Although Tang Ning already knew that what Ge Ying said was true, he still asked cautiously: "Are you sure that this Xiangjiang is really the descendant of the King of Chu, and he didn't brag about it when he was drinking with you?" Let me remind you, this is not a trivial matter, once we make the wrong person, then we will be laughed at by the whole world! ”

Ge Ying hurriedly promised: "General, don't worry, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to joke about this kind of thing." When Xiangjiang told me about his identity, he didn't drink at all, and this was only after I had known him for a long time, and he told me almost with the mind of Tuogu, so it was absolutely impossible to brag; And now that the identity of the six royal families is known, it will definitely be a family raid, and no one dares to joke about this kind of thing. ”

Hearing Ge Ying's assurance, Tang Ning pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since this is the case, then you go and let this Xiangjiang prepare something that can prove his identity, let's find a way to find a few old people who worked in the Chu royal family back then, and let them confirm it, if his identity is correct and can stand the test, then we will make him the king of Chu!" ”

Speaking of this, Tang Ning suddenly thought of a question, and asked again: "By the way, how is this Xiangjiang person?" Although we need to set up a Chu king now, I don't want to set up a Chu king who will take care of me in everything, do you understand what I mean? ”

In fact, to put it simply, Tang Ning just didn't want to repeat Xiang Yu's mistakes, and then helped up a Chu Huai King Xiong Xin, when Chu Huai King asked Xiang Yu to go north to save Zhao, he didn't want him to get the merit of overthrowing the Qin Dynasty, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, who didn't pay much attention to the world.

Tang Ning's meaning Ge Ying couldn't understand it too well, people are just looking for a pretense and not a father, so he hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, this Xiangjiang is the most honest, and you are helping them restore the state of Chu, he can't be grateful to you, how can he interfere with your plans?" And if he really doesn't know how to lift, then you don't need to do it, I will deal with him personally, anyway, he is not the only descendant of the King of Chu, you say yes? ”

Seeing that Ge Ying perfectly understood his intentions, Tang Ning patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "Okay, let's go, finish this matter first, and then you will lead the troops out." ”

After getting Tang Ning's reply, Ge Ying rushed home, and as soon as he got home, Xiangjiang couldn't wait to come forward and ask, "How is it, how is it?" What did General Chen say? ”

"Don't worry, General Chen has already agreed!" Then, Ge Ying recounted what happened today.

Hearing the good news, Xiangjiang seemed excited: "Great! That's great! It seems that our Dachu is finally expected to return to the country! ”

"Xiangjiang, there is one thing I have to remind you again, don't forget what General Chen said at the end, he just wants a puppet, not a real emperor!" Ge Ying kindly reminded.

Xiangjiang waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "I understand this, he himself is not a courtier of our Chu State, how can he have the intention of reviving and reimbursing Great Chu, but in any case, as long as he can rebuild Great Chu, I will not be shameless to go down to meet our ancestors and ancestors of Great Chu, and at least after becoming the king of Chu, my life can be much better than now." ”

Seeing Xiangjiang so knowledgeable, Ge Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, don't look at what he said in front of Tang Ning just now, what did he kill Xiangjiang with his own hands, but after all, he was an old friend for many years, how could he be so easy to do it.

Just when Ge Ying was thinking nonsense, Xiangjiang suddenly said again: "By the way, this alone can't do it now, I still have to find a way to strengthen the connection with General Chen, Ge Ying, how about you say that I will marry Xiangmeng to him?" ”

"Xiang, Xiangmeng, this, this is a good idea." Ge Ying said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

As an old friend, Xiangjiang naturally knew Ge Ying's thoughts, so he walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Ge Ying, I know your thoughts, but you also know that Xiangmeng ...... to you."

Before Xiangjiang finished speaking, Ge Ying interrupted him and said: "I know, I know, in fact, if Xiangmeng can really marry the general, it will definitely be her blessing, don't you know what an amazing person the general is!" So I'll go tell him about it tomorrow! ”

When Ge Ying came to the city lord's mansion the next day, he learned that Tang Ning was meeting guests, and the two people he met were by no means ordinary, one of these two people was called Zhang Er and the other was Chen Yu, this Zhang Er was still Wei Xinlingjun's disciple back then, and he was Liu Bang's teacher. And his grievances with Chen Yu lasted throughout the history of the late Qin and early Han dynasties.

Although these two guys rebelled against Chen Sheng in history, Tang Ning felt that they still had their vision and ability, and it was Chen Sheng who did not do it right in the first place, so these two people rebelled against him, plus he was now seriously short of people, so he planned to keep these two people.

After some greetings, Zhang Er asked Tang Ning with a serious expression: "General, I heard that someone has been persuading you to establish yourself as the king recently, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Tang Ning knew that they were against this matter, but he still nodded and replied: "That's right, there is this matter, and the third elder of the county has proposed it to me several times. ”

Zhang Er and Chen Yu glanced at each other, and then cautiously asked Tang Ning, "I wonder if the general agreed to them?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head and replied: "Of course I didn't agree, I have already said that I want to revive Great Chu, and I have also found the descendants of the King of Chu, and I am verifying his identity, once confirmed, I will serve him as the master!" ”

Hearing Tang Ning say this, Zhang Er suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and praised: "The general is wise! To be honest, when we heard this rumor yesterday, we were really worried that the general agreed to this matter without thinking about it, and it would be really troublesome! ”

"Oh?! I wonder what's the trouble? Tang Ning asked knowingly.

Zhang Er pondered for a while, and then replied slowly: "The Qin State has no way, it has broken other people's countries, destroyed other people's society, cut off other people's descendants, made the people poor, and the people are exhausted. Now that you have just captured Chen County, you are going to set yourself up as the king, which is just to show the world that all your actions are out of selfishness in the pursuit of wealth and interests for yourself, so general, it is best not to establish yourself as a king now, but to lead the army to quickly advance to the west, on the one hand, send people to visit the descendants of the princes of the six kingdoms, as their own aid force, and also increase the enemy for the Qin State. ”