At the second watch, there was a light like a bean in the tent of the Luoyan Army. Lin Jue sat under the lamp, holding a scroll in his hand and reading it quietly. Bai Bing was wearing long hair, wearing a small flower jacket on his body, leaning on the head of the bed, holding a needle and thread in his hand, and embroidering patterns on a white cloth one by one. There was silence in the tent, the clatter of the scrolls, the slight collision of the jade bracelet and the thimble on Bai Bing's wrist, the sound of horses in the camp under the mountain outside the tent, and the sound of the trees swaying in the night wind on the long hill were all clearly audible. It adds to the silence of the night.

Bai Bing's slender fingers gently pulled the colored thread through the white juan cloth, completing the last stitch of the stamen clustered in the middle of a blooming flower, and then deftly tied a knot to bite off the colored thread. With a sigh, he raised the silk cloth to admire the light, and nodded with satisfaction.

"How did Bing'er become obsessed with female celebrities recently, what's wrong?" I don't know when, Lin Jue has already put down the scroll and is looking at Bai Bingxiao with a smile.

Bai Bingjiao said: "It's nothing, I just want to learn." I don't know anything about this, so I have to learn. As a woman, female celebrities can't be, so what's it? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "What do you think?" Could these things have anything to do with it? ”

Bai Bing shook his head and said, "Husband naturally doesn't dislike it, it's just that I want to learn it myself." When I was a child in Mobei, except for martial arts, hunting, chopping wood and boiling water, I didn't learn anything that my daughter's family should learn. I just wanted to experience what a normal daughter's house should do. That day, Sister Green Dance gave her husband a sweat towel to take out for her husband, Sister Caiwei embroidered a cloak for her husband, and Sister Huanqiu embroidered a brocade for her husband, and I found out that I was the only one in the family. So I decided I wanted to learn this. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's still for comparison, right?" You don't have to be a female celebrity, you will, they won't. You see, the army goes out, and you follow me to protect me, which is what they want to do but can't. Why compare yourself to others? Everyone has strengths that others don't have. ”

Bai Bing thought for a while and said: "What the husband said makes sense, but the battle always has to be finished, and when the days are calm, why do you still fight and kill?" Won't I know anything then? I don't want to fight and kill all day long, I think, in the future, I will give birth to a few children for my husband, I would rather throw away the blade, forget the martial arts, and only concentrate on serving my husband and raising children, this is the day I want to live the most. ”

Lin Jue smiled and nodded: "It turns out that you think so in your heart, then it's up to you, as long as you are happy, you can do whatever you want." Anyway, how did you learn the craftsmanship of this female red? Before the expedition, I saw you ask Green Dance for needlework and silk cloth patterns or something, Green Dance is a master here, a famous teacher is a high apprentice, presumably your embroidery is also good. I'll see how the embroidery goes. ”

Lin Jue got up and walked over, Bai Bing hurriedly hid the embroidered bandage in his arms, and said in his mouth: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, it's difficult to get into the eyes of your husband." ”

Lin Jue smiled and reached out to snatch it, and said, "What is there to hide?" The ugly daughter-in-law still has to see her in-laws, it's not up to you to decide whether it's good or not, I have to see it. I'll see if it's good or bad. ”

Bai Bing blushed and desperately put it in his arms, refusing to take it out, Lin Jue sat at the head of the bed and hugged her, and put one hand into her arms, saying that he was robbing something, but kneading it on her plump chest. Bai Bing was soft and drilled into Lin Jue's arms, but he was no match for the invasion of his husband's strange hands, and the embroidered bandage was also taken away by Lin Jue. Lin Jue took a closer look at the light, but it was a graceful spring begonia flower. Although it has not yet been completely completed, it has completely exceeded Lin Jue's imagination.

"Bing'er, you're really ingenious. I thought it was really bad, but I didn't expect it to be so delicate and beautiful. Look at the petals, stamens, and leaves, all lifelike. Sure enough, she is worthy of being my Lin Jue's woman, smart and dexterous, she can learn everything as soon as she learns, and she will be fine after a while. Not bad. Lin Jue praised.

