Jun Shang raised his eyes and said in a low voice, "... Or else."
It is obviously a warm house that is like spring all year round, but it suddenly exudes a chill of the bones.
Your Majesty was sitting in a deep armchair, looking down at Mo Xi from the top of the throne. He wrapped his fox fur tightly, and said slowly: "The things of the past are over, leaving them alone is meaningless."
"Xihe-Jun, may I ask you to repair these jade slips at the risk of your life, can they contribute to the country, or can they make the people live and work in peace and contentment? Will they make the Liao Kingdom fall apart, or can they bring peace to the world in Kyushu?"
Junshang paused for a moment and said, "None of them."
"Keeping those jade slips will only cause unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles. It will only cause... You see, today's situation where you and my ruler and ministers face each other."
"Do you still remember the stone tablet standing at the entrance of the Imperial Palace Hall? It says 'Yesterday is dead.', this four-character motto is actually correct. Some past events and some secrets should be overshadowed by time. If it is dug out, there will be all kinds of harm and no benefit in the current situation.”
After a moment of silence, Jun Shang said lightly: "I didn't expect you to think so hard."
Mo Xi's eyes were filled with scarlet blood. There seemed to be boiling lava flowing in his heart, and the blood rushed to his forehead.
He clenched his fingers into fists, and his voice was hoarse: "It's not that I can't think too much. It's that Your Majesty... You think too much."
"Eight years ago, on a stormy night, you promised Gu Mang everything he wanted on the golden stage. You said all the beautiful things. You said that you never treated them like ants and beasts. You said you would give them back. He is a world where everyone is just, and you said that sooner or later, you will match him with a heroic silk belt with your own hands - all these words and promises you have made, are these all your monarchical tricks, all false ?!"
"Xihe-kun."
Jun Shang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the bridge of his nose wrinkled up slightly, just like the eyes of a tiger and a wolf when it was slaughtering.
"—You're so presumptuous!"
"What am I arrogant?! I just want things to be right and wrong, and I just want to see him get the respect he deserves instead of being framed! It's been eight years... He has kept this secret in his heart for eight years. Years, no matter how painful he was, he never betrayed you or told anyone the truth! Now that he has exhausted himself, he can no longer serve you. Is it so difficult for you to give him the innocence he deserves? ?! You deceived him into a corner, and then abandoned it, Your Majesty, your pawn was him yesterday, and who is your pawn today?! Me?!!"
There was a loud bang, and the fruit and cakes on the table were knocked over. The bean cakes were smashed into mud, the grapes were shattered, and the juice was all over the floor.
The king stood up suddenly, a rush of blood on his face.
"Mo Xi! Gu reminds you, don't forget the oath you once made!"
He was also caught off guard and forced to the extreme before blurting out these words. And as soon as he said it, he regretted it almost immediately.
Sure enough, light and shadow flickered in Mo Xi's eyes, he raised his forehead with his hand, raised his head, and murmured almost sneeringly, "...the oath of calamity..."
Your Majesty: "… "
"Reduce your lifespan by ten years, and make a blood oath. From now on, the slave monks will not raise an army, but I will not raise an army, but I will swear my loyalty to the emperor and Chonghua to the death."
Back then, he made a blood oath and couldn't help himself, and the situation of falling down after a long knock is still vivid in his mind. Mo Xi's throat twitched as he closed his moist eyes, and said in a low voice, "...What a big joke."
He was silent for a moment, his arms covered his eyelashes, trying to suppress his emotions, but it was only in vain, the gritted hatred was clearly imprinted on his thin face. After a few moments, he put down his hand abruptly, and when the black eyes opened again, the cold front suddenly lit up in his eyes!
His heart was suddenly cold, and he immediately raised his hand to block, but he did not expect that even if Mo Xi's spiritual core had collapsed to this level, there would still be such a prestige under his rage. He only heard a "bang", and the Shuran snake whip that swam out of the sky smashed the barrier he created, and the whip that burst with scarlet light slammed hard in the air, and then turned into a sharp sword that blew its hair and broke its hair. Arrived at your throat.
