Lu Zhanxing was like a caged beast. His emotions were too agitated. Gu Mang spent a long time explaining the whole story to him.
As a bystander, Mo Xi found it hard to describe Lu Zhanxing's expression after hearing the truth.
In fact, from the moment Gu Mang began to talk about the "Zhenlong White Seed", Lu Zhanxing's expression had been changing. From astonishment to confusion, from confusion to ecstasy, from ecstasy to anger, from anger to sadness, in between, he collapsed countless times.
When everything was finished, Lu Zhanxing suddenly collapsed on the cold stone bed. His eyes were wide open as he stared at the low ceiling of the Yin Prison.
After a long time, he murmured as if in a dream, "I … did not disappoint you …"
Gu Mang's eyes were soft and moist. His voice was hoarse as he whispered, "You never did."
"I did not disappoint you … I did not disappoint you … haha … hahahaha!" The veins on Lu Zhanxing's forehead bulged. His emotions were so full that his cheeks were red. He suddenly laughed, but as he laughed, he began to cry. He probably felt embarrassed and raised his hand to cover his eyelashes, but the clear tears still leaked out from under the cover of his arm and slid down into the depths of his hair.
He sobbed and said, "I didn't let you down …"
Gu Mang sat down on the edge of his narrow stone bed and turned to look at Lu Zhanxing. Of course, he could not see Lu Zhanxing's eyes. The man was still covering them with his strong arm.
Gu Mang was quiet for a moment. Suddenly, he asked in a low voice, "Zhanxing, can you see them often?"
It was a sentence that did not have any head or tail, but Lu Zhanxing understood.
Mo Xi also understood.
Can you see them often? They saw seventy thousand people swimming across the River Styx and coming to your side. Those brothers who had fought by your side, drank with you before countless battles on the battlefield, and made vows with you, came to your side. You were surrounded by seventy thousand dead people, and they murmured to you day and night without stopping. Gradually, you can't see the world in front of you. You unknowingly live with the dead.
You have become a living tombstone, and your heart is engraved with the names of the deceased.
Do you see them often too?
Lu Zhanxing's dry lips moved. For the first time, he didn't make any sound.
On the second occasion, he said
"Always."
"…"
"I can see them all the time."
After a long silence, Gu Mang said, "Me too."
The candlelight in the dark prison silently shed a string of candle tears.
Gu Mang said, "Zhan Xing, after the battle at Phoenix Cry Mountain, the two of us have become living dead. Do you resent me? "
Lu Zhanxing slowly moved his arm down, revealing half of his moist black eyes. "What?"
"I tricked you … I tricked you into following me on this path. I promised you a future without any proof. You followed me, but you didn't have many good days. Instead, you became sinners and boorish men. " Gu Mang looked down at his hands. "I've been thinking about what kind of person I am."
His long and thick eyelashes fluttered gently, casting a soft shadow on the bridge of his nose.
Gu Mang said softly, "I know that Chong Hua has a lot of comments about me, praising me, belittling me, slandering me, praising me … I didn't care before because I felt that I had always done the right thing. I, Gu Mang, can live with my conscience."
"But after the battle at Phoenix Cry Mountain, I have no explanation for my conscience. I have always said that I would change the way Chong Hua and even the Nine Regions view slaves. I have always said to all the people who followed me that I would take them home and give them a much better future than now. But it turned out that as long as I lost a battle, I would be beaten back to my original form like a clown. As the commander-in-chief of an army, I can't even ask for the most basic fairness for my brothers. "
His ears seemed to resound with the previous indifferent voice:
High merit shakes the master! The higher that cheap slave climbed, the more miserable he fell!
He was the next Hua Po An!
No, how could he be worthy of being compared with Hua Po An? At the very least, Hua Po An had the ability to create a nation, and at the very least, he could give his brothers rewards and benefits. He, Gu Mang, was just a dog rolling in the mud. Even if he had the heart, he didn't have the ability! He was a liar! He deceived a group of fools to die with him. What could those who followed him get? Dreams?
What a beast on the altar, hahahaha …
The mocking laughter circled around like a vulture.
