In March of the fifth year of the Eltino calendar, the north gate of Reyns was closed

If you had a different scenario, it might have been a completely different scene. In the guest house in the White Deer Cave, Lancelot, who was wearing a ceremonial robe, said respectful words to his uncle Lu You quite respectfully, and Lu You would also receive this nephew with a smile with the etiquette that he should have as an elder.

However, due to the difference in the positions of the two sides, although they met for the first time, they already had grievances with each other, and because of these grievances, they immediately fell into a state of confrontation.

And from the beginning of the meeting, Lu You hated the man in front of him. Not only did he put on a lofty posture, but he also exuded a momentum on his body, which made Lu You feel extremely unhappy.

This kind of momentum seems familiar, it was in the Kyushu War two thousand years ago, on the top of the cliff and lonely peak, the peerless overlord who pressed the masters present with the power of one person and couldn't raise his head, exuded such an momentum, but compared to him, Lancelot's feeling was much more high-flying, stimulating the senses of the landing tour, reminding him of the shame of the day.

In the face of Lancelot's arrogant attitude, Lu You's faint counterattack was even more spicy, but Lancelot didn't seem to feel the irony in it, shrugged his shoulders slightly, lowered his position to the same level as his uncle, and said: "If Uncle Shi has already had fun, I will forgive my little nephew for not sending it, it is like this here now, it will take a lot of effort to clean it up, it is really tiring." ”

There was no invitation to fight, Lancelot seemed to have given an order to evict the guest, but his attitude was not so unacceptable that it was inconsistent with his previous arrogant attitude, and it also surprised Lu You, if he knew this person before, and the arrogance when he appeared, he should have done it with himself immediately, but ......

Lu You denied the possibility that the other party was planning to play some tricks and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack. Maybe not every disciple has inherited the master's style, but the man in front of him undoubtedly has the same momentum as his righteous brother Huang Taiji, such a person will not do something degrading his personality without necessity.

"It really surprised me, you and what I've heard before, it seems to be different. Lu You said indifferently: "I'm fighting with Amakusa Shiro, don't you want to take the opportunity to attack? ”

"Ha, Uncle Sword Master, you're not the only one who will surprise you. Lancelot said: "After the fierce battle between you and Amakusa Shiro, it is indeed a great temptation to continue to fight you in a wheel battle, but this kind of victory is not enough to be sure, I don't want to do it, if I really want to fight you, I will pick a time when your physical strength is weaker, and work with my sister, brother, and all my men." At this point, there are too few people on my side......"

Frankly expressed his thoughts, but made the other party feel that there was no gap. Lu You looked thoughtfully behind Lancelot, where there was another person he couldn't see, floating there.

Neither of them had any plans to shake hands amicably, since they didn't plan to go to war, it would be redundant to say anything here, the fierce battle between Lu You and Amakusa really made him lose his vitality a lot, and when it was confirmed that there was no need to fight, his whole body turned into a rainbow light and flew straight towards Altino.

"Hey, White Deer Cave Martial Arts, it seems that there are really some doorways, and they may not be able to beat him now. These two old guys are really energetic, and the North Gate Tianguan is now razed to the ground, and the White Deer Cave doesn't know if it will compensate for the construction costs......?

Well, at least there are people who have benefited from it. “

Lancelot, who was talking to himself, turned his head to the back and said, "Isn't it? Third brother, you should thank me a little, if I don't make a move just now, you will be responsible for taking over the impact force, so that what you have been trying to hide will not be revealed? ”

Gengoro didn't answer, but looked intently at the smiling brother in front of him, using all his Heavenly Consciousness to probe, measure, and see how much he had improved after the fierce civil war in Reyns. Unable to see it, Gengoro's expression turned cautious, for not only was he not sure how much Lancelot had improved, but he could not even equate him with the man he knew in the past.

"You...... Did you already come in the first place?"

