As the sun set, General Guo Nuan stood alone at the head of the city wall, looking at the great rivers and mountains that he had guarded all his life.

The slightly frosty temples lament the twilight of the martyrs, and the enthusiasm to protect the country is still there.

The cold wind of the cold winter was unusually violent, and several gusts of cold wind blew, and General Guo Nuan felt trembling and numb, only feeling dizzy.

Several soldiers hurriedly ran forward, shouting "General, General......"

, He fell gently, in the cold wind, on the cold city wall, on the great rivers and mountains that he had guarded all his life.

Shengping Princess Mansion, people are coming in and out, and they have already cried.

The eldest princess of Shengping sat on Guo Nuan's couch, anxiously watching the imperial doctor diagnose and treat him.

Guo Jiayan and Guo Wan knelt on the edge of the couch, crying, shouting "Father......"

The imperial doctor looked at Guo Nuan's face and took the pulse.

The imperial doctor's expression was solemn, and there was hopelessness in his eyes.

Although Princess Shengping was grief-stricken, her face was still unusually calm, and only her teary eyes poured out her inner sorrow.

"What's wrong with the General? What happened to him? ”

The imperial physician bowed deeply to the eldest princess and shook his head hopelessly.

The eldest princess of Shengping was pale and her eyes were dull.

"Ahem......"

With a few weak coughs, Guo Nuan opened his eyes weakly, and his face was pale like a dead man.

Princess Shengping quickly turned around, leaned down, and looked at Guo Nuan, who had woken up.

Guo Jiayan crawled over on his knees, shouting "father" in grief

With tears in his eyes, he held his father's hand tightly, hoping that he would get better and not leave him and suffer the pain of losing his loved ones.

Guo Nuan seemed to want to say something, and looked at Guo Jiayan with weak eyes.

The eldest princess of Shengping saw his thoughts, and gently put her hand on Guo Jiayan's body.

"Jiayan, your father has something to say to you."

Guo Jiayan cried and shouted, "Father, Jiayan is here, Jiayan has always been with his father!" ”

Guo Nuan was slow and slow, and said weakly, "Jiayan, you have followed your grandfather since you were a child, do you still remember what your grandfather told you since you were a child?" ”

Guo Jiayan looked at his father in front of him sadly, and his thoughts seemed to return to the past years.

"Father, Jiayan remembers that grandpa said, 'The eldest husband should have great ambitions, and should take it as his responsibility to protect the country and the people', father, why do you say this, the imperial doctor said that it will not be long before my father recovers, and Jiayan is still waiting for his father to recover and listen to his father's teachings!"

Guo Nuan's breath became uncertain, and he still held back and wanted to say what he had always wanted to say, for fear that it would be too late, and there would be no chance.

"My father's illness is clear to my father. Jiayan, your grandfather's words, 'The husband should have great ambitions, and should take it as his responsibility to protect the country and the people', and his grandfather has complied with it all his life, and he does not dare to have half a point of transgression. It's the same with my father. Father wants you to do the same. Do you understand? ”

"Father, the sons understand, the sons obey the teachings of grandpa, father!"

Seeing Guo Jiayan like this, Guo Nuan's heart relaxed a little.

"Jiayan, no matter when, remember, don't get involved in any fight, this world belongs to the emperor, and the favor of our Guo family is given by the emperor. Yoshihiko, you have to remember! ”

Listening to his father's dying teachings, Guo Jiayan had already burst into tears, full of grief, and lay tightly in front of his father's couch, wanting to keep something with the last remaining hope.

"Father, the child understands!"

Suddenly, the door opened.

I saw Empress Guo coming in a hurry, looking worried.

"The queen has arrived!" from behind. ”

The aftermath of the voice.

"Brother, how are you? You okay? My sister has come to see you......"

Everyone hurriedly saluted the queen.

Shengping the eldest princess, Guo Jiayan stepped aside.

Empress Guo sat on the edge of the couch, her hand tightly grasping General Guo Nuan's hand, her face sad and tears welling up in her eyes.

"Queen Mother, please forgive the minister for not being able to salute you!"

Guo Nuan was weak, and his face was even paler.

"Brother, although my sister is a queen, in my sister's heart, you have always been my brother! Since my father's death, for so many years, our brothers and sisters have supported us all the way, how difficult it is! Brother, how can you say that if you are sick, you will be sick, so what should your sister do? ”

Guo Nuan's eyes flashed with worry, "Queen Mother, do you remember the two words that your father gave you the day before you entered the palace?" You and I were with my father that day, and my father wrote two words and handed them to you personally, and I know that you still keep them, but you treasure them, maybe it's just that you don't want to see them again. I remember very clearly, those two words were imprinted in my heart like black letters on a white background, and they were clear. Father sent you the word 'indisputable'. ”

Thinking of the past, Empress Guo's eyes flickered a few times, and in a moment they returned to their usual calm.

