I watched Xiao Shunzi pack up his things, and I was at a loss for a while, I was going to regain my freedom tomorrow, but I couldn't be happy, for a long time, I was ruthless, for a person who would definitely kill me tomorrow, why should I bother. At this time, the servants of King Yong's Mansion came to report, saying that Guan Xiu, Dong Zhi, and Gou Lian had come to ask for a meeting. They have come to make a final effort, and their hearts are warm, no matter what, they are good people, since from now on, there will be no chance to drink at the same table, so you might as well take a candle night tour. I smiled and asked the servants to invite them in.

They were all smart people, and after chatting a few words, I knew that my mind had been decided, so we didn't say much, and we talked to our heart's content, and we couldn't sleep all night. When it was dawn, I looked at the dawn outside the window and said with a smile: "There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed. ”

Gou Lian said sadly: "Since Suiyun knows this, why do you want to take refuge in King Qi." ”

I smiled slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi is reckless and straightforward, I will just spend a few days under his command, after a while, I will leave Chang'an, when the time comes, we are friends rather than enemies, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Dong Zhi said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Qi is not willing to let Mr. leave?" ”

I just said lightly: "A few people, please go back, Jiang Mou left the Yongwang Mansion today, His Royal Highness has already said that he will see Jiang Mou, Suiyun can't go to see His Highness like this, he always has to bathe and change clothes, so as to say goodbye to His Highness." ”

Guan Xiu got up and said: "In this case, we won't bother Suiyun, and we won't go after a while, so as not to be sad and sad, and the one who is gloomy will only be goodbye." ”

Sending off the three strategists, I walked into the back of the wing, this room is a special bathroom, in the middle of the room is a bath about five zhang wide, the whole pool is paved with bluestone, the water inlet is in the center of the bath, above is a water lotus, under the bluestone at the bottom of the pool is laid with copper pipes, after heating the spring water from the garden, press the water inlet mechanism, and the warm spring water will be scattered from the lotus nozzle. When I went in, Xiao Shunzi was putting water into the pool, the water mist was everywhere, and the flying beads were jade, I smiled slightly, the royal enjoyment was really extraordinary, and I would think so every time I came in.

I untied my clothes, walked into the bath, and enjoyed the comfort of the hot bath, and said with a smile: "Xiao Shunzi, you say, will I build such a bath in the future?" ”

Xiao Shunzi didn't answer my words, I was a little strange, looking back, Xiao Shunzi seemed to be wandering outside the world, I shook my head strangely, but I didn't wake him up, he won't hide his heart in front of me, I think soon he will have something to say to me.

After bathing, I put on the clothes prepared by Xiao Shunzi, this is what I specially ordered, from the innermost underwear to the outermost Confucian shirt, it is all snow-white color, when I seriously put on one piece of clothing, Xiao Shunzi suddenly knelt on the ground, and said sadly: "Childe, please don't embarrass yourself like this." ”

I was slightly stunned, and the hand that was about to take the robe he handed over stopped, and asked, "Xiao Shunzi, what are you talking about?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "Childe is bent on avenging his wife, Xiao Shunzi knows, may I ask Childe, if you want to avenge your wife, what are your strategies." ”

I looked at him and said lightly: "You and I are closely related, I won't hide it from you, as early as after knowing the culprit, I have three strategies in my heart." ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "May I ask the son's decision?" ”

I took the Confucian shirt in his hand, and said slowly: "The next strategy is the most difficult, after I get out of Yongdu, I will have to hide in the market, waiting for the opportunity, the so-called wise man has a thousand thoughts, there must be a sparse, carefully waiting, there will be a chance to assassinate Li An, that is, the assassination is not successful, the embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the anthill, I travel the world, cultivate the forces that are dissatisfied with Li An, and now Dongchuan has not been sincerely obedient, Nanchu will re-establish the country, borrow the power of the world, and then there is King Yong on the side, I will finally have a day of revenge." It's just that killing the prince of a country is not a trivial matter, after the deed is completed, I need to scatter the wealth of my subordinates, and from then on wander the world, and the slightest carelessness is the fate of defeat. ”

Xiao Shunzi asked in a low voice, "May I ask Childe Zhongce?" ”

