A Timely Wife

Huo Zhan stood quietly in the prison van with a calm expression. After five years, he finally returned to the capital Chujing again, but he never thought that he would come back here in such a capacity.

The city wall of Chujing City is still so thick, no matter how many times he sees this city wall, Huo Zhan will feel very depressed. This is where his heart palpitations and family affection in his youth are buried. Now, he is more than 50 years old. To be buried here own life.

General Huo Zhan had an affair with the abolished empress, hid His Highness the Crown Prince, and was accused of treason more than a month ago. Today, more than a month later, General Huo Zhan was brought back to Chujing by a prison car. General Huo Zhan will be beheaded for public display on the day he enters the city.

Accompanied by a harsh creaking sound, the east gate of Chujing was pushed open by several soldiers, and the prison cart entered the city.

On the way back from being escorted, Huo Zhan thought many times what kind of scene he would see when he came back. He remembered that when he was very young, he once saw a prisoner who was escorted to Beijing. It was said that he was a prisoner from a foreign country. General, he was captured after being defeated by his father. At that time, he sneaked out with his elder brothers to watch. Their father was wearing armor with a serious expression. There was a prison car behind him. General, but the treatment is very different. Huo Zhan will remember that scene all his life.

He remembered that the general on the prison cart was thrown a lot of eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and the soldiers in charge of the escort did not stop, but encouraged the common people to humiliate the prisoner in this way. Huo Zhan remembered that he also threw a stone at that time, It hit that person's head very accurately, and he was happy for several days because of this. Thinking of this, Huo Zhan laughed rather self-deprecatingly, wondering if he would be treated like this later.

But when the city gate opened, Huo Zhan was frightened by the scene in front of him. A line of soldiers stood on both sides of the city gate. Behind the soldiers stood many ordinary people. All of them wore white clothes, as if welcoming him or seeing him off. On the last journey, when the prison car entered the city gate, the soldiers on both sides knelt down on one knee first, and shouted loudly: "Send off the general."

After the soldiers knelt down, the people behind them also knelt down, "General, General." As the prison car moved forward, the soldiers knelt first, and the common people knelt down later. Huo Zhan looked a little dazed, and he Looking around, I saw people kneeling on the ground, shouting for the general.

Two lines of tears flowed down Huo Zhan's cheeks. After a long time, Huo Zhan suddenly opened his mouth and sang: "The world is in trouble, why do you say that you have no clothes, the soul of the Great Chu is thousands of miles away, and the mere barbarians are incomparable. The whole family is brothers, how can I ask?" Who in the world can fight against him!"

At the beginning, only Huo Zhan's voice echoed on Nan'an Street, and then the voices of the soldiers also slowly rang out. This is the battle song of Great Chu, and this is the battle spirit fused into the bones and blood of all the soldiers of Great Chu. People sang this war song to conquer the north and fight south, settle east and west, and the people of Great Chu sang this war song to fight against chaos and expand their territory. Territory, now, the generals of Great Chu sang this battle song to die generously, and the soldiers of Great Chu sang this battle song to send their generals to this last journey.

Li Ruosong and Cheng Dong were standing in the crowd. Cheng Dong didn't know why or when, tears were streaming down his face. He was a soldier in his previous life. A soldier who is loyal to the country, loyal to the people and has an unyielding will. The soldier has always admired the strong, even if he has never come into contact with the strong.

"Ruosong, I have never hated that superior emperor so much as I do now." Cheng Dong said slowly.

Li Ruosong held Chengdong's hand tightly and did not speak, but his eyes kept following the tall and straight figure even in the prison car. When Huo Zhan was no longer in sight, Li Ruosong said firmly, "He will regret it."

"Soldiers should go to the battlefield, even if they die, they should die on the battlefield with horse leather shrouds. This kind of death is the greatest insult to soldiers. The hero is dead and the beauty is late. Ruosong, tell me, will General Huo regret it? Not worth it? The woman he loves the most is dead, the most important family member is dead, the honor he cares about the most is dead, and the one he wants to protect the most betrayed him, will he feel that he is stupid, and his life's battle has ended like this?" Cheng Dong felt very confused. In such an era, no matter how much he did, it would not be worth the unwarranted charges of the higher-ups. Why bother, why bother.

"The general has no regrets, and he has no regrets." Li Ruosong said softly.

"Maybe, if you don't regret it, you should complain. Da Chu, the roots are rotten. Ruosong, let's go back, go home, and don't get involved in these troubles in the future. Let's live quietly in Liujiagou, okay?" Chengdong was a little disheartened, he was not an ambitious person, he just wanted to live a good life and guard his family, even if it was plain.

Li Ruosong looked into Cheng Dong's eyes, shook his head, and said slowly but firmly: "Fu Lang, the child holds gold."

