Lucius's words made Li Wuchen startled, and when he looked at Lucius, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he vaguely felt that there was some truth in what Lucius said.

As Lu Xius said, Li Wuchen also vaguely felt that things seemed to be a little unexpected to him, Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo did not give him enough respect for the prince, and they actually ignored him even when they knew that they had fallen into the hands of others.

Seeing that Li Wuchen was really sitting there in a daze, Lu Xiusi took a sip of wine, dropped a chess piece and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, it seems that Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo did not take you, the prince, to heart, and they did not stop attacking Edo City because of your safety." ”

Lu Xiusi's words made Li Wuchen feel a little unacceptable, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it seemed to make sense, if Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo really cared about themselves as princes, then they should be jealous.

But now, they directly led the army to attack Edo City, and they came straight to Edo City, obviously their goal was to take Edo Castle by force, it can be seen that the two of them never cared about Li Wuchen's safety at all, which simply made Li Wuchen feel extremely disappointed.

Seeming to see the loss on Li Wuchen's face, Lucius smiled and said, "Hehe, Brother Li, in fact, you don't have to be so disappointed, maybe they stormed Edo Castle to save you?"

Li Wuchen immediately smiled bitterly when he heard this, looked at Lu Xiusi and said, "Hehe, Lu Xiusi, you don't have to be sarcastic about me, I know that Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo didn't take me as a prince to heart, otherwise why haven't they asked about my safety for such a long time?"

Instead, Li Wuchen paused for a moment and then said: "I'm afraid that in the eyes of the two of them, I am their burden and burden, and they also want to take advantage of this incident to attack me directly." ”

Lucius asked with some confusion: "Oh, Brother Li, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the two of them have long had a disobedient heart?"

Li Wuchen lowered his head and thought about it and responded, "Lucius, you must know. The Tang Empire is now governed by the two sages, and although the relationship between the two sages is very harmonious, due to the existence of the two sages, there will be some factional disputes in the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Speaking of which, you and Pei Yan belong to two different factions? Since you are the prince, you should be the Holy Emperor faction, so Pei Yan is the Holy Queen faction?"

Hearing Lucius's question, Li Wuchen nodded and said, "Yes, I am a child of the royal family. So it is natural that he will be classified into the Holy Emperor's faction, and Pei Yan is the most trusted favorite of the Imperial Grandmother, so the contradiction between him and me is almost irreparable. ”

Lucius shook his head and sighed: "I really can't imagine it, it seems that the Tang Empire is really entering decay, but you haven't seen this kind of decay now." ”

Shuang'er suddenly pursed her lips when she heard this, and said a little unhappily: "You are alarmist here again, these days, you have been saying that our Datang is entering decline, but my Datang is still a powerful country in the East." Reigning in Middle-earth, it is the most powerful empire in Middle-earth. ”

But this time, before Lucius could speak, Li Wuchen had already opened his mouth to reprimand Shuang'er: "Shuang'er, don't talk nonsense. How can you speak to Lucius like that?"

In the face of Li Wuchen's reprimand, Shuang'er felt a little puzzled, and then Li Wuchen stood up directly and bowed directly to Lucius: "Your Highness Lucius." You are really a resourceful person, just by looking at some of my descriptions, you can understand the current situation in my Tang Dynasty. It's remarkable. ”

Li Wuchen did not deny the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, since the formation of the two sages, the Tang Empire began to decline, facing the crisis of prosperity and decline.

It is precisely because of this crisis in the Tang Empire that the two sages of the Tang Empire saw the crisis coming, so they chose to expand their sphere of influence to the surrounding areas and try to annex many surrounding countries, so as to continue the strength of the Tang Empire.

It's just that Li Wuchen, as the prince, once heard the second sage say that prosperity and decline are the processes that any imperial power must face, even if the two sages try to change, but in the end, I am afraid that they will not be able to avoid this catastrophe, and they still cannot escape the fate of decline.

Lu Xiusi quietly listened to Li Wuchen's account of the deduction of the two saints of the Tang Empire, and then said with a smile: "Actually, you are all very obsessed in the game, the so-called decline, the fundamental reason is because of the co-governance of the two saints, but it has not restrained the factional disputes in the court. ”

"Looking at the history of the East and the West, once there is a factional dispute in the government, then any empire will decline, and it may eventually lead to the collapse of the entire empire, and the two sages of your Tang Empire have not begun to stop the factional dispute, and now that the struggle between the factions is intensifying, the decline of the Tang Empire cannot be stopped. ”

Li Wuchen didn't deny it, but sighed and said, "Yes, it's like now, we are obviously in a foreign country, but Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo still want to get rid of me together." ”

Shuang'er was taken aback when she heard this, and asked a little incredulously: "Your Highness, aren't you confused, are you?

