Chapter Thirty-Seven: Veteran!

A man and a woman suddenly appeared at the entrance of the lobby, and everyone's eyes were drawn to it.

The leading young man's gaze turned on Li Qian'er's impeccable face, and then slid down to the pair of twin peaks wrapped in black, and finally stopped on the willow waist that was not enough to be held by Yingying, and a thick color of surprise suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"What a stunning!"

The leading young man couldn't help but sigh in amazement, and an obscene light flashed from the depths of his eyes, but there was a low lewd laughter from other young men in his ears: "Congratulations to Young Master Mo, Young Master Mo is very blessed today." ”

"Hahaha. ”

The leading young man, Young Master Mo, also laughed wildly when he heard this, and looked at Li Qian'er with ill intentions.

And Li Yiqi on the side was directly ignored by this group of people......

Ignoring the gazes of these people looking at her, Li Qian'er looked at the one-armed old man with a solemn face, and her eyes flickered uncertainly, as if she was confirming her judgment.

After hesitating for a while, she still leaned slightly sideways and whispered in Li Yiqi's ear: "If I'm not mistaken, the old man with one hand used the original boxing method created by Hou Ye back then. ”

"Oh?"

Li Yiqi showed a look of surprise on his face, frowned and looked at Li Qian'er, and heard the other party continue: "It is very likely...... It is likely to be someone in the Annan Protector Army, a personal soldier under the command of Hou Ye back then. ”

"What!"

Hearing this, Li Yiqi's face suddenly changed, and he asked, "Are you sure?"

"You can't go wrong. ”

Hearing Li Qian'er's words, Li Yiqi couldn't help but take a deep breath, his eyes became sharp, and his gaze at the young people of the family was cold, and a faint fierce glint flashed in his deep eyes.

If he was still interested in this matter and planned to participate in this matter with a five-point curiosity and five-point grievance, then now the idea in his heart that it doesn't matter to him has disappeared.

Swore to sweep away the Huns, regardless of their bodies, and five thousand mink brocade mourned Hu Chen. Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream!

Great Xia has been fighting for many years, the border has never been peaceful for a day, Li Jiu killed and garrisoned in Annam, and every year he had to throw down the bones of tens of thousands of young soldiers in the battle with the barbarians, and those soldiers who spilled blood on the battlefield were fortunate to have a complete corpse to be brought back to their hometown after death.

And the families of those who died in the war, veterans who lost their ability to fight because of their disabilities, and even lost their ability to survive, ended up only better than those who died in the war.

Although the imperial court will give a large amount of pension, even if they get a pension, there are still very few people who can really die well.

Of course, there are also many descendants of the Li family.

Could it be that this one-armed old man turned out to be a veteran of the Great Xia back then, a descendant of the Li family?

"Boy, who are you?"

Seeing that the stunning black-clothed girl who suddenly appeared didn't look at herself, but talked to Li Yiqi on the side in a low voice in an intimate manner, the leading young man, Young Master Mo, showed a look of displeasure on his face, pointed at Li Yiqi and asked:

"Young Master Ben asked you something!"

"Old man, what happened, who are these people, and why are they persecuting you?" Li Yiqi walked into the lobby and came to the one-armed old man, Li Qian'er followed closely behind him.

"You!"

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Young Master Mo looked at Li Yiqi coldly, and the anger in his eyes quietly rose.

"This son, old man, please, you take my granddaughter away and take her to the official mansion. ”

The one-armed old man endured the churning blood in his heart and looked at Li Yiqi with a pleading expression.

"Hehe, I want to go. ”

Hearing the words of the one-armed old man, Young Master Mo looked at him with a sneering look, sneered twice, and said, "Old thing, if you don't hand over your granddaughter today, don't think about leaving alone!"

"Noise. ”

Li Yiqi's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes glanced at Young Master Mo indifferently, and a cold glint flashed in his deep eyes.

"Qian'er, give a lesson, don't get killed, just let him be speechless for the time being. ”

On the side, Li Qian'er heard Li Yiqi suddenly call her name, she was slightly stunned at first, and then quickly reacted, glanced at Li Yiqi with a strange look, and then shook her body and rushed towards that Young Master Mo.

"Protect the young master!"

In the exclamation of Young Master Mo's many entourage guards, Li Qian'er's body was like a ghost, turning into an invisible phantom that suddenly appeared beside Young Master Mo, and the speed was unstoppable.

Smack-

A heavy slap sounded in everyone's ears, and everyone looked at the figure that flew out upside down in a daze, and then looked at the girl in black who had returned to her original position, her eyes were full of disbelief.

