Hindsight

"In retrospect, I must have fallen for your trick."

When Bai Su said this, he was playing with a gray chip in his hand. This chip was originally won back from Liang Jingmo a few rounds ago. He didn't bother to put away the chips in that game, so he put them directly on the corner of the table to bet, but as the game progressed, he won less and lost more, and these chips gradually came to Liang Jingmo's hands, and at this time it looked like there was not much left.

"When I won that round, I thought I had a match point, and I was just one last move away from crushing you." Bai Su said slowly, "You put a lot of chips into that round, and you didn't hesitate to follow my raise, no matter how you look at it, you look full of confidence and plan to finish the battle." I can't think of it......"

"Unexpected?" Liang Jingmo smiled.

"I can't think of it, it's all a disguise."

Bai Su sighed: "It is because of your appearance that you regard it as a winner and loser, that I fell for your plan and transferred the people who were originally stationed in all corners of the palace to the main gate to guard." The blast before the end may seem very powerful, but it's just a way to cover up your lack of manpower, and by the way, give your buddies a 'get started' signal. ”

"Your speculation is quite interesting." Liang Jingmo smiled, "However, how about focusing on the game now?" ”

"Keep your mind on the game, huh."

Bai Su looked at Liang Jingmo's eyes and slowly shook his head: "It's the same for this game. Come to think of it, I've already fallen into your trap much earlier. The first few rounds of your stumbling and the next few rounds, and even your change from nervousness to confidence in the process, were just to build up my nerves so that I could focus on the moment I saw the opportunity and ignore the other possibilities. ”

"The proof of this is that after that round until now, every decision you've made has been very focused, and it's very different from what you used to do. When you lose, you lose a small loss, and you immediately break away when you see that the situation is not good; But once you find a chance to win, you will not hesitate to put down the heavy bet and never let it go. It's only been a long time since you've come from the edge of the precipice of defeat and earn back the chips you've lost little by little. If you had given it your all from the start, this showdown might have already ended. ”

He looked at Liang Jingmo, and suddenly said expressionlessly: "In order to cover the prince's sneak in, you can be regarded as exhausted." ”

Hearing Bai Su's words suddenly mention the word "prince", the faces of several subordinates behind him suddenly changed, but Liang Jingmo, who was sitting opposite, still looked calm.

"Did you find it?" He quipped, "Still, seems a little late?" ”

When he said this, his eyes were firmly fixed on Bai Su's face, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment. At this moment, the expression on the other party's face was both nervous and surprised, none of which should be a reaction at this time, this kind of performance that was obviously a performance made Liang Jingmo unable to speculate, and it was difficult to get a glimpse of Bai Su's true thoughts.

In the matter of feints, he never expected to be able to hide from Bai Su forever, no matter what the other party said, he also disrupted Xifeng's people with his own strength, and his strength was extraordinary, and he could see through it in minutes. If it really dragged on until now, then it would have been a good result for Liang Jingmo - at least, he took advantage of the opponent's underdog mentality after the big victory to win a lot of chips, and he has a slight advantage in this matchup.

But the premise is that Bai Su really "just figured it out".

As two forces in Xifeng that are enough to pose a threat to Bai Su's side, the cooperation between Liang Jingmo and Jiang Liang is not unexpected, and it is naturally not difficult to think from Bai Su's point of view. Although this may not necessarily happen, Liang Jingmo doesn't believe that he really hasn't made even the slightest bit of preparation for it. Especially considering that the most important trump card in Bai Su's hands is "royal orthodoxy", and Jiang Liang's status as a prince just forms a perfect restraint on this, and the palace position is the top priority of whether this trump card can take effect, it stands to reason that he should pay 100% attention to any situation involving Jiang Liang's brothers and sisters and the palace.

