Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Xiao Liu glared at Zhen Wu, and complained to Zhang Yuqing, "My brother won't give me money."

"Yo, what am I doing?"

Zhang Yuqing smiled indifferently, and said with a big voice: "Isn't it short of money? If your elder brother doesn't give it to you, your mother will give it to you. We won't get angry with your brother. It's the Chinese New Year now, so don't be sad."

As soon as these words fell, Zhen Wu raised his brows. He was a little unhappy that Zhang Yuqing gave Xiao Liu some money. He wanted to control Xiao Liu's consumption concept, otherwise, if Xiao Liu was allowed to develop like this, what would happen in the future? Sample.

But he looked at Zhang Yuqing's appearance, but it was not easy to refute Zhang Yuqing's words in front of Xiaoliu.

Xiao Liu didn't care so much, when he heard Zhang Yuqing's words, he immediately jumped up from the stool in surprise, and looked at Zhang Yuqing to testify again excitedly.

"Mother, you are not allowed to lie to me."

"When did Mother ever lie to you?" Zhang Yuqing said generously, "Tell me, how much does it cost?"

Xiao Liu counted with his fingers for a while, then said to Zhang Yuqing with a smile on his face, "Ten taels, ten taels is enough."

However, the words just fell.

Zhang Yuqing's surprised voice sounded high.

"what?!"

Zhang Yuqing looked at Xiaoliu with disbelief: "Ten taels?! My dear, you little girl, why do you need so much money?"

Xiao Liu was taken aback, scratched his head and asked tentatively, "How about five taels?"

"Five or two?"

Zhang Yuqing refused and said: "No way, I will give you a consistent amount of money at most. I have to think about it for a while, and if you don't tell me clearly what you are using the money for, I won't give it."

"what?"

Xiao Liu's face became bitter again, she knew her mother, if a copper coin could be broken in half, if she told the truth what to do with the money, it would definitely be useless.

But Zhen Wu let out a gloating laugh, he realized that he was thinking too much, it was much harder for Xiao Liu to get a large amount of money from Zhang Yuqing than to pester him.

He deliberately winked at Xiao Liu, then shook his head, said goodbye to Zhang Yuqing with peace of mind, and went back to his courtyard.

He suddenly realized that Xiao Liu, this girl, as long as he doesn't pamper her.

Xiao Liu will never fail.

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In the next few days, amidst the lively atmosphere in Beiping City, the situation changed, and there was a lot of white sadness in silence. The list of soldiers who died in battle was gradually finalized, and pensions were slowly distributed to the families of every soldier who died in battle.

And these families also began to get busy with funeral arrangements.

On this day, Zhen Wu personally came to express his condolences to Li Si. He felt a little guilty for Li Si, probably because of the earnest conversation he had with Li Si when he left Zhuozhou City.

He asked Li Si to try his best to guard Zhuozhou City and help Beiping buy time.

He didn't know the reason for Li Si's death in battle, how many factors were involved in his words, but because he knew Li Si's ability, Zhen Wu couldn't help feeling a little more guilty.

Even Zhen Wu sometimes assumed that without his words, would Li Si have evacuated earlier, and if he had evacuated, would Li Si not have died in battle.

And if Li Si hadn't been killed in battle, he should be able to become an earl when Jing Nan succeeds, but now everything has become a if.

Li Si's home is in the military household area in the south of the city. When Zhen Wu came here, he saw a lot of white paper money swirling in the air in the alley. There are three families with white lanterns hanging at the door.

Zhen Wu sighed, suppressed the feelings in his heart, walked into Li Si's home, and after offering incense to Li Si according to the etiquette, he turned and looked at the two ten-year-old children left by Li Si.

Li Si's daughter-in-law and old mother have been paying attention to Zhen Wu. Seeing Zhen Wu's movements, the two of them hurriedly brought their two children to Zhen Wu's side, and invited Zhen Wu to chat in the side room.

Zhen Wu nodded, took the children from the two of them, and took one with each hand to the side room.

Cao Xiaoman, who had been with Zhen Wu all this time, couldn't help but his eyes turned red when he saw this scene. He seemed to think of the scene when his father was sent back by Zhen Wu.

