Chapter 281: The Art of Checks and Balances
Emperor Xuanwu was not in a hurry, in the face of Mu Xuefu's killing intent, he did not have any fear, but laughed and sat on the dragon chair peacefully.
"Anyway, you're also a demon girl, and you assassinated me, I'm not so stupid, won't I be prepared before summoning you alone?" He said leisurely.
Mu Xuefu frowned and looked around, "Do you think these guards can beat me?" ”
Emperor Xuanwu shook his head, "Sometimes it is not just by force that a person surrenders without a fight, but by people's hearts. ”
His face was pale, and his chest was full of hills, "Before you came in, I had already ordered me to go down, if anything happened to me, the first one to bury me was Jing Rong, who was standing outside the hall and waiting for you." I know that I have summoned you, and he must not be at ease, and he will definitely wait outside. Although Jing Rong is strong in martial arts, his two fists are invincible to his four hands, and he will definitely die. You can't bear to see him die, can you? ”
He pinpointed Mu Xuefu's weakness, Jing Rong was in danger, and she did not hesitate to expose her identity, which was enough to see how important Jing Rong was to her.
Mu Xuefu churned with anger, gritted his teeth and hated: "You are despicable! ”
Emperor Xuanwu didn't laugh angrily, and sighed, "My meanness is far more than that. ”
Counting his fingers carefully, he said carefully: "After Jing Rong is killed, he will be a member of the Zuo Xiang family." Mu Yurong treats you as her own sister and loves you very much, and Mu Zhaolin also regards you as the pearl of her palm, and none of them can run away. By the way, after you said this, I suddenly remembered that I would add some people, such as the Wei family, such as the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion, "his eyes are as deep as a bottomless dry well, with a treacherous yin, his eyes are locked on Mu Xuefu's eyes, "For example, Xiangyang Hou Mu Shulin." ”
Mu Xuefu was stunned, looking at Emperor Xuanwu in a daze, her mind was blank and empty, and her breathing was disordered. She was shocked, relieved her breath, and a pin-like cold light pierced from under her eyes, and asked, "How do you know?" ”
After a moment's silence, Emperor Xuanwu's solemn face soothed, and he said slowly: "I have long known that he is Mu Shulin, and I recognized him at a glance from the first time he assassinated me. He assassinated me, masked, but his eyes were exposed. Those eyes are exactly the same as when your father was younger, and I can't recognize them. ”
The second time he saw Mu Shulin, he recognized it with those eyes.
"Since you recognize him, why didn't you cut him down at the beginning, and promised him the eldest princess of Yong'an?" Mu Xuefu stared at him in disbelief, and her heart was in turmoil, like a dense vine entwining in her heart, leaving her at a loss.
Emperor Xuanwu covered his face with his hands, like a repentant old man. He is the emperor, and he cannot admit that he made a mistake in the original decision. But when this man who resembled his brother who had lived and died together when he was young appeared, the image of his brother desperately trying to block all dangers for him flashed in his mind, and he could not bear to cut off the last trace of his blood.
He boasted that he was ruthless and vicious enough, and even his big brother could murder him, but he couldn't bear the only bloodline left by Mu Qiying, and this inexplicable intolerance made him not understand.
He decided to let Mu Shulin go, and he should have returned the life that Mu Qiying saved him in the first place. As for why he promised Yong'an, it may be because Yong'an was forced to die and had to agree. However, after they got married, he sent them out of the imperial court by a holy decree, kept them away from him, and rarely summoned them back to Beijing.
He didn't want to see Mu Shulin, but when he saw him, he would think of Mu Qiying.
This emperor, in his own way, avoided it, using what he thought as an excuse, in fact, he did not know himself, he did not pretend not to know because he returned his life, and he did not agree to their marriage because of Yong'an's request. is because of what he did in the past, he has long regretted it, regretted because of his own suspicion, regretted because of the deliberate guidance of someone with a heart, cast an irreversible ending.
He was atoning for his sins, he was making amends, but he never admitted it in his heart.
"A small fish, just missing, can't make much waves, I can only think of it as kindness." Emperor Xuanwu's lips flashed with a deep smile, and under the dim lamp and candle, it was as if a piece of white paper had been accidentally rubbed, covered with folds, and climbed onto his pale face.
The light of the candle flame filled the furrows on his face, and the white of his sideburns reflected the cold arc, Mu Xuefu looked at him, a little trance, "That's all?" ”
"yes, that's all." Emperor Xuanwu replied firmly, he looked at Mu Xuefu and squinted, "It's just that I didn't expect that there would be more than one fish that slipped through the net, and the fish that missed would be shockingly powerful after more than ten years." You have been married to Jingrong for two years, and you have had many opportunities to kill me, why haven't you done it? After thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly became as cold as a sharp ice pick, and he said angrily: "You killed Worry-free!" ”
As soon as he thought about it, he knew the cause and effect of that birth, if Mu Xuefu was an assassin, then he could only be worry-free if he hurt Jingrong.
Mu Xuefu disagreed, and said: "She is looking for death by herself!" She almost made me lose her looks, I just dug her heart, it was a cheap deal for her. ”
"You know what? By assassinating me and Princess Sanssouci alone, I can cure you of the death penalty. "Emperor Xuanwu said.
Mu Xuefu didn't care, smiled lightly, and calmly returned to the seat just now. She straightened out the hem of her clothes that had been crumpled by the fight, and said, "Of course you can if you are Mu Xuefu's identity alone, but I am the master's beloved apprentice, if you kill me, the entire Netherworld Pavilion will inevitably avenge me." ”
It is not an exaggeration for Mu Xuefu to say this, the very important reason why the Netheryin Pavilion can stand tall in the rivers and lakes as a demon sect is because the disciples of the Netherworld Pavilion regard all the affairs of the senior brothers as their own affairs, and all the enemies of the senior brothers as their own enemies. It is precisely because of this cohesion that the disciples of the Netheryin Pavilion are even stronger, and it also makes the Netheryin Pavilion an object that other sects on the rivers and lakes dare not provoke.