Bai Bing blushed and said, "Husband, you don't have to comfort me, it's far from Sister Green Dance." ”

Lin Jue turned his head to look at Bai Bing's pretty face, and said softly, "In my opinion, it's all the same good." I want something, and I lack a sweat towel, which is just right. ”

Bai Bingxi said: "Then when I finish embroidering, twist the edges, and then embroider my name and give it to my husband." If my husband likes it, I'll be relieved. ”

Lin Jue looked at her hair in a fluffy bun and her face was red, and his heart was pounding. When he leaned down and was about to do something, he suddenly heard the footsteps of the big tent outside. Immediately after that, Sun Dayong's heavily suppressed voice came.

"My lord, are you asleep? There is something important to repay for the lowly position. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly straightened up and said in a deep voice, "Is it Brother Sun?" What's the matter? Is it the military intelligence of the Jurchens? ”

Sun Dayong's voice came in a low voice: "It's not news from the Jurchens, it's ...... Be...... Little Prince...... He ......"

Lin Jue said: "If you have something to say, say it." ”

Sun Dayong said: "Yes, I just got the news from my humble position, and the little prince is ...... Shicai killed Guo Xu with a knife. ”

"Huh?" Bai Bing exclaimed in surprise. Lin Jue was calm, as if he hadn't heard.

When he got the news and went to check, the little prince had already cut off Guo Xu's head, and he said that he was kind enough to visit Guo Xu, but Guo Xu tried to take his blade and kill him. In a hurry, he killed Guo Xu. I asked him to explain to the adults, and he said that he didn't need to explain, just teach me to tell the adults what happened. This is the only time to report to the lord. Sun Dayong continued.

Lin Jue's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, he pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Is this the case?" Then I got it. There you go. Guo Xu's body was collected, and the relevant people were unified, saying that Guo Xu was killed because he tried to escape. ”

Sun Dayong nodded and agreed, and asked unwillingly: "Do you want to invite the little prince to come to the big tent?" ”

Lin Jue said: "No need. Rest early, there may be a big battle tomorrow, and save your energy.

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Sun Dayong promised in a deep voice and left.

After Sun Dayong's footsteps went away, Lin Jue sat down slowly, but picked up the scroll again. Bai Bing was already stunned, she jumped out of bed, came to Lin Jue's side and asked, "Husband, what's the matter?" How could the little prince kill Guo Xu directly? Doesn't it say that it is more beneficial to keep this person's life alive? How could he kill Guo Xu without consulting with you? Husband, how can you be so calm? ”

Lin Jue turned his head to look at Bai Bing and said with a smile: "Bing'er, don't freeze yourself, go to bed." You'd better leave these things alone. ”

Bai Bing said angrily: "I don't, I want to know what happened?" I've heard a lot of talk lately, and it's about the relationship between you and the little prince. Some people say that you and the little prince will have differences in the future, what you say about the cunning rabbit and the death of the lackey, and what you say about the high merit of the lord, there will be sorrows. I'm so scared. Not only me, but also the county lord is worried. Now that the little prince has committed suicide Guo Xu, is this really going to turn his face with you? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Where did you hear these words?" Who would dare to chew such a tongue? Is it Sun Dayong? ”

Bai Bing waved his hand and said: "No, no, it was said by the old people in the village of Luoyan Valley, I like to wander around the village, and I overheard these words from them chatting about idle days." Those are just the people of the mountains, don't blame them. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "Everywhere there are some people who are full of food and have nothing to do, and a group of people who are poor and worried. How can they say these things? I have a good relationship with the little prince. ”

"Then why did he commit suicide Guo Xu privately? Why don't you seem to be angry at all? "White Ice Road.

Lin Jue sighed, pulled Bai Bing to the edge of the bed, hugged Bai Bing and stuffed it into the quilt, and then undressed himself and went to bed. Holding Bai Bing in his arms, he said softly: "Bing'er, since you want to know, I will tell you the reason for this, but if you have heard it, you don't have many mouths." ”

Bai Bing nodded in Lin Jue's arms and said softly, "Bing'er will never talk much." ”

Lin Jue pondered for a moment and said softly: "You asked me why I was so calm, it was because I knew that the little prince would kill Guo Xu, which was expected, what was there to be surprised about?" Guo Xu deserves to die, although he is the emperor of the Great Zhou, but in front of us he is just a prisoner under the ranks. There is nothing special. Even if Guo Xu doesn't kill him, I will kill him with my own hands tomorrow, and I won't let him live through tomorrow. ”

Bai Bing stared at the foggy eyes with big eyes, and said dumbly: "But in the evening, you also told the little prince that keeping Guo Xu's life is of great significance and has many benefits." Are all falsehoods? ”

Lin Jue stroked Bai Bing's long hair and said softly: "Of course it's not a lie, blackmailing the Son of Heaven to make the princes benefit us a lot, will make many people change from opposing us to supporting us." This is extremely beneficial to the big things. What I said to the little prince was true. ”

"Then why did the little prince kill Guo Xu? Is he worried about his own position? Afraid that Guo Xu would hinder his position? Bai Bing asked.

