Chapter Forty-Seven
On the top of the eaves attic, Lu Kang talked too much, and he was too breathless for a long time. Sun Ce knelt up straight, his star-like eyes full of worry: "I'll call Gong Jin here, you cough like this, how can you do it without taking medicine......
Lu Kang's face turned red and he was short of breath: "You kid...... The old man is now begging for time with the king of Hades, what is the use of you calling Gong Jin here? You asked the old man if he knew Zhang Taishou, what did he mean? ”
"It's nothing", Sun Ce sneered, "It's just what you said just now, and Lao Zhangtou also told me, what kind of 'brave and ruthless' or something, and always let me drink some medicine to drive away liver fire......"
The wrinkles on Lu Kang's old cheeks were stacked, and he was just a kind old man when he took off his armor, and he coughed while laughing: "Zhang Taishou is a miracle doctor after all...... However, 'a man is about to die, and his words are good', the old man is looking for you today, not just to catch up with you, but to have ...... Yes, important things......"
As Lu Kang spoke, his body suddenly softened, leaning on Mrs. Lu's shoulder, and exhaling heavily. Mrs. Lu tearfully relieved Lu Kang, but the more he coughed, the heavier he became, and he did not turn around in the slightest. Seeing this, Sun Ce couldn't bear it very much: "Everyone is like this, what else do you say?" I'll help you back to the couch, you rest first, if you want to say anything, I'll come back tomorrow. ”
Lu Kang used all his strength and grabbed Sun Ce's hand: "Who knows if there is tomorrow, you ...... Help the old man to the couch ......"
Sun Ce couldn't, so he had to follow what Lu Kang said, set him up and went back to the couch, only to see Lu Kang's eye sockets were blue and black, and his chest was undulating, and after a long time, he came to his senses: "Now...... The world is not so peaceful, and the people urgently need to recuperate, why do you do the opposite, follow Yuan Shu's unscrupulous person, and fight the world for him? This...... This is aiding and abetting! What's more, this person is jealous and narrow-minded, and it will be difficult for you to do anything under his account......"
Sun Ce remembered the previous incident, and his heart was depressed: "Isn't it!" When I first arrived in Shouchun, he promised me Jiujiang to be too guarded, but when I came, he regretted it and gave it to his confidant Chen Ji...... But my father's old army was under him, and my uncle and two cousins also served in his army. If you don't make a contribution to him, you can't have half a battalion of soldiers, how can you inherit your father's legacy......"
"But you should know how loyal your father is to the Han family!" Lu Kang said, emotional, and his eyes, which had long lost their brilliance, locked Sun Ce, "At the beginning, he raised volunteers in Jiangdong, first begged for the Yellow Turban, and then killed Dong Zhuo, born and died, and helped the current saint in danger...... But he didn't have half of the greed for power, not like Cao Thief, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but stopped fighting and retreated! It's a pity that the times are unfavorable, and such a benevolent general died under the reckless arrows...... Now, you rely on force to rob the Han family of the world! How could your father have done such a thing? How can you carry on your father's last wish! ”
Lu Kang's words seemed to exhaust the little strength he had left, and he leaned on the couch, and the god of the underworld was silent for a long time.
Sun Ce didn't reply for a while, and finally sighed: "What you said is good...... Maybe I don't understand what my father's legacy is, but I just want to be like him, to be a respected general who can fight well. But I wasn't by nature, for as long as I can remember, my father was often away from home, and my mother took me and my younger siblings from place to place. When I was a child, I was ignorant, and I used to ask my mother when my father would come home. My mother said to me, "When the battle is over, my father will come back and come back to us, and he will never leave...... But no matter how loyal and brave my father was in your eyes, and even made great achievements in 'breaking the yellow scarf and driving Dong Zhuo', the war did not stop, and even intensified, until he died, and it did not subside! Today, you threaten my father's last wish, but you want me to abandon Yuan Shu and be loyal to the Han family? Where is the Han Chamber? Even if I fight for the Han family, it will only be Cao Cao's strength that will be enhanced! If you don't want the people of Li to suffer, you can only protect them under your wings, and if you say anything else, it will be in vain! ”
Lu Kang still closed his eyes and didn't answer, Sun Ce panicked, thinking that his words were too heavy, and he directly angered this old man to death? He wanted to reach out to touch Lu Kang's snort, but he suddenly sighed: "The old man was born to rule the world, so everyone who rises up in the world is rebellious." And you were born in troubled times, and what you think in your heart is to raise righteous soldiers to fight against unrighteous soldiers, so as to keep the peace of the party. The old man is in Jiuqing, and he has been in the palace for three years, but he has not seen the changes in this world, he is really dull, this world is no longer the world of us who are old and decayed, in the end, it is a damned person......"
Lu Kang's words made Sun Ce feel uncomfortable, the old man in front of him was terminally ill, why did he want to evaluate and destroy his ideals and beliefs for more than 70 years.
Sun Ce didn't think about how to persuade him, only to see Lu Kang exert his strength again, and hold his hand like a withered branch: "Sun Bofu, no matter what you do in the future!" Whether you are a supreme minister or a self-reliant soldier, you must promise the old man! After becoming the Taishou of Lujiang, you have to protect the peace of the entire Lujiang, you, you must protect the peace of Lujiang, otherwise the old man will ...... Die with a grievance or everlasting regret! ”
No matter how many clever words there are, it is not as good as a promise, Sun Ce got up and avoided the table and bowed: "The late Sun Bofu swears here, he will do his best to protect the peace of the Lujiang River!" ”
Seeing Sun Ce make an oath, Lu Kang's chest fell to the ground, he let out a long sigh of relief, lay flat on the couch, and his chest rose and fell more and more weakly: "Okay...... As long as you and Gongjin are here, Lujiang should not suffer...... Gongjin is a good boy, with Wang Zuozhicai, there must be a reason why he values you so much, old man...... Rest assured ......"
