The sun in the afternoon of Xiangyang in March is dazzling, and the temperature is not high, maybe more than 20 degrees.

Outside the western city, overgrown with weeds, the mountains are rolling in the distance, there are some villages and idyllic villages at the foot of the mountain, and farther away, the Qinling Mountains are towering like the back of a black dragon.

The carriage slowly drove along the road full of yellow mud over Atou Mountain, and not far in front of it was Longzhong, where many carriages could be seen.

Longzhong is actually in the mountains, on the left and right sides are two not high hills, at the foot of the mountain col there are large areas of farmland and cultivated land, along the top of the mountain up and down the row of houses built some houses.

Zhuge is among them, it is not the kind of ordinary farmhouse courtyard, but the common tile courtyard of the Han Dynasty scholars, not to mention the water pavilion of the top wealthy family, but it is also quite a door, surrounded by a wall outside, and there are four or five tile houses inside.

Hearing the news that Zhuge Xuan was critically ill, many of his friends in Jingzhou came to visit. When Shen Chen arrived, there were a lot of carriages parked outside the courtyard, about a dozen of them, and there were also carriages coming behind them.

There was a little boy at the door to greet him, Shen Chen was a regular customer, and when he saw him coming, the little boy said, "Shen Xiaolang." ”

"Anu, how is Uncle?"

Shen Chen got out of the carriage and inquired about the situation as soon as possible.

Xiao Tong shook his head and said, "Now that I'm in a coma, Da Lang and Shao Lang don't know what to do." ”

"What did the doctor say?"

"I said I might not survive tonight."

"Well, I'll go in and have a look."

Shen Chen sighed, this medical situation in ancient times, even pneumonia was a terminal illness, and the kind that Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing couldn't cure can only depend on the will of heaven.

Entering the courtyard, passing through the front hall to the atrium, I saw that there were many people in the court, some knew and some did not know, and after saluting the acquaintance, I arrived at the middle hall, at this time Zhuge Xuan was lying on the wooden floor, covered with a silk quilt, his eyes were closed, and his face was pale.

Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and Zhuge sisters around them, as well as their husbands Kuai Qi and Pang Shanmin, are all there.

At this time, Zhuge Liang's face was solemn, Zhuge Jun's eyes were red, the Zhuge sisters knelt next to them and silently wiped their tears, and Kuai Qi and Pang Shanmin stood beside their wives, and their faces were not very good-looking.

Although Zhuge Xuan was only Zhuge Liang's uncle, Zhuge Liang died early, so Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters were raised by the eldest brother Zhuge Jin in the first few years, and when Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, Zhuge Xuan went to Mount Tai to bring the Zhuge family to Jingzhou, and then Zhuge Xuan raised them.

Therefore, in their eyes, Zhuge Xuan is tantamount to his biological father, and his critical illness is a very bad thing for Zhuge Liang or Zhuge Junyi or the Zhuge sisters who have already married, as if the sky has fallen in an instant, and people have nowhere to rely on.

Shen Chen stood at the door and didn't go in, after a while Deng Hong and Liu Xian came over, saw Shen Chen nodded, and entered the hall, Zhuge Liang and the others saluted them, the two visited Zhuge Xuan, and saw that he was still in a coma, so they didn't bother, they came out after two glances, and everyone was waiting in the courtyard.

"Ah Chen."

"Ancestor, Mr. Zongshi."

"Hmm."

Deng Hong nodded and said, "I heard that you went down the mountain?" ”

Shen Chen smiled bitterly: "Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles." ”

"It's okay to go down the mountain."

Deng Hong said: "Do you have any plans for the future? ”

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Let's continue to study, there is no end to learning." ”

"Hmm."

Deng Hong responded.

While talking, a few more people came outside, all of them were colleagues from everyone in the governor's mansion, and they greeted each other and chatted.

Shen Chen was still sitting cross-legged under the porch.

