In the quiet of the night, the huge city was sleeping quietly.

The beacon fire flickered and stretched into the night sky, mixed with the roars of the soldiers, the clashing of weapons, the screams of women, the cries of children, and the chaos of the night, but it did not disturb the tranquility of the city.

As the heart of the world for thousands of years, this city has long been accustomed to the story of the changing banner of the king at the head of the city, and as the residents of the first city in the world, they have long learned when to really "do not see" or "do not listen".

In the darkness of the night, there was a staggered change of the colors of blood and fire, a roar of anger, a cry of despair, a roar of a storm, and a loud tremor that resounded throughout the city.

But everything was still quiet, and even the city defenders, who were supposed to come forward to maintain order, did not know where they went.

When the sky was about to dawn, everything finally came to an end, and from the center of the chaos, a tall figure stepped out proudly, and behind him was the palace room that was still on fire.

Blood dripped all the way behind him, but it didn't come from him. In his right hand, he was holding a head with wide eyes, and his face was angry and frightened, but it was somewhat similar to his appearance.

As he walked along, more and more followers gradually appeared behind him, and the man strode forward, and in front of him was a palace that was taller and more majestic than the place where it was burned by night.

Breaking through the pass, the man threw his head on the ground, ignoring the huddled officials around him, and ignoring the iron-blue yellow robe crown on the front of the hall.

Of course, there are also characters who can still stand calmly, but they all seem to be outside: there are high-crowned Confucian robes in the literary class, there are towering giants in Wulieli taking the lead, and there are also black-clothed old eunuchs in the palace, holding a dust, closing their eyes and saying nothing, there is no joy or sorrow on the faces of the three people, no matter how they look at it, they are not suppressed by that person, but they have no intention of challenging this person.

So for a while, the emperor on the palace finally succumbed, in the long sigh, there was a left and right forward edict, in an instant, the emperor held the seal to see, there was still hesitation, but it was already taken away by someone who took the seal, and used it in the edict, so it was a volume, and went straight out of the palace.

The Ninefold Edict surrendered, and the army, which had been quiet all along, finally moved and soon surrounded a large mansion in the north of the city.

In the house, there is already a panic, there are those who cry and grab the ground, some who curse with their teeth, some who sit in a puddle of wine and still take small mouths, and those who have red eyes and ignore the eyes around them in the daytime*, it is a scene of the future.

In the inner room, the scene is different: there are those who cry silently, those who cry with their heads, those who throw rings, those who drink doves, and some people who just cry in front of them. If you go behind the back, you will work hard in the mirror, and there are all kinds of things, and so on.

When I went inside, there was a large bedroom, very expensive to decorate, and for a while it could still maintain a quiet and order that was not in harmony with the outside, and a woman in palace clothes sat at the table, looking calm, but her eyes were always anxious.

The woman was holding a baby in her arms, and it was the season when she didn't know what was going on, and she was babbling in her mouth, grabbing her hands and feet, and laughing so unhappily.

At the sound of footsteps, a man in civilian clothes suddenly pushed the door in, and when he saw the woman, he fell to the ground, and tears flowed from his eyes.

The woman forced a laugh and helped the man up—the man unbuttoned his chest clothes, and in the middle was a baby, but his mouth was gagged, and his face was red, but he wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry.

The woman looked down at the baby in her arms, and suddenly burst into tears, but she wiped it dry with her sleeve, changed the two babies, and took the baby brought by the man back to the table and sat down, looking as usual, and saying nothing.

The man did not speak any more, and knocked his head three times in succession, and blood burst from his forehead, so he took the baby to his chest and withdrew. All the way to the road, after a while, he had withdrawn from the outside of the mansion, walked a few steps diagonally, and easily took out the cloak from the darkness - in the blink of an eye, he was already a majestic general, and saw many soldiers in front of him in formation, one by one, without squinting, the water around the mansion was impassable. The baby seemed to be amused, and curled up in his arms, without a single cry.

(The child's appearance is somewhat familiar...) ）

Just as he was thinking about it, everything in front of Yun Chongbo suddenly began to collapse: human faces, mansions, soldiers and flames, and even the huge and ancient city, everything began to crumble, entangled into chaos that occupied the entire field of vision.

In the chaos, Ma Fubo's face emerged.

"Chongbo, the second uncle is really leaving, what will happen in the future..."

The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, and gradually he couldn't hear clearly, Yun Chongbo couldn't help but become anxious, and stretched out his hand to the front.

"Second uncle, don't go..."

One action of hard work, sure enough, caught something, and then, it was indistinct, as if from a long distance the same cheer:

"Wake up, he's finally awake!"

With this cheer, Chaos shrank inward at a rapid speed, and Ma Fubo's face was also torn apart, changing into an indescribable strange shape, and spinning towards the center of Chaos.

"Rush..."

The quieter the voice, Yun Chongbo's consciousness gradually recovered, and he began to understand that he was lying in a bright and warm room, and the hand he was holding did not belong to Ma Fubo, who had already passed away, but Xiao Wenshuang, who was anxious.

"I passed out outside the city, was picked up by you, and then I have been unconscious, sleeping until now..."

"Exactly."

Although she looked anxious before, as Yun Chongbo gradually became sober and able to sit up and speak, Xiao Wenshuang regained her usual calmness and indifference, and whispered to Yun Chongbo's inquiry.

