Near the East China Sea, in the capital of the Jin Kingdom, which has a pleasant climate, the kings of the Jin Kingdom who have pursued enjoyment for various generations have joined hands to build, and the luxury of its interior can be called the largest huge imperial garden in the south.

He sat on a chair covered with two layers of soft cushions, covered with a thick blanket, not to mention, there was a heating stove next to him, as far as he looked, at least in the cold winter, he could only see it outside, but now the season is only autumn, not to mention, within a hundred steps above the edge of this lake, it has maintained a temperature close to the beginning of summer all year round, why is it so cold?

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps across the grass in front of meadow, squirming, the pace of the person coming was very steady, but calm, there was a trace of excitement and eagerness, the closer you go, the faster you walk, obviously the mood of the person who came should be very urgent.

Gu Cang, who had been keeping his head down and squinting his eyes and napping, raised his head slowly and looked over after hearing the movement.

But when he saw that the person who came suddenly seemed to be stunned for a while, after stopping for a while, he hurriedly took two steps and stepped forward, but when he was only three steps away from Gu Cang who was sitting on the chair, he suddenly stopped again, this time, he did not step forward again, the expression on his face changed several times, he was surprised and confused, and he seemed to dare not recognize him at all.

In the end, it was Gu Cang who took the initiative to break the deadlock in front of him and said softly: "Xiao Xuan, you are finally here." ”

Gu Xuan's eyes widened, looking at the "person" in front of him whose eye sockets were pitch black, his cheeks were deep, his description was withered, and his whole body was estimated to be less than three taels of flesh, he walked up in three steps and two steps, his knees were weak, and he knelt down in front of him all of a sudden, this time, he suddenly saw the other party's tragic situation more realistically, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Second brother, you, you, you。。。。。。 ”

His heart was turbulent, a mess, and he had no thoughts, and after he shouted the word "you" three times in a row, he didn't know what to say next.

Gu Cang took out the hand that looked like a skeleton from under the blanket with great difficulty, and only had a layer of skin left, and gently placed it on Gu Xuan's head, stroking it gently, and a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying.

"The second brother is leaving. ”

Gu Xuan raised his head and looked at the other party, he didn't react at all for a while, but subconsciously asked, "Let's go, second brother, where are you going?"

The expression on Gu Cang's face was extremely calm, as if he had seen through everything, and he replied lightly, "I'm going to the place I came from." ”

Gu Xuan is a smart person, since he took the holy medicine of the merman clan, after opening the spiritual wisdom, he has a clear mind, he understands many things, but he is unwilling to drill more camps, just because he saw the second brother's terrible appearance for the first time, he was too shocked, his mind was buzzing, and he couldn't think about it, but now he just thought about it a little, and he knew what he meant.

"Second brother, why is it here!"

He doesn't understand, and he doesn't want to understand, although the whole capital knows that the prince is a sick man, weak since he was a child, extremely cold, even if it is a summer when ordinary people are so hot and sweaty, he often wears a thick cotton coat and a fox fur, but in the past ten years, he has not seen any other major problems, except for wearing thicker, he looks at it on weekdays, and there is no difference from normal people, and how long has it been since he left the capital, and in such a short period of time, what is it that can destroy a person into this shape。

Gu Cang shook his head gently, without any feeling of regret and nostalgia, and his tone was as calm as if he was not talking about his own business.

"This is a natural disease, it is God's destiny for me, it can't be cured, don't be sad, there is no banquet in the world, not to mention that everything I want to do has been done, before leaving, there are no regrets, compared to many people, God has treated me well. ”

There is no need to mention a suggestion from the merman clan, because that will only make the fifth brother who has just grown up in front of him more guilty and painful, although it can be used to continue to spur him, but once some pressure is given too much, after exceeding the upper line, it will crush a person, from this point of view, it is the same for anyone, but the amount that everyone can bear is different.

When Gu Xuan heard this, he couldn't hold back anymore, and burst into tears, the sorrow in his heart was really not enough for outsiders.

For him, Gu Cang is also a brother and a father, a teacher and a friend, in his heart, there are only two people with the highest status, one is a mother who has the grace of birth and nurturing, and the other is his second brother.

