They are all members of the Long family. They all grew up in the bloody capital. No one can be looked down upon. If they can notice it, how could Long Musi not notice it?
There are many smart people in this world, but they are not the only ones.
When the prince saw that Xu Tianze's expression did not seem fake, he understood that what Xu Tianze said was true. He stood up dejectedly and sat on the chair next to Xu Tianze, just looking at Xu Tianze straight, as if he wanted to see what Xu Tianze was thinking.
Even if Long Muse discovered the truth himself, Xu Tianze should have stayed in Zhoushan City to comfort Long Muse. Why did he come to Zhenshan Pass in such a dejected manner?
Xu Tianze also understood what the prince wanted to hear next. He looked helplessly at the plate of leftover beef tendons, thinking that he must pack some to take away when he returned.
Then his face became serious. He took a few steps back with the stool. Seeing that there was some distance between him and the prince, he said what was in his mind amid the twitching of the prince's mouth.
"I know what you want to hear, but before that, I still want to ask you something. We agreed to resist the conspiracy together, but later you wrote to me and told me to follow the predetermined fate. I hope I understand."
Xu Tianze stared at the prince as he spoke. When he saw the prince's eyes glancing around, he knew that he was feeling a little guilty.
"Have you ever regretted it?"
"How could it be?" The prince thought Xu Tianze was here to question him, but when he heard that Xu Tianze was asking about his regret, he blurted out.
But after he finished speaking, the whole room fell silent. He didn't look at Xu Tianze, but he knew that Xu Tianze's eyes were always on him.
But how could he say he regretted it? Because he had chosen the path himself, and since he had decided to follow his destiny for the sake of his country, what was the point of regretting it or not?
At the beginning, after he and Xu Tianze made an agreement, he brought his men directly to the Zhenshan Pass in the northwest. He thought that with Xu Tianze joining forces with him, even if he did not succeed in the end, it would be enough to pry open a corner of the chessboard.
In that case, he would have no regrets even if he died.
But when he saw that men, women, young and old were all soldiers in Zhenshan Pass, and every war conflict would take lives, leaving behind only the elderly, the weak, women and children; when he saw that the border was bitterly cold, but no people in the northwest wanted to leave their homeland; when he saw the people from Cangjie Kingdom and Lanming Kingdom constantly invading, he changed his mind.
He knew that his decision might be unfair to Xu Tianze, and even more unfair to those who had been following him, but he still decided to go ahead with the plan.
It was not because of any great reasons or ambitions, but simply because he was the crown prince of Gan State and was supported by the people of Gan State. He should devote himself to the people of Gan State until his death.
"If you really don't regret it, why wouldn't you dare to look into my eyes?" Xu Tianze smiled self-deprecatingly.
His mockery was not only directed at the prince who dared not look him in the eyes, but also at himself who did not dare to look back at Xu An.
"At first, I was planning to stay and restrain Long Muse, but I couldn't do it." Xu Tianze said frankly, without feeling ashamed at all.
"Aunt chose to act according to the plan, and you and I chose to end up dead. But these are just the paths that Aunt, you, and I chose for ourselves, not the ones Long Musi chose."
"He should choose his own path." After Xu Tianze finished speaking, he looked at the shocked prince and walked out directly with the plate of beef tendon.
He admitted that he was soft-hearted in the end. He couldn't bear to see Long Musi suffer so much when he finally knew the truth, and he couldn't force Long Musi to go to destruction step by step because of him when he knew he would die.
His heart was very small, so small that it could only hold the dazed Long Mujiang, and there was no room for anything else. But this did not mean that he could be so cruel as to watch Long Musi, who had always treated him well, die in pain.
So he gave the final choice to Long Musi and let Long Musi make the choice himself. No matter what choice Long Musi made in the end, Xu Tianze would convince himself to accept it.
Just as he said to Long Musi when he left Zhoushan City, there would be no more plots between them from then on.
"Hello, brothers! Six sixes, five winners! Cheers!"
"Drink if you want. Who's afraid of who?"
When Xu Tianze walked into the room where Xichen and the others were with beef tendon, he saw Xue Wei and Jiang Ti drinking one glass after another, and they didn't even notice he came in.
Finally, Xichen saw him and came up to take the plate of beef tendon from his hand.
"Master, have you finished discussing this?" Xichen asked with a smile, not feeling uncomfortable at all.
Although his former master was the prince, he had long been given to his own master by the prince. Although now everyone he met and saw along the way in Zhenshan Pass were familiar faces, he could still face them calmly.
"Well, let the prince think about it carefully. Come and try this plate of beef tendon." Xu Tianze smiled and picked up a piece of beef tendon and put it into Xichen's mouth.
Seeing that his master didn't want to say more, Xichen naturally didn't ask any more questions. He took the opportunity to eat a piece of beef tendon from Xu Tianze's hand.
The beef tendon was soft and chewy yet firm, fresh and fragrant without being fishy, and Xichen immediately fell in love with the taste.
After Xu Tianze finished feeding him, he suddenly remembered that he wanted to ask Jiang Ti why he and Xue Wei had a drinking and fist-fighting match. However, when he saw Xichen chewing on the beef tendon, he gave up the idea and just picked up a piece for himself.
So he and Xichen each had a piece of beef tendon, and while chewing they watched Jiang Ti and Xue Wei playing guessing games, it was so pleasant.
Xu Tianze originally thought that according to the prince's idea, even if he figured it out, he would continue to persuade him to leave Zhenshan Pass and return to Zhoushan City. However, he did not expect that after he had been in Zhenshan Pass for a month, the prince seemed to have disappeared and did not appear in front of him at all.
If the prince had not provided their group with food, clothing, housing and transportation, he would have suspected that the prince had run away.
"Sir, Qingyuan is back." Xichen walked in with a happy look on his face.
At the beginning, when they arrived in Zhoushan City, their master sent people to inquire about Qingyuan's news. Later, they learned that Qingyuan was sent out by the prince to perform a mission, so they did not meet on the day they arrived in Zhoushan City.
Although his master didn't say anything, Xichen could still feel his master's concern for Qingyuan. Now that Qingyuan is back, his master can finally put his mind at ease.
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