My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 472 Father and Son

"Father, is this the Ding'an City you often call?"

Su Chen opened the curtain, put his little face to the car window and looked at the city gate Liangzi passing above his head. In his impression, the Imperial City Gate in Yanjing was much more grand than this.

"Yes, my father grew up here and has passed in and out of this city gate countless times."

The imperial driver entered Ding'an, because it was only here that the news came out that the prefect Sun Shuwu, the leading guard generals Zhang You, Xu Ruhu and others had cordoned off the streets and were waiting on the streets.

Seeing the Shenji Battalion soldiers walking in front of them, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, "Your Majesty, Sun Shuwu (Zhang You, Xu Ruhu), pays homage to your Majesty!"

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion walked past everyone. When the royal chariot passed them, the curtain was opened. Su Chen inside looked at the group with a smile. Su Chen's voice also came out faintly: "Get up, I am returning this time." Take a look at home, if there’s nothing particularly important, don’t disturb me!”

"Yes, I understand."

Sun Shuwu hurriedly bowed his hands and waited for the imperial chariot to pass by. Then he straightened up and looked at the retreating team. He couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty is becoming more and more powerful."

This sigh actually differentiated himself from the emperor who he had watched grow up.

Back then, he had watched Su Chen grow up, flying around the city and getting entangled with the gangs in the city. In the blink of an eye, things changed and the third son of the Su family, who was not very optimistic at first, became a gangster. The emperor who unified the six kingdoms.

His martial arts skills were so great that no emperor among the Six Kingdoms could compare with him.

Hearing his sigh, the former generals Zhang You and Xu Ruhu also nodded. However, they were a little regretful. Why didn't they join the Northern Expedition? Otherwise, they would have been able to sneak into the court and become the direct descendants of the emperor. .

On the long street, Su Chen was still looking at the street scene with great interest. He grew up in a deep palace. There were all kinds of luxurious things in it, but nothing was more attractive to him than the fireworks in the world.

If you are tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, candied haws also have a fatal attraction.

When the team arrived at the door of Su's mansion, it was still the same as before, and not much had changed. Before Su Chen got out of the car, he saw his mother standing there with a cane, leading a large family, waiting for him.

But this time, there is no brazier or willow branches. You are an emperor. You only have the aura of an emperor, and there is no bad luck.

Even Xiao Wei can no longer brush the willow branches for him at will.

But in Su Chen's eyes, something was missing. He opened the curtain and came down. The eldest brother and second brother in front of the house walked up to him first and bowed to him, followed by the eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law, and the people around the house. My dear, Su Ting is among them. After so many years, he has married and started a business, and his temperament has become much more stable.

The only one among the crowd who did not salute was Xiao Wei. The old woman looked at her son getting out of the car, with a smile on her face. She was smiling and laughing, and some tears were falling.

"Mom!" Su Chen, who didn't want anyone to help her, climbed onto the carriage naughtily, kicked the hem of her robe, ran over with a huff, and threw herself into Xiao Wei's arms.

During the time she lived in the palace, the old woman loved her grandson very much. When he was one or two years old, she took him everywhere to play with him. Su Chen still remembers him now.

Although they hadn't seen her for two years, they recognized Xiao Wei as soon as they saw her.

"Oh, my dear grandson still remembers my eldest mother, unlike some people who may not be able to see her even once in two years."

Seeing his mother hugging Su Chen, Su Chen knew in his heart that the old woman was telling him this. He smiled, stepped forward to help his eldest brother and second brother, and then raised his hand to signal to his eldest sister-in-law and second brother. Sister-in-law got up.

Then he stepped forward to greet his mother.

"Son Su Chen, come back to visit your mother."

After saying that, Su Chen spread his sleeves and bowed his hands. Filial piety must be paid attention to at all times. As the emperor, he is an example for the people in the world, so naturally he cannot fall behind.

"Okay, okay, let's go home and talk first, don't stand outside!" The old woman was in a happy mood, hugging Su Chen, and then pulling Su Chen, pulling the two generations with her.

From time to time, he also said to Wu Zixun, Dian Wei and Xu Chu: "My little son has caused you to worry."

"The Queen Mother, this is the duty of a minister."

Zheng He, who was holding a fly whisk, took over the conversation. He was tactful and knew what he was saying. He made the old man laugh with his casual remarks.

Seeing the Su family enjoying themselves, Wu Zixun felt a little emotional in his heart: "I miss my father too. When I return, I will ask for leave from Your Majesty and take the time to return to Yunqiu."

As he spoke, Su Lie turned around, smiled and patted his shoulder with his hand, "By the way, Brother Wu, I want to congratulate you."

