"You're here?"

When he walked into the living room, Xu Rui had already put on a smiling face.

Li Kuang said solemnly: "The matter you asked me to investigate already has an eyebrow. ”

"Oh, what are you talking about?"

Xu Rui asked.

Li Kuang said: "It's the matter that someone is secretly protecting the prince." ”

However, when it came to the crown prince, Xu Rui did not ask who secretly protected the prince, but sighed and said: "The prince is the prince of a country, and he is protected by someone." ”

Li Kuang frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Xu Rui squeezed out a reluctant smile, shook his head and smiled: "He still has use value." ”

Li Kuang became interested and asked: "The crown prince has the great crime of rebellion on his head, if the saint does not rehabilitate him, he will never be qualified to ascend the throne, what use value can a prince who cannot ascend the throne have?" ”

Xu Rui didn't answer, but waved his hand and said, "Don't you think all this is very sad?" ”

"Pathetic?"

Li Kuang was confused by Xu Rui's words, and looked at him in a daze.

"Yes, that's pathetic......"

Xu Rui suddenly felt a little nostalgic, turned around and looked at the gloomy sky faintly, leaving his defenseless back to Li Kuang.

A hint of discoloration suddenly flashed in Li Kuang's eyes, his right hand was slightly held on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and he subconsciously took a step closer to Xu Rui.

At this moment, Xu Rui suddenly said: "Whether it is the prince or the saint, he has been calculating the world all his life, and all he has done is the power in their hands, or maybe it will come to their hands that day."

However, in the end, you see these two people, one is in prison, but he is still about to be squeezed out of the last trace of use, and the other is not really sad when he dies, and even his dearest children are looking forward to his return to the West as soon as possible.

Isn't that sad? ”

When Li Kuang heard this, he seemed to be reminded of a certain weakness in his heart, and the hand holding the knife paused slightly.

"Speaking of which, something suddenly comes to mind."

As he spoke, Xu Rui suddenly turned around.

Li Kuang's heart tightened, he took half a step back, squeezed out a smile and said, "What did Master Hou think of?" ”

Xu Rui said: "I heard that you have been an orphan since you were a child, and when you were six or seven years old, you were adopted by your master, the former deputy commander of Jinyiwei, Yan Poyu, learned martial arts, and also joined Jinyiwei. ”

Li Kuang was stunned when he heard this: "That's right, so what?" ”

Xu Rui smiled, turned around and lifted the teapot on the table, poured out two cups of tea, and once again left his back to Li Kuang without reservation.

Li Kuang's breath tightened, and the palm that had just loosened a little tightened the handle of the knife again.

"I heard that Yan Poyu persecuted Zhongliang with cruel methods, and he was also extremely cruel to you, and he adopted you just to cultivate eagle dogs.

In the fourteenth year of Hongwei, the saint cleaned up the minions of the Jinyi Guard, and Yan Poyu was also convicted because you shook out the inside story of his murder of the important ministers of the court.

But because of this, you have also borne a bad reputation for treachery, and you have been ostracized, although you are talented, you cannot be reused in the brocade guard.

Once you were so sad about this that you got drunk in Wentian Pavilion, and wrote a sentence on the table with your fingers dipped in wine, 'May the world be bright, and may all families be harmonious'.

However, you didn't expect that this sentence would be sued by someone with a heart to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, accusing you of resentment and slandering the court.

That's why you'll be sent to the front and meet me in the Northern Guard. ”

Speaking of this past, Li Kuang suddenly remembered the pain of the past, and instantly clenched his teeth, and the knuckles holding the handle of the knife were too hard, pinching them white.

"It's all a mistake made by ignorance back then, I don't know why Hou Ye suddenly mentioned it?"

Li Kuang asked coldly.

"No, you're wrong!"

Xu Rui shook his head and smiled.

"Wrong?"

Li Kuang frowned, not knowing what Xu Rui was going to say.

"Of course not."

Xu Rui said with a smile: "People say that you Li Kuang is treacherous, and even the father-in-law who adopted him can be betrayed, he only has interests in his heart, and there is no true friend in the world."

Oh, that's actually because they don't understand the ambition in your heart at all, the bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird, the summer insect is just a fleeting life, how can you talk about it? ”

"Hahahaha!"

Li Kuang laughed when he heard this: "Master Hou said me too profoundly. ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's not that you are profound, but that this world is too superficial, isn't your sentence 'May the universe be bright, and may all families be harmonious' already very clear?"

