Chapter 78 Liu Xun
Three days ago, Chu Mo sent someone to pass on a message to Tuoba Xun, asking him to meet at Yunze Lake at noon - and today was the agreed date.
In the past few days, Chu Mo has been thinking carefully about what happened in his dream and his subsequent plans, and he sent someone back to Beijing to inquire about the news about the Seventh Princess, but he has not returned yet.
He didn't know how the little princess was doing now, but he had already made a decision about future arrangements.
And Tuoba Xun is the key.
Before setting off, Chu Mo looked towards the direction of the grassland. The complexity of his heart was beyond words. He finally felt it was real - Tuoba Xun was not dead, he was still alive and well.
Chu Mo lowered his eyes and looked at the cat jade pendant worn on his belt. He raised his lips and smiled, then swiftly jumped on the horse and headed towards Yunze Lake.
Yunze Lake is located on the border of the grassland, not far away.
Chu Mo rushed there at full speed and soon arrived at the location.
Looking closely, I saw a red figure sitting by the lake.
The man bent one leg and stretched the other lazily, with his arms propped up behind him. His long hair swept across the grass. The red rope that casually tied his pigtails was particularly eye-catching among the green and black, and complemented his red maple-red outfit.
He had a piece of grass in his mouth, which was shaking from side to side as his thin lips moved, looking like a nonchalant ruffian.
But his handsome face showed that he was no ordinary ruffian.
Suddenly, his eyes moved, and the deep red teardrop mole under his eyelids also moved slightly, looking at the person who was walking quickly not far away.
Tuoba Xun's eyes lit up and he stood up quickly. Seeing Chu Mo walking in a hurry, he was slightly stunned and thought: What's going on? This kid misses me so much?
——Oh, San'er, you are really something. Just say what you want to say. Brother will hug you.
So, Master Tuoba, without caring about his face, opened his arms and prepared to welcome the warm embrace of his third brother.
Chu Mo's eyes darkened and his face turned cold. Thinking of how he felt when he heard the news of someone's death, he gritted his teeth.
"Bite your teeth!" he warned in a deep voice.
Tuoba Xun: “?”
He didn't understand, but muscle memory made him subconsciously clench his teeth.
The next moment—“Bang!”
The iron fist hit his abdomen cleanly and neatly. The force was not strong, but not light either, enough to make Tuoba Xun cry out in pain.
“Fuck you! What are you doing?!” Tuoba Xun’s eyes widened, he held his stomach in grievance, and cursed angrily: “Fuck you! Do it again if you dare?!”
Chu Mo narrowed his eyes: "Grit your teeth."
Tuoba Xun: “???”
Another punch came, and the saying "ask for a hammer and you get a hammer" is exactly what it means.
Tuoba Xun: "... Damn your brother-in-law!!"
"Do you really think I can't beat you?!"
Then, Tuoba attacked Chu Mo fiercely with his fists like a hungry wolf hunting its prey. Chu Mo dodged and said calmly: "Come and try."
"!!" Tuoba Xun was so angry that he almost died. He couldn't believe that Chu Wenxi asked him to come here today just to have a fight? ?
Master Xun was very angry and refused to accept the result, so the two good brothers, who had been separated by life and death, started fighting by the Yunze Lake.
After an incense stick of time, Tuoba Xun, who had been beaten countless times, covered his face with grievance and said hatefully: "Okay! You can do it!! I just can't beat you!!"
He said this as if he was the winner.
Chu Mo straightened his clothes slowly, raised his eyes to meet a pair of unpleasant eyes, and laughed out loud.
“??? You fucking…” Are you mocking me?
Before he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes to look at Chu Mo's fist that suddenly stretched forward. He was slightly stunned. After a few breaths, he understood his intention and sneered: "No way, no way? How old is Mr. Chu, and he still does this?"
Chu Mo was not annoyed, he even leaned forward, with a smile in his eyes, just looking at him quietly.
Tuoba Xun was speechless, feeling rather uncomfortable, but he did not hesitate any longer. He clenched his fist and lightly bumped it against his.
"Long time no see." Chu Mo said.
"Well, long time no see." Tuoba Xun replied.
A gust of wind blew by, bending the green grass all over the ground. Amid the "shua shua" sound, the two of them smiled in their eyes, ignoring the cold wind and the dazzling sunlight, just looking at each other quietly, telling each other -
Long time no see. Although you are a bit annoying, but... I miss you a lot.
Best friend.
…
After the fight, the two sat together by the lake. Tuoba Xun grabbed a piece of grass and held it in his mouth, and asked lazily, "So, you just miss me, eh... come and give me a hug."
Chu Mo: “…”
Tsk, beat him up again.
How should I put it? He is worthy of being the king of the grassland. Tuoba sensed the murderous intent and hurriedly said, "But the general must have something important to do, right?"
Chu Mo swallowed back his anger.
He was silent for a moment, then asked, "What do you think of Nanyou and Tuoba Xiao?"
Tuoba Xun didn't expect him to ask this. He was stunned and the smile disappeared from his eyes. He looked straight at the calm lake without saying a word.
Chu Mo clenched his teeth. Knowing what was going to happen, he could no longer let Tuoba Xun raise a tiger to cause trouble. Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone beside him say, "...any ideas?"
"I don't have any ideas. I want to give up."
Chu Mo was stunned and looked at him in confusion.
"I heard that it seemed like I had a dream." Tuoba Xun said slowly: "I don't remember anything else, but I remember the reasons why A Niang and Xiao Er hated me, and my final outcome."
Chu Mo was stunned and looked at him steadily.
