In the middle of the mountain, Xin Xiran shivered violently, and his eyes fell on Qiu Ji, who seemed to be unaffected by the cold wind, and asked half-suspiciously, half-curiously, "How do you want me to help you?"

Qiu Ji put down the wine glass and looked at Xin Xiran fixedly, there was a bit of regret and remembrance in his eyes, as for regret and remembrance, of course Xin Xiran understood it, his heart softened slightly, and his thoughts drifted back to many years ago.

When he was a child, he and Qiu Ji were really close brothers, they used to eat and sleep together, climb trees together, catch birds together, and talk about intimacy without anything.

But when he was ten years old, Qiu Ji was twelve years old, and the relationship between the two was broken in an instant because of the family relationship, and the relationship between the two brothers broke down in an instant, at that time he regarded Qiu Ji as a brother, respected and loved, and in the face of the opposition of his family, he didn't think so, firstly, he did not understand the interests of the two families, and secondly, he also felt that they had a good relationship, so why should they be involved in the family.

But Qiu Ji didn't think like that, Qiu Ji hadn't seen him since then, and he didn't even have an explanation, which made Xin Xiran feel betrayed for the first time. Although he didn't give up and went to Qiu Mansion to find Qiu Ji several times, he didn't see him once, and he was refused to meet.

He liked to respect that person so much, but the man turned and left, leaving him behind in the blink of an eye, making him feel that he was nothing more than that in that person's heart. Xin Xiran has hated Qiu Ji for a long time for this matter.

Later, when the two grew up, the grudge they had back then faded, but there was no intersection. But in the end, the childhood friendship is more innocent, Xin Xiran has always been a person who values affection, even if the relationship is broken, but there is still a place for that friendship in his heart.

But he had never seen Qiu Ji have any regrets about the past, so he thought that Qiu Ji was a cold-blooded and ruthless person. He didn't expect that seeing Qiu Ji like this at this time made him feel mixed.

Xin Xiran sighed slightly, picked up the wine glass and drank it again, but this time his tone changed, half helpless and half compromised, "Say, how do you want me to help you." ”

He will not ignore the requests of others, not to mention that he is still a good brother in the past, and in the future, he will not look up and look down in the academy, why should the relationship be so stiff, he is so relieved to himself.

Qiu Ji's eyes turned positive: "I don't know if you have heard: the young master of the righteous march army has returned to Weizhou and made a marriage with the pearl of the palm of King Guangping?"

Xin Xiran was asked inexplicably, and shook his head, he almost didn't die on the street in the muddy time he had passed, where did he know the news. In fact, even if he lived a normal life, he wouldn't have heard these news on weekdays.

Qiu Ji seemed to have expected it, and did not have a superfluous expression, but said patiently: "This news was deliberately spread by the Lord of the Righteous March.

King Guangping ranks fourth in influence among the ten major vassal kings, and his strength, whether it is his territory, military strength, or financial resources, can not be underestimated. He married the righteous marching army, undoubtedly announcing to the world that he King Guangping was going to rebel openly. ”

Xin Xiran heard of the king of Guangping, when the emperor was young, he fought the world with the emperor, and his achievements were no less prominent than the Gongyu family, and the first emperor even named him a prince with a foreign surname when he was middle-aged.

If the righteous march and the king of Guangping become relatives, it will undoubtedly be a tiger for the righteous marching army, because the king of Guangping is not only highly respected in the Guangping area, but also in the entire Western Night Kingdom. With his support, the righteous marching army, a field soldier without a name, also has a reputation of righteousness and brightness.

Moreover, the reputation of the righteous march was already very good among the common people, and with the help of a king of Guangping who was respected by the common people, at least in terms of the people, the righteous march achieved great success.

Xin Xiran quickly figured it out, but he was a little puzzled: "When the news of the marriage between the righteous marching army and the king of Guangping came out, although the court will be more vigilant, this matter does not seem to be a very good thing for the king of Guangping.

Anyway, the righteous march is also a rebellion, and if he is so openly and openly raising the banner of rebellion, he is not afraid that the other nine vassal kings will jointly oppose him?"

Qiu Ji smiled slightly, "Among the top ten vassal kings, in addition to King Guangping, there are three princes with foreign surnames.

Since ancient times, the status of princes with foreign surnames has been controversial, and the royal family has always resisted foreign surnames, so on this point, the four princes are naturally looked down upon among other real royal princes.

Because of this, the relationship between these four princes is quite good, and the foreign surname and the imperial family are a dividing line. ”

"Do you mean, then the other three princes also want to rebel? But even so, there are still six princes left, and their strength is not weak, if they join forces, the four princes with foreign surnames will not be able to get benefits. ”

They could have destroyed the four princes in one fell swoop by rehabilitation.

In these years, rebellion is not new, since the later years of the first emperor, the power of the court has been controlled by the first assistant and the taiwei, corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the court abound, and the construction of large and small taxes has been levied year after year, and officials of all sizes have wantonly collected and scraped the people's fat and ointment, and the people have been forced to be anxious, so it is natural to gather and revolt under the slogan of anti-corruption.

When the first emperor was still in power, these rebels were still just small rivers, not many or strong, and the imperial court could easily exterminate them.

But it is precisely because of this sprout that more people have turned against each other, after the death of the first emperor, the little emperor ascended the throne, the internal political situation became more and more severe, and the rebel army became more frequent.

More than 10 years ago, a rebel army called the Yixing Army suddenly rose and fought against the imperial court for three years and took Weizhou, one of the five continents of the Western Night Kingdom, so the first war became famous and became the most successful rebel force so far.

As the name of the Righteous March was spread, more and more rebels either rose up or joined the Righteous March. In the following years until now, the Righteous March Army has become an existence that can compete with the imperial court for the world.

Xin Xiran can understand that King Guangping did not hide his ambitions, after all, people did not have much resistance to rebellion.

But the other six princes, their surname is Zhuang, and there are also some of them in this world, how can they allow others to break ground on their own heads, they must be the opposite.

King Guangping's move seems to be a bit arrogant.

Qiu Ji knew what he was thinking and explained: "But the key is that among the remaining six princes, there is also a King of Lin'an, who also has a good relationship with King Guangping in private. ”

"Defection?" Xin Xiran didn't think of a better word for a while, blurted out, and was puzzled: "His surname is Zhuang, why do you want to join forces with his foreign surname to fight his own people?"