Chapter 115: Heart to end the troubled times, surrounded on all sides!

【After many years, you saw your father again.】

【He is already a true old man, nearly seventy years old!】

【But his eyes are still the same as when you went north, not losing his courage.】

【Seeing the two of you, his expression was excited but slowly converged, and finally turned into two names!】

【"Shenzhou, You'an!"】

【Thousands of words were hidden in his chest.】

【Fathers seem to be like this!】

【A father's love is deep, like a continuous mountain, without words.】

【Lu Jiaxuan, the Lu commander who first established the banner of the Lu Family Army.】

【At twenty, he was a famous child prodigy in the area, starting from the academy exam, continuing to the provincial exam, and ending with the metropolitan exam, advancing all the way until he was on the golden list,】

【At that time, he was on the list, wearing a red flower on his chest, riding a horse through the capital, full of style, and he also had great ambitions in his chest.】

【To govern the country, to pacify the people, to seek well-being for the people of the world!】

【Things are impermanent!】

【Emperor Huizong was covered in dust, the northern border fell, the north went south, iron hooves trampled, and the living beings suffered from the suffering of being charred.】

【In the court, it was corrupt and powerless. Facing this torrent of troubled times, Lu Jiaxuan resolutely gave up his official career, hung up his hat, turned to join the army, swore to change his pen for a sword, scattered his family wealth, resolutely went north, and swore to turn the tide.】

【The current Lu Family Army only has respect for this old commander Lu Jiaxuan.】

【You and Lu Yu dismounted!】

【"Father!"】

【We haven't seen each other for many years, but we are connected by blood and are extremely familiar.】

【Lu Jiaxuan was waiting for the two of you at the city gate, letting you brothers rest assured.】

【Although Lu Yu is forty years old, because of his cultivation, he looks young.】

【However!】

【Father's gaze stayed more on you, noticing the gray hair inadvertently revealed in your hair, and the wrinkles quietly climbing up the corners of your eyes.】

【In those slightly vicissitudes eyes, a flash of astonishment flashed, followed by deep emotion.】

【"Eldest, you are old too."】

【Father's words were suddenly a bit emotional.】

【The situation of you entering the pass alone outside Hulao Pass seems to be yesterday.】

【You smiled and said: "Father, between heaven and earth, how can people not grow old."】

【Father's face was also engraved with wind and frost!】

【Father smiled and shook his head: "I am also old, I could eat eight cakes and ten catties of mutton when I marched, now your mother forces me to eat two bowls."】

【"Originally, my uncle and I could fight for three days and three nights on the battlefield, galloping for thousands of miles, and then sleep for a few days when we returned to the tent, now I toss and turn when there is a little movement at night, unable to sleep."】

【Lu Yu smiled: "Father is worried about too many things!"】

【Father changed the subject and couldn't help laughing: "Your mother always says that neither of you is promising, and you haven't had a child yet, which makes me worry."】

【You responded indifferently: "No rush."】

【Lu Yu coughed lightly on the side and echoed: "Brother is not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry."】

【Father skipped this topic, knowing that the ambitions of the two of you are not here.】

【A great man walks between heaven and earth, why worry about no wife!】

【The Lu Family Army behind them waited quietly, without any urgency.】

【Father looked at you and suddenly said: "Shenzhou, actually I have always wanted to say thank you to you over the years, but as a father, I can't say it."】

【You stared at your father, having the ability to know people, naturally you know what he thinks in his heart.】

【Father recalled the past: "When I formed the Lu Family Army, the troops were small and the generals were few, and I lost repeatedly."】

【"To be honest, at that time in front of Hulao Pass, I really had the heart to die. Hulao Pass was broken, the north went south, and the people of Daqing became fish and meat under the knife."】

【"A great man is born in troubled times, if he cannot clean up the old mountains and rivers, he should be wrapped in horse leather to repay his home and country."】

【Lu Jiaxuan's face was immersed in deep memories: "At that time, the whole situation seemed to be shrouded in the haze of despair, no matter whether it was soldiers or common people, they could not see a glimmer of hope."】

【"I have fought north and south for many years, experienced countless battles, but I have never felt as powerless as I did then. The iron hooves of the north were unstoppable, and consecutive victories made them seem to be destined by heaven, the great momentum, heaven is about to collapse!"】

【"However!"】

【Lu Jiaxuan's eyes suddenly became firm and bright: "However! Since you, Shenzhou, appeared, everything began to change, the momentum of offense and defense changed, you only used six years to change the momentum of the world."】

