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Chapter 733 The Veteran Returns Home (Two in One Repayment 55)

On Hu Biao's hand, there was a "dong dong dong~" knocking action.

Except for this deadly commander who was on the street behind him, Xu Feng, Zhan Quan, Yuan Hai and the others all became quite nervous in their hearts.

Today is the fifth day since they received the order.

From the day they received the decree, the three of them, Xu Feng, Zhan Quan, and Yuan Hai, began to send home letters and ashes of the old soldiers, and began to go home.

Because all the old soldiers of the Anxi Army were recruited from Guanzhong and even surrounding areas, and the scope was not small at all, so naturally they could only send back the personnel near Chang'an City first.

After delivering the nearby ones, the few of them split up and went to various places.

Naturally, there is nothing wrong with everyone taking such an action step, and it is also a more scientific choice.

The only problem is that more than fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye since the old soldiers left home at their prime of life.

And in these years, the city of Chang'an has been breached three times.

Not to mention the vicissitudes of life, all the changes in Guanzhong are amazing.

Their first target was the 'Ox Cripple', an old soldier with a terrible wound on his calf, who would have a deep foot and a shallow foot in battle, and the recipient who he never forgot before he died: Zhang Xiuniang.

This one is said to have been agreed with the cripple before leaving.

After he has achieved three ranks in the military, he will go to marry the woman she has married in a splendid manner.

On the way to find her, they had thought about Zhang Xiuniang, who had long since married and had children, and now had a family full of children and grandchildren. They were afraid that they had long forgotten Niu Laizi, the young girl with whom they had been sworn in love.

Or, after a lonely life of waiting, the touching scene of the cripple is still waiting.

What's nonsense is that when everyone came to Guiyifang, they inquired about it. As early as the first year of Guangde, the Tubo people invaded Chang'an City, and his whole family died in the rebellion.

It is said that most of the servants in the mansion survived.

But where did Zhang Xiuniang, who is a cook, go? Hu Biao and others asked half a street of old people, but no one could tell clearly. It was a failure at the beginning.

In the following time, according to the address in the family letter, they went to more than a dozen old soldiers' homes in the city.

It turned out that because the man who was like the pillar of the family, he didn't know his life or death for decades after he left.

In such a difficult world, many of the families either died of illness, starvation, or died in the rebellion, and no relatives survived at all.

Either the mother-in-law and aunt in the family remarried with their son long ago, or they sold the ancestral house because of the hardship of life.

For a while, it was unknown where the person had gone, and whether he was in Chang'an City or not was a matter of opinion.

In short, after tossing and tossing for three days in a row, the list of old soldiers whose families are in Chang'an City, almost all of them walked through it once, but there was no result at all.

In response to this point, Hu Biao and the others could only go to the Ministry of War for activities on the one hand.

After spending some copper coins, some clerks searched a lot, and found out the roster and related materials of the Anxi Army decades ago, and planned to find someone according to the above family address.

On the other hand, Xie Yunniang and other bad guys were asked to help find out the information.

It can be regarded as based on the idea that whether there are dates or not, everyone will be on the same pole.

Today they came to a village called Baiyun Village, fifty miles east of Chang'an City.

Even Hu Biao, the commander of the team, temporarily put aside all the busy affairs at hand, and deliberately followed Xu Feng and the other three.

The reason for this is that the only literate document 'Xiu Cai' in the Xuan Ge Camp back then.

According to the documents of the former Ministry of War, his home is here.

And in the battle on Kucha City that day, Hu Biao, who was still a rookie at the time, hadn't been pushed by a scholar in an emergency.

This one died in the street, he died under the arrow at that time, so there are so many things behind, let alone the Xuan Geying team.

Therefore, Hu Biao believes that today, he absolutely must send this veteran home in person, and express his gratitude to the scholar's family.

The premise is that after more than [-] years, the scholar's family is still there.

