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In the afternoon, after giving Yang Lei and a group of soldiers a day off, Li Yuanqing followed the secret passage of the Tianzihao courtyard and came to the backyard of Wuyu Pavilion alone.

At this time, although the situation had become somewhat clearer, Li Yuanqing's main follow-up force, for the sake of safety, did not enter the city in batches, but stayed in Zhuangzi outside the city.

All the wives and concubines of Shen and Mao Wenlong have been sent to Mao Wenlong's residence in the capital by Li Yuanqing. A dozen of Li Yuanqing's concubines and maids, including Xiaoyu, Shaoyao, Feng'er, etc., have all been temporarily assigned to Shen by Li Yuanqing to help him first.

They, the orphans and widowers, will wait until they settle down in the capital.

In fact, Li Yuanqing originally wanted to go to Mao Wenlong's house to visit him this afternoon, but~, 'There are a lot of disputes in front of the widow's house', especially~, Li Yuanqing had already brought Shang Laoliu into contact with the Zhang family, and

Mrs. Shen had some... some unclear resistance to Li Yuanqing.

Out of sight is pure.

In this case, Li Yuanqing would no longer rush to get his hot face and rush to stick to Shen's cold ass, asking for trouble.

It’s still the old saying, ‘Only a dead Tatar can be a good Tatar’.

Only meat that is rotten in the pot, eaten in your mouth, and digested in your stomach is good meat.

Li Yuanqing has already settled matters on the emperor's side, so why should he be in a hurry?

The scenery in the backyard of Wuyu Pavilion is quite good, with pavilions, garden corridors, rockeries and trickles. It is exquisite but has a majestic atmosphere. The atmosphere also contains the magnificent delicacy of the south of the Yangtze River, which also sets off the Yang Jiao~mother for many years.

of hard work.

Unfortunately……

In the old days, the swallows in front of the Wang Xietang Hall flew into the homes of ordinary people.

It has been two years since Li Yuanqing completely withdrew from the capital. At this time, although there are still dozens of loyal old turtle slaves and women left behind, they still carefully clean the Wuyu Pavilion every day, but~~

, the Wuyu Pavilion that was full of youthful vitality and fragrance everywhere has become a thing of the past.

No matter how nice the scene is, no matter how nice the location, no matter how nice the house is, only some people will be happy.

And once people stop staying here, everything is just dead matter.

For so many years, Li Yuanqing has always adhered to the "people-oriented" framework in Changsheng Island and Liaonan, including Wuyu Pavilion and the slaves everywhere under his rule.

Even if he was dealing with the most humble real slaves, as long as they did not rebel or seek death, Li Yuanqing would abuse them, beat and scold them, but he would never take away their lives easily.

In this era, every life, especially the life of young people and adults, is very precious.

Like a pool of water.

The presence of life means that the water will flow. The more life in the pool water, it means that the flow of the pool water will speed up, going in and out, thus repeating the cycle.

Especially this land in southern Liaoning, when the Hou Jin army conquered it, too many crimes were committed.

Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou and Jinzhou, these traditional southern four provinces, were quite fertile lands of the Ming Dynasty. At their peak, they had a population of more than one million and were prosperous.

But at this time, even though almost ten years have passed, Li Yuanqing is almost desperately trying to rob the population, but there are still large areas of no man's land in southern Liaoning. Large areas of fertile land are idle and turned into wasteland, wasted there.

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Of course, with Li Yuanqing's strength at this time, if he could 'sow seeds' in southern Liaoning and let the land grow vitality and sprout seedlings again, it would not be a particularly difficult thing to find a clue to and implement.

In the battle between Dingmao and Korea and the battle in Guannai at the beginning of this year, in these two battles alone, Li Yuanqing captured hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged women. With them in hand, Li Yuanqing had the most solid confidence to restore Liaonan to life.

It also has the warmest soil.

At this time, the reason why Li Yuanqing did not choose to do this and still left this large tract of good land idle was mostly due to political and military considerations.

After all~, Changsheng Island has natural dangers that can be defended. From its geographical location, it has a unique advantage. It can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.

To a large extent, Yangguan Fort, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lushun, including Zhang Pan and Chen Liangce's Hongzui Fort, and the front line of Fufu Fort, have been able to form a complete line of defense.

But even if the military aspect has been laid, Li Yuanqing must also take care of the political aspect...

With miscellaneous thoughts in his mind, Li Yuanqing came to the wintersweet tree again without realizing it.

Li Yuanqing couldn't remember exactly when the wintersweet was planted. However, judging from the thickness of its branches, it must have been at least eight years, if not ten years.

At this time, although it is the coldest four-nine days in the twelfth lunar month of winter, this wintersweet, which is not too eye-catching on weekdays, is full of charming and bright little flowers.

Li Yuanqing lowered his head and gently smelled the fragrance of a small flower. He wanted to pick it off and appreciate it, but his hand had already touched its buds, so Li Yuanqing finally gave up the idea.

A gentleman does not take away what others love.

Although he, Li Yuanqing, is not a gentleman, at this moment, he does not want to hurt this delicate, beautiful, and hard-working little flower.

Unfortunately, there was no camera at this time and it was not snowing. Otherwise, if this scene could be captured, it could be used as the background on the desk in Li Yuanqing's study.

Li Yuanqing smiled and shook his head, and began to use his steps to measure the back garden that he was most familiar with and filled with countless wonderful memories.

Just like the immortal words of the famous poet of the British Empire: "I have a tiger in my heart, but I smell the roses."

