King's Landing GL

Chapter 60 The willow oath

Zhen Guojun

Hurrying all the way, I finally returned to the Zhenguo military camp on the evening of New Year's Eve.Li Wu came to pick me up at the gate of the barracks. In the cold wind, he was a big man coquettishly nibbling melon seeds, and said to me:

"That bastard in my family asked you when you would come back this morning. What a coincidence, you came back this evening. How much food did you bring back?"

I reported the number to him, and then turned back to direct people to take the grain to the warehouse. After hearing my words, Li Wu looked up to the sky and laughed loudly:

"Oh, I'll go! Xiao Nannan, you really look good on me. Why is the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs so generous this time?"

I raised my eyebrows and said:

"What do you say?"

Li Wu grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to me, saying:

"Could it be that you tricked the beautiful man?" He looked me up and down, and said strangely:

"Is a broken sleeve like yours very popular?"

I kicked him and threw the melon seeds back to him:

"Can you be less disgusting?"

Li Wu chuckled and whispered to me:

"You know, there aren't many women in this barracks, and after a while, masculinity becomes very prevalent. If you're like this, I don't want to make you sick."

But the problem is that I'm a mirror grinder, so it's none of my business to be popular with masculinity!I thought to myself.

"By the way, did you go back to Wangdu this time to have sex?" Li Wu hooked my shoulder, smiled wretchedly, and asked in a low voice.

I froze for a moment:

"What kind of meat are you serving?"

Li Wubai glanced at me, seeing that I really didn't understand, he folded his hands up and down, moved them, and said in simple words:

"Water□□ together."

"..." I turned and left with a dark face.

Li Wu said behind me:

"Hey, if you don't have it, you don't have it. Why are you so angry! Your Uncle Wu will send you one in two days!"

I scolded Li Wu in my heart for being an old and disrespectful person. He came to the barracks in a dishonest manner. When I find an opportunity, I must deal with him well.

But it's a pity that before I had time to deal with him, he dealt with me first.That day when Li Wu said he wanted to find a girl for me, I thought he was just talking, but Li Wu really got me a girl.

It was the seventh day after the new year, and I was reading a book in my tent when I was greeted by soldiers outside.

"Come in." I said.

After a while, two soldiers came in with a woman, and saluted me:

"General."

I looked up, and when I saw the woman behind them, I was really stunned:

"what happened?"

"Back to the general, a new batch of military prostitutes has arrived. Old general Li said that you have worked hard and need personal service, so he asked his subordinates to pick a woman to send over."

"..."

Li Wu, why are you still alive!Which eye of yours sees that I need a woman? !You are blind!

"No need." With a sullen face, I held back my curse words and said calmly, "Thank you, General Li, for me."

"No." The officer saluted, and when he turned around and was about to take the woman out, I changed my mind and suddenly changed my mind:

"and many more."

"General."

I looked at the woman in white and rough clothes with her head bowed in silence, expressionlessly, and said:

"She stayed."

The people on the left and right are going to stuff me with women, so it's better to put an end to this disaster as soon as possible.

"No." The soldiers obeyed and withdrew.

I lowered my head and continued to look at the book in my hand, not intending to pay attention to the extra woman.Turning a page, the camp was quiet, and after a long time, the woman got up and walked to me, standing respectfully.

I didn't look back, my expression was still faint:

"What's your name?"

"Slave, Ruyi." A cold and familiar voice came from beside me, I trembled, and stared back at her suddenly, a name almost fell out of my mouth, but after seeing the woman's appearance Shengsheng stopped his mouth.

She is not Murong Bai, I think I am crazy to think that she is Murong Bai and that she will come.

I stared at the woman for a long time, and after a while, I said:

"As one wishes?"

She bowed to me and said:

"Slave, I have seen the general."

I closed my eyes, settled down, opened my eyes, and said lightly:

"Where is the ancestral home?"

"Gyeongju."

"Being enslaved for what?"

"The clansmen committed crimes... were imprisoned and enslaved."

"Understood." I said lightly, "Let the guards guarding the gate take you to the logistics department to get a bed later, and then let them set up a bed in the tent."

"..."

I didn't hear her reply, so I looked up a little strangely, only to see her biting her lip, with a troubled expression on her face.

"Why?" I think I may be soft-hearted towards her, just because of her voice.

