Inside Yi Fang Pavilion, smoke curled up in spirals and soft red spread across the floor. A bamboo door was wide open, revealing the vermilion painted balcony behind it.
Outside the balcony, a paulownia tree was in full bloom, the light pink and purple haze was blowing all over the branches.
His Senior Brother Gu was leaning against the wooden railing, one leg bent and the other stretched out, holding a long rusty bronze suona in his hand.
The suona was emitting a dim bronze light, the soft white silk tied to the handle fluttering in the evening wind.
Shenwu Storm.
In the shadows of the flowers, Gu Mang held the Shenwu Storm and put his lips on the suona to test the sound. Then, he closed his eyes and played a string of hoarse tunes.
"In the past, there was a man who went with his sword, blue blood sinks into the sand … Bones are hard to return."
Gu Mang used to be best at his crooked local accent, but now, the tune pulled out from the suona was so sad and sorrowful. He puffed up his cheeks, his eyelashes fluttered, and looked up to play the suona in the depths of the shadows of the flowers and the setting sun.
"This skeleton is still as beautiful as jade, this body was laughing last night …"
Through the clouds and the sun.
Mo Xi did not speak, his throat seemed to be choked with the world's bitter olives. He stood at the door, looking at Gu Mang's silhouette from afar, as if he was looking at a dream from another lifetime ago.
The pipa woman heard the slight movement outside and turned her head. She was so frightened that her eyes widened and she wanted to kneel down. But Mo Xi waved his hand at her, motioning her not to make a sound.
Gu Mang was very engrossed, his lips were rosy. Because he was playing hard, his cheeks had a cute little bump. The setting sun shone on his handsome and delicate face, dyeing his ink-black hair with a faint golden color. He sat diagonally on the vermilion railing. As he played, he turned his head to soak in the flowers outside the pavilion. The evening sun rolled in the sunset. The pure white silk tied to the suona fluttered by his hand like the tide of the sea.
"I reflect Junyi's heart, I pass on Juncun's noble spirit."
His slender fingers played on the mottled suona, as smooth as the world's most gentle wind.
"… When the heroic souls return to their homeland, there is no place in the world that is not green."
It wasn't until the song ended that Gu Mang slowly opened his eyes. He turned his head and smiled, "Look, the tune didn't stray, so you …"
Halfway through his words, Gu Mang suddenly noticed the pipa woman's extremely stiff and fearful expression. He suddenly paused and looked around. Then, he saw Mo Xi who had appeared in the room at some point.
His smile froze.
"…" After a moment of silence, Gu Mang composed himself and adjusted his expression. His slender fingers twirled the musical instrument in his hand as he said to Mo Xi playfully, "Lord Xi He is in such a good mood today that he actually came to this brothel."
Mo Xi heard an astonishingly hoarse voice. After a while, he realized that the person who had made this sound was actually himself.
He said to the lute woman, "Get out."
"Yes."
Gu Mang said to the pipa woman, "Stop."
The singer, "…"
Gu Mang tilted his head with a smile and said, "Lord Xi He, you are so domineering. I spent money to buy a girl to spend the night with me. How can you chase her away just like that? Have you asked for my opinion? "
Mo Xi suppressed the intense emotions in his chest and said in a low and hoarse voice, "Gu Mang. I have something to say to you alone. "
"What do you want to say?" Gu Mang said, "A man and a man alone in a room. It's hard to explain. What's more, you are a rising star and I am a doomsday river. What do the two of us have to talk about? "
"Gu Mang!"
Gu Mang raised his hand and waved the wind away. The suona turned into specks of fluorescent light and merged into his flesh and blood.
He jumped down from the vermillion railing and folded his arms. He lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "Beauty, don't make trouble. You have been promoted step by step and have won the favor of Princess Meng Ze. If you continue to fool around with a dissolute man like me, it will damage your reputation. You and I have been brothers for many years. I will feel bad for you. "
This familiar greasy tone sounded in Mo Xi's ears again.
It was not a dream or an illusion.
It was the real Gu Mang. He could see and touch the Gu Mang from eight years ago.
He was distancing himself from him, mocking him, and resisting him. Perhaps this smiling man had already planned to betray his country in the near future.
This realization turned into a strong impulse that slammed into Mo Xi's chest. Mo Xi's eyes turned red, "I won't leave."
Then he repeated to the pipa girl, "Get out."
Gu Mang raised his eyebrows slightly, "Didn't you understand what I said before? I have already spent money to buy her for the whole night. If you chase her away, who will accompany me for the rest of the night? "
Mo Xi said, "I will always be here."
"?" Gu Mang blinked his black eyes, "Do you know how to play the pipa?"
"… I don't."
"Do you know how to sing?"
"I don't know."
"Then what do I need you for?" Gu Mang laughed, "You are not worth her price."
