King's Landing GL

Chapter 58 Old and Untainted

Zhen Guo Barracks

"General...general?!!" I arrived at the barracks at noon, and as soon as I entered the barracks, after I showed my token, the guards guarded the gate and knew it was me. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak.

I didn't have time to pay attention to it, because I didn't know that when I was trapped in the Chen Army for the past ten days, whether there was any change in the Zhen Guo Army, I didn't dare to make a judgment, so I had to find Li Wu and Li Yi first to ask for clarification. .

"Let the two generals Li Wu and Li Yi come to our barracks."

"promise!"

As soon as I arrived at my camp, before I had time to change my clothes, Li Wu and Li Yi came.

"General, this is..."

"My little longitudinal..."

The two of them hadn't finished their conversation, but when they entered the tent, they saw me in a mess, they swallowed what they wanted to say in shock, and they both changed it into another sentence:

"Are you OK?!"

I took a sip of water, before I could say anything, I waved them to the wall where the map was hung, took a breath, and said:

"This is where Chen Jun is stationed."

"This......"

"That day I led my troops across the river to investigate, but unexpectedly I was ambushed by the enemy. Although I was imprisoned for many days, I still found out something."

"General, have you ever been in good health?" Li Yi asked anxiously with a worried face.

I waved my hand:

"It doesn't matter. Two generals, please look here... If our army builds a boat to cross the river..."

......

"What the general said is very true, I will order this at the end." Li Yi clasped his fists and said.

I nodded, looked at Li Wu, and said:

"General Wu, I don't know if I haven't been in the army these few days, has there been any difference?"

Li Wu looked a little unnatural:

"Still... still."

I was a little strange in my heart. Looking at Li Yi who was on the side, I saw his eyes flickering, which was even weirder. I frowned and said:

"Did something happen?"

Li Wu turned his face away and didn't speak.

"Li Yi?" I asked.

Li Yi looked at Li Wu, then at me, and stammered:

"Nothing happened in the army..."

I breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's fine."

But I was a little surprised to see Li Yi's troubled face:

"Anything else?"

"...General you were arrested... Not many people in the army know about it. But..." Li Yi said.

"But what?"

"But Chen Jun used you as a pledge to make the king surrender!" Li Wu said angrily, flicking his sleeves.

I was shocked, and was about to say something, but for some reason, I suddenly remembered what Xuan Yi said to me in the water prison.

He said the same choice, and he wanted Murong Bai to choose it again.So, let's see if I regret it...

Was it so?

I chuckled lightly:

"Is it just this?"

"From the south..." Li Yi said.

I laugh:

"What are you worried about? It's not that I haven't come back. Besides...even if I don't come back, the king will definitely not sign the surrender document. What are you afraid of..."

I know Murong Bai better, so I know that she will definitely not give up her country because of me.But maybe I'm too arrogant... Vaguely, I'm looking forward to something.Until Li Yi said:

"I'm relieved... Cong Nan, you also know that the king has many difficulties for her."

I felt a bit blocked in my heart, but there was no change on my face:

"This is natural. As a minister, I know the importance of state affairs."

But knowing it is one thing, being able to accept it is another.Because I still feel sad... And the reason for this, I think, may be because of the same choice... Murong Bai and I made a completely different answer.

I tightened the palms behind my back, and laughed at myself in my heart: Guigu Zongheng, Guigu Zongheng, how many times do you have to despair before you stop having illusions about her?

"Ah Zong..." Li Wu looked at me and said in a deep voice, "That's not what I'm worried about."

"What is that?" I froze for a moment, wondering.

Li Wu sighed, frowned, and said to me:

"Because of this incident, everyone in the court basically knew that you, Gu Congnan, were His Majesty the King. This time, you were captured alive by the enemy, and you were taken as a hostage to ask the King to surrender. Although the King did not agree... ...But you are in a difficult situation."

My heart sank and I knew what Li Wu said was right.

"What you did when you were in court, although it was done for Daqin. But it touched the interests of the courtiers and dignitaries...Now they all know that you are on the front line...It's hard to guarantee that they won't do anything .”

