My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Zong Yanli had no intention of commenting. She had only learned about these things bit by bit after she succeeded as the head of the family in her previous life.

Zong Yanhongtu tried to atone for his sins until his death. He never married and never met his elder sister-in-law Zhou again.

He did do some bad things, but we cannot deny his bravery as a general and his contributions to his country. His right and wrong, merits and demerits will be left for future generations to judge.

Zong Yanli will still respect him as an elder, that's all.

"Zong Yanli, why didn't I know you earlier! It's such a pleasure to make friends with you!" Dong Haoqiang was already drunk, and he pulled Zong Yanli to call him brother, almost swearing brotherhood. Finally, Zong Yanli asked someone to take Dong Haoqiang away.

"Sorry to trouble you, General Yan Luo." Duan Yuanqing held Dong Haoqiang's helpless face. As Dong Haoqiang's personal soldier, he naturally came with him this time.

"I'll have someone send over some hangover soup later. Please send your general back to his room." Zong Yanli waved his hand.

"Yes." Duan Yuanqing responded in a low voice. Although they were called personal soldiers, they were actually just servants. It was common for them to bring footwashing water and help put on military armor. There was only one "personal soldier" like Wen Nian, and Zong Yanli never let anyone get close to him, let alone let him help undress.

It was just inconvenient to put on and take off the armor, so I asked him for help.

Ordinary personal soldiers have a lot of miscellaneous tasks to do, but one advantage is that they follow the general every day, listen to the general's teachings and instructions, observe the war and learn how to make achievements. When they are promoted to captain at least, they will be promoted to captain.

If you work like a horse or an ox for a year, you can be promoted to the position of a captain. How many people are vying to do this!

If it weren't for the fact that Zong Yanli already had Wen Nian by his side, and if Wen Nian wasn't personally appointed by General Zong Yan, with excellent martial arts, they would not be able to defeat him. There would be countless people in the army who wanted to be Zong Yanli's personal soldiers!

The next morning, when Zong Yanli came back from martial arts practice, he suddenly saw Zong Yanyin talking to Duan Yuanqing in the corridor. They exchanged only two sentences before Duan Yuanqing bowed and left. Zong Yanli's heart was pounding when he saw this scene. He didn't even have time to go back to his room to change his sweaty shirt. He strode towards Zong Yanyin.

"Ayin!" Zong Yanli called her A-mei most of the time, and the little girl was frightened by such a harsh voice and her eyes widened.

"Ah, brother..." Zong Yanyin seemed a little nervous, but there was confusion in her eyes. She didn't do anything, right?

"What did you say to him?" Even though Zong Yanli suppressed his anxiety, the sternness in his dark eyes still frightened Zong Yanyin. She stuttered and raised the shuttlecock in her hand and said, "Brother Duan thanked me for sending a coat to his general, so he gave me a little toy."

Zong Yanli looked at the shuttlecock in Zong Yanyin's hand and his temples throbbed. His chest rose and fell several times before he said, "Brother, I know. Go ahead and play."

Zong Yanyin was a little scared, and said with a bit of pity: "Should I not accept other people's things casually?"

Zong Yanli lowered his eyes and looked at Zong Yanyin. It seemed like a long time had passed before he said, "You must be on guard against others. Although they are all generals in the army, there may be people who have ulterior motives. Brother knows that you think they are all subordinates of your father and brother, and brothers in the army, so you should treat them with more care."

"However, there are inevitably some crazies." Zong Yanli stared at the shuttlecock in Zong Yanyin's hand and his expression became even uglier.

When she went to Gaoguo, she used this as an excuse to approach Wang Yixue to make this thing, saying that she was giving it to her younger sister at home.

But in the end, those things all fell into the city of Dunkou in Gaoguo. She never expected that Duan Yuanqing could still remember this matter, and it made her even more angry that he used this to approach Zong Yanyin today.

Zong Yanli's brows were gloomy: "You go to mother's place, I'll go there later."

After Zong Yanli finished speaking to Zong Yanyin, he raised his foot and walked in the direction where Duan Yuanqing left.

Dong Haoqiang woke up with a hangover headache. When he opened the door, he saw Zong Yanli grabbing Duan Yuanqing's collar and slamming him against a tree. The huge force made dead leaves fall to the ground, and Dong Haoqiang sobered up immediately.

"What are you doing!" Dong Haoda was shocked and immediately stepped forward to stop the angry Zong Yanli. Looking at Zong Yanli's punching movements, he was really afraid that Duan Yuanqing would beat him to death with two punches!

"This is the first time, and the last time." Zong Yanli's rare anger was terrifying. She pointed at Duan Yuanqing and said condescendingly: "If you dare to do this again, I have plenty of ways to make sure you die without a burial place."

"..." Dong Haoqiang was shocked by Zong Yanli's momentum.

The Zong Yanli he met was friendly to his brothers in the army and even provided help. Even in the midst of a war, Zong Yanli would lend a helping hand to save insignificant soldiers under limited circumstances.

