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Chapter 230: Farewell to Pojun

When Li Guanyi and Yaoguang found her.

Xu Huilan was washing clothes. Downstream, she used a wooden board with bumps and depressions to soak the clothes and rub them on it. She also put plants that can remove stains in it and then beat them with a wooden stick.

Finally, crush the small fruits that can remove stains, and then rub them vigorously with your hands.

The gentle and beautiful woman in Yuan Zhi's words now had much rougher hands. Her palms had been soaked in water for a long time, and remained abnormally red. When she saw Li Guanyi and Yaoguang coming, she was a little confused for a moment.

The young man bowed and smiled, "My last name is Li. I am a Confucian student of Master Wang Tong. I am good friends with Yuan Zhi. He knew I was here, so he asked me to bring something to you."

Xu Huilan was stunned for a moment, not caring about the things in her hands falling into the water. She sat up, took a few steps forward, stopped again, wiped her palms on her clothes, and said with red eyes:

"Why did it take so long for Yuan Zhi to send me news?"

Li Guan looked at Xu Huilan and said, "Yuan Zhi has been writing to you all the time."

"He copied books for others in the academy and earned some money. He also sent some money back to you. Didn't you receive any money?"

Xu Huilan was stunned, then seemed to understand something, and gritted her teeth and said, "It was that Mr. Zhao... The people who delivered the letter were all familiar with him! He, he intercepted all the letters from Zhier."

She raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, but smiled and said softly: "But, it's okay. I thought Yuan Zhi had forgotten his mother. Fortunately, fortunately..."

She looked up. She was about forty years old, but looked older and more tired. Her hair was tied up, with silver strands sticking out. She smiled:
"Come on, thank you for coming here, come and have a seat at my house!"

"I also want to ask Yuan Zhi how he has been doing over the past ten years."

Li Guanyi took the heavy wooden barrel and clothes from Xu Huilan's hands. When he returned, he saw a man with a broken leg sitting there. He had thick fingers and was weaving a bamboo basket. His hair was dry and white, and his face was bitter, but his movements were very fast.

This is Yuanzhi’s uncle, Xu Yunxia.

He has a hot temper and knows some sword skills. He was the one who taught Yuan Zhi martial arts in the beginning.

Knowing that Yuan Zhi had not disappeared and had been writing letters here for the past ten years, Li Guanyi also guessed that it was probably the work of that great official Zhao. He wrote down everything and recorded it in his own little notebook.

With a warm smile, she went to cook. Xu Huilan and Xu Yunxia were from a poor family.

However, Li Guanyi and Yaoguang brought a lot of things. The man asked his wife and sister to cook, and then he stood on one leg, leaning on a wooden stick, to pick wild vegetables and wild sunflowers in the yard, peeled the sunflower seeds, and made soup.

"This is blown by the wind. I don't know where it came from, but it can be considered a treat..."

Xu Yunxia hesitated for a moment and said, "How has Yuan Zhi been doing recently? He hasn't come back in all these years. I guess it's because the letters we sent out were also suppressed by Mr. Zhao."

"That kid is very straightforward. He probably thinks we think he has no future and won't let him come back..."

Xu Yunxia was silent for a moment, then said, "Who in the world doesn't want their children to be safe? Look at my sister..." He turned sideways, looked at the woman making the soup, and said softly,
"I haven't seen her smile for a long time."

"Ever since the child left and I became like this, it seems like the only things left for her to do are to take care of me and wait for Yuan Zhi to come back. There has been no news for ten years, and everyone thinks Yuan Zhi is dead, but she refuses to acknowledge him."

"Before, a witch said that Yuan Zhi was gone and had become a wandering ghost, and asked her to buy a tablet to summon his soul. My sister beat her up and sent her away, but when she came back, she continued to cry and cried so hard that she couldn't breathe..."

Xu Yunxia said: "Who among all mothers in the world doesn't love their children?"

Li Guanyi said yes, he raised his palm and pressed it on his heart, thinking of that gentle woman, while Yaoguang next to him just kept silent. The relationship between their parents was extremely shallow.

