In the Chu Palace.

"The king, the minister has just met Zou Yan in the Taifu Mansion and sent an invitation to Zou Yan, and he has promised to come and meet the king in three days."

"Okay, there's Lao Xianqing." Xiong Huai nodded with a smile, then watched Zou Yan's behavior in the Chu State in general, and asked thoughtfully: "Chen Qing, after this Zou Yan came to the Chu State, he didn't settle down at the first time, nor did he visit the Taifu, but went straight to the store that sold the five-color stone. ”

Chen Zhen arched his hand and said: "That's right, the spies who paid attention to Zou Yan came to report, after Zou Yan arrived in Yingdu, the carriage did not stop for a moment, and went straight to the five-color stone." ”

"Hmm!" Xiong Huai nodded, looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Okay, the widow knows, Lao Xianqing will personally pick up Zou Yan three days later and bring him to see the widow." ”

"Yui."

After Chen Zhen stepped back, Xiong Huai picked up Zou Yan's exposition on the end of the five virtues and began to watch it seriously.

He was going to prepare for the meeting in three days.

Three days later, Zou Yan entered the Chu Palace under the guidance of Chen Zhen.

For this meeting with the King of Chu, the King of Chu not only did not greet him personally, but even did not let Ling Yin come forward to greet him, but only sent Chen Zhen to greet him.

Zou Yan didn't think that the king of Chu didn't pay attention to him and was rude.

He himself knows very well that although he is listed among the sons of the Jixia Academy, he is only twenty-five years old now, and he has just become famous, and he is far from being comparable to people who have been famous for decades, such as Taifu Huanyuan and Rhino Gongsun Yan.

It was precisely because of his lack of fame that since he learned that the king of Chu was going to see him three days ago, he began to make full preparations, ready to speak the law to the king of Chu, and let the king of Chu allow him to spread his doctrine in the state of Chu.

He believed that with the theory of replacing fire virtue with water virtue, with the matter of the Black Emperor's favor of the Chu State, with his incorruptible tongue, and with the fact that the Chu State believed in ghosts and gods more than the Qi State, he would definitely be able to bluff the King of Chu and make the King of Chu support him to promote his doctrine.

He is confident in this.

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At this time, in the main hall, only Xiong Huai and Zou Yan were left, and Xiong Huai was looking at Zou Yan in amazement.

Zou Yan saw that the King of Chu kept looking at him, looking curious, but he didn't speak.

At this time, the king of Chu did not speak, and he was not the first to speak, and all the remarks full of words were blocked in his mouth, which was very uncomfortable.

Before, he thought that the king of Chu would be interested in the doctrine of the end of the five virtues, but now, the king of Chu not only did not take the initiative to ask him about the exposition of the end of the five virtues, nor did he ask him if the state of Chu could replace the Zhou family, and he did not even ask about the mysterious doctrine in the end of the five virtues.

You know, in order to make the Five Virtues more attractive and to take a walk more conveniently, he added a lot of mythological and strange remarks to attract the interest of everyone from the kings of various countries to the common people.

He believed that the king of Chu must have heard of his exposition, so he sent someone to tell him to see him soon after he came to Yingdu.

As a result, now that the king of Chu saw him in person, he didn't ask anything, as if he was not interested in his doctrine, but more interested in him himself.

This...

It's just that I've heard that King Chu Xuan and the current Prince of Chu are good men, and I haven't heard that King Chu is also good men!

Thinking about it, Zou Yan suddenly shuddered, and asked with some trepidation: "King, is there anything wrong with you?" Why do you look at it like this? ”

"No, there's nothing wrong with it, sir, it's just..." Xiong Huai shook his head, and then said strangely: "The widow is just curious, Mr. is young, why is he so bold." There are countless people who are innumerable, there are those who are not afraid of death, and there are those who are generous and righteous, but there are those who are like Mr. who despise kings and blaspheme gods, and have no fear, but they are unheard of and unseen. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai added: "Even the King of Song, who is known as the most courageous in the world, is probably willing to bow down compared to Mr." ”

Zou Yan's whole body stiffened when he heard this, and he remembered King Song's feat of shooting the sky and whipping the earth, and immediately laughed and said: "The king said that he was laughing, how dare he compare with King Song in the future." ”

"No, it should be King Song, how dare you compare with you." Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "King Song dares to deceive the fathers and brothers in the country, cut off the heads of the gods, and even shoot the heavens and the earth. However, sir, you are trying to deceive the people of the world, trying to make the gods of heaven and earth obey your commands, and trying to restrict all the kings of the world.