Mo Xi did not want to argue with him, only saying, "Gu Mang. I will not go to the North today. "
Gu Mang tilted his head, the corners of his mouth still holding that infuriating thin smile, "Well, that's good. But what does that have to do with me? "
"It has to do with you. Give me one more night. I have some things that I can't say now. "Mo Xi paused, staring into Gu Mang's eyes," I'm afraid that in the future, there will be no more chance. "
Perhaps it was because he knew that Gu Mang already had the intention of betraying him, when he carefully observed the subtle expressions of the people in front of him, he could see that Gu Mang's expression changed slightly after hearing his words.
Gu Mang lowered his eyelashes, saying, "Today, there is no psychological politics. I only wish to be intoxicated by the wind and the moon. If you really want to talk to me, there will be plenty of time in the future. We can talk about it when you come back. "
Mo Xi said, "I can't wait until that day."
After a few moments of silence, the pipa girl was sandwiched between the two of them, unable to advance or retreat. She could only pretend to be a wooden statue, not daring to say anything, not daring to move at all.
After a long while, Gu Mang lowered his head, seeming to chuckle and sigh, "Why do you insist on pestering me? I have nothing left. "
"I just want to talk to you again."
Gu Mang smiled and stabbed Mo Xi's heart with his cruel words, "What else is there to talk about? Your Senior Brother can't give you anything else. Your Highness, I beg you, I just want to play and have fun. Please go. Please let me go. "
If Mo Xi from eight years ago heard these words, he might have been deceived just like that. Maybe he would really believe that he was just sad and wanted to play and have fun. There would come a time when he would recover.
But the person standing in front of Gu Mang now was Mo Xi from eight years later.
Gu Mang's so-called play and have fun, in Mo Xi's ears, was simply unspeakably painful and ironic.
Mo Xi said in a hoarse voice, "Just this night. You leave it to me. "
Gu Mang sighed, "Don't be too ambiguous with your words. You still have a long way to go in the future. You have to pay attention to your innocence …"
"Do I still have innocence?"
There was complete silence.
Even the pipa woman suddenly raised her head in shock. Immediately, her face turned pale and she lowered her head to the ground, trembling.
Gu Mang finally restrained his evil smile. He looked at Mo Xi with a deep gaze. He looked at Mo Xi who was standing in front of him with a face that was close to being paranoid and gnashing his teeth.
Gu Mang said softly, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"You know it in your heart."
"…" Gu Mang, who had never been tempered, was quick-witted and intelligent. Like a demon, he could always easily see through Junior Brother Mo's heart.
But today, when he looked at the person in front of him, he suddenly felt unfamiliar and could not see through him.
He originally wanted to shout and chase him away, but Mo Xi stood in place and glared at him fiercely. Gu Mang did not know what pain and fear were in those sharp eyes … and even felt wronged.
Yes, wronged.
Gu Mang realized this almost helplessly.
And Mo Xi's eyes were already red.
Mo Xi gritted his teeth and held back the tears in his eyes. He said hoarsely and stubbornly, "I have long lost my innocence. I also don't care about innocence. You can't chase me away. "
"…"
The more he listened, the more helpless and uneasy he felt.
In the end, Gu Mang finally gave in. Unable to persuade him, he sighed and turned his head. He said to the pipa woman, "Miss Fei Tian, I'm sorry. There's a lunatic here. Please leave for a while."
Miss Fei Tian could not ask for anything more. After she left, she practically ran away from Yi Fang Pavilion.
Only the two of them were left in the soft, fragrant, and luxurious room.
Gu Mang returned to his room from the balcony. He raised his hand and closed the wooden door that connected to the balcony. Then, he turned around and lightly moved his fingertips to light the candle on the red-crowned crane's bronze frame.
After doing all this, he walked directly to Mo Xi. Without any hesitation, he broke through the safe distance and walked straight to the opposite side of Mo Xi.
There was only a small distance between them.
Gu Mang raised his head. His pair of dark eyes were questioning and provoking. His breath rose and fell between their noses. He raised his hand to pinch Mo Xi's strong chin.
He said softly, "Alright, look. The girl I bought has left. It's all your fault. Are you satisfied now?"
He looked at Mo Xi's face as if he was looking at a prostitute in a brothel. After a while, he looked down and stared at Mo Xi's thin lips. He raised his thumb and stroked those soft lips, gently caressing them.
Gu Mang said slowly in a low voice, "Since you're so proactive and anxious to fight for my favor, then … I'll let you accompany me for one last night. After tonight, Princess, let's go our separate ways. Don't bother me anymore. "
After he said these words, he suddenly grabbed Mo Xi's collar and pulled him over. Then, he kissed him fiercely —!
There was a muffled groan.
His moist lips had already covered Mo Xi's slightly cold lips. His nimble tongue sneaked into his mouth and stirred intensely. Like a butterfly seeking honey, he absorbed Mo Xi's breath and breath.
Although Senior Brother Gu's tone was unkind and cold, when they kissed, Gu Mang almost always took the initiative. He enjoyed it. He would use his moist and full tongue to rub against him. He would use his fine and thick eyelashes to seduce him. His tight and thin waist would passionately press against him, as if he was willing to become one with Mo Xi.
But in fact, it was just as if.
