As soon as the sun sets in early spring, the distant mountains cover all its afterglow, and it is rare that there is no moonlight, and soon the night sky is like a curtain and the stars are shining.

Coming out of the blacksmith's workshop, everyone went directly to Li Nie's private house, the two old men praised a Luo family Saburo to the sky and the ground are rare to find, happy and naturally inevitably drink to celebrate solving a big problem, but Lao Luo didn't expect Li Nie to drink heartily with a bold face, the amount of wine is so bad, half a barrel is two or three liters of wine, and the old man Zong is also drunk, so he simply quit the banquet, Lao Luo returned to the camp with a little drunkenness, it is impossible for him to stay in the Li family.

Li Ji sent Lao Luo away with eyes like water, and when she looked back at the grandfather at home with a funny look, she could only shake her head and sigh.

In fact, it was not very late, in the old mansion of the Li family in the center of the city, Li Tan, who was close to his old age, did not rest, he invited a few children of the family to question, Li Zhan and Li Lian were all present.

"Xuan'er, why didn't Tulongzi come?" Li Tan looked around the room and found that a few people were not there, so he asked directly, Tulongzi is Li Nie's milk name, just like Li Shimin liked to give his children a milk name in the past, the Li family continued this tradition.

"Back to the ancestor, Brother Li Nie was drunk with Luo Kaixian who returned to the east at night, so he ...... "Li Xuan is only forty years old, and he is not the blood of the Li family, his ancestor was Li Ye's guard back then, and he is the descendant of the first affiliated family of the Li family for many years, and he is very trusted by Li Tan.

"Huh? Tulongzi's alcohol consumption is not very good, and he rarely drinks alcohol, why did he let go of the taboo today because of a hairy boy? Li Tan is still quite concerned about Li Ne, and they all say that the eldest grandson and ancestor are the lifeblood of the eldest grandson, Li Tan is like this, his eldest son died early, and the second son also died in battle in his early years, leaving the eldest grandson Li Nie who likes to supervise the creation, which is the person he cares about the most.

"According to the people over there, Luo Kaixian provided Brother Li Nie with a way to solve the casting problem, and the eldest brother was happy and inevitably relieved." Li Xuan's words are very fair, he stands on the position of maintaining the core of the Li family, a local family like the Li family, infighting is inevitable, as a family member, it is most correct for him to stand in the position of the head of the family.

"Hmm, that's right......" Li Tan pondered for a while, then turned his head and asked Li Zhan: "Zhan'er, this Luo Kaixian you said is a strong warrior, why does he still know how to cast?" ”

"Sun Er can't say clearly, this Luo Kaixian has a lot of strange skills in addition to killing people." Li Zhan's expression was also very puzzled when he spoke, as far as his opinion is concerned, this Luo Kaixian seems to be very unprofessional, and he knows a little bit about everything, such as the drawings of the partial van car he handed in in his hand, he continued: "When I saw this Luo Jia Saburo in the city of the Western Qin people, he actually took that kind of thin pen made of goose feathers to draw in the city, and the painting was not bad. ”

"It's rare, it's rare that Tulongzi can actually look at a young man," Li Tan's eyes didn't show any concern, and he said lightly, "Turn around and ask Siniang to bring this Luo Jia Saburo to see me." ”

Li Lian, who had been listening all the time next to him, spoke, "Grandpa, a young martial artist who doesn't know anything, what do you see him doing?" You can just collect a lot of such characters. ”

"!" Li Tan's eyes opened suddenly, glaring at his old son, "People who don't understand anything can solve the problems that Tulongzi and a group of craftsmen can't solve in a lifetime?" Any martial artist can bring people back from Western Qin, and there is no loss of a single one? ”

No one could have imagined that the old Li Tan could say such a large amount of words in one breath, and Li Tan, who was rarely angry with his old son Li Lian, frightened the people in the room, and Li Lian, who had just made a lot of nonsense, immediately shrank his neck, he only dared to mutter: "Who knows if the surname Luo happened to see it by chance, and it may be just luck to travel thousands of miles." ”