I put on a Confucian shirt and said lightly: "The middle strategy is better, the right hand of the prince Li An is the king of Qi, although the king of Qi is reckless, but the outside is thick and the inside is fine, he is really the best man in the world, if there is no King Yong, the king of Qi is not bad, I take refuge in the king of Qi, give advice for him, provoke his brother to disagree, and when the time comes, let him have civil strife Xiao Wall, whether it is cheap King Yong, or cheap King Qi, I will let the prince fold his wings after all, even if the goal is not achieved, it can also make Dayong civil strife, one avenges the country, and the other snow hates privately. ”

Xiao Shunzi kneeled forward and said, "May I ask the son's strategy?" ”

I tied my shirt and said with a smile: "This is the best policy is the most upright, I will return to King Yong, kill people with a knife, and make His Royal Highness King Yong kill his brother and kill his brother, and force his father to abdicate, not only will I get revenge, but the world will also get a Ming Monarch Holy Lord, the dawn of unification is close at hand, I Jiang Zhe can also leave a name in history, after the fact, or return to the countryside, or enjoy wealth and nobility, isn't this the best policy?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said solemnly: "Childe, over the years, Xiao Shunzi has always been by your side, how can Xiao Shunzi not understand, Childe clearly knows that taking refuge in King Yong is the best choice, why is he so stubborn, Childe's enemy is also the enemy of King Yong, as long as Childe returns to King Yong, when King Yong ascends to the great treasure, it is the time when Childe's revenge is avenged, Childe has always refused to return to King Yong, and deliberately provoked, forcing King Yong to kill Prince Yong and then quickly, in fact, as long as Childe obeys King Yong, wait until revenge, Childe will return to the mountains and forests, but also to win a peaceful enjoyment of more than a year, why take such a risk, although the childe is extraordinary, but the poison hidden by the Dayong royal family may not be able to be rescued, in case the son is unlucky, what is the use of Xiao Shunzi killing King Yong? ”

I said lightly: "These things, how I don't understand, but I act in my life, I can do whatever it takes to the enemy, but I never use scheming to those close to me, His Royal Highness King Yong, Kuang Dynasty Mingjun, put his heart in Suiyun, for Suiyun alone, how much thought was used, thousands of miles away, His Royal Highness undressed and pushed food, Suiyun is not hard-hearted, how can I not be moved, but I am favored by Nanchu in the front, and Dayong has a grudge in the back, and there is an estrangement in my heart. What's more, if you are sincere, you must do your best to conceive for Your Highness, if you don't have my plan, Your Highness may not have no chance of winning, although tragic, but the reputation is flawless, if I submit to Your Highness, Suiyun is a mortal, I can't help but take the opportunity to have a personal grudge, for my selfishness, hurt the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, if I am impartial, how can I be worthy of the fragrance of the fragrance of the soul, think about it, I don't want to hurt His Highness to leave a stigma in the history, nor do I want to be ashamed of my wife, only easy is difficult. As for the middle strategy, although it didn't hurt my mind, it inevitably hurt King Yong, such a Ming Jun, I can't work for it and I feel guilty, how can I bear to hurt him, so I have to use the next strategy. ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "The son refuses to serve King Yong, but it is for the sake of King Yong, but why force King Yong to kill the son, if you pretend to agree, after a period of time, what is the difficulty in escaping from Chang'an." ”

I smiled and said: "I have acted in my life, and I am not very cautious in small things, but I will never lie and deceive in such things, I refused to serve Prince De at the beginning, nor did I lie to him, and now I say that since I refuse to serve King Yong, I will never lie to him, not to mention that if I don't force King Yong to kill me, how can I cut off the mind of returning to King Yong." Xiao Shunzi, you remember, I am cheating to death today, it is indeed a bit dangerous, so if I am unlucky, you remember, do not avenge and hurt King Yong for me, His Royal Highness King Yong is not wrong, an overlord must not be soft-hearted. I just need you to remember, one day I will kill Li An for me, and then take my ashes back to Nanchu and bury me and Piaoxiang, can you agree? ”

Xiao Shunzi bowed his head to the ground, and only after a long time did he cry and said: "Childe's order, how can the slave not listen, if the son is unlucky, after I kill that Li An, I will return to Nanchu and guard the tomb for the son for the rest of my life." ”

I said lightly: "Thank you, in fact, I have a good chance of winning, you don't have to be sad, after this pass, there is nothing in the world to restrain Jiang, even if it is revenge, I will not sacrifice the rest of my life, you can rest assured." ”

Xiao Shunzi was silent, I knew he didn't believe me, in fact, what I said was true, I would never be crazy for revenge.

