More than a dozen people led by Gao Huaiyuan swaggered on the official road leading to Daye County, and everyone was very happy to talk and laugh, and last night's incident caused an uproar in Ezhou.

The prefect's prison was robbed of a prisoner overnight, and it was not discovered until dawn, and the city immediately became tense, and a large number of soldiers and servants were sent to the streets, first blocking the four gates, and then began to search from house to house.

Of course, the inn was the object of their search, but Gao Huaiyuan did not show any flaws at all, and after taking out the road to prove his identity, he would go out and leave Ezhou City with a swagger, as for how the government was busy, they couldn't care.

It just so happens that this matter can also knock on the government that is not very vigilant, the province in such a wartime, but also busy making money, but also let them know that although Ezhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is not nothing, when they go out of Ezhou City, see that the officers and soldiers are very strict with the past pedestrian checks, from time to time some people will be arrested, it seems that this time they inadvertently, but also hit the Jin people's fine work, but also to the government a small favor!

After everyone left Ezhou City, they couldn't help laughing, because last night's action was really exciting and smooth, and they were able to save people under the noses of the government, which showed that they cooperated quite tacitly, and everyone expressed their admiration for Gao Huaiyuan's careful plan.

However, Gao Huaiyuan is not very complacent, like this kind of thing, he thinks it is better to do less, originally this time he could have rescued Zhao Tong without this way, spending some money may not be able to do this thing, but he is now like an arrow, and he is worried about whether the rest of the craftsmen brought back by Jia Qi a few days ago will arrive safely in Crouching Tiger Village, so he is really too lazy to delay in Ezhou City, so he took a risk and made such a play, I really don't know how many people will be unlucky this time!

Anyway, this rescue operation went quite well, and it just tested the cooperation of his gang, and also proved that the strength of his gang should not be underestimated, and Gao Huaiyuan was still very satisfied with this.

Ezhou to Daye County is only a day's journey, with their foot strength, less than the afternoon, they entered the territory of Daye County, after arriving here, Gao Huaiyuan was completely relieved, after thinking for a while, let everyone rush back to Crouching Tiger Village, and himself, he had to go to the county seat first, and the errand and the county government to hand over it, otherwise, he would have to go to the county seat again.

Before dark, Gao Huaiyuan finally stepped into Daye County, and soon came to the county yamen.

"Oops! Isn't this Young Master Gao? Why are you back at this time? Come on in! A gatekeeper recognized Gao Huaiyuan standing in front of the county yamen at a glance, exclaimed in surprise, and then trotted out all the way out, and let Gao Huaiyuan enter the county yamen with a smile on his face.

"The two of you gave Liu Zhixian a message, and said that Gao had left the army now, and he had come to hand over the errand!" Gao Huaiyuan looked at the two errand officers who were busy pouring tea for him, and said to them with a smile.

"Young Master Gao, wait a moment! The little one is going to give a lecture to Young Master Gao! An errand officer agreed, and trotted all the way into the county office.

Gao Huaiyuan had just chatted with the rest of the errand officer, and the messenger who had reported it ran back and said with a smile: "Young Master Gao's face is not small, and the county magistrate has already personally come out to greet Young Master Gao!" ”

After a while, Liu Zhixian's figure appeared in the gate, only to see him carrying the hem of his official uniform, walking in a hurry, and after seeing Gao Huaiyuan's figure from a distance, he immediately smiled: "Oops! Young Master Gao is really back! The official misses it very much, so come in and talk with me! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan smiled and stepped forward to give Liu Zhixian a salute, he was grabbed by Liu Zhixian and walked towards the county office, looking at Liu Zhixian's attitude, he seemed to be very happy that Gao Huaiyuan came back this time, but he didn't know why he was so affectionate.

After the two sat down in Liu Zhixian's living room, Liu Zhixian ordered someone to set up a banquet immediately, and the two exchanged pleasantries during the waiting period, and then the topic was removed to the main topic.

