The warrior Xun was very happy that his superior did not reject the goodwill of the other two families. Whether it was General Xue or General Yuwen, they were not something that a small captain could offend. As long as the other party used some tricks, they could make Hu
Yi Tuan once again faced the risk of being wiped out. As for gifts, he did not recommend that Li Xu spend too much. The three families of Li, Xue, and Yuwen were not short-sighted and wanted to plunder their subordinates to satisfy their own desires. Associating with these people, gifts
It just represents an attitude, not its value itself.
Li Jiancheng liked the Hengdao given to him by Li Xu very much, although compared to any collection of Li family items, the Hengdao given by Li Xu was not as popular as the other. "Actually, as an elder brother, I should give you a gift.
Congratulations on your return from injury!" Prince Tang Gong stroked the leather scabbard of Heng Dao and smiled broadly. "But I will give you weapons, nothing is sharper than your long black knife. I will give you horses as well. The whole army is looking for them.
Not even the second black wind! So, I’d better treat you to a drink and call Brother Liu up. There are several jars of Lanling craft beer given by the emperor at home. The three of us can find a quiet place so we won’t get drunk!"
"Including me, four people drinking together will definitely be more lively than three people!" Li Shimin rushed out from behind the screen and protested loudly. He snatched the horizontal knife from Li Jiancheng's hand, played with it carefully twice, and soon pouted again.
, "There are gifts from the eldest brother, and there are gifts for me and the second sister. Brother Zhongjian won't forget both of us!"
"Nonsense, our family is not a corrupt official, there is no reason to ask for gifts from guests!" Li Jiancheng slashed his sword back and scolded him with a smile.
"If I can receive a gift from Brother Zhongjian, it doesn't matter if I just become a corrupt official for once!" Li Shimin responded smoothly.
"You're talking nonsense. I'm not afraid that dad will beat you with a stick if he hears it!" Li Jiancheng warned in a low voice.
"If dad knew about it, I would say it was your example and I was just following what my elder brother did!" Li Shimin counterattacked plausibly.
"..."
Li Xu had always been envious of the loving atmosphere between the two brothers. When the two had had enough trouble, he picked up three small square boxes from beside him, handed them to Li Shimin, and said with a smile: "These three little things are for the world.
Min, Wan'er and Yuanji are all specialties from my hometown, let everyone see something new!"
"I'm not a child!" Li Shimin protested in a low voice. Obviously, he was more interested in the knife in his brother's hand than the gift box in his own hand. When he opened the first box, his eyes were immediately attracted by the "little gadgets" inside.
"Attracted, his eyes widened, his mouth opened, and joy filled his face.
Inside the box is a row of pottery figures, each about the size of a thumb, shaped into the appearance of former generals, officers, and soldiers. Each one is lifelike. What’s even more rare is that the surface of each pottery figure is painted red.
The three-color glaze of green and yellow looks energetic and has bright armor. If the pottery figures in each box are arranged according to their levels, they can be arranged from general, general, hussar to captain, which just represents a government.
Soldiers.
"It's rare that they burn so vividly!" Li Jiancheng's eyes were also attracted by the pottery people, and he stepped forward and said.
"You have no place here!" Li Shimin made a face to his brother, and made a gesture with his arms to protect his personal belongings. In his free time, he and Wan'er talked about war on paper, and always felt that it was not as fun as going to the battlefield without real swords and guns. Now
With the Tao people, you can draw a field with the second sister to form a formation, with Goguryeo on one side and Sui Dynasty on the other. Each general represents a army of soldiers and horses, and a gang leader represents a group of soldiers. The victory and defeat are determined by coming and going.
The pottery was bought by Li Xu before he left Shanggu County. Li Waner liked to collect strange objects, and he unconsciously began to pay attention to local specialties. When he bought it, he thought that no one could tell the difference between right and wrong, so he gave Li Shimin and Yuanji their respective
He brought a set with him. At this moment, seeing that Li Shimin liked it, Li Xu also felt happy. He pulled Tao Ren a few times and asked casually: "Where's Wan'er? Aren't your siblings inseparable every day? Why haven't we seen each other today?"
she?"
"Second sister, I played too crazy a few days ago and was locked up in the backyard by my mother to work as a female celebrity. I guess she won't be released for less than three or five days. I will send Brother Zhongjian's gift to her later to prevent her from holding back her horns.
Come!" Li Shimin replied casually, opening the other two boxes of pottery figures and comparing them in the sun.
"Wan'er would be so happy if she knew that your brother, who is thousands of miles away, is still thinking of her!" Li Jiancheng stepped forward and patted Xu Zi on the shoulder, "Ignore their children's stuff, let's go have a drink. Today
You won’t come back until you’re drunk!”
"You won't come home until you're drunk!" Li Xu looked away from the pottery figurines, and his eyes were filled with smiles for an instant.
Even though Li Xu had a good drinker, he got drunk three times in three days. Once with Li Jiancheng, Liu Hongji and Li Shimin, once with the warrior Xun and other brothers in his camp, and the third time with Liu Hongji, old general Xue Shixiong and the Xue family brothers.