"General...wouldn't you let slaves...serve the bed?"

I was stunned for a moment, then said expressionlessly:

"Need not."

She suddenly knelt down, bowed to me and said:

"Thank you, General, for your kindness!"

Listening to her voice, I was a little dazed, maybe I haven't had any military affairs recently and I haven't been so busy, I suddenly became more sentimental, and I always think about those things in the past.

A long, long time ago, something that I almost forgot.

"When no one is around, tell me to think." I heard my indifferent voice sounding in the tent.

I am indeed crazy, so crazy that I need someone else to replace me, to imagine that she is by my side.

"...thinking."

After a while, a cold and slightly hoarse voice sounded in the camp. Hearing the sound, I shook violently, and a tear fell from the corner of my eye.

It's windy tonight.

Palace of Longevity, Qin Palace

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." In the middle of the night, Xiao Taozi, who was a maid of honor, walked into the inner room of the Palace of Longevity and saluted Murong Bai.

Murong Bai sat quietly on the chair, the five-year-old book was still on the table, the same page remained unchanged.She raised her head slightly and looked at the beams motionlessly.After Xiao Taozi finished speaking, she stood quietly aside and did not say anything to disturb her.

After a long time, Murong Bai opened his mouth and said:

"In recent days, I have remembered a lot of past events."

Xiao Taozi stepped forward to make a cup of tea for her, handed it to her with both hands, and said:

"Perhaps it's because the king hasn't had a good rest recently."

Murong Bai lowered his head, chuckled lightly, and said:

"Lonely for a long time, never had a good sleep."

"..." Xiao Taozi moved her lips, she knew what she should say at this time, but she didn't know what to say.Maybe it is the king who knows her too well, and maybe it is the king who doesn't understand her too much. At this moment, she can only accompany Murong Bai in silence.

At the same time, she also knew in her heart who the king most wanted to be with her in her heart.

But that person has been away for half a month.

"What day is today?"

"The seventh day of the first lunar month, Qiyuan Festival." Little Taozi said.

"Chu Qi..." Murong Bai repeated, she was not a sentimental person in the past, but for some reason, in this late night, she suddenly missed the past.No, maybe it wasn't that she started to miss the past now, but tonight.Her longing had accumulated too much, and the embankment burst.

"Speaking of which, there is only one time when Gu can enjoy the Chinese New Year with her."

"There are still many opportunities, my lord."

"Is there still a chance?"

"...Yes." Xiao Taozi took a deep breath, and smiled at Murong Bai, "His Majesty Wang Jun has always had a deep affection for the king, and there must be many years to spend with the king. "

Hearing this, Murong Bai laughed:

"Do you remember Su Yu, Miss Su?"

"Remember, Miss Su is Wang Jun's uncle."

Murong Bai suppressed his laughter, his voice almost disappeared:

"It's not just my uncle...they were married before."

Xiao Taozi's face changed, and she was terrified:

"how can that be!"

Murong Bai didn't speak.

Xiao Taozi has always been smart, so she went through the past when she met Su Yu in her heart. It was fine if Murong Bai didn't say anything, but when she said it, she really felt that Su Yu had an unusual interest in Wang Jun... She alone could see Su Yu had been drunk no less than three times, and every time he called Wang Jun's name after being drunk.I didn't think there was anything before, I just said that my master and nephew are deeply affectionate.Looking at it now, I'm afraid the nephew is fake, but the love is real.

This damned Duanxiu, the luck of the peach blossoms has reached his uncle, he is really a shameless apprentice!

But even though Xiao Taozi scolded that dead Duanxiu in her heart, in fact she has not been blind all these years, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell who is in that person's heart at a glance.Seeing that Duanxiu was so infatuated with the king and that the king was still half-hearted towards Duanxiu, Xiao Taozi decided not to add insult to injury to Duanxiu at such a time.

It's time to say something good about Duanxiu.

"So what? Your Majesty and Wang Jun have been married for many years, and your Majesty will certainly know who is in His Majesty's heart."

"..." Murong Bai was silent.

She knew that Xiao Taozi's words were true, but so what?She also understood, and knew the man's affection for her.But the more she knew, the more annoyed she became. She was annoyed with that person and Su Yu... He obviously liked her, so why would he put Su Yu first in everything?He said that he would grow old with her forever, but he just wanted to reconcile with her after hearing that Su Yu had passed away!

