By the time Tang Zhan got home, it was already dark......

Along the way, Tang Zhan kept looking at the half of the dragon-patterned jade pendant that Sun Yun gave him during the day, and he had indescribable emotion in his heart: "As a result, I didn't even have the opportunity to go to his house to sit once...... Brother Sun promised me that when he arrived in Dadu, he would help me find out the murderer of my father and my Tang family. But...... The world is so big, when will we find it? Hey, most of them are so far away from Bianliang, I'm afraid Brother Sun will never see them again in his life......

finally walked to the familiar door of the house, and saw Tang Xiaofeng boiling water outside the door. Seeing that Tang Zhan was back, Tang Xiaofeng got up and said, "Zhan'er, you're back." ”

"Yes, uncle! By the way, Uncle Xiaofeng, I really encountered something interesting today, and I made a very important friend!" Tang Zhan said happily.

"Oh?" Tang Xiaofeng asked with a smile, "Why don't you tell me about it?"

So, Tang Zhan told Tang Xiaofeng everything about today's daytime experience......

After Tang Xiaofeng listened, his face changed suddenly, his expression was sluggish, and the firewood in his hand fell on the firewood.

Tang Zhan noticed that something was wrong, so he asked worriedly, "What's wrong, Uncle Xiaofeng?"

Tang Xiaofeng staggered a few steps, grabbed Tang Zhan's shoulders with both hands, and asked with a serious face: "Is this true, Zhan'er? You really used the 'Tang Family Overlord Spear' in front of that group of robbers? Did you really tell your friend that your father was killed by the Mongols? Is this true?" Tang Xiaofeng's tone became more and more intense.

Seeing Tang Xiaofeng's nervous expression, Tang Zhan was also a little scared, and asked tremblingly, "Yes...... yes, to ...... What the hell is going on?"

Tang Xiaofeng gradually let go of his hands and slowly straightened up, but his eyes were still so dull, and he was slightly panicked. His head began to tremble slightly, and Zuihou shook it slowly...... His hand was first clenched into a fist, then released, then into a fist, and then released...... His lips began to tremble, and he only heard him mutter: "Seventeen years, will the descendants of the Tang family inevitably have such an encounter......

Tang Zhan was scared and puzzled, and asked, "Uncle Xiaofeng, tell me...... What the hell is going on...... Done?"

Tang Xiaofeng shook his head again, and then said coldly to Tang Zhan: "Zhan'er, you are waiting outside the door......"

"Yes...... Is it ......" Tang Zhan asked softly again, "Uncle...... I'm waiting outside the door...... Why?"

Tang Xiaofeng thought for a while, turned around and said, "I'll go back to the house and prepare for a while, and I'll be ...... Uncle will take you to a place later......" The voice was so fragile and slightly haggard, it seemed that he was about to decide to do something.

So, Tang Zhan didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to wait obediently outside the door......

After a while, I saw Tang Xiaofeng come out with a change of clothes, and he was still carrying the heirloom of the Tang family - the pear flower gun, and there was a little red on the head of the gun.

Then, Tang Xiaofeng slowly walked in the other direction of his home, and whispered to Tang Zhan behind him: "Zhan'er, you come with me." ”

Tang Zhan was still puzzled and asked, "Go...... Where to go?"

Tang Xiaofeng paused for a moment, and then slowly spit out the words: "Go to your father's grave." ”

In an instant, Tang Zhan's eyes widened, and the whole person stood there stunned: "Daddy - Daddy's grave?"

"That's right!You-Zhan'er, come with me!" Immediately, Tang Xiaofeng slowly walked down again......

Tang Zhan was a little stunned, although he had heard Tang Xiaofeng say it in the past seventeen years, he had never seen his father's grave. Really, he dreamed of kowtowing to his father's grave...... Now that this wish is about to come true, he should be happy, but when he heard Tang Xiaofeng's cold words, he couldn't help but be a little scared when he was excited. So, Tang Zhan also slowly followed......

"Tick-tick", the sky gradually began to rain lightly, and the rain hit the dry leaves, and there was a crisp "tick" sound. Unfortunately, it is already dark now, and when I look up, I can't see the shape of the rain, and I can only hear the sound of the rain hitting some places...... Gradually, bursts of muffled thunder could be heard, and the dark sky brightened up a few times from time to time, bringing a brief and chilling "light" to the cold and bleak night, and the whole forest was waiting for a storm baptism......

This is a suburban area, and Tang Zhan followed Tang Xiaofeng to the foot of a mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a barren meadow, and compared to the red flowers and green trees around it, the grass was obviously sparse and desolate, and dilapidated. But every year there is always more grass in this place, and in such a harsh environment, the grass still grows tenaciously with strong determination - it is no different here than it was seventeen years ago.

