In Hu Biao's hand, there was a knock on the door with a 'knock knock~'.

In addition to this commander who died on the street, the positions behind him, Xu Feng, War Dog, Yuanhai and others were all quite nervous.

Today is the fifth day since they received the order.

From the day he received the order, Xu Feng, War Dog, Yuanhai and other three people began to send the old soldiers' letters and ashes, and began to go home.

Because the veterans of the Anxi Army are all recruited from Guanzhong and even the surrounding places, the scope is not small at all, so naturally they can only send the people near Chang'an City back first.

After sending them to the neighborhood, they went separately to various places.

There is naturally nothing wrong with such an action step of the people, and it is also a more scientific choice.

The only problem is that more than 50 years have passed since the veterans left home in the prime of life.

And in these years, Chang'an City has been breached three times.

Not to mention the vicissitudes of life, all the changes in Guanzhong are also amazing.

Their first target is the old soldier who has a terrible wound on the calf of the 'Crippled Cow', a foot deep and a shallow foot when fighting, and the recipient who will never forget before he dies: Zhang Xiuniang.

This one is said to be with the cow lame, and it was agreed before leaving.

After his military exploits turn three times, he will go to marry the woman she has passed through in a beautiful manner.

On the way to the door, they have thought about that Zhang Xiuniang, who has long been married and has children, and now she is full of children and grandchildren, I am afraid that she will not remember Niu Cripple for a long time, this girl and her sworn youth.

Or, after a lifetime of waiting, the touching scene of the lame cow is still waiting for now.

Nonsense, after everyone came to Guiyifang, they inquired, what was the Hanlin Academy, Bachelor Liu, as early as the first year of Guangde, in the ten days when the Tubo people invaded Chang'an City, the whole family died in the chaos.

It is said that most of the people in the house survived.

It's just that where Zhang Xiuniang, who is a cook, went, Hu Biao and others asked the old people on half the street, but no one could say clearly, even if it was a loss at the beginning.

In the following time, they went to the homes of more than a dozen old soldiers in the city according to the addresses in the family letter.

It turned out that because of the man who was the pillar of the family, he didn't know his life and death for decades.

In such a difficult world, many of these families either died of illness, starvation, or death in the chaos, and no relatives survived.

Either the mother-in-law and aunt in the family have already remarried with their son, or they have sold their ancestral house under the difficult life.

After a while, I don't know where the people have gone, and even if they are not in Chang'an City, it is between the two theories.

In short, after tossing for three days in a row, almost all of them walked through the list of veterans whose homes were in Chang'an City, but there was no result at all.

In response to such a point, Hu Biao and the others could only go to the military department for some activities on the one hand.

After spending some copper coins, I asked some scribes to rummage through them, and then found out the roster and related materials of the Anxi Army decades ago, and prepared to find people according to the home address on it.

On the other hand, it is to ask Xie Yunniang and other bad people to help find out the news.

It can be regarded as the idea of having dates and not dates, and hitting a rod.

Today, they came to a village called Baiyun Village, fifty miles east of Chang'an City.

Even Hu Biao, the commander of the team, temporarily put aside the busy affairs at hand, and deliberately came with Xu Feng and the other three.

The reason why this is the case is that in the original Xuange camp, the only literate clerk 'Xiucai'.

According to the documents of the former military department, his home is here.

And in the battle on Qiuzi City that day, Hu Biao, who was still a rookie at the time, if he hadn't been pushed by Xiucai in an emergency.

This one died on the street, at that time, he died under the stray arrow, where there are so many things behind, and there is no statement of the Xuange Battalion team.

So Hu Biao thinks that today, he must definitely send this veteran home in person, and express his gratitude to Xiucai's family.

The premise is that more than fifty years later, Xiucai's family is still there.

Fortunately, after arriving in this Baiyun Village, he found the local governor, showed his identity as Zhengliupin, and finally got a good news.