Soldiers have been passed on from generation to generation, even if it is just for the sake of living, they have to squeeze into the army from generation to generation, desperately trying to support the family.

Cao Xiaoman suddenly realized that in a blink of an eye, he too had grown up.

After Zhen Wu and others arrived at the side room, he sat down on the stool and kindly asked about the situation of the two children.

The eldest is called Li Ping, who is ten years old this year, and the second is called Li An, who is eight years old this year.

Among them, to Zhen Wu's surprise, Li Ping, the boss of Li Si's family, actually knew Xiao Qi from his family.

However, Zhen Wu then suddenly understood that Xiao Qi was only 12 years old this year and was similar to Li Ping, plus they both lived in Beiping City, so it was not surprising to see him.

Speaking of which, Li Siben was one of the hundred households of Yanshan Qianwei in Beiping, one of the seven guards in Beiping City. After Zhen Wu and others captured the Nine Gates of Beiping, Zhu Di was surrendered. Later, with Zhu Di breaking through Juyong Pass and destroying Song Zhong, Finally, because of his meritorious service, he was arranged to be a general in Zhuozhou.

And Li Si and Zhen Wu knew each other very early. In the early years, they went out to fight with Zhu Di together. Li Si was one of the few people who could catch Zhen Wu's eyes. Zhen Wu had praised Li Si to others.

Now, Zhen Wu can only sigh silently.

But this made Zhen Wu Aiwu and Wu like Li Ping more and more, so Zhen Wu said to him kindly: "In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can go to my house to play with my Xiao Qi. My Xiao Qi is often idle at home. If you go and play with him, he will be happy."

"Is it really possible?" Li Ping asked with some confidence.

Among the children of their age in Beiping City, Xiaoqi of the Zhen family is the most powerful and powerful. In the past, many children crowded in front of Xiaoqi of the Zhen family, but Xiaoqi of the Zhen family was a bit arrogant and only played with people he knew well. .

Zhen Wu smiled and said: "Of course, I will ask him to invite you in person later."

Brothers Li Ping and Li An were a little excited for a while, but then they remembered the death of their father, and their emotions sank again.

But Li Si's daughter-in-law and old mother know better the truth that the living must look forward.

Zhen Wu's words are not intended to be a kind of care for his own children. If his own children have a close relationship with the Zhen family's Xiaoqi, let's not talk about the future in the future. Just because someone wants to bully, we must weigh the Zhen family. Xiaoqi's joy and anger.

The importance of Xiao Qi's happiness and anger may not be worth mentioning, but what about Zhen Wu, the eldest brother behind Xiao Qi of the Zhen family?

You must know that Zhen Wugui is now a county horse, and he is also the commander of the capital. He is the right general in the army and commands an army of [-].

Not to mention that no one dared to provoke Zhen Wu, even if he took seven or eight turns to connect with Zhen Wu, ordinary people would not dare to provoke him.

Li Si's wife and old mother quickly asked Li Ping and Li An to thank Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu waved his hand and said that there is no need to be like this, then he let the two children go out first, and said to Li Si's wife: "I came here to give you two reassurance, now that Li Ping is not yet a child, Li Si's position of Thousand Households will not be available for the time being, but you don't have to worry, it belongs to Li Ping, no one can take it away, I will keep it in my heart."

Li Si's daughter-in-law couldn't help but burst into tears. She was under a lot of pressure these days. Li Si's old subordinates and comrades-in-arms who had a good relationship all died in Zhuozhou City. With no contacts in the army, she has no ability to help her child keep Li Si's position.

In the past few days, the widows of Li Si's old subordinates have often come to her to cry, but she has no other way, she can't protect herself, but now that she has Zhen Wu's words, she can breathe a sigh of relief.

Because Zhen Wu's words not only gave her hope, but also the children left behind by Li Si's old subordinates. Help the sons of his father's former subordinates.

"Thank you General You, thank you General You." Li Si's daughter-in-law said repeatedly.

Zhen Wu waved his hand: "It doesn't have to be like this, it's all what I should do."

Li Si's old mother was also very grateful: "General You's move is tantamount to saving my whole family. My family will never forget it. We two women must also teach Ping'er well so that he will live up to General You's high expectations." .”

"It really doesn't have to be like this." Zhen Wu sighed.

