The letter written by Zhang Liang and Zhang Zifang, the friend of life and death, to Master Xiang Boxiang is as follows:

"Brother Xiang Bowu, Peng Cheng is goodbye, but I haven't seen him for two years, the end of the world is far away, I don't know how my brother is doing? The younger brother was incompetent, and King Zuohan did not make an inch, knowing that Xiang Kang was unfilial and disrespectful to his brother, and had many disobedience, he was still forced to bend to his army, ashamed of his uncle, although he died, he was still guilty. However, the younger brother can swear to Tianming that he will never forget the old relationship with his brother, but if he has the opportunity, he will inevitably return to his uncle to apologize in person, and renew his relationship with his brother.

The younger brother is not in vain to fall into the precipice, relying on the blessing of the sky, Xiang Kang is not suspicious of his younger brother, the younger brother accidentally heard confidential important matters in Xianyang, the righteous emperor Xiong hated the king of Western Chu to seize power and seal without permission, and sent a secret envoy to Xiang Kang with a brocade belt, and there was a blood edict hidden in the belt, so that Xiang Kang raised troops to attack Chu, captured the overlord, and returned the great government of Chu to him. Emperor Yi also knew that his brother and Xiang Kang were not in harmony, Xiang Kang had already had the intention of killing his brother, but because of the respect for the elders and the young, and the feelings of nurturing, he did not dare to make a rash mistake, in order to make Xiang Kang obey his fate, so he ordered the secret envoy to make a promise in front of Xiang Kang, swearing to kill his brother and Xiang You and Xiang Sui with the king's order, which not only vented his anger for Xiang Kang, but also made Xiang Kang not have to bear the name of killing his relatives. The bear's heart is deceitful, Xiang Kang is treacherous, and his brother is on guard.

In addition, the younger brother also knew that Xiang Kang had sent more people to Pengcheng with beautiful jade and gold beads, secretly bribed the overlord's close ministers, and pretended to persuade the overlord to move Xiong Xin to the remote wasteland, in order to save Xiong Xin from Pengcheng, so that Xiang Kang could take things from it, welcome Xiong Xin in Xianyang, Guanzhong, trap the overlord and his brother in the land of disloyalty and injustice, the princes rebelled, and the world abandoned together. Brother is the overlord's closest relative, flesh and blood are connected, and it is necessary to guard against it.

The younger brother is cheeky, the monarch Han Cheng was unfortunately captured by the king of Nanyang, detained in Wancheng, very worried, begging the uncle to remember the old feelings, and rescue him with righteousness, so as not to make Han Cheng suffer humiliation and avoid the disaster of the knife and axe, if so, the younger brother will be broken to pieces, in order to repay the kindness ......of the uncle. ”

The rest of the content is Zhang Liang strongly begging Xiang Bo Xiang Master Xiang to save Han Cheng's life and leave a blood incense for the Korean royal family, and hinted that as long as Xiang Bo can do it, he is willing to continue to act as an internal response to Xiang Bo. But these Master Xiang Boxiang are no longer in the mood to look at it, Master Xiang Boxiang gritted his teeth, his eyes were ruthless, and he stared at that sentence - swore to kill his uncle and Xiang You and Xiang Sui's two virtuous nephews with the king's order!

"Excellent! Bear heart child, very good! I can't imagine that you, this little erector, are so vicious, in order to please Xiang Kang, that little evil animal, you dare to take the initiative to help that little evil animal kill the old man's family, and your heart is so ruthless, the old man really underestimates you little erection! ”

At the same time, his eyes almost breathed fire, and Xiang Bo's heart couldn't help but be afraid for a while, Xiang Bo knew very well that Xiang Kang hated himself more than anyone else, but it was just because of his flesh and blood affection, so he never dared to poison himself, but Xiang Bo never thought that in order to win over Xiang Kang for his use, Xiong Xin would take the initiative to ask Ying to be this wicked person, and use the blood and lives of his father and son to please Xiang Kang! If Xiong Xin and Xiang Kang are really allowed to succeed, what way can they live?

That's not all, what makes Xiang Bo even more frightened is that even if Xiong Xin doesn't have the ability to kill himself for the time being, he can't guarantee that he will have such an opportunity in the future, and after he reminded Xiang Kang of this method, as long as the opportunity is right, Xiang Kang can still borrow someone else's hand to get rid of himself, not only does not have to bear the infamy of killing his uncle with his nephew, but also can be ashamed, revenge himself for deliberately making things difficult for him many times before, and stumbling under the knife to him in the back! How many reasons Xiang Kang wants to kill Xiang Bo, no second person knows better than Xiang Bo himself!

