Governor's Mansion, in the study.

Xiao Baihe looked at the old man in front of him suspiciously, and finally couldn't help asking, "Lord Zhou Mu, you have let me watch you here for an hour." Lao Xiao is a rough man, and he can't break the wit, since my Xiao family stayed, I want to advance and retreat with the state pastor. The state pastor doesn't have to be tempted, just say anything directly!"

The old man in a Confucian shirt walked slowly on the rice paper with a hunched back and a pen, and said in his mouth: "White Crane, you have some patience in learning. ”

Xiao Baihe, who got a response, hurriedly stood up and said, "Don't embarrass me, don't embarrass me, I'm impatient, what are you looking for me, let's talk about it quickly." ”

The old man still lowered his head and wrote something on the rice paper, and said in his mouth: "You said you want to advance and retreat with me?"

"Otherwise, I would have left with my clansmen a long time ago, and the state pastor wouldn't still suspect me, right?" Xiao Baihe said.

The old man shook his head: "I don't doubt you, but I don't need the Xiao family to advance and retreat with me." ”

Xiao Baihe was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face was a little stiff.

"I want the Xiao family to advance and retreat with Ningzhou. The old man raised his head, put down the pen in his hand, and looked at Xiao Baihe with a smile.

Xiao Baihe was a little puzzled, and he smiled: "Isn't that what you mean?"

"Of course not. The old man said.

Xiao Baihe asked distressedly: "Your old man is playing a game again, then you can teach me how to do it differently." ”

The old man said with a smile: "I called you today, and the old man is going to teach you how to advance and retreat with Ningzhou." ”

Xiao Baihe heard it inexplicably, and he was about to ask, but there was a sound of footsteps outside the study, and he only heard a servant say outside the house: "Report to the state pastor, Jin Buyun Jin Commander asks to see." ”

"Tell him I'll be here in a moment. The old man was not surprised by Jin Buyun's arrival, and said in a deep voice to the people outside the house.

Xiao Baihe had a strange look on his face, and stepped forward and asked, "What is he doing so late?"

"Commander Jin is an official of the imperial court, and he patrols Ningzhou on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and he can find me whenever he wants, and there is no difference between doing and not doing anything. The old man said slowly.

Xiao Baihe only didn't care about the old man talking nonsense, got up and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"No need, you have other things to do. The old man said slowly.

Xiao Baihe was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed joy: "What's the matter?" ”

"How about going and see that handwriting?" said the old man with a smile, pointing to the white paper he had used to write.

Xiao Baihe scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "Lao Zhou Mu is in a dilemma, who doesn't know that what I Xiao hates the most is vassal elegance, I can't tell if I recognize the words written by Zhou Mu, how can I judge whether it is good or not." ”

But after saying this, the old man stood motionless, squinting at him.

Xiao Baihe shrunk his neck and promised, "Then take a look." ”

The old man was still silent, Xiao Baihe had a strange heart, but he didn't dare to be disobedient after all, so he walked up and looked at the rice paper fixedly.

I saw that the rice paper was sprinkled with dense lines of words-

The willows hang down in spring, and you ask the rivers and mountains.

And the ambition of the road, Wang Ye is not partial.

Traveling eight thousand miles east, asking the sages for the king.

Passing on my rule of the world, it is difficult for me to complete it.

When I remember the youth, my destiny is not enough.

Sixty years of spring and autumn,

Expand the land and also Anbang.

The bird spreads its wings, and the four edicts enter the dragon.

Only then did I know that the days were easy, and the monarch and the minister were safe.

Now the will of the Son of Heaven will repay the king with death.

The river flows eastward, and the wind and rain sleep together for a long time.

......

"This ......" Rao is he, Xiao Baihe no longer likes to chew on words, and it can be seen that this is clearly a desperate poem!

His face looked up at Jiang Huanshui in horror and incredulity, and asked: "What's the difference between the state pastor? My Sanxiao army is still there, and the 200,000 iron horsemen only need to give an order from the state pastor to directly take Tailin City, and the number of victories and defeats is not known, why do you want to die?"

The old man didn't answer his words, but suddenly asked: "Bai He, have you ever thought about why the Xu family and the Ning family are willing to take such a big risk and leave Ningzhou." ”

Xiao Baihe was stunned, it was not that he didn't know the answer to this question, but he secretly felt that it was inappropriate to say it on this occasion.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. What a character Jiang Huanshui was, he could see Xiao Baihe's concerns at a glance.

Xiao Baihe still hesitated for a while, and then gritted his teeth and plucked up the courage to say: "Because of the state pastor." ”

After saying these four words, his gaze fell on the old man's body, as if he wanted to determine the old man's reaction. But seeing Jiang Huanshui's face like this, his heart was a little more stable, and he said: "Because the state pastor has tolerated Yan Ting everywhere over the years, they no longer believe in the state pastor, or they no longer believe in it as before......"

"Wrong. At this time, Jiang Huanshui shook his head and interrupted Xiao Baihe's words, "They just believe in me too much and know me too well, so they will leave." ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Baihe's eyes widened in confusion.

"They left because they knew that I had never used troops against Yan Ting before, and in the future, or never, I would never use troops against Yan Ting. Jiang Huan said quietly.

