walk to the water

Fu Ling still went to Liuchun Garden to accompany him every day, and if he had official business, he would try his best to handle it here.Chu Xiang was very quiet during his illness, and he didn't have much to say to Fu Ling, so there was no need for those songs, dances and music, and the garden suddenly became much quieter.One night, after Fu Ling finished reading the memorial, he suddenly said to Chu Xiang: "The missions from Zhou Guo came to pay New Year's greetings. I will meet them tomorrow and see what they brought. Xiang'er, what do you want?"

Chu Xiang lazily said: "Just pick any two and give them to me. Your Majesty doesn't need to bother."

In the afternoon of the next day, Fu Ling received the mission back to Liuchun Garden and entered the inner room. Hearing the movement, Chu Xiang propped himself up and sat up. Bring, only brought someone to see you."

Chu Xiang wondered, "Who?"

Fu Ling smiled without saying a word, and lightly clapped his hands. The servant led someone in. Chu Xiang was stunned when he saw it. It was none other than his younger brother Chu Xu!

When Chu Xu saw Chu Xiang for the first time, he was also very pleasantly surprised. He rushed over to hug him, and shouted, "Brother!" Tears were already streaming down his face.

Seeing this, Fu Ling ordered the eunuchs and maids to retreat: "You brothers reunited after a long absence, it's time to have a good talk, so I won't bother you." After finishing speaking, he turned and went out.

Hearing that the door was closed and there were only two brothers left in the room, Chu Xiang held Chu Xu's hand and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Xu, why are you here? Mother, is she okay?"

Chu Xu threw herself on Chu Xiang, hugged her eldest brother tightly, still seemed unbelievable, choked up and said, "Brother! I miss you so much! Brother An Lan asked me to arrange me in the mission to pay tribute to Qin, and I want to see you Mother... Mother thought you were dead at the time, and had a serious illness," Chu Xu wiped away tears indiscriminately, "Later, Mother heard that you had brought a letter to Brother An Lan, and gradually recovered, and now there is nothing serious Yes. Brother, why are you lying here, are you sick? How have you been doing for more than a year? Tell me quickly!"

When Chu Xiang saw his relatives for the first time, he was full of joy, but when his younger brother asked about his situation, his face suddenly darkened. How should we start talking about what happened over the past year? "I……"

Seeing him hesitate, Chu Xu said angrily, "Brother, why are you so thin? You look so ugly, and you are so sick. Could it be that barbarian emperor of Qin..."

Chu Xiang hurriedly made a silence gesture, and said: "Hush your voice, this is his palace. He didn't do anything to me, but locked me up and tried to persuade me to surrender..."

Chu Xu didn't realize that Chu Xiang's eyes were flickering, and his tone was hesitant. Looking around the room, he saw that it was magnificent and magnificent. He had a pure personality, so he didn't think deeply about why Fu Ling would keep Chu Xiang here. He just said puzzledly: " Brother, then you definitely don’t want to surrender to the barbarian...Qin?"

Chu Xiang suddenly coughed again, unable to recover for a long time, Chu Xu saw a teapot and tea bowl on the table, and hurriedly poured a glass of water to Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang drank the water, but was still speechless, and could only put it down weakly. waved.

Chu Xu said angrily: "The barbarian emperor is so unreasonable! Brother, if you don't surrender, why should he leave you here to torture you and make you seriously ill? I'll argue with him!"

Chu Xiang was shocked when he heard the words, he hurriedly supported the edge of the bed with one hand, and grabbed Chu Xu tightly with the other, his voice changed in anxiety: "You have grown so tall for nothing, why are you still so unconscious? What are you? People? Who is he? You go to argue with him? You want to lose your life here, and make me and my mother at home feel reconciled?" After saying these few words, Chu Xiang's head was full Sweating and out of breath.

After Chu Xu lost his father, he listened to his elder brother the most. Seeing that his elder brother was angry, he felt ashamed, so he quickly helped Chu Xiang to lie down, bowed his head and said apologetically, "Brother, I didn't mean to make you angry, but seeing you like this, I really can't be angry. ! Actually, brother An Lan sent me this time mainly to check on your situation and try to take you back."

Since Chu Xiang failed to escape on the way back last time and was taken to Beijing, for more than a year, he has tried his best to deal with Fu Ling, but he rarely thinks about returning to the country.Now that the relatives are by my side, all kinds of wandering thoughts suddenly come up layer by layer. The loving mother's white hair and the green grass in the hometown are vivid in front of my eyes, but go home?How far away is it again... Chu Xiang's eyes were sore, two tears had rolled down, he stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears, hugged Chu Xu into his arms, and said in a trembling voice: "You don't need to waste your heart in vain, come back!" Do not mention the affairs of the state to the emperor of Qin!"

Chu Xu wondered: "Brother, why? Don't you want to go back to China?"

Chu Xiang held Chu Xu's hand tightly, the blood in his chest was rolling, and his face became paler. "I want to, how can I not? Every day, every night, all the time...I am thinking about you all, thinking that I can go back alive to see...but...but how can I go back? He won't agree, why bother Hurting others..." Chu Xiang closed his eyes and shook his head almost in despair.

"He? Who is he? Fu Ling? Why does he not agree?" Chu Xu yelled. Hearing that he called Fu Ling's name, Chu Xiang quickly covered his mouth. He said, "Since you don't surrender, the emperor won't kill you either. What is he keeping you here for? Brother An Lan has prepared 10 taels of gold to redeem you!"

Chu Xiang had calmed down now, and said with a wry smile: "With those 10 taels of gold, what's the point of doing something else? Redeem me, a sick ghost, and go back. You can't lead troops to fight anymore. What's the use?"

Chu Xu straightened his face, and said seriously: "Brother, that's not what you said. You are a general of the state of Zhou. You have made great contributions to the country many times. How can gold and silver be counted? Now that you are in a foreign country, how can the court do that?" Turn a blind eye? It’s freezing cold in the north, and you will naturally get sick if you are not acclimated to the water and soil, so you should go back and take care of yourself.”

Chu Xiang couldn't help laughing, and said: "This is what your elder brother An Lan taught you, you know it by heart." Suddenly remembered Fu Ling once said, "Unless I die, I will never let go!", A smile froze on his face.

Chu Xu was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Brother, don't laugh at me again! You don't have to think too much about this matter. We will formally propose it to the Emperor Qin tomorrow. We will see his reaction before making plans."

Chu Xiang complained endlessly in his heart, if he angered Fu Ling, the consequences would be disastrous, but when he wanted to think about countermeasures, his headache was about to split, and he couldn't help moaning in a low voice.Chu Xu hurriedly said: "Brother, take a rest first, I will accompany you here." Helping Chu Xiang to lie down.Chu Xiang closed his eyes slightly, where could he sleep?Sitting up by the quilt, he asked Chu Xu about his family and state affairs in the past year.It turned out that although An Lan took over the front-line defense, Wang Yun had placed many confidantes in the army. In a hurry, Wang Yun still held him back.Chu Xiang listened to him briefly, afraid that the wall has ears, so he didn't dare to ask more.