When Changgeng pushed the door open and entered, he saw Gu Yun leaning against the headboard with a mottled wind-cutting blade across his knees. There was an indescribable loneliness on his pale face.
Although he couldn't hear the door open, Gu Yun felt a breeze coming in from the door. He immediately restrained his expression, "Why did you come back …"
He originally thought that Shen Yi had returned. Unexpectedly, he raised his head and saw the person through the glass mirror. He immediately choked on his words.
Gu Yun's hand imperceptibly brushed past General Tan's wind-cutting blade. He thought, "It's over." Caught unprepared, he thought, "Is it too late for me to pretend to faint now?"
In all honesty, this was the first time in Marshal Gu's life that he was so terrified that he wanted to run away.
But heaven and earth had no conscience.
Changgeng walked straight to him and nonchalantly picked up Gu Yun's hand. He placed his fingers on his pulse and quietly checked his pulse for a while. This time, Changgeng finally saw him clearly with the help of his glasses. After not seeing him for a few days, Changgeng had lost a lot of weight. His lips were a little blue. It was the kind of blue that people who were out of breath or poisoned. His entire spirit seemed to be forced out and there was an empty shell inside.
Gu Yun's awkwardness lessened slightly. He frowned and said, "Where are you hurt? Come here and let me see."
"It's fine. Although Miss Chen claims that she hasn't finished her apprenticeship, she is indeed a divine hand." Changgeng paused and said, "I'll be fine as long as you're fine."
Changgeng definitely wouldn't be like Shen Yi and howl. His fingers were still on Gu Yun's pulse, so he didn't make any hand gestures. Gu Yun basically didn't hear much of this entire sentence. He only received a gaze that seemed to have substance.
Gu Yun, "…"
Young man, what are you talking about?
The next moment, Changgeng's hand slid down his wrist and naturally held Gu Yun's hand.
When a person was seriously injured or sick, their Qi and blood would often not be able to continue. Even in May or June, it was easy for their hands and feet to turn cold. Changgeng held her hand and rubbed it repeatedly in his palm. His expression was extremely serious. Not only did he take care of every acupuncture point on her hand, but he also took care of the most sensitive spots between her fingers. He often used his fingertips to gently sweep them, so as to blatantly remind Gu Yun that he was not being filial to her. He was doting on her, so she should not deceive herself and others.
Gu Yun: "… Haven't you taken enough advantage of your adoptive father?"
Changgeng looked up at him and smiled. His eyebrows were very handsome. It was the kind of special handsomeness that was mixed with foreign blood. It was so sharp that it seemed a little unreasonable. However, the temperament around him was extremely peaceful. He could pretend to be an eminent monk and swindle people by putting on a kasaya. It was contradictory and tightly suppressed that innate sharpness. When he smiled, he actually looked a little sweet.
Gu Yun was dazzled by him through the glass mirror. When a person's mentality began to change, their perspective would also involuntarily change.
He had to admit that in an instant, his lust was indescribably moved.
Gu Yun was not an old monk who could be moved at any time. Although he wasn't an unrestrained hedonist, he knew that it was mainly because he didn't have the conditions to be unrestrained. It wasn't that he didn't want to, so he didn't pretend to be too serious.
But after all, that wasn't someone else. It was his little Changgeng.
Gu Yun really couldn't bring himself to do it.
Just as his three melons and two dates conscience stood in a row to condemn him, Changgeng suddenly reached out to take off his clothes without any warning.
Gu Yun, who was feeling guilty, instinctively moved back and suddenly grimaced in pain.
Changgeng righteously took the medicine from the side and mockingly gestured, "Change the medicine. I'm not a beast."
Gu Yun was actually more worried that he was a beast. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but not know whether to laugh or cry. He thought to himself, "How did it end up like this?" For a moment, he couldn't help but laugh. When he laughed, it affected the bones in his chest and abdomen. He couldn't laugh or endure it.
Changgeng hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't disturb you. Don't move."
He didn't dare to disturb Gu Yun again. For the time being, he took out the seriousness of a doctor and carefully undid Gu Yun's clothes and changed the medicine for him. After a while, both of them were sweating. Changgeng wiped Gu Yun's body with a fine handkerchief. He was so skillful that it was unknown how many times he had done it. Gu Yun suddenly thought of Shen Yi's words. The expression on his face became slightly restrained. He said softly, "How can you do this kind of thing by yourself? It's not appropriate. "
Changgeng's gaze darkened. He leaned close to his ear and said, "There's nothing inappropriate about it. You're still here talking to me. I can do whatever you want."
