Successful hereditary replacement, means that there is a new vassal king in the Liyang Dynasty, except for the canonization of the crown prince and the new emperor's accession to the throne, there is no major event comparable to this, not to mention that this vassal king is still the king of Beiliang, not only Liangzhou, but also Liangzhou, Youling Liangzhou is also full of lights, almost crazy, and the momentum is better than the Lantern Festival of the lantern market, in order to please the new king, especially those arrogant families, are secretly competing for whose lanterns are bigger and more, it feels like who dares to hang less, the next day they have to be secret, and then pull out and cut off their heads.
As a result of the continuous comparison, in the portal where there is no shortage of silver, the festive red lanterns are hung more and more, so much that people's eyes are full of red and they feel deeply tired.
Qingliangshan Wangfu, there is no way to make a fuss, the lanterns are temporarily hung up, but they are much simpler than the festivals in previous years, but the housekeepers and servants are full of spring breeze, walking a little briskly, these people are happy in their hearts, who doesn't like the new master of the house to have a big job, one person has the chicken dog ascending to heaven.
If the new king of the palace can't stop Beiliang and becomes a big bully, there will be no nourishing days in the palace.
After the father and son of the Xu family returned to Liangzhou City from the border pass, they could often see the young head of the family who had to change his name to King Liang and take the general for a walk in the mansion, and the sharp-eyed and attentive people secretly counted the two future princesses, who accompanied the father and son more times, and then they simply didn't care, because the number of times the woman surnamed Lu in Qingzhou was only a handful, and there were too many Wang Dongxiang who lost to the female writer, but from time to time I bumped into the daughter of the Lu family who would help the second county lord push the wheelchair, but compared with the two, which is more important, How could everyone in the mansion not be able to figure it out and in their hearts, they didn't like the Lu woman who lived in a simple place, covered with copper stench, didn't she just rely on the money in the family to cross the gate of the palace by luck Lin Quan was also a pawn carrying the flag back then, and everything was not given to your Lu family by the general.
Qingliang Mountain has sent clever maids to serve the two young women, for a long time, the maids who worked in the courtyard of Wang Dongxiang looked down on the maids in Lu Chengyan's yard, and the maids in the palace in the "Lu Courtyard" had infighting, and began to look at the outsiders who were brought into the house by the Lu family with slanted eyes.
Since ancient times, when there are many women, there are troubled rivers and lakes everywhere.
Half a year after returning home from the border, today, the two generations of the Xu family, except for Huang Man'er, who practiced military exercises, gathered in the pavilion on Tingchao Lake to rest, and there were more than ever Wang Chudong and Lu Chengyan, the two prospective daughters-in-law who were about to marry into the Xu family, plus Xu Weixiong in a wheelchair, and the lack of a Xu Longxiang, one and the other, it was a bit of a yin and yang decline, but it can be seen that Xu Xiao's complexion is excellent and his spirit is radiant, presumably because the two daughters-in-law are satisfied.
One is well-known in the government and the opposition, the other is born to run the family, the important thing is that the two women do not have any signs of jealousy, because one does not understand at all, and the other is so smart that he does not do it.
Xu Xiao, who deviated from the way and took off the identity of King Liang without authorization, lazily leaned against the red lacquer pillars of the pavilion, listening to Xu Fengnian's questions and answers with the king, playful and humorous, which made the old man laugh constantly.
The little girl of the Wang family said half a sentence "Ask you how much sorrow you can have", Xu Fengnian made up "Just like lack of money to buy that green ant wine", Wang Chudong smiled and narrowed into a pair of crescents, and asked "Looking back", Xu Fengnian replied, "That guy is climbing a tree", the female writer said that "the belt is gradually widening and will not regret it", the young man who has become the largest vassal king in Liyang smiled and said, "Go and pick up a tank of water for the widow", and the woman who was quietly sitting in a wheelchair was a lot more literary than Wang Chudong, and there was a warm smile at the corner of her mouth that was not easy to detect, The beautiful Lu Chengyan, who was carefully infiltrated by the wealthy family's family background, smiled without showing her teeth, and when she couldn't help it, she raised her hand to cover it.
It's just that no matter how bad his eyesight is, he can also distinguish Wang Chudong's location, and naturally approach Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian's father and son, but Lu Chengyan can only intentionally or unintentionally favor the second county lord who is in charge of a courtyard of "Criticizing Red Girl Hanlin".
