Knock knock.

"Who?"

A soft voice came.

The old wooden door rattled and a small head poked out of it.

"What a handsome little girl."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he reached out to touch it, but the girl hid inside.

"Who are you?" She had big dark eyes and looked a little wary.

Crunch.

"Grass, come back."

The wooden door opened from the inside, and a young woman beckoned to her daughter with a handful of chicken food in her hand.

At the same time, her eyes were on the visitors.

"You are ......"

She said with some confusion.

Looking at this clothing pattern, it looks a little familiar.

"This sister-in-law, I ...... Uh, we're from the barracks. ”

Li Shimin bowed his hand slightly, and he was still a little uncomfortable when he changed his words, and introduced himself,

Liu Wu...... It's your husband, right? ”

With that, he glanced at the list in his arms.

"Yes, yes."

The young woman answered twice hurriedly, and welcomed the people into the house, and said,

"Big brothers, please come in, please come in."

"Grass, go pour a few bowls of water for your uncles and uncles, they are your father's comrades-in-arms, go-"

The girl's eyes lit up, and she twisted her neck to look at her mother as she went into the house to pour water.

"Is Daddy coming back?"

She was full of joy and said expectantly,

"He said he was going to make me a toy when he came back!"

The young lady was slightly stunned.

"Should...... Presumably. ”

Somehow, she felt a little weak in her heart, responded to the child, and turned to look at Li Shimin and Xu Fenglei.

Seeing that they were looking at the room, they couldn't help but blush and feel a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, big brothers, I didn't know you were coming, I didn't clean up the house, and I didn't prepare food......"

The young woman said apologetically,

"Wait a minute, big brothers, I'll go collect firewood and burn the stove."

After that, she raised her leg and was about to go out, but as soon as she raised her foot, she was stopped by Li Shimin.

"Sister-in-law doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this...... We are here to ......"

"Hey."

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh lightly when he saw that she was so gentle, courteous and polite.

He's a little hard to talk about.

This sigh made the young woman stunned again, and her heart tightened for no reason.

"How...... What's wrong? She looked at Li Shimin, saw his expression like this, and couldn't help asking, "Is it Liu Lang, what happened to him?" ”

Li Shimin was silent for a while, looked at Wei Chigong, and snorted at the girl.

Wei Chigong understood, with a smile on his face, and smiled at the girl:

"Girl, do you have well water at home? Uncle wants to wash his face, can you take me there? ”

The girl nodded.

"Yes!"

She pointed out of the house and said,

"The one in the courtyard outside is the one in my house, and the water in my house is clear!"

"Let's go, I'll take you!"

Wei Chigong laughed.

"Then I'll try it."

He followed the little girl and went to the courtyard.

When the young woman saw this, her face turned slightly pale.

Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji beside him again.

"Sister-in-law......"

The eldest grandson Wuji arched his hand slightly, and said,

"Brother Liu Wu bravely killed the enemy in the Yinshan Baidao Blocking Battle and killed six Turkic thieves! But he himself was stabbed more than a dozen times and died heroically. ”

"His military exploits have been recorded by the Ministry of War, and both you and your heirs can be shaded."

"We are here today to give out double the gift in accordance with His Majesty's will."

"Please take it."

With that, he waved behind him, and Xiao Yu handed over the wooden box.

Smack.

The wooden box was opened, and inside were three pieces of silk cloth, a piece of silver, and a pile of copper coins.

Smack.

When the wooden box was opened, the young woman's feet were slippery, her face turned pale, and she fell down.

"Eh, sister-in-law!"

Li Shimin hurriedly went up to help, but saw that she was barely holding on to the stool and straightened up.

"A total of three horses of silk cloth, eight taels of silver, and three thousand coins."

The eldest grandson Wuji is like a ruthless manuscript reading machine, reporting everything in the wooden box.

The young woman's eyes were red, and her hands were tugging at the bench, and her whole body trembled involuntarily......

“…… Please mourn. ”

Li Shimin will not comfort people, and he doesn't know what to say at the moment, so he can only bow slightly.

He looked at Xu Fenglei on the side, and Xu Fenglei also had a wry smile on his face.

In the battle against the Turks, I really did my best.

But in battle, people will always die, no matter how powerful the strategy is, no matter how beautiful the ambush is, it is impossible for no one to die.

His battle loss ratio can already be said to be the highest, when I read the battle report, seeing the number of hundreds of people killed, everyone was even elated, thinking that this was a perfect victory!

