At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Of course, in the process of progress, it is not without some small twists and turns.

In February of the seventh year of Xingyuan, news came from Youzhou.

Zhang Fei passed away.

Chapter 1635. Where should I go back to one thousand five hundred and five?

Zhang Fei passed away?

Guo Peng was very surprised to hear the news suddenly. How could Zhang Fei die?

How energetic is that guy?

He was alive and kicking all day long, and he seemed to have inexhaustible strength in his body, clamoring to go to the battlefield to fight.

Later he felt that nothing was impossible.

Zhang Fei committed the biggest taboo and touched Guo Jin's bottom line. As long as Guo Jin is the emperor for a day, Zhang Fei will be a negative example for a day. No one can make him return to the army and the battlefield.

The emperor needs a negative teaching material to shock people, let them know what can be done and what cannot be done.

Guo Peng can't do anything about it.

Zhang Fei could only live in endless depression day after day, month after month, year after year.

Then he died.

Die silently, die quietly.

But dying like this is better than being beheaded by two subordinates, at least it is a normal death, not a violent death, not even a complete body.

Anyway, I can be buried safely.

Zhang Fei's death did not cause any waves in the court, because he had faded out of the military for a long time, and any power was dispersed in a random manner.

His sons Zhang Bao and Zhang Shao are currently only middle-level officers in the army, and they have nothing special to show off, nor have they accumulated much military exploits.

Guo Jin didn't express anything special after learning about it, but because Zhang Fei was the former subordinate of the Supreme Emperor and made contributions to the establishment of the Wei Empire, he gave a certain amount of mourning.

For example, rewarding money, land, cloth and silk, and then handing Zhang Fei's title to the eldest son Zhang Bao, and personally drafting a posthumous title for Zhang Fei, the posthumous name is "Jing".

This is not a beautiful posthumous title, but a middle posthumous posthumous title.

Guo Jin even wanted to give Zhang Fei a bad posthumous title of [Li] or [Xi], but considering Guo Peng's opinion and Zhang Fei's achievements in founding the country, he reluctantly gave him the posthumous title of Zhong.

As a tainted general who made mistakes, being able to have a posthumous title already shows that this is a special kindness from the emperor, and it can be justified in front of anyone.

Veteran Guan Yu was very sad because of Zhang Fei's death, weeping again and again, he asked Emperor Guo Jin to allow him to go to the funeral in person, in order to save decades of brotherhood.

Guo Jin thought for a moment and agreed.

Guan Yu was able to go to the funeral, and after the funeral, he begged for the bones from the court and asked to resign. Guo Jin gave permission to let Guan Yu return home in glory, ending his life of fighting and hard work.

In addition to Guan Yu, Zhang Liao also felt sad for this incident. He remembered the friendship formed on the battlefield, so he sent some mourning gifts to the Zhang family, and sent his second son Zhang Qingdi to express his condolences.

Zhuge Liang, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, thought of his colleagues in Beiting Dufu, and sent his eldest son Zhuge Qiao to express his condolences.

After that, no one cared about Zhang Fei's death.

Guo Peng watched the world coldly and sighed deeply.

After thinking about it, he finally wrote down the words "ten thousand enemies" for Zhang Fei as Zhang Fei's old master, and entrusted someone to give it to Zhang Fei's eldest son, Zhang Bao.

Zhang Bao received Guo Peng's words, burst into tears, and knelt down in the direction of Luoyang Palace.

The only result of this incident was the resignation of the General of the Guards, Zhao Yun.

Because of his old age and powerlessness, Zhao Yun asked Emperor Guo Jin to resign from the position of General of the Guards, begged for the bones, and wished to return to his hometown to support his life, begging the emperor to show mercy, and to grant his request.

At that time, people thought that Zhang Fei's death had stimulated Zhao Yun.

The General of the Guards has long been a vacated position. Zhao Yun only has honorary power and has no real power, so his departure has no real impact.

In view of this, Guo Jin agreed to his request, and after three resignations with him, he agreed to Zhao Yun's resignation.

