"Madame was gracious. Sheng smiled and looked around, "It's just that His Royal Highness Gu Hongyuan didn't attend tonight?" Before Xian Ji could speak, Yun Zheng grabbed the conversation: "Your Highness, I understand." The western kingdom is afraid that we will raise a teacher at the ceremony tomorrow to ask for our guilt, so they have come to seal our mouths. As for His Highness, I'm afraid you won't dare to come, right?"

"Elder Yunzheng. It's better to keep some morality. His Royal Highness suddenly spoke.

Although Yun Zheng is young, he is already an elder of the Southern Kingdom. If you want Yun Zheng to be this person, even if there are thousands of things, there is one point, that is, he is very good at judging the situation. Back then, Xin and the elders of the southern kingdom competed for power, and Yunzheng stood on Xin's side. After the regency of Sheng, the southern court was in turmoil, and had to reuse the cloud zither, and even later made a marriage contract with her.

Here, Yun Zheng saw that it was His Royal Highness who spoke, so he stopped talking.

Xian Ji said: "Those grievances and grievances in the past fifty years, who can tell the difference between right and wrong?"

Yun Zheng glanced at Sheng, thought about it, and sneered: "Tomorrow, the new king of the Western Kingdom will succeed to the throne." Madame's words today may not be fulfilled by the new king tomorrow. Anyway, we have to ask His Royal Highness Gu Hongyuan to come to us in person. ”

Yun Zheng's words reminded His Royal Highness that although Xian Ji repeatedly promised that Gu Hongyuan would let go of the past after succeeding to the throne, after all, it was only her family's words. Xian Ji has controlled the government of the Western Kingdom for many years, and if she sincerely promises it, it can be trusted in the short term. I'm afraid that in the future, Gu Hongyuan will turn his face after gaining power, which will catch the northern country off guard. Instead of this, it is better to test his attitude as soon as possible, so that it is easy to deal with it.

So he changed his words and said, "Let's let Gu Hongyuan come over." I haven't seen him for many years, and I'm very worried. ”

In the most corner of Yingquan Palace, there is a white jade screen.

Gu Hongyuan held the sachet in his hand to remove the smell, and according to Xian Ji's words, he sat behind the screen and heard the whole scene clearly. Hearing that His Royal Highness and Yun Zheng were embarrassed by his mother, he couldn't sit still, and was about to get up, but he saw Qingwu walking towards him with a tray and shaking his head slowly.

Qingwu gently put down the tray and applied a soundproof barrier before saying, "Your Highness, don't be impatient." ”

Gu Hongyuan looked at the tray, but saw a wine bottle on it, many wine glasses, and several wine bowls.

"Your Highness, please take a closer look. "Qingwu Road.

After finishing, Qingwu first took the wine bowl aside, then lifted the wine bottle in his hand, and poured wine into the wine glass one by one. Qingwu poured more and less wine. The cup in the center has the most drink, followed by the cup near the edge, and the cup in between has very little drink.

Qingwu asked, "What did Your Highness think of?"

Gu Hongyuan was silent for a moment: "Country." ”

"Your Highness is indeed wise. Qingwu smiled, "This is the situation that Madame faced when she was young. Qingwu pointed to a cup in the west that was not very rich, and said, "This is the western country at that time." ”

Qingwu pointed to the wine-filled cups in the middle of the tray: "This is the place of sand at that time. At that time, the sand had not yet become a desert, the land was fertile, and it was located in the central hub, and countless merchants came and went, which was the richest. Especially in Xue and Song, it is the worst. ”

Then, Qingwu went to the east, west, south, and north and said: "These places enjoy the advantages of geography and have no worries, so that although they are not as rich as the land of the sand, they can also temporarily ensure their safety for a while." ”

"And the remaining weak countries can only do big things to survive, and even go to Qin and Dusk, in vain to try to meet the source. ”

Gu Hongyuan thought that now there were only the three major demon kingdoms of the west, the north, and the south, as well as a chaotic human realm, and couldn't help asking, "What about after that?"

Qingwu didn't say anything, just began to pour the wine from some glasses into others, and once the wine in the glass was empty, he immediately discarded it. There are fewer and fewer wine glasses on the tray, but more and more wine in the glasses. When the wine glass is full, he pours the wine from the cup into the bowl

Eventually, there were only three wine bowls left on one side of the plate, and the bowls were similar in terms of drink. On the other side, there are a few wine glasses scattered around.

"That's the situation now. "Qingwu Road.

Gu Hongyuan thought for a while and looked at the wine glasses: "Why do they still keep them?"

Qingwu said: "The east has always been a place for human beings. The human monarch has a short lifespan, and the human realm has always been divided and merged. Hundreds of years ago, the human realm merged once, and it was once able to compete with the demon kingdom for hegemony. It's just that it didn't take long for me to mess up again. Also, like thirty years ago, the human realm was also unified once, but it was soon divided due to the royal family's struggle for power. ”

After a pause, Qingwu continued: "I think Your Highness can also see that now that the Three Kingdoms are deadlocked, whoever can take the power of the human realm into his bag will have an advantage." It's just that everyone thinks so, so everyone doesn't let the other be happy. Whoever sends troops to the human realm will inevitably be hostile to the remaining two countries. The stakes are too great – and it is this delicate balance that continues to this day. ”

"It's just that it won't last!"

Qingwu said: "Those countries that have done great things are now gone, and the countries that are as rich as Xue Song have also been included in the territory of our western country, and the former human overlords have long been wiped out. As long as there are many nations, the troubled times will not cease, and if the troubled times do not stop, no one and no country will be safe!"

"If the country is not strong, it will perish in the long run! How can we try to be strong? Strengthen ourselves and weaken the enemy!"

"Yes, there is no righteous war in troubled times. ”

Qing Wu came here and sighed: "These are all things that Madame wants to tell you through my mouth." Here are the heartfelt words of the servant. ”

Gu Hongyuan nodded slowly: "You." ”

Qingwu said: "The banquet just now was full of tentative words, and there was hardly a sincere word. I know you don't like such an occasion, but how can you like it? After Your Majesty left, the political situation in the West was unstable for a while, and it was Madame's hard work to support you that gave you time to grow and train. ”

"The battlefield you will be on is extremely dark, and it can be said that you don't use a knife to kill people, and you don't see blood when you kill people. Therefore, as the king of troubled times, you must not only carry a sharp blade in your body, but also have a sharp blade in your heart, so that your thoughts, strategies, behaviors, commands, and even words and demeanor can become a sword for weak enemies to confuse the enemy!"

Gu Hongyuan suddenly understood Hengyu's complicated eyes last time.

Hengyu saw it better than him. The name of this mountain is Hanshan.

The mountain is towering into the clouds, and the rocks on it are scattered horizontally, and there is no grass under the stones, only the top of the mountain is covered with snow.

Gu Hongyuan walked to the foot of the mountain and stopped. He looked up and saw the sun shining on the snow.

Just like it was fifty years ago.

A sound of footsteps suddenly came into his ears, and he followed the sound, and sure enough, he saw the young demon fox hurrying over. The fox demon was dressed in black, with clogs on his feet, and his blonde hair was unusually swaggering.

The fox demon stood five steps away from Gu Hongyuan, his blue eyes glancing around, but he didn't dare to look at him.