In order to consolidate his power, the ruler must divide the people into three, six, and nine classes, so that each of them is safe to his duty and is not allowed to transgress.

To put it nicely, this is called "etiquette", to put it in layman's terms, this is called "rules", and to put it mildly, this is "feudal dross".

Su Xue'er is the lord of the royal family, and Su Yi, the king of Anle, is her third uncle, and she wants to call Yuan Sihai uncle, so what is Yuan Sihai's (shēn) share?

Yuan Sihai refused to accept the title of "Uncle Yuan", as a courtier and a subordinate, remember not to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

Su Xueer doesn't have so many complicated thoughts, she just lives a free and frank life (dàng) (dàng), Yuan Sihai is good to her and nurtures her, so she wants to call Yuan Sihai "uncle".

If she can, let her call Yuan Sihai "father", she is also willing.

If you want to be called "father" truly, a sense of (qíng) is more important than blood.

Su Yi watched from the side and said, "Sihai, don't shirk, you raised Xue'er as an adult, and Xue'er should call you 'Uncle Yuan'." ”

Su Yi spoke, and Yuan Sihai nodded in response: "Yes." ”

Su Yi said: "Xue'er, you just stay in the king's tent, don't go to the front line to fight and kill." ”

Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief, originally thought that Su Xue'er was in danger, but now, Su Xue'er is not only not in danger, but her safety has been further guaranteed, and she doesn't have to worry about her anymore.

Su Yi looked like a kind elder, and Su Xue'er unconsciously narrowed the distance with him and called him "Third Uncle".

The guard next to her reminded Su Xue'er that Su Yi should be called "king," and the emperor has no relatives (qíng).

Su Yi said: "Xue'er, don't pay attention to him, just call me the third uncle, I listen to it comfortably." ”

"Hey, third uncle," Su Xue'er called sweetly again.

Su Yi smiled and said, "Good niece." ”

Su Xue'er said, "Third Uncle, what's the matter with the purple gold lion you sucked out of my body just now?"

Su Yi said: "Our Su family has a bloodline spirit treasure, and this bloodline spirit treasure is the purple gold lion. However, your cultivation is still low, and the purple gold lion in your body is in a deep state, so you can't feel it. ”

"So that's the case," Su Xue'er said, "Third uncle, you said that grandpa imprisoned my father (jìn), where is the prisoner?"

Su Yi said: "Your grandfather imprisoned your father and your second uncle in Yangzhou. ”

"So far?" Su Xue'er was taken aback.

Above Jizhou is Qingzhou, and above Qingzhou is Yangzhou, back then, the old Anle King was worried that Su Jun and Su Wei would abscond back and threaten Su Yi, so he gritted his teeth and imprisoned the two people (jìn) in distant Yangzhou.

Su Xueer said: "I'm going to Yangzhou to see my father." ”

Yuan Sihai said: "County Lord, if you want to go to Yangzhou, you must have a high level of cultivation, your current cultivation is too low." ”

"I will work hard, I must go to Yangzhou and meet my father," Su Xueer's attitude was very resolute.

Su Xue'er was no longer in danger, and chatted with Su Yi and Yuan Sihai in the king's tent, Xia Yu quietly slipped out of the king's tent and returned to his tent to cultivate.

The decent forces have been stationed in the camp for more than ten days, and the Demon Sect has killed them. The Demon Cult gathered more than 2,000 people and launched a decisive battle with the decent forces.

The decent forces include the guards of the Anle Kingdom, the disciples of the four major sects, and the dragon guards of the Hengshan Kingdom, adding up to nearly 20,000 people.

There are more than 2,000 people on the side of the Demon Sect, most of them are bandits, fugitives, and a few beasts, and there are not a few demon warriors at all, and the Demon Slaughter has not even shown his face.

A big battle was fought from morning to night, and in the end, more than 2,000 demon sect members were completely annihilated, and the decent forces won a great victory, and there was jubilation.

Pan Jianzhang invited Su Yi and Xia Yu to Changning City as guests, and he set up a banquet in Changning City to celebrate this great victory.

At the banquet, Empress Dowager Jiang and Pan Jianzhang appeared together and toasted Su Yi and Xia Yu.

Empress Dowager Jiang and Pan Jianzhang's mother and son have abandoned their previous suspicions, and their mothers are kind and filial, and they are happy.

Empress Dowager Jiang figured out that the eldest son and the younger son were all their own relatives (ròu), and they drowned their younger son, but as a result, the younger son Ren (xìng) was disobedient, which broke her heart, and she disliked the eldest son, but the eldest son has always adhered to filial piety and warmed her heart.

Empress Dowager Jiang not only has changed her attitude towards Pan Jianzhang, but her whole person has changed, she is no longer so strong, she eats fasting and recites Buddha every day, she has no quarrel with the world, and she seems to be much kinder.

Xia Yu also saw the four sisters Lan, Xia He, Qiu Ju, and Dong Mei, who were stabbed by the Empress Dowager Jiang for help, but fortunately, they were rescued in time and saved their lives, and now they have recovered.

Empress Dowager Jiang apologized to the four sisters, gave the four sisters freedom, and let the four sisters go out of the palace to marry. The four sisters have not yet chosen Ruyi Langjun and are temporarily serving in the Dragon Guard.

Xia Yu also saw acquaintances such as He Renlong, Duan Bing, and Liang Guodong, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, and everyone sat together to catch up on the old days, feeling very comfortable.

Duan Bing has now returned to the imperial court and has become an officer in the Dragon Guard.

