My years as a soldier

Li Zhaoshuo's face was pale until he was dragged into the county government office.

It's not that he never thought of being caught, but he never thought that Shiai Gang still has such a side.

After that boorish man arrived in Liaodong, he drank almost every day, came back in the middle of the night, and slept until noon tomorrow, which is quite common.Not to mention his usual way of complaining and wasting time, even tonight, Cai Gang came back after drinking, but this man actually followed him all the way to the Yuelai Inn, and was still asking Hu Jiuzhang about him At that time, I was stunned and resisted not to say a word!

Li Zhaoshuo felt terrible just thinking about it.

This is too different from the Shibaoka he knows on a daily basis, and his changes often mean the changes of Dong Junsheng, and behind him... the changes of An Lushan!

The situation outside has changed again.

Thinking of this, Li Zhaoshuo couldn't help shivering.He turned his head to look at Cai Gang's forbidding face, and knew that his life in the future would only be more difficult.

Li Zhaoshuo's guess is not wrong, but it is not completely accurate.

As soon as Shiai Gang pulled him into the room, he hit him hard on the back with the scabbard.Li Zhaoshuo was in pain for a moment, and fell to the ground with a scream, remembering that the pain was so painful that he couldn't get up.

Before he could react, Shiai Gang kicked him hard on the side, kicking him directly against the wall.

Li Zhaoshuo was so painful that he couldn't speak. He felt that these few strokes were hard enough, but Cai Gang still seemed uneasy. He stepped forward and pulled up Li Zhaoshuo's collar, and gave him a "tsk" in the face. , Spitting Xingzi sprayed him all over the face.

"Mr. Li—my Mr. Li! You are so excited—say! Who is that kid? How did he contact you!"

"..."

Li Zhaoshuo said nothing, but Cai Gang grabbed his collar and shook it, and raised his hand to slap him.

"You kid's wings are hard, and you dare to do this with me! Let me ask you, who is the person who tipped you off in this county government? If you can confess him, I will spare you this time, otherwise... ..."

As Shiai Gang said, he showed a sly smile.Li Zhaoshuo's face was pale, and the fear had already appeared.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but after only a moment, the corners of his mouth were raised upwards, and his eyes were full of Ling Ran.

"How can anyone give me a tip... If you have the guts, just kill me here. I want to see what else you can do."

"you--"

Cai Gang was so angry that his face turned red, his nostrils came out several times, his fists clenched and then loosened, and finally he heard him yell angrily, and with one hand he ripped off Li Zhaosuo's collar and pulled Li Zhaosuo's back Hit the ground hard——

"Damn it! You kid, you can do it!"

After all, he still didn't dare to kill Li Zhaoshuo, he yelled a few times, and then angrily slammed the door and left.

After a while, the sound of locking the door came from outside. Li Zhaoshuo lay on the ground for a while, and then struggled to straighten up.He froze for a few seconds, then seemed to realize something, and hurried towards the door.

"Who, who is outside?"

"Hey... Mr. Li."

The voice outside the door was hoarse and low, and it even sounded a little distorted. Obviously, the throat was injured, and ordinary people would never be able to make such a voice.

When I first heard this voice, my hairs stood on end.But Li Zhaoshuo was extremely excited. He was holding the wooden pole that protruded no more than half an inch from the wooden door, and his fingers were almost embedded in the door.

"Old Wen, you're back? What did you find out?"

"Hey... Mr. Li, don't worry about these things for now, are you okay? I saw that Cai Gang was very angry. They said that he brought you back with a knife in the middle of the night. What happened?"

Although the timbre of that voice was weird, one could also hear the concern in the tone.

Hearing this, Li Zhaoshuo shook his head.

"Don't worry about this, Old Wen, you went to the customs, and found out what? Caigang is not normal these days, it must be that the situation in the Central Plains has changed!"

"Hey... Mr. Li..."

When Lao Wen outside the door heard this, he sighed even more heavily.Li Zhaoshuo put his ear to the edge of the door, he was afraid that he might miss any information brought by the other party.

"An Lushan is dead."

