Everyone really thought it was a fine wine, and took a sip, but they never thought that it was ordinary river water.

"How's this wine?" Shi Zun asked again.

Everyone present knew that what they drank just now was clearly water, but no one said anything, they just looked at each other, and maybe someone hadn't reacted to what was going on.

"Good wine!" The man Shi Hu had sent to oversee the army before was the first to say, "Your Highness, this is really good wine!" I wonder if the last general will be able to have another drink! ”

The man's name was Gao Shigui, a tall man with deep-set eyes, dark skin, and an ugly face.

Gao Shigui said, already raising the empty cup, waiting for Shi Zun's men to pour him wine.

"How many of you? Can't get used to drinking this wine? Shi Zun asked with a smile.

Only then did the rest of the people react, and hurriedly echoed: "Good wine!" Wine! ”

Seeing everyone's reaction like this, Shi Zun's heart was already eight points sure.

Suddenly, Shi Zun felt that something was wrong, put down the wine glass in his hand, looked around, and said, "Why does it seem that there is no one missing?" ”

Gao Shigui looked at it and said, "Back to His Highness, it's the last general's brother Gao Shirong who didn't come......"

"What about others?" Shi Zun was quite dissatisfied.

"My brother is in charge of His Majesty's escort, and he will not leave an inch, and he will ...... the general"

"Now that you have arrived in Youzhou, there are tens of thousands of troops guarding outside, your brother is too cautious, right?"

"My brother is loyal to His Majesty, but he is a little pedantic...... Your Highness, don't bother with it......" Gao Shigui said with a flattering smile.

"Pedanty? I'm afraid not, right? Shi Zun said: "This brother of yours, I'm afraid he doesn't take the prince's mansion in his eyes!" ”

Gao Shigui was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and explained: "Your Highness has clearly investigated, the elder brother of the last general has no such intention!" Some other day...... At the end of another day, I will definitely accompany my brother to apologize to His Highness! ”

"Apologize? Oh, no need! Shi Zun waved his hand, shaking the rest of the wine in the glass, and looked at everyone with a smile, the smile was as elusive as a ghost, but it was creepy.

"This prince has been in Li Cheng for so many years, and finally waited for the position of the crown prince, and I am afraid that you will not be able to understand the suffering." Shi Zun said, stood up, circled the table, and slowly paced behind everyone.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely strange in an instant, and these battle-hardened leaders were almost a little frightened, not knowing what Shi Zun called them over for.

"Father has also worked hard for most of his life! I heard that when I was a teenager, I followed Emperor Taizu to fight in the south and in the north! Shi Zun said, and suddenly turned around and asked Gao Shigui: "General Gao, what this prince said is right, right?" ”

Gao Shigui hurriedly responded: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right......

Shi Zun smacked his lips, sighed, and said, "It's really not easy for my father!" ”

Everyone looked at Shi Zun, and then at each other, completely unable to understand what Shi Zun wanted to say.

"My father treated me like a mountain, and now I have been made a prince by my father." Shi Zun said, bent down, pressed his hands on the table, his face showed a strange danger, and then said slowly: "It's better to let my father abdicate early, retire in his old age, and enjoy the blessings, what do you think?" ”

Shi Zun's words made everyone wake up from a dream, and then they realized that what Shi Zun said for a long time was just to test them, and they were all paving the way for these words.

"Forehead ......"

……

The scene fell silent in the blink of an eye, this is not ordinary than Shi Zun letting them drink water just now, everyone understands very well in their hearts, Shi Zun's words just now are clearly intended to rebel.

No one dared to express their opinions, because it was not as simple as pinning their heads to their belts, but gambling with the lives of their own subordinates, thousands of people.

Even Gao Shigui, who was most willing to slap his beard, shrunk his neck at this moment, staring at others with a pair of thief eyes.

"What? Do you think what the king said is wrong? Shi Zun asked coldly.

Everyone looked at each other, and someone said, "There is some truth in what Your Highness said, but it's just ...... These things don't seem to be what we should worry about as courtiers......"

"The food of the king bears the worries of the king, you don't worry about the affairs of your father, so what do you want to do?" Shi Zun asked.

"The last will be ...... gaffes"

"General Pan, you have been the governor of Youzhou for barely a month, I don't know how it feels to be in charge of the entire Youzhou soldiers and horses now?" Shi Zun asked.

Pan Jun, the governor of Youzhou, said stupidly: "If you go back to Your Highness, the last general is now trembling every day, like walking on thin ice......"

Shi Zun smiled and asked, "Are you afraid that you will not do a good job and lose your head?" ”

Pan Jun smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Highness is right...... Makes you smile......"

"General Pan must have dreamed of the title of Governor of Youzhou at the beginning, right? Do you feel like you're clutching a hot potato now? ”

Pan Jun smiled awkwardly again and did not speak.

"General Gao, what about you?" Shi Zun asked Gao Shigui again: "I heard that you have also followed your father for decades, and I am afraid that you know more about your father's temper than this prince, do you have anything to say?" ”

Gao Shigui is probably the person who can understand everything Shi Zun said tonight the most, except for Shi Zun. He deeply understood that every word Shi Zun said tonight was either testing them or hinting at them.

From the time Shi Zun called them over, every step was a trap.

First of all, Gao Shigui noticed that Shi Zun invited all the senior generals who could directly control and mobilize troops, except for his brother Gao Shirong, everyone else had already arrived, this was Shi Zun's first step plan, in order to see if anyone had any different intentions for him.

When the people arrived, they wanted to see who were willing to support him and who were afraid of him, so Shi Zun deliberately imitated Zhao Gao's allusion to the deer as a horse at the end of Qin, and replaced the wine with water to test everyone's reaction.

With the first two steps, Shi Zun already knew the psychology of everyone, so he carried out the third step, in a more obscure way, knocking on the side, giving everyone psychological hints, and testing their reactions.

Seeing that most people's reactions were a little wooden and embarrassed, Shi Zun began to use both grace and power, such as what he said to Pan Jun just now, which was clearly hinting.

Thinking of this, Gao Shigui knew that the situation was different, and if he didn't show an attitude that was beneficial to Shi Zun, he was afraid that it would be difficult for them to leave.

So, Gao Shigui smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really filial piety and touching!" It is a model for lowly people to learn! ”

Gao Shigui said, first bowed and nodded slightly. Then he said: "Your Highness is right, Your Majesty has worked hard for decades, and it is indeed time to enjoy the blessings!" ”

Shi Zun was quite relieved and nodded with satisfaction.