Courtesy

It was already dawn, and Gu Fang, accompanied by Mrs. Gu, went to the small ancestral hall in the backyard.

He has been to this place several times, but this time he felt something different... His father knelt in front of Lu Zheng's spiritual tablet.

"Father..." Gu Fang opened the door and couldn't help shouting when he saw this scene.

Lu Zheng is his father's close friend, even in terms of seniority, Uncle Lu wants to call his father "big brother", why does father kneel down to him?

"Come here and offer a stick of incense to Uncle Lu." Gu Huan didn't turn his head.

"I'm going out first." Mrs. Gu retreated slowly and closed the door.

Gu Fang only glanced back, then supported his still top-heavy body and knelt down on the futon side by side with his father.

It wasn't until the incense was finished that he had a chance to talk to his father: "Father, mother said you have something to tell me."

Gu Huan didn't look at him, his eyes were fixed on the name on the spirit tablet.

"Look at this first." Gu Huan said.

Gu Fang saw a letter on the incense table, without a signature.

He took it over and opened it, and there were only two sentences on it: I hope you can handle the matter of Mr. Ling as you did with Lu Zheng back then.

"This is the empress dowager's secret letter." Gu Huan explained the reason for the letter without waiting for him to ask.

Lu Zheng's matter, his and Jun Ruohan's matter...these two are actually related.

He had a bad feeling.

"You guessed right, Lu Zheng was beheaded by me." Gu Huan's expression didn't fluctuate when he said this, but Gu Fang could hear the trembling in his words.

"Why, why?" After a while, Gu Fang found his own voice, "Uncle Lu, isn't he your friend?"

Gu Huan threw the dossier in front of him again: "In the spring of the fifth year of Jingyuan, General Jingnan was punished by court officials. Aren't you curious why this dossier has no follow-up but is stamped with the seals of all levels? Today I will tell you Why."

Gu Huan then turned his head to look at Gu Fang beside him, and suddenly sighed: "Do you know that you are now unwilling to repent after suffering so much, just like Lu Zheng back then..."

Gu Fang was taken aback, what does this mean?

"Lu Zheng and I grew up together. I have no brothers or sisters, so I have always regarded him as my own brother. Not only is he good-tempered and talented, but he also has a good appearance. Like a little Buddha, very likable. I am two completely different extremes." It is rare for Gu Huan to talk to Gu Fang calmly.

Lu Zheng was the child of a colleague of Gu Huan's father. This colleague died in battle, and his wife died of depression. Gu Huan's father took the infant Lu Zheng home and treated him as his own child. keep.

Gu Huan is one year older than Lu Zheng, and the two grew up together.

"He's very quiet, and he can sit there and paint without moving his butt for a day, but I can't, I always have endless energy." Gu Huan said.

Later, Gu Huan entered the barracks, and not long after he received a letter from Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng was invited to the palace as a court painter because of his good painting skills, specially for the portraits of the nobles.

"I am very happy to know this news, because I know that Lu Zheng has always been very inferior, maybe because of his background, even though the Gu family has already raised him as a son, he still feels that he is a worthless person to rely on others." Said Seeing his old friend, Gu Huan's expression became much gentler.

"There are as many painters in the world as crucian carp crossing the river. Being able to enter the palace to make portraits for the nobles is enough to prove his talent and value."

Lu Zheng entered the palace, but most of the time he was doing portraits for the concubines in the harem.

Not long after he entered the palace, he caught up with the three-year draft. Before the final selection, he had to present the portraits of each show girl to the saint for review.

The task of painting Xiu Nu's portrait fell to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng was at the age when he was about to lose his crown, and he was also good-looking. Every day he went to the place where there were a lot of beautiful girls to paint for them.

Another day, after he completed three works from morning to afternoon, several show girls quarreled over who should draw first.

When it was time to hand over, the decision-making power was handed over to Painter Lu.

How could Lu Zheng handle such a scene, he hugged the painting scroll directly, and fled away from the residence of the beautiful girls, the girls trembled with laughter when they saw this.

At this moment, Emperor Jing was passing by, and only after hearing the noise of playfulness inside did he realize that the people living here were all the beautiful women who had just entered the palace.

In a moment of interest, he turned his feet and walked in, but before taking two steps, he was hit by a person rushing out from inside.

Painting scrolls and painting utensils were scattered all over the place.

Lu Zheng didn't see anyone, only caught a glimpse of the bright yellow corner of his robe, and he was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, pleading guilty again and again.

Emperor Jing picked up a roll of portraits on the ground and knew his identity.

Unbeknownst to Lu Zheng, after he rushed out and crashed into Emperor Jing's arms, Emperor Jing's eyes never left him.

Later, every day when Lu Zheng came to take a portrait, Emperor Jing must be there on time.