She didn't provoke her. From the very beginning, she knew that their marriage was just a political trick. As the first-hand planner of this matter, she can naturally ignore herself... With a marriage, she can find a good coolie for Qin , This kind of business, anyone who is a king can do it.But she had calculated thousands of times, but she failed to calculate that the person with clear eyes and only her figure would love her so deeply...

She ignored, refused, struggled... but finally compromised.Frankly speaking, it is indeed a very lucky thing to be loved by Guigu Zongheng.She also didn't know how many blessings she had cultivated for her bloody, dirty and cold-blooded hands to allow her to get the vertical and horizontal love.She has always known that she has received Zongheng's unique love, but she also knows that as a king, she cannot respond to her love happily.

Guigu Zongheng... is a perfect person.She didn't want to hurt her, but in fact she hurt her again and again.But she forgave her again and again and tolerated her.

Why should you be so nice to her?She doesn't...repay it at all.Moreover, the greedy she has become less and less like herself under the connivance of that person...

She couldn't bear it, there were other people's existence in her eyes...so she made a plan to erase Su Yu's existence.But at the same time, she told her as if masochistic, telling her that she forced Su Yu to die...

Murong Bai, you are a joke.Want to see who is more important in her heart?Look, this is the answer she gave you: You moved Su Yu, she made up with you, joined the army, and never wanted to return.

Look, even if she knew that Su Yu was not dead, wouldn't she leave you?

"...Do you also think that she is happy and alone?" Murong Bai lowered his eyebrows, as if he was thinking of the past far, far away.

"It's not that Xiao Taozi thinks, but Xiao Taozi sees it." Xiao Taozi replied, "When I was in the Palace of Eternal Life, the king had a lot of government affairs, and the king stayed in the palace alone, with nothing to do, so he would give the king a pile of money. Every piece of clothes is folded carefully, smiling while folding..."

"Fold...fold clothes?" Murong Bai was taken aback for a moment.

"That's right, it's not just about folding clothes, but about the king's affairs, he basically did it himself. Speaking of which, the king had a lot of dreams at night for a while, and Wang Jun even went to learn how to make incense, so that Wang Get a good night's sleep."

"...But now...she hasn't cared about me for a long time." Murong Bai's voice became hoarse, hiding his pain, thinking that he was still the invincible king, "She left, For a long time......"

"Little Taozi has served the King since she was a child, and she understands the King's difficulties in her heart. To be fair, in the past, you really ignored His Majesty the King."

"..."

It turns out that everyone knows that she is ignoring her, so it's not so incomprehensible that she wants to leave, right?

But she is really, really reluctant...

Not reconciled!

"This battle is over, your Majesty, you should talk to Wang Jun carefully, in fact, His Majesty has always only cared about His Majesty." Xiao Taozi persuaded Murong Bai.

"Go down." After a long time, Murong Bai said.

"promise."

Say it well, what should I say?Said that she once poisoned her for the sake of Qin?For the sake of Qing Erchen, ordered to assassinate her?Marrying Xie Changjun for the sake of Qin Guoyou? — how can she speak it!

One mistake, all mistakes.

Murong Bai is undoubtedly smart, she knows that she can't say anything about what she has done, but at the same time, she also knows how to handle the other party's weakness, she understands better where the other party's bottom line is.And it is precisely because she is so smart, so smart that even if she knows and understands this, she is still helpless when it comes to Guigu Zongheng.

The powerless gap made her feel panic.

But at the same time, she also understood in her heart that she was actually more afraid that she would leave than owe each other, and would never come back after turning around.

I was afraid that she would not come back, and that she would forget her, so I thought about her and hated her in my heart.

Hate is also a kind of concern.

Zhen Guojun

"Ruyi," I entered the tent and called out to the woman, "bring me a basin of water."

"No." Ruyi went out in response.

I walked in, Ruyi passed me by, and suddenly remembered what Li Wu said to me just now:

"How is the girl?"

"How about what?"

Li Wu was eating melon seeds, saying why he hadn't finished eating the melon seeds for a whole day... The thief with a smile on his face:

"Uncle Wu treats you well, but he is a big girl!"

