"Xiao San, it's really a blessing for three lives, you can be said that your Xiao family has found a good daughter-in-law."

Listening to Lilac's words, Zeng Gong looked at Xiao San and praised, although Xiao San did not reveal his relationship with Lilac to him, but after so many years on the battlefield, these things naturally couldn't be hidden from his eyes.

"Uncle, what I'm saying is that it is indeed a blessing that I cultivated in my previous life, and I was able to meet Lilac." Xiao San also looked at Lilac and echoed.

A few people, you glanced at me and praised me, which suddenly made Lilac blush, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

Time flowed like water, and a few days passed in a flash.

Previously, the emperor heard such good news, and hurriedly asked the chief eunuch to send people to the border area to convey the holy decree, and asked General Zeng Gong and General Lin Xiao, two meritorious generals, to return to Beijing to reward and reward.

The great eunuch hurriedly sent people according to the holy will, and after the horses ran and died, the guards who went to deliver the decree finally came to the border town.

The guards with the decree rode to the city gate, and he dismounted and led the horse to the city gate. The people who came in and out of the city gate lined up in an orderly manner, and the officers and soldiers carefully checked one by one to prevent unscrupulous people from entering.

Although there is no frontier war now, this place is the frontier of the imperial court, and they naturally dare not relax.

When the officers and soldiers were inspecting, they suddenly saw a man leading a horse and cutting into the line to the city gate.

The people queuing at the city gate saw the people on horseback cutting in line, and for a while there was a commotion, and someone shouted in the crowd: "Why are you waiting behind, don't you see everyone going in one by one?" If you want to be embarrassed, be careful that the official will send you to prison. ”

The people in the border area have always been too busy to watch the excitement, and when they heard someone shouting like this, the people who were cut in line also echoed the nonsense.

The guards who announced the decree had important matters to do, ignored the noisy people in front of the city gate, and continued to lead their horses towards the officers and soldiers at the city gate. The officers and soldiers at the city gate saw that this person was still not back down when the people said this, and looked up at the guards leading the horses and said, "Don't you hear? Want to go into the city and wait in the back, don't you know the rules?! ”

The guards led the horses to a halt, clasped their fists in front of the officers and soldiers, and said: "I came from the capital in the next place, and I came to the border quickly according to the will of the saint to find the two great heroes General Zeng Gong and General Lin Xiao. ”

As he spoke, the guard took out the protective decree on his chest and held it high.

The people at the gate of the city heard that the person they had just discussed and scolded was actually a person sent by the emperor, and they all quickly fell silent, and the first person to shout out hid in fear. When the officers and soldiers at the city gate heard this man say this, they also raised the holy decree, and hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The people at the gate of the city saw that the officials who were inspecting were like this, and hurriedly followed the example of officers and soldiers, and a group of people hurriedly knelt down and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After speaking, he took the holy decree back to his chest and protected it, and said to the officers and soldiers: "Please come and take me to find the two meritorious generals, I will hand over the holy decree to the two generals!" ”

The officers and soldiers did not dare to refuse, and hurriedly discussed Jiangmen, who had flexible brains in them, and led this adult to the barracks to find the two generals. Jiangmen took the lord and hurried to the barracks. It didn't take long for the two of them to come to the door of the barracks, where there were two guards at the door of the wooden tent, and there were patrolling squads of soldiers inside.

Jiangmen paused at the door, turned to the guards and said, "Such an adult is here to wait for a while, I will go and talk to the soldiers at the gate and ask someone to report it." ”

The guard nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Jiangmen turned around and took two steps forward and said, "Please go in and report it, this is the lord who came to the capital to announce the decree by the will of the saint, and I have come to look for General Zeng and General Lin." As soon as the soldiers heard that they were the people who came to announce the decree at the behest of the emperor, they found a patrol team to guard them temporarily, and the two of them hurriedly went in to find General Zeng and General Lin, one went to the military tent to find General Zeng, and the other went to the training ground to find General Lin. When the two generals heard the soldiers below say this, they hurried to the gate of the barracks to meet the holy decree.

