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Extra Episode 36: The old soldier of the right guard who follows the past

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    In a small county town in Taiyuan County, Su Laodao looked at the yamen anxiously. It was almost noon, and the main gate of the yamen had not yet opened.

    "What do you want?" A certain yamen servant walked leisurely from a distance with a bun in his hand, and asked with a frown when he saw Su Laodao blocking the yamen's entrance.

    Su Laodao said cautiously: "I am an old soldier of You Yuwei, please tell me why You Yuwei's salary has not yet arrived?" You Yuwei's territory is around Luoyang, but Su Laodao is from Taiyuan, so he naturally has to return  In my hometown, after serving in the army for many years, the monthly pension or honorary money given by You Yuwei was forwarded by the local yamen, but since three months ago, Su Laodao has not received the money.

    The yamen servant glanced at Su Laodao coldly, and said: "You Yuwei's money has not been transferred, you have to wait, and I will definitely give it to you when it arrives." Su Laodao has heard it several times, but the family  There was really no money left, so he could only grab the yamen servant, with a poignant smile on his face, and asked: "Master, do you know why you didn't arrive? When will you arrive?" The yamen servant looked at the skinny hand tugging at the hem of his clothes, and said  Wanting to turn his back on someone, seeing Su Laodao's tattered You Yuwei military uniform, he thought that this old guy might know a few senior officials of You Yuwei, so there is no need to trouble himself for such a trivial matter, and said coldly:  "When did you join the Right Guard?"

    Su Laodao can't remember clearly. In short, not long after the founding of Dasui, he followed You Yuwei to fight against the Chen Dynasty and the barbarians. He participated in every battle after Dasui was established.

    The yamen servant sneered slightly and heaved a sigh of relief. After fighting for so long, he was still a soldier, so he seemed to have no background.

    "Before leaving You Yuwei, I was the deputy general of General Han Qinhu." Su Laodao said proudly. Before he became an official, he also had an official position, rank five!

    The yamen servant was startled, and asked with a smiling face: "Since the general is a fifth-rank official of the imperial court, why is it so" He glanced at Su Laodao's clothes.

    Su Laodao is a fifth-rank official, with a salary, and even a farm before.  "Donated!" Su Laodao smiled with pride.  You Yuwei wanted to build an orphanage. He didn't have much money, so he donated his family property and savings without hesitation. Those brothers lost their lives in order to follow the court. How could he make those brothers' wives, daughters and descendants starve?  Frozen?  He still has a salary, so he won't starve to death.

    The yamen servant looked at Su Laodao completely differently, and asked lightly, "What about your children?"

    Su Laodao straightened his waist, with pain hidden in his voice: "I have three sons, all of whom have gone to Liaodong." The Holy Majesty's expedition to Goguryeo, how could the Su family not participate as generals from the right guard?  Su Laodao's three sons all participated in the expedition to Goguryeo, but none of them came back, and they didn't even know where they died.  But Su Laodao thinks that this is what the Su family should do. As a citizen of Da Sui, it is only natural to contribute to Da Sui. It is just bad luck that his family died. Does the rest of the family have no deaths?  Didn¡¯t His Majesty kill the Turkic Khan with his own hands, to avenge the disciples who buried his bones in Liaodong?

    "To tell you the truth, the imperial court has encountered another major event." The yamen servant was already very impatient. After all, he had figured out the details of this fifth-rank official, so he didn't need to pay attention to it seriously.

    "What's the big deal?" Su Laodao somewhat guessed it. If it wasn't for a big deal, how could he not have his salary?

    "Taiyuan Li's family rebelled!" The yamen servant said coldly, the old man didn't know about such a big matter, and he must have no relationship with You Yuwei, he was just an old soldier who had retired from the army.

    "What?" Su Laodao was stunned.

    "The imperial court is in a hurry to punish the rebels, and the right guard is busy escorting them, so how can they have time to pay attention to you?" The yamen servant's tone was not very polite, but Su Laodao nodded vigorously. The court's important affairs are important, and he doesn't need to care about his personal trivial matters.

    Looking at Su Laodao's spare, the yamen servant sneered and pushed open the gate of the yamen. A group of yamen servants were sitting lazily chatting inside. Seeing him coming in, he asked casually, "Who are you talking to outside?"

