In the middle of the valley, a long line of wagons marched slowly, passing through valley after valley and skirting one large lake after another.

Chu Xianzhao sat on the carriage, looking at the mountain peaks that rose like a knife blade, the milky white mist gathered in the mountains and forests, and the wheels pressed shallow slush marks between the snow, revealing the grass-gray soil.

It still snows in the winter on this side of the Southern Continent, but it is not as cold as on the Yinguo side, but Shen Huayu is still wrapped in a snow-white fox fur, shrinking in the corner and seemingly closing his eyes to recuperate, but in fact, from time to time he will open his eyes and look at the white-haired and white-clothed young man, with a little cunning in his eyes.

After she killed Zhao Song's sword, Chu Xianzhao showed a resolute and ruthless beyond her imagination, killing all the golden dragon sailors with one person and two swords, and the blood stained the surface of the lake red, just so as not to leave any living mouths, so as not to be caught by others again.

For Zhao Song's suicide, Shen Huayu could only say that he couldn't help it, but Guhe City would inevitably set off a monstrous wave, and his father, who was like a god, must know that this matter had nothing to do with him, but with his skills and skills, he should be able to easily get rid of suspicion, no one dared to suspect Zhao Song's death on the head of the governor, but they became fugitives in the real sense.

Chu Xianzhao gently lowered the curtain, covering up the desolate scene of white frost and yellow mud outside his field of vision, if it was in the Northern Regions, according to the current season, the snowflakes would have fallen like rain long ago.

Chu Xianzhao slowly recalled that when he left Yinguo for the first time, there were Hua Youyue, Su Nianyu, Guan Ju and Ye Weiwei accompanying him, plus tens of thousands of troops to conquer Yan Mang, it can be said that he was in high spirits, and he also left Yinguo, it seems that this time his departure is extremely bleak, and it is also the most unforgettable for him.

The girls who accompanied him all left him, he lost Ye Weiwei and Su Nianyu, killed Hua Youyue, they dedicated everything they had to him, but they failed them, these bright women are not worthy of falling in love with him at all, he thought so, until the sadness slowly emerged from the bottom of his heart, and finally disappeared.

The carriage shook slightly, making him feel like a baby lying in the cradle, this situation was not what he wanted at all, he just wanted everyone to live happily, even the so-called enemies in the eyes of the people of Yinguo, like King Xilin, like Su Changqing, like Emperor Yan Mang and Empress Yan Mang, he hoped that they could live well.

If there were no people like himself and Chu Xiaohua, wouldn't the people of Xilin and Yan Mang not suffer the fate of displacement, the two of them are one of the biggest sinners in the world, not those who died.

Goose feather-filled pillows rested on his shoulders, and the smoke from the gluttonous gold and bronze incense burner pooled above his head, but the inside of the carriage was unusually warm in the cold wind.

Shen Huayu looked at Chu Xianzhao quietly, and it was a good time

Yes, she said softly: "When we go to Sunset, you will have to stay with Uncle Lu, you can come to me at any time, and if you need money and silver in any trouble, you can also come to me." ”

Chu instantly looked at the woman's charming face, slightly bowed, compared to the needle-pointed Doumai Mang when the two first met, Shen Huayu now looked much more well-behaved.

Chu Xianzhao said softly: "On the way, Miss Shen has been with me. ”

Shen Huayu said with a heartless smile: "It's not hard, it's not hard, anyway, I'm going home for the New Year, but it's a pity that my father was demoted from Luoyang to Guhe City to be the governor, and he rarely came back to see his mother and them all over the years, and they all lived their own lives." ”

"Yes, the family should be reunited during the New Year, and everyone feels empty in their hearts without it. ”

Shen Huayu pouted and said: "As for why my father didn't come back for the New Year, I think in addition to thinking that we girls are very in the way, the most important thing is that my mother and aunt have not been able to give him a son, and I have resentment in my heart." ”

