old grace

Zanying, a military general of the Xiao family in Zhouzhou for generations, has raised private soldiers and generals for a hundred years, and the troops are well-trained.After being demoralized by the thunder and news of the coach's death, they began to withdraw and flee, and the formation remained very stable.

The overall quality of the Enzhou soldiers is not as good as that of the Zhouzhou soldiers. Moreover, unlike the Enzhou soldiers who crashed into Qingzhou without any psychological preparation, the Zhouzhou soldiers had a short rest before preparing to attack the city. Now they are fighting with the Enzhou soldiers who have traveled long distances. It can barely be regarded as waiting for work at leisure.

The only disadvantage of the Zhouzhou soldiers is that they are retreating in defeat, and the morale of the army is at its lowest point.

This shocking change on the battlefield quickly alarmed An Ying, who was shrinking her formation. Bai Zhifeng and Xie Qinghe watched from the top of the tower as the soldiers quickly changed formations and outflanked them. , just in time for the Zhouzhou soldiers to pick up a big bargain.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, well-trained elite soldiers and farmers in military uniforms are completely different.

Three parties appeared on the battlefield, with completely different temperaments.

An Ying led the soldiers who fought a hundred battles. The Zhouzhou soldiers behaved well, and the Enzhou soldiers were not much better than the peasant soldiers.No matter how people who don't understand military affairs stand on the city tower and watch the deployment of soldiers on the battlefield, they can also understand the strength of the three forces from the brutal confrontation.

Originally there were many soldiers in Zhouzhou and few in Qingzhou. It was difficult for An Ying to deal with it. No one would have thought that Enzhou soldiers would suddenly appear. It didn't take much effort to round up the invading Zhouzhou soldiers.

Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, the people watching the battle on the tower realized that the sky was about to end, and they were all dizzy and dizzy from hunger.

Chen Li followed Xie Qinghe on the city wall to watch the battle, so he looked stupid, and hurried to Zhang Luo to eat, Xie Qinghe said: "Just find something to eat. The camp guards downstairs have a meal and bring some hot food."

Bai Zhifeng glanced at Chen Li, and Chen Li smiled and said, "Yes, let's get some hot food nearby."

Xie Qinghe immediately realized that there was something he didn't know.He knew that there was a shortage of food these years, and now that it was the cold winter, it was inevitable that the military rations would be poor. Was it really too simple to eat?Chen Liang?Mildew?Rotten?

With today's big victory, Xie Qinghe didn't want to cause trouble, so he kept this matter in his heart for the time being and didn't say anything about it.

It was cold and windy on the city tower, and in the middle of the afternoon the sun slanted to the west, and the wind was strong, making it even colder.Bai Zhifeng's face was blue from the cold, and several braziers around him couldn't keep him warm. Chen Li brought up hot soup and hot food. I boiled it together with ginger to keep out the cold, and another urn of wild duck soup, and boiled two winter bamboo shoots.

The hot soup became cold after a while in his hand, Chen Li dragged a brazier and simmered Xie Qinghe's rice bowl.

Over there, Bai Zhifeng drank a lot of hot soup to keep warm, but her whole body warmed up for a while while eating, and soon after eating, she started stomping her feet again.

"Now that the new year is new, even if you can't make a big deal, you should have a small banquet to celebrate General An's triumphant return. It's getting late, why don't you ask Mr. Bai to go back to the other palace to prepare the banquet, and go back to eat after I pick up General An Wine?" Xie Qinghe saw that he couldn't stand the cold, so he made a rescue.

An Ying was bathing and fighting outside, how could Bai Zhifeng have the nerve to say that it was too cold and I would go back and sleep?Isn't Mr. Xiao Lang frozen too?

Xie Qinghe gave him a reason for the errand, and Bai Zhifeng got up quickly: "Yes, okay, I will prepare." He was not polite to Xie Qinghe, rubbed his arms, stomped his feet, and muttered softly, "The wind is blowing Woohoo, I really can't stand it."

Bai Zhifeng hurriedly got into the car and left, Chen Li was also quite worried about Xie Qinghe: "My lord, you should take shelter nearby."

Xie Qinghe also felt cold, the wind was not turned off on the city tower, the heat from the brazier could not be gathered, and the effect of burning any number of braziers was better than nothing.

However, at this time he could not retreat to the tower.He was just watching the battle from the top of the tower, and the soldiers below the tower were all fighting, no matter how advantageous the battle was, there would be casualties, the dead and wounded hadn't been brought back, and the triumphant soldiers were still far away from the battlefield... Can Bai Zhifeng To "prepare the celebration banquet", as the young master of the Chen family, he couldn't do that.

