rebirth [rebirth]

Fengcheng is located in the northeast of Yong'an and is the county capital of Fengning County.Fengcheng faces the sea in the east and the Wulan River rushes in the west. It is a very rich capital.

Because of the prosperity of business, there is an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages between Yong'an and Fengcheng every day.

Da Chu has lasted for 260 years, and land and sea transportation are very convenient. As long as you pay a carriage fee of [-] copper coins at the post station at Yong'an North Gate, you can take a covered carriage to Fengcheng and Shunding.Fengcheng is closer to Yong'an, and can be reached in only five or six hours.

Gu Zhenli's parents died young, and he has no brothers and sisters, and his relationship with relatives on both sides is very indifferent.Since the Gu family settled in Yong'an, they seldom come back except for offering sacrifices to their ancestors every Qingming Festival.

After leaving the city, they first pulled the big coffin with their short-footed horses, and the others got into the carriage behind them one after another.

The ten people escorted by the Li family army all came from the same village. The chief was Ding Kai, and he was a young man who hadn't reached it yet.

Seeing that the Gu family was so casual about the big coffin, he couldn't help being a little surprised, and he didn't have so many twists and turns in his stomach, so he went directly to ask Gu Guangbo: "Mr. Gu, are you...?"

Gu Guangbo saw that he was frowning slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied with his neglect of his father, so he couldn't help but calm down, and said softly: "My father left a last word before he died, saying that once he died, he would be turned into ashes after the first seven days and brought back to Feng You can bury him in your hometown in the city."

After he finished speaking, he pointed to the second carriage: "That is my eldest son, who has just had his hair done. He is holding a jar for grandfather."

Da Chu has a vast territory and prosperous business, and there are many businessmen and officials who live in foreign lands, so the requirements for posthumous affairs are not so strict.Although Gu Gu is a well-known university student, he is very open-minded and doesn't pay much attention to these things.

The suicide note he left for Gu Guangbo only said: When a person dies, he is nothing more than a handful of ashes. He only wishes to sleep with his wife forever, and nothing else.

Gu Guli himself demanded this, and Gu Guangbo, as a son, naturally could only listen to his father.

When Gu Guangbo said this, Ding Kai's face looked better.

"Mr. Gu, to be honest, I'm a big bastard. We used to rely on mountains to eat mountains. In the village, let alone a teacher, even Lizheng couldn't read a few words. This time I heard that the escort was a great Confucian. It’s inevitable that I’m a bit concerned, my attitude was bad just now, please don’t take offense, sir.”

Seeing his sincere words and easy-going attitude, Gu Guangbo couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Where is there, if my father knows that the people will take care of him after he leaves, he must be very touched." Gu Guangbo retreated after saying that, but Rong Jingxuan came out with a cup of hot tea and handed it to Ding Kai.

Now he has tied up his hair and put on a thick cotton coat, and his appearance is very good. Ding Kai knew that he must be a scholar, so he couldn't help but smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

It was the first time for Rong Jingxuan to be called Mr. Xiao, but after thinking about it, he was not weak yet, so he should be called Mr. Xiao.

"General Ding has won the prize. The earliest we can go to Fengcheng will be tomorrow after sunset. Please trouble the soldiers." Rong Jingxuan was very polite and chatted with him casually.

Ding Kai himself likes to talk to scholars. Seeing his friendly attitude, he reined in the reins in his hand and slowed down the horse: "Mr. Xiao is too polite, please don't call me a general. Old Ding, I am nothing but a general." Chief, he is in charge of two or five people, so he can make a living at any rate."

He was telling the truth, Shichang seemed to be in charge of ten people, and he was an officer no matter how big or small, but he had no official rank, he was just a small but insignificant manager.

Rong Jingxuan didn't call him Lao Ding directly, but called him politely: "Little brother is not weak yet, he is younger than you, how about calling you Brother Ding?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Mingze came out with a bag in his hands, handed it directly to Ding Kai, and said with a smile, "You are right to call me Ding Ge. Ding Ge, my family came out this time in a bit of a hurry. I didn't prepare anything." Dry food, these wheat cakes, you should fill the soldiers with hunger first, and wait for a while to meet the inn, and we will treat you to a good meal."

Both Xie Mingze and Rong Jingxuan are young people with excellent looks, but Xie Mingze is like a gentle and gentle son of a big family, while Rong Jingxuan is more handsome.Speaking of which, Xie Mingze looked gentle, while Rong Jingxuan looked sassy.

Seeing that it was another little gentleman, Ding Kai hurriedly waved his hands and said, "How can you bother the gentlemen to prepare food for us? We have brought all of them, so we won't be hungry."

Xie Mingze didn't listen to what he said, but seriously put the bundle in front of him, squinting his eyes and smiling.

Ding Kai would never reject such a young scholar. Seeing this, he scratched his head anxiously. The little soldier beside him was a little hungry, so he moved closer to him and said, "Boss, what are you afraid of? This is for the gentlemen." kindness."

"Stinky boy," Ding Kai slapped him hard on the head, and then accepted the burden with some embarrassment, "Then thank you gentlemen."

When Rong Jingxuan saw that he had picked it up, he wiped the sweat from his palms slightly: "Brother Ding, don't call me Mr. Mr. My surname is Feng, and Brother Ding can just call me Feng An. This surname is Hua. Ranked second, you can call him Hua Er."

As soon as Xie Mingze heard it, he knew how Rong Jingxuan's pseudonym came about.

Empress Wen Jia's surname is Feng, and the word "An" was just picked up casually when she heard it. His mother's surname is Hua, and he is the second in Xie's generation, so he is called Hua Er.

