Lap Yue 30, Gyeonggi Province, 370 miles away from Chang'an City, Puxiang Town.

Li Changze glanced back in the direction of Chang'an City, stopped and stopped, every year on the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he had to burn incense and paper to his mother, and the emperor did not allow anyone to sweep the grave for the sin, so he secretly did it, in his own room in the East Palace, closed the door, drove everyone away, hung the portrait of his mother, knelt there and kowtowed, put incense, and burned a handful of paper money.

In the past, these things were prepared by Cao Anqing for him, he didn't need to worry about it, but this year was different, he thought that the emperor would let him leave Chang'an after the New Year, although he himself was ready and took the initiative to put it forward, but where did he think that his father would be so resolute, not long before the New Year, the will was written to be exiled for three thousand miles and be implemented immediately.

Imperial power, it's so high.

The crown prince smiled apologetically at the few people who followed him: "I'm sorry, wait a minute. ”

He folded a few sticks of dead grass on the side of the road and stuck them on the ground, knelt down and kowtowed earnestly.

"Queen Mother, it's the New Year again, it's really fast, you ate Zhai Xin Zen before you were born, according to Zen Buddhism, people have six reincarnations, you should have been reincarnated and reincarnated a long time ago, but even if you are still reincarnated in this Daning world, you should no longer recognize me, and you have forgotten your previous life."

Kowtowed, Li Changze stood up and bowed again: "You must not care so much about a person in this life, otherwise you will still have a hard time." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and continued to walk forward, and the few people who looked expressionless also continued to follow, three of these four people were masters of the Tingwei Mansion, and one was a guard of Ouchi, they were ordered to protect Li Changze along the way, and their destination was ...... Western Xinjiang.

The will is written that the Tiger Bone Tower in Western Xinjiang, that is an inaccessible place, located in the north of Dingjun Mountain, the Tiger Bone Tower has always been a place where felons are filled with troops, they want to build a city pass there, it is a terrible no man's land, even if there are criminals who can escape from the Tiger Bone Tower, it is impossible to leave alive, if someone really escapes, the defenders guarding the Tiger Bone Tower will not even chase, thousands of miles of no man's land, no water source, not even a single grass, people walk in that and go into hell is no different.

The most important thing is that it is the people of the Tang family who guard the Tiger Bone Tower.

As a punishment, Li Changze must go to the Tiger Bone Tower, and stay in the Tiger Bone Tower for half a year before he can travel around the world according to his own ideas, he has no complaints and is not qualified to complain, if he walks from Chang'an to the Tiger Bone Tower, he will have to walk for more than half a year, and when he arrives at the place, he will stay for half a year to work as a coolie, and at that time he should no longer be able to see that he was a prince.

"Take a break."

The leader of the team's inner guard Yu Zhenghe looked around, this town is very lively, children are running around, the sound of firecrackers, although most of the people will stick the Spring Festival couplets on the morning of the first day of the new year, but the anxious people have hung red on both sides of the door.

"I'll see if I can buy some."

Yu Zhenghe signaled the three court captains to be on guard, he walked into the town alone, stopped outside the door of a family with an open door, Yu Zhenghe saw two old men in the yard cleaning up the yard, one sprinkling, the other sweeping, and still talking in a low voice.

"Two old men, I am an official errand passing by, just in time for the Chinese New Year's Eve to come here, I want to ask the second elder, is it convenient to sell me some dumplings?"

"Sell?"

The old man looked at the old woman, and the old woman also laughed: "Official, you really look down on the people of our Puxiang Town, come in, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, dumplings want."

It will be wrapped at night when the New Year is celebrated, but since you want to eat, I will give you a bag now, and there will be ready-made meat and vegetables at home, which will save trouble. ”

"Don't don't, you should still buy it."

Yu Zhenghe hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry, if there is a restaurant on the road where you can eat dumplings, we won't bother." ”

"Come in!"

The old man glared at him: "You are because you are an official and you are an official, so you have the final say?" ”

Yu Zhenghedao: "No, no, I just think it's really ...... to be bothered today."

The old man said: "Since it's not your official who has the final say, it's my age and I have the final say, come in and rest, and wait for a while if you want to eat dumplings." ”

The official does not worship the people, but Yu Zhenghe clenched his fists and bowed down, he didn't feel that he was an official at this moment, just a descendant of Daning, and standing in front of him were two old men of Daning.

Not long after, the people from the Tingwei Mansion took Li Changze into the door, and Yu Zhenghe said: "Deng Yuan and I are at the door, Zhuo Dong is here for you to go to the back of the courtyard, and Yang Ting is for you to be in the courtyard." ”

After finishing the order, he looked at the two old men: "Just make dumplings for one person." ”

"Alone?"

The old man and the old woman both froze for a moment, looked at the five people, and the old man was a little annoyed: "Do you think my family is poor?" ”

Yu Zhenghe hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, it's good to just prepare him alone, we don't need it." ”

Hearing this, Li Changze also froze, and he looked at Yu Zhenghe: "You..... Ask for a dumpling for me? ”

"Please?"

