Regarding the origin of dragons, it is troublesome to trace. The dragon is not a single creature, it is composed of a variety of animal fragments, which is the embodiment of the totem worship of the Chinese nation. When the tribes are fused, the original totems have the characteristics of different totems, which also has a lot to do with the change of the dragon's form. It is generally believed that a dragon can swallow clouds and spit out mist, travel clouds and rain, and more importantly, he can travel the heavens without wings. The dragon has a domineering image, has the strongest mana in people's imagination, and even the overlords of the world regard themselves as the descendants of the dragon, which is the meaning that the totem of the dragon brings to the Chinese nation.

Su Ren wiped the sweat on his head and glanced at Liu An and Liu Ci: "Two kings, this is the understanding of dragons in the world, in fact, there is no such thing as a dragon in this world, the highest and most powerful is not the side, it is us!" ”

"In that case, why are there so many legends about dragons?" Liu An is not a stupid person, Su Ren's words can't fool him.

"Legends are legends, when people can't understand and explain something, there will naturally be all kinds of imagination to add it!" Su Ren took a sip of water: "For example, where do people go when they die?" According to the common point of view, there is no difference between people dying and pigs, dogs, sheep, etc., the only difference is that the living people do not want them to die, and they often appear in their minds what they used to be, and slowly people will find a place for the dead, good people go to heaven to be immortals, and live happily, and bad people fall into hell to suffer. ”

"For another example, in the first sentence of the Tao Te Ching, there is a fish in the North Sea, and its name is Kun, and the back of Kun does not know how many thousands of miles! Although I have not seen thousands of miles of big fish, dozens of zhang long but I have seen, a fish is half a street of Chang'an, that is, it can survive in the sea, if you go to the land, a meal can eat the entire Chang'an people's rations for a year! But why does the Tao Te Ching say that Kun is so huge? According to my guess, it should be that the person who saw it was frightened, and when he thought about it, he added a lot of things to his head, and it became thousands of miles. ”

Liu An nodded: "You don't need to say this, this king's Huainan country is not far from the sea, and the big fish have also seen it, let's talk about dragons, since there are no dragons, then there is no real dragon emperor?" ”

Su Ren smiled: "The king doesn't have to pit me, dare to ask the king who is the true dragon emperor?" Is it Your Majesty or you? Or is it the king of Hengshan? ”

Liu Ci, the king of Hengshan, shook his head, turned his head to look at Liu An, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Nonsense, how can this king be the true dragon emperor?" Brother Wang, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. ”

Liu An ignored Liu Ci and said to Su Ren: "Naturally, it's Your Majesty!" ”

Su Ren shook his head: "According to my Han genealogy, there is no doubt that the first generation of True Dragon Heavenly Son is Gaozu, and the two kings have no objection to this, right?" ”

Liu An and Liu Ci nodded hurriedly.

"Since Gaozu is the true dragon emperor, Gaozu's sons should also be the true dragon emperor, why was the court occupied by Empress Lu for decades? If it weren't for Chen Ping and others to take back Emperor Wen, I am afraid that the Han would be surnamed Lu at this time! Could it be that Empress Lu is also a true dragon emperor? ”

Liu Ci was silent and looked at Liu An. Liu An said: "I just thought that the true dragon son was in my Liu family, so there was Emperor Wen and Ping Zhulu!" ”

"Why Emperor Wen? And not others, you must know that the father of the great king is also the son of Gaozu. ”

Liu An glared at Su Ren, his teeth creaked, he felt that this was Su Ren sarcastically mocking his father Liu Chang.

Su Ren continued: "Even if King Huainan Li doesn't compete with Emperor Wen, there are many sons of Emperor Wen, why is it rumored to be in Emperor Jing?" ”

A series of questions, Liu An couldn't answer them, and the people who listened were even more dumbfounded.

Tian Wei really couldn't stand it, and coughed: "The so-called dragon gives birth to nine sons are different, Your Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, and the sons born may not all be dragons." ”

Su Ren nodded: "What the prime minister said is very true!" So let me ask you again, is the next real dragon the son of His Majesty or someone else? ”

"This ......" Tian Wei was speechless for a moment.

Liu An hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has no heirs yet, no one can say well." ”

Su Ren smiled: "Your Majesty is only twenty years old now, just in the prime of life, there are thousands of beauties in the harem, Mrs. Wei has given birth to Princess Dangli for Your Majesty, it is said that she is pregnant again, and it is a matter of time before she gives birth to a dragon." ”

Liu An pouted: "Okay, in that case, the son of His Majesty is naturally the son of the dragon!" ”

"Very good, since Your Majesty's son is the son of a dragon, does the king think Your Majesty's son can ascend to the throne?" Without waiting for Liu An to answer, Su Ren said again: "Actually, this question shouldn't be asked, since it is a dragon son, how can there be a reason why he can't ascend to the throne?" Therefore, according to this reasoning, those rebels in the world will never end well. ”

"Ahem, cough, cough ......" Liu Ci just took a sip of water, sprayed himself, coughed again and again with the water bowl, looked at Liu An and explained: "Choking!" Choked! ”

Liu An's face was a little dark: "Didn't you say that there are no dragons in this world?" ”

"No, the dragon lives in our minds, you can close your eyes and imagine a big snake with a horse's face, a pig's nose, a tiger's mouth, antlers, eagle claws, cat whiskers, and a fish's tail tossing up and down in the sea of clouds. That's the dragon! ”

"What do you see? Is that a dragon? After a while, Su Ren suddenly asked. The picture in front of the eyes of the people who were enjoying the beautiful scenery suddenly collapsed and shattered to the ground like glass, and the picture that shocked their hearts was no longer to be found.