Hearing that hoarse and deep voice drifted in from the crack of the door, Li Zhaoshuo didn't react for a moment, but then his body shook suddenly.

"What! Is what you said true? He... he died? When did it happen? The court... no, has the Holy One returned to Chang'an?"

Li Zhaoshuo's head was covered with sweat, he was so shocked and excited that even his voice trembled.

"Whether the Holy Spirit has returned to Chang'an... I don't know, but Mr. Li, An Lushan died of illness in May this year, and his son An Qingxu is now the leader of the rebel army. , have been recovered. But now An Qingxu retreats to Yecheng, and is still recruiting troops in the Hebei area, and..."

"Great...great!"

Li Zhaoshuo was so excited that he couldn't even cry until the other party finished speaking.

For a moment, he even felt that the wounds he had just been beaten didn't hurt anymore. His tears were hot and his hands were hot.

"Old news, you go to Jian'an again! Master Lu must have a new imperial edict issued by the imperial court!"

Li Zhaoshuo was very excited, but there were only sighs coming from outside the door.

"Mr. Li, ah...Mr. Li, you should think for yourself."

"Why...Old Wen, what did you hear?"

Li Zhaoshuo's mood calmed down a little, but he heard a heavy sigh outside the door.

"Mr. Li, Dong Junsheng was originally a follower of An Lushan. If An Lushan is dead, their connection with Fan Yang will be considered dead. I saw Dong Junsheng hanging out with those Goguryeo people in the restaurant yesterday. It's all about business—about your business!"

What he said made Li Zhaoshuo startled suddenly.

"I?"

"Mr. Li, I think Dong Junsheng intends to hand over both of you, father and son, to the hands of the Goguryeo people! You should plan for yourself as soon as possible. Don't you think you will end up in Liaodong for the rest of your life?"

With that questioning, the flame that had just surged up in Li Zhaoshuo's heart seemed to be extinguished in an instant.

He froze for a long time before making a sound.

"I see... Lao Wen, thanks for your hard work."

"Master Li, time is running out, you have to be careful..."

The person outside the door sighed earnestly, and then left quietly.

Li Zhaoshuo took a few steps back in panic, and plopped down on the low kang behind him.

"Goguryeo... Goguryeo..."

He repeated that word several times in his mouth, and his face gradually changed from fiery after being excited to pale.

In the early morning, Hu Jiuzhang and Yan's servants returned to the Yan's mansion together.

When he entered the door, the servant laughed and joked with him, "Hey, it's good that you come back safely. It's rare for Master Zhaozhong to bring friends back, let alone a distinguished guest like Mr. Li. The master is very concerned about this matter." .”

The servant's face was full of smiles, and the dim light of the lantern hit the corner of his upturned mouth from bottom to top.Hu Jiuzhang glanced at him, raised his brows with a cold face, but unconsciously felt a chill rise up his back.

This thing... is not normal.

When Hu Jiuzhang returned to the house, he didn't wake Li Muyun up. He sat next to Li Muyun's bed and squinted for a while. The next morning, he went to get medicine from Yan's pharmacy as if nothing had happened.

"Jiu Zhang, how is Mr. Li these days? If there is anything missing, you can tell me anytime."

This early in the morning, he met Yan Zhaozhong in the courtyard.There was nothing unusual about Yan Zhaozhong. Even though Hu Jiuzhang felt suspicious, he was more on guard against Yan's family. He didn't want to say anything to Yan Zhaozhong, but nodded subconsciously.

"It's already improved a lot, thanks to those medicines. But...Brother Yan."

Hu Jiuzhang stared closely at Yan Zhaozhong's eyes, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was subconsciously solemn.

"What's the matter, Jiu Zhang?"

"The Yan family..."

"What happened to the Yan family?"

"...Uh, I want to ask... the Yan family is in Liaodong City, is it also a wealthy family with a lot of influence?"

"Oh, that's what I wanted to say." Yan Zhaozhong smiled brightly, and pulled Hu Jiuzhang all the way to the door of Li Muyun's room.

"My family used to be just an ordinary drug dealer. It was in my father's generation that the family wealth was accumulated to the present level. But this is also the result of my uncle's management for decades. In my impression, since I can remember, The family has never worried about money. If you say you are a rich family, then you should count it, but a businessman is just a businessman after all, power... It’s just that you know more people, it’s nothing.”

