The ancients said: The rule is not chaotic, and the state is not in danger. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But how many people guard the way of the world?

Since the opening of Pangu, the Central Plains has been the land of four wars. A group of heroes and deer, hundreds of people are kings, but no one can end this troubled world.

It wasn't until a thousand years later that a holy son of heaven came out of the land of Sanqin. He was originally a cloth cloth, but he held a three-foot sword, raised troops in the grass, and only took less than ten years to pacify the princes of all walks of life, and called the emperor in the south, and the country name was Xia.

The Emperor Xia Zu saw that the Central Plains had decided to pass on his exploits through the ages, so he ordered the priest to choose a dragon vein as the site of the new capital, and wanted to circle more than 100 acres of land around the imperial city to build a meritorious platform, so that the royal family could sacrifice every year, highlighting the unique miracle of the Xia Kingdom to dominate the world.

The chief was known as the archdeacon, and his duties were to lead the empire's daily rituals and observe astronomy and geography. There are four small eunuchs in the priest's prison: observing the sky, inspecting the earth, sacrificing rituals, and estimating the law. The Heavenly Supervisor is responsible for recording the celestial phenomena, speculating on the mind of God, and bestowing the power of heaven with oracles; The inspector is responsible for finding mountains and seas, inspecting feng shui, and drawing maps; The ceremonial supervisor is responsible for the big and small sacrifices, the marriage of the inner palace, and the debei sheji; The superintendent of law is responsible for formulating the calendar, serving as an agricultural officer, and ensuring that the wind and rain are smooth in the empire. Each prison was headed by a minor deacon, who was responsible to their own chief, the archdeacon, who in turn was directly accountable to the emperor, so that the priest had the power of an advisor above the Jiuqing, although he was not involved in the government.

Now that His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict to select the dragon vein, this important task has fallen to the head of the chief inspector and the earth supervisor. The deacon of this inspection prison was called Wuxuzi, and in his early years, he lived in the rivers and lakes to measure words and fortunes. Later, the Son of Heaven raised an army to invade Henan, and he went to the camp to recommend himself, saying that although he did not have the talent to pass through the heavens and latitudes, he was good at the art of feng shui and breaking the pulse, which could help the Son of Heaven seize the world. At that time, the Son of Heaven was on the march to fight, and he really needed a warlock who knew geography and feng shui, so Wuxuzi stayed under the account of the Son of Heaven and became a strategist. Later, the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and Wuxuzi became the little deacon of the superintendent of the superintendent of the department.

This time, the emperor wanted to let the inspector find a dragon vein, where did Wu Xuzi dare to slack off, and immediately received the order to thank him, packed his bags and utensils and said goodbye to his wife and children, and took a few disciples out of the city to find the dragon vein early the next morning.

A few months later, Wu Xuzi returned to the emperor with good news, it turned out that he had found a dragon residence according to the river Tuluo book. This place is located in Guanzhong, fertile fields for thousands of miles, rivers are vertical and horizontal, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a good place to build a capital for anyone to see. Wu Xuzi used what he had learned in his life to study deeply, the east is the head of the dragon, the west is the tail of the back, the dragon raises Tianwei according to this, and the emperor of Fuhu Xiazu is the dragon face of Dayue, and he immediately issued an edict to move the capital here.

received the order and sent tens of thousands of people to Guanzhong to establish the imperial city. These people ate and slept in the open, walked hundreds of miles, and finally arrived at the location on time. A few days later, they chose an auspicious day for the zodiac to break ground, but all at once a piece of dark iron was dug out of the ground. This iron foot is a few zhang square, black up and down, exuding a cold air in the sun. If you look closely, there seem to be countless silver fine lines on the dark iron, swimming back and forth like living water.

The craftsmen who had been requisitioned had never seen such an object, and they sent it to the emperor overnight. Emperor Xia Zu was also shocked when he saw such a foreign object, and urgently sent the archdeacon of the priest to come to discuss.

This archdeacon's name is Duanmurui, who was originally the doctor of the princes of other countries, and because of the gap with the king, he was cast into the account of Emperor Xiazu. Emperor Zu knew that this person knew astronomy and geography, and he knew everything about feng shui, so he worshipped him as Shangqing, and later named him the archdeacon of the priest.

Duanmurui looked at it in front of the emperor for a while, and suddenly knelt down on the ground and shouted long live, saying that His Majesty had obtained the spiritual object. According to what he said, the lines on this dark iron are the splendid clothes of the ancient emperors, called the twelve chapter patterns. The crest is arranged according to the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, Zongyi, algae, fire, powdered rice, yellow, and yellow.

