Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493
The 14th year of Xiping, March
In the east of Ningzhou, Huanglong comes out of the well

mid-March
Sitting by the river was a stooped old man, wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, looking at the calm river, sitting and fishing.

Behind him stood a young man. Looking at the plain appearance of the old man, the young man was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to disturb him. The young man was from Dongyi, and his family lived nearby. There was no human habitation here. Most of their families were fishermen from generation to generation, and they moved here for the convenience of fishing. However, this morning, suddenly such an old man came to visit.

The young man was taken aback by him, his parents had gone out, he was the only one at home, and it was in this barren mountain, where pavilions and soldiers seldom come, how could he not be afraid, but the old man knew that there was no one at home. After that, he didn't say he wanted to go into the house, he just wanted to borrow their fishing gear, which was weird to say, he borrowed fishing gear, but not a boat, and he had to help catch the dragon himself.

Originally, the young man was unwilling. After all, his parents were not at home. He was afraid that this person would hurt him or steal things from the house. However, the old man gave him [-] yuan without saying a word. It was enough to buy many fishing tackles, so the boy happily walked out with the old man, went to the river together, and helped him catch the ground dragon, and he started fishing.

However, he has been sitting like this for two or three hours, why is he still not stopping?

The boy looked at the fish basket beside him, there were quite a lot of big fish in it.

At this moment, the old man seemed to have noticed something strange on the surface of the lake, and quickly started to collect the fishing rod, but it was still a little difficult. Seeing this, the young man immediately went up to help him, and, whoosh, the big fish rushed out of the water, and the two of them worked hard together. Pull the big fish out.

Seeing the big fish being put into the fish basket, the young man cried out with joy, and was about to speak when he saw a young man appearing in the distance, this young man was older.

"Xi, what are you doing here!" the boy shouted loudly, looked at the old man again, and asked, "Who are you?!"

The boy next to the old man explained: "This is my elder brother."

The old man looked at the young man, and the young man looked at him cautiously, holding a half stick in his hand, the old man smiled and said: "You remember very well, you must always protect your family as you are now. "

"Who are you?"

"Me?" The old man looked around and said, "I used to live here."

"You liar, before we arrived, this place was deserted!" The young man was talking, when his father hurriedly arrived, and his father was not very old, so after rushing here , Seeing that the two sons were there, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to the old man, looked around, and bowed, "I don't know if the old man has any orders?"

"Don't dare, don't dare"

After talking for a while, the fisherman saw that the old man didn't look like a villain, so he invited him to his home. This time, the old man didn't refuse again.

When they arrived at their home, the fisherman entertained the old man very much and prepared food, mainly fish and shrimp. The fisherman said: "This is the only way to entertain guests in the countryside. I hope the old man will not blame him."

"This old man eats fish and shrimp best in his life, very good, very good"

"I don't know the old man's last name, where is he from?"

"Liu's surname... a local."

"I don't know that the old man is a natural surname, but I have never seen the old man. There is no one here for dozens of miles."

"Here, in the past, my family left when I was young and never returned." The old man looked around and said with emotion. The fisherman was stunned for a moment, with some hesitation on his face. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak. The old man looked at him and asked: " What are your orders, sir?"

"Don't dare to say it's an order, old man, please follow me." The man said, got up, helped the old man up again, and led him out of the house. The two walked together for a long time and came to a mountain. In the distance, there were a few soil bags standing upright, and some stones were placed around them. Seeing the scene here, the old man almost fell to the ground. He hurried forward, his face still a little dull.

"Old man, don't blame me. When I was fishing, I saw the beautiful scenery and a lot of fish and shrimps here, so I moved here. When I was going to build a house, I dug up the corpses. There are four dead bodies in total. People, two adults, and two children, I buried them here for fear of being blamed by the soul." The fisherman said, but the old man couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears.

"This is my family, it's my family!!"

The fisherman sighed, for a while, but he didn't know how to appease him.

January

The old man left Dongyan and appeared in Kunliang County in Xiagao County.

This old man was naturally Liu Mo.

Walking in Kunliang County in a daze, it can be seen that the situation here is indeed much better than before. There are no more disheveled people looking at pedestrians in despair on the side of the road, and there are no nobles and hawks doing evil. , There are cultivated fields everywhere, and it looks like a piece of peace. Liu Mo is walking on the street, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his hand in his sleeve.

He walked towards that house, he clearly remembered the location of this house, here is the house of his enemy Yu Li Si, his pace gradually became slow, his whole body was trembling slightly, When he reached the gate of the courtyard, his footsteps stopped, his heart was beating violently, the enemy was here, he wanted to kill him.

For Liu Gong, who is gentle by nature and somewhat cowardly, killing people is not something that can make him feel at ease or happy. However, before such a big enmity, he has no way to dissuade himself. He has stood here for a long time.

Opening his eyes, he pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a person feeding chickens and ducks in the courtyard, the person turned around, but it was not Yu Lisi, he looked at Liu Mo with some doubts, and asked, "Old man, what are your orders? "

"Is Yu Lisi here?"