In King Yong's study, Li Zhen silently looked at a silver pot on the bookcase, Shi Yu stood in front of the case, and said worriedly: "Why doesn't Your Highness use the mandarin duck pot hidden by Dayong, but use this Zangfeng pot?" ”

Li Zhen said lightly: "Although the mandarin duck pot made by the previous dynasty is reliable, Jiang Zhe is familiar with the classics and is good at identification, so he may not not recognize the mandarin duck pot, this Zangfeng pot was sent by the king under Nanchu, the mechanism is exquisite, there is no flaw, let's use this pot, **Dan will not make the silver pot change color, Jiang Zhe will not notice." ”

Shi Yu had followed Li Zhen for many years, and he could feel the sadness in Li Zhen's heart, and couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, just now Guan Xiu and they came to report that Jiang Suiyun claimed that he would not be in trouble with King Qi for a long time. If His Highness can't bear it, he might as well let him go. ”

Li Zhen said indifferently: "Do you really think so?" ”

Shi Yu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said: "It's all the fault of his subordinates, encouraging His Highness to seek talents, but now His Highness can't pacify Nanchu, and the second can't get talents, it's all the responsibility of his subordinates, but this person, if he doesn't kill him, I'm afraid that his subordinates will be restless all night." ”

Li Zhen sneered slightly: "Without you, this king is too confident, thinking that the wise men of the world will serve Lonely, just do it for Jiang Zhe in the front hall, poor peerless talent, from now on the loess is buried deeply, this is the sins of this king, and it is also his misfortune." ”

Not far from the Yongwang Mansion, a gorgeous carriage waited quietly, in the car, Li Xianxi, the king of Qi, was overjoyed, and sitting opposite him was the princess Qin Zheng, now Qin Zheng is no longer a woman dressed as a man, dressed in a moon white palace dress, lightly sweeping her eyebrows, Tianxiang national color, she said lightly: "Isn't it that Hanlin scholar Jiang Zhe, why does His Royal Highness value him so much?" ”

A trace of ridicule flashed in Li Xian's eyes, and he said sincerely: "Back then, Zheng'er, your tongue was as sharp as a knife, and you didn't convince Prince De, but this person persuaded Zhao Jue in just a few words, it is said that this person accompanied Zhao Jue Pingshu, I have carefully studied Zhao Jue's strategy in Pingshu, and I saw that his style is different from the usual, it can be seen that Jiang Zhe is really talented, not to mention that I love this person's demeanor, it is not a word, even the second brother loves him very much, what is wrong with me breaking the knots and handing it over, it's not that I said you, Zheng'er, you are a talented woman in the world, Family background, appearance and talent are all the best choice, but your only flaw is that you lack the surname of humility and tolerance, no wonder, you are the proud daughter of the sky, this king has something to say, if you offend Mr. Jiang, don't blame this king for being ruthless. ”

Qin Zheng's eyes flashed a trace of anger, he was ordered to approach the king of Qi back then, this king of Qi was young, and he was a dignified character, and soon Qin Zheng fell in love, in Nanchu he fell into the trap of the king of Qi because of jealousy, and he became the fiancée of the king of Qi, but since then, the king of Qi has reverted to his old state, either going to the horse and the stage, or calling the eagle and chasing the beast, if he is about to leave, sometimes he is as dear as honey, sometimes cold as ice, he has not yet married into the palace, he has three or four children. hated himself for being fascinated and unable to extricate himself, and he was only recently married by the emperor's order, but although Li Xian respected himself very much on the surface, he drew a forbidden place in the inner courtyard of the palace, and he had cried to his master and father himself, but they all said that this was the true nature of King Qi Fengliu, and he could only abide by the woman's way and use tenderness to fetter with tenderness, and in desperation, he could only turn a blind eye, but now the king of Qi has intensified his efforts and actually let himself bow to a Nanchu captive, but she thinks about it, In the end, he didn't want to fall out with King Qi, so he had to endure and said: "The concubine obeys the order." ”

Li Xian smiled faintly, he knew this smart woman very well, she was arrogant, but she was a little less gentle, and she didn't have too much persuasion, he knew that Qin Zheng would not disobey his orders openly. Seeing that it was close to the agreed time, Li Xian said: "Okay, let's go to King Yong's Mansion." ”

The hall of Yongwang's Mansion is different, not as magnificent as the general palace, but broad and far-reaching, solemn and solemn, now Li Zhen is also wearing plain clothes, he originally had a heart of mourning in his heart, seeing Jiang Zhe, he was stunned, Jiang Zhe is also dressed in plain clothes, taking advantage of his delicate and elegant, slightly haggard appearance, it is even more graceful.