But Li Yuanqing knew better. If he wanted to preserve this beautiful scenery and protect the beauty of this world, how much blood would flow into a river, and how many white bones would be needed to fill this river of blood.

Most people in the world are afraid of power, but not virtuous.

There are gold belts for murder and arson, but there are no corpses for repairing bridges and roads.

It's a pity that Li Yuanqing is not a saint either.

In order to achieve his political intentions and obtain maximum benefits, he had no choice but to let nature take its course.

To a certain extent, this is equivalent to Li Yuanqing giving himself a few days off. He cannot be like a string that has been tightened and continue to run endlessly at the same rhythm throughout his life.

After strolling in the back garden of Wuyu Pavilion for more than an hour, Li Yuanqing's body and mind had relaxed a lot.

Sooner or later, one day, in this courtyard, he will bring her back to life and possess her completely without looking at anyone's face.

At this time, it was already getting late, and it had begun to get slightly dark. Li Yuanqing was about to go back to the Tianzihao small courtyard next to Sanfu Inn to rest and have dinner. At this time, a close friend came to report hurriedly, "I have a dear friend."

Something happened to the soldiers in a restaurant not far away, and someone was injured. At this time, the matter had become serious. Shuntian Mansion, Bingma Division, and even Jinyiwei had all arrived and detained the person.'

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this.

The military laws and regulations of the soldiers under his command have always been extremely strict, which can be said to be harsh.

Especially the more than 200 soldiers who came to the city at this time were all Li Yuanqing's confidants, and more than half of them had undergone retraining at the Liaonan Military Academy. Their personal quality was almost beyond doubt.

But at this time, someone actually killed someone and made the matter such a big deal. It was obviously not a small matter.

At this time, Li Yuanqing originally wanted to keep a low profile and try not to show up in public, but trouble has already come to his door, how can Li Yuanqing sit still and wait for death?

"Let's go and have a look."

"yes."

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Not long after, Li Yuanqing gathered together a hundred soldiers on duty. They did not wear official robes, but wore a black fur coat, and strode straight to the scene of the incident.

The incident happened less than three miles away from Sanfu Inn. It was a small restaurant in the surrounding area that was famous but not too big. It only had a good dog meat hot soup.

, a dozen of Li Yuanqing's soldiers chose this place as a good place for their celebration this afternoon.

Because of their relationship with the old slaves, the Houjin Tatars did not eat dog meat, but Li Yuanqing and the Changsheng camp did not have this taboo, especially those who had a blood feud with the Tatars. They would order some dog meat every time they had a big dinner.

On the one hand, dog meat is indeed good, delicious and nutritious, but on the other hand, it is also disgusting.

Because a rumor quickly spread among the people that the old slave had been saved by a big black dog, so he no longer allowed his children, grandchildren, and slaves to eat dog meat.

Not long after, Li Yuanqing and his party arrived at the restaurant where the incident occurred. Along the way, Li Yuanqing also roughly understood what happened.

The cause of the conflict is simple.

There were two groups of people drinking in the shop at that time. One group was Li Yuanqing's dozen or so soldiers, and the other group was a group of young master's entourage.

Although the salary of Li Yuanqing's soldiers is not low, the basic salary is only thirty-six taels a year. With various subsidies, military exploits, awards, etc., it is not too difficult to earn more than a hundred taels.

But prices in the capital are high, and the soldiers all drink together, so naturally they won't go to the more expensive private rooms elegantly. In addition, it happens to be afternoon, and there are no people in the restaurant, so everyone is having a good time in the lobby.

There are several tables, which are spacious and pleasant.

Including later, a group of young men went to the private room upstairs, and their servants occupied a separate table in the hall. Both parties had their own drinks, so it didn't cause much trouble.

But the turning point of the matter happened to a very slim singing girl.

The singing girl originally rushed to the servants' table here first, begging them to spend some money and sing a tune so that she could make ends meet.

But this group of slaves were like dogs in front of their master, begging for mercy, but to the singing girl, they instantly became the tall and powerful 'big boss'.

Not only were the words extremely insulting, some even used physical violence.

The singing girl couldn't bear the humiliation, so she hurriedly rushed to Li Yuanqing's soldiers, accompanied by her father, hoping to find a deal so that these slaves could retreat.

Li Yuanqing's soldiers have been following Li Yuanqing all year round. Although they are not very noble, they must at least have the status of small flag officers.

In addition, on Changsheng Island, have you ever seen such bullying?

Without much effort, the two sides started to argue.

But when this group of slaves heard that Li Yuanqing's soldiers all had Liao dialect accents, they immediately went too far.

How had Li Yuanqing's group of soldiers ever been so wronged? Have they been pointed at their noses and scolded?

Not long after, the two sides turned from a "literary fight" to a "military fight."

The result was of course predictable. Not surprisingly, these slaves were all thrown to the ground.

But Li Yuanqing's soldiers also knew that this was the capital, so they didn't do anything heavy-handed, they just stopped and taught them a lesson.

But just when the matter was about to end, a slave with some status seemed unwilling to lose face, and suddenly took out a sharp dagger and wanted to sneak attack one of Li Yuanqing's soldiers.

Unexpectedly, a companion beside the soldier saw this scene. He rushed forward and snatched the knife from the slave's hand with his backhand.

Unexpectedly, this slave also had a more secret sharp dagger on his body, and he slashed the back of a soldier's hand with his backhand.

At the sight of blood, both sides became angry. During the dispute, the slave accidentally stumbled and was stabbed in the throat, killing him on the spot.

As soon as they saw a human life, these slaves immediately called their master down, and the matter quickly escalated.
Chapter completed!