A Timely Wife

When Li Qi and Li Chen's group arrived at Ninghaiwei's Weifu, it was already half a year later. The migration of a village was far less fast than that of Li Ruosong and the others. The old and the young moved forward every day. The speed is very slow, and they also encountered some things on the road, so the speed is naturally even slower.

After Li Liang and Li Ruosong received the news that Li Qi and the others were about to arrive, they all changed their clothes and waited for Li Qi and his party at the gate of the city. From a distance, they saw Zhou Huyuan driving a carriage towards the city. Walking slowly through the door, Zhou Jinyan saw Zhou Huyuan, Yuanyuan's eyes widened suddenly. He hadn't seen his little uncle for more than half a year, and it was absolutely a lie to say that he didn't want to.

Seeing Li Liang and the others, Zhou Nuyuan showed a smile unconsciously. When the carriage stopped, Li Liang knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The unfilial son Li Liang respectfully welcomes father and mother. Father and mother are here. , please be respected by your son."

When Li Liang knelt down, Li Chen also knelt down quickly. Li Ruosong and Chengdong each held a son in their arms, and knelt on the ground quickly. Of course, Li Ruoshan and Zhou Jinyan would not stand up. He said, and knelt down, originally it was only a matter of this family, but this family was a high official in Ninghai Prefecture, all of them knelt down, and the other common people and soldiers who followed naturally also He knelt down, although he didn't know why he knelt down, but the bosses were all kneeling, so there was no reason for him to stand.

Therefore, when Li Qi and Li Chen were helped down from the carriage by Zhou Nuyuan, the first thing they saw was a person kneeling on the ground. Li Qi was fine, but Li Huang was frightened. Holding the old wife's hand, he said to Li Liang and Li Ruosong, "Get up, there is no reason to kneel at the gate of the city."

Li Liang quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, stood up, and said: "Father and mother are tired all the way, let's go in with the son to have a rest, the food, hot water, and clean clothes have been prepared inside."

Li Qi nodded upon hearing this, and asked, "Does anyone else have them?"

Li Liang replied again and again: "Yes, yes, my son is prepared for 400 people."

Li Qi's eyes darkened for a moment, and he said, "Let's go to the city first, and we'll talk about other things later."

Li Liang and Li Ruosong looked at each other, and they both sensed that something was wrong with Li Qi, but they kept silent tacitly, leading everyone into the garrison first.

When Li Qi and his wife went to wash up with Zhou Nuyuan and others, Li Ruosong was listening to Zhou Cheng's report. There were 390 seven people in Liujiagou when they left, and only 230 and four people were left when they arrived in Ninghai Mansion. People all died on the road, most of them were over 100 years old.

Li Ruosong and Chengdong felt very heavy. They expected that the road here would not be smooth sailing, but they did not expect that so many people would die. These more than 100 people chose to sacrifice for the sake of others. Own.

When Li Qi and his wife and Zhou Huyuan came to the meeting hall led by Feng Bao, they saw that everyone in the meeting hall was sitting there with serious expressions, but it was Li Qi, because he finally brought them here and unloaded the chair. After the heavy burden, I still have the mind to joke with the children, "Why do you have such an expression? It's like a dead father. It's okay. I think you have heard some things on the way, but listening to others is always not comprehensive enough. I Let me tell you something in detail, so that you can prepare in advance." Li Qi found a stool and sat down, took a sip of tea from his teacup.

Li Liang and the others were about to get up and salute, Li Qi waved his hands and said, "Sit down, sit down, don't do so many nonsense, I'll talk about important things, and see what to do after you've listened. There was nothing unusual when Liujiagou set off. At that time, every household was packing their luggage. It took about seven or eight days. Because there were too many people and things, our speed naturally slowed down. relatively smooth.

From the time of leaving the boundary of Qingjiang Prefecture, the road has been uneven. The flood in Linping Prefecture has finally led to civil uprisings. The prefect of Qingjiang Prefecture who was exiled before led a rebellion. It was originally just a disaster caused by refugees and bandits. The common people have now turned into rebels. As far as I know, the high magistrate is just advising others. The leader's surname is Xi, and his name is Xi Zhong. He said he was a frontier soldier in his previous life. I don't know. He escaped for some reason, and then raised the flag of rebellion.