Fortunately, after arriving at Baiyun Village, I found the local village head, showed his identity as the sixth rank, told him to inquire after him, and finally got good news.

Although his parents passed away a long time ago, the scholar's wife, two sons, five grandsons and granddaughter are all there.

It is even said that the eldest grandson's mother-in-law and aunt are all pregnant now; most of the remaining grandchildren are also at the age of marrying a wife.

Therefore, when they are about to face the family members of the veterans who died in battle, these guys who used to face the opponent's army without changing their faces became inexplicably nervous...

After the old door was knocked, it was quickly opened.

A man in his twenties, wearing a linen gown, appeared in front of everyone, and even vaguely resembled a scholar.

After seeing the crowd, the little brother asked weakly: "Generals, I don't know what's going on?"

Just looking at this face, Hu Biao no longer has the slightest doubt about the identity of this family.

Hu Biao immediately turned to the man solemnly, made a cross-hand salute with both hands, and at the same time said in his mouth: "Hu Biao, the captain of the Xuange Battalion of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty.

Today I am sending home the ashes of Paoze Zhengtong and a set of relics~"

After hearing that sentence, the man's complexion changed drastically, and under the distraught expression on his face, he didn't even bother to exchange greetings with Hu Biao and others.

He hurriedly rushed in towards the row of thatched earthen houses behind him.

Not long after, there was a sound of crying from inside.

After about a cup of tea, an elderly woman with gray hair and blind eyes appeared in front of Hu Biao with the support of two women, leading a group of men and women.

After seeing this scene, Hu Biao suddenly let out a long sigh in his heart.

Under such a difficult world, a woman brought up two sons, and arranged for them to marry wives and have children, and even have great-grandchildren.

All kinds of difficulties are completely conceivable.

Before Hu Biao and the others opened their mouths, the old woman first brought the whole family to bow down to Hu Biao and the other four. It was a great gift to Hu Biao and the others for bringing back the scholar's ashes and relics from thousands of miles away.

After accepting the gift calmly, Hu Biao took a deep breath, knowing that it was his turn to give the gift.

He held a small jar in both hands, and while solemnly handing it over to the old woman, he explained a sentence in his mouth with shame:
"When I cleaned the battlefield, Zunfu's skull had been mixed with other robes, and it was really impossible to tell them apart.

I can only burn them and mix them together, I think there must be some of them from my husband~"

After the old woman took the pot, she hugged her tightly and cried bitterly for a while; she stopped after being touched by her daughter-in-law, grandson-in-law, and granddaughter.

But he didn't blame Hu Biao and others, but asked loudly:
"If you dare to ask this Mr. Hu Lang, my husband can be regarded as a real man~"

After seeing the old woman speak, the men and women around the old woman looked at a large number of villagers watching the excitement, with hatred in their eyes.

Hu Biao vaguely understood something in his heart. The Zheng family must have heard a lot of rumors and suffered a lot over the years.

With a solemn face, the murderous spirit of years of fighting looked at the surrounding villagers, making these people's hearts inexplicable, and their legs trembled.

Then, under the qi pouring into the dantian, Hu Biao also drank loudly:
"The Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty and Zheng Tong of the Xuange Battalion served in the Western Regions for more than [-] years. He always strived to be the first in every battle and made many military exploits.

That day when Tubo and the Hu people attacked our city of Kucha with a so-called 20 army, they were injured in many places all over their bodies, and they still fought fiercely. They killed more than ten Hu people before and after. man.

At the critical moment, if Zheng Tong hadn't made a move, Hu would have been dead for a long time.

So in the future, if there are still people who criticize Zheng Tong from behind, they will be the life and death enemies of Hu Biao and our Anxi Army, and the two sides will never die. "

Speaking of this, Hu Biao picked up a large green brick with his toes, and with a move of Kanglong Youhui, he immediately smashed it to pieces.

