At this time in the northwest, Fan Jianglin, who was sitting in the courtyard and tried to pull out the bow and arrow, was also putting down the bow and arrow, looking at the lawsuit soldiers who walked in the door.

"Has the merit been rewarded?" He asked.

The smoke of the war in mid-April has dissipated, and the rest of the month has made the soldiers and people forget the pain, the wounded are seeking to survive, the families of the dead are waiting for pensions, the living are looking forward to the merits they deserve, and the generals are waiting for commendations and promotions, and the northwest is full of life in the middle of summer.

Fan Jianglin can barely walk two steps now, and more often he sits and lies down, and the military doctor said that even if he is healed, his legs, feet and arms will not be the same as before.

Xu Sigen was very sad when he heard it, but Fan Jianglin could see it.

"You don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy." He said, looked at Xu Sigen and smiled, "They got what they wanted, I will follow the fourth child to raise horses, you raised so many horses, and the iron hooves led our good men to step on the heads of the western thieves, isn't it the same to kill the enemy." ”

This is a big battle, and it is a victorious battle, and the imperial court needs a victory to bring joy, so the rewards go up and down quickly.

Hearing people come in, Fan Jianglin's daughter-in-law, who was holding the baby, also hurriedly came out of the house, listening to these soldiers holding the list and reading out the names of Xu Maoxiu and the other five people.

Hearing these names again, Fan Jianglin's eyes seemed to see the brothers striding towards him and smiling, his nose sore and his eyes drooping.

"Yes, that's right." The young woman stepped forward and said.

"Then these things are here, you can check them." The soldier said, there was no emotion in the words on his face, this kind of thing has been done too much, even if there was sympathy and sentimentality, it has been worn out.

The young woman replied. Hold the child and go over to see the silk and money they have moved.

"....six dollars per person. Eight silks. The soldier read aside. While not forgetting to show his merits, "... This time, the imperial court and General Manager Jiang strictly urged them to do it quickly, and they didn't miss a penny..."

That's right, in the past, there were very few people who could get all this kind of pension, and many soldiers were left with no bones after the first war, and their families didn't know about it for the rest of their lives, not to mention that the pension went up and down in the yamen and so on, and in the end, most of them were gone.

So occasionally there will be generals who make up casualties. A large number of bereavement benefits were defrauded.

The young woman took the child in her arms and looked at it carefully, talking to the child.

"Tie Dan, this is your father's keeping, you look good." She said.

The child didn't know how to wave his hand and was happy, and it was even more uncomfortable to listen to Fan Jianglin's ears.

"It's done." The young woman said.

The soldier said a few words of comfort, turned around and left.

"Wait." Fan Jianglin shouted.

The people in the courtyard all turned their heads to look at him.

"What else?" The soldier at the head asked, looking at the wounded soldier sitting under the porch and suddenly thinking of something, "Oh, yes. Yes, there is. ”

Hear him say that. Fan Jianglin's face softened slightly, and he watched the soldier turn around and take out a bunch of money from another pocket.

"The wounded soldier also has a penny." He said.

Fan Jianglin was stunned.

"What else?" He asked.

The soldier was stunned.

"What else?" He also asked.

Fan Jianglin was about to stand up, and the young woman hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"These brothers of mine are all strong men who defend the city in Linguan Village!" He glared and said, as he stretched out his hand and pointed to the money and silk piled up in the yard, "That's all?" ”

The soldier smiled.

"These? That's a lot. He said, with a bit of seriousness, "Other people's pensions are only five coins and five silks, because you are a Linguan village, Lord Fang specially knelt down and begged the court to increase the pension, and even willing not to add his own official to the knight..."

"He knelt down and begged! He also became an official and a knight! Fan Jianglin shouted, interrupting the soldiers' words.

Seeing his fierce look, the soldiers were so frightened that they took a step back.

"What do you want to do?" He shouted, "Fang Shiban bravely resisted the enemy, and regarded death as home, so he naturally deserved this great battle..."

"He bravely resisted the enemy and looked at death as if he were home!" Fan Jianglin shouted, and people pounced.