With Bai Su's experience and intelligence, just blocking Liang Jingmo's head-on assault on the palace was enough for him to let his guard down? Liang Jingmo didn't even dare to think about such a good thing. The matter of mobilizing the palace guards will make the defense arrangement of the palace flawed, and Jiang Liang, who should be concerned, has been missing...... On the surface, these seem to be two separate events, but if the two are related, the consequences will be unbearable for Bai Su. Therefore, it is impossible for him to ignore such a possibility, and it is impossible for him to analyze the situation as usual in the next second after he has just figured it out, without the slightest flustery and impatience.

Unless he had had other arrangements from the start.

Thinking of this, Liang Jingmo was suddenly taken aback. He raised his hand and made a few gestures to Qiu Banxia next to him, who immediately understood, turned around and whispered a few orders with a communicator. She waited for a while in a talking position, and when she heard the reply from the other end of the headset, she couldn't help but change her face slightly.

"That's amazing." Qiu Banxia gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously towards Liang Jingmo.

Liang Jingmo also nodded, but his expression was unpleasant. He suppressed his uneasiness and stared coldly at the man in front of him.

He finally realized that this guy, who looked a little stiff and sluggish, was actually the most powerful opponent he had ever faced. Just when he won consecutive victories and snatched back the chips from the opponent's hand, Bai Su used his victory as a signpost and silently followed behind, taking away those positions that originally belonged to him one by one.

This vision has long gone beyond the gambling itself. It is even more rare for Liang Jingmo to maintain such calmness under the pressure of every step.

"Where did you just talk?" Bai Su smiled and said, "Oh, when it comes to the prince's affairs." I already know about your partnership with 'First One'. So I guess you know that I also have a prince on my side, right? ”

Seeing that Liang Jingmo didn't answer, Bai Su simply leaned his body comfortably on the back of the chair and talked to himself.

"You all know my plan by now. It is nothing more than first messing up the country and forcing it into a predicament, then by supporting the youngest fourteen princes, cleaning up this mess with the orthodox position of the royal family, and finally taking the actual power from the hands of the royal family and firmly holding it in their own hands. As long as the timing of the whole process is right, and there is no invasion by foreign forces, the transfer of power can be completed under relatively peaceful conditions. Bai Su said, "So, you have noticed the core problem early on, and that is 'orthodoxy'. As long as I find a way to solve the hidden danger of the Fourteenth Prince, my plan will lose the most important link, and how the situation develops will not be out of my control. ”

He smiled: "Of course, that kind of unfolding may not be happy for the two royal family members, after all, it may plunge Xifeng into a long-term chaos, and many people will suffer because of it." But I guess you don't care about that kind of thing. ”

"Indeed." Liang Jingmo nodded.

"So it's not hard for me to think that the two of you will join forces. Jiang Liang has an orthodox reputation but is not short of manpower, and he himself knows how much I want to kill him, as long as he shows up, he will definitely be attacked by me, and he can only act secretly behind the scenes. It just so happens that you also need his assistance to solve this thorny problem of the royal family, and you hit it off. Bai Su shrugged, "So, even the cooperation mode is not difficult to imagine - you are responsible for coming to the frontal battlefield to deal with me, while he infiltrates the palace and solves the problems of the royal family himself." Since he himself is the orthodox heir, even if he kills his own brother, it is also an internal dispute within the royal family, as long as it is handled well, it is difficult for outsiders to take advantage of this to make trouble. ”

Liang Jingmo's eyes flickered: "What you said seems to be that I instructed him to kill his younger brother." ”

"You don't have to say this tacit understanding." Bai Su laughed, "The fourteenth prince will not die, he will be used as a pawn in the future, and now he has no extra energy to protect him. You and Jiang Liang are both smart people, and you know that it is no longer a game, but a competition that determines life and death, so you will not hold on to the kindness of a woman. ”

"Either way, it's a brilliant analysis." Liang Jingmo slapped his palm and interrupted him, "It's just a pity, if you could have thought of it earlier, you wouldn't have made the mistake of transferring the defenders away, and let them successfully blend in." ”

