Chapter 48 Oh my God, he really likes her!
But midnight was past, and everything was set in stone.
The sound of hurried hooves crossed the narrow jungle path, and several fast horses broke the silence of the night. A tall and thin figure in a straw hat and cotton coat stepped on the stirrup and flew past the village gate.
Xun Xiao came over on the moon, landing silently on the steps. He said, "It's Lu Xinyi."
The night was like water, and the hoarse voice was cold and clear.
The quiet moonlight sprinkled on the large square behind the village gate. A dozen black war horses had been parked in front of the steps for a quarter of an hour. The one leading them was Xie Ci, who was wearing black armor and a red cloak.
The big black warhorse was still breathing heavily, but the nimble and heroic young major-general on its back had been sitting there quietly for a quarter of an hour.
There were many people, but the silence was dead and the atmosphere was tense. A storm was about to come, and the darkness was even darker than the pitch black night.
He Yuan's wife Liu Xing came out to greet him. Xie Ci said nothing. She was so nervous that she didn't dare to say a word. She looked here and there.
Xun Xiao took off his bamboo hat, and under the shadow of the gray cotton hood, his expression was indifferent, as always.
Xie Ci suddenly raised his eyelids.
In the dark night, the two looked into each other's eyes.
The three words "Lu Xinyi" came into Xie Ci's ears. Xun Xiao's tone was cold and straightforward. Xie Ci had no doubt about the answer. He had been suffering and dreaming of it for a long time and finally knew it. However, at this moment, Xie Ci did not feel happy. A huge anger filled his heart, and it was clamoring in his veins to break through the wall in the next moment!
Xie Ci rushed into the corridor like a whirlwind.
This is an open pavilion, used by the Guiyi people for gatherings. The cool night wind blows like a whip through the pavilions, large and small. The half-open wooden windows creak, and the pavilion is half moonlit and half dark.
Xun Xiao stood beside the wooden window, the moonlight cast in front of him, and he stood silently in the darkness.
Xun Xiao said nothing. What happened next was not unexpected, but the conflict between the two at that moment was still beyond his expectations.
"Do you think you did anything half right?!"
Xie Ci kicked the stone table in the middle of the wooden courtyard. The entire huge and heavy round stone table top, which was as thick as a palm, was kicked away by him. It hit the stone pillar with a "bang", and the whole pavilion was shaken. With a "boom", the stone surface fell to the ground, and with a "buzzing" dust flew, and the whole ground shook.
Xun Xiao still had the same posture as usual, standing silently with his jaw raised and tense. This aloof and independent look immediately angered Xie Ci, and his eyes were like spitting fire.
"What else?"
Xun Xiao suddenly tilted his head and sneered, "Don't you know this is the perfect opportunity? Do you want to wait for Lu Xinyi to eliminate you and meet your father and brothers in the underworld?"
He sneered coldly: "Stubborn."
Xun Xiao knew he had said the wrong thing the moment he opened his mouth. He shouldn't have mentioned Xie Ci's tragically dead father and brother. He paused and said coldly, "I had no choice!" He suddenly turned his head to look at him, "It's just an ancient Yehe chime."
Xun Xiao's voice was so loud that his vocal cords were immediately pulled. The tension and strangeness of his face and scalp suddenly became obvious. He became extremely excited, and his eyes were red. "With such a good opportunity, why not use it!"
Look, now we have the correct answer, Lu Xinyi!
Xun Xiao was alone in the dark forest, the mountain wind whistling past him. In the distance, within the military camp that stretched for nearly a hundred miles, his brows twisted and ferocious. "Tell me why I don't need it?" he demanded. "The Yehe Ancient Chime wasn't yours alone. What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?!"
He hissed and asked sharply!
Xie Ci sneered. It would have been fine if Xun Xiao didn't mention his father and brother, but as soon as he mentioned Xie Ci's father and brother, he clenched his fists and clenched his teeth so hard that he tasted rust.
His father, his eldest brother, his second brother, and his third brother, their voices and smiles, were all still vivid in his mind. They were framed and killed for treason because they had traded with the Northern Rong!
