Sitting by the river was a stooped old man, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, looking at the calm river and sitting and fishing.
Behind him, there was a young man standing. The young man looked at the old man's plain appearance and was a little anxious, but he did not dare to disturb him. The young man was from Dongyao and his family lived nearby. This place was originally uninhabited.
Most of their families have been fishermen for generations. They moved here for the convenience of fishing. However, this morning, such an old man suddenly came to visit.
The young man was startled by him. His parents had gone out, and he was the only one at home. He was in this barren mountain and a place where few people came to visit. How could he not be afraid? However, when the old man learned that there was no one at home, he was frightened.
After that, he didn't say that he wanted to enter the house. He just wanted to borrow their fishing gear. It was strange to say that he borrowed the fishing gear but not the boat. He also wanted to help catch the ground dragon himself.
Originally, the young man was unwilling. After all, his parents were not at home, and he was afraid that this person would hurt him or steal things from the house. However, the old man was generous and gave him three hundred dollars without saying a word. The money,
It was enough to buy many fishing gears, so the young man happily walked out with the old man, went to the river together, and helped him catch the earthworm, and he started fishing.
However, he has been sitting like this for two or three hours, why doesn't he stop?
The young man looked at the fish basket on the side. There were a lot of big fish in it.
At this moment, the old man seemed to notice something strange on the lake surface, and he quickly started to collect the fishing rod, which seemed a little difficult. Seeing this, the young man immediately went up to help him, and swoosh, the big fish rushed out of the water, and the two of them worked hard together,
Pull out the big fish.
Seeing the big fish being put into the fish basket, the young man cried out with some joy. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a young man appearing in the distance. This young man was older.
"Xi, what are you doing here!" The young man shouted loudly, then looked at the old man and asked, "Who are you?!"
The young man beside the old man explained: "This is my brother..."
The old man looked at the young man. The young man looked at him cautiously, still holding half a wooden stick in his hand. The old man smiled and said: "You are very good...remember, I will always protect you like I am now."
family...."
"Who are you anyway?"
"Me?" The old man looked around and said, "I used to live here."
"You lied. Before we arrived, this place was deserted!" As the young man was talking, his father hurriedly arrived. His father was not very old. After he hurriedly arrived here,
, seeing his two sons there, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the old man's side, looked around, and bowed and said, "I wonder if I have any instructions?"
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
After talking for a while, the fisherman saw that the old man did not look like a bad person, so he invited him to his home. This time, the old man did not refuse.
When they arrived at their home, the fisherman entertained the old man very much and prepared a meal, which of course was mainly fish and shrimp. The fisherman said: "In the countryside, this is the only way to entertain guests. I hope my husband won't blame me..."
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"I have the best fish and shrimp in my life, very good, very good..."
"I wonder what your father-in-law's surname is and where he comes from?"
"Local person with the surname Liu."
"I didn't know that my father-in-law has a surname of heaven, but I have never seen him before. There is no one here for dozens of miles."
"This was my home before... I left it when I was young and never came back..." The old man looked around and sighed. The fisherman was stunned, with some hesitation on his face. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. The old man looked at
He asked: "What orders do you have?"
"I dare not say that this is an order, father-in-law, please come with me..." The man said, stood up, helped the old man up again, and took him out of the house. The two walked together for a long time and came to a place.
On a hill, in the distance, there were several earthen bags standing upright, with some stones placed around them. When the old man saw the scene here, he almost fell to the ground. He quickly stepped forward, his face still a little dull.
"Old man, please don't blame me. When I was fishing, I saw the beautiful scenery here and the abundance of fish and shrimps, so I moved here. When I was preparing to build a house, I dug up four corpses.
Two adults and two children, I was afraid that their souls would blame them, so I buried them here..." The fisherman said, but the old man couldn't help it anymore and started crying bitterly.
"This is my family, this is my family!!"
The fisherman sighed, but for a moment, he didn't know how to comfort him.
...........
One month later
The old man left Dongli and appeared in Kunliang County, Xiagao County.
This old man is naturally Liu Mo.
Walking in Kunliang County with some confusion, I can see that the situation here is indeed much better than before. There are no more disheveled people looking desperately at pedestrians on the roadside, and there are no noble hawks or dogs doing evil.
, there are cultivated fields everywhere, and everything looks peaceful. Liu Mo is walking on the street, his hand in his sleeve tightly holding the handle of the knife.
He walked towards that house. He clearly remembered the location of this house. This was the home of his enemy Yu Li Si. His pace gradually became slow, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
When he reached the entrance of the courtyard, his footsteps stopped, and his heart beat violently. The enemy was here, and he wanted to kill him.
For Liu Gong, who was mild-mannered and somewhat cowardly, killing people was not something that could make him feel at ease or happy. However, before such a big revenge, he had no way to dissuade himself. He stood here for a long time.
Opening his eyes, he opened the door and walked into the courtyard.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw a person feeding chickens and ducks in the courtyard. The person turned around, but it was not Yu Lisi. He looked at Liu Mo with some confusion and asked: "My father-in-law, do you have any orders?"
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"Is Yu Lisi here?"
