King's Landing GL

Chapter 63 Lord Grim Drunk on the Battlefield

"Your Majesty, all the rebels have been captured." Murong Qingyan said to Murong Bai when he returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"En." Murong Bai nodded, and said calmly, "Personnel related to this matter will be detained in the prison first, and they will be dealt with after the third day of the Lunar New Year."

"No." Qing Yan responded.

"It's hard work, let's go back and rest first." Murong Bai said to Qing.

"The younger brother will leave."

As soon as Qingyan left, Jian An walked up to Murong Bai and said:

"Prince!"

Murong Bai turned his head sideways, glanced at Jian An, did not speak, but turned around and said to Murong Wu who was holding her hand:

"It's late at night, Chaoyang should go back first."

Murong Wu nodded blankly and said:

"Mother, don't you have to keep watch tonight?"

"No need." Murong Bai said to her in a gentle voice, and then called the maid at the side, "Nurse, take the princess back to the bedroom."

"No." Nanny stepped forward and took Murong Wu away as promised.

After Murong Wu left, Murong Bai turned around, and said flatly to Jian Ansi without any emotion:

"It's late at night, and Gu still has a lot to deal with."

In other words, it is an order to chase away guests.

Jian An frowned, looked at Murong Bai who looked dull, and then looked at the ministers and women of His Highness who were still in panic. After a long while, she said in a deep voice:

"I am waiting for the king to come up in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

After that, he turned and left.

Murong Bai had no expression on his face, neither nodded nor shook his head, as if he didn't hear Jian An's words.And after Jian An left, she walked to the throne again and sat down—there were still many things waiting for her to deal with.

......

"Today's matter, I will not be relentless, but I will not implicate the innocent." After finishing what should be dealt with, Murong Bai concluded.

"Thank you, my lord..." Everyone knelt down and saluted one after another, and their beating hearts were finally settled at this moment.

"Back off." Murong Bai said lightly.

"promise."

Yangxindian

When Murong Bai arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, it was already midnight, and soon it would be dawn, and this bloody night would finally be over.

A new day is about to begin.

She entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation alone, and as expected, Jian An was waiting for her in the hall, seeing her coming, Jian An dismissed the palace attendants.

"How long have you planned for today's matter?" Jian An said.

"Six years." Murong Bai said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Jian An sneered:

"For that woman, you spent six years setting up this situation? Murong Bai, you are really affectionate."

Facing Jian An's anger, Murong Bai remained calm:

"Not at all."

"Not all?" Jian An chuckled, "You can use Murong Wumeng to beat everyone, and you said it wasn't for her?"

"Lonely and ghost valley are intertwined. Qin Wangbai's tenth marriage in early April of the seventh year was witnessed by the whole country. Since this is the case, whether she is a man or a woman, she is an lonely person.——An lonely person, how can she be lonely? Bear her?" Murong Bai said lightly.

Jian An laughed out loud twice, and mocked:

"But in today's matter, more than half of the DPRK and China are involved, so what should you do?"

Jian An knows that it is not so much that Murong Bai plotted the situation to become a ghost valley, but rather that she just pushed the boat along with the current and did not stop him. Otherwise, with Murong Bai's wrist, Murong Yu's useless power has the ability to go to the step of forcing the palace ?Jian An knew that her daughter was just looking for an excuse and reason to get rid of those who hindered her.And it is precisely because she knows that she is so angry. She never expected that Murong Bai would dare to plot such a trap. If this matter is a little careless, he will lose the throne... Even if everything is predicted in the end When it arrived, Murong Yu was restrained, but too many people were involved, and too many people had to be eliminated. This was fundamentally shaking the foundation of the country!

For a woman, this daughter who has always made her proud would be so aggressive!

It seems that that person really can't stay!

"The Empress Dowager thinks that the editors of the Hanlin Academy are really just editors?" Murong Bai reminded Jian An lightly.

