Hanhou

Yuanshuo first year, March

The matter of Wei's village came to an end. A Ying, Wei Wei and others were put to death. The villagers involved in it were recorded and recorded by the official temple one after another, and escorted to the frontier fortress.

One of the best villages in the township fell overnight.

Among the empty houses, there is no sound of neighbors anymore, only scattered chickens and dogs, and occasionally a few hungry beasts pop out.

After going through the first few days, the rest of the family was really uneasy, tossing and turning at night.There is really nowhere to go, so I can only move to the east of the village, where a few families live together, at least to be more courageous.

This desolation did not last long.

Before the start of spring plowing, Xia Ling, the magistrate of Shaling County, and Chang Shi personally organized the relocation of families from nearby Liju and Xinruibian counties to enrich the villages.

After two months, the number of households in the village has recovered by half.Many surnames gathered, and each family was busy opening up wasteland and raising livestock, and when they had a little time to gossip.

As time passed, the old things gradually faded away and were rarely mentioned.The remaining villagers got rid of the shadows one after another, and when they saw Zhao Jia and Wei Qing'er again, they would not fight with each other, and dared not step forward with trembling voices.

After clearing out the servants who betrayed the master, Wei Qing's master and servants stayed in the livestock farm.

Due to the poisoning, Wei Qingmo was unable to breastfeed herself, so she had to find another nurse for her son.

Wei Qiu and Wei Xia's injuries were gradually recovering, but it was difficult to recover their skills in a short period of time.Especially Wei Xia, after being diagnosed by a doctor, his left arm is almost useless. Even if the injury heals, he is still unable to draw his strong bow like Wei Qiu.

Even so, the hearts of the two are always the same, and they are not even half discouraged, let alone complaining about themselves.

"You can't draw a bow, but you can throw a spear. Not to mention the use of an arm, even if you can't use your hands, you can use a hand crossbow, and you can still protect the girl and the young man."

Wei Qiu injured his leg and cannot ride a horse for the time being.When Wei Xia practiced, he would often stand aside and instruct the latter on how to use his strength.

In the process, the actions of the two became more and more tacit, and gradually found a way to cooperate.Combined with the trigger that can be used on horseback, the instantaneous burst of power is enough to intercept even cavalry.

Wei Qing, Zhao Xin and Zhao Ponu tried it themselves, and they were all amazed.

Zhao Puonu even went to find Wei Qiu when he had time, calling it to learn skills, but even Gongsun Ao knew exactly what it was for.

However, Luohua was intentional and ruthless, and Wei Qiu never pretended to be close to Zhao Puonu.Several times, seeing that he has not changed and persisted as before, I can only speak clearly in person to let him rest from this thought.

"Lang Jun, don't mention your identity and my age. I was poisoned and couldn't conceive any children. There are so many good girls in the border area. Don't waste your time with me, sir."

Wei Qiu's words were straightforward, and there was no room for change.

After she turned and left, Zhao Puonu stood where she was, staring at her back, motionless for a long time.

"Broken slave."

Wei Qing and Zhao Xin came over, pressed his shoulders from left to right, exerted strength with their hands, and forced him to sit on the ground.

Zhao Ponu stood for too long, his legs were numb.I was immersed in my mind before, but I didn't realize it.Now being pressed to sit on the ground, I felt a sudden recovery, and I couldn't help grinning.

Wei Qing shook his head and laughed, and also sat on the ground, patted Zhao Ponu's arm, and said: "Ponu, sister Qiu made it clear, you should give up, don't make things difficult for her."

"Why do you give up?" Zhao Ponu raised his head, looked directly at Wei Qing, and beat his chest with one hand, "Ah Qing, when I think of sister Qiu, I jump here and it hurts. You read the most and you are the smartest. Come and teach me." , how should I give up?"

After saying that, without waiting for Wei Qing to answer, he fell back directly, lay on the grass, pulled up a grass stalk, bit it in his mouth, spit it out again quickly, covered his eyes with one hand, and said loudly: "Tao Zhiyao Young, burning its flowers. When the son returns home, it is suitable for his family. The quiet girl is her sister, waiting for me in the corner of the city. I love you but don’t see me, scratch my head and hesitate.”

