Qiu Deyao left at night, and the great grievances were blocked in his mouth and he couldn't vomit. Xin Yi and the other three watched Shangjin's troops fade away in front of the tent. The night was thick, and he looked back at Wu Yu.
"I just heard what Lord Chou said. Brother Wu is still doing business with Xu Hang?"
Wu Yu stepped on the short grass under his feet with his hands behind his back, just smiled, "Let's have a meal."
Last autumn, a flood washed away the granary in Jiangtang. The king of Tang bought three shipments of grain from Xuhang. During the annual meeting, the capital was blown up, and the king of Qin was killed. Now that the food has been tracked to the source of Xiajin, Xin Yi understood it in his heart.
He also smiled, "Good thing."
Everyone tacitly turned over this matter.
After entering the account, Ji Baiyue asked: "Will the Master return to Lijin with me?" Although there is no one living in the Yanwang Mansion, it is still the Yanwang Mansion. It would be most suitable for Xin Yi to go back to Beiyang.
But Xin Yi shook his head and said, "Uncle Meng and I will go to the border at dawn tomorrow." He paused and continued, "Go see my elder brother and third brother." After the burial, he had already stayed in Prince Ping's Mansion, and now four years later, he still hasn't had a chance to take a look at it.
Ji Baiyue nodded, and said again: "But this time you came back in the name of settling disputes, and went to the border rashly, how will Beijing explain?"
"The upper and lower Tianjin are unstable, and the border is naturally the most important place." Xin Yi smiled, "Don't worry, the general, there will be someone in Beijing to answer."
Ji Baiyue thought of Bai Jiu's long and narrow eyes, and said nothing more in a silent voice.
Early the next morning, Xin Yi and Meng Chen set off for the border. Ji Baiyue withdrew his camp and returned to Lijin, Wu Yu also had to go back to Xiajin to continue guarding. He only said that after three days of non-stop rushing from here, he arrived at the place closest to Dayuan in Beiyang, a place called Rouhui. Originally, this place was just a post station. Back then, King Yan spent a lot of money to build a border town here. Just the rows of crossbows on the wall piles have already cost a lot of money.
Both Xin Jing and Xin Li are buried here.
At the city gate, Xin Yi reined in his horse. They didn't show any news along the way, they drove in a dusty way, and they looked no different from ordinary passers-by. It's just that Meng Chen has been stationed here for a few years before arriving at the base of the city, and an old friend has already appeared by the gate of the city.
That sturdy man was a shoulder taller than Meng Chen. In terms of physique alone, even the lion king Arslen would be willing to bow down to Xu Hu, who is known as the soft tiger.
"Brother Meng." Xu Hu laughed loudly at the base of the city, walked away quickly, and said with a smile: "Which corner of the mountain did you sneak away? Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time!"
Meng Chen had already dismounted from the horse, and the two suddenly hugged each other and bumped their shoulders. Looking at each other again, they both laughed again. Meng Chen said: "I think you must have got the news, I didn't expect it to be so fast!"
"That's natural. How could I be unhappy when Lieutenant Ji Bai sent a letter from Fei?" Xu Huhu backed up and stood beside his horse, which immediately made Meng Chen's horse tremble. He clicked his tongue lightly, first looked at another red horse that was motionless, and then moved to Xin Yi, "Master?"
Xin Yi smiled.
Xu Hu came over a few steps away, but the big man's eyes turned red in a few steps, and he only said in a sharp voice: "Is it really the son of the world?" Taking a look at Xin Yi, he raised his hand and rubbed his face again and again, "It really is the son of the world Father!"
Meng Chen led the horse and said: "Of course it is the son of the world, why are you so stupid, let's talk inside."
Xu Hu responded quickly, and the three of them turned into the city. Until entering the house, Xu Hu's excitement still did not dissipate. As soon as the door was closed, he knelt down at Xin Yi's feet first. Seeing Xin Yi's attitude of not accepting it, he immediately said: "My son must accept my kneeling!" He rubbed his eyes and said: "At the beginning Before leaving, the Eldest Young Master told me to keep the Eldest Son in Beiyang, but I was ashamed of the Young Master, and let the Eldest Son fall into the hands of the murderous Xiaogou! If it wasn’t for the Young Master’s Rouhui military order still on my shoulders, this time I don't regret dying for a serious crime!"
Xin Yi took a step back and said, "This is not the general's fault."
