Chen Hongyi analyzed, and Liu Jian naturally agreed. At this time, the two noticed that Shen De's face was sad, and Chen Hongyi patted Shen De's shoulder: "You still have a chance to make contributions, is there something wrong in Suizhou City, I don't think your face is because of the edict."

Shen Dewa cried out: "Zhang Sheng, he's dead!" I'm a step late, I'm sorry Brother Zhang Sheng."

Chen Hongyi almost fell, but Liu Jian held him up. He froze in place: "It seems that God doesn't want to take care of me anymore, so he took Zhang Sheng away for me." Come on, I want to go out for a walk alone, and don't send anyone to follow."

After speaking, Chen Hongyi rode out of the city alone and walked aimlessly outside the city. Not long after, I saw a group of children playing on bamboo poles by the river, directing the rush to kill and chase back and forth. Chen Hongyi dismounted and sat under the big tree on the side to watch them, and the children continued to play. There was a newly built thatched hut in front of it, and a few farmers were cutting trees by the river to make firewood.

Chen Hongyi went to see the farmers chopping wood, and the farmers greeted him: "The master of which family came to see us untouchables today, and the firewood we cut today is our own", Chen Hongyi smiled: "This grass, tree, mountain and water are all yours, and I am not a master, just a bad old man."

"Your old man looks so good in clothes, isn't it the same as us, haha"

Everyone laughed, and Chen Hongyi also laughed: "I picked it up, there was a battle outside the city not long ago, you are bold, settle down on the battlefield"

A big man spoke: "Alas. The fields and mountains north of this big river belong to the Hou family, and to the south of this big river are the Wang family, the Xie family, and the Xiao family. Only they didn't come to occupy this battlefield, it just happened that the soil was stained with blood and soil fertilizer, and we could make a living and not have to pay taxes for a year to plant, how good"

Chen Hongyi shook his head: "If there is another war, your house will have no food or even your life." The battlefield is still unsafe after all, so why not go south to a safe place? ”

An older farmer replied: "We untouchables, like this weed, float wherever we go, and this stubble will always sprout when it is gone." I think there is always a place in the world where we can farm and eat. ”

Chen Hongyi bowed to him: "Listening to your words, I have untied the knot in my chest, and this world is really yours." The people are precious, the people are precious" After speaking, he turned around and got on his horse and returned to the city.

Liu Jian comforted Shen De in the city, accompanied him to drink a few large jars of wine, and both of them fell asleep on the ground drunk.

A few days later, on the seventeenth day of the winter month, Xiao Qian arrived with Li Xiaofei's letter. In the letter, Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian told Li Xiaofei that his wound was about to heal, and the imperial court ordered him to leave Chen Jiajun and return to Shou County to continue to serve as Taishou, and Li Xiaofei took Hongrui back to Chuzhou.

When he arrived in Shou County, after Li Xiaofei arranged some political affairs, he directly resigned and took Hongrui to Zhangjia Village outside the city to build a big bamboo building to live in.

Hongrui was extremely reluctant at first, Li Xiaofei took out all the jewelry and silk silks rewarded by the imperial court, and soaked around Hongrui for a few days before coaxing Hongrui to come to Zhangjia Village with him.

After settling down in Zhangjia Village, it was the eighteenth day of the lunar month, and it was snowing heavily. Hongrui scalded a pot of wine and served a plate of preserved fish, and drank with Li Xiaofei while enjoying the snow on the bamboo building, Hongrui looked at the snow that was falling faster and faster: "A leaf flat boat to spend the old year, ten thousand snowflakes fell boundlessly, hiding in the small building to get drunk, willing to be a mandarin duck and not a fairy", Li Xiaofei clapped his hands and applauded: "My sister is a fairy, where do you want to be a fairy", Hongrui stretched out his hand and slapped him: "Let you study and read seriously, but you are oily all day long, I am still ready to paint, I am disturbed by your immodest kind, I don't know how to write"

Li Xiaofei giggled: "I don't know how to write, it's better to teach me to draw."

Hongrui smacked a few times: "I haven't learned to walk yet, I want to learn to fly." You'd better practice your handwriting. When spring comes, I don't want to see you farming with a hoe. ”

Li Xiaofei took a piece of bacon and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it and said: "We all rely on farming for food and clothing, and farming has many benefits." In the spring of next year, I will feed three or five pigs, buy a cow, fish and feed the pigs and cattle every day, and by the way, my sister will teach me to write, and I will accompany my sister at night, so it will be called a comfortable day."

Hongrui poked Xiaofei's head: "Look at your beauty, accompany me at night, and don't accompany you during the day?" Xiao Fei took a sip of wine: "I have to accompany me all the time, my sister doesn't want to get muddy, so I will carry my sister on my back." By the way, my sister can ride on the back of a cow, and I will take my sister to the lake to fish."

The snow slowly covered the village, and Dumbo and Hongrui packed up their cups and plates and went back to the house to sit down next to the fire.

In the dead of night, only the fire was still a little bright, and the two of them fell asleep with each other in their arms.

Li Xiaofei dreamed again, he dreamed that the imperial court sent someone to arrest him, dreamed that Zhang Sheng was hacked to death with a knife, and dreamed that Hou Zhao led people to chase and kill him, and woke up from the dream several times.

Hongrui slept soundly, Li Xiaofei got up and added firewood, covered Hongrui with an extra quilt, and sat by the fire to recall the messy dream he had before.

Li Xiaofei comforted himself, now that the Liang Kingdom is basically stable, even if he follows Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian, there is no battle to fight, not to mention that the experience of Suizhou City has made him a little disgusted with fighting. It's better to be a little ordinary person and live a dull life.

In Yingchuan City, there is always a layer of estrangement between Xiao Qian and Liu Jian and Chen Hongyi, many times Xiao Qian was originally thinking about Liu Jian, but Chen Hongyi always had a trace of vigilance.

On the eighteenth day of the snowy lunar month, Xiao Qian personally bought a banquet to invite Chen Hongyi and the generals of the Chen family's army. At the banquet, Liu Jian thanked the generals as a prince, and the generals raised their glasses and drank to their heart's content. When Chen Hongyi saluted the second glass of wine, everyone also drank it all. When it was Xiao Qianjing's turn to have the third glass of wine, some generals only drank half a glass or even took a sip before putting down the glass. Chen Hongyi coughed, and everyone drank all the wine in the cup. Xiao Qian smiled faintly and saluted and thanked everyone.

After nightfall, Xiao Qian questioned Liu Jian: "I treat you sincerely, but you and your master always guard against me, I am the Xiao family, but I am your princess now, the Xiao family may have a place where you master and apprentice can not be met, but I Xiao Qian does not!" If you always treat me like this, I might as well go back to Chuzhou and continue to be my eldest lady, I almost lost my life for you to be hacked, but you never trust me! ”

Liu Jian took Xiao Qian's hand: "It's my fault for this, I've been scared too much over the years, so I don't dare to fully trust others." My master never said anything to you, he just kept his distance so as not to hurt you in the future. My master looked too far, and he said that the Chen family, the Xiao family, the Xie family, the Wang family and other big families would fight to the death sooner or later. Instead of putting you in a dilemma then, it's better to keep your distance now. ”

Xiao Qian was shocked by Chen Hongyi again, this old man thinks too much and thinks too far, but after thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. She saw Liu Jian admit her mistake, so she snuggled on Liu Jian's shoulder again: "Okay, I know that it is not easy for you, the prince in distress, to work hard all his life, you have already told the truth, of course I will follow you as a princess." Liu Jian took Xiao Qian into his arms, picked him up and walked into the bedroom.