Chunlai loves to have a dream of returning home, and half of it is hesitant to do it in a dream.

Outside Chang'an City, Li Su did not go to meet the emperor as soon as possible, but chose to go home to see his family immediately.

Li Su's character has always been like this, many years have not changed, in his heart, "family" is more important than "country", there have been sages said, "the people are precious, the community is secondary, the monarch is light", if in Li Su's heart to rank a place, then it is "pro-precious, social second, the monarch is light", sorry, the great Heavenly Khan His Majesty is at the bottom.

Hundreds of subordinates surrounded Li Su, and the group left the team and galloped towards Taiping Village in a different direction.

Facing the warm breeze of spring, Li Su's mood was uncontrollable, and the closer he got to home, the more he felt his heart beat faster, as if he was about to jump out of his chest.

From the Eastern Crusade to today, I have been away from home for more than half a year, and I wonder if everything is okay? Does Dad carry farm tools to work in the fields every day? Does Mingzhu hold her daughter in her arms, look at her daughter's eyebrows happily and peacefully, occasionally look up at the sky, and wait for her husband's return? There is also Dongyang...... Does she recite the scriptures silently in front of the statue of Lao Jun every day, sit alone on the beach of the river where she once met, staring at the water of the Jing River stupidly, and be full of lovesickness?

Finally came back, and was finally able to see his relatives, wife and children, at this time, Li Su's heart was slowly filled with only his relatives, and the great state affairs had nothing to do with him.

When they arrived at Taiping Village, it was already dark, and Li Su and his subordinates slowed down their horses, and it was more dangerous to ride horses in the dark, and they were only one step away from home, so they didn't dare to have any accidents.

When Li Su and the others first arrived at the entrance of the village, this tribe had already entered the village, and his majestic voice suddenly echoed in the quiet village after nightfall.

"Grandpa Li has returned home in triumph!"

"Grandpa Li has returned home in triumph!"

Soon, the village was startled by the barking of chickens and dogs, and then many families lit their lights, pushed away the firewood and walked out, looking at the entrance of the village in amazement.

Li Su was also startled, and then very embarrassed, he pointed at the famous triquer with a blank expression, and said: "Fifth uncle, call that killing back, the villagers are all asleep, don't disturb everyone, just go back, there's no need to make it like parade on the street......"

Fang Lao Wu smiled and sent someone forward to call the trilogy back.

However, a few shouts after all still alarmed the whole village, Li Su and others just entered the village not long after, there were countless villagers flocked to the side of the village road, spontaneously lit the torches, soon the side of the village road was occupied by enthusiastic villagers, everyone consciously crowded on the side of the road, leaving a narrow road for Li Su to pass, but when Li Su passed by, the villagers bowed down and saluted.

"Grandpa Li and the soldiers have worked hard for the country, and the Tang Dynasty wins!"

"Grandpa Li returned victorious, brilliant for a thousand years!"

In just a short period of time, countless villagers saluted Li Su, Li Su smiled bitterly and hugged his fists one by one on the horse to return the salute, until several elders in the village also saluted him with the support of his family, Li Su finally couldn't sit still, and hurriedly got off the horse to help the elders, and didn't dare to do so.

"What a baby! When you rolled around with the two boys of the Wang family with your bare buttocks, I felt that you were extraordinary, I also hugged you when you were swaddling, when you were grinning and crying, not to say anything about peeing on my body, it can be seen that you are born with a noble personality, and you can't allow us mortals to touch, and now it is true, not only is it young to seal the princes, but also lead the troops to break the enemy's capital, and raise my Tang Guowei, in the future, it will be a big man in history, Taiping Village has this good child, God is lucky! ”

With the support of Li Su, the old man chattered for a while, Li Su felt more and more embarrassed, and all the bare-butt shit when he was a child was told by the old man in front of the villagers, which caused the villagers to laugh kindly.

"Okay, don't delay you going home, it's all scattered, scattered! Hurry back, your father and your aunt want you to be tight, your aunt just gave birth to a child, it doesn't matter if the first child is a girl, you and your aunt are young, make more effort at night, and give birth to a few male babies, huge titles and family business, no male baby can be inherited, go back quickly, don't dare to delay! After a lot of rambling, he finally let Li Su go.

After Li Su saluted the elders and the villagers, he stepped on his horse and hurried towards his home.

