Then comes the real fight to the death.

Both of them are people who have experienced life and death on the battlefield, and they have fought side by side together, and they know each other's minds very well, and both attack and resolution are judgments made in an instant.

Lu Ji was hit by several swords, the numbness of the wound spread to his limbs little by little, and his movements gradually slowed down, while Hu He had just been hit in the chest by Lu Ji, and his movements were not as fast as at the beginning.

The two fists and feet, each move striving to put the other party to death, and the people on the spectator gradually lost their voices, just staring intently at the battle situation on the field.

These two people are too strong, not only in martial arts, physical strength, but also in strong willpower.

There is a strong desire in their bodies that makes them refuse to admit defeat and refuse to fall no matter what.

That kind of thought does not stem from the fear of death, but from some kind of obsession.

I'm afraid that after death, there will be something that cannot be done.

That's what you have to do with your life!

Boom!

Hu He punched Lu Ji in the face and knocked him to the ground, Hu Ren let out a cheer, roaring incomprehensible nonsense in his mouth, Lu Ji immediately stood up, but before he could stand firmly, Hu He had already attacked in front of him, grabbed Lu Ji's shoulder and pressed it hard, and at the same time bent his knees to the top.

From such a distance, Su Li seemed to hear the sound of Lu Ji's ribs breaking.

Hu He is too ruthless this time!

Lu Ji finally fell to the ground, Hu He half-knelt on Lu Ji's body, pressed him with his knee against his chest, and then pulled out a short dagger from his shoe.

The dagger is very delicately made, the blade is extremely thin, refracting cold light, it is a good thing to sharpen iron like clay, but for some reason there is no handle, only simply wrapped in coarse cloth, at this time if someone comes closer to observe, you can see a small Li character engraved on the knife body.

"Do you still recognize this?"

Hu He gasped and asked, looking at the dagger, a trace of rare tenderness flashed in his eyes.

Of course, Lu Ji still recognized this dagger, which was his birthday gift to Ah Li at the age of sixteen, and it was also a token of love.

The handle of this dagger should have been very beautiful, inlaid with red and blue stones, which had been cut into small, beautiful shapes by fine craftsmen, and at first glance seemed to be inlaid with stars.

Ah Li loved this gift very much and almost never left it.

"You know what? Ah Li used this to commit suicide in the first place. Hu He said word by word, Lu Ji's eyes widened slightly, and he seemed to be able to see Ah Li's endless despair from the dagger's cold and reflective blade.

"She's been waiting for you, she's almost there......"

Just a little bit.

But it will never wait!

When the words fell, Hu He's hand was raised high, and the sharp tip of the knife was aimed at Lu Ji's heart, and at the same time, on the viewing platform, Su Li raised his hand and aimed at Hu He.

She has been listening to the discussions of the people around her, and knows that the person named Hu He is called Gu Jiong, and Lu Ji may be old acquaintances.

Lu Ji didn't kill Hu He at the beginning, there must be a secret in this that she didn't know, but the arrow in her sleeve was highly poisonous, no matter where she shot, Hu He would definitely die.

Are you really going to kill him?

Su Li hesitated, turned sideways slightly, and aimed at the dagger in Hu He's hand.

"Go find her, Huangquan Road is too dark, she will be afraid alone!"

Hu He said pityingly, the dagger in his hand slammed down, and behind him, a short arrow whistled.

There was a crisp sound, and the short arrow hit the dagger just in time, and the dagger came out half an inch after it entered the clothes.

Hu He turned his head suddenly, and before he could see what was happening on the stand, he was punched in the head by Lu Ji, who jumped up and suppressed him with his elbow.

This is an excellent opportunity, as long as Lu Ji pushes a little harder, Hu He's neck will be broken by him.

It only needed a little more strength, but Lu Ji hesitated.

Hu He couldn't breathe well, and his eyes were rapidly congested due to lack of oxygen.

He stared at Lu Ji with wide eyes, did not speak again, only hooked his lips and showed a defiant smile.

As if to say: Come on, kill me!

Lu Ji was about to make a move, but saw a panic on the viewing platform.

"Master Hou! What happened to you? Hou Ye? ”

"Call the Imperial Doctor! Call the Imperial Doctor! ”

Zhao Hanzhuo helped Chu Huai'an to order loudly, Gu Yuanfeng took Su Li's hand hiding the hidden arrow and stood tightly beside Zhao Hanzhuo, Chu Huai'an fell unconscious after spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

The surroundings were extremely noisy, Su Li's head was a little messy, she turned her head to see the situation on the field, but Gu Yuanfeng held her head: "Don't look around!" ”

Gu Yuanfeng lowered his voice in warning, and grabbed her hand tightly, so hard that Su Li's wrist hurt a little.

