There are many rivers in the ancient and urban areas, as an important area for the circulation of goods from the north to the south, it is still a little inconvenient, all kinds of ferries pass through the river, especially in autumn when the reeds are like snow, the picture of the ferry passing through is beautiful and makes people yearn for it.

It's winter, and the lake is covered with a thin layer of ice, but the scenery near the island is pleasant enough that you can even see many fish coming out of the water to breathe.

There was a large cauldron on the dining table in front of Chu Xianzhao, the milky white mutton soup was gurgling and tumbling, and the fragrant mutton pieces, bright red peppers and verdant coriander in the pot were wafting everywhere.

The young literati opposite picked up a piece of tender mutton into his bowl with a copper spoon, blew it, put it in his mouth and chewed it comfortably, drank a sip of the liquor in the cup, and suddenly blew out a mouthful of ** breath from his lungs, and said in a comfortable voice: " There is a haggis restaurant in Luoyang City opened by a friend of mine, the mutton in it is not fishy and not fat, even if you have money, it is difficult to book a seat, this time you came to Guhe City to see you specially asked him to ask for a pack of exclusive spicy sauce, even if you are allowed to come here there will definitely be mutton hot pot to eat, the spicy taste is enough to add how the mutton is cooked and feel delicious, this is the authentic mutton hot pot, come and come, all taste!"

Shen Taisui rolled up the sleeves of his wide robe, and specially fished a lamb kidney into his own bowl and said what to eat and make up for his name, this man who was once the leading man in the Daqing court is now like a rich man who is retired in the countryside, wearing a very simple robe, and he is full of energy when he is free from intrigue.

"Just order, your own people. ”

Chu Xianzhao chewed the mutton with a chopstick in his hand, and looked curiously at the man with a Confucian temperament opposite, who should be around thirty years old, speaking confidently and boldly, and his eyebrows were as sharp as a sword when he danced.

Lu Qi, once served as the editor of the palace of the Daqing Dynasty, and was later transferred to the Ministry of Officials as a servant of the Ministry of Officials, his father was the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lu Yanran, and the Prime Minister Guo Ju was a classmate and friend, because Queen Zhao indulged in the flying dragon to burn the Prime Minister's Mansion and killed the Prime Minister's family and other tragic disasters, took the lead in playing Emperor Qing said that the Son of Heaven was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he wanted to send the second princess back to her fiefdom Yuyang, and she could not take half a step into Luoyang City forever, so as not to repeat the tragedy.

The behavior of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu completely angered the queen Huang Yu, and finally was torn by the great eunuch Yuhua Tiansheng on the palace road, and the body was thrown into the river, and the bones were gone.

Shen Taisui told himself the story of Lu Kui before he came to Guhecheng, and he is now serving as a squire in the ministry, and he can only be regarded as more than enough in the court of the Daqing Dynasty.

When Lu Kui's father was killed, he was in the palace as a compiler, in other words, Lu Kui has always been haunted by his father's tragic death, and this person is also one of the ** of the Shadow Moon Sect, and now he is specially called by Shen Taisui from Luoyang City to Guhe City, so it must be a character who can tell Chu Xianzhao some truth.

Shen Taisui attaches great importance to the scribes in front of him, and the two families are also friends of generations, Shen Taisui naturally asked him about anything in the Daqing court in the following conversation, and will also recall the old things with the prime minister in the past, and ask about the situation of the princes entering Beijing by the way.

"How's the hot pot?"

The young man picked up a pair of chopsticks of mutton again, "If you eat mutton, you must drink alcohol, you must drink alcohol, this is the family rule of our old Lu family." ”

Chu Xianzhao looked at the drunken red face, and felt that the man in front of him was not like a Nanlu person, but like those men in the Golden Horde who drank and sang all day long, and said, "Lord Lu-"

"Hey, don't call me Lord Lu, just call me Lu Qi, you are the adult in front of me. ”

Lu Qi looked at Chu Xianzhao's white hair, and laughed loudly: "The clouds are like white snow and twilight silk, I really haven't seen a person from the Northern Regions like you." ”

"Oh?" Chu Xianzhao licked the wine from the corner of his mouth, "In your opinion, what should the people of the Northern Regions look like?"