Duanmu Rui said: "The avenue is invisible, the gathering is heavy, Your Majesty has this spiritual object can be made into a court dress according to the number of crests on it, and when it is worn on the ceremony of moving the capital, it can be admired by all the people." ”

Emperor Xia Zu pondered for a moment and said: "Although this is good, but I have also tasted the splendid coat of arms is the system of the Emperor of Heaven, how can mortals be used?" ”

When Duanmu Rui heard this, he bowed again and said: "The etiquette system is all about the community. Although it is said that the Emperor of Heaven is worthy of this splendor, His Majesty is the lord of the four seas, and he is the dragon and phoenix among people, how can he say that he should not be used? If His Majesty wears this gorgeous costume at the ceremony of moving the capital, my dynasty will be prosperous! ”

When Emperor Xiazu heard this, he was busy working in the back court day and night according to the lines on the dark iron, and finally got his wish at the festival. And that piece of dark iron was placed in the temple from then on, and Duanmu Rui and the four deacons of the priest and the eunuch practiced day and night, channeling the twelve chapters, so that it could be full of auspiciousness and prepare for the empire.

Later, the Gongye Terrace was built, and Xuantie was moved here to enjoy the incense more. And the empire is blessed by spiritual objects, and the country and the people are safe, and every time the new emperor ascends the throne, he will invite Xuantie to remake Chinese clothes, so that the eleventh emperor still has no war outside, and enjoys peace inside.

However, the world is unpredictable, and the change of wind and clouds is only in a moment. In the twelfth year of the Great Xia, there was a vision in the sky, and the whole country did not see the light for three days. Immediately after that, the news of the theft of the black iron engraved with the twelve coats of arms came, and the court shook for a while, and the emperor was anxious to find it, and even did not hesitate to inspect it door to door, but he never found anything. The emperor became depressed and became ill because of this, but he died in half a year.

The first emperor was paired with the temple of the sacrifice, and the nickname was Xuan. Since Emperor Xuan died in the prime of life and did not set up a crown prince, according to the ancestral system, there should be an eldest son to succeed him. But the eldest son's biological mother died early, and he was lonely, so it was not easy to succeed in ascending the throne. In addition, Emperor Xuan loved his young son during his reign, and his mother was not the queen but had a heart of arrogance, and now that the emperor has died, he naturally wants to support his son to succeed to the throne. She first detained the eldest son of the former emperor with her mother's relatives, and then secretly dispatched troops to prepare to force the palace. The eldest son of the former emperor hanged himself in humiliation, but it aroused the heart of the loyal ministers to protect the country. They wanted to support the emperor of the former emperors who was far away on the border to succeed to the throne, but the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near, and the rebels had already entered the capital at this time. When the brother of the former emperor arrived and the new lord had succeeded to the throne, he himself became a traitor. In desperation, the emperor's younger brother could only storm the capital, and the two armies faced each other for several months, and some people saw the chaos in Xia's internal affairs and took the opportunity to rebel. Those princes who had been divided because of their military exploits or generals and doctors with military power and financial resources stood on their own, nominally supporting the new lord or the brother of the former emperor, but secretly attacking and plundering cities for themselves. The Great Xia Kingdom was torn apart by the struggle for the throne, and no one went to investigate the theft of the twelve coats of arms anymore. The world seems to have returned to the troubled times before Emperor Xiazu.

In the blink of an eye, another hundred years have passed, and now the countries of the Central Plains stand side by side. Guanzhong is still the Xia country, but the country has long changed hands, the original battle for the throne has been fulfilled in the end, and the relatives of the Hong family occupy the magpie's nest and stand up as the king. The land south of the Yangtze River is the Wuyue Kingdom, and the southwest is owned by the Chu State and Bashu. The land of Liaodong is unusually cold and occupied by the Hu people, and the Central Plains people call it Beihai State. The hinterland of the Central Plains was divided among the four kingdoms of Shang, Dai, Wei and Jin.

The princes fought endlessly, but no one dared to call themselves emperors, and only humbled themselves as kings. First, his own strength is not as good as Emperor Xiazu, and he is afraid that he will rashly say that the emperor will be defeated by the world, and secondly, after the Xia country is weak, a legend suddenly rises in the world, saying: "Xia Zhi is covered, and the society is lost." The one who is regained can be the co-lord of the world. ”

As soon as this statement came out, the princes of all walks of life naturally had another task while attacking and annexing, that is, they tried their best to find the twelve chapters of the spiritual objects that had been lost for a hundred years, they believed that these spiritual objects were granted by the Mandate of Heaven, and only by obtaining it could they have the capital to be the emperor, and the fate of the Central Plains was also in the hands of this person with the twelve coats of arms.

"And then?" A child in the corner stood aside and listened with relish.

The old man sat on the stone bench and stroked the cane made of peach wood, and shook his head, "In troubled times, where will you know what kind of scene tomorrow will be." Boy, it's not too early, you better hurry home. ”

Seeing that the old man didn't seem to have any intention of continuing, the boy walked away boredly.

The old man picked up the tea bowl on the stone table and swallowed a sip of tea, and his cloudy eyes suddenly flickered. He slowly took out a handful of wooden buildings from his bag leaning against the tree, and sang a little song to himself as he struck it: "Picking roses, picking roses, and stopping at the end." It is said that it will return, and the years will not end. The house is beautiful, and the reason for the rampant. Not to mention the start of the house, the reason for the rampant ......"

In this unbusy village, no one knows what he is singing, and even if anyone does, they will pretend to be indifferent, because in such a precarious age, everyone is busy for a living, who will have time to listen to such a sad song? I'm afraid that this will only touch the scene, and I think that I was born in troubled times, and I don't know when I will die and my family will be destroyed, and it will only increase my sadness.

