Chapter 27

The atmosphere in the room was a little stiff. Perhaps it was because the stove was moved out. Li Xiaozong, who knelt on one knee, turned pale. He didn't know whether it was cold or scared.

Li Yuanshan glanced at him and then frowned slightly: "Although you are not the son of the Li family in Longyou, I thought you would be promising in the future since you were a child. Maybe you don't remember that when you were seven years old... On the fifth day of the lunar new year, your father and my second brother Li Yuanmou built a enclosure in the hunting ground, surrounded by thirty or fifty hungry wolves and two equally hungry tigers. They said they were looking for some fun to show the family, even the old lady I invited you, too. "

"On that day, the wolves fought with hungry tigers. It really seemed interesting. The old man was tired after standing for a long time. Your father ordered to shoot all the animals in the enclosure. If you shoot down indiscriminately, all the wolves and tigers will die. The old man had to go down and have a look. Your father and I helped the old man into the enclosure. You were only seven years old, and you followed with a short knife in your hand. Who knows when you came to a hungry head When the tiger is around, the beast is not dead. "

"Your father and I took a knife at the same time, but you took a step first and shouted that Grandpa's safety is the most important. It's important for your father and third uncle to protect Grandpa. You came forward and stabbed the hungry tiger to death."

"At that time, your father scolded you for having no rules. I didn't speak. Even the old man turned around and left without saying anything more to you. But you don't know... The old man sighed for a long time and regretted for a long time. He said it's a pity that you have the courage and wisdom. If you are not a child born from a concubine, you should cultivate it vigorously."

Li Yuanshan paused and continued: "when you were seven years old, you had the courage to kill tigers. Since then, I have been paying attention to you. It was after I told your father that you could enter the martial arts academy. Your father's intention was to choose one of his legitimate children to take the exam. I advised him for a long time before he agreed."

Li Xiaozong's face changed and changed the military ceremony of kneeling on one knee to kneeling on both knees.

"General Xie."

Li Yuanshan sat down in his chair, shook his head and said, "you should call me third uncle."

Li Xiaozong bowed his head and said, "dressed in military uniform, I dare not match my third uncle."

Li Yuanshan flashed a trace of appreciation in his eyes and said: "It's good that you can still remember the military law at this time... But your courage when you were a child has been amazing. Why are you so timid now? I gave you a big house in Jiangdu, and Wu Peisheng promised to help you suppress the greed for ink. It's only a small matter as small as dust for your future to die a few minions and common people, you know Why can't you do it? "

Without waiting for Li Xiaozong to explain anything, Li Yuanshan continued: "Even if you don't do it, Wu Peisheng's death makes me even more angry! Wu Peisheng is a popular man in front of the emperor and a eunuch holding a pen in the imperial study. If he dies, he will shake the court and shock his majesty. But... If he dies, there's no need to worry too much... As long as things are clean and beautiful, will his majesty kill another dead man A promising general? "

"But you haven't done it well, you have no courage!"

Li Xiaozong hung his head and simply did not explain.

"I watched you grow up and thought you would be promising. It's because I always think you can be made, so I inevitably manage more."

Li Yuanshan stood up and patted Li Xiaozong on the shoulder: "You think too much, that's right. But since you want to think about it, you can't think too narrowly... You're going to use the infiltration of Mongolian Yuan cavalry as an excuse to prevaricate the investigation officials from the imperial capital in the future. It's impossible. Even if you plug more money in the past, no one can guarantee whether they will repent in the future. Those people in the imperial capital... Have a shadow to their bones."

"I said so much, do you understand what to do?"

He asked.

Li Xiaozong nodded and shook his head: "general, the reason why I can't bear is not the benevolence of women, but I want to keep some helpers for the future. Fan Gucheng's border army talks once every six years. These people are hundred war veterans. After a few years, I'm going to find a way to transfer them back to me."

"Veterans are babies, but not prospects."

Li Yuanshan sighed and said, "since you can't bear it, don't interfere."

He turned and walked to the door. When he reached the door, he paused: "you don't want to kill, I'm not forced... But you need to rewrite the memorial to the imperial court. The officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the case will arrive in two months as soon as possible. Two months is enough to do a lot of things, and... I'm not going to let you wait two months."

"On the second day of February, the 11th year of Tianyou of the Sui Dynasty, the Mongol Yuan Empire launched a fierce offensive against fan Gu because of the smuggling of horses by the northern Liao people. A team of 10000 people in the Manchu banner crossed the wolf milk mountains and attacked fan Gu. Fan Guya led Li Xiaozong to fight, fought for several days and killed thousands of enemies... It coincided with the arrival of imperial envoy Wu Peisheng in fan Gu and entered the city to assist in the defense. The officials of the military headquarters and Dali temple in the capital fought side by side with the border troops , hold on to the city... However, we are outnumbered. After holding on for more than ten days, most of the defenders in the city died. Wu Peisheng, the imperial envoy, and 36 accompanying officials did not fight. The toothed General Li Xiaozong was seriously injured, and there are still bloody battles in 67 places. The city is about to be broken, and Li Yuanshan, the right Xiaowei general, led his army to break the enemy outside Fangu city and kill 6000... "

Li Yuanshan's voice was cold. After saying these words, he looked back and said to Li Xiaozong, "I deducted the plea you sent to the imperial court a few days ago. These are my memorials to your majesty."

