The night is getting darker, and the light in the study is like a bean.

The candle shadow is faint, the dim and silent atmosphere is slightly depressing, and the crumbling candle flame is like Liu Xunyi and Zhao Yuan's state of mind at this time, chaotic as silk, flickering bright and dark.

At the moment, there were only the two of them in the study. Although Zhao Yuan bluntly said that Qin Wei could stay and observe, Qin Wei took the initiative to leave on the grounds of physical and mental exhaustion.

"Sit down!"

I don't know how long I was silent? I don't know how many opening words I raised in my mind?

In the end, Zhao Yuan still used a simple and soft tone, as if the elders and juniors were chatting, and broke the deadlock with a bland wording that could no longer be bland.

"The subordinates don't dare!"

However, in the face of Zhao Yuan's close greetings, Liu Xunyi still maintained three points of calmness and seven points of estrangement.

Although it was a humble word, there was no humility in his tone. It seems that Liu Xunyi's feelings for Zhao Yuan to separate himself and Zhao Xin are still haunted by him.

"Don't you dare?" Liu Xunyi's pretentiousness was undoubtedly a provocation in Zhao Yuan's eyes, and he teased, "What else do you dare not do except break into the palace and kidnap the princess?"

Zhao Yuan's words hit the nail on the head, and Liu Xunyi's eyes changed, pretending to be ignorant: "I don't understand what Lord Hou means......

"Liu Xunyi, you don't pretend to be in front of Ben Hou! Ben Hou is fed up with your yang and yin, fed up with your two-faced and three-sworded, and fed up with your unscrupulousness!" Zhao Yuanhu was stunned, and reprimanded with a slashed face, "A seven-foot-tall man, do you dare to be a man? When asked by Ben Hou, you still dare to pretend to be pitiful and innocent, what kind of man is it? Where did Liu Xunyi, who used to be loyal and die, go? When did you become such a hawk-headed and wolf-hearted villain like today?"

"Master Hou, I ......"

"Do you really think that you can hide your superiors and subordinates and hide people's eyes and ears? Do you really think that everything you do is seamless and leaky? Do you really think that with your own three-legged cat skills, you can reverse the emperor's national policy?"

was asked by Zhao Yuan three times, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel timid and speechless.

"Since you don't want to explain to me with kind words, then Ben Hou doesn't have to cover up for you, just open the skylight and say bright words, and you and I will be aggrieved. Zhao Yuan snorted angrily, "In the name of quelling the Lin'an trouble, you used the little prince to force me back to give me back your freedom, do you remember how you promised me at that time?"

"I ......"

"You promised me that I would never have any more entanglements with Zhao Xin! Promise me that within half a month, the chaos in Lin'an will be quelled, and the people of Lin'an will be brought to peace. Zhao Yuan didn't give Liu Xunyi a chance to speak at all, and said angrily, "But what about the facts? The fact is that as soon as you regain your freedom, you will immediately find the little prince to send a letter to Zhao Xin for you, right?"

Being exposed by Zhao Yuan's words, Liu Xunyi's face changed color, and he subconsciously asked: "How did Master Hou know about this?" Sure enough, it was Qin Wei ...... again."

"Don't complain about Qin Wei here!" Zhao Yuan interrupted, "If he hadn't helped you restrain you from the precipice, you would have fallen to pieces and died with no place to be buried!"

"What do you mean?" Liu Xunyi was shocked, and asked regardless of his identity, "What do you mean that he helped me to restrain me? Could it be that he did something to my letter......

"Smack!"

Before the words fell, Zhao Yuan rushed forward, waved his hand and slapped him loudly, and said angrily: "Stubborn thing! Dead and still care about your broken letter, it's simply hopeless!"

Liu Xunyi was dizzy from the beating, his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't wake up from his trance for a long time.

"Are you embarrassed to complain about Qin Wei? Do you know that just now, Ben Hou wanted to take your life to give an explanation to the prime minister. It's Qin Wei kneeling in front of me, and he wants to exchange his life for your life!"

"What?" Liu Xunyi was shocked in his heart and said in astonishment, "Qin Wei him...... Trade my own life for mine?"

"Otherwise, how can you have the opportunity to stand here and argue with Ben Hou?" Zhao Yuan said coldly, "Qin Wei has always thought about you, and he did not hesitate to endure humiliation and burden, and was even hated by you. But what about you? For the sake of your children's private affairs, you are so mad and insane that you don't distinguish between good and evil, you can't distinguish between relatives and relatives, and you keep saying that you are the best brother!"

"This ......"

Liu Xunyi knows Zhao Yuan's temperament very well, and will never deliberately lie to please himself.

It's just that Liu Xunyi has always been resentful of Qin Wei's repeated deception, and when he suddenly heard that he was so willing to sacrifice his life and forget about death, it was inevitable that he would be abrupt and difficult to understand and accept for a while.

"Ben Hou came to you, not to fight wits and courage with you, let alone to gag with you, but to be open and honest with you. Zhao Yuanzheng said, "Tonight, everything Ben Hou said was from the bottom of his heart, and he no longer had the slightest concealment from you, I hope you will do the same, don't be treacherous and smart." ”

"Subordinates don't dare to ......" Liu Xunyi was flustered, and couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Everything you have done since you were freed is clear, so you don't have to play tricks in front of me. Zhao Yuan took a deep breath and tried to calm his mood, "It is precisely because of what you did that Xifu seized the handle of attacking the prime minister, so that all the people in Dongfu were affected by you." Don't mention it from afar, just say that you have a secret meeting with the Mongolian envoy Su He, what exactly is the intention, a fool can guess!"

