General's humble stand-in

Everything is quiet, except for the wind blowing in the winter, and the occasional weeping weeping.

The old lady stood up, lightly turned her wrist to support Jin Buyao on her head.A gift from the emperor, the highest symbol of a first-class imperial lady.

"It's really enviable and jealous." The old lady said quietly, looking past the wooden carved door, staring at the winter scenery outside.

"When I gave birth to you and raised you, I was not as good as Mo Ziyu in the past, and I am not as good as this humble body in the future. It is said that mother and child are connected, but I have become redundant between your master and servant."

Gu Ye hurriedly knelt down, "The child is frightened, he just wants to bring Tao Zhuo back, and has no intention of offending his mother."

"Are you terrified?" The old lady snorted coldly, "On the battlefield, you can make the enemy fearful, and in the court hall, you can be praised by all the officials. I see that you are being praised too much, so I don't take my mother seriously." I keep saying panic, I don’t dare, I just want a slave from you, and you just block it.”

Gu Ye remained silent, despite his mother's soft and hard ways, she refused to let go.

Unlike the past, Gu Ye still has some resentment towards his mother.If my mother had promised at that time, maybe I wouldn't have fought back to save that love by making meritorious service on the battlefield.If I hadn't gone to the battlefield, I wouldn't have never seen the last side.

Therefore, Gu Ye refused to hand over Tao Zhuo because of his gratitude to Tao Zhuo and his stubbornness towards the past.

"Suzhu." The old lady called after sitting down.

Li Memo at the door hastily saluted, "Your servant is here."

"Gu Ye, there is no respect for one's elders, one's own way." When she said this, the old lady's voice was very cold, as light as snow outside the window.However, there is pity in the eyes, love and hate are intertwined.

"Old lady..."

Li Meme wanted to beg for love, but the old lady raised her hand to stop her, and repeated firmly, "Expert's method."

A strong domestic servant came in holding a three-foot-long black wooden stick, about as thick as a child's arm, with densely packed handwriting engraved on it.

Gu Ye took off his blue robe expressionlessly, and put on only plain white obscene clothes, and tied up the hair scattered on his shoulders.

"beat."

The punishment rod fell on Gu Ye, and he really didn't show any sympathy.Gu Ye leaned forward and clenched his teeth.

After three or five sticks, beads of sweat dripped from Gu Ye's forehead, across his handsome cheeks that were as sharp as jade carvings.There was already blood on the back, and it was very dazzling to be stained with plain white obscene clothes.

Tao Zhuo begged for mercy, pleaded guilty, and even begged the old lady to beat herself, but the old lady remained unmoved and simply ignored Tao Zhuo's existence.

After a while, the old lady raised her slender hand and suspended the punishment.

"I ask you, do you still want to keep him?"

"Stay." Gu Ye didn't hesitate at all.

The old lady said with dark eyes, "Call again."

The dark red blood almost stained the entire back, blood oozes from the corner of Gu Ye's bitten lip, but he insisted not to make a sound.

After a while, the old lady asked again, "Still staying?"

"Still."

"Then hit again." The old lady also made up her mind, as if she would beat her to death if she didn't let go.

The punishment stick hit Gu Ye's back, but it was like hitting Tao Zhuo's heart, pulling every breath is a heart-piercing pain.

There was blood on his forehead, but the old lady didn't even look at Tao Zhuo.

Tao Zhuo was forced to be helpless, and begged, "Old lady, Tao Zhuo won't go to Tingfeng Tower, but stay here to clean the Buddhist hall, please stop beating the general."

The old lady finally glanced at Tao Zhuo out of the corner of her eyes, and asked, "Willingly?"

"Yes." Tao Zhuo raised his sleeves and wiped away the tears on his face, "It is willing."

This so-called willingness is like tearing a piece of flesh from Tao Zhuo's heart, bloody pain.

The old lady held the corner of her mouth, her smile was not obvious.

"Stop, stop hitting."

Tao Zhuo wanted to hug the injured general, but he didn't dare, and could only secretly stare at the general's shadow out of the corner of his eyes.After all, I am humble, not even qualified to serve him.

All of a sudden, Tao Zhuo's wrist was covered with sweaty palms, and the hard calluses on the palm rubbed against Tao Zhuo's wrist bones with warmth and humidity, as if a warmth seeped into the flesh and blood.

Gu Ye frowned slightly, his amber eyes stared at Tao Zhuo's crying red almond eyes.

He said, "Did my previous beatings be in vain?"

Tao Zhuo didn't know what he meant, but felt that the general seemed to be blaming him.

Letting go of Tao Zhuo, Gu Ye turned around and took the torture rod, holding his hands higher than the top of his head.

"Mother, please punish me." The words were forceful, and the voice was proud, as if death was regarded as home on the battlefield, and there was no retreat between victory and death.

Knowing a child is like a mother, this child is both fickle and affectionate.Those who don't care can't warm his heart, and those who care will protect each other with their lives.

In the end, the old lady's heart softened, and she no longer ordered punishment, but asked feebly, "Are you serious?"

After a long time, Gu Ye replied in a deep voice, "There is no Mo Ziyu in this world."

In this way, the old lady felt a little more at ease, and waved her hand helplessly, "Go back."

After leaving Jing'an Residence, the direct sunlight was slightly dazzling.The cold wind blew over the branches, and a few dead leaves hanging on the tree rustled.

Gu Ye's figure was straight and his steps were steady, as if the beating just now hadn't left any scars on him.But Tao Zhuo saw it for real, that layer of blood had seeped into his blue ruffle-gold robe, just like blood-colored plum blossoms blooming on his back, blooming little by little.

Tao Zhuo took off his blue jacket and put it on Gu Ye.

Gu Ye paused, and said in a low and magnetic voice, "I'm not cold."

"I know." Tao Zhuo nodded, the cold made him shiver and hug his shoulders, "It's because your back injury can't be exposed to the cold, if the blood is stagnant, it will heal slowly."

Gu Ye looked at Tao Zhuo without saying a word, his deep eyes were like bottomless pools of water, trapping Tao Zhuo in it, slowly drowning.

Thousands of thoughts are always hidden in those long and narrow phoenix eyes.Sometimes, it seems that the sun and the moon are shining together, warming Tao Zhuo and wanting to get closer.Sometimes, it seems that the wind and rain are ruthless and Tao Zhuo is discouraged.

Tao Zhuo didn't want to look at him again, and silently withdrew his gaze, "You put it on first, anyway, it's not too far from here to Tingfeng Tower."

"Tao Zhuo." Gu Ye called.

"Huh?" Tao Zhuo raised his head and touched Gu Ye's eyes again.

"I can't give you anything." The voice was very weak, as if it came from far away, but it really entered my ears.

Tao Zhuo doesn't know how much this "what" actually contains, or this "what" just represents Gu Ye's cold heart.

A certain part of the left chest is uncomfortable, like soreness or pain.Tao Zhuo stared into Gu Ye's eyes and said softly, "I don't want anything."

I don't want anything you can't afford.I like you, and I never thought of turning this liking into a burden for you.I like you, just simply like.

That pure love is reflected in the pure apricot eyes, like the nectar in the morning, without any impurities, so clean that Gu Ye is a little ashamed.

This time it was Gu Ye who missed Tao Zhuo's eyes first, walked a few steps in silence, and said to Tao Zhuo behind him, "Remember what you said today."

Tao Zhuo was slightly taken aback, then nodded.