In order to apologize, Xu Zhi used the long sword that Ling Yun had just thrown on the ground to penetrate his chest without a handle! ……

His body shook a few times, and finally he couldn't support it and collapsed to the ground; Blood poured out like a fountain, soaking almost the entire floor in front of him.

Everything happened so suddenly and unexpectedly, and Ling Yun, who had always been calm and calm, was also stunned. His face turned gray in an instant, and his body froze there as if it had been hit by an acupoint.

It took a while for Ling Yun to come back to his senses and shouted, "Mr. Xu! ......" staggered forward, leaned down and hugged Xu Zhi's blood-drenched, trembling body.

The long sword almost pierced his front heart, blood gurgling, staining the white placket of Ling Yun's chest scarlet.

The blood, a large pool of gloomy, red, bewitching, miserable, like a flower blooming, blooming only for a moment, quickly withering and falling, just like a dying life, rippling in the shattered cold light.

At that moment, Lu Wenzheng's body almost collapsed to the ground; His face was as dark as if a layer of ash had been sprinkled in wine, and his pale and bloodless lips trembled uncontrollably.

I don't know how long it took for him to recover his breath, and he almost crawled in front of Xu Zhi step by step.

He lowered his head decadently, looked at Xu Zhi's eyes that were so dim that almost all of them had lost all their brilliance, and said with tears in his eyes: "Mr. Xu, you ...... Why are you bothered? Commander Ling has already let you go......"

Xu Zhi's chest rose and fell, gasping intermittently; His pale face was distorted by great pain, and streams of bright red blood gushed uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth, cascading down his chin and onto his chest,

"But I can't forgive...... Myself, I can't help Jiang Chunna...... The unjust souls who died in vain have been explained, and they can't be ruined because of their own cheap lives...... The reputation of the adult's life ......"

Lu Wenzheng cried: "Mr. Xu, you are too stubborn,...... Mr. Xu! Mr. Xu! ……”

Repeated calls, but no response. Lu Wenzheng trembled and put his hand on Xu Zhi's snort, he was no longer breathing.

Lu Wen hugged Xu Zhi's body as if he was stupid, and was speechless for a long time.

The feeling of grief was indescribable, and it was impossible to vent, only that every bone and every inch of skin on the body was like being crushed by someone with a huge stone wheel, dripping with blood and painful to the bone marrow.

After a long time, he said to himself: "Mr. Xu, how can you just leave irresponsibly, how can you leave this mansion like this?"

"You have followed the government for many years, and you have a deep relationship with the government, and whenever the government encounters something difficult to solve, you are the one who gives advice to the government and solves problems.

"These days, there have been too many things that have happened, the people around this house have left me one by one, and now there is only one confidant in this house, if you go again, who will this government count on and rely on? ……”

Listening to Lu Wenzheng's shocking words, every drop of blood and every cell in Ling Yun's body was cold.

He felt as if his heart was being choked by a pair of big hands, slowly squeezing and rubbing, and gradually brewing into a crumbling and sour plasma.

Especially the last paragraph of Lu Wenzheng's words echoed in his ears for a long time, and he only felt that the hopelessness was spreading in a trace, and it was almost breaking in the silence. His teeth clenched tightly, but the courage and strength to speak out were gone.

He stood up and staggered out the door.

Lu Wenzheng also realized his gaffe at this time, and even called a few times in the back, but he didn't look back......

The sky was gray, and the clouds were so low that they pressed down on the top of their heads as if they were suffocating from a suffocating suffocation.

There was not a hint of wind outside, the world seemed to be tightly clasped upside down by a huge pot, all living beings were shackled inside, and all struggles seemed to have lost their meaning.

Gunma Mansion, in the Huanyun Pavilion.

Lingyun sat alone in front of the case, learning from the pain, and only felt the pain in his heart. The tragic situation before Xu Zhi's death has been haunting and lingering in front of him.

Xu Zhi has been friends with himself for many years and has deep feelings; Now he's suddenly dead, and it's because of him. Unspeakable pain consumed his heart inch by inch, and he looked up at the window with his pale face in a daze.

The past is vivid, as if it was yesterday.

He remembered that a few years ago, Master Lu handled the case of the abduction of Miss Ding Mansion by the spiritual Taoist priest (now it should be Du Zhenghai), and he needed Miss Ding Mengxuan to testify, but he was afraid that Miss Ding would perjury under various pressures, so he privately discussed with Xu Zhi a solution to the problem.

Xu Zhi asked him to meet Miss Ding privately late at night to do her ideological work.

At that time, Ling Yun said disapprovingly: "I said that you are whimsical, isn't it, Miss Ding, who is it, a deep girl, everyone is beautiful, can I see her?" ”

"I didn't say that you should go to see her in broad daylight, grandiosely, and with gongs and drums!"

"Then I should go to her in the middle of the night, sneakily, and sneakily?"

"That's right!"

