In the thirtieth year of the Qin calendar, at the beginning of winter.

Qin Tianjian brought a message to the empire that this year's winter will be relatively early in the future, and it will last for a long time, that is, the interval between this winter and next spring will be very long, or rather, there will be no late autumn this year, and there will be no early spring next year.

Qin Tianjian's data show that this year's winter will be very long. For most people, the meaning of a longer winter is just a longer cold day. But for Xiang Wu and the people of the Imperial Military Department, once the winter becomes longer, there are many possibilities.

Tie Li Guo was defeated by Xiang Wu and scholars in the Fog Prison Valley many years ago with the weapons of tricks and public losers. But neither the Empire nor the Tieli Kingdom were able to achieve some kind of large-scale victory.

The Tieli Kingdom, which invaded the Empire, failed to take the Frost River, and the Empire, despite its repeated victories, could only stop at the Fog Prison Valley. After that, Snow Dove City never visited once.

Because the Frost River is the only entrance to the empire in the north, and the Fog Prison Valley is also the only way for the empire to conquer the Tieli Kingdom. When we meet on narrow roads, it is difficult to have room for strategy and the art of war to play.

Tieli was born in the extreme north, and in the common name of Middle-earth and the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm, these people have many names, such as the Northern Barbarians, the Bing Kui people, etc., all of which show one point, that is, the Tieli people are extremely good at war. They are born warriors. If it weren't for the fact that the empire had a martial arts, a wizard in managing troops, and no weak soldiers under the generals, I am afraid that Shuangchuan would have been lost long ago. And once the frost river is lost, there will be more ways for the Tieli people to attack. So the frost river can't be lost. On the contrary, it is the same for the Tieli Kingdom, if the Fog Prison Valley is lost, then the Imperial Army will have more ways to attack.

But as mentioned earlier, no one can conquer anyone. Because the Tieli people always rout when summer comes, they retreat to the Fog Prison Valley, no longer divide their troops to advance, and do not give Xiang Wu a chance. In fact, over the years, Xiang Wu has dealt with the Tieli people, and the empire is always in crisis, but he can always turn evil into good fortune.

Because the winter is not long, the empire has a military town to guard the border passes, so even if the imperial army in the far north is not the opponent of the Tieli people, it can always hold the imperial territory before the arrival of summer.

Therefore, the winter is getting longer, which is extremely bad news for the empire. This winter, something very bad may happen.

Fortunately, in the short autumn before the arrival of winter, there were some mutually beneficial situations between the empire and the rivers and lakes.

Autumn is short, but it's an eventful one.

In this autumn, the Empire lost an Emperor General, and the cause of death is still being investigated. It was also this autumn that the original group of martial arts rioters gathered in Kyoto to hold a martial arts conference, although the empire did not seem to intervene, but in fact, Kyoto's guards were much stricter than before.

After the martial arts conference, Xiang Wu entered the palace late at night one day and begged the young emperor to summon him.

The two talked for most of the night. The chief eunuch guarding the door tried to remind His Majesty the Emperor that it was late at night, but he was all scolded, thinking that His Majesty was in a bad mood, but he heard His Majesty the Emperor laugh one after another.

This conversation quickly spread in the palace. Because there had never been such a situation before, the courtier general visited the palace at night and talked with the emperor all night.

All the officials were wondering what had happened to His Majesty the Emperor so happy, but after a while they forgot about it. It's just that......

In the following days, people found that there were some changes in the court.

In the past, when discussing the government and politics, most of the hundreds of officials made suggestions, which were decided by the prime minister, and then the emperor approved, or the hundred officials closed their mouths, and the words put forward advice, and then the emperor approved. There were no exceptions, i.e. the emperor did not approve it.

The power of the words is tilted towards the government and the opposition, which can be seen from the monopoly power above the court. Nowadays, most things still seem to be like this, hundreds of officials make suggestions, words are decided, the emperor approves, or words put forward advice, the emperor approves, but there are good and bad in more than ten advices, and when encountering extremely bad ones, the young emperor in the past was also given full authority to Yanfan. But in the past few days, Baiguan slowly discovered that the situation had changed.

