However, the moment the scissors really touched his flesh, his movements paused, his hands trembled, and he couldn't bring himself to do it.
He had never killed a chicken before, let alone himself! He was not afraid of death, otherwise he would not have run away... Only now did he realize that it was not an easy task to kill himself.
Luo Guanlin threw the scissors away with a bit of self-hatred and self-mockery, and then, without hesitation, he stepped onto the writing chair beside him and reached out to grab the white silk that had been hanging on the beam.
He put the white silk around his neck, trembled and closed his eyes, and the moment he was standing on the office chair, he was kicked to the ground.
His body was suddenly suspended in the air, and the pain of his breath being robbed instantly enveloped him. Many scenes appeared in his mind, from being banished from Beijing to meeting Xu Zhengye...
All this was like a dream. The dream began with the joyful drinking under the moon, the lofty ambition to create a new world in this muddled world, and the endless hope to save the collapsing edifice and re-support the Li family's orthodoxy.
But he didn't know when the color of this dream changed. From the colorful ones he imagined at the beginning, slowly only red and black were left. The former was a sky full of blood, and the latter was an endless night.
The long night is coming, and no one can stop it.
His body began to struggle instinctively, his eyes widened, as if he still had a trace of unwillingness, wanting to find a ray of light called an exit from this endless darkness.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a sound of wind, and a ray of dazzling snow-bright color flashed through his pupils that were almost about to burst with the wind——
Luo Guanlin thought that this must be a hallucination before his death.
And the next moment, he suddenly felt his body lighten, and the severed white silk lost the ability to control his life.
With a "thump" sound, Luo Guanlin fell to the ground.
There was still a buzzing in his ears, and he looked up subconsciously. He saw that on the painting of snow and moon hanging in front of him, there was a shiny long sword, the blade of the sword pierced into the painting, and on the hilt hung several copper plates neatly tied with red ropes, and the peace knot hanging below the copper plates was still trembling.
Was it this sword that cut his white silk? Luo Guanlin took a deep breath and coughed, his head buzzing loudly, he could hardly hear any other sounds, and his thoughts had not yet completely come into order.
He saw a figure running over, pulling out the sword and holding it in both hands.
Luo Guanlin raised his upper body with difficulty and turned to look.
A young man in armor walked in, took the sword, turned the sword in the young man's hand, and without even a glance, with a "swish" sound, the sharp blade slid accurately into the scabbard held in his other hand.
The young man looked at him and spoke with a tone of relief—
"Fortunately, I arrived in time, otherwise I would have been left to collect the body and mourn for the master."
Hearing this clear and pleasant voice that clearly did not sound like a man's, Luo Guanlin's heart was shocked and he looked at the man intently: "...Are you Chang Suining?"
"That's right." The girl raised her sword-holding hand and saluted him, saying politely, "Sui Ning has long heard of your great name, sir. Nice to meet you."
As she spoke, she motioned for A Che to go forward and help the man up.
Soon, She Cai arrived with a group of more than 20 armored female soldiers and surrounded the place.
Luo Guanlin brushed Ah Che away, barely sat up, and said in a hoarse voice: "...Kill him if you want!"
He said sarcastically: "You can exchange my head for a fifth-rank official!"
Before his manifesto came out, the empress had already announced to the public that whoever presented Xu Zhengye's head would be awarded the third rank, and whoever presented the heads of other culprits would be awarded the fifth rank.
By the way, wasn't the fifth-rank official position of General Ningyuan obtained in exchange for killing Ge Zong?
"I have accumulated enough military merits now, so I don't need your head." Chang Suining sat down casually in a chair beside him: "Otherwise, why would I have gone to such trouble to save you just now?"
Luo Guanlin looked at the girl who was not restrained in her movements and asked word by word: "...So, what do you want?"
Standing beside Chang Suining, Shepherd's Purse, who was holding an axe in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "My general saved you in his busy schedule. Isn't this obvious? - Either surrender or die!"
Luo Guanlin suddenly frowned, he looked at Chang Suining, and then suddenly sneered.
The general who was praised by the world as a reincarnation... turned out to be another person who wanted to cause chaos in the world! As expected, this world is really hopeless! But what qualifications does he have to blame others?
He is nothing but a damned traitor!
He taunted, "Why do you think I would willingly submit to a man who killed my former master?"
