Red Whisk has changed a lot, at least she's not as snobbish as she used to be.

Life is like this, when you are poor and only have a penny, and you are willing to spend it for others, then you are a saint. If you are poor and have two pennies, and you are willing to spend one penny for others, then you are a good person.

The Red Whisk Girl is not a saint, nor is she a good person, but when she has some money in hand, she will never cover it and not spend it, she can abandon the comfortable life of Shangshu Mansion for the man she loves, and she can also endure the constraints for the man she loves. She hopes that the man she chooses will be glorious, but she can endure more than ten years of poverty and contempt, she is stingy, she is mean, but when the most precious ten years of her life pass, she does not regret it.

A few tables full of wine and food were placed in the courtyard of the Li Mansion in Mayi, and the Red Whisk Girl beckoned the guards to drink, very enthusiastic, "Move the chopsticks, but don't you think the dishes I make are good?" ”

All the guards shook their heads, "The dishes are too rich, but Li Juncheng and General Xiao are not there, I heard that they will be back in a while, shall we wait?" ”

They all used a consultative tone, but the red women's eyes were a little red, and they said softly: "Okay, I'm just afraid that the food will be cold, and my family Li Jing came back and said that I didn't entertain well." ”

"Mrs. Li is very thoughtful," Zhang Qingxi said with a smile: "We all discussed it at the beginning, we don't get a drop of wine in the grassland, and when we turn around, we must give Li Juncheng a glass, we want to say to Li Juncheng, he is a good general, we serve him!" ”

"My third brother is the general," the red-haired girl smiled, "You don't have to brag about Li Jing too much, he is just a county prince." ”

All the guards said: "Mrs. Li, in our minds, Master Li is a veritable general!" ”

Sun Shaofang was not there, otherwise most of them would have burst their heads and scolded them for not being able to speak, but the red whisk girl was a little excited in her heart, and looked out of the door with a self-muttering voice: "Why hasn't Li Jing come back yet?" ”

**Li Jing, Xiao Buyi, and Sun Shaofang are in a village outside Mayi City at the moment.

The village didn't look like a village, it was more like a ruin, Li Jing looked at the ruins and sighed softly.

This is not the slightest surprise, this time the Turkic soldiers went south, the two hardest hit counties were Mayi and Yanmen, the Turkic soldiers burned, killed and plundered, did not attack Mayi City, and naturally took the surrounding villages to spread anger.

Li Jing rode into the village on horseback, only to see many people rebuilding simple homes, without saying a word.

They have seen a lot of this kind of captivity, but they can't avoid it, so they can only endure it silently. Li Jing sighed lightly, didn't say anything, but walked to the west of the village, where there was a mess without exception, a white-haired old man on crutches, sitting helplessly on a big rock, his eyes blank.

Li Jing dismounted and walked over slowly, "This old man, may I ask if Wang Erniu's house is nearby?" ”

The old man raised his head and said eagerly: "I am his father, are you?" ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and looked around, "Uncle Wang, where do you live?" ”

Mr. Wang looked Li Jing up and down, suddenly stood up tremblingly, and grabbed Li Jing's hand, "What's wrong with Erniu?" He went on a journey, but something happened? ”

Li Jing stared at the old man's eyes, and said after a while: "He is a hero, when he fought the Turkic soldiers, he unfortunately had an accident. ”

Mr. Wang sat down weakly, but he didn't cry bitterly, just muttered: "He's a hero......"

Sun Shaofang saw the old man's white hair and helplessness, and his nose couldn't help but feel a little sour. He actually didn't know Li Jing's intention to go out of the city, but when he saw that Li Jing was actually looking for the families of the soldiers, he understood what those soldiers were moving forward for!

Li Jing took ten hangings of money from the bag in the saddle and handed it to the old man, "This is the government's pension, please accept it." As for the rent payment, your family will be free of charge in the future, I have reported this to the village zheng, if there is a mistake, you just go to Mayi City to find Li Juncheng. ”

Uncle Wang looked at Li Jing, did not take the money, and suddenly asked, "You are Li Jing and Master Li?" ”

Li Jing was slightly stunned, and said for a while: "I am." ”

Uncle Wang suddenly laughed, his lips squirmed a few times, "When Erniu went on the expedition, he said that he was with Master Li, let me rest assured......"

Mr. Wang's voice choked, Li Jing was silent, Sun Shaofang didn't know whether to reprimand or be sad, Xiao Buyi was also silent, for some reason, a poem suddenly flashed in his mind, Longshang Zhengfu Longxia's soul, life and death hate General Han!