Xu Hu thumped the ground, and said in a hateful voice: "I don't know, the princess died in Kyoto, and the eldest son insisted on bringing her back. But at that time, the war was tense, and my brothers were all wasted on the battlefield. I was the only one who retreated and could not return. I should have had the best chance to pick up the princess and go home. Who knew that old dog Qiu Deyao took a step ahead, but was frightened in front of the capital again! It is also my big crime to keep the princess in that dark place !"
If he had something to do with the previous incident, then the latter incident should be blamed on Qiu Deyao. This is the only thing that Xin Yi has in mind for the old people in Beiyang. Of course, the people who took the ashes of Princess Yan all went to the capital, but they refused to take them because they were afraid of disaster. Until now, the ashes of Princess Yan are still in the capital.
Xin Yi's lips tightened slightly, and he said: "General, please get up quickly." Then he said: "The general has been guarding Rouhui and has not been slackened, and he insists on my elder brother's military orders. The general need not blame himself."
Xu Hu said: "This is for the generosity of the son, I, I—" The mighty and majestic man started to wipe his tears with a wow, and couldn't stop crying.
Only hearing the approaching footsteps outside and the crisp sound of the bell, a woman stood outside and said aggressively: "Tiger! Why are you crying again! Don't be ashamed, old men! Shut up!"
Xu Hu wiped away his tears, choked up and said to Xin Yi: "My son, Lord, Lord, this is my mother-in-law."
Before Grandpa Shizi could speak, the woman had already kicked the door open with a bang, and was about to clean up Xu Hu when she came in. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw her family's fierce tiger kneeling beside a white and weak boy, gasping for breath. The cursing that was squeezed to the lips rolled away, and the beautiful woman was still tugging at her skirt. When the bell rang, she said in a daze, "What are you doing?"
Xu Hu sobbed as if seeing his mother: "My lady!"
Xu Qingniang mentioned that she let her calf down to her skirt, she blushed, and when she saw Xin Yi looking over, she blurted out, "This kid is so handsome..."
Meng Chen coughed lowly.
Xu Hu is a tall man, and he married a pungent and handsome daughter-in-law. He has been in Rouhui for so many years, relying on this daughter-in-law to take care of the inside and outside, and tidy him up to be submissive. Speaking of Xu Qingniang, she is another strange woman in Rouhui Town. It is said that Xu Qingniang was originally called Qingniang, a woman born in Jiangtang Water Village. She lost her father when she was young, and her grandfather was a wild doctor. She followed her grandfather all the way to Beiyang. Let the old man wash his hands and quit. When the grandparents and grandchildren arrived in Rouhui, the Beiyang Army and the Shanyin Army were stationed here. At the time of stalemate, a plague broke out, and a group of elders who were scolded by a girl from her family followed her to save people.
Xu Hu was one of this group of people, and he fell in love with this girl at a glance. It is said that when Xin Zhenxiao wanted to leave with Xin Li's body, it was Qing Niang who blocked the gate of the city and scolded King Ping for two hours. He stopped talking only after leading the troops back, leaving behind Xin Li's body.
Knowing who Xin Yi is, Xu Qingniang is not timid, she speaks informally and very frankly, and because of her strong mouth and beautiful catchphrases, Xin Yi does not feel unfamiliar.
It was already dusk at this time, this yard belonged to Xu Hu himself, and Meng Chen lived in it, and Xu Qingniang cleaned up the house for Xin Yi long ago. In the evening, everyone had dinner together in the hall, and took a bath early after the meal.
Obviously, I had worked hard all the way and was physically tired, but I just couldn't sleep. Xin Yi turned over and pinched the jade tablet stuck to his chest in his hand. As soon as he closed his eyes, he looked like his brothers, and after a while he looked like Bai Jiu again, chaotic and crowded, he closed his eyes and was confused for more than half an hour before gradually falling asleep.
Before dawn the next day, Xu Hu and Meng Chen were already waiting for him. Xin Yi changed into plain, clean clothes and went out. The three of them walked out of the city without riding a horse, and followed the ups and downs of the nearby mountains to a high slope.
From a distance, you can see the pavilion on the slope, and the monument of meritorious service under the pavilion. A few steps back is the place where Xin Jing and Xin Li are buried.