Sun Ce got up and covered a thin quilt for Lu Kang: "Since you know that you are old, you should worry less about it, so you can enjoy a few days of Qingfu." ”
Lu Kang couldn't raise his eyelids, and whispered in his throat: "Bo Fu, you have suffered a lot of anger in the past six months, if you are not happy, you will ...... Tell me the old man. My few descendants are not successful, but they are not heinous, please ...... Let them live. There are also Ji'er and Xun'er, the two of them are still young, if it is convenient in the future, please take care of them......"
"That day of the siege, General Cheng had killed three men in your family, and your old man sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and he suffered a lot more pain in his heart than me, where do I still have any resentment."
Lu Kang nodded slightly, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his pale and sunken cheeks. Mrs. Lu, who had been silent all the time, had tears in her eyes, and stepped forward to bow to Sun Ce: "Thank you, Major General Sun!" ”
"It's a bad thing, Mrs. Lu, please get up!"
"General Sun is only afraid that there are still many things to deal with, so I won't delay you anymore, just stay here to accompany the adults. Before the snow accumulates and he can't walk, the major general will go down the mountain quickly. ”
Sun Ce looked at Lu Kang and saw that his expression was very serene, so he bowed to Mrs. Lu: "That...... Sun had time to come and see Lord Lu again. ”
Sun Ce got up and wanted to leave, but Mrs. Lu suddenly remembered something, took out the pillow bag, and handed it to Sun Ce: "My lord actually forgot this, he specially prepared it before, and wanted to give it to the young general." In the future, if the major general wants to leave Lujiang, open it again. ”
Sun Ce looked ignorant, but he still took the bag well, bowed to Mrs. Lu, picked up the silver gun and walked down the heavy building.
The snow is still heavy, and everything is silent, only the sound of Qionghua falling is there. Shucheng was finally breached, but Sun Ce was not as happy as he imagined, and even suddenly rose a little stunned. Who would have thought that Lu Kang, an important minister like Jiuqing, would be on his deathbed, and in addition to the old woman at the twilight, he was the ancient Buddha of the green lantern.
married as husband and wife, love is not doubtful. Sun Ce stood in the wind and snow, letting the snowflakes stain his clothes. At this moment, he suddenly missed Da Qiao very much, how good it would be if he could grow old with her like this.
Ten miles outside Shucheng, Zhou Yu galloped in the heavy snow. Before the snow hugged the horse, it was difficult, but Zhou Yu still fought the horse with all his might, and finally saw the team with an unknown flag when he turned around the mountain. After that, more than 100 big birds covered the sky and the sun, like flowing clouds, making the already dark sky appear darker and darker.
Jiang Qin led a team of 100 people to catch up with Zhou Yu with all his strength, he stepped forward and said anxiously: "Lord Zhou, I'm afraid that the person who comes is not good, let's hide quickly!" ”
The unmarked army numbered two or three thousand, and the strange birds were only a hundred, but they still chased them and threw off their armor and splashed blood. Zhou Yu quickly whipped towards the flock of birds, and suddenly rushed into the dense bird formation.
Jiang Qin and the others were so frightened that the three souls were gone, and hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, wanting to cover Zhou Yu. At this moment, a flute sounded in all directions, and after a moment of confusion, the flock of birds flowed like living water, flapped their wings and chirped to each other, swayed upward, hovered at the top, and then flew away with each other.
At this time, Jiang Qinfang saw clearly that the person who played the transverse flute was none other than Zhou Yu himself, and he couldn't help but sigh with his palms: "Hey, what a 'song is wrong Zhou Langgu', it's really amazing." ”
In the rustling snow, the wounded soldiers groaned, and Zhou Yu distributed the medicine bottles to Jiang Qin and the others: "I'm tired of Jiang and all the brothers, give each of these wounded soldiers a pill, and let them swallow it as soon as possible." ”
Zhou Yu didn't even ask who these soldiers were, so he asked them to save people? Jiang Qin couldn't help but wonder, but thinking that Zhou Yu had always planned the abyss, he bowed his hand and acted as he ordered.
Sure enough, at the beginning, the carriage curtain was lifted, and Qiao Rui walked down slowly with the support of the general. Although there were snowflakes in the air, Zhou Yu could still see that Qiao Rui's complexion was not very good, but he did not refuse to admit defeat, he was still in a military uniform, and he was stubborn. After seeing Zhou Yu, Qiao Rui pushed away the general beside him, and said to Zhou Yu: "It turned out to be Lord Zhou, thank you for the grace of relieving the siege...... It's just that where did this bird come from, and why did it listen to Lord Zhou's command, it really surprised Qiao. ”
Didn't you say that Qiao Rui was seriously injured in defeat and returned to Shouchun to recuperate? Why is it here again? Jiang Qin was suspicious, and whispered a few words to his subordinates, asking him to repay Han Dang quickly.
Zhou Yu chuckled lightly and did not respond positively to Qiao Rui's question: "General Qiao came just in time. Today, Bo Fu has led his troops to conquer Shucheng and captured all the defenders in the city, and now he is counting the number of people. Please General Qiao get in the car, and Zhou will open the way for you. ”