The atmosphere in the room was a little stiff, perhaps because the stove was removed, Li Xiaozong, who was kneeling on one knee, turned a little pale, and he didn't know whether he was frozen or frightened.

Li Yuanshan glanced at him, and then frowned slightly: "Although you are not a child of the Li family in Longyou, I have felt that you will have a future since you were a child." Maybe you don't remember it yourself, when you were seven years old...... On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, your father, my second brother Li Yuanmou, built a fence in the hunting ground, in which thirty or fifty hungry wolves and two equally hungry tigers were encircled, saying that they were looking for some fun to show the people in the clan, and even the old lady invited them. ”

"That day the wolves fought the hungry tigers, and it did seem interesting. The old lady was a little tired from standing for a long time, and your father ordered all the beasts in the fence to be shot to death. The arrows were shot indiscriminately, and the wolves and tigers died. The old lady had to go down to take a look, your father and I helped the old lady into the enclosure, and you, who were only seven years old, followed with a short knife in your hand. Who knew that when he walked up to a hungry tiger, the beast was not dead yet. ”

"Your father and I drew a knife at the same time, but you took a step forward and said loudly that the safety of your grandfather is the most important thing, and your father and third uncle are important to protect your grandfather, and you stepped forward and stabbed the hungry tiger to death."

"At that time, your father scolded you for not having rules, and I didn't speak, even the old lady turned around and left, without saying anything to you. But you don't know...... The old lady sighed for a long time afterwards and regretted it for a long time. He said that it is a pity for the courage and wisdom of your baby, if you are not a concubine, you should cultivate it vigorously. ”

Li Yuanshan paused for a moment and continued: "When you were seven years old, you had the courage to kill tigers. I've been keeping an eye on you ever since, and it's only after I told your father that you could enter the Martial Arts Academy. Your father's intention was to choose one of his children and send it to the exam. I persuaded him for a long time before he agreed. ”

Li Xiaozong's face changed slightly, and the military salute of kneeling on one knee was changed to kneeling on both knees.

"General Xie."

Li Yuanshan sat down on the chair, shook his head and said, "You should call me Third Uncle." ”

Li Xiaozong lowered his head and said: "Wearing a military uniform, I dare not be commensurate with the third uncle." ”

A hint of appreciation flashed in Li Yuanshan's eyes, and he said with a sigh: "It's good that you can still remember military discipline at this time...... It's just that your courage as a child was already admirable, why are you so timid about doing things now? I sent a big mansion in Jiangdu, and Wu Escort Sheng promised to help you suppress the matter of greedy ink. Death of a few minions, death of a few people, this is just a small matter as fine dust for your future, why can't you do it? ”

Without waiting for Li Xiaozong to explain anything, Li Yuanshan continued: "Even if you don't have a hard time, what you did to kill Wu Xiangsheng makes me even more angry!" Wu Beisheng is a celebrity in front of His Majesty the Emperor, a eunuch in the imperial study, and his death will inevitably shake the court and shock His Majesty. But...... If you're dead, you're dead, and there's no need to worry too much about anything...... As long as things are done cleanly and beautifully, is it possible that Your Majesty will kill another promising general because of a dead man? ”

"But you haven't done a good job, and you don't have any courage!"

Li Xiaozong hung his head and simply didn't explain.

"I watched you grow up, and I thought you would be promising. It is precisely because I have always felt that you are a manufacturable material, so it is inevitable to manage more. ”

Li Yuanshan stood up and patted Li Xiaozong's shoulder: "You think about it a lot, that's right." But since it is to be considered, it cannot be considered too narrowly...... You plan to use the infiltration of the Mengyuan cavalry as an excuse to prevaricate the investigation officials who will come to the imperial capital in the future, this is simply impossible, even if there is more money in the past, no one dares to guarantee that they will not regret it in the future, those people in the imperial capital...... One by one, they are yin to the bones. ”

"I said so much, do you understand how to do it?"

He asked.

