I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 5 Unwilling to be humiliated, decided to join the army

Grandpa Zhou has been Li Zheng’s neighbor for many years.

Over the years, he has taken good care of Li Zheng's mother and son.

Grandpa Zhou is alone, so he helps take care of Chenjingfang when he has nothing to do.

Three years ago, Li Zheng's mother passed away, and Li Zheng took over the business of Chenjingfang.

Grandpa Zhou worked tirelessly to help Li Zheng manage everything in the vinegar shop, buying food, ingredients, sales, and delivery...

Li Zheng also regarded Grandpa Zhou as his own grandfather.

In the past few days, Grandpa Zhou went to Jinyang Mansion to deliver goods to customers there. He also bought some supplies for Li Zheng and Wanye's good deeds. He just came back now.

As soon as I returned to Changzhi County, I heard that something happened at the Chen Vinegar Factory, so I quickly came back to find out.

"It's okay, Grandpa Zhou."

"Wan'er, she was taken back by her family."

Li Zheng looked at the old man and said calmly.

After a day and night of hard thinking, Li Zheng finally figured it out and made a decision for himself.

But he didn't want Grandpa Zhou to worry.

If Grandpa Zhou knew Wan'er's identity and knew that he had been humiliated by the Qin family in every possible way, Grandpa Zhou would be even more worried.

However, apart from worrying the old man, it does nothing to help.

Li Zheng briefly recounted the incident, but Wan'er's true identity was still ignored.

"So that's what happened! This is a good thing for girl Wan'e. I know that Brother Zheng and Wan'e have a deep relationship. Grandpa has seen your relationship with Wan'e for more than a year."

"Don't worry, Wan'e is an emotional child. She will definitely give you a letter when she returns and stabilizes. Then I will propose marriage to Brother Zheng."

Grandpa Zhou patted Li Zheng on the shoulder and comforted him.

After listening to Li Zheng's brief introduction to the situation, Grandpa Zhou didn't think much and just kept comforting him.

"Grandpa Zhou, you have just come back, so go home and rest. I will go to your mother's grave to have a look."

With that said, Li Zheng walked towards the door.

When Grandpa Zhou heard what Li Zheng said, he didn't think much about it. After all, Li Zheng and Wanye had been together day and night for more than a year. It was inevitable that he would feel sad when they left suddenly.

He turned around and was about to go home when he suddenly saw several carriages filled with things parked in the backyard.

"what are these?"

Grandpa Zhou walked towards the backyard curiously.

……

Outside Changzhi City.

There are a group of tombs on a bare hill.

Li Zheng came to a tomb with a wooden tablet and knelt down with a pop.

The wooden tablet on the tomb reads the tomb of his mother, Lin, and his son, Li Zhengli.

Li Zheng touched his mother's name on the wooden tablet with his hand and murmured to himself;
  "Mom, I can no longer protect the vinegar shop for you. I have made a decision. I decided to join the army."

"Mom, I know that you are most opposed to me joining the army. I hope that I can run the vinegar shop well, marry a wife and have children here, and live a peaceful life. But... the child already has a woman. For his woman, the child must join the army and make a successful career. Gain fame."

"Mom, do you know? After you left, I saved a girl, a very gentle and beautiful girl. If you were still alive, you would definitely like her very much, but she was born in a prince's family, and she is not like us. There is a huge difference in the status of merchants. Merchants are the most humble status in the world. Even if you have a fortune of tens of thousands in the future, you will not be able to get into the eyes of these princes."

"Mom, I've thought about it. If I want to get my own woman, I have to change my identity as a merchant, and the only way to change my identity is to join the army. Only in this way, by establishing a career in the army and gaining fame, can I have the opportunity to marry Wan. Son."

"Please forgive me for my child's unfilial piety!"

"If the child dies in battle, his body will be buried next to his mother. He will always accompany and serve her to repay her for her kindness in raising him."

"If the child is rewarded for his great achievements, he will return to his hometown in fine clothes and bring Wan'er to his mother's grave to pay homage."