"Do you need to ask more about such an obvious thing? I can't say it at first, but it's probably one step later than Amakusa. ”

Lancelot smiled and patted Gengoro on the shoulder, and said, "It's too ugly to be made into such an embarrassment by that lizard girl, you are different from me, there is no ether immortal person, don't joke about your body." ”

Confirming the conjecture in his heart, Gengoro didn't feel better. If it was the former Lancelot, he had always rushed ahead of everyone and went to the trouble, not to mention that the big enemies Ziyu and Amakusa Shiro appeared together, and he had no reason to stand aside.

But these things have happened now, and letting the seriously injured Amakusa Shiro leave, and Lancelot, who looks like he doesn't care, gives Gengoro a weird and inexplicable feeling.

"Don't think about it, after you get back, I will answer your doubts, and what should be answered at that time, let's wait until then. ”

Without giving Gengoro a chance to ask, Lancelot had already floated away, disappearing into the other side of the sky in a few moments.

The question that Gengoro was puzzled about also appeared in Nier's heart, when she slowly moved under the escort of the entire army, and suddenly thought in her heart, her brother would appear so coincidentally, would he have come to the vicinity of the battlefield a long time ago and watch everything?

No matter how much Nier protects her brother in her heart, she can't hold her breath when she perceives this possibility, but Lancelot also doesn't give her a chance to ask, and after landing to confirm that his sister's injury is okay, he touched his sister's hair and smiled: "Heal your injury early, I won't hold an enthronement ceremony until you and the third child come back." ”

Without waiting for Nill to respond, Lancelot leaned over again and asked Niel to swallow her full words, but the confusion in her heart continued unabated.

Under such circumstances, the battle known as the "First Battle of the North Gate Tianguan" was declared over, and both Eltino and Reins were greatly traumatized, but compared with Reins, the participants on the side of Eltino could almost be summed up by the word "total annihilation".

Ninety percent of all the soldiers of the Hua family who participated in the battle died in the evil array, and the rest of the White Deer Cave troops and the orc team of the Shijia King Kong Hall were all dead, and they couldn't even find their bodies. In terms of the masters participating in the battle, in addition to Hao Kelian's retreat, Hua was killed in battle, and Ziyu's whereabouts are unknown, which can be said to be a very heavy loss to Bailu Cave. Hua Tianxie, who caused this situation, disappeared with Shi Chong, and his whereabouts were unknown for a while.

On the Reynes side, the number of dead and wounded was less than 3,000, which may fully explain the strength and knowledge of the five-color flag.

In terms of hardware, the entire North Gate Tianguan was moved to the ground, and months of hard work were all in vain, and it would have taken a lot of time and money to rebuild, but if Altino wanted to revive the offensive, it would certainly not be possible to do it in a few months.

Niel and Gengoro were not lightly injured in the battle, and they both had to rest for a few days before they could officially act. The order they received was to leave the army here and prepare to rebuild the North Gate Tianguan, and all affairs were temporarily replaced by Bai Qianlang, who was the commander-in-chief, and as the commander-in-chief, they immediately rushed back to Jixia to participate in the enthronement ceremony that would be held.

Even without Lancelot's order, Nier and Gengoro hurried back to Ji and asked the doubts in their hearts clearly, but before Gengoro's injuries stabilized, they couldn't make the trip for the time being, and for this reason, Nier, who has always been short-tempered, was unhappy with the boss in her heart, but she just suppressed it with her own reason and didn't attack people.

Since this question was unsolvable for a while, taking advantage of Gengoro's recuperation, Niel also asked him some confusion about this battle.

"I didn't expect Old Man Lu to suddenly appear, and I didn't expect him to be even more powerful than the legend. More than any other discovery, this fact was most frustrating to Niel. "Is this how Amakusa was defeated and then driven out of the country?"

"No...... I don't think so. Everyone has always had a misunderstanding that Amakusa was defeated by Lu You, driven out of the mainland, and lived overseas for a long time. Gengoro said: "In fact, Amakusa Shiro was originally an overseas Japanese islander, not a mainlander, he crossed the sea when he was a teenager and studied art in Jerusalem, after the Kyushu War, there is no one worthy of attachment to the continent of the wind, even if no one rushes, he will return to his hometown." ”

"So? Then he had a battle with Lu Lao'er......

