Chapter 60: Whose Side Is the Shadow To?
"No, that's not true! Isn't it true that you sue me? Zhou Dahu hadn't reacted yet, but Wanqing, who was already in tears on the side, had already pounced excitedly, she grabbed Liu Wei's shoulder, at this moment, this woman didn't care about whether men and women were kissed or not, she just wanted to know that her husband was really dead?
"Brother Zhou Zhu is a few years younger than me, so Liu will call you brother and sister! Please also mourn and change, Brother Zhou Zhu, he really can't come back! Liu Wei said this sentence ruthlessly, this kind of thing can't be avoided, and it always needs to be faced, so the long pain is better than the short pain.
"How could it be...... How so? At this moment, the woman who was still resolute and dared to face the vicious gangster a quarter of an hour ago, as if the essence of her whole body was extracted in an instant, suddenly fell backwards, the cold wind blew off the headscarf wrapped around her head, and the green silk like a black waterfall was blown up by the cold wind, coupled with her pear blossom with rain and pitiful look, the sadness with disbelief and deep into the bone marrow, the picture is like a timeless ink painting. The mournful tone made the cold winter night completely cold in the dim light of the fire, and there was no warmth at all.
This woman called Wanqing fell, but instead of falling to the ground, she was supported by an old woman with teary eyes, this is Zhou Zhu's old mother. is already nearly sixty years old, which can be regarded as a long life in this era. But the grief of losing her son made her feel that it was a mistake to live so long. It's just that after so many years of gathering and dispersing, and experiencing the smoke and war at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The old woman became strong, and though her heart was full of grief, she did not fall. It's just that the muddy tears can't be held back. I can't help but flow down the wrinkled cheeks that have been crawled with time.
"This is the old lady! This is the ashes of Brother Zhou Zhu! Li Kuan stepped forward at this time to be a villain, holding Zhou Zhu's ashes pagoda in his hand. He put his hands on it and handed it to the old woman who was holding back her grief and Wanqing, who was already crying silently.
See the ashes of my son. The strong woman could no longer hold back the grief in her heart, and under the old tears, the cry could no longer be suppressed: "My poor son...... You're gone, what should I do......" The cry could not be stopped anymore, the two women hugged each other in the snowstorm, crying in the dark, and even the corpse of the gangster who had scared and disgusted them before was not in their consideration.
"Your Highness...... Do you want to help them in? Liu Wei asked quietly in Li Kuan's ear.
"No need, at this time, they just need to quietly vent the sadness in their hearts, let's go!" Li Kuan stepped back as he spoke. Then he was far away and looked at Zhou Dahu, who was still guarding them: "Come here!" ”
Of course, Zhou Dahu could see that this young man was the leader of these soldiers, at least an eight-rank captain. This is higher than the position of the county magistrate in the county, the largest official in the vicinity (in the Tang Dynasty, the county-level officials were nine grades, which was lower than the seven grades in the later Ming and Qing dynasties, because the highest prime minister at this time was only the third grade, not the later first-rank officer, and if you wanted to be promoted to a rank during the Tang Dynasty, you can only add a title to the position, which is also valuable. The root of countless people wanting to be knighted for meritorious service! )。 So how dare this small people in the mountains and wilderness slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward.
"I wonder what this general commands?" Zhou Dahu bowed and asked.
"I don't know if you're ......," Li Kuan asked.
"The villain Zhou Dahu is Zhou Zhu's cousin and a carpenter in this village!" Zhou Dahu hurriedly replied. He had heard his cousin mention that among their guards of the Son of Heaven, they could be worthy of officers. All of them are outstanding people. It's not something that can go up with a deep background, and this is also the fairest place for Xuanjiawei. So this unusually young-looking general. There must be a lot of lives in his hands, as can be seen from the fact that he killed several bandits like chopping melons and vegetables before. And this kind of murderous killing talent. If something doesn't go well, he will cut off someone's head, although Zhou Dahu is conceited, but he is still just a small citizen in the mountains, and the nature of this people who are afraid of officials still cannot be reversed.
"Here is a little bit of the heart of our fellow Zhou Zhu, I hope you can transfer it on your behalf, now the mother and widow of Zhou Zhu's brothers are excited, we will only stimulate them if we stay here, so we will leave first!" Li Kuan handed over a bag of things behind him to Zhou Dahu, which was made up by all the 189 Xuanjiawei (except for the thirty-six who went to Beijing with Xue Wanche) soldiers before coming, and these people handed over all the spoils of their trip to the grassland, and then piled them together and divided them into roughly seventy-four parts according to their value, which was for their brothers' families, and it was a little bit of the brothers' heart.
