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The room is small and smoky. There are four tables in the middle, and a few cards are placed on the tables. A group of old people aged five to 60 and six to seventy are yelling around the table. Some gamble in person, but more It's just to join in the fun.

"Who the hell... is less in charge?"

"Let's play two games together?"

"Haha, is this another young lady?"

The old people were a little panicked at first, but they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was me.

"I'm not going to play today, I have something to do with Mr. Tan." I smiled and cupped my hands, and took out a wad of banknotes from my bag and put them on the table, "A little money, treat everyone to supper."

"Young Master, please be polite~ Tan Laosan, Young Master is calling you."

"Come here~~"

Amidst the crowd's yelling, a relatively thin old man who looked very ordinary at first glance walked quickly in front of me.

"You're making fun of the young master, please come inside." The old man shook hands with me cheerfully, and led me up another floor to a soundproof tea room on the top floor.

"Aponia, this is Mr. Tan, who used to be on the front line of intelligence work in the north. Mr. Tan, this is my wife." I briefly introduced it, and at the same time told Mr. Tan that Aponia is my own. There is no need to worry too much. .

"Okay~ There are talented people from generation to generation, each leading the army for hundreds of years." Tan Lao happily cupped his hands.

"It's rare for the young master to come to my place, so why?"

"Tan Lao is straightforward, so I will speak directly. I came to Tan Lao this time to ask about the Li family in the Western Military Region." I smiled apologetically, chatting with these old people who have read human relationships, it really doesn't need to be too polite.

Chapter 381

"Western Li family?" Elder Tan frowned slightly, then looked at me suspiciously.

"Young master, if you ask me about the north, the old man can still say a few words, but the Li family in the west..."

"Old Tan, I actually want to ask about Li Jingqiu and my grandfather."

Old Tan was startled for a moment, then fell silent for a while.

"Young master, it's not that the old man doesn't tell you. Some things that the old master did back then are too controversial now. If it is spread, it will not be good for the reputation of the North."

"Old Tan, I'll just ask myself to understand, and I won't tell outsiders." My heart was moved, and I had already guessed the situation by myself after hearing the meaning of what Tan Lao said.

Tan Lao opened the cup and took a sip of the herbal tea in it.

"There was indeed a past event between the old Patriarch and Li Jingqiu, but the story between these two people dates back to before the war."

"At that time, the old Patriarch was just in his early twenties. He and Sister Xuan were not together at that time, but he could already be said to be the most capable general under Sister Xuan's subordinates."

"Sister Xuan wanted to unify the north at the time. In addition to eradicating the warlords in the twelve provinces, she also had to establish diplomatic relations with the surrounding military regions. As the diplomatic ambassador of the north, your grandfather often took us here and there."

"When we went to the Western Military Region, everyone went to the guest house to rest together, and the old man, I set up a small gambling house on the side of the street, collecting information and earning some extra money."

Aponia nodded with a sudden realization. Gambling workshops and taverns are places where good and bad people are mixed together and information circulates. As the minister of intelligence in the north, Mr. Tan, opening a gambling workshop is also a professional skill for collecting information.

"At that time, a little girl disguised as a man came. The old master saw that she liked to be smart and had a big wallet, so he slaughtered her. As a result, the little girl left sullenly. The next day, she brought Another girl disguised as a man." Old Tan took another sip of water with a smile.

"The second girl was the eldest daughter of Tangyang Governor Li Fengjie at that time, the chief under Hua Xianshi's seat, and later the Western Marshal Li Jingqiu. We only found out later that the first girl was not simple. She was also a disciple of Hua Xianshi and Li Jingqiu's junior sister."

"Li Jingqiu learned that we had deceived her junior sister, and originally wanted to ask the army to arrest us and put us in a prison, but her naughty little junior sister was afraid of alarming her, Master Huaxian punished her. Li Jingqiu was also young at the time, so stupid Shit, maybe it’s because I’ve read too many martial arts novels on the street stalls, so I want to put myself in danger, and use our tricks.” (For now, it means that I want to put myself in danger and go to Burma to rescue people)

Old Tan smiled, "But the old Patriarch has been fighting in the rivers and lakes for so long, how can these two little girls compare? He won all the money from the two girls that day."