Chu Xianzhao smiled softly: "I think it's good to have a daughter, when she grows up, you can teach her calligraphy and self-cultivation, if she gives birth to a naughty boy, maybe she will poke out some big basket, just like that Zhao Song, it's better not to give birth in the first place." ”

"How can there be a reason to talk like this? Not every boy is a bastard like Zhao Song, for example, Chu Gongzi, you are very good, my father looks at you like a godson, if only I had an elder brother like you. ”

"It doesn't matter if I'm your brother, if I can change my father, it's not bad to think about it. ”

"At present, you are quite like my brother, and my father also wants you to go to Sunset City in the name of his illegitimate son, and my father said that only in this way can you be the safest, and I will hide your true identity from my mother and them for you, and I don't know if they will be frightened when they see you. ”

Chu Xianzhao sighed in his heart and asked, "Does your father have many wives?"

"Except for a wife, including my mother, there are concubines, but my mother is very good to us, but my father doesn't like her. And I have several sisters, all of whom will be introduced to you when the time comes, don't worry about those who don't have them, no one dares to bully you if I have everything. Shen Huayu swore solemnly.

The two people in the carriage chatted non-stop, the atmosphere was very pleasant, there were only the two of them in the carriage at this time, Shen Huayu was not as rude or presumptuous as before, which also made Chu Xianzhao relieved, and the girl laughed loudly, Chu Xianzhao could see that she was very happy, and so was herself.

In this relationship, Shen Huayu treats Chu Xianzhao as a brother-like figure, while Chu Zhaozhao treats her as a friend or sister, which is very friendly and subtle.

Chu Xianzhao leaned on the carriage, looked at the lively girl in front of him, and remembered that after she killed Zhao Song before, she hid in her arms and cried, which couldn't help but make him feel upset

Guilt, those who threatened his life are dead, as for what will happen later, what to do for himself, these are not things to think about now.

The car quickly drove out of the valley and into a remote town, slowly passing by the official road in the eyes of the people in the town, and continued to move in the direction of Luoyang City.

Shen Huayu was soon tired after a while, and fell asleep on Chu Xianzhao's lap, the delicate Qiong nose snored slightly, Chu Xianzhao opened the curtain and looked at the scenery and people along the way, and the cute girl fell asleep on his lap.

The tiled houses in the town were covered with thin snowflakes, and the sun was like a yellow egg emitting a warm sunlight in the sky, and the expressionless townspeople that Chu Xuan summoned kept planning in their hearts what they should do after they went to Sunset City.

There are two divine soldiers in Luoyang City to guard the national fortune, one is locked under the Daqing Palace, and the other is the spear of the rebel who does not know who it fell into, in the words that Shen Taisui told himself, it was revealed that the spear of the rebel is in Luoyang City, held by someone, even the Daqing royal family can not threaten this person to hand over the spear of the rebel, it can be seen that the strength is strong, but the spear of the rebel Chu Xuanzhao must be obtained, the heavenly punishment spell on Ying Liyang's body has not disappeared, only the spear of the rebel can reverse the destiny of heaven!

Although Chu Xianzhao didn't know where the spear of the God Rebel was, the current situation did not make him feel discouraged in the slightest, no matter what, he would not let Ying Liyang die under the punishment of heaven.

Snow, fine snow drifted through the car window, and it fell softer and lighter, quietly floating on Chu Xianzhao's face, and he could see his breath merge into a white mist.

It's already snowing on the Nanlu side, so there must be a lot of snow on the Yinguo side, and the father should have a headache about the grain.

Chu Xianzhao didn't know how Yan Mang, who had just stopped from the war of the country, and Xilin, who had just recovered from the country, how the two dynasties that had been devastated by the iron cavalry of the Yin State should feed the people of the whole country, whether Chu Xiaohua would help them, or just ignore and only care about the people of the Yin Kingdom, just as he would rather kill himself than cut off the luck of the Great Qin, everything was for the Yin Kingdom.