Under the rage, Xiang Bo, who was also hot-tempered, had already torn up Zhang Liang's letter directly, but fortunately, Xiang Bo knew how to restrain himself than Xiang Yu, so he first forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and then immediately said to Xiang You: "Where is the messenger sent by your Uncle Zhang?" Take me to him right away. ”

The messenger sent by Zhang Liang Xiang Bo has not seen it, but this is not surprising, after years of fighting, Zhang Liang's confidant family in Xiapi has long been withered, including Zhang Liang's brother Han Li, who is very familiar with the children of the Xiang family, has died on the battlefield, plus Zhang Liang's handwritten letter is stamped with his Korean Situ seal, Xiang Bo did not doubt the identity of the messenger at all, and just asked directly: "How did he know about the things mentioned in the letter?" ”

"Master Hui, Master Situ, he heard the news from the mouth of Xu Ji, the head of Xiang Kang's guard." Messenger Zhang Liang replied very honestly: "Previously, in order to get Xiang Kang to help us restore the king of Han, Lord Situ tried his best to help Xiang Kang when he entered the army, and made some meritorious contributions to Xiang Kang, won a certain trust from Xiang Kang, and was able to accompany him from time to time. ”

"When Emperor Yi sent a secret envoy to contact Xiang Kang, our Lord Situ happened to be present, but Xiang Kang did not let us Lord Situ participate in meeting Emperor Yi's secret envoy, Lord Situ knew that there must be something strange in it, and he was also worried that the matter would be related to our King Han, so he secretly bribed Xiang Kang's guard captain Xu Ji to inquire in detail, and I didn't think about it, but I heard important news related to you, Master, our Lord Situ was worried that Master You would be victimized by traitors, so we hurriedly sent the villain Qianli to send a book to remind Master you to be careful."

Xiang Bo gritted his teeth again, and then did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Go back and tell Zhang Situ, just say that the great favor is not grateful, I remember this kindness, and please rest assured, Hengyangjun's affairs are wrapped up in me, as long as the old man is still in the world for a day, I will never let anyone hurt Hengyangjun." But if I have the chance, I will definitely find a way to persuade the King of Western Chu to release Hengyang Jun and let him go back to reunite with you Zhang Situ. ”

"Thank you, Master Xiang." Zhang Liang's messenger hurriedly thanked him, and said very carefully: "Master, our Lord Situ sent a villain here, please keep it a secret, Xiang Kang has an eyeliner in Pengcheng, and there are still people under the command of the King of Chu who may be his internal response, once the news of the villain coming to send you a letter for Lord Situ leaks out, our Lord Situ will definitely be killed immediately." ”

"Don't worry about this, except for the old man, father and son and King Xiang, there will definitely be no one who knows about you Zhang Situ sending you to deliver the letter." Xiang Bo patted his chest and reassured, and then instructed Xiang You: "You'er, you personally arrange a place for your Uncle Zhang's messenger, keep his identity secret, and treat him well, so that you can enter the palace for your father and go to see your brother King Xichu." ”

"Father, it's already dark, and you haven't eaten dinner yet, or tomorrow?"

Xiang You's kind dissuasion was exchanged for Xiang Bo's angry reprimand, "Stupid! Can such a thing wait for tomorrow? Ask someone to prepare the car for me immediately, and I'll eat dinner when I come back! ”

It stands to reason that the sky is already dark, and ordinary courtiers of course have almost no chance to enter the palace to meet Xiang Yu, but fortunately, the identity of Master Xiang Boxiang is extraordinary, and after coming to the palace by car to ask for a meeting, not only did the guards dare not shirk and did not report, Xiang Yu also ordered to summon Master Xiang Boxiang who said that there was an urgent matter to report. And our Master Xiang is also very cautious when he is serious, after meeting with Xiang Yu, he first went to Xiang Yu to temporarily retreat, and then handed Zhang Liang's whistleblower letter to Xiang Yu.

The letter did not mention how Xiong Xin wanted to give Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu was certainly not as excited and afraid as Master Xiang, but when he saw that Xiang Kang sent someone to bribe his close ministers, Xiang Yu was still furious, and immediately suspected that he had persuaded him to move Xiong Xin to Fujian, and said angrily: "Kui Che, has he already accepted a bribe from Xiang Kang's traitor?" ”

"King, the matter of Kuacher Piff can be investigated slowly, and the most important thing now is what we should do with the bear heart child." At stake in his own life, Master Xiang rarely took the opportunity to fall into the well and slander Kui Che, who he had always looked down on, but quickly reminded: "In order to please Xiang Kang, the little evil animal, since Xiong Xin'er can kill me for the little evil animal, he can naturally kill you for the little evil animal, you must not take this matter lightly." ”

"Just him?" Xiang Yu snorted contemptuously and said, "This king can pinch him to death with one hand!" ”

