"What is he here for?" The old man frowned, and then walked down the castle tower with the sword at his waist in hand.

At this time, it was approaching evening, and there were not many people in the border city, and there were no people under the city.

The old man looked around, but he didn't see a figure.

At this time, I heard a sudden voice behind me: "Ah Gong." ”

The old man looked back and saw someone waving and smiling at him.

Seeing this, the soldiers who followed the old man to report hurriedly bowed their hands, "My subordinates have seen the general." ”

Li Duan smiled and waved his hand, suddenly walked in front of the old man, then knelt down, and solemnly kowtowed.

After standing up, he looked at the old man with a smile, "Grandpa, you are old." ”

The old man in front of him was Li Guogong, who had been guarding the border for several years.

Li Guogong laughed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and patted Li Duan on the shoulder, and said, "Your kid has grown up a lot." ”

Li Duan was extremely happy and said, "Grandpa is old, and his grandson will naturally grow up." ”

Li Guogong was a little disgusted when he heard this, and said: "What do you mean by this, you look down on Ah Gong, and feel that Ah Gong should say goodbye to his hometown and return to his hometown?" ”

"That's nature," Li said.

The soldiers on the side were shocked when they heard this.

Li Guogong is indeed old, but if everyone talks about it, they only praise the old and strong, and no one dares to be so outspoken like the general.

Li Guogong was not annoyed, but laughed again, stretched out his hand and patted Li Duan's head, "You kid, dare to say that Grandpa is old." ”

Li Duan suddenly looked mysterious, approached Li Guogong's ear, and said in a low voice: "No, I want you to go back and hug your great-grandson quickly." ”

Li Guogong was stunned when he heard this, and then glared at Li Duan, "When did you get married?" I don't know? ”

Li Duan smiled: "It's not a marriage, it's just a ······" said, paused, "I have a sweetheart." ”

Li Guogong was stunned again, and then laughed and shook his head, "Before you get married, you say what to hug your great-grandson, which makes your grandfather and me excited." ”

Li Duan said: "But it's fast, if Ah Gong is not so stubborn and is willing to let Quan return to Beijing to retire, he will naturally be able to catch up." ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on the side hurriedly retreated to the side.

Li Guogong didn't care about this, and said: "Where is there any right to give up here, if it is really conceded, it is to give up I don't know how many lives." ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked straight at Li Duan, "What do you think is a good place in this Xinjiang?" ”

Of course, Li Jian understood Li Guogong's thoughts.

It is said that the Li family of Dacheng guarded the land of one side in order to keep the people safe.

This is an exaggeration, but it is true.

It is precisely because of the Li family and the guard of Ah Gong that the border land has made Dacheng peaceful for many years.

If it is really once ceding the right to send troops and giving up the position of guarding the border areas, I don't know what kind of uproar it will cause.

So in this way, it's not that you don't want to let it, but you can't let it.

It's just that the people in the border areas know about it, the soldiers know it, and even some of the powerful people in the current dynasty know it. But Your Majesty, I don't know.

Seeing Li Duan's preoccupied appearance, Li Guogong waved his hand to the soldiers who were not far away, asked the soldiers to come over, and ordered: "Watch carefully, my ancestors and grandchildren are going to eat and drink tonight, and I don't have the energy to take care of you." ”

Hearing this, the soldier hurriedly bowed his head, "Yes, Dashuai." ”

Li Guogong said, took the sword at his waist, threw it to the soldiers, and then hugged Li Duan's shoulders and left.

The soldier held the sword of the national prince, but as if relieved, he looked at the back of the two with a relieved face.

I haven't seen each other for so many years, and it's time for the prince and the young master to get together, and the grandfather has been cautious and conscientious all these years, and he hasn't eaten or drunk for a while.

Such a reunion, or not, or so.

As soon as the night fell, next to a small stall on the edge of the city, Li Guogong took Li Duan to sit down.

"Don't look at this small place, the owner's home-brewed wine here is really good," Li Guogong said, smacking his lips and calling the stall owner.

The boss naturally recognized this Li Guogong, and immediately greeted him with a smile, "Li Dashuai, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm here to plate peanuts today?" ”

Li Guogong shook his head with a smile, pointed to a large vat of wine placed next to the stove behind the boss, and said, "Scoop two jars for me." ”

The stall owner seemed to be a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Why is the big handsome still drinking today, and the last time I came back to drink here, it was all about the New Year's Festival, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li Duan looked at Li Guogong suddenly.

Li Guogong waved his hand and said, "There is a lot of, so don't hurry up and drink." ”

The stall owner smiled when he heard this, turned his head and went to get the jar and scoop the wine.

As soon as Li Guogong turned around, he bumped into Li Duan's gaze, and immediately said, "What are you kid doing with me like this?" ”

Li Duan's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of ashes, "Our family hasn't had a New Year's Festival for many years, so it's better to ······ Did my grandfather go back to Beijing with me this year? ”

Li Guogong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Let's talk about it." ”

After a while, the boss had already brought over two jars of wine.