Xin Yi wiped off the dust on the road before entering the pavilion. He first stopped in front of the monument of meritorious service, and saw a row of Xin family engraved on the top, followed by densely packed names of heroes. It's just that these heroes were all turned into ashes, even if they remained on the stones, they were also thrown into the soil.
Xin Yi looked at them one by one, while Meng Chen said at the side: "This is the Beiyang soldiers until the battle of Wanze, we are afraid that the gentle wind and sand and loneliness will wipe out the hero's soul, so we simply put up a sign here for everyone. He raised his hand to caress the stele, "Brothers and a family are only lively when they are together."
The three toasted together before Xin Yi moved to the back.
Tributes were placed on the graves of both of them, which shows that people often come to clean them on weekdays. The stele was wiped clean, and the color of the writing on it was also bright. It can be clean and bright here, which will make loved ones feel distressed.
Both Meng Chen and Xu Hu left the pavilion, and Xin Yi sat cross-legged between the two elder brothers' steles.
He only touched the stele of his third brother Xin Li, he would not dare to do that to his elder brother Xin Jing. He touched it, thinking that he should say something, but the pain and longing of these years had formed a thin line between tumbling and depression, and he didn't dare to touch it easily, and he didn't dare to indulge. Even in front of his elder brother, he already wanted to maintain the calm appearance of a man.
The wind moved his hair, like his big brother's generous hands. Because his third brother has always been a hot-tempered bastard, he would never touch him so gently. Only his eldest brother, though often taciturn and solemn, always shows some quiet gentleness to his younger brothers.
Xin Yi lowered his head, a little sad.
"Second brother is not here." After a while, he spoke slowly, and said as usual: "Big brother Xiu was cheated by the bastard third brother. He used to exchange the worthless crickets in the yard for my real money. It’s still a business of favors. How can there be such a business of favors? He always teases people. Xiao Li, who cleans the outer courtyard at home, secretly hid a few jars of wine in the outer courtyard. He not only replaced it with white water, but also wrote poems about others. One pass. It was agreed to take me a sip, but it turned out that I was young and drank it all by myself."
He said again: "Father doesn't lead any soldiers now. The eldest brother stared at him and told him to spend more time with mother. When mother left, he was so worthless. The dignified King Yan cried like a child with yellow hair. But he was not at home. , After a distance of 108,000 miles, he was crying so hard that he seemed to have forgotten how many sons he had, and he was determined to chase after him. But he still remembered that he was a king, and he insisted on the battlefield."
Xin Yi paused, wanting to smile, but the expression on his face was more sad than crying, he said: "You are all reunited below, seeing me alone. I think it hurts to be treated like a mascot in the past, but later on I want to In exchange for this debt of gratitude."
"Third Brother, I met Sister Yan in the capital, and it would be more appropriate to call her sister-in-law." He touched the corner of his mouth, and said with a wry smile: "That's all right, you were supposed to be able to pass on the family line, but now you are in the middle of nowhere." It's on my head, but I can't do it either. Look at me, the broken sleeves are neat and clean, where can I have a child to continue our lineage? What's more, I don't want to continue because of my own selfishness. "
"Starting from my father, the five of us have to carry our lives to guard Beiyang. Now I am the only one left, and it is enough to carry through this life. There are talents from generation to generation, why bother to take care of yourself? I have exhausted the word loyalty for two generations, and I don't want another generation to be under this pressure, so that it cannot move or have seizures."
"Father should beat me when he hears this."
"Brother." Xin Yi leaned lightly on Xin Jing's stele, and said, "I kind of want to go home, but I'm afraid I won't see anyone when I enter the door. If I'm alone, what kind of home is it? See? For the second brother, just say thank you to him for me."
Thank him for keeping Duan Shanyuan and sheltering him.
"Although I broke my sleeve, I didn't have the guts to say that in front of my father. I've only pretended to be dumb for a few years, and I don't want to be a cripple right after."
"I don't know how long I can stay in Beiyang." Xin Yi sighed, "When I think that the title of King Yan will fall on me, I am afraid that I will be chased and beaten by my father when I go down. Good luck tricked me into giving me this title. Fortunately, there was someone who was willing to teach me to lead me, so I stumbled and walked up.”
"I'll take a look at my second brother when I get back." Xin Yi straightened up, "If you have anything to say to your second brother in front of your father, just tell me and I'll speak for you."
After he finished speaking, the wind whirled around, as if patting his nonsense.
Xin Yi showed a little shyness of a young man, and said softly.
"I know all about it."