With the nod of the official, Cai You immediately wrote "The guards and the pro-army infantry are all commanding the envoys", which is commonly known as the "Bu Shuai Division", and asked the Bu Shuai to order the allocation of equipment to the Daimyo Pacification Division.

In late August, Zhao Ji passed the edict to the Privy Council, and from that day on, Cai You was promoted to "know the affairs of the Privy Council", that is, "Privy Envoy". Although he has been presiding over the daily affairs of the Privy Council since he returned from the front, this time he really became the highest military governor of the Great Song Dynasty, and his daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law, and finally straightened out. When Cai You celebrated with a group of eagle claw bullets, he didn't forget to give him a strong Xu Wei. In addition to the official department has already promoted him to "Wu Yilang", he was rewarded with 500 taels of silver, 50 horses of silk, a pair of draped clothes, and a mosher knife enshrined in the inner court. As for the reward of the soldiers of the department, it is counted separately.

At the same time, Cai You felt that the recruitment of Xiangyong was about to be fully promoted in Hebei and Shandong, which was the source of his political achievements for a long time to come. Xu Wei, as one of the representatives, has some things that he must explain in person. But he worships the privy envoy as an official, and he is a dignified official, so he can't go to the letter to summon Xu Wei to Beijing, right? Thinking about it, I think of a person.

Daimyo Xiajin County, Xujiazhuang.

The Mid-Autumn Festival that has just passed is probably the most festive atmosphere in the history of Xujiazhuang. Xu Wei led his troops to Shandong, and many families in Xujiazhuang had men recruited to go to the army, and there were no eyes on the battlefield, and the parents, wives, and brothers who stayed at home were all looking forward to the return of the recruits.

If you talk about who is most worried about Xujiazhuang, I'm afraid it is Mrs. Xu. Because only he knows the danger of Jingsui camp. Since Xu Wei set out on the expedition, the old lady has been bedridden, so panicked that Xu Xiuping of the Xu Wang family served all day long, and did not dare to be careless. These two people were in the dark, but Xu Sheng, who was in the daimyo, was shocked and worried after learning that his younger brother was resolutely going on the expedition, and sent a letter from home to ask his wife to take care of his father. Although it was not explicitly stated in the letter, there was a sentence "The ninth brother is going to Shandong, it is dangerous and unpredictable", Xu Wang and Xu Xiuping saw each other, knew that things were not good, and they were panicked all day.

On August 27, Xia Jin's new magistrate sent someone to Xufu to visit the prince on behalf of the magistrate. The second is to ask Deputy Envoy Xu if he has returned. Mrs. Xu was sick in bed, and he didn't like to socialize, so he sent someone back after a brief talk.

In the bedroom, Mrs. Xu was covered with a half-quilt, his hands were exposed, his eyes were blank, and he looked at the top of the bed indifferently. A head poked into the door, and grandson Fan Yi trotted in, knelt in front of the bed and stared at his grandfather for a long time, and asked crisply, "Why hasn't my uncle come back yet?" Isn't he coming back? "There is a way that is childish, but Mrs. Xu listens to it in his ears, and his heart is like a knife. Reaching out and touching his grandson's little brain, he was speechless, only a long sigh.

Xu Xiuping stepped into the room with the decoction, and when she saw that her son was also there, she scolded: "Get out!" Why are you bothering your grandfather again? ”

The child was very aggrieved, pouting and muttering, "I'll ask my uncle when he will come back...... Mrs. Xu looked at his little grandson and burst into tears. Xu Xiuping panicked when she saw it, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, ...... are you?"

Mrs. Xu was in tears and regretted not being at the beginning. Lao Jiu used to be stubborn, and he looked forward to his recreation. It's really good, and I hope he's just an ordinary person, and he can live an ordinary life. A few hundred people ran to Shandong to help in the war, what did the fools in the imperial court think?

"Dad, you don't have to worry about the ninth brother. Doesn't your son know yet? Since he was a child, he is not afraid of the sky, and he has learned your skills, who is Xia Jin's opponent? Xu Xiuping naturally knew that her father was worried about her younger brother, so she relieved his heart. He handed the decoction to his father's mouth, but he refused to drink it.

"Pan'er returns, Pan'er returns,......" Xu Taigong muttered and closed his eyes.

Xu Xiuping couldn't help but have red eyes, and tears fell, you said that it was good to stay by my father's side, what kind of official should you do. This is good, when you are a soldier, you have to fight, and if you fight, you have to die, in case Lao Jiu has three long and two short, it can be called......

No matter how he persuaded him, his father just didn't say a word, Xu Xiuping had no choice but to go out with the decoction, but she saw her younger sister Xu Wang standing at the door, holding her nephew in her arms, and her son standing at her feet, and she was also in tears. Two sisters-in-law, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't help but feel sad.

