Liu looked at An Tai in disbelief and was speechless for a moment.

Shu'er walked up to Liu and asked for him: "I wonder what Uncle An means by this?"

An Tai saluted Shu'er and said, "Is this girl the King of Anyi in the Chu Kingdom?"

Shu'er nodded and asked: "Uncle An just said that King Song Huai died, but His Highness did not witness it with his own eyes. Is it possible that King Song Huai is still alive?"

An Tai smiled and said: "King Anyi of Chu State is really smart."

Liu and Shu'er looked at each other with surprise on their faces.

After a moment, Liu looked at the carriage hesitantly and said to An Tai: "Father, where is he... now?"

An Tai took a step back, turned to look at the carriage, and said in a calm tone: "More than twenty years ago, during the great battle between Chen and Song, the two armies faced off in the territory of Zhao State and burned Pingliang City. Everyone on the road knew that King Zhao Dugu's face was very strange.

He was also burned during the Pingliang Fire. Until the Battle of Wucheng last year, few people in the Zhao Kingdom had seen the true face of King Zhao..."

Before An Tai finished speaking, Liu took three steps and two steps at a time, walked quickly to the carriage, and opened the curtain.

The man sitting in the carriage, with white clothes and white hair, looked like an ice sculpture, looking like a ghost. His face was expressionless, his eyes were unwavering, and half of his face was covered with uneven old scars. A glance at it made people tremble and fear him.

Liu Zhengzheng looked at King Zhao, and the extremely vague memories of his childhood suddenly poured into his mind...

In the White Jade Palace, it snowed heavily and it didn't stop for a day.

Xiao Liu was playing in the snow on the open ground outside Ningguo Hall. A tall, thin man in Chinese clothes came over, leaned over and picked up a pile of snow with both hands, squeezed it into a ball, and slowly rolled the small snowball on the ground.

Got up.

The man smiled and said: "Son, you see, as long as the snowball is big enough, it is not difficult to add new snow and roll out a bigger snowball."

Xiao Liu clapped his hands and said, "Father is so awesome!"

In the vast white sky and earth, a man called "Father" rolled the snowball in front of Xiao Liu. The snowball was half the height of Xiao Liu. The man said: "Father has rolled out a small snowball for you.

It's not a small snowball, if you keep rolling it, it will be even more powerful than your father."

So Xiao Liu used all his strength and finally rolled out a snowball as high as himself. He dug several holes in the snowball, stepped on the holes with his feet, and then climbed to the top of the snowball.

Liu still remembers that that day, he had been sitting on top of the snow globe waiting for his father to come back and praise him. However, when the sun set and the snow stopped, his father did not return to the Ningguo Hall and did not see the two of them pile up together.

huge snowball.

At that time, my father had black hair tied up in a jade crown, and his face was smooth and smooth. At this time, King Zhao in front of him looked like this...

Liu held the oil-paper umbrella tightly with one hand and balled up the curtain of the carriage with the other. He could not raise his hand to salute King Zhao. He tried hard to control his emotions and said: "I am so arrogant, please forgive me for your highness, King Zhao."

King Zhao remained expressionless and said coldly: "It is indeed abrupt."

Liu was in a daze and didn't know how to answer, when he heard King Zhao say: "Son, although the sword hanging on your waist is a sword, it is not an auspicious object. It is better to return such an ominous object to its original owner."

Liu Dai looked at King Zhao and felt the sound of "son", like a voice from another world.

King Zhao continued: "The Sword of King Huai was the last sword made by the knight Meng Lin of the Wei Kingdom during his lifetime. After forging the sword, he went to Jade City alone to assassinate my father, King Wu of Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, Meng Lin was captured and suffered all kinds of torture.

He was sentenced to prison and died a tragic death in Yudu.

He didn't know until his death that the best friend he had traveled to various countries with was actually the son of King Wu of Song Dynasty. He didn't know until his death that the last sword he had spent his whole life forging was actually given to King Wu of Song Dynasty.

Son. He didn't know until his death that this sword would be called the "Sword of King Huai" by the world.

Perhaps Meng Lin's wronged soul has attached itself to this sword. No one who gets this sword can escape the disaster.

King Chen Li Chen kept this sword in the Jinyang Palace for nearly twenty years. As a result, the Chen Kingdom was destroyed and King Chen died. King Anyi of Chu State used this sword, and King Yu and Queen Yu of Chu were both killed in a sea of ​​fire. King Liu Yong of Qi

After passing this sword, the two kingdoms of Qi and Wei were reunited and disillusioned, and the two kings of Qi and Wei also fell to the top of the world.

I have also used this sword, and my wife and children were separated... Now I am really what the so-called 'white-haired man gives to a black-haired man', and I don't want to give away another black-haired man.

Son, the State of Song gave you the Sword of King Huai, please return it to me."

Having said this, King Zhao stretched out his hand.

Liu had unknowingly taken off the King Huai Sword hanging from his waist.

Shu'er walked to the other side of the carriage and lifted the curtain for Liu, revealing the luminous white jade ring on his left wrist.

Liu handed the King Huai Sword to King Zhao with both hands. When their eyes met, Liu choked and called: "Father..."

King Zhao stood his sword beside him and did not answer.

Liu Zai couldn't help but burst into tears: "Since my father is alive, why didn't he return to the Song Dynasty for more than 20 years? Why is there not even a few words of news? Even my grandmother and mother don't know that my father is still alive!"

King Zhao's face did not change and he said calmly: "Since it has been concealed for so long, why not continue to conceal it? Now Chen and Shu have returned to Zhao, and I am the King of Zhao, and you are the King of Song... Maybe one day, Chen,

The Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Zhao will also be yours. Just like a snowball, it will get bigger and bigger."