Lin Jue smiled, sighed and said, "That's just a superficial opinion. Even if Guo Xu is kept, he is just using his identity, how can it affect the status of the little prince? If I fall into the wild goose army and seize the world, the throne will naturally belong to the little prince, and he knows this better than anyone else. How could he be so small-minded that he would be afraid that Guo Xu would block his way to becoming an emperor? That could never happen. You also underestimate the little prince. ”

Bai Bing frowned and said, "I don't know much about these things. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "No wonder you think so, this kind of thing is very sensitive, and random speculation is inevitable." Do you know that the relationship between me and the little prince is indeed extremely sensitive. The rumors you've heard before are not unfounded. Since the prince and his son arrived in Luoyan Valley, there is a gap in their hearts, and the Luoyan army only listens to my orders, and they must feel very awkward in their hearts. I'm also worried that there will eventually be a situation between me and the little prince who is a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey. After all, the world of this Great Zhou belongs to the Guo family, and even if I win the world for him, I will inevitably be suspected of being a meritorious master. No emperor wants his courtiers to be more prestigious and powerful than his own. If this problem is not handled well, it will be a disaster. We can deliberately avoid this, but we can't ignore it, can we? ”

Bai Bing frowned tightly and didn't speak, his slender fingers tightly grabbed the silk clothes on Lin Jue's chest. The husband took the initiative to admit this, which made her even more nervous. She didn't dare to imagine that one day there would be a rift between her husband and the little prince, it would be extremely terrifying.

"Since the death of Lord Liang, the little prince has become much deeper. As far as I know, Liang Wang Ye said a lot of things to the little prince before he died, but no one knew about it. After the death of the prince, the little prince's attitude towards me became much more humble and humble...... It makes me a little uncomfortable. Maybe it's because I'm too careful, but I always feel that there are things that seem inevitable even if I don't want them to happen. I feel...... When the prince was dying, he must have explained something that made the little prince give birth to so many changes. You know, sometimes it's not the best state to be respectful to people, just like between you and me, if I stay away from you every day, and if you do the same to me every day, how bad it would be. The best state is to say what you have to say, and mutual respect and love are. Maybe it's not appropriate to compare the relationship between husband and wife to the relationship between me and the little prince, but it gives me the feeling that the little prince's humility is deliberate and uncomfortable. Including his repeated mention of the future with me in the world, it always makes people feel that he is wary of me, and he is tempting me and paralyzing me with such remarks. Lin Jue said softly.

Bai Bing frowned and nodded: "When you say that, there is some truth in it." It shouldn't have been this way

Yes, the little prince turned out to come to our house without shying away from entering the inner hall at all, and his behavior was informal. Later, he suddenly became polite, and there were fewer comes. It's not salty or polite when we meet, and I think it's weird. ”

Lin Jue sighed: "Yes, a person's psychological changes will be reflected in their attitudes and actions, and others will feel it." ”

Bai Bing said: "But I still don't understand, what does this have to do with whether or not to kill Guo Xu?" ”

Lin Jue said softly: "Guo Xu is my enemy, the death of Mr., the death of the emperor and Concubine Rong Niangniang are all committed by him." Regardless of public outrage, but only personal vendettas, I will kill him. I had already promised Huanqiu and Green Dance to avenge their dead relatives. This should be understood by everyone in Funiu Mountain. And now because of the particularity of Guo Xu's identity, and in the current situation, it seems that it is more useful to keep him, so I said those words to the little prince. My intentions...... In fact, it is testing the true thoughts of the little prince. ”

"Are you tempting him?" Bai Bing was surprised.