"I married into the Xu family, the ninth brother was only eight years old, I grew up with a mouthful of food, how could I have made him suffer a little bit? Seeing that he has grown up, become an adult, and become sensible, he is looking forward to having a pillar in the family, this ...... "The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, Xu Wang's family knows that Xu Wei is going to be more auspicious and less auspicious, and he is worried all day long, and often washes his face with tears.

Although Xu Xiuping was also worried about her younger brother, she had to put on a straight face at this time and said, "You are not sensible? Not afraid to let Dad hear? Shut up and go! ”

As soon as the two women and the two children turned out of the back hall, they saw the servant woman of the house rushing to the hem of her skirt, and one of them fell without staying behind, and before she could get up, she shouted: "Back, back!" ”

"Who's coming back?" Xu Xiuping asked.

"Little official! As soon as I went out, I saw Zhang San's mother in the west of the village running out of the village in a panic. It is said that the Xiangyong Battalion has returned from the expedition! I still don't believe it, it's only been a few days? When I ran to see it, I saw that the wheat field had already begun to camp, and I am afraid that there were thousands of people! The servant woman rose to her feet and said in a loud voice.

"Have you ever seen Lao Jiu?" Xu Wang asked urgently.

The servant woman shook her head: "I saw the third child of the Zhang family, as well as Yang Da and Ma Er......"

Here the two sisters-in-law looked at each other, needless to say, picked up the child and ran out. As soon as I left the house, I saw that on the bluestone road, all the families were rushing to the wheat field, as if they were coming from a dog. The two of them were caught in the middle, and they both went to the wheat field, but in a moment they could not run. It turned out that there was a mess in front, and I was afraid that there were two or three hundred people, and I heard the sound of quarrels.

"What are you doing in our way? My boss is a soldier under Jiurou! A man exclaimed.

"The barracks are important, and idle people are not allowed to trespass!"

"You're from a foreign country, aren't you? What a military camp is important, this is our Xujiazhuang wheat field! Dodge away, my boss is a team leader, do you know how many people a team will manage? Fifty! ”

The quarrel was getting louder and louder, and the family members who were worried and eager to see their loved ones were chatting and arguing. The two women of the Xu family in the back were not easy to squeeze, so they stood aside and were in a hurry. The child in his arms was frightened again, and he cried.

When he was helpless, he suddenly heard someone shouting in front of him: "Yang Butcher's big boy is here!" Then there was a burst of restlessness, some people called the ranking "Yang Da", some called the name "Yang Yan", and they all asked about their relatives. I heard another woman crying, "Good my son, but I'm worried about dying as a mother, come and see if my mother is hurt?" Have you eaten enough? ”

Many people in the crowd laughed secretly, they are almost twenty years old, why are you still "obedient to my son", I'm afraid that if you don't wait for him to come, you still feed him milk? It can be imagined what Yang Yan's expression was, and he didn't pay attention to his mother, but shouted loudly: "I heard clearly, the team just came back, and there are many things!" Let's go back! There is a half-day off! ”

As soon as he said this, the crowd dispersed quite a bit. But his mother was still there and unrelentingly "obedient my son", Yang Yan couldn't hold back his face when he heard it, and howled: "Brother Jiu said, if you leave your post without permission, you will be deducted from your military salary and reward, and you will be beaten with a hundred military sticks!" When his mother heard this, she was silent.

"Xu Jiu is also domineering, right? Don't even see each other? Someone muttered as he walked back.

The person next to him was about to refute him, but a woman screamed and scolded: "You know a fart! There are no rules, no rules, no circle, you know? This is the army, have you ever been a family? ”

Being scolded by a woman is not a glorious thing, the man was angry for a while, and was about to scold back, but he looked at it and quickly ran a few steps with his waist bent. God, the third sister of the Xu family, when she was a girl, she was a little pepper, and her temper rose when she got married. After Xu Xiuping finished scolding, she saw Yang Yan walking back to the camp, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop.

Yang Yan looked back, trotted back, and scolded a few soldiers with guns to stop him: "Look for death!" This is the commander's sister and sister-in-law! After scolding, he put on a smiling face and said cautiously: "Third Sister Xu, fourth sister-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

"What about my ninth brother? Why don't you see anyone? Xu Xiuping craned her neck and looked into the camp.

"Brother Jiu, he has a lot of things, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave for a while. Why don't you and Fourth Sister-in-law Xu go back first, and I'll go talk to Brother Jiu? ”

Xu Xiuping looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, you go and tell him, just say that his sister-in-law told him to go home for dinner, hey, won the battle and defeated?" ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Yang Yan blurted out, suddenly thinking that the person in front of him was Third Sister Xu, and smiled cautiously, "Naturally I won, didn't you see?" These are 2,000 men. ”

Xu Xiuping and Xu Wang returned home and couldn't wait to report it to their father, but Mrs. Xu didn't believe it. It's only been a few days? Why did you come back? And how many people does Lao Jiu have, can he still win? I'm afraid that my daughter and daughter-in-law saw that they were worried all day long, so they deliberately used this to relieve their hearts. Seeing that he refused to believe it no matter what, Xu Xiuping was so angry that she pulled her younger siblings into the kitchen, and when your precious son stood in front of him, you naturally believed it.