Most things in the court still have the final say, and the young emperor's attitude towards Yan Fan has not changed in the slightest, not to mention respect, but the dependence on the face and the demeanor of obedience have not changed at all. But in some of his admonitions, the emperor began to stop approving it.

In the eyes of the hundred officials, although most of them were some micro-politics, they were still shocked, because they had the impression that the young emperor never seemed to oppose Yan in the court.

The most puzzling thing is that Yanfan's attitude has also become very polite. As soon as the little emperor showed a thoughtful look, he took the initiative to propose another plan.

So the officials in the court were instantly stunned.

There are only four people who know the reason.

Yan Fan did not show the slightest dissatisfaction with the emperor's seemingly beginning to manage the government. The two are as harmonious as old friends for many years. It's just that no one knows that the little emperor has been scolding the old fox in his heart, and Yan Fan is becoming more and more wary of the little emperor in his heart.

The reason for this phenomenon naturally stems from that late-night conversation.

But that late-night conversation originated from the autumn martial arts conference.

That conference was a turning point in the restoration of relations between the rivers and lakes and the empire. At the same time, it was also a turning point for the little emperor. Xiang Wu's late-night visit did not make the little emperor rush to be dissatisfied, but was full of joy, because he knew that the situation had changed.

Yan Fan is still the prime minister, he must still show enough dependence on Yan Fan, but from now on, he doesn't need to worry about Yan Fan bringing down Xiang Wu.

As the emperor of the empire, he naturally knew that the empire had a special agency in charge of Xiang Wu and Yanfan, that is, the Tianji Pavilion. But ironically, even the emperor himself didn't know much about Tianji Pavilion. And the legendary dragon vein warrior who guarded the life of the emperor also disappeared with the disappearance of the emperor.

But as the son of Emperor Qin, the owner is comparable to the strongest man in the world, and there is a dragon vein warrior whose strength has entered the divine domain as a guard, and the little emperor has always known one thing.

Those who are strong in force are very dangerous. Over the years, he has obeyed Yan Fan's words, because Yan Fan has gradually overwhelmed Xiang Wu in influence. He didn't doubt Xiang Wu's loyalty, but he couldn't.

And now, he is still afraid of words, but Xiang Wu suddenly has the support of the entire Jianghu martial arts. During that night talk, Xiang Wu told him that the nine strongest forces in the rivers and lakes were willing to fight with the empire again, and even at a critical time, they were willing to lend a hand.

As far as the family is concerned, it seems that some methods were secretly used in the martial arts conference, and in the end these methods did not work. Now the Yan family has become the enemy of the entire rivers and lakes.

The world and the rivers and lakes are one, and water can carry boats and overturn boats. Now that Xiang Wu has water, in order to prevent the country from being attacked in the long winter, the emperor must rely on Xiang Wu openly. In this way, the emperor's will can be conveyed from the imperial palace to the distant rivers and lakes.

So Yan Fan can't talk about losing power, but the Yan family is now the enemy of the rivers and lakes. Under the exhortation of Yan Xing, at this time, Yan Fan should show absolute loyalty, and the importance and use value of the government.

Therefore, there will be in the court, the emperor opposes Yanfan, but he blindly obeys Yanfan as in the past. and the words were refuted by the emperor, but they were accepted without the slightest joy.

The root cause is the martial arts conference, the scholar's plan has cleared the threat from the Yan family for Xiang Wu, and no matter how strong Tianji Pavilion is, it is not as strong as the entire martial arts.

Also benefiting from the scholarly program is the Xingchen Sect. That is, the Demon Sect. The reason why Chen Ling was moved by the scholar in the red sleeve move was because this plan was to suppress the Neng Yan family, the common opponent of the Demon Sect and the scholars, and most importantly, the Demon Sect could take advantage of this opportunity to clarify the empire's slander of the Demon Sect, so that the people at the top of the martial arts could understand that the Demon Sect was not the demon of the Demon Sect.

Jianghu Wulin now owes the Demon Sect a great favor. and then won the friendship of the nine major factions.

The dangerous end of the martial arts conference has greatly benefited the rivers and lakes, Xiang Wu, the emperor, and the Demon Sect. Of course, there are also great benefits for Chenhui.

It's just that in comparison, the top three hundred masters in the martial arts list all think that Chen Hui's losses are greater. The name of the shopkeeper slowly spread in the rivers and lakes.

