Country is the most important

Chapter 57

When Tan Heng arrived at the imperial study room, Gao Xian was lying on the dragon couch with his eyes closed, his face was haggard, and broken porcelain and torn memorials were scattered on the ground.

"Your Majesty!" Tan Heng knelt down in front of Gao Xian with a plop, "I implore the holy majesty to bestow the humble position 'Baoxin Pill'"

According to the situation in front of him, he could also guess that the emperor's face was displeased and it was not appropriate to make a request, but the unstoppable coughing of the elder brother last night always echoed in his heart, making his heart ache.

Gao Xian didn't know what to say, but he couldn't care less.

So Tan Heng raised his voice a little bit more, "I implore the emperor to grant you the heart protection pill!"

Gao Xian's complexion had turned from livid to black, and the eunuch at the side hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Tan Heng away, and whispered: "The emperor is not feeling well today, you should go back first, and come back another day." Keep giving Tan Heng winks, which means to make Tan Heng back down.

But Tan Heng tried his best to shake off the eunuch pulling his arm. He could wait for a few days, but his elder brother couldn't. He had to get the 'Baoxin Pill' today.

"Your Majesty!" Tan Heng knelt forward again.

Gao Xian suddenly opened his angry red eyes, and shouted at Tan Heng, "Get out! Get out! Get out!!"

"Your Majesty!" Tan Heng lowered his head and kowtowed vigorously.

"Gao Yan, that bastard, has already fought outside the capital, but you only want to get the 'Bao Xin Pill' from me! What's the use of me raising your dog! I will never give you 'Bao Xin Pill' again! Dan'! Let Tan Fu cough forever! Until death hahaha! Destroy together with my country hahaha!" Gao Xian has entered a state of madness, and he keeps laughing shrillly.

Tan Heng clenched his teeth. If it wasn't for his elder brother, he wouldn't kneel in front of this man in such a humiliating way, and be at his mercy.A thought suddenly flashed in Tan Heng's mind: He wants to kill the devil in front of him with his own hands!But when this thought arose, he stifled it in his heart as soon as he thought about his elder brother.

"Okay! It's not impossible for you to get the 'Bao Xin Dan'. Bring Gao Yan's head to me, and I will give you the 'Bao Xin Dan'." Gao Xian's voice came again.

Tan Heng kowtowed heavily, "Yes!", turned and left the palace.

After Tan Heng came out of the capital, he rushed all the way to the capital. At night, Tan Heng pretended to sneak into Gao Yan's army.

"Your Highness, the whole army is ready to go, just wait for your order, and the capture of the capital is just around the corner!"

"Well done! When the capital is conquered, I will definitely reward you for your merits."

"If there is nothing else, then the generals will leave first. Your Highness, please rest earlier."

"Go down."

Sure enough, King Pingyang lived up to his reputation, and he was expected to be demeanor.Tan Heng couldn't help sighing in his heart, when all the generals left one after another, leaving only Gao Yan in the camp, Gao Yan's originally solemn face suddenly turned gloomy.Tan Heng wondered, what kind of time would make such a person show such a lonely expression.

"Who?"

Knowing that he was discovered, Tan Heng stepped into the tent and pointed his sword at Gao Yan's throat. "Shut up, I won't hurt you."

"Who are you?" Gao Yan reprimanded, then asked again after thinking about it, "Gao Xian sent you here?"

"That's right! He told me to kill you!"

Gao Yan's heart trembled, and Tan Heng said again: "But I don't want to do that!"

"why?"

"How about we make a deal?"

"What deal?"

Tan Heng put away his sword and said: "My name is Tan Heng, and I was coerced by the current emperor this time. As long as you promise me one thing, I will help His Highness!"

"what's up?"

"My elder brother has been ill all year round and needs the 'Baoxin Pill' that is secretly prepared in the palace. As long as His Highness promises me to take the capital and give me the Baoxin Pill and all the refining methods, I will wholeheartedly help His Highness take the capital. "

"This king can make this deal with you! But how does this king know that you are not lying to me?"

Tan Heng suddenly raised his sword and stabbed at his left arm, blood flowed out when he stared.

"you……"

"Your Highness, would you like to believe me?" Tan Heng was still holding the sword vigorously.

Gao Yan looked at the young man in front of him and couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart, what kind of person could make him disregard his own safety like this.

"Okay, this king agreed to make this deal with you. Then how do you plan to help this king attack the city?"

Pulling out the sword stabbed on his left shoulder forcefully, Tan Heng's voice trembled under the pain, "I will rush back overnight, open the city gate, and let the army enter the city."

Gao Yan stepped forward to support Tan Heng, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will do as you please!"

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With the help of Tan Heng, Gao Yan's army invaded the capital the next day, and the country changed hands.

☆, finale

1. Tan Heng watched Gao Xian walk towards the pharmacy holding a torch. He wanted to stop him, but the soldiers pouring in around him made him watch Gao Xian ignite the pharmacy.