It's just that who knows the hardships of thousands of miles of battlefields, and Li Jing's success has no reward. Is he resentful, maybe he also knew the result?

"He reassured me, he said, even if he died, Master Li would not forget the soldier's family." Uncle Wang suddenly burst into tears, unable to suppress his sadness, "He didn't see the wrong person, he didn't regret going, I thank General Li for ......"

**When Li Jing and the three of them left the village, it was late, Li Jing spent a full day looking for twelve families, two of which were no longer there, he could only return in despair, he didn't send much money, but he had tried his best.

Sun Shaofang walked out of the village, looked at the sunset, and suddenly sighed: "General Li, I have never seen a general like you. ”

Li Jing also looked into the distance, and suddenly asked, "Shaofang, do you know why those soldiers I brought would sacrifice their lives and forget their lives and fight bravely to kill the enemy?" ”

"Of course, it's because of you, General Li." Sun Shaofang said without hesitation: "It is their blessing to be your soldier." General Li moved thousands of miles to the grassland, attacked more than a dozen grassland tribes, and made the Khan's 400,000 army return in vain, and only 12 of the 300 soldiers died, which general of the Great Sui could do it? ”

Xiao Buyi was silent all the way, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be excited, and he couldn't help himself.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "What you said is very wrong! ”

Seeing Sun Shaofang and Xiao Buyi stunned, Li Jing stretched out his hand and pointed to the ruined village, and said in a deep voice: "They sacrificed their lives and forgot to die not for me Li Jing, but for this piece of black soil that they love deeply!" After the reform of the military system of the Great Sui Mansion, the soldiers were incorporated into the households, under the jurisdiction of the state and county, and no longer existed, but the soldiers still had military names, except for a small number of elite soldiers of the Weifu who were supported by the imperial court, most of the so-called soldiers were under the management of the Weifu. The 300 soldiers I brought with me for this marriage were all farming at home, and the equipment was only because of the marriage. They are not soldiers for fame, just to be free of rent for farming, one person to send troops, the family of young and old without worry, although these three hundred soldiers are few, but which one is carefully selected by me Li Jing, strict training, I treat them as if they are brothers. ”

Seeing Li Jing, he was a little excited, Xiao Buyi and Sun Shaofang glanced at each other, not knowing what to say. Xiao Buyi knew that the three hundred elite soldiers carefully trained by Li Jing were for him.

Sometimes, there is no need to say anything more between brothers.

"In the steppe, they learned that 400,000 Turkic soldiers had gone south to the border, but they were actually anxious, but they could give up their lives and forget about death, just because they all understood that it would be useless to go back, and they could only fight hard and fight well in order to save their hometown fathers and elders." Li Jing sighed: "The Marquis of Huaiyin said that Han Xin's generals, the more the merrier. One will be a meritorious deed, a pile of dry bones on the battlefield, I, Li Jing, lead the troops, not to seek more, but to win. Li Jing only has one life, why weren't they born by their parents? I, Li Jing, want to win, and I don't need the bones of the soldiers to be piled up! Today, I came to give money, not to thank them, but to relieve the guilt in my heart. Because I promised that their hometown would no longer be bullied by the Turks, but I did not do it, and I have a guilty conscience. ”

When Li Jing said this, there were tears in the corners of the eyes of the iron-beaten man, which was quite sad, Xiao Buyi and Sun Shaofang were both shocked and moved, and they were speechless for a long time!

**When Xiao Buyi and the three of them turned around, they found that the guards were still waiting, Li Jing was puzzled: "Hongfu, I asked you to entertain them for dinner, how could you wait for a day?" ”

The red-whisked girl almost grabbed Li Jing's ear, "You are embarrassed to say that the guest is not careful, do you know how rude it is, these people are just to toast you with a glass of wine, and they have waited until now." ”

Sun Shaofang whispered a few words to the guards, and the guards stood up, some patted the mud seal of the wine jar, and some were busy looking for bowls, and the wine was dripping and filling the table.

Sun Shaofang took the lead in picking up a bowl of wine and said sincerely: "General Li, this bowl of wine is Shaofang's respect for you, your official rank is not as big as Lord Xiao, but your life is not allowed to Lord Xiao." ”

The guards listened to Sun Shaofang's words, and they were suddenly puzzled, but they suddenly turned into excitement and admiration.

This kind of admiration is by no means sudden, but the accumulation of more than a month of life and death battles, and it erupts at this moment.

They really didn't expect that Li Jing was just going to visit the family of the dead soldier, so what could they do even if they waited a few days?

