The night was deep, and the clouds seemed to be deliberately blocking the bright moon, causing the earth to be pitch black like a splash of thick ink. But the mountains not far away were not peaceful, looking at those few black shadows flashing, and from time to time there were bursts of sound like shaking mountains and rivers that resounded throughout the ancient land.

Normally, at this time, the people in the ancient capital dynasty had already extinguished the candles and gone to sleep, but at this time, the terrible sound echoing in their ears made it impossible for them to sleep peacefully. There were a few bold strong men who pushed the door out to check despite the advice of their wives in the bed, but they were shocked by an inexplicable fluctuation and rolled over several times, so shocked that they could only retreat home and wait quietly, listening and guessing where the terrifying sound came from.

By this time, however, the source of the sound had shifted from the nearby mountains to the mountains. From a distance, a few rays of residual light loomed, like a flickering candle flame in the dark, and it would be extinguished at any time when the wind blew.

Looking through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the luxuriant old trees on the top of the mountain, it was very amazing! The halfway point of the mountain seemed to have been hollowed out by the gods with a huge hand, and it was as if it had been bitten off by a tengu.

Suddenly, there was a wave of fluctuations above the mountains, and in an instant the color of the heavens and the earth changed, and the clouds of white yarn quickly drifted away, as if driven by something, and the bright moonlight also dimmed, and the whole sky was as dark as an abyss in an instant. With the spread of the fluctuations on the mountain, the ancient land where the entire ancient capital dynasty was located suddenly shook, and the people who were still in the bed at first were still confused and confused fled from the trembling house, but before they could go to the street to gather together to discuss something, they were reprimanded back to the house by the soldiers around them with knives and guns, they wondered why there were so many soldiers guarding the city tonight, and on the other hand, they were afraid of the shaking of the earth. But after a while, the turmoil in the land slowly stopped. At this moment, from the place where the palace was located, a dull bell rang out, as if to inform that the commotion not long ago had stopped, and as if announcing the beginning of something.

[The capital of the ancient capital dynasty - "Changning Imperial City", which is also the location of the imperial palace of the ancient capital dynasty. 】

The national death knell rang, a total of nine. This means that the person who has the supreme power of the ancient capital dynasty has passed away, and it also means that there is a new person who is about to occupy this position that everyone dreams of. Of course, it may be a bit of a stretch to say that everyone dreams of it. But at the very least, in this entire majestic palace hall, everyone in it has all kinds of strong emotions in their hearts for this position, including hatred, greed, and fear.

The palace's countless rooms are almost completely dark. Tonight, there was only one room where there was a lot of noise, with angry scolding of the busy maids for not doing their jobs well, the helpless sighs of the officials who were talking, and the deafening shouts of the soldiers. But according to common sense, when the emperor dies tonight, there are very few normal cries.

Dozens of gorgeously dressed rouge and pink concubines knelt on the floor paved with white marble, all bowing their heads, holding brightly colored handkerchiefs and wiping their cheeks repeatedly, but it seemed that none of them were shedding tears, and I don't know if they were wiping the thick gouache on their faces, or just making a show for others to see.

The emperor, covered with a yellow cloth, lay down so calmly, pitifully. No one cared about the bright red on the yellow cloth and the chest position, and everyone's eyes were just looking at the helpless kneeling children convulsing and crying, with sarcasm and pity. A kind-hearted minister wanted to go up to appease him, but was stopped by others, and the ministers looked at each other, with a puzzled expression, why meddle with their eyes, and they were calm with each other, and they didn't make too many moves.

The child sat on his knees, and for a moment he tugged at his dead father's hand, muttering something to himself. For a while, he held his head in a daze and trembled, his eyes screamed and screamed, obviously helpless and pitiful. However, no one in the audience knew that this seemingly helpless and pitiful child was the god of death who sent the emperor out of the world.

【Suburbs of Changning Imperial City South City "Eternal City"】

The moon was obscured by the clouds, and the land was dark. Even the emerald green trees on both sides of the path were blackened, standing like silhouettes, pensive. There was no sound except for the distant sound. When the sound stopped, everything was eerily silent. At that moment, a galloping carriage whizzed by, mixed with the neighing of horses and the sound of wheels running over the pebbles on the side of the road. As soon as the carriage passed, the dust and ash had not yet dispersed, and a dozen matching horses wearing silver-gray armor swept by at a rapid speed, knocking away the dust left behind, and the horses' hooves trampled on a thicker dust mist.

The carriage was still galloping ahead, and the blue-robed coachman with the reins in his hand looked solemn, and although it was early autumn and the weather was getting colder, a few pea-sized drops of sweat slipped down his resolute cheeks. This sudden incident has made him take care of himself, but there are two more important lives behind him that he has to protect, not only a promise to his friends, but also his own responsibility!

