Cheng Guo's capital city.

At this time, Cheng Boxiu's father was already seriously ill, and a series of events had already made this minister of the Zhou royal family wear out his mind and exhaust his efforts.

When Zhong Shanfu died, he originally thought that he would sit firmly in the position of the secretary of the royal family, but who knew that our young Heavenly Palace had chosen a young Heavenly Son of the Kingdom of Yu Shi as the secretary, which was a great irony for Cheng Boxiu, who had lived in the world for a long time.

So he returned to his feudal country in anger, who knew that before the ass was hot, Rong Di in the north would kill him, and the direct attack was his own feudal country, attacking the city and pulling out the village, like a bamboo.

What he didn't expect was that he had been loyal to the royal family for so many years, and he really didn't have much time to train for the military situation of his feudal country, so that the army was discouraged and his combat effectiveness was extremely poor.

What made him even more sad was that when Cheng Guo was besieged by Bo Rong, the royal family and so many vassal states in Guanzhong were all indifferent, watching themselves and the feudal country destroyed?

Hey---, old and frail Cheng Boxiu's father closed his eyes, sad for the royal family that he had been loyal to for so many years, sad for his own feudal country, and sad for the bystanders of others when he was besieged.

In the end, when he watched the Bo Rong army besieging Cheng Yi withdraw from the city, Cheng Boxiu's father finally couldn't support it anymore and sat down on the cold city wall.

"Monarch Father---" The crown prince Zhong Geng and the prince Zhong Xin, who were not far away, saw Cheng Boxiu's father falling backwards and immediately ran over.

"Father, wake up." Prince Zhonggeng hugged Uncle Cheng and shouted loudly.

Uncle Cheng's father opened his eyes and looked at the two children beside him, "Go and find that Qin man named Yingkang for his father, I have something to say to him." ”

Father wants to see Yingkang, the leader of the Qin people?

Zhong Geng and Zhong Xin looked at each other, and Zhong Geng said to Zhong Xin: "I'll stay and take care of my father, and you will drive to find Yingkang." ”

"No---" Zhong Xin said, getting up and preparing to leave.

"Wait." Just as Zhong Xin was about to leave, Cheng Boxiu's father stopped him.

Gongzi Zhongxin turned around and came to his father's side, "Father, please speak." ”

"When I went to invite Yingkang Gongzi, I must speak politely, and said that in order to thank him for leading the troops to save the journey, my father set up a banquet to entertain him, and asked him to appreciate the light. Don't talk about being seriously ill for your father. Uncle Cheng said to Gongzi Zhongxin.

"The child understands, please wait for the good news." After that, Gongzi Zhongxin immediately went out of the city to lead people to pursue Yingkang's Qin army.

After Zhong Xin left, Cheng Boxiu's father's spirit was a little better, and he returned to his mansion with Zhong Geng's support and lay down on the couch.

"Son, my father has something to say to you." After lying down, Uncle Cheng said to the crown prince Zhonggeng.

"Father, please speak, the child is listening."

"Child, after this battle, the father is already physically and mentally exhausted, and he will die soon." Uncle Cheng said to the crown prince Zhong Geng.

"The monarch is in good health, so he must not say such things." As soon as he heard his father say that he couldn't do it, the crown prince Zhonggeng immediately stopped.

Cheng Boxiu's father shook his head, raised his hand to stop Zhong Geng from saying more, "Heavenly reincarnation, life and death have fate. He has been a father for more than 70 years, and his time is short, which is a common thing. Coupled with the recent series of blows, the fate is short-lived. ”

"Father---" Zhong Geng shouted in a lost voice.

"After serving your father, the affairs of Cheng Guo will be handed over to you, I hope you can take on this heavy responsibility, and don't let down the faith of the people of Cheng Guo in you."

