Square inch by Kyushu

It is said that in "A, B, C, D", the craftsmanship of being a human/leather mask is unparalleled in the world.

In fact, after getting to know Luo Qiuli, I realized that the invisible mask they put on their faces was the one that shocked everyone.

Since that day, Luo Qiuli often came to visit Gu Yanxi when he was free.And the words were kind and friendly, as if the "unhappiness" that happened that day was just an illusion of Gu Yanxi alone.

Everything he did to him didn't seem to have any grievances or pretentious perfunctories at all, and some were just treating each other with sincerity.

If it is not 100% sure that Luo Qiuli will never betray Li Muge, and he has deep hostility towards him.Sometimes Gu Yanxi really mistakenly thinks that the other party really has a heart of fellowship with her.

Probably apart from Li Muge, Luo Qiuli should be the person he has ever met who knows how to "act the fake show".

However, putting aside these confusing appearances, he was very clear about the reason for Luo Qiuli's behavior: since the last meeting had revealed flaws, his "care" for him simply turned from the dark to the clear, Such blatant surveillance made Luo Qiuli more active.

During this period of time, Luo Qiuli would sometimes come together with the "young man in a bamboo hat" to see him treat him.But there was no such cynicism as when he first came here, instead he was smiling and humorous throughout the whole process.It made Gu Yanxi feel that the pain of being pricked by the golden needle was much relieved.Moreover, he himself has a little bit of medical skills, and when he occasionally communicates with the "battle hat youth", with Luo Qiuli at his side, he makes witty words and flowers, and he feels more physically and mentally happy, and the conversation is very happy.

Sometimes, he would bring a scholar in long gown and scarf to play chess with him. The scholar looked pedantic and honest, but his chess moves were flexible and cunning-there were traps everywhere in the moves and moves, and it could be said that he met his opponent heartily. The extremely boring recuperation life suddenly became full of fun and interest.

Sometimes, he would also bring a delicate and lovely girl with bright red hair and buns.Her specialty seems to be chatting, covering a wide range of astronomy and geography, and she tells him stories from time to time, some are anecdotes from the world, some are court disputes, some are royal grievances, some are historical gossip...these are too numerous to list.Although he knew most of the "stories", he still felt that it was interesting for her to tell them.

Later, he brought a lot of strange people, including a short but outstanding juggler, a twin brother who talked half a sentence, a hunter who could communicate with animals, and a pair of protruding ears. The "God of Gamblers"... There are too many strange people and strange things.

But most of the time, he came by himself.

Once, he brought a picture of "Autumn Darkness" to Gu Yanxi.After appreciating the picture scroll, Gu Yanxi said to him: "You always bring some interesting people or strange objects over, which makes me mistakenly think that you are really nice to me, and you are always trying to make fun of me. "

Luo Qiuli smiled, crossed his legs, and twirled the scroll in his hand, neither denying nor affirming, just said: "Anyway, you are idle, I am idle, and they are idle too." , won't you get together?"

Gu Yanxi also smiled, took a sip of tea, her eyes were clear and sharp: "Please tell Li Muge a word, if we get together, I just want to get together with Ji Yiran, as for the 'elites' under him, no matter how interesting I am interest."

Luo Qiuli was not surprised by Gu Yanxi's reaction at all, can't the dignified military god see this trick?

Li Muge really wanted everyone under his command to know about this famous "Military God" in the past, so that everyone would have a better idea.

But in the eyes of "Military God", there is probably only fame but no real affection. Li Muge asked him to pick the "interesting" ones to bring these subordinates, and those rare antiques were also specially ordered by Li Muge to collect according to Gu Yanxi's preferences.

To put it bluntly, these arrangements were just prepared by his master under the guise of "business affairs", but in fact they were carefully prepared for fear that Gu Yanxi's recovery would be boring.

Secretly suppressing the unhappiness that surged up in his heart, Luo Qiuli still smiled friendly, but the words he said were no longer so friendly: "Juju is okay. When Dongxiang is gone, you have a lifetime to get together. Let me talk about it." It is not your microphone, and cannot be ordered by you."

Gu Yanxi raised the corners of his eyes, and said loudly: "Of course I don't dare to use Mr. Luo as a microphone. I will naturally say this to those 'dark guards' who are guarding everywhere."

Luo Qiuli showed admiration when he heard the words, and stroked his palms: "You are so sharp, it seems that even if you lose your martial arts, you are not a useless person."

Gu Yanxi shook her head, with a bit of helplessness in her tone: "Although he is not a useless person, he is not as miraculous as you think. Such layers of 'protection' are too much of a fuss."

