Jin Lao returned home depressed and did not go out for a day. He has been practicing martial arts since he was young, and he has fought all over the world for decades, and he has not tasted a single defeat, such as today's life year, but he was defeated by a twenty-eight-year-old boy, which is really appalling. Although it is because of the weapon, but the swordsman makes a move, life and death in an instant, he despises the enemy, but he can't complain about others.

At that time, the world was in turmoil, and I heard that Li Tang's army was coming, and most of the doors had already fled to other places, and the Jin family's mansion was quite large, and there were originally one hundred and twenty people, but when they heard this news, they all left, so these days Jin Lao lived alone. He went home and sat down all night, thinking that because of his carelessness, he was afraid that the whole thing would be in trouble. Now it is a cold winter, and once the families have no food in stock, they are afraid that in the next few months, the corpses of the old and the young can be seen starving to death on the roadside streets.

Sitting and lying in the hall, the night passed slowly, like a dream and illusion was not real, and when he got up in the morning, Jin Lao looked in a trance, and got up miserably, wanting to go out to see the rest of the people. "I'm afraid that if there is no food, the rest of the villagers will also flee to other places, right?" Thinking so, he pushed open the door and walked out.

Opening the gate, Jin Lao was slightly stunned, only to see that the snow was thick on the street, but the pedestrian cars and horses were endless, from south to north, the neighborhoods on both sides were lined up, and the neighbors greeted back and forth, and there was no appearance of being robbed of food at all. Jin Lao wondered in his heart, "How?" Are these folks crazy? Thinking like this, he hurriedly walked to the street and grabbed a neighbor and asked, "Little brother, why don't you flee quickly?" ”

The old man laughed. The little brother was pulling the cart and was stopped by Jin Lao like this, so he couldn't help but stop. He saw that Jin Lao looked haggard, so he smiled and said, "Old man, don't be afraid, King Tang's army has already left." ”

"King Tang? Let's go? Jin Lao was even more puzzled when he heard this, how could this little brother not have the slightest panic and panic between his tone and demeanor? Thinking so, he asked, "What about the grain?" ”

"Oh, you know all this?" When the young man heard Jin Lao's question, he said, "It's at the mouth of the official warehouse, and when I send this bit of firewood and grass, I will also go to get food." ”

"Food?" When Jin Lao heard the young man say this, he was even more puzzled in his heart, and asked, "What kind of food?" ”

"Huh? Don't you know? Seeing that Jin Lao's face was full of doubts, the young man couldn't help frowning slightly and said, "King Tang opened the official warehouse and divided the grain, and now everyone is queuing up at the entrance of the official warehouse to receive the grain." ”

The young man was in a hurry to get the food, and when he saw that Jin Lao was silent, he immediately pulled the cart away. When Jin Lao saw the young man leaving, and saw the pedestrians coming and going on the street, they were all overjoyed, so he couldn't help muttering, "Get food?" Receiving food? Saying this, he also followed the crowd and walked towards the entrance of the official warehouse, wanting to see what was going on.

Seeing this situation, Jin Lao couldn't help but be very curious, and saw that there were officers and soldiers on the side to maintain order, so he stepped forward and saluted and asked, "This officer, dare to ask which team?" ”

The officer was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old guy, and when he saw that Jin Lao was saluting him at such an age, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Old man, we are Tang Guogong's subordinates. Here he was ordered to put grain. Sir, are you here to receive food too? ”

"No, no, I'm just going to get better and ask." Jin Lao saw that the officer's attitude was sincere, not like lying, and saw that the people on both sides were carrying baskets and stepping forward, one by one, and those who received the food were all smiling like flowers, so he believed that the grain was true, and when he thought of this, he couldn't help but ask again, "Then dare to ask the little brother, where are your generals and the army now?" ”

"Our general said that there was not much grain left for the march, so we only rested for the night, and we left the city this morning." The officer said, "When this last batch of food is distributed, I will go after the army." ”

"So? General Jiancheng not only did not take the grain of the common people, but also opened a warehouse to release grain? When Jin Lao heard the officer say this, he couldn't help but mutter, "Why? ”

Dozens of miles away on the road, the marching procession was moving forward, with two tall horses at the head of the team, one black and one red, and two generals in gold and silver armor sitting side by side.

"Brother, isn't he just an old man who knows how to do kung fu?" The general on the side looked sideways at his brother, his face reproachful. "If the food from the city is brought over, our army will not set off on the march before the ass is hot. I really don't understand what Dad thinks. ”

"Daddy has agreed, don't chew your tongue if you stinky boy." The general was Li Jiancheng, and it was his brother Li Shimin who spoke just now. I only heard Li Jiancheng smile and said, "Fighting and marching, you have to fight for your life at any time, do you still want to rest in that city for ten days and half a month?" You must know that the world is in turmoil"

"Gotta gotcha, it's about to start again." Li Shimin heard that his brother was going to talk at length again, so he hurriedly stopped talking and changed his words, "What's so powerful about that old man?" Can you even give up the city's grain reserves? ”

"There is food elsewhere, and there is more than one city, not here, just look elsewhere." Li Jiancheng smiled: "That old gentleman is like an old man of mine." Somehow, when I saw him, a feeling of admiration rose in my heart. ”

"Brother poof, how old are you, and you are still an old man" Hearing Li Jiancheng say this, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing and said, "Say it like a seventy or eighty-year-old man." Combined, we're not even half the old man's age, right? ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, "The deceased has passed away, and it is not in vain that I can see such an old gentleman with a similar expression here." ”

"Haha, okay, if you really want to see him, when my father passes on the throne to you in the future, when the time comes, you will invite this old gentleman to Chang'an City and seal him as a prince. I'll be able to see you every day. Li Shimin laughed and said.

"Maybe" Li Jiancheng turned his head and glanced at Li Shimin, although his face was still smiling, his expression was slightly different. "The coming days are long, and the future will be talked about in the future."

"What will you say in the future?" Li Shimin laughed and said, "How? Can't trust me? I've told you that I'm the best at history. ”

"Believe in it." Li Jiancheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard his brother like this, and said, "It's just that what will happen in the future, you better not tell me." ”

"Why?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, and said, "This is the ability to be used as an unpredictable prophet." ”

"Unpredictable prophets are not always good things." Li Jiancheng glanced at his younger brother and wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth after all.

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