At sunset, Zhao Yi was called by the old King of Chu to Huatai, which was connected to Yunmeng Pavilion.

The old king of Chu stood by the railing, and the whole figure fell in the sunset, looking old and lonely, just like the remnant sun that was about to set in the west.

Zhao Yi stood behind Du Huangting, and his personal guard Wu Dao stood behind him.

Du Huangting said softly: "Lord Wang, the prince is here." ”

The old king of Chu turned around quietly, smiled and nodded, "Yi'er, you come here." ”

Zhao Yi thought that the old King of Chu was looking for him to discuss tomorrow's affairs, and when he came all the way, he was still thinking about it in his heart.

He stood side by side with the old King of Chu, raising his eyes to look at the lake glowing with golden light.

Zhao Yi felt a little emotionally in his heart, what he had experienced in the past few years was just like the gorgeous and hazy Junshan Lake, which was wonderful and dizzying, but it felt very unreal.

The old King of Chu said quietly: "At the beginning, I chose the Chu King's Mansion next to this Junshan Lake, just to covet this scenery, as for what Kanyu Shi said, 'leaning on the mountains and rivers, hiding the qi and blessings' and the like, I didn't pay much attention." At that time, I didn't have any ambitions, I just wanted to be a prince of peace, travel in the mountains and rivers, and be very satisfied. Later, your father came secretly and changed my mind and my life, and I remember that it was on this stage that we talked about wine all night. ”

Zhao Yi didn't withdraw his gaze, but his mind was already listening to what the old Chu King was saying.

The old king of Chu looked up at the sky and continued: "There was no moon that night, only a galaxy in the sky, and the Big Dipper was unusually bright. Your father told me that he had discovered a shocking secret, which was not only about the rise and fall of the dynasty, but also about the rise and fall of the Red Dust World, in short, the kind that was unimaginably large. When I asked him what the earth-shattering secret was, your father smiled and pointed his finger at it and said, "The sky has been pierced with a hole, and it is the kind of hole that can never be repaired." I was stunned, and then I laughed, thinking that your father had spoken about wine. But he later looked at me with a serious face and said that if I want to do two things, one is to search for talented people with him and draw a "Red Dust Territory Map", not only including the territory of our Gale Dynasty, but the entire Kyushu, the four seas, and the eight wildernesses. The second is to ask me to manage Chu land well, saying that if there are changes in the future, there will be a place to live. ”

Zhao Yi couldn't help but ask, "What is the secret that my father said?"

The old king of Chu squinted his eyes, looked at the lake, shook his head slightly, and sighed: "Even your father can't tell what it is, he only said that there are still many small worlds hidden in our current world. He also said that the luck of the red dust world in this life is more prosperous than any previous life, so prosperous that it can not only support the majestic dynasty temple, but also make the mountains, fields, rivers and lakes wonderful. ”

Zhao Yi asked another key question: "Uncle, please tell me, why did my father seek power and usurp the throne, causing all the people in Zhao's mansion to die in that war?"

This question has been buried in Zhao Yi's heart for four years, and he has never been able to figure it out, and he doesn't know where to get the answer.

The old king of Chu hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhao Yi and said, "I said that this is the catastrophe suffered by your father because of the drawing of the "Red Dust Territory Map", do you believe it?"

Zhao Yi looked at the old King of Chu, his face was stunned, this kind of illusory words, he must not have believed it before, but now he will believe it a little bit.

The old King of Chu's next words really shocked Zhao Yi, "And I have also been cursed, there is no successor to my King Chu's fiefdom, and even I myself have run out of life, and I only have three days left to live." ”

Zhao Yi's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but take the hand of the old King of Chu and exclaimed, "Uncle, this ......"

"It's true!" said the old Chu king.

Then he smiled bitterly and said: "For these three days of life, I still took the gold liquid jade Huadan given by the Lingxu Zhenren of Zhongnan Taiyi Mountain back then. Yi'er, I have to see you sit in that position on the Divine Phoenix Hall before I can leave with peace of mind. ”

Zhao Yi really believed that the words of the old King Chu were not lying to him at this moment, he was flustered in his heart, and he was speechless for a moment.

