Mingjiang, Wanghai City.

In the blink of an eye, it has been half a month since Pei Yuan came back, and in the past half a month, under the leadership of Prime Minister Wei Tai and his uncle Shen Qiuting, he has gradually become familiar with the government affairs of Mingjiang, and he has become more and more handy in handling it...... It gave him a little headache, because she would personally cook vegetables for Pei Yuan almost every day, and she had to watch him finish eating them with her own eyes.

Although at the beginning, Pei Yuan was still a little moved because he hadn't eaten hometown dishes for many years, but he didn't expect her to be like this every day, today's vinegar fish, tomorrow's shrimp soup, and the day after tomorrow's steamed pork made Pei Yuan's head bad.

"Brother, why don't you drink it? Is it too light? Shen Yuluo said and filled himself with a bowl of chicken soup with a spoon, and tasted it by himself, "It's delicious, this is what I boiled with ham, dried bamboo shoots, and abalone cucumber for three hours before ......."

"Yuluo." Pei Yuan interrupted Shen Yuluo's words, he put down the book in his hand and was embarrassed, "I really ate a little more at noon, and now I'm not hungry at all, you better serve it to your uncle, he has been working very hard these days." ”

He had made up his mind that he couldn't let this girl go on like this no matter what.

"I've had my father's share sent to him." Shen Yuluo blurted out.

"Then you can serve it to someone else." After Pei Yuan finished speaking, he picked up the books on the table again, sat aside, and read them silently.

Pei Yuan's sudden coldness made Shen Yuluo unhappy, she frowned and complained, "Brother, really don't drink it?" ”

"Don't drink it."

"Okay, since my brother dislikes Yuluo, then Yuluo will never come again in the future, these days...... You should think that Yuluo is practicing yourself. Shen Yuluo said these words angrily, and was about to leave with chicken soup.

"You ......" Shen Yuluo's sour words made Pei Yuan very surprised and embarrassed, he didn't expect that he would make her so angry by simply refusing the food she sent.

Helpless, he hurriedly got up and called out to her, "Yuluo...... I'll drink it, you can put it there. ”

Shen Yuluo immediately turned around when he heard this, tilted his head and smiled: "Hehe, this is my good brother." Then he carefully filled Pei Yuan with a bowl.

Pei Yuan took a sip lightly, and let out a helpless and emotional smile, "Well, it's delicious." ”

"As long as it's delicious, I'll give it to my brother tomorrow." Shen Yuluo's eyes almost narrowed into a slit.

Shen Yuluo's words almost choked Pei Yuan, and he said sincerely: "Yuluo, it's not that I don't want to eat the food you cook, and it's not that I dislike you, it's just that you are like this every day, which not only delays your time, but also affects my affairs...... You come once, so that I can eat your food and not delay each other too much. ”

Pei Yuan's earnest discussion made Shen Yuluo not refuse for a while, and what he said seemed to have some truth, so Shen Luoyu could only nod a little unwillingly.

After seeing Shen Yuluo agree, Pei Yuan's heart breathed a sigh of relief, and he smiled: "This is the obedient girl who was a child." ”

In fact, Pei Yuan has always simply regarded her as his own sister in his heart, but at this time, he may not have realized that Shen Yuluo did not regard him as his brother at all.

That day, after Pei Yuan drank the chicken soup, Shen Luoyu pestered him again, letting him talk about what he had seen and heard in Daning for a long time, if it wasn't for Pei Hai who happened to have something to find Pei Yuan, she was afraid that she would be willful for a while.

"Oh? Yuluo is also there. Pei Hai walked in slowly.

"Hello uncle." Shen Yuluo bent his knees slightly.

The atmosphere of Mingjiang is still a little different from Daning, from the lord and nobles to the subjects and people, they get along more easily and naturally, and there is not so much strict red tape.

"Since my uncle has something to talk to my brother, then Yuluo won't delay here." Shen Yuluo also gave Pei Yuan a look before leaving, as if he wanted to tell him not to forget the agreement between the two.

"Wait, it's getting late, I'll send a few people to take you back." Pei Hai was a little worried.

"No need~" When the voice came, Shen Yuluo had already disappeared.

"This kid ......" Pei Hai shook his head helplessly.

"Father, is there something you are looking for me at such a late hour?"

"Come far, sit." Pei Hai took his hand and sat down, he sighed, his eyes became complicated and heavy, "Yuan'er, do you have the confidence to govern the Ming Frontier Country well?" ”

"Father......" Pei Hai's words made Pei Yuan a little puzzled.

"I guess your uncle and Wei Xiang have already told you, I actually ...... It hasn't been to court in years. Pei Hai's eyes were filled with shame and helplessness, "Especially after your mother left, I almost never left the Buddha Hall again." ”

"Father...... The child knew the bitterness of his father's heart. Pei Yuan said with relief.