Zhao Yun was allowed to leave Luoyang and return to his hometown in the name of retirement, to take care of himself and enjoy all the treatment of retired officials.

In recognition of Zhao Yun's contribution, Guo Jin promoted him to the rank of general, and became the highest rank holder of the Wei army just like the retired general Cao Ren.

Then reward fertile land, mansions, and money, increase food towns, and seal [-] households.

Zhao Yun resigned from the fertile land and increased food, and only accepted other rewards and honorary titles. He tidied up and prepared to return home.

Before returning home, Guo Peng summoned Zhao Yun.

In his favorite small pavilion, sitting side by side with Zhao Yun, looking at the small pond in front of him, with the breeze blowing.

"Zilong, do you still remember the first time you met me?"

"Remember, it was the second year of Zhongping. When the Emperor Taishang was still serving as the lieutenant of Hukarasuma in Youzhou, he recruited troops from abroad. The villagers and I learned of the reputation of the Emperor Taishang. We yearned for it, so we came to join the army collectively and followed Overlord."

Zhao Yun opened the mouth and said: "Thanks to the great love of the Supreme Emperor, as soon as I joined the army, I became the Supreme Emperor's personal soldiers. The Supreme Emperor taught my ministers to read and understand, so that I learned to lead troops to fight. The minister can go to today, thanks to the trust and cultivation of the Supreme Emperor."

Guo Peng smiled and waved his hand.

"I have trusted and cultivated many people. You are the only one who can go to the end. How could this not be the result of your own hard work? Just thinking about it this way, it's so fast, in a blink of an eye... 37 years, son Long, it's been 37 years."

Zhao Yun also laughed.

"Yes, 37 years, as if in a flash, the minister and the Supreme Emperor are both old, unable to ride a horse and lift a knife."

"37 years, 37 years..."

Guo Peng suddenly stretched out his hand and held Zhao Yun's hand tightly, pursing his lips, his eyes were red.

"Zilong, from now on at home, you should pay more attention to rest, and don't forget to ask the people in the big medical center to check your body every year. If you feel uncomfortable, you have to say that you must never avoid medical treatment, understand?"

Guo Peng's voice was a little trembling, Zhao Yun's nose was sour, and he bit his lip, trying to resist the burst of emotion.

"I remember."

"Just remember, just remember."

Guo Peng sniffed, hesitated for a moment, and let go of his hand.

"Go back. You haven't been back to your hometown for a long time. People always want to go back to their hometown. Fallen leaves return to their roots. Where did you come from? Where do you go back? Go."

"..."

Zhao Yun was silent for a while, then sniffed, stood up, walked behind Guo Peng, knelt down, and saluted Guo Peng for the last time.

"Sir, Zhao Yun, obey the order, I wish my emperor good health and blessings forever."

Then Zhao Yun stood up slowly, and under the guidance of the servants, he slowly left Taishan Palace, the palace, Luoyang, and went home.

Guo Peng didn't look back, just kept looking at the empty pond, sitting there alone, without getting up.

Cai Yong went back to Chenliu.

Cao Cao has returned to Qiao County.

Zhang Fei returned to Zhuojun.

Zhao Yun has returned to Changshan.

They all went back.

And me?

Where should I go back?

Guo Peng thought hard, but he didn't know where the remaining lonely ghost should return after his death.

Can I go back to where I came from?

Guo Peng didn't know.

He just felt that it was almost time.

It is almost time for their group of heroes who galloped in the troubled times of the end of Han Dynasty to bid farewell to the stage of history.

The time is almost up, the age is almost up.

Heroes are old, and they are no longer as brave as they used to be. The future belongs to young people, not the old people like them.

Talented people come out from generation to generation, each leading the coquettish for hundreds of years. These old guys who have come out of troubled times have enjoyed such a prosperous time for such a long time. Indeed, it is time to hand over the power under their buttocks to the newcomers , Let the latecomers continue their chicness.

At this point in history, they are no longer needed, even if they created this place.

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng's lonely back from a distance, walked forward silently, sat beside Guo Peng, held one of Guo Peng's hands with both hands, and leaned on Guo Peng's shoulder without making a sound.