He Renlong grabbed seven or eight jars of wine with both hands, put them on the table, and said: "Today, our old friends reunite, we must have a good drink, at least two jars of wine per person, and no one is allowed to pretend to be fake." ”

Liang Guodong said: "This is a strong wine, it's too much to drink two jars, right?"

He Renlong glared at Liang Guodong and said, "You kid, you didn't wait to drink, or are you not an old man?"

Liang Guodong was so squeezed by He Renlong that he couldn't raise his head, and said, "Okay, good, I'll drink, I'll drink." ”

He Renlong opened the wine jar and told the servants to take down the cup and bring the big bowl directly.

The bowls were as big as small basins, filled with wine, and they drank it when they held it.

"It's dry in one breath, and no one is allowed to leave it," He Renlong shouted, and the first one picked up the bowl, raised his neck, and drank a large bowl of wine.

He Renlong was so bold, Xia Yu, Duan Bing, and Liang Guodong couldn't be more showy, so they had to pick up the big bowl and drink it all.

"Okay, happy," He Renlong wiped a handful of wine from his beard, very happy, picked up the wine jar, and filled the wine for everyone.

Everyone drank seven or eight jars of wine one bowl after another, but He Renlong didn't drink it happily, beckoned the servants, and brought a few more jars of wine over.

Duan Bing stood up and said, "General, I have to go to make it easier, I can't hold so much wine in my stomach." ”

He Renlong said: "Okay, you will punish yourself with a bowl." ”

Duan Bing had a bitter face and said, "General, it's not so ruthless, right?"

He Renlong said: "We are all soldiers, the wine order is like a military order, you can't disobey it, do you want to go or not?"

"I'll go, I'll go, I'll punish myself with a bowl when I come back," Duan Bing really couldn't hold it back, and trotted away from the wine table.

He Renlong raised the big bowl and said to Xia Yu and Liang Guodong: "Let's not occupy it."

He's cheap, come and dry a bowl. ”

The whole wine table listened to He Renlong shouting here, Xia Yu and Liang Guodong picked up the wine bowl, and just about to drink a bowl with him, Empress Dowager Jiang and Pan Jianzhang came over.

With a smile on their faces, the mother and son stopped at the wine table of Xia Yu and He Renlong, and the Empress Dowager Jiang held the wine glass and said, "Mr. Xia, General He, our mother and son are here to toast you." ”

He Renlong said: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, you toast in person, we are flattered." ”

Pan Jianzhang said: "What is there to be surprised about, you are all the pillars of my Hengshan country, and the queen mother and I will toast you with a glass of wine, which is as it should be." ”

Xia Yu put his hand into his arms, took out a piece of yellow table paper, handed it to the Empress Dowager Jiang, and said, "The Empress Dowager, return it to you." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang took it and took a look, this is the devil contract she signed with the stinky demon, this is the Empress Dowager Jiang's (xìng) life, at the beginning, the Empress Dowager Jiang sent a large number of killers to hunt down Xia Yu, just for this devil contract.

Looking at the devil's contract, Empress Dowager Jiang remembered the past and was full of emotion.

Xia Yu leaned into Empress Dowager Jiang's ear and whispered: "Empress Dowager, I have used a spell to cancel this contract, and this piece of paper is now a piece of waste paper, which will not affect your Yangshou." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang looked at Xia Yu in surprise, and Xia Yu showed a smile.

Xia Yu did not deceive Empress Dowager Jiang, he did use the spell of Tian Xianxing to cancel the devil's contract.

(In "Water Margin", Tianxian Star is the Cloud Dragon-Gongsun Sheng)

Empress Dowager Jiang put away the devil's contract, smiled, held the wine glass, and said, "The mourning family toasts everyone." ”

He Renlong said: "Queen Mother, Duan Bing has gone conveniently, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

The Queen Mother and the Monarch toasted, this is an honor, He Renlong didn't want Duan Bing to miss it.

Empress Dowager Jiang said: "Okay, let's wait for Duan Bing." ”

Everyone stood there waiting for Duan Bing, and they didn't see him come back after waiting for a long time.

Pan Jianzhang was a little anxious and said, "Where did Duan Bing go?"

He Renlong instructed (shēn) a servant on the side, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and find Master Duan." ”

"Yes," the servant replied, and was just about to go to Duan Bing, when suddenly, with a bang, a hole broke in the roof, and a black shadow smashed down, smashing on the dining table in front of everyone, smashing the dining table to pieces, cups, plates, chickens, ducks, and fish (ròu), splashing everywhere.

Several guards hurriedly stepped forward to protect Empress Dowager Jiang and Pan Jianzhang, and looked at the black shadow that fell down, dumbfounded, that black shadow was Duan Bing's corpse!

When everyone looked up, through the hole in the roof, they saw a bright sky.

The cheerful atmosphere was broken, and a group of guards armed with swords rushed in to protect Pan Jianzhang and Empress Dowager Jiang, three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the mother and son.

Pan Jianzhang shouted: "Go and catch the murderer, you can't let him escape!"

Some of the guards protected Pan Jianzhang and Empress Dowager Jiang in the palace (diàn), and the other part went outside to hunt down the murderer, but they searched the entire palace and found no murderer.

Xia Yu stepped forward to look at Duan Bing's body, there were no obvious wounds on the corpse, Duan Bing's eyes were closed, and the god (qíng) was also very peaceful.

Liang Guodong said beside him: "Duan Daxia is a master of the Eight Realms of Qi Martial Arts, how could he be killed so easily?"

Xia Yu saw Duan Bing holding a note in his hand, he opened Duan Bing's palm, picked up the note, and found that there were still words written on it.

(End of chapter)