On January 1, 578 AD, the emperor of the Northern Qi Empire issued an edict announcing his abdication, and at the same time passed on the prince to be happy. As soon as this news came out, everyone was in an uproar, and the opposition from the court was like a tide, but Tang Yong, as the prime minister, did not say a word from beginning to end.

Since ancient times, the first emperor is still alive, and there are very few things for the new emperor to succeed to the throne, and most of them are forced by the new emperor, so they have to do it as a last resort. However, Gao Changgong is in the prime of life, his prestige is very high, and he is happy and filial piety, which is why everyone is so shocked by this matter.

Although there were many opponents in the DPRK and China, Gao Changgong's decision could not be changed, and everyone could only choose to accept it. However, some conservatives in the DPRK and China were worried and trembling, and they vaguely understood that the reason for Gao Changgong's abdication was to allow Gao Changgong to carry out a comprehensive reform of the Northern Qi.

To everyone's surprise, after ascending the throne, Yue did not immediately make drastic reforms, but methodically carried out the reorganization and training of the army and actively prepared for war to counter the upcoming Triple Alliance. The people of Qi also knew that the Zhou State might bring troops to attack again, and they were immediately indignant, and for a time set off an upsurge of military enlistment in various parts of Northern Qi.

The second thing after happily ascending the throne is to build roads, from Hezhou to Yangzhou, from Jinyang to Dongyongzhou, these two roads will be paved with cement. In this regard, no one in the DPRK and China objected, after all, everyone understood the significance of building the road happily, not to mention that most of the road builders were Turks who were happy to be captured.

Time passed slowly, winter went to spring, but whether it was the people of Qi or Zhou and Chen, they could feel the slaughter and suppression of the approaching war, but compared to the high morale of the people of Northern Qi, the people of Zhou and Chen seemed a little slack, and even worried.

The two successive defeats and heavy losses have made the people of Zhou lose confidence, especially after Yu Wenyun ascended the throne, he was inactive and incompetent, which disappointed the court and the civil and military forces, and made the people confused.

"Your Majesty, Lord Ye Jing asks to see you!" Xiao Ling's cold voice came.

Rubbing his somewhat groggy brows, he raised his head happily and said, "Let him in!" Only when he is really in this position, can he understand Gao Changgong's hard work, especially at this time, when the Northern Qi Dynasty is in ruins, and will face a big war, and the affairs are even more complicated, even if he is happy with energy, he feels tired.

"Ye Jin see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Ye Jin entered the imperial study, fell to the ground, and said loudly.

"No courtesy, flat!"

"Emperor Xie!" Ye Jin straightened up, but his body was half-arched, and he didn't dare to look up at Xingxing, looking very restrained.

Looking at his appearance, he couldn't help but sigh happily, thinking that when he was in Xuyi, he still talked with him in detail, which was very pleasant, but now the higher the status, the greater the gap between them.

It's cold in the heights!

sighed again, happily restrained the look on his face, looked at Ye Jing and said, "Ye Aiqing, how are you preparing for the road construction?" ”

"Back to the emperor, everything is carried out according to your orders, in addition to 100,000 Turkic slaves, there are still 300,000 people, it is estimated that it will only take three months to complete two roads!"

"Good!" Happy chin said: "Although the Turkic prisoners of war are slaves, you must not abuse them, these people will be of use to me in the future." Also, there must not be the slightest difference in the wages of the people, if anyone has the idea to hit this, you must severely punish and never tolerate it, otherwise I will not blame me! ”

Ye Jing's heart suddenly sank, and he said respectfully: "Weichen understands that he will live up to the emperor's trust!" ”

"Okay, you and I have known each other for many years, I don't have to worry about you doing things, let's go!" Nodding happily and smiling.

"Boom—"

Ye Jing said goodbye and was about to turn around and leave, when the earth suddenly shook violently, making Ye Jing stumble and almost fall to the ground, and then there was a deafening roar from afar, and the imperial study was even more trembling, and a lot of dust fell from the dome. It only took a few breaths before the shaking of the earth ceased.

"What's going on?"

Happy and Ye Jing both looked surprised, especially Happy frowned, and a touch of uneasiness suddenly surged in their hearts. The loud noise was like an earthquake, but it was more like ...... Gao Xing suddenly didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly shouted: "Xiao Ling, quickly send someone to investigate, what happened?" ”

"Yes!"

The sound of clothes fluttering sounded, and Xiao Ling ran away in the blink of an eye.

When Xiao Ling came to Xing Xin again, the time had already gone from noon to dusk the next day. His brow was full of tiredness, but his expression was more gloomy and solemn than ever.

Happy heart suddenly, couldn't help but stand up and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River has burst its banks, the flood has started, and now the hundred miles outside Luoyang City have become Zeguo, the people have died heavily, and there are countless fertile fields destroyed!"

"What?" Happy suddenly got up, and said with a serious face: "Dugu Yongye has been operating in Luozhou for many years, and the Yellow River has always been calm and calm, Fu Fu is even more thoughtful and steady, even if the ice and snow melt in spring, how can it suddenly burst the embankment and break out into floods?" What can be found? But the person in charge is derelict in his duties? ”

Xiao Ling first glanced at the happy one, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the flood has washed away many things, I carefully investigated and found that there is a shadow of gunpowder in the place where the embankment bursts?" ”

"Gunpowder?" Happy body shook, his eyes shrank suddenly, the guess in his heart was confirmed, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and his body exuded an extremely thick evil aura, "It seems that someone did it deliberately, I'm afraid that after this flood, Zhou Guo will launch an attack, such a poisonous plan, good, good!" ”

Although the tone of happiness was light, Xiao Ling, who was familiar with happiness, knew that the murderous intent in happiness's heart was extremely strong.

