Therefore, after the news of Sikong Yuan Feng's death spread, hundreds of officials mourned him endlessly. Although Sikong Yuan Gong was recommended by Wang Fu, after taking over Wen Renxi's position and becoming an important minister of the country, he made great contributions to his family and country.
He continued the foreign trade strategy left by Wen Renggong, and at the same time opened up the trade route to the East. During Wen Renggong's absence, he stabilized the Han Dynasty's finances.
Although there was some intention of sitting back and enjoying the success, after him, neither Lu Zhi nor Yuan Shu could continue to maintain the original situation, which further demonstrated Yuan Feng's ability. Similarly, the emperor's respectful gift showed that
In order to respect him, Yuan Shao, who was far away in Youzhou, also received the news and rushed to Luoyang.
Yuan Feng's death seemed to be a big blow to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu became increasingly silent.
As a disciple of Yuan Shu, Liu Mastiff naturally accompanied him on all funerals, and the same was true for Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. Although they did not have the title of master and disciple with Yuan Shu, they had always studied under Yuan Shu, and they were considered half disciples, so they had to
Accompanying Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao came very quickly and arrived in Luoyang in less than a month.
He only brought three or four followers, as well as his eldest son, and they hurried over. After entering Luoyang, he dismounted and walked to Yuan's Mansion, wailing loudly, and those who heard it were heartbroken. When he cried,
After arriving at Yuan Mansion, there was a sharp contrast with the calm-looking Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu stood aside, frowning and saying nothing.
Yuan Shao, on the other hand, cried loudly and threw himself in front of Yuan Gong's memorial tablet, even to the point of fainting from crying.
Yuan Shu just looked at him coldly, without any touch.
The servants came forward, helped Yuan Shao up, and quickly carried him back to his dormitory.
Yuan Shu turned around and left the mourning hall. Liu Mastiff quickly followed behind him.
"Master...Yuan Jun has fainted...why don't we go take a look?" Liu Mastiff asked in a low voice.
Yuan Shu shook his head and said, "It's just pretentious."
“Pretending??”
"If he faints like this, tomorrow, his reputation for filial piety will be spread in Luoyang... Who knows, he will resign and stay filial to his father for three years..."
Yuan Shu continued to speak, but Liu Mastiff frowned.
"Mastiff, today's world is mostly filled with mediocre people who value their reputation, ignore their talents, but focus on those meaningless trivial matters..." Yuan Shu said, seeming to be a little emotional, "In the beginning, father
He adopted his elder brother to his uncle, and when he grew up, he kept mourning for his uncle for three years, and for his aunt for three years, so he became famous all over the world and was valued by everyone..."
"Well..." Liu Mastiff didn't dare to say anything more.
"However, I also understand him. He is the eldest son of the Yuan family. No matter how much I scold the mediocre people in the world today, these mediocre people are always the majority. The Yuan family is a big family. As the eldest son, he must be a filial son.
, a kind and loving filial son.... This is something he cannot change..."
"If the eldest son is a maverick, then the family will decline..." Yuan Shu said, and then said: "However, this is really inappropriate. Nowadays, people in the world often insult Ah Ma for being unfilial.
But I don’t know that Ah Ma’s achievements are infinitely greater than that of his... Therefore, in this world, there are many tomboys and hypocrites, greedy for false fame, pretentious... and the world’s trends..."
Listening to Yuan Shu's words, Liu Mastiff suddenly looked a little ugly.
Yuan Shu turned his head and noticed the change in Liu Mastiff's expression. He smiled and asked, "Do you know Kong Rong?"
"Kong Rong?" Liu Mastiff didn't know why Yuan Shu asked this person. He thought for a moment and asked, "I heard about it from Zhongda..."
"Well, this man is the son of Kong Zhou, the captain of Mount Tai after the saint... This man was originally the fourth son and had three elder brothers. Therefore, he acted recklessly since he was a child and never paid attention to etiquette. His father also did not care about etiquette.
He didn't care, but his eldest brother Kong Chen and second brother Kong Qian died of illness one after another. His father began to worry a little because the third son Kong Bao's health was not in good shape either..."
"In order to build momentum for Kong Rong, his father often told others that Kong Rong was young, knew the truth, respected his brother, and built momentum for him... At that time, many people were amazed. This
Si Ye is indeed smart, but he still has the same nature, is independent, and likes to drink and make friends. His friends range from celebrities to old men, to weak men..."
"His elder brother was killed during the reign of Emperor Huan because of the party's imprisonment."
"He became the eldest son of the Kong family... However, he is still as willful and filial as ever, and he is still like this after he became an official. You don't know, but he saw a person when he was patrolling Beihai.
, blocked the road and cried bitterly for his father. When Kong Rong saw it, he executed the man because he felt that the man did not have any sadness in his face and was just crying to gain fame..."
This was the first time Liu Mastiff heard this and couldn't help but nodded.
"He executed people for no reason and angered the then Emperor Xiaokang. Not only was he deprived of his official position, he was also imprisoned for five years."
"After that, he stayed at home all day long, entertaining friends and confidants, drinking and having fun. Earlier, he even said: What kind of relationship should a father have to his son? In terms of his original intention, it was actually lust! The son's relationship to his mother is also the same.
