"Gao Huai, how is the injury recovering?" A thin, dry-looking old man asked, his face a little blue and looking very penetrating. Gao Huai said weakly: "It's better, thank you for your concern." The man with a face in heat was the master of the vein of the living soul, and he only listened to Gao Huai's answer and said: "Since the body is almost complete, how is the eldest brother arranging your affairs, brother, listen to my advice, it is not easy to get the eldest brother's appreciation, the most important thing is that you have now become a eunuch, and no matter how much you resist, it is just this result." ”

Gao Huai hung his head and was silent, sitting in this empty house, meditating every day in front of the four walls, his spirit was on the verge of collapse, and his face was pale, as if he had not yet come out of the pain of castration. "Those who know the times are handsome, and you should know if you are a politician." The Soul Vein Lord said. Gao Huai sighed and nodded and said, "It's only like this now, I promise." A few days ago, he had a long talk with me, and I also knew his good intentions, catching ghosts and exorcising ghosts for the benefit of people must be retained, he just wanted to eliminate the hidden danger of one of them who had selfish interests to rule the court, and returned the world to peace, no longer because of the infighting between heaven and earth. But I don't understand if he had explained this to me earlier, maybe I would have helped him, maybe the entire Zhongzheng line would have helped him, no one had any objections, why did he want to exterminate the heavens, the earth and the people and kill him before stopping, why did he take you as his subordinates to resist the Zhongzheng line, what was wrong with us, I don't know why? ”

"Hahahaha," the Lord of the Soul Vein laughed loudly, "Things must be opposed, you won't have heard of these two sentences of the Meritorious Lord, or the sentence that the eldest brother said, today you have no objection, it does not mean that there will be no people in the future, and it is only necessary to prevent trouble." If one day you lead the people of heaven and earth in all branches, plus the political power and military power that you gradually grasp in the court, then the world will not be surnamed Zhu at that time. By weakening you by the power of the ghosts and witches, and then giving you a certain status and military power to paralyze your carelessness, and dealing with the ghosts and witches with all our might, we will reap the benefits of the fisherman. The ghost and witch coveted my Ming territory, the defense of the capital was fought beautifully, and the border could be kept peaceful for 20 years after this battle. ”

Gao Huai smiled and gritted his teeth and said: "Gao, where is a small strategy, it is simply the next big game of chess in the world." Hey, but I don't understand two things, why do you want to exterminate the heavens and the earth and keep you? And why did you castrate me when I joined? ”

The Lord of the Soul Vein said softly, "Because we are waste, the cunning rabbits are all the lackeys to cook, and the birds are all good bows to hide. But for those old dogs who can live with whatever they eat, and who have no combat effectiveness and crossbows with broken strings, the masters will still show a trace of mercy and let us live. Besides, chasing ghosts and the like also requires us to saddle up and back the horse, don't you say? There are also big people who want to do great things, they will definitely do something that the world spurns, this has been the case since ancient times, these things big brother disdains to do, always find some people to do it, this is the value of our existence. As for the Iron Sword Pulse, it's different, their vein master is that strange guy, I don't know what his name is, in short, they belong to powerful ruthless characters, but even if the eldest brother is profound, he also needs a powerful lackey, not to say that waste like our living soul and their five ugly veins, but the kind of lackey that can bite people at critical moments, the Iron Sword Pulse is like this. But they don't care, because the eldest brother's promise to let them inspect the world is just like the imperial history, but it is more powerful than the imperial history, and it is the ideal of the iron sword to kill corrupt officials from the top to the bottom. The eldest brother is so promised, but Gao Huai, do you think the eldest brother will keep his promise? ”

Gao Huai shook his head, and the master of the living soul vein said with a smile: "That's it, so the iron sword vein is a brave and unscrupulous person, and the Zhongzheng vein is to prevent a monopoly from harming the Daming Sheji, who can guarantee that the iron sword vein will not become the second Zhongzheng in the future, so sooner or later they will have to be wiped out, but the time has not yet come." As for you, you are very different from us, you are good at interpersonal skills, proficient in flattery, and I don't mean to ridicule you, this is the case, this is also the purpose of the eldest brother's selection of you. Once the Zhongzheng line completely falls, the power of the central brother will naturally win, but the power of the Ming Dynasty is not only those civil and military officials, but also a kind of person is particularly important. ”

Gao Huai smiled bitterly and continued the words of the Lord of the Soul Vein and said, "There are also eunuchs, so you castrated me and let me be a eunuch, right?" But starting from scratch, when I became a eunuch with a pen or a eunuch with palm prints, it was also the end of my time. ”

"The eldest brother really didn't look at the wrong person, he just didn't think about the problem ordinarily, and he was very thoughtful. Naturally, you won't be asked to start from scratch, you just need to kill a eunuch who is neither high nor low, and then use the art of disguise to give you a makeover, and from then on you will be him and he will be you. Which name do you like, the eldest brother provides you with three lists, all of which are Wang Zhen's comrades in the old days, you can do whichever you like, the eldest brother can't do the thing of pointing to the deer as a horse, but stealing the day is the eldest brother's specialty, come on, choose a name. The Soul Lord took out an origami with three names and biographies written on it.

Gao Huai looked at it for a moment, but closed his eyes and pointed to the man in the middle and said, "Just him." After reading it, the Lord of the Soul Vein put it away, and then said: "Gao Huai, don't be discouraged, when the eldest brother comes back, he will give you the secret book of the Spiritual Fire Technique, this technique is powerful and extraordinary, and the burning ghost spirit reaches extraordinary power, but unfortunately only castrated people can learn, and there are also high requirements for talent and ability." Brother Gao Huai, your foundation is excellent, and your study over the years has been several times higher than that of the disciples of the branches of heaven, earth and man, so you will definitely be able to practice this technique well. Hey, I don't know whether to envy you or sympathize with you, but when the time comes, the world will not be able to do this trick with Cheng Fang Dong and Wang Zhen! Gao Huai was shocked and asked in astonishment, "What?" Cheng Fangdong is also a eunuch? Wang Zhen, isn't Wang Zhen dead? ”

The master of the living soul vein smiled, did not answer, just patted Gao Huai's shoulder to let him rest, and then closed the door, Gao Huai sighed, his heart was full of melancholy but there were too many doubts, the future was at a loss for him, this thought flashed from the heart of this politician for the first time.