Chapter 129: The Long Road is Long, Life and Death Promise

A promise of comradeship, a trust between brothers, friends of life and death. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is a veteran of a hundred battles in Liu Xuewu's army, also known as a thousand generals, he was just a member of the escort team selected from the Luoyang Forbidden Army when Liu Xuewu's troops went out of the state. It can also be said that it is the only remaining member of that group of guards, they are all children of Luoyang, and because they are from the grassroots, they have been repeatedly suppressed in the forbidden army at that time. At that time, Liu Xuewu offended many people because of his sharpness and was sent to Yanmen, Bingzhou, and they were also selected, or perhaps excluded. At that time, there were a total of 200 guards of the Forbidden Army, and the situation was much the same. When stepping on the road of no return to merging with the state, it is like the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return. Their follower Liu Xuewu charged into battle, some died under the hooves of the Xianbei people, and some died under the butcher's knife of the Xiongnu. One by one, they are like brothers from knowing each other, to life and death, until they die, the only concern in their hearts is their parents, wives and children in Luoyang City.

And in front of the only commander who survived a hundred battles, he finally set foot on the long-lost Luoyang City again, the city tower is still there, but the city has long been a person. As soon as the horse walked into the familiar street, the deserted alley, a scene of memories appeared in front of him.

"Collapse." Like the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the commander fell straight to his knees in front of a hut at this moment. Looking at the broken door and the long-abandoned hut, the commander's tears soon flowed down on his own, and the whole person was silent for a long time.

"Thousands of miles to the plane, Guan Shan is like flying. Shuoqi spreads the golden watch, and the cold light shines on the iron coat. The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. "Mulan Ci"

And the soldiers behind the commander saw their general, and they all looked silent, waiting quietly.

After kneeling for almost an hour, the thousand men heard the horn of the barracks, and wiped away their tears before getting up. Just as they were about to leave, one of the soldiers noticed movement in another alley next to them. hurriedly shouted: "Stop, who? ”

"Don't don't, uncles, the villain is just a blind and lame old man." An old voice that felt weak sounded in the corner of the alley.

The commander walked in and took a look, a familiar face emerged from the depths of his brain's memory, and he couldn't help but ask, "You, you are Uncle Geng." ”

"Who are you, do you know me?" The old man's shrunken body stretched his head out, but unfortunately his eyes couldn't see, and he could only use his ears to distinguish each other.

"Uncle Geng, I'm a mouse, you forgot, when I was a child, I often came to your house with Brother Slipper to steal steamed buns." The commander said more and more excitedly.

"Mouse, it's a little mouse, you're back, so is my little slipper back?" The old man asked excitedly and in surprise.

And the old man in front of him is the former neighbor of the thousand-year-old, and the little slipper in the old man's mouth is also one of the guards who went north together that year, the two can be said to be friends of life and death between brothers and sisters, and the little slipper was appreciated by Liu Xuewu for his cleverness, and he was promoted to a thousand generals earlier than him. And the commander was his deputy at that time, but unfortunately in the second invasion war of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, in order to cover the transfer of the people, he died in Yanmen Pass. At that time, Xiao Xiaozi had already married a wife and had children in Bingzhou, and gave birth to a pair of twin sons. I remember that when I was dying, I smiled and said to the commander, when I returned to Luoyang, I remembered to tell my father that the little slipper did not disgrace him, and gave birth to two big fat grandsons, and the old Huo family did not die.

At that time, the commander swore in front of him that Xiao Xiaozi's father would also be his mouse's father in the future, and Xiao Xiaozi's wife and children, and the mouse would also take care of him and would never be bullied. I remember that the little slipper at that time just said, good brother, and ended up smiling.

And at this moment, the commander said to the pair of guards who were standing behind him, who were tall and very similar, and knelt down, this is your grandfather. The commander squatted down and helped Uncle Geng up, and put Uncle Geng's hand on the shoulders of the two brothers. Grandpa twice, the old Uncle Geng, who has experienced the vicissitudes of the world, couldn't help but wet his eyes with tears. reluctantly squeezed out laughter and shouted: "My old Huo family has a future." ”

Seeing the old man so excited, the commander of the thousand was also full of feelings in his heart. But I still couldn't help the strong desire in my heart, and I was about to open my mouth to Uncle Geng. The old man shook his head and sighed, they all fled, and in the second year after you left, Luoyang City was in chaos, and the grain was forcibly requisitioned by the army. In order to survive, people in dozens of alleys in the slums of Luoyang City fled. The people in your family also left at that time, and only I, a lame man with limited mobility, stayed here to wait for the little slipper to come back. You have been walking for 20 years, old man, I am blind now, I can't walk, I finally didn't wait in vain, I still waited for my two precious grandchildren.

As he spoke, the old tears were rampant, and the three grandparents hugged and cried together.

The commander learned that his family might still be alive at this moment, but he was not so sad, and said to the old man in a deep voice: "I swore when I was leaving, his father is my father, and I will give you an old pension in this life." ”

"They're all good boys, I want to know if the slippers have any unfulfilled wishes." The old man asked with tears in his eyes.

"Uncle Geng, don't worry, the most can't let go of the slipper is you and the two children, but when the slipper walks, he walks with a smile, he follows the King of Han, that is, the previous Yanmen Hou, who killed the Xianbei Huns and lost their armor, and fought countless battles, he is a good general and a big hero." The commander gritted his teeth and said it word by word.

"Okay, it is worthy of the species of my old Huo family, the ancestors of my Huo family followed Emperor Wu to attack the Huns, and now although my Huo family has declined, the descendants have not embarrassed the ancestors."

Maybe it's the creation of people, or maybe it's the will of God, Liu Xuewu just used such a thousand commanders a few days later, and the official was promoted to two orders to change the Luoyang Order to Luoyang Taishou, and changed the location of Luoyang City to Luoyang County. Because this commander was the earliest group of people who followed Liu Xuewu, he had enough qualifications and made great contributions, and he was crowned the Marquis of Duting. Responsible for the reconstruction of Luoyang City and the restoration of Luoyang's popularity.

This can be regarded as a kind of deciduous return to the roots! The most important thing for my Chinese boy is the secular concept, where is the root, where is the birth, three generations and five suits. But there are also genealogies of major surnames, tracing back to the roots, it is a sense of belonging to the concept of one's own home.