In the drizzle of Qingming Festival, Xiao Yi held an umbrella in one hand and carried a bamboo basket of sacrifices in the other hand, walking alone on a secluded path outside Pingliang City.

In the past twenty years, she has walked this road too many times. No matter rain or snow, no matter whether it is cloudy or sunny, no matter day or night, no one has ever stopped her from walking towards the unattended tomb of King Huai of Song Dynasty.

Today was different from the past. Xiao Yi saw two wheel marks on the muddy path, neither deep nor shallow, but very clear.

In the woods where the mausoleum could not be seen, two Zhao palace guards blocked the road with their swords, and one of them said: "Your Highness is meeting friends here today, please don't disturb anyone else."

Another person saw that this strange woman was not only wearing a curtain hat, but also a layer of tulle covering her face under the curtain hat, and she was walking lightly, as if she was good at martial arts, so he asked sharply: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"

Xiao Yi didn't want to cause trouble, so she pretended to be deaf and mute, pointed to her ears, shook her head and waved her hands, saluted the two guards, turned around and left gracefully.

The two guards looked at the back of the woman in white and couldn't help but look at each other. One of them said: "King Huai of Song Dynasty has been dead for more than 20 years. Is there anyone in this world who specially comes to offer sacrifices to an unknown short-lived king like him?"

Quality?"

Another joked nonchalantly: "Perhaps she is the old lover of King Huai of Song Dynasty?"

"I heard that King Huai of Song Dynasty was frail and sick, and he was a puppet king. He came to our Zhao country and died after fighting in a few battles. With his virtue, how could he have an old lover?"

"Isn't the subjugated princess of Qi his old lover?"

"Speaking of which, the princess of Qi was really pitiful. After a few years of living, Qi was destroyed. She finally married a rich man, but the man died young. She gave birth to a son before she died, and now her son also

He's dead. As expected, a beauty has a bad fate, even her son's life is so bad! By the way, brother, there's something I've never figured out."

"What's up?"

"How did you say that the sick King Huai of Song gave birth to the current King of Song? Look at this current King of Song, he is like a dragon and a phoenix among men, with the help of ghosts and gods! With one move, he destroyed the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Shu!

If anyone can unify the world, it is probably the current King of Song Dynasty."

"Hahaha! What's so strange about this? Look, there are three women in the harem of King Huai of Song Dynasty, right? One is the unlucky princess of Qi, and the other returned to Chu and remarried King Chu Yu

There is also a princess of Chu State who is the mother-in-law of the current King of Song Dynasty.

Who raised the son born to the princess of Qi? It was King Wei who died in Shu! I heard that King Wei and the princess of Qi had already made an engagement. Although the princess of Qi was forced by King Huai of Song to marry into the Song Palace,

Although her son claimed to be the son of King Huai of Song when he restored the state of Qi, King Wei and King Huai of Song had a bloody feud. Why did King Wei go through all kinds of hardships to raise King Huai of Song's son?"

"Because...ah? Are you saying that King Qi is not the son of King Huai of Song, but the son of King Wei?"

"I'm just guessing. Either King Wei is a sage, or King Qi is King Wei's own son. He just wanted his son to dominate the world, so he fabricated a false identity for King Qi, so that he could threaten the current King of Song.

status."

"It seems that...it makes some sense!"

"Let's talk about the remarried Princess Lin Long of Chu. She secretly gave birth to two children to King Chu Yu when she was in the Song Palace! It can be seen that the cuckolds worn by King Huai of Song were really one after another.

More green than a hat!”

"So...what are you going to say?"

"So, I boldly infer that the reason why the current King of Song is so brave and smart is because he is not the biological son of that soft-hearted King Huai of Song at all!

Before they finished speaking, the two of them were already laughing.

After they stopped laughing, one person asked seriously: "We two are disloyal to His Highness by praising the current King of Song Dynasty?"

Another person curled his lips: "Haven't you seen the face of our Highness? Even if you haven't seen the face, the carriage just passed by, didn't you see the white-haired old man in the car? Our Highness looks like a human being.

How could he be like a dragon or a phoenix in his abandoned appearance? With his appearance, he could at best be a King Zhao who lives and works in peace and contentment, but he cannot rule the world!

And his white hair... he already looks like an old god! Which old god have you ever seen come down to earth to rule the world?

Our Highness has implemented benevolent policies and has awe-inspiring righteousness. He is good everywhere, but he has no luck in unifying the world! Although Chen State and Shu State have both returned to our Zhao State, His Highness was seriously injured in the battle of Wucheng. If the current King of Song has a whim one day

, leading the troops to attack, do you think our Highness can withstand it?

And the biggest problem is that our Highness has no children! The princess is not married. Even if she is married, how can she still have children at her old age? When His Highness dies, do you think our Dugu Zhao Kingdom can still stay in Kyushu?

On the map of the nations?”

"The current King of Song Dynasty has no children..."

"Silly brother, how old is the current King of Song? He wants to have descendants, and he has plenty of time! No! He has a child! Isn't King Anyi of Chu State pregnant with his child? It seems that Song and Chu have already been married, maybe it won't be long.

, the ignorant, incompetent, and woman-obsessed King of Chu will abdicate on his own initiative.

Song and Chu were unified without a fight. The King of Song led the troops of Song and Chu to attack our country of Zhao... Well, you said that our Highness didn't take good care of his injuries, so what's the use of coming to see the unlucky King Huai of Song? Could it be that King Huai of Song is completely dead?

Can he still entrust his dream to his fake son and ask his fake son not to come and attack our Zhao country?"

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King Zhao's carriage stopped in front of the tomb of King Huai of Song.

When Liu heard the sound, he turned around and saw King Zhao's driver, who was about forty years old. He looked quite familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

The coachman jumped out of the carriage, walked steadily, stepped forward and saluted Liu: "I have seen His Highness King Song." He then raised his head and took a deep look at Liu, and couldn't help but frowning and said: "Your Highness King Song... you are well."

Liu looked at the carriage that was motionless at all, and asked the driver: "Is His Royal Highness King Zhao in the carriage? Please allow me, this junior, to come forward and pay your respects..." After saying that, he walked towards the carriage.

The coachman moved to stop him and asked instead: "His Royal Highness the King of Song, doesn't he recognize the old slave?"

Liu stopped and looked at the coachman doubtfully: "Have we...really met?"

The coachman smiled and said, "I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Song still remembers the name 'Antai'?"

Liu thought for a moment, then held the coachman's hands, unable to conceal his excitement: "Are you... my father's personal bodyguard, An Tai?"

An Tai nodded: "In the old slave's impression, His Highness is only this tall." He gestured with the height of a three-year-old child with his hand, "After so many years of separation, Your Highness has become as tall as a tree in the wind. This old slave is very relieved."

Compared with the emotion of meeting an old friend by chance, Liu was more confused at this time: "After my father died in Pingliang, why didn't you return to the Song Dynasty? How did my father die?"

An Tai smiled faintly: "The old slave is the personal bodyguard of King Huai of Song Dynasty. As the King of Song Dynasty, Your Highness also has his own personal bodyguard. How could he not know that the job of this personal bodyguard is to follow the King of Song Dynasty like a shadow and never leave him? Since Song Dynasty

King Huai did not return to the Song Dynasty, nor did he dismiss the old slave, so how could the old slave go back alone?"

Liu sighed and said, "It's hard for you to stay in Pingliang to guard the mausoleum of your father."
Chapter completed!