Dawn replaces darkness, and a new day finally arrives.

When the first ray of light illuminated the eastern sky, the door of the Xiao family's mansion also opened, and Xiao Zhuo watched his father leave the mansion gate and rush to the palace, and he also walked to the road to Yuwen Mansion.

About half an hour later, in front of Chu Xiuyuan, another place in Luoyang City, a group of graceful young women also walked out. These women slowly hurried to the palace under the escort of the soldiers, and some of them were overjoyed, as if they thought of the sight of their own family scenery that was loved by thousands of people; Others are a little depressed, as if they know that they will no longer be free, but they are unable to do anything about it. others, just involuntarily follow others, as if they are at a loss for their future fate; There was only one woman who behaved very specially, she kept looking around as soon as she came out of the door of Chu Xiuyuan, as if she was waiting for someone to arrive.

Finally she waited!

Da-da! A series of horses' hooves came, and the woman's face was happy, and then she looked at the place where the sound came from, but saw a man with a silver gun coming on a masked horse, although she couldn't see the man's appearance, the woman still walked out of the crowd excitedly and ran towards the masked man. When the nurse soldier saw this, he hurried to stop it, but was blocked by a flying shot from a masked man on horseback, and the silver spear was nailed into the ground in front of the soldier, buzzing and trembling, so frightened that the soldier was stunned in place. And the owner of the silver spear also jumped at this time, and then his body bent downward, put his arm around the woman's waist, and then carried the woman on the horse's back, and then pulled the silver spear with one hand, and galloped westward. However, as soon as he walked a few feet away, suddenly a group of soldiers with shields and swords appeared in front of them, and before the masked men arrived, they quickly lined up in two rows to block the way.

"Bold maniac, how can you be presumptuous at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and you will be arrested without restraint!" The leader of the general shouted loudly, and the masked man stopped moving.

"Brother Cheng, what should I do?" Although the woman knew that the masked man would come to save her today, she was just a rich lady, where had she seen this kind of battle, and when she saw the swords and armor in front of her, she was a little panicked for a while.

"Come behind me!" The masked man stabbed his silver spear into the ground, quickly hugged the woman behind him, and sneered at the officer: "Rather eat three dou Ai, than Qu Tugai!" Since I have met it, I will also learn if it is in vain! After the masked man finished speaking, he pulled the reins of the horse with his left hand, but when he heard a long neighing from the horse, he rushed towards Qutugai.

"Hold me tight, close your eyes, I won't let you open it, don't open it!" After the masked man finished speaking, he flicked the silver spear and stabbed it at Qu Tugai.

"Since you know my name, you dare to commit murder here!" Qu Tugai saw the masked man coming, but he moved to the right unhurriedly before killing. Because he saw that the masked man was killing from his right side, if he rushed directly to kill him, then after the two of them clashed once, the two horses galloped due to dislocation, and the other party could leave him and directly attack the rear shields. And there are only two layers of shield soldiers in the rear, if the other party is not an ordinary person, the two layers of shield soldiers may not be able to stop it at all.

The two horses galloped forward, and the two on horseback were even more-for-tat, and when they finally met, Qu Tugai picked up the silver spear stabbed by the other party, and then urgently reined in the horse's reins, and the other party actually pulled the horse's reins at the same time as him, avoiding the collision of the two horses, and also avoiding the disadvantage of being below, which shows that he is also a person who has fought on the battlefield.

The two horses neighed at the same time, their front hooves raised high, and when they were halfway down, Qu Tugai slashed out head-on, and the masked man wanted to avoid it, but he thought that there was someone behind him, so he had to set up a silver gun and block it. Then the body of the gun slanted, unloading the momentum of Qu Tugai's long knife, the long knife slid to the side with the body of the gun, Qu Tugai was eager to stop, and the masked man's right hand avoided the blade and grabbed the gun again, and then stabbed three shots in a row. A shot stabbed Qutugai in the heart, but fortunately, Qutugai reacted quickly and dodged; The other shot slashed at Qutugai's neck, who, though he dodged it, had half of his beard cut off; The last shot was in the middle of the helmet between Qutugai's eyebrows, only to hear a clear sound, Qutugai's helmet fell to the ground, and the man also dismounted with the saddle.

Three Shots of Broken Souls! The people of Peiping Province! Qutugai was terrified, for he had seen this trick before. At that time, he followed the backer king Yang Lin to crusade against Luo Yi, and saw with his own eyes that Luo Yi almost killed Yang Lin with this trick, and now he saw someone using this trick on himself, how could he not be frightened, and at the same time, he couldn't help but doubt the identity of the other party.

Seeing that Qu Tugai was defeated on the ground, the masked man did not take the opportunity to attack, but just glanced at Qu Tugai coldly, and then rode his horse towards the outer shield soldiers to break through. The horses were about to rush to the shieldmen, but they saw a silver spear, and the masked man stabbed the upper end of one of the shields. With the help of the impact of the horse and the bulge on the edge of the shield, and the fact that the spear was not pierced in the middle of the shield, the shield soldier was caught off guard and the shield was picked off by the masked man. Seeing that the gap had been opened, the masked man rode his horse and galloped past the second shield soldier towards the west gate.