The sky was completely dark, when Li Su rushed to the door of the house, he saw more than a dozen torches lit in front of the door, illuminating the door as bright as day, and all the maids and servants in the house came out, Steward Xue's slightly chubby body stood at the door, rubbing his hands and looking anxiously on tiptoe, Li Daozheng was standing beside Steward Xue, his body was like a green pine, and his eyes had been looking at the bluestone road outside the door.

Inside the threshold, Xu Mingzhu's parents were also impressively listed, Xu Jingshan held his hands a little restrainedly, and Xu's mother stood nervously behind Xu's father, and the two also looked at the bluestone road outside the door.

Xu Mingzhu was dressed in a gorgeous dress, two maids hugged her left and right, she was holding a small swaddling cloth in her arms, a white and tender jade-like little hand stretched out restlessly from the swaddling clothes, waved a few times mischievously, and touched Xu Mingzhu's chin curiously, Xu Mingzhu's face was full of tenderness, while looking at the road ahead, while looking down at the swaddling baby and laughing gently, occasionally stretching out his fingers to tease a few times, causing the baby in the swaddling clothes to giggle.

When Li Su and his subordinates rushed to the door, they saw this warm scene.

Hearing the rumbling sound of horses' hooves from far and near, Steward Xue perked up and said loudly: "Grandpa is back!" But it's back! ”

As soon as the words fell, the dusty Li Su and his subordinates had already appeared in everyone's sight on horseback.

Steward Xue's slightly chubby body deftly greeted him, and grabbed the reins of Li Su's dismount, and Li Daozheng, Xu Mingzhu and the maids and handymen behind him rushed up one after another.

"Grandpa is back, he is back! This walk is more than half a year, and I really suffer outside......" Steward Xue was in tears, pulling the reins with one hand, and carefully holding Li Su off the horse with the other, and kept chattering in his mouth.

The maids and miscellaneous servants who came up saluted Li Su one after another, and said in unison: "Grandpa has worked hard for the country, and the Tang Dynasty has won!" ”

Li Su smiled and signaled to everyone, and saw Li Daozheng with a sweep of his eyes.

Li Daozheng's lips trembled a little, his eyes were red, but with a smile on his face, he looked at Li Su deeply.

Li Su hurriedly took two steps forward, knelt in front of Li Daozheng, and said, "Dad, the child has come back from the battle, and he has not been able to fulfill his filial piety in front of his father's knees these days, and the child's sins are also." ”

Li Daozheng sniffed, just opened his smiling face, and suddenly retracted again, as if deliberately to maintain his father's majesty, nodded calmly.

"Okay, it's good to come back, these days, Lao Xue sent people to Chang'an City every day to inquire about your news, and I heard His Royal Highness the King of Jin say that you and your uncle fought a big victory in Goguryeo, good! is worthy of being the baby of my Li family, and it is not ambiguous when he goes to the battlefield. ”

Bending down to help Li Su, Li Daozheng pointed to Xu Mingzhu next to him, and said, "Go and see your aunt and daughter, in the days when you were away, you suffered Mingzhu, gave birth to a child and suffered a big crime, and almost died......

Li Daozheng was chattering, and as he spoke, he stepped aside, and Li Su saw Xu Mingzhu with pear blossoms and rain at this time.

"Husband, ......" Xu Mingzhu walked in front of Li Su, holding the child in both hands and crying silently.

Li Su's eyes were also a little moist, and he said with a smile: "In the days when I am not there, my wife has to run the house and give birth to children, which is really hard." ”

Xu Mingzhu cried and shook her head: "The concubine is not hard, the husband is fighting outside, there is no food and clothing, the food and sleep in the open, and he has to lead the army to fight with the enemy, and experience countless dangers, the husband is the hardest ......."

Snorting vigorously, Xu Mingzhu held the swaddling clothes in both hands and handed it to Li Su, choked up and said, "Husband, take a look at our daughter......"

Li Su's heart was agitated, and he hurriedly and carefully held the swaddling clothes with both hands, carefully looking at the pink little face in the swaddling clothes.

The swaddling daughter was opening her eyes, curiously looking at the man she had never seen before, she looked very delicate, her skin was white and red, her eyes were very clear, like an unpolluted spring, clear to the bottom, her small lips were very tight, her delicate nose was slightly wrinkled, as if she was trying to discern the identity of the person in front of her, for a long time, she suddenly opened her small mouth, yawned, and then smacked her mouth, her eyes seemed to be closed, and she was about to fall asleep again.

Looking at the daughter in his arms infatuatedly, the softest place in Li Su's heart seemed to be touched by his fingertips, and there was a strong sense of tenderness and pity.