"In the end, the old Patriarch was kind and gave the two little girls the money to go back. He thought it was just a chance encounter, but later, when we had collected more information, we went to visit Li Fengjie's general's residence with Miss Xuan's documents, and met two more little girls."

"Because it is related to the diplomatic affairs of the two sides in the northwest, the two little girls dare not raise objections, but after the diplomatic agreement is signed, these two people can't sit still. They said that they want to have a martial arts show with the north to see what level the boxers in the north are."

I nodded. This kind of martial arts performance was actually a tradition in the Huang Kingdom, called making friends through martial arts, but the outcome of the martial arts performance is also related to the face of both parties.Jian Wenzhuo used to participate in this kind of martial arts performance as a representative of the north. In order to care about the opponent's face, he would often hold back for three rounds and defeat the opponent in the fourth round.

"At that time, it was Li Fengjie's adopted son who played in the west, and the one who played in the north was naturally the old Patriarch." Tan Lao smiled cheerfully, "Even if the boxing skills of the old Patriarch were spread throughout the north, only Sister Xuan and Sister Su can overwhelm him. However, some of us old buddies feel that the old Patriarch’s boxing skills are the real No. [-] in the north, and the reason why he can’t beat Sister Xuan and Sister Su is that he is simply afraid of his wife and pity his wife.”

"The old patriarch gave up that adopted son for three rounds, and knocked him down in the fourth round, but Li Fengjie's adopted son was still unconvinced and mocked the old patriarch's tricks. The old patriarch followed the example of Kong Ming and Meng Huo in the Three Kingdoms, and captured him seven times. Qi Zong finally defeated this man."

"However, this Li Fengjie is really generous. He held a banquet for us that night, and tentatively asked the old Patriarch if he would like to stay in the West. He even intended to betroth Li Jingqiu and her little junior sister to the old Patriarch as his wife. "

"But the old Patriarch treats Sister Xuan, that's really four words, loyal!" Tan Lao couldn't help giving a thumbs up as he spoke, "Young master, you really don't know, back then Li Jingqiu was really worthless!" It is said to be stunning in the world, and her little junior sister is also eccentric, elegant and refined. This is not to say that Sister Xuan is not good, it is that many times, the old Patriarch has done a very good job, but Sister Xuan has basically never given her hometown The Lord has a good face. Later, the old Patriarch broke his heart and gave up, and got engaged to the eldest lady of the Shangmeng."

"Well, then how did my grandma get together with my grandpa?"

"Ahem... the current generation doesn't know much about it, but it was widely circulated at the time. The old man told you about it. Don't tell Sister Xuan if you are the young master."

"Don't worry, don't worry." I cupped my hands, and told Alicia to listen to it, but it seemed that Danzi was also very interested in gossip about grandma and grandpa.

"The old Patriarch held a wedding with the eldest lady of the business alliance. The eldest lady wore a white wedding dress. Sister Xuan didn't know where to get a set of phoenix coronets, so she followed behind the eldest lady. What is the eldest lady doing? Sister Xuan followed suit. Throughout the wedding process, we all thought that it was Miss Shangmeng’s maid who married the old Patriarch. I was still wondering if only Sister Su came to the Yun’s family. Is Sister Xuan angry? .”

"Later, I heard from the old patriarch that he himself didn't know it at the time, and he was stupid when he went into the bridal chamber and lifted the red hijab."

"..." I touched my chin, and I could only say that I was indeed a grandma.

"We only found out later that Sister Xuan was actually kind to the old Patriarch, and often cooked for the old Patriarch, but Sister Xuan is really strange. I still can't figure out the old man. When she delivered the old Patriarch's meals, why did she have to say that the servants cooked too much food and fed the leftovers to the dogs."

