Chapter 1093 Chapter 1034 Autumn Leaves (Part 1)
The night after arriving in Zizhou, I dreamed of my dead sister.
That was more than ten years ago.
The Jurchens went south for the second time, causing countless families to be destroyed. The Tang family was a small landowner near Daming Prefecture. Their family was originally well-off. When the Jurchens first went south, they evacuated in time because Zhuji cooperated with the measures implemented by the Prime Minister to clear the country. Therefore, they did not suffer too many casualties. But this time they arrived. , but there was no good luck like the first time.
My parents soon died in the rebellion, and all the family property they brought with them was looted. A large number of people were driven south by the war. Tang Minjie, who had read some books and was active in thinking at that time, took his sister Tang Baoer all the way to Xiaocang River in the northwest.
Right and wrong in the human world are actually difficult to define when faced with many complex situations. Even many years later, Tang Minjie, who has a more mature mind, can hardly explain whether his thoughts at that time were clear and whether he could survive by choosing another path. But at the end of the day, when people make decisions, they face the consequences.
From Daming Mansion to Xiaocang River, a total of more than a thousand miles, the brother and sister, who had never experienced complicated things in the world, encountered many things: military disasters, bandits, refugees, beggars... ...The money they had on them soon ran out, they were beaten, witnessed the plague, and almost died on the way, but they also benefited from the kindness of others, and finally encountered hunger...
My sister was hungry dead. Before he died, he wanted to eat meatloaf...
For countless years to come, he would always recall that journey. At that time, he still left a knife. Although the war was spreading and people were starving and dying everywhere, he could have killed people, but at the age of seventeen, he did not have the courage. He could have cut off his own flesh - for example, the flesh on his buttocks. He had considered this several times, but in the end he still didn't have the courage...
My sister starved to death on the road, and he encountered I met several other refugees and walked together to Xiaocang River. Since he had read a book, he was assigned to do some paperwork, and then also attended some courses, and finally understood a truth:
When things get tough, you need to be bold.
If I could have done it, whether it was to others or to myself... my sister might not have to die...
Waking up from his sleep, it was vaguely early in the morning, Lu Ming Talk to him:
"Is there anything else you want to entrust to me? For example, your sister who is about to get married, do you want me to go back and visit for you?"
"You are not suitable. You are a person who runs around with your head all day long. , I'm afraid she will be a widow."
"Is there really a sister?"
At that time, Lu Mingfang's eyes lit up, looking stupidly interested.
In the end, I am back...
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With the sound of the morning bell, the eastern sky reveals the morning glow. The escort team went to the roadside in the south of Zizhou City, met up with a convoy returning to Chengdu, and hitched a ride.
The convoy belonging to China's No. 1 Military Industry followed the spacious road filled with people and cars, passed through the wilderness after the autumn harvest, and passed through the lush Longquan Mountains. Large white clouds in the sky were moving with the wind. Sitting on the cart The prisoners occasionally heard people talking about various things: the restructuring of Zhuji, the war that was about to start in the Central Plains, the deal with Liu Guangshi, He Wen's abomination, the workers in Chengdu... one after another, these many things Many concepts were unfamiliar to him.
The most familiar thing in his memory was the ice and snow in the north. Even in a world without ice and snow, the world seemed cold and solemn.
But the road in front of him is wide. Many years ago, when he left the border of Liangshan and headed north through Chengdu and Jianmen Pass, this area did not belong to the Chinese army and there was no such spacious road.
On the eighth day of the seventh month in the second year of the Chinese Yuanli calendar, Tang Minjie returned to Chengdu from the North. The person who came out to greet him was his former junior brother Peng Yueyun.
Afterwards, there was an interrogation.
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Zhangcun.
The light of the stars and the moon gently enveloped this place.
In the auditorium at the north end of the village, a wedding banquet was going on. On one side of the wedding party was Du Sha's fourth son, Du Pengpeng, and on the other side was Su Wending's daughter, Su Xiaoxian. Both of these two families are considered big families in Zhangcun, so although they follow the standard of frugality, the banquet scene is still very lively. Su Tan'er brought people over to help with the arrangements, and Ning Yi also made a brief appearance.