But now, Xu Fenglei felt it.

The number of people piled up is not just a cold number, but a living person! There are still families behind them!

At the moment, his heart was heavy.

"Sister-in-law, we know you're sad, but ......"

Xu Fenglei said with some difficulty,

"Brother Liu has sacrificed, you have to cheer up, even if it is for the sake of the child......"

"You ......"

He didn't know how to comfort him.

No matter how comforting you are, it feels like pouring salt on the wounds of other family members!

Laugh at.

The young woman sniffed and wiped her eyes.

"I know, I know ......"

"Thank you, thank you for coming, I ......"

Her eyes were still red, but instead of tears, she still had a reluctant smile.

"Is his body still there?"

Li Shimin shook his head.

"The Turkic thieves were too ruthless, and the injuries of the Liu Wu brothers were too serious, and the body could not be cleaned up, so they could only be buried on Yin Mountain......"

He whispered.

In fact, this is already a rather euphemistic statement.

The real situation is that Liu Wu was almost chopped into pulp, it was really difficult to distinguish, and in the end he could only be buried together with those few soldiers who were just as miserable.

"Remains, are there no ......?"

The young woman's figure trembled uncontrollably, she barely held on, and said in a trembling voice,

"That'...... What about clothing? Are there any clothes left? ”

Li Shimin was silent again.

"Yes, there is, but it's broken."

He said,

"I want to ......"

"Can you ...... it Give me? The young woman stretched out her hand to Li Shimin and pleaded.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and nodded.

Wow.

Fang Xuanling, who was behind him, handed over the package in his hand.

"Inside, there are relics of Liu Wu's brothers, including his broken cloth, a broken knife, and a wood carving that has not yet been carved."

Fang Xuanling said softly,

"Sister-in-law...... Please mourn. ”

The atmosphere in the thatched house was unusually surprising.

"Thank you, thank you, sorry for the trouble......"

The young woman took the package and held it in her arms, her shoulders twitching more and more violently.

"It's time for us to go, sister-in-law, please mourn and say goodbye......"

Li Shimin gave his hand again, comforted him, and turned around.

He didn't want to stay any longer, he wanted to escape from this place.

If he stays any longer, he is afraid that he will not be able to help but cry with red eyes......

Snort, snort.

The young woman lowered her head and sniffed several times before she got up and bowed her head:

"Poor hospitality, sorry, sorry......"

"I'll send you ......"

The group went out, and Yu Chigong was still playing with the little girl.

"Giggle, splash you, splash you!"

Qingcao poured water on Wei Chigong's face, giggling and smiling brightly.

"Okay, you bad girl, you sneak attack!"

"Look at the move!"

Wei Chigong also grinned and splashed water on the grass, but his movements were much softer.

"Jingde."

Li Shimin called out and said,

"Gone."

"Okay." Yu Chigong clapped his hands, got up and smiled, "Girl, is it okay to be our daughter?" You're so much cuter than my troublesome babies. ”

Thinking of Yu Chi Baolin's stunned boy, he rolled his eyes.

"Don't."

Qingcao also got up and hummed,

"I have a father, why should I be your daughter?"

"There you go! I'm going to cook with my mother! ”

The little girl clapped her hands, and the chic appearance of turning around was like a little adult.

"Farewell."

Li Shimin walked to the door and bowed his hand again.

As the emperor, he saluted more times today than in the previous year combined!

"Thank you, big brother......"

The young woman crouched down and saluted, bowed her head and whispered,

"Please walk slowly......"

With that, she gently closed the door, turned slowly, and went back to the house.

Li Shimin looked at the old wooden door, his expression was a little complicated.

"Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream."

Xu Fenglei muttered softly,

"She was able to push us out, she was already very strong."

"Let her cry happily, let's go, go to the next house."

"Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream......" Li Shimin was slightly stunned, while walking, chewing on this verse, he couldn't help but say, "It's so cruel......"

At this moment, everyone present took the young woman's state of mind, and a sadness came from their hearts.

"We're like this, aren't we a bit like the plague gods?"

Li Shimin suddenly stopped and asked suddenly.

The group walked slowly, and when they heard Li Shimin's question, their expressions were a little stiff.

Now, indeed, like the mourning crows, they bring grief to the people.

"Jingde."

