I’m The King

With the yelling of the little dolls, more and more people came out. Looking at the majestic Dong Zhuang, everyone was amazed. Back then, the Dong family was the poorest family in Dong Jiazhuang. Even if it is now, it is because the foundation is too great. Bo is still at the bottom of Dongjiazhuang, but seeing Dong Zhuang's current appearance, they all sigh Hedong for thirty years, Hexi for thirty years, Dongjia, seeing this is the rhythm to develop!

The pine tree is still the big pine tree, and the big yellow dog tethered under the tree is much stronger than it was two years ago.It is no longer the skinny and messy guy in Dong Zhuang's image.

Seeing so many people coming, the big yellow dog with its tongue out under the pine tree stood up to catch the cold, its hair fell down, and a threatening sound came from its throat.

"Rhubarb!" Dong Zhuang's eyes became wet all of a sudden, and he shouted, the big yellow dog stared at the brightly dressed person in front of him with some doubts, swayed his legs, and walked a few steps forward. It seems that he smelled a familiar smell, and he jumped up on the spot all of a sudden.The two front paws were raised high, and they wanted to grab Dong Zhuang's body, but it was a pity that the rope behind him was tied to it and pulled him again. After going back, Rhubarb was obviously anxious, and kept rushing forward, and kept being pulled back.

Dong Zhuang took a step and stretched out his hands. The big yellow dog suddenly leaped into his arms. The dog's head rested on Dong Zhuang's shoulders. His head kept rubbing against Dong Zhuang's face, and his long tongue stuck out and licked. Dong Zhuang's face.

"Old man Dong, your eldest son is back!" Someone shouted loudly in the crowd.

"Which one is entertaining me again!" An old voice came from the room, the door was opened with a creak, and a gray-haired old man opened the door and appeared at the door.

"Father. I'm back!" Dong Zhuang rushed forward, and knelt down on the ground with a bang, "Father, the son of unfilial piety is back." Looking at the gray-haired old man in front of him, Dong Zhuang burst into tears, father It's less than fifty, but it looks like an old man who has passed the sixtieth birthday.

"Zhuang Zhuang!" The old man looked at Dong Zhuang who was kneeling in front of him. He didn't react for a long while, but he looked at Dong Zhuang up and down.

"Father, it's me, Zhuang Zhuang, Zhuang Zhuang is back!" Dong Zhuang said loudly, "Look carefully, I am your son."

"Zhuang Zhuang!" The old man finally recognized Dong Zhuang and shouted, "You, didn't you die in Yuyang? They all said you died in Yuyang!"

"I'm not dead, I'm back." Dong Zhuang cried: "Are you okay? Mother is okay? Brothers and sisters are all okay?"

The old man yelled, suddenly turned around and ran into the house, "My child, his mother, Zhuang Zhuang is back, Zhuang Zhuang is not dead!"

Dong Zhuang got up and ran into the house.

In the inner room, a strong smell of medicine was permeating, a woman with the same gray hair was struggling to get up from the bed, stretched her hands forward, and fumbled around, her eyes were absent, she turned out to be blind.

Old man Dong walked to the bed, supported the woman, tears bursting into tears, "The child is his mother, Zhuangzhuang is back."

Dong Zhuang stood by the door blankly, looking at the two gray-haired old men. He could hardly believe his eyes. When he left, his family was fine. Why is it like this now? Dad looks dozens of old. When my mother was ill in bed, his younger brothers and sisters were gone.

"Zhuangzhuang, where are you? Where are you?" The woman scratched her hands around, tears streaming down her shriveled eyes.

"Mother!" Dong Zhuang yelled, rushed over, knelt before the bed, holding his mother's dry hands with both hands, "I'm back, your son is back."

"My son!" The woman embraced Dong Zhuang in her arms and burst into tears.

"Zhuangzhuang, two years ago, when I heard that you died in Yuyang, your mother cried every day and said that you shouldn't be allowed to serve as a soldier. Later, she cried and went blind. She also collapsed." Dong Laohan sighed. .

"Mother, it's all my fault. We were defeated in Yuyang. I became a prisoner. Later, I went to Hetao, joined the Eastern Army, and then went to Donghu. I was fighting all the time. At that time, I couldn't read. I can’t write back. We’re not dealing with the East Army and the Yan Army, and we can’t even bring back a message. It’s because the son is not good, and you are suffering!" Dong Zhuang put his mother's hands on his face and cried. "It's fine now, my son is back, my son is now an official, and there are many people under him. My son won't let you suffer anymore."

"I'll be fine when I come back, I'll be alive!" The woman tremblingly said, clutching Dong Zhuang tightly, for fear that as soon as she let go, Dong Zhuang would be gone again.

"Qiuzi, bring everything in!" Dong Zhuang sat on the edge of the bed, turned his head and shouted.

The iron guys squeezed by the door, crying because they saw everything in the house, turned around and rushed out, unloaded the packages from behind the horses, and rushed back into the house.

"Father, mother, this is a gift I bought for you and your younger brothers and sisters." Dong Zhuang smiled in tears and opened the package one by one. "This is for the older brother and the second younger brother. These are the clothes and clothes I bought for the younger sisters. Jewelry, the rest of these are for the two elders. In addition to the new clothes, there is also an old ginseng. This was discovered by accident when we were fighting in Donghu. It happened to be for the mother. Also, dad, you see , We have money."