Lin Jue nodded and said, "It's true, it's because of the changes in the little prince that I feel alienated." I can also understand the psychological changes of the little prince because of the change, in fact, I am happy to see this kind of change, because he will shoulder the revitalization of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, and shoulder the great responsibility of the world. You can't still act as impulsively, recklessly, and willfully as before. But I also had to worry about the distance between him and me. So I gave him two choices, one was to keep Guo Xu's life, but it would definitely be beneficial to the big thing, and the other was to kill Guo Xu and avenge me. If he made the first choice, it means that he has ignored the grievances between me and Guo Xu in order to achieve great things. For the sake of his goals, he can ignore my feelings. He has no empathy for me, and he will not think from my point of view, but only for his own big things. In that case, I would be very disappointed. If he chooses to kill Guo Xu, it means that there is still love between me and him, he still cares about my feelings, and in his interests and my feelings, he chooses to sacrifice his interests, which is gratifying. That also shows that although he is alienated from me, it is not an inner alienation, but he is more calm and mature. ”

Bai Bing looked at Lin Jue blankly, not knowing what to say. She couldn't say anything in her heart. The husband's scheming is deep enough, and he actually made a test of Guo Xu's life and death to test how far Guo Kun has become estranged from him. Although this is a kind of test, there is a kind of crisis that implies ruthlessness behind it. If Guo Kun made the wrong choice, what would be the result?

"So...... The little prince killed Guo Xu tonight...... In fact, it wasn't Guo Xu who wanted to resist, but just the little prince who made his choice, right? Bai Bing asked softly.

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "There is no right or wrong choice, maybe this is a wrong choice." But for me, it's the choice I want him to make. Killing Guo Xu deprived us of the powerful help that we could have been, and the rational choice was actually to keep him and use him. But in the face of a sea of blood feud, I never need to be reasonable. If the little prince didn't guess that I was testing him, it was because he wasn't too far away from us. But in any case, if he can kill Guo Xu tonight, it will be enough for me to continue to trust him and continue to stand with him and fight for the future of Da Zhou. Moreover, the reputation of killing Guo Xu can only be borne by him, and even I can't afford it. He must bear this charge, because the Great Zhou Jiangshan will belong to him in the future. He will carry as much as he gains. ”

Bai Bing nodded slightly and said: "Bing'er understands, this is not only a test, but also because you can't kill Guo Xu yourself, because Guo Xu's identity is the emperor of the Great Zhou after all, and you can't bear the charge of killing an emperor." ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what time it is, the monarch killer will never be forgiven. is a taboo. Of course, even if the little prince refuses to do it, I will do it myself. Because I am Lin Jue, I have nothing to fear. The emperor in the eyes of the world, in my eyes, I only regard him as an ordinary person. He killed my relatives, and I killed him to get revenge, it's as simple as that. ”

Bai Bing pondered for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask that sentence.

"What if...... Husband...... I mean, if ...... Little Lord didn't make the choice you wanted, what would happen to you? Will you ...... Do you turn your face with him? Between you...... Yes...... What happened? ”

Lin Jue lowered his head and stared at Bai Bing's autumn-like eyes, and said softly: "Bing'er, there are actually no ifs in this world. You don't have to worry about things that didn't happen. I don't want to imagine what would happen in that situation, because that would be meaningless. If you really want to know the answer, I can tell you that you may be able to get the answer from my principles. I, Lin Jue, do not fight for fame and fortune, do not seek wealth and nobility, and all my struggles are to make my family and relatives live better. I just want to control my own destiny, not to rely on others and let others slaughter the fish. I want to live I have to live, I want to die only I can kill myself. I decide my life and death, not in the hands of others. On this basis, I will naturally consider the common people in the world and try my best to relieve their suffering. But I'm not going to be bound by these things, and I don't want to kidnap me with morality. I'm genuine with people, but not without expecting anything in return, and I need to be honest with me. If my efforts are met with indifference or even betrayal and hatred from the other party, I will treat them in the same way. Cast it with a peach, repay it with a plum. If you hand me a knife, I'll shoot it, it's as simple as that. ”

Bai Bing was already smart, how could she not know the meaning of Lin Jue's words, she hugged Lin Jue's neck tightly, stuck to Lin Jue's arms, and thought: "Fortunately, the little prince made the right choice, otherwise I am afraid it will be out of control." Fluke, really lucky. ”