Many of the surrounding village women and men turned pale when they thought of the consequences of hitting themselves on the head with this palm.

The other villagers who watched the excitement all gasped.

But after hearing and seeing Hu Biao's performance, the Zheng family unknowingly straightened up a bit.

The old woman let out a big breath, as if she had vomited out all the grievances she had suffered over the years.

Under the unspeakable high spirits, he ordered loudly in his mouth: "Master, hurry up and kill that old hen, and the second family will go grind some white flour and come back to entertain the distinguished guests."

Hearing such a sentence, the two white-haired women beside him looked a little hesitant and wanted to say something.

I am afraid that this old hen is already an important property of their family; the wheat that is ground is more likely to be the leftover wheat seeds.

But in the end, after the two looked at each other, they still held back what they were saying, and were about to leave to get busy.

Fortunately, at this time, Hu Biao quickly said: "Don't worry, Yuan Hai, War Dog, bring the things up."

After hearing this sentence, Yuan Hai and Zhan Dog turned back and took down two heavy boxes from a carriage.

Under Hu Biao's gesture, it was placed in front of Zheng's family and opened; another large gasp sounded in the eyes of the surrounding villagers.

Because in the two boxes, there are strings of copper coins inside, and there may not be more than one hundred thousand coins in total.

It's just that when he got there, Hu Biao took out another ingot of gold from his arms and put it on the copper coin.

This is what he said: "The property in the box is a total of one hundred thousand and seventy-two coins, all of which are the military pay that Zheng Tong has saved over the years, as well as the accumulation of rewards for military exploits, all of which are clean money.

Before he died, Hu was entrusted by Zheng Tong to help bring it back to Datang and hand it over to his family. Please count it clearly.

This ingot of gold is Hu's thanks to Zheng Tong for saving his life.

Compared with a life, it is naturally far from enough, so please don't feel too little to accept it. "

The above copper coins are naturally not scholars. The military pay and rewards accumulated over the years are just a reasonable excuse for Hu Biao to give such a pension.

After all, in the feudal dynasty, privately supporting the family members of the army is a kind of courting behavior to win people's hearts and prepare to rebel?
As for that ingot of gold, Hu Biao was truly grateful.

Even if it wasn't for worrying that Baishui Village is near Chang'an, the law and order is still good, but too much money will bring disaster to the Zheng family, and he will give more...

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Seeing such a large pile of belongings, the whole Zheng family was naturally overjoyed, and there was no sadness on their faces.

After all, as early as decades ago, they had died as scholars in the Western Regions. Now after receiving the bad news, they were only sad for a while.

Not to mention, the sum of money in front of them is enough for them to repair a new house first, and make a good mother-in-law for their grandchildren.

With the remaining money, I can buy some fields and two cows.

It can be said that all of a sudden, the whole quality of life of a large family has improved a lot, from the original shabby household to a well-off family that is one of the few in the village.

In the following time, the Zheng family not only killed the old hen at home.

In addition to grandly entertaining Hu Biao and others, they also planned to hold the funeral of the scholar; the ashes of the scholar were buried next to Grandpa and Grandma in a grand manner.

Seeing this, the surrounding villagers came to help one after another, speaking very affectionately.

Seeing such a scene, Hu Biao and others also became happy.

Because people cannot be resurrected after death, but if you think about it, the spirit of the scholar in heaven would be very willing to see such a scene appear in front of you.

Another point is that everyone in Baishui Village is currently praising:

Lieutenant Hu and everyone in Xuange camp are heroes with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness.

Thinking about it, it is more than [-] yuan, which is an astonishing wealth that they can't imagine; if they hide it and divide it up, they will be completely unaware of it.

But they actually took out all of them for a promise.

Not to mention, that ingot of gold was a huge amount of wealth that everyone present had never seen in their entire lives.

So it was foreseeable that such a news would spread with astonishing speed, bringing them a huge good name and credibility.

