Huazhou, Xiao Chen has been waiting patiently for three days.

In the past three days, although Xiao Chen has not done anything, the 200,000 troops on the border have already explained everything.

The servants and maids in the mansion have also taken a detour when they saw Xiao Chen in the past few days, because almost everyone can feel that Xiao Chen's state is not right recently, as if he is a fierce beast trying to hold back his anger, which makes people shudder.

No one dares to provoke Xiao Chen at this time without authorization, which is much more frightening than Xiao Chen at the time of the outbreak.

"Lord Wang, Bai Qi has a letter." Outside the hall gate, Xiao Chen finally waited for what he wanted.

Bai Qi caught Shi Cai, the purpose was naturally himself, and now Bai Qicai sent a letter in three days, obviously for the purpose of grinding Xiao Chen's temperament.

Xiao Chen, who was above the main hall, slowly opened his eyes and said lightly: "What did the letter say?" ”

Wu Liang walked into the hall with the envelope, bowed down and put the letter on Xiao Chen's desk and said: "Prince, Bai Qi said in the letter that the prince should cede half of the land in Huazhou, and only then can Shi Caigongzi be released." Otherwise......"

Xiao Chen's face showed murderous intent: "Otherwise, what?" ”

Wu Liang's face was puzzled: "Bai Qi said, anyway, the Shi family also has a ghost in his heart, if the prince doesn't agree, he will kill the Shi family." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen did not explode directly as Wu Liang imagined, but squinted his eyes and said nothing.

But Wu Liang could feel the almost substantial chill on Xiao Chen's body at this moment.

From childhood to adulthood, it was the first time Wu Liang had seen such a Xiao Chen.

This is much more terrifying than Xiao Chen when he was shouting and killing with a long sword, and he understood that Xiao Chen was really angry this time.

Wu Liang bowed down and stood aside with interest, without saying a word.

On the main seat, Xiao Chen didn't say a word, and the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

Wu Liang lived in this silence like a year, and he was even more frightened.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Chen finally let out a long sigh and said, "I want to go out for a walk." ”

Wu Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, for fear that Xiao Chen would do something impulsive when he was angry, but fortunately, Xiao Chen at this time was no longer the reckless he used to be.

"Lord Wang, do you want me to send some people with you?" Wu Liang bowed and asked.

Waving his hand, Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "No, you just stay in Yong'an and stabilize the people." As for the letter......"

Xiao Chen took a deep look at the letter sent by Bai Qi on the table, shook his head and said, "Before I come back, I don't need to reply to the letter." ”

"Yes!"

……

Next to Zuiyang Creek, Xiao Chen sat beside the stream without any image, looking at the grave bag that had grown weeds in front of him, Xiao Chen, who was holding the wine jug, smiled bitterly:

"Sir, I'm coming to see you again, when you were alive, I almost never listened to a word of advice from Mr., but now, there is something that has puzzled me for a long time, I really wish that Mr. could be there, I could listen to Mr.'s advice."

The surroundings were quiet, the Si people had passed away, and Xiao Chen was destined not to wait for the answer he wanted.

Xiao Chen raised his head and took a sip of wine, and continued:

"I was originally a gentleman with no ambitions, and since I succeeded to the throne, my biggest wish is to be able to keep a peaceful place and a corner of peace."

"But as time went on, I was forced onto a path where I had to struggle to survive. I started doing what I used to hate the most. ”

"Fighting for power and profit, acting on the spot, and deceiving me."

"Many things are completely contrary to what I thought at the beginning, but every time I think that my husband can die safely for Huazhou, I have infinite motivation."

"Sir is just an outsider and can do this, as the prince of Yong'an, how can I retreat and escape?"

"I'm just lucky, everything is going according to my mind."

"Today's Huazhou is stable and strong, and it is united. But just a few days ago, Bai Qi broke this peace. ”

"He captured my friend Shi Cai and asked me to ransom him with half of the land in Huazhou."

Speaking of this, Xiao Chen smiled bitterly, took a sip of wine and continued: "If it was me before, I would definitely change it without thinking about it." ”

"But now, I'm caught in a dilemma."

"Because today's Huazhou is bought by countless heroic souls with their lives and blood, although I am the lord of Huazhou, I am actually just a garbage who sits back and enjoys it."

"In other words, I am not qualified to agree to Bai Qi's request at all. But when all this was laid out in front of me in such a bloody way, what did my husband think, what should I choose? ”

The wind continued to blow, the water of Zuiyang Creek was flowing, Zhuang Shu seemed to be really tired and unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the world anymore as if he was going to face Zuiyang Creek after he died.

Although there are insects and birds chirping, the spring breeze is whistling, and the stream is murmuring.

But when it fell on Xiao Chen's ears, it was an empty silence.

Not surprisingly, Xiao Chen did not find the answer.

With a wry smile, Xiao Chen held the wine jug and stood up.

Before leaving, Xiao Chen turned his head to look at the grave bag in front of him again, shook his head and said, "I know, even if Mr. is still here, I guess he won't tell me." ”

……

After going to Zuiyang Creek, Xiao Chen came to the foot of Forget to Return Mountain again, where Xiao Chen looked at Guan Chi and Han Feng one by one.

Like a madman, he said a lot of things in front of the graves of the two, and finally, Xiao Chen carried the wine jug up the mountain.

On the mountainside, Xiao Chen sat in front of the grave of the old prince Xiao Ding.

Looking out from Xiao Ding's grave, you can just see a slender white line, which is the white wall that has guarded Yong'an for countless years.

Xiao Chen muttered to himself: "Father, my son can come to this point, I'm afraid I didn't even expect you." ”

"Hey, after all, I didn't even think of it, how would you know?"

This night, Xiao Chen said a lot in front of Xiao Ding's grave and stayed for a long, long time.

It wasn't until late night that Xiao Chen returned to the palace drunk.

Looking at Xiao Chen, whose consciousness was already a little blurred, Ling Hu Jin didn't say a word sensibly, he knew the pressure on Xiao Chen's body at this time.

Agreeing to Bai Qi's rude request is undoubtedly ignoring Huazhou, but if he doesn't agree, Shi Cai may die because of it.

Ling Hu Jin silently helped Xiao Chen to the bed, as Xiao Chen's wife, there is only so much she can do now.

But what everyone didn't expect was that on the night when Xiao Chen was drunk, there was a letter horse that left Yong'an overnight.

Above the Yong'an City Tower, Xue Wuxing looked at the direction of Xinma's departure with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice to Wu Liang on the side: "Do you know the consequences of doing this? ”

Wu Liang nodded with a smile and said, "I know." ”

Xue Wuxing continued: "If the prince knew that you were making a claim, he might kill you. ”

Wu Liang, who heard this, smiled even more and continued: "I used to be extremely afraid of death, but it wasn't until that day that I listened to Zhuang Shu's words that I understood that death is sometimes not such a terrible thing. ”

"People are inherently dead, I, Wu Liang, did a lot of evil in the first half of my life, and I woke up in the second half of my life, and I always wanted to do something that deserved to die."

Some people died, but not completely......