Su Li looked up and saw his tight jawline, serious and cold, which was completely different from the gentle and polite people he usually had.

He was worried about her.

He saw the arrow she had just shot at the field, and even if she didn't tell him anything, he was the first to protect him.

"Gu Mulang, up!"

In the case of everyone's extreme panic, Hu Tatar commanded sharply, and he knew very well that Hu He was defeated.

A person who loses the life and death situation loses the value of living.

Lu Ji didn't want to do it, so he had to let his people do it.

He could see clearly that Lu Ji was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and after killing Hu He, the next one should be Lu Ji!

As long as Lu Ji is killed, Yuan Zhao will definitely be greatly injured.

"No one is allowed to move!"

Chu Lingzhao opened his mouth coldly, and the Imperial Forest Army immediately rushed into the school field with a long knife, pulling Lu Ji and Hu He apart, and those Hu people were all surrounded.

Suddenly Tartar turned his head to look at Chu Lingzhao, full of momentum: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do here?" ”

"Xiaoyao Hou suddenly vomited blood, I suspect that someone is trying to do wrong, plotting to kill the royal family of our dynasty, please the king and his subordinates be wronged and cooperate with the investigation!"

Chu Lingzhao stood up and said in a firm tone, there was no room for negotiation.

Where is it that Kutar is such a person who is easy to compromise, he immediately stood up, and just as he was about to speak, a palace man hurriedly ran over, holding a bowl in his hand and presenting it to Chu Lingzhao, and in the bowl was a bowl of blood, but the blood was abnormally black.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hou is poisoned!"

Poisoning, this matter is naturally not trivial.

"Someone!" Chu Lingzhao shouted in a deep voice: "Put all the people who have been in contact with Xiaoyao Hou today into the heavenly prison!" Dali Temple immediately investigated Xiaoyaohou's food, clothing and diet one by one, I want to see who dares to poison Xiaoyaohou under my nose! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that all the Hu people who were watching the battle today were going to be locked up, Su Tartar couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, you have no right to ......"

"This is Yuan Zhao, when my younger brother is sure that his life is safe, the king will come and argue with me about whether I have the right or not!" Chu Lingzhao was extremely tough, and his face sank like a storm rolling dark clouds, but he couldn't clash with Chu Lingzhao head-on at this time, so he could only raise his hand to let those Hu people calm down and not mess around.

As soon as he calmed down the emotions of those people, he suddenly withdrew his hand, and unexpectedly heard Chu Lingzhao say again: "Princess Fangcai and the two maids sacrificed blood to the warriors of the nobles, if I remember correctly, the Marquis of Xiaoyao also drank the jar of wine, and asked the princess and the two maids to stay in the palace for the time being, and don't walk around at will." ”

Kutar: "......"

Isn't that bowl of wine that you fucking want to drink? And now there is still a face to suspect that we are poisoned? You took advantage of the co-authorship, and the truth is still yours?

Suddenly, an old face twitched, choked by the young emperor's righteousness, and he didn't dare to refute it again, so as not to provoke him to do something even more shameless.

As a result, Kutar also recognized a reality, this life-and-death situation could not continue.

Seeing Hu He being escorted away by those Royal Forest Soldiers, a dark killing intent flashed in his eyes.

This waste can't be kept!

Chu Huai'an was rushed to the Tai Hospital, and the Imperial Forest Army surrounded the Tai Hospital, ensuring that not even a single fly could fly in.

The imperial doctor of Tai Hospital was shocked by this battle and broke out in a cold sweat, and then tremblingly gathered in front of Chu Huai'an and began to diagnose the pulse.

The poison in Chu Huai'an is very weird, and it has never appeared in Yuanzhao before.

Except for the mouthful of black blood he spit out, the pulse is no different from a normal person, and if there is anything wrong with this pulse, there is only one explanation for the disobedience of water and soil.

This is the diagnosis given by the Tai Hospital when Chu Huaian first returned to Beijing.

But now the facts tell them that the diagnosis was wrong.

When Chu Lingzhao stepped into the gate of the Tai Hospital, this group of Tai Doctors was still flipping through the medical books.

It's so strange, how can there be such poison in this world?

"How? What kind of poison is in the heart? ”

Chu Lingzhao asked in a deep voice, and strode to the side of the bed, Chu Huai'an was still unconscious, his face was a little pale, and fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead, it didn't look like the situation was very good.

