Daming: From the end of Hongwu

After the incident, Li Jinglong went to Lianhua Lane and stood there for a long time, lamenting the blood flow in this battle, and collected the corpses of the defenders who died in the battle of Zhuozhou City, and buried them on a hillside five miles away from Zhuozhou City. There were more than [-] corpses in total.

After Zhen Wu read it, he didn't know when the battle report was crumpled. His eyes were red, and he couldn't hide it anymore. The murderous aura began to spread wave after wave.

He gritted his teeth, and said to Yang Jing with overwhelming anger: "You, Yang Jing, have also fought for a lifetime. I don't believe you can't see the doubts. Why did the north city gate break from the inside? Why didn’t the Sanmen respond before the battle? Was it because no one informed them? Or was it because of something? Why didn’t you check it out? Or did you, Yang Jing, bully the weak and be afraid of the strong, afraid of his shitty status as a county horse? Let me tell you, You are not afraid of me, my mother is also a county horse, I will not let my people die in such a ignorant way, just because the gatekeeper is not good, I dare to take his head."

Yang Jing smiled bitterly, and stepped forward to comfort Zhen Wu: "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, sit down if you have something to say, and let's talk slowly."

"Do not impulse?"

Zhen Wu was still furious, and his eyes were bloodshot with anger: "Damn it, don't be impulsive. Li Si retreated to Lianhua Lane with a lone army. There will be no reinforcements, and he will rest until he dies. Do you know what kind of belief they report? You don’t feel sorry for such a soldier, but I can’t breathe because of the pain.”

"Zhen Wu!"

Looking at Zhen Wu's appearance, Yang Jing couldn't help but scolded loudly. Then, he smiled wryly again, and explained to Zhen Wu with a sigh: "Your Highness didn't let you investigate."

Zhen Wu was stunned for a moment.

"How come?" Zhen Wu muttered, he didn't believe that Zhu Di was someone who could hide sand in his eyes, and based on his understanding of Zhu Di, Zhu Di loved loyal and brave generals.

Yang Jing explained again: "It's true, otherwise I wouldn't have investigated this matter."

"Why?" Zhen Wu asked incomprehensibly.

Yang Jing sighed and said: "When the prince was guarding Beiping City, Li Junma contributed a lot. Although I heard Shizi mention it later, Li Junma might have to work hard under the strict guard of the prince, but in fact Li Junma Ma did make great contributions, and then led troops out of the city to join forces with you to defeat Qu Neng, and was seriously injured. His injuries have not fully healed yet. In such a situation, how could His Highness still ask people to investigate? What's more, His Highness also said Well, Li Junma may have led troops to fight for the first time, so some negligence is inevitable, but now that we are in such a good situation, there is no need to make people panic inside."

Now that Yan Jun is united as one, if Li Rang is really found out to have any problems, then the internal trust may be damaged because of this, and it is understandable for Zhu Di not to let the investigation go on.

But Zhen Wu didn't agree with this point, because there was a way to avoid this point, as long as Li Rang was found to have a problem, he could solve it secretly, or solve it under another name, which could avoid the possibility of internal trust being destroyed.

In the final analysis, these rhetoric are all excuses for Zhu Di to save Li Rang.

Zhen Wu said unwillingly: "It's ridiculous to be seriously injured. Who knows if it was intentional. Could it be that he committed a crime and killed a loyal soldier, and in the end he made some contributions at random, so it can be offset? How unfair it is, how unfair it is to the more than [-] soldiers who died in battle."

Yang Jing glanced at Zhen Wu, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know if it's fair or not, but I know the identity of the county horse, and I do have privileges, so that merit and demerit can be offset."

The identity of the county horse!

privilege!

Zhen Wu was stunned again. In the past few years, he had enjoyed the privilege of the county horse, and he enjoyed it with peace of mind, which made him gradually forget that this is an unfair world.

But in this world, he enjoys it with peace of mind, and there is no reason to disagree with Li Rang's enjoyment.

Is it too much for him, Li Rang, to take credit for the mistakes he made before?

I am afraid that many people will say nothing too much.

But every time Zhen Wu thought that Li Rang's son died because of Li Rang, and his wife, children and widowed mother were brought into such a miserable situation, Zhen Wu couldn't help but get angry.

