The Eight Winds of Rebirth

It was three o'clock when Gu Xiangtan came back from the Buddhist hall. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Zhao Yuan half leaning on the couch, with his eyes slightly closed, as if he had fallen asleep. His long eyelashes were drooping, and his black hair was hanging loose. A meticulous painting.

Gu Xiangtan watched him for a while, then went to freshen up.

After a long while, there was still no movement in the inner room. Zhao Yuan opened her eyes involuntarily, looked around, and finally settled on the two paper figurines on the table.

A big paper figurine on the left strode over, angrily reprimanded the small paper figurine.

The little paper figurine was very aggrieved: "My boss, what did I do wrong?"

The big paper figurine said: "Little servant! Someone asked me when I would invite him to dinner today!"

The little paper man cried: "Yes..."

"How did you answer!"

"I said you wait for the next life!"

"Crack!" The big paper man slapped him on the head again: "Who told you to talk to yourself and promise him a life!"

Zhao Yuan: "..."

After a while, Gu Xiangtan poked his head out from behind the desk, and asked with his mouth pursed, "Isn't it funny?"

Zhao Yuan stared at him for a while, then reached out and grabbed Gu Xiangtan.

Gu Xiangtan was also holding a shadow puppet-like paper figurine in one hand. Zhao Yuan recognized that he bought it from a small town in Chenzhou for his birthday two years ago.

"Where did you learn it?" Zhao Yuan squeezed his hand and asked, Gu Xiangtan couldn't make up such a joke.

Gu Xiangtan's ears turned red: "Su Xi told me."

The young man in front of him had a pale face, moist eyes, and a little bit of shyness in the elegance between his brows. He was indescribably touching, like an exiled immortal who didn't know much about the world.

Zhao Yuan took his hand to his lips and kissed it, and leaned over to peck and kiss Gu Xiangtan's crimson ear pinna little by little. Gu Xiangtan felt the softness of his lips, and dodged with a slight itch.

Zhao Yuan tightened her arms, hugged Gu Xiangtan tightly in her arms, buried her head in his neck, breathed in the quiet sandalwood scent on his body one after another.

Gu Xiangtan let him hold him like this, and it took a while for Zhao Yuan to say: "I have recruited the Yuguo Army and integrated it with the Shenwu Army. If there is enough money in the next year, then I will recruit another [-] troops."

"Ah."

"After training all these people, take advantage of the fact that the Nanman's vitality has not recovered in the past two years, and take them down in one fell swoop! To avoid long nights and dreams."

"Ah."

"Zhao Ze... is still in the camp."

When Gu Xiangtan heard about this, he still let out a "huh".

Zhao Yuan raised her head and met Gu Xiangtan's eyebrows, knowing that he had expected it a long time ago.

"I'll give myself three years. After three years, there will be no Nanman country in this world!"

When Zhao Yuan said this, her eyes were sharp, and Gu Xiangtan could almost see the thin sharp blade passing by in front of her, full of evil spirit.

He looked at the moonlight outside the window, and when it was midnight, he lowered his eyes again, playing with the paper figurine in his hand, without saying much.

Not long after the two of them rested, light footsteps sounded outside. Gu Xiangtan felt the people beside him get up silently, and tiptoedly put on his outer robe and walked out, presumably afraid of making noise I don't even have a light on.

But Gu Xiangtan still listened to Mou Fei's voice outside, and he reported to Zhao Yuan in a low voice: "Master... the three kings were poisoned and killed in prison just now."

Gu Xiangtan stared at the carved water lily in the hazy night beside the bed, and heard the footsteps outside the door hurried away...

-

The next day, Zhao Su got married.

Although he himself is only a fifth-rank loose official, Guan Yonghou is no longer as good as he used to be, and his daughter Mei Jianxi has only left, and the white affairs have not yet disappeared. The eight sedan chairs were lifted, and all the rituals that should be performed were taken care of one by one. In the eyes of others, it was considered a happy event.