In the carriage, a woman was holding a baby in her arms, and although the carriage was swaying so much, the baby still slept soundly, and occasionally smashed her little mouth. When you look closely, you can see that there is a transparent light wave around the baby to protect the baby, and at the same time block any sound and shaking from the outside world. With the faint sound of a bell, two lines of tears appeared on the woman's fair and immaculate face, and she knew what the bell meant.

The tears fell from her pointed jaw and dripped onto the mask around the baby, rippling in circles. She took a deep breath, looked at her sleeping child in her arms, and whispered, "This day, after all, has changed. It's just that I pity you two, I hope the future will be different from what I thought. ”

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The Ancient Star Continent is located at the northwest end of the total continent, high in the east and low in the west. It is mountainous, mostly plateaus, and is surrounded by the sea in the east. The highest mountain range is "Chang'an Mountain", and the largest sea is "Liaoxing Sea". To the north is another continent, the Sinking Ice Continent. To the south is the primeval forest "Wild Goose Forest". A "galaxy of the Yangtze River" slanted across the ancient capital dynasty, like a scar deliberately created by historical years, imprinted on this ancient land.

The reason why this land is called the Ancient Star Continent is because of an ancient legend, when the "Ancient Star Country" was not established, and it was still divided by various scattered tribes, this ancient legend has always existed, and it has been passed down to this day, and no one knows whether it is true or false. However, all the people of the Ancient Star Kingdom, from the ministers to the common people, are willing to call themselves the Ancient Capital Dynasty. It's impossible to know when it started, maybe it was when the Sinking Ice Continent crossed the sea and fled in embarrassment. It may also be from the time of the later Sinking Ice Continent every year of Nagong. In short, they were proud to be the people of the ancient capital dynasty, and this sentiment slowly developed into a sacred belief over time.

As mentioned earlier, the Ancient Star Kingdom was not a country at the beginning, but various tribes of all sizes were divided into one side, each tribe had its own tribe's cultural heritage, but they fought and killed each other all year round. Then the big tribe annexes the small tribe, and the small tribe joins other tribes to conquer the big tribe. This continued for a long time, until decades later, the young leader of one large tribe united with the other eight tribal leaders, trusting each other to form an alliance. Invincible, invincible, and slowly unified all the tribes, this is the origin of the ancient star country.

Then the history was long, the establishment of the city-state, the birth of the law of order, the unification of economy and currency, language and culture. Although it is summarized in one word, in fact, it has gone through many years of ruthless baptism, and countless people have worked hard. Of course, at the beginning, there must have been other remnants of the tribe who were not convinced, trying to daydream, no, fighting against the water, but in the end, they were all ruthless and decisive young tribal leaders, no. At this time, it is more appropriate to call him the first emperor of the "Ancient Star Kingdom". At that time, the remnants of the tribe were strongly suppressed by the young emperor with thunderous means and rushed to the western desert.

At this point, after several years of change, the people were slowly assimilated, and everyone felt that it was good to live a stable and comfortable life without war. At this point, the young emperor finally realized his dream, unified all the tribes, and became the boss of the tribe himself, no, no, no, he became the emperor. In short, the mountains and rivers are truly unified at this time, and all the people are of the same heart.

Let's talk about the history of the ancient star country for the time being, after all, history has historical rules, prosperity must decline, decline must be born. Anything new will go through the stages of rebirth, growth, prosperity, and decay, and neither a small grass nor a country can escape this historical rule, and we can only accept it, or try to change it by all means.

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Fast forward to the thirteenth year of Gu Yan. This year, Gu Riyang finally got his wish and sat on the throne of the emperor and became the fourth emperor of the ancient star country, with the name of "Gu Wu".

In the second year of Guwu, Gu Riyang named eight people as ministers of the dynasty, and these eight ministers were under one person and above ten thousand people, each in charge of important government affairs in the dynasty and shared state affairs for his emperor. In addition to this, they each have their own city-states. This is also a strategy of Gu Riyang to commend them, or to prevent them from having other intentions.

The eight cities correspond to the eight ministers of the ancient capital, each of whom is the lord of a city. These eight cities were: Tianqian City, Huangkun City, Xunfeng City, Zhenlei City, Zedui City, Genshan City, Shuikan City, and Lihuo City. For example, the lord of the city can have his own city guards, or he can control the land tax in the city at will, including the surrounding land. However, the military affairs of the eight city-states did not interfere with each other, and were controlled by the emperor in a unified manner. But all these things make the status of these eight ministers particularly noble!

It's a pity that on one night in the fifteenth year of Gu Wu, Gu Riyang died, and the new emperor ascended the throne. The so-called "Eight Ministers of the Ancient Capital" died and fled, and there was also a retreat wandering in nowhere. Now there are only five ministers left to assist the new emperor in taking charge of the government.