The lively scene in Ningyuan County is naturally more lively than in the past.
It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest.
There has been heavy snow this year, and I hope there will be a good harvest next year. In Ningyuan County, many farmers and landlords have already planted potatoes in their homes.
For ordinary people, it would be a great joy if they could have a good harvest in the coming year.
But on the street, there was a carriage hurriedly heading out of the city.
At this time of year, the brewers and workers of Qingxifang had already gone home. Only He Wansu, Ge Cun and the children remained in the Qingxifang factory.
Just now He Zhigao ran to Lu Fang's house and told Lu Fang that Ge Cun was dying and probably wouldn't be able to survive today.
His condition is terminal.
Lu Fang didn't have much interaction with Ge Cun, but he admired this old man.
For no other reason than for this old man to support so many children on his own.
Go to the Qingxifang factory.
Ge Cun's room.
There is a bit of decadent smell inside, as well as a strong smell of Chinese medicine.
The children all knelt down in front of the bed, either crying or looking at the haggard Ge Cun on the bed with tears streaming down his face.
"Mr. Ge."
After Lu Fang entered the room, he went to the bed and called softly.
I heard from He Zhigao that Ge Cun wanted to see him.
Hearing his voice, Ge Cun, who had his eyes slightly closed, slowly opened his eyes. Then he said: "You all should go out first. I want to say a few words to Mr. Lu."
He Zhigao and He Wansu, who had been taking care of Ge Cun, hurriedly took the children out.
Lu Fang probably knew what Ge Cun wanted to say to him, so he said before Ge Cun could speak: "Don't worry, I will take good care of the children."
But Ge Cun shook his head unexpectedly.
There was something extremely complicated in his dry eyes, "I heard that your brother will go to Tongchuan and Chengdu to serve as a recruiting envoy after the year?"
This probably came from He Zhigao's mouth.
Lu Fang was slightly stunned.
Then I understood what Ge Cun meant.
Ge Cun himself was a veteran of the previous dynasty.
He sighed softly: "Didn't Ge Laomo want me to tell my brother to let go of those soldiers from the previous dynasty?"
"May I?"
Ge Cun's eyes were full of pleading and longing.
"For people like us, if we had chosen to obey the emperor who usurped the throne, we might not have had a good background, but we would never have become bandits. I am a timid person, and I dare not raise the flag of righteousness like other brothers.
They are all good men of Dayu. Even if they die, they cannot be killed as bandits..."
He was on his deathbed, but his words were very powerful.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve suppressed this feeling in my heart for too long, or if it’s because I’ve regained my consciousness.
Lu Fang was silent.
Ge Cun suddenly laughed bitterly again, "But even if your brother is willing to recruit them, I don't think they will be willing. All I ask is that if there are righteous men from the previous dynasty who are willing to live, I can give them a chance. Those brothers back then,
Except for the young ones, they don’t have many years to live. If they are unwilling to accept the recruitment...after death, can they be given a handful of loess to settle down in?"
He was very conflicted about Lu Fang.
Logically speaking, given Lu Liang's status, he should be regarded as an enemy.
However, Lu Fang was his benefactor.
"Um."
Lu Fang nodded and suddenly chuckled, "I think they will all be willing to accept my brother's recruitment."
There was some doubt in Ge Cun's eyes.
Lu Fang said softly: "Because my brother is the prince of the former dynasty. What they are doing, in the final analysis, is to vindicate our family."
He had only told the people closest to him this secret, and now, he told this dying old man.
When Ge Cun heard this, his eyes could not help but widen, and a light burst out from his eyes, "Seriously?"
Lu Fang nodded again.
"Heaven will not destroy me, Dayu..."
There was a slight smile on Ge Cun's lips, but tears flowed from his eyes.
Then he coughed violently several times.
There was blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
His eyes were filled with bitterness, "It's a pity that I can no longer lift the knife. Otherwise, I would have accompanied His Highness the Prince and fought back to Kyoto."
As he said that, he took out a waist badge from under his pillow and handed it to Lu Fang, "Back then, I failed to protect the late emperor. Now, I can't hold the rope for the prince in front of him. I am ashamed of the late emperor. I am ashamed of myself."
In the sixteen years since Dayu, a total of seventy-eight children have been adopted, all of whom are hidden children. Sixty-four of them have reached adulthood and are scattered in the world. But if they see this sign, they will definitely work hard for the prince."
Lu Fang looked down at the waist card in his hand with a complicated expression.
He really never thought that Ge Cun adopted these children with such thoughts.
This may be unfair to those children.
But Ge Cun’s heart...
A soldier dies for his country.
There were Xu Linzhi, Zhang Zhihe and others before him, and now Ge Cun.
It turns out that there are so many people in Dayu who want to seek justice for their father, the emperor, whom they have never met.
He suddenly felt that it was not impossible to help Lu Liang regain the world.
In this world, there is imperial power.
Imperial power rules the secular world, but it can never defeat justice.
The centurion of the army in front of the imperial palace, Ge Cun.
When he looked up again, Ge Cun had no breath.
His eyes were blurred, but there still seemed to be some relief left.
Back then, Liang Hanmin led his army into the palace to seize power, and almost all the troops in front of the palace died in the battle. However, Ge Cun, a centurion, is still alive today. Perhaps he has an inhumane past.
But in the end, he can still stand up to Dayu in this life.
Lu Fang raised his hand and slowly closed his eyes, murmuring to himself, "Don't worry, we will always ask Liang Hanmin to explain what happened back then. But the children you adopted, let them live well..."
On the 30th year of the year, Ge Cun, the centurion of the army in front of the palace, died of illness.
Born unknown, died unknown.
A funeral without beauty.
Only Lu Fang and others saw him off.
And along with Ge Cun's burial, there was also the waist badge he handed over to Lu Fang.
Lu Fang did not even tell Lu Liang his identity.
For those children that he had not yet had time to raise, Lu Fang left them in Qingxifang and asked He Zhigao to take good care of them.
In the blink of an eye, the new year has passed.
Lu Liang, Lu Fang and others returned to Tanzhou.
At the same time, Jiang Zimo also took Fu'er, Zhu'er and their families, escorted by Lao Wang and Lao Deng, from Ningyuan County directly to Tongchuan County.
Lu Fang closed down the good store in Ningyuan County.
The store has also been transferred.
The house was given to He Zhigao.
The vegetable fields and vegetable planting bases outside the city were all given to Li Mu to take care of.
In fact, even he himself doesn't know when he will be able to return to Ningyuan again.
On the day he arrived in Tanzhou, Lu Fang went directly to the Lu family. He asked Lu Lin to invite Liang Dong and others to have a drink at Feixian Tower.
In the name of saying goodbye to my brothers, of course.
In fact, there was something he wanted Liang Dong to tell Liang Siqi.