"Oh, my father-in-law came here for him. He is no longer here. He passed away more than two years ago..."
Liu Mo looked dull and was stunned.
...........
When he returned to Dongli again, the old man's figure became more and more rickety.
That family was not there, so Liu Mo entrusted the fisherman to deliver something for him to Luoyang. In addition, he also gave him a pass book with a seal on it, saying that he had this thing.
The soldiers in various places will not make it difficult for him.
Liu Mo gave him a substantial piece of gold. The fisherman was also frightened. He arranged for his wife at home and went to Luoyang alone. Liu Mo knew that he would definitely do what he said. After all, Donghao people
You don't have the guts to deceive a noble person.
Returning here again, Liu Mo slowly walked to the tomb and knelt down.
He clearly remembered the surrounding hills, where he and his younger brother often played. His father often scolded him and wouldn't let him come here, for fear that he would fall. There was also the old dead tree where he used to play.
It's not withered. He pestered his eldest sister to help him pick fruits. She fell from a tree to help him, and there was always a small scar on her face.
She always said it didn't matter, but occasionally she could see her elder sister sitting by the lake, rubbing the scars on her face with mud and water, trying to heal them.
The past events echoed in Liu Mo's mind one by one.
Liu Mo sat slumped in front of the grave, with his hair disheveled, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying.
"Ji'oli, are you back?"
Liu Mo raised his head and saw his father, mother, eldest sister, and younger brother. They were standing in front of Liu Mo. His father asked with some joy: "Ji'eli, you are back!"
"I'm back..."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, forgive me..."
"I failed to take revenge..."
Liu Mo cried and shouted.
"What are you talking about? Get up, my father will take you to pick fruits!!" My father picked up the young little Liu Mo.
The family laughed happily.
The old man lay in front of the stone grave, his head buried in his arms.
With a smile on his face and tears in his eyes.
...........
In May, the fourteenth year of Xiping
It was the fourth day after Zhuge Liang received the letter and the emperor's order.
Someone knocked on the door of Zhuge Mansion.
Although the emperor has ordered Ningzhou officials to stop him, Zhuge Liang has always felt uneasy. These days, he has been planning to go to Ningzhou in person to bring his master back, but Princess Raoyang does not allow it because Zhuge Liang's body is too weak.
It was so bad that he could not travel across mountains and rivers to Ningzhou. From that day on, Zhuge Liang fell ill, his face was pale, his whole body was weak, and sometimes his whole body was burning hot.
How dare Princess Raoyang let him go to Ningzhou?
"I... want to go to Dongyi..." Zhuge Liang, lying on the hospital bed, said a little weakly.
"Husband, don't say any more... When you feel better, I will personally take you to Ningzhou..."
"A big fish with dragon beards..."
"Husband, don't scare me. There is no big fish with dragon's beards in the world. Don't scare me..." Princess Raoyang was trembling as she spoke. She tried not to cry and helped Zhuge Liang rub it.
Arms, legs.
When someone knocked on the door of Zhuge Mansion, the servants quickly opened the door. Outside the door, stood three people, two of them were soldiers, and one was in civilian clothes. Judging from their clothes, those two people were
The postman is right.
The postman came to see him and asked, "Is Mr. Zhuge in the house?"
"The master of the house is here."
"There is news about Dong Yi."
The postman's expression was a little solemn, and the slave subconsciously sensed something was wrong.
Entering the house, he looked at Zhuge Liang lying on the bed, and then at the mistress beside him. The slave didn't know what to say.
"What's the matter?" Princess Raoyang asked.
"There is a yellow gate in the palace. Come and ask to see the princess..."
"No..." Just as the slave finished speaking, Zhuge Liang interrupted him directly, struggled, and sat up. He looked at the slave and said, "No, the yellow gate in the palace came to see the princess, why didn't you come to visit me?
Is there any news about Master? Right?"
The servant looked at him helplessly and nodded.
"Bring it in...Bring it in!!!"
Princess Raoyang waved her hand, and the servant walked out.
Not long after, the two postmen came in escorting one person.
The postman saluted Zhuge Liang and the princess, and then said: "Zhugejun... Liu Gong passed away in Dongyi... The pavilion soldiers who were out on inspection found him by a river in Dongyi... "
Zhuge Liang's face was dull, and he looked at the postman quietly, his mouth wide open, and said nothing.
The person they escorted suddenly shouted: "But by the river outside the East Pavilion?"
Zhuge Liang looked at him, and the postman quickly said: "When we came, this guy was outside the courtyard, sneaking around, and peeking at the situation inside the courtyard. We caught him and escorted him in. ..Must be a thief..."
"I'm not a thief, I'm from Dongyao. There was an old man from Dongyao. He asked me to bring something to a man named Zhuge Liang. I came here and asked them one by one, but I wasn't sure, so I was arrested... ." He said, and took down the fish basket behind him. The fish basket exuded a strange smell, and the surrounding postmen couldn't help but step back. He placed the fish basket in front of Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang looked at the fish basket, raised his head, and took out the contents.
It was a very big fish with a beard like a dragon.
Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, his face looked so helpless, like a child's, which was pitiful.
He turned his head and looked at Princess Raoyang.