"The young marshal ordered me to escort the two to Changjie. Just ......"

Bai Qiaoxuan's heart tugged up again and asked, "Just what?" ”

Shi Fei said in a deep voice: "Cheng Jiang bit his tongue and committed suicide after being arrested. ”

Bai Qiaoxuan thought that something had happened to his own people, but when he said this, a hanging heart fell to the ground. After Shi Fei left, Bai Qiaoxuan asked the military doctor guarding them about Wu Kui's injury, and when he heard that Wu Kui's right arm needed to be amputated because of a festering wound, his heart that had just landed hung again, how could a person like Wu Kui be arrogant and arrogant to endure the humiliation of this broken arm...... It's a pity that the matter has come to this point, and all he can do is try his best to comfort him.

Seeing that he was tired, the military doctor said: "You shouldn't think too much, the first time you listen to the sound at such a close distance, your eardrums and head are damaged, it's better to rest in peace." ”

Bai Qiaoxuan sighed secretly, in order to have the strength to deal with Lu Jingwu, he should still listen to the words of the military doctor and recuperate calmly......

Three days later, Bai Qiaoxuan was directly taken to Changjie's viewing platform, Lu Jingwu was very enthusiastic to help Bai Qiaoxuan, who saluted him, and praised: "After being chased by Qu Li's 8,000 men and horses for a day and a night, he can still stand here safe and sound, Vice General Bai is really brave and invincible!" ”

"The young marshal praised it, Qiao Xuan was able to return safely, thanks to General Shi's timely arrival." Saying that, Bai Qiaoxuan set his eyes on Shi Fei, Shi Fei was like a man, he subconsciously looked at Lu Jingwu, and reluctantly smiled at Bai Qiaoxuan, "If it weren't for General Bai's proper command, fighting bravely to kill the enemy while preserving his strength, Shi Fei would really be dead." ”

Bai Qiaoxuan returned his gaze to Lu Jingwu, it happened that Lu Jingwu was also looking at him, both of them smiled faintly, Lu Jingwu said: "We are not gathered here today to discuss crimes, but to observe punishments. Qu Li colluded with Cheng Jiang to rebel, was heinous, and should have been sentenced to Ling Chi's capital punishment, but Cheng Jiang was dead, and the capital punishment that should have been placed on him was suffered by his son. The family members of the two and the servants in the house all showed their heads to the public. The two accomplices, all those of grade were shot and dealt with, and the rest of the soldiers and the people of Qifeng and Changjie were solved with a fire. ”

Bai Qiaoxuan originally listened calmly to Lu Jingwu's execution plan, but when he heard the word "people", he was stunned and couldn't help asking: "I can understand other people's punishments, but why do you want to burn the city and execute the people?" What are they guilty of? ”

Lu Jingwu said coldly: "They pay taxes for the anti-thieves, and the military expenses of the anti-thieves are all supported by them, what do you say they are guilty of?" ”

Bai Qiaoxuan had never heard of such a ridiculous statement, and he didn't find the words to refute him for a while, he thought for a while and said: "Qu Li does collect taxes by himself in Qifeng, but Changjie is not, Changjie's military is uniformly deployed by the Jindu Armaments Division, according to the young marshal, the people of Puxin Prefecture are Cheng Jiang's accomplices. ”

Lu Jingwu was speechless for a while, he stared at Bai Qiaoxuan's eyes with a cruel look, as if he was going to burn him, "Okay, in this way, Vice General Bai also feels that Qi Feng's people are not innocent, so let Chang Jie go and burn Qi Feng." Execute! ”

"Wait!" Bai Qiaoxuan shouted, stopped the soldiers who were about to call Qi Feng, and said to Lu Jingwu: "Young Marshal, this war has not burned Tongyi, if you burn Qi Feng, it will inevitably put the Xu family in danger, in order to avoid rekindling the war, please think twice." ”

Lu Jingwu snorted coldly, "The Qu family has been brought down by me, am I still afraid that his Xu family will not succeed?" Execute! ”

Bai Qiaoxuan shouted again: "Stop! ”

Lu Jingwu pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, "Bai Qiaoxuan! Do you think I dare not kill you after repeatedly disobeying my orders? ”

It wasn't until this moment that Bai Qiaoxuan understood his intentions, he didn't want to kill the people in the two places at all, the person he really wanted to kill was himself. He first instructed Shi Fei to delay the rescue for a day, and then put on a posture of going against the sky, all in order to take his own life.