Jian An was taken aback, but after Murong Bai said it, she instantly remembered that many years ago, Murong Bai used the excuse of compiling the chopsticks book to recruit talented people from all over the world.It has always been a common practice for kings to use chopsticks, so she didn't think it was wrong at the time.Unexpectedly, Murong Bai had such an idea!

What a proud daughter she is!

It turned out that she had already made preparations to cleanse the court and exchange blood!

Jian An suddenly felt a chill on her back, time has passed, the daughter who once needed her to listen to the government behind the curtain to control the court has now grown to such a state, so outstanding, as a mother, should she be happy or worried?

"Qin and Chen have been at war for three years. They will win in a short time. Empress Dowager, I have never failed the expectations of you and the former king." After a while, Murong Bai said quietly.

Hearing this, Jian An fell silent, and the long-forgotten memories in her heart suddenly came back at this moment.Maybe it's because she's getting older, she seems to have forgotten that she had strongly opposed Murong Bai's succession back then. ——In the past, she was just a mother who didn't want her daughter to suffer too much, but now she is for the sake of Daqin, and she wants to force her daughter into a cold-blooded and ruthless king.

What is your original intention?

Murong Bai made a big salute to Jian An, saying neither humble nor overbearing:

"Qin has no heirs, he is lonely and unfaithful. Murong has no heirs, he is lonely and unfilial."

"Since you understand, why do you hide it from me!" Jian An's face was ashen, pointing at Murong Bai's hands trembling angrily.

"Queen Mother, Gu is also a human being and has feelings." Murong Bai knelt down, raised his head and said to Jian An, "I have let her down many times and made her wait for a long time. If Gu really has children with others, the Queen Mother thinks that Gu What face should I use to meet her?"

"But you took the root of the country..."

"Mother's Queen!" Murong Bai's voice was a little higher, interrupting Jian An's words, her eyes were firm, her face was clear and proud, and she paused every word, "My daughter wants her, and she is all she wants."

"..."

Jian An suddenly fell silent, of course she knew her daughter's disposition.From childhood to adulthood, Murong Bai has been her best child, and she has never been worried about anything. She is the most qualified and perfect king that she and Murong Ji have taught.All her emotions have been stifled by them, and as a mother, she has also been unable to bear it.

But she can't be softhearted.

Murong Bai is not happy being king, and in a sense it is unfair to her.But to the people of Limin, what does her unhappiness and unfairness mean?

Born in the royal family, how can there be so many desires to talk about?

"You really... like her so much?"

"Yes, my daughter likes her."

Jian An sighed, love is the most difficult thing in the world to understand.Like her, isn't she tripped by it?

Her 30-year contract will arrive soon.

Maybe... that child waited for Murong Bai, just like Liu Rufeng waited for her.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the scene when she first saw that child, she took Zongheng's hand to hold him with Murong Bai, and said:

"Don't let foolish people grow old."

That's all, now it seems that if you continue to stop it, I'm afraid it will really make the foolish person grow old.

"The queen mother asked you something, and you must be honest."

"it is good."

"The world and her, which is more important?"

"If you are lonely, the world is heavy. If you are white, you are worried." Murong Bai said loudly.

"Forget it, I can't control you anymore." Jian An pulled Murong Bai up, sighed, and said, "I'll accept you if you're like this. It's just a burden on you..."

"As long as a daughter is a king, she will always remember her responsibility." Murong Bai said.

"Go back. I'm tired." Jian An breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Murong Bai.

"My son retire."

"But!" Jian An suddenly remembered something, and called Murong Bai again.

Murong Bai stopped and turned his head.

"I had an appointment with my old friend, if he came looking for me... I would leave the palace..."

"I know..." Murong Bai smiled lightly, and nodded to Jian An, "My daughter understands who is in the mother's heart."

"..."

After Murong Bai finished speaking, he turned his head and walked away from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Tomorrow will really be a better day.

Zhen Guojun

Today is New Year's Eve, but as the leader of an army, I was imprisoned in my own camp. I am afraid that I am the only one who has enjoyed this kind of treatment throughout the ages.

But I can't enjoy it anyway.

