"Lord Xi He, what do you think I'm hiding from you?"
When Gu Mang asked this question, his expression was indescribably indifferent. His smile and mischievousness had been retracted, and his sharpness and ruthlessness had not been unsheathed. He just looked at Mo Xi like a stranger.
Of course, Mo Xi could not say, "Do you intend to betray the country?" So he closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "I know you're still dissatisfied with Chong Hua and Junshang. I …"
"Don't." Gu Mang raised his hand and touched Mo Xi's lips with his fingertips. He stared at him and suddenly smiled. That smile was three parts sweet and seven parts dangerous. It floated on the surface of his face. "Beauty, you can sleep with anyone, but you can't speak carelessly. Now that my military rank has been removed, and the remnants of my troops are in prison awaiting trial. My brothers will be executed in three days. You're asking me whether I'm dissatisfied with Junshang at this time. Do you want to add to my crimes and consign me to eternal damnation? "
"… I've never wanted to treat you like this."
"You haven't thought about it now, but it doesn't mean you won't think about it in the future. It's the hardest thing to lose a beauty's grace, not to mention one as beautiful as you. " Gu Mang's fingertips slid along Mo Xi's lips and down to his chin. He raised it slightly. "I have to guard against you."
"Gu Mang." Mo Xi looked at him sadly with his dark eyes. He said in a hoarse voice, "My feelings for you are sincere."
"You nobles are used to rewarding people. Giving jewelry to coax women, giving money to coax men. When all these are useless, you might as well give out your sincerity as well. How would I dare to accept it? " Gu Mang sighed. "People's hearts change. Back then, Junshang was devoted to me. When I was expanding Chong Hua's territory, I never expected that the new Junshang would treat me like this after he ascended the throne."
After a pause, Gu Mang said, "I can't see through you people."
"Including me?"
"…" Gu Mang's smile deepened. He had this ability. When he was happy, his smile could make people feel like they were bathing in the spring breeze. When he was unhappy, the spring breeze would immediately turn into freezing rain.
Gu Mang raised his hand and patted Mo Xi's face. "Baby, including you."
Before her fingers could fall, Mo Xi grabbed them.
Gu Mang's eyelashes fluttered as he slowly looked up at him. "Let go."
Mo Xi, however, did not relax. He was undoubtedly sad and despairing. Yet as these emotions accumulated, they were like turbid clouds pressing down on the border, gradually causing the air around him to become paranoid and gloomy.
"How do you want me to prove it?" Mo Xi's grip on his fingertips became tighter and tighter. His eyes flickered with uncertainty. "Gu Mang, now that things have come to this, are you only willing to trust people who come from the same background as you? Are you only willing to listen when Lu Zhanxing is standing in front of you? "
Gu Mang's expression did not change. He said indifferently, "Lord Xi He must be joking. I am just a lowly slave. It has always been you who are unwilling to believe me. What right do I have to choose?"
Mo Xi looked at his face. He was shocked to find that Gu Mang now had the same expression as the rebel general who later surrendered to the enemy camp.
What was hidden in his eyes was already decisiveness.
At this moment, Gu Mang was like a man standing on the edge of a cliff. He could fall into the bottomless abyss at any moment.
Mo Xi's Adam's apple moved up and down. It turned out that when he looked back, there were signs of many things. It was just that he was young at that time and did not understand the real Gu Mang. As a result, he missed these details that foretold the future.
He suddenly closed his eyes and slowly let go of Gu Mang's fingers. He said in a low voice, "… I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing to me?"
"On the day you defeated the army and returned to the court, it was me who was not by your side."
Gu Mang was quiet for a while. He smiled. "At that time, you were also fighting on the front line. I am not unreasonable. Besides, even if you were in the court that day, what could you do? Could you change anything? "
He sat down in front of the table covered with Shu embroidered brocade. He raised his hand and poured two cups of tea. Gu Mang's arms were still honey-colored at this time. The lines were tight, not as pale as they were later.
He pushed one of the cups of tea to Mo Xi and drank the other cup himself. He then said, "Lord Xi He, it is the new emperor's intention to deal with me like this. It is not something that can be changed by your pleading. I have never resented you for not being by my side that day. But to be honest, we are not the same kind of people. People who walk different paths cannot make plans together. You don't have to apologize to me. "
Mo Xi said, "I am not only apologizing to you. Can you let me finish? "
Gu Mang smiled indifferently. "Okay, tell me. Since you are not only apologizing to me, who else are you apologizing to?"
"The 70,000 souls of Feng Ming Mountain."
"…"
"I am sorry, Gu Mang. It is Chong Hua who owes you 70,000 named tombstones."
The smile on Gu Mang's face gradually faded. His eyelashes fluttered slightly and drooped down. He then sighed and said, "Mo Xi, this matter has already passed for so long. I have already accepted it. There is no need for you to bring it up again. "
"…" Mo Xi looked at this Gu Mang who was in the brothel, asking the singers to play soul-summoning songs. This so-called "person who has accepted it".