Gu Mang slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he looked at his calloused hands and said, "Now I finally understand. It turns out that I'm just a gravedigger. Half of my life, I buried all my brothers in the pit. "
"…"
Lu Zhanxing didn't say anything. He turned his head.
He looked at Gu Mang for a while and said, "Jun Shang won't reverse the verdict for me, right?"
Without waiting for Gu Mang to answer, he said, "I think I know. The old gentry, the Black Demon Art … our new Jun Shang is still too immature. If it were anyone else in my position, he wouldn't be able to keep it. "
Gu Mang lowered his head and said, "… Zhanxing, I'm sorry. Other than telling you the truth, I didn't do anything. "
Lu Zhanxing stared at the zenith in a daze for a while.
The tears at the corners of his eyes had dried. After a long time, he said, "It's fine. I don't blame him, and I don't blame you. "
After removing the shackles of the 'guilty official', Lu Zhanxing's entire body relaxed. Even though people would have complicated feelings when faced with the judgment of their own death, for Lu Zhanxing, he didn't have much unhappiness at this time.
"I'm the unlucky one, to have become the person who fell for the precious chess piece." Lu Zhanxing took the two wooden dice that Gu Mang had brought him and rubbed them slowly. "Do you still remember when we played dice when we were young? I always lost to you and had no choice but to let you eat all the pastries. My luck has always been bad, and this has nothing to do with anyone. "
As he spoke, he casually threw the dice. The two wooden dice rolled and finally opened on two 'ones'.
Lu Zhanxing said, "You see, I'm right."
Gu Mang suddenly lowered his head, his shoulders trembling slightly. After a while, he said, "I heard a long time ago that there's a gambling den in Chong Hua, Gui Jian Chou. That person always likes to appear with a bronze mask. He always wins every bet, and has never lost at the gambling table."
"…"
"That person is you, isn't it?"
Lu Zhanxing didn't say a word, he was a little stiff.
"I want to roll a few dots, and it's a few dots. You're not unlucky. "Gu Mang said hoarsely," It's you who always let me win and wanted to share the pastries with me. "
Lu Zhanxing looked at Gu Mang in front of him, and after a while, he sighed softly.
Of course, he wanted to protect this little guy. This was simply destined from the first time they met.
At that time, he had just been bought back to Wangshu House. He saw that the four year old Gu Mang was bullied by the Murong Lian. He was forced to paint his face with oil paint, and he stood still with a bowl full of water on his head.
The young master of the Murong Family laughed wantonly and said to him, "If the water in the bowl spills out after standing for two hours, all the slaves in the house won't have any food to eat today."
Lu Zhanxing's stomach wailed. He thought that he was really unlucky. Such a small kid, how could he hold on for so long? It seemed that he would starve on the first day of entering the house.
But he didn't expect that when the dinner was served, the chef still gave each of them two big white steamed buns. At this time, Lu Zhanxing heard that the little kid actually had enough strength to stand still for two hours. This result made the Murong Lian very unhappy. In the end, the other slaves were not implicated, but Gu Mang's dinner was still deducted for no reason.
Lu Zhanxing heard it, ate a steamed bun, and took another steamed bun to find his little friend. He rummaged through the big Wangshu House, and finally found Gu Mang squatting by the grass in the back garden.
"Hey."
He patted Gu Mang's shoulder. What turned around was a small face with oil paint. His mouth was moving silently, and his lips were stained with dirt.
Lu Zhanxing couldn't see his facial features, but he could see a pair of dark eyes that were as bright as the stars in the night sky.
Lu Zhanxing was surprised, "You, why are you eating dirt …"
Gu Mang felt wronged. The four-year-old little guy's crisp voice sounded like he was about to cry, "Brother, I'm hungry."
Lu Zhanxing looked at the pair of helpless eyes like a cub, and his heart suddenly melted. He hurriedly took out the steamed bun and whispered, "This is for you, don't cry. Aiyo … Brother will protect you, you little pitiful look. "
At this moment, Lu Zhanxing looked at Gu Mang in front of him. It turned out that after removing the armor and glory, Gu Mang was still as helpless as the little guy who silently ate dirt with his head down. He had nothing.
