[Three Kingdoms] Jingyunshang

I stayed at my adoptive father's house for a few days, and when I was about to leave, I found that there was an inexplicable throbbing in my heart. Is it reluctance or entanglement?But what is reluctance?For a while, I couldn't explain clearly, until the moment Wen Hui came to see me off, I suddenly seemed to understand everything, and I could vaguely feel a trace of tears leaking from the corner of Wen Hui's eyes.

"You...were crying, is it...for me?" I don't know where the courage came from, I suddenly asked presumptuously.

"No, I was blown by the wind just now, and sand got into my eyes." Wen Hui denied.

But I know very well that the sky is so clear today and there is no wind blowing.When she was caught off guard, Wen Hui touched her forehead with both hands and said: "The child who was once bullied has now become a handsome young man, but the battlefield is dangerous. Be brave, I will learn medical skills from my father and wait for you to come back."

"Okay!" After I replied this sentence, I turned and left.After walking tens of meters, I vaguely heard Wen Hui sobbing, but when I turned around, I saw Wen Hui seemed to be smiling.

In the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty (193), he defected to Cao Cao, the Fenwu general of Chenliu. Cao Ren of Cao Cao's army saw that his swordsmanship was quite outstanding, so he appointed himself as the chief.In the autumn of the first year of joining the army, he followed Cao Jun to attack Xuzhou. Along the way, Cao Jun killed the people near Xuzhou wantonly. At that time, although I was a little puzzled, why did I kill unrelated people, I wanted to ask the centurion, but was reprimanded by the centurion a meal.

The centurion shouted: "You boy, do you have a mental illness? The old man Tao Qian condoned the traitor Zhang Kai to kill the whole family of the lord. Tao Qian is guilty. Now the lord has tens of thousands of armored men. Do you need a reason? Just kill me, where is there so much nonsense, look at me."

After the centurion finished speaking, he immediately caught a commoner fleeing in a panic, and stabbed the commoner in the stomach with his sword. The commoner wailed and fell in front of him in pain. After a few seconds of convulsions, he stopped. He lost his breath, and his face was ferocious.I still can't forget that scene.

"You come here!" After the centurion killed a commoner, he immediately brought one of them to himself, and the commoner showed horror and fear.

"Centurion, I..."

"What about me? When General Cao arranged for you to be my chief, I had doubts in my mind. How can you, an unknown soldier, have the ability to be promoted faster than others who have been a veteran for a year?"

Facing the centurion's question, he couldn't think of any words to respond, and was stunned.Seeing that I didn't respond, the centurion yelled: "You're such a waste, you don't even have the courage to kill a pariah. You've completely embarrassed me. I don't know what General Cao thinks? Look at me!" After speaking, the centurion pierced the body of the terrified commoner with his sword, and the commoner fell to the ground in an instant. Before falling to the ground, the commoner's eyes seemed to ask him for help.

Time seemed to be frozen, and I stayed in place for a long time, my hands and feet seemed to be disobedient and unable to move.The centurion and many sergeants frantically killed the common people and the fleeing soldiers as if possessed by a demon. After this battle, Surabaya was stained red with blood.

That night, all the soldiers in the barracks were having a carnival, but I was the only one who drank the depressing wine and wandered outside the barracks, unable to let go of what I saw today for a long time.Not long after, he saw General Cao Ren walking towards him while patrolling the camp.

"Zhang Yi, why are you drinking alone!"

"General, I don't know if there is a question that should be said or not?" I asked while drinking.

"Speaking!"

"The one who killed the lord's father was Zhang Kai, the traitor. The last general really doesn't understand why our soldiers wantonly killed innocent people. I hope the general can enlighten me!"

Cao Ren took a deep breath, patted Zhang Yi on the shoulder and said, "Zhang Yi, as a junior lieutenant, you can think of this question. It's really good. That's right, it was the traitor Zhang Kai who killed the lord's father. , but it was indeed Xuzhou Mu Taoqian's connivance and instigation. Besides, there are never undead in wars. The killing is also to deter the defenders and reduce casualties. You are still young, and now is the time to make contributions. If you come to join the army, you must also want to return home Hometown, right? There are a lot of things you will understand in the future. Don’t let your imagination run wild. Let’s rest early. There will be fierce battles tomorrow.