After a moment of silence, he said, "The tombstones that you want to ask for for them, I will ask Junshang for them for you."
Gu Mang was originally playing with the cup in his hand. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head.
For some reason, his expression changed slightly. "Who told you to meddle in other people's business?"
Mo Xi said, "This is not meddling in other people's business."
Gu Mang wrinkled his nose. His expression was like that of a tiger or a wolf. He said, "Listen, Mo Xi. Although my army is scattered now, they were all brought up by me. Whether they are alive or dead, they are the same kind of people as me. They are not like you. I don't need you to stand up for me! "
"That is what they should have. Every martyr should have it. You are right to ask for it. You can't ask for it. "
There was a moment of silence. The room was as quiet as the deep sea.
Gu Mang continued to stare at Mo Xi, but did not say a word. After a while, he suddenly lowered his head and closed his eyes. This was the first time since entering the room that Mochime had seen the Hollow Cold Mask on his face crack, and the sorrow behind it was almost like a tidal wave surging out.
Gu Mang lowered his head in the shadow and laughed softly. "Lord Xi He, you must be joking. What martyrs … they are just a bunch of ants. "
"…"
"Whether it is a tombstone or not, how can ants be worthy? Even if it is erected, it is just a joke. Who will pay tribute to it? Who will respect it? "
Gu Mang's slender fingers pinched the porcelain cup. He looked at the tea in the cup and the reflection in the water.
"Even if it is erected, it is just an illusion. I have long stopped insisting on it."
"…"
"You don't have to meddle in other people's business. This is the business of us lowly people. It has nothing to do with you, Lord Xi He."
"Gu Mang …" Mo Xi felt a lump in his throat. After a long time, he asked, "… What should I do to make you stop being like this?"
"You don't have to do anything." Gu Mang put the teacup back on the table. "Just stay away from me. Time will erase everything. "
But time can't erase hatred.
Time can't untie the knot in your heart. It can't stop you from throwing yourself into the cliff.
It will only erase your face until it becomes more and more blurred. Your black eyes will wither to blue, your skin will be scarred, and your reputation will be ruined.
Time can only return me a broken you.
Gu Mang, since I came here, I have seen the ending of this matter.
Every breath was as painful as a knife. Mo Xi endured the pain. His nails dug deep into his palms. He whispered, "Then you, from now on …"
"From now on?"
"Then what do you plan to do from now on?"
"What else can I do? Wine, meat, sensual pleasures, and beauties. " Gu Mang said, "Jun Shang stripped me of my position, but at least he kept my money. I, Gu Mang, will live freely from now on. This is quite good."
"You don't want anything else?"
"I don't want anything else."
Mo Xi's lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak immediately.
He really wanted to tell Gu Mang, regardless of the consequences. Don't lie to me anymore. I already know everything that will happen eight years later. I know that if I leave you alone, you will walk on a path of no return, and you will never turn back.
But he couldn't say it.
It was recorded in the ancient books that if he revealed that he came from the future in the Space-Time Mirror, he would be trapped in the mirror forever, unable to escape.
But Mo Xi really wanted to know the truth of that year. He wanted to know what Gu Mang was thinking. He wanted to know what he should have done to stop Gu Mang from stepping into the darkness.
How many knots in Gu Mang's heart at that time had to be untied?
Other than Jun Shang's cruel words, Gu Mang's own coldness.
What else was there?
Were there any other knots in his heart that he didn't know about, or that he missed?
Mo Xi stood beside the Gu Mang of eight years ago in this warm and dim room, thinking tiredly like a prisoner.
Knots in his heart … what other knots in his heart did he know about …
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. Mo Xi's heart suddenly turned cold! He suddenly remembered an old matter that he had forgotten.
That year, when he returned from the north, he learned that Gu Mang had betrayed him. He didn't believe it, and crazily asked everyone who knew about it for details.
At that time, a bystander's description was, "After you left, the ruler summoned Gu Mang into the palace once. He saw that Gu Mang's willpower was low, and he spent his days doing nothing. He thought that this person was still useful, and that it would be a pity to waste him. Thus, he assigned him a mission. After Gu Mang received the mission, he left Chong Hua and never returned to report on the mission. "
He asked in every possible way, wanting to know what kind of mission Jun Shang assigned Gu Mang, but those people didn't say clearly.
"I heard that it was just a small matter. It seemed to be something to cheer him up, but Gu Mang didn't like to hear it and quickly came out. He didn't even stay in the main hall for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. "
"It should be a very small mission. It's really nothing."
At that time, Mo Xi had paid attention to this detail, but after countless inquiries, he always got the answer, "Jun Shang told Gu Mang to cheer up, but Gu Mang didn't listen." So as time passed, he slowly forgot about this detail.
But now, when this matter was recalled again, Mo Xi's palms couldn't help but sweat slightly, and his hands clenched.
He had seen Jun Shang's attitude with his own eyes. Jun Shang wanted to test Gu Mang's loyalty, so why would he ask about Gu Mang's well-being at this time?