The atmosphere was as condensed to the extreme as that autumn day two years ago, Bai Qiaoxuan looked at the people on the execution platform, although there were also people who were not Lu Jingwu, but they might not be against Lu Jingwu for themselves.

Just when he thought he was cornered, a few whistles broke the dead silence here, more than a dozen cars drove into the execution ground, and a middle-aged man with an aura like Funka stepped out of the third car. Lu Jingwu panicked in his heart, and his hands were relieved, and he only knew how to call people, "Gu ...... Uncle Gu...... How did you get here? ”

Gu Huaijue glanced at the gun in Lu Jingwu's hand, and said with a faint smile: "Naturally, I came to celebrate the young marshal." Why, the young marshal doesn't welcome me? ”

Lu Jingwu nodded with a reluctant smile, and shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, of course Jingwu welcomes Uncle Gu......"

Gu Huaijue pretended to turn around casually, and looked at the people who were tied up with five flowers with a puzzled face, "Why hasn't this been executed yet?" I thought that by the time I arrived, the young marshal should have finished his work. ”

Lu Jingwu walked out from the initial surprise of seeing Gu Huaijue, and hurriedly ordered the people around him, "Execution, execution, hurry up and execute!" ”

The howls of ghosts and wolves and the sound of gunfire are intertwined, and this place is a hell on earth. Even these people on the stage who are accustomed to life and death are reluctant to take another look.

When all these urging voices disappeared, Gu Huaijue spoke, "Let's go, let's go to the celebration banquet." ”

Lu Jingwu just wanted to go out with Gu Huaijue, but saw that his footsteps were stagnant, and he seemed to have something to say, "But there is one person who is not qualified to participate in the celebration banquet," Gu Huaijue looked at Shi Fei and said loudly: "Shi Fei drank and had fun during the march, and delayed the fighter plane, causing fifty-eight soldiers of the Heavenly Army to die on the battlefield. ”

Before the words fell, Shi Fei had already fallen to the ground. Gu Huaijue put away his spear and ordered his entourage to the left and right, "Carry his body away and dispose of it with the corpse of the thief." ”

Lu Jingwu and Bai Qiaoxuan looked at Shi Fei who was blind, and then retracted their gaze together, and left this place of right and wrong with Gu Huaijue......

Overseer's Office Inside the Overseer's office

Yang Hao said: "Overseer, Governor Gu is here. ”

Lu Tiansheng hurriedly put down the official document in his hand and asked Yang Hao to invite Gu Huaijue in, Yang Hao closed the door casually and guarded the door.

Lu Tiansheng asked, "How is it?" ”

Gu Huaijue bowed, "Everything is going well." Sun Yi has taken over as the general of Zhennan. Shi Fei is dead, Wu'er didn't make any more trouble, and there was no movement on Bai Qiaoxuan's side. I don't know if he's too stupid or too smart. ”

Lu Tiansheng was clear, "He can think of using the matter of Qi Feng and Tongyi as a stepping stone to marry Xi'er, it can't be too dull." But he was too smart, and it made me feel uneasy. Say, "Should I marry Xi'er to him?" What would you do if it were you? ”

Gu Huaijue smiled and said: "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to use Yan'er's marriage as a bargaining chip to deal with the enemy, so this kind of thing, you better not discuss it with me, that's all I can do, and for the rest, you should discuss it with others." ”

Lu Tiansheng stopped him, "I'll discuss things with you, where are you going to get me?" ”

Gu Huaijue sighed: "The key to the matter is not how smart he is, but how smart he is, which is not within your control." ”

Lu Tiansheng suddenly brightened, "Yes, yes, as long as he, the Monkey King, can't escape from the palm of my Buddha, you really ......."