The old man was slightly angry when he heard this: "I don't care who you are, how noble and amazing, since you have entered the courtyard of my house, either sit down for me to have a meal together, or let me go." ”

More than half an hour later, in the room, there were six or seven plates of dumplings on the table, full of them, hot, the heat made the vision in the room a little blurred, and Li Changze's eyes were also a little blurred.

He has noodles all over his hands, for the first time in his life, he learned to wrap a few dumplings, clumsy made him blush a little, he has always felt that he is a very smart person who learns everything quickly, but this seems to be a simple thing but he can't do it at all, the dumplings he wrapped look like twisted clowns, and the dumplings made by others are the shape of the sèsè person.

"Let's eat together."

The old lady sat down: "You can forget that you are an official for the time being, the old woman is welcome, it is rare for so many people to come to the family, and it is okay on weekdays, but today is Chinese New Year's Eve...... I don't want to miss it, old woman. ”

"Old man, your family ......"

"Everyone in the family is here, only the two of us."

The old man looked at Li Changze: "If my son is still at home, he should be the same age as you." ”

Li Changze was just about to ask where your son went, when he saw the old man get up tremblingly, walked to the east wall of the house, and lifted the hanging cloth, under which was a pair of leather armor, clean and neat, but there was a hole in the chest of the leather armor.

"My son used to be a captain of the Northern Xinjiang War Corps, so he shouldn't be younger than you, right?"

"Not smaller than us, bigger than us."

Yu Zhenghe was the first to stand up and salute the leather armor, he stood up, and the three Tingwei Mansion people also stood up, the leather armor was wiped so cleanly, but the blood stains soaked in the leather armor could not be wiped off, such a pair of armor, what kind of mood did the two old men often wipe it in.

"Bigger than all of us."

The four men saluted to the leather armor first, and then bowed down again.

Li Changze also stood up, looked at the leather armor, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"It's okay, it's okay, sit down and eat, the dumplings will stick to it in a while."

The old man walked to the side and opened the cabinet door, and took out a jar of wine: "This jar of wine was sent by the people of the Fujun Division, and it was sent together with the letter...... This seems to be the rule of the Fujun Division, the children who died in the border will receive a letter at home, receive a bereavement pension, and receive a jar of wine, they say that this is not a sacrificial wine, but a celebration wine, because Daning has never been defeated in the expedition. ”

He sat down with the wine jar in his arms: "Look at your military salute, you are all soldiers, I don't ask you what you are going to do, what are the tasks, you can't talk nonsense, but I just think, if my son is still alive, who should I drink this jar of wine with?" In the past, I was greedy and wanted to taste it, but my wife didn't let me, she said that this wine can't be drunk casually, you have to drink it with the right person, who is the right person? and his fellow soldiers...... He no longer has the opportunity to drink with his comrades, I will come on his behalf and toast you with a bowl of wine, and my son's celebration wine can only be drunk with the same Daning soldiers as him. ”

This bowl of wine is too heavy.

Li Changze held this bowl of wine, looked at the pair of military armor with holes not far away, and suddenly thought that all living beings were suffering.

He naturally recognized it, it was not the captain's leather armor, the people from the Fujun Division should say that the captain died in battle, that was the practice of Daning soldiers, those who died in battle would be called a captain, and retired veterans would be called an old regiment rate, these two poor old men thought that their son was already a captain, but it was just a piece of captain's leather armor.

The soldiers who died in the war were compensated according to the specifications of the captain, which was a rule set by His Majesty the Emperor Daning, and His Majesty is now the father of Li Chengtang.

So he's very clear, so he's a little sad.

"My son used to serve in the army in the Jiazi Battalion in Gyeonggi Province, but then I don't know why, I hurried home, saying that he was his own soldier, I can't remember the name, that person is going to be transferred to a place called Xifengkou in northern Xinjiang, and these personal soldiers must go with them, and my son also said that there is going to be a war in northern Xinjiang, and he may not be able to come back for a while, and when he comes back, he will stay home and accompany us for a few days."

The old man looked back at the pair of armor: "He can accompany us every day now." ”

Li Changze didn't react yet, but when he suddenly heard this, he froze, and something flashed out in his head, and after a while, his face turned white and scary, and his hands trembled slightly: "Old man, your son...... Is it Xifengkou transferred from Jiazi Battalion? ”

"Yes, Jiazi Battalion."

The old man was particularly proud when he mentioned the Jiazi Battalion: "Our soldiers in Gyeonggi Province defend Chang'an, which is equivalent to the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven." ”

Li Changze felt as if his heart exploded, and then looked at the dumplings on the table as if blood was suddenly gushing out one by one, those people were transferred to Xifengkou in Northern Xinjiang, and those people were not killed in battle with the black warriors......

He turned and ran out, running out like crazy.

The people in the room were all stunned, no one knew what was going on, why he was like this.

Li Changze rushed out of the courtyard in one go, and Yu Zhenghe and others also chased him out.

In the courtyard, the old woman slapped the old man: "Look at you, you scared everyone, what are you doing during the festival." ”

The old man also looked guilty: "Blame me, blame me......"