Time passes.

Zhao Xuanqi's energy is getting worse and worse than before.

He was getting older, and gradually he couldn't even see clearly, his eyes began to be a little dizzy, and his ears couldn't hear sounds.

I can't even take care of myself.

You even need to hire someone to take care of you in order to complete your daily life and ensure that you don't starve to death at home.

He felt that he would die alone, alone in a corner where no one cared about, and die in the hometown where he raised him.

However, the situation tends to be volatile.

A surprise situation occurred.

On this day, an old woman came from afar and slowly walked into Zhao Xuanqi's house, she drove away the people Zhao Xuanqi paid to take care of life, and instead took the initiative to take care of Zhao Xuanqi.

Laundry and cooking, proficient in all farm work.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the old woman in front of him.

The old woman was dressed in the clothes of a rural woman, dressed in a rustic manner, and her body was ordinary.

She does the farm work very neatly, and she really looks like an ordinary old woman.

But her identity is not ordinary.

Princess Escape.

This is the princess of a country.

bit high weight.

When I was young, I was very arrogant, and I dared to point to the champion on the spot and say, when I am a colt.

Now that she is old, she looks ordinary, no different from an ordinary old woman.

I was willing to take the initiative to do farm work and tiring work.

It's a world of contrast, and this situation caught Zhao Xuanqi off guard.

Zhao Xuanqi asked suspiciously: "I'm living in seclusion in the countryside, why are you coming here?" It's not good to stay in your Luoyang City, come here and suffer. ”

Princess Xiaoyao snorted and said angrily, "Can you come to the village to live in seclusion?" Can't I come to the village to live in seclusion? I'm not a princess now, I'm an old woman in the village, and I have no guards or men to help us, so we live here in quiet seclusion. ”

Zhao Xuanqi wanted to drive her away, not wanting this pampered princess to suffer here.

Princess Xiaoyao refused to leave, and said seriously: "I can still walk, run, and do farm work in my 60s, but I can't do anything, so let me take care of your last life, you have paid so much for the country, you have paid so much for the people of this world, so there is someone to collect the body for you." ”

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the look in the old woman's eyes, looked at her determined expression, and finally fell silent.

He couldn't refuse, and he couldn't.

He's really too old to beat or scold.

Since this day, there have been some new things in the Zhao family's village.

Everyone originally thought that the reason why the old man Zhao, who loves to talk big, would return to the village to live in seclusion was because his wife, children and sons were all dead, and he had no choice but to come to the village to live.

What everyone didn't expect was that the old man Zhao, who loves to talk big, was not as miserable as everyone imagined, his wife did not die, but chased him over to take care of him, and took care of him so well.

That's right, in the eyes of the villagers, this old man and old woman are husband and wife.

They thought that Zhao Xuanqi was angry, so they abandoned their wife and came to live in the village alone, and the old woman had always loved Zhao Xuanqi, so she was willing to chase after her and take care of her.

At first, Zhao Xuanqi tried to defend himself, but later found that the explanation was useless, and the more he explained, the more he couldn't explain it, so he didn't say more.

Death is going to die, so let others say it.

After this day, Zhao Xuanqi and Princess Xiaoyao lived under the same roof, and the two slept in different beds, and there was a distance from beginning to end.

Zhao Xuanqi is already difficult to take care of himself, the battle when he was young made him very fragile when he was old, and now it is extremely difficult to even walk, and basically Princess Xiaoyao takes care of his life.

Princess Xiaoyao pushed a wheelchair and pushed Zhao Xuanqi out to bask in the sun.

The two of them were under the big banyan tree when they had nothing to do, listening to the old men in the village telling stories, chatting or bragging, which was one of the few wonderful things in ordinary days.

When it comes to the depths, Zhao Xuanqi will occasionally say a few words, still bragging, saying that he has participated in various wars and that he is a veteran and retired.

At first, Princess Xiaoyao would only listen from the sidelines, but after getting used to it, Princess Xiaoyao would sometimes join in the conversation and brag with the villagers.

