The dinner party dispersed, Kublai Khan left Zongzheng alone, as if there was something to ask, Zongzheng knew in his heart and had already prepared.

Kublai Khan got up from the main seat and came to Zong Zheng, "Mei Shaoxia, can you go outside with this king to admire the moon?"

Zong Zheng got up and replied, "Why not, I may not have appreciated the moon for a long time!"

The two of them walked leisurely to the open open place outside the tent, Kublai Khan did not have the prince's shelf, but sat on the ground, and did not pay attention to it.

Zong Zheng felt that Kublai Khan was not as awe-inspiring as his appearance, but had a kind and friendly side.

Kublai Khan looked at the bright moon in the sky, and thought of Meng Ge and Ali Buge, and his heart was sad and cold.

"Mei Shaoxia, can you miss your relatives?" Kublai Khan asked,

Zong Zheng looked at the cold moon in the sky, and was asked by Kublai Khan to be sad,

"I lost my father when I was born, and when I was ten years old, my mother also passed away, and since then I have been alone. Zongzheng's tone was deep, his face was solemn, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Do you have brothers?" Kublai Khan asked again.

"My mother told me that I had a brother who died with my father shortly after birth. Zong Zheng replied, and his heart was filled with sadness.

These things, if Kublai Khan didn't ask about them, Zong Zheng also felt faint and had no feelings, and now that Kublai Khan mentioned them, Zong Zheng couldn't help but start thinking deeply about how his father and brother died. A flame in my heart to pursue the truth of the year was slightly ignited from then on.

Kublai Khan asked about Zongzheng's relatives, naturally he knew that the gang that intercepted and killed him was sent by Ali Buge, remembering the scene of the brothers in the past, and then comparing it with the present day, the eldest brother died, Hulegu was far away in the West, and Ali Buge was even more cannibalistic with his brother, Kublai Khan's heart couldn't help but be gloomy and gloomy, and he was quite emotional.

Zong Zheng asked: "The prince called me out, I'm afraid it's not just to admire the moon, right?"

When Kublai Khan saw that Zong was honest and asked, he also got straight to the point, "I can't hide it, I do have something to do with you." ”

"The prince must have doubts in his heart, why did I know that you would be assassinated near Xijiao Mountain?" Zong Zheng did not wait for Kublai Khan to speak, and first expressed Kublai Khan's doubts, which made Kublai Khan feel that Zong Zheng had some wisdom to know people.

"That's right, I heard from General Zhang Rou that you wrote an anonymous letter and asked him to send troops to follow up half an hour after entering the mountain, so you must have known in advance that someone was ambushing in the vicinity, didn't you?" Kublai Khan asked rhetorically.

"That's right!" Zong Zheng did not shy away from concealing it, and continued to say: "The prince also saw that there was an ambush, didn't he? Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the tiger mountains, but the prince is bold enough!"

When Kublai Khan heard this, he was shocked, "How do you know that I saw an ambush?"

Zong Zheng recalled the scene when General Zhang's father and son rescued Kublai Khan that day, and replied to Kublai Khan: "With the wisdom of the king, how can you not see the hidden disasters around you, it is nothing more than to let him show his original form, that day, the two generals rushed to the rescue more than a moment earlier than I expected, if you hadn't made arrangements, how could the reinforcements arrive so quickly." ”

Kublai Khan didn't react after hearing this, but was curious about Zongzheng's identity, "Mei Shaoxia still didn't answer my question, "How did you know that I would be assassinated?"

Zong Zheng felt that Kublai Khan's mind was far deeper than he imagined, and if he made up some lies, it would cause more speculation, so it was better to tell him frankly. He replied,

"Truth be told, my mission is to protect you secretly, so I know that someone is going to kill you. ”

Kublai Khan looked suspicious, "Who sent you here?"

"This prince doesn't need to know, please don't force the prince, in short, the killer's martial arts are very strong, the prince is still careful, as for who wants to be unfavorable to you, I think the prince must know in his heart. Zong Zheng subconsciously bypassed the topic.

Kublai Khan sighed lightly, his eyes flashed with a trace of sadness, and he was a little emotional, "I didn't expect that I was kind to him, but he didn't care about brotherhood at all, and even resorted to such despicable means to kill me, however, the person who assassinated me that day, I didn't see it at all when I was with Lin, and I don't know where he found such a powerful person, which made this king miscalculate for a while, fortunately, Mei Shaoxia appeared in time, otherwise, the consequences are unpredictable." ”

Zong Zheng didn't care about this, what he was concerned about was how to ensure Kublai Khan's safety in the near future, thinking that they would not stop there, Zong Zheng still felt uneasy, fortunately, no matter how powerful their martial arts were, they didn't dare to break into the thousands of troops, so as long as Kublai Khan stayed in the barracks, it was relatively safe, but this was not a long-term solution.

Although Zong Zheng saved Kublai Khan, he did not really save him, in his eyes, the Valley of Beauty is nothing more than the filthy place of the Mongols, and the Mongolian prince next to him, if he ascends to the throne of Khan in the future, he will also be the owner of this filthy place, so Zong Zheng has no good impression of Kublai Khan.

However, Kublai Khan did not know the existence of the Valley of Beauty, according to the regulations of the ancestors of the Valley of Beauty, the Valley of Beauty has a relatively independent right, only the Great Khan of Mongolia is qualified to know and command the Valley of Beauty, in the current situation is unclear, the Valley of Beauty does not take the initiative to inform, then no one in Mongolia knows the actual existence of the Valley of Beauty, and how to let the Valley of Beauty obey the order.

