After a night of fighting, Yuxing City returned to peace, although there were a few more remnants of the fire, but unlike before, it was indeed much more peaceful. The people in the city can no longer be oppressed by the Mengyuan court and enjoy a quiet and peaceful life......

Behind Yuxing City, the wild wolf mountain that symbolizes the local atmosphere still stands between the peaks, and the difference from previous days is that the snow on the mountain has melted nearly half, and you can see the surface of the vicissitudes of life under the mountainside from a distance.

After the Wild Wolf Mountain, Wangjia Village is still not far from the suburbs. It's the same here, the snow that covered the village has melted a lot a few days ago, and there are more pedestrians in the village. Maybe they didn't know the news that Yuxing City was broken and occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang's army, but the faces of the villagers showed warm and harmonious expressions, as if they could realize that as the ice and snow melted, everything else would get better......

And not far from the hillside in front of the village, a column of troops was slowly approaching. However, they did not look ill of malice, and stopped as they walked neatly up the hill.

"General Tang, do you want to stop here?" a soldier suddenly asked.

"It's right here......" The person who answered was Tang Zhan, and Lu Jing also followed him, only to hear Tang Zhan respond, "I'll go to the village with the army division later, you just have to wait here." But we may be staying a little longer, and if it doesn't come out after dark, you can set up camp right now......"

After Tang Zhan was named a "pioneer general" by Zhu Yuanzhang, his words naturally had weight. He also appointed Lu Jing as a military advisor under his battalion. The purpose of their return to Wangjia Village this time was to come to Wangjia Village on the order of Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang to retrieve the two tokens of the Tang family that should have gone to Zhu Yuanzhang eighteen years ago.

"But General Tang. If anything happens to you and the strategist, we can't afford it—" The soldier said worriedly.

"It's just a village, and it's my mother's hometown, and I'm also a relative in the village, what will happen?" Tang Zhan responded, "Anyway." Just listen to the orders of the general. And one more point, no matter what happens, without my orders. You are not allowed to cross this hillside, let alone be discovered by the villagers...... Although the marshal ordered the army to go to Wangjia Village, I don't want the people in the village to be involved in the war, understand?" Tang Zhan said. It was also considered. Since Dou Deyong "made a big fuss" in Wangjia Village once, Tang Zhan didn't want to let this kind of thing affect the villagers of Wangjia Village again.

"I know, General Tang, we are here waiting for you and the military advisor to come back, so as not to disturb the people in the village, but you yourself should be careful and return to the camp as early as possible......" the soldier also instructed.

Tang Zhan nodded slightly, and then said to Lu Jing beside him, "Jing'er." Let's go......"

Lu Jing smiled slightly, and then joined Tang Zhan. I walked to Wangjia Village, a place that was still familiar......

The snow in the village has melted a lot, and the roads are naturally much easier to walk. Tang Zhan and Lu Jing walked slowly side by side towards the dirt road in the village, they didn't seem to be in a hurry to complete the task that Zhu Yuanzhang had arranged for them, they were reminiscing about the sad and happy days they had spent together in Wangjia Village these days. Although they have experienced so many ups and downs, this place still leaves too many beautiful memories for Tang Zhan and Lu Jing, and they are about to leave here for the real battlefield, and it is very likely that they will never have the opportunity to return here......

Not only the road in the village, but the surrounding villagers also cast grateful and relieved eyes when they saw Tang Zhan and Lu Jing returning. Although the villagers felt a little strange about the two of them in their attire, perhaps because they were wearing battle armor today, they did not regard them as outsiders anymore in their hearts. First of all, Tang Zhan was the benefactor who saved Wangjia Village from Dou Deyong, and at the same time, Tang Zhan was the son of Tang Tianhui and Wang Yuping, who also saved Wangjia Village eighteen years ago, and the villagers regarded Tang Zhan as if he was a member of their own family......

"I'm really reluctant to leave here...... Tang Zhan walked slowly, sighing softly as he walked, "The days here are not long, but I have left too many beautiful memories...... Besides, this is my mother's hometown, and I am very grateful to be able to find the only relatives in the world here, and the villagers are different from outsiders, even if my father did such a thing before his death, the villagers still did not have any prejudice against my father, I am very touched......"

Lu Jing thought for a while, and slowly responded: "Actually, Jing'er thinks the same way, and I believe that Zichuan and his sister-in-law should also be the same, and miss the things here the same...... Although she is about to leave here, Jing'er thinks about it and thinks that it would be good for you to see your grandfather again before leaving......

"You're right......" Tang Zhan simply responded, and the two of them were also walking towards Tang Zhan's grandfather, Wang Zhongkui......

"Grandpa, Zhan'er is back......" Standing at the door of his grandfather's house, Tang Zhan said softly.

