The masked man looked at that gorgeous face. Even though he was dissatisfied and had fire in his chest, he couldn't let it out to Concubine Li.
He wanted to take her far away, and there was always a place for the two of them to retreat in this vast world, but she didn't want to.
Instead of living an ignoble existence, she would rather die spectacularly.
The woman he has loved for these years has always been so stubborn...
He had never been able to change her mind. Only this time, she agreed to let Xiao Mubai live.
Although this road of survival is full of devastation and dripping with blood, if telling Xiao Mubai everything can make him live in pain, then he will still be alive after all.
The mask was slowly taken off, revealing Xiao Mubai's once very familiar face.
Zhong Guo, who had not been seen for five or six years, still had the serious face in the memories, but his face, due to being covered with a mask for a long time, showed a sickly paleness. Compared with Li Fei next to him, , and actually got two points in vain.
The man in front of him, named Zhong Guo, had been with him for eleven years and occupied most of his life memories. He had watched him grow up little by little, saved him from danger, and was both a teacher and a friend...
Xiao Mubai's cold sweat had soaked his clothes. He slumped back two steps and sat on a chair in the pavilion. He rested his elbows on the railing and pressed his temples several times, trying his best to stay clear.
"So, you have always belonged to Concubine Li?" A few strands of messy hair fell from Xiao Mubai's forehead, soaked with sweat, and stuck to his pale face, which looked unusually black and unusual. The whiteness is shocking.
"Your Majesty once saved a subordinate's life." Zhong Guo lowered his eyes and replied.
"Repay the favor?" Xiao Mubai sneered: "I am all ears."
Outside the pavilion, there is a small garden in spring.
It was green, except for the pear blossoms on the trees, which were falling like snow.
Accompanied by the sound of wind blowing far and near, leaves rustling, and birds chirping on the branches, Zhong Guo's eyes suddenly became worldly, and he opened his mouth to trace a long past.
It turns out that the original Zhong Guo was the emperor's hidden guard.
After Gu Shiqing returned to Beijing and was crowned king, Zhong Guo was awarded to Gu Shiqing by the emperor to show the emperor's great kindness.
At that time, Gu Shiqing had just handed over the military power to Gu Xingyun, and he took Princess Hui back to Beijing to settle down. Occasionally, when he had free time, he would still go on inspection tours in the army.
At that time, the country was being decided, and Gu Shiqing was the military king, so his hands were inevitably stained with countless blood.
When he returned to Beijing, countless people came to seek revenge due to family hatred and national hatred. This is why the emperor gave Zhong Guo grace to him.
During an enemy attack, even Zhong Guo, who was highly skilled in martial arts, was seriously injured in order to save Gu Shiqing's life. He and Gu Shiqing exchanged clothes, attracting the enemy to escape and trying to save Gu Shiqing's life. They disappeared into the wild forest on the outskirts, but they happened to encounter someone carrying him. Shi family couple taking their daughter for an outing.
Covered in blood, he pointed his sword at Shi Fuli, who was about to open his mouth. Shi Fuli glanced at him, but stepped forward to meet the tip of the sword, took his arm, and helped him get into the Shi family's carriage.
A girl who is only thirteen years old is like smoke in the wind, snowflakes on the hot springs, orchids that are fragile and fragile. They will disappear with a light touch. She is so fragile.
But Schiffli helped him into the carriage, took off his blood-stained robe, took a dress from the carriage and put it on. She had never driven a horse before and sat in front, thinking about her father riding a horse. With a look that he and his brother had taught him since childhood, he hurried back to Shi Mansion in a daze.
Shi Fuli rescued Zhong Guo and hid in the woodshed, but was severely punished by the Shi family and his wife afterwards.
Zhong Guo later found out that it was the first time in her life that she had been punished, because of him.
Zhong Guo didn't stay in Shi's Mansion for long. When he was able to move, he returned to Prince Hui's Mansion to report on his duties. Gu Shiqing gave him many rewards. As the emperor's hidden guard, he was alone with no relatives and nowhere to spend money. He bought it as soon as his mind moved. I bought some rouge, gouache, silk and satin, and sachets and silk handkerchiefs that women love, and secretly went to Shi Mansion.
When Zhong Guo originally went to Shi Mansion, he just wanted to put down the gifts and leave, but Shi Fuli was not in the manor.
He secretly put those gifts in Shi Fuli's boudoir. After leaving Shi Fuli's house, he was still worried. By some strange coincidence, he walked out of the city along the north gate. Passing by a lake, he saw the slender figure of a girl. .
Zhong Guo walked over quietly, and petals fell on the lake. Slight ripples spread out in circles and quickly disappeared without a trace.
Shi Fuli held a pear blossom in her hand and leaned under a pear tree in full bloom, looking at the water with a blank expression.
Her green and green skirt is covered with white pear flowers, like snow covering the distant mountains and clouds covering the sky.
But against the backdrop of such a leisurely mood, she looked dazed and lonely, staring blankly at the petals floating on the water, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Miss Shi." Zhong Guo called out softly for some reason.
Except for the emperor and Gu Shiqing, he had never taken the initiative to reveal himself in front of others.
And the moment Shi Fuli raised her eyes and saw him, he seemed to see clearly the path of his life in front of him.
As a hidden guard, he only needs loyalty, not ego.
However, at that moment, his heart suddenly felt warm.
The moment he saw her standing in the light, holding the pear blossom in her hand, her body as transparent as jade, and looking up at him, Zhong Guo knew that she was the person he wanted to protect for the rest of his life.
In the next year, he often sneaked into Shi's house secretly in his spare time, accompanying and protecting him like an elder brother.
That time was pleasant and leisurely, as beautiful as an unreal dream.
He was dancing with his sword in the courtyard outside the window, and she was embroidering in the boudoir room. Occasionally, the two of them would look at each other across the distance. His sword energy would always make the flowers tremble, and her needlework would always be intricate.
During holidays, Shi Fuli would accompany her father, Mr. Shi, who was a counselor of the General Affairs Department, to pay homage to Gu Shiqing at Prince Hui's Mansion.
Aside from the fact that Mr. Shi himself is a subordinate of Gu Shiqing, and Shi Fuqiu has already been sent to the Gu family army for training, both in public and private matters, he comes to ask for gifts. I hope Gu Shiqing can take more care of Shi Fuqiu. mound.
Every time at this time, Zhong Guo would hide in the dark and watch her secretly.
He wanted to wait for her to grow up slowly, but at the end of the year when Shi Fuli was about to be fifteen, Gu Xingyun took over Jicheng. Because he wanted to find out about the Western Regions, Gu Shiqing gave Zhong Guo to his mission.
The Western Region is a place full of dangers.
No one has ever come out of it alive, but because of this, if he can find out the news, it will be an extraordinary achievement.
He also wanted to accomplish this great feat so that he could shed his identity as a hidden guard and seek an opportunity to appear in the world openly.
Before leaving, Zhong Guo asked Shi Fuli to wait for him to come back, and rushed to the Western Regions with great ambition. Although he narrowly escaped death and fell into a quagmire, he unexpectedly discovered that it was an empty land after he fell in.
There are many blue bottles and jars there, and it seems that it was an underground alchemy room a long time ago...
(End of chapter)