"Lin Jue, do you know? Actually, I'm not suspicious of you for grabbing the throne, I'm envious of you and jealous of you. Thou art clever and wise, and thou art more cunning than anyone else. When my father was alive, he praised you more than once, and he compared me with you, and was very disappointed in me, saying that I was far inferior to you. Do you know how uncomfortable I feel when I hear such words? I love and hate you. Yes, it was you who single-handedly pushed me to the throne of the emperor, without you, on the night Guo Xu seized the throne, my palace would have suffered a long time ago. You have done us a great contribution, and this credit is great...... Too big for me to repay you. And thou sayest, What shall I reward thee for thy merit but to give thee the throne? You have what I have, and the only thing you don't have is my identity as a member of the Guo royal family. I can only repay you for what you have done for me by giving you the throne. But...... I can't give you the throne. If I can't give you the throne, I will always owe you a great favor. Otherwise, then I can only find a way to get rid of you and get rid of you. Otherwise, how can I be the emperor? People in the world know you Lin Jue but don't know me, isn't it a joke that I, the emperor, am I? So, killing you may be the only thing I can do. ”

Guo Kun muttered, his face under the messy hair couldn't see his expression clearly, only his thin lips moved. His tone was resentful, like a resentful woman who was not favored.

Lin Jue frowned and was silent. Since ancient times, when the courtier's merit is so great that it cannot be sealed, he will either take the throne or not end well. Han Xin in the Han Dynasty and King Qin in the Tang Dynasty were all people who made great contributions. The last one was killed, and the other took the throne. Later generations will learn from this and avoid doing this. Those in power should also beware of such a person. Guo Kun adheres to this logic. His credit is indeed too great, so big that it makes him afraid, so big that it covers all the light of Guo Kun, which is an invisible pressure on Guo Kun, pressing him to the point that he can't breathe. As he said, he could not give himself anything but the position of emperor. And he won't give the emperor's position, so killing himself is the best choice.

Of course, in Lin Jue's opinion, this logic is ridiculous. If someone else is better than you, you will kill them. The greater the credit of others, the more they want to kill him, what kind of bullshit logic is this? Unfortunately, such logic does not make sense in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the emperor, it is an iron logic.

"I know, it's not fair to you. But I had no choice. Your presence is the dark cloud over my head, hanging over me, lingering. Hehehehehe, I know that only people who have no ability are jealous of others, and they hate others for being more capable than themselves. But who can compare with you? You're not a human being, you're a demon. Guo Kun moved his eyes from the dense dark clouds in the sky to Lin Jue's face, staring at Lin Jue and smiling like a fool.

"Lin Jue, tell me honestly, are you a demon? How did you know that something big was going to happen in the court? Therefore, you have the back road in Funiu Mountain in advance, recruiting troops and buying horses, and at the critical time, you have the territory of Funiu Mountain Luoyan Valley, and you have the Luoyan Army to protect yourself. Are you a prophet of the future? How could a normal person do that? You are the one who won the top prize in the imperial examination, you are the county horse of my Liang Wangfu, and your teacher Fang Dunru is a great Confucian in the world and is in a high position. How can it be justified that you are doing your best to run a place like Funiu Mountain? Don't tell me you're for that Gao Muqing. That woman deserves so much of your trouble? Maybe you were there to help her at first, but then you built such a large territory and raised so many people and soldiers, it was definitely not for that woman. You must know something, don't you? ”

Lin Jue was stunned in his heart, secretly thinking that this Guo Kun had already smelled this suspicious thing, but he was not completely stupid. He said in a deep voice: "You think too much, how can there be any uncertain prophets?" I run Funiu Mountain in order to fulfill the promise I made to Mu Qing and the brothers of Guishan Island as a friend. At the beginning, it was the imperial court that rebelled, and I am responsible for the destruction of the cottage on Guishan Island......"

"Hehehe, of course you won't admit it. As a friend? Risking the risk of bandits to bury their own good future? At the risk of an entire clan being executed? Aren't you the most protective of your Lin family? How is this possible? And as far as I can see, there are countless amounts of money and materials you have invested in the Barberry Mountain. The Grand Theater you run is making money every day, and all the money you earn is invested in Funiu Mountain, recruiting troops, buying horses, and making weapons. Even Wei'er's dowry money, you moved it into the cottage, and almost used all your strength to build Funiu Mountain. Would you have done it if you hadn't known something was coming? Who will believe it? In addition to these, what else you have done is also puzzling. For example, those firearms, why do you know so many secrets of making firearms? As early as Hangzhou, we have found out your background clearly, and there is nothing special about your previous experience. Before you appeared in front of us, you were just an ordinary son of the Lin family, and you hadn't even left Hangzhou for half a step. How do you know so many secrets to making firearms? And the poems you wrote, the guests in the Liang Palace's house all agreed that your poems were completely inconsistent with your experience and age. It's like poetry written by a seasoned person, and it's definitely not something you can write at your age. How do you explain this? Guo Kun said in a deep voice.

