At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng put the bowl aside, and was about to help Cai Yong to lie down, but Cai Yong grabbed his hand all of a sudden.

"Zifeng? Is that you? Is that you?"

Cai Yong struggled to open his cloudy old eyes, tilted his head and tried hard to see if it was Guo Peng who was supporting him.

Unfortunately, he no longer has the strength to stand up.

Guo Peng quickly supported him.

"Cai Gong, it's me, don't move, lie down slowly."

Guo Peng supported Cai Yong's body, slowly put him on the bed, let him lie down safely, covered him with a quilt, and tucked him in to avoid drafts.

"Zifeng, you...how did you come back? When did you come back?"

Cai Yong opened his eyes and saw clearly that it was Guo Peng covering him with the quilt, so he was a little excited.

"When I heard that Mr. Cai was ill, I was very anxious, so I rushed back from Jiaozhou. Isn't Ah Qiong going to seal the country overseas? He set off from Jiaozhou, and I sent him off in Jiaozhou, and then I learned that Mr. Cai was ill. , I hurried back.”

Guo Peng said softly.

"Oh, San'er is gone..."

Cai Yong sighed slightly: "It's good to leave, it's also good to leave, if you leave, you will save so many dirty things in Luoyang City, and when you go out to sea, everything will be cleaner and fresher than in Luoyang City, and you can live longer. "

"Mr. Cai."

Guo Peng frowned: "Is Luoyang City that dirty? It can even shorten people's lifespan?"

"Dirty or not, don't you understand? Zifeng? How many officials in Luoyang can live to be 60?"

Cai Yong looked at Guo Peng and said in a low voice: "Over the years, I have also understood and thought through it. You are good at governing the country. You have a set of skills. No one is your opponent. Anyone who meets you will have to fight against you." Be willing to bow down, this kind of ability is far from what I or Zigan can teach you."

When Cai Yong mentioned Lu Zhi, Guo Peng's heart skipped a beat.

"Cai Gong and the teacher have given me a lot of help. Without the help of Cai Gong and the teacher, I would not be able to get to where I am today, so I am very grateful to Cai Gong and the teacher."

"With only the help of me and Zigan, you can't get to where you are today. You can get to where you are today, all on your own."

Cai Yong smiled with difficulty: "Without your own calculation step by step, how could you have come to where you are today? Zifeng, have you ever counted how many people you have calculated along the way?"

"Mr. Cai, I..."

"Zigan and I are also in your calculations, right?"

Guo Peng's breathing was stagnant.

For a moment, he only felt that his throat was extremely dry.

He didn't quite understand why Cai Yong thought of this, just as he didn't know how Guo Dan guessed that he was the mastermind of Liu Xie's death.

They seem to be the kind of people with a long reflex arc. They can't figure it out for a while, but in the years to come, they gradually come back to it.

It is not clear why they have been confused all their lives, but they want to understand clearly at the end of the day, like a philosopher who is about to ascend in the daylight after being fully enlightened.

Maybe it's that sentence.

If you don't know, you can do nothing.

As long as you do it yourself, you have to face the situation that will eventually be known.

Especially this person is very important to me.

However, Guo Peng is Guo Peng after all, with a thick skin and a dark heart. Faced with such a situation, although it was beyond his imagination, it was not beyond his psychological tolerance. He could bear it.

So he quickly rectified his emotions.

"Mr. Cai, why do you think so? You and the teacher are my most important people. How could I do such a thing?"

"Really? Zifeng, Zigan has been away for more than 20 years, and I can't see it. Before I die, are you unwilling to tell me the truth?"

Cai Yong's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears fell drop by drop.

"I can't figure it out. I don't understand why the pure and good moral model in my eyes becomes like this. I can't figure it out. Why do you kill so many people? Why are you so cruel and tyrannical?

I can't figure it out, when you were studying with me, when you were studying with Zigan, you were so gentle and humble, every word and deed was a gentleman's demeanor, and your thoughts and thoughts were all the common people in the world. I can still see you in my dreams dream!

Even if time can change a person, it won't change a person beyond recognition, right?How can it be completely unrecognizable?Zifeng?I don't understand, I can't figure it out.

Then I thought again, maybe you experienced something terrible, but after you became the governor of Qingzhou, I have been with you all the time, I know everything you do, everything you experience, There's nothing so dire as to change your nature, is there?