"..." I looked at him with a dark face, and my intuition told me that he couldn't say anything good.

really:

"You said that you are also 26 and seven years old. The boys and children in other families have given birth to a dozen. Why don't you even have an heir? Take advantage of the fact that there has been no war in the past few months, hurry up and work hard! Don't let your Guigu family die Later..."

"..." I felt that the blue veins on my forehead were about to burst, this old man, old and dishonest!Talking nonsense all day long!How did I know him as an old boy? !

Seeing my dark face, Li Wu patted me on the shoulder, with a smile on his face, and said solemnly:

"Your Uncle Wu is telling you the truth."

"..."

He sighed:

"Uncle Wu knows that you are unhappy, and he also understands how your gray hair came about. You can't change anything, you are not your lover, and it's useless to wait. If you want me to say, you should take advantage of your youth. Hurry up and forget who you should forget, don’t be like your master who jumped into a pit and couldn’t get out for decades. When this battle is over, you will disarm and return to the field. You have always been free and undisciplined, and you are not suitable for the Great Qin Dynasty.”

"I......"

"Even if you really can't forget it, don't reject other people's favors. This Ruyi, Uncle Wu looks good, although it's not...then who is so beautiful, but you don't care about finding someone who lives a good life Appearance. I have checked this woman. It was a crime committed by the tribe. She was only implicated. When she was not convicted of a crime before, she had studied for a few years. Although I can’t talk about poems and songs with you, I can read a few words. Not bad. The daughter of a small family is good at homework... You, you have someone to take care of you."

"Uncle Wu," I lowered my head, "but Uncle Wu...I...I..."

"That's all Uncle Wu said. You were only seventeen or eighteen years old when you came to Qin, and it's been almost ten years. Uncle Wu knows how hard you are working around alone. As a courtier, Uncle Wu also has selfish thoughts. But Ah Zong Ah, Uncle Wu is indeed, I don't want you to suffer this... Don't forget, you are the big disciple of Guigu Mountain..." He laughed again, "Wait for you to go up When you get older, you will long for peace. Too lively and obsessive feelings will not last long. You try to get along with Ruyi, and I have already made her deprived of her slavery. If you really have no thoughts about her... .Then forget it, the time is still long, and it is not impossible to find another lover. Just don't... hold on to the past."

"...I see." After a while, I responded.

I think I can understand what Li Wu said, and I know he is right.I clung to the past, painfully recalling the past, but it was of no use.Because I know that neither Murong Bai nor I can go back.If not, when I know that Su Yu is still alive, I will go back to Murong Bai desperately.But in fact I didn't, I didn't go back to her.The problem between me and Murong Bai has not been resolved. I admit that knowing Su Yu's death back then made me make up my mind to leave and never look back.But even if there is no matter about Su Yu, it will be a matter of time before we part with her.From the very beginning we didn't know each other and fell in love with each other. I chased after her, and in the end, she turned back to look at me.Maybe she really loves me too, and this is not the main component of the sympathy that two people who can stay together for a long time need.

Moreover, two people who are in love with each other may not necessarily last forever.

There is a big difference between Murong Bai and me. The difference in background and education has resulted in completely different concepts when we consider issues.The two of us are too strong, she is too stubborn, and I refuse to give in... There is no way for us to last long like this.What Li Wu said is right, Murong Bai and I are not suitable for each other...Maybe I can rely on my knowledge to stand side by side with her, but the price I have to pay depends on my years You will know from experience.Even if I don't care about these sacrifices, for Murong Bai, how long will she let me stand side by side with her?

"General, here comes the water." Ruyi walked into the tent with a basin of water in her hand, interrupting my thoughts.

"Oh, let it go." I nodded.

She put the water down as she said.

I took a towel and went to wash my face.

"Is the general going to have lunch?" Ruyi stood behind me, her voice soft and soft.Over the past few days, listening to her voice, I almost tortured myself. Many times I turned my back to her, and in my head, I was imagining that standing behind me was Murong Bai, and she was accompanying me.But when I turned around and looked at Ruyi's face, which had no resemblance to Murong Bai's, I realized that I had made a fool of myself again.

"No... I have no appetite." I said lightly.

"Let's use some more, don't hurt your stomach."

"..."

