Chu Huan stared at King Qi, groaned slightly, and then said, "If the prince regards me as a friend, I will naturally always regard the prince as a friend." ”

King Qi smiled faintly and said, "I'm very happy that you said that." Ling Shuang won't come back because of me, and now I don't have any luxury! After a pause, he asked, "I heard you outside just now, and they called you 'Great King'?" ”

Chu Huan knew that these things had to be said after all, so he nodded and said, "A few days ago, a vision appeared in the sky, so everyone supported me as the king of Chu." ”

"King Chu!" King Qi's expression was very calm, and he chuckled: "That's fine, the Northwest Army has already entered the customs, and there must always be a justifiable banner." ”

Chu Huan hesitated, his brows slowly relaxed, but his expression became stricter, and said: "The prince should understand that today's Chu Huan's temperament has not changed, and he is still the same person as Chu Huan who the prince knew at the beginning, but some things have changed." ”

"Oh?"

"My mother has passed away, and the only one who followed me at the beginning was Su Niang, even if I had a mistake, I could only involve Su Niang alone." Chu Huan sighed: "I owe her a lot, so as long as I live, I have to take care of her wholeheartedly." ”

King Qi nodded and said, "Sister Su Niang is a good woman. ”

"But that's no longer the case." Chu Huan sighed: "Dingwu has been regarded as a thorn in my eye, kill it quickly, if I have a mistake, it is not only Su Niang who is involved, in addition to my family, but also the generals and soldiers who have hope for me, they will all be affected." There are hundreds of these people, and my future directly determines their fate, so even for them, there are some things I don't want to do, but I have to do them. ”

King Qi said with a smile: "They want to follow you to make meritorious contributions and bet their lives on you, so you naturally can't let them down." ”

"Today, there is no way back." Chu Huan said: "This is not my choice, but it is also the path I have to take." ”

"If you can say that to me, it means that you still consider me a friend." King Qi smiled: "If you didn't regard me as a friend, you wouldn't have said these words to me. ”

Chu Huan frowned slightly, and wanted to say something, but King Qi had already said: "Chu Huan, I still have something I want to ask you, can you help me?" ”

"Lord Wang, please speak!"

"Actually, I understand that I have nothing to do, and I can't help you anything, staying by your side will cause you trouble." King Qi said: "So I want to return to the northwest, take my mother, and find a quiet place to spend the rest of my life." After a pause, he said, "Can you fulfill me?" ”

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The queen has come to a letter, in fact, she also said in the letter that she wants to go into seclusion with the prince and no longer ask about the affairs of the world, she only hopes that I can persuade the prince!"

"The queen mother is for my good." King Qi sighed: "I already have an idea, so I don't need you to persuade me anymore." After thinking for a while, he said: "I'm going to go back to the northwest tomorrow, and after leaving, I don't know when I can see you again, but before leaving, I want to have a few last drinks with you." ”

Chu Huan was stunned: "Lord Wang!" ”

"Don't say anything." King Qi waved his hand and said, "In the future, I will not be called the prince!" Then he smiled and said, "I don't know if we can see each other again." That's it, the Qin State has reached this point, sooner or later it will fall, I, the prince, have today, I'm afraid there will be no tomorrow. He looked out the door and said, "Let people prepare a table of wine, just take it as a practice for me." He smiled reluctantly, but it was a bit desolate.

Chu Huan hesitated, and wanted to say a few more words, but he understood better in his heart that now, King Qi automatically proposed to go into hiding, whether it was for himself or King Qi himself, it might not be a good thing.

He has already claimed the king, and King Qi stays by his side, which is even more indecent, he actually knows very well that if he continues to keep King Qi by his side, it will actually be a kind of torture for himself and King Qi.

If you change to a ruthless person, in order to avoid future troubles, you will not even agree to the request of the king of Qi to return to seclusion, and in the case of already claiming that the king has become a force of his own, it is very likely that this prince who leaves uselessly but may become a future trouble, it is very likely that he will be completely eliminated.

Chu Huan attaches great importance to affection, although he knows that he must be ruthless in fighting for domination in the world and in troubled times, but let him do it against King Qi, he can't do it anyway.

Pei Ji said it well, when the judgment is constantly suffering, since the king of Qi took the initiative to ask for retreat, there is no need for him to pretend to stay.

It is naturally not difficult to buy a table of wine and food, at the beginning of the lanterns, there are more than a dozen dishes on the table, and the dishes are also very rich, although Chu Huan has always been very thrifty, and he is also coarse tea and light rice on weekdays, but this time he wants to practice for King Qi, and he is naturally more rich.