"Xi Wei? The arm is like a bottle in which something is stored. When it comes out, it will be separated."
Liu Mastiff took a breath of air and asked in a panic: "How dare he speak like this, be so unfilial and shocking!" Yuan Shu smiled and said: "He is a person who is not bound by the world, why doesn't he
Dare you say it? However, what he said not only harmed him, but also caused the entire Kong family to suffer criticism from the world... If they hadn't become saints, I'm afraid they would have been torn apart..."
"I see."
"That's right, Mastiff, you are also the eldest son... The eldest son has to bear much more responsibility than other children. Most of the time, he still has to cater to the mediocre people in this world. These mediocre people will not
No matter how talented you are, they will not look at your achievements. They will only criticize others at will based on their own humble understanding..."
When Yuan Shu finished saying this, he and Liu Mastiff had already arrived at the door of Yuan's mansion.
He looked at Liu Mastiff and asked, "Do you understand?"
Liu Mastiff's face gradually became resolute. He bowed to Yuan Shu and said, "Disciple understands!"
Yuan Shu turned around and walked into the mansion. Hua Xiong and Guan Yu were waiting in the mansion. When he saw Yuan Shu walking in, Hua Xiong grinned and asked, "The captain is back?" Guan Yu stretched out his hand and pinched him hard.
Hua Xiong finally came to his senses, quickly covered up the smile on his face, made a sad face, and asked: "Colonel Lieutenant, you are back."
Yuan Shu knew his character, so he didn't care. He nodded, and the others accompanied Yuan Shu into the study.
After sitting down one after another, Guan Yu said with some seriousness: "Xiao Lieutenant, I haven't been in Luoyang these days. When I heard about the old lady, I felt really sad. I hope the captain can restrain his sorrow and not be too sad...",
He said a lot and bowed to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu nodded without replying.
After Guan Yu finished speaking, he sat down and looked at Hua Xiong beside him.
Hua Xiong stood up helplessly, looked at Yuan Shu, thought for a moment, cleared his throat, and said: "Captain, the old lady is gone, I am also very sad..." Halfway through, he stopped,
What did Guan Yu say just now? He thought for a moment and continued: "I hope that the captain... I will... express my condolences... people have to die, or be reborn... what's the matter?"
"Tarzan."
"Yes, maybe more important than Mount Tai..."
"Okay, don't talk anymore." Yuan Shu looked at him and said: "Save some time and read more books... In the days of Changsheng, you can follow me to cure the male sheep... You are still the same, with all the big characters
I don’t know anyone…”
Hua Xiong then sat down, looked at Guan Yu beside him, and said with some complaints: "I told you a long time ago, I don't know these things, you have to let me do it!"
He added: "In the past, the captain told me that when people die, they will go to another world where people will not starve or get sick... To be honest, for some reason, my knees have been hurting recently.
It hurts like hell. If I hadn't left you, I would have..."
"roll!!"
.....
Staying in the front yard, Hua Xiong stroked his somewhat bruised face and asked with a grin on his face: "Why did the captain hit me?"
Guan Yu snorted coldly and said: "You idiot, who else will I hit if I don't hit you?!" As he said that, Guan Yu seemed to think of something, and said quickly: "Also, if you want to go to that world, you can't commit suicide.
If you commit suicide, you will be struck by lightning after death! Do you remember?"
"So that's it..." Hua Xiong suddenly realized it. Suddenly, he cried out sadly: "It's broken, it's broken!"
"What's wrong?"
"Mr. Zhang committed suicide. Do you still remember our brothers? There were about forty of our brothers guarding Jiuquan. After they were captured, they all committed suicide, and I still carried their bodies back.
, what should they do?!”
"You..." Guan Yu wanted to reprimand him, but couldn't speak. After thinking for a moment, he said: "They died in battle, this is different."
"That's good...that's good..." Hua Xiong grinned again and laughed.
Liu Mastiff looked at them quietly and listened carefully. Every time he listened to their conversation, Liu Mastiff would always respect them a little more. People like Hua Xiong had never discussed the war in the northwest with Liu Mastiff.
They never brag about their achievements, but their bodies are covered with scars, and these scars spread from their bodies to their hearts.
"The war is so cruel?"
Liu Mastiff asked.
Hua Xiong, who had always been a fool, fell silent, looked at the soldiers around him, and said, "Isn't that right? We are all lucky. I only lost three fingers on my left hand, and the captain was only hit in the back.
The arrow can't be healed, but this guy is very lucky and doesn't have any scars...that's weird!" Hua Xiong said, looking at Guan Yu up and down again.
Guan Yu ignored him, looked at Liu Mastiff, and said: "Your Highness, don't listen to this guy's nonsense... Serving the country and being shrouded in horse leather is our honor. This guy is heartless, what he said
, Your Highness, you don’t have to take it seriously..."
"Oh, what does it mean to be heartless??"
"I, Hua Xiong, am a man of friendship!"
"If you die one day, I will definitely cry... Hey, what are you doing, what do you want to do, ah!!!"