Qingqiu is difficult

Liu Zhang was sitting on a wicker chair in the hall outside the door. The shopkeeper did not dare to neglect and served him a pot of Maojian, but he was not in the mood to enjoy tea at the moment. He frowned and kept thinking about the scene just now in his mind.

At that time, he was riding a horse, walking towards the princess mansion in a daze. According to Emperor Jing's arrangement, he didn't have much time for vacation. He had to rush back to the military camp early years ago. The army was pressing on the border. How could he dare to take it lightly.

A carriage came from the opposite side. The carriage was luxurious and decorated with tassels on the corners. The driver was only a boy in his teens.

This is the first person in this Jingcheng who dares to block his way.

But he is no longer as domineering and rude as before. What's more, he has no intention of getting angry with others. He just whispered angrily in a dissatisfied voice:
"Go away."

Even ordinary people would recognize his horse, let alone the rich and powerful in the capital. Even those who had never seen such a red-blooded horse and tied it with pearls and jade tassels had heard about it in rumors.

The carriage was motionless. The boy driver opened the curtain. The man inside was dressed in green clothes. His closed eyes slowly opened and he looked at Liu Zhang.

"What do you want to do, you coquettish fox? I advise you to calm down, otherwise, I will take back Niao Niao even if I kill you." Liu Zhang said angrily.

Tu Shansong held a piece of warm jade in his hand: "Instead of bickering with me here, Lieutenant, why not go to Chuanfang's shop and see the princess? Now she is being ignored as an unknown nobody."

When Liu Zhang heard this, he immediately tightened his grip on his horse and rushed forward. But after taking two steps, he stopped in time: "Why didn't you save it yourself and told me so kindly?"

Tu Shansong threw the warm jade aside: "We people in Qingqiu are only interested in profit, but people in Jingguo are only interested in love. You and I each take what we need."

After that, he lowered the curtain and ordered Shubai to set off. But outside the curtain, Liu Zhang suddenly said:
"You'd better do it for profit, Tu Shansong. If you get angry with Niao Niao because of your father's affairs, you will do the biggest mistake in your life."

After that, he rode his horse to Chuanfang Shop. After a while, Xin Yi came out of the wing with a look of joy on his face, followed by Tu Shanling. He thought that Tu Shansong was unwilling to come forward because he was related to Tu Shanling, but Liu Zhang didn't dare to take it lightly. Just when he was about to step forward and ask something, he saw Tu Shanling's eyes signaling Xin Yi.

"Princess, never forget the promise you made to me."

"I won't forget, I won't forget." Xin Yi replied, patting his chest.

They parted immediately, and now only Xin Yi and his party were left. Liu Zhang first looked at Jing Mo who was in a daze, and said disdainfully: "Is this the sick Third Young Master Yi Wang?"

Xin Yi was afraid that the two men would fight each other, so he grabbed Liu Zhang and said to the two people behind him: "You go back first, I will go for a walk with Brother Wang."

She finally accomplished something big today, so she shouldn't celebrate!

After Xiao Cong and Xin Yi exchanged glances, they understood the meaning and pulled Jingmo back.

How could he return unscathed with the hard-earned clues to Qingqiu?
After they parted ways, Liu Zhang and Xin Yi, each riding a horse, went to the wilderness outside the city to relax.

Looking at the end of the sky, the withered yellow grass was broken on the hillside, and in the distance was a green shadow of short green mountains. Liu Zhang pointed at the mountains to the north, squinting and said:

"That is the border between us and the Moon Country. I will go back in a few days."

Xin Yi held on to the reins tightly: "You have been living in a military camp since you were a boy. Now that you have finally realized your ambition as a young general, you are so stressed. How do you feel in your heart?"

When Liu Zhang heard the words, he chuckled twice first and made a lazy look: "There is a saying in folk medicine shops, which is, if people in the world are not sick, why not put medicine on the shelf. Although I am no better than the person who saved lives. I'm soft-hearted, but seeing the people displaced..."

As he spoke, he suddenly felt choked up in his chest. He paused for a while before continuing with a smile: "I would rather be that dude in Jingcheng who everyone yells about."

