Two hundred and eighty eighth chapter Japanese pirates do not escape
Zhan Yu was stunned, and then he realized that he really hadn't thought about this, but he was unwilling to admit defeat easily.
"The possibility of this is very small. Both princes are in good health and are cared for by imperial doctors..."
Xiao Feng smiled: "Was the prince unhealthy before? Wasn't there an imperial doctor around the prince?
I went out to have fun and died of illness when I came back. Who can guarantee that these two will be fine?"
Zhan Yu could only admit that what Xiao Feng said made sense: "Even so, the possibility is very small!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "Then let's assume that the possibility is only 20%. Then your gambling of choosing one from the other will have a 40% winning rate, right?"
Zhan Yu nodded reluctantly.
Xiao Feng took another sip of tea: "If a prince wants to become emperor, he will face competition. Apart from dying of illness, the most likely possibility is to be assassinated.
To assassinate the prince, the person who takes action must be a master. At this time, the first to die are the guards. As the number one guard, of course the risk is also the number one.
So even if your 40% bet is right, you have at least a half chance of dying for him before he becomes emperor. Is this risk ratio high?"
Zhan Yu wanted to shake his head, but he knew very well that the main reason why King Yu and King Jing had not been assassinated in these years was because the situation was barely evenly matched.
Both sides have hope, so neither will take desperate risks. But if one of them completely loses hope, it's hard to tell.
This is different from when the prince was alive. The prince is recognized by everyone as the future emperor, and no force will try to change this.
But King Jing and King Yu already have a group of people behind them. These people are betting like themselves. If they lose the bet, they are likely to be completely defeated.
Therefore, even if the prince does not want to take action at that time, the people behind him will definitely be anxious.
Until then, the guards around the prince will be human shields, human shields that will be sacrificed at any time.
Zhan Yu nodded with difficulty.
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "So you still have a winning rate of 20% at most."
Zhan Yu said stubbornly: "That's also 20%, not 10%!"
Xiao Feng looked at him quietly: "In the end, with a 20% winning rate, the prince you took refuge in became the new emperor."
Zhan Yu clapped his hands: "That's enough!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "Then there is a half chance that this new emperor will kill you."
Zhan Yu laughed loudly and pointed at Xiao Feng.
"You can't afford to lose. I've already won. Why are you saying that the new emperor will kill me? Why would he kill me..."
Zhan Yu's voice became lower and lower, and finally stopped in embarrassment.
He is not an ignorant fool who is inexperienced in the world. He is a child of a martial arts family. He has seen the disputes between various gangs in the world. Even in his own family history, there have been fights and killings.
For heroes, especially those who know too many secrets, the probability of being rewarded or being eliminated is indeed 50/50, and it all depends on their own luck and the other party's thoughts.
Xiao Feng raised a finger and made a conclusion: "So, the winning rate is 10%."
Zhan Yu was silent for a long time: "Prince Yu won't do that."
"Every gambler feels that his or her chips are the best. This is normal. Let's not discuss this matter. Now let's talk about it. Why do you become King Yu's guard?"
Zhan Yu frowned and thought for a while. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but he was thinking about where to start. Finally, he decided to start from the beginning.
"When I was an eight-year-old child, my grandfather was the patriarch of my family and the leader of our faction, the 'Fantasy Sword Sect'. I dreamed of becoming the patriarch and leader of the clan in the future."
Xiao Feng has heard of this situation where a family is a sect.
Some families practice martial arts, and then their descendants also practice martial arts, naturally forming a sect; others are marriages between martial arts families, gradually forming a big family.
"Because in my heart at that time, the leader and clan leader was the most majestic person in the world. You may think it's ridiculous, but considering that I was only eight years old at the time, it's completely understandable."
Xiao Feng nodded, saying that he could completely understand the dream of an eight-year-old kid.
"Later I grew up a bit and started traveling around the world at the age of thirteen.
Those Jianghu sects, and even people on the Green Forest Road, were very considerate when they heard about my origin, especially my grandfather's name. This made me more determined to be the leader and clan leader.
Then one day, a county magistrate came to our house with his government officials and asked my father to hand over my sister because Jiajing wanted to recruit beautiful girls."
Xiao Feng stopped nodding and looked at Zhan Yu. Zhan Yu seemed unaware, he was already immersed in his own memories.
