General's humble stand-in

In late autumn and October, the fallen leaves are flying and the city is rustling.

The general's mansion hangs white lanterns and raises white flags, and the old lady dies of illness.Before he died, he kept calling Gu Yan's name, but Gu Yan was away on an expedition in the northwest, so he couldn't see him for the last time.

At the time of the funeral, all the officials in the imperial court set up a road sacrifice. Because the old lady is a first-rank imperial lady, the funeral scene is naturally spectacular, and the road is blocked by a mighty procession.

Just as he was about to leave the city, a soldier came in from the city gate on a fast horse and faced the funeral procession.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." The soldier waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly, "Eight hundred miles ahead, hurry up, General Gu is killed, everyone else, let me go."

The shout was not so clear under the suppression of the call, but Tao Zhuo didn't drop a single word.His legs and feet were weak and he almost fell, but fortunately Gu Ansheng was beside him to support him.

"His Royal Highness Ning, this, what should we do?"

The funeral procession in front fell into brief confusion due to the sudden news.

Tao Zhuo wiped away tears casually, and said calmly, "The team is going out of the city to pay the funeral for the old lady, no one should panic."

Now Tao Zhuo is the only support of the General's Mansion, anyone can mess up but he can't.Even though the news of Gu Yan's death only left him with fear and pain, he still pretended to be calm and watched the old lady's burial, and followed all the funeral etiquette.

Back in the city, Tao Zhuo took off his mourning clothes and went directly to the palace.The news I got was that after dealing with the barbarians for four months, the Changfeng army won a big victory, and was ambushed while chasing the remnants of the tribe, and General Gu was injured and fell into the valley.

"Have you found the body?" Tao Zhuo stared closely at Xiao Mu's eyes.

Xiao Mu shook his head, "No."

"That means he's not dead." Tao Zhuo desperately held back the tears in his eyes, there's nothing to cry about if Gu Yan isn't dead.

From autumn to winter, the first snowflakes fell in Shengjing, engulfing Shengjing in a thin layer of snow white.

In the Tingfeng Building, Tao Zhuo was standing by the stove, staring blankly at the charcoal fire, his face was glowing red with the light of the fire.

32 days, it has been 32 days since I heard the news of Gu Yan's death.Only Tao Zhuo still stubbornly believed that Gu Yan was not dead, but why didn't he go home all the time?

Tears fell on the corners of his lips with a touch of bitterness, Tao Zhuo fiddled with the charcoal fire in the stove, and murmured softly, "It's getting colder and colder, when you left, you wore thin, non-frozen clothes, Come back quickly."

The tears suddenly became uncontrollable, as if they couldn't be wiped clean.Lying on his knees, Tao Zhuo couldn't restrain himself from crying anymore.

lost, lost.Why do we have to repeat this feeling of loss over and over again?Is it true that people live to lose again and again?

"Master." Zi Yan pushed the door open and came in, timidly looked at Tao Zhuo who was crying, "Mr. Shen from Jishitang is here."

Tao Zhuo didn't speak, but suppressed crying.

Shen Feng took off the snow-white fox fur turtle at the door and handed it to Zi Yan, and waved his hand to signal her to step back first.

"Crying?" Shen Feng sat down opposite Tao Zhuo.

Tao Zhuo raised his head, wanting to say no, but knew that his eyes must be red and swollen at the moment.

"Master." Tao Zhuo said with a hoarse voice, "I want to leave for the northwest in the next few days. I don't feel relieved that the General's Mansion has no one in charge, leaving Xiaobao alone. Can you take care of me for the time being?"

"The environment in the northwest is harsh, the emperor has been sending people to look for it, so why do you go there yourself?" Shen Feng was rather worried.

"I can't wait any longer. I just wait and hope every day without a clue, but there is still no news." Tao Zhuo blinked her wet eyes, "It's dead or alive, I have to go and see it myself. It’s always better to be confirmed than to wait so blindly.”

After a moment of silence, Shen Feng said, "The road is tough, so be careful. You don't have to worry about Xiaobao, I will take care of him."

It is useless to dissuade too much about some things. There will always be a person in a lifetime who cannot be forgotten or let go.Tao Zhuo has loved Gu Yan since the year they first met.

The northwest is desolate, and the wind and sand blowing over the cheeks bring a tingling pain.Following the footsteps of the Changfeng Army, Tao Zhuo searched for two full months.

