In December of the first year of Southern Chu Zhihua, Jiang Zhe was forbidden in the palace of King Yong, although the king was doubly courteous, but Zhe was unyielding, Qi Wang Xian, quite fond of Zhecai, urged King Yong to forgive him, King Yong had no choice but to allow it, because Zhepin's surname was Gaojie, and he sent it with a golden helmet and wine, and Zhe Nai was grateful, so he descended to King Yong-

"The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"

I almost subconsciously took the golden helmet, and my mind was full of the scene of Li Zhen pressing on the wine glass, he actually let me go, let me go of a madman who had repeatedly offended him, and it was still a heart poison that could make his great cause discouraged. Somehow, my tears fell drop by drop, fell in the golden helmet, fell on the snow-colored placket, I could barely move, remembering that once Prince Yude realized that I could not be loyal to Nanchu, he was very wary of me, I was recuperating in Jianye, Prince De's secret agent was always monitoring me, remembering my last admonition, a heart for Nanchu, but in exchange for only derogatory, I thought I didn't care about these at all, until now I found that these are buried deep in my heart, which even I can't perceive, Or a sad past that I don't want to remember.

I picked up the golden helmet, and I didn't care about the wine splashing, I drank the wine in the helmet in one go, and thought to myself, this is probably the reason why Zhuge Wuhou did his best. The wine was sweet, I felt that my chest was like a fire, raised the golden helmet, I bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness is deeply gracious, although the minister is full of liver and brain, he can't repay in case, if His Royal Highness does not dislike the capriciousness of the minister, the minister Jiang Zhe is willing to serve His Highness." ”

Li Zhen was already disheartened, but I suddenly surrendered, for a while, I didn't know what to say, or Shi Yu was smart, gently pushed Li Zhen, Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to help me up, and said excitedly: "Sir, you have changed your mind, this king, this king really doesn't know what to say, hurry, hurry, hurry up." ”

Where did I, a powerless scholar, have room to resist, I was helped up by Li Zhen, and my mood has gradually calmed down, and I whispered: "If I don't meet at that time, I will be a hero of old age." Tang Wu met by chance. Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon. Looking at Li Zhen, he said lightly: "Your Highness is magnanimous, and the minister's surname is life, and the minister has nothing to repay, only by doing his best for His Highness can he compensate for these offenses to His Highness." ”

Li Zhen's hand shook and looked at me in shock, he was originally glad in his heart that he didn't kill Jiang Zhe, otherwise he wouldn't have lost the Magi, but listening to my tone, I actually knew about the poisoning in his wine.

I looked at Li Zhen, who looked uneasy, and smiled: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, if it weren't for His Highness's mercy, Zhe would not be willing to serve." ”

Li Zhen looked at Shi Yu, Shi Yu had already sent his subordinates away, and when he heard what I said, he couldn't help but tremble, and also looked at Li Zhen.

I was not vague, and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Shi doesn't have to be careful, Zhe was ashamed of His Highness's grace in the past, and it is natural for His Highness to give death, but now that things have changed, the ministers will not hold grudges, and please Your Highness Don't see the arrogance of these ministers." ”

I say this, not to expose the short, since I have decided to be loyal to King Yong, I have to take into account the way of getting along with the monarch and the minister, King Yong wants to kill me, and I deliberately provoke King Yong, if these are kept in mind, it will inevitably become a suspicion in the future, now I put it forward like this, King Yong will not feel ashamed of me, nor will he hate my offense to him, in the future, the monarch and the minister will naturally be at peace, but don't say that I think too much, since ancient times, there has always been a ridicule of the bird to hide the bow, but clearly speaking, the king is afraid of the hero is a reason, and the courtiers are also responsible for overstepping the minister's way, So I'm going to leave a way back for the future.

After Li Zhen's expression changed a few times, he finally became cheerful and said: "It's good that Mr. doesn't blame this king, I am willing to appoint Mr. as the Sima of Tiance Shuaifu, and work together with Ziyou to assist this king." ”

I bowed down again to thank you, and Li Zhen smiled bitterly: "Sir doesn't have to be so formal, I regard Sir as a teacher and friend, Sir should not be so estranged." ”

I smiled and said: "The gift of humility should not be wasted, how can it be rude to Suiyun, but if His Highness does not blame Suiyun for not being careful in the number of courtesies, Suiyun is not welcome." "This is my original intention, since I have submitted to King Yong, I will inevitably say that I will see each other in the future, if I am always respectful, how painful, anyway, before King Yong ascends the throne, I don't have to think too much about the number of etiquette.

