Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 97
A battle to suppress bandits suddenly made Li Mu wake up. He suddenly realized why he was so eager to go to the battlefield, and even felt excited about every detail on the battlefield.

His attitude towards the battlefield actually seemed a bit like he was possessed.

But Xin Qiji was completely different. He was also actively preparing for this battle, but he did not enjoy the thrill of fighting on the battlefield like himself. What he valued more was the victory of this battle.

Keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile, Li Mu silently recited the eight words Xin Qiji gave Li Mu countless times in his heart.

On the way back, Xin Qiji rode a horse, and Li Mu followed on foot. This was Xin Qiji's request to Li Mu. He asked Li Mu to think about what fighting is.

"Yunfan, have you figured it out?" Xin Qiji asked suddenly. Li Mu looked up and thought about it for a moment.

"Wanting to fight on the battlefield is of course the most necessary firm belief, but in this, we can't take pleasure in killing. What we have to think in our hearts is to fight for the common people in the world."

Xin Qiji said calmly, but Li Mu looked up at him, looking at Xin Qiji's face illuminated by the sun in the sunset, and felt that these words were like thunder.

Xin Qiji saw far deeper than himself. He longed to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but he went to the battlefield for the sake of the dawn of the world.

Li Mu suddenly felt that his vision was short-sighted, but Xin Qiji really deserved to be a knight. He thought of more things and saw more truths.

Li Mu didn't know what he should say for a moment, but at this moment, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed. The people and horses around him disappeared one after another, and the road began to change. The next moment Li Mu regained consciousness, he saw I realized that I was already sitting in a bumpy carriage, and there was still a person sitting in the middle of the carriage.

Li Mu suddenly looked at the old man in front of him, and finally realized from his past memories that this was Xin Qiji.

It's just that Xin Qiji is getting old at this moment, his temples are graying, his beard is graying, his eyes are not as clear as before, and his figure is even a little stooped.

Li Mu suddenly lowered his head and looked at himself in a plain robe, and then at his wrinkled hands. He seemed to be looking very old now.

Li Mu was surprised at the moment, but he also knew that the system had accelerated time, but this time, it might have spanned many years.

"Yunfan, you didn't take the mountain treasure that Zhonggao specially prepared for me yesterday, did you?" Xin Qiji asked suddenly, his voice was a little hoarse, and there seemed to be phlegm stuck in his throat.

Li Mu quickly raised his head, looked at the old face, but nodded.

"I didn't take it."

Li Mu already knew Xin Qiji's temperament. Although he sometimes liked money, he would never accept gifts from friends because he said that friendship between gentlemen should be as light as water.

And Xin Qiji indeed nodded in satisfaction after hearing Li Mu's words.

"Zhonggao likes to make some delicacies from mountains and seas. He occasionally tastes some delicious ones. He can't bear it if he eats too much. But the mountain fields he cultivated are good. He will also make some at the back of the garden when he returns in a few days."

Xin Qiji talked about it happily, and seemed to be very happy about such a thing, but Li Mu looked at the other party.

"Sir, should we go back directly now?"

Xin Qiji shook his head, moved his body a little, and found a comfortable position to lean against with the help of Li Mu.

"It's not urgent. We happen to be passing by Wu Guan's residence. He told me a few days ago that he wanted me to pay him a visit. We just happened to go and have a look together."

Xin Qiji said this, but Li Mu was not surprised. From the time he took office in Chuzhou, Xin Qiji often got together with his friends. Perhaps because of Xin Qiji's original literary talent and conduct, he also made a lot of friends in the officialdom.

I just don’t know who this Wu Guan is. These two characters should be the same. Judging from Xin Qiji’s tone, he should be a person of the same age.

Li Mu also nodded immediately, and the communication between the two people stopped. Over the years, Yunfan has been by Xin Qiji's side. The relationship between the two of them is no longer that of master and servant, but is easy to get close to and trust each other. The relationship between close friends.

The weather now seems to be in May and June. It is either rainy or hot in the south. Li Mu is sitting in this bumpy carriage, sitting opposite Xin Qiji. They are speechless at the moment, but they are also experiencing the hardships of the journey together.

Finally, after an unknown amount of turbulence, the servants opened the curtain and helped Xin Qiji and Li Mu out of the carriage. In front of them was a pastoral scenery, with several huts standing in the fields. The surroundings were empty, the air was fresh, and the fields were filled with sounds from time to time. The ducks chirped again, and Li Mu felt relaxed and happy for a moment.

Suddenly there was chatter and laughter from the side. Li Mu turned his head and saw an old man and Xin Qiji bowing their hands in respect. Both of them looked happy. Under the guidance of the old man and the servant, they walked towards a hut in front. go.

The small courtyard suddenly became lively, Li Mu looked at the slightly dilapidated hut courtyard, and walked in under the guidance of an old man who was about the same age as himself at the moment.

"This must be Mr. Yunfan, right? Mr. Xin and my family often talk about you." The middle-aged man said to Li Mu with a smile. Li Mu also looked at him and bowed his hands.

"I don't know your name. I've never seen him before. I'm sorry." Li Mu didn't miss the opportunity to get information and asked the person in front of him politely.

And the man quickly replied: "My name is Xingrui, I have been with you since I was a child, so if you count us as the same generation, let me call you by that."

Li Mu nodded, and immediately followed him into the small courtyard. Xin Qiji had already sat down with the old man in the courtyard. Visitors.

Li Mu immediately found a place to sit down, and the old man named Xingrui also walked towards him, and then sat down next to him.

Li Mu took a look at the yard, and immediately decided to ask who this old man named Wu Guan was.

"Brother Xingrui, I'm so stupid that I couldn't remember Mr. Wu Guan's real name for a while."

Li Mu asked pretending to be ashamed, but Xingrui who was beside him didn't care, and replied with a smile: "Indeed, my lord was famous in the past, and people in the world often said that he was a good man, but he forgot that his original name was Lu You."

"Oh, Lu You, you've learned a lesson." Li Mu smiled and nodded, but his smile stiffened the next moment.

Lu You, Lu You, yes, I actually forgot the era that Xin Qiji was in, and Lu You was also from this era.

Li Mu immediately turned his head to look at Lu You who was chatting and laughing with Xin Qiji. Looking at this old man, Li Mu was deeply moved. He was also a great poet, but he still remembered the song "Show Er" he wrote before he died. "

The family sacrifice never forgets to tell Nai Weng.

This is also the sad desire of the patriots for the broken mountains and rivers, and when the mountains and rivers will be complete.

Unexpectedly, during my trip to the Southern Song Dynasty, I would see two famous poets here. They were good friends, chatting and laughing in this rural farmhouse.

Li Mu stared at the two people in the field with both eyes. At this moment, all kinds of feelings were stirring in his heart, and his mouth even unconsciously muttered the phrase "Family sacrifices are never forgotten to tell Nai Weng", completely forgetting that there was a person sitting next to him.

At this time, Xingrui, who was sitting next to Li Mu, suddenly widened his eyes and trembled slightly when he saw Li Mu repeating something faintly.

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(End of this chapter)