The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 19
Shun rode four elephants, and walked along the bank of the Yellow River, casually.Although there is no exact goal, what he thinks in his heart is his old father.It has been 20 years since he left Youyu's territory at the age of eight, and now he is 28 years old. He has done some earth-shattering things, been persecuted by others, and has been praised by others, but there is always a knot in his heart that cannot be opened. .

He is a member of the Yu family, but he is not recognized.His father's indifference made him sad. How many times he wanted to forget his identity and start a new life, but the memory of before the age of eight was still vivid in his mind.At least when his mother was around, his father still loved him very much. At least, his father was still loving before he was bewitched by Ji Hao.

He tried hard to think about the benefits of his father, and missed his father more and more.Gradually, his inner purpose became clear.He wants to go back to Yu's territory to visit his father, and tell him how much he has missed him for so many years. This is his only relative in the world, and he must get his father's approval.

Three months later, Shun came to the bank of the Guishui, and watched the Guishui winding around the hills and flowing to the east. The mountains surrounded the Guishui, forming a huge plain.Standing on a high place, Shun looked at the crooked part of the Guishui River, and thought, this land is so flat and close to the Guishui River, if thousands of hectares of fertile land are reclaimed, and then a city is surrounded by walls, it will support at least tens of thousands of people. people.Thinking of this, Shun couldn't help feeling excited, thinking about the vastness of the world and the insignificance of life, he was a young man, he should start a career, and it would be worthwhile to come to this world for a turn.Looking at the clear and flowing Guishui, Shun had the urge to build a city and become a prince for the first time.

Shun's thoughts instantly sensed the little Xingxing, who immediately realized that at this moment, Shun began to subtly develop the dangerous idea of ​​building a town and a country, and deviated from the original intention of Ziweixing's lower realm unconsciously. In the future, the black heart of indulging human beings will breed, and the idea of ​​​​establishing a country and establishing a dynasty will be the first.In turn, human beings in later generations competed to establish their own centralized power and countries in order to create a family world and satisfy their endless selfish desires, which eventually led to human beings falling into the abyss of bondage from which they could not extricate themselves.This is a later story, and I will talk about it later.

Shun rode four elephants, walked eastward for another twenty miles along the bank of the Guishui River, and came to the territory of the Yu family.Looking at the small road in the village in front of him, Shun couldn't help bursting into tears. It was here that he was chased away by the tribe of Youyu. Now that he is nearly [-] years old, what happened to those who beat him with sticks?

He got off Sixiang and walked towards the village along the path.The scene along the way surprised him very much.The village is in a state of depression, and some of the luxuriant markets in memory have turned into rubble and ruins. The once fertile fields are now overgrown with weeds and become a wasteland. Inundated by weeds.If he didn't have some memories of the past scenery, he couldn't even find the way into the village.

It took Shun a stick of incense to walk into the village. To his surprise, the Youyu tribe, which used to have thousands of people, has become very depressed now. Even at the most prosperous altar, there are not many people. He almost walked around the village. The whole village was like a ghost town. People looked at this strange stranger and asked him where he came from. When Shun said that he was Yao Chonghua, no one knew him anymore. .

In the past 20 years, most of those who knew the name are gone, and what surprised him even more is that there are almost no people over 40 years old in the village.This shows that the life expectancy of the Youyu people has been as short as less than 40 years old.

After questioning more than a dozen people, an older middle-aged man finally recognized Shun. When he learned that he was the son of Gusou, the man hugged Shun and cried loudly, because they remembered that Shun had treated Youyu's son. However, Gusou avenged his kindness and drove Shun out of the Youyu clan. Since then, the Youyu clan has entered into decline. In the past 20 years, the population has decreased by eight or nine percent.

Shun was inquiring about Gusou's condition when he heard shouting and cursing from afar.He walked over and saw a man in his early twenties teaching a middle-aged man in his early thirties.Listening to their conversation, it seems that a middle-aged man made a mistake while hunting, causing a wild boar to run away.Then, under the instigation of the young man, other people around him criticized the man. He covered his face and wept until he knelt down and begged for mercy.

"I know that you are the son of the leader, and you have the power, but if you withhold my food for this month, won't our whole family starve to death?"

"Do you still need food?" The young man put his foot on the middle-aged man's chest and kicked him to the ground. "Idiots like you should get out of here!"

