After the discussion was over, the scholar-bureaucrats and generals left the Chu palace one after another.
Only King Xiong Xin of Chu Huai was still sitting on the high seat, silently stroking his fingers.
Xiang An and Zi Juan's disappointment, Liu Ji's secret joy, were all within his expectation, but Xiang Yu, who didn't show any attitude at all, made him... uneasy.
Not being able to see the attitude is the biggest crisis, and in Xiong Xin's impression, although Xiang Yu is more silent and decisive than Xiang An, his own city is not that deep. According to Xiang Yu's original character
Look, there's no way he would react like he did today.
This made Xiong Xin a little flustered.
But what was done was like splashing water. Xiong Xin gritted his teeth. In any case, he had already done the dividing of military power, so no matter what the consequences were, he had to accept them.
If you don't have the awareness to bear the consequences of losing the gamble, then the gamble itself will appear extremely ridiculous.
Standing up from the empty hall except for himself, Xiong Xin clenched his fists and lightly slapped his face twice to make his expression look firmer and more dignified. He called two people from outside the hall.
eunuch.
"Go, call Pei Gong to come to the back hall to talk." He ordered the eunuch.
The division of power is a foregone conclusion. If you continue to think about it, it will only increase your pressure. Just continue to follow your own plan step by step.
Looking at the leaving eunuch, Xiong Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to leave.
...
Xiang An followed Zi Juan and sighed.
As soon as they arrived at Xutai last night, they were dragged up for a meeting. Xiang Liang's body was already stinking, but it had not been buried yet.
Xiang Liang had no biological son, and only Zijuan could be regarded as a daughter, so Xiang Yu and Xiang An still needed Xiang Yu and Xiang An to be the filial son at the funeral.
Xiang Liang was laid to rest, Xiang An kept his face gloomy, Zi Juan was sobbing softly, and only Xiang Yu still had that cold expression, which made people around him talk a lot.
When the crowd dispersed, none of the four Xiang brothers and sisters left.
Xiang Bo and Xiang Lu stood far away, just watching, leaving enough space for the four brothers and sisters.
Xiang An knelt in front of Xiang Liang's tomb, playing with something in his hand.
It has lost all its functions and is only an empty shell.
"After regaining the past, looking at this Zhixiang bird, I feel completely different from before..." Xiang An turned Zhixiang's head, looked at Zhixiang, and sighed.
, "Obviously what uncle is most curious about is our past with dad, but the condition for us to remember these things is my uncle's death..."
"It's...ridiculous."
Xiang Yu, who was standing nearby, glanced at Xiang An and then turned back.
"Tell Lao San and Xiao Si these things, are you serious?"
Xiang An frowned: "Why don't you tell me? The third and fourth children are younger siblings. It's not a big secret."
Xiang Jing and Zi Juan raised their heads in sadness and looked at each other blankly, both confused.
Xiang Yu thought for a while: "Yes, it will indeed not pose a threat."
"Big brother and second brother, what are you talking about...?" Xiang Jing blinked his one eye and asked at a loss.
"I'm sorry, third child and fourth child. It's not that I and my eldest brother want to hide some things from you. It's just that we didn't know these things when uncle was still alive." Xiang An stood up and patted the soil on his knees.
, sat on a stone next to him, glanced at Xiang Yu, and found that Xiang Yu was just looking far away, not paying attention to what Xiang An said.
Xiang An pursed his lips and shook his head slightly.
Ever since he awakened to his past, Xiang An could no longer understand his elder brother more and more.
He had a vague premonition, because although the two brothers' production process was almost the same, there were still some differences in the contents inside.
For example, the main component of Xiang Yu's character module is rationality, while Xiang An's is emotional. While Xiang Yu is equipped with a future prediction module, the additional module installed by Xiang An is a greater motivation.
"Before returning to the Xiang family, our father, your uncle, and we have been living outside the customs, on the plateau, in the rain forest, like this." Xiang An spread his hands and said to Xiang Jing and Zijuan
arrive.
"Xiang An and I are not human beings, nor are we the biological sons of the leader." Xiang Yu walked over and said as he walked, "We are the salvation machine developed by the two leaders, Xiang Chao and Ying Zheng, for the Central Plains.
The purpose of our previous activities outside the Central Plains was to eliminate the alien threats that could threaten the Central Plains."
"No, not a human!?" Xiang Jing tilted his head.
Zijuan also had a question mark on her face. She couldn't understand what Xiang Yu was talking about, and how could Ying Zheng be related to that guy?
"I think I am a human being, at least now." Xiang An stood up and looked at Xiang Yu with a helpless frown.
"Yeah." Xiang Yu just nodded and had no other reaction.
If you think you are, then you are.
"Don't worry." Xiang An allowed himself to smile, and touched Xiang Jing and Zi Juan's heads, as if they were children, "No matter what, we are still your eldest and second brothers. This will always be the case."
It won’t change.”
This time Xiang Yu did not interrupt again, seemingly acquiescing to Xiang An's words.
Xiang Jing scratched the back of his head: "Although I still don't quite understand what the eldest brother and the second brother are talking about, but... the eldest brother is still the eldest brother now, and the second brother is still the second brother now, isn't it?"
"That's it. As long as you understand, third brother." Xiang An nodded and knocked Xiang Jing's head, "Okay, you can go back with Xiao Si first. I still have something to talk to eldest brother, Xiao Si.
Si has not been in a good mood recently. Let’s get some more sleep. It won’t be long before the war starts again. We have to be prepared.”
Xiang Jing looked at Xiang Liang's tomb, sighed and nodded.
"Big brother and second brother, you guys should go back early, dad and third uncle are still waiting."
"Yes, I understand." Xiang An patted Xiang Jing's shoulder and pushed him gently.
The two brothers watched Xiang Jing and Zi Juan gradually go away, and Xiang An's expression became uncomfortable.
He sat on the stone, lowered his head, and asked Xiang Yu next to him: "Brother, do you really think we are not human beings?"
"Are we?" Xiang Yu asked back with an indifferent expression, "What is our essence? Don't forget, the meaning of our existence..."
"...Brother!"
Before Xiang Yu finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing towards his shoulder, and he subconsciously flashed.
Xiang An's hand failed.
He looked at Xiang An calmly: "Yishi, what do you want to do?"
Xiang An was bent over, his eyes covered with broken hair, and half of his face was shrouded in shadow, so no one could see clearly.