Lu You himself admitted that in the original battle, the two did not distinguish the winner or loser, but fought hard together until they were exhausted, and they beat each other with fists. Originally, after that battle, Amakusa Shiro was going to return to Japan, so after the battle was out of strength, he sent cruel words, unless Lu You welcomed him back with the most solemn etiquette in the White Deer Cave, he would never be on the Wind Continent from now on. ”

Gengoro shook his head and said with a wry smile: "At that time, the most solemn etiquette in the White Deer Cave was to fire a salute called the Blue Sky Flower Cannon. ”

"This ...... Should I say that Old Man Lu is very despicable? However, it feels like something is not quite right. Niel said, "Why is Amakusa so brainless? If they destroy the Blue Sky Cannon, he will die in Japan and never return to the Wind Continent, which is too stupid." ”

"In addition to the competition, Amakusa doesn't have too many requirements for other material desires, and he doesn't return to the Wind Continent, it's just that he doesn't want to come back, it's ridiculous that Hua Tianxiao still thinks that he has made a great contribution, and he can use this to coerce Amakusa to help him do things, what a guy who doesn't know the reality of the situation. ”

Gengoro sighed: "Actually, among the many masters of the old generation, Amakusa and Lu You used to be friends back then, and they were very like-minded good friends, after Amakusa regained the continent of the wind, he didn't immediately kill the White Deer Cave, most of them were worried about the feelings of the old people, and because of this, Lu You refused to start a war against Amakusa immediately, and they were both ......."

"I don't understand. Niel asked, "If it's really good friends, then why are they fighting again? Isn't it okay to just talk and tell the story?" You see how they just looked, Amakusa fought just to find a reason to start a war. ”

"Because there are so many grievances between the two of them, that Amakusa Shiro would rather cross the sea and return to China than be ashamed to live on the same land with this friend......" Speaking of this, Gengoro's face suddenly became very solemn, and he whispered with a wry smile: "It's just ...... I'm not in a position to say such shameful things. ”

"What nonsense, Xiao Wu, you don't have to worry about this kind of heart at all. Seeing that the face of the man next to her was abnormal, Niel gave encouragement at the right time. She quickly bumped Gengoro with her elbow and said with a smile: "Don't talk about yourself like a bad person, you are not a hypocrite like Old Man Lu, who says hypocritical things with awe-inspiring integrity." I believe that you, someone like you, will not do anything bad. ”

For Nier's almost unreasonable blind protection, Gengoro laughed dumbly.

"No...... In fact, Lu You didn't do anything bad, it is not appropriate to describe him as a hypocrite, it's just that he insists too much on certain beliefs, and is willing to sacrifice everything for these beliefs, so it has caused a lot of regrets, but if you ask him, he will never think that he is wrong, in fact, whether he is really wrong, it is difficult to say......"

There was a heavy emotion in Gengoro's voice, which Nier didn't like, because this was not the Gengoro she knew.

"By the way, why did Lu You suddenly appear at the North Gate Tianguan and stand in support of us?"

"I guess I was asked by someone. Gengoro said: "Regardless of his position with the White Deer Cave, if he does this, it will make the White Deer Cave's situation in Al Tieno extremely embarrassing, and it will be quite unfavorable to himself...... Really, is this just now trying to prove something?"

"What are you saying that you don't understand?" said Niel, "Who do you mean by that?"

"This one...... It's a secret. Gengoro smiled: "Miss Nier is still young, and it is not good for you to know so many old things that have passed, and you will know when you should know." ”

"Damn, what a mysterious look, what's so great. ”

Knowing that Gengoro would not let go, Niel slapped him on the left side with an elbow, and in such a laughing atmosphere, an unspeakable worry crept into their hearts.

