Chapter 459: Peace Returns
On the way home, accompanied by a strong sense of nostalgia, the horses galloped, and the grass and trees that were familiar to the past flew by the roadside.
It seems to be scared, but also anxious, repeatedly tormented, the country road twists and turns, and home is already looming in front of it.
It was almost dark, and the last bit of golden and fiery afterglow of the sunset was trying to spread on the country road, dissipating the last afterglow of the day.
On the road, the villagers carried farm tools and walked out of the fields, and at the end of the day's field work, everyone was walking towards a place called "home", and they were walking and laughing.
The scenes are so familiar that even the faces you meet on the road are so familiar that you can blurt out your names.
Li Su and the hundreds of cavalry veterans behind him on the rural road finally attracted the attention of the villagers, this team is too special, and the only one who can make such a battle in Taiping Village is the Li family, except for the former princess Her Royal Highness and the current Daogu.
Seeing that the person at the head of the cavalry was Li Su, the villagers couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise, and stood on the side of the village road and looked at Li Su blankly.
Li Su endured the excitement in his heart, turned over and dismounted, walked in front of the villagers, and smiled at an old farmer: "Uncle Seven, don't you know me?" β
The wrinkled old farmer was agitated, and he lost his voice: "Ahhh It's the Li family's baby! β¦β¦ No, the county is closed! Li Xianhou is back! Come home soon, your dad is in a hurry at home! Come back! β
Li Su greeted the villagers with a smile, and then got on the horse.
The seventh uncle followed the horse and kept shaking his head and chanting: "Baby, you are too ruthless, this walk is more than three years, your father is hard at home, even if it is to fight for the country, it is also ...... Don't talk about it, go home! β
Li Su smiled in response, beat the horse and galloped towards home. Xu Mingzhu and the cavalry veterans behind him hurriedly rode their horses to follow.
Hundreds of horses galloped along the narrow country road, raising a cloud of dust, and the momentum was like a rainbow through the sun, making the villagers look sideways.
Uncle Qi looked at the backs of Li Su and the others and sighed: "It's only been a few years, and the Li family has really risen, and we have been in Taiping Village for more than a hundred years." Finally, there is also a Hou Ye, Feng Shui is good! β
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galloping all the way, it didn't take long for Li Su and the others to arrive at the door of their homes.
The home is still home, and it has not changed much from the same appearance as when it left, except that it is much cleaner, and the pillars of the porch are shiny and shiny, and it is obvious that they have been deliberately wiped by the servants today.
It seems that the news that Li Su returned to Chang'an and was promoted to the Marquis of Jinjue County has already been transmitted back to Taiping Village. In order to welcome the head of the family, the family deliberately carried out a sanitation cleaning. It's just that there is still a plaque of the county government hanging on the lintel, obviously I heard the news of Jin Jue this morning, and the family has not had time to make a plaque to replace it.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was still echoing on the country road, and Steward Xue and a group of domestic servants and maids had already swarmed out, standing in the open space outside the door and looking forward with excitement.
When Li Su dismounted, Steward Xue rushed forward with an arrow, and the old tears dragged Li Su's hand and wept silently.
"Shaolangjun is finally back. I haven't seen any news for more than three years, and I'm finally back......"
Li Su's eyes were red. Qiang smiled: "Uncle Xue, I haven't seen you for many years and I'm still the same, but I've been a little blessed, I've been away from home for a few years, and Uncle Xue has worked hard to take care of my father." β
Steward Xue shook his head and cried: "It's not hard, the master is waiting for you inside." Go quickly, in the past few years, the old man has put on a smiling face when he sees everyone, but he often cries secretly at night, others don't know, but I know the old man. You are the only incense in the Li family, but you don't dare to do anything. β
Li Su nodded, and a group of servants in front of the door saluted him one after another.
Turning around, seeing Xu Mingzhu hiding in the crowd of veterans of the cavalry camp, looking in with some cringe, Li Su smiled and beckoned to her, Xu Mingzhu bit her lower lip and stepped forward timidly.
Li Su took her hand and said with a smile: "Back to your own home, what are you afraid of?" β
Xu Mingzhu said worriedly: "The husband also knows, when the husband went to Xizhou, the concubine was ...... The concubine was worried about her husband, so she only left a letter for Ah Weng and quietly left home, and the concubine has been worried about it for the past few years, Ah Weng...... You won't be angry with your concubine, right? β
"Madame takes care of her husband, it's a matter of course, how can my father blame you? You think too much, go, come with me to the door to see Dad. β
Holding hands, the two stepped over the foot-high threshold and stepped into the front yard.
The old ginkgo tree in the courtyard is still as lush as it was back then, under the ginkgo tree, Li Daozheng, who has been slightly rickety, is standing there quietly, like a mountain, seeing Li Su and Xu Mingzhu walking into the front yard, Li Daozheng's body shook slightly.
Li Su's eyes suddenly turned red, tears swirled in his eyes, and after a long time, the two of them quickened their pace and walked in front of Li Daozheng, their knees weakened, and they knelt down to him at the same time.
"Dad, the child is not filial, and he will pay it back today, and his father has suffered in the past few years."
Xu Mingzhu cried: "Ah Weng forgives Mingzhu for not being filial, he has not served in front of the bed for three years, and Mingzhu has apologized to Ah Weng." β
Li Daozheng's old face was also full of tears, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly and helped the two of them up.