Li Shimin looked at Wei Chigong sideways, and said in a deep voice,

"That girl is very cute, you can take it as a righteous girl."

"Be kind to her, I'll pay attention to her."

Wei Chigong's expression was grim.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

He grinned,

"The minister has this intention, but that girl is a ghost...... But I'll come back with some gifts when the time comes, grind it, coax it, and I'm sure she'll agree. ”

Li Shimin nodded and left.

……

Inside a thatched house.

The young woman stared blankly at the gray-brown package, her eyes blank.

"Mother, mother! Cook, the children are hungry! ”

Qingcao shouted, threw herself into her mother's arms, and naturally grabbed the package with her hand, and said curiously,

"Mother, what is this?"

Crash.

The package was loosened, and a lump of wood fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

"It is a wood carving, エックエッ......クエックス�

Qingcao's eyes lit up, he bent down to pick up the wood lump, held it in his hand and rubbed it twice, and suddenly said in surprise,

"Isn't it a toy that my dad gave me?"

"Mother, mother! Is this a toy that my father gave me? ”

She shook her mother's arm and screamed excitedly.

"...... right"

The young woman didn't know what to say to the child, so she nodded, propped up the stool with her hand, and smiled reluctantly,

"Your father, uncle, and uncle sent it to you."

"You take it and play, go ahead...... My mother was a little tired and wanted to go back to the room to rest for a while......"

The grass pounded the lumps of wood, and he couldn't help but pout.

"Hmph, Daddy is so careless, this little rabbit is clearly not finished carving!"

She snorted softly and giggled,

"Stupid Daddy! I'm going to get a file and carve a beautiful little rabbit out, and I'll show him when Daddy comes back! ”

Da-da-da.

The little girl held the unfinished rabbit in her heart and ran to the yard with a jump.

The young woman watched her daughter leave, then she propped herself up and slowly stepped into the door.

Bang!

The old door was pressed against her body, and there was a muffled thud, and it closed tightly.

The young woman leaned against the wooden door, clutching the package in her hand, and her body continued to slide and slide again.

The corners of her mouth, which was still smiling, went down, and then down.

Syllable.

When his body hit the ground, it was already soft into a mess of mud.

"Liu Lang, Liu Lang......"

Her voice was like a dream, and two lines of tears fell.

Tick, tick.

……

Boom! Knock knock!

In front of a courtyard, Li Shimin and his party stopped again.

This one is even more humble than the previous one, with no wooden door, only a fence.

Leave a gap in the middle of the fence and hang a piece of wood, and it will be a door.

"Is anyone there?"

Li Shimin shouted.

No response.

"Is anyone there?"

Wei Chigong shouted at the top of his voice.

With this shout, there was finally movement in the courtyard.

I saw an old woman walking out tremblingly with a cane.

"Who?"

The voice is low and hoarse.

"Old lady, is this Zhang Sanlin's home?"

Li Shimin saw that the other party was an old woman, and suddenly his heart was full of emotion, and he also learned from Wei Chigong to increase his voice.

The old man has his ears behind his ears, if he doesn't say it louder, people can't hear it at all!

"Sanlin? Is Sanbayashi back? ”

As soon as the old woman raised her head, her tone was a little excited, and even the speed of walking accelerated a lot.

"Eh, old lady, take it easy, don't fall!"

Li Shimin hurriedly untied the latch, stepped forward quickly to help the old woman, and said.

"What about Sanlin? What about Sanlin? ”

The old woman bent her back and groped forward, expecting the appearance of the familiar voice.

"Sanlin didn't come back, old lady."

Li Shimin approached the old woman's ear and said loudly,

"We are his...... His comrades-in-arms, we have come to visit you! ”

When the old woman heard this, she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"Why hasn't he come back, you're all back, why hasn't he come back......"

She whispered,

"Come on, come on."

"Let's go into the house and drink water, I just have something to ask you for, old woman......"

With that, she leaned on crutches again and pointed forward.

"There's a threshold here, be careful......"

The old woman walked to the front of the house, crossed the threshold, and reminded her.

"Okay, okay, let's see."

Li Shimin nodded and replied in a loud voice.

The old woman smiled.

"Yes, yes, you can see it, you don't need to be reminded...... I can't see my wife, so I always get tripped up. ”

She walked into the house and said,

"Please come in, a few of you, go and pour water for you."

Li Shimin looked at Xu Fenglei and pursed his lips.

This old lady is still blind......

(End of chapter)