What night was that?

I'm afraid that only Gu Meng will understand when he hears these three words.

The old man looked at Gu Ming, there was no awe in his eyes, only kindness, now that Nan Chu is gone, the old man will no longer abide by the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, he looks at Gu Meng like this, just like looking at his own juniors.

In fact, in the old man's life, when he was young, he really married a wife and had children, but his mother-in-law, who had a bad life, died early, and his son was also short-lived, he didn't have a few gray hairs, and his son was gone.

The old man remembered the scene of that night, and said softly: "In fact, when His Majesty left the palace that night, the old minister was outside the palace, and His Majesty entered the palace at dusk, and the old minister waited outside the palace. ”

That day, Gu Meng was announced into the palace by his imperial brother, and he was almost buried in the sea of fire, but fortunately he escaped in the end, but how to get out of the city, in fact, he was muttering, but later he really came to the city gate, and then he found that the city gate did not know who opened it.

At that time, Gu Meng was in a panic, just thinking that maybe it was those dignitaries and nobles in Yingdu City who bought off the soldiers who guarded the city and let them leave in a hurry, but after leaving the city, it was also so smooth, running all the way towards the barren mountain, and he didn't even meet half of the Great Qi soldiers.

You must know that the Great Qi army at that time had already surrounded the entire Yingdu, and it was impossible for anyone to escape.

And now the old man's words make everything clear.

That night, it was the old man who followed him all the way and fought a bloody way out for him.

When Gu Meng entered the courtyard before, he realized that the old man was not an ordinary person, he should be a cultivator, at least he was.

His breath is stable and long, which is not something that ordinary people have, and in other words, maybe the old man is so old now, maybe it is caused by the extremely dangerous opening of the road that night.

Perhaps seeing Gu Ming's thoughts, the old man struggled to speak: "Your Majesty, why bother, that's what a courtier should do." ”

For Gu Ming, this is a real kindness, and he doesn't take it for granted.

The old man said slowly: "Even if you put aside the words of the monarch and the minister, with the friendship between the old minister and the first emperor, even if you fight to the death, you should send Your Majesty out of the city." ”

This also makes it clear that the old man paid a great price that night, in fact, as Gu Meng thought, the old man was also a cultivator with a high realm back then, but after that night, he hurt the origin, not only lost all the original realm, but also lost a lot of life.

If it weren't for the shot that night, the old man at this moment, even if he wouldn't be red-faced, would not be like this.

Gu Meng didn't speak, he reached out and pressed the old man's wrist, and a pure qi machine was about to pour into the old man's body, the old man slowly but firmly withdrew his hand from Gu Ming's hand, shook his head and said: "It's useless, Your Majesty, the old minister has lived for a long time, he should have left with the first emperor in the first place, all these years of living in the world, the first emperor often saw the old minister in his dreams, every time he asked His Majesty, the old minister felt shameless to see the first emperor." ”

Gu Meng said bitterly: "My father should be very disappointed in me, right?"

As a descendant of the Gu family, if you leave before the city is broken, there will be many people who will not be able to accept it.

The old man was surprised: "How is it possible? Your Majesty every time you enter the dream of the old minister, when you talk about your Majesty, you are all appreciative, although the old minister said that he did not know His Majesty's whereabouts a few years ago, but at that time, when His Majesty returned, plus the rumors about His Majesty that the old ministers heard these years, he didn't feel that His Majesty had insulted the Nanchu Gu family, and it was nothing if he couldn't be the emperor, and since then, his cultivation has become the first in the world, which is also excellent." ”

The old man stretched out his thin hand and grabbed Gu Ming's palm, and his eyes that were accustomed to the vicissitudes of the world were full of smiles, "Your Majesty, the old minister never thought that Nan Chu was gone, you would fall into history with this Nan Chu, otherwise, why did you open this door in the first place?"

Gu Ming's eyes were moist, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

The old man continued: "If Your Majesty still has a knot in his heart, there is no need to do it, just live such a life according to his own heart, as long as he has not forgotten Nanchu in his heart, it doesn't matter where he goes." ”

Gu Meng nodded slowly, he took a deep breath, and whispered, "No." ”

The old man nodded, no longer continued, but pointed to the room, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old minister still has two jars of wine, and he was reluctant to drink it before, but now that he has seen His Majesty, he has the courage to drink a wine with His Majesty, so that when he goes underground and meets the first emperor, he also has some things to talk about, the first emperor is good at everything, but he doesn't like to drink, and he has never drunk with His Majesty. ”

Gu Meng walked into the house, found the two jars with a finger thick wine jar with dust on them, and then found two more wine bowls, dragged a bench out, and sat with the old man under the old locust tree.

opened the wine jar and poured two bowls of yellowish wine, the old man took it tremblingly, sniffed it a little greedily, and then took a sip, his face was full of satisfaction.