Looking at Shuang'er's surprised expression, Li Wuchen explained: "That's the case, otherwise why did Pei Yan ignore me for so long? Pei Fu and Pei Lu have already gone to him, I don't believe that Pei Fu and Pei Lu have not returned to him, he now has the military power in the south, but he wants to storm Edo City, obviously has the idea of killing two birds with one stone." ”

Lucius smiled and continued to drop chess pieces on the chessboard: "Hehe, it seems that Brother Li, you have already understood, then I will rest assured." ”

Li Wuchen looked at Lu Xius with some doubts, and couldn't help but ask: "Are you really not worried at all? If Emperor Fusang really deliberately didn't help you and detained the mechanical corps you sent to him, how would you deal with the southern army in the hands of Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo?"

Lucius raised the wine cup, shook the wine in the cup and said, "The saying that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, this sentence comes from your Middle Earth, so I think there is no need to worry too much, just wait and see the result." ”

Hearing this, Li Wuchen stared at Lu Xiusi, who was full of lightheartedness, and raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "It seems that Lu Xiusi, you are afraid that you have already made a bamboo in your chest? You are so confident, you will definitely be able to deal with Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo? You must know that the two of them are resourceful and powerful, but they are not worse than you." ”

Lucius put it in the wine glass, and finally dropped a chess piece on the chessboard and said: "Some things, in fact, have already been laid out, and every qiē is in the game, so naturally there is no need to worry." ”

Li Wuchen looked down at the chessboard, only to find that he had lost another game, there were very few of his own chess pieces on the chessboard, and most of the chessboard had been occupied by Lucius chess pieces, it seemed that he had been aggressive, but he fell into the trap of Lucius, and was finally killed by Lucius with a chess piece.

Looking at the chessboard in front of him and thinking back to every time Lucius fell, Li Wuchen gradually felt a palpitation, feeling that Lucius's calculation was really terrible, and he almost didn't give him any way out.

Lu Xius seemed to see the fear in Li Wuchen's heart, and said with a smile: "In fact, each layout should not be arranged separately, but should leave a connection point for the next layout, so that the best game can be arranged only if it is slowly interlocked." ”

Li Wuchen raised his head and stared at Lu Xiusi and asked, "So, you have already arranged the game, and now you are just waiting for Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo to take the initiative to enter the game?"

Lucius pretended to smile mysteriously, and instead of answering Li Wuchen's question, he raised his head and drank the wine from the wine cup and said, "Good wine, I didn't expect that Brother Li's wine in Middle-earth is also so fragrant, and I am looking forward to going to Middle-earth now." ”

Seeing that Lu Xius changed the topic, Li Wuchen did not continue to ask, but said calmly: "Yes, there are many fine wines in Middle-earth, each wine has its own unique fragrance, if you go to the Tang Dynasty, you will understand that what you taste in Fusang is just a drop in the ocean." ”

Filling the wine cup, Lu Xiusi and Li Wuchen drank with their glasses, and no one mentioned the matter of Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo leading their troops to attack, it seemed that the two were more like a pair of chess friends, and they began to drink each other after a game.

At this time, Pei Yan and Zhuge Mo led the southern Fusang army and had entered the territory of Edo, but Pei Yan did not order a direct siege of Edo Castle, but chose to camp at a distance from Edo Castle to let the long-distance army rest for the night.

Zhuge Mo found Pei Yan alone and kindly reminded Pei Yan: "Brother Pei Yan, that second saint's favorite prince, but it's in Edo City, you really don't want to confirm whether that prince is safe?"

Pei Yan smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, Brother Zhuge , it seems that you seem to be a little scared, what's wrong?Are you worried that something happened to that prince and you won't be able to explain to the Second Sage after you go back?

Zhuge Mo didn't have the heart to laugh with Pei Yan, and responded sternly: "Aren't you afraid? If you are really not afraid, then why do you have to change your face and join the Second Sage?"

Pei Yan's true identity Zhuge Mo knows, it can be said that Pavaro can hide his original identity with Pei Yan's identity, in fact, thanks to Zhuge Mo's secret help, otherwise even if he divides the soul control of Pei Yan, he may not be able to completely hide it.

Now seeing Zhuge Mo's expression so strict, Pavaro no longer pretended to be deep, and said very directly: "Brother Zhuge Lao, you can rest assured, Li Wuchen's kid must be unable to escape, I will let him die in the city with Lucius in Edo City, and there will be no handle left." ”

Zhuge Mo lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head abruptly and said, "Pavaro, I still think your move is very risky, in case we fail to kill Li Wuchen......"

Without waiting for Zhuge Mo to finish speaking, Pei Yan suddenly stopped him, and rushed to say very confidently: "That's impossible, you can rest assured, my plan is absolutely foolproof, now the emperor of Fusang will definitely not send troops to aid Edo Castle, we have an absolute advantage in this battle." (To be continued......)