"Bold! The tent dared to call the chief manager by his name. ”

Su Dingfang immediately stood up and shouted, and the others were also indignant, almost wanting to raise their arms and come out.

"The Marquis of Chang'an is not suspended in the army, and it doesn't hurt to call the old man by his name. It's just that you say that the blame lies with me, so you need to give the old man a reason, otherwise he will obediently carry the grain. ”

"You killed my cousin, and that's your guilt."

"If he delays the delivery of grain, he deserves to be punished, what is wrong with this chief to behead him?"

"Ben Hou is not my honest cousin, do you think I will accept this reason? The failure of the grain and grass to arrive on time was the fault of the person who escorted the grain and grass, and what was the matter with him, the coordinator of the caravan and the military? You're just pushing him out as a scapegoat to calm the army's mind. ”

Cai Cong has endured it for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that the army was still going around capturing a small group of rebels a few days ago, he would have asked people to throw off the picks.

"Yes, he is right, but he is a caravan man, and if the food is not enough, the army's morale will be unstable, and the chief must kill people to stabilize the army's morale."

"You are your business, I am the only one in my Cai family, and there are not many people in the branch, you killed my clan relatives indiscriminately, this is a big enemy. If it weren't for the sake of not messing with His Majesty's great cause, I would have cut off your food and grass a long time ago. If you say that you are guilty, it should be your partiality. The grain was robbed, and his crime should be punished, but if you make meritorious service with a light sentence, he will enjoy the court's fortune with his military merits, Li Jing, you are a selfless duke. Ben Hou will return to Chang'an now, and you will be optimistic about your subordinates in the future, and I will not let them go. ”

"Don't forget, your subordinates are still in my barracks, aren't you afraid of the chief manager's personal revenge when you say this?"

"This world belongs to His Majesty, and all military horses belong to His Majesty, do you try to move them?" Cai Cong sneered and withdrew from the tent, except for Xu Jie, who was seriously injured and was treated in the new army, the other guards escorted him and the grain team on the way back to Chang'an.

Li Jing has to endure it no matter how unhappy he is, as long as Cai Cong does not rebel, he Li Jing cannot detain him, unless Li Jing wants to rebel.

The next day, the partial general who had made military achievements fell off his horse and was trampled to death by the horse that couldn't stop his legs behind, and Cai Cong was already far away from Qingshan at the moment, and this crime could not be counted on Cai Cong's head, so Li Jing had to swallow this loss.

Along with Cai Cong, there were also Jun Sima's people, who were responsible for escorting Jieli back to Chang'an, and Cai Cong on the road together could be regarded as taking care of each other.

There are military Sima officials along the way who are meticulous, and the Tang Dynasty attaches equal importance to military and political affairs, and when the civil officials go to the military camp to serve in the barracks, it is good to be familiar with the military Sima in advance.

It's Jieli who is a little unlucky, and whenever the military Sima stays in a place, he puts Jieli on the side of the road, and sets up two lines of defense, one to check whether the people are carrying weapons, and the other is a safe distance, so that the people can send some local specialties or something to Jieli.

In seven days, the majestic city wall of Chang'an was already under the sight, and the military Sima stuffed the filthy Jieli into the river and brushed it, stuffed it back into the prisoner car, and after saying goodbye to Cai Cong, he rode his horse towards Chang'an.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Chang'an City was boiling, and ten miles away, Cai Cong could still hear the sound of shouting and shouting, but fortunately Zuo Wuwei arrived in time, otherwise Jieli would have been beaten to death by the angry people.

Jieli's entry into Chang'an is the carnival of the people, and Cai Cong's return is the greatest happiness of the three women, Sister Cai'er is about to break her neck at the city gate, and her son obviously said that she has not come and gone for more than a month, but there has been no news for half a year, if she can't leave Chang'an, she wants to go to the grassland to find her son.

Last August, the wicker was exhausted, and in February, the fine catkins were flying. Sister Cai on the side of the bridge was looking forward to it, whether Jieli was caught or not had nothing to do with her, the important thing was that her son said that he would go to Chang'an today.

The winding and long procession gradually became clear, Sister Cai jumped out of the carriage excitedly, and Chu Yao and Wu Mei supported her left and right.

