And at the moment when Wei Wuya died, the real Wu Yougong stood in front of Li Bai.

At that moment, Li Bai could hardly believe his eyes.

The person standing in front of him at this moment should have been lying on the hospital bed, and he should have been dying under the cruelty of Wu Yougong......

But at the moment he witnessed it with his own eyes, what rose from his heart was a trance that made him angry.

Perhaps, that's exactly what it should be.

Because apart from this result, there is no explanation why he was the only one who survived the assassination of the antlers, not because he lost his threat, nor because of his respected status, nor because Li Bai's protection prevented the assassin from succeeding!

There is only one answer.

Everything is directed and acted by him.

Just to get yourself out of the waves, in order to clear yourself of suspicion......

Who would think that Wu Yougong, who had shrouded the entire Chang'an in the shadow of fear, was an old man dying in a hospital bed?

Who would think that among a group of homeless remnants, there is enough power to shake the entire Chang'an and dominate everything in secret?!

"I see......"

Li Bai muttered softly, but couldn't help laughing.

Mock yourself.

"Lu Gong?"

Since the moment the old man stood up, Xun Qing's face was no longer bloodless, and he barely had the strength to stand up: "Why, Lu Gong, could it be that they are threatening ......?"

"No, I volunteered."

Lu Daoxuan shook his head calmly: "Since more than ten years ago, I have been a duke of nothing, Xun Qing, until now." You may think I have something hard to say, but I don't.

There is no need to make excuses for me, all the sins, all the blood, I have done it single-handedly. ”

"But why!"

Xun Qing was so angry that he even forgot where he was, rushed up, grabbed the old man's collar, and asked angrily, "Is it money?" Don't have enough money? Power? Is power that appealing? Or do you have to do it? Me, I...... I've always admired you so much, Ah Lu Gong. ”

He was already in tears, and he couldn't stop crying: "Why, why are you doing this? ”

"Because I want to."

Lu Daoxuan raised his hand, calmly and indifferently, broke Xun Qing's fingers one by one, and took a step forward: "Because I have to do this."

How can a little ghost like you know the difficulty of survival, Xun Qing. Or is it that you have made a little achievement in the past few days, which makes you feel that the world is so simple? ”

When he spoke, his eyes were calm and cold, unwavering.

The voice was low, with a metallic sound.

no longer hides the anger and ferocity in his bones.

Perhaps, this is his true appearance, the true face of Lu Daoxuan, a famous master of Chang'an...... The Uncrowned King of Darkness, the Duke of Nothing!

"Do you know how difficult it is to make more people's lives better, Xun Qing?"

He asked coldly: "After the Great Collapse, after everyone is homeless, how difficult is it to help them, to help them, so that everyone can live, at least have a porridge and a meal, a place to stand, and a place to sleep with a roll of mats?"

Or do you think that over the years, I have helped so many people, and the meager salary of the mechanic alone is enough? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Xun Qing was sluggish, unable to make a sound.

"Look, Xun Qing, there will always be something unacceptable in this world."

Wu Yougong looked back with pity: "I originally wanted you to leave, I found a job for you, a future that guarantees you a worry-free future, but why do you want to come back, Xun Qing?" ”

If you stay in the feudal town, work diligently, endure the hardships of wind and frost, live a down-to-earth life, and improve your skills, you will be able to start a new life for yourself.

Treat everything in the past as a good memory, put it in your heart, and move forward.

We don't have to be like that.

None of this would have happened if you hadn't come......

"I just want to help you!"

Xun Qing roared hoarsely and interrupted him: "You said that one day you can help everyone live better, and I want to be like you!" ”

Become a mechanic like Lu Gong.

Like Lu Gong, he is fearless and will not be knocked down.

Like Lu Gong, protect everyone.

When the teacher died, he chased after the emaciated back, toiling between theory and calculation, day after day, just to be able to get closer.

In order to one day, to be able to be like him.

But now, when he suddenly looked back, he realized: what kind of hell does this path of reverence lead to!

"Why would you do that?"

He asked sluggishly, "You can obviously become the owner of the workshop, all of us will support you, we ......"

"That's why children who dream childishly are the most annoying."