The purpose has been achieved, I said with a straight face: "Your Highness, Suiyun also wants to talk to His Highness, but not now, please send someone to inform King Qi, just say that Suiyun suddenly relapsed from the old disease, so he had to stay to recuperate, King Qi must come to visit in person, Suiyun is courageous, please ask His Highness to serve the decoction, this is one, second, although Suiyun knows a little about Dayong, but the forces in the court and China are entangled, still not very clear, please Your Highness will send all the information that can be collected now, and after Suiyun researches, I will talk to His Highness in detail tonight, third, Guan Xiu and the others still don't know what is happening today, and they can't help but have some suspicions in their hearts, so they ask Mr. Ziyou to go and tell me that they might as well tell each other about today's matter in a vague way, so as to show His Highness's benevolence and the heart of the strategist, these three things are all crucial. ”

Li Zhen listened to my words, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Suiyun is really thoughtful, this king will do it immediately, this king will accompany Mr. to return to the guest house immediately, Ziyou, you go and inform King Qi first." Shi Yu and I looked at each other and smiled, Shi Yu hurried away, and I did the play to the end, let King Yong help me out of the hall, and Xiao Shunzi, who was waiting anxiously outside, saw me come out, hurriedly walked over, glanced at King Yong coldly, and said, "Childe, what happened." "Saying that, he took over King Yong and hugged me. I said lightly: "Xiao Shunzi, you have a way to make me sick temporarily, I want to see King Qi." ”

When Shi Yu told him that Jiang Zhe's old illness had relapsed, Li Xian's first reaction was that King Yong deliberately forced him to stay, but he thought about it, King Yong's methods would not be so clumsy, no matter what, Li Xian still proposed to see Jiang Zhe and leave Qin Zheng in the car, Li Xian went straight to Qi Fengxuan, his heart was full of anger, but when he walked into the room, he saw Jiang Zhe lying on the soft couch with a pale face, and his second brother, He was concentrating on a bowl of steaming decoction, blowing there, and when he saw himself coming in, he just smiled slightly, and said: "Sixth brother, Mr. Jiang talked with several staff members in my house last night, and today I will see him off. ”

Li Xian looked at Jiang Zhe's face and said angrily: "How could it be so coincidental, your medicine was fried as soon as he got sick." ”

Li Zhen said lightly: "Since Mr. Jiang arrived at the palace, he has to take medicine almost every day, which is a common practice, so he ordered my brother to prepare a decoction at any time, fortunately, Mr. suddenly fell ill today, if there is no medicine, I am afraid that Mr. will be sick again." ”

I opened my eyes with difficulty, and cursed in my heart why Xiao Shunzi was so serious, the wisp of cold true qi that entered my body made me feel cold, and my movements were difficult, and I said weakly: "Suiyun has been suffering from illness since he was sick in Shu, and he has often attacked, regardless of the moment, and he can't think of rushing to this day, he is really ashamed of His Royal Highness the King." With that, I coughed a few times.

His Royal Highness King Yong lightly tasted the decoction and said, "Okay." "Let's let Xiao Shunzi help me up, and King Yong will feed the medicine himself. After I took the medicine, my face seemed to be better, and I said, "Two highnesses, after Suiyun takes the medicine, I have to take a nap, and please don't be surprised by the two highnesses." ”

King Yong hurriedly said: "Sir, please rest well, this king is leaving." ”

I nodded slightly, looked at King Yong with "grateful" eyes, and then seemed to fall asleep slowly.

King Yong got up and said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, let's not disturb Mr., let's go outside and talk." ”

Out of Qi Fengxuan, Li Xian said with a blank expression: "Providence is like this, it seems that you have won, second brother." ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "The sixth brother is too careful, and when Mr. Jiang recovers from his illness, he will naturally go to the Qi Palace." ”

Li Xian sneered: "He is well ill, the dignified Marshal Tiance, His Royal Highness King Yong, personally serves the decoction, if he is not tempted again, I will be strange." ”

Li Zhen said in his heart, I didn't do much in the past, but unfortunately he just refused to submit, but he said: "The sixth brother is too careful." ”

Li Xian brushed his sleeves away, went out of the mansion, did not get into the car, dragged a guard's horse, whipped it angrily, the horse neighed, galloped away, Li Xian ignored the call of the person behind him, and left angrily.