He suddenly heard a burst of cheerful laughter, subconsciously opened the curtain and looked out, and saw a group of children chasing and playing in a poplar forest, the poplars were straight like swords piercing the sky, looking like the spear held by the iron rider of the Yinguo country, the joy of the children in the village was so real, many years ago he was as happy as them, the three children had a snowball fight in the palace, the palace maids and eunuchs were waiting for the three little ancestors, he and his brother would put the snowball into the back neckline of his sister, and his brother laughed and ran away, and Chu Xun, who was hobbling after him, shouted behind him。

He was silent for a moment, then lowered the curtain and did not look at the group of children again.

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Shen Huayu brought a lot of bathing on the way

Pin, while she was taking a fragrant bath in the carriage, Chu Instantaneous Zhao left the carriage and rode side by side with Lu Qi.

Anyway, it is only less than two days away from Luoyang City now, and now Lu Wei doesn't need to watch out for anyone, presumably he will give the other party a water tank so much courage, and he won't dare to deal with the imperial court officials outside Luoyang City.

Lu Qi and Chu Xianzhao walked slowly at the front of the team, Chu Xianzhao still maintained that cold posture with white hair fluttering, but his eyes kept looking around, and Lu Qi knew that this prince of Yinguo was very interested in the scenery of Daqing.

Lu Qi said with a smile: "The scenery of the southern continent is not the same as that of the northern region, especially the tree species, there are many evergreen tree species in the northern region, such as cloud pine and cypress, the leaves of the southern tree species are good for absorbing sunlight, and the leaves are relatively thick, which has a lot to do with the climate on our side." ”

Chu Xianzhao was surprised: "Can't you see that Lord Lu still understands the way of flowers and plants?"

Lu Wei explained with a smile: " When I was fourteen years old, I opened a flower shop with a friend of mine in the city of Sunset, I was responsible for cultivating flower seeds, he was responsible for helping guests build potted plants, because my father was a very famous scholar of the Ministry of Rites, so there were many people who came to our flower shop to buy flowers, and even the officials of the imperial court came to cheer for it, but at that time my behavior made my father angry, and felt that the son of my dignified Ministry of Rites and Scholars actually mixed with those Jianghu people, and casually made a façade on the street and sat down to sell flowers, so that he lost face in the court, and he did not talk to me, the only son, for a long time。 ”

"My father taught me a porridge and a meal since I was a child, when thinking about it is hard-won, half a silk and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult, so many sons and brothers in Luoyang City, maybe I am the one who has the most humiliating life, no one carries a sedan chair when I go out, even the clothes and shoes worn by the children of the six officials are better than me, every time I complain to my father about this matter is scolded by him, but the teenager also needs silver to go out, my mother is very good at planting flowers and raising flowers, and I have learned a lot since I was a child, so I thought about opening a flower shop with my friends to earn some money or something, but my father was not happy, and moved out of his sour Confucian theory to sour me, saying that the son of a thousand gold does not sit in the hall, and the son of a hundred gold does not ride balanceHearing too much of this kind of talk can make you sour to death. ”

Chu Xianzhao cautiously asked, "Then how did you reconcile with your father later?"

Lu Wei said: "There is nothing to reconcile, my father finally understood me, but he still told me from time to time that my husband Shang Zhizhi is clever, don't follow the humble world, I hope that I can one day become an official and benefit the people, so I finally went to the palace to make a compilation, and by the way, I can also look at my flowers, which can be regarded as both public and private affairs." ”

Lu Wei's voice became a little low and said: "My father did not live up to this dynasty, but this dynasty failed him in the end, the people of the royal family killed him, but no one dared to stand up and confront me face to face, if the emperor of a dynasty regarded the lives of his people as a mustard, the high-ranking and powerful can go unpunished if they make mistakes, and the kind-hearted ones do not."

If you have a good death, those who work hard to live will not die well in the end, then this dynasty will have no meaning in existing, and it should be destroyed. ”

The horse's hooves rattled under the two of them, and thin snowflakes fell on the top of their heads and landed on their shoulders, making their bodies slightly cool.