"So, last night's incident is not a dream, the second uncle he does..."

This sentence didn't get an answer, but there was no need for an answer, silently, Yun Chongbo got out of bed with his body propped up—but his legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, only to feel pain all over his body, and his bones seemed to be about to crack.

Rejecting Xiao Wenshuang's support, and ignoring Xiaoyin's concern, Yun Chongbo supported himself to the table, sat down heavily, and suddenly said: "Wenshuang, Xiaoyin... Can you go out for a while? ”

…

After about a cup of tea, Yun Chongbo came out with a tired face and bent down slightly towards Xiao Wenshuang.

"I'm sorry to smell the frost and worry you."

Yun Chongbo suddenly had this sentence, Xiao Wenshuang only felt that all kinds of flavors were intertwined, and he couldn't speak for a while, he froze for a while, but he only bowed slightly, and said, "Childe's words are serious." There was a small sound on the side, but there was no abnormality on the face.

…

"In the night, because the attacks on the three sides were not successful, the Xiang people collected their troops and withdrew?"

has basically returned to normal, Yun Chongbo wiped his face with a hot hand towel, and asked Xiao Wenshuang about the changes in everything that happened in the city at night, but Xiaoyin was no longer there: Fang Cai didn't know what to remember, said a few words vaguely, and walked away.

"Yes."

Ma Fubo fell, Yun Chongbo fell into a coma, Zhao Feiya Xiao Wenshuang rushed out of the city to rescue, and Jin Luonao also seemed to feel that there was no hope of breaking the city, so he didn't make any more trouble, and directly led the troops to withdraw: he did act like a famous general, and he said he would leave, and when it was dawn, half of the people in the city were gone.

"Evacuated..."

Without showing a look of surprise or joy, Yun Chongbo looked at his hands a little dullly, and said, "It's time to go." ”

"Didn't you say that last time? For the city of Yihe, you can attack for a maximum of six days, and if you can't take it, you have to retreat. ”

"Today is the sixth day."

Since waking up, Yun Chongbo has been speaking in a strange tone, slower than usual, and seems very empty, as if it has come from a long distance, with an echo in between, sounding almost no vitality at all, which makes people very uncomfortable.

"Childe..."

was extremely worried, but Xiao Wenshuang didn't know how to explain it, so she could only sit with him silently, and Yun Chongbo suddenly asked again: "What about Brother Zhao?" Fang knew that Zhao Feiya was still not at ease, so he took more than ten of his subordinates out of the city to inspect the whereabouts of Xiang Ren.

"Yes, after all, it's Brother Zhao..."

Indifferently, Yun Chong Bodao:

"I heard that Xiang Ren had withdrawn from the army, and I only felt happy so far now, and I didn't think that there might be a fraudulent retreat..."

Xiao Wenshuang saw that the more he talked, the more strange it became, and he didn't know how to interrupt, Meng Keli remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Childe, the king of people came to see you once in the morning, and said..."After a moment's hesitation, Fang said: "The martial arts you used at night are still quite flawed, I'm afraid it's not good for your health, you'd better not use it indiscriminately..." He wondered, "You know? ”

Yun Chongbo's expression was indifferent, and he said: "Since it is something related to me, of course there is a problem, of course, it will go wrong at a critical moment... Hasn't it always been like this? ”

His voice was getting smaller and quieter at this time, and Xiao Wenshuang only felt a chill, and he was choked by the words on his lips.

Suddenly, an extremely deep voice said: "Self-abandonment, self-contempt... If the appearance of the immortal is spread outside, won't it teach the people of the world to be cold? ”

Yun Chongbo's spirit suddenly perked up, and he said sharply: "Who?" Seeing that the wall in front of him trembled, rippling like a lake, a tall Taoist Shi Shiran stepped in, ignoring Xiao Wenshuang, only arching his hand to Yun Chongbo, and said: "Taiping Yuqing, see the immortal." ”

He said "see", but there was no half of respect in his demeanor, as if he was sarcastic, and Yun Chongbo somehow had a nameless fire in his heart. Yuqing was unconscious, stared at him closely, and suddenly said, "Greedy wolf, can you avoid it?" Xiao Wenshuang hesitated, and finally withdrew silently, and glanced at Yun Chongbo before going out, with an extremely complicated expression.

Yuqing didn't move, his face was as pale, and after Xiao Wenshuang withdrew, he said slowly: "The immortal seems to be in a bad mood?" Seeing Yun Chongbo nodding his head, he suddenly had an angry face on his face, and said, "Is the strength of the immortal really limited to this?" Saying that the right hand was raised, in the air void grasped, has pinched out a flame, and slapped Yun Chongbo in the face, the technique is extremely fierce, Yun Chongbo was suddenly startled, the body leaned back sharply, the right hand has already grabbed the tabletop, lifted up, blocked the fire, only to listen to the "hiss" for a while, has been burned to nothing, Yun Chongbo has slowed down, has retreated away, grabbed the right hand towel to wipe the face, the force shakes, early solidification as a knife, wipe the fire split, the fire is actually self-divided into two, two sides of the attack, the situation is more dangerous, Yun Chongbo was helpless, threw out the hand towel, ripped the bed sheet with his backhand, shouted angrily, split his hand to cover, covered the fireball, twisted and pumped with both hands, and "pounced" with a sound, in the green smoke, the list was burned to a thousand holes, but the fireball was finally strangled.

