Chapter 2 The Destruction of the Country and the Destruction of the Family
"Dad" Li Zhongxuan roared and rushed towards Lao Li's corpse, and then hugged Lao Li's body and shook it vigorously: "Wake up, Dad, ahhh......hh
The woman sobbed and slowly walked to the side of the father and son, and hugged them gently: "Zhong Xuan, your father has gone, and we will depend on each other for our lives in the future!"
Looking at the smiling Lao Li, the mother and son were even more sad. Li Zhongxuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at the sky angrily and roared: "This damn troubled world, what have we done wrong, why do you do this to us?!" After finishing speaking, he lowered his head in pain and closed Lao Li's eyes!
The setting sun was like blood, staining the sky red.
The courtyard had been cleaned up, but the smell of blood still recounted a major battle that had taken place here before. A new tomb was erected behind the house, and the tombstone read: "The tomb of the loving father Li Shan! The unfilial son Li Zhongxuan was erected on December 14!"
Following. "Zhong Xuan, go to the city and buy some paper money for your father, so that he can have a plate to use on the road!" the woman looked blankly at Li Zhongxuan. Li Zhongxuan silently responded: "Okay" and walked to Jinling City with two taels of silver!
Although Li Zhongxuan has been studying at home, he occasionally follows his father to the mountain, although he looks a little thin, but his body is also very strong......
Their home is not far from Jinling City, and every half month on weekdays, Li Zhongxuan and his father go to the city to buy some necessities for life. In just more than ten miles, the father and son laughed and laughed along the way. Now only Li Zhongxuan is left alone, lonely and a little desolate, thinking of this, Li Zhongxuan's eyes moistened.
Just three or four miles away from home, I saw stumps and corpses on both sides of the road. The flames of war were still burning, and blood mixed with snow flowed everywhere. There are women with dark faces and low sobs in their arms, children crying bitterly at their father who died in front of them, and officers and soldiers who have lost their legs lying on the snow looking at the sky, their eyes lost and they don't know what they are thinking. Everywhere the war went, it was a mess. The people on both sides of the road seemed to have lost their souls, as if no one saw Li Zhongxuan passing by them.
As far as the eye can see, his eyes are full of devastation! Li Zhongxuan began to look at this, and his heart was still a little sad and unbearable, and gradually he got closer and closer to Jinling, and his heart became harder and colder.
Time flies, and looking at the towering city wall in front of me, my heart is mixed. The city gate has been broken, and the flag of the Tang Army in front of the gate is still burning. In the past, it was a prosperous scene, and the shouting and scolding of the janitor soldiers became farther and farther away in my mind, and gradually became inaudible. It's scary to be quiet all around!
His father was still in the city, and his people were afflicted in the city. Li Zhongxuan finally couldn't help it, he was only fifteen years old after all, and he rushed into the city gate with his head in his hands!
Everywhere there are broken walls, the burning flames of war are raging on every street in the city, and the people on the streets are fleeing in all directions, one by one like headless flies, no one knows where their destination is, no one knows what will happen in the future, they know to run, as if they can stay away from those cannibalistic officers and soldiers as long as they run!
Li Zhongxuan was also running, and following the memory engraved in his mind, he finally ran to the front of the palace gate. Sure enough, Jinling City was broken, and how could the palace walls be able to stop the wolf-like enemy army! He didn't dare to imagine his father's situation at this time, he had just lost his father yesterday, and if his father had any more accidents, he didn't dare to think about it, he was so scared that he hugged his head and squatted down, and tears flowed down in anger at this moment!
He wanted to rush in, he wanted to save his father. Jinling, which countless soldiers and generals couldn't defend, he understood that his strength alone was useless. His sanity eventually prevailed over his impulses!
I don't know how long it took, Li Zhongxuan finally stood up. He wiped the tears from his face, and his eyes became resolute.
He had come to buy money for his father's incense, candles, and papers! When he saw the stalls dumped in the streets, he looked around, and then quickly ran over to find them
Some incense, candles, and paper money were stuffed into his arms. Running to the city gate without looking back!
Along the way, I saw many officers and soldiers, who galloped through the city with crazy laughter, mixed with the exclamations of the people from time to time. Li Zhongxuan didn't dare to look at it or think too much, it was indeed not easy to stay here for a long time, and his mother at home was still waiting for him to go back! As soon as he thought of this, his pace of going home became a little brisk.
