The night was cold, the clouds were indifferent, and in the early spring, there was snow coming.

In front of the Tianyi Altar, Zhongli was independent on a high white jade platform, holding a peachwood sword, spraying wine and sacrificing the wind flag.

The blue sky is full of dark clouds, the sky is unpredictable, and the dazzling light of the white sun reveals the thick clouds, virtual and real, flickering bright and dark, and the long sky is far away.

"Didn't he say that he wasn't in a hurry a few days ago? Why was he in a hurry to set up an altar to worship the heavens in the past two days?" Under the altar, outside the crowd, the Gu family sisters and brothers watched with their hands.

Gu Qingning looked at Zhongli and said: "It's not okay if you're not in a hurry, the snow hasn't come for a long time at the beginning of this year, he has already said that this year is a vision from the sky, see if he is not in a hurry, in fact, there is nothing to be done, do you really think that the so-called high priest can go through the heavens to pray to God? He saw the face of God, and if he doesn't sacrifice to the sky at this time, how can he tell people that this snow was summoned by him?"

Gu Qinghuan sneered: "Sister, you really know High Priest Zhongli. ”

Gu Qingning actually wanted to say that she didn't understand at all, Zhongli was like a dark cloud in the sky to her, visible but intangible, and he would always give people only a shadow.

He knew her biggest secret, and she knew little about him.

In front of him, she always felt like a naked and defenseless person, and he only smiled playfully, leaving her with a fluttering back.

Perhaps, she is just fed up with such a weak heart, she doesn't want to hide and hide anymore, she is tired, she can't let that secret envelop her like a cloud at any time......

Gu Qingning looked up at the sky and muttered to himself: "There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, who can find out God's thoughts? Who knows if it's going to be a success?"

Gu Qinghuan vaguely heard her words, a little puzzled, and saw her move her steps, so he followed her, and the sister and brother got into a carriage.

"Sister......" Gu Qinghuan looked at Gu Qingning's gloomy face cautiously and asked, "...... What does that mean?"

Gu Qingning replied: "He...... I don't want Lu Yuan to die. He said it himself and asked me to find a way. ”

"How could this be? How could he protect Lu Yuansi? She had poisoned the county lord! And she was a death row prisoner...... "Gu Qinghuan was even more confused now.

"Because of the indebtedness...... This morning, I just played Lu Yuansi was arrested, and then he saw me and said that he wanted to protect her, which shows that he is not a ruthless person, but this relationship is really unreasonable......"

"I really didn't expect that if I finally caught her, I almost cut off her head, and she could still save her life! Why is this Lu Yuansi so fateful?" Gu Qinghuan felt that it was incomprehensible and very annoyed, but thinking that Gu Qingning was afraid that he would be even more angry in his heart, so he comforted: "Sister, this is also a helpless thing, you can only do it, just endure this breath first." Before, my father blamed you for being soft-hearted and leaving trouble, but now you have to spare Lu Yuansi's life, and my father has nothing to say, it's not your fault, the person who wants to be saved, you won't be able to kill it sooner or later......"

"Nope. Gu Qingning's face showed a very ruthless face, and he said firmly: "Lu Yuansi will die, I must kill her." ”

"But......" Gu Qinghuan was frightened by her: "Sister, are you crazy? I know that you hate her for poisoning the county lord, but can you ignore what that person means? You think about the overall situation, okay? What is this juncture? What are you thinking?"

Gu Qingning clenched his fists and glared, his attitude was absolutely terrifying: "It was I who killed her, even if I had to pay for my life, I would pay for it." Aren't you all right? Isn't your father all right? Do you really think that your father has shut himself up at home to recuperate and doesn't care about anything outside? He knows very well that he is always in control of the overall situation, so why should he have me?"

Gu Qinghuan was so shocked by her remarks that he almost broke his voice, and he tried every restraint to suppress his anger, and yelled at Gu Qingning: "What do you mean by this? Gu Qingning, are you really crazy? Which is more important? Father is alive and well, but he wants to know that if you do this, he will also be angry to death, do you believe it or not?"