Because all along, he is the one who protects himself, he is the one who teaches himself, he is the one who tries to pave the way for himself, and he is the one who gives himself guidance at critical moments, and now that he is going to die, how can Gu Xuan not be sad, how can he not be confused?

Gu Cang looked at him, sighed softly, and said apologetically: "I also hurt you, for my own selfish desires, I turned you like this." ”

Since Gu Cang's life, he has had a great ideal that must be realized even if he exhausts his life.

Since he knew that he was terminally ill, he had indeed hesitated, confused, feared, suffered, scolded God, and hated everyone, but after he figured it out, he began to actively find and cultivate a person who could replace him and help him achieve his ideals.

That person is none other than his fifth brother, Gu Xuan, after choosing someone, he began to plan all day like a careerist, calculating this, calculating that, laying out everywhere, and falling, now everything is over, and in the past few days when he finally got free, he thought a lot alone.

Is it wrong to impose one's own ideals on others regardless of whether the other party wants to or not, and whether it is a great disaster if it is divorced from the innovation of the times, but when the wheel of history finally begins to roll forward, no one can stop it, even the person who pushed the car in the first place can no longer let it stop.

What's more, he Gu Cang is going to die, where can he care so much, the more at this time, the more ruthless and indifferent he becomes.

For example, tens of millions of people in Yanzhou, because of this war, they were displaced, and fled for their lives, how many people in Yanzhou died because of one of his ideas, how many families were broken, how many wives had no husbands, how many children had no fathers, and how much impact it would have in the future, and how many people would be changed their fate, which was not important to him.

Ci is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness is not in charge of money, to be an innovative person, he has to be a ruthless person, he has to first turn himself into a robot who will only execute orders according to the established plan, his heart is like steel, no matter who stands in his way, he can only swing a knife forward, this is the road he chooses, no matter how difficult it is, the only thing he can do is not to care too much about others, otherwise just a "ashamed" word is enough to kill him early.

It's just that after seeing this fifth brother today, he still can't help but feel a little guilty.

Not to mention that Gu Xuan ran around in danger for his own ideas, and he forcibly acted to change his fate, for him, whether it was good or bad, he didn't know, just looking at the dark blindfold on Gu Xuan's face, he was very upset in his heart.

This is probably the death of man, and his words are also good.

Gu Xuan followed his line of sight, came back to his senses, subconsciously stretched out a hand, covered the blindfold on the side, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, saying: "The world that the second brother wants is also the world I want, the second brother, you once said to me that if you don't experience wind and rain, you can't see the rainbow, this injury is just nothing." ”

Gu Cang knew that they were not such hypocritical people to each other, and no matter how much they said, it would not be beautiful, so he just nodded at the moment, and then said: "It's good if you can think like this, in short, I have already paved the first half of the road for you, and you have to rely on yourself to go on your own in the second half of the road." ”

When Gu Xuan heard this, his face became extremely bitter, his mouth moved lightly a few times, but he couldn't say anything, what he wanted to ask, what he wanted to say, in fact, there were a lot, but he really couldn't say it, and he couldn't ask, if it was possible, he really hoped that it was just a dream.

"Do you want to know why it's you?" Gu Cang stretched out his hand, pointed at Gu Xuan's eyebrows with his index finger, and explained gently, "Because I know that in this world, only you can do that, only in you, I see that possibility, no one else, no matter who it is, even if I cultivate another person, it can't compare to you, but the second brother is only worried about one point, because even if it is me, it is impossible to guarantee that you will never change。。。。。。 ”

Gu Xuan panicked suddenly, interrupted him eagerly, and said, "No, second brother, I will definitely 。。。。。。 ”

Gu Cang stretched out his hand again, stopped the other party, didn't let him finish his next words, and said, "Okay, next, you have to listen to me carefully." ”

Gu Xuan was obedient and quickly shut up, but his expression was still full of worry looking at him, with mixed feelings in his heart, the momentum of the former king was completely gone, at this time, he was just an ordinary person who couldn't bear to watch his loved ones leave.

Gu Cang didn't care so much, because there were a lot of things he had to say and entrust, and he had to finish it quickly, otherwise he might never have a chance to say it again.

