Looking south at the way back, tears poured over Juyongguan.

Blowing up the dam, opening the floodgate, the monstrous flood flooded the most important checkpoint in the north of Yanzhou, Liangguo, with a surprise attack, the first battle slaughtered the Liangguo army stationed here, and captured this place, as if it happened yesterday, and there was even the same wet feeling on the ground, but they passed here again, but they were no longer the original ones.

The smoke of the war spreading in Yanzhou and the scars caused to this land have not completely receded, but when they came, as victors, they were high-spirited and confident, but now they have fallen one by one, like a bunch of rats crossing the street, fleeing back in disgrace.

After passing the Juyong Pass, not far ahead, after crossing the Yanran Lake, which was privately called the national mourning by the people of the Jin Kingdom, even if they officially set foot on the land of their Jin Kingdom, at that time, even if they were going home, they could temporarily let go of the heart that they didn't dare to let go of this way.

Chen Jing held the reins in his hand, rode a horse, hung his head, and walked in the middle of this team full of tiredness and sadness, which had completely lost its fighting spirit, just a group of remnants of defeated soldiers and no longer had the slightest ambition.

He now has to admit the fact that he lost, and he did it completely.

At the beginning, the high-spirited and unruly young man thought that he could rely on his own strength, take on all the responsibilities, resist the ardent expectations of tens of millions of people, take over the future of their Jin Kingdom alone, gamble everything on his own, and lead the Jin Kingdom to glory again and climb the peak again, but he still failed to do it after all.

And not only did he fail to do it, but even with profits, he lost a lot, and put the only little foundation left in the Jin Kingdom, and the current Jin Kingdom is already stormy, and it seems that even the capital that survives is gone.

Besides, he took everyone else to the table without asking anyone else if they wanted to, which in itself is a kind of no turning back, he not only lost his share, but even everyone else's share, and now, how can he make up for the mistakes he has made?

This is a problem.

Just as he lowered his head and was seriously thinking about these annoying questions on the horse, he suddenly heard a commotion from the team walking in front, and he couldn't help but raise his head, but saw Zhu Feng, who was full of surprise, riding a horse first, separated the team, and ran all the way towards him.

Looking at this young man who has always cherished feathers and even has some cleanliness habits, but because of himself, he has become so sloppy and sloppy because of himself, and his hair is covered with muddy water, he can't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, because finally there is still a person on this lonely road who can believe in himself and accompany him, which is not bad, but Chen Jing made up his mind, no matter what, he must not be allowed to follow him, be pointed out by those thousands of people, and be scolded by the people.

Before approaching, Zhu Fengxian hurriedly said with a happy face: "Dazai! Da Sima is here!"

When Chen Jing heard this, his expression was slightly stunned, who else could there be in the other party's mouth, that is, his father, the former Jin State Grand Sima Chen Xiehu, could it be that the news of their defeat spread so quickly, or did it mean that his father had actually been waiting for him here?

With such doubts, Chen Jing frowned, drove forward, and sure enough, it was really his father, the former general, Chen Xiehu, who was known as the savior of the Jin Kingdom.

The father and son looked at each other in the air like this, and each other's hearts suddenly had a deep sourness.

Cai Jing, who once had the power of the Jin State, held the phase, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, confronted him in the Chinese and martial arts, and was introduced as the leader of the army, Chen Xiehu, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was forcibly coerced by his own son, and after experiencing that thrilling coup, the whole person suddenly became decadent.

After all, in his opinion, the courtiers fight to the courtiers, but once the contradictions between the courtiers are implicated in the saint, the courtiers can no longer be regarded as courtiers, thinking that he Chen family has several generations of loyal ministers, all of whom are dedicated to serving the country and taking the word loyalty as the first person, but when he comes here, how can there be such a big rebellion, regard the monarchy as nothing, and even dare to cleanse the government and the opposition by bloody means, in front of the ministers, with a knife to force the emperor to die?

What's more, I don't seem to be able to say anything about him, because from the perspective of the general direction, this matter is indeed correct, and the wrong is just the means and methods used by Chen Jing, but Chen Xiehu is limited to the shackles in his heart, but he has never been able to let go of this matter, and it is already a compromise to stay at home, and it is impossible to take the initiative to come forward to stabilize the overall situation for him, etc.

In everyone's heart, the insistence and bottom line for everything are different, this is because everyone is born different, and the acquired experience is also different, and it is impossible to force the two people to have the same idea, so Chen Jing did not take the initiative to ask this father with a high reputation how to help him, in fact, he did not want to involve the Chen family who gave birth to him and raised him.