The guards didn't wait long at the door when they saw the two generals walking quickly, and hurriedly walked two steps as well. The two parties came to stand up, and the guard Cong took out the holy decree on his chest, carefully opened the holy decree and said: "General Zeng Gong, General Lin Xiao, listen to the decree!" When Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao heard this, they hurriedly lifted their horse coats and knelt on the ground to salute, and replied: "Weichen takes the order!" ”

The guards saw Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao saluting and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: General Zeng Gong, General Lin Xiao, with an army of 100,000 to break the Huns, kill the leader of the Huns and make great contributions, specially invited the general to return to Beijing, and the court solemnly commended him." The Holy One hereby decrees. ”

Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you, the minister has the order!" ”

Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao got up to take the holy decree and said to the guards who announced the decree: "I'm tired of you, if you don't dislike it, take a rest here." ”

The guard shook his head and said, "I can't help it, where can I be called such a general, how can I dislike it." But thank you General Zeng and General Lin for their good intentions, and I have to hurry back to Beijing to restore the holy will, so I won't bother much, so I will say goodbye. ”

Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao sent the guards who had been sent to the city gate, and happily returned to the barracks, on the way back to the military tent, there were resting soldiers who asked: "Zeng Jiangjun, General Zeng, are we going back to Beijing?" ”

Zeng Gong saw Xiao Bing's expectant face and said, "Yes, the emperor has an order, we will leave tomorrow and return to Beijing." ”

When the little soldier heard this, he immediately rejoiced and said: "Thank you, General Zeng, General Zeng, go and get busy, the little one will tell the other soldiers the good news!" After saluting, the soldier left happily.

Zeng Gong also smiled and returned to the military tent with Lin Xiao to discuss how to return to Beijing.

The little soldier who asked to return to Beijing happily told the news to the people in the barracks, and when the people in the barracks heard that they were going back to Beijing, they were all talking about it for a while.

"You don't know, now I haven't seen my mother-in-law for three years."

"How long have you been in the army, the old man hasn't been home for ten years, I don't know if my doll still knows me at this time."

Knowing that they could return to their hometown again, everyone was very happy at first, laughing and laughing, and some of them laughed and cried, they didn't go home for a long time, and they didn't know what happened to their wives and children at home, so that this group of soldiers who had experienced life and death shed tears without shedding tears.

Although the Huns have now ordered the emperor to let the class master return to the court, the border plug cannot be empty in a day, and Zeng Gong and Lin Xiao are discussing the issue of staying here.

"Big brother, don't shirk it anymore, you haven't been back to the capital for five years, and it's been less than half a year since I came, so you can go back. My sister-in-law misses you very much. ”

Lin Xiao has been persuading Zeng Gong to stay, but Zeng Gong has been hesitating.

"Brother Xian, you can say so freely, but you are here for the sake of my safety, how can I let you stay in the border place and suffer again."

"Brother, where is this, it is my long-cherished wish to go into battle and fight bravely to kill the enemy, you can go back with confidence here, I and my subordinates will first guard the city of this frontier for my brother."

He knew very well in his heart that it had been five years since the last time Zeng Gong led the army to fight here, and the homesickness of the soldiers was even worse.

"Brother Xian, it's really good to let my brother be." Zeng Gong also sighed a little at this time.

After the two discussed, they asked Xiao Bing to inform the military camp of the preparations, and they would leave for the capital early tomorrow morning. Xiao San and Lilac were also very happy when they heard this, packed their bags and waited for departure, and they were also away from home for some time during this time.

Early the next morning, Zeng Gong took Xiao San and Lilac and part of the troops to the capital, crossed the desert, and after walking through the woods, it gradually began to be crowded.

"San'er, the state of mind when I went back this time is really completely different, I am very worried when I first come to see such a desolate scenery. Could this be what the monks of the temple said before, the elephant is born from the heart?" Lilac also muttered.

"It's really a few autumns of strolling in the yellow sand, and it looks like basil at this time."

Xiao San and Ding Xiang were very emotional, and remembered that when they were on their way to the border, the two of them saw that the roadside was full of old, weak, sick, disabled and dead corpses, and other miserable things, it was simply purgatory on earth.

Now, the grass on the roadside, the wildflowers blooming, the laughter of children in the distance, the shouts of women, etc., make people smile.

