Yu Wu

In the illusion of Zai Shi Yujian, Mo Xi slowly opened his eyes.

He found himself lying in endless darkness, surrounded by the vast expanse of night sky.On the dome, a green and faint blue light band crossed across, and on the light band flashed small characters in seal script with uncertain brightness and darkness.

Suddenly, a hollow voice pressed towards him from the sky, hoarse like a frayed scroll——

"What are you reading...?"

This is the invitation that Zaishi Yujian has been pieced together and can be traced back to the past.

Mo Xi propped himself up and sat up, facing the misty blue light in the night sky like a blue dragon, "I want to know if Gu Mang has any secrets of treason in this year."

"..."

The band of light was still twisted and coiled without any movement.Just when Mo Xi's hope gradually faded, thinking that the jade slips might not have recorded the relevant past events, the band of light suddenly burst into a dazzling radiance, and then countless flashing characters gathered and twisted together, turning into a The shape of an ethereal giant dragon piercing through the sky.

But seeing it has a long kiss to repair eyes, and its mane is flying, all of a sudden, the universe created by this piece of jade slips, clouds and thunderstorms rise, and the wind and waves rise!The phantom dragon's scaled claws leaped up towards Jiutian, then swooped down suddenly, and flew towards Mo Xi, who was as insignificant as a drop in the sky and earth! !

In an instant, the wind and sand flew, and the violent blue light pierced people's eyes, and there was a loud bang!Mo Xi's last perception was that the giant dragon was like a torrential rain falling from the sky, its light piercing the soul like ten thousand arrows.

"Yesterday... day... died..."

A faint sigh was like a final warning to the peepers.

"Jun...self...dang...kuan...!"

The variegated colors pressed into his eye sockets like snowflakes and invaded his pupils, as if they wanted to penetrate all the years inscribed in the jade slips into this flesh and blood body in one night.

Suddenly, the light went out.

Mo Xi was panting, and there were still remnants of intertwined strong lights flashing in front of his eyes, so that he couldn't immediately see which day he was brought to eight years ago by Shi Yujian.

He stood where he was, blinking his eyes vigorously, shaking his head from time to time, trying to restore his vision as soon as possible.At this moment, he can only know that he has come to a very dimly lit place, and he can hear the patter of rain hitting the eaves and knocking on the window.

After a while, someone came, the sound of footsteps came from a distance, and stopped a few feet away——

The rain was pattering, the man didn't speak immediately, just when Mo Xi almost thought the footsteps were hallucinations, a familiar voice finally broke the silence.

The visitor said:

"Common man Gu Mang, I pray for your peace."

This sound, as light as snow, was like a thunderstorm, which shocked the blood in all the limbs and bones!

Mo Xi still had strange and bizarre shadows swaying in front of his eyes, and there were humming and roaring in his eardrums, but he turned his head abruptly regardless of the strong dizziness.

The night wind blows in, mixed with wind and rain and the sweet fragrance of magnolia flowers at night.

It is said that in people's memory, the sense of smell is actually the deepest and most indelible. When Mo Xi smelled this breath, even if he couldn't see where it was at this time, he was suddenly enlightened——

Gold platform.

The jade slips of Zai Shi took him back to the most secret and unattainable palace in Chonghua King City!

The golden platform was built in front of the mountain behind Wangcheng, with flying eaves and bucket arches, standing on the 99 long steps.The entire Taiwan is built with yellow pear wood, and the whole hall is a mortise and tenon structure. There is no use of nails or glue, and all rely on the slow buckling of the wood.Around it, there are large tracts of agave magnolia from the fairy island of the East China Sea. This flower is crimson and white in color, shaped like a carp's tail, undefeated all year round, and has a strong and very special fragrance.

As the saying goes, "report the emperor's wishes on the golden platform, and carry the Jade Dragon to die for the emperor". In all dynasties, only the most important and trusted officials of the emperor can climb here. To be able to inherit the emperor's edict, to walk up to the nine hundred and ninety-nine upper steps with a glory that no one else can match, and to lift a three-foot sword from now on is an incomparable achievement.

It was only after Mo Xi himself made the oath of catastrophe that he was given a feast from the golden platform of the king, and became the "trustworthy minister" of the king.So he never thought that the first place that Yujian took him back to would be the Golden Terrace, and he never thought that Junshang once summoned Gu Mang on the Golden Terrace.