Lu Daoxuan glanced at him indifferently: "Until now, I still have unrealistic hopes for Chang'an, thinking that if I become the owner, everything will be changed for the better as a matter of course."

Why are you immersed in a sweet dream, Xun Qing, what others have given you can be taken back at any time!

If you don't say that everything is in your own hands, one day, you will realize how fragile the so-called happiness is.

It's like ......"

He paused, and a hideous look appeared in his grim face: "It's like, Anle Fang!" ”

Xun Qing was sluggish.

"After so many years, Xun Qing, haven't you ever thought about it—is the Great Avalanche really accidental?" Lu Daoxuan asked suspiciously: "Or do you think there will be accidents in Chang'an?" ”

Xun Qing snorted, "Isn't it because of the old ...... Aging ......"

"You're already a mechanic, won't you figure it out yourself? Do you have to tell you everything? Lu Daoxuan interrupted him indifferently: "Forget it, it's my problem to have expectations for a waste like you." ”

He no longer hid his disappointment in Xun Qing.

It's not because Xun Qing can't draw conclusions.

In terms of Xun Qing's qualifications and talents, even if it is to calculate the operation and consumption of every part of the entire Fang City, and even to the situation of every month, every day, and every moment, there will be no problem.

What he was really disappointed about was that Xun Qing didn't dare to look back until now.

I don't dare to face the haze of the past, or even reminisce.

Leave everything behind as if it never happened, and dare not look directly at the pain and the past.

It's just that they blindly avoid ......

"It's okay, I'll tell you - there has never been any problems with the operation of Anle Fang, even if the teacher completely lets it go, it still has two hundred and ninety-four years of life left. It is enough for seven generations to live and work in peace and contentment, live their lives to the fullest, and die without regrets......"

Lu Daoxuan said: "It should be like this, Xun Qing, originally, everyone can have a happy life, including you." ”

And Xun Qing was almost suffocated.

Father, mother, and sister, the family lives happily together.

I haven't dared to think about that scene once since I was five years old. Only occasionally recalling their smiles, in my heart, it will be tingling and difficult to breathe.

"That's enough, don't say any more......" he shook his head with difficulty.

"Why don't you ask yourself?"

Lu Daoxuan asked coldly: "Why don't you tell yourself the answer?" Xun Qing, why did Anlefang usher in such an ending as the Great Collapse, and why did you and I stand here now.

There is always an answer, and you can't escape it. ”

"Enough!" Xun Qing shouted.

"No, it's not even close."

Lu Daoxuan roared: "Why, the big avalanche happened suddenly? Why was the transmission layer completely damaged overnight?!

Xun Qing, why did you encounter all this! This is not a natural disaster, but a purely man-made disaster! Because someone used this city to take away everything we have!!

It was because of the war between the Li clan and the Yang clan's organ division for the imperial power, just to drive out the Yang clan, they used the entire underground transmission layer of Anle Fang as a battlefield!

- This is the truth that has been buried for decades! ”

"Those aristocratic mechanics fought in the transmission layer, and they didn't care about any consequences at all, just because there was a Yang Clan's mechanic who ran into Anle Fang from the underground......

And then what? After they finished beating, they patted their butts and left, and after four hours, they sent a notice through Yu Hengsi to let us evacuate...... Evacuate? Where to retreat?

We have no choice but to wait for death!

It's the same people who took everything we have and killed your father and mother! It was they who killed my teacher and killed me, and they created today's Wuyougong! ”

He raised his eyes arrogantly and asked, "Then, do you want to wag your tail and beg for mercy from those guys?!" ”

"But...... But ......"

Xun Qing's face turned pale, and he snorted: "However, now that the Wu clan is in charge, the Li clan's organ division has already been liquidated." ”

"So what?"

Lu Daoxuan said coldly: "So there will be any difference? So, can we get back what we've lost?

Xun Qing, if we don't really control this city, if we can't become the real ruler of Chang'an, everything we have is just the playthings of those aristocratic masters! ”

He took a step forward, looked down at the child he had brought up, and pressed his shoulder: "Come to me, Xun Qing, I have found a way."

The way to truly dominate Chang'an and control the operation of all the markets, soon, the transmission layer of Chang'an will usher in a new order, and we will control the operation of everything.

