The two of them are holding each other, and each piece seems to be out of order, but in fact, both of them are doing it step by step.

It was raining in Kyoto, the crowd was silent, and the cold became more and more prominent, and from the beginning, Su Li coughed from time to time, and his voice and shadow were forbearing, as if he didn't want to mind.

Seventeen deacons fell, "Mr. is sick?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Su Li stared intently at the chess board, "The general has little time, can you think of something to tell me?" ”

Seventeen glanced at the sun, the sky was already bright, and in a few hours, Xiao Yu'an's army was about to arrive, he really didn't have much time, but he didn't just start with it.

"Before that, I have some questions to figure out first, is Mr. Xiao Shizi, the eldest son of the legend of Xiao Houye's family, and has become a taboo, and the new emperor is just to avoid disaster and replace you?"

"Yes."

Su Li does not deny that there is nothing to hide now.

At that time, he was weak and rarely went out on weekdays, and later on Chinese New Year's Eve, the palace changed, and Marquis Xiao took out the eldest son of the emperor who was rumored to have died all the way to the northern realm, when the first emperor already had the overall situation, in order not to make the hundred officials suspicious, Marquis Xiao replaced Xiao Shizi, who was only three years old at the time.

At that time, it was said that Xiao Shizi was frail, and he had to falsely report that he was two years old when he was looking for a fortune teller, and he could only grow up safely through the infant period, and the people who knew Su Li's existence had been secretly executed, and Su Li, who was five years old at the time, had been secretly raised in the house until he was young, and was sent to Kyoto, becoming the deepest chess piece buried by the emperor in Kyoto.

From this, Seventeen determined the thoughts in his heart, he looked at Su Li, who was calm and a little weak, and described the past in his heart one by one.

"The first emperor urgently called the princess back to Beijing a year ago, because the first emperor's body was no longer good, and you just found out the case of the son of the household, and felt that this was a good time, because the princess has carried the admiration of the people since she was a child, and the new emperor needs someone to support her, and the princess is the best candidate, your purpose is to cultivate the princess into a chess piece that can guide the people, so you give her the right to create all kinds of deeds for her, and let her become the sword of the Son of Heaven in the hands of the first emperor."

"So, you led the princess to the palm of the clouds, and deliberately let her participate in the assassination of the son of the household department Shangshu, the person who assassinated Xu Zihan at the beginning, and a group of people were also arranged by you, the purpose is to let us participate in the Golden Bird Palace, thoroughly investigate the corruption case of the household department, not only that, but you also tied up the new emperor."

"A princess admired by 10,000 people, a general of King Qin, as long as the new emperor makes some political achievements, it is not difficult to support him to the throne, I thought that you just wanted the new emperor to ascend the throne and use our hands to get rid of Gao Qing and Xiao Ye, but your goal is far from this."

"After the fall of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you didn't expect that we would take action against the Ministry of Rites, Hu Hansheng of the Ministry of Officials is the person of the first emperor, so the first emperor will be gracious twice, and Hu Hansheng has not been convicted of death, and Hu Hansheng was ordered by the first emperor at that time, and the first emperor ascended the throne on the night, took the lead in cleaning up Her Majesty the princess, and the hundred officials were afraid of another filial piety emperor, so they seconded the proposal to send the prince out, and the first emperor took the opportunity to create a name for the princess of the mandate of heaven and sent her out, and the prince stayed in the palace because he was destined to die."

"After the defeat of the civil officials, you suggested that the princess should establish a new civil system, and since then, your purpose has been half achieved."

"After ......"

After that, there is the imaginary Guotai Ming'an, they have only really begun to fall into the chess game of the first emperor, if they are lured to overthrow the civil officials, then the next road is to pave the way for Xiao Yu'an.

The first emperor knew that his time was short, so he gave the prince and Xiao Shizi momentum, and pretended to be seventeen into the official career, so that Xiao Ye misunderstood that the first emperor was going to start cultivating his own henchmen.

The first emperor knew that Xiao Ye deliberately revealed the border defense map to cause the defeat of the southwest, or insisted on sending Xiao Yuanjun to make way for Xiao Yu'an, and Xiao Yuanjun's existence was the reason why Xiao Yu'an could not be justified.

Later, the prince was defeated, and the first emperor sent Xiao Yu'an to support, the purpose was also to take him out of the turmoil in Kyoto, he didn't have much time, the prince died in battle, Xiao Ye could rightfully ascend the throne, the first emperor couldn't see such a thing happening, so he designed to force Xiao Ye to rebel.