Why?You will become so scary that you can kill people without recognition. I have thought about it for more than ten years, but I can't figure it out. But finally, I figured it out. If you didn't become like this , then there is only one possibility. "

Cai Yong's voice was trembling, and while speaking tremblingly, he firmly held Guo Peng's hand.

"You are always like this, you have never changed!"

As soon as the words came out, Cai Yong stared at Guo Peng firmly, his cloudy old eyes suddenly revealed a gleam of brilliance.

This brilliance penetrated all of Guo Peng's defenses in an instant, pointing directly at the real self deep in his heart.

Guo Peng leaned against Cai Yong's bed and sighed deeply.

How else can we say that people are old and mature.

Cai Yong has been confused all his life. He has been a pedantic scholar and political novice all his life. He has never understood the cruelty of politics. He has always controlled and cared for him.

From his 40s to his 80s, Cai Yong has always been under his control and has never escaped. He has always been his dedicated speaker and backer, who has borne countless scolding for him.

Without Cai Yong, his journey would not be so easy.

He once thought that Cai Yong would not see his sinister intentions until he died.

As a result, when Cai Yong woke up, his eyes pierced through the hypocritical mask and pointed directly at people's hearts.

He finally saw that Guo Peng was an actor with unparalleled acting skills.

Guo Peng's acting skills were finally exposed after 40 years.

But so what?

It is now three years since Xingyuan, not in the past.

Guo Peng didn't have the panic and embarrassment of being exposed as he imagined. The emotions he felt were only endless sighs and an inexplicable relaxation.

It's no wonder that after the dust settled, it didn't matter that the actor's identity was revealed at this time.

Whether it's an actor or not doesn't matter.

What he wanted to do had already been done, Cai Yong only realized at this time, what's the point?

He didn't want to deny it anymore, he didn't want to act anymore.

Guo Qiong pierced his psychological defense, making it impossible for him to organize a solid psychological defense.

He is tired.

"Mr. Cai, why bother? Some things are said so clearly. Is it really good for you and me? You are 84 years old. Wouldn't it be nice to be a little confused?"

"I've been fooled all my life, until I grow old... Do you want me to die foolish? Zifeng, do you really want me to be fooled forever?"

Cai Yong stared at Guo Peng, trembling uncontrollably in his words.

Guo Peng smiled helplessly.

"Cai Gong, I have always thought that the teacher is a lucky and happy person. In his eyes, I have always been a loyal minister and good general who is willing to fight for the Han Dynasty for the rest of his life. I am a person who can inherit his mantle. He was loyal to the Han Dynasty.

He passed away with such expectations for me and did not live until now, so I have always been a loyal minister and good general in his eyes, and I will continue to be a loyal minister and good general. I did not violate his expectations. This is his luck and the happiest thing.

Otherwise, what would he think if he knew that the disciple he had taught had evil intentions, hidden rebellious intentions, and wholeheartedly overthrew the Han Dynasty?He single-handedly cultivated a traitor?He will be in so much pain that he will not be able to live. "

Guo Peng turned his head and looked straight into Cai Yong's eyes: "Cai Gong, don't you be a little confused? Why bother to expose the secret I've lied to you for so long? People have to have something to think about when they live. Bar?"

chapter 1619 one thousand five hundred and thirty nine farewells

There are some things that Cai Yong wants to know, but Guo Peng may not want to talk about them.

When I was young, I was full of conspiracy and calculations. My heart was cold enough and ruthless enough. I just felt that I hadn’t cheated enough. I could cheat more, work harder, and squeeze out Cai Yong’s usable value. I am worthy of my contribution.

But time has passed, Mr. Guo is over half a hundred years old, and he is no longer as vicious as before.

After several years of retiring from the throne, his heart gradually became less cold and less hard. Many things were taken lightly and he could accept them, and he didn't want to change them anymore.

Guo Qiong's words completely destroyed his defenses, made him extremely painful, and burst into tears several times.

Now his heart is no longer cold, and gradually has some warmth, so many things frozen in his heart can't be hidden.

When he dreams back at midnight, he will even wake up with a start, his head will be a little confused, and he will wonder what kind of cruel thinking he used to do those horrific things.

He couldn't bear to be tortured again.

