Chapter 137: The Old Man of Truth
Yang Xiu's voice was not loud, but it was enough to reach Cao Cao's ears.
had already made a decision in his heart, so he followed Jia Xu's advice, and waited until he died, and passed the position to his eldest son Cao Pi, which was also the opinion of his clan brothers Xiahoudun and Cao Ren, Cao Pi, as the eldest son, had always given him a good impression.
Although Cao Zhang is brave and martial, he is the Marquis of Yanling with his military merits, but when it comes to this way of life, not to mention Cao Pi, who is Cao Zhi, it is not comparable.
So slowly, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, also slowly favored Cao Pi, even if his son is now obviously close to the former family, Cao Cao did not exclude him from the successor, not for anything else, just because he is the most suitable person, everyone has their own way of life and path.
But today, Yang Xiu's words made his thoughts tremble.
"If it is Yan Linghou, the court is unstable, and if it is the son of Cao Pi, then the brother does not exist!"
What kind of virtue his son is, no one knows better than a father, Cao Pi has started all kinds of power struggles since he was sensible, whether it is Cao Zhi who has been fighting for many years, or Cao Zhang, who has emerged in the past two years, or Cao Chong, who was once amazing and glamorous but like a flash in the pan.
After so many years, Cao Pi still has feelings for his brothers, and Cao Cao, as the king of Wei, knows it well.
Cao Cao turned to look at Yang Xiu, who had closed his mouth and said no more, opened his mouth, and finally didn't know what to say, so he could only lower his eyes and turn away.
After Cao Cao left, Yang Xiu opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of nostalgia for this world, and he muttered in his mouth.
"Zijian, from now on, Dezu can't accompany you anymore, you take good care of yourself!"
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That night, Cao Cao ordered, "Yang Dezu leaked his words and teachings before and after, handed over to the princes, and killed on the spot!" ”
Although everyone knows what this world-famous genius was killed, they didn't say more to him, no one dared to say more, this is a family affair of King Wei, and it may even be a family affair of the world in the future.
Cao Cao, who killed Yang Xiu, did not become easy because of this, Yang Dezu deserved to be a talented man in the world, and he did not find a way to live before he died, but used a sentence to make Cao Cao's heart move, so that Cao Cao did not know whether he should give the position to the person he wanted in his heart, and if so, how to save the life of the remaining son.
In the midst of this thought, it finally snowed in Jingzhou.
Snowflakes fell, falling on the shoulders of pedestrians one by one, this is the first snow in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, and this snow also means that this farce in Jingzhou is slowly coming to an end.
In Changsha City, Liu Fu looked at the familiar city walls, familiar city gates, and even familiar people, and pulled the hat on his head well, so as not to let others recognize him.
"Ah Fu, it's here!" Kuaimeng is also very familiar with this place, there are too many memories and traces of them in this city back then, but after a few years, they come back now, but they are different from people.
"I want to go home first!" Liu Fu didn't rush to find Han Xuan, they didn't have any position now, they didn't have any conditions, they were allowed to go to a county Taishou to interrogate, and after going through so many things, they were no longer the hairy boys who did whatever they thought of before.
Liu Fu's home is not big, Changsha County is very large, and Liu Fu's home is in a remote alley in a remote area, and his father Liu Pan chose to live in seclusion here because he said that it was quiet and no one disturbed him.
And now this place where no one is disturbing has finally welcomed new guests again.
In addition to the burned ruins, the courtyard is full of withered leaves, accumulated dust, and disorderly furnishings, and there are dried blood stains on the ground, showing that there are many tragic stories in this mansion.
"This is my home." Liu Fu pointed to this dilapidated small courtyard, Mo said that inside, that is, the surrounding of the courtyard, there has long been no trace of human habitation.
Kuaimeng looked at this place where he had lived for a long time, and looked at the miserable appearance in front of him, and he didn't know how to comfort his companions around him.
"Alright, let's go in and pay our respects." Kuaimeng took off the small burden behind him, and when he came back this time, he knew that he and the others must come here, so he had prepared some incense and candles and paper money for worship early.
Liu Fu took the worship object handed over by Kuaimeng, and then walked into his former home with heavy steps.
When he had entered the courtyard, he did not have the courage to go any further, so he laid out the incense and candles in the middle of the courtyard, laid the offerings, and then knelt down, and here he offered his respects to his family, his father, and all his dead relatives and friends.
"Father, the child is back!" Liu Fu lit the paper money and gently put it on the ground, "The child regrets it, why didn't he learn the art of war and martial arts with you at the beginning, and now he wants to learn it, but he can't learn it anymore." ”
Li Wei took out a very small pot of old wine from his arms and handed it to Liu Fu, who was kneeling on the ground.
Liu Fu picked up the wine jug, shook it slightly, first took a sip for himself, and then sprinkled some on the ground, "Father, every time you drank, my mother had to quarrel with you, saying that you didn't pay attention to your bad bones, so I complained to you a lot."