Before Lu Tiansheng finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the door, and as soon as Lu Tiansheng wanted to reprimand Yang Hao, the people outside the door broke in.

Lu Xi rushed to Lu Tiansheng angrily and yelled, "Why do you want to ignore Qiao Xuan's life and let the eldest brother push him into a corner?!" ”

Gu Huaijue hurriedly walked over and closed the door. Lu Tiansheng was suspicious, "Did Bai Qiaoxuan tell you?" ”

Lu Xi said with teary eyes: "He was dizzy and didn't have the strength to say a word to me, when I went to visit him at the Guangfeng Hotel, I listened to the guests' discussions, that Shi Fei is the eldest brother's person, it was the eldest brother who instructed him to come to Guanghui a day later!" ”

Lu Tiansheng frowned and said, "The people in the hotel are talking nonsense, do you believe it too?" My father has already checked this matter, and it is indeed Shi Fei's own opinion, and it has nothing to do with your eldest brother. ”

Lu Xi forced himself in front of his father, "The eldest brother has already admitted it, but you still don't admit it?" It was the eldest brother who told me personally, he wanted to put Qiao Xuan to death, and got your tacit approval, can this be fake? ”

Lu Tiansheng slapped the table angrily, "He is talking nonsense!" Father just wants to test Bai Qiaoxuan's ability to see if he is worthy of being my Lu Tiansheng's son-in-law, don't you believe you ask you Uncle Gu, did I arrange it like this? ”

Gu Huaijue stroked Lu Xi's shoulder and said, "Xi'er, don't be angry. Your father did arrange it like this, even if your eldest brother wanted Bai Qiaoxuan to die and refused to send someone to save him, your uncle would take someone to save him. ”

Lu Xiyan stopped, "oh", and said nothing more. She had nothing to say, but Lu Tiansheng had a lot of words waiting for her, "No rules!" I've really spoiled you on weekdays. Is the Overseer a place where you can break in? If you leak secrets, you won't have enough to cut off ten heads. ”

Lu Xi only wants to get justice for Bai Qiaoxuan, where did he want to get so many things? But this matter is indeed her own fault, she can only bow her head and mutter: "I was wrong......"

Lu Tiansheng said again: "Also, even if the truth is really as you heard, your eldest brother wanted to kill him, and his father acquiesced, what qualifications do you have to question us?" Don't forget, every inch and wisp you have now was given to you by me and your mother, not that Bai Qiaoxuan! What's wrong with your eldest brother, he is also the brother of your mother's compatriots, for the sake of a person with a foreign surname, you blame him so much, do you still have the heart to respect your brother at all?! ”

Lu Xi already knew that he was wrong, but when he heard his father say this, he felt that he was unreasonable, "Brother and brother Gong, since ancient times, there must be brothers and friends first, and then there is a brother and sister, when he wanted to kill my fiancé, did he ever think of me, a fellow sister?" Since he doesn't have me in his heart, why should I care about his face? I just want to know the truth, I don't want to dig deeper, you just protect him without distinguishing between right and wrong, is there only his son in your heart, not my daughter? Do you think that the daughter who marries out is just the water that is spilled, and I am an outsider to the Lu family? ”

Lu Tiansheng said with a cold face: "Whether you are an outsider to the Lu family depends on your own attitude. If you put the interests of the Lu family first in everything, you are naturally not an outsider. But if you stand on the side of someone with a foreign surname in trouble, then you are naturally an outsider. ”

Lu Xi asked: "Is it possible that there is only the interests of the Lu family in your heart, and there is no right or wrong?" ”

Lu Tiansheng said sharply: "There is nothing right or wrong in this world! You remember, the rules are always made by the king. What the king said is yes, yes! ”

Lu Xi was extremely disappointed in his heart, and retreated farther and farther away from Lu Tiansheng until he finally disappeared.

