Chapter 52 Reminiscing about the Past and Thinking Slowly
Liu Bei held the Yangping Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Cao Cao led the army back to Chang'an in May because of the failure of the situation.
Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, and with the stabilization and expansion of his power, he proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong under the persuasion of his own generals and subordinates.
On the way back to Yecheng from Chang'an, pass through Luoyang. Today's Luoyang is no longer what Lingxi remembers, she escaped from the palace secret passage that day, and watched the imperial city fall into ruins, and the fire burned for a long time.
In Luoyang in front of me, the palace has been restored, and people come and go on the streets from time to time, as if nothing has happened, people live the most ordinary life, and that period of the past is buried.
If you talk about it, it is also the heroes of the world, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, all iron-clad generals, and all strategists who show their talents. Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, Lu Bu, and Diao Chan have long disappeared from people's mouths, and they only remain in the depths of memory.
Cao Cao didn't like to sit on the frame, but he sat in the car with Lingxi as an exception, he looked at Lingxi, and Lingxi looked at Luoyang outside the car window.
Hopefully, time can be rewind thirty years, or, right now, not go any further......
Cao Cao returned in vain this time, and seeing Liu Bei's momentum getting bigger and bigger, he suddenly had some worries. He was worried about whether he would become the next Yuan Shao.
In his life, he has never lost confidence, and there are not many defeats, he once said: "As long as Cao Mengde is still alive, he will be invincible!" ”
At this moment, the hero is in the twilight, but his beauty is not white.
A moment later, Cao Cao collapsed in the car with his own thoughts......
The battle of Hanzhong, in fact, should not have been like this, he and Sima Yi made thousands of calculations, ignoring the existence of Zhao Yun, which gave Liu Bei a fighter at a critical moment.
He was already worried, and he didn't want Lingxi to worry, so he had survived until now.
Right now, he felt his head hurt so badly that he was gradually losing consciousness.
"Mengde! Mengde! He didn't hear Lingxi's anxious voice clearly.
Lingxi hurriedly ordered the marching procession to stop, she called Sima Yi, and the military doctor came.
"King Wei's head disease is an old disease for many years, and it will not be cured for a long time, and it can only stabilize the situation temporarily."
"Then, can we stop for a few days and wait until he is better before leaving, he is not in good condition now, how can he be bumped again." Lingxi consulted with Sima Yi.
Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said respectfully: "Madam, as early as the time of Chibi, the King of Wei got the news of the young prince, and he rushed back under this situation, the King of Wei must be able to hold on, besides, there is no good way to cure the disease here, it is better to go back to Yecheng and ask Mrs.'s master, the divine doctor Hua Tuo, to come, maybe he will have a way." ”
"Yes, King Wei's illness is urgent, if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be even more unfavorable." The medic also spoke.
Lingxi was nervous and worried, she grabbed Cao Cao's hand tightly and nodded.
For the remaining half of the way, she carefully took care of Cao Cao and told him to rest his head on her lap.
She was shocked to find out that Cao Cao really suffered from head disease, but she had never seen it with her own eyes, and when he had a headache, it was when she was not by his side.
Thinking of this, Lingxi couldn't hold back his tears, and the tears dripped down one after another.
In the past, Cao Cao was very willful, but he was even more willful, no matter what he was, he did love himself deeply and worried about himself, but he was old and old, and he was with him for the first time to take care of him.
"Rhino, why are you crying?"
Her tears hit Cao Cao's face, and Cao Cao opened his eyes.
"You were so sick that you fainted." Lingxi wiped the corners of his eyes and asked eagerly, "Does it have a headache, does it still hurt?" ”
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Cao Cao pulled out a hint of a smile and reached out to touch Lingxi's cheek.
"Who said that I am very sick, my headache always comes and goes quickly, and it is not in the way." Cao Cao said and wanted to sit up.
Lingxi stopped him: "You are too worried, too tired, and a little cold, this time you must not be careless, when you go back, I will call the master to treat you." Afu, you're not a kid anymore, you can't be so careless about your body. ”
Looking at him, Lingxi's voice was a little choked.
Cao Cao laughed instead: "Lone is the king of Wei, of course he is not a child, but an old man." ”
"Being a king will lead to a long life, and Ah Pu will definitely be able to do it."
Lingxi knew that Cao Cao was comforting himself, endured his sadness, and smiled.
It took a moment for both of them to slow down.
"Xi'er, there's something I've always wanted to know, I don't want to ask, but I do want to know." Cao Cao spoke slowly, but then said again: "Do you want to hear the story, I want to tell you." ”
"Okay, I'll listen." Lingxi vaguely felt that her identity would not be hidden, and she didn't want Cao Cao to not know anything about her in the end, she didn't know where to start, but she heard Cao Cao say it first.
She quietly hugged him and listened to his story.
"In the first year of Xiping, I was like when I first met, at your age, it can be described as a good time. At that time, I was playful and didn't share anything like other people's children. ”
"I liked the art of war, and I thought it was so subtle that I copied all the art of war that I could find at that time, collected them and studied them together, and imagined that one day I would be able to guide the country, how majestic it would be."
"Later, I learned that at that time, in the deep mountain behind my house, there was a tomb of a Warring States general, and there was a formation in it that was not passed down to the world, you know, I really went. But there was really that place, but I didn't find the book, and I was young at the time, so I didn't dare to explore it for too long. ”
Cao Cao said, suddenly looked at the spirit rhino, and said very seriously: "That time, I got a ring pendant in the tomb, the whole body is pure white, I think, it was given to me by God, so I have always taken it with me." ”
"In the sixth year of Zhongping, on the way back to Chenliu, you gave me the ring." Lingxi understood now, she took out the ring from her clothes and put it in Cao Cao's palm.
"Before me, you were already married, why didn't you give it to others?"
"Strange to say, I just wanted to give it to you."
"Didn't you once say that even if I didn't tell you, you would have found out?" Lingxi smiled and said: "You are worthy of being my aunt, everyone knows that you are suspicious, but you have endured so many years not to investigate me, and you still spoil me so much." ”
"Do you think I haven't checked?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically, in a playful tone.
"Okay, Cao Cao, it turns out you!"
Lingxi thought to himself, he had too many things to deal with, otherwise Cao Pi could track her down and find clues, how could Cao Cao not, he just never sent anyone to look at him, unlike Cao Pi.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Thinking that he was so honest with himself, Lingxi didn't want to care about anything.
On this night, on the frame of the car heading to Yecheng, Lingxi told him word by word her origins, and told the person who was most important to her here.
"Fool, it's so hard for you, why did you make you suffer for me again." Cao Cao, of course, found it incredible, but he believed it.
What Lingxi didn't expect was that after he learned the truth, he would say such a thing. Not to blame, not to be shocked, not to anything else.
"Aren't you angry with me, since you know that, but you don't remind you, aren't you angry with me, Chong'er......"
"Naturally, I was angry. I was angry and distressed. Cao Cao didn't say much, and took the spirit rhino in his arms. What worries me now is, if I'm gone, what will I do, I promised to stay with you, but I really didn't expect it, I'm afraid it's difficult. ”
Cao Cao looked at Lingxi's face that was still like water, and his face that had never aged before, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart.