Act Seventy-Nine: The Praying Mantis (Part II)
After accompanying Gu Yina to leave the Optical Courtyard,
Akzati has never been to the Heartfelt Restaurant again.
When he entered the territory of the Su Kingdom, Gu Yina secretly assigned him a task, that is, to let Akzati find a way to find out the movements of the various forces in this city after entering Mingyue City.
However, Akzati was not born as a scout, so in order to fulfill Gu Yina's instructions, he used the oldest and most commonly used method to go to the most lively and flowing place in the city to drink, make some friends with wine and meat, and learn about the story of the city through them, so Akzat met Liu Feng's soul.
In fact, Guina didn't let Akzati do it alone. For important things, the shrewd Gu Yina will usually arrange for two people to do it at the same time, not only to check the accuracy of the information, but also to improve the comprehensiveness of the information, and to reduce the misleading information as much as possible.
If a professional person and an unprofessional person do the same thing, it seems that the way of doing the problem will be different, and the action and handling will be different. Since Gu Yina has arranged for Akzati, who is not a scout, to do this, she naturally will not let the professional scouts have nothing to do.
"Yin", one of the six generals of the Sa Department, is the most outstanding scout in the Northern Desert. Ever since Gu Yina arranged this task for "Yin", he disappeared directly. Disappearing does not mean shirking one's duties and dereliction of duty. For the eccentric scout, "disappearing" means that the mission has begun.
Normally, once "Hidden" enters the latent state, even Gu Yina has no way to contact him. Unless something major happens, such as life and death, or "hidden" thinks that he has completely spied on the information that Gu Yina wants, he will take the initiative to appear.
This ink is very similar to "hidden".
And this habit of "hidden" also directly led to this period of time, Gu Yina was in a closed position to many important information that happened at home and abroad. In fact, Akzati is also to blame for this, after all, Guina gave the same task to the two of them to complete. After the "hidden" lurking, Akzati's responsibility has become greater.
Most of the information is time-sensitive, but as the only "intelligence agent" that Guina can contact, Akzati gathers only information that is insignificant to Guina. Therefore, when Guyna found Akzati, Akzati followed Guyna like a child who had made a mistake, and let her dispatch him, hoping to get Guyina's forgiveness.
The sad thing is that during this time, the information that Akzati collected in the Heartfelt Restaurant, in fact, Gu Yina has understood what she should know clearly through Lu Weiwen and Liu Fengsoul, so to speak, Akzati actually didn't do anything during this time except for drinking in the Heartfelt Restaurant, and accompanying Gu Yina to a trip to Guang Closed Courtyard to support the scene.
Guina didn't blame Akzati. For Gu Yina, she has more important things to deal with and face at the moment, and she has no time to do anything else.
October 15, nightfall.
Dream of the country of Mirror Moon City, Lu Yuan.
Previously, Akzati didn't understand why Gu Yina had always asked him to focus on Bright Moon City and ignore Mirror Moon City, until yesterday after leaving the Guang Yuan Courtyard, Gu Yina took him around Mirror Moon City several times, and he found that the entire family of the Shu Kingdom was basically gathered in Bright Moon City, and the Mirror Moon City at this moment was basically a gathering place for refugees from the three cities of Liuyun, Dianxing, and Yaoguang.
Previously, many barbarian brothers familiar to Akzati were helping these refugees settle down and restart their new lives in Mirror Moon City. And the Lu family in the former Star City has also become the only family living in this Mirror Moon City that is still in ruins.
If it weren't for Gu Yina telling Akzati in person, Akzati would not have imagined that this devastated ruin was once the political center of the entire Dongji.
When the night came into view, Lu Weiwen was clearing the snow in front of Lu Yuan's gate. It stands to reason that this kind of thing can be done by letting the scholar do it, but thinking that it is too cold outside at the moment, coupled with the heavy snow, it is already dark, Lu Weiwen is worried that he will let Wuhua and Liuye come out to shovel snow, in case they fall or freeze, then Lu Yuan will have many patients after tonight.
