Since that night, the father and son had a stiff fight, and King Rui refused to see Yan Xu again. Before Yan Xu returned to Yicheng, he told King Rui not to be summoned to the palace, but now it is different, he has returned, in just a few days, he has been well arranged, as long as King Rui enters the palace, an hour later, the people of the entire Yicheng will know that His Majesty Xià on his deathbed, in accordance with the oath he made before succeeding to the throne, will return the throne to his brother, and the crown prince Yan Min will be renamed King Jing.

King Rui obviously also guessed Yan Xu's plan, the palace has been full of traffic these days, and the people Yan Xu placed in the court have been coming in and out for days, and they are not taboo against him, of course he understands that Yan Xu deliberately let him know.

Yan Xu asked for peace through the door of the study, and asked: "Father, the little yellow door that summoned you to enter the palace is already on the way, the child wants to know, father, can you think clearly?" ”

King Rui's voice came from the house, calm without a trace of ups and downs, "I'm still the same, I won't enter the palace, and I won't fight for the dragon chair as you wish, you'd better die of this heart." ”

Yan Xu was silent and stood outside the door for a moment, and then said slowly: "Yes, the child knows." ”

There was no sound outside the door, and King Rui put down the pen in his hand, leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his faintly aching temples.

Tong Mo stood on the side, hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Wang, you really don't consider the words of the prince?" The prince has already deployed a qiē properly, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, just wait for the prince to enter the palace today, and the big thing will be completed, and the prince does not need to worry at all. ”

King Rui let out a deep breath, "Ah Yin, it's not that I don't believe in Jinyun's ability and means, my son was born to me, and I know how many catties and taels he has." But it is precisely because I know him that I can't enter the palace, and I can't do what he wants. ”

Unconsciously, this son has grown up, and lives up to his high expectations, with great ambitions, Wen Taowu is knowledgeable, assertive, scheming, and ruthless, these are the qualities that a superior person should have. However, this is precisely where King Rui's heart is depressed, this son is too smart, too assertive, one is not careful, he is full-fledged, and gradually out of his control, no longer obeying his father as before.

"You also heard it that day, it's not that he doesn't want this world, he just doesn't want to use the ten strategies to get this world. If he wants to get the world, he must first get the throne, and when he sits firmly in the Jin country, he will display his talent and expand the territory. If I obey his wishes and ascend the throne as the emperor, he will not go to the ten directions, and my lifelong efforts with the first emperor have been ruined by him in vain. ”

Of course, Tong Mo also understands this truth, but ...... He gritted his teeth, but still said: "But Lord Wang, you also know the temper of the prince, and no one can persuade him to decide what he has decided." If he really doesn't want to find any more solutions, he is afraid that he will ......"

King Rui's originally tired eyes suddenly widened, and he said in a deep voice: "I can help him with other things, but the matter of the ten strategies, I must not let him come nonsense!" ”

There was silence in the room for a moment, and after a while, King Rui asked, "How is that investigation?" What happened when this rebel went on the expedition? ”

Obviously, before the expedition, Yan Xu was still full of ambition to tell him that he would definitely be able to obtain Fuxi gossip in a few days, but in just a few months, his attitude changed greatly, and King Rui expected that he must have experienced something during the expedition.

Tong Mo reported the events of Yan Xu's expedition one by one, and King Rui listened very carefully, especially about the alien blood, and even did not let go of the details.

"What? You mean...... Now the alien is not in his hands? After getting Tong Mo's affirmation, King Rui slapped his palm on the case, "This rebel!" I don't want to think about how many people on the rivers and lakes covet the alien blood, and he actually let her go? He stood up and stomped a few steps anxiously, "He said that day that he no longer loves Gu Xiyue, so he can't get the Ten Directions Strategy...... He suddenly paused, as if thinking, and then suddenly said: "This rebel is really an amorous species, no wonder he said that he doesn't love Gu Xiyue anymore, it turns out that he loves it now...... It's the alien blood. ”

On the other side, after receiving the instructions, Yun Wen said that King Rui had been bedridden, and blocked the small yellow door that came to invite King Rui into the palace. As the most loyal and powerful subordinate by Yan Xu's side, Yun Wen didn't ask Yan Xu why he suddenly changed his mind and stopped looking for ten strategies, he only did what Yan Xu asked him to do.

"Shizi, King Rui insists on refusing to enter the palace, so let's ......"

Yan Xu smiled and said indifferently: "He refuses, I, as a son, can't tie him up into the palace, that's it, let's leave it at that, after September 15, I don't need to do anything, he is naturally more anxious than me." In the past few months, Yan Min has been proud. Inform Yuan Mu of what to say and what to say. ”

Rui Wang knows his son, and in turn, Yan Xu also knows his father. He knew that King Rui was unwilling to be the emperor now, all because he still had hope for the Ten Directions, but as long as the day of extreme yin passed, he would naturally die, and at that time, he would not believe that King Rui would be indifferent to this throne.

Suddenly, Yan Xu suddenly asked, "How is she?" ”

Although he didn't name him, Yun Wen knew who he was asking, "Don't worry, Yun Zhu sent back the news, Miss Ye has stayed on the mountain since she returned to the Wasteless Mountain, and has never gone down the mountain." ”

Yan Xu nodded, he was busy dealing with the affairs of the court now, and he had no time to be distracted, it was safest for her to stay in the barren mountain.

