Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Declaration
After breakfast, Li Qing took a few guards Shi Shiran to the courtyard where Nafu was imprisoned, but Jie Wei did not come again, there were too many complicated affairs in the county, Li Qing asked him to deal with official business, and changed someone to accompany him, in fact, the main thing was to serve as a commentator for Li Qing. In Jiewei's opinion, the general is here to inspect, and he will definitely ask about some details of the implementation of the new policy at any time. If Jie Wei knew that Li Qing was just quarreling with Shang Haibo about picking up girls, and came out to dissipate his sullenness, he was afraid that he would be so angry that he would vomit a mouthful of blood.
Li Qing is very relieved about Chongxian, this is his old nest, and he has been working hard here for a year, and the successor selected by Xu Yunfeng when he leaves must be a reliable and reliable person, because he didn't think of what to ask at all, as for visiting Nafu, it was just because he came here, on a whim, for these two people, he doesn't have a practical plan yet. I can only hold him for the time being and see how Bayard reacts.
Today's weather is good, it has not yet reached the height of summer, the morning sun is still very mild, shining on people, warm, some luck has not been dried dew lying on the leaves rolling around, carelessly, falling down, in the air across a colorful light, it disappeared into the soil, without a trace.
Hou Wu opened the door of the courtyard, and Li Qing saw that Nafu, dressed as a local girl, was already waiting in the courtyard, while Noqia was full of reluctance, and his body twisted around, as if he was extremely unsuitable for these Hanfu that were quite complicated to wear, it was possible that he was forced by Nafua to wear it, Li Qing thought, otherwise, with this guy's surname, he was afraid that he would dare to wear a Bai general's uniform to go out with him.
"Let's go, two, come with me to see the scenery of Chongxian!" Li Qing signaled to bring the horse to the two, Nokia jumped on the horse, but ignored Nafu in this skirt, standing in front of the horse, I don't know what to do, this is also Nokia's own negligence, the grassland woman has always been on the back of the horse as if walking on the ground, not to mention that Nafu is far more skilled than ordinary grassland women. But how can Neve's current outfit get on the horse by herself.
Li Qing laughed, jumped off the horse, led his horse, walked to Nave, stretched out his hand and patted the back of the war horse, the horse has been following Li Qing for a long time, and it is a good horse with a psychic surname, quite understanding the master's mind, Li Qing patted it, then bent his front legs, and half-knelt in front of Nave, "Princess Nave, I was negligent, I should bring a carriage, but now it can only be like this, get on the horse!" Nafu sat sideways on the horse with a red face, glanced at Nokia fiercely, his eyes were full of disgust, Li Qing took the war horse, handed it to a guard on the side, and said, "You lead the horse for the princess!" It was only then that Nokia realized his mistake and glanced at Nave embarrassedly.
"General Li, if you take us out like this, aren't you afraid that we will take the opportunity to run away?" Nokia looked at Li Qing with only a few guards with him, and asked lightly.
Li Qing smiled and said, "If it's only General Nuo, I will definitely tie you up, and then get a large group of people to watch you, but now?" You can't run, and you can't run. ”
Nokia pursed his lips, knowing that the other party was telling the truth, even if he let himself go now, he would definitely not leave, Nafu was in the hands of the other party, and the guards who were captured with Nafu didn't know where they were locked up by Li Qing, and they didn't know if they were still alive, they were not like themselves and the princess were valuable people, maybe they were cut off by Li Qing and reported as a war merit. Thinking of this, he stared at Li Qing hatefully and again.
"I'm sorry, General Nuo, it's me who dragged you down!" Nave whispered, now she finally understood that if she hadn't happened to be in the upper forest that day, Nokia would definitely have been able to escape, but because of herself, the arrogant Nokia took the initiative to surrender and become a prisoner.
"The princess is serious, it is the last general who did not protect the princess well, so the princess suffered this humiliation." Nokia bowed right away.
"Okay, two, let's go, there are quite a lot of places we are going to today, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back if we don't hurry up!" Li Qing glanced at the two of them with a smile.
At this time, the field has been lively, countless people carrying hoes, leading livestock began to walk to their own fields, due to the lack of young and strong population in Chongxian County, many women dragged the small baby to the ground, put the child to the field, and then went to work on their own, gradually, the dolls who can climb and jump gathered together, crawling and rolling, from time to time there are bullied little dolls wow wow crying to find their mother, after being comforted and laughing, and can't bear the loneliness of a person, watching the little friends play lively, Then he slowly came up again. Some old people were tired after working for a while, so they sat on the ridge, smoked a bag of cigarettes, and showed full comfort between swallowing and spitting. After a short break, he went to work with the land again, under the new policy of Chongxian, except for a few of the output of these fields to be paid as taxes, the rest are their own, and the more they harvest in the autumn, the more they will get, so they have to carefully serve the land father-in-law. There are even some military dependents, this land is completely their own, and they do not need to pay a penny of taxes, so they are more motivated.
