Three thousand miles in exile

It was early summer, and the conscription in Ruichang City was in full swing, and the yamen servants went to the homes of military households to pick up people in person, and none of the military households who had bought peace for money could not escape at this time.

New tents were set up outside the camp. Wei Chenggui led people to receive the recruits sent by Ruichang City. When the number of recruits reached 5000, he went to Jinyang to report.

Half a month later, the 5000 people that Liu Zhan asked for were only a few mantissas away.

Liu Zhan didn't need to intervene in the trivial matters in the camp. When he was bored, he took Shishi to the forest to dig out bird nests and pick wild fruits.

"Father, it's still a little short." Sisi rode on Liu Zhan's shoulder and stretched out his short hand to reach the green fruit on the branch.

Liu Zhan raised his little butt a little higher. "how about this?"

Fourteen grabbed a handful of fruits and tore them off along with the branches.

"I got it!" The child cheered happily.

The wild fruit was very sour but Shishi ate it with relish, Liu Zhan refused to eat it, but Shishi insisted on stuffing it into his mouth.

After getting along for half a month, Fourteen has fully accepted Liu Zhan, and it can be said that he is as close as a father and son.

"It's too late to go back." Liu Zhan put the child back on his shoulders and rode, and several nearby soldiers followed after hearing this.

In the evening, Zhang Xiaoman, Wei Chenggui, and Pei Gongli also had dinner in the middle tent, and Liu Zhan's camp affairs were not kept from Pei Gongli.

But Liu Zhan didn't treat Pei Gongli differently either, just getting along with each other in such a lukewarm way, gradually worn down Pei Gongli's emotions.

Zhang Xiaoman reported while eating. "We can leave Ruichang after the last batch of recruits report tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Liu Zhan tore a piece of meat for Shishi. "Very well, let's go to Daizhou next."

Wei Chenggui said: "Boss, we have an enmity with the Fang family in Daizhou, and we are bound to run into trouble if we go."

Liu Zhan had been prepared for a long time, and he said to Pei Gongli: "You write a letter for me, basically saying that the conscription in Cenzhou and Ruichang has ended, and Daizhou is limited to raise [-] recruits within half a month, otherwise don't blame me You are welcome to report to the general."

Pei Gongli's expression was like a stick in his throat. "So straightforward?"

"The effect of your writing is more straightforward than what I said, with a threatening tone, understand?" Liu Zhan was annoyed.

"I understand." Pei Gongli nodded. After thinking about it carefully, Liu Zhan had already made a death feud with the Fang family in Daizhou. There is really no need to pretend to be a snake. It would be more effective to threaten directly.

"Eat more, otherwise how would you wield a big sword?" Liu Zhan tore another piece of meat for Shishi.

Liu Zhan's raising children is very simple and rough, that is, eating more and playing more, playing with mud, bugs, hares and pheasants. It didn't take long for him to raise a cute little boy named Yuxue rough.

Pei Gongli couldn't bear to look directly at him. "Are you going to take him with you all the time? After you return to Jinyang, you should go back to the camp. You can't bring family members with you in the military camp."

The roast chicken in Fourteen's hands immediately tasted bad, and he looked at Liu Zhan with aggrieved eyes.

Liu Zhan flicked his forehead. "Of course you can't follow me all the time. I'll send someone to bring it back to my wife tomorrow."

daughter in law?Zhang Xiaoman and Wei Chenggui were full of question marks.

Liu Zhan took the child to him and explained to him seriously. "You have to be obedient when you go back, do you know?"

Fourteen Bianzui wanted to cry, but Liu Zhan pinched his nose amusedly. "The adoptive father wants to go back, but he can't, but your boy is not willing. When you see the adoptive mother, you must be obedient and don't make him angry."

Fourteen reluctantly died, muttering softly. "Who is the foster mother?"

Liu Zhan didn't want to mention Song Fenglin's name in front of outsiders, so he tricked the child to ask by himself. "The adoptive mother's surname is Song. When you go back, ask him what his name is."

Pei Gongli didn't know Liu Zhan's family members, it's normal to be married at this age, but Zhang Xiaoman and Wei Chenggui almost didn't choke on the roast chicken when they heard it.

Early the next morning, Liu Zhan arranged for two personal soldiers to drive Shisi back to Wuyuan County in a carriage.

Knowing that he was really going to be sent away, the child was crying out of breath, with snot and tears all over his face, as pitiful as he could be.

Liu Zhan had no choice but to follow along for a while, and left quietly while the child was asleep.

At the same time, the construction of Wild Pine Ridge is in full swing.

Song Fenglin would enter Wild Pine Ridge every three days to check the progress.

I saw a team of more than ten people surrounding Song Fenglin, some led the way, some led the horse, some stood behind, and some handed water fans from time to time.

