Li Xu was very familiar with the road to Dongjun, and he and Zhang Xutuo had walked along the same route with soldiers and horses. But the moment he left Licheng, he really hesitated whether he should continue to go west.

Zhang Xutuo died not so much at the hands of the Wagang group as from despair for the imperial court. The old general decided that the situation was irreparable, so he did not allow his son to make any more senseless sacrifices. also supported Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, unwilling to let the two accompany him to the funeral of the Great Sui. But he didn't leave any last words to Li Xu, as if the other party had never had anything to do with him at all, ignoring this junior in the army who inherited most of his mantle. didn't expect that Li Xu would go all the way from Hebei to Henan for him.

"Maybe the old general thinks I don't need his guidance anymore!" Li Xu, who was straddling the war horse, shook his head and smiled bitterly, except for being confused, he had nothing else to gain from this trip to Qi County. Zhang Yuanbei had decided to escape into the empty door and find the origin of the reincarnation of chaos from Buddhist classics, Li Xu naturally could no longer force him, and he could not get any support from him. All Wang Shouren and the officials of Qi County could provide was a batch of grain and grass, but in fact, the grain and grass of the counties in Henan Province were within the jurisdiction of Li Xu, the ambassador of the arrest, and the local officials were only fulfilling their subordinate duties. And many of them were very reluctant to carry out the order, lest Li Xu would not be able to sit firmly in the position of the ambassador to arrest, which would bring some unpredictable disasters to themselves.

"Maybe the old general is afraid that it will affect your future!" Shi Lan approached Li Xu's side and persuaded in a very low voice. The soldiers had already known her identity from Zhou Daniu's mouth, so when she was talking to Li Xu, they tried to use their mounts to form a circle to separate the two from the surrounding brothers. In this way, Li Xu didn't have to worry about the whispers of the two being heard by irrelevant people, and the soldiers behind him would not be surprised why General Li was so close to a thin personal soldier?

"Maybe!" Li Xu let out a long sigh. With the temperament of the old general Zhang Xutuo, he will indeed not drag irrelevant people into trouble. Can you be considered an irrelevant person? If he didn't do anything like Zhang Yuanbei, how could he be worthy of the old general's cultivation grace back then? How to face the pair of crying red eyes of the old army department?

Shi Lan could feel the confusion in Li Xu's heart, and quietly stretched out his hand to hold Xuzi's rough big hand. However, the distance between the two horses was too great, and the fingers of the two were quickly torn apart after just touching each other. The gentleness of that moment seemed to make Li Xu's tightly knit brows slightly more expressed, Shi Lan couldn't see it clearly, she was willing to see what she saw was the truth.

"Asahiko needs comfort, needs support, but I can't give it, I'm really useless!" She thought to herself, the black in her eyes as thick as the midnight sky. "What would she do if she was here?" There is no answer in the sky, only the years that the two of them have walked together are as bright as stars.

After camping at night, Shi Lan finally mustered up a little courage, and took the opportunity to help Xuzi burn his feet and whispered: "I think of some things, I don't know if you want to listen to them." You know I'm not very good at talking, and sometimes I'm stupid......"

"Silly girl, what are you thinking about?" Li Xu didn't know why Shi Lan, who had always been bold, suddenly cowered, bent down, grabbed Shi Lan's hand from the wooden basin, and asked tightly. "I'm tired, I should have left you in Qi County. It's been a long journey, and you're pregnant again......."

"No, not tired!" Shi Lan's body trembled, and the feeling in his heart spread from his palm to Li Xu's chest. "I don't want to stay, I'm not the life of a lady, staying in Qi County will make me sick. I want to follow you and watch you gallop on horseback with our children! ”

"What's the matter, how can he be seen when he's so small!" Li Xu listened to what Erya said interestingly, temporarily put down his thoughts, and retorted with a smile.

"Do people say that mother and son are connected!" Shi Lan smiled and lowered her head, examining her slightly bulging lower abdomen. "He's already talking, I can feel his movements!"

"I'll hear it!" Li Xu, who didn't have any experience as a father, pulled his wife up in surprise and put his ear on the other party's lower abdomen. A soft and peaceful feeling instantly spread from the ears to the whole body. The little life that was being conceived had no movement other than a heartbeat. But a few slight heartbeats were enough, like the sun after a rainstorm to pierce the dark clouds, and people suddenly realized that the clear sky still existed behind the clouds.

