"Master Xu has confirmed the identity of this person, and he has been assisting Tong Wen's master, who is a person under Jin Yishan, the king of the Black Kingdom, and Wen Si's eldest brother, Wen Qian. This person does not hold a position in the court, and he is known as Leng Nangong on the rivers and lakes, and he is a master of using swords. You Xiu said.

Liu Dehao added tea unhurriedly, "I'll just say where did Tong Wen come from 500,000 people, the Heiguo Wen family has been an assistant for many years, and there are naturally a lot of troops under his hands." It is estimated that Tong Wen gave Jin Yishan benefits in exchange for these. ”

"What I suspect now is not just the jealous king, if the support behind Tong Wen is Jin Chengshan, the lord of the Black Country, then the matter will be even worse."

"He Tong Wen can betray the country and collaborate with the enemy, and I can too, no matter what Jin Yishan Jin foolish, I will find a way to solve Tong Wen first and handle the current things well." Liu Dehao said: "As for Juguo, I have my own way, Jinzhou, Weicheng, and the contract are impossible to give to them." ”

……

Tong Wen racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out how to play this move. "The king of thieves was born in a family of chess artists, and he studied under the first emperor and His Majesty, and the old man really can't do anything about you."

"What if Prime Minister Tong takes this step?" Liu Dehao moved one of Tong Wen's chess pieces, and the situation immediately reversed.

"Good chess, good chess!" Tong Wen said.

Liu Dehao thought to himself: If you can't win, I really can't help it.

Tong Wen asked, "Do you know why I have to let you come back?" The court pays attention to the way of checks and balances, and now the government, you rob the king to support one side of the sky, and Kong Zhangzhi and Xi Zhang make them also hold up a piece of the sky, this kind of balanced situation is what the government needs. ”

"No, all you need is my name. I belong to you, and the world will understand that there is no chance of defeating you. ”

"You can indeed think so, but you must understand that I am doing this for the sake of Dou Guo."

Liu Dehao said: "Your Majesty is obsessed with chess, King Qi is unscrupulous, and the crown prince is weak and incompetent, they are not the Shengming monarchs in your mind, in your eyes, the Yin family shouldn't have all this, right?" ”

"I can't watch this country go like this, so I have to hold the power in my hands first. And there is only one person in my heart who has the world in mind, and he is the only one who is worthy of this country. Because although this person disdains to maintain the government, he does not lack this ability, he can think of the thoughts of the people of the world in his heart, and he understands the right way in the world. ”

"This man is my brother. So you wrote him a document at the time, and it became evidence that he exposed you, didn't you? ”

"No, there is a person now, more suitable than your eldest brother." Tong Wen said: "I must bring this chaotic era back on track, no matter what charges I bear. The Dou Kingdom can die, but the Dou Kingdom does not belong to the Yin family, it does not belong to me, as long as the people are there, it doesn't matter what the name is and who it belongs to. ”

Liu Dehao got up and said goodbye: "Thank you Prime Minister for inviting me to play chess, but there are some things that this king will never agree to." ”

Looking at Liu Dehao's distant back, Lei Jiaojie asked, "Prime Minister, you don't really want to help him take the position, do you?" ”

"It's still too young, the king of thieves doesn't understand our disappointment with the Yin royal family at all, and when he gradually understands, he won't need us to invite him, and he will come in person."

……

Prison,

"Father, the edict of the innocence of you and your uncle-in-law is about to come down, and the official will be reinstated."

"Who told you to come back? As a father, you don't need to save it, there are countless men in Dou Guo, and it is not difficult for you to recruit a strong army. Stirring up trouble in such a hellish place is not something you can do! Liu Jian said.

"The child doesn't want more people to make tasteless sacrifices, that's an army of 500,000, involving the three kingdoms of Dou, Ju, and Hei, if I recruit hundreds of thousands of troops, the two sides will fight, both sides will lose, how many people will die because of the war? Even if you don't fight much, there must be 50,000 deaths on each side, right? That's 100,000 lives, and the dead soldier may be the son of the son, the son of the father, just like the two of us now. Have you ever thought about that kind of parting between life and death? Would you be sad if I died now? ”

Wang Xi asked, "Has the thief king thought about the next step?" I, Wang Xi, will definitely help. ”

Liu Dehao asked You Xiu to guard the outside to avoid being overheard, "In the imperial court, Mr. Hu has won the trust of Tong Wen, and he now has a lot of weight in speaking in the court. This battle cannot be fought hard, we must take it step by step. The so-called government is deceitful, and we can't lose to Tong Wen with these things. We have three goals: Kong Geng, Xi Yu, and Tong Anzuo, take down Tong Wen's three arms, control the capital in his hands first, and then think of the next step. ”

"What about King Qi?"

"There is still no news of him, let's not be in a hurry, when the time comes, as long as he is not dead, he will definitely appear."

……

A village in the south of Huanhan County,

Wang Jixiang and Yin Shenglin were dressed in shabby, like beggars begging for food. Since the first battle of Tieji Mountain, everyone has been attacked by a group of mysterious people, Yin Shenglin took the portrait to flee east, the people around him died and scattered, there was only one Wang Jixiang left, the two dressed as beggars all the way to the south, begging in the trade city, Jingfeng, and Huanhan to live, neither money, nor can contact Liu Dehao and others, so they have been floating around.

"Your Highness, I just inquired, it is said that Zhangzun, no, the thief king has just repelled the Ju Kingdom."

"Which one is the third brother singing?"

"Will the prince really defect to Tongwen?"

"I still believe in him."

"Then why don't we go to him? If you can't go to Changling, it's okay to go to the grass pavilion, after all, there are also imperial thieves there. ”

Yin Shenglin said: "Don't you still understand? These people have been hunting us down with the aim of killing me. Someone wants me to die, so I must not show my face now, let alone cause trouble to the third brother, he has his own ideas, we are in danger now, we must calm down, see how the situation in Changling changes, and wait for the opportunity to move. ”

"Understood."

"Guest officer, enjoy the stuttering." Yin Shenglin took a broken bowl and begged from passers-by, and a kind old woman gave him a coarse grain cake.

"Thank you, grandma." Yin Shenglin asked, "Dare to ask what is your name and surname?" Your kindness will be repaid in the future. ”

"You beggar, how can you talk about repayment, eat quickly." This old lady should be an old lady from a large family, Yin Shenglin was talking to her, a carriage passed by, and a man dressed as an official came down.

"Mother, why did you come here, but it annoyed me."

"Son, you're here, my mother almost can't find her way back."

The official helped his mother into the carriage and galloped away.

Wang Jixiang was in a daze and asked Yin Shenglin: "You really look like you, you really look like a beggar." ”

"That's it, don't worry about anything else, let's talk about it when you're full." Yin Shenglin broke the cake in half and handed it half to Wang Jixiang.

"Just eat, I'm not hungry."

"Take it, we don't know when the next meal will be. You said that you were supposed to be a good general, but you made me like this. ”

"Your Highness was also of noble birth before, you can endure hardships, what am I afraid of?"

"Okay, we definitely can't embarrass the Leopard Torch Army. By the way, that person just now was the county magistrate of Huanhan County, right? is really a filial son, commendable, when I return to Changling, I will definitely promote him. ”