The depression in Li Bochen's heart dissipated for a while, and he said, "Mr. Meng, it is really a blessing to meet you." ”

Meng Peiyong was a little embarrassed by his praise, and only said: "Where, where, it's all gadgets-Junhou, can you tell me about the clockwork?"

At this time, Fang Yu boiled water and came in, and Meng Niangzi hurriedly said: "Oh, how can you keep the master's family busy, I'll come, I'll come." ”

Without saying anything, he went out of the house and went to the stove.

Meng Peiyong seemed to be really a fan of the machine, so Li Bochen told him what the clockwork was. Meng Peiyong listened very happily, spoke fluently again, and pulled Li Bochen to talk about some other gadgets he made. But what Li Bochen was thinking about was Meng Niangzi.

The first time she came, it was she who pulled Chang Qiuwu to witness the transaction, Chang Qiuwu appointed twelve people in charge, and Meng Niangzi was the only woman, which shows that their relationship is good. But she came to herself and didn't go to visit Chang Qiuwu first, which was really weird.

When Meng Niangzi boiled hot tea and brought it up, Meng Peiyong stopped talking.

The four of them drank a few cups of tea, and Meng Niangzi looked at Fang Yan. Li Bochen was slightly stunned and said, "Sister Meng, Brother Fang is not an outsider—do you have anything to say?"

Meng Niangzi smiled at Fang Yu at this time, put her hand into her arms, and also took out a wooden box. This wooden box is flattened, and it looks quite delicate, and I don't know whether the four corners are inlaid with gold or copper. She put the wooden box on the table beside Li Bochen and said, "Junhou, take this." ”

She has always been called "Brother Li" in private, but at this time, she took it seriously. Li Bochen thought about it, opened the wooden box, and saw that there was a stack of papers inside, and then opened it to see, it was all land deeds and house deeds.

He was stunned and said, "What is this for?"

Meng Niangzi smiled: "Congratulations to the prince." These land deeds are all good fields in Tunli. The rest of the land that is not mine's is not a good field. I kept my own house, and I also kept forty acres of land under the slope, and the rest was given to the prince. ”

Li Bochen closed the wooden box and said, "Sister Meng, this gift is too heavy, I can't accept it." ”

Meng Niangzi said: "Prince, in the future-"

Li Bochen raised his hand and said, "Sister Meng, Mr. Meng, you must do this, then I will send you off - don't come to my door in the future." ”

All three of them were stunned, as if they were startled. Li Bochen knew that his words were a bit heavy, so he sighed again: "I didn't come here for this, and I'm not a mountain bandit like Zhu Hou." Besides, when Zhu Hou was here, you all had these things in good condition, and I came, but I accepted them?

"I'm a prince, I don't take it very seriously. I'm happy to associate with you, eldest sister, because I think you have a good heart. The other day, you didn't help me because of some prince, right? Even if I really wanted any land treasures, I wouldn't want you. If you want to return me to being that Brother Li, don't mention these things. ”

The four of them were silent for a while, and Meng Peiyong said, "Look, I'll just say." You're a woman. ”

Meng Niangzi said: "Alas, it's me who is not good, Brother Li, don't take it to heart." I just want to...... You've got to reward someone, right? From now on, our family, young and old, will have to count on you...... I'll pay you no. ”

Li Bochen shook his head: "Sister Meng, it's not that you are counting on me, it's that everyone has to rely on each other." ”

When he had said this, he said no more. Meng Niangzi said: "Alas, Brother Li...... Alas, it's me who is not good. Well, we'll go back first. ”

Li Bochen nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

He got up and sent people to the door, the two walked a few steps, Meng Niangzi turned around and said, "Brother Li, you have a good heart, but you have to be careful." When Zhu Hou was there, some people were in charge of people and affairs in the tunzi, and they were very proud. Now that Zhu Hou is gone, he may not be happy. ”

Li Bochen thought about it, raised his hand and gave a salute, and said, "Okay, eldest sister, I wrote it down." ”

Seeing the two walking away, Li Bochen stood at the door and sighed again. Fang Yan frowned and said, "General, why did you lose your temper so much just now?"

