Chapter 856: Cornered
Shh
Ding Chou's words stirred up a thousand waves, and the faces of Liu Xunyi and the three of them changed, and their frightened and confused eyes invariably fell on Qiu Han on the bamboo chair.
"Boom! Click!"
A burst of lightning and thunder illuminated the heavens and the earth as bright as day in an instant, and also reflected Qiu Han's deathly pale face more and more eerie and terrifying.
The face is like dead ashes, the facial features are hideous, the eyebrows are frowning as if unwilling, a pair of empty eyes are staring ahead, and a wisp of red blood slowly overflows along the corners of the mouth, and is quickly diluted by the rain that keeps slipping.
This scene not only caught Liu Xunyi's eyes, but also deeply imprinted in his heart.
"Brother Qiu......"
Facing Qiu Han, who hated Huang Quan, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt that his brain was blank, his legs involuntarily weakened, and after stumbling a few steps, he fell to the ground with a "poof", and his eyes full of shock looked at Qiu Han's corpse in disbelief.
At this moment, not only were his eyes trembling, his lips and teeth trembling, and he couldn't wait for the muscles in his whole body to shake violently like a sieve.
Too much surprise, too much confusion, too much grief, too much despair......
He couldn't predict it, let alone understand it, why did he choose to commit suicide when he finally got rid of the hatred of bad luck and had a chance to start his life again?
"Brother Qiu......"
Liu Xunyi, who had mixed feelings, was finally completely broken by a sudden burst of sadness, and he realized it later, despite being covered in mud, he struggled to fall on Qiu Han's body, and cried uncontrollably.
At this moment, even Liu Xunyi couldn't tell the difference, was he crying for Qiu Han or crying for himself?
"Brother Liu, people can't be resurrected after death, don't ...... like this"
Li Haitang rushed forward with an arrow step, struggling to pull Liu Xunyi away from Qiu Han's corpse, and at the same time kept soothing with kind words in his mouth: "Maybe he is tired of this kind of life is worse than death." A vigorous and vigorous master has now become a paralyzed living dead, and this kind of torture is far more unbearable. Death may be a relief for him......"
"It's me who is bad, it's all my fault......" Liu Xunyi blamed himself in annoyance and was ashamed, "I shouldn't have brought him here...... Perhaps, Brother Qiu had already made up his mind when he proposed to worship and wanted to die in front of the tomb of the Hou Ye...... Brother Qiu, why are you so stupid? Why are you ......?"
"Qiu Han has been loyal to his duties all his life, and he has been with Tianji Hou in life and death, and his loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled, which is respectable and lamentable. Wen Tianxiang said, "Perhaps, this is his best ending......
"You're wrong!"
Just when Liu Xunyi couldn't cry, Li Haitang was sad, and Wen Tianxiang was full of emotion, the expressionless Ding Chou suddenly spoke, he seemed to have grown up a lot in an instant, and the childishness in his eyes faded, replaced by an indescribable melancholy and grief.
This kind of look, which was completely inconsistent with his age, made Liu Xunyi shudder in his heart.
"Little Dingzi, what do you want to say?"
"Lord Qiu's suicide is not the best ending, on the contrary, death is the destination he least wants to choose, but he has to choose. Ding Chou gritted his teeth and cried, "Because Lord Qiu is disheartened by the reality that good and evil are reversed, because he can't see a glimmer of hope for life...... He couldn't bear to live in despair, so he decided to die...... Or to apologize for the sin with death......"
"Apologize with death?" In a trance, a terrifying thought suddenly flashed in Liu Xunyi's mind, Qiu Han's dialogue in front of Zhao Yuan's tomb echoed in his ears again, although he thought about it, he still didn't dare to believe it easily, so he cautiously tested Ding Chou, "Why did he apologize with death?