Even if there are a few discordant scenes, they can be pleasing to the body and mind at this time. Here Xiao San and Ding Xiang felt that the struggle for life and death in the war was worth it, and looking at the soldiers around them saw this kind of scene with tears in their eyes and a smile on their faces, the thought of going home couldn't help but make everyone's pace of returning to Beijing faster.

Xiao San and Ding Xiang followed the pace of the march back to Beijing and advanced rapidly, these days because of everyone's desire to go home, the advance is very fast, some days they came to Zhenguan Village, which is a distance from the border. ever

Gong told everyone to rest here for one night. The people in Zhenguan Village saw so many people with weapons stopping at the edge of the village, and hurriedly sent people to find the village chief.

The village chief of Zhenguan Village is eating at home and swallowing it. I heard someone running and banging on the door and coming in, and shouted when he came in, so frightened that the village chief hurriedly swallowed and choked, the village chief hurriedly hammered his chest, picked up the bowl to drink water, and the man saw the village chief like this and hurriedly said: "The village chief is not good, the village chief, don't eat it first, the village entrance, there are many people and weapons at the village entrance!" ”

The village chief was also very frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly said to this person: "Xiu'er, you go and tell the women in the village to leave and hide with the children, and I, the old bone, go and ask if it is friend or foe." ”

When the young man replied, he ran outside to inform the rest of the village, and the village chief stood up and walked towards the entrance of the village with a resolute face.

The village chief came to the entrance of the village, and when he looked up, he saw that all the people were armed with weapons, but they didn't look like they were going to do anything to the village. The village chief steadied his expression, walked over to the archer and saluted and asked the person closest to him: "This is for the good of my lord, I have lost my welcome, and please atone for my sins, I don't know what you people are doing in Zhenguan Village?" ”

The soldier looked up, tears fell, and said, "Village chief, you don't know me anymore, it's me, you still call me Ergou?" I'm really happy to see you, how are my wife and my mother? ”

When the village chief heard this man say this, he looked up and looked at it carefully.

The village chief was also happy, which showed that they were not in danger. Ergou will go to enlist in the army, then behind him is the army. The continuous war for many years frightened the village chief.

Thinking of this, the village chief replied to Ergou: "Ergou, it's you, Ergou, after so many years, I can't remember what you look like, your wife is very good, she is your mother, you also know that she missed you when she was sick, so she went." ”

The little soldier named Ergou heard the village chief say that the seven-foot man knelt on the ground and left tears and shouted: "Mother, they all complain about their son, it is their son who is not filial." ”

The village chief touched Ergou's head and said: "Ergou, don't cry, your mother doesn't blame you, without you working the battlefield, I don't know how many people will die, your mother is most proud of her before she dies with such a son." ”

Ergou's actions made the other soldiers who were friendly with him and the soldiers of the same village go over to comfort him and help Ergou up, and the soldiers of the same village also went to the village chief to say hello and ask about the situation at home, and it happened that General Lin saw them and allowed them to go home to visit their relatives.

"When children don't know each other, they smile and ask where they come from."

Now being able to see their wives and children again is also a blessing for them.

On the other side, after the army was encamped, Zeng Gong called Xiao San and Ding Xiang to his military tent to talk about the past.

Xiao San and Ding Xiang came to the military tent and entered the military tent after being reported, after entering, they saw Zeng Gong sitting at the desk, and the two of them hurriedly saluted, Ding Xiang and Xiao San said together: "Hello general, my subordinate Xiao San has arrived." ”

"Hello general, the military doctor Lilac has arrived." Zeng Gong waved his hand and said: "What are you two little dolls doing, there is no need to be like this without outsiders, hurry up and sit down." ”

Xiao San and Ding Xiang got up and sat down, Xiao San asked, "Uncle, what are you calling me and Ding Xiang over this time?" ”

Zeng Gong's expression was a little gloomy, and he said to Xiao San with nostalgia in his eyes: "At that time, your father was beheaded all over the house because of something, and now you have been worrying about your father's affairs, you should have heard about it." ”

Xiao San nodded and said, "My nephew has inquired about it, and the news that I have found is indeed that my father slaughtered an entire village of people for military merit. How is that possible!