"Is the meat cut here?" Xie Qinghe asked again.

"Go get it. I'll come right away." Chen Li didn't ask why he wanted raw meat instead of cooked meat, and he never poured out his curiosity to the Lord.

Not long after, Chen Li went to pick up the mutton, which was a long strip the size of a palm and weighed three to four catties.Xie Qinghe took out a feathered arrow from the quiver, dismantled the arrowhead, sharpened the arrow head, put mutton on it, and roasted it on the brazier.

Many guards on the city wall looked at Xiao Langjun quietly, not understanding why a nobleman like him wants to barbecue by himself.

Xie Qinghe grilled the meat carefully, turning it over and over again, sprinkled a little salt, a little cumin, and the ripe aroma slowly overflowed.

At this moment, Chen Li came over to report: "Young Lord, General An is approaching the city gate."

"Raise the fire." Xie Qinghe ordered.

The guards on the city tower quickly raised their torches, and the city walls that stretched for several miles were lit up with flames, completely lighting up the dark night sky.

Xie Qinghe walked to the city wall with the roasted mutton and shouted loudly: "General An!"

The sound of lighting the torches has alarmed An Ying who was returning to the city. No matter how the battle is going, since the victory is over, she hopes that there will be calls. An Ying was riding a fast horse to retreat into the city, but when she heard Xie Qinghe shouting from the tower, she raised her hand to stop Stopping the guards who were slowly advancing, they looked up at the tower.

Next to Xie Qinghe were two guards who raised fire, taking a clear picture of his movements.

An Ying saw him waving a strange arrow. There seemed to be something on the arrow?The next moment, Mr. Xiao Lang opened his bow, and an arrow flew towards the ground.

The guards who were guarding An Ying's surroundings were startled, and all of them raised their shields to block them, but the arrow had already been nailed to the frozen ground in front of An Ying's horse.Dozens of pairs of eyes nearby were watching, and An Ying also took a curious look, and found that there was a piece of grilled meat on the arrow, and she almost fell off the horse with laughter.

"General An!" Xie Qinghe shouted again from the tower, "Triumph!"

An Ying got off her horse, knelt down on one knee, pulled out the arrow nailed to the frozen ground, opened her mouth and took a bite.

The taste is unexpectedly fatty.An Ying swallowed the words she had prepared, took two more mouthfuls, and then raised the leftover mutton long arrow, and shouted, "My lord is a thousand years old!"

Xie Qinghe said with a smile: "Hurry up! Enter the city, the celebration banquet!"

An Ying knelt without moving, and ate two more mouthfuls of mutton. After being reminded by her confidants, she got on the horse again.

The accompanying soldiers all looked at him silently.Is that piece of meat really that tasty?Still chewing on horseback.After gnawing, he actually used his tongue to carefully tear off the remaining shreds of meat on the arrow...

After that day, it became popular in the army to use arrows to support barbecue, and it was banned repeatedly from top to bottom.

Until the quartermaster went to the general's mansion to roll and cry, counting from the cost of an arrow to how much enemy killing weapon each arrow would waste, the noise made An Ying dizzy, and the quartermaster cried until his eyes were red: "One arrow each, that's [-]. They're not only wasting one arrow, it's broken, it's dirty, and three or five arrows are nothing to worry about! General, if things go on like this, don't say that cavalry are not worthy of arrows, archers Run naked!"

An Ying had no choice but to issue a military order that all soldiers under the Qingzhou General's Mansion can apply for a feather arrow without an arrowhead for barbecue.In addition, shoot the barbecue with arrows, chop!

This story was passed around and became a joke, Xie Qinghe couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and had no choice but to go to the General's Mansion to apologize to An Ying.

An Ying is grilling meat with arrows at the General's Mansion...

Xie Qinghe was a guest at the general's mansion for a banquet, and he and An Ying had a good chat, so he asked about the military rations.

"Qingzhou is rich and rich. When we entered Qingzhou, the Yang family was the internal response. The money and food warehouses were very peaceful, and all of them were taken over. When the Lord went out of the city, he brought [-]% of the stored grain out. It was all military rations prepared by the Hua family, which had been crudely processed. Dry rations. Now the guards of the city cook by the stove every day, and they can eat some watery and perishable things... If the supplies from the landlord's side are not distributed, the rations in Qingzhou will be enough for three years. There is no shortage of rations." An Ying explain.

