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Many tall elm trees were planted on both sides of the road in Liaojun City. It was winter at this time, and the leaves naturally fell off, leaving only the branches like dry bones.

Xie Fu stood behind a tree, holding a longbow in his hand.He looked at Lu Jue not far away, clenched the bow and arrow in his hand, but there was no resentment in his eyes, only strange calm.

Not long ago, Wu Lang returned to Liao County in embarrassment with less than a few hundred remnants of soldiers, and he personally executed the Fa on the spot. Although the generals and soldiers were extremely shocked, they couldn't say anything.

"General," one person was in a state of distress and blushed and asked, "What should we do now?" The main force was completely destroyed, and there were only more than 2000 people left in Liao County. No matter how strong the city of Liao County is, it cannot stop Live in Lu Jue.

Xie Fu took off the mask and threw it on the ground casually, revealing a pair of calm eyes. The tattoo at the end of the eyes was like a strange flower. The generals were shocked when they saw the tattoo, but they were speechless.Xie Fu didn't care about their eyes at all, he said: "You take people to evacuate to Dai County, and I will stay and kill the queen for you." After a pause, he said word by word: "I will stay alone."

Liao County was determined not to be able to defend it. These people would only die in battle if they stayed, but it was still useful for him to keep them, so he had to abandon the city and retreat to Dai County.It was Liwei who just beheaded the black wolf, now it's time to show favor.

"General!" Those people opened their eyes wide in surprise: "You, you alone?! Lu Jue brought tens of thousands of people—"

Xie Fu interrupted him sharply, and said: "I am alone. I will block Lu Jue's pursuit for you. You go now. I am still your general now, this is my order."

"General..." They half-kneeled in front of Xie Fu, and when they looked at Xie Fu, they no longer had the hidden contempt they had before. Their eyes were red, and they finally answered: "Yes." The county waits for the general!"

Xie Fu nodded, those people gritted their teeth and turned to leave.

The last troops withdrew, and Liao County became a city without soldiers garrisoned. Lu Jue took it as if he was looking for something.Thinking of this, Xie Fu smiled self-deprecatingly. In fact, it wasn't just Liao County—although the other five counties still had soldiers and horses stationed in Beiliang, the real elite of Beiliang had already been swallowed up. As long as Liao County was taken down, Lu Jue Attacking the other five counties will naturally become a devastating trend, and it is only a matter of time before they are all won.

He wanted them to evacuate to Daijun, but it was just drinking poison to quench their thirst.But he needs them to subdue him completely, and he needs them to do one last thing.

Standing behind the tree, a cold smile suddenly appeared on Xie Fu's face—the battle report has just been sent to Beiliang King's Capital, if their king knows that the idiot he sent to restrain him, Xie Fu will completely ruin him and annex Dasheng I don't know how hysterical and furious he will be, but thinking of him like that makes people feel a little bit happy.

There are Dasheng soldiers everywhere in the city, presumably Lu Jue sent them to clean up the remnants of Beiliang, and they still need to take over the government office and appease the people.But even with so many things to do, once the city is cleared up, Lu Jue will send people to chase the remnants of Beiliang.

Xie Fu squinted his eyes and looked at Lu Jue who was not far away——wanted to completely cut off Dasheng's pursuers, the best way now is to let their backbone have an accident, Lu Jue has a very high prestige in the army, as long as he goes out No matter, Dasheng’s army will be in chaos—even if it’s only for a short while, they will send more people to step up investigations in the city. This time is enough for the remnants of Beiliang who are fleeing to Daijun .

He raised the bow in his hand, pulled the string tightly, and aimed at Lu Jue's heart.Suddenly, a person came towards Lu Jue from the direction of the city gate. He walked to Lu Jue's side and talked to Lu Jue.When Xie Fu saw that person, his pupils shrank—the person with the exact same face as himself and the same blood flowing in his body looked at Lu Jue with such hot and deep eyes...