Lin Jingmei tied her hair into a long ponytail and was busy cooking in the kitchen with her sisters.
Since the beginning of the Chinese army's regicide rebellion, the shortage of supplies has continued for more than ten years. Now, although Chengdu's rapid development has become extravagant, Zhangcun has been under the control of Ning Yi. It still maintains relatively simple customs. Although the wedding banquet was lively, no prominent chefs were invited from other places, and there were no overly extravagant dishes. Lin Jingmei, who grew up beside Ning Yi for more than ten years and was adopted as her adopted daughter, is very good at cooking. This time when the younger sister in the sister group got married, she volunteered to cook two dishes.
The kitchen was smoky and exhausting, but there were annoying flies nearby that were not helping.
"Hey, hey, now, you are the only one left, Meizi, you are the only one left..."
I am not the first person to talk about this topic today. Lin Jingmei waved the spoon in her hand into a broadsword, making the tiger angry.
"Go away, go away, help serve the food..."
One fly is driven away, and other flies follow suit.
"Yes, you should think of something, Meizi..."
"Okay, okay, say something useful."
"I My cousin came back yesterday, why don’t you go and meet her..."
In the large kitchen, several male cooks were cooking and shouting loudly. Lin Jingmei had people coming over from time to time, helping her and talking to her. Talk about blind dates and marriage. On the one hand, this is because she is Ning Yi's adopted daughter, and on the other hand, it is also because her appearance and temperament are indeed outstanding.
The Huaxia Army lived a tight life in the early years. Some outstanding young people delayed getting married for several years. After the Battle of Southwest, a large-scale wave of blind dates and marriages began to appear, but now it looks like it is coming to an end. .
Lin Jingmei laughed and laughed as she blocked the marriage proposal team one by one. Of course, there were more people coming, and occasionally someone would bring up more complicated topics.
"Hey, Meizi, if you don't want to get married, you are still thinking about that person named He. That person is not a thing..."
When this matter was mentioned, all the male chefs nearby joined in. Came in: "Nonsense, how could Meizi be so blind..."
"I'm telling you, Meizi, no one can marry that bitch!"
"That's right, I should have killed him if I had known!"
"Cook the crotons for him to eat."
"Sooner or later there will be retribution."
This is One of the most discussed things in Zhang Village recently - or within the Chinese military forces. Regarding the relationship between the Huaxia Army and the Fair Party, the definition has been relatively ambiguous in the past. The Huaxia Army's attitude is actually open-minded: We defeated the Jurchens here, and you can use this reputation as much as you want.
But the news of the Jiangning Heroes Conference, which was chosen at a similar time to the Chinese Army’s World’s Best Martial Arts Competition, immediately made the people here very angry. Especially for the people at the core of Zhangcun, they know what happened to He Wen at the beginning, and they also know how generous they were in dealing with it later. You just go back and use Mr. Ning's theory to cause trouble, and you take advantage of it. Thank you, now you are taking advantage of it and trying to cause trouble. It is really a bitch who won't regret being beaten to death several times.
Everyone cursed for a while, and then a few male chefs changed the topic and speculated whether we had taken any countermeasures against this hero conference, such as sending a team out to disturb the other party's affairs. Some people also thought that there After all, it was too far away, and there was no need to go there now. After such a discussion, it returned to the discussion of using He Wen's head as a toilet. I will use it after you use it, and I will lend it out to everyone after I use it. The voice was noisy and enthusiastic.
Lin Jingmei's place was also bustling. After a while, she finished cooking the two meals she was responsible for and went out to eat. There were still endless people coming over to talk about marriage. She dealt with these things either tactfully or directly. When everyone started clamoring to have a wedding, she took a chance and walked out from the side of the auditorium, walked along the street, and then went to hang out by the river near Zhang Village.
In the misty night of early autumn, the lively auditorium in the distance is like an island floating in the night, with the light spreading out from the surrounding courtyards. The river was gurgling under the stars. She took a deep breath of the air by the river, and couldn't help but think about He Wen in her mind.
