Chapter 120: Farewell (1)
It was late at night.
Therefore, the torches and lanterns at the east gate of Ancheng are dim, but the hundreds of torches gathered together still illuminate the surroundings.
A few coffins, the dull color of the carriage reflected the illumination of the lights, hundreds of torches crackled in the neighing of horses, and the crowd was silent, except for a few places where there was a faint cry.
"Mother, don't cry. The child is going to go for a walk. I am now being regarded as a god by the people, and I am brave tonight, and you have seen it, and it is absolutely impossible for others to keep me. You go back and arrange your father's affairs...... The child is not filial, and he can't send his father into the earth with you. β
Liu Zheng had already changed into a set of mourning clothes, Gan Shi treated the wounds, covered his face to cover his mouth and nose, and talked to the sad Li Yaoyao.
Li Shi choked and shook his head, "That's your father's idea, how can it be unfilial...... I shouldn't have said it for my mother, but you said you were brave...... For my mother, I only saw that you were scarred, and when I was healing, I couldn't even move. Arrow wounds, knife wounds, bruises...... Now that you are even talking, you are so far away from being a mother...... Deran, you are the only one left for the mother, you, you ...... Why can't you let your mother accompany you? Sending you on a journey tomorrow? β
"Mother, parting is the most hurtful. Not to mention the corpse of the Huo brothers...... It needs to be buried as soon as possible, Zhu Ming and the four of them are too seriously injured, and they also need to go back to recuperate and recuperate. There is no delay. This time, I will go on an expedition with Yun Changyide, so you can rest assured. You are the housewife of the Liu family, and you have to help take care of the women in the house, but you must take care of your health. Child...... I can't be by your side, you remember to keep your thoughts and wait for the child to come back and serve you well. If you have anything to say, you must remember to tell your family, but don't be like your father......"
Liu Zheng had tears in his eyes, turned his head and patted Geng Qiuyi's somewhat rickety shoulder, "Qiuyi just touched me, and I didn't notice it for a while, she can't serve you in the past two days, but you have something on your mind and you have to talk to her." β
Geng Qiuyi pursed his lips and held back tears, Li reached out and pressed the coffin on the side, and said guiltily: "Your father is depressed and sick, because of his mother's negligence on weekdays." In the past few days, my family has suffered a great disaster, and I have tried my best to take care of him, and I still screamed, and I did not fulfill my responsibilities as a wife...... For the mother......"
Li Shi wept bitterly, shook his head and turned his back, "You go to see Grand Master Lu." Mother listen to your ...... Don't worry, Chun'er will take care of me, and it will be fine for my mother. β
The little girl named Yuan Chun next to the Li family was the girl who stepped on the firewood to climb into the courtyard, the little girl beat her parents and died in the war and plague, and then she grew up with a few rangers, and her temperament was quite straightforward, before Liu Zheng eight people went to fight against 50,000 moth thieves, she was actually watching nearby, admiring the integrity and strength of the people, so there was a lot of nonsense today.
When the streets were noisy tonight, she fed the donkey at home, originally preparing to let the donkey be full, so as to keep up with the footsteps of Liu Zheng's eight people on the expedition, before hearing that Huo Nu was dead, she cried more sadly than anyone else, knelt on the ground and begged Liu Zheng to take her in and let her do something, considering that Geng Qiuyi could also be infected with typhoid fever, and Li needed someone to take care of her, Liu Zheng let her follow.
At this time, when he heard the Li family talk about it, Yuan Chun's eyes were red and he promised: "Liu Gongzi, don't worry." The concubine will definitely take care of Mrs. Li. β
Seeing the two of them get into the carriage, Liu Zheng turned his head and was hugged by Geng Qiuyi, Geng Qiuyi cried so much that it rained, "Husband, the concubine is wrong, the concubine should not hug you regardless of the occasion...... Hit me. The concubine can't help her temper, if you beat me, I will definitely remember it in the future, and I won't be rude again......"
Liu Zheng patted her on the back and smiled slightly bitterly, "What are you doing?" Okay, let go. The knife wound in the chest was a little painful. β
"The concubine did something wrong again...... Why didn't you punish me? It's right to do what the concubine does, but the concubine isn't here to enjoy happiness...... If I touch you this time, the concubine doesn't have to serve her mother-in-law, the concubine just wants to be lazy, and the husband beats me...... Also, there is also a father-in-law who is depressed and sick, there must be Lou Sangcun's heart knot, and when he sees the concubine, he will remember...... The concubine is here to cause trouble, and nothing will ...... Previously, my father-in-law asked me if I was playing chess, and the concubine didn't reply...... The father-in-law is such a good person, he must have been angry with the concubine...... The concubine didn't serve me well, why didn't my husband teach me a lesson......"
Geng Qiuyi cried again when he said this, always feeling that he was useless and had done nothing but add to the chaos.
