In the fourth quarter, everyone settled down in Nanning.

In the past few days, the winter rain has been continuous, and it has been falling, and Wu Ming has not gone anywhere else, he has been nesting in this building all day long, practicing boxing, reading books, and he is also comfortable.

Although the Southern Expeditionary Army suffered a big defeat. But after Zhu Huai's fooling, it really seems to have returned victoriously. So for the residents of Nanning, these are just more after-dinner conversations. How to live this day, how to live it, how to live it.

On this day, Wu Ming got up early in the morning, smoked a red lacquer round pier, and held the book "Marching Strategy" given to him by Tao Yu. The manuscript fragment of "Twenty-Four Questions" sits under the eaves and flips through the book. The book is not very thick, only a dozen or so thin pages, and it is full of some subtle insights and words about the war. This manuscript was sent by Tao Yu the day after returning to Nanning, and Wu Ming did not refuse, accepted it, and did not thank him.

After turning over the books for so many days, they were almost rotten, and he rested them on his lap and looked at the drizzle outside.

In a daze, Lin Wu rushed in from outside, pushed open the courtyard door and said, "My lord, my lord, Lord Li is looking for you." "This building is very large, although it is much smaller than the Konoe Palace in Kyoto, but it is more than enough for the 100 or so soldiers of the current guard battalion. Wu Ming was also assigned to a separate small courtyard, and he just wanted to be quiet now, so he didn't say much.

After Zhang Hao went, Tian Hong saw that Wu Ming was in such a state of death, so he specially arranged for Lin Wu, the head of the guard battalion, to take care of Wu Ming. Perhaps in his eyes, the greater the official position, the more capable the person will take care of people. Wu Ming was also a little embarrassed by him, but he didn't bother to care about it.

Wu Ming was taken aback, stood up and said, "Lord Li, that Lord Li?" "The new dynasty is about to be established, and although the Guards Battalion has been greatly destroyed, it is still a force to be reckoned with. Coupled with the particularity of the guards battalion, in the past few days, more and more people have come to visit Wu Ming, he is a little tired of coping, and his mood is not very good, so he doesn't see anything, so he asks this question.

Lin Wudao: "Li Yuan, Master Li." ”

"Li Yuan?"

Wu Ming was stunned, during this time, he closed his door to thank the guests, and he almost forgot about the other party. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed in his heart. Li Yuan can be regarded as a brother who was born and died with him, but now he wants to wait for someone to come to the door. Thinking of this, he didn't care about talking to Lin Wuduo, and hurriedly ran towards the door. As soon as I walked out of the gate, I saw a big man like an iron tower leading two horses, wearing an eyepatch in his left eye, leaning on the side of a horse, and picking out his nostrils in boredom. Who else could there be if it wasn't Li Yuan? Seeing Wu Ming coming out, he wiped his hand on the horse's back and said, "Lord Wu, it's not easy to see you now." ”

Now the winter rain is lingering, although it is not big, but his face and hair have been wrapped in a layer of white mist, Wu Ming is a little embarrassed, and said, "Brother Li, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting." ”

Li Yuan smiled, and then said, "I don't know if Brother Wu is empty today?" ”

"I'm free, I don't know, where does Brother Li want to go today?"

Wu Ming only felt that his heart was hot, and the other party suddenly changed his name to "Brother Wu", so naturally he didn't blame himself. Now he is feeling bored, and he really wants to go out for a walk. It's just that Li Yuan's face didn't have much joy, and his heart couldn't help but burst.

Li Yuan said with a smile: "I have heard that the green tea in Queensland is a must, and now that I have arrived in Nanning, it is not Lang Fei not to sit in the teahouse." Brother Wu, I heard that there is a tea art street in the south of the city, let's go and see it together, okay? ”

Wu Ming hurriedly responded: "Okay, okay, of course, I have a treat today." Brother Li, you go to the room first and wait a while, I'll go change clothes and get money. ”

"No, go quickly, I'll wait for you outside, the horses are ready for you."

Wu Ming looked at the two horses, and his heart was also happy, after so many days, it was not bad to swim in the rain with his brothers who had been born and died together, he was about to go back, when he saw Lin Wu had come out of the house with an umbrella, still holding two silk umbrellas and clothes in his hands, and said, "My lord, you are so busy walking, don't you wear any clothes?" Beware of catching a cold. I don't know how the previous clothes were scratched, but this one is a new dress that was sent down recently, you try it. ”

"Your old clothes are torn?"

Wu Ming was stunned, he had been dressed simply for the past two days, and he really didn't pay attention, he sighed, and said a little sadly: "Take it well, and wait for me to come back." ”

Lin Wu replied, Li Yuan was already a little impatient, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Wu, don't rub it off, I won't wait for you any later." ”

Wu Ming took the new clothes from Lin Wu's hand, and said as he dressed: "Brother Li, haven't you always been a drunkard? Why did I think of drinking tea today? Li Yuan didn't answer, just turned over and got on the horse.

Wu Ming took the money bag from Lin Wu's hand, and also followed the other horse, seeing that Li Yuan didn't seem to be in much of a joke, he didn't want to say more, just said, "Let's go." The two of them accelerated at the same time and headed for the tea art street.

