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The morning light poked its head out of the eastern sky, and outside the city gate, the black blood had solidified and no longer flowed, and the scorched earth was strewn with corpses, the fire had been extinguished, and only wisps of black smoke were still floating into the air.

In the city, the people bowed their heads and knelt on the side of the road, respectfully greeting their new invincible emperor, holding the package tightly in their hands, which did not know how many gold filaments were contained in it.

The horses passed by, and the streets of tens of thousands of people were silent, and the men on the red-maned horses would look down at the people trembling on the streets, and their hearts would be filled with emotion, and they would look at the children who were afraid to cry out loud but were even more afraid of crying.

"Wow...... Wow......"

The child, who did not know whom, heard the sound of the solemn soldiers stepping on the stone road with neat steps, and immediately cried in horror, and then saw a woman in the crowd raise her eyes in panic, and suddenly the generals looked at her.

The woman's scalp was numb, she whimpered and cried, and hurriedly covered the mouth and nose of the child next to her, and buried her head in the dust, Dongfang Chenxu frowned.

Behind him, an iron-clad general immediately stepped forward and shouted softly: "Stop, you will cover the child to death like this." "

The woman couldn't cry silently, crawled out of the kneeling crowd, kowtowed again and again, and said, "The emperor spares his life, the child is just sleepy and cries, the emperor spares his life..."

The kneeling people couldn't help but raise their eyes to look at Dongfang Chenxu curiously, some were filled with righteous indignation, and some people cowardly lowered their eyebrows, but they would be surprised to see such a young emperor, no matter who it was.

Donggao is not the most powerful land in Danzhou, but it is the richest territory, Danzhou countries are in peace and quiet, the people live and work in peace and contentment, however, a great drought, many people in the land have no harvest, some people starve to death, some people go into exile.

But in such a difficult time in other countries, Donggao is still fragrant with rice and water, and Donggao also has millions of soldiers to feed, and the grain reserves are only divided into about 20% to help neighboring countries, and half a year later, in order to get the remaining eighty percent, when the people starved to death on the streets, the countries chose to raise soldiers mainly and attack Donggao.

The rich Donggao was divided, the people who lived and worked in peace and contentment died on the streets, Dongfang Chenxu became the queen's widow, and in the years of exile, the queen gave birth to twin dragons and went with the emperor, leaving two children for Sima Xin to bring up.

Dongfang Chenhuan, this is Dongfang Chenxi's only brother, but it took a few years for Dongfang Chenxu to recover the country and send it out.

At this moment, everyone was waiting for this young but domineering emperor to speak, his voice was not as cold as imagined, but as warm as the sun.

"Childish innocence, get up. "

Not only the women, but also the people around were surprised, Dongfang Chenxi's eyes swept over the crowd kneeling down the street, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "Everyone get up, this emperor is attacking the city, it is to recover the territory belonging to Donggao, this emperor does not want to kill you, you can still live unrestrained in this land, you don't have to be afraid of this emperor." "

After that, he turned his head and said to Sima Xin: "Father, let the people go home separately, this emperor doesn't need these ceremonies." "

"Good. "

The people who were dismissed by Sima Xin couldn't believe the truth of this for a while, if they got up, would they be accused of rebellion, and they would be killed without mercy, and no one dared to get up, after all, the smoke brought by the iron cavalry of the empire was still outside the city gate, naked, naked to reveal the tragic facts of last night.

Seeing that the crowd refused to disperse, Prime Minister Sima Xin was suddenly helpless.

"Protect the kids, go back!"

Dongfang Chenxu looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, and his words did not look like a murderous, numb, and ruthless emperor.

After a long delay, the army set off to Wangcheng, dressed in red, she was in the restaurant on the street, sitting in front of the railing, looking at him with a smile, feeling a strange gaze, he suddenly raised his eyes, and her eyes were met, his brows were tightened, in the blink of an eye, the person was gone, and the crowd gradually dispersed, there were a few more monks.

The monks who chased her and killed her all found here.

Afternoon.

The sky was dark, the wind and rain were coming, the north wind was howling for a long time, and a torrential rain was menacing.

The blood that had coagulated outside the city gate was washed by the rain, and the blood flowed again, and the scarred corpses that had been stabbed to death and charred were now scooped up by strong arms, put on their shoulders, and carried to the open box, which was pulled by two horses and driven to the burial post.

In the rain, the figures were blurred, and people came and went, resisting one corpse after another, until it was very late.

The rain-washed night sky was unusually clean, like a pearl, and the stars were just rightly dotted, and he stood on the pavilion looking at the starry sky, and she looked at him from the cornices of the temple opposite.

The monk downstairs raised his eyes and saw the man in the pavilion, and walked away silently, why those monks were afraid of him, she didn't know, but now that she was injured, staying by his side was undoubtedly a very correct choice.

A middle-aged man walked behind Dongfang Chenxi, he glanced back and asked, "Father, are those people buried?"

"Back to the emperor, it has been buried. "

Sima Xin nodded and asked distressedly, "Why hasn't the emperor rested yet?" "

"I've been sleeping a little restlessly lately. "

"The Emperor is thinking about the bleeding soldiers?"

Brought up since childhood, how could Sima Xin not understand him as a person, after every victory, the soldiers cheered, but he was melancholy.

