Xiao Jin sighed slightly, "Everyone in the world can say that the King of Chu is not sincere, but the general can't say it, if the general also thinks that the King of Chu is not sincere, it is called ungrateful." ”

Du Fuwei was stunned, "What did Mr. Xiao say about this?" Where am I ungrateful? ”

"Let me take the liberty of asking, are the general's Lingzun and Lingtang alive?"

"They have been dead for many years, when I was still young and killed by officers and soldiers!" Du Fuwei also sighed, he was unable to protect his parents, so that his parents died tragically, which was the pain of his life.

"It's in Qi County, right? Your father was killed for moving the interests of the Guanlong nobles, you jumped into the river to escape, and when you came back, your mother didn't know whether she was alive or dead, didn't you? ”

Du Fuwei's eyes narrowed, flashing with a terrifying light, and he stared at Xiao Jin tightly, "How do you know this?" ”

"You don't care how I know, I just ask you, is your mother dead?"

After Du Fuwei jumped into the river and escaped, he sneaked back at night, and found that there were a lot of blood stains in the yard, and his mother's dustpan for washing rice was still at the mouth of the well.

But at this moment, Xiao Jin's words obviously had another deep meaning, Du Fuwei's heart jumped violently, he couldn't believe it, and asked in a trembling voice: "Is my mother not dead?" ”

Xiao Jin nodded, "Your mother didn't die, she was rescued by the concubine of the King of Chu at that time and escaped with her life." ”

Du Fuwei stood up, his eyes were round, his eyes shot an extremely shocking gaze, his legs suddenly became weak, he couldn't stand anymore, he knelt in front of Xiao Jin all of a sudden, and shouted sadly: "My mother.... Where is it? ”

Xiao Jin hurriedly helped him up and sat down, "General, don't worry, your mother is still alive and well." ”

Duvowe grabbed his arm and said in an almost pleading tone, "Tell me, where is my mother?" ”

Xiao Jin sighed, "Your mother is in Hengshan now. Living with the mother of the concubine of the king of Chu, she is living very peacefully, or I will tell you again, she is now a semi-monk and leading the practice, this is the reason why she knows you, but she has not come to you, but she has always cared about you. ”

said. Xiao Jin took out a silver bracelet from his arms and handed it to Du Fuwei, who held the bracelet with both hands, and he recognized it as a mother's bracelet, which was also engraved with the mother's name, 'Evening Niang'. These were the first two words he recognized.

Du Fuwei's hands trembled violently, his eyes flashed with tears, his mother was really still alive, this was a dream he had more than once, dreaming that his mother was not dead, washing rice by the well, and he was not allowed to go out to be naughty.

Every time he woke up, he was in tears, and he had prayed to God if he could resurrect his mother. He would rather give up everything and take a hoe to become a farmer.

Du Fuwei didn't want Xiao Jin to see his sadness, so he walked to the window and turned his back to Xiao Jin, when tears finally welled up from his eyes and flowed all over his face.

Xiao Jin didn't bother him, let him quietly vent his inner sadness, and after a long time, Du Fuwei finally calmed down. He wiped away tears and asked, "Can you tell me, sir?" Where is my mother in Hengshan? ”

Xiao Jin smiled bitterly and said, "I don't hide it, I don't know." Because this involves the safety of the mother of the concubine of the king of Chu, that is, the adoptive mother of the king of Chu, it is an extremely confidential matter. ”

Du Fuwei slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu has no words for Du Fuwei's great kindness, I have no conditions, even if the King of Chu asks Du Fuwei to be a small soldier, I am willing, I am willing to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty and His Royal Highness the King of Chu to repay his great kindness to save his mother!" ”……

Because Du Fuwei was uneasy, he could only temporarily set the general direction, and the specific details of the negotiation should be placed later, Xiao Jin said goodbye and left, and Du Fuwei immediately ordered someone to treat the Sui envoy well.

The room was quiet again, Du Fuwei sat at the table, staring at the silver bracelet in his palm for a long time, he had waited too long for this moment, this silver bracelet that had been slightly blackened condensed his too much and too deep thoughts, he clutched the bracelet tightly, for fear that it was a dream, and after waking up from the dream, the bracelet would disappear.

At this time, a man in his thirties walked into the room quickly, Du Fuwei didn't even find out that this big man was Du Fuwei's close comrade-in-arms Fu Gongyou, he heard that Du Fuwei was receiving the Sui envoy, so he hurried over, but the Sui envoy had gone, Du Fuwei was looking at something intently?

Fu Gongyou hesitated, and then quietly retreated, he felt that Du Fuwei seemed to have some privacy, and he couldn't be too abrupt.

Fu Gongyou knocked on the door and coughed heavily, which woke up Du Fuwei in thought, Du Fuwei casually put the bracelet into his arms, his mother was still alive, he didn't want to tell anyone for the time being, including Fu Gongyou in front of him.

"Is there something wrong with the eldest brother?"

Du Fuwei generally when there is no one, will call Fu Gongyou the eldest brother, but when there are outsiders, he will change his words, and call him the second general like everyone else, although the two have a personal relationship with brothers, but in the division of power, Du Fuwei is the master, Fu Gongyou is the deputy, this can not be ambiguous.

Fu Gongyou walked into the room and said with a smile: "I heard that the Sui envoy is here, why did you finish the talk so quickly?" ”

"Actually, there was nothing to talk about, so I talked about the conditions, and I said that I needed to think about it." Du Fuwei tried his best to hide his inner feelings, he had become accustomed to not showing emotion in front of his subordinates, even in front of Fu Gongyou.

