Jiang Lie nodded: "Since I'm here, let me ask you by the way. I brought a Fenxiang girl here before, and she has been here for some years. How has she been living here in the past few years?"

Wu Jijiu responded: "Fenxiang is no longer at Wu Tai School."

Jiang Lie was startled and asked: "No longer studying at Wu Tai? Where did she go?"

Wu Jijiu said seriously: "Fenxiang entered the cafeteria as soon as she came and did all the work. In fact, she was not required to do so much, but she always rushed to do it, just to make more money. However, she only did

Half a year, she resigned after half a year. As a priest, Wu did not care about human affairs, so she did not immediately understand the reason for her resignation and her future plans. I only learned about her resignation a few days after she left.

.”

Jiang Lie couldn't figure out why Fenxiang resigned. He just suspected that Shi Nanwu Taixue had treated her badly, so he asked: "You didn't understand it at the first time. Don't the relevant personnel in charge of human resources also understand it?"

Wu Jijiu shook his head quickly: "Marshuai Jiang, you personally recommended Miss Fenxiang. Wu dare not neglect her. After I learned that she resigned and left, I also asked the relevant personnel, but they didn't know either, because

Fenxiang only said that she wanted to resign, that she wanted to find another career, and that she would no longer continue working in the cafeteria of our Wu Tai School. No matter how many times we asked her, she would not say anything. She wanted to resign, and there was nothing we could do to stop her.

Don’t let her go.”

Back then, before Jiang Lie sent Fenxiang to Shinan, he had told her to write a letter to Jiang Mansion in the Divine Lion City if she had anything to do. However, Jiang Lie had never received a letter from Fenxiang, so he had no idea about Fenxiang in the past few years.

completely unaware of his situation.

Although Fenxiang most likely cannot write, she will not be short of money if she works in the cafeteria. It is not difficult to pay someone to write letters for her. What's more, even if she is poor, she can still pawn the river.

Jiang Lie gave her a gold necklace in exchange for a large sum of money. If Fenxiang really encountered any difficulties, she should not not write to Jiang Lie.

Jiang Lie always thought that Fenxiang was working in a stable job at Shinan Wu Taixue and earning a stable income. Although he did not rule out the possibility of getting married, generally speaking, he would not get married in half a year. Even if he resigned due to marriage, he would not be able to get married.

Keep silent.

In Jiang Lie's view, Fenxiang probably had something unspeakable to hide, and probably chose to resign because of something unspeakable.

However, after thinking about it, Jiang Lie was still puzzled. After all, Wu Jijiu had always been approachable and did not seem like someone who would treat school staff badly.

If Jiang Lie were to look for Fennel at this time, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it would definitely be time-consuming and laborious. The Lion Yan Army was just passing through Shinan at this time and could not stay in Shinan for too long, not to mention that Fennel was not necessarily still in Shinan. It was not like that.

A headless fly is looking for fennel aimlessly, so it is better to wait patiently for the letter sent by fennel.

Later, Jiang Lie and Wu Jijiu discussed the war to resist elephants and aid Qiu for a while, and they drank two pots of tea together.

Wu Jijiu summoned a doctor who was Ruan Lei's mentor. Wu Jijiu asked the doctor to lead Jiang Lie and take Jiang Lie to Ruan Lei's house.

When the doctor learned the news of Ruan Lei's death in battle, he was deeply saddened, but he still held back his tears.

Jiang Lie took Duan Biao and several carriages, and under the guidance of Dr. Na, arrived at Ruan Lei's hometown.

The Ruan family is not a big family, it is just a simple small courtyard, where only Ruan's mother lives. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. This inconspicuous courtyard has flowers, grass, chickens, ducks, wells and fields.

.

After the doctor knocked on the door, he saluted Jiang Lie and said, "Marshal Jiang, I'm sorry that I don't have the courage to face Ruan Lei's mother, but I'll take the first step!" After saying that, he galloped away.

After a while, the door opened, and there stood a middle-aged woman in her fifties. She had white hair, a fair face, and a tall figure. As expected, this person was Ruan Lei's mother.

"Who are you?" Ruan's mother asked doubtfully.

Jiang Lie mustered up his courage, raised his hands and said, "Jiang Lie, I am the commander-in-chief of the Royal Lion Flame Army of the Divine Lion Army. May I ask if this old man is Ruan Lei's mother?"

Ruan's mother nodded: "I am Ruan Lei's biological mother." After saying that, she stuck her head out of the door and looked around: "Are you all from the Lion Flame Army? Didn't my son come with you?"

Jiang Lie was afraid that Ruan's mother wouldn't be able to accept it for a while and would fall into coma, so he said: "Yes, we are all from the Lion Flame Army, and we are all your comrades. I wonder if Auntie can allow me to sit in the room first?"

Ruan's mother nodded repeatedly: "Come on, come on, please come in, please come on!"

While they were talking, Jiang Lie and Duan Biao followed Ruan's mother into the living room, while the others were busy moving the various objects on the carriage into the courtyard.

