Wang Dou was about to go to Shunxiang Fort, and this trip brought Zhong Tiaoyang, Gao Shiyin, and several military households in the fort, who drove a few mule carts and prepared to carry iron and other things.

The group left early in the morning and entered the Shunxiang Fort. Shunxiang Fort is still as lively, but the streets are dilapidated and dirty, the soldiers and civilians are in rags, and their expressions are numb, but it seems that they have not changed for decades.

Wang Dou asked a few military households to find an inn to live in first, and he took Gao Shiyin and Zhong Tiaoyang to find a shop to buy a gift, and planned to visit the defense officer Xu Zhongjun's mansion first. Xu Zhongjun has the grace of appreciating and lifting himself, and now that he is seriously ill, it is reasonable that he should visit him first when he arrives in this fort.

Wang Dou inquired that Xu Zhongjun's thousand-household mansion was in Xicheng, but when he arrived at Xu Zhongjun's mansion, his family informed Wang Dou that Lord Xu was still working in the official hall, so Wang Dou had to take Gao Shiyin and Zhong Tiaoyang to the front of the thousand-household official hall again.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a few people coming out of it. For a middle-aged man wearing the official uniform of a deputy thousand households, his face is full of arrogance, his head is raised high when he walks, and he always seems to look at people from the corner of his eyes, it is Du Zhen, the official of Shunxiang Fort. Next to him, there were several acquaintances.

One person was wearing the official uniform of a hundred households, and his expression was gloomy, but it was Xiao Daxin, the team officer of Dongjiazhuang. One person is short and fat, with two scorched yellow rat whiskers, and he is also wearing the official uniform of a hundred households, but it is Du Gong. There was also a slightly younger, slender body, pale face, wearing the official uniform of the general flag, Wang Dou recognized him, but it was the little colonel he met when he first arrived at Shunxiang Fort that day.

In addition, there were several sturdy family members behind everyone, all of whom looked high-spirited.

Du Zhen just came out of the gate, he raised his head and smiled: "Wu Shan, your sister is really a person of Wangfu, not long after the official accepted her, she was appreciated by Lord Wen of the state city, and now she is pregnant, if she can give birth to a boy and half a girl, the official will be indispensable to your benefits!" ”

It turned out that the school's name was Wu Shan, and it seemed that his sister-in-law was taken as a concubine by Du Zhenna or something.

After hearing this, Wu Shan was overjoyed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "It is all up to the cultivation of thousands of adults, and the little girl can get the pity of the adults, which is the blessing she cultivated in her previous life."

When Wu Shan passed by Wang Dou's side, he deliberately sneered a few times.

……

Looking at the figure of Du Zhen and his party in the distance, Wang Dou fell into deep thought.

Zhong Tiaoyang did not call himself Wang Dou's cousin in front of people, but cautiously called him an adult.

At this time, he walked to Wang Dou's side and said in a low voice: "My lord, Du Deputy Qianhu and others have changed today, and the reasons for this are intriguing, and we must not guard against it." ”

Gao Shiyin clenched his fists, the horizontal flesh on his face jumped from time to time, and he said angrily in a low voice: "Could it be that when the defense lord came down to inspect at the beginning of the year, then Du Zhen thought that he swept his face?" At that time, Na Du Zhen only allocated four ploughing oxen and several pairs of plough tools, and even the management team of Dongjiazhuang was inferior, what face did he have to sweep? ”

Wang Dou said: "This may be just one of the reasons, but things will not be so simple, when he first came out, he said that he was appreciated by a big man in the state city, maybe he saw that Lord Xu was seriously ill, and someone was promoted, so he fell in love with the position of the defender." ”

He said again: "Maybe I saw that Lord Xu valued me again, so he used me to stand up." ”

He sneered, and then said calmly, "Let's go and see the defense master first." ”

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When Wang Dou saw Xu Zhongjun, he couldn't help but be taken aback, the calm and elegant Xu Zhongjun in the past was gone, his cheeks were thin and his body was broken, as if a gust of wind could blow him down, and he coughed violently from time to time, while looking at the book in his hand with strong support. Next to him, a sturdy man in the official uniform of a hundred households was looking at him with a worried expression.

Seeing Wang Dou, Xu Zhongjun was very happy.

Wang Dou stepped forward to salute, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, you have to take care of your body."

Everyone held the iron material, drove the mule cart all the way, when approaching the Dongfang River, there was a hill in front of them, after the Dongfang River, it was not far from Jingbian Fort.

Suddenly, Wang Dou and the others heard the cry of a baby on the side of the hill.

Wang Dou stopped his horse and said, "Did you hear that?" ”

Zhong Tiaoyang also listened carefully for a while, and said, "It seems to be a baby crying!" ”

Wang Dou said: "Could it be an abandoned baby? Go over and take a look. ”

The three of them rode over, and before they could turn the hill, they heard the baby's cry becoming more and more urgent, and then a woman's mournful voice faintly came: "Child, don't blame the mother ......."

Then they heard the baby's crying suddenly stop, and then Wang Dou and the others saw a woman put the body of a baby into a pit and cover the surrounding soil.

"Xu Yue'......"

Wang Dou was taken aback, but saw that Xu Yue'e just slowly covered the pit soil and slowly piled it into a small tomb.

Then Xu Yue'e stood up and walked slowly towards Wang Dou and the others. However, her eyes were always straight, as if she saw Wang Dou and a few people, but she didn't seem to see them, just passed by Wang Dou and the others like this, and slowly walked away.

Looking at her figure, Wang Dou and the others were so surprised that they couldn't speak.

Gao Shiyin also took a breath of cold air: "This woman is ruthless enough!" ”