Facing Wu Jie's inquiry and concern, Xiong Jiong was moved and told the secret of his life experience.

Originally...... He, the "third prince", is actually an illegitimate child, and he is a wild seed left in the world after the emperor's romance overnight!

With his background, he must have suffered a lot in the court. Even Huang Yanjing was worried that he would not be able to protect this little son, so he had to find him the identity of a preparatory immortal to use as a talisman.

Thinking of this, Wu Xie couldn't help but think of the scene when he met Xiong Jiong in the palace.

At that time, the third prince, who was supposed to be a noble person and surrounded by each other, sat alone in the courtyard in the corner of the palace, without half a waiter by his side, and there was no half of the guards nearby. He was accompanied only by the dead tree that had witnessed history, and the hole in the ground that had long since lost its residents.

That courtyard used to be one of the most secret forbidden places in the palace of the Great Chu Kingdom. But with the death of his predecessors, the traces of his stay in the world have also disappeared, and the origin of this courtyard has become "the residence of the eldest princess in the past, the eldest princess died in the rebellion of the king of Dongshan County, and the heroic spirit is not dispersed, and the tree that has turned into a withered and immortal, steel-solid tree is still here silently guarding the Great Chu Kingdom........."

To put it so nicely, it's actually still a haunted house.

Lu Ji, a disciple of his predecessors, lives under the rooftop, and is a neighbor with Ning Feng, the nephew of Xiao Buyi, who usually lives under the stargazing platform near the rooftop. Lu Ji has also forgotten her teacher, in her impression, she is an orphan picked up by the eldest princess, because of her extraordinary qualifications, she was taught by a mysterious swordsman passing by, and with the help of the elixir given by Wu Xie to break through the innate realm in one fell swoop, and now she is guarding the Great Chu royal family according to the last wish of the eldest princess.

For some reason, Midorihime rarely visited the courtyard where she had lived for a long time. Wu Xie guessed that this was probably humane modification of her memory, and at the same time, in order to avoid making her feel emotional, she specially faked something such as "because of sadness" or some other reason.

Therefore, this courtyard has become a corner of the palace of the Great Chu Kingdom that has been forgotten intentionally or unintentionally, which is just suitable for His Royal Highness the Third Prince, who has also been forgotten intentionally or unintentionally.

"In this case, I think you shouldn't have too much sense of belonging to the Great Chu State - hehe, I was wrong, for the royal family of the Great Chu State, it is already a good thing that you can not hold grudges!" Wu Xie smiled and said, "I know that you don't like them, but you have to remember that they are just inconspicuous passers-by in your life, and in your hundreds of years or thousands of years of life, they are not even a small fragment, so they are not worthy of your disgust, let alone your hatred!"

Xiong Jiong nodded, revealing a hint of a smile.

"You're right, those who used to look down on me, who insulted me, who wanted me to die, are just little people who aren't even fragments. I don't even need to remember them!"

Wu Xie nodded and smiled with satisfaction, at this time he was no longer worried that Xiong Jiong might be burdened with national responsibility, based on this child's original experience, what a brain-dead person would plant these things on his head!

But he still underestimated the lower limit of people in the royal family, and after a few days, an envoy with the royal blood of the Great Chu Dynasty seemed to visit the Jishihou Mansion in the capital, and conveyed the edict of the Son of Heaven to Wu Xie and the third prince Xiong Jiong, who also lived here.

The content of the edict was very simple, asking them to serve as envoys of the Great Chu State to send envoys to the Han Dynasty and declare their friendship with each other.

Wu Xie did not refuse to accept the invitation, he used the sound transmission to stop the two disciples from getting angry, politely accepted the edict, politely sent the messenger away, and then looked at the apprentices and junior brothers who frowned tightly and said "I am very unhappy" all over their faces, and smiled.

"What are you angry about?"

"That's too contemptible!" Lin Xiao said angrily, "I don't want to think about what your identity is, master!" Even if you don't consider your identity as Ning Yuan's real person, at least in terms of seniority, you are also the elder of the current emperor! How dare this guy have the cheekiness to give you an edict! Has he forgotten who received the lamp of luck from in the first place to be eligible to inherit the throne?"

"That's right! This kind of thing...... At most, let's do it, you go, it's not appropriate!" Qiao Feng, who has always been kind and gentle, also showed anger, "If we go, we will already give him face." You are the important minister who supported the enthronement of the first emperor of Kuangfu, and you are the elder of today's son. It's up to you to be the messenger, and you're still in charge of some bullshit 'declaration of friendship'...... This is simply insulting to the national body!"

Wu Xie smiled, did not answer, and looked at Xiong Jiong again.

"I'll go into the palace and persuade my father to take back his fate!" Xiong Jiong took a deep breath, and there was deep uneasiness in his eyes, "This must be a villain who is slandering!" That's ridiculous! Isn't my father confused?"

Wu Xie shook his hand and motioned for them to be calm: "If I am not willing to accept this order, I will refuse just now." To be honest, I'm actually very interested in going to the Great Han Kingdom to see with my own eyes what kind of person Liu Xing, the Emperor of Anguo, who is known as the 'Thirty-Year Son of Peace', is, and to ask in person, and ask what this majesty wants to do. ”

The three of them were stunned and looked at him with doubts.

"The situation of the Great Chu Kingdom, you all know the Tao. Although he escaped another catastrophe this time, the country's situation is gradually declining, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials are emerging in an endless stream...... To put it mildly, if it weren't for the fact that the prosperous Zhaoyang County was constantly transfusing blood to the entire country, I am afraid that it would have already reached the point of civil revolt. Wu Jie's gaze swept over Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao, "The matter of Zhaoyang County, the world says that Wu Hou is diligent, but I know that the key to the Tao lies in your efforts over the years, and I have worked hard for you!"

The two saluted at the same time, saying "don't dare to be".

Wu Xie smiled again: "The Great Chu State is like this now, it will perish sooner or later, it depends on how it will perish." And in general, most countries like this will be destroyed by foreign enemies"o

"Now there are three foreign enemies of the Great Chu State: the first is the Qi State in the north, it is a feud with us, even from an emotional point of view, the Chu people cannot accept the result of the country being annexed by the Qi State, and it will definitely make a river of blood and corpses all over the field, which is not advisable!"

Everyone nodded.

"The second is the Yue State in the south, the Yue State is now thriving, if it can merge with Da Chu, it will not be a good thing. But between the Yue State and the Chu State, after all, the transportation is very inconvenient across the mountains. Even if the merger is forced, it will hinder both the defense of the country and the transmission of government decrees...... This can only be used as a reference, and to be honest, it is not a good choice. ”

Everyone nodded again, and Qiao Feng couldn't help but ask: "Then master, you went to the Great Han this time to see if this Great Han Kingdom can be used as an alternative?"

"Well, since the other two are not suitable, then the only one left is naturally the big man. But I'm not familiar with the Great Han Kingdom, so I have to go and take a look for myself to be sure. ”

After listening to Wu Jie's words, the three of them were silent. Although they were completely able to understand Wu Jie's words, it was a little uncomfortable to accept the fact that "the Great Chu State was about to perish" so calmly.

After a while, Lin Xiao suddenly turned from worry to joy, and said with a smile: "I remember that there is a folk story that says that before King Xian does great things, there are often immortals to test and question - master, if the Great Chu Kingdom is really annexed by the Han Dynasty, your trip is exactly like the legend!"

Wu Xie also smiled: "That's right, then let me, an immortal, test and question the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom!"