Seeing this, Yang Jing sighed faintly, and added a bombshell to Zhen Wu again: "There was a message from the capital two days ago that because of Li Rang's bloody battle against the city, and because of His Royal Highness, the emperor has vented his anger on you." On Li Rang, he killed Li Rang's whole family in a fit of rage."

Zhen Wu was slightly startled.

Yang Jing patted Zhen Wu's shoulder, and then said: "Think about it, in this case, no matter whether you are right or not, Li Rang killed his whole family in order to defend the city, which is enough to make people feel sympathetic. If you still hold on to Li Rang's small mistakes and want to kill him, and you are so stubborn, how will His Highness think of you, and how will the whole army think of you? Don't forget, Princess Yong'an and Princess Yongning are still sisters Ladies and gentlemen, if you really do that, will Princess Yongan complain and be sad because of Princess Yongning? Will the son and King Gaoyang complain to you because of this?"

Speaking of this, Yang Jing sighed, and persuaded again earnestly: "Even if you are fighting for your future, but the trust you have built with His Highness for many years, and the relationship with Princess Yong'an for many years, do you really want to have a rift because of this matter? I don’t talk about whether it’s worth it or not, but living people always have to move forward.”

Zhen Wu fell silent.

His whole head suddenly became a mess like a mess, and he found that his angrily vowed to be the master for Li Si at the beginning, began to become less firm, which made him even more flustered for a while. , He was so flustered that he didn't know how he left Yang Jing's house in the end.

It's just that after arriving at his home, Zhen Wu suffocated himself in the martial arts hall, and shed tears unwillingly.

He found that he was not as stalwart and fair as he thought.

He is selfish.

Li Rang was seriously injured in the bloody battle to defend the city, and his family members were mutilated, and he built a golden body for himself. This golden body radiated light, as if letting him stand in the light.

If anyone wants to attack him, he must first hurt himself before hurting others.

That light is the most scorching.

Even Zhen Wu had to back down three steps.

At this moment, Li Rang was at home.

Li Rang, who had been lying on the hospital bed for a long time, was finally able to get out of bed. He looked at Yong Ning, who was always by his side and never left him, and smiled sadly.

He held Yongning's hand, and said in a distressing way: "From now on, I will only have you."

Yongning sobbed slightly, nodded hurriedly and said: "There is still me, there is me, Yongning will always be with your husband, Yongning will be better and better to your husband, and will never let anyone hurt you again."

Li Rang nodded, and looked at Yongning more and more tenderly, but when people didn't notice, he exuded gloom.

How could he be so calm when his whole family was dead? !

But he had no choice.

Yongning sobbed and continued: "We won't lead soldiers into battle anymore. Look at this time, I was scared to death. Let's live our lives at home, okay?"

Li Rang shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid of this kind of injury, not to mention that I want to help our father, and I also want to save face for you, so that the world can also know that the man you marry is no worse than the eldest sister. I know you always like to compare with the eldest sister." , I couldn’t intervene before, but after I can, I want to make you happy.”

After hearing this, Yongning was so moved that he cried even harder.

She only felt that her man was close to her from the bottom of her heart. She used to really envy her eldest sister for marrying well, but now she can proudly say that her man is not bad at all.

……

Yan Wang Mansion, Yang Jing has appeared in Zhu Di's study at this moment.

After Zhu Di heard Yang Jing's report, he waved his hands irritably. One eldest son-in-law and one second son-in-law, what else could he do? Want to clean up Li Rang?

Li let the whole family die because of him.

He didn't clean up like this.

I can only feel sorry for Li Si.

Zhu Di thought for a while, and said to Yang Jing: "You go and tell Zhen Wu later, just tell him what I said, let him let it go, don't make trouble for me, as for Li Si, I will remember his credit, and I will give it to him in the future If Zhen Wu is angry with his son, let him hold it back for me, and I will still be full of anger and have no place to vent it."

After Yang Jing responded, he backed away, and then he took a detour to Zhen's mansion, and passed Zhu Di's words to Zhen Wu. After hearing this, Zhen Wu just nodded in response, without making any other expressions.