Xiao Buyi also reached out and picked up a bowl of wine and said with a smile: "What Shaofang said is not right, it's not that I won't let it, it's that I can't compare at all." The official title is just false, who can say that Li Juncheng will not be the best official and become a real general?! ”

Everyone said yes, the wine was full of wine, but they drank it happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Shaofang left early with the guards, and the heart of the family is deep, plus there is a husband and wife who have been separated for a long time, and it is already a very face-saving thing to entertain you.

Although the Red Whisk Girl is very enthusiastic, Sun Shaofang always feels that her eyes contain knives, mainly because the habits accumulated in the past are difficult to change, and the temper of the Red Whisk Girl is very famous in the Eastern Capital.

Xiao Buyi also thought the same, plus there was something else to do, so he also got up to say goodbye, and when he came to the door, he saw Sun Shaofang and the others walking away, and suddenly remembered something, reached into his arms and took out a book, and handed it to Li Jing, "Second brother, brother, I have only been sitting on the right Xiaowei for a few days, and my father and fellow villagers have sent Sun Tzu's Art of War, it is useless for me to keep it, and the second brother may be able to use it." ”

Li Jing smiled, took the book and checked it, and his smile became even stronger, "Of course I am useful, since the third brother is gracious, I am disrespectful." ”

The red whisk girl saw that the book that Xiao Buyi took out was packed in a box, which was very gorgeous, with four big characters written in gold characters on it, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dancing, but it was also beautiful.

Thinking that Xiao Buyi didn't know the art of war, but he could become the general of the right Xiaowei, Li Jing had been familiar with the art of war for decades, but he was just a county prince, and he didn't complain in his heart, and he suddenly felt a little sad.

"The third brother gave you valuable jade last time, and this time I gave you the second brother's art of war, which can be regarded as a deep brotherhood. It's just that your second brother said that the art of war lies in improvisation, and this book is ...... to him."

Li Jing waved his hand, "Red Whisk, the third brother gave it, it's always a good intention." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and turned to leave.

The red whisk girl is cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks with the maidservant, Li Jing is also a county man now, and it is too shabby to have no maid at home, so she gritted her teeth and bought one, but she is used to cleaning up and does not call back and forth.

Quickly packed up everything, the red whisk girl looked at the sky, it was already night.

The red candle was lit, and the red-whisked woman walked into the hall, stretched, and smiled, "It's been a long time since I've been so busy. Seeing Li Jing sitting quietly in the living room, looking at the book of the Art of War on the table, which was not turned over, the Red Whisk Girl shook her head, "The third brother is really funny, I gave you this Art of War inexplicably, but I don't know what the Art of War you have already memorized." ”

Sitting down slowly, the red whisk girl reached out to help Li Jing dust off her shoulders, found that the clothes were cracked, and frowned, "Husband, your newly made clothes have been torn after returning from the expedition, I want to make you a new dress." It's just that I don't want to entertain the third brother's friend today, and I don't want to be too shabby, and the family's savings for half a year are about the same, otherwise, we sold the piece of jade that the third brother sent, okay? ”

Seeing that Li Jing was silent, the red whisk girl said softly: "I know that the jade is the third brother's heart, and it is worth a lot of money, but you are now a county prince, and you have a lot more hospitality than Dongdu, and you are dressed too shabby, and you are also discrediting the third brother, isn't it?" Shall we give away the jade and redeem it when we have money? Forget it, when I didn't say okay. ”

"Red Whisk," Li Jing reached out and grabbed the Red Whisk Girl's hands, which originally meant Ruochun Onions, not touching the oil star, but now that it looked a lot rougher, his eyes went from the Red Whisk Girl's hand to her coarse cloth skirt, "It seems that you haven't made new clothes for a long time." ”

The red-whisked girl gently snuggled up to Li Jing's side, "What new clothes do I want, my clothes are enough." Besides, I don't go out very often. ”

Li Jing hugged his wife in his arms and sighed lightly: "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?" ”

The red whisk girl was radiant in an instant, feeling a rare time of tranquility, "Husband, in fact, it's nothing to be poor, and it's nothing to wear some torn, but it's clear that you have great talent, but you are not used by the court, and you have great merit, but you are not rewarded by the court, this is the saddest thing for me." You can see it, but I can't see it, so I said that the third brother ......"

"You still don't know him." Li Jing shook his head and stretched out his hand to open the book, and under the candlelight, there was a golden light in the book.

The red-haired girl's eyes fell on the book, and she was surprised and inexplicable, and said after a long time: "How can this book contain gold leaves?" ”

Li Jing put the book in the hand of the red-whisked girl and said with a smile: "Don't you also say that the art of war lies in improvisation, and the same is true of this book." Red Whisk, take this gold leaf to buy yourself clothes, I still have enough clothes. ”

**When Xiao Buyi came out of Li's house, he breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, for himself and for Li Jing and his wife.