Therefore, Lu Weiwen finally chose to come out to clean up the snow in front of the door by himself, and let Wuhua take care of Xin Zaima, who had just fallen asleep after taking medicine, while Liuye went to the kitchen to cook and cook to welcome the distinguished guests who would appear in Lu Yuan.
During this time, Sinzaima has basically turned into a medicine jar, but it is worth celebrating that after Lu Weiwen's careful conditioning, she will be able to live as usual again in two or three days.
After leaving the palace, Liu Fengsoul, the former commander of the Frost Sword Guard, did not rush to the Hanjia Division to take up his post in the past few days, not only that, but Liu Fengsoul also asked Xia Hui to help him ask for a sick leave, saying that he accidentally contracted the wind cold, as for when he would go to Guangqi Yuan to find Lian Mu to report, this depends on the mood of Liu Ergongzi.
In the state of Shu, the reason why the "royalist party" led by Lian Mu is more disgusted with the infiltration of the royal family into the forbidden army is precisely because if the children of the family make a mistake, only the clan has the right to punish the children of the family.
Although most of the children of the family in the Su Kingdom are still obedient and respect etiquette, there are always a few deviant and unruly existences like Liu Fengsoul, which makes the clan and Lian Mu and others a headache.
At this time, Liu Feng's soul was buying wine in the Heartfelt Restaurant. As for whether it was specially created for Gu Yina and Lu Weiwen to be alone, or for some other reason, it is unknown for the time being.
In the early morning of October 15, the snow stopped.
However, Lu Weiwen knew that this was only temporary. In this world, the only person who can make Lu Weiwen miscalculate, I am afraid that at present, there is only Liu Feng's soul. Last night, he just drank a little "drunk" with Liu Fengsoul, but he didn't wake up until this evening.
Liu Feng's soul, who left Lu Yuan, did not help shovel the snow at the entrance of Lu Yuan before leaving. Because in his opinion, this is what flowers and leaves should do. In contrast, Lu Weiwen is a little bit like the son of a family.
The moon is high tonight, and it looks like there will be a clear day tomorrow too. After shoveling the snow, Lu Weiwen returned to the house, and it happened that at the same time, Gu Yina came to visit again. Unlike the day before yesterday, this time Gu Yina was followed by Akzati.
Lu Weiwen's first meeting with Akzati was actually very unpleasant. I don't know why. It may be that Akzati saw a more affectionate "light" than himself in Lu Weiwen's eyes when he looked at Gu Yina, but in contrast, the difference is that the "light" in Lu Weiwen's eyes is gentle and not dazzling, and Akzati also accidentally found the same "light" in Gu Yina's eyes when he looked at Lu Weiwen.
Where can he stand this?
is the so-called rival in love, and it is very red when they see each other.
In fact, at this moment, Lu Weiwen's eyes are full of Gu Yina, but there is no place for him in Akzati. Who would have thought that the "tragic death arrow", which has always been prestigious, would be ignored by a down-and-out family head.
When the wind rose, the snow covered the emptiness of Lu Yuan, and the warm lamp under the eaves dispelled the frost here, she slowly walked towards the handsome boy in her eyes, but she didn't expect that the son had been waiting for her here for a long time.
"You're here. Lu Weiwen smiled slightly.
"Didn't Mr. Lu already expect that I would come tonight?"
In her eyes, doubts hid joy.
However, Lu Weiwen didn't answer her question, but just turned around: "The snow is melting outside, and the night is already dark, it will be very cold." Let's go inside. β
Akzati, who was following behind Guyina, frowned when he heard this, and whispered behind Guyina, "You won't come here every night during this time, will you?"
Gu Yina ignored Akzati, and just said lightly to him: "Why don't you tell me about the situation inside the country?"
Guyna's words made Akzati speechless.
