The second prince Liu Chengyou was having fun in the mansion, and when he heard that Yang Lian was coming, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face. Yang Lian laughed and greeted him, but he was secretly thinking in his heart, this guy is really ruthless and unjust, Liu Zhiyuan is seriously ill, he is still in the mood to laugh and laugh, and sure enough, his heart capacity is different from ordinary people.

Liu Chengyou brought Yang Lian into the mansion, the two talked with each other, and when they arrived in the backyard, they saw Liu Chengyou playing polo, Yang Lian smiled and said, "What's so fun about this." ”

Liu Chengyou's eyes lit up and said, "What fun did you bring?" ”

Yang Lian took out an object from his arms, shook it in front of Liu Chengyou's eyes, and said, "This thing, the second son likes it." ”

When Liu Chengyou heard this, he stopped playing polo, and followed Yang Lian to the side of the case, Yang Lian opened the package, put out a chessboard painted on paper, and then pushed a few woodcarved chess pieces to Liu Chengyou.

"Tigers, elephants, and lions?" Liu Chengyou looked at it, put down the chess pieces, and looked at Yang Lian suspiciously.

"There are sixteen chess pieces in total, eight on each side, which are elephants, lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, dogs, cats, and rats, elephants eat lions, lions eat tigers, tigers eat leopards, and so on." Yang Lian explained.

"What if it's the same kind?" Liu Chengyou asked.

"Of course it's a lose-lose situation!" Yang Lian said, setting up his chess pieces.

"In this way, isn't the elephant invincible, without an opponent?" Liu Chengyou smiled and put the elephant in his place.

"No, elephants also have nemesis, and this nemesis is the weakest-looking rat." Yang Lian said, but his eyes were fixed on Liu Chengyou.

Liu Chengyou listened, his hand couldn't help shaking, the mouse looks the weakest, but it can eat elephants, it seems unreasonable behind, but there is a reason for him.

Yang Lian sensitively saw the fluctuations in Liu Chengyou's heart, and couldn't help laughing: "Second prince, which of the eight chess pieces in this will you be?" ”

"Which one?" Liu Chengyou muttered to himself, the tiger is known as the king of beasts, but in the rules of this chess piece, it is inferior to the lion; And the lion looks powerful, but is restrained by the elephant; It's a huge animal, but a small mouse can eat it. That is to say, at least in the rules of this chessboard, there are no absolutely powerful animals.

Liu Chengyou couldn't make a choice for a while, and there was a hesitant look on his face.

Yang Lian smiled faintly and said, "What's the matter, the second prince can't choose?" ”

Liu Chengyou nodded in embarrassment, smiled bitterly, and said, "There is really no choice." ”

"If it were me, I would definitely choose the elephant." Yang Lian said, with a determined expression.

"Huh?" Liu Chengyou opened his mouth wide, found the mouse in the chess piece, and said, "But, can't the mouse eat it?" ”

"That's right, although the mouse can eat it, but in the rules, the mouse is still relatively weak, if the cat can eat the mouse, then the elephant is the most powerful." Yang Lian said, meaning something.

Although Liu Chengyou is usually funny, he is not stupid, and when he heard Yang Lian say this, he couldn't help but nodded. thinks Yang Lian is reasonable.

Yang Lian suddenly said: "Second prince, although I am from the Tang Dynasty, but since I came to Kaifeng, I have been taken care of by the second prince in many ways, and Yang Lian has thanked me here." ”

Liu Chengyou lost his voice and said, "Envoy Yang, are you leaving?" ”

"It's been nearly half a year since I came to Kaifeng, and I'm already a Tang person, so it's impossible to stay in Kaifeng for a long time. If the negotiation is successful, I will rush back to Jinling immediately. Yang Lian said.

"Ahh Liu Chengyou stood up abruptly and said, "Envoy Yang, if you leave, who will I play with?" ”

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, beckoned him to sit down, and said with a smile: "The second prince is a little calm, although I leave Kaifeng, there will always be a day to meet in the future." It's just that I'm a little worried. ”

"Worried, worried about what?" Liu Chengyou asked strangely.

"I'm worried about the future of the second prince." Yang Lian said, sighing, looking worried.

Liu Chengyou felt strange in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Worried about my future?" What can I look forward to? ”

"The second prince, now that the crown prince has died, there is no prince in the Han Kingdom, and the Son of Heaven is said to be unwell, this Han Kingdom is in the world, and the second prince must inherit it. If the second prince inherits the throne of the emperor, isn't the second prince worried? Yang Lian asked.

"Not to mention the self-respecting envoys in various places, that is, Yang Wei, Wang Zhang and others, but they tried their best to dissuade Your Majesty from making you the crown prince, if you really ascend the throne as the emperor, how do you get along with these people?" Yang Lian asked.

Liu Chengyou was stunned for a moment, he almost didn't think about this question, but Yang Lian's calm words at this time made him understand his situation. But he was still a little puzzled, so he asked, "But what if I am not the Son of Heaven?" ”

"That's even worse. As far as I know, Shi Hongzhao, Su Fengji and others suggested that the Son of Heaven should set up the second prince as the prince, but the people headed by Yang Wei, Wang Zhang and others strongly opposed it, if the second prince could not ascend the throne and become the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, then in the future, the new emperor would ascend the throne, Yang Wei, Wang Zhang and others would have the merit of supporting, at that time, where will the second prince go? Yang Lian asked directly.