Gao Huaiyuan simply reported to Liu Zhixian when he fought with the army this year, only to hear Liu Zhixian's heart beating, although Gao Huaiyuan said it simply, but Liu Zhixian could also hear the danger at that time, and couldn't help but admire Gao Huaiyuan even more, feeling that he really didn't see the wrong person, Gao Huaiyuan is indeed a person with real skills.

"This is the list of the fallen townsmen in this expedition, they are incompetent, they can't bring them all back, there are less than two hundred people left in the five hundred townsmen now, as for the aftermath, I hope that the county magistrates will deal with it properly, these township warriors have not lost our Daye County people, they are all dying in battle, and I hope that the magistrates can give generous sympathy to their families, so that they can rest in peace in the heavens! As for the remaining township warriors, because they were not allowed to come back, they were temporarily led by Guo Liang to rest in the Xiangyang camp, and this time they were demoted back, and then I am afraid that Liu Zhixian will organize the township warriors to replace Guo Liang and them! After Gao Huaiyuan finished talking about his experience during this time, he presented the roster to Liu Zhixian.

Five hundred Xiangyong, after going out for a year, there were only about a hundred people left, and after Liu Zhixian took over the roster, he was also embarrassed, but judging from the few battles Gao Huaiyuan said, even so, Gao Huaiyuan had already done his best, so he had no reason to complain about Gao Huaiyuan at all.

"In this matter, Young Master Gao can rest assured that these villagers sacrificed their lives for the country, and the old man should take care of their families! As for the matter of Young Master Gao, the old man already knows, you don't have to take it to heart, it's good to come back, in the eyes of this official, Lord Zhao is deliberately defending you, not necessarily a bad thing!

And Young Master Gao probably doesn't know, during the time you left Daye County, the old man's life was not easy! Your father, Master Gao, thought that the old man did it deliberately because of the fact that you went out with the army, but he put pressure on the old man, and after he came back, I hope that Master Gao can give the old man a few kind words in front of your father! Liu Zhixian mentioned this matter while putting away the road and the roster.

Gao Huaiyuan chuckled in his heart, he was happy to come back, he forgot about the stubble of his father, thinking about Zhao Fang's attitude at that time, he accepted his resignation without hesitation, and his father was probably also behind the scenes! But if this matter is blamed on Liu Zhixian's head, it is really a bit wronged by him.

"Oh! Lord Liu was relieved, and immediately after returning home, he wrote a letter to his father, explaining that this matter was definitely not deliberately done by Lord Liu! In this matter, Lord Liu can rest assured! Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly spoke out to comfort Liu Zhixian, and he also thought that with Gao Jian's identity, if he was annoyed with Liu Zhixian, it was estimated that Liu Zhixian's life might not be easy! The affairs of officialdom are crushed to death by the officials at the first level!

Liu Zhixian thanked him again and again, and at this time, the servants came over and said that the banquet had been set up and invited them to the table.

In order to welcome Gao Huaiyuan's return to his hometown, Liu Zhixian called the county's lord Bo and others to come over and accompany Gao Huaiyuan to drink together, which was considered to give Gao Huaiyuan a lot of face, but after everyone sat down, Gao Huaiyuan didn't see Wang County's lieutenant, so he made an inquiry, but Liu Zhixian immediately looked embarrassed, coughed a few times and said: "This...... Lieutenant Wang received an order two days ago, ordering him to go to the front of the army to take your place, and he has already taken some of the township warriors to the Xiangyang camp! Let's put this matter aside for the time being, drink ......"

It took a long time for Gao Huaiyuan to understand that his father's energy is really not small, and he actually dredged up the relationship from Xiangyang and transferred himself back to Daye County, and at the same time made a stumbling block for Wang County Lieutenant and got him to Xiangyang, it seems that his father is determined to be unable to get along with Wang County Lieutenant! No wonder Liu Zhixian is so polite to himself, it seems that these days, Dad has not caused chaos to Liu Zhixian!

