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Song Cheng said "Oh" and asked, "Does your mother know?"

Qi Yue shook his head and said, "We'll talk about it in a few days."

"The Chinese New Year will be in a few days, and your mother will definitely not agree to it. You might as well say now that even if your mother gets angry again, you can reconcile in one go during the Chinese New Year. Maybe your mother will agree." Although Song Cheng was not very willing to say it, but after all these years, the brothers should help.Besides, it wasn't something he could stop if he wanted to.

"You have a good idea." Qi Yue laughed when he heard the words, "Then I'll go back and try!" Then he stood up and handed the book to Song Cheng, who turned around and disappeared.

Song Cheng hugged the book, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.It was snowing heavily outside, Song Cheng went out, reached out to catch a few flakes of snow, and said two words softly: "Yongxi."

The word Yongxi lingered in Song Cheng's heart like a nightmare. Yongxi's Northern Expedition led to the defeat of Song's army.What exactly happened, Song Cheng didn't know, after all, he didn't major in history.But Song Cheng at least knew that it was in this battle that old Linggong Yang Ye was captured and died on a hunger strike, and Pan Mei, the real number one soldier in the Song Dynasty, also turned into Pan Renmei in the wild history, and the vitality of the Northern Song Dynasty was seriously injured.

If Qi Yue went to such a battlefield, Song Cheng couldn't imagine.But he can stop it for a while, but he can't stop it for a lifetime. The young eagle always wants to fly, and if he intercepts it forcibly, he will only starve to death in the nest.But... Song Cheng clenched his hands tightly, he couldn't stop him, but he really didn't want Qi Yue to go.What if Qi Yue went, if he was injured, if he couldn't come back?

It was snowing heavily, and Song Cheng stood under the willow tree where they used to play around when they were young. The heavy snow covered his shoulders. Lady Qi's voice came from inside the door, and she said, "I won't allow it."

Song Cheng remembered that at the gate of the school that year, Mrs. Qi beat He Chong's father hard.Qi Yue's father left early, which is considered to have hurt Qi Niangzi's life, leaving their mother, widow and son weak for so many years.But when Mrs. Qi talked about Qi Yue's father, she was always like a girl who just fell in love. The soldier who died in the battle was her hero.

Such a woman cannot stop Qi Yue.

Besides, Mrs. Qi was making clothes for Qi Yue for the coming year, and she saw Qi Yue hurried in. Mrs. Qi was doing the work in her hand without looking up: "Why are you back so early?" Qi Yue always had to wait until dinner on weekdays She would only come back when she was lighting the lanterns, but she came back so early today, Miss Qi couldn't help asking.

"Mother, I have something to tell you." Qi Yue hesitated for a while before saying it, his heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself if Song Cheng's method didn't work, he would not settle accounts with Song Cheng, even though he had never He didn't take advantage of Song Cheng's side, but he still had ideas.

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Qi gently smoothed the broken hair on her sideburns, and looked up at Qi Yue.Lady Qi married Qi Yue's father Qi Kai at the age of 16, and became a widow when she was born at the age of 17. Now she is only 34 years old, but her sideburns are dotted with silver threads.

Qi Yue opened his mouth for a long while but didn't say a word. He gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Lady Qi. Lady Qi was startled, and slowly put down the needle and thread in her hand: "What's wrong?" Lady Qi asked again.

Qi Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, I'm going to join the army!"

Lady Qi stood up in fright, and the sewing basket on her lap rolled to the ground: "What did you say? Tell me again, you bastard?"

"Mother, I'm going to join the army." After Qi Yue said it just now, his heart seemed to be settled, and this time he said it more firmly and resolutely.Qi Yue's eyebrows are exactly the same as his father's, and his fortitude is as sharp as a blade.

"I don't allow it!" Qi Niangzi was trembling with anger, she stood in front of Qi Yue and repeated, "I don't allow it!"

"Mother, it is every man's wish and glory to defend his family and defend his country on the battlefield. Now the Liao Kingdom is stalking the north, and the people at the border pass are under the Khitan's iron hooves, and the Dangxiang clan is watching. Mother, my father has defended his family all his life. How can his son hide in his mother's arms and do nothing when the blood of the country is on the battlefield!"