The beautiful ladies thought that the emperor's coming every day must be one of them who won the favor of the emperor, but they didn't know that when they tried their best to dress up beautifully, their emperor's eyes were only on the handsome and gentle painter Lu.

The emperor and the painter fell in love, just like Jun Ruohan and Gu Fang now...

Later, Emperor Jing focused all his attention on Lu Zheng, turning a blind eye to his concubines and queens, even his newly born eldest prince and second prince were not as important as this painter in Emperor Jing's heart.

It wasn't until later that the emperor didn't even come to the morning court that everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

It's not that the emperor can't like men, but if he puts all his feelings on one person, it's absolutely wrong.

Lu Zheng became a villain and a sycophant who was criticized by everyone, and this is what Gu Huan saw when he returned to the court after his military exploits.

He couldn't believe what he heard, he didn't want to believe what he saw.

He questioned Lu Zheng, why all the women in the world want to fall in love with a man, even if they like a man, why choose the emperor.

He still remembers that Lu Zheng smiled very pale and helpless at that time. He said that if he could choose, if everyone could control his own heart, then he would be willing to become an ordinary man, let himself fall in love with a woman, and then get married and have children.

This is exactly the same as what Gu Fang said at the beginning.

But the truth is, who can control their feelings?

At that time, facing the crusade by the people of the world, he became depressed and depressed, and his body was already not as good as before. He was so thin that it made people feel distressed. He said that he could leave Emperor Jing, so that Emperor Jing could cut off all thoughts of him. But he never admitted that he did something wrong.

He wanted Gu Huan to kill himself in front of Emperor Jing in the court hall.

Gu Huan didn't understand, saying that you can leave, but you don't have to pay the price with your life.

Lu Zheng shook his head. He said that leaving the person he likes is more painful than death. He can accept death, but he can't accept the pain of being alive but dying.

Gu Huan didn't understand, but agreed.

So there was the sentence recorded on the blank file.

"Lu Zheng died in the main hall, in front of Emperor Jing." The ancestral hall was very quiet, and Gu Huan's voice was much older than usual, "Afterwards, Emperor Jing stayed in bed for half a year, and he never mentioned it when he finally recovered. This is Lu Zheng."

In fact, from then on, Emperor Jing had some mental problems. Although it didn't seem serious, anyone who knew about the past knew what was going on.

"You think you can overcome everything. Why didn't Lu Zheng and Emperor Jing think so? But the reality is too cruel, and the ending is always not what people want. Fanger, dad doesn't want you to become the second Lu Zheng, doesn't want you You follow in their footsteps."

Gu Fang was stunned to the side, reaching out to touch his face, he felt a coldness, and tears shed at some point.

For Lu Zheng and Emperor Jing, but also for himself and Jun Ruohan.

It turned out that someone had already explored the path they were going to take for them.

No, not the road.

It is a cliff, a mountain of knives, and a sea of ​​fire.

It is the boundless darkness and pain that is not blessed and accepted by the world.

However, the future he fantasizes about, the future between him and Jun Ruohan, is only joy and happiness...

Are they really... not getting there?

"But, father..." Gu Fang realized that his throat was so sore and his voice was trembling when he spoke, "I, I really like him."

When confronting his parents before, he said "I really like him" without hesitation and full of confidence, but this time he was at a loss, like an ignorant child hoping to be loved by an adult. FAQ.

Gu Huan looked at him, and the eyes of a general who had been on the battlefield for half his life were also red. He reached out and touched his son's face: "Father, but so what, don't Lu Zheng and Emperor Jing really like each other?"

Gu Fang lost his voice and his shoulders drooped. He has lived for 27 years, but now he really doesn't understand.

He always thought that love is like eating, you have to eat when you are hungry, and you should work hard to be together with whoever you like.

But now I tell him that people who like each other may not be able to be together, and people who like each other may not be favored when they are together.

So, does the phrase "I wish lovers will get married in the end" have to be separated?

"Back then you stole my soldier talisman, barged in at the grand ceremony for King Yan's succession, and together with Su Yanqing supported Jun Ruohan as a robber, what was the reason?" Gu Huan asked again.

What for?To keep Jun Ruohan alive!

"If King Yan ascends the throne, Jun Ruohan will never have a way out again. Between him and King Yan, you will die or I will die." Gu Fang said, "Moreover, compared to Jun Tingzhao Jun Ruohan is the real wise king. , He has also proved his ability over the years."

"That's right, he is a good king. It is the blessing of the country and the people to have a good king in a country." Gu Huan said, "But you, who supported him as king at the beginning, now want to destroy him with your own hands. Did your original intention run counter to it?"

ruin him?

Gu Xin panicked, would his liking really destroy him?

"I, I didn't want to destroy him." He was so frightened that he quickly denied it. How could he want to destroy him? More than anyone else, he hoped that he would have a smooth life.