Wishful Things

This rebellious son has been half-dead all day without mentioning it. A few days ago, he occasionally got out of the turtle shell, went out, asked him what he was doing, and he said calmly that he went out to choose a cemetery!

He could bear not fulfilling the other party's wish to live in the Fengshui treasured land as soon as possible on the spot, this father can't be more merciful!

My son won't go there in the future, but you are going to go to the battlefield. If you say such a thing, don't you want to punish your son... Xu Yun felt a panic in his heart.

He was choosing a cemetery for himself, and he wanted to choose a cemetery that suits him, so what's wrong? After all, you will live there for many years. And even if the bad luck really happened, it was for himself - anyway, he always tries to get bad luck in everything.

But when it comes to father, he is about to become the chief culprit of bringing bad luck to the family?

Lord Zhen snorted coldly, and began to chase people away: Okay, let's all go back, Zhao Zhao stays.

Everyone answered Yes and got up one after another.

Xu Mingshi hesitated for a moment, but finally followed suit.

Grandfather left Xu Mingyi alone to talk, presumably there was something important, if he should know, Xu Mingyi would not have kept it from him afterwards - she had promised him that day.

Bring Qin Wuyunliu to see me. Lord Zhen Guo told Uncle Yun.

While getting up from the chair, he said to his granddaughter, Come with grandfather—

Xu Ming agreed, and followed the old man into the empty compartment.

Qin Wu and Yun Liu arrived soon.

The two had obviously heard the news of the decree, and their demeanors at this time were somewhat solemn and excited before going to the battlefield.

This time to attack the Li clan, Qin Wu will follow me.

Lord Zhen Guo looked at the two capable confidants, and confessed: Yun Liu stays in Beijing and is sent by the girl.

Yun Liu's expression changed: General—

Every time the general fights, he will take him with him. Why do you want him to stay this time?

It's not that he doesn't want to, and it is said that he should obey the general's instructions unconditionally, but Qin Wu's elm bump has never been able to act with the general's winks. What if he drags the general back?

If there must be one left behind—

It's better to let Qin Wu stay, and his subordinates accompany the general on the expedition!

Qin Wu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he felt that the knife was inserted a bit suddenly.

Lord Zhen Guo looked at Yun Liu and said, The old man's arrangement is naturally not for nothing. You are more flexible than Qin Wu, and this time in Beijing may not be as safe as on the battlefield.

Besides, Yun Liu is much more useful than Qin Wu——

Yun Liu was silent for a while.

What the general said did seem to make sense.

But for some reason, he always felt that the real reason the general chose him was that he could disguise himself as a girl.

Although I don't want to admit that this is also an advantage, but if a girl needs it, no one is more suitable than him.

Yes, this subordinate obeys. Yun Liu complied resignedly.

Lord Zhen looked at his granddaughter who was sitting there without speaking.

In fact, just now in the outer hall, Xu Mingyi hardly spoke a word.

She was caught in an extremely uncontrollable emotion that she knew she shouldn't be.

At this time, seeing her grandfather looking towards her, the girl blurted out the words that were on her heart: Grandfather, I want to accompany you to attack the Lizu, please take me with you—

From the moment she learned that her grandfather was going to go to war in three days, to the delivery of the imperial edict, and to listening to her grandfather's account of the family affairs, her emotions were always tense.

The experience of being separated from the same family in the previous life came to mind, which made her feel uncontrollable fear. When the second uncle said that sentence, she even thought that she had accidentally said what was in her heart.

But at this time she still said it.

Just like when I was a child, I knew that I couldn't stop my grandfather from going to war, so I begged him to bring me.

In this way, she lived more and more and went back.

Seeing the girl suppressing her emotions, Lord Zhen's heart softened, he sighed softly, and said kindly, Zhao Zhao, you have to stay and take care of Duke Zhen's mansion for grandfather—this is a more important matter, and grandfather won't worry about leaving it in the hands of others.

Hearing such a tone, the eyes of the girl who was suddenly pulled back to the reality and the big picture suddenly became hot.

The fingers that had been tightly clenched all the time also slowly loosened.

Of course she knew she should stay.

She also knew that she shouldn't have said such childish things at all, and that her being so irrational would probably only make her grandfather more worried about family matters.

Thinking of this, the girl tried her best to hold back her tears, and tried her best to sound firm and credible: Grandpa, don't worry, I will take care of everything at home.