Looking at the starry sky like a lover's eyes, he was somewhat lonely.

He is now the general of the Right Guard, so he naturally does not worry about the front and back, and when he left the Li Mansion, the elite soldiers of the Right Guard Mansion came to protect him, but he let the guards turn around, but he was wandering around in Mayi City.

Walking in the ancient city of Mayi, Xiao Buyi suddenly thought that about a year ago, he was walking like this, at that time he was still ignorant and dreaming of selling horses to get rich, and there was Yang Dezhi by his side, he was inexplicably chased and killed, and he almost died, and later learned that it was Li Zhixiong who wanted to kill him for the sake of the four imperial examinations.

All the reasons are just because he met Pei Mingcui and raced a horse for her, life is like this, like a lonely boat on the sea, an inadvertent wave will take you away from the direction of the beginning.

What about Yang Dezhi, why has there been no news for a long time, Xiao Buyi was very worried when he thought of this, but he felt that there was no way at all.

A person in this era is really no different from Cao Kei, Yang Dezhi disappeared inexplicably, and he was nowhere to be found, and he suddenly found that he still didn't know anything about him. I don't know if he has any relatives and where he lives, Yang Dezhi has never said!

Shaking his head slowly, Xiao Buyi could only hope that although Yang Dezhi's martial arts skills were not high, he was quite lively, mature and steady, and maybe he should be fine.

Xiao Buyi sighed lightly, no longer thinking about Yang Dezhi, and found that there was actually a noodle stall in front of him, and there were several people eating noodles, Xiao Buyi saw a white-haired figure busy, his heart moved slightly, walked over and sat down, and asked for a bowl of noodles.

The old man is still the same old man he was a year ago, and it seems that as long as he doesn't die, he will always be busy. He didn't seem to know Xiao Buyi anymore, and when he heard him call for a bowl of noodles, he didn't look up, and quickly delivered a bowl of stewed rotten pork knuckle noodles.

Xiao Buyi picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't move the chopsticks for a long time, quietly thinking about the cottage.

The world is like this, not what you want to do will necessarily succeed, whether he is far away from the road of selling horses now or close, Xiao Buyi can't figure it out. However, the horse farm has now been regarded as having a scale, and he quickly returned to the cottage once, which is very gratifying.

Yang Guang turned back to Xijing from Taiyuan, he went straight to Mayi, he felt that Li Jing should almost turn back, but on the way to Mayi, he went to the cottage far away, Xue Buren with a group of people was receiving the first batch of horses sent by Meng Chenxue.

Xiao Dapeng still stayed in the Taifu Mansion in the Eastern Capital, but Xue Buren had already returned from the Eastern Capital to deal with the affairs of the cottage.

Obviously, everyone understands that he, a servant and a young minister, will not last long, and the most important thing is to use his official position to seek the greatest benefits.

The ranch of the cottage has begun to take shape, last year's mare finally produced the first foal, but it will take another two or three years to use, in terms of breed, it is still not as good as the Qingjiang Horse Farm's boxing hair, but after all, it always gives people hope, and it is also considered to be the best choice. The hundreds of war horses sent by Meng Chenxue are already a large number, and even when Wagang has been mixed for many years, there may not be so many horses. However, this is only the first batch of war horses, and at least three more batches of war horses were sent over a year ago.

Who can be sold to Xiao Buyi is still a problem, he knows one thing, after the siege of Yanmen was lifted, although the Great Sui persisted to the end on the surface, everyone knew that the Great Sui was stormy, all the forces were speeding up the pace of rebellion, horses were in demand, and a good horse could be sold to the people for half a year's income.

Keep it for yourself, or sell it? For today's Xiao Buyi, it is already a choice.

Originally, the purpose of his horse selling was to make money, but what he lacked now was not money, because he had obtained the treasure of Zhang Jiao, which was already an astonishing wealth, but sometimes wealth was not necessarily more important than horses.

But there is still a question in Xiao Buyi's heart, if the Book of Heaven comes out whenever the dynasty changes, is this treasure every time, and the previous dynasty has not taken it? When he asked Yuan Lan to go to the tassel river to get the treasure, he even imagined that it was an empty treasure, but he didn't expect to return with a full load, although it was a difficult problem to get the treasure under Wang Shichong's nose, it was much less difficult than Xiao Buyi expected, which made him a little confused.

