Situ Yi bowed his head slightly, took out a scroll from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, and offered it respectfully.

Prince Changping's eyes flickered slightly, and then he collected the vigilance and suspicion in his eyes, leaned over accordingly, and reached out to take the scroll in Situ Yi's hand.

At the beginning of the scroll, Prince Changping only roughly swept the words on the scroll, but after a moment, his eyes were scattered, and his focused gaze moved to the frontispiece, and he carefully read the words on the scroll twice from the beginning. The stiff and mechanical laugh lines on the corners of his lips gradually became more and more vibrant.

"What is this?" Prince Changping raised his head with his scroll closed, and Yin Yin looked at Situ Yi in the hall, full of surprise.

"This is Weichen's friend Liu Qi, Liu Ruoqing's "Begging for Thieves" written on behalf of the prince."

"Friends?" The smile on the corner of Prince Changping's lips was as elegant and light as ever, but the excitement in his eyes was difficult to hide. He looked at Situ Yi warmly, and muttered the two abrupt words he said. Thoughts flying.

The family surnamed Zhou of the Great Chu royal family was originally also the former Qi Shihao family. At the beginning of the establishment of Chu, in addition to the military exploits of a few heroes such as Situ, most of them relied on the support of everyone in Shandong for a hundred years, and finally won the national tripod from the hands of Qianqi.

Therefore, looking at the Gaozu Dynasty, whether it is a royal marriage or a feudal general, it has always only been in the family of scholars. It was not until the beginning of the first emperor's ascension to the throne that the system of electing officials was reformed under the guidance of Qin Zi'an, a famous Confucian scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. Kaienke, Tuo Shitu, select talents from the Han clan and use them for the imperial court.

At that time, the scholars of the Han clan in the world were encouraged to move forward bravely. However, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, not to mention the Shandong Shi clan who are at their peak. Even though the scholars of the Han family were fortunate to enter the court, they were only marginal officials, insignificant, and often became victims of the struggles of various ethnic groups. If it weren't for Qin Zi'an's secret care, I am afraid that there would have been no Han Shi above the court.

The world is like this, and those originally ambitious Shu Han scholars have gradually become cold-hearted, and simply do not participate in the imperial examination. But they were unwilling to let down their talents and knowledge, so they had to look for those high-ranking and powerful eunuchs, be a Qingke staff, and secretly guide the country. One satisfies their own ambition to dominate the world, and the other also gives him the opportunity to be promoted to the top of the world for his benefactor one day, and since then he has been on the rise.

Situ Yi is a guard general, two festival envoys, and the most dazzling military general star in the Great Chu court. It is not uncommon for him to have his own personal staff under his tent. What is strange is that with his noble background and outstanding merits, he actually called a handful of cloth strategists a friend, and looking at the admiration in his eyes, it seems that Liu Qi is a staff member, and they have wronged him.

Prince Changping groaned so far, full of thought that Situ Yi was to promote his staff, and also to place his own cronies above the court in the future pattern...... As soon as he thought of this, Prince Changping only felt that Situ Yi's plan was clear, although he was dissatisfied and worried in his heart, but his mouth was kind and modest: "The general has a hill in his heart, and he has a good eye, so that he can recognize the bright pearl in the sea." But this Mr. Liu, since he is with the general, the mountains and rivers are close to each other. Even though this king has the heart to see the demeanor of Mr., he is afraid that he will be a master outside, and he will not bow down to pickle the dust. ”

Situ Yi's eyes flashed, pursed his lips and smiled, and then he said heartily and generously: "The prince is polite." Ruoqing is indeed a confidant and friend, and he is indeed a noble person. It's just that he refuses to set foot in the temple, but it's not that there is no way to repay him, it's just that Ruoqing's body is weak and sickly, and he can't work hard. Even this "Begging for Thieves" was written on the sickbed when he really couldn't withstand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of Weichen. ”

Prince Changping met Situ Yi's bright eyes, and finally understood that he was just telling the truth, and he had no intention of promoting his henchmen as officials, so he was relieved, and said with hatred in his mouth: "Oh, I see. Sure enough, it is rare in the world to be satisfied. This Mr. Liu is so talented, but he is not in good health. However, it is also a blessing for Mr. Liu to be favored by the general. ”

Situ Yi nodded, put aside Liu Qi, bowed and said: "Weichen thinks that just as said in this sentence, the chaos in the four seas and the chaos in the world are really the result of the new emperor's connivance at the Xiao family. The Shaw family relied on the emperor's grace, but was not grateful to Dade. On the contrary, they killed the king and rebelled, poisoned the clan, contacted foreign enemies, usurped power and sought rebellion.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of honest and loyal Geng subordinates in the government and the opposition. And everyone is like a long-term drought, looking forward to the rain. Waiting for His Highness to be in danger and clarify the situation. I also hope that His Royal Highness will focus on the world, raise his arms to lead, clear the king's side, return the universe to Qingming, and return the world to peace. ”

Situ Yi said, took the lead in bowing to the ground, and several high-ranking soldiers of the Northern Army in the hall were busy following him, kowtowing and responding: "I hope that His Royal Highness will focus on the world, raise his arms to lead me and others, Qingjun's side, and the world will be peaceful, and the universe will be clear." ”

Seeing this, Qin Nanxi had to get up and bow to the ground beside the burly generals. She pursed her lips silently, not following their words, just looking at Situ Yi's back from afar, and suddenly felt strange and puzzled.

Prince Changping, who was at the top, bit the corner of his lip tightly, tried his best to suppress this unexpected joy, and was silent for a long time before he got up and went down the steps, helped Situ Yi with both hands, and slowly sighed: "Although this king is only shallow in his ambition, he can't bear to put the common people in fire and water, and he can't put the saint in injustice." Since the generals have asked for such sincerity, this king will be reluctant to make it difficult. ”

Situ Yi followed Prince Changping's support, the corners of his lips hooked slightly, and he said, "Your Highness is wise and righteous!" ”

After singing this act of the imminent order of the monarch and the minister, Situ Yi and Prince Changping discussed the current war in one place.

Prince Changping listened carefully and only asked one or two questions from time to time. In the matter of conquest, he knew that he could not be compared with Situ Yi. also knew that Situ Yi was in front of him to set up war control, but he was just to reassure him.

And Situ Yi also knew that some generals in the Northern Army had already defected to Prince Changping. Now that he suddenly appeared, most of the Northern Army's morale followed him. Those who had taken refuge in the king of Changping earlier were embarrassed, not left and right. At the moment of the big war, it is not advisable to mess with oneself. In addition to the reason in his heart that no one knows, and he has to do this, stabilizing the hearts of these soldiers to meet Wuda is also another important reason why Situ Yi respectfully supports Prince Changping at this time.

However, Situ Yi neither told Liu Qiming nor mentioned all this to Qin Nanxi.

Qin Nanxi hid in the corner, silently watching a group of important people arrange for the future of Da Chu. It wasn't until late at night, when everyone dispersed, that she stared at Situ Yi's deep brows and quietly leaned towards him.

"Why?" She asked softly.

Situ Yi's back was slightly stunned, and when he looked back, his originally tightly locked brows were sparse and open, and the corners of his cold lips were also warmly hooked, and he responded softly: "What is Nan Xi asking?" ”

Qin Nanxi stared at the bottom of his clear eyes, and even became in a trance, and opened his mouth for a long time before he spit out softly: "Asufu, where is he now?" Brother Yi, why did you let him go? ”