Jun Shang raised his eyes and said in a low voice, "… What else?"
It was a warm room that was like spring all year round, but it suddenly emitted a bone-piercing chill.
Jun Shang leaned back in his armchair and looked down at Mo Xi from the throne. He wrapped his fox fur coat tightly and said slowly, "The past is the past. There is no meaning in keeping them."
"Lord Xi He, may I ask if these Wang Jian that you have risked your life to repair, can they contribute to the country, or can they let the people live and work in peace? Can they cause the country to collapse, or can they bring peace to Jiuzhou? "
Jun Shang paused and said, "Neither."
"Those Wang Jian will only cause unnecessary misunderstandings and trouble. It will only cause … You see, it will cause today's situation where you and I are facing each other. "
"Do you still remember the stone tablet at the entrance of the Censorate? Written on it was' Yesterday Died '. These four words are actually correct. Some past events, some secrets, should be covered by time. Once they are dug out, it will be harmful to the current situation. "
After a moment of silence, Jun Shang said lightly, "I didn't expect you to take things so hard."
Mo Xi's eyes were filled with scarlet blood. His heart seemed to be boiling with lava, and his blood was rushing to his head.
He clenched his fists and said in a low and hoarse voice, "It's not that I'm taking things hard. It's that Jun Shang … you're taking things too hard. "
"Eight years ago, on that stormy night, you practically promised Gu Mang everything he wanted on the golden stage. You said all the beautiful words. You said that you'd never treated them like ants and vile creatures. You said that you'd return him a fair and just world. You said that sooner or later, you'd personally bestow him with a heroic ribbon. All these things you said, all these promises, are they all just your tricks? Are they all fake?!"
"Lord Xi He."
Jun Shang's eyes suddenly turned cold. His nose wrinkled slightly, like a tiger's eyes when he was about to pounce.
"You are too presumptuous!"
"How am I presumptuous?! I just want things to be right and wrong to be wrong. I just want to see him get the respect he deserves and not be framed! Eight years … He has kept this secret in his heart for eight years. No matter how painful it was, he never betrayed you and never told anyone the truth! Now that he's exhausted, he can no longer work for you. Is it so difficult for you to give him back his innocence?! You tricked him into a corner and then abandoned him. Jun Shang, your chess piece yesterday, who is your chess piece today?! Me?!!! "
With a loud bang, the fruits and pastries on the table fell to the ground. The bean cakes were smashed, the grapes, and the juice was all over the floor.
Jun Shang abruptly stood up, his face flushed with blood.
"Mo! I remind you, don't forget the vow you once! "
He was also caught off guard and forced to blurt out these words. As soon as he said it, he regretted it almost immediately.
As expected, Mo Xi's eyes flashed. He put a hand to his forehead and raised his head. He almost sneered as he murmured, "… Vow of Heavenly Tribulation …"
Jun Shang: "…"
"Reduce my lifespan by ten years and make a blood vow. From then on, the slave cultivators will not rebel, and I will not rebel. I swear to be loyal to Jun Shang and to the Chong Hua. "
That year, when he made a blood vow, he had no choice but to kowtow and fall, the scene was still vivid in his mind. Mo Xi's throat moved. He closed his moist eyes and said in a low voice, "… What a joke."
He was silent for a moment, his arm covering his eyelashes as he tried to suppress his emotions, but it was all in vain. The hatred that he was gnashing his teeth in was clearly imprinted on his thin face. After a while, he suddenly put down his hand. When his black eyes opened again, they were cold and sharp!
Jun Shang's heart went cold. He immediately raised his hand to block. However, he didn't expect that even though Mo Xi's spirit core had already collapsed to this extent, he still had such power in his rage. With a 'bang', the snake whip that broke through the air suddenly broke through the enchantment he had created. The whip that was bursting with scarlet light fiercely lashed out in the air, and then it turned into a sharp sword that could cut through hair. It was pressed against Junshang's throat.
Jun Shang's expression changed instantly. "Lord Xi He, if you attack me, you will turn into ashes and die without a complete corpse!"
Mo Xi's eyes were filled with blood. He raised his sword and stepped forward. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't need you to remind me."