He was too close. Gu Yun's ears were slightly numb, but he couldn't help it. He couldn't hear if he was far away.
Gu Yun sighed, "It must have been hard on you that day …"
"Don't mention it," Changgeng interrupted him in a muffled voice, "Don't let me remember it. Zi Xi, take it as pity on me."
Gu Yun was still not used to this address. His lips moved slightly, but it seemed that he didn't have the face to ask Changgeng to call him 'Godfather'. Just now, for a moment, Gu Yun wanted to follow the tone of his voice and tell him what happened that day outside the city. He couldn't help it. But what should he do in the future?
Should he just let Changgeng go down the wrong path and die without any descendants?
Even if Gu Yun, this veteran ruffian, was shameless and didn't care about the former status of father and son, how would the dignified Prince Yan look at him if he gave himself to a man in the future?
No. Not to mention that Chang Geng was the son of the emperor, even if he was just an ordinary White Coat, how could Gu Yun let him suffer this humiliation because of him with the talent and wisdom to turn the tide?
Unfortunately, the words that he had prepared were blocked by Changgeng just now. Gu Yun missed another opportunity to withdraw in time.
Changgeng leaned on his shoulder and avoided Gu Yun's wound. He hugged him for a while and suppressed the anxiety in his heart after a while. He felt that he should go to Miss Chen's place for acupuncture later. These two days, it was getting harder and harder to suppress the Wu 'er's bone in his body. If this continued, something would happen sooner or later.
Changgeng composed himself and reluctantly retreated a little, "It's not hot today. The sun outside is not bad. Do you want to go out and sit? It's good for your injury. "
Gu Yun, "… What?"
Changgeng made a gesture again.
Gu Yun thought for a while and then replied firmly, "… I'm not going."
He didn't have any objections to sunbathing, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to walk out on his own for at least one or two days. Gu Yun didn't want to know how Changgeng planned to get him out.
Changgeng said with sign language, "Don't you dislike being cooped up in the house?"
Gu Yun said seriously, "I love it now."
Changgeng didn't seem to know what to do with him. He put down the medicine, got up, and walked away.
Just when Gu Yun thought that he had sent him away, Changgeng turned back and took a thin blanket. He wrapped it around Gu Yun without any explanation. Then, he carried his helpless foster father and carried him out of the door.
Gu Yun, "…"
Was he going to rebel?!
Coincidentally, Shen Yi, who had fled in a panic, was worried. After hesitating for a while, he turned back. He didn't expect to see this scene. He sucked in a cold breath and tripped over the threshold of the Lord Protector's Manor.
Changgeng was stunned for a moment. Then, he asked without blushing or panting, "General Shen, did you leave something behind?"
Shen Yi laughed dryly. He got up and patted the dust off his body. Then, he tried to cover it up by wiping away half of his slippery footprints, "It's okay. I just left a footprint … Haha, that … I don't want to disturb you."
After saying that, this traitorous weirdo turned around and fled. He was afraid that Gu Yun would kill him to silence him.
A reclining chair had already been placed in the courtyard. Changgeng placed the angry Gu Yun down. Then, he took General Tan's wind-cutting blade from his hand and placed it on the tea table beside the reclining chair. He smiled calmly, "What's wrong? One year on New Year's Eve, I didn't want to go out because there were too many people outside. Didn't you carry me out like this in front of everyone? "
Gu Yun said expressionlessly, "… So today, you guys have turned over a new leaf and lined up to take revenge on me."
Changgeng laughed loudly.
After laughing, he took out something from his sleeve and placed it in Gu Yun's hand, "Here."
Gu Yun only felt that his hand was ice-cold. He slightly lifted the glass mirror that was clipped to the bridge of his nose. He saw clearly that it was a white jade piccolo. It was carved from a single piece. The quality of the jade was very delicate. It was shaped like a miniature wind-cutting blade. The grip, relief, and even the tip of the blade were imitated to perfection. The end of the wind-cutting blade was engraved with the word "Gu".
At first glance, Gu Yun thought that the word was personally engraved by him. It was so realistic that it could be mistaken for the real thing.
"Throw away the bamboo one from before," Changgeng said, "The capital's heavenly stem will crack if it's left for too long. That time, I promised to make a better one for you."