Junshang's face changed instantly: "Xihejun, if you attack Gu, you will be wiped out without a whole body!"
Mo Xi's eyes were filled with blood. He raised his sword and stepped forward, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't need to remind me."
"Your Majesty, you already knew the truth at that time, and you clearly made up your mind not to touch Gu Mang's remnants—but you still have to ask me for peace of mind again."
"Xihejun..."
"Use the same chip twice, once to bind him to death. Once to bind me, I will never betray. One stone kills two birds, your Majesty deserves to be your Majesty, a good strategy!"
"..." The Admiral turned his head away, "I couldn't explain it to you at that time. ... If you think back to yourself, has Gu always avoided you? But you knelt in front of Gu's palace for three days and three nights..."
He suddenly turned his face again, and the sword light reflected on that face, showing a bit of hideousness.
"Three days and three nights! What else can Gu say? I want you to go back? I won't see you even if I kill you? The truth, what would you do that you don't know in your heart? Can you just watch your good senior brother go to Liao Kingdom and suffer so many years of sin and humiliation?! You can't do it at all!"
When the Lord said this, his eyes were bloodshot because of his anger and unwillingness. He stared at Mo Xi and trembled: "The things you do are not forcing Gu? - Do you think Gu is willing to do that!! Do you think Guzhen can sit back and relax with a clear conscience?!"
Mo Xi said angrily, "If Your Majesty has a guilty conscience, why are you still doing such a cruel act today?"
"What choice does Gu Gu have?" Jun Shang gasped, staring at him with red eyes, he pointed back at his seat, and said to Mo Xi, "Would you like to sit up and take a look? You can't help yourself, you are not in this position, you can't see clearly!"
"… "
"Do you think Gu doesn't want to return his innocence? Do you think Gu doesn't want to see Gu's god of war re-armed and fight on the battlefield, do you think Gu doesn't want to take his hand and tell the whole Chonghua that their faith has never been shattered , their Gu Shuai is still their Gu Shuai, and your heart has never changed, do you think you want to be lonely?!" Jun Shang bit off the last word, and his voice was a little choked.
"I'll tell you the truth..."
"Day and night, I dream of a day like this..."
Jun Shang turned his head abruptly, and endured the excitement that the Lord of a country should not have, and turned his face to the side. He calmed down and finally stopped calling himself me.
"But I can't do it alone."
"The roots of the old Chonghua clan have not been shaken. Although the situation of the slave monks has improved, it is still not good. The Liao Kingdom is still endangering our border states all the time. Regarding their black curse, Chonghua is still disgusted. I don't know much - why did you ask Gu to give Gu Shuai a clear name?"
"… "
"At this time, it was announced to the world that Gu Mang was actually an undercover spy who entered the Liao Kingdom alone?"
"Still waiting for Gu Mang without explanation at this time?"
Your Majesty laughed sadly and absurdly, "Xihe-Jun, you should be more awake. Gu Mang has too much blood on his hands, the latter is absolutely impossible. What will be the consequences of doing the former? , You can think of it when you calm down and think about it. Yes, his stigma will be cleaned up, but then. "
"Liao Guo knew that Gu Mang once stole their magic secrets and passed them on to Chonghua, so they were strictly fortified. The old nobility would have guessed that Gu had made a deal with Gu Shuai, and then people's hearts were turbulent. Internal and external troubles were intertwined in one fell swoop. In the past five years, Gu Qing Hidden, humiliated for three years... All the pain and all the hard work you have endured will be in vain!" Your Majesty paused for a moment, then his eyes turned to Mo Xi, "This is not what he wanted."
"… "
"Xi Hejun, you are the person he cherishes the most, and you know his choice."
Mo Xiqing's long sword trembled with light, and his heart trembled.
How could he not know
The dreams that Gu Mang had told him countless times over the years were so cautious at the beginning, as if he was afraid that his naive ideals would be laughed at by his companions.
Later, he said so decisively. At that time, Gu Mang had already decided that he would never look back.
How could he not know his choice.
