Yuan Cheng paused, and then said directly: "Here's the thing, I hope to get the support of you, Lord Wang, so that I can have the opportunity to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Liu Xin smiled, and sure enough, the reason why Yuan Cheng came to find him was exactly the same as what Liu Xin thought.

The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, especially in Yuan Cheng's generation, Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai have already been the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Cheng is now just a Zuo Zhonglang general, this position is a good official position to be honest, but the gap between the three dukes of the Han Dynasty is still self-evident, and it can even be said to be a millimeter difference, Liao Zhiqianli, after all, there is an old saying that is good, uh, it is not an ancient saying, according to Liu Xin's words, under the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, they are all ants.

That's right, as long as he is not in the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, he is not a real top official of the Han Dynasty, so Yuan Cheng is invisibly a grade lower than Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai, who are of his own generation, and when Yuan Cheng talks about things with Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai, he always feels that he is one level lower than Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai, and even Yuan Cheng vaguely feels that his two brothers look down on him.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, so that he can be on an equal footing with Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai.

That's right, Yuan Cheng's idea is so simple, he just wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Xin had already thought of this, after all, in Liu Xin's memory, Yuan Huai was the first in Yuan Cheng's generation to hold the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, and then Yuan Feng served as the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

However, just like what Liu Xin sees now, Yuan Cheng is naturally unwilling to lower his two brothers, after all, they are born from the same root, why can Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai both become the three princes of the Han Dynasty, and he is just a Zuo Zhonglang general?

Therefore, Yuan Cheng was very unwilling, unwilling to be just a left-handed general, and Yuan Cheng also wanted to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

However, Yuan Cheng is also the Yuan family, and the resources he has are also the resources owned by Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai, so Yuan Cheng can't do anything without Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai, after all, the social circle of the Han Dynasty, or the high-level in Luoyang, is so big, and it is also a relatively closed circle, everyone knows each other, so if Yuan Cheng wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, he has to face Yuan Feng and Yuan Huai.

And there is a very serious problem here, as the three most important positions in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, there is generally a very important "unspoken rule", that is, only one member of the same family can hold the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty, for example, the earliest Yuan Huai also recommended Yuan Feng to the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty when he left the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty, rather than Yuan Huai and Yuan Feng occupying the positions of the two Han Three Princes together, after all, if a family occupies two or even three of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty, This is not good news for other families, other strengths, and even for the royal power, so there is such an "unspoken rule", that is, only one member of the same family can serve as the third prince of the Han Dynasty, but as long as there is a suitable successor, when the member of the family leaves the position of the third prince of the Han dynasty, another family member from the family can be recommended to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, if Yuan Cheng wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, there must be a prerequisite, that is, Yuan Feng will retire from the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

However, now Yuan Feng is in the prime of life, and his support rate within the Yuan family is very high, and the relationship with other families is also very good, so as long as there are no accidents, Yuan Feng is likely to stay in the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty for more than ten or twenty years, and when Yuan Feng leaves the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Cheng may not have a chance to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, after all, the members of the Yuan family of the next generation should also take the lead at that time.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng's dream of becoming the third prince of the Han Dynasty is becoming more and more inflated, but Yuan Cheng also knows that if he wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, then his brother Yuan Feng is definitely an unavoidable threshold, if he can't cross this threshold, then it is impossible for him to ascend to the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

But Yuan Cheng understands one thing better, that is, Yuan Feng's ambition is not small, the Yuan family has always been on a par with the Hongnong Yang family, which is also the third prince of the fourth generation, and Yuan Feng has expressed his goal many times in the internal meetings of the Yuan family, that is, to lead the Yuan family to surpass the Hongnong Yang family, which is also the reason why Yuan Feng can get the support of most high-level members within the Yuan family, of course, this is also the reason why Yuan Huai deliberately left the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty to make way for Yuan Feng.

And after Yuan Feng became the third prince of the Han Dynasty, he lived up to expectations, and soon took the Yuan family's status in the family power to a further level, and vaguely became the leader of the family power, of course, this is also because the contemporary head of the Hongnong Yang family is not obsessed with power, but this is also an achievement made by Yuan Feng, an achievement that makes all the members of the Yuan family happy.

So in the past few years, the Yuan family has grown stronger and stronger under the leadership of Yuan Feng, and Yuan Feng's support rate among the high-level members of the Yuan family has reached almost 100%, and Yuan Cheng has to admit that Yuan Feng has done a very good job, which makes Yuan Cheng also admire Yuan Feng very much.

