beauty heart thorn

Chapter 95 Defensive Line
After dinner, Gu Mingzhu met with a spring banquet and Yueyan, and the recruitment of the troops in the six cities was still in progress.

After finishing the business, Yue Yan pondered for a while, and said: "Miss, what do you plan to do about the son's matter?"

Speaking of Gu Xiurong, Gu Mingzhu sighed, and said: "Zhu Hongyuan is a stubborn person. Because of his stubbornness, the kindness to my brother was even more rare. After my brother entered Jiangling, he lost all contact with him and didn't care about him. The rich and powerful don't fall into the trap of others... It is admirable to have been ups and downs in the officialdom all these years."

Yueyan worried: "It is precisely because of this that I am worried, whether the young master will think of this kindness and do something wrong."

Gu Mingzhu paused, looked up, pondered for a moment, and said, "According to your words, what should I do?"

Yue Yan said: "I know Miss's scruples, Zhu Hongyuan has some prestige in the southeast, and he is most familiar with the terrain of various places. If he is willing to surrender, it will not do any harm to our future expansion, but if he does not surrender, then this person Can't stay!"

How could Gu Mingzhu not know.

She suddenly felt embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "Let me think about it."

Yueyan then withdrew from the Spring Banquet.

Gu Mingzhu didn't know the reason why Zhu Hongyuan couldn't stay if he refused to surrender.

She thought of Gu Xiurong who must be sleepless at this moment, so she couldn't say the word "kill".

My brother has never asked her for anything since he was a child, and he has always held himself in the palm of his hand.

With thoughts on my mind, I can't sleep.

Gu Mingzhu sat at the table in a daze for a while, when there was movement at the door.

Xu Jue is back.

Gu Mingzhu stood up: "Where did you go?"

Xu Jue passed the thing in his hand, and Gu Mingzhu opened it suspiciously. It was a snow-white, soft and fragrant glutinous rice cake.

Xu Jue said, "You don't eat much for dinner, so I went out for a walk and bought some snacks to satisfy your hunger."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Who is greedy? You pushed my account today and I haven't settled with you yet!"

Xu Jue smiled: "Okay, I'm greedy."

"Hmph. Don't think that I can forgive you easily."

Xu Jue took off his cloak, washed his hands in the sink, and said, "Then I am doing useless things?"

Gu Mingzhu picked up a piece of pastry, took a bite, and said, "It's not useless, it depends on your performance."

"Yes, yes, yes." He walked around the table and walked towards the person: "Then may I ask, King Ming, how should I behave so that I can get rid of my crimes?"

Gu Mingzhu was still holding the pastry in her hand, Xu Jue had already picked her up, put her on the bed, and said, "Is it delicious?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded and said, "It's delicious and sweet."

"Shall I try it?" he asked in a low voice.

Gu Mingzhu held half a piece of cake in her mouth, and was about to pass the other piece in her hand, but before it was brought to her mouth, she suddenly withdrew her hand.

Xu Jue looked at her with a smile.

Gu Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and moved closer to him, looking like he wanted to feed her.

Seeing this, Xu Jue avoided it and said, "No."

Gu Mingzhu thumped in his arms: "Okay, you despise me..."

She was thrown into the bed, Xu Jue stood by the bed and said, "Little ancestor, you eat by yourself."

"I don't!" Gu Mingzhu knelt on her hips, staring at him while chewing.

Xu Jue stared at her for a while, Gu Mingzhu looked back not to be outdone.

Xu Jue silently began to unbutton her waist.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Gu Mingzhu panicked, "What are you doing? Why did you suddenly take off your clothes when you said so well?"

Xu Jue was expressionless: "The words don't make sense, so let's do something else first."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Don't don't don't, you have something to say and something to say!"

As soon as Xu Jue took off his outer robe, he gently tugged at it with his hand, and the curtain fell down immediately, hiding most of the light.

He said, "It's late!"

Xu Jue held her down and scratched her waist with one hand. Gu Mingzhu struggled for a while, out of breath from laughing, the piece of cake in her hand was still held in her palm, for fear of falling on the bedding On the next day, she hurriedly begged for mercy: "Ah Jue...Ah Jue! I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Xu Jue pinched her waist, lowered her head to taste what was in Gu Mingzhu's palm, took a bite, and said, "It's too sweet."

Gu Mingzhu said: "I have no vision, only sweet tastes good."

Xu Jue let go of her, Gu Mingzhu sat up on the quilt, finished eating the piece of glutinous rice cake, and finally licked her palm.

Xu Jue said, "Have you eaten?"

She arched the quilt to sleep, and said: "There is such a commotion in the afternoon, you can give me an idea, what should I do?"