For Hu Biao and his follow-up plans, reputation means amazing wealth.

Let go of your belly and eat a full stomach of wine and meat in the countryside.

Taking a look at the sky, it was already around two o'clock in the afternoon, and Hu Biao and others said goodbye and left on the pretext that there were other relics of Paoze to be delivered.

Under this argument, the Zheng family couldn't continue to stay, so they could only send them to the entrance of the village together.

Before breaking up, Hu Biao said to the scholar's eldest son, an old man in his 50s:

"Because we have bought some properties, we need some trustworthy people to help with the work; in addition to food and housing, clothes, shoes and socks are distributed every month, there is a minimum salary of 800 Wen.

If it is done well, there will be rewards of no less than three months' wages on the New Year's Day.

If you are willing, you can arrange the funeral for Zheng Tong in peace.

After the funeral is over, you can go directly to Pingkangfang in Chang'an City, a Deyuelou that the family plans to open recently, and find a female shopkeeper named Guifei.

As long as Zheng Tong's name is reported, she will naturally arrange it. "

The voice finally fell, not waiting for the Zheng family to speak.

The surrounding villagers all shouted with envious red eyes: "Zhou Dalang is still doing something in a daze, hurry up and agree, where can we find such a great thing?

If you were digging in the fields on weekdays, besides eating and drinking, I don't know if you would have fifty cash left over after a month. "

"Yeah, the Susukada in your house can be done by a few old people and women, and young people can help these gentlemen to make money."

Some even dared to ask Hu Biao:
"This gentleman, the villain has the strength of his arm, and he never slackens in his work. Do you think I can do things? 500 Wen a month is fine."

After hearing the words, Hu Biao shook his head and patted his horse away.

In fact, letting Anxi Jun's family members learn some small skills is their greatest help, and it is also the greatest benefit they can give.

Such a good thing, others don't think about it for the time being...

In the following time, everyone rode all the way back to Chang'an City at a faster speed.

But before entering the city, he saw a familiar figure.

It was Xie Yunniang dressed in men's clothing. After putting on some disguises on her face, she was waiting at a tea stall on the road.

If she hadn't coughed and hinted, Hu Biao and the others almost didn't recognize it after seeing it at first glance.

Seeing this, Hu Biao and others were not in a hurry to enter the city.

After getting off the horse and getting close to him, he heard the bad guy's Tiananxing captain whispering in his mouth: "Hu Shuai, my subordinates lived up to their trust and finally found the whereabouts of that Zhang Xiuniang."

Hearing such a sentence, Hu Biao suddenly felt happy, and he couldn't help but take a high look at the ability of the remaining bad guys.

About four or ten minutes later, at a mass grave in the east of the city.

Pointing to a small grave that didn't even have a tombstone and was covered with weeds, Xie Yunniang's voice rang out: "After coming out of Liu Xueshi's home, Zhang Xiuniang worked as a cook in many homes.

But he never married, and eventually died alone.

It was one of her neighbors who helped with the funeral arrangements after her death; but the neighbor's family was also quite poor, so they could only wrap her in a straw mat and bury her here. "

Hearing this, Hu Biao was silent for a long time.

Only then did he say: "Let someone go to Captain Tianyouxing, the God of Wealth will give you a hundred guan to bury the ashes of Zhang Xiuniang and the cripple together, remember to be more grand and grand.

In addition, ask the neighbors who help with the funeral affairs, if they are willing to work in our workshop. "

In the sound of 'Wei~', Xie Yunniang simply responded.

But in my heart, it is far from being so peaceful on the surface, and the reason is very simple:
She knew that this was the time when bad people were using their money, so it would be too much of a waste to just use a hundred taels to bury them together.

But this kind of waste shows the human touch of such a bad guy.

It feels good to have such a humane boss...

　The two-in-one chapter, half of which is the update of the last chapter today, and one chapter is about repaying the debt, what to take! The debt is paid off!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)