Kublai Khan saw that Zongzheng was silent and seemed to be contemplative, so he asked, "What is Mei Shaoxia thinking?"

Zong Zheng came back to his senses and replied, "I'm thinking of a plan to make those who want to assassinate the king completely die. ”

When Kublai Khan heard what Zongzheng said, he couldn't help but be secretly curious, and his eyes were full of anticipation to hear Zongzheng's clever plan.

Zong Zheng said to Kublai Khan: "Only the dead will make the killer die, if you want the killer to die completely, only let them see with their own eyes that the prince has died, otherwise, they will never stop!" Zong Zheng said this, for fear that Kublai Khan would have a bad heart.

Kublai Khan naturally understood Zongzheng's meaning, the current situation has changed a little, if Ali Buge is really ruthless enough, then he will be desperate to put himself to death first, if he is allowed to gain a firm foothold in advance, then send troops from the north to exert pressure, and there will be a confrontation with the Song army in the south, then his situation will be really dangerous.

Zongzheng's strategy is obviously to let himself cheat to death, so that he can not only avoid being chased and killed, but can make Ali Buge take it lightly, and he can also kill him by surprise, but if this plan is implemented, I am afraid that there are advantages and disadvantages, not to mention, this principle is indeed a good strategy, the key is how to cleverly deceive a group of killers?

Zong Zheng saw Kublai Khan's worries, and said bluntly: "Don't worry, the prince doesn't have to worry, I have already planned this plan, and I will definitely be able to deceive those killers." ”

Kublai Khan is still worried, it seems that he has other concerns, Zong Zheng thought about it carefully, initially thought that Kublai Khan was suspicious of himself, and he couldn't believe himself, so he had some concerns, and thought about it carefully, how could he really harm him if he saved his life twice, he should believe in himself, so what was he worried about, Zong Zheng saw Kublai Khan looking at the direction of Ezhou City, where the Song army was stationed, his eyes were deep, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

After Kublai Khan heard what Mo Ge said, especially after being assassinated, he decided to divide part of his troops to return to the north, taking advantage of Ali Buge's unstable army, to seize the foothold first, in order to compete for power in the future, but now he is confronting the Song army, and the war is stalemate.

In addition, there is one thing that has always made Kublai Khan worried, a lot of concerns, this morning, the spies came to report, recently, most of the major factions of the Central Plains martial arts gathered in Ezhou, the intention is unknown, Kublai Khan is very clear, although the Central Plains martial arts and the imperial court have no alliance, however, those martial arts people have a very deep love for their homeland, especially in the face of foreign invasion, although the two will not agree to fight together, but they play a role in the side to resist the enemy, the collapse of the Tianyi Guard is the most profound lesson.

For this reason, Kublai Khan wanted to divide his troops, but he did not dare to make this decision easily due to many concerns. Now, Zongzheng proposed a plan to deceive death, although he was able to deceive the killers of Juxian Pavilion, but it brought a lot of trouble, so Kublai Khan hesitated and seemed to have concerns.

"What concerns does the prince have?" Zong Zheng looked at Kublai Khan and asked,

Although Zongzheng saved Kublai Khan's life twice, as the commander of an army and the future lord of a country, Kublai Khan was still extremely cautious.

Zong Zheng saw that Kublai Khan had been looking at the direction of Ezhou City where the Song army was stationed, and remembered the scene where Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing, two veterans, entered and exited Kublai Khan's camp, and felt that Kublai Khan must have made a major military move recently, and if it was to attack the city, there was no need to be so concerned in the sick bed, and it must be a very urgent matter, not to mention, only to convene Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing, two veterans, and other important generals were not involved, so that the military action of attacking the city could be ruled out.

Zong Zheng secretly pondered, remembering that day and night to visit the Mongolian camp, another brother of Kublai Khan said that Ali Buge secretly deployed troops in Kaiping and Yanjing, Brother Mo advised Kublai Khan to take advantage of Ali Buge's unstable army, preemptively kill the past, Kublai Khan did not seem to be worried, as if he was in the chest, Zong Zheng had a hunch that Kublai Khan's major military operations must be related to this matter, looking at his expression and conversation today, that day's assassination should have stimulated him a lot.

After Zong Zheng analyzed, he boldly guessed that Kublai Khan must be to divide his troops to the north, Zhang Rou takes into account the overall situation, has experienced a hundred battles, and is the best at quick battles, Dong Wenbing is in charge of the elite cavalry, Kublai Khan must want to transfer troops to let Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing return to Mongolia to raid Kaiping, disrupt Ali Buge's position, and then immediately return to Ezhou to deal with the war against the Song Dynasty, and the current situation, the division of troops to the north has taken a great risk, if Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing split their troops and then cheated to death, and was attacked by the Song army, Kublai Khan was afraid that it would be difficult to parry, so he was worried.

"But the prince is going to divide his troops to the north?" asked Zong Zheng tentatively, not sure in his heart.

"How do you know?" Kublai Khan naturally asked, looking at Zong Zheng curiously, looking rather surprised.

When Zongzheng heard Kublai Khan's rhetorical question, he knew that he had guessed Kublai Khan's thoughts, and thought that if he could help Kublai Khan through this difficult time, he would definitely gain Kublai Khan's further appreciation and trust, so he decided to help Kublai Khan.

"It doesn't matter much how I know, the important thing is that the game I have set up can kill three birds with one stone and relieve all the concerns and problems in the king's heart. Zong Zheng replied very exquisitely, and directly diverted the topic from the things that Kublai Khan was most concerned about, Kublai Khan really didn't ask, but asked curiously,

"How do you kill three birds with one stone?"