"It's good to come back, it's good to be safe, I don't blame you, fighting for the country is the right way, serving your husband is also the right way, there are housekeepers and subordinates at home, what can I suffer? But you...... In the past three years, you have suffered, and look, the two children who used to be bright and white are now thin and dark, and I really don't know how much you have suffered outside......"
Before the tears dried, Li Su shook his head with a smile and said, "We didn't suffer, really." The child is an official in Xizhou, how can it be ......hard to be an official?"
Li Daozheng sighed: "Mo Zhen Laozi, there has already been a military report back to Chang'an in Xizhou, the second child of the Wang family told me, Xizhou is hard, thousands of defenders against tens of thousands, killing the corpses in and out of the city and the sea of blood, only a few hundred people left, in the end I won the Tang Dynasty, after listening to the second brother of the Wang family, I couldn't sleep for a few days and nights, outsiders came to the house to congratulate, congratulations on giving birth to a promising son, made a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty, I knocked them out of the door one by one...... The world has only seen how much merit my son has made, how many enemies he has killed, and how much territory he has set for the country, but ...... Has anyone asked me how much my son has suffered, how many sins he has suffered, how many times he has waded back and forth in front of the ghost gate, what he has eaten when he has been hungry, what he has dressed when he has been cold, and whether he has cried when he has been wronged......"
Li Daozheng was so choked that he couldn't speak, wiped his tears vigorously, and sighed: "Don't say anything, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, and it's good to fight for the country." Once or twice, enough to go, Your Majesty will summon you to go on an expedition in the future, Lao Tzu will go to Taiji Palace and hit the pillar and die for him! Let's go, go into the house, and wash the dust. Eat a full meal at home. β
After speaking, Li Dao walked into the front hall first, Li Su quietly looked at his father's back, once a straight body, but now he is like a twilight old man, only three years away from home, in the past three years, has anyone asked about the pain in his heart?
The husband and wife stepped forward quickly, one left and one right, and held Li Daozheng's arm. Li Daozheng struggled a few times, stared at the red eyes, and said stubbornly: "What are you doing?" I'm not old enough to walk, so I don't need your help! β
Li Su became more and more sad, and said with a forced smile: "Okay, don't help me, Dad, you are in the prime of life, and your body bones are stronger than that of children." Of course, there is no need to help. β
Li Daozheng paused at his feet and sighed: "Su'er." How big an official you have been, how high a knight you have been, my father doesn't value it in my heart, my father wants to see you live safely and grow old for the rest of your life, you, young man's heart. If you had shown less ability and endured more of right and wrong, you would not have ended up almost dying in Xizhou,...... The place we live in is Taiping Village, why is it called 'Taiping Village'? The ancestors just want to tell the younger generations the truth of how to live in the world. People live for a lifetime, and the word 'Taiping' is more important than 'wealth'. β
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When they returned home, Li Su and Xu Mingzhu finally ate the familiar home food, and after the meal, they couldn't hold on, and took a walk in the front yard with a full burp to eat, and then ordered someone to move a few rocking chairs and put them in the vestibule, and then ordered a pot of wine, sat and chatted with my father for a while, and told Li Daozheng every bit of the past three years.
Sleeping in his familiar bedroom, Li Su finally slept the most down-to-earth sleep in three years, slept until almost noon, yawned and stretched his waist, the maids who were waiting outside early hurriedly served water, served Li Su and dressed up, Li Su was confused and drooping, like a puppet, let the maids put on his underwear, round-necked gown, jade belt, gauze crown, etc., after wearing it neatly, he fetched water to clean his face, and sprinkled his special toothbrush with fine salt, stuffed it into his mouth in and out, and kept repeating this very hooligan piston action......
It wasn't until everything was done that Li Su came to his senses, and after a long yawn, he let out a sigh of satisfaction.
The decadent and depraved life of the scholars and doctors of the feudal society has finally returned!
Now that he is the Hou Ye, it is time to expand the family, and he also wants to buy a music class and a batch of kabuki to come back to fill the faΓ§ade, the Li family's shabby pomp and circumstance, Cheng Chumo has complained more than once, and he will definitely make these fox friends and dog friends happy in the future......
His thoughts kept diverging, and then, Li Su suddenly discovered a very serious fact...... It seems that he has just lost tens of thousands of yuan, and his family has no money.
sighed with great resentment, and then Li Su's mood suddenly became hot.
When I went home yesterday, it was already dark, and I didn't have time to go to the river beach, and the weather seemed to be ...... today Not bad.
Thinking of this, Li Su hurriedly walked out of the bedroom and walked towards the door, in the front yard, he met his father coming back from the field, Li Su hurriedly said hello and left, Li Daozheng called for a long time and did not stop.
Sighing heavily, Li Daozheng had just stepped into the front hall, and behind the screen in the front hall, an emaciated beauty shadow quietly walked out.
Li Daozheng was stunned: "Su'er just went out, did you see it?" β
Xu Mingzhu drooped his eyelids and nodded: "I saw it." β
Li Daozheng couldn't help but say, "Do you know who he went to meet?" β
Xu Mingzhu was silent for a moment and said, "I know." β
"You're not angry?"
Xu Mingzhu shook his head and said with a forced smile: "Don't be angry, my husband and I still have ...... She, I'm the one who dared to break in, how could I be angry with her? It is enough for the husband to have me in his heart, and the husband also has her in his heart, so it can be seen that she must have something to make her husband happy, in fact...... I'd love to meet her, too. β
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PS: I've been in a bad state lately, maybe it's because it's almost the New Year, and I can't calm down...... (To be continued.) )