Looking at the fire that filled the sky in the pill pharmacy, Tan Heng's spirit was already numb. He hacked and killed desperately so that he could get closer to the engulfing fire.

2. When Tan Heng was carried out, his body was burned in many places, and he was lying on the ground, holding a scorched bottle tightly in his hand, with his eyes open dully, as if he had only his last breath left.

Someone next to him recognized that this was the fourth son of the Tan Mansion, Zhang Luo hurriedly sent him to the Tan Mansion and handed it over to Tan Fu.

But when he heard those two words, his dilated pupils showed a painful struggle for a moment. Tan Heng slowly got up from the ground. Others wanted to help him, but he swung him away vigorously. Step towards the distance.

He can't die yet, he has to go back to see his elder brother.

3. The street is in chaos, wandering in front of the house, he wants to see his elder brother, but he doesn't know how to face his elder brother, facing his increasingly serious illness.

But no matter how hard it is to see, we will see each other eventually.

When Tan Heng walked to the elder brother's room step by step, through the half-closed door, he saw the third elder brother holding Tan Fu's hand tightly, with tears in his eyes.

Tan Heng watched anxiously as the third brother told about his deal with Gao Xian, and cried and pleaded for Gao Xian, hoping that the elder brother could persuade Heng'er to let Gao Xian go.

The elder brother always turned his back to him, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, but when the cough that was so familiar came, Tan Heng's heart couldn't help throbbing again and again.

Tan Heng grabbed the medicine bottle in his hand, turned around, and the sound of coughing became farther and farther away.

4. I heard that there was a famous doctor in Shangjing. Tan Heng took a bumpy carriage all the way to Beijing and knocked on the doctor's door.

Seeing that the person was covered with burns, the doctor hurriedly helped him to sit down and checked his pulse, but he saw that the person just took out a burnt medicine bottle and left a sentence: "A whole pill can be made right?" and passed out.

5. After getting the medicine, Tan Heng rushed home non-stop. He seemed to forget that he was still wounded. The bump on the horse's back caused blood to ooze from the wound, staining his clothes red.

During the past few days when he was missing, he knew that his elder brother must be crazy looking for him.

But what can he say?

When he handed the last 'Baoxin Pill' that he finally got to his elder brother, the elder brother waved it away vigorously.

The bright moonlight shone on the blue brick surface, and the bone-eating pain came from his body. Tan Heng fell to the ground and wiped the blood all over the ground.

6. Finding Gao Xian's whereabouts is not only Gao Yan's secret mission, but also a thorn in his heart that cannot be removed.

The eldest brother's cough is getting worse day by day. In Tan Heng's heart, the eldest brother is his only sustenance and concern in this world. If the eldest brother leaves, he will also leave this world with him, but before he leaves, he must kill himself. Gao Xian.

Give the last 'Baoxin Pill' to Zhou Fu, and tell the eldest brother to take it.Tan Heng dragged his wounded body again, looking for Gao Xian's whereabouts day and night. He knew that Gao Xian was still hiding in a corner of the capital.

7. Ever since seeing the third brother in a hurry on the street, Tan Heng knew that he would soon be able to avenge his elder brother.

But he followed Tan Yu to a ruined temple, saw Gao Xian who was huddled in a corner and swallowed whole, Tan Heng's sword stabbed there without hesitation, but he didn't expect that the third brother would rush over at this time, But he couldn't hold the sword anymore, the sword sank into Tan Yu's chest, and the blood dripped down along the blade, hitting Tan Heng's heart.

"Heng'er~"

There was a hesitant call at the door, and Tan Heng turned his head, as if time was frozen at this moment.

8. Tan Heng was cold all over, and the hand holding the sword couldn't stop shaking.His limbs were already numb, but the burning pain from his left cheek seemed to be piercing his heart with thousands of needles at the same time.

Holding the secret formula of "Baoxin Dan" given to him by the third brother before his death, he knew that his body had died at this moment, and he couldn't repay the guilt for the third brother and the wound in the heart of the elder brother. .

Tan Heng bent down and silently picked up the two broken jade pendants engraved with the words 'Heng' and 'Fu' on the ground.

9. The suona of the Tan Mansion continued, and Tan Heng didn't dare to ask his elder brother to forgive him. He wanted to die, but he couldn't bear it.

The streets were full of gongs and drums, and the remnants of the previous dynasty were cleared away, and the new emperor ascended the throne.

10. After a year of war, the northern barbarians on the border invaded and occupied a large area of ​​land.From the frame to September of the first year, Tan Heng sent troops to Mobei.

On the morning of his departure, Tan Heng stood not far from Tan Mansion, staring at the gate of the courtyard closely. He wanted to take another look before leaving, and he might never see him again.

With a "squeak", the door was opened from the inside. Tan Heng was just about to leave when he heard Zhou Fu calling: "Young Master!"

Tan Heng stopped, turned to Zhou Fu and said, "Give elder brother the medicine according to the prescription." After a pause, he said again: "I will leave it to you, elder brother." After speaking, he walked away quickly.

