[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

Life is always looking for answers in the busyness, and going to death in the rush.

This is fate.

Ge Nie sat at the table, watching the flames of the oil lamp flicker and dance.The animal bones placed on the table were cracked by the fire, and the direction of the crack indicated some kind of destiny.This is an ancient divination method, which he had heard from his master.Onmyojis use this wonderful art as their backbone to create unpredictable yin-yang techniques.

However, everything is one, and there are always only a few people or things who can see through it all.

Ge Nie thought he was not one of the few people, at best, he was just a bystander.

Gai Nie looked down at the animal bones, blew out the oil lamp, picked up the wooden sword in hand, pushed open the door, and walked into the night.

This is a rough road, Gai Nie walked a few steps, suddenly stopped and raised his eyes to move forward.

On the high ground in front of the mountain road, there was a person waiting there long ago. His white hair was like a shining candle in such a dark night.

Gai Nie: "Xiao Zhuang?"

Wei Zhuang kept looking at the pitch-black mountaintop, and turned around when he heard Ge Nie speak.

"Master."

He likes to wait for Ge Nie who can't help but speak first, or make a move first, just like the sword competition in Guigu back then, or the Trick City ten years later.

"You have always been here." This is a statement, not a question.

Wei Zhuang thought that Gai Nie still understood him.So he didn't answer this sentence, but said something irrelevant like a prophecy: "The sword in our hand is like an eye, and I will use it to see through the end of darkness."

Gai Nie looked at the shark teeth beside him, raised his footsteps, and walked towards Wei Zhuang step by step.

Until the two stood side by side, Ge Nie said, "Let's go."

……

The scenery on the sea is very different from that of the Central Plains. Both Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang are from the Central Plains. This time they came to Songhai and almost lost their lives. They have never seen the beautiful scenery of the sea.

The sky was covered by a hundred curtains, but just after midnight, it was still pitch black, as if chaos had forgotten the world.

Ge Nie said: "This is the place with the best view."

Wei Zhuang was noncommittal, his hair was blown away by the sea breeze.The place where he stood was not more than an arm's length away from Gai Nie.Looking at the pitch-black sky, Wei Zhuang said, "Brother, have you watched the sky for Ying Zheng all these years?"

Gai Nie answered the wrong question: "Xianyang Palace has the Moon God of the Yinyang family."

Wei Zhuang understood, and he chuckled: "Did you hide your ability, or did Ying Zheng not trust you enough?"

Gai Nie said: "What I learned in the past was never specialized, but superficial. Besides, the celestial phenomena are only predictions, so you don't have to believe them all."

Wei Zhuang sneered: "Yinghuo is the master of evil, close to the demon star, responsible for the faults of the people and ministers of the world, and responsible for drought, hunger, and military chaos. Brother, you have been in the Qin Dynasty for many years, don't you find it ironic?"

Gai Nie sighed: "Xiao Zhuang, there are some things that don't always have one answer."

Wei Zhuang looked at his side: "Oh? It seems that you don't want to admit your failure."

Gai Nie stared at the faint trails of stars in the distance, silent.

Wei Zhuang's eyes fell on the wooden sword he was holding: "If you can deduce Yinghuo's trajectory, have you considered your own destiny?"

What responded to him was Ge Nie's long silence.

Wei Zhuang didn't ask any more questions, because at this moment, a brilliant red fire appeared in the sky. Almost in a short period of time, the fire gradually became clear, dragging a long track across the night sky.

They are far away, but even at such a distance, they can feel the light that illuminates the night sky, as if the light cut through the eternal night.The weak glowing fire burned through the moon, and fell to the ground at an extremely fast speed——

Gai Nie said, "This direction is Dongjun."

After the fire, the night sky returned to darkness again.

But this burst of darkness was just the last struggle before dawn, and where the glamorous fire disappeared, a gorgeous light suddenly lit up.What came rolling in was whimpers that shook even the earth and mountains.

Wei Zhuang said in his deep voice: "This era may be coming to an end soon."

Gai Nie didn't speak at the first moment. Together with Wei Zhuang, he witnessed the moment when the spark fell, from the splendor to the earth returning to calm, only the rumbling sound and the slowly rising black smoke remained.

Then he heard Wei Zhuang talking about an irrelevant topic: "People seem to be very forgetful. In order to live, no matter how deeply the injury is, they will forget and obey."

Ge Nie said slowly: "This is just their last choice."

Wei Zhuang squinted at him: "You seem to regard yourself as one of them?"

"Xiao Zhuang, I haven't forgotten my original intention."

"Fear of killing is not a choice a swordsman should have."

"Senseless killing won't get you what you want."

Wei Zhuang's eyes fell on Gai Nie's side face with interest: "Oh? It seems that you know what I want?"

At this time, Wei Zhuang heard Gai Nie say in a tone he had never heard before: "Xiao Zhuang, although our pursuits are very different, there is one thing that is always the same."

Wei Zhuang rarely didn't mock Ge Nie, but quietly waited for him to finish his sentence.

Then, he saw Gai Nie with a calm and pure look in his eyes, saying: "Use killing to stop killing, as long as we are strong enough!"

……

Songhai, the edge of the cliff, the stronghold of the Mohists.

Robber Zhi's missed capture made the Mohists restless. Even if they knew that this was Zhang Liang's and Robber Zhi's private plan, everyone was inevitably worried.

At this time, Zhang Liang proposed to let Quicksand take action.