He was thrown into prison and his head and body were separated!
He had such a good father and such good brothers. They used to take him hunting in the mountains, roast pine nuts over a fire, take him to practice martial arts and go to war, and teach him how to behave in society. They spoke sternly but with a fatherly love, and held him in their hands. But suddenly, he was killed without a complete body!
Now that he had resigned, someone had actually made a private deal with Beirong while the two armies were fighting bloody battles.
The huge anger almost burst out of his chest. For a moment, he really wanted to kill this damn Xun Xiao to vent his anger.
"Okay, okay, that's very well said!"
Despite his extreme anger, Xie Ci's heart suddenly became cold and clear. His brows flushed as he coldly looked at Xun Xiao's distorted and flushed face. He said word by word, "What a last resort! Haha! Then let me ask you, if everyone has a last resort, then what would you do?!"
What if Lu Xinyi also had no choice?
Even Xun Rongbi had to do it because he had no other choice.
Doesn’t Xun Xun have any difficulties?
"The difference between us and them is that we won't trample on the bottom line just because of these so-called last resorts!! To secretly communicate with the Northern Rong!!"
Thanks sternly!
He suddenly tore off his heavy armor and threw it on the ground. He pulled his undershirt, revealing his bandaged chest and broad back, which were covered with pits and dents. Deep scars from branding irons piled one on top of another, and marks from whips, sticks, and iron knives overlapped one after another, extending all the way down to his muscular narrow waist. There was hardly an inch of intact flesh on his upper body.
Xie Ci will never forget the excruciating pain of pressing down hard with a red-hot iron, and the convulsive and suffocating pain that made his whole body twitch and almost die when the salt water was poured on him.
"I'm just like you!"
Your mother died and you were seriously injured and almost died. Xie Ci lost his father and three brothers, and there were no scars on his face, but he also struggled to survive after a life-and-death struggle.
"My father once said that there are some things that can never be done! You were also there at that time—"
Xie Xinzhong was a commander, a general, a minister and a man. As a staunch soldier who had guarded the northern border with a spear for forty years, he taught his sons and nephews that he knew that once he had to cross the Chu River and Han River due to various reasons, there would be a next time. Don't give yourself any excuses, don't give yourself any reasons!
Xie Ci raised his arm and put on his coat, leaving the collar wide open. He spoke word by word: "This is a bloody battle between two armies, you are committing treason!"
With a loud shout, the mountains and rocks were split!
That’s right, according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, this is treason.
Xun Xiao is not an ordinary person. He has served in the army for many years and is familiar with the 72 military rules.
The reason for thanking him was not just personal feelings, nor was it just because of his father and brother. As a citizen of the Great Wei and a tough soldier, how could he go beyond the laws of the country and the rules of his family?
"Do you know what you're doing? You have no alternative, but others don't?!"
In the past, when his father scolded him harshly, he still felt dissatisfied in his heart, but when he really stood here, with these things supported on his shoulders, Xie Ci truly and deeply felt these commandments engraved into his soul.
Especially now, the two armies are fighting to the death!
Today it’s just the name of Yehe Ancient Chime and Lu Xinyi, what if there are others someday?
Is revenge just a step away?
What if everyone did this!
The moonlight, unchanging as it was, shone through the wide-open wooden window onto Xie Ci's upper body. His brows were filled with a solemn expression: "Then the country will cease to be a country, and the army will cease to be an army!"
"Then what's the difference between you and Xun Xun?!"
Thanks sternly!
"Also, did you inform me before you did this?"
Xie Ci was indifferent, but Xun Xiao didn't. In order to calm him down, he even said, "I definitely won't!"
He believed it.
Xun Xiao trampled on his trust.
"Besides revenge, do you have anything else on your mind?"
No.
When he disagreed, Xun Xiao's first thought was not to persuade him, but to be sinister and determined to do what he wanted in private.
"Capturing the Yehe Ancient Chime wasn't solely my achievement, but it wasn't solely yours either."