Yun Chongbo was horrified, and he knew that "Taiping Sanqing" really had to be famous: you must know that although he had destroyed the fireball just now, Yuqing had always stood by and watched, and if he really made a flanking attack, it would be difficult for him to think about it.

But seeing Yuqing's hands applauding lightly, he said, "Very good, after all, he is not an immortal." ”

Looking at the clouds and waves, Yuqing said proudly: "With one blow, I have used the eighth level of mana, although the Taiping Dao is large, there are not more than 100 people who can avoid it, and there are at most 30 people who can be destroyed head-on, and if it is a person who is powerless...", he said slowly: "... You're still the first. ”

He also said: "Although your uncles are all fierce generals, even if they join forces, it will be difficult for them to survive under my hands. ”

The corners of Yun Chongbo's mouth twitched, but he didn't speak, only heard Yuqing say slowly: "The immortal has passed the weak crown this year, right?" Seeing Yun Chongbo nodding, he said: "Yuqing is rude, please guess the immortal, how much is Yuqing's teeth?" Yun Chongbo was curious, seeing that Yuqing's hair was like thick ink, his face was like a baby, and the true immortals were also like characters, but he also knew that people in the Dao Sect often had the art of rejuvenating their faces, so he said: "Can a real person be in his early fifties?" Yuqing bowed his head slightly and said, "It's four out of fifty." ”

And he said, "The immortal seems to have a lot of things that he is not satisfied with? There was still a strange smell in his voice, which made Yun Chongbo extremely uncomfortable, but he couldn't tell where he was.

After a slight pause, seeing that Yun Chongbo did not answer, Yuqing said slowly: "But do you want to know if the immortal wants to know, what is Yuqing's past?" ”

Looking at Yun Chongbo, with a look of disdain and anger mixed with disdain, Yuqing said slowly: "The immortal is not satisfied now, because you 'only' have the eighth level of power, but when Yuqing was twenty years old, he had just comprehended the true meaning of the sixth level of power, and he felt very lucky, because among the three hundred fellow sects who entered the Dao with me, there were also a total of three people who had entered the realm this way. ”

While whispering and pacing slowly in the room, Yuqing's voice sounded very distant, almost in a trance.

"The immortal is sad now, because your second uncle has just died, but when Yuqing was twenty years old, ten years have already passed without any relatives, and I feel very lucky, because, in the village where I grew up, a plague killed most of the people in the village, and even after I had been taken away from the village for a long time, I still couldn't believe that I had survived."

"The undead are now depressed because you feel inferior to others... Hey, it's true that among today's young people, there are indeed many people who are stronger than the undead, but do the undead know who those are? ”

"Among them, there is the only wise monk recognized by Shakyamuni; There is a Confucian who was given the name of 'Yan Hui' by King Wen himself, the head of the seventy-one disciples of the Lieqiu Sect; Jiao Tu among the nine dragon generals of the Ao family, it is said that he has practiced the four-style dragon fist, which is the first among the dragon generals; Zhang Yuanhe has a custom with his own disciples, and was once allowed to be given the title of 'Dragon and Tiger' by the Taoist master; the greedy wolf is now above you, and the nine heavens in the 'Eight Deceits of the Divine Plate' are not inferior to her; the two princes with the surname of the emperor today are said to be the elite of the time... These people are believed to be above the undead. ”

"But, do you know who these people are?"

"After the emperor's family, the famous brother is a tall brother, and the wealthy family is young and strong... Since childhood, these people have received the best education, laid the best foundation, since they can remember, they have lost the right to move freely, everything has been included in a carefully arranged plan, to carry out the arrangements of others step by step, in the middle, they have to go through countless tests and elimination, any failure, will cut off the road ahead of them. ”

"This kind of smelting is not one out of ten, not one out of a hundred, but one out of a thousand or even ten thousand, and if this range is expanded, there are more than a million of their peers in the whole world, but there are only a dozen people who can go to their place."

"The pride of the sky... Behind that glory, how much pay? But, immortal, what about you, what have you done to get to where you are today? What have you ever taken the initiative to do, what have you pursued, what have you been to get to where you are today? ”

The direct questioning, pressing step by step, made Yun Chongbo's face suddenly turn red, but he was really speechless.

Looking at him coldly, Yuqing said: "Immortal, you are deeply troubled and even angry, how lucky you are, don't you really understand?" ”

He had never been questioned and scorned like this, Yun Chongbo only felt that his chest was depressed and abnormal, but after thinking about it carefully, what Yuqing said, how could there be half a lie?

I have never gotten anything by "paying", Hu Li Hu has become an immortal, Hu Li has been loyal to Xiao Wenshuang, and Hu Li has been able to break through again and again... Hu Li has come to this day, but he suddenly realized that he has "fought for" something?

The first time I looked at myself like this, the first time I seriously thought about myself, how lucky was I?

Crossing the sea, the eighth level of power... For myself a year ago, all of these are things that I don't even think about, even if it's the person in front of me, and now this person who is despising himself, but... Bitter, Yun Chongbo told himself that there are countless heroes in the world, and how many of them are qualified to make Yu Qingzhen, one of the supreme leaders of Taiping Dao, despise him?

