After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

On this day, smoke from cooking fires rose throughout Yunzhou as usual, but there was no hustle and bustle of the past. Instead, it was as quiet as a dead city.

Even the dogs on the roadside seemed to sense the unusual atmosphere and dared not bark, their tails between their legs.

In the Fang family's main hall, the family sat together for dinner. Boss Fang glanced at the calligraphy inside and asked in a low voice.

"Brother, are you still not coming out to eat?"

Aunt Fang didn't feel like cooking today, so she went to the Baiwei Restaurant branch and packed up some side dishes.

If it were in the past, the whole family would definitely scramble to eat it.

But today, everyone had no appetite and eating was like swallowing medicine.

Fang Yinnian, who had finally returned home, locked himself in the study as soon as he got back and refused to see anyone.

Aunt Fang looked at the study worriedly, put down her chopsticks, walked quietly to the door of the study, and when she was about to knock on the door, she heard a faint cry coming from inside the study.

Aunt Fang's hand, which was about to knock on the door, hung in mid-air, but in the end she sighed silently and returned to the dining table.

When the other members of the Fang family saw Aunt Fang's expression, they knew that Fang Yinnian was unwilling to come out.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very heavy, and the family members were silently eating the food in their bowls.

After dinner, everyone went back to their own rooms.

Mrs. Fang sat on the kang, rubbing her chest constantly.

"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Boss Fang opened the window and looked back and forth between his wife and the study.

"I feel so upset." Mrs. Fang put down the sole of the shoe in her hand. "You said that if the peace talks were successful, we wouldn't have to fight. I should be very happy. Why do I feel so upset and aggrieved?"

Boss Fang could understand his wife's feelings very well, because he was the same way, extremely depressed, but he didn't know who to vent his anger on.

Obviously not fighting a war is a good thing, so why do you feel so unwilling?

Boss Fang pushed open the door and walked to the study room unknowingly. He could still vaguely hear sobbing in the study room.

Boss Fang sat cross-legged at the door, looking up at the clouds and the moon in the sky, wondering what he was thinking.

Not long after, Fang Lao Er also sat over with two pipes. After lighting the tobacco, he gave one to Fang Lao Da.

Scarlet dots of fire flickered in the night sky.

The floating green smoke is like the sadness in my heart. After rolling around in my mouth, the taste spreads all over my body.

In the study, Fang Yinnian's eyes were swollen from crying.

According to history, this year the Tartars will launch a full-scale attack to the south, and General Gu Nanxi will lead the residents of Yunzhou to fight to the death.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Every household in Yunzhou hung white sails. More than 50% of Gu's army was killed or wounded, and Boss Li broke an arm.

But this battle made the general famous and demonstrated the strong character of the people of Yunzhou, but it also dealt a heavy blow to the Tartars.

This was a crucial turning point in fate.

But now, I don't know what went wrong. Not only did the Tatars not launch a full-scale attack southward, but they also came to negotiate.

Let's negotiate, and also proposed that Gu Nanxi move the Yunzhou boundary marker 501 miles south.

What a humiliation!

Isn't this just putting a general on the fire?

If they really retreat this time, not only will the general's deterrence on the grassland be completely destroyed, but the people of Yunzhou, who have been hard at work to unite, will also be dispersed again. More importantly, the backbone of the people of Yunzhou, who have worked so hard to stand up in front of the Tartars, will be broken once again!

If the general does not retreat, he will not only be disobeying orders, but will also be cursed by the whole world!

How difficult is it?!

"It's all my fault. It must be me who caused the butterfly effect! Instead of being caught in this dilemma now, I might as well start a war!" Fang Yinnian regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

If it was because of him that Butterfly lost the original Empress Zhaowu in history, Fang Yinnian would want to die to atone for his sin!

……

Shopkeeper Xia, who was also from Huaishuo Town, saw off the last customer in his shop when the moon was high in the sky and then closed the shop.

Shopkeeper Xia returned to his courtyard and found his son Xia Lezhi reading by candlelight at night: "It's late, you should go to bed early and continue studying tomorrow."

Xia Lezhi didn't even raise his head, and studied eagerly: "I'll study for a while, I want to take the exams for the scholar, the juren, and then the zhuangyuan as soon as possible."

Shopkeeper Xia stroked Xia Lezhi's soft hair and said, "You are still young, there is no need to rush."

Xia Lezhi raised his head and said sternly, "No, we have too little time for Yunzhou. Although there is Su Dalang in the court, he is alone and cannot support the general. How can he protect him from the open and hidden attacks?"

Shopkeeper Xia paused and patted Xia Lezhi's head gently: "You still have so many fellow apprentices!"

Xia Lezhi pursed his lips. If those senior brothers were reliable, why did they make the general so embarrassed?

It is better to rely on yourself than on others. If you read a little more books at night, you can serve the general one day earlier!

The next day, the rooster crowed loudly towards the sun.

The door of the Xia family was knocked by Xia Lezhi's classmates.

"Lezhi, Lezhi, the teachers are going to petition!"

Xia Lezhi didn't even have time to put on his clothes. He simply put on a robe and rushed out: "What's going on? A petition?"

"The teachers have gone to the gate of the governor's mansion to sit in protest!"

Xia Lezhi's heart was beating rapidly, and he finally had a way to vent the feeling of powerlessness he had felt yesterday.

Xia Lezhi's eyes sparkled, and his small body seemed to contain infinite energy. He said firmly, "I'll go too!"

His classmates corrected him in unison: "We all go!"

After Xia Lezhi made the decision, he turned around to get his clothes and saw his father and mother appear at the door.

Xia Lezhi paused, he didn't know how to explain to his father and mother.

What my father feared most were officials. Even when he met bailiffs from the county government, he would bow and nod.

If he knew about this, I would go sit in front of the governor's mansion...

Shopkeeper Xia took a step forward and said, "The tire of our tricycle is flat. I'll go and pump it up for you."

Madam Xia turned around and went to the kitchen, packing a large bag of food: "Take these with you, and share some with the teachers. You go first, I'll prepare some more and come later."

Looking at the figures of his parents, Xia Lezhi's eyes were filled with tears.

"let's go!"

When Shopkeeper Xia rode his tricycle out of Huaishuoer Town, he found that there were many more pedestrians on the road than usual.

Some rode tricycles, some rode bicycles, some were barefoot, some wore straw sandals, and some rode in horse-drawn carriages...

People walked in the same direction in silence, without any conversation, and everyone seemed to have something on their mind.

The crowds flowed towards Fuming Town like streams.

The guards of Fuming Town obviously encountered such a situation for the first time and were a little at a loss for a moment.

"Quickly inform the deputy commander!"

"No, the deputy general led his men out of the city last night!"

"Then go find General Gu Shisan!"

"All the Gu family soldiers are gone!"

The soldier guarding the city gate wiped his face and decided to go directly to the general!