Liu couldn't help being shocked. Tears were still on his cheeks, but his eyes were clear. "Could it be that my father, who has been the king of Zhao for a long time and can't hide, is seeking...the world for Song?"

King Zhao shook his head: "There is no 'seeking', it's just to keep the same in response to all changes and reap the benefits of the fishermen."

Liu was surprised and happy, full of emotions. He couldn't help but kneel in front of the carriage, his knees sinking into the mud under the spring rain. He raised his head and looked at King Zhao, and said sincerely: "It turns out that my father still misses the Song Dynasty and his children."

Yes! The child never thought that he would see his father again in this life, and he never thought that when he reunited with his father, his father would already have the three kingdoms of Chen, Shu, and Zhao in his pocket..."

King Zhao looked down at Liu who was kneeling in the rain, neither denying nor agreeing. Suddenly he turned to look at Shu'er who was standing on the other side of the carriage, and said: "I didn't expect that Chen Guoyan, who won the first place in the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce, would actually

The King of Anyi of the Chu State who was able to become the King of Anyi of the State of Chu, and who led the troops to rescue Zhao, was the princess of the Song State who was rumored to never leave home."

Shu'er smiled and said: "Actually, when I was a child, I always had a question that I wanted to ask King Huai of Song and Empress Xiao personally. I had known that King Huai of Song was the King of Zhao, so I asked it when I was at the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce.

"

King Zhao took a deep look at Shu'er: "I wonder what Shu'er wants to ask?"

Shu'er said: "There is no need to ask this question now, because I already have the answer."

King Zhao raised his eyebrows: "I would like to hear the details."

Shu'er said nonchalantly: "When I was a child, I always thought that I was the daughter of Empress Xiao, the subjugated princess of Qi, but Empress Xiao had a bad reputation... I heard many rumors that I was not her daughter and King Huai of Song.

My biological father may be someone else. So I want to ask them whether my biological father is King Huai of Song Dynasty.

Later, I met my mother, and recognized my father and younger brother. I already knew my life experience. However, I can still call His Highness King Zhao 'Father', because no matter whether I am married to King Liu of Qi, or

If I am now on good terms with the King of Song Dynasty, Liu Xiang, I am both my father’s daughter-in-law.”

While Shu'er was talking, King Zhao looked at her hand that was still holding up the car curtain, and saw the Qi Bai jade ring on her wrist, and asked: "Shu'er, is the jade ring on your wrist given to you by King Qi?

?”

Shu'er shook the white jade ring in her hand, opened her big sincere eyes, and shook her head: "No. My mother said that as soon as I was born, this jade ring was in my swaddling clothes. She carried me from Suhua Palace.

I only discovered it after returning to Jinxiu Garden."

King Zhao frowned and said nothing, thoughtfully.

Shu'er asked: "Is there anything wrong with this jade ring?"

King Zhao sighed: "This is my farewell gift to Liu Yao, the best dancer in Fanjing. I didn't know it at that time, but she was Xiao Yi, the princess of Qi. She put the first gift given to her by the orphan into your

As a baby...no wonder when I saw you in Wucheng that day, Gu suddenly felt that you looked very similar to her..."

Shu'er's eyes widened.

King Zhao continued: "When I was in Wucheng, I didn't notice the jade ring on your wrist, and since both King Chu Yu and Princess Lin Long of Chu have recognized you as their daughter, and since King Liu of Qi announced his life experience when he ascended the throne,

Gu Bian naturally believes that your husband, King Qi, is the child of Gu and Xiao Yi. As for why you look similar to Xiao Yi, Gu thinks that the appearance of all the beauties in the world is probably the same.

But today, when I see you dressed in plain clothes, you look very much like Xiao Yi, who liked to wear plain white dresses back then, and you are also wearing the first gift I gave her, I suddenly became convinced..."

Liu didn't get his father's instructions, so he still knelt down in front of the carriage according to etiquette. At this time, the oil-paper umbrella in his hand suddenly fell into the mud, and he heard King Zhao say to Shu'er: "No matter whether King Chu Yu or Princess Lin Long of Chu State cares about you

What did you say, Gu is convinced that you are the daughter of Gu and Xiao Yi."

Shu'er said in shock: "I...if I am the daughter of King Father and Empress Xiao, then who is Prince Liu of Qi?"

King Zhao suddenly laughed loudly: "Who cares who he is? Looking at the world today, there are only three kingdoms of Zhao, Song and Chu standing side by side. I am King Zhao, and I have a pair of sons and daughters, one is the King of Song, and the other is in charge of Chu's 100,000-strong army.

King Anyi of Chu State! Hahahaha... Isn't it just around the corner to unify all the countries? It turns out that the king's hegemony can really win without force!"

Liu looked at the scars on his father's face that were distorted by the smile, and he really couldn't see any similarity between his father and the most beautiful Zhuge Rong.

Liu murmured: "Then Zhuge Rongrong, is he really a charlatan..." He immediately went to look at Shu'er, but saw that Shu'er was also looking at him.

Liu's eyes were full of reluctance.

Shu'er's eyes were filled with hatred.

Liu picked up the umbrella on the ground, stood up, walked around the horse, and walked slowly to Shu'er, but he didn't know what to say and couldn't even call her name.

Shu'er looked directly at Liu and said word by word: "Brother, you killed my husband. Not only that... you and I are brothers and sisters, but you have always had evil thoughts about me." He added a sneer, "In

Before we break up, the only thing I want to give you is the word 'disgusting'. No, there is..."

Just as he was talking, Shu'er suddenly pulled off the music score pearls he was wearing around his neck, and quickly took off the jade ring inlaid with music score pearls on his right wrist. He grabbed the two gifts Liu gave her in his hands and handed them back to him.

.

Liu hesitantly reached out to take it, but Shu'er had already let go.
Chapter completed!