Xu Jue said, "What do you think?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "I really admire Zhu Hongyuan, but he is too stubborn, and I can't help him."

Xu Jue looked down at her: "Can't keep it, want to kill?"

Gu Mingzhu nodded and said, "He is very familiar with the terrain in the southeast. If it weren't for his presence, the battle between Dangzhou and Qingxian would not have been a stalemate for so long."

Xu Jue said: "Zhu Hongyuan joined the army as a young man. Because of his temperament, he was not lovable. He already sat on the position of general, but because he offended Li Xu, he was deliberately demoted. He has a lot of prestige in the southeast, and if he surrenders, it will be a great boost to the future expansion in the southeast."

Gu Mingzhu smiled slightly: "Yueyan said the same thing."

Xu Jue paused and said, "Did she tell you?"

"Yeah." Gu Mingzhu nodded: "Just now she came to the spring banquet with her, and she talked about it."

The smile in Xu Jue's eyes faded a little, and he thought of something, and said, "You value her very much."

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "Yueyan is extremely talented, capable of writing and martial arts. Looking around the world, there are very few women as outstanding as her. We still have a life-long friendship. I should value her."

Xu Jue nodded slightly and was speechless for a while.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Gu Mingzhu asked, "Why?"

Xu Jue was indifferent and reached out to grab someone.

Gu Mingzhu was sleeping soundly, when he rolled her up with one hand, and lifted her with the other, she sat on his waist.

This man's arm strength is amazing!

She stared at him for a while, then asked suspiciously: "You and Yueyan, is there something unpleasant?"

Xu Jue said, "That's not true."

Gu Mingzhu said: "I think so, why do you two have conflicts?"

Xu Jue pinched her waist with one hand, folded the other hand behind her head, eyes flashed, and said, "Then if I really conflict with her, who will you help?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "You took off my left and right arms happily, and each of you can forget about one."

Xu Jue swung her arms, and Gu Mingzhu was forced to lower her head and approach, the distance between the two was very close: "Why are you taking off your arms when you're fine? I can't compare to her?"

Gu Mingzhu supported the bed with her hands: "This is a bit of a mess, this is different."

Xu Jue looked at her, quietly waiting for her to speak.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Yueyan is the person I rely on most, you are..."

Xu Jue lowered his voice: "What is it?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "You are the one who cannot betray me."

Xu Jue slightly let go of the hand holding her waist: "Oh? This is something new, I would like to hear more about it."

Gu Mingzhu got closer, smelling his breath, a little confused, said: "If Yueyan betrays me, I will kill her. But if it's you, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive."

Xu Jue snorted softly, "I don't believe it."

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Then do you want to try?"

Xu Jue said, "You have no conscience."

Gu Mingzhu still smiled.

Xu Jue said viciously: "Huh? You are a heartless and heartless ghost! I am yours now, and you actually asked me if I want to try!"

He brushed Gu Mingzhu's face with his hand, and felt that the temperature of his cheek was unusually high, and the anger disappeared immediately.

Xu Jue breathed heat into her ear on purpose, and felt Gu Mingzhu's body tremble as he wished.

He laughed triumphantly, and put his lips against his earlobe, but not completely: "What are you shaking? Wasn't it very fierce last night? Oh, it turned out to be a paper tiger."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Mingzhu said against the heat, "You don't give in too much."

Xu Jue's eyes darkened, and she smiled lightly: "That's it... let's not talk about the business, I think it is very necessary for me to verify one thing with you."

Even though Gu Mingzhu's eyes were slightly wet at this moment, she still raised her eyebrows to look at him: "What do you want to verify with me?"

"That's why you asked knowingly."

Gu Mingzhu smiled.

Xu Jue said, "See if I'm a paper tiger."

He pressed the person under his body, holding the white earlobe in his mouth, looking for interlocking fingers with her.

Gu Mingzhu suddenly lost his mind.

It was autumn, but there was mist in her eyes, which couldn't be blown away or melted away, like a ship without sails, swaying with the flowing water.

over and over again.

He lowered his head and asked her, "Am I a paper tiger?"

Gu Mingzhu looked at Xu Jue blankly, and instinctively wanted to hug him. The man's breathing was disordered, and he pressed Gu Mingzhu's hand with his backhand to prevent her from hugging him. His voice was a bit vague: "Huh? Don't talk? It seems that you don't like this .”

She opened her mouth, but before her bright red lips could say anything, the world suddenly spun, and Xu Jue turned her over with both hands.

Gu Mingzhu burst into tears almost instantly.

Xu Jue pressed his head down and said something silently, but Gu Mingzhu didn't hear clearly at all and sobbed.

She knew there was a night watchman outside, so she only dared to cry softly under her throat, the tears seemed to be broken.

