Chu Yingyang said softly: "I can only say these words in front of you, if I tell other people, I won't be laughed to death by them." ”

When he said this, he looked at the bright moon outside the window, Chu Xianzhao felt that his brother had also changed, he was not like this before, maybe the previous flying and domineering and no one in his eyes were pretended, he was proud when he was a child, but it was definitely not the first big boss in Lin'an City as later people said.

"I brought wine, which was my father's favorite burnt knife. He picked up a pot of wine from his feet, and two cups, Chu Yingyang gave Chu Zhao a full glass of liquor, this kind of cheap liquor can be seen everywhere in Yinguo, at first it was only drunk by poor families to warm their stomachs in winter, who knew that Emperor Yinhuang also liked to drink this kind of spicy and sharp liquor, and finally swept Yinguo, up to the court officials, down to the Jianghu rangers, everyone likes to sit in the tavern in winter, sip warm wine, and laugh at themselves Even His Majesty the Emperor above the ten thousand people and himself drank the same glass of wine.

"This wine tastes good in winter, and now it's best to drink cold wine in the middle of summer. Chu Xianzhao said in a low voice, the wine scraped his throat like a sharp knife, hot.

"Although wine is sweet, the sweet and greasy taste cannot cleanse people's hearts, but only makes people weak. ”

"Brother...... I've been reading a lot of books lately? Chu Xianzhao exclaimed, but Chu Yingyang smiled tepidly: "It's not as good as your younger brother, you are only eight years old, the poem you wrote when you were a child, but it made your father happy for a long time, and even the picky Chu Xun was full of praise." ”

"Which one?"

"Have you forgotten the song of drinking in winter?"

"Green ants roast new wine, red clay small stove, late snow, can you drink a cup of nothing?"

"Yes, yes, that's it, even a half-baked reader like your brother is amazing, how old were you at the time, eight years old, nine years old?" Chu Yingyang was always laughed at by Chu Xun for being the least educated person in the family, and it seemed that this hat could not be taken off in his life.

"I didn't think of this poem myself, I happened to see it on the lantern when I went to the temple fair that year, so I wrote it down and made some changes. Chu Xuanzhao grimaced at him, and the corners of Chu Ying's mouth moved: "Do you remember the first time my brother took you out of the palace to drink?" My two brothers were drunk and lying on the lawn of the Lotus River, watching the paper boats on the river drift down, flickering candlelight, shining in the dark, as if looking for something. ”

"In the past, I always wanted to leave Lin'an City to see outside, but now I find that it is better to be at home. Chu Xianzhao said.

"What should we do next?" Chu Xuanzhao suddenly asked him, as if he had returned to his childhood, Chu Ying thought about it: "Kill the hometown of Yan Fu in one go, I don't know what else to say." ”

"I met a Yanfu woman in this city, her name is Ning Yao. Chu Xianzhao said.

"The Yanfu woman is probably the Yanfu people who were left in the city before. ”

"Yes, her entire family was killed by our soldiers, and only one daughter remains......" Chu Xianzhao looked straight into his brother's eyes, and the other party shook his head: "Back then, I passed out after killing Ye Ba, and later I learned that the soldiers set fire to the city, if I was awake at the time, I would never let such a thing happen." ”

Chu Xianzhao nodded, Chu Yingyang suddenly clenched his brother's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Are you condemning me? Or are you condemning what the Yin army did, war is like this, if the Yan people attack Lin'an City, they will also set fire to the city, except for the Yin people, all people are enemies, this is what my father and emperor personally said to me, an unsuccessful son, but he didn't tell you, right?"

Chu Xianzhao didn't know how to answer, just lowered his eyes, Chu Ying tilted his head and patted him on the shoulder: "You have always been a good child in everyone's eyes, you shouldn't have come to this battlefield, people like you can only be good people, killing people and setting fire will make you torture, right?"

"It does make me feel entangled in my heart, but brother, I set fire to the Yanyu people's boat! Chu Xianzhao raised his head and looked at him directly, as if there was a fire in his eyes: "I am the third prince of the Yin Kingdom, I did what I should do, not the right thing." ”

"I understand your words, it's really uncomfortable to kill someone, but it's even more uncomfortable to look at the person who looks at the heart being killed. Chu Yingyang drank all the wine in the cup, dropped the cup, and pressed his two hands on his younger brother's shoulders: "Do you have the determination to defeat Yan Fu, just like you defeated Su Changqing!"

"Yes, I want to defeat Yan Fu, just like defeating Su Changqing, I can't watch the things in my heart being destroyed, I like Sister Yu, and I also like Ye Weiwei and Tantai Tranquility, there are thousands of men in this world who will bully them, but only I will protect them, if we lose this war, the Yan Fu people will invade the Yin country, kill our people, burn our cities, and destroy everything that our ancestors built. Before coming to this battlefield, I thought about it, I want to win them, Yan Fu will never surrender, then we will slaughter all those who refuse to surrender, and give mercy to those who are willing to lay down their arms, and I will not put down the sword in my hand until I cut off the head of their emperor!"

