Li Mingwei stood in the desert, wearing a yellow shirt that blended with the desert, and he suddenly felt a little lonely.

He was born as a mercenary, and the brothers he gathered this time were born and died with him at the beginning, but at that time, everyone was still very young.

By chance, he got a batch of medicinal herbs, so he wanted to call those brothers at the beginning and make a fortune together, but it was not in vain that these people followed him everywhere at the beginning, but in the end they didn't get anything.

But this time it came out, and a lot of people died.

He knew that people would die, but he didn't expect that there would be so many deaths, and he didn't expect that after the death of people, things would become the way they are now.

Two thousand one hundred taels of red gold, divided equally among the twelve, each more than a hundred taels.

These brothers, who were born and died together, went their separate ways after they got the money, and they didn't even care what he did with the rest of the money.

He can actually understand these brothers, after all, most of them are now people with families, unlike when they were alone, he just felt a little sad.

This morning, he took two hundred taels of red gold and went to one of the families of his dead brothers, and saw only two children, the eldest was no more than seven or eight years old, and the younger was four or five years old, but the little girl of seven or eight years old was alone, cooking on the fire, washing and sweeping the floor, and was extremely skillful.

He was standing on the broken courtyard wall, looking at the two children for a long time.

He still clearly remembers that the little boy nibbled on the sweet potatoes the little girl gave him over and over again, and asked her childishly, "Sister, when will Daddy come back?"

The little girl lay on the ground, blowing the fire in the fire pit hard, her face was full of tears from smoke, but she smiled and said: "Daddy went to make a lot of money, and he said that when he came back, he would take us to the north to live in a big house, the kind of big house that will not leak rain when thunder strikes." ”

Li Mingrui closed his eyes and jumped off the courtyard wall.

He couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he couldn't bear to listen to it anymore.

Then he threw two hundred taels of red gold into the courtyard and ran out of the village.

At this moment, he has to go to the next house, he doesn't know what kind of situation will happen, he doesn't know if he can bear it, but he has to finish, he has to give all this money out.

He went to the west first, and found three in a row, all of which were fine, and the situation was no worse.

After sending the money, he continued north, and walked in the desert for more than half a month, and finally found one of them.

It is a small yard, and there is a persimmon tree in the yard, and it is full of persimmons.

In front of the courtyard door, there is a pair of couplets that have turned white, the handwriting is completely unclear, and the door god on the door has lost its majesty, like a hideous demon without spirit, with teeth and claws.

Li Mingwei knocked on the door, and the backyard door finally opened after a long time.

It was a woman who opened the door, and she had opened the door with a smile, but when she saw him, the smile disappeared.

Li Mingwei could see a trace of loss in her eyes.

The woman asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Li Mingwei said: "I am a friend of Zhang Daqing, and he asked me to bring you something." ”

As he spoke, he handed the woman a bag and said, "He said that there is something going on in the south, and he will not be able to come back for a while, so you should not worry about him." ”

The woman took the heavy red gold, and then rolled down two lines of tears.

It was a long time before the woman asked, "Was it painful when he died?"

Li Mingwei was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's too fast, it's too late to suffer." ”

The woman nodded, put the red gold away, and then said to Li Mingwei, "Thank you." ”

Li Mingwei did not speak, suppressing his tears and not letting them flow.

After running so far and walking so many homes, it was the first time someone had said thank you to him.

In the end, Li Mingwei said: "Sister-in-law's Day mourns. ”

After saying that, he bowed deeply, then turned to leave.

He didn't see that after he had left, the woman was so soft that she was in the courtyard, weeping silently, and clutching the two hundred taels of red gold tightly in her hand.

It seems that what he is holding is not money, but his man's life.

Li Mingwei ran a long way in one breath before stopping.

He bent over and gasped for breath, but there was something in his heart that he couldn't spit out.

Those people before, after getting the money, either scolded him or kicked him, but he didn't feel so uncomfortable.

He lay on the loess, wondering if he was wrong.

He looked at the money in his hand, there were only two Star Source Coins, which should have belonged to him, but the last one had not yet been delivered.

From the first one, he will divide some of his own from each family, wanting to make himself feel better.

After a long time, he got up from the ground and dragged a little tired to the last house.

After inquiry, this family lives in the county seat, and the situation is much better than those in front of them.

He came to the door of the house, and was just about to knock on the door, when he heard a man's voice from the courtyard, he couldn't help frowning, and then dodged and hid in the corner.

The courtyard door opened, and a gorgeously dressed man walked out, a smile of satisfaction on his face.

Then he saw a man and a woman pulling and pulling, inseparable from each other.

After waiting for a long time, the man finally left, and the woman closed the courtyard door.

Li Mingwei looked at the money in his hand and hesitated.

After a long time, he walked to the door and buckled the knocker.

A woman's voice came from the courtyard, and when the woman opened the door and saw Li Mingwei, she was obviously stunned.

