Chapter Ninety-Eight: Funeral Retribution

The hustle and bustle outside the city continued, Xu Sigen shuttled through the queue, asking eagerly, but everyone shook their heads, and he had to keep looking back.

Until the hustle and bustle of the city gate dissipated, the army entered the city, and Xu Sigen stood in place, looking anxious.

"Fourth uncle, why don't you see them?"

"Yes, Fourth Uncle, what about Da Lang?"

The two women asked eagerly after him.

"They are going to Linguan Village, the advanced city of Linguan Village..."Xu Sigen squeezed out a smile at them.

"Oh yes, let's get into the city, maybe we're already home." A woman said, turning the child tied behind her upside down, "Sister-in-law, let's go back quickly." ”

The two women turned and ran into the city.

Xu Sigen turned around with some difficulty, and just turned around to hear the noise behind him, as well as the sound of the car, he turned his head a little stiffly, and saw a person walking on the road, pulling a car, followed by two people.

What's wrong?

Xu Sigen's heart rolled, and he suddenly regretted that he actually recognized the person who pulled the cart.

"I said Liu Kui, don't fucking mess around, okay? The rules have always been buried on the spot, how can you pull people back like this! ”

The two soldiers shouted angrily, anxiously and helplessly.

They have been talking about this kind of thing for almost a day or two nights, but it is useless at all, this Liu Kui is like a demon.

Liu Kui lowered his head and pulled the car forward step by step, the corpses on the car were covered by a few tattered clothes that he didn't know where to pick up, and only five pairs of feet were exposed, shaking with the car.

“… Weizhou Jieshi Fort City guards the tent under the first team dare to be brave Xu Maoxiu. Xu Bangmal, Fan Jianglin, Fan Shishi. Cavalry Xu Sigen, Xu Layue. School Yong Fan Sanchou...."

“… You! If you have the ability to be a deserter, if you have the ability to block swords and arrows with your brother, if you have the ability, you will fight with Lao Tzu..."

“… What does it mean to be brave? Brave and good at fighting, the generals rely on, what do you see you doing now? ….”

"We are not deserters! We were framed by the dogs! ”

"I'll watch you guys! Don't want to run! ”

I'm going to watch you, I'm going to watch you.

Liu Kui gritted his teeth and stepped forward, his eyes were full of red silk, and his shoulders had been strangled by the rope with blood marks.

There was a shout in front of the door. This was followed by the screams and cries of the woman, interspersed with the cries of babies.

At the beginning of May, Jiangzhou has already begun to get hot.

A horse galloped along the road, and in the hot and dry weather a cloud of dust was raised, and everyone took refuge in the place where it passed, and the soldiers on the horses were dusty, apparently carrying urgent news, and the horses went straight to the city gate, and the messengers who defended the city did not even dare to stop them, and hurriedly drove away the other people.

"Oh my God. What's wrong? We have nothing to do with the soldiers here. ”

"You're passing by, aren't you?"

They were whispering and talking, and the horse was restrained at the gate. Horses raise their hooves and neigh.

"Jiangzhou Mansion Cheng family, where is the Cheng family?" The soldier asked aloud.

It's not passing by, but it's not looking for the government, it's looking for the Cheng family, that is to say, it's not an official matter?

The guards breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly pointed in the direction, and the soldier went away without waiting for the urging of the horses, and the people on the street were in a mess with chickens and dogs jumping on their backs.

"Lady, something happened!"

The street door was pushed open suddenly, and Steward Cao walked in with a pale face, the letter in his hand.

Banqin, who was opening the door under the porch, and Cheng Jianniang in the room all looked over.

Something went wrong?

Master Cheng sat up with his body propped up.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing happens to us, nothing good or bad." Mrs. Cheng said, stretching out her hand to help him lie down.

"It's easy to say." Master Cheng smiled bitterly, "Good things definitely have nothing to do with us, but bad things are not necessarily." ”

While motioning to the housekeeper to speak quickly.

"I don't know what's going on, the soldier shouted in front of the door, only said to find Cheng's Jiao Niang, we pointed him out, I don't worry about following the past, the Cao steward's face changed when he saw this soldier, and his body trembled a little when he took the letter..."The housekeeper said hurriedly, unable to hide his surprise.

It's really unthinkable to see this arrogant Cao steward have such a day.

Then he went in, and heard the cry of a woman inside. "And then there is nothing else." ”

Cry?

"Is that the fool crying?" Mrs. Cheng asked hurriedly.

The butler shook his head.

"I didn't see it through the door, it's a female voice anyway." He said.

Whether it's the fool crying or the servant crying, in short, someone is crying, then something must have happened.

Master Cheng sighed and leaned back.

What's wrong?

How so?

Saturday Lang was sitting in the camp tent, and he was asking this sentence repeatedly, as if the war drums were still beating in his ears, and the sound of fighting was still noisy.

He had been sitting like this for a long time, and the paper in front of him was still empty, and the tip of the ink-stained pen had dried up.

He didn't know what to write, the obituary should have been sent out, and he didn't need to come forward to explain, although Fan Jianglin was still in a state of confusion, but the horse keeper Xu Sigen was still very sober, and they were still so rich, officials and money, this obituary must be delivered in a timely and accurate manner, unlike other soldiers who were far away or incomplete.

What else could he write? Describe this sad event again? Or comfort her?