Luo Qiuli didn't respond immediately, but lowered his eyelashes, looked at the tea shaking in his hand thoughtfully, and said after a long time: "I also think it's a big deal, but General Li doesn't think so. He's actually not afraid What kind of tricks did you play, just because you were afraid that you would disappear again, without warning like three years ago."

At the same time as the words fell, he raised his eyelashes, and saw Gu Yanxi's eyes move, but it was so fast and shallow that he couldn't tell what it was that flashed just now?Or that there was nothing just now, but it was just an illusion born from his heart?

Silence, once spread.Even if the sun is high and the sun is just right, it is difficult to melt the stubborn disease that freezes the air.

Therefore, Luo Qiuli knew that he should leave.

It turned out that after so many years of training and so many days of making up, he was still unable to perfectly play the image of this "goodwill ambassador".

Thinking of this, he couldn't help admiring Li Muge, and at the same time began to sympathize with him from the bottom of his heart.

If he is like this as an outsider, how can he be so embarrassing as an insider?

He made up a reason casually, cupped his hands, and left with a smile.

Gu Yanxi nodded slightly, her whole person was still indifferent and silent, making it difficult for people to see the emotions at this time and guess what was in her heart.

The moment Luo Qiuli turned around, there was no smile on his face.Along the way, he kept pursing his lips somewhat negatively, his brows furrowed deeply.

As he walked, he kept complaining in his heart: If it wasn't for Li Muge's orders, he wouldn't have the leisure time to come here every day to "flavour". God knows that he pretends to be idle during the day and acts like a horse and a cow at night. Recently, the domestic turmoil is tense , he is really exhausted every day to the point of exhaustion and loss of energy and blood, okay?

The imperial court of Xi Kingdom has been in chaos ever since Li Shengxin, Marquis of Fuyao, was bestowed with death, and all his powers, big and small, were accepted by Li Muge overnight.And the battle between generals and ministers that had been lurking in the dark was also brought to the table. After everyone broke their faces, there was nothing to worry about. They used all kinds of despicable methods and confronted each other openly and secretly.

The king of Xi, Li Shengtong, has become a bird of fright because of Li Shengxin's rebellion. He is always on guard and suspicious, and every night he is irritable and restless under overthinking.In the past, it was just licentiousness, but recently it has become bloodthirsty.

Coupled with the constant fear of being robbed of the throne and glory, his hedonic behavior intensified.

If the government is weak, the people will not be able to live, so the peasant uprising broke out in the eastern part of the country of Xi. Originally, it was only a small group of villagers making trouble, and the government did not pay attention to it. .

At this time, Xi Wang Li Shengtong sat in the main hall with a face full of horror and anger, angrily yelling at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "A bunch of wine bags and rice bags, they know how to pretend to be dumb with fear when encountering troubles. What is the use of my Daxi Kingdom raising you ?”

All the officials below looked at their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, and they didn't dare to make a sound, they only hoped that they would be able to get out of the crowd.The current situation no longer allows them to speak out for the country and the people.

The more Li Shengtong said, the more angry he got, he walked off the golden chair with his fat body shaking, and gave the prime minister who was bowing his head two big mouths with two backhands: "Don't think I don't know, the reason why this uprising will expand rapidly It's the result of your concealment, just to compete with the general for that little political achievement."

When Prime Minister Song Ping heard the words, his legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground and cried out that he was wronged, and wept uncontrollably.Why, I have three generations of Zhongliang and a loyal family. I have been conscientious since the founding of the country, and I am still dedicated to it now.After a few words, there are nothing more than two meanings: first, relying on the old to sell the old, I am a veteran of the three dynasties with deep roots;

But since ancient times, no matter how incompetent a king is, having his rights questioned is the bottom line that he cannot touch.It is impossible for Song Ping to understand the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years, but it is also because he has been up and down for many years that he forgets his duty and is arrogant.

Li Shengtong raised his hand, and the eunuch next to him immediately presented a stack of letters, and he threw them fiercely into Song Ping's face, and Song Ping's face was horrified—it was all through communication between him and the local officials The secret letter, of course, also ordered to conceal the riot.Didn't you tell me to destroy it after reading it?Why did it appear in front of him perfectly, without even a single hole?

"This is someone else's forgery! False accusation! It is absolutely a false accusation! I also ask the Holy Master to show me that the person who presented this thing should confront me in court." If he refused to admit it to death, the emperor would not be able to tolerate him.

Before the emperor could speak, he saw a man wearing heavy armor and carrying a wooden box into the hall.

He came to the front of the hall, clasped his fists with both hands on one knee, and respectfully saluted as a minister.Although this man had a mask on his face, he couldn't see his face clearly, but judging from his tall and straight figure and every move, he could not hide his heroic spirit.

