In the city of the Western Regions.

Kim You-deok thought that the war would last at least a few months before it ended.

But what he didn't expect was that just a few days after coming here, the emperor announced that he wanted to reconcile with the Western Regions.

It was a bonus.

In this way, he could return to the capital earlier, and he would not have to suffer such a great crime again.

At the beginning, he promised that the man would put someone in the temple and wanted to make a difference, but now that he thinks about it, he only wants to slap himself twice.

"Which one above the court is not a human spirit?"

"If you really show something, you want to compete with them for power, and then you won't become the target of public criticism, and you will be kicked down by them together?"

Jin Youde thought about the consequences of his anger and hard work, and he didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

When he was full of promises, his ambition was ignited in his heart, but he should have been bewitched by the atmosphere at that time, and the other party seemed to be under pressure, oppressing himself at any time to let himself accept his ideas.

Recalling the visitor from the sky, Jin Youde was wary of this group of outsiders from the bottom of his heart for the first time.

"Lord Kim, why are you so absent-minded? Could it be that after the war has subsided, you feel a little idle?"

"Then why don't I let the emperor send you to negotiate, and I can find something to do for you?"

Hong Yuelian appeared behind him at some point and said with a smile.

As he spoke, he also sat beside him.

However, this remark startled Jin Youde.

"Lord Hong, don't make fun of me, this time in this side of the pass is simply worse than death, I can't eat enough, I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, I feel like I've lost a few pounds in the next place, I'm afraid the family will be distressed." ”

Jin Youde said bitterly.

During this time, he was really suffering, and he was never used to the food at the border, so he endured some of it with his character of not getting tired of eating, maybe only if he was really hungry would he look like this.

"It's really hard work, Lord Jin, on weekdays in the capital, I'm used to eating big fish and meat, and now I have to accompany a group of mud legs to eat bran vegetables in this pass. ”

Hong Yuelian said with a smile.

There is nothing he is not used to, and his family background since he was a child is destined to be unable to be pampered.

Even if he later became a member of the first product.

"These soldiers guarding the border gates, they are really all from farmers? Didn't I just see a child under the age of ten kill that soldier from the Western Regions with his own hands a few days ago. ”

"They are all just for living, and in their eyes, the heads of the soldiers in the Western Regions are similar to those pig heads and horse heads, and they have nothing to do with human heads, and they can be sold for money. ”

"Selling for money? Where can these people's heads be sold for money? Aren't they at most worth exchanging for some military exploits in the barracks? Even if all these military exploits are exchanged for winning money, they will not be exchanged for much money. The military exploits were used to enter the knighthood of the heavenly officials, and the glory was seen at that time. ”

Kim Youde Dao.

"When you look at your lord, you are used to being idle, and you have never been in contact with the border soldiers. Who said that they were going to win for the army, they were sold to the children of the generals who had money to gild, and it was expensive to exchange a head for a penny, but now that the war has stopped, they need to take the money back to continue farming and be their mud legs. ”

Hong Yuelian said with a smile.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are people who are sophisticated.

But people are always good at exchanging what they don't need for what they don't really need for what maximizes their own interests.

Don't look at those mud legs are all born as farmers, but they are all extremely business-minded, and they have turned the drudgery of guarding the border into a great plan to make a fortune.

It's just that now that the war has stopped, it seems that their road to wealth is about to be broken.

"It's better to break it, and in the future, it is better to live honestly at home farming than anything else, than to kill the enemy in the border pass and hang your head on the waistband of your pants all day long. ”

Kim Youde Dao.

He had also tasted poverty, but now that he was old, he felt that a peaceful life was more precious than anything else.

Hong Yuelian nodded.

This is how the superior thinks.

They are in the most comfortable living circle, and they feel that life only needs to be peaceful, but they do not think that it is impossible to live a peaceful life in poverty.

Birth, old age, sickness and death will always be a big deal for those mud-legged people.

The arrival or departure of one person in a family may determine the direction of the whole family.

Whether it will be downhill and more prosperous, or whether there will be a peaceful life gradually collapsing, for the future, all this is unknowable.

And for those with mud legs, it may be better to kill people in the border and exchange a head for a penny than to work in the fields all your life and live in fear all day long.

"When does Lord Jin plan to return to the capital?"

"Since the emperor sent me down, when I go back, I will naturally obey His Majesty's orders, if Your Majesty does not transfer me back to Beijing, maybe I can only guard this place for the rest of my life. ”

Kim Youde Dao.

Although he said so, he knew in his heart that if he wanted to return to the capital, maybe it would be tomorrow.

Hong Yuelian nodded, stood up, smiled at the latter, and then turned to leave, heading towards the top of the city wall.

If Jin Youde leaves this place soon, then he should not have much time left, and he has a good relationship with this group of soldiers at the border during this time, and he should say goodbye to the other party.

Jin Youde couldn't understand why the first-class officials above the court could get along so harmoniously with this group of border soldiers living at the bottom, and there were even signs of calling them brothers.

However, there always seems to be a gap between the two, which makes Jin Youde feel a little comforted.

"Xiao Liuzi, after accompanying me back to the capital in two days, I must let you take a good look, the woman in Fengyue Tower in the capital is the most graceful in the world. ”

Kim Youde said with a smile.

Behind him came a young boy, who looked to be in his early twenties.

The young man smiled and wiped the dust from his forehead with his hand.

"As long as the adults go, I will go wherever I go, if the adults hadn't saved me some time ago, I'm afraid that even if I died outside the city wall, no one might know, let alone go to a big place like the capital to have a look. ”

"Look at your worthless look. ”

Jin Youde scolded with a smile.

But this kid was really lucky at the beginning, he was shot by the enemy and fell under the wall, no one found it at all, and he thought he was asleep when he passed by, if it wasn't for Jin Youde who came forward to check it, I'm afraid he would really leave this world quietly.

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