But it is precisely because of this that Yuan Feng is like a mountain in front of Yuan Cheng, becoming a threshold that Yuan Cheng cannot overcome, after all, Yuan Cheng knows that it is impossible for him to persuade Yuan Feng to step down from the position of the Third Duke of the Han Dynasty and support himself to ascend to the position of the Third Duke of the Han Dynasty, after all, Yuan Feng's ambition has not yet been completed.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng has always been a thief but not a thief, Yuan Cheng wants to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, but he knows that he is no match for his brother Yuan Feng in all aspects, after all, the Yuan family absolutely supports Yuan Feng, and the officialdom in Luoyang City is also more optimistic about Yuan Feng in the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, as for the family forces, it is naturally headed by Yuan Feng, so although Yuan Cheng is very unwilling, but he has no choice but to swallow his anger and endure it...

But now, Liu Xin, who was born out of nowhere, gave Yuan Cheng a hope, after all, Liu Xin's current identity and status are no less than the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, and according to what Yuan Cheng saw and heard in the palace yesterday (Yuan Cheng, as the general of the Han Dynasty, is in charge of a royal forest army in the Han court, so he also has his own power in the palace, and he also has a unique advantage in obtaining news in the palace), Yuan Cheng knows that Liu Xin is now deeply loved by Emperor Ling of Han, and can even be said to be a friend of Emperor Ling of Han.

What's more, Yuan Cheng also knows a news, that is, Yuan Feng's sister-in-law Yuan Shu is at odds with Liu Xin, and even smeared Liu Xin many times, and sent someone to attack Liu Xin a few days ago, which is a good news for Yuan Cheng, after all, love the house and Wu, and vice versa, if Yuan Shu and Liu Xin have a bad relationship, then Liu Xin will also have a dissatisfied attitude towards Yuan Feng by the way, so Liu Xin and Yuan Chengcheng will enter a hostile state.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng felt that Liu Xin had the ability and possibility to help him ascend to the position of the Third Duke of the Han Dynasty, so Yuan Cheng found a reason to give Liu Xin a gift today, wanting to take the opportunity to get in touch with Liu Xin and seek cooperation.

But it's still the same sentence, because Yuan Cheng is arrogant as a member of the Yuan family, and he didn't correct his attitude, so he was at a disadvantage in the conversation with Liu Xin, and now he can only ask Liu Xin for help as a weak party.

Liu Xin has already guessed Yuan Cheng's intention, but to tell the truth, Liu Xin doesn't plan to help Yuan Cheng, after all, Yuan Cheng is not as good as his brother Yuan Feng in all aspects, and if Liu Xin helps Yuan Cheng, it means that this Liu Xin will be in a hostile state with Yuan Feng in order to help Yuan Cheng, after all, Yuan Cheng wants to be the third prince of the Han Dynasty, then Yuan Feng must step down from the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, then it is necessary for Liu Xin to drive Yuan Feng down from the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty. This means that Liu Xin will definitely be hostile to Yuan Xin, and even have a grudge, which is not a good thing for Liu Xin.

After all, Liu Xin is still Yuan Shao's sworn brother in the final analysis, if Liu Xin deals with Yuan Feng like this, Yuan Shao will inevitably have a gap with Liu Xin, and there may even be unnecessary contradictions, and Liu Xin may offend the Yuan family and the entire family forces, although Liu Xin has the ability to fight against the entire family forces, but in the final analysis, this is also an unnecessary trouble.

And what can Liu Xin get out of this?

Liu Xin helped Yuan Cheng become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, so what kind of reward can Yuan Cheng give himself? Liu Xin thought about it carefully, and was very embarrassed to find that he couldn't get any substantial return from Yuan Cheng, after all, the strength of the family forces and the forces of relatives and eunuchs is almost the same, and a three-legged trend has been formed, so although the control of the family forces in the officialdom is good, they can do very little, and there is very little help for Liu Xin, let alone Yuan Cheng.

After all, Liu Xin is now the king of Chengdu and the assassin of Yizhou, so Liu Xin can't expect Yuan Cheng to persuade Emperor Han Ling to make himself the king of Shu, or directly appoint him as the pastor of Yizhou, right?

Besides, if Yuan Cheng can really do this step, Liu Xin believes that he can also do it, and he can do it better and faster than Yuan Cheng, so Liu Xin feels that he really doesn't need to cooperate with Yuan Cheng anymore, after all, if he really wants to help Yuan Cheng become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, the price paid is not proportional to the return obtained at all, and it can even be said that there is no comparison, it is simply a blood loss.

What's more, there is a very serious problem, Liu Xin remembers that in the historical records, Yuan Cheng died before Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, after all, Dong Zhuo fled Luoyang because of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also became the leader of the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance, and when he was about to crusade against himself, Dong Zhuo was worried that the members of the Yuan family in Luoyang City would cooperate with Yuan Shao, of course, there were also reasons to retaliate against Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo chose to kill the members of the Yuan family who stayed in Luoyang, and Yuan Cheng's name was not mentioned.