"Jun Shang, you clearly knew the truth at that time. You clearly made up your mind not to touch Gu Mang's remaining troops. Yet you still want to ask me for peace of mind again."
"Lord Xi He …"
"You used the same bargaining chip twice. Once, you tied him up and risked your life. Once, I will never rebel. Killing two birds with one stone. Jun Shang is indeed Jun Shang. Good strategy! "
"…" Jun Shang turned his head away. "At that time, I couldn't explain it to you at all. … Think about it. Did I avoid you all this time? But you knelt in front of my palace for three days and three nights … "
He suddenly turned his face again. The sword light reflected on his face, making it look somewhat ferocious.
"Three days and three nights! What else can I say? Tell you to get lost? Even if you beat me to death, I won't see you? Please think for me, Lord Xi He! All the civil and military officials in the court are staring at me! If I tell you the truth, don't you know what you will do? Can you watch your good Senior Brother go to the Liao Country and suffer so many years of humiliation and suffering?! You can't do that! "
Jun Shang's eyes were bloodshot because of anger and unwillingness. He stared at Mo Xi and said tremblingly, "Aren't you forcing me to do those things? — Do you think I want to do that?! Do you think I can sit back and relax with a clear conscience?! "
Mo Xi said angrily, "If Jun Shang has a guilty conscience, how can you still do such a cruel thing today?"
"But what choice do I have?" Jun Shang panted and stared at him with bloodshot eyes. He pointed at his seat and said to Mo Xi, "Do you want to sit here and take a look? There are many things I can't control. If you're not in this position, you can't see the demons and monsters clearly! "
"…"
"Do you think I don't want to clear his name? Do you think I don't want to see my God of War put on his armor and go to war again? Do you think I don't want to hold his hand and tell the whole Chong Hua that their faith has never been destroyed? Their Marshal Gu is still their Marshal Gu. His loyal heart has never changed. Do you think I don't want to?! "Jun Shang bit off the last word, his voice choked with sobs.
"I'll tell you the truth …"
"Day and night, I've dreamed of such a day …"
Jun Shang suddenly turned his head, holding back the excitement that a ruler of a country shouldn't have, and turned his face to the side. He calmed down and finally stopped calling himself "I".
"But I can't do it."
"The old Chong Hua family's roots haven't been shaken. The situation of the slave cultivators has improved, but it's still not good. The Burning Country is still threatening our country's borders. The Chong Hua people still know little about their Black Demon Curse. How can I clear Marshal Gu's name?"
"…"
"Should I announce to the world at this time that Gu Mang is actually my spy who infiltrated the Burning Country?"
"Or should I not explain to Gu Mang at this time and be merciful to him?"
Jun Shang laughed bitterly, somewhat mournfully and somewhat absurdly. "Lord Xihe, wake up. Gu Mang's hands are stained with too much blood. The latter is impossible. What will the consequences be if you do the former? Calm down and think about it. Yes, his name will be cleared, but then what? "
"The Burning Country knows that Gu Mang once stole their magic secrets and passed them to the Chong Hua, so they set up strict defenses. The old nobles will guess the deal I made with Marshal Gu, and then their hearts will be shaken. The internal and external troubles will be intertwined. Gu Mang has been undercover for five years, humiliated for three years … All the pain he has suffered and all the effort he has put in will be wasted! "Jun Shang paused for a moment, and turned to Mo Xi with shining eyes." This is not what he wants. "
"…"
"Lord Xi He, you are the person he cherishes the most. You know his choice."
Mo Xi's long sword trembled, and his heart was shocked.
How could he not know?
Those years, Gu Mang had whispered the dream to him countless times. At first, he said it so carefully, as if he was afraid that his naive dream would be laughed at by his companions.
Later, he said it so resolutely. At that time, Gu Mang had already made up his mind and would never turn back.
How could he not know his choice?