After the man was kicked down, he tried to cry and beg the young man for mercy, but he was laughed at by everyone.Hearing the noise of the crowd, Shun couldn't help frowning.Since this young man is the chief's son, it means that he is Shun's half-brother Xiang.

It stands to reason that after 20 years of absence, he should be happy to see his own brother, but Shun couldn't be happy at this time, and even Little Xing Xing felt a headache in his eyes.At this time, the elephant looked domineering, like a domineering second-generation official, and Little Xingxing couldn't help but slap him.

Shun stepped forward, pulled up the man who was kneeling begging for mercy, and asked:

"Brother, if you don't mind, I have some dry food here, enough to support your family for a while."

Shun took down the four-faced bundle, took out a small bag of dry food and bacon, and handed it to the man. The man looked at the food in his hand, knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, and Shun quickly helped him up, telling him not to go too far. care.Seeing Shun benevolent to the man scolded by him, Xiang got a little angry, and was about to teach Shun a lesson, but Shun called out his name.

"Xiang, do you remember me? I am your brother Chonghua!"

Xiang couldn't help being startled when he heard Shun's words, and vaguely felt that Shun looked familiar, but upon closer inspection, it was indeed him.After recognizing Shun, there was a trace of joy on Xiang's face, but it was replaced by contempt in just a split second.

"It turns out that you are a traitor. Since you have joined the Youxin Clan, what are you doing with our Youyu Clan?"

Shun looked at the domineering elephant, and was a little unhappy at first, but he repeated the same old tune when he saw the elephant. When asked about these sad past events, he didn't want to explain more, but said lightly that he had been away for a long time and missed him. Father, I want to go home and have a look.

"It turns out that you still have your father in your eyes. I thought you regarded Cao Muzi as your own father. Hmph! You still have the face to say you want to see your father. It is you who caused his father to be blind."

Xiang's tone of voice was not like that of a younger brother. Although Shun felt a little unhappy, he still held back his anger.Xiao Xingxing knew from the history books that Xiang was very domineering and had framed Shun many times, but at this time, seeing that he was so disrespectful of brotherhood, he was about to explode when he suddenly saw a middle-aged woman walking in the distance. He recognized that person. It is Shun's stepmother and Xiang's biological mother Jihao.

Seeing Ji Hao, Shun hurriedly bowed down to her.

"Baby Chonghua, pay homage to mother."

Ji Hao was also surprised when she saw Shun. In the past few years, she also heard that Shun had done a lot of business in Lei Ze, Lishan, Taocun, and Longshan. Although he was her stepson, any promising move by Shun Make her feel angry.

Ji Hao didn't even look at Shun directly, showing contempt on his face.

"Don't dare to be. You are the grandson of Cao Muzi of the Youxin family, and the great benefactors of the Lei family and the Youshu family. I also heard that you have done a great job in Longshan City. How dare I be your mother."

On the surface, Ji Hao's words seemed to be flattering Shun, but every sentence was thorny, and Shun heard it very uncomfortable, but he never expressed any resentment towards Ji Hao.

"You are my father's wife and my stepmother, and of course you will always be my mother."

Shun knew that this season was so bitter and mean, and he also knew how powerful she was, but this time, he came here mainly to see his father.He was ignorant when he was a child, but now he understands that some things can be maintained at least on the surface, for example, his family relationship with Ji Hao.

Shun hurriedly took out many valuables from the bundle of four images, including the exquisite white pottery that Gao Tao had rewarded him, the jade wares that You Lei and You Shu had given him, and picked out some very beautiful gifts for Ji Hao and Xiang. .After receiving the gift, Ji Hao's expression suddenly became much lighter.She stared at the bundle in Shun's hand, knowing that he had been away from the Yu family for 20 years and had done a lot of business, so he must have accumulated a lot of treasures. Thinking about the unimportant bundle, there must be many treasures.

"It seems that you have been away for so many years, and you must miss your father. I will take you to see your father right away. This four-legged dog is probably tired. I will take it to have a good rest."

She hastily took Sixiang's rein and led Sixiang to a small road in the village, and even took away the burden that Sixiang had carried.Shun didn't care too much, thinking that Ji Hao would not swallow his finances in the future.

