Cheng Yu, who was enduring the pain, seemed to be in an ice cellar. When he looked down, his lame leg had been frozen together with the ice on the ground.He desperately pulled his leg out, but in vain only increased the sharp pain caused by the friction between his leg and the ice.

Suddenly, a small fire rose from the bottom of the ice, melting the ice.Although that leg was dripping with blood, it no longer had to suffer from ice pain.Pei Zifu, who held Cheng Yu's lame leg in his arms, watched Cheng Yu's brows gradually relax, and sighed slightly.

Suddenly, a person's suppressed breathing came from the next room.It was Shang Cheng and Wei Qingxiang who lived next door to them.Pei Zifu was not a child who didn't understand anything, so he couldn't help opening his mouth and exhaling two foul breaths.

The next day, when Cheng Yu woke up, he was still lying on the floor.There was no sign of Pei Zifu on the bed.

The door was pushed open, and Pei Zifu brought a cup of hot water to wash Cheng Yu's face.Cheng Yu sized him up and wondered, "Why did you change this short shirt?"

Pei Zifu was wearing a worn-out blouse, the style was quite familiar, and after a while, Cheng Yu remembered that it was the clothes of the second waiter of the shop downstairs.It's just that the clothes on him are a bit short.Most of the calf and arm were exposed.

Pei Zifu said indifferently: "The robe from yesterday was stained with blood, so I took it out and washed it. Let me borrow the waiter's shirt to wear it."

Cheng Yu washed his face, and said to Pei Zifu: "If you can get out of the customs today, you will be useless to them, and you can go back later!" Speaking of this, Cheng Yu felt a little embarrassed, after all Pei Zifu was the victim and was involved by him.

"If you meet King Ping on the way, don't let him chase after you!"

Pei Zifu couldn't deny it, but instead asked: "You want to go with them?"

Cheng Yu nodded. They wanted to involve him in Chen Qing's case at the beginning, probably because they wanted to force him to leave the court and cut off his way out.After all, they are the former subordinates of Grand Master Cheng, so Cheng Yu can't ignore them, at least he has to figure out their purpose first.

Although Wuwei Town has a town in its name, it is just a popular name.This place is several times larger than the average county town.After leaving Wuwei Town, Wei Qingxiang obviously felt relieved involuntarily.

Cheng Yu said: "Young Master Wei, we have already left Wuwei, can we put Young Master Pei back?"

When he was in Wuwei Town, Cheng Yu could still see a few scattered trees when he left Wuwei Town.What came into view were low bushes, and he knew that if he walked forward, even these bushes would be hard to see.

Pei Zifu didn't speak any more, nodded towards Cheng Yu, and walked back step by step.He walked resolutely, not long after, when Cheng Yu turned back on the carriage, he saw only a small black spot.

"Mr. Wei, Mr. Pei has left now, can you tell me where we are going now!" There was a lot of wind and sand at the border, and when Cheng Yu said this, he couldn't help raising his sleeves to cover himself from the wind. The fine dust and fine sand blown by my son.

Wei Qingxiang's tongue is very strict, even if he got here, he was unwilling to tell the truth, and passed it vaguely.On the other hand, Shang Cheng who was at the side was quite warm to Cheng Yu and tugged on Cheng Yu's sleeve.

"Brother Cheng, don't worry, we can see Uncle Xu in two more days?" Shang Cheng may feel that he is finally going back, and he couldn't hide his excitement anymore, his face blushed as if sprinkled with tears. A layer of powder.

He consciously called Cheng Yu Brother Cheng, not Brother Xia.It was obvious that he had already regarded him as one of his own.Cheng Yu didn't correct him either, but instead put his hand on Shang Cheng's forehead.

"Have you got a fever? Why is your face so red? I felt weird when I woke up this morning." Wei Qingxiang, who was driving, coughed slightly, and Cheng Yu glanced at him inexplicably.

Shang Cheng took Cheng Yu's hand away from his face, his eyes were full of complacency and excitement, "Brother, when I get to Uncle Xu's place, I will ask you to cook the roast leg of lamb, my roast leg of lamb is so good have eaten!"