Cheng Dong suddenly woke up from his negative emotions, what they are doing now will always be hidden one day, the school will not be mentioned, but the two things he invented are enough to make him and what he cares about Many people have fallen into a situation beyond redemption, but now they are like children walking in the downtown area with gold in their arms, with huge wealth that is coveted but without the absolute power to protect it, how the ending will be, you can understand with your toes.

"Ruosong, if Ruoshan becomes like this in the future, we will kill him with our own hands. If so, we can live until then."

Cheng Dong said.

"Okay, if that day comes, I will kill him with my own hands." Li Ruosong complied with this request.

Chengdong nodded, and said in a low voice: "The achievements have not yet been completed, and the sun is setting to the west. The time is not with me, and it is like clouds and clouds. Destroying Shuangfu. What does it mean to refine rigidity and turn it into softness around the fingers."

Li Ruosong put his arms around Chengdong's shoulders, and said: "Confucius said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, the general's righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is the best, and from now on, the general has no shame."

Chengdong didn't know whether he listened or not, the couple stood there quietly, no one left, no one went to the execution ground and no one returned home, everyone was waiting, the whole Nan'an Street, no, it should be It was the whole Chu capital that fell into a strange silence.

Until the news that General Huo Zhan was beheaded for public display came, the soldiers knelt down on their knees and cried bitterly, and then the common people also cried out.Li Ruosong and Chengdong held each other's hands tightly in the midst of crying.

After this day, Li Ruosong became more and more diligent in studying, but Cheng Dong changed his habit of staying in the mansion every day, and began to go out frequently, bringing back all kinds of weird things every time, and then shut himself in the side room I don't know what I'm messing with.

On September [-]th, the general examination started. The general examination also consisted of three examinations on the [-]th. The content was similar to the government examination, but the topics were different. Li Ruosong was photographed by Chengdong early in the morning, and Chengdong took out the After preparing the package for Li Ruosong, he said to Li Ruosong, "Go."

Li Ruosong took the package, reached out to touch Chengdong's face, smiled, and replied, "Wait for me at home."

Cheng Dong turned his head to the side, rubbed his face on Li Ruosong's hand, and replied, "Come back earlier, and pay more attention to yourself."

"Okay." Li Ruosong took a deep look at Chengdong, hugged Chengdong, turned around and left the inner room with the package on his back, but Chengdong didn't follow him out, he stood in the room and watched Li Ruosong leave.

This wait is nine days. Liu Cheng knew that his young master had handed in the examination paper several days earlier. He wondered if Li Ruosong would hand in the examination paper in advance this time, and sent a boy to wait for him at the Gong Yuan. He was worried, so he simply closed the shop and stood guard at the gate of the Gongyuan every day. This guard lasted nine days.

This time, Li Ruosong did not hand in the examination papers ahead of time. Nine days later, the gate of the Tribute Academy opened, and people who had been waiting at the gate for a few days rushed forward, looking for the candidates they wanted to pick up in the crowd.

Cheng Dong didn't come a few days ago, but today he stayed here early, and many people came out, but Cheng Dong never saw Li Ruosong's figure. When Cheng Dong and Liu Cheng were anxiously waiting, Liu Cheng Cheng suddenly shouted: "Young master, the young master has come out, look quickly, it's over there."

Chengdong hurriedly looked in the direction Liu Cheng said. Li Ruosong was tidy and tidy. Although his complexion was not very good, compared to those candidates who were carried away as soon as they came out, Li Ruosong was in a very good spirit. Not bad anymore.

Seeing Li Ruosong's tired face, Cheng Dong rushed to greet him. Before Cheng Dong could reach Li Ruosong, Li Ruosong had already seen his husband. He smiled and asked, "Is it hot? Isn't it hot?" Don't you want to pick him up? What if the weather is so hot and you have heat stroke?" Li Ruosong said while wiping the sweat from Chengdong's forehead.

Chengdong touched Li Ruosong's face with great distress, and said, "Why are you so thin, are you hungry? I made mung bean soup for you, put ice cubes in it, drink it first."

Liu Cheng quickly opened the food box in his hand, took out a bowl of mung bean soup and handed it to Cheng Dong. Cheng Dong took the bowl and put the bowl to Li Ruosong's mouth. Dong took two gulps with his hand, added some sugar to the mung bean soup, and put ice cubes in it. After drinking it, Li Ruosong felt as if he had come back to life.

Li Ruosong didn't finish the mung bean soup, after drinking half of it, Li Ruosong said to Chengdong: "Drink the rest of your husband."

Chengdong looked at Li Ruosong, saw Li Ruosong looking at him with a smile, shook his head helplessly, and drank the remaining half bowl of mung bean soup.