There is a cemetery in Chang'an City in Daning, where many soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are buried. But what makes people sad is that every tomb in this cemetery is empty, and the soldiers who died in the battlefield cannot transport their bodies back to Chang'an for burial, so this is just their tomb.

In the cemetery, there are tombstones in neat rows, with the names and origins of soldiers engraved on them. Behind each tombstone, there are engraved where they died in battle.

On an open space in the cemetery, a new pit is being dug out bit by bit.

Two civilians in the cemetery were digging a hole. One of them was tired of digging, so he squatted down and lit a pipe and sucked it.

"I haven't heard of something wrong, why do I need to dig a new grave in the cemetery?"

"You haven't heard of it?"

Another civilian husband dug a hole and said, "I just heard from the adults that they said that it was not that the war was gone, but that the black mastiff of Duke An Guo was gone."

He paused and shook his head: "It's okay to die of old age."

The smoking man was stunned for a moment: "That black mastiff?"

He knocked his pipe and jumped back into the pit: "It was digging bigger. I heard that the black mastiff was so big, bigger than a lion. I also heard that it once slapped the lion and knelt down with one slap."

"Yes, I heard that it rushed into the enemy's cavalry team on the battlefield in the Western Xinjiang and bit hundreds of cavalry over. You said, this is just a dog, if it is an individual."

The civil servant breathed a long sigh: "There are loyal dogs in Daning."

The man who smoked before said while digging a hole, "It must be smoother and bigger. Because it is a dog, it cannot be named a marquis and generals after making so many contributions. It must be made more comfortable to lie down."

His companion suddenly felt a sore nose: "You said that people are really strange. I have never seen this dog before. I don't think of it as a dog on weekdays. I'm quite tired of raising dogs at home, but I feel very uncomfortable when I heard that Duke An Guo's black mastiff went."

"That would be great if I could make the decision."

The smoking man stopped and looked at his companion: "Have you heard of a story about the weekend years? A hero was defeated. His son and nephew died in battle to protect him and his war horse was also dead. After he returned, he cried loudly, crying, crying his nephew, crying, and erecting a monument for the war horse."

He paused for a moment and continued, "If I can make the decision, I will also seal the general of our loyal dog in Daning."

"Don't talk nonsense."

The two looked at each other, and no one continued to say anything.

At this moment, there were bursts of noise coming from afar. The two of them straightened their waists and looked at the gate of the cemetery, and then they saw teams of distinctly armored Daning imperial guards entering the cemetery.

"Imperial Guard!"

One of the civilians was stunned for a moment: "This is"

Another civilian was a little excited: "According to the general's regulations, is the black mastiff buried? It's impossible that His Majesty has come too."

The imperial guards open the way.

In the carriage, Shen Leng sat there looking at the stiff corpse of the black mastiff. His eyes were red and his hands had never left the black mastiff's forehead. The black mastiff seemed to be asleep and motionless. It used to be like this when it was lazy. It pretended to be sleeping very hard, and no matter what Shen Leng called it, he ignored it.

Especially after it gets old, it is even more good at acting. Once, it suddenly stops while walking in front of Mr. Cha, shouts at Mr. Cha, then falls to the ground with his limbs straight, as if it doesn't work in an instant.

Cha Ye squatted beside it in exclamation, then it jumped up and ran away, ran to the distance and looked back at Cha Ye, as if saying hahaha, you have been cheated.

This kind of drama has been performed many times.

Cha Ye was no longer surprised, but after the Black Mastiff went, Cha Ye suddenly thought, was it the scene when the Black Mastiff was rehearsing the scene when he left again and again? It just wanted to see what the owner would react if he left.

Cha Ye put his hand on Shen Leng's hand, but she knew that she could not warm Chen Leng because her palm was also like that.

It's so cool, but when the hands of the two people are stacked together, there is a warmth.

Maybe for others, a dog will not have any impact if it dies.

For Chen Leng and Cha Ye, the Black Mastiff is the same as the family.

More than ten years ago, when Chen Leng picked up the black mastiff outside the town not far from the Anyang County Navy, he probably wouldn't have thought that one day the black mastiff would be so sad when he left.

Your Majesty is here too.

This was beyond the expectations of many people. The chief officer in the cemetery hurriedly ran over to greet him on the side of the road. His Majesty got off the carriage and waited for Chen Leng. He watched Chen Leng's huge body holding the black mastiff's body from the carriage, and his eyes were filled with heartache. Chen Leng's sadness seemed to hurt the emperor's heart.

The gray mastiff followed him all the time, and it followed silently next to the carriage.

For Chen Leng and Cha Ye, they lost a friend.

For the gray mastiff, what it loses is its father.

"Meow."