The sound of laughter, crying, the cries of the livestock, and some mothers-in-law with good voices sang the slang songs of Chongxian loudly, all the way, it was very lively.
The four have been full of green, the green seedlings have grown quite tall, green and fat, people can't help but look forward to the harvest of the autumn harvest when they see it, the desolation caused by the war is now gone, I have to say, human self-healing skills are still quite strong. If it weren't for the towering tombs on the slopes in the distance, and the red flowers and green paper inserted on the graves that could barely distinguish the colors, this place would almost be an analogy to a paradise.
After walking for a long time, some people recognized Li Qing and his party, and from time to time some people walked from the fields to the side of the road to salute Li Qing, and Li Qing also smiled and asked them one by one, asking them about their bodies, this year's life, the situation of the family, and whether the grain can support the autumn harvest? Complex and detailed, covering almost all the problems that a family might encounter, much to the astonishment of Nave and Nokia, both of whom were nobles of the steppe, and these little people were untouchables in their eyes, and it was a great gift to give them a smile, and there were so many parents who knew their shortcomings.
"General Li, it seems that you are really good at buying people's hearts, so shouting and asking for warmth, don't you let these untouchables give up on you?" Nokia sneered.
Li Qingzheng said: "General Nuo, why do you say that they are pariahs, in my opinion, they are no different from me, it can also be said that they are my food and clothing parents, think about it, without them, what do we eat, what we wear, what do we take to resist your invasion, it can be said that it is precisely because of their support that I have my current status and power." Like the ordinary herdsmen on your steppe, without those herdsmen, how do you live, do you graze? Do you know how to milk cows, do you know how to make butter tea, but you don't even know how to raise cows and sheep in the simplest way, right? ”
Nokia sneered, "I am a noble steppe eagle, and my mission is to mount a war horse and take up arms to fight. ”
Li Qing snorted: "Yes, pick up the weapon, come and rob, come and rob, come and kill these ordinary people, rob the food they have worked so hard to grow, the cloth they have worked so hard to weave, and then use these blood-stained spoils to support your luxurious life, right?" Li Qing raised his horsewhip and pointed at the people who were still working in the fields.
Nokia's face turned red and retorted: "General Li, you don't need to teach me a lesson, you went to the grassland in winter, how did you deal with the Angu tribe, not a single man, woman and child were left, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, if you really talked about the means, you are more cruel than us." ”
Li Qing laughed, "General Nuo, you also admit that this is cruel, but if I only do it once, you will be angry, because I killed your comrades, but you come to my Dingzhou every year to plunder, you say, are there more Dingzhou people who die in your hands, or more grassland people who die in my hands?" I killed the Angu tribe because I couldn't let you know that there was a secret path of Ji Mingze, I was too weak at that time to resist the counterattack of any of your tribes, I was forced to do it, but you came to raid every year, did it as a last resort? ”
Nokia couldn't help but say that he was not an unreasonable person, but for the hatred between the two races, how could he explain it clearly by arguing like this.
"Whenever you kill someone, the murderer will always find all kinds of reasons!" Nokia reluctantly.
Unexpectedly, Li Qing nodded in agreement, "You are right, for our two clans, unless one side falls, is unable to start another war and completely surrenders to the other party, the war will continue, and the vendetta will not stop." This is our fate! Li Qing took a deep look at the other party.
Nokia sneered, "Come on, Bayar Dadanyu will soon defeat and kill you!" ”
Li Qing looked up to the sky and laughed, "Really? Nokia, do you know how big Da Chu is? A single Dingzhou can make it difficult for you to advance an inch, there are dozens of states in Dachu, and you have fought one state after another, but you don't know how much blood can be shed on the grassland! ”
After a pause, he continued: "So, when you return to the grassland in the future, don't be surprised, General Nuo, when the time is right, I will let the people go back and tell Bayar, oh, Princess Nafu, I'm sorry, I should call him Da Shan Yu, tell him to wait, I, Li Qing, will hit the grassland until he is convinced." In my hands, I will put an end to the centuries-old vendetta between the steppe and the Central Plains, because they will be one because of me. ”
Hearing Li Qing's almost arrogant declaration, Nokia couldn't help but be dumbfounded, although Nafu was also shocked, but more of them were not convinced, a pair of wonderful eyes flashed, and his face was a little flushed, "General Li, it may also be my father who killed in the Central Plains and ruled the world, at that time, it can still end the vendetta between the grassland and the Central Plains and merge into one, but the winner will be Bayar, the eagle on the grassland, my proud father." ”
Li Qing raised his horsewhip, and in front of him was the scenery of Chongxian County, which was like a paradise, at this moment, he really had some momentum to rush into the mountains and rivers, "Okay, I'm waiting for him, but it's up to me and him, who will be the final winner." ”