(a)

Yang Biao sat in the side hall of the palace with a gloomy face.

Zhou Daiyue came in from outside and said, "General, I have already brought him." ”

Yang Biao said: "What is the situation of His Majesty's entourage officials in the outer palace? ”

Zhou Daiyue said: "The army is pressing the border, and the cannons are in the sky, and they can't hide it. They were in a crowd, shouting for a meeting with His Majesty or a meeting with the General. ”

Yang Biao said: "How do our people answer? ”

Zhou Daiyue said: "Our people told them that the crown prince colluded with Chen Shouye, plotted rebellion, mobilized elite troops near Gyeonggi, intended to attack the Qingliangshan enclosure, endangering His Majesty and the ministers, the situation is urgent, the general has personally gone to the front camp to observe the enemy situation, and then entered the palace to face the saint, discuss countermeasures, please be calm and wait for the general to leave the palace to announce the decree." If they refuse to accept it again and want to forcibly break into the palace to face the saints, they have to use force to confine them first. ”

Yang Biao nodded and said, "Go, bring him in." ”

(b)

The door was closed.

Fake Liu Shen and Yang Biao faced each other.

Yang Biao looked up and down at this Liu Shen in front of him. After a long time, he asked gloomily, "Who are you?" ”

Fake Liu Shen sneered: "Li Lingzhi is really true. If you don't see you overnight, you won't recognize me? ”

He said with a straight face: "Yang Biao, don't be full of tricks here!" The queen is giving birth, the situation is in crisis, she needs the help of Wen Po, as a subordinate, how can you sit back and watch your mother in danger and do nothing? ”

Yang Biao said: "It's a shame that you still think about that woman when you die." Now that the army outside is pressing, the crown prince and Chen Shouye are bent on leveling my camp and taking my head, the situation is so urgent, I really don't care about the last woman to have a child. Midwife? This is a hunting ground and a military camp, and there are not too many women within a radius of 100 miles, so I don't have time to send someone to run hundreds of miles to find a stable woman for her. ”

Fake Liu Shen said: "Where is the accompanying imperial doctor? Where did you hold them? ”

Yang Biao said: "As long as Your Majesty agrees to write an edict of abdication, the imperial doctor, isn't that still beckoning?" Your Majesty writes immediately, and the Empress will immediately be able to get the help of the Imperial Physician and avoid many unnecessary pains. ”

Fake Liu Shen said: "Yang Biao! When you were besieged by heavy troops, when you were seriously injured and dying, how did the general treat you? If you were to be treated with the way you treated his sister now, you would have rotted to the bones! What else is Yang Biao showing off his might to the monarch here! Take advantage of the danger of women and children! ”

Yang Biao said: "I know a lot. But, excuse me, are you really the king? ”

Yang Biao said: "What qualifications do you have to call me by name?" ”

Fake Liu Shen was silent.

Yang Biao walked around the fake Liu Shen and carefully examined it. He said, "What a show! If Your Majesty doesn't show up outside, I really won't recognize you as a fake! You're doing a great job! ”

He said: "With such good acting skills, you can't get rich by doing something, why do you want to be a stand-in for Liu Shen?" To be a stand-in for him means to take risks for him, that is, to give his life, a good thing, it is not your turn. Do you understand? ”

The fake Liu Shen shook the sleeves of his robe and said, "Since my identity has been exposed, I have nothing to hide from you." It is indeed just a stand-in for His Majesty, and his name is Zhou Yaoshun, who is a servant. Your Majesty is the lord of Shengming, loves the people like a son, and is as kind to my family as a mountain for three generations, and my family can clear away from wrongs, live to this day, and get rid of the lowly status, which is the grace of Your Majesty. I volunteered to be Your Majesty's stand-in, and it is the speed of my life to be able to use my humble life to prevent the disaster of killing for Your Majesty! I am willing to die for Your Majesty, and I will not give up! ”

Yang Biao said: "How many years has Liu Shen trained you? Dressed up like this! ”

Zhou Yaoshun said: "I have been following His Majesty for six years. ”

