Chapter 971: The Magnificent Power of Han (Ninety-Five)

As the little children shouted, more and more people came out. Looking at the majestic Dong Zhuang, everyone was amazed. At that time, the Dong family was the poorest family in Dongjiazhuang. Even now, because of their poor foundation, Bo is still at the bottom of Dongjiazhuang, but seeing Dong Zhuang's current appearance, everyone laments that in thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, the Dong family is seeing the pace of development!

The pine tree is still the same big pine tree, and the big yellow dog tied under the tree is much stronger than it was two years ago. It is no longer the skinny guy with messy hair in Dong Zhuang's image.

Seeing so many people coming, the big yellow dog under the pine tree, which was hanging out its tongue to enjoy the coolness, suddenly stood up, its fur ruffled, and it let out a threatening sound from its throat.

"Big yellow!" Dong Zhuang's eyes suddenly became moist, and he shouted. The big yellow dog stared at the man in bright clothes with some confusion, swung his legs, and took a few steps forward. As if he smelled a familiar smell, he jumped up on the spot. He raised his two front paws high and wanted to grab Dong Zhuang's body. Unfortunately, the rope behind him was tied to him and he was pulled again. When he turned back, Dahuang was obviously in a hurry and kept rushing forward, only to be pulled back again and again.

Dong Zhuang took a step forward and stretched out his hands. The big yellow dog suddenly jumped into his arms. The dog's head rested on Dong Zhuang's shoulder. It kept rubbing Dong Zhuang's face with its head and stretched out its long tongue to lick it. Dong Zhuang's face was bright.

"Old man Dong, your eldest son is back!" Someone in the crowd shouted loudly.

"Who is entertaining me again!" An old voice came from the room, the door creaked open, and a gray-haired old man opened the door and appeared at the door.

"Dad, I'm back!" Dong Zhuang rushed forward and knelt on the ground with a bang, "Dad, my unfilial son is back." Looking at the white-haired old man in front of him, Dong Zhuang burst into tears. He is not yet fifty, but he looks like an old man who is over sixty years old.

"Zhuang Zhuang!" The old man looked at Dong Zhuang who was kneeling in front of him. He didn't react for a long time. He just looked Dong Zhuang up and down.

"Dad, it's me, Zhuang Zhuang, Zhuang Zhuang is back!" Dong Zhuang said loudly, "Look carefully, I am your son."

"Zhuang Zhuang!" The old man finally recognized Dong Zhuang and shouted, "Didn't you die in Yuyang? They all said you died in Yuyang!"

"I'm not dead, I'm back." Dong Zhuang shouted: "Are you okay? Are your mother okay? Are your brothers and sisters okay?"

The old man shouted, suddenly turned around and ran towards the house, "Damn it, Zhuang Zhuang is back, Zhuang Zhuang is not dead!"

Dong Zhuang got up and ran towards the house.

In the inner room, a strong smell of medicine filled the air. A woman with the same gray hair was struggling to get up from the bed. She stretched her hands forward and groped around. Her eyes were dull, and she turned out to be blind.

Old man Dong walked to the bedside, supported the woman, and burst into tears, "My dear mother, Zhuangzhuang is back."

Dong Zhuang stood by the door blankly, looking at the two gray-haired old men, almost unable to believe his eyes. When he left, the family was still fine. Why is it like this now? Dad looks dozens of years older. At the age of 18, my mother was bedridden, and my younger brothers and sisters were all gone.

"Zhuangzhuang, where are you? Where are you?" The woman's hands were scratching around, tears streaming down her dry eyes.

"Mother!" Dong Zhuang shouted, rushed over, knelt in front of the bed, and held his mother's withered hands firmly in his hands, "I'm back, your son is back."

"My son!" The woman hugged Dong Zhuang in her arms and cried loudly.

"Zhuang Zhuang, two years ago, when I heard that you died in Yuyang, your mother cried every day, saying that you should not be allowed to join the army. Later, she cried her eyes out and her body collapsed." Old Man Dong sighed. .

"Mom, it's all my fault. We were defeated in Yuyang and I became a prisoner. Later I went to Hetao and joined the Eastern Expedition Army. Then I went to Donghu. I was fighting all the time. I couldn't read or write at that time. You can't write a letter back, and our Zhengdong Army and Yan Army are not dealing with it, and we can't even bring back a message. It's your son's fault that makes you suffer!" Dong Zhuang put his mother's hands on his face and cried. "It's fine now. My son is back. He is an official and has many people under his command. My son will not let you suffer anymore."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be alive!" the woman said tremblingly, holding on to Dong Zhuang tightly, for fear that if she let go, Dong Zhuang would disappear again.

"Qiuzi, bring everything in!" Dong Zhuang sat on the edge of the bed and called over his shoulder.

The tough men who were crowded near the door, with tears in their eyes because of what they saw in the house, shouted, turned around and rushed out, unloading packages one by one from behind the horses, and rushed back into the house.

"Father, mother, these are the gifts I bought for you and your younger brothers and sisters." Dong Zhuang smiled through his tears as he opened the packages one by one, "This is for the eldest brother and the second brother. These are the clothes and clothes I bought for my sisters." The rest of the jewelry is for the two elders. In addition to new clothes, there is also a ginseng root. This was discovered by chance when we were fighting in Donghu. It is just for mother's health. Also, dad, look , we have money.”

Dong Zhuang opened a package, which was filled with white silver taels, a total of several hundred taels. "Father, mother, these are the military pay for the past two years and the silver rewards for winning battles and meritorious services. I am in the army. There is food and clothing here, and there is no way to spend the money. I brought it all back, and I can find a wife for my brother and a dowry for my sister."

