Chapter 44: Returning Home in Victory
The battle was settled, looking at the devastated and ragged but firm-eyed remnants of soldiers on the beach, the reinforcements' hearts were shocked, they really couldn't imagine how this team, whose strength was usually limited to stealing chickens and dogs and harming the people, could suddenly become a tiger and wolf army, but no one dared to raise the question in their hearts, because the murderous aura on the soldiers who had survived the fierce battle had not completely dissipated, and it was terrifying. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Yang Chen led his men to lie on their backs on the beach, so that the soldiers in the battalion thought that they had "died honorably", and they were about to cover up the clothes of the would-be robbers they had just stripped off, until Lao Shun jumped up and kicked him in the ass He didn't realize it. They are so tired, not only physically but also mentally, that they are weak and drowsy when they lose their energy.
Yang Chen sat up and watched the old father-in-law on the beach tirelessly shouting and shouting to give political lessons to the captured pirates, carrying and urging with fists and feet, although they did not necessarily understand, but seeing their submissive nods and even crying, Yang Chen sighed for his father-in-law's touching teaching methods.
The next few days were treated as heroes by the local government and the people for a few days, and after the hustle and bustle rested, they returned to their hometowns in full gear, and the local people beat gongs and drums to bid farewell, but when the scattered and depressed teams hit the road, the oppressive atmosphere made people a little breathless, and it was incompatible with the lively atmosphere on both sides.
When he came, he was so neat and orderly, but when he returned, he was second-class, gloomy and scattered, and there was a faint suppressed cry in the team, but he was immediately reprimanded by the officials.
"What are you crying about?! Shame on you! "Hold it all back!"
No one looked down on the few soldiers who were sobbing quietly, because their hearts were also sour, and their eyes were misty and dripping.
Yang Chen and his men did not follow the team on horseback, and he looked "reluctant" from time to time. It's not that he is reluctant to be here and doesn't have such a high consciousness, he just feels that this is the place where he has fought for the first time in his life, "*** is just worth remembering."
Lao Shun nibbled on the specialty snacks in his hand while walking, and he smiled obscenely when he saw Yang Chen like this, "My lord, I can't bear it, right?" If you want me to say too, alas, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law in this city are really enthusiastic, and I'm a little embarrassed to be enthusiastic, hehe......"
"And when you're embarrassed? You're really good at it, let me see! β
"Hey...... See the smile, see the smile......"
"Let me see, let me see, brother, why are you red?"
"Get out, dare to make fun of your brother and see how I clean you up! Don't run! β
Lao Shun threw the things in his hand to Xiao Anzi and chased after him, and the unscrupulous two instantly stirred up the dull atmosphere without a trace, and the dodging and scattered team instantly became lively, laughing and scolding constantly.
"Liu Laoshun, you have long eyes, and you stained my clothes, this is a ...... from the girls in Songjiang Mansion."
"Oh, you stepped on my foot......"
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Yang Chen also laughed when he saw this scene, his subordinates are always so strange, and they are always unscrupulous and outrageous at critical moments, he looked at the remaining Xiong Er Xiaohong and the others and shook his head with a wry smile.
After going home, Li Luoxiu's reaction was a little too aggressive, and Yang Chen stuck to him like a gummy candy. In the fierce battle, she always had to suffer some skin injuries, but it was because of these skin injuries that she was so angry that she pulled out her old father's beard to the fullest, in order to punish him for not taking good care of his husband, which made Li's father cry out for wrongdoing.
Mother Li also moved the family law, and the reason was that Yang Chen, a baby pimple, went to the battlefield. The old father-in-law was tossed by the mother and daughter in turn, and there was no such situation when he killed the widows. After Father Li was murdered, he had to vent his anger on the old housekeeper, who let him not take care of Yang Chen and let him slip away.
Yang Chen's status in the Li family has improved greatly, at least he has climbed above his old father-in-law, but he is still terrified under the residual power of the two big and small tigresses. Although the status of the family has been improved, there has been no reward or anything in the camp, so the supreme government of the Ming Dynasty, who was born and died, did not react at all.
After resting at home for a few days, Yang Chen came to the camp, the winter sun was very warm, but Yang Chen was dying of breath and couldn't lift his spirits, and his subordinates didn't understand his mind, but what to do as usual, and they didn't want to provoke him to get angry and make himself suffer when he saw him.