Facing Cai Yong's torture, he recruited.

So Cai Yong's pupils shrank, and his face revealed a look of shock.

"Are you...all telling the truth?"

"real."

"You've been lying to me all this time?"

"Ah."

"You lied to me for 40 years?"

"It can be said like this."

Guo Peng did not deny, but admitted everything.

Maybe there are some differences, for example, Guo Peng's deep affection for Cai Yong is not completely fake, other than that, it's pretty much the same.

Thinking about it carefully, Guo Peng felt that his feelings for Cai Yong probably belonged to the kind of cheating and cheating.

So you can't escape the category of cheating.

The so-called actor is to deceive the audience's rationality through superb acting skills, so as to achieve his own goals, and he is nothing more than this to Cai Yong.

Cai Yong was obviously shocked.

There is also a difference between guessing by oneself and being admitted in the end. It took Cai Yong a while to realize it.

"Zifeng, you first met me when you were only 12 years old... At that time, you started to lie to me?"

"To be precise, I started deceiving people when I was eight years old, and it wasn't you who was the first to deceive."

Guo Peng showed a self-deprecating smile, looked at the carvings on the foot of Cai Yong's bed, and brought his thoughts back to Yuedan Ping in Runan when he was eight years old.

"In that year, Xu Zijiang held a monthly review in Runan, and I went with Cao Mengde, who was just then. Xu Zijiang was reluctant to comment on Cao Mengde at first, but Cao Mengde played both soft and hard ways, and asked Yuan Shao to help. Xu Zijiang was helpless. Just commented.

But it’s not enough to give a comment, but I still have to mock the ancestor of the eunuch in Cao Mengde’s family. Cao Mengde’s face turned pale with anger. The son staggered. "

"You... you have to curry favor with Meng De at the age of eight? Why?"

Cai Yong was stunned.

"Why, why...of course it's for the sake of getting ahead."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Mr. Cai, I didn't have any other thoughts at that time. I just wanted to be famous. At that time, the Cao family was so powerful that they were related to Emperor Xiaoling... At that time, Empress Song was still alive, and the Cao family was Really related.

At that time, I was just a shabby householder of the Guo clan in Yingchuan, with nothing but a noble status, my father was only the county magistrate of Qianshi, and the Cao family were high-ranking officials in the central government. If I didn’t curry favor with them, how could I have a future?How can I change my destiny? "

Cai Yong felt incredible.

"How can this happen?"

"Cai Gong, when I married Cao Shi, I was already 15 years old. At that time, I was already well-known in the capital. Of course, you would think that I took the initiative in my marriage with Cao Shi, but in fact, at the earliest time, In my marriage with Cao's, I am the weak side.

My family is just a county magistrate of Qiao County, and we are at odds with the Yingchuan family. When something happens, it is wishful thinking to expect the Yingchuan family to use political resources to save us. What our family owns is nothing more than a county magistrate. Other than that, I'm just me.

I deeply know that I cannot put on a weak posture. The weaker I am, the more the Cao family will look down on me. I must be ruthless, resolute, and strong. Gotta start!

So I not only studied hard since I was a child, but also fought fiercely. That was the atmosphere at that time, so I fought with all my might. I often took the lead in fights and fought invincible hands all over Qiao County. "

He couldn't help laughing when he thought of the past 40 years ago when he fought bravely and fought fiercely in groups, and when he got into a fight, his head was bloodied.

"At that time, I knew that as long as I could show the heart and talent of a scholar, then I would be able to suppress the poor old Cao family, but being able to suppress the old Cao family does not mean that I can suppress the old man. Junior.

The elderly care more about learning, and the juniors care more about whether they can recover, so I not only have to study hard, but also have to be fierce and strong enough to restrain the Cao juniors, so I am very brave and fierce in fights. This became the leader among Cao's juniors.

Not only did I beat others hard, but I also beat Cao's juniors very hard. I think, as long as I beat them hard enough when I was young, even if I grow up, they can actually beat me, but as long as I Staring, they will still be afraid of me, and will be afraid of me for the rest of their lives.

I didn't expect that I would be able to suppress Cao's meritorious generals after I became emperor. At that time, I just thought that no matter what, I couldn't show weakness, and I couldn't let Cao's take me as a stepping stone to improve my family. , I want to take the lead! "