"But Xiong Xin'er is the king and the co-lord of the world who led the princes to promote it." Xiang Bo stomped his feet and said: "Although there is no real power, but if Xiong Xin'er promulgates an edict and slanders you as an anti-thief and rebel minister, the princes of the world and Xiang Kang's little evil animal can justifiably send troops to crusade against you. ”

Xiang Yu never cared about the reputation of righteousness, and the reaction was not intense, but Master Xiang was anxious, and hurriedly fanned the flames and said: "King, if you weren't sure before, now you should see clearly what kind of vertical the bear-hearted child is, right?" At the beginning, it was our Xiang family who put him on the throne, and he didn't dare not thank our Xiang family, and he also colluded with Song Yi to try to deprive you of your military power, and almost succeeded! ”

"After the defeat, you forgave him, but how can he thank you? Knowing that you were fighting fiercely with the tyrannical Qin army in the Central Plains, Xiang Kang's little evil animal sneaked and tricked from Wuguan into the military pass, and he deliberately issued an edict, announcing that the one who entered the pass first was the king, and he was determined to support Xiang Kang's little evil animal to fight against you, so that you made a great contribution and could not justifiably be crowned king, so that Xiang Kang's little evil animal picked up the cheap in vain. ”

"For this matter, the king, you forgave him again, not only did you not bother with him, but also led the princes to respect him as the co-lord of the world, but how can he repay you? actually issued a blood edict to Xiang Kang's little evil animal, and asked Xiang Kang's little evil animal to contact the princes of the world to harm you together, again and again, again and again, do you want to forgive Xiong Xin'er for the third time, the king?! ”

Xiang Bo's other skills are mediocre, but the ability to fan the flames is difficult for ordinary people to reach, listening to his instigation, and recalling Xiong Xin's various ingratitude - it is indeed ungrateful, Xiang Yu's face couldn't help but quickly gloomy, and after thinking for a while, Xiang Yu also ordered: "Call Cao Ji and Yafu to see me immediately." ”

"Virtuous nephew and slow." Uncle Xiang hurriedly stopped and said, "Uncle Ji thinks that if you want to call them over to discuss, then there is no need, and they will never give you any good ideas." ”

"Why?" Xiang Yu asked suspiciously.

"Virtuous nephew, have you forgotten that it was the bear-hearted child who was the father who overrode public opinion in front of your second uncle and encouraged our Xiang family to support him?" Xiang Bozhen asked rhetorically, and said: "Now that you are talking to him about matters related to Xiong Xin'er, how can he not help Xiong Xin'er speak?" How could you agree with your nephew to do something unfavorable to Xiong Xin'er and hit him in the mouth? ”

After casually deducting a basin from Old Man Fan's body, Master Xiang continued: "As for Cao Sima, he is loyal to you and your nephew, but he is too assertive in doing things, everything is at the mercy of his father, and what his father says to him is usually more effective than what you say to him. ”

Xiang Yu's face became more and more gloomy, and Xiang Bo persuaded bitterly: "Virtuous nephew, Xiong Xin'er is ungrateful to this point, he must not stay, continue to leave him, no matter who may oppose you under his banner, he may also stab you in the back at any time as before, rather than this, it is better to make a decision immediately, directly abolish or kill him, so that it can be done once and for all, and there will be no disaster." ”

Xiang Yu nodded slowly, and asked again: "Then in your opinion, should we abolish him?" Or just put him to death? ”

In order not to give Xiong Xin a chance to help Xiang Kang kill him, Xiang Bo wanted to suggest that Xiang Yu directly chop Xiong Xin's heart with a knife, but Xiang Bo could see that Xiang Yu was actually undecided, and he hadn't really made up his mind to kill Xiong Xin directly, so he gritted his teeth and simply said: "Virtuous nephew, there is something that I, Uncle Ji, have never dared to tell you, some time ago, when I was in charge of interrogating Xiong Xin'er's close attendant, one of them confessed, saying that Xiong Xin'er was not only happy to applaud after hearing about the arrow in your right eye, I also repeatedly asked my nephew if you would be seriously injured and die? Later, he ......, and later he ....... ”

"What else did he do then? Let's just say it! Xiang Yu shouted.

"Later, when you returned to Pengcheng, Xiong Xin returned to the back garden after seeing your appearance, and he did one more thing." Xiang Bo peeked at Xiang Yu's expression, and said cautiously: "He grabbed a Wang Ba with his own hands, stabbed the left eye of the Wang Ba, and laughed happily at the Wang Ba for a long time - Virtuous nephew, do you know what this means?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xiang Yuli asked.

