The night was already deep and deep, the light on the horizon gradually dimmed, and the inhabitants of Huqin City fell asleep one by one and fell asleep. It was late autumn, and the cicadas were silent from the midnight sound and replaced by the faint sound of the wind. Nine and a half looked up at the sky, and this moonless night made her feel sad.

Everyone has sorrows, but the same people at different times have different sorrows.

"What are you worried about?" Somewhat abruptly, a familiar voice reached Nine-Half's ears, but he was used to it. Z's voice always came out in just the right amount without any interference from him, and then mysteriously disappeared. Over time, nine-and-a-half got used to such a life. Although he didn't know if this self-proclaimed god man really existed, or that it didn't matter if it was his inner second personality, the black cat and the white cat were good cats if they caught the mouse.

During this period of time, he could recall his memories as Lin Ze from time to time, which in itself was a strange experience for him. The memories of the two lives were repeated and overlapped back and forth in his mind, probably this was what people of that era called split personality.

He sat in the courtyard and didn't move, and it was inexplicable that this stone table in the middle of the courtyard could give him an inexplicable sense of security. Maybe it's because it's been a strange experience for too long, either standing on a high mountain or moving in the underground or in the water, and it's really nice to be able to touch the earth once in a while. Nine and a half took off the shoes on his feet, and the cold feeling of his bare feet touching the dirt let him know that he was still alive. I don't know when I bought those shoes, and there are always many, many clothes and shoes in his stone, so that even if he has no money, he doesn't have to go into the worldly shops to deal with people, and he can live alone.

What's so bad about being lonely? Let's live a life that understands first.

"You're here again," Nine-Half-said, his voice a little low and hoarse, as if he didn't want to communicate with Z. He withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked instead at the gate of the courtyard facing him. Although it is a door, it does not actually have a door panel, but it is just a stone frame. "What are you doing this time, do you want me to repay the favor?"

"Of course not, am I such a calculating person?" Z's voice was a little strange, but it was not just strange, but Z's words seemed to float from all directions, making people unpredictable and unable to find their way. "I'm here to tell you something that will be useful to you. ”

"Then I won't listen. How can there be such a cheap good thing in the world, empty gloves white wolf? They all say that there is no free lunch, in case your news is false, who will I talk to. ”

Nine and a half words directly choked Z, and he couldn't seem to find any other reason or idea to refute for a while, which made him very embarrassed. Jiuhan's voice seemed to be a little heavy, and he said as if he was forcibly suppressing his emotions: "Z, you saved me, that's right." It's your credit that I've survived to this day, whether it's good or bad, but why did you deceive me? You didn't tell me the truth from the beginning to the end, did you? About the reason why you saved me, about the meaning of my ability to survive in this world, about what I mean to you. I've been through so much and you haven't shown up the whole time, do you really exist?"

"Of course I exist, haven't I incarnated to see you?"

"That's also a meeting? You can coax me to play with me, right? In Lin Ze's memory, there is a cash technology in the world I once lived in, called holographic projection, as long as the arrangement is done in advance, it can be almost similar to a thousand miles of movement, so that a person's image appears thousands of miles away is just a matter of minutes, am I right?"

This kind of rebuttal is reasonable, and it seems that Z can't answer it, and Jiuhan also thought of this question after careful consideration, after all, since Z appeared, there are too many doubts. Not to mention this method similar to the appearance of holographic projections, every time Z contacts him, it is always in a confined space, and even more often in a prison cell. Could it be that Z is the legendary god of the cell, able to communicate with others through the cell? In the face of the doubts of the nine halfs, Z did not seem to be angry. This thought seems to have been expected for a long time. The voice sounded very indifferent, and then Z opened his mouth and said to Jiuhan: "If you don't believe it, you can look up." ”

"Look up, what's ...... about looking up," following Z's guidance, Jiu Ban raised his head and wanted to look into the sky, although he was very calm in his heart beforehand, but the next moment he was shocked by the scene in the sky. The stars that had already established a connection with each other were now connected to each other again with a clear silk thread, and those silk threads seemed to be building a world as if they were shining abnormally, and then a human face with dense meridians appeared in the starry sky, and it was the appearance of Z. The huge human face in the starry sky occupied all the field of vision of the nine and a half, and the lips on that face were buzzing, and he said, "So...... Do you believe it now?"

"This ...... How is this possible?" Everyone longs to see miracles, but when a real miracle is something impossible that happens in front of them, almost no one can keep their composure. Although Nine and a Half had already stepped into the Holy Realm, although it was not difficult for him to travel thousands of miles a day if he wanted to, it was still a fantasy for him to actually manipulate the entire starry sky.