"Congratulations? What are you congratulating me for?" Wu Zixun was stunned, his face full of doubts.

"Being a brother again!"

Su Lie now has a long beard and a thick beard, and the haze of losing an arm has long been scratched in his heart. He laughed: "Don't you know that you have a new baby in your family? Marquis Yun is really a treasure."

Wu Zixun's face turned green when he heard this.

He is almost twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, and he is running towards thirty, and he is actually a brother again. In the past three years, three children have been born in his family, two girls and one boy, and now he has another one.

As a father, he does nothing now and only gives birth to children and plays at home.

"Forget it, it's better not to go back, so as not to worry!" Wu Zixun shook his sleeves angrily.

……

In the front yard, Su Chen accompanied her mother around the Feng Shui wall. Under the eaves of the front hall, she could see Thirteen waving to him from a distance. He was dressed in black clothes and his appearance was still as sloppy.

"Third Young Master!"

"Haha, no one has called me this for a long time!"

It can be said that Shisan grew up with Su Chen from childhood to youth. Now his position has been replaced by Dian Wei and Xu Chu, but this relationship can never be let go.

And the reason why he was kept in the Su Mansion was because there was no way for a sword or a gun to see on the battlefield. With thirteen years of skill, he would be dead if he went up there, so he stayed at home, and he had one less thing to worry about.

Su Chen stepped forward enthusiastically and hugged Thirteen, which scared Shi San. As soon as they separated, Su Chen asked Su Chen to call him: "Uncle Thirteen."

He even called Thirteen so hard that he couldn't find the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

The current emperor treats him as a brother, and the future prince will personally call him Uncle Thirteen, which is enough for Thirteen to brag to everyone in his life.

After chatting for a while, Su Chen did not enter the main room, but walked around the front courtyard along the eaves and went to the backyard. When he came back this time, one of them went to see his family, and the other went to see his father.

"Your Majesty... We didn't mean to hide it from you. It's my father..." Su Yong followed the third brother with a gentle tone. Su Lie and his wife Yin Suhuan beside him also nodded in agreement.

"At home, don't call yourself "Your Majesty" because it would sound awkward."

Su Chen raised his hand to interrupt his elder brother's words, and walked across the twenty-four-section winding stone bridge for almost two miles before arriving at the backyard. When he entered the courtyard, the maids and servants were already kneeling on the ground waiting.

"Is my father asleep?" As he passed by, Su Chen asked a maid who seemed to be responsible for sleeping.

The latter nodded tremblingly: "I've been sleeping for a while."

"Well, everyone, get up."

After giving instructions casually, he came to his father's door. Su Chen gently pushed open the door, crossed the threshold and walked in. The furnishings inside had not changed much, and were still exactly the same as when he went on the Northern Expedition. Su Chen understood that this was the old man's deliberate intention. It won’t change, after all, people are getting older, and familiar furnishings look much more comfortable.

He walked softly across the carpet, came to the bed and sat down, then looked at the old man lying on the bed. In the past few years, there have been a lot of gray hairs on my father's beard and temples. As the old man gets older, a fall can be fatal. This is why Su Chen has to rush back.

I was afraid that Su Congfang would have some shortcomings.

After all, in this life, the old couple and his two brothers were really kind to him.

Not to mention the emperor, even if he became the Jade Emperor, he was still the son of an old couple, and he had to go down to earth to see his relatives.

At the door, Su Yong asked his wife to take everyone away. He and his second son stayed to wait, while Xiao Wei patted her good grandson in her hands and took him around.

"Is the eldest father lying on the bed? What happened to him? Is Chen'er's father taking care of him?"

Su Chen followed Xiao Wei and raised her little face and asked three questions in succession. The old woman was patient and smiled kindly, "Your father is guarding his father, your eldest father. This is fulfilling his filial piety. Do you understand? From now on, Chen'er must also be filial to his father, the emperor, and his mother."

"Ok!"

Su Chen nodded obediently: "My mother and my aunt also said that filial piety is the duty of a human being, and Chen'er will never forget it!"

"You are so sensible, much more sensible than your father."

Xiao Wei smiled happily, holding her little hand and walking while telling him the ridiculous things about Su Chen's childhood...

……

And here, Su Yong and Su Lie stood quietly at the door of the room. There were Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zheng He, and Wu Zixun on the left and right of the door.

In the room, the sun was shining in through the open window lattice, and it fell on the old man's face. It might have been a little warm. The old man moved in his sleep and lifted the quilt to cool himself down.

