At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng shook his head, and said slowly: "By then, I would have been dust. Cursing me, cursing me, I can't hear you. What does it have to do with me?"

Guo Dan's eyes widened in shock.

"You are insulted, notorious, and you will be infamous for thousands of years, and you don't care?"

"I don't care, what I do will eventually be revealed to the world, right and wrong, and will eventually be known to the world, if you scold me, just scold me, can I lose a bowl of rice now?"

Guo Peng still shook his head.

So Guo Dan didn't know what to say.

Guo Peng didn't care about what he thought was a terrible thing.

How can you be completely indifferent to all these terrible things?

This can't be done, this can't be done!

Family is the most important thing!

A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year family, why don't you care?

But Guo Dan really doesn't know what to say now.

After a long time, Guo Dan slumped on the bed, staring blankly at the top of the bed.

"It's all my fault, Xiao Yi. I shouldn't have asked you to revive the Guo family. If you don't become an emperor, the Guo family may last for thousands of years. If you become an emperor, after hundreds of years, the Guo family may not even have incense. It can no longer be passed on.”

"It's not the father's fault. The current situation is such that even if the father doesn't do this, the son will try his best to keep our family alive, and maybe it will be even more irreparable."

"But it will definitely not be like it is now. Home is not like home."

Guo Dan seems to be still brooding about Guo Yang.

Guo Peng shook his head.

"Father has become the Supreme Emperor and is destined to be recorded in history, isn't he satisfied?"

"I'm different from you, Xiaoyi. I don't have such big ambitions as you. I just want to have a healthy family. For thousands of years, the whole family will be complete, with food and drink."

"Father, I still say the same thing, under the overturned nest, there are no eggs."

"As you said, there is no dynasty with thousands of years, but there are families with thousands of years. My biggest thought is that our Guo family can pass on for thousands of years like the Kong family. No matter which dynasty or generation can survive, How nice that would be."

Guo Dan was lying on the bed, daydreaming innocently.

Guo Peng leaned against the edge of the bed and sighed.

"Kong, you have no position. The slaves of the three surnames will follow whoever is strong. This kind of family can last for thousands of years, but after the enlightenment of the people's wisdom, people all over the world will look down on such a family. They will be scolded by others of."

"Didn't you say it? Just scold if you scold, can they still eat a bowl of rice? They won't shut their mouths when they eat."

Guo Dan sneered.

Guo Peng was taken aback for a moment, feeling speechless.

"Maybe this is life. A villain only thinks of himself, so he can live a long life, and even be a domineering man. A hero thinks of everyone, and often has a short life, and then dies, and is pushed into the stinky ditch and cast aside. .

However, it is the hero, not the villain, who can make everyone live a good life. The villain just lives well by himself, so who cares about the flood?So everyone hates the villain, but everyone envies the villain. It is difficult for many people to choose between being poor and dignified, or being rich but being a slave. "

Guo Dan glanced at Guo Peng.

"You are saying that my father is a villain, and your emperor is a hero, right?"

"Father, I'm not a hero, I'm not worthy, I'm just a hero."

Guo Peng rubbed his temples, shook his head, and gave himself a precise definition.

"I used to want to be a hero, but in the end, I found that I couldn't lose my selfishness. I pretended that I wanted power for the common people, but I also like power, and I also like Gan Gang's arbitrariness. Feeling of power.

So later I tried to be a pure villain, just be a villain, act recklessly, and don’t care about anything, but when that time came, I found that I couldn’t lose my conscience, and I was in a dilemma. "

Guo Peng showed a wry smile.

"I'm not worthy of being a hero, but I can't be a villain against my conscience, I can't close my eyes and not see the suffering of all beings, I can't watch them starving without being indifferent, so in the end, I have to be a nondescript It's a hero."

"Hero... hero..."

Guo Dan lay on the bed pondering for a while, then let out a long sigh.

"It's a good thing or a bad thing for the Guo family to have a son like you? Xiaoyi, as a father, I really can't understand it more and more."

