When Zhou Hao came over, Zhou Hong was still sitting like a sculpture. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

He was a little unforgiving, and stepped forward to persuade: "General, Lord Liu has been settled, and he will leave early tomorrow morning, and the general should also pack up and prepare to return to Beijing." ”

Zhou Hong got up and knocked on the door, and said in a low voice: "I have to go back to Beijing early tomorrow morning, you wait for me in Anbei, and I will talk about it when I come back." ”

He waited for a moment, the room was silent, and he sighed that he had to go.

On the way back, he looked up at the high and vast sky of Anbei, and the stars gradually twinkled in the sky that had fallen into the night, and he suddenly said: "That year, when we first came to Anbei, we separated from her, but it was like today" There was always a feeling that he couldn't feel at ease.

Zhou Hao said: "The general has thought too much, where can the lady go?" Anbei's matter is not over, I think she won't be able to leave for a while, and even if she leaves, now that we know our whereabouts, are we afraid that we won't be able to find anyone? ”

Zhou Hongxin said: How do you know that I am worried that there is a third prince Fu who is eyeing her side.

The fact that his wife is coveted is really not a new experience for him.

Before dawn that day, Zhou Hong took his guards back to Beijing to serve the sick. He hurried all the way, he was originally cured from a serious illness, his body was weak, his heart was rising, and he began to have a low-grade fever before he entered Beijing, and when he saw Zhou Zhen and his wife in Beijing, he was already scorched and his lips were cracked, and his shape was very scary, and even Brother Xian was very worried about his body, and kept asking: "Dad, where are you uncomfortable?" ”

Zhou Zhen has been anxious about his wife's illness recently, and when he saw his eldest son again, he was immediately stunned: "What's wrong with you?" Immediately after that, I saw the virtuous brother who came in behind the eldest son, the little boy was not as tall as his father, but he was covered tightly by him, and only when he showed his head did he salute Zhou Zhen: "My grandson has seen my grandfather!" ”

"Good! Good! My good grandson is back! With a grandson, he left his son behind, Zhou Zhen stepped forward and couldn't help stroking Brother Xian'er's head, and patted him twice on his thin shoulder: "My good grandson has grown taller!" ”

When he returned to Beijing, this kid was still a little fat group, and when he grew a little older in his arms, he was taken to Anbei by his ruthless son, and he hadn't seen him for many years, but he didn't expect to grow into a handsome little boy.

The younger brother Zhou Bin, who rushed back from the southeast, hadn't seen him for many years, but he didn't expect the eldest brother to become like this, and he was a little unbelievable: "Big brother, you have become like this, no wonder you can't marry a daughter-in-law!" At Brother Shangxian's gaze, he hurriedly turned his head to look at the side, pretending that he didn't say this.

This kid didn't know that Zhou Hong's ups and downs were all because Mrs. Zhou was a hindrance, and he had never had the opportunity to meet Brother Xian'er, he only knew that Zhou Hong had an eldest son, and as for the eldest nephew's mother, he was not interested in knowing. Anyway, it's the eldest brother's woman, and it's not within the scope of what he needs to know deeply.

For Zhou Zhen and his wife, Zhou Hong's marriage has been delayed for so many years, and they are reluctant to mention the old things.

However, Zhou Qi, who had a slight bulge in his lower abdomen next to him, quietly twisted his waist behind his back, and muttered in a low voice: "Second brother, can you speak?" Looking at Brother Xian'er with a smile, he only felt that his eyebrows and eyes were very good, and he secretly compared them in his heart, and came to a conclusion: This kid's appearance follows his mother.

"Oops, it hurts! What are you doing, girl? Brother-in-law doesn't care about you! "Zhou Bin has had a detached personality since he was a child, and his words are unscrupulous, according to Zhou Zhen's comments, that is, the second son can't talk with his brain, and the old general's majestic gaze swept over his face, and he was a little more honest.

Zhou Zhen was also surprised by Zhou Hong's haggardness, or Brother Xian said: "My father was infected with cholera in the epidemic area some time ago, and he received a letter from home to rush back after being cured. The little guy looked worried, and he was very worried about Zhou Hong's appearance, which attracted Zhou Zhen, which was even rarer.

"My good grandson has grown up and knows to take care of your father!"

Brother Xian has never been praised like this in the army, and he is about to be embarrassed by Zhou Zhen's praise.

Except for Mrs. Zhou, who was still asleep on the bed in the main courtyard, the rest of the family turned to Zhou Hong, fortunately, Zhou Hong stood in front of them, although the complexion was a little worse, and the person was a little thinner, but he was rescued.

Zhou Zhen said: "Did your uncle go to Anbei?" ”

Zhou Bin screamed: "Uncle Lian let the military doctor of the Southeast Water Barracks inappropriately, and actually ran to the place where birds don't in Anbei, big brother, you still have a way!" ”

Zhou Qi was still considerate, and pulled Zhou Hong to sit down and rest: "Big brother is tired all the way, sit down and rest." After pressing Zhou Hong on the chair, he touched his forehead again, and his complexion changed: "Big brother, you have a fever, find a doctor!" ”

General Zhou traveled back to Beijing, fell ill that night, and never even entered the palace, or Zhou Zhen entered the palace on his behalf to thank him and ask for guilt.

