Chapter 45: San Er
Tuoba Xun didn’t really want to care about the delicious roast duck—well, he did a little.
But its real purpose is more about reminiscing about the past.
...Chu Mo also thought so.
They are only in their twenties, but they are already reminiscing about the past, reminiscing about those carefree and unfettered days.
The two talked about a lot of past events, either laughing or arguing. Tuoba Xun even scolded Jing Ce who was far away in the capital. However, now that he has become the prince, Chu Mo has no right to say bad things about him. He can only listen and then silently scold him in his heart.
I have to say, he is also a character.
"If Zhu Shu had accepted that girl back then, he wouldn't be a child now. The dignified Prince Dasui is still a child, it makes me laugh to death." Tuoba Xun laughed so hard that he fell backwards.
"And you." Perhaps because he had gotten rid of his identity as Zhi, Tuoba Xun was very arrogant, like a crossbow, shooting without limit in a large area, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, you are now..."
He looked her up and down, suppressed his laughter and said, "It's not still clean, is it?"
Chu Mo's expression was indifferent.
"Other men your age already have so many children, yet you are trying to see who is more childish, as if you were competing with each other."
Chu Mo drank in silence.
Tuoba Xun looked at him and pulled down the corner of his mouth in a mocking manner: "One by one, you don't have to be anything else, but you have to be a lovesick person."
"There have always been lovers in life, and this hatred has nothing to do with the wind and the moon." He drank a big gulp of wine, glanced at Chu Mo, who had an unclear expression, and said lazily: "If you like her, just tell her, it's not a big deal."
"dislike."
"Then do you know who I'm talking about?" Tuoba Xun rolled his eyes at him, then looked towards the capital, and couldn't help rolling his eyes again, "Zhu Shu too, haven't found Nan Jiuyin yet?"
"Yeah." Chu Mo said, "Nan Jiuyin is hiding from him."
"The world is so big, how can he find it?" Tuoba Xun sighed: "He will definitely become emperor, but once he becomes emperor, there will be no possibility for him to be with Nan Jiuyin."
"Tsk, it's just like a storybook, and it even has this sadomasochistic thing going on."
The relationship between the two good friends was quite bumpy, which gave him a headache as a love expert.
But what can we do? Other people’s paths are on the earth, while friends’ paths are in heaven.
How could the road to heaven be easy? Even he couldn't go to heaven, so how could he provide help?
They reminisced about the past while drinking and gazing at the moon.
Gradually, their names became - Zhu Shu, Liu Xun, and Chu San.
In fact, Chu Mo’s pseudonym back then was “Chu Die”, which sounds like “Chu Dad”.
He had a good idea and wanted to be the father of everyone in the world, but how could Tuoba Xun and Jing Ce obediently acknowledge him as their father?
Because Chu Mo was the youngest and ranked third, the two of them ignored his protests and directly called him "San'er".
The young Chu Mo was so angry that he ignored them for a few days, and had no choice but to change to "Chu San."
After weighing the pros and cons, Chu Mo decided that "Chu San" was better than "San'er".
Okay, okay, let’s just say “Chu San”.
Poor thing, he failed to be a father and became a third son.
Chu Mo was only fourteen years old at that time, so there was no way he could defeat his brothers who were several years older than him.
Now, whenever I mention it, the memories all come flooding back.
The bottles of wine are empty, and it's time for them to get out of the memories.
Chu Mo looked up at the moon, Tuoba Xun lowered his eyes and stared at the wine glass, they understood each other and fell silent.
The next moment, Chu Mo changed his address: "Tuoba Xun, what is your purpose in coming to Yunan Pass?"
"No purpose." Tuoba Xun smiled lazily, his expression flawless, "I said I came to see the cat, but it's a pity I didn't see it."
Chu Mo was silent for a moment, then asked, "After leaving Yunan Pass, will you go back to the grassland directly?"
Tuoba Xun: “…”
The warm memories just now were completely shattered, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I only slept in that bed in the East Courtyard for an hour, and you kept chasing me away?"
Chu Mo felt no guilt at all: "I care about you."
"Fuck your mother's concern." Tuoba Xun cursed a few times, but still replied: "I finally came to the Central Plains, I plan to go around and buy some things for my mother and Xiao."
"Tuoba Xun!" Chu Mo suddenly shouted in a deep voice.
Tuoba Xun waved his hands lazily, saying disapprovingly: "I know, I know, don't yell."
"Tell me the truth! What on earth are you thinking?!" Chu Mo said angrily: "You clearly know! You clearly know!!"
Tuoba Xun lowered his eyes, stared at the wine glass again, and murmured, "Know? I know."
"So..." Chu Mo's voice was low and angry: "What are you going to do?"
"I heard it, San'er..."
Chu Mo's eyebrows twitched.
"After so many years, the moon is still the moon, but...how come people have changed?"
Tuoba Xun asked the original question again, and this time, Chu Mo answered: "Nothing has changed, you haven't changed, they have."
"Am I really wrong?" Tuoba Xun's eyes were red, and he looked up at him with sparkling eyes: "Why does my mother hate me, why does Xiao hate me?"
"San'er, they really want me to die. Why?" The voice, which had always been lazy and smiling, trembled slightly, carrying deep doubt and sadness.
"Should I not be the King of the Grassland? Should I just be Tuoba Xun? But, but... I became the King of the Grassland to protect them... How did I put the cart before the horse? How did... everything change?"
"You said I should take action, and I know I should take action." Tuoba Xun stared at him deeply, and said word by word: "Chu Wenxi, tell me, how should I deal with them?"
"Captured? Imprisoned? Or... killed?"
"I became strong to protect them, but in the end, I killed them. Isn't that ridiculous?"
Tuoba Xun lowered his eyes to hide the darkness in them.
Chu Mo looked at him steadily, remaining silent.
Tuoba Xun knew how difficult his job was, and Jing Ce knew it too.
So...even though that group of people were always provocative, they never thought of taking the initiative to tear up the peace agreement.
A peace agreement may just be a piece of paper with a seal on it, which will no longer take shape if it is torn lightly.
But once it is torn, not only thousands of lives will be swept away, but also... Tuoba Xun, who holds his family at the top of his heart.
Tuoba Xun was a willful and arrogant person, but he placed his family at the top of his heart and comforted them carefully, fearing that they would be hurt or harmed.
The previous Tuoba clan leader, Tuoba Xun's father, was a very lustful person, which meant that Tuoba Xun had many brothers and sisters.
Among them, he and Tuoba Xiao have the most special status because they are the children of the Princess of Central Plains.
My mother, Nan You, was a princess who was married to Nanzhao. They were a mixed race of people from the Central Plains and the grasslands. Compared to the grassland people who were as strong as mountains, they were thin and short since childhood.
Of course, there were other girls from the Central Plains who were captured and gave birth to mixed-race children, but they were not princesses, and their children were not the princesses’ sons.
The son of Princess Zhongyuan did not bring them any benefit.
Tuoba Xun always remembered that when he was a child, he was trampled underfoot, bullied and cursed by a group of people for protecting the very young Tuoba Xiao.
That year, he was only six years old.
In order to protect his brother, the little Tuoba Xiao would rush forward with all his might, bite someone's thigh and refuse to let go even if the person kills him.
That year, he was only four years old.
At that time, they were best brothers.
The mother would tremble all over and with a shaking voice, she would seek justice for them and express her grievances.
At that time, they were the best mother and son.
However, his father Tuoba Lu was not a good father from beginning to end.
Tuoba Lu didn't care whether Nanyou was a princess or not. He just flirted with the dancer and said lightly, "Got it. Go down."
Nan You's courage and his son's scars were nothing in his eyes.
Little Tuoba Xun didn't understand why.
They grew up under bullying and threats, and were forced to live under pressure to be sensible and obedient.
It didn't take long for little Tuoba Xun to understand.
It was simple, that group of people were more valuable to my father than my mother and two brothers.
Value is a very abstract word.
Little Tuoba Xun took some time to comprehend, and finally slowly understood.
It's simple to say, they are just more useful to their father and they are more talented.
It is quite easy to understand this way.
Little Tuoba Xun thought that if only he were stronger and more talented, everything would be different.
At this time, an immature beast began to grow fangs in an unknown place.
Once it reaches a critical period, the beast's growth rate is amazing.
This is the case with Tuoba Xun.
Tuoba Xiao discovered that his brother was always praised by his father recently, and that his other brothers always stared at him with jealousy.
He realized belatedly that his brother was different from him.
His feeling was correct. Not long after, Tuoba Lu sent Tuoba Xun to the residence of a respected person and asked him to accept Tuoba Xun as his disciple.
This man's name was Loden, and he was known as a wise man.
He looked at Tuoba Xun and accepted him as his disciple without any refusal. Later facts proved that this was the best decision he had made in his life.
Because it is this little boy in front of him with a slightly nervous look on his face who will become the king of the entire grassland in the future.
Tuoba Xun's fangs have grown very long.
Tuoba Xun learned a lot in Loden.
When he was sixteen, Loden asked him to go out and see the world.
Tuoba Xun went there, he changed his name to Liu Xun, and made two close friends.