A few imperial doctors, you look at me, I look at you, no one dared to open their mouths to respond, Chu Lingzhao's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked up at several imperial doctors: "Didn't you hear my words?" ”

Several imperial doctors immediately knelt down, and finally Gao Dahai was pushed out, and stammered: "Go back...... Back to Your Majesty! The poison in the Hou Ye is a little strange, and the ministers are ...... The ministers have not yet diagnosed what the poison in the Hou Ye is. ”

As soon as the words fell, a playful smile appeared on Chu Lingzhao's face, and the smile was extremely cold, like sharp ice cubes, wrapped in cold air and piercing into people's flesh and skin.

Gao Dahai hurriedly lowered his head and slammed on the ground, and several other people also fell to the ground, not daring to speak.

"How many Aiqing want to lie on the ground and pretend to be quails like this? Do you want someone to build you a nest? Chu Lingzhao sneered coldly, and his heart was also anxious and angry.

If he wants to keep Lu Ji, he can sacrifice Su Li, but he can't move Chu Huai'an.

The will that was rumored before has not yet been found, and if Chu Huai'an has an accident at this time, there will definitely be many people in the court who will think that he secretly poisoned Chu Huai'an.

He is so intolerant, how can any minister dare to serve him wholeheartedly in the future?

The first emperor destroyed the Gu family, and poisoned the old Xiaoyaohou, the queen mother poisoned An Wuwu just in case, the bad consequences of what these two people did have gradually emerged, and he must not follow in their footsteps!

As a monarch, he has never relied on iron-blooded suppression, but to distinguish between right and wrong, and to give both grace and might!

"The subordinates are incompetent!"

Several imperial doctors replied stubbornly, in the Tai Hospital over the years, they have also treated headaches and brain fever for the royal family and recuperated their bodies, but there is really not much research on this aspect.

"Incompetent?" Chu Lingzhao got up and brushed his sleeves: "It's really incompetent!" I see that Yue Zhao resigned and left this hospital back then, it was not all unreasonable! ”

Yue Zhao is Yue Yan's grandfather, and because he was not used to seeing the officialdom, he resigned and left the Tai Hospital to become a military doctor.

He is now posthumously named a medical saint, and his legendary medical skills and courage are widely spread among the people.

The faces of everyone in the Tai Hospital were hot, and they lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to respond.

They can't count on the critical moment, even if Chu Lingzhao asks for their heads, they have nothing to say.

The more silent these people were, the more angry Chu Lingzhao's heart became, and he turned his head to look at Gao Dahai: "Gao Aiqing, didn't you say before that you were Yue Zhao's disciple?" Do you think what I said makes sense? ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Gao Dahai hurriedly agreed, his chubby body was almost completely attached to the ground, out of a strong desire to survive, after a while, he cautiously tested: "Your Majesty, this poison is weird, and the incompetence of the ministers has never been seen, but if it is related to the Hu people, you might as well ask the county lord of Renxian to come and take a look, after all, she is the granddaughter of her teacher, and she has been at the border, she is well-informed, maybe there is a solution." ”

A group of imperial doctors who are over half a hundred years old finally have to rely on a young and weak woman to solve the siege, which is really embarrassing and embarrassing!

"Imperial Doctor Gao's words are too exaggerated, the county lord of Renxian is only in his twentieth year this year, how can he ......" The head of the courtyard, who has always been arrogant on weekdays, opened his mouth to obstruct it, and was restrained by Chu Lingzhao's eye knife.

"Please come here!"

Chu Lingzhao ordered coldly, and the palace people immediately ran out.

Chu Ling Zhaofu sat down again, his eyes sweeping over these people inch by inch like a knife.

"The original intention of the establishment of the Tai Hospital is that the ancestors in order to promote medicine, the people who can enter the Tai Hospital, all of them are highly skilled, with the virtue of benevolence to help the world, and the character is outstanding, and now it has been passed down from generation to generation, but it is not as good as some doctors in the people who can treat all kinds of incurable diseases, some time ago, Mrs. Zhaoling had a small wind and cold that dragged on for several months and was not cured, you Aiqing can have self-reflection on that person?"

Chu Lingzhao's voice was very low, the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital generally do not participate in politics, and they have no sense of existence when they stand in the corner of the court on weekdays, if it weren't for this kind of thing today, Chu Lingzhao probably wouldn't have felt the decline of the Tai Hospital so deeply.

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's foreheads, and they didn't dare to respond, Chu Lingzhao's gaze fell lightly on the head of the courtyard.

"Today's matter is very important, everyone is suspected of murdering Xiaoyaohou, from now on, until the case is clarified, you Aiqing are not allowed to step out of here!"

This is to suspect that the Tai Hospital has Hu Ren's meticulous work, and to purge the Tai Hospital!

Everyone's hearts were shocked, and they all realized the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly spoke: "The ministers are loyal to the Lord, and they dare not make any difference, please Your Majesty to be clear!" ”

These are all official words on the face, Chu Lingzhao didn't hear it, he only looked at the head of the hospital who wanted to stop it and said: "Today, Xiaoyao Hou was poisoned, everyone in the Tai Hospital was helpless, and the head of the hospital had no way to manage it, and he was not qualified for the position of the head of the hospital. ”

In a word, he was dismissed from the post of head of the hospital.

The head of the courtyard is over seventy years old, his hair is gray, and when he heard Chu Lingzhao's words, his beard trembled with anger, but he still had to kowtow and thank him: "Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers obey the order!" ”

As soon as his head hit the ground, Yue Yan hurriedly stepped into the house under the guidance of the palace people.

"Yue Yan meets ......"

"Excuse me!"

Before Yue Yan could salute, Chu Lingzhao stepped forward and pulled Yue Yan to the bedside: "Check the pulse first." ”

Since Chu Lingzhao sent palace people to take Su Zhan away, Yue Yan's heart was a little panicked, and now when he saw Chu Huai'an lying unconscious on the bed, he knew that the situation was serious, but he didn't know what happened to the general and Ah Li now.

Worried in her heart, she didn't dare to ask casually, took a deep breath, lifted her skirt and sat on the edge of the bed, grabbed Chu Huai'an's hand and began to check the pulse.

As soon as the green white fingertips were placed, Yue Yan's brows furrowed.

"How?" Chu Lingzhao asked with concern, and Yue Yan replied truthfully: "Hou Ye's pulse is a little strange. After speaking, he didn't say anything more, and continued to diagnose the pulse, Chu Lingzhao also suppressed his temper and didn't ask any more questions.

The people kneeling on the ground are still a little unconvinced, and the pulse is a little strange, this kind of talk is obviously fooling people, and they have the ability to say that they are ugly!

After finishing the pulse, Yue Yan opened Chu Huai'an's mouth again to check, just glanced at it, and unconsciously wondered.

As soon as his voice fell, without waiting for Chu Lingzhao to ask, he consciously opened his mouth to explain: "Master Hou has a wound in his mouth, it seems that he deliberately bit it himself." ”

Deliberately biting his tongue himself.

Only Gao Dahai felt that this sentence was somewhat familiar, as if not long ago, there was such a person who used this trick.

Chu Lingzhao's face was tense as if it had been carved out by a knife, he understood that Chu Huai'an's poisoning was real, but the vomiting of blood should be to cover the arrow that Su Li shot.

Stir up the scene and don't give Hu Ren a chance to play on the topic.

"I heard that Hou Ye has been drinking medicine for a few days after returning to Beijing, can you let me see the medicine residue?"

Yue Yan asked, Chu Lingzhao looked at the palace people, and after a while, someone immediately came in with the medicine residue, Yue Yan picked up the medicine residue and put it on the tip of his nose to identify it carefully.

"These dregs are all to regulate the spleen and stomach and refresh, harmless to the body of the Hou Ye, but it is not beneficial to the poison in the Hou Ye, this poison is very strange, in the early stage, the poisoned person will be weak and weak, and become more and more sleepy, after the drowsiness period, the poisoned person will gradually itch, if there are thousands of insects crawling and gnawing in the body, the later stage will corrode the bone marrow of the person, and the person will die of pain, and finally turn into a puddle of rancid flesh!"

Everyone was shocked and suspicious, on the one hand, they were surprised that Yue Yan really knew the origin of this poison, and on the other hand, they wondered if what she said was true.

If there is really such a powerful poison, who poisoned Hou Ye, and how to detoxify it?

"How can I solve this poison?" Chu Lingzhao is the one who is most concerned about this issue now.

Yue Yan shook his head: "I only saw him mention this poison in my grandfather's codex, it comes from the Hu people, he spent a long time developing an antidote to this poison, but he has not succeeded, only developed a pill that can inhibit the poison, but this pill must be taken once every two months." ”

"Would you make this medicine?"

"I haven't done it, but I can try."

