The audience stood solemnly, watching a group of sergeants, holding a wooden box in their hands, stepping off the warship step by step.

On the whole, the loss of soldiers on this expedition is not large, but looking at it now, the urns of one or two thousand soldiers make people feel heavy.

One or two thousand soldiers who went out on the expedition will never come back, and the people on the shore, waiting for their return, may be tens of thousands. They don't see their sons or fathers or brothers or husbands come back, and how sad they will be for those people.

Wait for the soldiers to carry the urn to the shore.

Liu Yi said heavily on the side of the ship: "I'm sorry, I, Liu Yi, couldn't bring all the soldiers back safely, it's me Liu Yi who is sorry for all the villagers." However, please don't grieve, because although they sacrificed, they sacrificed gloriously, they fought for our new Han Dynasty and for all of us, and they died well. Those brothers who died in battle are the heroes of our Han Dynasty, and we will always remember them. In addition, every brother who died in the war, their families, the New Han Dynasty will have a generous pension to ensure that the families of our heroes will not worry about life. Now, ask the hero's family to bring back the hero's ashes and bury them properly. Of course, our government can do it for you, we can deal with it centrally, erect a monument for them, and build a monument to heroes! ”

This time, instead of cheering, the people remained silent, craned their necks, and looked at the sergeants who had disembarked first. There, the names of the soldiers who died were being read aloud, waiting for the families of the soldiers to take home the ashes of the soldiers who died in battle.

At this time, everyone held their breath for fear that they would hear it wrong, because they didn't want to hear the names of their relatives.

A white-haired old woman. When he heard his son's name, he fainted with a sad cry.

Others rushed to the rescue.

Originally, I thought that the old woman who woke up would definitely be sad and crying.

However, when she woke up, she was very calm, as if she had forcibly buried her sadness deep in her heart.

She walked over tremblingly, walked over the urn from the sergeant's hand, opened it, grabbed a handful of ashes, and said to the sergeants: "The old woman has three sons and three daughters. The eldest son died young, and the eldest daughter also died early. There are two sons and two daughters left, and the husband's family is a wealthy family in a small city, and the family is quite passable, although he has lost one son and one daughter early. But the old woman was happy and carefree. Two sons are adults. Marrying a wife and having children, three generations in the same house, happy and happy. During the Yellow Turban riots, the town fell, but the husband's family has always been good. At the beginning, the husband's family was also a believer, and he had sponsored many suffering people. After the fall of the city, the Yellow Turban thieves did not loot her husband's house. Although he donated most of the family property, the family could barely survive if nothing happened. However, damn corrupt officials, they confiscated her husband's house and drove the old woman's family out of the town. The husband's family died of illness on the way out, his two daughters and his second daughter-in-law were captured by officers and soldiers, tortured to death, and his grandson was trampled to death by horses. Now ......"

The old woman raised the gray ashes she grabbed in her hand, knelt down to Liu Yi and said, "This son is the thirty-year-old woman's son, the youngest son." He carried the old woman on his back and ran to Luoyang and Kyoto, hoping to find a way to live, and even more hoped that he could tell the court about the suffering of the old woman's family and punish the corrupt officials who persecuted the old woman's family, but ...... After arriving in Luoyang and Kyoto, the old woman found that there were thousands of people who were as miserable as the old woman's family. At that time, we were pessimistic and desperate, and we were left to resign ourselves to fate, begging children, but begging for half a life's rations, gnawing on tree bark and grass roots, and the mother and son were left with only one breath. Is there any hope for this big man? Is there still hope for people to live? ”

"Yes!"

