After a moment of silence, Qin Mo said, "I don't understand what Your Highness means."
"You really don't understand?" Yuan Buwei looked at him.
The eyes are flat, and the tone is even more flat.
It's not harsh words, but it seems to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
Meeting his eyes, Qin Mo gasped for breath.
- He knows it all! He must know!
There was an eerie silence in the study.
"Today at the Dachang Princess' Mansion, Gu almost killed a person. It's as if something happened suddenly..." Yuan Buwei said with a half-smile, recalling the previous state, "Do you think it's strange? "
At the end, his tone became cold.
Under his pointed gaze, Qin Mo finally couldn't bear it anymore, his knees softened, and he knelt on the ground.
"What is this for?"
The tone that was not originally cold turned gentle again, and a slight smile floated on his lips. The last moment was harsh, and the next moment it was like a gentle breeze and a drizzle.
He smiled and flipped through the memory left by the original body:
"Nine years ago, when I rescued you from the pile of refugees, you swore that this life would belong to me from now on, and you would only be loyal to me..."
"When I was on the battlefield for the first time, I was careless for a while, and I was almost killed by a secret arrow who sneaked into the camp. You blocked it with your body and saved my life..."
This is the most impressive thing in Yuanbang's memory, and Yuanben did not write it lightly at this time, without any redundant emotions. But the atmosphere in the study was inexplicably silent.
During his calm narration, Qin Mo unknowingly lowered his head, and most of his face was in the shadows.
He knelt straight on the ground, silent. But the emotional ups and downs in his heart are far less calm than on the surface.
Yuan didn't turn a blind eye and walked up to him.
"I told you then..."
"From now on, you will live up to your solitary, and your solitary will live up to you."
The change of address seemed to imply a change of attitude, Qin Mo's shoulders heaved violently, and his body fell deeply to the ground.
"... I have failed His Highness."
It was not: "Oh."
"Let me guess, is it you who broke your promise and broke your oath..." He tilted his head slightly and analyzed to himself, "Or, from the beginning to the end, you have never been loyal to me... The real master is another Is there someone else?"
Speaking of this, Yuan didn't look at him inquiringly.
Qin Mo had been expressionless, his mouth tightly closed like a clam shell. But when he heard this, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and his eyes fluctuated momentarily.
"Oh, it seems to be the latter."
There was no fluctuation in the original inaction expression, but he continued to satisfy his curiosity: "So, the grace of saving life is probably fake."
Qin Mo remained silent.
It was not immediately clear.
If it is redundant, there is no need to ask in detail.
Many times, the authorities are often confused and blinded by one leaf. And once the leaf is uncovered, the truth is always unbearable.
And all these calculations may have already started when Qin Mo came to Yuanshen's side.
only…
"Nine years ago, I was just a little prince who fled south in a hurry. How could He De attract so much attention?"
Yuan's refusal seemed questionable, but for some reason, Qin Mo felt that he had seen everything through.
His attitude was calm, his tone seemed to be commonplace, every sentence was flat, and there was even a smile on his lips, but it brought great pressure to Qin Mo.
Just facing the eyes of His Royal Highness, he always had a premonition that he would succumb sooner or later.
Qin Mo could sense the wavering in his heart.
... No, I can't let His Highness the Crown Prince continue talking!
"Clang!"
There was a clear sound.
Qin Mo untied the pitch-black knife from his waist and placed it in front of him. At the same time, his forehead hit the ground heavily.
Blood dripped all over his face.
He didn't wipe it, he just raised his head, and looked at Yuan Buwei silently, in the vision blurred by blood, he saw only a pair of calm and indifferent eyes.
"It is I who have failed His Highness, and I will let His Highness dispose of it."
After repeating what he said before in a muffled voice, Qin Mo immediately shut his mouth tightly. I am afraid that I will accidentally say something that should not be said in His Royal Highness's eyes that seem to see everything.
… the choice was made early on. If he betrayed the crown prince first and then the man because of a momentary wavering, then what is the significance of what he has done these years
His reaction was not at all unexpected.
The original body, Qi Xuan, was not bad to Qin Mo. On the surface, he was a master and servant, but in fact he was as close as a brother. After he ascended the throne, he even handed over the position of commander of the imperial army to Qin Mo—this is an important position directly responsible for the safety of the entire palace, unless he is absolutely trusted Confidant, how can you rest assured to give it to him
With such trust, and the feeling of having followed him for many years and living and dying together on the battlefield, Qin Mo could have chosen to completely rely on Qi Xuan if he wanted to, and confess the plans of the people behind the scenes—with Qi Xuan's generosity and the two Years of friendship will definitely forgive him.
If you don't want to betray the old master, you can still fulfill the loyalty of the minister first, and then the righteousness of the brothers. At least Bao Qi declares his life.
But he was just silent, and at the critical moment of forcing the palace, he fought back and sent Qi Xuan into the most complete desperation.
This has proved his loyalty and sincerity.
—of course, to another person.
If the real Qi Xuan is here, I'm afraid he will be sad, angry and furious, and he can't restrain himself. Qin Mo's attitude of waiting to be killed and being loyal and righteous will only make him more angry. Maybe it will trigger the strange poison in the body, and be controlled by anger again, and do irreversible things.
—And this point, has the person in front of you ever thought about it
When Yuan Buwei abandoned his detached perspective and brought himself into the role of Qi Xuan, he realized that the other party was surrounded by so many conspiracies and tricks, but his too pure heart could not bear these truths. become so suspicious and violent.
I'm afraid it's not just the cause of poisoning.
There was silence in the study.
Only Qin Mo's rapid and tense breathing could be heard.
The young man's originally neat robes had become messy at this time, his forehead was bloody, and the black machete was placed in front of him. He tilted his head slightly, assuming a posture of neck-throwing and ready to kill.
It seemed that Yuan Buwei could draw his sword out of its sheath at any time, and then... kill him!
It wasn't because she didn't move, she just looked at him calmly.
This silent, cold, and unsmiling face is no different from the past, and it still looks so loyal and reliable. Yuan Buwei seemed to see another face full of insidious calculations behind the scenes from this face.
...Even though the original body, Qi Xuan, was talented and knowledgeable, how could he have expected that someone would start to plan early at the moment when he was weakest and most embarrassed, secretly spying on him
"Crack, crack, crack."
Yuan Buwei patted his palms lightly a few times suddenly.
"It's admirable to be loyal." He didn't show any anger, and the tone of admiration was completely sincere.
This weird reaction made Qin Mo startled.
Having been together for nine years, he asked himself that he knew His Highness the Crown Prince very well. The other party did have a big heart that encompasses the world. He was often able to see small things in many major events, and his military talent was even more outstanding.
But no one is perfect, so he is not good at worldly relationships.
To be exact, it was he who spent too much time on the battlefield, and behind him was the emperor who spared no effort to support him. No one's slander or slander ever caused the emperor to misunderstand him and affect him who was on the front line.
He was strictly protected by the emperor. Over time, on the contrary, he lost his keenness to understand people's hearts. There is a rare purity in the royal family.
But today, Qin Mo couldn't see through him.
Seeing this, Yuan Buwei said indifferently: "Why, do you think that I will force you to ask who is behind the scenes?"
Qin Mo suddenly raised his head in astonishment, his expression changed for the first time: "Your Highness?"
Yuan Buwei reached out to pick up the pitch-black scimitar, stroked the handle with his palm, and suddenly pulled out the scimitar.
"Don't be nervous, I won't kill you. I don't want to dig out any secrets from you. I'm just curious about one thing..."
The scimitar was slowly drawn out, and the flash of light was extremely dazzling.
In the light of the knife, a smile was fleeting on the man's indifferent face. In Qin Mo's eyes, there was an unspeakable evil.
In an instant, a bad premonition rushed to his heart, and Qin Mo's eyes widened suddenly.
