At this time, King Huai was very calm, sitting on a stone platform surrounded by soldiers, fiddling with chess pieces in his hands. He has been focusing on the chessboard in front of him, and the endgame formed on it is the final endgame of Liu Yu and Meng Chuliang. And in this endgame, both sides seem to have opportunities, so King Huai is also thinking about something with his head down.

Liu Yu didn't expect to see the leader of the enemy in such a situation, a hero. If King Huai came to him, there was only one explanation, that is, he already knew his true identity, and this leaker was likely to be Liu Liniang.

Liu Yu searched for Liu Liniang's figure in the crowd, but found nothing.

"This is His Royal Highness King Huai, salute."

Walking to the stone platform, Zhou Ying reminded.

Liu Yu pretended to be very frightened, bowed and saluted, King Huai was originally intoxicated with the chess game, and when he heard the sound, he turned around in astonishment, and saw a man who looked like a northern man standing not far from his side, nodded with a smile, and there were not many heroes and heroes.

"Little brother, please."

King Huai gestured in front of the stone platform, meaning to let Liu Yu sit down. This stone platform is very smooth, and it can only be made cross-legged or kneeling on it, Liu Yu pretended to be respectful and said: "The grass people don't dare." ”

"Why be formal, you don't want to be a king of what kind of king I am, I'm just an ordinary chess friend, seeing such a wonderful chess game, my heart is itching, so I will come out to meet you and make a friend."

Huai Wang said it easily, Liu Yu didn't think that things would be as simple as he said.

Being able to stop him under Shuiximen so accurately, and bringing so many officials here, is obviously not good. And tonight, there was an assassination incident in the Huaiwang Mansion. This King Huai won't be counted on his head, right?

Now Liu Yu is also thinking about it. Once King Huai knew his identity. Will it hurt the killer. As the right-hand man of the new emperor, he has killed him for a hundred, but now the relationship between the court and the king of Huai is very delicate. It is unrealistic for King Huai to suppress the news.

"A grass people, don't dare to make a mistake in front of His Royal Highness King Huai." Liu Yu said, "The chess skills of the grass people." Compared with Meng Xiangguo, there is still a gap, today is just good luck and smooth chess. ”

Huai Wang Dalu smiled and said: "Little brother, you are not only good at chess, but also quite modest. With so many moves sprinkled with chess, the drips that can be defended are not leaky, and each move can be considered beyond three moves, if this is not a master, I am afraid that there is no one in the world who can play chess. ”

As he spoke, King Huai took out a chess game, and Liu Yu glanced at it under the light of the torch. But it was the whole game of chess in the afternoon. Meng Chuliang can remember the score is not bad, which is also rare.

King Huai sighed. continued: "Originally, I would like to play a game with you and find out what it feels like to play against a master. It's a pity that you're in a hurry to leave, but you want to go back to the north? ”

Liu Yu replied: "His Royal Highness King Huihuai, that's exactly the case. There are some things at home in the north that must be handled in a hurry, and you can't stay in Huaidi for a long time. ”

King Huai's face regained a bit of prestige, and said: "This king knows that there is a guy in the north who is very restless and self-guarding, and always wants to fight with the Turks. Presumably it was the little brother that you heard something, there is going to be a war over there, this war, your business will also come, this king is right, right? ”

"His Royal Highness King Huai is talking about the Marquis of Dingguo?"

"Yes, yes, that's the old guy. He is the same age as this king, and when he first saw him in the capital, he was very stubborn, and he was brainless, and he couldn't pull back a few cows for anything he recognized. This time the imperial court sent him to pacify the Turks, do you think that if he doesn't make a roll call and come out, will he give up? ”

Liu Yuxin said, this is an extraneous reason!

Now King Huai knows his identity nine times out of ten, but he is here to talk about it, clearly to tell him, don't expect your dad to come back to save you! The Marquis of Dingguo did not hit the southern wall and did not look back, and the border army had been divided into the competition for this civil war.

"Back to His Royal Highness the King of Huai, the decision of the imperial court and the Marquis of Dingguo, a grass people can't care about it."

King Huai smiled: "That's right, you see that this king is talking nonsense when he meets his opponent." In fact, this king just wants to say, you should also go back to the north earlier, with the border war, your business opportunities will also come out, and when the north settles down, your business is less, and then come to Huaidi, this king will play a game of chess with you. ”

The provocation is clearly stated.

The fire in Liu Yu's heart also rose, and this King Huai was a little too blind.

King Huai continued to ponder the chess game in front of him, and did not speak, neither did Liu Yue go, nor did he stay. At this moment, the riverbank was lively again, a graceful figure in a military uniform and heroic posture, escorted a young man over, and when he arrived in front of King Huai, the woman pushed the bound prisoner forward, and the young man knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"The king is gracious, the villain has been blinded by lard, please be merciful, the villain will definitely atone for his sins."

The woman was Liu Liniang, and this young man Liu Yu had never seen it. Seeing that this young man was dressed in a beggar's suit, obviously wearing makeup and wanting to mix out of Jiankang City, that is, he offended King Huai and wanted to escape for his life and ascend to heaven.

