Hearing Li Jinglong's words, Yun Xi was stunned at that time. Zhang Wen's health is not good, Yun Xi already knew about it, but he didn't want him to die on the road, or on the eve of arriving in the capital!

Yun Xi grabbed Li Jinglong, who was kneeling in front of him, as if asking him, and as if he was talking to himself: "How could Zhang Wen, how could he suddenly die of illness?" ”

"Your Majesty, Marquis Zhang's health was not very good when he was in Annan, but he just strengthened his sick body. When he led the army from Guangzhou to Huguang Hengzhou and boarded the boat, the ministers learned that Marquis Zhang had vomited blood when he was in Annan, but it was not triggered. ”

"At that time, the ministers persuaded Hou Ye to get off the ship quickly and recuperate in the locality, but Hou Ye insisted on not complying, and wanted to return to the capital with a large army, and said: 'It will not be too late for me to recuperate after I return to the capital'. The ministers thought that the conditions in the capital were ten thousand times better than those in other places in terms of doctors' medical skills and recuperation, and because the situation of Marquis Zhang seemed to be able to hold up, they did not persuade them. ”

But he didn't know that Marquis Zhang had actually reached the time when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, so he just supported his body and must bring the army back. After coming to a place dozens of miles away from the capital yesterday, the army is about to return safely, and the breath that supports Zhang Hou Ye is discharged, and he seems to be in a much better condition before resting last night, but Hou Ye's body was found in the cabin early this morning. Li Jinglong said with tears in his eyes.

As he spoke, eight sturdy generals got off the boat and carried Zhang Wen's body down from the boat and walked forward step by step. Yun Xi pushed Li Jinglong away, walked a few steps quickly and ran to Zhang Wen's corpse, crying: "Zhang Aiqing, Aiqing, why did you leave me and Daming!" ”

Suddenly, mournful music rang out over the pier. It turned out that Wang Xi saw the emperor crying, and immediately instructed Xielulang, who presided over the music, to start playing mourning music. The atmosphere suddenly became sad and solemn.

The two of them in the lineup of generals also suddenly burst into tears. They are Zhang Wen's third son Zhang Xian and fourth son Zhang Quan. Zhang Wen only had five sons, the second son died early, the fifth son was still young, the eldest son was on an errand in the northeast, and only the third and fourth sons were in Beijing, so Yun Xi called both of them to greet Zhang Wen. never thought about it, but ushered in the bad news of his father.

The two of them cried while running towards Zhang Wen's corpse, and the guards responsible for protecting Yun Xi's safety moved slightly, and finally stood still without stopping them, allowing them to run to Yun Xi's side and pounce on Zhang Wen's corpse, tears streaming down like rain.

The civil and military officials present also hurriedly cried. Although most of them just howled, it also brought the sad atmosphere of the scene to a climax.

Yun Xi cried for a while, stopped his tears, and comforted Zhang Xian and Zhang Quan's brothers: "People can't be resurrected after death, and the two Aiqing are mourning and changing." ”

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Quan cried at Yunxi: "I have been naughty since I was a child, and I was beaten by my father a lot for this, but I was not convinced at the time. It wasn't until the year before last when he was on an errand that he understood his father's hard work and wanted to admit his mistakes to his father, but his father was busy at that time, and he always comforted himself that he still had time, so he never admitted his mistakes to his father. But I don't want to, I don't have the opportunity to admit my mistake with my father. ”

Yun Xi didn't know what to say. This kind of grief at the death of my father cannot be soothed by any words. All Yunxi could do was gently stroke Zhang Quan's back.

I don't know how long later, Zhang Xian and Zhang Quan's tears dried up, Yun Xi ordered someone to send their brother back to the Hou Mansion of Huining, and said to Wang Xi: "Put Zhang Aiqing's body on my car and send it back to Zhang's Mansion." ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Wang Xi said: "Although the Marquis of Huining has worked hard, he is not worthy of such preferential treatment from His Majesty!" ”

"Zhang Aiqing died for the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty, why not! I have also made up my mind, and I have no more words! Yun Xi said.

Wang Xi couldn't, so he could only ask them to send Zhang Wen's body back to the Huining Marquis's mansion, and at the same time whispered: "This carriage has also been given to the Huining Marquis family." ”

Yun Xi didn't have the heart to inspect the returned army, so he let the hundred officials present disperse, mounted his own horse, and returned to the palace under the escort of the soldiers.

Along the way, because Yun Xi has been calm, the atmosphere is very dull. Yang Feng couldn't help but persuade: "The official family, although Marquis Zhang died of illness halfway, he is over sixty years old, and he can't die early, and the official family still mourns and changes." ”

"I understand what you're saying. But I thought that there were fewer and fewer generals who followed the first emperor to sweep through the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, and I felt uncomfortable. Yun Xi said.

Yang Feng was secretly strange, but he still only opened his mouth to persuade and did not ask questions. Under his persuasion, Yun Xi was in a better mood.

But Yoon-hee's mood became worse after returning to the palace. Cao Zheng, the deputy of Gezhi Yuan, asked for leave: his father Cao Xing was also sick and wanted to go home to serve his father.