Zhuge Liang actually saw him, but at this time, he couldn't leave his uncle's side, so he nodded to him slightly, and Shen Chen also nodded and didn't speak.

Soon in the evening, more than thirty or forty people came to the courtyard, and everyone visited Zhuge Xuan, who was still in a coma, and after expressing regret to Zhuge Liang and others, they all sat in the banquet and waited.

The doctor said that he might not survive tonight, so no one left.

At this time, a "uncle" suddenly came from the room inside, and everyone suddenly felt a pang in their hearts and hurriedly rushed to the house.

Due to the distance and proximity, the location is different, the innermost is Zhuge Liang's equal relatives, followed by Deng Hong and Liu first and other friends, and then the rest of the colleagues and friends, Shen Chen was in the crowd, leaning against the wall and watching.

I saw Zhuge Xuan on the wooden collapse waking up, his face was not as pale as before, and when he saw Zhuge Liang beside him, he barely showed a smile and said with difficulty: "Ah Liang, Ah Jin ......"

"Uncle."

Zhuge Liang stepped forward and shook his hand, holding back tears and said, "Are you awake?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Xuan responded, coughing softly: "Ahem, I'm afraid I won't survive tonight, my two nieces are married, and I have no regrets in this life, but I don't worry about my two nephews, Ah Liang, after I die, you should take care of your younger brother, understand?" ”

"Uncle, don't talk about life and death, you will be fine." Eight Chinese Net

Zhuge Liang comforted in a deep voice.

Zhuge Xuan smiled bitterly and said with difficulty: "Life and death have their own destiny, how can I not know that the limit has come?" After I don't, you don't have elders, you are the crown, and you should take the table words. ”

"Uncle, please."

Zhuge Liang lifted his robe and knelt down in front of Zhuge Xuan.

In ancient times, men generally reached adulthood at the age of 20, which was called a crown, which means that they will grow up from then on, and from then on they will begin to assume family responsibilities and even split up to become the head of the family.

But there are exceptions.

That is, the elders are all dead, and among the children left, the oldest male must inherit the family business in advance.

For example, before Zhuge Xuan took the Zhuge family to Jingzhou, Zhuge Jue died of illness, and Zhuge Liang's half-brother Zhuge Jin had to serve his stepmother and raise Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters, so he had already taken the word Ziyu when he was fifteen years old and became the head of the Zhuge family.

Later, after Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun's biological mother, Zhuge Jin's stepmother died, Zhuge Xuan came to pick them up and go to Jingzhou, but Zhuge Jin did not go, and at this time they separated from Zhuge Liang and went to Jiangdong to develop alone.

Therefore, at that time, Zhuge Jin belonged to leaving home to start his own business, and the head of the Langya Zhuge family became Zhuge Xuan, so Zhuge Liang did not need to take the table word to inherit the family business.

Now that Zhuge Xuan is dead again, Zhuge Jin has separated and left, and the burden of the head of the Langya Zhuge family will naturally fall on Zhuge Liang's head.

Zhuge Xuan gave Zhuge Liang the word before he died, in a sense, it was a kind of inheritance order in ancient times.

His breath gradually weakened, and he watched Zhuge Liang kneel down in front of him, and said softly: "I have already thought of your words, let's use Kong Ming." ”

"Kong Ming, thank you uncle for the words."

Zhuge Liang kowtowed.

Since then, he has been surnamed Zhuge , his name is Liang, and his name is Kongming.

"There are no regrets in this life."

Zhuge Xuan showed a smile.

After he gave Zhuge Liang words, many friends came up to visit.

As a gentleman, Zhuge Xuan has a wide range of friends, such as the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Pang family, the Huang family and other major families in Jingzhou have his friends.

For example, Pang Tong's father, Kuai Liang of the Kuai family, Huang Chengyan of the Huang family and even Cai Zan and Cai Yan of the Cai family are all here.