Even if your current strength is more often like a joke, even if your so-called strength can't save the person you want to save, and you can't let yourself get the respect you want, but if you go back to the place you started, what qualifications do you have to get this kind of power?

(Hey, is that what it looks like...) ）

Suddenly I felt extremely absurd, I wanted to laugh, but I didn't know if I should cry more, and I faintly tasted some things that he didn't say in his unclear speech and demeanor. After being stunned for a while, Yun Chongbo suddenly asked an inexplicable sentence:

"So, real person, you don't really believe in anything about the undead, do you?"

Obviously surprised by this question, he looked at Yun Chongbo silently for a while, and Yuqing Fang said slowly: "Yuqing wants to ask the immortal first." ”

"In your mind, what exactly is the so-called 'Taiping'?"

With a word, Yun Chongbo was speechless.

What is "Taiping"? Yun Chongbo almost never seriously thought about this issue, and he never thought about whether it was necessary to think about it.

Anyway, as long as everything is related to "Taiping", there will be Xiao Wenshuang to tell him the answer, isn't it?

Suddenly, sweat trickled down Yun Chongbo's back, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

I tried hard to say at least one or two sentences of complete examination, but my heart became more and more confused, and I was startled, and Fang found that Yuqing's gaze was becoming more and more blazing when he looked at him.

"So, immortal, let me tell you, what is the 'peace' in Yuqing's heart, okay?"

The voice became distant and empty, and without looking at Yun Chongbo again, Yuqing walked through the house and said slowly: "The immortal... You have always been sad about your father's and uncle's misfortune, but you should always know that they are all over the middle of life, they are all people who have made a name for themselves, they used to be vermilion, and they used to be beautiful. ”

"The meat they have eaten may be more than many families have eaten for generations, and most of the meat they have worn is... No, it's something that the vast majority of people will never see in their lifetime, they, they died in the prime of life... However, do you know that for three thousand years, under the rule of the emperor, how old can a man in Daxia live on average? ”

Seeing Yun Chongbo shaking his head blankly, Yu Qing smiled coldly and said: "If there is no war for a hundred and ten years, the wind and rain are smooth for more than ten years, there is no epidemic, and there are no floods and locusts, then the man can hope to live fifty years, and if he catches up with the year of great disasters and chaos, hum..."

With a snarky smile, Yuqing said: "Even the age of not being confused is also a luxury, so what kind of sixtieth is it?" ”

"Yuqing was born in the mountains of Mingzhou, although the village is not big, there are more than 100 families, but a epidemic, nineteen deaths, among those dead people, to say the least, there are thirty percent younger than the immortal... When they were facing death, when they finally realized that they could not be saved, what did they say and do, do you want to know the immortal? ”

His voice was still gentle, but it gradually became more powerful, which made Yun Chongbo begin to be a little sluggish, and he didn't know how to answer, but Yuqing seemed to have stopped paying attention to him and began to immerse himself in his own statement.

"But I can't describe it, because it's not something that can be described in any language or words, and no one can imagine what it looks like except for the immersive one."

"Walking well, a person suddenly fell down and died, and that person you are very familiar with, and may even be your relatives, a person, a very strong person, lying on the bed, a little bit of weight loss, eyes more and more desperate, in the end only more than fifty pounds left, hands and feet are shrunk, even if the illness is better, it is impossible to walk and live again, but he still did not give up, a pair of eyes have been looking out, staring blankly, although the eyes have been muddy like dirty water, nothing can be seen, But he still looked outside, kept looking..."

"Hey."

"But do you know how they died? They didn't have to die, the epidemic that year was not new, there were already good medicines and methods, but we couldn't afford it, because there were some smart merchants who found signs of the epidemic in the spring, so they hoarded all the herbs and added them to a very high price, a price that we couldn't afford at all. ”

"There are some people who try to rob it, but they all fail, because the government is protecting the pharmacy and protecting those who are said to be making money with their own judgment and capital."

"There are also people who have begged pharmacists, but they have also failed, not because they can't afford the medicine, but because, it is said that people who have the money to buy medicine will not pay for it."

"There are also kind-hearted Taoist temples in the middle who gave up medicine, but they were quickly arrested by the government, because..."Showing a sarcastic smile again, Yuqing said: "The government said that the more times like this, the more we must beware of the demon people to confuse the foolish people and cause chaos. ”

"Do you know how I survived? It is said that because of my special constitution, the disease did not work on me, but the result was worse, and people began to want to kill me, want to eat my flesh, drink my blood, and legend has it, so that I will not get sick. ”

With a weird smile, Yuqing said: "Of course, I survived in the end, and was taken away by the Taiping Daoists who were passing by and on the run, but the entire village where I was born, and those villages around us, it seems that only three or five people survived. ”

"Since then, I have known that I will follow Taiping Tao for the rest of my life. Because I once begged the government for help, but no one helped me, and the people of Taiping Dao themselves were on the run, but they still saved me. ”

"What is 'peace' to me?" 'Taiping' is the day when everyone can live enough for him to live, whether he is strong or weak, 'Taiping'...'Taiping' is that I can always walk on the road with peace of mind, without worrying about whether I will be eaten. ”

Saying this, Yuqing seemed to remember something, looked at Yun Chongbo, and showed an almost distorted smile.