The soldiers were so frightened that they jumped a few steps away, Fan Jianglin couldn't stand at all, his daughter-in-law couldn't hold the child with one hand and support him with the other, Fan Jianglin stumbled and fell to the ground.

Suddenly the woman screamed in the courtyard, and the child cried and cried.

“… He bravely resisted the enemy and looked at death as if he were home! He bravely resisted the enemy and looked at death as if he were home! ”

The man's hoarse shouts came out of it over and over again.

In the back house of the official hall, the wine banquet was in full swing, and the laughter continued.

After the war, the reward was settled, and it was the most proud time, and there was one person who laughed the most during this time, and that was Fang Zhonghe.

He also deserves to laugh like this, this time he jumped from the fourth rank of the servant of Zhengjiupin, and was appointed as the Zhizhai of Hangu Village, which can be described as a step to the sky, the official rank is one thing, and the real lack is another, with the qualifications of this Zhizhai, with his Fang Zhonghe age, there is a great hope that the position of the future capital supervisor will be obtained.

All prisons, all prisons.

Fang Zhonghe couldn't help but laugh again.

"Come, come, drink." He held up his bowl and touched a man vigorously.

"Waiting, waiting." Someone whispered beside him.

Fang Zhonghe frowned and continued to laugh and drink.

"Waiter," the man continued.

What an eyeless thing! Fang Zhonghe turned his head with a cold face.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

The little official breathed a sigh of relief.

"Someone wants to see you." He whispered.

"." Fang Zhonghe said angrily, turned around and continued to laugh with others.

And the little officer got out of the way.

“… Mr. Jiang meant to ask the adults to enter the capital and face the saint..."

Mr. Jiang, who is the deputy head of Jiang Wenyuan's soldiers and horses, has not yet decided on the candidate, and the deputy does not like to be called the deputy, so everyone deliberately ignores this sub-word when talking, except for a few people.

"That's really Lord Jiang's love..."Fang Zhonghe said busily.

Speaking of this, there was a small official behind him shouting forbidden.

"Can't you shout something else?" Fang Zhonghe turned around and gritted his teeth and said.

The little official was stunned.

"Your Excellency." He said.

Fang Zhonghe sighed, this little official can pack up his baggage and get out.

"Say, what's the matter?" He asked.

The two men said. If you don't go out. And they came in to thee. The little official whispered.

Fang Zhonghe sighed in his heart.

"Who?" He asked.

"Fan Jianglin and Xu Sigen." The little official whispered.

Fang Zhonghe's face changed suddenly.

No wonder. If others were only afraid and didn't have the courage to find it, only this Fan Jianglin.

Fang Zhonghe clenched the wine bowl in his hand.

Linguan Village He escaped from the battle, and the people who fled with him naturally did not talk about this fact, and it was not a glorious thing, and the people who stayed behind to guard the village at that time were all dead, except for this Fan Jianglin, who was finally rescued from the pile of dead people.

If he goes out and yells, it's nothing to be afraid of. But at this time, it is not good-looking.

The body has not been delivered yet, in case something happens....

Fang Zhonghe put down the wine bowl.

"I'll make it easier." He smiled at the people around him.

In a side hall in the backyard, watching Fang Zhonghe come in, Xu Sigen hurriedly stood up, and Fan Jianglin also stood up with crutches.

"Lord Zhizhai." Xu Sigen stepped forward and saluted.

This salutation made Fang Zhonghe's full of resentment disappear, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Don't say that, you haven't come down yet." He hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"The credit of the adults has been decided, sooner or later." Fan Jianglin said coldly, accentuating the word credit.

Fang Zhonghe's face stiffened slightly.

"What are you looking for from me?" He said, twisting his beard.

"My lord, our brother died in battle. Why just a bereavement pension? Fan Jianglin asked, "Aren't they heroic in resisting the enemy and looking at death as if they were at home?" You have been rewarded for all the living adults. Don't they deserve a posthumous gift? ”

It turned out to be a troublemaker!

"I have already reported this matter, but the compensation for the dead and injured has always been fixed, and I can only try my best to fight for it." Fang Zhonghe said.

"We don't want to be compensated, my brothers want to be posthumously gifted, they want to be crowned officials and correct their names, they are not pensions, they are strong men, and they are brave." Fan Jianglin said loudly, while holding on to the crutches and stepping forward.