And another important reason is that the Netherworld Pavilion holds the information of dignitaries and important ministers of various countries, and it affects the whole body, and some people want to protect themselves, so they must keep the Netherworld Pavilion and prevent their secrets from leaking out. Therefore, the Underworld Pavilion is not just a gang on the rivers and lakes, it has interests with all countries.
Just looking at the identities of the four major apprentices of the Pavilion Master of the Netherworld Pavilion, none of them is simple, and you can see the key to it.
What's more, as one of the four great disciples, Mu Xuefu's status in the Netherworld Pavilion is self-evident. If something happens to her, I'm afraid Daqin won't stop.
And Da Qin wanted to take revenge on the Underworld Pavilion, but he couldn't even find the place where the Underworld Pavilion was located. This also depends on the fact that there is a rumor about the mystery of the Underworld Pavilion on the rivers and lakes, that is, no one knows where the person from the Underworld Pavilion is, but maybe he is by your side.
Emperor Xuanwu knew that what Mu Xuefu said was true, but he was also calm. He leaned forward slightly, a fine glint in his eyes, "But I didn't intend to kill you. ”
Mu Xuefu was puzzled, froze for a moment, didn't know what bad idea he had, and said coldly, "I don't think the emperor should plan to let me go easily." ”
"Clever!" Emperor Xuanwu glanced in the direction of the palace gate and said, "Although killing you can make me happy for a while, it is very likely to usher in greater trouble, and the gains outweigh the losses." On the contrary, you are alive and more useful to me. ”
Although Mu Xuefu didn't know what his idea was, the glance he glanced at the door made her feel that it had something to do with Jingrong. She "chuckled" in her heart and said sharply: "What are you going to do?" I warn you, if you dare to hurt Jingrong's head, I will wash you all over the house like you killed my whole family back then! ”
"It seems that you really care about him, and I believe he cares about you too." Emperor Xuanwu rubbed his chin with his fingers, as if it was difficult to do, "I will not endanger King Chen's life, this fairy can rest assured." However, if you want to wronged the fairy first, you will go to Xiao Linyuan to sit down. I will send someone to protect the fairy, and I will not let anyone disturb you. ”
I don't know when it rained outside, and when I picked up the leafy plantains outside the window, the rain fell on the leaves, and when I listened carefully, it was as if I saw the crystal raindrops falling off the green plantain leaves.
Slowly giving a chaotic breath, Mu Xuefu's nervous face eased, she stroked her palm a few times, and admired: "The emperor is worthy of being the emperor, and this skill of checks and balances is the most handy." Use Jingrong, brother, as well as the Wei family and the Mu family to contain me, and then use me to contain Jingrong, we check and balance each other, and you can benefit from it. She gave a thumbs up to Emperor Xuanwu, "Gao Ming." ”
"It's not that I'm smart, it's that you're too young and emotional." Emperor Xuanwu immediately shook his head and denied it, regretted it, and said with emotion: "It is not me who is holding you back, but your own heart. Everything in this world is easy to calculate, only this heart, unpredictable! Although the human heart is unpredictable, it is best controlled. ”
His voice was as desolate as a wooden boat drifting in the sea, unable to find a place to dock. Drifting in the vast ocean, even he himself was lost.
Knowing Mu Xuefu's true identity was like a bolt from the blue for him. He thought it was ridiculous, the people who should have died appeared in front of his eyes one by one, and he even wondered if the massacre really existed in the first place.
He is not afraid of any Underworld Pavilion, no matter how powerful he is, he is only a sect on the rivers and lakes, he is sitting on the country, how can he take such a demon sect in his eyes.
It's just that the Netherworld Pavilion didn't touch his interests and bottom line, and he didn't want to be hostile to it, so he just had a laissez-faire attitude towards what the Netherworld Pavilion did.
If he wanted to kill Mu Xuefu, it would not be difficult, but she herself was more valuable than killing her.
Although there is no need to kill Jing Rong now to pave the way for Jing Xuan, Jing Rong is still a thorn in his side. This eye is a thorn in the eye, and he can't sleep. And the most powerful weapon against the thorn in his eye is the person he loves.
Wuwu loves Jingrong so much, she can't hurt him, so the knife that stabbed Jingrong in the chest is very likely to have been stabbed at Mu Xuefu. For the sake of a person's safety, he didn't even want his life, which is enough to see that Jingrong regards Mu Xuefu as more important than his own life. And this is precisely Jingrong's weakness.
"Yes, people's hearts are unpredictable, and if my father had seen your wolf heart and lungs earlier, he would not have ended up like that." Mu Xuefu snorted slightly, and a sharp knife made of ice and snow shot out from the bottom of his eyes.
was scolded by Mu Xuefu for being a wolf, but Emperor Xuanwu did not refute, but smiled lightly: "Then you can only blame your father for having no eyes." ”
"It's late at night, Princess Chen should rest early." He gave Xu Shou a look, "Take Princess Chen to Xiao Linyuan." ”
Mu Xuefu chose to compromise, it was easy for her to kill Hanyuan Hall alone, but if she escaped, her relatives would be affected. Before being taken away, she looked at Emperor Xuanwu with a poisonous gaze, "Don't think that Xiao Linyuan will tolerate me if he has a heavy army, if Jing Rong has the slightest damage, I will cut you with a thousand knives." ”