It's better to try than not to know anything!

"Everyone obeys the order, from now on, all the doctors and palace people in the Tai Hospital will obey the dispatch of the county lord of Renxian, and no one else is allowed to enter and leave the Tai Hospital without permission!"

"Yes!"

The fat man who picked up a life promised loudly, and he was not at all dissatisfied with being crushed by a little woman younger than him.

Healers are great at saving people, regardless of age and gender, those who can save people are teachers.

Sure that Chu Huai'an had no worries about his life for the time being, Chu Lingzhao was about to leave, and everyone was about to shout to see off His Majesty, when they saw him turn around and return, and the words that came to his mouth were stuck in his throat.

Chu Lingzhao didn't do anything else, and reached out to pick up the fat Gao Imperial Doctor.

The senior imperial doctor, who was caught off guard by fate and grabbed the back of his neck, panicked: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty? ”

What's going on? Didn't he propose to let the county lord of Renxian come over and save the life of the Hou Ye? Isn't this time to reward him?

"Go to the prison with me!"

“……”

Your Majesty, even if the minister is useless, he is absolutely innocent!

Chu Lingzhao personally took Gao Dahai to the heavenly prison to see Lu Ji, Lu Ji was seriously injured, and the palace people who came with him opened a few medical boxes and put them neatly on the ground, and Gao Dahai cut Lu Ji's clothes, revealing the bloody wounds on his body.

The heart shield that was originally attached to his chest was deformed by a kick by Brown Luo, and was later cut by Hu He's knife, but fortunately it was not a fatal injury.

Gao Dahai sweated profusely to help Lu Ji clean up his wounds, looking at this bloody scene, he was still a little unbearable, and kept muttering in his mouth: "General, bear with me, I'm going to start taking medicine, it may hurt a little." ”

After speaking, he sprinkled the medicine powder to stop bleeding and reduce inflammation on Lu Ji's wound, and Lu Ji didn't even frown.

It's really strange, when he helped Lord Guogong treat old injuries and put the medicine powder on, a strong man like the old Guogong gritted his teeth and snorted.

Afraid of a misdiagnosis, Gao Dahai asked softly: "General Lu, don't you feel pain?" Is there anything else hurt? ”

"It's okay, Gu Jiong's sword is smeared with anesthetic, so the imperial doctor can take the medicine."

“……”

Lu Ji said in a dumb voice, Gao Dahai was speechless, and after a while, he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "These Hu people are so fucking shameless!" ”

This scolding is taken for granted, completely ignoring the heart shield on the ground, which is also used to cheat.

Lu Ji didn't say anything, leaned against the wall with his eyes closed slightly, and let Gao Dahai help him bandage his wounds, he was extremely tired and hadn't recovered yet.

After the bandage, Gao Dahai was very discerning and ready to leave, retreating to the door, Lu Jifu opened his eyes again: "Your Majesty, can you let the imperial doctor go and help Gu Jiong diagnose and treat?" ”

He insisted on calling Hu He's real name, and his tone was flat, but he didn't make a humble plea.

Before Chu Lingzhao could speak, the little fat left on Gao Dahai's face trembled.

My good man, that person is a monster who kills people without blinking, wouldn't it be unjust if he was stabbed to death by some secret weapon during the treatment?

"His name is Hu He now, he is a warrior of the Hu people, and he almost killed my general in the town a quarter of an hour ago, what reason do I have to let Yuanzhao's imperial doctor treat him?"

Chu Lingzhao asked coldly, as a king, he had more important things to do, and he couldn't do things with emotion like Lu Ji.

"He may know the intentions of the Hu people to come to Beijing, and His Majesty can spare his life."

"There are many torture methods in Dali Temple, why didn't I torture him to extract a confession, but treat him so favorably? Just between his words, he had long been disappointed in Yuan Zhao! ”

A person who has long been disappointed in the Yuanzhao royal family and just wants to overthrow this dynasty, for Chu Lingzhao, it is just a hidden danger that will be detonated without knowing when, there is no need for him to stay and bring any shock to this royal family.

Lu Ji knew what was hidden behind Chu Lingzhao's words, and after a little thought, he spoke calmly: "Your Majesty, he is not afraid of death, nor is he afraid of any punishment. ”

Gu Jiong is Gu Yunxiu's son, and many of the torture instruments existing in the prison of Dali Temple are toys he used when he was a child.

Gu Ji is not afraid of death, on the contrary, Chu Lingzhao should be afraid of him death.

