Extra-reminiscences of the past
My surname is Zhao, my name is Lu, and my name is Zhanfeng. The family is in Gusu, and he is the son of Uncle Lin. There is no special meaning in such a name, but my father, who has not studied for a few days, thinks that this is very similar to the name of a scholar, and hopes that I can participate in the imperial examination in the future and get rid of the reputation of Bingluzi. However, I didn't, since I was admitted to Xiucai, I only looked at the art of war and maps.
My father's name is Zhao Dalang, and he heard the words. Does his handwriting look cultured? Zi said: When I heard the Tao, I could die at night. Because this word was given by Meng Huo's father, Wuren Hou Huo Yan. Speaking of the relationship between my father and Meng Huo's father, it is a story of a martial artist who met a scholar, from-for-tat to sympathy, and then learned from each other and complemented each other's strengths. My father went from being illiterate to being able to write Chinese and performing songs, and her father went from being powerless to being skilled in arching horses, and the story of the previous generation was roughly like this.
I was stubborn since I was a child, so that the school in Gusu didn't dare to accept me, so my father sent me to Meng Huo's house, my father felt that Meng Huo and her father could be civil and martial, and he would definitely be able to take care of me. However, Huo Shibo is humorous and knowledgeable, I actually studied hard, and I have never suffered a handful in the Huo family. It wasn't until I was fifteen years old that I walked out of Xiucai's examination room and said to Huo Shibo: "Shibo, this is the last time I write a strategy!" In the future, I will practice martial arts, become a general like you, and recover Yanyun! ”
Huo Shibo did not criticize me like my father, but encouraged me and said: "Reading is to raise Haoran righteousness, if you have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, you can do what you want to do next!" If your father doesn't agree, I'll persuade him! ”
I have always envied Meng Huo for having a good father, never getting angry, never persecuting people. Therefore, Meng Huo, a little girl, was also raised to be warm and pure, brave and tenacious, and very smart and beautiful. My father often said that if a daughter-in-law marries well, she can prosper for three generations. Meng Huo is a good daughter-in-law, let me take advantage of such an opportunity to be close to the water.
If I hadn't met Binniang, I would definitely take advantage of this opportunity. After meeting Binniang, I still like Meng Huo very much, but I don't know much about the friendship between brothers and sisters and the relationship between men and women.
Binniang is the daughter of my tenant and my father-in-law is a farmer. I have a lot of Zhuangzi, and my aunt is lazy, so I always hire some stewards to take care of it. Some stewards are conscientious, while others are not. One day, when I was returning home, I passed by the Zhuangzi who was about to rest before leaving, and I happened to run into the scene where the steward was beating the tenant because the tenant could not pay the rent, and I happened to know that the steward charged the tenant five cents of the rent. Oh my God, my family has always only received one cent of profit, and the remaining four cents of profit turned out to be ignored by you, the steward. As a result, I beat the butler fat, drove him out of Zhuangzi, and burned the tenants' IOUs. When others saw that my young master was so stupid, they were naturally so happy that they couldn't do it, so they kowtowed and thanked En, and they were confused.
Only when I burned the IOU of Binniang's house, Binniang stopped me, she took out two sheets from a stack and said: "These five taels of silver are my Aunt's money for medical treatment, and this half of the silver is my Auntie's longevity." It wasn't someone else's exploitation, I did borrow it. Whether you want it or not, I'll definitely pay it back! ”
I looked at Binniang's determined eyes, and I remembered her. At the end of the year, she really came to me with a big bag of copper coins on her back and brought me sixteen pairs of cloth shoes.
"So many shoes?" I asked, surprised.
"Young master, I don't know how big your feet are, so I made two pairs of each size, and there is always one that matches your feet. I heard that you are a soldier in Mingzhou, and you can keep the rest of your shoes and give them away. The customers who buy my shoes say that my shoes are good! Bin Niang said.
