Brother is a heartless thing [Rebirth]

After that day, Li Ruqi did not come to the National Teacher's Mansion for a long time.

As always, he was embraced by people every day, arrogant and unrestrained, high-spirited, like an eye-catching light, countless people came to visit and invite banquets every day, and he was always surrounded by one or another group of people.

He looked very busy, too busy to talk to Gu Jue.

Even Wen Xuan, who was a bystander, couldn't tell whether he cared about what happened that night, or whether it didn't matter at all.

Until one night, Li Ruqi bid farewell to several noble children in the restaurant and returned to the Lingjiang Mansion.

At that time, the dew was deeper and the wind in late autumn was very cool.He was already tired at first, but after thinking about it, he changed his way to the study by a strange coincidence.

A dim yellow candle was lit on the desk case. He was sitting on an armchair, wearing a thick dark robe, leaning back quietly, raising his head and closing his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

Xiuyun's fingertips were fidgeting on the rosewood armrest, and his brows gradually became depressed, forming a deep furrow. After a while, he suddenly let out a "tsk", Opening his eyes impatiently, he looked around.

He seemed to be trying to find a vent from the surroundings, but he couldn't find it.Finally, I opened the bottom drawer of the rosewood cabinet. Inside were some record books related to the march. They were very thick, and there were several stacks of letter paper under them after I picked them up.

That was all the letterheads sent from Wangcheng to the border in the past three years, some were from the emperor, some were from colleagues, and some were from the Lingjiang mansion...

Li Ruqi sat back on the chair, ran his fingertips across the stack of letter paper in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the stack belonging to the National Teacher's Mansion.

Under the reflection of the warm yellow candlelight, his expression was a little gloomy, and sheets of letter paper were spread out under the light.

The letter paper sent by the National Teacher's Mansion is always the most expensive and the best in the city, and all the pen and ink are used carefully.The handwriting on it is clear and clean, neat and elegant, all written by the same person.

The letters that Gu Jue sent to him were all written by himself, and he never asked others to write them for him.But the above content is mostly monotonous, most of them are serious horary words, and occasionally a sentence or two is attached at the end.

——This battle is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you attack the enemy hard, there will be many variables, so be more cautious.

——Within three days, there will be heavy snowfall in the north, and the enemy may come from the southwest.It's cold, remember to add clothes.

——When the times come and go, let the king do what he wants, be careful that things will turn when they are extreme, and be prepared for danger in peace.

……

Li Ruqi read the letters one by one, and the content of the letter was roughly the same. Finally, when he turned over a certain page, his hand suddenly stopped.

It was a letter that was completely different from the others. There was no prophecy on it, just a few simple gossips.

Li Ruqi still remembered that it was the only time when he happened to turn over the past letter papers of the National Teacher's Mansion while he was busy in the border military camp, and found that Gu Jue was usually a man of few words, and writing letters was extremely boring.So on a whim, he wrote him a letter himself.

Li Ruqi didn't remember exactly what he wrote, but Gu Jue wrote in his reply:

The cold wave came very early this year. I woke up at midnight a few days ago and realized that there were already several plum branches in the courtyard. Although I only hugged the branches, my heart suddenly felt relieved.

Yesterday, when I went back to my residence from court, I got up on the way. I went to the Qizhen Pavilion and saw a piece of South China Sea Rui Ziqing and jade.Thinking about it today, I still feel reluctant to give it up, and then go to the Qizhen Pavilion, but I know that this thing has changed hands, and I return with regret. Before I write this note, I have been sighing for a long time.

Recently, the DPRK and China are peaceful, the country is prosperous and healthy, and the National Teacher's Office is idle and free.If you ask something interesting, think about it for a long time, just two or three.

……

Li Ruqi stared blankly at the content of the letter, it was clearly not very long, but he read it for a long time.

—he could not remember when he had received such a letter.

Has he seen it before?

Maybe he had, but he forgot.

Did you reply?

perhaps……

No, it seems not, he is too busy to write so much time.

Besides, based on his understanding of Gu Jue... If he replied, then this letter would not be the only one that Gu Jue chatted with him.

Li Ruqi put down the letter paper slowly, and glanced at the letters spread out in front of him, still feeling restless.

The window is half open, the night wind blows in and blows the corner of the paper slightly, and the candle light flickers on and off.

He propped his elbows on the table and rubbed the center of his brows, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and his downcast eyes were lost in thought.After a long time, I didn't know what to think of, and the roots of my ears turned slightly red unknowingly.

After reacting, he was suddenly annoyed, pinched the root of the mountain, and then stood up suddenly!

With a sweep of the wide sleeves, a gust of wind blew up and extinguished the candle.