Continuing on, there is a stone monument standing on a piece of loess. Only the words "Tomb of Tang Tianhui" were written on the stele, and there was no additional word. And the whole stele is full of dust, and there are weeds all around, it seems that it has not been cleaned up for a long time......

The rain is getting heavier......

Tang Zhan slowly walked to the stele with Tang Xiaofeng, and when he saw his father's name, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart......

For a long time, Tang Xiaofeng stood in front of the monument, looking at the words on the monument with affectionate eyes. Then, his whole body was Xiangxia, kneeling on the rain-soaked loess, and said with sadness: "Brother Tianhui, I brought Zhan'er to see you." ”

Tang Zhan saw Tang Xiaofeng kneeling, and he also knelt down and said: "Dad, the child has come to see you, the child is not filial......" As he spoke, tears came out of his eyes, although it was raining and he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears, but he knew it from Tang Zhan's crying.

Tang Zhan continued: "Dad, the child has vowed to avenge you, avenge the people of the world, and drive the Mongol Tatars out ......of the Central Plains!

Tang Xiaofeng first glanced at Tang Zhan, and then turned his gaze to the stone tablet. He seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't...... The icy rain hit the stone tablet, slowly washing away the dust that had been attached to it for many years, and the rain hit Tang Xiaofeng's cheeks, making Tang Xiaofeng's heart hesitate...... Finally, he slowly spit out the words: "Zhan'er, do you know what your uncle brought you here for?"

Tang Zhan wiped away his tears and replied: "Zhan'er doesn't know, Zhan'er just thinks that he is already very happy to be able to see his father's grave......"

Tang Xiaofeng lowered his head and said, "So today...... I'll tell you a secret that's been sealed for seventeen years......"

"What's the secret?" Tang Zhan asked puzzled.

Tang Xiaofeng said slowly: "Actually, your father ...... ...... who wasn't killed by the Mongols" said and choked up a little.

When Tang Zhan heard this, he immediately stood up, showing a surprised and dull gaze. So, he asked tremblingly, "What about ...... So who is my father...... Who killed you?"

Tang Xiaofeng felt a pain in his heart at first, and said "um". Then, he turned his head to look at Tang Zhan, who knew nothing and had a panicked expression, then looked back at the tombstone, and then closed his eyes again...... After a long time, his lips squeezed out the words: "...... It's ...... me."

"Click-" A strong lightning bolt streaked, and the sky turned white, and the rain became more and more intense, and it was transitioning to a storm......

After the thunderbolt, Tang Zhan's heart seemed to have suffered a heavy blow - he couldn't believe what Tang Xiaofeng was saying now, and he stood dumbly with a complicated look in his eyes. Tang Zhan slowly responded: "What ......" Tang Zhan's whole body trembled.

Tang Xiaofeng said again: "I said...... I am your father's murderer. ”

When Tang Zhan heard this, he shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no, this is impossible, uncle, you must be lying to me...... You must be lying to me......" There was a mixture of tremor and panic between the words.

"I didn't lie to you!" Tang Xiaofeng said righteously, "I killed your father with my own hands!"

Tang Zhan burst into tears immediately, only to hear him cry: "Impossible...... Uncle, you are such a haode person, for ...... weishenme is going to kill my father?"

Tang Xiaofeng opened his eyes and looked at Tang Zhan, then closed his eyes and said, "For the sake of ...... All over the world!"

"Heavenly ...... Tang Zhan didn't understand, so he cried and asked, "'For the world'...... What does it mean......"

Tang Xiaofeng also said with tears in his eyes: "Your father Tang Tianhui and I have been good brothers since childhood. Seventeen years ago, your father Tang Tianhui and your mother Wang Yuping fell in love and gave birth to you. But your mother died of a serious illness after giving birth to you, so your father took you around all day...... But on the day of your full moon, your father ...... but did a great rebellion. Your father, in order to covet glory and wealth, took refuge in the Mongols and worked for the Mongol Tartars. More...... The cruel thing is that your father also personally led the soldiers and horses to destroy the Tang family. So overnight, your father became the scum of the rivers and lakes and the sinner of history. Until...... Two months later, I asked him to come here in the name of my brother, and after telling him all the reasons, I took him ...... I have no choice, for the sake of the people of the world to be trampled on by the Mongols, in order to help the teacher avenge his hatred, I can only choose to do this, I can only choose to kill my brother with my own hands - kill your father...... After that, I promised your father to raise you and teach you to be a righteous gentleman who stands up to the heavens and the earth......" As he spoke, Tang Xiaofeng himself sobbed a little.

At this time, Tang Zhan had already closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and burst into tears. "weishenme, weishenme, weishenme......" he kept asking himself.

Tang Xiaofeng was silent for a while, and then said: "Now that the Tang Family's Overlord Gun has been made public, and you have grown up and are sensible, that's why I told you the truth......"