That mission was definitely not like this.
Mo Xi looked at Gu Mang's face in the shadows of the lanterns and red candles. If Gu Mang hadn't completely made up his mind to betray the country, then Lu Zhanxing's death and the mission Jun Shang gave him were very likely the last two things that would make Gu Mang jump into the abyss of revenge.
His heart beat faster and faster. The more he talked to these people in the past, the more he thought, the more he felt that there was something fishy about everything.
… What happened back then definitely wasn't just this. Something else must have happened.
He had to know what the last mission Jun Shang gave Gu Mang was.
The only fortunate thing was that the flow of time in the Time Mirror was completely different from the flow of time in the real world. A day or two in the mirror was just a short moment in the outside world. Murong Chuyi and Jiang Yexue couldn't have defeated Shan Gao and saved them from the mirror in such a short amount of time.
He still had time. He could use the time eight years ago to find out more details.
In the end, Mo Xi still left Apricot Flower Brothel.
Even though he wanted so much to spend a night with the normal Gu Mang, in the end, reason prevailed. After leaving, he went to find the third old friend he wanted to meet.
In the deepest cell of the Celestial Prison, a dim oil candle was burning, emitting a blue luster.
Other than that, there was no other source of light.
Lu Zhanxing crossed his legs and lay on his back on the cold stone bed, humming a little tune as he tossed two dice that he had gotten from somewhere.
He wore a loose and clean prison uniform. The snow-white robe set off his wheat-colored, tough face. Perhaps it was because the execution was imminent, or perhaps it was because he was very good at building good relationships with people, so the jailers didn't make things difficult for him.
There was a small table in the prison. There was even a pot of wine on the table. Looking at the style of the wine bottle, it should be the Hundred Flower Wine that Chong Hua distributed to the jailers.
The first person Mo Xi wanted to see in the Time Mirror was Jun Shang.
A young and inexperienced monarch.
The second person he wanted to see was Gu Mang.
An old friend who hadn't lost his soul.
The third person he wanted to see was Lu Zhanxing.
A dead person in his memory.
Mo Xi stopped in front of the single cell and said to the warden who was leading the way, "You can leave."
"Yes."
Lu Zhanxing didn't recognize Mo Xi's voice for a moment. He thought that the jailer in the Celestial Prison was bored and wanted to chat with him. So he sat up from the bed casually, one hand supporting his cheek, the other still tossing two dice, "Astrology, divination, fate and future, a person's words will also come true when he is about to die. Your Brother Lu can peek into the Heavenly Dao with only two dice. Twenty silver coins for one fortune-telling, double for marriage. "
Mo Xi entered his cell and took off his cloak and black hat.
Lu Zhanxing lazily lifted his eyelids. The moment he saw Mo Xi's face, he was suddenly startled. He didn't catch the dice that were tossed up and rolled to the side of the bed, "… Lord Xi He?"
Mo Xi glanced at his dice and the wine on the table, paused, and said, "It's the first time I've seen someone in prison like you."
Lu Zhanxing lay on the bed and grinned. He fumbled for the dice that had fallen to his hand again and said with a smile, "Fortune telling? There are still three days before the store closes. Don't miss it if you pass by. "
Mo Xi sat down opposite him.
"Why don't you do it for yourself?"
"I did." Lu Zhanxing shook his smelly feet, "I, Fraud Lu, am a general who builds his success on ten thousand bones. Even if I don't succeed, ten thousand bones will still wither. After being in prison for half a year, I've already done it a hundred and eighty times. There's nothing to do anymore. "
Mo Xi raised his hand and set up a soundproof enchantment around the cell.
Lu Zhanxing said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm here to ask you a question."
Lu Zhanxing was still smiling, "Asking about marriage?"
Mo Xi said, "Asking about grievances."
Lu Zhanxing played with the dice in his hand and didn't say anything.
After a while, he laughed and said, "You're so kind?"
"Gu Mang doesn't want you to leave. So I'm here to ask you, Lu Zhanxing, do you have any grievances to complain about the battle at Feng Ming Mountain? "
Lu Zhanxing rolled the dice and threw it on the stone bed. He rolled a point and was not satisfied, so he rolled it back in his hand and threw it again. After going back and forth a few times, he finally threw out a double six. He finally stopped throwing. He raised his head and grinned at Mo Xi, "Yes. Jun Shang detained me because I beheaded the envoy. I, Laozi, am responsible for my own actions. However, because of my mistake, Chong Hua sentenced Gu Mang's remaining troops to thirty thousand. May I ask why? "
There weren't many people in the world who could make Mo Xi angry with just a few words, but Lu Zhanxing was definitely one of them.
What did he mean by 'I'll take responsibility for my own actions'? This boorish fellow only knew how to seek momentary gratification. He never knew that there were schemes and factions in this world. He did as he pleased and pushed Gu Mang into a dilemma.
Mo Xi gritted his teeth, "Why couldn't you control yourself at that time? No matter how dishonorable and suspicious that envoy was, was he someone you could kill?!"
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