"Cao Ming, you don't have to let so many people follow me." Song Fenglin felt very helpless walking in front of the team.

Cao Ming followed suit. "Before the boss left, he repeatedly told me not to tire you, and I did everything as ordered."

The plank road in Wild Pine Ridge has been opened for a while, and Song Fenglin went into the mountain this time to check whether the plank road can withstand the passage of horse-drawn carts.

A plank road made of bundled logs stands among the trees, and its width is just enough to accommodate a carriage.

There are fences on both sides of the plank road, and Zhang Xiaoman's father is responsible for the construction. From the structure of the plank road to the selection of materials, Song Fenglin is very satisfied.

Cao Ming was puzzled. "Mr. Song, there are many trees in the mountains and we have no shortage of materials. Why don't we make the plank road wider?"

The second half of the plank road is still under construction. Song Fenglin and others are standing at the construction site, and the workers are cutting down trees, sawing them into sections, peeling them, and warming them by the fire.

Song Fenglin said: "If the plank road is wide, although it is convenient for yourself, it is also convenient for the enemy. It is more important that the base road is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Cao Ming suddenly realized, and scratched his head in embarrassment. "Mr. Song is far-sighted, I am a pig brain."

A group of people continued to walk in, and there was no plank road in the second half of the journey. The group of people stopped and stopped until the evening to reach the basin deep in Ye Songling.

The scene in front of him was also in full swing. The workers were busy cutting down trees and building houses on the ground. A circle of temporary housing had been built around the basin, and Song Fenglin's temporary wooden house was also here.

"It's getting late today, Mr. Song go to bed early, and I'll bring you dinner later." Cao Ming came out of the wooden house and called Li Asan to boil water for Song Fenglin to wash.

Although the wooden house is simple, it has all internal organs, and Cao Ming deliberately moved a set of desks for Song Fenglin across the mountains.

Song Fenglin gave him a reprimand for working hard, but Cao Ming still followed Liu Zhan's instructions to make Song Fenglin live more comfortably in Wild Pine Ridge.

Song Fenglin got up early the next morning and took people to the construction site to inspect the progress until noon before returning.

"Mr. Song, are you tired? Do you want me to lead the horse and you ride it? Or do you want to sit for a while?" Li Ah San kept asking.

Song Fenglin was dressed in Tsing Yi, and the cool breeze in the forest, politely rejected Li Asan's concern. Song Fenglin walked back slowly with his hands behind his back, and the seven or eight personal soldiers who followed him fell not far or near.

"Mr. Song!"

Suddenly there was an overjoyed shout in front of him, Song Fenglin looked up and saw two soldiers trotting towards him, one of them was holding a child younger than Cong'er in his arms.

"Mr. Song, I found you!"

Song Fenglin quickly recognized that the two were Liu Zhan's personal guards. "But did your lord come back with a letter?"

The person who didn't hold the child clasped his fists and said, "Indeed there is a letter, and my lord has another entrustment. I said that you will understand after reading the letter."

Song Fenglin took the two thick letters, he opened the thin one first and examined it carefully, because he was so focused on the letter that he didn't notice that the child was looking at him with big round eyes without blinking.

Along the way, he cried so much that landslides and tsunami made a fuss looking for Liu Zhan's child. At this time, he was so obedient as if he had changed his core.

The letter detailed what happened in Ruichang City, as well as the secrets of the Na Pei family.

Song Fenglin hurriedly opened another thick letter, which was the manuscript written by Pei Gongli. Song Fenglin briefly scanned the content described in Pei's secrets and felt that the three views were completely ruined and morality was degraded.

In the end, Liu Zhan briefly stated Shishi's life experience in the letter.

"Yezi?" Song Fenglin looked up at the child in surprise.

Fourteen immediately grabbed the guard's clothes nervously.

The guard holding Shishi said: "Your Excellency is going back to the Northern Army camp soon. It is inconvenient to take Shishi with you, so I will ask my subordinates to send it back to you...for you to raise."

The guard is a little embarrassed, Song Fenglin's frosty temperament is like an exiled fairy, asking someone to raise a child, this... even the guard feels a little unimaginable.

Song Fenglin put away the letter, didn't say anything but didn't say no, he asked: "Why did you bring the child into the mountains?"

The guard is helpless. "This subordinate wanted to wait in the county seat, but Shisi cried all day long after leaving the adults. The subordinate had no choice but to take him into the mountains."

At this moment, Shisi was a little nervous again, the child Zaohui knew how to read words and expressions, he dared to make a fuss in front of the guards, but at this time he didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Song Fenglin even if he had ten guts.

When Liu Zhan was away, Song Fenglin was used to being alone. Although there were several soldiers serving him, it was different from raising children.