An Wuwu was inconvenient to go out when he was ten years old, and it can be seen from Li Yong's roster that An Wuwu only started planning the palace chaos three years ago.

If An Wuwu colluded with the Hu people earlier, through what channel did he reach a consensus with Kutar? How did Kutar understand the discord between the An family and the royal family, so as to trust and support An Wuwu to secretly plan everything?

These things are extremely scary to think about.

And the only person who meets this key hub is Gu Jiong.

Gu Jiong's background and intelligence made him know everything about Yuanzhao, the secrets of the imperial family, the correspondence between Kyoto and the border gates, and the deployment of troops in the imperial city were all within his control.

If he took the initiative to surrender to Kutar, it would be tantamount to sending a living map of Yuanzhao to Kutar.

As long as five years, it is enough for Kutar Kyoto to plant countless nails, and some people even infiltrated the harem of the court.

No one knows where these eyes are hidden, peeking into the operation of the entire dynasty.

Hu Tartar swaggered into Beijing with a group of envoys, but they did not have a half-star understanding of his intentions, if he put all the nails in operation at that time, Yuan Zhaoguo may be in a catastrophe!

Chu Lingzhao rushed to see Lu Ji at such an urgent moment for this, he pondered with a stiff face, and on his shoulders was the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and countless Li people.

If you make a mistake, you will be bleeding!

"Are you sure you can get him to speak?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, he needed a definite and firm answer.

"Frankly, the minister is not sure." Lu Ji replied truthfully, after taking the medicine, the numbness of the wound gradually subsided, and the pain woke up a little bit, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and continued with the pain: "But as long as Your Majesty can ensure his safety, many people will be fished out, Gu Ji's mouth is not easy to open, but those people's mouths can be pried open." ”

Just like Chu Lingzhao arranged for the envoys to live in Anjia, if you want to fish, you always need bait.

"I see."

Chu Lingzhao nodded, he had already made a decision in his heart, and turned around to leave, Lu Ji got up with his shoulders and knelt down with difficulty: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to ask for." ”

"What?"

"Please Your Majesty bring Ah Zhan to the prison, the minister will explain a few words to him, and then His Majesty can take him to see Gu Jiong, if ......" Lu Ji paused, Xu because of the shoulder injury, and Xu because of the pain in his heart that he couldn't explain to others, the words behind him became difficult to speak: "If Ah Zhan asks, Gu Ji may speak." ”

"He has the blood of the Gu family in him?"

Chu Lingzhao was keenly aware of the connection, and Lu Ji nodded.

Chu Lingzhao immediately asked the palace people to pick up Su Zhan over, it didn't take long to go back and forth, Chu Lingzhao simply didn't leave, and the jailer had the foresight to bring a Taishi chair to the prison and let him sit down.

Retreating from others, Chu Lingzhao began to ask questions.

"Back then, the first emperor sent people to destroy the Gu family?"

"Yes."

"Why did Gu Ji survive?"

Most of the secret guards that Chu Lingzhao uses now were left to him by the first emperor, and he knew very well the strength of those secret guards, if the first emperor wanted to destroy the Gu family's mouth, then the Gu family should never have orphans to live, such a hidden danger was really terrifying.

"The slaves of the Gu family desperately escorted Gu Zhi and fled to the border pass, Lord Gu had taken care of my mother a lot in Beijing, and my father took them in."

In fact, the situation at that time was that the secret guards had chased to the city gate, and those house slaves were killed at the city gate before they had time to knock on the city gate, Gu Zhi was covered in blood and carried Gu Li on his back, thinking that he would definitely die, and Gu Li, who had been burning for several days and was unconscious, seemed to be aware of the danger and cried incessantly.

The officers and soldiers defending the city were alarmed, as if arranged by heaven's will, and Lu Xiao happened to patrol the city to the city gate that night.

He didn't recognize the identities of these two children, but he subconsciously protected the weak.

The dark guard had to reveal his identity, saying that he had been ordered by the emperor to ask for the lives of the two children, Lu Xiao was shocked at first, but soon understood that the identity had occurred, and he took the two children and gave the secret guard two choices, either to attack and kill the two children, or to go back and restore his life, and tell the first emperor that the Gu family was destroyed.

At that time, Lu Xiao had thousands of soldiers guarding the border pass in his hands, and there were only ten secret guards, so they couldn't be defeated, so the two children survived like this.

"Gu Ji is very smart and hardworking, I practice martial arts with him every day, just like my father's right-hand man, in fact, he is more suitable than me for the position of general in the town, my father originally wanted him to change his name and surname to re-enter the court, but he was unwilling."