Without waiting for Akzati to make a "quibble", the beautiful woman stepped on the moonlight, followed the figure of the child, and disappeared into the empty courtyard. Akzati, who has been alone for a long time, also experienced what it is like to be "embarrassed" at this moment.
In the house, after putting Xin Zaima to sleep, Wuhua came to the kitchen to help Liuye cook, out of concern, Gu Yina first went to sneak a look at Xin Zaima, and then sat down in the hall with Lu Weiwen.
"In three or two days, General Sinzaima will be as alive and well as he was before. Lu Weiwen saw through Xin Zaima's worries at a glance, which made Akzati, who came later, a little unhappy, and Lu Weiwen also found Akzati who was following Gu Yina at this time, so he waved his hand and said, "This is General Akzati?"
Gu Yina nodded, "Yes." β
Lu Weiwen said embarrassedly: "It was too dark outside just now, and I couldn't see General Akzati clearly, if there is any neglect, please Haihan." β
Akzati sneered: "If this goes to the battlefield, if Gongzi looks at one less person on such a night, I am afraid that his life will be in danger." β
Gu Yina was a little impulsive when she heard Akzati's tone, so she frowned slightly: "Don't be rude." β
After being reprimanded by Deguna, Akzati bowed his head slightly unwillingly, but Lu Weiwen was not surprised, and smiled lightly: "Let's sit down and talk slowly." β
Gu Yina stretched out her hand and said, "Please." β
As a result, Akzati said at this time: "I'll go and see Sinzaima, and you will talk first." β
Lu Weiwen heard a little displeasure from his words, and Gu Yina did not stop him. So under the shadow of warm lights and candles, in the empty hall, Lu Weiwen ushered in the time of being alone with Gu Yina.
Usually, on such occasions, Gu Yina is always the first to break the silence: "Earlier, under the guidance of Gongzi, Akzati and I went to the Guang Yuan yesterday and met Lian Mu, the great commander of the Frost Sword. β
Lu Weiwen: "I don't know if Mr. got what he wanted." β
Gu Yina: "I'm not sure if Lian Mu's words are credible, but judging from the attitude he gave me, it is indeed different from what I thought before. β
Lu Weiwen: "After yesterday's experience, does Mr. feel that many things have become more and more confusing." β
Guyna: "In general, everything is moving in a favorable direction. It's not a bad thing. There's just one thing I don't really understand. β
Lu Weiwen: "Sir, please speak." β
Gu Yina: "I heard that Lian Mu, the great commander of the Frost Sword, is also from a family, it stands to reason that he should pay more attention to the interests of the clan, why did he choose to cooperate with us at this time." β
Lu Weiwen: "Sir is worried that there is a trap in this?"
Gu Yina: "The main thing is that Lian Mu makes me a little unpredictable, I feel that he has an idea for a while, and I don't know which idea is his true intention." β
Lu Weiwen smiled slightly: "In short, it doesn't feel so reliable, right." β
Guina: "Exactly. β
Lu Weiwen: "Although Lian Mu was born in a family, his family was in the middle of the road, and he wandered the rivers and lakes alone since he was a child, and he did not have the life of a son of a family for a day. Later, thanks to the cultivation and promotion of the lord of Yunchen, Lian Mu gradually took on the appearance of a son of a family. β
Gu Yina: "It turns out that the Yun clan once had the grace of knowing the Lian Commander?"
Lu Weiwen: "In addition to the grace of knowing, there is also the grace of nurturing." Lian Mu has been an orphan since he was a child, if he hadn't met the lord of Yunchen, he would have to say whether he would have it now. β
Gu Yina: "In other words, this Great Commander of the Frost Sword has grown up with the Lord of Yunji and the Monarch since he was a child?"