Li Shengtong, who was still furious at first, immediately turned pale when he saw the person coming.After Shen Sheng said "Pingshen", he turned to Song Ping and said, "Aren't you going to confront the person who presented the object? General Li is right in front of you, so you can argue as hard as you can."

Song Ping had expected that it was Li Muge who did the trick, and he knew that he couldn't argue with his own words at this time, but he bet on the emperor's concerns - the concern of punishing him, the concern of killing the tiger and keeping the wolf.

So he glanced at Li Muge, and didn't mention the matter of avenging his injustice, but said coldly: "General Li is ambitious, it's hard to guarantee that he won't be the next Fuyaohou."

This sentence was extremely vicious, and it accurately hit Li Shengtong's weakness. Seeing that his eyes really changed, Song Ping's eyes were full of tears, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Li Muge's expression didn't change at all when he heard the words, he just said in a sonorous voice: "I am willing to kill all the traitors and mobs for your Majesty." After saying that, he raised his knife and fell, following the screams one after another, Song Ping's head was spattered with blood Three feet.

Li Shengtong's face was horrified, and he looked at Li Muge with wide eyes in disbelief, showing anger, panic, doubt, and fear.

Just as he was about to launch an attack, Li Muge knelt down in front of the hall again, opened the wooden box that he had been carrying all along, and presented it with both hands: "This is the head of the leader of this riot, please take a look at it. From now on, Jiangshan can sit back and relax." His voice sounded flat and calm at this time, without any trace of arrogance, only taking it for granted.

Li Shengtong's anger that surged up quickly turned into a wisp of green smoke, which drifted away without a trace.

He supported Li Muge with both hands, and praised with a smile all over his face: "The general is indeed the treasure of the country, why worry about this country forever if I have you."

Li Muge remained neither arrogant nor impetuous, respectfully said: "With the grace of the lord, I will definitely live up to my expectations."

Li Muge's "great achievements" spread to the people this time, and the common people all secretly praised this general for his integrity and bravery. Everything is ready.

only……

Putting down the "horse" in his hand, he smiled and said to the honest scholar: "Yes."

The scholar looked at the chessboard and shook his head, and at the same time raised his hands: "In this game, I am willing to bow down."

Suddenly a shadow appeared on the chessboard.Li Muge stood behind the scholar in casual clothes, nodded with a smile, "Qingyu, you may not lose this game, let me see how I can help you turn things around." Before he finished speaking, the general's son had been turned into powder, and the breeze blew past No trace.

Gu Yanxi was startled, and thought to herself: So this scholar is actually that killer Qingyu?Li Muge suddenly appeared here, did he want to tell me this?But even if I know it now, it doesn't make any sense anymore.The bureau has been closed and the matter has been settled.Or did he just want to give himself a blow?

Although Gu Yanxi was calculating everything in her heart, she didn't show anything on her face.At this moment, he snorted coldly, raised his voice again, and said "general" full of provocation.

Li Muge followed the same pattern and continued to wipe him out, and Gu Yanxi continued to be a general one step at a time.Qingyu, who knew the current affairs, gave up the first seat, and gave Luo Qiuli a helpless look, expressing that she really couldn't stand the "childlike" anger of these two people.

Luo Qiuli spread his hands to him, expressing that there was nothing he could do.

"So blatant, it seems that I want to congratulate you for getting what you want." Gu Yanxi looked at the "veteran" that was finally turned into nothing, and smiled helplessly.

At this time, Li Muge looked like he still had a pair of peach blossom eyes and a half-smile casually, but it was obvious that things were different.

It turns out that this is the so-called "the human face doesn't know where to go, but the peach blossoms still smile at the spring breeze."

He didn't have to "pretend to be crazy" to him anymore, so he showed his true nature: he changed back to the Huangfu Guangbo who had been silently enduring humiliation after his family was destroyed.

And this Huangfu Guangbo is neither a gentle, free-spirited and chivalrous son of heaven, nor a peddler of the world with a game of chess behind his back.

He is now a king, a king with hegemony in his heart!

"Don't dare to do it. It's better to keep the weasel at the chicken's New Year's greetings." Li Muge's words interrupted his thoughts at the right time.He casually picked up the hot tea that had been waiting by the side, but didn't drink it, and buried half of his face in the dense mist, faintly visible.

"I've been reduced to a prisoner, and I can't pose a threat to you no matter what An'an's intentions are. Why do you have to be so cautious?" Gu Yanxi raised his sleeves to sweep away the powder on the chessboard but did not move the opponent's pieces at all, with a clean and calm face.

"Be careful sailing for ten thousand years. For a dangerous person like you, no matter how much effort you put in, it's worth it. I have learned from the past." Speaking of the betrayal back then, he no longer felt resentment, only introspection.

"Then you're going to lure wolves into the house again?" Gu Yanxi smiled, and the joke flashed in his eyes.