"This ......" Zhou Dahu took the heavy package, feeling a little hot. These things were probably more valuable than the white jade that attracted the robbers on that side, for he saw the same precious light as the white jade through a gap peeking out of the corner of the baggage, and the glow was like the bright moon on the horizon.
"That's it, I say goodbye, I hope that Brother Dahu will help us take care of Brother Zhou Zhu's family, if there is any difficulty, we will go to Changze County, we will go there to greet the local officials, if there is no longer a long-sighted Zhoujia Village, then he will not have to do it anymore!" As Li Kuan said these words, he once again glanced deeply in the direction of Zhou Zhu's mother and widow, then turned over and left the place with a wave of his horsewhip.
It's not that Li Kuan doesn't want to stay longer, but he thinks of something, so he has to leave, if it is really as he guessed, the families of those soldiers who died in battle must have changed, and such a thing should have happened ten years ago! So he had to verify that these things would definitely make it difficult for him to sleep.
Riding a horse and galloping, Li Kuan's endless thoughts were churning, and at this time he realized that he had reached this era, even if he was with the light, even if he tried his best to find countless excuses and tell countless lies, he still quietly changed the entire Tang Dynasty. Although these are only small details, they are also related to countless families and fresh lives. At this moment, he can only hide everything in his heart and hide all his feelings in his chest. At this moment, he felt so lonely, he was the only one in the whole world!
All the people disappeared, the Zhou Zhujia scroll who was still hugging each other disappeared, the Zhou Dahu who couldn't speak with the package disappeared, and the Xuanjia guards who rode horses and followed him also disappeared. The world became endlessly empty, with only snow with no end in sight, only a cold wind whistling and blowing. Only his own lonely figure, and even the panting clouds under him slowly disappeared.
"This is not the result I want, this is not the ......" Li Kuan felt very frightened in his heart, he felt that his guess was not wrong, it seemed that it was compensation with good intentions, but it caused an uncontrollable result, although he had no idea about it.
Li Kuan himself fell into his own world, but Liu Wei and the others who were chasing behind him felt that the back in front of him was erratic, and it seemed that he was about to fly to the sky, no longer belonging to this fireworks world. The back with endless loneliness, like a fairy in the dust, is independent. It is like a wise man who hides the cold, warmth, warmth and poverty of the world, and sees through the vanity of the world, and at this moment he will cut off the fate of the world with supreme wisdom, and has nothing to do with the world. In short, indescribable feelings, inexhaustible thoughts.
The horse galloped all the way, although Li Kuan's mind did not belong to it, but as a BMW horse that has been sought after for thousands of years, there is no pressure to recognize the road for chasing clouds, even if it was a dark background all the way before, but it still remembered the way when it came.
The Tang army defeated the Turks, and the victorious squad returned to the dynasty, and all the local officials along the way would organize personnel to go to both sides of the official road to welcome them, so although Li Kuan and others did not go directly to Changze County, they still did not miss it with the officials of Changze County.
Now in the position of Changze County Commander is a middle-aged scribe with three long beards, dressed in a green shirt, wearing an official hat on his head, which is the common clothing of low-level officials during the Tang Dynasty, there are no banners, there are no gongs and drums, only dozens of old villagers with baskets, standing on the official road waiting for the arrival of the army. Although it is said that the army of Datang returning to Beijing this time is divided into several routes and takes different routes, no matter which way the army is, after all, it has gone to the battlefield to kill the Turkic dogs, isn't it! As long as he has killed a Turkic dog, then he is a hero of Datang. What's more, the Changze County Commander has already inquired clearly, and on their side, there is the Xuanjia Battalion with the greatest achievements in this battle, which has the same name as His Majesty's personal guard, but it has been personally licensed by His Majesty, I don't know the reason, but it is enough to see that this team must be deeply rooted in His Majesty's Longen, and such an army must be seen!
The cold morning breeze blew the clothes of the people guarding the roadside, and there was no snow in the sky, but it added to the chill. When the snow melts, the chill is deep, which makes the waiting crowd shrink their heads one by one, like chickens with a plague.
"Here we are...... The army is coming! I don't know who roared, and suddenly it was like a drop of water dripping into the boiling oil, and it exploded all of a sudden, igniting the atmosphere of the scene, and the people rushed to the official road.
"Master Jun, let's try it...... This is a pastry made by yourself at home, so let's take a bite! The army walked slowly on the official road, and the people stretched out their baskets one by one, hoping that the heroes of the army would take their hearts from their baskets. But from the beginning to the end, not one of them stretched out his hand, and although they looked at the people with a big smile, none of them stretched out their hands to take the cakes, wine, or even silver coins that were close at hand. In this way, without taking away a single cloud, he left his back to these people who came to welcome him. (To be continued......)