In the private room of the teahouse, Liao Mi had a bitter face, and after seeing us enter the door, he stepped forward and said, "Liao has someone to say sorry to a few people." ”

"Excuse me?" He Xuanya wondered.

Liao Mi stretched out his hand to give up his seat and said to us, "A few of you, please sit down first, and listen to me slowly." ”

After saying that, he walked to the door, looked out, and closed the door gently.

A few of us sat down.

Liao Mi came and sat across from us, and then said: "Actually, I have long known that you were coerced to the area of the Three Realms Ridge by the demons sent by the Xi Emperor clan, and I should not have detained you and brought you to Chongshan, but I happened to plan to go back to the capital to handle an important matter, but I didn't have a good reason, and I happened to run into you, so I took the opportunity to detain you as a reason to return to Chongshan." ”

He Xuanya stood up angrily and shouted, "It turns out that we were used by you. It's just so damning. ”

Liao Mi said: "Please don't be angry first, I also have to make this decision." ”

He Xuanya said: "Is it a last resort? is it to go back to Chongshan to climb the dragon and the phoenix?"

Liao Mi said: "Actually, things are not as seen by several people. ”

He Xuanya said: "We not only saw your ugliness, but also heard about your glorious deeds. The reason for your demotion has proven that everything we see is true, I see how you quibble. ”

Liao Mi said: "The reason why I was demoted is not as you heard, nor is it the situation I told General Long in Danshui City. ”

Curious, he asked, "Then why were you demoted?"

Liao Mi said: "I was not demoted. ”

I said, "That's weird, if you hadn't been demoted, how could you, as the deputy marshal, do the work of a hundred-beaked commander like patrolling? Besides, the attendants of the Chinese army in the Three Realms Ridge have all heard the conversation between you and Shi Dashuai that day, are they all lying?"

Liao Mi said: "That's just a game set up by me and Dashuai. ”

We all grew our mouths in amazement.

Liao Mi looked at us and continued: "This matter has to start from forty years ago.

"My Huandou clan has never had an official position such as Zaifu, and since ancient times, the generals of the left and right provinces have jointly assisted the king.

"Fourteen years ago, Chonggang was the right general, and the left general was Chongyu, both of whom were from the Wang family. Chonggang was greedy and treacherous, and calculating, while Chongyu was resolute and resolute, loyal to the king, but brave and scheming.

"The two generals showed their strengths, assisted the monarch together, and the power of the court and China was balanced, and it was safe and sound.

Later, Chongyu was confused by the Xihuang clan and privately led his troops to attack the Drought Tribe, but was finally defeated by the Drought Tribe's and the king.

"The king was supposed to put Chongyu to death for the crime of rebellion, but the king of the drought pleaded with the king, asking the king to keep Chongyu, and said that it might be of great use in the future.

In front of her, the king often regarded himself as a junior, so he adopted the suggestion of the king of the drought and did not kill Chongyu, but demoted Chongyu to a commoner and expelled him from the clan.

Since then, the post of General Zuo has been vacant, and Chonggang alone has taken over the auxiliary power.

On several occasions, some of the ministers proposed a new candidate for General Zuo, but they were all rejected by the strong opposition of Chonggang and his henchmen.

"Today's King Huandou has a benevolent and weak personality, and all along, major events in the court, as long as they are not things that hurt the country, are basically left to their own devices, and they are handled by Chonggang arbitrarily.

"At the beginning, although Chonggang secretly bent the law for personal gain and was arrogant, he was still jealous and did not dare to openly do evil.

Twenty years ago, in order to completely monopolize political affairs, he forced the king to abolish the system of joint auxiliary government of about the left and right generals, which had been inherited for thousands of years, and set up the post of prime minister following the example of the Wa royal family. Compared with the left and right generals, Cheng has greater power and higher status.

Since then, Chonggang has become the second king of the Huandou clan, and although the king is still authoritative in ceremonies, he has gradually become a puppet in actual political affairs.

The loyal and righteous people in the clan were heartbroken by this, but because the king was weak, everything was authorized to Chonggang, and Chonggang did not have any evidence of rebellion, so everyone also forbeared.

There was one exception, who often confronted Chonggang and claimed that he would abolish the post of prime minister and restore the system of left and right generals in the future.

"This person is the second son of the king, Crown Prince Chongqi.

"Chongqi has been smart since he was a child, resolute and resolute, and he is diligent and studious on weekdays, and the king is very kind to him, and he became the prince very early.

In the past two years, Chongqi has grown older, and he has become more and more disgusted with what Chonggang has done.

Chonggang knew that once the king succeeded to the throne after Qianqiu, what awaited him would be a catastrophe. So he mobilized his henchmen and proposed to the king to abolish Chongqi's crown prince and replace him with Chonglu, the eldest son of the king.

"This Chonglu, although he is a prince, has no self-motivation, and he is confused every day, mixed in the Gefang gambling hall, and has no strengths. And he has a cowardly temperament, greedy for life and afraid of death, and is often intimidated and coerced by Chonggang, specializing in doing some things to probe the movements in the palace. In fact, it is a chess piece of Chonggang.

"Chonggang launched a new move by all party henchmen to abolish the reserve and establish a new one, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is actually no different from usurping the throne.

"The king did not let Chonggang arbitrarily this time, and strongly opposed it.

