Datang: Integrate three times the combat power of Lv Bu at the beginning

"Our pillar is finally taken care of."

Listening to the old woman's words, Li Chengqian knew that Zhu Zi's words were not groundless.

There must be something hidden here.

to his house.

A man with a cane was standing at the door of his house.

Looking at Zhu Zi who came back, he turned his head and said, "Zhu Zi, I brought you food, why did you secretly send it back to me?"

Between the words, three points are angry, and seven points are concerned.

Zhu Zi scratched his head in embarrassment, "Uncle Liu, your family is not rich, I am already a man, I can take good care of grandpa."

The man said angrily: "Fart, your grandpa is paralyzed in bed and hasn't eaten for three days. If I didn't deliver the food today, how long would you want to hide from me?"

"You child...cough cough cough..."

While speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out from the man's mouth.

Zhu Zi hurriedly ran forward and helped the man, "Uncle Liu, don't worry, Zhu Zi knows he's wrong."

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The man looked at Li Chengqian and Su Dingfang behind Zhuzi, "Zhuzi, are there any guests?"

He said, looking at them with hostile eyes.

Zhu Zi explained: "Uncle Liu, they are my distant cousins, and they came here to see Grandpa."

After thinking for a moment, the man retorted: "Nonsense, I have been comrades in arms with your father for many years, how have I ever heard him mention that you are far away..."

In the middle of speaking, he froze on the spot, staring at Li Chengqian with a pair of eyes, showing an expression of disbelief.

boom!

The crutches fell to the ground, the man leaned over, and threw himself onto the ground. Looking at Li Chengqian tremblingly, he said, "Too...His Royal Highness, you must decide for us!"

Li Chengqian hurried forward and helped the man up.

Scenes emerged in my mind, the scenes in the wounded barracks in Liangzhou City in the past.

"His Royal Highness wants to drink a bowl of farewell wine with the younger ones. It is worth dying to be able to drink with the prince."

"If you want to drink, after the injury is healed, I will drink enough with you."

……

Li Chengqian recognized the man at the first sight. He was the warrior who followed him in the bloody battle outside Liangzhou City.

The wound on his left leg was stitched up by Li Chengqian himself.

Li Chengqian helped the man up, "Brother, I am late."

The man looked at Li Chengqian and burst into tears, "Prince... ah ah..."

Tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Who said that a man doesn't flick his tears easily, but he hasn't reached the point of sadness.

a long time……

The man finally regained his composure, and apologized to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, your humble position is rude."

In his heart, he regarded himself as Li Chengqian's soldier.

Li Chengqian patted him on the shoulder and said: "Come on, let's go in and see Grandpa Zhuzi first. If you have any troubles in a while, just tell me."

Up to now, Li Chengqian has made a rough estimate.

It is estimated that the pension allocated by the imperial court did not reach their hands, which is absolutely unforgivable.

The man nodded and said: "Okay, I trust His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

There is only one gate left in the courtyard of Zhuzi's house, which creaks when the wind blows.

Passing through the gate is a narrow and dilapidated small courtyard, which is full of sundries and extremely depressed.

The house Zhuzi lived in had no door, and the windows were broken.

Entering the room, the ground is full of pots and jars, which are full of muddy rainwater.

At this moment, Li Chengqian finally understands what it means to have a leak in the house and it rains all night.

In the back room, on a fairly spacious bed lay a white-haired old man with a sallow complexion that was extremely ugly.

Zhu Zhu ran to the bed and shook the old man, "Grandpa, I'm back."

The old man opened his eyes with difficulty, turned his head to look at the pillar, and forced a smile on his sallow face.

"Cough cough...cough cough..."

"Zhuzi, are you back?"

"You miss Grandpa to death." The old man looked at the pillar and said weakly.

Li Chengqian could see the old man's concern for the pillar, even though the old man was dying of illness.

Zhuzi said happily to his grandfather, "Grandpa, His Royal Highness has brought food to see you."

"We don't have to go hungry."

"Your Highness also said that if you want to find my mother for me, it won't take long for my mother to come back."

The words are full of longing for the mother.

Li Chengqian turned to look at the man and asked, "Has the pension allocated by the imperial court been paid to you?"

The man nodded, shook his head again, and said with a wry smile: "It was issued, but each person was only distributed one hundred coins, and the family members' three-year service and taxes were not reduced or exempted."

"I argued with them, but I was brutally beaten."

"One hundred Wen?" Li Chengqian said in shock.

How can they live with ten buckets of rice?

And even the corvee and taxes have not been reduced or exempted.

It can be seen how much money they ate from it.

Looking at the helpless pillar and the frail grandpa.

Looking around, Tang Bing, who had broken his left leg but only had a pension of one hundred cash.

now……

Li Chengqian only wanted to kill people, he wanted to kill all these corrupt officials, he wanted to kill all these lawless people, he wanted to kill all these ruthless people.