With a smile on his face, the old king of Chu reached out and patted Zhao Yi's shoulder, and said, "Don't be sad, there will always be such a day, uncle only asks you, if you sit in that position, will you be afraid?"

Zhao Yi shook his head, his face was sad, but his gaze at the old King of Chu was extremely firm.

The old king of Chu nodded with satisfaction, and said to himself: "I think it is also, a person dares to face an army head-on, and does not retreat, how can a little wind and rain scare you, and your father and I are also relieved." Yi'er, my uncle has a few things you want you to promise me. ”

After the old king of Chu finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Yi calmly.

Zhao Yi also looked at the old King of Chu calmly and said, "Uncle, please say, Yi'er is all compliant." ”

The old king of Chu turned around again, raised his eyes and looked at Junshan Lake, the twilight became thicker and thicker, and the lake surface also appeared hazy and mysterious, the evening breeze blew, and the lake not only had waves, but also the sound of the lake rippling.

The old king of Chu suddenly smiled and said: "This is a little selfishness of mine, you can listen to it, if the situation allows it at that time, you can consider it." You have to remember that as a king, you can't be restrained, because you can't just pretend to be one person or a few people in your heart, but many people. Confucian sages often say that 'the virtue of a saint hides filth and dirt', and this is the truth. ”

Zhao Yi listened quietly, there were a lot of words from the old King of Chu today, and they were also very verbose, but Zhao Yi was not anxious at all, but hoped that this moment of time would never end.

"Deyang and Zhuohua are very smart and assertive, and I am very relieved. Junlan is really helpless to marry Zhaoming, this girl looks very grinning, in fact, her heart is very weak, Pu Jia is weak on the outside but strong on the inside, but she has no ability to protect herself, these two girls are not at ease with me, and I will take care of them to you in the future. ”

Zhao Yi bowed slightly, and said solemnly: "Uncle, please rest assured, I will definitely take care of my sisters and sisters, and I will not let them be hurt at all." ”

The old king of Chu stared at Zhao Yi for a while, then stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yi, as if he had put down a stone in his heart, his face was also relaxed, he nodded and said, "With your words, uncle is relieved." I just hope that in the future, if the situation allows, you will not kill them, after all, they still have merit to my Chu State. ”

Zhao Yi bowed down again and responded: "Uncle, don't worry, Yi'er has written it down." ”

The old Chu King nodded and said with a smile: "Okay!"

Then he reached out and took Zhao Yi's hand, and said as he walked: "It's windy outside, let's go back to the pavilion to talk." By the way, I heard you brought back a woman this time?"

Zhao Yi was indifferent, and said in a low mood: "Well, but she left again." ”

The old king of Chu glanced at Zhao Yi and saw that his expression had become depressed, so he stopped talking.

The news of Lu Qingxin's departure from Junshan City, Zhao Yi also only learned about it this morning, Xiaoxiao went to Jinghu to stay for one night yesterday, and today he went back to the palace to tell Zhao Yi about it, and Zhao Yi's heart was lost at that time.

There is only one reason for Lu Qingxin to leave, that is, he will marry Jinglan tomorrow, this is Zhao Yi's guess in his heart.

Maybe Lu Qingxin's departure was originally what Jing Lan said or did to her, and when the two met for the first time that day, Jing Lan's behavior was very abnormal.

If this is the case, then Zhao Yi will really be very uncomfortable in his heart, and even a little disgusted with Jinglan, but this disgust and discomfort in Zhao Yi's heart is more because he has lived up to Lu Qingxin's unwavering faith.

From Lu Qingxin's promise to give a sword, to going out of his way to find him, but in this case, he left silently.

He didn't know what kind of mood Lu Qingxin was in when he left, but in any case, Zhao Yi himself didn't want to imagine that picture.

The old king of Chu pulled Zhao Yi across the Hongqiao and directly entered the pavilion, the witch knife stood in the corridor to guard, and Du Huangting turned around and went down the pavilion.