    "An old soldier who has retired from the army." The yamen servant said, not paying attention to it at all.  He doesn't know if You Yuwei's money has been allocated, but if it has been allocated, and who has withheld it, that is also the county magistrate's business, not his business?

    When Su Laodao returned home, his wife asked him: "Have you ever got the money?" Su Laodao shook his head, the court itself was in trouble, where did the money come from?

    My wife was anxious: "Then what shall we eat?" Su Laodao smiled, took out a few valuables at home, sent them to the pawn shop, and returned in exchange for rice noodles.

    "It's going to be hard now, and it will always be redeemed." Su Laodao was extremely calm, and it won't take long to put down the rebellion. Soon You Yuwei will reissue his salary, and eating will naturally not be a problem.

    ?But the world is changing rapidly, Yang Shu died, Yang Huan went to Xuzhou,?Looking at Su Laodao, "Not only you have no food, but millions of people in Longxi have no food. As a veteran of You Yuwei, you have to take the lead."

    What else can Su Laodao say and do?  He returned to the residence in desperation.

    "What are you eating today?" My wife asked sadly.  Su Laodao remained silent. Apart from being hungry, what else could he eat?

    The next day, Su Laodao went further to look for wild vegetables, but still found nothing. He leaned against a tree and could hardly stand up.

    " Come to my house as a guest today." Someone passing by said.  Su Laodao looked from behind the tree, and saw several sedan chairs passing by in the distance, and two officials poked their heads out of the sedan chairs, chatting, and he recognized one of them as Su Wei.

    " If there is no good food and wine, the old man will not go." Someone said.  Su Laodao couldn't tell whether it was Su Wei or another person who said it. He only heard the words "beautiful food and wine", and felt a flame burning in his heart.

    He is going to starve to death, and those elders are still talking about not going to the banquet without good food and wine!

    Su Laodao couldn't remember how he got home. When he woke up, he saw his wife grabbing his collar in despair and asking, "What do we eat these days?"

    Su Laodao is sixty-five years old. With the accumulated sixty-five years of his life, he feels that his mind is clear and frank, and nothing can stop him.

    He said: "Eat (shit)."¡¾Note 1¡¿

    Everyone was moving forward with difficulty, their pace was very slow, they all knew that Da Viet's pursuers were behind them, but they really didn't have the energy to speed up their pace.  They hadn't eaten anything for three days.

    "Persist a little longer, and we will return to the grassland soon." Su Laodao dragged his wife along.  Although he didn't participate in the battle, as an old soldier, he only saw the retreat route of the people in Longxi, and he knew that Longxi was finished. Will there be a good day to follow Li Jiancheng to the grassland?  He didn't believe it at all, but he had little choice.

    Hu Xueting, the murderer king, could slaughter millions of people in Guanzhong, why couldn't he slaughter the people of Longxi?

    "Persist a little longer!" Su Laodao dragged his wife hard, moving forward with difficulty.

    With the sound of horseshoes behind them, everyone turned their heads, and the "Yue" flag was getting closer and closer.  Everyone resigned to their fate and stopped in their tracks. If they died, they would die. They couldn't move anymore.

    "Give them food, leave three of them behind, and take them back to Tianshui." A woman wrapped in bandages ordered loudly.

    "Hu Xueting!" Su Laodao sternly said, shook off his wife's hand, and strode out.  He didn't know Hu Xueting, but he was sure that this person must be Hu Xueting.

    "Who are you?" Hu Xueting looked at him sideways.

    "I am an old soldier under Da Sui You Yuwei! I am from Taiyuan! You kill me!" Su Laodao sternly said, as a general of You Yuwei, he must not embarrass You Yuwei.

    Hu Xueting stared at Su Laodao, and said indifferently: "Give him something to eat." He was about to leave.

    "Hu Xueting!" Su Laodao yelled sharply.

    "Look at you, you have fought for China's country all your life. Since Hu has accepted the China's world, he will never leave behind the soldiers who fought for China." Hu Xueting galloped his horse to chase and kill Li Jiancheng, leaving behind Su Laodao  Standing there in a daze, suddenly burst into tears.

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    ps: Note 1. This paragraph comes from "The Colonel Who No One Writes to Him" ??(remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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