Your wish is to give the world a bright future, so that every family can be harmonious and happy, and there will be no more lonely and bitter children like you and me.

Am I right? ”

Li Kuang's pupils shrank, a trace of struggle flashed on his face, and the palm that was tightly gripping the hilt trembled slightly.

Xu Rui gently patted Li Kuang's shoulder, and said sincerely: "The world has accumulated evils for a long time, and it is difficult to get up.

The world despises you for your treachery and laughs at you for being alone, but I don't think so.

The world is difficult, and any achievement must pay a lot of hardship, but what is valuable is to persist and abide by the heart.

You have chosen the most difficult road, and you have not changed your original intention for more than ten years, but you are still working hard, not because this road is impassable, but because you lack like-minded comrades-in-arms. ”

Li Kuang recalled his sadness and struggle along the way, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou is right, but even if you know what the problem is, it is still almost impossible to solve some things. ”

Xu Rui smiled faintly: "If you are just comrades-in-arms who fight side by side, then count me as one." ”

"What did you say?"

Li Kuang suddenly looked at Xu Rui.

Xu Rui smiled: "What, don't you think I'm not like a person who changes the world?" ”

Li Kuang opened his mouth, and suddenly remembered that Xu Rui's rise had indeed brought earth-shaking changes to the world, as if he had injected a strong vitality into a pool of stagnant water.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word after waiting for a long time.

Xu Rui picked up the double-poured tea, handed one cup to Li Kuang and said, "How, would you like to divide half of your path for me to walk, or work with me to make this world our ideal appearance?" ”

Li Kuang was shocked when he heard this, as if a lightning bolt struck his heart.

Xu Rui quietly looked at Li Kuang's face, only to see him go from hesitation, hesitation to struggle, confusion, to awakening, relief, and finally let out a long breath of turbidity, and finally let go of the hand holding the knife, took the teacup handed by Xu Rui and drank it all.

With a crisp sound of "ding", Li Kuang gently put the teacup back on the table, and the dexterity exerted by his wrist made this crisp sound appear with a special rhythm that was not easy to detect.

At the same time, in Xu Rui's keen five senses, the aura of several masters who had been lurking on the roof suddenly receded until they were no longer visible.

"Aren't you just pulling me into the gang to do it, the big man said it so sensually, do you still have a habit of breaking your sleeves?"

Li Kuang squinted at Xu Rui and complained in a deep voice.

Xu Rui laughed, nodded and said, "Okay, let's get down to business, let's talk about the news you brought me." ”

When he mentioned this, Li Kuang immediately got up solemnly and said what he had not finished speaking.

Maybe both of them know, maybe no one knows, at that moment, Li Kuang has made a decision that is enough to change the fate of his life, and even the direction of the world.

"Didn't you tell me to find out if anyone was behind the crown prince? I have already found out that there is indeed someone who has been secretly protecting the prince, and that person is Wang Shun! ”

Li Kuang said in a deep voice.

"You said that person is Wang Shun?!"

A hint of surprise flashed on Xu Rui's face, he had already guessed that someone was secretly protecting the prince, and he had also had a lot of guesses about that person's identity, but he didn't expect that person to be Wang Shun anyway.

In Xu Rui's impression, although Wang Shun holds great power, he only has one rule of conduct that cannot be violated, and that is absolute loyalty to the emperor.

In this way, if Wang Shun is secretly protecting the prince, then nine times out of ten it is likely to be Emperor Hongwei's intention, but if Emperor Hongwei wants to protect the prince, a holy decree can be solved, so why let Wang Shun protect him secretly?

The most important thing is that the current situation has developed to this point, and from the standpoint of Emperor Hongwei, the existence of the crown prince has actually threatened the perfection of the succession of the throne.

Just imagine, if the new monarch ascends the throne, what kind of attitude will he use to face the prince of the previous dynasty, the former brother?

Isn't leaving the crown prince to create trouble for the new monarch?

This is completely contrary to Emperor Hongwei's plan to hand over a complete country to the new monarch.

For Emperor Hongwei, either take away the title of the crown prince and save the life of this son, or kill his son and save the reputation of the prince is his only choice.

Not only did not take away the title of the crown prince, but also let Wang Shun secretly protect the prince's life, which was definitely what Emperor Hongwei did not want to see.

As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and it seems that this matter is not simple.

And just when Xu Rui was shocked, Li Kuang said again: "There is another thing that may be more unexpected than you, don't jump up after listening to it!" ”