In Hou Jinglin's view, Fei must be hesitating and not knowing how to face himself, so he didn't react for a long time. But it doesn't matter, it gives me time to set it up calmly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Hou Jinglin ordered that the soldiers whose homes were in Hekou Town and the surrounding villages could go home for the night and spend the night, and that the soldiers whose families were in other parts of Leadshan County could take turns to go home to visit their families, and they only needed to return to the team on time.

The purpose of reuniting these soldiers was to bring them home and their families, and at the same time, they were also given the task of promoting the policy of freeing slaves from Junda.

"When you go back, communicate more with your relatives and neighbors, let the villagers know that our Praetorian Guards are here to help them, and then develop some activists to join the peasant association and form our grassroots forces." Hou Jinglin commanded.

"Yes, sir." The soldiers who were about to return home happily agreed, and then they couldn't wait to leave.

They were all soldiers forcibly recruited for the rebels by the gentry in collusion with the government, and they were all forced to join the rebels.

Now they have not only returned, but also brought back the salary of the Praetorian Guard, and they have become a member of the Praetorian Guard, and after the establishment of the local government, they will become civil servants of the government. Such a good thing was unimaginable before, and now I can't wait to share it with my family......

"My brothers have been away from home for too long, and they are all homesick." Liu Wenbin said with a smile.

"Won't you go home and see?" Hou Jinglin asked. Liu Wenbin is also from Hekou Town, but his home is not in the town, but lives in Liujiagou, which is five miles away from Hekou Town.

"I'm about to say goodbye to the county lieutenant. If the county lieutenant has no other orders, I will go back." Liu Wenbin arched his hand.

"Go back and take me to say hello to your family." Hou Jinglin nodded.

Liu Wenbin simply packed up his things, wrapped the three months' salary and some other belongings in a package, carried them behind his back, and then walked out of the yamen with a sheathed knife.

Liu Wenbin did not go home directly, but walked around the town to buy some things. I have been away from home for more than half a year, and now I have some money in my hands, and I want to buy some gifts for my parents, wife, children and sister.

There are hundreds of shops in Hekou Town, selling everything, and there are many merchants who carry burdens. Liu Wenbin bought a new coat for his father, a headscarf for his mother, a large piece of red cloth and a large piece of black cloth, enough to cut a new dress for his parents, wife, children and sisters, and bought two boxes of walnut cakes and two strings of sugar gourds, one for each of his three-year-old son and thirteen-year-old sister. Finally, after thinking about it, I bought five catties of pig's head meat and two catties of loose wine, and decided to accompany my father to have a good drink, so that the family could satisfy their hunger.

bought a lot of things, but it only cost half a tael of silver, and Liu Wenbin had five taels of silver in his bag, which was the military salary for the past few months. However, instead of buying things randomly, he decided to take the money back and take advantage of the winter farming season to repair the family house, remove the thatch and pave the tiles, so that he would not have to worry about the house leaking again next year.

Looking at the sky, Liu Wenbin didn't dare to delay any longer, and walked out of the town with his things. ….

"Saburo, is that you?" When he was about to leave Hekou Town, someone suddenly shouted, and when Liu Wenbin fixed his eyes to look, it was an acquaintance from a neighboring village, named Li Bao, who had studied in a private school together a few years ago.

"San Lang, when I heard that you were captured and entered the army, I thought I would never see you in my life, but I didn't expect our brothers to meet again, who are you?" Li Bao walked over quickly, looking Liu Wenbin up and down in surprise.

"It turned out to be Brother Li, Brother Li has always been good?" Liu Wenbin greeted with a smile, and when he saw the other party staring at his clothes, he explained, "I have now joined the Praetorian Guard, and I am now a clerk under the county lieutenant Hou of Leadshan County, and I just returned to Hekou Town today.

"Is that the county lieutenant who robbed the Fei Family Inn in the morning?" Li Bao asked suspiciously.

Liu Wenbin nodded: "Exactly. However, it was not a robbery, but a requisition, and the county lieutenant Hou came to Leadshan County to take office at the emperor's holy decree, and decided to set up the yamen in Hekou Town, so he requisitioned the Fei Family Inn as a temporary yamen."

"I see, but Saburo, look

In terms of our brotherly friendship, let me remind you that the Fei family is not easy to mess with." Li Bao sighed.

Liu Wenbin sneered, "Is it difficult for the Fei family to be messed with? We are here on the orders of the emperor, what can the Fei family do?"

Li Bao sighed: "Which of the previous commanders of Leadshan County was not appointed by the emperor? When you come to Leadshan, you have to obediently take the initiative to visit the Fei family, otherwise you don't want to be an official in Leadshan County. And this county lieutenant Hou just came to occupy the Fei family's inn, which is obviously slapping the Fei family's face, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he has to get out of the lead mountain. San Lang, listen to my advice, you are a native of your hometown, and you want to live in Hekou Town all the time, why follow a foreign official to oppose the Fei family?"

"Is Brother Li here to be a lobbyist for the Fei family?" Liu Wenbin asked vigilantly.

Li Bao shook his head: "San Lang, you also know that I have nothing to do with the Fei family, but it's just a kind reminder for the sake of my former classmates, as for whether you listen to it or not, it's all up to San Lang."

"If Brother Li has nothing else to do, brother, I left first, and I haven't come back for more than half a year, so I really miss my family." couldn't figure out Li Bao's purpose, Liu Wenbin didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he bowed his hand slightly, and then picked up things again to say goodbye.

"San Lang, your family......" Li Bao stopped talking, "Forget it, you better go home and take a look yourself."

Li Bao's words made Liu Wenbin's heart lift, could it be that something happened at home? Seeing that Li Bao didn't want to say anything, Liu Wenbin didn't ask any more, anyway, it's not far from home, and he can figure it out when he gets home.

Returning to the heart like an arrow, Liu Wenbin, who was more than five miles away, only took half an hour to arrive at Liujiagou, and his house was in the first household at the entrance of the village.

Pushing open the empty wood door, I saw my ragged wife washing clothes in the yard, and my three-year-old son squatting on the ground and playing with ants.

"Husband......" Hearing the sound of pushing the door, his wife turned her head and shouted in surprise. The son dog raised his head and looked at Li Wenbin in confusion.

Seeing that his wife and children were safe, Liu Wenbin's heart was half relieved.

"Where's Daddy and Yan'er?" When his wife took the items in her hand, Liu Wenbin asked.

"Mother, mother is lying in the house." The wife bowed her head and muttered.

"Where's Daddy and Yan'er?" Liu Wenbin asked urgently.

"Yan'er is not at home, Dad, Dad's gone......" his wife said with red eyes.

With a "snap", the package in Liu Wenbin's hand fell to the ground.

Ren Guocheng