"This time it's not to lure wolves into the house, but to invite you into the urn." Li Muge also smiled, but his smile was sarcasm, and his eyes were slightly cold.

"It may be a continuation of the relationship." Gu Yanxi suddenly picked up Li Muge's slashed chin, smiled and kissed it.

Luo Qiuli and Qingyu, who were standing by the side and had been watching the show, were both startled. They stared at this horrific scene in history with their mouths gaping: their black-bellied general was actually molested by someone, or by a man who had completely crippled his martial arts.

Although Li Muge was offered a kiss by the other party, he was not half happy in his heart.Because he clearly understands the meaning of this kiss——Ji Yiran is really amazing, not only can make you lower your IQ, but also make you arrogant, even forcing you to use "beauty tricks" to deal with me.It seems that after the past three years, you, Gu Yanxi, are not what you used to be.

So he pinched the back of Gu Yanxi's head with his backhand, making it difficult for him to leave.And the tip of the tongue drove straight into his mouth, stalking the city and looting the pool extremely domineeringly. Seeing his cold gaze, the corner of his eye bent and the tip of the tongue viciously pressed against his roof, forcing him to fit him even more tightly. to draw more air.

The person involved in this kiss was naturally turbulent, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was passionate.And it was their god-respecting general who was kissed so passionately.

"It turns out that the general likes to be passive." Listening to the wet squirming, Qingyu swallowed with reddish cheeks, feeling that this scene should be ignored, but she was not willing to look away.

At this time, Luo Qiuli patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, let's go! Do you dare to observe the master's love affair? After watching it, I'm not afraid of you getting needles, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to finish eating afterwards. .”

"Oh." Qingyu nodded blankly, and immediately followed Luo Qiuli, not daring to turn her head again.

Luo Qiuli put his shoulders on his shoulders, gave him an ambiguous look, and said in a low voice: "Don't say I didn't take care of you, little brother. It's better to do this kind of thing. I'll take you to the 'Langyu Pavilion' tonight." One lap."

"Is it expensive?" Qingyu asked cautiously.

Luo Qiuli patted his chest, and replied generously: "You miser, don't worry, I will be charged for this."

Qingyu immediately changed Nuonuo's uneasiness when she heard the words, and became happy.

Feeling that he was finally getting further and further away from those two people, Luo Qiuli secretly breathed a sigh of relief.As for why he breathed a sigh of relief, although he doesn't understand now, he will understand one day.

"Everyone is gone, and you have the upper hand. If you have anything to say, just speak up." Li Muge let go of Gu Yanxi decisively, with his usual demeanor on his face.

Gu Yanxi was still calm and indifferent as usual: "I want to make a bet with you."

"You need to place a bet, do you have one?" Li Muge looked at the other party curiously, with a funny expression on his face.

Gu Yanxi raised her eyebrows lightly, looking at him like an idiot, she answered his question without saying a word.

Li Muge wasn't annoyed by this look, he just said: "Even if you have it, I don't necessarily gamble."

Gu Yanxi raised a mysterious smile when she heard the words, and said firmly: "You will definitely bet with me." After speaking, he took out an envelope and put it on the table, confident in his mind.

Li Muge didn't pick up the envelope, but looked at the other party with a strange expression, that look like Wan Guan's family fortune fell from the sky but he couldn't be happy at all.

"I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect you, Guangbo, to learn the ability to see things from a distance?" Gu Yanxi picked up the envelope and handed it to him: "Are you afraid that I will do something on it?"

Li Muge's lips lifted slightly, and he smiled lightly.He took the envelope calmly, shook his head and said, "Are you satisfied now?"

Gu Yanxi also shook her head: "You haven't watched it yet?"

Li Muge shook the things in his hands, and said: "If I read it, the bet will have to be played, so I don't want to watch it yet."

Gu Yanxi couldn't help laughing when she heard the words: "I didn't expect that with your arrogance, you would still care about such small issues as who is being led away by whom. But it doesn't matter, anyway, you will have to watch it sooner or later."

After all, he didn't stay any longer, turned and left the gazebo.But Li Muge's proud voice came from behind: "Even if I wanted to watch it, I wouldn't watch it now. I want you to wait, but I want you to wait. While waiting, I still have to suffer from Ji Yiran's can't wait." ’” He almost laughed out loud at the end.

Gu Yanxi didn't respond at all, and continued to walk forward as if she didn't hear anything, with her back straight.

Not long after he left, Li Muge stared at the few tiny drops of blood on the ground not far away, and was dazed.

After a long time, he opened the envelope and skimmed over the contents with a gloomy expression.Fingers grabbed the letter paper and tried to tear it but couldn't, leaving only a tangled wrinkle in the end.