Wang Rengong woke up, and the old servant led Li Po in.

Wang Rengong's cloudy eyes stayed on Li Po for a long time, as if he had become clear.

Li Po didn't know what to say to a dying person, and all his words seemed to have lost their weight when his life was gradually passing away.

Wang Rengong raised his arm with difficulty, and the old servant immediately picked up a letter from the table next to him and handed it to Li Po.

Obviously, Wang Rengong had been prepared, and perhaps the letter was his last words.

Li Po didn't know what the point was for him to stand here now, and he also didn't know what Wang Rengong would ask him.

But judging from the relationship between the two, standing here should not be him Li Pocai, he is neither Wang Rengong's nephew nor his friend, and to a certain extent, his status is even slightly higher than Wang Rengong.

I thought about it again, but I felt that it seemed that this thing had a bit of a logical meaning.

Feeling strange, Li Po silently took the letter and opened it to take a look.

Sure enough, it was full of some broad words, and between the lines, it was full of all kinds of worries about the chaos in the world, and contradictions could be seen everywhere.

not only wanted to persuade Li Po to obey the orders of the Eastern Capital, but also was full of disappointment with those people in the Eastern Capital, and wanted Li Po to help the Sui Room, but he felt that the building was about to collapse and was powerless to recover.

With all this, Li Po had a headache when he saw it.

The letter is very long, the handwriting is quite sloppy, and Li Po is very laborious to read, in short, the first half is almost the self-description of Old Man Wang.

It can be seen that he has various aspirations and values. Like his body and the current Great Sui, he is in the process of collapse. And his own desire for business was completely extinguished here.

He was the martyr of the Great Sui, just like him. The backbone of the Great Sui has also withered in the uninterrupted wars over the years, and Wang Rengong is just one of them.

The only thing that is luckier than others is that when he dies, he can only leave a little bit left.

The second half of the letter is more organized, and he no longer uses those general words to express how the chaotic world situation has impacted him.

His helpless gaze finally turned back to Mayi County.

He gave a detailed description of the attack and defense of Mayi City. He himself was full of determination and will to die with the city, showing his fortitude and unyieldingness.

There are also many lamentations about the devastation of this place after the war.

At the end of the letter, he admitted frankly that he couldn't live in this place, in his words, he had nothing to do, and he deserved to die for his crimes.

He just wanted Li Po to treat these people who survived the war, and even the idea of moving the whole city to Yunnei. It's all out for Li Po.

Of course, the more practical thing is that he has already sent a letter to Chen Xiaoyi of Yanmen, because Ma Yi will rely on Yanmen to survive after all. He wanted Chen Xiaoyi to follow Li Po's orders.

He believes that the Heng'an Town Army is the most solid barrier in the border counties of Jindi.

He even suggested at the end of the letter that Li Po should be the gate of Yanmen. The two counties of Loufu were all under the rule and were connected as one. to fight the Turks.

The so-called bird is dying, and its song is also mourning. People are dying, and their words are also good, perhaps Wang Rengong knew that his time was short, so he put aside those meaningless insistences and considered the border people in the north of Jindi.

Otherwise, with his human heart, he would never say such a thing and annex the county land, which would be an act of rebellion.

After Li Po read it, he handed the letter to the old servant, he didn't know if he would only think about the overall situation of the world when he was lying on the sickbed one day, and those people who had nothing to do with him, this kind of noble feeling was the most missing part of his humanity.

He always thinks that he can make everyone's life better under the circumstances he can, but in fact, he never cares about the life and death of those who have nothing to do with him.

I think that if there is really that day, he is also lying in bed and dying, if he is concerned, it will definitely be the future of his wife, sons and grandchildren.

It won't be like Wang Rengong, who just considers the situation of many people who have nothing to do with him, and doesn't mention how he is.

Of course, in terms of his ambition, he does not think that he is inferior to Wang Rengong to unconditionally agree with this concept of the world for the public.

Because he knows very well that human nature is difficult to say, and no one can escape from the whirlpool of selfish desires, and the same is true for people of faith.

What Old Man Wang did before, many times, was also caused by selfish desires, and the current situation in Mayi City was inseparable from him.

But then again, there is no need to be more serious at this time, no matter how much Old Man Wang has, he is much stronger than Liu Wuzhou and others.

A lot of beautiful words came to Li Po's mouth, but he didn't say it, he just nodded silently and said softly, "Don't worry, the county guard, with me Li Po in Mayi, I will not let the Turks get ahead of me...... Future...... On this side of the land, it is also destined to be the name of the county guard. ”

Wang Rengong tried hard to pull the corners of his mouth, he smiled, there was a lot of relief in his eyes, but he couldn't hide his regret, maybe he already understood that Li Po must not be Wang Rengong's reason.