Others brag about themselves, but Princess Xiaoyao bragged about Zhao Xuanqi, saying how powerful Zhao Xuanqi was, what great things he had done, Zhao Xuanqi said that he was a veteran, and Princess Xiaoyao said that he was an invincible general, saying that he suppressed the Eight Kings Rebellion and led the war to break the Southern Zhao Kingdom, and the more he bragged, the more powerful he became.

So, the villagers found that the old man Zhao could brag, but his wife was even more able to brag, and he could talk big, saying that he was as rich as flowing water, and that money was like dung, and that he had lived in the palace, and that Zhao Xuanqi had done something earth-shattering, with a serious expression.

Others want to argue with Princess Xiaoyao, want to debunk Princess Xiaoyao's tricks, but they can't quarrel with Princess Xiaoyao at all, the more noisy they are, the more energetic Princess Xiaoyao is, the more Princess Xiaoyao blows, in her mouth, Zhao Xuanqi became the savior.

If she can't argue, Princess Xiaoyao will even start beating people, an old lady chases the three old men to fight, and beats the three old men to cry and call their mother.

The people in the village think that Zhao Xuanqi can brag, but Princess Xiaoyao can brag even more, and the two are worthy of being a couple.

In their eyes, Zhao Xuanqi and Princess Xiaoyao are ordinary country old men, down-and-out old men and women who can't even afford to eat chickens, ducks and fish, and they are definitely not rich and noble people.

They take it all as a joke.

If you let them know that Zhao Xuanqi and Princess Xiaoyao, one is the famous Zhao Taishi, the King of Zhennan and the regent, all kinds of names, and Princess Xiaoyao is the woman who stands at the top of the whole country, the daughter of Emperor Jingming, the aunt of Emperor Qinglong, and the aunt of Emperor Qianli, I don't know how they will feel.

The so-called bragging, in fact, has been suppressed and said, Princess Xiaoyao looks outrageous, but in fact, it belittles Zhao Xuanqi, the real Zhao Xuanqi is far more and stronger than her bragging.

……

And so the time passed.

At the age of 62, Zhao Xuanqi was completely paralyzed, unable to move his lower body, and could only sit in a wheelchair.

In the evening of this day, after eating, Zhao Xuanqi was resting on the bed, but suddenly saw a familiar figure outside the window, and that figure was his wife Yuan Caiyun!

There were several other people standing next to Yuan Caiyun, namely Emperor Jingming and Emperor Qinglong, including people who had known each other.

These people stood outside the window, constantly waving to Zhao Xuanqi, showing a bright smile.

Then their shadows became more and more illusory, and they kept walking into the distance, and they were about to disappear from sight.

Zhao Xuanqi was anxious and shouted out the window, wanting them to stop and let them come back.

However, it didn't stop them.

In the room, Princess Xiaoyao listened to Zhao Xuanqi's sudden shouting in astonishment, and she also looked out the window, but she couldn't see anything.

He stepped forward and shook Zhao Xuanqi and asked, "There's nothing outside the window, what's your ghost name?" ”

Zhao Xuanqi was sweating profusely, and on his old face, his eyes had become extremely cloudy, with a slightly confused look, and he pointed out the window and asked suspiciously, "Can't you see them?" They're saying hello to me, and they're coming to pick me up! ”

Princess Xiaoyao looked out the window again, and finally shook her head: "I can't see anything, you should be dazzled." ”

Zhao Xuanqi was stunned for a moment, he looked out of the window again, but found that there was nothing, and the scene just now seemed to be an illusion.

He fell silent, as if he understood something.

At this moment, the spirit suddenly rejuvenated, and it became very spiritual, as if it had returned to the youthful years.