My life is short, but you still have a future. ”

He solemnly promised: "You will inherit everything I have!" ”

Xun Qing fell into a stupor.

"You, you're going to do something to the drive plane?"

He asked in a trembling voice, "What if it fails?" What if it fails?

Once Chang'an's transmission layer gets out of control, the tragic situation of the big collapse will be repeated, even hundreds of times more tragic than before, Lu Gong, when the time comes, ......"

"Then they will also experience the pain we have endured!"

Lu Daoxuan interrupted him and told him hoarsely: "They will just live in the same world as us, but that's it!" ”

Like a demon, those bloodshot eyes were so cold.

It's like a reflection of hell.

The despair of losing everything, the confusion of being displaced, and the sadness of struggling to survive...... Everything that this world has given him has borne fruit in evil and blood.

Li Bai couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

When Di Renjie told himself that at the moment of his arrest, all the high-level officials of the Tsing Yi Club committed suicide en masse, he only found it hard to believe.

I can't understand what kind of magic power Wu Yougong has to make people die for it.

But now, he realized that what binds them together is not wealth and power, let alone fear and threat, but ...... Hatred!

Hatred after losing everything!

What else in this world could be so powerful other than love and hate?

But the preference is so thin.

There is only hatred, but it is never stingy and endless.

In the end, it all happened......

"Stop, Duke Lu, I beg you."

Xun Qing choked up and pleaded, and kowtowed in embarrassment: "It's still too late, you can become the owner of the workshop and let everyone live and work in peace and contentment." The identity of Wu Yougong will be a secret forever, and I won't tell it, Li Bai...... Li Bai won't say it, right? ”

He looked back in a panic and looked behind him.

His eyes were full of anticipation.

Silent pleading.

In silence, Li Bai lowered his eyes, unable to face his expression.

"Impossible, Xun Qing."

Li Bai muttered softly and shook his head: "Dao Xuan...... No, there is no public he, and he will never stop. ”

Too much hatred.

Too much pain.

No matter how much you plead, he will never stop.

So, don't shed any more tears, Xun Qing, from the beginning to the present, he is just using you, just using you as a tool!

used Li Bai and Xun Qing to eradicate the worthless Ji Xian, and used his own assassination to drag them into the quagmire, using them as chess pieces, sacrificing and using them without hesitation.

He is no longer the old man Xun Qing trusts and admires.

Perhaps, it was never from the beginning......

"You should think about it, Li Bai."

Lu Daoxuan looked at the young man who had been silent: "You are different from them, you are a talented person, you should be able to understand me."

A chaotic world controlled and monopolized by aristocratic masters, and a free, orderly Chang'an. You have to make a choice.

Chang'an, it should be everyone's Chang'an! ”

He stretched out his hand and sincerely invited: "You should be the one on my side." ”

Li Bai did not answer.

Just watched him quietly.

The arrogant and cold old man, as if he saw behind him, saw the huge shadow that belonged to the Void Prince. Like a spider, it spreads its eight legs, coldly weaving its own silk threads, laying layers of webs.

Finally, cover everything so that everything works according to his heart.

Those so-called harmony and order are just toys pulled by spider silk!

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in being someone else's puppet."

Li Bai closed his eyes and cut off the last hesitation and pity.

As he once said to Antlers:

"—Wu Yougong, you are already my enemy!"

Xun Qing was silent, took a step back, and took another step.

Finally, he stood beside Li Bai.

Didn't speak again.

That's their choice.

"Really, stubbornly."

Lu Daoxuan sighed in disappointment: "You think you are upholding justice and want to defeat the wicked, but you have never thought about what role you are playing. ”

He said, "Justice is ours!" ”

At that moment, Li Bai drew his sword.

The surging cyan sword qi tore through the silent air, smashing the conspiracy and resentment that filled the darkness, and stabbing towards Lu Daoxuan!

Collapse!

In the oblique stab, a long sword stretched out and blocked.

"Oh, it's dangerous."

Ji Xianke sighed with a frightened face: "Just went out for a short while, the boss was drawn and pointed at the neck, what happened?" Everyone's expressions were so terrible. ”

He turned his head and looked at Lu Daoxuan: "Didn't you say that you would have a good talk with them?" ”

"That's all that needs to be said."