"Brother, occasionally, my sister will also think about the past, at that time, you and I were still young. And I, am not a queen yet, just a child of an ordinary general's family. We rode together on the side of the horse, when the grass was very green, the sky was so vast that even a day's horse could not see the edge; In the evening, we would roast lamb together and lie on the fragrant grass to watch the stars. At that time, I felt that every qiē was beautiful! It's calm! Until one day, a holy decree came down from the palace, saying, the emperor wants to make me a concubine. All these years, looking back, sometimes I don't want to think about it anymore. Brother, what else do you think I can do? ”

Recalling the past, Guo Nuan's heart was unusually calm.

I just feel that the past is very beautiful and worth nostalgia.

"At that time, Queen Mother, you smiled beautifully and purely! My father always said that you are as clear as the water in the sky. That's who you really are! Queen Mother, now that you are the queen, Li Qi is already the prince. It's time. Take out your father's word for you! Queen Mother! ”

Empress Guo's expression became solemn and worried, and she grabbed Guo Nuan's hand tightly.

"Brother, do you have anything else you want me to bring to the emperor? Brother, as long as you say it, the emperor will definitely agree to your hard work for so many years! Sister, I'll help you bring it over, brother, you can say it! ”

Guo Nuan's eyes became sad, and he moved lightly a few times, trying to break free of his hand.

The queen mother's grip tightened even tighter, her eyes helpless, as if begging.

"Brother, you have to think about our Guo family! What is my sister doing this qiē for, do you think it's all for myself? You're gone, what should the Guo family do? There's got to be someone to carry it, didn't it? My sister has always thought that Jiayan's child is very good, brother, think more about our Guo family, it can be regarded as a begging from your sister to you. ”

Guo Nuan's breath became even more like, as if there was nothing, panting heavily, still talking about his last hope weakly.

"Sister...... Indisputable...... Indisputable ......"

"The emperor has arrived!"

As soon as the words fell, the emperor walked in, his steps hurried, full of sadness.

"General, I've come to see you!"

The crowd hurriedly saluted.

"See the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"Get up!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Guo Nuan shook a few times, his body was already facing failure, how could he still have any strength left.

The queen squeezed the emperor's hand, as if hinting at something, and then slowly let go.

The emperor approached, "I understand the general's intentions!" I'm going to skip the etiquette today! ”

"Thank you...... Thanks, Your Majesty! ”

Guo Nuan's tone was weak, "You all go down...... Go down, I think...... I want to talk to the emperor! ”

"Yes!"

And they departed.

Only the queen turned around, her eyes seemed to hint at something uneasily, and then she slowly left.

The emperor sat on Guo Nuan's bed.

"General, I brought you a good thousand-year-old ginseng, you have to get better quickly, we Datang can't live without you, I can't do without you, you know? Old general. ”

"Your Majesty...... The Emperor ......"

"I'm here, what do you want to say to me?"

Guo Nuan's heavy eyes could barely open, his wheezing voice became weaker and weaker, and his breath gradually dimmed.

"Your Majesty, our Guo family has been honored by the emperor's grace...... Enrong III, treat me...... After a hundred years, I beg the emperor not to entrust Guo Jiayan with important tasks and let him ...... Let him stay away from the capital, be a small general on the border, or a commoner, and beg the emperor and ...... Emperor! ”

After hearing this, the emperor was even more grief-stricken.

Hurriedly grabbed Guo Nuan's hand, the monarch and the minister could not leave, and shouted in grief, "General"

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"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, this is a talisman, and the minister ...... it Handed over to the emperor! ”

After speaking, Guo Nuan's weak hand trembled and raised the talisman for transferring troops, and with a sad look, the emperor slowly held the talisman and clenched Guo Nuan's hand.

The emperor left tears of grief, "There is a general, it is really the blessing of the Tang Dynasty, the blessing of me!" ”

"Your Majesty...... Emperor...... on, don't give again...... ...... Jiayan entrusted him with an important task, and the emperor ......"

The emperor held Guo Nuan's hand tightly and nodded.

"I promise you! I promise you! The Great General......"

With a faint smile, Guo Nuan closed his heavy eyes.

The emperor looked sad, holding Guo Nuan's hands tightly, and couldn't bear to let go.

The door slowly opened, and the emperor walked out with heavy steps, the heavy steps seemed to carry all the pain of a Ming monarch who had lost his loyal ministers, perhaps, like losing an arm.

The door slowly closed, and there was a sound behind him.

"The emperor has ordered that the burial be made with the gifts of the princes!"