When Jinhong walked out of the palace gate, Yanjing City was already brightly lit, Yanshu did not plunge into the pile of folds for the first time, but walked out of the imperial study, and the other three people walked around the palace, reminiscing about the past time together, talking about some interesting things about the year, chatting about the experiences and changes over the years, and unconsciously the day passed like this.

Jin Hong walked on the most prosperous and wide Vermilion Bird Street in Yanjing City, beside Yan Wuji, although Yan Wuji's identity is also a member of the royal family, he and Yan Shuyi are both from the same root, and according to the generation, he should also call the queen mother in the palace aunt, but he did not choose to spend the night in the palace, even if Yan Shuyi repeatedly retained.

In Yan Wuji's heart, although he and Yan Shuyi have a deep relationship, it can be said that they are closer than brothers, but there are still some duties that cannot be overcome, and Yan Wuji is also Yanjing who just arrived today, and he has not returned to Liang Wangfu to see it, so he still chose to leave the palace with Jinhong.

"Over the years, the northwest has been quite bitter, right?" Jin Hong looked at Yan Wuji under the lights, and the vicissitudes in those eyes could make him feel that Yan Wuji had not been easy over there over the years.

Yan Wuji shook his head: "It's not bitter, it's just a little tired." ”

Jinhong lowered his head and thought for a while: "Although I am not in the ranks, I still know a little bit about what soldiers need to face, Brother Wuji, you really ...... Not suitable to stay inside. ”

Yan Wuji's eyes flashed with a smile: "People will change, just like we will all grow up and then slowly grow old." ”

Jin Hong smiled: "That's right!" ”

Then he then asked, "How long can you stay when you come back this time?" ”

"In about five or six days, first put in place the bereavement of the fallen soldiers, and then go to my mother's grave to pay respects, and the rest will be fine." Yan Wuji looked up at the brightly lit street, he didn't really have nostalgia for the prosperity in front of him, but he wanted to protect it.

Jin Hong nodded, neither of them spoke again, they walked side by side, and suddenly Yan Wuji looked up at a lifelike swordsman statue not far away and said, "My father said that this statue has been standing here for thousands of years, do you believe it?" ”

Jin Hong also looked over, it was a huge stone sculpture with a height of 100 zhang, one in the south, east and west, it is said that it was originally separated in the four corners of the old Yanjing City, a swordsman looked, a horse with a gun, a man wearing armor and carrying a knife, and one of the most peculiar, others were holding weapons, but it was holding a book as a book.

Later, Emperor Zhaolie unified the whole country, and Yanjing City also expanded, and now these four statues have been erected in the center of the city, shuttling back and forth in this Yanjing City every day, looking down and looking up, you will see these huge statues, but you have never looked carefully.

Jin Hong smiled: "I don't know, anyway, since the time of the historical records of the Yan Kingdom, these statues are there." ”

"It's a unique scenery in this Yanjing City," Yan Wuji commented.

Liang Wangfu is in Dongcheng District, not far from the palace, walk about two miles along Zhuque Street and turn left, and Anping Junfu is in Beicheng District, so the two parted at the intersection, Jinhong touched the box in his arms, or decided to go to Kong Wensheng's Mansion first.

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Kong Wensheng had finished washing at this time, and sat in the pergola in front of the house to enjoy the coolness, holding the pu fan in his hand and shaking it, looking very comfortable and leisurely.

And at this time, there was no one else in the courtyard where he lived except him, he didn't like other people's service, many times he was alone, and the people of the Confucian Mansion probably knew this habit of their master, so except for delivering food, unless he took the initiative to summon him, no one would enter the courtyard where he lived.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and Kong Wensheng's exception is our Jin Dagongzi, who is familiar with the road all the way, Jin Dagongzi, who is familiar with the road all the way, does not need the subordinates of the Confucian Mansion to guide him, how many times he has been to this Confucian Mansion, even he doesn't remember, anyway, in Yanjing City, except for the Anping Junfu, this Confucian Mansion is the place he is most familiar with.

When I entered the gate of Kong Wensheng's courtyard, I saw Kong Wensheng with a white beard sitting in the pergola in the courtyard, looking intently at a book in his hand, without nodding or shaking his head.

Jin Hong came to Kong Wensheng and sat down, looked at the book, and then looked at Kong Wensheng, only to find that the old Mr. Kong's eyes were closed.

"Hey!" Jin Hong was amazed in his heart, Mr. Kong doesn't even open his eyes when he reads now!

As if knowing what Jin Hong was thinking, Kong Wensheng slowly opened one eye, glanced at Jin Hong, and then closed it again, and at the same time put down the book in his hand.

"It's just a little sleepy!"

Jin Hong glanced at Kong Wensheng, regardless of whether the other party could see it or not, but he had something in his heart, so he didn't joke with Kong Wensheng, so he directly took out the box from his arms and put it in front of Kong Wensheng.

Just when Jinhong took out the box, Kong Wensheng's eyes had already opened, and only after Jinhong put the box down, Kong Wensheng opened it, slowly lifted the silk handkerchief covering the surface, and the corpse of a small red snake was lying quietly inside.