Z's face manipulating the starry sky didn't speak, and after quietly looking at Nine and a Half for a while, after Nine and a Half's half-open mouth finally closed, Z finally said slowly: "It looks like you don't need the news I brought, but it's okay that I've always been helpful and understanding." Sirius has already fallen to the south, and the killing will rise from there, so you'd better prepare early. ”

Cleanly, the face that Z borrowed from the starry sky disappeared immediately after he finished speaking, as if it had never existed, leaving only a dull nine and a half in the courtyard.

In another courtyard not far away, Shaohong stood there quietly, and Wu Liangzi, who was accompanying him, did not speak. Shaohong, who was looking at the starry sky, was like an ordinary woman at the moment, after taking off all her disguises and putting away the holy light on her body, she was just a woman at this time. Without the blessing of the Holy Light, the Shaohong National Master was enjoying his rare rest time at this time, and although his face did not have many wrinkles, he was actually full of exhaustion. She watched quietly as the face in the sky faded away, the smile on her face slowly faded and then calmed.

She opened her mouth and said to Wu Liangzi beside her, "Wu Liangzi, have you seen it all?"

Shaohong turned around and walked to the stone table behind him and sat down, and Wu Liangzi followed. There was nothing on the table, just a cup of herbal tea and a map. Shaohong looked at the map and picked up the teacup, and at this time, Wu Liangzi said behind him: "You mean...... The big star that fell to the south of the continent?"

Shaohong nodded and said, "That's right, Sirius has fallen. The wolf is the main killer, and this star falls in the south, indicating that the war will take place in the south. She took a sip of her tea, but then frowned and spat out the tea in her mouth. "What's wrong with this world, why doesn't it taste right along with the tea?"

After listening to Shaohong's words, Wu Liangzi was a little confused for a while, but she couldn't say nothing, so she opened her mouth and said: "Master, you mean that war will occur in the south or develop to the south, so my country of prisoners will not be disturbed by war for the time being, right?"

"Actually, that's not the case," Shaohong sat there, leaned down to look at the map, and said lightly: "Although my country of imprisoned cattle currently has the Leyan Mountain Range as a defense for a while and there is no big problem, but in fact, this must be established under the condition that there are no accidents. ”

"Master, what kind of changes do you think is ......?"

"You're the biggest change. Speaking of this, Shaohong's voice suddenly became serious. At this moment, it seemed that even the sound of the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves could be heard, and the whole courtyard suddenly became very quiet. Shaohong's words made Wu Liangzi slightly startled, she shook her head a little as if she didn't understand, and then froze there. Seeing that Wu Liangzi didn't seem to understand her words, Shaohong looked at her face and continued: "Don't think that I don't know what happened between you and Jiuhan, no matter how deep your feelings for him are, you shouldn't be given priority in front of our goals." Don't be stupid and don't lie to yourself, don't fight for things that are destined to have no results, otherwise after everything is settled, you will definitely be injured in the end. ”

Speaking of this, the words seemed to be a little compassionate, so Shaohong stood up and patted Wu Liangzi on the shoulder, deliberately not looking at his complicated face, and said: "There are some things that you have to hold in your heart, and you have to hold it for a lifetime." I understand your grievances, but I can't understand them and I can't indulge them. ”

With that, Shaohong walked behind him. Wu Liangzi didn't say anything, just followed directly.

Where Shaohong didn't see it, she bit her lip.

Compared to several other countries, the country of the captive cow is somewhat different and even strange in that although the king is still alive, there is no court here.

After more than ten years of governing the government of the country, the national teacher Shaohong has been in charge of the government, and everything seems to have become a little different. The princes and nobles are accustomed to the days when there is no monarch, and they almost regard Shaohong's residence as a palace; the concubines in the palace seem to be accustomed to the days without a monarch, and the monarch has no heirs, so they naturally do not have to intrigue for the ranking of the heirs, and there is no need to compete for favor when the monarch is not in the palace. More than ten years later, the officials in the court have changed, some of the senior officials have already returned to their hometowns, and Shaohong has also controlled all the rights on the selection of officials, and the concubines in the palace have become accustomed to the life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea every day after their daughters-in-law have become mothers-in-law for many years, just like the old people in nursing homes.

He woke up early at midnight this morning, and although he slept late last night, he still didn't have much sleep to sleep on, after all, he had a lot on his mind. Although he didn't wake up too late, in fact, it wasn't until the third pole of the day that the boy came to the door and told Master Shaohong about the fact that he wanted to see him.

followed the boy to the door of Shaohong's study, and the boy asked for nine and a half to wait at the door first, but before the boy went to report it, Shaohong personally sent an old man out of the house. After a brief salute, the old man walked towards the gate, and he only glanced at the nine and a half moments, and never looked back.