"But, you know what? When I fled to the point where I couldn't escape, I never complained about why I had such attractive flesh and blood, I didn't complain about why I couldn't get sick, and my only hope at that time was that they would kill me before eating me. ”

"I really don't want to be eaten alive."

Feeling that the hair all over his body was succumbing, Yun Chongbo said in a low voice: "So, you don't believe in any 'immortal' at all, right?" ”

For the first time since the conversation just started, there was a fire in his eyes, and Yuqing said, "That's right! ”

"This is also the biggest disagreement between me and Shangqing!"

"I never believed in you, you who were like dreaming and gaining strength overnight, you for no reason. Suddenly you can be our leader, the one who will make us die for your sake! Do you know what peace is? Do you have the determination to gamble everything for it? ”

"God... It is said that you are all demigods who have existed since the creation of the world, but I, Yuqing, do not believe in gods... At least, he never believed in a well-meaning God. ”

"If you are gods, what have you been doing for 3,000 years? Why can't we put an end to suffering? Why? ”

"God... God never understood man's thoughts, God never understood man's suffering, so God cannot save the world, only man can save the world. ”

In my ears, every sentence seemed to be a scolding of myself, and every sentence seemed to be contempt, Yun Chongbo was sweating all over his body, but he felt speechless, but there seemed to be 100,000 waves in his chest, rising and falling.

The right hand was moving almost meaninglessly, touching the sea around his waist and holding it tightly, but it suddenly bulleted open, as if grasping on a soldering iron, the range of action was so great that he almost brought himself to the ground, and even the basin rack on the side was knocked over, and half a basin of water was spilled on his head, a shot of great embarrassment.

but not wiped.

didn't make any moves, Yun Chongbo sat on the ground in a daze, letting the water slowly flow from his face to his body, without saying a word.

Then there was a clear and unusually clear laughter, which seemed to have great determination, rose from the room, so that everyone could hear it clearly.

An hour later, north of Yihe City.

"But, Childe..."

In the face of Xiao Wenshuang's desire to speak, Yun Chongbo smiled calmly, that smile was very different from the morning warp, as if it had been incinerated by ice water or fire, removing the dust and even scaling on it, revealing a faint sharpness.

"Don't say anything, Wenshuang, aren't you going to do something big this time? Don't overthink it, just concentrate on what's next. ”

"Trust me once, okay?"

…

Obviously, she was not convinced, but in the end, Xiao Wenshuang silently stepped back and showed her obedience.

"Hmm."

Putting away his smile, Yun Chongbo respectfully bent down to the person standing beside Xiao Wenshuang and said, "Thank you for mentioning it." "I was already being held up.

Compared with the morning, Yuqing now has a lot more respect, and he helped Yun Chongbo up, and he said: "Yuqing was rude in the morning." ”

"No, it's not."

Shaking his head, Yun Chongbo said, "It's the real person who woke me up, otherwise, I may never know what I should do." ”

"Perhaps, I will always be just a burden to Wenshuang, and I will never be able to become the person I really want to be."

"So, I should thank you, please don't be polite anymore." As he spoke, Yun Chongbo had bowed down again, and it seemed that his words had an effect, and this time, Yuqing did not stop him again. After he finished saluting, he got up and said, "But, does it really matter if you put this thing here with me?" ”

In Yuqing's left hand, it was the sea, looking at the thing that would almost completely change his fate, looking at the thing that once made him extremely important, Yun Chongbo just smiled heartily.

"As you said, what am I before I met the sea?"

"Now I really don't deserve to have the sea, so it's more appropriate to put it in your hands than to follow me."

When Yun Chongbo said this, Lu Hai seemed to be conscious, and began to vibrate slowly, seeping out a blue faint light, seeing this, Yun Chongbo smiled, stretched out his hand, and pressed on the sea.

"But I'm not giving it up."

"The sea is a good knife, a good knife should be sheathed, and I... I'm not good enough to include it right now. ”

"So I wanted to be separated from it for a while, to travel a little, to think about it, to see something."

"When I know what I want 'Taiping', when I feel that I can already pick up this knife, I will come back, come back and take it, and fight with you, and now..."

Bending down again, Yun Chongbo said softly, "Please give me up for the time being." ”

Looking at him, Yuqing suddenly said: "I admire the strength and determination of the immortals, but there are some things that I still need to say first. ”

"Although I don't believe it, but the immortal is the spiritual sustenance of my Taiping Dao, and it can't be wasted like this, so I will release the wind below, saying that you are just a cover, a disguise thrown by the Shangqing people in order to protect the real immortals, as for the real immortals, they were discovered by the Shangqing many years ago and collected by their side, and carefully cultivated..."

Without changing his face, Yun Chongbo smiled and said, "I have no opinion." ”

"Actually, I've always felt that Wenshuang is a more suitable candidate than me."

After staring at the clouds and waves for a long time, Yuqing suddenly fell to the ground and said: "Yuqing bids farewell to the immortal, and is thirsty for the time of reunion." Without saying anything else, he turned around and walked away with Xiao Wenshuang.

Half an hour later, Yihe South Gate.

