Chastity Layman

In hot June, it was noon.

The sun was fierce and extremely hot.

Qin Lang ignored Li Xuandao's broken words, and said to Ah Huang, "Go and tell Duke Yi that I'll go back and change clothes to discuss this 'misunderstanding!'"

"General Su, General Niu, disband the team."

Li Xuandao saw Qin Lang turning the horse's head back to the city, and quickly stopped the horse's head, "Captain, should we let Tudiji enter the city first, the sun is so bright outside?"

Qin Lang said coldly, "You know how to plead guilty when you look at Tudiji, so wouldn't it be more sincere to bask in the sun again? In this way, everyone's anger can be calmed down a little bit."

After speaking, he went straight into the city.

Qin Lang returned to the city, and the soldiers and horses returned to the camp.

Outside the north gate of Youzhou, Tu Diji was still kneeling on the spot with his upper body bare and the thorns on his back. After hearing what the Tang man told him, Tu Diji gritted his teeth and dared not get up.

After all, he was getting older, exposed to the sun, dizzy from the sun, and the sweat on his body was like a waterfall. After the sweat flowed over the place stabbed by the thorns, it was itchy and painful.

"These damn Tang people dare to insult our honorable chief like this!" Several Mohe soldiers were annoyed.

"Shut up!"

Tudiji was furious, but he knew very well what the situation was. If he came a step later today, the young governor would have gone to Taogu Mountain with a thousand troops.

Twenty-three years ago, when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, Sumo Mohe and Goguryeo were invincible at that time. Tudiji’s elder brother, Mandu, led eight tribes, including Jueji and Yueyu, with thousands of people from Fuyu. The northwestern part of the city went south, requesting the Sui Dynasty to be attached.

Yang Guang placed them in western Liaoning. Later, his brother Manduo died in battle while following Yang Guang in the conquest of Goguryeo, and Tudiji got Yang Guang's official position and led the tribe on his behalf.

He inherited the position of his elder brother's leader and continued to follow Yang Guang in the crusade against Goguryeo. He made meritorious deeds in each battle. Later, Yang Guang set up Liaoxi County, appointed him as the prefect, and named him Marquis of Fuyu.

In nine or ten years, when the Sui Dynasty conquered Liaodong twice and three times, he led his followers.

In the eleventh year, when Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen by Shibi Khan, he led the tribal warrior Qin Wang, and followed Yang Guang to patrol Jiangdu. After Yang Guang was killed, he led his troops back at night and fought dozens of battles with Li Mi in the Central Plains. , suffered heavy losses, and only escaped with his own life. When he arrived in Hebei, he was captured by Wang Xuba, and was later rescued by Luo Yi, and he has served Luo Yi ever since.

When Luo Yi returned to the Tang Dynasty, he also asked to be attached.

In his life, Tudiji had suffered the biggest loss and fought the most defeats. When he returned from Jiangdu to Liaoxi, he was wiped out by Li Mi's army, captured alive by Wang Xuba, and escaped from death again and again.

And the most powerful military appearance he has ever seen in his life was when he followed Yang Guang to conquer Goguryeo, when millions of Sui troops conquered Liao, the military appearance at that scene was simply incomparable.

Therefore, Tudiji has long understood the truth that the Central Plains dynasty is so powerful that they cannot fight against it anyway. They can only rely on it, and they will never fight against the rebellion.

Qin Lang went back to the city, took off his armor, took a shower, then drank a cup of afternoon tea leisurely, and then took a nap.

When I woke up, more than an hour had passed.

Even Wei Zheng felt that Qin Lang was going too far, so he had to remind him, "Could it be that Sanlang forgot that Tudiji still knelt outside the city gate to plead guilty, the sun outside today is a bit poisonous."

Qin Lang yawned, "Oh, taking a nap is really refreshing, um, let's go and see that old dog."

"Isn't that a little too much?"

"Is it too much? I don't think so." Qin Lang shook his head, "It's all because they provoked this matter, and any excess is self-inflicted."