"Lao Shun, why don't you say that we won't have a reward if we win the battle?"
"What commendation?" Lao Shun, who had not recovered from the enthusiasm of the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in Songjiang Mansion for several days, responded with a blush and puzzled face.
"We've won the battle! Could it be that the government didn't give some sweetness to the victory achieved by fighting for his life? β
"This?! Alas, you are so naΓ―ve, and you still commend it? It's not bad if you don't give the order to reprimand, I think you should think more about the enthusiastic Songjiang Mansion girl. β
"Go aside, I see that you are a sperm worm in the brain, don't get in the way of my eyes!"
Yang Chen kicked Lao Shun, who was squatting on the side, and took a deep breath.
"My lord, what Lao Shun said is, don't expect any benefits from above, isn't it the biggest reward for our big guy to be able to turn his whole body!"
Fang Jinyong also stood up and patted Yang Chen's shoulder, and also sighed.
"What? We can't fight so hard, can we still come back and reprimand, is our life so worthless? β
"My lord, alas, how to say it, the credit is there but not ours, and it has been divided up from above. Let's just put it this way, even your old father-in-law may not be stained, and maybe even provoke reprimands. β
Fang Jinyong looked like a person who had come over and persuaded Yang Chen, who was depressed in his heart, his expression was not shocked, and it seemed that he was not surprised.
The people who were squatting around Yang Chen just now all stood up, looked at Yang Chen who was looking around blankly one by one affectionately, and accepted the silent inquiry in his eyes.
"No way, I don't believe it yet!"
Yang Chen understood what they meant, spat the phlegm fiercely, and hurried away.
The depressed Yang Chen left his post for the first time and retired early and returned home in a hurry, ignoring the soldiers at the door who suddenly splashed and rolled around and abused the gorgeous mansion gate, kicking and kicking and gnawing and biting. The sleepy-eyed old butler opened the door to see his appearance, and didn't say much, and welcomed him in, smiling slightly as if he understood in his heart, but his body was far away from this lovely plague god.
"Why? Why do you say? β
"Huh? Hehe, how can there be so many whys, there are many unpleasant things in the world, don't worry! β
The housekeeper followed Yang Chen's footsteps and responded while peeking from afar, Yang Chen suddenly looked back at him, so frightened that the housekeeper's beard was cocked, and he was busy defending himself.
Yang Chen looked at the old housekeeper for a long, long time, and the old housekeeper didn't dare to move, but he felt that the blood was not flowing well, his little heart was pounding, and the aging prostate had a faint tendency to strike.
"I don't, I don't ......, I don't!" Yang Chen suddenly rolled around like a little daughter, sat down directly on the ground, his legs kept bending and stretching, bringing up the dust, and his arms waved wildly.
This directly frightened the old housekeeper into incontinence on the spot, and stood there for a while until he suddenly shivered before he twisted and went straight to the gatehouse. After a while, the old butler, who was a little embarrassed, came to Yang Chen's side, bent down and handed the objects in his hands to Yang Chen's face.
Yang Chen pouted and raised his eyes to take it, it was not just another string of sugar gourds and a big meat bun, he took a bite of the meat bun hatefully and took a sugar gourd in his mouth and chewed it.
"Hey, that's right, let's not make trouble, good ......"
After the old housekeeper finished delivering the things, he hurriedly hid away and persuaded Yang Chen.
Yang Chen slowly stopped chewing and looked ahead in a daze, not knowing whether he was choked or squinted by the dust, and his eyes were hazy. The old butler didn't say anything more, and when he saw that he was no longer making trouble, he shook his body behind his back and left.
At the beginning of the lanterns, Yang Chen sat at the dining table for the first time and did not gobble and chew, Li Luoxiu and Li's mother both looked at him with some wonder and forgot to eat.
Since going home quietly in the afternoon to now how strange it is to eat, asking him is just a crepe answer, and there are still some things during the period, the mother and daughter wonder how to go back to the identity of Xiucai, which is confusing.
Father Li peeked at him a few times while eating, but he smiled slightly, and his appearance was the same as that of the housekeeper.
"Virtuous son-in-law, talk in the study after dinner." Li's father got up after eating, and the mother and daughter who were carefully observing Yang Chen were taken aback, and Li's mother had to eat by herself, while Li Luoxiu still continued to study with perseverance.
