Chapter 50 Change

Li Xiaoyao didn't tell her anything, and didn't say everything. She just said that General Yuan's army retreated dozens of miles. Now it's only 50 miles away from Zhengcheng. As for Marshal Yuan's preparation to abandon the army and escape, this is her guess. It's not true. Naturally, there is no need to say more.

Aunt Sun breathed a sigh of relief. The two looked at Zheng Cheng on the top of the mountain, gossiped for a while, and then went down to the mountain and went back to the village.

At night, the stockade was almost dark. Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng stood anxiously on the wall. In fact, they couldn't see anything in the distance. The sky has been cloudy since the afternoon, and now they are almost out of their fingers.

Li Erhuai had already gone to the foot of the mountain to guard Zhang Tiemu. Li Xiaoyao, wrapped in a cotton cloak, sat in a low circle chair next to the brazier, with a dim yellow light, as if he was reading the book attentively.

The door ring was buckled twice, and it was Mrs. Sun's low voice: "Fifth Master, it's me. Have you slept yet?"

Li Xiaoyao jumped off the chair and went to open the door to let Aunt Sun come in: "Not yet. I'm reading. Come in."

Before Li Xiaoyao did it, Mrs. Sun dragged another low circle chair and sat around the brazier with Li Xiaoyao. She unintentionally reached out to warm the fire and whispered, "It's time to make a brazier."

"I'm afraid of the cold. The fire basin is born early every year. I'll ask Wang Mudun to send you one tomorrow." Li Xiaoyao smiled and said. Aunt Sun moved the corners of her mouth. She probably wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh. She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes and whispered, "In previous years, before I remembered, my second uncle let me send me a good fire. Fifth Master, why haven't you come back yet? This is almost right. No matter how slow you walk, you should come back. Don't be! And the eldest sister, me!" Aunt Sun put down her hand and looked at Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao looked at her with a peaceful expression and advised, "Don't worry. When the fourth master and Master Lu left, they didn't say that they must come back tonight. The shopkeeper Sun and the eldest sister always have to pack up their things, as well as the Wisteria Curai, they also need to settle down. It's not that they can leave. Yes, such a big stall in the city can't walk by lifting your feet.

With that, he stood up and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mrs. Sun: "Look at you, you think too much. What can you do? It's just a matter of planning for me to pick them up. Don't scare yourself. Go back and have a rest. I guess I won't be able to come back after afternoon tomorrow. You know the second uncle's temper. How can he rest assuredly leave if he doesn't clean up?

Mrs. Sun took a few sips of tea and took a few sips. Hearing what Li Xiaoyao said, she suddenly calmed down and explained with an embarrassed smile, "I'm just like this. I'm timid and think a lot. My second uncle also said that about me." After taking a few sies of tea, Aunt Sun stood up and said goodbye to Li Xiaoyao and went back to rest.

Li Xiaoyao sent Aunt Sun away, nestling in a chair and holding a book, but she couldn't read a word. It's almost right. Why haven't she come back yet? What happened? Li Xiaoyao threw away the book in his hand, stood up and wanted to look at the gate of the village. He took two steps, but retreated abruptly. He couldn't be anxious. The eldest brother and Brother Shuisheng were upstairs in the village. Erhuai were at the foot of the mountain and ran out by himself. There must be not only Mrs. Sun who had not been asleep in the village, but also had to get angry. Li Xiaoyao retreated to the chair, sat down cross-legged, and stared at the book.

It was not until after the son that there was a light and chaotic sound of footsteps outside. Li Xiaoyao jumped up, opened the door and ran out. The door in Aunt Sun's room also pushed open with a 'squeak', and Aunt Sun went out of the room in a cloak.

Taking advantage of the dizzy yellow light in the room, Zhang Tiemu helped the muddy sister Zhang into the yard. Behind him, Li Erhuai followed closely with a burden. Li Xiaoyao hurried aside and said, "Come to my room, my room is warm."

Zhang Tiemu helped Sister Zhang and entered the main house where Li Xiaoyao lived. Aunt Sun rushed over and helped Zhang Tiemu sit on the chair. Li Xiaoyao poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Sister Zhang. He turned to look at Li Erhuai and said, "Call up Shikan, boil two buckets of hot water, add a few bowls of noodles, and add more ginger. Sister, they must still be hungry.

Li Erhuai put down his burden and hurried out to ask Chef Zhang to boil water and cook.

Li Xiaoyao sent Zhang Tiemu out, and Aunt Sun helped Sister Zhang change her clean clothes first. Later, Li Erhuai brought two buckets of hot water in. Sister Zhang took a shower, washed away the sludge on her body, and ate a bowl of hot soup noodles. She finally came back to life comfortably, holding a cup of tea and Li Xiao Yao whispered: "Since last night, Mr. Song has advised us to leave quickly."

"Who is Mr. Song?" Aunt Sun asked strangely. Before Sister Zhang answered, Li Xiaoyao replied with a smile, "Wistine is a regular guest, and she often drinks and talks with Shopkeeper Sun."

Sister Zhang lowered her head and took a sip of tea and vaguely skipped Mr. Song: "Shopkeeper Sun remembered the shop and refused to leave. He said it was okay, and Zhang Gouzi refused to leave either. He said that the fifth master had told him that if the shopkeeper Sun didn't leave, he could not leave. The shopkeeper Sun wrapped a bag of cash and silver tickets. Then, they were all there. Me and Fifth Brother Zhao Just follow the fourth master and Master Lu out of the city, who knows!"

