The wind blows gently, and the wheat waves in the fields are rolling.
The clouds are soft and the leaves are as green as green.
But the sun is still beating hot on the backs of the working people, and every step on the field ridges is accompanied by sweat.
The old man was walking barefoot in the calf-high rice fields. The sunlight was flickering, and the ripples in the paddy fields were bursting with light. His face was covered by a slightly curled straw hat. Behind him was a bright-eyed buffalo.
It wags its tail happily and follows slowly.
When he reached the shore, he wiped his bare feet randomly, bent down and squatted under a big tree, holding a bowl of herbal tea, looking at the fields with a smile, looking at the mountains with pleasure, looking at the distance lovingly and shouting
Screaming children.
"Be careful, don't fall into the water!" The old man shouted to the guard who was accompanying Liu Jin and the others in the distance, "Be careful there are leeches in the ditch, don't get too close to the big animals!"
After shouting, he hugged his knees and leaned back, leaning against the big tree behind him, trying to let the dense leaves block the hot sunshine.
At this time, Zhu Xi came trotting over with a plate of cantaloupe, "Father, are you thirsty? My son just cut the melon for you..."
"Which serious person cuts melons with a knife!" The old man curled his lips, grabbed the whole melon, smashed it on the ground, then brushed off the dirt on it, and ate it with big mouthfuls, "Yeah, sweet!"
This move made Zhu Xi a little stunned.
Pu Bucheng, who had been following the old man all the time, sighed silently. The emperor is so incompetent that he can't even break a cantaloupe!
"Father, I heard that the Emperor will come over soon. My son has something to say..."
"It would be great if it was autumn!" The old man suddenly interrupted Zhu Ru, his eyes still looking into the distance.
Zhu Rui was stunned, "What happened to Qiu?"
"If it's autumn, fill up the granary first, prepare winter fodder for the big animals, add a thick layer of thatch to the chicken coop, put the radish and cabbage in the cellar, and then put dry vegetables in the yard!" The old man smiled and said softly.
He took a bite of the cantaloupe and said, "After finishing all the work, we are just waiting for the Chinese New Year! The whole family will have a happy New Year. We kill pigs in the twelfth lunar month and eat meat in the first lunar month, haha!"
Zhu Ju didn't know why. He might not have noticed something strange about his father, but now his mind was all about how to please the emperor, and he didn't think much about it, let alone think about it deeply.
"My son will spend the New Year with you!" Zhu Zhu smiled flatteringly and followed the old man's words, "How about you order all the younger brothers to come back too? We, father and son, have not been together for several years..."
"It's still early for the Chinese New Year!" The old man interrupted Zhu Zhu again, then smiled and patted the other person on the shoulder, "Silly son, you are thinking long-term and you think well, but it's a pity!"
"What's the pity?" Zhu Xi didn't understand even more and looked at Pu Bucheng with pleading eyes.
But Pu Bucheng lowered his head and did not respond at all.
Suddenly, Xiao Fu'er's cry came from afar, "Father, you're trying to scare me by catching a frog at six pounds!"
"Hit him!" the old man shouted, "Haha, beat him! Let him bully you!"
But the next second, the old man's smile solidified a little.
Because he saw that the sun was slowly moving back, and most of the day had passed.
Time is such a strange thing. When you want it to go fast, it goes very slowly.
When you want it to slow down, you can't even catch it.
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Sunrise and sunset, day after day.
Zhu Yunxi stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the old man who was walking slowly on the support of two eunuchs among the slope fields planted with sweet potatoes.
Good things always come late, and bad things always come suddenly.
It has only been two days, and the old man has difficulty even walking. Human aging is a long process, and death is waiting at any time. When a person realizes that his life is coming to an end, his body has begun to lose control.
"Old Emperor, it's better if you move more!" Xi Laodao looked behind Zhu Yunxi quietly.
The emperor was unshaven, his eyes were red, and his pupils were bloodshot, and he looked very frightening.
"How is Grandpa Huang's diet today?" When Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth, he was startled. His voice was as hoarse as a knife.
"Master, he didn't eat anything today!" Pu Bucheng's eyes were red, "I prepared dumplings for him, and he ate one and a half."
"It was fine a few days ago, why...?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly became angry, gritting his teeth and roaring in a low voice.
At this moment, his emotions were like a powder keg about to explode. Everyone stayed away from him, for fear of being angered by him.
Xi Laodao sighed, "Fate is like this, the brain can't control the body. But it's okay, I always have a tone. I can move and speak, and I can see and talk more. Some people, when they know that they are about to die,
He was obviously still angry, but he scared himself to death..."
Pu Bucheng said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty!"
"explain!"
"Please say something, old slave!" Pu Bucheng's withered lips moved, "There are some things that need to be prepared!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi's eyes darkened.
"Your Majesty!" Deng Ping stepped forward, supported Zhu Yunxi, and choked with sobs, "You must hold on at this time!"
Zhu Yunxi swayed and looked up at the afternoon sky. The sunlight was so dazzling that tears welled up in his eyes.
"Send the decree, get ready!" He said these words reluctantly, and then suddenly clenched his fists, "How many days has it been since my decree was sent out?"
"Three days!" Deng Ping knew which decree he was talking about and replied in a low voice.
"Where are all the vassal princes?" Zhu Yunxi bit his lip, "Not to mention the far north, Wuchang and Jingzhou are so close, haven't they arrived yet?"
People around him lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
"Hurry and explore again, I want to know where they are!" Zhu Yunxi said again, "Hurry!"
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"What day is it today?"
The old man was tired from walking and lay on the bamboo chair in the pavilion.
Zhu Yunxi washed his face, cheered up and stayed with him, laughing in a low voice, "Back to the emperor, it's the first day of the fifth lunar month!"
"It's the first day of the new year!" The old man rolled his eyes in confusion, "Oh, it's the rainy season soon! It's been raining heavily this year. If there is another rainy season... it's hard to clear up during the rainy season!"
Zhu Yunxi held the old man's skinny hand, looked at the old man's gloomy face, which had almost lost its luster, and forced a smile, "No, my grandson showed it to the people from Qintian Prison. There will be no rainy days this year!"
"Bullshit!" The old man's mouth moved and he smiled forcefully, "The scholars in Qintian Prison don't know as much as we do! The rainy season will come, it will come..."
As he said that, the old man rolled his eyes and looked at Zhu Yunxi, "Go back, we are tired!"
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson will accompany you..."
The old man's hands moved feebly, "Hey, I don't have anything to accompany you. We want to be alone!" As he said this, he shook Zhu Yunxi's hand and said, "You feel uncomfortable when we look like this, and we feel uncomfortable when we look at you."
It’s also uncomfortable!”
Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to nod and stand up with tears in his eyes, "My grandson, I'll go back now. Please have a good rest and I'll see you again tomorrow!"
The old man nodded and kept looking at Zhu Yunxi's back.
When Zhu Yunxi was about to disappear around the corner, he suddenly opened his mouth, "Dasun!"
"Here you are!" Zhu Yunxi stopped, not daring to look back because his eyes were full of tears.
"You're so stupid... You're so stupid... Go back and eat well, you've lost weight!"
"Hey!" Zhu Yunxi agreed, tears welling up in his eyes.
Then he ran quickly and rushed into the woods on the side of the road, which should be where the old man couldn't see.
Covering her mouth, she cried out.
Then, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, sobbing.
Not far away, the old man looked at the direction in which Zhu Yunxi disappeared and murmured, "You bitch, don't cry... Don't cry, we feel uncomfortable!"
