When Lu Li walked up to the city tower, An Xiabai was looking into the distance, and from her perspective, she could see the sunset gradually setting in the distance, staining the western sky red like blood.

If such a beautiful scenery was placed in the past when there was no war, people would only sigh, rejoice, and then appreciate it, but in this situation, the beautiful scenery can only be exchanged for sighs. The slanting sun is like blood, like the blood flowing all over the ground for the things of war, and a depressing, dignified feeling arises spontaneously.

"Madam, it's getting dark, and it's not good for your health to stay on the city tower any longer, so let's go back first."

An Xiabai found out about his arrival and looked back and smiled.

"It's rare to see such a beautiful scenery, how can you live up to it? I want to stay a little longer, does my husband want to stay with me? ”

After a little thought, Lu Li walked to his side.

The two people standing side by side didn't know how encouraging their backs were in the eyes of other soldiers.

The general is so good to his wife, even if he is in a high position now, he has never slacked off to his wife, which shows that the general is a person who values love and righteousness, and with such a person leading them to Lingcheng to continue to move forward, they will definitely be able to walk out of a broad road!

Almost all the soldiers believed in it so firmly.

The people in the military camp have backbone and perseverance, but the people in the city are not the same, compared to glory and merit, to glory and wealth or political correctness, the things they care more about have always been their own small lives, and nothing is more important than living a stable life. In the past, when Ling Hongjiu surrendered to Lu Li, who was besieging the city and preparing to attack, they had such thoughts, and now when they were besieged by the army led by Zhou Guan, they were the same.

Why not surrender? If they continue to fight, they will not be able to live a peaceful life!

The gloomy shadow of war hung over Lingcheng, and this mood was like a thin layer of mist shrouded in the hearts of the people, and then gradually spread.

Ling Hongjiu, who was in charge of pacifying the people, naturally discovered their emotions, and he knew that things would continue like this, so he quickly reported the problem to Lu Li and An Xiabai.

"If this rumor is allowed to continue, I'm afraid we don't have to wait for Zhou Guan to attack and Ling Cheng will collapse from within."

An Xiabai and Lu Li, who learned the news, looked very solemn.

Lu Li is not good at this kind of thing, so after thinking for a while, he set his eyes on An Xiabai.

"Madame, can you think of a way?"

At this time, the eyes of everyone present fell on An Xiabai's body.

She was silent for a long time, and finally came up with a solution.

The people's distrust of Lu Oak stems from the war, from the fact that they can't get tangible benefits, sometimes people's eyes are so short-sighted, when they don't have something in their hands that they can grasp, they will look to the other side, if they want them to continue to submit, they only need to give some small favors.

"Leave the matter of opening the warehouse and delivering grain tomorrow to us."

Since the beginning of the war, Ling Cheng has distributed food every three days, in the past, Ling Hongjiu was in charge of these things, but now An Xiabai wants to come by herself, not only does she have to do it herself, but even Lu Li has to spare time to help.

So the next day, the people who had come to get grain saw them in front of the yamen.

"Isn't this Mrs. Lu and General Lu, why are they here?"

"Don't you see? This is to open a warehouse for us to put grain! ”

The people's discussions were naturally heard by An Xiabai and Lu Li, but they had communicated beforehand, and no matter what happened today, they would not have much reaction, and when the people were talking, they were just silent.

At such times, silence is better than sound.

The sound of discussion gradually stopped, replaced by the sound of admiration, and almost everyone who took the grain would praise An Xia Bai and Lu Li.

What does it mean that the general and his wife are so noble, but they took the trouble to personally distribute food to them?

It shows that they love the people like children!

If you continue to follow them, the road ahead will be bright!

After a busy day, and only when the last person who got up to receive the food also left with a smile did An Xiabai stand still, her delicate appearance full of tiredness.

At this time, Lu Li was also tired.

But they were very happy in their hearts, not only because of the heartfelt praise of the people who came to take away the grain, not only because of the stability of the people's hearts, but also because of themselves, opening a warehouse to release grain is an interesting thing, and the people should be able to survive the difficult days of being besieged with this food.

Hopefully, the war will end sooner.

Exhaustion is exhaustion, but Lu Li and An Xiabai did not go back directly to rest, they knew that at this moment, there were more important things for them to do.

The hearts of the people of Lingcheng are appeased, then the hearts of the soldiers in the barracks should also be appeased, after all, they are the ones who face the war, there are countless people, who have seen their companions and friends die in front of them, and they need comfort more than ordinary people at this time.

By the time Lu Li and An Xia Bai returned to the mansion from the barracks, the sky had completely darkened.

The slow night was like an extremely thick black curtain that hung over the mansion.

An Xiabai felt a flustered for no reason.