"Thank you. The most wasted shoes in the army. I replied.
"Young Master, I really want to thank you for being able to understand the suffering of our poor. Your family is so rich, I can't afford to give other gifts. And I saved some money by selling shoes, and bought two acres of land outside Zhuangzi. I won't be a tenant in your house from now on. Bin Niang said.
"Can we still see each other?" I asked.
"If you think the shoes are good, you can come to me and buy shoes, and I will give you a discount." Bin Niang said.
Binniang's shoes are really nice to wear and firm. But I'm in a dilemma, how can I find her to buy shoes? So, I kept buying shoes for my soldiers. Once, when I took the shoes as promised, she gave me a pair of knee pads, telling me that if they were used well, she would be ready to do knee pads in the future. With a little more money, you can go to the town and open a shop.
I said, "I think it's a great knee pad, but don't treat it as a business." For I love you. ”
"I love you too, but I don't want to be a concubine." Binniang's answer was straightforward.
Later, it was my father and aunt who disagreed, and I ran away from home. In addition to her character, family background, appearance, and talent, she is not as good as Meng Huo, but I just love her.
One day I made up my mind, she said to me, "I don't need you to feed me, I can make shoes to support myself." It's just that I'm afraid that I can't afford to raise you, you are a golden and noble son, but I can only guarantee you three meals a day, coarse tea and light rice. She said.
I looked at the scars on her hands that had been made for many years, and said, "I have a fortune, although it is not much, but I don't need you to raise it." ”
However, she suddenly burst into tears and said, "Zilu, you don't want any property for my parents." Rest assured, I won't disappoint you. ”
So, Binniang and I began a period of poor and busy life. Short, though. Binniang sold shoes, my promotion was added, and gradually my life got better. Half a year ago, I was promoted to the commander of the Imperial Front Division because of my meritorious service in Mingzhou. I am very happy, because this position means that I have become a high-ranking military general like my father, and I will definitely have the opportunity to make great achievements in the future, make my wife a shadow, and let Binniang be respected. I have been in the army for ten years, and I am twenty-six years old this year.
Before the meeting, Binniang said to me: "It's been ten years, and you have been home once, and you have been so unhappy with your parents-in-law." It's better to come back this time, and you can take a leave. Brother Ning and I will go back with you. Bin Niang said.
"You're not afraid that the two of them will rob Brother Ning and drive you out again?" I asked jokingly.
"Isn't that still you? Now that I'm a mother, I can understand how my mother-in-law felt at that time. If someone suddenly takes Brother Ning away, no matter what the reason, I will be angry! Moreover, they just dislike me and drag down your future, but who would have thought that my official would be so wise and powerful! You don't need anyone to mention it, you can be the commander! Binniang was proud and excited.
Seven days ago, when I withdrew into the river, I was struck by twenty-six arrows, like a hedgehog. When the medic drew the arrow and burned the wounds one by one with a red-hot iron, he felt like a piece of roasted meat, and the moment the blood came into contact with the iron, he made a sizzling sound. This is done to disinfect and stop bleeding, otherwise the wound is extremely prone to thickening. In the past, the rain of bullets was nothing compared to the meat barbecue of "". But as long as you think that Binniang and Ning Ge'er can enjoy happiness, it's all worth it.
After the medic left, I took the cloth from my armor. Look at the ghost-like curves on the cloth. Eh, a person like Batu, hiding a handkerchief on his body, it's so strange, it's still such an ugly handkerchief.
When I used to fight with the Wako, I gradually learned a lot of the Wa language, and their characters are similar to Chinese, but at first glance the kana also looks like a ghost drawing. Eh, isn't this a word? But what is it written? When breaking through, His Majesty had a dialogue with the Mongol Great Khan Buzhigud, and there was no need to discuss it, and the answer was like a stream. Show it to him, and he'll be able to understand it.