Xie Qinghe doesn't care much about things, but he also has common sense and knows that Qingzhou Mansion should not be short of food.

This made the reaction of Bai Zhifeng and Chen Li on the tower that day even more strange: "How is the quality? Isn't it delicious?"

"In this world... how can there be any other extravagances if you can stutter and fool your stomach?" An Ying put her hands on the brazier and roasted, "It's just that there are some things that are not easy for Xiao Lang to hear. Xiao Lang can Do you know 'vegetable man'?"

Of course Xie Qinghe knew.He frowned and said, "A vegetable eater in the army?"

An Ying nodded and explained: "Compared to other states and counties, we eat less food. Since the capture of Gaozhou, there has been ample food reserves, and people who can not eat vegetables will stop eating. Isn't it... a few days ago in the city In addition, the corpse was kept by wild dogs. After cleaning the battlefield, it was dragged down and sent to the kitchen. The food in the warehouse can be stored, and the vegetables are easy to rot. These days, the army is eating vegetables..."

Therefore, Xie Qinghe said that he would only eat the food released by the army, but Bai Zhifeng and Chen Li refused to agree.The soldiers at the bottom eat vegetables, but the upper class cannot eat them.Chen Lin would rather give Xie Qinghe some cabbage and radish than let him eat human broth from the soldiers defending the city.

Xie Qinghe has been in the devil for a long time, and has seen many chaotic times where people eat each other.

These cruel and terrifying things, historians are not willing to deliberately exaggerate the records, but they still remain in history.

People need to eat to live, but the crops at this time are extremely low-yield, and the cultivation of the whole people may not be able to fill their stomachs. When there are years of wars and conflicts between states, today you hit me, tomorrow I will hit you, and raise so many soldiers. When the war comes, more farmers have to cultivate the land to support them. There are more people who open their mouths to eat, but fewer people grow land, so they can’t make ends meet.

Once there is a disaster year, the states will inevitably go to war and rob each other, robbing other people's food to feed their own soldiers, and survival is very cruel.

The Chen family already had the mind to point the sword at the world, and Zhan Xuanji also persuaded Chen Qi to treat the world with the heart of a king. However, even at this time when the king's capital was about to be attacked, the Chen family still maintained the potential to take no prisoners. rule.

The most important reason was not that the captives would turn against the water and rebel, but that they simply couldn't afford to support the captives, and the Chen family didn't have that much ration.

Hunger has made most of the lower classes in this world used to cannibalism. Compared with forming a large army to go to neighboring counties to plunder "vegetable people" for food, the soldiers under An Ying's command eat the enemy soldiers who died on the battlefield. It is very "civilized".As An Ying said, if you leave it in the wild, you will be eaten by wild dogs. Why don't you give it to your soldiers?

Since the Chen family conquered Gaozhou, they had more food than most warlord families, but what did the soldiers eat?

It's not a serious staple food and vegetables, three vegetables and one meat plus a bowl of soup.Most of them are hard beans and hard sorghum, which can be barely eaten to keep the stomach from feeling hungry.Many low-level soldiers have never known the taste of "fullness" all their lives, let alone what "food" is.

Vegetables are the most likely meat taste for soldiers at the bottom.

Xie Qinghe wants to ban the custom of eating vegetables, not to mention providing them with enough chicken, duck and fish, at least let them have enough to eat, right?

This is really not easy to do.

Xie Qinghe could only sigh at this stage, bid farewell to An Ying and left.

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More than ten days later, Shan Xugang led his troops to Qingzhou.

Previously, Xie Qinghe had received a letter from Shan Xugang, and learned that when he was responding to Chen Qi's offensive in the royal capital, he was caught off guard by Dongzhou Cao Yu and Xianzhou Liu Quan, so he had no energy left to stop Xiao Cheng from Zhouzhou and let him Xiao Cheng slipped to Qingzhou to show off his might.

Now that Shan Xugang has killed Dongzhou Cao's tribe, and Qingzhou has not fallen, Shan Xugang decided to make amends in person.

Xie Qinghe felt that there was nothing to apologize for in this matter. Cao Wei and Liu Quan joined forces to attack Shuzhou, and Shan Xugang himself almost knelt in a fierce battle. How could he be blamed for not stopping Xiao Cheng who was quietly crossing the border?But this matter is different in the eyes of caring people.

"Xiao Lang, how are you?" Shan Xugang felt a little ashamed when he met him, and knelt down on one knee to support Xie Qinghe.

