Yu Wu

Chapter 73

Mo Xi was stunned for a moment, and understood what Gu Mang meant, but he didn't know what to say. At this moment, he heard Gu Mang ask in a low voice: "What about Princess Shen Tang? What happened to him in the end... the spirit core was exhausted?" destroyed?"

Mo Xi replied, "It's because the flowers break the darkness."

Gu Mang asked again: "What did Hua Poan do?"

"After he established himself as a Liao Kingdom, based on the demon clan's suicide note, he practiced strange ways and bred a blood demon beast with the power to destroy the world."

"Blood monster..."

"Yes." Mo Xi said, "That blood demon beast has an astonishing spirituality. Once it grows strong, it can devour tens of thousands of people in Chonghua in a very short period of time."

Gu Mang opened his blue eyes wide: "Then what should we do?"

"The change was caught off guard. Everyone else was helpless." Mo Xi paused, "At that time, the only person in Chonghua who knew the flower-breaking dark spell was Shen Tang, and Shen Tang regretted granting the flower-breaking dark spell. Chonghua suffered such catastrophe because of his poor knowledge of people, so in the decisive battle with Hua Poyin, he finally chose to sacrifice himself to the demon, using his spiritual core and soul power to seal and kill the blood monster."

Gu Mang listened in a daze, and he could almost imagine the scene of Palace Master Shen colliding with the blood monster's spiritual flow, and the magic spell exploded.

"Shen Tang's final outcome is the destruction of his spiritual core and his bones being eaten." Mo Xi said, "Let alone becoming a fairy, his soul has already perished with the monster, and he can't even be reincarnated."

"It's impossible for you to have seen Jun Zihui himself." Mo Xi met Gu Mang's blue eyes, "You should have met someone who looks similar to him."

Gu Mang lowered his head: "But..." But after a long time, nothing came out, and after a while, he was not sure: "Then, maybe..."

In the next few days after hearing this story, Gu Mang was a little absent-minded.

He always saw fragmentary reflections in his dreams, sometimes it was something he had dreamed about before, and some were brand new fragments.

A few times, he even dreamed about Palace Master Shen Tang in the story.He couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he vaguely realized that it was Shen Tang.

Shen Tang was dressed in snow-white clothes, standing in the rain of flowers all over the sky, but when he tried to get closer to this person and see his facial features clearly, the rain of begonia flowers turned into a splash of blood again.

Shen Tang's voice was gloomy, full of resentment, disappointment, heartache and hatred, and said: "Traitor...how are you worthy..."

traitor……

"Why did Chonghua ever treat you poorly? How did I ever treat you poorly?"

Weep blood every word.

traitor.

traitor!

Gu Mang was dumbfounded, he didn't understand why he dreamed about Shen Tang, and he didn't understand why Shen Tang talked to him like this, but he was thinking... yeah, why did he betray?

Struggling in agony and entangled in his thoughts, under Shen Tang's persecution, he knelt down in his dream, holding his head...

Why do you want to betray?

Then suddenly the scene shattered, Shen Tang and the rain of blood all disappeared, he slowly raised his head, and saw himself kneeling in front of the Golden Luan Hall, crying with dirt all over his body.

On the throne, His Majesty's face was indifferent.

In the main hall, all the officials looked mocking.

And he was like a person floating and sinking in the molten pool of blood in Asura Hell, kowtowing, his forehead slamming on the ground: "I beg you... let us build a monument..."

"I beg you, too many people have died...too many people have died..."

Your Majesty... Your Majesty...

please...

Such a nightmare, lingering for many days.

On the night of the fourth day, the situation became more and more serious. Even eating couldn't cheer Gu Mang up. He sat on his small bench, biting his chopsticks in a daze silently——

Speaking of which, ever since Princess Mengze came, Gu Mang was never willing to sit opposite Mo Xi again.Later, Li Wei got Gu Mang a small bench and a chair, and Gu Mang sat down on the bench to eat.

Every day, Mo Xi would order someone to share the food on his table with him, the reason being "it doesn't taste good and I don't want to eat it", or "I can't eat any more", so Gu Mang happily shared Mo Xi's worries.Today Mo Xi was no exception, moved his chopsticks a few times, ordered the roast duck, sweet and sour crispy pork and steamed mandarin fish on the table, and said to Li Wei: "Give it to him."

Needless to say, "he" was referring to Gu Mang on the small bench.

Gu Mang was very obedient before, and he had already learned to say thank you every time he got a gift, but today Gu Mang didn't say anything, he just watched the servants put the delicious food in front of him, and didn't show any signs of happiness. look.

Mo Xi told the servants to retreat, drank a few sips of hot soup, and said, "In the past, if you were given a meat bun, your eyes would shine. Now you have fish and meat, but you don't even know how to say a good word."

Gu Mang turned his head, holding a steamed bun with meat in his hand.

"I'm thinking about things."

"whats the matter?"

Gu Mang lowered his head and said sullenly, "I've been thinking about why I rebelled today."

