After Shao Song

Chapter 163 Extra Part Two: Thinking of Old Friends (Thanks to the Leader of the Lihua Division)
What do you think of Li Gang and Mr. Li Xianggong’s popularity?He was half-coaxed and half-forced by Zhao Guan's family to send him back to his hometown. Naturally, Xiliao was moved and cried bitterly. Even in the Datong garrison, Qu Duan's men wished they could buy a firecracker and set it off quietly at home.

It is said that since the battle of Huolu, Qu Duan has corrected many problems. He rarely offends his colleagues and tries his best to keep his long mouth shut.But after he got to know Xianggong Li, he deeply felt sorry for Xianggong Hu of Yanjing.When you were in Zhiluo City Prison, the requirements for you were too strict.

If nothing else, on the issue of whether he knows the soldiers or not, Xianggong Hu is much better than Xianggong Li. At least he can listen to different opinions and constantly improve and learn, unlike you, a stone in the pit.You are obviously directing the military blindly, but you still feel that you are always right. Thanks to the wisdom of the officials, they will not let you interfere in the military. Otherwise, the two to thirty thousand auxiliary soldiers and ten thousand cavalry will not be enough for you to send.

But Qu Duan got angry. No matter who the chief husband-in-law was, he would always support him, which made Li Gang so angry that he always wanted to join him. The lawsuits between the two often went to the imperial court, which made Zhao Guan's family very depressed.He had no choice but to appease Qu Duan on the grounds that Li Gang was old and injured. After all, apart from his poor military ability, Xianggong Li still did a good job in mediation.Qu Da, you have to look at other people's strengths.This made us, Qu Datong, very depressed. When we had nothing to do, we rode the third-generation Iron Elephant and took our godson Xiahou Ju all over the city for a walk.The only thing I missed was to pay homage to the Buddha statue in Yungang Grottoes and wish Mr. Li an early death and rebirth. It would be good for everyone.

It is said that Datong is the front line after all, Qu Duan, as a guard of one party, is not allowed to leave without authorization, so he also brought his family here.But everyone in the imperial cavalry knows that if you accidentally clashed with Qu Duan's own son, Qu Liang, then most of Qu Duan would probably laugh it off, but if you bully Xia Houju, just wait.

That day Li Gang finally left. Qu Duan only felt that the sky was blue and the water was green. He took Xia Houju with him as usual and planned to visit Datong City together.Unexpectedly, the child Xia Hoju was spoiled by him and had a temper. He actually said: "Father, my child is eight years old. Can you buy me a pony? I don't want you to hold him all the time."

Normally, Qu Duan would respond when he looked at this face that made him feel a little dazed, but this time he said with a straight face: "Who did you learn this mistake from, you little brat? You want to run before you can walk. Drive." Is it that easy to ride a war horse? I really want to teach you how to ride a horse. Do you think you are Li Shifu? People over there can walk and ride a horse."

Although Xia Houju was favored by him, he was not as sensitive as his parents' children. He was so aggrieved that he did not dare to speak, which made him a little soft-hearted. He promised to let him ride horses alone after he was ten years old. Now, First let his adoptive father hold him and sit and practice.

In this case, the iron elephant had to be pulled back to the manger to rest.After all, this Mongolian horse was the BMW that Tuoli bribed him with, and according to legend, it was somewhat related to the sweat-blooded BMW.Regardless of whether it is true or not, Qu Duan does admit that this beast is strong and brave.It was not suitable for a child to ride alone, so he got a pony and taught Xia Houju how to mount the horse, pull the reins, and shout. In short, it was called a conscientious person.

It's a good thing that his biological son is not here, otherwise he wouldn't be so sad!
This made the commander Zhang Zhongfu, who had just returned from a business trip, see this unrelated father and son on the main street of Datong. He couldn't laugh or cry, "Du Tong, how old is this little pony? You have to train him to fight the enemy." "

Who knew it would be okay if he didn't say this, but Qu Duan's color immediately changed when he said it.Almost roaring: "Why go into battle to kill the enemy? What other enemies does the Song Dynasty want their generation to fight against? Don't you know that he has the hereditary title of Marquis of Kaiguo County? If you keep talking nonsense, you want to eliminate Xiahou's descendants. , I asked you to raise horses."

Qu Duan's big reaction shocked everyone. Zhang Zhongfu's younger brother, Zhang Zhongyan, hurriedly dragged his brother to plead guilty. Xia Houju, who was already frightened, took her down and gently moved her back to the house and handed her over to Mrs. Qu.

