(a)

After the banquet is over, you personally send all the civil ministers and military generals to the gate of the palace.

Fu Tianliang stayed alone.

While waiting for you to send off the guests back, he and Wu Shun talked alone in the side hall.

Fu Tianliang said with a serious expression: "Shunzi, can you help me with something?" ”

Wu Shun said: "It's too polite, Brother Fu, please speak." ”

Fu Tianliang said: "Can you help me go and talk to the general and take me back to the front line." I have been pampered in Yunjing for so many years, and I am really ashamed and uneasy to watch you follow the general from birth to death and fight bloodily. In the old department of the New Han Army, you and I and Zhang Bao were the first to follow the general, and now at his last moment, we should also start and finish well and escort him to the end of his last journey. ”

Fu Tianliang said: "Zhang Bao is now adjusting the southern line and guarding the King of Han closely, there is no way to follow him, then, let me accompany him with you." Help me beg the General, and this time, take me to the Northern Front as well. ”

Wu Shun shook his head and said, "Brother Fu, I can't help you say this." You have to understand his painstaking efforts. The young master has a bright and upright life, and there is nothing else to worry about in his heart, only Mrs. Jun, he can't bear to say goodbye, and he can't rest assured. Among the generals, he has always valued your stability and reliability the most, meticulous and thoughtful, and has repeatedly entrusted Mrs. Jun to your care. ”

Wu Shun said: "Now Mrs. Jun has won the favor of the King of Han and has a stable position in Yunjing, all because of the general's outstanding achievements, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, no one can match, and because of the general's lightning speed and thunder means, no one is afraid and no one is not in awe." If in the future, the general has three longs and two shorts, and he is no longer in the world, the days are long, people's hearts are unpredictable, the world is changeable, and the gentleman's grace is impermanent, and Mrs. Jun does not have the support and protection of the general, in case something happens, who can guarantee that she will not be isolated and in danger. ”

Wu Shun said: "Brother Fu, the general has really entrusted you with the heaviest responsibility. Although Mr. Xu is alert and resourceful, after all, he is a weak scholar, if there is an emergency, danger, and a critical time, when he needs to shed blood and sweat, he may not be useful, and he must have a person who can be literate and martial, guard Mrs. Jun's side, consider her, give her some advice, and protect her thoroughly. Brother Fu, it is easy to die generously with the young master, but it is really an even more difficult task to help him carefully protect Mrs. Jun's life behind us. You have to deeply understand his intentions, and use your whole life to complete this final task for him, so that even if he is in Jiuquan, he can feel at ease. ”

Wu Shun also said: "The king of Han is also on the battlefield now, and there will be a decisive battle in the future, the battlefield is dangerous, the sword has no eyes, if the king of Han has an accident, leaving a group of daughters, orphans and widows, the situation of Mrs. Jun will be equally dangerous." You must stick to Yunjing, adapt to the situation, and defend Mrs. Jun and the future son. With you guarding here, the young master will go to the northern front to fight, so that he can have no worries and be able to focus on completing his final mission. Brother Fu, the burden on your shoulders is heavier than Mount Tai, and your help to him is greater and more important than mine. ”

Wu Shun said: "Brother Fu, die with him and live for him, let's divide it and let it go." I will take the place of you and Zhang Bao and escort him to the last moment, the last breath, the last heartbeat. Whether life or death, I will follow him and will not leave him alone and helpless. ”

Fu Tianliang listened to Wu Shun's heartfelt words, then stood up, bowed and said, "Since this is the case, Tianliang will live up to him." Tianliang will spend his whole life to protect Mrs. Jun and support the son, and he will always be loyal to and protect Mrs. Jun's mother and son, until the last moment, the last breath, the last heartbeat. If the day dawns, Mrs. Jun and the prince will be safe. Let's divide it up! Don't worry, please rest assured! ”

(b)

After returning from the send-off, you invite Fu Tianliang to drink tea alone in the study.

You sit opposite each other around a small charcoal stove, and the water in the iron kettle is gurgling.

You carry a pot and pour water into Fu Tianliang's cup, and as soon as the water enters the cup, the room is filled with the fragrance of tea.

You said, "Senior Brother Seven, it's been a long time since we've talked to each other like this. ”

Fu Tianliang held the cup in both hands, and said with tears in his eyes: "Commander." ”

You are slightly stunned when you hear him call him that. Then you smile and say, "It's been a long time since I've heard anyone call me that." ”

Fu Tianliang said: "Commander, I will never forget the day you went to General Sun Zhanming's Flying Tiger Barracks to select us, I will never forget those hard days in Qingfeng Village, I will never forget the moment when you took away the knife in my hand like lightning for the first time, and I will never forget the words you said to us in the barracks." ”

You make yourself tea, too. You say, "yes, those days, it was unforgettable. ”

You say, "Unfortunately, all the good days will be a thing of the past." In the blink of an eye, it's time for us to say goodbye. ”

Fu Tianliang said with tears in his eyes: "Commander, you are the greatest and most outstanding soldier of this era. You will live in the history of the Han army for a long time. ”

You say, "Such praise is too much." ”

You say, "No one can live forever, no army can be strong forever, and no dynasty or country can prosper forever." Peace is coming, but it will be lost. The war is coming to an end, but it will still begin. One day, people will still raise their butcher knives at each other. ”

Fu Tianliang said: "If that is the case, won't our life's struggle eventually come to naught, and all the sacrifices and hardships will be worthless and meaningless in the end?" ”

You say, "The rarest thing in this world is to do it bravely when you know you can't do it, and you are willing to give everything and endure everything when you know that it has no meaning or value." ”

You say, "As long as people are longing, even for a moment of peace and stability, it is worth it, and we have to give all our lives for it." ”

You say, "Life is short, life is fleeting, don't we dedicate this life to good things, don't we dedicate this life to boring or useless things?" ”

You say: "Even if in the turbulent river of history, the peaceful years are just a flash in the pan, then it is worth our struggle, to fight for people, to help people realize." ”

You say, "The meaning of a flint stone is to create a little spark and light a piece of light for people when they need it." ”

You say, "Even if the peace will be gained and lost in the future, and the war will be revived in the future, I will die without regrets." ”

(c)

During the Qingfeng Village period, there was such a conversation between Zhang Bao and you.

Zhang Bao asked, "Commander, you are very different from the commanders I have seen before. You never provoke our violence, but you keep the soldiers up. Commander, if your power does not come from hatred, then where does your power come from? ”

You replied, "Sympathy." From, unbearable sympathy. ”

Your life, if you want to sum it up in two words, these two words are: unbearable.

Because you can't bear to see the pain of the world, you have endured countless hardships and hardships, and you have borne all the pain in your life yourself. Because I can't bear it, I can bear it.

All those who can endure extraordinary hardships and pains have a soft heart that cannot bear it.

Because of benevolence, and can be brave.

(iv)

That day, you said to Fu Tianliang's last instructions: "Senior brother, Qin'er, and her children, I will entrust it to you." Please continue to protect her and protect them after I die. It's like I'm alive. ”