Xu Yunxia didn't know about this, and just said: "He just came back with the news, and it made her so happy, why didn't he come back himself?"

Xu Yunxia lowered his voice and hesitated, "Did you run into some trouble? Or did you fail to make it? What does it matter?" He leaned forward and said, "As a man, a temporary hardship is nothing."

"If that doesn't work, come home."

"Which parents would despise their children for not making progress? If they can come back, the family can just eat sunflower soup. What's the point of being alone outside?"

Li Guanyi smiled and replied, "Yuan Zhi is doing well. He is pursuing his ambitions now, so he is too busy to leave. That's why he asked me to help. He also hopes to be reunited with you."

"I am willing to help him too."

Xu Yunxia breathed a sigh of relief and said softly:
"Really? That's good, that's good..."

Xu Huilan brought out many bowls and plates, but their family did not have so many tableware, so the food was simple. The bacon that Li Guanyi brought was cut and steamed and placed in a bowl. Xu Yunxia walked over and called for his grandson to come closer.

Then she took a piece of meat and gave it to him. Xu Yunxia's son died early with a broken leg, and his daughter-in-law ran away to another place, leaving behind this grandson. Xu Yunxia put the meat in his grandson's mouth. The child swallowed it in a few bites and licked his lips with satisfaction.

Xu Yunxia whispered, "You've eaten meat, right?"

The child nodded vigorously.

Xu Yunxia said, "Then when you go to the table later, you can't eat meat, understand?"

Although the child still wanted to eat meat, he nodded and said, "Okay, Grandpa." At this time, Xu Yunxia came out with a crutch. The food on the table was very simple. There were large pieces of cooked root vegetables, steamed rice, soup made with wild vegetables and sunflower, meat, blanched vegetables dipped in vinegar sauce, and bacon in the middle.

For the hard-working people of that era, this was already quite abundant.

There were two staple foods. In addition to rice, there was also a paste-like rice mixed with brown rice, corn, and radish. The refined rice brought by Li Guanyi was handed to him and Yaoguang. Li Guanyi lowered his eyes, and Xu Huilan said:
"My family is poor, and I don't have anything extra to entertain you two."

Li Guanyi replied softly: "It's already rich enough."

He picked up the meat with chopsticks and put it on the rice in a layer, then handed the rice to the little child over there. After several refusals, the child finally took it.

Li Guanyi said: "Yuanzhi and I are close friends, so there is no need for you to do this, aunt."

With gratitude in her eyes, Xu Huilan asked about Yuan Zhi's situation. Li Guanyi said the same thing as he had just said when answering Xu Yunxia. Xu Huilan just sat there, nodding and listening carefully to whatever Li Guanyi said, not even bothering to eat.

As if to make up for what she had been missing over the years, she had a quiet smile on her face. Finally, she wiped away her tears and said, "I knew Yuan Zhi was talented. He's busy now, so it's normal that he doesn't have time to come back."

Xu Huilan said, "Please tell him that everything is fine at home and he is doing well outside. He doesn't need to come back."

The woman, who was in her forties and had half her hair grey, was holding the bowl and chopsticks and said:

"Just say that I'm old and don't have any skills, and I can't help him."

"Say we are good at everything..."

Suddenly, there were bursts of noisy sounds outside, the sound of horses neighing, and the sound of iron hitting the wall. Someone laughed: "Oh? I heard that Yuan Zhi's friend is back?!"

"Ha, he dared to touch my sworn brother before, now that he's back, does he have to apologize?!"

Li Guanyi stood up, and Xu Yunxia held Li Guanyi's hand tightly: "I'll do it..."

He forced a smile on his face and said, "This matter is about a local tyrant, and it involves a lot of things. I heard that it is related to the county magistrate's master in the county where this town belongs. He is also the deputy official in charge of laws and regulations in our town, and he is a member of the imperial court."

"You are here to help Yuan Zhi deliver the letter, don't get involved in any trouble."

The young man said softly:

"They have detained Yuan Zhi's letters. They probably haven't even read them."

Li Guanyi stood up and said, "Yuan Zhi has long been a core disciple of the academy. If they had seen the letter and had a bit of brains, they would not dare to mess with you. Unfortunately, the academy has not been born yet, so they don't know its importance."