It is also very suitable.

Sure enough, Ding Kai was sure, without thinking about it, he said loudly: "Xiao Feng, Xiao Hua, that old Ding will take care of you, just listen to you Ding Ge."

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze looked at each other, and immediately understood each other's thoughts.

These ten people, none of them planned to return to Yong'an.

Follow them all the way to Fengcheng, if you can serve them the best, if not... then you have to make them speechless.

Rong Jingxuan turned his head and said politely: "Brother Ding, none of you have been out of Yong'an, your accent is not from Yong'an, you are from Chongning, right?"

Ding Kai didn't have much in mind, and felt that he should show off the great achievements he and his brothers had made all the way north, so he told the story from the beginning in great detail.

With the cooperation of Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze, by the time they arrived at Linjiacun, where they were at the peak at noon, they had roughly figured out the route of Li Jiajun's advance along the way.

When eating at noon, Rong Jingxuan specially ordered a table of big fish and meat for Ding Kai. These soldiers could voluntarily follow them out of their homeland to fight, just to have a hot meal.Looking at the city gate in Yong'an, I only get four meals of noodles a day, but meat can only be eaten once a month, and the birds have long since faded out of my mouth.

Seeing that the Gu family was so generous and treated them so politely, the young people's eyes were already red, and they said that the Gu family had a good heart.

At the main table, Gu Guangbo and his wife are serving the children to eat first.

Four children followed along the way, two of them were their biological sons, and one was His Highness the Sixth Highness Rong Jingheng, and the other one was naturally the little Fuzi who followed Rong Jingheng all the way.

Rong Jingheng was not in good health, Rong Jingxuan didn't dare to relax towards him at all, let Xiao Fuzi stare at him the whole time, he must be safe.

Zhong Qi followed behind the two masters, helping them.

The focus of Gu Guangbo's care was naturally Rong Jingheng, who had a pale face.

The eldest son of their two children has already tied his hair, and the little girl is also ten years old. She has a cute Yuxue, and looks much stronger than Rong Jingheng. He ate a big bowl of rice in a short time.

Rong Jingxuan saw that his younger brother was really mentally weak, so he comforted Gu Guangbo: "Brother Gu, Mrs. Sister-in-law, you two should eat first. Xiao Lu has been like this since he was a child, and it will be fine when he recovers."

Rong Jingheng was ranked sixth, and they called him Xiao Lu along the way.

Mrs. Gu has become the mother of two children herself, especially Rong Jingheng is the same size as Er Yatou, seeing him so weak at such a young age, naturally she feels very distressed.After hearing Rong Jingxuan's words, she didn't put down the rice porridge bowl she was holding in her hand, but said, "You are all men, if you can take care of the children, let me do it."

Apart from Gu Guangbo and his wife, no one else in the Gu family knew the identities of Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze, and even their eldest son only knew a rough idea, nothing more.

Therefore, seeing Mrs. Gu being so sincere, Rong Jingxuan couldn't help feeling a little warm, he sighed and said, "Madam, thank you very much."

Mrs. Gu married into the Gu family for more than [-] years, and she watched Rong Jingxuan and the others grow up. After hearing this, she just sighed: "Although the family used to be well-clothed and well-fed, there was no mother to take care of you. Xiao Lu is like this. It has to be carefully raised since childhood, and the light circle should not be in the house at ordinary times, and it is good to move around more."

As she spoke, thinking of Empress Wen Jia who died young, her expression suddenly darkened.

On the other hand, Rong Jingheng patted her hand with all his might after hearing this: "I'm much better after eating porridge with Sister Laoyuan taking care of me."

Although Gu Guangbo and his wife are old enough to be their parents, they are actually of the same generation, and Rong Jingheng's call "Sister Yuan" is appropriate.

Mrs. Gu smiled again after hearing this call: "Xiao Lu is such a good boy, how about we ride a carriage with Sister Yuan later?"

Rong Jingheng couldn't make up his mind, turned his head to look at his brother, and then nodded: "Okay!"

After driving for a long time, everyone was hungry, and after they were full, Rong Jingxuan told Zhong Qi to go and get some food as soon as possible.

A group of people started on the road again, this time Rong Jingheng went to the front carriage and sat with Mrs. Gu and Second Miss.

Gu Guangbo and his son went to keep watch, and only Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze were left in the third carriage.

Taking advantage of no one else, Rong Jingxuan asked him, "What do you think of these people?"

Xie Mingze lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and saw that although these people were sent to escort the funeral procession, they were meticulous and respectful to them, they were indeed not the kind of useless soldiers.

Moreover, a few of them did not belong to the Li family's army, they were able to fight all the way to Yong'an and none of them died, which shows that they are very skilled.

"I think it's good, it's just..." Xie Mingze hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Did they follow there to Yong'an, why wouldn't they just follow us for two days and then surrender?"

Rong Jingxuan was quite indifferent, he leaned back in the carriage, his posture was very casual: "What about two days? You know we can't let them go, and you and I think these people are good, it's a pity to kill them, so I just bring them back."

After all, he has already experienced the bloody battlefield. In that old dream, he also fought bloody battles with the soldiers, hacking and killing the enemy.

But these words were filled with cruelty and blood in the ears of Xie Mingze, who had never experienced war.

"Jing Xuan..."

Rong Jingxuan came back to his senses and saw that his expression was very complicated, so he couldn't help but smiled and patted his hand: "I mean, don't worry, now I see through it, the common people are actually very easy to understand, let them Just eat and drink enough. When we get to Fengcheng, we give them a better life than there, will they leave?"

Will they still go?

Xie Mingze was thinking about this question until they came to the gate of Fengcheng.