"It's worthy of my younger brother, you have already killed a king, what if you kill another king!" Chu Yingyang hugged his younger brother vigorously: "People like you should be born as a hero, like your grandfather, like your father, but as a hero...... There's always a price to pay. ”

"I am willing to pay this price, I want to be like my father, I will be a hero in life, and I will be a ghost in death. He was infected by his brother's words, and the flame in his heart rose, yes, he had already killed a king, what if he killed another king, he would step on the bones of the generals, cut off the head of Emperor Yanfu, and protect his own people.

"But, brother, I will not harm any of the children and women of Yan Li, nor will I allow our soldiers to harm them, if anyone dares to do so

, I will not hesitate to cut off their heads. Chu Xianzhao said word by word, Chu Ying looked up at his younger brother's eyes, clear and dustless but extremely resolute, he nodded: "I am very happy that you can say that." ”

He hesitated, but still took the letter and handed it to him: "This is what my father wants me to bring to you, you can read it for yourself after I leave in a while." ”

Chu Xianzhao took the envelope and rubbed the falcon wax seal on it, feeling that the letter weighed a thousand catties.

"Although we are defending this city now, the Yanfu people will not give up attacking us. Chu Ying sighed: "The east city gate was broken by the Shuyue people, and your fire also burned the south gate, this city can be said to be empty on all sides, once the Yanyue people come back, we may not be able to stop them, now the 30,000 troops of Shuyue have entered the city to join the banner of Tai Ningsu, so that the food in the city is not enough to eat, if it has been consumed in this city, we will consume ourselves alive, and then we must insist on fighting with the Yanyu people, is your son okay?"

"When I was a child, I climbed the roof and fell and injured my leg and lay on it for more than half a month, but I found that since I awakened Wang Xi, the cut wound on the skin can heal in a day or two, even if the fracture is not a week, it can be recovered, and the body is ...... It's like there's some kind of power that's supporting our lives. Chu Xianzhao said.

Chu Ying sighed: "The world envies the strength of Wang Xi in our body, we don't need to cultivate at all to have a more vigorous breath than ordinary people, stronger speed and strength, relying on this ability to level an army by one person is also a breeze, when Wang Xi is full, we will have all kinds of unbelievable abilities, the rapid healing of wounds is just a child's play, our ability is against the sky, not possessed by most people in the world, but the ability to be tacitly approved by the gods and Buddhas, and even modify the laws of the operation of heaven and earth." ”

"We ...... Is it that powerful?"

"But! The damage to the body caused by too much use of Wang Xi is also huge, since the awakening of Wang Xi, we are rushing forward like a burning carriage, the more times you use Wang Xi, the more time it lasts, just like constantly adding firewood to this burning carriage, the fire burns more and more, and eventually we will be destroyed by this power, and slowly lose our roots, just like Zhu Zhaoxi, you know his story, right?"

Chu Xianzhao nodded silently, "Crazy" Zhu Zhaoxi is a famous mad king in the history of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, the emperor worked hard in his early years, the country was peaceful and stable, and then for some reason became very easy to burst out of anger, gradually jealous and suspicious, many times with the power of Wang Xi to execute national sinners, and happy to do so, many times to defile their own sister and sister, and after the sister was pregnant with the royal species, he felt guilty for his actions, but this guilt slowly turned into rage, he killed his sister in the bath with a jade axe before giving birth, the prince couldn't help but be furious when he saw it, but there was Zhu Zhaoxi's opponent, after Zhu Zhaoxi hit the prince's head with the handle of the axe, he slowly woke up from the mania, looking at the heir who was bleeding from the head, for the first time, this emperor was self-exceeded

Shocked by his madness, he finally jumped off the high platform of the palace and ended his life.

After that, the Eastern Sui began a three-year civil war, and was later driven by the then Qing Emperor Zhao Shan to the Eastern Sui, executed the leaders of the two armies with dragon flames, and let his second son marry Zhu Yuanying, the granddaughter of the Eastern Sui King, and the two ruled the country together, only to quell the civil war.

"In short, brother will advise you, until life and death are at stake, don't use Wang Xi at will, Xilin Sword God has taught you so many tricks, it can always come in handy, right?"

"Noted down. Chu Xianzhao nodded.

"It's really gratifying that you can defend this city before my brother comes...... We lost more than 25,000 soldiers in this siege, but the Yanfu people are twice as many as ours, and the five thousand elite horsemen of the Eagle Tuo are now less than three hundred, and the corpses of many of them are still lying on the gentian pass, the losses of the Yanfu people are heavy, and they will not be able to launch any attack on us for at least a period of time, and my father asked me to tell you that you will refuse to have all peace talks with the Yanfu people, until the eagle flag is planted on the wall of the city of rest, at all costs!"

When Chu Yingyang spoke, his eyes seemed to be as stiff as iron, he had long wanted these Yanfu people to try what it was like to be in the city but unable to do anything, he still remembered the hatred of the siege of Yunanguan back then.