"I came here today to take you all away. Yuan Zhi also hopes that the whole family can be reunited..."

Li Guanyi stood up and comforted Xu Huilan and Xu Yunxia and his wife.

The young man turned around and opened the door. Outside the door stood a dozen hooligans. The leader was wearing a suit of a wealthy man and riding a horse. He looked at Li Guanyi with a slanted look. He saw that he was a boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old. Although he was quite tall, he was not carrying any weapons. So he looked around and smiled, saying:

"Hahaha, Yuan Zhi, ah Yuan Zhi, you're going backwards the more you grow older. Ten years have passed, why are you still hanging out with people who are ten years younger than you?"

"Are you Yuan Zhi's friend?"

"You don't know, he offended my brother, Master Zhao. He's my half-brother, and he was stabbed to death. If I don't do anything, won't my brothers in the martial arts world look down on me? Hahaha!"

"Today, you are not Yuan Zhi. I, Master Zhao, will give you face. Kneel down and kowtow seventeen or eighteen times. I will let you live. Get out of here!"

"Otherwise, hehe, your Master Zhao will tie you up and throw you out of this city!"

Li Guanyi hasn't spoken yet.

Yaoguang, who was sitting on the bench, stretched out her hands and placed them on the chair.

One click.

The girl fell to the ground, ran to the door in a few steps, then reached out her hand, grabbed the door, and pulled it open with force.

Bang!
Just close the door.

Xu Yunxia was stunned and said anxiously: "Oh, little girl, what are you doing! Why did you lock Brother Li out?" The silver-haired girl thought of the time when they first met, when she dragged Li Guanyi and the assassin he captured back to the cave where she lived at that time.

As a result, blood splattered all over the floor!
She wiped and wiped, but it wasn't clean.

In the end, the girl decisively chose to give up.

And at this moment——

The school of stargazing will never make the same mistake twice!

The girl raised her chin slightly, expressionless.

Don't let the blood splash in.

Instead, the hooligans outside were stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment: "Did you just see that the door was closed?!"

"got windy?"

"That's not right. I see there's no wind here."

"Hey, did I see a ghost?"

Li Guanyi laughed helplessly. With Yaoguang's magical skills, it was really a ghost that these people could see her. Mr. Zhao seemed dissatisfied and said, "You still dare to laugh? Hit me!"

Then there was a loud noise outside.

Inside the yard, Xu Yunxia picked up the carrying pole and was about to jump out with one foot, extremely anxious. The silver-haired girl counted to three before she made way. Xu Yunxia pushed the door open, but was stunned. There was indeed a lot of people falling outside. For the common people in the village, the gangsters who had to stay away from them were lying on the ground.

The young man in blue-gray clothes rubbed his fists.

The silver-haired girl raised her foot and gently kicked Li Guanyi's right leg.

Li Guan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know my limits."

Mr. Zhao had a look on his face as if he had seen a ghost. In the blink of an eye, all his people flew up. With Li Guanyi's current martial arts skills, even without armor and without real fighting, these people were no match for him.

Mr. Zhao had a big swelling on his face, but he still had the arrogance and anger that was unique to village bullies. He said, "You, you!"

"Do you know who I am?!" "I don't know."

Mr. Zhao was furious and said, "I am an official appointed by the court, the deputy officer in charge of criminal law in this town. The county magistrate and county lieutenant in the county town are all familiar with me. All the gangs, big and small, are friendly with me. People within a radius of 80 miles bow their heads and greet me when they see me."

"You dare to hit me? You dare to hit an official appointed by the imperial court?!"

"You, you, you have the guts to wait! Go find my big brother, go find my big brother!"

Li Guanyi said: "The court officials are more courageous than the emperor."

Mr. Zhao cursed, "In this eighty-mile area, my words are more effective than those of the prince or the emperor! Recruit people!" Li Guanyi signaled Xu Yunxia not to worry, as Xu Yunxia was also a man who had seen some ups and downs.