Although his parents have passed away a long time ago, Xiucai's mother, two sons, five grandsons and granddaughter are all there.

It is even said that the eldest grandson's mother-in-law is now pregnant; Most of the remaining grandchildren have also reached the age of marrying daughters-in-law.

Therefore, the family members who are about to face the dead soldiers, these guys who have not changed their faces in the face of the opponent's army in the past are inexplicably nervous......

The old door was knocked on and soon opened.

A man in his twenties, wearing a linen robe, appeared in front of everyone, and even his face was faintly similar to Xiucai.

After seeing everyone, the little brother's mouth weakly asked: "Generals, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Just looking at this face, Hu Biao no longer has the slightest doubt about the identity of this family.

Hu Biao immediately solemnly faced the man, made a cross salute with both hands, and said in his mouth: "Hu Biao, captain of the Xuange Battalion of the Tang Anxi Army."

Today, I will send the ashes of Zheng Tong to Paoze, and there are some relics to go home~"

After listening to that sentence, the man's complexion changed greatly, and under the dejected expression on his face, he couldn't even bother to say a word or two to Hu Biao and others.

hurriedly rushed to a row of thatched-roof mud houses behind him, and rushed all the way in.

After a while, there was a cry of pain inside.

About a cup of tea later, an elderly woman with gray hair and blind eyes, supported by two women, appeared in front of Hu Biao with a group of men and women.

After seeing this scene, Hu Biao suddenly sighed in his heart.

Under such a difficult world, a woman raised two sons, and made a plan to marry them and have children, and even have great-grandchildren.

The difficulties are completely conceivable.

Before Hu Biao and the others spoke, the old woman first took the whole family and bowed to the ground in front of Hu Biao and the other four, which was regarded as a great gift to Hu Biao and the others who brought back Xiucai's ashes and relics from thousands of miles away.

After calmly accepting this ceremony, Hu Biao took a deep breath and knew that it was his turn to be a 'gift'.

He held a small jar in both hands, and while solemnly handing it to the old woman, he explained with shame in his mouth:

"By the time we cleaned up the battlefield, Tsunofu's skull had been mixed with the rest of the robes, and I couldn't tell the difference.

I can only burn it and mix it together, I think there are always some of them, it is from the husband~"

The old woman took the jar, hugged it and wept bitterly for a while; It was only after being beaten by the daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, and granddaughter that it stopped.

did not blame Hu Biao and others, but asked loudly:

"Dare to ask this Hu Langjun, my husband can be regarded as a real man~"

After seeing the old woman speak, the men and women around the old woman looked at the large number of villagers around them, and the look of hatred in their eyes.

Hu Biao vaguely understood something in his heart, the Zheng family should have heard a lot of gossip and suffered a lot of anger over the years.

With a solemn face, the murderous aura of years of fighting looked at the surrounding villagers, making these people's hearts inexplicably furious, and their legs trembled.

Then under the qi irrigation dantian, Hu Biao's mouth also drank loudly:

"The Tang Anxi Army and the Xuange Battalion Zhengtong have served in the Western Regions for more than 50 years, and they will compete for the first place in every battle, and they have repeatedly made war exploits.

On that day, when the Tubo and Hu people, known as 200,000 troops, attacked our Qiuci City, they were injured in many places all over their bodies, and they still fought hard, and killed more than ten Hu people before and after they died of exhaustion.

At the critical moment, if it weren't for Zheng Tong's action, Hu would have been a dry bone.

Therefore, in the future, if there are still people criticizing Zheng Tong in the back, it will be the life and death enemy of my Hu Biao and my Anxi Army, and the two sides will definitely be endless. ”

Speaking of this, Hu Biao picked up a big green brick with his toes, and shot it with a move, and immediately beat it to pieces.

made many onlookers of the village women and village men think of the consequences of hitting their heads with this slap, and their faces turned pale.

The other villagers who watched the excitement gasped in unison.