Because of the influence of the barbarians, the people of Daxing sometimes try the barbarian way when they get tired of eating rice and steamed buns, which is not surprising.But what attracted Cheng Yu's attention was another thing. Who exactly was Uncle Xu that Shang Cheng was talking about sounded quite familiar.

After a while, Cheng Yu's mind flashed.Immediately asked: "Is the Uncle Xu you are talking about Xu Boyuan?"

Shang Cheng looked at Cheng Yu with slightly reproachful eyes: "Brother Cheng, how can you call Uncle Xu by his first name?"

Cheng Yu said: "Just tell me if it's this person!"

Wei Qingxiang, who was driving the carriage, answered, "That's right!" He glanced at Cheng Yu inadvertently, "Since Xiaohou Xia knows about the adoptive father, then he also knows the purpose of our trip."

Both Xu Boyuan and Feng Yue are under Cheng Taishi's subordinates, and they used to be Cheng Huaisu's guards just like Feng Yue.But later, Feng Yue's military achievements became more and more prominent.After that, he left the Cheng family army and became the general who protects the country today.And Xu Boyuan never left Cheng Cong's side.In Cheng Yu's memory, he still remembered that this person once hugged him.

They walked for three days in a row, and did not stop outside a village until the evening of the fifth day.

When they got out of the carriage, they were immediately surrounded by several seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys.The village is not big, with only a few hundred families living there.

"Brother Shang, Brother Wei. Why did you come here? Uncle Xu said that if you don't come again, he will punish you not to eat at night!"

Wei Qingxiang laughed loudly, and put his arms around the boy's shoulders. "I'm here! Where's the adoptive father?"

The young man blushed and replied excitedly: "I'm waiting for you in the hall!" Then he turned his gaze to Cheng Yu again, his eyes full of curiosity.

Call it a hall, but it’s just a slightly bigger house.As soon as Cheng Yu entered the room, he saw an old man with snow-stained temples sitting on a chair.The old man was holding a sip of tea when he saw Cheng Yu.Without waiting for Cheng Yu to say hello, he put down the teacup and called Cheng Yu over.

Seeing Cheng Yu's legs and feet seem to be not very flexible when walking, I feel a little regretful.When Cheng Yu approached, the old man took his hand, like an elder, covering Cheng Yu's hand, and looked at Cheng Yu for a moment.

It took a while before he said kindly, "You really look like your mother!" The old man's eyes were already wrinkled, as if he saw someone through Cheng Yu.

"I still remember when I hugged you, you didn't touch my thigh. Now, you have grown so tall!"

Then he laughed at himself again: "Look, what am I talking about, 20 years have passed. I... am old too..." His tone was full of indescribable melancholy.

Cheng Yu said: "I don't know, what is the reason why Uncle Xu invited me here? It's just to reminisce about the old days!" He deliberately emphasized the word "please".

The old man laughed.Cheng Yu was so straight to the point, the old man didn't feel that his tone was bad, but admired that his temper was somewhat similar to Cheng Huaisu's.

"Nephew, do you know why the old grand master dismissed the Cheng family army on the spot when His Majesty called us back to Beijing?"

Cheng Yudao: "It is said that most of the Cheng family's army came from the three towns. They didn't want to stay away from their old men. After beating the barbarians, they disarmed and returned to the fields."

Xu Boyuan sighed and shook his head.

"This is just a one-sided statement written in the history books. Soldiers were born and died, and what they asked for was to have an official position or a few acres of fertile land. How could they easily give up the military merits they had obtained to others. "

There seems to be something else hidden about this matter, Cheng Yu said: "According to what Uncle Xu said, the disbandment of the Cheng family army was not as simple as it was written in the history books!" Cheng Yu rarely read the history books compiled by this dynasty, especially about The part about his grandfather Cheng Cong.Although he tried to avoid it, but a few words still drifted to his ears.