Gu Meng picked up the wine bowl, also took a sip, and nodded.

The old man was not in a hurry to speak, but after drinking such a bowl of wine intermittently, he asked Gu Meng about his experience over the years.

Gu Meng first filled the old man with wine, and then slowly talked about whether he practiced swords by himself over the years, or did other things, anyway, there is such a long story, and after a while, he really can't finish it.

However, in terms of alcohol, it can be regarded as an accompaniment.

Gu Ming's story is naturally wonderful, his short ten-year cultivation career is more than most cultivators have experienced in a lifetime.

The old man listened quietly, his expression changed with the story, listening to Gu Ming's cultivation going smoothly and winning the first place in the trial in Xian Mall, he laughed and said something worthy of His Majesty, and later heard that he almost died in Xian Mall, he was a little angry, saying that there are few good things in this world.

After returning to Zheshan Mountain, the old man couldn't wait to jump up and roar, saying that His Majesty should be the first of the young generation in Nanling, and he should also be the best young man in the world.

Later, to deliver the message, to the South China Sea, the old man was a little silent.

Listening to the old monk and a certain emperor of Southern Chu who were old friends, the old man's thoughts drifted away.

After a while, he came to his senses and said slowly: "This should be the first emperor, he drifted away, he should be in search of immortality." ”

It's hard to say who the greatest emperor in the history of Southern Chu is, but when it comes to the emperor with the highest realm, it should be him.

Gu Meng also had some understanding, but he didn't say much, just continued to tell, and then talked about the story of the emperor's tomb behind, and after talking about the emperor's tomb, it was the trip to Beiling.

The old man commented: "That Emperor Daqi, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a hero, although it seems that now it is a little too much to pursue the so-called freedom, but it is precisely like this that makes people feel more flesh and blood." ”

After saying this, the old man took a sip of wine, turned his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, the emperors of the past dynasties, whether it is Nanchu or somewhere else, most of them are scheming, of course, those who read prefer to use the emperor's art as a compliment, but in fact, it is not impossible to work in scheming, but you can't lose your own human touch." ”

"If the emperor has no sincerity towards people, then he must be a lonely person, not to mention whether he can govern the country well, but anyway, when future generations talk about it, it will not be a taste when he is alone with himself. ”

Gu Meng listened quietly, did not refute, and did not echo.

The old man took another sip of wine, his face was a little ruddy, he opened his mouth, suddenly stopped, waved his hand and said: "This was originally said by thinking that Your Majesty said it when the old minister was alive and when he was still the emperor again. ”

The old man looked at Gu Meng and said wistfully: "But there is nothing to say at this time, no matter what happens to Your Majesty in the future, the old minister can't see it." ”

Gu Meng took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "I can't say what will happen in the future, but I listened to what you said, and I will remember it in the future." ”

The old man nodded and motioned for Gu Meng to continue.

After talking about the trip to Beiling, he returned to Zheshan to do the teaching.

The old man smiled: "Actually, there is not much difference between being a master and being an emperor, both are equally troublesome." ”

Of course, if you let the cultivators in the world choose, whether to be the emperor of the northern and southern dynasties or the head of a certain sect, they will definitely choose the former, but if you choose a small country like Nanchu, I am afraid that the position of the head of many large sects will be more tempting for these cultivators.

Speaking of which, compared to the Southern Chu Emperor, the Zheshan Sect is now half a catty and eight taels.

If Zheshan can become the number one sword sect in the world, then Gu Meng will be more enviable as the head of Zheshan than the emperor of Southern Chu.

The old man exclaimed: "It is worthy of Your Majesty, you are so outstanding everywhere." ”

Gu Meng waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "You always say these good things, almost all of them make me take it seriously." ”

The old man didn't explain, just picked up the wine bowl and touched it with Gu Ming.

This old and young drink it all.

Seeing that the first jar of wine had already bottomed out, Gu Meng opened the second jar and poured it again.

He was actually a little worried about the old man's body, but the old man said bluntly: "I have to die anyway, and if I get drunk today, that is the best way for the old minister to die." ”

Gu Meng shook his head and said, "It's best to be alive." ”

The old man smiled, took a big sip of wine, and said slowly: "With the intention of drinking, the old minister asked a question that should not be asked, can Your Majesty answer?"

