Chapter 63 Veteran

"Can the fifth master accept it?" Mr. Fan looked at Li Xiaoyao and asked. Li Xiaoyao turned around and looked at Li Zongliang: "You have to listen to the eldest brother."

"If you are willing to stay and give me some advice, our brothers and sisters can't ask for it!" Li Zongliang quickly stood up and bowed. Li Xiaoyao also stood up and bowed. Mr. Fan got up and helped Li Zongliang: "You're welcome. Fan has been exiled here. If it hadn't been for the uncle's shelter and care, this old bone would have been fine. I don't know what to do with these children!"

Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at the children practicing calligraphy in the yard and the young women who were busy in and out of the main room. He secretly sighed that Jiang is old and hot. Mr. Fan is better than doing business.

There is a lot of grain surplus on the mountain. Li Xiaoyao simply sent Lv Feng to take turns with Sun Qidi and others to sell a few trucks of grain in the black market in Zhengcheng, but this military grain is a kind of coarse grain, and it can't sell at any price. He just changed some oil and salt seasonings. Li Xiaoyao ordered a few strings of grain money brought back by Lv Feng. If you start to worry, this won't work. You have to think about how to make money. She has ordered Mr. Fan's money, that's it. Forget it. It's better to keep it for Mrs. Fan's dowry.

After a few trips in front of the mountain, Li Xiaoyao decided to go to Tang County tomorrow. He was always closed on the mountain and couldn't make money. Maybe he saw the opportunity. He made up his mind and told Li Zongliang that he was going to take Lv Feng and Li Zonggui to Tang County for two days to see the situation.

In the middle of the night, Lv Feng kept pulling the doorbell rope in Li Xiaoyao's room. Li Xiaoyao hurriedly got up, dressed and ran out a few times. Lv Feng was excited: "Something happened!"

"What can make you so excited?" Li Xiaoyao looked at Lv Feng's expression and was shocked by the continuous bell just now. He was excited or not panicked. Nothing happened to this.

The two ran to the front yard. Wei Shuisheng and Li Erhuai, dressed in dark night clothes, were sitting on the left chair drinking tea. Li Zongliang sat on his head, frowned and looked at the collapse in the middle of the room. They were snot and tears and squirmed. They didn't know if they were kowtowing and begging.

Li Xiaoyao leaned against Wei Shuisheng and looked at the veteran lying softly in the middle of the room. He looked at about 50 or 60 years old. He was thin and curled up on the ground like no bones. His face was very dark, the wrinkles were very deep, and his extremely small eyes were stuck in the wrinkles. If it hadn't been for the bright thief's eyes, it really not It's easy to find. Such an ugly face is full of snot and tears, which is disgusting and can't be seen.

Li Xiaoyao turned his head and asked Wei Shuisheng, "What's going on?"

"He hid under the bush and was stepped on by Erhuai, so he had to faint and bring it back first." Wei Shuisheng said with some helplessness. Lv Feng shook his head and made a chopping gesture and muttered, "Just kill him on the road and bring it back. It's not tiring!"

The old soldier lying in the middle of the room shivered and lowered his begging half a beat for fear of annoying one, and his life immediately lost. Li Xiaoyao looked at the old soldier carefully and took two steps forward, signaling Lv Feng: "Search him."

Lv Feng looked at the shiny old soldier in his dirty clothes, pinched his nose, and reluctantly kicked the old soldier: "Take it off and take it out. Don't make me unhappy!"

The old soldier trembled. First, he put the flint, number plate and other messy things in the pocket of the jacket on the ground, took off the jacket outside, turned over and shook it hard, signaling Lv Fengquan to take it out, and then took out a few copper coins in the pocket of the inner clothes and put them on the ground, took off his clothes and shook again. That's it. One by one, one by one, one by one, there were only patched clothes and trousers, trembling and standing beside the pile of clothes.

Lv Feng nodded with satisfaction. The old man fell on the road and didn't have to do it himself. Li Xiaoyao carefully watched the old soldier's every move. Li Zongliang looked at the shaking old soldier and waved his hand pitifully and ordered, "Hurry up and put your clothes back!"

The old soldier agreed, quickly dressed and knelt on the ground. Li Xiaoyao thought for a moment, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to the old soldier: "Drink a cup of hot tea to warm up your body."

The old soldier's eyes were full of vigilance. He quickly glanced at Li Xiaoyao, held the cup in his hands and drank. Li Xiaoyao stood up, looked at him with his fist, looked at him after drinking tea, and asked with a smile, "Are you the soldier who delivers food?"

"If you want to go back to me, yes."

"Just answer directly. You don't have to go back to me. Which county?"

"Pingyuan County."

Pingyuan County? Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at Wei Shuisheng. Wei Shuisheng explained with a smile, "Tang County used to be Pingyuan County, not far away."

"What if they can't find you tomorrow morning?"