Chapter 1636 One thousand five hundred and fifty six Guo Peng lost his only half confidant

The generation that ended the troubled times is coming to an end, this is Guo Peng's premonition.

As if God had to obey Guo Peng's premonition, at the beginning of the eighth year of Xingyuan, Cheng Yu passed away.

After all, Cheng Yu never survived Guo Peng. After a spring rain, Cheng Yu suffered from a cold and died within ten days.

Guo Peng didn't even react.

Guo Peng visited Cheng Yu once when he was ill, and after a few days, he heard from the people in the medical center that Cheng Yu was recovering and was about to visit him again, but within a few days, he was gone.

Guo Peng stared at Cheng Yu's body for a long time before realizing that Cheng Yu was really gone.

Then he lost his temper.

They threw and smashed the big medical hall, smashing the big medical hall into a mess, scolding the doctors in the big medical hall as quack doctors who eat vegetarian meals with corpses, waste, raising them is worse than raising a bunch of pigs.

"Give me Zhongde back! Give me back! Otherwise, I will make you pay for your life! Pay for your life!!!"

Guo Peng blushed, clutching Hua Tuo's collar and screaming angrily with red eyes, like a wounded beast.

He wanted to kill all the "quack doctors" in the medical hall to pay for Cheng Yu's life.

Since his abdication, Guo Peng has never lost his temper so much.

All the doctors in the big medical hall were frightened by his anger and knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to move, not even daring to lift their heads.

Guo Jin didn't dare to persuade him, so he could only invite Cao Lan.

In the end, it was Cao Lan who rushed to the Great Medical Center and took away Guo Peng who was in a rage.

Guo Peng was brought back to Taishan Hall by Cao Lan, slumped on the bed for a while, and then hugged Cao Lan and cried bitterly.

"When I went to see him, he also told me that when he recovered from his illness, he would help me with another big case... He said that he found out that someone was smuggling salt again, and he would deal with a big case severely. The case... It's only been a few days? A few days? How did he disappear?"

Guo Peng hugged Cao Lan tightly, crying in a mess.

He didn't cry like a 60-year-old man, but like a six-year-old child.

Cheng Yu was his half confidant, his only half confidant. With Cheng Yu gone, he lost his only half confidant.

No matter how much he cried, he could not return Cheng Yu's life.

In March of the eighth year of Xingyuan, Cheng Yu, the captain of the Sili school, died of illness at the age of 83.

The Supreme Emperor Guo Peng personally expressed condolences, hugged the coffin and wept bitterly, and stayed in Cheng's mansion for three consecutive days, unwilling to leave.

When Cheng Yu's coffin was about to be transported from Luoyang to his hometown Dong'e County for burial, Guo Peng was still unwilling to leave.

He personally followed Cheng Yu's coffin, sent Cheng Yu's coffin out of Luoyang City, and stood on the city wall of Luoyang City, watching Cheng Yu's coffin gradually leave until it could no longer be seen.

Guo Peng personally drafted Cheng Yu's posthumous title "Zhen", bestowed him with the title of grand master, and buried him with the ceremony of a third prince.

And because of Cheng Yu's special situation, Guo Peng asked Guo Jin to use the power of the Linzi Camp to send all Cheng Yu's clan members to Guo Jun's Xishu Kingdom without anyone noticing. For the Western Shu Kingdom, don't mention that they are Cheng Yu's descendants.

Cheng Yu passed away, and the sharp sword that had been powerfully suppressing the unruly hearts of the officials was gone.

Although no one dared to celebrate publicly because of the grief of the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng, for fear of bumping into Guo Peng's bad luck and being slaughtered by him.

But I don't know how many people are celebrating in their hearts.

Celebrate that this terrible guy is finally dead, and they finally don't have to worry about it every once in a while, for fear that what they did will be discovered and then killed.

Guo Jin comprehensively inspected Cheng Yu's subordinates, and chose Cheng Yu's former important assistant Fazheng as the second captain of Sili.