On the afternoon of February 15, in the border town north of the Star Altar -

Miaotong pushed open the fence gate in front of a house and walked into the courtyard, a little girl aged eleven or twelve heard the movement, jumped out of the house, and greeted Miaotong excitedly:

"Sister Miaotong, you're here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Xiaomeng, is Brother Shu's health better?" Miaotong smiled and took the little girl's hand and said.

"He's in a much better spirits, and I'm talking to him and telling him jokes. But sister, you're here, and we'll have another story to hear. Xiaomeng and Miaotong walked into the house side by side, and then walked to the room where Shu You was recuperating.

"Miss Miaotong. Shu You lay on the bed and nodded slightly to Miaotong.

"Sister, tell me quickly, what is happening?" Xiaomeng is full of curiosity about things outside the town, and every time Miaotong comes over, she has to pester.

Miaotong only smiled at this, sat down at the table with Xiaomeng, and said:

"Previously, Orange Flame Villa led the crowd to attack the Star Altar, but after more than a month, it still couldn't advance a bit, so it withdrew. Recently, the Star Altar was taken advantage of by the Night Kingdom to lead the army, and the Star Altar Lord led his subordinates to try to recapture the Star Altar, but the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was also a futile effort. When someone from the Orange Flame Villa heard this, they made a lot of nonsense and ridiculed the Star Altar, and the Star Altar Lord turned his gun in anger and besieged the Orange Flame Villa, which was not far away. At the beginning, Xingtan was probably annoyed and angry, and just wanted to take a breath, not wanting to be empty at this moment, only two of the four masters were guarding the villa, plus the terrain around the villa was flat, and there were many families in the village, and the situation of the defense of the orange flame villa was very passive. Under the siege of the Star Altar Venerable Lord and the two sect masters Fu Huan and You Wanqing, Liao Wei, the owner of the Orange Flame Villa, had no choice but to fight and retreat to protect his family and evacuate to the Tuoba family's territory to seek refuge. In order to delay the pace of the Star Altar's pursuit, the two masters of the villa were killed and injured. The feud between the Star Altar and the Orange Flame Villa can be said to be getting deeper and deeper. ”

"If the people of Orange Flame Villa have the Tuoba family as their backers, and there is no way forward and behind the Star Altar, won't it be dangerous?" In the process of Miaotong's narration, Shu You has been listening quietly, while Xiaomeng asks questions from time to time.

"Yes, the Star Lord is also aware of this. Therefore, when the Night Kingdom sent Sima Jiang Yan Pei to talk to the Star Altar, the Star Altar Lord did not refuse to leave the door, but put aside the hostility, and the two talked for a long time. ”

"What are they talking about?" asked Meng again.

"The Star Altar originally came from the Night Country, and the Night Army sent troops to the Star Altar this time, ostensibly to report the resentment of the Star Altar when they sat and watched the power struggle of the Night Country and stayed out of the matter, but in fact, it was to take the opportunity to win over the Star Altar to return to the Night Country for the use of Emperor Luo. Because the Night Country has not been quiet recently, there is an inexplicable force targeting Emperor Liu's cronies, and Emperor Luo needs the helper of the Star Altar to guard against and deter. ”

"Then the Star Altar Lord and Emperor Lu will definitely come to an agreement. ”

"There's no other way than that, after all, it's a situation that's good for both sides. ”

"But why did the two masters of Orange Flame Villa leave the villa at this time?"

"Liao Chen, the second young master of Orange Flame Villa, was very affectionate to Shang Ke'er, the cousin of the fourth prince Xiuyao, and took people to Yidu to deal with the second prince Xiuyuan, but because the two of them leaked their whereabouts, they were killed by the people of the second prince on the spot, and only Liao Chen fled back to the fourth prince's mansion. When Miao Tong mentioned the fourth prince Xiuyao, she unconsciously glanced at Shu You, and she suddenly didn't know how to speak for the next bad news.