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "I don't need to explain, if you can't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't do it." ”

Guo Kun shook his head and said, "If it is a single thing, it may be talented." But if everything is focused on you, there's definitely something wrong with that. You are either a demon or an immortal, otherwise how can you do it? ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "Whatever you say, you treat me as a monster, I don't care what you think." ”

Guo Kun frowned and thought: "Yes, at the beginning, you insisted that the Jurchens would go south to attack my Great Zhou, and almost no one in the Luoyan army believed it at that time. At that time, the Jurchens were still surrounded and suppressed by the Liao army, and you concluded that the Jurchens would win, and the Jurchens would go south to attack our Great Zhou. You ordered to step up the recruitment of troops and prepare to fight the Jurchens. You also said that the soldiers and horses of the court will definitely be defeated. Do you still say that you are not a prophet of the future? How do you know all this? ”

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Wake up, you have gone mad." I don't have to explain to you how I predicted this, and you don't necessarily understand it. What's the point of you struggling with all this now? ”

Guo Kun shook his head and said, "I'm not entangled in these things, I just want to figure out who I am fighting against?" Well, I finally understood that I was making an enemy of an unknown prophet, and how could I win? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "I'm afraid you're stunned." ”

Guo Kun raised his head suddenly, looked at Lin Jue and said, "You don't want to admit it, do you?" Okay, then you swear and swear that you're just an ordinary person. I'm going to get to the bottom of that, and then we'll talk about what you're going to do. I know you don't want to bear the name of killing the king, so you have been refusing to kill me. I can promise you and cooperate with you to be the emperor in name only. But if you will not swear, I will die and will not cooperate with you. I will even commit suicide, no matter how I die, in the end, you will have to bear the infamy of killing the king. Don't you cherish your reputation? I just don't teach you to do it. Anyway, my loss of imperial power is equivalent to the walking dead, but I, Guo Kun, am not greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think about the people of the world?" I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing it for Da Zhou to be stronger and not to repeat the mistakes of the past. I don't want to take your power away from me, I want the world to rule together. Do you understand? ”

Guo Kun laughed and waved his hand: "Don't tell me this, I won't listen." I've reached this point, can I still control the world? I don't care. Will you swear or not? Do you swear or not? ”

Lin Jue was extremely angry in his heart, but he didn't want to entangle him with such things. Guo Kun is not stupid, what he said today just shows that he has thought deeply. He sensed something, and he wished he had sworn to solve his doubts, so what if he swore an oath? Anyway, Lin Jue doesn't believe in such a thing as an oath. Lin Jue didn't want Guo Kun to refuse to agree to his request, and things would be very tricky. Therefore, it is better to resolve this matter in peace and stability, rather than forcibly dealing with it.

"Well, then I'll just swear an oath. How to swear? It's inexplicable. Lin Jue frowned.

Guo Kun said: "You say, you swear that you are just an ordinary person, if you have the ability to predict the future, you will strike five thunderbolts in the sky." ”

Lin Jue frowned and said in a deep voice: "I swear, I am just an ordinary person, and I don't have the ability to predict the future. If it is a lie, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky. ”

Lin Jue's voice had just fallen, but he heard a flash of lightning outside the pavilion, and thunder roared. The whole earth seemed to tremble. At the same time, as if a big hole had leaked in the sky, torrential rain poured down. The dense rain clicked on the lotus leaves in the pond, and suddenly it was noisy like fried beans, and in an instant, only the sound of the rain hitting the lotus leaves in the sky and the earth was crackling, deafening.

Lin Jue's legs and feet were weak, and he sat on the stone bench. Shicai's thunder was almost above his head, as if it was a curse caused by his oath, and Lin Jue's mind was still buzzing now. Lin Jue had never believed in such things as oaths before, but from this moment on, Lin Jue felt that it seemed that he should not believe it. Although this thunder did not give itself a five-thunder blast, it seemed to be a warning.

Guo Kun was also shocked by the thunder and the subsequent rainstorm, and sat on the stone bench without color. He looked at Lin Jue in a daze, his eyes full of doubts. Seeing that Lin Jue was also stunned and frightened, Guo Kun suddenly laughed.

"I understand, it turns out that my opponent is really not an ordinary person, God knows. But you broke your oath, and God didn't kill you with five thunderbolts, which shows that God is protecting you. I understand, you came down from heaven to change my Great Zhou, and everything you do is what God makes you do. So what else can I do? I'm obviously not the Son of Heaven, otherwise how could God help you and not help me? That's it, that's it, even so, I also accept my fate. I agree to cooperate with your actions. I can't fight God after all. But there are some things that I still have to fight for, I can't leave nothing, you have to make some guarantees. Since the world is nominally my Guo's, my Guo's must have due dignity. ”

Guo Kun's voice was mixed in the torrential rain, but Lin Jue could hear it clearly. Lin Jue was a little depressed, but later it was because of a lightning bolt that Guo Kun willingly cooperated, was this providence or did Guo Kun find a step for himself? In any case, this result is a good thing.

"Except for the power of the emperor, everything else is negotiable. You can mention it. Lin Jue said loudly.