At this time, I also noticed someone beside the bed, slowly opened my eyes, and at the same time called out with a squirming mouth.

"Xiaotang, bring me the water on the bedside."

A moment later, there was the sound of pouring water. The old man had just woken up, and his vision was still a little blurry. When he was helped to sit up, he saw clearly that the figure in front of him, helping him and pouring water for him, was actually his youngest son, Su Chen.

"Third brother... why are you back?" A trace of surprise flashed across Su Congfang's face, and then she said angrily: "I told you not to let them tell you, why don't I just break a leg and ask you to rush back from Yanjing? How many important court affairs will be delayed? Did your second brother send someone to tell you?"

"No, it was the Fang family who heard the news and asked someone to send a letter to the palace to tell Mr. Xue."

Su Chen handed the poured warm water to his father's mouth to feed him. The old man took the bowl stubbornly, "Dad, your hands are fine, do it yourself!"

After taking a sip, Su Congfang exhaled comfortably.

"The in-laws are real. Since I didn't let them say it, I must have my reasons... Oh, forget it... Since I'm back, I'm back."

Su Congfang leaned against the bedside. Although her tone was indifferent, her eyes never moved away from Su Chen for a moment.

"Father, you don't want me to come back that much?" Su Chen put the bowl back on the bedside table and held the quilt for him with a smile.

"Who doesn't miss his son?"

Su Congfang took off the quilt again and said: "It's hot." Then she patted the back of the emperor's hand and said, "But you are the emperor, the emperor! My father doesn't want to worry about the family being too big. , making you run back and forth, delaying people’s livelihood matters, you also know that I value the people the most... Haha!"

Yes, he was assassinated when he was giving porridge to the people. He was almost killed by the assassins of the Aragami Sect.

Without the kindness of the old man, many people would have starved to death during the drought.

"Haha, I understand as a son, and I didn't embarrass my father." Su Chen held the old man's hand in turn and said with a smile: "Everyone in the world is now one family. I dare not say that every family has surplus food, but at least they don't need it. When I was hungry, I also set up emergency food supplies for famine years in each state and county, and allocated 10% of the food tax paid every year to put it in. The six states have saved a lot in the past three years."

"Dad knows!"

Su Congfang nodded happily.

"Why can't my father see what you have done? When you wanted to conquer the Central Plains, you thought you would stop there. Unexpectedly, you turned around and went to attack Xirong again. Although you were expanding your territory, your father was worried, fearing that you would go on a military rampage. You have harmed the people. But your wings are strong, and dad can't control you. But in the past three years, dad has finally put his heart into his heart about what you have done. My son, Su Congfang, like his dad, has always been towards For the common people!”

Hearing this, Su Chen laughed.

"Haha! Yes, it is natural that a son is like his father. However, it may not be long before the child will have to fight again."

"Fighting Japanese pirates?"

"Dad guessed it?"

"How could I not have guessed that what those Japanese pirates did on the coast made my father yell in Ding'an City in anger, and he did so in front of Sun Shuwu. They offended you, how could you not fight them back? You are such a bad-tempered father. Familiar."

The old man said something in a funny tone, which made Su Chen also smile.

"Haha, dad still understands me."

"You are already an emperor. When will you pay back the money you stole from your father?"

"Do you remember this?"

"Remember it for a lifetime."

"Okay, another day, I will search through the Japanese pirates' lair, find some money, and bring it to my father's house."

"Don't use copper plates, otherwise I won't know how long it will take to be a father!"

"Then let the eldest and second brothers help. If that doesn't work, let Thirteen help with the counting."

"Haha, by the way, is Chen'er coming back with you?"

"I'm back. I was taken to play by my mother, but it's not enough to have a child here with you."

"How can this be enough? Now that I'm here, I'll stay for a few more days before leaving. When my legs get better, my father will take his grandson for a walk on the street!"

The father and son were just like before when they were assassinated. They were talking beside the bed, laughing from time to time. Su Yong and Su Lie, who were eavesdropping outside, had smiles on their faces. The stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground. Ever since his father broke his leg, he had been feeling depressed. When it comes to joking, I think I won't be able to hold it back.

Afterwards, he hurriedly asked the maid to bring the pastries and urged the kitchen to prepare the dinner quickly. He also sent someone to tell Su Chen's mother about the matter.

……

The sun shines through the old trees in the courtyard, the swaying branches, and the birds fly to and jump around the window lattice.

In the window lattice, an old man and a young man were sitting beside the bed, laughing and chatting among the flickering lights.

Like a picture scroll.

The cups on the table were quiet, and the warm water was steaming up.

(End of this chapter)