He looked at the starry sky and couldn't say what was worried in his heart, "Donggao has recovered the territory that was once divided, but the breakthrough of every city and the victory of every battle are at the cost of tens of thousands of lives, and the emperor does not know how much blood is stained on his hands." "

"Emperor, war is inherently cruel, each country has its own camp, you want the world to be peaceful, difficult, only if you control the world, you can turn it into what you want. "

Dongfang Chenxu sighed lightly, I don't know how many times I have heard such words, and because of this sentence, he has been on the southern and northern expeditions for more than ten years, and finally got his wish.

He said suddenly: "Leave the affairs of the city to General Chang Houshan, this emperor wants to return to the court tomorrow." "

"Why is the emperor in a hurry to return to the court? The soldiers are tired of traveling and traveling, and the war has just been won, the emperor wants to go back at this moment, but how can you appease the tired soldiers?"

A trace of hesitation flashed in the corner of Dongfang Chenxi's eyes, what Ya Father said was extremely true, such a toss, the soldiers were tired, and it was inevitable that there would be no complaints.

Dongfang Chenxu changed his mind, "Then let the soldiers rest for three days, and the song can't be left without an owner for a day." "

"What the Emperor said is that the ministers will take care of the matter. "

"Father, go and rest, and the emperor will take a look at the night scene. "

He looked back at the night scene, but he didn't see her, the woman sitting on the cornice.

"Good. "

After Sima Xin retreated, he sighed and sighed, he didn't have to rest for a long time, and the goodwill he lost for him quietly returned.

It turns out that a man who has fought for so many years, a man who has trampled on the bones of countless people, will also grieve alone in the middle of the night, in this case, why did he bother with the Northern Expedition in the first place?

On the day of the return song, he saw the peach tree again by the riverside when he came by, and he took the woman who jumped from the tree.

She said with a shy face: "Why don't you give me a home?"

Seeing people jumping from the tree, the hearts of all the soldiers were hanging, and now when they heard her say such bold words to the emperor, the atmosphere suddenly became active, Dongfang Chenxi was caught off guard by her words, and was slightly startled, causing the soldiers behind him to laugh.

The young General Xiao teased: "The Emperor, it's so fragrant and beautiful, why don't you take it back, it's time for the Emperor to consider enriching the harem, do you say yes, Prime Minister?"

Sima Xin frowned and didn't speak, how could a woman of unknown origin enter the palace with Emperor Chenxu, isn't this a joke?

"Closed ...... Shut up!"

Dongfang Chenxi glanced back at General Xiao, and suddenly stammered, which caused everyone to laugh, Zhao Yi also smiled with his eyebrows, gentle and generous, Dongfang Chenxi coughed dryly.

Calm down and said, "Girl, don't be joking. "

She blinked, shook her head slightly, and said, "I'm not kidding. "

He asked again, "Why does the girl think that the emperor will give you a home?"

"Are you rejecting me?" she looked at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes, with a trace of displeasure on her delicate face, it was clear that he had the right to refuse her, but listening to her being so angry, he actually felt that he had done something wrong, slightly panicked, and spoke incoherently.

"The Emperor...... It's not ......."

The smile on her lips was shallow, looking at his wordless defense, and suddenly, his face calmed down, and he glanced at her neck, and reached out to ruffle the hair that fell on her neck, and found that it was a firelight pattern.

Dongfang Chenxu raised his eyes and looked at the peach tree, the peach blossoms were charming and charming, and she was so beautiful that a glance was enough to be obsessed with her, he lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Your fire mark is special." "

"Tattoo and play. "

She also smiled calmly, he didn't say anything anymore, and turned around and asked, "Father, what do you think?"

Outside the painting screen, everyone was stunned, and suddenly gasped, Dongfang Chenxi actually knew her identity when she first met Zhao Yi.

Maybe he didn't know that she was a witch who killed Wan, but he knew that she was not an ordinary girl.

in the picture.

Sima Xin's expression was solemn, "How could the girl come to this deserted place?"

"I came to play with the merchants, and they said that there had been war in the area ahead for many years, and it was inconvenient to take me a woman, so they left me here. "

Zhao Yi said frankly, as if this was the case, Sima Xin felt far-fetched when he heard it, but he couldn't see her being a little humble.

"Then why don't you go back?"

Zhao Yi said frankly: "The road is far away, and there is no entanglement." "

Sima Xin asked again, "Where is your home?"

Zhao Yi pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly had a faint sadness, and responded: "The four seas are home. "

Sima Xin said angrily: "What a clever girl." "

She smiled widely, "Didn't you ask me?"

Sima Xin said solemnly: "That is the case, you follow the army back to Chaoge, borrow your order to pester you, and go back, where did you come from." "

"Then thank you, Prime Minister!"

Zhao Yi tilted slightly, Dongfang Chenxi nodded, the soldier led his fierce horse to the front, and when he was already sitting in the saddle, General Xiao dismounted and arched his hand: "Then my white horse will be given to the girl!"

Zhao Yi's face suddenly flushed with embarrassment, and he said shyly: "I don't know how to ride a horse." "

"This ......" General Xiao looked embarrassed, Dongfang Chenxu stretched out a hand and said, "Give it to the emperor." "

Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Zhao Yi stretched out her hand and held his hand, and in the next moment, she had been stopped by him and hugged in his arms and sat on his horse.

Zhao Yi was frightened by his actions, turned his head and looked at him in surprise, his eyes were full of incredulity, and he broke free slightly.

"You ......"

He smiled evilly, "No one dares to say 'no' to this emperor yet." "

She coaxed, don't look away from him.

"Let's go. "

With a shout, the army set off again.