For this young man who was young, but extremely brave, and acted generously and decently, everyone thought highly of him, and inevitably showed some affection at the wine table, always treating him as the main target of toasts. Li Xu would drink as much as he could.
, if you drink, you will finish it off, and after several rounds of banquets, you have gained a reputation for being straightforward.
No one saw the sadness in Xuzi's eyes when he lowered his head to the wine glass. People were keen to talk about his bravery when his horse rode on the company camp, and were happy to talk about his wit in killing the Goguryeo general with one arrow, but they all ignored that these were not young people at all.
The only thing he cared about the most was Liu Hongji, who was worldly and sophisticated. He accidentally noticed that Li Xu's drinking capacity was not as good as before. On the way back from General Xue Shixiong's camp with them, he joked with a hint of drunkenness: "You seem to get drunk more easily than before. Do you think you are drunk?"
After being injured a few times, have you lost your ability to drink?"
"I can't help it. Sometimes when I pick up the cup, I think of Lao Qi and the others!" Li Xu sighed and replied in a low voice. In front of Liu Hongji, he couldn't hide it, and he didn't want to hide too much. They were drinking and messing around together that day.
There are only three brothers, Liu Hongji and Samurai Yu, left. Asahi doesn't want to lose any more friendships.
Liu Hongji was speechless. He knew that Li Xu valued friendship, which was one of the reasons why he insisted on bringing Li Xu to Tang Gong to seek wealth and wealth together. But he did not expect that nearly half a year had passed, and the little brother was still worried about the death of his companion.
Worrying about it.
This is not a good thing. Sometimes people cannot live too clearly. Thinking of this, Liu Hongji persuaded in a low voice: "Let the past things go by them. Even if you are sad, they will not be able to come back to life. People
You have to look forward when you are alive, and Tang Gong has already..."
"If it's just to save General Xue, why should we pay more than 300 brothers?" Li Xu shook his head gently and interrupted Liu Hongji. Tang Gong Li Yuan lived up to his name of benevolence and righteousness, and all the brothers in the food protection army buried in Liaodong
, he tried his best to win posthumous glory for them. Among the more than 300,000 people who died in the Liaodong disaster last year, the more than 300 brothers in the food protection army had the highest proportion of leaving their names, and their families received pensions from the imperial court.
It also has the largest proportion of awards and commendations. But what can these make up for? Can the dead be revived? Li Xu couldn't believe it.
"Xu Zi, forget about this. Zi Gu already tried his best at that time!" Liu Hongji stopped his horse and advised eagerly.
"I have never blamed Brother Jiancheng. He is just an army commander. He can't stop things that even General Yu Wenshu can't stop." Li Xu shook his head again, clarifying Liu Hongji's misunderstanding about him.
Li Jiancheng is a person who values friendship. He has apologized to Liu, Li and others many times in person for the burning of the pontoon bridge. Li Xu has never blamed him. He agrees with Liu Hongji's evaluation of Li Jiancheng.
He is certainly not a quick-witted person! But at that time, the incident happened suddenly, and there was no staff around Li Jiancheng to plan for him. It was impossible for him, who was following the rules, to block General Wei's orders by himself.
Li Xu didn't even blame Wei Wensheng for being cruel. Sacrificing hundreds of surviving soldiers to protect the entire land of western Liaoning was not a wrong choice for General Wei who was used to seeing death. It would have been Yu Wenshu, Li Yuan or even Liu
Hongji might have made the same decision in that position.
His Majesty the Emperor who ordered the bridge to be destroyed was not wrong, General Wei who carried out the task of destroying the bridge was not wrong, and the Crown Prince Tang who betrayed the trust of hundreds of brothers was also not wrong. The only mistakes were those who died, their status was too low. If
If one of them really had a bloodline as noble as they usually boasted, then there would be no fire on the two pontoons.
In other words, if General Yu Wenshu had not been demoted to serve as a civilian, and if Minister Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry had not waited for his death due to illness, General Wei would never have ordered the burning of two people even though he knew that Yu Wenshu had hope of survival.
A floating bridge.
Xuzi now only blames himself and the others for their poor fate. None of them are generals or nephews of princes and nobles. Since returning to western Liaoning alive, he understands why the Xu family tried their best to cultivate Xu Dayan into the hope of the family.
!I especially understand why Xu Dayan’s lifelong ambition is to make his family rise to a truly wealthy family!
The truth in everyone's eyes is related to his location and personal experience. Everyone has his or her own version of the truth.
At this moment, Xuzi saw the truth: this world was designed for wealthy families, and the descendants of ordinary people were humble in life, and no one cared about them in death.
"Xu Zi, you have to adapt slowly!" Liu Hongji sighed and taught earnestly.
"Yeah!" Li Xu replied in a low voice. Liu Hongji once said that many rules in this world are unreasonable, but you don't have the strength to change them, so you must learn to adapt. Otherwise, in addition to hurting yourself, you will not
There are any other results. Li Xu knew that he understood it relatively late, but now that he had understood it, he tried to do it and tried to adapt to the invisible rules.
"I'm just a little sad! I will try my best to adapt!" When he was approaching the gate of the military camp, Li Xu raised his head and gave Liu Hongji a frank smile. (To be continued)