He was speechless at this time, and then he just gestured to the old servant with his eyes.

The old servant immediately picked up a bag of things from the table in the room and handed it to Li Po.

Li Po looked at the shape and knew that this must be the seal of Taishou, and it was not in accordance with the rules to privately grant the seal of the imperial court, but at this time, it gave Li Po an extra layer of legitimacy in charge of Ma Yi.

Wang Rengong slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Li Po nodded at the old servant and walked out of the inner room.

Between the halls, Chen Da, Wang Lu and other officials and generals of Mayi all arrived and waited here.

When Li Po came out, they saw what Li Po was carrying in his hand, with different expressions, Wang Lu and the others immediately gave their hands, and Chen Da and the others bowed down and tapped their chests.

gave Li Po the feeling of being a prince who had been passed on to the throne, which made his already unhappy mood even darker.

"What are you doing here? Just after the war, there are many things to deal with the aftermath, all of them cheer me up, what's wrong, I'm the only one who asks, by the way, Wang Juncheng, find me a place to live......"

"Also, what about the casualties in the city, what about the grain and grass, sort it out later, report it to me, and you can do other things, don't bother me with some small things."

Although the tone was very bad, but with the backbone, many people instantly perked up, and even Chen Da, who was dissatisfied with Li Po, felt that his body was relaxed.

There's no way, the mournful Mayi City now needs someone to come out and preside over the overall situation, I'm not afraid of how strict you are, I'm afraid that you don't care, and I threw my hand back to Yunnei......

Soon, Li Po was invited into a mansion in the back house of the county government, and Li Po clearly remembered that this seemed to be the place where a housekeeper in Li Jing's family lived.

Everything around looks a little familiar, but it is quite unfamiliar, after a few years, people are no longer the same, and Li Po also lacks the mood to revisit the old place.

He had already expected the current situation of Mayi County, and sure enough, the things sent up, the piles and piles, made people feel that they couldn't live here.

The only consolation, but ridiculous, is that the food may last for a few months.

It's not that there's a lot of food and grass, it's that the casualties are too great.

At the beginning, Mayi City was a large border city inhabited by nearly 100,000 people, and then it successively recruited displaced people, and once had a population of more than 100,000.

Of course, this peak was broken not long after, and when the Turks moved south in the eleventh year of the Great Cause, they besieged Mayi.

Now, in the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the population of Mayi is likely to be less than 50,000.

Yes, the post-war statistics are still very rough, and it seems that the household registration of Mayi also needs to be reorganized.

At the beginning, Mayi Border County, which had a population of about 300,000 or 400,000, should have halved the population after several years of war.

This is still under the situation of intact preservation in the cloud, otherwise, it will only be worse.

And here in Mayi City, under the drastic decline in population, Wang Rengong has become rich with the grain he borrowed from large families, which has to be said to be quite an ironic thing.

Before Li Po entered the state of the chief officer, things came again.

Perhaps his wish had been fulfilled, and that night, Wang Rengong died of illness in the Mayi County Government.

If it were someone else, they would definitely feel that this was worse, and it was not the right time for Old Man Wang to die, but as soon as Li Po's eyes rolled, the idea came again.

He immediately ordered Wang Lu and others to treat the funeral, and sent Luo Shixin, asking him to bring people from every family to inform them, and if there are those who want to mourn together, they will all follow Wang Taishou.

Subsequently, he personally led people to clean up the mass grave outside the city, and he didn't care about any feng shui, and the people who left the chaos would not care about this.

So, he opened a simple cemetery outside the city, and at the same time announced to all the people of Mayi that the people buried here would be remembered by a stele, so that future generations would remember that there was such a group of people, who swore to fight the Turks to the death, so that the people of a city would not be slaughtered by the Turks......

Such incendiary words made Mayi City, which was full of sorrow, boil again.

In the end, 36,000 people were buried here, most of them were well-dressed mounds, and there was not so much elaboration, all the wooden signs were erected, and only Wang Rengong was the only one who could use the stone stele.

The children of large families want to repair exquisitely, and those who have no one at home are only piled up a grave.

This cemetery occupies a very large area, and it is densely packed with graves.

On the day of the burial, from inside the city to outside the city, the cry shook the sky, and the people of the city gathered outside the west city to hang the spirits of the dead.

The people of Mayi City couldn't even afford to burn the rough paper money, so they could only use countless tears and ringing heads one by one to see off their deceased relatives and friends.

Li Po found a good gap for the people of Mayi City to vent their grief, and lifted people's spirits, and by the way, completely turned this city into his own jurisdiction.

He did not lose his word, and a few months later, a huge stone tablet with a dense inscription of the name was also erected in front of the cemetery......

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )