King's Landing GL

Chapter 40 Life hangs by a thread

After leaving Li's mansion, it was already dark and the lights were just coming on.Thinking that Li's mansion is far away from the palace, so I took a shortcut and turned all the way, thinking about things.As I was walking, I suddenly felt something was wrong, I stopped, looked around vigilantly, and said in a deep voice:

"come out!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw about 34 black-clothed masked killers walking from the dark with knives in hand, and surrounded me.

I yelled in my heart that it's not good, damn it, I never imagined that someone would have the courage to buy a killer to kill me!Who did I offend me!

I took a step back, staring at those killers with a stern expression, cold sweat broke out on my forehead.I can still deal with three or four killers, seven or eight can barely do it, these people would not be enough for me to fight in the heyday, but the past is unbearable, now my broken and weak body can deal with these thirty or forty fully armed killers We... think about it, I can't do it!Besides, I'm unarmed...

This time it's game over.

"Who sent it?" I said in a low voice, knowing what to do if I die.

The leading man said coldly:

"Taking people's money, □□, I hope you will forgive me!"

I secretly looked around and said to them:

"Do you know who I am? Get back quickly, and I will spare you all!"

"Huh!" I only heard a cold snort of disdain, and a cold light flashed, and everyone attacked me.

I dodged a sword on my side, and before I could see where the sword was, there was a chill on my back, and a sudden severe pain hit my back. I kicked away the killer who was entangled with me and took him Looking back at the person who stabbed me in the back just now, I slashed the knife sideways, gritted my teeth, and endured the pain.I have lived so well in the palace these years, the knife on my back almost made me pass out from the pain.When everyone saw that I was injured, they attacked me again as if they had gone mad for a while.As a last resort, I had no choice but to face the enemy head-on, even if I used vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, it was already difficult for everyone. There were too many people, well-trained, and orderly offense and defense.Two sticks of incense passed by, and I was stabbed several times, but the other party only fell down four people.

I clutched my abdomen and confronted everyone with a knife in my hand. The wound in my abdomen was bleeding continuously, and the sound of the scarlet liquid falling on the ground was like the countdown of my life.

"If you surrender, your whole body will be preserved." The leading man stepped forward and said.

I spat out a mouthful of blood and said disdainfully:

"I have been taught by Guigu since I was a child. I have learned everything, but I have never learned the word surrender!"

The man sneered:

"Okay!" said to everyone, "Kill!"

This time I wasn't so lucky, I could still have some chances of winning based on my speed, but now that my injuries are too serious, I don't even have the strength to perform light kung fu.I gritted my teeth and lifted the knife to block the oncoming knife, but I missed it and was pierced through the abdomen with a knife. There were new wounds and old wounds, and I lost a lot of blood.Seeing the other party slashing at my gate with a knife in his hand, my heart skipped a beat: I didn't expect that I would die in the hands of others!

However, the expected pain did not strike. I fixed my eyes and saw that the people who stabbed me with the knives had been shot in the chest.

I was overjoyed, the sky will never die for me!Enduring the pain and getting up from the ground, I saw a white figure using a set of smooth swordsmanship to attack everyone. I fixed my eyes, spat out a mouthful of dirty blood, and said with strength:

"71! Can you come later?!"

While talking, another person raised a knife and slashed at me. Before I could move, a dagger stabbed him head-on in the forehead. 71 shouted behind me:

"Brother, if you want to die, you can lie down and die! Get up and die!"

As soon as I heard this, I sat down on the ground because of the serious injury, so I wouldn't get up and be hacked!

71 bravely killed the enemy, it seems that it was right to leave him in the deep mountains and forests to fight against wild beasts at that time, I took a breath, my vision was doubled, I knew this was a sign that people who had lost too much blood were about to die. Shaking his head, he tried hard to wake himself up, I can't die in this alley!

However, the consciousness could not overcome the weakness of the body after all, and the eyes gradually fell into darkness. Before I came, I heard 71 said angrily:

"Brother!"

— Yo, this kid really cares about me.

Then he passed out.

I don't know what time it was when I woke up again, I was jolted awake. 71 ran wildly with my back on his back, and the bones on his back made me panic. I spat out a mouthful of blood and said weakly:

"Go...where?"

"Senior brother, are you awake?" 71 said happily, "You must not die, senior brother! I will take you back to the palace immediately, and find the imperial doctor to treat your injuries..."

