Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 67 Aweng's Regret

The second day of the Chinese New Year is also called Renri.

After enjoying a late sleep, Fu Zihou got up early on the second day of New Year's Day.

"Zihou, you're going so far this time. Remember to listen to Mr. Liu's instructions on the way. Don't be reckless like last time!"

Tao looked at Fu Zihou who was having breakfast and gave him gentle instructions.

"Got it, mother!"

Fu Zihou nodded, biting a millet cake in his mouth, watching his mother pack his clothes for the long journey. He couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother's worried look.

"Mother, just go visit Mr. Li and stay for a few days before returning to Xin County!"

Fu Zihou comforted.

Since Mr. Li did not return to Xin County to celebrate the New Year's Day, Fu Zihou must go to Hu County.

Originally there was no need to be so anxious, but because the Li family had already avenged Sanlang, they all wanted to tell Mr. Li about this as soon as possible and let him come back to pay tribute to Sanlang.

Old Madam Li didn't want Fu Zihou to go. She wanted Fu Zihou to wait in Xin County. After all, Fu Zihou was injured.

But Aong insisted. Not only did he agree with Old Madam Li to let Fu Zihou go, he also returned home and said in front of everyone that as long as Fu Zihou was alive, he would go to Hu County to visit Aong Li in person.

In Aong's eyes, if Mr. Li returned to Xin County, it should be Fu Zihou who went to bring him back instead of waiting in Xin County.

"It's your first time going so far, how can you not be worried!"

Tao held the package and looked at Fu Zihou. She didn't know why, but she always felt uneasy when she looked at her son and thought about his injuries.

"It's okay! Zihou is very capable! Just go pick someone up! What is there to be afraid of with Master Liu here?"

Aong looked at his second daughter-in-law, Tao, and said helplessly with a frown.

"Dad, you've been saying these past two days that Zihou is very capable. How can he get hurt if he's so capable? Don't praise him too much!"

Zhang said unhappily at this time.

As a sister-in-law, Zhang knew that her younger sister-in-law Tao was not good at speaking and she dared not contradict her grandfather. As a mother, Zhang knew Tao's worries even more.

The last sentence, even though it was said to Aong, was also a reminder to his nephew Zihou.

"Anyway, I just think Zihou can do it!"

Grandpa sighed, listened to what his eldest daughter-in-law said, and saw the resentful look on the face of his second daughter-in-law. He clasped his hands together, thought about it, and felt that he would not feel happy if he did not say anything.

"After what happened in Qinghe County, in my opinion, Zihou will definitely be able to become a general in the future. Maybe he will have a chance to become a county magistrate when he is older. When he is old, he may even have a chance to become a county chancellor. By then, our Fu family will be able to restore its former glory..."

As Grandpa spoke, his face looked somewhat melancholy and regretful.

"What a pity! Even then, my old bones won't be able to see it!"

Aong said with some sadness.

In this life, what Aong was most proud of was talking to others about the fact that the ancestor of the Fu family was also a high-ranking official in the county and a famous family.

"Puh, puh, puh! Dad! What are you talking about during the New Year?"

"Dad! Stop talking!!!"

After hearing what Aung said, not only Zhang spoke anxiously, even Tao frowned and wanted to complain to Aung, but seeing some tears and regret flashing in Aung's old eyes, she couldn't say it.

inside the house.

Old Liu, Fu Rui, Fu Zhi, Tai Shi, and Fu Zihou didn't know what to say when they saw Grandfather waving his hands and looking lonely.

After a while.

After packing up Fu Zihou and Liu Lao's luggage, Fu Rui, as a father, reminded Fu Zihou not to offend anyone when he was outside, especially villains.

Fu Zihou nodded, kept his father's words in mind, and left the house with Old Liu after being seen off by everyone in the Fu family.

In the alley, Old Liu walked beside Fu Zihou, looking at the silent Fu Zihou.

"Young Patriarch! I believe in you and will not let Aong down!"

Mr. Liu said with a smile.

After spending so much time together, Liu Laotian already understood Fu Zihou's character very well.

In fact, like Aweng, Old Liu also believed in Fu Zihou after experiencing what happened in Qinghe County. Especially after learning about what happened in Qinghe County, Old Liu was full of surprises.

Old Liu was very curious as to why the young master was so good at commanding troops, as if he had read military books.

