Hearing Xu Ji ask about the cause of Lao Shan Yu's death, the eldest wife's expression changed slightly, and she immediately returned to normal, and even smiled, and said to Zhou Yuanbin: "It turns out that this is Xu Gongzi's 'clever plan', and it is impossible to separate the Shen family and He Rongbu, so he has changed to separate Shan Yu and the kings." Second brother, you have to be careful when you speak in the future, this person can say that a piece of grass can be said to be a towering tree. ”

Zhou Yuanbin glanced at Xu Ji angrily, and then smiled bitterly at his cousin: "Blame me, just say that the seventh sister chose the strong arm Shan Yu at the beginning, Xu Gongzi actually 'calculated' such a conspiracy, fortunately I didn't mention my birthday, otherwise, Xu Gongzi would think that I was a 'wild seed'." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "I'm not a fortune teller, I can't deduce anything just by the eight characters of my birthday, as for Lao Danyu, I grabbed more than a piece of grass." Xu Ji raised his hand to make a grip motion, "It's a lot of grass, and maybe a sapling among them." ”

The eldest wife turned around and continued to watch the children on the field shoot arrows, "Second brother, take him back, I'm tired of it, I advise you not to meddle anymore, you don't get thanks, but you are disgusted." ”

"I regret it now." Zhou Yuanbin was particularly displeased, stood up, led the way, and after a few steps, found that Xu Ji did not follow, turned around and said: "Xu Gongzi, don't stay here, no one wants to hear about trees, grass or anything." ”

Xu Ji got up and said to his wife's back: "Please think about it carefully, I have no intention of getting involved in anything, I just want to take the princess away, as Zhonggong said, take it away with dignity." ”

Xu Ji bowed his hand and left with Zhou Yuanbin, and his wife laughed at the field and never looked back.

Zhou Yuanbin didn't speak all the way, and when he entered the tent, he said coldly: "I treat Xu Gongzi as a character and a friend, but I get such a reward." You can do whatever you like, Princess Fangde can cause trouble, and Xu Gongzi can cause trouble even more, you two are really a couple. Pingshan will definitely be sent back by Yuyang Gift, and before it gets dark tomorrow, see what you can do to save yourself. ”

"I have a way, but I need the help of Nakanomiya, so - by sunset tomorrow, she has to ......"

Zhou Yuanbin turned around and left, not wanting to hear a word again.

Chang Yanzhi was sent back again, his face was pale, and he hadn't returned to his original color for a long time, "What kind of trick is this?" They dragged me out, neither interrogated nor tortured, but just stood outside for half a day. ”

"I'm sorry, it's because of me."

"Childe?"

"They wanted me to feel 'powerless.'"

"How do you feel when you want to save me but can't?" Chang Yanzhi was both angry and confused, "Who came up with such a shady trick? Well, just crush the dragon with gold and silver treasures, what else can't be done? Sure enough, he was a barbarian outside the Saiwai, and he acted strangely so far. ”

"When it comes to killing people, there's no difference."

Chang Yanzhi muttered, dislike He Rongren very much.

It was nearly two watches in the night, and there was a sudden noise outside the tent, Xu Ji couldn't go out at will, Chang Yanzhi was not strictly controlled, got up and went out to check the situation, and it didn't take long for him to run back out of breath, "Shan Yu is back, and the barbarian king is also back." ”

"Anyone else?"

"I ...... Ask again. ”

Chang Yanzhi went back a little longer this time, and after coming back, he was out of breath, and stood there panting for a while before he spoke: "There is another imperial brother." ”

"The Emperor was also brought?"

"No, the emperor's brother, so everyone went to watch."

Xu Ji didn't know that Zhang Shiyu had a younger brother, presumably not born to the princess, "Shan Yu really caught up with the Yecheng army." ”

Chang Yanzhi nodded, "There are still Tian craftsmen, but the little county lord didn't come." ”

Xu Ji was both surprised and not surprised, and sighed: "I owe more and more favors to the Tian Craftsman. ”

"If Childe wants to know anything, I'll inquire again."

"No need, rest."

Chang Yanzhi sat for a while and said carefully: "Childe seems to be ...... Not as happy as during the day. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "There is really nothing to be happy about. ”

"Childe always has a plan...... This time, too, right? ”

"Yes."

Chang Yanzhi let out a long breath and said with a smile: "I know ......"

"But I don't need to."

Chang Yanzhi opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

"There are too many things that I can't do anything about, Zhou Yuanbin is right, you have to see people before you can speak, but now I can only 'threat' others to talk to me." Xu Ji shook his head, "Everything is in the hands of others. ”

Chang Yanzhi closed his mouth, still not knowing what to say.

"I almost forgot how hard it is to be a counselor." Xu Ji smiled, "I think that at the beginning, I knew that it was difficult to persuade people, so I decided to claim the king myself, but it turned out that it was even more difficult to be the king - the important thing is that I didn't have the talent to be the king......"

Chang Yanzhi couldn't agree, "We, at least all the Wu people, think that among the kings, Gongzi is the most talented, and he can be described as both wise and brave. ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "Claiming the king needs to be consistent, but as long as it is beneficial to the royal industry, there is nothing that cannot be done, and there is no price that should not be paid, I have not done it." To be a strategist...... It is necessary to go up and down with the world, not to cling to one end, so that we can meet the source left and right. ”

"There are also righteous people who claim to be kings, and there are also those who have always followed the old master." Chang Yanzhi still can't agree.

"Benevolence and righteousness belong to 'there is nothing that cannot be done', of course the king is benevolent and righteous, and he will also be cruel, and he will also be courteous and virtuous, but they must be beneficial to the royal industry, and once they become obstacles, they will become the price to be paid."

Chang Yan didn't squeak anymore, deep down, he really felt that Xu Ji was lacking in this regard.