At that time, I looked down on you very much, thinking that you were also a member of the Han family, and you were once a general, how could you be managed by a woman and couldn't even drink wine, every time I spoke for you, I would be beaten by my mother with a stick, and you didn't even say a word!
At that time, I always laughed at you, saying that you always bragged that you could go up the mountain to fight tigers, but you couldn't even beat a tigress at home, and every time you said this, you beat me with your mother until my mother left.
That day, it should be the first time I saw you crying, I was still young, I can't remember clearly, I only know that you were in the ancestral hall, looking at your mother's tablet, trembling all over, I didn't know why you didn't put the tablet in the ancestral hall, and blamed you for being hypocritical.
It wasn't until later, when Uncle Huang Zhong told me that because you are Liu Pan, your mother is the daughter of the Sun family, and the woman of the Sun family is not allowed to enter the ancestral hall of the Liu family, but it was too late for me to arrive, and by the time I understood, I had wasted too much time, and by the time I understood, you were no longer the tiger of Jingnan.
Over the years, I have seen you cry twice, once because of your mother, and once because Liu Xuande married Sun Shangxiang from Jiangdong, hehe, now that I think about it, I really want to know what you thought when you heard the news. ”
Liu Fu drank a small sip of wine by himself, sprinkled a little wine on the ground, and used up the pot of old wine little by little.
"For so many years, I haven't drunk with you, when my mother was there, my heart was gone, and now I'm back, but you're gone, today, it's our grandfather, drink a pot of wine."
After saying this, Liu Fu respectfully kowtowed to the courtyard, then put down the wine jug, stood up, and left the long-abandoned mansion without looking back.
"Where are we going first?" After walking out of the mansion, Liu Fu's sadness seemed to disappear, and he turned his head to look at Kuaimeng on the side, "Although I am familiar with Changsha, I haven't come back for the past two years, and I don't know what to do." “
Kuaimeng looked at the snowflakes falling overhead, "Let's find a place to rest for a while, you were also a tyrant in this county back then, you should be able to find a reliable person." ”
"Yes!" Liu Fu didn't say a word, and left the neighborhood with them left and right, until he found a tattever in a more remote alley in the distance.
"That's it, I didn't stay here anymore!" Liu Fu pointed to the tattevern, "Don't look at him so broken, but the wine in it is really good wine, and the people in it are also real men!" ”
Saying this, Liu Fu stepped in, and without waiting for anyone to greet him, he shouted directly inside, "Wine, good wine, the best wine!" ”
However, Liu Fu shouted for a long time before a lame old man walked out of it slowly, holding a broken wooden cane, and moved in front of them step by step.
"Sit down, I'll serve you a drink!" The old man didn't look at them much, lowered his head and wiped out a table and three small beard beds for them, and hurried to get wine inside.
Liu Fu leaned on the top one, and then looked at the surrounding environment with nostalgia, "It's been two years since I came, and the appearance hasn't changed at all, it's still so dilapidated, it's still so simple, it's raining, and the roof is useless." ”
Kuai Meng also sat down, patted the dust on his body, and asked Liu Fu, "This old man, has a story?" ”
"How do you see that?" Liu Fu laughed, "Just these two sentences, you can see that there is a story, you just don't learn any conspiracy and calculation, you go to the street stall to tell fortunes." ”
Kuai glanced at Liu Fu, and expressed a strong helplessness at this big mouth of each door.
"The old man just now, a man in the army, this is not difficult to see!"
Liu Fu also nodded, "Wu Lao was an old pawn in Changsha back then, and he could be my grandfather at any age, at that time, Changsha was chaotic, not only did the Wuling barbarians come and fight the autumn wind for three days, but Jiangdong was not honest, from Liu Xuan to Sun Ce, the interference with Changsha has never been easy." ”
"He's, Changsha guard, then his injury..."
"When I resisted the Wuling barbarians, I got on my leg, and then Jiangdong attacked, and I was even injured and went into battle, and finally my whole leg was gone!" Liu Fu couldn't help but sigh when he spoke, "At that time, my father had never come to Changsha, and the entire Jingzhou was full of thieves at that time, and the soldiers at that time were not even considered to be the official Jingzhou army."
So his injury is naturally not counted.... There was no money and food to reward, and in the end, relying on his own wine-making skills, he opened such a tavern in this small alley, which has been open for so many years. ”
Li Wei looked at the leaky walls, looked at the roofs where he could see the sky, and then thought about the old man who could breathe when he walked, "Does no one care?" No matter who he was at the beginning, or who Jingzhou was at that time, he kept the peace of the city for the Han Dynasty. ”
"It's useless for you to talk to me." Liu Fu waved his hand, ran over and took the wine brought by the old man, and it was still hot when he touched it, "He was the deployment of the thieves of the Changsha Sect at the beginning, and everyone sympathized with him, or rather, they changed their identities and became regular soldiers in Jingzhou from then on, and Xiang Wu Lao, who can't go into battle to kill the enemy in this life, if his previous head of the family is still there, he may still be able to support him, but unfortunately, no one will care about it now, and he can't manage it!" "It's really true that the world is always set by generals, and I don't see generals enjoying peace." Li Wei also sighed, "Like him, how is Changsha?" ”
"Many! There are many such people in the world! Liu Fu drank the hot wine and smashed his mouth, "But there are not many now, after every big battle, those soldiers who lack arms and legs, especially those on the losing side, are all poor people, and they are also people who no one cares about!"
