Three days later, hundreds of dependents helped the old and the young, and left from the south gate of Shouchun one after another.

After Li Tun learned about the situation, he came to Qiaofu to report to Chen:

"Long Yunqi is really gone, and there are hundreds of old and weak women and children with him, who seem to be the families of the fallen soldiers under his command."

"It's rare to be affectionate and righteous, but it's a pity... This person lost his mother at a young age and his father at a young age, and no one taught him well at a critical time, so that he was coerced by a few pawns and killed himself..."

When Chen sighed, his eyes unconsciously looked at Qiao Ling, and said in his heart I have to teach you well, don't be like Long Xiang who has little cleverness but no great wisdom.

"I didn't expect him to spend three days, and in the end he took hundreds of burdens, and I don't know what to think, the weather is getting colder and colder now, if you can't find a foothold as soon as possible, even if you don't starve to death, you will have to freeze to death..."

Chen said expressionlessly: "Who knows? Maybe one day I'll be back..."

"If that's the case, then we can't easily accept it, what is our bridge family? He comes back if he wants to? ”

Long Xiang helped Qiao Rui take care of the aftermath, Qiao Wei was grateful, but the other party didn't know the current affairs, and refused Chen's retention in public, and the arrogant Qiao Wei couldn't bear it.

Now if someone mentions Long Xiang's name, Qiao Wei returns to her original cold appearance.

Qiao Wan saw that Qiao Wei said cruel words, and she hurriedly put forward different opinions.

"The eldest sister is too worried, I remember my father mentioned it before his death, saying that this Long Yunqi is extremely cautious, and every time before the battle starts, he will plan a retreat route in advance, he chose to leave in this weather, and took hundreds of family members with him, I'm afraid he has already found a foothold, and he shouldn't come back."

"Eldest sister, second sister is right." Qiao Ling chimed in.

Qiao Wei glanced at her younger siblings, and asked with a smile: "It's true that Long Yunqi is a little clever, but the second sister is so determined that he is afraid that he will be arbitrary, and he only fled back from the north three days ago?" When to find a place to stay? ”

"I don't know... Anyway, this person is not simple..."

Qiao Wan pouted and looked at Qiao Ling, complaining that he didn't ask anything from Luo Yicheng.

"Facts speak louder than words." After Qiao Wei finished Qiao Wan, she asked Qiao Ling again: "Third brother, what do you think?" ”

"Uh... I..."Qiao Ling hesitated, and suddenly saw Li Tun next to him, like grasping a life-saving straw, and hurriedly grabbed the other party.

"Uncle Li, you and Yunqi are comrades, you know his situation best, you analyze and analyze..."

"Ahh

Li Tunxin said that you sisters and brothers are arguing, don't pull me in as an outsider, it's not appropriate for me to say that anyone is right, so my expression looks very embarrassed.

As the housewife of the Qiao family, Chen's ability to observe words and emotions is outstanding, and when she saw Li Tun's embarrassed face, she accosted: "No one came to condolence today, so you can say a few words to relieve everyone's boredom." ”

"Yui." Li Tun hugged his fists and responded.

He stroked his beard and spun around in place, thinking carefully before answering.

"With Long Yunqi's style of acting, it is indeed as the second lady said, I would rather seek stability than seek merit, and it is very strange to leave at this time;

What the eldest lady said is also reasonable, Long Yunqi has been in the army for two years, and all the people he knows are his comrades in the battalion, and he has neither time nor opportunity to make friends with powerful people, who can he go south to? ”

Li Tun didn't say it, Chen frowned and added along his train of thought: "Shouchun is the border of the Lujiang River to the south, could it be that he has a relationship with Liu Xun?" ”

"It shouldn't be possible, General Qiao and Liu Taishou are both indifferent, Long Yunqi is a little Quhou, how can he get into the eyes of the other party?" Li Tun shook his head in denial.

"Shouchun to the south is the boundary of the Lujiang River, and then south across the Yangtze River is Jiangdong, Long Xiang once predicted that if His Majesty is called the emperor, Sun Bofu will rebel, will he go to Jiangdong?"

Qiao Wei's words are like spring rain, bringing a new source to everyone's exhausted thinking.

Chen nodded and agreed: "Wei'er's words are very good, Sun Ce took advantage of His Majesty's troops, he led his troops to drive away Yuan Yin to occupy Danyang, Yuzhang Liu Xuan should not be an opponent, Sun Ce is just around the corner according to Jiangdong, Long Yunqi probably saw this, I still underestimated him..."

"Long Xiang took hundreds of old and weak people to vote, it's just wishful thinking, even if Sun Bofu is willing to take it in, he may not be able to reuse it..."

Qiao Wan saw Li Tun degrading Long Xiang and praising Sun Ce, and said in her heart that Uncle Li was jealous of him?

Chen then smiled, "Long Yunqi doesn't like to fight, isn't it right to be reused?" Let's not talk about him yet..."

Bang.

Chen walked to the spirit tablet and pulled out Qiao Rui's sword, looked at it for a long time, then turned to face everyone, and said to Qiao Ling:

"We don't care what Long Xiang chooses, you have to remember that you are the only son of the Qiao family, and in the future, you will have to study more Taoluo Art of War at home, and learn more things from Li Huwei when you are outside, and the future of the Qiao family will depend on you."

"The child will do his best." Qiao Ling bowed.

Chen raised his eyes and added in a deep voice: "Born in troubled times, it's not enough to try your best, you have to dare to work hard." ”

"The child can be saved..."

Qiao Ling lowered his head and beat the drum in his heart, he was not averse to reading and writing, but he was not interested in the life of the army, at this moment he envied Long Xianglai.

You don't have a family mission so you have the freedom to do whatever you want, and I have to do what I don't like.

Long Xiang can't be compared with the naïve Qiao Ling, he knows that he can do whatever he wants if he has the ability, and being a soldier for Yuan Shu will inevitably become cannon fodder, so he has been seeking a way out, it is really not about doing what he wants, but after careful consideration, he wants to live the layout.

It is not easy to live smoothly and steadily in this era.

Walking on the streets of Hefei, the feeling of gloom is different from Shouchun.

The huge city is shrouded in loneliness, with deserted buildings of varying heights, corroded and dilapidated by nature, and only the rammed earth walls on all sides are still being tested by the wind and sun.

Long Xiang pointed to the side of the street and asked Feng Zhong: "Uncle Zhong, our last group, there are more than 500 people in total, I see that the houses on the street are all in tatters, is there still a place to live?" ”

Feng Zhong nodded and replied: "Yes, there are some, Hefei City can accommodate tens of thousands of people, what are our total of a few thousand people?"

In order to facilitate personnel management, I placed everyone in the southwest area, and no one lived near the city gate, so as not to be detected by outsiders. ”

Long Xiang nodded slightly: "How are you doing during this time?" Has anyone outside discovered the city? ”

"Everyone lives cautiously, no one passed by last year, but this year there is a big drought and natural disasters, hundreds of displaced people have fled to the edge of the city, I was worried about the leakage of food, so I didn't let them into the city..."

"More than 2,000 people live in Hefei? How much food is left today? ”

"I strictly controlled the distribution of rations, and only ate a small part of the 100,000 grains, but it is not a long-term solution to only get in and out, are we secretly growing some grain?"

Long Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Why do you want to plant secretly?" If you want to plant, you should plant it openly. ”

"Wouldn't that be exposed?" Feng Zhong's face was full of nervousness.

Long Xiang smiled and comforted: "Uncle Zhong can rest assured, now that Yuan Shu is worried about internal and external troubles, where will he notice this empty city of Hefei?" You take us to settle down first. ”

"Okay."