"No, no, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it......" Tang Zhan first hugged his head and cried, and then rushed away in the opposite direction.

"Zhan'er-" Tang Xiaofeng shouted behind him, but Tang Zhan didn't stop......

The sky was thundering and the rain was pouring down, and it seemed as if he wanted to vent all his grievances. The rain was so heavy that it was waterlogged in the woods. The storm ravages the world, and I don't know whether it washes away the darkness of the world or brings darkness to the world, and the water that washes the soil does not only moisten the parched land or destroy the living creatures on the earth......

"Click-click-click-click-" Tang Zhan kept running......

Ran to the house in one go, and then to the bottom of the mountain...... At the same time as the sound of stepping on stagnant water was heard under the feet, the faint sound of sobbing and panting could be heard in the noise of the storm......

"Ahh The whole person rolled down the slope, and then fell into the mud at the bottom of the slope, and did not get up and run again.

The silt under the slope burst up and splashed Tang Zhan. Tang Zhan slowly got up from the mud pile under the fierce heavy rain, his whole body, including his face, was covered with a large amount of black mud.

Tang Zhan lowered his hands back, leaned up to the sky and said, "weishenme, weishenme, I am a descendant of the Tang family, can anyone tell me, what is this for......" Tang Zhan's voice was very loud, but his voice was quickly drowned out by this violent storm. Anyway, he is the only one here now, and he can shout and vent as much as he wants, and pour out the injustice of fate.

Then he said, "Seventeen years, seventeen years, seventeen years—have I lived in lies and misery for seventeen years? Everything is lying to me, my uncle is lying to me, and outsiders are looking at me in a very different light...... God, can you tell me this is weishenme, weishenme, weishenme—"

After saying that, he knelt on the mud again, his body bowed, and Zuihou slammed his head on the mud. He kept sobbing, apparently he had no strength to lash out at the merciless sky, and had to silently pour out his unjust fate in his heart......

The rain gradually subsided, and Zuihou stopped. But most importantly, it was still night, and Tang Zhan - this was the first time he had seen no sunlight after a storm......

Tang Zhan knelt in the mud for an hour before getting up, only to see that under his face full of mud, there was a dull and depressed expression. He walked slowly forward to the bottom of a small hill, then turned and sat down slowly, sitting down on the wet slope. Then his whole body gradually relaxed, and he leaned down with his back against the slope and his hands spread out. He was lying like this, in the same posture as when he was lying with Sun Yun on the suburban slope this afternoon, but his expression and mood were completely opposite to those at that time......

Of course, Tang Zhan also thought of this, he saw that his posture was really similar to when he was a brother to Sun Yun in the afternoon, so he thought of everything that happened in the afternoon during the day - just a few hours ago, Tang Zhan was not at all what he is now, he was full of smiles and hope for the future. He also thought of the heroic and unforgettable words of his brother when he and Sun Yun became brothers: "Strive for our common ideal!" But now, what is his ideal?

Tang Zhan closed his eyes, and his heart was in a mess at this time: "My original ideal was to be a hero like my father, with the world in mind, and not to take revenge on my father." But when the truth is revealed, my father is not a hero, but on the contrary, he is a lackey of the Mongols who everyone hates, do I want to be that kind of person? The one who killed my father was my uncle, and should I also kill with my own hands a benefactor who killed traitors and raised me for the sake ......of the common people in the world for 17 years?

Tang Zhan sat up slowly. He took out the half of the dragon-patterned jade pendant that Sun Yun had given him in the afternoon from his waist pocket, put it in front of his eyes, and then looked at it with affectionate eyes. Tang Zhan's whole body was "washed" and dirty, but in his eyes, only this dragon-patterned jade pendant was still so bright, it seemed to be a shining star in the dark night sky. At this time, he was very worried, and only heard him ask Yu Pei: "Brother Sun, you are a bold person, you are more optimistic than me in the face of anything, if it were you, what would you do?"

Tang Zhan himself knew in his heart that such a way of masturbating had no effect, and even a little self-deprecating, but his own heart just couldn't let go. He is very lonely now, and he wants someone who can help him relieve this pain, and hope that someone can bring him comfort and happiness, at least not to make him sad every day...... But now that he knows this truth, how can he not be bitter and sorrowful? If it were someone else, the result would not be much different......

Tang Zhan put the jade pendant back in his pocket, and no longer thought about those complicated and trivial matters in his heart. He leaned back on the cold and wet mud slope, his hands relaxed, and his whole body was spread out on the ground like a carpet, and then he gradually closed his eyes—he was sleepy, and he wanted to sleep after a night of tossing.

Although the rain has stopped, the stagnant water still keeps flowing. Tang Zhan's back rested against the slope, letting the cold rain seep into his clothes, into his flesh, into his heart—his clothes would have been soaked anyway. In this way, Tang Zhan slept on a night that he would never forget in his life......