"You-" Ling Yun suddenly understood what he meant, and said categorically: "I'm not going, what is this?" Go and do it yourself! ”

Xu Zhi frowned slightly and said, "I want to go, but it's a pity that I don't have the ability to fly the eaves and walk the wall, and I don't have that love." Commander Ling, people say that the body is not afraid of shadows, as long as you are bright and upright, and you have no shame in your heart, what do you care? Besides, for Lord Lu, for the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, for the Longen of the Holy Heaven today, for the prosperity of our dynasty, for the ......"

"Okay, Mr. Xu, don't say it!" Ling Yun was impatient.

Xu Zhi smiled: "Do you agree?" ”

Ling Yun said helplessly: "Do I dare not agree?" - But let's say it first, if this matter is self-defeating and gets into trouble, you will have to bear the responsibility. If Lord Lu investigates it, I will confess that you instigated it! ”

Xu straightened his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "Okay, Commander Ling is very shrewd, and he won't suffer any losses!" Okay, if something happens, I will bear the responsibility and lose face! ”

Ling Yun glanced at him and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Ah, didn't say anything!" ……

Thinking of the humorous taste of the past, he couldn't stop crying anymore.

He remembered later: when the incident of his late-night private meeting with Ding Mengxuan happened, he and Xu Zhi both fought to confess their guilt in front of Lord Lu, and put the responsibility on themselves......

He didn't understand, could a person like Xu Zhi, who had a degree of advance and retreat and acted in a very measured manner, also do such an outrageous thing? Will it end up with such an undeserved ending?

Then he suddenly smiled bitterly. Not to mention Xu Zhi, isn't he like this too? I used to boast of being shrewd and capable, but wasn't I often caught up in all kinds of troubled and complicated situations, and I couldn't help myself and did a lot of things I didn't want to do?

The world is complicated, the world is unpredictable, just imagine how pale and powerless a small human power seems in the face of the changing situation!

If you want to change your life against the sky, you can only do death; Only by obeying the fate of the heavens and following the fate of everything is the right reason.

Thinking of this, Ling Yun's heart suddenly brightened; There was a touch of perseverance and determination in the originally trance-like eyes; The dark and uncertain feelings on his face also became clear and transparent......

He finally made up his mind. Without any further hesitation, he stood up and walked straight to the door.

The Criminal Department Shangshu Mansion, in the study.

Lu Wenzheng was sitting alone in front of the bookcase, his face was pale, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his eyes were looking vacantly ahead, his expression was solemn and sad.

At this time, Yang Zhen walked in with heavy footsteps and said in a low voice: "My lord, Mr. Xu's future career has been completed, and tomorrow is the funeral period." What else do you have to say? ”

The look in Lu Wenzheng's eyes was almost numb, and he just shook his head weakly.

Looking at Lord Lu's decadent and depressed appearance, Yang Zhen felt sour in his heart, and said dumbly: "My lord, people can't be resurrected after death, you don't have to be too sad, you must cherish your body!" ”

Lu Wenzheng said in a voiced voice: "I know." If there is nothing else, you go out first. ”

Yang Zhen replied weakly, and he was about to go out; At this time, Rong'er came in and reported: "My lord, Commander Ling outside asks to see you." ”

Lu Wenzheng and Yang Zhen looked at each other unconsciously, a little stunned.

Suddenly, Ling Yun walked in from outside with a lonely expression.

He silently saluted Lu Wenzheng, then took out a brocade book from his arms, handed it forward with both hands, and said, "This is Ling Yun's resignation, please approve it." ”

Lu Wenzheng and Yang Zhen were both taken aback.

Lu Wen felt as if he had been stung by something, his body couldn't help but twitch, and he said in a trembling voice: "What, you want to resign?" ……”

Ling Yun nodded slightly.

Lu Wenzheng said excitedly: "Why? ”

Ling Yun stood there expressionlessly, his long eyelashes hanging down, hiding the complex and unknown emotions under his eyes; The green tendons on his forehead bulged slightly, and the lines of his jaw tensed for a moment, but he didn't speak.

Lu Wenzheng's convulsive expression revealed extremely restrained anger, "Is it just for the few words that this mansion said that day?" …… This government admits that what this government said that day was a bit unscrupulous and excessive, but this government was indeed too sad that day! ”

Ling Yun said indifferently: "I think the adults have misunderstood. In fact, even if it hadn't happened that day, I would have left. With so many things going on these days, I've become disheartened and have stayed here, probably just a corpse in its place, not only not to help the adults, but to add to each other's troubles. ”

Yang Zhen couldn't help but say, "Brother Ling, how can you say that?" Now that Mr. Xu is gone, if you leave again, who else do you think will assist you? ”

Ling Yun ignored Yang Zhen's words, and only said to Lu Wenzheng: "It's hard to keep sad people sadly, now that Ling Yun has made up his mind, please give me advice." ”

Lu Wenzheng's eyes trembled violently, and he said angrily: "Since you have made up your mind, what else can this mansion say?" Well, your resignation is approved, you can leave whenever you want, and this government will never stop you again! ”……