Second Lieutenant Gu was stunned there, he had been fighting horses for half his life, and he had followed Qiao Yuan from birth to death for many years, and he was too familiar with death. All kinds of situations, tragic, haggard, unwilling--------- but he has never seen something like Du Heng. Du Heng should have been there for two or three days, and his face was dark, but fortunately, in October of the lunar calendar, it had become cold and cold, and his body was still clean. There are no mosquitoes. Du Heng was dressed in a green cloth dress, his head was tightly nestled on Zhao Shinan's grave, and there were dried blood stains on the corners of his lips, but the expression on his face was peaceful and calm. Second Lieutenant Gu even felt that the corners of Du Heng's lips were slightly raised and chuckled.

There was a wind blowing, and Du Heng's clothes were fluttering, like a butterfly about to feather in the wind.

Ensign Gu had never seen such a poignant death. He stood silently in front of Du Heng for a long time with his head down, feeling very uncomfortable. He had not been in contact with this woman for a long time, and the initial feeling was just that she used Yangzhou dialect to climb the cleverness of the villagers. He thought she was light, smart, and indifferent, but it turned out that she was not the real her. The real her is heroic.

He stared closely at the grave where Du Heng snuggled up, the grass on the grave was desolate, and there were unburned cotton clothes in front of the grave. The huge cemetery shows the family's former prosperity, and the simplicity of this tomb shows the hurry of the tomb owner's burial. Second Lieutenant Gu sincerely envied this deceased man, and he didn't know how many lifetimes he had cultivated, and he could have such a woman with him in life and death.

Ask what the love of the world is, and teach life and death to promise. But how many people in the world can do it?

After a long time, Second Lieutenant Gu was relieved from the shock and sadness, and it was impossible for him to drag her bones back to Chongqing thousands of miles away. Then it can only be buried nearby. He took off his coat and covered Du Heng on the ground. After looking around the cemetery, I found a small wooden house in the northwest direction, where a tomb keeper in his fifties lived, and when he saw Second Lieutenant Gu, he was taken aback: "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Second Lieutenant Gu picked his lips: "The surrounding courtyard walls have collapsed in several places, and it is not difficult to get in." Then he said, "Zhao Shinan is here?"

The tomb keeper sighed and said: "He was originally in charge of the Zhao family, but unfortunately, at a young age, it is a good time to glorify the ancestors." little Japan. ”

Second Lieutenant Gu nodded, looked at the grave keeper and said, "His wife, also went with him." Right at his grave. It was supposed to be buried with him. "Second Lieutenant Gu also knows that Zhao Shinan has retired Du Heng, but if he is not buried here, where should he be buried?

When the grave keeper heard this, his eyes widened: "His wife, the young grandmother of the Zhao family who was divorced?" The second lieutenant nodded his head, and he didn't care about pulling on his shoes, so he hurriedly ran to Zhao Shinan's grave.

Seeing Du Heng's body, the grave keeper was stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses, shaking his head and sighing: "It's really respectable." ”

Second Lieutenant Gu also sighed lightly: "Then let's bury it, so that the deceased can be buried as soon as possible." ”

The grave keeper looked at Ensign Gu, and his face was a little embarrassed: "This gentleman, who are you?" Second Lieutenant Gu answered: "A friend of his wife." The tomb keeper continued with an "oh" sound, "You don't know that the cemetery of the Zhao family has buried hundreds of people of the Zhao family for generations. All those who are buried must have the orders of the patriarch or the head of the house, and leave a note with a seal or a handprint, so that I dare to let them be buried. I also have a list, and there are rules for all those who are buried, when they are buried, when they are cleaned, and when they are tributed. ”

"What's more, I haven't seen the young grandmother of the Zhao family. Even if this is really the young grandmother of the Zhao family, I don't dare to let it be buried here. Everyone knows that the young grandmother of the Zhao family has been divorced, and the family tree is all except for her name, so how can she enter the ancestral grave. ”

The grave keeper shook his head and sighed: "Since you are so affectionate, why do you want to take a break?" he couldn't figure it out. Looking at the blood stains on the corners of Du Heng's lips and the unburned cotton clothes on the ground, he also had some clarity in his heart.

The Zhao family has always only had men, and he has never seen the female dependents of the Zhao family. The woman who fell to the ground, he was not sure that it was the young grandmother of the Zhao family. But is it her, who else would think about burning cold clothes for Zhao Shinan in this year of war and chaos.

Second Lieutenant Gu frowned and said, "You can't be accommodating, where else are you buried, can you take it out and throw it on the mass grave?"

The grave keeper was embarrassed: "I can't be the master either." Buried here, how can I explain when the people of the Zhao family come back in the future? Besides, Young Master Shi Nan still has a son, and sooner or later he will find trouble. "The grave keeper doesn't have a good feeling in his heart, it's really hard to do. He looked around, and suddenly patted his head and said to Second Lieutenant Gu, "It's better to do this." The joint burial is definitely not possible, one is that the young grandmother is suspended, and the other is that the young master has to dig the grave, even if you kill me, I don't dare. ”

The grave keeper pointed to the southwest corner of Zhao Shinan's grave: "You see that the wall has collapsed, so you can build a new grave outside the wall, and then connect it with a stone next to it, isn't it okay? On this day, when I look at this cemetery, I will look at the grave of the young *** as well. The Zhao family can't find fault with it, the wall has collapsed. In the future, if they recognize the identity of Shao***, when they build the wall, they will build the grave of Shao*** in the wall. ”

Second Lieutenant Gu nodded again and again, the grave keeper's idea was not bad. Zhao Shinan's tomb is very close to the place where the wall collapsed, and if he builds a tomb outside the wall, it will be counted in one place.

