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Duanmu Rong glanced up at him, a little puzzled and a little worried, and when he saw Xu Chen's expression as usual, he didn't pay attention to it, and his eyes drifted to somewhere, it was just the ice pond frost tree in the winter garden. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ximen Wang still half-bowed his head, holding the porridge bowl and eating slowly and seriously, as if he didn't feel that Xu Chen's gaze was slashing deeply into his face like two knives, and his expression was indifferent.

Xu Chen looked at Ximen Wang quietly.

At this time, Ximen Wang and the middle-aged man on the seaside are completely different two people, their faces are still as cold as cold iron, their eyebrows are still as thick as ink silkworms, and their lips are still as bright as blood, but their domineering majesty is all locked in the ordinary coat on their bodies, and there is no trace of leaking out to the heavens and the earth.

The seemingly ordinary plain coat was not armor or military uniform, but it was the imperial coat that the Son of Chaoyang personally put on him when he was discussing his military exploits. Ximen Wang, who wore this royal plain robe, was no longer just a peak martial arts powerhouse, but also a big man in the world, and the most powerful person in the imperial military.

Xu Chen silently thought that even if it was to the Mountain Sect, it would be difficult for such a big man to make an explanation, right?

Ximen Wang ate the porridge in the bowl slowly and seriously, slower than the senior brother, and it was not until a long time later that he finished eating, slowly raised his head, looked back at Xu Chen's gaze and asked, "Why does the little gentleman keep looking at me?"

Xu Chen smiled and said, "Because the general is mighty." ”

Of course, no one believed this, but no one was bored enough to debunk this excuse and be interested in criticizing the hypocrisy and rudeness of both sides.

Removing the diet and serving the precious Yanxi Heihao tea, Ximen looked at the senior brother and said, "The dogs are all wastes that can't be put on the table, so I won't call them out for Mr. Big to see." ”

The senior brother smiled slightly, and slowly took a sip of tea, when he didn't need to speak, he had always been reluctant to speak, because he knew that he was slow to speak, and others probably didn't like to listen to it very much.

Ximen looked at Duanmu Rong with the teacup and said, "You are Duanmu Rong?"

The senior brother put down the teacup and said with a smile: "She is now the sister I recognize." ”

Ximen Wang squinted slightly, as if he was a little surprised, and wondered why this young talisman master from the Great River Country had such a great opportunity, and said after a moment of silence: "Congratulations." ”

Duanmu Rong knew that the next conversation in the Winter Garden belonged to the internal affairs of the Chaoyang Empire, so he stood up and bowed, glanced at Xu Chen again, and left to feed the big black horse.

The Winter Garden was silent, except for the cold wind blowing the frost on the branches, making a rustling sound like arrow feathers brushing the bowstring, like the dirt on the battlefield splashing onto hard armor.

Ximen looked at the black and blood-thick tea soup in the tea cup, was silent for a long time, shook his wrist, put it into his lips and drank it all, his long shirt moved with the wind, indescribably heroic and casual, as if he drank a glass of double-steamed spirits.

The tea soup entered the throat like blood, and the general's voice became more and more cold and murderous, and the meaning of the gold and stone was great.

"Back then, Xuanwei entered the mountain gate with a single sword, and the children of my Holy Sect either died or escaped, and they were displaced, and they were miserable, but my Holy Sect originally established rules by force, so the people in the Holy Sect were afraid of Xuanwei like a tiger, but they never hated it. At that time, I was still young, and I had just left the control of my teacher, but I felt that it was like a fish jumping into the sea, and the flowers bloomed on the other side, so happy, especially when I went south to the Central Plains with my sister and met many friends in the army in Chaoyang. ”

Xu Chen didn't look at him at this time, just looked at the tea in front of him, the black tea soup in the tea cup reminded him of a lot of old things, remembered the stone lion, remembered the blood, he thought about the general's mansion in the general's mansion, and then was awakened by the sound of the golden stone, frowning slightly, he didn't expect Ximen Wang to admit his identity as a demon sect as soon as he opened.

"The world calls my Holy Sect a demon, and I am the so-called remnant of the Demon Sect, Mr. Big is a disciple of the master and son, and he doesn't care, but the world is not like this. After my sister entered Kyoto, I guarded the frontier for the empire, and accumulated merit to the general, but one day Murong danced shocking the world, her identity as a saint was exposed, and the Western Jin Dynasty Shenjun took advantage of this matter to make a big fuss. ”

Ximen Wang looked indifferently at the black tea soup in the teacup, and said after a moment of silence: "At that time, I was always expecting the imperial court to be able to protect me, or the master to be able to say a word, but the imperial court did not react, and the master did not speak, in order to prevent the Western Jin Dynasty Divine Army from being involved in the woman in Kyoto City because of my identity as a demon sect, I had no choice but to kill Murong, betray the Holy Sect, become a guest of the Divine Army, and become a dog." ”

Speaking of this, the most powerful man in the world raised his head, looked at the senior brother at the table, and said slowly: "Dare to ask Mr. Big, if you were in my situation at that time, how would you choose." ”

The elder brother was not silent or smiling, but just quietly looked at a tree in the winter garden, as if recalling his own story many years ago, and said, "If it were me, I would probably be able to kill as many people as I want." ”

Ximen Wang listened to his answer and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, what a character Mr. Big, who in this world dares to be disrespectful to you?"