"The child understood. What else does the monarch have to explain? ”

"Hey---, what I'm most worried about after I die is the royal family! When the son is young today, the power is in the hands of the secretary Yu Shifu, but this Yu Shifu is a narrow-minded person, who only knows how to please the Son of Heaven, and does not know that seeking benefits for the people of the world will bring disaster to the royal family sooner or later. Although Uncle Cheng's father was dying at this time, he didn't forget to worry about the royal family when he died.

This is a pity for these ministers who are loyal to the country.

"Since the monarch is not an official in the royal family, there is no need to worry about the affairs of the royal family, and as for the future situation of his royal family, it has little to do with our Cheng Guo." For such a long time, the royal family did not send troops to rescue Cheng Guo, and Zhong Geng, as the crown prince, was of course angry.

"You can't say that, no matter what, Cheng Guo is also a courtier of the Zhou royal family, born as a courtier of the Son of Heaven, and a child of the royal family when he dies, if the royal family is in trouble, how can we let it go?"

Listening to his father's criticism, Zhong Geng lowered his head a little embarrassed.

Cheng Boxiu's father continued: "After my death, the royal family has no one in charge of military affairs, and it is very likely that you will continue to serve as the great Sima of the royal family. If you can succeed, remember to draw a clear line with Father Yushi, and you must not delay the world's major events because of personal grievances. ”

Father Jun wants to draw a line with Father Yu Shi himself?

Hearing the words of the monarch's father, the crown prince Zhong Geng's heart couldn't help but chuckle, could it be that he suspected that there was an ulterior deal between me and Yu Shi's father?

"Father Jun, the child and Father Yu Shi originally studied Zhou Rites in Hojing together, and there is a friendship between the two, even if they want to isolate, there is no way!" Zhong Geng couldn't help but complain.

Uncle Cheng didn't say a word, he didn't want to say much about the relationship between the prince Zhong Geng and Yu Shi's father, after the Qing Shi incident, he already knew too well about Yu Shi's father's character, if the future Cheng Guojun Zhong Geng was tied to the future Yu Guojun and Qing Shi Shi's father, it would be a great bad thing for the world!

Seeing that his father didn't say a word, Zhong Geng knew that his father was determined not to let himself be tied to Father Yushi.

So Zhong Geng said horizontally: "Father Jun, don't worry, what kind of character Father Yu Shi is, the child still knows, if the child can really become the big Sima of the royal family in the future, he will definitely focus on the common people of the world and the royal family, and he will definitely treat all things with a public heart, and will never be mixed with any selfish intentions." ”

"Good ---" Cheng Boxiu's father nodded slightly in approval, and then asked, "Father asks you, what do you think of the Qin people?" ”

What do you think of the Qin people?

Zhong Geng knew that there was a certain truth in why his father asked this, and it might be the core of today's conversation, so after thinking about it, he said: "For the Qin people, the child is in a complicated mood, and he really doesn't know how to answer. ”

The mood is complicated, of course, it refers to everything that the Qin people have done after entering Guanzhong, so that Zhong Geng really has no way to understand. Previously, in Zhong Geng's mind, the entry of the Qin people into Guanzhong completely disrupted the pattern of the princes in Guanzhong, which was the root cause of the chaos in Guanzhong. At one time, he was very opposed to the Qin people entering Guanzhong.

However, after several years of observation, he found that since the Qin people entered Guanzhong, they defeated the attacks of Rongdi in the north many times while disrupting the pattern of the princes in Guanzhong, bringing stability to the country of Guanzhong, bringing a stable life to the people, and defending the northern border of the royal family.

This is a good thing.

It is based on this mentality that Zhong Geng is really difficult to answer his father Cheng Boxiu's father's question.

Cheng Boxiu's father looked at the crown prince Zhong Geng and said: "It's not easy to answer, this means that you haven't clearly recognized the important role of the Qin people entering the pass at this time." Let me tell you this for my father, the royal family and even Guanzhong may only be able to rely on the Qin people in the future. ”

Will the royal family rely on the Qin people in the future?

Zhong Geng listened, and looked at his father Cheng Boxiu in confusion.

(End of chapter)