In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

The breeze blew the crabapple petals into the house and landed in front of the table. The sword bells hanging under the high eaves rang.

Wang Rui listened to the sword bell, and the sound seemed to be interspersed with the dilemma of Chang Dubing lying here after being caned to discuss taxes and grain.

Chang Dubing was good at negotiating with all kinds of people, but he lost to Mu Jingyi's psychological tactics and provided a batch of military rations to the state soldiers.

It was that batch of grain that gave Mu Jingyi a chance to catch his breath and build his prestige.

But Chang Dubing was already dead. Wang Rui passed by the prison early in the morning and saw someone carrying out Chang Dubing's body. His clothes had been changed into new ones, and there was no sign of injury at all.

Xie Chibei did not see him on the first day he arrived in Heyuan. It seemed that the state soldiers were not so anxious. He went to the prison. It must be that Xie Chibei killed Chang Dubing and perhaps tortured him.

Wang Rui imagined Chang Dubing's appearance and pain when he was suffering, as if all of it was transferred to him.

The person sitting here negotiating now is Xie Chibei, and the person being talked to is Wang Rui, a civil servant who can select strong soldiers.

In the past, Xie Chibei was just a prince with outstanding military achievements. Now, he had the idea of ​​seizing the throne. His imperial power, which was intimidating without even getting angry, spread strongly among the soldiers in Heyuan Prefecture until it crushed the governor Wang Rui, who threatened his strategy.

Wang Rui knew that Xie Chibei was afraid of the troops under his command. He had not slept all night because of the Hongmen Banquet held at his doorstep today. He hesitated for a long time before deciding to attend the banquet.

Some strategies are simple but most effective. Many heroes died in the process of being recruited and attending banquets. It seems that he made the wrong decision.

Wang Rui said the words of refusal, and waited for a long time but Xie Chibei still didn't speak. The silent gaze was far more powerful than the furious pressure. Undercurrents surged, the wind blew the flowers away, and his heart was pounding.

Wang Rui loosened his grip on the teacup slightly and moved his right foot backwards.

Xie Chibei tapped the petals lightly with one finger. The petals were like a spring breeze, but they also felt a little tormented in his hand holding the knife.

Chang Dubing's body was waiting to be taken out when Wang Rui passed by. A civil servant was not afraid when he saw the body and he had the nerve to attend the Hongmen Banquet. This shows his wisdom and courage!

Xie Chibei motioned for Wang Rui to drink tea. Since leaving Sheng'an, he rarely drank Mengshan tea:

"Lu Yu brews tea. He roasts the tea cakes until fragrant, grinds them up, sieves them and boils them. He adds salt on the first boil, adds tea foam on the second boil, and the tea is ready on the third boil. This prince does not like salted tea, and I heard that Lord Wang does not like it either, so this prince will use clear water to brew tea."

The wind that was still in Xie Chibei's hands finally began to flow, giving him a chance to breathe, but the petals of the crabapple tree withered slightly.

Wang Rui's dry throat moved slightly. He picked up the teacup and took a sip. It was not as delicious as the chrysanthemum tea with honey. He didn't know why Emperor Ming liked this tea.

During today's meeting, the three of them sat in front of the table. Opposite him was Xie Chibei, and on his right was Mu Jingyi. Their scorching and cold eyes saw through his advantages as the Inspector of Five States, and also looked at the 20,000 state soldiers in his hands.

Wang Rui knew that Mu Jinan would invite him to Youzhou. He had already told himself: "I will not go to any Hongmen Banquet, and they will definitely not leave Youzhou."

The two had just conquered Youzhou, and it was an important time to control and command the troops. Without important matters, Xie Chibei would not come to Heyuan.

But Xie Chibei not only came now, he also tortured and killed Chang Dubing. Letting him see the corpse was to warn him that it was impossible to be an ally or an enemy, and they could only be separated by the Yin and Yang.

He knew that Xie Chibei wanted a result today, whether it was for the people or for bringing Mu Jinan, who had been married twice, home. This young man had gone crazy.

