"Slap!" Lu Zhanxing's cheeks swelled and blood oozed out from the corner of his lips.
Mo Xi stared at him fiercely, her eyes red.
Her voice was trembling uncontrollably.
"What right do you have to make the decision for him? What right do you have to make the decision for him? Do you know that if you die, his seventy thousand comrades will not be able to rest in peace and he will be forced into a corner? Do you want to push him into the abyss, Lu Zhanxing?! " In the end, the sparks in her eyes burst out, she was almost angry, "You don't want him to die, but have you really understood his heart?!!"
Lu Zhanxing's voice also rose, his bleeding lips opened and closed, "His heart is too high, sooner or later he will be hanged to death! What do you know?! "
It was like two weapons clashing against each other, a fierce battle between dragons and tigers.
"You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, the so-called setbacks are just some trivial matters within your family! Have you ever experienced the feeling of helplessness when someone's displeasure can end your life? Do you know how difficult it was for Gu Mang to live until today? " Lu Zhanxing was so angry and desperate that he almost choked with sobs. "He is just a muddle-headed donkey. You have loosened the slave lock on his neck in exchange for fame and fortune, but have the facts changed?"
"He is still using his blood and tears to grind for you, but he is so happy like a fool …" Speaking of this, Lu Zhanxing couldn't help but raise his head, covering his eyes with his arm, and said in a hoarse voice, "But a donkey is still a donkey, if one day he is lazy, if he is tired, if he can't walk anymore, he can only be slaughtered by others, and there will be no corpse left!"
Lu Zhanxing took a deep breath when he said this.
"If he can't see it clearly, I will let him see it in advance."
"If he understands but is unwilling to let go, I will force him to let go of all his ten fingers!"
"Since he feels that Laojun is kind to him, then I will always wait. I will wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne, then I will do this to prevent him from turning his kindness to enmity with Laojun. What else have I not thought about for him? "
"... Lu Zhanxing..." Mo Ping's suppressed emotions were like lava boiling in his throat. "You're a madman..."
"It's not me who's crazy, it's him." Lu Zhanxing dropped his hand. His eyes were still red from his emotions, but the softness in his eyes had been peeled off, leaving only ruthlessness. He stared at Mo Xi and said, "How crazy is Mang 'er to think that he can change the whole Chong Hua and even the whole Jiuzhou's view of slaves by himself? How crazy must he be to think that there is hope in all of this! "
Mo Xi said hoarsely, "You'd rather he lose the light in his life so that he can live as you wish?"
"What's wrong with the tail being painted in the middle? A person is just a drop in the ocean, but he thinks that he is a mayfly that can shake the sky. You see, now he should know the outcome himself. As long as the new emperor moves his lips, his mirage will be destroyed and collapsed. After paying the price of these seventy thousand people, from now on, Gu Mang and those poor and stupid slave cultivators don't have to shed blood for Chonghua anymore! "
Lu Zhanxing said, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was almost distorted.
"Whose country should be guarded by himself. Young Master Xi and Young Master Jun, I beg you, I beg you to leave this matter alone and let this laughable army fall apart. We just think that it's better to live than to die. "
We? We?
Gu Mang had said with a face full of longing ever since his days in the academy that he hoped to change the world one day, to change the world, even if it was just a tiny bit.
As long as he could ignite a ray of light, he was willing to burn his body, skin, limbs and bones.
Lu Zhanxing said that "we" just think that it's better to live than to die. Why?!
Mo Xi seemed to be extremely angry for a moment, but the conflict between him and Lu Zhanxing today was so sharp that blood would be spilled if he lost control for a moment. He didn't want to disturb the things in the time mirror, so he closed his eyes with force.
After a long while, the excessively tyrannical flames of anger were extinguished. Mo Xi slowly opened his eyes, and his dark eyes looked at Lu Zhanxing again.
When he was about to speak, Lu Zhanxing added another stab, "Lord Xi He, stay away from him. From now on, I can't accompany him anymore. I beg you, old man, to be merciful, don't give him the hope that will kill him."
Mo Xi found that he couldn't look at Lu Zhanxing's face anymore. The fire that had just been suppressed would rise again. He turned his face away suddenly and stared at the flickering candlelight next to him.