Xin Yi sighed and looked into Liu Zhang's eyes: "War is unavoidable, but, brother Wang, it's good to have you. On behalf of Jingguo and all the people, I should thank you."

Liuzhang patted the horse's neck sheepishly: "Ahem, I'm not an outsider. Don't talk about this. Niaoxiao, what are your plans? If I go to fight again, won't you be lonely alone? You and the Qingqiu people You can play tricks, but if you suffer a loss, go to the animal cage behind Prince Yi's Mansion, and no one of them will dare to do anything to you!"

"Beast cage?" Why didn't she remember this setting?
Liu Zhang scratched his head in embarrassment. The young general looked particularly sad against the backdrop of the setting sun. His tall ponytail made his body look taller and taller. He lowered his head and said:
"It's a garden I built for you when you were a child. It's just that your parents are afraid of wild beasts, so it's not very big. When the General's Mansion..."

Before they could finish their words, an animal cry interrupted the conversation between the two of them. Following the sound, they saw a snow-white ball flying through the woods. It almost fell off a branch, so it screamed out.

Lu Xinyi dismounted and looked at the snow-white dumpling. He saw that this small furry ball had two big, black, watery round eyes, and a soft beard around his mouth, which shone like silver threads in the setting sun. The light looks like a civet cat.

When this guy saw a stranger coming, he first avoided him, but after sniffing carefully, he ran towards Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang picked up the little guy and said, "This is the little beast I have tamed for you. This guy's name is 'Fearing Beast'. Ah Fu is lazy. When I'm not around, this guy happens to be your companion."

Xin Yi was shocked. Isn't this the little beast that can save his master's life at a critical moment?What about him?

"Brother Wang, I can't afford such a valuable thing..." Lu Xinyi resisted.

Liu Zhang looked at her lovingly, smiled, and put the little guy into her arms: "It's so precious, it's just a little animal."

"But I heard that this guy can be in times of crisis..."

"Then if there is trouble in Jingcheng, you must hold it and escape."

Xin Yi looked at Liu Zhang in disbelief. She only remembered that he was a paper man with a love mind. But looking at his eyes now, with the endless tenderness in his eyes, she actually felt that what was in front of her at this moment was a flesh and blood man. , living people.

She looked at his eyelashes, the sun's rays reflected in his eyes, and his Adam's apple rolling up and down. It was obvious that he was just like her at this moment...

She insisted on pushing the fear beast out of her hand and returned it to his hand: "No, I already owe you too much. You are an admirable hero, there is no need to do it for me..."

"Niao Niao," Liu Zhang lowered his head, interrupting her retreat, "You don't have to be polite to me, I owe you, and I will never be able to repay you for what I did."

He touched the little beast in his arms. Under the setting sun, the shadows of the two of them were extraordinarily long. On the young general's arms, the beautiful animal patterns became more and more dazzling. "Recently, I often think back to what happened when I was a child. How great it would be if Jingguo had always been so peaceful. Niao Niao, when everything is resolved, do you think it would be okay for us to go back to the life we ​​had before?"

On a night of heavy rain, he was forced to kneel in the courtyard. Xin Yi pulled him, regardless of anyone's obstruction, and insisted on taking him to question the Holy Lord, encouraging him to tell the truth about his injustice.

On a snowy night, he was sick and lying in bed with a fever. Xin Yi pushed Chuncheng here. Others were afraid that he was a plague, but she was the only one who threatened that if the prince was not cured, she would get the same disease as him.

Countless days where grass grows and orioles fly, they tease animals and play together. She puffs up her little cheeks: "If others are afraid and fearful, it can make me protect the people I want to protect. So what if I have a bad reputation? I have a good reputation." People are only burdened by rumors, which only adds to their troubles.”

She encouraged him little by little, making him vow to change his weak self and become a general who could guard the border for her.

Liu Zhang stuffed the fear beast in his hand back into Xin Yi's arms: "Don't you still believe me? When did I fail to fulfill my promise to you? Help me take good care of this fear beast. As for the rumors, they are just for good luck. "

"Xin Yi, you are my home. If you are safe, I will be safe..."

