Chapter 10 The tragic general Jin () in Long Ao Tianwen
Shi Xun was silent for a long time.
General Shi, who was invincible on the battlefield, looked at his sister with a complicated look at this moment.
"Aran, do you know what you are talking about?"
Some words are one thing when you think them in your heart, but another thing when you say them out loud.
As a cultivator, Shi Ran had no respect for the imperial power that ordinary people had.
In her opinion, the dignity of an emperor does not depend on the birth status granted by Chengtian, but what he can do for the people?
Otherwise, there would be no change of dynasty or change of imperial power in this world.
"I know. Brother, haven't the surnames in the country been changing for thousands of years? The only thing that remains unchanged is the people living in this country. My father has always been shackled by the title of Marquis Wu Yi, and he will be loyal to the emperor and patriotic for four years. The words are written into my bones. But in the end, what did I get in exchange?"
The title of Marquis Wu Yi was bestowed by the late emperor as a reward for Yuanzhou's bravery and loyalty to the three armies.
And Shi Yuanzhou has always kept the late emperor's kindness in mind, so even though there are many suspicions and embarrassments after the current emperor ascended the throne, he still remains loyal.
However, Shi Ran wanted to leverage this loyalty today.
Shi Ran took something out of his sleeve and placed it in front of Shi Xun.
That's half a jade.
Shi Xun was no stranger to it, because the other half was on his body.
Over the years, he had been fighting on the battlefield, always holding the half jade in his heart.
That's what A Niang left behind.
It was split in two and left to her two children.
"I was just born when my mother-in-law died, so I can't remember it clearly. But brother, you should know very well, right? My mother-in-law was tortured to death in the city, and her blood flowed to death."
Shi Xun suddenly raised his head and looked at Shi Ran.
She is so much like A Niang.
Sitting there, she reminded people of the woman who once made a name for herself in Beijing.
After a long time, Shi Xun took out the other half of the jade from his chest and placed it next to the other half on the table.
"The sun and the moon are like jade, and the five stars are like beads. The combination of beads is called beauty. This jade was made by my grandfather himself and was given to my mother as a dowry. My mother was born in Liangjiang, a daughter of a noble family. After marrying her father, she was willing to do so. Accompany him to guard the bitter cold frontier."
Shi Xun seemed to see that gentle and beautiful woman through Shi Ran.
She is gentle and kind, and seems like she should not belong in the windy and sandy border.
However, she stayed with her husband at the border and with the army for more than ten years.
Until, Shi Yuanzhou and his son led troops and horses to pursue the enemy. As a result, traitors appeared in the city, which led to the enemy's successful sneak attack and the granary in the city was burned down.
Hundreds of thousands of people were trapped in the city.
As the general's wife, she was about to give birth and ran around the city to appease the people and solve the food and grass problem.
In the end, she was overworked and suffered from dystocia and hemorrhage.
The maid sent to seek medical treatment was killed by the traitor.
In the end, she tried her best to give birth to the child, but she also breathed her last.
When Shi Xun returned to the city, he saw A Niang lying in a pool of blood, unable to open her eyes again.
The traitor was beheaded alive by him himself.
But no matter how miserable he dies, he can't get his mother back.
"Back then, when I killed the traitor alive, I asked him why he would not let go of a weak woman who was pregnant with Liujia. He said that the Shi family has too many generals, one is eye-catching, and the other is brilliant. , but if there is a third one, it will attract people with murderous intent."
Who wouldn't want another general to be born in the Shi family?
Shi Xun didn't dare to think about it further.
He had told these words to his father.
But after sitting there all night, my father chose to forget.
In other words, he can only forget.
But Shi Xun never forgot even half of it.
Shi Ran lowered his eyes clearly.
Sure enough, among the father and son of the Shi family, Shi Xun had the opposite intention.
In the novel, when the Shi family father and son were deceived by Cen Jing and sent back to Beijing for disposal, Shi Xun said this before his death.
"Father, look, this is Your Majesty to whom you are loyal, and this is the imperial power that our Shi family protects to the death!"
If he was truly loyal and patriotic to the extreme, he would never say such a resentful word.
After all, until the end, Shi Yuanzhou just sighed and said, "The king doesn't know his ministers, and the ministers don't know the king."
Shi Xun had never received any appreciation or favor from the late emperor.
When he entered the military camp and showed his splendor, he was faced with the suspicion of His Majesty.
"Our Shi family has always been worthy of the country, and even more worthy of His Majesty. On the contrary, His Majesty has failed our Shi family, and even more sorry for the soldiers who shed their lives and blood at the border! They are fighting on the battlefield, but they cannot even guarantee the most basic military pay. Is this what our Shi family wants to guard?"
Shi Ran looked straight at Shi Xun and asked in a deep voice.
"To be loyal to one person and allow millions of people to die innocently and tragically, that's loyalty, right?"
Shi Xun didn't speak, and the brother and sister just sat quietly.
Until all the charcoal fire in the house burned out, the maid serving outside the house did not dare to come in to change. After all, my lady had said that no one was allowed to enter and disturb.
The temperature in the room has dropped a lot, and there is even a white air in the breath.
Finally, Shi Xun spoke.
"You are right, sister, we have not wronged anyone. Everyone can forget my mother's grudge, but as sons of men, you and I must never forget it!"
Shi Ran finally slowly raised the corners of her lips.
Shi Xun's heart was pried.
So, on the next day, Shi Ran took Shi Xun, who was dressed in disguise, to a secret courtyard in the suburbs.
The courtyard seems to be just an ordinary hot spring village from the outside, but there is a whole other world underground.
Shi Ran was there and showed Shi Xun a secret weapon.
"Serial firecrackers?"
Shi Xun seemed to be looking at something from the outside, looking at the complicated and meticulous drawings on the table and the semi-finished objects placed aside.
There is also Cui Zhenyi standing nearby, wearing smart clothes and long hair tied high.
"Yes, this is the design drawing and the gunpowder formula used in it. I have successfully tested the gunpowder in it, but I have not studied this before. I have only read it in a few books in the library. But I have confidence in myself. I will be able to successfully build it within three months at most!"
At this moment, Cui Zhenyi no longer had the awkwardness of being confined by inappropriate clothes and etiquette.
She was naked, but she glowed with the most dazzling light.
When she talked about what she was good at, her words were so dense that even Xun couldn't interrupt her.
"What is a library? What is a formula? Also, what is a fire gun? Aran, who is this?"
Shi Xun really couldn't react at this moment.
It didn't matter that his sister deliberately encouraged him to rebel, but in the end, she actually made a series of preparations for rebellion.
Although he did not fully understand the drawing, his instinct as a soldier made him feel a subconscious fear the first moment he saw the drawing.
It is a kind of timidity in the face of danger.
This weapon is very dangerous.
Shi Xun immediately made a judgment.
But where did Aran get this little girl?
"Her name is Cui Zhenyi, she is my guest."
He is Shi Ran's guest.
Rather, he was a retainer of the Shi family.
Cui Zhenyi looked at Shi Ran.
There was some determination in the eyes of the two that only the other knew.