Not will, but will be able to—

Lord Zhen nodded in relief, looking at the girl sitting there with a straight figure, red eyes, but a firm and solemn expression on her face, he felt that his eyes suddenly became a little sour.

The granddaughter also has something to tell her grandfather.

Hearing this, Lord Zhen waved his hands to the two subordinates.

Qin Wu and Yun Liu saluted and retreated.

Grandfather is away, so he has to take good care of himself, and he needs to be careful everywhere. Especially this time when he is fighting against the Li Clan, he needs to be more careful—

Duke Zhen looked at his granddaughter with some doubts.

What grandfather needs to be careful of is not to let people have the opportunity to slander grandfather with the crime of collaborating with the enemy. Xu Mingyi said firmly.

In the previous life, the Xu family was charged with such a crime.

Although the situation at that time was completely different from what it is now, who can say whether Emperor Gou would think the same way again—especially with Zhan Yunzhu by his side now.

In the previous life, the so-called evidence of collaborating with the enemy was secretly placed in their residence through the hands of Zhan Yunzhu.

Lord Zhen was a little surprised by his granddaughter's sensitivity and meticulousness, but he still nodded and said, We should take precautions.

After all, he was self-recommended to lead the troops this time, maybe the emperor would really use this to make something happen.

Xu Mingyi gave many instructions in detail, big and small, some were not, but everything she could think of was explained.

In her two lifetimes, she had never said so many things at once.

Duke Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard the last word.

It is said that Zhaozhao is afraid of nagging, but now it's her who is nagging, it's the same.

Good boy, don't worry too much. Zhen Guogong reassured.

But Xu Mingyi couldn't stop worrying.

How could she not be worried?

She even once wanted to tell her grandfather that she should try her best to stay in the barracks and not go to the front where the two armies clashed, but the words got to her mouth and touched her grandfather's eyes, but she couldn't get out.

Grandfather is the general of the Xu family army, General Xu respected by the soldiers, and General Xu has his own beliefs and responsibilities on his shoulders.

Every soldier is flesh and blood, and every soldier also has a family. If everyone only cares about life and fears death, then who will lead the charge—this is what her grandfather said to her, and she always remembers it in her heart.

Grandfather told you not to worry. It's not without reason. Duke Zhen said: You should be on guard, and grandfather will be on guard. But as far as this battle is concerned, it's not that dangerous—maybe those Li people heard the old man leading the troops, and they were scared out of their wits and demanded peace without fighting!

Hearing the old man's tone of pretended complacency, Xu Mingyi couldn't help but smile and said, Yes, maybe it's true.

Seeing that the granddaughter finally smiled, the smile in the old man's eyes became more genuine, and he said: Grandfather asked you to stay alone, but actually there are two things I want to give to you.

Xu Mingyi looked at the old man.

Come— Lord Zhen beckoned to his granddaughter.

Xu Mingyi got up and walked over.

Duke Zhen took something out of his arms and handed it to his granddaughter.

Xu Mingyi took it and took a closer look, and couldn't help being slightly surprised: Grandfather, this is...

The bronze tiger talisman was engraved with lines of characters, and around the neck of this majestic blue tiger was a red rope tied with a safety knot.

This safety knot is crooked, and the craftsmanship is not bad.

And this clumsy safety knot seems to be tied to the Xu family army's military talisman since she was in her teens.

At this time, the red rope was worn until it was about to turn a dark brown, just like the traces of time left on the tiger talisman that had witnessed countless battles.

I don't know in the previous life, when this soldier talisman was handed over to the emperor by my grandfather, did my grandfather untie the red string?

She thought that her grandfather must have untied it.

This is the soldier talisman of our Xu family army, you take it. Grandpa led 50,000 troops this time, and there are 70,000 left in the battalions outside Beijing—there is only one complete soldier talisman of our Xu family army in the world. If something unexpected happens, you can ask Yun Liu to mobilize troops and horses for you at any time.

Although even if the emperor wants to do something, it must be directed at him, but the dog will jump over the wall when he is in a hurry, so let's be just in case.

Xu Mingyi was a little stunned for a moment and said: Grandpa, don't you lose your military amulet...

The old man smiled: Silly boy, what kind of military talisman does grandfather need?

Xu Mingyi also reacted.

That's right, where does grandfather need any soldier talismans?

