When he came to the king's palace with apprehension, the guards found the national teacher coming from afar, and immediately greeted him and said, "Is there anything urgent about the national teacher's late night visit?" Wang Shang worked hard day and night and just fell asleep, you see-"

The national teacher knew what the guards meant, and if there was nothing important, don't disturb the king's rest. The national teacher said the lines that he had thought of a long time ago, and said: "I was forced to visit late at night, and I planned to resign from the king this time." ”

"Huh?!" The guard was surprised, "Why is this the national teacher, where are you going?" ”

"I am already in my old age, and I have been assisting the king for a long time, and now my physical strength is gradually unable to keep up, and I want to report to the king, resign, and live in seclusion in the mountains and wilderness."

The national teacher does not have the majesty of being a national teacher at this time, but it is like an old man talking to the next generation, the guard He has experienced the abnormal posture of the national teacher tonight, but he is very affected by this feeling in his heart, and feels that the national teacher is very approachable, and does not treat them as a current person.

The guard then said with regret: "I can understand the yearning of the national teacher in my heart, you are here later, and I will report it for you." ”

With a look of gratitude, the national teacher nodded slightly, and watched the guards drift away.

The guards came to the gate of the king's palace and said to the eunuch who was guarding the door: "If you report to the king, you will say that the national teacher came to resign in the middle of the night and wanted to meet him." ”

The eunuch was embarrassed, but he still dragged a long, high-pitched voice towards the gate of the palace and whispered: "The king--Shang-the national teacher visits--requests an audience-"

As soon as the voice fell, a deep and eager voice came from inside, "Hurry up and invite the national teacher in." ”

When the eunuch heard this, he raised his voice and said, "The king has a decree - the national teacher - the audience -"

The national teacher walked with old steps, bent his waist to the door of the palace, gently pushed the door open, raised his feet and stepped into the knee-high copper foreskin threshold, bowed his head and shook his big sleeves and bowed down to the king's bed, "The minister visited late at night, it was really a last resort, I hope the king is compassionate!" ”

"The national teacher, please get up, you have been in retreat for many days, and you miss the national teacher very much, and you are looking forward to the national teacher coming." As he spoke, Zong Taiji walked out from behind the curtain, came to the old and frail body of the national teacher, and stretched out his hand to help him up, "The national teacher, please sit down." ”

The national teacher staggered to his feet, sat on the Taishi chair behind him, and remained silent, waiting for the king to speak first.

Zong Taiji didn't ask him why he resigned, but only greeted him, asked him about the harvest of this retreat, and asked what good policies he could think of during the retreat.

The national teacher finally couldn't hold his breath, and wanted to kneel down to speak again, but was held up by Zong Taiji, who was quick-eyed, "The national teacher has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it, there is no need for such cumbersome etiquette between our monarchs and ministers." ”

"The minister's late-night visit is to resign to the king, please see that the old minister has been auxiliary for many years, and approve the old minister to live in seclusion in the mountains."

Zong Taiji did not show displeasure when he heard this, nor did he show reluctance, but smiled shrewdly, "National Teacher, do you remember who taught you the way of being a lonely?" ”

"It was taught by the old minister in his early years, and now the king has long been out of the blue, better than the old minister thousands of miles away, so that the old minister can't reach it!"

Zong Taiji stroked his beard with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Since the national teacher has something to do but says it's okay, why hasn't he heard it, why do you need to threaten the orphan by telling the old man to return to his hometown?" ”

was broken by Zong Taiji's words, and the old national teacher's face was a little unbearable, and he said ashamedly: "The king is really sharp-eyed, and the old minister's little cleverness was pierced by the king's eyes, and he was ashamed!" ”

Zong Taiji didn't mean to blame, but was unexpectedly cordial, and asked humbly as if chatting with an elder: "The national teacher is here for the matter of Shangqing Kong Rong, right?" ”

"Exactly." The national teacher is no longer pretentious.

