Chapter Seventy-Nine: Suspicion

Hearing King Wei refuse, Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, his face instantly gloomy, and said:

"Lord Wei, letting the second elder take power is just an expedient measure, after the situation is stabilized, he will send candidates, and now he is rashly promoting newcomers, I am afraid that the people will not be convinced, and I ask King Wei to think twice."

After speaking, he slowly turned around, turned his gaze on Song Xunwen's face, and said:

"Lord Song, you are one of the 'Four Ministers of Defending the Country', you are in a high position, you have a wide range of contacts, and the ministers interact with you on weekdays, and you know a lot about the courtiers, so I want to know what Lord Song thinks of my mention?"

Hearing his question, Song Xunwen was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously looked at King Wei.

I saw that King Wei was also looking at him coldly, waiting for his answer, and there seemed to be an unconcealed expectation in his eyes.

His thoughts changed sharply, in comparison, Liu Xiu said that the two were the most suitable, but he was afraid that the two of them had betrayed King Wei and secretly took refuge in Liu Xiu. Wei Wang Xian

Listening to his tone, the two seemed to have taken refuge in him, his mind was in a mess, and the ministers of the country turned around in his mind several times like a marquee, but there was no suitable candidate after all.

And none of the Wei Wang's cronies are suitable.

In just a moment, the cold sweat on his head trickled down, and his mouth opened and opened, but he didn't say anything after all.

King Wei looked at him deeply and sneered:

"Why, Lord Song, His Royal Highness asks you."

Song Xunwen pondered for a long time, let out a sigh, turned his head to Liu Xiu and said:

"Your Highness, this matter is very high, and it cannot be decided overnight, but it needs to be discussed again and carefully considered, so that it can live up to the trust of the Holy God and the hopes of the people."

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed after hearing this, and he suddenly glanced at Song Xunwen with great meaning, and said:

"Lord Song is reasonable, but now that the Yan Kingdom is eyeing the tiger, the new army of Pingyan is in urgent need of leadership, it can't be without generals for a day, and the autumn harvest is coming, the grain and grass of the garrison of the garrison need to be prepared and supplied, and it is inseparable from the prime minister's scheduling, these are all imminent major events, and they can't be delayed."

King Wei suddenly laughed, stood up in the surprised gaze of the two, paced two steps with his hands in his hands, muttered for a moment, and said:

"Your Royal Highness, Lord Song is right, this matter is indeed urgent, now the soldiers are sufficient, the training of the new army is stable, even if the camp is unified for a few days, there is still a deputy general in charge, there will be no chaos for a while, and now the Yan country is full of contradictions, self-care, unable to attack south, this period of time will never be anything to defend the country, Your Highness is relieved."

Liu Xiu showed an imperceptible expression on his face, nodded, and said with a smile:

"I'm in a hurry, but this matter is serious, especially after the military rations are ready, we have to start making various preparations in order to go north to cut down Yan, so we can't delay too long."

King Wei nodded, turned to look at Liu Xiu, his expression was solemn, quite majestic, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness, rest assured, after all, I am the lord of the country, needless to say, I am thinking about it in the past few days, I will try my best to determine the candidate, and give His Highness a reply, what do you think?"

Liu Xiu didn't think about it, smiled faintly, stood up, and replied:

"Okay, then I'll wait for news from His Highness in the palace."

King Wei nodded, suddenly showed a tired face, sighed, and saluted Liu Xiushi:

"This king has had a lot of things going wrong recently, and the princess's funeral will be arranged.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu hurriedly stood up, returned the salute to King Wei, and said:

"Lord Wei is polite."

The two talked a few more words, Liu Xiu said goodbye and left, and King Wei and Song Xunwen sent him away.

Seeing Liu Xiu's car slowly disappear from the sight of the two, King Wei's face slowly became gloomy, he held his hands behind his shoulders and said coldly:

"This king has been sending people to spy on Liu Xiu secretly, there is nothing abnormal, and he has not met with the minister in private, why is his hand still stretched so long, it is really strange."

He squinted his eyes, looked at Song Xunwen, and saw that he was silent, his eyes flashed, and said:

"What do you say about the two people recommended by Liu Xiu?"

Song Xunwen raised his head, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said:

"Lord Wang, the two elders have been in charge for many years, they are fair, there are no mistakes, the courtiers have admired for decades, and the people have returned to their hearts, so they are naturally competent, but their subordinates feel that Liu Xiu may be gambling on the succession of these two people."

King Wei snorted coldly and interrupted:

"Bet? What to bet on? ”

Song Xunwen didn't think much about it, and immediately replied:

"Although these two people are the best candidates to replace Chen Fuxin and Sun Zhengwu, if Liu Xiu proposes it first, the meaning will change, which will make us misunderstand, thinking that the two have been bought by Liu Xiu, so they will give up on them and find another candidate."