Xie Fu lowered his eyes: That's how it is.Thinking of the sweet-scented osmanthus, the bow in his hand suddenly loosened... Even a person like him couldn't bear to hurt another "self" in this world.

However, there was one last thing he had to do.

Thinking of this, his eyes gradually gathered a bright light, he raised the bow and arrow in his hand towards Lu Jue again, and tightened the string, but the arrow moved down an inch, and it was no longer aimed at the opponent's heart.

The bow was fully drawn, Xie Fu let go, and the arrow shot out with a "whoosh". At this moment, his pupils shrank: Xie Qiao rushed towards Lu Jue with a face full of fear, and blocked Lu Jue behind him. , the arrow pierced Xie Qiao's body.

Xie Fu's hand holding the bow trembled suddenly. At that moment, he seemed to feel that his body was in pain as well—was it the same blood, he thought a little self-deprecatingly.

He closed his eyes and opened them again, and his eyes became calm again: Xie Qiaogui is a prince, and something happened at this time, it is no different from what happened to Lu Jue, his goal has finally been achieved.

Something happened there, Dasheng's soldiers hurriedly strode towards Lu Jue, Xie Fu threw the bow and arrow, and hid in the alley beside him - there was a secret way out of the city.

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late at night.City medical center.

Xie Qiao lay face down on Lu Jue's lap, his eyes were tightly closed, his lips were pale, his face was completely bloodless, but his forehead was dripping with sweat.

The shirt had been taken off a long time ago, and the arrow had been removed for a whole afternoon. Now it has been taken out and the medicine has been applied. The doctor carefully wrapped the last piece of bandage for him, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Lu Jue looked at the fresh blood that was oozing out from the snow-white bandage, and his eyes were faintly red. He looked at the doctor and said, "How is he?"

Lu Jue's soldiers were not rude when they came to the city, and they tried their best to appease the people. The doctor had a good impression of this Dasheng general. Although this injury is not easy to heal, as long as you are careful, pass the fever stage, and then take the medicine and change it on time, it will heal well, general, don't worry too much."

Lu Jue reached out and brushed the loose hair from Xie Qiao's forehead, put the blanket on Xie Qiao's body lightly, and said, "Okay, please take the medicine for him."

"Hey." The doctor said and turned around to get the medicine.

At this time, Ling Daoyuan came in from the outside, he saluted the doctor to reassure him, and then walked towards Lu Jue.

Lu Jue looked at him: "How?"

Ling Daoyuan frowned, and wanted to swear 'his grandma', but seeing Xie Qiao's appearance, he suppressed it in the end. He deliberately lowered his voice, and said, "We have checked everything in the city, and none of those grandchildren are here. In the city, I would have fled if I wanted to." He glanced at the bloody arrowhead on the tray next to him, and said: "The last general asks for his life to pursue, as long as there are 200 troops, I will definitely capture all those grandchildren."

A cold light flashed across Lu Jue's eyes, but his voice was very calm, he said: "It's useless, I think they have already arrived in Dai County now." They have already missed the best opportunity to pursue.

"Then the general will take Dai County!"

"No," Lu Jue said, "Although we have won today, the soldiers are exhausted. Now is not the time for Nadai County. Pass my order, and the soldiers of each battalion should take a good rest these few days." After a pause, he stretched out his arm With a finger as white as jade, he said: "Just a little bit, don't disturb the people in the city, and those who violate the order will be punished by military law."

Ling Daoyuan opened his eyes wide. He pointed at the unconscious Xie Qiao: "That's all?! General, he is not only your best friend, but also my Dasheng prince!"

Lu Jue looked at him expressionlessly, and said without a word: "Ling Daoyuan, carry out the order."

Ling Daoyuan took a deep breath, and choked out a sentence: "Yes. The general will retire." After speaking, he turned and left.