They are a whole, partners fighting together on the same side. Even if they disagree with each other, it does not affect this point, so I thank you for the letter of resignation.
But now he discovered that in Xun Xiao's heart, he was actually just a tool for revenge.
There was nothing else in Xun Xiao's heart except him and his hatred!
"Xun Xiao, you are completely unrecognizable." Not only the appearance but also the body.
The gentle, just and self-reliant Xun Dalangjun of that year is truly dead.
"Xun Xiao, do you still remember your past self?"
"My mother will be very sad if she sees this."
Xie Ci tied his belt and put on his armor again. Outside the pavilion, Xie Ping, Wei Zhen, and others hurried forward to silently help. Wei Zhen glanced at Xun Xiao. His father and brother were both seriously injured. Wei Zhen had lost a lot of weight in just a few days. But this group of people, including Qin Xian, Wei Qin, and their fathers, knew about the Yehe ancient chime, but they had never thought of secretly communicating with the Northern Rong.
They had fought bloody battles in the northern border for generations and were extremely resistant. How many of their relatives and brothers had died at the hands of the Northern Rong people.
"You're on your own."
Thinking of Beirong, Xie Ci's eyes were filled with deep hatred. He straightened his collar and quickly walked out of the pavilion.
…
The moonlight is silent and cold, shining on the undulating Zhailing Mountain.
A thin, purple figure stood outside the pavilion. After Xie Ci left, it was just her and him.
Qin Wenxuan pursed her lips, clenched her fists, and walked up the stairs step by step.
She stood at the door, looking at the man who once embraced her and held her in his hands to protect her.
The pavilion was not big, and she reached his side in seven or eight steps. She looked up at him. The girl who had once been scarred and timid was not afraid at all. Tears welled up in her eyes and she reached out to hug him. "Xun Xiao, don't change. Don't be the same as before? Can we be the same as before?"
Xun Xiao is eight years older than her. When he was galloping on the battlefield and as handsome as the wind, she was still a little girl.
But the two of them just had such a fate. Xun Xiao's engagement was not smooth as he failed to get married twice without even meeting her. When they met on Pegasus in the suburbs of Lingzhou, Qin Wenxuan startled her mount and Xun Xiao helped to stop it. This was the first time the two of them officially met.
They met and fell in love, got to know each other, and then fell in love with each other.
The family all knew about it, and if it weren't for the accident two years ago, the two would have almost gotten engaged.
Xun Xiao had been avoiding her, and Qin Wenxuan couldn't find him. She mustered up the courage to hug him and talk to him, her whole body trembling and tears streaming down her face.
Xun Xiao laughed bitterly. Together? "I'm not even a human being anymore?!"
What are you still doing together?!
He pushed Qin Wenxuan away with force, and the latter fell on the stone bench, crying. Xun Xiao rushed out like a whirlwind.
He rushed into his house in Guiyizhou and kicked the door open with a "clang". Xun Xiao was standing alone in the middle of the huge room. Xie Ci spoke angrily and his face was filled with anger. Madam Xun, Qin Wenxuan, his tragically dead mother, and himself who was completely disfigured, and the last thing that flashed before his eyes was the hideous faces of Xun Rongbi and Xun Xun!
He raised his bare arm, and Xun Xiao held his head, "Ahhhh——" He threw everything like crazy!
…
Xie Ci walked quickly on the moonlit dirt road, the indignation in his heart almost surging out.
He came to Qin Ying's room in Guiyizhou.
Qin Ying stood in front of the not-so-tall stone house for a long time, but she didn't sleep. No one could sleep tonight.
The door was not closed, a dim light was on, and Qin Ying was sitting at the table.
She stood up.
Xie Ci stood in the corridor for a long time. He went into the house and remained silent for a long time. Finally, his throat rolled for a moment and he said in a hoarse voice, "Sister-in-law, if my second brother were still alive, he would definitely not agree."
Xie Ci clenched his fists and said something with great restraint, then turned and walked away quickly.
But this one sentence made Qin Ying a little overwhelmed.
