Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Old Father

After several months, I finally returned to Chang'an, ten miles away from the city, and saw the crowd of people on both sides of the road.

I was taken aback, dismounted, and hurried forward, and sure enough, at the long pavilion, I saw the clear figure at a glance - a cloth robe, a feather fan swaying gently, always relaxed, full of confidence, and always with an incomprehensible smile on his lips. One of the souls of Shu Han, the god of wisdom in the mouth of the people is right in front of my eyes, but Mr. is getting thinner and thinner.

"Sir!" I was almost speechless with excitement as I bowed my head.

Kong Ming lifted me up with both hands, and his eyes flashed, as if he was sad and happy: "Your Highness, please hurry up, and the minister Zhuge Liang was ordered by the king to lead a hundred officials to greet His Royal Highness the prince in triumph." ”

Everyone responded in unison: "Congratulations to the triumph of the prince!" ”

I saluted again and again: "Elders, my lords, Liu Chan really didn't dare to be so loving, the victory of Liangzhou really relied on the bravery of the three armies, the soldiers used their lives, General Ma, General Wei and others fought hard to kill the enemy, and General Huang Lao and others even stained the battlefield with blood, and Liu Chan did not dare to be greedy for merit. ”

At one time, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei also arrived, everyone held hands and talked, I looked at Kong Ming's thin and thin hands, and said: "Sir, you have lost weight again, you should rest, don't work so hard." ”

Kong Ming smiled and said, "The son of the world is not like this. ”

I was displeased: "Sir, don't call me Shizi, I like to hear you call me Adou." ”

Mr. said gently: "The etiquette of the upper and lower cannot be abolished, the son of the world is the son of the world, whether you are used to it or not, you must also get used to it." In addition, I heard that when you commanded the generals, you regarded yourself as a junior, and called Meng Qi and even Huang Quan and Yan Pu as uncles. ”

I begged for mercy, "Yes, yes, sir, I wrote it down." I don't know what my father ordered me to come this time? ”

"The king will tell you this."

I could clearly see that my husband's face darkened, what had happened?

Chang'an City is much tighter than when we left, although it is far less than the capital of all countries in the former Western Han Dynasty, but it is already an insurmountable fortified city. There were more people in the city, and there was joy on their faces, not as frightened as when our army first arrived. According to Kong Ming, this autumn can be regarded as a bumper harvest, and although the accumulation of grain and grass is not too much, it is difficult to support a large-scale battle, but next year's spring famine can still be dealt with.

Father's Hanzhong palace occupied the original Jingzhao Mansion, as for the palaces in Zhangtai Changyang, my father didn't even go, this is what I heard later, I am very strange, with my father's life to repay the loss, why to the center of the world, but indifferent?

Ma Chao and the others went directly to the post house, and they could only go back to their respective homes after their father summoned them in person tomorrow. This is also the meaning of the country before the family.

But for me, the family and the country are one, and meeting my father in advance is not only a family matter, but also a state affair. I took the escort, accompanied by Kong Ming, and went to the palace of Hanzhong. When I came to the front of the house, I saw my father. He actually stood at the gate of the house and came to greet me in person. However, the first thing I felt was not excitement, but sadness, and at that moment, I deeply felt that the monarch who had been powerful in the world in the past was already old.

After the serious illness, he lost a lot of weight, his robe became wider and wider, the wind blew, the white hair on his head fluttered, he tried to stand straight and mighty, but more like an old bamboo.

Bitter and astringent bitterness surged from his heart, and the original fear and doubt flew out of the nine heavens, replaced by deep sadness and guilt. At that moment, I forgot to kneel.

We stood like this, looking at each other, the bright sun shining into the gate hole, as if there were countless elves fluttering behind my father, the wind blowing from the north, cool and soaked in the cold, blowing my father's robe, blowing my father's white hair, he looked at me, his lips twitched slightly, but he did not say a word.

After a long time, I cried out, "Father! Tears flowed down my face, and I took a few steps to my knees, walked up to him, and looked up and exclaimed, "Father, the child has returned, are you all right?" ”

My father looked at me silently, as if he was a little confused, as if he recognized me, but also as if he didn't recognize me at all, and I looked up at him uneasily, and held back the tears in my eyes. Finally, my father patted me on the head: "Adou, you, have grown up." ”

I cried, "Father, the child is unfilial and has been away from you for so long. Fortunately, Yongliang and Liangzhou have been calmed down, and his father's body has gradually improved, and he can take charge of Qiankun, redefine yin and yang, and calm the traitors for the Han Dynasty, and restore my rivers and mountains. ”

My father's tears fell, holding my head, he cried: "Where is there any great Han country, Your Majesty is dead, killed by Cao Pi!" Cao Pi seized power and became the emperor and called himself Great Wei. Since then, the Han is gone, what am I still in charge of, and what yin and yang are redefined? My life's retribution and all my wishes have now turned to dust, what else can I do! ”

Is this weeping man in front of me my father? I was inexplicably shocked.