In the evening of that day, the emperor finally failed to survive, and the death knell sounded throughout Yicheng. Three days later, the crown prince Yan Minshun ascended the throne. And companion

As for what oath the first emperor violated, it was involved in the succession of the first emperor that year. It is rumored that Gaozu had asked the first emperor to swear that after succeeding to the throne, he needed to abolish the inheritance system of the father's death and son's succession, and change it to the elder brother and the younger brother, or the younger brother and the elder brother, that is, he could not pass the throne to his son, but could only pass the throne to his brother or younger brother, but after the first emperor succeeded to the throne, he broke his promise and set up his son Yan Min as the crown prince.

The first emperor was critically ill and often dreamed that Gaozu pointed at him and scolded him, so the first emperor repented, for fear that he would not see Gaozu after death, so he wanted to summon King Rui into the palace before he died, and wanted to pass on to King Rui, but King Rui did not accept it, and the first emperor couldn't, so he had to issue a summons to announce that the world would pass on the throne of King Rui after his death, but this summoning book was privately destroyed by the crown prince Yanmin.

In the twilight, Yan Xu stood in the ** tower tower in the middle of the house, watching Yicheng gradually melt into the twilight. The streets are covered with white flags, from time to time there are patrolling officers and soldiers passing through the streets and alleys, shops are closed early, there are few pedestrians on the road, and occasionally, they are also in a hurry and do not dare to stay, which is very different from the lively and noisy scene in the past, and there is a kind of oppressive atmosphere in which the mountain rain is about to come.

The wind was a little strong, and after standing for a long time, he felt a little cold, he rubbed his hands, and suddenly missed that person very much. If she is there, just hold her hand gently, and he can warm his heart. He suppressed the urge to go to Wubarren Mountain to pick her up immediately, took a deep breath, and told him that he still needed to be patient, and that after the day of extreme yin, no matter what she thought in her heart, he would not let her go.

Yun Shan reported loudly under the tower, "Shizi, you are also leaving." ”

Yan Xu was slightly stunned, he had been busy dealing with the affairs of the court for several days, and he had almost forgotten about the stubble. He did the math, and today happened to be the last day of the January period. He couldn't help but laugh, and after a circle, some things still followed the original trajectory. That's fine, it's time to make a break.

Half an hour later, Yan Xu stood on the stone steps in the front yard and silently looked at Yili standing in the courtyard. He was still dressed in the same blue-gray plain robe, his posture was straight, and his elegance was still the same, but the scars on the corners of his eyebrows and the bruises on the bottom of his eyes revealed his wolf bèi these days.

Both of them were silent, looking at each other for a long time, and finally, Yili broke the silence, took out the Fuxi gossip from his arms, raised his hand and threw it towards Yan Xu, "Yan Xu, I brought the Fuxi gossip you wanted." Now, give me back the cherished moon. ”

Yan Xu took over the Fuxi gossip and stroked the quaint ornaments on it, and the tastes were mixed for a while. He especially remembered that at this time in his previous life, after getting this gossip, the joy of getting ten strategies, as well as the pleasure of revenge, made his heart swell incomparably, and the momentary pride almost overwhelmed his head.

At that time, what he relied on was just the ethereal thing of the Ten Directions, at that time, he didn't realize that he had taken a crooked path, and mistakenly used all his wisdom on how to get the Ten Directions, fortunately, he had a chance to start again, abandon the original shortcut, and break out of a broad road in a down-to-earth manner.

But there are not many people in this world who have taken the wrong path like him, and there is one in front of him.

Yan Xu raised his eyes and asked condescendingly, "Yili, have you ever thought about why you want to become a monk?" ”

Yili was stunned, and for a while he didn't know why he asked.

Yan Xu was silent, and then said: "Du Yi monk said, I have desires, and my desires are difficult to fill, so he wants to cross my heart." Seeing Yili frowning, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Yes, my desire is too strong, and there is no cure." I covet the lust for power, I live for the lust for power, and I will probably die for the lust for power, so ...... People like me can't jump out of the Three Realms and become a Buddha no matter what. ”

He slowly paced down the stone steps, looked at Yili, and said word by word: "See through the red dust, let go of obsession, in order to transcend the outside of things, but also leave, your heart has never left the red dust at all, even if you eat fast and chant Buddha every day, but you deceive yourself." If you can deceive yourself, can you still deceive the Buddha? Do you think that if you become a monk, you will be able to forget jì a qiē? Yili, you haven't forgotten anything, you have always felt guilty about Gu Xiyue, so as soon as you heard that she was not dead, you did not hesitate to go to get Fuxi gossip. ”

At this time, Yun Wen and Yun Shan had brought the carriage to it, Yan Xu opened the curtain, and the jade coffin was on the carriage, he opened the jade coffin, took a deep look at the woman sleeping in the jade coffin, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Xiyue, I'm sorry ......"

He re-closed the jade coffin, and did not look at Yili, his fingers rubbed lightly on the cold coffin lid, "Yili, what you need is not forgetfulness, what you need is salvation." Listen, in the extremely cold land, in the iceberg that does not melt for thousands of years, there is a kind of jade, named Pheasant, which can condense the soul and gather qi and retain the last breath of true qi of the dying person, and the essence of this jade can bring back to life the people nourished by the jade of the Pheasant. As long as you find the spirit of Yan Xuan, you can make Gu Xiyue truly wake up. ”

Ignoring Yili's surprised eyes, he lowered the curtain and whipped the horse's buttocks hard, causing the horse to be in pain and neighing towards the gate of the palace. He took two steps from the volley, jumped onto the horse, and rushed out of the gate with the carriage.

Yan Xu watched the carriage roar out, and said loudly: "Yili, from today onwards, the grievances between you and me will be purchased and sold." ”