From the moment he saw Gu Mang kneel down on the golden stage, he already knew what the path in Gu Mang's heart was … but …
Thinking of the man who was covered in blood on the operating table, thinking of the man who fell into his arms, big drops of tears rolling down his face, and begging him not to take away his memories, how could he be at ease …
Thousands of thoughts tangled his heart, and his insides burned. His entire being seemed to have been cut in two. Half of him felt sorry for Gu Mang's sufferings, and clamored for him to not care. What loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness of the country, what fairness for everyone? His shixiong was too stupid. He clearly didn't receive anything from this world, but he still offered up his hot blood, his reputation, and his flesh and blood. Mo Xi, when his will collapsed, he once begged you like that. He was afraid of pain, how could you bear not to save him?
But the other half of him was muttering, no … Gu Mang, since childhood, had longed for everyone to be treated fairly. For the arrival of this day, his shixiong had walked this path for so many years. His body was covered in blood, and his eyes were full of injuries. If he was awake, such a stubborn person, he would definitely make you persevere … Mo Xi, how could you betray him?
The two halves of his mind fought and tortured each other.
His spiritual nucleus had already been on the verge of collapse. Although the elder at Shen Nongtai had barely managed to heal it, it was still too weak. At this time, his blood and heart surged. His spiritual nucleus, which was already on the verge of collapse, was in intense pain, causing him to choke and cough up blood!
Seeing his condition, Jun Shang's tense expression relaxed slightly, "Lord Xi He …"
Mo Xi turned his hand and stabbed the long sword into the ground. The blade of the sword could cut through iron like it was mud, and directly sank into the gold bricks. Panting, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, but his lips and teeth were still scarlet red. He asked hoarsely, "… even if … you can't clear his name now, then let me ask you –"
He forcefully closed his eyes, and the meridians on his neck bulged. He clenched his fists, and squeezed out word by word from between his teeth.
"What is the Hei Mo Trial for?!"
Jun Shang, "…"
This sentence was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response.
Mo Xi's eyes looked up, and he stared resentfully and sorrowfully at Jun Shang's face that had suddenly paled.
His blood-stained lips slowly moved, and the words he spat out were also sweet and bloody, "After he returns to the city, as the ruler of a country, even if you can't protect him due to all kinds of difficulties … you can't let him suffer less, can't you?"
Mo Xi's voice was like a broken pottery xun, and the rims of his eyes were even more red.
"The Hei Mo Trial is the pain of having your bones and tendons cut out! Jun Shang! What are you doing this for? Acting? Giving an explanation to those who don't know the truth? Or do you want to know more about the secrets of the Hei Mo Curse?! "
Jun Shang's face was ashen, and he seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, he bit his lower lip, and turned his head away.
After a while, he said, "Lord Xi He, there are many things you don't understand."
"There are many things I don't understand. I don't know what you've been thinking all these years, and which of your words are true and which are false. It's because I didn't know anything that I was kept in the dark for eight whole years! But Jun Shang, do you think you know the whole truth? "
The light in Jun Shang's eyes flickered, and he slowly said, "… What do you mean?"
Mo Xi's emotions were too shaken, and there was a strong sweet and bloody taste in his throat. He closed his eyes, and slightly raised his head. He didn't immediately speak. At this time, the two little golden beasts on the braziers in Vermillion Bird Palace woke up, and they sucked in the smoke from the braziers into their stomachs. Then, they burped, and began to shout at the top of their lungs like they had for ten years.
"Jun Shang's flood of good fortune fills the heavens!"
"Jun Shang's might fills the sea!"
Mo Xi silently listened to the two little golden beasts competing with each other to play the drums. Slowly, he laughed out loud, almost ironically and infinitely sadly.
Jun Shang's expression became more and more tense. "About Gu Qing, is there anything I don't know?"
Mo Xi didn't directly answer him, and instead said, "Jun Shang. The Murong Lian gave you this brazier to calm your heart, and to show his allegiance. Countless people kneeled to you, and praised you, for the sake of your official status, your wealth, and your life … If you want to find someone in Chong Hua with a heart as firm as a boulder and unwavering loyalty to the Chong Hua, there are actually very, very few. And Gu Mang is one of them. "
"…"
"Because of your various difficulties, you didn't fulfill your promise. But he's different from you. What he promised you, a gentleman's word cannot be taken back, and he did it. "
As Mo Xi spoke, he laughed softly, and that smile was filled with endless sadness and desolation. "Jun Shang, do you know that when we were on Bat Island, Gu Mang had already recovered most of his memories?"