After figuring out the way of this, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but cry and laugh a little, but he was still a little happy in his heart, pitiful to the hearts of parents all over the world, at least Gao Jian at this time, he really regarded his son as flesh and blood, and did so many things behind his back, which made Gao Huaiyuan a little moved.

For Gao Huaiyuan's former army was named Bao Yilang, obviously everyone already knows, although it is just a name without a job, but it is also a person of the same level as the lord Bo and others, and everyone does not dare to underestimate him, knowing that people who can enter the army with merit in front of the army, if there is no great merit, I am afraid it will be difficult, so they toasted Gao Huaiyuan and inquired about the things before the army.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't hide it from them, he said his views on the battle of Song and Jin and the battle situation of the two armies in the Zaoyang area, after listening to Gao Huaiyuan's analysis, these officials breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally they were not too worried that the Jin army would cross the river and go south! So everyone was relieved and began to talk and laugh.

Because Liu Zhixian set up a banquet to entertain, Gao Huaiyuan had to stay in the county seat for one night, the next morning, he said goodbye to Liu Zhixian, returned to the old house of the Gao family, and a few miles away from Gaojiazhuang, he saw a group of people standing at the intersection looking in the direction of the county, when he appeared, the group of people ran towards him.

Gao Huaiyuan also immediately saw that in the center was a girl dressed in red, who was running towards him quickly with the corner of her skirt, Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect that Liu Er actually came to the old mansion from Crouching Tiger Village in advance, and walked so far to welcome his return, so there was a stirring in his heart, and he immediately rushed towards them.

Looking at Liu Er's pretty face like pear blossoms with rain, Gao Huaiyuan's heart jumped suddenly, if it wasn't for so many people, he really wanted to reach out and stop Liu Er into his arms and comfort her well, but there were a little more people who came to greet him today, so that he could only step forward, gently hold Liu Er's slightly trembling little hand, and then shake it a little harder, and nodded to Liu Er.

Liu Er was a little speechless with excitement at this time, Sakura's lips trembled slightly, and large tears of joy flowed down her white face wantonly, the man in front of her appeared in her dreams countless times in the past year, and she also woke up countless times in the dream with his name exclaimed, and then hugged the pillow and couldn't sleep all night, feeling as if she had a stomach to say to him.

But when she really saw him today, Liu Er found that she couldn't say a word, just choked up and looked at his slightly emaciated cheeks, as well as his much rougher and darker skin, just standing in front of Gao Huaiyuan like this, letting him hold his soft and feel the warmth from his fingertips.

"Xue Yan has seen the young master!" When Gao Huaiyuan and Liu Er looked at each other, conveying their greetings to each other with their eyes, Xue Yan bowed behind Liu Er a little inopportunely and asked Gao Huaiyuan to be safe.

Liu Er finally realized her gaffe, as if she had been awakened from a dream again, and suddenly realized that Gao Huaiyuan was still her master no matter what, and there was still a gap between the two people.

But Liu Er failed to do so, because Gao Huaiyuan still held one of her hands tightly and did not let go, and led Liu Er to his side, standing next to him, and did not want to let go of Liu Er's little hand for a moment, now he felt that he was already an adult, for Liu Er, he didn't want to hide his thoughts about her at all, so he didn't care much about what others thought, just held Liu Er's little hand so tightly, smiled and nodded to Xue Yan to indicate that he had noticed him.

"Little Li Tong see the young master! Congratulations to the young master on returning home safely! Li Tong also came to Gao Huaiyuan with red circles under his eyes at this time, bowed down and said to Gao Huaiyuan.

Next, many people gathered around, and they all saluted Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Huaiyuan looked around, and was pleased to see that this time he went on the expedition, and the important personnel who stayed in Daye were basically all there, not to mention Zhou Hao, Xue Yan, Li Tong, these old subordinates, Jiang Peng, Zhou Yi, Huang Zhen, Zhou Laowu and others did not pull any of them, all of them arrived.