In Qi Fengxuan, I asked Xiao Shunzi to untie the prohibition on my body, and said with a smile: "I have cold sweat and wine on my body, hurry, I want to bathe." ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled: "I've been ready for a long time, don't I know Childe's temper?" ”

I looked at him and said, "You don't ask me how I changed my mind." ”

Xiao Shunzi said lightly: "More than ten zhang distance, I heard it very clearly, Childe's decision Xiao Shunzi will never doubt it, Childe rest assured, as long as Xiao Shunzi is here, no one can hurt Childe." ”

The tone of his voice was so indifferent and so resolute, my heart warmed, and said: "Of course, Xiao Shunzi, you have to practice hard, I can protect myself in the sea of eunuchs, but there is another world in the world, if there is a top master to assassinate me, it will be up to you." ”

A hint of excitement flashed in Xiao Shunzi's eyes, but he said coldly: "Don't worry, Childe, I have already understood the sword score given to me by Childe, although there are some people I can't win, but no one wants to pass my level easily." ”

I nodded, Xiao Shunzi has never boasted, but I asked suspiciously: "I remember that there are some sword books that you said you need masculine true qi, how can you use it now?" ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled faintly: "Childe is proficient in Yili, don't you know the truth of yin and yang?" ”

I looked at Xiao Shunzi's joy that I couldn't hide, although I didn't understand it, I also knew that Xiao Shunzi's martial arts had reached a new realm, and I thought, I've heard people say that it takes more than 20 years to practice before he can enter the house, why is Xiao Shunzi only in his early twenties this year, so powerful, could it be that he is really a genius in martial arts. But I don't know that most of my cranky thoughts are right, Xiao Shunzi is talented and smart, his surname is persevering, and the martial arts he practices are in line with his physical condition, plus he has followed me over the years, and he has made great achievements in literature and science, so he can have today's achievements, although he is still far behind the three great masters, but he has far exceeded the top masters in the ordinary sense.

Changed into a green coat, I happily followed Shi Yu to the confidential study of King Yong's mansion, which is located on the right side of the palace, heavily guarded, in this ordinary study, but all the confidential documents of the palace are stored, except for King Yong himself and Shi Yu, no one else can enter without permission, taking care of the study is four ten-year-old scholars, these people are all well-behaved, vigorous, it can be seen that they are all the henchmen of King Yong, change a time, as long as an edict, you can become King Yong's right-hand man, I secretly praised King Yong is indeed extraordinary, and then walked into the study, began to inquire about the information I need to know, although Xiao Shunzi has already told me the information from Chen Zhi, but how can it be compared to the comprehensive information collected by King Yong, the scholar who stayed to serve me is very effective, I asked for documents according to the catalog, he can get it immediately, although there is no Xiao Shunzi to serve around, a little unaccustomed, but it doesn't matter, I will work in my own study in the future, the things here, I have read it once.

Li Xin once again peeked at the handsome young man in his twenties, his heart full of curiosity. Li Xin's father was the personal guard of King Yong, died in an assassination, leaving only an orphan, Li Zhen saw that he was lonely, so he took him to the house to take care of, after a few years, his diligence and loyalty and wit were appreciated by Li Zhen, and he was given a name and surname into the confidential study, although the action here is strictly restricted, but to be able to participate in the secret, follow the side of His Royal Highness King Yong, it is even more beneficial, and King Yongwang has long said that when they become adults, they will be allowed to go out to be officials, Li Xin knows very well that this is a road to Qingyun, Of course, the price is that he needs to be loyal forever, and no matter how not to be overly cautious, so curiosity is the biggest shortcoming, there was once a scholar who was curious to peek at the paperwork, violated the rules, and was found by King Yong, His Royal Highness, who has always been kind, was furious, and ordered to be killed with a cane, Li Xin will always remember the tragic situation at that time, so he never exceeded his duty, he understood that he should not guess the identity of this young man, but when he found that His Royal Highness King Yongwang was waiting for this young man in another study, He still couldn't help but be curious.