But after hearing and seeing Hu Biao's performance, the Zheng family unconsciously straightened their waists a little.

The old woman let out a big breath, as if she had spit out all these years of grievances.

Under the indescribable spirit, he commanded loudly: "Old man, hurry up and kill the old hen, and the second family will grind some white flour and come back, and entertain the distinguished guests." ”

Hearing this, the two women with gray temples next to them looked a little hesitant and wanted to say something.

I'm afraid that this old hen is already an important property of their family; The wheat that was milled was more likely to be left behind.

It's just that in the end, after glancing at each other, the two still held back the words in their mouths and prepared to leave to work.

Fortunately, at this time, Hu Biao hurriedly spoke: "Don't worry, Yuanhai, war dogs, bring things up." ”

After hearing this, Yuanhai and the war dog turned around and went back, and each carried down two heavy boxes from a carriage.

At Hu Biao's suggestion, he put it in front of the Zheng family and opened it directly; There was another loud gasp that rose in the eyes of the surrounding villagers.

Because in the two boxes, there are strings of copper coins, and I am afraid that there are not as many as 100,000 coins.

It's just that where he got there, Hu Biao took out a gold ingot from his arms and put it on the copper coin.

This is what he said: "The property in the box is a total of 100,000 and 72 Wen, all of which are the military salaries that Zheng Tong has saved over the years, as well as the accumulation of rewards for his military exploits, all of which are some clean money."

Before he died, Hu was entrusted by Zheng Tong to help bring it back to Datang and hand it over to his family, and asked everyone to count it clearly.

This ingot of gold is Hu's gratitude to Zheng Tong for saving his life.

Compared with a life, it is naturally far from enough, so please don't take it too little. ”

The above copper coins are naturally not Xiucai, and the military salaries and rewards accumulated over the years are just a reasonable excuse for Hu Biao to give such a pension.

After all, privately caring for family members in the army, in the feudal dynasty, isn't it equivalent to a kind of death-seeking behavior that gathers people's hearts and prepares to rebel?

And the words of that ingot of gold are Hu Biao's real gratitude.

If he wasn't even worried that Baishui Village was near Chang'an, the security was still good, but too much money would cause a big disaster for the Zheng family, and he would give more ......

******

Seeing such a large amount of belongings, the Zheng family was naturally overjoyed, and there was no sadness on their faces.

After all, as early as decades ago, they had already died in the Western Regions, and now after receiving the bad news, the sadness is only for a while.

Not to mention, the money in front of them is enough for them to repair a new house first and tell a few grandchildren a good mother-in-law.

The rest of the money can also buy some fields and two cows.

It can be said that all of a sudden, the entire quality of life of a large family has been improved, from the original dilapidated settlement to a few solid families in the village.

In the ensuing time, the Zheng family not only killed the old hen in the family.

It was also a banquet with several tables, and in addition to ceremoniously entertaining Hu Biao and others, Xiucai's funeral was also planned to be done together; The ashes of Xiucai were buried next to Grandpa and Auntie.

Seeing this, the surrounding villagers also came to help, and the words were very affectionate.

Seeing such a scene, Hu Biao and the others were also happy.

Because people can't be resurrected after death, but if you want to come to the spirit of the show, you are very willing to see such a scene appear in front of you.

In addition, the people of Baishui Village are all praising at the moment:

Captain Hu and all the people in the Xuan Ge camp are some heroes who have made promises and have unparalleled benevolence and righteousness.

Come to think of it, it was more than 100,000 yuan, an astonishing wealth that they could not imagine; If they hide it and divide it themselves, they are completely ignorant and unaware.

But they actually took it all out for the sake of a promise.

Not to mention, that ingot of gold was a huge fortune that everyone present had never seen in their lives.

So it is foreseeable that such a news will spread at an alarming rate, giving them a huge good name and credibility.

For Hu Biao's follow-up plan, credibility represents amazing wealth.

After letting go of the belly and eating a stomach full of wine and meat in the countryside.