He smiled and raised his hand to wipe away her tears: "Don't cry, the night is still long, save your strength and cry later, I want to see who is the paper tiger."

She didn't even have a chance to talk about serious matters. As the fourth watch approached, she even faintly heard crowing. In the end, she didn't even want to move a finger. When I turned sideways to grab the quilt, I was already asleep.

Xu Jue kissed the corners of her reddish eyes, hugged her and fell asleep.

At dawn, the door of the room opened and closed.

The autumn morning was bitterly cold.It was dawn, and there was silence in Duwei's mansion.

Xu Jue was wearing blue and white clothes, standing on the porch.

Ming Yi, who was on guard at night, floated to the ground: "My lord."

Xu Jue walked forward: "Go to the prison."

Unlike Jiuyue, Mingyi nodded and followed behind.

Xu Jue saw Zhu Hongyuan naturally without hindrance.

Inside the prison, a middle-aged man sat quietly with his hands down. When he heard the movement, he looked up.

Zhu Hongyuan smiled, and his smile was full of sarcasm: "So it's the famous Xu Jue."

Xu Jue waved his hand, and the guards and Ming Yi retreated.

Zhu Hongyuan said: "I thought the Xu family was a family of loyalty and righteousness, but I never thought that I thought highly of you."

Xu Jue said, "My father is dead."

Zhu Hongyuan was taken aback for a moment: "Dingbei King is dead?"

Xu Jue said: "The news has spread, the Xu family has returned the military power in the Northwest, from now on Jiangling is just a capital city to me."

Zhu Hongyuan sneered: "Your father will pay for the sins you committed, this is called retribution!"

Xu Jue was unmoved, looked at Zhu Hongyuan who had a somewhat ferocious face, and said, "You don't want to know how my father died?"

"It's God's retribution!"

Xu Jue's gaze turned cold: "He was poisoned to death."

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes were burning.

Xu Jue said: "Han Shuo rebelled and killed Prince Li Xu, but pushed the more capable prince Yun Zhao to the world. Anyone with a little brain knows what it means to introduce a prince at this time. Li Sui is in a hurry , He colluded with Qi Feng from the Ministry of War, and he bought everyone from the Habayashi Army to force the palace. Jiangling was in chaos. They forced me out of Jiangling City, and arranged a large number of killers along the way, trying to get rid of them quickly..."

After a pause, Xu Jue was silent for a moment, and met Zhu Hongyuan's eyes: "The Xu family has guarded the northwest for many years. When the emperor was in deep trouble, it was my father who blocked the knife for him. In just a few years, the royal family will put to death the person they personally enshrined."

Xu Jue smiled lightly, with anger, disappointment, and desolation in his eyes: "It is said that as a general, you must have a big heart. They have repeatedly cut troops in the northwest over the years. The Xu family has never said anything, but the monarchs and ministers ...What is the king? The Xu family should be slaughtered, even if their heads are about to be lost, they still have to kneel and be grateful?"

Xu Jue said: "I want to ask you, if your wife and children were killed by the court today, what would you do? Would you kneel and kowtow to the court, saying that your family deserves to die?"

It seemed that he was the only voice in the prison.

Zhu Hongyuan couldn't say a word.

Xu Jue pondered, and said, "Xiu Rong once taught me a truth."

When Gu Xiurong was mentioned, Zhu Hongyuan's expression finally changed: "What's the reason?"

"He said the world is big enough to accommodate his ambitions."

"But the world is also very small, so small that it can only accommodate his parents, wife, children and younger sister."

"I asked him what kind of man he was."

Zhu Hongyuan asked: "How will he answer?"

"He said that he only wishes to serve the imperial court with his own body."

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes suddenly felt relieved.

Xu Jue said: "Now, I want to ask you, how would you feel when Xiu Rong returned to Jiangling to be an official and ended up like me in the future?"

"Is it a pity that he shouldn't be an official that day? Or do you feel sorry for his stupid loyalty? Or do you think he deserves to die?"

Xu Jue took a deep look at him, walked out, thought for a while, then stopped, and said, "If Xiu Rong let you go, I wouldn't be surprised at all, he is such a loving person, you are his My teacher, he won't stand by and watch you fall into trouble, but how do you think he will punish himself if he lets you go?"

Zhu Hongyuan's eyes shook.

How would he punish himself?

He couldn't be more clear about the person he brought out with one hand.

Suddenly, Zhu Hongyuan burst into tears.

Yes, the world is so big and so small, they are trapped in it, looking for a way out.

Loyalty! ...Loyalty?
What is the reason for the exclusion I have suffered in the past ten years?
Is it this Jiangshan whose heart has been rotten to the bone?
But you don’t know, home is uneasy, where is the way back?
Where is the way back?
(End of this chapter)