Not many people came from the court, but the etiquette was quite comprehensive, and the one with the longest face was a statue of Sakyamuni presented by the spiritual Buddha. Zhao Su couldn't bear to let go in front of everyone, and loved it very much.

He was already handsome and bright-eyed, but today's wedding gown is even more rare to bring out a trace of handsomeness and dignity, which compares with all the people on both sides, and some people even think that Mei Jianyou's appearance is too high.

Mei Jianyou's life in this life is better than her previous life. Since the queen ordered her to marry her, she can be regarded as Zhao Su's wife. Heaven and Earth worshiped Guan Yonghou again, and they were sent into the bridal chamber amidst the noise of the guests.

Zhao Su is still temporarily living in the imperial city, so the new house is also arranged here. In the room, there are red silk wedding candles, and a new tent brocade quilt, looking very happy.

The bride of Fengguan Xiapei sat on the bed, waited for her husband to pick up the head covering, and the two of them took the wine on the table and drank together.

Zhao Su had a smile on his face, and looked at Mei Jianyou with gentle eyes, but it was no different from how he usually looked at others.

Although Zhao Su was not her sweetheart, Mei Jianyou couldn't help but blushed when she saw his demeanor today, really showing a little daughter's shyness.

Just before she opened her mouth to speak, her chest and abdomen twisted suddenly, and the severe pain hit suddenly, Mei Jianyou's face turned pale from the pain, and she couldn't help rolling on and off the bed.

"Ah... ah... Xianggong... save... save me... ah... it hurts so much!"

Zhao Su was stunned for only half a moment, then squatted down to suppress the opponent's struggle, turned Mei Jianyou's head to check, and saw blood gushing out of the opponent's mouth and nose, accompanied by spots of blue and black, for no less than half an hour Even the lips were purple and gray, which was obviously not an ordinary disease.

Zhao Su hurriedly went to find the imperial doctor, but thinking that there were so many guests outside, going out at this moment might arouse people's suspicion, and considering the person behind it, he thought it was better not to make a fuss.

But after a while, he had already gone through the matter in his mind, Zhao Su's face was getting darker and darker, but he stopped when he left, and he only turned his head to look at the suffering person on the ground for a while , then bent down and carried her back to the bed.

Mei Jianyou was in unbearable pain, but when she was dying, she saw that her newly married husband not only didn't care about her appearance, but didn't even intend to rescue her, so she just threw him on the bed and looked at the flagon that the two of them drank before , said to Mei Jianyou, "Stay well", and went out the door.

Zhao Su accompanied the guests outside as if nothing had happened and arranged the wine ceremony neatly. After everyone returned with a good heart, he then recruited a servant to ask who gave the Hebei wine.

The boy replied, "It's the princess."

Zhao Su squinted his eyes, and asked the boy to invite the imperial physician, saying that his wife had a sprained foot, and asked him to come and see, on the day of great joy, don't make a fuss about it.

The imperial doctor came in a hurry, but saw that the bride who was supposed to have sprained her ankle was unconscious at the moment, hanging there paralyzed as if she was dying.

The imperial physician worked hard for half a night, and finally let out a long breath.

Zhao Su had been sitting by the side with a cold face, and finally asked, "How is it?"

The imperial doctor said: "This medicine is very overbearing. It contains many kinds of poisons such as Huangji and lacquer tree sap... The old man has already prescribed a prescription for his wife to take, but the lady is weak, and it hurt her throat and lungs. Although she managed to keep it I lost my life, but I'm afraid it will be..."

Zhao Su took a sip of tea: "The imperial doctor just said so."

The imperial physician glanced at Mei Jianyou who was on the side: "I'm dumb and can't speak, and it's hard to get pregnant."

It means that I have been dumb since then, and I will not be able to give birth to children.

A woman who is not beautiful at all, ended up like this on the first day of her wedding, even the imperial physician felt that Mei Jianyou was pitiful, and looking at Zhao Su's posture, how will she live in the future?

