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"Well done!"

Zhang Zhongjian habitually rubbed Li Xian's hair, but found that before he knew it, this kid was almost as big as himself. Liaodong and his entourage, in the past half a year, Li Xian's complexion has darkened a little, and he looks a little more masculine.

"Isn't that good?"

Li Xian pursed his lips and protested against Zhang Jizhong's slightly stingy compliment: "Even if you are replaced, my dear grandfather, can you guarantee that you can do a better job than me?" ”

Zhang Zhongjian was dumbfounded, and then laughed and said, "Stinky boy, arrogant enough." ”

Li Xian also smiled and said, "Which of our Tiefutu people is not arrogant?" ”

"yes......"

Zhang Zhongjian sighed: "Back then, our brothers of Tiefutu came out of Daxing City and killed from Jiangnan to Saibei, when were they not arrogant? Luo Manzi has five thousand tigers in his palm, tens of thousands of soldiers, when can we afford him? Don't talk about Luo Manzi, Yang Su personally recruited Lao Tzu back then, and Lao Tzu never looked at him more. ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "Bragging-forcing must also be controlled......"

The two men smiled, then fell silent. Yes, the brothers of Tiefutu are all proud, although they are all horse thieves, but they are all vigorous men, they are all real gentlemen, and there is no one who is a coward. No matter who the enemy is, no matter how strong the enemy is, they have never flinched, Zhang Zhongjian once said that he would rather die standing than live on his knees, and none of the brothers has knelt in front of the enemy over the years. In retrospect, there are more than 60 brothers in Tiefutu, and there are few people still alive.

Not only the Iron Float, but also the Pride of the Blood Cavalry. Those iron-clad men, how did they retreat in the past few years in Saibei? There are many examples of barbarians in the steppe who are frightened when they see the blood horse, and they have never lost the prestige of the iron army of Honghua back then. But almost all of the blood riders were killed in battle, right on Yan Mountain, at the hands of Da Sui's own people.

Zhang Zhongjian and Li Xian laughed, but they were sad in their hearts.

The two men sat on a jutting boulder on the mountainside, with a cliff in front of them, and behind them, hundreds of grave bags lined up neatly. New soil was added to each grave, and a pot of wine and a bowl of meat were placed on the side of each grave. A pair of chopsticks.

The mountain wind blew through the cliffs, and faintly, it seemed that the sound of the original friends drinking and singing could be heard. Li Xian and Zhang Zhongjian listened attentively, trying to distinguish from the wind whose familiar voices were.

"Come on, stinky boy, drink more with Grandpa today."

Zhang Zhongjian smiled and quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Li Xian also smiled and rubbed his eyes, picked up the wine jug and touched it with Zhang Zhongjian and said, "The mountain wind is so strong that my eyes can't stand it." ”

"Yes, the mountain wind is really strong......"

Zhang Zhongjian tilted his neck and poured in a large mouthful of the burning knife from Kansai, and the hot liquor burned down his throat all the way into his chest, driving the chill brought by the cold north wind out of his body. I still have the laughter and laughter of the brothers in my mind, but I can no longer see the familiar faces of each of them.

Daxi Changru lay not far from Zhang Zhongjian and Li Xian, squinting at the afterglow of Luoyue. It was already winter and the wax moon, and the mountains and rocks were cold and hard, and the north wind was howling, but it seemed that he didn't care at all. The mountain wind ruffled his long hair, and the long scar on his face looked like it was studded with a layer of gold in the afterglow.

"Anzhi, what are you going to do in the future?"

He was also very sad in his heart, this sadness came from the wine, from the mountain wind, from the brief separation of the three of them by Li Xian, and from the more than 100 graves behind him. But he has experienced more than Zhang Zhongjian, not to mention Li Xian, who has just faced this society that is colder than the north wind. In the first battle of Honghua, he had more than 2,000 elite cavalry, almost all of whom were killed, but as a leading general, he failed to earn reasonable pensions for his brothers, and earned the rewards and merits they deserved, and the sadness in his heart at that time was 10,000 times stronger than now.

Therefore, he was the first to break the atmosphere.

Li Xian smiled, and also lay down on the hard and cold big stone, looking at the white clouds slowly floating in the sky, looking at the blue sky as if it had been washed.

"Let's talk about it after this winter."

He closed his eyes, and then said slowly: "He Ruozhongshan is dead. ”

This is the news he heard when he returned to Yanshan, and it is said that He Ruozhongshan died of his injuries shortly after being sent to Dou Jiande. But Li Xian knew that things were far from being so simple, He Ruo Chongshan was Sun Anzu's old subordinate, and he had a high status in Gaojibo. Dou Jiande gathered the remnants of Sun Anzu, if He Ruo Chongshan lived, he had to give He Ruo a seat, a seat that might threaten him in the future. So He Ruozhongshan died, and it was not worth dying.

If Li Xian had been a little more mature at the beginning, he would definitely not have agreed to send He Ruozhongshan to Dou Jiande. But at that time, he was still too naïve, and after experiencing this trip to Liaodong, he had become more and more mature.

"Besides, Yanshan is not a place to live for a long time. It is said that the foolish emperor is already planning to conquer Goguryeo for the second time, and next year it will not be the beginning of spring, and the armies from all walks of life will gather in Zhuojun. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I plan to take my brothers south to find a good place to stay. ”

Li Xian said softly.