His voice was suddenly crying:

"Don't die, you... If you die, I won't be able to play anymore..."

"..."

I coughed, unconsciously said:

"Zongqi...to accompany you..."

"But Seventh Senior Sister just lied to me for money!"

"..."

If I don't die, I will be mad at you.

"Brother, don't die! If you die, tell me who you want to leave those antiques and valuable treasures to! Senior brother, senior brother! The palace is here! Hold on!"

I narrowed my eyes and looked at the palace man rushing towards us:

"what happened?"

"Ah! It's His Majesty Wang Jun!"

"Quick! Go and report to the king!"

"Go to the doctor..."

I tugged on 71's collar and said weakly:

"Look...find Pisen..."

"Okay... Brother, hold on!" 71 said anxiously, clutching the wound in my abdomen.

"Don't... tell... her..." When she tilted her head, she passed out.

"Who? Brother, do you mean sister-in-law?" 71 said, "Brother? Brother! Don't sleep!"

Side Hall of the Hall of Eternal Life

The strong smell of blood filled the whole room, and Pisen asked Mu San, who was standing aside with an anxious expression, with a livid face:

"what happened?!"

While talking, he opened the medicine box, took out silver needles and pierced the vertical and horizontal Qiqi 49 acupoints, Mu San raised his hand to uncover the acupoints, revealing his true face, he clasped his fists at Pisen and said:

"It's hard to say. I met the imperial doctor Pi in Xiazong 71! I hope the imperial doctor Pi can save my brother. If the imperial doctor Pi is useful to get 71, 71 will definitely die!"

Pi Sen looked at 71 who was dressed as an eunuch in surprise, he didn't expect that Zongheng had already let Guigu's disciples sneak into Qin Palace, but the situation was critical, so he didn't have time to ask any more questions.He forcefully tore open the clothes of the person lying on the bed, exposing the hideous wound to the air, maybe it was too painful, the person on the bed frowned and groaned.

Pisen's face darkened, and he said to 71:

"You hold him down for me, I'll start cleaning the wound..."

71 nodding:

"it is good."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Little Taozi rushed into the imperial study regardless of etiquette, and said anxiously to Murong Bai who was reviewing the memorial, "Your Majesty, he...he..."

Murong Bai panicked for no reason, she put down her pen and stood up:

"What's up with him?!"

"Wang Jun was plotted against on the way back to the palace, stabbed several times in his body, and now he is in the side hall of longevity..."

Before Xiao Taozi finished speaking, Murong Bai rushed out of the room and rushed to the Hall of Eternal Life.Seeing the terrified expressions of the palace people along the way, her face darkened a bit, and her heart couldn't stop beating wildly.When she arrived at the door of the room, before she opened the door, she heard the sound of painful sex inside, and the smell of blood hit her nose. Her eyes were a little red for a while, she took a deep breath, and then pushed the door in.

Entering the room, the smell of blood became stronger, and she felt colder every step she took. This kind of cold was colder than when she had a cold attack in the past. It was so cold that her heart was frozen into ice, and her fingertips were trembling.Across the screen, it seems that life and death are separated by half.It was the first time for her, who held the power of life and death, to be so afraid of death.She prayed in her heart, if she didn't die, she would obey her in everything.

"Ugh... ah..." came a low voice from inside.

She flickered, and forced herself to stand there, motionless.Under the candlelight, the straight figure looks like a delicate oriental statue.She wanted to go in and be with her at this pass, but she dared not go in.In her heart, she who is not afraid of life and death is so afraid that she will die in front of her eyes.

It turned out that I was still in love...

She clasped her palms tightly and stood outside the screen, waiting for fate to pronounce her sentence.

At Yin time, the sky will be bright.

Pi Sen came out from the inside with a tired face, and when he saw Murong Bai standing outside the screen, he was stunned for a moment, then reacted and saluted:

"Xiaguan Pisen has seen the king."

Murong's white head turned slightly, and through the screen, her eyes fell on the person sleeping inside, her sight was blocked, she could only vaguely see a figure.After a pause, she said in a hoarse voice:

"What's up with her..."

Pisen bowed and said:

"I have tried my best, Wang Jun is seriously injured, life and death are up to God..."

After a while, Murong Bai spoke again:

"Go down."

"No." Pi Sen saluted, and then said to 71 beside him, "Go, go to decoct the medicine."

