The two stood quietly in the rain, no one spoke, the rain fell from the sky, wetting the clothes of the two, he Zhang Zeyuan's eyes were full of anger, Chongsi Qing was still so calm and elegant, he picked up the umbrella that was overturned on the ground from the rain, walked to Zhang Zeyuan's side, held up the umbrella for him, and slowly spoke: "I'm sorry, it's me who is not good, you can know what you want to know." ”

Zhang Zeyuan's hand was cold, hidden between his sleeves, clenched into a fist, and raised his right eyebrow evilly: "What?" Don't defend me anymore? ”

"From this moment on...... No, it won't. ”

In the rain, accompanied by dim light, Zhang Zeyuan slowly stretched out his hand, held Chongsiqing's hand, and held the umbrella together, and suddenly, he smiled again: "It's already soaked, why bother holding this." ”

"It's better than nothing." Chongsi Qing slapped Zhang Zeyuan's paws away, and the two people who were soaked under the umbrella walked into the study......

In the study, Chongsiqing told Zhang Zeyuan about "that person".

When Chongsi Qing first wanted to oppose Emperor Mingcheng, he was only thirteen years old. He is the youngest son of the first emperor, born two years before the first emperor died, he had nothing, and he was also an idle prince when he was crowned king in the future, and he did not open up his own mansion for a long time, and still lived in the palace. At that time, Emperor Mingcheng was in his thirties, young and promising. Chongsi Qing had no power in the court, no military power, and lived near the capital, he didn't even have the means to recruit people and train troops on a large scale, so he could only go out to find the remaining armies of the Great Xia Dynasty during the chaotic period.

Zhang Zeyuan listened silently, and always felt that something was wrong, folklore, when Chongsiqing was not named the king of Jing'an, he was the most favored younger brother of Emperor Mingcheng, and he doted on him, even more than his own son. He didn't interject, but listened quietly.

It was an accident that Great Xia was able to unify the whole country, when the Central Plains region was in turmoil, there were three countries vying for power, and the result was that all three were defeated, and then large and small separatist forces emerged, and it was a scuffle. Bactria is a nomadic people in the north, the people are fierce, and the tribes are the unit, each tribe has its own strength, but the whole nation does not have a unified army. The leader of a tribe in Great Xia was eloquent, he originally wanted to take advantage of the melee in the Central Plains to occupy the territory, but he did not expect that the warlords of the Central Plains in order to ensure that they would gain an advantage in the struggle with other warlords, and even abandoned their own northern territories.

Luochen made a quick decision, rented elite soldiers from various tribes, unified the formation, and promised them rich property, Daxia often went to the Central Plains to rob grain and grass, and the rest of the tribes also thought that Luochen was going to the north to loot. In the past few years, the Central Plains has been chaotic, and the life of the people is very sad, even if it is looting, it is difficult to have abundant oil and water. The tribes were secretly laughing at Luochen's actions, but they didn't want Luochen to use this elite army to defeat half of the Central Plains, and then Luochen was stationed in Beijing, constantly buying, and the original elite soldiers of each tribe really became their own army. He took a vast amount of wealth and rewarded it to the tribe that had given him soldiers, promising to divide the territory among them after agreeing to the Central Plains. At the beginning, Luochen only left himself enough money for military expenses, and the rest was given to the tribe, and the young and middle-aged people were continuously collected from the tribe. Seeing that he didn't care about money and goods, the tribes also believed in his promise, and supported him in attacking the Central Plains. But Great Xia itself is barren, how much money can be wanted, there are only cattle, sheep, horses and other materials on the grassland, and those expensive treasures have become the head of the Great Xia nobles when they go out to show off.

After Luochen unified the country, he immediately turned his face and refused to admit his original promise, the tribes felt that they had suffered a loss and wanted to crusade against him, and Luochen remained indifferent. Those who wanted to crusade against him thought that their actions had worked, and they became more and more aggressive, trying to divide the land among the dust. But I don't know that the silence of the dust at the moment is for better eradication. He took to heart the tribes that had opposed him, and then annihilated them in one fell swoop. The goods that had been distributed were returned.

Most of the tribes that did not speak out against the dust were those who were weak and could hardly get a large piece of land even if they divided the land. The dust rewarded them with fields and houses, and arranged idle positions for them.

At this point, the rudiments of the state had not yet been established. During the period of Luochen's lifetime, a unified regime was not established, and Great Xia did not have a history of unified centralization, and it was still being explored. Thirty years after Luochen's death, his descendants began to imitate the Han people and set up an emperor, and the bureaucrats of the central organs were not yet on the right track, there was no system of etiquette and music, no Four Books and Five Classics, no Three Principles and Five Constants, and most of the things still followed the customs of Great Xia.

The campaign that lasted for more than 200 years destroyed the original land of ritual and music, ten cities and nine emptiness, and when the dust attacked the Central Plains, a large-scale slaughter was carried out, and there were not many people left in the Central Plains, and they were powerless to pose a threat to Great Xia. The later ruler of Bactria had a large number of soldiers released, disarmed and returned to the field. In the future, the standing army of Great Xia has not been high, but since there are no large-scale troops in various places, it can be regarded as peaceful.

Chongsiqing knew that the current standing army of Great Xia was only 200,000 people. Chongsi Qing found a team of 100,000 dead soldiers in Nanling. This is a team that has been preserved for more than two hundred years, they live in South Ridge, hide, marry each other, have children, and train the next generation rigorously. At first, Chongsi Qing could not believe that they could remain loyal after more than two hundred years, but later found that they had been charged by an ancient secret technique called "brainwashing".

Their absolute loyalty and obedience to orders are multiplied by the fact that they are carrying out orders from more than 200 years ago. These dead men were trained by a mysterious race, and only those with the bloodline of this race could control them. Knowing this news, Chong Si Qing looked through the surroundings of the dead and found the books left over from the race, which introduced the methods of brainwashing and the methods of controlling the dead. There is also a simple "brainwashing" technique, Chongsi Qing used a simple brainwashing method to train the tattoo troops.

This mysterious race disappeared inexplicably, and there was a blood book mixed in the book, and the blood book was defective, and it only vaguely stated that the remaining bloodline was left in the Beijing area, Chongsi Qing determined the possibility of more than a hundred people according to the above description, and then under two years of screening, twenty people were retained.

Use the blood of the race to "sacrifice" the dead, and the dead can be manipulated.

Zhang Zeyuan pursed his lips: "Then you can just use Xia Jingyu's blood to sacrifice." ”

Chongsi Qing smiled bitterly: "If only it were really that simple." ”

The two sighed at the same time, their strength is so weak, this struggle even has a bit of the smell of eggs touching stones, Zhang Zeyuan looked at Chongsi Qing's side face, in fact, he never understood what reason Chong Si Qing had to rebel.