History books say that Cheng Cong was Emperor Wen's confidant, and his behavior was insolent.Even the newly enthroned Emperor Xuan didn't pay attention.The barbarians invaded the country's scholars on a large scale, and Cheng Yu was ordered in danger.When the emperor had no military pay, deserters were recruited along the way, causing countless casualties. It took a lot of effort to gnaw down the most difficult bone.

Later, after taking back Wuwei Town, Cheng Taishi wanted to conquer Tianshui and Dingyuan Town in one fell swoop.However, at this time, Daxing was hit by a drought.Many people can't even keep their own rations, let alone pay taxes.

But at this time, the Yi people had just captured Tianshui and Dingyuan Town.The soldiers are powerful.Grand Master Cheng had no choice but to take the tens of thousands of horses in his hands and fight with the barbarians' iron cavalry at the foot of Changsheng Cliff.With both sides hurting, no one can bear anything for a while.Changshengya, although there is a word for cliff in the name.But not a real cliff, but a dimpled pit.It is said that whenever there is lightning and thunder, there are people who can still hear the deafening sound of fighting in that place, and the two sides are still fighting non-stop.In that place, if you dig it casually, you can dig out dozens of skeletons.

It was also at this time that problems arose within the Yi people.Today's Yiren Khan killed his uncle and ascended the throne by himself.If the two sides continue to fight, there will be no more results, it can only increase casualties.After deliberation, the Daxing Dynasty married a clan daughter to the Khan.As a show of sincerity, the barbarians also sent their eldest son to Kyoto as a hostage.

After Cheng Taishi received the call letter, he scolded the current emperor for being cowardly and incompetent.But he also knows that if the fight continues, it will only waste the treasury.In desperation, he moved his teacher back to Beijing.However, only a few hundred soldiers around him came back.

According to what he told Emperor Xuan, it was because those soldiers came to join the army to defend their homeland.Now that the battle is over, it is natural to go back.Although Brother Xuan had a happy face, the seeds of dissatisfaction with Cheng Cong were also planted at this time.It is believed that he is unwilling to surrender military power and cultivate power by himself.

Xu Boyuan said: "The Grand Master wanted to take us back to Beijing. If it wasn't because the Grand Master was provoked by a villain, His Majesty would not have suspected it. With our old bones, you can protect the entire Cheng family!" After speaking, he sighed again.He didn't say what happened next, Cheng Yu knew what happened.

After Emperor Xuan took the throne firmly, someone reported that Grand Master Cheng was a foreigner.The battle of Changshengya back then was full of doubts.What's more, those who have good things also revealed the fact that he scolded Emperor Xuan.After that, the house was stolen.Cheng Cong committed suicide in fear of crime, and Cheng Yu's uncle also died in prison.When Cheng Huaisu was ransacked at Cheng's house, he raised his sword and fought with the officers and soldiers who came to raid the house, and was finally hanged to death in front of Cheng Taishi's mansion.

If it hadn't been so ugly, the ministers couldn't stand it any longer, and they would jump out to intercede with Cheng Taishi even under the bad luck of offending the emperor.At that time, there were rumors in the capital that it was Wen Luo who secretly handled the matter.The relationship between the Wen family and Emperor Xuan was known to everyone in the entire Daxing Dynasty.Seeing that a big fire was about to burn on his head, Emperor Xuan made an order at this time to end the matter.

Afterwards, this incident was secretly spread in the streets and alleys. Someone sighed: "The royal family is ruthless. Emperor Xuan admires Cheng Huaisu wholeheartedly. Isn't it just to kill for his throne, without mercy."

Cheng Yu said: "I don't know who the bad guy Uncle Xu mentioned is?"

A hint of hatred appeared on Xu Boyuan's originally kind face.He said to Cheng Yu: "This man's name is Xu Yuan, and he is also Cheng Taishi's general. It is because of this man's clever words. He said that if the army is not liberated on the spot, Emperor Xuan will be suspicious." Cheng Taishi has no military power in his hands. , like a toothless tiger.

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