"Those government officials were completely vulnerable, and the county magistrate was as skinny as a monkey. However, no one in our entire family dared to take action.
Only my father and grandfather stopped in front of the door to bargain with the magistrate, and the magistrate blatantly quoted the price for my sister.
I just happened to come home from wandering outside. I loved my sister very much, so I knocked down two government officials in a rage.
The county magistrate was furious and wanted to mobilize the Jinyi Guards to arrest me. My grandfather had no choice but to spend a large sum of money to keep my sister and I safe.
From then on, I decided to be an official, a high-ranking official. No matter what clan leader or head, a small magistrate can suppress a family and make a sect unable to breathe!
I took the martial arts exam several times, but unfortunately, the imperial examination was not as easy as I thought. Just good kung fu is useless, there is also a written test, and I still couldn't pass the paper.
A few years later, I came to the capital. At that time, King Yu had just been crowned king, and I went to the palace to apply as a guard.
You know, it is very difficult to get into the palace as a bodyguard. The palace will send people to investigate the background. Finally, my family has lived in the local area for many years and has a good reputation, so we passed the test.
The palace copied the genealogy of the three clans of my family. Every month, my family sent someone to report to the local guards. If there was any change, the local garrison would immediately come to investigate.
This is the price the whole family paid for me, and the reward is that they will never be oppressed by local officials again."
Xiao Feng poured himself a cup of hot tea: "You are so good at martial arts, why don't you become a guard? I believe that as long as you are willing, Lu Bing will be willing to recruit you."
Zhan Yu looked at Xiao Feng: "Because I know that even if I become a Jin Yiwei, or even if I am deputy to a thousand households, I may not be able to protect my family when facing more powerful forces. The only way is to bet on the emperor."
Xiao Feng frowned. He knew that Zhan Yu was talking about his father, Xiao Wannian, but he was telling the truth.
"Yes, the higher your position, the fewer people who can bully you. But even if you reach Xia Yan's level, you can't escape defeat; even if the emperor trusts you to the level of Lu Bing, you will still be walking on thin ice.
If you don't become an official, your family will just lose money and eliminate disasters; if you become an official, even the three clans may be implicated. Have you ever thought about this?"
Zhan Yu lowered his head and stopped talking. Xiao Feng also stopped talking and drank tea slowly.
"No matter what you say, I hope you can help King Yu. He may not be the best emperor, but he will definitely be better than King Jing!"
Xiao Feng shook his head: "Of course I prefer King Yu, but good and bad are inherently relative.
After this matter is clarified, it will be clear who is good and who is bad. I will not help any party. I promised others to be fair."
Zhan Yu nodded: "That's enough. I believe that as long as fairness is ensured, King Yu will be innocent."
Xiao Feng stood up and stretched: "You can also choose a room, as long as it is in the first row of houses, it will work."
Zhan Yu said in surprise: "You let me live in your house?"
Xiao Feng was also surprised: "You don't want to live in my house? Are you planning to stay in an inn?"
Zhan Yu hesitated and said, "Aren't you afraid that others will say that you and King Yu are in the same group?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "Who are you afraid of saying that?"
"Strict party! Long live!"
"If you don't live here with me, won't the strict party say anything? Long live, believe it or not, you can influence me just by being a palace guard?"
These words did not take Zhan Yu seriously, but instead of being angry, Zhan Yu lowered his head.
"I know that I have never been very friendly to you. You may not know why."
Xiao Feng blinked: "Are you planning to tell me?"
Zhan Yu raised his head: "Yes, because I felt very disappointed at first. Xiao Wannian's son was not a passionate man, but a charlatan.
But then slowly, I felt that you might not be who I thought..."
"Wait a minute, do you know my father?"
Zhan Yu shook his head: "I have never met. Prince Yu asked me to investigate you, and then I found out that you are Xiao Wannian's son, and then I found out that your father did it."
"Which thing?"
"The county magistrate who bullied my family was later arrested by the Jin Yiwei and sent to prison, but he was soon reinstated. A few days later, he was killed again, and the murderer was never found.
So that time Prince Yu asked me to help you, I was also willing."
Both of them were stunned for a while, not knowing what to say. The world is really too small.
Xiao Feng suddenly patted Zhan Yu on the shoulder: "So you and Qiaoqiao are fellow villagers. I have to tell her mother-in-law that you can still speak the hometown dialect, right?"