"Archer prepare!" Seeing the masked man standing out of the encirclement, a soldier immediately organized an archer to shoot him, but he was stopped by Qu Tugai, "Don't shoot, the other party's identity is suspicious, you go to the palace and Yuwen Mansion quickly, go and ask General Yuwen to come over, and I will drag him down." After Qutugai finished his order, he picked up his helmet and chased after him again.

And the moment before the incident in front of Chu Xiuyuan, Xiao Zhuo had also come to the door of Yuwen Mansion.

"Are you General Yuwen back?" Xiao Zhuo asked the doorkeeper, but the doorkeeper replied: "General Yuwen changed guards with General Linghu last night, and he has to pay an extra night guard, and now he should be on the way back, if Xiao Gongzi is not in a hurry, he can go to the study and wait for him first." ”

Xiao Zhuo followed his subordinates to Yuwen Chengdu's study, and as soon as he finished drinking a cup of tea, he saw that the sword hanging on the wall of the study was trembling slightly, and there was a burst of suspicion in his heart. Xiao Zhuo has seen this phenomenon, seven years ago on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, before Yuwen Chengdu met the majestic sea, this sword trembled. According to Yuwen Chengdu, this sword is a gift from the emperor, but Yuwen Cheng is not used to the sword, so he has been hanging it in the study, and every time Yuwen Cheng is going to meet a strong enemy, this sword will tremble to warn. But what about the trembling of the sword now?

Xiao Zhuo stepped forward and looked at the sword, only then did he notice that on the sword grid, it turned out to be a pattern of Kun. Xiao Zhuo stretched out his hand and took off the sword, but he didn't expect the sword body to tremble even more. At this time, Yuwen Chengdu also came back, Xiao Zhuo took the sword and handed it to Yuwen Chengdu, and said, "Your sword has moved again." Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, he only heard a choking body, and the sword actually popped out of the scabbard by itself, and when the sword body was exposed, Xiao Zhuo saw that above the sword body, under the sword grid, the word "汍" flashed.

Ground! That's not ...... Xiao Zhuozheng was surprised, Yuwen Chengdu had already spoken: "It seems that this sword is really related to you, I haven't been able to pull it out for so many years, you touched it and actually unsheathed it by itself!" Well, if you like it, I'll give it to you, it's useless for me to keep it anyway. ”

"Thank you brother for your kindness, then I will be disrespectful! But I heard you say that this sword was given to you by the emperor, did the emperor tell you the origin of this sword? Although Xiao Zhuo happily returned to his hands, he wanted to understand why Di Zhuo was in the hands of the former emperor.

"The emperor didn't tell me." Yuwen Chengdu saw that Xiao Zhuo was obviously a little disappointed when he heard this, so he smiled and added: "But my grandfather told me that the first emperor was already in power at that time, and everyone under the account persuaded the first emperor to accept the title of emperor, but the first emperor hesitated. One night, the Emperor suddenly dreamed that he was bitten by a snake on the shore of the lake and wounded his left hand. The emperor was shocked, and when he was at a loss, a white-haired old man with a sword walked out of the lake, and the old man saw the emperor's injury, and without saying a word, he drew his sword and cut off the emperor's left hand. After the emperor woke up, he asked his cronies what was the solution to this dream? Everyone said that it was a bad omen, but my grandfather said that this dream was a single fist, and it was a sign of monopolizing power, so he strongly persuaded the first emperor to be called the emperor by Zen. The first emperor said that the things in the dream could not be taken seriously, and he still hesitated, but my grandfather said that it was true or false, and he would know it when he dreamed of the white-haired old man. So the emperor said the appearance of the lake in his dreams and asked everyone to look for it, and when they reached the lake, they found this sword, and the emperor was willing to accept Zen to ascend the throne. ”

"Oh! I see! Xiao Zhuo suddenly realized. This life is the sixth reincarnation of him and Yuan Tiangang, and he happened to be born in the first year of Kaihuang. It's a white-haired old man again, and the emperor has a dream at night, and I'm afraid all this is the masterpiece of my master!

"By the way, did you have something to do with me so early? If it's okay, I'll rest first, last night's changing of the guard, I'm sleepy! Yuwen Chengdu said, reaching out to untie his armor.

"I'm here to discuss with you about going into the palace to paint, I didn't paint six years ago! Now I think it's okay and want to try again. But I can't easily enter the palace without an official or position, and my father doesn't have time to worry about me now, so I can only trouble you. ”

"Alright, you!" Yuwen Cheng stopped halfway through, looked at Xiao Zhuo for a long time before he spoke: "I think it's fake that you entered the palace to paint, and it's true to go to your aunt to intercede for Lord Xiao!" However, Lord Xiao is loyal and filial, and I have always admired him, and I will help with this favor. ”

Xiao Zhuo hurriedly got up and thanked him again and prepared to leave, but when he was about to leave, he saw a servant hurriedly walk in and said to Yuwen Chengdu: "General! General Qu Tugai, the patrol department, sent someone to ask, saying that he asked the general to help capture the thieves! ”

After hearing this, Yuwen Cheng hurriedly beckoned Xiao Zhuo to help him put on his battle armor, and then rushed to the west of the city together. At this time, there was also a war of words going on in the palace.