Walking to the east of the village, Shun came to the old house where he used to live. He remembered living in this house for eight years. His mother taught him how to speak and behave, and his father taught him to ride horses and shoot arrows when he was still loving.Now the house is dilapidated, most of the rammed earth on the wall has fallen off, and the tiles on the east wing are so dilapidated that it cannot be used as a barn.Seeing the dilapidated house where he used to live, Shun couldn't help being a little sad.

Walking into the house, it was dark inside, and there was a foul smell.Shun could only see the furnishings inside by the light from the outside. It was very old and simple. Except for a few mats, the interior was basically empty. It was impossible to tell that this was the house of the leader of the Yu clan.

Seeing the darkness in the room, Shun lit a candle, only to realize that his father had been blind for a long time, and he didn't need candles at all. In a sense, this also showed that Gusou had been living in loneliness all along. , No one even came to accompany him, so that there was no need to light candles in the room.

Thinking of his father being so lonely, Shun couldn't help crying like rain.He saw Gusou resting on the bed, as if he had fallen asleep.He didn't bother his father, just sat beside him quietly and covered him with a quilt.After a while, Gusou woke up, realized that someone was beside him, and immediately sat up from the bed, but he regarded Shun as his youngest son, Xiang.

"Elephant, I haven't heard your voice for half a year, where have you been for the past six months?"

Gusou reached out and stroked Shun's forehead, showing a father's kindness.Feeling his father's dry and rough palms, Shun couldn't help crying again.

When Gusou heard Shun's voice, he felt something was wrong, because it was not Xiang's voice.

"Who? Who are you?"

When his father asked who it was, Shun quickly knelt down in front of his father.

"My son Zhonghua visited his father, but he didn't expect that it had been 20 years."

"You are Chonghua?"

When Gusou heard that it was Shun, he couldn't help being both surprised and happy. He stroked Shun's forehead and touched his face, and after confirming that it was Shun, he couldn't help crying.

"I heard that you helped Youlei's family transform Lei Ze, you helped Youmi's reclaim wasteland, and you helped Gaotao quell the troubles caused by the Sanmiao wizards. Is there such a thing?"

"Ok!"

"Okay, great, 20 years."

Gusou touched Shun's face, his tone changed from kindness to resentment, and suddenly he slapped Shun, knocking him to the ground.

Shun touched his burning face and looked at his father, not knowing why he suddenly lost his temper.

"Father, what did the child do wrong, are you telling me clearly?"

"You Beidi Niehu, you think I don't understand. You betrayed our Youyu clan. You are no longer a member of the Youyu clan. Why do you still come to me? After all these years, you have done a lot of business, why are you doing it again? Come back, come and see me laughing? Although I am blind, my heart is not blind, you are laughing at me, old and blind, no one to take care of you?"

"Father, I don't mean that. My son just misses my father. After the death of my mother, my only relative is my father. That's why I came to see you, old man. If you are not happy, just beat me up. Don't say that." If so, you will always be my father in my heart."

Gusou was a little moved when he heard Shun's words, but perhaps because he had been blind for so many years, and under Ji Hao's instigation, his impression of Shun was getting worse and worse. He even wanted to make himself forget about this son for a while.Now that his son is standing in front of him, he has done a great job outside and won great glory. Compared with his sad old age, Gusou feels that Shun is hypocritical. His real purpose is to laugh at him for being old and blind. , can only associate with loneliness and darkness.

"Are you laughing at me? I'm blind, but I can still eat, and Xiang takes care of me. He is more filial than you, a hundred times, a thousand times better than you. You traitor, get out, I Never want to see you again!"

Shun didn't know why his father got angry suddenly, and wanted to comfort him and say something nice, but Gusou had lost his mind, picked up a pole from the bedside, and wanted to throw it at Shun, so Shun had no choice but to leave the house.

I haven't seen him for 20 years. I wanted to tell my father what I saw and heard these years, and present him with the white pottery that Gaotao rewarded him, so as to make my father happy. Unexpectedly, my father not only did not forgive him, He also scolded him, suspecting that he was here to laugh at him.

Disheartened, Shun decided to leave the Youyu clan's territory and go to the Youxin clan to find Cao Muzi. After all, he had been expelled from the Youyu clan, and now he belonged to the Youxin clan.

He let out a long howl, and he didn't seem to hear his master's cry, and ran to Shun's side quickly, and lightly touched Shun's palm with antlers, with a very intimate look on his face.

"Little boy, my father doesn't want me anymore. Now I am alone, and you are the only friend."

(End of this chapter)