But the name of the shopkeeper will be short-lived because the shopkeeper has become a wasted person who has collapsed in the sea of qi, it is unknown.

……

The time is one month after the martial arts conference.

A lot of things happened in the imperial court, and so did the rivers and lakes. The famous Iron Lion Sect was replaced by a young sect leader named Xiao Tang because the sect leader Xie Xingshi died in the martial arts conference.

Nian Xiaotang is a young man who always looks a little shy, and he says he is young because he is in his twenties. But he always looked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child.

The three hundred people of the Nine Great Sects who had experienced the incident of the Martial Arts Conference did not embarrass the Iron Lion Sect in the end, because everything was the sin of Xie Xingshi, the former sect leader of the Iron Lion Sect.

It's just that the people of the rivers and lakes didn't expect that after defeating countless Iron Lion Sect elites, it would be such a handsome and shy young man who looked handsome and white to stand out from the many candidates for the leader of the Iron Lion Sect.

The Buddhist master Wujing was abolished from his martial arts and confined to the foot of the Thousand Buddha Mountain of the Buddha Sect to comprehend Buddhism. The Chiqiu Daoists of Taoism were also abolished and expelled from Taoism.

The Zen of the Han Yin Sect was imprisoned in an ice cave somewhere in the Ice Helmet Mountains, and the Han Yin Sect was mostly ascetic, and the laws and regulations of the sect were also extremely cruel.

Xiahou Du's fate is not miserable, as a martial arts rookie, no one cares about Xiahou Du, but the Xiahou family - the Xiahou family, who takes the blood sea sword technique as the family martial arts, will never have a future again. No one knows Xiahou Du's whereabouts.

Xu Fu was not abolished from martial arts, because Xuan Sheng Twelve directly got rid of Xu Fu. There are not many rules of the Xuanwu Gate in Fujin City, and there are not even those rules such as respecting teachers and respecting the Tao, there are only two points, do not take the initiative to harm the rivers and lakes, and do not betray the same door.

Xu Fu committed two points, before his death, Xuansheng twelve good wine and good food were supplied, and after Xu Fu recovered, Xu Fu was given a chance to mend his ways, but Xu Fu did not accept it in the end, but was dissatisfied with Xuansheng Twelve's rule over Xuanwumen. He thought that the Xuanwu Gate was too stubborn and lacked aggressiveness.

He thinks that the Twelve Xuansheng are just in vain. In the end, he challenged Xuansheng XII, but was defeated by Xuansheng XII, and died of serious injuries. Xuansheng Twelve was still not injured, which also made Xu Fu understand a truth, the so-called aggression, in the face of the absolute power gap, stronger than the opponent, it is called aggression, and weaker than the opponent is called looking for death.

The Xuanwu Sect was not strong enough to dominate the rivers and lakes, because in the eyes of Xuansheng XII, every Xuanwu Sect disciple still had a long way to go.

The only one who has not been affected in any way is Suiyun, the first of the three dragons of the Sword Gate.

Ning Wuxian let Ren Suiyun go, and even let Ren Suiyun continue to serve as the head of the three dragons, among the top three hundred people in the martial arts conference, in addition to Ning Wuxie, there was also Zhuang Shengxiao, the second dragon head of the sword sect ranked fifteenth. Zhuang Shengxiao didn't understand the meaning of the big dragon head.

But on that day, Ning Wuxian called Ren Suiyun and Zhuang Shengxiao. Asked about the reason for Ren Suiyun's betrayal, Ren Suiyun knew that he was in a catastrophe, but he was also honest, for the sake of power and status.

People go to high places, as long as they can climb higher, Ren Suiyun can do anything for it. Ning Wuxian asked, if the other sects of the Nine Great Sects become stronger in the future, will you choose to go to other sects?

Ren Suiyun's answer was a very firm word, yes.

Ning Wuxian let Ren Suiyun retreat, Zhuang Shengxiao was puzzled, and Ren Suiyun was puzzled. Ning Wuxian's words made Ren Suiyun truly surrender.