Xu Xiao smiled and said: "Nian'er, you send one to Chengyan, and I will nag with your sister and early winter." ” Xu Fengnian snorted, and walked out of the pavilion with Lu Chengyan, who got up after hearing the words, but walked all the way to the courtyard, the two were speechless, Lu Chengyan pursed her lips and followed him, and when she turned around at the gate of the courtyard, she was already smiling, Xu Fengnian wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a moment, and chuckled: "You remember to go out more often, it's not good to be at home all the time."
Beiliang is not as beautiful as the scenery of Jiangnan, but we also have a unique scenery in the north, and it is a pity not to ride a horse to see it yourself.
I was supposed to accompany you, but now I am entangled in affairs, I can't be lazy, and I will soon go out to clean up the mess of more than 200,000 homeless people in the northwest, if you come back, you are still in the mood, I will take you to Wudang Mountain for a walk. ” Lu Chengyan's eyebrows and eyes were charming after heartfelt laughter, and only then did she blurt out the word phoenix, so she hurriedly swallowed the word that should be followed back to her stomach, and said softly: "King Beiliang, don't be so polite." ” Xu Fengnian made a gesture to tap her forehead, and said helplessly: "You say it with your conscience, who is more polite?"
Lu Chengyan curled the corners of her mouth, Xu Fengnian turned around with a smile, turned around again, and sure enough, she saw her standing at the door with her fingers twisted and sleeves without moving, waving at her, and then left.
Xu Fengnian didn't see Xu Xiao in Tingchao Lake, so he walked to the princess's mausoleum, which had been deserted, and gently walked into this mausoleum, which the outside world said was "the heavy door and the halberd are higher than the vassal kings", and stretched out his hand to cross the stone statues with a solemn posture.
There is a hunchbacked old man at the end of the tombstone, there are very few ancient trees in the mausoleum, and it is rumored that Beiliang is because the sword spirit of the female sword fairy is too strong, that is, she died, and there is still the majestic atmosphere of the female sword fairy, so there are not a few ancient trees left in the princess's mausoleum.
Xu Fengnian heard when he was young that after becoming an immortal, he could scatter beans into soldiers, and even bring people back to life, during that time, he read at night, and almost looked through the ancient books of Buddhism and Taoism in the Chao Pavilion, and then he was scolded by Li Yishan, the master who never believed in ghosts and gods.
It seems that now he wants to be scolded, and no one scolds him, and no one will dare to scold him in the future, Xu Fengnian, the king of Beiliang.
Xu Xiao heard the footsteps, smiled and said yes, and there was no follow-up.
A family of three here and now, he is standing, Xu Xiao is sitting, and Princess Beiliang is lying.
Xu Fengnian did not show any sad look, just stood silently in front of the monument, in early spring, the branches of the ancient tree had tender yellow and light green, Xu Fengnian walked under the tree, stretched out his hand to pick a leaf, and blew the spring god ballad that his mother taught him when he was a child.
The rickety old man closed his eyes and listened to the familiar tunes, one hand leisurely beating on his knee.
After a little ballad, the father and son walked out of the mausoleum silently, Xu Xiao suddenly said: "Nian'er, you can let Huang Man'er go home." ” Xu Fengnian bit his lip, stopped and quickly followed, and nodded.
In Tai'an City, there is still the afterglow of the Lantern Festival Lantern Market, and the streets are full of people.
In the palace, when the palm print eunuch Han Shengxuan "died violently in the palace", Song Tanglu, who took over as the chief eunuch of the Great Mink Temple, was young enough to make people feel terrible.
Originally, he was very popular in the Twelve Eunuchs, and after he resigned from the internal official prison, he concentrated on dealing with the responsibilities of the eunuchs who were the master of ceremonies and the eunuchs who held the seal, and gradually distanced himself from many elderly eunuchs who had been called by the Mink Temple, so that the master who gave the name at the beginning, Song Tanglu never went to the Spring Festival to pay New Year's greetings.