Gu Qingning avoided his gaze, "I'll go back and tell my father myself." He's not so fragile that he won't be by me, and it's time to ask him to come out and finish the game. ”

Gu Qinghuan was dumbfounded, looked at her in a daze, leaned towards the back of the carriage, didn't know what to say, only laughed for a while, and then looked helpless, approached her again, and asked earnestly: "Sister, what's wrong with you?" In fact, my father and I have always known that you are really not an emotional person, about Lu Yuansi, you caught and let go, and you didn't kill when you should kill, even if we objected, but didn't it always be up to you? We believe that you have a reason, but it's all at this juncture, can you stop doing this again? Let's all be clear, okay, what's there for us to solve together......"

Gu Qingning finally couldn't hold back anymore, his face was sour, he held his brother's hand, looked at him with some weakness and said, "Qinghuan, thank you for being so patient with your sister." I do have my own reasons, this is a secret about me, that secret has always been pinched in Lu Yuansi's hands, so I want to kill her but can't. But I can't let you know this secret, or I can't imagine what you and my father will think of me...... Now, this secret is enough to kill, so I don't hesitate to exchange Lu Qian's testimony with the Yin family for Lu Yuansi's testimony, but this is not enough, unless Lu Yuansi dies...... However...... So I can only die with her! I don't regret dying, as long as this hidden danger can be removed, what if I am missing? At least you and my father are still safe......

"Secret? it's a secret again?" Gu Qinghuan almost collapsed, "So, you don't want to tell us even if you die, do you?"

Gu Qingning looked at Gu Qinghuan, who was anxious about himself, and his heart was full of pain, "Qinghuan, you should know...... But I can't tell you personally, or you'...... I just want to settle it now, and even if you finally know the secret, I won't have to bear you and my father...... And the world despises it......"

"Qinghuan, I'm sorry, my sister is destined to let you and disgrace the Gu family, and the only way to die is to atone for your mistakes. I'll leave it to you later. ”

……

In the evening, the sun is completely obscured by dark clouds, the twilight is heavy, the wind is blowing, and the sky changes color.

The carriage of the Gu family sisters and brothers arrived at the gate of their house, Gu Qinghuan helped Gu Qingning get out of the car, and the two stepped on the high steps of the house side by side, Gu Qingning felt a sudden coldness in her forehead, stopped to look back, stretched out her hand to catch it, and a white flower melted in her cold palm.

Gu Qinghuan sighed: "This year's snow is still coming......"

Seeing the gray sky and the snow falling one after another, she smiled lightly: "Yes, although it will be late, it will come eventually." ”

"Sister, do you mean this snow, or do you mean bad luck?"

"No, I'm talking about our victory, the victory of the Gu family. ”

……

Today, Gu Qinghuan will go to the Tianyi Altar, because Gu Qingning entrusted her to find Zhongli to take a poison from Fusu for her, of course, he didn't know that Lu Yuansi couldn't die at that time, he stayed and watched for a while, and then he happened to meet Gu Qingning who was out of the palace under the Tianyi Altar, and handed her the bottle of 'Dianjiang Lips', and then he knew the result, he regretted it in his heart, but he also knew that he really had no way to stop Gu Qingning.

At the beginning of the night, the snow is getting deeper, there are few lights in Chang'an City, and the city is about to sleep.

Gu Qingning didn't enter her door, she took the bottle of 'Dian Jiang Lip', turned around and got into the carriage again, and went to the prison of the Criminal Department.

Lu Yuansi sat in the most remote corner cell, unfazed, from a luxurious eldest lady, to a ruthless avenger, and finally to a few prisoners in prison, she did her best......

Now she knows that her time has come, and the life that God has given her will finally be taken back, and she will have to atone for her sins.

Lu Yuansi turned her back to the cell door, facing a high wall, and there was a window on the wall, high and small, which could let in some skylight, and at this time, it was snowing, and snowflakes flew in through that small window, carrying the cold wind on her cheeks.

When Gu Qingning came, she had been looking at the snow like this for a long time.

She knew who it was, but she didn't bother at all, just stared at the window persistently.

