包括封之洞在内，许多看明白了这场戏的人，心里也才都在秦开元作出决定之后恍然大悟。难怪秦开元会首先表态许半生需杀，他其实就是为了这最后的决定，在那个时候，他恐怕早已想到封之洞的打算，也知道龙潜坤势在必行，于是他先顺合昆仑弟子的激愤群情，而后再用几乎注定政治牺牲的方式保护好龙潜坤。
所有的长老之中，秦开元才是那个最忍辱负重的，韩堪虽然护龙潜坤心切，但却选错了切入点，秦开元才是那个从最初就完全明白了的人。
对此，韩堪心情沉重，在从殿上下来之后，他追上秦开元，神色凝重的说道：“开元，你……这事，本该我去出头啊！”韩堪一声长叹。
秦开元面无表情极其冷漠的扫了韩堪一眼，道：“每个人都要承担自己犯下的错，我不例外，大长老你也不例外，掌门也不能例外。其他人，更是如此！”
这话看似是在说他们三人自己的过错，于是就要自己去承担后果，可是，韩堪却听得明白，秦开元这句话，最重要的部分在于最后那四个字。
更是如此！
没有点名，但这绝对是指的封之洞无疑。秦开元是在表示，无论如何，都不能让封之洞坐上掌门的宝座，为了这个目的，牺牲不可避免，但他一往无前。
韩堪重重的点点头，却只能看着秦开元那已经略显萧瑟的背影。这一次下山，秦开元甚至未必回得来了。
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吴东城中。
许半生拥着美人，半躺于卧榻之上，旁边一张卧榻上，是堪堪睡着的小萝|莉曾文。
蒋怡从桌上拿起一只小小的桔子，这是从辛贡省运来的南丰蜜桔，个头虽小，却奇甜无比，这几年市场上假货颇多，不过蒋怡这种身份，她要的桔子，都是直接从产地果园里摘下来的，自然不会有假。
素手轻扬，蒋怡拨开了桔子，小心翼翼的将桔子上的筋状物一一剥去，这才将桔瓣放在许半生的唇边，许半生张嘴，将桔瓣纳入口中的时候，同时含住了蒋怡的手指，轻轻吮吸着，让蒋怡双眼变得迷离起来。
“讨厌，小文在呢！”蒋怡轻嗔薄怒，双眼之中却是数不尽的风情，哪有半点怪罪之意？只是略显害羞罢了。
许半生不理，抱起蒋怡意图换个地方，可曾文却从软榻上缓缓醒来。
她茫然的睁眼看着正欲进屋的许半生的蒋怡，道：“半生哥哥，师父，你们要去哪里？”
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