The old woman bowed down and said: "It was Taifu Liu Yi who saved us, and it was Taifu who made our mother and son see the hope of living and gave us the courage to live." Also, after my son joined the army, he told my family's suffering, and a few years ago, a general in the army, with his children, returned to his hometown, found the corrupt official who had become a member of the party, and brought his head back. The revenge of the old woman's family has been avenged. It is worth it for the child to go where he wants to go and sacrifice for the New Han Dynasty, so the old woman has nothing to be sad about. Therefore, please Taifu Mo to be sad, now that I have sacrificed my son, but I have gained more happiness, it is worth it. ”

"I eat a handful of my son's ashes, keep my son in my heart, and ask Taifu to settle the rest, no need to erect a monument, and no need to call him a hero, because, his life is checked back, and now he is fighting for the big man and the Taifu, it is right, so, please don't feel that I owe me anything, but I hate the old woman for being old, and she is not a man, otherwise, the old woman is willing to repay the kindness of the Taifu with her life!"

This is definitely not a trust, Liu Yi can see that this old woman is moving and talking.

As the old woman spoke, Leo stepped down from the warship.

Without saying anything, Liu Yi stepped forward directly, grabbed the old woman's wrinkled hand, grabbed half of the ashes from her hand, and then stuffed it into his mouth.

With a pop, Liu Yi knelt in front of her and shouted, "Mother! ”

The soldiers who had already disembarked from the ship, and the soldiers who were still on the ship, when they saw Liu Yi like this, the clever soldiers knelt down, as if it was a domino effect, and they all knelt down with a crackle.

"Mother!"

The tsunami-like roar of the mountains was deafening.

"Oops! Taifu, this, this can't be helped, the old woman, the old woman just said what she wanted to say in her heart. ”

"Mother! You'll be our mother from now on. There are also all the fathers and villagers present, you are all my relatives of Liu Yi. ”

"Taifu!"

From near to far, the people also knelt on the ground.

These people are so cute.

Liu Yizhi said that although he won the hearts of the people, he never thought that the people here would love him so much. This made Liu Yi's mood unable to calm down for a long time.

Fortunately, after a while, the sergeants on the ship all went ashore to meet their loved ones, and all of a sudden, cheerful laughter drove away some heavy emotions.

As the old woman said, the sacrifice of their individual sons would bring joy to more people, and the sacrifice of their loved ones would be worth it.

However, the people did not disperse for a long time. Everyone wanted to come and get close to Liu Yi, so that Liu Yi couldn't get out for a while.

Guo Jia, who accompanied him, hurriedly asked Liu Yi to board the boat and return directly to his home in Yuema Lake, so that Liu Yi escaped in the cheers of the people.

Of course, Liu Yi's daughters also got on the boat and returned to their home on the shore of Yuema Lake with Liu Yi.

Unlike the people, when they didn't see Liu Yi, these women looked through the autumn water. However, now that they can be together, they all maintain restraint.

Even Zhang's, Princess Yiyang, Yang Huang and other women who have never paid much attention to it have maintained restraint and did not pester Liu Yi as soon as they were with Liu Yi.

This made Liu Yi feel a little incomprehensible.

Until I returned home. These women just looked at Liu Yi blankly, and Liu Yi didn't ask them. Don't take the initiative to get close to them. They just sat peacefully, or occasionally glanced at Liu Yi affectionately, or buried their heads in teasing the children on their laps.

Well, it seems that although it can make Liu Yi feel that the family is happy, but. The atmosphere did make Liu Yi feel a little weird.

The same is true when returning home.

Moreover, Liu Yi also noticed that the women were sitting in the hall, although the warbler Yanyan. But it was quiet, as if they were waiting for Liu Yi to speak.

On the left hand side of Liu Yi, there is the princess Wannian, and on the right hand, there is the queen He Wan, who has stayed here with Liu Yi since she arrived at Dongting Lake and has not returned to Luoyang.

On the left hand side are Yi Ji, Yang Huang, Cai Yan, Yin Lingshan, Long Xin, Geng Ling, Mi Zhen, Cao Jing, Diao Chan, Dong Sanmei, Xiao Qiao, Yuan Qing, Lu Chan, Qinglian and other women.