Li Bochen turned around and walked back into the courtyard and said, "It's just a little unhappy." But I'm not good enough to say those things. ”

Fang Yan closed the door and said, "If it were me, someone would send me land and a house, and it would be too late to be happy." When the time comes, my mother will live in one set, and I will live in one set by myself, and then buy a few smart maids to serve, and ask people to feed them to their mouths when they eat. ”

Li Bochen smiled, but sighed again: "When I first came, Sister Meng helped us a lot. But just now, alas, did you want to see if I would accept it? I just wasn't glad she couldn't trust me. I used to ...... with little I thought about it before, if these things really happened in the future, people tried to try back and forth, and I was afraid that I would have a headache. Now it's true. ”

When he said this, Fang Yun was speechless. When he walked back to the hall, he heard Fang Qi say, "General, do you really want to send it?"

Li Bochen was stunned and said, "Who would be so stupid." ”

Fang Yu walked to the door and stood down, pressed the handle of the knife, frowned and thought about it, and said, "That's not what I meant. I mean, you see, if you come here from out of town just a few days ago, and the Chang family says to the people here, General, you are a royal family surnamed Li, and you are a prince, then the people here may listen to it, and no one will take it to heart - what is this now? Considered a rebellion. ”

"But there was a Zhu Hou before. Before Zhu Hou came, the people here lived in peace and stability, paying taxes to the government of Houcheng, and the land deeds and house deeds were also issued by Sui Ting, and no one would give them to others in vain. But when Zhu Hou came, this Mengjiatun became his private property, and perhaps, as the general said, he confiscated the land when he was there, but sooner or later he would have to collect it, right? You see that he has collected all the grain. ”

"After a few months of hard work, those who are not convinced are dead, and the rest are acquiescing to this in their hearts. Then Zhu Hou is gone, general, you are here. Although you are not Zhu Hou, everyone still acquiesces that this place has become your private property, and it is not the time to pay taxes to Houcheng in the past. General, the Chang family used to support Zhu Hou, is this kind of heart? First find a mountain bandit to offend everyone, but the matter has also been done. Then you came, general, but you got a good reputation. ”

"So I think, even if you don't want the fields and real estate of the Meng family, even if you don't want them, they will send them to the Chang family. ”

Li Bochen was stunned, realizing that what Fang Qi said seemed to have some truth. It's just that...... Grandpa and Chang Qiuwu always put the word etiquette on their lips, did they really have such thoughts? He didn't know how to feel for a while. They don't seem to be a big evil when they do this, but it's not a fair measure, right?

He knows that there are some things, especially "big things", there will always be some times when he has to do it. But...... If the Chang family did this......

But he heard Fang Qi say again: "Alas, general, you really did something wrong just now! They came to give it to you first, and it was clearly a letter of nomination." But you don't want it, they go and give it to the Chang family again...... Didn't you push people over?"

Li Bochen sat down in the room, thought for a while, and said, "Forget it." If you hadn't told me, I might not have been able to think of these things right now. I'm not naturally suitable for intrigue, so it's not hard for myself. Brother Fang, if there is such a thing in the future, I will bother you more. ”

Fang Yi heard him say "forget it", and looked a little depressed. But when he heard him say the latter sentence, he smiled again and said, "General, these are naturally what I should think." You're right, those who achieve great things think about what these human relations are all about. ”

Li Bochen smiled. When he said these words, it was not considered self-consolation - for example, if one side has an absolute advantage in morale, troops, and armaments against each other, then it should be able to win a decisive victory. Only when you are at a disadvantage, or when the strength of both sides is equal, do you think of strange schemes.

In fact, it's the same between people. If you want to become a real Beichen, then no favors and designs are worth mentioning. Instead of spending time on these people who are not good at the world, it is better to think about how to make yourself stronger.

What's more, where there are people, there are checks and balances. He prefers to believe that it is his grandfather and Chang Qiuwu who are afraid that he is too young and inexperienced, so he plans to think more and plan more. It's for the big picture, not for self-interest.

He stood up and said, "Brother Fang, it's not too early, tomorrow I plan to go outside to see Hou Chengjun and Xuanwu Army, you go back and go to bed early." ”

Fang Yan responded, washed again, and went back to the inverted room. Li Bochen sat in the hall, waited for the lights in his room to go out, and after a while, he took the magic knife, walked to the east wing wall, and jumped out.

He was wondering if the words he heard during the day were said by someone among the more than fifty soldiers, but after listening to Meng Niangzi's words, he suddenly thought of a person-Sun Cha.

The person who "used to manage people and affairs" in Meng Niangzi's mouth refers to him?