They didn't stay in Jixia for a long time, but the atmosphere there had already made them feel like home, and when they were guarding the North Gate Tianguan, they had been looking for an opportunity to go back to Jixia to rest for a while, and now this vacation has finally arrived, but what awaits them in Jixia? Unlike Nier and Gengoro, there is a person who does not have to think about his future at all, and for him, as long as he can fully enjoy the present moment, it is enough.

"There's snow, fourth...... I was so touched to see you. ”

"Lancelot, I'm the same, I thought I'd never see you again in my life. ”

In the bar, two righteous brothers who had not seen each other for a long time hugged each other tightly, almost shedding tears of parting, which made the atmosphere of the scene extremely high, and everyone cheered and celebrated.

When Lancelot quietly left Jixia and rushed to the North Gate Tianguan alone to help, he didn't tell anyone about it, and he didn't make a big splash when he came back, so everyone didn't know that His Royal Highness the Prince, who had not seen anyone for many days, rushed to the North Gate Tianguan battlefield.

Lancelot didn't explain much about this, for him, it's good to be in the limelight appropriately, but a certain role should also be played by others, and a one-man show that steals all the glory by one person is not a good strategy to control national politics.

After returning to Jixia, before he had time to go back to the Ivory White Tower to talk to his wife, he hurried to the hotel street, found Youxue, and drank it happily. He felt obligated to repay this brother who had helped him a lot, thanking him for always supporting him.

On the other hand, I also need such an image myself. The eldest brother-in-law Bai Qi is undoubtedly extremely wise and has no last resort, but a person's personality is destined for his fate, and even if he knows that it will be better to do some things, he will be limited by his personality, so that he disdains to do it, so that his achievements are limited. I inherited his wisdom, but there was no need to learn even that dead temper with him.

While entertaining, try to go crazy and make trouble, giving people the impression of being approachable, and people often like such rulers, otherwise the stories in the bard's mouth will not be full of anecdotes about some great monarchs who went on patrol. It's really annoying to think about even having to take care of shaping your image in your leisure life, but if this can help your ruling work go smoothly, then this is the duty of the ruler, and you can only do it with a sigh.

"Boss, you don't know how hard I was tortured by that ghost woman, she, she was really inhuman, and she was ...... during that time"

There is snow recounting the days when they went astray. Worship under Hua Bian Que's door, it is simply better than death, although the other party will never hide his selfishness, all the notes and experiences, and the practice process are allowed to watch, but he will not take the initiative to teach anything, everything is self-taught by Youxue, and the daily assessment.

Hua Bian Que's test, of course, will not release water, once the assessment is not passed, the punishment she uses, some magic insects that do not damage the body, but strongly stimulate the sense of touch, or itch or pain, can make a big man crying on the ground and calling his mother, not to mention the Xuete who is not strong-willed.

Fortunately, the problem that Youxue is most afraid of facing is to go out to collect experimental samples as a disciple of the ghost doctor, or help to do some unknown experiments on immoral organisms. In the name of free medical treatment, blood samples are taken from patients, or some experimental drugs that have just been prepared are injected into the patient's body as a preventive vaccine.

Once the incident occurred in the east window, the angry villagers chased after him, Hua Bian Que's heavenly power was lucky, and he immediately flew away through the air, so that the bitter master could not catch up, but there was snow and it was hard, people with short legs and sprints slowly, as long as the villagers caught up, it was immediately a hard beating with a flat stick, if it wasn't for Hua Bian Que to turn around and come to the rescue, he would have been beaten to death long ago.

Anyway, the master is a doctor, and there are a lot of medicines in the residence, and when you go back, you have to be careful not to take the wrong medicine jar, otherwise you will apply the wrong medicine jar and see blood seal your throat, and you will die faster than anything else.

However, Hua Bian Que does not always come back to help, and most of the time he still has to rely on the earth-made gunpowder and smoke bombs of the Shet people to get out of danger. Slowly, Hua Bian Que threw some light skills secrets of the Great Snow Mountain, forcing him to forge chains with snow, and in order to save his life, he really practiced hard without sleep and food.

"Boss, you would never have imagined how hard I worked at that time, as long as I took a slow step, I would immediately be broken by some sickle and stick, so terrifying......"