Lu Weiwen: "It can be said that the Lord of Yunchen has always treated him as his own child. Today's Lian Mu, although his surname is "Lian", in fact, he has long been attributed to the Yun family. β
Gu Yina suddenly realized: "No wonder the Lord of Yun Ji would be so relieved to appoint Lian Mu as the commander of the three divisions of the frost sword. β
Lu Weiwen: "Although Lian Mu is an orphan, he is from a family after all. He came to be the great commander of the Frost Sword, and the clan of the Su Kingdom was not easy to find fault with, after all, it was also appointed by the Lord of the Yun Ji Country himself. Moreover, the Frost Sword has actually been infiltrated and elevated by the clan, even if there is or without this grand leader, it actually has no impact on the clan. β
Hearing Lu Weiwen say this, Gu Yina suddenly understood what Lian Mu told her in the Yao Pavilion that day, so she turned to ask: "What do these clans of the Su Kingdom want, and now that the country is in crisis, what do they want to hold the royal power hostage like this." β
Lu Weiwen: "Actually, the reason why the clan is doing this is also to protect itself, since the 'Mingguang Change' happened, the internal pattern of the entire Shu Kingdom has been chaotic, if there is no Lu You in this process, maybe the Su Kingdom's clan will not be at this point today." β
Gu Yina: "What did Lu You do at that time? β
Lu Weiwen: "After the 'Mingguang Change' subsided, the Lord of Yunchen Country ordered Lu You to interrogate several people involved in this case. In this process, in order to live up to Yun Chen's expectations and make a deal as soon as possible, Lu You coerced and enticed the people involved in the case and tortured them to extract confessions, which directly confirmed that this mutiny was a coup d'Γ©tat that had been planned for a long time, which in turn led to Yun Chen's further reliance on the clan. β
Gu Yina: "Lu You is doing this to curry favor with the clan?"
Lu Weiwen: "At the time, it looked like this, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid everything is not so simple." The royal power and the patriarchal law were originally the weights at both ends of the power scale, and the lord of Yunchen felt guilty and blamed himself for the harm caused by the 'change of bright light' to the clan of the Shu Kingdom, so he delegated part of his power to the clan. If the Lord of Yunchen is still on the throne, everything is not too much of a problem, but once he is gone, the power of the clan will override the royal power. That's what the gentleman is seeing now. β
Gu Yina: "This deer is very good at standing in line." β
Lu Weiwen: "So now he is a veteran of the two dynasties." β
Gu Yina: "In other words, it was Lu You who indirectly caused the situation within the Su Kingdom today?"
Lu Weiwen: "Exactly." β
Gu Yina: "So, this Luyou and the clan are still in the same boat, right?"
Lu Weiwen: "Over the years, Frost Sword has been checking Luyou. From the time he tried the case of the 'Bright Light Change', to the siege of Bright Moon City by the Mexican army before, Lu You opened a warehouse to release grain, which once again deepened Frost Sword's suspicion of him. It is rumored that Lu You also participated in the 'Bright Light Change'. As for how to participate, and what was done in the process, it is unknown. β
Gu Yina: "In other words, Lu You's rush to close the coffin of the 'Mingguang Change' case is actually to cover up his crime?"
Lu Weiwen: "It's not impossible. β
Gu Yina: "This deer-sama is not simple. β
Lu Weiwen: "If the rumors are true, then Lu You's approach is not only stealing the day, but also giving the clan a favor by the way, and winning a place for himself in the dream country." β
Gu Yina: "The predecessor of the Frost Sword was the Cold Armor Army, right?"
Lu Weiwen: "Yes, and the predecessor of the Hanjia Army can actually be traced back to the roots, it should be Mingguang Armor." β
Gu Yina: "Lian Mu was also a member of the Mingguang Armor?"
Lu Weiwen: "He is the last commander of Mingguang Armor." β
Gu Yina: "It is said that the light armor was created by the prince. β
Lu Weiwen: "The young master's move broke the monopoly of the clan. β
Gu Yina: "Childe thinks that Lian Mu can be trusted?"