Console? Something hard has happened, what words can soothe?

Liuliulang held the pen, and finally used all his strength, and the pen barrel snapped.

The crying continued.

Banqin leaned over the ground and couldn't get up.

Steward Cao knelt on the side and looked at the woman in front of the screen.

The woman's face did not change, and her eyes still fell on the letterhead spread out on several cases.

The content on the letter paper is very simple, and the Zhou family's servant Cao, who was born as a military general, can even recite it.

On a certain year, month, and day, someone is not in the king's affairs, etc.

Cheng Jianniang raised her hand and stroked the letter.

"Fan Shishi, Xu Maoxiu, Xu Layue, Fan Sanchou, Xu Bangmaul..."She read slowly.

Banqin's cry was loud again.

"Lady, lady. Please mourn. Please mourn. She cried. Kneel down and take a few steps forward.

"I'm not mourning." Cheng Jianniang said, stroking the names on the letter back and forth with her hand, "Go and ask, how did they die." ”

Before Banqin came back to his senses, Steward Cao understood, and with a little solemnity, he turned around and went out to call the soldier.

The soldier was left in the outer courtyard to rest.

"When?" An attendant asked.

"April 19." The soldier replied.

April 19, today is the third day of the fifth month. That is to say, it took more than ten days to come from Longgu City to Jiangzhou Mansion, which is really fast enough.

Looking at the surprised expressions of the entourage, the soldiers drank a large sip of tea soup and suppressed the fire in their throats.

“… Xu Guangou gave enough money for the journey, and ensured that he would change enough horses along the way..."He said, and also gave him money that he couldn't earn in his life to deliver letters, so he almost didn't rest for three days, so he ran in the fastest time.

The entourage nodded and didn't ask any more, they didn't know each other well with the brothers of Maoyuan Mountain, and they didn't have too deep feelings. But death is a sad thing.

To be dead is to be dead, and there is nothing more in this world.

The soldier drank the tea soup again. Maybe it was because of the hard work of running around, and he felt that he had never drunk such a delicious thing in his life, so he looked up again.

This porter is not big or small, the furnishings are simple but not shabby, and the tea soup and fruits are placed on the table, and it looks extremely fresh, neither like the stinginess of those cold doors that I have been to before, nor like the ostentation of those rich people.

This is a large mansion, although there are not many new mansions here, and most of the mansions are very shabby, but they have exceeded the expectations of the soldiers.

Didn't you say that these people were from the Maoyuan Mountain People's Clan? How can there be such a godsister in this rich place in Jiangzhou Mansion?

Just thinking about it, Steward Cao came to order someone to call him.

This is a very normal thing, and the master's family must ask about it when they receive an obituary, so the soldiers have been holding on and not resting.

As the little servant stepped into the backyard, the soldiers didn't dare to look and bowed their heads to the main house, and there was no crying and wailing of obituaries like other people's ears, and it was quiet as if nothing had happened.

So in the end, it's a kiss, not a kiss.

The soldiers stood under the porch and saluted.

"You may be seated."

The female voice in the room said.

The soldier sat down on his knees.

"How did they die?"

The problem was not surprising, the soldier responded with a brief account of the battle of the day, and it stands to reason that it is enough to only tell the family about the battle that caused death, and the soldier may have read it for the sake of the reward, and couldn't help but say a few more words, and with the narration, there was a low female voice sobbing.

It's good to cry, it's good to cry, it's normal to cry, after all, it's a dead person, although it's not a kiss, it's also a kiss.

"There were a lot of casualties in this battle, Fan Shishi and other five brave and strong men, and please mourn the lady." He bowed down and finished in official words.

"So, their defense of the city is crucial to this great victory?"

The female voice asked again.

The voice didn't cry, wasn't she crying...

The soldier nodded with a smile.

"Yes, at that time, they were originally used for ambush, but they happened to encounter the elite soldiers of the One Piece King, and they sent messengers to drag the elite soldiers of the Western Thieves to fight, fighting more with less, they were really heroes." He said.

"Spare your life for the sake of national affairs, not be afraid of danger in times of danger, and die well, and deserve to be rewarded."

The female voice said.

"Yes, it will definitely be rewarded by the imperial court." The soldier said, "The little one came in a hurry, and before he could hear the reward, the pension must be issued, and now that the court has raised the pension, our soldiers can get five dollars and six silk horses..."

Perhaps because there was no sad atmosphere in the house that affected the soldiers, he couldn't help but turn the topic away.

When these words were spoken, the cry of the woman in the house suddenly became louder, and the soldiers were so frightened that they stopped and looked up.

In the middle of the room, a young girl in a plain flower skirt is sitting, beautiful like a flower.

The soldier could only use this word to describe his feelings, and he didn't even dare to look away as if he was frightened, and his eyes fell on a servant girl beside the girl.

The handmaid fell to the ground, and it turned out that she was crying.

"Who cares about the money, the silk!" Banqin cried, "Lang Jun's money and silk for a month are too much to count!" I can't count, I can't count! Oh my God! ”

Oh my God, how can this be!

God, it shouldn't be like this!

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The first time I came to sit in the well and watch the sky, spread my wings and hit the water, and swayed and soared.

In fact, it has been a story of laughter and tears since the beginning, and now it is just the beginning.

Have a great weekend~ (To be continued......)