At the end of the day, the sound of knocking on the watch passed from the outside, far and near, there were still some lights in the room in the backyard of the government, the night wind whimpered and ran under the eaves, there was a wooden spoon in front of the bed in the room occasionally collided with a slight movement on the edge of the bowl, Gongsun Zhi put down the empty bowl with only the dregs left, and was helping the sour Ru to sit up, the lamppost on several cases, the flame was swayed by the wind that squeezed in,

“.…… When did the leader come back? ”

"Li Ru wrote to me, saying that you are very sick and will come back directly."

"How's going on in Yuzhou?"

"From today onwards, your position will be temporarily handed over to Li Wenyou, and you can recuperate in the house with peace of mind, don't worry about these things. In the future, the stall will be even bigger, and if I don't have a good body, who will keep this foundation for me? Leave it to others, I don't worry! ”

“…… It's okay to go up. The corner of the scholar's mouth curled up slightly, and his pale lips moved, "Just ...... There is not much power, and the leader should know...... It's all I can do now. ”

Gongsun Zhi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, pursed his lips and nodded: "I know...... I know ......"

"Li Sacrificial Wine...... Learning is good...... was once the leading figure in Xiliang...... In the future, the chief will not worry about finding someone to replace me, the chief...... You should also believe in the sacrificial wine...... He's a duckweed without roots......"

"Don't think about it too much...... Gongsun Zhi raised his hand to interrupt his next words, and his voice suddenly rose: "Who allowed you to arrange the aftermath!" I've found the best healer in the world to come to the Northlands, and now that I'm on the way, you must insist that he come. ”

The scholar leaning on the head of the bed coughed a few times, nodded silently, popped, the moth fluttered its wings and hit the lamppost from time to time, the room fell silent, after a while, Gongsun stopped patting the back of the scholar's hand, and then got up: "....... You are so resting, I have to go back to sleep, even after a few days of travel, I haven't closed my eyes, after dawn, I will come again. ”

The thin and inhuman-shaped scholar sat there watching his back leave, tears falling again.

"Sacrificial wine...... Please come out and see you. Soon after the door was closed, his words were weak and low, but his red eyes were a lot calmer, and when a figure turned out from behind the screen in the room, he stared at the bean-sized lamp, and stated in a low voice: "In the team where the leader came back, there was a man named Sima Yi, and his family was killed by the leader, you should have heard of it...... Now the leader has come step by step, there are few setbacks, and his heart has become too confident and blind, and now he needs to be used again...... This northern land is a place where everyone works hard to live, and I don't want to have people with bad intentions...... Here......" his eyes lifted and turned to the face of the figure who walked out, "Can you help me?" ”

His words were sincere, Li Ru approached, nodded, sighed and sat down: "What about you?" Along the way, it took a lot of effort to resettle the people of Montenegro and plan Shanggu County with grass and trees, one person and one livestock, and now this place is prosperous, but your body is broken, everything you have done is still what Confucianism said at the beginning, is it worth it? ”

“.…… Die for a confidant...... It's worth it! ”

The two eyes looked at each other, one side was calm, and the other was admiration. The lantern outside the house swayed in the wind, and the figure who walked out of the backyard of the mansion took the coat handed by Li Ke and put it on, and when he arrived outside the courtyard, a carriage stopped there, and the familiar Qianying stood not far away with the child in his arms, and the lantern light in front of the house shone on her, and when she heard the footsteps, she hurriedly turned around, and the child in her arms was 'father...... Daddy ...... screamed, and struggled to get down to the ground with his hands outstretched.

"When you see your father, you don't want to be a mother." Cai Yan looked at the husband who strode over, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, he lowered his head slightly, his eyes were warm, and he unconsciously had a smile on his face, he was walking very steadily, trotted up the steps, and when he was suddenly picked up by a pair of big hands, he screamed twice in a panic, and then his bright eyes saw that it was his father's face, blinked a few times, and quickly pasted it, rubbing it affectionately on Gongsun Zhi's rough face.

"Daddy...... Father...... Beard pierced ...... face"

Gongsun Zhi pinched his son's little face, and there was no need to tense his face in front of his generals, so the father and son made love for a while, and then walked down the stone steps and looked at his wife: "I came here first when I came back, and I didn't say a word to you." ”

"This is as it should be, Dongfang works so hard for her husband's foundation, and the concubine is also heartbroken when she sees it in her eyes." Cai Yan naturally snuggled up to her husband's side and walked to the carriage together, "....... Even if I looked for the famous doctors in several counties, there was no way, and I even asked someone to go to Jizhou to find it. ”

"yes, I know."

Gongsun Zhi held Zheng'er in one hand and his wife in the other, but he didn't get into the carriage, but the family of three walked slowly in the direction of home, "....... But when he came back, Ziyu brought an old man with very good medical skills, maybe he could cure the sour Confucian's illness, don't worry, although the scholar is weak, but in the end he is still a strong person, along the way, he has experienced so many things, but he has not knocked him down, and he ......is a little sick."

"Husband, I actually feel very guilty." Cai Yan leaned on his shoulder and looked at the road ahead.

“…… Be. Gongsun Zhi put down the struggling little man in his arms, watched him run happily in front, paused in his tone, and then said, "I feel guilty...... This is the only way to make up for it, and it is also indebted to many people. ”

Cai Yan clenched her husband's hand and said softly: "....... Husband, there are some words that the concubine still has to talk about, life and death have fate, these are arranged by God, even if the husband wants to compensate for the guilt in his heart, he is already much better than most people, if Sour Ru hadn't met you at the beginning, he didn't stand on the same front with his husband, maybe he would have been gone for a long time, Dongfang must have had such thoughts in his heart......"

Gongsun Zhi closed his eyes, let his wife hold his hand, feel the warmth brought by the smooth palm, the night wind blew through the long street, and behind him came the sound of a team of guards riding wolf riders and trampling.

Long.

"That's just if, after all." Gongsun Zhi said with a dry throat, trying to squeeze out a smile on his face, and in turn clenched Cai Yan's hand, "....... I still have to do my best in everything, I don't want to leave regrets. ”

The lanterns on both sides of the eaves shone on the three figures and dragged them to the ground, far away.

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Day and night repeatedly, the east gradually shone with light piercing the clouds, and several fast horses also entered the city at the dawn of the day, and the old man bound to his strong body could not move, and closed his eyes as if he were asleep, and soon the sky shone through the city, and the horses rode directly through the streets to the largest mansion in the city.

Early in the morning, the man next to the woman who woke up had already gotten up and dressed herself and walked out, she put down her bare feet and put on her shoes, went over to look at the child who was still sleeping, yawned, and began to wash under the service of the maid. The figure outside the house walked through the corridor to the study, and the servant came to bring soup.

A moment later, Li Ke walked in with an old man.

"The grass people have seen the governor." The old man who came in, fifty-one and two, was bound by Han Long and carried on his back for a long time and rushed here, his spirit was not very good, but in terms of physical strength, the old man was much better than ordinary people, maybe because of going south and north, going up the mountain to collect medicine, he didn't look much tired at this time.

Behind the long case opposite, Gongsun Zhigang took a sip of soup, raised his head to look at Hua Tuo, and looked at it for a while, the name of the other party was naturally clear to him in later generations, and his voice was flat: "No need to salute, please come to the north at this moment, you must already know." ”

The old man who put down his hand nodded, "The old man already knew when he came, since the patient's condition is critical, then without further ado, let's take the old man over now." ”

"Good ......"

The hand pressed on the table swelled and clenched into a fist: "....... It must be cured, and if it is not cured, the head will fall to the ground. ”