This proposal made the Mo family extremely entangled.Although dissatisfied with Quicksand, there is really not much the Mohists can do about this matter: Pao Ding was their contact person in Sanghai to collect information and travel abroad, and was arrested; Bandit Zhi was the only Mohist who could fight against the Qin army in Quicksand Those who broke through the encirclement among thousands of troops were also lost.

There are not many choices they can make.

From the Mohists' point of view, the short-lived alliance with Quicksand is really mixed. None of the people in Quicksand is a normal person who can speak normally!They pinned their hopes on Gai Nie.It's a pity, whether it's because Wei Zhuang has already gotten used to this style of torture, or because he doesn't like to talk, Gai Nie has no awareness of this kind of verbal argument that obviously won't really start, so that he often stands on the platform to watch Staring at the sea in a daze.

Fortunately, Wei Zhuang has not drawn his sword to kill people at the slightest disagreement as in the city of organs recently. Regarding the disputes of the Liusha River Mohists, he has adopted the same attitude of ignoring and letting go as Gai Nie did.

Wei Zhuang's acquiescence let Chi Lian know his attitude, so she said with a smile: "Maybe this little thing can do things that your Mo family can't do."

Xue Nu has always disliked Chi Lian, a woman who is obviously born well, but insists on being coquettish in front of men.So every time Chi Lian deliberately showed off, it might be inconvenient for the rest of the Mo family to argue with a woman, but she was not afraid: "Oh? Just with a snake?"

"Oh, sister Xuenv, don't underestimate my little pet. As long as it is a familiar smell, she can find it no matter it is thousands of miles away, or in the sky or into the sea..." Chi Lian showed off while shaking the little snake.

Gao Jianli frowned: "The familiar smell..."

He and Xue Nu exchanged glances, and both saw anger in their eyes.Snow Maiden shouted: "You put tracking things on us?"

Chi Lian covered his mouth and giggled: "Sister Xue Nu, don't be nervous, this thing is called snake breath, and it is not poisonous. Look, at this time, it has become a life-saving thing? So you should thank me .”

Xue Nu frowned, and asked, "No wonder you were able to find the Mohist stronghold! Did you attract Qin's army?"

Chi Lian laughed tremblingly: "Sister Xue Nu has wronged me, I have never met that little snitch before."

Gao Jianli took a step forward and stopped Xue Nu's anger: "Okay, Axue. They won't tell you the truth."

Chi Lian flattened his mouth, thinking that this person is so boring.

The plank road was close to the railing by the sea, Ge Nie listened to Chi Lian's words in silence, and looked down at the turbulent waves of the sea in a trance.He suddenly understood why Wei Zhuang suddenly appeared in the land of Kunwu, and was able to find the only way out of the Mo family's hiding place so accurately.

He remembered the time when he was recuperating in quicksand after the organ city, Wei Zhuang did have many opportunities to use snake breath on himself, no wonder he didn't care about his departure at that time.

Just like himself, Wei Zhuang is not a person who will do unnecessary things.At that time, no matter whether it was to reach a deal with Li Si through him, there is no need to pursue it now.Just like what Chi Lian said, regardless of the original intention, Liusha and the Mohists are currently cooperating temporarily.This point is enough for the Mo family to find Robber Zhi's whereabouts.

Their interests do not conflict.

That night, in Wei Zhuang, I adjusted my breath and meditated in my own place.When the night was past midnight, he didn't feel sleepy.

He is no stranger to this kind of situation, except for the three years in Guigu where there were only masters, senior brothers and horizontal swordsmanship, he lived a peaceful life of practicing at sunrise and resting at sunset.Since he returned to Zilanxuan, he was tired of watching the royal nobles play the game of power.

The more scheming, the more tired, the more unable to sleep.

Just like Zilanxuan, the darker the night, the busier it is; the more noble it is, the more corrupt it is.

In the end, even the roots rot together.

He also drank heavily like Han Fei, just wanting to get drunk overnight in the world of mortals.But later he understood that it was just an escape that could not get rid of his identity.He, Wei Zhuang, doesn't need to deceive himself and numb others.

He just needs to make the world fear him, that's enough.

Wei Zhuang opened his eyes, and he looked out of the window not far away, where Gai Nie lived.

Untimely, he remembered that when he was with Ge Nie in Ghost Valley, sleep was never a problem for him.Every time I see Ge Nie's flawless expression, there is only one thought in my heart - to defeat him!

He used to think that this was the reason, but after the idea of ​​completely defeating Ge Nie disappeared, this situation still maintained.During the days when Gai Nie was recuperating by his side after the Mohist government set up the city, there was never a time when he could not sleep peacefully.

Wei Zhuang slowly closed his eyes.

……

Opening his eyes suddenly, Wei Zhuang raised his eyebrows together.

Ge Nie's breath suddenly became chaotic.

The author has something to say: Xiaozhuang: Putting punishment to death is the original intention of Liusha.

Gai Nie: It is the destiny of us strong to stop killing with killing.

Xiaozhuang: Use your wooden sword?

Gai Nie: It wasn't originally a wooden sword...

Xiao Zhuang: Brother, what do you want to say...

Gai Nie: No, I think there is nothing wrong with that.

Xiaozhuang: You see, I always know what is suitable for you.

Ge Nie: ...What do you want to say?

Xiaozhuang: Including the fact that you don't need a girlfriend, but a boyfriend.

Gai Nie: ………………………………………