The old man looked surprised, looked at Tang Xiu for a few times, and said with a wry smile: "Thirteen years. I have been following the old leader since I was ten years old, and left for special reasons when I was twenty-three. It has been thirteen years. Now I am seventy. Three, counting, I haven’t seen him for fifty years. Now, I don’t even know if the old leader still remembers me.”
Tang Xiu asked: "The old leader you are talking about is the one who celebrated his birthday in the Tang family today?"
The old man nodded and took out half a pack of crumpled cigarettes from his pocket with trembling hands. He took out one cigarette and was about to light it, but suddenly he seemed to think of something. He shook his head secretly and stared blankly at the cigarette. Come.
He said nothing.
It's like being stuck in the past.
Tang Xiu said: "Old man, I have probably guessed something. However, I'm afraid your current health is not very good."
The old man came back to his senses, looked up at Tang Xiu, and said helplessly: "Half of my foot has stepped into the coffin, and it's just the last breath left. By the way, little brother, can you help me and give the old leader a message?" , even if I can’t see him in this life, I feel a little regretful, but..."
Tang Xiu interrupted the old man and said, "Old man, come with me! I will take you in."
The old man was stunned, stood up tremblingly, and asked with a face full of hope: "You... can you really take us in?"
Tang Xiu said: "Yes."
There was a sparkle in the old man's eyes. He nodded hurriedly, then pulled the little girl up and said, "Did you hear that? Grandpa's last hope is still there."
Tang Xiu supported the old man and said nothing more. Under the watchful eyes of Tang Hu and many guards, they were brought into the courtyard. Soon, they arrived at the innermost courtyard, and many people cast curious glances at the old man because of his attire.
Tang Guosheng was sitting in the room at the moment, chatting with a few old men. Suddenly he saw his son Tang Yunpeng coming from outside and said with a smile: "Yunpeng, how is it outside?"
Tang Yunpeng said: "Dad, the guests are almost here. However, Xiu'er brought in an old man and a young man from outside, and said that the old man wanted to see you."
Tang Guosheng said in confusion: "One old and one young? Who is the old man?"
Tang Yunpeng shook his head and said, "I don't know him either. Judging from his clothes, he looks like an ordinary old man."
Tang Guosheng thought for a while, stood up and said, "Xiu'er always has deep meaning in what he does. Since you don't even know him, let's go and have a look."
Half a minute later.
When Tang Guosheng stepped out of the room and his eyes fell on the old man more than ten meters away, he suddenly looked stunned. He looked at the old man's face and felt vaguely familiar, but he couldn't remember who the old man was.
"Who are you?"
Tang Guosheng came to the old man, looked at the old man's face full of excitement, and two lines of clear tears fell down his wrinkled face, and he was suddenly confused.
The old man broke away from Tang Xiu's support, let go of the little girl's hand, took two steps forward with his body trembling, and knelt down in front of Tang Guosheng in full view of everyone.
"useless."
Although Tang Guosheng could not recognize the person in front of him, he still hurriedly reached out to help him.
The old man avoided Tang Guosheng's outstretched hands, knelt on the ground and sobbed: "A brother is like a father. When Zicheng is about to die, he can still see the old leader again. He will have no regrets in this life."
Zicheng
Deep in Tang Guosheng's heart, the softest place seemed to be touched. Suddenly, his eyes widened with incredible light. Anyone with eyesight around him could see that Tang Guosheng's body was trembling a little.
"You... are you Zicheng? Are you Zuo Zicheng?"
The old man raised his head and sobbed with tears in his eyes: "You...you still remember me?"
Tang Guosheng suddenly threw himself on the ground, hugged the old man, tears welling up in his eyes, and shouted in a trembling voice: "You... are you really Zicheng? You, you, you... "
The old man howled and cried: "It's me, it's really me."
Tang Guosheng suddenly let go of the old man, and immediately stood up and took a step back. His tearful eyes were staring at the old man. Suddenly, in full view of everyone, he slapped the old man in the face with a loud slap, and then pointed at the bridge of his nose angrily. He cursed: "You bastard, where the hell have you been to death all these years? Ah? Tell me where have you been to death?"
The old man cried: "West, Ugli."
Tang Guosheng's complexion instantly became as pale as paper. He looked at the old man in disbelief, and tears could no longer hold back his eyes. He threw himself in front of the old man again, held him in his arms again, and cried loudly: "You bastard, who asked you to go back? Who asked you to guard there for me? Do you know? Do you know, you bastard? , How hard it has been for me to look for you all these years. From south to north, from east to west, I sent people to search almost all of China. I just can't find you!"
The old man's body suddenly trembled twice, and a wisp of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't seem to notice it. He shook his head desperately and said: "Zicheng has become a useless person. Zicheng can no longer protect you." Zicheng still remembers the land where Ugli was stained red with blood, and...Yundi was there."
