Chapter 252: The End
In this world, everyone has a wish.
Xiao Wen's wish is to strengthen Gaochang Kingdom and dominate the world again. Gu Li's wish is that everyone is at peace and there is no illness in the world. Yan Qing's wish is to fulfill the grievances of three hundred years ago.
Yan Qing stayed in that coffin room for a long time, talking a lot, until the bright moon was slanting westward, and then he walked out.
When he walked out of the dungeon, the fire behind him reflected half of the sky. The fire started from the white jade coffin, first burning a pile of white bones to ashes, and then spreading outward, engulfing the entire underground palace in a blazing tongue of fire.
By the time the mausoleum keepers found out, it was already too late. Not only was this royal tomb burned down, but several nearby royal tombs were not spared.
Yan Qing stood in the distance, looking at the raging fire, his calm face, his eyes were as deep as the starry sky.
He failed to kill Yan Wudao with his own hands three hundred years ago, failed to send him into the flames, and now, after his death, he finally did it.
Even if three hundred years have passed, even if he only has a pile of white bones left, he will let him taste the pain of burning his body in the fire, and he will also crush his bones and scatter ashes.
Three hundred years of thousands of autumns, three hundred years of grievances, at this moment, in this monstrous fire, finally came to an end.
As for the Qi State, Yan Qing never intended to let it exist. It is not extinguished now, but it is only for the sake of the future.
The little emperor Yan Cong learned the news of the burning of the royal tomb that night, and he couldn't help but be sad under his anger.
The destruction of hundreds of years of royal tombs is tantamount to breaking the foundation of the Qi State. Could it be that the country of Qi is really gone, and the country will not be a country?
When he was in a daze, he suddenly heard that the envoy of Gao Changguo asked to see him.
Yan Cong immediately cheered up, surprised in his heart, what was he doing at this time?
Before he could figure it out, Yan Qing came in.
"Your Majesty hasn't slept late at night, but you have something on your mind?"
Yan Cong saw that he had a shallow smile on his face, and he looked so leisurely and complacent.
"The envoy laughed, asked to see him late at night, is there something?" Yan Cong asked.
His gaze fell on Yan Qing's body, and his whole body was full of vigilance.
"There is one thing I want to discuss with Your Majesty." Yan Qing replied.
"What's the matter?"
"As long as Your Majesty agrees to withdraw the title of Qi State, I will protect you from death and let you continue to be the monarch."
Yan Cong's pupils widened for a moment.
"You're not ashamed!" He rebuked.
Yan Qing was not in a hurry, but smiled and said, "This is the best way out I can come up for you, good for you, good for me." ”
He didn't plan to let the Qi State exist anymore, but he didn't want to destroy Qi by force, let alone take over such a large area in the future, so he planned to leave Yan Cong.
Although Yan Cong is the emperor, he actually has no real power, and he is young and easy to control. He can do all the drudgery in the future. But the name of the country of Qi must not be kept.
"Gaochang Guoming is good friends with me, but in fact, there is a conspiracy, which is really a wolf's ambition, despicable and shameless!" Yan Cong looked at Yan Qing and reprimanded.
"This has nothing to do with Gao Changguo, it's all my idea." Yan Qing replied.
"You? Who are you? Yan Cong asked sharply.
From the first time he saw this man, there were doubts about his identity. To be able to represent Gao Chang and dare to come to Qi Country single-handedly, this person must not be simple. Who the hell is he? What do you rely on?
The surname "Yan" is not common, and in this world, except for the royal family of Qi State, there are not many people with this surname. Therefore, when Yan Cong heard Yan Qing's name, he first doubted in his heart, did he have any relationship with the royal family?
Yan Qing smiled: "Who am I, then Your Majesty has to ask about the royal family tree." ”
After he said this, he didn't give Yan Cong time to react, and continued: "I heard that the royal tomb was burned tonight. ”
He was in an affirmative tone, not asking.
Yan Cong looked at him vigilantly, what did he want to say?
"It just so happens that I know who set the fire, does Your Majesty want to know?"
"Who is it?" Yan Cong hurriedly asked.
Yan Qing smiled undiminishedly, his lips opened and closed, and he spit out a word: "I." ”
Yan Cong was stunned.
"Your Majesty will consider my proposal just now." After Yan Qing said this, he didn't stay any longer, turned around and left.
Yan Cong was shocked for a while before coming back to his senses, and immediately shouted loudly to ask people to bring the royal family genealogy.
This genealogy has lasted for hundreds of years, and there are more than a dozen books, all of which contain the names of people in the royal family.
Yan Cong started from the latest one and looked carefully little by little, but after reading the whole book, he didn't find anyone who might be related to Yan Qing.
He didn't give up and picked up the next one.
It wasn't until he saw the fifth book that he found the name "Yan Qing" from the genealogy.
The little emperor's heart trembled, is he really a member of the royal family of Qi State?
But the time is not right, this is a record more than 300 years ago, and this person on the genealogy should have been ancient a long time ago, but Yan Qing looks like he is only in his twenties, how can this be the same person?
The time of "more than three hundred years ago" made Yan Cong pay special attention to it. At that time, Emperor Yan Wudao of Lingyun was in power, and in his later years, the world was divided, and the Qi State almost perished. It wasn't until Emperor Lingyun died later that the situation turned from dangerous to safe.
According to the genealogy, Yan Qing was the son of the princess of Yue Kingdom during the reign of Emperor Lingyun. However, whether it is a genealogy or a history book, there is very little introduction to him, leaving only one name.
Yan Qing on Yan Congjue's genealogy could not be the Yan Qing he had just met, and at this moment, someone came in and told him about the situation on the other side of the royal tomb.
The royal tombs were badly damaged, and the tombs of several emperors were burned down.
"Have you found out why?" Yan Cong asked.
"It is said that Emperor Lingyun's royal tomb was the first to start on fire, and with the help of the wind, it burned other royal tombs."
Emperor Lingyun? The little emperor's heart froze violently.
Is it really such a coincidence?
At this time, the crooked moon had quietly slipped down, and the faint morning light shrouded the earth.
I don't know why, Gu Li woke up very early today, and woke up before dawn.
She wanted to sleep a little longer and get up again, but she couldn't sleep when she lay on the bed with her eyes closed.
Her mind was disturbed, thinking about what dowry to prepare for Jin Zhi for a while, thinking about the things in the hall of Chunhui, and thinking about Yan Qing for a while.
Yan Qing has been gone for ten days, and now he should be in Qi country. I don't know if he will be able to come back if it goes well.
Gu Li would definitely not admit that she missed him, she only admitted that she missed the fish soup made by Yan Qing.
In fact, in the past two years, Yan Qing knows what Yan Qing does to her. Even if she didn't believe it at first and was skeptical of his overtures, after so much time, she understood his intentions.
However, what happens next is another matter.