Chapter Fifty-Eight: Qi Kuo's Death and Life Don't Ask
The tenth year of Youqing was a turbulent year, the Donghe regime changed hands several times, and the forbidden army shuttled around the city every day. The merchants and shops in the city are closing their doors earlier and earlier day by day, for fear of getting into trouble. There are fewer merchants from other places who come to the imperial capital to do business, and anyone can see the declining situation.
"Mountain Lord, all the qiē are ready." Inside the Broken Leaf Xuan, the man in Tsing Yi bowed down and said, "Fire Sakura has infiltrated the palace. ”
The man in white in the wheelchair nodded: "How is A-Ning's complexion?" ”
"My face is a little pale, but I still have spirits."
He picked up a cup of tea, took a sip and said leisurely, "Are the spies of the Wu clan still stopped outside Guilan Mountain?" ”
"Yes!" Lu Li nodded and hesitated, "My subordinates have something to understand. ”
"Say."
"We sneaked into Xiliang, secretly spread the news that the Queen Mother imprisoned the eldest princess, and secretly poisoned the two little princes of the Xiliang Wu clan in her name, what is the purpose?"
Gu Mingxuan put the cup on the table, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a deep smile: "You don't know the current high priest of the Wu clan, Xuanyin, this person, we met at the martial arts conference in Jiangnan many years ago. Person...... Conceited and proud, with a strong desire for control. The Queen Mother was expelled from the palace that year, and it was he who helped her, brought her back to Xiliang, made her the lord of the Wu clan and promised to help her take revenge. However, there must be some kind of exchange of interests in it. Now that she has returned to Donghe, she has snatched back a qiē that belongs to her, and she is bound to fulfill her promise. ”
"But......" he sighed faintly, "no matter how high the kite flies, it always has a line tied to it, always reminding it that it is a prisoner of the stairs. But who is the Queen Mother? The youngest daughter of the Jin State Mansion, the childhood sweetheart of the first emperor, and the biological mother of the current emperor, since she has already taken back a qiē, how can she be willing to continue to be Xuanyin's puppet? ”
Lu Li nodded: "The Queen Mother is now eager to take back the military power, and it is precisely for this reason. If she is in a hurry, it means that our counter-plot has worked. ”
Gu Mingxuan shook his head and sighed: "Where can I use a counter-strategy, it's just adding fuel to the fire." Once suspicion arises, it will be as unstoppable as a spark of fire. ”
Lu Li smiled: "It's still the mountain lord who has no last resort, and his subordinates will go down to prepare first." ”
Gu Mingxuan nodded, and his cold jade-like face gradually showed a trace of exhaustion.
When Lu Li walked to the door, he suddenly remembered, and said in a deep voice: "It's been three days, is Ah Chan's body still in the ice cellar?" ”
For a while, the Xuan was as silent as death.
After a long time, Gu Mingxuan smiled lightly and said, "Lu Li, do you think A-Ning will really never forgive me?" ”
“…… You too...... For her good ......" Lu Li said with difficulty that he found difficult to accept, and with that, he hurriedly walked out of Broken Leaf Xuan.
The hot wind blows the weeping willows by the mirror lake, and the long emerald green branches flutter in the wind, and the business is full of business. He walked with his head down for a long time before he suddenly stopped. Looking at the sky blankly, the sky was as clear as the bright girl in green clothes.
Siren has passed away, he sighed, if he knew the truth, with Aning's character, he didn't know what kind of earth-shaking it would be. When he turned around, he found a man in black lying on one of the eaves. There were empty wine bottles around him, and he still held one in his arms, and he threw his head back into his mouth.
The wine poured down and poured it all over his face. The scorching sun didn't seem to dispel his cold air at all.
The wrist holding the flask was suddenly grasped.
"Luohua, stop drinking!"
"Let it go...... Let go! He seemed to be a little drunk, and there was a shallow flush on his handsome face.
"Where's Liuzhen?"
"In ...... in the ice cellar. ”
Lu Li sighed: "People can't be resurrected after death, mourn." ”
Luo Hua jerked his wrist and skillfully broke free of his hand. Continuing to pour the wine, he sneered and said, "What kind of mourning do you want to tell me?" Do you want to talk to the Lord? ”
"Luo Hua, the mountain master is not in good health, so don't block him here." Lu Li said in a deep voice.
"Hahahaha...... Luo Hua picked up his robe and laughed wildly, "I used to ...... I have always admired the prestige of Gu Mingxuan, the first person in the world, and I am willing to follow him all my life without regrets. But if ...... Now I know that what I am following is nothing more than a fly camp dog, and I see ...... Human life is like a villain on the grass street! Be...... It's me Luohua who sees the wrong person! ”
Lu Li looked at him silently and did not say anything to argue. I heard him again: "The people who once returned to Lanshan, the cup moon died, the fire cherry blossom left, and Qingluan also left...... Ahaha...... What's the point of staying here? ”
Lu Li slapped him and scolded coldly: "Lord Ling is still imprisoned in the palace now, do you want to quit now?" ”
I don't know if it was because of that slap or Lu Li's words, Luo Hua sobered up a little, he staggered, and sat down. Suddenly he laughed again, helplessly and sadly.
"You'd better go and see Liuyu, he's been in the ice cellar for three days and hasn't eaten anything." He lay on the roof, letting the harsh sunlight shine on him. Lu Li patted him on the shoulder and flew off the roof.
Slowly, a line of tears slid down, and disappeared quickly after sinking into the sideburns.
It was the first time in his life that he wept for a woman. Although I don't love it, I still feel distressed. At the end of her death, he was by her side. Because Liuyu said that she would be happy if you were around.
This silly girl, who was already skinny and had a withered face because of her illness, still laughed happily when she saw him.
He couldn't hold back his heart and smiled: "Silly girl, I haven't seen Master." ”
She shook her head and didn't say a word, just laughed all the time. When the Gu poison attacked, she was still laughing. The pain was overwhelming, and she bit her lower lip to prevent herself from screaming, and her lower lip was bitten and bloody. Large drops of sweat covered her blue and black cheeks, and the bedding under her body had long been soaked with sweat, and it was torn into strips by her hands that she was unable to grasp.
Before she died, she lay in his arms, her eyes empty and empty.
She suddenly laughed and said, "I used to ...... Always...... Chasing you...... Don't you think...... Very distressed......"
Luo Hua shook his head, his eyes were sad, and there was a pale and weak smile on his face.
"I know...... I'm alive...... It can only be a burden to my sister...... But......" tears slowly welled up from the corners of her eyes, "but...... I can't bear her, I want to ...... all the time I took care of her all the time...... I...... Don't want her to always be ...... A person ...... "She has been so tired, so lonely."
The pain corroded every inch of her nerves, distorting her otherwise pretty face until it ...... Finally, he closed his eyes quietly. If there really is a soul, it must have gone to a place where there is no longer suffering.