Li Xiaozong nodded, and shook his head again: "General, the reason why I can't bear it is not the kindness of a woman, but that I want to leave some helpers for the future." The border army of Fan Gucheng is adjusted once every six years, these people are veterans of a hundred battles, and in a few years, I plan to transfer them to my subordinates. ”

"Veterans are treasures, but not futures."

Li Yuanshan sighed and said, "Since you can't bear this matter, don't interfere." ”

He turned around and walked out of the door, and when he reached the door, he paused: "You don't want to kill, I don't force it...... But you need to write a new copy of the report to the imperial court, and the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the case will take two months at the earliest, and two months is enough to do a lot of things, and ...... I wasn't going to make you wait two months. ”

"On the second day of the second month of the second month of the eleventh year of the Great Sui Tianyou, because of the smuggling of horses by the Northern Liao, the Mengyuan Empire brazenly launched an offensive against Fangu, and a team of 10,000 people from Mandu Banner crossed the Wolf Milk Mountain Range and attacked Fangu. Fan Guya's general Li Xiaozong led his army to meet the battle, fought bloody battles for several days, and killed thousands of enemies...... At the same time, Qin sent Wu to accompany Sheng to Fangu and entered the city to assist in defense, and the officials of the capital military department and Dali Temple fought side by side with the border army and held the city...... However, they were outnumbered and held on for more than ten days, most of the defenders in the city were killed, Qin Cha Wu accompanied the victory and 36 accompanying officials were defeated, and the tooth general Li Xiaozong was seriously wounded in six or seven places and still fought bloodily. The city was about to be broken, and Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Xiaowei, led the army to arrive, broke the enemy outside the city of Fangu, and killed 6,000 ...... enemy."

After Li Yuanshan said these words in a cold voice, he looked back at Li Xiaozong and said, "I deducted the guilt letter you sent to the imperial court a few days ago. The above is my recitals to Your Majesty. ”

Li Yuanshan's expression stiffened, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Fortunately, most of them died in battle, not all of them. ”

Li Yuanshan smiled and said, "It's all...... The remaining half of what is written on the fold, I will allocate it to you from the right Xiaowei, the military department has a list of the Fan Gu border army registration and register, but the name is ...... It's just a code name, anyone can be called Zhang San, or Li Si. ”

"As for that solution...... I'll send someone to get rid of it. ”

After saying this, Li Yuanshan walked away.

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On the second day of the second month of the second month of the 11th year of the Great Sui Tianyou, 775 members of the Fan Gu border army were ordered to assemble at the school. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Li Xiaozong coming. Standing on the school field for three full hours, the water and rice were not exhausted, and everyone was exhausted. In the evening, suddenly another military order was obtained, and Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Xiaowei, transferred the garrison of Fan Gu out of the city for thirty miles, and there was an urgent military situation.

The soldiers, who had not eaten or drunk for a day, dragged their tired bodies out of the city and rushed to the vicinity of the Fangying Pavilion thirty miles east of the city, but what was waiting for them were 500 heavy armored cavalry and 3,000 elite infantry.

Seven hundred and seventy-five, all dead.

Late at night, the right Xiao guard soldiers, who had changed into border army uniforms, entered Fangu. The next day, the people of Fan Gu got the news that the Mengyuan Empire had 300 iron cavalry, and Li Xiaozong led the army to meet the enemy, but unexpectedly fell into an ambush, and the enemy cavalry was not less than 300, no less than thousands. The border army fought hard, and most of them died in battle.

The people were shocked and excited.

Li Xiaozong, who was seriously wounded, gathered the people of the city and recruited soldiers. Unexpectedly, at this time, thousands of soldiers of the Mengyuan Empire entered Fangu City and slaughtered the people under the response of the spies. There were more than 2,000 people in the city, and none of them were spared.

Li Xiaozong only came to his senses that day, and it turned out that Li Yuanshan said that there was some trouble in slaughtering the city, not because of the trouble of killing, but how to explain the trouble to the imperial court.

