After the King of Huainan and his entourage returned to Shouchun City, because the alchemy place of Wu Mian, Gui Bugui and Ren San was burned down by Mr. Ming Due, the three of them could only temporarily live in the Shangbin of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, waiting for Xiao Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, to build another residence for them outside the city.

At this juncture, it was reported that King Wu united with the King of Chu, the King of Jinan and other six countries to form a seven-nation alliance to rebel under the banner of Zhu Chao and Qing Jun's side. The imperial court sent a large army led by Zhou Yafu to meet the attack, and the two armies met in the state of Liang. During the battle, there were several victories and defeats, the Seven Nations Coalition Army stormed Suiyang, the capital of Liang, and Zhou Yafu led the army to defend Suiyang City.

Although Huainan is far away from the place of war, it has not been affected much for the time being. Liu Xichen had a heavy army at the border, and after preventing King Wu from being unable to capture Suiyang City for a long time, he turned to attack his Huainan Kingdom to vent his anger.

After the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, there was an endless stream of envoys from the Seven Kingdoms in Shouchun City. The Seven Kingdoms wanted to win over Huainan to join the rebels, but the imperial court demanded that the king of Huainan only remain neutral and impartial.

Huainan is also divided into two factions, with the prime minister as the leader, advocating that the two sides are not divided between victory and defeat at present, and Huainan rashly helping either side may cause great disasters in the future. The faction led by Liu Xi's brother Liu Yuan advocated that the Seven Kingdoms were powerful, and once the Liang capital was breached, there would be no strong cities to defend against the Seven Kingdoms army. At that time, it is bound to destroy the rest of the countries and smash the capital, and if you don't take refuge in the Seven Kingdoms now, when King Wu wins the world, you will have to settle this account with Huainan.

Although the two factions argued endlessly, Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, was obviously biased in favor of the prime minister. Although no actual royal decree was issued, anyone with a discerning eye could see that His Highness had a heart to remain neutral. It's just that because the situation has not become clear, we just wait and see for the time being.

At that time, the busiest people were the ministers of state and Liu Yuan, important ministers of Huainan. Every day, after the envoys of various countries left the Huainan Palace, they went straight to the mansions of these ministers, and Liu Xi did not say anything to stop them, so he watched coldly in his own palace.

In order to prevent dogs like King Wu and others from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Xiao Liu Xi took Wu Mian, Gui Bugui and Xiao Ren to his palace. arranged a bedroom for these three next to his bedroom, but these three people were used to being together, and opened two rooms for these three to live in.

Early one morning, Xiao Liu Xi had breakfast with Wu Mian and the three of them as usual. After eating and drinking, the king of Huainan put on his royal clothes with the help of his inner attendants, and went to the outer hall to listen to the noise of the envoys of the seven kingdoms and the imperial court. Xiao Liu Xi had just put on the king's clothes, and suddenly saw a small chamberlain running over in a hurry outside. He stood under the porch and winked at the chief attendant who was dressing him.

"You go and ask him, what's going on so much so panic." Xiao Liu Xi took his jade belt from the head of the inner chamberlain, buckled the jade belt, and said to Wu Mian and the three of them with a smile: "Looking at his panicked appearance, the disciple thought that the imperial court and the Seven Nations Alliance Army had entered this Shouchun City. However, with three gentlemen by the disciple's side, what if all the soldiers and horses from all over the world attack my small Shouchun City......"

"Don't put gold on our faces, we'll be faster than you at that time." After laughing, he glanced at Wu Mian, who was still lowering his head and continuing to eat. Just as he was about to say something more, he saw the chief chamberlain leaning into Xiao Liu Xi's ear and muttering something to him.

Xiao Liu Xi frowned, pushed away the head of the chamberlain, and said, "In front of the three gentlemen, there is no behind-the-scenes words. Say, what is it that makes you panic like this? ”

The chief chamberlain glanced at Wu Mian and the three of them, hesitated for a moment, and said, "His Royal Highness King Wu sent an envoy, saying that there is a gift to be passed on to the three gentlemen. Thanks to the three gentlemen for offering the alchemy method in return, this is the ...... of the gift list" Now in an extraordinary period, the chief attendant does not know the reason inside, thinking that Wu Mian and the three of them have something to do with Wu Wang Liu Biao, so he became a little panicked.

