Xiao Tianzi walked into the secret room with heavy steps, leaned on the door frame, looked at Yongshi who was sitting with his eyes closed, and didn't say anything for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Yong's eyebrows raised slightly, opened his eyes, and glanced at Xiao Tianzi indifferently, frowning lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Zi stretched his hand out of his sleeve, and between his fingers he held a curly note, densely written with words. Yongshi glanced at it and said unhappily: "I told you, don't bother me with those things in the court, I'm not interested, and I'm not in the mood to help you solve it." ”

"No, Master, you must be interested in this." Xiao Tianzi sniffed and raised his head, his nasal voice was a little heavy. "Yingzi's mother...... He's dead. ”

"What?" Yong's shot was like the wind, Xiao Tianzi didn't react at all, and the note had already reached Yong's hand. Yongshi held the note in one hand, waved the wind with the other, and the palm suddenly became much brighter, illuminating the note, she looked at the note with a palm like a torch, and read it twice in a row, then laughed, took the palm, folded the finger strip carefully, put it in the sleeve cage, and laughed loudly: "This slut is still dead after all, hahaha......"

Zi looked at Yongshi quietly, as if looking at a beast, with deep fear in his eyes. He could roughly guess who the woman in front of him was, he had heard Liu Xiu talk about Yingzi's tragic experience many times, and knew that the tragedy of Yingzi's family was all because of this woman's palm. And Yingzi's mother is likely to be the daughter of the woman in front of her, at least her disciple, but this woman is planning to kill her daughter in order to cultivate for herself. She said that in order to help him kill Liu Xiu, she had to get rid of the people who might be hindering them first. But he knew that she had always wanted to kill Eiko's mother for this. She's been hunting them down for a long time.

What kind of person is this, so ruthless and ruthless?

"You don't seem to be happy?" Yongshi sensed Xiao Tianzi's uneasiness. Suppressed his smile and restored his tranquil and empty appearance. She looked at the range on the opposite side and motioned for Xiao Tianzi to sit down and speak.

Zi sat down silently, and after a long time, he lowered his head and said: "When I was fostered in the Chu Palace, Yingzi was my best friend, although she had no blood relationship with me, but she cared about me like a real big sister. Love me. Now that her mother is dead, I think she must be very sad, and I am the one who made her kill her. I don't know how I'll see her again in the future. ”

"Don't dare to see her, then don't see her, or. Just kill her. Yong's tone was calm, as if he was just talking about something that had nothing to do with him, or even just killing a chicken or a sheep. Since you want to be a wise man, you want to reign over the world. How can you be so indecisive and have a long love for children? Don't you hear that heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, and saints are unkind, and people are dogs? If you want to be a wise man, you have to cut off these worldly feelings, just like you can't have any nostalgia for cultivation. ”

"Just like the master?" Xiao Tianzi couldn't help but sneer at him.

Yong's eyes tightened, sharp as a knife, forcing Xiao Tianzi not to dare to look at her, and lowered his head weakly. The corners of Yong's mouth were slightly raised, and there was indescribable coldness and ruthlessness in his smile. "Yes, just like me. I won't hide it from you, that slut is my daughter, and Yingzi is my granddaughter. I have today's achievements because I can forget my feelings, whether it is a daughter or a son, I can be like an ant, without a trace of concern. I'm ruthless, so I'm strong, so strong that you don't even dare to look at me, so strong that even Liu Xiu, who has a heavy army, offends me, and can only shrink in his palace and dare not come out, even so, he can't escape my palm, and when my strength recovers, even if there are more armor soldiers around him, it will be difficult to block my blow. ”

Zizi was shocked, his lips were white, and he didn't even have the courage to raise his head. He didn't dare to look at Yong, but he knew that Yongshi was looking at him, because Yong's cold eyes circled back and forth on his neck, as if there was an invisible knife like a knife, gesturing, thinking about how to start and cut off his neck. The gaze was like a mountain, and he couldn't even lift his head.

"What's the use of benevolence and righteousness, what's the use of kindness, in front of the real avenue, those are just floating shadows, fleeting, only the avenue is eternal." Yongshi exhaled softly, his tone was a little calmer, and Xiao Tianzi felt a little more relaxed. "Let's take the Emperor Xiaowu you often mention, his favorite in his later years was Mrs. Gouyi's mother and son, but in order to let his son Liu Fuling succeed to the throne smoothly, and it would not form a situation where the mother is strong and the child is young, he killed his most beloved woman and handed over the power to Huo Guang and others, who had nothing fundamental. Let's talk about your first emperor, at that time, he prepared four ministers for you, why didn't he have the strongest Liu Xiu? Doesn't he know that the person you trust the most and want to get close to the most is Liu Xiu? No, if he had done that, you would not have been an emperor by now. These truths, you should know better than me, Han Feizi said it very clearly, the king only has the world in his eyes, and everyone else is his enemy, such as his brothers, parents, not to mention courtiers. ”

Zi nodded silently.

"Okay, you go out, you think about what I said. If you still can't let go of those worldly feelings, I don't think you need to cultivate the Tao. has a good set of qualifications in vain, but he can't see through these falsehoods, and it is useless to cultivate. After speaking, Yongshi closed his eyes and never looked at Xiao Tianzi again.