Gu Meng said: "If you have something to say, you can say it directly. ”

The old man smiled: "Then don't blame the old minister for getting straight to the point, the old minister wants to ask Your Majesty, along the way, Your Majesty is only afraid that he is about to enter the year of establishment, if this is still in Nanchu, there are already a few concubines, now although he is not the emperor, His Majesty also has several women around, which one do you like the most, can you tell the old minister?"

Gu Meng was stunned for a while.

Speaking of the women around him, he always has something to do with Gu Ming, in addition to the two senior sisters, there are other women, namely Liu Yi and Bai Congee.

The two women each had a journey with Gu Ming.

There are so many women in the world, and there are only four of them who can really talk about the relationship.

However, of these four people, Gu Meng except for the trance when he first saw Liuyi, the rest probably still didn't feel anything.

He shook his head and said, "No." ”

The old man asked, "Really?"

Gu Meng nodded and said, "Don't lie." ”

The old man felt a little pity, shook his head, sighed, and did not continue to ask.

So after that, the two just drank and rarely spoke.

Drinking and drinking, even the second jar of wine is about to bottom, and at this point, if you don't say anything to drink, then when the wine is gone, it will be really dull.

Gu Meng talked about his experience over the years, and then talked about what he saw and heard in this Yingdu City when he was young, and every word was extremely sincere, which made the old man feel very comfortable when he heard it.

This is Gu Ming's memory, and the old man is also very clear, because in those years, he was actually in Yingdu City.

The old man suddenly said: "There are not many people in Nanchu who like to eat yukou over the years, and so is fermented bean curd, and in a few years, maybe the people of Nanchu will forget that there was once a country called Nanchu, and the power of time is like this, no one can compete with it, and no one can reverse it." ”

Gu Meng nodded, and then said: "Actually, it's not that simple, it's not easy to make Nan Chu really disappear in people's hearts." ”

The old man was noncommittal about Gu Ming's optimism, just took out a key from his arms and handed it to Gu Ming, and instructed: "They want Lao Chen's shop, Lao Chen could have given it to them, but Lao Chen thought, this Nanchu is gone, and the fish is not as good as before, so I have to keep my own shop, and I will have a thought in the future, but in fact, this idea is for Your Majesty, Lao Chen will not live long, and he is thinking about how to hand it over to His Majesty, this is good, Your Majesty is here, then that's it." ”

Gu Meng took the key, but he didn't shirk it, that fish tartley shop has no ordinary meaning to him, after all, it is the place where he and his father once ate fish tart.

"I'll keep people watching, don't worry. ”

Gu Meng made a promise, saying that he would let others, but wasn't it actually himself?

It was getting late, and the old man felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, he struggled to open his eyes, looked at Gu Ming, looked at Yingdu, and suddenly let out a sigh, "Your Majesty, the old minister is going to accompany the first emperor." ”

Gu Meng looked at him, his eyes full of sentimentality.

The old man asked with difficulty, "Your Majesty, can you become the number one in kendo in this life?"

"Liang Zhao should be very scheming. ”

At this time, the old man was still worried about Gu Ming.

Gu Meng said: "I don't know anything else, but if you say that in the way of the sword, he is not as good as me." ”

The old man said softly: "After all, he is the Gengxin Sword Master, and he should not be taken lightly. ”

Gu Meng leaned against the old man's ear and said softly: "I forgot to tell you, in fact, I am the Gengxin Sword Master, and the most brilliant sword star in the sea of stars is Liang Shi's, but the most special one is me." ”

The old man frowned at first, then his brows stretched, and then he laughed, "Your Majesty, you are really an interesting person, just like the first emperor, you look simple, but in fact, you have a bad stomach, but those bad water are not a big deal." ”

Gu Meng smiled and said, "You said, is it better to have a little city government, or not to have a city government?"

The old man is already struggling to speak at this time, his cloudy eyes are full of remembrance, his life, of course, is not magnificent, nor is it a legend, he is as ordinary as most people in the world, there is nothing bad about being ordinary.

As long as you think of yourself as the savior of your story, that's enough.

The old man's breathing slowed, a sign of the loss of life.

Gu Meng looked at him, but he couldn't say anything.

When he returned to Yingdu City this time, he thought about many good things, but he never thought about this meal.

Of course, this meal was unexpected, but it was much better than everything in the world.

But there is absolutely no perfect thing in the world, such as this time, there will be sad things.

Seeing the old man's vitality gradually passing, he also quietly waited for death to come, and suddenly, the old man seemed to return to the light, and his thin hand held Gu Ming's wrist hard.

The old man's cloudy eyes opened again, and those eyes were full of tears, "Your Majesty, the old minister wants to see the Nanchu River and Mountains again, and I want to see the early dynasty in the imperial city again!"