Song Tanglu's hard-earned reputation is like the only one time the water in the copper leaky pot, ticking and ticking, there will always be a day when the leakage will be finished, but Song Tanglu, who looks extremely smart, doesn't care about this, and today he carefully followed a pair of fathers and sons to the tall building, Qin Tianjian is a place where a few proverbs are passed out every few years, and these words are all solemnly written on the gold rune paper, put into an old yellow clay box that has been inherited by the Zhao family for a hundred years, and finally handed over to the emperor after bathing and changing, after reading it, The Emperor also had to burn it to ashes with his own hands.
After Song Tanglu became the eunuch of the palm seal, an hour ago was the first time in his life that he retrieved the clay box from the Qintianjian for the first time in his life, and then His Majesty rushed to the Qintianjian with a blank face, but Song Tanglu, who had been with the monarch for some years, knew that since he saw His Majesty, he had never clearly noticed that this Ninety-Five Supreme had been so happy.
This time to the tall building, His Majesty called His Royal Highness the Prince, outside the building, a group of people high and low, old and young, uneven, after the old eunuch is dead, the person who took over the Qin Tianjian was not the prestige enough to hold the pot, but a young child, in the past by the old eunuch is nicknamed the small bookcase, Qin Tianjian inside and outside also shouted smoothly, forgetting the child's original name.
In addition to the supervisor who should have been a private school and the highly respected Song Yujing, there is also a hot new nobleman in the capital nowadays, Wu Lingsu, the king of Qingcheng with a purple robe, and now this "king with a different surname" other than Xu Xiao is already the head of the northern Daomen, and Zhao Danping is the same as the feather coat Qingxiang, and no one laughs at his different surname The name of the king is not true.
In particular, Liyang exterminated the Buddha in a big way, the mighty and mighty, the northern Buddhism experienced a catastrophe, Wu Lingsu lived up to the emperor's order, personally went to the two Zen temples to paste the paper to the main gate of the mountain seal Thousands of temples in the north, life and death are all in the hands of Wu Lingsu, the north and the south, even if the two real people of the Heavenly Master Mansion of Longhu Mountain soared, in dealing with the Guangling Dao Buddhist Temple at the junction of the north and south, Wu Lingsu is still aggressive, Longhu Mountain can only retreat step by step, in front of the eyes of everyone in the world, The Huang Zi nobles of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, who have the same surname as the Son of Heaven, can be described as extremely disgraced.
Qin Tianjian has the honor of not kneeling in the face of the saint, and Wu Lingsu, the king of Qingcheng, who looks like a real person, also has this treatment, but after he saw His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince, he still knelt down respectfully, and several Qin Tianjian originally followed the usual practice of standing and begging, but when they saw the Northern Dao Capital behaving like this, they had to kneel down and bow to the saint, but the little eunuch never bent his knees, the son of the Zhao family was not angry, but very happy, the prince Zhao Zhen also stepped forward quickly, pinched the child's cheek, and the eunuch who was nicknamed the small bookcase was a little annoyed, Seeing this, the Son of Heaven laughed heartily, and after taking away his smile, he took the lead in entering the building, and when he reached the top floor of the rooftop, the prince Zhao Zhan was wandering in front of the bookcase that needed a ladder to get the books above, Wu Lingsu and Song Yujing were carefully accompanied, but His Royal Highness the Prince was famous for his good speech, good temper and good heart in Tai'an City, and Wu and Song were not too restrained.
When the prince joked that he liked more daughters, he asked Wu Lingsu, who had flattered the famous ministers of the capital with the art in the room, whether there was a way to give birth to a son and a daughter for the first child, which made the king of Qingcheng dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to answer, Song Yujing, who had an old-fashioned personality, smiled heartily, thinking that His Royal Highness the prince really did not reduce the heart of a child, it was not easy, with such a prince, it must be a great blessing in this dynasty.
Outside the building, there is a eighty-one pieces of white marble made of the star-picking road, abruptly out of the attic six zhang away, the Zhao family and the eunuch are walking on the white and flawless "heaven and earth beam" before and after, the child with eyebrows and aura for this middle-aged man who sits on the dragon chair in the world, does not seem to have any fear, and the emperor does not mind this little thing at all, there are too many people in the world who are willing to be dogs for him as cattle and horses, there are one or two who are not afraid of him, and there is no threat to him, it is not a bad thing but a good thing.
