The dry branches "crackled" in the flames and burned quietly, and Han Xin and the others were silent and thought about their own thoughts, only to hear the mountain wind whirring not far away.

Han Xin looked at the jumping flames, his eyes flickering. He suddenly thought of a question, if everything Xingyu said was true, then shouldn't the history recorded in the so-called codex be the real history? Although I didn't have any impression of the history of the Qin Dynasty in my previous life, I also knew that the Qin Dynasty was a short-lived dynasty. In other words, if he really came to this era without accident, the Qin State should be doomed. After all, Liu Bang entered the customs in the front, and Xiang Yu's army followed, and the Qin State, which was suffering from internal and external troubles, had a reason not to perish. Instead, he inserted himself into this era and disrupted all this history.

If he hadn't come here, would Liu Bang have invaded Xianyang? Will Xiang Yu still dominate the world? Who will end up in the hands of this world?

Han Xin's face and expression changed, he had been in this world for eleven years, and he had almost forgotten that he was a stranger from the next generation, but instead integrated into this era with peace of mind, and single-handedly changed this era, as if he was a part of this place. It wasn't until today that Xingyu's words reminded him that he didn't belong here, and that history did not develop according to the process that later generations were familiar with, but because of his own birth, he abruptly changed course.

What is this? Providence?

Xingyu looked at Han Xin quietly across the campfire, not thinking about his thoughts. In fact, after saying all this, she suddenly seemed to feel a lot more relaxed, these strange and unexpected things have been pressing on her heart like a stone, only she and her master know, and An Qisheng has been intoxicated with his imagination all day for more than ten years, and has never spoken to her properly.

Xingyu lowered her head and leaned on her knees, biting her lip tightly, and didn't speak. Seeing Han Xin raise his head again, he looked at himself and asked; "What exactly does your master want to do?"

"There is a vague passage written on the Master's Codex, and it is this passage that makes the Master see hope and try his best."

"What?" Han Xin stared at her tightly.

Xingyu looked away from Han Xin's gaze and said softly; "Providence is unpredictable, or can it be changed? Jiuding can pass through ghosts and gods, can measure the future, Zhou's carry can take advantage of this to go against the sky, if you get the seven stars in a row, Yang may be able to reverse time? ”

It was such a speculation from the master that made the master addicted to it. He blamed himself for the death of his master in his heart, so he wanted to redeem everything. So he used the prediction contained in the Shizu Codex to easily cater to Yingzheng's wishes, became his confidant, and used this to explore the whereabouts of Jiuding in Lingnan. ”

Han Xin asked incredulously; "It's as simple as that? This is just a baseless speculation by your ancestor, maybe it was just written at random on a whim,"

Xingyu smiled bitterly; "I've said that, too, but Master insists on doing so. When he is deeply affectionate, even if there is only a little hope, he is willing to give his all for it. ”

Han Xin was suddenly silent, no wonder An Qisheng said to him that day that he "didn't love her enough", it turned out that he was so infatuated in his heart, which made Han Xin can't help but feel a trace of pity for him, and at the same time faintly admire.

After pondering for a while, Han Xin asked again; "What does that Mingyue have to do with you, she is from the Mo family, but why does she always pester your master, and who is the master in her mouth?"

Xingyu snorted and sneered; "The Mo family is just a group of boring people, they pride themselves on loving the world everywhere, but they have no position of their own. When the violent Qin swept the world, they were in trouble with the Qin State everywhere, vainly trying to change the will of heaven with their own strength. After the unification of the Qin State, they turned to maintaining the stability of the world as their own responsibility, and the actions of the master became a thorn in their eyes. ”

Listening to Xingyu's disdain for the Mo family, Han Xinzhi didn't think so. He had some appreciation for the Mo family, an organization that had existed for more than 300 years. They take non-aggression and love as their belief and purpose, and are determined to resist the violence and unrest factors in the world, but they can still be selfless and do not take selfish thoughts as a problem.

When the Qin Dynasty launched wars everywhere to annex the Six Kingdoms, the Mo family assisted the Six Kingdoms to resist the invasion of the Qin State, and several generations of Mo family members and countless Mo family children were bloodstained on the battlefield and died under the sword of the Qin soldiers. After the First Emperor ruled the world, the Mo family abandoned the former enmity and turned to lie dormant and not be an enemy of the Qin State, just to let the world return to tranquility and the people to recuperate.