"Your father died on the battlefield at 25, and mother has no husband. Qi Yue, do you still want mother to have no son? You can't go, you can't go..." Lady Qi scolded, her voice gradually became choked, She seemed to keep convincing herself.

Mrs. Qi is not an ignorant woman, if the country is not guaranteed, how can the well-being of the small family come?She can't tell that it's not your responsibility, and she can't tell that if you don't go, someone will protect the country, she can't say these words.All she can say is, don't go, can't go, this is just a mother's plea.The battlefield is ruthless, swords and guns have no eyes, who can guarantee that Qi Yue will come back intact like Xu Fuzhi?

"Mother." Qi Yue called out.

"My son, you don't need to join the army. You see, you have studied for so many years, you can take the imperial examination, you are an official, and the same is true for caring for the common people. It's all..." Qi Niangzi grabbed Qi Yue's arm in a panic , she looked into Qi Yue's eyes as if seeking her son's affirmation, "Is it? Qi Yue, isn't it?"

"Mother, it's different." Qi Yue knew that he couldn't take a step back. As long as he took a step back now, he would never be able to go to the battlefield again. What is the most common? It is military books. I have memorized all the military books hidden by Master Xu. I have studied every battle from ancient times to the present. Mother, a son is not a civil servant. With his blood, do you remember you once said that too?"

Lady Qi couldn't stop crying, she was so angry that she beat Qi Yue's shoulder again and again: "You are an unfilial son, you are an unfilial son."

Lady Qi was crying, and Qi Yue was also crying, and he didn't hide at all.

"Mother, I have been practicing martial arts with Brother Cui for the past few years. He taught me a lot of boxing and kicking skills. If you don't believe me, look at it." Qi Yue said as he unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his vigorous chest and arms. The body is still a little thin, but those protruding lines seem to have shown Qi Niangzi her strength.

Lady Qi saw that Qi Yue had made so many preparations behind her back. It can be seen that the idea of ​​joining the army had been in her mind for some time, but Qi Yue had kept it from her for so long, and immediately reprimanded Qi Yue angrily: "Go out!" ! If you join the army, don't recognize me as a mother! Get out!" Qi Niangzi cried and pushed Qi Yue out of the house, Qi Yue didn't dare to disobey, so he could only back out along Qi Niangzi's hand.

Lady Qi stretched out her hand to close the door, and Lady Qi's crying could be faintly heard in the room.Qi Yue put on the clothes he had just untied and put on the robe and knelt in the yard. The snow was falling more and more heavily, and it was getting late. A thick layer of snow had accumulated on Qi Yue's body, but his knees did not move even half an inch.

Lady Qi lit the lamp and glanced through the window, only to see Qi Yue was still kneeling in the yard, his knees buried in snow.Lady Qi was afraid that Qi Yue's legs would be damaged by the heavy snow, so she said to the outside: "Get up."

She said this for a while, but she didn't see Qi Yue getting up. Lady Qi opened the door in a panic and saw Qi Yue kneeling in the yard like a snowman, with white eyebrows and beard. When he saw him coming out, he grinned and said, "Mother , do you agree?"

"No, you come in first. Could it be that you won't listen to your mother if you don't agree with her? You want to force me?" Mrs. Qi's expression turned cold when she spoke, and Qi Yue understood the truth that it was too late. That is, it is a little loose, and this has to be done slowly.

Qi Yue stretched out his hand to support himself on the ground and immediately stood up. He smiled and called again: "Mother!"

Madame Qi got angry and didn't bother to please him, she just ordered: "Go and sweep the snow outside the door."

"Yes!" Qi Yue said loudly.

Qi Yue moved his stiff body, picked up the broom and went out.As soon as he opened the door, he saw Song Cheng stepping back on the snow, a layer of snow seemed to fall on his body, Qi Yue shouted: "Chengzi!"

Song Cheng didn't seem to hear, turned around and entered the door.

The snow under the night is a bit dazzling, but in front of my house, two footprints are deeply imprinted in the snow, as if I just knelt down, and there is no snow.