Since I was a child, my father taught me to "filial piety to parents, to be honest with people, to be harmonious with the family, and to be respectful and humble." Respect for the elders, siblings, and couples, love children, the Xiao family rules and family motto ancestors set, and hope that the descendants will follow it. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, virtue and beauty, cultivation and reading are based on ambition. "How can a father who enforces such a family motto do this!!"

Zeng Gong nodded, his face was full of nostalgia, and he said in a low voice: "I can't and don't believe that my brother will do this, when your father was alive, he treated me as a younger brother, and he also read this motto to me, and I also miss it very much when I hear your nephew read it today." ”

Previously, the news of General Zhenyuan's slaughter of the village in order to grab credit came out, and the world was in an uproar for a while, and they couldn't believe it, but they were determined by several villagers at that time that it was him who did it, and the Taishi fanned the flames on the side, and he couldn't argue.

Zeng Gong took it and said: "This is Zhenguan Village, not very far from Pingxi Village, the village that was regarded as my brother's father's slaughter village and established a military industry, I heard about it at the time, so I went to ask the Holy Lord to find out about it, so I didn't come to this Pingxi Village to see, I don't know if there are any clues in this Pingxi Village now, so I called you here today, I think you may be able to look for it." ”

"Let's see if there's any clue here."

Xiao San and Ding Xiang were very surprised when they heard Zeng Gong say this. Xiao San hurriedly replied: "Thank you, uncle, Lilac and I are very willing to go to Napingxi Village to look for it, what if we can find some clues to prove my father's innocence?" ”

Zeng Gong nodded back: "Well, this matter should not be quiet, wait for you to go to Napingxi Village in the evening, now go down to repair it first." ”

Xiao San and Ding Xiang nodded, and then said goodbye to Zeng Gong and went back to the camp to prepare.

"It's finally a step forward." Xiao San said.

Xiao San returned to the camp tent, his mood couldn't calm down for a long time, he didn't expect to meet such a surprise on the way, he thought that he must turn that Pingxi Village over to the bottom.

Lilac cleaned up the lighting and some healing medicines, etc., after all, Pingxi Village was cleaned by people, and it was hard to guarantee that something would happen.

Waiting for the dark hour called Xiao San and Ding Xiang felt extremely difficult, finally it was dark, the two of them sneaked to Zeng Gong's camp, Zeng Gong took the two of them to the side, and the two of them said: "You two ride on horses all the way from Zhenguan Village to the west, there is a stone tablet that says Pingxi Village, that is the destination you are going to, be careful in everything, come back early." ”

Xiao San and Ding Xiang nodded, said goodbye to Zeng Gong, rode on their horses and went straight to Pingxi Village in the west of Zhenguan Village, and it didn't take long for the two of them to see the stone tablet and came to Pingxi Village. The whole village was in tatters and desolate because of the massacre of years ago, perhaps because there were too many people who had died, and it looked very gloomy.

"Xiao San, did you ever carry a torch?" There was darkness everywhere, and Lilac was also a little trembling in her heart at this time.

"It's ready, don't panic."

After that, Xiao San and Lilac got off the horse, bolted the horse, lit the lighting tools, and began to scatter around looking for clues.

The two of them searched the house for a long time, and came out with dilapidated furniture and long-rotten grain, polished by time, and at this time there were dense cobwebs everywhere.

"Lilac, this place is so desolate, let's go ahead and have a look."

Finding nothing, the two men planned to go to the village shrine, and the two of them rummaged around.

Lilac didn't look at the ground when she was looking for it, and she tripped over it carelessly, and after she fell, Xiao San hurriedly came to help Lilac.

But Lilac shouted: "Don't help me, Xiao San, you see that there is a bulge on the ground under the desk, even if it is a cellar, you go and get up by yourself." When she fell, Lilac saw some clues.

Xiao San was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly went to get it as Ding Xiang said.

Xiao San went down to the cellar, took it out after a while, and took it to the two of them to look at the lamp, it was a beautiful waist card that was still visible despite a lot of ashes, and this waist card was engraved with two words "Fu Qing"!

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