The turmoil in the capital has nothing to do with Chu Hong for the time being, at this time, Chu Hong and they have been out for more than two months, and in these two months, Chu Hong's task of delivering letters has also been completed for the most part. During this period, he saw that too many of his fellow soldiers were in poor family conditions. Of course, there are also some well-to-do families, and those are generally military households. The so-called Shinong industry and commerce, the scholar clan, can be regarded as the top class of the poor family. Of course, the most are those ordinary families, and even some families have only one son like Liu Laowan's family, and only orphans and widows are left after they die on the battlefield.

During this period, Chu Hong also helped them solve a lot of problems.

In fact, halfway through the delivery of the letter, Chu Hong's depressed situation was much better. Because with the Zhao Emperor's decree on the reform of military households spread to the local area, many military households were able to improve a lot.

On this day, Chu Hong and the others set foot in a small county town called Huaichun County. There is only one suicide note here, but this suicide note is the last thing Chu Hong can give. Because the name of the owner of this suicide note is Chen Chun, and his nickname is Liuzi. It was the first time he followed Chu Hong on a mission, and he never came back after that.

The sixth son was the last soldier recruited by the pioneer battalion, and the youngest soldier to die in battle. Therefore, Chu Hong also has the most guilt for him.

Whenever Chu Hong remembered the picture of the sixth son washing his clothes and begging him to enter the pioneer camp, Chu Hong's heart twitched like pain. Every time their vanguard battalion went out, they had to rush to stand guard, and stand at the top, just for the first kid to watch them come back, the armor on his body was put together piece by piece by Chu Hong for him, and they were all his trophies.

In the final battle, Chen Chun, as a boy who was only sixteen years old, beheaded three enemies, including a centurion. In the end, it was swept away by the Tuo River, leaving only the suit of armor.

Chu Hong and the others did not go downstream to look for it with the idea that he might survive, but there were too many people who died in the Tuohe River that day, and tens of thousands of people were washed away in Xiliang Kingdom alone, and there were dark rivers in the lower reaches. Although no body was found, less than one percent of Chen Chun survived. The Pioneer Battalion also had to give up after two days of searching.

Chenjia Village, a very common name. A small river less than ten meters wide flows quietly.

At this time, the small river has slowly thawed with the spring flowers. Closer to the river, several women were washing their clothes together. At this moment a group of idle ruffians walked by the river, laughing and whistling at the women.

One of them, a young girl of about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a pure and fair appearance, became the object of their teasing.

"Little lady of the Chen family, it's freezing this day, don't freeze your body, why don't you warm up in my arms?"

"Don't say it, it's a cold day, my hands are cold, why don't you go home with my brothers and go to the bed to get hot together?"

The girl did not answer or pay attention to the quiet washing of her clothes in the cold water of the river.

"Hehe, don't look at the little lady of the Chen family who doesn't answer now, when she is lonely at night, she can't sleep because she thinks about her brothers! hahaha......"

"That is, if you're lonely. Nod, a few brothers will go over at night, and I will ensure that you are not lonely at night, hahaha...."

Just when this group of people was teasing this girl surnamed Chen. A scholar in his twenties, dressed in a shabby cotton robe, rushed to hear the news.

"What kind of ability do you guys have to bully a weak woman? Although the war in Xiliang is over, there is still a constant war on the border of Luzhao in the south, and you have the ability to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

What's more, Miss Chen's family is now considered to belong to a military family, aren't you afraid that the sixth child of the Chen family will come back and beat you up?"

This is obviously not the first time that this scholar has helped this woman out of the siege.

"You're a poor scholar again, aren't you just like us, coveting the beauty of the Chen family's little lady? Why don't you go to the Chen family with us tonight, maybe my brother will be happy, and you can drink some soup, how about it?" said one of the extremely obscene-looking men with a smile.

"You... You are simply insulting, you are really not as good as pigs and dogs!" The scholar was speechless by these hooligans, and his hands began to tremble when he pointed at these ruffians.

"MD, big brother, he dares to us," a thug said angrily to the lewd man.