After a year's goodbye, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel very happy, and greeted everyone one after another, blocking the intersection, including the teenagers who came back with him, and some of them began to have tears in their eyes.

After a long period of greetings, everyone calmed down a little, and Huang Zhen was still a little old-fashioned, bowed down and said to Gao Huaiyuan and the others: "Young master, let's go back to the old mansion first and let me report to the young master later!" Standing on the road like this is not always the way to go! ”

Only then did everyone realize that they were only happy, and everyone had been on the road, so they hurriedly hugged Gao Huaiyuan and walked towards the old house!

When Gao Huaiyuan returned to the old mansion, he once again accepted everyone's congratulations, but considering that there were many people here, Gao Huaiyuan simply asked Xue Yan about the situation in the old mansion, and basically did not mention anything about the situation in Crouching Tiger Village, and everyone understood the rules in it, so they naturally said some irrelevant things.

Since Gao Huaiyuan left Daye to fight with the army, the old house has always been Xue Yan's house, the courtyard is clean, everything seems to be in order, because Gao Huaiyuan has won the hearts of the tenants, so there is basically no such thing as surrendering the rent of the hundreds of acres of old land here, and the tenants are very fine, so the grain production has gradually increased, and the lives of the tenants have also improved, and no one has ever owed anything to the tenants, so Gao Huaiyuan does not have to worry about this matter at all.

Xue Yan also reported Gao Huaiyuan in detail about the incident that Gao Jian sent from Shaoxing a few years ago, Gao Huaiyuan has nothing to worry about in this matter, Daddy Gao Jian is worried that he will have an accident in front of the army, and now he has returned, even if he meets Gao Jian's requirements, go back and write a letter back to ask for peace!

It's just that Xue Yan told Gao Huaiyuan that since he led the team to go on the expedition, the families of those villagers in the Gaojiazhuang area would come to the old house from time to time to inquire about the situation before the army, and this time Gao Huaiyuan had to give them a little explanation when he came back.

Gao Huaiyuan, who was still very happy, immediately depressed after hearing this, this time when he set off from Gaojiazhuang, in addition to bringing fifty people from Crouching Tiger Village, he also brought fifty villagers in the Gaojiazhuang area, but now he came back alone, and only a dozen of the fifty villagers were still alive, but they all stayed in the Xiangyang camp, and the remaining thirty or so people were now lost in the Zaoyang area, turning into a pile of dry bones.

Although Gao Huaiyuan's return to his hometown this time was relatively sudden, he did not forget this matter before leaving, and specially brought these relics of the fallen villagers back together, and they happened to be returned to their families.

After seeing Gao Huaiyuan's face gradually sink, everyone who was still talking and laughing also put away their smiling faces, if they hadn't experienced the cruelty of war before, then this time everyone has already deeply understood, Crouching Tiger Village this year, with Gao Huaiyuan went out nearly sixty people, but now there are less than thirty people left alive, most of them have also died on the battlefield, when they think of these teenagers who used to get along with each other in the morning and twilight, in a year, the world is separated, and everyone feels a little gloomy in their hearts.

"Zhou Hao will arrange to send back the relics of the fallen soldiers that we brought back this time to their families, and the rewards they received before the general are also ready and handed over to their families together!" Gao Huaiyuan ordered Zhou Hao to arrive.

Zhou Hao immediately got up and nodded in agreement, and then took the two teenagers down to sort out the accompanying packages.

"Zhou Yi, do we have enough money now?" Gao Huaiyuan then asked Zhou Yi.

"Young master, don't worry, now our Crouching Tiger Village is very rich on the books, if the young master has something, just give orders!" Zhou Yi immediately came out to answer, but he said it very carefully, and he could increase the three words of Crouching Tiger Village, indicating that the accounts of Crouching Tiger Village and the old mansion were recorded separately, and he only said that the accounts were generous, but he did not tell Gao Huaiyuan in front of everyone how much money he could call.