"My son is all right. The war in Shuzhou is critical, is Father Shan okay?" Xie Qinghe reached out and patted him on the shoulder, asking with concern.

In the past, Xie Qinghe was not so polite to Shan Xugang, he deliberately expressed his favor in the hope that Shan Xugang would not be influenced by rumors.

Shan Xugang seemed rough and thoughtful, but he immediately understood Xie Qinghe's kindness, and the corners of his tense mouth relaxed, he hugged Xie Qinghe up, and said: "Fortunately, Xiao Langjun and I are safe and sound."

Xie Qinghe didn't know where this group of people got their habit of picking up people as soon as they showed their friendship, and let Shan Xugang carry him back to the side hall of Ziyang Palace.The main hall was the place where Chen Qi lived, and Xie Qinghe couldn't easily use it for entertaining guests.After all, Chen Qi was already attacking the royal capital, and he would become emperor in two days, and Xie Qinghe didn't want to go to Taisui to break ground.

Shan Xugang came to Qingzhou in person, and Bai Zhifeng, who had not left yet, brought a few advisers, An Ying brought a few lieutenants, and even Shen Yu brought a few officials in charge of Qingzhou to greet him.Xie Qinghe held a banquet in Ziyang Palace, and had a meal as a matter of routine, and Shan Xugang got to the point.

"Cao Kui has no ambitions and a weak temperament. After the death of his master Wan Yin, he has been obsessed with the magic of immortals and has already relaxed his military skills. Liu Quan likes to talk loudly, and often preaches the world. The military power of the state is in the hands of Liu Quan's brother Liu Bi, and Liu Bi has a temperament of careful planning and overthinking. To put it bluntly, Liu Bi has the talent for training troops, but he has no ambition to raise troops. Vanguard, you can't be a general who dominates a party's conquest." Bai Zhifeng was also very confused when he said it.

Chen Qi and Shan Xugang divided their forces into two places, how to fight this battle, and how to react from all sides, Bai Zhifeng, as the mastermind, had to think clearly.

The idea that he and Chen Qihui agreed to let Qingzhou be the bait was because Enzhou Shi Juan was not strong enough to fight.Even if Qingzhou's defense line is too long, and An Ying's guards are too few to take care of everything, it can't really let Xiao Langjun accidentally die in Qingzhou—it can't be too strong to scare Shi Juan from coming, and it can't be too weak. Let Shi Juan eat Xiao Langjun, and the speed is very strict.

The prerequisite for Shan Xugang to be able to defend Zhouzhou Xiao Cheng is that Dongzhou Cao Yu and Xianzhou Liu Quan are unlikely to jump out at this time.

This is winter!In the whole world, how many states can survive the snow fight?Aren't you afraid that the soldiers will freeze to death before they leave the army?

Shan Xugang clapped his hands.

His guard immediately walked in from the door, carrying a wooden box in his hand.

Everyone present was familiar with this kind of wooden box, and it was just big enough to hold a head.

Shan Xugang nodded, and the guard opened the wooden box.Sure enough, there was a human head inside, which had been treated with lime, making the color of the head very gloomy.

An Ying was the first to stand up: "Hua Pu!"

This is the enemy general who escaped from his battlefield. He has searched for so many days but still couldn't find him, so he went to Shuzhou? !

Shan Xugang explained: "According to Liu Quan, it was Hua Pu who persuaded Liu Bi, and Liu Bi took him to Dongzhou to lobby Cao Qi. The two states agreed to join forces and attack Shuzhou."

An Ying was originally Shan Xugang's confidant subordinate, and the two broke up deliberately acting. At this time, An Ying was also a little nervous when she found that Hua Pu escaped and almost overthrew the old boss.When he was thinking about how to express his position, Shan Xugang covered the wooden box with his own hands, carried it in his hand, stepped across the seat, and walked to An Ying.

With a click, the wooden box was placed in front of An Ying.

"Who else wants me to catch it for you?" Shan Xugang said jokingly.

An Ying's face was livid.

Seeing that Shan Xugang and An Ying were going to fight again, and Chen Qi was not here, fearing that no one would be able to save him, Bai Zhifeng hurriedly stood up holding the wine cup, toasting Shan Xugang to make amends: "It was my miscalculation that caused the general to step in." Dangerous situation, the general forgives me, I will drink this cup to the full."

"Sir, you are serious. If it weren't for..." Shan Xugang patted the wooden box on An Ying's desk, "Slipping out from Qingzhou in a relaxed and comfortable manner, would there be any disaster today?"