Lu Qi sighed softly and said, "Those who have died cannot be resurrected, so let's think more about the future." ”

On the way, Lu Kui told Chu Xianzhao about the things that should be paid attention to this time when he went to Luoyang, Chu Xianzhao went to Luoyang in the name of Shen Sanqian's illegitimate son this time, for Shen Sanqian's sudden illegitimate son, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of many people, but it can also avoid people's eyes, at least there is a background behind him to support, it is more convenient to do things in Luoyang City, in short, don't let others doubt his identity as the son of Yinguo.

The closer they got to Sunset City, Chu Xianzhao's mood slowly became heavy, and when he thought of the flying dragons that swept over his head during the previous battle of Concubine Pass, the picture of the flying dragon spitting out dragon flames from his mouth and burning the Yinguo Iron Horse to iron slag made it difficult for him to listen to Lu Qi's words.

I was also thinking in my heart that after Zhao Song died, would it cause all kinds of unnecessary trouble to Shen Taisui?

Has Ying Liyang gone to Heiyi City now, how much silver taels does it cost to buy an army?

Can they really stand straight between the two monstrous torrents of Yinguo and Qingguo?

Does Daqin's black flag really have a chance to fly above everyone's heads again?

Lu Wei saw that Chu Xianzhao's mood was a little low, and said with a smile and comforting: "After we enter the city, since your identity is the illegitimate son of Lord Shen, then you and I will be commensurate with uncles and nephews, Luoyang City is a real dragon's nest, and please be cautious every step of the way." ”

He knew who Chu Xianzhao was and what kind of things he had done, if his true identity was exposed in Sunset City, it would undoubtedly smash a mountain into the river and sea, and the monstrous waves set off would kill everyone who had come into contact with him, and even he himself would die in this wave.

Lu Wei turned his head to look at the carriage where Shen Huayu was bathing, and could vaguely see the girl's shadow appearing in the paper window, and suddenly smiled: "The Shen family's manor is not very far from my house, if the Shen family doesn't care that you are an illegitimate child, in fact, you can live in the Shen family's manor, after all, Miss Shen will also accompany you." ”

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and smiled, he knew that Shen Huayu had always stayed in his carriage these days, and in Lu Qi's eyes, Shen Huayu should have a leg with him, and the more he couldn't explain this kind of thing.

After thinking for a moment, he asked softly: "Uncle Lu, I feel that the time to go from Guhe City to Sunset is not very long, but I have met a lot of people on the road...... The local territory of Daqing doesn't seem to be very large. ”

Listening to the words of this prince of Yinguo, it seems that he feels that the territory of Qingguo is not as large as that of Yinguo, and after a long time, Lu

He smiled and said: "Yes, the local territory of Qingguo is not very large, because the dragon king Zhao Gongming used dragoons to beat the entire Nanlu Dynasty to the ground, except for Qingguo itself, there is no vassal state that fought to the death and was finally exterminated, all of them surrendered to the feet of Zhao Gongming, and recognized Zhao Gongming as the co-lord of Nanlu, so there was no need for the Zhao royal family to seize land to expand its territory, so it called itself Daqing many years ago." ”

After hearing this, Chu Xianzhao thought to himself that if the Yinguo Iron Cavalry wanted to conquer this land, it would be no less difficult than Yan Mang's, and then asked a question that he had been curious about since the Battle of Concubine Pass: "Uncle Lu, I know very well why only people from the Zhao royal family can ...... Well, how do you say it, why do they have some of the characteristics of dragons...... Can you become half-dragon and half-human?"

Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, and said: "This involves the darkest secret of the Zhao royal family, this secret is only known to a very small number of people, it is not recorded in any historical book, and it has been passed down by word of mouth to the present. ”

Chu Xianzhao was curious: "What kind of secret is so dark?"