"The strategist follows the old master, but the duckweed floats into a very comfortable pond, it will stay, but it will not take root, and once it takes root, it will lose the usefulness of the strategist."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Even if you only follow one master in your life, the strategist must maintain the mentality of an 'outsider', only in this way can he complement the king of the 'insider', otherwise, he is no different from a minister, blindly obeying the will of the king, and the king will fall deeper and deeper."

"One must be consistent, one must be up and down with the world, one must be inside, and one must be outside, which is difficult."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Therefore, since ancient times, there have been very few monarchs and ministers, most people got each other at that time, and the monarch or minister changed their minds slightly, and they became killed." It's hard, it's hard. ”

Someone came in with the curtain lifted, glanced at each of them, and said, "Young Master Xu is preaching and teaching?" General Chang apprenticed? ”

Chang Yanzhi got up and said with a smile: "Tian Zhuangshi came just in time, I didn't apprentice, Gongzi did say something...... Very interesting words. ”

Tian Jiang sat down with one of Changyan, "Didn't Gongzi Xu go to the Jin army?" How did it end up here? ”

"Sent by an old man."

"Hey, this old man is enthusiastic."

Chang Yanzhi: "It's not enthusiasm, it's revenge, this person is ......" Finding that Tian Jiang was talking back, Chang Yanzhi shut up and muttered in a low voice: "You can't talk well." ”

Tian Jiang said: "The Jin army retreated for nearly a hundred miles, and it is not a threat to Yuyang for the time being. ”

"The Jin army is worried about He Rongbu's alliance with Tiancheng?" Xu Ji guessed.

"Thinking about it, He Rong's two sides are flattering, no one knows who they will support in the end, King Jin is not in the army, the commander has no bottom in his heart, as soon as he heard that the emperor drove the expedition in person, Shan Yu also went south in person, he was scared first."

Xu Ji nodded, Chang Yanzhi was a little anxious, and interjected: "Why did Tian Zhuangshi come here?" I heard that the little county lord detained the barbarian king, is it true? ”

Tian Jiang rarely showed a smile, "It's true, the princess persuaded the Tang master in the city to raise General Tang, and then personally came forward to greet He Rong Pingshan and lured him to the city gate, and the rest of the matter is simple." ”

"Huh." Chang Yanzhi couldn't help but laugh, "Little county lord, no, it's a little princess now...... The eldest princess, she is still the temper that is not afraid of the sky and the earth, dare to do and dare to take responsibility, I want to call her a heroine. ”

"But the emperor and Shan Yu both came, and the decree made Yuyang must hand over the princess, so I said to He Rong Pingshan, I will go with you, and after you go back, bring more people and dowry, and come to pick up the princess with great fanfare, so that the princess looks good on her face, and you also have brilliance on your face."

"And he agreed?" Chang Yan asked.

"I'm not very good at persuasion, the knife in my hand will." Tian Jiang said.

Chang Yanzhi was stunned for a while, and moved away from the blanket slightly, "You, Gongzi, and the princess are the kind of people, the kind that is so bold that they don't want to die, you talk, I'll listen honestly." ”

Xu Ji was concerned about another matter, "This General Tang is the guard general of Yecheng stationed in Yuyang?" ”

"Exactly."

"How did Princess Fonde persuade him?"

"It's easy to say, General Tang went out of the general's family, and his father and brother all died outside the Saiwai. The princess claimed that if she was handed over, she would commit suicide, so that everyone in the world would know that Tang Shiju had given Princess Tiancheng to the enemy. ”

Xu Ji shook his head with a smile.

Tian Jiang said: "Everything is a delaying strategy, the emperor and the county lord of Huanyan are here, Tang Shiju will soon be deprived of military power, and there will be no way to protect the princess." Tian Jiang paused and looked at Xu Ji, "All the princess's hopes are in Xu Gongzi. ”

Xu Ji was silent for a while and asked, "You are also the person He Rongpingshan wants to woo?" ”

"Well, Shan Yu said that I am a good man, and I am exactly the same as my son, He Rong Pingshan is unyielding, but he must make you and me surrender in order to prove his ability."

Chang Yanzhi said that he was an observer, but he still interjected: "Shan Yu's temper is really weird. ”

Tian Jiang said: "Shan Yu said a very interesting sentence, probably saying, 'There are two kinds of heroes, one is to let oneself be above others, and the other is to let others be under oneself'. ”

Chang Yanzhi was puzzled: "They are all superior, what's the difference?" ”

"There is a big difference, 'let yourself be above others', you need to face the difficulties, the stronger the opponent, the happier you are, either defeat it to show your strength, or conquer it for your own use, in short, you have to work hard to improve yourself." Let others be under oneself' is just the opposite, choose a smooth road, pick a weak opponent, rely on the original identity and status, force the weaker to submit, it seems to be superior, but also a hero, but once you encounter a real strong enemy, you will suffer a crushing defeat. I didn't make these explanations, I thought about it myself, and it shouldn't be bad. Shan Yu also said that the so-called heroes in the world, the latter is the majority, and the former is rare, and He Rongpingshan must strive to be the former. ”

"Therefore, the barbarian king must make Gongzi and Tian Zhuangshi submit, because the two of you are powerful opponents." Chang Yanzhi couldn't help but nodded, "In this way, there is really some truth." ”

Tian Jiang said: "Shan Yu also said a word, in He Rong's language, he thought I couldn't understand, but I happened to know a little." ”

"What did Shan Yu say?" Chang Yan asked.

"He said that He Rong Pingshan wants to prove his ability with 'conquering opponents', rather than really asking these two people, after they succeed, they will kill at will."

Xu Ji suddenly smiled, "Thank you Tian Zhuangshi, for solving my heart." ”