Abandoning a daughter never abandons, a medical concubine should be self-reliant

Chapter 50
As the old man spoke, he couldn't help the tears in his eyes, but they didn't fall, and he held back abruptly.

After a pause, the old man continued with a choked voice: "I lost my grandson, my daughter-in-law ran away in anger, and not long after, my son fell to his death while working.

I am the only old bone left in the bustling home. Every day is deserted at home, and the days are like years.

Because my grandson was lost near here, I set up a stall here, hoping to find him again in my lifetime! "

After listening to the old man's narration with tears in her eyes, Li Siqi regretted so much that she wished to give herself a big mouth, really, which pot is not open and which pot to carry!Doesn't this sprinkle salt in people's wounds?
Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, and pulling the corners of her mouth apologetically, Li Siqi said embarrassedly: "Old man, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention your sadness."

After cleaning the table, the old man waved his hand, "It's nothing, I don't blame you, it's been many years."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and made a pot of tea, brought a plate of peanut cakes and put them on the table.

Pour tea for Li Siqi and stand aside, "Girl, please use it."

Li Siqi picked up the teacup, took a sip of water to moisten her throat, pointed to the opposite chair and said, "You sit too, I still want to hear you tell interesting stories about this capital city."

The old man took a step forward cautiously, but did not sit down.

With a blushing face, he said: "My stories are all old ones, and the customers don't like to hear them. This is one of the reasons why the business of the tea stall is not good."

Li Siqi shook her head disapprovingly, "Not necessarily, some stories will last forever, and the older they are, the more valuable they become, old man, just tell me."

The old man usually lives alone, lonely, and the small tea stand is often unattended, and he seldom talks to people.

Now Li Siqi is willing to listen to his storytelling, and as soon as he opened his chatterbox, he started talking non-stop.

As far away as a hundred years ago, the hanging river burst its embankment and flooded the capital, and as recently as a few years ago, a woman went crazy after being bitten by a dog. Among them, what attracted Li Siqi most was an incident 15 years ago.

It is said that 15 years ago, a hundred miles away from the capital, there was a Sitong Mountain, which was named after connecting four places.

The mountain is steep and the forest is dense. There are a group of thieves lurking in it, stealing and robbing from time to time, killing people and stealing goods.

The people complained a lot, suffered unspeakably, and everyone was in danger.

The government sent troops to encircle and suppress them. If they were arrested in the east, they would flee west, and if they pursued in the south, they would flee north. On the contrary, more and more mountain bandits were suppressed. The situation was serious and out of control.

In addition, the emperor gave birth to six princesses in a row, but there was no prince. The bandit leader He Liu laughed at him for having no successors, and threatened to enter the capital to replace them.

The emperor couldn't sit still for a while, and immediately appointed Ji Hongchang, a wise and brave internal minister, as the general to suppress bandits.

After Ji Hongchang was accepted, he was not in a hurry to suppress the bandits. He first took a team to survey the terrain near Sitong Mountain.

Sitong Mountain is rugged with strange rocks, condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the bandits are very cunning.

After some thinking and deliberation, Ji Hongchang decided to follow his plan and lure the snake out of the hole.Didn't he, He Liu, want to attack the capital?Then do as he wishes!
The battlefield was set at Laozhong, a low-lying land between the capital and Sitong Mountain.

After Ji Hongchang returned to Beijing, he first reported his plan to the emperor in detail, and suggested that he go to the Summer Resort for a while.

The emperor trusted Ji Hongchang very much, so he listened to his suggestion, and took the queen mother, empress, and several favored concubines and princesses to the summer resort.

Not to worry about the future, Ji Hongchang first had some soldiers disguised as traffickers and spread rumors in several counties adjacent to Sitong Mountain.

Said that the emperor would really enjoy it, he left the capital when it was hot, and brought a large number of elite guards to the Summer Resort to enjoy the blessing.

When He Liu got the news, he arrogantly thought that the emperor must have heard his threat and ran away in fright.

For a moment it was unbearable, and I wished I could lead troops to attack the capital immediately and establish myself as king.

However, although he was conceited, he was still cautious, he was still dubious about the rumors, and he did not dare to send troops rashly.

So, he sent people down the mountain to find a middle-aged "businessman" from the capital, and wanted to ask him personally.

This businessman was one of the eloquent soldiers sent by Ji Hongchang.

The businessman's answer was well-founded and convincing, instantly dispelling the doubts in He Liu's mind.

In the evening of that day, he brought his own thousands of troops and prepared to set off from Sitong Mountain to attack the capital by surprise.

There are two roads to the capital, one is flat and wide, and the distance is short, and the other is long, but rugged and hidden.

Comparing the two, He Liu chose the one with the longest distance that is not easy to be exposed, and he can reach it before dawn.

And the low-lying old mound where Ji Hongchang and the others ambushed was on this road.

The Laozhong depression is surrounded by sorghum corn that is about to mature, adding a natural barrier to the people lurking here.

When He Liu's men arrived, Ji Hongchang's team was holding their breath and waiting for the prey to fall into the trap.

As soon as the gangsters entered, thousands of arrows were fired. Some were shot to death, some were injured and fell on their horses, and some horses were frightened and fell from their backs...

For a while, the gangsters were beaten to the ground, crying for their father and mother, and fled in a hurry.

When He Liu saw that he was attacked, his teeth were itching with hatred, and when he saw deserters, he was furious.

Holding two knives, he slashed at Ji Hongchang's men. When the other party saw this, they immediately shouted and killed, and all brandished knives and spears, rushing towards the gangsters.

Since ancient times, evil has never suppressed good.No matter how brave and powerful He Liu was, he was no match for the valiant General Ji Hongchang. In a short time, except for dozens of people who fled, the rest of the gangsters were all wiped out.

After the story was finished, Li Siqi was stunned. She was not amazed at General Ji Hongchang's good strategy and superb martial arts.

Instead, he was surprised that his and Ji Hong's names seemed to be bandits as well as the one who exterminated Ji's family back then.

In modern times, she read a news story about a bad guy who took revenge on a judge, but ended up mistakenly killing a neighbor who looked like him.

In the blink of an eye, Li Siqi's mind flashed, then, was the tragedy of Ji's family also caused by bandits taking revenge on the wrong person?
Thinking of this, she blurted out, "Old man, have you met General Ji Hongchang? Where does he live?"

The old man filled the empty glass in front of Li Siqi with water, "His house used to be at the east end of this street, and the old man was lucky enough to see it a few times.

General Ji was born with a swallow's forehead and a tiger's head, with a strong physique, and his feet are windy when he walks. He is extremely powerful! "

Li Siqi drew a portrait of Ji Hongchang in her mind, which was the standard appearance of a military general, but she heard Granny Ding say that Ji Hong obviously had a refined and handsome appearance.

The appearance of the two is so different that it is impossible to be mistaken.

And from what the old man said just now, they all live in Qizhi Street, but one of them is in the east end and the other is in the west end, and they are far apart.

This is weird...

Li Siqi picked up a piece of peanut cake and stuffed it into her mouth, thinking while chewing.

Just as she was lost in thought, it suddenly began to rain in the gloomy sky, Li Siqi frowned, there has been a lot of rain recently.

(End of this chapter)