"First of all, I want to tell you that Xu Jintang is dead, because no one in our Daliang can stop him for the time being, so I can't keep him. ”

"I took the initiative to make a deal with him, with him personally leading the troops, Shu will be defeated, and after they withdraw to Shu, Shu Jun will die, and there will be an internal struggle at that time, but it will not be captured by the Youzhou army, but it will also be greatly damaged. ”

"This Shu Kingdom, I deliberately left it to you, this, after you go back, you will naturally understand, there are also Tianluo and the earth net, I have handed it over to you, Tianluo does not need to worry, it must be completely used by you, as for the earth net, if there is no accident in Luo Yu's six days, the four most rebellious will die in the hands of Xu Jintang, and the other two are the team I left to you, with their help, it will be easy for you to master the ground net, these two yamen, you have to make good use of them, but these are two dirty knives, don't use too much." ”

"With the power of a county, when the national disaster is at the head, you are still stationed on the front line, fighting without retreating, Andamo, taking two countries, this great merit is enough to block the mouth of any outsider, this can also calm the heart of the father, wait for you to set off again, rush to Qilian City in the starry night, and naturally someone will answer there, you go to find a person named Hu Yanzhuo, wait for two days, and a great credit is waiting for you. ”

"The two countries of Wei and Jin will no longer exist in the future, but the people of these four states will be our people in Daliang in the future, you have to treat them well. ”

"In the future, these four states will be used as a pilot place for the new deal, take these four states as a test, no one will have objections to the new deal, after a long time, they will naturally know the benefits of the new deal, and then you will take advantage of the trend to implement it to the whole country, I believe that you can do this, and you can do it well, but in order to better appease the people of the two places, I specially promised you two marriages。。。。。。 ”

At this moment, Gu Xuan silently lowered his head and whispered, "She died." ”

Gu Cang raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked suspiciously, "Who?"

Gu Xuan slowly spit out four words.

"Duanmu, Nanli. ”

Even if it was just saying this name from his own mouth, it was an extremely painful and difficult torture for him, Gu Cang could see that his mood had fallen to the extreme, and he didn't ask any more, just relieved: "Love, it should be free, it's my fault。。。。。。 ”

"No, second brother. Gu Xuan raised his head suddenly and insisted, "It's my fault, I shouldn't 。。。。。。 ”

"The road is chosen by everyone, it's not anyone's fault, by the way, I have all arranged the people under you, you listen carefully. Gu Cang forcibly diverted the topic and continued, " Youzhou Army, return to Lu Dengyun, you and I can rest assured, he is a natural general, and he is completely loyal to your own people, as for Yanzhou, although Wanyan Keni has accumulated enough prestige by means this time, but I also arranged for a person to pretend to be me to die in front of the battle, he is difficult to escape as a general, not to mention that he, a general with no background, has touched the interests of too many people, and when the time comes, the government and the opposition will inevitably join forces to suppress him, this is your chance to completely subdue him, as for Cao Yan's kid, you have to think more about yourself, for him, Huairou is the heart of the top, and the force is the bottom, he and Lu Dengyun are the dragon and tiger, as long as there are two of them to help, the coming day can ensure that the war is worry-free. ”

"In addition, there is another person, his name is Wei Ping, he was sent to Weiguo by me in his early years, and now he is lurking by Duanmu Shuofeng's side, and the two of you will be able to meet in a few days.

Gu Xuan nodded lightly, lowered his head again, and did not speak.

In this way, how could he not understand, he just didn't want to think about it, at this moment, he was already in tears, full of sorrow, he really couldn't open his mouth and agree again, he was afraid that as soon as he opened his mouth, this cry would come out, and the second brother would not want to hear it.

Gu Cang sighed secretly, but did not say anything to comfort the other party, because he knew that you can only rely on time to survive many things, and it is not clear to rely on words alone, no matter how much he says, he will not be able to appease the other party, because at this time, he can't listen to anything, but slowly, he will naturally understand.

The joys and sorrows of the world are the greatest pain, if it really falls on their heads, even the saints cannot be unmoved, let alone mortals, a love word is the most hurtful, and it is also the most sad.

