The dark clouds on the horizon gathered more and more, the howling north wind also blew down from the roof, and the scattered small snowflakes fell from the sky and flew up, making the world more and more beautiful.

In the martial arts hall, Guo Qi was dressed in a strong military uniform, and he had already practiced martial arts in the courtyard with a long sword in the morning, Guo Wuwei was also watching from the side, he clapped his hands and shouted: "Beyu's swordsmanship is becoming more and more exquisite, and my father can't catch up." ”

"Daddy, this swordsmanship was personally taught to us by His Royal Highness King Wei in the martial arts." At this moment, Guo Qiyun's right hand held the sword, the sword lightly clicked the flying snowflakes, where the sword was waved, the snowflakes on the ground also flew sporadically from the ground in an instant, he looked at Guo Wuwei and said, "Daddy, how is this swordsmanship?" ”

Guo Wuwei looked at Guo Qiyun with two eyes, stood aside and admired it carefully, and the more wonderful it was, he drummed and said: "In the eyes of my father, this swordsmanship does not have any flaws, and when fighting, it can also defeat the enemy." ”

Guo Qiyun was very happy to hear this, and at this moment, a servant outside the door immediately entered the courtyard and said in a hurry: "Ah Lang, there is a second prince to pay tribute." Immediately, the servant handed over the prayer post to Guo Wuwei.

"Oh?" Guo Wuwei didn't expect Liu Jiyuan to come to the mansion to visit in person today, he didn't know which one of the prince's mansions was made, of course, the people who came were guests, and the identity was very noble, Guo Wuwei still had very important things in the Han Kingdom at the moment, he didn't want to offend some princes and nobles of the Han Kingdom, so Guo Wuwei went out to visit in person.

The small snowflakes in the sky are still flying around, at the door, Liu Jiyuan waited for a while, his head and body have been stained with some fine snowflakes, he said in his heart: Guo Wuwei, Guo Wuwei, today you look at my appearance of a three-way house, you must be able to be moved.

Guo Wuwei walked out of the gate of Guo's mansion, a trace of flying snow fluttered, under the wind and snow, I saw Liu Jiyuan wearing a half-worn vermilion round-necked robe today, looking very embarrassed, Guo Wuwei didn't know what medicine Liu Jiyuan had taken wrong today, he didn't come in luxurious clothes, and he was carrying a basket covered with strips of cloth in his hand, as embarrassed as he was.

Guo Wuwei was a little at a loss by Liu Jiyuan, he looked a little like a begging beggar, so he asked rhetorically: "Second prince, who are you?" ”

Liu Jiyuan saw that there was no one around, he knelt down with a plop, put the basket aside, and the basket made a dull sound on the ground, at this moment Liu Jiyuan began to cry three times five by two: "Guo Xianggong, you must save me!" ”

Guo Wuwei was very surprised, he didn't know what Liu Jiyuan was doing, he immediately bent down, and then helped Liu Jiyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, up, "Second prince, if you have something to say in the hall, you kneel here, let other ill-intentioned ministers see you, and think that I, Guo Wuwei, are bullying the prince with my power?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Jiyuan pretended to cry, he sobbed, then raised his head and looked at Guo Wuwei with watery eyes, and sneered in his heart.

When he arrived in the hall, Liu Jiyuan repeated his old trick again, and suddenly knelt on the ground, like a puddle of mud, no matter how Guo Wuwei on the side persuaded him, he didn't get up.

Guo Wuwei knew in his heart that Liu Jiyuan was pretending, but after all, the other party had a noble status, so he still asked on the surface: "Second prince, what are your difficulties, why don't you tell me together." ”

Liu Jiyuan saw that he was almost pretending, he immediately stopped pretending to cry, and then said: "Guo Xianggong doesn't know, it's not a day or two since there is a gap between me and my eldest brother, and now that my father is seriously ill, I'm afraid that if my father makes a mistake, my eldest brother will attack me after he ascends the throne." ”

Guo Wuwei looked suspicious, he was surprised: "I know Liu Fuyin's temperament, although he is useless in governing the country, but he will not be able to do such a hand?" ”

Liu Jiyuan said: "I didn't expect Guo Xianggong's evaluation of my eldest brother to be so bad, I don't know if my eldest brother ascends the throne in the future, will Guo Xianggong's words reach his ears?" ”

Guo Wuwei smiled bitterly, he shook his head, and didn't say much.

Liu Jiyuan, who was on the other side, had already stood up, and then asked, "Does Guo Xianggong think that my eldest brother has the talent to govern the country?" ”

Guo Wuwei didn't answer, at this moment he had vaguely guessed Liu Jiyuan's thoughts, he only felt that Liu Jiyuan was just a gentleman, and he couldn't fight himself if he played tricks with himself, he said: "This point is still up to Your Majesty how to choose, it's not up to me to say." ”

Guo Wuwei knocked on Liu Jiyuan's heart word by word, although Liu Jiyuan was a little angry in his heart, but he didn't show it immediately on his face, he still said with a look of indifference: "Guo Xianggong, you know that my eldest brother has no talent for governing the country, I once heard him complain about Guo Xianggong in front of people, Guo Xianggong is now in power, even people like my eldest brother He has to be jealous, not to mention other Han courtiers, my eldest brother Guo Xianggong knows it, but it is not easy to say it, he also said that after he ascended the throne, is going to abolish Guo Xianggong. ”

"Really?" When Guo Wuwei heard this, his face was a little unnatural, it was the first time he heard Liu Jien say this behind his back, not to mention that what Liu Jiyuan said was not unreasonable, now he is under one person in the Han Dynasty and above ten thousand people, and such a power can directly abolish the emperor.

