"I received news that the Ran clan was wiped out by Gao Huan in Yecheng."

The young emperor sat in a high hall. Even though it was daytime, the main hall was lit with candles, and it was very brightly lit. Due to the secrecy of the matter, the emperor had already retired from the palace maid Huangmen, and there were only three people in the palace at this time.

Hearing the emperor's words, Yu Wentai was shocked in his heart, and his brows were already tightly furrowed. Could it be that 100,000 people urgently summoned him to the palace?

Any Xianbei person who hears the name of "Wu Mourning Heavenly King" still feels frightened even if it has been more than a hundred years apart.

More than 100 years ago, the Yongjia Rebellion, the Han family collapsed, the royal family and the scholars crossed the river in panic, the Hu people burned and looted in the Central Plains, and the Han people in the Central Plains suffered a catastrophe.

It was Ran Min, the king of martial mourning, who issued an order to kill Hu, ordering the children of the Han family in the world to rise up and resist, and overnight, 200,000 people were slaughtered by the Han people.

Later, Ran Min was defeated and captured by Murong Jun. Murong Jun sent Ran Min to Dragon City and beheaded him at the Containment Mountain. On the day of Ran Min's death, all the plants and trees in the seven miles around the mountain withered, and the locusts rose in large numbers. The year was dry and rainless from May until December. Murong Jun was horrified, thinking that the heavens were angry that he had killed Ran Min, so he sent a messenger to worship Ran Min, and called him the king of martial arts.

It snowed heavily that day.

"Since the Martial Mourning Heavenly King was killed by the Murong clan more than a hundred years ago, the remnants of the Ran clan's bloodline have been hidden in the forest for many years, and they don't care about the world. Both Hu and Han in the north have always respected the king of martial arts, and never dared to disturb his descendants, why did Gao Huan suddenly exterminate him again? ”

The military general who asked the question was Yu Jin, he was about forty years old, with a long white face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a heroic posture, standing behind Yu Wentai.

Yu Wentai tilted his head slightly, and said to him in a gloomy voice: "I'm afraid it's to pass on the jade seal of the country." ”

"The jade seal of the country?!" Hearing these four words, not only the handsome military generals behind him, but also the two or three people in this small hall were shocked.

The jade seal of the country is four inches in circumference, and the five dragons are handed over to New York, and the front is engraved with the eight insect and bird seal characters of the book of Qin Xiang Li Si "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", which is carved by Li Si with the He's bi, dedicated to the first emperor, as a token of imperial power and legitimacy. When the first emperor visited Dongting Lake, he suddenly encountered strong winds and waves, so he threw the jade seal of the country into the lake, and the wind and waves were calm. Later, a fisherman caught a jade seal and dedicated it to Xianyang.

After Liu Bangjun went to the ba, Ziying knelt and held the jade seal and dedicated it to the left of Xianyang Road, and the jade seal was returned to the Han Dynasty. When Wang Mang usurped the government, Liu Ying was young and hid the jade seal in the Empress Dowager of Changle Palace. Wang Mang sent his cousin Wang Shun to ask for it, and the queen mother was angry and scolded him, and threw the seal on the ground, breaking a corner of it. Wang Mang ordered the craftsmen to make up for it with gold.

Later, after several tosses, the jade seal was returned to Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo rebelled, the princes of the Thirteenth Road crusaded, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, and moved the capital to Chang'an. Sun Jian salvaged a palace maid from a well in the old palace room in Luoyang, and hid this heirloom jade seal in his arms. In the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, everyone wanted to get this jade seal, and after several battles, it returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Later, the emperor Chan was given to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei was given to Sima's family, and the jade seal was returned to the Jin family. In the Yongjia Rebellion, the jade seal went through a long journey and came to the hands of Ran Min, the king of martial mourning.

But then he mysteriously disappeared again with Ran Min's death.

This disappearance is more than 100 years.