Mo Xi was silent for a moment: "I told you before that Lu Zhanxing is the fuse, and your ambition is the brimstone. The king has cut your power, and you are not willing to submit to others."

Gu Mang said softly, "But...but I remember that many people died."

Mo Xi was startled, and suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were slightly cold.

Gu Mang said: "I can only recall a little bit. I remember that I was kneeling in the hall and I kowtowed all the time. I beg you to forgive me..." He said softly, "No one listens to me."

After Mo Xi was silent for a while, a low-pitched question came out of his throat, with the smell of wind and rain: "When did you remember this scene?"

Gu Mang said, "It was just yesterday. What's wrong?"

Mo Xi's heart was beating thumpingly, and an extremely complicated luster shone in his eyes.

He didn't expect that Gu Mang actually had this fragment of memory. Although it was not clear at this time, the news was enough to shock Chonghua.

You must know that the court debate was the biggest reason for Gu Mang's grief and death, and it is extremely difficult to tell right from wrong. If Gu Mang only recalled one part in fragments, it would be easier to treat the nobles of Chonghua more easily than before. Heart of revenge and hostility.

"Mo Xi?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Mo Xi decided to speak frankly and clearly. Firstly, he was really not good at lying and fabricating, and secondly, speaking up earlier was a bit of preparation for Gu Mang in advance.

So he said: "Listen to Gu Mang, this matter is not as simple as you think. No matter what flashbacks you have related memories afterwards, you should first ask me why, and don't infer it yourself."

Gu Mang nodded, and after a while, he raised his hand and said, "Then I have something I want to ask now."

"You said."

"I was kneeling in the hall, was I begging for Lu Zhanxing?"

Mo Xi said, "Not exactly."

In fact, Mo Xi was not able to witness this court dispute with his own eyes.When Gu Mang returned to the city to return to his command, Mo Xiren was still on the western front and could not get away. He saw this past event from the official historian's mirror later.

All he knew was that when Lu Zhanxing, Gu Mang, and Murong Lian left Fengming Mountain, Gu Mang and the other two soldiers split into two groups. Gu Mang went straight to the hinterland of the southern city of Liao Kingdom, while Lu Zhanxing and Murong Lian were in the central army.

It was a seamless attack, but because of Lu Zhanxing's violent temper, he impulsively beheaded and killed the envoy of the third country who was still swinging in neutral at that time, causing the third party to directly fall to Liao Kingdom and attack from behind Fengming Mountain. base camp.

Chonghua's army suffered heavy casualties.

At that time, Gu Mang was fighting bloody battles with his army on the front line. Their original plan was to enter the enemy line alone and disintegrate the power of the Liao Kingdom Iron Division, but this would not last long, so Murong Lian's Wang Shi must come to cooperate within three days. For reinforcements, the inside should be combined with the outside, and it will be broken with one blow.

But just because Lu Zhanxing lost his mind for a moment, Murong Lian's army was in the predicament of fighting with a third country, and it was impossible to rush to help.Gu Mang waited for the reinforcements not to come, and the original attack plan turned into a dead end.When Gu Mang was under siege, he learned that the reason why the third country suddenly formed an alliance with the Liao country was that Lu Zhanxing beheaded and killed the envoys, and he was so angry that he cursed and was extremely indignant.

"Lu Zhanxing, are you fucking trying to kill me??! Why are you so fucking stupid! You are not selfish! You are not selfish!!!"

But what is the use of complaining?

The one hundred thousand army and Gu Mang went through life and death, from nothing to yesterday's glory, and they will be destroyed overnight, and I don't know how many people will be able to pay back.

Gu Mang didn't think much about it at the time. After scolding and hating, he wiped away his tears, gritted his teeth, lit up his broken heart, and followed the way home with hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters.

Can bring one is one.

A person who can live is a person.

He Gu Mang fought so many battles to win, only this battle was to go home.

In fact, Gu Mang later thought that the fault of this battle was not Lu Zhanxing's fault, but his own. It was he who knew Lu Zhanxing's fiery temperament, but still believed that this brother was worthy of a big responsibility.

Gu Mang didn't want to get rid of his responsibility at that time, he was already ready to thank him with death.

But he couldn't let a hundred thousand of his colleagues sin with him.

The fault is his alone. Those enthusiastic lives and shed blood are innocent, worthy of respect, and should not be obliterated.He is willing to dedicate all his previous meritorious service, only to exchange for a named tomb for the brothers who died in vain.

It was he who made them miserable.When he closes his eyes, he can recall the unadorned names, the dirty smiling faces, the light in the eyes, and the unreserved trust.Some monks were even so young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in rags, and called him with admiration and hope: "Gu Shuai."

Gu Shuai...

Gu Shuai.

The sound echoed, and the words were full of blood.

Does he deserve it?He is not worthy!The Gu Shuai they admired was a trash pustule who only cared about brotherly loyalty!He was so tired that they died in battle, shrouded in horse leather, he couldn't be so tired that they didn't even have a name after they died.

So he begged, he knelt on the Golden Luan Hall and begged with blood all over his body and muddy face.