In any case, this group of idealists is still worthy of respect, they have a noble spiritual pursuit in their hearts, and although they have been failing, they still hold on to their beliefs.

Of course, seeing Xingyu's gritted teeth at the Mo family like this, Han Xin naturally didn't say these words boringly, but said in her tone; "In this way, the Mo family is in trouble with you everywhere, and it is your sworn enemy."

Unexpectedly, Xingyu shook his head, Zou raised his nose and said, "That's not it, our relationship was still very good before." This generation of the Mo family is still a registered disciple of my master, and I admired the talent of my ancestor and came to apprentice to him, so the master and he are still brothers in the same sect. It's a pity that the master is infatuated to this point, and intends to use the power of Yingzheng to fulfill his wish, and the Mo family is at odds with us, but the moment thinks of the grace of the master and does not want to be the enemy of his only son, so he sent his beloved disciple Mingyue to entangle and block the master. ”

Han Xin nodded, and he didn't think it was strange. You must know that in the pre-Qin era, when the academic openness was open, the wind of a hundred schools of thought was overflowing, and there was no unified academic conclusion in the Seven Kingdoms, and many people were very mixed in their studies, and adopted the essence of various theories for their own use. For example, Confucius once sought advice from Lao Dan on the theory of etiquette and music, and the high-foot Li Si and Han Feizi of the great Confucian Xunzi were both representative figures of Legalism, and Zou Yan of the Jixia School Palace first studied Confucianism and then changed to the five elements of yin and yang. Therefore, An Qisheng is a Taoist school, and it is not surprising that he belongs to the same school as the Mojia Juzi.

Seeing that Han Xin was silent in thought, Xingyu said angrily; "Hey, I've said everything I need to say, now it's time for you to fulfill your promise and go back to Master with me."

Han Xin grinned, "When did I promise you to go back with you, I just said to think about it, think about it~"

"You ......" Xingyu suddenly became angry, his pretty eyes widened, and he pointed at Han Xin and was speechless.

Han Xin said with a smile when he saw her annoyed and angry; "Okay, I'm not going to tease you. Seeing that you are so sincere, Ben Shao agreed to go with you, but I want to stop by after I finish Pengcheng. ”

Xingyu's face softened at this time, and he glared at Han Xin viciously and said; "It's okay, ten days later is the day of the Seven Stars, Master will take me to the top of the foreign mountain, you must come at that time, otherwise you will definitely not let you go if you lie to me."

Han Xin smiled when he heard this, he was not afraid of the threat of Xingyu, but he was indeed very curious about this "Jiuding" in his heart, so he said: "Don't worry, my Han Xin has never said that it doesn't count, since I promised you, I will definitely not release your pigeon." ”

Xingyu was stunned for a moment and asked; "What is pigeon release?"

Han Xin smiled, stretched his waist and smiled; "Anyway, don't worry, I won't miss the appointment. Okay, that's all said and done, you can also go. ”

Xingyu glanced at him and snorted; "You actually can't bear to drive me away on such a cold day, as far as I know, isn't that Han Xin very pitiful? When did it become so ruthless. ”

Han Xin said with a smile; "Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, it also depends on who the object is, you and I are not friends or enemies, I don't dare to leave a time bomb by my side, you still don't send it slowly."

Xingyu snorted coldly, "I don't understand what you say, that Miss Ben will leave, you must remember it." After saying that, he turned around and left, disappearing into the vast mountains.

Pengcheng is north of the Huai River, close to Qi, and is an important city at the junction of Chu and Qi. In order to facilitate the control of the Central Plains and avoid confined the Chu State to the southern region, Xiang Yu deliberately moved the capital here, and moved north with hundreds of wealthy families of the Chu State.

The Battle of Pengcheng has been over for more than a month, and the sense of crisis and oppression of the Chu soldiers coming to the city has also been lifted. The main force of the anti-Chu coalition army in Pengcheng was completely defeated, and the remnants of the forces retreated to Wei and stubbornly defended it, and the initiative of the whole world returned to the hands of Chu again. On the one hand, Xiang Yu withdrew the elite army from Qidi, and on the other hand, he requisitioned new reinforcements from the south of Chu to the north to strengthen the strength in his hands, preparing to annihilate the remaining Liu Bang forces in Henan in one fell swoop, and then moved north to pacify the four kingdoms of Qi, Zhao, Wei, and Yan.