"It shouldn't be a good thing. After all, I killed so many people and offended so many people. I don't know how many people are cursing me to die quickly, cursing my country of Wei to be destroyed quickly, so that they can go back to the past."

Guo Peng thought for a while and said with a smile: "In the future, I will definitely kill people again. As long as I can still kill, I will not stop killing people. The main reason is for power, but also for the common people. I want to feed them , the owl is the owl, and he is definitely a hero."

Seeing that Guo Peng seemed to be completely dismissive, Guo Dan was completely speechless.

He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for him to have such a son, and he didn't know what this son could bring to the Guo family.

Is it supreme glory, or complete destruction?

he does not know.

His cognition, his structure, and his thinking are not enough for him to see the context of history clearly.

He can only see here.

After a long silence, Guo Dan turned his back and stopped looking at Guo Peng.

"If I knew today, I shouldn't have asked you to get married with the Cao family, and I shouldn't have let you go to Luoyang. I should have left you in Qiao County until the general situation of the world is settled. I asked you to become an official, become a high-ranking official, and take root in the local area. , so that the family can last thousands of years."

"Then I will definitely rebel."

Guo Peng laughed loudly and said, "Father, I sympathize with those who don't have enough to eat. If you see too many people who don't have enough to eat, you may make a mistake one day and rise up to become Zhang Jiao's second.

If you win, you are the emperor. If you lose, as long as you don’t die, you will continue to rebel until you die or win. Anyway, as long as there are still people starving, I will rebel. I must poke a hole in the sky. . "

"I... I shouldn't have given birth to you! Or divide your intelligence in half... No, one third is enough, and give it to Yang'er, so that Yang'er can inherit the family business, that's fine!"

Guo Dan said such words angrily, and then felt sad again.

"Yang'er is useless! Useless! Be a little smarter! I entrust Guo's future to him! Let him keep Guo's, as long as he keeps Guo's, it's enough, no matter what the world! He Why aren't you smarter! Oops!!"

Guo Dan lay on the bed and sighed, raised and lowered his withered hands, and patted the edge of the bed weakly, full of remorse and unwillingness.

Guo Peng smiled and didn't say any more in-depth words.

The two father and son were silent for a while.

"Father, I'm going back first, you have a good rest, I will come to see you tomorrow."

Guo Peng stood up, turned and left.

"There's no need to come. In this life, our father and son are here. Don't let anyone treat me. I finally got sick. I have to die as soon as possible, so that I won't be mad at you for your stupid things."

Guo Dan's cold words made Guo Peng's footsteps stop.

He turned around and looked at Guo Dan who was lying on the bed with his back to him, opened his mouth, but didn't say what he wanted to say.

After being silent for a while, Guo Peng turned around, knelt down facing Guo Dan, and kowtowed three times to Guo Dan.

"In this life, my son is not filial. In the next life, I hope my family will live in a prosperous age, and my son will serve his parents with all his heart."

After finishing speaking, Guo Peng stood up and left Taishan Palace.

Never looked back.

Chapter 1406. One thousand 310 six This is the first time he has seen Guo Peng cry in private since he can remember

Guo Peng never looked back, and never visited Guo Dan in Taishan Palace.

He knew it was pointless to do so.

There is a bottomless crack between father and son, which cannot be crossed no matter what.

There is already a sad barrier between him and Guo Dan.

In the following days, he asked Guo Jin and Xiao Chengzhi to visit Guo Dan in Taishan Palace several times, and take care of his illness by the way.

The news they brought back was not good.

They said that Guo Dan's illness did not improve, but became serious.

Before, they could sit up and talk to them, and chat with them with a smile, but now they can only lie down, their strength is not enough, they can barely speak, they are exhausted, and they can’t eat much, so they can only worry about it.

Since February 12 in Yande, Guo Dan's condition has worsened.