Lu Wei patiently explained: " The Zhao royal family claims that their power is given by the dragon god, in fact, it is not the case, the world knows that Zhao Gongming's dragon army is feared by the world, it is said that he found that every time he bathes in dragon blood, the qi in the human body will be harmonized with the dragon's breath, and even has the characteristics of giving birth to scales, so that he can use the breath of nature to resonate with heaven and earth like a flying dragon, he is greedy for the power of the dragon to the place where it cannot be increased, and intends to let his descendants possess this ability forever, so he let some girls drink the dragon's blood, and the two soak in the dragon's blood pool and have sex together*, in the end, the children born to these women were almost all half-human, half-dragon mongrels, some were born covered with scales, and some even tore their mother's belly when they were still pearl fetuses. Zhao Gongming was almost immersed in giving birth to offspring with the ability of flying dragons in his later years, and his energy was exhausted for a while, but in the end, he gave birth to six offspring who had the power of a dragon like him and had normal minds, and finally passed on this power, which made their appearance completely different from normal people, with golden eyes like dragons, and handsome not like the appearance of mortals, which is the origin of their strength. Perhaps my lord, you are the only boy I have ever seen who is more handsome than Zhao Wentian, and your eyes are also of different colors, not the black eyes of most people. ”

After Chu Xianzhao heard this, he only felt a little disgusted and said, "No wonder they are unwilling to disclose such a secret to the world. ”

"After all, there is no army in the Southern Continent that can beat their dragon riders, dragons are not beasts but gods-given things in their eyes, and they naturally cherish the power of the bloodline, and no one can underestimate the power of the bloodline. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Wei shook his head and sighed: "This matter is naturally concealed by the royal family, because it is mixed with the blood of the dragon, which makes their minds and ordinary people a little abnormal, the thousand-year history of the Daqing Dynasty, there are more lustful and irritable kings than the virtuous kings who rule by bowing arches."

There are quite a few, but most emperors look down on anyone in the world in their bones, even a king of the same status as them. ”

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and said, "In my opinion, something that is half dragon and half human is just a mongrel, and if you put on an imperial robe, you really think you are a true dragon emperor?"

"Since the Qin Dynasty, the kings of the world have respected the dragon, and in the era of the Tianxia Dynasty, the kingdoms began to have their own totem banners, but the status of the dragon is still orthodox in the world. ”

This is true, the people think that the emperor is the son of heaven and the incarnation of the dragon, and the Great Qin dragon robe he wears has nine golden dragons on it, and the dragon is still the supreme authority and symbol.

The king's domineering spirit is easy for the people to think of the flying dragon on the top, so they have always believed in their hearts that only the king who is related to the dragon is the real child of destiny, and he is the subject who is prostrate at the feet of the real dragon.

Presumably, the people of Tang Guo who left the court, and the people of Qingguo will always habitually make their voices louder and nostrils when discussing the people of other countries, thinking that they are more noble than them.

It's no wonder that in the battle of Concubine Pass, the annihilation of the whole army of the dragoons was so powerful for their blows, the people of Qingguo were always immersed in the strength of the past, but if the pattern has long changed today, the Qingguo dragoons are no longer the only army that can control the sky, and the Iron Shura Legion of Yinguo can go to the sky and enter the earth, just this is enough to make Zhao Wentian sleep.

Chu Xianzhao suddenly remembered something, shook his head and said: "No wonder he has always secretly established the Iron Shura Legion behind our backs all these years, maybe only by eradicating the Daqing Dragoon can he have a chance to win this war." ”

"Yes, the army rules the land, the sailors rule the sea, the flying dragon rules the sky, and everything under the sky, and for this reason alone, the Tianxia Dynasty does not have an army to control the sky. Lu Wei said: "Absolute power brings absolute domination, which is the reason why the Zhao royal family is rampant and unshaken. ”

"They are not untouchable. Chu Xianzhao said.