Zhao Xuanqi said suddenly: "I feel like I'm leaving tonight, and my time is running out." ”

Princess Xiaoyao was taken aback: "How is it possible?" I see that you are in such good spirits, you will definitely live a few more years! ”

Zhao Xuanqi smiled, didn't say much, and then pointed to the wheelchair on the side and said, "Push me out for a walk, I want to blow the wind outside, I want to go outside on the hillside to blow the wind." ”

Princess Xiaoyao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, slowly moved Zhao Xuanqi into the wheelchair, and then pushed the wheelchair and walked towards the door.

She pushed Zhao Xuanqi across the entrance of the village, came to the hillside at the entrance of the village, and took Zhao Xuanqi to see the scene of the wind blowing the grass.

And directly opposite this hillside is the direction of the setting sun.

It's sunset.

The orange-red sun slowly sank into the western sky, emitting a dazzling orange light, rendering the clouds in the sky orange-red, like burning clouds, dyeing most of the sky red, and also dyeing the green grass in front of it.

Princess Xiaoyao and Zhao Xuanqi only felt that the entire hillside seemed to be burning, as if the two of them were also placed in the orange-red flame light, the heavens and the earth were dyed orange, and everything in front of them was dyed orange.

Zhao Xuanqi sat in a wheelchair, turned around, and as long as he looked up, he could see Princess Xiaoyao who was deeply immersed in the beauty of the sunset.

Princess Xiaoyao is already old, her face is full of wrinkles, her hair is gray, and she is also wearing rough cloth from the countryside, an authentic country old woman, but at this moment, the sunset sun gave this old woman a dazzling Xia dress.

In his eyes, the princess at this moment seems to be no longer an old woman in her 60s, but has regained the glory of her 20s, and has become a princess of a country who is high and peerless, beautiful and beautiful, and the fiery clouds behind her seem to form a pair of golden wings, inserted on her back, as if to let her fly high in the sky, and the blue sky is combined with her.

Beautiful, glamorous, and sparkling.

Princess Xiaoyao came back to her senses, she lowered her head and could see Zhao Xuanqi looking at herself stunned, and couldn't help asking: "I'm an old woman, old and ugly, why are you still looking at me?" Want to see my ugliness?! ”

Zhao Xuanqi just smiled happily: "I feel it, I really have to go......"

After hearing this, Princess Xiaoyao wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhao Xuanqi.

Zhao Xuanqi, who was not very good at talking, became chattering at this moment, babbling and talking about various things.

Talking about the hardships of eating hundreds of family meals when he was young, he had no father, no mother, no house, and no bed, so he could only live in a simple ancestral hall in the village, which was bitter and tiring, and there was endless farm work every day.

talked about the hardships on the way to study, how much the village paid for him in order to study, and almost starved to death the people in the village, and also talked about the classmates who funded him to study, and the master Zhou who funded him to study.

He also said that during the exam, he wrote "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", as well as "peace for all generations", and then said that he was not worthy of these words.

talked about the candle night in the cave room, his wife's beauty, and various vows, and then kept apologizing to his wife, saying that he was sorry for his wife.

Talking and talking, he talked about the title of the gold list when he took the Jinshi exam, and talked about Wang Shilin and Ouyang Fugui, they were full of spirit, they were bound to sweep away the corrupt officials in the world, and return the world to a bright and clear determination, incomparably resolute, incomparably upright, but in the end, they lost their hearts, became corrupt officials and died, and were scolded by the world.

also talked about the white blade in the command room of Jinyiwei, sacrificing the small family and taking care of everyone, how righteous he was, talked about the gentleman's covenant between the two, and talked about the respective efforts of the two.

Zhao Xuanqi opened his mouth and kept telling stories from the past, his eyes were extremely confused, and his face had an expression of memory, plain and bland, as if telling other people's stories.

But in the end, there was a changing expression on his face, and the expression on his face changed to regret and prayer, and even more to constant apology.

He said that when he was on the battlefield in the south, when he put down the rebellion of the Eight Kings, he should not have killed those 300,000 people, so many lives, and he should try to think of a way to let more people live.

He said that he was ashamed of his brothers and partners who fought the world together, and he should not kill them for the sake of the little emperor and the stability of the government, sacrificing them for the whole world, sacrificing these old guys is all his own fault.