Yan Zhaozhong said casually.Hu Jiuzhang couldn't see anything unusual about his appearance when he spoke, just like when they had tea and chatted in the past, Yan Zhaozhong was still the original Yan Zhaozhong, but Hu Jiuzhang always felt that there was something strange about it.He couldn't tell what Yan Zhaozhong was hiding, but the sense of abnormality in the Yan family always made his hairs stand on end, making him uncomfortable inside and out.

Hu Jiuzhang curled his lips, as if he didn't agree with Yan Zhaozhong's answer.

Lao Yan didn't mind, and smiled to help Hu Jiuzhang push the door open.

"Even though my family has some money, how can it be compared with Shi Ziye. Jiuzhang, if you need anything, just tell me. My uncle respects Shi Ziye very much, and he will definitely answer any request."

After Yan Zhaozhong finished speaking, he turned and left.Hu Jiuzhang looked at his back, and wanted to ask a lot of questions, but when it came to his lips, he didn't know how to speak.

After all, Li Muyun's life... and Hu Yan's life were all saved by him.

Half a month passed after that day, and the entire Yan family was safe and sound. Hu Jiuzhang searched for it several times, but he never heard any news about the second son of the Li family.And even the servant who came back with him that night seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he couldn't be found no matter what.

Even though Hu Jiuzhang was full of doubts, Li Muyun was still in Yan's family after all, and if Hu Yan was counted, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the wealth and lives of the three of them were tied to Yan's family.

Seeing Li Muyun's health improving day by day, Hu Jiuzhang even wanted to persuade himself to erase all doubts about the Yan family in his heart, and only think about Li Zhaoshuo's whereabouts, and then look for an opportunity to go to Jian'an to find Mr. Lu.After all, as long as Li Muyun is well, he doesn't care that much.

This early in the morning, Hu Jiuzhang came back from the kitchen with medicine, and when he opened the door, Li Muyun sat up from the couch with his body supported.

"Old Hu, where do you think my father will be? Cui Qianyou doesn't seem like someone who would lie about this kind of thing, but Liaodong City is so big, and you have gone out and walked through it several times, but there is no clue... "

"Hey, that's just right for you, don't think so much."

Hu Jiuzhang comforted him with a smile, and limped to the edge of the collapse with the medicine in his hand.

Now he has adapted to walking with the prosthesis, and can maintain his balance with only one hand on crutches.

Li Muyun looked up at him, frowning slightly, with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

"Can you stop thinking about it?"

"I have nothing to think about."

"I didn't think about anything...then why are you so thin?"

Li Muyun stretched out his hand to hold Hu Jiuzhang's callused hand. The hand was hard and strong, but it was too thin. There was only a layer of callused skin wrapped around the bones and tendons. It's like being able to touch the blood flow under the skin.

"It's okay, it's better to be thinner." Hu Jiuzhang held Li Muyun's hand firmly, "It's easier to walk around if you are thinner. You don't know this wooden leg, it's quite skillful to control it."

"Eh...you."

Li Muyun sighed lightly, didn't say any more, but took the medicine bowl and drank it silently.

He also knew what Lao Hu valued most.

It's just that Li Muyun hadn't finished drinking the bowl of medicine when a series of footsteps sounded outside the door.Hu Jiuzhang stood up from the side of the couch, his ears moved slightly following the sound of footsteps from far to near.

"Why are there so many people here? Wait, I'll go and have a look."

As Hu Jiuzhang said, he had already walked to the door of the room with his walking stick.

Through the cracks in the door, he could see seven or eight people walking towards the door of Li Muyun's room from a distance.The leader was an old man with long beard who was dressed in fancy clothes. Hu Jiuzhang had no impression of that face, and it was not until he saw the face of the person behind the old man clearly that his heart trembled suddenly and he became vigilant for a moment.

Behind the old man was the servant of the Yan family who prevented him from fighting the Youzhou soldiers at the Yuelai Inn that night!

The author says:

Happy New Year's Day everyone!