An Ying stood up abruptly.

Unexpectedly, it was only halfway up, Shan Xugang firmly pressed his shoulder with his only hand, forcing him to sit back.

An Ying blushed and opened her eyes angrily.

Shan Xugang sneered and said, "I never told you to get up, what did you get up for? Didn't Hua Pu escape from Qingzhou? Lord Lang gave you a lot of trust and ordered you to ambush Qingzhou. Can you take the enemy's general from the heavy army?" Let go in the formation. Are your short-sighted eyes staring at Zhanhuo again? Can you focus on Zhanhuo but not the enemy general?"

This is not a private occasion.In the side hall were not only the counselors of Donglou, but also the governor of Qingzhou, Shi Zong, and An Ying's lieutenants.

The last time Shan Xugang and An Ying met to talk about something, An Ying was still his general, he could punish An Ying casually, push An Ying out of the gate and behead her.Now An Ying has become a general directly under Chen Qi, and she will no longer be decided by Shan Xugang's words. However, Shan Xugang's status in the army is still not a value that An Ying can offend and contradict.

There was no sound in the entire side hall, except for the slight sound of charcoal burning in the brazier.

Xie Qinghe put down his chopsticks and said: "Father Shan, General An was defeated outside Qingzhou City and defeated Xiao Cheng of Zhouzhou and Shi Juan of Enzhou. He saved me from being trapped in the city of sorrow. I respect him very much."

Shan Xugang was silent for a moment, ignored An Ying, and returned to Xie Qinghe's side: "Come, drink."

Xie Qinghe picked up the wine cup and toasted An Ying from the air: "Please."

Shan Xugang didn't stay in Qingzhou for a long time, and led his troops out of the city the next day.

He was in a hurry and didn't tell Xie Qinghe what his next plan was, and Xie Qinghe didn't bother to ask about his "battle" with Chen Qi.

However, the arrival of Shan Xugang also left Xie Qinghe with a more troublesome problem.That is how to deal with the Hua family who have returned to normal life.Later generations often say that wives and children are not as bad as misfortunes, but this saying does not exist in today's era.

Originally, the Chen family and the Hua family were at war, and the two were hostile.Now that the Hua family was defeated, the Chen family did not kill the Hua family. Hua Pu's second son, Hua Pi, also got a job in Qingzhou Mansion, and the two brothers Hua Ze and Hua Gu accompanied Xie Qinghe.

In this case, the Hua family is automatically reduced to the Chen family's vassals, and they should be "loyal" to the Chen family.

Huapu escaped to connect with Dongzhou and Xianzhou to make such a big incident, which led to the siege of Shuzhou. Xiao Cheng crossed the province and killed Qingzhou. Then by chance, Enzhou Shi Juan came to steal the city, and Chen Cong would definitely explain it here.

The threat Hua Pu posed was too great, and the "loyalty" of the Hua family was declared bankrupt, and the Chen family had to punish them as an example.

Shan Xugang never asked about this matter at all, and neither did Bai Zhifeng, An Ying and Shen Yu discussed it with Xie Qinghe.

For them, this matter does not need to be discussed at all.The Hua family must be exterminated before they can warn future generations.

After the banquet was over that day, An Ying sent troops to block the door of Hua's house, and closed it back in the small courtyard of Wangsumen.The next day, Shan Xugang led the troops out of the city, and Xie Qinghe sent them to the gate of the city. When he came back, he only saw Yang Xi copying books in the house, and Hua Ze and Hua Gu were gone.

"Where are people?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Yang Xi said in a low voice: "Someone came from the general's mansion and took them away."

Xie Qinghe went back to the house in silence. After a while, he told Chen Li: "There is no reason to take my people away while I am not there. Please, Uncle Li, come and bring my people back. If General An has In your spare time, please come and talk to General An."

Chen Li was a little terrified, and he didn't dare to ask why, so he retreated as ordered.

Yang Xi, who was copying books outside the door, was relieved.

Suddenly I heard Xie Qinghe say from inside the door: "After Chunji leaves the palace, Hua Gu will not get close to you anymore."

Yang Xi hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of the door.

Now it's the first month of the month, Mr. Xiao Lang gave them annual leave, and temporarily stopped the homework of copying books, and it will return to normal in February.After Hua Ze and Hua Gu were taken away by An Ying's people, Yang Xi deliberately came here to copy the books, reminding Mr. Xiao Lang that two people were missing.

"Repay grievances with virtue, why report straight?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Yang Xi opened his mouth, really not knowing how to answer.