Even King Song never thought of commanding the gods of heaven and earth, let alone limiting himself or the kings of other countries, but Mr. not only thought so, but also did so.

Sir, you said it yourself, can King Song's courage be compared with you, sir? ”

Zou Yan listened to the King of Chu's words, his whole body became cold and stiff, and the sweat on his head flowed down like a spring.

It wasn't until the end, after the King of Chu finished speaking, that he asked in disbelief: "The king asked me to come to the palace to see me, is this trying to kill me?" ”

"No!" Xiong Huai saw that Zou Yan was frightened by himself, and smiled with satisfaction: "Since Fu Xi created the gossip, for thousands of years, there have been countless kings who have tried to use gods to rule the people, and countless people have tried to use gods to make profits for themselves, and as a result, they have all failed in the end.

This is not the case with Mr., although Mr. also borrows the gods of heaven and earth, but his purpose is not just to make profits for himself, but to have the world in his heart, out of a public heart, and out of the heart of the world. ”

When Zou Yan heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"The widow knows that the reason why the gentleman is promoting the gods of the five virtues and all kinds of strange things is not to fool the people, let alone to flatter the king and promote the way of immortality. Rather, the gentleman did not find anything that would make the king fearful, but that would not make the king dare to do whatever he wanted.

If there is, then the only ones who can do this are probably the gods. ”

"The widow knows that Mr. preaches the rotation of the five virtues and advocates that the Zhou family will die, and there will be someone to replace him. This is not to serve all countries, let alone to find an excuse for countries to compete for the world. Rather, it is telling the people of the world that the Shang Dynasty Xia, the Zhou Dynasty Shang, even if any country replaces the Zhou Dynasty now, it will eventually be replaced by the next dynasty.

The reason why Mr. is like this is that he is using the future to warn all kings that they must be kind to the people, otherwise, if they treat the people harshly like Xia Ji, even if the gods are like Xia Ji and brilliant like the sun, there will be a day when they will fall.

The gentleman's good intentions are precisely to keep the current king and even future generations vigilant and not get carried away. ”

At this time, Zou Yan listened to the narration of the King of Chu, and the sweat on his head had long been forgotten, replaced by two lines of tears saturated with sadness.

The words of the King of Chu went to the heart, this year he suffered from the cold ridicule of some people, and he also left the Qi country with the notoriety of betrayal, and all these things are not important now.

If you can get a person who understands yourself, a person who understands your own doctrine, in this way, you will die without regrets.

Thinking about it, Zou Yan looked at the King of Chu with emotion, and said excitedly: "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me ask for me, although the doctrine of the minister is illusory, but this is not false, but the interests of the established country and the people are supreme." Although the doctrine of the minister says that the five virtues are rotated and the dynasty is replaced, the purpose of the minister is to hope to establish a long-term dynasty.

Those who say that the five virtues are strange and ethereal in the end, just seeing a skin, and do not know the deep meaning, I don't know how many kings, because they have no scruples, do whatever they want and the country decays, and even they themselves cannot die well.

As the king said, the ministers are dull, and if they look through the writings of the sages and even the modern people, they cannot find anything that can make the king have scruples. Therefore, there is no choice but to pin hope on the gods. ”

Speaking of this, Zou Yan suddenly looked at the five-colored stone on King Chu's waist expectantly, revealing an obsessive gaze: "Fortunately, although the gods are far away and difficult to find, they are not empty after all, but they do exist." ”

“···” Xiong Huai looked at Zou Yan's gaze, and immediately knew that Zou Yan had already tied up with Chu State, and even if he rushed in the future, he couldn't get rid of it.