(a)

You and Xu Zaitian bathed together in the Shangshi Pavilion in the palace.

The bath was soaked in many white gauze bags containing all kinds of expensive medicines. The medicine bag was carefully prepared by the imperial doctors sent by Liu Shen to serve you. After bathing, it can prevent all kinds of old injuries on your body from recurring or hurting in cold weather, and because it contains rich ginseng, angelica, angelica, Chuanxiong, asaroxin and other medicines, it can also awaken the brain and improve blood circulation.

When Xu Zaitian first saw those shocking scars on your body, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. After a while, he said, "The general should really let the King of Han see these scars." ”

You say, "What's so nice about a scar?" ”

Xu Zaitian said: "These scars can make the king of Han truly understand the loyalty of the general who was born and died for him, and understand what kind of sacrifice the general paid." ”

You say, "Mr. Xu, King Han is actually making sacrifices as well." He has to bear the heavy risk of holding the power of our army and his high achievements to shock the master, and he has to bear the suspicion, provocation, and opposition from all sides of the DPRK and China. He had to bear the tremendous financial pressure brought about by the war on the northern and southern fronts, and while supporting the fighting, he had to develop production, build water conservancy, improve the people's livelihood, and straighten out the administration of officials. How complicated, how hard, how difficult these things are! In fact, he is also consuming life and youth. It's just that these sacrifices of King Han are hidden under the halo of the supremacy of his monarchy, and people can't see the scars in his youth and life. ”

You say: "Outsiders can't see the hard work and sacrifice of the Han King, but as the courtiers that the Han King relies on, we can't and can't see it, we can't but cherish it deeply, and we can't help but be considerate everywhere." ”

You said, "The King of Han is a wise monarch who is clear-headed, diligent in government and loves the people, and can choose good decisions, and it is even more rare to have a benevolent and generous heart." ”

You say, "Mr. Xu, such a monarch is not something that dynasties will have. We must cherish such a wise and benevolent king for the people of the world. ”

You said: "Even though King Han is still a little wary and suspicious of me in his heart, he can always keep an eye on the overall situation everywhere, and he does not let his inner hesitation and worry affect any decision at a critical moment. We must be considerate of his last resort as a king, understand his various prudence and prudence, look more at his wise and benevolent side, and assist him more to carry forward this side, so as to benefit all the people. “

You say, "What the King of Han means to you is largely up to you." If you regard King Han as a true monarch, then he will be a good monarch for you. If you regard the king of Han as your enemy, then he will also be your enemy. ”

You say, "If after the Jinfeng Zhai Alliance, if after my death, you, my old subordinates, are still enemies of each other with the King of Han, then all these scars on my body will be meaningless and futile." ”

Xu Zaitian said ashamedly: "My subordinates understand the hard work of the general. In the future, the subordinates will reflect on themselves, review the general's points from time to time, and never disappoint the general's deep expectations and good intentions to cherish peace. ”

(b)

You say, "Mr. Xu, do you know why I invited you to bathe in the pavilion today?" ”

Xu Zaitian said: "The general thinks that there is a very important matter entrusted to Xu alone, and he doesn't want a third party to know, right?" ”

You say, "Exactly." Whoever knows me, sir. ”

That day, in the midst of the steam of Shangshi Pavilion, you asked Xu Zaitian for a very important matter. You tell Xu Zaitian that if he can do this well for the king of Han, even if the king of Han investigates the past and punishes him for his mistakes in the future, he will be able to save the lives of his whole family.

You told Xu Zaitian that the Han army was getting stronger and stronger, and Liu Shen would inevitably dominate the world sooner or later. When the Northern Han finally defeated the Southern Han, Liu Shen would have a big problem that could not be solved. The problem was what to do with his own brother, Liu Yan, the heir to his father.

From the perspective of political security and national security, Liu Yan must die. If he doesn't die, there will always be a bane in the world, and there will always be people who want to be quiet and want to use Liu Yan. As long as Liu Yan is alive, the peace in the world will not be stable.

But if you want to get rid of Liu Yan, Liu Shen will inevitably be further saddled with the notoriety of unfilial piety, unfriendliness, unkindness and injustice, and will be accused of disobeying his father's orders, being disloyal and unfilial, killing the monarch and killing his brother, which is very unfavorable to the establishment of the new dynasty after Liu Shen set out to establish a benevolent and friendly image of the new monarch.

What's more, Liu Shen has a benevolent personality and is not a fierce and cruel person, and when he sees the miserable appearance of his younger brother's family defeated and the country broken, he may not be able to deal with him ruthlessly. And with Liu Yan's character, after the country is broken, he will inevitably not have the courage to self-defeat and martyrdom, let alone resist to death.

You said, therefore, someone must put himself in Liu Shen's shoes, help Liu Shen take care of this matter, help him eradicate future troubles, and consolidate the country's foundation. This person who has done this for Liu Shen will inevitably receive deep gratitude from Liu Shen in his heart.

You said that Liu Shen has always been a person with affection, and once he has this kind of gratitude, he will not poison this person again. Even if you don't like this person very much in the future, you will definitely let him live, and you won't be disgusted by killing them all.

You told Xu Zaitian that although you want to finish this matter for Liu Shen, you must not come forward to kill Liu Yan in person.

Because Liu Shen wanted to clear the suspicion of instigating the killing, he would definitely find out who killed Liu Yan without authorization. Then he will inevitably kill this person in the name of friendship and benevolence, and give an explanation to his father's former ministers. Therefore, the person who killed Liu Yan will definitely die.

You told Xu Zaitian that if you want to do this well, you must know how to kill people with a knife, and you must try to arrange a person who deserves to die to complete this matter.

You said, "Originally, I could have done this dirty hand for King Han." But I don't know if I have the life to see that day coming. If I die or die of illness before this, I wonder if my husband is willing to do this last resort for the long-term peace of the world? ”

After listening to what you said, Xu Zaitian was really moved and his organs were full of gratitude.

He said: "The subordinates are willing to complete this matter for the general and the king of Han." ”

You say, "Thank you, sir, for sacrificing your nobility to achieve the righteousness of the world." ”

(c)

Later, Xu Zaitian really helped Liu Shen handle this matter.

Later, after Yang Biao's rebellion against the party, Liu Shen became more cautious and suspicious.

Xu Zaitian really offended Liu Shen because of the incident. However, Liu Shen really didn't hurt him, he just deposed him and his family out of Yunzhou and went to other remote places to become a petty official, and that's it.

Before leaving Yunzhou, Xu Zaitian got Liu Shen's permission to enter the palace to bid farewell to me.

He was full of gratitude to you, and he told me all these things above.

He said: "The general is far-sighted, and he has anticipated everything behind him, and he has planned for us. I am afraid that a person as thorough, merciful, and resolute as the general will never be met again. ”

After Xu Zaitian resigned, he left Yunzhou.

Later, he disappeared from history, and he did not know what to do. He did not serve in the official position in the new place for a few days before he hung up his seal, and since then, he has not been traced. I never saw him again, and I never heard about him again.

I don't know if he was still alive in that world when I died?

I hope he's alive. Because, then, there will still be people who will remember you and remember you for me.

In this way, the people who are familiar with you have left one by one.

I am the only one left, living in this increasingly strange world in the deep palace of Yunzhou.

An old woman, living in a world I don't recognize more and more.