Hebei West Road, Xiangzhou Tangyin Yonghe Township Xiaoyi, in a large farmhouse courtyard, it was early in the morning, the sun was shining, and the spring breeze was peaceful. An old woman in her sixties, with full white hair, was on a stone bench in the courtyard, sewing and mending clothes, while teaching a seven or eight-year-old child to write.

There are traces of smoke and fire on the walls, gates, and floors of the courtyard, and it is clear that there has been a fierce battle here not long ago.

"Brother Yun, this word is written incorrectly, it is written like this."

When the old woman finished writing, she looked at her grandson with a look of love in her eyes.

"Wife, Brother Yun knows!"

The child lowered his head and began to write again.

Looking at her grandson's dog-like font, the old woman shook her head, compared to her son, the eldest grandson's handwriting is really too bad!

"!"

Outside, there was another heart-rending cry, accompanied by mournful music. The old woman shook her head and sighed.

Since the Jin people went south, this Hebei land has become the place where the Song and Jin armies fought in a tug-of-war, every day there are dead and wounded sergeants are sent back to their hometowns, people going south are endless, there are new graves in the villages, and there are crying everywhere.

Since last winter, when the Jurchen Fanzi besieged Bianliang City, they carried out a frenzied raid on the outskirts of Bianliang City, especially along the Yellow River.

Due to the establishment of the Marshal's Mansion in Xiangzhou by Zhao Gou, King Kang of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jurchen Fanzi heard the news.

Zhao Gou fled from the Daimyo Mansion in a hurry, the Jin people surrounded Xiangzhou, and several local wealthy families: the Hebi Tian family, the Nanping Li family, the Ping Luolan family, etc., built dock forts fell or surrendered one after another.

Xiangzhou Tong sentenced Zhao not to try to defend Xiangzhou City, and Xiangzhou City was preserved. But the surrounding counties, including Tangyin County, also fell. The Jin people built a camp in the local area, and the people were miserable, living in poverty, and becoming increasingly embarrassed.

Fortunately, thanks to the continuous reinforcements sent by the imperial court from Tokyo City, the Song people and the Jurchens formed a confrontation in Hebei. Due to the hot weather, the Jin retreated, and the Song army took the opportunity to recover many fallen places.

The door was pushed open with a "Ge squeak", and two young men walked in, and when they saw the old woman sitting in the courtyard, the two shouted "mother" together and walked over together.

The child put down the brush and ran up happily, shouting, "Daddy, Uncle Six!"

The younger man took out a small packet of candied fruit and handed it to the child, and the older man touched the child's head, and several people walked to the stone bench together.

The older man put a bag of things on the stone bench and said softly, "Mother, this is the pastry that Rokuro and I bought for you."

"Goro, Rokuro, how did you buy such a little rice and come back?"

Seeing that there was only a little thing in the pocket in her son's hand, the old woman's brow furrowed slightly.

The younger man said: "Mother, many grain stores in the county are closed, and the remaining few houses are full of people buying rice, each person can only buy two liters, and each liter of rice has risen to 400 Wen!" These guys are really black-hearted!"

The old woman was stunned: "400 Wen, why is it so high!" Didn't you say that the Jurchen Fanzi had withdrawn, why are there still so many people queuing up to buy rice?"

Liulang shook his head and said: "Mother, you don't know, although the Jurchen army has retreated, the entire Hebei is full of wars. The Jurchens were violent, unwilling not to capture Bianliang City, and made a comeback, and the court retreated step by step. Do you think, at this time, the price of rice can be cheaper?"

Due to Wang Song's relationship, the shame of Jingkang did not happen, and the Jurchens did not leave any troops on both sides of the Yellow River, but all withdrew to the north of the Daimyo's Mansion and formed a confrontation with the people and horses left behind in the Daimyo's Mansion in the Song Dynasty.

After nearly half a year of bloody battles, the Jurchens occupied most of the Lianghe and began to win over and divide the Han people, in order to achieve fundamental domination.

Gorou said: "Rokuro and I bought two liters of rice, and when we passed by Master Chen's house, we gave him some, so that's all left." I still have some money at home, and I'll go back to the county seat tomorrow to buy it!"

The old lady nodded and said, "Your master has parents and a few children below, and his life is not very good." Some relief is deserved!"

Gorou sat down on the stool next to him and said in a deep voice: "Mother, although the Jin soldiers have retired now, there are wars everywhere in the Daimyo Mansion, Zhaozhou, and Hebei!" The road was full of people fleeing south, people dying of disease and starvation, everywhere along the way, it was really miserable. ”

The old woman shook her head and sighed, "What a sin! These golden people, burning, killing and looting, do all kinds of evil, the people are really bitter! ”

At this time, the cry of a baby came from the house, and the old woman hurriedly said to her son: "Gorou, hurry up and go to see Brother Lei, remember, don't quarrel with your family." You haven't been home for a long time, and it's not easy for her!"

Gorou stood up and walked to the front of the house, the door opened with a "kera", and a young woman came out of the house with a baby in her arms.

The woman's face was full of peach blossoms, white and red, full of the charm of a young woman.

Seeing Goro, the woman said with a straight face: "Official, you are only coming back now, Lei Ge'er has been making trouble, I really can't coax him!"

