked someone to give the gift. No wonder he was so generous. He is an out-and-out wealthy family, unlike that five-year-old son who didn't have much money and pretended to be a rich man everywhere!" Ms. Zhang Liu also recalled the time at her home that day.
The young man in blue shirt who appeared before, while admiring him, also did not forget to hit the Zhang family's Xiao Wu. Since he came back from Liaodong last year, this young boy has taken people to restaurants to eat, and he refused to pay the full bill every time.
Zhu Baosheng's uncle gave him a discount.
"Don't talk nonsense. The fifth son has just started his career, so he is very happy!" Zhang Baosheng was kind-hearted and did not want to talk about the junior behind his back. He glared at his wife and scolded him in a low voice.
He didn't have any authority in front of his wife, so it was a good thing he didn't glare, but the glare aroused Zhang Liu's anger. Regardless of the fact that her nephew was right in front of her, Baosheng Jinjin immediately raised her eyebrows, widened her almond-shaped eyes, and shouted loudly
He retorted: "What do you mean by nonsense? You can do the math. Since he came back during the winter solstice last year, and until noon the day before yesterday, he has met many friends here and played with the autumn breeze many times. He said he is happy to be successful, but Xu Guan
Even though he has become a school captain, he has never been seen as a big deal in front of his classmates and friends! How good he is, relying on Xu Guan's care to become a captain of the team, he shows off everywhere, for fear that others will not know that he is an official! "
"You, please keep your voice down, don't let the guests in the front yard hear it!" Zhang Baosheng looked at Li Xu, who looked embarrassed, and begged his wife in a low voice.
"If you hear it, you will hear it. He is actually a big man in disguise!" Jin Jin angrily threw her two uncles and nephews away and walked into the back room.
"Oh, you Jinjin has such a temper!" Zhang Baosheng had no choice but to explain to his nephew with a red face. Li Xu felt that the scene in front of him was particularly warm, shook his head and whispered: "Fifth brother is indeed too much. One day I
When you see him, ask him to pay back the money. He owes so much, do you need me to pay him some money first?"
"No, there's no need to pay it back. A little food and drink are not worth much in the first place!" After hearing what his nephew said, Zhang Baosheng waved his hands repeatedly. As if he remembered something, he paused and continued: "Why haven't I seen you inviting me?
Classmates and teachers? Please invite me, don’t let people say that you forgot your friends just after you got fame!”
"I'm in Shanggu County and I don't have many friends!" Li Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly. Because his family was relatively poor back then, few people in the entire county school were willing to talk to him. The only person who was kind to him was his mentor Yang Fuzi, but he doesn't want to talk to him now.
I know where he went. After Li Xu came back, he made a special trip to the county school to visit his teacher, but he failed. Several other teachers in the county school said that Teacher Yang left quietly, and no one could figure it out.
Where did he go?
Thinking of this, Xuzi tugged on Zhang Baosheng's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, have you heard where Master Yang went?"
"You said Old Master Yang bought a few jars of wine from me before he left, saying he would drink it to relieve his boredom on the way." Zhang Baosheng patted his head and tried to remember. "I chatted with him a few words and asked him where he was going.
He said that he was invited by the son of an old friend to serve as a staff member. Let me wait for you to come back and say hello to you! Look at my memory, how can I forget such a big thing! "
"Uncle is busy, it doesn't matter, think about it slowly!" Li Xu was afraid that Zhang Baosheng would be anxious and confused and forget the key words left by Master Yang, so he quickly comforted the old man in a low voice.
"He said that the official career is difficult, and I want you to take care of yourself. I would rather do things for the common people than ring the gong for the king!" Zhang Baosheng had a good memory and vaguely recounted Master Yang's message, "He also said that it will be difficult to meet each other in the future, so he called you
There’s no need to look for him. What’s more, nine out of ten things in this world are not what you want. It’s not necessarily fun to force things, so it’s better to take a step back and the world will be brighter for you!”
"Nine times out of ten, you will be unsatisfied!" Li Xu tasted Old Master Yang's message and was speechless for a long time. The one who could make Master Yang help despite his age should be the son of Yue Gong Yang Su. He is also the only one who is currently the Minister of Rites.
Only Yang Xuangan has the friendship of being the son of an old friend.
But why did he go all the way to find Master Yang? The young man stroked the long tree in his hand, and his heart was filled with waves! (To be continued)