"You don't understand, I actually ...... It's not suitable to be the master of this party at all, when I was young, there was your uncle, so I only knew how to play in the mountains and rivers at that time, chanted poems, and didn't ask about political affairs at all, but who would have thought that your uncle died young, so your grandfather could only pass on the position of the lord of the country to me, but I was confused, after ascending the throne, I didn't know how to deal with political affairs at all, and I listened to the lies of the flower heir, which caused a big disaster, and brought irreparable damage to the people of Mingjiang and our Pei family. "Pei Hai, who came from sorrow, was full of remorse and apology in his heart." Over the years, if it weren't for the fact that Wei Xiang had been running the government, I really wouldn't have known how to govern the country. ”

Pei Hai's words also made Pei Yuan speechless, because what he said was the truth, Pei Yuan couldn't excuse him, in the Dongyuan Rebellion eleven years ago, nearly 100,000 people died in the Ming Xinjiang Kingdom alone. Cessing land and paying annual coins, no matter which one is a great shame in the hearts of the subjects of Mingjiang, and even his ten-year hardship was born from this.

"It's all gone...... Everything will be fine. Pei Yuan let out a sigh of relief and stopped the tears that wanted to fall from his eyes.

After a long time, Pei Hai wiped away the tears in his eyes, and he looked at Pei Yuan with relief, as if he had seen the dawn of atonement, "These days, your uncle has told me about your performance, and he and I are very satisfied with you, I want to ...... It's time for you to take over the burden of Mingjiang. ”

Pei Hai's meaning shocked Pei Yuan very much, after returning to China, he knew that sooner or later he would ascend to the position of the lord of Mingjiang, but he didn't expect it to be so early, in his opinion, it was a matter of course for him to ascend the throne after his father was a hundred years later.

When he heard this, he immediately got up and said, "Father, how can the child ...... in advance?"

Pei Hai stood up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, interrupting Pei Yuan's words, he walked to the door and said with relief: "I heard that the Yunqiu Temple in Nanzhao has always been the most victorious place for Buddhism in the world, since this is the case, it is my destination, and I have only the rest of my life, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, to atone for the sins of my life." ”

"Father's ......"

"I've already told the Ministry of Rites, three days later...... It's your enthronement. ”

The wind is Xiaoxiao, the moon is bright, at that moment, Pei Yuan's heart is mixed, he looks at Pei Hai's back, and there seem to be thousands of blue waves in his heart.

In the days of Shuyun Pavilion, every time he read the heroic spirit of holding the bow and strategizing thousands of miles in the book, the pain and bitterness in his heart were known by a few people.

Ten years of drinking ice, it is difficult to cool the blood, how can a mere Shuyun Pavilion restrain the ambition of a child.

Yuan Khanate, Northern Ye City.

The mighty cavalry team drove into Beiye City with the dust of the field, and the soldiers guarding the gate just wanted to ask questions, but they were whipped in the face by the person at the head of the team, at this time, the arrogant and wanton atmosphere that permeated Wan Yanyan's team did not have the slightest feeling of Yan Changfeng's presence.

In the white Khan hall shining with golden light, Wan Qiyan hung a scimitar at his waist and held a horsewhip in his hand, and under the panicked and confused gaze of the leaders of the various departments and the important ministers of the court on both sides, he directly sat on the golden throne that symbolized the supreme authority of the Khan.

"The matter of the Khan, you must have heard of it, the natural disaster is violated, and I also ask you to mourn, now that the four seas are in turmoil, Daning has even produced two emperors, and our Yuansu Khanate is no longer in chaos."

"What does General Wan mean?" A bold tribal leader looked a little resistant.

"I mean, from now on, I will take over as the Khan of the Yuan Khanate." Wan Qiyan said this sentence unceremoniously.

In an instant, a large number of soldiers poured into the main hall, and the scimitars in their hands exuded an unfriendly aura behind the ministers.

Since Yan Shanhu was killed by Lu Ziyu with a shot, Wan Qiyan has naturally become the leader of the original army, and he has finally waited for his own opportunity after so many years of saddle protection for Yanshan.

The regimes on the steppe are not like other places, they do not have so many intricate light and dark forces and people's bonds, for them, military power is absolute power.

On the other hand, in order to prevent Yan Changfeng's resurgence, Wan Qiyan replaced all the garrison leaders of the fourteen northern states with his henchmen before returning to Beiye, and once he found Yan Changfeng's figure, he was directly killed on the spot.

The first year of Tianjia was a year of change for the whole world at that time.

In this year, Mu Zhixun usurped the throne and took over the Daning country; Mu Zhice set up another imperial court, and the eastern border of the Chengping era reappeared; Pei Haichan let Pei Yuan become the lord of the Ming Territory; Wan Qiyan seized power, and the Yuan Khanate changed hands again.

Some people may still wonder why the Yuansu Khan Parliament accepted a bastard as their leader, because as early as when Yan Tunan unified the entire northern steppe, in order to resolve the grievances between various tribes and tribes for many years, they were integrated by intermarrying and mixing among various tribes.