"Ahem..." I coughed lightly twice. In my grandfather's era, the concept of tsundere probably hadn't been popularized yet.

"Old Tan, let's continue talking about Li Jingqiu."

"Haha, it's off topic now." Tan Lao smiled and waved his hand, and took another sip of the tea in the cup.

"That day, we were full of wine and food, and stayed overnight in a hotel under Li Fengjie's name. As a result, at night, Li Jingqiu and her little junior sister came to look for your grandfather."

? ? ? ? ?

I frowned, this shouldn't happen, right?

"Young Patriarch, you think too much." Old Tan waved his hand, "Li Jingqiu came to see the old Patriarch to settle accounts."

"Li Jingqiu felt that her father's adopted son had lost face to the Western Military Region, and wanted to fight the old Patriarch again, but the old Patriarch was naturally rude and gave Li Jingqiu a hard lesson."

"Because we were going to go to the next military region the next day, and we didn't take this matter to heart, but..." Old Tan paused, deliberately keeping it off.

"Ahem, Mr. Tan, there are no outsiders here, so don't fool me."

"Haha, the young master is right. The old man has been doing this for so many years, but he still hasn't got rid of this bad habit."

"When we got to the station and were about to take the train to leave Tangyang, we met Li Jingqiu and her junior sister again." Mr. Tan said with a cheerful smile, "From what Li Jingqiu said, the two of them came out to roam , to test the sword. But the old man can see that these two people are clearly interested in the old Patriarch."

"The captain's grandfather...is he so charming?" Aponia asked puzzled.

"Young Mistress, you don't know. The old Patriarch was really a good-looking talent back then." Elder Tan gave his thumbs up again, "When it comes to boxing, marksmanship, and cultural accomplishment, the old Patriarch can be said to be like Lu Bu and Ma Zhongchi. Rabbit. And most importantly, the coach of my hometown is really handsome, the kind that oozes from the bones."

"So... how does it compare with him?" Aponia pointed at me curiously.

"Haha, it's hard to say." Old Tan smiled.

"Is there... is there anything difficult to say?"

"Young Madam, the times are different." Elder Tan shook his head, "Girls in that era liked domineering figures like the old Patriarch. If a country lives and dies to benefit the country, how can it be avoided because of misfortunes and blessings? A man born in the world, how can he be trapped in the love of his children?"

"Compared to the old Patriarch, the Eldest Young Master... takes the word "love" much more seriously."

"For example, Li Jingqiu, although the old Patriarch didn't take her seriously at all, but she relied on the old Patriarch, in the name of punishing evil and promoting good, and she must watch the old Patriarch not to let him do bad things."

"Then what does my grandfather say?"

"Even if the old Patriarch had lust, Li Jingqiu's father was Governor Tang Yang at the time, and he didn't have the guts. He tricked Li Jingqiu into getting on the train to the Western Military Region, and took us to the Southern Military Region."

"And when Li Jingqiu and the old Patriarch met for the second time..." Tan Lao sighed slightly, his expression became lonely and sad.

"A war changed everything, and the status and status between the two have changed."

"After the Battle of Xinyi, the west fell completely, and Li Jingqiu fled to the north with the help of Immortal Master Hua. But at that time, the old Patriarch had already married Sister Xuan and the eldest lady of the Business Alliance, and had many children."

"Later, Li Jingqiu had a nervous breakdown after knowing that Master Hua died in battle. The old Patriarch had no choice but to lock her up with the special chains made by the ship's family and lock her in the ship's mansion."

Mr. Tan shook his head, "Li Jingqiu is really capable, but her sharpness is too sharp, she is too strong and easy to break, and she is less resilient than Sister Xuan. After the old Patriarch locked her up, she went on a hunger strike, refused to eat, and even committed suicide."

"And then... something happened."

"At that time, sister Xuan came to see the old Patriarch, and the two of them were chatting, and we eavesdropped on the side."

"At the beginning, Sister Xuan complained about why Li Jingqiu didn't know what to do. The old patriarch said good things for Li Jingqiu, saying that Li Jingqiu's family is almost dead, and it's not easy for her..."