But Li Si's daughter-in-law and old mother refused to listen to Zhen Wu's persuasion, and kept thanking Zhen Wu, which made Zhen Wu's heart a little more blocked. Tiandi, everything can only be said that things are impermanent.

Afterwards, Zhen Wu comforted Li Si's daughter-in-law and old mother for a while, and then offered to leave, but when Zhen Wu was about to leave, Li Si's daughter-in-law suddenly said in a tangled voice: "General You, I have I want to ask the right general for help, I don’t know if it’s okay?”

Zhen Wu paused, and then asked: "What's the matter? You can speak out."

Li Si's daughter-in-law struggled for a while before she said: "My concubine's husband used to tell the children how he fought and beheaded him every time he came back from a battle, but this time the army gave us a rather vague report. I only said that my concubine's husband was trapped in the enemy's line, and he was exhausted, so I want to ask the right general to tell me what my concubine's husband went through when he was in Zhuozhou City and how much he was beheaded. I want to tell my children these things Listen, one is to let the children remember their father's bravery, and the other is to let the children learn from their father's lessons."

Li Si's daughter-in-law was talking, tears came out again, and she asked Zhen Wu weakly: "I don't know if I make such a request, I can make it difficult for the right general?"

Zhen Wu was taken aback, and then said: "It's not difficult, but I was not in Zhuozhou City at the beginning, so I don't know the details of the battle, but don't be disappointed, sister-in-law. I will go find a detailed battle report, and I will let you Someone will bring it to you."

"In this case, I would like to thank General You."

"You're welcome." After Zhen Wu finished speaking, he stopped staying and walked out with Cao Xiaoman and others.

After getting outside, Zhen Wu thought for a while, if the battle of Zhuozhou City is the clearest one, it should be Li Rang, but his sense of Li Rang, since the last time we met in Xiong County, can no longer be said to be good .

But he had to do his best to answer Li Si's daughter-in-law. Finally, Zhen Wu thought about it and walked towards Yang Jing's house.

If it is clear about the specific battle in Zhuozhou City, apart from Li Rang, it must be Yang Jing, Zhu Di's spy.

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Chapter 280 - Battle Report of Zhuozhou City

Yang Jing's family lived near Qingshui Hutong, very close to Yan Wang's Mansion, Zhen Wu had suspected more than once that there were secret passages in Yan Wang's Mansion and Yang Jing's house.

Otherwise, Yang Jing couldn't always appear beside Zhu Di suddenly and unexpectedly.

In Zhen Wu's eyes, Yang Jing was miraculous and mysterious.

There are not many Yang Jing family members, so the overall appearance is very quiet. After Zhen Wu slammed the door knocker, only an old servant opened the door, poked his head out and asked Zhen Wu suspiciously.

Zhen Wuliang revealed his identity, and the old servant opened all the doors.

The furnishings in Yang Jing's house are very simple and unadorned.

If someone who doesn't know the inside story, sees such a house and furnishings, they definitely can't imagine the power that Yang Jing possesses, it's so terrifying that even Zhen Wu dare not look down upon it.

After the old servant led Zhen Wu into the main hall, he poured tea for Zhen Wu and left. Zhen Wu didn't care, thinking that Yang Jing would come out soon, but Yang Jing didn't know what business he was busy with. It was enough to forgive Zhen Wu for most of the time, so he came over to entertain the guests with an apologetic face.

Zhen Wu angrily shook the empty teacup, expressing in this way that Yang Jing kept him waiting for too long.

Yang Jing apologized repeatedly to Zhen Wu: "I'm sorry, I was really busy just now, so I couldn't come here immediately. I thought Uncle Yang would accompany Brother Zhen, but I didn't expect to leave Brother Zhen here alone. Brother Zhen, don't complain. The main reason is that my family has rarely had visitors, and the family really doesn't know how to treat guests, so it's not intentional negligence of Brother Zhen."

In fact, Zhen Wu was not surprised. He knew Yang Jing's work, and many things needed to be dealt with in a timely manner, and the relationship between the two of them would not be the cause of this matter.

Although the two seem to have little friendship from outsiders, the real situation is well known between the two, and they have dealt with each other many times without being known.

Of course, Zhu Di must have known all this.

