In the thirty-eighth year of the Ryo Emperor Otaru, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Nearly midnight, every household in Luoli City is keeping the New Year, the sound of firecrackers is endless, and the streets are lined with teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, and workshops. People in the northern regions are accustomed to eating dumplings every year, covering the old and the new, and making friends at the age of the year. It is also in the shape of a white-flour dumpling like a silver ingot, and a pot is served on the table to symbolize the meaning of "New Year's wealth, ingots roll in". Or make dumplings, and wrap them in a few coins after the soup has been sterilized, which is said to be the first to make more money. And Nanlu has the custom of eating wontons, covering its original meaning. It is said that the world was chaotic before his death, and Pangu opened up, and there are four universes; New Year's noodles are eaten to celebrate the 100th anniversary of life.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a kind of fierce beast, which was scattered in the northern region and called it "year". Its appearance is hideous, ferocious, specializing in eating birds and beasts, scaly insects, changing the taste one day, from kowtow insects to eating adults, so that people say "year" change. Later, people gradually got the way of their "year", and they rushed to the group for three hundred and sixty-five days to sip a mouthful of fresh, and the haunting time was in the twilight, and the rooster crowed, and then it returned to the mountains.

After calculating the "year" abuse, the people then took this night of fear to the same pass, called the "year pass", and thought of a way to pass the pass: every solstice, every household prepares a meal, extinguishes the fire and cleans the stove, and then ties it to the chicken pen, and hides in the house to eat the "Chinese New Year's Eve dinner" at the front and back door of the house. It has gradually become a habit of staying up on Chinese New Year's Eve.

At this time, Liu Kang was wearing an imperial robe, sitting on a low couch with Erlang's legs crossed to rest for a while, and most of the robes worn by the emperor were yellow, and they were mainly yellow, embroidered with dragon patterns. Generally, there are nine dragon patterns, eight on the outside and one on the inside. Of course, there are also emperors like the Qing'an Dynasty who embroidered twelve golden dragons on his robe, and Liu Kang specially removed the dragon pattern on the robe of the former emperor and painted nine wolf patterns, eight in Wei, and one in the placket.

Chinese New Year's Eve is his busiest day of the year, he has to get up in the early morning to go to the palace to throw incense and salute, after seven or eight o'clock in the morning Liu Kang came to the hall, by someone read the congratulatory table, after the hundred officials knelt three times and knocked nine times, they sat down to give tea, and after drinking tea, he hurriedly returned to the palace, the queens and concubines performed six su, three kneels and three bows, and then the concubines each returned to the palace, the princes knelt three times and bowed, and then the emperors and grandchildren continued to bow, set off firecrackers to invite all kinds of gods and Buddhas to come to the palace for the New Year, Liu Kang did not believe in gods and Buddhas, but simply did it, and then it was a family banquet, everyone noticed the deliberate absence of His Majesty the Emperor, and did not ask too much, The queen beckoned the concubines and the princes to move chopsticks and pick up vegetables, Liu Kang always didn't like to participate in these family banquets, every year.

He sat in a quaint pavilion, looking at the flowing water in the pool in a daze, like a lonely old wolf, at this time the man in the robe came to the pavilion with a group of attendants, kneeling and saluting: "Courtiers knock to see Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty a safe and healthy New Year, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!!

"Go down, this can allow you to find Lone, Xie Zuo, you stay with me!" Liu Kang waved his hand and repelled the attendants, the man patted the dust on his robe, and sat opposite Liu Kang without seeing it.

"Xie Zuo, what do you have to do on this Chinese New Year's Eve?"

It wasn't until the attendants left that Xie Zuofang spoke: "I have very important information to report to Your Majesty." ”

Say. Liu Kang cast a handful of bait in the pool, and the group of fish came out of the water to fight, and the water splashed for a while.

"The third prince of Chu that I talked to Your Majesty about earlier...... Awakened Wang Xi!"

Liu Kang turned around suddenly, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes gradually changed from disbelief to shock, he looked at Xie Zuo's eyes and asked, "Wang Xi...... How is it possible? Chu Xiaohua gave birth to two boys, and both of them awakened Wang Xi! With himself, there are three people in the Yin Kingdom who are pregnant with Wang Xi!"

