After a while, Li Ruoyun came back to his senses.

He frowned slightly, and thought: "Right now, Yinzhou City has been surrounded by the Song army, if we leave rashly, we must not be able to go far, and we will be intercepted by the Song army." My life was saved by Brother Li, and although I have no grudge against Brother Li, I must not harm other brothers because of my momentary anger. ”

Li Jiqian crossed his right hand on his waist, looked at the half-collapsed sand table, and returned to silence. Zhang Pu stroked his beard with his hands, and he couldn't think of a perfect plan for a while. All the party men did not understand Chinese, and they all looked at each other when they saw this, showing doubts, not knowing what the three leaders were thinking.

The passionate atmosphere of everyone was solemn again in an instant, and it was so solemn that it made people breathless. Everyone's faces were full of confusion and anxiety at the moment, but Wan Jianfeng was still looking at everyone with a smile, as if he had a good plan in his chest.

After a long time, he saw that everyone was still silent, and couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, saying that you are idiots, I really didn't wronged you!" If you really want to withdraw from Yinzhou City, the most important thing is weapons and men, how to bring weapons and men out of Yinzhou reasonably, is the top priority at the moment. ”

Li Jiqian and the three of them looked at Wan Jianfeng in unison and asked, "What can you do?" ”

Wan Jianfeng didn't answer directly, but only asked lightly: "Actually, this is not a difficult matter. You are all the oldest, haven't you ever died in your family? ”

"Dead man......" Li Jiqian repeated in a low voice, and then his eyes released a look of excitement, Zhang Pu and Li Ruoyun also understood instantly, and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, such a simple method, why didn't we think of it for a while?" ”

The men of the party didn't know what Wan Jianfeng said, but when they saw the changes in the expressions of the three leaders, they also deduced that he must have had some good idea, and they all respected Wan Jianfeng.

That night, the moon was in the sky.

Li Ruoyun assisted Li Jiqian in dealing with a lot of military affairs, so he temporarily unloaded his burden, carried a paper bag, bought a wooden sword, and knocked on the door of Yue Chun's mansion. Yue Chun has been an official in the land of Wuzhou for a long time, but the mansion has always been surprisingly simple, and even the gate of the mansion is made of the most ordinary elm trees. After a long time, there was a little wind and grass at the door, and the dilapidated wooden door creaked non-stop.

"When! While! While! Brother Yue, little brother is here! Li Ruoyun knocked a few times, and then heard someone answering the door inside. With a squeak, the broken wooden door was slowly opened from the inside, revealing a half-resolute and kind face, "Brother Xian is here, the foolish brother and sister-in-law have been waiting for you for a long time, if you don't come again, Cheng'er will go out to find you!" ”

Li Ruoyun smiled and sighed, "Alas, although Brother Yue didn't come in the afternoon, I must have heard about Brother Li's resolution, right?" It seems that in such a critical autumn of survival, how could Li ignore Brother Li and come to meet Brother Yue alone? That's it, don't talk about these, the younger brother knows that Brother Yue likes to eat the sauce beef tendon of Wuxiangju the most, so I bought some to give Brother Yue wine! ”

Yue Chun took the paper bag with a smile, leaned under his nose and sniffed it vigorously, laughing, "Hmm! The sauce cow hooves of Wuxiangju, after so many years, it is still so fragrant, come, come, before leaving, our brothers will drink again one last time, and we will leave Yinzhou tomorrow, and then I want to return here to drink, I don't know what year and month it is! ”

Li Ruoyun made a gesture of please, followed Yue Chun through the spacious courtyard, and went straight into the living room. At this moment, there was a large wooden table in the hall, and four low beard beds were arranged around the table. Xiao Yuecheng was sitting on the Hu bed with a pair of chopsticks in his mouth, and his big round eyes were drooling as he looked at a table of dishes. Next to him sat a woman of some age, dressed simply, but very shrewd.

When Yue Cheng saw Li Ruoyun coming, he jumped up happily, "Great, Uncle Li is here, Uncle Li is here!" Daddy and mother said that if you don't come, don't let me move chopsticks, since you are here, I can eat it now! ”

The woman smiled and shook her head, got up and greeted her, "Uncle is here!" You have known the master for so many years, and the relationship between the two brothers is not as good as yours, why do you always see each other like this and bring things! ”

"Haha, sister-in-law is joking! It's just food, toys, what does it matter? Li Ruoyun walked to Yue Cheng's side with a smile, bent down and said, "Cheng'er, didn't you say you wanted a sword a few days ago?" Uncle thought about it, you are still young now, if you are given an iron sword that has been bladed, you will inevitably hurt yourself, so I have to buy you a wooden sword, do you like it? ”

"I like it!" Yue Cheng excitedly took the wooden sword, recalling the moves that Li Ruoyun had taught in the past, and he danced well. The three of them looked at Xiao Yue Cheng and danced the sword, and they all showed a smile on their faces, and Yue Chun even smiled: "Haha, not bad, not bad!" If you kid is willing to work hard and practice like this, he will definitely be better than his father in a few years! ”