The distance of a few zhang almost passed back and forth in the blink of an eye, and by the way, he slapped the other party hard.

How Li Qian'er made a move, no one can see clearly.

"Qi Sea Realm?!"

Seeing a whirlpool of air above the head of the girl in black, the group of guards who were not weak in kung fu were suddenly shocked.

"So fast!"

Li Qian'er's speed was so fast that even Li Yiqi was taken aback. For the first time, he had a certain understanding of how strong the guards Li Jiu killed and sent to him were.

But now is not the time to think about it. If this one-armed old man was really a veteran under Li Jiu's command back then, and he was a personal soldier, then he shouldn't turn a deaf ear to this matter.

After settling down, Li Yiqi looked at the purple-clothed girl, noticed the other party's unfocused gray eyes, and showed a hint of discoloration in his eyes at first, but the next moment it returned to normal, and said softly: "This girl, I am from the government, you tell me the ins and outs of the matter." ”

Li Yiqi's voice was very soft and soft, and his voice revealed real concern.

Great Xia owes these people, and the Li family also owes these people.

If there were no people who served the country with their bodies, were loyal to Great Xia, and were loyal to the Li family, how could the southern border of Great Xia be stable for decades, and how could the Li family be rich and prosperous for these generations.

Li Yiqi deeply remembered that Li Jiu had mentioned this matter many times back then, but in the end, he only sighed for a long time.

Although the Li family is a first-class princely and aristocratic family in Great Xia, in the face of hundreds of thousands or even more widows of the deceased and disabled veterans, if they want to ensure the stability of their lives, the amount of silver taels and materials consumed is astronomical, even if the entire Li family is sold, I don't know if I can make up a fraction.

However, the imperial court has always been well aware of this situation, but it has never dared to make a clear statement, because the entire Great Xia may not have so many idle positions for these disabled veterans and their families.

As for the support of their wives and children, it will increase the pressure on taxes, and no matter how rich and prosperous the Xia Dynasty is, the treasury will be limited after all, and every unexpected amount of silver taels spent means that the local government will have to reduce expenditures to make up for the shortfall.

For this matter, the soldiers and Confucians are both angry, often fighting, and the court is also powerless, under the weighing of many interests, they finally chose to give a large amount of money to the one-time settlement of this kind of half-baked plan.

As for the Li family, for those soldiers who died in the Annan army, they would privately donate a sum of money after the imperial court allocated funds.

And if there is a shortage of manpower in the industries operated by the Li family in Annan and the industries operated in Shangjing, Li Jiu will also order people to enter them, and will also arrange for the wives and children of some fallen soldiers to enter them.

However, these can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket and cannot solve the actual problem.

"You...... Are you from Jingzhao Mansion?"

Although the purple-clothed girl couldn't see it, she could hear the sound and distinguish her position, her eyes looked in the direction of Li Yiqi with empty eyes, and her face couldn't help but show a touch of doubt.

If you are from the government, your voice is too young......

Hearing the doubts in the other party's words, Li Yiqi felt a trace of embarrassment in his heart, so he had to nod and smile: "I'm not, but I am indeed from the imperial court." ”

This seems reasonable......

"Really, great!"

The blind girl's face was happy, while the faces of the young men on the opposite side changed, and they all set their eyes on the young master Mo who was beaten away.

If Li Yiqi is really from the government, then among these people, I am afraid that only the Mo clan can speak, but unfortunately, this Young Master Mo has already fainted......

"Young Master, how are you?"

The guards under Young Master Mo who had been beaten away ran to his house and helped Young Master Mo up like a puddle of mud.

Looking at his own young master, who had passed out in a coma, the guard looked startled, looked at Li Yiqi with a bland face with vicious eyes, and said with an angry smile: "Good boy, you really have courage, haven't you heard of the Shenlong Gang?"

"What dragon gang, insect gang......" glanced at the other party lightly, Li Yiqi shook his head indifferently, he really hadn't heard of the so-called Divine Dragon Gang.

After appeasing the one-armed old man and the blind girl, Li Yiqi took a step forward with his hands in his hands, his eyes narrowed, his gaze swept towards the other young people of the family, and said coldly: "Which family do you belong to? What position do the elders of the family hold in the imperial court? I don't know that in my Great Xia, it is a felony to rob the people's daughters?"

Li Yiqi's voice was cold, and his eyes were already faintly murderous.