The man in the robe nodded: "I was also shocked when I got the news, but the information of the courtiers will definitely not go wrong, the eldest prince of the Yin Kingdom was fifteen years old when he awakened Wang Xi, on the battlefield of Yunjian River, and the third prince of Chu was awakened Wang Xi in Lin'an City, and he is only sixteen years old this year." ”

Sixteen years old, sixteen years old...... Liu Kang looked at the fish in the pond angrily, he reigned for more than 30 years, gave birth to nearly fifty children, and the children grew up and gave birth to children, plus his grandson, the entire Liu royal family has nearly two hundred people, but no one has awakened Wang Xi, Chu Xiaohua is a cub, and both of them are pregnant with Wang Xi, the reason why Liu Kang has not set up a prince is because none of his descendants have the power of Wang Xi, as he gets older, the power of the king in his body becomes weaker and weaker, like a broken candle, if his descendants do not appear soon, people who can be worthy of the throne of the bottle will wait until the day when their teeth fall out and lingerHis enemies let him storm his chamber and kill him, or his descendants, just to take the king's breath from him.

He turned around, his gaze gradually became cold, Xie Zuo is very familiar with Liu Kang's eyes, generally people who are watched by him for a long time often do not end well, Liu Kang smiled coldly: "Lone knows that he has snatched back the throne, but the king breath in Lone's body is real, but Lone refuses to believe it, none of my descendants have awakened Wang Xi!"

"The king's breath is a gift from God, and your majesty cannot force it. ”

Liu Kang was suddenly a little irritable, waved out his sleeves, and a strong breath rushed to the surface of the water, beating the group of fish to pieces, and the original ancient pond suddenly became like a fish slaughtering pond, and pieces of blood fell into the pool, and those fish who were lucky enough to avoid Liu Kang's bombardment stepped forward to devour their companions' internal organs.

"Now it's good, after the famous general of the Golden Horde, Guo Ersu, after killing the Great Monarch of the Northern Barbarians, seized his royal breath, and the Great Monarch of the Golden Horde personally accepted him as his own righteous son, and it is likely that the throne will be passed on to him in the future, and there are two people in the Golden Horde with royal interest, and now there are three in the Yin Kingdom! In its current form, the luck of the Northern Regions has begun to pour into the Yin Kingdom, and although we are neighbors with the Yin Kingdom, we will not get any benefits! The luck of the Zhenguo of the Bottle Country has been completely suppressed by these two countries! I am afraid that our country will gradually decline until it is annexed by the Yin State! It's like the West. ”

"Gu knows that his children are all some waste, but Gu can't believe that none of them have awakened Wang Xi! Xie Zuo, how do you say we are good. ”

"Your Majesty is calm, do you remember that the courtiers told you before that they would send Weiwei to Yinguo?"

"Do you think Chu Xiaohua would be willing to ask her to be her daughter-in-law? She doesn't even have the title of princess, if it weren't for her mother's death, how could she keep her in the palace......" Liu Kang suddenly stopped his voice and looked at the sky in the distance.

"If you don't have the name of a princess, just give her one, it's very simple for you, the courtier has written to Chu Xiaohua, and the courtier also specially inquired, this third prince of Chu has not made a marriage contract with anyone, it should be a woman who has not yet had a heart. We are still allies of the Yin Kingdom now, if we lower our posture this time, it is best for you to personally write a letter of apology and admit the mistake of the wolf soldiers leaving the Peking University Massacre, presumably Chu Xiaohua and other people who value love and righteousness will agree to our request. ”

"Confession? This is not ordered by Lone from the Peking University Massacre, and Lone did not rape the woman in the city, so how can he confess. He sneered.

"But the courtiers know that several of your concubines are from Libei, and Chu Xiaohua admits that it is your responsibility to leave the north after death, and for the sake of our great cause of rejuvenating the country, please lower your posture. ”

His dark pupils met Liu Kang's eyes, becoming extremely bright, and Liu Kang looked at him with interest: "Xie Zuo, do you know why Gu appreciates you so much?"

"Your Majesty has taken in your courtiers, and it is a blessing for your courtiers to be able to contribute to Your Majesty. ”

"Heh, you used to have a happy family, but you killed your father with a single sword, let your men rape your mother and sister, and then used them to feed the wolves, what blessing is it?" he asked rhetorically.

Xie Zuo was silent, and Liu Kang continued: "If your father didn't support Liu Yi's rebellion back then, how could I be so ruthless? My son is also stupid, what Lone gave him is his, if Lone doesn't give him and dares to rob him, don't blame my six relatives for not recognizing it, and killing it according to it!"