Before he could think deeply, Jun Shang said calmly: "Gu Shuai, you are finally here."

The spot of light in front of him was still shaking, but it was no longer as dazzling as before.Mo Xi closed his eyes and gritted his teeth for a moment. When he opened them again, he could finally see the scene in front of him clearly.

It was a thunderstorm night, and I couldn't tell the time.The curtains around the Golden Terrace were blown apart by the wind and rain, like seals of smoke.The king straightened his back and sat on the lap mat.

Beside him is Zhulan carved with Panlong and sea of ​​clouds, a scene where bamboos are half-rolled, the rain is torrential outside, and the turbulent jade beads splash into the golden platform, but the emperor doesn't take it seriously, he looks away from almost The vaguely invisible Qingshan Yuandai retracted, looking at the entrance of the building through the dim candlelight.

Mo Xi followed his gaze -

After the Time Mirror, he once again saw Gu Mang from eight years ago.But this Gu Mang in the Shi Yu Jian was even colder, a thunderbolt split the sky, and the light of the lightning illuminated Gu Mang's face, making him look a bit sinister.

"Gu Shuai, please come in."

Gu Mang pursed his lips, and he was still holding a folded oil-paper umbrella in his hand, dripping water.There were no attendants on the golden stage, so Gu Mang leaned the paper umbrella by the porch pillar, and walked into the stage slowly with a cold breath.

"sit."

Your Majesty motioned to Gu Mang.

"Gu Ye Ban Xu was looking forward to the front seat, and finally waited for you."

Gu Mang took his seat on the other side of the cushion.

Looking at his expression, besides indifference and loneliness, there is also a slight doubt between his brows.He didn't seem to understand why Your Majesty asked him to come to the golden platform, and he never thought that His Majesty would let him come to the golden platform.

Sure enough, after a while, Gu Mang asked, "I don't know why your majesty is looking for me."

Your Majesty didn't answer immediately, he was fiddling with the small red clay stove in front of the table, using a small green bamboo fan to heat the tea soup even more vigorously, the hot steam rushed into the damp cold wind, and was swallowed up by the rain curtain in an instant.

On this windy and rainy night, Jun Shang said, "Gu Shuai, do you really hate Gu now?"

"..."

"I heard that Mr. Xihe asked you for a drink, and you told him that you were very tired and couldn't hold on anymore..."

Gu Mang said coldly: "Your Majesty sent someone to follow me?"

Your Majesty continued to fan the green bamboo fan without denying it.

"Your Majesty, why bother. You have already dismissed my military rank, cut my military power, and detained all my remnants." After a pause, Gu Mang said, "You also sentenced my best brother."

"I'm a common man now, and it's hard to fly with broken wings. Your Majesty doesn't need to waste this energy on the grassroots."

Junshang repeated: "Gu just asks you, Gu Shuai, do you hate Gu very much at this moment?"

"..."

"Actually, you don't need to say it, Gu also knows it. You have fought for so long for the country, and in the end, there is nothing left but yourself, and they were all taken away by Gu - even you were in front of the civil and military officials of the court that day. , begging Gu Gu for a tombstone for your brothers, all you get is sarcasm and reprimand."

Your Majesty laughed lightly.

"If it was possible, Gu Shuai would have already torn out the bones to make soup."

Gu Mang said: "Your Majesty invited me here today to chat."

The ice-cracked porcelain pot boiled, and the lid of the pot made a tinkling sound when it was knocked.Your Majesty held the carrying beam wrapped with the bamboo roll, and poured two cups of solid tea for himself and Gu Mang respectively.

With long fingers, he pushed the teapot towards Gu Mang.

Jun Shang said: "No. Gu came to you to get rid of his crimes alone."

As if a crack had suddenly opened on the ice, Gu Mang's cold mask-like face suddenly revealed the emotions of a "human", and he immediately raised his eyes.

Because of some perception, Gu Mang's lips trembled slightly, and he stared at Jun Shang's eyes.

After a while, a word came out.

"Who?"

Outside the curtain, the lightning flashed brightly, and the pale light illuminated the night and the green mountains, and also illuminated the eyes of the two people talking at night while holding candles.Your Majesty said, "The person you are thinking of."

"..."

"Lu Zhanxing."

There was a bang of thunder!The earth-shattering explosion sounded like a sharp sword piercing through the vault!The reverberation tremor pierced the eaves and pierced Mo Xi's heart!

