Situ Cen rushed to Yecheng, the capital of Java, to mediate and find the King of Shu. A guest visited him at night, and it turned out to be his ninth uncle, King Yan, Situ Pan. Situ Pan said: "Do you know where the King of Qin was when Qin joined the federation."
"where."
"Java." Situ Pan said, "He doesn't know anything about Qin's entry into the Federation."
Situ Cen was stunned for a moment: "Why did he come to Java?"
Situ Pan shook his head and said: "He was young and ignorant, and had no reliable elders to teach and support him. King Zhao coaxed him to travel abroad so that Prime Minister Zhu Tong could reform the tax system. At that age, he could not bear the temptation of free play. King Zhao was originally a descendant of the Situ family.
, actually helped an outsider to deceive his cousin and take him across the sea to come here. Java is really not close to China, and the two of them are playful. When the news came, the Qin State had been sold by Zhu Tong, Liu Shu and the Gao family.
Nearly a whole year.”
Situ Cen thought: "Last time, Uncle Jiu... Well, the fake King of Yan in the capital posted a message to invite all the kings to a banquet in the Forbidden City. The King of Qin was at the banquet. My brother said that he and the King of Zhao were joking and playing without any intention.
Lungless."
Situ Pan sneered and said: "When you were fourteen or fifteen years old, did you want to be the leader of a country and not be able to leave Chengdu all year round, or were you willing to leave the control of your parents and travel around? Last year in the capital, Jia Cong showed them
There were several stacks of photos, which made them smile from ear to ear. At this moment, they had already gone to Wei Ruoheng with a letter of introduction written by Jia Cong, and decided to spend three years traveling throughout South America. My wife-in-law has been to South America.
, it is said that according to their way of playing, it will take at least six years to complete the journey. King Qin has forgotten Qin, and King Zhao has given away Zhao long ago. The two of them only have fun and nothing else in their hearts. What's more, there is still Zhao.
Wang's wife, the actress, was there to encourage her. That woman also has an extremely wild temper and wishes she could play until she grows old."
Situ Cen said: "It's easy to say that I was the same age as they were, even now. If my surname was not Situ, or if my brother didn't treat me well, I would have left long ago. I want to go to South America, North America, Africa, and Australia.
According to Uncle Jiu, is the Federation deliberately bringing my brother to Java in order to seize the Kingdom of Shu?"
Situ Pan looked at him and said, "I guess they brought your brother to Java on purpose to attract you to come too."
Situ Cen thought for a while and said: "I have been in the capital these days, and I really don't think Jia Cong wants to seize Shu."
Situ Pan sighed: "Jia Cong is neither a prince nor an emperor. A few years ago, his wife was pregnant and had severe pregnancy symptoms. He, the regent, actually took three months' leave to go back to the house to care for and comfort her. You just want to think about you.
Brother can’t have so much free time.”
"It would be nice if he can spare time in ten days to take a look."
Situ Pan nodded: "The federation is so big and there are so many official affairs, but Jia Cong doesn't care about anything. The Yan country has become like this. I thought it was all because of the old man named Zhan who avenged his master. I saw him last time when I went back to Dajiala.
Qin Sangu, she told me the truth. Apart from Zhan Bu, there are also Jia Xu, a young son of Jia Daishan, and Feng Ziying. All three of them feel that as long as I am still in the Yan Kingdom, Jia Cong will not take over the world.
.”
Situ Cen bared his teeth: "That old man... he happily walks birds and plays with cats all day long, like a skinny Maitreya Buddha. I thought I had misunderstood him earlier."
Situ Pan chuckled. "You don't even know who he is?" He then told how he was exiled from the country by Old Man Zhan.
Situ Cen was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said after a while: "So, I'm afraid those three Jia Cong really waited for Uncle Jiu's death before taking action, and joined forces behind his back to help your son seize the throne and send you away from the Yan Kingdom? Wait,
Feng Ziyingruo is in the same group as them... Oops!" He clapped his hands and said, "Jia Cong is a fool! He is being played around by his subordinates."
Situ Pan hummed: "If the Federation doesn't send troops to Shu, won't it borrow troops from elsewhere? Jia Cong may not know."
Situ Cen gritted his teeth: "That bastard! Signing a contract with him is useless." After thinking for a long time, he said, "If so, I suspect that our Yan'er exile colony was also their work." Situ Pan sneered. Situ Cen Song
He took a breath and said, "That's easy to handle. Uncle Jiu, I'll tell you the truth. These days in the capital, I already know that the Kingdom of Shu will definitely not be saved. If you cut the knot quickly, you will die early and be born early. King Qin and King Zhao are in South America? My second brother and I are also
Let’s go together. Isn’t it popular now to organize tour groups? It would be good to join them on a tour group.”
Situ Pan was stunned: "You...don't you hurry back to the country to guard the country for your brother? As long as you are here, those people will have to be wary. Otherwise, Shu will be the same as Qin. The rest are all small countries, not
Top job."
Situ Cen spread his hands and said, "If their target is me, how can they let me go back?"
Situ Pan hurriedly said: "No problem. We have been in Java for so long, and we still have the ability to send someone away from the country."