Gu Ming's tears couldn't be hidden.

After the old man said this, he didn't wait for Gu Meng to say anything, he fell down weakly, his eyes closed again, and his hand was released.

Even the breath was completely broken.

Only the body is still warm.

Gu Meng held the old man's thin hand and said softly, "I really don't want to be a person who disappoints you all." ”

Then the young man, carrying the old man on his back, lifted up the jar that had not yet finished drinking, and probably only had a sip of wine left, and slowly got up.

Move slowly.

Gu Ming's face was flushed, he was actually a little drunk, but his eyes were extremely clear.

He walked out of the courtyard and soon disappeared into the long street.

It's as if I've disappeared from this world.

——

Liang Shiyi's journey to the world of the female sword fairy is not over.

Along the way, it is actually difficult to see enough scenery that they have not seen in a hundred years, so although they walked fast, the scenery they have seen is still not enough.

Liang Shiyi accompanied the female sword immortal all the way from the West Sea, and now he has arrived in southern Xinjiang.

Next to the ancient Shu land, southern Xinjiang was originally a barbarian land, when the dynasty was established, it was attacked here, and finally captured, the emperor under the advice of the strategists, did not slaughter all these barbarians, but let many people intermarry with them, several generations later, only assimilated.

However, a small number of barbarians are still hidden in the mountains, multiplying from generation to generation, and still retain the inheritance and habits of countless years ago.

Many later dynasties knew about this, but most of them did not care.

Because there are not many barbarians hiding in the mountains, and they have never come out of the mountains to disturb the world, most emperors of the dynasty do not care about their existence.

As for the emperors who really raised troops to attack, they all failed without exception.

These barbarians are good at raising Gu and poisoning, and in the deep mountains, countless poisonous insects are even more blessed, every time they enter the mountains to exterminate their army, they will eventually die in the mountains.

Over time, such a deep mountain, not only is it inaccessible, but even the emperors of the past dynasties will no longer think about raising troops to attack.

Until a thousand years ago, those barbarians hiding in the mountains, somehow, seemed to think that their power was big enough, and launched a rebellion, and even the barbarian leaders in it set themselves up as kings, known as the South Yue Kingdom.

However, this turmoil, under the iron cavalry of Daning, has been resolved in just a few months.

Later, this barbarian tribe hid in the mountains again, and did not come out for a thousand years.

Of course, for this millennium, there are no outsiders to disturb here.

The two of them are now deep in this mountain, looking at those misty poisonous miasma, and they don't care.

Liang Shizhi glanced up, and with his eyesight, there were still trees hundreds of miles away, and he really felt that there was something to look at, so he began to complain.

The female sword fairy glanced at him, raised her eyebrows, and said, "If you don't want to, go back quickly." ”

Liang Shiyi sighed: "Why don't you want to, I just don't know what you're doing here, just want to see these trees, or do you have a soft spot for these poisonous miasma?"

Of course, this is all a joke, but Liang Shizhi really doesn't know what the woman on his side has in mind when he comes here.

The female sword fairy asked, "Do you really think that you are the number one in the way of the sword?"

Liang Shiyi said as a matter of course: "Isn't that who I am?"

The female sword immortal sneered, "Liang Shiyi, have you never paid attention to anything else in your life except for sword practice?"

Liang Shiyi was a little puzzled, in the clouds, just like the place he was in.

The female sword immortal said: "Ten thousand poisonous real people. ”

Liang Shiyi frowned, and after a while, he realized that he said, "This old guy, is he still alive?"

Ten Thousand Poison Real People, the specific age is unknown, but the last time he appeared was a hundred years ago, when he was already a famous sword immortal in the world, but his reputation was very poor.

That's because he is a sword immortal, but he is extremely shameless with poison, and he was cut to flesh and blood by his sword, even if he is a cultivator of the Golden Que Realm, he will have to suffer a lot, as for the not Golden Que Realm, it will be the end of killing him on the spot.

He is good at using poison, and his sword is not low, so more than a hundred years ago, he was rampant in the world, although he was not invincible in the world, but no one could really make him at the end of his life.

It's just that this poisonous real person disappeared more than a hundred years ago and never appeared again.

The female sword fairy said, "If he is not dead, he is here." ”

Liang Shizhi asked, "Do you have a grudge against him?"

The female sword fairy said: "Even if he didn't die before, if he is found by me, he will die." ”

She didn't answer Liang Shiyi's words, which made Liang Shizhi a little depressed.

Liang Shiyi saw that the white deer was looking at him shyly, so he reached out and slapped it in the ass!