Pampered and fierce wife: Reborn daughter-in-law has a strategy

"What did you say?" Li Xinran was startled and took a breath of cold air. As a result, he choked and kept coughing. After coughing for a long time, he slowly recovered, "Jingchen Village was massacred, not a single person was left alive. Is there anything left?”

"Yes," Yingge gasped, "it's spread all over the street."

"How could it be...impossible...by whom the village was massacred? Has the murderer been caught?" Li Xinran looked at Yingge and asked tremblingly.

Yingge just shook her head silently.

Li Xinran collapsed slumped down, and the scenes in Jingchen Village flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, including Aunt Liu's family, the ladies sitting under the big willow tree enjoying the cool air and chatting, and the uncles working in the fields.

They are tired but contented. All they want is for their children to study and then go to town to work as bookkeepers.

It was the most respectable job they could think of.

But now, everything is ruined.

"What did the court say?" Li Xinran asked weakly while lying on the bed.

Yingge muttered: "The court said that it is still investigating and does not rule out the possibility of bandits robbing property and killing people."

Li Xinran sneered: "Bandit, which bandit dared to kill a person in a village? It was him... the disappeared Xirong man must be him!" Li Xinran took out the antidote and wanted to take it, but at the last moment I stopped, the plan was halfway through and I couldn’t give up halfway.

She lay on the bed, eyes closed, letting tears flow freely.

"Yin Si," she said after a while, "go tell Mu Yi and ask him to find a way to contact Commander Xiao. There must be some reason why that person massacred Jingchen Village. If he hasn't left Kyoto yet, please send him a message. When people look into the reason why Jingchen Village was massacred, I always feel that something is wrong in this matter."

"Yes." Yin Siyi lowered his head and hid in the darkness.

"Miss..." Yingge stood aside timidly. Li Xinran turned to smile at her: "Yingge, come and wait for me to rest."

"Yes."

Border pass

Li Yang's transfer order has been issued, and Li Song stood at the city gate to bid farewell to Li Yang.

Both Li Song and Li Yang inherited the resolute face shape of their father, General Li Chun. If they wanted to be like Li Song, they could simply grow a beard and still look heroic and manly.

However, in order to prove his identity as a scholar and to show that he was different from Li Song, Li Yang grew a scholar's goatee, which was left on his face in a nondescript manner.

Usually he always stays in the tent. He wears a straight gown, has a fair face, a neat beard, and looks a little gentle.

In the past few days, he had to pack his luggage and orders came in a hurry. In the rush, he had no time to take care of himself. As a result, he now looked like a down-and-out general pretending to be a scholar, with an unkempt beard and wrinkled clothes.

"Brother, you are so cruel that you won't even help your own brother."

Li Yang rushed to Li Song angrily.

Li Song was startled by the hatred in his eyes, and then remembered what Li Xinran had told him in his previous life. Li Yang was ungrateful and only felt that it was natural for him to help him. In the end, he asked him to forge information because he trusted him too much. , which led to a tragic war with the Xirong people, and 20 soldiers and civilians were buried in the sand.

He was still a little doubtful before, but now after seeing Li Yang's attitude towards him, Li Song has no doubt that if there is a knife now, his good brother will definitely stab it into his body.

"Second brother, don't you understand now?" Li Song's eyes were full of disappointment, and he looked at Li Yang with sadness, "This kind of false military merit will not last you long, do you think the people in Kyoto are fools? Are the people in the military camp fools? How long can you stand in court relying on such false merits? What can really stand firm is what you work hard on yourself bit by bit. "

Li Yang snorted coldly, as if he didn't listen to Li Song's words at all. He turned around and got into the carriage. The swaying curtains blocked the sight of the two brothers. Li Song looked at Li Yang who didn't look back and sighed deeply. Take a breath.

As the carriage started, Li Yang did not stick his head out again and said goodbye to his elder brother who had protected him for many years.

Li Song looked at the carriage going away, feeling a little sad.

My dear brother, how did we get to this point?

When he was feeling sad, Li Song suddenly hung a heavy object on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Peng Qiongyu's silly face, like a big black dog: "Dad, don't be sad, my second uncle is here." If that kind of person repays his kindness, he wouldn't come up with blind ideas and delay the fight when he knows that he can't do anything. You and my sister and I are not as good as one or two. uncle?"

Li Song rubbed the dog's head fiercely: "I'm just a little upset. My brothers for life have broken bones and connected tendons."

Peng Qiongyu sneered slightly and supported Li Song as he walked back slowly. He had received the message from Li Xinran that his father was probably not Zhu's biological child.

But it's better not to tell his father about this kind of thing now. He's afraid that he will cry. It's better to wait until the truth comes out and let his father cry happily all at once.

Peng Qiongyu nodded secretly, feeling that he was really the most filial son in the world.

"Are everything ready?" Li Song pretended to be weak, leaning on Peng Qiongyu and asked softly.

Peng Qiongyu replied in the same breath: "We are all ready, just wait for the fish to take the bait, and then we can catch them all in one catch."

Li Song nodded lightly, then straightened up, slapped Peng Qiongyu on the head, and cursed: "Get out of here, I'm not old enough to ask you to help me!"

Peng Qiongyu curled his lips, cursed secretly that the old man changed his face so quickly, and then turned around happily and walked towards the general's mansion.

Since we have to have a plan, we must not stay in the military camp.

The father and son led the horses and strolled towards the general's mansion in the city.

The scenery in the border town is mainly yellow, not the bright yellow, but a dark yellow, gray, and it feels like the air is full of dirt.

The people in the border towns are tough and poor. They are always dusty, their clothes are simple, and their faces are not very clean.

Water resources in border towns are very precious, and most people don’t take a shower once a month or two.

People like Li Yang, who had to take a shower every few days, would be put in sacks at the border.

The reason why Li Yang was not put in a sack was just because he was Li Song's younger brother.

The horse's hooves stepped on the dirt road, throwing up a slight dust.

It's too dry here, and the dry ground is filled with flying fine dust.

"I'm not talking nonsense! We just need to plant trees, not only to store water, but also to cultivate land!!"

A shout attracted Li Song's attention, and he saw several young people on the side of the road, all wearing patched gowns.

These are three of the few scholars in their border town.

At this moment, the other two people were looking at the young man with his back straight and his head held high with a joking look and expression, and the young man's face turned red.

"Qiong Yu, go see what's going on, and bring that kid over for questioning."