"promise."

After Pisen left, it took a long time before Murong Bai stepped forward.Every step was so slow, she tried her best to be prepared, she told herself that no matter what...she would...but when she really saw the blood-stained, pale and transparent person with her own eyes, She still couldn't help it.She raised her head, leaned up hard, leaned up, her body was trembling, after a long time, she murmured:

"Don't lie to me...you said...you want to stay with me..."

"Do not lie to me......"

"Survive..."

How long are three days and three nights?For some people, it may only be the length of a sleep. Whether a dream is good or bad is the same inside and outside the realization. It is impossible to say that because you had a good dream, then your life in reality will be slower. Because you had a nightmare, it went faster in reality; it's all the same.But for some people, it may be longer than the previous 25 years of life. They endure every minute and every second, and they don't know whether they get hope or despair.

The former is me, and the latter is Murong Bai.

I later heard Xiao Taozi tell me that during those three days and three nights when I was struggling on the line of life and death, my wife, the king of the Great Qin Dynasty, guarded me non-stop. She stood by my bed, waiting for me to wake up. .I don't know if Xiao Taozi, who has always been loyal to Murong Bai, added her own fantasies or subjective descriptions when she told me these words.I don't believe it, I don't believe that the person in Xiao Taozi's mouth is Murong Bai, even if the first thing I see when I wake up is Murong Bai, I don't believe it.

I have struggled on the line of life and death twice for her, and I dare not believe her anymore.I am a person who cherishes life very much. When I was a member of Guigumen, relying on the presence of my master Liu Rufeng and my uncle Su Yu, the world allowed me to run wild.I know they love me so no matter what I do wrong I'm not afraid of the consequences.But now I'm afraid.I am no longer a member of Guigu sect, Su Yu separated from me in Qingyun Villa, and Liu Rufeng... After waking up, 71 told me that my nominal father, the king of Chu, was the same sect teacher as my master Liu Rufeng brother.I've never been so afraid of the cold, and I feel the chill running through my bones, making me shiver.

Brothers from the same school... I remember my master Liu Rufeng once told me that he picked me up in a snowy day, and I was still in my infancy... But King Chu is Liu Rufeng's senior brother... Then Is there a possibility that... the King of Chu entrusted me to Liu Rufeng?If that's the case...then why did Liu Rufeng want me to join Qin?

Qin and Chu have always been sworn enemies.

I have nothing left, Guigushan, master, uncle, wife...all gone.I obviously don’t know anything, and I’ve done nothing wrong, so why does God want to deprive me of everything?But compared to these, what hurt me more was the dream I had.During the three days when I was struggling on the line of life and death, I had a dream.I dreamed of Murong Bai, dreaming that she became someone else's wife.She smiled and walked past me holding the man's hand, and I turned around to see them hug each other tightly.They are in harmony with each other, and they hold their cases together.

I watched alone, watching their affection.I walked in the huge Qin Palace for a long, long time, I thought she would come to look for her, but I didn't wait for her.Later, I moved away from the Palace of Eternal Life. In my dream, I was probably cowardly. I was afraid of seeing their love as deep as the sea.Compared to all this, my long wait seemed a comic pantomime.

In September of the following year, they had a child.Named Murong Wu, Murong Bai made the emperor's eldest daughter.I know that child will inherit the throne in the future, maybe when she grows up, she will be like Murong Bai, so cold and threatening, so lovable.Maybe there will be such a person, waiting for her.And these are things I cannot give to Murong Bai.

I remember that in my dream, I walked through the dark Hall of Eternal Life, through the long corridors, and then climbed up to the moon-watching platform.The moonlight in the dream was pale and pale, with the breath of death.The moon is downstairs and upstairs, and I am alone.Standing on a tall building, with my back to the moonlight, condescending, I saw two people walking and embracing the moon with their hands clasped on the bluestone board. I heard myself asking myself, with a clear and cold voice:

"Murong Bai, do you have a heart?"

——It turns out that I won't ask her if she loved me anymore, I haven't asked, and maybe I won't have the chance to ask.

After waking up, I opened my eyes and looked at the top of the bed. After turning around from the gate of hell, I obviously hadn’t recovered yet. My mind was a little clearer, and I began to think carefully about what happened.In less than half a moment, I figured it out, the matter is very simple:

On the way back to the palace, I was besieged and killed.Then he lay here half dead.