Liu Zheng probably guessed some of her thoughts, and patted her shoulder again, "What do you mean by Mengyu, do you understand?" β
"The concubine understands...... The husband said a lot of things there, and the concubine remembered it. But the concubine is not good, and the concubine is not worthy of being the concubine of the husband...... Woo, the concubine is speechless...... The concubine doesn't want to be divorced by her husband, the concubine will know the general situation, and she will definitely work hard. β
"Don't cry. How could I have divorced you? You take care of your body, don't think about anything else. Suspected of being infected with typhoid fever and needing to be grounded for 100 days, others say that grounding is unkind and unjust, we don't care, our family needs to do a good job, and we can't harm others. You stay in your bedroom and don't go out. What are the words, I said to me in my dreams. Remember to exercise more often, and I'll teach you a few tricks when the time comes. That's right...... I've already asked Gu Anling to pick up Zou Qi. I took her as an apprentice. When the time comes, you let the two younger siblings and Sister-in-law Qin and Sister-in-law Ke take care of them more. β
Seeing that Geng Qiuyi nodded again and again, but didn't ask anything, Liu Zheng hugged her with some guilt, patted her back, and then looked at the carriage that Li jumped on, thought about it, and said, "I'll draw a pattern of tables and chairs for you when I go back, and you let Xiao Lang think about it." In the future, let my mother eat with him, and don't share the food. If you can, make a bigger table and eat together as a family. It's lively, and the mood is good. If Zou Qi arrives at this time, I will also talk to her. You don't have to think too much about it. When a husband goes out, it is the people of the family who are indebted. This time it has to be a last resort, and you have to understand. β
"The concubine understands, the concubine understands ......"
"Get in the car. Remember, try to do everything yourself. If something happens to Zhu Ming and the four of them, you can go and help me and tell me the situation...... If you are really sick, don't hide it in your heart. Also, if the dream suddenly disappears, send me a letter...... This time, I'm still implicating you for my husband. β
"Not implicated, the concubine originally wanted to tide over the difficulties with her husband...... The concubine doesn't say bad things. The concubine body will definitely not make trouble for others anymore. The concubine will get into the car......"
Geng Qiuyi jumped on the wooden plank of the donkey cart with some restlessness, his small body curled up obediently in the firelight, looking at Liu Zheng's back walking towards the crowd, only to find that he did not comfort Liu Zheng at all, let Liu Zheng pay attention to the words of the body, so he buried his head in his knees, crying even more sadly, and his heart was even more disgusted with his incompetence.
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"Brother."
Liu Zheng walked to the middle of the two crowds and shouted, so that someone on both sides spoke.
"For Brother......
"For Brother......
Gan Shi and Lu Jie looked at each other and smiled, Gan Shi waved his hand and made a gesture of please, and then pulled Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the side, and talked about epidemic prevention with Zhu Ming and Shiren and others who were lying in the carriage.
"Deran."
Lu Jie stared at Liu Zheng, his eyes reflecting the firelight a little hot.
He remembered the young man who had just entered the Lu Mansion, but how did he expect that he hadn't seen him for many years, and the upright and honest young man in the past had become a commander in his own right.
Thinking of Liu Zheng's typhoid fever, he was a little heavy, and then looked out of the city, looking at the spots of easy water and fire in the distance, which kept floatingβit was the people putting river lanterns to mourn the heroes and relatives who died tonight.
"Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Liu Zheng greeted Mingfu, who was a little sad, and looked at Gongsun Yue, who had been looking at him with a double-headed iron spear and leading a white horse, and then walked to the downwind outlet and was more than a meter away from Lu Jie and the others, and also looked at Yi Shui in the distance, "Fang Cai is busy with affairs, and the hospitality is not good...... This time, thanks to the brother's timely arrival, he reminded him. β
He didn't check Lu Jie's favorability and attributes, and at this time, looking at those river lanterns, his mind was full of pictures of the heavy casualties of the people of Gu'an when he cleaned up the streets.
Those people gathered here to mourn his father, but he also died in the revenge of the moth thief.
Now that the people put out the lanterns to mourn, his heart is becoming more and more painful.
In just half a month, from the beginning of jealousy Liu Bei wanted to take revenge with the system to replace him, to now standing under the city of Gu'an to raise troops to fight against thieves, Liu Zheng has seen too much of the suffering and pain of the late Han Dynasty, standing here at this time, it is more of a reverence for life, and the pain of facing life and death.
The ups and downs of the past half a month have gradually transformed him from a high-spirited and whimsical person to integrate into this era, and he has also experienced this era of heroes, and he is also buried with more sorrows and tears.
"It doesn't matter."
Lu Jie opened his mouth and said in a deep tone, "I have already heard from Brother Gan and your two righteous brothers about the general cause of the matter. You've had a great deal of trouble these days...... Lou Sang Village, Yuan Qigong, Huo Shenjiang and several scholars...... This time, I didn't believe that you could do something that broke 50,000 with eight people...... I never thought that the young man in the past is so brave today. β
The breeze caressed the swagger, and he smiled a little bitterly with his sideways eyes, "Therefore, Anxian Cheng said that you have the wind of Geng Yi, and where there is a will, there is a way." In the eyes of my brother, your appearance and deeds today are by no means comparable to the 28 generals of Yuntai. For my brother, I think you should have the wind of glory. Starting from Hebei, stepping on the Central Plains, pacifying the troubled times, Sanxing my Han ......"
"Brother, praise. The glory of the ancestors, how dare it be compared. β
Liu Zheng looked at the starry sky from afar, his eyes were blurred, "I just want to live, live a little better, and be a little more stable." Now that my father has passed away, I have been regained from love...... Actually, I don't want to. I just want to kneel in my father's funeral hall and do my filial piety...... The father died of depression, and as a son of man, he did not realize it...... The family and the country are all over the world, that is, the world is guarded, and the home is gone, and it is no longer interesting. β