When Qin Lang came to the north gate with the Heiyun Longsword Squad, Tu Diji was still kneeling there, and he stopped his subordinates from trying to help him.

Qin Lang wanted to show him off on purpose, so he could only do it honestly.

What he was afraid of was not the young governor, but that the young governor was the representative of the Tang court.

Qin Lang rode his horse and slowly came to Tudiji.

The heat wave was blowing on the ground, and Tudiji was still shirtless, his skin was reddened by the sun, and his lips were crisp.

"Tutiji pays homage to the governor!"

Qin Lang stretched out his hand to support Tu Diji with a smirk on his face, "Why is Duke Yi still kneeling here, get up quickly."

Tudiji was helped up, but he couldn't stand still.

Qin Lang helped him to sit down and handed him a pot of water.

Then he started to talk about this misunderstanding with Tudiji. After drinking half a pot of water, Tudiji calmed down a bit. He thought that he should enter the city now. Who knew that Qin Lang squatted on the ground and had no intention of leaving at all.

Just chatting endlessly there, and not asking people to open umbrellas or anything.

Qin Lang was in good spirits. He took a nap for an hour and drank afternoon tea and snacks. Poor Tudiji knelt in the sun for more than an hour, and now he had to continue to bask in the sun.

The old man didn't dare to neglect, Qin Lang squatted, he had to stand bent over, and even stood in front of Qin Lang to shield him from the sun.

"Duke Yarrow, the impact of this incident is very bad. I also know that Duke Yarrow is loyal and has made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. But, you are old and have no energy, and you have been somewhat restrained by the tribe Weakness, some people have done a lot of bad things outside under your banner, colluding with Wang Junkuo and Li Yuan to participate in rebellion, smuggling forbidden goods, and even looting the people, and now they are still robbing the army..."

Tudiji had no choice but to plead guilty over and over again.

Qin Lang talked endlessly from left to right, and from time to time asked the tribesmen in Yanzhou, the situation of cattle, horses and livestock breeding, and the customs of Sumoshui in their hometown, etc.

Sometimes, Qin Lang wanted to ask him about the battle against Goguryeo with Yang Guang, and the Dihui suddenly asked him about the story of Qin Wang Yanmen's rescue.

As he asked, he brought up the details of Yang Guang's murder in Jiangdu.

He also asked how he escaped from Yangzhou back then.

Tudiji didn't dare not answer.

In the end, Qin Lang looked at the gift list presented by Tudiji and was very satisfied.

And when Tu Diji presented him with the personal gift list, Qin Lang pretended to reprimand him, but finally said that he would forward these to His Highness the Crown Prince on his behalf, and still accepted it.

When Qin Lang finally got up without hesitation, the sun was already going down.

Tudiji was in the sun for half a day from noon to sunset.

By the time the conversation was over, Tudiji was already groggy.

"Duke Ya, since this misunderstanding has been explained, forget it. I have accepted the compensation, and I have also accepted the gift for the crown prince. It is getting late, so I will not keep the Duke of Ya. Please come back!"

A Mohe warrior said angrily, "Can our father-in-law stay in Youzhou for one night before leaving?"

"It's not that the governor is unwilling to keep guests. It's just that the misunderstanding happened just now. Now the soldiers in Youzhou are not very friendly to the Duke of Yi. I'm afraid that the Duke of You will encounter some accidents in Youzhou. It's also for the sake of Duke Yi."

Su Diji waved his hand.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Dudiji. I will return to Yanzhou now. From now on, I will strictly restrain my subordinates and abide by the law."

Tu Diji was helped onto the horse, but the heroic chieftain who had been on the horse all his life couldn't even ride the horse steadily, and finally a warrior took him back.

It is more than a hundred miles from Youzhou to Yanzhou.

Tudiji didn't dare to stay, so he returned overnight.

As a result, it was exposed to the sun for an afternoon during the day, and there was a cool breeze and night dew at night. When I rushed back to the Peach Valley Mountain tribe the next day, it was already dead.

That night, Tudiji died.

His death made Li Jinxing resentful.