Therefore, today's Yuan Khanate is not just a country dominated by Yuan Su people, but a mixed country that integrates many ethnic groups on the steppe. Lineage and origin have long been irrelevant.

But although everyone knew that Wan Qiyan was an evil person, they didn't know his other identity.

Many years ago, when the Mixed Evil Khanate and the Yuansu tribe were still fighting on the grassland, the tragic bloody battle of Xushan was probably forgotten by many people.

But that battle will never be forgotten by Yan for the rest of his life, and he participated in that battle as a citizen of the Mixed Evil Khanate.

At that time, in order to save the decline, the Mixed Evil Khanate sent its proudest famous general to lead the main force to the Yuansu tribe to take the initiative, at the age of seventeen, he also participated in that battle, after the two armies fought, the Yuansu army gradually gained the upper hand, and even began to have signs of defeat, which was undoubtedly the greatest encouragement for the chaotic side of the successive defeats at that time, even if Wan Qiyan had seen all kinds of doubts at that time, and tried his best to dissuade the Lord from continuing to pursue, but to no avail, The Evil Boss still gave the order for the whole army to pursue.

Sure enough, the Yuan Su army had already been ambushed in the Xushan Valley, and in that battle, the mixed evil army was completely annihilated, and when the invincible Yan Changfeng cut off the head of the famous general of the mixed evil, Wan Qiyan, who was lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, saw it clearly.

That's right, that bastard lord is named Wan Qilie, and he is his biological father.

After that battle, all the mobile forces of the Mixed Evil Khanate were lost, and they could only sit back and wait for the moment when the dynasty collapsed. Since then, Wan Qiyan's heart has no trace of nostalgia for the dying evil dynasty.

He resented his father's stupid command, and even more hated and envied Yan Changfeng's military talent.

Although he is not a righteous and affectionate person, but he is an ambitious person, he changed his face to join the Yuan Su not to lurk in it, to avenge his father, not to revive the evil khanate of the past, he just wants to be able to get ahead one day, to have a piece of the river that he dominates.

He can't do it if he lives under people for a long time.

But his hatred and disgust for Yan Changfeng is indeed real, and he wants to be able to trample him under his feet one day to wash away the humiliation he suffered in Xushan back then.

He had been secretly planning in his heart for a long time to seize power, and when Yan Shan was killed by Lu Ziyu's gun, he began to plan, and finally, he chose a time when Yan Changfeng would relax his vigilance the most. Obviously, at this moment, he was very happy with his actions.

Daning, Chenjiazhuang, the capital of Gyeonggi Prefecture.

In the open space in front of the village, dozens of sad-faced farmers stood in a row tied up with hemp ropes, all of them strong men who had been captured.

The military master with a leather whip was knocking rudely on the door with his soldiers, and with a burst of tugging and scolding, every now and then three or four more peasants were kicked into the miserable procession.

"Master Jun! Commander! We don't have any men in our family anymore! An old woman hugged the military master's thigh in a hoarse voice, "The child's father left early, and the only son also accidentally fell into the well and died when he was working in the field, and now there is only the old woman and the daughter-in-law in the house, she is breastfeeding the child and can't see the military masters, you can do it, let our family go." ”

"How can this work? Every household has to pay for it, and if there is not enough people, they will pay for it! The military master kicked the old woman away.

"Master Jun, the child doesn't even have a piece of clothes that can see people, where do I have any money left over for you!" The old woman knelt on the ground and begged with tears in her eyes.

"Then I can't take care of it, if I can't complete the task, our whole family will starve to death, who will pity me at that time!" The military master said that he was about to rush in.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, do you think this will work, although I am old, I can still wash clothes and cook, I will go with you, I will go with you, and I will be your old mother." The old woman stood up, wiped her tears and begged.

After hearing this, the military master looked at the dilapidated houses and courtyards again, and agreed, "Count me unlucky, take it away!" ”

"Let go of my mother, I'll go with you." At this moment, a young man with red eyes came out of the house, with a childish face with a slight beard, and he looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Yo, isn't there still a man, take it away!" The military master was immediately overjoyed.

But the old woman collapsed, and she grabbed her son like crazy, and kept crying: "Son...... You're confused! What about your daughter-in-law and children when you leave...... And the land at home, do you want them to starve to death?! ”

"Mother, Su'e is handsome...... is still young, you let her find another rich family to marry, so that you can also have something to eat. At all costs...... The child can't let his mother go for me. Douda's tears kept sliding down from the young man's eyes, and the stubbornness and relief in the tears made people feel distressed.

"Brute...... You officials, you are all beasts killed by heaven! The old woman wanted to fight with those military masters, but she was kicked to the ground, and she grabbed the loess on the ground weakly and angrily, and her nails were already oozing blood.

Before sunset, the soldiers who caught the strong men led dozens of strong men to leave slowly, the largest of which had passed the sixtieth birthday, and the youngest was only eleven or twelve years old. In any case, they completed today's task and saved their jobs, but the village behind them was already a wail.

Which village will they go to tomorrow?