As he said that, Lu Xinyi suddenly felt that she was a little cruel to him, and couldn't help but want to tell him everything.

"Liu Zhang, actually I..."

"Don't say it!" He interrupted hurriedly, with a bit of bitterness in his eyes, "It doesn't matter, you have always been free. I have also figured it out. If he treats you badly, you can come to me and tell me, I... I'll always be on your side."

The two walked in the wilderness for a while. When they returned, Liu Zhang took Xin Yi by the barbecue restaurant again.

Still familiar smells, hot food, and a pot of wine, Xin Yi only feels that life is nothing more than this.

While he was enjoying his meal, the young man next to him ate and left. The boy came to him to pay the bill, but he said boldly:
"Call your boss here and ask him carefully if I need to pay the bill!"

The boy had no choice but to go back to the boss. Lu Xinyi was about to complain, but Liu Zhang stopped her and motioned her to continue reading.

I saw the young man pull up the collar around his neck again, covering most of his face, put on the bamboo hat again, and leaned back, looking like a wealthy young man from Jingcheng.

The boss came up under the guidance of the boy. Seeing the arrogance of the visitor, he carefully looked at his attire, raincoat, bamboo hat, and coarse rags. Although he did not look like a man from an official family, he was more upright than a rogue. His body was Jiao Jian, at first glance, seems to be a master who is not easy to mess with.

The shop owner smiled and said, "Sir, this is a small shop with a small business. Could it be that the service is not attentive? I'm sorry for your words!"

The young man threw the bamboo hat on the ground, closed his eyes and shouted:

"This little boy of yours is so ignorant that he asked me to pay!"

The shop owner was also confused, but he could only patiently explain: "Sir, it's natural to pay for purchases. Could it be that my waiter asked you if you made a wrong calculation?"

The people around him started to get angry, and the big man stood up: "It's ridiculous, under the emperor's feet, there are still people who dare to be freeloaders? If you continue to act nonsense, look at me, grandpa, I will beat you!"

"That's right!" The echoes around him gradually began, and the young man had no choice but to stand up, take out two copper plates from his arms, and also take out a few silver ingots from his backpack, and stuff them all to the shop owner.

The shop owner had never seen such a battle before, and he hurriedly excused himself: "Sir, this small shop can't afford it!"

Seeing this, Xin Yi couldn't help but have a trace of doubt on his face, but he saw Liu Zhang looking at her with a smile, as if he was confidently waiting for a good show.

As expected, the young man let out a long sigh and just handed the money in his hand to the shop owner.

"Dad, if you really ask your son for money, you can bear it no matter how much you ask for!" As he said that, the young man pulled off the mask on his face and fell to his knees with a plop in the shop owner's astonishment.

When everyone was astonished, the shop owner was shocked at first, then threw himself at his son, and then looked up again with tears streaming down his face.

"Son, why did you come back?"

Seeing this scene, everyone present was deeply moved by this scene of reunion. The happiest moment in the world is nothing more than this.

Liu Zhang gave Xin Yi a piece of meat with chopsticks and said proudly in a low voice:

"It's the New Year, and I asked His Majesty to ask them to come back and see their families."

Lu Xinyi suddenly turned back to look at Liu Zhang, and then took another look at the scene of father and son hugging each other. It was the pain of military service to join the army at the age of fifteen and return home without any relatives. The general's bald head and his beauty face an empty pillow are indelible in the hearts of the people. The pain in her eyes was finally relieved by a small number of people. She suddenly felt that Liu Zhang in her eyes had become taller.

Like her, they have ideas and are working hard to change the destiny of their place.

　On the [-]th, he joined the army
　　Han·Anonymous

　　On the [-]th, he joined the army for conquest,
　　He didn't return until he was eighty.

　　Tao meets a fellow villager:

　　Who is there at home?
　　From a distance, it looks like the Jun family.
　　There are many pine and cypress graves.

　　The rabbit enters from the dog's sinus,
　　Pheasants flew from the beams.

　　(End of this chapter)