Raising a child requires precepts and deeds, and it would be unbearable to leave it to the followers to raise Song Fenglin.

Song Fenglin looked at the doll-like Fourteenth in the New Year painting, and finally sighed. "knew."

"Then this subordinate will leave now." The soldier put down Shisi, and patted his little butt encouragingly. "Go."

Fourteen was as stiff as a small log, and he was so nervous that he was about to cry. He was a little afraid to go up.

At this moment, the too good-looking stepmother stretched out her hand towards him. Yes, Shisi had already identified that the stepmother Liu Zhan was talking about was the one in front of him.

Song Fenglin originally wanted to hold Shishi by his hand, but he didn't expect the child to open his arms to hug him, so he bent down to hug the child.

Song Fenglin's embrace is completely different from Liu Zhan's embrace, Liu Zhan's embrace is hard while Song Fenglin's embrace is warm and fragrant.

At the moment when he was hugged in his arms, Fourteen thought he was in the clouds, and he was so blissful.

Thinking of Liu Zhan's instructions, Fourteen mustered up the courage to whisper, "Mother-in-law."

Song Fenglin almost stepped on the ground, he couldn't laugh or cry. "Call foster father."

"But..." Fourteen quietly moved closer. "The adoptive father said he wanted to be called the adoptive mother."

If Liu Zhan was here, he would have already been beaten.

Song Fenglin said angrily and amusedly: "You are called foster father, how can I be called foster mother when I am a man."

Fourteen is very good at observing words and expressions, and Liu Zhan is not there at this time, so he changed his mind very readily. "Father."

"Well, what's your name?" Song Fenglin hugged the child and led the guards towards the wooden house.

"My name is Fourteen."

Song Fenglin smiled. "What kind of name is that?"

Fourteen whispered: "Father said, you will give me a name."

This guy Liu Zhan really threw away the shopkeeper, he sent it back without even giving the child his name.

Song Fenglin suddenly thought of a sentence, and he read slowly: "Gentleman You Ning, lower your wan and upper your mat, it's Ansi's sleep, it's sleep is happiness, it's my dream."

"Let's call you You Ning."

In the eighth year of Hongzhi Emperor Xuandi of Chu, Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin adopted their adopted son Liu Youning.

In the same year, news came out that King Yan was seriously ill in the Kingdom of Yan, and Crown Prince Yan was acting as the government agent. As soon as Prince Yan took power, he resisted all opinions and sent troops to Yangguan, and his wolfish ambition to unify northern Xinjiang was clearly revealed.

On his way to Daizhou to recruit soldiers, Liu Zhan fought a battle with Yangguan and the Yan army.

General Xu Muyuan, who guarded Yangguan, set a strategy that he could not retreat. The Yan army's iron cavalry is famous all over the world, but the cavalry is not good at attacking the city.

The Yan army sent 2 soldiers and horses to attack Yangguan and lost [-] people. Xu Muyuan couldn't hold on and echoed with Jinyang City. The Yan army finally withdrew temporarily.

The [-] soldiers from Ruichang City recruited by Liu Zhan were immediately assigned to Yangguan to supplement the source of troops.

The general sent a letter asking Liu Zhan to recruit another [-] soldiers, and Liu Zhan went to Daizhou with the latest order.

Liu Zhan had a deadly feud with the Fang family in Daizhou. Everyone was a little worried during this trip, but Liu Zhan remained unmoved.

A cavalry team of 1000 men came outside the city of Daizhou, but the Fang family of Daizhou had prepared for it long ago. They saw more than 2000 soldiers lined up to guard the city gate, and the Fang family of Daizhou blatantly prohibited Liu Zhan from entering the city.

Liu Zhan was not annoyed, he let the cavalry camp outside the city.

At night, Pei Gong left to look for Liu Zhan. "Master Liu will not sit still and wait for death, will he?"

In the hot summer, Liu Zhan took off his coat, bare his chest, and sat on the blanket wiping his saber with only trousers and boots on. His muscular lines of strong broad shoulders were clear and firm, and his handsome face was shining brightly in the candlelight.

Pei Gongli was stunned when he saw this scene.

Hearing Pei Gongli's sarcasm, Liu Zhan snorted coldly and didn't lift his head. "To ask for advice with an open mind, you must first correct your attitude."

Pei Gongli came to ask him because he was really curious. In the past, he would not give up after a few rounds of ridicule. For some reason, he didn't feel like bickering this time.

"Boss, I brought you water." Zhang Xiaoman came in with a bucket of cold water to wipe Liu Zhan's body, and when he saw Pei Gongli, he immediately took precautions. "Master Pei, what are you doing looking for my lord at such a late hour?"

What he said made Pei Gongli angry. "Why, you can come and I can't?"