He felt a pang of regret in his heart, and his eyes fell on Shi Yu. Because he said that he wanted to kill Jiang Zhe today, Li Xian only brought Shi Yu to send him. Shi Yu's eyes were cold, and he shook his head slightly. Li Zhen no longer hesitated, and said with a smile: "Today, I said that I am seeing off Mr., knowing that Mr. is surnamed Gaojie, so I can only see him off with a glass of wine." Sir, don't shirk. With that, Shi Yu brought a black wooden tray with a Zangfeng pot and two silver cups on it.

My eyes swept over the Zangfeng pot, I couldn't help laughing, this Zangfeng pot was designed by me, sold through the Tianji Pavilion, in order to get a high price, only made three, each pot of gold, I can't think of reuniting in Dayong today, this pot has a mezzanine at the bottom, can hold a cup of venom, if you use this pot to harm people, as long as the venom is injected into the bottom of the pot, when pouring wine, as long as you hold down the lotus carving on the top of the pot, then the venom at the bottom of the pot flows to the mouth of the pot through the wall of the pot, and the lotus heart carved next to the mouth of the pot is poured into the wine glass, so with poison, God is unconscious, Of course, this poison must not discolor the silver pot, so that no one can use the Zangfeng pot to harm people, but also to make the drinker not suspicious. I didn't expect that this Tibetan Feng pot was used on myself today, I don't know if this is self-inflicted?

Li Zhen picked up the Zangfeng pot, poured a glass of poisonous wine first, then removed his thumb and poured himself a glass of pure wine, put down the wine jug, he picked up his wine glass, and said with a reluctant smile: "Sir, please drink this cup to the fullest, and from then on, it will soar and soar." ”

I took the cup of poisonous wine, thinking, if I work hard for this person, I am afraid that what I get in the end is just this cup of poisonous wine, looking at King Yong, seeing him forced a smile, a faint smile, thinking of this person's past grace, I couldn't help but say: "Your Royal Highness said that the sky is the table, it is unspeakably expensive, from now on, as long as the outer cultivation of the armor, the internal cultivation of virtue and politics, even if the prince is jealous, he does not dare to provoke easily, as for other things, there are wise men for His Royal Highness to plan, Zhe today said goodbye to His Royal Highness, today said that I am afraid to see each other indefinitely, may His Royal Highness say that he will dominate the world as soon as possible, so that the four seas will be peaceful, The people are happy, and although the clouds are far away in the rivers and lakes, they will also pray for His Highness at night. "My words are all from the bottom of my heart, I really don't blame him, he wants to kill me because I forced him to be too ruthless, the real dragon has its own scales, thinking that I will not see you again in the future, I can't help but say a few words in my heart, I can distinguish the poison in the wine, the ten thousand poisons I prepared are also highly poisonous medicines, but they can protect my heart and keep my surname, and tonight is a good opportunity for me to cheat death. Raise the silver cup, and I will drink this cup of poisoned wine.

Li Zhen took the wine glass from Jiang Zhe, his heart was very uneasy, he had never done this kind of thing to kill a virtuous person, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, at this moment hearing Jiang Zhe's heartfelt words, the right hand with a thousand powers trembled, at this time, seeing that Jiang Zhe was about to drink the poisonous wine, the blood in his chest surged, and suddenly reached out and pressed the wine glass.

I looked at Li Zhen's hand on the wine glass suspiciously, looking at his pale face, my heart was in chaos, although Li Zhen was just impulsive at first, but he quickly calmed down, he took the wine glass, and said lightly: "Although Mr. is a scribe, but he is bold-minded, not inferior to a strong man on the battlefield, you should use a big cup, you should not use this silver cup, come to someone, take my golden helmet." ”

After a while, the servant who served brought the helmet of the imperial golden armor worn by Li Zhen to kill the enemy, Li Zhen did not use the mechanism of the Zangfeng pot, opened the lid of the pot, poured all the wine in the pot into the golden helmet, raised his hands, and said: "Jiang Zhe, although you are a talented man in the prosperous land of Southern Chu, but your heart and surname are better than my border warriors in Dayong, this king uses the golden helmet to give wine, I hope you have a smooth journey." At this moment, Li Zhen no longer had resentment and resentment in his heart, but was peaceful, he thought to himself, I can't let Jiang Zhe be used by me, it's because I lack virtue and talent, if I kill an innocent sage, it means that the emperor is in front of me, what qualifications do I have to sit on.

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