Li Mingwei asked directly: "Dare to ask, but Zhou Yong's home?"

The woman frowned and said, "Yes, he is not at home, what are you looking for him?"

Li Mingwei asked: "I don't know if this sister-in-law is ......?"

The woman was impatient and said, "I am his wife." ”

Li Mingwei said directly: "Brother Zhou made a sum of money in the south and dragged me to bring it to my sister-in-law." ”

As soon as the woman heard the money, she looked at Li Mingwei and pouted: "Just like him, how much can he earn, and he said that he would change a big house for me when he came back, I see, I didn't make any money, and I didn't dare to come back." ”

Li Mingwei took out two Xingyuan coins and handed them to the woman: "Brother Zhou can't come back, this is what he bought with his life, and he can buy a few big houses." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

The woman looked at the money in her hand, was stunned, and after a long time, pouted: "It's good to be dead, it's a waste of money, and life is worth a lot." ”

After speaking, he closed the courtyard door.

Li Mingwei was lying on the ground, holding a knife in his hand, and the blood on the knife had not yet dried.

Not far away, there was a corpse, the man who had come out of the woman's house.

Li Mingwei was not angry, not even a trace of thought, his heart was very calm, as calm as if he was dead.

After a long time, he stood up, threw the knife on the ground, and walked slowly into the city, where he wanted to find a place to drink some wine.

After walking for a short time, he stopped again and looked at the notice on the wall.

It was a sign of conscription, and around him, many people were also looking at this notice, there were old people, there were women, there were children, but there were no young men.

An old man sighed and said: "Returning the levy, the men of the Tang Kingdom are all gone, if we don't win again, it is time for us old men to go up." ”

Another old man said: "If you continue to fight like this, it will be sooner or later." ”

Li Mingwei suddenly remembered the two children in the courtyard, if the Tang Kingdom was defeated again, it would be time to fight them in that place.

After a long time, he suddenly turned around and strode towards the place of the county office.

Perhaps, this is the only thing he Li Mingwei can do for those children, just like many Tang boys.

......

......

Mo Yan and the others had just encountered a battle, which was not large-scale, but many people died.

Hundreds of corpses were piled up together, the remnants of the soldiers were broken all over the ground, the pungent and smelly blood filled the whole world, and a battle flag waved wildly in the setting sun, making the sky even more lifeless.

Mo Yan looked at the Tang boys on the ground, some of them were already gray, and some were not as weak as the crown, but they all died together.

Mo Yan didn't know what these people were called, but he knew that they had a common name - Tang State Soldiers.

He had never seen such a tragic battle, had never seen so many dead people, and his heart had never been so heavy as it was at this moment.

Yue Fangfei came to his side and said softly, "We have done our best. ”

Mo Yan nodded and said, "I know, this is war, I just feel uncomfortable." ”

Zeng Changsheng walked up and said, "Let's go, it won't be long before this place will become the next battlefield again." ”

Everyone walked around the corpses and moved on.

Instead of indifference, there is inability.

That night, everyone's mood was extremely heavy, either because of those soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, or because of the danger they were going to face next, everyone was thinking about things, so no one noticed what Gao Ningning and Ma Jun were talking not far away.

After a long time, Gao Ningning rubbed his eyes and ran back to the camp, and Gao Anan ran in.

Over there, Ma Jun clenched his fist and kept hitting the trunk of the tree.

Yue Fangfei and Jing Jing also walked into the tent, and Jing Jing asked first, "What's the matter?"

Gao Ningning was still crying, and Gao Anan said: "Senior Brother Ma likes my sister, but my sister rejected him, because my sister likes Brother Feng, and they have been engaged since childhood, but Senior Brother Ma said that Brother Feng will die on the battlefield sooner or later, and my sister will ......."

Mo Yan got up suddenly, Zeng Changsheng and the others didn't even have time to react, Mo Yan had already appeared beside Ma Jun.

Mo Yan didn't have any words, and directly punched Ma Jun in the face, throwing Ma Jun to the ground.

Ma Jun, who was caught off guard, got up from the ground, and Mo Yan appeared in front of him again, and with another punch, he knocked Ma Jun to the ground again.

After being punched twice for no reason, Ma Jun was a little angry, got up from the ground, and roared, "You are crazy." ”

Mo Yan continued to step forward, and then threw a punch.

Ma Jun was also angry, and also punched Mo Yan.

Mo Yan didn't dodge, let the other party punch him, and then punched Ma Jun to the ground, and there was already blood in his mouth.

Zeng Changsheng and the others got up at the same time and said, "Senior Brother Mo......"

Mo Yan turned a deaf ear, stepped forward and kicked Ma Jun directly, kicked Ma Jun out, and then took off the slaughter behind him, and walked towards Ma Jun step by step.

Ma Jun, who was lying on the ground, looked at Mo Yan who was getting closer and closer, a little panicked, and his face was full of fear, because he saw the killing intent in Mo Yan's eyes.