This made Li Tan almost angry, although the old man is old, but his eyes are not dazzled and his ears are not deaf, where can he not hear, but this originally beloved child actually said such a thing, which really disappointed him, and relieved his breath for a long time, Li Tan waved his hand weakly, "Xuan'er, call someone, press this thing that doesn't know whether to live or die in the small courtyard behind, confined for a month, and no one is allowed to see him." ”

"Grandpa, are you going to punish me for being confined in the backyard because of an outsider? No, grandpa...... I'm also thinking about my family, where do I not know whether to live or die? Grandpa, spare me......" Li Lian has withered, he knows that his old father has never been the same, and if he doesn't ask for mercy at this time, he won't have a chance to speak.

It's a pity, because he is usually favored, Li Wei is unscrupulous at home, although he is nearly fifty years old, but he offends everyone inside and outside the family, no one will and no one dares to intercede at this time, until the guards called by Li Xuan dragged him away.

The room was silent, Li Tan's eyes couldn't help but leave a few tears, found a silk scarf and tried the corners of his eyes, Li Tan opened his eyes and looked left and right, "No one pleads for Liu'er, it can be seen that you all know that the Turks are so easy to get along with?" He was sold, and he was still counting the money to the seller. ”

In the face of Li Tan's complaints, no one in the room answered, Li Lian is the old man's old son, and he has been the most favored one over the years, and it is precisely because of this that not only the Li family, but also few people in the entire Tang Dynasty camp can help him, and to the point where it is now, the main responsible person is the old man himself.

Li Tan didn't care about himself, he actually knew about this son for a long time, but he didn't have time to take care of it until now...... He shook his head helplessly, and said slowly: "The king of the Silvan people is dead, they are facing internal strife, and the Georgians in the west are desperately guiding the Western Qin people, and they have been putting pressure on us recently, hoping that we will migrate to the west, you all know, right?" ”

"Yes, Tanzu." The people in the room replied in a low tone.

"Turks are not a good thing, we all know it, but Georgians are good people?" Li Tan pursed his mouth without a few teeth, and wiped his beard with his hand, "To put it bluntly, we have some skills in our hands, so let's just win us over, and when one day they also learn our skills, we people will be kicked away." At that time, how will our descendants survive? ”

"Maybe we fully support one of the Syr mortals and get their say?" A deep voice came out, this is Li Mo, who is responsible for communicating with the local Xi mortals all the year round, he is a side branch of the Li family, although he is not the direct line of the head of the family, Li Tan, but he is always the bloodline of the Li family, and he is also qualified to discuss matters.

Li Tan shook his head and did not speak.

Li Zheng, another nephew of the Li family, spoke, "Tanzu, what if we migrated south to the place of the Zhenla people? The climate is warm, and the local natives do not have much power. ”

There was no need for Li Tan to speak, Li Zhan continued, "It's impossible, let's not mention that the terrain in the south is very difficult, and the chaos of the surrounding forces is enough for us to worry about, and it is said that there are many plagues in the south, and once we tens of thousands of people get there, it will be a disaster to wipe out the people." ”

"Brother Zhan, you ......" Li Zheng wanted to refute it, but retreated halfway, it was obvious that what the other party said made sense, with the ancestor Li Tan sitting here, no one dared to talk nonsense, Li Lian, who had just been taken out, was the proof.

"Alas......" Li Tan let out a long sigh, "It's not a way to always rely on others, this is not our land, and there are only tens of thousands of people in front of us, and it is difficult to unite people's hearts, in the long run, it won't take many years, and future generations will not even remember the glory of their ancestors......"

What happened in the Li family's old mansion was what the controversy was, Lao Luo didn't know, at least no one told him at this time. He is not in a hurry, it is not how he wants to win over the Tang Battalion at the moment, for him, the Tang Battalion following him back to the East is a matter of choice, and it is also a drag.

