return to peace

Chu Lingshang was ill for three months.By the time Chu Huaimin and Si Ran brought Chu Wuyou back to Wuming Mountain, it was already scorching midsummer.There was a hint of provocation on the border of Chen State. Chu Lingshang and Chu Zexi deployed carefully, and the Iron Armored Army, which had been systematically trained four years ago, was sent to various defense lines one after another.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.In this eventful autumn, another bad news came.

Wen Ruyu is critically ill.

Chu Lingshang rushed to Chen Guo with Wei Xi.When the situation between the two countries was so tense, Chu Zexi was worried about him and insisted on going with him, but was stopped by Chu Lingshang. He had no choice but to send secret guards to protect him secretly.

Since Wen Ruyu resigned from office, she has been living in seclusion in a small village in the south of the Yangtze River, in the hinterland of Chen Country.When Chu Lingshang arrived with the medical officer and Yi Rong in disguise, Wen Ruyu was already lying on the hospital bed dying.

It was supposed to be a harvest season, but the vegetable garden in front of the house was deserted. At first, Chu Lingshang left two attendants to serve him. The next one was decocting medicine on the porch, and the other was walking out of the room with a washbasin. Chu Lingshang only took a look. My heart was half cold, and the towel next to the basin was covered with blood.

He suddenly couldn't stand still and staggered, Wei Xi hurriedly supported him.The two attendants saw him and rushed to pay his respects. He waved his hand and eagerly pushed the door open.A strong smell of medicine came over his face, the little yellow dog who was originally in the corner rushed up when he saw him, bit his trousers, and desperately pulled him to the bedside, whimpering and howling.

Seeing him, the pharmacist and drug boy by the bed stepped aside consciously, and Wen Ruyu's haggard appearance came into view.Chu Lingshang felt a pain in his heart, and tears rolled down his face.

The medical officer who came with him hurried forward to diagnose Wen Ruyu's pulse, and Chu Lingshang looked at him eagerly, hoping that he could give him some hope.The medical officer didn't dare to look him in the eyes, knelt down on the ground and said in pain: "This official is incompetent."

The tense string in his heart snapped, he rushed to the bed, tightly grasped Wen Ruyu's powerless hand hanging beside the bed, wept uncontrollably, and called out in a low voice: "Daddy, Ah Lin is here, Daddy."

Wen Ruyu's hands trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes. His eyes, which were always clear, became a little cloudy at some point, and his white hair reflected his pale face, which looked like a lamp withered.

Wei Xi took everyone else out, including the little yellow dog who was wagging his tail happily when his master woke up.

The door was closed, and only Wen Ruyu and Chu Lingshang were left in the room that smelled strongly of medicine.After Wen Ruyu opened her eyes, she slowed down for a while, and heard Chu Lingshang calling incessantly beside her ear, Fang slowly turned her gaze, looked at Chu Lingshang, recognized it for a long time, and then said softly, uncertainly: " Allin?"

At this moment, Chu Lingshang's heart was full of regrets. One of the things he regretted the most in life was that he wanted to raise a child but refused to be with him.He cried out, "Daddy, Ah Lin is here."

Wen Ruyu raised her hand with difficulty, wanting to touch his face, but Chu Lingshang quickly grabbed his hand and placed it on her face.Wen Ruyu gently wiped away his tears, and said: "Don't cry, birth, old age, sickness and death are normal things for everyone. Help me up, I have something to tell you."

His spirit seemed to be better, but Chu Lingshang understood that this was just a flashback.

He helped Wen Ruyu up, and put a thick cushion behind him.Wen Ruyu took his hand and looked at him carefully, as if wanting to keep his appearance firmly in his heart. After a long time, he asked: "My son, do you still hate your father?"

When Chu Lingshang heard the word "my son", the tears that had been held back suddenly burst out again. Since he was a child, he had never heard Wen Ruyu call him that. His father had always been reserved and restrained.He shook his head again and again, tears could not stop falling.

Wen Ruyu said softly: "Don't cry. The most sorry person in my father's life, except for you Uncle Ji, your mother, is you. Since I was a child, I haven't fulfilled the responsibility of being a father. Now I want to You are still crying like this, because you want to feel uneasy for your father?"

Chu Lingshang wiped away the tears on his face indiscriminately, choked up and said, "A-Lin will not cry, A-Lin will always be with Daddy."

Wen Ruyu smiled weakly, patted his hand lightly, and said slowly: "I have three things to ask you as a father. The first thing is to cremate me after I die, divide my ashes into two, One was buried with your mother in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other was buried with your Uncle Ji's ashes at the foot of Cangshan Mountain. Why are you crying again, good boy, stop crying."

Chu Lingshang couldn't bear the grief in his heart, lowered his head, and fought back his tears.

Wen Ruyu stroked his head lightly, and continued: "The second thing is to take good care of yourself. Government affairs are important, and your body is even more important. I don't want to see you there so soon as a father."

"Okay." Chu Lingshang nodded with a sob.

"As for the third matter," Wen Ruyu looked at him lovingly, and said with a smile, "Don't miss your own happiness."

"Daddy?"

"Father knows about you and Xiaofan. Do you still remember the lottery that year? Xiaofan didn't take anything but you. At that time, I told you to cherish this brotherhood, but , After so many things happened, I am also very happy that you are together, he is a good boy and will make you happy."

"Daddy..." Chu Lingshang didn't know what to say when he thought of Ji Fan who was in the wilderness now, with no idea of ​​his life or death.

Wen Ruyu saw what he was thinking: "A Lin, you have to trust him, you are still waiting for him, he will definitely come back."

Chu Lingshang clenched his hand, not sure if he was comforting Wen Ruyu or himself: "Well, I have always believed in him."

"Okay, it's time for me to see your Uncle Ji and your mother. Come here and let Daddy hug you."

Chu Lingshang leaned over, hugged him, and buried him in his arms, tears dripping down, one after another dripping on the clean clothes.Wen Ruyu stroked his hair gently.

"Daddy."

"Ok?"

"Mother loves you very much, and Uncle Ji loves you very much."

Wen Ruyu smiled: "I know, I know." He sighed, lost in memory.

At the foot of Cangshan Mountain that year, he went to Beijing to take the exam. The heroic young man rescued him from thieves and robbed him. He smiled cynically: "Scholar, how can you repay me?"

In the lonely and cold late autumn of that year, the woman who had just given birth held his hand and said to him as if relieved: "Master, Lin Lang can no longer accompany you. Mr. Ji, he is a good man." She smiled on her beautiful face. , but tears rolled down the corners of his eyes.Only then did he know that she had known it all along, and from then on, it was a lifelong memory and a lifetime of guilt.

The hand stroking the hair gradually slowed down until it didn't move anymore.Chu Lingshang was crying silently, he didn't dare to look up, his clothes were soaked with tears, the little yellow dog outside the door seemed to sense something, whimpering and whimpering.

The sky in autumn is cool and clear, and the fire clouds in the evening ravage half of the sky.The farmhouse not far away, the smoke from the kitchen is curling up, calm and peaceful.The stream that runs through the entire small village is sparkling, and fish jump from time to time.

On such an ordinary and beautiful day, Chen Guo's most amazing and brilliant talent, the hero who opened the era of Chen Guo's political innovation, a generation of celebrities, Wen's family Ruyu, passed away forever.