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Scarlet Feather thought to herself, it must be the letter written by Emperor Wu to King Pingnan in the past, although the letter to others is still in his own hands, which makes this speculation a little unreasonable, but Scarlet Feather, who has never liked to inquire, did not continue to ask, and began to bury his head in helping Zuo Ying rummag.

The two searched for nearly an hour, and searched almost every corner of the Yishen Temple where objects could be stored, but they didn't find the letter in Zuo Ying's memory, so they had to sigh that it might be a long time, and it was unknown when it was discarded, so they gave up for the time being.

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In the early morning, there are still few pedestrians on the edge of Luoshui, and the river water that used to be clear and visible in the past is a little muddy because of the recent flooding, but the weeping willows by the river are particularly bright green because of the full brushing of the rain.

On the bluestone stele standing in the center of the Luomei Pavilion on the edge of Luoshui, the inscriptions that are full of cloth seem to have been newly refilled with paint and are extraordinarily bright red, and the inscriptions are also clearly visible at this moment.

It was an edict from the emperor, first describing the Guanzhong War that broke out decades ago with magnificent and tragic pen and ink, praising the soldiers who threw their heads, spilled their blood, and paid their precious youth and lives in the war, and then told the viewer that this Luomei Pavilion was actually a well-dressed mound of soldiers who died in the war and could not find the corpses. At the same time, it is also a memorial pavilion to commemorate all the soldiers who died in Guanzhong. These tragic and agitated words make people feel awe-inspiring when they read them.

At this time, some incense and candle offerings were placed under the bluestone stele, and a person was kneeling in front of the bluestone stele.

This middle-aged woman with dark clothes and a gauze scarf on her face is none other than Aunt He. She looked at the stele, her eyes were red and full of tears.

"General. The concubine is back...... But general, why are you so ruthless, why don't you wait for the concubine to ......" Aunt He was already choked up, and her voice could only be distinguished. "The concubine heard that you did not want to return to your hometown for burial, and told the soldiers to bury you on the spot after your death. You have to protect the generals who are still fighting bloody battles on the battlefield...... When the concubine first arrived in Luoyang, she was unable to find your grave, so she could only come here first to meet you in the mound where your relics were buried. ”

Aunt He sobbed for a while before she could continue to speak, "General...... The concubine endured humiliation and stealing her life, and suffered all kinds of hardships and sufferings, only thinking that there would be a day to meet. I didn't expect ...... Twenty years ago, a farewell in the Yugu military camp turned out to be a permanent secret...... In the desert and barbaric land, the music book was cut off, and when the concubine got the bad news of the general's death, years had passed. The general is no longer alive. The concubine was already loveless, but only because she was still thinking about something in her heart, she survived so far, and tried her best to return to Luoyang from a wild place thousands of miles away. ”

Aunt He sobbed for a while, and her mood seemed to calm down a little. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, "General, the concubine often thinks that if the concubine was not in the barracks on that day twenty years ago; Or, it was not the Turkic army that took the opportunity to attack. What is the situation now? It's really providential, and the vicissitudes of personnel...... No matter what, although the general is now under Jiuquan, he is already a hero, prince and nobleman who will go down in history, and the concubine is still just a willow catkins wanderer who no one pities her, and her sideburns have invaded frost and her face is damaged. Everything that the general once praised the concubine body has almost ceased to exist, and the concubine body is already cheap, and now it can't match the general, even if you see you under the Yellow Spring, the general will definitely not recognize the concubine......"

The more Aunt He spoke, the more sad she became, and she couldn't help crying bitterly.

At this moment, a deep voice came from behind her, "Who the hell are you?" ”

Aunt He was shocked, quickly wiped away her tears, and turned back suddenly. In the hazy eyes of tears, the tall young man with a handsome face standing behind her made her heart suddenly throb deeply, and for a moment there was an illusion of suddenly returning to twenty years ago, but with the vibration in her heart almost at the same time, it was a heartache that crushed her bones.

She lost her mind for a moment before she turned around like a dream, knelt down and bowed, "The slave is rude." The slave has seen the master ......"

The person who also came to the Luomei Pavilion at this moment was Helan Chu. Aunt He's monologue just now made his mood turbulent and suspicious. He took two steps forward and asked solemnly, "Who are you?" Where is it from? What is your name? ”

Aunt He was stunned for a moment, and then said in a panic: "Slave maid...... The slave doesn't remember anything......" said as she hurriedly stood up and staggered away.

Helan Chu turned around and chased after him, and asked eagerly, "Is your name He Suji?" Your husband is Helan Chong, and his clothes are also buried in this Luomei Pavilion! ”

When Aunt He heard this, she immediately froze on the spot, her legs weakened, and she fell to her knees and cried bitterly.