In Liu Xin's opinion, Yuan Cheng, who died early, may pass away in a few years, and Liu Xin can't expect Yuan Cheng to stay in the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty for a few more years and seek more benefits for himself.

So all in all, Liu Xin felt that he had no need to cooperate with Yuan Cheng at all, and tried his best to help Yuan Cheng become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, after all, Liu Xin felt that if he had this strength, it would be better to cooperate with Yuan Feng, after all, judging from the situation that Yuan Feng sent Yuan Shao to give him gifts, Liu Xin knew that Yuan Feng also wanted to ease relations with himself, after all, because of Yuan Shu's stupidity, Yuan Feng also knew that Liu Xin might have developed a disgust for himself, and for the ambitious Yuan Feng, He doesn't want to offend people like Liu Xin, after all, Liu Xin's current identity and status are not lower than his own, and even Yuan Feng clearly understands that Liu Xin is not the kind of person who will accept the "unspoken rules".

Therefore, Yuan Fengcai wants to have a good relationship with Liu Xin, and Yuan Shao is the best candidate.

Thinking of this, Liu Xin has already made his own choice in his heart, that is, he will not help Yuan Cheng become the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, but Liu Xin does not plan to reject Yuan Cheng directly, after all, Yuan Cheng is also a character, and he is also a big Han Zuozhong general, holding a royal forest army in his hands, so Liu Xin feels that Yuan Cheng still has a certain use value, maybe he can give himself a surprise in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Xin said to Yuan Cheng with a smile: "Uncle Yuan, I understand what you mean, but although I have just returned to the Han Dynasty, I also know that there are already people sitting on the throne of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, and I also know that since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for a family member to occupy the position of two Han and three princes." ”

Yuan Cheng couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Liu Xin to be so familiar with the "unspoken rules" of the position of the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Cheng also planned to take advantage of Liu Xin's disadvantage of just returning to the Han Dynasty and how he first came to fool Liu Xin, first let Liu Xin promise to help him become the third duke of the Han Dynasty, and then tell his original plan, that is, the plan of his brother Yuan Feng to pull down the position of the third duke of the Han Dynasty, so that he could force Liu Xin to help him become the third duke of the Han Dynasty.

After all, in the era of the Han Dynasty, it is an era that really pays attention to integrity, and profoundly implements what is called "words without trust, I don't know what it can do", especially for people with status and status like Liu Xin and Yuan Cheng, if it is rumored that they have no integrity, they will be despised by others, and they will be excluded by others, and even difficult to move forward, and it will be more difficult to progress.

Yuan Cheng saw that his original plan had failed, and he could only tell Liu Xin the truth, "Lord Wang, you are right, the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty does not allow members of a family to occupy multiple positions, and now my brother Yuan Feng happens to occupy the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty, so if I want to become the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty, my brother Yuan Feng must step down from the position of the Three Princes of the Han Dynasty... ”

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Yuan Feng to admit it so straightforwardly, but this is fine, Liu Xin feels that he can spend less time talking.

Thinking of this, Liu Xin said with a smile: "I see, but Uncle Yuan, you should know that the father of my sworn brother Yuan Shao is Yuan Feng, Uncle Yuan, your brother, I can't deal with my sworn brother's father in order to help Uncle Yuan, this is not reasonable." ”

Yuan Cheng nodded helplessly, and said: "Lord Wang, you are right, my request is indeed a bit excessive, but I really want to become the third prince of the Han Dynasty, and I also ask Immortal Master Liu to point out a clear path for me, and count a hexagram for me." ”

Liu Xin saw that Yuan Cheng would say this, so he looked at Yuan Cheng a little speechlessly, and didn't say a word, it seems that this Yuan Cheng really regarded himself as an immortal master.

After being silent for a few minutes, Liu Xin saw Yuan Cheng looking at him expectantly, so he had to say helplessly: "Uncle Yuan, I'll just tell you this, you can't take the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, because according to my hexagram, Uncle Yuan, you are now about to live your life." ”

Liu Xin decided to tell Yuan Cheng about his early death directly, which could be regarded as breaking Yuan Cheng's thoughts, and by the way, it could also make Yuan Cheng believe in himself more and have the opportunity to let Yuan Cheng work for himself.

After all, when death comes, people will always want to give everything to continue to live, and no one will be an exception, even the brilliant Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are frantically looking for a way to continue their lives before they die, and they send people out to ask for the elixir of immortality, and they let the Taoist priests refine the elixir of life.

And now, when Yuan Cheng heard Liu Xin tell him that his longevity was approaching, or to put it bluntly, he was about to die, Yuan Cheng first looked confused, then shocked, and finally frightened.