Lu Zhanxing said, "Don't lead him to this road again."
"…" Mo Xi's fingers clenched into fists. His eyes wandered from the dim candlelight and finally fell on the two dice that Lu Zhanxing had been playing with before.
He didn't care too much about these two dice. He was just too angry and in too much pain. His eyes wanted to find something to rely on, and he wanted to rest somewhere.
He stared at the two dice with a white background and red paint for a long time.
But after a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The feeling of goosebumps rose first, and then Mo Xi suddenly realized the problem!
His back suddenly tensed up.
These dice …
These dice were white with red paint and carved from rosewood. There was a very inconspicuous small lotus pattern next to the sixth dot.
It was …
Gu Mang's wooden dice?!
Yes, Gu Mang used to like to play Leaf cards in the army. He also liked to throw dice and guess gambling. At that time, he envied the Mo family, Yue family, and Murong family for having their own totems, so he thought of one for himself.
The totem coat of arms he set for himself was a Buddhist lotus. It would be too conspicuous to engrave it on other places, and it would be a joke to others. Therefore, he only engraved it on the dice that he played with his brothers.
Lu Zhanxing even laughed at him at that time. He said, "You are a real man. How can you use a small red lotus as a mark?"
Gu Mang laughed and explained that the lotus bloomed for seven days. Although it was not long, its fragrance permeated the world. What was wrong with it?
Later, Gu Mang and Mo Xi secretly made a blood contract. There was a lotus pattern on each of their necks, and it was also the totem that Gu Mang set before.
After realizing this, Lu Zhanxing's voice seemed to be separated by a vast ocean. Mo Xi no longer paid attention to what he was saying. His fingers trembled a little, and he almost raised his hand to pick up the wooden dice on the table to take a closer look.
"Lord Xi He."
"…"
"Let Mang go."
Lu Zhanxing said, "If you really care about him and treat him as a human, don't keep him hanging and let him fight for you. Let him go. "
Mo Que's throat moved, but in the end, he managed to restrain his impulse. After a few moments of silence, Mo Xi looked away from the dice with a pale face. He looked at Lu Zhanxing and said in a low voice, "… You are planning for him like this. Are you sure that he will follow the path you have paved for him and live a carefree life?"
"Then what path does he have left?"
Mo Xi's dark brown eyes stared at Lu Zhanxing's face, "Have you ever thought that he might rebel?"
Lu Zhanxing was stunned for a moment, and then he almost laughed, "What nonsense are you talking about? Mang 'er will rebel? Don't you know what kind of person he is? "
"Don't you know how important you and those hundred thousand cultivators are in his heart?"
"…" Lu Zhanxing's face turned blue. He was silent for a moment, and then he looked up with a ridiculous face and said coldly, "He will never."
Mo Que measured the emotions between his brows inch by inch. He saw all kinds of reactions of Lu Zhanxing at the moment.
Lu Zhanxing said, "I know him. No matter what step he took, he would never take this step … he … he … "
Mo Xi said, "Is that so? Haven't you heard anything unusual about him in the past six months when you were in prison? "
Lu Zhanxing took a step back, and there was a strange panic in his eyes.
Sure enough …
Mo Xi saw from this panic that he seemed to know something that he didn't know.
Lu Zhanxing must be hiding some secrets.
In this extremely tense silence, Mo Xi suddenly asked out of nowhere, "Lu Zhanxing, after you were in prison, did you see Gu Mang?"
Lu Zhanxing looked up as if he was stabbed by a cold arrow!
Then his face turned pale, and he immediately turned his face away.
After a while, he said, "… What is Lord Xi He thinking? Mang 'er is now a criminal, how can he see me? I'm eager to talk with him about the old days. But … haha. "He laughed at himself," In a dream, it's more realistic to have a dream. "
"…" Mo Xi didn't say anything, but he had seen through Lu Zhanxing's reaction after his question. The color of his eyes became darker.
He was almost sure that Gu Mang must have seen Lu Zhanxing in the past six months.