"I'm not going." Situ Cen said, "It doesn't take much effort. There is nothing wrong with joining the Federation. If I and my brother were willing to hand over the court affairs to Yan'er, it would be done long ago." After saying this, he bowed to Situ Pan.
, "Thank you Uncle Jiu for the report."
He then walked to the table and wrote a note with only two sentences: "Where is my second brother? We are going to travel to South America." He called someone over and ordered him to send the note to the Yan State Embassy in Java.
The ambassador himself.
The soldier said, "Wouldn't the minister put an envelope in it?"
Situ Cen folded the paper into a frog and handed it to him: "That's it." The soldier took the paper frog and left.
Situ Pan was stunned: "You...you are so worthless!"
Situ Cen shrugged and said, "If I had made any progress, I don't know what the outcome of the struggle would have been for the Shu Kingdom, and it might have fallen apart even sooner than the Chu Kingdom. If Uncle Jiu's sons were willing to stay on their own terms, Feng Ziying and the others would have no room for them to take advantage of." Situ Pan
Momentarily speechless.
Less than an hour after the paper frog was delivered, Situ Pan was still in the posthouse urging his nephew to cherish the inheritance of his ancestors, so the Yan State Embassy returned a paper crane. When he opened it, he saw two sentences inside: "I can't be the master. Sorry for bothering you."
Please wait for now, I have to take some time to ask my superiors for instructions."
Situ Cen immediately wrote another paper frog. "How long does it take?"
A paper crane came back quickly. "About seven or eight days."
The third paper frog. "So fast? Has your superior come to Java?"
The third paper crane. "In Malay."
The fourth paper frog. "Lao Zhan and Lao Feng are both in the capital. Isn't the Malay one Jia Xu?"
The fourth paper crane. "How could I, a mere 18th-line officer, know such a thing!"
Situ Cen curled his lips and raised his hand to write the fifth paper frog. "By the way, I want to tell your superior that he will pay for our brothers' trip to South America."
Not long after, the fifth paper crane arrived. "South America is Wei Ruoheng's territory, so of course he will come."
The uncle and nephew of the Situ family stared at the paper for a long time. Situ Cen said: "Does this mean that Wei Ruoheng is also one of them?"
Situ Pan thought: "It doesn't look like it, it's probably an alliance. Wei Ruoheng was originally ordered by the first king of Wu to attack South America. Later, the king of Wu changed his name to the crown prince. Although Wei Ruoheng didn't say it explicitly, it was obvious that he was independent."
Situ Cen said: "The former crown prince of Wu State could not suppress Wei Ruoheng. If the leader is weak and the ministers are strong, South America will stand on its own feet sooner or later."
Situ Pan shook his head and said: "None of the fourth son's sons are useful. The world should not be divided."
Situ Cen looked at him for a long time and said, "Uncle Jiu, there are a few things I have been thinking about whether to tell you or not."
"What's the matter?"
Situ Cen then told him what Jia Cong told him in the early years and what he told Situ Yan last year. For example, Lin Daiyu gave the six kings a plan to unite, Jia Cong copied the national policies of later generations, the fate of the kings in the history books, etc. Situ Pan was silent.
Speechless. Situ Cen spread his hands and said, "Uncle Jiu, he is cheating! Besides, if he didn't help, we would all be dead long ago."
Situ Pan sighed: "I know all this. I just feel ashamed of my ancestors."
"Uncle Ninth doesn't need to be ashamed of his ancestors. If he wants to be ashamed, Third Uncle should be ashamed first." Situ Cen said, "Is it possible that you keep holding your neck straight and waiting for him to chop me down?"
Situ Pan was so angry that he stood up and left. Situ Cen was the most shameless, and followed him out of the inn with a smile, waving: "Uncle Ninth, walk slowly~~"
Situ Pan suddenly turned back. "Acen, why don't you want to be the king of Shu?"
Situ Cen said: "The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. I don't want to take on such great responsibility, so I don't want to have such great power."
"Once you have power, the whole country will have to listen to you, isn't it good?"
"Not good. Tired." Situ Cen said, "If my wife has a severe reaction during pregnancy, I would also like to keep an eye on her at home."
Situ Pan looked at his nephew as if he were a monster. After a while, he turned around and left.
Only five days later, the special envoy of the Yan Kingdom sent a new paper crane. "The superior said that it will take many years to travel to South America. You still have a wife and children at home, should you think about it again?"
Situ Cen immediately guessed that the Shu Kingdom was not far away from falling into the hands of the Federation. After thinking about it, he replied with a paper frog. "When were you originally planning to release my brother?"
Not long after, the paper crane came. "After the Crown Prince returns to China."
The paper frog asked, "When will Yan'er return to China?"
Zhihe replied, "After the Shu army is reorganized."
Situ Cen rolled his eyes and cursed: "Hypocritical!" Then he no longer worried about the King of Shu and simply led the soldiers of the special battalion to go sightseeing.
On the other side, a businessman from Shu led a dozen of his men through Yunnan into Myanmar. He immediately abandoned the goods and ran away. Passing by the Shu army camp along the way, he took out the badge of the Prince of Shu to find out where the prince was. Find out.