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment and chased after his father-in-law, leaving only the mother and daughter staring at each other at the dinner table.
Weng and his son-in-law entered the study one after the other, and Yang Chen did not wait for his father-in-law to sit down, regardless of etiquette, and sat at the desk stupidly. Father Li was not surprised, smiled and shook his head and found a place to sit down.
"Neyan, I know why you're upset, and it's really not worth it for this little thing."
Father Li called Yang Chen like this for the first time, originally he thought that the word Nayan was a bit hypocritical, but at this time, it was more cordial than calling him by his name.
Yang Chen didn't answer without a look in his eyes, but his breathing was much shorter.
"I'm used to it, it's like this from top to bottom, what can I do."
"Why? Why ......"
Yang Chen opened his mouth at this time, but muttered mechanically and repeatedly.
"No, it's because of our low status, and our fate should be like this."
After hearing this, Yang Chen suddenly stood up and glared at Father Li, although he didn't speak, but the meaning was clear. He was asking his father-in-law why our lives were not worth anything, and the cheap ones didn't even have a verbal reward?
Yang Chen glared at his father-in-law angrily for a while, and suddenly sat back in his chair like a deflated ball.
The father-in-law shook his head without reproach and slowly stood up, "Alas, now you know why I told you why this road is difficult, right?" I think you'd better find another way out early! β
"Father-in-law, it's okay if we big-headed soldiers are treated like this, what about you?"
Yang Chen didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to figure things out, and then he was a little worried about his father-in-law.
"Oh, what can there be, it's just a slap and a sweet date, the merits and demerits are offset, ah, see for yourself."
The father-in-law took out a letter from his arms and threw it to Yang Chen, Yang Chen took it and tore the cover directly, unfolded the letter and read it carefully. Father Li smiled, bent down to pick up the cover, and put it behind his back, but he held it in his hands fiercely.
Yang Chen also shook his head and laughed after reading the letter, the laughter became louder and louder, and tears overflowed, like a crazy demon. In his heart, it was exactly as the camp Fang Jinyong said. First of all, he reprimanded his father-in-law for not being strict with his subordinates, and there were many people who fled in all directions during the war. After that, there are some clichΓ©s that praise him, show his personal strength and unyieldingness, and finally he is happy without merit or fault.
"How? Got it, it's just a private message, and it's not official yet. Not to mention anything else, even those officials who escaped have rewards, you look at us again, look at us again, alas! β
After the father-in-law finished speaking, he slammed the paper ball in his hand to the ground, as if he was not angry, and kicked twice.
"Don't be angry, let's not be angry, do you want to eat a sugar gourd, I'll ask the housekeeper for you......"
At this time, the positions of the two sides were reversed instantly, and Yang Chen calmly explained his father-in-law, completely forgetting his own decline just now.
Father Li vented his anger and rolled his eyes at Yang Chen, snatched the letter from Yang Chen's hand, bent down and threw the tortured unshapeable cover into the brazier.
Weng's son-in-law sat down again, the maid also came up with tea, and Father Li picked up the tea bowl with a long sigh of relief and drank tea.
"Well, Neyan, I think you should be the master of the prime minister and continue to gain fame, and when the time comes, our family will also have a literary champion to relieve your anger."
Yang Chen was speechless and gave his father-in-law a blank look, could it be that the champion was just to be angry, and how could the champion be so good to take the test, he really loved to laugh.
"Father-in-law, since I chose this path, I don't plan to turn back, and my son-in-law still has this temperament."
"You said that you know the facts, why do you have to go all the way to the dark, I think you are really stubborn."
Father Li said angrily with Yang Chen with the tea bowl, his mouth tightly pursed the tea stalk.
"Father-in-law, I'm going to try it myself, I see how difficult this road is."
"You, you, you can't be taught, hum!"
"Well, actually, there's still a way to go, um......"
"What's the way, let's talk about it." Father Li suddenly came to his senses.
Yang Chen stood up, walked to his father-in-law's side, lowered his body and whispered with a smile: "Father-in-law, why don't we rebel!" β
"Poof!"
Father Li squirted out the tea he had just drunk into his mouth, choking on breathlessness, "You, you, you ......"
"Son-in-law is joking, just kidding, father-in-law forgive me, forgive me, hehe......"
Yang Chen hurriedly turned around and flirted directly, so angry that the old father-in-law jumped to his feet in the study and scolded.