Just when Sun Chuanting received the imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng selected the first group of troops returning to Beijing. The Ministry of Rites and Shuntian Prefecture were busy preparing for the ceremony to welcome the prince's suburbs. A seemingly inconspicuous little thing happened in the capital, but in the end it alarmed the nobles in the palace.

After the small ceremony of commendation, the Lubu Propaganda Team, where Li Jinzhong was, was accompanied by Qiu Yucheng, the ward of the Department of War, to hand over the errands. After receiving the grand reception from several officials including Yang Sichang and received the reward, the team of 100 people was placed in the camp of Yongwei Camp, waiting for the army to return before arranging the job.

In order to facilitate the soldiers of this pioneer team to send safety to their homes after the war, or to send the rewards of silver and wealth to their homes, the Ministry of War approved them to enter and buy freely in the capital within five days, and allowed them to deliver the property to their homes for free through the increasingly improved postal system.

The strong humane move of Shangguan of the Ministry of War was warmly welcomed by the soldiers. Everyone, including Ma Jingtian, went out in groups and bought them in a large number of daily necessities according to their own situation. Within two days, everyone purchased a large number of daily necessities.

Then, with the help of the clerks sent by the Ministry of War, each person reported their hometown and name. After carefully writing the detailed address of several clerks, they hired several four-wheeled trucks to transport them to the post office, and then sent them to various places with many other goods and merchandise letters.

Just as Zhu Youjian had long thought, in addition to receiving a lot of rewards from the court, many of these generals seized and privately kept them in this war. This huge sum of wealth could allow them and their families to live a rich life.

After a few days of busyness, everyone finally completed their respective tasks. In the remaining two days, the soldiers began to wander around the capital in groups of three or five.

After spending most of the silver in his hand, Li Jinzhong suddenly remembered that there was one thing he had not finished, so he quickly explained the whole story to Ma Jingtian, and then obtained a document through the Ministry of War officials. After asking for directions, Li Jinzhong hired a convertible four-wheeled carriage from the charity shop to Yangjiyuan in Beicheng.

Li Jinzhong was entrusted by his cousin who had already died in battle to go to the ancestral home to adopt an orphan for him and pass on his family line.

Since joining the army, the Qin army and other relatives and relatives have made a promise: if the dead of war has no descendants, others will find orphans to inherit their bloodlines for the deceased, so as not to have no sacrifices for the descendants.

Li Jinzhong's cousin was about the same age as him. His parents, brothers and sisters died in wars and famines one after another. He was alone and joined the Qin army with Li Jinzhong's brothers, but unfortunately, he was killed in a battle with the Qing army outside the pass.

Li Jinzhong originally planned to wait for him to have more children in the future and then inherit one of his cousins ​​for his descendants. However, in the past few days, he occasionally heard the clerks sent by the Ministry of War talk about the large number of orphans in the Yangjianyuan in the capital, and the court could not help but adopt it. So after finishing his own affairs, he decided to adopt one of the Yangjianyuan and then entrust the post office to send it back to his hometown, which also made up his mind.

I am in my twenties and my wife is still alive. Why not find a ready-made eldest son for my cousin directly. My cousin has Yongye Tianhe and burned silver rewarded by the court. When I returned to my hometown, I had my father and my younger brother to take care of me. I grew up safely, got married and had children, and I should have no problem in continuing the family line.

The four-wheeled carriage stopped at the entrance of the Yangjiyuan, which the Dutch had visited. Li Jinzhong got out of the car and told the driver that he would wait for him for an hour and then walked towards the entrance of the yard.

When the gatekeeper saw Li Jinzhong's military uniform, he was surprised and hurried forward to ask him about his purpose. Li Jinzhong took the document issued by the Ministry of War to him. After the gatekeeper asked him to stay for a while, he quickly ran to Shangguan to report.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a brown long gown hurriedly apart from the gatehouse accompanied by the gatehouse: "This general invited him. The villain is Xin Guocheng, the manager of the Yangjianyuan. He was ordered by Shangguan to accompany the general to visit the despise the court. Shangguan had explained that as long as there is an orphan entering the general's eyes, he can be taken away by the general after completing the relevant procedures. General, please!"

The manager named Xin Guocheng smiled and bowed to Li Jinzhong warmly, while making an invitation gesture. Li Jinzhong, who had never dealt with local officials, hurriedly returned the favor to the other party, and then stepped into the yard.

The head of the Yangji Academy was surprised after checking the documents issued by the Ministry of War. Then he sent Xin Guocheng to accompany him and ordered him to take the military general who came to adopt him to take a look. As long as the other party fell in love, he would let him take it away after completing the procedures.

With the Ministry of War, nothing will go wrong.

What surprised the Yangjian people was that the people who came to adopt orphans in the past were all civilians, and it was the first time that some people in the army adopted them.

"General's surname? Why do you want to adopt an orphan? I see that the general is in a strong and in his prime, is he..."

Xin Guocheng took the lead and Li Jinzhong followed closely behind. The two began to talk while walking.

"A certain family's surname is Li, who came to Beijing to report the news. A certain family was selected for their dead cousin, not for their own family. A certain family has been fighting all year round and has not yet gotten married!"

Seeing Xin Guocheng looking at him with an ambiguous look, Li Jinzhong cursed in his heart and touched his nose, and expressed his purpose for coming.

"Ah! It turns out that he was a warrior who beat Jiannu! He was indifferent to respect! When the general and others were parading on the streets and praised me, I had never seen it with my own eyes. I felt really regretful. It was a great honor to be lucky to see my true face this time! The villain saluted the general!"