It was not enough to read it once, and repeated it several times, until Wei Qing and Xin Zhao couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed forward together, one grabbed his arm and the other covered his mouth.

Zhao Ponu was not willing to give in, he toppled Zhao Xin with all his strength, swept his long legs, and almost tripped Wei Qing.

The three of you came and went, and soon became a ball.

Several girls happened to pass by, and when they saw this scene, they immediately found it interesting.A daring man stopped by, put his hands around his mouth, and said loudly: "Mr. Lang, if you want to wrestle, you should take off your robe!"

The girl's voice was crisp and clear, attracting more companions.

Wei Qing, Zhao Puonu, and Zhao Xin came back to their senses, saw the colorful crowd around them, and heard the words that they were asked to take off their robes and fight again, they blushed immediately, got up as quickly as possible, and did not move their heads. Back, fled in despair.

Behind them, the girls laughed more briskly, and they could even hear the words "Don't run away, my lord".

The three of them blushed and ran faster.

On the way, I ran into Gongsun Ao who was sitting in front of the fence with a smile on his face and reading Wei Juan's letter. The contrast was too strong. Give Gongsun Ao a chance to react.

After being punched twice, Gongsun Ao was very puzzled.Seeing that Zhao Puonu didn't intend to stop, he simply threw away the bamboo slips, let out a loud roar, and rushed forward with clenched fists.

Wei Qing and Zhao Xin wanted to try to persuade them to fight, but they fought hard, and they were affected in the process, so they simply started a scuffle.

The four of them fought in a ball, punching and kicking vigorously, and they couldn't tell the winner in the end.

When the battle was over, the four of them spread their hands and feet and fell on the grass in a large shape, their chests heaving up and down, and they kept panting heavily.

"Ah Qing, what kind of madness is Po Nu going?" Gongsun Ao gasped for breath, covered the corner of his bruised mouth, and asked.

"Ask him himself." Wei Qing closed his eyes, put one hand on his forehead, the sun was shining on his body, and he was lazy, like a leopard stretching its body.If it weren't for the blue eye sockets, it would definitely be called pleasing to the eye, and it would almost be a painting.

Gongsun Ao sat up and hit Zhao Ponu with his fist.

"what happened?"

Zhao Puonu fought back without saying a word.

"What's going on?" Gongsun Ao was confused, not understanding what was going on today.

"It's sister Qiu." Zhao Xin stood up on his elbows, grabbed a stone casually, and threw it on Zhao Ponu's shoulder, causing the other party to grit their teeth.

"Sister Qiu?" Gongsun Ao clenched his fists and knocked on her face, "Po Nu's intentions didn't work out? It's not surprising."

It's rare for him to be so sensitive, but he's too smart at the wrong time.

"What did you say?!"

Zhao Ponu sat up abruptly, his eyes wide open.

It's fine if you don't comfort me, but you have to stab each of your chest and back. Is there such a brother, is there such a comrade? !

"I'm right." Gongsun Ao raised his long legs, grabbed two stones and threw them up and down, "I can tell that sister Qiu has no intentions of you. You can't force this, you should give up as soon as possible."

"I don't!" Zhao Puonu gritted his teeth, "What does age matter, and what does status matter? If Ao can marry a silk girl, why can't I marry sister Qiu? I don't care if I have no children!"

The more Zhao Ponu spoke, the more excited he became, he clenched his fist and beat his knee.

"If I can't marry Sister Qiu, I won't get married in this life!"

Zhao Xin and Gongsun Ao looked at each other, wanting to tell Zhao Ponu that if he made this oath, he would probably be a bachelor for the rest of his life.Due to brotherhood, he didn't continue to stab him.

Wei Qing opened his eyes, sat up, pressed Zhao Poonu's shoulder, and said seriously: "Ponu, don't make things difficult for sister Qiu."

"I……"

"Today's words, just say it in front of the three of us, don't say it to others." Wei Qing continued, "There are so many people talking, and if someone listens to it, there is no guarantee that something will happen."

"Misfortune comes out of your mouth." Zhao Xin continued, "Forget about the frontiers. After returning to Chang'an, don't be so open-minded."