"Wronged!" Liu Xunyi's eyes changed, and he quickly explained, "I am an old friend with Brother Su, and I met him just to catch up with the past, not to let him help me do anything out of the ordinary." What's more, he is a Mongol, how can he help me ......"

"Who knows?" Zhao Yuan snorted coldly and asked rhetorically, "Even if you are true, who would believe it? You asked around about the news of the Mongolian envoy before, and deceived the little prince to help you send a letter to Zhao Xin, everything is evidence that you are pestering the princess and unwilling to give up." At present, you and Su He are not clear, and when you meet in private, what do you make the people in Xifu think? What do you make the emperor think? If you really have a clear conscience, why do you want to do those ugly things that lead people to misunderstand? Now, Xifu is suing you in front of the emperor, saying that you are plotting against you and intend to sabotage the great plan of peace and pro-family. Even the prime minister was charged with 'harboring and conniving' and 'abolishing the public for personal gain'. ”

"This ......"

"You once promised Ben Hou that he would no longer pester Zhao Xin, and promised that Ben Hou would do his best to quell the chaos after regaining his freedom, but what was the result? As a result, you repaid Ben Hou like this?" Zhao Yuan laughed angrily and asked, "You ask yourself, since you regained your freedom, have you ever put the slightest bit of your mind on quelling the trouble? You are clearly a false way to destroy the trouble, and you have done some shameless deeds in the name of quelling the chaos!" You are doing everything possible to win the trust of me and the little prince, just to make it easier to get close to Zhao Xin, and deliberately destroy Song Meng and his relatives, aren't you?"

"Not ......"

"If not, what letter do you send to the little prince?What are you doing to find out the whereabouts of the Mongolian envoy?" Zhao Yuan said disdainfully, "I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, your skills are all taught by Benhou, how can you hide my eyes from what crooked thoughts you do?"

Looking at Zhao Yuan, who was full of grief and indignation, but had to pretend to be strong, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel guilty, and said frankly: "Master Hou, I admit that I am unwilling to give up Xin'er, and I did think about destroying the peace between the two countries, but ......"

"But you never thought that your every move would be known by Ben Hou!" Zhao Yuan sneered, "Liu Xunyi, Liu Xunyi, you are really impulsive and stupid, in vain I have been carefully teaching for so many years." Do you know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you in Lin'an City right now? How many pairs of ears are erected around you? I won't mention the group of grass robbers from the three mountains and five mountains. Just talk about the ears and eyes that the imperial court has placed around you, the East Mansion, the West Mansion, the Rongwang Mansion, and the Lin'an Yamen...... Of course, the Mongols are also indispensable. You think that you are acting secretly, and the gods and ghosts do not know, but in fact, your every move has already been seen by everyone, and the world knows it in an instant. Do you know how many people want to use you to deal with Dongfu, how many people want to use you to bring down the prime minister, and how many people want to use you to influence the fate of the Great Song Dynasty? Do you know? Have you thought about it? Have you been worried?"

"I ......"

"No, you didn't think about anything, you didn't have anything to defend against, because your mind was full of how to rescue Zhao Xin. Zhao Yuan said, "This is Lin'an, the imperial court, and the officialdom." It's not the grass platform team set up by those rabble in the rivers and lakes, the water in Lin'an City is far deeper and more muddy than Luoyang City, and the traps here are far better than those ghost tricks in the martial arts, and the intrigue here is far better than the swords and swords in the rivers and lakes. In Lin'an, no one preaches morality with you, no one competes with you in martial arts, and no one is stupid to fight with you head-on. In the court of your life-and-death battles, you will not see a drop of blood, and even when you are dying, you will not know who your opponent is? In a place where you eat people and do not spit out bones, how can you be invincible if you follow the same set of methods as you did in the middle school of the rivers and lakes? With a three-foot sword in your hand and peerless martial arts, you can dominate the world, but it is difficult for you to take half a step in the imperial court. Don't you admire Luo Tianjin very much? When did you see him doing things like a fly without a head? What did he do that he didn't think deeply and have a perfect plan? He made a name for himself in the rivers and lakes by relying on his extraordinary courage and tough means. But if you want to gain a firm foothold in the imperial court, you rely on secrecy and sleek sophistication. Is it not only ridiculous that you act so recklessly, bouncing around under everyone's noses like a clown, but you are completely unaware of it, and even complacent? But at least, there will be many innocent people who will die because of you, and even if you are with Zhao Xin, your happiness is based on the haze of countless souls and curses. ”

Zhao Yuan's words came from the bottom of his heart, to his affection, and at the same time, he was like a sharp sword, poking Liu Xunyi's trembling heart into a thousand holes, and blood was dripping.

"Master Hou's words made me break my liver and intestines......"

"It hurts, you know the pain, at least it proves that you're still alive. Zhao Yuan's tone gradually slowed down, and he said comfortingly, "Xunyi, you must know that not everyone is as lucky as you, and not everyone has the opportunity to listen to the teachings and start over." As everyone knows, how many people in Lin'an City have no time to 'break their liver and intestines' every day, and they have been buried in Jiuquan in a daze. Therefore, you should cherish the pain now. You should also keep in mind what Ben Hou just said. ”

At this point, Zhao Yuan's eyes became more and more obscure when he looked at Liu Xunyi, and he said meaningfully: "After all, Benhou is not an immortal, and it is impossible to save your life every time." Therefore, you need to judge the situation, know the opportunity to change, and learn to protect yourself first...... in order to protect their beloved. ”

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