Lu Wei grinned and said, " The people of the Southern Continent call the people of the Northern Regions on the other side of the sea like to call the barbarians, we have a vassal state in the Southern Continent called Liting, you have not seen their soldiers, they all like to wear brown light armor to fight, they like to fight like a tiger from the mountains and forests, they like to cut off the heads of defeated soldiers and tie them to their belts, it is said that even women can bring knives to the battlefield, they kill people no worse than men, and it is the same in bed, a few days ago I had a colleague in the court who bought a woman who left the court and came back as a concubine, and rubbed her waist at both ends for three days, and told me that the woman who left the court was really good on the bed, riding a man is like riding a horse, hehehe。 ”

"The Northern Regions are very large, and there are many different people and cultures, and it is definitely not so barbaric as you say, Brother Lu. ”

"Yes, when I was a child, I heard the elders of the family say that on the other side of the Sunrise Sea, there is also a land called the Northern Regions, and the territory area is much larger than that of the Southern Continent, but the dynasties of the Northern Regions are not as many as our Southern Continents, and they all say that the women of the Northern Regions say that they like strong men, and regardless of their knowledge or family background, who can ride the fastest horse and who can fight the most, who can marry the most beautiful woman? When I grew up, I realized that it wasn't like that at all, I was deceived by my family, and I thought about practicing swords as a hero and going to the Northern Regions to marry the most beautiful woman back, but in the Northern Expedition 80 years ago, the king of my dynasty fell a big heel in the Northern Regions, and thousands of flying dragons died on the land of the Northern Regions, all of which were killed by the heroes and soldiers of your Northern Regions dynasties. When mentioning this war, a scorching ** appeared in the man's eyes.

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and said with a smile: "The Battle of the Northern Expedition? The Northern Regions Dynasty called this war the Battle of the Southern Invasion, it was a time when the kings of the Northern Regions were united, and the soldiers of the entire Northern Regions followed these kings to charge, including my grandfather Chu Li who charged with the eagle banner and drove the emperor in person

This is the only way to defeat you, the enemies who have crossed the oceans, and to protect our land from foreign enemies, and although he died in that war, he was a true hero, and he died with the bravery of a king. ”

Lu Kui poured a glass of wine for Chu Xianzhao with a clear look in his eyes, raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Respect the descendants of the heroic king, and also respect the friendship between us." ”

"The affairs of Yinguo are really irreparable, such a thing as running away from home can be big or small, Your Highness, didn't you think about going home?"

Chu Xianzhao was silent.

Lu Wei seemed to see what he was thinking, and said: "I am Lord Shen's person, to be more precise, I am one of Lord Shen's eyeliners in the Daqing Imperial Court, you don't need to look at me with such suspicious eyes, you need my help in this matter after all." ”

The smile on Lu Qi's face became more and more intense, and he said: "When Lord Shen asked me to come to Guhe City from the setting sun, I already knew everything that happened to you from the letter, and I also knew that you were the Lord of the Apocalypse that we have been getting, since the prince of the Great Yin Dynasty has come to the land of Nanlu, presumably your Yin Kingdom has also begun to investigate your whereabouts, you can't stay in the same place for so long." ”

Chu Xianzhao sighed lightly and said, "I don't know what to do next, whether to revive Great Qin, or destroy Qingguo, or fight against Yinguo." ”

Lu Wei said: "I know a lot of friends in the court, and many friends who are as eager as I am for the fall of the Zhao family. ”

Chu Xianzhao squinted at him slightly, as if he wanted to see what this man was thinking in his heart, and after a long time, he asked, "You and the people of the Zhao royal family...... What's the enmity?"

After Lu Qi was silent for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "My father was killed by the Queen Mother and others, and died in the palace openly, it was Uncle Shen who helped me find out the truth, but the bones are difficult to find, so I want your help." ”

Chu Xianzhao said: "What can I do for you? Besides, you are a person from Qingguo, will you feel uneasy about your conscience when you help an outsider to bring down your own country." ”

Lu Wei said: "This country is no longer saved, when the princess burned the Prime Minister's Mansion with a flying dragon and continued to swagger in Luoyang City, this country is no longer saved, when my father played the impeachment of the princess, was killed by the Empress Dowager of Qingguo, the old ** sent someone to kill and still sit on a high seat, the country is no longer saved, in the first battle of the concubine pass, for the first time, there is a country that can confront Daqing dragoon and still win a big victory, this dynasty has entered the countdown to death... ...”

