Chapter 425: Family Reunion
Sima Deshan rode out desperately on the horse. On the road, many of his soldiers blocked the road. Sima Deshan shouted, most of them could dodge, and some who had not avoided due to physical injuries or some reasons were cut by him with a knife. In this way, he escaped from the city with his own blood. Xiaolin, who was chasing behind, met Sima Rui halfway. At this time, Sima Rui saw Sima Deshan's embarrassment and couldn't bear it. In any case, Sima Deren and Sima Deshan were his uncles, and they were of the same generation as their father Hu Da. Seeing that Xiaolin was about to chase Sima Deshan, Sima Rui ordered the army to pass on orders to Master Xiaolin to stop chasing him.
Just when Xiaolin was sixty or seventy meters away from Sima Deshan, she suddenly received a military order from Sima Rui, asking him to stop chasing and return to the city immediately. Xiaolin didn't know why, so she had to hurry back. Sima Deren fled from Xiangcheng in a panic for more than ten miles, and he couldn't run anymore. Looking back at his soldiers, they were all disguised and looked in a mess. Sima Deren burst into tears, thinking about the scene when he came to Jiangnan. How powerful was it to have tens of thousands of soldiers at that time. Looking at the present, it was like a stray dog running. You should know that such consequences were better than enjoying the happiness in the capital. It was too late to regret it now. At this time, the pioneer Sima Deshan also ran over.
When he saw Sima Deren, he couldn't help but dismount and shouted: "Brother, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. If the green mountains do not change, the green water will flow. One day we will have a day to take revenge." Seeing Sima Deshan, Sima Deren felt disgusted. He said in his heart that it was all caused by your inability to do so. But it is inconvenient to say that it is so hard to say: "Get the troops together, rest for a while and then go out." After a while, Sima Deren saw that the people were almost there, and he was afraid that Xiaolin would come over, so the people in Legion were coming soon. When he arrived at the city of Liucheng, he saw that the gate of Liucheng was closed, so he ordered the army to call the city. At this time, Sima Deren looked at his troops again, and there were only less than 200 people left.
The soldiers called for a long time, and saw someone talking on the city tower: "Who is under the city?" The soldiers who called the city pointed at Sima Deren and said, "This is our Prince Zheng Sima Deren." The soldiers guarding the city said, "Wait, I will report to you." The soldiers who called the city were unhappy, and he said, "Put us in first so that Xiaolin would not be in danger of chasing him." But they ignored them. They looked down and Sima Deshan shouted loudly, "You haven't seen Prince Zheng here, please open the city gate." It seemed that they didn't hear it in the city. They just looked down and there was no movement.
After a while, someone in the city coughed. Sima Deren looked up at the city and saw the soldiers who had just run back. He rushed down and said, "Our prefect is not in the city. In order to prevent rebellion and sneak attacks on the city, you should go somewhere else." This is equivalent to being turned away. Sima Deren was so angry that if it were a few months ago, the prefect of Leh would be nothing. I would kill you. I would rather crush a bed bug to death. But now this guy dares not to open the door? He has always seen that there are other ways, so he has to lead less than 200 people to Wangjing. Soon after arriving in Wangjing, he fell seriously ill with anger and fire, and died soon after.
Just talking about Xie An and the others, Zhao Guokai sincerely surrendered this time, and since then there was a general. As the saying goes, "It is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general." Within two days, Hu Da led the descendants of the Zhao family and Zhao Guokai, a pair of children, to Xiangcheng. Zhao Guokai's two brothers rushed over immediately. The three brothers hugged their heads and cried bitterly. After crying for a long time, Zhao Guokai's voice choked and asked about the family. Zhao Guokai's two brothers Zhao Guohai and Zhao Guoshan told the reason for the incident. At this time, Hu Da took out a letter from Zhao Guokai's mother to him. Zhao Guokai unfolded the letter, and his mother's beautiful words were reflected in his face. The letter was written like this:
Guokai My Son:
When you saw this letter, your father and your aunts set out. Our Zhao family has been loyal for generations, and today it is heartbreaking. Now the court is in chaos, treacherous ministers are in power, and it is a disaster for the people. If my son can survive in the world, I hope that you must uphold justice for your parents. When you first meet, don’t be foolish and loyal to the world like your parents. In order not to be the descendants of my Zhao family, now I will hand over your two brothers and your two children to Master Xiaolin and Hu Yishi. They will lead these descendants of the Zhao family to escape from the Zhao family to survive. Your father and I will be loyal to the emperor in the era of the Great Jin Dynasty. I hope my son will understand the difficulties of being a father and a mother. From now on, I will be a dignified man.
After reading the letter, Zhao Guokai could hardly stand. Xiaolin immediately stepped forward and supported her hand, saying, "People take care of their health and will kill the enemy for the country in the future. Besides, your children still count on you to raise them." Speaking of this, his two children Zhao Zhi and Zhao Hu walked over and knelt beside Zhao Guokai. Ruthlessness may not be a real hero. Don't see Zhao Guokai standing upright and not afraid of life and death, but in front of his children, he still showed a kind fatherly image. He picked up his two children, wiped their tears, and kept comforting them. Seeing the people present, everyone was crying. Everyone persuaded them with kind words. After a long time, they stopped crying. Xiaolin took out the old lady Zhao's hairpin again
Come, he said to Zhao Guokai, "This is what the old lady gave to me. He said to me, seeing a hairpin is like meeting you." Zhao Guokai took it with trembling hands, put it away carefully, and kept saying, "Thank you." Then he said, "What did my father say at the end of his life?" Xiaolin said, "Your wife started to kowtow and begged your father to agree to his two children to follow me and Brother Hu to leave here, but your father disagreed. He said, "Your child cannot ruin the reputation of the Zhao family's loyalty for generations just because of a few children. Finally, your father agreed with your mother's begging. Your two brothers and your pair of children followed us. Finally, there were some Zhao family members who were unwilling to be foolish and loyal to them and rushed out of the Zhao family."
When Zhao Guokai heard this, he felt very uncomfortable. Unexpectedly, he was loyal to killing the enemy for the country, but instead he was killed by the whole family. If it weren't for Xiaolin and Hu Da, he wouldn't have seen these relatives at all. At this time, a strange thought suddenly came to his mind. He suddenly pushed the two children away and stood up and said, "Xiaolin, I have something to ask you." After that, he turned around and walked out.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!