Everything was fine then, and he liked the Central Plains very much, but he never thought of not returning to the grassland.
His family is on the grassland, including his mother and his younger brother Xiao.
Tuoba Xun knew that he had become valuable, and Nanyou and Tuoba Xiao's lives had improved, so it was worth it.
I thought it would always be like this, but no one could predict the future.
Three years later, the Nanzhao Kingdom and the five grassland tribes joined forces to attack Dasui.
General Dasui Chuyi died.
Tuoba Xun didn't notice the embarrassed looks of his two friends. After saying something, he hurried back to the grassland.
The reason is simple.
The Tuoba tribe did not participate in this operation, but Nanyou is the princess of the Nanzhao Kingdom, how could she escape unscathed?
As he expected, in order to show goodwill to Dasui, Tuoba Lu quickly imprisoned Nan You.
Tuoba Lu was a man with a unique and long-term vision.
When others thought that after killing Chu Yi, Dasui would be vulnerable, he saw the highest emperor of Dasui - Emperor Suian; the Chu army who were furious and determined to avenge this blood feud, and the people of Dasui who were united in facing the outside world.
How could such a country be vulnerable?
It was a smart decision to show goodwill to Dasui, but he should never touch Nanyou.
Because there is a wild beast, its fangs are already glowing, ready to tear people into pieces in one fell swoop.
Tuoba Lu died at the hands of Tuoba Xun.
He became the king of the grassland, and elevated his mother and brother to the supreme position, making them the envy of all the people on the grassland.
But, it's very strange.
He holds them at the top of his heart, but... Nan You hates him, and Tuoba Xiao despises him.
Tuoba Xun knew everything. He knew that they wanted to kill him, that they wanted to start a war with Dasui, and that they were the ones who instigated the insults against him.
But he really didn't know what he had done wrong.
On the night when he knew everything, Tuoba Xun drank all day and all night. On the second day, he went to Nan You's residence while drunk.
The tall man threw himself into Nan You's arms, reeking of alcohol, and said in a deep voice, "Mother...are you in pain?"
Nan You was obviously stunned for a moment, wondering: "What hurts?"
"Tuoba Lu beat you, outsiders bullied you, and everyone laughed at you. Do you... still feel pain?"
Nan You was silent for a moment, then said softly, "It doesn't hurt anymore, because I have Xun'er and Xiao'er."
Xun'er.
Tuoba Xun's voice trembled, his eyes were full of bloodshot in the dark: "Xun'er was ignorant back then, and I may have hurt your heart. Do you blame me, mother?"
"Mother has never blamed Xun'er." Nan You's eyes were gentle: "Xun'er is very well behaved and has never hurt Mother's heart."
Tuoba Xun suddenly tightened his embrace and trembled slightly, "Mother, mother, mother..."
Mother, Xun'er is such a good boy, why... do you want to kill me?
He didn't dare to ask this question.
He was scared.
On his journey to becoming a beast, he killed countless people, and countless people also wanted to kill him.
However, only these two people can disarm him instantly.
He knew that he had to do something, and he did think of a way, so he told Chu Mo - he would know when he returned to the grassland.
But before that——
"I also want to go to the capital." Tuoba Xun said abruptly.
Chu Mo was surprised: "What?"
"Let's go see Jing Junze." Tuoba Xun said with a lazily smile.
Chu Mo was silent: "You, the king of the grassland, went to the capital of Dasui quietly, and you still want to see the crown prince of the dynasty——"
"Excuse me, but are you still asleep?"
Tuoba Xun: "I haven't seen him for a while, so I'll write him a letter and ask him to come find me."
"Forget it, whatever you want." Chu Mo looked at him steadily, his eyes dark and unclear: "Tuoba Xun, you'd better not have any other ideas."
Tuoba Xun rolled his eyes at him and said, "What could I possibly be thinking? Killing the crown prince in the capital?"
"You know, that's not what I'm talking about."
Tuoba Xun was about to speak, but suddenly stopped, and heard a clear and pleasant voice -
"Chu Xiaomo——"
"Chu Xiaomo——"
Chu Mo's mouth twitched.
Tuoba Xun burst into loud laughter: "Puchu Xiaomo hahahaha..."
He laughed so hard that he went crazy and didn't stop for a long time, as if he could laugh forever.
Chu Mo's face darkened, and his eyes were full of danger.
As if Tuoba Xun didn't notice, his laughter changed from loud to: "Chu Xiaomo is adorable, goose goose goose goose goose..."
Chu Mo: “…”
He ignored him and stared at the door. Soon, a vivid blue figure came into view.
The heavy mood just now was swept away, Chu Mo smiled, his eyes as gentle as water.
——The little princess is here.
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