Volume 2 Ember Chapter 56 The Femme Fatale
"Girl, do you know?"
Gu Key's already hot hand hidden in his sleeve reached out and caressed Gu Qi's little face. The biting cold came into his hand, which made him lose his mind for a while, how long has this girl been standing here? On that little face like jade, Gu Key's heart ached when he saw the tears frozen into frost.
"Lingtang flowers bloom ......" As soon as the soft murmur was spoken, it immediately became choked, but in the end I endured it.
Gu Xun, who was standing on the side, was caressing the ivory-colored jade in his big sleeves. The color on the jade is warm, and he has been wearing it with him for some years. It was a little smaller, cast by a jade carver, although the jade quality was mediocre, but he liked it very much. He silently looked at the eldest son in front of him, as well as ...... His daughter.
"When you were eleven years old, I gave you Lingtang fat powder, which was my mother's favorite fat powder." Gu Key's other hand was also taken out of his sleeve, and there was a small purse in his palm, "It's also my favorite fat powder." β
"I know." Tears welled up in the girl's eyes.
"Looks like you're listening to me, little girl." Gu Key gently cupped the girl's face.
"Hmm...... Brother Key's words," Gu Yu finally stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around Gu Key's waist, "I only listen to your ......"
"Of course you have to listen to me," Gu Key gently picked her up and ruffled the inky hair, "You are mine, and no one can take it away." β
"Marriage...... It was that woman's decision, right? This was said to Gu Xun, but Gu Xun suddenly made a straight face and avoided talking about it.
"When are you leaving?"
"Father's ......"
"I'll ask you when you're leaving!" Gu Xun yelled violently.
Gu Jian was silent for a long time, his eyes intersected with Gu Qi, "If you don't tell me, I won't leave!" β
"Yes! I'm telling you that it's that woman's decision! But what can you do? Cut off your brother Kosuke's wedding sedan chair!? β
"I will, but you shouldn't do this, father," Gu Key whispered, "You're going to kill Gu Qi like this!" β
"You personally promised me Gu Ding, and now you have personally torn up the promise. The head of the ancient clan, is the weight of his voice so lowly? β
A hard slap slapped Gu Key's face, and Gu Xun's angry and sad face alternated with sunny and sunny faces. He looked at his red and swollen hands in a daze, and met his son's stunned eyes.
"You brute!" Gu Xun's voice became smaller and smaller, "You are bent on angry with me......"
"It's the tantamount to cowardice, and I'll always remember that." Gu Key hugged the girl in his arms again, and the pain on his face was unheard.
The man, who was already a little bowed, looked at his son silently, watching his expression turn from anger to pathos, but he couldn't do anything.
"I don't know what happened in the past four years, but isn't it ridiculous that the girl I wanted in my heart was going to marry someone else in the end?"
"There's nothing to laugh at, what has already been decided, there's no more to be done. In a short time, you will return to the city of Wugong, and truly go into battle with the governor of LΓΌ to defeat the galloping horses. Will you be able to protect her then? Can you protect yourself? If you die in battle, what will you do? What's more, my ancient family is not a bad breed, you don't want to run away in fear, and take the ancient tree to survive! β
"What about Lord Lieson? What about royalty? Or even you? I can't afford any of this! Gu Xun opened his big sleeves, retracted his hand, and held the jade bi tightly, "You're dead...... Treat it as your father, with no credit. β
"She's right? The femme fatale. Gu Key's words to his father seemed to have been anticipated.
"Want to know how your mother died?"
"I may have guessed ......"
"Huh...... Yes, you're not the same you used to be," Gu Xun's voice was low and powerful, "You're too similar to your mother!" It's so similar! Even the handling of a small and meticulous matter is exactly the same! β
"But you woke up too late. That's all my responsibility, and I shouldn't spoil something like you that you will never wake up from once you sink. Gu Xun stared at the Gu Key, "Your mother died in front of my eyes, and she was executed in front of me, and I never thought that the royal family of the Lu clan would make such a decision to suppress the power of the Gu family." β
"Can't you cancel the marriage between Koki and Kosuke no matter what?"
"He is the second son of the line, and you are the eldest son of the concubine, you know the reason."
"It's a bit ironic," Gu Jian laughed slowly, "My girl, I can't grasp it, it's a joke." But why did he choose Zhu'er? Father, have you not weighed in your heart? Just those insignificant festivals? I think he's secretly cruel to not being favored by you, right? Or did you really prepare for that day, father? β
Gu Xun was gloomy.
A touch of the fragrance of Lingtang flowers in the cold made the ancient key hug the ancient pestle under him more vigorously. But the more strength he had, the more powerlessness he felt.
He finally let go.
"I'll be on the day I come...... smashed his wedding sedan chair and burned his cave room. The Ancient Key looked into the distance.
"If you're not afraid of death, you can just go." Gu Xun let out a long sigh, "It's just the place where they got married, not the Gu family." β
"Not the Ancient Mansion?" Gu Key was stunned.
"It's Lu Chi's mansion."
"Lu Chi? The Governor of Lieson, Lord Lieson? Gu Jian couldn't help but ask.