"You have missed the best opportunity to kill me, and I will not give you such an opportunity in the future. And if your choice is the strongest sect in the rivers and lakes, then I just need to guarantee that you can't kill me, and the Bajian Sect will always be the strongest sect in the rivers and lakes, so you have no reason to betray. ”

Ning Wuxian is not really tolerant, but absolutely domineering.

If you only surrender to the strongest forces, then I will be the strongest, this is the reason and confidence that Ning Wuxian left Ren Suiyun.

Each of the nine major factions lost a high-level combat power, but only the Sword Sect did not. The choice of the leader of the martial arts alliance was finally shelved because of the first floor in the world, but Ning Wuxie's ambition for martial arts did not end there.

……

On the outskirts of Kyoto, somewhere in a valley, the last floor inn.

After the martial arts conference that day, the first floor of the fake world was finally dragged to the place where Zhong Yunxiu was located, for the martial arts heroes, and for Chen Hui's injuries.

Chen Hui, who was unconscious, didn't know what was going on, and the top 300 masters on the martial arts list who participated in the martial arts conference incident also left their names one after another, and they all hoped to help Chen Hui and do their part.

This conference, also at that time, officially ended, and the first floor of the ruined world also fell in a wild place, and no one cared about it since.

Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the first floor of the world is fake, this is a cage cast by the empire, and as for where the real first floor of the world is, it seems that they are not in the mood to explore.

Those who stayed at the inn were Chen Ling and Bai Beiming, who then received a messenger from the eagle, and Li Nianyun.

Feng Zhan returned to the inn later, and compared to the martial arts people who were dragged up to the sky by the giant beast, the most dangerous experience was Feng Zhan.

In Feng Zhan's own words: Uncle Ben can't get rid of that ghost after running for 800 miles. Before he was finally exhausted to death, Feng Zhan had an idea and ran to the place where Akath was.

He didn't know what black jade and white jade, what silver moonlight, and ghostly mist. But eventually, when the Netherworld sensed the presence of Akasi from afar, he disappeared and retreated.

In retrospect, Feng Zhan only felt that this Netherworld was terrifying. Because he didn't know what the ability of the Netherworld was, in his mind, there should be no one else in the world except Akas.

But he didn't dwell too much on it, for then, after he had returned to the inn, he was distracted by another thing, and like everyone in the building, he began to be troubled.

Shopkeeper, scrapped.

After Chen Hui woke up, he actually disagreed with the statement of abolition.

Soon after falling into a coma, Zhong Yunxiu, Bai Beiming, and Li Nianyun joined forces to rescue and pull Chen Hui back from the brink of death. And it recovered quickly. Later, Chen Hui learned about the plan of the scholar and Chen Ling from the scholar, and he did not have any dissatisfaction.

Even Chen Hui was very happy that the scholar joined forces with Chen Ling, or said that his account office joined forces with Chen Ling, which should mean that he and Chen Ling were no longer enemies.

Although he never knew why Chen Ling was so hostile to him when he first met him.

After being told that he had become a waster, Chen Hui just smiled bitterly.

"I still have hands and feet, and this inn, I am still the shopkeeper I want to be. How can it be considered a wasted person. But that's it...... I don't know martial arts. ”

Chen Hui is very happy to begin to accept this reality, if there are any injuries in the world that even Li Nianyun, Bai Beiming and Zhong Yunxiu can't be cured, then it is almost certain that they really can't be cured.

He began to plan, how to be a good shopkeeper, to be a shopkeeper who doesn't know martial arts, it's no different, but in the future, he may not be able to manage so many idle things.

What surprised Chen Hui was Chen Ling, after listening to Chen Hui's words, Chen Ling's face sank, and said: "This seat does not allow you to become a waste, you can't be a waste!" You're going to get better, and then ......"

Chen Ling's words suddenly stopped. In the inn, the cook and Feng Zhan were busy with other things, and the scholar was also flipping through a bunch of classics brought by Bai Beiming with Li Nianyun, Zhong Yunxiu, and Bai Beiming.

There are only Chen Ling and Chen Hui in the hall.

Chen looked back at Chen Ling, his eyes were as gentle as water, with a faint smile.

"Speaking of which, we haven't officially met yet. Last time you left in too much of a hurry, there are some things I have always wanted to say to you, about the master. ”

(This chapter can be regarded as a wedge for the later part of the Imperial War)

(End of chapter)