He could only continue: " After you return to the capital, the kid of the Xu family is enough to knock on it, I promised Xu Jintang to give him a fictitious duke, and then never hire him, in addition, the boss is a good person, if he assists, he can ensure that political affairs are worry-free, but he has soft ears, but if you want to go to the front line in the future, you can take him, the third and fourth can be appeased by the vacant position, there is a day Luo Zhao, they want to turn over and can't turn over any wind and waves, but the sixth is a hidden danger, but the second brother promised the queen mother, this fratricidal thing, can not do, it is better not to do it, this sentence is also to be given to you。 ”

"After you are crowned king, my father will arrange for you to conquer Shu, and when you take Shu, the position of this prince will be stable, and no one can gossip. ”

"In addition, you have to privately suggest that your father suppress the Huang Tianjiao, this kind of thing, you can't keep it, you must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but you can't just kill it, this is a question I left for you, you can think about it yourself." ”

"After unifying Nandi, first recuperate for three years, and then take Nanyang, now the atrium has been in chaos, Nanyang is one of the weakest princes, you have to take advantage of the fact that the others have not reacted, try to occupy as much space as possible, and then let Lu Yi go to unite his other two senior brothers, and raise them for another three years, and join the vertical and horizontal affairs, in fact, he is better than me, how to do it, Lu Council will help you. ”

"Over the years, I have vigorously supported scholars from all over the country, but the following four states have carried out new policy reforms, they are determined to forge ahead, and they also need to be supervised by old and serious people, Shangshu ordered Zhang Boren not to move, you have to enlist his help, that night Zhihuai is also good, available, but not useful, you have to beware of him, although I don't know what he is planning, but this red dust is rolling, everyone's words and deeds have a purpose, what he wants will definitely not be small, but unfortunately I didn't have time to figure it out, this also depends on you to find out. ”

"And the people's newspaper is also a good thing I left to you, you must know that the word public opinion is the most terrible, people's mouths and pens, this is the most powerful, you can kill people in the invisible two knives, make good use of it, but you can't abuse it, at least you have to promise the second brother, as long as you are still in the cool day, this people's newspaper must not lose its bias and be abused by the imperial court!"

"The mermaid clan, alas, forget it, I haven't figured out the emotional matter, second brother, I haven't figured it out myself, so you can do it yourself. ”

"Remember to take care of your father and mother, you are a filial child, you will definitely be able to do a good job. ”

"Also, help me take care of that girl from Frost. ”

"And 。。。。。。 ”

After a long time, Gu Xuan, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, but had never heard the following, was puzzled, and suddenly raised his head, but saw that the person in front of him seemed to be asleep, holding his eyelids, looking lifeless, his eyes widened suddenly, and tears suddenly burst out of his eyes.

He couldn't hold back the sadness in his heart anymore, and cried heartbreakingly: "Second brother, second brother, second brother!"

At this moment, Gu Cang suddenly opened his eyes again, with a naughty look on his face, and said with a smile: "Second brother is playing with you, are you scared?"

"Huh?"

Gu Xuan was stunned for a moment, standing there stupidly, not knowing what to say or what to do, as if he was sad or not, not sad.

Gu Cang looked bored, made an impatient look, shook his hand, and said: "Don't disturb your second brother to rest, second brother is tired, this place is good, warm, I want to sleep for a while, you hurry up and set off and go to Qilian City, there are still people waiting over there." ”

I have to say that after making this one, it diluted a lot of the sadness of parting, at least Gu Xuan himself could barely hold back his tears.

"Second brother, you 。。。。。。 ”

Gu Cang didn't say a word, just shook his hand, and then twisted his head to the side, as if he didn't want to look at him anymore.

Gu Xuan was helpless, just shut up, then knelt down again, kowtowed respectfully to Gu Cang on the chair, wiped the tears from his face with one hand, and then looked at the other party deeply, and left silently, what he didn't know was that after he turned his back, Gu Cang also turned his head at the same time.

Two crystal clear tears rolled down from his face, and he looked at Gu Xuan's tall back, as if he had seen the stupid boy who had not yet opened his wits growing up step by step, and he couldn't help laughing, his smile was so relieved and free.

And what Gu Cang didn't know was that Gu Xuan couldn't help but turn around in the end, but as far as his eyes could see, he quickly shrank back, he turned his back to the person behind him, covered his face with both hands, bit his lip stubbornly, and didn't cry.

Some people finally rest, and some people have to move on, don't they?