The fourteenth year of Xiping, March

Ningzhou Donghao, well out of the Yellow Dragon

Mid-March

By the river, there sat a rickety old man, the old man was wearing a coat and a hat, looking at the calm river, sitting and fishing.

Behind him, there was a young man, the young man looked at the old man's plain appearance, a little anxious, but did not dare to disturb, the young man is from Donghao, his family lives near here, there was no one here, their family is a fisherman for generations, for the convenience of fishing, they moved here, but, this morning, suddenly such an old man came to visit.

The boy was taken aback by him, his parents were out, he was the only one at home, and in this barren mountain range, where the pavilion guards rarely came, how could he not be afraid, however, after the old man learned that there was no one at home, he did not say that he wanted to enter the house, he just wanted to borrow their fishing gear, which was strange to say, he borrowed fishing gear, but did not borrow a boat, and he had to help catch the dragon himself.

Originally, the young man was unwilling, after all, his parents were not at home, and he was afraid that this person would hurt himself or steal the things in the house, but the old man was generous, and without saying a word, he directly gave him 300 yuan, which was enough to buy as many fishing gear as he could, so the young man walked out with the old man with joy, went to the river together, and helped him catch the dragon, and he began to fish.

However, he had been sitting like this for two or three hours, so why didn't he stop?

The boy looked at the fish basket beside him, which contained a lot of big fish.

At this moment, the old man seemed to notice the strangeness of the lake, and hurriedly began to collect the fishing rod, and it seemed a little difficult, the young man saw this, and immediately went up to help, helping him, well, the big fish rushed out of the water, and the two of them worked together to pull the big fish out.

Looking at the big fish that had been put into the fish basket, the young man cried out with some joy, and was about to speak, when he saw a young man in the distance, who was older.

"Hey, what are you doing here!" The young man cried out, looked at the old man again, and asked, "Who are you?!" ”

The young man beside the old man explained, "This is my brother..."

The old man looked at the young man, who looked at him cautiously, still holding a half-cut wooden stick in his hand, and the old man smiled and said, "You are very good... Remember, always protect your family as you do now..."

"Who the hell are you?"

"Me?" The old man looked around and said, "I used to live here. ”

"You're lying, before we arrived, this place was deserted!" As the young man was talking, his father arrived in a hurry, and his father was not very old, so he hurried here, and saw that his two sons were there, so he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the old man's side, looked at it, and bowed: "I don't know what the old man commands?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

After a moment of conversation, the fisherman saw that the old man did not look like a wicked man, so he invited him to his house, but this time, the old man did not refuse again.

When they arrived at their house, the fisherman entertained the old man very much, and prepared food, of course, all of which were mainly fish and shrimp, and the fisherman said: "The countryside can only be used to entertain guests, and I hope the old man will not blame him..."

"The old man has the best fish and shrimp in his life, very good, very good..."

"I don't know my father-in-law's surname, where is it?"

"The surname Liu.. Locals. ”

"I don't know if my father-in-law is surnamed Tian, but I have never seen my father-in-law, here, there is no one for dozens of miles."

"This was once upon a time my home... The old man looked around and sighed, the fisherman was stunned, his face was a little hesitant, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak, the old man looked at him and asked, "What do you command?" ”

"Don't dare to say it's an order, old man, please come with me..." The man said, got up, helped the old man again, and took him out of the house, the two walked together for a long time, and came to a hill, in the distance, there were a few dirt bags erected, and some stones were placed around, the old man saw the scene here, and almost fell to the ground, he hurriedly stepped forward, his face was still a little sluggish.

"Uncle, you don't have to blame, when I was fishing before, I saw the beautiful scenery here, and there were many fish and shrimp, so I moved here, and when I was about to build a house, I dug up the corpses, a total of four people, two adults, two children, I was afraid that the souls would blame, so I buried them here..."

"This is my family, it's my family!!"

The fisherman sighed, for a moment, but he didn't know how to appease.

...........

It's been a month

The old man left Donghao and appeared in Kunliang County, Xiagao County.

This old man is naturally Liu Mo.

Walking in Kunliang County in a daze, it can be seen that the situation here is indeed much better than before, there are no more people looking at pedestrians desperately on the side of the road, and there are no noble eagles and dogs doing evil, there is arable land everywhere, it looks like a piece of peace, Liu Mo walked on the street, his hand in his sleeve, tightly holding the handle of the knife.

He walked towards the house, he remembered very clearly, the location of this family, here, was the home of his enemy Yu Lixi, his pace gradually became slow, his whole body was trembling slightly, he walked to the door of the courtyard, his footsteps stopped, his heart beat violently, the enemy was here, himself, to kill him.

For Liu Gong, who is gentle by nature and a little cowardly, killing people is not a thing that can make him feel at ease or happy, but before such a big feud, he had no way to dissuade himself, and he stood here for a long time.

Opening his eyes, he pushed open the gate and walked into the courtyard.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw a person feeding chickens and ducks in the courtyard, the person turned around, but it was not Yu Lixi, he looked at Liu Mo with some confusion, and asked, "Uncle, what are your orders?" ”

"Is Yu Li here?"

