While Anton's soldiers were jumping in the salt-spreading wind, Xiangzhou's merchants, covered with goose feathers and heavy snow, entered the city gate.
Heavy snow covered the ruins after the war, and there were more civilians walking around on the streets, giving Xiangzhou a bit more fireworks.
Although the officers and soldiers stationed in Xiangzhou did not support the people, they did not drive away the people when they came.
There are cities, houses, and a large number of soldiers and horses. Even if the food cooked in the military camp is not given to the refugees even if they starve to death nearby, this is also a blessed land in the eyes of the people.
At least these officers and soldiers will not kill them for firewood and meat, and will not drive them for cattle and horses. Unfortunately, they will starve to death on the roadside. There will also be officers and soldiers who will collect and bury them.
In this troubled world, it is a blessing among misfortunes to be able to die and be buried in the grave.
More and more people gather together. As long as there is a place to live, people are like weeds, struggling to survive even on the cliff.
If no one takes care of it, they take care of themselves. Xiangzhou City has been restored to a decent town, and more and more merchants who were passing by to rest and sort out their goods are staying here.
As soon as they entered the city gate, refugees squatting in the corner swarmed up to them.
"Do you want to unload the goods? No money, just a meal."
"Want a warehouse? It's big and spacious."
"Shopkeeper, do you want to take a rest? There is a cheap and comfortable place here. Hot water, soup and tea are free."
They were noisy, but they did not stalk each other, nor did they block the merchants' carriages. They only greeted each other warmly.
In the beginning, there were indeed people who stalked and even tried to rob. There was no government here, and the officers and soldiers didn't care about them. The businessmen had no choice but to swallow their anger. They didn't have much money anyway, so they rested for one night and left. But one day there was a new arrival.
The merchants refused to suffer losses and said they would tell the officers and soldiers.
The leader of the refugees who controlled the city gate laughed at him and asked him to complain, saying that the officers and soldiers didn't care.
Unexpectedly, the businessman went directly to the camp of the officers and soldiers and said that he wanted to see the adopted son of Mrs. Chu.
The officers and soldiers only care about fighting, training, defending the city, and being vigilant. Mrs. Chu and the adopted sons of Governor Wu are in the military camp, just like the officers and soldiers but different...a little idle.
The youngest and most leisurely Mr. Wu Xiao ran out when he heard that someone was giving him meat to eat. The businessman immediately threw himself on the ground and cried: "I heard that Mrs. Chu's rule is a blessed land for gods. I want to go to Huainan Road.
But now I’m being bullied before I even get there. If I can meet the young master, I can see the grace of Mrs. Chu, and I will die without regrets.”
What the merchants said were all exaggerated. Although Mr. Xiao was young, he was not frightened and thought he was really going to die. In a few words, he found out what happened from the merchant's words. He called a soldier.
"Drive these scoundrels out of Xiangzhou arrogantly." He said simply and neatly, "This is how it is at my foster mother's place. Although we don't care about the refugees here, we will not keep any rebels. What if these rebels are bribed by the rebels? They will become rebels.
The army is opening the way."
That's the rebels.
The officers and soldiers did not care about the coming and going of the people to make a living, but the rebel spies were to be killed.
The soldiers immediately led the troops fiercely. After a panic in Xiangzhou City, many people came out to discuss that they must restrain themselves, otherwise the officers and soldiers would drive everyone away and no one would survive.
The people in Xiangzhou City also know that the officers and soldiers like Governor Wu don't care about them, but the young masters will. Of course, they don't care about everything. Many people follow suit and ask to see the young masters, and nine times out of ten they do.
Not available.
Those bullshit matters can only be solved by oneself, and if it really can't be solved, then go to see a doctor. In order to prevent the problem from being solved badly and annoying the young masters, they are all punished together. Basically, this does not happen.
"I heard that Mrs. Chu has very good rules under her rule. Let's learn from her."
"It's a pity that none of us have been to Huainan Road."
"Go and ask around. Those businessmen have always been there or heard about them."
Therefore, there is no official government in Xiangzhou, and everyone is autonomous and behaves according to the rules.
Some businessmen stopped to question the homeless people working as businessmen, while one businessman left his car behind and went straight into the city, all the way to the Yamen.
The officers and soldiers lived in the government office, and before they even got close, they were stabbed with knives and spears.
"I'm looking for General Wang, I'm looking for General Wang, and I've made an appointment with General Wang." The fat businessman raised his hands and shouted.
...
...
Wang Li came out of the government office with a face and pulled the fat businessman into an alley aside.
"Didn't I tell you to wait?" He said angrily, "Why did you come to the door?"