Xiao Ye heard that Zhou Hong had contracted cholera in Anbei, and he came back after walking through the Ghost Gate, and then ran all the way to Beijing, and fell ill when he came back, but he never blamed him, and sent the imperial doctor into the house to visit the patient.

After the imperial doctor finished cutting the pulse and prescribed the prescription, he returned to the palace and reported to Xiao Ye: "General Zhou is weak after illness, and when he was in a hurry, the wind evil took the opportunity to enter, so it would be good to rest for a few days." ”

Xiao Ye gave a bunch of supplements to the Zhou Mansion, and exempted Zhou Hong from entering the palace to face the Holy Thanksgiving.

The eldest prince of Zhou's mansion returned to Beijing, although Mrs. Zhou was sick, but Zhou Qi was by her side, preparing food, drink, food and accommodation for Zhou Hong, and when he could get up, he accompanied him to visit his mother in the main courtyard.

Mrs. Zhou has been sick for a long time, and she has invited several doctors before and after, but they are useless, and even the imperial doctor has been invited, but none of them have been determined, but the person is getting weaker day by day, eating and drinking, and his mind is drowsy.

Incense has been lit in the bedroom of the main hospital, and after people enter, they can smell a strange smell, the incense is mixed with the smell of the patient, and because the doors and windows are closed, it is quite unspeakable.

After Zhou Hong went in, Mrs. Zhou was still asleep, so he sat next to him and urged Zhou Qi to go out: "You are pregnant, even if your brother-in-law doesn't say it, you can't be careless." My mother is sick, and I'm not well, so if you get sick, you'd better go out quickly. ”

Zhou Qi insisted on staying with him, looking at Mrs. Zhou's haggard face due to illness, a sentence suddenly popped up: "Big brother, sometimes I think that if my mother was not so stubborn at the beginning, maybe she would have recovered early." ”

She has no beginning or end, Zhou Hong will take a while to understand the meaning of the words, if Mrs. Zhou had not tried her best to obstruct Zhou Hong's marriage with Ye Zhiqing, with Ye Zhiqing's medical skills, would she not have to be so sick? !

Some things have their own cause and effect.

Zhou Hong had something in mind before he came, and after hearing Zhou Qi's words, his face was a little bad, and he reluctantly said: "I can't say for sure, it's fate after all." ”

Zhou Qi used to be a little girl, and she didn't have any particularly mature ideas, but after marrying Guo Jia in the past few years, she followed everywhere, and her vision and knowledge improved a lot, she never expected to hear such decadent words from Zhou Hong's mouth, and couldn't help but say: "When did the eldest brother believe in his fate?" I didn't think my eldest brother would be a believer before! "Back then, despite Mrs. Zhou's desire to sever the mother-son relationship to threaten her, she never separated from Ye Zhiqing, and that kind of indomitable courage once made her talk about it for many years, proud of it, and wished that her husband had such unwavering feelings for her.

Zhou Hong urged her out: "Maybe when you reach the age of the eldest brother, you will occasionally think so." "When you are pessimistic, you can't help but blame all the misfortunes on the impermanence of fate, and when you are uplifted, you will move forward bravely.

Zhou Qi thoughtfully: "Big brother is a lot more decadent. "I'm also a lot depressed, and I'm no longer the young man I was so radiant.

After she went out, there were only two waiting maids left in the room, Zhou Hong was in a depressed mood, waved them away, and sat in front of Mrs. Zhou's bed in a daze, actually in a trance.

The Mrs. Zhou in his memory has always been dignified and noble, and it seems that she has never had this appearance. Since he knew that she was beating mandarin ducks in those years, he had never looked at her face carefully.

How many years have their mother and son not been quiet with each other?

In those years of fierce quarrels, the mother and son almost broke up, and they almost couldn't even take care of their basic face, in the end, it was because he went to Anbei that the distance diluted the damage, but who didn't have a knot in their hearts?

Mrs. Zhou was lying there quietly, her skin was loose, her sideburns were full of gray hair, her old appearance was exposed, and even her cheeks were covered with age spots, after looking at it for a long time, Zhou Hong even felt that this face was extremely unfamiliar, and it was not the mother he remembered at all.

His mother was young and noble, and where was the old woman lying on this bed?

People's memories are always very strange, when he is far away in Anbei, sometimes he thinks of Mrs. Zhou, that is, those injuries back then, not without emotion, but when he really saw her lying dying here, the injuries seemed to be as far away as a lifetime, which made him wonder if that happened back then.

He has been going for a long time, a little suspicious Mrs. Zhou is silent, General Zhou, who fought on the battlefield, is not afraid of life and death, but in the end it is his mother, he is still a little sad in his heart, carefully put his finger to the end of her nose, felt the slightly warm breath, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know how long I sat there, but the room was dark, and then I heard a low voice: "Why don't you light the lamp?" ”

Zhou Hong was in a hurry, he didn't know where the lights and candles were, he hadn't returned to Beijing for a long time, and he didn't even know the location of the lights and candles in Mrs. Zhou's room, so he called out to the people waiting outside: "Come on, light the lamp." ”

The person lying on the bed still thinks that he has been ill for a long time and hallucinates hearing, and does not see the person sitting in front of him until the lamp and candle are lit.