Zhao Su put down the teacup, took out an ingot of gold from his pocket, and handed it over, saying, "I'm really bothering the imperial physician today. I'm in a difficult situation for my wife, but I can't say a single typo. The imperial physician should understand why." ..." He didn't even dare to say a word when his wife was poisoned, because the person who wanted Mei Jianyou to look good was not young. Zhao Su's words were to remind the imperial doctor to keep his mouth shut, otherwise, who would speak up? They couldn't save his life.

The imperial physician naturally understood, promised again and again not to say much, and left in a hurry after collecting the gold.

Zhao Su glanced at the person on the bed again, and went to the side room without saying a word.

After the door was closed, Mei Jianyou slowly opened her eyes, all kinds of sadness and despair poured into her eyes for a moment, she was desperate to fight, but after all she overestimated her own life, unexpectedly, she still ended up with nothing in the end.

While thinking, several strings of tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

But who is to blame, after all, she chose this path herself...

-

Gu Xiangtan was sitting in the garden of Xumi Temple reading a book, An Yin said that someone asked to see him, Gu Xiangtan paused his hand turning the page, and then nodded.

Zhao Su came from the other side of the garden road. He was wearing a rare indigo brocade robe, with light white water patterns embroidered on his shoulders and chest. He also drew an exquisite koi with silver thread, and jumped up and down like It's like reaching the sky in one step.

Gu Xiangtan remembered that at this time in the last life, Zhao Su was already a second-rank official worshiper, and he walked like a dragon and a tiger, which was very similar to the aura he was displaying at the moment. On the contrary, his stature and demeanor were a head taller.

Gu Xiangtan looked at the other party motionlessly, and Zhao Su was also looking at Gu Xiangtan, his brows were deep, almost straightforward without any scruples.

Gu Xiangtan lowered his eyes, pushed the cup in front of him, and said, "Sit down..."

The color of Zhao Su's eyes changed again and again, there was hatred, resentment, surprise, fascination, and longing...Thousands of thoughts were mixed together, and they were buried very deeply on weekdays, so the slightest leak at this moment seemed to be radiant. Sheng, compelling.

Gu Xiangtan was still indifferent, Ren Zhaosu looked at him repeatedly, and finally listened to his deep question with his throat pressed.

"You can't tolerate me?!"

This is said in a way of enduring pain, full of sorrow.

Gu Xiangtan put down the book in his hand and didn't speak.

Zhao Su said again: "You deliberately leaked the news about the Three Kings a few days ago, and then borrowed my hand to try to kill him, didn't you?"

Gu Xiangtan turned his head back: "But you would have known better if you had gone."

"Yes, because I hate him. Instead of letting him slowly hang in the hands of others, it is better for me to come here in person. At least I can get back for my empress dowager who was wronged and my parents who were exiled. A justice!"

The past of Zhao Su's father, the fourth prince of the late emperor, Gu Xiangtan naturally knew that in the last life, it was Zhao Su who told him personally, and the hatred in his heart was caused by Zhao Dian, who was only the third prince at that time How to use tricks step by step to force the fourth prince's mother and concubine to admit to adultery, and the first emperor was so angry that the fourth prince was exiled in a foreign land, and finally found Zhao Su, who was born with a humble singer, and how did Zhao Su get there? The impoverished place waited for the opportunity step by step, and it took many years for Kuhou to find the opportunity to get to the capital, and finally ascended to the seat under one person and above ten thousand.

No one understands the resentment in Zhao Su's heart better than Gu Xiangtan, just like himself back then.

"I don't blame you, I'm willing. You don't want your sixth son to be dirty with blood on his hands, so let me come, but in the end, you still can't tolerate me!"

Zhao Su gritted his teeth when he said these words, he is such a smart and cunning person, he naturally understands the reason behind it, but after all, he is unwilling to ask such a stupid question!

Why Zhao Yuan, why him, not me!