Being able to raise a young man like Yuan Zhi who was willing to kill for justice, this family must have some heroic spirit in their bones, so they simply ignored it and took the meat to share the food. In a short while, more than 20 yamen runners, all holding water and fire sticks, came out, led by a man in cloth armor, cursing:

"Who? Who dares to mess with my brother?"

They surrounded Li Guanyi and the others, raised their sticks and pointed them here, and Li Guanyi said to Yaoguang: "It seems that the struggle between civil and military officials in Ying State and the prevalence of bureaucracy in various places are true."

The official was furious and smashed Li Guanyi with his stick, cursing:

"Fuck, I'm talking to you!"

But before he could get close, his wrists and knuckles hurt. The stick flew out, and the man stumbled back. Suddenly, he heard thunder. Xu Huilan raised her head nervously, looking at the sky, and asked, "Is it raining?"

"I, I haven't had time to collect the laundry yet..."

"It's not rain, it's wind."

Li Guanyi answered, he stretched out his hand, supported the mother, and replied: "It is because of your son that a wind has risen in this world. I want to thank you very much..."

Xu Huilan was puzzled. The young man in front of her grinned and said:

"Your son is really amazing!"

Many years ago, the gentle woman held her child's hand, pointed at the outside world with a smile, told him that the future was bright, and said that her mother did not have any special skills, so her child must study, learn to read and practice martial arts.

Don't learn from your mother.

My mother has no skills, so she hopes her children won’t follow her path.

The woman at that time stretched out her hand and rubbed the hair of the young Yuan Zhi, smiling happily: "My child must be the most talented."

"It is the most precious and valuable treasure in this world."

But Yuanzhi didn't know.

There is no need for him to truly become such a talented person.

He was the most outstanding man in the woman's eyes, so the memories of the past seemed to be mixed into the wind and shattered by the thunder. The roaring sound approached, like a thunderstorm. Mr. Zhao turned around and saw the endless thunder roaring, and the inky waves appeared.

Wearing heavy black armor, the eight-foot-tall warhorse breathes like a dragon.

Five hundred heavy cavalry.

Five hundred light cavalry.

They all held up the fine steel spears in their hands.

A thousand elite cavalrymen charged forward, and when four thousand horse hooves slammed down, it seemed as if the earth was shaking. No one could stop the chaotic beating heart. This iron army that had experienced the test of this troubled time charged forward like a huge wave, rushing into here with its last breath.

Finally, when it reached its climax, it suddenly came to a halt!

Orders and prohibitions.

However, the rapid and violent sweep brought about a surging wave, and the battle robes and flags were flying wildly. A solemn and cold aura rose into the sky, and everyone's heart was beating wildly. Mr. Zhao and the city captain of the local town were pale.

For they saw the young man standing there.

Li Guanyi reached out and held Xu Huilan, helping her to stand firmly.

The world-famous general Ling Pingyang made a comeback.

So the thousand elite cavalrymen moved in unison. They fixed their lances on the hooks of their horse harnesses and then dismounted in unison.

They all stepped forward, and even though they were wearing full armor, they were able to half-kneel on the ground.

He stretched out his palm and tapped his heart hard.

A sudden and murderous roar.

Needless to say, this was enough to prove his identity. Zhao Jiao's face turned pale, paler than it had been since he had been dead for three days, and he could hardly sit still.

No, you, you are here to play?
The young man who was dressed simply just now now looked like a heavy sword without an edge, with an imposing aura. A war horse had been sent over. Under the watchful eyes of thousands of elite cavalrymen, Li Guanyi stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grab the war horse.

He did not get on his horse, but walked over and looked at the mother, his voice gentle and calm: "My name is Li Guanyi, I have some knowledge."

"Yuan Zhi, be the leader of our army."

"He asked me to take you to him."

Li Guanyi looked at Xu Huilan who was in disbelief, and said softly: "Let Li Guanyi hold the horse and stirrup for you." In front of thousands of troops, the world's famous general helped Xu Huilan to mount the horse, and then, he personally led the horse and walked.

Xu Yunxia and his wife, as well as the child, were also taken away by the soldiers of the Qilin Army.