Chonggang colluded with his clan relatives to impeach the king at the elders' meeting, saying that he abolished the elder and the young, and broke the royal law, and also said that he supported Chongyu to use troops against the clan back then.

The king was confined to the temple.

Chonggang saw that the time was ripe, so he planned to rebel. He sent a joint letter of revocation of the reserve to the officials of the central and foreign capitals one by one, and asked them to sign it. In doing so, on the one hand, it can examine the people's hearts and minds, and on the other hand, it also adds weight to his abolition of the position of the prince of Chongqi.

"Whoever signs and returns the letter can be regarded as a member of the party, and if he refuses to sign or does not reply for a long time, he will be considered an enemy and will be eliminated as soon as possible.

"When Shi Dashuai received the joint letter, he was furious and wanted to reply to the letter to oppose it, but I stopped him, for the sake of prudence, I advised Dashuai to send a letter to his sworn brother, General Long Jianzhao of Danshui Chengzhou, for advice.

In his reply, General Long also expressed his resolute opposition to what Chonggang had done. But he told the marshal that there might be spies sent by Chonggang in Danshui City.

"In the case that everyone has fallen to Chonggang, the Three Realms Ridge and Danshui City seem to be weak, and they can't compete with Chonggang at all. However, the commander and the dragon general decided to rise up and fight back to repay Jun's grace with death.

"I thought about it, and I felt that instead of letting the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Three Realms Ridge and Danshui City die together, it would be better to exchange the death of one person for the fall of the evil phase.

"I explained my thoughts to the marshal that day. I would like to pretend to take refuge in Chonggang, find a way to get close to him, and assassinate him. As soon as the old thief dies, his henchmen will inevitably disperse, and the king can return to power.

"Dashuai firmly disagreed at first, but I repeatedly explained to him that it was very powerful, and although Dashuai was very sad, he still accepted my idea.

"So I played a scene with the marshal in the Chinese army tent, and wanted to use the mouth of the Chinese army attendants to spread the news that I was at odds with the marshal, and that I intended to take refuge in Chonggang to the spies in Danshui City.

"We made a plan and informed General Long of Danshui City. Everything is ready, but there is no interface for me to return to Chongshan for a while.

"God has mercy on me and sent you to the Three Realms Ridge, and I will take you on the road without stopping for a moment.

"You all know what happened next.

"I do have infinite apologies in my heart for taking advantage of you, but I really have no choice but to do it.

"For the sake of hundreds of millions of people, don't blame.

"When I finish my mission, I'll send a few of them to the Drought Tribe. ”

Hearing this, I was deeply moved by the spirit of these happy and loyal people, and the resentment towards Liao Mi in my heart was swept away.

He Xuanya asked, "I don't know what General Liao means when he says 'the death of one person in exchange for the fall of evil'? Are you going to follow the story of our clan's Jing Ke assassinating Qin and assassinating Chonggang alone?"

Liao Mi nodded.

He Xuanya stood up, and said with tears in her eyes: "General Liao, you are a hero of the Huandou clan, which is respectable. A few of us just went to this lofty mountain city for a few days, which is not a big deal, please don't worry about it, and don't feel ashamed. It is our honor to know such a tragic person as you. I don't know if the general has anything to do with us. A few of us, during the Chongshan period, can be driven by the general at will. ”

Liao Mi said: "It's embarrassing to say, there is really something that needs a few helps. ”

He said, "The general just asks." ”

Liao Mi said: "The king has been detained in the temple for several months. When I returned to Chongshan this time, I naturally didn't have the opportunity to see it. It's just that I have a superstitious letter signed by the marshal and General Shi in my hand, and I want to hand it over to the king.

"In Danshui City before, you must see the king after you talk about Chongshan and explain to him the reason for coming to Huandou.

"Now that I am nominally in charge of the garrison of Chongsan, although I can't mobilize thousands of troops and horses, I can still speak to the garrisons outside the palace and the temple.

"I think you've been wondering how to meet the king for the past few days, and I guess you probably don't have any good ideas until now.

"Tomorrow you will go to the Jongmyo Temple.

"When the time comes, I will go to the mountain in the name of the new general's inspection, and you may need to cooperate in a play at that time, and the ending of the play is naturally that you successfully pass the checkpoint and go to the temple to meet the king. ”

The sailor stood up excitedly and shouted, "Really?"

I understand the sailor, he finally saw the dawn of being able to get out of the Huandou clan and see his grandmother as soon as possible.

Liao Mi said: "Really, but please rest assured that tomorrow's events will definitely not endanger everyone's safety." ”

Then, he told us in detail about tomorrow's acting.

We took it all to heart.

Finally I asked, "Why did you knock on my door on the first night we arrived at Chongshan and then followed the people away?"

Liao Mi said: "It's just to find you today." When I knocked on your door that day, I happened to meet an acquaintance who was already drunk, but he was going to drag me to drink again. I'm looking for you secretly, so I can't tell you to come out and open the door in front of others. Especially the lackeys of the old thief in Chonggang. ”

He Xuanya said: "Then why didn't you come the next day? ”

Liao Mi said: "The next day, I was sent by the old thief to a nearby state and county to inspect and garrison, and I went for more than ten days. As soon as I returned to the capital today, I went to the banquet hall to look for you, but I was empty, so I kept looking for you in the market. Later, I finally found you, but there were so many people on the street, I couldn't come forward to say hello, so I could only follow all the way, hoping to see you again in the middle of nowhere. ”