Gong Xiqiu had to admit that he was somewhat gloating about his misfortune.
The staff messenger seemed not to notice Gong Xiqiu's expression, and just replied indifferently: "I don't know yet. I just know that the person who took the national seal is not simple. He either has the special ability to hide the national seal or has special items. The first two
I could still vaguely feel the breath in the day, but then it became fainter and fainter, and there was no trace of it anymore.”
The elites on this journey were originally headed for the national seal.
Since the national seal is no longer available, it is useless to continue to stay. It is better to return troops to reinforce our own military and prevent Zheng Qiao from sending troops to suppress the border. Therefore, the possibility of withdrawing troops is extremely high, and it is foolish to stay and entangle the alliance forces.
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Gongxi Qiuchu listened with great interest.
When he heard the last sentence, his expression twisted, and he almost gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
The staff member looked at him and asked him what he meant.
Then he asked: "Didn't I tell you early enough?"
"You said that you could still feel it vaguely in the past two days, but there has been no trace in these two days -" Gongxi's teeth were grinding with hatred, and his back molars were itching, "If you had said it two or three days earlier, the soldiers fighting today would not have known it at all.
You lost your life in vain! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Not only did the staff member not get angry, but a very strange sneer appeared on his face for a moment, and he said: "You will feel sorry for me."
Gong Xiqiu: "That's more than two thousand lives."
It's not that he feels bad.
Human life is the most worthless thing in this world.
But no matter how worthless a human life is, it can be divided into whether it is valuable or worthless. Even if they died, they could have died more valuable instead of being hastily buried here!
Even if these are actually the soldiers of King Pig...
Therefore, even if the staff envoy in front of him was the only clan member left in the world, Gong Xiqiu would not have the slightest fondness for him.
The aides laughed at his naivety.
"Gong Xiqiu, do you know something?"
As soon as he started talking, he paused suspiciously and deliberately whetted Gong Xiqiu's appetite, but Gong Xiqiu could only do what he wanted.
He asked: "What can we know?"
"Do you know what order King She gave me before he left? You and the soldiers and horses led by your adoptive father can all be sacrificed if necessary. As long as you can get the national seal, no matter what the sacrifice is!" the staff messenger said sarcastically.
Looking at Gong Xiqiu, "If necessary, your life can be filled."
Gong Xiqiu thought it was some kind of order.
He said: "Isn't this normal?"
He had seen similar faces many times, let alone King Pig, a weirdo among human beings? In fact, Gong Xiqiu was slightly surprised by the "mildness" of this order. Considering King Pig's character,
His instructions shouldn't be so "normal"...
The staff envoy had an expression of "You are still too young."
With a sneer, he spat out words that were even more sinister and sticky than the venom of poisonous snakes: "What King She means is not what you understand. His original intention is - if the casualties in Xiaocheng are not enough to force out the national seal of Xin State, you can
Give up those soldiers."
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
The staff envoy said coldly: "So, have you seen clearly? In your eyes, more than two thousand living lives are just insignificant in the eyes of others! Whether they died on the battlefield loyal to the king or in other invisible places, they
It makes no difference whether you die in battle today or in the future. Gong Xiqiu, you really should have died on the day when your clan was annihilated, instead of leaving your clan and wandering through the muddy world of mortals, fearing that you would die without a burial place!"
Gong Xiqiu looked at the staff envoy in shock and anger.
In his memory, every member of the Gongxi clan followed the guidance of the gods and worked hard to live. They were open-minded and optimistic, bold in nature, men and women of all ages, good at singing and dancing, and any unhappiness could be vented through loud singing and wild and changeable dancing.
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Live in seclusion and have nothing to do with the world.
Gong Xiqiu has never seen a clansman who is as sinister and disgusting as the one in front of him. It goes against the style of the Gongxi clan. What kind of thoughts does the other party have to treat him and bring about the disaster of annihilation of the clan?
The only survivor said this?
His eyes were so understanding that the messenger said: "The Gongxi clan's emblem is the least favorite snake in the world. Being cheerful and lively and loving life is against the ancestral precepts, right? I am used to being gloomy, but you just can't see it.
What can you do if you get used to me?"
Gong Xiqiu: "You——"
The staff envoy said: "That's all."
Gong Xiqiu wanted to curse a few words, but the figure returned to the shadows, completely blending into the darkness, and lost all sound in the next moment. Gong Xiqiu was left cursing in his heart, wishing he could dig up his ancestral grave...
Oh no, ancestral graves cannot be dug up.
Their ancestral graves are the same.
Gong Xiqiu frowned depressedly.
He was even more depressed than having his head cut off by Shen Tang over and over again during the day. He sat there with his arms crossed for a while, then suddenly stood up and went to look for the suitcase that he brought with him wherever he went. Despite the fact that Gong Xiqiu's life was a mess, he had to do clerical work
It was thrown around casually, making it so messy that no one could put their feet down, but the things inside the box were neatly packed and taken out and wiped regularly.
He found a thick volume of genealogy from the bottom of the box.
Every name on this genealogy has been crossed out with trembling calligraphy and ink. If you look carefully, there are still many tears and water stains on it. Only Gong Xiqiu's name is still there. Skip those names and flip up.
Turn it over again and compare them one by one.
"Not this one……"
I attended this man's funeral myself.
"This is not..."
Neither is the uncle next door.
"This...this...this...isn't..."
Gong Xiqiu remembered that his staff messenger had said that he had crossed out the names in the genealogy overnight, and his handwriting should be different from that of the clan leader who was in charge of the genealogy at that time. All he had to do was find the one with special handwriting.
Following this clue, I actually found two.
Gong Xiqiu seems to be the most likely one to lock down.
but--
He opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
The hands holding the family tree were trembling.
"How, how could it be possible - it could be him?"
Different from the outside world, children of the Gongxi clan only take their mother's surname. They are generally raised by their mother, uncles and other natal elders. In order to avoid problems with newborns caused by too close blood lines, women can choose to marry within the clan when they reach adulthood, or they can
They choose to leave the tribe and look for men outside. After a period of time, they return to the tribe with their children.
Gong Xiqiu's father was one of them.
Except for my deceased mother, no one knows who my dead father is.
Gong Xiqiu didn't know either.
There are many examples of half-brothers and sisters in the clan.
Gongxi Qiu is no exception.
He has a half-brother who is much older than him. He heard that his brother was selected by the clan leader at a young age to be trained as the next clan leader, but Gong Xiqiu has never seen him. His mother said that his brother died in infancy, but his uncle said
He leaked that his brother had made a big mistake and was executed by the clan elders. His mother was heartbroken. In order to get over the pain, she was encouraged by her uncle to have a second child, which is now Gongxi Qiu...
If this sullen guy were my brother...
It's no wonder that the clan elders always look at Gong Xiqiu with complicated eyes.
Gong Xiqiu dug out a mirror from the pile.
Photo on the left, photo on the right.
He murmured in a daze: "I really didn't notice it unless I looked carefully, but there are indeed some similarities..."
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Staff Messenger: Who do you think I am???
Gong Xiqiu:????)
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