Lu Qi reacted at this time, and laughed and said: "I forgot, the birth of the Iron Shura Legion made the Daqing Dynasty feel the horror of this iron-clad divine soldier, and wiped out all the dragoons, presumably from now on, no one dares to say that the world and the underground are under the control of their Zhao family." ”

The rise of the Iron Shura Legion overwhelmed the arrogance of the Daqing Dragoons for the first time, although it only killed dozens of their dragons instead of making them completely disappear into the world, but this was also the first time that the Dragoons were completely suppressed by new things, whether it was for the Yin Kingdom or the princes oppressed by the Zhao royal family, it was a happy situation.

Shen Huayu and Chu Xianzhao rode a white horse together, and the closer they got to Sunset City, the more boring the road became.

Chu Xianzhao hoped to get to a place where he could settle down quickly, the trees on the side of the official road were always the same color, and occasionally he rode alone or several times from himself

He passed by, holding a tall golden dragon flag in his hand.

The dragon flag that was cut off with sword qi by Chu Xian's summoning on the concubine was exactly the same, and the red dragon with teeth and claws was bound in the banner and could never get out, constantly twisting its body, as if struggling, and like flying.

The team walked all the way south.

When the team was resting before, Shen Huayu asked Chu Xianzhao to teach swordsmanship with a dead face, saying that as long as Chu Xianzhao could teach her to become a sword, she would be willing to make a personal promise, which made Chu Xianzhao's scalp numb for a while, and he didn't know whether to teach or not, and finally couldn't resist Shen Huayu, and taught her a few moves to use the sword.

Shen Huayu is very serious in learning, she has a good impression of this premature Yinguo prince, and feels that he will not marry this man in this life, especially after he saved himself from Zhao Song twice, Shen Huayu, who has a delicate and pungent temperament, unconsciously restrained her little temperament in front of him, and when she woke up, she always hoped to see his face at first sight, and after running to his carriage with her hair draped, she looked at him sleeping before her eyes calmed down, and she only felt that she seemed to be hopeless at the beginning of her love, and felt that if she could marry him in this life, he would live a plain life, and there would be no better life than this。

Regarding Shen Huayu's show of love, Chu Xianzhao did not refuse or agree, and naturally had a good relationship with her, after all, he had to rely on Shen Huayu and Lu Wei in order to gain a foothold in Luoyang City for the next few days.

It's not that he doesn't understand Shen Huayu's thoughts, it's just that he is afraid, afraid that Shen Huayu will become the next Zhu Ziwei or Hua Youyue, a person like him with blood and hatred in his hands, what qualifications does he have to make a promise to a girl who is not deeply involved in the world?

But he tilted his head and looked at Shen Huayu hugging his waist behind him, his peach cheeks flushed and his eyes were confused, and there was only sigh left in his heart.

It's finally here.

The team slowly walked forward to a thick outer city wall, Chu Xuanzhao, who was in the carriage with his eyes closed and recuperating, was woken up by Shen Huayu's voice, and was pulled off the carriage by her while rubbing his eyes.

When he opened his eyes and looked up, he saw a huge pale blue wall appear in front of him, this wall seemed to be as high as a floating cloud, and he could catch an eagle with his bare hands on the wall.

This is a city wall that I don't know how high it is, I don't know how wide it is, it is more majestic and tall than the Lin'an City of the Dayin Dynasty, the resting city of the Yanmang Dynasty is more majestic and solemn, and the big red city of the West Dynasty is even more brilliant and amazing.

Chu Xianzhao stared at this Daqing Imperial City with wide eyes, and an indescribable sense of oppression slowly emerged from the bottom of his heart, as if a huge wave that was higher than the sky and wider than the mountain suddenly appeared from the sea, and it would drown you at any time.

Chu Xianzhao looked up at this majestic and majestic Xiongcheng in a daze, he had promised Empress Zhao that he would take the cavalry of the Yin Kingdom all the way to this city

Before, let her Empress Zhao convince herself.

Now he came, but there was no army of iron cavalry behind him.

It's just not for the time being.

At this moment, the clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and the sunlight shone directly, shining brightly on the two large characters carved out of pure gold seals on the city gate.

Sunset.

Known as the largest city in the world!

(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~