Half a month later.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion in Chengdu, a soldier entered the door with a simple bag on his back, and shouted with white breath in his mouth: "Good news from Hanzhong!"

In the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a middle-aged man with a lupine scarf and jade-faced phoenix eyes was sitting cross-legged in front of the desk holding a pen, but when he saw that his face was gloomy, he sighed to himself every time he stopped writing.

The brocade silk began to write three big characters "out of the teacher table", the middle-aged man is the Shu Han Prime Minister Zhuge Kongming, and the ancestor Liu Bei met in Longzhong, has been more than 20 years, but the ancestor has gone, the former ministers and marshals who have worked together are now very little, and the grand wish of reviving the Han Dynasty has not yet been completed, every time he thinks about this, Kong Ming is depressed and full of unwillingness.

"Report to the prime minister, Hanzhong good news, Yinping, Wudu two counties have been captured by our army. ”

Kong Ming got up and swept away his sad face, stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay, good, come here, and announce the good news in the city." ”

After the arrangement was completed, Kong Ming personally went to the Shu Han Palace to meet the queen Liu Chan.

Hearing the Prime Minister's report, Liu Chan did not have a happy expression, staring at the high dome and letting out a sigh.

"Father, do you know, why I heard the good news but I didn't rejoice?"

Kong Ming took a step forward and said, "Is Your Majesty still sad about the matter of the ancestors?"

Liu Chan shook his head lightly, "Father and the former emperor once established the ambition of Longzhong, but now he is old, and his ambition has not been rewarded, but he is still fighting hard for this, he is really a virtuous minister for all generations, but now Sun Quan is called the emperor, and it has become a situation of the Three Kingdoms.

Kong Ming frowned when he heard Liu Chan's words.

"But Your Majesty must know that even if my Shu Kingdom does not seek war, the soldiers of Wei and Wu are strong and strong, and sooner or later they will attack our Shu land. ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "My Shu country is based on Bashu, the land is fertile, and there are natural dangers, if you recuperate and recuperate, and rectify the people's livelihood, you will be able to bless the people, and the continuous war is really a waste of money and labor." Moreover, since the departure of the first emperor and several uncles, the momentum of our army has not been as good as before, and there have been many defeats in the Northern Expedition. ”

As the sky darkened and the night breeze was dry and cold, Kong Ming put on a cotton robe and paced in the courtyard, thinking about what Liu Chan said during the day.

In fact, Liu Chan's thoughts Kong Ming can also understand, Liu Bei is dead, and the former five tiger generals are only left with Zhao Zilong to care for the elderly at home, and the style of the soldiers is indeed not as good as before, which may also be one of the reasons for losing more and winning less, but the last wish left by the first emperor from the white emperor Tuogu cannot be violated, otherwise how to face it after the big go.

Kong Ming was thinking to himself, when he suddenly saw a meteor in the night sky, his heart shook violently, and the tea cup in his hand fell to the ground, and the phoenix eyes opened wide and muttered to himself: "Fall the star, is it... ？”

The lights in the palace were dim, and someone from the palace came to report to Liu Chan, saying that he was in a hurry: "Tell Your Majesty, General Zhao is dying, I want to see Your Majesty before leaving!"

"Which General Zhao?"

"It's Huwei General Zhao Zilong. Miyato explained

Hearing that the last member of the Five Tiger Generals was about to leave, Liu Chan hurriedly said, "Lead the way quickly!"

The palace man arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, it's cold outside, and your subordinates will go down to get the cloak." ”

Liu Chan looked at the night outside and waved his hand and said, "No need, it's a little cold, don't delay the time, leave now!"

The lights in General Huwei's mansion were bright, General Huwei Zhao Zilong was lying on the couch with white hair, and everyone in front of the couch looked sad.

"What is General Zhao's current condition?" asked Liu Chan eagerly.

The eldest son, Zhao Tong, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and choked up: "My father is dying." ”

Liu Chan followed everyone to Zhao Yun's couch, only to see that the former Changsheng general was already white-haired, goosebumps and sunken eyes, and thought of the once Changban slope, this general rescued himself from the army of ten thousand troops by one person and one horse, what kind of courage he was, but the name of a lifetime is now going to leave him, and he does not feel sadness from it, choking and crying.

Zhao Yun felt that someone was stroking his palm, and when he slowly opened his eyes, he saw Liu Chan with tears on his face, and wanted to get up to meet him, but he had more than enough strength to do so.

"General Zhao, you have saved my life many times, and you have made great contributions to my Shu country, but now you are leaving everyone, I am reluctant to give up!" Liu Chan said that he was even more crying here, infected by it, and everyone on the side could no longer help themselves, and suddenly the house was full of sorrow, and the lights were miserable.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Zhao Yun comforted with a faint breath: " Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this, people will eventually die, compared to the first emperor and several brothers, the old minister can live to the end, it is all kinds of luck, the only thing that can not be put down, or the last wish of the first emperor, there was originally the prime minister's assistance, I don't have to worry, but His Majesty is merciful, unwilling to conquer, which is contrary to the prime minister's insistence, but the old minister still agrees with His Majesty's idea, recuperate, Tuntian to raise soldiers, is the way of today's great suitability, and so on The soldiers are strong and strong, the people's livelihood is prosperous, and then the move of revitalizing Kuang to support the Han family should be successful. ”

It took a long time for the old general Zhao Yun to finish speaking, and everyone listened quietly, and saw Zhao Yun's arm trembling and pulling out of the quilt, holding a paper envelope in his hand and handing it over.

