"Yes, my son is a soldier in the border area, he was conscripted into the army more than a year ago, and he has been serving in the northern border of Mobei......"

Speaking of her son, the old lady couldn't stop crying.

Her husband's surname is Niu, and since he lost his husband at a young age, he has dragged two daughters and a son to earn a living.

finally looked forward to the child growing up, and her two daughters were married one after another, so she thought about completing the marriage for her son, and she had no wish from then on.

Who knew that she had just taken a fancy to a girl, but her son suddenly told her that she was going to be conscripted into the army.

Niu's mother was not worried about her son, so she sent one ride after another on the way to see her off, and finally her son repeatedly agreed with her that he would write a letter to her family every month so that she would not worry, and Niu's mother stopped.

Mother Niu couldn't imagine that the back of her son who was far away at that time would become forever.

In her son's first two months in the army, she did receive two letters from home.

The first letter is to report safety and simply tell about the life of the barracks, the letter is simple and simple, but it greatly reassures the worried heart of Niu's mother.

The second letter is that the son told his mother that he had made good friends in the barracks.

He said that the person's name was Chen Shao'an, he was from the capital, and he was handsome and chic.

The son was excited throughout the whole story, such a handsome and noble son from the capital came to join the army, and became a very good friend with him, he felt very proud.

The son has a good life in the military camp, and he has made good friends, and Niu's mother is also happy for her son.

But after that, she never received a letter from her son.

She waited anxiously for a while.

It wasn't until later that those who joined the army with their son in the same county were sent back by the military one after another.

Only then did she know that the border of Mobei had fought with a small group of soldiers, and the two sides had suffered mutual damage.

Hearing the news, Niu's mother was worried at home all day long, for fear that tomorrow the imperial court would send the news that her son had died in battle.

In such a state of apprehension, she was in a daze for two months, and the court had all been notified.

Seeing that there was no news of her son's death in the war, Niu's mother breathed a sigh of relief.

But it was only a sigh of relief, because her son never gave her a word again.

Niu's mother was really worried about her children, so she hid from her two married daughters, packed up and went to the border alone.

She was old and had slow legs, and even though their county was not far from North County, it took a month to get on the road.

When she went to the barracks and inquired about her son's news, another month passed.

In the end, Niu's mother got the news that there was no such person in the barracks.

"No such person?"

Niu Ma looked at the deputy general introduced by her fellow villagers in disbelief.

"How is this possible, my son has been in the army for more than half a year, and he has written to me before......"

Niu's mother showed the letter her son had written before to the deputy general.

After reading the letter, the lieutenant general also frowned, could it be that he fought with Fanbang before and cleaned up the missing corpses on the battlefield?

So he went back and checked the list of dead and injured, and there was indeed no name of Niu's son.

"Lord Adjutant General," said his subordinate, "this man disappeared out of thin air, could it be that he was cowardly on the spot and became a deserter?" ”

"Highly likely!" The lieutenant nodded.

So, Niu's mother came to the border, not only did she not find her son, but asked her son for a sea fishing paperwork.

Mother Niu was not convinced, and wanted to ask the deputy general for an explanation, but the deputy general was unwilling to see her again.

The fellow who introduced the deputy general to her also had to come out to dissuade her, "Niu Mom, the deputy general's inference is reasonable." ”

"Your son is now alive and dead, and he is very likely to be a deserter, if he is really incognito, none of us can find him!"

"I was kind enough to help you meet the lieutenant general, but it's better not to see you, now it's okay......"

Niu's mother couldn't hear the complaints of her fellow villagers anymore, so she went to the street in a panic and looked for her son alone.

She didn't believe her son was a deserter.

The great-grandfather, grandfather, and father of the Niu family all died when they were in the army, and although the Niu family did not produce any generals, they were full of soldiers who sacrificed for the country.

Even with such a big sacrifice of the Niu family, the government deliberately bypassed the Niu family when recruiting soldiers.

The decision to join the army was chosen by her son on his own initiative, so Niu's mother resolutely did not believe that her son would be a deserter.

It's just that......

In the vast sea of people, she has been looking for a long time and has never seen her son.

When she was desperate, Niu's mother thought of Chen Shaoan's name mentioned in her son's letter.

So, she went to the barracks again, but the result was the same as the last time she came to find her son, and Chen Shaoan's name was no longer in the army.

After inquiring, Niu's mother learned that Chen Shaoan had already died in battle.

When he was sad and desperate, a person who was also born in the capital and served in the army at the border sympathized with Niu's mother's experience, so he told Niu's mother that Chen Shaoan was not dead and that he was still in the capital.

Niu Ma, who rekindled hope, came to the capital all the way.

She thought that after meeting Chen Shaoan, no matter whether she could find her son or not, she would be able to get some news about her son.

But I never expected that when Chen Shaoan saw her, he not only looked very disgusted, but also resolutely refused to admit that he knew her son.

Chen Shaoan is the last hope for Niu's mother to find her son, even if Chen Shaoan resolutely refuses to admit it, she doesn't want to leave, she has to get a result from Chen Shaoan.

That's why Chen Shaoan couldn't bear it anymore and beat him up.

Niu's mother sued the Chen family under the pretext of being beaten to death, in order to make the matter bigger and force Chen Shaoan to say something about her son.

Niu's mother took the letter and held it in front of Chen Shaoan.

"Obviously, it is clearly written in my son's letter, Uncle Chen, you are the good friend that my son made...... Why is it impossible for you to admit it? ”

Chen Shaoan refused to change his words so far, "I said it again, I don't know your son, and I don't know why he wrote that!" ”

"Who knows if your son has taken my name to comfort you so that you don't have to worry?"

"I obviously said I didn't know him, why do you have to force me to know your son?"

"This lady ......," said the old lady softly, "I have three sons, and I know how you feel about the loss of your son, but you can't just rely on a letter to disregard my son. ”

"Shao'an has been back to the capital for so long, and he has experienced so many things, he has already interrupted the news with the army, you have been looking for a son who has not been seen for so long, it must have nothing to do with my son."

"Impossible, impossible, you must be related...... "Niu's mother believes that her son's letter will not lie to her.

At this time, Jingzhao Mansion Yin spoke.

"Mother Niu, although this official is a parent official who is the master of the people, it is really difficult for you to sympathize with you to say that Chen Shaoan knows your son based on a letter, and then you rashly make such a reckless move."

"My lord, did you already think in your mind that my son was a deserter?"

Niu's mother cried, "My son is really not that kind of person, I just want to ask Uncle Chen to tell the truth......"