And the world is not afraid of him, there is this small bookcase nearby, far away, not to talk about the northern barbarians, from the Yang Chaoye, one hand can be counted, and in one hand, there is only one that can make him jealous, and then this guy is about to die, how can he not want to laugh, laughing The son of heaven of the Zhao family stretched out a finger, pointed to the northwest of the dynasty, and then retracted his fist, bent over and laughed, but suppressed and did not laugh, his eyes looked straight at the roof of a large hall, where there were once three people drinking and talking about heroes, Together, they created the grand hegemony of the Liyang Dynasty, and the result was that they were all dead people, the oldest one who died well, if he didn't die, he wouldn't be able to ascend the throne The bald donkey, who died in the iron gate, died well, but it was a pity to die, and the last one who was about to lie in the coffin, when the prince took the heir, chose to watch coldly, which made him hate him very much In his opinion, this old guy died too late.
The Emperor of the Zhao family turned around and touched the head of the Qin Tian Prison Supervisor beside him, and asked with a smile: "Little bookcase, do you say that it is safe to give him a good word, or is it appropriate to say a bad word?"
One is safe, the other is appropriate.
Nearest the king nearest the gallows.
If it were the old fox who had spent most of his life in the temple contemplating the emperor's heart, he would immediately be able to chew the true taste from the king's words.
But the little eunuch said with a look: "Grandpa Jianzheng said before his death, as soon as the new calendar of our Qintianjian comes out, we robbed the almanac of the white-clothed monks of the two Zen temples.
I think that since the sages said that a gentleman has the beauty of an adult, it is okay to give praise.
But Uncle Emperor, what does it mean to rob Hu?"
The emperor of the Zhao family, whose expression was obscure and changed very quickly, finally showed a warm smile, muttered to himself, and then raised his voice and said with a smile: "Rob Hu, it was your old enemy Huang Longshi who supervised your grandfather who was the first to say it, and I think it is similar to robbing Go."
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By the way, little bookcase, I heard that you are a good chess player, when will you compete with me on the chessboard?"
The little bookcase thought for a while, and said with a bright smile: "Grandpa Jianzheng taught me five things to turn over the game in a fixed way, and I will do the first four, but I don't understand the turnaround, but Grandpa Jianzheng said, there is no need to rush this, anyway, when you understand, you can call that Huang Lao'er to come to Tai'an City to talk."
Grandpa Jianzheng also said that if you want Huang Sanjia to be subtracted by one, there are only two people who have a chance, and I count as one. ” Seeing the child's innocent appearance pointing at himself, the son of the Zhao family, Long Yan Dayue, took off a jade pendant hanging from his waist that could be called priceless, and said with a smile: "Then I won't humiliate myself, the jade pendant will be given to you, and it doesn't hurt to give it away."
Haha, my Liyang is indeed full of talents.
Huang Longshi, a madman, should be old and helpless, and die without a grave. ” The small bookcase smiled coquettishly, holding the jade pendant in both hands, "Then I have seen a palace maid sister, I like it at a glance, if I can see her next time, the jade pendant will give her." ” Liyang Mingjun, who won the championship of the emperors with diligence and thrift, diligence and diligence, smiled and nodded: "Uncle Emperor told you that the jade pendant has to wait for you to grow up before giving it to her, and then you will have a daughter-in-law."
Don't worry, I will help you find the palace maid first and keep it for you. ” The chick pecked at the rice in the small bookcase and nodded vigorously.
With the spring breeze blowing on his face, the son of the Zhao family turned around and walked towards the attic, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Liyang according to the law to reward the gift of the name, the beauty of the text to the beginning, and to the orthography leading, in turn is the Zhenzhong Duan Kangyi and other twenty-four words, the Wuchen name is low, the number of words is also small, but it is still divided into eighteen, so there are "scholars should be sealed twenty-four" and "the big husband should be sealed eighteen" these two sayings, the temple ministers who have died in recent years, Wenchen is the majority, although these old people are not exaggerated to be awarded a few nicknames of Zhenzhongduan, but in the eyes of the world, Wenkang Wenyi always can't run away, like the two masters of the Song family, As well as the leader of the Qing Party who has gone through three dynasties, Shangzhu Guolu Fei Qi, are all in this list, but unfortunately these guys are not guaranteed, although they are in the twenty-four ranks, the nickname is very low, but it is the Lu family of Jiangnan Road, whose family reputation is far inferior to that of Song Lu, is expected to take away two of these great beauty.
