While exclaiming, Guo Ying was supported and leaned on the bed.
Guo Guanseng took the handkerchief and carefully wiped away the dirt from Guo Ying's mouth.
Guo Ying's eyes, which were clear and bright just now, suddenly became cloudy.
"If I'm not good enough, I can't protect you anymore! You have to walk your own path in the future!" Guo Ying whispered.
"Dad..." Guo Zhen cried.
"Stop howling!" Guo Ying said angrily, "What annoys me the most is men crying. Wait until I close my eyes before you cry again!"
"Fourth Uncle!" Guo Guanseng held Guo Ying's hand tightly, feeling the warmth gradually fading from his palm, "What else do you have to say?"
"Do you know why I asked you to come back?" Guo Ying whispered.
"You say!"
~~
"Separate the family!"
As Guo Ying finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent again.
"After your father died, I treated you nephews as sons!" Guo Ying said with some difficulty, "But everyone in the world wants a feast, so let's separate the families! From now on, everyone will live their own lives, and...
"
He clenched Guo Guanseng's hand so hard that his nails dug into Guo Guanseng's flesh.
"Divide the family, property, and branches!" Guo Ying looked around, "After the two families, they each worship their ancestors and separate their genealogies..."
"father...."
"Uncle Fourth, what are you talking about?"
~
Snapped!
A slap in the face, directly on Guo Guanseng's face.
"Is it difficult for me to speak?" Guo Ying's chest heaved.
Suddenly, Guo Guanseng became frightened, because the way Guo Ying looked at him made him hairy.
"Little Four!" Guo Ying said again.
"My nephew is here!"
"Your road is too dangerous!" Guo Ying whispered, "It's too dangerous!" As he spoke, he gently stroked Guo Guanseng's hand, "After all, it's not upright enough!"
"Fourth uncle!" Guo Guanseng burst into tears.
It turns out that the old man knew and understood everything in his heart!
"Come here!" Guo Ying called.
Guo Guanseng leaned his head close to Guo Ying's lips.
"Remember, the most ruthless emperor's family!" Guo Ying said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Fourth Uncle..." Guo Guanseng's body started to tremble.
"It's not that easy to be a servant of the emperor!" Guo Ying smiled bitterly, took Guo Zhen's hand again, and said carefully, "Divide the family, branch, one family becomes two families, and there is no connection anymore. But..."
As he said that, he looked at his son Guo Zhen seriously, "If one day something happens to Xiaosi, you have to raise his wife and children... Not only must you raise them, but you must also raise them as your own wives and children. If you can,
Can you do it?”
Guo Zhen didn't know why. He looked at his father in fear, then at Guo Guanseng, and then nodded vigorously.
"Speak!" Guo Ying shouted.
"able!"
Maybe he didn't understand Guo Ying's intention, but Guo Guanseng did.
The old man wants to branch out and turn one family into two to make the family safer. And if something happens to him in the future, he doesn't have to worry about being driven out and exterminated.
"I can't protect you for the rest of your life. You have to walk your own path in the future! Although you are not like me, wallowing in a pile of dead people, your road is not easy to walk either!" Guo Ying said again, "Remember again.
Come on, don’t force anything, don’t stand out, and don’t think about making progress. It’s also a good thing to stick to what I left for you for a long time!”
"Dad!" Guo Zhen burst into tears.
"You're a bitch, Cao!" Guo Ying touched his son's head, then looked at Guo Guanseng, "What did the emperor say?"
"The Emperor knows that you are critically ill and is extremely anxious!" Guo Guanseng choked with sobs. "Before my nephew came, the Emperor said that if you really die, you will have everything you need. You will be granted the title of Duke, you will be worthy of enjoying the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and you will be admitted to the Temple of Meritorious Officials...
"
"The emperor also asked Wei Guogong to come to Haozhou, just in case you... he can take charge of the funeral..."