The thieves in Jingzhou failed back then, how many orphans and widows, how many heroic soldiers back then, all lived extremely miserable, these are not all careless, General Huang Zhong, my father, even if it was the young Changsha Taishou Han Xuan, they all wanted to help, after all, people's hearts are also flesh and blood. ”
"Then why are they still like this?"
"No money!" Liu Fu may have drunk wine and spoke a little flustered, "Is Jingzhou rich?" Yes, they are all in the hands of the thieves, so after the thieves are exterminated, it should go to the government, no, the government in Jingzhou still has no money, who is the money for, to those people who exterminated the thieves, those families! ”
As he spoke, Liu Fu also pointed to Kuaimeng beside him, but Kuaimeng ignored him.
"At the beginning, Jingzhou was poor, and Jingnan was even poorer, but how many people like Wu Lao are there, they are everywhere, and they have a skill, they can make wine like Wu Lao, or do some small business, but what about those who have nothing, and they don't even have fields in their hands, what can they do? Do you know that in Changsha back then, maybe a flower child you saw asking for food was a warrior who fought bravely on the city wall! ”
When Liu Fu said this, he fell on the table and fell asleep, he didn't drink much wine that day, but he was drunk.
Looking at Liu Fu's embarrassing appearance, Li Li and Kuai Meng couldn't laugh, so they could only drink silently, looking at the snow outside and the sparse snowflakes in the house.
When they felt that it was almost time to leave, they were stopped by Wu Lao from the tavern.
"It's snowing heavily, don't go!" Elder Wu cleaned up the table, put away the money they put on the table, and said as he walked, "Since you're back, don't run around like headless flies, let's have a good rest first, although this is simple, it is also a place to sleep." ”
As he spoke, he lifted the curtain leading to the back, "Come in, this kid hasn't been here for so long, and the old man still thinks he's the same as his father, dead ball." ”
The tavern's backyard was no better than the front, the same gloom, the same tattered, an old wooden bed, a lame table, and some old furnishings.
The newest and best thing in the whole room is the leather armor that hangs on the wall.
Veteran Wu settled Liu Fu on the bed, and after covering the quilt, he saw Kuaimeng and Li Wei staring at the leather armor in a daze, so he said to himself.
"This is the leather armor that killed the enemy with the old man back then, although it was tattered and tattered, but I can still wear it after sewing it myself!" Wu Lao touched the leather armor, as if he was touching something important, and carefully stroked the leather armor, "Although I can wear it, but after so many years, I haven't worn this leather armor, and I really can't help it." ”
"Old Wu!" Kuai Meng whispered to Wu Lao, "You were also a hero in Changsha!" ”
"What kind of hero, maybe you can still be considered a hero when you fight a barbarian, what about the back, what a yellow turban thief, what a Jiangdong thief, even myself, isn't it called a sect thief, everyone is a thief, it's nothing more than who wins, who is a hero, obviously, it's not me who wins!"
Kuai Meng looked at Wu Lao who was so upright, pursed his lips, and didn't know what to say, not that what he said was right or wrong, but that this was the truth, the truth that could see the flesh and blood nakedly, the truth that people couldn't refute.
In the end, Kuai Meng could only be speechless, walked to the bedside, and took care of Liu Fu, who was sleeping soundly.
And Li Li looked at the three of them and didn't know what to say.
"Are you looking for someone?" Wu Lao didn't know where to get a bowl of decanting soup and brought it to the table, "When he wakes up, remember to let him drink it." ”
Kuaimeng thanked him, and then said, "I wanted to ask Lord Han Xuan of Changsha about something, but.... I don't have a chance, and I don't seem to have any qualifications! ”
"Want to find out what's going on in this kid's house?"
Kuamon nodded and did not speak.
Wu Lao sighed and shook his head helplessly, "Actually, there is no need to go to Lord Han Xuan, he is a good official, for the sake of the people, he can ignore his own personal honor and disgrace, this kind of person can let him go and find a way to live for the people, but if you want to ask him about any dirty things, even if he knows, he won't tell you, he is a screw!" ”
"Please ask Elder Wu for advice, who should we go to?" Kuaimeng looked at this old man who was old and frail, and listened to his words, and suddenly felt that when it came to this experience, they were really a lot worse.
"Don't say anything about teaching and not teaching, I'm a bad old man, a lame old man, it's okay to make wine, teach you young people, I don't dare to be it." Wu Lao waved his hand and smiled, "If you want to know about dirty things, you have to find dirty people!" ”
"Dirty? It's those.... Splashing on the streets? Kuai Meng is not stupid, he naturally knows who Wu Lao is talking about, "These people, how can they tell us..."
"Wasn't this kid a street bully back then!"