Zhang Xiaoman has never lost a quarrel. "I'm here to serve your lord, so Mr. Pei will also come to serve our lord?"

Pei Gongli blushed immediately and walked away.

Is this an admission of defeat?Zhang Xiaoman muttered contemptuously. "This guy is weird."

Liu Zhan put the knife back into its sheath. "If you want to blame, blame your adults for being too charming."

Zhang Xiaoman. "???"

In the early morning of the next day, outside the city of Daizhou, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes and the sound of armor brushing. Thousands of soldiers gathered on the post road, and the leading soldier was Li Xiaolian.

"Brother!" Li Xiaolian got off his horse and saluted Liu Zhan. "This subordinate led five thousand elite soldiers from Cenzhou to report!"

Liu Zhan stood with his hands behind his back. "Okay, camp in place."

The arrival of these [-] elite soldiers from Cenzhou immediately plunged Daizhou City into panic, and some people even dragged their families out of the city to seek refuge.

Seeing this, the Fang family sent troops to prevent the people from leaving the city, and people were panicked for a while.

In the afternoon, Liu Zhan called Pei Gongli. "You write what I mean."

Zhang Xiaoman had already prepared the pen and paper, and Pei Gongli only thought that Liu Zhan was about to write some document and easily picked up the pen to signal Liu Zhan to start talking.

Liu Zhan said loudly as he sat on the chair with great determination. "Fang's ancestor changed masters one after another, a family slave with three surnames, a shameless person..."

Pei Gongli almost smashed the brush on Liu Zhan's face. "You! How can you insult your ancestors!"

Liu Zhan was upset. "I'm telling the truth, Xiao Man, tell me."

Zhang Xiaoman put his hands on his hips. "The bloodline of Fang's ancestors was cut off once, but the current direct line is actually a concubine's successor. This concubine recognized the Cao family, the Chen family, and the Sima family as the main ones. Later, when he gained power step by step, he turned his face and refused to recognize anyone. "

Liu Zhan said: "Combining my words, you use the theme of the three surnames as domestic slaves to scold the Fang family for having no roots and no loyal soul, so that Fang Zhao's rebels were killed, and you still resent the innocent Mr. Liu. That's what you mean, understand?"

Pei Gongli was out of breath. "You want me to scold Fang as a ghostwriter? Are you trying to frame me again!"

Liu Zhan was upset. "Do you still have the value to be framed?"

The literati of Pei Gongli are torn apart.

Liu Zhan strikes again. "Aren't you a master of human origin and a master of writing? Write this article with the momentum of your usual quarrel. Write quickly. If you can't write well, you don't want to eat today."

Pei Gongli was trembling with anger, and in the end he could only write with resentment, angrily yelling at Liu Zhan while writing. "You want to copy it into a biography and post it in the city? Hmph, Jiang Lang just said it straight, why waste energy."

"Write well and mutter something." Liu Zhan crossed his legs.

"After exposing their old background, you continue to write like this. Now that the Yan army is going south, it is the time when northern Xinjiang is united with the enemy. All the state capitals in northern Xinjiang have completed the conscription, but Daizhou refuses to accept it. At the end of the article, three questions are asked whether the Fang family is collaborating with the enemy. Treason."

Hearing this, Pei Gongli understood the power of this article. If he does not accept conscription, he will be suspected of treason. If such a big hat is buckled, if the battle in Northern Xinjiang goes bad, the Fang family will not even think about taking it out.

Pei Gongli suppressed the resentment in his heart and couldn't help admiring him, Liu Zhan is really tricky.

On the second day, Liu Zhan asked 100 soldiers under his command to go to the gate of the city in turn to read Fang's book aloud.

It doesn't matter if you can't read or write, those who can read will curse every sentence, and a hundred men will read aloud, and the voice can be heard clearly in the city, cursing from dawn to dusk.

In less than two days, all the people in Daizhou will recite a few lines of this scolding Fang's book, especially the essence of it, the line of three surnamed house slaves.

The Fang family was so ashamed and humiliated, but they dared not show their faces. Not only did they dare not, but they couldn't. Liu Zhan's [-] elite soldiers were stationed outside the city.

The Fang family should find someone to scold him back. Liu Zhan was originally born in a poor family, and scolding doesn't hurt at all. Gather soldiers to beat him out and drive Liu Zhan away?Wouldn't that prove the charge of treason?

Not only that, all the food and grass used by Liu Zhan's [-] soldiers stationed here were taken from the granary in the township by himself.

All the ten miles and eight villages near Daizhou were emptied by Liu Zhan's grain requisition, and the local people in Daizhou couldn't afford to drag it on like this.

After ten days, the Fang family finally compromised and was willing to hand over [-] recruits.

The author has something to say: You Ning is just the adopted son of the two, not the child of the family who inherits the family business. There will be other arrangements