As for the king of Linjiang and Wu Bing, the king of Hengshan, who had been preparing to move in the south, Xiang Yu did not pay attention to it. He knew that these two cowards were nothing more than people who tended to be inflammatory, only had a sense of peace, and had no intention of hegemony, as long as they could maintain absolute strength, then these two would never dare to threaten their rear.

At the same time, Xiang Yu was also paying close attention to the dynamics of the Qin State in Guanzhong, and he knew that the Qin State, which had been accumulating strength, would be his henchman. Han Xin took advantage of the time when he was entangled with the princes, and pacified Hanzhong and Shangjun with one sentence, and the territory was fully doubled, and his strength was greatly increased. At the same time, internally, Han Xin also succeeded in getting rid of Qin Ziying, defeating his political opponents one by one, and firmly controlling the entire Qin State.

However, Xiang Yuzhi was not very worried that the Qin State would immediately send troops to the eastern part of the country, because the Xiongnu Mao Dun Shan Yu's hatred for the Qin State was also slightly heard. The spies he planted in Xianyang had already reported the news of the Qin State one after another, and there were definite signs that the Huns would go south with all their strength after the beginning of spring, and it would definitely be a life-and-death battle for the Qin State at that time. The Qin State was still too busy to take care of itself, so he naturally had no interest in the affairs of the Kanto, so he Xiang Yu must defeat the forces opposing him before the Qin State escaped, and reintegrate the forces of the six countries of the Kwantung to re-attack Guanzhong.

At this time, Xiang Yu was not in Pengcheng, he was personally on the front line of Xingyang to lead a large army to besiege Liu Bang. Liu Bang had already lost all the territories of Henan at this time, and under the onslaught of Xiang Yu's army, only a few lonely cities of Xingyang and Chenggao were left in hand, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the king of Han had gone, and it was only by the desperate rescue of Zhao and Wei that he was temporarily undefeated.

The biggest loser in the battle of Pengcheng can be said to be Liu Bang, who lost almost all of his territories, while the foundation of Zhao and Wei is in Hebei, and the land of Henan is just a newly occupied territory, and losing it will not shake their foundation. Of course, they also need time to recruit new troops and raise grain and grass, so they fought hard to help Liu Bang, hoping that he could last a while longer in Henan.

Because of the withdrawal of the main army of the Chu State, Tian Heng had taken advantage of the situation to recover most of the Qi land, regathered two or three hundred thousand troops, and became the most powerful force among the anti-Chu princes. He was leading the Qi army to oppress the Chu army from the north, forcing Xiang Yu to divide his heavy forces to confront him in Qi and Tianheng.

The two-sided battle also made the Chu State quite difficult, and the logistics became increasingly difficult to keep up. On the one hand, he sent Fan Zeng to Jiangdong to raise new troops and food salaries, and on the other hand, he asked Yu Ziqi to sit in Pengcheng to supervise the supply.

The Chu army already had an advantage in the Central Plains, and Pengcheng naturally would not be reduced to the front line again. So these days, Peng Yue has lifted martial law, everything has been restored to the old, the city gate is wide open during the day, people come and go, and there is a lot of traffic, and Han Xin easily blended into Peng City in disguise.

Pengcheng is the capital of Chu State, and the city has been expanded twice by Xiang Yu, and the momentum is naturally not comparable to ordinary cities. Although it is not as atmospheric and rich as Xianyang, it is also one of the few big cities in the Central Plains, and because most of them are newly built, they look completely new.

Pengcheng is a city based on businessmen, the weather in the city is extraordinary, a bustling image, and the streets of the market are shouting and selling endlessly. This kind of prosperous place has an advantage, that is, there are many people, and businessmen from all over the world are everywhere, so Han Xin, an outsider who doesn't look like a local, will not arouse suspicion, and he can easily find an inn to stay.

There were many people in the daytime, and Han Xin naturally didn't dare to sneak into Yu Mansion, so he just asked where Yu Mansion was and waited for the evening to make plans.