Xu Xiao I don't give you any bad words, but you have long been stripped of the title of Dazhu Kingdom, so don't think about receiving a gift as a military minister, and the military minister is eighteen, I want to "be generous" to give you the most inferior "martial arts" After you die, no matter how timid you are, you will be given Xu Xiao his last journey with ridicule.
This night, there was nothing unusual about the Qingliangshan Palace, which was accustomed to the old Liang King's hard time to hide his tiredness, and he felt that maybe when he got up tomorrow, he could see the old man and the young Liang Wang walking together at a certain time and place in the house.
In the inner room of the courtyard where Xu Xiao lived, Xu Weixiong's wheelchair was close to the door, her hands resting on her laps, clenched tightly.
Xu Longxiang, who hurried home, stood at the head of the bed with his head down and red eyes.
Looking out the door, you can only see the back of a person sitting on the edge of the bed.
The old man lying on the bed tried his best to suppress his cough, and said slowly: "Dad knows that you don't like Xu Xiao, who only knows how to talk about big truths, yes, your dad is very good at using knives and guns, and he is indeed not a person who is unauthorised to reason, and Dad doesn't like it very much, for so many years, Dad is a rough man who scolds me and I will beat whoever I want, and he is an old man who stands left and right with a sword on the Jinluan Palace to see his mood, but Nian'er, Dad doesn't say this, and if he doesn't finish speaking, he won't worry about you."
Remember, since you sit in the position of the king of Beiliang, you must be able to listen to what you don't want to hear, and you must be able to tolerate people you don't like, the same rice raises hundreds of people, each has its own difficulties, and has its own love, hatred and temper, especially those who don't remember other people's good guys, many times you have to endure, who made you the king of Beiliang, not to lose to anyone, but to take care of the overall situation, my father has been a general and the king of Beiliang for so many years, and there are many grievances, and I can't talk to anyone, this is a helpless thing.
I remember that I took a group of old brothers out of Jinzhou and Liao, and was killed by a real power captain in Liyang, and many brothers died, and in a fit of anger, I took more than 40 brothers who did not die, and killed his family, naturally not to eat and drink, but to kill his whole family, and tied people into zongzi and dragged them to the yard, you know what happened then That guy is called Cai Qinghe, and now no one must remember him, Cai Qinghe's climbing in the officialdom, unscrupulous, this guy is cold-blooded and ruthless when he is a yin, and he said that the two armies and horses advance and retreat together, As a result, I watched my 800 people die and carry 2,000 enemies, and they didn't take his more than 1,000 people into the battlefield, and he brought me a message afterwards, saying that he would rather not have military merits than let me Xu Xiao take the position, such a hero, before he died, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to me, saying that as long as he spared his wife and children, he was willing to lead the death and commit suicide, and he was not afraid of a thousand cuts.
In the end, of course I didn't promise him, there were more than 30 people in the door, all of them were killed in front of him, because there were more than 40 brothers standing behind me Xu Xiao, and if I didn't do this, it was destined that there would be a second Wang Qinghe and a third Song Qinghe jumping out to harm me in the future, I Xu Xiao can not be afraid of death, but I am afraid that my brother will die for me, and many people will die, as long as I Xu Xiao does not die for a day, I owe the old brothers who left early. ” "When did my father start to be afraid of death after marrying your mother.
In the world where my father lives is much easier to die than to live, those who are afraid of death may not be able not to die, but those who are not afraid of death will definitely die.
Dad has seen too many dead people like this, and many of them died at Daddy's hands.
But the older my father gets, the more I don't dare to kill people, my father told himself, regardless of himself, I have to accumulate virtue and save blessings for the four of your children, is it not this reason that no matter how old and rough this father is, he also knows that he can be a parent in the world, and he can give his children very well, and he has never left a good reason for his father, he was not sensible when he was young, and he was not sensible much more than when he was a child, so he only knew how to mess around, thinking about the outside all day long, and he couldn't wait to be away from home, where would he think about what home, after the two old men left, he didn't feel that he had a home, when he was out of the two Liao, I told myself that if I wanted to die, I had to die outside, and I wouldn't go back to that small place if I was killed.
Later, I met your mother, and after tricking your mother into the house, I felt that where she was, my home was there.
