After dinner, Gu Mingzhu met with a spring banquet and Yueyan, and the incorporation of the army of the six cities was still in progress.

After finishing the business, Yue Yan groaned slightly and said, "Miss, what are you going to do about the child's business?" ”

Speaking of Gu Xiurong, Gu Mingzhu sighed and said: "Zhu Hongyuan is a stubborn person, it is precisely because of his stubbornness that his kindness to his brother is even more rare...... The ups and downs in officialdom over the years are admirable. ”

Yueyan was worried: "It is precisely because of this that I am worried that Childe will not think of this kindness and do something wrong." ”

Gu Mingzhu paused, looked up, pondered for a moment, and said, "According to your words, what should I do?" ”

Yue Yan said: "I know Miss's scruples, Zhu Hongyuan has some prestige in the southeast, and he is most familiar with the terrain of various places. If he is willing to surrender, it will be no harm to our future expansion, but if he does not surrender, then this person will not be able to stay! ”

Gu Mingzhu didn't know.

She suddenly felt embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "Let me think about it." ”

Yueyan withdrew with the Spring Banquet.

Gu Mingzhu didn't know that if Zhu Hongyuan refused to surrender, he would not be able to stay.

Thinking about Gu Xiurong, who must be sleepless at the moment, she couldn't say this killing word.

My brother has never begged her for anything since he was a child, and he has always held himself in the palm of his hand.

With something on your mind, you will definitely not be able to sleep.

Gu Mingzhu sat at the table for a while, and there was movement at the door.

Xu Jue is back.

Gu Mingzhu stood up: "Where did you go?" ”

Xu Jue handed over the things in his hand, Gu Mingzhu opened it suspiciously, it was a snow-white and soft glutinous rice cake.

Xu Jue said: "You didn't eat much for dinner, I went out for a spin and bought some snacks for you to satisfy your hunger." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "Who is greedy? I haven't settled my account with you today! ”

Xu Jue smiled: "Okay, it's me who is greedy." ”

"Hmph. Don't think I'll be able to forgive you so easily. ”

Xu Jue untied his cloak, washed his hands in the basin, and said, "Then didn't I do useless things?" ”

Gu Mingzhu pinched a piece of pastry, took a bite, and said, "It's not useless, it depends on your performance." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." He walked around the table and walked towards the people: "Then may I ask King Ming, how do I have to behave in order to atone for my crimes?" ”

Gu Mingzhu was still holding the pastry in his hand, Xu Jue had already picked up the person, went to the bed, and said, "Is it delicious?" ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded and said, "It's delicious and sweet." ”

"Shall I taste it?" He asked in a low voice.

Gu Mingzhu held half of the cake in his mouth, and was about to hand over the other piece in his hand, but before he could reach his mouth, he suddenly withdrew his hand.

Xu Jue looked at her with a smile.

Gu Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and leaned closer to him, looking like she wanted to feed her mouth.

Seeing this, Xu Jue avoided it and said, "Don't." ”

Gu Mingzhu fluttered in his arms: "Okay, you dislike me......"

She was thrown into the bed, Xu Jue stood beside the bed, and said, "Little ancestor, you eat it yourself." ”

"I don't!" Gu Mingzhu knelt on his waist and glared at him while chewing.

Xu Jue looked at her for a while, and Gu Mingzhu looked back not to be outdone.

Xu Jue silently began to unseal his waist.

Gu Mingzhu saw that the momentum was wrong, and said in a panic: "What are you doing?" Why do you suddenly undress when you say well? ”

Xu Jue's face was expressionless: "Words don't make sense, so let's do something else first." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "Don't don't, if you have something to say, you have something to say!" ”

As soon as Xu Jue's robe was taken off, his hand was lightly pulled, and the curtain suddenly fell, hiding most of the light.

He said, "It's late! ”

Xu Jue held the person down, and freed up a hand to scratch her waist, Gu Mingzhu struggled for a while, laughing breathlessly, the piece of pastry in her hand was still held in her palm, for fear of falling on the futon, she was busy begging for mercy: "Ah Jue...... Ah Jue! I was wrong, I was wrong......"

Xu Jue grabbed her waist, lowered her head to taste the thing in Gu Mingzhu's palm, took a bite, and said, "It's too sweet." ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "No vision, sweet is delicious." ”

Xu Jue let go of her, Gu Mingzhu sat up on the quilt, ate the glutinous rice cake, and licked her palm at the end.

