Before dawn, Azokhan got up, felt his way into the sheepfold, grabbed a sheep, dragged it out, and killed it. When the daughter-in-law in the wing room heard the sound, she also got up in the dark, and first went to the kitchen to take a look at the soup that had been boiled before going to bed last night.

The firewood buried in the stove had slowly burned out, only the stars were red, it was unfinished red charcoal, she opened the lid of the pot, and a thick fragrance wafted out.

She hurriedly covered it, got up and went to the yard to clean up the haggis that Azokhan had just pulled out.

By the time they had packed the sheep and put it on the cart, it was already light.

The daughter-in-law went in and woke up her eldest son, who was still asleep, and asked him to look at his younger siblings, and if he woke up in a while, he would go to the market to find them.

The father-in-law and daughter-in-law pushed the cart to the mutual market.

When they arrived at the city gate, they saw many people queuing up to go out, and they went out of the city with familiar directions, entered the mutual market, and found their stalls to stop.

Azokhan hunched his back and placed the pot with the broth on the stove, and then went to knead the dough to make the pancakes.

The haggis soup on the baked cake is really delicious, and after seeing the Khitan people on the Liao side occupy a food market in the mutual market with mutton, the Khitan people in Youzhou City can't sit still.

Azokhan was one of the first to follow suit, and his two sons were drafted away last autumn and both died in the Battle of Youzhou.

At first, he hated Lin Qingwan and Liang Ren very much, but he didn't have the courage to avenge them, because he still had grandsons and granddaughters to raise.

The second daughter-in-law remarried in February, leaving one of her children, and now she is all raised by him and her eldest daughter-in-law.

Last year, however, in order to scrape together enough food for their two sons to go on the expedition, they sold a lot of sheep at a low price, and the only horse they had was also brought to the battlefield for their brothers.

The family can be said to be destitute.

At this time, he saw that there were people selling haggis soup in the market, so he wanted to sell it too, and if he wanted to talk about haggis soup, his daughter-in-law made it very delicious, and his roasting sheep was even better.

But the stall here is not easy to grab, he didn't grab it for three days in a row, but the mutton he killed gradually couldn't be kept, so he could only eat it himself.

On the fourth day he gritted his teeth and killed another one, and stopped outside the city gate a long time ago, and rushed out as soon as the city gate was opened, but because the vendors were already familiar with each other and helped each other, they soon took up the stall in front of him, and when he came to the end sweating profusely, he found that there was no place for him.

At that time, he was about to die, but he couldn't hold back and squatted on the side of the road and cried.

I don't know if he was lucky or not, but Lord Lin didn't return to the city that day, he stayed in the mutual market, and he went out for a walk in the morning and happened to meet him.

At that time, he clenched the knife of killing sheep, thinking that he would kill her to the death, which could be regarded as revenge for his two sons, but she only glanced at him a few times, and then ordered someone to expand the stall along the food street for another mile.

He also asked the guards to help him put the trolley in the circle he had just drawn, which was regarded as helping him occupy a stall.

He started his stall career in such a daze.

His business is very good, because he is in the food street on the side of the Liang country, and the Han people prefer to come to his stall if they want to eat roast mutton and haggis soup, and they can't wait to go to the opposite Liao country.

He had to kill two sheep every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

When his sheep were killed, he went to buy them from the herdsmen, and the neighbors on a street liked to sell them to him, and in just one month, he could earn as much money as a family could earn in the previous year.

Even if someone told him a long time later, in fact, Lord Lin had long wanted to expand the food street, but he couldn't spare time, so it was delayed.

But he still felt that this expanded mile was expanded for him by the lord of Linjun, and he could never forget the moment when his trolley was sent to the stall, and his hand holding the sharp knife suddenly softened.

From that moment on, he didn't know whether to continue to hate her or be grateful to her.

However, as time passed, the hatred that accumulated in my heart gradually decreased, and by now, there was not much left.

At the end of the day, it's a war between two countries, and you can't just hate one person.

Azokhan cut off the outermost layer of mutton and put it on plates, and there were already guests waiting.

They were all merchants who had come to the market early in the morning to set up stalls, and they didn't eat breakfast because they were in a hurry.

What's more, there is a food court here, and the things are not expensive, and the things are complete, so people who want to be in a hurry will choose to eat here.

He shaved the mutton here, and his daughter-in-law followed to make the haggis soup, and served the soup to the guests who ordered it.