Lu Weiwen: "That depends on what Lian Mu does next." β
Gu Yina: "It seems that Childe is the same as I thought." β
Lu Weiwen smiled knowingly: "After all, people change." β
Gu Yina: "Yes, will you also change that son?"
Lu Weiwen: "It depends on what kind of person or thing you meet." β
"Now that Childe has met me, I wonder if Childe has changed?" Gu Yina smiled slightly, but saw that Lu Weiwen's face was flushed, and she didn't know what to say for a while......
A few years later, when Lu Weiwen recalled this moment again, he and Meng simply said: "Actually, since the first time I saw her at the night banquet, I have fallen into her eyes, and I still can't help myself. That night in Lu Yuan, I heard the deep meaning of her words and wanted to respond, but the young man didn't know how to speak, and he didn't want to end up even being a friend. β
Meng Jian: "Mr. Gu should have been testing Mr. at that time. β
Lu Weiwen: "That's the case, so at that time, I smiled indifferently, defused her temptation, and continued: 'Actually, over the years, the Frost Sword has mastered a lot of evidence against Lu You, but after submitting this evidence to the Law Division, it sank into the sea like a stone without a ripple. ββ
Gu Yina: "I remember that the Department of Decrees, which is specifically responsible for supervising the hundred officials, is now under the control of the clan, so it is actually the clan that has suppressed these unfavorable evidence about Lu You?"
Lu Weiwen: "In the past, the frost sword actually only had two divisions: Hanjia and Qinwei. The Department of Laws and Laws is independent, and the children of the Han Sect appointed by the Lord of Yunchen take important positions and are responsible for taking care of them. Later, after the lord of Yunji succeeded to the throne, the three divisions merged into the frost sword, and the clan also quietly completed the management of the law division in the process of this change. β
Gu Yina: "From this point of view, the current clan is protecting this deer, right?"
Lu Weiwen: "On the surface, it looks like this, but in fact it's hard to say." Although the things Lu You did seemed to be currying favor with the family, they were actually secretly harming the interests of our country, and the point was to bring disaster to the country and the people. The head of the clan is Liu Su, the head of the Liu family of the first family of the Shu Kingdom, although he does not often appear in front of people, but he must never be confused about these things. β
Gu Yina: "In other words, the clan is actually not the same as Luyou. β
Lu Weiwen: "Although the clan of the Su Kingdom has always made outsiders look like they are holding power for self-respect for so many years, if Liu Su had not led the clan to come forward at the moment of crisis and preside over the overall situation, perhaps the Su Kingdom would have perished in the siege of the Mexican State." And Lu You has consciously or unconsciously let the clan bear a lot of black pots for his personal behavior in the past few years. β
Gu Yina: "In that case, why did the sect want to seize the relevant criminal evidence about Lu You, it is better to use the hand of the frost sword to get rid of him as soon as possible, and everyone will be happy." β
Lu Weiwen: "The icing on the cake will not be remembered by anyone, but it is the charcoal in the snow that can be exchanged for a temporary reputation." Sir can understand this practice of the clan as a counterbalance to the frost sword, or it can be said that they are 'waiting'. β
Gu Yina was puzzled: "What are you waiting for?"
Lu Weiwen: "Wait for a good time." β
Guina: "What a good time. β
Lu Weiwen: "It's like Young Master Yun returning from afar with the Chiyan warriors and the warriors of the Sabu; It's like the Lord of Yun Ji has begun to secretly change the important positions within the Frost Sword; It's like the slap that Mr. Lian Mu slapped yesterday. β
Gu Yina: "Do you know about these clans?"
Lu Weiwen: "It doesn't matter if the clan knows it or not." The important thing is that Liu Su actually knows everything. Now the entire kingdom will slowly wake up in this slap of Mr. β
Gu Yina sneered: "My slap, how powerful is it?"
Lu Weiwen: "Of course,"
Gu Yina: "Please also explain it to Childe." β
Lu Weiwen: "It's too early to say this, and soon Mr. will know." β