Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Heaven Chapter 52 Winning the Name of the Past and Death (3)
Guo Yi returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, and his own subordinates greeted him. Most of them were found by Guo Yi from nearby border villages after he arrived in Datong, and in order to have enough to eat, he dragged his family and women to the city. Most of them are quick with their hands and feet, and they do things properly. These subordinates are naturally very satisfied when they can meet Guo Yi, a master without a shelf, and the old man shouts every day. There are no people in Guo Yijing's small courtyard, and it is a little embarrassing to be called around like this every day.
"Sir." Walking in the front was the housekeeper Pei Man, who was the first to see Guo Yi with a lantern in his hand, and walked up to show the way for Guo Yi. This Pei Man is not the newcomer Guo Yi is looking for in Datong City, he followed Guo Yi to Datong, Guo Yi said that he was an old man in the family, and no one doubted it.
"Just leave me a lamp in the future, I can see the way, and I don't have to come out to meet me in a big way." Guo Yi said as he walked towards the house.
"Do you hear that?" Pei Man held the shelf again and asked again. The next people should be.
Guo Yi returned home and went directly to the dining room, he tossed this afternoon, but he still hadn't eaten.
"Get me something to eat, and I'll be full." The subordinates all dispersed and returned to their positions, only Pei Man still followed.
Hearing Guo Yi speak, Pei Man turned around to prepare, Guo Yi stopped him again, and said, "Where is General Xu?" ”
Pei Man said: "General Xu can't sleep at night, but he can sleep during the day, I sent someone to see it just now, and I'm still lying in bed." ”
Guo Yi nodded to indicate that he understood, and said, "Go and do yours." Pei Man turned around and went down.
Guo Yi picked up a stack of papers from the table, this is a statement about the tax burden of Datong City, he looked at it again during the morning meal, forgot to take it, and at this moment he turned on the lights and looked at it again.
"Your Excellency."
Guo Yi didn't read a word, but heard Xu An's voice, looked up and saw Xu An coming in from outside the door, and saluted him.
"Let's do it, have you ever eaten, I'll ask Pei Man to prepare more." Guo Yi asked.
"No need, I'll ask Steward Pei to send it to my room in a while, I want to ask ......" Xu An didn't finish.
"Something about General Shuhu?" Guo Yi asked.
"Yes." Xu An replied simply.
"I've been to see it, his son is a manufacturable material, but Shuhumu still has a wife who hasn't passed through the door and dozens of remnants."
"I have a son, but my wife hasn't passed the door?" Xu An looked puzzled.
Guo Yi carefully told Xu An what Liu Pu said, Xu An roughly understood, but he was thinking about how to place these dozens of veterans.
Pei Man and a cook came in with food, the things were simple, four nests, a stack of sauced beef, a stack of elbows, and a stack of dry chicken.
The cook put down her things and left, Pei Man saluted Xu An, and then asked Guo Yi, "Do you want wine, master?" ”
Guo Yi picked up a nest head, sandwiched a piece of beef, and said vaguely while chewing: "I still have to watch things for a while, so I won't drink." Prepare some food and go to General Xu's house. Pei Man saluted to show that he understood, and turned to go down.
"How are you thinking about how to place those dozens of veterans?" Guo Yi chewed something in his mouth, and his speech was very indistinct.
"Yes." Xu An naturally knew about the invalids, and subconsciously asked, "Isn't it possible to repair the invalids?" ”
Guo Yi shook his head and said, "No, this is the front line, there are dozens of remnants and veterans, and one invalid army can't solve the problem." Datong City can't afford to support the Invalids. ”
"What else can I do?" Xu An was a little lost, he went to the north and really did things on his own, too many things were different from what he thought.
"You know I have a Salesian bureau in Beijing."
"I know, in the Qin Palace, many people said you were a fool."
Guo Yi did not reject the fool's statement, and said: "One invalid can't solve the problem, but we still have to do it, and we have to find our own way to solve the problem of money and food." Let's ask Yuhuzi first. ”
Xu An didn't speak, Guo Yi's method was already the only way now.
"Did you go to the barracks today?"
"No, I went to see Liu Pu."
Guo Yi didn't care much about the 20,000 soldiers and horses falling from the sky, and he hadn't seen it today.
"After taking care of Shuhumu's funeral, it's not too late to go. I'm afraid he'll regret it. Guo Yi really doesn't have any talent for joking, but his joke was cold, and Xu An didn't continue his words.
"I'll go down first, and we'll send the coffin back to his house tomorrow?" Xu An got up, was about to leave, and remembered the purpose of coming over.
"His family is too broken, so let's do it in the General Soldier's Mansion."
Xu An nodded, indicating that he understood, and went down.
Guo Yi picked up the tax paperwork again, and looked at it while eating.
Soon he finished eating, and commanded, someone came to clean up the dishes for him, Pei Man came in, and asked, "Do you want to take a bath, it's cold." ”
"You go and prepare, I want to take two steps."
Pei Man saw that there was no one left and right, stepped forward and handed a note to Guo Yi, but said loudly: "Let's go and prepare." ”
Guo Yi took the note into her arms, stepped out of the door of the dining room, and went to the front hall. The front hall of the General Soldier's Mansion is wider than Liu Pu's house, but because of the lack of care and the lack of charcoal to burn the earth dragon, it seems somewhat deserted. Shuhumu's coffin stopped here, and the people in the house simply made a funeral hall.
Guo Yi first put on three sticks of incense, and the two pairs of candles were still burning, which should have been replaced not long ago. Guo Yi leaned against the heavy black guankuo, slowly slid to the ground, tilted his head, and looked at the roof. After a while, he took out the note from his arms, on which was the news from Jingzhong, and the man arranged it, so that he could calm down and wait for Xu De's actions. This note was sent out six days ago, and I don't know what happened in Beijing on the past six days.
"I've been to see your son, and I'll raise him as my son from now on."
Guo Yi didn't speak, tilted his head to look at the ceiling, suddenly laughed, and said: "I didn't expect that if you look like that, there will be people who want to marry you, but unfortunately you didn't give people a name." He tapped his fingers on the coffin, making a muffled beep.
"I'll help you raise those dozens of remnants, you can leave in peace. Reincarnate early and become a general under me. Guo Yi said endlessly, to Shuhumu, and also to himself.
"Sir, are you in there?" Outside the mourning hall, Pei Man's voice came.
"I'm here."
"The bathwater is ready."
"I'll go." Guo Yi said, got up, patted the ash on the tail of his clothes, and whispered to the coffin: "I will cut off the head of King Shouhai for you and let him accompany you." ”
After that, Guo Yi left the mourning hall and followed Pei Man to his residence.