"Oh, the old man is here for him, he is no longer here, he has passed away for more than two years"

Liu Mo's expression was dull and he was stunned.

When he returned to Dong'an again, the old man's figure became more and more stooped.

The family was not there, because Liu Mo entrusted the fisherman to deliver something to Luoyang for him. In addition, he also gave him a pass book with a seal on it, saying that there was such a thing. The soldiers from all over the country will not make things difficult for him.

Liu Mo gave him a large piece of gold, and the fisherman was also frightened. He arranged for his wife at home and went to Luoyang alone. Liu Mo knew that he would definitely do what he said, after all, Dongyi people He has no guts to deceive a nobleman.

Back here again, Liu Mo walked slowly to the grave and knelt down.

He clearly remembered the surroundings, the hills here, where he and his younger brother often played, and his father often scolded himself, not letting him come here, for fear that he would fall, and the old dead tree, which he used to It's not withered, I pestered my elder sister to help me pick the fruit, and she also had a small scar on her face because she fell from the tree to help her.
She always said it didn't matter, but occasionally she could see her elder sister sitting by the lake, rubbing the scars on her face with muddy water, trying to heal them.

The past echoed in Liu Mo's mind one by one.

Liu Mo sat paralyzed in front of the grave with his hair loose, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying.

"Jiori, are you back?"

Liu Mo raised his head and saw Father, Mother, Eldest Sister, and Younger Brother standing in front of Liu Mo. Father asked with some joy, "Ji'eri, you're back!"

"I am back."

"Sorry, sorry, forgive me"

"I failed to get revenge"

Liu Mo cried.

"What are you talking about, get up, Father will take you to pick fruit!!" Father hugged the young little Liu Mo.

The family laughed happily.

The old man lay in front of the stone grave with his head buried in his arms.

With a smile on his face and tears in his eyes.

The 14th year of Xiping, May
That is, the fourth day after Zhuge Liang received the letter and the emperor ordered.

Someone knocked on the door of Zhuge Mansion.

Although the emperor had ordered Ningzhou officials to stop him, Zhuge Liang still felt uneasy. These days, he had been planning to go to Ningzhou himself to bring back his master, but Princess Raoyang did not allow it, because Zhuge Liang's body was too weak. It was too bad, and it was impossible to travel to Ningzhou. From that day on, Zhuge Liang fell ill, his face was pale, his whole body was weak, and sometimes he was hot all over.

How dare Princess Raoyang let him go to Ningzhou?
"I'm going to Dongyi." Zhuge Liang, who was lying on the sickbed, said weakly.

"Husband, don't say any more. When you get better, I will take you to Ningzhou myself."

"A big fish with dragon whiskers."

"Husband, don't scare me. There is no big fish with long beards in the world. Don't scare me." Princess Raoyang was trembling in her words, she tried not to cry, and rubbed Zhuge Liang's arm again, legs.

When someone knocked on the gate of Zhuge Mansion, the servants quickly opened the door, and there were three people standing outside the door, two of them were soldiers and the other was in civilian attire. The postman was right.

The postman came to see him and asked, "Is Mr. Zhuge in the mansion?"

"The master is here."

"There's news about Dongyan."

The postman's expression was a little solemn, and the servant subconsciously noticed something was wrong.

Walking into the house, looking at Zhuge Liang who was lying on the sickbed, and then at the mistress beside him, the servant didn't know what to say.

"What's the matter?" Princess Raoyang asked.

"There is a yellow gate in the palace, come to see the princess"

"No." Just after the servant finished speaking, Zhuge Liang interrupted him directly, struggling, and sat up. He looked at the servant and said, "No, why didn't the Yellow Gate in the palace come to see the princess? Why didn't you come to see me? There is a teacher Is there news from you? Right?"

The servant looked at him helplessly and nodded.

"Bring it in bring it in!!!"

Princess Raoyang waved her hand, and the servant walked out.

Not long after, the two postmen walked in with one person escorted.

The postman bowed to Zhuge Liang and the princess, and said, "Mr. Zhuge Liu Gong passed away in Dongzhai. The Ting Zuo who went out to inspect found him, and he was by a river in Dongzhai."

Zhuge Liang's face was dull, he looked at the postman quietly, opened his mouth wide, and said nothing.

The person they escorted suddenly shouted: "But by the river outside the East Pavilion?"

Zhuge Liang looked at him, and the postman hurriedly said: "When we came, this guy was outside the courtyard, sneaking around, peeping at the situation inside the courtyard, so I arrested him and escorted him in. Must be a thief"

"I'm not a thief. I'm from Dongyi, from Dongyi. There was an old man who asked me to bring something to Zhuge Liang. When I came here, I asked them one by one, but I couldn't be sure, so I was arrested." As he said that, he took down the fish basket behind him. The fish basket exuded a strange smell, and the surrounding postmen couldn't help but backed away a little. He put the fish basket in front of Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang looked at the fish basket, raised his head, and took out the contents.

It was a very large fish with a beard like a dragon.

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, his face was so helpless, like a child, arousing pity.

He turned his head and looked at Princess Raoyang.

cried out:

"Look, a big fish with dragon whiskers!"

(End of this chapter)