He looked at Zhen Wu's appearance, sighed, and then left without further words.

Those [-] soldiers and [-] families are really not important in many cases, and he also feels it is a pity, but so what?

……

Chapter 281 - Little Seven

The weather is getting colder and colder with time, and the New Year is getting closer and closer.

Ever since Zhen Wu learned of the Zhuozhou city battle report, his mood has not improved. He has always kept a cold face on the outside, which makes everyone in Zhen's mansion more cautious when they should be celebrating.

No one was afraid of accidentally offending Zhen Wu because of a small mishap.

Zhen Wu, the head of the family, obviously has a huge influence on the entire Zhen family, and his emotions can be called the barometer of the family.

Xiaoliu Xiaoqi couldn't stand the atmosphere at home at first. This morning, the two of them were noisy, avoiding the time when Zhen Wu was not around, they found Zhu Yuying, and asked their elder brother why he was angry, but Zhu Yuying was also angry. Confused.

Seeing this, Xiao Liu spread her discouragement on the table. She didn't like the state of the house, and she had to suppress her temper even when she was playing. This made Xiao Liu, who was already cheerful, very uncomfortable.

The next moment, Xiao Liu suddenly stretched out her green hand, grabbed Xiao Qi's ear and began to complain, she frowned and said angrily, "You must have made Big Brother angry, you go and apologize to Big Brother."

"I don't, it's not me, I'm not going."

Xiao Qi's heart skipped a beat, and she just waved her hands in a panic, even though Xiao Liu's ears were twisted, she seemed to have developed resistance, neither struggling nor screaming for pain.

Xiao Liu's brows furrowed even harder, he stood up and looked down at Xiao Qi in disbelief.

Xiao Qi became even more flustered when he was watched, and quickly wondered if he had done something outside these days to let Zhen Wu know, but after thinking about it, he became more and more determined. handle.

Xiao Qi, who had figured this out, didn't waste time arguing with Xiao Liu, turned around and looked at Zhu Yuying confidently, and complained: "Sister-in-law, look at my sixth sister, take care of my sixth sister, she will know how to make trouble for no reason. , you punish her and detain her in the yard."

After saying this, he patted his chest and added affirmatively: "I swear, it's definitely not me who made big brother angry."

Good guy.

Xiao Liuqi's big eyes narrowed, he gritted his little white teeth, and said, "Give me some eye drops again, I think you have become fat recently." Saying that, Xiao Liu rolled up his sleeves and planned to tidy up Xiaoqi.

However, as soon as he moved, he was stopped by Zhu Yuying.

"Okay, what are you two doing? The matter of your elder brother is not enough for me to worry about. If you two continue to make trouble, you two will be detained and will not be released during the Chinese New Year."

This sentence was very intimidating to Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi. The two smiled at Zhu Yuying ingratiatingly, and immediately became good brothers and sisters who loved each other again.

However, the two of them only performed for a few seconds before lazily performing again.

Xiao Liu spread it out on the table again, and muttered frowningly: "Then who made Big Brother angry? Big Brother has been at home for almost a month, so it can't be about military affairs."

Zhu Yuying was also worried. She had also asked Zhen Wu, but Zhen Wu's mouth was very tight, and no matter who she didn't want to say, she couldn't ask anyone.

But at this moment, Xiao Qi glanced at Xiao Liu and said, "Maybe it's you. You've been hiding from Big Brother some time ago and sneaked out. Who knows what you're doing."

"nonsense!"

Xiao Liu was in a hurry, but he held his head high and said firmly: "No matter what I do, Big Brother won't be angry with me."

Hey.

Seeing Xiao Liu like this, Xiao Qi was speechless, and there was no one left with such an unreasonable sister, so he asked angrily, "Then who else do you think?"

"It could be..."

Xiao Liu thought about it for a while, and suddenly came up with an idea, and tentatively said: "Could it be the third brother?" After saying this, Xiao Liu's eyes lit up, and she clapped her little hands, gradually confirming Said: "Look, the third brother just came back from the military camp some time ago, and the eldest brother was unhappy immediately. If you say it's not the third brother, who else could it be?"

Xiao Qi's eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement as if pounding a pestle.

