Qiu Yizhi heard Liu Qing's statement like this, so he was a little satisfied, straightened his waist and said, "This is quite reasonable. Let's go out of the city first and see how it goes. Is General Liu willing to appreciate his face? As he spoke, he didn't wait for Liu Qing to agree, and walked to the city by himself.

Of course, Liu Qing didn't dare to refuse, and followed him down the city.

As soon as they got off the city wall, they saw He Jiugong leading a large group of merchants to greet them.

Qiu Yizhi won the first battle, and when he was happy, he didn't think about the fact that these merchants refused to enter the city at that time, so he greeted him from afar: "Jiugong, why did you come here?" ”

He Jiugong said with a spring breeze on his face: "I heard that the widows outside the city were all killed and retreated by the son, no, the villain led the Jinling business community to come to the labor army, and first put together five thousand taels of silver to give to the son." As for whether Childe is used to reward merits or compensate for the dead and wounded, it is all up to Childe. With that, He Jiugong took out a stack of silver tickets and sent them to Qiu Yizhi's hands.

Qiu Yizhi thought secretly when he heard this: "You businessmen are so well-informed, my side has just won, and you have even collected all the silver of the labor army!" I don't know which civil official or military general leaked the news! ”

Thinking so in his heart, he was not polite in his hand, took it and stuffed it into his sleeve, and said: "You are all kind, and the lower officials have thanked the soldiers who are fighting outside the city first." However, everyone is only giving money, and I am afraid that I will scratch the itch in my boots, so it is better to go with me to the labor army outside the city, so that the soldiers outside can understand your kindness! ”

Qiu Yizhi's last sentence was full of dissatisfaction and ridicule, which made many businessmen blush with shame.

Qiu Yizhi didn't pay attention to them, and dragged He Jiugong's hand to the city gate. He Jiugong didn't dare to stretch out his hand to break free, so he had to be pulled by His Royal Highness, the only emperor in the world, to the west gate of Jinling City.

The guard of the city gate was still the military general with a small face and beard, who was ordered to guard the city gate step by step, but he happened to see Qiu Yizhi leading a group of people towards his side.

This person is the younger brother of the current Jiangnan Provincial Jie Du Envoy, and he is used to being a powerful man, and he was bluffed by Qiu Yizhi, a seven-grade petty official, earlier today, and was thinking about how to find an opportunity to retaliate, but he happened to see Qiu Yizhi coming to his side, so he pulled his throat and scolded loudly: "Bah! It's you again, a sesame mung bean official, and you can't come over to make amends to the military master! If I get angry with the military master, see if I don't tell my cousin, what to do with you! ”

Liu Qing, who was walking in the crowd, was this person's cousin, and when he heard his disrespectful words, he immediately stepped forward quickly, raised his hand and slapped this person, and scolded: "Fart, you kid is blind?" Why don't you kneel down for me to make amends? ”

The man was stunned by Liu Qing's slap, and sat on the ground, not knowing what was happening.

Where did Qiu Yizhi have time to deal with such a snob, and he didn't talk to him much, he only ordered: "Open the city gate for me." ”

The keeper was beaten, and immediately became acquainted, and seeing that his cousin did not object at all, he got up from the ground, and before he had time to pat the dust off his buttocks, he beckoned some of his men to open the door.

This time, the gate of Jinling City is no longer only open with a crack in the door as before, but suddenly opens, communicating the flowering Elysium in Jinling City with the bloody Hell outside the city.

Zhao Chengxiao led the Shanyin Xiangyong is next to the city gate, as soon as Qiu Yi Zhifang walked out of the city gate, he saw them, walked all the way away, and the first thing he encountered was Wen Lingjiao and He'er, who were guarded in the rear army.

There are many people here, and countless pairs of eyes are watching, Qiu Yizhi can't say a word or do half a thing, so he pretends to be careless and walks to Wen Lingjiao's side, and whispers: "Miss is frightened." ”

Wen Lingjiao nodded slightly, and the corners of her mouth lifted and shook her head slightly.

The meaning of Qiu Yizhi has already tasted it, and he also nodded, and then stopped talking to Wen Lingjiao.

He raised his eyes again and saw that the two hundred township warrior regiments he had brought from Shanyin County were all exhausted, and the top and bottom of their robes were stained red with blood, as if they had just been fished out of the blood water. However, when they saw the commander coming, they still reluctantly got up and gave a military salute to Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi was moved when he saw this, and told them to rest on the spot and not salute, and he went forward to greet them one by one and ask about the battle. Some of these people can be named by Qiu Yizhi, and some are just acquaintances, but after such a bloody battle, everyone is like brothers, and they have a lifelong friendship.

He suddenly walked up to a soldier who was squatting on the ground panting, and saw that he was Meng Hong, who had won his gold by cutting down jujube trees that day, so he attached himself to him and patted him on the shoulder, shouting: "Meng Hong, how many widows have you killed this time?" How much silver did you earn me? ”

Meng Hong was taken aback by Qiu Yizhi's shout, quickly got up, and said, "Lord Hui, I killed three with my own hands, and one happened to be hacked to death at the same time as the brothers around me, I don't know who should be counted on it." ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "This is easy to do, you help you Zhao Tou say it, he will naturally calculate according to military law." He saw Meng Hong's left hand tightly covering his forehead, as if he was injured, so he asked again, "What?" Are you hurt? Show me. ”

Meng Hong agreed, put his left hand down, and exposed his wound in front of everyone.

Qiu Yizhi looked closely, but the skin on his left eyebrow was cut off by a sharp blade, half of his eyebrows were broken, and thick blood flowed down his eyebrow bones and cheekbones from the side of his left eye.