I was taken aback, then raised my head and laughed loudly:

"Hands and feet?"

I sneered and said:

"I'm a majestic king. I walk upright and stand upright. Why are you afraid of rats?! Besides, I serve in the army to defend my home and country, and expand the frontiers of my Great Qin. They are a group of cowardly and fearful people who dare not go to the front line but do it behind their backs." Conspiracy tricks, this class of people is still there, could it be that I, Daqin, have no good talents?!"

"Ah Zong!" Li Wu said in a louder voice, "Why don't you understand? You just don't understand officialdom and look down on these people too much, that's why you've come to this point!"

I said angrily:

"Even if I don't understand officialdom, I don't know how to be flexible. I have nothing to say when they deal with me alone, but do they also ignore the [-] soldiers on the border?!"

"You!!" Li Wu was so angry that his face was livid, "You still don't understand!"

"I don't understand! I, Guigu Zongheng, have learned the vertical and horizontal technique all my life! Why do I need to understand these conspiracies!"

Li Wu scolded me angrily:

"It's up to you!!! I really can't explain you!"

He flung his sleeves away, I pursed my lips, my face was ashen, and I didn't speak.

Li Yi looked at me cautiously and said:

"Father meant to tell you to be careful of the people in court...you..."

I waved my hand:

"Forget it, I'm tired too. That's it."

Li Yi sighed, said goodbye to me and left.

I took a shower, applied some wound medicine, and went to bed to sleep, but I couldn't fall asleep on the bed.I can actually understand Li Wu's meaning, but I'm already disturbed by Murong Bai.

I think I will never understand how important the world is to Murong Bai.

I closed my eyes, feeling very irritable.Li Wu's words were left behind by me, and I didn't take them seriously.However, I didn't expect that one day in the future, I would really obey Li Wu's words.Even though I fought hundreds of times, the young general was really beaten to death by a group of rats.

But Murong Bai is the biggest accomplice in it.

The one who drove me to death, the biggest accomplice.

Palace of Longevity, Qin Palace

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Taozi worriedly called out to Murong Bai who had been sitting quietly at the desk for three days, put the food plate on the table, and said cautiously, "You'd better... have something to eat."

Murong Bai's eyes were empty and lifeless, he turned a deaf ear to Xiao Taozi's words.

Looking at Murong Bai's appearance, Xiao Taozi naturally felt a dull pain in her heart, and she almost shed tears.Serving Murong Bai for so many years...how could she have seen such a Murong Bai?Although the national seal of that day was not sealed in the end, how could she not know how bitter Murong Bai's heart was.Otherwise, Murong Bai would not have sat motionless in front of the desk since then, looking at the book that had been on the desk for five years but maintained its original appearance, and was still turning over pages that hadn't been changed. in a daze.

"Your Majesty...you should think about your health! If Wang Jun is here, he will definitely... feel distressed."

Maybe it was the last sentence that made a difference, Murong Bai's body finally moved.She turned her head very slowly and stiffly, her eyes were blank, and she was a little bit at a loss:

"Wang... Wang Jun?"

Seeing that Murong Bai finally reacted, Little Taozi was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded:

"Yes, a king like you will definitely feel distressed!"

Murong Bai laughed suddenly, the smile was so pale and feeble, and the tone was a bit mocking.She has lived for 31 years, the first time she underestimated herself like this:

"She won't... feel sorry for me."

She lowered her voice and said with a wry smile:

"She doesn't care about me, it's been a long time."

The He Li book clutched in the palm of her right hand stayed with her for three whole days, three days.During these three days, she rejected an opportunity to rescue her, which was equivalent to forcing that person to death.But everyone still felt that she was doing the right thing.

is that right?

——how could it be right?

She had sorry that person many times, and put that person in a life-and-death situation several times. Now she regretted it and wanted to protect her, but she was so powerless.

It is said that she is the most powerful king in Daqin, but she can only force her to die, not even save her.This king...is really good.