Gorou took the baby and said to the woman, "Lady, thank you for your hard work!" You go and rest first, and then go back and cook for your mother and Rokuro to eat. ”

The woman answered coldly and went back into the house. Gorou walked around the yard with the toddler in his arms, and after a while, the child stopped crying and laughed rattling.

The woman came out of the house and said to Gorou, "Official, you go out for a walk with me, I'm bored!"

Gorou frowned and said, "Lady, there is chaos outside, don't go out!" Moreover, the corpses in the field have not yet been cleaned up, and they are careful to be infected with the plague. The sun is high, you hurry up and cook, lest Brother Lei and Brother Yun go hungry!"

The woman waved her hand and said, "Official, that's it! Since you don't accompany me, I'll go out for a walk alone. ”

After speaking, the woman didn't look at the old woman next to her, Rokuro and the others, went over to open the door, and walked out alone.

Gorou frowned and shouted loudly: "Lady, you have to come back early, Brother Lei still has to eat!"

The old woman waved her hand and said, "Gorou, stop shouting!" Give me Brother Lei! You and Rokuro will take a break. Wait a while for my mother to cook!"

Gorou handed his son over and said to his mother, "Mother, the child and Rokuro are going to cook, you rest first."

"Fifth brother, if you hadn't brought back a large bag of silver in the winter of the year before last, I'm afraid my sister-in-law would have left home a long time ago!"

Rokuro said angrily: "Since you came back from your resignation this time, my sister-in-law's face has always been wrong. In the final analysis, who let our Yue family fall! ”

"The official family summoned all the armies to march into King Qin, and King Kang, Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others stayed in the periphery and did not dare to march for a long time."

Gorou lowered his face and said: "Fortunately, the loyal and righteous army entered King Qin, otherwise Bianjing City would have been broken, and I don't know what would have happened!" There are too many people in the army who are incorruptible and shameless, greedy for life and afraid of death, what is the use of me voting for such an army!"

"You also have to put in your bad temper, now counting, within a year, you have been dismissed twice!"

The old woman said with a straight face: "Previously, you accused King Kang of not being able to make his patrols, and was dismissed from his military position, military status, and expelled from the barracks. Later, you entered the Daimyo's Mansion and joined the army, and Du Chong was left behind in Beijing and was your superior, but you did not respect the order, and had to go out of the city to meet the enemy, accusing Du Chong of being cowardly. Think about it, can he spare you!"

"Mother doesn't know, Du Fufu is a national thief!"

Wulang said: "Du Chong hooked up with the Jin people, and also wanted to dig the Yellow River to prevent the Jin people from going south. This thief is like a snake and scorpion, and he must be a thief of the country!"

"Digging the Yellow River?"

The old woman was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What a sin!" If you can't stop it, the people will suffer. Gorou, you have to think of something to stop this!"

Gorou smiled bitterly and said, "Mother, I have no official position, and I have no subordinates, how can I manage this matter?"

Liulang also said: "I can't manage the affairs of the family, how can I take care of foreign affairs?"

"Liulang, don't be hippie and smiling, men should be loyal to the country, so don't say anything in the future!"

The old woman turned her head, frowned, and said, "It's not easy for your sister-in-law to take care of the children at home alone!" Now in this world, the world is turbulent, everyone is panicked, the family lives well, don't let others laugh!"

Rokuro saw his mother's face sink and quickly agreed.

"Since you can't manage the affairs outside, let's take care of your own family's affairs first."

The old woman coaxed the child and spun around the yard.

The two brothers, Gorou and Rokuro, went to the kitchen to cook, and the child Yun Ge'er picked up the spear in the courtyard and practiced one move at a time.

The woman went out, but she didn't meet a few acquaintances along the street, and many people were doing funerals at home, crying and screaming, and the woman was upset.

Before she knew it, the sun was getting up, the streets were empty, and the woman felt helpless, so she turned back.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in front of me, and I saw several people riding tall horses and walking towards the village.

The woman was about to turn around and go home, but the knight on the horse had already arrived in front of her, and one of them opened his mouth and asked, "May I ask this lady, this is the filial piety of Yonghe Township?"

The woman looked up and saw a young man in his early 20s, wearing a round-necked robe, with a hairpin tied up in a bun on his head, a pair of bright eyes, snow-white teeth, and a kind smile.

The knights next to the young man were in iron armor, young and solemn, with straight figures, dark and strong, obviously all of them were military people.

The woman's face turned red, and she said, "This little official, this is the filial piety of Yonghe Township." I don't know who the petty officials are looking for, maybe the concubines know?"

The young man immediately came down and gave a salute and said: "There is a friend in the next place, who lives in this filial piety, surnamed Yue Mingfei, the word Pengju, I don't know if the lady can recognize it?"

The woman was taken aback, looked the young man up and down, nodded and said, "What the big official is asking is that the concubine is Yue Fei's Hun family, I don't know why the big official is looking for my family?"

The other young knights on the horse, when they saw Shangguan coming down, hurriedly dismounted together and stood beside them.

Hearing that the woman in front of him was Yue Fei's Hun family, the young man stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, please accept Wang Song's worship!" He is an old friend of Brother Yue Fei, who came all the way from Tokyo City to look for Brother Yue Fei!"

The woman saw that the young man was extraordinary, and the ornaments on the horse were graceful and luxurious, not like ordinary people. hurriedly returned the salute and said: "My official is at home, so please ask Brother Wang to follow, and the concubine will lead the way in front."

Wang Song replied with a salute: "Then thank you sister-in-law!"