After the two of them came to this conclusion, there was a little joy on their faces, as if the two of them had broken through the cage that bound them, and they felt relaxed for a while.

Afterwards, the two of them put their heads together and began to discuss with great interest how to send the third brother to the eldest brother to vent their anger.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuying couldn't help shaking her head. These two younger siblings really messed around all day long. What the hell, did you think that Zhen Wu wouldn't be angry if he found someone to vent his anger on?

Just as Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi were discussing lively, Zhen Wu came back from the outside.

When he walked into the room and saw the three people, he couldn't help being taken aback, but he didn't say anything, and went to put on his coat on his own. When the three people in the room saw Zhen Wu, they all stood up in unison.

Zhu Yuying is still better.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi suppressed their breath a bit, not daring to be as casual as before.

The elder brother is the father.

For Xiaoliu Xiaoqi, Zhen Wuzhen is like a father. Although Zhen Wu was in a good mood, he would play with them in the same way, but when Zhen Wu's face sank, the two of them were very happy. Two points of fear from the bottom of my heart.

After all, Zhen Wu was also a general who commanded an army of tens of thousands, with a straight face, not angry but mighty, and there was no problem at all in restraining the two children.

Xiao Liu originally planned to rely on Zhen Wu to hurt her and pester her for a while, but Zhen Wu was not in the mood, so he raised his eyebrows, waved his hand, and Xiao Liu stopped pestering her with a wink, and then she greeted Xiaoqi, slowly backed out.

When the two came outside, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

The two noticed each other's useless behavior, and when they met each other, both siblings laughed brimming with a sense of heroic sympathy, and then they walked while discussing how to trick the third child so that The third child took the initiative to vent his anger on Zhen Wu.

Under the supreme mission of sacrificing the third child and protecting the whole family, the two came up with ghost ideas one after another.

But risking it, Xiao Qi suddenly got a look on his face, and said with a bitter face: "Sister, it seems that the third brother can't be fooled."

"Why?" Xiao Liu looked at Xiao Qi with puzzled eyes.

Xiao Qi explained: "The third brother is not at home today, and the third brother is busy going to the shop and the village to inspect the past few days, so he has no time to talk to the two of us."

Xiao Liu also thought of this for a while, and after a moment of stupefaction, he sighed in annoyance.

The best punching bag is gone, and that's all.

……

In Zhen Wu's room, after he sat down, Zhu Yuying came to behind Zhen Wu with some worries, and gently squeezed Zhen Wu's shoulders, and Zhen Wu stretched out his hand to hold Zhu Yuying.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," he said.

Zhu Yuying pouted as if she was a girl, "You're fine, even Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi are worried about you, they came here early in the morning to ask why, and they said it's okay."

Zhen Wu sighed, and wanted to talk to Zhu Yuying, but this matter involved Li Rang, which made him unable to say it for a while. After thinking about it, he could only vaguely say: "It's just because of one thing, I have to Compromise, so I feel a little unwilling, which will inevitably lead to a little depression."

Zhu Yuying was stunned, she laughed, and persuaded: "Know the world without compromising. Even so, people live in the world, don't they just live a life of sophistication. Since ancient times, sages have compromised because of their full stomachs. We just compromise on some things." , what's the big deal, at most, if you are unwilling to be strong, you can make up for it in the future. It's better than you, so that the family members will also worry about it. Besides, the battlefield also pays attention to a change of strategy. Can you really live happily and recklessly?"

Zhen Wu looked at Zhu Yuying in surprise.

After Zhu Yuying came around from behind Zhen Wu, she winked mischievously at Zhen Wu, and deliberately showed a complacent look: "Did you underestimate me before? I have read many sages since I was a child." Books, it’s just that I think some of the words in the books of sages don’t make sense, and I don’t like to talk about them, otherwise I can also talk to you.”

Looking at Zhu Yuying's appearance, Zhen Wu felt inexplicably relieved, perhaps because he was used to seeing Zhu Yuying's dignified appearance in the past two years, and suddenly seeing Zhu Yuying's cuteness as a girl again, he felt very cordial and fresh.

However, Zhu Yuying's words really awakened Zhen Wu.