For her now, thinking of He Wen is no longer just about her original relationship. After she became an adult, she participated in the rear work of the Chinese Army and was exposed to a lot of paperwork and intelligence system matters. Compared with these matters, which were related to the rise and fall of the entire world, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of lives were related. In fact, personal emotions are insignificant.
Just like those acquaintances in the kitchen, if they just shout a few words as they like, of course they will kill He Wen. But if you think about it at a real political level, there will be various solutions, and some of the topics derived from this are the reasons why she is troubled today.
With a bang, someone threw a stone into the river, waking up the woman who was walking forward while thinking about it by the river.
There are many secret sentries patrolling around Zhangcun, so there won’t be too many security problems. Lin Jingmei turned around in surprise, and saw a man in military uniform appearing behind him under the starlight. After finishing his prank, he showed a familiar smile.
"Peng...Xiao Peng, you are back..."
"I sent an urgent document, and I came back privately under the guise of a public charity. Unfortunately, I was a little late and didn't get to attend the banquet... ”
“Have you eaten yet? There must be food in the kitchen. ”
"I had something to eat on the way. I came out secretly to find you."
At this time, Peng Yueyun appeared. The two of them were talking and walking side by side on the embankment by the river.
"The banquet was not over when I went there. Sister Jia arranged a seat for me. I saw that you were not there, so I made some inquiries. One or two of them wanted to introduce people to you for a blind date, so I guess you He ran away."
Lin. Jingmei smiled: "Anyway, they were just those words. They were not malicious, so I got used to them. I was just cooking in the kitchen, and after I was full, I wanted to go out for a walk."
Peng Yueyun held his hand. Her hands and the two people's arms were swinging, and they walked forward slowly.
"Sister Xiaomei, marry me and let's get married." Peng Yueyun said.
The two knew each other well in the past. Lin Jingmei was half a year older than Peng Yueyun, and they had always known each other as sister and brother. They confirmed their relationship in the first half of this year, revealed their feelings to each other, and held hands for the first time. But then Peng Yueyun went to Chengdu to work, while Lin Jingmei stayed in Zhangcun. They didn't meet many times, and the marriage was not completely finalized.
Of course, as far as the relationship between men and women at this time is concerned, after holding hands, getting married is usually a certainty. Peng Yueyun seemed to speak naturally at this time.
Lin Jingmei naturally smiled, but then, she thought of something and lowered her head: "Xiao Peng, of course I am willing, but... now there are other things..."
Her hands relaxed slightly.
Peng Yueyun tightened his palms and said, "It's about He Wen."
The woman with a ponytail turned to look at him, not knowing where to start.
Peng Yueyun smiled, and then his eyes calmed down. As he walked forward, he whispered: "He Wen wants to hold a hero conference in Jiangning. It is one thing to borrow our reputation, but in a bigger way On the level of a force doing this kind of Large-scale activities are a way to purge its internal strength and centralize power. The competition is second to none. The most important thing is that He Wen also knows that the Fair Party has expanded too fast and the initial structure is no longer easy to use. "< br>
“Jiangnan Driving the refugees to form an army, killing the landlords and tycoons, the scale is now tens of millions, and the number of troops is millions. But in the middle, He Wen, Gao Chang, Xu Zhaonan, Shi Baofeng, and Zhou Shang each have their own power, and things will soon change. He Wen wants to imitate what we did last year. The martial arts competition was a matter of rectifying his reputation and arranging seats to strengthen his dominance in the Fair Party. The political implications of this are very strong.”
“So, Xiao. Peng..." Lin Jingmei frowned and looked at him.
Peng Yueyun squeezed her hand: "I know some people below the staff are talking about it. From this perspective, we can also send people to intervene, and if we want to send people, let those who were familiar with He Wen Of course, the best way is to go over there, Sister Mei... …I know I must have heard this statement too.”
“Xiao Peng, there was nothing going on between me and He Wen back then. I was a bit naive back then, and He Wen himself didn’t like me either. If my father needs me to go on a mission and negotiate, I think I will You should go, because I do know some things about his past..."
"But what if you go there this time and He Wen says that he suddenly likes you, or even tells him? What should you do if your connections with the Chinese Army threaten you?”
"...I will handle this matter well."