Grandfather is a soldier talisman.

A better soldier talisman than this cold bronze tiger talisman.

Therefore, this is why even though grandfather handed over the military power, he was still deeply feared by the emperor.

I have given some matters to your father. If something really happens, you and your father will discuss it and make a decision. Duke Zhen said with a smile, Your father has nothing to do with it, but when it comes to saving your life, it's okay—you son of a bitch!

Xu Mingyi also laughed, not forgetting to justify his father's name: Father is called Dazhi Ruoyu.

Duke Zhen took a sip of his tea and said with a smile, Your mother also said that when she was alive.

Xu Mingyi gave a soft ah in surprise.

According to this, her mother likes her father's eyes, which is still very deep. It's not like everyone said, she was just deceived by her father's face.

Therefore, in terms of the perspective of choosing a husband and son-in-law, she is still very similar to her mother.

By the way, didn't grandfather just say that there are two things to give to me? I don't know what the other is?

Almost forgot.

Duke Zhen put down the teacup.

Xu Mingyi couldn't help but feel that these things that can be easily forgotten are probably not very important.

I didn't bring it with me either. Duke Zhen said, and called Uncle Yun to come in, and ordered: Have someone go to my study and fetch the small brocade box from the third shelf from the right at the bottom of the bookshelf.

Placed so casually, the more Xu Mingyi listened to it, the more he felt that it was irrelevant.

The thing was quickly taken over, it was a brocade box the size of a palm.

Xu Mingyi opened it to look, and saw inside it was a silk-wrapped agate bead with black and brown stripes on it. The bead was long and pierced with holes, as if it had been taken from a bracelet.

After King Yan enters the capital, if you see him, quietly give this to him. Duke Zhen said in a casual tone, But it's not something important. Give it if you have a chance, and it's okay not to give it if you don't have a chance.

Then why did grandfather give such a bead to His Highness King Yan? Xu Mingyi was a little curious.

Even if it doesn't matter, there must be a reason for it.

It's an old thing. Zhen Guogong recalled: At that time, King Yan was still young, about eleven or twelve years old. I wore a bracelet with me. He chased after me to ask for it. I told him that every time he won a battle in the future, I would give him a bead—

This was a casual remark, and he forgot about it later, but the kid took it seriously and remembered it. After leading the army alone and winning the first battle, the first thing he did was to ask him for beads.

This bracelet was originally worn by myself when I had nothing to do in the military camp. The beads are also different in size, long and round. There are a total of eighteen large and small beads.

Lord Zhen Guo looked at the one in the brocade box in his granddaughter's hand, and said, This is the last one. It should have been given to him when he returned to the capital eighteen years ago—

But there were many accidents that year, so he didn't give away this bead.

Maybe he won't be able to use it anymore, but I've been having inexplicable dreams about it in recent years, and if I give it away, it's a knot in my heart.

After hearing this, Xu Mingyi nodded: The granddaughter knows.

Taking a last look at the bead, she closed the brocade box and put it in her sleeve.

Then, she thought about it and asked: Granddaughter dares to ask grandfather, if a new master needs to be established, is grandfather willing to follow His Highness King Yan?

King Yan? Lord Zhen shook his head slightly: His temperament may not be reversed.

Xu Mingyi was silent for a while.

But in the last life, King Yan did turn his back on him.

Grandfather didn't have any other ideas other than handing over the military power before. From this, it can be seen that no matter how loyal a person is, there will be a day when he will be cornered because of the people and things he cares about.

She didn't know what was the reason for King Yan's rebellion in the last life, whether it was the power of the throne, or something else, but the fact is that it did happen.

She has been thinking about this for the past few days.

If you want to survive in troubled times, sometimes choices are more important than the so-called strength.

The current situation is not yet clear, and it is impossible to guess what King Yan and the various forces are thinking. Zhen Guogong said: After I come back from the east this time, it will not be too late to consider according to the current situation.

The time is not yet ripe, and in the current situation, everything is empty talk.

Xu Mingyi nodded.

When she said these things at this time, she didn't mean to let her grandfather make a decision. She didn't have a clear idea about such a big matter, and she chose to say it just to let her grandfather think about it in advance.

The grandfather and grandson talked for a long time, until the moonlight dyed the window.

...

Three days later, it was the day when Lord Zhen Guo went out to fight.

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