Zhen Wu waved his hand, and said familiarly: "If you were really offended, I would have left long ago, so why wait for you."

Hearing what Zhen Wu said, Yang Jing knew that Zhen Wu didn't care, so he relaxed a little, sat beside Zhen Wu with a smile, and asked, "General You is a busy person, why do you have time to come to me?"

Zhen Wu grinned: "To tell you the truth, I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so I need your help with something."

"Oh?"

Yang Jing glanced at Zhen Wu suspiciously, and then his face slowly became serious: "With your current status, what can't be done, and you still need to ask me for help?"

"What are you thinking?"

Zhen Wu gave Yang Jing an angry look, and laughed and scolded: "Do you fucking think I, Zhen Wu, don't know how to measure? Don't worry, it's not something to embarrass you."

The words fell.

Yang Jing was obviously relieved.

The nature of his work is quite special, many things that don't matter to others, he will cross the line with a slight movement, which makes him have to be cautious.

"Then you didn't say it straight at the beginning, but beat around the bush with me."

Yang Jing complained to Zhen Wu, and then said directly: "Okay, if you have anything to say, just tell me, but let me make an agreement with you first, if I can help you, if I can't, don't blame me for not being friendly, and you don't What kind of begging words."

Zhen Wu nodded with a smile and said: "It's really not an embarrassment, I just want to ask you if you have a detailed battle report on the battle of Zhuozhou City. I want to borrow it to have a look. You should also understand Li Si. I have always valued people more. , but I didn’t expect to be in Zhuozhou like this, which made me always want to see the specific situation of Zhuozhou city at that time.”

After Zhen Wu finished speaking, he looked at Yang Jing.

He originally thought that Yang Jing would happily agree.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jing's complexion became serious more quickly as he could see it with the naked eye.

Zhen Wu frowned, not knowing why, he couldn't help but asked in a deep voice: "Could it be that the battle in Zhuozhou City, I am not qualified to know about it as a right general? If you talk about this with me, I Zhen Wu will not admit it, or His Highness is not interested in this matter." A gag order was issued?"

Yang Jing shook his head, indicating that it wasn't what Zhen Wu thought, but he looked at Zhen Wu and wanted to speak a few times, but in the end he didn't know why, so he held back until a slight anger appeared on Zhen Wu's face. , Yang Jing finally gritted his teeth and said: "To be honest, after listening to my brother's persuasion, you should stop watching."

Zhen Wu's frown deepened.

Since he is qualified to watch, but Yang Jing said so, the problem can only be on the battle report.

However, what could be wrong with the battle report, even serious enough for Yang Jing to mention him, it is best not to watch it?

Zhen Wu quickly thought of a possibility.

"Li Rang?" Zhen Wu looked straight at Yang Jing, his lips moved slightly, and said the name deeply.

Yang Jing froze for a moment. He didn't expect Zhen Wu to think of the reason so quickly. He sighed and said, "Since you guessed it, I won't say more. I'll get the battle report for you. You can read it yourself." After finishing, Yang Jing got up and walked out.

Zhen Wu looked at Yang Jing's back, and his heart suddenly surged. In the empty room, his complexion began to become more and more serious, even a little sinister.

However, when Yang Jing got the battle report, Zhen Wu's face naturally changed back to a sunny look, and he took the battle report and read it pretending to be relaxed.

On the ninth day of October, Li Jinglong's army arrived at the city of Zhuozhou.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the army besieged from all sides. Li Si guarded the south gate, while Li Rang asked for orders to guard the north gate. Under Li Si's reasonable deployment, all the soldiers in Zhuozhou City fought bloody battles for three days and repelled Li Jinglong's army several times. , The north city gate was broken from the inside, and Li Rang led all the defenders of the north city gate to break out.

Li Jinglong's army swarmed in from the north city gate, and the other three guards were under attack from inside and outside, and none of them survived.

According to Yang Jing's secret report, since Li Jinglong's army entered the city, Li Si and his soldiers tried to break out of the siege several times, but they were beaten back several times. In the end, they gradually lost the enemy and had to retreat to Lianhua Lane. The two sides fought until In the middle of the night, Li Si led all the soldiers and still no one surrendered. The Yan army was victorious.