Zhan Zhao retired to the rivers and lakes for 20 years, and finally defeated the years of destruction of the old, he called his wife to the sick bed to explain the aftermath, which said: "When the emperor named me a royal cat, there were three reasons, I was not proud, and posterity forgot him." The present Zhan clan is hidden in the dark, and the heart of serving the country and the people can never be changed. Ding Yuehua was already in tears, and she knew that her son's absence would be an eternal regret.
In May of the seventh year of Shi Jiayou (1062), Bao Zheng died of illness, and Zhan Zhao obeyed his arrangement, and from then on he and his wife Ding Yuehua stayed away from the imperial court and retired to the jianghu.
However, Lord Bao had a last word first, and in order to protect Zhan Zhao from seeking revenge from the enemy family, he told him to go far away. Zhan Zhao had already had the intention of going, and as soon as Lord Bao returned to heaven, he disappeared without a trace.
Another last word made Zhan Zhao deeply hurt, and Before he died, Lord Bao said to him: "After you retreat, the enemy is in the bright place, once my descendants are retaliated against, I will ask you to save them in the future!" This is the old man's last wish, and it is the best explanation for the old man. ＂
Zhan Zhao touched the white sideburns and laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Zhan Zhao is old, can he still eat?" ＂
Yuehua, who was walking in the forest with him, was not happy to hear this: "You have spent half your life for the sake of so-called justice and justice, didn't Lord Bao tell you to retire and recuperate?" What else are you going to think about? ＂
Zhan Zhao listened to the complaints of his wife, since the two did not fight and did not know each other, to the exchange of two swords to make love, they were busy with official affairs, and for more than thirty years, they gathered less and left more, not to mention being able to give birth to a man and a half woman.
Zhan Zhao reached out and pulled the strands of white hair in front of Yuehua's forehead behind his ears, and looked at the green silk that was becoming whiter and whiter, and his eyes were full of pity.
"I have to think about Lord Bao's last wish, but I can't protect his descendants for long with my own strength, and I have to think of a perfect solution." Zhan Zhao said to Yuehua.
Yuehua was about to say that he was dead-headed, but he heard a voice from the front, "Help, help!" " sound. Years of chivalrous habits have made her rush to the body with one arrow.
Following the sound, I found a boy about 7 or 8 years old lying there, crying and shouting for help. The boy saw them and shouted, "My mother has fallen, please save my mother." ＂
Zhan Zhao listened, jumped down, flew down the cliff to save people, but unfortunately people have already fallen into mud, so people can't bear to look at it.
Hastily buried the deceased, and Yuehua asked the boy, "What is your name?" Where did you come from and where did you go? ＂
The boy who was crying in a hoarse voice said, "My name is Ah Niu, my father is dead, my mother said she wanted to pick herbs to sell for some money, how to expect... What to expect... I'm dead too, and I'm the only one left. After saying that, I cried again.
Zhan Zhao nodded to Yuehua and brought the boy home.
"From now on, your name is Zhan Fei, he is your father, I am your mother, will you?" Yuehua said to the boy.
The boy nodded like a mashed garlic, and from then on he had a home, and from then on Zhan Zhao and Yuehua had a child.
The years are like shuttles, in the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, Zhan Zhao is also slowly getting old, the physical pain is getting more and more difficult with age, and the lamp always burns out.
In time, Zhan Zhao, who was lying on the hospital bed, called Yuehua to his side and said, "Thanks to you all these years, Zhan Shi has a door today, although he endured and hid in the dark, he finally lived up to the trust of Lord Bao on his deathbed!" ＂
Yuehua said with tears: "I remember when I first retired, how can I be happy every day when I watch you frown and don't show my eyebrows?" How can we protect the descendants of the adults with the strength of the two of us alone?
Fortunately, Thanks to Fei'er's presence, the problem can be solved. Over the years, there have been more than a hundred disciples who have been raised up by us, scattered everywhere, and Fei'er can already be alone, and we can rest assured that we can live in peace in our old age. ＂
Zhan Zhao nodded with satisfaction.
YueHua paused, and said with regret: "Before I told Fei'er not to go on a mission these days, I will accompany you at home, but I can't find him these two days." ＂
Zhan Zhao said, "Two days ago, I sent Fei'er out to do something for me on a trip to the palace. I think that when I first served the imperial court, I had to be introduced by Lord Bao to perform to the emperor in the Yaowu Building, and was appointed by the emperor as the imperial guard of the four pins with swords, and was named "Royal Cat", and was no longer a free jianghu person. ＂
"You have longed for freedom and justice all your life, so why do you want to become a cat for the imperial court?" Yuehua knew Zhan Zhao's thoughts.
Zhan Zhao reluctantly smiled and continued, "When the Emperor first named me the Imperial Cat, there were three reasons: First, I rescued Lord Bao many times, and I performed what I had learned in my life in the Yaowu Building, and the Emperor loved cai, and immediately sealed the title of Royal Cat; second, I was originally a Jianghu person, and the Emperor's reward was used by the Imperial Court for control; third, sealing me as an Imperial Cat was also a kind of deterrent to the people of the Jianghu, and the Emperor was determined to absorb more Jianghu Haojie for his use." However, I have attracted the dissatisfaction of many jianghu friends. ＂
Zhan Zhao couldn't help but cough after saying so many words, and Yuehua helped him to lie down in pain, and then he said, "You told Fei'er to go to the palace and destroy all the records about you, right?" ＂
It is really the zhizhan Zhao Yuehuaya! She continued: "The Zhan clan is growing stronger and stronger, under the leadership of Fei'er, the future will be immeasurable, and it is only a matter of time before the world knows, are you worried that one day the Zhan clan will let the imperial court catch their eyes, you don't want the Zhan clan to be involved in the disputes of the imperial court again, so let Fei'er do this, right?" ＂
Zhan Zhao nodded again and said, "In the next 20 years, you will still look at the Zhan clan and Fei'er, and I will be blinded by death." After saying that, I couldn't support falling asleep.
Yuehua burst into tears again and murmured to herself, "You are good to go, how can you bear to leave me alone?" ＂
The next day, Zhan Zhao still slept peacefully.
Zhan Zhao was originally a chivalrous guest who performed chivalry and righteousness in the rivers and lakes, and since he went out to run into the rivers and lakes alone, he was haunted in the Jiangnan area, and he was the most easy to fight unevenly, to uphold justice for the people, and slowly left a "Southern Hero" on the rivers and lakes.
However, in the jianghu and the imperial court are often incompatible, the martial arts rarely involve the court, and the court rarely interferes in the affairs of the jianghu. Zhan Zhao was named "Royal Cat" by the Emperor and used by the Imperial Court, and in the eyes of the Jianghu people, Zhan Zhao was no longer the "Southern Hero" who was the head of the original righteous word, but became the "running dog" of the Imperial Court.
Obviously, Zhan Zhao was grumpy about this, because he would eventually go to the temple, to a large extent, it was all on Bao Zheng's face, in fact, his heart was not willing to do so.
Therefore, after Bao Zheng's death, Zhan Zhaoyi chose to retire to the rivers and lakes without hesitation, and the heart of Kuang Fuzheng and the strong and the weak remained unchanged, and only then would he secretly build the Zhan family gate and continue to benefit the people.
Zhan Zhao, a hero of Zhengda, for the country and the people!