Chen Xiehu is only limited to the shackles in his heart, and understands all the truths, but he can't agree with and rely on these truths to get out of the decadence caused by the predicament in his heart.

I think he is only in his twenties now, but he is already full of gorgeous hair, and the whole person seems to be twenty years old, and he no longer has the feeling of the handsome noble son at the beginning, God can see pity, Chen Xiehu didn't even succeed in recognizing the other party at first sight, because the one opposite looked a little older than himself, how could he be his own child?

Chen Xiehu's eyes became very sad, and after the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, he trembled and opened his mouth, which seemed to have been drained of all the water, so it looked dry, and muttered: "You, are you Jing, Jing'er?"

Chen Jing turned over and got off the horse, stepped forward, walked in front of Chen Xiehu, lowered his head, and while holding his fists, he covered the tears that were already full of tears in his eyes, suppressed his throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Children are not filial." ”

The ancients said that there are three unfilial pieties, one is that they can't serve their relatives, the second is that they can't serve the king, and the third is that they can't stand up and walk the way, he Chen Jing has now occupied a whole, and even this road has come to the end, and even a descendant can't leave them in the Chen family, which is even more unfilial.

Of course, Chen Xiehu understands what his son means, but in fact, even if he didn't have that kind of thing, he never felt that his son was an ordinary person who would only rely on the remnants of his Chen family, drunk and dreaming of death.

Not to mention that Chen Jing monopolized the power, and after one person was monopolized in the court, he single-handedly raised hundreds of newcomers, filling the vacancies left after the collapse of the Cai Party, and there was not even a little mistake, the various yamen of the whole country are still running very well, and they are better than before, in this regard, he is at least ten times better than Cai Jing's old thief in politics, is he wrong?

Chen Xiehu looked at him, who was already full of silver threads, gray face, and even his originally bright eyes had dimmed, subconsciously stretched out his hand, but suddenly retracted it, and then tried to squeeze out a smile, and said with serious relief: " Jing'er, you have done a good job, you are really good, at least my father will never be able to do what you are now, those people you left behind have cleared the corrupt atmosphere of officialdom for a hundred years, and the people of my Jin Kingdom have never laughed happily like now, just by virtue of this, no one in this world can accuse you. ”

This is the truth, not Chen Xiehu deliberately said this in order to comfort him, because every choice after Chen Jing took power, for the Jin Kingdom, is the best direction for him after repeated trade-offs, so in the end he didn't do it and he can't be blamed alone, many things are to do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, you can't say that if you work hard, you will definitely succeed, because even if no one works harder than you, there are always people who are luckier than you and can better grasp the general trend of the world, which is why the time is greater than the location, and the location is greater than the people.

Hearing these words, Chen Jing's nose twitched slightly, and a long-lost sour feeling came to his heart, that is, in front of such a father who cared about him, he was not the Dazai who was in power to a country, and even the little emperor of their Jin Kingdom had to respectfully shout "Ya Father" when he saw it, not to mention the psychological support of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the whole army, he didn't need to resist the pressure alone, and now he can finally be a child who is cared for and tolerated for the time being, this feeling is really good.

He hung his head and said with some sadness: "It's a pity, Chu Yang Gong him"

The words were not completely finished, but the meaning of it, the other party must have understood, after all, Xue Bi was already dying, so rushing, and experiencing a series of battles, which was not as energetic as a young man, he was already very difficult, he finally died on the battlefield in Liangzhou, and the body could not be found, let alone return to his homeland with them.

Chen Xiehu stretched out his hand again, this time, he did not retract again, but pressed Chen Jing's shoulder, and said softly: "Jing'er, you don't understand, dying on the battlefield is the supreme glory of every soldier, this is called dying well, I have known him for twenty years, I know that one day he doesn't want to return to the battlefield again, and then become a Jin soldier who fights for his family and country, it was you who gave him this opportunity, if there is no him, he can only die depressed at home, so he will only thank you and will not blame you." ”

Chen Jing pursed his lips and nodded lightly, but many things are one thing, and how to untie the knot in his heart is another, in this matter, he can't help but blame himself, because if he hadn't insisted on going his own way, this Duke of Chu Yang should have enjoyed the joy of family in his own home, he forcibly dragged him into the water, and accompanied him to participate in the palace coup to seize power, and then he relied on his personal prestige to help him stabilize the situation, and finally went into battle in person, led the army to attack Liangguo, and finally died in a foreign country, unable to return to his roots, no matter what, he could not forgive himself。

"His widow will be taken care of, don't worry. ”

Chen Xiehu saw that he still couldn't let go, so he could only add another sentence, hoping to comfort him a little.