A month before the end of the day, the early morning in Taicheng is always quiet, because many people have nothing to do at this time.

Except for the workers who routinely repair the river embankments and city walls, the officials and petty officials who work all year round, and the soldiers who practice diligently every day, almost all the rest of them live at home, after all, the third maturity period has passed, and most of the Taicang people engaged in agriculture no longer need to worry about the planting, harvesting, and storage of grain.

The sparsely populated city gate is extremely lively today, because last night there was an advance army returning to Taicang to report, the lord of the country has already had a result of the battle against the dove, and Yinwei set off to return home.

Considering the danger of marching at night, all those temporarily stationed on the outskirts of the Southern Forbidden Forest could return to Taicheng early the next morning.

The royal court posted notices overnight, and it was spread by the people of Taicang who got up early, and there was a grand scene in front of the city gate.

Many people gathered in groups in the open streets on either side of the city gate, whispering about the contents of the proclamation.

"The lord of the country drove the dove dog this time, and many Taicang people did not agree with it, after all, the dove dog country has been stronger than me Taicang for so long, and the lord of the country has made a rash decision, which is inevitably a little too capricious. An old man with a white beard and a white robe spoke.

The old man wore a wooden badge pinned to his chest, roughly the size of his thumb, with a plane tree pattern on it, which looked special and solemn.

This wooden badge was issued by the royal court, and was only issued to the elderly who were over 100 years old.

Monks tend to live longer than ordinary people, but in Taicang, there are still very few people who can cultivate, and in addition, those who can cultivate in Taicang need to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, which causes an embarrassing situation where there are few monks among the long-lived people.

The status of all long-lived people in Taicang is very high, and the elderly who are more than 100 years old do not have to salute when they see the lord of the country.

On the contrary, the lord of the country needs to pay regular condolences to the elderly who live a long life every year as a sign of respect.

Because in the boundless wilderness, being able to live over 100 years old not only requires a tough body, but also requires luck far beyond ordinary people.

The white-robed old man spoke, and the young man on the side hurriedly echoed.

"What the patriarch said is that the lord of the country has unique knowledge in many things, and has also contributed a lot to my Taicang, but after all, he is a little young and too impulsive. ”

"The dove and the crocodile are at war, we just need to watch from the wall, let them fight with each other, where do we need to use Taicangerlang's life as a bet and intervene sideways. ”

"It's just that the lord of the country attacked the dove, but he only brought 2,000 people! I don't know what he thinks!"

"What's even more ruthless is those big officials in the royal court! The lord of the country is young and has no sense of proportion, and many of them have beards as long as the grandfather Biwu in the clan, but they are also messing around with the lord of the country!"

The scene became a little strange, and suddenly it became a criticism meeting to criticize Ji Xia's reckless behavior, and it became more and more fierce, and even the royal court ministers became the objects of criticism.

"But the proclamation clearly says that Taicang has won a great victory, and Taicang Yinwei has captured a lot of booty, which is enough for five big burdens. ”

While everyone was talking, a timid voice suddenly came from the corner, and many people turned to find a very beautiful maiden with a staghorn lamb standing in the corner behind them.

This girl is about seventeen or eighteen years old, slim and elegant, and it is not an exaggeration to describe her as superior.

The people who were refuted heard a young voice interjecting, and they wanted to scold a few words, but when they saw such a young girl, they immediately dispelled such an idea.

An old man looked kind and asked the girl, "Little girl, where are you?" There are a lot of people here, be careful that the crowd will be crowded for a while, and it will hurt you." ”

This girl is Jing Yu, before she heard that Ji Xia personally recruited doves dogs, just two days worried about sleepless nights, this morning was woken up by the neighbors of Nanqing Street, said that the country led the army back, the confused girl who has always loved to sleep lazy is not even willing to sleep, and she reluctantly ran to the city gate.

Later, while waiting, I heard that many people were counting the lord's wrongs, and the girl was very unconvinced, so she was afraid to open her mouth.

"Little girl, you don't understand major national affairs, although the notice says that I am too victorious, but I don't write how to win, if only one or two hundred of the two thousand Taicang Erlang die, then how can I be good?"

"What we are worried about is this, of course we are happy to win the battle and rob the treasures, but if these treasures are exchanged for my life as a Tai Cangerlang, then even if these treasures are precious, they are still trading at a loss. ”

Jing Yu opened a pair of bright eyes, she heard everyone patiently explain to her, and she also felt that this was the truth in her heart, but on the other hand, she felt that she should support the decision of the lord of the country.

So she spoke for the lord of the country again: "But war is inevitable, if you blindly worry about the dead, won't Taicang always be bullied by other countries?"

The hundred-year-old Biwu old man had a smile on his face, and explained: "What the little girl said is also reasonable, but this time is different from the past, in the past, the Taicang family was threatened by foreign enemies, so we naturally had to die in anger, and it was worth paying the price of the young man's death." ”

"The young people are dead, and we are old and frail, we old people will not rely on the old to sell the old to live alone, even if we don't have any strength, we have to hit those enemies with a stick, punch those enemies, let them know that I am too cang, and some are bloody!"

"But this time the situation is special, the lord of the country took the lives of his people as a gamble, to participate in a gambling game that had nothing to do with us, although he won, looted some treasures, but it must be very difficult to win, and thousands of Taicang families will suffer the pain of losing their children. ”

The old man's eyes were filled with deep worry: "With all this, do you still think it's right to go on the expedition?"

Jing Yu on the side heard such an old man, he was always worried about Taicang, always thinking about the people of Taicang, and his heart was very admired and moved, even if he thought that the decision of the lord of the country would not be wrong, but he didn't know how to speak for the lord of the country.

"Of course it's worth it. ”

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and several figures moved forward in the crowd, and the crowd spontaneously gave way for the three of them to walk.

When the three of them came, some people kept kneeling down and saluting, shouting: "The wind blesses, the lord of the country is safe." ”

Jing Yu saw that the three people who came were the lord of Taicang, General Ji, and a young man in a green robe with extraordinary instruments.

Ji Xia Xiantai Cang Yinwei stepped into the city, just encountered everyone's discussion, he slowly walked in front of the old man, saluted, with a sincere smile on his face, and asked, "Old man Biwu, is your body still healthy?"