The best old woman is too fierce, stepping on her ex-husband and beating up her traitorous son!

Chapter 88: He is a treacherous minister, but he is also an obedient and useful minister.

Li Xiaoyue stepped forward and asked the young man in Tsing Yi beside the carriage with a puzzled look on his face, "Brother, which family are you from? Why are you sending these things to my family?"

The boy bowed and saluted, "Madam, are you Mrs. Li, the daughter of Li Heifeng of Lihua Village?"

Li Xiaoyue nodded, her big eyes full of curiosity. These boxes were all wrapped in silk and satin, which was more generous than the Gongsun family's.

"It's me." Li Xiaoyue replied, inexplicably, "Brother, please be sure to tell me which company? Otherwise, this thing cannot be collected, so please take it back."

The boy replied respectfully: "Young man, I am sending you an apology on the orders of General Liu. I also ask Madam Li and Mr. Li for their forgiveness."

"Ah?" Li Xiaoyue was dumbfounded, her eyes filled with mosquito coils, "But I don't know General Liu, so I can't apologize. Could it be that I gave it to the wrong person?"

The young man replied respectfully: "You are sure that this is Mrs. Li, the daughter of Mr. Li Heifeng. That's right. Young one, please leave first and go back to resume your duties."

After saying that, the boy jumped on the carriage and urged the driver to leave without waiting for Li Xiaoyue to refuse.

Giving gifts is not difficult, but I am afraid that the gift will not be accepted, and the servant will be punished if he fails to complete the task when he returns.

Li Xiaoyue saw the generous gift placed at the door of her house. Monk Zhang Er was confused and watched the carriage Juechen leave, dumbfounded.

Zhou Xiaohua glanced at these gift boxes, carefully came over, opened a foot-square box, and untied the red silk on it. Inside, there were neatly arranged gold ingots, each weighing about twelve taels, and they were so golden that they were so beautiful. nice.

"Ah?" Zhou Xiaohua exclaimed. When she saw the gold ingot, she wanted to bite it. "Mom, so much gold! Could it be that General Liu has taken a liking to you? Is this a betrothal gift?"

"Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about!" Li Xiaoyue scolded, frowning. She really didn't know General Liu, so how could she like him?What about betrothal gifts?

Besides, she is living a good life now, why not marry someone?
Li Changlu was fidgety and quickly moved the things to the yard, "Mom, here is jade. There is also fine satin fabric in this box. It is expensive and cannot be left outside."

Now that the person has left, even if Li Xiaoyue wants to return the things, she doesn't know who to return them to.

"Don't move around, you'll have to return it later." Li Xiaoyue frowned, "Changle, have you seen your grandpa come home? He said that someone in our family sent a lot of valuable things, and that it was from General Liu."

"Hey!" Li Changle nodded excitedly, "Mom, wait! I'll call grandpa right now."

Li Changle ran very fast, and soon he reached the last row of Lihua Village and found Old Man Li sharpening his butcher's knife.

"Grandpa, a young boy was ordered by General Liu to bring a lot of apology to my mother."

"But my mother doesn't know General Liu, and she doesn't know why he apologized to her. She is confused."

Old Man Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Go back and tell your mother that that thing is Liu Zicheng's apology for criticizing your mother behind her back. No matter how much you give, you can accept it."

"Ah?" Li Changle pouted when he heard this, because the excitement brought by those precious things disappeared, "They say that there is a lot of trouble in front of the widow. If my mother is good-looking, those bad people will secretly talk about me. mother."

Old Li smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, he won't do it anymore." After Li Changle returned, he told Li Xiaoyue truthfully.

Li Xiaoyue was surprised and sorted out half of the things and asked Li Changlu to carry them to his old father.

"Dad, you are so clueless. That General Liu Zicheng sent me so many apology just because he talked about me behind my back. It must be because dad vented his anger on my behalf."

"Since there are benefits, my daughter can't keep it all to herself. Dad, I will keep half of it and give you half."

Old Man Li shook his head and smiled, "No need to go to so much trouble. Just accept what is given to you."

Li Xiaoyue shook her head, "No, without dad, I have been criticized in vain. How can there be any compensation? It's dad who supports me. By the way, who is this General Liu Zicheng?"

"Okay, I'll take it." Old Man Li replied, chuckling as he sharpened his knife, "Liu Zicheng, General Liu is the one who succeeded General Huo in guarding Xiguan."

Li Xiaoyue took a breath of cold air, "Is he the traitorous minister who deceives his superiors, bullies his subordinates, enriches his own pockets, and excludes dissenters?"

Old Man Li sighed, "In the eyes of many people, he is a treacherous minister, but in the eyes of those who want to take advantage of Liu Zicheng, he is a very useful minister."

"Liu Zicheng is incompetent and useless, so no matter what he does, the first thing he thinks of is how to satisfy His Majesty? How to gain His Majesty's trust?"

Li Xiaoyue thought for a moment, and then thought again, "Dad, Mr. Gongsun said before that when this Liu came here, he replaced the soldiers with strong fighting ability here, and those he brought were not strong in fighting ability."

"General Huo wanted to train troops, and General Liu agreed. He could train [-] troops, but only gave him [-] as military pay. He said he had no money, but in fact most of them were embezzled by him."

Old Man Li nodded, "That is indeed what happened. Gongsun Lian did not say anything wrong. This greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Zhenxi Army."

"If we jump out of the current perspective, from the perspective of the imperial court, the Huo family is deeply rooted in Zhenxiguan, and even responds to everything. Even if the Huo family has no rebellious intentions, the man on the dragon throne is not at ease, so he has to send a trustworthy person Yes, and people who have different opinions and conflicts with the Huo family and Gongsun Jiazheng came over."

Li Xiaoyue pondered for a moment, "Dad, I understand that this is the art of emperor balance. Two opposing camps can contain each other and even supervise each other."

"In normal times, this method is indeed feasible. But in the face of Qi's imminent invasion, such mutual restraint will only reduce the combat effectiveness."

"In the end, even if Zhenxiguan is still there, there will be many casualties. In the eyes of those in power, the lives of ordinary people are just numbers, but for us ordinary people, these men are our neighbors, our Nephew."

Old Man Li raised his eyes to look at his daughter, patted her shoulder with clean hands, "Don't be afraid, you have a father. It's really reached the point of no return. I don't care about others. I will find a way to send you away."

Li Xiaoyue smiled and shook her head, "Dad, we have no time to care about things on the battlefield. But I think our village can take some defensive measures."

"This way, even if the contracted cavalry comes, we won't be able to defeat them, but we can hide."

Old man Li smiled, maybe his daughter had some ingenuity, "Xiaoyue, do you have any good ideas?"

(End of this chapter)