He leaned forward suddenly, and his voice seemed to have a special wavelength, and he said mysteriously, "...... Today's Qinghuang is still very young and unpopular. ”

Chu Xianzhao looked at him and shook his head and said, "It seems that I am still."

I underestimated you as a person, and you overestimated me, don't forget, now the whole of Qingguo wants me to die.

Lu Wei smiled and said: "I don't want you to die, since the Battle of Concubine Pass, you have become a symbol, a symbol that can defeat the Daqing Dynasty." ”

Chu Xianzhao was slowly silent, not knowing how to answer this sentence, but when he actually mentioned that he wanted to destroy the Daqing Dynasty, he was surprised in his heart that he didn't expect that this seemingly powerful dynasty was really leaking from all sides.

"So I want to know, what are you doing when you came to Guhe City to see me and Lord Shen this time. ”

Lu Qi's expression became solemn, looked at him and said, "The kings of the six kingdoms entered Luoyang City to face the monarch, not just for the Dragon Festival...... More importantly, it is necessary to discuss the war with the north, the war with your Yin country. ”

Chu Xianzhao frowned slightly, there will inevitably be a war between the north and the south, and for the southern continent countries, the last thing they want to see is naturally the southward movement of the Yinguo iron cavalry, which will lead to the whole body, not only the southward movement of the Yinguo iron cavalry, but also the army of the Golden Horde, the army of the Bottle State, and the army of Shuyue will also appear on the battlefield, and the final result is still like the outbreak of a fierce war between the north and the south like eighty years ago, and this time it is the Northern Dynasty that takes the initiative to attack the Southern Continent, but the Daqing Dynasty is not as strong as in the past, once the war breaks out, it must be the army of the princes who is pushed to the front line, who would be willing to face such a powerful enemy。

Lu Qi smiled and said: "For the princes, they are unwilling to be controlled by the Zhao royal family to continue to control them, and they have also frequently broken out in wars over the years, this time the princes and kings entered the sunset, it may be the beginning of another war, but their common enemy is still the ironclad army that will come from the northern region at any time, since there will be a war sooner or later, why not let this war appear as soon as possible, so that we can have the power of an enemy when we face the war of the end times?"

Chu Xianzhao said: "The battle of the end times will not break out so quickly, maybe it will be many years later. ”

"No matter how long it has been, this war has already begun. ”

Lu Kui, like Shen Taisui, is also a person who has seen the "revelation", and naturally knows the existence of the war in the end times, Chu Xianzhao admits that his words are very convincing, in fact, no matter who will win this war, the world will need an emperor who dominates the world.

Chu Xianzhao remembered the picture he had seen in the free fugue, remembered the dreams he had frequently had these days, and suddenly felt that his body was extremely cold, and Lu Qi noticed the strangeness on his face.

None of the three of them spoke, and could only hear the gurgling sound of the mutton hot pot.

Chu Xianzhao suddenly asked, "Do you really believe in the battle of the end times?"

Lu Qi's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he laughed at himself: "No matter whether this war will come or not, even if it does come, everyone will react as they should, as a king knows what to do, as a soldier knows what to do,

As ordinary people, we also know what to do, we don't need to think too much, and solving the current dilemma is what we should do. ”

Chu Xianzhao only felt a little surprised in the face of his answer, it turned out that there were still many people in the world who knew that the battle of the end times was coming, but the answer he gave opened a skylight in his heart. This time, the princes entered Luoyang to plan to deal with the iron cavalry of the Yin State who was about to go south, so the world would inevitably be bloodied in the future.

Just as Ying Liyang told himself, when the ancient gods descended on the world, they could easily obtain this world without much effort, which made him have a chill that could not be dissipated.

