Chapter 45: Inheritance of the Thief's Way
"Grandpa, it won't last long." On that day, Gongsun Rinpo's first words to Gongsun Libo were these words.
Just when Gongsun Libo wanted to say something comforting to him not to think too much, Gongsun Rinpo waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and then said: "Mu Sheng, you are a good boy, you have advantages that other brothers do not have, you do not have the arrogance and arrogance of the children of the royal family, and you can be truly considerate of the children of the common people who have no talent. If you are asked to take the throne of Yixian, I believe that you are a better king than him. But, I hope you can understand Grandpa's arbitrariness, you can't become a king. ”
After Gongsun Rinpo's words were finished, Gongsun Libo stood on the spot.
His sluggishness was not because of the phrase "You can't become a king", but because Gongsun Rinpo had just called him "Musheng".
Gongsun Libo, the original meaning of "thin" is "grass and trees", and "Musheng" is the nickname of Gongsun Libo.
This was the first and only time Gongsun Rinpo was called by his nickname.
Seeing Gongsun Libo stunned, Gongsun Rinpo seemed to reluctantly squeeze out a trace of guilt, and then said: "Yixian's throne must be passed on to your brother, but these are not important, the important thing is you, you will take over the biggest secret of our Qi Mu country, and live in the shadow of Qi Mu country from now on, even if Qi Mu dies one day in the future, you must pass on this 'thief way'." ”
Then, Gongsun Rinpo told the ignorant Gongsun Libo the truth about Qi Muguo's "ban on theft".
After listening to all this, Gongsun Libo was also immersed in a kind of unreal trance for a long time, just like Mu Weiyang after listening to Grandpa Fei's narration of this history, but Gongsun Libo's trance was deeper and heavier than Mu Weiyang.
After all, what Gongsun Rinpo told him was more and heavier than what Grandpa Fei knew.
"The king of thieves is not dead, and the clans of the five great thief clans were not killed by our Gongsun family, but we must bear this hatred, endure this incomprehension, and then bear all these secrets. This is the obligation and responsibility of our Gongsun family. Gongsun Rinpo said, and there was a trace of tears on the old man's face.
Gongsun Libo knelt in front of Gongsun Rinpo, and he didn't know what he should do.
Gongsun Rinpo reached out and grabbed his shoulder, and said as if he was on his deathbed: "Protect Mu Weiyang, protect all this, even if it takes your life." In this way, I am dead and blind. ”
Gongsun Libo nodded and said, "I know, grandpa." ”
Gongsun Rinpo looked at the grandson in front of him for a long time, and spit out, "Good boy." ”
Gongsun Libo's tears could no longer be stopped, and flowed wildly, this year he had just performed the crown ceremony, as a man who was already an "adult" in a sense, Gongsun Libo should not shed tears easily.
But when Gongsun Rinpo finally uttered the words "good boy" in front of him, Gongsun Libo completely collapsed.
If the previous "Mu Sheng" made Gongsun Libo a little overwhelmed, then this "good boy" was like a mountain torrent cracking and a flood beast, breaking through the last line of defense in his heart.
He waited for a full twenty years, worked hard for a full twenty years, struggled for a full twenty years, and in the year when he finally became an adult, he waited for the sentence "good boy" that he had been most looking forward to since he was a child.
Gongsun Libo didn't know if this was sarcasm or something else.
All he knew was that when he heard Gongsun Rinpo say the words "good boy" to him, he couldn't stop crying in an instant, and he really cried like a child in front of Gongsun Rinpo.
Perhaps, at this moment, Gongsun Libo became the only descendant of the Gongsun family who was praised by Gongsun Rinpo in this way.
Perhaps, Gongsun Rinpo did all this just to make Gongsun Libo die for the cause of "thief way".
Perhaps, Gongsun Rinpo only found out his conscience on his deathbed.
However, none of this mattered, for Gongsun Libo, who had just performed the weak crown ceremony, he had never been so embarrassed to himself, and he had never wept so bitterly.
He knelt in front of Gongsun Rinpo, the man he admired and feared the most.
Gongsun Rinpo looked at him, not knowing whether it was Gongsun Libo's illusion or what, but with tears in his eyes, he seemed to see Gongsun Rinpo's eyes also become crystalline.
The grandfather and grandson faced each other silently, one silently shed tears that couldn't be stopped, and the other silently looked at the child who was named by himself.
Wood is born in water, and wood is born in fire.
Maybe Mu Sheng's fate has been decided from the moment he named him.
In this way, a few years later, Gongsun Lizan successfully took over the throne of Gongsun Yixian and became the last generation of the lord of the five great powers during Qi Mu's reign.
And Gongsun Libo also met a person who led him into the "thief road" after that day, and a few years later, the year Gongsun Lizan took over, he successfully pocketed the entire thief road force.
For Gongsun Rebo, he will never forget the night Gongsun Rinpo spoke with him, not only because after this night, Gongsun Rinpo began to fall into an intermittent coma, but also because his life changed from this day on.
This change is not only in terms of identity, goals, external, but also internal, everything, and even Gongsun Libo's attitude towards the world has changed.
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"Weiyang, then I'll go first." Gongsun Libo retracted his thoughts and said to Mu Weiyang.
Mu Weiyang looked at Gongsun Libo, full of ambition, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm waiting for you to bring me good news." ”
Gongsun Libo turned his head and laughed at himself with a face: "I'm also your Mu Weiyang's brother, I can't pull you back." ”
Mu Weiyang laughed out loud, before this, the "brother" in her mouth was just a humble word in terms of expediency, but she didn't expect this Gongsun Libo to really call himself like this.
But when I think about it again, it stands to reason that her grandfather is called her uncle and grandfather, and she grew up in Gongsun Renbo's family, and Gongsun Rinpo is the best elder for her, so if Gongsun Libo is her brother, there seems to be no problem.
So, Mu Weiyang turned to face Gongsun Libo, bowed his hand, and said, "Then there is Brother Lao." ”
Seeing that Mu Weiyang was so solemn, Gongsun Libo also knew that his trip was very important to this action, and his expression became serious, he nodded, no longer said too much, turned around, and headed towards the southwest.