Li Ruoyun bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes! Uncle will leave Yinzhou with your father tomorrow, and after we leave, you must practice martial arts well, and you must not waste it. Only in this way, one day you will be like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, whom you admire, win all battles and seal the wolf! ”

Yue Cheng nodded and put on his posture, but suddenly realized that Li Ruoyun's words were wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Li, what did you just say!" You and Daddy are leaving Yinzhou? Where are you going, and when are you coming back? ”

Li Ruoyun only thought that Yue Chun and his wife had told the child about it, but after Yue Cheng asked, he felt reckless, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Yue Chun. Yue Chun didn't care too much, thought for a while and said, "Cheng'er, we are from Yinzhou, and our ancestors have lived here for three generations, right?" Now, there is a group of bad people who want to attack our city, and we are too weak to be their opponents, so I and your Uncle Li are going to leave here temporarily. But don't worry, it won't be long before we will be killed, and then Daddy and Uncle won't leave you! ”

Yue Cheng looked at the two of them reluctantly, and said pitifully: "That...... When will you come back? ”

Yue Chun said: "Well, at the latest, when the peony on the mountain is opened, we will definitely come back!" ”

"That'...... So long. Yue Cheng muttered quietly, pursed his mouth, and tears fell from his nose.

Yue Chun sighed helplessly, and Li Ruoyun gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Yue Cheng's eyes, "Cheng'er doesn't cry, haven't you always wanted to learn from your uncle's trick of dragon and snake flying?" You eat obediently first, and after eating, your uncle will teach it to you. ”

Yue Cheng nodded slightly, "Then the dragon leaping phoenix and the ins and outs of the two tricks, my uncle has to teach me too!" ”

Li Ruoyun smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you eat well and obediently accompany your mother and wait for us to come back, what does it matter if your uncle teaches you the whole set of Canglong swordsmanship!" ”

Yue Cheng stopped crying when he heard this, picked up the chopsticks and flew into his mouth, swallowing them without chewing. The woman looked at the gobbling child, then picked up the flask and poured wine for the two of them. Li Ruoyun thanked him, picked up the wine glass and looked at Yue Chun opposite, and a thousand words came to his heart for a while. Although the two vowed to go and return together, the last wine before leaving was still not easy to swallow.

But at this moment, Li Jiqian's pressure in his heart is greater than anyone else, even if he becomes the leader of the Tuoba Department, even though he has pride and grief, but he still mustered up the greatest courage before he dared to come to the backyard and knock on the door of his mother Deng's room.

A young and beautiful young woman came out of her mother's room. Li Jiqian smiled slightly when he saw her, and said, "Madam, is my mother resting?" ”

The young woman said, "Husband, my mother has not rested yet, something must have happened to you when you came to your mother's room so late, right?" Before her words fell, she heard a slightly old woman in the room say, "Jiqian, is there anything wrong in the middle of the night?" Come in and talk. ”

Li Jiqian walked quickly to the old woman as he said, squatted down and said, "Mother, the child does have a big matter to discuss with his mother!" ”

"I'll sit down and talk." The old woman pointed to the bed.

Li Jiqian did not move at all, and continued: "Mother, now our party's Xiang clan has reached the autumn of critical survival! The cousin has been ordered to enter Beijing, and if the child also goes to Bianliang at this time, then the party will inevitably become a plate of scattered sand, and will eventually be destroyed by the Song army. The child consulted with his brothers today and decided not to go to Bianliang to resist the order, but he was worried that his mother would lose, so he was really in a dilemma! ”

Deng smiled and stroked the top of Li Jiqian's head, and said softly: "Jiqian, my mother knows that you have the world in mind and care about the party and all sentient beings, and a young man with ambition like you should take advantage of his youth to break out of the world, how can he be restrained for the sake of the love of mother and son?" Wherever you go, your mother will accompany you, and even if you succeed in the end, your mother will firmly support you! ”

Li Jiqian's wife also said: "Husband, my mother's words are also what my wife wants to say, no matter the ends of the earth, we will follow you, no matter the sword mountain and the sea of fire, we will accompany you, as long as we can keep the party and the land of the five states, it is worth it no matter how much we pay!" ”

Li Jiqian nodded vigorously, looking at the faces of his mother and wife, his eyes were filled with tears. The belief in his heart is completely firm at this moment, so firm that he will not be shaken for the rest of his life, no matter who wants to destroy the party and take away the land that belongs to them in the five states, he will definitely fight with his life to the end!

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and a funeral procession slowly drove to the city of Yinzhou. Unlike in the past, most of the people in this funeral procession were on horses, guarding a large, heavy coffin, followed by a carriage with a plain silk hanging on it. The people in the car all attached great importance to filial piety, and their expressions were full of grief, like mourning.

Cao Guangshi, the chief general guarding Yinzhou, was standing at the head of the city with his sword, thinking about how to move the party nobles away step by step, and suddenly saw such a team coming down from the city, and he felt a faint surprise in his heart.