"Mr. said he was the old master. As the saying goes, the old must go before the new can come." Chang Suining said kindly, "Besides, haven't you already parted ways? He went to Luoyang this time, but you didn't follow him, which shows that there was a disagreement. So it doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive, after all, the relationship between the two of you has ended."
"And I happened to be in Yangzhou today, and the gentleman was about to hang himself, and I happened to show up in time to save him—" She showed a trace of sincere smile: "It can be seen that the relationship between the gentleman and me is a belated but destined fate after so many ups and downs."
Luo Guanlin's mouth twitched. Such a ridiculous statement, yet she said it without any burden, really opened his eyes: "...Now I finally believe that the original article on killing Xu the thief on the 73rd was indeed not written by someone else!"
She was talking nonsense at the moment, not sparing herself from flattering herself, just like the article! Chang Suining nodded slightly: "Speaking of the article, it was really inspired by you, sir. I am just showing off my skills in front of you, and I am not even a fraction as good as you."
When she finished reading the manifesto, she was amazed and thought that if she had the chance in the future, she would definitely get this person.
Therefore, Chang Suining's attitude was particularly good, and he didn't care about his face: "I will rely on you for your guidance in the future--"
How can you talk about teaching? ! Luo Guanlin's face was gloomy, and he said resolutely: "Luo has no intention of joining others, and now I just want to die!"
Chang Suining said disapprovingly: "Today is actually my birthday, sir, please don't say such unlucky words again."
Luo Guanlin's expression froze: "......?"
Who cares if today is her birthday or not! Besides, she has killed enough people along the way, right? Why is there any need to talk to him about good or bad luck now?
He did not want to talk to this unusual girl anymore, and began to look around, ready to commit suicide again, when he heard the voice asking, "If we really want to talk about death, sir, you have already died once. I dare to ask, when you are on the verge of death, are you really unwilling to give up?"
Luo Guanlin's eyes froze.
Then the voice continued, "I know that this is only the first time we have met. We were on opposite sides before, so naturally you didn't have a good impression of me. However, there are very few people in this world who fall in love at first sight and feel that they are in perfect harmony with each other. Even if there are, most of them are traps created by one party to deliberately cater to the other party--"
"..." Luo Guanlin suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart, and the memories of the death began to stab him like a knife.
"In comparison, I believe that the common interests that come from truly getting along and understanding each other are more solid and long-lasting, and more worthy of mutual trust." Chang Suining said sincerely: "So, sir, how do you know it won't work if you don't give it a try?"
Luo Guanlin lowered his head, clenched his hands tightly on the ground, and sneered: "Your Excellency's words seem quite sincere at first glance... But sincerity is not what I need. I have no intention of living in vain. It is useless for the general to say more."
Chang Suining looked at him: "So, sir, you don't dare?"
Luo Guanlin was unmoved: "Provocation is useless against a dying man."
Chang Suining shook his head: "When I said 'dare not', I didn't mean that you dare not agree to me, but that... you dare not live."
Luo Guanlin slowly raised his weakly drooping head and looked at her.
"Sir, you chose the wrong person, and you feel guilty, so you dare not live to see the world continue to fall apart." Chang Suining put away his casual look just now: "Sir, you want to die, not for your old master, nor for this city, but for the way that has died in your heart."
As their eyes met, Luo Guanlin's red eyes trembled slightly.
"Speaking of this, aren't you curious about why I am so obsessed with you?" Chang Suining said solemnly, "Because I know Xu Zhengye's way is to 'fight' and 'destroy', while you, my friend,'s way is to 'protect' and 'save'."
"Sir, you don't want to submit to me because in your eyes, I am at most the second Xu Zhengye." Chang Suining looked at Luo Guanlin, whose expression was changing little by little, and said, "But Sir, you are wrong. Xu Zhengye and I are different. Because we are different, I will kill him."
Luo Guanlin looked at the girl with an unclear emotion. Her voice was not loud, but every word struck his heart firmly. He only heard her last words -
"What Xu Zhengye is unwilling to do and cannot do, I can do."
Luo Guanlin asked almost subconsciously: "Just you?"
"Yes." Chang Suining nodded lightly with a normal expression, and was so serious that he didn't seem to be bragging: "Sir, I have many advantages. I am not only good at killing, but I can also be called gifted in other aspects."
