An unexpected visitor came to the palace.

Xiao Yuansi came back from playing outside, saw Lin Xiang who had been waiting for him for a long time, Lin Xiang's sharp eyes fell on the grasshopper cage he was holding in his hand, squinted his eyes, and Xiao Yuansi was frightened without saying anything.take a step back.

It is the muscle memory of the original owner of this body.

Xiao Yuansi quickly calmed down, showing a pure and harmless smile.

"Why did my grandfather come here, and I didn't say anything in advance."

Lin Xiang got up from his seat and bowed to salute: "Greetings to Your Majesty."

"Grandfather doesn't need to salute me." Xiao Yuansi went up a few steps to help him up.

How dare he accept Lin Xiang's gift, this is an important minister, a veteran of the three dynasties, the head of civil servants, and a powerful minister who has monopolized the state power for more than 20 years.Xiao Yuansi knew that he knew what happened inside and outside the court, but he didn't know why he kept holding back and didn't move. The civil servants smashed their heads in front of his house, but they still let him do anything wrong.

Weird, weird.

He deliberately closed the door and went straight to the palace when he came out. He didn't say anything when he came, and pulled Xiao Yuansi to sit down in front of the chessboard.

Lin Xiang picked up a white piece by himself, and dropped a piece on the board: "It's your turn."

Xiao Yuansi was suspicious of his purpose, so he could only follow him first, followed by the white piece and put down a black piece.

The two silently played a game of chess with their own ulterior motives, and the palace people retreated knowingly, leaving the grandparents and grandchildren alone.

"I heard that you played the Westerners' weapons very well a while ago, and you even beat the Westerners."

Xiao Yuansi immediately became alert, and then said: "It's just luck."

Lin Xiang raised his eyelids to glance at him, and the two fell into silence again.

After an unknown period of time, Xiao Yuansi really couldn't stand this bland and fearful approach, so he spoke first.

"Grandfather has something to say, just speak up, grandson listen."

Lin Xiang never took his eyes off the chessboard, and said in a thick and powerful voice that was completely different from his white-haired old man: "I have been ill for a long time, and I had a long dream."

"I dreamed about the first emperor. He first thanked me for raising you and stabilizing your throne, and then asked me why I raised you so mediocre that I couldn't be reused."

Xiao Yuansi was also curious that with Lin Xiang's ability, even if he used force, he could force out a well-behaved king, so that he would not become the laughing stock of a dandy among the people of the world.

"How did grandpa come back?"

"I said that there is a big tree in Mobei with luxuriant branches and leaves. Passers-by all praise its prosperity, but they don't know that it has actually reached the point when it is strong on the outside but dry on the inside. I have tried to water it, fertilize it, and trim its branches.Taking care of it all day long, I managed to maintain its brilliance, but I couldn’t save its decline. The yellow sand flowed under my feet, and the tree trunk cracked in my hands. For the first time, I felt so powerless.”

Xiao Yuansi listened silently, looked at the beleaguered white pieces on the chessboard, and calmly placed the black pieces in his hand in the corner.

"After so many years of hard work, I have to thank my grandparents."

Lin Xiang followed closely, and continued: "If you don't get rewarded for your hard work, you will give up one day. I can't see the dawn of making it live."

In the quiet room, an unknown sigh sounded, light and light, like the eerie calm before the avalanche.

After a long time, only the sound of chess pieces being placed on the board can be heard.

"However, now I have found a way to survive again. The sudden intrusion brought me a pleasant surprise." Lin Xiang said lightly, looking up at Xiao Yuansi.

Xiao Yuansi couldn't understand the deep meaning in his eyes, like a whale that wandered alone all his life, at the end of his life, for the last time, he jumped out of the water with all his strength, and said goodbye to the long-lost sunshine and sea breeze with his thick and ethereal sound.Once again, vainly sinking into the deep and bottomless ocean.

Xiao Yuansi was pondering the meaning of his words, when he heard him speak again suddenly.

"I don't have much time, so I will clear all obstacles for you."

The tone that came slowly was unshakably firm.

As soon as he raised his head, he bumped into a pair of ghostly eyes. A hundred years of time was carried in the bright yellow eyes. It felt like a person who lowered his head and walked busy all his life, looked up for the first time and saw the clear sky.I was so shocked that could no longer move feet.

"Grandfather." Xiao Yuansi opened his lips, and it took him a long time to spit out these words.

"Actually, I'm not worth your trouble."

"Whether it's worth it or not will be left to historians a hundred years later to comment on. I just want to have a clear conscience, and I can go to see the late emperor in a dignified manner."

Lin Xiang got up, picked up the last white piece and pressed it heavily on the chessboard.

Undoubtedly, he won this game.

Xiao Yuansi put down the chess pieces, and was about to say a few words of compliment, but Lin Xiang flicked his sleeves, so that he didn't have to say some extravagant words.

He stared fixedly at Xiao Yuansi, tried his best to open his aging and sunken eyelids, and after looking for a long time, he said: "I should go."

Then turned around and left.

Xiao Yuansi got up and asked his back: "Are you going back home?"

"Yes, to go home and reunite with my children and grandchildren."

"gone."

Xiao Yuansi watched his staggering back gradually drifting away until it disappeared, and stood there for a long time before sitting down, unable to tell where the strange feeling came from.

After Little Six and the palace servants came in to clean up, he was still sitting there in a daze, thinking about what happened just now.

"Your Majesty, was anyone here just now?" Little Six asked in surprise looking at the chessboard.