"I think, since Zhang Xutuo is unwilling to let Yuan Bei avenge him, he must not want you to go. You, Shubao, and Shixin are like his own children in his heart. Shi Lan's face flashed with maternal brilliance, and at this moment, she had forgotten all her past grievances.

"You guessed right, I also think that the old general Zhang Xutuo probably had similar thoughts before he died!" Li Xu withdrew his head from his wife's abdomen, looked into his wife's eyes, and replied solemnly.

"The Wagang army killed Zhang Xutuo, and the sound shook Henan. Those who succeeded in exterminating it would inevitably replace General Zhang as the first general of the Great Sui. If it is a dazzling title, there must be many people staring at it, and no one wants to let others go! Shi Lan slowly put away her smile and added in a low voice.

"Alas-" Li Xu sighed faintly, "I also think so, otherwise Your Majesty's appointment to me would not have been delayed in Henan for so long." Those families in the court, fighting for these false names and powers, really don't care about life or death! ”

"Since they don't care about their own lives or deaths, why should Lang Jun go to this pool of muddy water." As if afraid of seeing Li Xu's anger, Shi Lan slowly lowered her eyelids and said in an extremely slight voice. After speaking, she quickly opened her eyelids again, revealing the infinite anticipation in her heart.

"I thought so too!" Before Shi Lan finished speaking, Li Xu stretched out his hand and wrapped his wife in his arms. The foot-washing water in the wooden basin had begun to cool, but he deliberately did not call for someone to come in and add hot water. just hugged his wife on his knees with all the tenderness of his whole body, and cared for him like a treasure in the world. I don't want to loosen my arms a little, and I don't want to look away a little.

"Then let's turn around and head east early tomorrow morning, and return to Boling by the same route!" Shi Lan heard that her husband agreed with her opinion, and immediately her voice trembled with excitement, and she added with a desire for the future: "Anyway, Lang Jun has already gained a firm foothold there, and no one can shake you anymore." She said excitedly, a soft light flashing in her eyes, "Let's not care about the court, we don't care about the bandits, we live our own lives, give birth to the child, and watch him grow up little by little." If you think that there are too few children, and you have one, I can ...... again in a year and a half."

Suddenly, she voluntarily closed her mouth. Because I saw that Li Xu's face was full of clouds again. The clouds were dark and cold, and the burning flames in her heart were extinguished little by little, and turned into embers little by little. "I still can't persuade him!" She heard her heart blame itself weakly, and at the same time, tears slowly welled up in her eyes.

"You're right!" Li Xu continued to sigh, stretched out his hand, and wiped the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes. The wet feeling was like a knife, and it went down the palm of his hand all the way into his heart, "But I must go to Dongjun, otherwise I will not only fail the teachings of the old general Zhang Xutuo, but also be unable to give an account to the brothers of Qi County." Besides, although those officials are making trouble behind their backs, Your Majesty has not failed me after all. If I don't go to Dongjun, I'm sorry for his years of acquaintance. I thought about those days you said, but now is not the time. Before guarding my family, I have to do something within my ability, and I can't watch the world go on like this! ”

The two of you, you look at me, I look at you, there is no common topic anymore. In the middle of the night, Shi Lan took the initiative to jump off Li Xu's knee and reached out to carry the wooden basin at her husband's feet. The bulky tub was clearly more than her arm's strength, but she didn't want to call for help, so she gritted her teeth and grabbed the edge of the tub to get up. As if he could save the whole world by picking up that basin of water, he refused to give up at all.

"Silly girl, what are you doing here?" Li Xu's heart softened, kicked his shoes, and held the edge of the wooden basin with both hands. He was also reluctant to call his soldiers to come in and see the embarrassment between the husband and wife, and tried to bring out the water and splash it himself. Once he exerted force, the wooden basin did not move at all, and after repression, the wooden basin still stopped in mid-air, and the third time, he saw Shi Lan staring at him, tears rolling down his eyes.