Lu Wei dipped the slices of meat between the chopsticks with some sauce, stuffed it into his mouth and said unhurriedly: " Today's six major princes and kings, with the Zhejiang and Han monarchs Zhu Gaotao is the most powerful, perhaps now Zhejiang and Han are the most loyal to the Daqing royal family of a vassal state, followed by the Tang monarch Li Zhaoji and the emperor Murong Shanyu, on the bright side and the same loyalty to the Daqing royal family as the Zhejiang and Han Dynasty are performances for outsiders to see, in fact, the Qing country has been angry for many years, and the two countries are at war all the year round, but perhaps the most want the Daqing royal family to lose in the hands of the Yin people is these two princes, Yang Yu, the lord of the Eastern Sui State, is said to have always been pure and believe in Buddhism, and the southern Buddha lord Zheng Mian often has letters to talk about Buddhism, followed by the world's southernmost Dayue monarch Zhou LiIn addition to discussing how to deal with the people of the Yin country, I heard that it is necessary to choose a son-in-law for the second princess Empress Zhao, who has not yet married, which should be an unprecedented grand scene. ”

Chu Xianzhao frowned and said, "Choose a son-in-law for the princess?" The current Qinghuang Zhao Wentian is not married yet, and the Daqing Dynasty has no queen, shouldn't it be that the Qinghuang first gets married and then the princess?"

"Zhao Wentian's preference for beautiful women is already a well-known thing for passers-by, every two days he changes to a different woman to take turns to play with him, how can such a character be An Ansheng marry a wife, but maybe he doesn't marry a wife and Queen Zhao also has a lot to do with it. ”

Chu Xianzhao was shocked: "Could it be that these two sisters and brothers have some shady secrets?"

"This shouldn't be, it's just that Zhao Wentian has a violent and irritable personality, and he was born from the same mother as Queen Zhao, he has always listened to Queen Zhao's words, and I believe that this time the six marquis entered Luoyang is also the meaning of Queen Zhao. Today's Daqing court is not good for the two sisters and brothers, the parties are divided and divided from each other, and the emperor will only hide in the harem to play with concubines, and occasionally symbolically go to the court, after you Yinguo Tie rode in the concubine pass that scared him a lot, then he felt afraid to summon the princes to come to meet King Junqin, and the eldest princess Zhao Xi only managed the affairs of the dragon army, and did not have the slightest intention of interfering in the affairs of the court, maybe she was much better than Zhao Wentian to be the emperor. ”

Shen Taisui said: "From now on, we have entered a state of war, and we need an army to win this war, I will start arranging this matter, once we get the army of Heiyi City, you."

There will be enough ships and enough troops to fight in this war, and this thing will not need two people to do it, you and her will have to go our separate ways. ”

After Chu Xianzhao was silent for a moment, he took a sip of wine and asked, "How do you split up." ”

Shen Taisui said with a smile: "I will let Lu Qi come to Guhe City this time, in the final analysis, I want to take you to Luoyang City to spy on intelligence, and by the way, let you see what kind of people the enemy is in the future and how to deal with them." ”

After a long silence, Chu Xianzhao said in a very low voice, "Sunset City...... It was so sudden, it was undoubtedly just for me to enter the dragon's lair, which was a life of death. ”

"It's not just your nine deaths, it's also the nine deaths of this dynasty, only by starting a war between them can this dynasty be torn apart, as Lu Qi and you said, not all the princes are loyal to Emperor Qing, this time the Six Kings Face Monarch is a great opportunity, and it is also an opportunity for Daqin to gain a firm foothold in this torrent of war, find someone to form an alliance with, if someone stops you or tries to kill you, then kill that person, absolutely don't be merciful." Shen Taisui's voice was still understated.

Chu instantly called and stopped, perhaps in the eyes of this man who smiled like Maitreya Buddha, there was no such thing as good and evil in the world, and there was blood and glittering power everywhere.

Shen Taisui said in a deep voice: "I'm not worried about your safety, if you can't live to gain a firm foothold in Sunset City, I don't think you are qualified to be the king of this world, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, whether to go or not depends on you." ”

Chu Xianzhao was silent, not knowing whether to go or not.

"Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, I know that since the incident of Yinguo, your heart has become more firmly sealed, I don't know who to believe, but you have to know that you want things. Shen Taisui stared at him with those somewhat yellow eyes and said: "I will personally arrange this matter, and I will pay for the affairs of the army to solve it, as for whether you can bring this crown, it depends on how well you perform in Sunset City." ”

Shen Taisui said this, Chu Xianzhao subconsciously silently, and there was a taste of danger in his heart, now Shen Taisui's influence on the court still exists, and many secret chess pieces have been buried, but he can't come forward to solve many problems if he wants to avoid suspicion, so he needs a trustworthy person to do this.

After Chu Xianzhao pondered for a while, he said respectfully: "I understand." ”

(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "The Throne of the Apocalypse" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~