After listening to Cao Ren's words, I felt that this was the truth, so I fell asleep without thinking about it. On the second day, facing the fleeing Xuzhou people, I still couldn't do anything, and for the fleeing Xuzhou soldiers, I was ruthless I came to behead a few, but seeing their desperate appearance before they died, I still couldn't make a move when facing several fleeing soldiers and let them escape.

At this time, the centurion next to him saw this and said: "Your brain has finally opened up. Today's performance is much better than yesterday, but it is not good enough, and the strike is not decisive enough. Boy, look at me, learn from it." After that, the centurion was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, sword shadows flickered, blood spattered, and many enemy soldiers fell to the ground in an instant.

Several days of conquests in Xuzhou failed, and a few days later, Liu Bei from Pingyuan County came to the rescue and Lu Bu attacked the lord's hometown, Puyang. The voice is that it is better not to join such an army, and the other voice is that it is better to wait and see, first to observe and observe whether joining Cao Jun can realize his dream of making contributions and making great achievements.As a result of repeated contests, utilitarianism prevailed, and it seemed that he kept shouting in his heart that he must make contributions, otherwise he would have no face to meet his adoptive father and Wen Hui.In this way, he continued to stay in Cao Jun.

The life of a soldier in the army always passes very quickly. Many of Cao Jun’s comrades around him died in various battles, and the centurion was also killed in the battle of the lord’s crusade against Zhangxiu. Prominent, after the death of the centurion, Shichang became the centurion.Although the adoptive father lived in the suburb of Nanyang, very close to Wancheng, but he still didn't dare to visit him.

During this period, I also learned a lot of words, understood many principles of life, and gradually understood what is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, respectfulness, and thrift.I have also witnessed the helplessness and sorrow of the unparalleled Lu Bu after being decapitated, and suddenly realized that even if there is no one in martial arts, so what?In the end, it was nothing more than a handful of loess.

When attacking Xiapi City, Guo sacrificed wine, and Xun Junshi's Surabaya flooded Picheng, and many innocent people became funeral objects again.Although after this battle, as a commander, deep down in my heart, I couldn't be happy, because although Xuzhou had been captured, the people treated us with numbness, indifference and fear.Is this the glory brought by the so-called meritorious deeds?I suddenly asked myself, but I couldn't get an answer. On the way back to Xudu, I finally made up my mind to take off the armor of the army, return to the land, return to my family, and protect the people I want to protect.

"What? You have just been promoted to Commander-in-Chief, and your future is boundless. Why did you disarm and return to the field? We know that you have not yet reached the age of weak crown. If you stay in the army for another ten years, your achievements may not be worse than that of someone?" Cao Ren said. Surprised.

"Thanks to the support of the general for many years, the grassroots have nothing to repay. However, the world is in constant war. Killing the grassroots is exhausting both physically and mentally. I haven't been home to visit for many years. I don't know whether my father and relatives are healthy or not. I am very worried. I look forward to the general. The grassroots are allowed to resign."

"Really don't think about it anymore? Zhang Yi, I would have allowed you to go home to visit relatives first, and then return to the army! What do you think?"

"The general's kindness, Yixin accepted it, Yi really saw through the killing, and the original dream disappeared with the reality, General Wanwang don't force it, Yi is very grateful!" He cupped his fists and bowed deeply.

"Hey, General Zhang is too serious. Since that's the case, I won't force you. Come here, take 100 taels of gold and a pennant from the Xiaorui Camp, and give it to General Zhang. If General Zhang changes his mind, I will welcome you at any time!" Then the two soldiers each brought 100 taels of gold and a pennant.

"This? The general is too polite. Yi can't afford 100 taels of gold, so please take it back. The pennant, Yi can accept it."

"I can afford it. For your military achievements over the years, the 100 taels of gold is well deserved. Don't shirk it."

"Here... General, how about this, 100 taels of gold is not convenient for Yi personally, and he has no intention of taking it. If you don't take some, it will seem pretentious. Yi will take ten taels of gold, and the general will reward the rest to the Xiaorui camp. General, please don't force me any more."

Seeing that he couldn't force it, Cao Ren readily agreed and sent ten soldiers to escort him for a certain distance.Nanyang, his adoptive father, and Wenhui, who hadn't returned for many years, didn't know how they were doing at this time, and they kept beating drums in their hearts.

When I saw my adoptive father's house for the first time, it felt both familiar and strange. Six years later, there was still no change at all. When I approached quietly, the layout of the courtyard was still so unique and simple. , the courtyard is full of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, which are fragrant.Refreshing.