This is the Longevity Side Hall of Qin Palace, where I live.There was some discomfort in my throat, I coughed lightly, and the next moment I heard a sound of cloth rubbing, my hands felt cold, and I clasped them in my palms, and then I saw a person between the familiar and the unfamiliar. Person: Murong Bai.

Her face was a little pale, her eyes were blue, and she said in a hoarse voice:

"Wake up," paused, "Okay...okay."

At that moment, like a knife and a flint, I suddenly remembered the dream I had.All the details of the dream returned to my brain, my pain, my despair, all came back so real, it was such a real dream.

My heart sank, and I pulled my hand away from her with all my strength.Vaguely, I seem to see the loss in her eyes.

While I was still recalling the details of my waking up, 71 entered the door and said to me sitting in the chair:

"Brave for a hundred days, senior brother, you have been lying down for less than a month. What are you doing when you get up?"

When he said this, what I remembered in my mind was what he said when I propped myself up to stand up that day during the assassination. He said to me, brother, if you want to die, you can lie down and die!Get up and die! —Well, I'm sure this kid is treating me badly.He also said that the brothers and sisters of the same school have a deep friendship. I think he just took a fancy to my coffin books. He also said that before he died, he asked me to decide who to share the inheritance with.Thinking of this, I got angry, rolled my eyes at him, and snorted coldly:

"You know what! Can't I get up and blow some air?"

71 put down the medicine in his hand and smiled at me, but no matter how I looked at it, I felt that his smile made me uncomfortable:

"Blowing hair? Didn't you get typhoid fever from blowing the hair the last two days? I won't laugh at you, junior brother," he walked towards me, hugged me horizontally, and then walked to the bed, I groaned Moaning, he reluctantly followed him, but in the end he was fine, and added, "What are you pretending to be capable of!"

"..."

I raised my hand and gave him a slap. Seeing him covering his face in aggrieved way, his body, which had been coughing so hard just now, felt much more comfortable. I laughed and cursed:

"No matter how many times I'm still your senior brother! Stop talking nonsense to me."

This time he nodded obediently, turned around and went to the table to bring over the cold medicine, and fed it for me.I pinched my nose and managed to finish drinking the dark, unidentified liquid. I felt that my intestines were knotted with bitterness. I was complaining about whether Pisen’s black heart would add more yellow lotus to me. Then I heard 71 say in a very serious way:

"Brother, go back."

I was stunned for a moment, then smiled, fearing that the smell of the medicine was overpowering, even my smile was bitter:

"Go back? Where can I go back?"

The sky is big and the earth is big, where is my home?Who else in this world won't lie to me, coax me, or take advantage of me?How capable do I have to let those people set up such a big game for me alone?

71 lowered his head, speaking slowly:

"Anywhere is fine, brother, let's go back."

I kept silent.

"It's been twice... You've gone through the gate of hell twice, and you ordered the Lord Yama not to accept you the last two times... The next time, it's uncertain."

"..."

"Sister-in-law is Wang...Senior brother, you can't wait." He looked up at me, his serious expression made me suddenly remember that he was no longer the kid who was messing around behind me and Zong Qi in Guigu Mountain Yes, he grew up faster than me, knows more than me, and sees through, "Let go, brother, you have to have a head for your persistence."

I looked at the eaves and smiled after hearing what he said:

"I am a person who cherishes life very much. Before I met Murong Bai, I made a fortune teller for myself, and it said that there is whiteness in my life..." I paused, subconsciously not wanting to say the next sentence, "I I don’t understand, I thought I miscalculated. But when I saw Murong Bai at the foot of Guigu Mountain, I knew it at that moment. Do you know the sense of danger? It’s the sense of danger when your life is hanging by a thread, feeling that you’re going down The kind that is about to die in an instant. Murong Bai, that's what it gave me.

When I first saw her, all my senses told me that she was a dangerous woman..."

I turned my head and looked at 71:

"But my heart told me I couldn't resist her."

"I can't resist my approaching her, and I can't refuse her coming. Even if I know that every step I take, I'm one step closer to death."

I lowered my voice, covered my face with my hands, my shoulders were trembling, and I couldn't pretend anymore.I thought of that dream, a dream so real it made me want to die:

"How much I hate...she is the king of this Great Qin."

I hate as much as I love.

(End of this chapter)