Behind the hut.
Li Shi looked at the newly raised tomb in front of him, and his heart was already full of sadness: "Old Li, I know that there is a jade pendant representing Zhong Xuan's identity in those gold and silver jewelry, and I will keep it! No one will find out Zhong Xuan's identity!" he said and looked at the jade pendant in his hand. I saw that the pale yellow jade pendant was engraved with the word "Li" on it!
Li Shi clenched the jade pendant in his hand, then wiped away the tears on his face!
Everything in the room was so familiar, the bamboo cup on the square table, and the old bamboo tube under the table, and the small plate with two taels of salt peanuts...... Everything is the same as before, but he is missing. As soon as she thought of this, she was even more sad, and her tears were already lingering: "Lao Li, don't worry, I will accompany you immediately, no one will know Zhong Xuan's secret again!"
She turned back to her room, wrapped all the gold, silver and jewels in the room, and laid them on the square table in the hall! I picked up the pen for a long time, but I didn't write a word on the paper!
She took a deep breath. Finally made up his mind, he wrote: "My son Zhongxuan, your father has passed away, and you have already made a vow for your mother and him, and you will live and die together...... You must keep the jade pendant in your mother's hand, this is the only thing your father left you...... You're going to have to go on your own for the rest of the day. Now in troubled times, the surrounding area of Jinling City can't stay! The Song Dynasty is now powerful, and its capital Bianjing is the only peaceful place, and I have sorted out all the belongings at home and put them in the package on the table, you can go to Bianjing with these entanglements...... "Write it, tears have wet the suicide note in front of you......
Li finally looked around, smiled at the familiar home, then picked up the bamboo cup on the table, drank it all, and then collapsed on the table......
At this moment, Li Zhongxuan was running home, and he was used to seeing too many life and death partings along the way, and he was already numb in his heart. The pace is heavy, but the door is already in sight. It's just that for some reason, the rhubarb at home is whimpering at the hut!
Li Zhongxuan was a little worried, afraid that there would be a thief coming again. Afraid that his mother would be upset, he barely squeezed out a smile and walked into the house.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, as if someone was beating a drum in their hearts, and as if a thunder exploded in their heads......
Looking at his mother who fell on the table, Li Zhongxuan collapsed to the ground all of a sudden. It was as if someone had evacuated the air here, and it became a little uncomfortable to breathe.
Li Zhongxuan held his chest, but he couldn't hold it back anymore, and a mouthful of blood had already spit out......
The successive blows drained his strength, and he moved weakly to the table. How many mother's tears are in the slightly wet suicide note in front of him! At this moment, Li Zhongxuan's eyes have turned red, and he immediately left two lines of blood and tears, which is really shocking!
After chatting about hundreds of words, Li Zhongxuan looked at it again and again, word by word, line by line, and he wanted to keep his mother's words firmly in his heart! Then he slowly folded the paper, then gently held his mother's hand, picked up the jade pendant engraved with the word "Li," and carefully put the two into his arms......
He picked up his mother's body, his thin body was so powerful at the moment, and he walked to the back of the house step by step.
He knelt in front of his father's grave and began to dig with his hands, and after some time, he finally put his mother next to his father!
Then he stood up, and now the sun was no longer warm, and the sun was already setting in the west. Looking down at his parents snuggled in front of him, a smile appeared on his face. Then he knelt down and knocked his head three times!
Fill the coffin!
He walked back into the house and began to pack up his dry food and clothes, and before he knew it, it was already late at night. Li Zhongxuan lay on his side on the bed and began to think about what had happened in the past two days.
Although Li Zhongxuan has lived in the suburbs of Jinling for a long time, he has a deep understanding of the general trend of the world, after all, he is the son of the lord of the country. He knew very well what his mother said, if he was big today, the only place where he could live and live in Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was to think of this, he had decided to listen to what his mother said, and set off for Bianjing tomorrow!
The next day, the sun began to rise in the east, and the fog had not yet cleared.
Li Zhongxuan packed his bags and walked slowly to the gate! I saw him look back at the thatched hut where he had lived for eleven years, and then resolutely turned around and walked firmly into the morning mist step by step......