So, when I was able to get out of bed, I went to Your Majesty with this handkerchief. Qiu Tie stopped me and told me that His Majesty didn't see me. What is this road number? Looking at Qiu Tie's expression, I had a bad premonition. But I didn't ask anything, and I went back to the camp outside the courtyard. On the way back, I wanted to visit Han Zhe and Li Fang. After all, if there was no Li Fang, His Majesty and I would not have broken through so smoothly. However, on the way, I met Sun Zhou, the chief soldier of Hejian, who was older than me and had a higher rank than me. ”
Sun Zhou helped me up and said, "The general is injured, so there is no need to be polite." ”
Sun Zhou was about sixty years old, an old man with gray hair, and the wind and frost at the border had left a ravine on his face. He smiled gently and said, "The old man heard that the general killed Batu in Yingzhou, and he was really a hero. ”
I said, "Life and death are a moment of life, I'm just a little lucky." ”
"The general is too humble! I don't know what the general is going to do if his injuries have not healed? If you have any instructions, inform the old man. Sun Zhou patted me on the shoulder.
I didn't humble myself and recalled the scene. If I had been a little slower to react at that point, I would have been killed. Because Batuu's strength and speed are better than mine.
"The last general is to come out for a walk, and now go back to rest." I said.
Sun Zhou nodded with a smile.
I left, feeling inexplicably uneasy, only to feel a pair of eyes staring at the back, and the wound behind the back was also burning pain. I didn't go to Li Fang and Han Zhe, I just went back to my camp.
Not long after, the military medical officer came. After he changed my dressing and gauze, I fell asleep. In my dream, I dreamed that Sun Zhou looked at me coldly, and then suddenly laughed horribly at me. When I woke up, I felt that I was hot and my limbs ached and weak. I called my soldier in and asked him to remove the gauze from his back and take a mirror and put it behind me. The wound began to fester, and a tear came out of my eyes.
My experience in the army has taught me that no matter how seriously I am injured, as long as I am not killed at that time and the wound does not suppurate, I can survive. If it is suppurated, even if it is just a soybean-sized mouth, it will not live for five days.
Go to Your Majesty, Qiu Tie stopped me. Go to Han Zhe and Li Fang, they will either go out of the city to patrol the defense, or they can always meet Sun Zhou halfway. Sometimes I often saw Sun Zhou eating with Li Fang and Han Zhe, sometimes Sun Zhou and Qiu Tie, and sometimes he came to visit me.
While I was sober, I prepared to investigate the Mongol captives in this city. However, before I could visit, all the captives were executed.
This was very strange, and I began to suspect that there might be a shocking conspiracy on this handkerchief. Perhaps, I also died because of this.
Soon, I couldn't get out of bed anymore and burned all day. Before Sun Zhou asked the military medical officer to move me to the wounded barracks, I handed the handkerchief to the soldiers. Tell him that he must find a way to meet His Majesty and leave it to him. But no one can say anything about this.
I was in the sick and wounded camp, there was nothing but myself in the whole room, I was lying on the bed, like a piece of meat on a cutting board, and my heart was lonely and desperate.
My suspicions about Sun Zhou are just speculation, there is no real evidence, and I don't even know what he is up to. If I had a few more days to live, I might be able to find out. However, I can't do it anymore. Looking at the military uniform and armor beside the bed, I knew that this was for me to put on when my limbs were not yet stiff.
At the end of my life, Meng Huo was like a little light in the darkness, and I cried with joy. I haven't seen her for many years, but she has grown into a big girl, braver and stronger than I imagined. I instructed the soldiers who followed me to hand over to Meng Huo if they really couldn't see His Majesty.
She will be able to prevent the truth on the handkerchief, and if I die at the hands of a traitor, she will surely avenge me.
At the end of my life, I still had hope for the world.
I hope that Binniang and Brother Ning will have a safe life, I hope that my friend Meng Huo will find a lover, and I hope that the dynasty will recover Youyan and never have to worry about foreign attacks.