"Nephew, why don't you understand?" Xiang Bo replied with a wry smile: "Virtuous nephew, you are the overlord of Western Chu, unfortunately you lost sight in your right eye after being hit by an arrow, the word overlord is pronounced in reverse and homophonic with Wang Ba, Xiong Xinxiao deliberately blinded Wang Ba's left eye, what does it mean, you still don't understand?" ”

Before Xiang Bo's words were finished, the case in front of Xiang Yu had already flown into the air, but Xiang Yu's anger did not subside, and he pulled out his sword with a loud voice, and rushed out of the hall quickly, roaring with a black face: "Prepare a horse for this king!" ”

Afraid that Xiang Yu would make a mistake in the rage, of course Xiang Bo hurriedly followed, and as Xiang Yu rushed to the front and back of Xiong Xin's palace door, Xiang Bo also spoke in person, and drank back the palace guards who came up to block him, forcing the guards to open the palace door immediately, and leading Xiang Yu to see Xiong Xin directly. And then, when Xiang Yu rushed into Xiong Xin's bedroom quickly, the unlucky Chu Yi Emperor Xiong Xin had just been awakened by the sound of footsteps, and he had just opened his eyes with a yawn, and a snow-bright sword had already been stabbed in the chest......

"Shaft! How dare Ann insult me like this?! ”

The long-suppressed roar almost broke the eardrum of Xiong Xin, the sharp sword passed through his chest, directly piercing the front chest and back of Xiong Xin, with the faint light of the candle, Xiong Xin just saw Xiang Yu's hideous face, the fierce green light shot out of one eye, and then the mouth just opened, blood had already spurted out of his mouth, and he died with his mouth wide open and twitching, and he didn't understand why Xiang Yu was fierce and killed the king himself?

"Murdered ——!"

"Brother——!

The concubine who was sleeping first screamed, and then the guard Chang Xiang, who had just heard the news, shouted in disbelief, and the other guards were even more chaotic, only Master Xiang Boxiang's expression was relaxed, and the corners of his mouth quietly showed a cruel smile, and said secretly: "Little Zhuzi, do you dare to kill the old man for Xiang Kang's little evil animal?" ”

After laughing secretly, Master Xiang Boxiang, who hadn't eaten dinner yet, still had a few stomach growls, which also made Master Xiang's hatred for Xiong Xin inevitably deepen a little - if you dare to starve Master Xiang, isn't it a crime that deserves death?

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It was still in the early morning of the next day, Cao Zhi, Fan Zeng, Kui Che and others successively learned that Xiang Yu had killed Xiong Xin with his own hands, and under the shock, Fan Zeng didn't even wear shoes, and ran directly into the palace to check the situation with his bare feet, but it was already too late, and he urged Xiang Liang to support the Chu King Xiong Xin had turned into a cold corpse lying on the ground, Xiang Yu sat on the side with a blue face, yelling at Cao Zhi who had carefully stepped forward to inquire about the situation, and asked Cao Zhi to take care of his affairs.

Old man Fan stood in front of the bear's heart corpse, silent for a long time, and finally, Kui Che stepped forward and whispered: "Father, it's too late to say anything now, block the news, and say to the outside world that Emperor Yi died of a violent illness, bury him with the gift of the Son of Heaven, and try to save people's hearts." ”

Old man Fan nodded dejectedly, as if he had suddenly aged a few years, and muttered in a low voice, "Now, the little traitor's wish has finally been granted." ”

The paper couldn't contain the fire, although the insiders were all given a gag order, and no matter how Old Man Fan, Cao Ji and others buried Xiong Xin's scenery, they couldn't prevent the news of Xiang Yu's personal murder from quietly spreading inside and outside Pengcheng. What made Old Man Fan, Cao Ji and others even more helpless was that although Kuaiche repeatedly advised, carefully analyzed the pros and cons, and strongly persuaded Xiang Yu to let Jing Jia, a member of the Chu State clan, inherit the position of Emperor Yi and try to save people's hearts, Xiang Yu did not want to have another layer of restraint on his head, and insisted on refusing to obey.

In the end, Xiang Yu said directly with great impatience: "There is no need to support the co-lord of the world anymore, when this king sweeps away the princes and kings who refuse to submit, this king will be the co-lord of the world!" When the time comes, you will be indispensable for your reward! ”

Kui Che did not dare to persuade again, and after he returned to his residence that day, the next man handed him a slip in front of him, saying that it was left by his friend An Qisheng when he resigned, and Kui Che took a look, and saw that there was only one line of words on the slip - incorrigible, the old man was gone, and you could do it yourself.

Kuaiche smiled bitterly, and only said in a low voice after a while: "Not necessarily, King Chu Mu and King Zhao Huiwen have both killed kings, and in the end they are still a generation of male lords, if the King of Western Chu can have the same ability as them, it is not certain who will belong to this world in the future." ”