At this time, Seventeen, the chess piece of King Qin, began to face up to the start, he did not violate military rules at that time, but led the order into the palace to ambush, as early as four years ago, he had King Qin's order.

After they went all the way north, Xiao Yu'an's identity was revealed, Xiao Hou Ye used his last blood to stain Xiao Ye, and Xia Hou Ye beheaded all over the house.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Xiao was also killed by Mr. Wang."

If he hadn't told Xiao Ye about Xiao Yu'an's life experience, Xiao Ye might not have gone to such extremes and forced Xiao Yu'an to return to Beijing in this way.

Su Li didn't react, as if he was listening to an irrelevant story, and said coldly: "He said that he never regretted it." ”

Seventeen didn't know what kind of entanglement there was between them, but he knew that he didn't need to lie now, Seventeen pulled back his thoughts and continued, "We were chased and killed by Xiao Ye's people all the way, and that group of people who secretly helped us were sent by you, and you want us to arrive in the north safe and sound and confront Xiao Ye head-on. ”

"General Ye Feng said that someone in Kyoto has always passed the news to him, and the person who intercepted the news of the Xiao family's destruction was you, sir, along the way, you have done a lot to pick yourself up and do a lot?"

Without this, as early as more than ten years ago, he arranged for a strategist to be by Xiao Ye's side, Xiao Ye's mind was grinded, and he became such a hesitant and suspicious character as entering Beijing, and then he took advantage of this to force Xiao Ye to sit on the throne directly and separate from Xiao Ye.

Later, Xia Zhishu jumped off the city tower, and it was not as they saw that he pushed Xia Zhishu down, but Xia Zhishu's own choice.

One of them was buttoned one by one, and Su Li never showed up, but every one of them was that he was delivering news to the first emperor, and he was involved in everything, and it was hidden so deeply that Seventeen had to admire, so at the same time, he was still a little jealous.

"I just don't understand, what is the purpose of Sir being able to do this?"

Seventeen was talking vigorously, hesitating and hesitating again and again, and every time he fell in a place that had nothing to do with the chess game, Su Li calmly responded, "The general is so smart, he can't think of what the purpose of this is?" Is it worth the effort of three generations of dynasties? ”

Emperor Xiaoxuan took over the northern border from his father, and he had already begun to fall, and the first emperor just followed the traces of the previous dynasty and began to fall, and the seventeenth thought about it for a while, remembering the new dynasty he said at the beginning.

"Your purpose has never been to overthrow Xiao Ye and Gao Qing, your purpose is to establish a completely new dynasty."

"The division of the imperial power of Dayan, the confrontation between civil and military, has been a hundred years now, hundreds of officials protect each other, embezzlement and wealth, and the children of the poor family cannot enter the official career, even if Xiao Ye and Gao Qing fall, their foundation is still there, and the vices of Dayan are still there, if the entire dynasty is not overthrown, this corrupt land will never be reborn, so your purpose has never been Xiao Ye or Gao Qing, but the civil and military official positions that have been inherited for a hundred years behind them."

Su Li didn't deny it, and smiled lightly, "Since the general has already guessed this, you might as well guess that the first emperor asked the princess to participate in this matter, the first emperor was under pressure because of the princess and the prince, why did he do this?" He obviously only needs Xiao Yuanjun to be the prince safely. ”

As soon as these words came out, Seventeen was also in a trance, and a strange thought flashed in his heart, and then he overturned it.

"The general can guess such a big game of chess, but he can't guess this small move of the first emperor." Su Li asked further.

Seventeen was stunned for a moment, and said: "Because the hundred officials will not believe that a princess and a woman will pose any threat to them, because what the first emperor wants is not only a new dynasty, he also wants equality, all men and women in the world are equal, and the princess is their faith." ”

Seventeen has a deep powerlessness, the first emperor's game of chess is too big, so big that he doesn't even know which move is the path he chooses, which move is the first emperor's game, he thinks that the destined encounter is actually the first step that others are planning, he thinks he will calculate everyone, but he didn't expect that in the end he is the one who is calculated, the world is going around, he can't find the way.

This feeling of powerlessness has never come out since his father took Xiao Yu'an back, for so many years, this stone has been pressing on him, he has never really lived for himself for a moment, he understands Seventeen's current feelings, but it does not mean that he is qualified to interfere.

After a long silence, this game of chess had no ending, Su Li took his sunspot and began to play with himself, "Then have you ever thought about it, why have you persevered until now?" ”

"Why do you think Your Majesty chose you?"