At that time, Gu Jiong experienced the changes of being destroyed, and he also saw the unspeakable misery of the people in the border pass being oppressed by the Hu people, although he dispelled the idea of returning to Beijing to take revenge, and was willing to follow Lu Xiao in the army to guard the peace of the border pass, it was also to repay Lu Xiao's life-saving grace, not to serve the Yuanzhao royal family.

The Gu family is gone, and the concepts of loyalty and patriotism that Gu Zhi has learned since childhood are all gone.

He will no longer submit to the feet of the king, that is the trampling of the soul of the Gu family!

"According to you, he grew up in the border barracks and didn't have the idea of rebellion, so why ......?"

"Because of the war five years ago."

Lu Ji looked directly into Chu Lingzhao's eyes and said, his eyes quickly swept over the sword light and sword shadow of that big battle.

It was Lu Ji's battle of the gods, and it was also his first major battle after taking over as the general of the town.

That year, the first emperor was terminally ill and became more and more confused.

That year, the commander of the Saibei Hussar Army was still Marshal Zhao.

That year was only the second year that Lu Xiao returned to the field, and there was a severe drought in the north, and there was no rain for half a year.

Due to the serious drought, the life of the Hu people is becoming more and more difficult, and there are many places where the old and the young are killed and cannibalism to satisfy their hunger, and the border pass where Lu Ji is stationed is also seriously affected, as this year, the relief food of the imperial court has not yet arrived, and the people in the city are panicking, Lu Ji has not yet been able to take charge of the situation alone, and he does not know that the Hu people have been cornered, and they are eyeing this border town.

To this day, Lu Ji can't figure out whether the city was mixed with the meticulous work of the Hu people at that time.

The refugees in the city rose up to rebel, Lu Ji led the troops to suppress it, Gu Li was already pregnant with Liujia at that time, he asked Gu Ji to take care of her, Lu Ji didn't expect that this departure was goodbye.

In order to stabilize the order, he sent out one-third of the troops, and when he suppressed the rebellion, he took away one-third of the troops, and there were not many people left in the city, he didn't know how many people the Hu people sent to attack the city, and he didn't know if Gu Zhi could withstand it.

After the wolf smoke rose, Lu Ji's vision was only red, the tip of his nose was a strong smell of blood that could not be dispersed, and the corpse was bubbling with blood under his feet.

He never knew that the journey back to the city would be so long.

It's so long that it never seems to end.

It took him a day and a night to return to the city with his troops, the city was broken, but the Hu people did not continue to attack, they just robbed the city of grain and grass, and innocent young women.

Gu Ji and Gu Li were not there, and at that moment, Lu Ji already had a faint uneasy conjecture.

After the Gu family was wiped out, Gu Jiong's temperament actually became extremely cold, and he was only most concerned about Gu Li's safety.

The Hu people attacked the city, even if they couldn't defend the city gate, Gu Zhi would protect Gu Li, but Gu Li was not there, then there were only two possibilities, one was that Gu Li was captured by the Hu people, and Gu Zhi went to save her, and the other was that Gu Ji was captured by the Hu people, and Gu Li had nowhere to hide and was arrested by the Hu people.

Either way, it was a disaster for both of them.

Outside the border pass is a large desert, if you go deep into the territory of the Hu people, it is very likely to be besieged by the Hu people, if you want to save people, you must find those people before they return to their own territory.

Lu Ji led a team of elite soldiers to track the traces of the Hu people's garrison for a full month, and finally found their camp before the Hu people's territory.

However, it was actually the Hu people's golden cicada shell plan, they had already left, but they left behind the camp and a dozen or so people who were sent to death.

When Lu Ji arrived, the dozen or so people were pressing the abducted women to vent to their heart's content, those women were crying and screaming, Lu Ji led the troops to rush out and kill all the ten or so Hu people.

Lu Ji was the first to storm into the tent of the Hu Ren commander, where he met his wife, whom he hadn't seen for a month.

She was tied to the bed in a very humiliating position, her thin white throat was cut alive, and the red blood soaked almost the entire bed, but her hands were still protecting her bulging belly.

Her hair was scattered, and her body was dirty, everything showed what kind of nightmare she had experienced before her death, Lu Ji stepped forward step by step, probed her nose without giving up, and then shook her hand to brush away the wet messy hair on her forehead, his eyes swept over her slender eyebrows inch by inch, and her well-behaved nose, little by little to confirm that she was his Ah Li, the wife he wanted to protect for the rest of his life.