At first, Mo Xi misunderstood Gu Mang's indulgence. Later on, Mo Xi was intoxicated. But in the end, what Mo Xi was left with the most was pain.
Mo Xi still remembered the night when they first had sex. His heart was filled with honey. He thought that Gu Mang also loved him. He thought that from then on, he could lock Senior Brother Gu firmly by his side and take him as his own.
But Gu Mang told him that it was just a moment of confusion.
Later on, they were "momentarily confused" many times. Gu Mang was bullied by him countless times until he was absent-minded. He was entangled by him like soft spring water. He couldn't help but say that he liked him in his tent, that he was willing to do this with him in his arms, and that he loved him in his gaze.
But every time the fog dissipated, he would turn hostile and heartlessly say that it was just a moment of greed.
So Mo Xi got his flesh again and again, almost cutting open all the softness in the clamshell. But in this intimate and sentimental entanglement, he became more and more confused and sad.
He had been waiting for Gu Mang to believe him. He had been waiting for Gu Mang to treat him sincerely.
But no matter how many times they made love, no matter how much nonsense Gu Mang spouted in his excitement, Gu Mang would never admit their feelings when the sun rose above the horizon.
So Mo Xi couldn't understand.
He couldn't understand why they could be entangled with each other even though they didn't love each other.
Why they could be together even though they didn't plan to spend the rest of their lives together.
He also couldn't understand why Gu Mang could still hug and kiss him without any scruples even though he already had thoughts of betrayal. Clearly … he already wanted to leave.
Clearly, he already wanted to leave him. From then on, they would serve different masters and fight each other.
How could he still be so calm and composed …
"Hiss!" Gu Mang suddenly pushed Mo Xi away. He covered his mouth and stared at him as if he had seen a ghost. "Are you a dog? Why did you bite me?! "
Mo Xi's eyes were red. His face was filled with humiliation, anger, hatred, and sadness. He stared at Gu Mang's face. After a while, he said, "What do you take me for?"
"… You wanted to replace Miss Fei Tian to stay with me."
After Gu Mang finished speaking, he paused. He wanted to say something else, but he saw the grievance on Mo Xi's face. He looked at this young man standing in front of him, trying to hold it in, but his chest was heaving up and down. He looked like he couldn't hold it in anymore.
He suddenly couldn't bear it.
Was he, Gu Mang, really willing to go to bed with a man for the sake of pleasure? He had the reputation of being a fierce beast and had countless soldiers. Was he really willing to kneel under a man who was three years younger than him and be f * cked by that man until he lost his soul?
It wasn't like that.
He didn't commit such a mistake because of a moment of confusion. He didn't commit such a mistake because of a moment of lust. It was because he had unknowingly fallen in love. That was why there was a moment of confusion and then a moment of lust.
His heart didn't belong to him anymore. It was just that he didn't want to admit it and didn't want to accept his fate.
Gu Mang looked at Mo Xi's slightly red eyes and sighed. He raised his hand, wanting to touch his young and handsome face. "You, if you don't have me in the future …"
Mo Xi's eyes immediately became wet.
He suddenly couldn't control himself. He suddenly reached out and hugged Gu Mang. He hugged him so tightly, so forcefully, so deeply. It was as if he wanted to tear apart Gu Mang's limbs and hide them in his own flesh and blood. He wanted to use his flesh and blood to lock Gu Mang's flesh and blood. This way, he could keep them together forever. There wouldn't be any betrayal later on. There wouldn't be any conflict between them.
Gu Mang sighed in his arms. "What's wrong with you today?"
"I just want you to be well." Mo Xi's chin rested on the top of Gu Mang's head. He hugged the person in his arms tightly and said hoarsely, "If there's any sadness or grievance in your heart, can you tell me? Let me bear it with you? "
"Can you not let your imagination run wild? Don't bear it alone …"
"Mo Xi …"
Mo Xi raised a big hand and pressed Gu Mang's head, pressing him deeper into his arms. The pain of losing something and then regaining it again made every inch of his bones tremble slightly. At this moment, it slowly woke up from his limbs and bones.
Mo Xi hugged the Gu Mang from eight years ago, as if he was hugging a wandering soul that had finally returned home.
He closed his eyes, frowned, and whispered in a choked voice, "Senior … if there's anything on your mind, don't hide it from me anymore, okay?"
The person in his arms stiffened slightly and didn't make a sound.
After a while, Gu Mang pushed him away. Gu Mang's hand pressed against his chest, leaving an arm's length between them.
The pair of eyes that were as dark as the night quietly stared at him. Gu Mang asked lightly, "What does Lord Xi He think I'm hiding from you?"
The author has something to say:
Gu Mang Dazed: Do you know how to play the pipa?
Sister Extinguish: No.
Gu Mang Dazed: Do you know how to sing?
Sister Extinguish: No.
Gu Mang Dazed: Someone come and drag this little sister who doesn't know anything out of here! Why doesn't she know anything?! Are you kidding me?!
Vegetable Bun: (popping head) Don't duck, our Sister Extinguish knows how to play the flute. You can experience it!
Sister Extinguish: …
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