Tai'an City couldn't hide any secrets. Xu Xiao's posthumous title spread throughout the capital that day.
Many people beat their chests and stamped their feet after hearing the posthumous title "Wu Li".
Wu was granted the title of Eighteenth, and the word "Li" was a truly evil posthumous title. When Old Master Song wrote "Explanation of Posthumous Names", under the instruction of the old emperor, the word "Evil" was changed to "Beautiful", but it was also the last among the eighteen beautiful posthumous titles.
Even so, many people are still dissatisfied with the word "strict". He believed that the imperial court was taking too advantage of Xu Laizi by giving him a posthumous title that was neither high nor low.
Many people are waiting to see how the young man who is hereditary King of Northern Liang will react. Whether to accept the imperial edict or not.
If he swallows his anger and accepts this imperial edict, Xu Xiao's prestige in Beiliang will surely make everyone in Beiliang turn away from the new King of Beiliang.
If you don't accept it, it will be disloyal, and many scholars who have taken refuge in Beiliang will have other ideas.
Tai'an City is the capital of the world, and many people are waiting to see the choice of the young King of Northern Liang.
In Tai'an City, there were no diners in a restaurant called "Jiujiu Pavilion".
The reason was because of the wooden thank you sign hanging high outside the door. The whole capital knew that the proprietress surnamed Hong of Jiujiu Pavilion was more arrogant than the relatives of the emperor.
If you don't want to do business with anyone, don't do it.
King Yan was wearing a dark red robe with black and white as always. He ignored the wooden sign hanging outside the door to thank guests, walked into the restaurant and saw the proprietress.
She was an old but pretty widow. She was cracking melon seeds. When she saw King Yan coming, she said, "The people inside have been waiting for you for a long time. Let's talk quickly. After we finish talking, I can close the stall and close the shop."
King Yan rarely spoke much, "You are the proprietress of this restaurant. According to your seniority, I should call you Aunt Hong."
"I know, go ahead." The proprietress surnamed Hong waved her hand, telling King Yan to enter quickly.
In the restaurant, an old man was drinking tea and waiting for the arrival of King Yan. It was Huang Longshi.
King Yan and Huang Sanjia met four times.
After King Yan settled down, Huang Longshi said: "I didn't expect you to really accept the invitation. This is Tai'an City."
King Yan asked: "What should I take care of?"
"You really don't have to worry about anything?" Huang Longshi got a cup of tea for King Yan, "You must have known it when you came here. Now in Tai'an City, many people are watching the new King of Beiliang. Will your eldest brother take over? Imperial decree.”
"It's just a farce." King Yan drank the tea that Huang Longshi poured for him and said, "We haven't seen you for a long time. Now I will be a King Yan who treats others with sincerity."
"Then I'm welcome." Huang Longshi asked King Yan: "What do you think of Liyang's situation?"
"How should we describe the rise and fall of a country? And what kind of eyes should we use to comment on it? "Wu Li", ha~"
Having said this, King Yan let out a chuckle.
"Xu Xiao's death can be said to be the end of the Spring and Autumn National War, or the prelude to a new national war. In the end, it comes back to that sentence. Later generations mourned and ignored it, and also made future generations sad. And I mourn for the descendants again."
Huang Longshi sighed: "Is it really impossible for the world to go back?"
King Yan said calmly: "For this question, you should go down and ask the people in Guangling Road who died under the tyranny of Liyang, or the soldiers of Northern Liang who fought in Liangmang and buried their bones at the border with more than 100,000 people. They can give you more direct answers. Answer."
Huang Longshi smiled bitterly and said: "This answer is really too heavy for people to speak."
King Yan said indifferently: "Before, Li Yang was kind to Xu Xiao, and Xu Xiao was righteous to Li Yang, so no matter how bad the two were, Xu Xiao would never rebel. But now, it's different."
Of course, Huang Longshi knew in his heart what was different about what King Yan said, "Compared to Xu Xiao, Xu Fengnian lost her mother at an early age because of the white clothes in the capital. He traveled three thousand miles around the world with Jian Jiuhuang, and was assassinated by Li Yang. A few. Three times in the Jianghu, many life and death situations, there is no shadow of Li Yang. According to common sense, Xu Fengnian, who has no burden, will take advantage of the opportunity to raise the flag of rebellion and lead Beiliang Fifty Years after receiving the imperial edict. Ten thousand troops marched eastward. Then why can't Xu Fengnian put the world first and endure it for the time being? Do you know that after taking that step, there will be no recovery? "
"Ha~" King Yan seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, "Say this, Huang Longshi, should I laugh at you for being naive or stupid?"
Huang Longshi had long been accustomed to this and said calmly: "In your mouth, don't these two words mean the same thing?"
King Yan countered: "I don't deny that Xu Fengnian, like Xu Xiao, has a mind for all people in the world. But is this the reason why you plot against Beiliang and the world again and again? Gentlemen who speak of benevolence, justice and morality always take others' humiliation and burden as a matter of course. , don’t you think this is something very funny at first sight?”
Huang Longshi asked: "Then why do you conclude that Xu Fengnian will no longer choose to endure humiliation and bear the burden?
King Yan did not directly answer Huang Longshi's question, but instead told a story, "If a person wants to climb the peak, he has to endure hardship and sweat. Although it is difficult, when he stands on the peak, he will Find out, it’s all worth it.”
"On the contrary, if a person wants to sink downward, it will be much easier. Alas~" Huang Longshi sighed, "So, from the beginning, you regarded Xu Fengnian as your opposite, and the two of them were walking in completely opposite directions. He If you want the world to be peaceful, you make the world chaotic. You want to see how far Xu Fengnian can go."
King Yan admitted: "Very good, finally someone is facing up to this problem."
"Things have finally come to the final step."
Huang Longshi seemed to sigh a lot today, "Going back to the original question, why do you think Xu Fengnian will take action?"
King Yan gave his own answer, "Because Xu Fengnian is the king of Northern Liang. And the king has no right to choose."
"The Dukes of Liyang Dynasty are all fools. Even if there are a few smart ones, they can only pretend to be fools in the face of this situation. Because in the last days of a dynasty, the incompetent persecute the capable. It started with Zhang Julu who pushed for reform, and Xu Xiao who promoted Liyang Barrier. Now, it’s Xu Fengnian’s turn.”
Huang Longshi continued to ask: "Xu Fengnian will never be captured without mercy. Is this the only way?"
"This is the only way left. The reason why the three states of Beimang that were captured were not in chaos is because of Xu Xiao's remaining power. Li Yang knew this very well, so he issued this edict. The purpose was to disrupt the three states and let Beiliang The soldiers were disloyal to Xu Fengnian."
Huang Longshi continued: "If Xu Fengnian accepts the decree, the three states will be in chaos. Once the three states are in chaos, Beiliang will also be in chaos, and Beimang will definitely take the opportunity to rise again. At that time, the real land of China will sink and the world will fall. But if the King of Northern Liang doesn’t accept the order, he has many ways to do it.”