"Well, if it's the stinking witch I know, I can understand what happened to you. ”

"I sometimes even feel like I'm hovering between life and death like that every day, and sooner or later I'll be like you and become a fucking super shetter......"

Youxue naturally tried to run away, but under the monitoring of Hua Bianque's black magic, there was no way to escape, as for the plea, Hua Bianque said lightly, "When I was six years old, I lived this kind of life, I can survive, you have no reason not to", interrupted Youxue's crying.

In such a situation, it is either life or death, and it is difficult for you to make progress if you want to have snow, although it is said that because the time is still short, you can't learn the master's profound attainments in black magic, but the light skills have made great progress, and the use of various poisons is even more experienced.

"I used to try to practice light skills because I wanted to be a thief, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was because I wanted to save my life, and I ended up practicing light skills, boss, I really ......"

"That's enough, don't talk about it. ”

Lancelot slapped Snowy on the shoulder, and sighed as if he were so moved that he was on the verge of tears.

"It's my fault that I put you in such a danger, I'm so sorry for you, in order to compensate you heavily, I decided to ......"

"This is really great, since you also say so, boss, then please give me a hundred and eighty thousand gold coins first to compensate for my physical and mental damage......"

"No, how can a mere amount of money show the morality of our brothers?" Lancelot laughed, "I have decided to share my glory and wealth with you. ”

Looking at the smile of the righteous brother, Youxue suddenly felt a shudder. Lancelot's promise should be absolutely fine, but for some reason, this smile reminded him of Gengoro, who had made countless beautiful temptations to himself in the past, and then let himself fall into the bottomless abyss.

Lancelot's promise, as it actually was, was the next morning. Official correspondence from Reines's highest authority had been published in the front pages of the major newspapers before it was communicated to the administrative units, and the two parties who received the order could hardly express their astonishment.

"Left, left, left, left, prime minister?" the shetter, who was still hangover and had not woken up, was so frightened that he fell off his small bed, unable to believe that he had been awarded this important position in the administrative system, second only to the emperor, under one person, and above ten thousand.

The same happened to another person in Jixia Castle, who was sleeping soundly with three beautiful courtesans of different hair and skin colors, and when he heard the news, he was completely sleepy, and even his plan to sleep a little longer was canceled.

"Take it. Hide. Fruit. Shocked and even blurted out in a foreign Chinese, Bai Wuji stared at the information he had just received, and ninety percent of surprise and one percent of anger vented out of his mouth at the same time.

"What kind of small official position is this? What does that monkey think of the definition of size? Forget if you have a problem with your brain, what's going on? Want me to do something under that shet? What the hell is he thinking?"

Contrary to the original agreement of a small official position, Lancelot awarded the second brother-in-law who had promised to assist in political affairs to the high-ranking official of the right prime minister. As far as the administrative system is concerned, the emperor set up the prime minister as a deputy, the left is higher than the right, with Bai Wuji's talent and political resources, it is not surprising to serve as the prime minister, but to let a Shirt person occupy an important position, this is not only unprecedented in the history of Reins, it is simply an unprecedented news in the continent of the open wind.

"Youxue is my brother-in-law, and in terms of status, he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, how can he be a lowly person? When I was in danger, he saved my life many times without regard for himself, and in order to repay this kindness, in order to praise this bravery, I think it is not inappropriate for him to hold such a position. ”

Since the emperor has always attached importance to moral image, this personnel order seems normal, but this reason is not enough to convince everyone, especially Reins's bureaucracy, how can it be possible to accept the fact that the Schett is prime minister?

Lancelot, of course, has an explanation for this.

In the lobby of the Royal Library, His Royal Highness the Prince, dressed in civilian clothes and holding a scroll in his hand, met with the representatives of all parties.

"Now Reynes is a critical moment for innovation and change, and after going through so many things, is everyone still stuck in racial differences?"

Contrary to the previous situation, racial discrimination is now the most taboo topic in Reins, and once it is buttoned up by this big hat, it is equated with the heinous crime, and everyone avoids it.