Lu Daoxuan indifferently retracted his gaze and said, "Kill them." ”

"It's really troublesome, I just ran back from the underground, and I'm going to come to fight against such a strong enemy, don't I have time to rest."

Ji Xianke complained helplessly, and looked at the young man in front of him: "Why don't you surrender, Brother Li Bai, the boss is still very easy to talk to, how about I help you intercede?" ”

"What, no more drinking?"

Li Bai sneered, and pressed the blade forward: "I really didn't expect that the number one swordsman in Chang'an turned out to be a lackey of Wu Yougong." ”

"There is no way, people live in the world, and they will always owe more or less a little favor." Ji Xianke sighed lightly: "It's just that I owe a little too much......"

A roar erupted.

In just an instant, Ji Xianke crushed Li Bai's defense and rushed forward, which was already close at hand. In a narrow step, the two men faced each other, barely seeing the blade, only the high-pitched chirps that burst into the air, overlapping phantoms, and even the almost indistinguishable sound of steel clashing in one place.

Suddenly, Ji Xianke smiled and took a step back.

The sword blade turned around and pointed in Xun Qing's direction.

Li Bai's color changed suddenly, blocked this killer sword, grabbed Xun Qing's collar, turned around and left.

Xun Qing followed behind in despair, staggering, but when he was pulled out of the hall, he still turned his head and looked in Lu Daoxuan's direction.

I wanted to hear him say something more.

But the whole time, he didn't speak.

Just apathy.

"Let's stop here, Brother Li Bai."

Ji Xianke came first, stepped on the upturned eaves, and looked down, "If you lose the burden, maybe you can escape." ”

"Just you?"

Li Bai shook his head: "It's not worthy." ”

"Oh roar? It's really exciting, is this the style of the immortals? ”

Ji Xianke grinned, and a hideous look appeared in the pupils of his eyes, which were always rippling with drunkenness: "Then please give me more advice!" ”

In an instant, a sharp blade fell from the sky.

Li Bai retreated violently, but did not fight back, but pulled Xun Qing's collar and suddenly roared. Xun Qing's body was dragged by Li Bai, and he actually flew into the air, and after crossing an arc, he came out of his hand.

Thrown to the door.

Xun Qing landed in embarrassment, raised his head, and wanted to call Li Bai, but saw Li Bai turn around and shouted at him: "Go!" ”

He was stunned for a moment, only to feel the heat in front of him, and all the words he wanted to say were choked in his throat.

If it weren't for him, Li Bai would have come and gone freely.

It's only yourself who has always held you back......

After realizing this reality, he didn't speak again, raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and ran wildly. must leave here, so that Li Bai has no worries.

Then go to Dali Temple and find Di Renjie......

And then...... And then......

He clenched his fists.

Then, bring Lu Gong to justice!

He hurried to the door, and threw himself into the darkness of the night. But in the darkness, there was a sudden low muffled sound, and a strong wind was blowing.

A familiar heavy sword slashed at the ground beneath his feet.

When he got closer, he was only one point away from his face.

In the darkness, the doorman who guarded the gate still faithfully performed his duty.

Dark skin, a head full of strange hair in a veil.

And that wooden, sluggish face.

- Kunlun Miller!

"I'm sorry."

Miller lowered his eyes, "This is all an order from the Duke of Nothing. ”

“…… Even you are a lackey! ”

Xun Qing's eyes widened, and he asked angrily: "Does Cheng Yanjin know?" He trusts you so much! ”

"Master Cheng treated me very well, took me in, a Kunlun man who didn't know the roots, didn't treat me as a thug, and gave me a nursery so that I could continue to plant flowers, I was sorry for him......"

Kunlun Mole held on to the heavy blade and whispered, "Originally, I had a flower shop, and it was in Anle Fang...... Back then, nothing was like it is now. ”

He thought for a moment and whispered, "But then, I have nothing." ”

Xun Qing was silent.

"I was treated as a slave and sold, but it was the Duke who saved me. I have nothing to give him in return, only this sword. ”

Kunlun Mole said, "I'm sorry. ”

The silent swordsman raised his sword again, aiming it at his foe.

Even if their enemies are unarmed.