"His old wife died at an early age, leaving only two daughters and a son. Unfortunately, in time for the great famine of the previous year, a daughter was sold to a wealthy family in the same village in exchange for some emergency food. Later, when the world was in chaos, the rich family moved away, and it is not clear where he went. Another daughter was robbed by nearby bandits, and her life and death are unknown. Later, after many inquiries, I found out who did it, and my unruly son did not listen to my advice, so he simply gritted his teeth and joined another group of soldiers and bandits who were hostile to that bandit. It's been more than a year now, and life and death are uncertain. However, he has not been heard from for more than a year, and it is estimated that most of them are no longer alive. ”

When the old man said this, the tears in his eyes had already dried up. And Yang Zhengdao, who was on the other side, felt even more sour after listening to it, and almost burst into tears. Zhong Yuzhi on the side didn't have such a deep understanding, he himself was a Turkic, as for the death and life of the Han people, what did they do? What's more, the steppe people have always been very open to death, in their opinion, death is nothing more than returning to the embrace of immortality, plus they have to fight against the bad northern weather all year round, so death is also commonplace for them.

Yang Zhengdao hurriedly turned his head, he didn't want to show his vulnerable side in front of so many people. When he turned around again, his mood had stabilized, and he only heard him hold the hands of the old man opposite, and then said to him solemnly: "Old man, it is my Yang Zhengdao's negligence to let your family suffer this great disaster. I assure you that from today onwards, there will never be any more incidents like this in Dingxiang County. As for those bandits, within six months I will personally lead my troops to exterminate them all, and not a single one of them will be brought to justice, and I will never let go of them. Old man, you see that your current house is so dilapidated, why don't you go with me to live in the county government of Dingxiang County. This is also convenient for you to supervise me from the sidelines to see if I, the official of Dingxiang County, am incompetent. ”

Listening to Yang Zhengdao's words, the old man hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and said to Yang Zhengdao: "This adult, I really don't hide it. My family has lived in this Lijia Village for generations, and there have been several generations so far. I'm used to living here, don't look at my old and crumbling house, but it can also shelter from the wind and rain. And there is such a lonely mud house within a thousand miles of this wilderness, and those soldiers and bandits will not come here to loot so blindly, so I can barely survive here. To say something ugly, my lord, if the old man follows you to live in the county town of Dingxiang County, then if one day the bandits break through the county town of Dingxiang and loot and burn them in the city, then the life of the old man may not be saved. Please forgive me for the stubborn old man's sin of disobedience, and let me wait here quietly for the old man. ”

The old man in front of Zhong Yu next to him was so unreasonable, and he was still so ignorant in the face of Yang Zhengdao's invitation. So when he wanted to get angry, he ordered his subordinates on both sides to forcibly take the old man back to Dingxiang County, because in his opinion, a person of Yang Zhengdao's status could speak to an old man in such a low voice, then this old man must have a special use for Yang Zhengdao, so at this time, seeing that the old man refused to follow Yang Zhengdao's advice no matter what, he wanted to move up and use means to bring the old man back to Dingxiang County.

Yang Zhengdao on the side hurriedly pressed Zhong Yu's hand that was about to be raised to hold the handle of the knife, and then nodded at the old man and said, "Since you have said so, old man, then I will no longer force Zhengdao." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhengdao reached out and handed a wooden waist card on his waist to the old man. Then he continued to say to him: "Listen to the tone of the old man, you must still have food at home. It's just that I'm afraid it won't be long before I eat it, and there won't be There is not much distance to Dingxiang County, so let's wait until one day in the future, when the old man has no rice in the house you have lived here, and when the cooking is broken, you can go to the county government of Dingxiang County with this waist card to ask them for money and food. As long as they see this waist card, they will definitely give you the money and food, and escort you all the way back here. As for the county government of Dingxiang County, when do you want to go, old man, you can also take this waist card to go, Zhengdao has been welcoming you at any time in the county government of Dingxiang County. If nothing else, just think of it as the political road for the sake of the old man, what happened to your two children, isn't it the compensation? ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Zhengdao led people to turn around and think about moving in the direction of Dingxiang County. Only the old man was left holding the wooden waist card in place, and watched Yang Zhengdao and his party gradually move away. If Yang Zhengdao still had some hesitation in his heart before, then after seeing what happened to this old man, Yang Zhengdao made up his mind that he must do something in Dingxiang County no matter what.

Even if it can't stabilize the world, at least it will protect the peace of the people of this county. Because in Yang Zhengdao's heart, there has always been a knot that cannot be solved. That is, his uncle Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goguryeo, which caused the people to lose money and the people of the world to be displaced. The houses in the village were dilapidated, and in the end they died in Jiangnan, and the world was in chaos, so the root cause of all this was committed by his Yang family. So he naturally wants to make amends to these people for his Yang family, and the best way to make amends is to return them a peaceful world.

After Yang Zhengdao and Zhong Yu returned to Dingxiang County, Zhong Yu was ordered by Yang Zhengdao to take Yang Zhengdao's handwritten letter and go to Saiwai overnight to find Luo Khan. In this handwritten letter, Yang Zhengdao clearly wrote that he was willing to accept the proposal of Chuluo Khan, and relied on those former Sui Dynasty ministers who fled to the Turks in Dingxiang County to re-establish the imperial court and train the army, so as to wait for the future to slowly plot the world.

At this time, the reason why Chuluo Khan was so idle and dared to stay near the Great Wall for such a long time was all because Tuoba Shishu in the north encountered civil strife. Some of the Turks who had been attached to him had recently been very dissatisfied, as he had defeated the army of Luo Khan in the south with the help of the Goguryeos. In the eyes of these Turks, no matter how they fight with Luo Khan, it is always their internal Turkic problem, and you Tuoba Shishu recruited outsiders to solve our own household affairs at this time, what is going on?