The doctor helped Xie Qiao get the medicine, knowing that Xie Qiao had better not move the place right now, so he turned around and went into his living place, asking the family servants to decoct the medicine.The medicine was ready soon, and the doctor came to Lu Jue with the medicine. He put the medicine on the small table beside him, and said, "This young master is not going to move the place for now. At least tonight, the general and young master will rest here. Don't worry, general, this room is very warm and convenient, if there is an order, the young master will call directly."

"Okay. Thank you." Lu Jue said, hugging the doctor.

The doctor smiled, and said: "You are being polite, General." After finishing speaking, he looked at Xie Qiao again, and said to Lu Jue, "General, please wake up your son and feed him your medicine. Tonight, this medicine is very important. You must take it."

Lu Jue's hand on Xie Qiao paused, and he nodded: "Okay."

The doctor said: "Then please go ahead, general. I will take my leave first. If there is anything to do, the general remembers to call me."

"Okay. Trouble. Thank you."

After the doctor left, only the two of them remained in this space.

It was cold and windy outside, and the candles in the house were warm and yellow.

Lu Jue looked down at Xie Qiao who was still asleep on his lap, then stretched out his hand to Li Bai, and gently covered his hair.

He looked at him quietly, as if he could never see enough.In that illusory yet frighteningly real memory, what he regretted the most before closing his eyes forever was that he didn't look at this person's face a few more times that night - at that time, this person was sitting high on the throne On top of that, there was an insurmountable gap between them, and he didn't have the chance to look at this person as close as that night.Except for that night that seems to be extra in their lives, they can only be monarchs and ministers, they must be monarchs and ministers.

The candle made a light "beep", but Lu Jue still bent down, leaned into the ear of the other party, and said, "Qiaoer, wake up and drink the medicine."

Xie Qiao vaguely heard the most familiar voice in the chaotic darkness.The voice was illusory and real, and it was fatally attractive to him.

He struggled to open his eyes, and finally saw Lu Jue's face.So a shallow smile surfaced subconsciously on his face: "Brother Huaiyu."

Lu Jue rubbed his hair and said, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Xie Qiao shook his head.

Lu Jue carefully bypassed his wound and helped him up and hugged him in his arms. Xie Qiao opened his eyes wide, and saw Lu Jue took the medicine from the table next to him, put it to his lips, and said, "Drink the medicine. .”

Xie Qiao had just woken up at this time, but his consciousness was still a little confused, but he subconsciously felt that he had to listen to Lu Jue's words. Hearing what Lu Jue said, he took the medicine bowl and drank the medicine in one gulp.The medicine was extremely bitter, Xie Qiao couldn't help but frowned slightly, but the bitterness of the medicine has some benefits, Xie Qiao is quite sober now.

Lu Jue got the candy from somewhere, surrounded Xie Qiao, stuffed a candy into Xie Qiao's mouth, and said, "Don't do this again in the future."

Xie Qiao paused with sugar in his mouth, but didn't answer, just lowered his eyes.

Lu Jue suddenly reached out to cover Xie Qiao's eyebrows, Xie Qiao was startled, but did not struggle.Lu Jue said quickly, "Qiaoer, before I left for the expedition that day, I didn't get along with you just to save Lu Zhao."

Hearing this, Xie Qiao's eyes widened. He suddenly raised his hand and put it on Lu Jue's wrist, trying to brush off Lu Jue's hand, but Lu Jue exerted force, and the hand covering Xie Qiao's eyebrows did not move. a cent.

Xie Qiao's hand on Lu Jue's wrist trembled slightly, and he gasped for breath. He felt that just after waking up from the endless chaos, he fell into another nightmare. He didn't dare to think: Lu Jue, he , what did I remember...

His body trembled slightly, and he said in disbelief: "Huai... brother Yu... you..." Did you remember the things in the last life, did you remember that I killed you in the last life...

Xie Qiao's voice trembled and was terribly hoarse. Lu Jue had never heard Xie Qiao's fearful voice before, and his heart suddenly ached.However, this was a thorn in Xie Qiao's heart, and he had to pull it out completely.