When I was pondering, there were already two diners muttering beside me, "Lao Zhang, now what do you say is a good business?" This field can't be planted, the annual income from farming can't be worth the tax, it's really impossible to live, I think now a horse is more expensive than a person, how about selling horses? ”

Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "Lao Li, the work of selling horses is not done by us, first of all, you have to have money, and secondly, you have to have a way, the biggest place in the horse source is the Turks, but you also know that the Turks are at war with the Great Sui, and the Great Khan of the grassland said that the tribes and the Great Sui are forbidden to do horse business." The Turkic road was broken, and the Central Plains could only buy horses by themselves, and there were people everywhere who were buying horses, but they couldn't find sellers. ”

Xiao Buyi listened to it with relish, and said in his heart that what these two people said made sense, since this is the case, it is not in a hurry to sell horses by himself.

"But the Turks always have to make money," Lao Li said unconvinced: "I know that there is a convenient way to go to the Turks, as long as you are bold, you don't have to worry about not making money." ”

Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "Your boy Shouxing hanged himself, he thinks his life is long, and now he doesn't make money in business, but he only makes money by being a bandit." A year ago, it wasn't bad, and I once walked a side road to the Turks, and I almost lost my life. The gang of horse bandits is called tough, first drop a big stone on the sidewalk, if you don't kill you, you will be scared to death, and then rush straight down, the way to go and retreat will be blocked for you, and when you encounter resistance, you will release arrows, and the guard knife invited by the merchant has not been raised to shoot like a hedgehog, Lao Tzu was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and almost fled back with his bare buttocks. ”

Xiao Buyi was stunned, and couldn't help but turn his head to look over, feeling that what he said was himself. Lao Zhang had palpitations when he talked about the original incident, but it was also a well-informed past, and he couldn't help but look around, showing off a little.

Seeing Xiao Buyi looking at him, Lao Zhang Huoran jumped up, looked at Xiao Buyi like a ghost and said, "You are the leader of that gang of robbers, I recognize you!" ”

Xiao Buyi buried himself in eating noodles, a little embarrassed, Lao Zhang was still a little timid, but he could see that Xiao Buyi ignored him, only thinking that he was a thief, but he had the confidence, jumped in front of Xiao Buyi, and shouted: "It's you, I know you!" ”

When Xiao Buyi saw him jump in front of him, suddenly a cold light appeared in his eyes, and Lao Zhang was frightened and retreated, shouting loudly: "Catch the robber, catch the robber!" ”

Before he finished shouting, he felt a gust of wind around him, a cold light flashed, and a sharp sword pierced Xiao Buyi's chest, and he couldn't help but be startled, how could the Secret Dao Mansion come so quickly and quickly this time, and kill if he said it?

Xiao Buyi seemed to go back to a year ago, just because a person suddenly appeared in the darkness and stabbed him with a sword, just like those killers at the beginning.

It's just that he is no longer the original Xiao Buyi! To him, this assassination is just like the bowl of pork knuckle noodles in front of him!

Xiao Buyi sat still, the chopsticks in his hand were just a clip, and he actually intercepted the bladeless part of the long sword. The assassin was startled, and he wanted to send the sword hard, but he didn't expect Xiao Buyi's wrist to turn sharply, and with a 'collapse' sound, the long sword was actually strangled by his pair of chopsticks!

The assassin's heart was cold, only to see a bowl of noodles had been smashed over his face, he couldn't dodge, he was hit by the noodle bowl, it was hot and painful, the white flowers in front of him were mixed with red, he couldn't help but just want to run for his life, suddenly his chest was cold, the assassin took two steps back, a blood fountain erupted from his chest, and he fell down to the sky.

Xiao Buyi blocked the enemy with his face, and it was only a moment of kung fu to kill the enemy with a broken sword, Lao Zhang couldn't help but pee his pants again, knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Spare your life, I don't recognize you!" ”

Xiao Buyi didn't get up or speak, Lao Zhang didn't dare to get up, just afraid that he would kill himself like a chicken. There was a lot of noise in the distance, and there were already countless soldiers coming, Lao Zhang saw the soldiers coming, Huo Ran jumped up, pointed at Xiao Buyi and said: "Catch the robber, he is the robber!" ”

A soldier raised his hand and slapped him, and said angrily: "Blind you dog's eyes, this is the right general of the imperial court, you dare to say that it is a robber?" After the soldiers finished beating Lao Zhang, they turned around and saluted, and said respectfully: "General Xiao, I am late for the rescue, please forgive me!" ”

Lao Zhang almost fainted, there was no urine to pee, 'Gu Dong' fell to his knees again, and cried: "Spare your life, general, I don't recognize you!" ”

(To be continued)