Li Guanyi personally led the reins forward. The Qilin Army soldiers bowed their heads and paid sufficient respect to the mother of their strategist. Zhao Jiao cursed in his heart: Where did these bandits and rebels come from? ! Or were they warlords, or which general? !

I can actually come here!

He shrank back, hoping not to be seen.

Li Guanyi really ignored him.

Because the sound of the second round of cavalry was heard.

Li Guan raised his eyes and said, "Line up."

Ling Pingyang carried out the military order, and the entire Qilin Army remounted. Li Guanyi let Yaoguang's donkey ride next to Xu Huilan's horse, and he himself mounted the warhorse. The sound of the warhorse was calm and murderous, and the roar of a tiger could be heard faintly.

There were also one thousand cavalrymen, but this time they were all in armor. The patterns on the armor looked like the marks of a tiger. They were none other than the Tiger Cavalry of Ying State, one of the three heaviest cavalrymen in the world!

The leader, although young, was dressed in gorgeous clothes and a golden hair crown.

There were people in official uniforms all around, they were all high-ranking officials from the entire state and county. Zhao Jiao stared blankly and saw that one of them was his biggest backer in the past. Whenever they met him, he had to kowtow to him, very respectfully, with a pale face.

But now, this big shot has to be the last one to bow down.

Where is the calm and composed demeanor as before, where everything is under control? Are people like this in the back? Then, who is in the front...

Zhao Jiao's face turned pale.

Prince Jiang Gao of Ying State was looking at his old friend who was lying calmly opposite him. After the Qilin Army entered Ying State, intelligence was continuously sent to the court of Ying State. As the prince, he had to go to greet them in person. Just now, he suddenly heard that Li Guanyi's Qilin Army heavy cavalry suddenly accelerated and rushed to a place.

Then the world's top heavy cavalry quickly followed.

They arrived almost at the same time. Li Guanyi saw an acquaintance behind those officials. He was dressed in a brocade robe and had a handsome face that was no less handsome than the woman, but he had a heroic air. His eyes turned purple because of extreme excitement.

Of course, his face remained calm.

Not only was he calm, but he was also indifferent, saying to the person next to him: "Hmm? This is the man, he looks ordinary."

The people nearby were horrified and said, "This is Qilin, Qin Wuhou..." They said how heroic he was and how he should not be underestimated.

This person still looked calm.

Really, no smile at all.

Breaking the military!

A year later, we finally met again.

Po Jun was calm and seemed very indifferent.

Li Guanyi did not pretend to be familiar with Pojun. He just paused to greet him and looked at the prince. The prince, who was known for his wisdom, remained silent, bowed slightly, lowered his eyes, took the initiative to salute, and said gently:
"Jiang Gao, meet Qin Wuhou."

In a word, there was dead silence all around.

Prince, take the initiative to salute? !

The heroic young man was wearing ordinary clothes, but the county officials, who were all dressed in silk and satin, had to dismount and salute. Li Guanyi returned the salute and said:

"Brother Jiang Gao, long time no see."

This is about personal relationships.

Prince Ying smiled and nodded, saying, "It's been a year since I last saw Qin Wuhou. I wonder why Qin Wuhou didn't go to the city but came here suddenly?"

Because it was Jiang Gao, Li Guanyi answered frankly:
"For my Lord's mother."

This is a recognition and commitment of identity.

Then, as if he remembered something, he said casually: "I heard that there is someone here who claims to be happier and more comfortable than the emperor. This person is an official appointed by the court, so I can't say anything."

Jiang Gao said: "Oh? There is this person, I don't know his name."

A person's body froze and was surrounded by cavalry.

Li Guanyi held the reins.

For his own sake, he was too lazy to do these things.

But this was for Yuan Zhi. It was because of the ten-year lack of contact between Yuan Zhi and his mother, uncle and aunt. It was because of the leg of his uncle who taught him the heart of a knight. Li Guanyi didn't care about the so-called loss of status. He still had some heroic spirit.

He holds grudges, is narrow-minded, and has a big heart.

The more satisfying it is to vent Yuan Zhi's anger, the better!

Li Guan pointed his whip at the man standing there motionless, and said leisurely:

"My name is Zhao Jiao."

(End of this chapter)