Someone else ordered baked cakes, and the two daughters-in-law were busy, but just like that, Azokhan could still listen to the guests with his ears pricked up.

A merchant sighed, "Have you heard, the county lord will leave tomorrow." ”

"Let's go? Going to Yunzhou? ”

The merchant shook his head, "If you go to Yunzhou, I won't sigh, I heard that this time I will go back to Beijing directly, and the mutual market between the two states of Youyun will be handed over to Wu Shilang." ”

"Why is this so sudden?"

"It's not sudden, this mutual market has been built, all the squares have been relocated, and the rules have been set, and the lord of Lin County can't stay in Youzhou and Yunzhou all the time."

"Alas, the county lord is here, and we have a Dinghai God Needle in our hearts, and I don't know if there will be any changes in the mutual market when she leaves."

"Probably not, this martial servant was cultivated by the Lord of Lin County, and the mutual market was formed by the two adults together, and he is still in Youzhou."

"Tomorrow, the county lord will leave, but is it definite news?"

"Naturally, this is what Master Chen said, he has a good personal relationship with Wu Shilang, and I heard that he can speak in front of the county lord, and the news he spread should not be fake."

"Shall I deliver it?"

"Naturally, I want to go," the merchant sighed, "I don't know when I will see the county lord for this farewell." ”

Asu Khan couldn't help but be stunned, until the guest urged, then he came back to his senses, and hurriedly lowered his head to make baked cakes for people.

By noon, their sheep had been sold, and the other stalls had begun to close, and after lunch, they had two hours of rest, which was also the time for them to prepare their dinner and evening ingredients.

In the past, his daughter-in-law watched the stall here, but Azokhan took the children back to kill another sheep, but today he packed up his things and said, "We won't sell them in the afternoon, pack up and go home." ”

The daughter-in-law was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”

Azokhan was silent for a moment and said, "Go back and prepare something." ”

When Azokhan returned, he bought beef and a lot of spices and started making beef jerky.

The daughter-in-law looked at her in a daze, and Asu Khan said in a low voice: "Tomorrow Lord Lin will leave, we will send her, you boil a pot of soup, and put it in a bamboo tube tomorrow to bring it." ”

The daughter-in-law was silent for a moment, and silently turned around and went to the kitchen.

A few children chased and fought in the yard, making this always quiet and quiet home a little more lively.

Azukhan thought it would be good to stay at home for half a day, and he could do this for one day a month in the future.

The marinated beef was slowly dried, and Azokhan stayed up all night to watch over it, and the next morning he got up early the next day to pack the baked beef jerky, woke up a few children, washed and dressed up, and went to the south gate together.

The daughter-in-law took two bamboo tubes skewered together to fill the mutton soup and slowly followed behind her father-in-law.

When the family reached the street, they saw a number of people walking with them to the south gate, each with something in his hand.

When I arrived at the south gate, I found that there were many people standing there.

When the sky was faintly bright, many soldiers poured out of the city gate, dividing the people on both sides and separating them by a large avenue.

The general guarding the city gate looked condescendingly at the dense crowd below, frowned slightly, and said, "Go and ask the general to see if you want to evacuate the crowd, there are so many people, what if there are assassins mixed in?" ”

"No, the county lord often goes back and forth to the market, where there are also mixed fish, but there is no accident?"

"Liao people will not do it in the mutual market, but not necessarily in other places." The general said: "First go and ask the general." ”

Xu Lian thought about it and wanted to agree to disperse, but when he arrived at the scene, he immediately said, "How can so many people be dispersed?" Send some more men, and let them stay here, but not near the county lord. ”

"Yes!"

Xu Lian and Su Zhang were also afraid that the Liao State would do it on Lin Qingwan's way back to Beijing, her death in Youzhou was not good for the Liao State, but if she died on the way back to Beijing, no one would be able to rely on the Liao State.

If you want to talk about who Wen Dihan hates the most now, Xu Lian and Su Zhang swore that that person must not be the two of them, nor Emperor Liang, but Lin Qingwan.

So this time, Xu Lian sent a thousand guards to escort her back to Beijing.

It was also because there were too many people in her entourage that Lin Qingwan decided to set off in May to avoid delays on the road.

Lin Qingwan's carriage had just turned into the main street of Nancheng and was surrounded by a crowd, many people called her name and stretched out their hands to hand her things.

