"Avoiding trouble? Going north with your family? Going to Beiyuan to avoid trouble is also..."
"Why didn't he look for the lord back then? No matter how, he can still protect one or two..."
When Feng Zhen said this, it was obvious that a full man didn't know that a hungry man was hungry.
Jiang Pengji said helplessly, "In those days, Nansheng was first in chaos. After the disaster of Nanman, the war spread all over Nansheng. It is obviously impossible for Qingji to go to Nansheng. To go to Zhongzhao, you have to pass through the boundaries of several princes. It is still a problem to reach Zhongzhao without life. Counting them all, only Beiyuan is the way to retreat. Even if life is a little harder, it will not die under the sword of the thieves.”
Ma Xiu's family is good, and he has a lot of fertile fields. He is considered a rich landlord.
Even if you have no prospects in your life, you can live well, and belong to the poor family.
It's just, what's the use of having more fertile fields in your hands? How many people are chasing fish in troubled waters to burn, kill, and loot
Small wealthy households like Ma Xiu, who have low yields but are not enough to protect themselves, are the favorite little sheep of thieves, with high returns and low risks, and one vote can nourish them for a long time. Matthew had no choice but to pack up and flee north with his family as expected.
Feng Zhen heard the displeasure in Jiang Pengji's mouth, and chose to shut up very eager to survive.
Qi Guan Rang secretly glanced at Feng Zhen, how old is this prodigal son, and he is still so open-hearted.
No matter how Matthews got along, why did he choose to go north to avoid trouble instead of relying on the lord... After all, he was still the lord's classmate when he was young, and a friend who was familiar with him when he was young. Let's not talk about how to respect and take care of it, but it can't be a little bit of slander and cynicism.
Of course, Qi Guanrang also believed that his lord would not care about Feng Zhen's blunders for the sake of a Ma Xiu.
But this kind of thing can be less of one thing, the harmony between the ruler and the minister is the result of the mutual maintenance of the two sides, and the prodigal son should have a long memory.
Jiang Pengji said, "Why don't you want to find me, maybe he doesn't want to trouble him, his character has always been like this."
Matthew, the word Qingji.
When she was young, she studied at Langya Academy, and she was one of the best classmates of Jiang Pengji during her school days.
Compared with the other people, Matthew and the other five have a low sense of presence, and most of the time they are passive to join in the fun. He has a rather taciturn personality, but he is resolutely unwilling to trouble people he knows well whenever he thinks he can solve it.
Counting the time, when Ma Xiu took refuge in the north, Jiang Pengji had just entered Xiangyang County, which was the most difficult time in the early days.
Internally, they are very poor, and the humble team is just like the grass-platform team. There are countless battles to be fought externally. In the early years, either she was beating others, or others took the initiative to fight her, and she was still not favored.
In this case, with Ma Xiu's mediocre character, he naturally avoided it, not causing trouble to Jiang Pengji, or taking part in or taking risks.
From today's point of view, it was a loss for Ma Xiu for not choosing to go all out to help Jiang Pengji - otherwise, he would have a seat among the important ministers today - but from the perspective of the situation at the time, who can say that Ma Xiu's choice was wrong. ? No one can.
Not only Matthew, but the vast majority of people in the situation at the time would have made the same choice.
The only thing I don't understand is-
Jiang Pengji has calmed down Dongqing for so many years, hasn't Ma Xiu heard the wind
The situation in Beiyuan was not chaotic, and there were no wars everywhere, but the people who died of starvation and freezing were no less than the war.
It was not until Jiang Pengji led his troops to Xuecheng and pointed at Beiyuan with his sword that Ma Xiu fled and left Beiyuan... This is a bit intriguing.
Qi Guanrang He Fengzhen obviously also thought of this, but the latter just touched the bad head, so Qi Guanrang can only speak.
"My lord, do you suspect that Ma Xiu may be a spy sent by Beiyuan?"
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Qingji likes to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. He is cautious, but he is not stupid. What's the use of him being a pawn for Bei Yuan? How long can Bei Yuan fight against me like this? Or am I more likely to win? He knows these questions very well. Even if he is really a spy from Beiyuan, he will surrender to me when he comes, and then stab Beiyuan back..."
Qi Guan Rang shook his head in disapproval.
"The reason is this principle, but the lord should not be taken lightly. Matthew mixed in with the refugees and fled here at this time. The timing is a bit coincidental."
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "I know, these worries will be known when I see him."
Smart people just like to complicate things, even Jiang Pengji is unavoidable.
When I really saw Matthew, all the previous conspiracy theories and speculations disappeared, leaving only a full sigh.
"Qingji?"
When Ma Xiu was brought to meet her, Jiang Pengji looked at his face for a long time, but still could not find the traces of the past on this old and tired face. She only felt a choking in her throat, and she was speechless for a while. Matthew is not the oldest of the five, but his current appearance is not much different from that of the seventy-year-old old man. His messy hair is almost not black, but all white.
Not only did his hair turn white, the skin on his face was wrinkled and dry, and there were frostbite cracks left by the perennial cold.
He took two steps forward in a vain step, and slowly bent down and gave a big salute.
It could be seen that he wanted to be as standard as possible, but his swollen hands and weak legs were shaking uncontrollably.
Jiang Pengji abruptly stood up to support him, his arms were so thin that only skin and bones were left, making her not even dared to exert any strength.
"I haven't seen you for more than ten years, is Lan Ting okay?"
Ma Xiu smiled weakly, and his voice was old and hoarse.
However, this familiar tone made Jiang Pengji regain some sense of familiarity.
"Lanting... Maybe you're the only one who still calls me that." Jiang Pengji couldn't help laughing bitterly after hearing this. The matter of her changing her name and surname was known to the world, but Ma Xiu, who was staying in Beiyuan to avoid trouble, didn't hear it. The wind still called her by the name of the year.
Matthew's old face was a little embarrassed.
"...calling the emperor's name as a commoner...it's really disrespectful..."
Jiang Pengji said, "No, I gave up that name, because...some of the more complicated reasons...not because of identity."
Matthew did not ask in detail, and chose to remain silent as he did back then.
When Lu Zheng heard the news, he hurried over. When he saw the old, hunched old man in the hall, he could hardly recognize it was Matthew.
Ma Xiu was only seven or eight years older than Jiang Pengji, but the two of them looked more like grandchildren at this time.
What has Matthew experienced all these years
"Are you... Shaoyin?"
Matthew carefully recognized Lu Zheng several times, but the latter stood a little further away.
"… Yes… "
Matthew smiled weakly, "I haven't seen you for many years, but you're not much different from that year."