"Back••••• Master, it's important, the old soldier is worthless." The old soldier seemed to hesitate and answered honestly. Li Erhuai yawned. Wei Shuisheng and Li Zongliang nodded. The veteran was extremely honest, but Lv Feng became interested. The last time he fell into this sentence that he didn't know what to ask or couldn't find a side to say.

"Poor! How many times have you sent food?

"This is the fourth time."

"How many days will it take?"

"Seven days, this month should be sent by Pingyuan County. This is the last trip." The old soldier answered very honestly,

"Do you sleep under that bush every time?"

The old soldier squeezed his eyes hard and moved as if he were chills before answering, "No, this time, the back wind there is warm, it's just a coincidence."

"Which place makes you suspicious?" Li Xiaoyao asked directly, and the old soldier's eyes were even more crowded. Li Xiaoyao looked at him, and his voice was gentle but cold: "Everyone is just trying to survive. You know that robbers and bandits do not want to kill people, but hurt yin and virtue."

The old soldier kowtowed his head and lowered his head and said, "Every time he rested in this place, he slept heavily. Hui, the little self-inferiored problem, woke up once a year at night. In this place, he didn't wake up until dawn. The little one was heartened, thinking that this was the last time. Maybe he could find out what happened, and the little one also I can sleep well at night."

Li Erhuai laughed and patted the armrest of the chair: "It's not easy!"

Li Xiaoyao stared at the old soldier and said slowly, "Are you hungry now?"

The old soldier looked at Li Xiaoyao with a stiff face and suddenly kowtowed: "Master, damn it! Little damn it! The little one didn't think about anything else. The little one was confused. When he was old, he couldn't control himself. He begged me to forgive the little one. The little one really didn't see anything and didn't know anything.

Li Erhuai looked at the old soldier who kowtowed inexplicably, and then turned his head to look at Wei Shuisheng and said strangely, "What kind of riddle did Xiaoyao hit?"

"The veteran didn't tell the truth. He knew that there was something strange at dinner and didn't eat it, otherwise he would still be sleeping in the camp now." Wei Shuisheng explained to Li Erhuai with a smile. Li Erhuai blinked a few times before he understood and moved into the chair and muttered, "It's not too tired to go around so many corners in one sentence!" Lv Feng smiled and his shoulders shrugged, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at Li Erhuai or the old soldier.

"I said that bandits don't want to kill people. As long as you answer honestly, I will forgive you this time. What's wrong?" Li Xiaoyao's tone was also gentle. The old soldier trembling, moved, and honestly replied, "Master Hui, I'm really sleepy. The little one took the sweat medicine once. It's a little similar. I really didn't see anything else. I begged him to spare my life. I won't dare again next time."

"Are you a military household?" Li Xiaoyao suddenly changed the topic. The old soldier swallowed and nodded: "Yes."

"How bad is the attack?"

"Thirteen years old."

"How old are you this year?"

"Forty-three years old."

Li Xiaoyao was shocked. He was only 43 years old, but he looked like a 50 or 60 years old: "Where is his hometown? Who else is there at home?

"Huangzhou Prefecture, there is also a younger brother, daughter-in-law, nephew and niece in the family, and the others are gone."

"You are from Huangzhou. Why did you go to Pingyuan County as a soldier?"

"When the little one attacked, he was not a box soldier. The little father was the head of the imperial army and the dragon guard army. In the battle of Huangshuixi, the whole army was destroyed. A young father escaped with the little one. When he came back, the little father was dismissed and served as a box soldier. The little one stayed in the forbidden army. At the age of 35, he withdrew. I became a soldier in Pingyuan County. The old soldier lowered his head and replied.

Li Xiaoyao squatted down and carefully looked at the old soldiers. The battle of Huangshuixi was the most tragic battle fought by the Dragon Guard Army. 70% or 80% of the casualties in the battle, and his father actually escaped with him! Either the martial arts are surprisingly strong, or this is too lucky!

"Your father became a soldier, and you still stay in the Dragon Guard? What other battles have you fought after the battle of Huangshuixi?

"Yes, I've been fighting. I can't remember clearly. I don't know how many battles I've fought." The old soldier lowered his head and replied in a low voice,

"Are you a man? What else? Have you been to the battlefield? Li Xiaoyao looked at the old soldiers and was curious. After the battle in Huangshuixi, the Dragon Guard was led by General Yuan. General Yuan was famous for his bravery and was best at taking the lives of his soldiers. Every battle was extremely fierce. In those years, the Dragon Guards had been fighting with Beiping. The whole Dragon Guards did not die except for the famous General Yuan. Later, I don't know how many rounds of soldiers have died. Of course, General Yuan was impeached and killed by the emperor in the vegetable market. Mr. Lin also complained for him. He deserved it! If he dies, those soldiers will live for a few more years.

"No, the small one is a small soldier. He has to go back to the battlefield and has never fallen anywhere." The old soldier replied sadly, and Li Xiaoyao exhaled gently, "You are in the Dragon Guard, under General Yuan, and have returned to the battlefield. For so many years, you have been unharmed. What's the way in the middle?"