three kings

Chapter 367 Three Pedestals, Goodbye Kong Ming
"...drive...drive...drive..."

Three riders in Jingzhou galloped on the official road one after another. At this moment, Sun Can wished he could spread his wings and fly to Calabash Mountain in one go.

It was already the third day after receiving the bad news. His father was critically ill like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which completely knocked him into a daze. After handing over the matter to Liu Hua, he rushed towards the mouth of the gourd.

Along the way, he changed horses without changing people, day and night.Xu Shu in Xiangyang has already prepared everything, and there is an exchange for Qianlima at each post station.It took only three days for Sun Can and the others to arrive in the eight-day journey.

The city of Xiangyang was far away, and because Xiangyang was a large town with convenient transportation and a large number of people, Sun Can had no choice but to dismount and walk, and Tai Shici and Xu Chu who were behind him also caught up one after another.

When he arrived at the meeting room of the government office, Xu Shu was dealing with government affairs. He knew that Sun Can would come quickly when he heard the news that his father was seriously ill, but he really didn't expect him to come so quickly, so he rushed forward to plead guilty.

Sun Can waved his hand to Xu Shu, went directly to the table, picked up the teacup on the table and drank it in one gulp, and then said: "What's going on? My father knows the way of keeping one's health. After another letter, the letter stated that everything is in good health, but why did he become terminally ill in just a few months?"

Xu Shu said: "This subordinate is not too clear about it, but the doctor diagnosed that Mr. Sun Zhe has typhoid fever!"

"Typhoid fever!!!" Sun Can yelled out. Typhoid fever is a very serious disease. Every winter, typhoid patients often occur in the army, and Sun Can has some understanding of this.The power of typhoid fever lies in its dormancy. When it comes on, it has headache and fever, body pain, low back pain, joint pain, bad wind and no sweat. If it is treated and prevented in time, the patient only needs to take a few bowls of anti-cold medicine and take care of it carefully. , This kind of typhoid fever is called "small typhoid fever".But if you don’t pay attention to it and let the evil fire (called by the ancients, which is equivalent to germs can also be called poisonous fire, evil spirit) spread in its body, after a long time, "minor typhoid" will soon turn into "major typhoid", then the situation will be very serious. Seriously, the most worrying thing is that "Typhoid" is highly contagious and has a very high mortality rate.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the early period of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the south had to encounter a cold snap that had not been seen in a century, and typhoid fever was common.Sun Can himself did not see it with his own eyes, but he learned about the dire situation at that time from the eight words on the list given by the local officials.The horoscope is "every room weeps, every family lays down the corpse".

"...Is it... minor typhoid fever, or... major... major typhoid fever..." Sun Can said with a trembling voice.

Xu Shu said worriedly: "I can't be sure. According to what the doctor said, it should be neither big nor small. It's more serious than minor typhoid fever, but it's not a major typhoid fever. In other words, Mr. Sun Zhe's condition is deteriorating, from minor typhoid fever to severe typhoid fever, but Due to the timely discovery, it was not severe to the point of severe typhoid fever."

Sun Can said: "What's the situation? It's getting better, or..."

Xu Shu said: "It's gradually getting worse...doctors can only slow down the deterioration of the disease, but can't cure it. Especially in the past few days, it has been raining heavily here, and the weather has turned cold. The situation is not optimistic."

"Okay, stop talking!" Sun Can became more and more nervous as he listened, and hurriedly interrupted: "Yuan Zhi, you should prepare immediately, I will go up the mountain overnight."

Xu Shu said anxiously: "No, my lord. The mountain road is slippery after the rain, and the mountain road of Calabash Mountain is narrow. My lord is not familiar with the terrain, and I don't have long walks. It's too dangerous to go up the mountain at night. It's better to go tomorrow morning."

"That's right! My lord has been traveling all the way. He doesn't think about food and drink, and he hasn't slept for many days. It's inconvenient to go up the mountain now." Tai Shici also persuaded, his tone full of worry.

"I can't wait!" Sun Can insisted, "No matter what, I must go up the mountain tonight."

Xu Shu had no choice but to say: "How about this, my lord, let me know for a while, eat, and take a bath. The subordinates will go and find the soldiers guarding Calabash Mountain. They have been walking on Calabash Mountain all year round and are very familiar with the terrain. They can also rest assured that they will protect the subordinates." .”

Sun Can said: "...Okay! That's it...!"

Xu Shu asked people to prepare food and wine, and went to pick and escort the soldiers himself.

Sun Can ate some hastily, washed the dust casually, rested for a while, and urged Xu Shu to go up the mountain.

The guards that Xu Shu talked about are all experienced masters, and everyone can be as good as a hundred. These people are all good hands of the Fan and Xu families. They usually disguise themselves as woodcutters and hunters. Their mission is to protect Sun Can For the safety of their parents, they patrol the mountain every day and are very familiar with the terrain.Under their leadership, Sun Can arrived at the Jingxin House where his father lived in seclusion without any risk.