He thought it was Qin Lang's intentional plot to harm his father.

Although Li Jinxing's brothers hadn't read many Chinese books, they were all tough and brave. They were all fierce men with no brains and guts, and they all shouted to avenge their father.

At this moment, Li Jinxing didn't care about the words his father warned him when he was dying.

The brothers immediately began to mobilize their troops.

When the Tudiji tribe was attached under the leadership of his elder brother, there were a total of eight small tribes with a total of more than 1,000 households. After more than 20 years of development, the population has multiplied a lot. At that time, all the thousand tribal warriors under him died. At that time, almost every family had filial piety.

But there are still more than 3,000 households, especially the father and son of Tudiji, who have a lot of money and wealth, and there are thousands of servants alone.

Li Jinxing's whole clan mobilized, and on the same day he ordered the assembly of 5,000 cavalrymen, old and young, each with three horses, to buy food and grass, and prepare to kill and avenge Youzhou.

"The people of Tang killed my father, I will take revenge and kill Qin Lang!"

In Youzhou city.

Lin San brought back the news of Tudiji's death, and said that Li Jinxing was mobilizing the whole clan to kill cattle and sheep for military rations.

Li Xuandao was amazed when he heard this, "This is troublesome."

"Why panic!" Qin Lang said.

"Captain, this matter has become a big deal. With the death of Su Diji, the Mohe people have turned against each other."

Qin Lang didn't expect the old man to be so useless, he just wanted to punish him on purpose, but he died after only half a day in the sun.

After all, Tudiji is still old and weak.

If there is a real war, do we still have to fight under the shade of the trees?

"Don't worry, it can't be reversed."

"Captain, the people of Mohe have assembled their troops, how can they say they can't rebel?" Li Xuandao was really stunned by Qin Lang's anger. This young man was really careless in his actions.

"The governor will go there personally!"

"Captain, it's better to send someone to offer condolences, we can't go to war." Li Xuandao once again objected to the use of troops.

Early in the morning, Qin Lang ordered 3,000 fine riders, and the fast horse went straight to Taogu Mountain in Yanzhou. Niu Jinda and Su Lie followed with 5,000 infantry.

Peach Valley Mountain.

Qin Lang arrives dressed in plain clothes, and the Li Jinxing and his brothers are waiting as if they are on the verge of a formidable enemy.

Brother Li Jinxing, who was wearing a filial robe, was furious. We haven't looked for you yet, but you have come to our door.

"Blow the horn, order the soldiers and horses, and follow me to kill the dog commander!"

Li Jinxing led his troops to meet him.

Qin Lang patted his horse forward and said first, "The governor heard that Duke Yi passed away, so he came here to express his condolences. Mr. Li is so polite, he actually came to greet him in person."

Li Jin's angry hand went straight to draw the sword.

Qin Lang said loudly again, "Earlier, there was some misunderstanding between Yanzhou and Hebei Tuanlian, but the Duke of Yarrow came to Youzhou to resolve it in person. The governor respects the Duke of Yarrow very much. Hearing the news of his death, the governor is very sad."

"This governor is ordered to comfort Hebei and Shandong. Now that the Duke of Yarrow has passed away, Yanzhou cannot be without a leader for a day. The governor will now exercise the power to dethrone him. Li Jinxing will be appointed as the inspector and governor of Yanzhou, and Li Ludu will be appointed as Liaoxi. County magistrate, grant the other sons of Duke Yi to join the army in Yanzhou..."

After announcing the appointment of the Li Jinxing brothers, Qin Lang directly entered Yanzhou City with his military guards, entered the mourning hall to pay homage to Tu Diji, and even shed two lines of tears, saying bitterly about the relationship with the old Duke. Close friendship and so on.

"The old duke was loyal and brave all his life, and now he passed away at the age of more than seventy, which is considered a happy life. Don't worry, old duke, just wait for my brothers and brothers, and I will naturally take care of them."

Qin Langchou shamelessly called Tudiji his elder brother, and then considered himself Li Jinxing's uncle.