Sure enough, although I was already acting as much as I could, in the end, King Shiraki still took a fancy to me and wanted to take me as his subordinate. Ethereal.2.

However, his words were more level, not to ask me to be his subordinate, but to invite me and the little fool to his house as guests.

In other words, as a dignified prince, he actually said such polite words to a penniless young man, generally speaking, this is impossible to refuse.

But I had to turn him down. After all, this guest is not done for nothing, once he enters his palace, eats him, drinks him, and lives with him every day, as the so-called taking people with short hands and eating people with soft mouths, then if he asks me to help him do things, do I still have room to refuse?

However, now that I have a request for him, I am worried that directly refusing his invitation will make him angry, so I can only smile and make excuses: "The prince's kindness, Yiji understands it, but Yiji came out this time, in fact, to find long-lost relatives, so after marrying Neiko this time, Yiji may have to continue to embark on the journey to find relatives, so please forgive the prince, and Yiji may not be able to hover in the house at that time." ”

Hearing my words, an imperceptible vigilance flashed in the old prince's eyes, and then he said to me: "Since this is the case, it is better to leave your wife in the house, I will help take care of it, you take a woman on the road like this, it will be a lot of inconvenience, and it will also cause her suffering, don't you say?" ”

I'm rubbing, this is a blatant hostage, of course, that's even worse.

But I couldn't refuse again, so I said to me right away: "After the wedding is over, I'll ask Uchiko what she means, if she is willing at that time, she will definitely not stop it." ”

"That's good, that's good," the old prince finally breathed a sigh of relief, and happily pulled me into the pavilion, insisting on playing a game of chess with me, and said that he was familiar with me at first sight, in short, some words that won people's hearts.

I also pretended to be touched and sat down to play chess with him.

When playing chess, the old prince smiled and said: "There is an old saying that is good, learn merit and fame, and sell it to the emperor's family." Throughout the ages, the greatest hope of the Shi family is to be able to serve the emperor's family, Xiao Liu, your martial arts are strong, so talented, it is a pity that you don't need to be on the blade. As the saying goes, every inch of time is an inch of gold, time waits for no one, you have to plan for your future as soon as possible. ”

I smiled and said to him: "Lord, there is a very interesting little story in our hometown, I don't know if the prince wants to listen to it." ”

"Oh, that's a good dare, this king likes to listen to stories the most, tell me about it." King Bai Mu smiled.

After thinking about it for a while, I said to King Shiraki: "This story is that there was a rich man who liked turtles very much, and thought that turtles were a symbol of longevity and very auspicious, so he collected some turtle shells everywhere and put them at home. One day he found a big turtle in the mire in the mountains, and he said to the turtle, "Turtle, come with me, and I will dress you up beautifully and put you in the center of the hall and worship you." But the tortoise said to him, "In that case, won't I die?" Although you have a lot of wealth, although you dress me in brocade, and even worship me, but all this is not enough to catch up with one ten-thousandth of my quagmire, so you better let me go and let me live in the quagmire to my heart's content. ”

After I finished speaking, I couldn't help but look at the old prince and asked, "Lord, do you think this story is funny?" ”

King Baimu nodded in a daze, looked at me with some strange expression, and said, "I didn't expect you to not only be strong in martial arts, but also have such excellent knowledge, it's really a rare talent." ”

"The prince has won the award, in my opinion, in fact, the prince is even more rare." I laughed.

"Oh, what do you mean by that? What is so rare about me as an old man who is dying? I'd like to hear your opinions. King Bai Mu asked me with a smile.

Hearing our conversation, the county magistrate Hao Yu and Ou Ruo's mother-in-law both pricked up their ears and listened, as if they also wanted to see what I had to say.

Seeing this, I smiled and said to King Baimu: "Lord Wang, there is another saying in our hometown, called: Lao Ji is determined to be thousands of miles, and the martyr is full of strength in his twilight years. I think this sentence is in line with the prince. ”

"The old man is determined to be thousands of miles away, and the martyr is full of strength in his twilight years?" Bai Mu Wang savored the two words I said, suddenly slapped the table for a long time, and laughed: "Okay, good, I didn't expect to meet a confidant and friend today." One mark, you really make me appreciate you more and more. I really hope that you can stay and help this king, if that's the case, this old horse can travel thousands of miles to keep it, do you believe it or not? ”

was broken by me, and instead of being angry, King Baimu became more and more sorry, making me a little embarrassed to refuse him for a while.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't help but say to King Baimu: "Lord, although I said that, we still have to come out from reality, and if we don't say anything else, let's just say that you are Baimu City, but with a population of only more than 100,000, how can you achieve great things, not to mention that you are old, I think it is better to spend your old age in peace, why bother to do those things that are far away in the world?" ”

King Baimu shook his head and said: "You are wrong about this, although I only have a hundred miles of state, but I am united as one, and the people are wanted, although he has a great country, but he only knows how to implement tyranny, fish and flesh the people, so as long as this king ascends to the heights, everything is still possible." What's more, this king has no children in his life, and everything he does is not for his own selfish interests, but for the people of the world, this king really wants to let the people live a good life, otherwise, my old bones, I can bury them in a pit at will, so why bother to toss so much? ”

King Baimu's words made me change my attitude towards him a little, saying that this old man actually has no heirs, so if he wins the world in the future, who will he pass the throne to?

Seeing my question, King Baimu said to me: "There is a good saying, winning the hearts of the people in the world, Baoding is not a private thing, and the virtuous live in it, so the king's plan is to hand over the country to a reliable Ming monarch after a hundred years, this person can be a flat-headed people, can be an army officer, can be a minister official, in short, as long as everyone is unanimously elected, the people love, this king will trust him!" ”

I'm a big grass, won't this White Wood King also come from the time-traveling, right? I couldn't be shocked to have such advanced ideas.

It took me a long time before I came back to my senses, and I couldn't help but think of one thing, that is, although my own strength is strong now, but unfortunately, I don't have anyone to use in my hands, and it is for this reason that I can't even catch a wilderness witch so far, so if I cooperate with the White Wood King and help him rise up to fight for the world, then I won't have my own power?

Moreover, according to him, after a hundred years, the throne will be passed on to a virtuous person, in that case, wouldn't I be able to be an emperor and have fun?

Tsk, when I think about it like this, I feel that this thing is simply a big deal, and there is no excuse for people to refuse.