"Lord Qiu committed suicide by biting his tongue in front of Hou Ye's tomb, and he apologized to Hou Ye. Ding Chou chou cried and laughed, and his mind seemed to be a little crazy, "As for why he apologized, it was because he knew that Hou Ye was killed by a traitor, but he couldn't take revenge......
"What?" Ding Chou's explanation was right in Liu Xunyi's arms, and his eyes changed, and he said suspiciously, "You said that Brother Qiu is ...... Do you know that Hou Ye was victimized by traitors?"
"Exactly. ”
"But when you were in the City God Temple, you told me ......"
"That's just wishful thinking on my part!" Ding Chou said guiltily, "At that time, I only cared about Lord Liu's future, but ignored Lord Qiu's resentment. ”
"Whose grudge is it?" Liu Xunyi swallowed hard and spit, "Could it be the real murderer who killed the Hou Ye?"
"Yes. Liu Xunyi was in trouble, Qiu Han committed suicide, and the ensuing suffering made Ding Chou mourn more than his heart died, and he could no longer care about his cowardice at this time, and said indignantly, "At the City God Temple that day, we only said half of it. Aren't you curious about why we're being hunted down? Aren't you curious about what secrets we know?"
"Not bad!" Liu Xunyi's heartstrings tightened, looking at Zhao Yuan's tombstone, and then at Qiu Han's corpse, his expression became more and more solemn, "Today...... Can you tell me everything you know......"
"Qin Wei!"
Before Liu Xunyi's words fell, Ding Chou couldn't wait to blurt out.
"Shhh
Although Liu Xunyi was shocked, in fact, deep down he had expected this, but he didn't dare to admit it, and even deceived himself.
"Qin Wei ......" Liu Xunyi was dumbfounded, slurping, "What has he done?"
"Actually, Qin Wei has long been bought by the Xifu and secretly colluded with them. Ding Chou said angrily, "I have found out more than once that he and Bai Jin met secretly, but I have never exposed him. I thought he was just a powerful minister of Xifu, but I never expected that his ambition would be so vicious, and he dared to collude with Xifu to murder the prime minister and the marquis. I knew this earlier, I should have exposed Qin Wei's scandal to Hou Ye at the beginning, so there would be no disaster today. ”
"What?" Although there were some doubts about Qin Wei in his heart, it was far less than Ding Chou's revelation, Liu Xunyi stared at Ding Chou in fear, and asked tremblingly, "You said Qin Wei he...... colluded with Xifu to murder the prime minister and the marquis...... Is this serious?"
"During the time when Hou Ye was locked up in the prison, Tianji Pavilion was under house arrest, and only one person could move freely, and he was the only one who visited Hou Ye in the prison, that person ...... It was Qin Wei. Ding Chou sneered weakly, "However, on the night that Qin Wei visited the Hou Ye...... Hou Ye, who had always been in good health, died violently. Lord Liu, you are more knowledgeable than Xiao Dingzi, and you are smarter than me, you tell me...... Is there such a coincidence?"
"Boom!"
Ding Chou's words were like a sharp knife piercing into Liu Xunyi's heart, making his heart like a knife, and his liver and gallbladder were broken.
Liu Xunyi knew that Qin Wei had some little problems with selfishness and greed, and he also knew that he was not as benevolent and righteous as he imagined, but Liu Xunyi never thought that he would murder Zhao Yuan, who was as kind to him as the sea.
This kind of thought is not that Liu Xunyi doesn't want to believe it, nor that he can't believe it, but that he didn't think about it at all.
Friends who sing and sing in harmony with each other, friends who are in the same boat through thick and thin, brothers who are inseparable, relatives who share life and death, and are related to each other...... For more than 20 years, they have been brothers and sisters, and they have been close friends who break bones and tendons since they were children.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xunyi ...... He actually glanced away at Qin Wei.
Before I knew it, I burst into tears. It was like the heartache and loss of being betrayed, which made Liu Xunyi in a trance and his heart was numb.
