King Jibei took a treasure seal in fear, and when someone nearby shouted "kneel and worship", he almost knelt down with him, until he was reminded to barely stand firm.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to kneel."

The title of "Your Majesty" was both familiar and unfamiliar, and King Jibei's face turned pale, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Ma Wei, who was watching the ceremony from afar, remembered his predicament in the camp of Shan Yu, and sympathized with the king of Jibei, but increased his contempt, "Why did the Zhang family lose the world?" It's not because of the assassination, it's not because of the famine for many years, it's not because the Emperor of All Things frequently mobilizes the people, but because no one in the Zhang family can inherit the mandate of heaven. ”

Xu Ji smiled, he had just come back, just in time for this hasty enthronement.

"Send troops tomorrow, Pan Kai will defend the eastern capital, Bao Dun will attack and annex the state, and I will personally conquer Jizhou." Ma Wei paused for a moment, "The king of Jibei will go north with me, and the king of Xiangdong will send him to Xiangyang, everything is as you said at that time." ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to King Liang, the odds of winning have increased by three points." ”

"How many points are there?"

"Six."

Ma Wei laughed, and everyone who was bowing to the "emperor" turned their heads to look, and the king of Jibei on the earthen altar was also surprised, Ma Wei closed his voice, waited for everyone's eyes to look away, and whispered to Xu Ji: "Go talk elsewhere." ”

There was no one in the military tent, not even Gao Shengze followed, Ma Wei put away the majesty of King Liang, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one glass to Xu Ji, "Your amount of wine seems to have dropped a lot." ”

"I was injured once, and I didn't dare to drink much after that." Xu Ji took the wine glass, took a sip lightly, and nodded, indicating that he could drink.

"Hurt by whom?" Ma Wei showed a bit of majesty again.

"It's my own carelessness." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Ma Wei paced casually with a wine glass, and Xu Ji stood in place, following with his eyes.

"You still think I only have a six-point chance of winning?"

"It's my truth."

"Six is only a little more than five - some strategists will use such rhetoric to shirk responsibility in advance."

"It is not up to the strategists to decide who is responsible, so why shirk?"

"Where's the difference? After doing your best, the odds of winning are still less than ninety percent? Or is it He Rongren? ”

"It's the month of January."

Ma Wei smiled: "It turned out to be this, don't worry, I found someone to calculate, although there is light snow within a month, you might as well pass, and January is approximate, if it goes well, half a month is enough." ”

There was a humane outside: "The enthronement ceremony of Emperor Tiancheng has ended, does King Liang want to see the emperor?" ”

Although the king of Jibei was just a puppet, Ma Wei still didn't want to see him, and said to Xu Ji: "You still have to go, you are more familiar." ”

"Say what?"

"Whatever you want, let him rest assured, don't think nonsense, and don't try to escape."

Xu Ji was about to leave, and Ma Wei said again: "Are you sure there won't be an accident over there in Huaizhou?" ”

"The Sheng family firmly believes that King Liang and King Ning conspired to attack Huai, and there should be no heavy troops in the north, so let's be sure."

Ma Wei smiled and shook his head, "It's not six points, it's seventy percent, and someone else won't be happy if you say something like this." ”

"To King Liang, I can be casual."

"Go ahead." Ma Wei waved his hand, watching Xu Ji leave, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, Xu Ji came back as promised, behaved meekly, and answered all questions, but there were still shortcomings, so that Ma Wei could not experience many years of friendship, nor could he feel the friendship of monarchs and ministers.

After the king of Jibei entered the tent and sat down, he was still trembling, and when he heard the sound, he immediately shouted: "I will not be the emperor, I will ...... It's you! ”

King Jibei has been under house arrest and knows almost nothing about anything other than tents.

"It's me." Xu Ji brought a stool and sat opposite King Jibei.

Xu Ji didn't call him "Your Majesty" and didn't salute, but the King of Jibei felt a little down-to-earth and asked, "Are you...... When did it arrive? ”

"It's been a few days, I've been to Huaizhou once, and I've just come back."