Ruan's mother hurriedly poured two glasses of water for Jiang Lie and Duan Biao, and said with a smile: "On weekdays, I am just a bad old woman living here, and there are not many guests, so I don't buy any tea at home.

Two glasses of our own well water, you two can drink together, it's quite refreshing."

Jiang Lie took the water cup and responded politely: "It's good to drink this kind of natural well water. You don't have to make tea. Just drink it if you have water."

"I heard that you won the battle in Qiu Shi Kingdom. Are you going back to the Divine Lion City now?" Ruan's mother sat on the chair and asked.

Jiang Lie nodded and said: "Yes, we are on the way back to Shenshi City now. Because Shinan is the hometown of many soldiers, and many soldiers graduated from Shinan Wu Taixue, so there are many large armies in Shinan.

Stay a while."

"Then..." Mother Ruan looked at Jiang Lie and asked, "Where is my son? You all came to my house, why didn't he come?"

Jiang Lie sighed and said: "He...he...he sacrificed..."

Ruan's mother said without changing her expression: "Where are the people? Where are the corpses?"

Jiang Lie looked solemn and said: "There is no body... His head was cut off by the enemy... His head... I brought it, but..."

"Show me." Ruan's mother said firmly.

Jiang Lie shook his head: "He has been dead for a long time...there is no skin and flesh left...only...only the bones are left..."

Ruan's mother said firmly: "Even if my son turns into ashes, I still have to see him."

Jiang Lie sighed: "You will only become more sad after seeing it."

"Wouldn't it make you sad if you don't look at it?" Ruan's mother said, tears already oozing out of the corners of her eyes.

Jiang Lie himself did not have the courage to look at the gloomy skull, nor did he have the courage to let Ruan's mother look at it, so he had to temporarily change the subject: "Ruan Lei is a good general. He is meticulous in training, brave and good at fighting, and often comes up with clever strategies. He is

A talent that is hard to come by. In this battle to resist the elephant and aid the Qiu, he made a illustrious mission.

My military exploits will be immortal even if I die. I have sent over all the things compensated by the enemy and all the things commended by the Emperor Qiu Shi. Our ascended emperor will also receive generous rewards, and I will send them over again later. I

After counting, as far as those bonuses are concerned, they are enough for your old man to last a lifetime."

Ruan's mother seemed unfazed: "Everyone is already dead, so what's the use of generous rewards?"

Jiang Lie pursed his lips and said: "People cannot be resurrected after death. This matter has become a foregone conclusion and is irreversible. There are some rewards that can provide comfort and ensure that you, the old man, will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"I married late, so I gave birth to children relatively late. My husband died unexpectedly when my son was only three months old." Ruan's mother said, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "I

I had to pull him up and pee him all by myself. Fortunately, he was a contender.

The angry child has been sensible since he was a child, willing to study, practice martial arts, and unwilling to lose to others. The old Ruan family has never produced a scholar for generations, but he won the first prize and got the iron rice bowl of the Divine Lion Legion.

He is my pride, and I am very happy that my son is an excellent person."

Ruan's mother immediately burst into tears: "I only have one son, and he is my only support. My son has traveled thousands of miles, and my mother is worried. I...I pray for him every day, praying that he will be safe...but...how can he leave me alone?"

Leave me alone? I always thought my son was a filial person, but he actually..."

Jiang Lie sighed deeply, and his eyes were moist: "Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. Although... although his death at an early age is a great unfilial piety to you, he is a great person to the country."

A hero, he sacrificed his life for the country, he is glorious... As a soldier, as a loyal minister, he did his duty. For me, I also lost a good helper and a good brother, and I am also very painful

, but I can only comfort myself that he died gloriously."

Ruan's mother sobbed: "It's okay, I will adjust myself. After these few days... it will be fine. I am a bad old woman and have long been used to living alone. Thank you for coming to sit with me."

"

Jiang Lie wiped his tears: "Auntie, don't worry. Although you lost your real son, you have a large group of new sons from now on. From now on, the generals and soldiers of the entire Lion Flame Army will be you.

Son of an old man. Although we are usually in Shenshi City, as long as we are free, we will try our best, maybe three or five people, maybe dozens of people, to chat with you, help you cook, and help you wash clothes.

, help you take care of those chickens and ducks."

Ruan's mother shook her head repeatedly: "You are all soldiers. When you have missions, you have to be busy performing missions. When you don't have missions, you also have to train. When you are free, you also need to have a good rest and relax. It's not necessary.

There is really no need to raise an army for me, a bad old woman. If I need you elites from the Lion Flame Army to visit me from time to time, then I will be guilty of living, and I will waste your time."

"Auntie, what are you talking about?" Jiang Lie waved his hand, "There is no delay, our Lion Flame Army is a big family, everyone is like brothers, closer than real brothers! Ruan Lei belongs to all of us.

Brother, Ruan Lei’s mother is the mother of all of us. No one in this world will find it embarrassing.

Spending time with your own mother is a waste of time. If you want to support your son, but you can’t wait for him, we have to take advantage of the fact that we are still young, and you are still young, and we should fulfill our filial piety in time! If we don’t fulfill our filial piety for Ruan Lei, he will be in Jiuquan
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