"Have you ever seen him kill someone?" the old tree asked.

Jiu Shigou said, "I've seen it."

The old tree smiled: "Do you know who taught him to kill?"

When he asked this question, of course there was only one answer, Jiu Shigou said, "It's you."

"That's right, it's me." Old Shu said, "I taught His Highness to kill the first person."

"Who was the first person he killed?"

"It's been too long, I can't remember clearly," Gan Tang seemed to be thinking hard, "He is His Royal Highness's bodyguard, what's his name...what's his name...it seems to be Ronglu, no, maybe What a strange thing, His Highness personally stabbed Zhao Bo's sword into his heart."

Jiu Shihou: "Why did you force him to do that?"

"Forced?" The old tree chuckled, "It's not considered forced, your highness also likes it."

The air is filled with the smell of pear blossoms, which is a fresh and elegant fragrance, but at this moment, after a long time, he only feels an unprecedented stench.

Its voice is soft: "2000 years ago, the little highness left Qiuli's hometown for the first time and met me. It was an unforgettable day. Have you ever seen the 16-year-old little highness? I dropped a petal on his shoulder He stared at it, his eyes were so bright, he rubbed the petals into his hands, I felt my heart was melted by him, he reminded me of Zhao Gong, but my love for him was even more than before As for Mr. Zhao, I was afraid that His Highness would be bullied in troubled times, so I had to teach him to kill, you see, no one dared to bully him anymore."

"Has he ever thanked you?" Jiu Shigou asked mercilessly.

"No."

"Did he look for you again after he went back?" Jiu Shihou asked again.

"No." Old Shu's voice seemed to be covered by a veil, gradually revealing a bit of disappointment, "I thought he would come to see me."

Jiu Shigou thought to himself that it was you who deserved it if he didn’t see him. If it were me, he might just pick up the shovel and dig you up by the roots, “Why did I hear that Wu Ting was wounded by a sword when he left you? Who did it? ? Where did the poison on his body come from? Why did you poison him?"

Jiu Shigou's tone was completely questioning.

The big tree shook its branches and leaves, as if shaking its head: "I didn't plant the poison, it was quenched on the killer sword sent by his uncle."

"His uncle?"

"Emperor Wu Cheng." Gan Tang said, "Your Highness went to Beijing for the funeral. Emperor Wu Cheng was afraid that he would come back to fight for the throne, so he wanted to intercept and kill him on the way. The poor little Highness really respected that man as an elder at that time. Alas, what a heartless heart ..."

"Is this the reason for Wu Ting's rebellion?"

"not quite."

After a long time: "Madam Yu?"

Gan Tang: "Yes, when Emperor Wu Cheng was young, he liked Mrs. Yu, and when he became emperor, he wanted to welcome Mrs. Yu back to the palace. His Royal Highness decided to rebel, and this is how I met him for the second time." , and the only memory I have of him in this life."

"This meeting, he promised to help you do one thing." Jiu Shigou said.

Gan Tang was obviously surprised, even though he was just a tree without expression, but his tone rose unconsciously: "How do you know?"

Jiu Shigou said indifferently: "If you are like me and spend half a year studying only one person, you will know."

Gan Tang: "Tell me quickly, I'm too curious."

It was already dark at this moment, and the ground lights were lit in the grass in the scenic area, reflecting a faint green light in the shallow grass. The patrolling staff in the distance shot towards this side with flashlights. Went in another direction.

After a long time, he walked slowly around the big tree, thinking that one day 2000 years ago, Wu Ting might have stayed at his feet. At that time, he was only 16 years old. The 16-year-old boy left his hometown for the first time, What kind of mood do you have when you go to a place where the sky is high and the road is far away?

Jiu Shigou said: "After Wu Ting came to the throne, he fought for 17 years. Do you know how the history books describe the battles he fought?"

Gan Tang continued, "The battle that will shake the world."

It is said that the "Battle of the World" was the decisive battle that established the stability and unity of the Wu Dynasty for hundreds of years. At that time, the Westerners invaded from the sea, and the Hu people crossed the Tianshan Mountains to disrupt the Central Plains. It is long and endless, and the search of several generations has been fruitless. People in this world can't see any hope. They close and open their eyes every day, and what they see is endless gunpowder, war, and death.

Until one day, a boy from Qiuli appeared.

His name is Wu Yingzhi.

Just like his name, Yingzhi, the firefly broke through the dark mist and flew out of the valley, bringing a ray of light to this troubled world. Although it was faint, for the people in this world, it was the first time since the war. see the light.

Is the only light in the night.

He got on his horse, stayed away from his hometown, and took over the unfinished business of his father's generation until his death.

On the day of saying goodbye to his homeland, Qiu Li lost his little Highness forever, but Wu Dynasty had an extra Highness, who was called White Ghost by the world.

The Battle of the World is not a battle, but a collection of many battles, big and small. If historians want to study Emperor Wu Ai, they will definitely extend outward around the battles he fought. Gradually, everyone discovered a pattern .

That is, in these battles, the Wu Dynasty army is often not the one that initiates the initiative, but the one that cleans up the battlefield.

The Hu people came from the grasslands, they were bloodthirsty by nature, and the only purpose of setting foot in the Central Plains was to invade, and they fought more ferociously than wild animals, while the Westerners came from the sea, experienced strong winds and waves, and trained their tolerance and tenacity through long journeys, but their The purpose is also for aggression.