"Where did it come from?"

"This is far away, from Yecheng to Yuyang, and then through Bingzhou, stay in Qinzhou for a long time, enter Han and Yi in the south, go down the river to Jing, and go north to the eastern capital."

King Jibei opened his mouth to listen, "I have been in the Eastern Capital, and I have been out of the city for a few days...... Is the emperor okay? ”

"Which emperor?"

"Xu Gongzi, don't make fun of me, for me, there is only one emperor."

"Emperor Shiyu was taken to Qinzhou by Shan Yu, and after capturing Xijing, he was allowed to return to Yuyang, saying that he would wait for Mingchun to go to the rendezvous, but it is difficult to say that Shan Yu may have summoned him in advance."

King Jibei let out a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face, "Shan Yu is good to the emperor, and the emperor is really his own family." ”

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Well, Shan Yu often urges the emperor to give birth to a prince with the queen as soon as possible." ”

"The Emperor and Empress are still young, but it's time to be parents. Alas, I think that at the beginning, when the main lord of Huanyan County married Shan Yu, I was still very reluctant, but now I look at it, although the lord of Huanyan County is a woman, he is more far-sighted. What about the princess? What about my daughter, Lord Fonde? What about the Empress Dowager? ”

"As far as I know, the princess is now in Yuyang, and the Empress Dowager originally stayed in Yecheng, and may have been taken to Yuyang, the lord of Fangde County - she is now Princess Fangde, and she was promised to be married to Shan Yu's cousin He Rongpingshan."

"It's a good thing to kiss and kiss, I've seen Hirayama, it's a good ......"

"Hirayama was put to death."

King Jibei was taken aback, "My daughter has been affected?" She just got married, so she won't get involved in Shan Yu's family affairs, right? ”

"Princess Fangde didn't get married, she fled on the way, and it is rumored that she went to the border area of Qin and Liang, and there is no news."

King Jibei was stunned for a while, and said angrily: "Shi Qing is really uneasy, when I was in the country with the princess, I shouldn't have left her in the Eastern Capital, I thought that the care of the Queen Mother would allow her to learn well, but the more she learned, the more rude she became, and she didn't care about the safety of her family." Alas, also staying in the Eastern Capital, the emperor did not always like her. ”

Xu Ji listened quietly, and the king of Jibei complained for a while, and suddenly remembered that Xu Ji should have been his son-in-law, and said embarrassedly: "The marriage between Xu Gongzi and Shi Qing ......"

"Not lifted."

"Huh?"

"Princess Fondt is still my wife, at least I didn't write a letter of resignation, and her one doesn't count."

King Jibei was very embarrassed, didn't dare to say anything, laughed for a while, and said: "It's okay if it's not lifted, so you and I are still Weng's son-in-law?" ”

"It depends on whether the king of Jibei recognizes that daughter and whether he recognizes me as a son-in-law."

"Of course." King Jibei immediately said, only caring about the present, no matter what Shan Yu from afar thought, "That...... Xu Gongzi will give me the bottom, King Liang...... What is the intention of King Liang? ”

"King Liang wants to send you back to Yecheng to be the emperor, and then summon Emperor Shi Yu to come and pay a visit."

"That's all?"

"That's all."

King Jibei's eyes were wet, and he almost cried, "Isn't King Liang going to kill me immediately?" ”

"I made you the emperor, how could I kill you?"

"I thought...... I thought he was going to kill the emperor's sacrifice flag, so he temporarily charged me. ”

Xu Ji got up, "King Liang doesn't have this plan, King Jibei calms down and talks about it when he arrives in Yecheng." ”

"What will happen when you get to Yecheng?" As soon as the current crisis passed, the king of Jibei began to worry about the future.

"I will do my best to keep the King of the North safe."

"Son-in-law, I'm counting on you."

