beauty heart thorn

Chapter 84
It was raining just before dawn.

The sound of the rain was intertwined, and the whole room was quiet.

Gu Mingzhu was neatly dressed, standing outside the bead curtain and talking to people.

Xu Jue was half-asleep and half-awake, unable to wake up yet still had a trace of clarity, just in such a state.

He hadn't slept more than an hour for three whole days.

Gu Mingzhu lowered her voice and said: "Then wait for the spring banquet, the rain will not stop for a while, it is suitable for us to do it."

Yue Yan gave a gracious expression, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Miss."

Gu Mingzhu looked at her quietly.

Yueyan hesitated to speak for a while, and finally said: "It's nothing, it's just the autumn rain, Miss be careful of the wind and cold."

Gu Mingzhu nodded.

Yue Yan went out.

There was a pen and ink in the house, she sat down at the table, thought for a while, and wrote a letter with a pen and paper, a few words, and then flew to Jiangling.

The battle between Li Sui and Yun Zhao for the throne is the best time for her to act. If the speed is not fast, once Yun Zhao ascends the throne and frees up his hand, with his means, there will be a fierce battle between Chizhou and Southeast.

Prior to this, the four prefectures and two counties not only had to be in their hands, but also relied on the terrain to establish a southeast line of defense.

Gu Mingzhu watched the rain outside the window and sat quietly for a while, when there was movement on the bed, she turned around, Xu Jue sat up from the bed, she said: "Wake up."

Gu Mingzhu walked to the bed, took a look at his injury, and said: "Eat first, and then change your dressing after eating. After this autumn rain, it will be cold."

Xu Jue didn't speak, got up and put on his clothes, washed up briefly, and sat down at the table.

Very simple porridge and side dishes, still warm.

Gu Mingzhu put down his chopsticks after eating half a bowl. Seeing that he had almost eaten, he said, "Tell me, why are you in Duanzhou?"

Xu Jue said: "Li Sui's plot killed the person I arranged in the mansion. He suppressed the news again and again, and couldn't hold it anymore. He wanted to take advantage of this to lure me out of the city. He set up an ambush on the road to prevent me from going back. .”

Gu Mingzhu nodded: "It's really ruthless. He also knows the troubles in the Northwest. If he can't control it, it will be destroyed."

Gu Mingzhu paused, and continued: "It's just that he never expected that King Dingbei has already passed away, and the King Dingbei in the mansion is a fake."

Xu Jue put down his chopsticks and said, "If I take the throne, it will be inconvenient for me to do things, so I came up with this plan. After I left Beijing, I took a detour and was noticed. I heard about you the next day. I was so anxious that I was injured. When I was about to turn back to Jiangling, I heard rumors that your body was carried away by wolves..."

Gu Mingzhu looked at him.

Xu Jue smiled, not knowing whether he was laughing at himself or her, he was not happy, and said: "I immediately felt that something was wrong, but Xiu Rong saw you being injured with his own eyes, and he took you out of breath with his own hands. He left, he never thought that you were cheating your death. I chased all the way down, and I heard that there was a rebellion in Liangzhou, and you were called King Ming, and you were called Gu Jue, so I understood everything."

Xu Jue was angry and hated in his heart, but he still said: "Liangzhou is gaining momentum, if you want to gain a foothold in the southeast, you must have a barrier. Cuiping Mountain is the most natural protective barrier. When I looked at the map, I guessed that you were coming. Duanzhou, if Duanzhou is taken, connected to Cuiping Mountain, marching quickly through waterways, taking Qing County and Huqiu, and connecting the four states, it will be as solid as gold."

Gu Mingzhu listened quietly, reaching out to serve tea.

She couldn't escape today, but with nothing to do, she always felt a little guilty for some reason.

After a while, Xu Jue said, "When is it?"

Gu Mingzhu slowly picked up the tea, pretending to be calm, and said, "A year ago, it was about this time."

Xu Jue thought about it carefully, and shook his head: "I only remember that you were seriously ill last year, and it seemed that it was almost autumn, and after you recovered, you were going to go out to play. I heard from Xiu Rong that it's been a long time, is this time?"

Gu Mingzhu said, "Yes."

Xu Jue was silent.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Liangzhou and Biansha are on the border, and the two countries have made peace for nearly ten years, and dragons and snakes are mixed inside. I found out that the captain of Liangzhou was in collusion with the Biansha people, so I simply replaced them with my own people, and the entire Liangzhou Holding it in my hands, Liangzhou has a large land and a small population, which is more convenient for me to do things. My people have changed from a few hundred to a few thousand, and now, the money spent on Liangzhou this year has exceeded tens of millions."

Moreover, Liangzhou is too far away from the northwest and Jiangling, even Xu Jue and the imperial court cannot keep an eye on this small border land.

The military salary allocated by the imperial court is not enough for the soldiers to live on. The people there are poor and their hearts are chaotic. When they are in a desperate situation, survival is the most important thing.

Xu Jue was speechless for a moment, then slowly said: "You..."

"Yes." Gu Mingzhu recognized it straightforwardly, and said, "I had a rebellious heart early in the morning, but at that time I didn't have to take this country."

Xu Jue's eyes darkened: "What is that?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "I did this at the time, just wanting to..."

She paused, and continued: "If you want to be invincible, no matter when and where, you have a chance of winning."

Xu Jue fell into a contradiction.

Gu Mingzhu was not in the mood to drink tea, she held it, as if she could grasp a little confidence, and watched him slowly said: "Catastrophe has begun, the country is divided, I don't care who will sit high in the end, there is no turning back when you open the bow, I will follow this path to the end!"

Sooner or later, the skylight will be opened to speak out, those dirty plots, those tricks in the dark: "The lives in my hands, one counts as one, fifty if not one hundred, huh..."

Gu Mingzhu put down her teacup, mockery flashed in her eyes, and she said: "Don't talk about kindness with me, I'm not a high-ranking temple, I can't be a compassionate Buddha."

After these words, the two fell into complete silence.

Gu Mingzhu looked at him for a while, her heart seemed to be inextricably entwined, with some vague expectation and fear.

After a long silence.

She still couldn't help but said, "What do you want?"

Xu Jue said, "A crime that will last forever..."

Gu Mingzhu smiled softly, and said: "Indeed, being with me is a crime that will last forever. In the future, it may be recorded in history books that Xu Jue, king of Dingbei of the Li Kingdom, colluded with thieves to bring disaster to the world, and the reputation of the Xu family's loyalty was destroyed once. Later generations Talking about it, it’s the kind that pokes the spine shamelessly.”

Xu Jue said, "So what?"

Gu Mingzhu was slightly taken aback.

Xu Jue smiled, and Gu Mingzhu felt that there was a little joy in his smile, and said: "At that time we were all dead, and I didn't stop the world's mouths when I was alive. By your side, I am happy every day. How the future generations comment on me is their business. I can't hear it, and I don't bother to listen. The Xu family guards the people and the border, and it has never been anyone's world. "

Xu Jue looked at her with extremely hot eyes: "But now, Xu Jue just wants to guard Gu Mingzhu."

Even if she lived a new life, Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but blushed. She lowered her head slightly, trying to avoid this fiery gaze, but she quickly raised her head again, with a smile in her eyes, and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)