Zi cowardly saluted and withdrew. Standing in the warm sun, he still felt cold, without a trace of heat. Yong's words echoed in his ears, and her eyes without a trace of heat were like a letter from a poisonous snake, licking his face, making him cold to the bone, trembling, and walking on thin ice.

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Yi Shui, Yuan Shao was wearing a brand-new chun shirt, holding a willow branch that had just sprouted buds in his hand, looking at the ice surface that had melted away, and let out a long breath. The warm sunlight shining on the body makes the body that has been covered for a winter very relaxed, and it also makes the mood of worrying about a winter become lighter.

Good news came one after another. First of all, it was cold and chaotic, Lu Bu shouted that the wolf was coming in response to Liu Xiu, but the wolf did not come, but the tiger came. Murong Feng, who had been recuperating in the west for several years, frequently appeared in the areas of Zhangye and Jiuquan, making Liangzhou and the Western Regions uneasy. In order to stabilize Liangzhou, Zhenbei General Zhao Yun has withdrawn from Jizhou, and now there are only Yellow Turban Marshal Zhang Yan and more than 30,000 Yellow Turban troops left in the north of Jizhou, and those rabble dare not provoke him at all, Zhang Yan is cowering in Changshan County, not daring to make any moves. His right flank was already safe, and when Chun finished ploughing, he sent troops to drive Zhang Yan out of Changshan, and even harvested the wheat he planted.

The threat of the right wing has been lifted, and the left wing has eased a lot. Because the contradiction between Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi further deteriorated, Gan Ning, who was stationed in the Bohai Sea, finally left, he entered Qingzhou, and put on a posture to march into Luoyang. And in order to protect Gyeonggi, Cao Cāo has already transferred Jingrui to the area of Chenliu, ready to enter the Guanqin King at any time.

The situation suddenly became very favorable to Yuan Shao. He was considering whether to accept Fu Zhu's suggestion and return to Yecheng to preside over the overall situation, if he could seize the important town of Liyang while Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi were biting each other, and take all the places in Hebei, it would be much easier to counterattack in the future.

However, Guo Tu does not approve of this, and his reasons are clear. Liu Xiu and the Son of Heaven bit each other again, but after all, they haven't torn their faces yet. From Liu Xiu's acceptance of the Son of Heaven's explanation, he recognized that Liu Yuanqi had fallen off the cliff, and the Son of Heaven gave Liu Xiu a lot of compensation for violating the system, such as letting Liu Xiu have 10,000 Jing Rebu horses as the king of Chu, and letting his confidant Fu Xie serve as the minister of Chu, in fact, giving Liu Xiu the entire county of Nanjun, which is the heaviest weight of the feudal province among all the princes and kings. So far, Xiao Tianzi has not asked Liu Xiu for Yizhou and other prefectures and counties, and has always tacitly acquiesced that Liu Xiu continues to control those places, which is enough to show that none of them want to tear their faces, at least not at present.

Why? The reason is very simple, the lord is still there, Jizhou has not yet been pacified, and they don't want the lord to have a chance to breathe. Today's plan, it is best to let Liu Xiu and them forget about the lord, how can they still stimulate them? As soon as Jizhou makes a big move, their attention will be attracted here, and when the time comes, the contradiction will be temporarily put aside, and the little emperor will once again drive the expedition, how long can Jizhou resist with its current strength?

Yuan Shao accepted Guo Tu's suggestion, and had a fierce dispute with Fu Zhu for this, and Fu Zhu was furious, saying that he was frightened by Liu Xiu, even if Liu Xiu was now the king of Chu, it was impossible to lead the troops to fight, he was still afraid of Xiu like a tiger. Yuan Shao was very angry, but he didn't blame Fu Zhu, on the contrary, he promised in front of everyone that as long as Liu Xiu and the Son of Heaven tore their faces and fought each other, he would personally lead the army to attack, and when the time came, he would ask Fu Zhu for advice. But for now, please put your efforts on Chun Farming and the implementation of the New Deal, raise more grain and grass, and prepare for future attacks.

Fu Zhu didn't say anything more, so he had to go and bargain further with those big clans in Jizhou. Now Yuan Shao only has Jizhou left in his hands, if he wants to fight on many fronts, military expenditure is a heavy burden, in order to let those Jizhou clans continue to support him, he can only open up the benefits of industry and commerce, and learn from Liu Xiu to implement the new policy. However, it is not easy to learn from Liu Xiu to implement the new policy, Liu Xiu used the profits of industry and commerce to redeem the land in the hands of the big clans, because the profits of industry and commerce that he gave up were rich enough to make those big clans profit more after giving up the land. Jizhou does not have such conditions at present, it is difficult to sell all kinds of products produced in Jizhou, during the war, the border is tightly defended, the trade between the hostile sides is too restricted, the profit is limited, and it is not enough to make those big clans give up the land in their hands.

In fact, this is not a bad thing for the industry and commerce in Jizhou, Yuan Shao knows very well that once the ban is lifted, it will be a disaster, and goods from other states will swarm in, completely squeezing the local merchants in Jizhou.

Under these circumstances, Yuan Shao had no choice but to adopt a compromise approach, offering military rations in lieu of ceding land, and those who signed contracts had to promise to provide a large amount of military rations in order to obtain the right to monopolizes such as salt and iron. After making such concessions, the new policy can finally be implemented smoothly, and many big clans rushed to Yixian County to discuss with Yuan Shao and sign a contract.

So Yuan Shao's ears were quiet, and his mood was better.