"Stinky and sour, don't put your ink on the old men. Lao Tzu told you, tonight, this little lady Lao Tzu is done, if you dare to stop it, Lao Tzu will throw you into the river to feed the fish. ”

The lewd man waved his hand and said to his subordinates

"Come on, take the little lady away for me, Lao Tzu will be the groom tonight as this poor and sour face!"

When the woman surnamed Chen saw that they were coming, she was immediately frightened.

"What are you going to do? Let me tell you, the war in Xiliang is over, and my little brother will definitely be back soon. Aren't you afraid that he will come back and chop you up one by one?"

"Haha? Come back, Chen family lady, are you still waiting for your stupid brother to come back? You probably don't know yet, right? The list of soldiers killed in the war of Xiliang Kingdom has been sent to the county office, and my cousin who was on an errand in the county government has already told me, including the name of your brother Chen Chun. ”

"Your stupid brother, you can't come back! It's better to have a few brothers and have a backer in the future! Otherwise, your brothers will get tired of playing with you and sell you to the kiln. Nobody cares!"

As soon as Chen Xiaoniang heard the news, she stood on the spot like five thunderbolts.

"Impossible, how could my little six die? You lied to people! You lied to people!" said with tears streaming down his face.

"Am I a liar, just ask Liu Shusheng about this stinky and poor sour! The notices have been posted, and I don't believe that he doesn't know. ”

"Brother Liu, is this true?" asked the little lady of the Chen family with tears streaming down her face. In fact, at this time, she had already believed it, but she still had some illusions! After all, her younger brother had secretly run out to serve as a soldier, and he was only 16 years old this year. The reason why he went to join the army was to save some food for his family, so that his sister and brother would not starve to death.

"It's... It's true!" the poor scholar named Liu Shusheng was a little afraid to look into the girl's eyes. But he couldn't bear to deceive her, so he had to nod and say.

"Six sons! six sons!" the girl heard the news. He sat down on the river beach and wept.

By this time, the ruffians had surrounded the girl by the river. Seeing this, the scholar hurriedly went up to stop him and protected the girl behind him. But how could he be the opponent of this group of gangsters, he was beaten to the ground in three or five strokes. At this time, it was the girl who stood up strongly and looked coldly at the people in front of her. Slowly walked towards the center of the river.

"Miss Chen, what are you going to do? Don't do anything stupid! Come back quickly!" Although the poor scholar was knocked to the ground, he hurriedly shouted loudly when he saw that the woman was actually planning to kill herself.

"My Chen Jianniang and my younger brother have been dependent on each other since childhood, and now that he has died in battle, I have no relatives in this world. It's better to go with him than to let you brutes take over me and tarnish my innocence!"

As Chen Jianniang spoke, most of her body was already immersed in the water at this time. When those gangsters saw that Chen Jianniang was going to kill herself, they immediately panicked and were a little at a loss.

"Hurry up, save people!" I don't know who shouted, and a group of women in the distance also hurriedly ran back to the village to call people.

At this moment, I saw a group of passers-by on horseback coming by the side of the road. One of them, seeing that someone was looking for a short time, jumped into the river without saying a word, and lifted up the girl who was almost up to her chest in a few strokes. Later, one of the accompanying women also untied her body and helped wrap the girl.

The person who came was none other than Chu Hong and his party. And it was Niu Gang and Zhao Juaner who went into the water to save people.

At this time, the girl had already fainted, Niu Gang and Chu Hong were not very convenient to help, so Zhao Juan still knew a lot of common sense. took the initiative to take over the work of treating Chen Jianniang, and after a while, Chen Jianniang woke up.

However, at this time, Chen Jianniang's face was like a blank piece of paper, and her two eyes were empty and godless, obviously her heart was like ashes at the moment.

"What's going on?" Chu Hong got off the horse and investigated, and put a little innate qi into Chen Jianniang's body. Only then did he get up and asked angrily.

When a few gangsters saw Chu Hong, who was like a killing god, they were immediately frightened with a face like earth, and their body was like a sieve of chaff. I don't know how to answer.

But the scholar had some backbone and told the story one by one. When it was said that the woman's younger brother was called Chen Liuzi, the scholar suddenly felt that his eyes were dark. It turned out that Chu Hong couldn't control his evil spirit, and almost scared the scholar to faint.