Obviously, not only him, but everyone in the Fu family was absolutely sure that Fu Zihou had never read any military books.

"This time, the young master has killed the bandits and made great contributions. I speculate that perhaps the young master can become a brigade commander!"

If it were in the past, Mr. Liu would have dared to say this in a confident tone, but since he learned that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had broken his promise to the soldiers of Yanmen a few months ago.

Mr. Liu no longer had any trust in the Sui Dynasty, and he was even more grateful that Fu Zihou was young and did not respond to the imperial edict.

"Mr. Liu, please don't do what you said! It's not a good thing to be a brigade commander at this time. The Sui Dynasty doesn't care about the people of the world, and the bandits will probably be killed endlessly! Instead of being a general of the Sui Dynasty, it's better to return to Qian County and be an official!"

Fu Zihou said with a praying look on his face.

In Fu Zihou's eyes, with the world in chaos, the most dangerous thing is to become a soldier of the Sui Dynasty.

If you are lucky, you can go to a more stable city and nothing will happen. If you are unlucky, if you go to a city surrounded by bandits, you will be waiting for death.

In Fu Zihou's plan, he would have to wait at least a year before looking for another opportunity.

He had risked his life to go to Qinghe County in order to make plans for the future of the Fu family and to repay the Li family's kindness and the favor of the Cui family.

Now facing the unknown reward, Fu Zihou could only pray that nothing would go wrong and that he would not go to the border to face the Turks, or go south to Jiangdu.

"It's true!"

When Old Liu heard Fu Zihou's words, he thought of the rebels in the north, the east, and even Gaojipo not far away, and he sighed helplessly.

When I was young, I always felt that I had many skills but nowhere to use them.

But now that he has truly seen the chaotic times, Mr. Liu realized that what he saw in his youth was not a chaotic time at all.

The most important thing is that he encountered a court that didn't care about the people and an emperor who was stingy with rewards.

Outside the gate of the Li family mansion. Since Li Shaozhi and Li Liyan both hold official positions and do not have enough vacation time, if they were to ask for permission, it would take a lot of time to go back and forth.

Therefore, everyone in the Li family decided that Li Jingjie, the second son of the Li family, would take Fu Zihou to Huxian County.

"This time, you will be accompanied by Fu Zihou, so you don't have to worry about your father not treating you well!"

When Mrs. Li saw Fu Zihou and Mr. Liu coming, she said to Li Jingjie.

Upon hearing this, Li Jingjie smiled awkwardly and looked at Fu Zihou who was walking not far away, his heart full of complicated feelings.

There is basically no hope of avenging my father-in-law's family in this lifetime, even if my daughter becomes the wife of a young man from a prominent family.

Therefore, after experiencing the incident in Qinghe County, hearing what Dou Gong said, and seeing that Xie Yan, the enemy who killed his third brother, was brought to Li Mansion by Fu Zihou, in Li Jingjie's heart, the best son-in-law was Fu Zihou.

But in the past, he and his wife looked down on Fu Zihou's background!

Now, let Fu Zihou become the fifth brother's son-in-law.

Thinking of this, Li Jingjie couldn't help but look at his wife Zhou, and found that the regret in his wife Zhou's eyes was not much less than his own.

How could such a handsome, sensible, brave, resourceful, courageous, loyal and righteous son-in-law be given to someone else? It must be that he had taught his disciples for his entire life, but ended up being blind to the matter of his own son-in-law.

"Zihou is going on a long journey for the first time. Tell him more things along the way!"

As Li Jingjie's mother, Mrs. Li could guess what the couple was thinking when she saw the looks on Li Jingjie and Zhou's faces.

But at this time the old lady would only say one sentence in her heart.

late!

When the Fu family first arrived in Xin County and came to Li Mansion, she originally wanted to resume her engagement with Li Qiong.

In the end, they were both reluctant, but now it’s good! Cai’er has found a good husband!

Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law looked vaguely regretful, Mrs. Li couldn't help but glance at her granddaughter Li Qiong. She found that Li Qiong didn't look regretful at all, and her eyes were still cold and arrogant.

Thinking back to the past, she saw the shadow of her husband Li Gang when he was young in Fu Zihou. Thinking of the things related to Fu Zihou during this period, for some reason, Old Lady Li had a premonition that Li Qiong would definitely regret it in the future.