They struggled for nearly half of their lives, but in fact, they didn't get anything.
Lu Zhanxing's dirty face gradually showed a trace of helplessness and gentleness. He raised his hand and touched Gu Mang's face with his dirty hand. His fingertips wiped the corners of Gu Mang's wet eyes.
"Mang 'er, don't cry."
"…"
Lu Zhanxing's mouth curled up into a faint smile, "Brother will protect you, you little pitiful look."
Gu Mang suddenly closed his eyes. His eyebrows were full of sadness, and his Adam's apple moved bitterly.
Lu Zhanxing said, "This is the last time. Brother will protect you. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you continue to move forward or return to your hometown, it's all up to you. "
"Mang 'er, I'm very happy that you can tell me the truth. Although it seems that nothing can be changed, at least I know that I didn't betray my 70,000 comrades, and I didn't betray you. The stone in my heart has finally been lifted. "
"You can go on. Your Brother Lu will be happy for you no matter what choice you make." As he said, he pulled Gu Mang, who was biting his lower lip and trying to hold back his tears, over to him. His forehead touched Gu Mang's forehead, and his hand patted hard on Gu Mang's shoulder, "Who asked you to be my brother. Although we have never sworn brothers. "
Gu Mang fiercely wiped the tears on his face and raised his black eyes, "Bye."
"…"
Before Lu Zhanxing could react, he put on his mask and walked out of the cell. After a while, he brought two pots of Pear Blossom White from the prison.
Gu Mang held back his tears and said solemnly, "Lu Zhanxing, after we part today, you and I can only meet again during the Autumn Execution. I was born without a family, without a father, without anyone to rely on, so I don't dare to be reckless, I don't dare to indulge, I don't dare to go overboard, I always endure in front of others, and rarely have true feelings. Only … only in front of Brother Lu, can I understand the feeling of having a family, having a big brother, this is what it feels like. "
As he said this, Lu Zhanxing's eyes also turned red. The two of them took care of each other since they were young, and the scene of them supporting each other flashed through his mind.
Gu Mang said, "These twenty years, thank you for taking care of me, Brother."
Lu Zhanxing suddenly raised his head. He originally thought that he would be executed in a few months, so he didn't want to have any deeper connection with other people. But when he heard Gu Mang's words, every word was sincere, every word was weeping blood, he couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion, and his blood surged.
He held back his tears and took the Pear Blossom White from Gu Mang's hand, and said, "I, Lu Zhanxing, have been as insignificant as duckweed in this world. I never thought that I could really have a brother and family in this world, and even more never thought that with my tainted name, my fate is nearing, I can still receive the favor of the heavens and have a relationship with you. I didn't care, didn't believe, and disdained these etiquette, but today … today, I, Lu Zhanxing, also feel very happy! Good! So be it! "
"Even if I'm a slave, even if I'm nearing the end of my life, even if the road ahead is vast and unknown. I also want to have fun today! The two of us don't ask to be born on the same day, month, and year. It's hard to ask to die on the same day, month, and year.
The two of them immediately raised their heads and drank, bowed to each other, and then held hands and laughed, but there were tears in their eyes.
Gu Mang said, "Big Brother."
Lu Zhanxing laughed and said, "From now on, the two of us are no longer alone. When I walk to the netherworld, I also know that I have a real brother."
In that sorrowful and heroic, desperate and radiant laughter, the situation in the Yin Prison also began to blur, becoming more and more distant, and the figures of the two brothers gradually became hazy.
Lu Zhanxing …
Gu Mang …
Brother.
It turned out that Gu Mang had once gone to the Yin Prison to see Lu Zhanxing, and the two of them had become sworn brothers. Therefore, Lu Zhanxing's various reactions in the Time Mirror were not sincere.
Lu Zhanxing was never a traitor who abandoned Gu Mang's dream and abandoned seventy thousand comrades. His sincerity … his sincerity was clearly …
"Big Brother will protect you well. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you continue to move forward, or whether you retire and return to your hometown, it's all up to you."
"You can go on, any choice you make, your Big Brother Lu will be happy for you."
"Who asked you to be my brother?"