But now he said that that person would feel sorry for her? --How can it be? !If that person really cared about her, why didn't he stay by her side and let her protect her, but why did he go to the Shura battlefield... Now, she wants to watch her die, watch her die... die!

"Little Taozi..." Murong Bai said hoarsely, "Come here."

Xiao Taozi went up as promised.

Murong Bai opened the cabinet, took out a paper of imperial edict, handed it to Xiao Taozi, motioned her to open it and read it.

Xiao Taozi took it with both hands, and opened it to look at it. Within a moment, Xiao Tao's face turned pale, she knelt down suddenly, and said in a trembling voice:

"Kings!"

How can you do this......

Murong Bai was expressionless, she slowly raised her right hand, looked at the letter from many years ago in her hand, and said softly:

"Although she has already written the book of divorce...but the orphan has not agreed, so naturally they are still husband and wife."

Xiao Taozi shed tears and lost her voice:

"Kings......"

"Folk...isn't it common for wives to die for their husbands?"

Little Taozi was crying, how could it be... How could the king think of dying for the king...

She is the king of Great Qin!

"I've lived my entire life for Daqin. I have been in power for fifteen years, and I have never dared to be negligent. If..." Her voice was extremely hoarse, but with absolute certainty, "If something really happened to her, Gu Dingran... can't bear the oath of the knot."

"Your Majesty...you have to think about Daqin..." Xiao Taozi cried.

Murong Bai chuckled lightly:

"Life is for Daqin, what's wrong with dying for her? Little Taozi, you know... Daqin is sorry for her. Gu has already made an edict, and if Gu dies, you will announce it to the world. I hope Qingyan...is a good monarch. As for the queen mother..."

She smiled lightly:

"Tell her: Please ask her to take care of Daqin. In this lonely life, I will only be self-willed this time."

Xiao Taozi still wanted to say something, but suddenly she saw a person coming in by the window, she was about to call for the guards, when she took a closer look, it turned out that it was Mo Shan.

Mo Shan entered the room, walked quickly to Murong Bai, and saluted:

"My lord, the king has returned to the camp safely."

Murong Bai trembled, stood up abruptly, and said in a trembling voice:

"What did you say?"

Is she safe and sound? !

"Your Majesty has already returned to the camp, and he is safe and sound." Mo Shan said expressionlessly.

"Okay...Okay!" Murong Bai finally smiled, his smile was overwhelming, his face was peachy, dazzling.

After waiting for three days, she had already prepared for the worst... Now she is safe and sound.

Today, it will be sunny.She, too, can rest assured.

I had a good night's dream, after I knew that Su Yu was still living in this world safely.But maybe I'm used to forgetting, I didn't...remember the key person in this matter: Murong Bai.

Under normal circumstances, I should be thankful that there is still a possibility of redemption between Murong Bai and me, but in fact, the only thing I am thankful for is that Su Yu is still alive.

Su Yu is still alive.

I think all my good luck came together to let me know and see Su Yu again.

It's better that she's still alive.

It has been many years since I left King Qin, and my memory of being there is beginning to fade.I am a very forgetful person, because I cherish my life, so I have already forgotten all the good and bad things about Murong Bai.I should forget her, even though I already know that she didn't drive Su Yu to death.I haven't thought of her for a long time.

I'm used to forgetting, and I'm used to letting go.Now, even if her hands are not stained with Su Yu's blood, she is no longer my Murong Bai.

Murong Bai is no longer my own.

She is Murong Wu's mother, Xie Changjun's wife, and the king of the Great Qin... only she is not, my Murong Bai.

She is doing well and is about to rule the world.And I, after all, is an old man who will be forgotten by history.

Why should I force myself to fantasize about hope when I'm already in despair? ——I am no longer that Guigu Zongheng who lives by fantasy.I'm just a person who has been in the army for a few years and has long forgotten my name.

They all call me Gu Congnan.

Seven days later, when Li Yi returned with his army, he told me that the sneak attack was unsuccessful.I said of course it wouldn't work.

"The general still..." Li Yi said strangely.

I sneered:

"If this kind of sneak attack can be successful, he will not be Sylphy."

