When Mo Xi opened his eyes, he was greeted by a dark blue cloud-patterned curtain, and the curtain fluttered gently, breaking the hazy sky light outside.
He was at a loss for a moment, where is he
He immediately realized that yes, he and Gu Mang were sucked into the time mirror together, which was the past years projected by the ancient mirror.
Although this is not a real time and space journey, the world in the mirror is actually the same as the real world. He can have a dialogue with the people of the year, and can change the things of the year... In a sense, he has Back in the past.
And it was an extremely painful past for Gu Mang.
This realization made Mo Xi's heart beat abruptly, he immediately sat up from the bed, with black jade-like ink hair flowing down his shoulders, he lifted the curtain - this was the bed of the Xihe House. He looked around and saw that the layout of the room was not far from what it is today, except that there were a few swords missing from the weapon rack, and there was a picture of Guangling peach blossoms hanging on the wall.
Go to the sundial on the windowsill. This sundial is made by Yuefu, and it flows with a golden spiritual current all year round. Just tap it with your knuckles, and it will reveal what year and what time it is today. Mo Xi raised his hand and lightly tapped on the luminous surface of the sundial, like ripples scattered in all directions, and a line of small characters in seal script appeared on the sundial.
Mo Xi looked at the years that the sundial showed, the beating of the organ in the chest cavity became more and more intense, and the complexion became more and more pale...
Indeed this year.
So back to this year...
He closed his eyes abruptly, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
He will never forget this year, when Gu Mang was demoted due to the defeat of Fengming Mountain, Lu Zhanxing was beheaded, and the remnants of Wang Bajun were detained.
It was the year Gu Mang decided to rebel.
And on this day... Mo Xi's pale and slender fingertips stroked the spotless sundial and rubbed the handwriting on it. The bitterness in his heart was like a yellow cloud covering the sun, and he couldn't breathe.
On this day, he was ordered to go north and leave the imperial capital.
At that time, Gu Mang had already been persecuted, and spent his days laughing in a tile kiln. He tried to persuade him to no avail, so he could only wait for the years to heal Gu Mang's pain. He was too naive at that time. He felt that Gu Mang would survive as before, and endure these hardships and difficulties. He felt that there would come a day.
But he failed.
Gu Mang failed to survive this test. When he completed his mission and returned to the imperial capital, Gu Mang had already left Chonghua—a few months later, news of Gu Mang's betrayal and returning to the Liao Kingdom came from the battlefield ahead.
He didn't even notice Gu Mang's dissent, and he couldn't have a good talk with Gu Mang when he understood Gu Mang's intentions.
He didn't even have time to say a few words to Gu Mang, and he didn't even have time to make a final reservation before Gu Mang stepped into hell.
But at this moment, he actually returned to this day of the year, back to the time he had returned countless times in midnight dreams, back to... back to this moment that might be able to reverse the horoscope.
Even though he knew that the time mirror couldn't really change the past, Mo Xi's heart felt as if it had been burnt. The bright sun from eight years ago slammed into his face, piercing his eyes with soreness and pain, but he didn't want to close his eyes, resisting the urge to cry, looking at the grass and trees in the courtyard almost greedily, A corner of a stone.
Suddenly there was a surprised soft cry from the corner, "Oops", and then hurriedly said: "Good morning, Lord!"
Mo Xi turned his head, and there was another strange churning in his chest—
This year, Li Wei hadn't come to his house yet, and the one who greeted him at the moment was a maid named Shuang Qiu who was collected by Xihe's house at that time. This girl was a poor beggar that Mo Xi saw on the side of the road. Mo Xi couldn't bear to be bullied by a man with malicious intentions, so he kept her in the mansion. Seeing that she was smart and clever, Mo Xi had the idea of making her the chief butler of the Xihe House, but soon found out that she was actually the secret son Murong Lian sent by his side, and she had the intention of seduce and murder, so he took her to the office. She was expelled from the mansion.
Shuangqiu held the water basin and bowed softly: "My lord woke up early from a nap today, I will urge someone to prepare refreshments for you."