At this moment, he was not speechless, but he didn't want to defend Qin Wei again.
He knows that reality, though cruel, is a bloody truth that does not change at anyone's will.
"It turns out that Master Hou is not a recurrence of an old injury, but a murder ......" Liu Xunyi's eyes were dull and he muttered to himself, "It turns out that the turmoil in Dongfu is not Long Yan's anger, but the villain's trouble...... It turned out that the change of ownership of Tianji Pavilion was not Qin Wei's luck, but the reward he and Xifu exchanged for a dirty deal...... So many adults in Dongfu were beheaded by raiders, so many elders of Tianji Pavilion were excluded and dispersed, plus Hou Ye died unjustly, and he committed suicide with hatred...... Accumulated blood debts, it turns out that everything is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster...... What is even more tragic is that man-made disasters do not come from foreign enemies, but from ...... Mole. ”
Seeing Liu Xunyi's sad appearance of losing his soul, Wen Tianxiang had more than enough strength but could only comfort in a low voice: "Lord Liu, the intrigue of the imperial court has been your life and ......death since ancient times."
"Master Wen......" Liu Xunyi muttered depressedly, "I originally wanted to be in the love of the little prince, humiliate and humiliate the affairs of Jingyun Pavilion, and go away incognito. Unexpectedly, Xifu refused to forgive, and used the Pan family to force me hard, vowing to cut off my life. Now, I have learned the truth about the great changes in Dongfu and the vain death of the Hou Ye...... You can't just walk away. Both things are related to Xifu, since they forced me to be cornered, I can only sacrifice my life to accompany them and fight to the death. ”
"Lord Liu, what do you want to do?"
Faced with Ding Chou's shock, Liu Xunyi smiled sadly, but did not say a word.
"Brother Liu, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, you must not be rash. Li Haitang persuaded him bitterly, "The tiger and wolf in Lin'an City are in charge, and the wealth of Xifu is powerful, and if you and I want to fight with them with your meager strength, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg......"
"Smack!"
Before Li Haitang finished speaking, Liu Xunyi shot out without warning, and a knife slashed at the back of his neck like lightning, which made Li Haitang's voice stop abruptly, so that his eyes were black and unconscious.
"Gongzi Wen, I'm sorry for you to take Li Haitang with you, the farther you go, the better. Where to go after he wakes up, Wen Gongzi doesn't have to bother, it's up to him. ”
"Do you want to go back to Lin'an single-handedly?" Wen Tianxiang was stunned and incredulous, "Do you know that going to the meeting alone is only a dead end......
"Why is life happy, and death is also painful? Since everyone in the world covets my cheap life of Liu Xunyi, give them it. Liu Xunyi looked up to the sky and laughed, the cold rain "crackled" and slapped his face, but he felt unprecedented relief and relief at this moment, "The Pan family treats me sincerely, and I can't help them when they are in trouble." Master Hou treats me like a mountain, and I can't help but repay his hatred. You just said that it is better to live than to die, and perhaps death is for me...... It's the real liberation. ”
After that, Liu Xunyi took a deep look at Zhao Yuan's tombstone and Qiu Han's corpse, a cold light appeared in his eyes, the sword in his hand was clenched, and then his heart was sideways, ignoring Ding Chou's crying and dissuasion and Wen Tianxiang's melancholy sigh, he suddenly turned around and walked towards the distance with a meteor stride full of mud.
"Lord Liu, if Wen can one day show what he has learned and show his ambitions in the imperial court, he will definitely rehabilitate Zhaoxue for you and make you famous in history. ”
"Thank you for your kindness, but Shi Shu Danqing will leave it to you talented gentle......men! I don't want to be famous in my life, but I am even more afraid of leaving a name after death, and I would rather ...... Life and death are fateful, and there is no name. ”
With Wen Tianxiang's heartfelt words and Liu Xunyi's gags, he gradually drifted away until he disappeared at the end of the cold and dark rainy night.
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