Later, with you, she left, and felt that where you are, home is there.
Our family is different from many people's families, our family, it's upside down, it's all your mother who sings white-faced and pretends to be a wicked person, Dad, just protect a few of you, your mother rarely gets angry, once Dad remembers very clearly, Dad told you when he was a child, when Dad was not around, whoever bullied you, you will fight back, if you can't beat it, you will use a stone to smash, and if you can afford a knife, you will use a knife to cut.
Your mother was on fire, at first my father still felt reasonable, my son is such a kind-hearted child, who dares to bully my son, don't let him go to bed to lie down how to do my son let other people's sons lie down, Xu Xiao is a father, just let them lie down together, this is the truth of the old Xu family After your mother got angry, she told me calmly that she was not willing to be bullied by others, but that she was destined not to be an ordinary child, if she developed a too fierce perverse character, she never knew how to be kind to others, I don't know how to suffer a loss is a blessing, and in the end, it must be my own children who suffer a big loss. also said that you Xu Xiao will always die of old age one day, and there will be no one to protect Xiao Nian at that time, what should I do if your mother leaves early, my father is the most unruly guy, he can't teach you anything, so he firmly remembered what your mother said, and his habitual son is like a murderer.
Nian'er, the few times I got angry with you, it wasn't my father who blamed you, it was my father who blamed himself for failing to do his duty as a father.
In the past, you were always reluctant to call me dad, my dad was really not angry, every time you were beaten with a broom, every time I was hit on my body, it hurt more and more, I knew that my dad was old, and you had grown up, which was a great thing. ” The old man's speech was choppy, always interrupted by loud gasps and hard coughs.
The young figure did not speak, but just held the hands of the old man on the bed with both hands.
The old man who has never shed tears in front of any of his children, this old martial artist who was scolded by the government and the opposition for being a human slaughter, finally burst into tears today, the old man just wanted to wipe it, his spirit had already dried up like lamp oil, and he didn't have the strength to raise his hand.
And the young man, who couldn't even see his sister and brother, didn't even dare to pull out a hand to help the old man wipe away his tears, for fear that as soon as he let go, the old man would really leave.
"Being an emperor is called a lonely person, that is the difference between monarchs and ministers, and after being an emperor for a long time, I really don't look at it as a person, I really think it's some kind of bullshit.
Our Xu family has worked their own to get this King of Beiliang, and he is not far from the emperor, Nian'er, not to mention anything else, the taste of being alone is not comfortable.
Dad has tasted it, and he doesn't want you to take this old path.
So when he let go of Yan Jiexi's family and let them go to the capital to be relatives of the emperor, his father never regretted it, Xu Xiao even dared to scold him so much that he was half angry, how could he put a pedantic literati in his eyes Dad just didn't want you to turn against the Yan Chiji brothers.
Even if you are not destined to be brothers, it is better to leave you with a good thought.
The happiest thing for my dad over the years is that he came home from the border and saw that you were all good, and then he occasionally dreamed of your mother.
I, Xu Xiao, have been indebted to her since your mother promised to marry me, the only place where my father complains about her is that she left early, husband and wife, in fact, who is more bitter after leaving, this hardship, not to say anything about working hard for the family business, this is what our old men should do, but many times there are good things, no one around can say a word, either I miss her very much, and I can't see that she is not a big world, my father has gone to many places and seen many people, but in the eyes of my father, there is always only your mother A woman. ” At the door, Xu Weixiong clenched his fist to cover his lips, still crying.
"The loquat tree in the yard was planted by your mother after she came here, and when you have loquat in the future, you happen to miss your father and your mother again, remember to pick some and put them on the grave."
"Nian'er, my father handed over your second sister and Huang Man'er to you to take care of, as well as our Xu family, our Xu family's 300,000 iron horses, and you will have to carry them alone in the future.
You're going to be tired, don't blame Dad for letting you take on this burden. ” The young figure nodded.
Huang Man'er raised his arm, covered his face, and whimpered softly.
When the old man said tonight and the last sentence in his life, Xu Weixiong threw himself out of his wheelchair and cried.
The young figure raised his head.
With his back to his sister and brother, he just opened his mouth wide and cried silently, for fear of disturbing the old man who closed his eyes.
The old man finally said, "Daddy will sleep for a while."
To be continued: