Before walking in, Lu Jinxi imagined many, many situations in his mind. Maybe Xue Kuang was already dead, or Gu Juefei was also seriously injured and dying.
But she never thought-
It would be such a seemingly peaceful scene.
Half of the Taiji Hall collapsed, and the scattered sparks were also doused by the rain. The short piece of the half of the ruins did not look like a few cases, but more like a section of the imperial case in the past.
The two sat opposite each other without speaking.
Gu Juefei was wearing the azure robe he was used to wearing, with ink-colored bamboo embroidery embroidered all over the sleeves, and there were knife wounds and arrow wounds on his back and shoulders, but the blood had stopped flowing.
Xue Kuang was still wearing that heavy armor, and with one hand he slammed the long sword with the rolled-up blade on the ground. It's just different from Gu Juefei's understatement, he is like a killing god who came out of blood, his body is soaked with blood, and together with the rain, he drips into the cracks of the ruins under him.
Meng Ji, Ji Heng and others all retreated far away.
On the other side is Cai Xiu.
When Lu Jinxi walked in from the palace gate, people on both sides saw it. Cai Xiu wanted to come up, but Meng Ji came first, so he stopped.
Lu Jinxi saw this vaguely subtle scene, and only waited for Meng Ji to come up before asking, "What's going on?"
"In reply to Madam's words, your lord used a clever strategy, and with the fierce battle of General Fang, the situation has been settled, and the chaos of the party has been exhausted. It's just..."
Meng Ji frowned slightly, as if he was a little afraid.
"It's just that Xue Kuang didn't have a good time talking with the adults. I want to invite you to come and say that I have something to support."
Have something to ask for
Lu Jinxi was a little surprised, but seeing that Gu Juefei was all right, her heart had settled a lot. Although she didn't know why the two sat down and talked together, she still nodded and walked forward.
Gu Juefei sat with a cold face and did not speak.
However, Xue Kuang supported the corners of the cases, his originally stable figure swayed a little, as if he was about to fall, but he finally stood firm.
Only then did Lu Jinxi see clearly that the armor on his chest had been torn open, and the front of his shirt was stained with blood.
Those resolute eyebrows, chiseled by Saibei Fengshuang, have sharp edges and corners.
There is still blood on the cheeks, but it's ridiculously good-looking.
He gave her a slight fist: "Madam is polite, now this palace is full of broken walls and ruins, you shouldn't be invited to set foot in such a bloody place of slaughter. It's just that there is something important, and I want to entrust it to Madam. Although I am in a mess In fact, it has nothing to do with the Xue family. Except for me, all of them are old and weak, women and children, and there are three young children. I hope the wife will take care of them. Another Xue has made a pact with Mr. Gu, and the disaster will not be linked, and the old soldiers are also Zeng has served the country on the battlefield, please also let your wife know and be a witness."
Before Lu Jinxi could speak, Gu Juefei, who was beside him, sneered: "Why do you need my wife to witness your covenant with me?"
"you?"
Xue Kuang looked at Lu Jinxi and turned his eyes back, but there was a sense of spontaneity, but the words were full of contempt and sarcasm.
"Xue Mou can't believe it."
Gu Juefei stopped talking.
Lu Jinxi only felt that a lot of things had happened in the past two days, and only felt that Gu Juefei and Xue Kuang were tit for tat, but both of them were forced to endure for some reason and did not have an attack.
She looked at Xue Kuang and said, "I once said that all three children called me 'mother', and the general was defeated today. Even if you don't ask for it, I will do my best to keep them safe. As for this so-called ' Witnessing things is not within my power. Today's affairs are matters of state affairs. It is said that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty will have their own resolutions. Even if the new emperor will have an idea in the future, it is not something that Jin Xi can do alone. Oppose. I'm afraid you have entrusted the wrong person."
How could he entrust the wrong person
The severe injury made him feel a biting chill in such an early spring drizzle for the first time, but his blurred vision still moved towards the palace gate.
Standing there was the seventh prince Xiao Tingzhi who was looking at him.
So Xue Kuang laughed and didn't look back, but said to Gu Juefei, "Master Gu, it's time for you to make a decision."
Gu Juefei's face was extremely ugly.
He did all kinds of calculations. He used Fang Shaoxing to resist Xue Kuang, and when he guessed that Xue Kuang was going to rebel in the name of rebellion, he immediately made a countermeasure, so that Yin Liuer gathered a third wave of troops behind his back. , after luring Xue Kuang into the palace and attacking from both sides, he fell into this situation.
But who would have thought that the other party would have a backhand
At this time, Xue Kuang was just a lost dog in front of him. How could a defeated general speak bravely? Even as long as he gave an order, the person in front of him would immediately be decapitated.
Can be…
He had to sit down and have to accept the other party's conditions.
Because, if he doesn't agree, all the hard work he spent on all the relations in the Great Xia Border Pass will be in vain!
And the people of the world will also be caught in the flames of war.
Xue Kuang dared to use this to threaten him, but he took care of Juefei, but did not dare to bet on his authenticity.
The fingers pressed against the corner of the table were tense due to the force, and even trembled slightly. Gu Juefei almost gritted his teeth and shouted to Meng Ji, "Give it to him!"
"But my lord—"
Meng Ji obviously knew what they were talking about, and when he heard this, his eyes widened, and when he was anxious, he wanted to refute.
But Gu Juefei is also a ruthless man. After thinking about it clearly, he doesn't care about the details, he just said: "I want you to give it to him! Do as you said before!"
Everything Mengji had to say was drunk back.
He is a counselor.
And there is no counselor in the world who does not want the people he assists to rebel.
But now, all of this has come to nothing.
Meng Ji's eyes were red with anger.
But Gu Juefei had already made a decision, he couldn't resist, he just walked towards Xiao Tingzhi, took out the edict from his sleeve, and handed it over: "This is the last edict of the late emperor, and this edict is handed over to His Highness. When you go to the throne, all the remnants of Xue Kuang's party will be pardoned, and the news that you will officially inherit the throne and hold the enthronement ceremony on another day will be announced to the world."
Xiao Tingzhi took over the edict.
It's just that he didn't open it to look, but looked at the two people sitting on the ruins again, and replied to Meng Ji: "It's work."
Meng Ji couldn't hold it in his heart, and he didn't know why, but he couldn't stay any longer.
Ji Heng was still standing there.
After he glanced at Meng Ji's back, he sighed softly, but when he turned to look at Xiao Ting, he smiled at him with a bit of reassurance.
In the dark palace, there are still palace lanterns hanging in front of the undamaged palace.
All around were soldiers holding torches to light up.
The atmosphere and situation at this time were extremely strange, and Lu Jinxi really didn't understand it.
Ji Heng also saw that there was something she didn't understand, so he paced over and said to her with a smile, "It's still raining, ma'am, let's take shelter under the corridor. Master Gu and General Xue, There should be more to say."
Lu Jinxi glanced back at him.
She and Ji Heng were quite familiar with each other. Looking at the posture of Gu Juefei and Xue Kuang, she really seemed to have something to say, so she went down the corridor with Ji Heng and looked at them from a distance.
Then he asked, "What chips do Xue Kuang have in his hand?"
Really smart.
When someone else came to see the current situation at first glance, I was afraid that I didn't understand what happened, but Lu Jinxi had already seen the depth and grasped the most crucial point, which was really admirable.
Ji Heng still admires her.
At this moment, his eyes couldn't help looking at Xue Kuang, who was sitting back opposite Gu Juefei, and his voice was a little complicated, and said: "He is still holding the Daxia border pass, especially the Xiongnu's chaos, and Master Gu will not bet with him. If you lose, it is the people of the world who suffer.”
Lu Jinxi was stunned.
When Ji Heng uttered the word "Hun", the faint premonition in her heart was confirmed.
Yes, he should have this chip.
"Shasha..."
The drizzle fell, like a needle in a cow's hair, it's really not big.
In the messy palace complex, on the collapsed ruins, the two people sat opposite each other. Then Gu Juefei started pouring wine, only poured his own, and drank it in one gulp; Xue Kuang picked up the jug, and only poured his own, and drank it in one gulp.
If it wasn't for the people present at the moment, all of them knew of their past grievances and grievances, or had seen their strategizing and life-and-death appearance before, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to believe that they were lifelong enemies. .
"To be honest, I think the bargaining chips in your hand are fake, and it is true that you are coercing me with the safety of all the people in the world." Gu Juefei put down his wine cup, laughed, and looked at Xue Kuang with a bit of contempt in his eyes, "Putianzhi Next, there are all living beings, but they just want to find a place to live and live happily. Even those Huns, if they can live a good life, will not always be full to harass the border. In the past few years, But you are not the only one who has been in touch with Princess Lanqu. Back then, when she was a princess, she might have been willing to use it for you, but now she is Shanyu, and she must think about her people. With the disaster of war, the two countries suffered, how could it be easily launched ?"
"But you can't bet."
Xue Kuang easily broke through his predicament.
Gu Juefei poured wine for himself and him this time: "You're right, I can't afford to gamble, and I don't dare to gamble. I don't have anything for someone else, only this kind of self-esteem and pure heart. Can't compare to you, Xue Kuang, the majestic general, who trapped countless innocent people in Daxia in dire straits, seeking support from the war at the border, and assembling troops to rebel. What will happen in the end
Right and wrong, an empty...
Xue Kuang thought about it and gave birth to all kinds of sighs.
But he didn't regret it at all: "I've had enough of the days of 'people are swordsmen, I'm fish and meat'. The so-called royal family, inherited the destiny, what is so noble? My Xue family is loyal, in exchange for What? A high-level meritorious deed, all past deeds are obliterated, conspiracy and tricks, open swords and secret arrows, killing to death. Thinking about it, you should understand me very well, seeing with your own eyes that your relatives are being forced to kill by the high-ranking emperor. It's not a good feeling. You only experienced the pain of losing your father, but my father and brother both died at the hands of the faint-hearted emperor. This hatred is hard to go away. You, Mr. Gu, who cut off the emperor's head with a knife because of your so-called 'personal hatred', and What's the difference between me? It's another day, the life of the master is high, and you Gu Juefei may not be able to escape."
"The difference between you and me is huge."
Gu Juefei was calm, and took the wine to drink again.
"I have a bottom line, and you don't."
"The rise and fall of the world is just the principle of winning the king and defeating the pirates. I, Xue Kuang, are unwilling to be slaughtered by others, that is, that I am unwilling to live under others, and that I am unwilling to let me die! How do you know that if I become emperor, I will not Is he a good emperor?" He also drank, the spirits drove away the chill that he couldn't bear due to his serious injury, and added an indistinct arrogance to his voice. Zai, time is like a long river, a torrent, how can I know if it is your fault or my fault?"
"You also know that there are thousands of years, and time is like a long river! You must know that in this torrent, you and I are just a tiny speck of dust in this endless history."
Gu Juefei couldn't help sneering, and there was a bit of scolding Fang Qiu in his words.
"You can't see things in the future, and I can't see them either. Gu someone is short-sighted, he can't see the rise and fall of the past, but he can only see the mountains, rivers and people in front of him, an inch or an inch! As for you, Xue Kuang, Right and wrong, merits and demerits, you must know in your own heart.”
clear and direct.
Gu Juefei and Xue Kuang are different people.
Gu Chengqian's death certainly made him mad and mad, but he was not like Xue Kuang, who sacrificed the lives of countless innocent people for his own unwillingness and ambition.
So today, sitting here, he can confront him in an upright manner, without any guilt, and with a clear conscience!
Xue Kuang listened without saying a word for a long time.
He picked up the jug and poured a glass for Gu Juefei, then poured a glass for himself, then shook his head and laughed, sighing: "What a pity!"
"It's a pity..." Gu Juefei was actually very tired, so he only picked up the glass of wine, played with his fingers, was silent for a long time, and smiled, "I don't care who is the emperor in this world. Back then, when the Xue family was wronged, If you can find me, I would have known you long ago, or if I have the same goal. Even if I help you become emperor, I don't know."
Maybe it's God and destiny.
In the same generation, two of the most amazing and talented people. In the past many years, they have heard each other's names for a long time, have met each other, but have never had a deep friendship.
Up to now, if you see the poor dagger, you will live and die.
Xue Kuang didn't say a word, just picked up the wine and touched him, raised his head and drank the wine from the glass.
Gu Juefei didn't speak anymore.
The two just sat facing each other, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, drinking one after the other.
A pot of wine, two people, drank for a long time.
The surrounding torches were extinguished, and only the distant palace lanterns still shone a little bit of light, but there was only a heavy darkness on the ruins.
Vaguely, Lu Jinxi seemed to hear Jian Luo's voice.
When the remnants of wine were exhausted, the night dawned, and the gradually clear light illuminated this magnificent palace again, there was only one person sitting on the ruins of the Taiji Hall.
The empty jug was crooked on the broken table, Gu Juefei blinked, raised his head, and let the gradually dazzling light from the horizon enter his eyes, without sadness or joy.
A pool of blood ran down his feet.
The general, who had spent half his life galloping on the battlefield for many years, unloaded his last splendor and fell on the ruins of the Golden Palace, with his curled sword lying beside him.
Lu Jinxi suddenly burst into tears.
Gu Juefei stood up staggeringly from above the ruins. Without looking at Xiao Tingzhi or Ji Heng, he just walked down the corridor, looked up at her, and reached out to her.
The smile is as old as ever, suave and gentle.
"Stop crying and take you home."
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