They rushed into the mansion together, and saw that the guards who were in charge of guarding the security of the mansion were lying on the ground, as if they were trapped in some kind of dream, their eyes tightly closed, and they couldn't make any sound.

The heart is like being poured with lead, sinking into the abyss.

Could it be that Xiong Qianshui's gang still didn't give up and wanted to continue to come to the Lu family to steal Xiaodong Xiaoxue, right? How are they now? Has it been stolen?

Because of worry, Anxia Baifeng ran into the inner courtyard for a while, but unexpectedly found that there was a big difference between the front yard and the inner courtyard.

The guards in the front yard were stunned, but there was nothing going on in the backyard.

Everyone is as usual.

Even when they saw a solemn An Xiabai running in with Lu Li, they invariably showed a surprised expression.

"Madame, what's wrong with you?"

The inner courtyard is fine, and Xiaodong Xiaoxue should be fine!

An Xiabai's flustered mood began to calm down because of this cognition: "Where are the two little boys?" ”

"The little boys are on Miss Qin's side, they shouldn't have slept at this time, Madame wants to see them? Do you want the slave to go and invite them over? ”

"No," An Xiabai shook his head, "I'll go over and see for myself later." ”

At this moment, Lu Li, who went to another place to check the situation, also ran over.

"The people in charge of guarding Xiong Er in the front yard were stunned, but everything else was fine, and Xiong Er, he was rescued, I didn't expect those people to be so bold, Lingcheng was so heavily guarded, they even dared to come to save people, it seems that the guards of the mansion have to be doubled, and there must be no such thing in the future."

Lu Li readjusted the guards of the mansion with a frosty face, and only after making sure that there was no place for them to exploit him, he turned his face to talk to An Xiabai.

"Madam, speaking of which, the two of us shouldn't have seen Xiaodong Xiaoxue for a while, it's better to go over and see them, I don't know how their injuries are recovering, I'm too busy to care about them during this time."

An Xia Bai originally had this meaning.

As Xiaodong Xiaoxue's biological mother, no one is more worried about her children than her.

The two came to the small courtyard where Qin Shuang'er lived hand in hand, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they heard the sound of children laughing and playing, and their hearts suddenly let go, it seems that Xiaodong Xiaoxue has been taken care of by Qin Shuang'er very well during this time.

What they never expected was that when they pushed open the door and appeared in front of Xiaodong Xiaoxue, their reaction turned out to be to dodge.

As if the two people who came in front of them were their parents at all, they hid behind Qin Shuang'er and looked at An Xiabai and Lu Li with the eyes of strangers.

The heart seemed to have been stabbed a few times by a knife, An Xia's white eyes were hot, and her tears were almost uncontrollable.

"Xiaodong Xiaoxue is not afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm your mother, but I haven't seen each other for a few days, why can't I recognize my father?"

The gentle words are like the warm breeze of spring, moistening Xiaodong Xiaoxue's panicked mood.

They poked their faces out from behind Qin Shuang'er.

An Xiabai spread her arms and waited patiently for them to recognize her, and after a while, the two children pounced on her.

As a bystander of the whole incident, Qin Shuang'er's eyes were slightly wet.

"I suddenly remembered that I just asked the people in the kitchen to make some of Xiaodong Xiaoxue's favorite pastries, and I don't know if they are ready now, so I'll go over and take a look."

With that, Qin Shuang'er left the room quickly, leaving the house to their family.

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, are you there?"

Just when the family was warm, Liu Fengfeng's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and after a while, he broke in, and seeing their family staying together, Liu Fengfeng looked embarrassed: "Brother Lu, there is something in the barracks that I want to discuss with you." ”

Lu Li didn't want to go.

It's tired enough to put food today, and he has just returned from the barracks, so it's rare to have a moment to spend time with his wife and children, how can he be willing to leave?

So he asked Liu Fengfeng to explain his intention directly, and he responded that Xiaodong Xiaoxue couldn't understand it, and An Xiabai was not an outsider who had nothing to scruple about.

Hearing this, Liu Fengfeng said: "After you left the barracks just now, Brother Lu, we suddenly remembered one thing, now that Zhou Guan has withdrawn his troops, and the army brought by Xiong Lishui has also been withdrawn, what should we do next?" ”

This question, Lu Li has already begun to think about it.

Although Zhou Guan promised to withdraw his troops and promised not to attack Lingcheng for a period of time, no one dared to guarantee that he would not go back. After all, the only hostage in their hands, Xiong Er, has also been rescued by unknown people, so they will no longer have scruples, maybe they will tear up the agreement and attack Ling Cheng one day, right?

Rather than waiting for them to do it, it's better to get ahead of the curve and make a move before they do.

"After you return to the barracks, you will organize a group of rangers to roam around the camp mainly for harassment."