It took more than two months to meet a group of soldiers and horses transporting grain and grass. They learned that the colonial governor's palace was located in Youde City in Tianzhu Kingdom, and the prince was there. So he hurried to Youde. After entering the city, he looked for someone to inquire. The prince
As expected, he was staying at the Governor's Mansion. The merchants didn't care that it was getting late and immediately went to the Governor's Mansion to ask for an audience.
The prince was discussing matters with his subordinates. He was stunned when he heard the report: "What did he say his name was?"
The disciple said: "His name is Wu Fang."
The prince frowned and glanced at everyone. Mingduan said: "Wu Fang...is he the head of the Queen Mother's craftsmanship?"
"That's right." The prince said, "Ding Mei is in jail and cannot be saved because he is causing trouble."
Ming Duan wondered: "What did he come to do?"
Tong Buye said: "You're already here, let's pass it in." The prince nodded.
Not long after, Wu Fang came in and looked at the Crown Prince kneeling down and crying: "Old servant knows that the Crown Prince has never gone to quell the rebellion!"
The prince was stunned: "What counter-rebellion?"
Wu Fang cried so hard that it took him a long time to stop crying. The crown prince ordered someone to help him sit up, and ordered him to pour water. After a long time, Wu Fang regained consciousness and slowly told the story. After the crown prince left, the King of Shu was attacked by Java and the Fang family.
He was kidnapped, Wang Wei rescued him, there were rumors that the colonial prince was rebellious and he could not return to the country without time, the phoenix and his grandsons were uneasy, the sixth man died suddenly after divorcing his wife and marrying the general's daughter, the Supreme King fell ill, Wang Wei replaced the generals of the country and other events were described one by one.
Nai cried: "As soon as I heard that Wang Wei had the tiger talisman in his hand, I knew that I had fallen into the federation's scheme!"
Ming Duan thought: "The theory of Tiger Talisman should be in the hands of the prince. But it is also possible that he did not carry it with him, but placed it somewhere in the palace. The Supreme King knew about it and took it for use."
The prince shook his head and said: "Even so, it is impossible for my grandfather to have so many young officers. And if he wants to change the military system, he will definitely call me back to take charge, and there is no way he will hand it over to Wang Wei. Wang Wei must be the secret agent of the federation.
No doubt about it.”
Tong Buye said: "Didn't I sign the contract not to send any soldiers to Shu?"
The prince said, "That's right!" He ordered Mingduan to go to the federal embassy in person to protest the matter with their ambassador.
Wu Fang cried and said, "I beg you, Prince, to come back right now!"
The prince smiled bitterly and said: "Even if I fly back, it will be too late. They have prepared so many generals, obviously to quickly reorganize the officers and soldiers of Shu." Then he asked Wu Fang to go down and rest first.
A few days later, the federal ambassador sent a reply to Beijing. It was the reply from the Minister of Security Feng Ziying. He said: Wang Wei is the son of Wei Ruoheng of Nan America.
After half a day, he said to the ambassador: "This is your handwriting."
The ambassador said: "Yes. I copied this."
"Where is the original letter from Minister Feng?"
"There is no original book. This is a translation of the telegraph code."
The prince was shocked: "Telegraph! Hasn't the telegraph not been developed yet?"
The ambassador said: "Where, the telegraph has been used for many years."
Ming Duan asked from the side: "Your Majesty, what is the telegram?"
The prince shook his head and said: "I will explain to you later. In this case, I am too lazy to return to the country. Since Ding Meiye has been released, let her and Mr. Qiu Liang preside over Shu's joining the federation."
When Wu Fang heard that the Ambassador of Yan State had arrived, he immediately rushed to the front hall. At the door, he happened to hear the Crown Prince saying "Join the Federation" and hurriedly shouted: "The Crown Prince must not be deceived by outsiders!"
The prince glanced at him: "Do you know what a telegram is?"
Wu Fang was stunned and said: "I don't know."
"It's like the art of transmitting messages over a thousand miles." The prince said, "People have been using it for many years. We still rely on people and carrier pigeons to transmit messages. If the pigeons are accidentally eaten by eagles, the message will be gone. There is no way we can fight against it."
Wu Fang said anxiously: "The prince is a descendant of the Tian family and the prince's direct grandson. How can he say such depressing words? I think back then the prince..."
"Sir Wu." The prince interrupted, "I dare to ask Mr. Wu whether he deserves a share of the credit for my coming to the colony."
Wu Fang was stumped and said: "How could I have known that I would implicate the prince? If I had known earlier, I would have helped the prince cover it up. Besides, that matter was originally the prince's fault."
The prince smiled and said: "Master Wu, you think everything is good only if you follow the rules?"
"nature."
"Then it's against the rules for me to be the prince." The prince casually took off the fake Adam's apple from his collar and said calmly, "I'm not a man."
Wu Fang was stunned. "Ah?!" Others were also stunned. "Ah?!"
The Crown Prince said leisurely: "It is against the rules for me to make my daughter the Crown Prince."