When the moon was on the treetops, Second Lieutenant Gu dug the last piece of soil for Du Heng's grave. He was born in the army, and he would carry a small wine jug with him, and when he arrived in a cold place, he could take it out and drink it at any time to cover his chest and save his breath. That night, he sat in front of Du Heng's grave all night, didn't say a word, but drank a pot of wine. He only felt panicked in his chest, maybe it was for Du Heng's death, maybe it was for the decline of the country.

Dongfang was white, and Second Lieutenant Gu gently stroked Du Heng's tombstone, and said lightly: "Du Heng, I'm leaving." With that, he strode away. He left his coat to Du Heng so that she wouldn't be cold. Along with the jade leaves around her neck, they were buried with her. All the joys and sorrows of the previous life came to an end with that golden branch and jade leaf, a pinch of loess.

A few rays of sunlight in the early morning sprinkled on the two graves next to each other, which really responded to the poem that Du Heng once taught the cuckoo: "The grass is on the plain, and the dew is at the beginning." The old habitat and the new hill are two dependent. "New graves and old mounds, nestled next to each other.

On the mountain in the distance, there is an old man who whispers softly to the "Picking Rose" in the "Book of Songs": "Picking Rose, Picking Rose, Picking Rose, Picking Rose, Picking When he returns, his heart is also worried. In the past, I went back, the willows were still around, and now I think about it, and the rain and snow are falling. My heart is sad, I don't know how to mourn!"

Second Lieutenant Gu turned his head to look at the mountains and rivers, Gujiazhuang, Yangzhou, this is his hometown, when he left, it was still a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the flat forest was full of smoke. Now that he has returned, he is left with nothing but war and devastation. The peace that was hoped for in the Book of Songs has become a luxury until now.

There was a leisurely singing voice of "Ask the recruits, where is the hometown withered", and Second Lieutenant Gu's footsteps gradually became firm. Yes, there will be dry seasons, and there will be weary moments. There are soldiers like Qiao Division Commander Bai Qing, people like Du Heng and Zhao Shinan, and Cheng Yuejin who has inherited it, and the days of Wei Rui will not be far away--------

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I slept for a long time, I didn't know if it was a dream or an illusion, the whole person was fluttering, I didn't know where I flew. When I woke up again, I opened my eyes and I was blinded by the snow-white walls everywhere. Guarding me is my younger brother Qingyi. Seeing me wake up, the bearded Qingyi looked surprised: "Sister, you finally woke up?"

I was still immersed in the story of Du Heng and Zhao Shinan, and I was brought back to reality by Qingyi's voice. My consciousness gradually returned to before, the silk base on the outskirts of Nanjing, there was a fire, Yijing, I hurriedly grabbed Qingyi's hand and asked: "What about Zhao Yijing, how is he?"

Qingyi's face was a little gloomy, and he lowered his head and didn't speak. My mind went blank, and my voice trembled a little: "He, is he still alive?"

Qingyi nodded hurriedly: "Alive, alive." Then he said, "I just haven't woken up yet." ”

My heart almost jumped out, and I couldn't care that my body had just recovered, and I struggled to get out of bed, and every step I took shook my heart and lungs. Qingyi helped me to the ICU ward. The white-haired Zhao Xinru was guarding outside. Seeing me coming, the old man's eyes were cloudy, and his voice was hoarse: "Qingyang, are you awake?"

I nodded, "It's okay." ”

"That's good. Zhao Xinru breathed a sigh of relief and looked at my trembling voice: "You can see it later." He said and pointed to the video next to him.

Qingyi told me in a low voice that the ICU of this hospital is only allowed to go in and visit patients for one hour on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and the rest of the time can only be seen outside through video, and only a few minutes a day. Zhao Yijing has been lying here for two days, but he is still in a coma. Zhao Yijing already had heart disease, and the lack of oxygen caused by the high concentration of carbon monoxide in the fire further induced heart failure.

A quarter of an hour as difficult as a century has finally passed, and Zhao Yijing can be seen in the video. My heart ached as if it were about to be torn apart. Unprecedented fear struck, Zhao Shinan, Zhao Yijing, kept overlapping in my mind, and I almost suffocated in pain. Zhao Shinan and Du Heng's bad luck, I don't want to repeat it. Looking at Zhao Yijing's unconscious appearance, I felt desperate and scared for the first time.

I stayed in the hospital for another three days and returned home. I didn't dare to tell my parents about going to the hospital, and Nuan Nuan kept thinking about me. I hugged Nuan, but it was cold from my heart.

I didn't have much time to rest, so together with Zhao Xinru, I started to run for the crisis of Si Zhiheng again.