Dong Zhuang opened a package, and the inside was filled with white flowers and silver taels. There were a few hundred taels." Father, mother, these are the military salaries for the past two years and the silver rewards for winning battles and meritorious services. I am in the army. There was food and clothing, but the money was not spent, so I brought it all back to marry my younger brother and dowry for my younger sister.

Dong Zhuang said excitedly, but did not notice that Old Man Dong was silently wiping tears on one side, and his mother's body in his arms was also shaking.

"Father, mother, where are the younger siblings, where have they gone? Why haven't they come back?" Dong Zhuang looked around and finally found something was wrong, asking suspiciously.

"They, they are all gone!" Dong Laohan cried out.

"No! What, no, why is it gone?" Dong Zhuang jumped up, and the old woman fell on the bed and started crying loudly.

"Last year the people of Qi came over, and your eldest brother and second brother were conscripted by the government to serve as soldiers. Later, Jicheng was attacked by the people of Qi, and blood was flowing in the city. There was no news of your two younger brothers. Later, Some of the people in Zhuangzi who were arrested and served as soldiers fled back, saying that your two younger brothers died on the day that Jicheng broke the city. People from Qi came and looted everywhere, and Da Ya and Er Ya were killed. They snatched it away, and there was no more news. It's all gone, all gone!" Old Man Dong cried.

Dong Zhuang's body trembled violently, his face flushed, his fists clenched, and a guard saw something wrong, took a step, and said loudly: "Boss, Boss, you howl loudly, howl sound!"

Seeing that Dong Zhuang still didn't respond, he suddenly waved his hand and slapped Dong Zhuang's face, spit out a mouthful of blood, Dong Zhuang yelled, and fell to the sky.

"Boss!"

"Strong!"

There was a sudden chaos in the room.

It was late at night, and people were quiet. Old man Dong was sitting on a stone mill under the big pine tree. Dong Zhuang moved a small bench and sat on the side. The big yellow dog, like two years ago, lay at Dong Zhuang’s feet and stretched out from time to time. Tongue licked Dong Zhuang's big feet.

In the slow and painful voice of Old Man Dong, Dong Zhuang finally fully figured out what happened to his family in the past two years.

The people of Qi came, but the country of Yan did not have many soldiers. The court finally pulled its skin, and the recruitment system that had been implemented for several years collapsed. Instead, it was replaced by the capture of strong men. This is how Dong Zhuang's two younger brothers were taken away and died. On the day when the city was broken, after the Qi people fully occupied Tianhe, they could be said to be doing everything by burning, killing and looting. The two sisters were snatched by a group of Qi rebellion soldiers, and their whereabouts were unknown. And the two slender women, in such a troubled world, naturally will not have a good end.

The situation of the Dong family is said to be unable to survive in this world. Fortunately, after the Eastern Army occupied Tianhe County, a comprehensive reform began. The Dong family also received several acres of land, but the old couple had no ability at all. After planting him, the local government sent someone to cultivate for them during the busy farming season. This allowed the two old people to survive. Last winter, they built a new house for them, although it is not as good as the rest of the village. The Kwawa house is much better than the previous rotten thatched cottages.

"Well King Han, if it weren't for King Han, you come back now, I'm afraid that our graves will have long green grass!" Dong Laohan sighed authentically, "It's just a pity that your brothers and sisters are not lucky enough to wait for this day. Otherwise, our family will have more than ten acres of land, and if it works harder, the life will get better and better."

Or too much sadness has made the old man a little numb, and his expression has now appeared to be much calmer, "Zhuang Zhuang, you are back, and our Dong family has finally not succeeded."

"Father, don't worry, life will get better and better, and I will avenge the younger brothers and sisters, I will avenge them." Dong Zhuang gritted his teeth and whispered: "The son is now the No. A field battalion commander under the division has thousands of brothers. After returning from Dongsan County this time, he will go to school. Dad, you don't know. In the army, you can go to a school that specializes in training senior officers. That is not an opportunity that ordinary people can get. This is the opportunity that my son has taken his life in the past few years. The king is going to set up another military command academy in Jicheng, and his son is the first batch of students in this academy, listen. It is said that after graduation, you can at least be a regiment leader, and if you work for a few more years, and become a teacher, then you will be a general!"

Old man Dong didn't understand what his son was talking about, he just looked at his son with some worry, "Is there going to be another war? Zhuang Zhuang, can't you go home? We are the only one in Dong's family."

"Of course there is going to be a war. If there is no war, how can I avenge my brothers and sisters?" Dong Zhuang's voice is low, "We big man, we must sweep away all the trash, dad, don't you mean the big man? Then we will take the big man. The flags of the People’s Republic of China are inserted in every corner of the world, so that everyone can live the good life they are now."

Old man Dong nodded ignorantly.His son has grown up and is no longer the old man who didn't understand anything.He is now an official.

Dong Zhuang didn't stay at home for long. Now he just wants to go back to the army immediately. With his ten brothers, Dong Zhuang chopped firewood for the family for a day, and the yard is like a small hill. Prepared for the two old people in the winter, and then brought gifts to visit each family in the village. Thank them for taking care of the Dong family. At the same time, I hope they can help him take care of the two elderly people in the future. After all this, he I took the gifts I brought to my younger brothers and sisters, and set up a burial mound for the younger brothers and sisters on the mountain behind the village.

After doing all this, Dong Zhuang bid farewell to his parents and returned to the army. He just wants to go to school quickly, and then quickly return to the army, take his brothers, and go to Qi. (To be continued)