Gu Yan seemed to have evaporated from the world, completely disappearing in Tao Zhuo's world.How many times do you wake up from the dream, and the Gu Yan in the dream is covered in blood and gradually fades away.

The bonfire shines with the stars all over the sky, and the biting cold wind blows the twisted dance of sparks.

"My lord, can't you sleep again?" Hua Bugui wrapped the heavy fur policeman around Tao Zhuo again, "Is it too cold?"

"It's okay." Tao Zhuo replied weakly, holding his lips and couldn't help coughing.

Yue Wuhen came back after picking up dead branches, adding to the fire and said, "My lord, it's not an option to go on like this. It's been more than 60 days, and you're living and sleeping in the open. I can see that your health is getting worse and worse. In case you fail to find General Gu, you fall down again..."

"I'm fine." Tao Zhuo looked down at the jumping flames and whispered, "I must find him, he must still be alive."

What a humble and ridiculous consolation, one hundred days, even climbing back to Shengjing.Being alive is just Tao Zhuo's wishful thinking, wishful thinking and unwilling to accept the fact that Gu Yan died.

Winter goes to spring and comes again. After several wind and rain, Taozhuo recovers from illness, and then becomes ill again.A pair of almond eyes are always dull, as if all hope has been taken away.

Yue Wuhen said, "My lord, you have to move forward, don't just linger in the same place."

Hua Bugui said, "My lord, the best fate is not looking for it, but meeting it. It doesn't matter whether General Gu is dead or alive, if there is fate, God will send him back to you."

Tao Zhuo didn't want to give up, but he could no longer see hope.

Seeing peach blossoms blooming and falling, year after year, ten years in a blink of an eye.

In March, the spring breeze broke in through the window, shaking the portraits on the wall without permission.Tao Zhuo paused, his vision blurred a little.The person in the painting is still there, but the person who made the painting is gone.

"Little Treasure is going to go out with the army today." Tao Zhuo muttered to the picture scroll, "15 years old, younger than when you first went to the battlefield.He said that he wanted to win glory for the general's mansion and his father, he didn't want me to call him Xiaobao anymore, he said his name was Gu Xingchen. "

As he said that, Tao Zhuo sighed, "It would be great to learn medicine from the master, but he refused to listen. After all, the child was raised by you, and he was rebellious at a young age. He has his own ideas. "

When Xu Tianlei was in command during the expedition, Gu Xingchen could only be a small pioneer for the time being.Tao Zhuo is worried, and asks to accompany him as a military doctor.

And the place of this battle happened to be the place where Tao Zhuo met Gu Yan for the first time when he was consigned to the army as a prostitute.

Revisiting the same place as before, every mountain and grass can involve the memories in the bottom of my heart, and the pain spreading like vines will tightly entangle Taozhuo.

"Daddy." Gu Xingchen ran into the tent with sweat profusely, "There is a large peach forest nearby, do you want to go and have a look? It's so beautiful.

Tao Zhuo was taken aback, Tao Lin?Why didn't I notice it before.

Following Xiaobao all the way, it was already the beginning of April, and from a distance, I saw peach petals flying all over the sky and falling profusely.

Inexplicably suddenly feeling an indescribable palpitation, Tao Zhuo left Xiao Bao and hurried into the peach forest alone.

There is a thatched cottage in the depths of the peach forest. Although it is simple, it looks neat and clean.

"Is anyone there?" Tao Zhuo couldn't restrain his frantic heartbeat, and approached little by little.I don't know why I feel flustered, and a crazy idea pops up in my heart.

No one answered, Tao Zhuo gently pushed open the door, and with the sound of "squeak", the simple furnishings in the room jumped into Tao Zhuo's eyes.

A desk, a few volumes.There was a pot of tea on the table, still faintly misty.

But there was no one in the room, and there were neat quilts on the empty bed.

Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps, followed by a deep and magnetic voice, "Who are you?"

The familiar voice, the voice that reverberated in my mind every day and night, broke into my ears so unsuspectingly.Tao Zhuo tightly held the wooden door beside him, so as not to collapse on the ground.

He turned his head slowly, and when the lingering figure in his dream and the face he had been dreaming about suddenly appeared in front of him, tears burst out like bursting out of a bank.

"Gu Yan."

He forgot the whole world, but dragged his body full of disabilities to look for the place he saw for the first time that year.He forgot who he was waiting for, and only remembered that when the sky was full of peach blossoms, the person in his heart would appear.He forgot that person's name, but he always thought of a line of poetry: The peach is so bright, its blossoms are shining brightly.