Chen Leng walked to the edge of the grave and put the black mastiff's body into the coffin that had just been transported. His hand rubbed the black mastiff's head for the last time: "When there, don't bully King Yama, he may not be able to beat you."

After saying this, he suddenly raised his head and tears fell.

Watch it grow up and watch it leave.

In the distance, the emperor turned around and asked, "Is there a tombstone?"

The people standing on the side looked at each other, and no one thought of this problem. The chief officer of the cemetery leaned over and said, "There are ready-made stones in the cemetery and craftsmen, but what words are engraved?"

The emperor pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The Tomb of the Sage Mastiff Captain."

He looked into the distance: "It is considered a Shen Leng's personal lieutenant, but not just a Shen Leng's personal lieutenant, it is also a loyal dog of Daning. Today I will give a precedent to the black mastiff as the lieutenant and be buried according to the ritual of the general."

Hearing the emperor's words, a cavalry of the imperial guards began to move forward. They urged their horses to walk to the black mastiff's grave, and a row of neatly tidy cavalry drew their swords at the same time, and the black line knife pointed to the sky from afar.

That is the sword, that is the ceremony.

That night.

Si Maozhai.

The emperor sat at the window and watched the moon outside silent for a long time. The queen stood beside him, gently pinching his hands on his shoulders. She could feel that the emperor was in a bad mood and his back was a little stiff.

"Those two children"

The emperor suddenly said three words, but the following words did not continue to be said.

The queen understands.

The two children had just begun to face separation, which was different from the separation on the battlefield. Chen Leng was a soldier. Such separation was really seen too much for him. What the emperor wanted to say was that Chen Leng and Cha'er had to face the familiar people around him or some leave. The emperor knew how important the black mastiff was to Chen Leng and Cha'er, and he also knew that such sadness would not recover for a long time.

He also kept a pet when he was a child. He was a puppy. When he was half old, he died at the gate of his courtyard. He refused to let him keep it when he was in the palace. After living in the academy, the old dean ignored it. The puppy was found by the old dean for him.

At that time, the emperor was eleven or twelve years old. He saw the corpse of the puppy at the door, and then cried with a wow. He thought at the time that the puppy should be very uncomfortable, but he still tried his best to climb back home.

Looking back now, I still feel a little sad.

"They are all adults."

The queen's voice was a little low, as if her mood had been greatly affected. She was also very familiar with the Black Mastiff, who had been kept in the palace for a while.

"A few years ago, Changye said he envied Chen Leng's black mastiff. He also wanted to raise one. He came to ask me if I could raise it in the palace. I said it was OK to raise it, but you should be prepared."

The queen said: "If you are not prepared for separation, don't raise it."

Pets start with curiosity, fun, cuteness, and all kinds of reasons, but everyone who starts raising pets should not be raising pets.

When you are in the world, think about parting.

"They are ready."

The queen patted the emperor on the shoulder.

The emperor nodded and said to himself: "They are old enough to keep facing separation?"

When he said this, his voice trembled involuntarily.

"people"

The emperor let out a long sigh: "It's so tired, it's so difficult."

General's Mansion.

The whole family sat together to prepare for dinner. Meng Changan sat next to Shen Leng with a pot of wine, gestured for a moment, Chen Leng shook his head: "I'm fine, no need, I won't be able to eat and sleep because the black mastiff is gone. I've been thinking about it since I came back from Northern Xinjiang, so"

Meng Changan asked: "I have been thinking about it and preparing, so is it useful?"

Chen Leng was stunned and shook his head: "No."

"drink wine."

Meng Changan poured a glass of wine for Chen Leng. The old dean and Mr. Shen looked at each other, and neither of the two old men spoke.

"drink wine."

Chen Leng handed over the wine glass, then turned his head and asked, "Have you called Ji'er and Ning'er? Why didn't you come?"

Mr. Cha said, "They were still doing their homework in the room just now. I went and called out that Jie'er took Ningren to wash his hands."

Chen Leng nodded, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He suddenly got up and ran to the inner room to take a look. There was no one in the room, and then ran to the kitchen, and there was no one in the kitchen.

On the street.

Xiao Shenji took Xiao Shenning's hand and walked forward. Fortunately, the street lights on the street were still bright, and the two children tried their best to walk in the lights and stay away from the darkness.

"Are you afraid?"

Xiao Shen asked again.

Xiao Shenning shook his head: "Aren't you afraid that my mother will say that the black mastiff is gone, why is it gone? She also told us to wait at home. She and her father will go to deliver the black mastiff. Where to go? I don't want the black mastiff to go to other people's houses. I want to see the black mastiff and rob the black mastiff back."

"stupid."

Xiao Shenji said as he walked, "The black mastiff is dead."
To be continued...