That day, Sun Cha ran to Zhu Hou and said that Xiaoman was born beautiful. After seeing Zhu Hou, he said that he wanted to send the head of the Sun Cha over. But before he could take the man's head, he was "killed" by Xiaoman. Then, Sun Cha should still be alive, maybe he doesn't know that Zhu Hou has allowed his head out.

If there were no selfish hatred, the words heard during the day would not have been so vicious and resentful.

Gotta find out.

When Chang Qiuwu told him the addresses and names of the more than 50 soldiers, he actually showed him the yellow book of Mengjiatun. He remembered that there were only three families surnamed Sun in Tunzi, one of which was no longer the head of the household, leaving only orphans and widows, and the head of the other household was in his sixties and had no children or daughters.

Sun Cha's name is Sun Jilong, thirty-four years old, a widower, Zhu Houfu rented the Meng family's fields before, and later made a "tolerance", and then ate military rations. Meng Niangzi said that some people miss Zhu Hou's time, but they are also right.

Sun Jilong lived in a thatched-roof earthen wall house on a ridge in the north of the market town, and there was a small courtyard enclosed by a wooden hedge in front of the house, which looked good. Li Bochen took advantage of the night to come to the ridge and sit down, and the yin spirit was out of his body.

He walked through the wall to the house and saw Sun Jilong. There was no light in the house, Sun Jilong was dressed in black, and he was wiping a knife, while wiping, he craned his neck to look at another family not far away.

After wiping both sides of the knife, the house also turned off the lights. Sun Jilong put the knife into the sheath and inserted it into his waist, lifted a black cloth package beside him, and gently pushed open the door and walked out.

Li Bochen realized that he had found the right person.

He reattached himself to his body, and followed Sun Jilong far behind, from his house all the way north, into the meadow. Sun Jilong was not a cultivator, and although he tried not to make any movement, he also caused the barren grass to undulate, as if there were wild beasts walking through it. Li Bochen embellished like this, and followed him all the way to the edge of the meadow.

There is still about a mile between this place and the valley where I went with Chang Qiuwu last time, and there are only some sparse trees. But now you can see a soft light in the air, as if there is a faint mist. Looking further up, you can see colorful phantoms—here is the edge of the formation that Sui Buxiu has set up.

Outside the array, there are soldiers from Xuansu City. Naturally, it was impossible for a thousand people to guard the outside like an iron bucket, so they were divided into three battalions, with soldiers patrolling each other, and even erected a wooden arrow tower. But even so, it is not impossible for a person to sneak over at night.

Sun Jilong watched by the meadow for a while, and when a group of patrols walked far away and the wind picked up again, he lowered his body, pressed his waist knife, and trotted through the grass and trees.

Li Bochen thought that someone would come outside the battle to connect with him, but he didn't expect him to go out. Sui Buxiu's formation should be able to come out, but not in, isn't this person planning to come back?

He didn't have time to think about it, so he also followed Sun Jilong and walked out. But when he passed by the edge of the meadow, he was stunned - he was welcomed into the tunzhong by Chang Qiuwu before, and he could feel the existence of the formation. But now that I walked out from here, it seemed to be gone.

Li Bochen was shocked, and hurriedly walked a few steps left and right to try it, realizing that this should be a "gap" that only allows one person to enter and exit, as if a hole had been dug in the invisible city wall.

Who did it? It shouldn't be the town army of Xuansu City. There was no sound from the large battalion in the distance, and if they wanted to sneak attack, they should have already moved. So, this gap is so small, shouldn't Sun Jilong have found it by chance, is that Zhu Hou?

He shouldn't have such a skill...... This man is getting more and more eccentric.

He held his breath and hurried to follow. The two of them slowly walked through the wilderness one after the other, and saw the mouth of the valley.

Sun Jilong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, straightened his waist, and strode into the valley, and Li Bochen followed. He had been to this valley once before, and he had some impression of the terrain. But now as soon as I entered the valley, I immediately felt that something was wrong.

There was a small river flowing out of the valley and into the meadow. The river is shallow and paved, and you can see the fish and shrimp sand and gravel below, and the deeper places are just without human waists. But at this time, looking at the river in the valley, it is getting wider and wider, and it seems to be bottomless. The river was rolling out of the valley, and there was some rushing momentum.

Li Bochen couldn't help but look behind him, but found that the moon was enveloped by thick clouds at some point, and the earth was pitch black, and he couldn't see where the river was going.

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