【"You also only used six years to make an invincible Lu Family Army appear in front of the people of the world."】

【"Father then understood that there has never been a destiny in the world, it's just that we are mediocre people without talent."】

【After speaking!】

【Father's gaze fell gently on you again, his eyes full of expectation and worry intertwined:】

【"Shenzhou, I know you are dedicated to the Dao, seeking immortality, and father knows and respects it. But troubled times are like tides, you want to keep a piece of purity, how easy is it?】

【"Have you thought about the hardships in this?"】

【If you don't sweep a room, how can you sweep the world? If the world is not peaceful, how can a room be quiet.】

【Lu Yu stood on the side and said: "The situation in the world is unpredictable, and Mount Zhongnan is afraid that it will become the target of public criticism."】

【Hearing this, you did not respond immediately, just turned around slowly, your gaze swept over everyone.】

【Feng Haiping, Dou Gu, Huang Chong, Sui Cheng, either bowed their heads in thought, or their eyes flickered, each with their own thoughts, and avoided your gaze in unison.】

【Only Jia Fu and the monk had normal expressions, facing your scrutiny calmly, and when your gaze reached them, the two of them straightened their chests involuntarily】

【You smiled helplessly, these two really don't know.】

【This time the uncle suffered, the father was imprisoned, which not only had the subtle temptation of the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager, but also the pushing of the father's old subordinates, including the former generals of the Lu Family Army.】

【Is it to lure you down from Mount Zhongnan?】

【As for the real purpose of the Lu Family Army going south this time, it is definitely not just to save the father in the capital.】

【Lu Jiaxuan said: "Sometimes I think."】

【"Although we were born in a peaceful and prosperous age, I would mostly be a county magistrate, Shenzhou, you and You'an would mostly travel to famous mountains and rivers, being a person in the mountains."】

【"If you are involved, just marry and have children, and have a few babies."】

【"We were born in troubled times, which is unfortunate, if we change chaos to governance, it is a great fortune in misfortune."】

【You looked at your father, your eyes flashing with laughter, and teased: "Father's words today are much more than usual."】

【Lu Jiaxuan smiled and replied: "This is just a chat between father and son."】

【You suddenly moved in your heart and asked: "I have always thought that you value the way of monarch and subject more."】

【Lu Jiaxuan has been an official for many years, always keeping his duty, never having any overstepping.】

【Father shook his head lightly and said in a deep voice: "'If you are poor, you should improve yourself; if you are successful, you should help the world', I have always kept this sentence in mind."】

【"The world is the world of the people, not the private property of one person."】

【"Although I am a subject, I also have the righteousness of the family and the country in my heart, and I am not a pedantic person."】

【"I, Lu Jiaxuan, can die for the people of the world, not for the Zhou family."】

【He paused, his gaze looked into the distance, and continued: "Now the world is in chaos, Qianyuan, Northern Wind, Han Chu and other places have heroes rising, each governing their own affairs, this is a great change that has not happened in a thousand years."】

【"And my Daqing is divided into three, although there is Zhou Zhen as the monarch, he is a mediocre person, but his heart is higher than the sky."】

【"In this troubled world, the heavy burden of the three capitals and sixteen states, I am afraid he cannot carry it alone."】

【You nodded.】

【Zhou Zhen only dealt with the Jiangnan aristocratic families and the Empress Dowager this time, and he fell into a precarious situation.】

【If Hexi and Qianyuan attack, I am afraid there is no power to parry.】

【If Qianyuan captures the prosperous land of the capital in one fell swoop, not only will the national treasury be full, but it can also look north to the northern lands, forming a strategic advantage.】

【At that time, joining forces with Northern Wind, the situation in the north will be precarious.】

【This is the key to the Lu Family Army going south.】

【At this time!】

【The troops of Zhou Xuan of Hexi and Qianyuan have already arrived and are pressing on the capital.】

【As long as Daqing falls, then Northern Wind will take the opportunity to make trouble.】

【Northern Wind pretended to unite with the Empress Dowager to send troops to quell the rebellion, and I am afraid there are tens of thousands of troops moving in Hebei.】

【The thread of things has been lifted!】

【All countries are interested in the richness of Daqing Jiangnan!】

【It is really surrounded on all sides, but I don't know what decision the two countries of Han and Chu will make.】

【Father apologized and said: "If it weren't for the crisis, I know you are pure and filial, Shenzhou, I wouldn't have used this bad strategy."】

PS: It's a bit rushed to modify!

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