"Zhan'er, wake up!" a woman's voice suddenly sounded in Tang Zhan's ears.

"Who...... Who is calling me?" Tang Zhan closed his eyes slightly, suddenly felt a bright light in front of him, and said silently.

"Zhan'er, wake up!" the woman still shouted.

"Where is this, who are you?" Tang Zhan slowly opened his eyes, only to see a woman standing in the light, her appearance blurred, and she couldn't see her face clearly.

"Zhan'er, you're awake, let Weiniang take a good look at you......" Listening to this woman's tone, it seemed to be Tang Zhan's mother.

"Mother...... Mother, it's really you!" Tang Zhan suddenly shouted unconsciously.

"Zhan'er, they've grown so big...... the woman in front of her is really Tang Zhan's mother, Wang Yuping.

"Mother, the child is not filial, and he can't serve his mother......" Tang Zhan said inexplicably.

"It doesn't matter, as long as my son can grow up safely, my mother will be relieved......" Wang Yuping said softly.

"Mother, father, he ......" Tang Zhan seemed to think of something, and said suddenly.

Wang Yuping shook her head lightly, smiled and said, "No matter what, Zhan'er must be a big hero who stands up to the sky......" Her voice was so kind.

"Mother......" Tang Zhan listened to Wang Yuping's words, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, as if he wanted to say something, suddenly the light in front of him became brighter and brighter, brighter and brighter, so bright that Tang Zhan couldn't open his eyes, "Mother! Mother-" Tang Zhan shouted with all his might......

"Ahh "Is it a dream......" Tang Zhan touched the back of his head.

After Tang Zhan got up, he rubbed his sleepy eyes. He seemed to think of the dream he had last night, but he couldn't remember what he had said...... Tang Zhanwei yawned, washed his face with the stagnant water on the ground, and then dragged his dirty body to return home......

"Yesterday's thing...... Did you dream of your mother?" Tang Zhan said to himself, "My mother seems to be asking me to be a big hero who stands up to the sky...... That's right, how can I be devastated by such a little personal affection, this is not the real me. Yes, I'm going to cheer up, xiexie you, mother......" A rare joy appeared on Tang Zhan's face.

It seems that Tang Zhan has figured it out, he put aside all his sorrows and pains, and found a new purpose in life......

"Uncle, I'm back!" Tang Zhan returned to the door, pushed open the door and shouted, "Uncle Xiaofeng, I'm back!"

But there is no one at home, it seems that Tang Xiaofeng has gone out.

"It's strange, Uncle Xiaofeng isn't at home...... Tang Zhan said to himself, "Is it because of what happened to me last night......?" Well, what is it?"

Tang Zhan suddenly found that the pear flower gun on the stone table was pressing a lot of letters, and he was curious, so he stepped forward and read the letters:

"Zhan'er, I'm leaving. For some reason, I had to go to a more secluded place to do something. You don't have to go to me, because from now on, you have to live on your own. The purpose of this letter is to ask you not to forget your heart's desire. The red on the head of this pear flower gun is the blood stain left by your father seventeen years ago, and I have not wiped it off for so many years, so you use that pear flower gun, a relic of the Tang family, to kill the Mongolian Tartars who killed the Tang family and the people of the world. Of course, you can't be brutal, so I put a few letters of recommendation next to the letters, and you take these letters to the northeast and try to find Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu. Zhu Yuanzhang was rescued by my Tang family when he was a child, and vowed to repay his kindness one day, and Zhu Yuanzhang is now planning the Northern Expedition strategy, preparing to attack Shandong, as long as you find him, he will repay the favor with you, and you will be able to go to war with him then. Zhu Yuanzhang has the world in his heart, and the people love him, and if you follow him, you will definitely be able to drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains. Also, when you go out, it's best to cover up the pear flower gun, and you can't measure it in front of the world until the critical moment. There is also one point, and the most important point, that is, when others know that you are a descendant of the Tang family and ask who your father is, you must answer me without hesitation Tang Xiaofeng is your father, this point must be remembered. Zuihou, may you become a real hero who has the world in mind and stands up to the sky!"

Tang Xiaofeng's letter made Tang Zhan's eyes moisten a little at this time, and after he wrapped the letter, he walked down the mountain with a pear flower gun and some clothes......

When he came to a river, he took off his clothes stained with black mud, and jumped into the river and took a bath. He and his uncle usually bathe in this river, and probably he would not have thought that he would take a bath here at one time......

After taking a shower, Tang Zhan changed into a clean brown cloth coat, which his uncle had bought for him in the city. After changing into new clothes, the whole person also became more energetic. After finishing the matter, Tang Zhan wrapped the pear flower spear tightly from beginning to end with a large piece of brown linen, then tied it with a rope, carried the gun on his back as usual, and then slowly walked into the distance......