Although the main street of Nanning City is not as wide as Kyoto, but there are nearly 100 meters, at this time the winter rain continues, and there are many fewer pedestrians on the road, the two of them are speeding all the way, but they are not afraid of knocking down pedestrians, the cool winter rain blows on the face, I hear the sound of hooves, watching the surrounding scenery fall rapidly from behind, Wu Ming only feels that the silt in his heart for many days seems to be wider.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, and it is a rainy day, even the entire tea art street is also a lot more lively. All the tea houses are almost full of people, and the entire tea art street is bustling with people. They weren't particular either, so they just found a teahouse that looked big and got in.

The two found a private room to sit for a while, and Li Yuan hadn't drunk much tea, let alone a tea ceremony. He probably drank the tea as wine, just poured it cup by cup, the whale sucked the cow drink, and after a while, a full pot of tea was drunk, and Xiao Er, who was so shocked that he changed the water, stared at the two of them several times.

Wu Ming was also thinking about his own thoughts, holding a teacup, taking small sips, staring at the drizzle outside, and the two were silent at the same time.

After a long time, Li Yuan put down the cup and said: "Lord Wu, I have also tasted this tea, it is bitter, I just feel that it is not as good as the spirits, and I don't know what these southerners think, they always love to drink these things." ”

Wu Ming looked at him drinking tea, and couldn't help but want to laugh a little, he put down the cup and said with a smile: "Brother Li, 'Lu is white tonight, and the moon is his hometown Ming. Everybody only thinks that their country is the best, and if you feel that way, that's natural. This sentence is from Du Fu's "Remembering Brother on a Moonlit Night", which is not very difficult to understand, Li Yuan naturally understood it, he put down the cup, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Wu Ming looked at him and couldn't help but pout: "What's wrong?" Brother Li. ”

"Brother Wu, I couldn't make up my mind at first, but after listening to your words, I made up my mind. Actually, I came today to say goodbye to you. ”

"What, what?"

Wu Ming exclaimed, but he was not stupid, and he immediately understood. Li Yuan was originally the distant nephew of Taiwei Li Tie, and the establishment of the Black Armor Army originally belonged to Beiyuan Province, which was also the place where he made his fortune, and it was naturally reasonable for him to go back now. It's just that now with Tao Yu returning to Nanning, the confrontation between the north and the south of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty has shown a tense trend, and he is going back now, not to mention whether the north accepts it or not, first of all, Tao Yu and Zhu Huai are not easy to pass.

Li Yuan seemed to know what Wu Ming was thinking, he grabbed a cup of tea, took a sip of it, and then said, "Don't worry about Niangniang, I went to apply yesterday, and she has agreed to let go." ”

Wu Ming was taken aback, when the wind chimes were crossing, Tao Yu also found himself and wanted to keep Li Yuan by himself, but he didn't expect that this time, she agreed to be refreshing, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "She actually agreed?" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Actually, I was also quite conflicted about returning to Beiyuan, but the day before yesterday, I got a letter from home, saying that my mother was critically ill, and she was terminally ill, and I am afraid that time is running out." In this way, I have to go back anyway, I have promised my mother, go back alone, and the three thousand brothers will stay in Nanning temporarily. ”

Wu Ming suddenly realized that Li Yuan's mother was seriously ill, and he was going home to visit him no matter what, even if Tao Yu wanted to stop it, he couldn't stop it, but he would offend Li Yuan, and she left the other party's three thousand black armor troops in the Southern Han Dynasty, which seemed simple, but it was a wonderful move, with Li Yuan's temperament of valuing love and righteousness, he would definitely not be able to let go of these three thousand brothers, and there was still hope for this matter.

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve both." That's probably the case. Suddenly, a bright light flashed in his mind. Li Yuan's black-armored army has strong combat power, and Tao Yu can be described as hollowing out his mind in order to keep Li Yuan. Not to mention the one in the north. Even if the military strength of the north is extremely advantageous now, but Li Yuan is a member of his Li family after all, and the combat power of the Black Armor Army is also obvious to all, doesn't he have the slightest idea? Could it be that Li Yuan's mother is seriously ill, what is there to do?

He looked up at Li Yuan, only to see that the other party was looking at the rain outside, with a sad face. opened his mouth, and wanted to remind the other party of two sentences, but after all, he held back, after all, the other party was just doing the basic filial piety of a son, and he dissuaded Li Yuan based on his own subjective speculation, and he felt that it was not appropriate.

Could it be that I have suffered a lot of losses recently, and I am really a bit of a cup bow snake shadow?

He smiled wryly, then shook his head.

Li Yuan was stunned for a while, took a deep breath, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that there is something in my heart that I really want to say, Brother Wu, now I feel a lot better." Speaking of this, he grabbed the cup on the table, filled it up, stood up, and said arrogantly: "There is wine today and drunk today, Brother Wu, there is no wine today, I will replace the wine with tea, toast you, I hope you will forgive your brother for the crime of protecting your brother and daughter-in-law." ”