"Silly girl, what are you calling with a broken basin!" Li Xu was upset by Shi Lan's teary eyes, and unconsciously aggravated his tone a little and reprimanded.

The hand that was scrambling for the tub let go as he wished, but the choking sound rang out at the same time. "I know I didn't do it right, but I really don't want to see you hurt again. Before going out, my mother-in-law and Ying'er told me to take care of you, I was afraid, I was afraid that I would live up to their instructions! I'm useless, really useless! Shi Lan cried and complained, her body trembling like a lotus leaf in the wind.

"Alas!" Li Xu sighed and put the wooden basin on the ground again. Then he walked over and put his chest against his wife's forehead, "You took good care of me, and what you said just now makes sense." But there are some things that I have to face, and I can't escape! ”

"But the old general Zhang Xutuo has already died, and after you go, they will use the same means to harm you!" Shi Lan hugged Li Xu's stout body, her fingers clasped tightly, lest she lose everything if she relaxed a little. She did not dare to speak too clearly lest it bring bad luck to her husband. But the danger was obvious, and she couldn't turn a blind eye to it no matter what.

"I know, but I have more holy decrees and golden swords than General Zhang, and four thousand more elites in battle!" Li Xu gently stroked his wife's hair and comforted him in a low voice. The road ahead was confused, and he could see it better than anyone else. But a man has something to do in the world and something not to do, and no matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead, he must also face it on his back.

"Defeated Wagang, and Xu Yuanlang. defeated Xu Yuanlang, as well as Du Fuwei. You're just a person, not an immortal from the sky. They don't want to live anymore, why force you to save it! Shi Lan knew that she was going too far, but for the sake of her husband, she would rather be seen as a selfish and powerful woman.

"It's not one person, there are so many brothers under my command, and Shubao and Shixin are still over there, and the two of them will help me!" Li Xu smiled and comforted. Speaking of Qin and Luo, his voice gradually became brighter, and there was a little more hope in his tired eyes, "Four thousand Boling elites, more than 10,000 Qi County disciples, and Shubao and Shixin are two tiger generals, even if we can't defeat Wagang quickly, at least we can protect ourselves." You don't have to worry, we'll just take care of this last time. After leveling Wagang, I will take you, Shubao, Shixin and the brothers back to Boling, and everyone will guard the territory of the six counties and live a peaceful life with the people they care about the most! ”

"Is it really the last time?" Shi Lan's tone loosened when she heard her husband's words, and she suddenly raised her head and stared at her red teary eyes.

"Of course, I can't lie to you. Look at your eyes crying, how will you meet people tomorrow! Li Xu shook his head with a smile and promised. Among the world's gangsters, the strongest combat effectiveness is the Wagang Army. If the Wagang army can be successfully eliminated, the arrogance of other anti-thieves will be defeated. At that time, we don't care who is willing to fight for merit and who will fight. When I was a child, my biggest wish was to be a household slot, and now that the official is big enough, there is no need to fight anymore! ”

"I'm afraid that others won't follow you when the time comes!" Shi Lan knew that she couldn't make her husband make a bigger concession, so she put away her melancholy and said with a forced smile.

"Then I won't even be the ambassador of the Six Counties. Say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, and live with you and Ying'er! Li Xu broke free of Shi Lan's arm and wiped away the tears on the other party's face with a thick slap. Look at you, crying and laughing, and not afraid of being heard! ”

"If you hear it, you hear it, I'm your concubine, not a general!" Shi Lan took the opportunity to grab Li Xu's hand, put it on his face, and added dreamily, "If you can really return to your hometown after the war is over, none of us will have to worry about it anymore." When I was a child, my biggest wish was to marry the owner of the village as a mother-in-law, and help the man collect the rent every autumn, and reduce it by one liter and a half bucket at will, so that the villagers were so grateful that they couldn't wait to provide for me......."

"You're a landlord's wife now! Haven't you always handled our rent? Li Xu was amused by Shi Lan's biggest dream, and reached out to pinch your other party's nose and joked.

In fact, our dreams are very simple! He shook his head, and after shaking off his troubles, he felt a soft satisfaction in his heart.

At this moment, Xuzi, who was dreaming well, didn't see it at all, and behind Shi Lan's smile, there was a trace of sorrow that could never be resolved.

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