Lu Lingzhi took Ye Zhen out of the city through another gate of Da 'an Prefecture. With the help of Luo Cheng, he barely came to a hillside where he could see the scene outside the main gate. Ye Zhen followed him silently, not knowing what he wanted to do.
"You go." Lu Lingzhi whispered.
Ye Zhen looked at him doubtfully. Was he telling her to go?
"Luo Cheng, go and do what I told you to do now." Lu Lingzhi said faintly. He was a little tired from walking and sat on a stone, gasping for breath.
"Brother Lu, I'll stay." How could Luo Cheng leave now? Lu Lingzhi's face was too bad.
"No, you go." Lu Lingzhi took out a pill and swallowed it. He waved Luo Cheng away.
Ye Zhen said, "What are you going to do? Or, I'll go. "
"Just let Luo Cheng go." Lu Lingzhi said, his voice a little cold.
Luo Cheng had no choice but to look at Ye Zhen fiercely. "Stinky boy, take care of Brother Lu, or I will not let you go."
Ye Zhen curled her lips. "Yes."
"Brother Lu, I'll be back soon." Luo Cheng glanced at Lu Lingzhi, then turned and went down the mountain.
What are they doing here? Ye Zhen looked at Lu Lingzhi, who was resting with his eyes closed. Anyway, he wouldn't tell her. She looked into the distance. Although the distance was a little far, she could still barely see Yan Jintang's figure.
It seemed that … there was no fight.
"Yan Jintang has been detoxified." Lu Lingzhi stood up at some point and walked to Ye Zhen's side, looking at the army in the distance with her.
"What?" Ye Zhen was stunned. What did Lu Lingzhi mean?
Lu Lingzhi smiled. "If he was still under the control of the poisonous pill, he would have rushed over with his men, but he didn't do anything now. It's quiet over there. It seems that nothing happened."
Ye Zhen's heart skipped a beat. Did Lu Lingzhi see through it?
"Let's sit here and wait." Lu Lingzhi whispered, "Someone will come to you."
"Who will come to me?" Ye Zhen looked at him and asked, already having the answer in her heart.
When did Lu Lingzhi see through her identity?
"Mo Ronghui is dead." Lu Lingzhi did not answer Ye Zhen's words. He looked ahead silently with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Ye Zhen turned her head in shock, but it was too far away. She could only see a vague figure and could not see what was going on.
"This Crown Prince is quite pitiful, right?" Lu Lingzhi said with a smile, "If the little girl he watched grow up marries someone else, even if he has a harem of three thousand and every woman looks like that little girl, she will still not be the little girl he loves."
"Whoever you like doesn't have to like you." Ye Rou said in a low voice. Thinking of Mo Ronghui's warm and generous smile, she felt a little sad in her heart. She had always regarded him as an older brother and never knew that he would love her so deeply. He had never done anything to hurt her and died just like that. They didn't even say a word.
Lu Lingzhi said, "A few years ago, before Mo Rongzhan led his troops to attack the capital, I went to see Mo Ronghui and negotiated on his behalf, hoping that he would hand over the jade seal."
Ye Zhen's shoulders stiffened.
"Although Mo Rongzhan was unstoppable at that time, without the jade seal, even if he sat on the dragon throne, it would not be justifiable. At that time, the condition of the exchange was the little girl …" Lu Lingzhi said with a smile, "Between the Jin Kingdom and the little girl, Mo Ronghui did not hesitate to choose the little girl."
"…" Ye Zhen looked at him blankly. It was the first time she had heard of this.
Lu Lingzhi chuckled. At that time, he saw Mo Ronghui nodding without hesitation. He also lamented that if the person Ye Zhen married was him, perhaps her fate would be different.
"Do you think that Mo Ronghui is really an infatuated person?" Lu Lingzhi looked at Ye Zhen and asked in a low voice.
"Why are you telling me this?" Ye Zhen's eyes were dark and her face was emotionless.
Lu Lingzhi sighed softly, "In fact, it's nothing. I just want to find someone to talk to before I die."
Ye Zhen looked at him coldly.
"Ah, Mo Rongzhan and his men have entered the city. Oh, Yan Jintang is really awake. Who can control the toxicity of the poisonous pill so quickly?" Lu Lingzhi laughed, as if he didn't care whether he could win or not.
In fact, he already had a hunch in his heart that Yan Jintang could not win this war.
Now that his whereabouts were missing … If he was here, perhaps it would be different.
Ye Zhen squeezed her fingers. "I'm going back to find my father."
"Sit a little longer." Lu Lingzhi said, "Even if you go back now, the city is in a mess and there will be danger."
"What do you want me to do here?" Ye Zhen asked impatiently.
Lu Lingzhi asked with a smile, "I want to talk to you. These days, with you around, I feel that life is more interesting."
Ye Zhen did not speak. She just wanted to go back to the city to find Mo Rongzhan.
"There is only one thing I have done wrong in my life." Lu Lingzhi took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and ate two pills.
"Just one thing?" Ye Zhen asked sarcastically.
Lu Lingzhi took a deep breath. "Yes, because I made a mistake at the beginning, I made a mistake again and again."
"Is that so?" Ye Zhen said faintly.
"I killed the woman I loved." Lu Lingzhi whispered, "For my sister, for the Lu family, I could only sacrifice her. At that time, I didn't know that I had fallen in love with her. It was only after she died that I realized that I had fallen in love with her. If I had … taken her away, maybe I would not have become what I am now. She became my heart demon. If I could not get her, I would rather become a demon myself."
Ye Zhen's eyes were covered with a layer of frost. She knew that Lu Lingzhi was talking about her. He must have recognized her. Since he did not want to name her, she would not admit it herself.
"Will she forgive me?" Lu Lingzhi asked with a smile.
"You killed her, and you want her to forgive you?" Ye Zhen's mouth was slightly curved. "Why?"
Lu Lingzhi looked up at her pair of bright and clear eyes. "She can forgive those who hurt her more deeply. Why can't she forgive me?"
"Because she was able to come back to life because that person exchanged his life for the rest of his life. What have you done?" Ye Zhen asked faintly.
"If I can exchange a life for a life, I am willing to exchange my life for your forgiveness." Lu Lingzhi whispered. "Ye Zhen."
Ye Zhen looked down at his pale face. He had long looked different from before. In her eyes, he was like looking at a stranger. "Even if you die, you don't deserve to be forgiven."
"Even if you know that Mo Rongzhan used you to exchange for the jade seal, you don't blame him?" Lu Lingzhi's eyes flashed with unwillingness.
"Whether I blame him or not, it has nothing to do with you." Ye Zhen said coldly.
Lu Lingzhi chuckled. "Indeed, it has nothing to do with me. I'm going to die soon. I know you did something to my food, but I'm still eating the food you made because … you made it for me. Even if it's poison, I'm willing to endure it."
"Mo Rongzhan is here." Lu Lingzhi swallowed another pill. "I can't have you, and I don't want him to have you."
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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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