Baili Wenhan smiled and shook his head, "Ah Tang, it's too late." ”

Ruotang's heart sank, "What do you mean?" ”

"The chess game has already been set, and from the beginning of you, there is no way back in this game of chess."

Ruotang felt a chill in his heart. "Am I a key piece in the whole game?" Acer's name.

"Yes." Baili Wenhan replied calmly and slowly.

Ruotang smiled bitterly, drank the tea in his hand with wine, raised the corners of his lips mockingly, took a deep breath, and said lightly: "Okay, as the most critical chess piece, no matter what Concubine Shu wants to do with me, I only ask Your Highness, in addition to being your imperial concubine, in addition to using me to lure the prince to come to Liuguo, what else do you want me to do for you?" ”

Take a look. How self-conscious she is with this chess piece.

Baili Wenhan looked at her steadily, "What I want you to do is probably the same thing that Concubine Shu asked you to do." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Prince Xiang will not easily forgive Concubine Shugui, let alone be easily manipulated by her, this is something you and I both know well. What Concubine Shu wants you to do is naturally persuade the prince of Xiang to forgive her and accept her, of course, it is best to completely obey her arrangement—and what I want you to do is exactly the opposite of her purpose. Except for Xiao Jiu, Concubine Shu has nothing to do under her knees, and her ambition must be achieved through the prince of Xiang, do you understand? ”

"It turns out that the role of my chess piece is like this." Ruotang sneered, "But why does it have to be my lord?" According to the degree to which she favors the harem, even if she doesn't have the prince of my family, she can raise a prince by her side casually, and she will be more obedient than the prince if she is raised by the young. More to make her easy to manipulate? ”

"Do you think this prince is like a cabbage and turnip in the field?" Baili Wenhan smiled and said: "Now the queen has nothing to do with her knees, why do you say?" ”

Ruotang didn't speak, Zuo is just those harmful methods in the palace, you don't let me have children, and I won't let you have children.

"Since Concubine Shu came back from Da Chu, except for Xiao Jiu, no new life has been born in the palace - do you think the sole favor of the harem is for fun? Concubine Shugui's good means made her the only one in her father's eyes, and the other concubines in the palace had already been reduced to decorations. Baili Wenhan said lightly: "And the princes who were fortunate enough to be born before Concubine Shugui came back have already grown up. Such a chess piece is naturally not as easy to use as his own son, and the fetters of blood are always more reassuring. Besides, the queen doesn't woo the prince by her side, how can Concubine Shugui, who has always 'abide by her duty', do such a thing to poke people in the backbone? ”

Ruotang's eyes widened when she heard this, her mother-in-law was really extraordinary, Emperor Dachu was infatuated with her, no matter how much resentment he was in his heart, he was unwilling, and he also raised her with the son of another man, and allowed him to grow up and marry a wife. The lord of the country of Liuguo only took her this scoop of water for her three thousand weak waters, and truly only pampered her, such a woman. If there is no scheming and means, let alone making the man forget, maybe the bones that have been harmed by the harem's methods will not exist.

Everyone has their own attitude to life and ambitions, Ruotang will not interfere with how others want to live, but the premise is that don't use her and the people she cares about as stepping stones.

Baili Wenhan looked at Ruotang's ruthless expression in his careless heart, and said softly: "Ah Tang, cooperate with me, or cooperate with Concubine Shugui, I will wait for you to choose." ”

"In cooperation with Concubine Shu, the prince will become the lord of the country of Liu, and I will be the queen of Liu." Ruotang stared at him, and the corners of his mouth were full of sarcasm, "Cooperate with Your Highness, Your Highness won't even let our husband and wife leave, there is no benefit, why should I cooperate with you?" ”

"Because I always think that what I can give you is more and better than what Lord Xiang can give you!" Baili Wenhan said bluntly and shamelessly.

Ruotang just took it as a joke, just listen to it, "No matter what, I will listen to my lord's father for these things." Although this game of chess has already begun, the most important chess piece, isn't my prince still settled? I am also looking forward to and curious about who is better among the two gamblers, His Royal Highness and Concubine Shu. ”

As she spoke, she smiled slightly, and raised her glass to Baili Wenhan: "Come on, Your Highness, I'm optimistic about you!" ”

The chess pieces on her chessboard can also choose to watch the tiger fight from the other mountain.

……

The night was dark.

In the damp woods with the shadows of the trees, the smoke and dust are filled, and the bonfires are lit. The flames, which were bright and dark, blurred the surroundings into a magnificent red shadow, dyed like ink, and the night was like layers of red gauze tents.

Next to the fire, a strong man with a swallow-jawed beard and a warrior's short clothes was holding a wine jug and pouring wine into his mouth very arrogantly.