"This is the old minister's persuasion to persuade the prime minister to reduce the Northern Expedition, and His Majesty can hand it over to the prime minister. ”

Liu Chan took the paper envelope and admired it even more: "The first emperor once praised the general for being benevolent and righteous first, and there were ministers in the bureau, and now I have a deep feeling, Shu is fortunate to have generals, and the world is fortunate to have generals!"

Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes and looked at the yellowed layers of tents, which turned into blue sky and white clouds, into reeds with murderous sounds by the Pan River, and into the anxious cry in front of the Nagasaka Bridge...

In a trance, I saw Liu Bei riding a white horse, followed by another white horse, and shouted loudly: Zilong, come on, the weather is good today, let's go to Longshang to race horses, this time it will be faster than my Lu or your jade lion.

Zhao Yun happily wanted to shout loudly, but found that he seemed to have not rested for a long time, and he was tired and only had a trace of strength left, so he had to murmur in a weak voice: "Lord... Zilong... Here it comes. ”

When everyone saw Zhao Yun slowly raising his hand and only lightly reciting the lord, his eyes were closed and there was no longer a sound, and they knew that he was following the first emperor, and suddenly the hall was full of sorrow.

Zhao Yun rarely made friends in his life, and he had no confidants and friends, and the next day he came to condolence for Zhao Yun to see off the people, all of whom were juniors and people working in the court, just when everyone was mourning, they heard a sad voice outside the mourning hall: "General Zhao, I'm late!"

When everyone looked over, they saw a man in a white fur who was like a crown of jade, hurried in from outside the door, and then threw himself down in front of the coffin, burying his head and whimpering.

The person who came was the Taishi Ling of Wei State.

Although Guan Zhen has a slight reputation, no one in the audience knows it, just because this Guan Zhen only likes to study astrology every day, and even if he has some leisure, he has only one hobby, which is to drink wine and crickets, not to mention in Shu, and few people have seen it in Wei.

Everyone didn't know how to do it, and when they saw that his sadness was being released heartily, they only swept away their surprised, curious, and incomprehensible eyes.

Although Kong Ming was the most senior person present, he had only heard of the name of the manager, and he didn't know who the person who suddenly broke in and cried out in grief.

"Your Excellency is General Zhao's old friend?"

Guan Lu rubbed his eyes and looked at Kong Ming and arched his hand: "You are Mr. Kong Ming, fortunately! I am the Taishi of Wei Guoling, and I have been friends with General Zhao for a long time. ”

Everyone on the side was sad when they heard this, but Kong Ming was taken aback in his heart.

You must know that the capital of Wei is far away in Luoyang, thousands of miles away from Chengdu, and it takes half a month to take the fastest carriage, and since this is the Taishi Order of Wei State, when did General Zhao know about his visit, and how did he rush from Luoyang? It is rumored that this Guan Guan knew the blessings and misfortunes through the stars and the stars, and predicted that the first emperor would fall to the White Emperor, could it be that he already knew that General Zhao would fall? That was really miraculous, but I don't know what the purpose of his visit this time was.

"The person who came is a guest, since you have already had a friendship with General Zhao, you can be regarded as friends. Kong Ming said as he asked people to fetch a white cloth and tie it on his arm.

Three days of condolences followed by the earth for peace, Liu Chan gave Dayi Jinping Mountain as the place where Zhao Yun's soul returned, along the way everyone helped each other and cried through the wilderness, but although the face of Guan Lu was sad, he held a wooden stick in his hand and kept scratching on the ground, and the others were not noticed by the grief, and Kong Ming has always been suspicious of Guan Chen, and Kong Ming has been looking at Guan Ming's actions.

Because of the number of rites, the funeral procession was arranged in an orderly manner, Kong Ming wanted to slow down and see what the chariot drew on the ground, but he couldn't help but respect the number of ceremonies, and looked back at the movements of the chariot several times, but he didn't see a reason, so he dispelled the idea.

The cold mountain will be long, and the heroic mound will be added. When everyone carried the coffin to the cemetery, several soldiers had already dug the tomb, because Zhao Yun was a northerner, so the tomb pit was facing north and south, in order to send the soul, but the pipe was on the grounds of yin and yang luck, and it was determined that the east-west direction could shade future generations, just because Chengdu City was in the east. The descendants of the sons and nephews felt that this was reasonable, so they dug the tomb in the east-west direction, and when they were about to go down to the coffin after the sacrifice was completed.

"Wait!"

I don't know when Guan Lu walked to the tomb, stuck the wooden stick in his hand in the soil, bowed to Zhao Yun's coffin, took out a brush and a purple note from his arms, sketched a few strokes on it, turned his head and said to Zhao Tong and other relatives:

"General Zhao is a rare hero today, and he should not suffer from the aftermath of the underworld after death. With that, he presented the rune paper to Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong took the rune paper and was skeptical, but most of this superstitious means are a kind of mental sustenance, and if you believe it, you don't believe it, and if you don't believe it, your father is gone, and it doesn't hurt to believe it.

"Thank you Mr. Guan for your kindness, I don't know how to use this rune paper?"

"Just stick it on the head of the coffin. Guan Lu explained

The paint on the coffin is still sticky, Zhao Tong put the rune paper on the head, in a cry, the coffin is buried under the soil, the tomb is erected, and the book is written: the tomb of Zhao Zilong, the general of Shu Han Huwei.

As soon as the tomb was raised, the clouds were lifted above the head to see the sun, Guan Zhen and Kong Ming both looked up, Guan Zhen seemed to have an understanding, raised his neck and let out a burst of laughter, everyone who was about to go down the mountain looked angrily, and some people scolded the puppet for not knowing the etiquette so much, only Kong Ming was a person with a slight brow and a finger pinch.