Lin Qingwan lifted the curtain, waved her hand at them, and said, "You can take the things back, eat them for me, and use them!" ”

She smiled heartily: "You don't have to be sad, maybe we will see each other again in the future, I hope you will build Youzhou better and better, and peace will exist forever!" ”

Asu Khan squeezed to the front, followed the carriage forward, stretched out his hand and handed out the bag containing beef jerky, and shouted: "Lord Lin, you have taken this beef jerky......"

The voice was too mixed, and Lin Qingwan's gaze just swept over him, and waved at the people who stretched out their hands, asking them to take them back.

Asu Khan shouted: "Both of my sons died in the Battle of Youzhou, and that night when the Liang army attacked the camp—"

Yi Han glanced at him, stepped forward, and whispered a few words in Lin Qingwan's ear, and Lin Qingwan looked at Asu Khan and asked the carriage to stop.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the people on both sides became excited, and some even wanted to throw the things in their hands directly into him, but they were strictly forbidden by the soldiers guarding both sides.

Lin Qingwan got out of the carriage and walked in front of Azov Khan.

Everyone slightly moved out of the way.

Asu Khan is not very old, but his temples are gray, his back is bent, he withdrew his hand, raised his head to look at Lin Qingwan, his eyes couldn't help but be red and swollen, he held back his tears and said: "I have three sons, one was conscripted four years ago and died on the battlefield. That time was the Liao army's southern attack, wanting to loot some grain for the winter, it was only a small battle, he was only sixteen years old, the first time he went to the battlefield, died! ”

"The two were last autumn, the third prince issued two conscription orders to our family, and they both died in the battle of Youzhou, and the Youzhou camp was only eighty miles away from our home, and we could go back and forth in one day."

The crowd fell silent.

Lin Qingwan was silent for a moment, and then bowed deeply to him, Asu Khan's tears couldn't help but flow, and he choked up: "I hated the county lord at first, but now I don't hate you anymore, I have a stall in the mutual market, which can support my grandsons and granddaughters, and can accumulate some wealth for them in the future, as long as there is no longer a war, our life will not be too sad." ”

"County Lord," Asu Khan handed her the bag in his hand, and looked at her with red eyes, "This is the beef jerky I made overnight, my sons like to eat it the most, before they set out for the war, I made them a lot of dry food, you can take it and taste it." ”

Lin Qingwan took it, opened the bag, and took out a piece to taste, Yi Han couldn't help but take a step forward, Lin Qingwan had already bitten the jerky, chewed it and nodded: "It's really good, no wonder they love to eat so much." ”

Azukhan then reached out and wiped the tears from his face.

Lin Qingwan personally held the bag, looked at him and said seriously: "I hope that they can be reborn in the next life to an era of prosperity without war, and no longer suffer from war." ”

Azokhan looked up at her, trembling his lips and asked, "Is there a reincarnation?" ”

Lin Qingwan nodded seriously, "Of course there is, the soul will not be destroyed." ”

Lin Qingwan took a step back, bowed deeply to him again, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." ”

Azokhan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her and stammered, "No, it's not your fault. ”

Lin Qingwan didn't argue, nodded to him, and returned to the carriage with the bag, and the crowd gradually quieted down, watching her carriage leave.

Suddenly, one of the people in the crowd knelt down with a child, and everyone knelt down one after another, and for a moment all that remained in the street was the sound of the wheels of the cars and the sound of the horses' hooves in unison with the guards behind.

Lin Qingwan didn't let them get up, just looked down at the beef jerky in her hand silently, slowly tightened it, and turned her head to look out the window.

Xu Lian and Su Zhang waited at the gate of the city on horseback, watching all this in silence, and gradually tightened the reins in their hands.

It wasn't until the carriage left the south gate that the people slowly stood up and watched the convoy drift away.

Xu Lian and Su Zhang led people to send Lin Qingwan ten miles away, Lin Qingwan got out of the carriage, nodded slightly to the two of them, and said, "Stop, two generals, I can do the rest of the way by myself." ”

"The county lord takes care all the way."

Lin Qingwan smiled slightly, and said with a bow: "The two generals should also be cherished." ”

Xu Lian sighed, "This farewell, I don't know when I will see you again." ”

"There will always be a chance," Lin Qingwan looked at Wu Shilang and nodded slightly: "You can stay too, and the mutual market between the two states of Youyun will be handed over to you in the future." ”

"The lower officials will live up to the trust of the county lord."

Lin Qingwan saluted the three of them and turned to get into the car.

The three of them hurriedly took a step back and saluted Lin Qingwan to get into the car.

This time I said goodbye, I may not really see each other again, and I can only rely on correspondence.