He hates!

He hated himself for not handling the compensation for the families of the casualties himself, and he hated those people in the household department for being so reckless about human lives, even sacrificing the lives and deaths of the families of soldiers and soldiers.

These people are soldiers and their families who sacrificed for the peace of the Tang Dynasty.

But after they sacrificed, their children almost lost their lives for a steamed bun.

They are disabled for the country, but life is doubly difficult.

This is not what they deserved,

He will investigate this matter thoroughly.

Li Chengqian turned to Su Dingfang and said, "Dingfang, you go back to find someone, first take Zhuzi's grandfather out for treatment."

"Also, ask me which official is in charge of this pension work."

"I will definitely let them pay with blood."

His tone was cold and cold.

Su Dingfang replied: "Yes, Your Highness."

After the words fell, he turned and left.

Anger flashed in his eyes.

Looking at Zhuzi and his grandfather, who had no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies, and such a difficult life, Su Dingfang's heart was also bleeding.

This should not be the situation that the families of soldiers who died for the Tang Dynasty should have.

This should not be Datang's return to the soldiers who defended the country.

Chapter 37 Anger rushed to the crown

After Zhuzi's grandfather fell asleep, Liu Yujing limped and brought Li Chengqian and Zhuzi to his house.

Li Chengqian looked at Liu Yujing's back, with some toughness in his loneliness.

Liu Yujing has no children, and there are only him and his wife in the family.

into the house.

Liu Yujing rubbed the stool with his sleeve, and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, please sit down, the humble house is simple, please don't take offense at it."

Li Chengqian moved the stool and sat on it, "How could it be?"

Liu Yujing's words made him not know how to respond.

At this moment, Liu Zijing wanted to say a lot to Li Chengqian, but he didn't know how to say it.

moment……

Li Chengqian was the first to speak, "Let's talk about you first, the pension was corrupted, why didn't you report it to the government?"

Hearing this, Liu Zijing shook his head helplessly, "Reporting to the official... so what if you report to the official, they have already colluded with each other."

"If I report to the officials, they will kill my whole family, Zhuzi's whole family."

"How can I……"

"How can you gamble with everyone's wealth and life?"

In words, Li Chengqian could deeply feel the deep sense of loss in Liu Zijing's heart.

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Liu Zijing took a deep breath and continued: "Daddy Zhuzi and I have guarded the frontier for many years. We have weathered many hardships and are loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Even in the face of the bloodthirsty Turks, we did not bow our heads, nor were we timid. I used Spend half your life learning how to defend your home and country, and use your blood and tears to understand how to gallop on the battlefield."

"But I never learned how to face life."

"Zhuzi's father died in battle, wrapped in horse leather, and I myself became ill due to the battle, and retired to my hometown. I thought we could become the pride of Tang Dynasty and the heroes of Chang'an City."

"I had imagined that I would train Zhuzi to be like his father, a soldier with the pride of the Han people, the backbone of the Tang Dynasty, and blood on the battlefield."

"But the reality is like a knife that kills people without blood. Not only did we not get the honor we deserved, but we were manipulated by our own people. Not to mention cultivating Zhuzi, it is the hope of keeping Zhuzi alive. It's not here."

After the words fell, Liu Zijing lowered his head, and his whole body relaxed. He didn't know how long he held back these words.

If it wasn't for Li Chengqian's visit today, these words might have been taken to his grave.

lean less...

Li Chengqian walked up to Liu Zijing and patted him on the shoulder, "You are not only the heroes of Chang'an City, but also the heroes of the Tang Dynasty. This is a fact that no one can change."

"The glory that belongs to you, I will definitely return it to you. Those who are greedy for pensions, I will dig three feet and dig them out."

"Use their heads to commemorate the soldiers who died for the Tang Dynasty."

Zhuzi was on the side, listening to Liu Zijing's words, shed tears silently, he hadn't seen his father for a long time.

Even, he almost forgot what his father looked like.

"Zhuzi, you have to be good. Stay at home and listen to your mother. Dad is going to guard the border."

"Daddy, when are you coming back? Zhuzi doesn't want Daddy to go."

"Zhuzi, you are already a man, don't cry all the time, daddy will come back next year, and the task of protecting mommy will be entrusted to you."

"Well, don't worry, dad, I will definitely protect mom and wait for you to come back."

Kind and gentle faces gradually appeared in Zhu Zi's mind, "Father, I'm sorry, I didn't protect my mother well, I lost her..."

Tears gradually gathered, and quietly fell from Zhuzi's cheeks.

Li Chengqian squatted beside the pillar and wiped away the tears on his face with his hands, "Zhuzi, when did your mother disappear?"