But there was indeed a person at the corner of the street not far from the old man who stopped and listened. He was a boy who was about fourteen or fifteen years old. Although he deliberately concealed a lot of clothes, he still revealed a heroic spirit that was different from ordinary people between his eyebrows.

"Yang'er, why don't you leave?" A pair of large strong hands pressed on the young man's shoulders.

"Father, what the old man over there is singing is a chapter from the Book of Songs?" The boy asked, looking back.

The big hand took it back, and its owner was a middle-aged man. The thin face was slightly haggard, but the eyes were bright.

"Yang'er is right, it is an article by Xiao Yali, which is written about the soldiers who have been away in the army for a long time and miss their homeland and relatives, and think that the old man was originally a person in the army. For example, if the princes and the people are not living today, how many men have left their homes, and their wives and children are not allowed to reunite. Most people can only die on the battlefield, do the dry bones by the river, a wisp of soul wandering outside and cannot return to their hometown, even if they are lucky enough to survive on the battlefield and return to their hometown, I am afraid it will be a few years later, and the family has long been wrong. The middle-aged man replied with a sigh.

"That's ..... so" The young man's eyes suddenly darkened, and he muttered to himself: "It is difficult to return to the old country, it is difficult for the family to get together, and the child also misses his mother very much..... if it weren't for ......"

"Alright, it's time for us to go." The middle-aged man interrupted the young man's words, "Now this is still the boundary of the Chu State, and now that Xia and Chu have formed an alliance, if our identities are discovered by the Chu people, they will definitely send us back." ”

As he spoke, the man grabbed the boy by the sleeve and pulled him into the carriage that had been parked nearby.

"Let's go." The man lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to the coachman sitting in front of him, "I will pay you when you get out of town." ”

The coachman nodded, and with a whip of his whip, the carriage moved slowly forward.

"Stop!" The halberd-wielding guard blocked the way. "Who is in the carriage? We're going to check. ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man got out of the car and stepped forward to salute and said: "This official, the small one is that the merchants of the Xia Kingdom want to go to Shu to do some small business, and the car is soft and soft, and there is nothing else. ”

"Oh? Doing business? The doorman went to the carriage and lifted the curtain with his halberd to look inside, and asked, "Who is the child sitting here?" ”

"Ah, that's a villain's dog, and he has been weak since he was a child, so he didn't get out of the car." The middle-aged man said as he took out a gold ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the doorman. "The villain is in a hurry to leave, and I hope that the official will make it convenient."

The doorman took the gold and smiled, "Now that the war is in chaos, it is not easy for you to do business..... so let you go." ”

"If that's the case, thank you very much!" Seeing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly saluted again.

"Release!" The doorman beckoned, and the car started immediately, and in a few moments it left the town.

At this time, the doorman on the other side of the city gate came over and asked, "Just let them go?" I heard that there is a key criminal who escaped from the Xia Kingdom, shouldn't we investigate it strictly? ”

The doorman who took the money weighed the ingot of gold with his hand, and said disdainfully: "What does the fugitive from their Xia Kingdom have to do with my Chu State?" Besides, even if it is a fugitive, we will kidnap and send it to Taishou, and the credit will be someone else's, do you think the benefits can fall on our brothers? It is better to take the gold and buy two jugs of good wine, and have fun in the evening. ”

"Yes, what the eldest brother said is reasonable! Then we'll ......," the doorman on the side stared at the ingot of gold, and his saliva almost flowed out.

"Look at your bear-like appearance, can I still take you with me tonight?" The two doormen frowned, and suddenly laughed.

It didn't matter how the two men spent the money, the middle-aged man's car had already driven out for miles while they were chatting.

There was a forest in front of it, and the carriage stopped when it entered the woods. The man took the boy out of the carriage and paid the coachman the money he had agreed upon, and the coachman drove away with the money.

At the same time, an old man stepped out of the dense forest, followed by three or four young men. He walked up to the middle-aged man and said, "Master, everything is ready, the family members have already arrived in Liangshan, just waiting for you and your son to go out of the city." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, "Well, since everyone is fine, let's leave quickly." I think that the wanted warrant of the Xia State will soon reach the side of the Chu State, and if the King of Chu really wants to ally with the Xia State, then he will definitely send troops to arrest us, and it will be too late by then. ”

"Master, please rest assured, out of this city is the boundary of Shu Kingdom. The Chu State has been fighting and encroaching on the land of Shu for many years, and the Shu State has long been inseparable from them, and we will naturally be safe when we get here. As he spoke, the old man took out a few horses and handed the reins to the middle-aged man.

"It's better to be careful." The middle-aged man stepped onto one of the white horses, and the rest of the men followed.

"Father, are we really going to Shudi?" The teenager asked.

The middle-aged man looked up at the blue sky above his head, and an eagle flew overhead. "The world is big, but now there is only one place to stay."

The man snatched the reins and rode away. The young man followed the old man and several others followed, and in front of them was an unknown land.