"Shut up, don't you understand what should be asked and what should be said!" Gu Xun drank low.
At this moment, two people came from the right side of the square, and their faces gradually emerged with a few blazing candles. One of them is Kosuke.
"Father," Gu Jie solemnly gestured at Gu Xun, and turned his head to Gu Xun, "Zhu'er, it seems that the old story with my brother is a bit long, we should also go." β
"My affairs, I know how to deal with them, it's not your turn!" The Ancient Key rejected the hand that tried to pull the Ancient Tree back.
"Brother, pay attention to proportion......" Kosuke withdrew his hand suddenly, and his cold voice seemed to freeze into frost.
Gu Yu slowly raised her eyes, and the tears had been quietly wiped away by her with a handkerchief, "I...... Let's go. β
This girl, has she given up?
"There's no hurry." Gu Jian hugged her into his arms again, "I haven't seen you for four years, so I should catch up with the past." Brother Xian, don't worry, right? β
"Of course, everything is as good as my brother likes." Kosuke smiled, and in the steps of retreat, the last sentence reached Gu Key's ears, "But after that, I like it......"
The ancient key didn't say anything. His eyes wandered off his father, knowing that he was looking at the woman, but there was only loneliness in his eyes.
"Mother......" Gu Key crossed the Gu Jie who was in the way, and made a stiff gesture to the woman in front of him, and he must not be negligent in the etiquette he should have.
The woman standing in front of her was like a fox that was extremely beautiful. Under the touch of Gu Key's gaze, the woman's narrow eyes were full of foxy charm, similar to Gu Suke. Under the pink makeup, there is a vicious style that is very different from her appearance. She is Kosuke's biological mother, a true queen of the royal family. It is the youngest daughter of Liexun Jue Lu Chi, Lu Buwan.
"Key'er, I still remember some of the old etiquette." Lu Buwan covered her mouth and smiled, and walked straight to Gu Xun's side, "I seem to remember that in the past four years, your kid went to join the army in the martial arts city, right?" β
Gu Key was silent for a long time.
"Yo, what's the matter? What about your mother's question," Lu Buwan took back the handkerchief and pretended to be worried, "Is it because you are not feeling well?" β
Gu Jian forcibly held back the rich fragrance of Ji Mei flowers on the woman's body, and retched a little, "Mother...... I am indeed in the guards of Wushu City, under the door of Lord Yan Ling and Governor Lu Biao. β
"Lu Biao...... The woman's face wrinkled slightly, and it turned into a smile in just a moment, "Key'er wants to repay the governor well." β
"The key will."
"But Key'er has been in the army for four years in Wushu City, and what he has learned must be something that can't be put on the table," Lu Buwan's gaze casually hooked every inch of Gu Key's body, "But it doesn't matter, our Gu family can let Key'er squander it for a lifetime." β
Gu Jian slowly stood up straight, staring at Lu Buwan's eyes with deep anger, "Mother...... Said yes. β
"It's really like...... the woman responded to the murderous look without hesitation, "You look cold, angry, and your mother is really ......"
Those fox eyes flashed in front of Gu Key, and he didn't understand why Lu Buwan didn't have any doubts about his changing personality, just smiling and saying something inconsequential and sneering.
Perhaps, he already understood, but he just didn't want to believe it.
I don't know how long ago, there was such a strange conversation between Gu Key and Sikong Xi.
Under the dense clouds, any part of the pavilion and pavilion was dyed red, and the two of them sat quietly in the open-air courtyard, their eyes scattered, and they were about to fall asleep.
"Senior brother, what is considered a wicked person." Sikong Xi, who was awake, suddenly asked Gu Key an inexplicable question.
"Why did you think of this?" Gu Key turned his head to look at him.
"Don't you think the definition of the wicked is very broad?" Sikong Xi said to himself, "I stole the money of the Lu Mansion, so I am a wicked person." Isn't it strange that I've killed the big kids who tried to kill me, and I'm a kid, but I've learned how to kill? You were once a gentleman, and you were a wicked person. The governor was upright, but when he went into battle to kill the enemy, he had thousands of dead souls in his hands, and the relatives of the opponents and their generals probably hated the governor, and cursed him a thousand times that he would not die well. Then the Governor was also a wicked man. β
"What do you want to say?"
"Those shadows are the wicked people we grit our teeth and want to pull out. But in their eyes, we are also their adversaries, wicked people. β
"Sikong Xi!" The Ancient Key snapped to a halt.
"We are all wicked people, what is the so-called morality, but hypocrisy." Sikong Xi muttered.
He stood up, didn't hear the words of the ancient key clearly, just quietly looked at the clouds that covered the sky above him.
"You remember it for me! Xi boy! Gu Key kicked Sikong Xi fiercely, "Wicked man...... It's a man with a malicious heart and a knife in his hand! β
"A knife that can kill!"
"Is that knife just a knife?" Sikong Xi was in pain, and looked at the ancient key with a cluster of fire, "Sometimes, that invisible knife is the fastest knife that kills people, senior brother, you may have said less about this." β
After that, it started to snow.