Liu Chengyou couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, Yang Lian's direct question made him speechless, so he had to ask: "So, I can only survive if I ascend to the throne of God?" ”

"Ascend the throne as the emperor, get rid of dissidents such as Yang Wei and Wang Zhang, and in addition, recuperate and accumulate strength." Yang Lian said simply.

Liu Chengyou is not a fool, after listening to Yang Lian's words, although he has the heart to fight for ambition, he is still puzzled in his heart, and can't help asking: "Yang Envoy is a Tang person, why is he so concerned about this matter?" ”

"Although I am a Tang person, my lord only wants to occupy the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and has no ambition to go north, otherwise, I will not send a big Han. As long as the second prince is the lord of the Han Dynasty, Datang must be the strong backing of the second prince. No matter what happens, he will stand firmly on the side of the second prince. Yang Lian said.

Liu Chengyou narrowed his eyes, and Yang Lian expressed his willingness to support him, which filled him with confidence. Of course, he didn't know where that confidence came from. Liu Chengyou immediately nodded and said, "In that case, what should I do?" ”

Yang Lian smiled slightly and whispered, and Liu Chengyou nodded again and again. Soon, he called the housekeeper in the mansion and asked him to go to the street to buy a lot of gifts, and then, Liu Chengyou took a dozen guards and two coachmen to drive the carriage and went straight to Yang Wei's Shangshu Mansion with gifts.

When Liu Chengyou set off, Yang Lian dressed up in disguise, pretended to be the second prince's guard, and followed him.

In the Shangshu Mansion, Yang Wei is pacing, because of the unpleasant thing with the second prince Liu Chengyou, Yang Wei resolutely does not support Liu Chengyou in the matter of establishing the prince, in fact, Yang Wei tends to set up Liu Zhiyuan's third son Liu Chengxun as the crown prince, because the third prince is relatively young, it is relatively easy to control. Yang Wei is a person with an extremely strong desire for power, Cai Wang Liu Xin, and Hedong Jiedu make Liu Chong relatively old and not easy to control.

In the past few days, the Son of Heaven has not paid attention, which makes Yang Wei anxious at the same time, thinking about what to do next, Shi Hongzhao and Su Fengji have always insisted on making Liu Chengyou the crown prince, if Liu Chengyou really ascends the throne as the emperor, then Yang Wei's good days will come to an end.

Yang Wei was thinking in the mansion, when the housekeeper hurriedly came and said, "Master, the second prince asks to see you." ”

"Second, the second prince?" Yang Wei jumped up as if he had been burned by a torch, waited for him to fall, looked at the housekeeper incredulously, and said, "You, what did you say?" ”

The housekeeper glanced at Yang Wei in some surprise and said, "Master, the second prince came with more than a dozen guards and two carriages, saying that he came to apologize to the master." ”

"Apologies?" Yang Wei turned his mind, and suddenly understood that the second prince must have heard of the arguments in the court these days, and it seems that the second prince wants to be the prince, so he hurried to Shangshu Mansion.

When the housekeeper saw that the old man was pondering, he asked, "Lao Tzu, let him in?" ”

Yang Wei frowned and thought about it, since Liu Chengyou came to make amends, he wanted to see, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd by this Liu Chengyou? Thinking of this, Yang Wei tidied up his appearance and said, "Come with me!" ”

Outside the Shangshu Mansion, Liu Chengyou frowned, it had been a long time, this Shangshu Mansion was still not open, if it wasn't for Yang Lian asking him to do this, he wouldn't have come to this Shangshu Mansion to find Yang Wei at all.

"You say, will Yang Wei see me?" Liu Chengyou asked in a low voice.

Yang Lian touched his chin, and said very firmly in his heart: "Second prince, don't worry, this Yang Wei is scheming, he will definitely see you." ”

"But I've been waiting for a while." Liu Chengyou was a little restless.

"Don't be impatient!" Yang Lian said, thinking that the two princes were still a little impetuous, but unfortunately there was no better candidate, otherwise Yang Lian would not have chosen him.

Liu Chengyou waited patiently for a while, in his anxious eyes, the door of Shangshu Mansion really opened, Yang Wei was dressed in official clothes, with a serious appearance, opened the door, and saw Liu Chengyou, Yang Wei pressed the anger in his heart, saluted Liu Chengyou, and said, "I have seen the second prince." ”

Liu Chengyou glanced at Yang Lian, thinking that Yang Lian's guess was really right, and immediately had more confidence in Yang Lian. Liu Chengyou smiled, jumped off the war horse, walked up quickly, helped Yang Wei up, and said, "Yang Shangshu is polite." ”

"Second prince, please!" The gate is naturally not the place to speak, no matter how unhappy Yang Jue is in his heart, he still decides to welcome the second prince into the mansion first, and then say, if there is anything, solve it in the mansion. Yang Wei didn't believe it, did this Liu Chengyou dare to beat himself again? Although thinking like this in his heart, Yang Wei still glanced at the guards outside the door a little unconsciously, the guards of the second prince were all thousands of choices, all of them were tall, they were all wearing armor, and they looked very powerful.

Liu Chengyou smiled and said, "You are all waiting for me outside the door." "And let people bring gifts into the house.

Yang Wei's old face was not shocked, and he smiled: "The second prince is polite, and he has brought so many gifts." ”

"That's as it should be." Liu Chengyou smiled, and only entered the Shangshu Mansion with Yang Lian after makeup, and the rest of the guards were waiting at the door. Yang Fu ordered the family of Shangshu Mansion to move the gifts brought by the second prince into the mansion. (To be continued.) )