Qiu Yizhi is used to seeing bloody battlefields on the battlefield, and this small injury is not a problem in his eyes, so he said: "It's okay, it's just a small injury, but it's a pity that it's broken." Fortunately, you have become a relative, if those bachelors were injured in the face, I am afraid that they would have been crying and screaming by now! After that, he laughed out loud.

The crowd around him also laughed.

After laughing for a while, Qiu Yizhi saw that Meng Hong didn't have a smile on his face, and guessed that he seemed to have something on his mind, so he said: "Oh, it's all because I didn't speak in proportion, did these words make you Meng Hong unhappy?" If that's the case, I'll give you a companion first. ”

Meng Honggang hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Don't dare, adults are talking reasonably, I'm not unhappy." The tone was clearly very unhappy.

Qiu Yizhi is such a smart person, so he smiled and said, "Meng Hong, you don't fool me." Where did you go when you won the gold in my hand? Now run to me and pretend to be like? What do you think, you tell the truth, if you dare to conceal and deceive, see how I tell you Zhao Tou to punish you! ”

"Whatever the adults tell me to say, then I'll say it." Meng Hong sighed, suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Lin Shuhan beside Qiu Yizhi, and said, "What Mr. Lin taught, it is 'the body is skinned, the parents are subjected, dare not destroy, and the beginning of filial piety.'" 'I was hurt on my face, and I couldn't hide it when I went back, this is unfilial piety, right? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and then burst out laughing.

However, while laughing and thinking about it, everyone felt that Meng Hong's words were very reasonable. The Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and pays the most attention to filial piety to the elders; The Han Dynasty ruled the world with Confucianism, and the words of the sages were as good as the words - if this is the case, then who else will join the army to kill the enemy?

So Qiu Yi said with a serious face: "Meng Hong, it seems that you have not read in vain with Mr. Lin in the past few days, just by virtue of your words, I will reward you well." But if you don't understand this, I'm afraid that you will still be confused in your heart, and when you go to the battlefield in the future, you will have distracting thoughts in your heart, and it will be dangerous if you have hesitation in your hands. ”

Qiu Yizhi turned around again, smiled at Uncle Lin, and said, "Mr. Lin, this is a good student you taught. The bell must be tied to the bell, and please ask Mr. to answer his questions here. ”

Lin Shuhan nodded, smiled, took half a step forward, raised the folding fan in his hand and patted Meng Hong's head hard, and said, "It seems that your kid is quite hard at reading, but unfortunately he has become a dead book." What you said was not bad, but unfortunately I don't understand the principles of 'moderation' and 'subordination'. I ask you, what would you do if a robber came to your door and wanted to hurt your parents? ”

"Of course it's a fight for the life of the robbers, do you still need to think about it?" Meng Hong replied without hesitation.

Uncle Lin laughed coldly: "At this time, aren't you afraid that the robbers will hurt your 'body and skin', and you're not afraid of being unfilial?" ”

"My parents are gone, what are you talking about filial piety or not?" Meng Hong replied.

"Well said!" Lin Shuhan praised, "What I want is your words." Your kid is now fighting against the Japanese Invaders, isn't it just fighting with the emphasis on killing the door? Every time you kill a widow, the chances of your own parents or other people's parents being killed are one point smaller. What is filial piety, this is filial piety, and it is not a small filial piety, it is a great filial piety that loves the world! Isn't this kind of thing worth your desperate efforts? ”

Lin Shuhan's words were going to the bottom of everyone's hearts, not only Meng Hong, but even the villagers, soldiers, and businessmen around him were all very moved, and a few of them were already in tears.

Qiu Yizhi has been an orphan since he was a child, and when he heard Lin Shuhan's words, he was even more deeply touched, and he forcibly held back the tears in his eyes, and introduced to everyone in a loud voice: "Everyone, this general's surname is Meng, and his single name is Hongzi, which is newly recruited by me from Shanyin County. This person has a promise, loyalty and filial piety, and his future is limitless, so he is just introduced to everyone. ”

Before Qiu Yi's words fell, He Jiugong, who was already good at observing words and feelings, took a few steps forward, stuffed a silver ticket in his hand into Meng Hong's hand, and said, "The general's words are good!" My parents died early, and they didn't have time to be filial, and now they have forgotten what they look like. This money is not for the general, but for the general to pass it on to Ling Zun and Ling Tang......"

Meng Hong took the silver ticket sent by He Jiugong, and saw that the words "one hundred taels of silver, the Zhou family's silver number will be redeemed with the ticket" were clearly written on it, and it was stamped with a big red seal, so he didn't know whether to accept it or not, so he had to spread it in front of Qiu Yizhi and look at him with a pair of puzzled eyes.

If it was a silver ticket sent by someone else, Qiu Yizhi would never have received it, but He Jiugong, and Zhou Cijing behind He Jiugong were inextricably linked with Qiu Yizhi, and accepting this silver ticket was to give these two people face.

So Qiu Yizhi smiled and said: "Since it is He Jiugong's heart, you can accept it." I remember that your family lived at the foot of the mountain outside the city, and the humidity was too heavy, and your old mother had rheumatism. It's better to buy a piece of land in a sunny place and rebuild a house with this little money! After it's finished, remember to invite me over for a meal and a wine in the house! But this matter is only once, not as an example, and from now on, you can't collect two privately, understand? ”

Meng Hong didn't expect Qiu Yizhi to remember such a thing, he was already deeply moved, nodded with sobs, and carefully folded the extremely heavy silver ticket and put it in his arms.