"Zhou Fu, who is it?"

Tan Heng knew that he could see it as long as he turned his head, but he finally let his elder brother's voice get farther and farther away from him.

It's not that I don't want to see it, but I don't dare to see it.

11. On the wilderness of Mobei, there is such a general who seems to be tireless. He trains troops day and night, secures the city, and goes out to fight...

From the frame to the second year, Tanfu's health was also recovering day by day, so he applied to resume his position in the Ministry of War. The chief of the Ministry of War considered his health and only allocated some idle civilian positions.Tan Fu's daily work is to stay in the Ministry of War, organize files, and deal with some trivial matters, but he is always busy until the last person in the Ministry of War leaves before returning home to rest, and he is the first to arrive early the next morning. , every day.

13. From the frame to three years, it is the end of another year, and the streets and alleys of the capital are covered with heavy snow.The border was victorious, and the war, which lasted more than two years, finally came to an end.The news of the Northwest victory spread to the Ministry of War. For a while, General Tan Heng's achievements were discussed in the streets and alleys. Countless people congratulated Tan Fu, but Tan Fu just smiled and did not respond, as if this person had nothing to do with him.The Ministry of War has long been used to Tanfu's solitude and taciturnity.

14. In the fourth year of the frame, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the army returned to Beijing smoothly. The emperor held a grand reception ceremony. Most of the officials from the Ministry of War went there. Those who were not invited also went to watch the fun. Many people had heard it before. Talking about the prestige of General Tan Heng, I waited at the gate of the city early, wanting to see the demeanor of General Tan Heng.

Tan Fu guarded the empty military department alone, writing files non-stop.

A few days ago, he asked Zhou Fu to buy a lot of things for the New Year. These years, he was the only one in the house, and he hadn't bought new things for a long time.

At night, some officials returned to the Ministry of War just now, "General Tan Heng didn't know what he was thinking. He actually chose to stay in that deserted place in Mobei. If he came back, the emperor would definitely add an official to him..."

Tan Fu's hand holding the pen paused, and after a long time, he put the pen down, tidied up his clothes, and against the wind and snow, Tan Fu held up an oil-paper umbrella, step by step, and walked slowly towards home on the snow.

It's the sixth day of the first lunar month, exactly 20 years old.

15. From the frame to five years, there is no major event in the Northwest.Tanfu travels between the Ministry of War and Tanfu as usual every day, rain or shine.

16. From the frame to the sixth year, the restless northern barbarians began to disturb the border again.

17. In the seventh year of the frame, on August [-], the Ministry of War urgently reported that the northern barbarians invaded Shangyuan. General Tan Heng led his troops to resist desperately. They were ambushed and almost wiped out.

Like five thunderbolts.

A day later, a soldier knocked on the door of Tan Fu's house. Zhou Fu, holding the letter in his hand, ran all the way to Tan Fu's bedroom.

This is Heng'er's first letter in seven years away from home.

If there is a letter, it means that he is still alive.

Ever since he came back from the Ministry of War that day, Tansuke had fallen ill, and at this moment he was trembling as he opened the wrinkled and damaged letter.

Dear my brother:

I haven't heard from my eldest brother for many years. I don't know if my eldest brother is in good health.

Heng Er has done many wrong things in her life, and she never dared to ask her elder brother for forgiveness. In the past few years, she has been on the battlefield, and getting injured has become a common occurrence.The accompanying military doctor said that it would take another three days at most, and remembered that he should give an explanation to the family, so he picked up a pen and wrote this letter to his elder brother.

After all, life and death are life and death, and many things are unpredictable.

It’s Mid-Autumn Festival again, these days I always think of my childhood, my elder brother carrying me on my back, my second brother always practicing sword, and my third brother always focusing on studying medicinal materials... I’m sorry three elder brother.Keeping this life until today is the greatest gift from God to me.Now it can finally be returned to the third brother.When I get to the underworld, I will go and make amends with my third brother.

However, not being able to see the eldest brother for the last time is really the biggest regret in this life.

Tan Heng

Frame to seven years, August fifteen

Tan Fu's tears soaked the paper, he read and read the letter repeatedly, as if he could see Tan Heng's shadow in it.

Zhou Fu poured out something wrapped in a handkerchief from the envelope, and handed it to Tanfu.

Tan Fu opened the handkerchief, and there were two jade pendants in the handkerchief, with some corners missing and cracked.

Tan Fu supported the violently trembling chest with his hands, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, staining the front of his clothes red.

19. From the frame to the ninth year, the emperor was seriously ill, and the imperial physician was helpless.At this time, there was suddenly one more person in the palace, who stayed by the emperor's side every day, and there was a lot of discussion in the harem, and even the emperor's close officials didn't know who this person was, but some of the few veterans who followed Gao Yan in Pingyang knew , when this person comes back, the emperor's illness will be cured.

I walked across the mountains and rivers and looked at all the mountains and rivers, but every mountain and river is your shadow, so I came back.

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