Daxi Changru hummed and said: "Yanshan is indeed not suitable for the army to be stationed, although you brought back a lot of grain from Liaodong, if you do nothing, you can feed 30,000 people enough to eat for many years, but the grain will rot and the people's hearts will be scattered." Most of the soldiers are from the government, and if you don't give them hope, sooner or later they will leave you. ”

Zhang Zhongjian said: "What Lu Chen said is right, these guys who were born in the government soldiers can only let them all be abolished if they are idle for a long time, and now there are more than 20,000 veterans If they don't go out to break in, it will be a waste of them." ”

Li Xian nodded and said, "When I was in Liaodong, I discussed this matter with the Iron Fangwolf. Everyone's meaning is similar, Gao Shida is called the Duke of the East China Sea in Gaojibo, and Dou Jiande is willing to serve him as the big boss. Hebei Green Forest Road also respects Gao Shida as the leader of the alliance, and it is not easy to take it over. However, for the sake of He Ruozhongshan, the battle with Dou Jiande still has to be fought. ”

Zhang Zhongjian smiled and said: "Just let your soldiers loosen their muscles, don't overestimate Gao Jibo's group of grass robbers, there are a lot of them, but they can't be compared with your soldiers at all." What is Costa? When Lao Tzu was in power north of the Yellow River, he didn't know where he wore open crotch pants. ”

"Haha!"

Daxi Changru couldn't help laughing, glanced sideways at Zhang Zhongjian and said, "I don't know if you taught An Zhi to be shameless, or if you were influenced by An Zhi." ”

Li Xian pouted: "Obviously not the latter." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a crisp call from afar: "Grandpa, Uncle Daxi, Brother An!" ”

Li Xian and the three of them didn't need to look back to know that it was Xiao Di who came.

Ou Siqingqing likes to wear white clothes, especially in winter, she always likes to wear that white mink dress, and a pure white fox tail around her neck, which sets off her face very beautifully. She walked over with a small basket in one hand and Zhang Xiaodi, who was wearing a thick cotton cloth porcelain doll in the other. Seeing that it was close, Zhang Xiaodi let go of Ou Siqingqing's hand and trotted over.

Zhang Zhongjian hugged Xiao Di, glared at him and said, "Be careful!" Grandpa can't save you if you fall! ”

Xiao Di, who is already eleven years old, is even more watery, with big eyes, a small nose, and his face on both sides is red because of the cold wind in the north, and it looks like a red apple that people can't help but want to take a bite of when they see it. Her clothes are thick, so she looks even more petite and cute.

She sat down next to Zhang Zhongjian, pouted and said, "Grandpa can't save me, can't Uncle Daxi save me?" Brother Ann can't save me? ”

Zhang Zhongjian scratched her small nose and said dotingly: "I know that your brother An is not ashamed." ”

Xiao Di looked up at his little face and replied very seriously: "I want to marry Brother Anzhi!" ”

Zhang Zhongjian and Daxi Changru laughed, but Li Xian, who had not blushed since he was three years old, blushed rarely. He smiled wryly, but didn't know what to say.

"Brother An, look"

Zhang Xiaodi handed the thing in his hand to Li Xian, it turned out to be a mountain chrysanthemum that had passed the flowering period and could unfold its body. Now that it has entered the wax moon, it is difficult to see the small golden mountain chrysanthemums in full bloom anymore. I don't know where Xiao Di found this flower, and it is still blooming quite gorgeously.

A mountain chrysanthemum, Li Xian's heart suddenly tightened.

Because he suddenly remembered the girl named Gesang Meduo, she was still there when he left Yanshan, and she was already gone when he returned to Yanshan.

It's just that this thought is fleeting, and even Li Xian himself doesn't care.

"Grandpa, Master."

Ou Siqingqing first called Zhang Zhongjian and Daxi Changru, then squatted down beside Li Xian, and said with a smile: "An Zhi, I knew that you and Grandpa Master must have come here to drink again." ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "There are iron wolves in the training, they are really boring, so come here to sit." ”

"What's in the basket?"

Li Xian smiled.

"Did you know that our wine worm came out and deliberately brought the wine and food up?"

Ou Siqingqing said seriously: "In such a cold weather, even if you bring wine and food, you can't eat it." This was sent up the mountain by someone just now, and the man gave something and left, only saying that it was a gift from the deceased, I didn't see it, and I don't know what it is. The man came in a hurry and left in a hurry, without saying a word. ”

"Oh?"

Li Xian suddenly became interested, he took the basket, then lifted the cloth on it and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed.

In the basket, there are dozens of broken roses and a letter.

Unfolded the letter and chatted a few words, but it made Li Xian feel uneasy.

"Wen Jun returned triumphantly from Liaodong, and the concubine was overjoyed. I remembered that when Jun had stopped outside the grass house, regretted not being able to see the roses blooming, he deliberately cut more than a dozen trustees to send them, this flower is tenacious and does not pick up water and soil, you can plant it in front of the house, and there will be flowers blooming in the coming year, and you can pick it. Ye Huai sleeve. ”

This flower does not pick up water and soil, and you can plant it in front of the house. When the flowers bloom in the coming year, you can pick them.

Li Xian took a deep breath, and his expression gradually returned to calm.