Xu Jue said: "Have you eaten? ”

She arched the quilt and fell asleep, and said, "There was such a big commotion in the afternoon, you give me an idea, what should I do?" ”

Xu Jue said: "What do you think? ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "I really admire Zhu Hongyuan, but he is too stubborn, and I can't take him." ”

Xu Jue looked down at her: "Can't keep it, want to kill?" ”

Gu Mingzhu nodded and said, "He is too familiar with the terrain of the southeast, if it weren't for his presence, the battle between Dangzhou and Qingxian would not have been stalemate for so long." ”

Xu Jue said: "Zhu Hongyuan joined the army as a young man, because he was unlikable because of his temperament, he was already in the position of general, but because he offended Lixu and was deliberately demoted, he successively served as the governor of several cities, and then he couldn't hold it back, so he became a captain." He has a lot of prestige in the southeast, and if he surrenders, it will be a great help to the southeast expansion in the future. ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled slightly: "Yue Yan said the same thing. ”

Xu Jue was stunned and said, "She told you?" ”

"Hmm." Gu Mingzhu nodded: "She just came to the Spring Festival Banquet and talked about it." ”

The smile in Xu Jue's eyes became a little light, and he didn't know what to think, and said, "You value her very much." ”

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "Yueyan is capable, can be literate and martial, looking at the world, there are very few women as outstanding as her, and the two of us are still a lifelong friendship, and I should respect her." ”

Xu Jue nodded lightly, speechless for a while.

Gu Mingzhu looked at him and said, "What?" ”

Xu Jue was indifferent and reached out to catch people.

Gu Mingzhu was sleeping well, when he turned it up with one hand, and lifted it with the other, and the person sat on his waist.

This man's arm strength is amazing!

She stared at the person for a while, and then said suspiciously: "You and Yueyan, is there anything unpleasant?" ”

Xu Jue said: "That's not true. ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "I think so, how can there be a conflict between the two of you." ”

Xu Jue pinched her waist with one hand, folded the other hand behind her head, her eyes flashed, and said, "Then if I really have a conflict with her, who will you help?" ”

Gu Mingzhu said: "You happily unloaded my left and right arms, and you can forget about one by one." ”

Xu Jue held his hand, Gu Mingzhu was forced to lower his head and approach, the distance between the two was close at hand: "Why do you still take off your arms?" I can't beat her? ”

Gu Mingzhu propped up the bed with his hands: "This is a bit nonsense, this is different." ”

Xu Jue looked at her and waited quietly for her to speak.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Yueyan is the person I rely on, you are ......"

Xu Jue's voice lowered: "What is it?" ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "You are the one who can't betray me." ”

Xu Jue slightly let go of the hand holding her waist: "Oh? These words are fresh, and I would like to hear them in detail. ”

Gu Mingzhu got closer, smelling the breath on his body, a little confused, and said, "If Yue Yan betrays me, I will kill her." But if it's you, I'm afraid I won't be able to live. ”

Xu Jue snorted lightly: "I don't believe it." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Then do you want to try?" ”

Xu Jue said: "You have no conscience. ”

Gu Mingzhu still smiled.

Xu Jue said viciously: "Huh? You unconscionable lover! I'm all yours, and you asked me if I wanted to try it! ”

His hand brushed Gu Mingzhu's face, and he noticed that the temperature of his cheeks was different from that of ordinary people, and that little bit of qi suddenly disappeared.

Xu Jue deliberately whispered heat in her ear, and felt Gu Mingzhu's body shake as she wished.

He laughed triumphantly, his lips against his earlobes, but not completely against them: "Shaking what? Wasn't last night fierce? Oh, it turned out to be a paper tiger. ”

As soon as the words fell, Gu Mingzhu leaned against the heat and said, "You are not too much." ”

Xu Jue's eyes darkened, and he smiled lightly: "That's it...... Let's not get down to business, I think it's important for me to verify one thing with you. ”

Even though Gu Mingzhu's eyes were slightly wet at the moment, he still raised his eyebrows to look at him: "What do you want to verify with me?" ”

"That's what you knowingly asked."

Gu Mingzhu smiled.

Xu Jue said: "Let's see if I'm a paper tiger." ”

He pressed the person under him, holding the white earlobe, looking for the five fingers that interlocked with her.

Gu Mingzhu suddenly lost his mind.

It was obviously autumn, and there was a mist in her eyes, which could not be blown away or dissolved, like a sailless ship, swinging with the flowing water.

Repeatedly.

He looked down and asked her, "Am I a paper tiger?" ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at Xu Jue blankly, instinctively wanted to hug him, the man was breathing disorderly, and held Gu Mingzhu's hand with his backhand to prevent her from hugging her, and his voice was a little vague: "Huh? Don't speak? It seems that you don't like that. ”

She opened her mouth, her red lips had not yet spoken, and suddenly the world was spinning, and Xu Jue turned the person over with both hands.

Gu Mingzhu's tears fell almost instantly.

Xu Jue pressed the person's head down and said something silently, Gu Mingzhu didn't hear it clearly at all, and whimpered.

She knew that there was a vigil outside, so she only dared to cry quietly in her throat, and her tears were like broken threads.