Give them a name.

I bear all the blame alone.

Give them a tombstone.

It is not a crime of soldiers to be defeated because the generals are not talented.

please...please...

But the emperor did not agree, and the audience in the hall only gave him a sad sneer.This poor and lowly overlord finally sang Gaixia, what does it have to do with Liu Bang and the others?I wish I could give him a sword, I wish I could let him die immediately with red eyes!

His death gave them peace of mind.

Only then can we be sure that no slave will be able to overturn the sky and ride on the head of the old class master within a hundred years.

Some people were even secretly ecstatic in their hearts, almost wanting to applaud Lu Zhanxing's mistake - if it wasn't for the loss in this battle, how could it be so easy for them to punish Gu Mang and his slave army?

This defeat came too timely.

"No monument, no state funeral. Deputy Commander Lu Zhanxing will be executed after autumn, and Commander Gu Mang will be dismissed from his military rank. The remnants of the army will be temporarily detained to avoid riots."

This is the final judgment and disposition given by the king to that battle.

The battlefield is full of vicissitudes. In fact, there is no God of War who is invincible in all battles, but Murong Lian, Yue Chenqing, and Mo Xi can be defeated, because they are all people who stand with Wang Quan, with the same blood flowing in their bones.

Only Gu Mang couldn't.

As long as he falls down once, the dignitaries will swarm him up, stepping on him until he can no longer stand up, and he can no longer raise his head.

So your Majesty is right.

"Your life is given alone. You have today been the grace of the emperor. Do you think that your life can be exchanged for a decent burial for this defeated army?" A cold voice came from the ninth-level high seat. Falling down became the last straw that crushed Gu Mang, "You have no right to talk to Gu Mang."

So this court debate, Gu Mang's last fight, the only request, was ruthlessly rejected by the king.Gu Mang failed to fulfill his promise in the end, his dead were not remembered, his living were detained for observation, his brother's corpse was separated and exposed to the east market for three days and three nights.

Overnight, nothing was left.

Mo Xi was not in the imperial capital at the time, but when he held the Shi Jing later, he finally saw this past event, saw Gu Mang's head was covered with blood, saw Gu Mang curled up on his knees crying, and saw Gu Mang go from full of hope to despair. , from fierce refutation to being absent-minded and speechless... When he saw the past, Gu Mang had already left, and everything was a foregone conclusion.

Maybe it's because the obsession is too deep.

For so many years, when he dreamed back at midnight, Mo Xi would always dream of this scene, dreaming of Gu Mang screaming heart-piercingly and grabbing the ground with his head, full of civil and military sneering faces, and the merciless sentence of the emperor.

And in Mo Xi's fantasy dream, he is often in the court, maybe because he has been thinking, if he was there at that time, everything would be different.

Or, if he could discover Gu Mang's rebellion in time after returning to the city, would everything be salvageable.

After all, he was too stupid at that time. When he came back from the front line, he clearly saw Gu Mang's depravity, and saw Gu Mang's sadness. Worried about Gu Mang's collapse, but never thought that Gu Mang would betray him.

He never thought that Gu Mang could betray him.

Gu Mang was his god all the way, and he was still very young at the time, so he didn't know that gods would collapse one day, and they would also collapse.It was he who saw Gu Mang too indestructible, so he couldn't believe that upright, enthusiastic, and smiling senior brother, that Gu Shuai who seemed to be invincible and could overcome no matter how difficult he encountered. Once was really heartbroken.

Broken into slag, crushed into powder, never coming back.

"Actually, I have nothing to say when you leave Bangguo." Mo Xi said, "But why do you want to go to the darkest place in the 28 countries of Kyushu?"

Gu Mang didn't say anything immediately, and after a long time, he murmured in a low voice: "...I don't know."

After listening to Mo Xi's narration, he couldn't empathize well with himself in the story.His mind is confused, he can somewhat understand his desperation and motivation back then, but just like what Mo Xi said, he can't understand why he chose to go to Liao Country.

Go to Liao country, what can you do?Even if he was allowed to speculate on himself, he could only think that it was for revenge.

Only the Liao Kingdom can avenge him, and only when the Liao Kingdom rises to prominence can he take revenge on the emperor who once bullied and ignored him.

But in this case, he is really like what Mo Xi said, a person who would rather see more blood than fight for his ideals and hatred.

Gu Mang buried his head in his palm almost in confusion, pulled his hair with his fingers, and murmured, "I don't know... I can't think of any other reason..."

"I can't think of it either. Gu Mang, you have your brotherly loyalty, a thousand gold promises, and I have mine." Mo Xi said, "Since you have chosen revenge, then me and you, you and Chonghua, are destined It can only end like this.”

Gu Mang fell silent, and sat blankly on the small bench, staring blankly at the brick floor in front of him through his fingers.

"Drink two more doses of tranquilizing medicine today." Finally Mo Xi stood up and said, "Your Majesty won't want you to remember too many details about the time of the rebellion. If you want to live longer, don't think about it anymore. .”