In the darkness of the night, a group of golden soldiers followed the hoof prints in the grass and found a corpse. After repeated confirmations, Shideba Yilegan rushed to the official road to report to the anxious Jiala Ezhen Ahsan and Elu Darhan: "E, Ezhen, it is Zu Dashou who has died."

"What?"

As soon as he heard that it was really Zu Dashou, Darhan's horsewhip suddenly fell to the ground in shock, and he looked at Ilgen in a daze, his lips closed and parted, and he didn't know what to say.

Zu Dashou's death shocked Ah Shan, and he glanced at Darhan and said in disbelief: "Zu Dashou is the vanguard commander of the Ming Kingdom, who can kill him except us?" Who the hell did this?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Darhan said in an angry muffled voice, "As soon as Zu Dashou dies, this Jinzhou City will not be able to be defrauded." Let's go and return to the Khan King quickly."

"Well, this matter must be told to the Khan King quickly."

The matter was important, Ah Shan did not dare to delay, and he was busy turning his horse's head and going to the camp.

Ilgen asked more: "What about the corpse of Zu Dashou?"

"What else can a dead man do, don't care, let's go." Ah Shan ignored what to do with Zu Dashou's corpse, raised his whip and ran away.

Darhan was stunned, thinking that since the person was dead, it was worthless, and it was not interesting to bring this corpse back or not, so it was better to feed those wild dogs. He waved his hand at Illegan and motioned for him to follow, and rode back.

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It was already very late at night, and the people in the city had already gone to bed, but in the Buddhist hall behind the ancestral house, there was a middle-aged beautiful woman who was reciting the Lotus Sutra sincerely in front of the Buddha's incense.

On the table under the Buddha statue, the incense has been half burned, and the cigarette smoke slowly drifts in the Buddha hall, smelling a faint fragrance.

Outside the house, the husband had already knocked on the three watches, but this beautiful woman never stopped thinking, and was quietly reciting Buddhist scriptures from beginning to end, not for the wind and grass, and only begging the Buddha for blessings for her husband and three sons.

This middle-aged beautiful woman is the wife of Zu Dashou, the Li family, and her maiden family is the Li family, a scholarly disciple of Liaoxi, since the age of 14, her father was the master of the marriage to Zu Dashou, who was a guerrilla at the time, and it has been 25 years since then. In the past 25 years, the Li family has adhered to women's morals, honored the ancestors and mothers, and gave birth to three sons for the longevity, the eldest son Zerun has twenty five, the second son Ze Chuan eighteen, and the youngest son Zehong sixteen.

The three sons do not look like Dashou, but resemble the Li family, so Dashou often sighs that marrying a wife is too beautiful, and as a result, the son is not like his father. Fortunately, the three sons have a personality like a great longevity, and they are all good at wielding knives and guns, so that the ancestral family will not be cut off.

Although he gave birth to three sons, Li's figure is not out of shape, as when he was young, and he has always been heavily maintained, although he is nearly forty, he looks like he is in his early thirties, and his charm still exists. Dashou also loves its beauty, every time he comes home from Jinzhou, in addition to kowtowing to his mother, he likes to stay in the house with Li, lingering, thinking of doing his best, so that his wife can give birth to a half daughter for the ancestral family, but Xu is Dashou is old, and perennial war, the body has been affected, although after many times of hard work and sowing, Li has no birth.

Fortunately, I didn't regenerate, no matter how well I maintained, I was also a woman of nearly forty years old, and I gave birth to a child at an older age, I am afraid that no matter how much I maintain this appearance, I can't keep it, and this figure will be out of shape.

Since June Dashou was ordered by the governor Sun Chengzong to go to the Daling River to build a city, Li has hidden worries, although it is a woman, but Li's insight into the situation is above Dashou, when Dashou went, Li had advised him, "Now the east is strong, not ten years ago, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed, now the initiative is in his east, I Ming passive defense." Although the overseer intends to expand the land, the eastern captives may not be able to complete the overseer. You don't hear that the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly, thinking that in the opinion of his wife, the RI of the Daling River to build the city is the RI of the Dongyu teacher. This Daling River is twenty or thirty miles away from Jinzhou, and if one of the eastern captives besieges the city and the other sends reinforcements, the husband will be in danger. It is better to build the Xiaoling River and slowly draw it. is in danger, Jinzhou and Xiaoling River are only more than ten miles, and they will never fall into a desperate situation, and they can also advance and retreat. ”