"I seem to have... committed suicide?" Tuoba Xun laughed at himself, spitting out the weeds around his mouth, and laughed out loud: "You don't know, the pain was so real, just like really dying."
"It really hurts... damn it." He lowered his eyes and looked at his hands holding up the sword in his dream, slightly absent-minded: "... It really hurts."
Chu Mo turned his eyes sideways, staring at the lake without saying a word.
"I thought I was strong and protective, but in fact, I hurt them badly. I heard that my mother hated me for destroying Nanzhao, and felt that no matter how bad Nanzhao was, it was still her hometown." Tuoba Xun murmured in confusion: "Am I really wrong?"
Chu Mo was filled with anger and cursed, "Bullshit!"
"The Nanzhao Kingdom oppresses the people, and women have no dignity. Do you still remember Nan Jiuyin?" Chu Mo said word by word: "Nan Jiuyin is also a princess of Nanzhao. Why does she want to destroy Nanzhao?"
"Because she knows that even if we don't take action, Nanzhao is already at the end of its rope, not to mention that the emperor is tyrannical and cruel, and the people are living in dire straits. Nanyou only thinks about her hometown, but has she ever thought about the people of Nanzhao? How are the women of Nanzhao?"
"Tuoba Xun, have you forgotten the Battle of Huainan?"
Tuoba Xun shook his head slowly.
How could he forget?
In that battle, the general defending the city turned against his own side and abandoned his armor. The people of Nanzhao personally opened the city gates and welcomed the Dasui army into the city. Nanzhao had long lost the support of its army and people. How long could the country exist?
"You said that your protection hurt them? Then after you became the queen of the grassland, on what basis did they enjoy a comfortable and peaceful life because of you, while at the same time resenting and plotting against you?"
"If I really felt so wronged, why didn't I turn against you earlier and avenge all my hatred with you? I just know that you, Tuoba Xun, are a fool and a person who values family affection, and I can't bear to do anything to them. If that's the case, how could I not know why you wanted to become powerful and why you wanted to bear everything?"
Chu Mo gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Tuoba Xun, it's not that you are self-righteous, it's that they... are not worthy!"
It is true that Tuoba Xun should have sent people to protect Nan You and Tuoba Xiao, but at that time he was just a powerless boy, how could he do it without any mistakes?
To take a step back, if Tuoba Xun was not strong and did not climb up, would their ending be good?
They will be bullied day by day. At first they will just be beaten, but who can predict what will happen next?
Even if he was lucky enough to live to grow up, don't forget that when the five tribes of the grassland joined forces with Nanzhao to kill Chu Yi, Tuoba Lu wanted to show goodwill to Dasui and kill Nan You. If Tuoba Xun hadn't happened, what would have happened to the two brothers of the Nanzhao princess's son after Nan You's death? How can it be safe and secure?
Tuoba Xun was not without fault, it was just that he had already done his best at that time.
Tuoba Xun lowered his eyes, and after a while, he laughed out loud: "You seem to have become Chu San."
The young man at that time was so arrogant, never treated people well, and was extremely fierce.
——But it makes people feel very at ease.
Chu Mo rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to him.
"I want to go to the Central Plains." Tuoba Xun said softly, "I want to walk across the stone bridges and waterside pavilions in the south of the Yangtze River, to see the majestic height of Mount Tai, to see the waterfalls that plunge down three thousand feet, and to walk freely through thousands of rivers and mountains."
He looked at Chu Mo seriously and said word by word: "Never return to...the grassland."
Chu Mo's eyes darkened, knowing the deep meaning of this sentence, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure?"
"In my dream, I thought before I died - my mother gave me a life, so I will repay her." Tuoba Xun paused, then smiled sarcastically: "Although it was a dream, it was too real, so I'll just treat it as a repayment."
"I've already paid it back." Chu Mo said firmly.
Tuoba Xun was stunned and chuckled: "Your behavior will make me suspect that you also had that dream, and everything in the dream is real."
He was smiling, but his eyes were full of deep meaning, so dark that it was impossible to see through them.
Chu Mo knew that Tuoba Xun was testing him, but he raised his eyebrows indifferently: "So?"
Tuoba Xun was silent for a moment, then retracted his gaze: "It's really better."
He continued: "In my dream, I swore - if there is an afterlife, I only want to be a free and unbridled wolf, unrestrained and feared by others."
"Pfft——" Chu Mo couldn't help laughing and teased: "Who is afraid of you?"
Tuoba Xun: "...Annoying or not, there is no mood anymore."
Chu Mo stopped laughing and bowed: "You continue."
Tuoba Xun coughed a few times and said, "Anyway, I don't want to care about anything anymore. I just want to roam the world freely."
"In a few years, I, Liu Xun, will roam the martial arts world with my sword and horse, and become famous all over the world!"
Chu Mo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said slowly: "This time, you are the only one."
"So what?" Tuoba Xun looked into the distance, his eyes full of arrogance: "I can also thrive on my own!"
He looked at Chu Mo and laughed loudly, "Besides, my best friends are General Dingguo and Prince Dasui. In the near future, they will become monarchs. I am very happy!"
Tuoba Xun: "By then, you will also hear that there is a peerless hero named Liu Xun in the Jianghu!"
Chu Mo laughed softly, and slowly, the sound became louder and louder. He laughed wantonly and happily. After a few breaths, he looked at Tuoba Xun and said word by word: "Peerless Knight, we are waiting for you."
Tuoba Xun stretched out his fist and raised his eyebrows at Chu Mo. The latter raised the corner of his mouth and bumped fists with him.
They smiled at each other, and the breeze could not blow away their bright smiles and their warm friendship.
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