Back then, Murong Jun also wanted to ask about the whereabouts of this jade seal, and tortured Ran Min and his henchmen and relatives, all of whom were bitten to death and sent the jade seal across the Yangtze River and returned to the Jin room. When Murong Jun wanted to send someone south to investigate, the war broke out again, and he never mentioned the matter again.

After all, the Hu people are called emperors in troubled times, and they don't have to prove the legal system of the Han people.

Yu Wentai groaned: "Gao Huan wants to find the heirloom jade seal at this time, but I am afraid that it will be related to the westward migration of the Supreme. ”

Emperor Yuan Xiu and warlord Gao Huan tore their faces and moved from Luoyang West to Chang'an, Gao Huan had to change his clan pro-Yuan Shanjian as emperor and move the capital to Yecheng. But after all, Yuan Xiu was still there, and Yuan Shan saw that the emperor's name was not right, which also caused many heroes in the eastern part of the country to join Chang'an, which caused Gao Huan to lose a lot of territory for no reason.

Only then did he want to find the jade seal of the country, announce it to the world, and crusade against Chang'an.

But it backfired, even if Gao Huan dug out the Ran family, who had lived in seclusion for many years, and tortured him all over the place, he didn't ask for any news.

Yuan Xiu leaned over and asked, "Is there a way for Shang Shuling to also search for the jade seal?" ”

Yu Wentai bowed: "Your Majesty will do your best to find the whereabouts of the jade seal of the country." ”

The emperor nodded: "If this jade seal is really in the southern court, it will be fine, but it must not fall into Gao Huan's hands." ”

I secretly know in my heart that this world was snatched from the hands of the Han people, and if it is not orthodox, it is not orthodox for them to be Xianbei. But Gao Huan was originally a Han from Huaishuo, and if he got this heirloom jade seal, the situation would be different. At that time, it is not known whether he will abolish the Yuan clan and become self-reliant.

He gave up Luoyang and moved west to Chang'an, and when Gao Huan held the jade seal and ordered the world's heroes to crusade against Chang'an, he was really a dead end.

The emperor is really a high-risk profession.

Out of the palace, Yu Jin called Yu Wentai: "Shang Shuling, in your opinion, is this heirloom jade seal still in Jiangnan?" ”

Yu Wentai smiled slightly: "Gao Huan must have secretly gone to Jiangnan to search for nothing before he dug up the Ran clan and tortured him." ”

"According to you, the jade seal is still in the north?"

Yuwentai looked at him and shook his head: "Lone (1) is not sure. The jade seal has been missing in the north for more than a hundred years. In recent decades, since the fall of the Jin Dynasty, Jiangnan has also undergone frequent changes, and it is really hard to say where this jade seal was lost. We don't have any clue right now. I'm afraid it's not easy to find it now. ”

Seeing Yu Wentai get on his horse and leave, Yu Jin was about to get on his horse and leave, when a small yellow door hurriedly came, and whispered in his ear: "Hussar General, Your Majesty asks you to go to the Tibetan Scripture Building to speak alone." ”

He was a little surprised, the emperor deliberately wanted to avoid Yuwentai.

What does the emperor mean by this?

Yu Jin followed the little yellow gate around the huge palace city with anxiety, and entered the scripture building behind the imperial garden.

There were no candles in the building, and it was very dim. Daylight filtered in through the panes and slanted onto the ground. He looked up and saw dust floating in those pillars of light.

Emperor Yuan Xiu hid behind the rows of bookshelves and whispered, "Yu Qing is here." ”

He hurriedly saluted: "Yu Jin will see the driver." What does the Supreme command? ”

The young emperor paced slowly behind that row of bookshelves, without saying a word.

Yu Jin lowered his head, not knowing what the emperor wanted to do, and he didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, the emperor said: "I broke with Gao Huan that day, and it was Aiqing who suggested that I come to the west, and I accompanied me all the way to the west. The heart of loyalty is unforgettable. ”

Yu Jin saw the emperor mention this matter again, and he was a little confused, it was he who suggested to Yuwentai to express his loyalty to the emperor and ask him to move west, and it was he who went to Luoyang to persuade the emperor. However, after arriving in Chang'an, the emperor found that he was still being set aside by the ministers, so he was also dissatisfied with the original proposal of Yu Jin. At this time, the word "loyalty" was mentioned to him, but Yu Jinshi didn't know what he meant.