Mo Xi felt pity for her loneliness back then, and was always very polite to her, but looking back at this time, he only felt extremely disgusting, so he fluttered his sleeves and said, "No need."
"The Lord has no appetite? I made some refreshing plum wine a few days ago. If the Lord doesn't dislike it..."
Mo Xi said coldly, "I said no need."
Shuang Qiu finally felt that Mo Xi's state was a bit wrong, and she didn't dare to go any further, so she lowered her eyes and bowed her knees, bowed, and said softly, "Yes." After a while, she said unwillingly, "But I, I …I only care about the Lord, and I hope the Lord will not blame it.”
Although Mo Xi was quite annoyed by her, he was not someone who would pay revenge, and he was too lazy to care about a woman, not to mention that he had more important things to do now.
"Prepare me a suit, I'm going out."
"Is the Lord going out of the city?"
Mo Xi paused and said, "Enter the palace."
According to the records of the time mirror in the ancient fragments, those who enter the mirror will completely return to the situation in the past, and their posture, appearance, and thoughts will be restored. And the reason why he still has memories of this world is because he was taken into the mirror along with Gu Mang, and he was just a stray person.
As for Gu Mang... I am afraid that he has been completely reversed to the state of the past, and he has no idea that he passed through the mirror, let alone what happened later.
That is to say, Mo Xi went to the city to find someone at the moment, and all he could find was the old Gu Shuai—the very depressed Senior Brother Gu who was at a low point in his life.
What does this mean? It meant that he had a chance to talk to Gu Mang on the eve of his betrayal!
Thinking of this, Mo Xi's fingertips trembled slightly—the self eight years later, passing through time, was about to face Gu Mang eight years ago.
He can ask Gu Mang a lot of things, he can clearly see Gu Mang's mental state on the eve of his betrayal, he can find out how Gu Mang was feeling at the time, and he can know the specific details before his betrayal...
He could even try to find out what he had to do back then to avoid Gu Mang's treason.
Although this kind of attempt was useless, when Jiang Yexue rescued them from the time mirror, all the changes would vanish, but at least Mo Xi felt that the doubts, difficulties, pains and inconveniences that had plagued him for eight years. solution, perhaps we can get an explanation in this conversation.
But before that, he had to go to Wangcheng first.
"Xihe-kun!"
"See you Xihe-jun!"
Entering Miyagi, Yulin bowed his head and folded his arms in a salute, the bright red feather pheasants on their heads quivered, and Jiaguang dazzled people's eyes under the rising sun. This feeling is very subtle, even though Mo Xi's heart is complicated and disordered at the moment, he can't help but notice some of the familiar faces.
The soldier at the corner of the corridor became the guardian elder of the school eight years later.
The right general of Yulin, who stood beside the stone beast on the palace steps, was later given to Wangshu Mansion by the emperor and became Murong Lian's personal guard.
The young man wearing the seven-beaded red tassels on his head later died in the sea of fire because of a demon fire in the Chonghua King City. It was the heroic silk belt that Mo Xi himself put on for the people in the coffin.
There are also some soldiers who were later selected by him and selected into the Northern Army.
These people will be poor or successful, live or die in the future, and they do not know their future and destiny at this time. Only Mo Xi walked between these living deceased people, as if walking through the dreams that he had repeatedly done over the years. He has seen these faces, as if looking at wandering souls from eight years ago, so unreal.
Finally, he came to the Golden Throne Hall.
The king who first ascended the throne is leaning on the soft pillow embroidered with the dragon brocade pattern, holding his hand with one hand, closing his eyes and resting. Zhu Ji Mian swayed slightly in front of his delicate face, cutting his demeanor more and more to pieces.
Compared with now, the emperor from eight years ago looked thinner and more surly. It's no wonder that at that time, the first emperor died, the national outline was unstable, internal and external troubles were very difficult, and the hostility between the eyes of the emperor was naturally much heavier than that of the later.
"See Your Excellency."