"This letter is accurate!" Yun Xi said to Chen Ji: "You will draft a decree and tell the family of Huaiyuan Hou that if you want the imperial doctor to go for diagnosis and treatment, even if you tell me that if you need any special medicinal materials, even if you tell me, I will not be stingy." ”

Yun Xi's gloomy mood has continued after returning to the harem, and Xi Yao already knows what is going on at this time, and she doesn't speak, but just detains Min'er and doesn't let him make noise.

On the second day, Yun Xi announced that Zhang Wen would be buried in accordance with the highest etiquette of the minister, and proposed to posthumously confer Zhang Wen's title. None of the officials had any objections, and after some discussion, the officials present finally decided to posthumously crown Zhang Wen as the Duke of Longguo, nicknamed Wumu. Although Yun Xi had the intention to posthumously be crowned as the king of the county, the ministers all thought that the prince should not be rewarded indiscriminately even if he was only posthumously crowned, and Zhang Wen's merits were still far from being crowned kings, so in the end he was not posthumously crowned king. As for the temple and the portrait of the meritorious man, the temple is all due meaning.

Later, Yunxi personally attended Zhang Wen's funeral. This time was different from the previous two times he attended the funerals of Mu Ying and Lan Yu. The first two times he didn't meet those two people at all, although he admired them very much, and he also had the memories left by the original Yunxi, but he still couldn't be sincere.

But he has known Zhang Wen for eleven years, and he often interacts with him, in his eyes Zhang Wen is a flesh-and-blood person, not those paragraphs in the history books, so when Yunxi attended the funeral, he couldn't help crying sincerely, mourning Zhang Wen with red eyes.

Moonwon, who he brought to the funeral, was a little overwhelmed: he had never seen Yoon-hee crying bitterly. The last time Yunxi was so painful was the year when Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, Wen Yuan was only born at that time, so naturally he didn't have the opportunity to see it, and this funeral refreshed Wen Yuan's impression of his father: it turned out that his father would also cry because of sadness.

After crying, Yun Xi wrote a song "Man Jianghong" on the spot to mourn Zhang Wen:

"At the mouth of the Yellow River, the people are miserable and their homes are barren. More eyes, blood and tears, crying! Lofty ideals are in the clouds, and the young are dusty. Don't wait, but ask about the world's affairs, and go to the country!

Looking at the hometown, the singing is bitter, the family and the country are hateful, how can you bear it! Watch the general draw his sword and slash the Tartars! Talking and laughing, the sound of the sky is there, how can the fame and dream be gone! Look at the autumn wind and the sunset flies again, the sun is twilight! ”

The ministers were moved. Although Yun Xi's poem is not a first-class work, it can also be excellent, and the feelings are sincere, so that people can feel the sadness of the lyricist and the nostalgia for Zhang Wen when they hear it, and many ministers who couldn't cry also cried.

And for many Wenchen, this poem is still a signal. Yun Xi has not written new poems for three years, and everyone thinks that the emperor has exhausted Jiang Lang's talents. This poem makes such rumors self-defeating: the emperor is not unable to do it, but he is just unwilling to do it.

Yun Xi wrote down this poem in his own hand, stamped it with a big seal, and gave it to Zhang Wen's third son, Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian thanked the emperor for his grace with tears in his eyes.

Yun Xi cried for a while before getting up and leaving the place and returning to the palace.

After that, Yunxi calmed down his mood and wanted to start a normal work life. But the blow came again: on August 17, Guo Zhen and Guo Ming's brothers reported their funeral: Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, passed away.

After Guo Ying's funeral, on August 26, Cao Zheng came to report the funeral again: Cao Xing, the Marquis of Huaiyuan, passed away.

Almost at the same time, on August 27, Li Xuhu, an assistant official in the autumn, reported his funeral: Li Xin, the Marquis of Chongshan, passed away.

"God, do you see that because there are many generals in the Blue Jade Reverse Case, you can't take them all back!" After hearing the news of Cao Xing's passing, Yun Xi couldn't help but shout.

It's not just Yun Xi, four generals have passed away in a month, which makes many people suspicious, thinking that God is accepting people; Cao Zhen's son Cao Xing stayed by his father's side all the time, for fear that he would not be able to see his father for the last time as soon as he left.

Yun Xi was also extremely nervous, and all the generals who were not in good health were always concerned by him, and once he found out that he was sick, he immediately sent a famous doctor from Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat him. Fortunately, in the following months, no general died of illness; Cao Zhen's poor body also held on.

By the end of September, Yun Xi, who had finally never heard of the death of another general, breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yang Feng: "Finally, no generals have died of illness, I can rest easy." ”

"The heart of the official family touched heaven and earth, and God didn't dare to accept people anymore." Yang Feng said. Although it is now widely speculated that the reason why there is no general to die again is that the word "four" sounds the same as "death", so God only accepts four people at a time, and will not overcharge.

Yun Xi sighed for a while and said: "But even so, the founding generals who are still alive are still the only four people left by Geng Bingwen, Marquis Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Jingchuan, Marquis Chen Huan of Puding, and Marquis Zhang Yi of Heqing. ”

"Official, although the number of veterans is decreasing, there are also new generals to replace the Ming Dynasty!" Yang Feng said: "Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, Liang Guogong Lan Zhen, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Quanning Hou Sun Ke, Palembang Hou He Rong, Xiping Hou Musheng and other generals are all outstanding people, enough to compete with the veterans, as the mainstay of the army, Your Majesty does not need to worry." ”