"You said this woman's name is Chen Jianniang?"

"Yes!"

"He has a younger brother named Chen Chun, whose nickname is Liuzi?"

"Yes!"

"They want to tarnish this woman's innocence?"

"Yes!"

"You like this woman too?" Chu Hong suddenly asked!

"Ahh This... Yes, Xiao Sheng is quite fond of the Chen family!"

Chu Hong asked Liu Shusheng word by word, and then turned around and said to these gangsters

"Is what the scholar said true?"

"I... Forehead... We don't, my lord!

The lewd man at the head hurriedly denied it. As a result, before he finished speaking, seven or eight crop men rushed out of the village, and when they saw these gangsters again, they immediately shouted and cursed.

"It's a few of you again, you came to the door three times and twice to bully the little lady of the Chen family, is it really that there is no one in our Chen family village?"

"Just kill a few of you today, you will be a scourge to the province!"

Others echoed the word,

When Chu Hong heard the villagers say this, it immediately became clear that it was not the first time that these people had come to harass Chen Jianniang.

"What else do you have to say?"

"This lord spares her life, we don't want to harm her life! It's all this Liu Shusheng, who gave us a few broken silver, let us trouble this little lady, and he will come forward to solve it. Let's beat him up so that we can play a bitter trick! We're innocent!"

When the lewd man saw Chu Hong and the indignant villagers, he knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he would be beaten to death today. I had to hurry up and tell it out.

As soon as Chu Hong heard this, her reddish eyes turned her head to stare at Liu Shusheng, and asked, "Is this true?"

Liu Shusheng saw that the gangster actually confessed to himself, and then he was glared at by Chu Hong's eyes, and he was immediately frightened, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"My lord, Xiaosheng is also forced to be helpless! But Xiaosheng really likes Jiao Niang, he just wants to arouse Jiao Niang's idea, and he doesn't want to harm her name! ”

"You dogs, you obviously know that Chen Jianniang is a family member of our country's military family, but you still dare to speak cleverly and do such a thing. It's a shame that you're still a scholar, and you still have the face to say that they are not as good as pigs and dogs, and I think you're not even as good as a beast. Reading is unique to the dog's belly.

A scholar like you will do anything for your own selfishness. Even if he wins the gold list one day, sooner or later he will be a corrupt official who will cause trouble. ”

"Today I will get rid of this scourge!"

"You can't kill me, you can't kill me! I have a meritorious reputation, and I am a state council to try to raise people. You don't have the right to kill me! If you kill me, you have to go to court. Liu Shusheng was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly said.

"I don't have the right to kill you, Qingchan, take my Shang Fang sword!" Chu Hong took out his right hand and shouted coldly to Zhao Qingchan, who was silent behind him, without looking back.

Zhao Qingchan This is the first time I have seen such an indifferent Chu Hong! Yes, it is indifference, Chu Hong was angry last time when she gathered in Juyi Village, so this time she is indifferent, and even Zhao Qingchan feels that Chu Hong in this state is even more terrible than Chu Hong who slaughtered the entire Juyi Village last time.

At that moment, he had to untie Shang Fang's sword and hand it to Chu Hong.

Chu Hong took Shang Fang's sword and pulled out the scabbard, only to see that this sword that had not yet drunk blood was cold and cold, which was daunting.

"This is the sword of Shang Fang given by His Majesty, the prince and the prince can be killed, can you be killed today?"

Chu Hong's voice was not loud, but everyone present was chilled when he heard it. After speaking, without waiting for the scholar to speak again, the long sword swung down and directly cut off the scholar's head.

"As for the few of you, who have been oppressing the people for a long time, I will inform the government and escort you to the southern military camp. When you enter the camp of the dead, it is up to you to decide whether you can survive or not. Ladies and gentlemen, please help me tie up a few of them, and I will hand them over to the government for disposal later. I took Chen Chun to thank everyone for their help, thank you!"

After speaking, the dignified Marquis actually knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully to these villagers. It seems that this gift is not only a thank you gift to these villagers, but also a gift to Chen Liuzi.