Suddenly, his expression was solemn, and he said in a cold voice: "But I'm just a remnant of the Demon Sect who can't be destroyed by the world, and I'm just a dog who is panicking and losing his family...... Changing to a home as a dog seems to be the only option. ”

"But being a dog is a very difficult thing. ”

Ximen Wang retracted his gaze, slowly tapped the table with his steady and powerful fingers, and said: "Because dogs all have owners, and I, a dog that seems to be powerful and can bite people everywhere, never know who its owner is." ”

"I am Keqing, and I am the general of the Chaoyang Empire, it is impossible for me to sell the interests of the empire to the Divine Army, nor can I betray the Divine Army to the Empire, so what benefits can my dog bring to the Divine Army and the Empire?"

"I can only keep killing and fighting, conquer more and more territory for my Chaoyang Empire, and destroy more and more enemies, only then His Majesty the Emperor will not suspect me, and at the same time, I must secretly obey the orders of the Divine Army and deal with some things that are inconvenient to deal with within the empire for them, so that they will continue to trust me. ”

"This kind of day is really depressing, Your Majesty has always refused to fully trust me, and the Divine Army is even more wary of me, and a child of the Holy Sect like Shen will kill me for the first time once he is born. ”

"I am a traitor, from the moment I leave the mountain gate, I am a traitor, from this side of the river to that side and then to the other, this is not a capricious between light and darkness, in fact just a remnant of darkness lingering under the light of light, looking for a glimmer of life and hope. ”

"However, sometimes I also think, death is not terrible, what is terrible is the past that you carry on your back, those past that you don't want people to know, those things that have grown on your body and your heart after a long time, you can't make it lighter, let alone hope to pull it out of you. ”

"But things are always moving forward, Your Majesty sent the Duishan Sect to practice on the side, obviously he doesn't want to use me, and if a dog is useless, it may be slaughtered at any time, I have lived in the Central Plains for so many years, and I only sit in this position now, I don't want to be slaughtered. ”

"How can you not be slaughtered? Unless you are not a dog, how can you not be a dog, but the owner of a dog? You have to have power, many people say that General Ben is the most powerful man in the world, but in fact, you and I know very well that this kind of power is not extraordinary, and it is still in the world, so I always have a rope around my neck. ”

"So I want to get that book of heaven, because I want to have power beyond this world, I want to break that rope, so that I don't have to struggle on both sides of the river anymore, and I can be truly free. ”

Ximen Wang's speech was very long, and in the process of speaking, neither Senior Brother nor Xu Chen interjected, but just listened quietly and silently, listening to the vague history, listening to the resentment and unwillingness hidden in the calm narrative of the imperial general, and listening to the secrets that not too many people in the world knew.

Senior Brother looked at him and asked gently, "Why are you saying this to us?"

Ximen Wang smiled, picked up the teacup and drank the cold tea, sighed softly and said: "Naturally, I don't want to change something with these words, it's just that these words have been hidden in my heart for too many years, and I have never had the opportunity to say them to others, there are too few people in the world who are qualified to listen to me these words, and Mr. Big, you are undoubtedly one of them." ”

The senior brother said with emotion: "Since it is useless to say it, why bother to say more?"

Ximen looked into his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Back then, I wanted to ask to see him, and ask him to explain my pain and confusion, since there can be a character like Xuanwei, it is nothing to point out to me, the remnant of the Demon Sect, but unfortunately he has never wanted to see me, but he just asked His Majesty to pass me two words, and to this day I still don't know what to understand those two words." ”

The elder brother asked, "Which two words?"

Simon replied: "Do nothing." ”

The senior brother was silent for a moment, then looked at him and laughed, his gentle smile contained very mixed emotions, some pity, some emotion and some undisguised regret.

"Looking at the general's actions today, it seems that he really does not understand the meaning. ”

"Please also ask Mr. Big for advice. ”

"Doing nothing, that is, doing nothing, the general has come to me since he left the Demon Sect, everything he thinks and does is sharp, and he acts violently with force and military exploits, in order to be able to stand firm in the surging river, so as not to cause trouble to the person behind you, but you have not thought that if you did nothing from the beginning, maybe it would be better. ”

Senior Brother spoke slowly, slowly raised his hand to stop Ximen Wang's meaning, and continued: "Let's talk about the matter of the woman back then, the first emperor was very angry when he took over the letter of the sect, and he was already ready to meet with swords, but you were worried that the person was exposed, and you preemptively killed Murong to win the trust, how can you blame the empire for not helping you?"

"Everything is impermanent, if you do nothing, maybe all the troubles after that will not exist, but unfortunately you are too nervous about that person, and you will make mistakes until you reach the point where it is irreparable today. ”

Ximen Wang clenched his fists and said sharply: "But he didn't speak back then!"

Senior Brother's eyes were slightly cold, and he looked at his face and said in a deep voice What qualifications do you have for him to speak for you? How do you know that if the Divine Army does it, the teacher will not speak for you? Don't forget, if the teacher hadn't nodded back then, how could your sister become my queen mother of Chaoyang!"

There was a dead silence in the winter garden, all the subordinates in the general's mansion had already been sent away, no one could hear what the senior brother said, and Xu Chen, who understood the meaning of this sentence, stared at the tea cup in front of him with his head down and did not move, only the slightly trembling right hand under the table revealed the true emotions in his heart.

The queen mother of the Chaoyang Empire is actually Ximen Wang's own sister! She is also a member of the Demon Sect!

A thin branch in the depths of the winter garden seemed to be unable to withstand the atmosphere of the field or the snow and frost hanging on the branch, and it broke off and fell into the residual snow with a click, and the senior brother slowly pushed the teacup in front of him farther away, raised his head and looked at Ximen Wang calmly and said: "If you have finished speaking, then I should say something that you probably don't like to hear." ”