From the moment he saw Gu Mang kneeling down on the golden platform, he had already understood what the path in Gu Mang's heart was... But—
Thinking of the man who was covered in blood in the previous division of the Jushutai, thinking of the man who fell in his arms with big tears rolling down, begging not to deprive him of his memory, how could he be relieved...
Ten thousand thoughts were entangled in his heart, and all five insides were burned. His whole person seemed to be cut into two, and half of himself was distressed by Gu Mang's crime, clamoring to leave it alone. What kind of family, country and world are loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous, what is fair and fair to Haiyan Heqing, his senior brother is so stupid that he has not been gifted by this world, but he still enshrines his blood, a clear name, and a body of flesh and blood. superior. Mo Xi, when his will collapsed, he once begged you like that, he was afraid of pain, how could you bear not to save him
But the other half of himself was muttering, no... Gu Mang has longed for everyone to be treated fairly since he was a child. For the arrival of this day, his senior brother had walked on this road for so many years, and his body was covered in blood and his eyes were covered with wounds. If he is awake, he is such a stubborn person, he will definitely make you insist... Mo Xi, how could you betray him.
The two halves were fighting each other, torturing each other.
His spiritual core was nearly cracked before, and although the elders of Shennongtai reluctantly squeezed it, it was still too weak after all. At this time, his heart and blood were rushing, and the already precarious spiritual core was actually bursting with severe colic, which made him suddenly cough up blood!
Seeing him in such a state, Your Majesty relaxed a little from his tense expression: "Xihe-Jun..."
With his backhand, Mo Xi leaned on the long sword that Shuran turned into on the ground. He panted and wiped the blood from the corners of his lips, but his lips and teeth were still scarlet, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "...even if...you can't make him innocent at this time, then I'll ask you—"
He closed his eyes forcefully, the meridians at the neck protruded, he squeezed his fists and squeezed out word by word from the gap between his teeth.
"Black Demon Trial, what is it for?!"
Your Majesty: "… "
A sentence sinks into the sea and cannot get an echo.
Mo Xi raised his pupils, staring at Junshang's face that suddenly turned pale with both resentment and grief.
His blood-stained lips moved slowly, and the words he poured out were also sweet: "After he returns to the city, you are the lord of a country, even if you are unable to protect him due to such or such hardships... But, let him Can't you do it with less torture?"
Mo Xi's voice was like a shabby Tao Xun, and his eyes were even more red.
"The trial of the black devil is the pain of gouging out the bones! Your Majesty! What are you doing? Playing? Give the uninformed an account of blood debt and blood? Or do you want to get more secrets of the black curse!"
Junshang's face was blue and gray, and he seemed to be hesitating to speak, but he finally bit his lower lip and turned his head away.
After a while, he said, "Xi He-Jun, there are many things you don't understand—"
"I don't understand a lot of things. I don't know what you've been thinking all these years. Which one of your words is true and which one is false. I was kept in the dark for eight years because I didn't know anything. But Your Majesty, do you think you know all the truth?"
The light and shadow in your eyes moved slightly, and he slowly said: "...What do you mean."
Mo Xi's mood was too turbulent, and another strong smell of fishy sweetness filled his throat. He closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and did not speak immediately. At this time, the two little golden beasts on the charcoal basin of the Vermillion Bird Hall woke up. They sucked the smoked charcoal from the brazier into their stomachs, and then burped, and began to scream for ten years. shout.
"Your Majesty Hongfu Qitian!"
"King on the Weijia Sea!"
Mo Xi listened to the two little golden beasts fighting each other in silence, and slowly, almost ironically and infinitely sad, laughed out loud.
The emperor's expression became more and more tense: "What else do you know about Gu Qing's affairs?"
Mo Xi didn't answer him directly, but said: "Your Majesty. Murong Lian gave you this charcoal pot smoker to reassure your heart and show submission. Countless people knelt down to you, praised you, and What matters is the status of the official and the life of the family... If you want to find a person in Chonghua who has a rock-solid heart and is unswervingly loyal to Chonghua, there are actually very few people. And Gu Mang is one of them."