On the right hand side, there are several princesses such as Yang'an, Yiyang, and Changshe, Zou Family, Zhang Shao, Zhang Family, Mrs. Ding, Bian Yu, Lai Ying'er, Yan Family, Hongyue and so on.

Liu Yi found out that they seemed to have been deliberately arranged.

On the left, most of them are women who were still perfect when they followed them, and those on the right are women who either nominally have a husband's family or are not perfect women.

took a sip of the tea brought by the delicate maid.

Liu Yi coughed, breaking the atmosphere that made Liu Yi feel a little embarrassed, and said to them: "Ahem, ladies, ladies, what's wrong with you?" Have you not seen your husband for a while, and now that your husband has come home, you seem strange and strange? How do you all seem to be deliberately restraining something? It seems that the husband is going to get to know you again. Uh-huh, why don't you introduce yourself to your husband first? Then, you presented your names and measurements one by one? ”

"Gege ......"

The women naturally understood what Liu Yi meant by the three measurements, this, when he was happy with them before, Liu Yi and some of the women explained what a woman's three measurements were. A person who knows the Tao will definitely let other women know the Tao as well. Therefore, they all understood what Liu Yi was talking about, and they couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker a little funny. The individual temperament is out of tune, and he laughs coquettishly regardless of the image.

Princess Wannian even laughed and climbed onto the case, but secretly reached over and pinched Liu Yi.

The queen on the other side, He Wan, rolled her eyes, glanced at Liu Yi obliquely, and said generously: "Husband, we sisters are very restrained, but we are all for your good." ”

"Oh? For the good of the husband? Lewis said strangely.

"Humph! Do you open your eyes to see for yourself? Now that our sisters are basically here, if we don't each restrain ourselves, we all have to come to entangle with you, husband, do you really think that you have three heads and six arms? Can you take care of it? Queen He Wan pretended to be coquettish.

"Huh? Hehe......" When Liu Yi heard this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the women maintaining restraint with him.

"Husband, I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and I know a lot about the affairs of the court. Now, the number of your wives and daughters is not inferior to that of the emperors of previous dynasties. Princess Yang'an looked at Liu Yi with a smile and said: "Well, we are a big family like us, although it is impossible to copy the palace set, but we can't mess around, right?" So, my sisters and I have all agreed. According to the husband's situation, as before, in addition to setting who will accompany the husband every night, the husband can choose six to seven sisters to accompany the husband. The sisters who were not named by their husbands could only wait for the next night. You can't do it like you used to, and everyone messes around together, it's ...... This is also for the sake of the husband. ”

"Well, even if you go out, you should let your husband specify which sister can accompany your husband, in the future. We can't do it again like this time, and we all come with our husbands. Queen He Wan took over and said.

"Oh? What Sister Yang'an said can be understood by her husband, but ...... Why can't we travel together or something? Lewy didn't quite understand.

Queen He Wan glanced at Liu Yi angrily and said, "Husband, do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be confused?" In vain, you are still in charge of the entire court of the New Han Dynasty, and you also have the name of a talented man, and there are legends in the outside world, you know the world and the earth know the geography, and the slave family thinks. Husband, you shouldn't know the history of our Han Dynasty and even the Great Qin before, as far as the Warring States Period, the Shang and Zhou Dynasties? ”

"What does this have to do with history?" Lewy was a little stunned.