Guo Peng asked Cao Lan and Guo Jin to take turns serving the sick, and they couldn't slack off for a moment.

Doctors from the Imperial Hospital and the Great Medical Center came in and out of the palace one after another, and cartloads of medicinal materials entered the palace, creating a disturbance all over the city. People who didn't know thought the emperor was sick.

Then the palace released accurate news, saying that the Supreme Emperor was ill, and the emperor was seeking medical treatment all over the world, and recruited famous doctors to the palace to treat the Supreme Emperor. If he could cure the Supreme Emperor, he would be rewarded heavily.

But even so, nothing changed.

I don't know if this disease can't be cured, or if Guo Dan has the will to die.

Guo Peng failed to change anything.

On March 12th of the 69th year of Yande, the Supreme Emperor Guo Dan died in Taishan Palace at the age of [-].

Only one day after Guo Dan's death, on March 12th in the 59th year of Yande, Empress Yang died in the quiet Yaqin Hall at the age of [-].

For two consecutive days, the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress passed away one after another.

It was as if a magnitude [-] earthquake had occurred in Luoyang, and people felt the violent shock one after another.

The death of Guo Dan and Yang will not have any impact on the political structure of the Guo Wei Empire, because they do not hold any power and have always lived in seclusion.

But after all, they are the emperor's parents, they are the emperor's family members, and they will bring some influence to the emperor.

If the emperor is affected and feels sad, and gets angry when dealing with government affairs, it is not a good thing for everyone.

So officials are very nervous.

They were very worried that Guo Peng's temperament would change drastically, becoming more irritable and irritable, and their life would be even more difficult. Their life was already very difficult, and they had to worry about being affected by the emperor's political storm all the time.

Now I have to worry more about whether the emperor will step up his efforts.

However, Guo Peng was unusually calm after knowing about Guo Dan's death.

When Guo Jin came to report the news to Guo Peng with a pale face, Guo Peng was dealing with government affairs.

Hearing the words, he stopped writing, fell silent for a moment, said [I know], and left all the rest of the matter to Guo Jin, and asked Guo Jin to host the funeral.

Then Guo Peng asked Su Yuan to send an order to the outside world, because of the funeral of the Supreme Emperor, the imperial court was suspended for ten days.

As a result, the next day, Empress Yang also passed away. Guo Peng still did not have any unexpected emotions, and announced that he would be suspended for another five days, a total of fifteen days, to express his condolences.

But even though the imperial court was dismissed, even though the crown prince was busy presiding over the funeral, Guo Peng still handled government affairs in the South Study Room, and directly instructed the ministers to do things through direct contact with the memorials.

Five days to prepare for the funeral.

Guo Peng summoned the ministers in charge of various fields 910 times in five days, and dealt with [-] six state affairs. He should eat and drink, and did not stop the operation of the court.

Until the early morning of the sixth day, when Guo Peng just woke up and went to the South Study, Guo Jin, with dark circles under his eyes, came over and reported to Guo Peng that the funeral preparations had been completed and the funeral could be held.

Guo Peng nodded.

"Ajin, you have worked hard."

"The elder father is the elder father of the son. When the elder father was around, he loved his son very much. Being able to organize the funeral for the elder father is the only thing the son can do for the elder father."

"That's right, your elder father liked you the most before he was alive, and he also liked Chengzhi. Both of you, father and son, should take care of your elder father for the last time."

"My son understands."

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng: "Father, are you mourning now?"

"Let's have a funeral, let your elder father go to the ground as soon as possible, the cemetery of Yingchuan's hometown has already been repaired, and leave as soon as possible after the funeral, your elder father wants to return to his hometown, this matter must be done for him. "

"Yes."

Guo Jin saluted, turned and left.

After walking a few steps, Guo Jin was suddenly stopped by Guo Peng.

Guo Jin turned around to look, and was shocked to find that the expression on Guo Peng's face had changed from the frosty one just now to extremely sad.

"Ajin, starting today, I really don't have any parents."

"..."