"Because?" Seventeen was stunned, and didn't know how to answer for a while, and then said half-loudly: "At first, it was to repay the little lady, and then I knew that this was my mission as a courtier, and then later, because, because?" ”

"Because you saw the ending of Xiao Yuanjun and the ending of the first emperor, you know that you must let Xiao Yu'an get to that position cleanly." Su Li looked into his eyes and continued: "You've always done this, and you've already done it before you could figure out this chess game. ”

Su Li's voice has always been cold, and he accidentally listened to it, as if a basin of cold water was poured down, and his restless heart gradually calmed down, and he no longer doubted.

said firmly: "Yes, I want him to sit in that position cleanly, I have decided since I never knew his identity, because this is the wish of the little lady." ”

This is not the path that the first emperor chose for him, it is the path he chose himself, the first emperor put more than this one in front of him, he just obeyed his heart, he was a young man.

Seventeen breathed a sigh of relief, saw the sleepy Su Qi behind him, and glanced out at the time outside, "The rain has stopped." ”

Su Li turned his head to look at it when he heard this, "The sun is out." ”

"Huh!" Seventeen suddenly smiled, straightened up and stretched his kneeling legs, and returned to his old appearance, but the blood marks on his neck added a bit of evil charm, he looked at Su Li, who was calm from beginning to end, "I'm leaving, won't Mr. come with me?" ”

"I haven't seen the sun for a long time, and if I go out rashly, I will only hurt myself."

He's still alone, playing on his own.

He didn't know what kind of eyes to look at that person, that person unknowingly stole his life, he calculated that people for a lifetime, some people are destined not to see each other for a lifetime.

Seventeen is not reluctant, he is guarding the palace, and he is also relieved, but when he sees the afterglow sprinkled in front of the palace gate, it falls golden, and he can't help but feel regretful, "Sir, do you have something to ask me to bring to him?" ”

"No, I didn't."

"It's lockdown!" An Sheng handed him the water bladder, "His Royal Highness sealed the city on the second day of his accession to the throne, and there were several riots outside the city, Xiao Ye didn't care, if it goes on like this, Kyoto will be in chaos." ”

The people of Kyoto are locked inside, like a cage, without the transportation of supplies from the outside world, and if this continues, sooner or later it will be chaotic.

Xiao Ye locked these people out, for a long time, consuming the patience of these people, they have emotions, they will make trouble, so when Xiao Yu'an's army presses the formation, the first thing to solve is the problem in front of them, and it is their troops that are consumed, I have to say that Xiao Ye is scheming enough, or the people around him, Su Li is scheming enough.

The sun had set, and there were still those people gathered outside the city gate, obviously with no intention of leaving, Seventeen glanced at the sun, turned over and dismounted, "It can't go on like this, you must find a way to enter the city." ”

"But in this situation, not to mention entering the city, it is difficult to get out of the city."

Seventeen led the horse and walked back, and walked to the pavilion that Xiao Yuanjun had given him when he left Beijing, they had nowhere to go, and there were refugees everywhere, so they could only find this place to stay.

Ansheng led the horse to feed the grass and did not disturb him.

Seventeen fingers were clasped on the table, and he kept thinking in his heart, it would not be long before Xiao Yu'an's army pressed the formation, at most half a month, he did not plan to stay, nor did he deliberately recover the four realms as he said when he ascended the throne, but went straight to Kyoto, and had the intention of directly crusading against Xiao Ye.

The little lady has no grain and grass now, and she can't last long, even if he wants to send the grain and grass over, he has to write time, so time, time is too important to him.

The night gradually darkened, and a layer of foggy darkness appeared in the distance, and Seventeen suddenly said, "I can't wait any longer, I'm going to enter Beijing tonight."

An Sheng was not surprised, and said bluntly: "I can't get in, Xiao Jue is personally guarding the city gate."

"Just because we can't go in doesn't mean that others can't get in." Seventeen snatched the steamed bun in his hand and swallowed it, "Let me ask you, where is Her Royal Highness the princess standing?" ”

"Your Majesty's."

"Yes!" Seventeen nodded, "She is on His Majesty's side, and she is also supporting His Majesty, and behind Her Majesty is the princess, and Her Royal Highness the princess is indeed standing among the people." ”

"Even if he Xiao Ye doesn't care about the people, he can't do without the people, otherwise what does he mean by being a king?"

Now that he thinks about it, Seventeen vaguely understands that Emperor He has gone to great lengths to stubbornly give the Yiren so much power.