The old man has white beard and white hair, but he can be called a crane with a childish face. Looking at the back, he was a little embarrassed, but in fact, his steps were unusually steady, and there was nothing sick or old. The old man's back made Jiuhan's eyes a little straight, and at this time, Shaohong said behind him: "How is it, are you shocked?"

Jiuhan turned around, Shaohong made a "please" gesture and then led Jiuhan towards the room, Jiuhan followed into the room, and said, "Indeed...... There are some. I didn't expect that there would be such a person in Master Shaohong's mansion, could it be an old-timer from a famous family?"

Shaohong smiled, and while letting the boy go to serve tea, he smiled and said to Jiu Ban: "There may not be a famous faction, but the old-timers are undoubted." The one just now is my prime minister who is 80 years old this year. How's it going, didn't expect it?"

"Eighty?" ......was indeed unexpectedly at the age of nine-and-a-half, and he was surprised.

"That's true, the prime ministers of my dynasty were all people who assisted the monarch back then, and now they still have the world in their hearts and have not returned to their hometowns. In fact, even if they really say goodbye to their hometown, I can't let them go, hahahahaha....." Saying this, Shaohong showed a hearty smile that almost couldn't belong to a woman. "Come, please have tea. ”

The boy brought the tea up, took the teacup with his left hand, and gently stroked the cup twice with the lid of the cup in his right hand, in order to dispel some heat. Then he brought the teacup to his lips and said, "With a veteran-level figure like the Prime Minister of the Left and Right sitting in Huqin City, presumably the country of the Prisoner Ox will definitely be able to protect itself in the war, right?"

was looking forward to the good news, but at this time, what came from Jiuban's ears was a heavy sigh from Shaohong. At this time, he took a sip of tea, but he didn't expect to immediately frown. The reason for frowning was not only because the tea was bitter, but also because he didn't expect Shaohong's words to have a bitterness comparable to tea.

"Actually, the situation in the country where I imprisoned cattle is still not very optimistic. If it weren't for the vast Leyan Mountains in the east as a barrier, I'm afraid that the first choice of the Jairian army would be to attack my prisoner cattle. Huqin City is still some distance away from the border, but in this case, the country of Jianxi will be the first to go south. If Jairwood and Mock Wind were the first to attack three of the other countries, then I am afraid that their annexation of the Prison Ox would only be a matter of one day. ”

The tea was bitter, and Shaohong didn't bring any good news. Jiu Ban raised his head, shifted his gaze from the tea to Shaohong's eyes, and said, "What if you directly send troops to attack the country of Jairus?" When he said this, he had already placed his teacup on the table, which was a high-numbered ebony table, which was very comfortable to look at. "The so-called 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', if we can pass through the Leyan Mountains and directly force the capital of Jianqi when we send troops to attack other countries in the country of Jianxi, will the pressure on the other countries be less?"

What Jiu Ban said seemed to make a lot of sense, but Shaohong kept shaking his head after hearing it. The mistake made by Jiu Ban is the so-called "paper talk" taboo of the soldiers, he didn't know much about the national situation of the prisoner cow and said such a thing, but Shaohong didn't mean to blame just said: "It's easy to say, but it's much harder to do." What you don't know is that although the Leyan Mountain Range is a huge obstacle to the country of Jairus, it is still a problem for sending troops compared to the prison cow. For us or Jairus, it would be a huge drain for either the army to cross the Leyan Mountain Range, so we can only wait and wait for Jairus's army to fight a beautiful counterattack after crossing the Leyan Mountain Range, otherwise there will be no other way except this post-strike method. ”

"What if Jairus and Mocking Wind annex the other six countries? What if they feed the war with war, and finally the national strength is strong enough to cross the Leyan Mountains with hundreds of thousands of troops in one go, and the prisoner cow can only sit and wait to die?"

"There's only waterways. Shaohong said: "But in fact, the navy has always been the weakness of the country of prisoners, and there are very few completely ice-free ports on the huge land of prisoners, so my country has not spent much money to build ships." At this time, if you make a hard research, I'm afraid it will be too late. ”

Hearing this, Jiu Ban sighed deeply and then said in an extremely faint and sad tone: "Is this really the case...... Is war destined to happen in the South, and there is no room for manoeuvre?"

Shaohong's hearing is very good, and the words of Jiuban came into her ears word for word, and this woman's face showed a somewhat different expression.