"But ......" Xiao Baihe's face changed again when he heard this, he couldn't understand why this was? Is it just because of the kindness of the first emperor back then, he wanted to take himself and the entire Ningzhou?

"That's right. But just as he was about to declare such doubts, the old man in front of him seemed to suddenly think of something, and a smile spread on his face.

"What?" Xiao Baihe looked puzzled.

"After all these years of working together, I never seem to have said thank you to you. ”

Jiang Huanshui said this, he stretched out his hands in front of his chest and closed them, and then solemnly bowed to Xiao Baihe.

"I have worked with you for 30 years, and I have taken care of you, and I am afraid that I will not meet you again today. ”

"Commander Xiao, I've worked hard all these years"

With that, the old man suddenly turned around and walked to the door.

Xiao Baihe was shocked and wanted to follow, but he found that at this moment, he was imprisoned by some powerful force, and Rao could not break free even with his cultivation at the peak of the Six Realms.

He understood that this was probably a ban secretly imposed by Jiang Huanshui, his body began to tremble, he wanted to say something but didn't know how to speak, he could only stared blankly at the back of the old man gradually moving away.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but vaguely he seems to see a white male lion, condensed behind the old man's back, and returned to the old man's body......

......

"What is the elder of the pavilion doing, if you want to come to the temple to worship, you should inform the little ones in advance, and the little ones should make some preparations. Liu Feng pinched his throat and said cautiously in a shrill voice, his tone was sincere and fearful, and his hand holding the lantern trembled a little.

This is by no means his cowardice, after all, at this moment he is following him the elders of the three dynasties of Yan Ting, Zhou Xiangmin, the head of the cabinet.

He once stood side by side with Taizu, after all, the rule of the Great Zhou, and also worked with the first emperor to pacify Ningzhou and recover Mangzhou, and now the king on the dragon chair has changed again and again, but he has always sat firmly in the position of the head of the cabinet. In Tailin City, there has always been a saying that the emperor of flowing water is old and the iron Zhou Xiangmin is beaten.

Today, such a high-ranking and powerful minister rebelled against the Taimiao in the middle of the night, and he Liu Feng was a regular person, and it was inevitable that he would beat the drum in his heart.

What's more, along the way, the old man who was over ninety years old was silent, which made Liu Feng secretly worry about whether there was any bad news these days that had reached the mouth of the patriarch of the Three Dynasties.

After all, he was born as a eunuch, and he was able to achieve the position of Fengchang by pleasing his mother. As we all know, between the prince and the five princes, Zhou Xiangmin is more inclined to the prince, and recently the princelings and the Jin family have been fighting inextricably, everyone in Tailin City is in danger, and Zhou Xiangmin's sudden rebellion is to take him under knife?

Thinking of this, Liu Feng's heart became more and more worried.

Zhou Xiangmin obviously didn't know what he was thinking, and of course, this Shoufu Lord didn't have the heart to care about what a eunuch was thinking.

He just hurried to get there.

But he was too old after all, and he was thirty out of ninety today, which was a very old age for a Confucian scholar who had not yet broken the eighth gate. It was so big that those who had been with him were buried deep under the loess, so big that every step he took at this moment required the strength of his whole body.

Finally, after passing through the long corridor, on the steps made of marble, the magnificent temple appeared in front of Zhou Xiangmin's eyes.

He lifted the hem of his wide uniform and stepped forward. Liu Feng beside him saw him trembling, lest the old man fall down from the steps, and wanted to step forward to help, but before he could take a step, a golden light suddenly swept away from the temple, shaking his body back.

He sat on the ground for a while before he came back to his senses and looked fixedly, only to see that the claustrophobic door of the Taimiao Temple was slowly opening by itself.

"Emperor Spirit Manifestation!?" His heart was already in his heart, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead - the Taimiao was dedicated to the kings of the past dynasties, as well as the four gods and generals who broke the territory with Taizu back then. The gods will be vassals and will not appear in the temple. And the emperor ......

There is a way that a kingdom cannot be without a king for one day, but it is also not possible for two days to shine together. Although the emperor spirit sleeping in the temple enjoys the incense of Yanting Wanwan like a yin god, he must not appear holy, otherwise the two emperors will come out together, which is against the way of heaven. Unless—unless something big happens.

Although Liu Feng relied on flattery to get this flattering position, he could win the favor of the queen mother, and he obviously couldn't do it without a little cleverness. He immediately realized that something was wrong, and looked up in amazement as the Shoufu Lord walked into the temple, and then the temple door slowly closed. He didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly ran in the direction of the outside of the Taimiao, shouting loudly: "Prepare the horse! I want to enter the palace to meet Niangniang!"

Liu Feng galloped out on horseback, but Zhou Xiangmin, who walked into the temple, stood with his hands bowed.

On the desk in front of him that was dedicated to several spirit cards, suddenly there was a golden light on the spirit cards, and a vague figure of a handsome young man appeared.

Zhou Xiangmin was about to bow down, but the man said, "I know everything." ”

"Your Majesty......" Zhou Xiangmin was stunned for a moment, and was about to say something, but he listened to the man's words.

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the elder of the pavilion. ”

The figure said this, looking up into the distance, and his tone suddenly became gloomy.

"I want to go to Ningzhou to see him for the last time......"