Yang Xi betrayed Xia Nu to Xie Qinghe, almost causing the Yang family and Hua family to fall into disaster, and he was a traitor.Does he know that the exchange of sons between Xia Nu and Chun Ji is not important, what is important is that Xie Qinghe asks and he answers, shaking off the secrets of the two sisters.

Hua Gu and Yang Xi are both descendants of concubines, and they are not very favored at home, so they hug each other to keep warm, and do not get close to Hua Ze, who is a descendant of concubine.

At first, Yang Xi was punished by Chun Ji for frostbiting his knee, and Hua Gu also helped Yang Xi to hold the injustice and take medicine for him to heal his injury.However, when Chun Ji was sent back to her husband's house and Hua Gu also knew why Yang Xi was punished by Chun Ji, he stopped paying attention to Yang Xi.

——No matter how bad your parents and brothers treat you, you can complain or ignore them, but you can't betray your family!

This is the bottom line of life in this era, the simplest moral concept.

Hua Gu agrees with this kind of morality, and Yang Xi also agrees with this kind of morality.If he had known that Xia Nu and Chun Ji had changed their children, if he had known that Xiao Lang was asking about the origin of the child that Chun Ji carried into another palace, he would never have answered Xiao Lang's question so unsuspectingly.

Therefore, for Yang Xi, he intends to intercede for the Hua family brothers, not to repay grievances with virtue.

He always believed that he deserved to be rejected by Hua Gu and cut off the seat.

He could explain this to everyone, but he couldn't explain it to Mr. Xiao Lang.You can't just tell Xiao Langjun in a daze that I betrayed my family and hugged your thigh. I fully understand why Huagu ignored me.It seems that hugging Xiao Langjun's thigh is an ugly thing.

Although it is indeed ugly.However, he couldn't admit it to Mr. Xiao Lang so confidently!

Yang Xi lay at the door without saying a word for a long time, and Xie Qinghe didn't continue to ask him, saying: "Go down."

Xiandao Guisheng.

Xie Qinghe was born in troubled times, so he often sighs and sympathizes.

He knows that manpower is sometimes exhausted, and he also knows that this barren and chaotic world has spawned a lot of cruelty.

He tried his best to save those who could be saved, but he was born in a military family and his eyes were full of killing, so he was really powerless in many cases.When she first entered Qingzhou, An Ying murdered Yu Yan's family for murder, beheading all of them, regardless of whether they were old or young.

Xie Qinghe asked himself that he was not a benevolent and cowardly person, and he never showed mercy when killing enemies or crimes.

However, it was really hard for him to destroy people all over the house and kill innocent women and children together.

At the beginning, Chunji and Xianu were asked to exchange their children, and Huabi was asked to work in Qingzhou Prefecture, and Huaze and Huagu were asked to accompany him in other palaces, all because he wanted to tell all the old families in Qingzhou not to worry about the Chen family. Start the killing ring.

Hua Pu slipped away from the battlefield and connected Dongzhou and Xianzhou in series. What kind of support can the Hua family provide him when they are trapped in Qingzhou?

Just because Hua Pu is the head of the Hua family, in order to punish Hua Pu, kill him all over the family?

What a child.

While waiting for An Ying to bring someone over, Xie Qinghe turned out the ink manuscript that Hua Ze had copied, and read it again.

Hua Ze is a very talented young man, he cannot be said to be unparalleled in the world, but he is definitely the best in the world.If he can grow up well, he will be famous in the history of literature and Fu, and he will have the ability to govern the world if he is placed in the government office.It's a pity that such a person went to be buried with his father.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, An Ying hurried over and brought back the two brothers Hua Ze and Hua Gu.

Hua Ze and Hua Gu had obviously just changed into clean clothes, and there was still a bruise on Hua Gu's chin. The two of them knelt in the corner of the room when they entered the door, bowing their heads and not daring to look up.An Ying stepped forward to salute Xie Qinghe, explaining: "I dare not offend Mr. Xiao Lang. I was really worried that Mr. Xiao Lang would spend a long time with him when he went out today. If the two of them cry and beg for mercy when arresting someone, it will make things difficult for Mr. Xiao Lang."

Xie Qinghe accepted his explanation and said, "Let's take a look at this."

An Ying didn't know, so she went up to the ground and sat down after Xie Qinghe signaled her to sit down. In front of her was Hua Ze's copy of the sage's language.

Bamboo slips and pen knives are used more in this era. Hua Ze has mastered the use of soft pens in a short period of time, and he can write neatly written characters. Solid effort: "Good calligraphy."