"Virtuous nephew, virtuous nephew, what the hell are you going to do?"

"Less nonsense! Didn't you say it, let's go to Qingzhou, didn't you say that you were familiar with the land over there? ”

"However, it's just been peaceful here, you should at least wait until the uncle helps a few more people before leaving, and besides, you haven't made it clear how to calculate the money for our food, accommodation and travel along the way..."

"That said, you still want me to tell the Blackwater people in the city that you are the guy worth a thousand taels of silver?!"

Ignoring the crying Hua Shengrong, Yun Chongbo forcibly kicked him on the horse's back, pulling the horse's reins with one hand, and then smiled at Xiaoyin: "So, have you decided to follow Brother Zhao back to the Central Plains?" Seeing Xiaoyin nodding, he smiled again: "Indeed, he is more reliable, and you will suffer less on the road." He arched his hand and said, "I won't wait for Brother Zhao to come back, you can help me tell him, thank you." Then he turned over and got on his horse and drove Hua Shengrong away. Only a small voice was left, standing silently in the wind, and I didn't know what I was thinking, and it took a long time before I spit out a sentence, as if cursing.

"This old fox..."

With this vague voice, Liuchi Lei appeared ghostly and said, "Sister, why did you let him go?" ”

Smiling slightly, Liufeng said: "What if you don't let him go?" ”

"Yuqing, this old fox... Although it is true that he separates the greedy wolf and the undead, at the same time, he also awakens the heart of the undead and awakens something that is very annoying, very nasty. ”

"This boy looks like he's about to become a man..."

Laughed suddenly: "But what I promised him, I can't do it, have you put everything away?" Seeing that Liulei nodded, he said, "Then let's go, the sooner the better." ”

Liuchi Leiqi said: "It's so tight, why?" Liufeng smiled lazily and said, "Don't you understand?" He said, "This place will soon be a sea of fire!" ”

After that, there has been no words, the two of them had no luggage, not for a while, has turned into a business traveler, from the east gate of Yihe out, when going out, the wind stopped the car again, down, looked up and down the city, Fang silently got into the car, said: "Let's go", but the words were hidden in the heart.

(Such a means, such a arrangement, second cousin, you are really ruthless...) ）

Within half a day, almost all important people left Yihe. Therefore, when the historians or scribes came to record the aftermath, they could only hear one voice, although their records were different in detail and different praises and disapprovals based on their different starting points and emphases, but in general, what they were talking about was actually the same meaning.

Kaijing Book. In the "Chronicle of the Ancestors", it is said like this: "(Emperor) Imperial Horse rode for six days, nine defeats, but it, then summoned all the gentry Yanle, it was night, there was a change of elbows, and the city could not be defended." ”

As for the book "Tongjian", it is stated as: "... Attack and defend a hundred ends, each with its own ability, (defend) nine but Yi ride, and then finally lost inside, so know the way to defend the land, the first should be the absolute internal change. ”

Different from the history books that focus on recording historical events or the gains and losses of managing affairs, "Mr. Yijiu's Travels" has this feeling: "... Today's Yihe, the four cities have been abandoned for a hundred years, and then see the caress of it, you can still imagine the strength of the past: the six warehouses are half decadent, but also better than the storage of Dayi, the grass at the head of the city grows, there are still thousands of people on the platform, according to the city look, see people as ants, the city hole is deep, a pill can be blocked, but just a pawn to make trouble, a guard careless, that is, overnight and fall, there are thousands of families crying, ten thousand bereavement, although now thinking about it, still feel painful! ”

Later, he criticized: "Therefore, those who know that they are not of my race will not be able to believe in their hearts." ”

However, in the "Yihe Zhi", which has the greatest interest in this incident, there is the most detailed account.

“… After six days, Xiang people reversed, (Emperor Xiang first) led the light cavalry to chase it, near the night is to return, so the banquet generals and gentry, drink the night, do not mean that there is anyone who is against him, sneak open the north gate, Xiang people return, is into the city, fortunately the emperor Xiang first led the crowd to fight to the death, fierce fight to the Ming, Yi is gone, and then the six warehouses are burned. ”

Throughout the history of Great Xia, the attack and defense of a city like this has been staged for more than a million years, and it has stopped in the fifty years before and after this, and this kind of battle between the two sides with a total strength of less than 10,000 is also numerous, and it is difficult to describe it all, in fact, if it were not for the appearance of Emperor Xiangxian and Jin Luonao, the two names that have been recorded in the annals of history since then, maybe, even this kind of record will not be preserved.

… That's all.

From such words, it is difficult to read how many people fell under the sword or fire at that time, and it is even more difficult to read the fear and panic of the people at that time, even though this is really a small soldier battle that is not worth mentioning in the history books, but for those who lost their relatives or lives forever in this battle, this is a heavier and more important memory than all history.

… Moreover, in such writing, it is impossible to read the whole of history.

According to the records of the local chronicles, after the sky turned bright and the Xiang people retreated, the emperor first "did not have time to dismantle the armor, sympathized with the people, and ordered the opening of the warehouses to take the remnants of the grain people." "But, in fact, before the Xiang people retreated and the emperor comforted the people first, there was an episode in Yihe City that no historian knew about.