Gu Yun gently stroked the jade piccolo. He was a little lost in thought, "Actually, I don't have a wind-cutting blade engraved with my name."
Changgeng sat down in front of him and meticulously brewed tea. The steam from the clay pot was dense. He washed three cups, one for Gu Yun, one for himself, and one in front of Tan Hongfei's wind-cutting blade.
"Even Shen Yi has one. I'm the only one who doesn't. When I was young, I always felt that the Black Iron Battalion was a shackle imposed on me by The Old Marquis. It's the reason why I'm not free in this life."
When he grew up, he felt that this Xuan Tie with his name engraved on it was like a silent suicide note. Gu Yun had no parents, no wife, no children, and no worries. In this vast world, he didn't know who to leave this suicide note to. Just holding it in his hand made him feel an indescribable loneliness that eroded his willpower.
In front of Changgeng, Gu Yun swallowed the latter half of his sentence. He only instructed, "It's all the resentment from when I was young. Just listen to it and don't spread it, lest it shakes the army's morale. That brute Old Tan doesn't drink tea. Do you have wine?"
"En, I've already forgotten after listening to it." Changgeng said, "There's no wine. General Tan will drink tea. You can drink plain water. Both of you will have to make do."
Gu Yun, "…"
He realized that Changgeng was becoming more and more impolite to him!
"These two days, I've been taking inventory of our assets with the people from the Ministry of Revenue." Changgeng poured two cups of tea and one cup of water. He gestured and said, "The warehouse in Jingxi was burned by Commander Han. The losses in defending the city are also very alarming. The supply in the north has been cut off. I'm afraid that if we continue to fight like this, it will really be difficult for us to continue. Li Feng asked me to ask your opinion."
It was truly strange that such a large imperial court had neither money nor energy resources after a single battle.
"I don't have any opinion. We can only call for a truce." Gu Yun reached out and turned the cup. "The westerners actually suffered more losses than us. Not only did they besiege the capital with the navy and the army, but they also supplied the 18 border departments and the countries in the Western Region with fire engines and steel armor. It's not something to be proud of that they have fought until now without achieving anything. They might not be as durable as us."
"The Western Army retreated to the sea. They won't give up easily." Changgeng said, "They paid such a huge price in vain. The Pope won't be able to explain himself when he goes back. They can only fight with their backs to the river. They are now returning to Dongying Island to rest and reorganize. If they send troops to take Jiangnan and confront the imperial court from the south to the north, we will be very passive."
Daliang was really too big, and the imperial court was so poor that it was easy to lose sight of one thing and lose sight of the other.
"Hmm … If it doesn't work, send someone to the Western Region. As an ally, Loulan didn't have time to shed all pretense of cordiality. As long as it doesn't reach the point of being deserted, try to get some smuggled goods." As Gu Yun spoke, he casually picked up a small teacup and pinched it with three fingers. He looked for "General Tan" and clinked his cup. "Brother, His Royal Highness Yan Wang doesn't care about wine and asked us to make do with it. I can't control him, so you should make do with it too."
Changgeng silently toasted the ownerless Cutting Wind Blade with a cup of tea. He drank it in one gulp and spilled Tan Hongfei's cup on the ground.
Using tea as wine, he proposed a toast for peace.
Changgeng's prophecy came true. Ten days later, the Western Army abandoned the capital, turned around, and once again disembarked from Jiangnan. Like a hot knife through butter, they rushed into the city of Lin 'an in two days and one night. The land of fish and rice, which had been rich for generations, fell. All the aristocratic families were panic-stricken. Some of them had already packed up their valuables and fled at the first sign of trouble. Some of them resisted stubbornly, but when they were defeated, they committed suicide after being captured.
Li Feng reactivated Old General Zhong Chan. The old general of three dynasties once again went into battle. He led Yao Zhen and the others, as well as the remnant soldiers that his subordinates had pieced together, and rushed to the front line.
Gu Yun struggled to get up and hurriedly greeted his teacher, whom he hadn't seen for many years. He didn't have time to talk in depth. Outside the city, he sent off the Southern Expedition Army with a cup of turbid wine and watched the old general with grizzled hair get on his horse and leave.
The next day, the Marquis of Stability and Shen Yi went to the Northwest together.
Prince Yan Li Min reorganized the defense of the capital and its surrounding areas. He led the Six Divisions and began his career as a "pillar" of the East Wall to pay the West Wall.
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