At that time, Tuoba Hong and his party of three arrived at Guangde Building on Detian Street on horseback, and when they entered the gate of Detianfang, they found that someone was already waiting at the entrance of the street, and all the shops on both sides were closed, and there was no pedestrian on the street.

Luo Kedi couldn't help but say: "Big brother, second brother, I'm afraid that this old man Xie is going to make trouble?" ”

Li Cunxiao: "If you come, you will be safe, this Detian Street is the industry of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seems that the old man is a little cautious." ”

Tuoba Hong smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to it." ”

Walking to the Detian archway, a young scholar in a blue robe stepped forward to greet him: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, two generals, Xie Jin at the end of the school, and my father are already waiting in Guangde Building, please dismount and come with me." ”

Tuoba Hong and the three of them turned over and dismounted, followed Xie Jin, about dozens of steps in the distance, there was a two-story small building with lights, the door arranged a guard to watch the door, sent to the door, the guard pushed the door open, saluted each other, before going upstairs, Xie Jin turned back to Tuoba Hong and said: "Today's father just wants to talk to His Royal Highness alone, two generals, I have asked people to prepare a banquet in the private room downstairs, and I am also bothered that the two generals move." ”

Luo Kedi was a little worried, and was about to speak out, but Tuoba Hong stopped it with his eyes, and then turned back to Xie Jin and said, "Master Xie is invited." ”

Walking to the door of a private room on the second floor, Xie Jin made a gesture to please, and then saluted and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, please, I will retire now." ”

After saying that, he turned around and went downstairs.

Tuoba Hong pushed open the door, saw that there was a red sandalwood chessboard in the room, there was a Boshan furnace in front of the chessboard, the green smoke slowly went up, an old man came out from behind the screen, the old man's face was thin, the gray clothes were fluttering, the crane face was white, it looked like about sixty, but the face looked like nothing more than forty, it can be seen that he must be outstanding when he was young, the Southern Dynasty is still Daoxuan, and the clothes he wears have the meaning of being elegant out of the dust.

The old man smiled slightly, and waved his hand to the chessboard: "Your Highness is good at playing, can you accompany the old man to talk about a game." ”

Tuoba Hong bowed his hand: "The elder invites, but I dare not resign." ”

After speaking, he sat down and asked Xie Xiang with his hand: "The old gentleman goes first." ”

The old man sat down, holding the black chess in his hand and falling first, after the two sides went to the middle game, Tuoba Hong suddenly made a son in the middle of the abdomen, Xie Xun directly responded to a hand, the two sides had a fight around the hinterland of the middle game, the chess momentum was stale, it was difficult to distinguish the winner and the loser, at this time, Tuoba Hong a son raided down, seeing that there was a chance to connect in the middle game, Xie Xiang pondered for a moment, smiled, and then cast.

Tuoba Hong was surprised: "Why did Xiang Xie cast his son, the kid is just a temptation, and the victory or defeat is still a point." ”

Xie Xun said with a smile: "Hand talk is also heart talk, since I already know His Highness's thoughts, it won't be interesting to go down any further." ”

Tuoba Hong asked: "Why did Prime Minister Xie say this, I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Xie Xun said slowly: "Then the old man will slowly explain to His Highness, Chen Liuxie's family, Jiangzuo's thousand-year-old wealthy family, has gone through five dynasties, and Chen Liuxie's family is standing, do you know why?" ”

Tuoba Hong shook his head: "I want to hear about it." ”

Xie Xun continued: "There is a saying in the world, no matter who is the king in the world? Jiang Zuo will be Wang Xie, Xie Jiaxin is the royal road, not the monarch and the minister, the reason why the top families of the Wang family and the Xie family stand tall is not loyalty, but to wait for the world to move, follow the trend, no matter who occupies the world, the Wang Xie family is assisted, the Xie family has ancestral training, not for the world, only for the court, so we and the Northern Dynasty are not enemies, this peace policy is also my advice to Your Majesty, and I tried my best to promote. ”

Tuoba Hong bowed and saluted: "Thank you for thinking about the common people!" ”

Xie Xun shook his head and said: "The old decay is not so noble, because the Northern Wei Dynasty is not able to go south at present, one is not strong, and the other is that the Emperor Dingdi has no such heart, the Emperor Dingdi worships the Buddha, and taboos killing, which is also the reason why you can't return to the dynasty, because you have the heart to fight, and this battle of Jiangbei is really not the fault of Wu Guogong, I want to seize Xishu, in order to be able to enter the Central Plains of the Northern Expedition by two roads, it is really a good policy, and the Wucheng Jingbei Army went to Jialin Pass, resulting in the lack of troops in Wangbei City, so that Dugu Wenqin used a strategy to recapture Wangbei City, and now the attack and defense are changing, In the short term, the Mandate of Heaven is no longer in the beam. ”

Tuoba Hong was puzzled: "Xie Xiang, this king has come all the way to see that the Liang country is prosperous, the people live in peace, and the national strength is still better than my Northern Dynasty." ”

Xie Xun nodded: "National strength is not equal to combat power, Liang has occupied Jiangbei for more than 30 years, and it is unable to make the Northern Expedition, the reason is the lack of war horses, if the Wei State fights, lures the enemy into depth, and attacks the grain road, it is difficult for the Northern Expedition to last, and the failure of the Northern Expedition more than 30 years ago is the reason, but Wei has a great crisis in the future." ”

Tuoba Hong hurriedly asked, "I hope to thank Xiang for teaching." ”

Xie Xun pointed to Tuoba Hong: "The key is in His Highness, and I hope His Highness will tell me what is in my heart today." ”

Tuoba Hong pointed to himself: "On this king? ”

Xie Xun nodded and said, "If the king of Wei succeeds to the throne, it is not you Tuoba Hong, and in less than twenty years, the offensive and defensive trend will change again; Because although the combat strength of the north is strong, the people's livelihood is weak and the manpower is insufficient, and this national fortune cannot last long. And the south of the country is rich in real estate, a large population, the national strength is at its peak, 20 years of recuperation, must be able to raise troops and then seek the Northern Expedition, this is the national fortune of the country, second, the north vigorously rejuvenate the Buddha, the power of the country to support the monks, wear out the Northern Dynasty monarchs and ministers of the war will, damage the national strength, in the long run, the country will be weak, this is the biggest crisis of the Northern Dynasty, your father and brother are Buddha, if the King of Qi succeeds to the throne, once the two generations of emperors successively, the general trend is irretrievable, Wei is afraid that it will be difficult to have another 30 years of national fortune. At that time, Mobei and Daliang will attack Wei State, how will Wei State respond? The disaster of the country is only in the moment. ”

Tuoba Hong heard that his heart was shaken, so he got up and thanked him with the gift of a disciple: "Sir, can you teach me, what Mr. said today is the words of insight into the world, Mr. has the earth-shattering talent to move the world, the kid does not tell lies, I do have the ambition of the world, since Mr. said these words to me, there must be something to teach me, I am willing to serve Mr. as a teacher, and seek a strategy to stabilize the northern country." ”

Xie Xun helped Tuoba Hong up: "The way of heaven is panicked, the imperial road is unpredictable, just now when you were undecided, you went south strongly, I already know your heart, these words I said today are also unpredictable the way of heaven, so if you really go south in the future, I hope you can make less murder, ensure the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, and the people live in peace, if you swear, I will give you a few strategies today, as for whether the mandate of heaven is in you, heaven will decide."

Tuoba Hong knelt on the ground and swore an oath, Xie Xun said: "If you enter Jiandu one day, that is, when the old man hangs himself, please treat my Xie clan kindly, they will not blame you, and they will still stand in the court, ask for the life of the people, and seek the well-being of the world." ”

Tuoba Hong looked up at the old man's words, and his heart was shocked, this person has a big heart and far-reaching strategy, and he has never seen it in his life.