“… You, you'd better give me an explanation. ”

"The facts are all in sight, father... What more explanation would you want? ”

For the few generals who knew about Wang Siqian's existence, it was a strange thing why he didn't come to his aid before night, and in the end, they had to explain to themselves that this was already an "unfathomable" giant, probably like "General Xiao", "General Yun" and others, thinking that the battle was over, and left the city during the day.

There is only one person who knows that he is still here, and now, this person is standing silently, but without the slightest feeling of weakness in front of Wang Siqian.

"Using my promise to restrain me from taking action to stop Xiang Ren's destruction of the city, this kind of thing can only make me more convinced that Xiang Ren's return is not premeditated, and it is not the Heishui people who really sacrificed the door..."

Keeping an eye on Emperor Xiangxian, Wang Siqian said the conclusion that if it fell into the ears of any Yihe people, there would be thunder:

“… You who went out of the city during the day did not drive but invited the Xiang people, and it was you who invited them to come back to attack Yihe. ”

Faced with such a conclusion, Emperor Xiang just nodded, still looking calm.

"I don't make any excuses for this, because what you say is the truth, father-in-law."

"Xiang Renjing has given up, if I hadn't chased after me to keep them, they wouldn't have come back, and of course the people who betrayed the city weren't the Blackwater people, just a guy who was left there by my men as a substitute for the dead."

In the cold voice, there was no wavering at all, Emperor Xiang first faced Wang Siqian's anger with a cold and strong attitude, and in his speech and demeanor, there was no sign that he "cared" at all.

Looking at him, Wang Siqian suddenly said, "I've known you since I was very young, right?" Seeing Emperor Xiang nodded silently, he continued: "I have always liked you more than Mu Feng, although Mu Feng is gentler than you, and he is more outstanding in literary affairs, although you always despise those ancient knowledge and rules, and often obviously do not know etiquette, but I always feel that you are a person who can do great things, and you are also a person who is more frank than Mu Feng." ”

Bowing slightly, Emperor Xiang said first: "The love and cultivation of the righteous father, like the first to understand." ”

Without waiting for Wang Siqian to continue, he said: "As for all this, this will be explained to the righteous father first... But, father-in-law, how much do you already know? ”

Wang Siqian frowned and said, "You say." ”

Emperor Xiang saluted again, and said: "This battle of Yihe seems to be a blitzkrieg attack by Xiangren's elite soldiers on the rear of Jinzhou, but in his bones, it is the brothers within the Wanyan family who covet the wall, right?" ”

Wang Siqian said: "Yes." ”

Emperor Xiangxian's eyes lit up and said, "Although the leader of the Xiang people did not admit this, he did not deny it either, and at the same time, he also promised me that after he broke the city, he would only attack Liucang and would not kill the people indiscriminately. ”

Wang Siqian said coldly: "I know this. After a pause, he added, "If not, I would have already shot at night." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "It's clear that Xiang Ren was attracted by Guigu Fulong, and the purpose was to destroy the grain reserves in his rear openly, and use this as an excuse to deal with the subordinates left by Wanyan Qianjun in the rear to monitor the grain road, and he also has a back, which can ensure that the situation will not collapse due to the defeat of Wanyan Qianjun... But what does all this have to do with you? ”

"I can recognize that you defended the city in order to accumulate fame and experience with your subordinates, but I can't understand that you are trying to leave a comment like 'rash and negligent' in the annals of history in the future, and you also want to become the plan of Fulong in the Ghost Valley... Or have you always had an unknown connection with each other? ”

After being stunned for a moment, Emperor Xiangxian suddenly raised his voice and laughed, and said, "Father-in-law, do you really think that I will be such a thoughtful person?!" ”

Looking at him, Wang Siqian's expression gradually relaxed, and he shook his head and said, "No, you're not." ”

"In terms of temperament, you and Guigu Fulong should be mutually disgusted, and it is difficult for you to have a common foundation if you want to cooperate... But that doesn't mean you won't cooperate. ”

Emperor Xiangxian's eyes flickered and said, "Oh? ”

"Father-in-law, why don't you say anything?"

Wang Siqian said coldly: "Because you do have what each other needs." ”

"You need forces outside the forbidden army system, and he needs the recognition of orthodoxy from the imperial capital, only such a consensus... Hey, in the history books, there are also records of cooperation that seems even more impossible. ”

But he said, "But, I still don't think so, so I want to hear your explanation." ”

Emperor Xiang first showed a look of gratitude, bowed to the ground, and said, "Father Xie knows me." ”

He said: "Actually, you are not wrong, father-in-law, I came to Jinzhou to find 'forces outside the forbidden army system'. ”

Wang Siqian frowned and said, "So what...", suddenly his voice froze, and said: "Do you have the heart to move inward?!" "I was shocked in my words!

Emperor Xiangxian looked calm, bowed and said, "Exactly." ”

In a trance, he has regained his calmness, Wang Siqian's eyes are peaceful as if they are two unfathomable ancient pools, muttering in his mouth, and then ignoring the emperor Xiangxian.

"Yes, you have your own fiefdom in Sangzhou, with mountains and acres for dozens of miles, and there are rivers, which are enough for farming, and can accommodate 100,000 households, and with your status, of course, you can easily make these people get the 'identity' of resettlement in the mainland."