Gu Huaijue couldn't help but sigh: "Why do you have to say such heavy words to the child? ”

Lu Tiansheng replied helplessly: "No, how can she feel that only Zhi'er in the family is really good to her?" ”

"I understand that you want to get more support for Zhi'er, but you don't need to say such cruel things. Xi'er and Zhi'er are already intimate, even if Wu'er doesn't hurt Bai Qiaoxuan, Xi'er prefers Zhi'er's second brother. But you've pushed her away from you. ”

Lu Tiansheng said: "It's not that you haven't seen it, she only has that Bai Qiaoxuan in her heart now, how can she have my father?" In that case, why should I bother with a daughter who doesn't have me in her heart? It's better to push her farther away and let her help Zhi'er. ”

Gu Huaijue was very tired of his overcalculating, so he said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want." Wu'er and Bai Qiaoxuan, I have brought you back safely, and I will go back to Ningtai. Although Hong'er is very capable, he is still young, and there are so many things in the official office, I am afraid that he will not be able to cope with it. ”

Lu Tiansheng heard him mention his son, and sighed: "You said that why are you so good, you accidentally fell from the sky with a concubine, and gave birth to a capable son like Hong'er, but I don't even have a son who can take charge of himself." ”

Gu Huaijue frowned, and said angrily: "Can you speak?" ”

Lu Tiansheng softened, "You don't want me to mention Yiling's matter, I just don't mention it." Let's go, let's go, it's time for me to approve the official document......"

After Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing sent Lu Xi away, Tong Yuqing muttered: "The eldest brother hates you, the third brother and the fourth brother, I can understand it, because after all, you are from a half-mother, and you are his potential opponent. But Xi'er is from the same mother as him, and she is a younger sister, so she can't pose a threat to him at all, and can even be his best help, why doesn't he even care about Xi'er? ”

Qing Ziting looked lonely, and replied in a low voice: "Actually, the eldest brother was not like this at the beginning......"

Tong Yuqing asked thoughtfully, "He...... Was it stimulated by anything? ”

Qing Ziting nodded, and the two of them unconsciously walked into the back garden, the newly blooming begonia flowers, pink and white, beautiful clusters, Qing Ziting's eyes fell on the pink and tender, and the mood also brightened, "I remember when my father first took me and my mother into the house, my eldest brother treated me very well." Kong Rong only gave the big pears to his brother, but the eldest brother gave me all the pears. Because he remembers that pear water can give me a cough stop. When we played with tree stalks, he would give me the one that kept pulling and then complimented me on how smart and powerful I was. In the winter, Steward Qi forgot to send me and my mother charcoal fire and quilts, and after my mother said it once, what she sent was used charcoal ash and cotton. The eldest brother met him, sent him the best gold charcoal and quilts in the house, and beat Steward Qi so that he couldn't get off the ground for half a month, and his wife scolded him a lot for this. ”

Tong Yuqing saw him say, her eyes seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, and she comforted him softly, but it was really difficult for her to associate the person described by Qing Ziting with the person who scolded him for wild seeds as soon as she met him now, she felt that these were simply two completely different people!

"Later, the lady always came to trouble her mother, drove her as a servant, and tortured her mother in a different way."

Tong Yuqing felt strange, "What about your father?" Does he not care? ”

Qing Ziting replied: "At that time, my father was away all the year round, and he was almost not at home. ”

Tong Yuqing understood, Lu Tiansheng was not there, everything in the Overseer's Mansion was decided by Zhong Shunhua, and Qing Ziting's mother was like a fish and could only be slaughtered by her.

Qing Ziting said: "One morning, in order to take care of me who was sick, my mother did not go to my wife on time to say goodbye, and my mother said that my mother did not take her seriously, and my mother was quietly listening to her admonition, but she said that she would take me away, and my mother panicked and begged her not to take me away. You have also seen Madame, you should know that she has always been the same, she said that she wanted to take me away, how could my mother be able to stop her from interceding? ”

Tong Yuqing asked, "Then why did she not succeed?" ”

Qing Ziting took a deep breath and continued, "When my mother and wife were fighting for me, it happened that my father came back. Ben's eldest brother, who was admonishing his wife, hurriedly ran to his father and told him what had happened in the room. Unexpectedly, my wife went crazy, grabbed me by the throat and wanted to kill me, saying that my mother and I were both demons, and they were good at seducing people's souls, first my father, and then my eldest brother, all of whom were fascinated by us. Her father had a big fight with her, but the more this happened, the more she refused to let go. Seeing that I was about to be choked to death, my father also lost his mind, and held the eldest brother in his hand, just like a lady, holding me......"