Xiao Yuansi replied casually: "Isn't it just me and my grandfather playing chess here."

"Your Majesty, you can actually play chess?!" Little Six blurted out, covered his mouth immediately after speaking, and knelt down to plead guilty.

"The slave didn't mean to insult His Majesty, please forgive me!"

Xiao Yuansi frowned and said, "It's okay, get up quickly."

"What do you mean I can't play chess?"

"Just..." Little Six hesitated to speak.

Xiao Yuansi's face turned cold all of a sudden, and he pretended to be angry and said, "Say it quickly! Don't say that I really beat you."

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? When you first learned how to play chess, you placed the pieces on the grid, and after sitting for less than a quarter of an hour, you made a fuss about going out to play, and even beat Mr. Chess.As you all know, after receiving a good training from the late emperor, I never touched the chessboard again..."

After hearing this, Xiao Yuansi couldn't calm down, so he said that Prime Minister Lin ran over to ask him to play chess, so he was waiting for him here!

Who would have thought that the original master, a member of the royal family, could really know none of the three books and six arts!

"System, why didn't you tell the original owner that it was ruined like this!"

The belated system was confused: "Ah? What do you mean?"

"You let Lin Xiang win, it fits your dandy personality, no problem."

If the system had an entity, Xiao Yuansi really wanted to grab its ear and yell: "The problem is that this dude can't even figure out where the black and white pieces are played! Can the real him play chess with Lin Xiang for so long!"

"Oh oh oh." The system suddenly realized: "So it is like this."

Immediately, it thought of something again.

"No! Then your identity as a counterfeit will be exposed!!"

It took me so long to figure it out...

Xiao Yuansi could only express his inner helplessness with silence.

Now it's the system's turn to be uneasy: "It's over, it's over, if he tells you that you are a counterfeit, and then gathers all the civil and military officials to drive you out, and then supports a puppet to take over, we will be over!"

Thinking of its fate after the mission failed, the system burst into tears: "Host! Why didn't you be careful!"

Xiao Yuansi snapped back unceremoniously: "How did I know that Xiao Yuansi couldn't even play chess! And isn't it your job to collect character information! Don't blame me for your mistakes."

After beating the system, he calmed down a little, found a place to sit down, and rubbed the space between his brows with a headache.

When did Lin Xiang find out that he was not the original Xiao Yuansi?

From him playing with guns in the martial arts arena?From him inciting the people to rebel?Or can it be traced back to a long time ago, from the time when he resisted all opinions and elected female officials?

Why didn't he find out?It's not just the wolves with teeth and claws that can bite people, but also the poisonous snakes that lie dormant in the dense grass, spitting snake letters and waiting for the opportunity to attack.

Careless...

Things have come to this, we have to think about how to deal with it and how to go next.

"How about this!" The system suggested: "Gah!"

"I'll fuck you first!" Xiao Yuansi said angrily.

The system sensed that Xiao Yuansi was very irritable at the moment, and was on the verge of getting angry, so he tried to ease the atmosphere by playing haha: "Are you kidding me hahaha, we are all civilized people, how can we be so rude at every turn, hahahaha-"

But its approach was obviously ineffective, Xiao Yuansi stood up, sat down and stood up annoyed, and then circled around the room.

If you want to act first, the system's proposal should be the best way to eliminate hidden dangers at once, but no one with a conscience can kill an old man over seventy years old.

But besides this method, is there any other way to make him shut up forever?

It seems that there is no such bloodless and once-and-for-all solution.

Xiao Yuansi thought about it, his hair was going to be scratched bald by his unconscious movements, but he still couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

The system timidly suggested: "How about arresting him and locking him up?"

Almost instantly, Xiao Yuansi figured it out.

It doesn't have to make Lin Xiang shut up, as long as no one hears what he said, it will be fine, and then find an excuse to say that he has dementia, and the predicament will be solved easily!

He immediately called Xiaoliuzi to issue an order: "Now go and invite grandpa into the palace immediately, I have something important to say to grandpa."

The little six sons wondered why the man had to call back not long after he had left, and he couldn't figure out what His Majesty meant, so he said: "It's late at night, the palace gate is locked, Prime Minister Lin must have rested, and I'm afraid he won't be able to go until tomorrow.please."

What Little Six said was reasonable, Xiao Yuansi hesitated for a while, and said: "Then go tomorrow morning."

"yes."

"Okay, you all go and leave me alone."

After all the palace people went down, Xiao Yuansi wiped off the sweat all over his head, and sat down with lingering fear.

He touched the position of the heart, where it had been beating wildly since just now, and the whole heart was surrounded by uneasy emotions, trembling with it.

He looked out at the dark night sky through the window, there was no star at all, and all the light was swallowed by the boundless darkness.

I just hope there will be no more accidents tomorrow, he thought, and he didn't know how he fell asleep in the end.

A light sleep all night.

Early the next morning, he was woken up by the frightened screams of the little six.

"Your Majesty is not well, Prime Minister Lin has an accident!"

Xiao Yuansi opened his bloodshot eyes, and before he had time to put on his shoes, he stepped in front of Xiao Liuzi, grabbed his shoulder, and unconsciously increased his strength.

"What happened, speak slowly."

"Xiangxiang's mansion ran out of water last night, Lin Xiang, Lin Xiang didn't have time to escape..."

Xiao Yuansi immediately suspected the system.

The system shouted: "It's not me! Don't mess with the system!"

"Who else could it be?!"