"Master, Mr. Liu went to Commander Wang." An old man entered Li Hongzhang's temporary study and reported.

"Yes, got it!" Li Hongzhang nodded, as if he had expected that Liu Xuexun would go to Wang Sirui.

Then, Li Hongzhang waved his hand and signaled that the old man could leave.

After a long time, Li Hongzhang looked at the door that had long been closed, and muttered in a low voice: "The old man treats you well, and the court is not sorry for you, so why bother?" ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hongzhang shook his head in disappointment, he admired Liu Xuexun's talent, but Liu Xuexun always refused to go on the right path.

first mixed up with someone who was Sun, and helped him come up with a lot of bad ideas against the Qing Dynasty, and now he is connected with Wang Sirui, which also forced Li Hongzhang to be ruthless.

……

On the other side, good wine and food were placed on the table, and Wang Sirui enjoyed all this very comfortably.

After Liu Xuexun saw Wang Sirui's mentality, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Why is the king so melancholy?" Liu Xuexun said anxiously.

"Where do you say melancholy?" Wang Sirui glanced at Liu Xuexun, did not ask to take a seat, but asked with a frank face.

"If you are not melancholy, why is the king so big fish and meat? At this critical juncture, the king should share the weal and woe with all the soldiers, rather than enjoying happiness like this. Liu Xuexun said.

"Now that the foreigners have retreated, there is no foreign trouble in the country, and I have been waiting for more than half a year, that is, I know that my life is not long, why can't I enjoy happiness? Could it be that before I die, let me be discreet and unsuccessful? Wang Sirui asked with a smile, as if he had already seen through life and death.

Liu Xuexun was so angry that he didn't know what to say, if Wang Sirui only showed a trace of unwillingness, he Liu Xuexun also had a way to persuade Wang Sirui.

But now Wang Sirui's performance is very disappointing to Liu Xuexun, this is completely a mentality of "I am destined to suffer", and there is no sense of resistance at all.

"Mr. Liu, do you know where there are beautiful and women in this capital? Before he died, my Wang also wanted to be comfortable, but he couldn't live for more than 20 years, and he didn't even know what a woman looked like. Wang Sirui continued, but this time he changed his dissolute expression.

Looking at Wang Sirui's every move, word and deed, Liu Xuexun really didn't know what to say.

Is this fate?

Liu Xuexun had thought about retiring before, and he knew that his dream of becoming an emperor was no longer possible, or the possibility of realizing it was very small.

But the coalition incident, Wang Sirui's brilliance, made Liu Xuexun see new hope.

But now, it has only been a few months, and hope has been shattered again, which makes Liu Xuexun feel that he has aged a lot in an instant.

No, it's not fate, it's definitely not fate.

No one would behave so frankly when they knew that they were going to die, Liu Xuexun asked himself if he wouldn't, and Wang Sirui would definitely not.

As long as it is an individual, it will have a fear of death, which is a fate that no one can get rid of.

"I think you might as well find a few more girls from white families, take advantage of these days to have a good time, and see if you can leave a more reliable descendant for you." Liu Xuexun said deliberately.

"This is not necessary, anyway, our old Wang family has a big business, there is no more than me, and there is no less than me, if there are no descendants, in the end they will still be hunted down and killed by the imperial court, it is better for me to go alone comfortably, so as not to suffer for future generations." Wang Sirui said.

"You...... You're unreasonable! Liu Xuexun trembled angrily, pointed at Wang Sirui and scolded.

It seems that there is no hope in Wang Sirui, and Liu Xuexun doesn't want to say anything more to Wang Sirui, so he turns around and wants to leave.

It's just that Liu Xuexun, who had just turned around, was a little unwilling in his heart, and before taking a step, he turned his head and said: "In a few days, the imperial court will let you go to Yulin Fort to face St. Shane, and then there will be soldiers and horses ambushed in the middle of the road, so you can do it yourself." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Xuexun left Wang Sirui's house without looking back.

Anyway, he has already said everything that should be said, if Wang Sirui really doesn't want to die like this, there will definitely be a way to deal with it at that time.

As long as Wang Sirui is still alive, then he will be grateful for Liu Xuexun's reminder, and it will be much easier for Liu Xuexun to recruit Wang Sirui at that time.

If Wang Sirui doesn't care about it and goes to death so willingly, then he Liu Xuexun is wrong.

As long as Wang Sirui died, Liu Xuexun immediately submitted his resignation to Li Hongzhang, since the emperor's dream cannot be realized, it is also a good choice to return to his hometown to live and be a soil emperor at home.

After Liu Xuexun left, Wang Sirui put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Although he rejected Liu Xuexun's invitation, Wang Sirui had to thank Liu Xuexun for reminding him, or saving his life.