In another study, although Li Zhen was looking at the book of soldiers, he was always uneasy, he looked at Shi Yu and said, "Ziyou, you better go and rest, this king will wait for him himself, don't be too tired." ”

Shi Yu said with a smile: "Today, as soon as Jiang Suiyun returns to His Royal Highness, he will act resolutely, first let the King of Qi let go, and then let the strategists rest assured, Ziyou is very impressed, so I also want to know what strategy he will offer to His Highness, and his eagerness is not under His Highness." ”

Li Zhen smiled: "Yes, I am really looking forward to his advice, the current situation is very clear to you, this king is trapped in the net, the more he struggles, the tighter the net is strangled, I really want to know what way he can get this king out of the encirclement." Thinking about it, it really scared the king into a cold sweat, if I really killed Jiang Zhe, I'm afraid it will be a catastrophe. ”

Shi Yu said: "Yes, thanks to His Highness's benevolence, otherwise Jiang Zhe would not be willing to be convinced, his subordinates think about it, I'm afraid our minds are in his hands, and now this cup of wine is probably Jiang Zhe's test for His Highness." ”

Li Zhen said suspiciously: "But if this king hadn't reined in from the precipice, would he really have drunk that cup of poisonous wine?" ”

Shi Yu smiled bitterly: "This subordinate can't know about his arrangement, but since things haven't come to that point, His Highness doesn't have to bother." ”

Li Zhen also smiled: "Yes, what else does this king worry about in the past, Ziyou, I'm afraid he won't come out soon, we might as well play a game of chess, and kill time." ”

Shi Yu said: "Since His Highness has this Yaxing, his subordinates will naturally accompany him, and I ask His Highness to show mercy." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, put on the chessboard, and played against each other.

After a while, the scholar Li Zhong walked in and reported: "Your Highness, when my subordinates went to deliver tea, I saw that Mr. Jiang seemed a little bored, and Mr. Jiang asked where his subordinates were. ”

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, looked at Shi Yu, Shi Yu's mind turned, and said: "Your Highness, your subordinates see that Jiang Zhe relies on the Li Shun beside him very much, and it seems that he can't leave him for a moment, and that Li Shun is also loyal to Jiang Zhe, it is better to let Li Shun go in and serve, anyway, Li Shun will inevitably come into contact with secrets in the future." ”

Li Zhen thought for a while and said: "Yes, Li Shun is not an ordinary person, there must be a deep friendship between their master and servant, Li Zhong, you sent someone to Qi Fengxuan to summon Li Shun to serve in the study." ”

After a while, Li Zhong came back and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Shi, Mr. Jiang is very happy, Li Xin replied, that Li Shun is very well-behaved, just concentrating on serving, and never paying attention to the content of the documents." ”

Only then did Li Zhen put his mind at ease and said, "That's good, Ziyou, it's your turn." ”

Shi Yu looked at the chessboard and said with a smile: "Your Highness's mind does not belong, it seems that your subordinates are going to win this game of chess." ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and looked at the trapped white dragon and said, "Yes, this king has lost." ”

Shi Yu said: "This is the concentration of his subordinates, His Highness doesn't have to worry about that side, don't let your subordinates win the next game." ”

Li Zhen said while picking out the chess pieces: "Okay, look at the blood of the king who killed you." ”

The two gradually plunged in, when the third game of chess ended, Shi Yu got up and looked out the window, it was dawn, it was dark outside the window, Li Zhen looked at the chessboard, and said, "This king won half a son." ”

Shi Yu said with a smile: "Your Highness's chess strength is extraordinary, as long as you put a little effort into it, your subordinates will be defeated." ”

At this moment, Li Zhong came in and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Shi, Mr. Jiang, please see Your Highness." ”

When Li Zhen heard this, he didn't care about picking any more chess pieces, jumped up and said, "How does he look?" ”

Li Zhong said: "Although the gentleman looked a little tired, his bearing was very peaceful, and he joked with the villain, saying that let the villain drag His Royal Highness out of the dormitory?" ”

Li Zhen's heart that had been hanging all night finally let go, he let out a long breath and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Shi Yu looked out the window and said in surprise: "Your Highness, look." ”

Li Zhen looked up and saw that outside the window, the dawn sun had broken through the thick clouds, and the eastern sky had turned white. Li Zhen smiled and said, "Good sign, let's go, let's go see Jiang Zhe?" After saying that, he walked out, Shi Yu looked at Li Zhenlong's heroic posture, and couldn't help but let go of a big stone in his heart, and followed.

The end of the first part.

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