While walking along the way, the guard also lamented that even though he was a bit harsh in his words, he was really a kind person at heart. His school captain Xia Houyuan died in the battle.Not only did he help collect the bones, he also heard that Xia Houyuan's wife died in childbirth, leaving behind a baby of a few months. He was about to be adopted by the Tokyo Huiji Bureau as an orphan of a martyr and put into the Hall of Heroes, so he rode back for five days and five nights. He went to Tokyo and wanted the child back no matter what, fearing that he would be wronged and became his godson.In the past few years, he and his wife have really treated this child as their own, giving him whatever he wants, and later hired the best teachers to educate him.

To be fair, the commander-in-chief's treatment of being close to the captain is not bad, but it is really not easy to do this step.

Qu Duan got angry and naturally knew that Zhang Tongzhi was joking. He didn't go too far and just ordered them to leave.Feeling very depressed after thinking about it, I went back to the manger and took out the iron elephant who had just eaten and drank enough.He was so blocked that he didn't want to say hello to anyone, so he started galloping towards the outside of the city.

It is said that the thousand-year-old ancient city of Datong, also known as Yunzhong County, was established after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, abolished the feudal system, and established counties. Datong includes Yanmen County and Daijun.Later, Meng Tian, ​​a general of the Zulong faction, led an army of 30 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and recruited people to build the Great Wall. In the east of today's Zuo Yungao Mountain and ten miles west of Yungang, "build the city Wuzhou Sainei to prepare for the Huns."

After the Qin and Han dynasties, this place has always been the frontline against ethnic minorities. The Northern Wei Dynasty was established and this place (called Pingcheng at the time) was designated as the capital. Only then was it vigorously developed. A series of large-scale capital construction was carried out by "building palaces, building ancestral temples, and establishing communities." .But that was all in ancient times, that is to say, Qu Duan, who usually likes to read some books, claims to be capable of both literary and martial arts.During the Song Dynasty, this place was originally a territory of the Liao Kingdom, and was later occupied by the Jin Dynasty. It was only in the past few years that it returned to the Song Dynasty.Because of this, there is a mixture of Hu and Han people in Datong City. Although Ren Baozhong and others have worked hard to educate and wear Han clothes, in such a large city, you can still see many people of all ethnic groups traveling from south to north, trading, and the officials have decided In the 20th year of Jianyan's reign, the Military Games was held again in Datong, presumably at that time.The prosperity here will be even higher.

It’s just that many people will never have the chance to see this again.

Qu Duan didn't know many people, but he remembered Zhao Bufan and even more so Xia Houyuan.

Qu Duan's mind was confused and he didn't pay much attention to the distance. He left the west gate and ran for an unknown distance.Finally, I discovered that the sun had begun to set in the west, and the red glow was just shining in front of the mountain.The Buddha statue seemed to be smiling slightly at him, with a kind face and kind eyes, and it suddenly dawned on him that he was actually at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain in the western suburbs, where the Buddha statue was.

At this time, if he didn't want to close the city gate and be locked out of the city all night, he had to ride back quickly, but he didn't know why.Looking at the afterglow of the sunset passing through the main cave, the large and small statues did not know Yu Zun. The stone statue with a kind expression actually made this dignified general of the Western Army, who never believed in ghosts and gods, look a little dazed.I don’t care much anymore.

He thought of his unvirtuous mouth, which annoyed Zhao Bufan the first time he met, and later said "It doesn't matter if you die", but it turned out.In the end, Zhao Bufan really died for him.

He served in the army for 20 years, claiming that his great ambition was delayed by the country's short-sighted waste and unreasonable rules.But in the end, it was the clan trash he despised the most who saved his life.

What kind of dignity does he have to be able to win the big banner given by the officials: the brave man is invincible.

That year, Zhao Bufan's eldest daughter.He was verbally promised to the second son of King Yue Wei by the official family.Yue Fei, who was blind and blind, actually refused to agree and insisted on getting married to a commoner woman whose family had sins.He was so angry that he didn't care about anything. Yue Fei, who had always been good-tempered, almost fought with him. Finally, under the dissuasion of the old concubine of the King of Wei, he turned the hostility into friendship and recognized his grandson's wife.But Qu Duan knew that if Yue Fei really dared not to let go of the Zhao girl.Qu Duan is not afraid of being beaten to death by him.

He owed Zhao Bufan.

As for Xia Houyuan, who has been following him for more than 20 years, it seems that there is some confusion about whether he owes him or not.He was willing to do everything Xia Houyuan did for him, and he was also willing to do everything he did for Xia Houyuan.It's just that once in a while, when I pass by the places where there are complicated singing and dancing in Tokyo Jiaofangsi, I can't help but stop, watching the young people with hairpin flowers coming and going, and only after a long time will I gallop away.

The Golden Crow fell, with the last ray of light.That extremely familiar face seemed to appear in front of Qu Duan's eyes again.

"Xiahou, after all these years, are you happy there?"

　Extra story about Qu Duan and Xia Houyuan

　　
　
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