But Madam Li would not say this thought out loud, as she knew it was useless to say it out loud. It would be better to wait and see in the future whether she was overthinking or her premonition was correct.

Outside the gate of Li Mansion.

Fu Zihou came to Old Madam Li and greeted her, her uncle, aunt, and others respectively, then he looked at Li Chengzhi and others and saluted.

After the ceremony, Fu Zihou couldn't help but look at Li Cha, seeing Li Cha's worried eyes and the jade pendant handed to him.

Seeing Li Cha waving her hands, Fu Zihou did not look at Uncle Changsun to ask what Li Cha meant. Instead, he watched Li Cha's movements carefully and made his own judgment.

"When you are short of money, use it to exchange for money?"

Fu Zihou said, and when he saw Li Cai nodded, he felt a little amused.

The first time Li Cha gave me something was because she intended to pawn it for me when I was short of money.

"I'll be back as soon as I go!"

Fu Zihou looked at Li Cha and said softly, telling Li Cha not to worry.

Then he picked up the sword in his hand and pointed at the sword under Li Cha's gaze. The cloth that Li Cha had wrapped around it in the past had been tied again and there were obvious cuts.

Fu Zihou's actions were also telling Li Cha that no matter what the sword was like, she had to live well!

Afterwards, under the gaze of everyone in the Li Mansion, Fu Zihou, Liu Lao, and his uncle Li Jingjie got on the carriage and slowly left the Li Mansion.

Li Anjing and Li Anren watched their second uncle's carriage leave, and then looked at Li Le.

"I heard from my father that according to the previous rewards, I'm afraid that when Sixth Brother-in-law comes back, he may become the brigade commander of Yingyang Mansion, and then he will be a general leading troops!"

"Yes! Then we will learn sword skills from Sixth Brother-in-law. I heard from Father that Fourth Sister's martial arts are just fancy moves and cannot compare to Sixth Brother-in-law's...ah!"

Li Anjing covered her head with her hands. When she saw her fourth sister Li Qiong staring at her coldly, she realized something and quickly shut her mouth.

"Fool!"

Li Zhaotian watched the carriage leave from the corner of the street in the distance, and then looked at Li Anjing.

Sometimes Li Zhaotian felt that Li Anjing was too straightforward and stubborn. How could she say that Fourth Sister’s martial arts were not good in front of her?

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The next day.

When Guanyinbi and Zhangsun Wuji finally got time to visit Li's house.

When they learned from Changsun Nonggui that Fu Zihou had left, both Guanyinbi and Changsun Wuji were a little surprised.

Upon learning that Li Cha's husband, who was also the brothers' cousin's husband, had returned, the brother and sister both wanted to meet him and get to know him.

Unexpectedly, the Li family was so anxious to take Fu Zihou to see Mr. Li, which caught the brother and sister off guard.

However, when they heard Changsun Nonggui say that Fu Zihou would come back after picking up Mr. Li, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Little sister! Since we are sure that Dou Jiande will not recruit Fu Zihou because of our uncle, we don't have to be so anxious! Now we are in Xin County, surrounded by our uncle's people, so we two brothers and sisters will wait in Xin County! When Fu Zihou comes back, we will test him in person, and if he is interested, we will introduce him to Shimin!"

Changsun Wuji said to his younger sister.

"Ok!"

Guanyinbi nodded. Her mother wanted to stay in her hometown for a while longer, so it was a good opportunity for her to wait here.

At this time, Guanyinbi, who was sitting under the pavilion, saw Li Cha coming and a smile appeared on her face.

As Li Cha's cousin, she was worried that Li Cha was illiterate, and Fu Zihou was a capable man, so she wanted to teach Li Cha to read.

As a result, she discovered that Li Cha was not only literate, but also skilled in many other female arts and crafts. The more she got to know her, the more she liked Li Cha.

　In October of the second year of Tianshou reign of Wu Zetian (691 AD),[3] Lai Junchen denounced Li Anjing for refusing to participate in the "Revolution of Changing the World". After being imprisoned, Li Anjing screamed:
　　"I am an old official of the Tang Dynasty. I am a Tang official in life and a Tang ghost in death. You can chop me up or kill me, it's up to you!"

　　"If you ask about treason, I really have nothing to tell you."

　　Unable to get much benefit from him, Lai Junchen requested Wu Zetian to sentence him to death and behead him in a busy street.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)