Because five days ago, the army led by Xuan Yi began to attack the city. No matter how well I did the fortifications in advance, it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

I have been locked in the tent for more than ten days, and I may still be thinking about the old feelings. Those soldiers did not push me out to beheaded for public display. I breathed a sigh of relief and thought about finding a way to return to the battlefield to command OK.Sylphy's temperament is unstable, I'm really afraid that he will do something crazy.The person he has always wanted to deal with is me. He has been going around for so long, just wanting to send me on the road with his own hands. If other people are involved because of me, then I will be very sorry.

Your own life is your life, and so is the life of others.

Just when I was thinking about it and couldn't think of any good way to persuade them to let me out, Li Yi came back.

Holding a red-tasseled gun, he kicked open the door of my tent when the clock rang at midnight on New Year's Eve.

"Brother Congnan!" Li Yi called me anxiously when he entered the door.

I was shocked, and looked for the reputation, only to see Li Yi walking up to me in a military uniform.Before I could speak, another large group of people rushed in.

"General Li Yi! What are you going to do!" one person said loudly.

Li Yi sneered, raised his foot and kicked at the man, who couldn't dodge in time, was kicked a few feet away, and fell to the ground vomiting blood.

I silently applauded Li Yi's heroism in my heart.

Seeing that Li Yi stepped forward and inserted the red-tasseled gun into the ground, then drew out the sword in his waist, and laid it across in front of him, saying:

"Kezhi is standing in front of his younger brother today. If anyone wants to do something, don't blame Kezhi for not remembering his old love!"

The Zhen Guojun was previously under the joint control of the Li family and the Jing family, and Li Yi joined the army since he was a child, as a first-rank major general. Apart from me, he is the highest official here.As soon as he said this, those people who were about to move became quiet.

"Kezhi doesn't know, which discipline in the army stipulates that subordinates can commit crimes and imprison first-rank generals?" Li Yi said with a cold face, word by word.

"He is a descendant of the Chu Kingdom, and also the nephew of the enemy general Xuan Yi!" one person said.

Hearing this, Li Yi sneered:

"Oh? In this way, you all believe that General Gu is a meticulous worker?"

"Otherwise, what's the explanation?"

"Have you forgotten who led the army to fight Chen Ku? Who..."

"Li Yi." I stood up and called Li Yi, shaking my head slightly at him.Walking in front of the crowd, he saluted duanduan and said:

"I have a few words from the south in Xiagu. I wonder if I can talk about them?"

Everyone was silent, a man in the corner stepped up to me and said:

"General, please speak."

I smiled at him, and then said to everyone:

"I, King Bai of Qin, joined the army in October of the 12th year. I was twenty and two years old. I have been in the army for more than four years. I served as a forward. I once led more than ten people into the enemy's army and burned their food and grass. Then I led more than a thousand people to meet the enemy. , stabbed several times in the body...Ambush during the march, was captured, locked in a water prison for more than half a month, and after returning, fought to the death with Chen Jun at Yanmen Pass for three days... What I want to ask is, these , has there ever been a fake?"

"Never."

I nodded and said again:

"I worshiped under the Guigu sect when I was a baby, and Sylphy came from Guigu in the early years-these are never false."

"Then you still say..."

"But life, is it something you and I can still choose? If I were a master of Chu State, I could lead the army back to the capital in the past year. If I was a master of Chen State, why would I have to fight hard for three years? Sell a cloth map To Xuanyi, can you still take me into custody today? I don’t resist because I, Gu Cong Nanqing, are innocent and open-minded. There must be someone among you who went to the battlefield with me. I want to ask, can I have The place of suspicion?"

The crowd was silent, and after a long while, someone stood up from the crowd and said:

"I trust the general."

"I also trust the general."

"I believe..."

"I believe......"

......

Seeing more and more people stand up, I was relieved.I looked at the few people who were still unmoved, and I knew in my heart that if they were not the queen mother's people, they were the rest of the power in the court, but no matter which one, the purpose was the same - to want me to die.