After listening to it, he first laughed, then looked at Wu Mian, who had swallowed the last bite of rice, and said: "I like this King Wu a little, I blow up their house, and he is still in the mood to give a gift back." I knew that I wrote more weight on it at that time and blew up his palace, can he give more things? ”

Under Liu Xi's instructions, the chief chamberlain handed over the gift list in his hand to the hand of the returnee. I saw that the above are all lists of some natural and earthly treasures, and these are almost all the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that Liu Xi sent people around to buy. Among the Dan prescriptions left by Xu Fu, they have accounted for seven or eight out of ten.

"This King of Wu is generous, and he has this leisure to start a war" After taking a look, he was going to hand over the gift list to Wu Mian, but he saw that this white hair did not mean to take it. After laughing at the moment, he put the gift list in his arms. After glancing at the chief chamberlain, who had a somewhat strange expression, the old guy continued: "What, more than this? Didn't King Wu also set up a recruitment hall in his Guangling City and invited the three of us to live for two years? ”

"There is another ......" The chief chamberlain peeked at Xiao Liu Xi, and after seeing him, His Royal Highness signaled himself to continue, and then he continued: "There are also twelve corpses sent along with the gifts, and the envoy said that these are all sent by our Huainan Kingdom to Wu State, so that His Royal Highness the King of Huainan should not do such a boring act again." ”

Xiao Liu Xi's face didn't have any expression, and it wasn't until the chief attendant finished speaking that he said, "Did King Wu's envoy say anything else?" ”

After a pause, the chief chamberlain replied, "After the envoy had finished saying these few words to his subordinates, he took himself before the door. The corpse has been collected by the people under the door, and I ask Your Highness to dispose of it. ”

At this time, a little surprised expression appeared on Xiao Liu Xi's face. After sighing slightly, he said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, your subordinates are loyal ministers, it's a pity that your majesty is ......"

"Don't bury it yet" Before Xiao Liu Xi finished speaking, Wu Mian, who had already put down the dishes and chopsticks, suddenly said: "Since Your Highness, you have said that you are a loyal minister, then we should also go and pay a look at the appearance of this loyal minister." ”

"Even if you are a loyal minister, you are now a dead man, what is there to look at a dead man?" Xiao Rensan, who put down the dishes and chopsticks at the same time as Wu Mian, frowned, almost because Wu Mian's words ruined his appetite for breakfast.

However, whether to return or not to return and Wu Mian is an idea, after hearing the chief of the chamberlain say that the envoy at the door is self-judged. His eyes narrowed, and when Wu Mian said that he was going to pay homage to his loyal ministers, he was the first to stand up. After exchanging glances with Wu Mian, the old guy looked at Xiao Rensan and said, "Sometimes dead people are really a little better looking than living people......

Xiao Rensan had no interest in going to see the dead early in the morning, but he had already lost his appetite and was not interested in continuing to eat, so he could only follow a few of them to the outer hall of the palace. At this time, the subordinate who had just answered had already knelt down here and recounted what had just happened. But until he finished speaking, no one carried the corpse of the self-serving envoy.

Just as the chief attendant reprimanded his subordinates for not being able to run errands, a green-faced waiter came over and whispered a few words in his ear. His Royal Highness King Huainan was by his side, and the chief chamberlain wanted to reprimand a few words. After hearing the words of the little chamberlain, his face also changed. At the moment, he said to the little chamberlain: "Is what you said true?" The little waiter said with a bitter face: "It's true, the little one saw it with his own eyes." It's all rotten......"

"Shut up! In front of Your Highness, you are not allowed to talk nonsense" After the chief attendant reprimanded, he walked in front of King Huainan, and after hesitating for a moment, he said directly to King Huainan and Wu Mian: "Your Highness, the body of that envoy can no longer be transported. Just now, the chamberlain told me that the corpse had festered and was not in shape. The corpse is a little suspicious, please ask His Royal Highness to decree whether the corpse should be burned? ”

After saying this, Xiao Liu Xi was not too surprised, but just glanced back at Wu Mian and whether he would return or not, and said, "What do the two gentlemen mean?" ”