Cai Cong rode the red cloud and galloped, the twelve-year-old was already one meter five, and he looked like a little adult.

Cai Cong, who was far away, turned over, trotted in front of Sister Cai, knelt down and said: "My son is not filial, and I haven't heard from me for half a year, which makes my mother worried." ”

"Smack!"

Cai Cong was slapped in the face, but he didn't dodge it, and a red finger print immediately appeared on his face.

"My mother doesn't understand any big truths, but Cai Cong is your only seedling, if something happens to your mother, how can you live? There are many capable people in the court, so you don't need to rush to the front in everything. Next time you go for half a year, I'll break your legs, anyway, now the family can feed you, and I'm not afraid of starvation. ”

Sister Cai cried and scolded Cai Cong after smoking, this time she was really frightened, said that it was a good month, but a month passed, no one was seen, another month, the caravan that came back said that Cai Cong was taken captive, and then Sister Cai waited every day, and waited for half a year without waiting for a little news, and someone from the court said that she had been missing for too long and wanted to issue an obituary, and she was almost not killed by Sister Cai.

The official walked into the Hou Mansion, but was finally carried out, and the Ministry of Rites went to Li Shimin to sue Sister Cai, this time Li Shimin did not stand on the side of the Ministry of Rites, and reprimanded them fiercely, ordering them not to speculate about Cai Cong's life and death again.

"Mother, don't be angry, this time it was an accident, I didn't expect the thief to be so powerful, my son had to be arrested, but don't you think I'm coming back safely? Let's go home! My son has brought a lot of gifts to you, your sister, and our little Kongming this time! ”

"It's good for people to come back, my mother is not a rare gift!" Sister Cai relented, Chu Yao and Wu Mei helped Cai Cong up left and right, and the person who knelt on the ground got up.

"The old slave has seen the Marquis of Chang'an, His Majesty has a decree, ordering you to enter the palace immediately after settling down in the house." Yan Dong was standing a little far away just now, and he secretly regretted in his heart that he actually missed the situation where Cai Cong was slapped.

"Please thank Your Majesty for your kindness on my behalf, and say that the minister can enter the palace after handling the family affairs." Cai Cong bowed his hand to Yan Dong, helped Sister Cai to get into the carriage, and rode Hongyun to accompany him on the side of the carriage.

"Xiao Liuzi has seen Hou Ye, and the little one knows that you have your own natural appearance, how can a mere thief be your opponent."

Xiao Liuzi saw Cai Cong from a distance, so he trotted forward to salute Cai Cong and help Cai Cong lead the horse.

"Pick up less good things, I'm not at home during this time, okay?"

"Okay, it's that some time ago, an official who didn't know whether he was alive or dead came to the house and said that you were not alive, and asked your wife to issue an obituary, and you were thrown out with your limbs broken by the small one."

"Next time, if you don't like this, it's just a routine." Cai Cong smiled, and didn't take it seriously.

Back in the house, Cai Cong put a few boxes of gifts on the ground and let them pick them up by themselves, these are all fine products that Cai Cong picked out one by one from the seizures of the new army.

Sister Cai picked out an emerald green and transparent jade pendant and put it on Wu Mei's neck, and said with satisfaction: "I know that this jade pendant looks the best when it is empty." ”

"Mother, do you think I look good on this?" Chu Yao was wearing a phoenix crown, the largest pearl on it was the size of a pigeon's egg, and the big phoenix crown looked extremely funny on Chu Yao's head.

"Oops~ Can you wear this baby?" Sister Cai only glanced at it, then jumped up and took off the phoenix crown. The royal goods are not available to civilians, and even more so to the eunuchs.

Chu Yao pouted and looked unhappy, what is there at home? She took a fancy to this beautiful hat.

"What's the matter, this phoenix crown belongs to Queen Xiao, I have reported it to the military horse, so it's okay to play with Yaoyao." Cai Cong said with a smile, he didn't report it, and he didn't dare to take this kind of thing home.

"Hehe, Master, what's good about this, it's all made up, it's not a good thing at first glance, you still put it in it."

After getting the jade pendant, Wu Mei flipped through the box with joy, and after a while, her body, hands, and neck were full of all kinds of jewelry, which were shining. She turned out a jade seal, on which a horn was missing, and it was mended with gold.

(End of chapter)