"I'll leave this matter to you, and within ten days, I will find out who gave the gunpowder to outsiders!" After a pause, he said happily: "Prepare the horses, order the cavalry division to assemble, set off in a quarter of an hour, and rush to Luozhou overnight!" ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Ling agreed, and his body suddenly flashed out like a ghost.

When Xiao Ling left, he sat down happily and a little distractedly, with both sentimentality and resentment in his eyes.

"Why, haven't you been satisfied all these years? Aren't there enough people dead? ”

Gunpowder, as the secret weapon of happiness, has always been extremely strict in production and transportation, and only the first forces in Xinghua City to follow happiness can access this thing, but now they have betrayed happiness, and it has brought endless disasters to the innocent people.

He was angry, he hated.

……

"Mother, mother-"

"Child, my child—"

The surging flood raged on the land, enveloping the broken trees, the collapsed houses tumbling down to the lower places, and at the heights, the surviving people cried out and shouted hoarsely, and the sadness enveloped the sky of the entire Lokju.

No matter rich or poor, high or low, all life is so fragile in the face of nature.

"Fu Fu, commander-in-chief of the Second Army, see the emperor!"

Fu Fu, who was covered in mud and could barely distinguish the human form, was about to take a rest, when he suddenly saw a happy flag in the distance, and suddenly felt a burst of energy, and hurriedly ran forward to see Lidao.

"Excuse me!"

He waved his hand happily and said with a serious face: "Has the embankment ever been blocked now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there is not much water stored in the spring, and now the embankment has been blocked, but there are still many people who have not been rescued!"

"Qin Qiong, do your best to save the people!" Happy face Shaoji, waved his hand to drink.

Qin Qiong agreed, and immediately led the 10,000 iron horsemen under his command to quickly integrate into the rescue team. Luozhou was affected by a large area, Fu Fu was afraid that Zhou Guo would take the opportunity to attack the city, so he dispatched 30,000 soldiers to rescue, for three consecutive days, these soldiers were extremely tired, and now Qin Qiong helped and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xuan Ling, my son, Xuan Ling—"

"Mother, save me, hmm! Help, hmm—"

At this moment, a rapid shout suddenly sounded in Xingxing's ears, and he suddenly turned to look, and saw a five- or six-year-old child struggling in the water three hundred meters away, being swept away by the flood, and the cry for help was intermittent.

"Hey!"

With a soft shout, he pulled off the cloak behind him, and his body walked towards the child who fell into the water like the wind. Legend has it that the ancestor of Bodhidharma crossed the river with a reed, and now he is happy to take advantage of the driftwood in the flood, and the magical scene suddenly stunned everyone.

At a distance of three hundred meters, Happy only counted his breath before he reached five meters in front of the child, and by this time the child had no strength and sank completely to the bottom of the water, only a touch of blue clothes were still exposed on the water.

With a flash of joy, the whole person suddenly flew out, and the whole person glided against the water, and when the blue was about to sink completely into the water, his left hand scribbled down, and at the same time, his right palm struck hard towards the water.

"Bang!"

The water splashed, his happy clothes were wet, and his figure that was about to be dumped into the water suddenly rose diagonally, and at the same time, the child who had fallen into the water was also fished out of the water.

Returning to the high place in the same way, Fu Fu and the others immediately surrounded them, happily handing over the child in their arms to them, but their bodies shook violently, and their faces turned pale. Fang Cai's action was said to be fast, but in fact, it exhausted all his strength, and now his organs were in pain for a while, and he felt a little prostration.

"Xuan Ling, my son, Xuan Ling!"

A middle-aged beautiful woman staggered to nearly a thousand, snatched the child in Fu Fu's hand, looked at the child's closed eyes, and her purple face, and suddenly cried out in grief.

"The child is still saved!" Happy took a breath, her body improved slightly, and she immediately smiled at the woman. As he spoke, he raised his hand and struck the child in the back of the heart, and the latter's body trembled, his mouth opened, and he spat out a large mouthful of sewage, and opened his eyes with a violent cough.

"Xuan Ling, you're finally awake, scared to death, great, you're finally awake!" The lady wept with joy, hugged the child tightly with both hands, and spoke incoherently.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Fu Fu saw that the child was safe and sound, and then he found that his happy face was a little pale, and he immediately said with concern.

"Out of the way." smiled happily and waved his hand.

At this time, the lady knew that it was the emperor who saved her child, and immediately knelt on the ground in panic, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't know that the emperor is coming, the foolish woman is rude, please punish the emperor!" ”

"Don't blame those who don't know! Get up! Happy to hold her hands weakly, and when the woman got up, she said, "The child is important!" As he spoke, he happily looked at the child who was a little apprehensive but sober, and said, "Child, what's your name?" Still uncomfortable? ”

"Back to the emperor, my name is Fang Xuanling, thank you for the emperor's life-saving grace!" As he spoke, the child struggled to stand up from his mother's arms and bowed to him as if he were happy.

Happy eyes stared, and suddenly smiled: "Get up, take care of yourself in the future, don't let your parents worry!" ”