"Sylphy?" Li Yi was startled, "King Xiaoyi?"

I nodded, and when I wanted to say something to him, the lieutenant walked in and saluted me:

"General."

"What's the matter?"

"Someone is coming from the capital, and the general will report back to the capital. The decree is already on the way."

I froze for a moment and looked at Li Yi.

"You go down first." Li Yi said to the lieutenant.

"promise."

"Debriefing? - What is the debriefing?" I asked Li Yi after the deputy general left.

"It's time to go back to Beijing to report on my work." Li Yi thought for a while, and said to me, "This battle has been fought for two years. In addition, you were captured by... the enemy a while ago, so I called you It's normal to go back to Beijing..."

I raised my eyebrows and smiled lightly:

"What? Could it be that you want to demote me as an official?"

"I don't know. My father didn't tell me the reason." Li Yi said, "But I'm afraid you won't be able to evade calling you back to Beijing to report on your duties."

"Do you have to go back?"

Go back to see Murong Bai - must it?

I have come to this field, so what if I see you...Anyway, I can't go back.

Li Yi nodded and said:

"The war is now entering a stage of confrontation. If you don't go back, you can't justify it."

I frowned and thought for a while, then said:

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Anyway, the decree has not yet arrived. Look here. I estimate that Xuan Yi's troops will return to defense after this incident, and we can't keep guarding this city. After two or three days of rest, you will take the lead. Go back to the original garrison to join Li Wu, and then..."

At the beginning of November, it has entered the cold winter, and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow.In the half month after I received the order to return to Beijing to report on my work, I put it off again and again, and tried all kinds of reasons, but finally I couldn't put it off.

Before returning to Beijing, Li Wu came to see me off, but he still looked like a fool.

"After returning to the capital, find some time to talk softly to the king, maybe you won't come to this ghost place again." He let out a sigh of relief, raised his eyebrows and smiled at me, "I will I can command the armed forces again."

"..." I rolled his eyes at him, got on the horse, and said to him, "Don't worry, I'll be back in half a month at most."

Li Wu was taken aback for a moment, then scolded me with a smile:

"The Chinese New Year is coming up in less than a month. Why are you running back from the capital for the Chinese New Year?"

"It's not my home there," I said softly, looking to the north, "the side of the North Sea is my home."

Even if the whole world abandons me, don't want me anymore.At least in Beihai, there is Su Yu waiting for me to return after I become famous.

"..." Li Wu scolded me for something wrong in a low voice, "It's alright, alright, get out. It's cold outside, I'm going back to the tent."

I nodded, reined in the horse, and said to my subordinates:

"set off!"

"promise!"

This time when I returned to Beijing to report on my duties, I only brought ten subordinates with me and galloped all the way.But because the snow was too heavy, the marching speed was not fast.He was even trapped in the snow for three to five days.In this way, when I arrived at the capital, it was already mid-November.

It was a sunny day when I entered the city. Although the weather in the capital was already warm compared to the border, and the sun was still out, I still felt very cold.

It turns out that being close to home and feeling timid really makes people feel cold.

The subordinates wanted me to enter the palace again the next day, so I could think of countermeasures, but I refused.I said to finish the work early and go back early, the brothers are still waiting for us to bring back the army rations.

Hearing this, everyone nodded in response.

In this way, we entered the palace in a hurry.

Li Dequan greeted us at the Xuanwu Gate. When he saw me coming, he was about to kneel down and salute me. When I saw this, I immediately got off my horse, stepped forward to support him, and shook my head gently at him:

"Elder-in-law has worked hard."

Li Dequan was so intelligent that he understood me almost instantly. He nodded to me and smiled:

"The general has worked hard all the way."

And owed me:

"This way please, General."

"Please."

I haven't been back for a long time. The palace is still the same as before. It probably hasn't changed, maybe it has changed...but I can't remember.

Along the way, except for the occasional conversation with Li Dequan, all of us kept silent.On the way back to Beijing, I told them that this time the king suddenly called me back to Beijing, whether it was worry or joy, the palace is no better than the army, it is better to pay attention.