"Sister Xuan told the old Patriarch that so many people died in the Yun family, and she survived as usual. People don't live just for themselves."

"The old Patriarch smiled and asked Sister Xuan, who else is living for, not for herself?"

"At that time, the old Patriarch probably thought that Sister Xuan would say it was for him, but Sister Xuan shook her head and said that if it wasn't for the three children, she would have wanted to die as well.

"Sister Xuan didn't think too much at the time, but this sentence was engraved in the heart of the old Patriarch. After Sister Xuan left, the old Patriarch would often run to Li Jingqiu's yard, usually for a day and a half at a time." Tan Laoshen He took a breath of stale air, then let it out slowly.

"Afterwards, Li Jingqiu stopped making noises, and ate obediently, but her belly... also gradually grew bigger day by day."

"The old man guessed that Li Jingqiu should have figured it out too. After all, she has a child in her belly, so she was going to live a peaceful life with her old master. Moreover, the situation of the War of Resistance was gradually becoming clear, and the confrontation between the Northern Alliance Army and the Illuminati gradually reversed the situation. , had the upper hand. At that time, everyone was looking forward to the day when the war would end. Although the old Patriarch was romantic, the years of war were really not easy..."

"Li Jingqiu originally wanted to kill the old Patriarch, but later she gradually accepted the old Patriarch, mending the old Patriarch's clothes, cooking and washing, and serving the old Patriarch to take a bath and sleep. Our old buddies thought it was not easy for Li Jingqiu, so we kept it secret Sister Xuan secretly asked someone to order a batch of various things for the wedding, and hid them in Li Jingqiu's yard."

"Everyone is thinking that after the war is over, there will be a wedding for Li Jingqiu and the old Patriarch. Anyway, since they have children, Sister Xuan can just curse a few times, and it is impossible to do anything to Li Jingqiu."

"..." Elder Tan took a deep breath.

"After that, the most tragic battle in northern history, the Hundred Regiments Battle, took place."

There was a thump in my heart, and there was an inexplicable colic.

"Firstly, the Second Army led by Sister Su was chased and intercepted by the commandment of the Illuminati and ten generals. After that, the former Northern First Army led by Sister Xuan was also crushed by the main force of the Illuminati."

"The old Patriarch... became the last hope of the North at that time." Elder Tan's voice was even a little choked up.

"The old Patriarch gathered all the remaining soldiers in the north who were capable of fighting at that time, including almost all the boxers and gunmen of the ship family at that time. First, he made a hole in the Han Danyuan in the north, crossed the Zhouji Mountains, went around to the rear of the Illuminati, and finally cut off the logistics and food of the Illuminati..."

Chapter 382 Childbirth

I gently closed my eyes, feeling a little suffocated for a moment.

What Grandpa did at the beginning was actually a strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but going so deep behind the enemy's rear meant... Grandpa never expected to come back alive. ..

This time, I went to Quantai to recruit the old department, and killed Yan Luo with a hundred thousand flags.

More than 90.00% of the soldiers who went with grandpa died in northern Xinjiang.Under the prosperity and prosperity of the north today, there are piles of bones and corpses of the predecessors.

"If the old man didn't have a bad leg, he would have followed the old Patriarch and accompanied him to walk through the mountain of corpses in purgatory." Tan Lao sighed.

"Sister Xuan finally beat the Illuminati back to the Lantern Kingdom and won the victory in the northern battlefield. The news of the old Patriarch's sacrifice also came back and reached Li Jingqiu's ears."

"At the time, we all thought that Li Jingqiu was going crazy again, but what we didn't expect was that Li Jingqiu's behavior was unusually calm. She gathered the remnants of the Li family and returned to the West with a big belly."

"Because Sister Xuan wiped out the power of the light, and the Immortal Master is still there, although Diss still has a huge advantage in the face of the coalition forces of the Li family and the Gong family, he still voluntarily surrendered and signed a series of agreements."