King Kang's Mansion.

King Kang was as calm as ever, sitting at the table, and the tea that had been held in his hand a quarter of an hour ago was already cold.

Mr. Xu sat opposite him, took a sip of tea, and said: "Your Highness must remember that among the right Ximen guards, only the thousand people around the altar are completely loyal to you, and you must use them to control Your Majesty and the ministers in the shortest possible time, otherwise, once the news comes out, the guards will react, and the left Ximen guards will not be able to stop them for long." ”

"The king knows." King Kang drank all the cold tea in the cup and sighed: "This king has waited for a long time, and finally waited for today's ......."

Ever since he had been removed from the throne, he had understood that he had no choice but to rebel.

If he doesn't sit in that position, he will die at the hands of King Duan sooner or later, just as if he were the one who sat in that position, King Duan would definitely not be able to die well.

They have been fighting for more than ten years, and tomorrow, they will completely separate the winners and losers.

If he wins, he will be the emperor of Emperor Chen, and tomorrow will be both a festival and the death day of King Duan, King Huai and King Run.

It's a pity that King Huai is seriously ill and will not be on the festival tomorrow, but as long as there is an edict to pass on the throne, even if King Huai does not die, he will not be able to turn over any storms.

And if he loses, every year today, it will be his Zhao Cheng's death day.

Win or lose, that's all.

Mr. Xu arched his hand and said, "Xu is here to congratulate His Highness first." ”

King Kang looked at him and said, "If this king's great thing is accomplished, Mr. Xu should make the first contribution." ”

Mr. Xu bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness is serious. ”

"What this king says at this moment comes from the bottom of my heart." King Kang looked at him and said seriously: "If this king can sit in that position, he will treat Mr. as a countryman......

Mr. Xu looked at him and arched his hand: "Xu thanked His Highness first." ”

He stood up and said, "It's not early, Xu went down first." ”

King Kang nodded and said, "Mr. Xu, rest early." ”

Mr. Xu turned to leave, and when he walked to the front of the hall, his footsteps stopped, but he didn't look back, and asked, "Has Your Highness ever thought about what if Your Highness fails?" ”

King Kang said: "Only death." ”

Mr. Xu turned his head to look at King Kang, thought for a while, and said: "A friend of Xu said that the most precious thing about people is life, and as long as they live, there are infinite possibilities. ”

King Kang asked, "That friend of yours who likes to be a good friend?" ”

Mr. Xu nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

King Kang smiled: "This friend of yours is an interesting person, where is he, if there is a chance, this king also wants to get to know him." ”

Mr. Xu shook his head and said, "He is far, far away, and Xu hasn't seen him for a long time." ”

King Kang said regretfully: "That's a pity. ”

"I hope that His Royal Highness will remember the words of Xu's friend at any time, and only if you live long enough can you see more wonderful things." Mr. Xu bowed to him to the end and said, "Xu is gone." ”

"The king remembers." King Kang looked at him, waved his hand, and said, "It's not that we won't see each other again, Mr. Xu doesn't have to make such a big salute......"

A moment later, in a remote courtyard of King Kang's Mansion, inside the room.

The young man stood in the room, looked at Mr. Xu, and asked, "Are you leaving?" ”

"After tomorrow, Jingshi can no longer stay." Mr. Xu said: "Take the silver taels and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

The young man asked, "Where to go?" ”

Mr. Xu said, "Go home." ”

……

In order to show sincerity, early tomorrow morning, the emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials will walk from Beijing to Xishan.

This is a great challenge for some old or frail civil officials, so tonight's Jingshi, among those high-ranking families, the lights were turned off very early, and everyone was recuperating, preparing to leave the Jingshi early tomorrow morning.

In Duanwang's mansion, in Duanwang's room, there was already snoring, and in Huaiwang's mansion, in Huaiwang's study, there were still lights.

There were two people playing chess in the study, and Huai Wang's chess pieces had been pinched in his hands for a quarter of an hour, frowning slightly, obviously at a disadvantage.

This festival is very important, the Son of Heaven and all members of the royal family must participate, but King Huai contracted a serious illness a few days ago, and has not yet recovered, and he can't stand the long journey of more than two hours tomorrow, so His Majesty authorized him to recuperate at home and not have to participate in the festival.

King Huai thought for a long time, and finally put down the chess pieces.

As his chess piece fell, the opponent's layout on the chessboard became dead in an instant.

The figure sitting across from him smiled and said, "That's a good move." ”

He picked up a chess piece, placed it in one place at random, his eyelids drooped slightly, and asked, "Can you trust him?" ”

King Huai nodded and said, "If even he can't do it, no one in Jingshi can do it." ”

The man asked, "What if he fails?" ”

King Huai said: "If he fails, King Kang's rebellion will succeed, and the Fourteenth Guard will besiege Xishan and exterminate the rebellion." ”

The man paused for a moment and asked, "Do you want King Kang to succeed or fail?" ”

"I hope he ...... Fail. King Huai dropped a chess piece and said: "After all, he failed, and there is still King Duan, the taste of being betrayed by his relatives, for that person, how can one time be enough?" ”

The man asked, "After all these years, you still hate him so much?" ”

"How can you not hate?" King Huai clenched his fists, his forehead burst out with green tendons, and said in a low voice: "You don't know, you don't know what kind of life my mother and I lived in that palace back then......"

His chest rose and fell slightly, and he closed his eyes for a long time before opening them, and at the same time, his clenched fist slowly loosened, and the chess pieces he held in his hands just now had turned into powder.

"Hate only makes you someone else." The person on the other side looked at him and said, "Maybe you should really learn from him, the Tang family treated their mother and son like this back then, he has suffered no less than you along the way, but I can't see a little hatred from him......"

"That's why I envy him." King Huai smiled and said, "There is no one in the capital who does not envy him......"

"You can put it down, too." The man was silent for a long time, and then said, "Put down some things, and you will get others." ”

"Letting go means just losing." King Huai dropped a pawn and said, "You lost." ”

The person on the other side smiled, picked up a chess piece again, and put it on the dead ground that had just been killed by King Huai.

With the fall of this chess piece, the dead place came alive in an instant, living in one place, living everywhere, and living in the whole world.

"Letting go doesn't mean losing, sometimes, letting go is to get something better." The man stood up, glanced at King Huai, and turned to walk out of the study.

King Huai looked at the chess game in front of him, sighed for a long time, and said: "Life is not a chess game after all......"