Frankly speaking, Ruyi is exactly as Li Wu said, she is a suitable person for life, gentle and quiet, caring and kind, diligent and capable... she will be a good wife.

"Today I went to Old General Li, and he said that he has sent someone to cancel your slave status, and you will be free. This army is not suitable for a big girl to stay. Find a day, and when the weather clears, I will send someone to send you off." Go back." I put down the towel, turned around and said to Ruyi.

She will be a good wife, yes, if I can learn to let go at 26, like her and be with her, life will be very good indeed.

But I have only one wife, the one I loved in her prime.

That man's name is Murong Bai.

"Is the general chasing Ruyi away?" After a while, Ruyi asked me.

I was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said:

"What do you mean by driving away? This barracks is no different than the outside. It's full of rough men. It's really inappropriate for you, a woman who hasn't left the cabinet, to stay here."

"The general has saved Ruyi's life. Wherever the general is, Ruyi will be there." She looked up at me with firm eyes.

I said in my heart, why did it mean that I wanted to promise each other with my body?

"Ruyi, I mean..."

"... Sisi, I want to accompany you." She suddenly called my name, I trembled and fell silent.

I think Ruyi is a very smart woman, at least she knows how to seek protection from me.I originally meant to send her back to Qin.But what she said later made me change my mind. She said to me:

"Ruyi knows that the general is kind-hearted, but the general doesn't know. All my people are imprisoned. Ruyi returns alone, looking lonely and desolate. Let's talk about Ruyi, a woman, how can she survive in this troubled world?"

"...It's up to you." I rubbed my eyebrows, thinking about it and forgetting about it.Anyway, the barracks is so big, it is not difficult to support a person.

It's just that I didn't expect that it would not be difficult to raise an idler in this military camp, but the difficulty lies in the fact that I can't control the mouths of these old men.Ever since Ruyi lived in my camp, this group of people has been asking me when I want a little general...

I thought in my heart that if I could give birth to a little general, I would still come to be this troublesome general?Wouldn't my king be better off!But after thinking about it for a while, I was in a bad mood.Because I suddenly remembered the "little general" they were talking about... To be precise, that was not the little general, but the eldest princess of the Great Qin, Murong Wu.

I didn't expect that Murong Wu would call me Junfu, but I heard that it was Murong Bairang who called me. Then I thought about it, and that's right, the eldest princess, the heir of Daqin, is my child in name.For the sake of her child, Murong Bai plotted against me once.

But it's not bad to go back once, at least let my heart relax a lot.When I left the city, Murong Qingyan came to see me off. The 15-year-old Murong Qingyan has already grown into a teenager.

"Why did you leave the palace?"

"Qingyan has turned 15 years old, according to the laws of Qin, he can establish a mansion." Murong Qingyan saluted me, "Mr. has been away for many years, and I don't know when I will return. The students came here to see me off."

I smiled and nodded. If there is a good person in the Qin royal family, who would dare to speak first?

"I haven't taught you anything, it's mostly based on your own comprehension."

"Teacher for one day, teacher for life." Qing Yan still doesn't like to talk very much, and his temperament follows the Murong family, a little cold.But when facing me, he was serious and respectful.

"The battlefield is chaotic, sir, take care."

I patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and was about to turn around and get on the horse, but I heard him whisper behind me:

"Sir, do you ever remember that if you hadn't made an oath in front of the hall?"

I suddenly froze, and those memories that I had deliberately sealed up after returning to the capital were suddenly awakened by his question:

——"Sir will not leave the palace?"

--"Won't."

——"Won't you make peace with Sister Wang?"

——"How could it be...won't be divorced...sir...I like your sister Wang very much..."

—"That sir swears."

—— "Oh, okay, I swear: I will not leave your sister Wang, let alone reconcile with her."

I remember, and I haven't forgotten.But I have already reconciled with Murong Bai and left her.

"...Qingyan," I said in a low voice with my back turned to Qingyan, "It's good fortune to trick people."

"Qingyan just wants to know, sir, do you remember when Ruobu made an oath in front of the palace?" He repeated again.

"......Remember."

"So, Qingyan and Sister Wang will wait for the return of Mr. Wang in the capital." He said loudly.

"..."

Come back, when will I be able to come back...

Even if you come back, Murong Bai, are you just my Murong Bai?

(End of this chapter)