"Why is it not a matter of history? Those are all lessons from the past. Do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past? Ended up with a lustful faint gentleman? The queen said with a dignified face: "There are so many sisters here, who doesn't know that you are lustful and amorous?" Your affection and dedication are only known to our sisters. So, we all tolerate that you have found us one sister after another. But. Do you want the world to know the Tao? Estimate. People in the world will only think that husband, you are lustful, right? ”

"Well, I don't care about what the world thinks of being a husband, what I care about is that we can be happy and happy together." Liu Yi said indifferently: "Strictly speaking." It's enough for ladies to understand the heart of a husband. Of course, I, Liu Yi, am also very grateful to the ladies for their love and care, which is a blessing that I have only obtained after several lifetimes of practice without knowing the Dao. ”

"Husband......" The queen interrupted Liu Yi's words: "You are good to us, we naturally know the Tao in our hearts." However, the world does not know the way. Do you think, if nothing else, you are traveling with so many of our sisters, how big is this battle? If they can understand us, they will only envy and bless, but what if they are not clear? They will only be jealous, they will only be red-eyed, and they will even be hostile to you. What's more, husband, think about it, how much movement did the kings of the past have when they travel? When we travel together, are we like kings in the past? When the time comes, you will inevitably be like those kings of the past, bearing the name of a lustful and faint king. What is the precedent for dying because of a woman? We...... None of us want to be the woman who brought a country to ruin......"

"Huh?" Liu Yi frowned when he heard this, sat up straight, and asked Zhengrong, "Did you hear some gossip?" ”

"Is there less gossip?"

It was Mrs. Zhang who spoke this time, this was Mrs. Yuan Shaoyuan's wife, who blinked her beautiful eyes, and smiled at Liu Yihe: "Husband, don't be so serious, in fact, we don't care much about what others say, but people think that the queen and Princess Yang'an are right, we all know that you don't care about you, and we don't care." However, husband, you are not the little volunteer soldier you used to be, but you are the prince, if, one day, the husband accepts the emperor's cicada, then you are the king of a country. Well, when the time comes, the people of the entire Han Dynasty will look at you, and you will have to set an example more or less, husband. Traveling with a concubine, no matter what it is, will give people the impression of extravagance and waste. Yu Fujun's image is not good. ”

"Everywhere we go, eating, drinking, and having fun, the cost is a lot of expenses, although we don't care about this cost, but we can't let the world gossip."

"Forehead......" Liu Yi now finally understands, it turns out that these women of their own, they have already regarded themselves as the kings of a country, and now, although they are still called Taifu, they feel that no matter what, Liu Yi can no longer give the world an oral statement, so that he can do something too high-profile.

Well, now that I think about it, Liu Yi traveled with these dozens of women, and the scene was indeed quite shocking. Add in those maids' concubines and maids and nurses who take care of the children, and hundreds of women will have them. And what about the guards and horses? Just an ordinary trip will probably be like fighting a small war. Although such a thing is indeed just a trivial matter, in the eyes of others, that is, Liu Yi is too extravagant and wastes resources.

"Perhaps, what you said makes sense, but ......" Liu Yihuan glanced at the ladies in the hall, and said a little embarrassed: "If the husband has time to accompany you and wants to take you out to play, wouldn't he only be able to accompany a few of you?" Leave the other lady at home, the husband is reluctant. ”

"If you can't give it, you have to give it!" Princess Yang'an said a little domineeringly: "For the sake of the big man, our sisters can bear the unbearable feeling of not being with your husband every day, what do you want?" ”

"Yes." For the first time, Princess Wannian was not on Liu Yi's side, and agreed with the words of this aunt and princess: "We have all discussed. Now, let you give it up, see for yourself, who do you want to be with you tonight? People will say their position first, and other people's menstrual affairs are coming, so don't look at others, husband. ”

There are dozens of women, and it is not strange that there will be women who have menstruation every day, but Liu Yi is a little suspicious of the menstrual affairs of Princess Wannian, and it seems that in his impression, he remembers that she should not be this day.

Of course, the specific Liu Yi can't remember clearly, to be honest, Liu Yi really didn't remember when these women of his came to menstruate.

Liu Yi also knew the kindness of Princess Wannian, and knew that she was setting an example to the women, proving that she would not compete with the women for favor because of her identity, and asked Liu Yi to favor her first.

This girl seems to be getting more and more dignified and generous. (To be continued......)