Luo Guanlin forced a strange laugh from the bottom of his throat. He had never heard such straightforward self-praise from anyone. She was even too lazy to embellish her words or use examples to illustrate her point. She only used the most straightforward words to praise herself.
At this moment, he was laughing at the other party's naivety and arrogance, and even more so, he was laughing at himself for actually listening seriously to the other party's nonsense - if the other party was not deliberately pretending to be naive.
Seeing his disdainful expression, Chang Suining suggested: "Sir, if you feel that I alone cannot accomplish the task, then why don't we go together? If you can go with me, we will have a better chance of success."
"..." Luo Guanlin felt that he had never met such a person in his life. No matter what your attitude was, she could always bring the topic back to her purpose.
She can be said to be cunning and fickle, but she can also be described as sincere and courteous.
But how could he believe that what a person with such a sharp mind said was true?
You must know that he was deceived by Xu Zhengye’s sweet words at the beginning!
If he were to plunge headfirst into it again because of these sweet words, he would be too gullible... There might not be another person as innocent, foolish and pure as him in the whole Dasheng!
He would never fall for the same trick again... at least not easily a second time.
Luo Guanlin couldn't help but waver in his heart, but he kept saying, "No need to waste any more words, I have made up my mind..."
As he finished speaking, he was expecting the other party to say something else, when he suddenly saw Chang Suining stand up from his chair and sighed, "Well, it seems that I can't force this melon today."
Luo Guanlin was stunned.
What do you mean? Just...give up?
After being stunned, he felt disappointed and thought, "As expected", haha, there really wasn't much sincerity and honesty in it!
Such a person, I don't think her words are trustworthy! "Today is a rush, let's leave it at that for now." Chang Suining said, "A Che, Mr. Luo is a scholar, you need to be more polite."
A Che agreed.
Seeing the figure leaving the study, Luo Guanlin closed his eyes with despair, waiting for a quick ending.
But I heard the young man ask, "Mr. Luo, do you have difficulty in daily life?"
This was a strange statement, and Luo Guanlin was puzzled and said nothing - why did he ask him if he was exhausted on a daily basis? What kind of hospice care was this? Ah Che then explained: "I mean, can you withstand a lot of force? I will knock you unconscious later. Do you have any requirements on the severity of the blow?"
Luo Guanlin: “……?!”
Knock him out? Not kill him?
The next moment, the overly "courteous" young man took out two sacks from behind, holding one in each hand, and asked him seriously: "Which style of sack do you like?"
Luo Guanlin, who had never had such an absurd and bizarre experience, had an almost distorted expression at this moment, but he looked over subconsciously... Is there any difference?
Ah Che explained seriously: "This is the weaving method of the cross auspicious buckle, and this is..."
Shepherd's Purse interrupted him: "Just use the lucky buckle. It's a girl's birthday, so don't you want good luck?"
Luo Guanlin didn't know what to say anymore.
Soon, he was knocked unconscious and put into a sack.
A Che specially chose a red rope to tie the mouth of the sack, and added some subtle embellishments, which often perfectly demonstrated the sense of ceremony and made the other party look more like a qualified birthday gift.
Seeing She Cai carrying the sack out, Chang Suining said, "Take the man out of the house through the back door."
If you can't pull the melon off by force, just pull it away with the vine together, and continue pulling it when you have free time.
"Find a corpse similar to this one and drag it here." Chang Suining walked away from here, saying, "Then burn this study."
"Yes, General!"
…
For the next ten days, Chang Suining stayed in Yangzhou City to handle follow-up affairs. Only after she heard that Chang Kuo and Xiao Min had taken back Jiangning City did she lead her troops to Runzhou immediately.
The two armies successfully met in Runzhou, and with the support of the left and right, they recaptured Runzhou in just two days. The next step was to finish off the battle.
At this point, Li Chang Suining and Xiao Min led their troops back from Bianzhou. In just a month, they had recovered all three states.
The news of the pacification of Jiangnan soon spread back to the capital, and Xu Zhengye's rebellion was completely put down.
Next, the army will return to Beijing to receive rewards for their merits.
But Chang Suining, who was in Runzhou at the moment, had no intention of going back.
First, I don’t want to, and second, I can’t.
Happy weekend, it’s time to eat mooncakes (but why are all the flavors so sweet! Do they really have to be so sweet?) Thank you all for your monthly tickets, good night!
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