Xu Ji returned to the Zhongjun tent and saw that King Liang was discussing with several generals, so he stood aside, waited for a while, and beckoned to Gao Shengze.

Ma Wei also saw it, nodded his head, and Gao Shengze quietly walked in front of Xu Ji.

"I want to see the king of Xiangdong."

"Huh?" Gao Shengze's face was displeased.

Xu Ji didn't explain, just looked at the old eunuch.

Gao Shengze had to turn back, leaned over and whispered to King Liang, and soon came back and whispered, "Follow me." ”

There were more guards in front of the king of Xiangdong, and Gao Shengze found the officer and whispered an order to let Xu Ji in.

The king of Xiangdong was drinking alone, there was no food on the table, he was still drinking one cup after another, and when Xu Ji came in, he was trying to pour out the last drop of wine in the pot, "Bring the wine again...... How are you? ”

"The king of Xiangdong has leisure."

"People are idle, and their hearts are naturally idle. Have a seat. ”

Xu Ji sat down on the bed opposite.

"Are you a guest of King Liang, or a courtier?"

"Guest."

"Well, can you get me some wine? King Liang's men were stingy. ”

Xu Ji got up and walked out of the tent and found that Gao Shengze was still there, so he smiled and said: "It just so happens that Manager Gao is still there, I need a pot of hot wine here, and the dishes can be arbitrary, three or four things are enough." ”

Without waiting for Gao Shengze to speak, Xu Ji retreated into the tent.

King Xiangdong smiled: "Is it useful?" ”

"Have hope, even if it's a luxury." Xu Ji re-seated, "I just came from the King of Jibei. ”

"He's the emperor?"

"He doesn't admit it himself."

"Hey, even if he still has a little self-knowledge, he is the emperor here, and the most embarrassing thing is His Majesty today, as well as my daughter." Speaking of his daughter, Wang Lixian of Xiangdong was depressed, "It's hard to stand alone, and among the Zhang family, she can't find anyone to help her, even I ......"

A soldier walked in, put down a jug of wine, two plates of pickles and bacon, said nothing, and turned to leave.

"Well, you are really a guest of King Liang." The king of Xiangdong poured wine and took a big sip, "It's not a good wine, but it's better than the previous horse urine." ”

was also trapped, the king of Xiangdong was more free and easy, he asked his family, did not mention anything to the court, only talked about wine and food and weather, but Xu Ji mentioned the matter, "King Liang wants to send the king of Xiangdong to Xiangyang." ”

"Xiangyang also belongs to King Liang?"

"Nope." Xu Ji roughly explained the situation in Xiangyang, "The initial battle of the coalition army is unfavorable, and the king of Xiangdong needs to go to the town so that more reinforcements can be summoned." ”

"Hey, who still has the Zhang family in their eyes now? I and the king of Jibei are trapped in the eastern capital, and we don't even come to save our own children, how can we call reinforcements? Chen is sick, but I ......"

Xu Ji made his eyes look, and the king of Xiangdong immediately understood that the wall had ears, and changed his words: "I have met a few times, but I am not familiar with it, and it is difficult for him to send more soldiers to Xiangyang." As for Xi Yun, he doesn't care about my life or death. ”

"The guards of Xiangyang are not only the Chen and Xi families, but also many heroes in Jingzhou, who strongly invite the king of Xiangdong to come over."

"Hey, what's the difference between one person's puppet here and manyman's puppet over there?"

"If you can reconcile the heroes and defend Xiangyang together, it will also be a great achievement."

"Haha, Xu Gongzi thinks too simply, as you said, behind the state army is He Rong's army, how can Xiangyang be defended? I'm just going there to die. Xu Gongzi doesn't need to say much, if you send him to death, he will die, I can't help myself, I accept my fate, but if you want me to be happy to send me to death, it's better to be spared. ”

Xu Ji got up to say goodbye, and bowed deeply before leaving, and the king of Xiangdong nodded, indicating that he understood what he meant.