The young men of the family were frightened by the sense of oppression that suddenly appeared on Li Yiqi's body, and several of them subconsciously took a step back, for some reason, this young man who seemed to be much younger than them actually exuded an aura that made their hearts palpitate.

Because of the situation, because of the momentum to nourish the momentum.

Momentum is something that cannot be innate, it can only be learned by people who are in a high position of authority and who often give orders, or who have been around these people for a long time and have been exposed to it for a long time.

Glancing at each other, these young people of the family all saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Obviously, these people can see that Li Yiqi is not small.

"Who are you?"

One of the young men looked at Li Yiqi with a wary expression.

"People of the court. ”

A categorical voice spat out of his mouth, and a purple-gold token suddenly appeared in Li Yiqi's hand.

Seeing the token, the eyes of several young people of the family and the guards of the retinue flashed with doubt, but soon, a scream of horror sounded behind them.

"It's ...... The token of the Prince's Mansion!" A knowledgeable disciple of the family exclaimed, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.

"Not bad. ”

Li Yiqi showed a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes: "In the legal calendar of this dynasty, the scholar has no merit and fame, and when he meets an official of the imperial court, he needs to kneel down to meet him, in front of this official, kneel down for me!"

As soon as the words fell, the faces of those people suddenly turned pale, and they looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

They didn't even know that Li Yiqi didn't tell the truth, or that he didn't tell the truth completely.

The laws of Daxia stipulate that the unmeritorious and famous officials need to bow down when they see officials above the third rank, and for those below the third rank, they can bow and salute.

Even a little simpler, you don't even need to salute, the reason is very simple, this is the capital city......

There are so many famous families in Shangjing, the prime minister's three-rank officials, from the official position of the three products is the minimum threshold to participate in the early dynasty, but there are not many officials from the three grades who are qualified to participate in the early dynasty, it can be seen that the number of officials in the capital is so large that this rule has almost been forgotten.

Even Confucianism, who abides by etiquette, will not eat all day long and have nothing to do, forcing others to kneel, and after others kneel to you, if you meet dozens of ministers on this day, your knees will not be able to stand it......

"As a close minister of the East Palace, this official holds the prince's token, and you dare to turn a blind eye to it, but you don't worship it, which shows that the arrogance has no longer put the court, the prince, and the Xia Emperor in his eyes. ”

Li Yiqi's face sank, and he looked at these people gloomily, not to mention anything else, first buttoned up a hat.

When encountering this kind of thing, the first thing to do is to break down the opponent's psychological defense.

"Poof—"

Li Yiqi's words made the bodies of those young people of the family who had blank heads tremble, and as the young people of the family who had collapsed in the first psychological defense line knelt down, a large number of young people with six gods and no masters beside him also fell to the ground one after another.

For ordinary families, the East Palace is an unattainable existence.

"Come over here and tell me the ins and outs of the matter. ”

"You, let your men go to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case. ”

“......”

Li Yiqi looked indifferent and pointed at a few people again and again, and when he heard the order, these people did not dare to question it anymore, but honestly obeyed Li Yiqi's arrangement.

Compared with the common people, the family they are in is a behemoth that is either rich or expensive, turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands for rain, trampling a small person to death is as simple as pinching an ant to death, and if their family wants to compare with the forces of the East Palace, it will give people the feeling that it is like Mount Tai crushing eggs.

The East Palace is Tarzan, and they are just an egg.

"Hehe, this son ......"

The son of the family named by Li Yiqi stepped forward with a sneer, his eyes full of awe and sycophancy, although he was still a little skeptical.

Is this good-looking little ghost in front of him really an official of the imperial court at such a young age?

However, in the face of Li Yiqi, who took out the token and admitted that he represented the identity of the East Palace, he did not dare to question it.

Pretending to be an official of Great Xia is a capital crime, and it is even more a crime to deceive the monarch and conceal it, he asked himself that he was not so bold, and he didn't believe that anyone dared to pretend to be a person from the East Palace.

"You and her work together to explain the ins and outs of the whole thing, just take matters into account, don't add fuel to the fire, understand?. ”

Li Yiqi glanced at the man expressionlessly, a warning in his voice, and then looked at the blind girl, and said softly: "Don't worry, girl, I just want to figure out this matter, and the official of Jingzhao Mansion will come later, and I can be your guarantor." ”

Controlling the situation, Li Yiqi already knows what to do next, at this time, if he unilaterally believes the statement of a certain side, it is inevitable that he will be biased......

Hearing this, the blind girl nodded silently.

Although she didn't know why Li Yiqi wanted to help herself, it was better than the helpless situation before, I don't know how many times.