Despite this, the careful Fu Gongyou also found tear stains on Du Fuwei's face, which made him quite shocked in his heart, in his memory, since Du Fuwei lost his parents, he was no longer sad, he was always as strong as steel, today he actually cried, what did the Sui envoy say to him?

Fu Gongyou sat down and asked, "What conditions did the Sui envoy offer?" ”

Fu Gongyou and Du Fuwei were very different about the future of the army, Fu Gongyou was against anyone else, he advocated self-reliance, and when the time was ripe, he would ascend the throne as emperor and establish a foundation.

So he didn't approve of Du Fuwei's surrender to Emperor Tai, but if it was a nominal surrender, he didn't object to it, after all, Luoyang was too weak to control them at all.

But the Sui and Tang dynasties are different, they are both powerful, once they surrender, they will immediately be controlled, if they repent, they will give the other party the truth, so Fu Gongyou is very cautious, he hopes that Du Fuwei can refuse the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Du Fuwei's attitude towards Fu Gongyou was also clear, and he smiled and handed Yang Yuanqing to Fu Gongyou, "Big brother, take a look for yourself!" ”

Fu Gongyou took the letter and read it in a hurry, he didn't know a lot, and the content of the letter could only be roughly understood, Fu Gongyou frowned slightly, and asked, "What kind of official did Yang Yuanqing seal you?" ”

"The Sui Dynasty named me the chief of soldiers and horses of the five counties of Huainan, the Shangzhu State, and the general of the hussars, and I was also knighted as the Duke of Liyang County."

Fu Gongyou was stunned, and said for a while: "Cai Liyang County Gong, this is too low!" The Tang Dynasty sealed you King Wu, and also sealed you the Southeast Taishang Book Order, and the Sui Dynasty seems to be insincere! ”

Du Fuwei shook his head, "Actually, I think the Tang Dynasty is insincere, Li Yuan named me a prince, you must know that only his son is qualified, even Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong can only be crowned the king of the county, how can I, a person with a foreign surname, be a prince?" How long will I live after surrendering to him? This is obviously just a temporary perfunctory tactic to lure me with usury, and I will not be fooled. ”

"What about the Sui Dynasty?" Fu Gongyou continued to ask.

"I think Yang Yuanqing is very sincere, according to the rules, I am the county duke, this is the largest official they can do, as far as I know, the Sui Dynasty has not had a national duke, the highest is the county duke, can be ranked with Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong, which is enough to show the sincerity of the king of Chu."

Fu Gongyou heard him call Yang Yuanqing the king of Chu, and he chuckled in his heart, and he could hear Du Fuwei's thoughts from his tone.

"So you finally decided to surrender to the Sui Dynasty?" Fu Gongyou's gaze became very stern, and he was ready to oppose it vigorously.

Du Fuwei's sharp gaze stabbed directly at Fu Gongyou, but his tone was light: "Yes, I have decided to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and be loyal to the King of Chu, and I have already decided, and no one's opposition will change my decision!" ”

"You!"

Fu Gongyou stood up suddenly, the anger in his heart was irrepressible, Du Fuwei was obviously referring to him, he said angrily: "Okay! Since you said so, then I have nothing to say, I will return to Danyang tomorrow, the army will be food and grass, and I will only take my own soldiers. ”

After speaking, Fu Gongyou turned around and walked briskly outside the door, the anger in his heart had already made him a little irrational, just walked to the door, Du Fuwei said in a deep voice: "Big brother, the King of Chu has shown me kindness, even if I think I am his pawn, it will be difficult for me to repay it, why should the eldest brother force me?" ”

"What did you say?"

Fu Gongyou turned around and looked at Du Fuwei in surprise, and he suddenly realized that this was the fundamental reason why Du Fuwei agreed to surrender.

He slowly walked back and knelt in front of Du Fuwei, "Second brother, tell me, what happened?" Between us brothers, there is nothing that cannot be said. ”

Du Fuwei's eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "Big brother, my mother is still alive!" ”

"What? My wife is still alive! Fu Gongyou's eyes also widened suddenly.

Du Fuwei took out the bracelet and told Fu Gongyou what Xiao Jin said, Fu Gongyou's heart also became extremely weak, and he sighed secretly, this favor is really difficult to return.

After pondering for a long time, Fu Gongyou sighed and said, "Okay! Since this is the case, I will no longer object, but we still have to leave a way back, starting tomorrow, I will lead 30,000 troops to Danyang County to station, if there is any abnormality, I can still accept you. ”

"Yes, I agree with Big Brother's plan!"

Du Fuwei stood up and said resolutely: "In order to show my sincerity to the Sui Dynasty, I have decided to dedicate the heads of Wang Shichong's envoy and the Tang envoy to the envoy of the Sui Dynasty. ”……

[Historically, Du Fuwei was still a little tender, and he fell into the usurious trap set for him by the Tang Dynasty, and his status in the Tang Dynasty even surpassed that of the King of Qi, and finally died violently, Fu Gongyou was very sober, but because of Du Fuwei's surrender to disperse the forces, he was also killed in a fiasco.

In addition, I would like to ask you an interesting question that suddenly came to mind.

In "Dream of Red Mansions", where did Lin Daiyu's father leave the family property go? Who inherited? At that time, it was Jia Lian who went to handle the funeral for Lin Daiyu's father, and no one in Jiafu said a word afterwards, and Wang Xifeng was so flattering to Jia's mother, is the water in Jiafu also very deep! 】