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And in this team, there are three people who Xu Le is very familiar with, yet very unfamiliar to him.

His father Xu Xiao's younger sister 'Xu Wenwan', and brother-in-law 'Zhu Xiaoping', and the last one is their 19-year-old son 'Zhu Zhaolan'.

They are Xu Le's aunt, uncle, and cousin. They are Xu Le's last relatives in this world in the true sense.

"Aunt, why are you here? Why didn't you send someone to contact me earlier?"

After asking Xu Wenwan first, Xu Le looked at Zhu Xiaoping with a slightly unhappy expression: "Uncle, my family handed my aunt over to you so that you can take good care of her, not to experience thousands of mountains and rivers!"

Xu Le had to use this attitude because that was how his father and the original owner treated Zhu Xiaoping before.

It's not that I look down on the other person, I just feel very disappointed with him.

Zhu Xiaoping was one of the last scholars in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had already fallen apart and was being eroded by countries around the world.

However, Zhu Xiaoping relied on his status as a scholar at a young age, so he always thought highly of himself and felt that he was a great master. However, the road to the imperial examination was blocked, and his status as a scholar was only a scholar in name only and was of no use at all.

For many years, not only has he done nothing, but he also likes to get together with others and act big and talk about national affairs.

But it just happened that Xu Wenwan and Zhu Xiaoping were childhood sweethearts. Love is probably the most inexplicable thing in this world. Xu Wenwan insisted on marrying Zhu Xiaoping, and once even threatened him with her own life.

As the eldest brother is like a father, Xu Xiao had to agree to marry Xu Wenwan to Zhu Xiaoping.

Zhu Xiaoping might have moved to the next county after getting married, probably out of love for Xu Wenwan and fearing that other people's criticism of him would affect Xu Wenwan.

Over the past 20 years, the two families rarely interacted with each other, but Xu Le would visit his aunt from time to time, and Zhu Zhaolan would also bring Xu Wenwan back from time to time.

However, Xu Xiao and Zhu Xiaoping seemed to be natural enemies. They had met no more than five times in the past 20 years. Even when they met, Xu Xiao would simply ignore Zhu Xiaoping.

There was no other reason. Zhu Xiaoping did move away, but after arriving in Lin County, he still couldn't let go of his master's health. He never went to work to earn money, nor did he go to the fields to work. He said that he was a scholar and could not lower his status.

So Xu Wenwan has been supporting the family for the past 20 years.

In addition, Xu Le would bring some money to visit from time to time, otherwise there’s no telling what life would be like in that family!

......

Seeing that her nephew still had a grudge against Zhu Xiaoping after serving in the army for half a year, Xu Wenwan hurriedly interrupted him: "Le'er, don't blame your uncle. I forced him to come. You also know your uncle's temperament, which was influenced by the old society.

But this time it’s different, I’ve also thought it through. It doesn’t matter if he continues like this, but he can’t harm your cousin, so I forced him to follow the troops to the front line. My purpose is only one: to get your cousin to join your army!

I don’t ask your cousin to do anything, as long as he can stand on the front line to fight the devils, he will be a real Tang Dynasty hero, and let your aunt see with her own eyes how much his self-righteousness as a scholar for more than 20 years is worth in front of the devils...”

.....

Xu Le understood what his aunt meant. He was in middle age and had to make a desperate move. He also understood his cousin. Although he was not as rigid as his uncle, he would still be influenced to some extent by the guidance of a father like that.

My aunt was afraid that Zhu Zhaolan would follow Zhu Xiaoping's old path in the future, so she reluctantly went to the front line and personally handed Zhu Zhaolan to him.

I didn't pay any attention to Zhu Xiaoping because he was always like this. He was always silent when facing me or Xu Xiao.

He arranged for someone to send his aunt and uncle downstairs to rest, and then came to Zhu Zhaolan's side.

Zhu Zhaolan was not tall, but not short for that era, at 172 cm, and had a pretty good-looking appearance.

Xu Le gently patted Zhu Zhaolan's still tender shoulder and asked, "Zhaolan, you just heard what your mother said. I ask you, without considering anyone else, are you willing to join the army?"

However, Zhu Zhaolan's answer surprised Xu Le a little.

"Brother, of course I do!"

"I know you don't want to. After all, although your life in Kang Province is not rich, you have the Marshal's Mansion as your backer. Wait, what did you say? You said you are willing? I am asking you, without considering others, are you willing to join the army!"

Zhu Zhaolan straightened up, cleared his throat and said, "Brother, I am willing to join the army!"

This is different from what Xu Le remembered. Although Zhu Zhaolan is not a playboy and even had famous teachers to teach him since childhood, he has inherited some of Zhu Xiaoping's laziness. How could he take the initiative to join the army when he could lose his life at any time?

Xu Le was not stupid either. He put together in his mind all the things Zhu Zhaolan had done over the years, and then he suddenly realized, "Zhaolan, have you been pretending all these years?"

Zhu Zhaolan: "Only my brother is allowed to pretend, so why can't I? It's just that I don't have the ability that my brother has. I want to change my father, but you know that it is as difficult as ascending to heaven! So I can only pretend to be a little misguided to stimulate my mother. I know that my father loves my mother the most. As long as my mother is determined, everything will be easy!"

Xu Le: "So, your goal is to make my aunt despair, and then make up your mind to change my uncle?"

"Yes, it doesn't require that father change much, as long as he stops restricting me. Things were going well, but I didn't expect that my uncle would die for the country, and you would go to war in his place. So I changed my plan and decided to follow your example and become a real man who defends the country.

So in the past few months, I have been working hard to create ideological conflicts between my father and mother. In addition, several teams in my brother's army have returned home with good news, and my mother finally took the initiative to suggest that the whole family go to the front line. But..."

Xu Le rolled his eyes at Zhu Zhaolan and said, "It's just that Auntie thought I was a little sorry for sending you to join the army, but in fact, all this was arranged by you. You can't wait to join the army, right!"

Zhu Zhaolan put on a smiling face: "Hey, brother, don't tell my mother about this, otherwise my mother will scold me to death!"

Xu Le shook his head and sighed: "Zhao Lan, you underestimated your aunt after all..."

"Why do you say that, brother?"

"You are the flesh and blood of aunt. She gave birth to you and raised you for 19 years. Who in this world knows you better than her? Aunt's fate was also uncertain. She could have lived a life of luxury in the Marshal's Mansion, but she chose to live a poor life with your father.

As a result, we have become strangers to the Marshal's Mansion over the years. In fact, you are my aunt's only hope.

Just now I felt that there was something wrong with what my aunt said. Why did she turn her head several times while we were talking? I thought she was secretly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes!

She knew that you had a deep desire to join the army. As a mother, it must be a great pain for her to send you to the battlefield with her own hands.

There is nothing more worrying about a mother than when her son is away from home! "