"Does General An know how big the world is?" Xie Qinghe suddenly changed the subject again.

An Ying thought for a while, and replied: "At the beginning of Qin Ting's founding of the country, there were as many as 36 states in the world. There are countless wildernesses in the world."

"Okay. The world is vast and the world is so big, how many people are there who can read and write, can write documents at the desk, and manage civil affairs?" Xie Qinghe asked.

An Ying couldn't help laughing, and said: "Mr. Xiaolang is the master of Qingzhou, the young master of the Chen family. If you want to pardon the two young children of the Hua family, just follow the instructions and the servant will do it. Why do you have to explain it carefully to the servant?"

"It's not just the two of them." Xie Qinghe closed the ink manuscript written by Hua Ze, "Hua Pu is dead, and everyone in the Hua family has surrendered. Since people are used by me, how can they be easily discarded because of Hua Pu, a sinner? Ruo Hua Among the members of the family, there are those who feel resentment and resentment and never forget their old enemies. It is all right to show up in the market, and the rest of the people who live in peace, let them live well."

Hua Ze and Hua Gu were young, and they both took the path of studying literature, so they didn't care much about killing An Ying or not.

Now that Xie Qinghe insists that everyone should be pardoned, An Ying feels that it is not easy to deal with: "Young Lord, it is not because of the servant's intentions to make things difficult. One is that Hua Pu has committed a serious crime. If he is not severely punished, how will he deter future generations? The other is Hua Pu's new funeral. , He left behind nine sons and twelve grandchildren in the city, how can we identify those who harbor resentment in their hearts and never forget their old enemies?"

Xie Qinghe also considered this issue, and said: "I heard that you hung Huapu's head on the top of the city to show the public."

Before An Ying answered, Hua Gu, who had been kneeling in the corner of the room, choked up a sob, and quickly stopped it, as if it was a hallucination.

"Go and put his head down, and prepare for the burial. The three generations of the Hua family have not been slaves, and the rest of the offspring will not be held accountable." Xie Qinghe did not insist on going his own way, completely ignoring his own people's opinions and psychology, and took a more compromise solution. , "The children of the Hua family are all educated, so don't send them to the slave camp, and put them in my name."

Xie Qinghe considered it comprehensively, and An Ying had no objection when she heard the words, and agreed directly: "Yes, I will arrange it now."

After An Ying left, Xie Qinghe said to Hua Ze and Hua Gu: "It takes a long time to see people's hearts. I will not let your children continue to be slaves."

In other words, as long as there is no chaos in the Hua family, Xie Qinghe promised to revoke their slave status in another ten or twenty years.

In fact, all three generations of the Hua family have been confiscated as Xie Qinghe's domestic slaves, and there is no chance of doing anything wrong at all.Wait another 20 years, and everyone in the world will change their surname to Chen. Even if the Hua family still bears the grudge against Hua Pu's death, how much trouble can they afford?

Xie Qinghe doesn't know and doesn't care whether Hua Ze and Hua Gu have hatred in their hearts, he just doesn't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Hua Ze kowtowed his head a few times and remained silent, while Hua Gu choked up and said, "Xie Xiaolang was buried for my father."

Xie Qinghe glanced at the bruise on his chin and asked, "Is anyone else injured at home?"

Hua Gu was taken aback.

Hua Ze raised his head and said after a while, "I shouldn't be impolite. My grandmother is old and weak. After hearing the news of my father's death, she passed out and fell to the ground. She seems to have hurt her head. If Mr. Xiaolang is kind, can I ask a sorceress?" Ask God to heal your grandmother?"

Xie Qinghe is used to the behavior of not wanting a doctor but a witch in this era, nodded and said: "I will let Uncle Li arrange it."

If you really hurt your head, the witch is useless.Xie Qinghe planned to find an opportunity to go there in person.

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The next day, Xie Qinghe personally went to Wangsumen's small courtyard to visit the members of the Hua family.

It is impossible to say that everyone in the family is honest and free from resentment, even if An Ying has taken Hua Pu's head off the city wall and temporarily placed it on the mourning hall, clearly killing the father and the master How heartless would it be to put hatred in the middle and have no resentment at all?

Xie Qinghe looked over the whole house to make sure that there is no one who is foolish or stupid - desperate to get revenge, then that's fine.

When An Ying sent troops to arrest people, there was obviously a conflict. Many members of the Hua family were injured, but fortunately, they were not serious.