Looking along the flowers and plants, a woman in white clothes who is watering not far away comes into view, she is so delicate and graceful.I don't know how long I stared at it blankly. In an instant, the woman in white suddenly turned around. After waiting for a while, the watered flower porcelain in her hand fell into the grass inadvertently.

Suddenly the woman rushed over and hugged herself, and murmured: "Yi, is that you? Why haven't you heard from me for so many years? Do you know how much my father and I are worried about you? The soldiers who are carried from Xu to Nanyang every time Corpse, I’m really afraid of having you, every time I hear such news, I can’t sleep or eat, and there are already countless widows in the village. Am I dreaming?”

Wen Hui, who cried for a long time, then pinched the back of her hand vigorously, "Ah, it hurts, it means it's not a dream." Then she burst into laughter.Seeing Wenhui's series of behaviors, I suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in my heart, so painful, so painful, like being stabbed severely by someone.Before he could think too much, he held Wen Hui tightly into his arms. At this moment, he really thought about it forever, making time stand still.

After hugging for a long time, Wen Hui blushed and gently pushed herself away and said, "Yi, well, it's not good to be seen by others if you go on like this, besides, you haven't come back here for a long time, you should go and see Yi Father and son are seeking uncle."

"Okay! Listen to you, let's go, let's go see foster father and uncle Zimou." I reluctantly let go of Wen Hui, and went straight into the hall with Wen Hui.In the hall, the adoptive father was concentrating on treating several ordinary people, and Uncle Zimou was beside the adoptive father.

"Father! Uncle Zimou! Yi'er is back."

"Yi'er is back? Come, come, Uncle Zimou will help you take off the luggage on your back first." Uncle Zimou walked in front of him and took out the luggage from my head, not wanting to stagger because of his haste. , the center of gravity was unstable, and the person and the package fell to the ground together, and the pennant inside the package was also shaken out.

Suddenly, an old man about 60 or [-] years old who was being examined by his adoptive father saw the pennant, his whole body trembled involuntarily, his face was frightened, and he said involuntarily: "Cao... Cao... ..Xiao.....Xiao...Kill...Kill...Very...Very...Many...Many... ...people...people...'

Seeing this, the adoptive father quickly touched the old man's back with his hand and said to Wen Hui, "Wen Hui, hurry up, go get a bowl of water." After a while, Wen Hui took out a piece of clean water from the back room, and the adoptive father took the water Pour it into the mouth of the old man, and the old man immediately regained consciousness, but he still seemed a little panicked.At this time, the adoptive father said to the old man seriously: "Old brother, please don't be afraid first, with this old man here, if you have any unpleasant things, please listen to my younger brother one by one, maybe my younger brother can solve my doubts!"

After listening to the foster father's words, the old man looked at himself again, took a sip of water, and then slowly said: "This old man is from Xuzhou, and he experienced a nightmare in the fourth year of Chuping, and that dream was really terrible. , It’s so terrible that after four or five years, I still don’t want to mention it. If I didn’t see the pennant of your son today, I’d like to bury it in my heart forever.” After finishing speaking, the old man sighed deeply.

"Then I dare to ask my brother, what does your nightmare have to do with this flag?" Uncle Zi Mou picked up the silk flag on the ground and asked.

The old man closed his eyes tightly. When he was young, he slowly opened his eyes and said: "In the fourth year of Chuping, today the father of Prime Minister Cao, Mrs. Cao, and more than 100 family members passed by Xuzhou. Master Cao was furious and sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Xuzhou. However, wherever Cao Jun passed, the killings were extremely fierce. Whether it was ordinary people near Xuzhou or Xuzhou soldiers who fled, most of them were killed by Cao Jun, and the old man once saw it with his own eyes. See, the general in charge of this pennant and his men are massacring innocent people. Most of the hundreds of people in the old village died tragically under the Xiaorui camp. The old man and several villagers hid in a smelly and It was only in the black cowpen and haystack that I was saved from death. Poor, the hundreds of villagers in the same village were in such a terrible state. I still can’t imagine how I spent that day.” After speaking, the old man covered his face and sobbed, tears streaming down his face.

Everyone was dumbfounded, especially the adoptive father, whose face was ashen. It could be seen that the adoptive father was trying his best to control his emotions, but he still felt the heavy heart of the adoptive father. After a long sigh of relief, the adoptive father spoke. Said: "I heard the rumors of Cao Jun's killing before, I really didn't expect that some things are actually true!"