I wanted to say something, but at this moment a soldier suddenly broke in and said:

"Report--Chen Jun will attack the city again tonight, our army may not be able to defend against it!"

Everyone's complexion changed drastically upon hearing the sound.

My heart sank, I turned around, picked up the helmet and rushed out, saying:

"Go up the tower!"

"promise!"

......

When the dawn was about to break, our army fought hard, and Chen Jun finally retreated.I stood on the city wall, looked at Sylphy on horseback under the city tower, and frowned.

I think, I probably can't hold this city anymore.

Because I saw the mouth shape Xuan Yi made to me, he said:

"Fight to the death, who will live and who will die?"

Li Yi was dressed in military uniform with blood on his face. He found me on the city wall, and saluted me with his hands clasped together:

"General, withdraw!"

"..."

Li Yi called me again:

"General! I'm afraid I can't hold on to this city..."

Hearing the sound, I suddenly laughed, because I suddenly remembered the promise I made to myself many years ago.

I said I would send her a picturesque country——in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, I hugged Murong Bai and said to her.

"I said to send her a picturesque country, so I will naturally stick to this city. After this battle, if I live, I will leave and go away; if I die..." I paused, "If I die, please take my ashes back Give it to her, tell her..."

I stood on the city wall and looked at Chen Jun who was going away outside the city, and chuckled lightly:

"Tell her I broke my promise, but please forgive me."

"General!" Li Yi's face was heavy.

I waved my hand and said lightly:

"Get out. I want to stay."

"Congnan!" Li Yi said anxiously.

I turned around and said to Li Yi:

"Ten days, I will stick to this city for no more than ten days. You take the rest of the people and withdraw!"

"Gu Congnan! Are you crazy?!" Li Yi blushed and trembled with anger, "Anyone can stay, but you can't!"

"Li Yi..." I called out to him and smiled, "You and I both know that no one in this country of Qin wants me to survive."

"..." Li Yi fell silent.

"It's dawn, get ready to retreat." I turned around and said lightly.

After a while, Li Yi gave me a big salute, turned around and left.

At noon, Li Yi led the [-] troops with incomplete injuries and the people in the city to withdraw from the hinterland of Liangshan, bypass the mountain, and then go west for a few days before joining Li Wu's army.

I bid farewell to Li Yi, leaving only more than a thousand people guarding the city.He was a man in his thirties, but when he left, his eyes turned red, and he turned his head three times at every step.For the first time, I didn't make fun of him, and I waved to him gently... We all know that after this farewell, it means that we will never see each other again.

After sending Li Yi away, I went back to the barracks, ordered the fire room to cook good food, and ate a good meal with more than a thousand people left behind on the city wall. Everyone knew that after eating this meal , what meets us in the future is death.

I don't think I've ever done anything important in my life, but this time I'm going to do it in a grand manner and do a big job, and it's not in vain in my life!

I adjusted my strategy, moved all the movable stones in the city to the city wall, and had people make a lot of gunpowder overnight. The city was already empty. .

In the first two days, Sylphy will attack the city in the future.

My tense nerves never let go for a moment. When I returned to the barracks at night, I found a small wooden box in the box. After a long pause, I opened it anyway.

Inside is a string of bracelets made of red beans. ——That was one year when Li Dequan came from the capital, he brought it to me, saying that it was given to me by Murong Bai.

I looked at the string of not-so-good-looking bracelets, and I knew that it must have been made by Murong Bai himself.After watching for a long time, I suddenly burst into tears. Looking at this string of bracelets that I have kept for a long time, I can imagine how many late nights that busy woman spent wearing them one by one.

Murong Bai, in your heart, how much do you have me, how much do you have the country?

With trembling hands, I tied the bracelet. In a trance, I seemed to feel that she had come to me and wanted to fight side by side with me.

I think I'm going to break my promise. Before the expedition, she came to stay with me on horseback. I told her that I would go back and let her believe me.

I have made many promises to her, but I am afraid that I will not be able to fulfill this one alone.

Without me, Murong Bai...would you feel lonely?