She was silent for a long time, and then she said these words. She didn't swear too firmly, nor did she talk about her feelings hastily, just hope. There were serious and complicated emotions deep in Peng Yueyun's eyes. Peng Yueyun could detect the meaning of that look. It was the look of a soldier he had seen many times over the years.
He laughed slowly: "In Chengdu, someone mentioned your name to the teacher."
"Ah..."
"The teacher scolded me and said He learned conspiracy and tricks until he lost his conscience."
"Ah..."
"And as far as I know, the team to Jiangning has probably been sent out, just Mei. Sister, you are still stupidly waiting for someone to arrange it.”
"Ah..." Lin Jingmei was slightly stunned, then took out her hand and punched him on the chest, "You didn't tell me earlier."
Peng Yueyun held her hand: "I just like Xiaomei. Sister, you are like this."
Lin Jingmei kicked him, but Peng Yueyun didn't let her go and skipped forward on the river embankment.
"So Sister Xiaomei, you can marry me."
"...otherwise, who else can you marry?"
"I will find a good opportunity to propose marriage to the teacher."
"Dad has been very upset recently. Don't bother him."
"The teacher is worried every day, so what? "?"
"Ning He scolded the aunt who came to work at home. His father thought that he had contracted a bad habit and was showing off to others, so he punished Ning He by kneeling in the yard for a day, and then sent him to Xiatou Township to endure hardships. . "
Lin Jingmei whispered about this matter - something has always happened to the Ning family recently. First, Ning Ji was framed and then ran away from home. Then Ning He, who had always seemed obedient, was doing things with the family. The aunt put on airs, and this matter didn't seem to be a big deal, but Ning Yi lost his temper and sent Ning He directly out. It was said that he was from a very miserable family, but no one knew where he was, and no one asked about it. .
Ning He was the son of Hong Ti. The female grandmaster with the highest martial arts who was said to be able to defeat Lin Zongwu even shed tears over this matter.
As for the Ning family's family affairs, Peng Yueyun just nodded without making any comments. He just said: "You still think that the teacher will let you join the mission and go over to get married. In fact, the teacher is not very good at such things. , are quite soft-hearted."
"It's not a marriage. I just think it might make me...well, forget it, let's not talk about it."
Lin Jingmei said, kicking again. He kicked Peng Yueyun.
The two of them were fighting like this, turning from the river embankment onto a nearby road, and then turned around to a backyard. Lin Jingmei wanted to take her hand out, but Peng Yueyun couldn't let go. Lin Jingmei lowered her hand. He smiled and said: "What should I do if someone sees me? You are acting like a hooligan..."
Peng Yueyun smiled and was about to speak, but then he was seen.
On the other side of the road, Ning Yi and Hong Ti seemed to be taking a walk, coming all the way here. Then she squinted her eyes slightly and looked at the two people holding hands here. Lin Jingmei struggled a little, but didn't break free, then struggled again, and then she broke away.
"Playing like a gangster?"
"Huh?" Peng Yueyun opened his hands and blinked.
"Catch Peng Yueyun...arrest me!"
Ning Yi's face was gloomy, and soldiers ran over from the side in the darkness, heading towards Peng Yueyun. Hongti pulled Ning Yi's sleeves aside, but murderous intent filled the night.
"Ah...no, no, no, no..." Peng Yueyun was a little panicked, and Lin Jingmei opened her mouth: "Dad, no, no, no, no...no..." She hesitated as she spoke. For a moment, he grabbed Peng Yueyun's hand and pulled him behind him. Their arms were intertwined: "No, we are..."
In the light coming from the courtyard, Ning The murderous look in Yi's eyes gradually changed, and I don't know when , had turned into a smile, and his shoulders were shaking: "Hufufufu...hahahaha..." He looked at Lin Jingmei's face and the hands they held together, "This is really the happiest... lately." "
"Peng Yueyun." He then said, "Come here!"
Peng Yueyun also looked at his and Lin Jingmei's hands and reacted. After that, he giggled and walked forward. He knew that there were many things he had to explain to Ning Yi, not just about himself and Lin Jingmei.
And about Tang Minjie. (End of this chapter)