People are unpredictable, and many things are only on a thin line. Good and evil, kindness and cruelty, greed and tolerance...the distance between them is not far, and it is difficult to simply define a person by good or bad.
Li Xingzai thought about it over and over in the past few days, but still couldn't make up his mind. On this day, he summoned Qi Jiguang into the palace.
Li Xingzai was thinking about whether Qi Jiguang had been worried these days. As soon as he got the news, he rushed into the palace and the first words he said when they met were:
"Your Majesty, do you have an idea in mind?"
Li Xingzai neither shook his head nor nodded and said, "I want to see Cheng Dalei."
Qi Jiguang was startled and found that Li Xingzai had already changed into casual clothes. It seemed that he was ready.
As for why Li Xingzai wanted to see Cheng Dalei, Qi Jiguang couldn't guess. He had to make arrangements for the two of them to go together without anyone else and quietly enter the prison at night.
The Heavenly Prison is located in the northwest corner of the palace. Not everyone is qualified to enter here, including those who have committed serious crimes and deserve to die, as well as those royal relatives and nobles.
Now because of Cheng Dalei's incident, the prison has been emptied. Only Cheng Dalei is incarcerated, and Zhang Baihe is in charge of the custody of ten people.
Li Xingzai was shocked when he saw Cheng Dalei. He saw that Cheng Dalei was locked up in a prison, his body was framed in a cage, and heavy iron chains were wrapped around the outside of the cage.
His eyes were closed tightly and his expression was haggard, making people wonder whether he was alive or dead.
"He...what happened to him?" Li Xingzai's tone was almost frightened.
Qi Jiguang clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the thieves are cunning and have to be treated like this."
"Do you want to kill him?" Li Xingzai sounded a little angry.
Qi Jiguang did not shake his head or nod. He said: "In the past few days, I have been taking medicine to make him fall into a coma, but your Majesty, don't worry, he is still alive."
The hunter, one of the top ten bodyguards, grew up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and lived with tigers and wild boars. In addition to his crossbow arrows, he also used various plants to prepare poison. It was used to numb the tiger, and now it is used on Cheng Dalei.
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"I'm afraid I won't live long." Li Xingzai felt inexplicable bitterness in his heart.
Some things can only be known when things come to an end. The brave ones may be fragile, and the powerful ones may be vulnerable... And when Cheng Dalei actually appeared in front of Li Xingzai, Li Xingzai discovered that he may not have the cruelty to kill Cheng Dalei.
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"How could it end up like this?"
Li Xingzai said to himself, after Cheng Dalei lost the threat to him, he remembered all the past events. When they first met, he had already seen his lawlessness. Later, when he saw him racking up a lot of family business and becoming famous, he might not be sure in his heart.
Not a bit envious.
This envy later gradually turned into jealousy, and there was fear hidden in jealousy. Because of fear, I just took the risk, but today, everything has disappeared, and I think of my past love again.
Li Xingzai sat on the floor, looked at Cheng Dalei and said: "Cheng Dalei, I want to say something to you, but I don't know if you can hear it. You and I are brothers, and we have reached this point. No matter what, I am sorry for you. From now on.
From now on, live a good life and don't blame me."
Staring at Cheng Dalei carefully, he saw that his eyelids twitched twice, but he still didn't open his eyes. It seemed that he hadn't woken up yet, but was just twitching subconsciously.
Li Xingzai smiled bitterly: "If you are still awake, we can drink a bottle of wine. You don't know, my life has not been pleasant these years, and I have never had the chance to get drunk. Get on this chair,
In fact, it is not easy. You are smart and knew that this chair was not easy to sit on from the beginning. Yes, you have always been a smart person..."
There was sourness in his heart. If possible, he wanted to have a drink with Cheng Dalei without getting drunk. After all, Li Xingzai didn't have many friends. Nohara Huo was one, and so was Cheng Dalei.
I have already killed one, do I want to kill another?
After a long silence, Li Xingzai stood up from the ground and bowed to Cheng Dalei.
Afterwards, he walked out of the prison. Qi Jiguang chased after him and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Li Xingzai didn't look back and said: "Let him go free from the cage and keep an eye on him these days. Don't let anything happen to him."
Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up: "Let him have a bowl of road wine?"
"What about wine on the road?" Li Xingzai said: "I know there is a small island in the East China Sea. Send him there. Don't let him land ashore in his lifetime."
Qi Jiguang was stunned. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Li Xingzai decided to let Cheng Dalei go. This was his final decision, and now the past feelings prevailed.
"Your Majesty!" Qi Jiguang knelt on one knee and spoke in a heavy tone.
Li Xingzai shook his head: "I know what you want to say, there is no need to say it anymore. Song Youqu has a good saying, this world belongs to me, why can't I tolerate Cheng Dalei living in the world? Let him live, I want him to
He lives."
What Qi Jiguang couldn't understand was that Li Xingzai wanted to keep Cheng Dalei alive, partly because of Cheng Dalei and also because of Li Waner, but a large part of the reason was for himself.
He walked from the East China Sea to Chang'an City, and finally became the monarch of the empire. He did too many unintentional things along the way, which made Li Xingzai feel that it didn't matter who was on that chair, as long as he clicked a certain button
Anyone can do things according to the rules.
As long as you close your feelings, learn to be indifferent, learn to be cruel...there are rules and regulations in every step.
Now he is living a good life. The land in the world is all the royal land, and the shores of the land are all the royal ministers. He can obtain the most precious and beautiful things in the world with the flip of a palm.
But it is the king of a country who lives well, but where is the Li Xingzai who laughs, curses, and is free and easy in the world of mortals?
Li Xingzai searched and searched, but couldn't find him. He suddenly discovered something. He really killed Cheng Dalei, and also killed the former Li Xingzai along with him.
Let him live, and let yourself live at the same time. Letting him live is also giving yourself a way of life.
Tell the world that you cannot be killed so easily, nor can you be changed easily. No matter what happens in the past and present, for Li Xingzai, it was he who sat on the chair, but the chair did not sit on him.
Li Xingzai walked away. After thinking about his thoughts, his steps became much easier.
Qi Jiguang stood there dumbly, unable to move, not knowing what to do.
"General." Monk Qingshi came behind him and said, "What is your Majesty's will?"
Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Let him die."
This is reasonable, and Monk Qingshi didn't find it strange. He asked: "How to die?"
Qi Jiguang thought for a while, then said seriously: "Leave him a whole body."