Yundi
At this moment, Tang Guoshou, Tang Guoxing, Tang Yunpeng, Tang Yunde, Tang Min, and even Tang Dong, Tang Yan and Tang Yunqing all showed strange expressions in the courtyard. Others don't know, but they know clearly who the Yundi the old man is talking about. Especially Tang Guoshou, Tang Guoxing, and Tang Yunpeng, their fists were clenched at this moment.
actually.
Tang Yunpeng is not Tang Guosheng's eldest son, but Tang Yundi is. However, when Tang Yundi was seven years old, he died in the west, in Ugli, because of a battle.
Tang Guosheng and Zuo Zicheng hugged each other and cried, and finally slowly stabilized their emotions. When Tang Guosheng helped Zuo Zicheng up, his expression suddenly changed when he saw the blood on the corner of his mouth. He turned to look at Tang Yunpeng and shouted: "Why are you still standing there? Go and call for a doctor, call all the doctors. "
Zuo Zicheng shook his head, and after stopping Tang Yunpeng, a bright smile appeared on his old face, and he said: "Old leader, don't overwork the children, and don't bother the doctor. Regarding my own situation, I feel like a mirror. I am satisfied to be able to return to Beijing and to be in front of you."
Tang Yunpeng's pupils shrank and he said hastily: "You, how did you..."
Zuo Zicheng smiled and said: "My heart and lungs were injured by that beast, and coupled with the old injuries, even Daluo Jinxian can't save me. I can persist until now and come to you, all because of this child . Niuniu, call me Grandpa, Grandpa Tang."
But the little girl screamed: "Grandpa Tang."
Tang Guosheng nodded heavily and asked: "Zicheng, this child is..."
Zuo Zicheng said: "Do you still remember Yundi's playmate Xiao Yingzi? She is Xiao Yingzi's granddaughter. Since her parents died when she was more than two years old, I have dragged her until now. Old leader, I She's going to die, but I really can't worry about this child. Can you...can you take her in and raise her up?"
Tang Guosheng remembered that delicate face, that was the face of his son's playmate Xiao Yingzi. After so many years, he didn't expect to see her descendants today. However, looking at Zuo Zicheng's somewhat pleading eyes, he shook his head and shouted: "I can raise the child, but I won't allow you to die. By the way, Xiu'er, Xiu'er, aren't you called a miracle doctor? Save Save him, I want him alive.”
Tang Xiu sighed in his heart, shook his head and said: "Grandpa, Grandpa Zuo's internal organs have collapsed, nearly half of his blood has been lost, the vitality in his body has almost been cut off, and the death energy has replaced it. Even if I have a panacea, there is nothing I can do to save him. To be honest, he is an old man. To be able to survive until now is probably because he used some forbidden techniques."
Tang Guosheng's body trembled, his eyes fell on Zuo Zicheng's face again, and he asked hastily: "Did you use the rejuvenation technique? You, you, you... Do you know that once you use that kind of power, you will not survive."
Zuo Zicheng smiled and said: "If I didn't use it, I would have died a long time ago. Old leader, this is your destiny, so don't be sad. It's worth it to be able to leave this child in your hands and see you again."
While talking.
Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth again.
Tang Xiu knew in his heart that if the old man had not seen his grandfather Tang Guosheng, and if he had not been so excited, he might have been able to live for another ten days. But his current mood is really unstable and he can't hold on anymore.
suddenly.
Qin Changyue heard the noise outside and walked out of the house. When she learned that the old man was Zuo Zicheng, she cried again. In Qin Changyue's heart, Zuo Zicheng was six or seven years younger than them, and he had been with them since he was ten years old. He was like her relative and her biological brother. Now that she knew Zuo Zicheng's situation, especially knowing that he had been in Ugli for so many years, she was heartbroken and burst into tears.
finally.
The elders gradually stabilized their emotions under the comfort of Tang Yunpeng and Tang Yunqing.
With tears in his eyes but a smile on his face, Zuo Zicheng let go of Tang Guosheng and Qin Changyue's hands, took a few steps back and said, "Please allow me to call you big brother and sister-in-law. Big brother and sister-in-law." , Zicheng will have no regrets in this life if he can see you again. I am leaving, and I want to stay in Ugli. Don’t stop me, and you don’t have to send me off. If we meet again, I hope it will be in the next life."
Finished.
He staggered towards the outside step by step.
Tang Guosheng chased him a few steps and shouted loudly: "Zicheng."
Zuo Zicheng did not look back, nor did he stop. He just left step by step, without even taking a sip of food or drink.
Tang Guosheng and Qin Changyue burst into tears again. They wanted to stop Zuo Zicheng, but they could feel Zuo Zicheng's determination.
Tang Xiu said: "Grandpa, grandma, don't worry. I will send people to secretly protect his old man all the way back to Ugli. When his old man returns there, I will also send people to secretly help him so that he can live in peace in his last days. of leaving."