"… "
"Because of your various difficulties, you did not fulfill your promise. But he is different from you. What he promised you, a gentleman is hard to follow, and he has done it."
As Mo Xi spoke, he chuckled lightly, and the smile contained endless sadness and desolation: "Your Majesty, did you know that when we were on Bat Island, Gu Mang actually recovered most of his memories?"
Jun Shang's eyes moved faintly, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked!
"… he already… ?"
Mo Xi was almost cruel. Looking at his face that changed instantly, he cut into the king's heart word by word: "Except for the five years he was in Liao Kingdom, he remembers almost everything. Naturally, he also remembers you. Commitment to him, he remembered what kind of person he was, he remembered Lu Zhanxing's death, Feng Mingshan's defeat, and everything you said on the golden stage - he remembered everything. ."
Junshang's face was bloodless, he shook his head, and murmured back, he was stunned, as if he hadn't chewed the meaning of these words, and he seemed to have understood everything, so his whole body was trembling slightly.
"… how is this possible… "
He stepped back abruptly, looking at Mo Xi almost in disbelief, but his eyes were empty, as if something that had always supported his cruelty had collapsed.
Fragmented.
There was an invisible crack on the face of Your Majesty's always thin and cool face, and then more and more obvious emotions began to emerge from the crack. Junshang shook his head and said, the voice sounded slowly and became a little out of control: "How could he remember it?... If he really remembered it, then... Then wouldn't it be... "
Mo Xi held back his tears and said, "He still keeps your secrets even though he knows the truth and knows that he has been abandoned by you."
"… "
"Eight years later, he got nothing from what you promised him. He saw himself in disrepute and bruised - but he was still there for you. He didn't come to question you, he didn't tell anyone his grievance, When Zhou He cut open his flesh and blood and performed the black devil trial on him according to your will... He was awake..." Mo Xi suppressed the trembling of his voice, but his eyes were already clouded, "Your Majesty, Do you understand?... When he left with Zhou He, he already knew that he was wronged!"
Jun Shang slumped back into the couch, it seemed that Han Ji was about to turn over again, his lips were extremely pale: "He knows... He already knows... Then he... He was..."
At the end, unable to utter a complete sentence, Jun Shang raised his pale and thin fingers, buried his face deeply, and murmured in a low voice: "Gu Qing... Gu Qing..."
How would he feel when he walked into the Shura room without saying a word, knowing that he was abandoned...
Your Majesty closed his eyes, his voice was so condensed that he finally swallowed.
The stimulation of this truth was too great for him, and for a long time, His Majesty couldn't calm down. He had been muttering to himself, his palms were soaked with tears, and his eyes were wet. He lowered his head, his neck seemed to be broken by an invisible finger, and his shoulders collapsed unbelievably.
Mo Xi has known him for so many years, but he has never seen your Majesty look like this.
Your Majesty is deep in the center of the soft seat of the throne. After another long period of time, he stared at the burning brazier in front of him, and at the chopping wood in the brazier. His eyes were empty, and he said sullenly.
"Ink extinguished."
"… "
"Don't you think that you are lonely and hard-hearted, and you use Gu Qing to the fullest, and then abandon it. There is no old love to speak of, and the promise can be kept?"
After saying this, Your Majesty raised his head, the circles of his eyes and the tip of his nose were still red. He closed his eyes, and in the silence, he finally made up his mind, got up and said, "You won't believe what Gu says now. That's all... There is actually one scroll left of the original Shi Yujian, and Gu always wears it by his side. ."
Mo Xi suddenly froze!
The king said exhaustedly: "... Since the matter has come to this point, Gu has nothing to hide, so please come with Gu."
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How to finish quickly:
Your Majesty: Otherwise
Mo Xi: Stop talking! kill you!
System: [Your Majesty] Throwing on the street.
System: [Mo Xi] He threw himself on the street because he violated the oath of heavenly robbery.
System: [Gu Mang] was easily killed by the boss because his partner [Mo Xi] rushed into the street and lacked foreign aid.
System: Victory and defeat are common affairs in military affairs, please start over from the beginning for Simao.