It turned out that the Autumn Day Slash, when the blade fell, separated by yin and yang, did not only take away Gu Mang's last comrade. When the blade fell, it also took away Gu Mang's only relative.
He had just bowed to her, had just owned her, and only had time to call her a few times.
The only thing he had in the world.
Big Brother.
The author has something to say: Tomorrow, I'll be rushing out of town to attend my relative's wedding. Tonight, I'll go save up my manuscript first. Because tomorrow and the day after, I won't be able to touch the computer. I'll have to burn my manuscript again … Facepalm … After I save up my manuscript, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I plan to be a piece of trash for three days … I won't do anything but eat … I'm so happy being a piece of trash. If you don't need my help with the wedding decorations tomorrow night, I can reply to the post bird! Mwah!! PS: Update as usual, I still have a stockpile of manuscripts to burn for the time being …
Gu Mang was confused: Crab Crab "Lin Sauce" "Dill" "I Love to Drink" "Manman Ya Ya" "Dawn Wind Waning Moon" "Ai Chuan" "Dancing Cunning" "Linko"
"Short short don't want to be short" "xxkingxx" "Crazy" "targaryen" "targaryen" "Pure Cleansing Looking Back at Aoki"
"I am wholeheartedly devoted to Wan Ning gege" "Night Rain Light Thunder" "Eating Fish" "Late Night Yuheng Declines to Visit" "Bean Bun Ou" "Clear String is a Salted Fish" "Akira" "Ink" landmine x12 "I Want to See Crispy Duck" landmine x5 "Pocket" "Cassie Dew" "Yanjian Robber Jin" "Jing Xing" "Jianghai Inch Heart" "Gongzi Qianmi" "Meow" "Like Flowers and Like Water" landmine x2 "Like Meat Wrapped Duck" landmine x2 "Wan Ning Forever Licking Dog" "xxkingxx" "Shimada Narumen Scroll" landmine x2 "The Flowers of the Night Sky Scattered Behind Me" "Lord Grim" "Manchu" "Xie Su"
"Qi Yichen" "Jin Yu" "Tuo Xiao Tuo" "Yi Luo" "Baijiu" "Take One" landmine x2 "Jianghai Inch Heart" "Noce" landmine x2.
"Yoyoko" "Kiru" "Meow and Fish's Broken Thoughts" "Manchu" "36778776" threw a grenade.
"Eating Team's Leader" threw a rocket launcher.
"Cassie Luo" "Later" "Key Sand" "Qinba Wang" "Qinba Wang" "Qinba Wang" "Qinba Wang" "Five Elements Lack Awareness" "Wen Sui 'an" "Little Demon Uu" "Drinking Rainbow" "A Cute Grass" "Martinsingle" "Jein" "Caught Now" "Useless Firewood" "Mouth Disgusting Body" "A Lotus in Heart" "April" "xxkingxx" "Autumn Mushroom" "Nickname Not Important" "Linko" "I Leduo Not Guilty" "Pumi" "Elder Qingxu Jiang Yexue" "Meng Xin" "I Don't Eat Corn" "He Qiao" "Goose Goose" "Passerby A" "Second Young Master of the Nangong Family" "Mo Chenxing" "Yue Yin" "Initial State of Anqi Xia" "Chimre" "Soft Sauce" "Lions1325" "Lingya" "Peach Blossom Three Three Three Three" "Wind Knocks on Bamboo" "Take One" "La La La Dance" "Tuo Xiao Tuo" "I Like to Drink Mai Dong Eat Potatoes" "Qing Yun" "Chi Nian" "Qing Mo" "Tian Mo" "Tian Mo" "Tian Mo" "Tian Mo" "A Passerby" "Second Young Master of the Nangong Family" "Mo Chenxing" "Yue Yin" "Initial State of Anqi Xia" "Chimre" "Soft Sauce" "Lions1325" "Lingya" "Peach Blossom Three Three Three Three" "Wind Knocking on Bamboo" "Take One" "La la la la la Dance" "Tuo" "Tuo Tuo Tuo" "I Love Drinking Pulse Eat Potatoes" "Qing Yun" "Chi" "Chi" "I Love Drink" "Jiang" "Qiu"
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