"Since the prince has the heart to go into hiding, and the queen mother also means this, I will not keep it." Chu Huan and King Qi sat opposite each other, and a lone lamp on the side illuminated the room, "The northwest is now becoming stable, it is not difficult to find a peaceful place, if the prince allows, I can!" ”

King Qi had already interrupted with a smile: "Since it is a retreat, it is natural that he will no longer be disturbed by the world. Where to go, when I see the queen mother, I will naturally discuss with the queen mother, so I don't have to worry about you. He sighed and said, "I wanted to come back with Ling Shuang, but! Shaking his head, he said: "Chu Huan, you promise me, if you have the opportunity, you will go to Zhongyi Village in person and persuade Ling Shuang to come to you, I know she doesn't like me, but she has you in her heart!" ”

Chu Huan frowned, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

"You also know that my uncle has passed away, Ling Shuang's parents have died, and there are few relatives in this world." King Qi smiled bitterly: "She naturally doesn't recognize me as a cousin, if she stays in that ghostly Zhuangzi, she will not be happy in this life." Staring at Chu Huan, he said, "You go back to her and let her stay by your side, so that she can live a good life." ”

Chu Huan was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Don't worry, I will go to her." ”

The corners of King Qi's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he smiled: "In this way, I can rest assured that I will go." He actually reached out to take the wine jug, and the other hand had already gone over to take the wine glass in front of Chu Huan, poured the wine, and then sent it over, Chu Huan reached out and took it, and the king of Qi poured wine for himself, so he raised his glass and said: "Chu Huan, this may be the last time we sit together to drink, and we won't get drunk tonight." ”

Chu Huan picked up the wine glass and watched King Qi drink it all with his head up, but he also held the bottom of the wine glass with one hand and the wine glass with the other hand, and drank it all with his head up.

King Qi put down the wine glass, and saw that Chu Huan drank all the wine in the cup, the corners of his eyes twitched, his face was a little pale, and his two hands were trembling slightly, Chu Huan couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with the prince?" Is it uncomfortable? ”

King Qi reluctantly smiled: "It's okay, maybe it's because I'm too tired from the journey." ”

"The prince doesn't need to leave in a hurry." Chu Huan said: "If you are not feeling well, you will raise it here for a few days, and when your energy recovers, you will go to the northwest to see the queen!" ”

King Qi shook his head and said, "No need! ”

Chu Huan stared at King Qi's eyes, but King Qi seemed to be a little afraid of Chu Huan's eyes, and reluctantly smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Wang, have you ever hated me in your heart?" Chu Huan was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Does the prince blame me in my heart for not keeping my promise and not helping you inherit the throne?" ”

King Qi was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but did not make a sound.

"The Qin State has come to this day, and it is already angry and resentful." Chu Huan sighed: "If the prince still wants to continue the Qin State, the people of the northwest will not agree, and the people of the world will not agree, if the prince wants to take revenge, because of personal enmity and Dingwu fight to the death, I can understand, but I can't sacrifice the lives of countless soldiers in the northwest for this reason." ”

King Qi said: "I understand! ”

"It's good that the prince can be considerate." Chu Huan said: "Lord Wang, in fact, you have a good temperament and are a good person, but because of this, once you go the wrong way, it is difficult to wake up. The prince said that he wanted to go into hiding, but I didn't stop him, just because I felt that the prince did this and was the best way to go. The world is chaotic, the lives are miserable, the prince's temperament is actually not suitable to participate in such a bloody battle, the queen let the prince retreat, that is the love of the prince, is really thinking about the future of the prince. ”

The corners of King Qi's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but his lips moved, but he didn't say anything, Chu Huan picked up the wine jug and poured wine for King Qi's wine glass, seeing that King Qi's face was even paler, outside the hall - it was rainy, the autumn wind was bleak, King Qi seemed to be because of the cold of autumn, his body trembled slightly, Chu Huan put down the wine jug, and said: "The prince seems to be really unwell, let's rest first." He got up and shouted, "Come, take the prince to rest." ”

King Qi barely stood up, he seemed to be really tired, stood up, shook a little, glanced at Chu Huan, saw that Chu Huan was looking at him with concern, and reluctantly smiled: "You don't have to worry, I'm fine, just rest!" At this time, a subordinate came in from outside the door, Chu Huan said: "Lord Wang, he knows where you live, let him lead you to rest, Lord Wang doesn't have to rush to leave tomorrow, wait until you are well repaired!" He commanded, "Take the prince to rest." ”

The man bowed and said yes, King Qi looked a little depressed, walked over, followed the man out of the door, out of the courtyard, walked through two corridors, suddenly stopped, the person in front heard the footsteps of King Qi stopped, turned around, and was about to ask, King Qi had already said: "You go down first." ”

The man was a little puzzled: "Lord Wang! ”

"I want to go out for a walk." King Qi said: "I don't need you to follow. He didn't say much, looked up at the dark sky, the drizzle, he didn't care about the drizzle, walked into the rain, went straight to the outside of the house, and arrived at the gate, the guards guarding the door saw the king of Qi, and it was not easy to stop him, so he let the king of Qi go out.

After King Qi went out, he went around the courtyard wall of Tongzhou Zhizhou Mansion along the long street outside the door for most of the circle, and there was silence in all directions, and there was no trace in the drizzle of the autumn night.

King Qi frowned, walked forward for a short while, and saw a figure in front of him standing under the wall, speeding up his steps, and already asked, "Is it Mr. Zhuge ?" ”

There were still seven or eight steps away, King Qi suddenly stopped, but found that the man was holding an oil-paper umbrella, covering the entire upper body, but he was wearing a pair of official boots on his feet, and he didn't listen to the person's response. ”R1058