Suddenly, the adoptive father shouted at himself: "Son, why don't you kneel down? The old man is going to enforce the family law today, and let you know what is right and what is wrong."

Wenhui and Uncle Zimou who were standing beside them were a little at a loss, and they also felt a burst of astonishment.Just when he was about to argue, the adoptive father said again: "Yi'er! Still not kneeling down? My father wants you to know what is wrong with you today?" Just as the adoptive father was about to walk in front of him, he jumped out of the crowd. He came out and knelt on the ground, ready to accept the punishment from his adoptive father.

Seeing this, Wen Hui on the side said anxiously, "Father, you should ask the truth first, and then punish Brother Yi, isn't it too late?"

"Yes! Yes!" Uncle Zimou at the side echoed.

"Hmph, didn't you hear what old brother Cai said just now? And Yi'er returned home today with the pennant of the Xiaorui Camp. This is not a good explanation.

Is Yi'er a member of Xiaorui Camp?If he is not, why is there this pennant?Yi'er, tell yourself, is the old man's words true? "

"Most of what the old man said is true, but..."

"Since that's the case, what are you talking about? Wenhui, go get the cane that enforces the family law!" The foster father interrupted himself before he could finish speaking.After hearing what I said, Wen Hui was a little skeptical, with a suspicious face.

"Wenhui, why are you still standing there? Hurry up!"

"No! Father."

Not long after, a thin and long cane was handed over to the adoptive father.The adoptive father took the cane and sighed: "It's been a long time since I used it to enforce the family law. I didn't expect it to be used on you today!"

After finishing speaking, the adoptive father pointed to himself and said, "Yi'er, it's all the adoptive father's fault. When you were going to learn martial arts, the adoptive father should really let you learn some literature before you learn martial arts. In the past, Confucius said, "What I don't like If you want to, don't do it to others. If you join the army, as a father, you don't object, but you should never attack innocent people who are unarmed. Everyone has parents. If one day, others will put their swords on the father and son's uncle, Wen Hui's neck, what should you do? The sage Meng Ke once said, "The people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the least." Life? As a member of the army, you should know very well that those who are generals and small ones will make contributions and serve the king! The big ones will protect their homes and the country, and wrap their corpses in horse leather. I don’t ask you to be big or small, but you can also Innocent people should not be slaughtered! People, what is the crime?"

After finishing speaking, the adoptive father closed his eyes helplessly, and said, "Yi'er, take off your clothes and prepare to be tortured!"

After listening to what the adoptive father said, I didn't argue too much. Even if I argued, I am afraid that the adoptive father would not believe it for a while, so he quickly took off his clothes and exposed his upper body.It's just that the years of military service have already cultivated a body of toned muscles.

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

"49!"

"Fifty!"

The rattan fell on his body clangingly, and he endured the great pain, but he did not make a sound, but every time the rattan fell, his heart felt numb, and the sweat on his forehead appeared unexpectedly. At last, I felt that there was a purple scar on the whole body, and a blue scar.At this time, the adoptive father was already kicking and peeing, and the cane was a little unsteady, and Wen Hui on the side seemed to have tears in her eyes. When she looked up at each other, she couldn't bear to turn her head away.

Seeing everything in front of him, the old man suddenly said: "Doctor Zhang, although this flag is in your son's bag, I still remember some of the faces of some generals and soldiers who slaughtered the village in those few days. I have known your son for a long time, it is indeed a strange face, I have not seen it in the past few days, come, come, come and see!"

After the old man finished speaking, he asked several common people who came with him to come over to identify them. Several common people watched him for a long time, and they all said, "Yes! Doctor Zhang, your son's face is really unfamiliar. I have never seen it before. It is not those few The generals and soldiers who slaughtered the village every day."

After listening to the foster father, he pondered for a long time and said, "If it is true as what the elder brothers said, then nothing would be the best, but the old man thinks that there are more than a hundred people in the Xiaorui camp, and it is impossible for the elder brothers to know all the generals and soldiers. , Maybe Yi'er didn't do it in your village, maybe he did it in other places!"

"Father, although my boy is a captain of Xiaorui Battalion, although he has killed some deserters of the enemy army, he has never killed civilians for no reason. Why do you always refuse to trust my boy? Although my boy does not I understand righteousness, but during the seven years of serving in the army, I still keep in mind the basic principles of being a person and doing things." Enduring the great pain in his body, he almost used all his strength to say these words.