Yang Biao said: "I knew that you were an impostor, and I would have sent you to the west long ago!" Stinky play, do you know the consequences of cheating on me Yang Biao in the army? ”

Yang Biao said: "The army is a place dedicated to killing people, and there are countless ways to die that people can't live in pain. Would you rather pick one for yourself and try it out, or let me help you pick one at random? ”

Zhou Yaoshun sneered: "Therefore, the general has never thought so. What he earnestly taught the soldiers of the Han army that day was that the army was a place to stop killing, and it was also a place to teach people not to fear death. ”

Zhou Yaoshun said: "You, the army cultivated by the great general has gone astray. Because your heart is not right, your way is not right. If you don't follow the right path, you won't die well in the end! ”

Yang Biao was furious, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and put it on Zhou Yaoshun's chin.

Yang Biao said: "Believe it or not, I'll cut your tongue right now?!" ”

Zhou Yaoshun looked down at the shiny steel knife on his chin. He laughed calmly: "Since I dare to come, I will not be afraid of death." No matter how to die, it's just as good, so why should I bother to choose? You can do whatever you want, I'll wait. ”

Yang Biao's eyes widened, and Zhou Yaoshun stared at each other, and both sides were bursting with cold light.

(c)

After looking at each other for a while, Yang Biao suddenly laughed.

He drew his saber back and inserted it into its scabbard.

He said, "I respect you for being bold enough and a man, and I don't care about this kind of rudeness with you." ”

He said, "Your tongue is still of great use." It's a pity to cut it now. Would you like to hear the power of the tongue? ”

Zhou Yaoshun glanced at him and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, where is there so much nonsense!" ”

Yang Biao said: "How can you think about everything in the direction of death." Don't you really want to live? ”

Zhou Yaoshun kept his mouth shut.

Yang Biao said: "I know, you now think that you are certain to die, but there is no endless way. Now I'll give you a way to live. ”

Yang Biao said: "You have been pretending to be a fake emperor for six years, have you never thought that one day you can sit on the real throne and become the real Liu Shen?" ”

Zhou Yaoshun was silent.

Yang Biao said: "If you don't speak, you're a little tempted?" ”

Yang Biao said: "Zhou Yaoshun, there are two paths in front of you to choose: first, if you don't cooperate with me, I will let you taste the pain of death, and finally die like a dead dog, in extreme pain, extreme loneliness, suffering, and deep shame." Second, cooperate with me, after success, you will never be the servant Zhou Yaoshun again, you can become the real emperor of this country, in the hot spring palace all day long, you can enjoy as much as you want, even the emperor at that time, can not care about you. Your whole family will also receive many special favors. Do you really want to die that much? ”

Zhou Yaoshun continued to be silent. Yang Biao looked at him. After a while, the light in Zhou Yaoshun's eyes dimmed.

He turned around and said to Yang Biao, "How can I cooperate with you?" I would like to hear about it. ”

Yang Biao grinned sarcastically. He said: "There is only one Liu Shen who is loved by the subjects of the world. It's okay to have a Liu Shen to love them. And we now have two. ”

Yang Biao said: "If you are willing to go out with me, face Liu Shen in Chen Shouye's army, point at him and the crown prince, and tell the whole army that the crown prince is impatient to succeed to the throne, and if the request fails, he will lead his troops to rebel, confusing the public with a fake emperor, and wanting to catch or besiege the emperor by surprise!" Then he read out his own edict in public, announcing his abdication, deposing the crown prince, passing on the position of the ninth prince of the emperor, appointing me as the general of the protector of the country, the prime minister and the auxiliary minister, and ordering me to escort you and the queen back to Yunjing. ”

Yang Biao said: "You see, what you have to do is actually as simple as that. If you do it, the whole army will be mobilized by you, and we will be able to unite the troops, kill the fake color on the other side in one go, and then, you will be the only emperor. ”

Yang Biao said: "Do you feel a little interested? Isn't this much more valuable than dying in obscurity for Liu Shen? ”

He said, "Can we make a deal?" (To be continued.) )