Today, Wang Zhongkui unexpectedly did not go to his daughter's grave to squat, but did housework at home. Seeing that Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were back, Wang Zhongkui was also very happy. However, seeing Tang Zhan's posture in battle armor, Wang Zhongkui was also a little puzzled.

"You're back, Zhan'er, what are you ......" Wang Zhongkui looked at Tang Zhan's heavily armed appearance and couldn't help asking.

Tang Zhan eased his nerves and followed: "Grandfather, don't blame, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yuxing City last night, and Yuxing City has also been liberated from the hands of the Mengyuan Imperial Court...... And last night, Zhan'er also made a great contribution and joined Zhu Yuanzhang's command, which can be regarded as fulfilling Zhan'er's long-standing wish......"

"You took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang?" asked Wang Zhongkui with some surprise.

"That's right, Zhan'er has fulfilled his wish, this is very good, what's wrong?" Tang Zhan looked at his grandfather's somewhat surprised expression and couldn't help asking.

Wang Zhongkui glanced at it for a while, and then seemed to understand something, put down his nervous eyes and sighed softly: "Well, since you can't live your life in peace and security as your mother told you before her death, it's good to be ambitious like your uncle......"

Tang Zhan understood what his grandfather meant. So he smiled and said: "Grandpa, Zhan'er has been inspired to go north to the frontier and expel the Mengyuan Tatars since he was a child, and now it has finally come true." Zhan'er has no regrets. Moreover, when my father did such a thing during his lifetime, everyone in the world hated it. Now that Zhan'er is doing this, it can be regarded as justifying the name of the Tang family, and Zhan'er can also realize the unfulfilled wish of the Tang family, shouldn't he be happy?"

"Zhan'er, it's good that you took the right path yourself......" Wang Zhongkui sighed lightly again, and saw that Tang Zhan and Lu Jing suddenly returned to the village today, so he asked again. "Zhan'er, do you have anything to do when you come back today, look at your clothes, it shouldn't just come back to see your grandfather......

Tang Zhan slowed down, and then untied the little tricks left by his mother in his hand. only said: "Today, Jing'er and I came back to get the token of the Tang family that my mother hid eighteen years ago. That thing was originally left to Zhu Yuanzhang by the people of the Tang family eighteen years ago, since Grandpa told Zhan'er that the hiding place of the things is all in this bag, then Zhan'er will go to find it back. It can also be regarded as the return of things to their original owners. ”

"Okay. Since Zhan'er has chosen this path by yourself, then follow your beliefs and go down by yourself, and take the path that your parents have never walked......" Wang Zhongkui continued to say softly, "I'll go and tell the village chief about this later, if you don't leave today, you two can stay in the village for another night, and it should be the last time you miss before the expedition......"

Speaking of this, Wang Zhongkui glanced at Tang Zhan and Lu Jing. Then he slowly turned his head and continued to do his housework. And Tang Zhan and Lu Jing listened to Wang Zhongkui's last words. I also felt it, and I stood in place at the door of the house for a long time......

After a while, Tang Zhan and Lu Jing still got back to business and completed the task they were supposed to return to the village. Tang Zhan opened the bag that his mother had left for him eighteen years ago, and found that it was a simple and exquisite drawing. Although the paper is a little blurry for eighteen years, it is still easy to find the location where the Tang family's tokens are hidden.

The hiding place is very simple, somewhere in the cave behind Wang Yuping's tombstone. Tang Zhan and Lu Jing didn't have much effort, and in less than half an hour, they found a box in the cave that was set up with a stone wedge inlay mold. When I opened the box, I saw that inside was a small book like a cheatbook and a few pieces of paper.

"Found it, fool, this is it, the token of the Tang family eighteen years ago-" Out of the cave entrance, Lu Jing exclaimed with some excitement.

"It should be this, the formation against the Mengyuan cavalry is all written in this booklet...... There are also these papers, which also record the Northern Expedition plan of the disciples of the Tang family......" Tang Zhan also said with a smile, "In this way, it can be regarded as the end of the Tang family and Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang's eighteen-year heart......"

Tang Zhan and Lu Jing laughed and came to a boulder in front of the tombstone of Tang Zhan's mother Wang Yuping.

"Actually, stupid, seriously, since I learned about your mother's relatives in the village, I have a rather infatuated idea......" Lu Jing looked at Wang Yuping's tombstone with affectionate eyes and said slowly.

"What do you think?" Tang Zhan couldn't help but ask.