Lu Ji was only twenty-one years old that year, he grew up with Lu Xiao in the border pass, he had seen many battles large and small, and killed a lot of people, but it was the first time that he had such a deep and painful understanding of death.

Lying in front of him was her wife, who was dead, and would never be behind him from now on, never tirelessly talking and chatting with him, and would never call her husband again.

Ah Li.

He called out in his heart, and his hand slid to her desperately protected abdomen, trying to interlock his fingers with her again, but his palm suddenly felt a touch.

Like the countless times in the past few months, when she held her hand and felt the fetal movement, he felt the fresh life in her womb.

Lu Ji suddenly withdrew his hand and took two steps back, the blood on his face faded, and his body even shook twice, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.

He stared at the bulging belly with wide eyes, like looking at a terrible monster.

It must be an illusion!

It's the delusion that he is crazy!

How could that kid still be alive?!

He turned around and was about to flee, but his body seemed to be nailed there by an invisible force, and the delicate and shy voice seemed to be heard in his ears again.

"Husband, who do you think our children will be like in the future? If only it were like you! ”

"Husband, I'm really looking forward to the birth of the baby, my brother is too serious, and after the baby is born, let him take the baby and he will not be so lonely. Moreover, then I can have a lot of time to spend with my husband, help him have a lot of children, and let them share their worries when they grow up! ”

She liked him so much, and she liked their child so much, until the last moment of her life, and tried her best to protect the child in her womb from any harm.

Lu Ji finally walked back.

He didn't remember how he picked up the knife, or how he cut open his swollen belly and dug out the bloody child.

The moment the child cried, he fell to his knees.

His body was completely weakened because of the pain in his heart, he grabbed Gu Li's hand with all his last strength and touched Su Zhan's cheek, and whispered very softly: "Ah Li, look, this is our child!" ”

This is our child, the child you are ten months pregnant, full of anticipation.

You open your eyes and look at him, okay?

Just at a glance......

Lu Ji didn't find Gu Jiong in the barracks that day, and he never saw Gu Ji again, he subconsciously thought that Gu Jiong was dead.

I didn't expect to see him again in the game of life and death five years later.

This is a long story, and Chu Lingzhao didn't speak for a long time after listening to it.

He can't blame Lu Xiao for disobeying the emperor's order and leaving Gu Zhi without authorization, because the original sin of the whole thing is the first emperor, if it weren't for the first emperor who was narrow-minded and brutalized Zhongliang, the Gu family would not have ended up like this.

Just like the palace turmoil, he can't completely blame An Wuwu for rebellion, because the Queen Mother and the first emperor were unrighteous first, the first emperor made the An family full of loyal martyrs, and the queen mother made the descendants of the An family a waste.

This is the coldness and indifference of the royal family, and these causes and effects will eventually be repaid in a cycle on those who follow.

"Your Majesty, Young Master Su has arrived!"

The palace man whispered outside the cell, Chu Lingzhao nodded, got up and walked out of the cell, stopped at the door, and looked sideways to promise Lu Ji: "As long as Gu Ji speaks, I will rehabilitate the Gu family and spare his life." ”

After speaking, he left, leaving the space to Lu Ji and Su Zhan.

"Daddy!"

Su Zhan rushed into the cell, and the panic that had been suppressed for a long time came to his heart, and Douda's tears immediately kept rolling down like a broken bead curtain.

Lu Ji raised his hand and hugged him into his arms, and the day's wounded muscles and bones finally had a sense of reality.

"Daddy, I'm so scared, woo, don't you have anything to do, let's go back, okay?"

Su Zhan cried, after all, he was only five and a half years old, he was an extremely fragile child who needed to be protected, and he really frightened him today.

Lu Ji gently patted his head to soothe his emotions, and the freshly bandaged shoulder was oozing blood again, soaked in gauze.

Su Zhan turned his head just to see it, and hurriedly got out of his arms, sobbing and speaking: "I...... I won't cry anymore, dad, don't move, ...... Bleeding again! ”

Su Zhan said desperately trying to restrain himself, but tears welled up even more happily.

"Ah Zhan, you are very brave."

Lu Ji praised and changed his hand to help him wipe away his tears, this was the first time he praised Su Zhan so bluntly, but Su Zhan didn't feel happy at all.

He wasn't brave at all, he was going to be scared to death.

"Ah Zhan, next Dad is going to tell you something, and then you go to see someone for Daddy, okay?"

"See whom?"

"A person who is very close to you, you can call him uncle."