Shu You saw that Miaotong had concerns, and he roughly understood in his heart, he intended to support Xiaomeng, so he said:

"Today on the fifteenth, didn't you say in the morning that you want to eat dumplings tonight, and now it's time to prepare noodles. ”

"Really, I almost forgot. Xiao Meng stuck out her tongue, looked at Miaotong and said, "Sister, you can stay and eat with us at night." ”

"Okay. ”

"Then I'll mix the noodles and prepare the stuffing. You talk to the big brother first. ”

"It's hard work. ”

After Xiaomeng walked out of the house, Shu You was silent for a moment and said:

"The fourth prince did such a thing, and my father must have known it in his heart, but Ning'er should always stop it. Then, what happened to Yidu? You don't have to worry about me, just say it. ”

Miao Tong beat a drum in her heart, no matter how clever the language is, she can't hide the pain when she learns the facts. With a ruthless heart, Miao Tong simply said without pause:

"One thing you don't know, the fourth princess is seriously ill, the imperial doctor is helpless, and she has passed away for many days. After Mrs. Shu and the third prince returned to Yidu, they should have learned the news. Two days ago, Emperor Jing ordered people to mix poison in the wine of the palace banquet, gave all the concubines to death, and he also drank poisoned wine and died. Then yesterday, Hengguo waved his army straight into Yidu, Shu Taifu, the third prince and the fourth prince were defeated, abandoned the city and fled, and the second prince also covered the retreat of the second princess and the mother-in-law Princess Jing, and the two sides do not know where to hide. The country of Yi is really destroyed, and it can only be divided by the countries. ”

After listening to what Miao Tong said, Shu You looked at the void silently for a while, and then suddenly wanted to sit up, but fell back to the bed weakly.

"Don't move. Miao Tong hurriedly stood up, stepped forward to support Shu You and said, "I know you are sad, but it is important for you to take care of your injuries first, otherwise you won't even be able to climb back to Yidu." ”

"By the time three months have passed, it's too late. Shu You suppressed the grief in his heart and said in a dumb voice, "If I knew this was the case, you might as well not save me, so I don't have to face all this." Anyway, there are enemies between us. ”

Miao Tong was unscrupulous about Shu You's urgency, although she could understand, she still couldn't help but sting her heart. She took two steps back, her expression was neither sad nor joyful, and she said in a soft voice:

"Yes, I've told so much about the Star Altar and the Night Country, you have already guessed where I came from. Why should I be such a bad guy with a bad name? ”

Shu You came to his senses at this time, and suddenly felt a little apologetic in his heart, but he didn't have much contact with women, and he didn't know how to apologize, his lips moved, and he just said:

"That's not what I meant. ”

"With Xiaomeng taking care of you, I won't bother you in the future. When you're healed, take care of yourself. Miao Tong said, and was about to turn around and leave.

It was as if something had been suddenly withdrawn from Shu You's heart, and he didn't have time to think, he reached out and grabbed Miaotong's hand, and said:

"I've lost a lot, can you please not go. ”

Miaotong was shocked in her heart, and suddenly felt that all her anger had disappeared, she turned her head to meet Shu You's gaze and nodded lightly.

Shu You felt that his breathing was smooth again, and he saw that he was still holding Miaotong's hand, so he quickly let go of his hand, took his hand back little by little, and said with a different look:

"It's me who is too abrupt. ”

"Don't you care who I am?" asked Miaotong.

"I'm already a person who has lost my identity, so why care about the identity of others. I only know that the person standing in front of me at the moment is Miaotong, and that's enough. Shu You looked at Miao Tong again, and his eyes were full of sincerity.

A smile immediately appeared in Miaotong's eyes, and after a pause, she said again:

"You are recuperating here, do you need to find a way to inform Mrs. Shu and the third son?"

"In this special period, my father will definitely not abandon the four princes. But with Hull's personality, he'll come out to find me alone, and if you can find him, you can lure him over. ”

"Hmm. Leave it to me, and you can rest assured. ”

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At the beginning of March of the year of Renyin, the king of Mingjun Helian Bin and the head of the Tuoba family Tuoba Xian officially divided the land and lived, took the left half of the word "Bin" of Helian Bin, and the left half of the word "dedication" of Tuoba Xian, combined into the word "Nan", and established a new country in the name of this. Helian Bin was the founding monarch of the Nan Kingdom, called Kaiser.