Among them, this Cai Yan is not the Cai Wenji, but Cai Mao's cousin.

When Luo Guanzhong wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he fictionalized the two Cai family as Cai Zhong and Cai He, but in fact, Cai Mao's cousins' real names are Cai Yan and Cai Zhan.

These two were officials in other places in their early years, Cai Yan used to be the Taishou of Ba County, and Cai Zan was the county magistrate of Yixian County, Dong Zhuo abandoned the official and returned to his hometown after the rebellion, and now he is not out of office, and Cai Zan is also the father of Deng Hong's wife Cai.

Many of Zhuge Xuan's friends came forward one by one to condole, Zhuge Xuan dragged his sick body to talk to them one by one, one is to say goodbye to them, and the other is the most important thing, that is, to confess his last words, please let them take care of Zhuge Liang's brothers after their deaths.

Hearing that his uncle was still relieved of them before he died, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge on the side stood solemnly, but the tears in their eyes flowed silently, and they had already become tearful people.

To a certain extent, Zhuge Xuan dragged his sick body with difficulty to explain the aftermath to his friends, in fact, he was using his last bit of influence to ask his friends before his death, asking them to help Zhuge Liang's Zhuge Jun brothers in the future.

Later, Zhuge Liang had a relationship with the major families in Jingzhou, threading the needle and threading in it like an eight-sided exquisite, being a lobbyist everywhere to help Liu Bei gain a foothold in Jingzhou, and persuading Sun Quan to unite against Cao, not because the political legacy left by Zhuge Xuan to them during this period was working.

Therefore, Zhuge Xuan's kindness to Zhuge Liang and them is really as high as mountains and seas, which makes the four brothers and sisters cry uncontrollably, and they are afraid of disturbing their uncle and many guests, so they can only cover their mouths, cover their faces with their sleeves, and sobb in a low voice.

After a while, Zhuge Xuan and many friends said hello with difficulty, lay on the wooden floor, and continued to chat with everyone, which was regarded as drawing an end to his life and saying goodbye to everyone.

When it was getting late, his voice became weaker and weaker, and the complexion on his face, which had been slightly better, began to turn white, and then it seemed that there was only breath out, no breath in, and his mouth was slightly open, as if he had countless words to say, but he couldn't say anything.

"Uncle, uncle?"

Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun, and Zhuge sisters were busy and pounced.

Zhuge Xuan finally barely smiled, and then his head slowly slipped off the pillow.

"Uncle! Woowoowoooooooo......oo

Sister Zhuge trembled and stretched out her fingers to press on Zhuge Xuan's pulse, and then she let out a whoop and cried.

"Woo woo woo, uncle."

Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and others suddenly couldn't stop crying bitterly.

The surrounding people suddenly realized that Zhuge Xuan had passed away, and their faces were sad and sighing.

Many of them burst into tears, and his former friends wept with grief.

Liu Xian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a wide sleeved robe, and stepped forward to persuade: "Kong Ming, Ah Jun, the most important thing now is to handle the funeral for your uncle. ”

"Woo woo woo."

The three Zhuge brothers and sisters are still crying.

Only Zhuge Liang had red eyes, wiped away his tears and lowered his head and said sadly: "Uncle is right, my uncle died of illness and became a son and nephew, so I should do things for my uncle first." ”

As the head of the family, he must take on this responsibility.

At that moment, Zhuge Liang got up and went to instruct the servants to start arranging the things that had been prepared.

In fact, everyone had already expected this step, otherwise the Zhuge family would not have notified everyone to come over, so they had already prepared.

This is also Zhuge Xuan's last words, he can feel that the limit is approaching, so he asked Zhuge Liang to buy some plain cloth, and at the same time asked him to send someone to notify his friends to come.

One is to see the last side, and the other is to let everyone have a foil for Zhuge Liang after his death.

Now that Zhuge Xuan is sick and dead, he naturally has to start mourning.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.