Knowing that what the two said was reasonable, Zhao Puonu raked his hair hard and finally nodded.

Wei Qiu returned to the room, not surprised to see Wei Xia.

Wei Qingmo's body has not yet recovered, and because of the prescription, these days are quite lethargic.Mr. Xiao Lang was also coaxed to sleep by the wet nurse, and the two of them had time to fetch the tanned animal skin and planned to sew a cloak for Wei Qingmo.

"Is it clear?" Wei Xia said while threading the needle.

"Let's make it clear." Wei Qiu opened the box containing the pearls, picked out the roundest ones, and decorated them on the neckline of the cloak.

"It's good to be clear." Wei Xia took the scissors, compared the color of the silk thread, and said softly, "The girl means that she will go to Chang'an with your husband. You and I serve the girl, and we must go together. The capital is no different from the frontiers. It’s better to settle things as soon as possible.”

"I understand." Wei Qiu put the pearls away, felt that the color was too dull, turned around and fetched a box of gems, and picked them again, "It's just a young mind, it will fade after a while."

Wei Xia stopped, looked up at Wei Qiu, and saw that her brows and eyes were soft, although she was a little thinner due to the poisonous injury, she still couldn't hide her beauty, so she couldn't help saying: "Auntie, have you really thought about it?"

"Sister, why did you say that?" Wei Qiu asked in surprise, "You and I made an oath that day to serve girls in this life. Could it be that sister has something else in mind?"

Speaking of this, Wei Qiu's smile gradually disappeared, and his expression became cold.

"How come!" Wei Xia frowned.

"Since there is no such thing, sister, don't say that again." Wei Qiu calmed down, and his expression became gentle again, without any sharpness. "My life is given by the girl, and I will serve the girl and the young man in this life. Sister's words I'll just pretend I haven't heard of it, and I won't mention it again in the future."

Wei Xia nodded and picked up the needle and thread again.

The sun shines in from the window, and the fine dust dances in the light, light and fluttering, embellishing the tranquility of the room.

While Wei Qingmo was convalescing, Zhao Jia often ran across the livestock farm in the county and city, so busy that he never touched the ground.

After finally handling the military affairs, Wei Taishou arrested a strong man to help manage the county's internal affairs and calculate the last season's business tax.

Wei Shang was getting older, and his energy was not as good as before. Last year, he contracted a cold in the winter. He took decoctions for two months, and he recovered only in the beginning of spring.

In the borderlands, the post of prefect is very important.Feeling weak in physical strength and energy, Wei Shang intends to retire.Because Wei Yue and Zhao Jia didn't return to lead the army, they were really worried, so they kept suppressing the request.

Now there are no Huns in Monan, and the remnants of Mobei are in vain. The army returns triumphantly, and Wei Shang's resignation is also on the agenda.

After he leaves office, whether Yunzhong County can continue as before depends entirely on whether the new prefect is competent.

After all, although the Xiongnu left, the Hu tribe who surrendered were still there.Whether you can sit firmly in the position of guard in the cloud, intimidate everyone, and ensure that there will be no troubles during the handover, you have requirements for the successor's ability and character.

Zhao Jia had a premonition, please hand over Wei Shang's letter, and there will be waves in the court.

Considering the importance of Yunzhong County and the foundation laid by Wei Shang over the years, Zhao Jia came up with a bold guess.As for whether the conjecture can become a reality, it all depends on how Emperor Wu chooses.

When Wei Yue walked into the study, what she saw were Zhao Jia's smiling eyes.

"Why is Ah Duo like this?" Wei Yue sat on a few sides, raised a long eyebrow, and showed some doubts in his expression.

Zhao Jia supported his chin with one hand, looked at Wei Yue, and said with a smile: "The third son is very beautiful today, Jia is very happy."

Wei Yue paused for a moment, then put one hand on the table, leaned forward, and warm breath brushed the corner of Zhao Jia's lips.When the latter approached unconsciously, he suddenly backed away and unfolded a roll of bamboo slips as if nothing had happened.

After being teased, he was teased back.

And the Lord does not intend to "responsible".

After a moment of silence, Zhao Jia chose to be an actionist, got up and jumped over the short table, and under Wei Yue's smiling eyes, he overturned the seal in one go.