Chapter 233: New Year's Greetings
Xu Zizhen perked up: "How is it?" ”
Qian Tong said: "This bastard is really a fucking traitor, I saw him write a letter and let people secretly send it out of the city."
"Not bad, not bad." Xu Zizhen touched his chin and smiled, he really guessed correctly, so it would be easy to do.
Qian Tongzhi asked, "What do you do next?" I'm looking for someone to keep an eye on? Or ......"
Xu Zizhen yawned: "Sleep, grow fat." After saying that, he turned around and entered the house, and locked the stunned Qian Tongzhi out of the door.
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In the following days, Xu Zizhen lived a very leisurely life, approaching the end of the New Year, he slept until he woke up naturally every day, and then took Wen Xian and Kou Qiaoyi to the street to buy New Year's goods.
Although Lanzhou is located in the middle of nowhere, but after all, it is a big city, and it is not difficult to buy New Year's goods, Xu Zizhen's house has been full of money in a few days, and he has spent a lot of silver, but he doesn't care at all, this is the first New Year after he came to the Northern Song Dynasty, the meaning is different, and he naturally has to live a lively life.
This day was the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Xu Zizhen got up early in the morning, asked Qian Tongzhi to find a car, pulled all the New Year's goods in the house to the car, and took Wen Xian and Kou Qiaoyi out of the house.
Xu Zizhen rarely got up so early to have his intentions, five hundred soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, seventy-one people died in the first battle of Jinchengguan last time, and later more than forty people died outside Xingzibao, Bu Fen's old brothers have been cremated, and the ashes were brought back to the Northwest Road for burial, as for the rest of the people who are all natives of Lanzhou, what Xu Zizhen has to do today is to give these Shenji Battalion brothers who died in the battle to visit the New Year, and send a New Year's gift and a pension.
Now who doesn't know Xu Zizhen, the god of war in the whole Lanzhou, he usually nests in the house, but now he has only been recognized for a long time since he appeared, this is amazing, his car doesn't want to move at all, countless Lanzhou people are excitedly surrounding him, all want to see the true face of the hero.
Xu Zizhen was really helpless, so he had to stand on the wheel and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, big girls and little daughters-in-law, I will pick a day to give you a good look at when I go back, but can you let me pass it first, I have to go and pay New Year's greetings to my brothers." ”
Someone in the crowd laughed and said, "It's Chinese New Year's Eve the day after tomorrow, is it early for you to greet the New Year?" ”
Xu Zizhen's expression darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "What I went to worship was my brothers who died in battle, they left their lives outside Jincheng Pass for me and Lanzhou, I can't let them come back to life, all I can do now is to give their parents and relatives a New Year's greeting, and also show my little caution a little." ”
The noisy crowd was suddenly silent, and the people silently vacated a road in front of the car, the great war outside Jincheng Pass was extremely thrilling, and the slightest difference in Chi Lanzhou would not be guaranteed, the role of the Shenji Battalion must not be underestimated, and even now the young people in Lanzhou City are all aiming to enter the Shenji Camp and work hard all day long, for the glory of these three words.
Xu Zizhen's face was solemn, and he hugged his fists around: "Thank you!" ”
The carriage continued to move forward, and I don't know who shouted: "The Shenji Battalion is all good men and good men, the god of war is going to pay New Year's greetings, let's also join in the fun!" ”
"Good!"
This proposal was immediately recognized by everyone, and the crowd automatically lined up into a long line, following Xu Zizhen's car mightily, and there were also curious people along the way who saw it and asked, and when they learned the answer, many people joined in, and when Xu Zizhen arrived at the first household, there were hundreds of people in the long queue behind the car.
Such a momentum really scared the old man who opened the door, but when Xu Zizhen handed over a New Year's gift and a letter of silver to him, the old man couldn't help crying, being a big-headed soldier is equivalent to selling his life to the imperial court, and the lucky ones can still receive the corpse, and the unlucky ones can't even find the ashes.
Xu Zizhen has arranged for people to send the body back to each family for proper burial after the end of the war, and now it is approaching the New Year, and New Year's goods and silver are sent, which has never been heard of in any dynasty and place, not to mention what kind of person Xu Zizhen is? That is the great hero who guards Lanzhou, and he is the prefect's son-in-law, how can the old man not be excited when he personally came to comfort them as civilians?
The eyes of the people can see clearly, all of them applaud Xu Zizhen's actions, the news spread quickly throughout the city, more and more people know about this matter, and more and more people go out to find Xu Zizhen's whereabouts and go to visit the New Year with him.
Lanzhou City said that it is not big, it is not small to say that it is not small, it is not easy to run through these dozens of households, until the afternoon when the sun is westward, the people who should go to the house are almost all over, and the people who follow behind the car are also gradually dispersed under Xu Zizhen's many persuasions, and now he and Qian Tongzhi are left.
"The last one, go." Xu Zizhen held a list in his hand and let out a long sigh.
Qian Tongzhi nodded, his expression was a little solemn, and he drove the car to a somewhat dilapidated street.
This street is close to the city gate, almost all of the poor people live in coolies and handymen, the road is full of dirty water and garbage, and the storefronts on both sides are also very dilapidated, the carriage went straight to the mouth of an alley and stopped, Xu Zizhen jumped out of the car and walked inside with something, not far away is a low earthen house, there is a cotton curtain hanging in front of the door, some are hanging, and some are rolled up and hung on the eaves of the door.
This is called the half-closed door, that is, the lowest and most traditional kiln, the house can do business with a mud kang mattress, the door curtain is rolled up half to represent idleness, there are guests to put down the door curtain, everyone knows the rules.
There is a descendant in the Shenji camp, handsome and pleasing, with a good temperament, and everyone can get along, Xu Zizhen once talked to him, knowing that his family is very poor, and he has no parents since he was a child, and his sister brought him up, but his sister's work is not very good, it is this kind of half-closed door.
You must know that women in these years regard their reputation as more important than their lives, but this elder sister can resolutely sell her body in order to support her younger brother, which makes Xu Zizhen suddenly awe-inspired, he never discriminates against prostitutes. female, and for such a sister, I respect and admire it from the bottom of my heart.
When Xu Zizhen saw this great sister, his heart suddenly tingled, the curtain on the door was hanging, but there was no business in the house, this poor woman did not have a trace of blood on her face, her eyes were scattered and blank, and when she saw Xu Zizhen, she looked at him fixedly, and muttered: "You are ...... General Xu? Is my little brother obedient? ”
The loss of a loved one made this poor woman crazy, Xu Zizhen felt uncomfortable, nodded and said, "Obedient, your little brother is the most obedient in the whole camp." ”
A hint of joy finally appeared on the woman's face, and her eyes seemed to have regained some brilliance, Xu Zizhen gently put the New Year's goods and silver in her hand, and without saying anything, she turned around and left here, he was afraid that he would go crazy if he stayed any longer.
When he returned to the car, he snatched the whip from Qian Tongzhi's hand and whipped it hard on the horse's buttocks, and the horse suddenly galloped wildly under the pain.
Qian Tongzhi was shocked: "You...... What are you doing? ”
Xu Zizhen's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Go back and take out the little miscellaneous pieces of the Xiao family, Lao Tzu won't negotiate, let's cut him alive first!" ”