"Please elaborate your opinion."

Hearing this, the national teacher's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said: "The old minister only learned about this matter when he went out of the customs today, and he felt that it was very inappropriate. Kong Rong is an old minister of the imperial state, and he is a loyal minister of Zhaozhao, advocating changing the law to strengthen the country, and caring about the suffering of the people of Jiangshan and society. Old minister......"

At this point, the national teacher paused slightly, got up and knelt down, "The old minister risked his life to intercede for Shangqing, remembering that he was old and loyal to the imperial country, spare him from death, and let him retire." ”

The national teacher bowed heavily, and his forehead slammed on the ground.

Zong Taiji did not stop the national teacher, and only after he had kowtowed more than a dozen times in a row did he say softly: "The national teacher doesn't have to be like this, this matter has long wanted to be discussed with the national teacher, but because the national teacher is in retreat, he took it upon himself to order the court captain Zheng Hesheng to deal with it himself." Since the national teacher came to ask for Shangqing's life in the middle of the night, Lone will take this opportunity to discuss it with you. ”

Then he helped the national teacher up, let him sit back on the chair, and then spoke, "Did the national teacher ever know that the six countries wanted to form an alliance some time ago?" ”

"Lao Chen went out of the customs today, and he heard a little, but he didn't know what was going on with the Six Nations Alliance."

"The current situation in the Xianbi Continent seems to be dominated by the six countries, and the national teacher seems to have forgotten that there is still a Ji Tianzi?"

Hearing this, the national teacher's body was shocked, and he suddenly remembered the situation in the Xianbi Continent. A hundred years ago, it was Ji Tianzi who led the army of the Xianbi Continent to repel the marauders of the Yang Heavenly Realm before the Ji Dynasty was established, and their six kingdoms were just vassal states, but in fact, it was Ji Tianzi who ruled the world.

With the passage of time, the Six Kingdoms gradually became stronger, and it seemed that they were in their own ways, but in fact, no matter how big or small the battle was, they had to report to the Ji Dynasty. In recent years, it has been rumored that Ji Tianzi is old and has long been unable to ask about the dynasty, so the six countries have seen this opportunity and want to replace the Ji dynasty and dominate the world.

Thinking of this, the national teacher couldn't help asking, "The king's intention is that the Six Nations Alliance is related to the Ji Dynasty?" ”

"Definitely. Ji Tianzi is now dedicated to cultivation, and he has long stopped caring about the affairs of the imperial kingdom. It's just that the Eternal Halberd Monarch is relying on his current strength and strength to be the strongest of the six countries, and wants to take this opportunity to destroy the other five countries and achieve the great cause of dominating the world. ”

Zong Taiji said this, the national teacher had already figured out everything, and secretly said in his heart: The Eternal Halberd Kingdom formed a six-nation alliance, with the Eternal Halberd Country as the main alliance country, but in fact, he wanted to use the other countries to destroy the Pilu State first, and after sending troops to the Pilu State, he would then suppress the other countries, so that the Eternal Halberd Kingdom would replace the Ji Dynasty in the near future.

After the national teacher said these thoughts, the king nodded with satisfaction, "Where is the national teacher a little old, he is still scheming, and he will immediately be able to gain insight into the ambitions of the Eternal Halberd Country." ”

"But the old minister doesn't understand something, there is nothing strange about the formation of an alliance between the six countries, the old minister expected that the Eternal Halberd Congress would be like this a few years ago, does the king say that these things have anything to do with the killing of Shangqing?"