After a while, Yuan Cheng finally came back to his senses, immediately grabbed Liu Xin, and said in horror: "Immortal Master Liu, don't scare me!" ”

Liu Xin smiled, shook his head pretending to be profound, and said with a smile: "How could this king lie to you, or rather, is it necessary for this king to lie to you like this?" ”

Liu Xin's words were very straightforward, but they also reminded Yuan Cheng, in Yuan Cheng's opinion. Liu Xin really doesn't need to lie to himself, after all, what is there for him to deceive Liu Xin?

Yuan Cheng is also worthy of a character, after the initial shock, Yuan Cheng quickly regained his composure, after all, blind fear is meaningless, there is no point in self-pity, it is better to think about it seriously, how should he get rid of the fate of Shou Yuan.

After Yuan Cheng figured this out, he first took a deep breath, and then said to Liu Xin seriously: "Immortal Master Liu, since you have seen that my longevity is near, please tell me directly Immortal Master Liu, how long can I live again?" ”

Liu Xin naturally didn't know how long Yuan Cheng would live, after all, there was no clear record in the historical materials, he just said that he died early, and it was not clear when Yuan Cheng was born and died, so Liu Xin had no way to give Yuan Cheng a clear answer.

However, Liu Xin, as an "immortal master", naturally knows what to say now, "Hehe, Uncle Yuan, you should know a sentence, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, I can directly tell you that Shouyuan is near, this has touched the bottom line of the Heavenly Dao, if I tell the exact value of your Shouyuan again, then I will definitely be punished by the Heavenly Dao, and then I will lose more than I gain, I am right, Uncle Yuan." ”

Yuan Cheng heard Liu Xin say this, so he had to nod helplessly, after all, Yuan Cheng also knew the phrase "the secret of heaven cannot be leaked", not to mention that Liu Xin can bluntly say that his longevity is approaching, it is already a precious thing, after all, in the end, the relationship between Liu Xin and himself is not good.

But Yuan Cheng is really unwilling, he is about to die, and he can't even be the third prince of the Han Dynasty...

Thinking of Yuan Cheng here, he instantly aged a lot, he was originally a high-spirited middle-aged man, but now he looks like a dull old man, Liu Xin, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but sigh, I don't know whether the words he just said were right or wrong...

Liu Xin couldn't help but think of a sentence, that is, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness, the more you know, the more troubles you have.

This sentence is very appropriate to Yuan Cheng's current situation, if Liu Xin hadn't told him about his approaching life, maybe Yuan Cheng would have been able to live well until the day he should have died, and now Yuan Cheng knows that his life is near, and he lives in anxiety and fear all day long, and his mental state will definitely get worse day by day, even if he doesn't fall into madness, he may die earlier than the time he should have died in history...

Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but regret a little, regretting why he told Yuan Cheng about it.

However, Yuan Cheng didn't sigh for too long, because Yuan Cheng remembered one more thing, that is, Liu Xin in front of him, since he could see that his life was near, would Liu Xin have the ability to help him continue his life and live a few more days?

With such thoughts, Yuan Cheng looked at Liu Xin with some expectation, and said reverently: "Immortal Master Liu, since my life is approaching now, then Immortal Master Liu, do you have any way to help me continue my life, even if it only allows me to live a few more days!" ”

Liu Xin looked at Yuan Cheng in surprise, he didn't expect Yuan Cheng to think that he could help him continue his life, he was an "immortal master", not a membrane mage (fog), how could he be able to add a second for Yuan Cheng (fog).

But then again, Liu Xin suddenly felt that he still had the ability to renew the lives of these Three Kingdoms figures, and this plus was not a second.

After all, the death method of the characters of the Three Kingdoms is actually very simple, it can be said that there are not many who have died in battle, most of them are either killed in battle, or because of various conspiracies, or because they have taken the wrong medicine, Liu Xin wants to give them a life extension is actually very simple.

Because the representatives who died in the battle are like Yu She, Fang Yue and others, these generals who forcibly self-confidence and then go to death, as long as Liu Xin finds a reason not to let them go to the battlefield to fight Huaxiong Lu Bu alone, they will naturally be able to live longer, and maybe even live to the finale (fog again).

The two fathers and sons who died in an accident were just like Sun Jian and Sun Ce, both of whom were assassinated, Sun Jian died in the ambush of Huang Zu, and Sun Ce died in the assassination of Xu Gong's men, as long as Liu Xin packed Sun Jian and Sun Ce and brought them back to Yizhou, these things could have been completely avoided.

As for the representatives who took the wrong medicine, they were naturally Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others, they all died after eating too much cold food, simply put, they took too much medicine, and Liu Xin only needed to force them to "detoxify".

Therefore, Liu Xin feels that if he wants to renew the life of the characters of the Three Kingdoms, it is actually very simple.

Liu Xin suddenly discovered that he was not actually an immortal master, but a membrane mage.

ps: The author feels like he is suddenly -1s.