"Oh, Xihe-jun is here." Junshang's eyelids moved, he opened his eyes, his eyes were deep and cold, and he locked them directly at Mo Xi who was standing in front of the hall.
No matter how restrained that gaze is, there is still a hint of tiger and wolf, hiding vigilance, ferocity, and sternness.
Mo Xi was stabbed by this too cold gaze, he suddenly felt a long-lost familiarity, both angry and painful - in the past, the emperor always showed this attitude towards him intentionally or unintentionally, and then he stood up to the sky. The oath of robbery is destined to never betray Chonghua and the people on the throne again in this life, and the emperor's guard against him gradually relaxed.
But at this moment, standing in front of the hall was Mo Xi who had never sworn an oath.
The way Jun Shang looked at him was like looking at a tiger, wolf and beast that was never bound by chains. At that time, he was still young and his feelings were not so clear, but looking back at this time, the alertness in Your Majesty's eyes made him feel cold all over.
"Xihe-jun should set off for the northern fief today to teach spells." Junshang said slowly, "At this time, I came to see the lonely in Miyagi, is there something wrong?"
Mo Xi bowed and said, "Yes. There is indeed something. I want to wait for a while before going to the north."
"Oh?" Jun Shang narrowed his eyes, "Why?"
"Not feeling well."
There is no other reason to fight this fox with Your Majesty, except that you are not feeling well, and Your Majesty will find it difficult to refuse. In addition, Mo Xi never lied in the past, he said one thing and two other things, and he didn't have any previous record of illness, which made it more credible.
Sure enough, Jun Shang was slightly startled, and after a while he straightened up, looking at Mo Xi from the high seat, and pondering: "Is it... serious? Why don't you choose a good Shennong Tai Yao Xiu, go to Xihe Jun Is the manor in charge of Xihe-Jun?"
"It's just exhaustion and dreams, sleepless day and night." Mo Xi said, "It will be good to cultivate for a while, and you don't need to bother Shennongtai."
"That's it." Jun Shang looked at him thoughtfully, and seemed to ask inadvertently, "So how long do you need to postpone Xihe-jun?"
Mo Xi calculated in his mind that the day when Gu Mang betrayed and left the city was seven days after he left the imperial capital. This time he didn't want the same thing to happen while he was away, so Mo Xi said, "Ten days."
Your Majesty didn't answer immediately, those cold pond-like eyes silently stared at Mo Xi's face.
After a long time, he smiled softly: "Xi Hejun has been on the battlefield for so many years, and he has been injured many times without thinking about it. Why is it now because of an insomnia, that he has delayed his orphan and your business for ten days? This time limit is too long.”
Mo Xi didn't argue with him, but said, "If it wasn't for the lack of energy, I wouldn't have come to ask your Majesty for an extension."
"Xi Hejun rarely wants a rest in the east and west, and if he refuses to be alone, it's too unkind." Jun Shang fiddled with the beads around his wrist, leisurely, "But Xihejun is a great humerus. Important minister, there are naturally many important tasks that I want you to complete in person. If you take a rest for ten days, I am afraid it will not be easy to arrange the next things."
He paused and smiled, "Three days, what do you think?"
"… "
Three days
Three days later, Lu Zhanxing asked Dongshi, why did he get stuck on this day? After Lu Zhanxing's death, Gu Mang's reaction must have been very intense, but Your Majesty wanted him to leave at this time...
Mo Xi asked, "Your Majesty, please give me two more days, can you give me five more days?"
"No. You can only be granted for three days at most." Jun Shang smiled slightly, "If there are more, then Gu Ke really can't adjust the important tasks after that."
"Your Majesty..."
His Majesty had already made up his mind, he interrupted Mo Xi's words: "Xi and Jun don't need to say anymore, since you are not feeling well, let's go back to the manor to rest early."
After a short pause, he pointed out: "Insomnia and boredom should be nourished. For some people who make Xi He-jun restless, Xi He-jun is rare recently."
Mo Xi looked at the king on the high gilt seat, and the king also looked down at him through the swaying crown.
Mo Xi said softly, "Is Your Majesty talking about Gu Mang?"