Liu An took a deep breath and was a little dazed. Tian Wei hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, the dragon is here, since there is no dragon, it is not interesting for us to talk more, let's talk about the interesting things in Chang'an City?" ”

Su Ren stopped talking, glanced at Liu An, bowed and retreated to his seat.

Liu Ci also hurriedly played a round: "Yes, yes, yes, it doesn't mean to say that the dragon, Brother Wang just wants to hear it!" ”

At the next banquet, Liu An and Su Ren sat in their seats like two wooden people, neither drinking nor talking, and they didn't know what they were thinking with their eyes closed.

The topic of dragons was brought up by Liu An. He said that someone in the east of Shouchun City saw a golden dragon flying out of the bottom of the well, but as for what kind of foreshadowing, Liu An did not say. As soon as this remark came out, he was complimented by many people, so Su Rencai poured a basin of cold water on Liu An, first saying that there was no dragon in the world, and then led Liu An into the language trap that the true dragon emperor was not him, forcing Liu An to admit that the real dragon emperor was Liu Che's child, so it was strange that Liu An could be happy.

The ancients believed in this kind of rumor, and it was especially effective in encouraging the people. During the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan used this trick when he ascended the throne. Why should he be an emperor with the surname Sun? Without Cao Pi's Zen concession, and without Liu Bei's innate attribute bonus, he can only rely on this kind of fooling.

Liu An said this was also a temptation, and when Su Ren spoke, Liu An regretted it. He has already seen Su Ren's eloquence. I slapped myself in the face today, what can I say, I can only say that I am dead, and I don't have Su Ren with me.

Liu An has no interest in eating and drinking, and Liu Ci naturally does not either. Neither of the two guests has any interest in eating and drinking, and their interest as accompaniments will drop a level. Before it got dark, the banquet was over. Su Ren was the first to come out.

Looking at Su Ren's back, Liu An's eyes narrowed into a slit. Tian Wei shook his head slightly: "Don't worry, the king, Su Ren's words are nonsense!" ”

Liu Ci shook his head: "Nonsense? This kid never talks nonsense, he will definitely tell the emperor about it when he goes back, I'm afraid we won't have a good time in Chang'an. ”

Liu An sighed: "I didn't intend to hide it from the emperor, but it was a pity for the king to lose the hearts of the people!" ”

"Don't worry, what Su Ren said will never happen, although Mrs. Wei is pregnant, it is not certain whether she can give birth to the child smoothly!"

Liu An was stunned: "What is the reason for this?" ”

Tian Wei smiled: "It's inconvenient to say more about this matter for the time being, and the king will know about it then." ”

Out of the gate of the post house, Li Danghu, Wei Qing, Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao, and Su Ren's subordinates were all waiting outside the door. Seeing Su Ren come out, the expression on his face was relaxed. Huang Shisan and Manniu hurriedly stepped forward and stayed by Su Ren's side.

Li Danghu said: "It's okay, right? ”

Su Ren smiled: "What can it be?" What, do you think King Huainan will be bad for me? ”

Gongsun He said: "Isn't it unfavorable, if you take away my 50,000 gold, it will be light to crush your bones and scatter ashes!" ”

"Who swept away 50,000 gold? All that money was borrowed by His Majesty, what does it have to do with me? ”

Gongsun He pointed at Su Ren and said to everyone: "You all saw it, right?" This kid is a wolf's heart, and we are so worried about him. ”

Wei Qing stepped forward: "Brother Su is really okay?" ”

"Don't worry, it's okay! They can't do anything to me in Shouchun, let alone in Chang'an! ”

Li Danghu coughed: "Since it's okay, let's go!" It's not a big deal for so many people to stay here! ”

Riding out of the alley, a large group of people talked and laughed, sweeping away the haze just now. In a wine shop on the street, an old man and a young man were drinking and chatting accompanied by a handsome son. Seeing Su Ren and the others running over, the old man shook his head and smiled: "It seems that your father's plan has failed again!" ”

The handsome boy smiled: "It's not advisable for my father to let Su Ren open his eyes for him, and it's okay if he fails, breaking his father's mind!" Next, it depends on the old man's means, I have already sent someone to inquire clearly, Liu Shuang lives in Su's house, and Liu Jian lives in Ping'an Village outside the north gate, both of which are Su Ren's properties. ”

The old man nodded: "Don't worry, this matter is foolproof, but Childe remembers his promise." ”

"Definitely! We've been working together for so long, when have I never fulfilled what I said? ”

The young man glanced at the handsome son: "The matter of the Yue people is a gaffe, those Yue people were moved by Su Ren, and all those who were in contact with us were sent to Chang'an as prisoners." ”

"Uh......, it was an accident! No one expected that Su Ren would still have the ability to lead troops! ”

The old man smiled: "Yu'er do something!" ”