"Your Majesty!" Among the ministers, Yu Wenhua was independent of the ministers, and said to the Son of Heaven in the palace: "Goguryeo has been going through hundreds of years since the Han Dynasty, during which it has continuously annexed neighboring countries, and now it is indispensable. During the reign of the first emperor, Goguryeo secretly colluded with the Turks to covet the Central Plains. Now Goguryeo does not obey the etiquette of the vassal and has repeatedly invaded the neighboring countries of our Great Sui Domain, which is really hateful, and it should be taken the opportunity to exterminate it to set an example! ”

At this time, one of the courtiers on the left walked out, Yu Wenhua and looked at it, sure enough, it was Xiao Yu, only to hear Xiao Yu finish saluting the saint, and said: "Enlighten the saint!" What Goguryeo did is certainly hateful, but my Great Sui is now a national strength is empty, all industries are withered, once the war starts, it will be a few months, more than a few years, the people have just come out of the swamp of labor, and into the quagmire of beacon fire, if the people's minds change, then my Great Sui is in danger! Now, when the people's livelihood is the priority, the country is strengthened, and the Eastern Crusade can be postponed for a while. Look to the saints! ”

"Lord Xiao's words are wrong!" Yu Wenhua and the interface said: "The people's hearts have become real because the law is not strict, and if the punishment is severe, the people will not dare to disobey." Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, Your Majesty wants to expand the territory, and all the people should look forward to it, but those who disobey the order should be punished according to the law! ”

Yu Wenhua and just finished speaking, another person came out of the group of ministers on the left, Yu Wenhua and a look, it turned out to be Cui Yu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, only to hear Cui Yu said: "Your Majesty, I can hear what Lord Yuwen said, and the minister has something to say." ”

"Cui Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say."

With the consent of the Son of Heaven, Cui Yu faced Yu Wenhua and said: "Lord Yuwen, I just listened to what you said, the people's hearts have changed because the law is not strict, but Lord Yuwen can know that strict laws can make the people fear and follow, and can also make the people afraid and chaotic!" At the time of the Warring States Period, the seven kingdoms stood side by side, but the Qin State was strong by law. However, the Qin law was strict and strict, and the people were afraid of it, which caused Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to be afraid of crime and rebel, and it was also because of the fear of the Qin law that responders from all over the country sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the Great Qin Sheji was overwhelmed. It is the following officials who believe that today's plan is not to strictly rule the people, but to be lenient and appeased! After Cui Yu finished speaking, he returned to his position. Although he did not say that he supported Xiao Yu on the surface, the meaning of his remarks could be understood by all the ministers.

"Master Cui! The destruction of Qiang Qin was due to the lack of planning of the second emperor and the chaos of the eunuchs, resulting in no strong soldiers in the country and no unscrupulous generals in the court. If the soldiers are strong, even if the world is chaotic, they can be killed! If the soldiers are sluggish, the country is still difficult to consolidate, why are the civilians chaotic? After Yu Wenhua finished speaking, he saw another person walking out of the generals on the right, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, and asked: "General Qu Tutong, you are from the army, do you want to argue here?" ”

Qu Tutong saluted slightly: "Lord Xiangguo, Qu Tutong is a martial artist and is not good at speech. After speaking, Qu Tutong took out another piece of music and said: "It was the following officials who drafted a piece of music last night, and if Your Majesty allows it, the ministers can recite it here." ”

Yang Guanggao sat on top of the Ming Hall, although his heart was full of anger, he still had to endure it. After all, the Eastern Crusade is a major event, and no matter how much he insists, he has to surrender to everyone first.

"Read!"

Under the order of Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, Qu Tutong opened the recital and read: "Knowing that Your Majesty has been sleepless all night because of the Eastern Crusade, the minister is very distracted. But the matter of the Eastern Crusade, the minister still thought it was inappropriate. Throughout the past dynasties, all of them are the first to be inside, and then the outside of the map, less than three dynasties and two emperors, and more than five dynasties and seven generations, as strong as the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, all of them have been painstakingly lonely for many years, and there is no hegemony of the ancients before Fang Kai. However, although the Great Sui had this foundation, it had been fundamentally injured by years of forced labor, and at the time when the people's livelihood was recovering, the Eastern Crusade should be delayed. Although the country is strong, the belligerent will perish! Although the country is prosperous, it will decline after a long war! I hope Your Majesty will see it! When the people and the country are rich, His Majesty's order will be issued again, and the ministers will rate the soldiers of the Great Sui to repay the country with death! ”