The bone-piercing chill surged up the spine like a surging tide...

Was Lu Zhanxing... wronged?

More importantly, did your lord know that Lu Zhanxing was wronged?

The strong wind blew the rain obliquely, and several candles were extinguished in an instant.

The light on the golden platform became weaker, but even so, Mo Xi could still see Gu Mang's face clearly—terribly pale.Obviously, Mo Xi, who was watching, was not the only one who was stimulated by this news. Gu Mang was nailed to the seat all of a sudden, and he was stunned.

After a long while, Gu Mang was injected with life like a puppet. He paused every word, and asked very slowly: "What?"

Jun Shang said: "Lu Zhanxing is wronged."

"..."

"Your brother, he was calculated."

Gu Mang looked as pale as a dead body, the wind was blowing the several palace lanterns burning on the high platform, and the flickering light and shadow of the palace lanterns reflected his bloodless face.

The rain was pouring all over the field, a moth who didn't know when to avoid the eaves thought he had escaped the claws of the rainstorm, but he didn't know that there was also a cemetery waiting for him on this high platform, he flapped his wings near the swaying flames, It seems to be rushing towards the light that eats life at any moment.

After a long time, Gu Mang said, "...is your majesty joking?"

"I knew you would react like this." Your Majesty pushed the teacup towards Gu Mang's hand again, "Drink it. If you don't drink it, it will be cold. This is the fairy tea from the Peach Blossom Spring left by Huangzu Kao back then. There are five teas in total. One piece, the emperor once disassembled one piece to serve tea as a token of respect when he was studying for the chancellor. This second piece, I will offer it to you alone today."

Gu Mang was not only shocked at this time, he was even angry and terrified. He was like an animal being played around, dizzy by carrots and sticks. He didn't even know what the person in front of him wanted. What are you doing, what do you want to get from him, and whether the next step is honey or tanned whip.

He stood up abruptly, with his chest heaving, looking down from top to bottom at Chong Hua, the man with the highest authority.

"What the hell does this mean?!"

With Mo Xi next to him, he could already tell that Gu Mang probably exhausted his whole life of endurance to restrain himself from shouting angrily.

But Gu Mang's hands were shaking, and his nails had already sunk deeply into his palms.

Your Majesty raised the teacup and looked at Gu Mang lightly.The sharp sad wind blew his wide robe sleeves fluttering, and it was only then that Mo Xi noticed that the emperor tonight was not wearing any standard imperial uniform.

He is just an ordinary dress, and the white jade hairpin is as simple as a black hair.

"It means, I'm sorry, Gu Shuai. Gu owes you."

After he finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to Gu Mang's astonished and confused eyes, but drank the strong tea in his cup and poured it to Gu Mang to look at him.

Gu Mang took a step back, mumbling, his lips moving in a murmur.

But even if he didn't make a sound, Mo Xi understood what he was talking about.

Lu Zhanxing was wronged... Lu Zhanxing was wronged...

"What has he been wronged... What has he been wronged?" Gu Mang suddenly became a little confused, his voice was hoarse, from low to high, from slow to slow, from muttering to hysterical shouting, "Yes It wasn’t Fengming Mountain who came here and he didn’t kill him!! Did he! Why didn’t he tell me, why didn’t he complain? Why did you suddenly tell me why you told me this thing!!”

His pupils were almost shrunken as he stared at Jun's unchanged face.

I really lost my mind, so that a commoner wearing a crime dared to talk to Tianhuang nobles like this, so that Gu Mang, who was always cautious in front of nobles, dared to address the emperor directly as "you".

As for Your Majesty, he slowly raised his head.

He, who has always been suspicious and violent, did not even refute Gu Mang's overreach.

Your Majesty said: "No, in the battle of Fengming Mountain, the envoy was indeed beheaded by Lu Zhanxing himself."

"..."

"No one framed him, no one forced him—yet."

Seeing Gu Mang's precarious figure, Jun Shang paused for a moment, took out a blood-stained bright red and mottled white chess piece from the Qiankun sleeve, and gently placed it on the table.

"He was bewitched by others, and unknowingly he willingly became someone else's chess piece." Moving his fingertips away from the desk, he said softly, "Gu Shuai is involved in forbidden arts, look... you recognize him." Is this a white chess piece?"