The luck of our people is not very good. The rebels from Linping Mansion fought outside the city of Qingjiang Mansion. Seeing that our group has food and money, of course they asked us to keep all the food and money, otherwise all We will all die there. If only a part of us is allowed to stay, I will agree. But if all of us stay, what will we eat and drink for hundreds of people in a village in the next few months? After I negotiate with them , They asked us to keep all people and belongings behind, and also asked all people in our village who have reached the age of twelve, regardless of men and women or both, to participate in the attack on Qingjiang Mansion, otherwise they will still be killed without mercy. Naturally, I refused. Zhou Nuyuan led people to beat them by surprise, and forced a hole open.

We ran in front, and they chased after us, but we had too many things, so we had to throw away some inconvenient ones, but there were too many old people and children, so we couldn't get rid of them no matter what, Zhou Nuyuan took forty There is no day when the students in the Martial Arts Hall can take a good rest. They are tired of fighting for a long time, and the casualties are increasing.

Seeing that none of us could survive, the village chief came to me to discuss, leaving all the people over 40 years old in the village where they were, and giving them some weapons. And a few clothes, don't bring anything else, just run forward.

Although I don't want to, I have to agree that there are old, weak, sick and disabled on one side, and young and strong children on the other. No matter how you count, leaving a group of old guys who can't move is much better than leaving everyone there. In the end, I can only agree.

As a result, there were a lot of people left behind. There were more than 40 people in the village who were over 170 years old, male or female. After the people left on the road for us to kill, we didn't have many weapons in our hands, so we left all the hoes, machetes and even kitchen knives to them.

Zhou Nuyuan originally wanted to keep some people to help them die together, but was rejected by the village head. They all stayed with the heart of death, and they didn't want to let Zhou Nuyuan's people stay there to die together, saying Instead of accompanying these old things on Huangquan Road, it is better for more people to protect the rest of the village. As long as their descendants can live, their old bones will be burned to ashes without any regrets.

Liang'er, Ruo Song, Ruo Shan, I only have one request. Before I die, I hope to find the bones of these people, bring them back, and bury them next to their families. They gave their lives for us, so we must collect their bodies. "After Li Qi finished speaking, he fixedly looked at Li Ruosong.

Li Ruosong stood up and said, "Don't worry, grandfather, grandson will definitely bring them back."

Li Qi nodded, and wanted to pick up the teacup, but found that his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't hold the cup. He smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "I'm old, I can't even drink my saliva."

Although Li Qi was smiling, Li Huangshi knew that her wife, who had never shed tears in most of her life, was just a wife who sighed deeply when she heard the news of her daughter's death, crying in her heart.

Li Huangshi walked to Li Qi's side, held Li Qi's hand, without any words, but made Li Qi's emotions gradually stabilize, the dead are dead, the living must live strong, so that the death is not in vain victim's sacrifice.

Everyone sitting or standing in the meeting hall had serious expressions on their faces. None of them did not admire the people Li Qi mentioned. They even thought, as a soldier, if they encountered such a situation, Will they say without hesitation that you go first, and we will stay and help you to end it? Can they leave the hope of life to others and the possibility of death to themselves without hesitation.

Cheng Dong was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Tomorrow, at five o'clock in the evening, everyone will gather at the training ground, regardless of men, women, old and young. This matter cannot only be known to a few of us. They are our heroes, and they are our heroes." Someone who needs to be remembered."

No one objected to Chengdong's arrangement, just like Chengdong proposed to build a monument to martyrs two months ago, almost everyone agreed to build a monument to martyrs. The year and month will be engraved on the monument, and his life will also be recorded separately. This is a kind of honor, an honor that can be used by future generations.

And the nine company commanders present made an oath in their hearts. As long as they are alive, they must bring back the bones of the more than 100 people and hand them over to their relatives so that they can return to their homes with their souls. After death, one must always be able to come to one’s family. Lonely ghosts are not the proper destination for these heroes.

It's just that everyone didn't expect it, and before they arranged manpower to collect the corpses of these people, more than a month later, a group of rebels brought the heads of more than 100 people to the gate of Jinghaiwei's Weifu city. The leaders of these more than 100 people threatened Li Ruosong to open the city gate and let their leaders take over Jinghaiwei. At the same time, they asked all of them to join the rebel army, hold high the anti-flag, and attack Ninghai Mansion.

No one can predict what will happen later. Now Li Ruosong is telling Li Qi and Zhou Nuyuan what he and his party did after they came to Jinghaiwei. It is going to take over the entire Yueweitang. Since Zhou Huyuan is the battalion commander, he will naturally take over the Yanwutang.