Lu Jing said slowly: "I'm thinking...... Your mother has always loved your father very much, which can be seen from the fact that the two of them got married after they drove Dou Deyong's 'Tangyinghui' out of Wangjia Village eighteen years ago...... But maybe it was really at the wrong time, your father and mother met in such a chaotic era and fell in love with each other. Later, your father had the intention of defecting to the Mengyuan court, and your mother may have seen this a long time ago, and she had to hide the truth from the Tang family with tears in her eyes, while hiding the token of the Tang family for 18 years. Because if this token falls into the hands of your father, the world will be disrupted, and the Mengyuan court will increase the oppression of the people even more......"

"Jing'er, you mean...... My mother knew my father's intentions, but she didn't tell the Tang family...... Really?" said Tang Zhan with some surprise.

"This is just Jing'er's guess, but it should be correct......" Lu Jing continued with a confused look in her eyes, "Because your mother has always loved your father deeply, no matter what your father does, even if it is to take refuge in the Mengyuan court, your mother still loves your father...... After all, your mother knows Lu Dao, if she tells these things to the disciples of the Tang family who passed the token before she dies, the people of the Tang family will definitely kill your father ruthlessly...... But your mother didn't do that, because she loved your father, so she didn't say anything. But she won't watch your father endanger the world after defecting to the Mengyuan court, so she hid the tokens of the Tang family. And this collection is eighteen years long, after your mother died of illness, how could you never have thought that your father would do something to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors...... But there is no way, the two of them fall in love in such a chaotic era, maybe it is really an unfair fate. Maybe your mother really saw this a long time ago, so she told your grandfather before she died, she shouldn't tell you the secrets of these Tang families, and wanted you to live a quiet and peaceful life like a normal person...... It's just that because you were raised by your Uncle Xiaofeng, and your life aspirations have long been clear, so your grandfather still told you all his true thoughts......"

After Lu Jing finished speaking, Tang Zhan was silent for a long time, but Lu Jing was so little, Tang Zhan understood his mother's thoughts even more. Tang Zhan thought for a while, looked at his mother's tombstone, and said with a smile: "My mother was a person who thought about others before she was born, she was very kind and brave, so she dared to go to Wild Wolf Mountain alone and bet with the people of the 'Tangying Society'...... But if the truth is really as Jing'er you just said, maybe for the sake of my father, my mother has done so much to hide, and she didn't expect that the Tang family would suffer a catastrophe, which is the most selfish thing she has done in her life......"

"Emotions themselves are selfish—" Lu Jing continued, "Your mother loves your father so much, that's why she did this...... In the same way, she loves your son very much, and she doesn't want you to follow in their footsteps, so she wants to hide these things and let you live a dull and peaceful life...... Your mother and your father fell in love in such a bad era, maybe it was really the injustice of fate......"

"But eighteen years have passed, and now it's not the same, everywhere there is chaos and the people are in dire straits? If you don't have the motivation to go to the frontier and expel the Tartars, how can there be a dull and peaceful life?" Tang Zhan also said with feelings, "Maybe my mother didn't completely let me go through the whole life in such a daze, so even if she hid the tokens of the Tang family, she still sewed the hiding place into the bag left for me......"

"Then your mother told your grandfather to see what you did next. If you really live your life in peace, as your mother hopes, your grandfather will not tell you all these things...... It's just that you are a fool but you were brought up by your uncle Xiaofeng, and you know the reason for the grievances of the Tang family, and you yourself have different aspirations than your father, so your grandfather left the bag to you as a fool, and told you all his true thoughts......" Lu Jing glanced at Tang Zhan again, and said, "Now think about it, instead of getting so many grievances and hatreds, if your parents were born in a peaceful era without war and oppression, maybe your family is happy now and shares the joy of family......"

Tang Zhan listened to Lu Jing's words, and as a manly husband, he actually moistened his eyes a little. However, Tang Zhan squeezed his eyes, as if he had thought of something, and then smiled slightly, and then said to Lu Jing: "What does this have to do with what era? Look at the now, the Mengyuan court is turbulent, and the Central Plains is in turmoil, and there are frequent wars in the Central Plains, haven't I met you Jing'er, and I am happily with you every day?" As he spoke, Tang Zhan smiled at Lu Jing again.

When Lu Jing heard this, her sensitive face immediately turned red, and she turned her head slightly, and her pretty cheeks did not hide her beauty at all.

Tang Zhan also knew that he had said something emotional, and he was also a little stupidly blushing. Thinking of this, Tang Zhan turned his head again, changed the topic and said: "It seems that it is right to bring Jing'er, Jing'er, you can actually think of this, so I said before that Jing'er You are the person who knows my mother's mind best......" After speaking, Tang Zhan continued to look at his mother's tombstone with affectionate eyes.

"Thank you, stupid ......" Lu Jing just said softly, and the glow of the setting sun reflected on Lu Jing's already crimson cheeks through the melting snow, which looked particularly moving...... (To be continued......)