"Tun soldiers, their predecessors were soldiers or bandits, and in this place of riding and shooting for several generations, and the Central Plains farmers are very different, strong and like Hu, but they have always promised" Zhengxia ", they all have the heart of thirst for the Central Plains, take them home, and give them the capital to survive, you are equivalent to having a private army, and it is also a soldier who can cultivate and harvest by itself... Very good. ”

"But if you want to take them back east, you must have enough food, and in Yihe City, there is enough food to eat all the way..."

Suddenly, he said, "So, the reason why I kept it first and then sent it was because I told you something?" ”

Emperor Xiang said first: "Yes." ”

"Actually, my original intention was to let my subordinates infiltrate the garrison after holding this city, stir up their dissatisfaction with the Blackwater people, and cause a riot, and when the Blackwater soldiers couldn't help but suppress it, I would intervene again, show my identity and force the Blackwater people to open a warehouse to compensate for the losses of the people, and after the matter was out of control, naturally someone would come forward and ask me to lead the people back to Xia... However, your hint gave me a better choice. ”

"When I found out that the people didn't really destroy the granary, and when I found that only the periphery was burned and at least more than seventy percent of the grain was still hidden under the ashes, I finally understood one thing: the whole incident that happened in Yihe was actually just a hoax."

"The besiegers don't really want to attack, the defenders don't really want to defend the city, and the ones who burn grain only want to burn their skins..."

Wang Siqian suddenly said coldly: "... Those who protect the people only want to kill the people, right? ”

His tone was extremely heavy, and he choked the emperor elephant first, froze for a moment, and suddenly said: "The elephant prophet is wrong." Wang Siqian sighed and said gloomily: "That's it." He added: "Glory and wealth are dyed with blood, and the bones of the holy king's name and monarch are cast... In ancient times, who is the so-called famous king, I just hope that when you want to act like this in the future, think more about those people who died in vain, okay? ”

Emperor Xiang said solemnly: "The elephant knows first." ”

Wang Siqian looked up at the sky behind his back and muttered, "So, you changed your original plan." Under the guise of using the Blackwater people. ”

"The city is broken, the warehouse is burned, your people naturally control everything, no one will know how much food is left in the warehouse, gently and skillfully, you will eat the whole Yihe, so you can take the sheep by hand... But, have you ever thought that the food in this is the back of the Guigu Fulong, if the front of the army is really ruined, but because of the loss of the supply here and at a loss... How to deal with this consequence? ”

Emperor Xiang Xian said: "Xiang Xian was also worried about this matter, but Xiang Xian thought that those who dared and could arrange such a big chess game would not only take the grain that depended on whether Xiang Ren could keep his promise as the final capital, and..." ”

Staring at Emperor Xiangxian for a long time, but he was speechless, Wang Siqian finally said: "So, you have confidence in the following things?" ”

Emperor Xiang said first: "Exactly." "It's still a little bit of a win.

Wang Siqian sighed lightly, but said, "We, indeed, are old..."

Left, a few words of non-existent speech, coiled in the wind, echoing in the ears of Emperor Xiangxian.

(However, like Xiangxian, you'd better remember that the ancient art of war is no stronger than the darkness, but how many people who used the dark art of war can get a good death...) ）

(Remember, one day, you will have to be like a knife to history...) ）

On March 28, the 11th year of Emperor Shaojing, the Battle of Yihe finally ended.

… At the same time, this is also the beginning of the decline of Yihe City.

On the same day, rumors spread in the city, saying that because the six warehouses were burned, the generals who defended the city and Heishui could not escape the death penalty unless they could restore the warehouses. It is also known that the Black Water Army has made a plan, and after the people disperse, they will search all the townships, and return to the public to hide and return to the public.

So the crowd was in an uproar.

On that day, there was an order in the house, saying that the siege of the city had been lifted, and the people should return to their place. Only the hearts of the people are shaken, and they all gather to discuss, but there is no one to do.

In the afternoon, there was another order, teaching the people to do it, and those who did not obey were chased away.

Later, there was chaos in the south of the city, and the black sailors were pressed to the bullet, but they were beaten by the chaotic people, and the people reunited in front of the house and did not disperse.

There are soldiers out, with swords and bows to suppress it, and there are hundreds of dead and wounded in an instant, and the city is a little peaceful, but some people come out of the crowd and shout, and the chaos is restored, and the big rooms and mansions in the city are destroyed.

At this time, Zhao Feiyajun, who had always refused to act on the grounds that "the city has its own people, and he does not dare to overstep his bounds", finally intervened.

Like lightning, they disarmed the Blackwater Army with the slogan of "Anmin", and at the same time, they also appeased the angry masses, and then, Zhao Feiya Fang stood at the front, facing the people who were in a state of flux, announcing that they could no longer bear to let them go on like this, and even declared their identity, telling them that they had their own fiefdoms in Sangzhou, so that the cultivators could have their own fields, and even ordered his subordinates to count the warehouses and return all the remaining grain to the trouble, for the purpose of all the way.

Nearly late, the Wanyan Family's Tiefutu army finally arrived from Qingyuan, but when they knew who was here, they didn't dare to take any action, and the time back was an order from Qingyuan to end it all.

Said: Congratulations to the emperor to return to the east, for all needs, there must be no mistakes.

… So much for.