Holding her daughter, as if holding a piece of fragile jade, she was careful and overjoyed, looked at her carefully for a long time, then raised her head, looked at Xu Mingzhu and said softly: "My daughter looks very much like me, her eyebrows, eyes, lips and nose are similar, she must be a beauty who captivates the country and the city when she grows up, Mrs. has suffered, and she will definitely educate her daughter to be more filial to her mother in the future......"

Seeing that Li Su was smiling happily, and the smile was indeed from the heart, and there was no hint of falsification, Xu Mingzhu's worries that had been hanging for several months were finally completely put down, and he took out a silk scarf and wiped his eyes, but the tears were more and more wiped.

"It's good that the husband loves her, the concubine has always been worried that she will not be treated by her husband if she gives birth to a daughter, and she has taken on her mind these days......"

Li Suban raised his face and said: "Nonsense, my daughter is the heart of my father's mother, in contrast, I prefer my daughter, she will be the pearl of my palm in the future, as long as I live, I will hold her in the palm of my hand......"

Everyone greeted each other at the door for a long time, telling the pain of parting and the joy of reunion, Li Su saluted his mother-in-law again, and finally Li Su waved his hand, and everyone entered the door to rest.

Steward Xue had already instructed the cook to prepare the delicacies, after Li Su stepped into the front hall, the maids brought the delicacies, and the hungry Li Su buried his head in eating, Xu Mingzhu knelt next to him, kept pouring wine and cloth dishes for him, and watched Li Su gobble up with a happy face, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became deeper and deeper.

Li Daozheng sat opposite Li Su, looking at his son with a smile, Xu Mingzhu's parents were smiling and silently accompanying the last seat, and Li Su chatted with the two about the experience of the battle while eating.

I don't want my family to worry, and I don't want them to have emotions such as distress, fear, sadness, etc., Li Su's mouth said the battle of the Eastern Crusade very plainly, and he finished the process of the war lightly, and his tone was very relaxed, as if he just went to Liaodong for a long vacation, ate well and slept well, and all he had to do every day was to go around the emperor's handsome tent twice and help come up with ideas, and the war was over.

However, Li Daozheng and Xu Mingzhu obviously did not believe Li Su's words.

"The husband does not coax the concubine, the battle of the Eastern Crusade launched by His Majesty, the process of which the concubine and Ah Weng know, every few days, the Jin Wangfu will send people to report to Ah Weng about the battle situation of Goguryeo, from the battle of crossing the Liao River, to His Majesty's order to the husband and his uncle to lead the army, and under the planning of the husband, the lone army after the break broke through the capital of Goguryeo, and the husband's achievements, His Royal Highness the King of Jin sent someone to report to Ah Weng in detail."

Li Su raised his eyebrows: "King Jin is so careful, and he still knows to inform his father of the battle situation ahead?" ”

Xu Mingzhu said softly: "This is a piece of the heart of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the husband is out on the expedition, the family Ah Weng and the concubine know nothing about the front-line war, the King of Jin is afraid that we are worried, whenever there is a front-line military report to Chang'an, the King of Jin will make a copy of it as it is and send it to our house." ”

Li Su smiled: "I am becoming more and more careful, and I am becoming more and more thoughtful, which is different from before, it seems that in the days when I went on the expedition, King Jin has also made great progress." ”

Xu Mingzhu's eyes turned red again: "My husband has suffered so much outside, but he didn't say a word when he came back, didn't you make the concubine and Ah Weng feel more distressed?" Husband, the concubine knows that the reason why His Majesty ordered the withdrawal of the army is because the six divisions of the north of the Yan Ya raided the royal division and burned the grain and grass of the army, so His Majesty had to withdraw the army, I heard that after the withdrawal, even His Majesty's main army cut most of the grain and grass eaten every day, and the husband led the lonely army, without help and no food, I don't know how much hunger and how much suffering I suffered, and the concubine felt like a knife when she thought of this......

Saying that, Xu Mingzhu lowered his head and cried again.