Fang Zhonghe frowned.

"I didn't say they weren't." He said, "Sacrificing their lives for the country are all brave men, isn't it more to give more bereavement benefits." ”

"The surname Fang! Don't pretend to be foolish here! Fan Jianglin shouted, interrupting his words, trembling all over, "How did you get this credit!" If you replace the name of your merit with the name of my brother and re-tell it to the court, you will see what the result will be? Will it be a little more of a pension? ”

Fang Zhonghe's face was pale, and he subconsciously looked out of the door.

"Fan Jianglin, what do you mean by that?" He whispered.

"You know what I mean! It was my third brother who asked for the delay of resisting the enemy, and it was also us who delayed the resistance to the enemy to the end, what about you, you led people to run away halfway, and now that my brothers are dead, you have taken the credit! Fan Jianglin said, the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

"What nonsense are you talking about, how did I take someone to run away? I'm leading people to ambush the enemy. Fang Zhong and Tie Qing said with a green face.

"Fang Zhonghe, you just said that you can't report it, right?" Xu Sigen interjected.

"What to report, the reward was reported a month and a half ago, this matter is over, what to report!" Fang Zhonghe shouted angrily, he gritted his teeth and looked at Fan Jianglin and the others, "Forget it, all the rewards and silver coins I got will be given to you, let's go." ”

"Who wants your money." Fan Jianglin shouted, "We don't want money, I want my brother's reward!" ”

If he wants to be rewarded, then what has he become?

Fang Zhonghe sneered, a dead man, what kind of reward do you need, isn't it just to ask for more money?

"How much do you want?" He said.

"Master Fang, let's say it again, we just need you to report it truthfully." Xu Sigen said, "No, we don't care if your affairs are reported truthfully, Lord Fang, we don't care about your merits, you should get these or not, we won't have an opinion, we just need to report our brothers' affairs truthfully, report to those brothers who are fighting to the death and defend the city, and give them posthumous seals." ”

Is it a fool to truthfully report the affairs of those people and give them a posthumous seal? It's not that I want to cut off Lao Tzu's future!

Fang Zhonghe hated in his heart, cutting off my future was to kill my parents, how could Lao Tzu allow it!

Isn't that just you? Everyone else is a dead ghost, what else can you do?

Since you don't want to give you face, then don't blame me for being unkind.

He straightened up, his face cold.

"Is there anything else you guys are doing?" He said coldly, "If it's okay, go back, knowing that you have lost your relatives and grief, this official doesn't care about your rudeness, go back and recuperate, don't mess around anymore." ”

Fan Jianglin and Xu Sigen looked at him in disbelief.

"The surname Fang, did you really not report it?" Fan Jianglin stepped forward and shouted in a trembling voice.

"I'm going to report it, and there's nothing to report." Fang Zhonghe said lightly.

Fan Jianglin stretched out his hand and pointed at him.

"How can you have a clear conscience," he roared, coughing violently before he could finish his sentence.

Xu Sigen hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him while patting and stroking him, while looking at Fang Zhonghe.

"Lord Fang, how can you do this, this makes the brothers feel cold," he said.

"Xu Guangou, I've done my best, if the brothers are cold, I can't help it." Fang Zhonghe said lightly.

What else did Xu Sigen say, Fang Zhonghe flicked his sleeves.

"Someone, send off." He shouted in a raised voice.

The little officials who were standing far away immediately rushed in, pushing Xu Sigen and Fan Jianglin, Fan Jianglin's crutches were knocked off, and he was dragged out by the four of them.

"Surnamed Fang, don't regret it!" Fan Jianglin shouted, stretched out his finger and pointed, "Don't regret it!" Don't regret it! ”

What to regret about this!

If he didn't run away in advance, then now he is dead, and that's what he regrets!

If he truthfully reported that he had escaped from the battle, then he had been locked up now, where did he come from to a fourth-level promotion, then he would regret it!

Fang Zhonghe flicked his sleeves and turned his back to the foyer.

Don't regret it! Don't regret it!

A scream faded away. (To be continued......)