"If that's the case, we need to move the battle line to the Gentian Pass, and beyond this pass, we can see the City of Rest, but do you know what I'm afraid of? I don't dare to let the soldiers enter the City of Rest casually!" Chu Ying looked up into his eyes, and Chu Zhao said, "Is it because of the Eastern Emperor Bell?" General Hua told me, but if they should release the Eastern Emperor Bell, the entire Rest City would be turned to ashes in the wrath of the Divine Flame, this ......"

"The Yanyu people would rather die than surrender, we don't rule out that they will have such thoughts, and they won't be stupid enough to wait for us to go to the rest of the city and then release the Eastern Emperor Bell, if they really want to break the net, they will definitely be used on the battlefield, just in the storm valley behind Gentian Pass, I have been talking with General Meng Yu for a day, if they really want to use it, it can only be that place, which can completely destroy our army without affecting the rest of the city. ”

"This is a crazy idea, brother......" Chu Xianzhao took a deep breath.

"But I don't know the whereabouts of the East Emperor Bell now, this is the most troublesome thing for us,"

Chu Xianzhao said calmly: "Brother, do you believe me?"

"Nonsense, you're my brother, I don't believe who do you believe?"

"In this case, someone has to stand up and not hide it from my brother, I have a way to find the whereabouts of the Eastern Emperor Bell, but I need 10,000 cavalry plus 5,000 archers, and I will go to the Storm Valley with General Hua Youyue, if the Eastern Emperor Bell is really taken to the Storm Valley by the Yan Fu people, I can take it away!"

"You?" Chu Yingyang couldn't believe it: "I admit that your water is so deep that I can't even see it, but brother, you have to know, this ten thousand."

The lives of the five thousand cavalry are not as important as yours, if something happens, how do you want me to go back and explain to my father, and how can you find the whereabouts of the Eastern Emperor Bell?"

Chu Xianzhao took a deep breath: "There are some things I can't tell my brother, I hope you don't blame me, but I still hope that my brother can trust me and General Hua, this is the result of the discussion between the two of us, I am willing to use my life to complete this matter, if I fail, I will not come back, and after that, the Yanfu people will not have the strength to fight against you, and my brother can attack the city of rest without spending a single soldier." ”

"Only you and General Hua can do it, and no one else can do it?" Chu Ying put his hand on his shoulder, looking at his eyes and squeezing hard, as if he wanted to see the truth from his younger brother's eyes, but the purple pupils were as magnificent as ever, bottomless.

"Only me and General Hana Youyue can do it. Chu Xuanzhao still didn't tell his brother the truth about the Tai'a Sword in his body.

Chu Yingyang clenched his fists hard, and bursts of explosions came from his fingers: "My brother is really useless...... You can't do even the most dangerous things for your brother, and you can laugh at my useless brother. ”

"Don't say that, we are all the children of our father, and we all have cowardly times, and when Sister Yu and I were bullied before, it was your brother who personally came to save us. Chu Xianzhao said.

"Okay, brother will talk to General Meng Yu again, let him allocate more 5,000 iron horses to you, now you have an army of 20,000 people, this is all I can do for you, you are the person I trust the most, let it go, this time my brother will follow you on the horse......" Chu Ying rubbed his drunken face and stood up, Chu instantly summoned him to send him, but he pressed his shoulder.

"Have a good rest, we will win this war, my father and sister miss you very much, let's go back to Lin'an City together, and go back with an army of tens of thousands of people, and then your name will not be the third prince, but the son of the world above 10,000 people under that person! Everyone will call you the son of the world!"

Chu Xianzhao looked at his brother blankly, Chu Yingyang's eyes did not have any hypocrisy, but from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that his younger brother could sit on the throne of Yinguo.

When he came back to his senses, his brother was no longer in the room, and only the ethereal smell of wine remained.

He suddenly remembered the letter that his father had left for him, his left hand was wrapped in gauze and could not move, and he held the envelope in one hand, which he tore open with his teeth, and the letter paper fell diagonally from the envelope and fell to the ground.

Chu Xianzhao suddenly became anxious, one accidentally rolled off it, and fell into the mud, he rubbed his sore forehead, and the words on the letter paper jumped into his eyes.

The young man almost knelt to read the letter, he felt that his shoulders slowly became stiff, as if something was blocking the flow of blood, his heart seemed to be grabbed by the claws of ice, and the blood became cold, he didn't know how long he knelt down, his smile became very helpless, and he wanted to question his father loudly, but he was thousands of miles away in Lin'an City, waiting for Yan Fu's destruction.

Chu Xianzhao stood up, rubbed the letter into his palm, smashed it with Wang Xi, and the embers walked away with the wind, it was already afternoon at this time, he turned his head to look at the green branches and green leaves in the courtyard, and the grass and trees in the rest city were as lush and shady as this?

Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.

Soon every green leaf in that city will be stained with blood.