If Wang Sirui didn't have the dream of the emperor in his heart, I'm afraid he would have accepted Liu Xuexun's invitation a long time ago. It's just that the path of the two is the same, and Wang Sirui's own strength is a thousand times that of Liu Xuexun, so Liu Xuexun's solicitation of Wang Sirui is bound to fail.

It's a pity that anything anyone can see clearly, but he, Liu Xuexun, can't see it clearly.

At this time, Wang Sirui's face no longer had the previous bohemian expression, but was replaced by a dignified face.

If they can live, who wants to die?

Not long after, Wu Yang, Wu Zixuan, Ma Sanru and others also entered the house, and under Wang Sirui's greeting, several people sat down together.

In fact, Wang Sirui had long expected that Liu Xuexun would come to him recently, but he didn't know what day it was.

So recently, at this time every night, Wang Sirui will order someone to cook a table of big fish and meat, if Liu Xuexun doesn't come after a while, then several people will eat it together.

And today, a few people originally wanted to come over, but they saw Liu Xuexun's figure, and it was not until Liu Xuexun left that these people entered the house.

"Brigade Commander, is there any movement over there?" Ma Sanru looked at the table of wine and food, but he just didn't have an appetite and asked with concern.

"Eat, eat, and talk about anything after eating." Wang Sirui waved his hand, picked up the chopsticks and didn't care about a few people, and grabbed a piece of braised pork first.

Seeing that Wang Sirui didn't mean to speak, several people had no choice but to pick up chopsticks.

It's just that this meal is tasteless, and everyone's mind is not on the dinner table. There was no news before, and although they were nervous and anxious, they were not unable to eat.

Now there is news, but Wang Sirui just doesn't tell them, which makes them anxious.

Therefore, the three of them did not eat much, and after simply eating a few pieces of meat, they put down the chopsticks. However, Wang Sirui's face was frank, and he didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and still ate the meat in a big gulp, but he never took a sip of wine.

Looking at the restless appearance of several people, Wang Sirui was also quite helpless in his heart.

This battle is still not enough training for these people, and now they are at best able to be qualified for the position of a battalion commander, and further up is a little insufficient.

At least for now, the three of them are still somewhat lacking in strategic vision.

Maybe it has something to do with the experience, after all, they have only been through one war, and they have only been in a few months, and although they have learned something, they have not yet had time to put it into practice, and this knowledge has not really become their own.

"The avenue is fifty, the sky is forty-nine, and people are one of them. There will always be a glimmer of life in everything, eat and eat, after eating, Lao Tzu will arrange tasks, if you want Lao Tzu's life, then you have to see if the knife in his hand is hard enough. Wang Sirui said very deeply.

Seeing Wang Sirui say this, the mood of the three of them also relaxed a little. As long as Wang Sirui has a way, what can he do? Even if they fail in the end, they have to fight.

Why is Wang Sirui so calm after knowing his fate? It's not because Wang Sirui has seen through life and death, and it's not that Wang Sirui already knew that this would be the result, as if he was resigned to his fate.

In fact, in Wang Sirui's heart, he already had a huge plan, but the implementation of this plan was very difficult.

Just like on the first day of negotiation, Wang Sirui didn't want to negotiate, and Li Hongzhang and Yixuan immediately told themselves that they would not need to negotiate in the future.

Wang Sirui was worried about how to implement his plan, and the same was Li Hongzhang and Yixuan, and the two still helped Wang Sirui solve the most difficult problem.

Die? For Wang Sirui's plan, perhaps only when Wang Sirui 'dies' can this plan be implemented smoothly.

"Brigade commander, the riot in the capital two months ago has been investigated, do you guess who is behind it?" Ma Sanru stuffed a piece of braised pork in his mouth and said indistinctly.

"Who else but Li Zhongtang?" Wang Sirui said not strangely at all.

In fact, as early as when he was reviewing the case file, Wang Sirui had already discovered the trick, and had already deduced that the driving force behind the scenes was likely to be Li Hongzhang, but there was no direct evidence to prove this, so Wang Sirui did not tell everyone, but asked them to continue to investigate.

This can not only prove Wang Sirui's guess, but also give Ma Sanru a chance to exercise, after all, this kind of thing will not be less in the future, Ma Sanru must improve his business level, nothing can improve faster than practice.

"Brigadier Commander, did you already know?" Ma Sanru looked at Wang Sirui with a shocked face, it took him two months to call a battalion of people and horses back and forth to find out about this matter, but he didn't expect Wang Sirui to already know.

"Guess!" Wang Sirui said casually, but after seeing Ma Sanru's depressed expression, he explained: "Yixuan doesn't have the courage or ambition, all the evidence tells us that this is done by the Manchurians, if it is really the Manchurians, will they be stupid enough to leave all the evidence?" Obviously, someone is deliberately trying to lure us. Since it wasn't done by the Manchurians, who else in the capital today could do this? I'm afraid there is no one except Li Zhongtang, right? (To be continued.) )