·
He got the answer he wanted from Qin Mo, and further verified Yuan Buwei's guess about the mastermind behind the scenes, so he released System 999 again:
"I'm here, where did Qi Xuan's soul go?"
Facing this ruthless man who throws it away after using it and pulls out the X, the system 999 really wants to refuse directly.
There is a saying in human beings, cannibals are soft-mouthed, but short-handed. You have to show attitude when asking for help. However, this host is simply not human!
I locked it in a small dark room without blinking an eye before, and released it when I needed it, and used it as a universal search engine.
After being tricked once, the system 999 is not as stupid as before, and has learned to bargain: [The host must agree first, and the system cannot be blocked after asking questions.]
It wasn't originally: "... huh?"
When System 999 saw something interesting, he immediately put his hands on his hips proudly: [Not only this time, if the host still wants to maintain a good relationship with the system and get the most timely system services, they can no longer block this system in the future.]
...Does the host think it is still the original simple system 999? No, after two rounds of traveling in the small black house, it has become [Super Evolution·System 999]!
Yuan didn't think: "Forget it."
Without hesitation for a second, in order to catch the consciousness bound to the soul, he was going to throw it into the small black room again. He'd rather find out the answers himself than suffer through a noisy system all the time.
[Wait, wait, I said! ] Seeing that he was about to enter the palace three times, the system 999 was going crazy, [Where Qi Xuan's soul went, the system didn't know.]
Yuan Buwei immediately became interested: "You don't know either? Didn't you choose this identity?"
[It wasn't that the system chose him on its own initiative, it was he who gave up his identity on his own initiative.]
After the system 999 was silent, he chose to tell the truth. This is the treatment that those hosts did not have.
[In this cosmic sea, billions of trillions of worlds, there are always many mysterious and incomprehensible phenomena. Like the tide of the river of fate. If each drop of water corresponds to a person, it is impossible for ordinary people to see the water droplets in the river of fate in advance, but there are always some people, because of some accidents, at a certain moment, they see the light and shadow refracted by the water droplets—that is, they know in advance Fragments of one's own future destiny. Qi Xuan is probably this kind of person.]
Yuan Buwei roughly understood: "... Then, he chose to give up and leave directly?"
System 999 gave an affirmative answer: [Therefore, the host can take over his life.]
[As for Qi Xuan's soul, it may have left this small world with the help of the tide of fate, or it may have been directly thrown into reincarnation, and this system cannot detect it.]
"It seems that you are not completely useless."
It wasn't for the sake of praise.
... At this time, he doesn't seem to dislike the noise of the system 999 anymore. Perhaps wish it had said more.
… just very real.
Being praised by him, System 999 is also rarely excited: [That is, this system knows a lot.]
After speaking, the system 999 responded.
— Isn't this the way it used to train those hosts in the past? If you do well, you will be encouraged, and if you do not, you will be severely punished. Over time, the host will naturally become obedient.
Originally, the same routine was going to be used on Yuan Buwei, but he was locked in a dark room without knowing it.
Now... Was it reversed by the host
Before the system 999 could figure it out, Yuan Buwei said again: "Keep going, I won't block you this time."
Anyway, I have to give it a little sweetness, so that the system will answer questions more actively next time.
System 999:...
... It really is a routine, it's a real hammer.
I really want to be tough and take the initiative to close the host's small black room, but it just can't control its curiosity: [Host, why do you ask Qi Xuan's whereabouts? Do you still want to return the ownership of this body to him?]
"No, just to make sure." Yuan Buwei pondered, "Is this body free for me to do whatever I want..."
The author has something to say:
The logic of the system 999 (forcibly not lose money?):
The host unilaterally blocks it = the host cuts off contact with it = it also blocks the host
The host closes its small black room = one person separates them = it also closes the host's small black room
Therefore, taking the initiative to close the host's small black room is to resolutely resist to the end, let the host block it, and throw it into the small black room 233333.