After hearing Li Jinzhong's words, Xin Guocheng immediately felt awe-inspiring. He stopped and turned around, bowed to Li Jinzhong solemnly and bowed to him, and gave a big gift.

"I dare not take it, but I dare not take it! It is a matter of duty for a soldier to pay and be loyal to the country. I should not believe in such a great gift as managing affairs!"

Li Jinzhong hurriedly replied to the same gift, then stood up and waved his hands repeatedly.

"It's right! If the general had not fought with Jiannu outside the pass, we would not have been able to enjoy peace in the capital! To be honest, during the Jisi change in the second year of Chongzhen, all my sisters and family who were married to Shunyi were killed by Jiannu! I pity my niece, who had just given birth to a child and went home for a full month, and my kissed grandson would have disappeared like this!"

When Xin Guocheng talked about his emotions, his eyes were filled with tears. He raised his sleeves and tried the corners of his eyes, and once again gave Li Jinzhong a deep gift: "The villain thanks the general for avenging his sister and family! Please accept my gift!"

Li Jinzhong hurriedly reached out to hold him up and advised: "Don't be sad about the affairs of the trust manager. No one can resist such a tragic incident. If he hadn't been in the army, he would have died under the sword of the bandits. Now the bandits in Jiannu are gone, so let's live well in this peaceful situation!"

"Oh, I'm just concerned with the narration and forget what the general came from. Please ask me!"

Xin Guocheng packed up his mood and took Li Jinzhong to continue moving forward. After a while, he came to a spacious courtyard.

It was late noon, and the orphans were preparing to rest after lunch. There were no children in the yard, and occasionally the sound of children playing in more than a dozen rooms.

"General, the people living in this courtyard are all eight-year-old children. The villain has been here countless times and has seen many smart and healthy boys. The general can take a closer look and feel it is not a good idea."

Li Jinzhong nodded, walked towards a house, and then looked inside near the half-open flower window.

There are five or six small beds on both upper and lower floors in this room. Some half-aged men are about to climb to the upper floor and lie down to rest. The younger one is lying down on the bed below. A young woman in a half-old skirt is giving in a warm message while spreading her arms to protect the climbing child. A beautiful side face just fell into Li Jinzhong's eyes.

When all the children who were sleeping on the upper floor were lying down, the woman walked to a bed, sat sideways bent over and softly comforted a young child on the bed. After a while, the child entered a state of sleep.

The woman stood up gently, checked one by one whether all the children had fallen asleep, and casually tucked the corners of the quilt for the children who had not covered them with thin quilts.

In late August, the weather in the capital has turned colder, and it is easy to catch a cold if you don’t cover it when you sleep well.

All her movements were filled with a gentle and meticulous smell. Li Jinzhong looked at her outside the window blankly, and a picture appeared in his mind. When he was about to fall asleep, his mother took care of the brothers in this way. Unfortunately, she died early before she could achieve her skills.

After checking carefully, seeing that the children were asleep, the young woman breathed a sigh of relief and slowly turned around. Li Jinzhong suddenly discovered that on her beautiful face, a small piece of black cloth was covered with her right eye, and the remaining left eye was a sense of tenderness. Her whole expression was not full of loss and resentment due to the disability of one eye, but instead exuded a kind of confidence and gentle glory.

"Miss Zhao is the most gentle and meticulous. She is also very attentive to take care of dozens of children in this courtyard. She is very popular among the children. Unfortunately, because of the cold and cold when she was young, she burned her eyes, so she has been in her prime and has not yet married. It is really a sigh!"

At some point, Xin Guocheng quietly came to Li Jinzhong's side and whispered to explain how the woman surnamed Zhao's eyes were destroyed. Li Jinzhong looked at Zhao Xiaozi who turned around with concentration, as if he had not heard of his words.

"General, please ask Mrs. Zhao for what you have entrusted. She is most familiar with these children. It is best to ask her to choose one for the general."

While talking, Madam Zhao had already discovered the two outside the house, so she walked out of the house with brisk steps, gently covered the door with her backhand, and then looked at Xin Guocheng and Li Jinzhongfu: "Mr. Xin, I don't know why you two are from? Is there any place where the slave serves?"

Li Jinzhong, who was awakened by the words of Zhao Xiaozi, for some reason, his dark face turned red in an instant and became at a loss. After returning the greeting in a hurry, his eyes were still dodging and looking at Zhao Xiaozi's beautiful and weird face.

"Miss Zhao invited me. This is General Li who went to Beijing for victory a few days ago. This time I wanted to find a Chengsi child for his brother who died.

I know you are most attentive to these dozens of children, so I bring General Li to see if I can find the right one among the children you are taking care of.”

Xin Guocheng explained the reason for bringing Li Jinzhong over. While Zhao Xiaozi nodded and responded, he did not take Li Jinzhong's gaze to heart.

She has been in Yangjiyuan for two years and has been in contact with countless people of all kinds. She has long been accustomed to the eyes of people with various meanings.

Just as she was about to speak, Li Jinzhong on the side suddenly said, "I believe in the affairs of Zhao... Zhao Xiaoniang, a certain family suddenly remembered something and had to deal with it as soon as possible. A certain family went back to the military camp first. It took less than an hour before a certain family would return here and say goodbye!"

After Li Jin finished his advice, he took a big step and went to the outsider without waiting for Xin Guocheng and Zhao Xiaozi to respond, leaving behind two people looking at his departure back with a look of astonishment.
Chapter completed!