The most important thing at the moment is to repair the personnel, although they have not traveled far along the way, but the rugged road of the Netoro Mountains and the Little Caucasus Mountains still makes everyone tired, and the harassment of thieves along the way has also added a lot of scars to the soldiers.

Early the next morning, Cui Shibalang was taken by Lao Luo to the Tang camp to collect the orphans who were living on the street, although Cui Shibalang didn't want to be a child, but there was no way to call him a Tang man, and he was still the right age. With Li Ji to speak, and a few female men to cooperate, this matter is not difficult.

Lao Luo instructed everyone to repair the camp in the camp, he didn't expect to find any suitable place in that small city, although he might be able to have some relationship with the Li family, but he was still a little reluctant to let those children who had gathered to receive the favor of the Li family. Therefore, the original camp layout needed to be changed, and Stan took on a lot of pressure, and his fierce face complained to Lao Luo with a somewhat helpless and innocent look, "Master, we need to find a few women who are responsible for taking care of the children, and no one in our people can do this." ”

Stan's expression made Lao Luo angry and funny, "Okay, you don't have to pretend to be a bitter gourd face, you can ask someone to make some porridge to eat, and I will call someone to take care of the child." ”

"Hehe, that's good." A smile suddenly appeared on the face of the big man, it was not that he didn't like children, but it was okay to do it once in a while, and he couldn't stand being surrounded by some little monkeys all day.

Lao Luo understood his mind very well, it is true that there is no one in the entire hundred people who is suitable to be a child's head, either there are scars on his face and hands, or he is full of the smell of blood, and he will be regarded as a bandit if he stares at his eyes. Like Helton's less ferocious ones, who are afraid of making the children on the streets look like thieves.

He Lao Luo also did his best, and re-created some new tents from the space - anyway, the hundreds of people were already used to the mystery of Lao Luo, and then found some animal skins and the like as moisture-proof mats, with some originally custom-made sleeping bags, and the preliminary preparations were almost the same.

When it was almost noon, Cui Shibalang and Ge Shulie's son named Goshya came back with a lot of children, followed by Li Ji, who had a sad face on her face.

"Siniang, what's wrong?" Of course, Lao Luo first focused on this fire lady.

"It's nothing, third brother, you didn't say it yesterday, I didn't even pay attention to it, there are so many poor children." Li Ji wiped her face and said a little depressed.

"Hehe, it's not your responsibility, forget it, look at the children." Lao Luo casually changed the topic, "By the way, help me find a few people who can take care of the children, preferably a patient woman in her thirties and forties." ”

Li Ji was really diverted, and agreed very simply, "Cheng, leave this matter to me." ”

Maybe it's because of the relationship that Li Ji took the lead next to them, Cui Shibalang and the children they brought back are more than thirty, the eldest child looks about ten years old, and the youngest one is just five years old - the child next to him said. These children probably haven't eaten a full meal for a long time, so when they arrived at this newly cleaned up camp, the first thing was to eat, Lao Luo didn't dare to give the children barbecue, but just ordered them to provide them with rice porridge with some diced meat, although this thing is not full, but at least let them get used to it first.

The next thing is to wash these children, remove lice and fleas from their bodies, children without a home are actually the most pitiful, in addition to each child being frozen and bruised, many people have chilblains, there are many kinds of problems, such as the wounds of being bitten by dogs, the traces of stealing food and being chased......

Cui Shibalang didn't have the impatience of the morning at this time, looked at Lao Luo, who was holding a wooden sign with inscriptions, and asked, "Third uncle, they are so pitiful." Hey, what are you carving, third uncle? ”

"Tong Zi Ying," Lao Luo patted the sawdust on his body and put away the knife in his hand, "If you really look at them pitiful, try to teach them a little skill, don't just talk!" ”