He hurriedly bowed: "The minister doesn't dare." But according to the command of the Lord, the ministers died to repay the Lord's kindness. ”

The Emperor walked slowly out from behind the row of bookshelves, walked up to him, and said, "Since the beginning of the West, Yuwentai has been wielding power and growing in power. He has been operating in the Guanlong area for many years, and I really don't worry about him. ”

Yu Jin's heart was even more uneasy. It is well known that he has a close relationship with Yuwentai. Yu Jin followed Yuwentai very early. As early as when Yuwentai was still serving as the assassin of Xiazhou under the account of He Bayue, Yu Jin was appointed by Yuwentai as the governor of Xia, and he was a direct subordinate official. The relationship between the two of them can be described as more than a thick one.

Why did the emperor say this in front of him? Do you want to separate him and Yuwentai?

He wants to use this matter to do something to Yuwentai?

At this moment, Yu Jin only felt thrilled.

There have been such rumors for a long time, I heard that the emperor often scolded Yuwentai in the palace, and he was eager to kill him quickly. But in the current situation, Gao Huan is eyeing the east, and the Rouran Yu Jiu Lu clan is dominating the northern grassland. If the emperor wants to do something to Yuwentai at this time, wouldn't he destroy the Great Wall?

He and Yuwentai welcomed the emperor to Chang'an, in order to help the Wei family, but he was supreme, the cunning rabbit was not dead, and he wanted to cook the dogs; The birds are not exhausted, and they want to hide the bow.

"Shangshu made him ......"

At the beginning of the words, the emperor stretched out his hand and held it tightly, and said: "I look at the court, all of them are Yuwentai's henchmen, only Yu Qing, who is loyal and righteous, and I am convinced. ”

Yu Jin understood. At this moment, his heart is clear.

The search for the heirloom jade seal is a disguise, and the emperor's target is Yuwentai.

Forced to the present, he had to express his position, he followed the emperor and spoke: "But according to the supreme orders, Yu Jin will not give up." ”

When the emperor heard his words, he said slowly: "Finding the jade seal of the country is a matter of great importance, and it is a matter of eternal generations. You have to keep an eye on Yuwentai, and you must not let the jade seal of the country fall into his pocket. I will give you a secret edict, once Yu Wentai finds the jade seal of the heirloom country, Yu Qing can hold the seal and kill it immediately. After Yuwentai's death, Qing became the prime minister, and I was the humerus. ”

He needs Yuwentai's forces to find the heirloom jade seal, and he is afraid that the heirloom jade seal will fall into the hands of Yuwentai, and he will replace it. Yu Jin understood thoroughly.

He looked up at the young emperor in front of him, he was very thin and pale. He was originally a member of the Yuan clan and the king of Pingyang County. In Luoyang that year, Gao Huan helped him ascend to the throne, and two years later he broke with Gao Huan and moved west in defeat. He has a strong personality and great ambitions, and he is bent on reviving the mountains and rivers of the Yuan clan. However, Yu Jin understood that whether it was Gao Huan or Yu Wentai, he was not an opponent.

At this moment, the emperor's eyes were burning, full of anticipation and hope. He hoped that his confession and promise would impress the scheming general in front of him and draw him to his side. Yu Jin, but one of Yuwentai's wings.

Yu Jin nodded: "The minister understands." The ministers will do their best not to dishonor the emperor's order. ”

Heroes in troubled times, judging the situation and weighing the pros and cons. Yu Jin has always seen himself as Yuwentai's political ally, not his servant. Therefore, he only turned around his mind twice, and then made up his mind, and waited quietly to see what happened.

Exegesis:

(1) Lonely: The princes and kings of the Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties often called themselves widows, while the heroes such as Zhu Rong and Gao Huan called themselves lonely.