I have imagined meeting my father a thousand times, and the guilt in my heart makes me feel that I may face a thunderstorm; In the analysis of the situation, I also imagined that my father would laugh and help me up and show off to his ministers; I imagined that because of my excessive excellence and excessive power, I might be relieved of my military authority and go to charge of sorting out the Liangzhou archives with Ma Chao. But I never thought that my father would cry in front of me, regardless of his image.

Father, how is it that you, who have always been strong, have become so weak today? Just one Cao Pi usurpation of the throne can make you lose your temper like this? Can time really change a person?

Counting up, Cao Pi should also usurp the throne. It's just that in my heart, I haven't taken this matter seriously, because for me who knows history, it seems to be a matter of course, and there is no fuss. At this time, I thought that I had ignored its importance, in the past, the strong dynasty that built the Great Wall to expel the Xiongnu and pacified the Western Regions of Weijia and the four seas actually has an extremely important position in the hearts of many people, whether it is Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, or the father's edict to beg the thief, they are all acting in the name of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and now, the sky above the head is gone, the country is dead, what are we doing?

While comforting my crying father, I thought: Should I help my father to the throne of the Son of Heaven?

In fact, the news of his father at this time is not accurate, Emperor Xian did not die at this time, but was deposed as the Duke of Shanyang. But do I need to tell anyone?

The gentleman came over and gently persuaded: "King, the prince is back, this is a happy event, let's enter the house first, and then discuss the matter, you see how it goes." ”

Hearing Kong Ming's words, my father nodded, stood up and walked inside, completely ignoring that I was still kneeling on the ground - he didn't let me get up.

Kong Ming smiled bitterly and helped me up.

I bit my lower lip in pain: "How could my father be like this?" ”

Kong Ming said: "It's not always like this, most of the time, the king is still sober." So, my father's lack of consciousness is also frequent, is it because he is old, or because he has been bedridden for too long?

Also, when he arrived in the hall, his father seemed to have forgotten everything outside the mansion. He looked at me with great amusement, very much like a father looking at his own children, not a king looking at his courtiers.

He asked me, "In Xiliang, have you suffered?" ”

"It's not bitter, the sons and daughters went out on behalf of their fathers, the army and the people supported, and the people ate pot pulp to welcome the king's teacher.

The father smiled: "You kid, and your own Lao Tzu are still making false texts." I've fought all my life, and I don't know what the front line looks like. You've grown up, and it's good. ”

I took advantage of my father's sanity and clarity, and then played: "According to my father's deployment, Liangzhou is slightly determined, and Huang Quan and others are shepherded and guarded Xiliang, and it is expected that they will be able to get great governance soon." However, this time with soldiers, Huang Hansheng and Zhou Cang were killed in battle, and the detailed list of the fallen soldiers of the Western Expedition is here. As he spoke, he handed over the roster.

My father smiled bitterly and said, "Money, I didn't mention anything when I came back, so I asked for money first." Kong Ming, you have to worry about it again. ”

Mr. said: "Don't dare, it is the responsibility of the micro-ministers to take care of the orphans and the young." Ryo is ready. ”

The father said, "If it weren't for you, I really don't know how many days I would have been able to support myself." I'm old, I don't have much energy, I don't know when I'm going to talk and do nonsense, maybe one day I will go against the order and kill my own son, and then you will stop me. ”

My father's joke was really not funny, and I came back victorious, but I was embarrassed twice in a row by my father.

The gentleman said, "Where did the king speak?" The king is just too hard. Take a good rest for a while, and the king will be as heroic as ever. ”

"Thou hast spoken well to me. I'm old, and I don't know how long I'll live. No one can beat the sword of creation. Threatening Kyushu, the brave cloud chief, said that he would die; Fa Xiaozhi in the pacification of Hanzhong, such a bad-tempered person, when I was so sick that I didn't know what to do, I said I would go, and I left a piece of paper in the air; There are also Mi Zizhong (Mi Zhu), Sun Gongyou (Sun Qian), Jian Xianhe (Jian Yong), how many times have they been in the same boat in distress, people who help each other in times of crisis, and people and ghosts have different paths in the blink of an eye; This time it's Huang Hansheng again...... Alas, Dou'er can calm down Yongliang, how can I not get old? ”

I suddenly heard me talk about me, and hurriedly knelt down on my knees: "Father, the battle of the sons, the front relies on the concentricity of the generals, and the rear relies on the master to grasp the whole, in the final analysis, it depends on the father's grace, otherwise, with the son's Luton, An can build this great achievement!" Although the good minister is gone, my Han still has my father and the king, and the husband is here, Guan Ping, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Jiang Wei, Zhuge Qiao, these are all masters of the moment, and there are successors to my Han, and my father does not have to worry about it. ”

As if he didn't hear my words, my father ignored me, and continued with Shicai's words: "Now, Your Majesty is gone, I'm incompetent, I can't save Yun Chang, I can't save Your Majesty, I hate it so much!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly showed a frantic state again: "Kong Ming, I want to go east, let Yide go out of Yizhou, Dou'er out of Shangyong, I will personally lead the army to attack Tongguan, kill Cao Pi, kill Sun Quan, take back the Han Dynasty, take Jingzhou back, and take back Xiangyang where you live!" ”