Xie Chibei did not hide anything and told him directly that there was a spy around him. Wang Rui was so confused by Xie Chibei's blunt verbal attack that he lost his composure.

It is said that Xie Chibei is invincible in wisdom and is the best at calculating. So what is his bargaining chip?

Wang Rui smiled and said, "Your Highness, I am a rough man and do not know how to appreciate."

Xie Chibei flicked away the remaining flowers on the table with his fingertips, picked up the tea stove, and poured boiling water on the rising flames. With a few "sizzling" sounds, the flames were completely extinguished in the spring sun, and did not revive with the spring breeze.

Xie Chibei's dark eyes saw through the secrets of the shadows in the daytime: "Sitting and drinking the cool water, watching the boiling dust."

"Mr. Wang's old friend may be waiting for you to drink this tea together."

In a moment, Wang Rui was covered in cold sweat. He listened to the sound of boiling tea and the fire being extinguished, as if a branding iron torture was falling on him, and he actually felt as if he was being tortured to death.

When Mu Jinan's verbal attack made Emperor Ming vomit blood, he questioned Emperor Ming about where Chen Xuan came from in the east, south, west or north to Sheng'an. He was the Inspector of Five States, and once he gave in, Xie Chibei would definitely force him to answer the question.

Wang Rui raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He pursed his lips and finished the cup of tea: "Your Highness, I have no close friends, no wife, no children, no father, and no brother."

Wang Rui, who was in his middle age, was busy with government affairs every day. The noble families and officials seldom saw him. He had never married and stayed with his old servants when he returned home. He had no weaknesses.

As for Wang Xun's family, what does their life or death have to do with him?

The sun shone on Xie Chibei's face, and the warm color sank along his angular jaw, like a sharp sword slashing out from the darkness, pushing away the dark clouds floating in from the distant sky.

Everyone looked up at the calm and heroic figure of the young man.

The red sun in the early morning pierced Xie Chibei's eyes. The flames of the murderous fire that were ready to burst out burned from the north to the injustice and chaos in all directions. Xie Chibei's eyes were burning:

"To govern a country and maintain peace, one must first eliminate harm and promote benefits. Floods, droughts, famines, poverty, treason, and pests are all harms; sitting in the government and worrying about the country, wearing armor and fighting in battles, fair examinations for the poor, light taxes and levies, long-term peace for the people, strong armor and sharp weapons, knowing how to use the wise, all of these are benefits. However, the current king has created harm and endangered the country, eliminated benefits and helped treason, used power to create evil, turned his back on the people and abandoned the way, and justice has ceased."

"Mr. Wang was treated badly by his father, a noble family. He studied hard for many years, and finally passed the imperial examination. He wanted to bring honor to his mother and bring her into the ancestral temple, but he failed because of his father's request. Your second place was given to your elder brother, and the emperor encouraged the malpractice of selling official positions and titles. Your mother's tablet can only be hidden under the file where your name is not covered. Did the father of the noble family treat you and your mother like old shoes just because she was forced to fall into the dust? The Wang family is prominent, but talented people are few and far between. Your talent is due to your mother, and your hard work comes from suffering."

"Now, you help Emperor Hui to repair the dangerous wall, the gap is big and the wall is broken, what you are repairing is the knife to slaughter the people, you help the noble family to build a copper wall and iron wall again, the flood under the wall is the tide that drowns the people."

"Wang Rui, you took the national policy theory that Yao Zhengqian secretly gave you and paved a swamp for the people on the road of clean streams. You want to drown the foundation of the Great Sheng together with the tyrant emperor, and let 30 million people wave the flag and cry out for your injustice? Change the dynasty because of your unwillingness?"

"I alone can change the outcome of the injustices suffered by countless people!"

The "earth-shaking" sound of the high-eaves sword bell urged Wang Rui's heart fire buried in the thick snow to death. Layers of cold sweat seeped out of his blood of hatred, fueling the overwhelming conspiracy to get out of the spring cloud.

The extinguished fire left only a few wisps of insignificant blue smoke. Without a raging fire, how could the blue smoke burn to death the termites and evil villains hiding in the mud?