Westerners and Huren will inevitably meet in the Central Plains. In the eyes of the Huren, everyone except themselves is an enemy. In addition, they cannot speak the language of the Westerners. Therefore, once they meet, the Huren army will be the first to go to war. They never show mercy in the way of fighting.As for the Westerners, they have always boasted of being civilized, so naturally they don't want to fight the barbarians, but it is impossible for them to retreat. When the enemy comes, they can only meet the enemy.

In this way, they took the Central Plains land as a battlefield, where one after another fights were carried out.

And when the winner is decided and one side raises the flag and shouts, they will find that a cold blade has been placed on their necks.

This is the role Ng usually plays—

Jiu Shihou said: "Destroy the world, you can say that it flattens the world, or it can be said that it cleans the world. He makes two parties who hate each other kill each other. After one party kills the other, he will come out and kill the surviving ones." That one, just like that, he spent 17 years killing all the aliens who came in, annihilating all the enemy troops-his battlefield, there was never a survivor.”

Not even a body remained.

In a battlefield, there is not even a single corpse after the battle.

This is also the strangest point of later generations.

They suspected that Emperor Wu Ai threw the corpses into the river and sea to feed the fish, deliberately not leaving the whole corpses for the enemy. Some people also speculated that it was Emperor Wu Ai who cooked these corpses into meat soup and distributed them to the army, so that they could not find the corpses. .

No matter what the truth is, these speculations have undoubtedly vilified the image of His Majesty to a large extent. Until modern times, if Emperor Wu Ai appears in film and television adaptations, he must be a tall, barbaric and vicious image. No one would ever think that he would be dressed in white. A man with a sword relying on the wind.

After a long time, he looked at the old tree above his head: "Gan Tang, don't you feel that this world-shattering battle seems to be familiar?"

"Of course," Gan Tang said, "isn't this how I treat every pair of contestants?"

"I let them kill each other, and then sent an envoy to execute the one who survived - you discovered all of this, and I sure didn't misread you."

Jiu Shi later: "Your Majesty, like Shuxi, is also one of your executioners, right?"

Gan Tang: "You can say that he is the executioner, but you can't say that he is the same as Shuxi. Shuxi is just a hopelessly stupid owl, not worthy to be compared with my little highness."

Jiu Shihou: "That's what you forced him to do - you don't like disputes, so you forced him to be your executioner and help you resolve disputes, right?"

Gan Tang: "Not exactly."

Jiu Shihou: "What's wrong."

Gan Tang: "Your Highness is the executioner, but not my executioner."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that His Highness will always be His Highness, and no one can force him to do anything." Gan Tang said, "Didn't you say that you spent half a year studying him, why didn't you even know this? Also, haven't you always been very Strange, why do those corpses on the island turn into peach trees even though I am a sweet bean tree?"

After a long time, he suddenly seemed to understand something, "Is it for him?"

Gan Tang: "Of course."

"In the past, Qiu Li's peach blossoms were destroyed by the flames of war. When I met my little highness for the second time, I didn't force him, but he made an agreement with me that he would cleanse the hostility in the world for me, and I would plant a flower for him." Peach blossoms in the world—as you can imagine, every peach tree was once a person."

Although I already guessed it, I was still shocked when I heard it with my own ears. After a long time, I said: "This is the reason why those corpses disappeared strangely. They were all turned into peach trees by you!"

White flowers floated down from the Gantang tree, as if it had fallen into a good memory, and the voice softened immediately:

"Flowers bloom on Moshang, and the world of mortals has been for the king for ten years."

"So, Wu Ting is the executioner, but not your executioner." Jiu Shi later repeated what Gan Tang said, but this time, he finally understood the meaning behind this sentence, because His Majesty is His Majesty, Your Majesty who will never be coerced by anyone.

At this time, there was a sudden burst of singing under the Tangli tree, which was the ringing of Jiu Shi's mobile phone.

Jiu Shihou didn't want to answer at first, but when he saw the caller ID was the manager of the scenic spot, he guessed that Manager Zhang had come back from dinner. At this time, the Tangli tree stopped making any noise, as if it had become an ordinary tree. Tree, pick up the phone after a long time.

"Mr. Jiu, I'm back. Where are you?" Manager Zhang smiled on the other end of the phone.

Jiu Shihou: "I'm wandering around in the scenic area, okay, you wait for me in the office, I'll be right back."

Putting his hand back into his pocket, he looked back at the Tangli tree after a long time: "How can I kill you?"

Gan Tang replied, "You can't kill me, only those who tame me can kill me."

tame.

Half a year ago, an owl said exactly the same thing to him.

He tamed it and eventually killed it.

"Can I tame you?" Jiu Shigou asked.

Gantang shook, and fine white flowers fell from the sky. The air was filled with the fragrance of petals: "No, I was tamed a long time ago."

After a long time, I conceived that Gantang was the species of the person named Zhao Bo 3000 years ago, and it should have been tamed at that time.

But Uncle Zhao died a long time ago. Could it be said that no one in the world can stop Gan Tang from continuing to kill people?

"I know what you're thinking," Gan Tang said, "You're thinking, Your Highness knows that I will kill people in future generations, and he is the only person in this world who can kill me, but he returned to Wu Dynasty He never did anything to me after that, so I can still see you here today, do you want to know why he didn't kill me?"

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