On the night before the slaughter of the city, when the elite soldiers of the Right Xiao Guard pretended to be Fan Gu's border army and entered the city. Du Hongxian, the proprietress of the Yunji dog meat shop, released a carrier pigeon at the head of the city, and then left the city with a small bag on her back. She didn't know that not long after she left, the people of the city had become headless ghosts.

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The carriage swayed slowly, although it was still cold when the wind swept over, but it was also a bit interesting to wrap up your clothes tightly and find the warmth of the sun in the wind, and it was also a bit interesting in boredom. The big dog drove unhurriedly, and fell far behind the seven carriages of the Red Sleeves. The people in front of them ignored them, and they didn't bother to get close to the girls.

Although the big dog likes to draw naked girls on the snow, he really has no desire for women. At least Fang Xie hadn't seen him go to a woman in the past fifteen years, so Fang Jie's definition of a big dog was that this person was either a miser who loved money more than anything, or he had a physical problem.

And Mu Xiaoxiao is even more reluctant to deal with the women with red sleeves, and there is not much to say between beautiful women and beautiful women. So she would rather lie in the carriage and sleep every day than be commensurate with the sisters and sisters of the Yingying Yanyan. And the reason why Fang Xie would rather sit outside with the big dog wrapped in Dayu and talk and chat with the big dog than enter the carriage is because Mu Xiaoxiao is really a woman who doesn't treat herself as a woman.

Her red dress was thin, and she didn't sleep with a ladylike style. After turning over and over, a pair of beautiful legs as white as congealed fat were exposed. Let Fang Xie such a normal man sit in the carriage and watch the delicate body Heng Chen Xiu can eat but can't eat, he might as well chat with the big dog outside.

"Big dog, you said that if I had already become a high-ranking official of the Great Sui when I returned to Fangu, what kind of way would the people of Fangu City welcome me?"

The big dog smiled and said, "It's nothing more than beating gongs and drums and firecrackers." ”

Fang Xie shook his head and didn't continue to speak, not knowing why his face was a little ugly.

"What's wrong?"

The big dog asked.

"I just fell asleep on the carriage and had a dream."

"What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that when I returned to Fangu after many years, the villagers of the whole city picked me up at the city gate. I saw that they were so happy that they wanted everyone to hug and kiss them. But as I ran forward with a smile, I suddenly realized that something was wrong...... Why is it that after many years, Aunt He is still the same, like a blooming trumpet flower, has not changed? Why is it that after so many years, Xiao Jiaojiao is still only knee-high? Talking or milky? Why is it that after so many years, Qu Feng is still just a border military captain and has not been promoted? I watched them, getting scared more and more, and finally woke myself up. ”

"Because you just left Fangu, they definitely haven't changed this dream."

The big dog thought for a while and said, "You have in your mind what they are now, and your dreams are naturally what they are now." ”

"No ......"

Fang Xie slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead: "They are all wearing white clothes, and their faces are whiter than clothes...... I tried to hug them, but none of them...... None of their feet were on the ground, but floated. I thought about it for a long time to figure out what I saw them in my dream...... All dead. ”

The big dog was stunned, got into the carriage and took out Mu Xiao's wine jug and handed it to Fang Jie: "It's just a ridiculous dream, if you really don't worry, let's go back and have a look now." ”

Fang Xie took a sip of wine, feeling that it was still cold on his back: "No need...... Haven't people said that dreams are the opposite of reality, and whoever dies in a dream will live longer. I dreamed that the villagers of Fan Gu were all dead, so wouldn't everyone be able to live a long life? ”

"Hmm!"

The big dog nodded and smiled: "In the past fifteen years, I have dreamed that we have died many times, but we are still alive and well, and there is an old saying, good people do not pay for their lives, and disasters live for thousands of years...... I'm not a good person, Mu Xiaoxiao is not, and neither are you. ”

Fang Xie smiled, and the depression in his heart also dispersed a little: "The ...... in Fan Gu City They're all good people, right? ”