I don't know how long I've been walking, but from the direction I'm coming from, it's definitely going to the imperial study.

After thinking of this, I suddenly belatedly remembered that I was going to see Murong Bai soon.

How long have you not seen me? --Can not remember.

I wore a helmet and lowered my head slightly.I don't want to be recognized in the palace, lest there be too many troubles.It's okay to come here along the way, the palace people who come and go only think of me as an ordinary foreign minister.However, when I walked to the imperial garden, a small figure suddenly rushed towards me, hugged my thigh directly under the eyes of everyone, and I almost pulled out the long sword pinned to my waist in shock.

"Jun...Junfu." A soft and soft voice came from beside me.I lowered my head and looked at the little girl who was hugging my thigh, wearing expensive padded clothes, with some baby fat on her delicate and pretty face, looking soft, about two years old.

She hugged my thigh and looked up at me with innocence in her dark eyes.

She called me Junfu.

I was stunned for a long time, it wasn't just me, our group all stopped, watching the little girl stunned, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

I looked down at the little girl and smiled gently at her:

"Little girl, who are you?"

The little girl looked at me, blinked, and didn't speak.

I looked at the child amusedly, and after a closer look, I found it looked familiar. Just as I was about to say something, I saw a nun running from far to near, calling out to the little girl:

"Your Highness...Your Highness..."

I looked up.

The mother froze for a moment when she saw me, then saluted me and said:

"The old slave has seen the general."

I pursed my lips, looked at her, and then at the little girl next to my legs. After a long silence, I asked Li Dequan who was standing silently by the side:

"Your Highness?—Which Your Highness?"

Li De froze, turned around slowly, and saluted me:

"Back to the general, it is... Her Royal Highness Princess Chaoyang."

I took a deep breath, turned my head, and said to the subordinates behind me:

"You go to the Ministry of War and wait for me."

"promise."

After they left, I lowered my head again, suppressed my smile, and looked at the little girl next to my lap expressionlessly.I finally know why I think she looks familiar. It turns out that she is... so similar to her mother.

Chaoyang, Murong Wu.She is the child Murong Bai placed high hopes on.

"What did you call me?" I asked Murong Wu with a hoarse voice.

"Jun...Father Jun." She hugged my leg tightly with her little arm and smiled at me.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.I told myself that the grievances of the previous generation should not be blamed on the next generation.

Although it is because of her that Murong Bai and I can never go back to the past.

"Mommy, please take...His Royal Highness away." I turned my head and said to the overwhelmed Nanny standing beside me.

Then he said to Li Dequan:

"Let's go."

"Your Majesty Wang Jun..." Li De called out to me with a worried look on his face.

Hearing this, all the palace people on the side knelt down and saluted me:

"See Your Majesty the King."

I sneered, Your Majesty Wang Jun? ——What an ironic title.

Turning around and striding forward, Li Dequan quickly followed.

Murong Wu is so old, even though I don't want to admit it, she is indeed a beautiful and lovable child.

I should also feel relieved.

Li Dequan remained silent all the way afterwards, and I did not ask questions.When we got to the gate of the imperial study, Li Dequan said:

"Your Majesty... this old slave knows that you are unhappy, but..."

I interrupted him, looked up at the plaque on the beam with the words "Yushufang" written on it, and said calmly:

"After years of not returning, the old city has changed a lot."

"......His Majesty."

I turned my head with a smile and said to Li Dequan:

"I know, don't worry."

I know I shouldn't complain, I shouldn't blame, and I should be prepared.She is no longer mine, I already knew it, didn't I?So I should accept it too.

Li Dequan wiped his eyes with his sleeve, then stepped forward to open the door, bowed to me, and said:

"Your Majesty, please..."

I suppressed my expression, as sad and happy as I was on the battlefield.Stepping into that door, I knew that I was going to meet her.

If I failed to bid farewell to her in a hurry last time, then this time, I must say goodbye to her with a smile.

...and congratulations to her.

Murong Bai, do you still remember me?

(End of this chapter)