Chapter Fifty-Six: The Storm Rises
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Gu Hanqing stood stiffly in the snow, the bright white of the twilight snow reflected the pale face of his face, which was dazzlingly white.
"It turns out that I just gave up on her ......"
He said in despair, a wry smile of compassion tugging at the corners of his mouth.
After hearing that Gao Heng roughly told the truth of the matter, Gu Hanqing not only did not feel suddenly enlightened, but fell into endless melancholy and grief.
What he is worried about is that he unconsciously gave up his lover.
What he is angry about is being played with without knowing it.
"Do you really believe everything I say?"
Gu Hanqing raised his dim eyes slightly: "If even this little trust is extinguished, what is the point of His Highness and I standing here now?"
Gao Heng's eyes turned slightly, and a hint of relief appeared on his face: "What the mother concubine said is right, friends should indeed be open and honest with each other, some knots are deep, and it will be difficult to untie them, and slowly, not only will they become salty and light, but they will even turn against each other." ā
"I admit that before this, I had resented His Highness, but it was too heavy for me to do it. Gu Hanqing's eyes deepened, "Not to mention the golden branch... I don't want to see us like that. ā
Although Gu Hanqing tried his best to hide it, his eyes inevitably revealed his attachment to Cheng Jinzhi, which made Gao Heng have mixed feelings in his heart, but he could only do nothing.
He has always had a strong personality and is fearless, no matter how many difficulties and dangers, right and wrong, he can ride the wind and waves, and he is like a bamboo, but in this matter, he feels so powerless for the first time.
If it had been earlier, he might have pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring and gave Cheng Jinzhi away, but now, he could no longer persuade himself to compromise. Because he clearly realized that Cheng Jinzhi was no longer an object that Gu Hanqing had placed around him in his heart, but a living person, a person who was cherished and loved by him.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered what he said to Cheng Jinzhi under the old locust tree in the palace before the wedding.
"If one day you're leaving, I won't stop you. ā
Once upon a time, he pretended to be free and easy to threaten to leave in front of Cheng Jinzhi, but now that he thinks about it, this sentence is like a thorn deep in his heart, which makes him feel even more at a loss when he is worried.
Because of this sentence, he has lost his right to be selfish, and Gu Hanqing's appearance deepened the guilt in his heart, this relationship is already wrong, and he is afraid that it will be stormy in the future. Everything about going and staying depends on Cheng Jinzhi.
"Golden Branch, she... Have you read that letter?"
Just as Gao Heng's frowns were deeply locked, Gu Hanqing suddenly asked this sentence, and after finishing speaking, he subconsciously tightened the muscles in his cheeks, as if he was afraid of getting an answer he didn't want to get.
"Does this answer matter?"
Gao Heng looked at Gu Hanqing with a solemn expression, hesitating how to answer.
"Of course it's important. Gu Hanqing bowed slightly, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, "But I think I already know ....."
"She's seen it, she's sad. ā
Gao Heng gritted his teeth and finally told a lie, but as soon as the words came out, he regretted it.
The reason why he didn't give this letter to Cheng Jinzhi at the beginning was because he was afraid that she would be too sad, but this letter can now clearly confirm that Cheng Jinzhi's affection for him is not to heal and keep warm, but he chose to deliberately hide it in front of Gu Hanqing, which is actually unfair to Cheng Jinzhi.
Hearing Gao Heng's answer, Gu Hanqing's eyes flashed with sporadic light, but soon became dim again.
"I am sorry for her, and I am not qualified to ask for anything, on the contrary, I should thank His Highness for his willingness to stand up to her rescue in times of crisis, to be by her side when she is sad and sad, to take care of her, and to love her, which is beyond the reach of me, a person who can only escape and resent. ā
Hearing Gu Hanqing's words, Gao Heng should have been relieved, but he couldn't breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was filled with an indescribable sourness, which made him upset.
"Your Highness doesn't have to feel any embarrassment about this, these are Han Qing's sincere words. ā
"Don't you want to meet the Golden Branch?"
"Yes, but now is not the right time. Gu Hanqing looked up at the dawn of the sky that was about to break through the flowing clouds, and said with a pale smile, "Anyway, I am already a heartless person in her heart, presumably she also spent some time trying to remove me from her heart, and now I suddenly come back to destroy her peaceful life, which will only make me feel more guilty." ā
"The handkerchief you gave her, she always carried with her, and for this handkerchief, she almost got killed......"
Gao Heng said this, but it stopped abruptly, he didn't want to push his loved ones out, but he always did the same wrong thing again and again, in order to soothe the shame in his heart, he couldn't bear to see Gu Hanqing in deep pain, at this moment, he hated his own vacillation, dragging mud and water, and hated those sinister people who used Cheng Jinzhi to provoke him and Gu Hanqing.
Maybe this relationship was wrong from the beginning.
"Murder?" Gu Hanqing's face changed when he heard this, and he approached Gao Heng and said nervously, "Then how is she now?"
"She's fine, don't worry. ā
"That's good. ā
The corners of Gu Hanqing's mouth flashed with a smile of relief, but Gao Heng looked at it wordlessly, but he felt extremely bitter in his heart.
But he still calmed down as soon as possible, and said with a straight face: "The top priority now is to find the mastermind behind the scenes, today he can make you and me almost enemies, and there will definitely be more in-depth actions in the future, and we have to guard against it." ā
"Who does Your Highness think it will be?" Gao Heng turned his face and said seriously, "Speaking of which, the prince once looked for me a few days ago. ā
"Prince?"
The two looked at each other and said the same answer.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a rush and powerful footsteps, and I only heard the guard at the door exclaim, although he immediately stepped forward to stop it, it was like a mantis arm as a car. Soon, I saw a group of people holding weapons and wearing dark colored robes rushing in from the gate of Gu Mansion and rushing up to surround Gu Hanqing and Gao Heng.
"It's someone from the Spirit Slayer. ā
Gao Heng's eyes glowed with coldness, and the corners of his lips pursed a trace of cold and hard lines.
I saw that the man at the head was about forty years old, burly, well-proportioned, with a pair of sharp eyes, a majestic but restrained face.
This person is none other than Cen Feng, the head of the First Division of the Slaughter Spirit Division.
He was originally looking at Gu Hanqing, but after seeing Gao Heng, he was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "It turns out that His Royal Highness King Yan is also here." ā
"This king is here to catch up with his old friends, I don't know what Changsi Cen is here to do?"
Cen Feng slowly straightened up, shifted his gaze to Gu Hanqing again, and his pupils narrowed.
"After verification by my Soul Slaughter Division, Xia Guan has the right to suspect that the last case of the Heavenly Prison of the Criminal Department being robbed and set on fire was related to the Gu family and this young master of the Gu family. ā