Twilight finally erased the last glimmer of light in the western sky, and night fell.

Standing in front of the "Red Dust Territory Map", the old Chu King revealed another secret: "Yi'er, in fact, this "Red Dust Territory Map" is just a copy drawn by someone I found someone, the real "Red Dust Territory Map" is under the Yunmeng Pavilion, when you reach the end of the martial arts, or enter the saint realm, you can open the underground palace and take a look for yourself." As for this one, let the Dongyue envoy bring it back to the King of the East China Sea tomorrow. ”

Today, the old King of Chu has already said too many secrets, and Zhao Yi's heart has already calmed down, except for some expectations for the real "Red Dust Territory Map", he is not too surprised.

While the uncle and nephew were talking, Du Huangting led the two of them into the pavilion.

One person is majestic, majestic, is Zhao Yi's father-in-law, the general of Chu State, Jing Hu, and the other is a Confucian crown old man, Zhao Yi has never seen it, according to Du Huangting, only to know that he is Xie Guan, the mountain chief of Canglang Academy, and also the head of the Xie family, one of the eight great families of Chu.

Zhao Yi stepped forward to salute the two, Jing Hu smiled and nodded, stepped forward and patted Zhao Yi's shoulder, and praised: "Good job." ”

Zhao Yi knew that what Jing Hu was talking about was what he did in the Huaizhou Army.

Xie Guan's face was calm, and he said to Zhao Yi: "The old man has seen the son. ”

Zhao Yi hurriedly returned the salute again: "The old gentleman is polite." ”

Although he didn't like to read since he was a child, he still had a lot of respect for these learned old men, and several old people he met had spared no effort to help him.

The old king of Chu ordered everyone to take their seats, and he himself walked to the main seat and sat down.

Xie Guan and Jing Hu sat down on the left and right seats respectively, Zhao Yi sat on Jing Hu's lower seat, and Du Huangting stood on the side of the old Chu King.

The old King Chu's complexion looked good, his face was ruddy, and his expression was radiant, but his brows were always locked, and there was a trace of imperceptible melancholy in his eyes.

After everyone sat down, the old king of Chu nodded with a smile, and then went straight to the point and said endlessly, "I called you here tonight, because this king has something to explain to you, and this king only has three days to live, so he has to make some arrangements for the future." ”

Zhao Yi already knew, so he didn't react much, and Du Huangting only showed a sad look on his face.

Xie Guan and Jing Hu, both of them have experienced countless ups and downs, and Taishan collapsed before and remained unchanged characters, when they heard the news, their faces also changed drastically, and they stood up and exclaimed: "Lord Wang......"

The old king of Chu waved his hand and said with a calm smile: "No one has died in life since ancient times, not to mention that this king is already in the age of the sixtieth year, it is not considered an untimely death, you don't need to be sad." ”

After a pause, the old King of Chu's face became serious, and said solemnly: "Yi'er has just come to Chu, and his foundation is unstable, so in the future, I will ask the two of you to carefully assist him to continue the foundation of my Chu country." ”

After the old king of Chu finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to Xie and Jing.

Xie and Jing hurriedly stood up and slammed at the old King of Chu to the end.

Zhao Yi stood up from the seat, looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart was bright, his uncle was taking care of himself, and the two people in front of him seemed to be the most trusted people by his uncle.

Sure enough, the next moment, the old king of Chu said to Zhao Yi again: "Yi'er, you come over and kowtow to Xie Shanchang, he will be your teacher from now on." ”

Zhao Yi didn't hesitate for a moment, walked up to Xie Guan and knelt on the ground with his knees bent, and solemnly kowtowed three times, which was regarded as a great gift of apprenticeship.

Xie Guan stretched out his hand to help Zhao Yi up, the look on his face was still unwavering, but he turned to the old king of Chu and said, "The old minister will definitely live up to the prince's trust." ”

The old king of Chu stretched out his hand and stroked his beard, squinted and smiled, his face was bright, at this moment, he really let go of the stone in his heart.

He has done everything he can, and as for what will happen in the future, it is no longer for him to worry about.