But in this way, this matter seemed even more strange. Gu Mang, as a deposed minister, was watched day and night by the Emperor's secret guards. How could he have the opportunity to break through this heavily guarded prison and go to Lu Zhanxing's prison?
"I'll ask you one last time," Mo Xi said, "Lu Zhanxing, Gu Mang really didn't come here to find you?"
"… No."
"You really didn't have the slightest bit of injustice?"
Lu Zhanxing said, "No."
He knew that no matter how he asked, he wouldn't be able to get a decent answer. In the end, the two didn't talk well, and no one could persuade the other, and no one gave in to the other. Mochime walked out of the cold and gloomy prison cell.
Behind him came the sound of the iron chain lock, and the shackles with spiritual power locked Lu Zhanxing's prison cell again.
Before Mo Xi left, he turned his face and looked at Lu Zhanxing one last time.
Lu Zhanxing sat in the dim halo of the bean oil lamp, his head lowered and eyes closed.
The moment he completely turned around, Lu Zhanxing suddenly raised his head again.
"Wait a minute!"
Mo Xi pursed his thin lips and looked sideways at Lu Zhanxing. "What?"
Lu Zhanxing gritted his teeth and said, "There's one more thing."
"…"
"Since you're here, I also want to ask you."
"Say it."
Lu Zhanxing hesitated for a while. This question had been suppressed in his heart for a long time, and he knew that if he didn't ask now, he wouldn't have a chance in the future. So he gritted his teeth and finally said, "After so many years, I've always wanted to know. You … and … "
Seeing his expression and listening to his words, Mo Xi already had a guess. At this moment, he stood in the same place, quietly waiting for him to continue.
"You and him … you and Mang 'er … are you two …" The content he wanted to express was too difficult to say, and it was related to his partner. Even if Lu Zhanxing was shameless, he couldn't help but stutter. "Are you two …"
Mo Xi said, "Yes."
Lu Zhanxing seemed to have been punched by Mo Xi's personal admission. No words just now could make him feel more dizzy than Mo Xi's "Yes" at this moment.
After being in the army for so many years, Lu Zhanxing had already seen some clues from some minor details. It was just that in the past, out of respect for Gu Mang, he was too embarrassed to ask directly. But just because he didn't ask, it didn't mean that he was stupid or blind.
He had noticed the way Mo Xi and Gu Mang looked at each other too many times. Once or twice, he thought that he was thinking too much. But after so many times, he couldn't convince himself that there was nothing between them. Not to mention how many times he had seen Mo Xi and Gu Mang changing shifts and patrolling together. And when the two came back, Gu Mang's eyes were always a little red and his voice was slightly hoarse.
Once, with the help of the bonfire, he even saw a red bite mark on Gu Mang's neck.
But guesses were guesses. When Mo Xi really stood in front of him and admitted it personally, Lu Zhanxing still felt that he couldn't breathe. He suddenly took a few steps back and sat on the stone bed. Almost dejectedly, he said, "Mang 'er, he's a lunatic … He's a perfectly fine person. Why does he have to get involved with you …"
Lu Zhanxing bent down and rubbed his face in his palms. He said hoarsely, "Doesn't he know what his background is … Why … Why does he have to fight for the most impossible thing … Lunatic … He's really a lunatic …"
After a pause, Lu Zhanxing was almost exhausted, "Is it fun to be a moth to a flame? Why is it that all he wants in his life, whether it's things or people, are so … so … "
His Adam's apple moved and two words fell from his lips.
"Ridiculous."
In the swaying light and shadow, Mo Xi looked at him. After a while, Mo Xi said, "Don't blame him. Between me and him, he didn't fight for me. I'm the moth to a flame. I pestered him. "
After saying this, he turned around. His black robe fluttered and he disappeared into the depths of the long corridor.
That night, after returning to Xi He's residence, Mo Xi tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Finally, he suddenly sat up from the bed, put on his clothes and pushed the door open. The starry sky was full of water, like broken diamonds covering the entire dark blue sky.
He took a cloak and covered himself with it, then went to Apricot Blossom House.
Although it was inconvenient for him to appear in front of Gu Mang at this time because he wanted to find out more of the truth buried in the past, he still couldn't help but want to see Gu Mang eight years ago.
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