After Xie Ci left, she cried out for a long time, "Yes, yes, I know he won't be happy!"
This is what the men of the Xie family are like!
You stand tall and proud, but you will suffer a great loss!
"He died, so I don't want you to die!"
She knew them too well, knew that their will and beliefs would not change, these stubborn and shining men, but she was afraid that Xiao Si would repeat the same mistakes, so whenever Xun Xiao came to her, she agreed.
They think there are things more important than death, but she thinks their lives are more important!
In an instant, Qin Ying was heartbroken. She covered her face with her hands and tears streamed down her face.
…
At this time, Xie Ci angrily questioned Xun Xiao, then restrained himself and said something to Qin Ying.
Finally, he returned to the courtyard where he and Gu Guan were temporarily staying.
There is a spacious courtyard with east and west wing rooms and a main room. Gu Guan was not asleep either and was waiting at the table.
They all lived in the same area. She had witnessed the conflict between Xun Xiao and Xie Ci, and she also knew that he had gone to Qin Ying's place.
Finally, she heard the familiar clang of military boots hitting the ground.
Xie Ci slowed down his pace. The night wind blew slowly by, and the moonlight shifted to the east, shining quietly and gently on the courtyard with black tiles and yellow walls.
Several clumps of large and small sedges swayed gently in the wind.
Thinking of Gu Wan, the resentment in his heart receded like the tide. He stretched out his hand, and the night air, as cool as water, fell into his palm.
Xie Ci turned around the courtyard gate. The bright silver moonlight was draped over the courtyard like a veil, and the warm yellow light enveloped the people at the table.
She tilted her head and stood up immediately.
The two looked at each other for a while, then Xie Ci stepped over the steps and walked along the yard to the corridor.
He stood at the bottom of the stairs, and she also walked out and stood on the quaint corridor with traces of time.
He looked up and could see her face clearly.
Soft and smooth, eyes like water, but a little tired.
The intersection of moonlight and light made it a little dim, but one could still clearly see two faint shades of blue in the shadows under her eyes.
Gu Guan's hair was a little messy, with a few strands of long and short hair scattered. She was wearing black soft armor, which was a bit ill-fitting because this armor was not originally hers. It belonged to Qin Ying before she got married.
The ill-fitting black armor made her face look particularly small. She had a half-worn brown headband and messy black hair. She licked her lips, looking a little nervous.
He felt very sad when he said thank you. Tears welled up in his eyes. "I'm sorry."
"I'm useless."
He wanted her to work hard for him.
He originally thought that he could protect her, but in the end, because of his persistence, she had to worry about him behind his back.
At this moment, he looked up at her, and tears could be clearly seen in his eyes. He was very sad and put up his hand to cover his left chest, where a sudden pain surged.
Those eyes as bright as stars were flashing with tears as he stared at her without blinking. The moonlight fell on his handsome face, and his emotions surged, and his love could not be suppressed, pouring out.
Gu Wan was shocked.
What Xie Ci had just said about treason really shocked her. She subconsciously reflected on whether she had done something wrong.
She thought that he would at least restrain himself and say a few words to express his sadness and disappointment.
However, although Xie Ci was sad at the moment, it was completely different from what she thought.
He even apologized to her.
This completely opposite double standard attitude and the emotions that are about to burst out in his expression at this moment.
Oh my God, he really likes her!
The author has something to say:
Qin Ying: Too hypocritical.
It was just a joke, but actually, it was because of the different roles and emotions. Gu Wan had no obligation to do these things for him. But Qin Ying was different. She was Xie Ci's true family, even half an elder. He had always known her as his second sister-in-law, with the same status as his second brother. Subconsciously, she and the Xie family were on the same side. (In fact, he knew that his second sister-in-law was doing this for his own good.)
Gu Guan is quite special. He has overflowing emotions. His thoughts and emotions change. He feels very guilty and finds it difficult to control himself.
Hahaha, let Xiao Xie enjoy the day today, haha, give you a super big kiss! Hehe, see you tomorrow, babies~ (づ￣3￣)づ╭
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