He said that he could do better, that he could have done more perfectly, and that he was so bad that he should have been able to achieve a better ending if he had been replaced by another traverser.

kept apologizing, kept talking about his mistakes, and his voice became more and more weak, and even his voice became slurred, weak and fragile.

He shouted "traverser", "steam engine", "plagiarism and plagiarism", "colonization of other countries by the Great Voyage", "constitutional monarchy" and so on.

Xiaoyao couldn't understand all kinds of words, but she memorized them in her mind very seriously.

Princess Xiaoyao was a little heartbroken, and couldn't help but comfort: "Don't say it, don't say it, you've done a good job, you've been tired for a long time, you've paid too much for the country, you've done too much for the people of the world, you've done a good job, you shouldn't apologize......"

Looking at the man in front of him who kept apologizing and blaming himself, Princess Xiaoyao's voice became a little choked.

She could already see that the man in front of her was already a little delirious and a little dazed, and he had reached his final moment.

He...... I'm going to die...

This man who has made so many contributions to the people of the world, this moment is really... I'm really going to die...

Princess Xiaoyao's heart was like a knife, she leaned over, hugged the man's body, covered the man's mouth, and almost asked in a trembling voice: "Don't say it, what other wishes do you have, tell me your wishes, tell me your wishes, and I will definitely help you complete them!" ”

Zhao Xuanqi was lying in a wheelchair, his upper body was tightly hugged by Princess Xiaoyao, and he was tightly held in his arms, he looked at the fiery orange sunset, and seemed to be the last light to shine back, and his eyes showed the last touch of clarity: "My wife's mausoleum has been sealed and can't go in, you bury me under a big tree next to my wife's mausoleum, as my last protection for him, as the last joint burial..."

Princess Xiaoyao hugged Zhao Xuanqi tightly, listened to this last words, and then quickly asked, "What else?" What other last words do you have? What else would you like to do? Is it as simple as that? ”

However, after waiting for a long time, no one answered.

No more voices came from his arms.

She lowered her head, and the person in her arms was already dead.

Zhao Xuanqi is dead.

And so he died.

On such a day when the sun was setting and the orange-red glow shrouded the clouds, he died in the arms of Princess Yao.

Princess Xiaoyao couldn't believe it.

The man died like this.

This man who stood up to the sky died so plainly.

Zhao Xuanqi came to this world, successfully repaired the Northern Wei Dynasty that was about to collapse, let the people who were caught in the war get peace, and researched hybrid rice, as well as introduced a variety of high-yield food, so that most of the people in the world could eat, and finally launched the Civil War, ending the division of more than 200 years and unifying the country......

And he didn't enjoy much stability, he basically fought in the south and the north all his life, basically pacified the wars everywhere, broke his heart for the people, and broke his heart for the government.

He doesn't value glory and wealth, he doesn't value the monstrous power, and he hardly has many days to enjoy life, as if he doesn't live for himself, but for the world and the people......

Princess Xiaoyao felt that this kind of man who stood up to the sky and the earth should not die so plainly, and should not die so simply.

He should have died vigorously to be worthy of his status and status, and worthy of his upheaval along the way.

He should have died violently, like a miracle.

Princess Xiaoyao felt that this world owed this man a miracle......

But she suddenly realized that everyone is a human being, they are all ordinary people, how can anyone be born great?

The man in his arms was just an ordinary person at first, but what he did made him no longer ordinary.

In fact, the real farewell, there is no Changting Ancient Road, there is no persuasion to have a glass of wine, it is on the same evening as usual, and some people stay yesterday.

Perhaps, just like this, dying in this ordinary death, dying in this hometown where he was born and raised, dying in this village where he was born, is also the best destination...

Princess Xiaoyao hugged Zhao Xuanqi tightly and held him in her arms.

On this hillside, the two hugged each other tightly, and Zhao Xuanqi fell into a deep sleep forever in the arms of Princess Xiaoyao.

(End of chapter)