Zong Taiji smiled, and the national teacher finally asked the point, so he nodded heavily, "It's related!" Is the Six-Nation Alliance the Six-Nation Alliance without informing us of the Vilu Kingdom? Isn't that the alliance of the five nations isolating our country of Vilu? ”

"Huh?!" The national teacher's face changed greatly, "There is still such a thing?" Lao Chen really didn't know. ”

"The national teacher doesn't know much, so I'll tell you why I killed Kong Rong." Zong Taiji paced back and forth a few times, and said: "Some time ago, the monarchs of the five countries sent envoys to my country of Pilu after studying and discussing in the capital alliance of the Eternal Halberd Kingdom, what do you guess their intentions?" ”

Zong Taiji sold a pass and let the national teacher guess. The national teacher shook his head in a trance, "The old minister can't guess." ”

"They actually came up with an extremely ridiculous reason to slander our Pilu country for changing the law privately, intending to overthrow the Ji dynasty and seek to usurp the throne, don't you say it's ridiculous?"

The national teacher now finally understood why the king wanted to kill Kong Rong, and the reason for the other five kingdoms must have been caused by Kong Rong, they were afraid that the Pilu country would become a strong country, and once the Pilu reform succeeded in becoming stronger, it would cause damage to their plans, so they sent people to mediate. One is to pick thorns; The second is to destroy Kong Rong, the source of the idea of changing the law, in order to solve the trouble in their hearts.

It can be seen from this that it is indeed a wise move for Kong Rong to change the law to strengthen the country, otherwise the other five countries would not have to go to great lengths to come to Pilu to perform these moths.

The national teacher also thought that if the king did not kill Kong Rong, the envoys of the five countries would decide that the Pilu State was determined to overthrow the old government of the Ji dynasty and establish a new policy of the Pilu State, so as to annihilate it in the name of Ji Tianzi; If the king kills Kong Rong, they can rest assured that Pilu will be strong, so that they can carry out their next plan of devouring.

Thinking of this, the national teacher realized that the king had good intentions, on the one hand, he pretended to be a faint monarch and used the long-cherished feud between the court lieutenant and Shangqing to kill Kong Rong; On the other hand, it also found an excuse to send troops to other countries in the future.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is mediocre, I never expected the king's decision earlier, and I hope that the king will solve the old minister's doubts."

"It's not that hard." Zong Taiji sat down, and said with a touch of pain on his face: "Lonely Xin knows that Shangqing is a loyal minister, but from the perspective of the national crisis, he has to sacrifice Shangqing to save the crisis." However, due to the will of heaven, now there is a law changer in the country of Pilu, sacrificing Kong Rong, isn't there still that one? ”

"Does the king mean that there is no saint?"

"It's him! Although Zheng Hesheng and the doctor deceived and deceived them, Lone heard that Zong Wusheng's reform in Langzhou had achieved initial results, and he also annihilated Zheng Hesheng's 20,000 troops in Lingzhou, and this new law was Lone's long-term plan in the future, so why not let Zong Wusheng be a traitor and then be a savior? ”

"Does the king want to put the bet on Zong Wusheng? Aren't you afraid that he will be a threat to the king when he becomes strong in the future? ”

"There are a group of 'loyal ministers' such as Tingwei, Taifu, and Shangdafu to mediate with him, Zong Wusheng is capable of everything, can he still be stronger than the imperial army? When he has a great cause, he will send down the edict of Zhao'an. ”

The national teacher knows very well that the traitors of the imperial kingdom that Zong Wusheng is facing, which one of them has great power, and they all have their own powerful military strength, if they are allowed to come up and destroy them one by one, I am afraid that it will cause a strong backlash, and if they unite, the king's forces may not be much stronger than them.

In view of this, the king had to temporarily mediate among them, so that they could kill each other first, so as to weaken their respective forces, and then the kingdom's army would be more relaxed to face them.

"Did the king ever think that if the Sect had no saint to fight but they died halfway?"

Zong Taiji smiled slightly, "I won't let him die early, besides, I also know that he has come to Zhongzhou to try to rescue Kong Rong, and I am planning to find a chance to meet him in the past few days." ”

"Huh?!" The national teacher's face changed suddenly, "Is the king saying that Zong Wusheng is preparing to rob the Dharma Field?" Isn't this going to die? ”

"That's why Lone is going to see him."