He smiled and raised his hand to wipe away her tears: "Don't cry, the night is still long, save your strength to cry again after a while, I want to see who is the paper tiger." ”

didn't give a chance to talk about business at all, approaching the fourth watch, and even faintly heard the sound of snoring, and finally she didn't even want to move a finger, she honestly shrank in Xu Jue's arms, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and he was already asleep when he was sideways to get the quilt.

Xu Jue kissed the corners of her reddish eyes, hugged the person and fell asleep.

As dawn approached, the door opened and closed.

Autumn mornings are bitterly cold. The sky was bright, and there was silence in the Governor's Mansion.

Xu Jue was dressed in blue and white clothes and stood under the porch.

The vigil's Naruto floated to the ground: "Childe." ”

Xu Jue walked forward: "Go to the prison." ”

Naruto is not like September, he nodded when he heard this, and followed behind.

Xu Jue saw that Zhu Hongyuan was naturally unimpeded.

Inside the cell, the middle-aged man sat quietly with his hands down, he heard the movement and looked up.

Zhu Hongyuan smiled, his smile was full of ridicule: "It turned out to be the famous Xu Jue." ”

Xu Jue waved his hand, and the guards and Ming Yi retreated.

Zhu Hongyuan said: "I thought that the Xu family was a loyal and righteous family, but I never thought that I thought that I looked down on you. ”

Xu Jue said: "My father is dead. ”

Zhu Hongyuan was stunned: "King Dingbei is dead?" ”

Xu Jue said: "The news has spread, the Xu family has returned the military power in the northwest, and from now on, Jiangling and I are just a capital." ”

Zhu Hongyuan sneered: "Your father will pay back the sins you have created, this is called retribution!" ”

Xu Jue was unmoved, looked at Zhu Hongyuan, who had a somewhat hideous face, and said, "Don't you want to know, how did my father die?" ”

"It's God's retribution!"

Xu Jue's gaze was dyed with a layer of cold: "It was poisoned to death." ”

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes were like torches.

Xu Jue said: "Han Shuo rebelled and killed Prince Lixu, but he pushed the more capable prince Yun Zhao to the world, but anyone with a little brain knows what it means to launch a prince at this time." In a hurry, he colluded with Chi Feng of the military department, colluded with him, and bribed the Yulin army to force the palace, Jiangling suddenly became a mess, and now this Prince De, who ordered the performance, sent the news of my father's death on the night of the palace, forced me out of Jiangling City, and arranged a large number of killers on the road, wanting to get rid of it and ...... quickly"

After a pause, Xu Jue was silent for a moment, and met Zhu Hongyuan's gaze: "The Xu family has guarded the northwest for many years, and the emperor was in deep trouble, it was my father who blocked the knife for him, and I ran to rescue him day and night, but in just a few years, the royal family was going to put the person they personally canonized to death." ”

Xu Jue smiled lightly, with anger, disappointment, and desolation in his eyes: "It is said that as a general, you must have a big mind, they have repeatedly cut troops in the northwest over the years, and the Xu family has never said anything, but the monarch and the minister...... What is Jun? The Xu family should be slaughtered, even if they are about to lose their heads, they still have to kneel and be grateful? ”

Xu Jue said: "I want to ask you, if your wife, son and daughter were killed by the court today, what would you do?" Will kneel and kowtow to the court, saying that the family should die? ”

It was as if he was the only voice in the cell.

Zhu Hongyuan couldn't say a word.

Xu Jue groaned and said, "Xiu Rong once taught me a truth. ”

Speaking of Gu Xiurong, Zhu Hongyuan's expression finally had another change: "What's the reason?" ”

"He said that the world is big enough to accommodate his ambitions."

"But the world is also very small, so small that it can only accommodate his parents, wife, children and sister."

"I asked him what kind of person he was."

Zhu Hongyuan asked, "How did he answer?" ”

"He said, I only wish that I would serve the court."

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes suddenly felt a little relieved.

Xu Jue said: "Now, I want to ask you, how would you feel if Xiu Rong returned to Jiangling as an official and ended up like me in the future?" ”

"Is it a pity that he shouldn't have entered the office that day? Or will you pity him for being stupid? Or do you think he deserves to die? ”

Xu Jue took a deep look at him, walked out, thought about it, stopped again, and said: "If Xiu Rong lets you go, I won't be surprised at all, he is such a loving person, you are his teacher, he won't watch you fall into trouble, but do you think that if he lets you go, how will he punish himself?" ”

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes were shocked.

How will he discipline himself?

The people he brought out single-handedly, he couldn't be clearer.

Suddenly, Zhu Hongyuan burst into tears.

Yes, the world is so big and so small, they are trapped in it, looking for a way out.

Loyalty! …… Loyalty?

What is the reason for the exclusion I have suffered for more than ten years?

Is it this country that has long been rotten in the heart?

But you don't know, your family is uneasy, where is the way back?

Where is the way home?

(End of chapter)