"The Emperor also asked to go to Goryeo to inform the Fifteenth Master, and also informed the Twenty-Fourth Master..."
Zhu Zhi, king of Liao, and Zhu Dong, king of Ying, were both sons-in-law of Guo Ying.
"Wei Guogong?" Guo Ying frowned slightly, "He...a junior came to take care of my funeral, and he is not my son!" He said with a smile and cursed, "I, after all, I am not as lucky as Cao Fool.
!”
Guo Guanseng and Guo Zhen looked up in surprise at the same time.
Just listen to Guo Ying continue to say, "Wang Bi, Cao Zhen, Tang Dazui, Zhang Long, Lao Feng...their idiots are dead, and I'm gone! I'm dead now, but no old brothers are coming...
..."
At this point, he suddenly cursed again, "Damn it, the ritualists just followed it for nothing, and I don't know if they can get it back twice as much!"
Afterwards, Guo Ying struggled to sit up against the headboard of the bed, and then asked, "After I die, I will be buried simply! Don't get any gold or silver burial objects, or people will dig up those damn things in the future. I feel bad!"
"Don't talk about those extravagant things. Treat the funeral people well, but don't take the initiative to send them messages! You two must remember that after I die, I will be me, and you will be you!"
"Especially you!" Guo Ying looked at his son again, "Don't use my name to make friends with others and just live your life behind closed doors! In a family like ours, even if you are mediocre, it will be fine.
As long as you have the qualifications, the official position will automatically fall on your head!"
"My son remembers it!"
"Don't go with the Tang family..." Guo Ying suddenly lowered her voice, "Get closer!"
Guo Zhen's heart trembled and he didn't dare to raise his head.
"Don't get close to the Chang family!" Guo Ying warned again, "The emperor is still young! You are not me, and you don't have such a big face!"
This time, it was Guo Guanseng's turn to feel his heart tremble violently.
The old man can see really far, but if he can't see far, he wouldn't be Guo Ying!
"If you don't understand something, learn from Li Jinglong, our second girl!" Guo Ying said again, "But don't have a heart-to-heart relationship with him, and keep it a secret! He can only have interests, not friendship..."
"My son knows!"
"You..." Guo Ying wanted to say something more, but sighed sharply.
When the child is older, all the talk is in vain.
In this life, one can only grow his memory by suffering losses.
After all, the road of life is for children to walk on their own.
Moreover, everyone's life is different.
"Okay, everyone, get out!" Guo Ying waved her hands feebly.
"father....."
"Uncle Fourth!"
"Go away, there's nothing more to say!"
~~
Guo Zhen and Guo Guanseng just didn't kick them out.
Guo Ying leaned against the head of the bed, the sound of wind and rain outside sounded like a torrent.
Perhaps it was because the wind blew in through the cracks in the window, causing the candlelight on the table to dance...
"This life should be over, right?"
Guo Ying suddenly felt that his eyelids were a little heavy, "In the next life..."
Thinking about it, a wry smile appeared on his lips, "I must be reborn in a good world in my next life! I would rather be a peace dog than a person in troubled times!"
Thinking about it, he slowly closed his eyes.
In fact, a long time ago, the current Guojiazhuang was also called Guojiazhuang, and the owner of the village at that time was Guo Ying's grandfather.
Life used to be pretty good, but God just can't see the good in the world. First there was a famine, then a plague, then the government requisitioned grain, and then someone rebelled.
Then Guojiazhuang was robbed by officers and soldiers, and was washed away by the victims... Later, his brother Guo Ying joined the Red Scarf Army and followed Zhu Chongba...
Then comes this bloody life...
He killed people until his hands and feet were numb and his heart was broken.
"Go away, don't come here!"
"It's not that I want to kill you, but that I can only live if you die!"
"Kill, I will kill you all!"
"Brother Chongba, how long can we go without contact..."
In a daze, many old things, many old people, and many scenes came one after another. They were all memories, but they were extremely clear, as if... old things were happening again.