The only one who suffered an exaggerated injury was Hua Pi who worked in Qingzhou Prefecture. His arm was broken. That is to say, he relied on the Hua family to raise troops to become a military general. According to experience, when Xie Qinghe entered the door, Hua Pi's arm was hanging around his neck.

Xie Qinghe saw that the beating was terrible, and after careful questioning, he realized that the injury was not caused by An Ying's people.

——When An Ying arrested her, the Hua family was in chaos and resisted the arrest. In order to appease the clan and reduce casualties, Hua Pi was beaten by his uncles.

Xie Qinghe asked his splint to be removed, pinched the bone, and after confirming that it was not crooked, tied him up again.Xie Qinghe's tying method is completely different from Hua's half-watering method, and Hua Pi immediately felt much more comfortable with his arms hanging, and his neck was not so tired.

Xie Qinghe went to visit his bedridden grandmother Bian again.At this time, the medicinal materials are hard to find, so Xie Qinghe didn't prescribe the prescription, and taught Mrs. Jian, who was serving in front of the bed, to massage according to the acupoints: "I can get up in three to five days."

Mrs. Jian is naturally very grateful.

When parting, the Hua family specially arranged for Xia Nv to come out with the child in her arms: "Hua Jia pays homage to Mr. Xiao Lang."

Xie Qinghe really gave the little baby a face, walked up to Xia Nv to tease him, and said: "Take care of it well, and you can come to study with me in a few years, and you will have a future." He comforted Xia Nv, "You don't have to. Too worried, write to Hua Ze and ask him to make arrangements."

A few days later, Hua Pu was buried.

Mr. Xiao Lang treats the Hua family lightly, saying that he is not a slave. Those who are well-informed know that Hua Ze and Hua Gu are "deeply loved" by Mr. Xiao Lang.The Hua family lived well and did not end badly, and the rest of the old Qingzhou clan who were worried were also relieved.

Xie Qinghe thought that Enzhou's threat had also been lifted, and it was time to figure out the next step, and Xiangzhou's letter happened to arrive.

There are three letters in total.

Zhan Xuanji wrote one, Madam Jiang wrote one, and Junior Brother wrote one.

Xie Qinghe opened Fu Chuan's letter first, and said in the letter that he found some puzzled patterns in the library at home and asked his elder brother for advice.

Attached to the letter is a thick stack of "unintelligible patterns".

Xie Qinghe couldn't help laughing when he read the letter from his junior brother, and even couldn't help laughing after unpacking the stack of "patterns".The so-called "unintelligible pattern" is the Hanshan ciphertext.Apparently, Fu Chuan was so "encrypted" because he was afraid that the letters would be opened and read and reveal each other's secrets.

It's just that Fu Chuan forgot, Xie Qinghe didn't cultivate in this life, and reading the cipher text was very energy-consuming.

"This is going to kill senior brother." Xie Qinghe blamed it, but he still dug out the cipher text and read it.

After only watching half a paragraph, Xie Qinghe's energy was completely exhausted, he became dizzy and sweated profusely.He recuperated under the blanket, still couldn't help being funny, most of the stupid junior brother's first cipher text was written with respectful hello and hello... After reading it, he was useless.

After a long time, Xie Qinghe had the strength to get up and read the letter from Zhan Xuanji and Mrs. Jiang.

Zhan Xuanji said that he had received the owner's handwritten letter, and that Mrs. Jiang's safety should not be worried, and he briefly talked about Xiangzhou's affairs.

Mrs. Jiang urged him to return to Xiangzhou as soon as possible, thinking that it was not safe for the soldiers outside to fight fiercely.Although the letter didn't say it clearly, Xie Qinghe was able to understand what Mrs. Jiang implied - it's not safe to fight, Chen Qi is even more unsafe, run as far as you can, come home quickly!

Xie Qinghe has already decided to settle in Qingzhou, so he wrote a reply letter to Mrs. Jiang.

At this time, he found helplessly that he couldn't write a reply to his junior brother.It's not that he has to write the cipher text, the main thing is that he hasn't even read the letter from the junior brother, so how should he write this letter?Lift the pen and put it down again.

Everyone in Ziyang Palace found that Mr. Xiao Lang didn't like to go out very much recently, he was hiding in the room every day, and his appetite became very large.

Chen Li was a little worried, but after he found out that Mr. Xiao Lang ate half a sheep, all his worries were wiped away - what kind of illness could he have with such a good appetite?It's nothing more than laziness.

Xie Qinghe leaned on the bed