The lieutenant immediately turned around and ordered his personal guards to muster five hundred men and prepare to set off.
"Master Li, please wait a moment. There is fighting on the Marquis's side. I will go and bring him back immediately."
Jiayi and Liu Yang, being teenagers, were at an age where they were fearless and confident in their abilities, so they couldn't help but cause trouble.
The two of them grabbed Li Laosi's arm at the same time, "Uncle, shall we go and take a look too?"
How could Li Laosi not understand their thoughts? To be honest, he was itching to try it himself.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke up, "General, could you prepare three horses and three swords for us? We'd like to go and greet the Marquis. Don't worry, General, we've all killed barbarians before, so we won't be a burden to you."
Before the general could respond, Jia Yi, fearing he might refuse, turned his head and lifted the carriage a foot high.
The lieutenant was astonished. He knew that a fully loaded carriage would weigh at least 300 pounds, and yet a mere teenager had lifted it up without batting an eye!
"Alright, stay close to me on the way. If you get injured, I won't be able to explain it to the Marquis."
The deputy general agreed, which made Li Laosi and his two lads extremely happy.
Soon, three horses and three long knives were brought over. Li Laosi and the two boys mounted the horses and ran off with the group.
At first, Li Laosi and the two boys were a little unaccustomed to it, and they wobbled on the horse. After all, they usually rode mules, which was quite different from riding a horse.
But the three of them quickly adapted, ran all the way to the dock, boarded the ship, and sped towards the other side.
Ye Shan stood guard over the carriage, watching the large group of people run away into the distance, feeling both worried and amused.
This proper attendant of the marquis had become nothing more than a coachman watching over the carriage...
Li Laosi and his group didn't care about these things, or rather, they didn't care.
Once off the boat, the group galloped away on horseback and soon arrived at the battlefield.
There were more than 300 barbarians and 400-500 border guards, so they were evenly matched. However, the border guards had a slight advantage because the Marquis was brave and always charged ahead.
The barbarians did not expect the border garrison reinforcements to arrive so quickly. In their haste, they withdrew their troops, only to be quickly surrounded and surrounded by the reinforcements.
Li Laosi was born with superhuman strength. Even when facing fierce barbarians, no one could withstand his slash.
Jiayi and Liu Yang were quite cautious. They looked after each other and usually fought two barbarians together when they encountered one. As a result, they were not injured and instead killed two barbarians.
The lieutenant, watching from afar, breathed a slight sigh of relief.
When he finally found an opportunity to get close to the Marquis, he loudly reported this.
"My lord, Ye Shan and the Li family have come to deliver some things to you. They heard that you need reinforcements, so Master Li Si brought two young men to help."
After dealing with the barbarian in front of him, Young Master Ye turned around and saw that Li Laosi, Jiayi, and Liu Yang were indeed there. The three of them were locked in a fierce battle with the barbarian and had no time to pay attention to him.
He found it somewhat amusing. Normally, Aunt Li was worried about their safety and wouldn't allow them to leave home, but now that they had come here in time for the war, they had gotten to enjoy a taste of the real thing!
Thinking this, he slowly moved closer and stood guard on one side, afraid that they might get hurt in an accident.
Soon, most of the barbarians were killed. Seeing that things were going badly, the remaining small number of people fled for their lives, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.
Don't pursue a desperate enemy, especially one on the north bank of the river.
Young Master Ye also ordered a retreat, quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and then carried the wounded soldiers onto the boat back to the south bank.
The wounded soldiers were carried away for treatment, and Young Master Ye led everyone into his tent, finally finding a moment to speak with Li Laosi, "Fourth Brother, what brings you here? How is everything at home?"
Li Laosi was pleased to hear Young Master Ye address him in such a way, but also felt a little apprehensive.
Normally, Young Master Ye calls his mother "Auntie," and his daughter calls him "Uncle" all the time. To be honest, his family really treats him like family.
But given Young Master Ye's status, which is far too prestigious, no one dares to truly treat him as a brother.
Young Master Ye, however, didn't care about such things and addressed her that way in private.
Li Laosi was a straightforward person after all, and without hesitating for too long, he immediately agreed.
"Don't worry, my lord, everything is fine at home. My mother was thinking of you a few days ago and had Hongying prepare a lot of food to send to you. But something came up at home and it was delayed. The winter melons and cantaloupes in the fields were ripe, so we picked some and sent them over together."
"The winter melon and cantaloupe are ripe so quickly? They were only planted three months ago, right?" Young Master Ye was also delighted and asked, "Are they for sale? These things are precious. I didn't see them often even back in the capital. Please don't sell them cheaply."
"Madam Cui helped find the eldest master of the Liu family to be in charge of the sales. In addition, the old master of the Liu family and Mr. Wen also took the village chief and the second brother to the palace to present it as a gift. The emperor bestowed a name upon it, and now it is famous. Everyone is scrambling to buy it. But the family was afraid of attracting envy, so they only asked for a reasonable price and gave the rest to the eldest master of the Liu family. They couldn't let him work for nothing."
What Li Laosi said was true, and Young Master Ye nodded in agreement. He really wanted to talk a little longer, but having just gone through a battle, he had some things to arrange.
He then said, "You all rest for a bit, I'll go check on the wounded soldiers' camp and be right back."
"My lord, go ahead. We should go wash up too. We're covered in blood. If our families smell it, we'll never be able to leave the house again." Li Laosi immediately agreed, then pulled the excited Jiayi and Liu Yang along with the guards to take a bath.
When they returned, Young Master Ye had not yet finished his official duties.
They asked for two small stoves and started cooking lunch in front of Young Master Ye's tent.
Add water to a pot, cook dried noodles, rinse with cold water, put them in a bowl, add meat sauce brought from home, some cucumber shreds and cilantro, mix it all together, it's filling and refreshing, perfect for a summer day like this.
Open a jar of braised pork, pour half of it into a pot, add a handful of green beans, and no other seasonings are needed. After stewing, sprinkle with chopped green onions and it's ready to serve.
The reddish-brown meat was already cooked, and after stewing for so long, it was completely soft and tender. When you carefully picked up a piece, it trembled on the tip of your chopsticks, as if it were about to break at any moment.
There were also green beans coated in broth, glistening with an oily sheen, making one's mouth water at first glance.
Not to mention the marquis's personal guards standing around the tent, even the patrolling soldiers passing by couldn't help but crane their necks to take a few more glances and sniff the fragrance.
When Young Master Ye returned from outside, he saw Li Laosi leading Jiayi and Liu Yang busy with chores, and couldn't help but slow down.
As a marquis and a cousin of the emperor, he naturally enjoyed wealth and honor, wearing fine silks and eating delicacies from land and sea.
Countless people wanted to win him over and curry favor with him.
But there's definitely a reason why he's so fond of the Li family.
The clothes the Li family sewed for him were because they were genuinely worried he would be cold and wanted to keep him warm.
The Li family arranged food for him because they genuinely wanted him to eat his fill and be well-fed.
The Li family cares about him and genuinely hopes for his safety.
What's rare is this genuine sincerity, more precious than anything else in the world.
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