Jin Hong's attention was not on the little red snake, but kept looking at Kong Wensheng, and seeing that Kong Wensheng did not show the surprised expression he expected after opening the box, the question in his heart deepened.

"Sir doesn't seem surprised by the little snake?" Jinhong still couldn't help but ask.

Kong Wensheng replied lightly: "I've seen a lot, what's there to be surprised about." ”

"Sir, do you know the origin of this little snake?" Jinhong was unwilling.

"It's just a monster!"

Hearing this, Jin Hong's face showed a look of "sure enough", but before he could continue to ask, it was Kong Wensheng who spoke first.

"This snake is called the blood line, all of them are females, even if they are adults, they are only half a finger thick, the body of the snake is very fragile, but they can take away their bodies by sucking the essence blood of other creatures, each time they take away, the power of extreme force will be doubled, look at its size, about seven or eight times, right?"

Jin Hong looked at Kong Wensheng with a look of adoration, as if to say, "What else does your old man not know?" ”

Kong Wensheng smiled at Jinhong and said: "I have seen the one who took the house ninety-nine times, but that guy did not fight against me, but fought side by side with her, to be precise, she protected me." ”

Hearing this, Jin Hong looked at Kong Wensheng with a disgusted face, and said in his heart, "You have become a comrade-in-arms with this disgusting guy?

Kong Wensheng smiled lightly, "Everything in the world has its own reason for existence, if there is no seizure, the survivability of the blood line is very low, and for the weak, there is never sympathy and pity, this is the survival rule of the Hidden Cloud Snow Region." ”

"Sure enough! It's from the Hidden Clouds and Snow Region, can you tell me about it? Didn't you say that those 'people' in the Hidden Clouds and Snow Region would not appear in our world? ”

Kong Wensheng looked at Jin Hong with a smile on his face, as if to say, "I knew that your kid was here to ask this." “

"Those 'people' in the Hidden Cloud Snow Domain are not cut to our world, in fact, they are only for the majority, and the guardians of the Four Domains are also so strict with and restrain their own people, but you also know that the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there must be those who are interested in our world, but why they have not appeared in our world on a large scale, this is about the Heavenly Gate at the junction of the two places."

"Heaven's Gate?"

"Yes," Kong Wensheng nodded affirmatively, "The Heavenly Gate is the only passage between the Hidden Cloud Snow Region and our side, and every time there is a war, the Heavenly Gate will become loose, which creates opportunities for those 'people' who covet our world." “

"Why is it that the Heavenly Gate is loosened when there is a war?"

"Because at this time, there will be a lot of people dying on our side, and these unnatural dead resentful spirits will flock to Tianmen, and it will be difficult for Tianmen to withstand such a large-scale impact in a short period of time, so it will naturally become weak."

When Kong Wensheng said this, Jin Hong's mind was thinking about whether there were any disasters and wars across the country in the first year of Jinhui, but he didn't come up with it after turning it over.

Kong Wensheng shook his head, "Although there was no Jinhui in the first year, it was pushed forward by two years......"

Without waiting for Kong Wensheng to finish speaking, Jin Hong suddenly woke up and said: "At that time, it was Yan Youchu's rebellion, no wonder!" No wonder! “

Yan by the Chu rebellion can be said to have swept the entire Yan Empire, at that time Yan by the Chu in the position of the Great Sima, high power, and the great prince, with a very high appeal, half of the country's soldiers and horses are in his hands, at that time Yanxi's Dingzhou, Shuzhou, Zhongzhou, Caizhou soldiers and horses totaled 300,000, all for him Yan by the Chu Horse is the first to look forward, and Yandong's Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Jizhou, Huzhou support the new emperor Yan Youxu, a total of 200,000 troops, Jingzhou and Yuezhou are neutral, as a wall-watch.

Originally, it seemed that Yan Youchu would win the situation, but he suddenly lost without knowing what was going on, and Jin Hong's father Jin Ran also won today's power and status for the Jin family again in this battle.

Yan Youchu Rebellion before and after a total of three years, the two sides before and after the total number of troops invested in the front and back of the 800,000, this is not counting those logistics and some miscellaneous local Yong, and finally after the war subsided, in addition to the Jingyue two states, the military establishment of the remaining eight states is not complete, basically five out of ten, and the two sides of the most fierce battle between the two sides of the Caizhou and Jizhou, its establishment has basically existed in name only.

This is the soul of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, plus the people who died in the war and the local villagers, it is conceivable how many people died in the entire Yan country in the civil strife that year, and on average, the number of people who died every day exceeded 1,000.

There are some things that really can't stand thinking about it, and the more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes, Kong Wensheng sighed and said: "In fact, it is ourselves who attracted these monsters, who can blame this?" “

"But" As soon as the words changed, Kong Wensheng said: "Those who can pass through the Heavenly Gate are ordinary monsters, and those very powerful demons don't say that they don't have that mind, even if they have, they don't dare to cross the Heavenly Gate." “

"Why is that?"

Kong Wensheng pointed to the top, and then to the ground, and said quite seriously: "Heaven and earth have their own laws!" “

"So how do you tell the difference between strong and not?"

Kong Wensheng narrowed his eyes, and finally asked the point!