Although Da Shou knew that what his wife said was good, he had no choice but to build Da Linghe City because of Inspector Sun's intentions, and it was not easy to change. Therefore, he persuaded the Li family to carry more than 10,000 people this time, and the city was built on a hot day, and the Dongyu was not tolerant of heat, so he would not necessarily come to stop it. As long as you urge the people, hurry up and build the city, and when the weather gets cooler, it will be too late for the eastern captives to come again.

After listening to it, the Li family didn't know how to change the location of the city, so they had to repeatedly tell Da Shou to be careful, and he wanted Da Shou to only take his eldest son, leaving Ze Chuan and Ze Hong in Ningyuan to accompany him, but Ze Chuan and Ze Hong did not follow, and they wanted to go to Daling River with their father. Da Shou also intended to have his son in the army, and intended to have his second son in the army with him.

Li had no choice but to persuade his father and son, so he could only tell Dashou to be more careful, write more to his family, and report his safety.

The situation was as expected by the Li family, and after more than half a month of building the city in Dashou, the Dongyu came with troops from all over the country despite the heat, trapping Dashou and more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians in the city in one fell swoop.

After the news came, the Li family was so anxious that she never burned incense and kowtowed, so she was so anxious that she also went to the Great Compassion Pavilion on Juehua Island to pay homage to incense and make a wish. This Buddha hall was also set up in the back hall, where every morning and evening must be recited and prayed for the husband and son.

Usually less than a watch day, Li also went to rest, today I don't know why, her left eye is always beating hard, the old man said, the male left and the female right is jumping joy, if this is the opposite, it is a disaster.

Although Li has been familiar with the scriptures and history since childhood, knows books and reason, and does not believe in the theory of gods, ghosts and monsters, it is her husband and her own flesh and blood who are trapped in the city after all, so how can she put her mind at ease. The harder she jumped, the more nervous she became. Before he even ate dinner, he came to this Buddhist hall alone and began to chant the sutras, which lasted for several hours. The maid who was waiting outside the house changed twice, but she didn't move.

Surrounded by cigarette fans, you can even see tears on her face, pear blossoms with rain, so it is not sad and moving.

Bodhisattva, please bless my husband and Run'er, Chuan'er, and Hong'er to turn evil into good fortune and return early, at that time, the believer will definitely go to the Great Compassion Pavilion to gild the Bodhisattva's true body with a golden statue, and open a good shed in the city for a month......

silently made a wish, but there was a green voice in his ears, "Madam, the second master is here." ”

"The second master is here?..."

Li's body trembled, and his face turned pale: Dale came here late at night, it must be because of the news from the husband, but if you come to see you late at night, will it be?...

Li didn't dare to think about it, so he reluctantly stirred up, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve, and hurried to the living room with the help of the green.

The second master in Lucui's mouth refers to Zu Dale, the cousin of Dashou who served as a deputy general in Jinzhou, and after getting the exact news of the annihilation of the army in the afternoon, he immediately rushed to Ningyuan, and wanted to tell his sister-in-law the news, so that he could ask his sister-in-law to come forward quickly to gather people from all sides, and immediately enter Beijing to deal with the court, saying that the emperor would send reinforcements over, otherwise, the eldest brother would definitely be finished.

After Yahuan went to report, another subordinate brought tea and snacks, Dale worked hard all the way, and he didn't care about the rudeness, and devoured it there.

As soon as he saw Da Le, Li Shi hurriedly took two steps forward and asked urgently: "Second uncle came here late at night, isn't it that the husband has news?"

"Uhh

Seeing him like this, the Li family became more and more anxious, and said with a disgraced face: "Second uncle, could it be that your eldest brother and nephew have been..."

Zu Dale hurriedly swallowed the snack into his stomach, then waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be careful, things are not so bad."

Li was stunned: "Then why are you here?" looked at Dale suspiciously.