The night polished his amber eyes.

In the moonlight, it looks like a bloodthirsty beast.

The shadows of the trees rustled, and he didn't look up.

The man in black who blended in with the night slid down from the trunk of the tree silently, and the long sword shining with silver light was aimed at the heart of the strong man's head.

He still didn't move, as if he didn't notice anything.

It wasn't until his scalp seemed to sense the chill of the long sword that he moved his feet, hooked up a piece of burning wood in the fire and kicked it out, and then his body shook and his sitting posture changed to the other side.

The wood with fire was inserted into the chest of the man in black accurately, the man in black screamed again and again, the air was full of the smell of burnt flesh, and the bearded man still didn't even lift his eyelids, and calmly took another sip of wine.

The tragic situation of the man in black who thought to be the first to suffer angered the other men in black hidden in the night, and they drew their long swords together and slaughtered the big man.

The movement quickly alarmed the rest of the caravan, which was originally a small caravan, but because the goods it carried were more precious, they hired a dart board to accompany them. I thought that there would be nothing wrong on the way to Liuguo, but I didn't know that I was assassinated all the way, and the leader of the caravan, Lao Wu, was about to regret his death.

Listening to the sound of fighting outside the tent, he muttered twice with an ugly face, turned over and sat up.

Although the person given by the dart game this time is really reliable, he still can't rest assured. As soon as he walked out, he saw a tall and slender girl coming out of another tent.

This Xiao girl is also pitiful, she was the daughter of a big family, and she met robbers on the way back to her hometown with her grandmother to visit relatives, and everyone died, only she was protected by her grandmother's corpse and luckily picked up a life. When the caravan found her, she was already dying, although Lao Wu was a merchant, he was also a kind-hearted merchant, seeing that she was pitiful, and knowing that she was also going to Liuguo, he could not stand her pleading, so he took her with him.

Although she is a lady who does not touch the spring water with ten fingers, but in the caravan full of men, this girl has always been reserved and self-respecting, never easily stepping out of the carriage half a step, giving her to eat, not giving it to hunger and enduring it, not daring to cause trouble to others, but obedient and sensible people are reassured.

Seeing her come out at this time, Lao Wu hurriedly said: "You are a girl's family, go in and hide, so as not to hurt you unintentionally." ”

"Uncle Wu, Brother Lin alone, can you deal with these terrible robbers?" Miss Xiao asked worriedly.

"These people, Lin Kai alone is enough. Go back quickly, don't let anyone send you. Lao Wu said calmly.

Miss Xiao glanced at Lin Kai, who was fighting with the man in black, before obediently returning to the tent.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the fight outside to stop.

Lao Wu hurriedly walked to the carriage, held a torch to inspect the intact goods, and then sighed lightly and walked to the campfire.

After solving the man in black, Lin Kai didn't even gasp, he lay on the ground, and the wine jug in his hand still didn't leave his hand.

Looking at it from Lao Wu's angle, he could see Lin Kai's throat, jaw, and most of his bearded side face.

The isolated light source of the fire strengthens the boundary between light and dark, and the well-defined face is hidden under the beard, but it still cannot hide the noble and graceful temperament in it.

Lao Wu has been running caravans for so many years, and he thinks that he still has some eyesight on the way to knowing people, but this lone dart master who is invited from the dart bureau is not like a dart master at all, but he can't see it clearly.

Lao Wu sighed and sat down beside Lin Kai.

"Brother Lin, the goods are intact, it's all your credit."

Lin Kai raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "You don't have to thank me, it's just my duty." ”

His voice was cold, and a pair of amber eyes that were different from ordinary people also revealed coldness.

Lao Wu's heart tightened, as if his little careful thinking had been guessed by him, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed for a while, but he had to bite the bullet and say: "This way, Brother Lin has also worked hard, and in half a month, you will be able to reach the capital of Liuguo...... On the way forward, the caravan ...... Just leave by yourself, don't bother Brother Lin. ”

"Since this ...... Since I have taken your dart, it is natural that the caravan must be delivered to its destination safe and sound, and the mission will be completed. Lin Kai looked at him coldly, "Or do you think that without my protection, your caravan can really reach the capital safe and sound?" ”

Lao Wu was stared at by his cold eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said bluntly: "Although I don't know who Brother Lin is, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the robbers along the way are all going for you, Brother Lin, and no one has the idea of fighting goods at all." Brother Lin is extraordinary, and for the safety of the caravan, I also have to ......"

Before he finished speaking, his eyes widened stiffly, and he slowly lowered his head with a frightened face, looking at the sharp dagger with white light against his waist, and he didn't even dare to tremble.

A cold voice behind him sounded without emotion or warmth, "If you talk nonsense, I will immediately slaughter all of your caravan!" ”