Gu Qingning was also very calm, walked up to her, put a confession in front of her, and a pot of wine, a plate of snacks, and a bottle of poison.

"Sign the confession, then drink some wine and snacks, and go on the road with peace of mind. Gu Qingning sat down next to her, looking up in the same direction as her.

Lu Yuansi looked down at the confession paper and said indifferently: "It's okay if you want me to die, but I will never confess what I haven't done." ”

"I said, I didn't kill the county lord, the county lord was not poisoned by me, I don't plead guilty to this crime. ”

Gu Qingning looked at her contemptuously: "At this time, is it still hard-mouthed?"

Glancing at Gu Qingning, who was so convinced, she felt ridiculous, she wanted to laugh at Gu Qingning for being stupid, but she felt bored.

In fact, she really didn't know anything about the death of the county lord, if it weren't for Gu Qingning trying her in this case, she wouldn't know that she met with the county lord that night, which became the evidence of her suspicion of poisoning the county lord, and would be recognized by Gu Qingning as the exact murderer.

Lu Yuansi didn't have the heart to entangle with Gu Qingning, she thought it would be better to let Gu Qingning be so confused, so she simply signed the confession with a stiff handheld pen and drew a charge.

Gu Qingning put away the confession, and then looked at Lu Yuansi, his eyes were like knives.

"Eat some snacks, the jasper cake you've loved since you were a child, the best kind in Qinxintang. After eating, I'll send you on your way, and when you see Jun Tong over there, let's confess to her. ”

Lu Yuansi looked down at the plate of dim sum, it was indeed familiar to her, the most expensive pastry in the best dim sum shop in Chang'an City, she had been her favorite since she was a child, but since the Lu family's accident, she had not eaten it once, such a plate of dim sum seemed to bring back the prosperous scene of the past to her eyes, the illustrious background, the delicate life, and the brothers who cared for her in every way......

She picked up a piece, didn't hand it to her mouth, and put it down again, she was afraid that the taste of this snack would not be the original taste, she wanted to leave this beautiful taste and the past in her memory forever.

Gu Qingning didn't have the patience to wait any longer, picked up the bottle of poison, and handed it to her: "Do you come by yourself, or will I help you?"

Lu Yuansi rolled her eyes, stood up, dusted her clothes and stood upright, took the bottle, held it in her hand and played with it for a while, and then turned to look at Gu Qingning, looking at her with hatred, she could feel Gu Qingning's pain, so she was still a little proud in her heart, and after a little thought, she suddenly felt relieved, laughed, and changed back to the proud and noble Miss Xiangfu.

She uncorked the bottle, smiled and raised her head to drink the whole bottle of poison, like drinking glycol, wiped the corners of her mouth after drinking, smiled proudly, and as soon as her hand was released, the porcelain bottle fell to the ground and shattered.

"What kind of poison is this? How many hours do I have?"

Gu Qingning said angrily: "This is the 'dotted lips' you gave to Jun Tong, I specially gave it to you! You also taste the taste of vomiting blood and dying!"

Lu Yuansi rolled his eyes again and asked again, "How many hours do I have?" this time he seemed a little anxious, as if he suddenly realized something.

Gu Qingning took a deep breath and suppressed the inexplicable anger in his heart, "One hour, unless the poison attacks early......"

Before she finished speaking, Lu Yuansi suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lu Yuansi finally panicked now, but not for the impending death, but for other ......

Lu Yuansi couldn't help vomiting blood, his facial features were twisted up in pain, he fell to the ground, grabbed the corner of Gu Qingning's clothes, looked up at her, burst into tears, and said to her in a panic: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die this time...... I beg you...... I beg you to let me see him......"

"Who?" Gu Qingning was really puzzled, but he didn't expect Lu Yuansi to have such a plan.

Yin Qixiu is dead, so who else will she be thinking about?

The pain of tearing her internal organs, she really felt the pain of piercing her heart, and tears poured out of her eyes uncontrollably, and in the hazy eyes of tears, she watched the snowflakes drift into the dark cell, like fireflies in the dark, in this last moment, she just wanted to catch this little faint firefly......