Li Yuanshan looked stiff, smiled and said, "fortunately, most but not all of them died in the war."

Li Yuanshan smiled and said, "it's all... I'll call you the remaining half written in the memorial from youxiaowei. The Ministry of war has a list of fan gubian army, but the name... Is just a code. Anyone can call Zhang San or Li Si."

"As for that solution... I'll send someone to get rid of it."

With these words, Li Yuanshan left.

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On the second day of February, the 11th year of Tianyou in the Sui Dynasty, 775 members of fan gubian army received a military order to gather at the school yard. After waiting for a long time, I didn't see tooth General Li Xiaozong coming. After standing on the school field for three hours, everyone was exhausted. In the evening, he suddenly got another military order. General Li Yuanshan, a senior general of youxiaowei, transferred fan gushou's army out of the city for 30 miles. There was an emergency military situation.

The soldiers who had not eaten or drunk for a day dragged their tired bodies out of the city and rushed to the nearby Fangying Pavilion thirty miles east of the city. What was waiting for them were 500 heavy armor cavalry and 3000 elite infantry.

775 people died.

Late at night, the right Xiaowei soldiers who changed the clothes of the border army entered fan Gu. The next day, Fangu people got the news that Li Xiaozong led his army to meet the enemy. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed. The enemy rode more than 300, not less than thousands. The border troops fought hard and most of them died.

The people were shocked and excited.

Seriously injured, Li Xiaozong summoned the whole city to recruit soldiers. Unexpectedly, at this time, thousands of soldiers of the Mongolian Yuan Empire were killed in fangucheng and slaughtered the people with the help of spies. More than two thousand people in the city were spared.

Li Xiaozong woke up that day. It turned out that Li Yuanshan said that there was some trouble in the slaughterhouse that day. It was not the trouble of killing, but how to explain the trouble to the court.

The night before the massacre, when the elite soldiers of youxiaowei disguised as fan gubian army entered the city. Du Hongxian, the owner of Yunji dog meat shop, released a carrier pigeon at the head of the city, then carried a small bag and left the city. She didn't know that not long after she left, the people all over the city became headless wild ghosts.

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The carriage swayed forward slowly. Although the wind was still cold, it wrapped up its clothes and looked for the warmth of the sun in the wind. It was also a bit interesting in boredom. The big dog drove slowly and fell far behind the seven carriages of red tea. The people in front ignored them, and they didn't bother to get close to those girls.

Although big dogs like to draw naked - body girls on the snow, they really have no desire for women. At least Fang Xie hasn't seen him find a woman in the past 15 years, so Fang Xie's definition of a big dog is that this person is either a miser who loves money more than everything, or has a physical problem.

And Mu Xiaoyao is more reluctant to deal with those women with red tea moves. There is not much to say between beautiful women and beautiful women. So she would rather sleep in the carriage every day than match the group of Yingyan sisters. The reason why Fang Xie would rather sit outside in a cloak and talk with the big dog than enter the carriage is that Mu Xiaoyao is really a woman who doesn't treat herself as a woman.

Her red dress was thin, and she didn't sleep like a lady. After turning over and over, a pair of beautiful legs as white as curd were exposed outside. Let Fang Xie, a normal man, sit in the carriage and watch his beautiful body. He might as well chat with the big dog outside.

"Big dog, you said that if I had been a senior official of the great Sui Dynasty when I returned to Fangu, what way would the people of Fangu city welcome me?"

The big dog smiled and said, "it's nothing more than beating gongs and drums and firecrackers."

Fang Xie shook his head and didn't continue to talk. He didn't know why his face was a little ugly.

"What's the matter?"

Asked the big dog.

"Just now I fell asleep and had a dream."

"What did you dream of?"

"I dreamed that when I returned to Fangu many years later, all the villagers in the city met me at the gate of the city. I was so happy to see them that I wanted everyone to kiss them. But when I ran forward with a smile, I suddenly found something wrong... Why did aunt he still look the same as a blooming Trumpet Flower over the years? Why has she been so charming for so many years In the past, I was only knee high? I spoke with milk and milk? Why was Qu Feng still just a border army captain who had not been promoted after so many years? I looked at them and became more and more afraid, and finally woke myself up. "

"Because of you, they left fan Gu. They certainly haven't changed their dreams."

The big dog thought for a moment and said, "your mind is what they look like now, and your dreams are naturally what they look like now."

"No..."

Fang Xie slowly wiped away the sweat on his forehead: "they were all dressed in white clothes, and their faces were whiter than clothes... I went to hold them, but none of them... Their feet didn't step on the ground, but floated. I thought for a long time before I realized that all the people I saw in my dream... Were dead."

The big dog was stunned, got into the carriage, took out the wine pot bathing his waist and handed it to Fang Xie: "it's just an absurd dream. If you're really worried, let's go back and have a look now."

Fang Xie took a sip of wine and felt that it was still cold on his back: "no... don't people say it? Dreams are opposite to reality. Whoever dreams of death will live longer. I dream that fan Gu's villagers are dead. Can't everyone live a long life?"

"Yes!"

The big dog nodded and said with a smile, "in the past 15 years, I have dreamed many times that we have died, but we still live well. There is an old saying that good people don't pay for their lives, and disasters live for thousands of years... I'm not a good person, Mu Xiaoyao is not, nor are you."

Fang Xie smiled, and the depression in his heart also scattered a little: "all the people in fangucheng... Are good people?"