"May the mother's spirit in heaven protect the child!"

Done.

Li Zheng kowtowed three times to his mother's grave, his eyes filled with determination.

In fact, Li Zheng is not from this era.

He is a time traveler from the 21st century.

Because of a car accident, he traveled back to six-year-old Li Zheng.

Then he lived with his mother in the small county town of Changzhi, running a vinegar shop and living a poor but happy life.

As for who his father was, his mother did not tell him before she died. She only left him a personal jade pendant and told him that it was the only thing his father left to her.

His mother didn't want to tell Li Zheng his father's identity, perhaps because she didn't want Li Zheng's father to disturb his peaceful life. However, Li Zheng still got some fragmentary information about his father from the gossips of his neighbors.

His father was a soldier and was rescued by his mother because he was injured.

While his father was recovering from illness, his mother became pregnant with him.

For this reason, my mother was kicked out of the house by her family.

He was forced to open a vinegar shop in Changzhi City to make ends meet.

After his father recovered from his injury, he left his mother and was never heard from again.

His mother worked hard to raise him. Her biggest wish was that Li Zheng could inherit her vinegar shop, marry a wife and have children, and live a stable life.

Now, for Wan'er, Li Zheng violated his mother's last wish and joined the army to gain fame.

After Li Zheng kowtowed three times, he stood up firmly and was about to turn around and leave when a voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Trigger system binding conditions, kill enemies and become stronger. System binding is successful. 】

Li Zheng was stunned on the spot.

The system is finally here.

Although he didn't know what the triggering conditions were.

But with the system, who cares about this?

[The host has been bound to the system of killing enemies and becoming stronger. Please assign the task to the host! 】

The system prompted in my mind.

"I want to join the army!"

Li Zheng said directly without any hesitation.

【OK! 】

[The host will receive a novice mission, join the army and be rewarded with gene enhancement liquid, gain experience points by killing enemies, and upgrade to become stronger. 】

As the beep ended, a transparent green medicine tube suddenly appeared in Li Zheng's hand. Looking at the bottle of green liquid medicine, Li Zheng knew that this should be the gene enhancement liquid rewarded by the system.

Li Zheng set his heart and swallowed the potion in one gulp.

Gollum!

"hiss!"

"It hurts!"

Li Zheng felt as if his whole body was being bitten by ants, and his whole body was in severe pain.

He clearly felt that all the cells in his body were on fire, and his whole body was like a burning flame that was constantly eroding his body.

Li Zheng groaned and huddled tightly, the severe pain making him confused.

Unable to hold on, Li Zheng finally passed out.

When I woke up, it was already afternoon.

Li Zheng opened his eyes and saw his exposed arms, with tangled muscles. When he opened his shirt, his exposed abdominal muscles were as sharp as knives, and he also had eight-pack abs with sharp edges and an inverted triangle...

Li Zheng is not a narcissistic person, but when he saw his perfect body at this moment, he couldn't help but admire it.

Just then, the sound in my ear sounded again:

[Publish a mission, the host joins the army, enters the military camp, and becomes a soldier of the Tang Dynasty. After completion, the system upgrade template will be opened, with eighteen kinds of weapons, magic arrows, formations...]

When Li Zheng returned home, it was almost dark.

Grandpa Zhou stood at the door of Chenjingfang, waiting anxiously.

Seeing that Li Zheng was back intact, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Zheng, you are finally back."

"Are you hungry? Grandpa has prepared food for you. Come and eat some."

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhou, for taking your time!"

Li Zheng followed Grandpa Zhou into the house.

After the two are seated.

Grandpa Zhou couldn’t help but ask:
  "Brother Zheng, why are there so many gold and silver cloths in the backyard?"

Grandpa Zhou was born and raised in the local area. He had never seen so many possessions in his life, and his jaw almost dropped.

You must know that in a small border town, these properties are enough to make Li Zheng the richest man.

(End of this chapter)