Yufu has been in a delicate atmosphere for a long time, and since the young lady learned the news of Han Xin's wedding out of nowhere, she has been extremely sad to close the door, and even the supply of food and clothing has been reduced a lot, and she is getting thinner and thinner in the room. Yu Qi was furious when he found out, broke into the room and scolded the young lady, and then slammed the door in anger, and he hadn't entered the young lady's door for more than a month.

The domestic servants and maids were also trembling and careful during this time, and they were all in good spirits in everything they did, for fear of being punished for offending their masters who were in a bad mood by doing something wrong. Then Pengcheng was besieged, and Yu Qi was sent to Wuzhong to preside over Wu Yue. The master was not there, and the young lady didn't ask about trivial matters, so the people in the house were panicked all day long, for fear that Pengcheng would be lost, and they would become the spoils of the Han army.

Fortunately, Xiang Wang was brave, and 30,000 iron cavalry defeated the 560,000 coalition army and relieved the siege of Pengcheng. Later, Yu Ziqi returned to Pengcheng from Qidi and served as the city guard of Pengcheng, and the Yu family had the person in charge, and the people's hearts gradually became peaceful.

However, Yu Ziqi was not only the city guard, but also participated in political decisions as King Xiang's confidant, so he was naturally busy with government affairs, and rarely returned home for dinner, and sometimes it was common to be busy and not return at night. Yu Miaoyi is still the same as before, locking herself in the room all day long, seeing no one except her personal maid Snow Goose, and the people also know that she is sad in her heart, so they consciously try not to salvage him, and the food supply is still the same as before.

At this time, Yu Miaoyi was sitting in front of the window, looking at the plum blossoms outside the window, his eyes were a little confused.

It's winter, and the only flower that can bloom in this world is plum blossoms. Yu Miaoyi looked at the plum blossoms on the tree in a daze, and suddenly felt some emotion in her heart, she thought of what the strange girl said to her that day.

"Who said that a woman must live for a man, if the person I love doesn't love me, then I will definitely try my best to make him fall in love with me, instead of looking for death and life, and being a woman must also be a little promising."

Thinking of this, Yu Miaoyi couldn't help but smile bitterly, she was very envious of that girl, at least she was very brave and dared to fight for her own happiness. But as for herself, she can only envy and envy, she has too many scruples and can't let go, otherwise she could have gone away with Han Xin at the beginning, instead of being bound to the hesitation of her family relatives.

She has had many opportunities, and happiness is at her fingertips, but in the end she hesitated, and in the end, she regretted it. She originally hated Han Xin after hearing the news of his wedding, and wanted to ask him loudly in front of him why he was so unkind to him, and she was waiting for him here to marry someone else.

But now she has gradually figured it out, understood, and accepted.

Han Xin broke with Xiang Yu at the beginning, made a "three-year covenant" and went alone to create a meritorious career, and after three years, he became one of the most powerful people in the world. How many bitter tears have been experienced, how many tragic struggles and killings, and how many times she has wandered on the edge of life and death, these are all things that she can't experience in the boudoir no matter what.

In that case, what right did she have to reproach him? At the beginning, it was for her Han Xin that she was determined to work hard to earn fame, but now that she is in a high position, she has already been unable to help herself. Since he married the princess of the Qin Kingdom, he must love him very much, and it will also help his career, unlike himself, who is just a pity for the moon and flowers in the boudoir.

Yu Miaoyi became more and more envious of the strange girl that day, how free she was, daring to love and hate, she would definitely fight for what she liked, even if the whole world opposed it, she would not hesitate. This is the relationship that a woman should have, and whoever says that a woman should be a vassal of a man.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do it herself.

Thinking of this, Yu Miaoyi couldn't help but sigh and frown slightly.

The night was already cold, Yu Miaoyi stood up and wanted to close the window, when suddenly a chuckle sounded behind him; "You're sighing again, be careful that if you sigh too much, you'll not be beautiful."

Yu Miaoyi slowly turned his head, and tears couldn't help but welled up. Time seemed to freeze, and she saw the scoundrel boy who always had a wicked smile back then, the person who worried him and thought of him when he woke up in his dreams every night.

This glance, even if it is waiting for 10,000 years, what's the matter?