"General." Ruyi's voice suddenly appeared in the tent, I suddenly opened my eyes, looked at her, stood up suddenly, and said:

"Why are you still here?!"

"The general is kind to Ruyi, and Ruyi will definitely not leave the general." She bowed to me.

I was stunned and sighed:

"That's all..."

"Ruyi met a person in the city today. She said she was an old friend of the general. I brought her here."

I froze for a moment, and said strangely:

"Old man?—Which..."

"Congnan, long time no see." A woman in a light-colored gown and a bamboo hat walked into the tent and said to me.

I looked at the person who came, and was stunned for a long while, then lost my voice and said:

"Lin...Lin Lang?!"

She is Lin Lang, she is Lin Lang!

Lin Lang smiled at me, raised her hand and took off the bamboo hat, stroked the snowflakes that fell on her body, and said to me:

"I haven't seen you for a long time, is it safe from the south?"

I was a little excited, so I walked up to her, looked at her carefully, and held her hand, very happy:

"Okay, well...you're alive...you're alive!"

I am so happy to see Lin Lang, probably because God takes pity on me.Although I always believed in my heart that she hadn't passed away, and what I thought was the same as what I saw with my own eyes, I was still shocked and happy when I saw it.

Lin Lang smiled at me without saying a word.

I took a few deep breaths to calm down my agitated heart.Turning around and walking away from Ruyi, she invited Linlang into the inner room.

"Why are you here?" I poured Lin Lang a cup of tea and asked her.

She took a sip of tea with a smile, put down the cup, but said to me:

"Are you really going to defend this city to the death?"

I was stunned for a while, and the joy of seeing my friend disappeared because of this sentence.I shook my head with a wry smile and didn't speak.

Lin Lang said lightly:

"I know I can't persuade you. I passed through Qiongzhou a few years ago and heard something, so I turned my way and came here."

"..."

Lin Lang reached out and held my hand, her eyes were clear and gentle:

"I understand you."

I closed my eyes, not knowing what to say.

Lin Lang is right, she understands me, so she didn't come here to try to persuade me, we are old friends, and now she already knows that I have the belief that I will die to defend this city, as a friend, she can only travel thousands of miles away Come and say goodbye to me.

I don't know where Lin Lang has been all these years, what scenery she has passed by, what stories she has experienced... Have you ever seen that Murong Siyin who is willing to give up everything for her and search all over the world just to find her trace.

She once said goodbye to everything, and her heart was ashamed.

Before, I didn't know what that feeling was like, but now, I do.

The same people from the end of the world, why do they know each other when they meet.

It's just that she is much better than me, because the last Si Yin finally understands, and she is willing to start over with her.

But when will she understand me?

"Is there anything, what do you want me to bring to her?" Lin Lang asked me in silence.

I paused and nodded:

"Have."

I got up and walked to the desk, took out a pen and paper, wrote a letter, sealed it, and handed it to Lin Lang:

"I'm tired."

Lin Lang took the letter and put it away.

I took out the Zhanlu sword from my waist, wiped it, handed it to Linlang, and said:

"Please return this sword to Guigu Mountain."

She reached out to take the sword, opened her mouth, wanted to say something but said nothing.

"You should leave early while the night is still here."

She nodded, gave me the courtesy of a gentleman, and smiled:

"It is Lin Lang's fortune to meet you in this life."

I laughed three times, turned my back, raised my head to prevent tears from falling from my red eyes:

"You have traveled mountains and rivers, if one day you want to go to Beihai, please tell my relatives who are waiting for me - I have broken my promise."

I once told Su Yu that after I became famous, I would resign and go to Beihai to find a secluded place with her and spend the rest of my life quietly.

Now it seems that he has to break his promise.

I have been sorry to many people, but the one I am most sorry for is Su Yu.The promise I made to her was never fulfilled in the end.She spoils me so much, I think she will not blame me for breaking her promise this time.

There was silence behind me for a long time, and when I turned around, there was no more sight.

I know that she doesn't want me to see her go, just as she doesn't want to see me die.

(End of this chapter)