Xie Xun said slowly: "After the death of the crown prince of Wei, who does your father want to be the prince, in fact, you should also understand in your heart that it must be your second brother King Qi, the king of Qi has worshiped the great Confucian king Quan of the northern land since he was a child, and he has few literary names, and he has long collected the Han culture of the Northern Dynasty;

The king of Qi is extremely filial to your father and queen mother, and treats his courtiers and corporal Lixian as a corporal, and the government and the opposition praise them;

The King of Qi worships Buddha and Buddha, and the national teacher Master Zhixin is a good friend of the year, and unlike your other royal brothers, they either form a party, or raise the dead, or enclose the land, and the King of Qi has never made such a move, if it were not for the fact that he is not the eldest son, the position of the crown prince would have been his.

Today, your father has lifted the danger of Jiangbei, the situation in the country is stable, and the successor must be a person who governs the country with benevolence and filial piety, although the king of Qi has already had a princess and gave birth to a son, but your father is afraid that he will divorce his wife to marry Princess Yonghui, clear the obstacles to his position as the crown prince, and get the help of my dynasty, at this time you can't fight.

I will give you three strategies, one is to ask yourself to dismiss the army and remove your armor, in addition to the suspicion of your father and the government and the opposition, and the other is to invite you into the Tianlong Temple, worship the national teacher Zhixin as a teacher, remove the sins, accompany your mother and concubine to deal with the Buddha, fulfill the filial piety of the son of man, eliminate the evil of your father, isolate the changes in the court, do not touch the cause and effect, and wait for the wind and clouds. Third, in order to wait for the opportunity to change, do not be merciful, remember that the prince's enemy is your enemy, if the prince is tired, it is your opportunity, but you can wait and not take it! Do you remember? ”

Tuoba Hong pondered carefully and muttered: "You can wait, you can plan, you can't take it!" This king remembered! ”

"Mr. Xie's message!"

Tuoba Hong saluted again, and when he looked up, Xie Xiang had already pushed the door away, Tuoba Hong looked at the chessboard again, picked up a black piece from the black chess box, wanted to take a step, but shook his head, and put it down again.

"I still lost this chess after all."

Li Cunxiao and Luo Kedi walked upstairs, and when they saw Tuoba Hong in a daze, they asked, "Big brother, what did Old Man Xie tell you?" ”

Tuoba Hong fingered the chessboard: "A game of chess." ”

Luo Kedi scratched his head: "Playing chess, is this old man Xie so idle?" ”

Tuoba Hong got up, flicked it on Luo Ke's head, and said with a smile: "Let's go......"

……

A carriage traveled in Jiandu at night, the sound of the axle rolling, rising and falling in the night, in the carriage, Xie Jin asked his father: "Father, why do you want to say this to Tuoba Hong today." ”

Xie Xun closed his eyes and replied: "Chen Liuxie's family has passed on the bloodline for thousands of years, a family of tens of thousands of people, think about the Wen family's power 23 years ago, once wanted to change the dynasty, more than 10,000 people were sentenced, the position of the world is just a personal ambition, but how many wealthy families are the graves of noble families, our Xie family is the courtier of the people of the world, not a family of courtiers, no matter who dominates the world in the future, our Xie family is still the general of the country, the pillar of the society, Jin'er, do you understand the painstaking work of being a father?" ”

Xie Jin nodded thoughtfully: "My son understands." ”

Xie Xun sneered: "Back then, the teacher said that his father was an old slippery head, but in fact, what about being an old slippery head? can protect the inheritance of the Xie family, can protect the tens of thousands of people of the Xie family, and can make the people of Jiangnan suffer less from war in the future. As a father, I never cared. ”

Xie Xun said that he was deafening, and Xie Jin on the side only understood what kind of person his father was at this moment.