Chapter 442 Students’ Petition
On this day, the smoke from cooking stoves rose as usual throughout Yunzhou, but there was no bustle and excitement in the past. Instead, it was as quiet as a dead city.
Even the local dogs on the roadside seemed to feel the unusual atmosphere and did not dare to bark with their tails between their legs.
In the main room of the Fang family, the family sat together to eat. Boss Fang glanced at the study inside and asked in a low voice.
“Brother, why don’t you come out to eat?”
Aunt Fang was not in the mood to cook today, so she went to the Baiwei Restaurant branch to pack a few side dishes and returned.
If it were in the past, the whole family would definitely be rushing to eat.
But today, everyone's food is tasteless, and eating is like swallowing medicine.
Fang Yinnian, who finally made it home, locked himself in the study as soon as he came back and saw no one.
Aunt Fang glanced at the study worriedly, put down her chopsticks, and walked quietly to the door of the study. When she was about to knock on the door, she heard a faint cry from inside the study.
Aunt Fang's hand that was about to knock on the door was hanging in the air. Finally, she sighed silently and returned to the dinner table.
When the other people in the Fang family saw Aunt Fang's appearance, they knew that Fang Yinnian was unwilling to come out.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very heavy, and the family silently picked at the food in the bowl.
After eating, everyone went back to their rooms.
Sister-in-law Fang sat on the kang and kept rubbing her chest.
"What's wrong with you?" Boss Fang opened the window and looked back and forth between his wife and the study.
“My heart is so blocked.” Sister Fang put down the shoe soles in her hands, “You said, if the peace talks are successful, we will not go to war, so we should be very happy. Why is my heart so blocked? Are you so frustrated? "
Boss Fang can understand his wife's feelings, because he is also the same, very depressed, but he doesn't know who to direct his anger at.
Obviously not fighting is a good thing, why are you so unwilling to do so?
Boss Fang opened the door and walked to the study unknowingly. He could still vaguely hear the sobbing in the study.
Boss Fang sat cross-legged at the door, raised his head and looked at the clouds and moon in the sky, wondering what he was thinking.
Not long after, Fang Laoer also sat over and brought two pipes. After lighting the tobacco, he gave one to Mr. Fang.
Scarlet fire spots flickered on and off in the night sky.
The rising smoke is like the sadness in my heart. After rolling around in my mouth, the taste spreads all over my body.
In the study, Fang Yinnian cried until his eyes were swollen.
Historically, this year the Tatars would launch an all-out attack southward, and General Gu Nanxi led the residents of Yunzhou to resist desperately.
Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Every household in Yunzhou hung white sails. Gu Jiajun's casualties exceeded 50%, and Boss Li had a broken arm.
But in this battle, the name of the general was displayed, and the people of Yunzhou were strengthened. At the same time, the Tatars were seriously injured.
This is a critical turning point in fate.
But now, I don’t know what went wrong. Not only did the Tatars not attack southward in an all-out way, but they came for peace talks.
Let's just talk about peace, and also proposed that Gu Nanxi move the Yunzhou boundary monument 501 miles southward.
How humiliating is this? !
Isn’t this just putting the general on the fire? !
If we really retreat this time, it will not only completely destroy the general’s deterrence on the grassland, but also disperse the hearts and minds of the Yunzhou people who have finally gathered together. More importantly, Yunzhou The backbone that the whole state had finally stood upright in front of the Tatars would be broken again!
If you don’t retreat, the general will not only disobey the order, but he will also be reviled by the whole world!
How difficult is it? !
"It's all my fault. I must have caused the butterfly effect! Instead of being in such a dilemma now, it would be better to start a war together!" Fang Yinnian regretted so much that his intestines turned green.
If Butterfly loses the historical Empress Zhaowu because of himself, Fang Yinnian would like to die to apologize!
... Shopkeeper Xia, who was also in Huaishuo Town, saw off the last customer in the store when the bright moon was high, and then closed the store.
Shopkeeper Xia returned to his small courtyard and found his son Xia Lezhi reading at night: "It's late at night. You should go to bed early and study again tomorrow." Hungryly: "I'll look at it for a while. I want to take the examination of scholar and examinee as soon as possible, and then take the first prize." "I'm anxious for a moment." ? "
Shopkeeper Xia patted Xia Lezhi's head gently: "You still have so many senior brothers! "
Xia Lezhi pursed his lips. If those senior brothers were reliable, why did they make it so difficult for the general?
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. If you read more at night, you will be able to serve the general one day earlier!
The next day, the rooster crowed loudly facing the sun.
Xia Lezhi’s classmates knocked on the door of the Xia family.
“I’m glad to know, I’m glad to know, masters are going to petition!”
Xia Lezhi didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he simply put on a robe and rushed out: "What's going on? Petition?"
"The masters collectively went to sit in front of the Governor's Mansion to petition!"
< br>Xia Lezhi's heart was beating rapidly, and he finally had an outlet for yesterday's powerlessness.
Xia Lezhi's eyes were bright, and his small body seemed to contain infinite energy. He said resolutely: "I'll go too!"
The classmates corrected him in unison: "It's us. Everybody go!”
After Xia Lezhi made his decision, he turned around to get his clothes when he saw his father and mother appearing at the door.
Xia Lezhi paused. He didn't know how to explain to his father and mother.
My father was most afraid of officials. Even when he met a county government official, he would nod and bow.
If he finds out, he will go to sit in front of the Governor's Mansion...
Shopkeeper Xia stepped forward and said, "The tire of our tricycle is out of air. I will go and pump it up for you."
Mrs. Xia turned around and went to the kitchen, packing a large bag of food: "You take these with you, and give a share to the masters. You go first, and I will prepare something, and I will come back later."
Looking at the figures of his parents, Xia Lezhi's eyes were filled with moisture.
“Let’s go!”
When Shopkeeper Xia rode his tricycle out of Huaishuoer Town, he found that there were many more pedestrians on this road than usual.
There are people riding tricycles, some riding bicycles, some barefoot, some wearing straw sandals, and some riding horse-drawn carriages...
People walked in the same direction in silence, without any conversation, and everyone seemed to have something on their mind.
The crowd is like streams, flowing towards Fuming Town.
It was obviously the first time for the guards in Fuming Town to encounter such a situation, and they were at a loss for a while.
“Go and inform the deputy general!”
“No, the deputy general took his people out of the city last night!”
"Then go find General Gu Shisan!"
"The Gu family army is all gone!"
The soldier guarding the city gate wiped his face and decided to go directly to the general!