In the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, only real power is the most reliable, and most of the people who hold real power generally intend to be emperors, not to mention that Liu Jun, the lord of the Han State, is seriously ill, and there are some people who are jealous of their own power.

Liu Jiyuan on the opposite side frowned bitterly when he saw Guo Wuwei, he guessed that Guo Wuwei actually cared so much about his power, since ancient times, the fate of powerful ministers has not been good, Guo Wuwei will either abolish the emperor and stand on his own, or be attacked and become a prisoner, because in Liu Jiyuan's view, what Guo Wuwei has to do now is to organize his eldest brother to ascend the throne as the emperor and join him in the same stream, at least he can ensure Guo Wuwei's safety now.

If in the past, Guo Wuwei would have considered it like Liu Jiyuan, but now Guo Wuwei will not do this, and he has only one backer, that is, Song Guo.

At this moment, the shrewd Guo Wuwei has already made a plan or two, if the emperor dies in the future, his heir will be produced in Liu Jien and Liu Jiyuan, but now these two are fighting to the death in secret, and on the issue of heirs, he Guo Wuwei is also a subtlety, if he forcibly interferes with power, whoever does the emperor can decide for himself, in addition to Liu Jun of the Han State is the most powerful, he Guo Wuwei can rank second.

And outside the house, Guo Qiyun was also secretly eavesdropping, and after listening to it, he was also disdainful, this Liu Jiyuan is so pretentious, he really wants to be more elm head than that elm head, if such a pretentious person helps him sit in the emperor's position in the future, my Guo family is afraid that he will die even worse, Guo Qiyun said with contempt in his heart.

"Guo Xianggong, please take a look." In the hall, Liu Jiyuan was already sitting in his position at the moment, he lifted the cloth on the basket, and then revealed a basket of things inside, which instantly made Guo Wuwei's face ripple.

Although this basket is ordinary, there are a lot of gold, silver, yellow and white things in it, Guo Wuwei didn't expect Liu Jiyuan to actually place yellow and white things in a dilapidated basket, but he didn't even look at it, these things are just things outside the body, and they are nothing compared to the world.

Guo Wuwei arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the prince's love, but I don't love this thing, and I ask the prince to return the original thing." ”

Liu Jiyuan's originally elated face was already twitching at the moment, he didn't expect Guo Wuwei to be a person who didn't eat hard and soft, it seemed that these yellow and white things didn't impress Guo Wuwei at all.

Liu Jiyuan saw that Guo Wuwei was upright, and he had to pretend to be calm on his face, and he asked rhetorically: "If Guo Xianggong is too little, there are still a lot of them in my house, and Guo Xianggong can go to my mansion to sit when he is free another day." ”

Guo Wuwei already sneered in his heart, and said in his heart that Liu Jiyuan is really a shameless person, and he also spends all his days drinking, such a person is almost the same as Liu Jien, Liu Jien is mediocre in governing the country at most, and Liu Jiyuan is a mediocre person.

It's just that Guo Wuwei thought that he still had important things to do in the Han Kingdom, and he immediately said: "If the prince is in trouble in the future, I will definitely help one or two." ”

"Oh?" Suddenly, Liu Jiyuan heard Guo Wuwei's words, and the disappointed look in his heart instantly had hope, and he said, "It would be great if Guo Xianggong was willing to help me." ”

Guo Wuwei smiled slightly, but in his heart, he had already compared him to Kong Ming and praised Zhuge Liang, isn't this boasting about himself, he still has a lot of things to do in the Han Kingdom, but he can use Liu Jiyuan one or two, the smarter and more self-righteous people are, the more miserable they will die.

Liu Jiyuan on the opposite side looked self-righteous, he was very happy at the moment, and then saw that the drama was almost done, and it was almost enough to get a promise from Guo Wuwei, so he arched his hand and said: "Today Guo Xianggong said a word, if I Liu Jiyuan is in trouble in the future, I will not care about life and death, as long as Guo Xianggong makes a move, Liu Jiyuan should give Guo Xianggong a flowery future in the future." ”

Guo Wuwei also bowed his hand to greet him, and said with the trend: "The second prince is too heavy." ”

Liu Jiyuan looked at the wind and snow outside the house and said, "The wind and snow are heavy, Guo Xianggong, please take care." ”

Guo Wuwei also bowed his hand and said: "Thank you for taking care of the old minister."

"Guo Xianggong, I still have funerals to deal with in my mansion, so let's go first."

People who don't know Liu Jiyuan still think that Liu Jiyuan is a corporal of Lixian, but those who know Liu Jiyuan think that Liu Jiyuan is pretentious when he does this.

Liu Jiyuan had just stepped out of the house, only to see Guo Qiyun coming over, he looked at Guo Qiyun and smiled slightly, "Brother Yun is good." ”

Guo Qiyun said: "Don't say that I have seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

Liu Jiyuan had already walked away, and at this moment Guo Qiyun had arrived in the hall, he saw Guo Wuwei standing on the ground, frowned and thought for a long time, and at this moment he said, "What is Daddy going to do?"

Guo Wuwei heard his son asking him at this time, and he said: "Daddy knows what he is doing, this Liu Jiyuan is not worth mentioning, if he uses it well at that time, he is a good chess piece, and if he uses it badly, it will lead to fire, but Liu Jien has to do less."

"Daddy said it was true. Don't understand. ”

Guo Wuwei looked at Guo Qiyun for a long time, he suddenly raised his head, and said in a deep voice: "Don't speak, we still have a lot to do now, Daddy has one thing in his heart for a long time, and I want to tell you about it today."

"Daddy, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

……

After a long time, I could only hear the sound of snowflakes falling outside the house, and the pale blue flames of the charcoal in the copper plate in the room were flickering and jumping.

Father and son raised their heads and looked south.