Liu Liniang's face was calm at this time, she looked unattainable, and she didn't see any charming expression, not only Liu Yue was surprised, but even Zhou Ying on the side didn't expect Liu Liniang to appear in front of him again in this way. Zhou Ying didn't know the true identity of Liu Liniang at all.

"Wenliang, little brother, are you surprised?" Huai Wang looked at Liu Yu and Zhou Ying with a smile, "Actually, Li Niang is not the weak and dusty woman in front of you, but a heroine." Even compared to the famous female general of the Great Shun Dynasty in Chang'an City, it is not inferior at all. Ha Luha, do you think it's very different from what you saw before? ”

Hearing this, Liu Yu hurriedly put away his gaze at Liu Liniang, but Zhou Ying looked at Meng Chuliang with a calm face with some puzzlement, and Meng Chuliang said, "Go back and tell you." ”

King Huai's gaze turned to the young man who was kneeling on the ground trembling, the mercy on his face was gone, and he changed to a cold face, even a little cold.

"Shaoyi, this king used to value you very much, there are so many descendants of the Lu family, you are the only one who is talented, and your grandfather once said this to this king." King Huai seemed to be sighing, and his words changed, "Is it that after your Lu family suffered a catastrophe, you spread this hatred on the head of this king, and you began to be disobedient?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare!" The young man said with his head still on the ground.

"Don't dare?" King Huai sneered, "If you don't dare, you dare to leak the information of Huaidi out of Lu and help them assassinate this king, do you know what kind of crime it is?" ”

The young man just kowtowed blindly, probably because King Huai was very merciful on weekdays, and he also hoped to use such a way to admit his mistakes in exchange for King Huai's understanding.

As for the Lu family, Liu Yu had heard of it before. The Lu family was one of the three major families in Huaidi, but after that, because of the rise of the other two major families, the Zhou family and the Yun family, the Lu family gradually lost power, and later, although the Lu family paid a lot of tribute to Huaidi, the land was still occupied by the king of Huai, and the head of the Lu family also committed suicide and died.

And this young man surnamed Lu is likely to be the only remaining blood and bone of the Lu family. According to King Huai, tonight's assassination is likely to have something to do with him.

King Huai sighed and asked Meng Chuliang: "Brother Meng, what do you think should be done with this person?" ”

"Kill!"

Meng Chuliang said coldly.

King Huai sighed: "This king was also indebted to the Lu family at the beginning, and Shaoyi didn't have the intention to put this king in danger this time, so it is better to spare him once." Wenliang, what do you think? ”

King Huai turned to look at Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying was a little unsure of King Huai's intentions now, so he still followed King Huai's tone and said: "What the king said is true, it is better to leave him a dog to live, so as to see the after-effects." ”

"Hmm." King Huai nodded, and he didn't know whether he agreed with Zhou Ying's statement or nodded subconsciously, "The death penalty can be avoided and the living crime is unforgivable, little brother, if you are a businessman, how should you deal with a traitor who eats inside and out?" ”

Liu Yu didn't expect that he was an outsider, and King Huai would also ask his opinion.

Liu Yu said respectfully: "The affairs of the military state, the grass people dare not discuss it!" ”

"I don't dare to talk about it, you're right." King Huai sighed, "Everyone should know their identity, know what they should do and what they should not do." Just like a minister, he must have the heart of a king, and know that he wants to stabilize the country. Look at him, did he do that? ”

No one answered King Huai's question.

King Huai turned his head, continued to look at the chessboard, and shouted: "Chop!" ”

Then the man surnamed Lu was dragged down, and a miserable howl like a stupid pig was heard from afar.

The Qinhuai River at night is a little desolate, even if there are many people here, but because of the existence of King Huai, only the sound of the wind can be smelled in the ears. King Huai pondered for a long time and said, "Little brother, go back to the north." Looking back, after playing this game of chess with Meng Xiangguo, I expect that although this game of chess can persist from the disadvantage at the beginning to the endgame, it will be you who will lose in the end. Believe it or not, you'll know when you turn around. ”

When King Huai spoke, he was like a wise old man, making a decision on a game of chess that had not yet been decided. But Liu Yue knew that the outcome of this game of chess was still five or five, or rather, King Huai's words were pointing to him in the battle for the world.

This game of chess is like a portrayal of the battle between the imperial court and the king of Huai, the imperial court lost its rook at the beginning and was at a disadvantage. After that, although he stubbornly resisted to the endgame, he was still unable to return to the sky, and this should be what King Huai meant.

King Huai looked at Liu Liniang and said: "Liniang, you help this king send guests, there are many checkpoints on the waterways outside the city, without you, I'm afraid that this boat won't be able to reach the big river, go back quickly." ”

"Yes!" Liu Liniang respectfully accepted the order.

Liu Liniang was still unfazed by Liu Yu's face, and made a gesture of please, Liu Yu was in front, Liu Liniang was behind, and the front and rear feet boarded the board. As the ship set sail, the walls of Jiankang City gradually disappeared into the night. (To be continued......)