Li Su glanced at Li Daozheng, and saw that he was drinking wine silently, and he didn't speak, but his expression was really a little distressed, Li Su hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, the child really didn't suffer anything in Goguryeo, food, clothing, housing and transportation are served by the following brothers, the child drinks wine and eats meat in his tent every day, and the life is beautiful. I really didn't suffer any grievances. You should know the child's temperament, no matter how bad the situation, the child will never be wronged, in the foreign war for most of the year, although the child is not rich in food and clothing, but also every day full of food and drink, you really don't have to worry about the child. ”

Li Daozheng snorted and said, "You have never spoken the truth in your mouth, all these years have been stained with your light, and I also know a lot of things outside, when I am still the uninformed farmer before?" Don't forget, you Lao Tzu and I also went to the battlefield back then, how many hundred and ten lives were saved under our hands, what kind of days did the army live in the war, Lao Tzu knows much better than you, it's just that, in the wind and rain, in the sword and in the fire, the eldest husband was born in the world, and he will have to suffer some hardships in the end, just come back with all his tails, and don't mention the sins suffered outside. ”

Li Su smiled and should be.

Li Daozheng took a sip of wine from his cup, smacked his lips and savored it for a moment, and said slowly: "Breaking the capital of the enemy country, you and your uncle have made a lot of contributions, this is a great achievement, Your Majesty will definitely reward it, what are your plans?" ”

Li Su blinked: "Plans?" Daddy means ......"

Li Daozheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "It is said that the son is out of breath, and he is young and marquis, it is the time when he is in high spirits, our family because of you, in Chang'an City, it is not big or small, it is also a powerful gate, at this time I should not have poured cold water on you, a few days ago I received the military report from the Jin Palace, and my heart has been unsteady, Su'er, you are only twenty-four or five years old this year, and you have already been knighted as the county duke, and I probably know the knighthood system of our Tang Dynasty, the county duke is the county duke, and the county duke is the national duke, and the national duke is further up? It's probably the end, His Majesty the Emperor can't give you a different surname, and no matter how great the credit is, it's unlikely that you'll ......."

Li Su seemed to hear some meaning from Li Daozheng's words, was silent for a moment, and said, "What does Dad mean that the child should take away this credit?" ”

Li Daozheng hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "Yes, I do mean that I want you to push away this credit, you have made so many great achievements in the past, I never say a word, I only feel relieved in my heart, but a few days ago, Mingzhu read a military report to me, I heard that you and your uncle broke the enemy's capital, I don't know why I was a little panicked......

Sighing, Li Daozheng said: "Your father and I were a martial artist who fought for his life in the first half of my life, and I was a farmer who had never seen the world in the second half of my life, and this defeat, and you and your uncle led a lone army to break through the enemy's capital, this news also spread to Chang'an, Chang'an subjects are very praising you and your uncle, saying that this victory saved the face of the Tang Dynasty and made up for His Majesty's mistakes......"

Sighing worriedly, Li Daozheng shook his head and said: "I listened to these discussions in Chang'an City, and I felt that something was wrong, if these words reached His Majesty's ears, I am afraid I would not be too happy, and I would not praise you and your uncle too much, to put it bluntly, now the subjects of Chang'an feel that you are stronger than Your Majesty, and the courtiers are stronger than the emperor, and it is not very comfortable for any emperor to listen to it, when I was still your uncle's personal guard, I heard about the matter of Wei Gong Li Jing, and I also heard your uncle discuss it in private, Li Jing broke DONG* After the Turks, not only was it useless, but it was almost found by His Majesty to be guilty, His Majesty remembered the old love of the hero from the dragon, and finally did not deal with Wei Gong, but Wei Gong has completely lost his holy favor since then, and has emptied all power, and is still trembling, Wei Gongfu does not even dare to see a guest, it can be seen that the merit of the courtiers is too great, in fact, it is not necessarily a good thing, but a great disaster, if Your Majesty has suspicion in his heart, for you, for our family, it is a catastrophe. ”

Li Daozheng said a lot, Li Su already understood what he meant, and couldn't help laughing: "Dad, don't worry, the child knows the stakes and will not cause trouble for our family, in fact, on the way back to Chang'an, the uncle said the same thing to the child, this time the credit is too great, there is a risk that the merit is high, the child and the uncle discussed properly, and decided to push all the credit to Your Majesty, and the merit of breaking the enemy's capital is only said to be done by order, and never let Your Majesty be suspicious of the child and uncle, to be honest, the child originally didn't want this credit, The child is only in his twenties this year, and it only took ten years to be promoted from an ordinary farmer's child to a county magistrate, and there have been many discussions in the court, saying that the child is a favored minister, a fortunate advance, and has made too many contributions, and it is difficult to guarantee what His Majesty will think in his heart, so it is best to stabilize the status quo, not increase or decrease, so as to keep the family safe. ”