Helan Chu strode in front of Aunt He, bent down, held her shoulders, and said with a sad expression: "Mother, is it you?" Isn't it you? ”

Aunt He raised her head to look at Helan Chu, her eyes were obviously not enough attachment, but she suddenly bit her lip fiercely, and while struggling to get up, she shook her head vigorously and said, "No! No! You don't have such a mother! You don't have such a mother! ”

Helan Chu couldn't help choking in his throat at this time, and his eyes were moist.

In the nearly 20 years since he was separated from his mother, he has always believed that his mother is still alive in the world, and he is still looking forward to the reunion of mother and son like him. He also fantasized countless times about the day when he and his mother would see him again, and the impact of ecstasy and grief often made him cry in his dreams when he was young. He had also fantasized more than once that his mother was now gray, wrinkled, and perhaps a little old-fashioned, and he knew that if he was really lucky enough to see that scene, he would surely caress her frost-stained hair with care, and count the traces that her years had written on her beautiful face, even if he couldn't say anything in order to hold back tears, he would have been able to regain the family affection and happiness that had been lost in the past years at that moment.

Time passed little by little, and the hope of finding his mother became less and less with the passage of time, but he never gave up sending people to visit the vicinity of the Yuya military camp every year, and never gave up the belief in reuniting with his mother.

The woman in front of him, with her mottled sideburns, sad demeanor, and half-hidden vicissitudes of life, were not all in his vague impression, but this figure vaguely as good as in his memory, the monologue of deep affection for his father, and the excitement and contradiction she showed when they first met, were clearly what his mother, who had been separated from him for nearly twenty years, should have.

The more she denied her identity in such a panicked manner, the more she could convince Helan Chu that the person he had been dreaming of for twenty years was right in front of him.

"Mother!" Helan Chu knelt on the ground, tears couldn't stop overflowing from his eyes, "The child has been looking for his mother for twenty years, is the mother so ruthless to treat the child as a passerby and refuse to recognize him?" ”

This sentence seemed to pierce Aunt He's heart, she knelt on the ground, her expression was sad, she looked at Helan Chu with hazy teary eyes, slowly stretched out a trembling hand, landed on his cheek, and said with difficulty: "Chu'er...... My good boy......"

Helan Chu hugged Aunt He tightly, as if returning to the dream of missing her mother when she was young, both sad and happy, but also unbelievable, and her complicated feelings could not be expressed in any words, "Mother...... It's really you. The baby is finally waiting for you to come back......"

"Chu'er, mother is sorry for you......" Aunt He also hugged Helan Chu tightly, as if no matter how tall and strong he was, for her, he would always be just the baby who was still in infancy and always needed human wings to cover her back or hold her in her arms to take good care of her, "Mother has been stranded in the territory of the Turks for nearly twenty years, and she has left you here alone, living and growing up alone, and you will not be protected by your parents for a moment...... Mother is sorry for you......"

"Mother, the child doesn't blame you, the child doesn't blame you at all." Helan Chu soothed his choked throat before continuing: "The child knows very well the cruelty and viciousness of the Turks, and with a weak and defenseless woman like her mother, she can protect herself, and now it is not possible for ordinary people to trek back here to meet with the child, and it is already the greatest gift to the child." Chu'er only hated that she didn't know that her mother was in the desert, and she couldn't calm the Turks as soon as possible, so she personally took her mother back to Luoyang with a carriage and horse. ”

"Chu'er, my good boy, you are now the mainstay of the country, a high position;" Aunt He cried and said: "I don't recognize you because my mother is ruthless, but I really don't want others to know that you have such a mother who was once a slave and a maid for the Turks...... Mother doesn't want to disgrace you because of herself...... Mother knows that you are doing well now, and she has nothing else to ask for, and she is satisfied......"

Helan Chu said categorically: "The mother is compromised, just to see the child, this is not something that people despised!" Mother, please go home with the child, so that the child can do a good job of filial piety in the future. ”

"No," Aunt He shook her head again and again, "It's okay for Mother to stay with Your Majesty, as long as she can see Chu'er from time to time." Mother really doesn't want her to disrupt your life, block your future, and ruin your reputation because of her appearance. ”

"Mother, if the child can't even fulfill his filial piety to his loved ones, and he can't support his mother in the hall, what is the point of the child even if he is in the world and sits in the world?"

Helan Chu's resoluteness finally left Aunt He with nothing to argue with. She nodded with a wry smile, leaned into Helan Chu's arms and whimpered.

"Mother," Helan Chu said carefully, "Mother can you take off the veil so that the child can take a good look at Mother's face." ”

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