"Xie Zuo, do you hate Lonely?"

"Your Majesty did the right thing, my father did something stupid back then, he should be killed, His Majesty saved the life of his courtier, if my father knew in heaven, I would also thank Your Majesty. ”

"It's good if you understand, Lone watched your father work hard for the country over the years, so he spared your life, but you didn't let Lone down, you are the wise general by Lone's side, Lone trusts you better than any of Lone's children, after Lone leaves you dead, I often dream that you hold a knife to kill Lone. ”

"I don't dare. ”

"Don't dare? Now there are very few things you don't dare, you dare to send your lonely daughter to Yinguo as a slave and a concubine, maybe tomorrow you will send Gu to Chu Xiaohua to show your loyalty, Xie Zuo, Xie Zuo, what you are doing now, Gu did it back then, you and Gu are the same kind of people, and they can continue to endure for their goals. Back then, the emperor of the Bottle Kingdom took a lot of benefits from me, but he treated Lone as a random messenger like a dog, and Lone endured it for many years before finding an opportunity to kill him. The reason why Lone is good to you is that I don't want you to become the Lone you used to be, and Lone is also thinking about his own life. ”

"The minister is not good at martial arts. ”

Xie Zuo's words fell on Liu Kang's ears, which was a bit hypocritical, five years ago, a woodcutter discovered a huge grave pit in Burning Bird Pass, containing the remains of about 600 people. They were skinned alive, beheaded, drained of blood, Abandoned as a grave, when the news reached the imperial court, Liu Kang knew that there was a village in the Burning Bird Pass where all the people died, and then Xie Xuan took his men to the Burning Bird Pass, and found many charred human bones, he concluded that the people in this village must have been slaughtered and cooked, and finally found a group of thieves in the pass, before he clashed with the gang of thieves, the boss of the gang also specially entertained Xie Zuo, the cooked meat on the table is naturally human flesh, and the subordinates couldn't help but palpitate when they looked at the meat on the table, only Xie Zuo naturally cut meat and drank wine, and talked with the boss。

The cannibal immediately gave Xie Zuo a dismount, and he told Xie Zuo that the gang had come to test his catch, and he boiled it with fat meat and white wine to eat, and his head was taken to feed the dogs. After hearing this, Xie Zuo threw out the two chopsticks unhurriedly, and when the boss reacted, he had already fallen to the ground, and then Xie Zuo dragged the remaining thieves with fifty black horses and took him back to the palace, and the whole dynasty was in an uproar, and then he had the title of blood wolf.

"Lone doesn't doubt your loyalty, if you really have someone who wants to kill Lone, finally say to Lone, so that Lone can sleep peacefully for a few days, and die at the hands of someone like you, Lone feels that it is worth it. ”

Xie Zuo was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty is a person of great virtue and wisdom, I won't tell you, I let Weiwei go to Yinguo this time, not to be a concubine, but to let her control Yinguo!" I hope she can always be by the side of the third prince of Chu, tame him, control him, and finally help the third prince of Chu sit on the throne of Yinguo, she needs to establish her strength in Yinguo, and then she needs to conceive the child of the third prince of Chu, until the child is born, when the time is ripe, we will let her kill the third prince of Chu, and then we should work together inside and outside, and let Weiwei open the gate of Lin'an City for us. ”

Liu Kang was shocked and said: "Kill the third prince of Chu?" Do you think Chu Xiaohua will watch his son die on the throne?" But Xie Xuan just waved his hand: "Chu Xiaohua and Chu Yingyang will have someone to kill for us, what we need to do now is to get Chu Xiaohua's consent as soon as possible and send Weiwei to Yinguo." ”

"How can that little girl, how can he do this? Lone has no feelings for this daughter at all, and she may not agree to go to Yinguo. ”

"Your Majesty, although there are countless maidens, but the little girl's mind is still good at courtiers, you only need to give her a candy, give her a slap, and then give her a candy, she will naturally listen to you obediently, and leave this matter to the ministers." ”

He smiled silently: "A girl like Weiwei will not be willing to spend her whole life in the deep palace, she only needs to release this little she-wolf out of the bottle country, and she will naturally carry the corpses of the eagles in her mouth in the future, and watch the arrival of the wolf soldiers on the head of Lin'an City." ”

He looked at the fireworks in the distance, and his eyes were like a blazing fire, burning more and more.