Chapter 284 One day I will kill him myself
"General Gu." Duan Qingye stood in front of the desk and nodded slightly to Gu Junze.
He is over fifty years old, with some gray hair on his temples, but his demeanor is still extraordinary. Standing there like a towering mountain, he gives people a deep and steady sense of oppression.
Gu Junze returned the greeting and looked at Duan Qingye calmly.
"General Duan."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two quickly got down to business, discussing the details of the prisoner exchange. During the negotiation, Duan Qingye would occasionally look up at Gu Junze, his gaze filled with inquiry and nostalgia.
After the matter was discussed, Duan Qingye suddenly changed the subject.
"I heard that your country sent an envoy to Liang State."
Gu Junze's expression remained unchanged as he calmly replied, "Trade is commonplace."
Duan Qingye chuckled, a sharp glint in his eyes.
"Really? I'm just curious, why now?"
Gu Junze did not comment, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
Duan Qingye suddenly stood up from behind the desk, walked to the small table in the corner of the tent, gently stroked the inkstone, and his tone was filled with nostalgia.
"She gave this to me."
Gu Junze's heart moved slightly, but he still maintained a calm expression.
"She rode a wild horse back then," Duan Qingye's voice was low, as if he was telling a distant story.
"The two countries were at war. On that battlefield, I led my army to the border and caught a glimpse of her, standing proud and heroic before the battle."
His gaze became profound, as if he had traveled through time and returned to the distant past.
"She is a princess who was raised in the palace, but she is different from those girls from aristocratic families."
"She was like a weed growing against the wind, brandishing the spear with such force that she could carve a bloody path through a vast army..."
Gu Junze listened silently without interrupting.
"We met on the battlefield. Although she was a woman, every move she made hit me directly. At that moment, I felt an unprecedented excitement."
"She couldn't defeat me, so she had no choice but to retreat. But the unwilling look in her eyes as she left is deeply engraved in my heart."
"From then on, every time I closed my eyes, the image of her on the battlefield would appear before my eyes, and it would never go away."
"I know I've been completely captivated by this special princess."
Duan Qingye gently stroked the edge of the inkstone, his tone full of nostalgia, "Back then, the light in her eyes was brighter than the stars."
He turned around and looked directly at Gu Junze, "You look a lot like her."
Gu Junze felt a pang of fear in his heart. He knew who the "she" Duan Qingye was referring to.
"Especially the determination between their brows and the look in their eyes when they look at people; they are exactly the same."
There was a brief silence in the tent.
Gu Junze lowered his eyelids to hide the complex emotions in his eyes.
The father and son had never spent a single day together, but at this moment they were forcibly pulled together by the invisible thread of blood.
Duan Qingye continued, "I never thought that she would give me such a big son. When I was young, I thought she had fallen in love with someone else and fell in love with that pretty boy Gu Mowen..."
Duan Qingye took a deep breath, as if he didn't want to continue talking.
"That tyrant, it was he who forced your mother to death!"
His voice suddenly rose, filled with suppressed hatred, like a turbulent undercurrent beneath the ice.
"He deserves to die!"
Duan Qingye strode up to Gu Junze and said, "Before, I was always worried that the tyrant king would threaten me with your life, making me afraid to act rashly."
"But it's different now."
He stared at Gu Junze, with a fanatical glint in his eyes.
"You command a large army. If you turn against us, father and I, together, will be able to dethrone that bastard emperor and avenge your mother!"
He stretched out his hand, as if trying to grab Gu Junze's shoulder.
Gu Junze took a half step back, avoiding his touch.
The air in the tent seemed to freeze instantly.
"I will avenge my mother myself."
Gu Junze's voice was light, yet cold without a trace of warmth.
"Now, it's not the time yet."
His gaze was as sharp as a knife, piercing Duan Qingye straight.
"Under the guise of revenge, to annex Eastern Jin, this is the general's true purpose, right?"
The excitement on Duan Qingye's face froze in an instant, the heat in his eyes faded, replaced by a deep scrutiny.
"you……"
"General, do you know why my mother didn't want to leave with you back then?"
Gu Junze interrupted him, his tone cold and knowing.
"Because she has long seen through your wolfish ambitions."
"She loves this country, the land that gave birth to her. She doesn't want to see the suffering of the people and the smoke of war everywhere."
"So, she chose to stay and chose the most difficult path."
Gu Junze's words were like sharp knives, accurately piercing Duan Qingye's most secret thoughts.
Duan Qingye's expression turned a little ugly. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly sneered.
"You are too soft-hearted. War is bound to involve bloodshed and sacrifice!"
He turned around and walked back behind the desk.
"Only through great unification can there be eternal peace."
Gu Junze looked at Duan Qingye coldly, his heart was surging, but he still maintained a calm appearance.
"Great unification?" Gu Junze said these three words calmly. "If the price is the loss of lives, what is the meaning of such peace?"
Duan Qingye turned, his gaze piercing: "Sacrifice is inevitable. Without bloodshed, how can there be rebirth? Every dynasty that has passed has been built on the bones of dead."
There was a moment of silence in the tent. The two men stared at each other across the table, the air thick with the smoke of invisible gunpowder.
Duan Qingye narrowed his eyes: "Are you really willing to work for the man who killed your mother?"
"One day I will kill him myself."
After he finished speaking, Gu Junze calmed down and prepared to leave.
However, just as he turned around, Duan Qingye's voice rang out again, "Since you're here, stay."
Gu Junze paused and slowly turned around.
The guard at the door of the tent seemed to sense the tense atmosphere inside the tent, and his hand unconsciously pressed on the hilt of the sword.
Duan Qingye sat behind the desk, fingers crossed, looking at him gravely, the way a superior controls his prey.
"What does General Duan mean?"
Gu Junze's face remained calm, but his eyes had turned cold.
"It's nothing."
Duan Qingye spoke in a flat tone.
"I just feel that since it's so rare for us father and son to meet, we should catch up on the past."
This was not a reunion at all, it was clearly an attempt to forcibly detain him here.
Once he is captured, the tyrant emperor will definitely use the thing made by the Grand Council in order to save his country.
Not one can survive...
Gu Junze's thoughts raced in his mind, but his expression remained calm.
He suddenly smiled softly. The smile was very faint, but it carried an inexplicable chill.
"General, are you sure you want to keep me?"
His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard in every corner of the tent...
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