After glancing at the sky, the time was already around two o'clock in the afternoon, and under the pretext that there were other relics to be sent, Hu Biao and the others just said goodbye and left.

Under this statement, the Zheng family could not continue to stay, so they could only send it to the entrance of the village in unison.

Before breaking up, Hu Biao said to Xiucai's eldest son, a little old man in his fifties:

"Because we have purchased some properties, we need some trustworthy people to help us do things; In addition to food and lodging every month, in addition to distributing clothes, shoes and socks, there is a minimum salary of 800 Wen.

If it is done well, there will be no less than three months' salary in the New Year's Day.

If you are willing, wait and rest assured to arrange a funeral for Zheng Tong.

After the funeral is over, you can go directly to Pingkangfang in Chang'an City, a newly opened Deyue Building that has recently been prepared, and go to find a female shopkeeper called Guifei.

As long as Zheng Tong's name is reported, she will naturally arrange it. ”

The voice fell, and he didn't wait for the Zheng family to speak.

The surrounding villagers, all with envious red expressions on their faces, shouted one after another: "Zhou Dalang is still stunned, hurry up and agree, where can I find such a great good thing?"

In other words, if you are scavenging in the field on weekdays, in addition to eating and drinking for a month, I don't know if you can have any left. ”

"Yes, the little thin field in your house, a few old people and women can do it, and the young ones can help these Langjun do things and make money."

There were even people who had the audacity to ask Hu Biao:

"This Lang Jun, the villain has the strength of a shoulder, and he is never lazy in his work, do you think I can do things? 500 wen per month is also fine. ”

After hearing this, Hu Biao shook his head and patted his horse away.

In fact, letting Anxijun's family learn some small crafts is their biggest help, and it is also the biggest benefit they can give.

Such a good thing, others should not think about it for the time being......

In the following time, everyone rode all the way to speed up and return to Chang'an City.

It's just that before entering the city, I saw a familiar figure.

It was Xie Yunniang, dressed in men's clothes, and after making some disguises on her face, she was waiting at a tea stall on the road.

If it weren't for her coughing and hinting, after seeing it at first glance, Hu Biao and they almost didn't recognize it.

Seeing this, Hu Biao and the others were not in a hurry to enter the city.

After getting off the horse and approaching the past, I heard the captain of the dark star of this bad man, and whispered in his mouth: "Hu Shuai, the subordinates have lived up to their trust, and finally found the whereabouts of that Zhang Xiuniang." ”

Hearing this, Hu Biao was suddenly overjoyed in his heart, and he couldn't help but glance at the ability of the remnants of bad people to do things.

About forty minutes later, on a mass grave in the east of the city.

Pointing to a small grave that didn't even have a tombstone and was full of weeds, Xie Yunniang's voice sounded: "After coming out of Bachelor Liu's house, Zhang Xiuniang worked as a cook in many people's homes.

However, he never married, and eventually died alone.

Or one of her neighbors, who helped with the aftermath after his death; It's just that the neighbor's house is also quite poor, so he can only wrap it in a straw mat and bury it here. ”

Hearing this, Hu Biao was silent for a long time.

The mouth said: "Let people go to the captain of Tianyou Star, and the God of Wealth will pay a hundred yuan to come out, and bury these ashes of Zhang Xiuniang and Niu Cripple together, remember to be beautiful and grand."

Also, ask the neighbors who are helping with the aftermath if they would like to work in our workshop. ”

In the sound of 'only~', Xie Yunniang's mouth simply responded.

But in my heart, it is far from being so calm as it seems, and the reason is very simple:

She knew that the current bad people were using money, so it was a bit too wasteful to use a hundred guan to bury people together.

But such a waste shows the human touch of such a bad handsome.

It feels very good to have such a humane boss......

Two in one chapter, half of which is the update of today's next chapter, and one chapter is to repay the debt, what to take! I've paid off my debts

(End of chapter)