Moge and Orange Flame Villa were merged into the Nan State, and the border of the Nan State can be roughly determined according to this. Taking this as an opportunity, the Nan State, the Wei State, the Lonely State, the Heng State, and the Night State jointly discussed and redivided the borders of the five countries, and each of the five countries included part of the territory of the original Yi State.

At this point, the chaotic fighting that lasted for two years basically subsided, and the five countries adopted a policy of rest and recuperation, and the people regained a peaceful life.

The only turbulent factor was that Xiu Yao, the former fourth prince of Yi State, and the forces of the General Gang flowed in the south and infiltrated the two countries of Gu and Heng.

Xiu Yao, who pretended to have the edict of Emperor Jing and was registered as the crown prince of Yi State in danger, often led the remnants of the remnants to stir up trouble between the two countries, and assassinated his former opponent several times, Qi Fan, the commander of Hengguo Light Car. Fortunately, Qi Fan had Chan'er's subordinates Shen Xiao, Tang Yin and others to protect him, so that Xiuyao's plan was all frustrated.

However, at the same time, Shen Xiao was chased and killed by the Star Altar because of her defection from the Star Altar, and she avoided it several times, which was not a long-term solution.

The lonely country used the manpower of Juxu Village to protect the invasion from Xiuyao in the east.

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The U.S. lost the post-war second only to the Yi state, and almost half of the territory was erased from the map. Although the northern tribes located north of Helianjia were not explicitly included in the territory of the Nan State, in essence, except for the stronger Qiangbei and Qiangnan tribes, the rest of the tribes did not have the strength to resist the Nan State.

At the same time, the conspiration of the eldest prince and the fourth prince Chen to cause the death of the third prince Ge Sheng was also a big blow to the sixty-four-year-old emperor.

On this day, all the ministers in the royal court gathered in the big tent to debate the merits and demerits of the four princes. For the sake of objectivity and impartiality, no one in the royal family is included in the accounts.

"Have you forgotten that it was the expedition of the four princes who stopped the horse's hooves from the lonely country going north. If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, not to mention the territory of the Yi Kingdom that our country has been allocated today, even our defense in the south has already been defeated. A minister who admired the four princes said sonorously.

"Your Majesty, of course the ministers don't dare to deny the great military exploits of the four princes, but the four princes deceived the king and pretended to be the little prince of Nanying in front, and killed his brother and killed His Royal Highness the Third Prince, how can such an unkind and unrighteous person be innocent and appeased. His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is also difficult to escape responsibility. An opposing minister then said.

"His Royal Highness the Four Princes have been assassinated since he was a child, and he has been floating outside for many years, and it is common in the world to return with hatred. The four princes are just clear grievances and excessive behavior, and they are worthy of the country and the people. Another minister stepped forward and said.

"In this way, if the fifth prince kills the fourth prince to avenge His Royal Highness the third prince, is it also a clear grudge and excessive behavior?" the other minister then refused to give an inch.

"To say that the three princes were guilty of guilt, it was because of the misconduct of the three princes that they indirectly contributed to the arbitrariness of the Helian family and made him establish himself as the emperor, and it was the emperor who did not blame the three princes for the relationship between father and son, otherwise the three princes would not necessarily die at the hands of the four princes. ”

"What do you mean by this? Are you saying that the four princes punished the unworthy sons for the emperor, and the royal court should still be grateful to the four princes?"

"The four princes are sorry for one person, and they are worthy of the world. The emperor has long been measured in his heart. ”

"It is the principle of heaven to pay for life by killing, and the prince who violates the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and this principle can work wherever he goes. ”

"That's enough!" said Marshal Feng Dan, who was in charge of the infantry battalion, "You are like people in the market who are noisy, but you have taken the emperor in your eyes." Everything is up to the emperor's decision. ”

The atmosphere among the ministers was still tense, but the words suddenly calmed down, and everyone looked at Emperor Xian, hoping that Emperor Xian would give his opinion. Emperor Xian was already remorseful for losing half of the country that his ancestors had beaten down, and when he heard that everyone was arguing fiercely about the four princes, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his heart, and his face turned pale in an instant, and the person immediately fainted on the chair, and his body was shaky.

"Your Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Imperial Doctor Xuan, hurry!" the ministers hurriedly surrounded him.