Tong Yuqing seemed to have been choked by the throat and couldn't breathe. Qing Ziting also relieved for a while and said, "I still remember their conversation. The father said to his wife, "If you kill my child, I will kill your child as well." Mrs. said, Lu Jingzhi, who was born to Qingchen, is your child, and Wu'er, who I gave birth, is not your child? I could feel my wife shaking as she held my hand. I can also see that the eldest brother was pinched by his father and his face turned purple. ”

Tong Yuqing grabbed the fresh air in her mouth, suppressed her heart that was about to jump to her throat, and asked softly, "Then later, how did this matter end?" Neither your father nor Zhong Shunhua are people who will back down. ”

Qing Ziting's expression was no longer so nervous, "Fortunately, Uncle Gu and Uncle Gu came in time and ran to my father and wife to persuade them." Madame didn't listen to Uncle Gu's persuasion, and even scolded her, she slapped her, sobered up, and let me go. On the other side, Uncle Gu also took away his father's hand holding his eldest brother. After that, the eldest brother's temperament changed greatly, he no longer laughed, he no longer made trouble, and for a long time, he didn't even say a word. When I saw him again, he ......"

"He's starting to scold you for wild seeds?"

Qing Ziting shook his head, "No, he just completely ignored me, didn't call me brother like before, and didn't call me a wild seed like now." ”

Tong Yuqing asked, "Then when did he start to become what he is now?" ”

Qing Ziting narrowed his eyes, as if recalling, "Because of that great change, I hardly saw my eldest brother in the days that followed, so I also heard about it from others." When he was thirteen years old and I was seven years old, my wife took away a personal maid who had been serving my eldest brother. Madame seems to have made the maid a ...... Human. ”

Tong Yuqing was shocked, "People...... Human?! Is it the kind of capital punishment that Empress Lu used on Mrs. Qi back then? ”

Qing Ziting didn't answer, and Tong Yuqing sighed: "Mrs. Qi has a revenge for taking her husband and killing her son, so she was tortured like this by Empress Lu. What kind of mistake did that maid make to make Zhong Shunhua hate him so much?! ”

Qing Ziting shook his head, "I don't know." By the time I heard about it, it had been a long time coming. I'm just speculating that it's because of this incident that the eldest brother will become unrecognizable and become what you see now. ”

Tong Yuqing shuddered, and only heard Qing Ziting say: "These are also the reasons why no matter what my eldest brother does to me, I have never blamed him. ”

Tong Yuqing felt sad in her heart, Qing Ziting patted her shoulder, and said softly: "Ruojiao, I told you this today, I don't mean anything else, I just hope that in the future, you can treat your eldest brother more." ”

Tong Yuqing knew that Lu Jingwu didn't even care about his sister now, maybe he would bully himself one day, and Qing Ziting's worries were not unreasonable.

She looked at the pink begonia flowers and said, "Don't worry, I will." I won't embarrass you until I have to. ”

Qing Ziting smiled with relief and asked, "Do you want to visit Bai Qiaoxuan?" I'll go with you, so I can hide people's eyes. ”

His words turned too fast, Tong Yuqing didn't react for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he figured out why he said that, so he replied: "Okay." There are some things I should remind him of as well. ”

After the two went back to the room to change their clothes for going out, they went to the Guangfeng Hotel, and as soon as they arrived at the door of the hotel, they bumped into Lu Jingpeng who came out of it. Qing Ziting couldn't help asking, "Why did the third brother come to this Guangfeng Hotel?" ”

Lu Jingpeng asked angrily: "Can only the second brother and second sister-in-law come to this Guangfeng Hotel?" ”

Before Qing Ziting could figure out why he was so hostile to him, he saw that he left his sight without even saying hello.

Qing Ziting didn't understand, but Tong Yuqing knew it clearly, and now the news of Lu Jingwu and Bai Qiaoxuan's feud was overwhelming......