After speaking, Song Xunwen looked up at King Wei, and saw that although his expression was cold, he was listening attentively, his heart moved, and he continued:

"Liu Xiu's gamble is that the prince is undecided, now the situation is unclear, I don't know how many courtiers secretly take refuge in Liu Xiu, once he chooses his person, the government is almost controlled by him, and it is difficult to recapture it, and even if he chooses someone else, he has a way to intervene. His Royal Highness, his subordinates believe that among the courtiers now, only these two pavilion elders can not be swayed by Liu Xiu. ”

King Wei pondered for a moment, frowned, and replied through gritted teeth:

"Although what you said is reasonable, but the risk is not small, once Lang Shunyi and Zhao Qiankun have their hearts set on Liu Xiu, the defense of the country will not exist, the royal power will not be guaranteed, the risk is too great, and this king can't afford it."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Song Xunwen, smiled, stared at Song Xunwen tightly, and said:

"What do you say, Lord Song?"

The corners of Song Xunwen's eyes twitched slightly, and he lowered his head and replied: "What the prince said is that the villain lost his words." ”

After speaking, he paused, as if remembering something, and said in a deep voice:

"The subordinates are loyal to the prince, and they have no dissent!"

King Wei glanced at him, patted him on the shoulder, his gaze turned soft, and said with a smile:

"If you are too careful, you don't have to worry about Dongping affairs, and do the things I explained well."

After speaking, he ignored Song Xunwen and turned around and walked towards the house.

The ice, which never thaws, seems to have suddenly been exposed to a crack in the sun.

Song Xunwen didn't seem to know that King Wei had left, he still lowered his head and was silent, but in his eyes, there was an inexplicable light that kept flashing.

At the turn of summer and autumn, the weather is impermanent, and the wind suddenly rises, and Song Xunwen sees a wild flower in a mound, which blooms brilliantly, just when he was stunned, the wind suddenly became stronger, uprooting the wildflower, and the petals instantly scattered and fell to the ground.

Someone happened to walk by and stepped on it, but in a moment, the petals fell into mud, and the scenery was gone.

His body trembled, and he sighed in his heart, how similar his fate was to this wild flower, he thought that he was in power and the scenery was infinite, but who knew his daily suffering?

It's just that the roots are unstable, so I am frightened and uneasy.

He looked up, only to see a layer of dark clouds floating in the sky above his head at some point, covering Dongping, shook his head again, his face showed indescribable disappointment, his mouth sighed, and said with a wry smile:

"It's going to change."

This sentence was quite loud, and not far away, the guards at the door all looked at him, and even a clever person quietly moved towards the mansion.

His heart moved, and he looked at the palace, only to see that in this coercive palace, a sense of indifference came out of it.

There was an indescribable meaning in his eyes.

"Has King Wei finally started to doubt me?"

Song Xunwen sighed in the depths of his heart, and walked out, along the way, he didn't care about the surrounding scenery in late summer and early autumn at all, only felt infinite melancholy in his heart, with a sense of sadness, and in the hesitation, even someone behind him secretly followed, but he didn't notice it-

Dongping City, in an inconspicuous small house.

Chen Yuting and Wen Ya sat opposite each other, the two of them held teacups, silent, the surroundings were very quiet, but the atmosphere was good, and there was no sense of oppression.

It's as if the two are friends who have known each other for a long time.

After a while, Wen Ya put down the teacup and said:

"You've worked hard these days."

Chen Yuting took a sip of tea and said lightly:

"Speaking of which, I would also like to thank His Royal Highness, if it weren't for his great assistance, I wouldn't be so smooth, you and I take what we need, it doesn't matter if it's hard."

Wen Ya nodded and said:

"There is no need to be polite between you and me, I came this time to tell you, I recently got news from the spies, saying that the movement of the Wei Wang Yin army was found in Yunzhou, but the number is less than 10,000, His Royal Highness has researched before, saying that the strength of the Wei Wang Yin army is far more than this, but the Wei realm is too large, especially in the east There are many mountains and rivers, and it is not easy to inquire, so I have to work hard to find out the movements of the other forces of the Wei Wang, and we should prepare early, so as not to be caught off guard at that time."

Chen Yuting put down the teacup, smiled slightly, and replied:

"I'll do my best, but since King Wei has the intention to hide, it will definitely take some time to find out, you tell Your Highness and ask him to wait patiently, don't worry."

Wen Ya nodded and said:

"It's natural, if Madame needs help, just ask."

Chen Yuting smiled, a rare trace of tenderness appeared on her delicate face, she shook her head, and said:

"Your Highness has helped me too much, as long as Your Highness can succeed and avenge my Chen family and get rid of King Wei, my Chen family will swear allegiance to Your Highness."

Wen Ya glanced at her and smiled:

"This is too much of an outrage, if it weren't for Madame's assistance, His Highness wouldn't have progressed so smoothly."

She waved her hand to stop Chen Yuting from speaking, and continued:

"Now that King Wei has murderous intentions towards Liu Fuyin, you must be more careful."

Chen Yuting shook her head and said:

"If King Wei wants to do it, we can't hide from it, now we can only take one step at a time, the Chen family is already weak, if it weren't for His Highness's layout many years ago, with more support, we would have been wiped out by now, but you let Your Highness rest assured, even if I was killed by King Wei, there are other people in the Chen family who come forward to help you, but it is inconvenient to meet now, I hope you will forgive me."

Wen Ya smiled and said:

"Your Highness will do your best to protect the two of you, and will never let King Wei succeed, but it's always good to be careful."

Chen Yuting nodded, pondered for a while, suddenly turned her head, and said:

"By the way, King Wei's only son, I've found it."