Jun Shang's eyes moved slightly, and he was startled for a moment, and then he was shocked!
"… He has already …?"
Mo Xi was almost cruel. Looking at Jun Shang's face that changed color in an instant, he cut into the heart of this monarch word by word. "Except for the five years when he was in Burning Country, he almost remembered everything. Naturally, he also remembered your promise to him, remembered what kind of person he was, remembered Lu Zhanxing's death, remembered the defeat at Feng Ming Mountain, remembered everything you said on the Golden Stage — — he remembered everything. "
Jun Shang's face was completely pale. He shook his head, and muttered as he stepped back. He was stunned, as if he hadn't digested the meaning of these words, but also seemed to have understood everything, so his whole body was trembling slightly.
"… How is this possible …"
He suddenly stepped back, and looked at Mo Xi in disbelief. But his eyes were empty, as if something that had always supported his cruelty had collapsed.
It was broken into pieces.
An invisible crack appeared on Jun Shang's usually cold face, and then more and more obvious emotions began to emerge from that crack. Jun Shang shook his head, and his voice slowly sounded, becoming a little out of control. "How could he remember? … If he really remembered everything, then … then isn't that … "
Mo Xi held back his tears and said, "He knew the truth, and he also knew that you had already abandoned him, but he still kept your secret."
"…"
"It's been eight years, and he didn't get anything that you promised him. He only saw that his reputation was in tatters, and he was covered in bruises — but he still guarded it for you. He didn't come to question you, and he didn't tell anyone about his grievances. When Zhou He cut open his flesh and blood, and followed your orders to undergo the Hei Mo Trial … he was clear-headed … "Mo Xi suppressed the trembling in his voice, but his eyes were already misty." Jun Shang, do you understand? … When he left with Zhou He, he already knew that he had been wronged! "
Jun Shang slumped back into the couch, and it looked like his cold illness was about to come back again. His lips were extremely pale. "He knew … he already knew … then he … at that time …"
In the end, he couldn't say a complete sentence. Jun Shang raised his pale and skinny fingers, and buried his face deep. He muttered in a low and hoarse voice, "Gu Qing … Gu Qing …"
When he knew that he had been abandoned, but he didn't say a word and stepped into the Asura World, how would he feel?
Jun Shang closed his eyes in sorrow, and his voice was so condensed that it became a sorrowful sob.
The shock of this truth was too great for him. For a long, long time, Jun Shang couldn't calm down. He kept muttering to himself. His palms were already soaked with tears, and the area around his eyes was also wet. He lowered his head, and his neck seemed to have been broken by an invisible claw. His shoulders were also unbelievably collapsed.
Mo Xi had known him for so many years, but he had never seen Jun Shang like this.
Jun Shang sunk into the middle of the soft throne. After a long time, he stared blankly at the burning brazier in front of him, and at the chopped firewood in the brazier. His eyes were empty, and he said dejectedly.
"Mo Xi."
"…"
"Do you think that Gu has a heart of stone, and that after using Gu Qing to the end, I didn't care about him anymore, and that I didn't keep my promise?"
After Jun Shang finished speaking, he raised his head. His eyes and the tip of his nose were still red. He closed his eyes. In this silence, he finally made a decision. He stood up and said, "Now, no matter what Gu says, you won't believe it. Forget it … Wang Jian actually still has one scroll left. Gu has always kept it by Gu's side. "
Mo Xi suddenly shivered!
Jun Shang said with extreme exhaustion, "… Since things have already gotten to this point, Gu has nothing to hide. Please come with Gu."
The author has something to say:
How to end quickly:
Jun Shang: What else?
Mo Xi: Don't talk nonsense! I'll cut you to death!
System: 【Jun Shang】 has died.
System: 【Mo Xi】 has died because he violated his oath to the Heavenly Tribulation.
System: 【Gu Mang】 has died because his partner 【Mo Xi】 has died. Lacking external help, he was easily killed by the boss and died.
System: Victory and defeat are common in war. Xi Mao, please start over.
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