When I came to the door, I saw that the door was locked tightly, the lights in the room were dim, and there was a shadow of a person passing through the gap in the door.

"Mother, mother..." Sun Can called out in a low voice. At this time, only his mother could take care of his father all night long.

"...ah... it's the general..." It was a familiar male voice, not his mother, who sounded familiar to Sun Can, but he couldn't remember who it was.

With a "creak", the door opened wide, and a young man with a tired expression appeared inside the door.The man was a little out of spirits, but his tired face could hardly conceal his peerless look.

"You are Kong Ming, Zhuge Liang!" Sun Can remembered the other party, the room was dimly lit, Zhuge Liang's feather fan disappeared, and he was holding a hot towel in his hand at the moment.

Zhuge Liang saluted with a faint smile: "Zhuge Liang has seen the general."

"Okay, this is not outside, there is no need to be formal!" Sun Can asked, "What happened to my parents?"

Zhuge Liang lowered his voice and said: "Back to the general, the master's condition is not very good, his body is hot and cold, and now he is unconscious. The teacher's wife hasn't rested for several days, and she just fell asleep."

Looking at Zhuge Liang who was extremely exhausted, Sun Can felt guilty for a while. He was born as a child whose father was seriously ill, not to mention it by his side, and to implicate others, which is really unfilial.

He took a deep breath, clasped his fists together, bowed deeply to Zhuge Liang and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Kong Ming takes care of my father instead of Sun Can, please be respected by Sun Can."

Zhuge Liang was terrified and hurried forward to help him.Sun Can took a step back, avoided, and said again: "Please accept Sun Can's worship..."

Zhuge Liang accepted the gift with a sigh, and said: "The general killed Liang too."

Sun Can shook his head: "Sun Can is not filial, and he is in vain as a son. Mr. Kong Ming took care of his father. Sun Can is grateful. It is a mere courtesy, so how can you say that you are so kind?"

Zhuge Liang said: "A mentor is like a father. Liang just does what he thinks he should do, and has nothing to boast about. As for the title, the general can be called Kongming as before. The people in the mountains are really unworthy of the word "Mr." .”

Sun Can also said: "Then don't call me 'General'. I was taught by my father since I was a child, and you are also my father's disciple. Just call me senior brother."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said not to dare, "The body of a general is a thousand pieces of gold, and the survival of one person is related to the safety of half of the Han people. Kong Ming has no achievements, so how dare he compare with the general."

"Heh" Sun Can said with a soft laugh: "General is just a title. Today he can be a general, and tomorrow he can be a commoner. No matter what the title is, Sun Can will always be Sun Can and will never change."

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, and he secretly praised in his heart, the greater the power, the greater the ambition, how few people in the world can remain so indifferent under the influence of power.Such people can be divided into two types.One is a sage and hermit whose fame and wealth are like nothing, and the other is a master who can completely control power.Even if the power is high, this kind of people will not lose their nature because of it.

"Oh!" Sun Can patted his head hard, and said: "Kong Ming, you look tired, and you must have not rested for a long time. You go back to the room to rest, and you and I will have a good talk someday." Then, Sun Can said to Tai Shici and Xu Chu again: "Ziyi, Zhongkang, you haven't slept for many days, go to my room to rest."

Tai Shici and Xu Chuben disagreed, but they couldn't resist Sun Can's persuasion, so they packed up everything and walked into the room.

When Zhuge Liang didn't move, Sun Can curiously asked him why.

Zhuge Liang said: "Liang just sit in the living room for a while, my room is for the doctor to sleep peacefully."

Sun Can scolded himself for being confused, thought for a while and said, "It's not as good as Kong Ming and Ziyi, and Zhong Kang squeezed together." Then he whispered, "I'll tell you the secret. When I was young, I was very active and had a bad sleep quality. I often jumped out of bed. Get off. My mother felt sorry for me, so she made me a big bed. Since then, my bed has been much bigger than ordinary people, and three people sleep, absolutely not crowded. Don’t say it, it’s embarrassing. "

"Pfft!" Zhuge Liang looked at Sun Can who was like a child and suppressed a smile, "Heaven knows, Earth knows, and I will never reveal it."

Sun Can watched Zhuge Liang walk into his room, sighed, and walked towards the main room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw his always stern father lying quietly on the bed, his face pale and bloodless, with a wet face towel on his forehead.And the mother who cared so much for herself and was more than life was sitting on a low stool leaning against the edge of the bed and falling asleep.

"Mother...Father..." Sun Can shouted again and again in his heart, tears had already lost his eyes, and he walked lightly to the bed, took off his long gown and gently covered his mother Li Meng.

He replaced the cold face towel on Sun Zhe's forehead with a warm one, carefully brought a stool and sat quietly on the head of the bed, looking back and forth at his parents, unwilling to make any sound.

In addition to changing Sun Zhe's face towel, Sun Can just quietly accompanied his parents all night, his eyes staring back and forth on their faces, as if he wanted to brand the lingering imprint of his parents in his heart deeper and deeper. clear. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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