"Father, Wen Hui can vouch for Yidi's character. Please don't fight any more. If you continue to fight, Yidi will lose half his life!" Wen Hui almost cried.

"Yeah, although Yi'er was young and impulsive and competitive, he probably wouldn't do things like killing ordinary people indiscriminately!" Uncle Zi Mou, who was standing next to his adoptive father, also echoed.

"Doctor Zhang, at the moment, it is impossible to confirm whether your son participated in it. If your son didn't do it, wouldn't you have suffered this innocent disaster for nothing? I have never seen your son's kind face. If the unfortunate son really participated in it, You will be punished again, but I still hope that you can verify it before speaking." The old man pondered for a moment and said.

"Forget it! Let's hit fifty canes today, and wait for the old man to verify. Yi'er, if you really participate in it, don't blame the father for being ruthless." The adoptive father glared at himself, and then continued to diagnose the old man's illness.

Seeing this, Wen Hui at the side quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and trotted over to help him, while he stood up with difficulty, walked to the room and lay down step by step.

Wen Hui hurriedly found medicine for wounds in the room, and gently applied it on her body. Suddenly, a severe pain came to her heart, as if a fire was burning.Suddenly, a pair of gentle hands stroked his shoulders with water and medicine, and the pain subsided a lot for a while.

"Yi, are you feeling better?" Wen Hui asked with sobs.

"Well, it's much better now!"

"Yi, I believe you have not, you are not the kind of person who kills without blinking an eye, I believe you, you have always been!"

All of a sudden, a huge warm current poured into my heart, and the pain on my body suddenly disappeared.Getting up with difficulty, he slowly wiped away Wen Hui's wet eyes with his hands, and said affectionately: "Wen Hui, thank you so much for believing in me all this time. Actually, I,,,, the first time I saw you Eye, I....... I like you, especially when I want to leave you and foster father, that feeling is getting stronger and stronger. At first I didn't know what it was, but I didn't understand until later. During my military career, I miss you all the time!" I don't know where the courage came from, and I suddenly said the most difficult thing to say in my life.

After Wen Hui finished listening, her face was flushed, and the medicine bottle in her hand suddenly fell to the ground.Wen Hui suddenly hugged herself tightly, and said with a choked voice: "Yi, why did you tell me now, do you know? From the moment you came back from learning martial arts, I found that I had an inexplicable feeling for you." , when I heard that you were going to serve in the army, do you know how sad I was? But it was your ambition at the time, and I couldn’t keep it. In the past few years when you were in the army, I was always worried about your safety. When the soldiers of Cao Jun who died in battle were sent back to Nanyang, I would secretly run to see if you were there. I was really afraid that one day, I would pray for you all the time. When you came back, you would know Am I so happy?" After speaking, Wen Hui hugged her even tighter, laughing through tears.

"Ah, it hurts...it hurts!" Wen Hui, you're hugging too tightly, relax.

"I'm sorry, I hurt you. I was so happy that I forgot that you were hurt. Come on, I'll continue to rub the medicine on you." Wen Hui reluctantly let go of her hands, picked up the medicine bottle and gently stroked her injured back. superior.

"Wen Hui, when the adoptive father investigates this matter clearly and his anger subsides, I will choose an auspicious day to propose marriage to the adoptive father, do you think it is okay?

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"I hate it! When did they say they were going to get married?" Wen Hui blushed and suddenly turned her head away, stopping applying the medicine.

"Ah! You don't want to marry? Then just now... ouch, it hurts so much!" I touched the wound again in excitement.

"Yi, don't move around, what are you doing so excited?" Seeing this, Wen Hui quickly helped herself and continued to apply the medicine.

"You said just now that you would not marry, that's why I was so excited."

"If you don't marry, of course you don't marry anyone else, only you, you stupid!" Wen Hui said shyly and softly.

"That's good, I just hope that this matter will pass quickly, and I have to let the foster father calm down." I sighed helplessly.

"It seems that's the only way to go, Yi, you lie down and don't move around, and the wiping will be over soon." After Wen Hui finished speaking, he took the wound medicine and wiped himself. At that moment, he felt that he was the happiest person in the world. Although he was beaten by his adoptive father, he reaped Wen Hui's love.