Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2426 Bring a Message 89.0
Lu Shengyuan looked at the person sitting opposite him with some restraint, rubbed his hands involuntarily, and felt a little nervous.

To be honest, it was not the first time for him to meet the dignitaries in the capital, nor was it the first time for him to meet the royal family. The Shen family army was full of hidden talents, including the Duke of Zhenguo, the Marquis of Wuding, the general, and the two young princes. Which one of them was not a person who was above ten thousand people, and which one of them was not a person who could command the support of hundreds of people and had tremendous power? They had been together for so many years, and they had never felt so at a loss.

Even when the Emperor came to the border in disguise last time, he was introduced by the Duke, the Marquis and the General, and he followed several generals to pay them a visit. Although he was nervous that time, the Emperor was always smiling and did not stare at him like that, so he did not feel any sense of oppression at all.

But today, Prince Hui was different. He felt as if he was being stared at by a hungry wolf, as if he had become the wolf's meal. He began to tremble involuntarily and could not control himself at all.

Xia Chen looked at Lu Shengyuan's slightly trembling hands and unconsciously shaking head, and couldn't help but smile and waved at him.

"Don't be nervous, relax a little, I'm not a cannibal." He looked at the guys watching the fun not far away, rolled his eyes and said, "They want me to talk to you, but they didn't ask you if you want to talk. If you don't want to, just pretend I never said anything."

"We can talk. I'm also happy to talk to the prince." Lu Shengyuan looked at Xia Chen, "but what do you want to talk about?"

"They wanted me to talk to you. In fact, the content of the conversation with Uncle Qin is almost the same. It's all because of your knot in your heart." Xia Chen smiled at Lu Shengyuan and said, "In fact, in my opinion, it doesn't matter whether you have this knot or not, whether you can untie it or not."

"What does the prince mean?" Lu Shengyuan was confused. "I don't really understand."

"What I mean is that I don't care about the conflict between you and Xiaoyun, and I don't want to care about it. As for your knot in your heart, it's not a problem at all."

"So, the prince is not here to persuade me?"

"No, didn't I just say that? They asked me to persuade you, but I just want to talk to you. After all, I am not qualified to persuade you. I have never fought in a war and I don't have the experience you have. I can't persuade you, and what I say is unreliable." Xia Chen smiled, picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Uncle Qin, who has such qualifications and has the same experience as you, has talked to you until his lips are broken, but you can't get out of it. What can I say to be of any use?"

Lu Shengyuan didn't expect Xia Chen to say that. For a moment, he didn't know how to react. He could neither agree nor disagree. He could only remain silent and say nothing.

However, he could not deny what Prince Hui said, because when he heard that Prince Hui was coming to talk to him, this was indeed his first reaction.

"So, don't worry. I won't advise you. I'm just talking to you."

"What does the prince want to talk about?"

"How about I talk about what I've seen and heard over the past few years, and the life and death situations at sea?"

"A fleet as large as the prince's would face life and death?" Lu Shengyuan shook his head gently, "I have little experience, please don't bluff me."

"You are indeed very uninformed. And it seems that you live inland and have never seen what the sea is like, right?"

"Well, I haven't seen it very often. Is there anything different?"

"There are too many differences." Xia Chen sighed softly and said, "The sea is ever-changing and unfathomable. Whether you are facing the Liao Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom, you all know the strength of these opponents. You know that no matter how they change, you can't escape that circle. You can always find the opponent's weakness and hit it with one strike, right?" "Yes!" Lu Shengyuan looked at Xia Chen curiously, "Isn't the sea like this?"

"No, the sea has no rules. To use an analogy that is not particularly appropriate, it changes faster than turning the pages of a book. While you and I are talking, the sea may still be calm, but in the blink of an eye, dark clouds gather, strong winds blow, and the sea surface instantly becomes like boiling water, with fierce waves constantly hitting. Sometimes, it is even impossible to stand on the deck. At that moment, you can feel your own insignificance, and your life can be taken away easily, without you having time to react."

"It does sound a bit serious. Going out to sea must be very dangerous, right?"

"Old sailors will tell you that if half of a hundred people can return from the sea, it's already pretty good." Xia Chen smiled, "Your reactions and plans are useless in the face of this. If the sea really shows its power, you can only sacrifice your life." He looked at Lu Shengyuan, "All your dissatisfaction, fear, entanglement, and inability to let go, as well as all your thoughts, worries, joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, will vanish in that instant, and you won't even have time to leave a last word."

"The prince has also experienced this?"

"Yes!" Xia Chen nodded and slowly told him the story of the extreme vision. "The moment I survived, I realized that there are no unsolvable grudges and knots in this world. In the moment of life and death, nothing else matters. The only thing that matters is survival."

Lu Shengyuan stared at Xia Chen for a long time, sighed softly, smiled bitterly at him, and said, "The prince said before that he would not persuade me, and indeed he did not persuade me, but he used his own experience to tell me that my entanglement is useless, right?"

"That's true." Xia Chen stretched, "But you didn't listen to it, did you? Because I have no experience of leading troops in battle, and you have no experience of going to sea, so you can only listen to it as a story and can't empathize with it, right?"

Lu Shengyuan didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to show his agreement with Xia Chen's words.

"Well, do you have an idea? Come with me?"

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"Ah?" Lu Shengyuan was shocked by Xia Chen's words, "Prince of the County, what do you mean by follow you? Where are we going?"

"I'm going to go out to sea for the second time. Are you interested in following me?"

"But I'm the commander of the Shen family army, how can I follow the prince?" Lu Shengyuan frowned slightly, "Besides, the war is about to start, I can't leave!"

"Ask yourself, in your heart, can you fight in your current state?" Xia Chen raised his eyebrows. "If you suddenly get sick on the battlefield and cause the failure of this battle, can you bear the responsibility?"

"Did the prince say this himself, or did the Duke, Marquis, and General want to say this?"

"Of course I'm going to say it." Xia Chen looked at the people not far away, "If they want to say it, they will say it themselves. There's no need for me to say anything, right?"

"That's true."

"General Lu, think about it carefully. My suggestion should be quite good for you. What you need to do now is not to untie your knot, but to get out of this environment and take a look outside."