After putting it on the table, the boss said: "Today's dishes are quite fresh, can you add two dishes?" ”

Li Guogong smiled, "Then peanuts and sweet and sour fish, my grandson loves fish since he was a child." ”

The boss turned his head to look at Li Duan, and immediately bowed his head and said: "It turned out to be the general, I don't know the little one, and I ask the general to forgive me." ”

Li Guogong said: "He doesn't come to the border often, he doesn't recognize anything strange, and what is the crime, with this kung fu to make amends, it is better to send me another fish." ”

Listening to Li Guogong's joke, Li Duan also felt a little better, turned his head and said to the boss: "Don't worry, Ah Gong loves to take advantage, I won't squire the people's fat and people's cream like this." ”

When the words fell, the three of them all laughed.

Until late at night, the boss wanted to go back to take care of his wife, children and mother, so he left some more peanuts for the two of them, scooped a few more jars of wine, and left first.

"I remember, when you were a child, you loved to drink the most, how did you resist your addiction to alcohol?"

After a few bowls of wine, Li Jinfang saw that Ah Gong's sour mood was much better, so he asked about Ah Gong's current situation.

Li Guogong smiled, picked up a bowl of wine, drank it, burped a long wine, and ate two peanuts, then said: "What can't help it, it's nothing more than choosing one in front of human life and interest." ”

Li stopped talking.

Seeing this, Li Guogong stretched out his hand and patted Li Duan's head, and said, "Don't think about how great Ah Gong is, just can't see it." ”

"I can't see anyone else die."

"I can't see the helpless appearance of old and young women and children."

"I can't see the bloody wounds behind the glory and wealth of the high temple."

"It is said that their peace is our life, and speaking of which, we are not all for them, but also for ourselves."

"For the sake of the children, for the sake of the descendants."

"Maybe it's just that our generation will have a hard time, and the younger generations can have a peaceful life."

"Grandpa, I'm lucky, and I still have a lifetime of meritorious service."

"How many nobodies have died on the battlefield, and others don't even know who they are and what they are called. They didn't get the honor, and they didn't have any merit before, but it was this battle that made these many lives stop there. ”

"If they want to be fair, how can they ever be fair."

Li Duan didn't say a word from beginning to end.

In fact, Fang didn't mention fairness, but Ah Gong talked about it for no reason.

He knew that it was Ah Gong who wanted to say that it was Ah Gong who had been thinking about it for a long time for many years.

After drinking a meal of wine for most of the night, it was not until Li Guogong stood up a little groggily that Li Duan put down the wine in his hand and got up to help Ah Gong.

Li Guogong shook off Li Duan's outstretched hand, raised his hand and pointed at Li Duan's nose and said, "You kid, don't lead the troops well, come here, is it to see my old man?" ”

Li was silent.

He hadn't drunk much, so he was still sane.

"Ah Gong, it's fun here," Li Guogong didn't seem to want to wait for Li Duan to speak, but just turned his finger again, pointing to the position of his chest.

Li Duan was stunned in his heart, but he couldn't resist Ah Gong, so he could only follow Ah Gong to the barracks.

Along the way, Ah Gong hummed a tune, which was a song from many years ago.

It is the story of the soldiers who fought for the country, took the lead, and finally died in the yellow sand, and were finally buried by the flying sand.

People who have not experienced this will have the same state of mind as Ah Gong.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the person who was far away in Kyoto, his sweetheart.

He remembered the first time he had a heart-to-heart with her, when he took her for a drink and told her about the battlefield.

Speaking of which, a woman in the boudoir, Rao is he feels that he is different from the people next to him, and how can he understand their mood when they fight on the battlefield.

But at that time, he clearly felt that she understood him!

How is it possible, she is the daughter of an official who has not yet left the cabinet and has never even entered the palace, can it be that she can understand so much with just a few military books?

But the book of war is only a strategy, and where can they be drawn by the state of mind of these soldiers.

The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, but there was something he couldn't figure out.

The news of his death should have been reported back to Jingzhong, and with Amber and his aunt present, she should ······ I will believe it.

I don't know if she will blame him or blame herself for lying to her when he goes back.

I hope this stupid girl of his, when he returns, will be safe.

When Ah Li was about to knock on the door with hot water and go in, she suddenly heard a whimpering sob.

She was stunned on the spot, even more incredulous.

Miss is this, are you crying?

It seems that the last time I cried, it was when the eldest lady left.

So why this time?

At this time, the crying suddenly became louder and louder, as if something extremely sad had just happened.

Ah Li was startled, and hurriedly slammed open the door and ran in, only to see her young lady curled up with her arms clasped around her knees, nestled in the corner of the bed.

After hearing the sound of Ah Li coming in, Lu Guanlan slowly raised his buried face and looked at Ah Li.

"Ah Li, I don't have him anymore!"