So, Lu Jue said: "Yes. I remembered some things. I haven't experienced those things before, but they are terribly real."

Xie Qiao's body trembled more violently, his heart seemed to be in severe pain, and the pain passed through the wound that was now oozing blood. He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say any explanation: any words are so pale and powerless in the face of human life ...

Xie Qiao's heart was numb with pain, he thought, finally, he was going to lose Lu Jue...

Lu Jue still held Xie Qiao in his arms, covered his brows and eyes, lowered his head and kissed his hair, and said helplessly, "Qiaoer, you want to listen to what I have to say."

Xie Qiao's body trembled even more. He was afraid that Lu Jue would tell him in the next moment that he would make a clean break. Even if he would forgive him for taking his life, no one would fall in love with someone who wanted to take his life. Afraid to hear the phrase 'no more love'.However, this is the cause he planted, and he must bear the bitter fruit of that seed.

Lu Jue sighed slightly, and said, "Qiao Er, I never believed that you would harm me at that time. I know that you are the Son of Heaven, so you have many things you have to do, even if you don't want to."

"I don't blame you for sending people to the northern border to share the merits, but I blame you for sending those two people here - the time is very short, just for a moment." But I also know that the emperor he taught is too young after all, The human heart is the most difficult thing to see through in this world. Occasionally, he doesn't know people well, and he can't blame him, and he doesn't want to blame him.

"Qiao Er." Lu Jue hugged him, pressed his chin on his shoulder intimately, his voice was as clear as a spring: "Did you hear what I said? I said, until the last moment, I knew that it was not you who killed me." Me, you will definitely not kill me." He had always firmly believed that the children he had taught would not kill him with such despicable means, and he had never doubted that Xie Qiao would kill him.

"Joe, stop blaming yourself. It wasn't your fault at all."

Lu Jue raised his hand covering Xie Qiao's eyebrows, pinched Xie Qiao's chin and turned Xie Qiao's face to himself. He looked straight at Xie Qiao's eyes full of panic, and then bent his eyes.

"Why don't you listen to me." He said, "Qiaoer, you have to listen carefully to the following words." These words must be said while looking into his eyes.

"I am pleased with you." He bent his eyes and looked into Xie Qiao's eyes, his voice was unbelievably gentle: "In that life, I will be as pleased with you as I am now."

Xie Qiao opened his eyes wide, filled with disbelief.Lu Jue leaned over and kissed Xie Qiao's lips, carefully savoring the astringency of the medicine in his mouth.

Xie Qiao seemed to be stunned, obediently letting the other party kiss.

After the kiss, Lu Jue nodded Xie Qiao's brow, and said, "Qiao Er, did you hear what I just said?"

Xie Qiao looked at him quietly with those black and white eyes, but his eyes were red. After a while, he opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "I also like you, and then I will like you. Start very early, and I will please you."

A trace of cunning flashed across Lu Jue's bent eyes, and he said, "I know."

Xie Qiao leaned over to hug him, buried her face in his neck, and apologized earnestly: "Brother Huaiyu, I'm sorry."

Lu Jue put her hands behind his head and said softly, "I told you, it's not your fault. I never blamed you."

Xie Qiao hugged her tightly, as if she was afraid that the other party would disappear in the next moment: "Yes."

The room was warm and silent, and the candles were dimly lit.Maybe it was because of the medicine, maybe it was because Xie Qiao was injured, and he was too tired today. His eyelids finally started to fight, but the hand around Lu Jue's neck was reluctant to let go. Did he fall asleep in his arms? .

Lu Jue felt that the breathing on his neck gradually became longer. He was stunned for a moment, and a soft smile appeared on his face. He carefully moved Xie Qiao's body to the bed, and helped him cover the blanket. Sitting by the bed, guarding each other willingly, as if guarding the most precious treasure in the world.