"Those guards with two knives, whether they are transferred or not, he can still get in." Bai Su said, "Jiang Liang is the chief of the hosts, and I know his skills better than anyone else." ”

He said with a smile: "The only thing that can stop him is the true guardian of the Xifeng Imperial Family." ”

Liang Jingmo's face changed slightly, and Qiu Banxia, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but clench his fists. What the two had faintly feared before still happened. Although everything in the process had been planned and the guards were smoothly transferred, they knew almost nothing about the situation in the Xifeng Palace, and they had no way to judge whether Bai Su had inherited any new power while capturing the palace. After entering the palace, they could only hope for Jiang Liang's improvisation.

Now it seems that Bai Su really has a back hand.

Do you want to end this game quickly, fight to lose and rush to the palace to reinforce first, or try to drag Bai Su down, so that he can't spare his hand to arrange a response against Jiang Liang? Just as Liang Jingmo was distracted by this, he suddenly vaguely felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if he was being targeted by some kind of fierce animal.

In the next second, he heard Qiu Banxia's calm voice.

"Keep your head down."

He was startled and immediately bowed his head. At this moment, he felt a cold wind pass over his head, causing a large goosebump on the back of his neck. The crisp sound of the clash of gold and iron, the muffled sound of fists colliding, these were only a few inches away from him. Liang Jingmo couldn't see the fierce confrontation that took place in the back of his head, and could only guess by his voice, although the whole process only lasted for just two seconds, it felt like a century long.

With a muffled sound of "bang", "monitor lizard" Cuomo jumped backwards, took a few steps back, and completely escaped from Nangong Wang's attack range. His shoulder was visibly dented, as if someone had struck him with a hammer.

On the other side, Nangong Wang maintained the movement of swinging his fist, but he was not in a hurry to pursue, but looked to the side with concern.

I saw Qiu Banxia, who received the blow head-on, stumbling back a few steps and barely standing still. She held the field knife she had snatched from the opponent's hand between the fingers of her right hand, and her left hand was already dripping with blood. The paralysis left by the fight with Fick finally made her suffer, and even when Como was somewhat distracted to guard Nangong Wang, she had to pay the price of her injuries to snatch the knife.

But as long as Liang Jingmo is alive, it's worth it.

"I expected that a game without a strong overseer would end up like this." Qiu Banxia smiled bitterly, "Choose to shoot at the same time as throwing out fierce materials, you seem to be very good at creating opportunities." ”

With a flick of her wrist, she grabbed the field knife in her backhand, adjusted her breathing, and stared warily ahead with the other two. Slightly wounded, Cuomo is still a tough opponent, and what's even more tricky is that those who were originally just sweeping the formation are also beginning to show their hideous faces.

"I didn't fight back right away, which was a bit of a surprise." Bai Su spread out his hand, "I know that when it comes to the stage of direct life and death, the gambling game itself is meaningless." If you don't do it now, what are you waiting for? ”

He said this as if he was saying to Liang Jingmo and them, and it was also like speaking to his subordinates, and the originally tense air suddenly tightened further, and only a small spark was about to detonate.

However, the first person to respond to him was a person who had no sense of existence since the beginning of the game.

"No, it's over." The man said.

A dagger pierced Bai Su's heart deeply, silently, and only brought out a painful snort from the party. Not only Bai Su himself, but even those who were standing on his side widened their eyes in surprise. The girl with a sharp blade in her hand seemed to emerge from the air, and she seemed to have been standing there from the beginning, but they all ignored her presence.

The assassination came in a dignified manner, but it strangely did not alert anyone.

"What I learned at Nangong's house was not in vain after all." Shen Lingshuang pulled out the dagger from Bai Su's chest expressionlessly, and brought a blood arrow, "This stealth skill is enough to be named 'Blind Spot Walking Change'." It's done. ”

She turned her head and smiled at Master Qiu Banxia Yanran: "Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life." ”

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