It is no exaggeration to say that you love your soldiers like your own sons.

This was the first time Dong Haoqiang saw Zong Yanli's brutality. When he looked at Duan Yuanqing, the murderous intent in his eyes was so obvious.

Zong Yanli left Duan Yuanqing and walked away. Dong Haoqiang turned around and looked at Duan Yuanqing, whose face was covered in blood, and cried out: "What the hell did you do?!"

Duan Yuanqing: …………

After Dong Haoqiang learned that Duan Yuanqing was beaten like this just because he gave Zong Yanyin a shuttlecock, he felt like he had known Zong Yanli all over again. He gritted his teeth and said with extremely complicated feelings: "Zong Yanli only has this one sister, so I can understand why he values ​​her so much."

"Why are you trying to get close to others for no reason?" Dong Haoqiang glared at Duan Yuanqing unhappily. He couldn't bear to see his own soldiers being beaten like this. He waved his hand and said, "Go wait for me outside the city first. Don't be despised here again."

"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you, General. Please forgive me." Duan Yuanqing knelt down and said in a low voice.

Dong Haoqiang waved his hand and stood up to look for Zong Yanli. After all, it was his own soldier who was at fault. Although there were not many rules for the daughter of a general, it was not something that outsiders could casually associate with. He just thought that Duan Yuan was still young, came from a poor family, and did not know the etiquette and rules.

As a general, he went to apologize, so there was no reason for Zong Yanli not to give him face, right?

When Dong Haoqiang found Zong Yanli, Zong Yanli looked as if he was waiting for him. Dong Haoqiang did not hesitate and walked up to him and said, "I am so sorry. It is my fault for not disciplining you well. I apologize to you, young master."

Zong Yanli would never accept his gift, so he stood up and supported him, his expression slightly relieved as he said, "It was just that I was angry for a moment..."

"General Dong, you don't know. If he really had good intentions, I wouldn't have done this. It's really..." Zong Yanli told him everything about Gao Guo. Duan Yuanqing clearly had ulterior motives in giving this gift. Zong Yanli looked grim and said in a deep voice, "This person is very deep-minded and annoys me."

This was the first time that Zong Yanli directly expressed his disgust towards someone, and Dong Haoqiang also thought deeply about it after listening to it, but he was not Zong Yanli himself, and he only thought about it a little bit, and would not deny Duan Yuanqing just because of this incident.

Duan Yuanqing is not only a deep-minded person, but also extremely ambitious, which is not entirely a bad thing.

If he could be brought into the right path, he would be a very useful person. Dong Haoqiang apologized again and again, and Zong Yanli had already beaten the man, so he would not hold on to it. After the two talked, they got along as usual.

Dong Haoqiang then bid farewell to Zong Yanli and continued to escort the prisoners of war out of Huai'an City.

It was a lively time of the year. Han was busy meeting the relatives of the Zongyan clan, preparing New Year gifts, and carefully budgeting for the expenses of the mansion. As the lady of the Zongyan clan, she had to review all matters of the clan and carefully check the harvests of the farms and shops every year.

It is not easy for women in the inner house to be in charge, so Zong Yanyin followed her mother to learn how to manage the household.

Without the support of the Han family, do you really think Zong Yanhongjing could be a good general?

The military expenses are not small, and gifts have to be given to superiors during festivals. The prefect and county magistrate in Huai'an have to be visited to maintain relations. There are endless personal exchanges both internally and externally, and the closeness with brothers in the side branches cannot be allowed to cause gossip. There are too many tedious things to do.

In this regard, Zong Yanli has always admired his mother, who was able to take care of everything without any error.

This is the real mistress of the house.

Zong Yanli's return home this time did not alarm too many people. During the New Year, he only went to pay a visit to the elders of the clan. Apart from taking Wen Nian and Zong Yanyin for a stroll on the street in his spare time, he spent more time practicing martial arts in the mansion or going horse racing outside the city. The days without hearing the war drums or slogans were really exhausting.

A year later, his father sent a message ordering Zong Yanli to return to the camp.

Zong Yanli then set out on his journey home again. Zong Yanyin was very reluctant to let him go. She took out all her small treasury and secretly stuffed it into Zong Yanli's pocket, saying, "Brother, you must be good to yourself when you are out there. If you are sick, you must take medicine. If you are injured, you must seek medical treatment. Don't bear it all by yourself."

"Why are you so nagging at such a young age?" Zong Yanli stuffed her small purse back into her arms, turned over and sat on the horse's back. Looking at the pairs of eyes in front of the mansion gate that were looking at him with reluctance and worry, his heart was filled with warmth, and finally his gaze fell on Han's face.

"Mother, I'm leaving." Zong Yanli tightened the reins and said to Han.