"No, Your Highness, we can understand what you mean, but even if it is a meritocracy and a break down the bad habits of racial differences, it is the talent of the Sheter......"

Putting down the book in his hand, Lancelot smiled: "I don't read much, but I just read a story about buying Maxima bones here a few days ago." It's the same thing now, if even the Shet people can become the prime minister of the left, how can other more talented people not come? This is a good strategy to make our Reyns value talents and let the whole Wind Continent know about it. ”

When the report was published in the form of a feature, Lancelot's popularity grew, and everyone admired His Royal Highness's wisdom, and the turmoil over the appointments subsided. As for the parties who caused all this incident, they felt the mood of their wives back then, and read all the reports with a sneer at home alone.

"It's actually very problematic to do this, and it would be a mistake to emulate the story of Maxima. ”

In the state-of-the-art sanatorium of the Ivory White Tower, Xiaocao held an apple in one hand and sighed to the sister in front of her.

The story of the so-called Maxima bones refers to the ancient times when a minister was ordered by the king to go out to purchase Maxima, when he finally found the Maxima, the good horse was dead, and there was a pile of dry bones left, but the minister still spent a thousand dollars to buy back the horse bones, with the reason that "everyone in the world knows that I am willing to spend a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, and I am afraid that the real Maxima will not come."

"If you really want to use such a strategy and give you a position in the snow, it should be a prominent official position that is high, but not the highest, and has no real power, so that it can be regarded as a vacant position for outstanding talents. ”

"Well, you're right, then, do you think Lord Lancelot isn't thoughtful enough to be negligent!"

"If it was before, I would have judged it this way, but now I don't dare to underestimate him like that. Xiaocao said: "He...

... It should be very clear about this result, and one of the reasons for insisting on doing this is to mock the Reyns people, so that the Shet people, who originally had no social status, are under one person and above ten thousand, which should be a great irony for the Reyns people. “

"Just let Lord Lancelot indulge it, sitting in the supreme position, the pressure is also very great, miss, didn't you often do something unbelievable to everyone before?" Feng'er smiled and said: "Although Lord Youxue is in a high position, I think the actual political affairs will not be handled by him, and in the future, most of them will be Wuji Second Prince and Miss You are tired." ”

"If that's really the case, then it's good......" Xiaocao felt that things were not so simple, if she expected it correctly, Youxue, the prime minister of Zuo, would not only not ignore political affairs, but would have a series of ridiculous orders from his hands, because he was the prime minister of Zuo, even the second brother would not be able to oppose these orders at that time, and Youxue himself must have felt very helpless, because he didn't even know when he signed those official documents......

"Sister, you say...... What should I do?"

In front of Feng'er, Xiaocao never had to hide anything, and expressed her worries unreservedly. Feeling her uneasiness, Feng'er wanted to help her do something, but ......

"Miss, even if I want to help you do something, but I can't do anything now!"

Feng'er said with a wry smile. With her current situation, she can indeed only smile bitterly like this. Lying on the hospital bed, her body was covered with bandages, when the injury had healed eighty percent, the effect of these bandages became a restriction on movement, not to mention more than ten acupuncture points in the body that were sealed by the Heavenly Demon Jin, so that she could not lift any strength, so she could only be forced to stay on the hospital bed, put on a loose white nightgown, look at the bouquets and paintings that were changed every other day, and live a quiet life of reading and listening to music every day, enjoying a leisurely time that has not been seen for a long time.

"This ...... I can't help it, sister...... You'll just enjoy it for a while longer. ”

Xiaocao really wanted to laugh, especially when she saw Feng'er's helpless expression, she really wanted to run out and laugh wildly.

Seriously, Sister Feng'er has been born and died for herself for many years, and even when she sang on stage, she worked hard to make money for herself, and never stopped for a moment, she always wanted her to find a chance to rest, but she never agreed, like now, it's not a good thing, it's just ...... I really can't do it with my husband's arrogant approach.