Dong Zhuang was talking excitedly, but he didn't notice that Old Man Dong was wiping tears silently on the side, and his mother's body in his arms was also trembling.

"Father, mother, where are my brothers and sisters? Where have they gone? Why haven't they come back yet?" Dong Zhuang looked around and finally realized something was wrong, so he asked doubtfully.

"They, they are all gone!" Old Man Dong cried out.

"It's gone! What, it's gone, why is it gone?" Dong Zhuang jumped up suddenly, and the old woman fell on the bed and cried loudly.

"Last year, the Qi people attacked, and your eldest and second brothers were recruited by the government to serve as soldiers. Later, Jicheng was captured by the Qi people, and the city was filled with blood. There was no news about your two brothers anymore. Later, Some of the people in Zhuangzi who were captured as soldiers escaped and said that your two younger brothers were dead on the day Jicheng was destroyed. The people of Qi came and looted everywhere. Daya and Erya were captured. They took it away, and there's no news about it anymore. It's gone, it's all gone!" Old Man Dong cried.

Dong Zhuang's body trembled violently, his face turned red from suppressing it, and his fists clenched. One of the guards saw that something was wrong, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Boss, boss, howl loudly, howl how loudly Voice!"

Seeing that Dong Zhuang still didn't respond, he suddenly slapped Dong Zhuang on the face with his hand. He spit out a mouthful of blood with a porridge sound, and Dong Zhuang screamed and fell to the sky.

"Boss!"

"Zhuangzhuang!"

There was a sudden chaos in the room.

It was late at night and people were quiet. Old man Dong sat on a stone roller under a big pine tree. Dong Zhuang moved a small bench and sat on one side. The big yellow dog lay at Dong Zhuang's feet like it did two years ago, stretching out from time to time. Licking Dong Zhuang's big feet with his tongue.

In Old Man Dong's slow and painful narration, Dong Zhuang finally fully understood what had happened to his family in the past two years.

The people of Qi came, but the Yan State did not have many soldiers anymore. The imperial court finally lost its temper, and the recruitment system that had been implemented for several years collapsed, and was replaced by the recruitment of strong men. This is how Dong Zhuang's two younger brothers were taken away and died in the The day the city was broken. After the Qi people completely occupied Tianhe, it can be said that they burned, killed, and looted everything. The two sisters were snatched away by a group of Qi rebels and their whereabouts are unknown since then. Later, when the Eastern Expeditionary Army came, the Qi people left in embarrassment. And two delicate women, in such troubled times, will naturally not end well.

The situation of the Dong family is said to be impossible to survive in this world. Fortunately, after the Eastern Expeditionary Army occupied Tianhe County, they began comprehensive reforms. The Dong family was also allocated several acres of land, but the old couple simply did not have the ability. After planting them, the local government sent people to farm for them during the busy farming season. This allowed the two old people to survive. Last winter, they built a new house for them, although it was not as good as other young people in the village. The tile-roofed house is much better than the rotten thatched houses in the past.

"Hello, King Han. If King Han hadn't come, if you came back now, grass would have grown on our graves!" Old Man Dong sighed, "It's a pity that your younger brothers and sisters are not lucky enough to wait until this day. Otherwise, our family will be allocated more than ten acres of land. If we work harder, our life will get better and better."

Perhaps too much sadness has made the old man a little numb. His expression now looks much calmer, "Zhuangzhuang, you are back. Our Dong family is not extinct at last."

"Dad, don't worry, life will get better and better, and I will avenge my brothers and sisters for them." Dong Zhuang gritted his teeth and whispered: "My son is now the first rank of the Third Army of the Han Dynasty Northern Group Army." A field battalion commander under the division has thousands of brothers under his command. After returning from Dongsan County this time, he will go to school. Dad, you didn’t know that in the army, you can go to a school that specializes in training senior officers. That is not an opportunity that ordinary people can get. This is an opportunity that my son has worked hard for over the past few years. The king is going to open a military command academy in Jicheng, and his son will be the first batch of students in this academy. I heard After graduation, I can at least become a regiment commander, and after a few more years of work, I can become a division commander, and then I will be a general!"

Old man Dong didn't understand what his son was talking about, but he just looked at his son with some worry, "Is there going to be another war? Zhuangzhuang, can't you go home? You are the only one in our Dong family."

"Of course we have to fight. If we don't fight, how can I avenge my brothers and sisters?" Dong Zhuang said in a low voice, "We big men have to sweep away all the garbage. Dad, didn't you say big men are good? Then we will sweep the big men away. Our flag has been planted in every corner of the world, so that everyone can live a good life like now."

Old man Dong nodded in confusion. His son had grown up and was no longer the young boy who didn't know anything. He was now an official.

Dong Zhuang did not stay at home for long. Now he just wanted to return to the army immediately. With his ten brothers, Dong Zhuang chopped firewood for the family for a day and stacked it in the yard like a hill. This is It was prepared for the two elders in winter, and then he brought gifts and visited every family in the village to thank them for taking care of the Dong family. At the same time, he also hoped that they could help him take care of the two elders in the future. After doing all this, he I took the gifts for my younger brothers and sisters and built a tomb for them on the mountain behind the village.

After doing all this, Dong Zhuang said goodbye to his parents and returned to the army. Now he just wants to go to school quickly, then return to the army as soon as possible, take his brothers, and fight to Qi State. (To be continued)