The table full of letter paper was lifted up, and under the light of the cool moonlight outside the window, they fell to the ground one after another.

The room was dark and silent, completely enveloping that face with an indistinguishable expression in the shadows.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Li Ruqi sent someone to find out the whereabouts of the Nanhai Ruiziqinghe jade. Fortunately, the owner kept it in his collection and never polished it, so he bought it at a high price.

But after buying it, he felt hesitant again.It just so happened that at noon, a certain noble boy who had a good relationship with him wanted to invite him to dinner alone, and after thinking about it, he readily agreed.

This son of a nobleman is about the same age as him. He already has a family. He has a wife and three concubines in his family. He is quite experienced in certain aspects.

So Li Ruqi asked him a question, he said:

"Brother, what kind of person do you think I, Li Ruqi, should marry?"

The man was taken aback, and asked, "Brother Li, is he planning to marry a wife?"

Li Ruqi said: "I haven't figured it out yet."

The other party smiled, and there was probably some flattery in his words, and said: "A character like Brother Li has achieved great military exploits at a young age, and his achievements are no less than that of your father. Looking at the entire Yang Kingdom, I am afraid that there is only Only the most beautiful, noble, and talented woman is worthy of you."

"Is that all?" Li Ruqi asked.

"Naturally." The man said confidently, "Brother Li is the mainstay of our Yang Kingdom, so he should marry the best person."

Li Ruqi was silent for a moment, and couldn't help grinding this sentence carefully.

Beautiful, noble, talented...

the best people...

Yes.

He has made great achievements, no matter his fame, wealth, or future are unlimited, how can he not shine brightly in the future, and his name will go down in history?

So relative.

The one standing by his side must also be the best.

It's not just him who thinks this way, presumably everyone in the court, and even the entire Yang Kingdom people think so.He is the proud son of heaven, an important minister of the Yang Kingdom, a famous general in the battlefield, and holds the military power in his hand... Wouldn't it be the best to match him?

After bidding farewell to the noble boy, Li Ruqi ordered someone to rush to make a magic weapon.

He went to the jade shop by himself, and asked someone to polish the piece of uncooked jade that he had just bought, and made it into an extremely delicate shape. He personally inlaid it on the magic weapon, and made a ring.

Three days later, he took the ring to the National Teacher's Mansion.

Seeing the ring, Gu Jue's gray and cold eyes obviously shone slightly, and he couldn't help looking at Li Ruqi in disbelief, "This is..."

Li Ruqi coughed and did not look up at him, "You mentioned in your letter before, what kind of jade in the South China Sea, do you remember?"

"I remember..." Gu Jue looked at the finely carved jade in his hand, his eyes moved slightly, his fingertips rubbed lightly twice, and he pursed his lips and said, "You... why did you suddenly give me this?"

Li Ruqi said without embarrassment: "This, of course, is for what happened that night."

Gu Jue remained silent.

Li Ruqi paused, and said in a low voice: "Since you have accepted this magic weapon, then..." The words went around in his mouth, and finally he asked tentatively, "Can you forgive me? "

Gu Jue paused slightly with his fingers.

"……forgive?"

"Yes." Li Ruqi smiled dryly.

Seeing that Gu Jue's expression was not good, he pretended to be carefree and said, "Anyway, you and I are both men. It's normal to have sex after drinking. You should understand, right? Besides, I really drank too much today. I don’t even remember what I did, so…”

Under Gu Jue's slightly pale face, he asked, "Gu Jue, just pretend it never happened, okay?"

Gu Jue's eyes trembled slightly, and he raised his eyes, as if he had never known this person before.

Li Ruqi knew he was wrong, and clenched his hands in his sleeves, but he didn't avoid his gaze, but looked at him with deep eyes and a little hope.

After a long time, Gu Jue finally spoke. Holding the ring, his voice was a little dry, and he said emotionally: "You have been thinking about it for so many days... Is this the final result?"

Li Rushou did not answer.

Gu Jue's face was silent, except for the deep loneliness that was hidden under the calmness, he didn't make any complaints. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, "Okay. I understand."

He turned his back to Li Ruqi, put the ring on the table, "I accept your apology, you can go."

"..."

But the people behind didn't move.

Li Ruqi seemed to have something to say, he hesitated to speak, looked at the slender and proud figure in front of him, his eyes flickered slightly, and in the end he spoke in a relaxed tone, saying: "Gu Jue, There is one more thing I wanted to tell you when I came here."

"Before I came to your house today, I just came out of the palace. I asked your majesty for something. Guess what it is?"

"It's a happy event." Li Ruqi asked himself and answered.

"I asked Your Majesty... to marry Princess Mengxiao." He raised his eyes and said calmly, "He has already agreed."

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