In the Buddhist hall, green smoke curls.

Concubine Yuan Defei closed her eyes and knelt on the futon in the hall with her hands folded to pray for blessings and chant sutras.

A series of eager footsteps sounded from far to near, and then Danqing hurriedly ran in, leaned over to Concubine Yuan De, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, Lord Zuo Xiang told the old man to return to his hometown, and the king allowed it." ”

Concubine Yuan De's eyes widened, her eyes were shocked, and then she frowned and said, "Who took over the position of Zuo Xiang?" ”

"The king has not yet decided, but for now, let the right minister prepare a list of candidates."

"What nonsense!" Concubine Yuan Defei looked disdainful: "In this way, isn't it from the right prime minister's long wings to grow feathers and install his own cronies!" ”

"That'...... If you don't want to persuade the king......"

Concubine Yuan Defei turned her head to look at Danqing, and said angrily: "He is the king, can I control him?" ”

Danqing is stopped.

Concubine Yuan Defei sighed again and closed her eyes: "My son can't help ...... mother."

Danqing saw Concubine Yuan Defei start chanting again, and silently retreated.

Soon after she left, a tear fell from the corner of Yuan Defei's eye.

Concubine Yuan De was crying here, but Ma Xisheng in the palace of the King of Chu was complacent about this freedom without constraints.

After changing his clothes and cleaning his face, he withdrew from the little eunuchs, and stood alone in front of a one-person-high bronze mirror, constantly standing up and swinging his arms in a majestic posture.

Zhao Jichang leaned on the lintel, looked lazily for a moment, and rolled his eyes to Ma Xisheng's side.

"Congratulations to the king, I have already held half of the country in my hand."

Ma Xi was happy, stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at him: "Half? ”

"Yes, half."

Ma Xisheng became excited: "Lone is the king, aren't all the rivers and mountains lonely?" You actually talk to Lone halfway? ”

Zhao Jichang smiled lightly: "King, the left minister is today, and the right minister is willing to be an arm, you have only half of the country!" ”

"Then ......" Ma Xi was confused: "What about the other half?" ”

Zhao Jichang's eyes deepened: "Naturally, it is in those ...... In the hands of a powerful minister with a heavy army! ”

A powerful minister with a heavy army?

Who are they?

He is the envoy of the military defense in various places, the commander of the six armies and the twelve guards, and the clan relatives who have mastered the army of pro-soldiers early on!

Which one of these, he Ma Xi sounded...... Unable to disassemble.

Ma Xisheng completely lost the good mood of looking in the mirror, he went to the table and shrunk himself into the big chair, looking helpless and decadent.

"Do you think it's a big trouble for Lone not to know that they have a heavy army? But Lone can't do anything to them! The surrounding countries, since the succession to the throne, have been eyeing each other, lonely... How can you move them! There are also clan relatives, all of whom are elders, and they are all from the Ma family, how can they be provoked? ”

"The king misunderstood the meaning of the minions, and the minions didn't let you touch them." Zhao Jichang said unhurriedly: "It's that the king might as well find a way to place an overseer next to each of them." ”

"Overseers?" Ma Xi looked at Zhao Jichang in bewilderment: "What do you mean?" ”

"Great King, now the foreign military power is in the hands of the Jiedu envoys, if they want to be unfavorable to you, the king, then you have no chance of winning, but what if there is one of them around them who shares the military power?"

Ma Xisheng looked at Zhao Jichang in a daze, and after a few seconds, he shook his head and said, "Whimsical!" How could they possibly agree! ”

"O king, if you send any of your ministers to this position, they will not be happy, but what if you send eunuchs like minions?"

Ma Xisheng blinked, stood up with a "rub", and flew up excitedly and eagerly: "You have no heirs, no family background, and there is no threat of seizing power!" ”

Zhao Jichang bowed and bowed: "The king is wise!" ”

Ma Xisheng rubbed his hands excitedly, and all kinds of ideas began in his mind, and Zhao Jichang took the opportunity to slander when he saw this:

"Don't you know that these Overseers don't care about fighting, but just in the name of your ears and eyes, and they report to you about the situation everywhere at that time?"

"Lone knows that this is indeed a good idea, but ...... Will they agree? ”

"King, only those with impure motives are afraid of surveillance!" Zhao Jichang's prompt was very obvious, and Ma Xisheng came to his senses: "Yes, in terms of consequentialism, refusal is impure!" That's good! In this way, Lone can stare at them, and their every move will not escape Lone's eyes, and Lone can rest easy! ”

"At that time, the slave will congratulate the king and take charge of the entire country of Chu!"

Ma Xisheng laughed happily when he heard this, and Zhao Jichang also laughed, but he looked at Ma Xisheng's eyes full of ridicule.

……

In the woodland of the trial, everyone moved forward in silence.

Along the way, everyone's mood is heavy.

Hurt, jealousy, calculation, negative things cascade out, making people feel depressed.

As he walked, Tang Liuliang suddenly stopped and looked at Tang Xiao, who was walking in the forefront: "Hey, Tang Xiao, you haven't finished talking before, have you?" ”

This question made everyone stop and look at Tang Xiao in front of him, Tang Xiao took a step forward before stopping and turning around, he looked at everyone, his expression was complicated, and he stopped talking.

"Why are you like this?" Tang Liuliang became irritable, and he took two steps forward: "Could it be that what Tang Feiyan said is true?" Are you really lying to us and taking advantage of us? ”

Tang Xiao's fists clenched, he took a deep breath and said, "I haven't used you, the level of the trial can only be obtained by everyone cooperating, but ...... I did lie. ”

Everyone was very surprised and surprised when they heard this, but Mu Junwu was calm, and as for Hua Rou, her eyebrows and eyes were full of worry.

Tang Xiao said apologetically: "I hid the secret behind the token. ”

"What's the secret?" Tang Liuliang stepped forward again and asked, but Tang Xiao was embarrassed and bit his lip silently.

"You chose to say it, why did you say half of it?" Tang Lin stood behind Tang Liuliang: "This makes everyone more uncomfortable." ”

Tang Xiao's eyes were tangled, and the skin at the joints of his hands turned white.

Seeing him in such pain, Mu Junwu spoke directly: "Those tokens are the keys to open or pass through a certain level, right?" ”

"You!" Tang Xiao glared at Mu Junwu in shock: "How do you know?" ”

"If Tang Feiyan is just to fight with you, then this trial is inevitably too well prepared!"

Tang Xiao didn't speak, but his head nodded slightly, agreeing with his entry point.

Tang Liuliang took a step back in confusion at this moment, and tugged on Tang Lone's sleeve: "I don't understand, what does this have to do with the fact that the token is the key?" ”

"I don't understand either." Tang Lone's voice replied softly, revealing gentleness.

Hua Rou blinked when she heard this: "They are so deliberate, what they want is definitely not simple." ”

"That's right! If you think about it, you must have a plan! Mu Junwu raised his eyes and looked into the distance: "This place of trial, there are many levels, there should be a heavy treasure in a critical level, this is Tang Feiyan and them...... The true purpose of this trial. ”

Mu Junwu said here, retracting his gaze and looking at Tang Xiao: "Tang Feiyan worked hard to collect all the tokens, and it is very likely that these tokens are the keys. So...... What level is this? ”

Mu Junwu had already seen through everything, Tang Xiao smiled bitterly, loosened his shoulders and said, "Life and death mound." ”