"Alas, my husband is here for him, he is no longer here, he has been dead for more than two years.."

Liu Mo's face was dull and stunned.

...........

When he returned to Donghao again, the old man's figure became more and more rickety.

The family was not there, because Liu Mo entrusted the fisherman to help him send a thing to Luoyang, and in addition, he also gave him a pass book, which was stamped with a seal, saying that if there was such a thing, the pavilion guards would not be embarrassed for him.

Liu Mo gave him a piece of gold, and the fisherman was also frightened, he arranged his wife at home, and went to Luoyang alone, Liu Mo knew that he would do it when he said it, after all, the Donghao people did not have the courage to deceive a nobleman.

Returning here again, Liu Mo slowly walked to the grave and knelt down.

He clearly remembered the surroundings, the hills here, he and his younger brother often played here, and his father often scolded himself, not allowing himself to come here, for fear that he would fall, and the old dead tree, he was not withered, he pestered his eldest sister to help him pick fruits, and she also fell from the tree to help herself, and she always had a small scar on her face,

She always said that it didn't matter, but occasionally she could see her eldest sister sitting by the lake, rubbing the scars on her face with muddy water, trying to heal the scars.

The past echoed in Liu Mo's mind one by one.

Liu Mo sat paralyzed in front of the grave, his hair scattered, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying.

"Jiori, are you back?"

Liu Mo raised his head and saw his father, mother, eldest sister, and younger brother, they were standing in front of Liu Mo, and his father asked with some joy: "Ji Eli, you are back!" ”

"I'm back..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, forgive me..."

"I didn't get my revenge..."

Liu Mo cried and shouted.

"What do you say, get up, Father will take you to pick fruit!!" Father picked up the young Liu Mo.

The family laughed happily.

The old man lay in front of the stone grave with his head buried in his arm.

Smiling and with tears in his eyes.

..........

14th year of Xiping, May

That is, on the fourth day after Zhuge Liang received the letter and the Son of Heaven gave an order.

Someone knocked on the door of Zhuge Mansion.

Although the Son of Heaven has ordered the officials of Ningzhou to go to stop it, Zhuge Liang has always felt uneasy, these days, he has been planning to go to Ningzhou in person to bring Shijun back, but Princess Raoyang did not allow it, because Zhuge Liang's health is too poor to go to Ningzhou at all, from that day on, Zhuge Liang fell ill, pale, weak, and sometimes hot.

How dare Princess Raoyang let him go to Ningzhou?

"I... I'm going to Donghao..."Zhuge Liang, who was lying on the sickbed, said a little weakly.

"Husband, don't say anything more... When you feel better, I'll take you to Ningzhou personally..."

"A big fish with dragon whiskers..."

"Husband, don't scare me, how can there be a big fish with dragon whiskers in the world, don't scare me..." Princess Raoyang's words were trembling, she couldn't help crying, and helped Zhuge Liang rub his arms and legs.

When someone knocked on the door of Zhuge Mansion, the servants hurriedly opened the door, and outside the door, there were three people standing, two of them were soldiers, and one of them was a civilian.

The post guard greeted him and asked, "Can Zhuge Jun be in the mansion?" ”

"The head of the house is here."

"There's news from Donghao."

The postman's expression was a little solemn, and the servant subconsciously sensed that something was wrong.

walked into the house, looked at Zhuge Liang lying on the sickbed, and then looked at the master and mother on the side, the slave didn't know how to speak.

"What's wrong?" Princess Rao Yang asked.

"There is a yellow gate in the palace, come to see the princess.."

"No..."As soon as the slave finished speaking, Zhuge Liang interrupted him directly, struggling, sitting up, he looked at the slave and said, "No, the yellow gate in the palace came to see the princess, why didn't he come to visit me?" Is there any news from Shijun? Right? ”

The servant looked at him helplessly and nodded.

"Bring it in... Bring it in!! ”

Princess Rao Yang waved her hand, and the servant walked out.

It wasn't long before the two post guards walked in with one of them.

The post man saluted Zhuge Liang and the princess, and said, "Zhuge Jun... Liu Gong passed away in Donghao... The pavilion guards who went out to patrol found him, right by a river in Donghao..."

Zhuge Liang's face was dull, he looked at the post man quietly, opened his mouth wide, and said nothing.

The people they escorted suddenly shouted, "But by the river outside the Fudong Pavilion? ”

Zhuge Liang looked at him, and the post guard hurriedly said: "When we came, this guy was outside the courtyard, sneaky, peeking at the situation in the courtyard, I arrested him and escorted him in... He must have been a thief..."

"I'm not a thief, I'm from Donghao, from Donghao, there is an old man, he asked me to bring something to Zhuge Liang, I came here, I asked one by one, and I was not sure, I was arrested...."He said, took down the fish basket behind him, the fish basket exuded a strange smell, and the surrounding post guards couldn't help but retreat, and he put the fish basket in front of Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang looked at the fish basket, raised his head, and took out the contents of it.

It was a big fish with a dragon-like beard.

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, his face was so helpless, like a child, pitiful.

He turned his head and looked at Princess Raoyang.

Crying and shouting:

"Look, big fish with dragon whiskers!"