The fat businessman was not afraid of his dark face and smiled: "I got a large number of lambs this time. They are very fresh. I can't wait to deliver them to you, so you don't have to run out all the time."
Wang Li glared: "Keep your voice down!"
After saying this, I looked outside the alley and saw that no one paid any attention to the officers and soldiers passing by.
"Put it in Lao Li's warehouse in the three alleys in the west of the city." Wang Li told the merchant the address and took out his money bag and squeezed it.
The fat businessman followed his pinching with his eyes, counted the amount in the money bag, and added: "It's a very fresh lamb, fresher than before."
In other words, it was more expensive than before. Wang Li pulled his face and pinched it a few more times, then reluctantly handed over the entire money bag. The fat businessman smiled and pulled it from his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Li." He saluted and happily pulled the cart away.
Wang Li walked back to the government office with a face on his face and was immediately stopped by several men.
"Master Li, you smell so good."
"Old Wang, I want to eat meat when I see you."
"When exactly are you going to treat us to meat?"
Everyone was joking around, and some people tried to choke him with their arms.
Wang Li cursed and broke away and ran away. He turned into the corridor leading to the backyard and saw a young master jumping up and down.
Wang Li turned around and left.
"Uncle Li." Wu Xiaofei ran up and hugged his arm, shouting intimately, "Where have you been? I haven't seen you for two days, but I miss you."
Wang Li sighed: "The meat has arrived. This time it will be enough for you to last all winter."
Wu Xiao clapped his hands happily, but shook hands uneasily: "Is that much? It might not taste good if it's kept for too long."
"Eat it or not." Wang Li shouted with eyes wide open.
Wu Xiao hugged his arm again: "Eat, eat, eat, I am thinking of delicious food, we have to enjoy the most beautiful time of food..."
That's because you're too full! Wang Li shook him off and walked inward.
"Uncle Li, are you going to see dad?" Wu Xiao said from behind, "Daddy's letter from my adoptive mother, please wait a moment before you go..."
Wang Li heard this and ran instead of waiting.
He ran to Wu Ya'er's door in one breath and rushed in without waiting for the soldiers outside to lift the curtain.
"Crow, has Mrs. Chu sent a letter?" he asked.
Wu Ya'er sat in front of the case wrapped in cotton clothes and put away a scroll: "Yes."
Wang Li took a deep breath: "What did you write?"
The man also walked to the desk and saw a letter on the table.
Wu Ya'er held down the scroll with one hand and the letter with the other, saying: "It's nothing."
What do you mean it's nothing? Wang Li glared, it took ten people and a dozen horses to pass through the layers of rebels in the winter, and it was nothing.
Wu Ya'er may also feel that this is inappropriate.
"That means the seal has been received." He added, "She is safe over there, and my mother is fine too."
Wang Li made a sound and looked at the scroll: "Did you give me a portrait of my aunt? This section of Huainan Road is so messy. Let me see if my aunt has lost weight."
Wu Ya'er kept pressing the picture: "I'm not thin, I'm in good spirits. What's the matter with you? What are you busy with these days? I heard them say that you open a small stove to eat meat..."
Wang Li couldn't care whether his aunt was thin or not, so he opened his clothes and exposed his chest and cried out: "Who has ever seen someone who eats Xiaozao and eats meat and loses weight?"
Wu Ya'er looked at his chest and said, "You've lost weight. What's going on? You don't go out to eat or drink with them during this period. You hide at home."
Although Wu Xiao is a very hateful child, he still dares to rush to the battlefield with his sword when he thinks of it...
This matter is a secret between the two of them. If it is given to Wu Ya'er, Wu Ya'er will definitely arrange the meat. Then the boy may... No, that boy is very shameless, and he will definitely continue with peace of mind.
eat.
But he broke his promise.
The promise he made was settled by himself.
Wang Li covered up his clothes: "It's nothing, I just don't want to spend money randomly, save money, and after the war is over, I can marry a wife."
Wu Ya'er smiled: "It's good to have a wife, but you don't have to wait until the war is over."
Wang Li rolled his eyes: "I don't have a wife who fell from the sky."
Wu Yaer smiled and refused to argue with him.
Wang Li patted his head: "You distracted me so much that I forgot about the real thing."
Wu Ya'er held the scroll and the letter's hand a little harder: "What's the business?"
Wang Li looked around the room: "Besides the letter, what else does Mrs. Chu send?"
Wu Ya'er shook his head: "No."
Wang Li was anxious: "It takes so much manpower, material and travel to just send a letter? Didn't she send some baggage?"
Wu Ya'er laughed loudly: "There are many places to spend money on Huainan Road. There are so many people to feed and survive the winter. Besides, traveling such a long distance is only a drop in the bucket."