Cao Guangshi took a few personal soldiers and quickly walked down the city and stopped in front of this team. His gaze kept scanning the people in the team, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice, "Which mansion are you from?" If you don't rest at home in the morning, why do you gather to go out of the city? ”

Everyone thought that when the Song army saw the funeral procession, they would open the city gate without saying a word, but they knew that they would meet the main general of the Song army on duty early in the morning, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

Li Jiqian was afraid that everyone would show their flaws after a long time, so he had to stubbornly urge the horse to come to Cao Guangshi, dismount and bow down and said: "Back to the general's words, we are just ordinary people, just because the old mother died of an unfortunate illness, so the brothers made up a few silver taels, invited some people, and made some pomp and circumstance so that the old man could go beautifully." Today's first seven days have passed, and she should be allowed to put her old man in peace, and I hope that General Cao will be accommodating. ”

Cao Guangshi nodded, "Well, although your filial piety is commendable, General Ben can't easily release you from Yinzhou because of this." With so many men and horses, if the mercenaries stand on their own after leaving this place and become enemies of my Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty? As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately understood and quickly surrounded the coffin and carriage.

The leading soldier reached out and was about to open the lid of the coffin. For a moment, everyone's faces froze, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't dare to blatantly hold swords and swords, they were afraid that they would have already shown their blades and were ready to attack.

Wan Jianfeng smiled unhurriedly: "This military master, seeing that you are so anxious, you must be a new recruit who has just joined the army, right?" As he spoke, he walked towards Cao Guangshi again, hugged his fists and said, "General Cao, my old woman is suffering from the plague, if the coffin lid is opened, the consequences will be unimaginable!" You have fought all your life and naturally don't care about life and death, but these soldiers under your command are still young, you don't want them to die before they can serve the country, right? ”

Cao Guangshi looked Wan Jianfeng up and down when he heard this, then frowned, and waved his hand in disgust, "Where did you come from?" Look at your appearance, let alone the party nobles, I'm afraid that the poor and sour talents in the Central Plains will also be ashamed to be with you. Presumably, you are not a party noble, let alone a migrator, so let's go quickly! ”

Li Jiqian was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Cao Guangshi and said: "Thank you General Cao, if my mother has a spirit in the sky, she will also be grateful for the general's great kindness, and she will take people away in the future." We will return to Yinzhou City for three days or two days, please rest assured General Cao. After he finished speaking, he turned over his horse and left Yinzhou City, which was surrounded by the Song army, with the funeral procession openly.

After everyone left the city, they didn't dare to slack off, and went straight out for more than ten miles, only to slow down. Li Jiqian took the lead in taking off his filial piety clothes, dismounted and opened the heavy coffin lid, and took out his Daxia dragon sparrow from it and put it around his waist. Everyone also took off their filial piety clothes in the same way, took out their respective blades from the coffin, and cheered around Wan Jianfeng.

Although Wan Jianfeng couldn't understand what they were saying, he could guess the meaning by looking at the meaning. Li Ruoyun stuck the long sword back behind his back, walked up to Wan Jianfeng, and laughed heartily: "Haha, brother, there is really you!" I, Li Ruoyun, have grown so big, and it's the first time I've seen someone like you, who deceives people and doesn't even blink an eye, but you can't lie to me, otherwise I will definitely ask for your head! ”

"Hahaha!" Wan Jianfeng also laughed, "Brother Li, a calm and witty person like Ben Shaoxia is indeed very rare in this world, and if you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean that you haven't seen it!" ”

Zhang Pu also walked over slowly, and said with a smile: "Brother Wan Xian, before you came, I was their brainchild, but now with you, Brother Xian, my brainchild has become an ornament!" ”

Wan Jianfeng teased: "It's still Brother Zhang's life, he is handsome and chic, and he is suave, even if he makes a decoration, it is enough to make people happy." Unlike my younger brother, if it weren't for the diamond diamond and some porcelain work, I'm afraid no one would want to look at me more. ”

Li Jiqian didn't pay attention to everyone, but walked straight to the carriage, lifted the curtain and said a few words to his mother and wife in the carriage. Then he turned over and got on his mount, and continued to march in the direction of Dijin Ze with everyone.

After a few days, the surrounding scene changed from the loess plateau with ravines to an endless desert with windblown sand. Often a gust of wind blows, and the yellow sand in the sky rises into the air, turning into a whirlwind in mid-air, and everywhere you can see is ruthlessly annihilated by the wind and sand, and you will sink under the yellow sand forever.

The desert is majestic and silent, and the procession marching in the desert is particularly difficult and tragic. Li Jiqian rode at the front of the procession, letting the yellow sand and the wind blow cut his cheeks, but he refused to stop to go to the oasis in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, everyone had already consumed all the food and water they carried, and the people were hungry and thirsty to the limit, when someone in the team suddenly pointed to the front and shouted excitedly: "Brothers, look, look there!" ”

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, only to see the high sand mountain, in the boundless sea of sand, dotted with clumps of trees and weeds, a pastoral scene. Such a scene seems ordinary and ordinary, but at the moment in their eyes, it is the most beautiful scenery in the world.

The crowd couldn't contain the excitement in their hearts, and cheered and galloped towards the oasis, whistling like a swift wind. Even the carriage at the back of the line sped up, carrying the two women, and galloped happily towards the ground.