"The younger brother came to tell my sister-in-law that Lord Zhang Chun led the army to help, but..." Speaking of this, Zu Dale sighed a little sadly, "The whole army has been wiped out." ”

"Annihilation?" Li Shi was startled, and his heart suddenly hung up: "Then your eldest brother and them?"

Zu Dale shook his head and said, "The situation is unknown, after a few days, send someone to investigate."

Li gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, but his eyes were already red.

Da was happy to see it, and hurriedly persuaded: "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much, forgive the younger brother for what he said, even if the eldest brother really can't hold it, it may not be as sister-in-law thinks."

"What do you mean by this, Second Uncle?" Li was a little puzzled.

Zu Dale glanced at Lucui, and the Li family understood, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal Lucui to go down. After the green green went down, Da Le whispered: "If the eldest brother really can't hold on, the younger brother thinks that the eldest brother may reduce the gold."

"Downgrading?"

Hearing this, Li Shi was excited for a while, and said angrily: "Second uncle, don't let others listen to this, what a heroic figure your eldest brother is, how can he descend to Dongyu If he really descends to Dongyu, I will be killed headlong, and I will save people from pointing fingers behind my back."

Seeing that the Li family was angry, Zu Dale hurriedly persuaded: "Sister-in-law is angry, now there are hundreds of generals who have lowered the gold, and they have all been courteous. If the eldest brother really can't hold on, it may not be a clear way to descend him. ”

Hearing Zu Dale's words, Li looked at Dale in surprise, and immediately his face sank, and he said angrily: "Second uncle, I heard that loyal ministers don't care about the second master, and the martyr doesn't marry the second husband." In the world of life, integrity is the most important. Imagine if I give up your eldest brother and remarry, what will you think of my sister-in-law?"

Zu Dale sighed and said, "As a minister, who is willing to easily turn his back on the Lord and seek glory?" Many people are forced to do nothing. The saint is humane, the king treats the ministers with courtesy, and the ministers are loyal; The king treats his ministers like mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. Yuan Dutang was loyal, but he was chopped alive, every time he thought of this, the soldiers of my Liao army were heartbroken, resentful, and resentful, it was really impossible to keep that step, that is, the eldest brother was unwilling to take this road, and he couldn't keep the people below to take this step. Sister-in-law is to see the point, don't be too angry, after all, I don't know the news at the moment, the younger brother came to find my sister-in-law late at night, in order to invite my sister-in-law's kidney face, take care of the court, and send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

Li Shi was unusual, and angrily reprimanded Dale: "I heard that the king is the sky, the minister is the earth, and the king's fault is like the eclipse of the moon, how can the minister defect to the enemy because of the people's temporary mistakes, please send someone to inquire about the situation, if your eldest brother really takes this step, I will only die."

Zu Dale complained bitterly, although he knew that Lu Dao's sister-in-law was fierce, but he didn't want her to be so loyal, and he only guessed that the eldest brother might take that step, so he gave her a little wind in advance, so that she could be prepared in her heart, so as not to think about it when she got it. I didn't know that she couldn't pour oil, but reprimanded herself like this. Standing there, green and red for a while, very embarrassed.

Seeing Dale like this, Li's heart softened, sighed slightly, and said: "Second uncle, you can rest in the mansion for one night, tomorrow morning, I will go to Jinzhou with you, no matter what, you must know the situation of your eldest brother and nephews, and my heart can settle down No matter what the matter is, I can't stay in Ningyuan City for a moment, even if I look at your eldest brother on the city wall."

"This" Dale was stunned for a moment, thinking that it was inappropriate, my sister-in-law is a woman's family, no matter how Zhuge Kongming is, she is a woman after all, if she really wants to go to Jinzhou, in case she knows that the eldest brother of Lu Dao lowers the gold or comes with bad news, she will not die head-on, at that time, how can she explain to her aunt?

"There is nothing wrong with this, I have made up my mind, I will go to Jinzhou tomorrow, I will arrange some things, I also have to visit Lord Futai, and ask him to write to the court to send reinforcements again. It's not early, and the second uncle has worked hard all the way, so let's go and rest. ”

Once the Li family made up his mind, he couldn't persuade Da Shou, not to mention Da Le, but in desperation, Zu Da Le had to agree. Li said a few more words to him about his aunt, and then called Lu Cui, freshened up and went to sleep. ()