"A glass of water is just water." Wang Li muttered, and then sneered, "Old nonsense, the baggage that the imperial court originally wanted to give was also stopped, saying that Linzhou is on emergency preparedness for war recently. Where is Linzhou on emergency preparedness? There is obviously a new person.
Forget about the old people.”
Yuanzhou was recovered, three Jiedu envoys came to Linzhou and they were granted the title of general. Lao Hu had already sent a letter, and the court also specially sent a letter announcing the commendation to Wu Ya'er...
Wu Ya'er said: "This newcomer has real abilities."
The award notice for winning Weizhou mentioned three heroes, but Wu Ya'er only named one.
Wang Li knew which one he was talking about. Lao Hu said in the letter that the Battle of Yuanzhou was due to Xiang Yun, and the other two were additions.
"That Longyou Jiedushi envoy Xiang Yun is the head of Li Fengan's eight generals." Wang Li said with some uneasiness, "If he doesn't have real ability, he won't be reused by Li Fengan."
He scratched his head in annoyance.
"If he doesn't stay in Jiannan Road and guard his little master, why would he go to Linzhou?"
Wu Ya'er thought: "Han Xu is there in Jiannan Road, so he can be stable, so he came out of the mountain?"
Wang Li sighed: "The troubled times have lasted for so long. Jiannan Road has done nothing, has money and people, is safe and comfortable, and now they are taking advantage of everyone's hard work and exhaustion to get in front of the emperor.
It’s really greedy.”
Who can be greedy enough? Wu Ya'er smiled, with a bit of arrogance.
"Captain Xiang is very powerful, but..." he said, "Without the foundation we laid earlier and without me containing the rebels in Xiangzhou, he would not be able to take Yuanzhou. I think Governor Xiang knows this very well."
The fear caused by the name Xiang Yun or Li Fengan disappeared in an instant, and Wang Li straightened his back again.
"That is, without us, there would be no victory for them today."
"And whether they can continue to win the next battle depends on us."
"No, I want to write a letter to Lao Hu and ask him to ask Xiang Yun for the baggage and return our baggage!"
Wang Li came in in a hurry and went out in a hurry.
Wu Ya'er then let go of his hand, and the scroll and the letter paper were all scratched and sealed. From now on, no letters could be read to them.
Wu Ya'er glanced at the stable door curtain and opened the scroll again. Familiar and unfamiliar scenes appeared in front of him. What was familiar were the indoor furnishings, the piles of clothes and dresses, and even the children squatting and playing by the window, the table and desk.
There are plum blossoms and daffodils on the table, and the stranger is the person holding the document in his hand and looking up at him...
The woman who looked like a flower in the clouds raised her head for the first time, revealing her smooth forehead, big shining eyes, tall nose, face as white as snow, lips as red as blood, her lips were slightly pursed, and the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed.
Bend...
Wu Ya'er couldn't help but curl his lips. The woman in the painting looked at him. He felt a little embarrassed and closed the painting.
Really a fairy.
Immortals are just like that.
Why did such an immortal come to earth?
Wu Ya'er read the letter. There were not as many words as last time, and the content was not as scary as last time. The first sentence at the beginning told him: "...For unavoidable reasons, it is not convenient for the world to see my appearance.
I cannot reveal my identity to the public..."
Wu Ya'er didn't finish reading, so he stood up, took the scroll to the bedside, pulled out the box, and opened a brick under the bed. There was a hidden compartment under the brick, and he solemnly put the painting in it.
She had no choice but to reveal her appearance to him, and he had to cover it up for her.
After doing all this, he returned to his desk and read this small letter.
She didn't write about the government affairs, she didn't write empty sweet words, and because she couldn't announce her identity, she didn't seem to know what to say, so she recalled the past and talked about her encounter with his mother.
Those past events in Dou County are no longer a secret, but she wrote it herself, and he still read it word for word.
After reading the letter, you should reply.
Wu Ya'er looked at the letter paper unfolded on the table, glanced at the frog sitting upright, and held the pen in his hand without putting it down.
He didn't know what to write either.
Not only do we not talk about government affairs and military affairs, nor do we talk about the way of heaven and the world, we also have an identity background that is difficult to talk about...
The pen is pinched and pinched in the hand, and people sit and stand at the table. Isn't it true that when you have something to do, you write it and read nothing?
I don’t know what to say, but I still want to write a letter. It’s really contradictory.
After standing up and sitting down several times, Wu Ya'er did not get up again, and dropped the sweaty pen on the paper in the winter.
"For my mother to meet you is the greatest kindness that fate has shown her..."