Kang Hyun ...... I want to see Kang Hyun...... Gu Qingning, will you let me see him......"

Gu Qingning's pretended indifferent mood was shattered by her few words, and she was completely lost for a moment, looking at Lu Yuansi, not knowing which of them was living in a dream.

Sometimes, people are so complicated and ridiculous.

Who can see clearly?

Perhaps, until the last moment, people simply cannot say that they understand themselves.

Gu Qingning agreed to her and sent her to Yang's Mansion to see Jiang Xiange.

Gu Qingning asked her entourage to help Lu Yuansi out of the prison, she stepped into the snow-covered road, vomited blood step by step, black and red flowers bloomed in the white snow, she looked up at the snow flying between the sky and the earth, her heart was broken, her life was hanging by a thread, she had lost the sense of pain, and the fear of death, she just wanted to move forward......

Gu Qingning looked back at her, so familiar, she would never forget that Jun Tong was like this at the beginning, losing her life little by little. In fact, before this, she had imagined revenge on Lu Yuansi countless times, but when all this came true, she didn't feel happy, just ordinary.

It's just death, and people will eventually die.

She didn't feel anything else at this point.

Gu Qingning got into the carriage first, and the guards asked her if they wanted to place Lu Yuansi in another carriage, she beckoned and helped Lu Yuansi to sit next to her.

The carriage galloped in the snowy Chang'an City, Lu Yuansi temporarily stopped vomiting blood, slowed down a little, lost his body, and leaned against the wall of the car.

"Do you know why I've hated you since I was a kid?"

"You've asked ...... before"

"But you still don't understand, you won't admit that you are that kind of person. ”

Lu Yuansi exhaled weakly and recalled: "Do you remember ten years ago? You were fifteen at that time, right? I was only nine years old, and my eldest brother was seventeen years old...... That year, you learned to draw and climbed to the top of the highest attic in my house, and my eldest brother went up with you and lay on the roof with you...... How stupid...... When he came down, he accidentally slipped down the ladder, fell from a height to the ground, and broke his leg, and we were all scared to death at that time, and everyone was in a hurry...... But what are you doing? I still remember that you climbed down from it in a hurry, and you didn't even look at my eldest brother, but first rushed over and picked up the drawings that my eldest brother had dropped on the ground, and carefully packed them up, that was your first reaction......

"I'm only nine years old, what do I know? I just thought it was scary, and then I thought that everything about you was fake, and you didn't really care about anyone else, at least not my big brother. Do you know that the eldest brother fell once, although his leg was not disabled later, but every time it was cloudy and rainy, his leg would hurt so much, and the eldest brother told me that it felt like countless ants gnawing at his bones...... He was so in pain that he couldn't walk, he couldn't get out of bed, but he never complained about you, and we didn't tell you...... Gu Qingning, you don't care at all, do you? You still pretend to like him so much and be so intimate with him...... Gu Qingning, you're disgusting!"

Hearing her speak, Gu Qingning was also drawn into distant memories......

But Gu Qingning didn't say anything, didn't explain, didn't refute, didn't respond.

"But the eldest brother is also pretending...... He's been pretending that he doesn't care about you...... But he can't......"

"The emperor assigned him a marriage and asked him to marry the county lord......"

Gu Qingning turned his head suddenly, and finally reacted, as if he had been poked hard in the heart, and suddenly woke up.

"Father commanded him to break with you and renounce your marriage...... He begged for a long time...... He even went to the palace to beg his sister, begged His Majesty, and told His Majesty that he had made a marriage contract with you...... What can this change? His father punished him for thinking in the ancestral hall for half a month...... You come to him, I can only stop you...... Because I know that he doesn't know how to face you...... I'm also afraid that he will do things against his father, and that he will do something against the will again......"

Gu Qingning...... We don't have a choice...... You said...... What else can we do?"

Gu Qingning was stunned for a long time, and suddenly didn't know where he was, "So...... It wasn't your father who voluntarily gave up the marriage with the Gu family...... It's Your Majesty......"