Sister Zhang looked up at Aunt Sun, opened her mouth, sighed for a long time, and then said, "I have walked out of the city for more than an hour, and it is not far from the mountain. The fourth master heard the movement first, saying that there was the sound of horses' hoofs and a lot of horses. Master Lu climbed to the tree and said that the army had come, and the four of us did not dare to rush any more. Just There was a pond on the roadside, and there were reeds on the side. The four of us rolled mud and hid in the reeds. We hid until midnight before we came out of the reed field. We didn't dare to get up. We climbed two or three miles all the way and finally escaped back.

Aunt Sun was stunned for a long time and suddenly turned her head to look at Li Xiaoyao: "Where did the army come from?"

Li Xiaoyao didn't answer her words: "Don't worry too much. Wisteria has a Tibetan cellar, which is very hidden. There are food and drink in it. Don't worry. Well, I have something else to do. Tonight, let the elder sister squeeze in with you for one night and clean up the east box tomorrow. Go quickly. The elder sister is tired. I'm going to the front yard."

Li Xiaoyao said, without waiting for Mrs. Sun to answer. She stood up directly, changed her shoes and took a cloak. Sister Zhang, who still wanted to talk, pushed her back, and turned her head to look at Li Xiaoyao and said, "Master, go quickly and come back early to rest."

In the front yard, Li Zongliang and others were sitting around the kang and whispering. Li Xiaoyao pushed the door and came in. Brother Zhao quickly jumped off the kang and saluted Li Xiaoyao: "Fifth Master."

Li Xiaoyao motioned Zhao Wuge to sit back, took off his shoes and got on the kang, squeezed into the middle of Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng. He looked at Lv Feng and asked, "Is it the army of the State of Liang?"

"It seems that Beiping Chonghei, Wu Guo Shang Zi, Liang Guo respects Huang and is the apricot yellow flag." Lv Feng's words are concise and clear,

"Have you seen the defeated soldiers of the State of Wu?"

"I didn't see it." Lu Feng shook his head,

"I didn't hear the movement of the war." Li Zonggui answered, and Li Xiaoyao turned his head to look at Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng: "It seems that Marshal Yuan's army is either a remnant of the escape or retreat into Zhengcheng."

"Well, if you retreat to Zhengcheng, I don't know if you can stay for a few days. If you really collapse, then Zhengcheng doesn't have to fight." Wei Shuisheng frowned and whispered. Li Xiaoyao held his cheeks, looked at the swaying light on the kang table, and thought of it. The situation changed day by day, which made her dizzy. In half a month, Zhengcheng was about to lose? Why is there no movement at the Taiping Mansion? Alas, that's right. In this damn place, even if the flying pigeon handed the letter to the Taiping Mansion, then dispatched troops and generals, and then rushed over with two legs, I don't know when. Besides, General Yuan, I don't know what the situation is reporting to him.

"Fifth master, the dog asked me to give you a message. Your instructions are one, two, and he will not go wrong at all." Zhao Wu took advantage of his free speech, stretched his neck, tilted his head and looked at Li Xiaoyao and said. Li Xiaoyao came to his senses, 'um' and turned his head to look at Li Zongliang: "Brother, the fifth brother is also tired. Let him go back and rest."

Li Zongliang waved his hand with a smile and motioned Brother Zhao to go back and rest quickly. Watching Brother Zhao go out of the door, Wei Shuisheng turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoyao and asked, "What did you let the dog do?"

"I didn't do anything. It's a small matter. Let's talk about it later. It's just a matter. Just let him guard the shop." Li Xiaoyao replied vaguely, it's not good to say this in front of Lv Feng and his eldest brother. She asked Zhang Gouzi to look at the shopkeeper Sun. How can she say this? Lv Feng naturally had to be sad when he heard it. The eldest brother listened and said that she was too suspicious and not honest enough.

Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and knocked on Li Xiaoyao's head and changed the topic: "Brother, I'm going to patrol everywhere tonight. Let's take a break. Maybe we will hit the bottom of our mountain tomorrow."

"Hmm. OK, you will be on duty tonight. From tonight, we will still take turns to be on duty. Erhuai, you can ask Tiemu and elder sister to persuade Aunt Sun tomorrow. The shopkeeper and the dog are both smart people, as long as there will be nothing to do."

"Hmm." Li Erhuai agreed, and several people got up one after another and went back to rest.

At dawn the next day, taking advantage of the first ray of sunrise, Li Zongliang stood on the top of the mountain and looked far away in the direction of Zhengcheng. Li Xiaoyao wrapped his cloak and stretched out his head with his toes, as if he could see more clearly with his toes. In the distance, it was densely full of tents, and it was a black flag fluttering in the wind.

Li Xiaoyao was confused. Beiping was still black. Didn't Lv Feng say that the apricot yellow flag? While wondering, Li Zonggui and Lu Feng came up from the bottom of the mountain, and several people looked at the military camp outside Zhengcheng for several miles. Lv Feng squinted for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and said in disbelief, "This is really strange! The black flag is the flag of the State of Peiping. Yesterday, I clearly saw the apricot yellow flag. Why did it become a black flag in a blink of an eye?