"I hope my son has a safe journey." Han clutched the embroidered handkerchief tightly and looked up at Zong Yanli who was sitting high on the horse. Thousands of emotions flashed through her eyes, and in the end, only deep reluctance and pity remained.

When Zong Yanli returned, he only brought some dry food and traveled light.

This time when she went back, her luggage was bulging, filled with her family's care and concern for her, so much so that Zong Yanli felt like the horse could not run anymore.

On the way back, they passed by the tavern along the road again. Liuzi was very happy to see Zong Yanli and Wen Nian. He added hay to Zong Yanli's horses and gave them a plate of minced meat. When the two of them left, he secretly filled a small pot of warm wine and hung it on the horse's back.

"Be careful on your journey, two generals! Come back safely!" Although they were just passers-by whom he had only met once, he still sincerely hoped for their safety.

Zong Yanli looked back and saw Liuzi standing outside the eaves and waving at them.

She looked at it and smiled. Perhaps this was the meaning of her fighting to the death to resist foreign enemies and defend the territory.

After the Chinese New Year, the reconstruction of Pingnanying was basically completed, and this year Zong Yanli is already eighteen years old.

"Father." Zong Yanli went to see Zong Yanhongjing as soon as he returned to the camp. He walked in with a large bag and said, "These are all things my mother and sister asked me to bring for you."

"It's hard for you to ride a horse, and you are asked to carry these things." Zong Yanhongjing's tone was full of helplessness, but his eyes were smiling. After letting her put it down, he said, "I wanted to let you stay at home for a while, but there are many things in the army that cannot be done without people."

"The imperial edict of reward will be delivered soon. If nothing unexpected happens, our Zong Yan family will go to the capital." When Zong Yan Hongjing said this, his eyes were full of pride and satisfaction. His parents' wish of promotion and advancement was finally realized in his hands. How could Zong Yan Hongjing not be happy?

"Your father has asked someone with connections in the capital to arrange things so that your mother and sister can have a smooth trip to the capital." Zong Yanhongjing said with a slight frown. He originally wanted to let Zong Yanli stay so that she could send her mother and sister to the capital when the imperial edict was issued.

how...

Zong Yanhongjing said in a deep voice: "The State of Jin sent a letter, wanting to send an envoy to the country to meet the king. I don't know what they are planning."

"But since Jin State has taken such action, I think it will not advance in the short term, which will give us a break." Zong Yanhongjing continued, "However, what I did not expect is that Qing State would want to take advantage of others' misfortune!"

"Pingnan Camp has just been rebuilt, and your father cannot spare any manpower to return to Changfeng for support. This time I urgently summoned you back because I want you to lead the troops to provide support. What do you think?" Zong Yanhongjing looked up at Zong Yanli and said.

"I'll go?" Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows: "Lead the ghost camp to help?"

"No." Zong Yanhongjing shook his head and thought seriously, "Our army is no match for the Qing Kingdom. If we face them head-on, we have no chance of winning. This time, we are mainly on the defensive."

"The Ghost Camp has only 300 people, so they are not suitable for defending the city. Stay in Pingnan Camp for now." Zong Yanhongjing said with his hands behind his back, "When the imperial edict is delivered to reward you for your merits, you will be the commander of a battalion and given more than a thousand elite soldiers. Go to Changfeng to help your second uncle defend the city."

"I understand." Zong Yanli's thoughts suddenly became clear and he responded immediately.

Zong Yanhongjing looked at Zong Yanli and said, "A general cannot only attack, he must also know how to defend. Among the defenders, defending the city is the most important. This time, your father wants you to go so that you can learn well."

Zong Yanli understood Zong Yanhongjing's good intentions and bowed his head in response: "I will definitely not let my father down."

After leaving the main camp, Zong Yanli returned to the Ghost Camp. The people in the Ghost Camp were all happy to see Zong Yanli.

"Xiaobai, come in." After Zong Yanli briefly greeted everyone, he called Bai Xiuyun into the tent. If he was not in this ghost camp, who should he hand over to? Zong Yanli felt that Bai Xiuyun was the best choice.

So when Zong Yanli placed the mask he was wearing in front of Bai Xiuyun, Bai Xiuyun immediately understood what Zong Yanli meant, and his eyes widened in shock: "General!"

Zong Yanli raised his hand to stop Bai Xiuyun from speaking, and said calmly: "Don't think that I'm abandoning you again. You can't just be my subordinate. You have to learn to be independent. I have another important job. I can't guard the Ghost Camp for the rest of my life."

"Now that I have handed this ghost camp over to you, I feel that you are worthy of my trust."

"Bai Xiujun, please don't let down the reputation of my Ghost Camp."

Bai Xiuyun's eyes instantly turned red, and he looked at Zong Yanli with his neck stiffened. At this moment, all kinds of complicated thoughts surged in his mind.

Zong Yanli stood up, reached out and patted Bai Xiuyun on the shoulder, and gave him a faint smile, which was an affirmation of trust and the intimate treatment he wanted most.