The first two women went to the kitchen to be busy, and Mrs. Xu was not down-to-earth here, so she got up and put on her clothes to take a look. As soon as he walked out of the guest hall, he saw his son striding in. is not Ji Zi Xu Wei, but the eldest son Xu Sheng. Look, I said those two made me happy, obviously Xu Sheng is back.

Xu Sheng was worried since he learned that his younger brother had gone to Shandong, and recently suddenly got the news that Xu Wei had won a big victory in Shandong and defeated Wang Shan's thief army in one fell swoop. Overjoyed, he found Zheng Jian and took the initiative to ask for the escort of grain and grass and military supplies. Zheng Ying also knew that Xu Wei had won, and it was expected that the Xu family would definitely make a comeback, and he would be happy to do this.

Seeing his father's haggard face, Xu Sheng's heart tightened, and he quickly stepped forward to support him and asked, "How is your father doing lately?" ”

"Alas......" Mrs. Xu sighed, and walked back inside. Xu Sheng suddenly felt strange, the ninth brother came back from winning the battle, why was his father still unhappy? I saw the camp on the wheat field just now, and I wanted to visit my brother, but I was stopped by the guards. This Jingsui camp has also done a good job.

Suddenly, I heard the armor behind me clanging, and a voice came: "Dad! Fourth brother! "Who is Xu Wei not?

"Good!" Xu Sheng replied loudly, but saw his father standing still, and only turned around after a while. I saw my son wearing armor, pressing the hilt of the knife with his right hand, holding a helmet in his left hand, walking majesticly. Mrs. Xu's expression was joyful, sad, and shocked, looking at her son's eyes, she was as gentle as a mother at first, looking carefully from head to toe, and then gradually recovering cold, and finally expressionless.

"You're leading the army to fight, it's only been a long time, why did you come back?"

Xu Wei was stunned by his question, how did he say this? I'll go to kill the thief, and the thief will come back naturally. Hey, look at you, how is it different from that night on the wooden bridge? At that time, I cried and shouted that I didn't want to go, and now that I'm back, you blame me?

"Come in." Xu Taigong said in a deep voice, and walked in by himself. The two brothers looked at each other behind them and smiled bitterly. Our father, I can't change my temper.

Back home, Xu Wei hurriedly went to report the safety of his sister-in-law and third sister, and the two women were full of joy when they saw that their younger brother was not missing a hair, and asked him to hurry up to accompany the old man, saying that he had been gone these days, and the terrible old father was worried. Xu Weixin said, worried about it? When I saw me just now, it was as if I had fled from a desertion.

In the guest hall, Xu Taigong and Xu Sheng had already sat down. After Xu Wei came out, Xu Sheng stepped forward to take off his armor for his younger brother, and the father and son sat together, and the topic naturally came to the matter of going to Shandong to help in the war. Xu Wei briefly talked about the battle situation, and his father and brother were secretly frightened when he heard it. At the same time, I wondered, Lao Jiu wasn't bragging, right? Can you defeat Wang Shan's 10,000 people?

Xu Wei explained in detail that although Wang Shan has more than 10,000 people, most of them are actually persecuted and coerced people. The 2,000 men and horses who ambushed him were stronger, but once the offensive did not go well, they immediately dispersed, and they were simply vulnerable.

"Think about it, there are still hunting forks, hoes, and even dragging wooden sticks, can this be called an army?" Although he won the battle, Xu Wei didn't see much excitement. It's really that the opponent is too weak, not that the Jingsui camp is too strong. If you fight with the Jurchens for a while one day and can achieve the same results, then it will be called a real victory.

After hearing this, Xu Taigong intentionally or unintentionally drifted his eyes to his eldest son: "I really don't know what the forbidden army has been doing all these years!" ”

Xu Sheng felt his father's dissatisfaction, and he was also very embarrassed. He served in the army, so he naturally knew why. Frankly speaking, the current Great Song army can really be described as rotten. What are they? Criminals, outcasts, scoundrels! What is the use of bad military discipline, lack of training, no matter how well equipped? If the Jin Kingdom really fights, expect these people to defend the country? It's better to pull it down as soon as possible.

Hurriedly diverted the topic and said to his younger brother: "Ninth brother, although the Jingsui camp has won one after another, you must guard against arrogance and rashness, and the top priority is to pay close attention to training, and you must not slack off. ”

Of course, Xu Wei knew his brother's intentions, and nodded solemnly: "I remember." ”

As the father and son were talking, one of them shouted loudly: "Say hello to the old-timers!" "Why does this sound so familiar? It seems to be ...... Zheng Ying Zheng is imprisoned!