Volume 7: Chapter 151 of the Son of Heaven (II)

In the autumn of the twelfth year of the Qingli year, the leaves on both sides of the official road gradually become wider and rounder all the way to the south, but they also turn yellow, and the scenery along the way changes with the climate clearly depicts the landform of this world.

A horse-drawn carriage drove smoothly on the official road. Fan Xian, who has been missing in this world for more than half a year, has finally returned to this world, and those who eagerly hope for him to die, or hope that he will live, do not know the news that he has returned.

After crossing the snowfield again after hardship, the group of four quietly infiltrated the human world, without sending a clear signal to any force. Haitang and Wang Shisanlang knew the heaviness of Fan Xian's heart, and Wuzhu, who still didn't have a trace of human flavor, just sat silently at the back of the carriage, presumably this person must not understand the bad things in the world, and he wouldn't care about those bad things.

In the capital of Northern Qi Yaoya County, the carriage stopped outside an inn. After a while, Fan Xian walked out of the inn alone and walked towards the most prosperous Qinglou in the city, and behind him, Wuzhu, who was covered with black cloth, followed not far away. Coming out with Uncle Wuzhu was not what Fan Xian meant, but he didn't understand it, obviously Uncle Wuzhu didn't remember anything, he didn't know anything, but why did he keep following him.

In a secret room in the branch of Baoyue Building, Fan Xian saw Shi Yanli, who had been waiting for four months, as well as Wang Qinian and Deng Ziyue, in today's world, under the strong pressure of Emperor Qing and the palace, there are not many loyal subordinates who are still standing bravely beside him, except for the three in the secret room. Only Xia Qifei, who was struggling in Jiangnan.

Seeing the living Fan Xian, these three loyal subordinates all showed a look of surprise in disbelief, because now the whole world knows that Fan Xian went to the temple, but in fact, everyone in the world, whether it is Fan Xian's friend or enemy, thinks that Fan Xian will definitely die in the temple, who knows that he will be able to come back alive!

I was excited. Fan Xian smiled and asked everyone to sit down. Naturally, there was no temple time to talk about this time which was not very pleasant, and even he was a little confused about the journey.

Wang Qinian squatted on the side and smoked a pot, and Deng Ziyue put all the important information in the world in the past half a year in front of Fan Xiandi. Fan Xian glanced at it a few times, and the worry in his pupils became stronger and stronger.

Shi Yanli glanced at the blind young man next to the secret room, and felt a little chill in his heart for some reason, and he didn't know who this was. I can go to such an important place with the door master. He swallowed his saliva and said: "I was in the camp of Daqing Beida, and the camp was pulled out on the third day of the first month of June, and the first contact between the two sides was after the seventh day. ”

"Why is the Northern Qi side so defeated?" Fan Xian's expression became heavy, and he looked at him and asked, "And in Yaoya County, I don't feel too many Northern Qi people are afraid. ”

"The Northern Qi side retreated three hundred miles in a row, which is very strange. According to the investigation, the Uesugi Tiger was not on the frontal battlefield, but chose to stick to the city of Song Guozhou. Deng Ziyue stepped forward to answer a sentence, then spread the map on the table, pointed to the battlefield there and said in a deep voice: "This position is in the waist bone, if my Daqing border army directly invades the north." Uesugi Tiger took advantage of the situation and hit the waist and abdomen...... Although this famous player chose a defensive position, he was also extremely dangerous. ”

"This is the state city that the Uesugi Tiger grabbed after the war in the north last year, and it turns out that this seed finally fell in this place. Fan Xian smiled slightly, he didn't expect that he would explore the temple in the north, the mountains don't know the years, the situation on this continent has already undergone earth-shaking changes, just when their group returned from the snow field to the south, the Nanqing Iron Cavalry finally started the Northern Expedition!

"Your Majesty has made up your mind. Raise the strength of the whole country to march north. Beidaying is just a pioneer. Under the invasion of such a killing aura, it is as strong as a Uesugi tiger. can only choose the defensive, this is due to national strength, and has nothing to do with the genius of individual generals. ”

After all, Deng Ziyue was born as an official of the Supervision Yuan, and compared with Shi Xianli, he had a clearer assessment of the war situation between the two major forces in the north and the south in the recent period, and looked at Fan Xian worriedly and said: "The northern camp went out of Cangzhou, and the Northern Qi side retreated three hundred miles in a row, but what the blade pointed out was, after all, there was a big battle in the wasteland. The Beida Battalion is now temporarily suspended for consolidation, but the troops in Yanjing City are frequently transferred, and it seems that the second attack is imminent...... Although the Uesugi Tiger occupies a favorable position by virtue of that state city, if Yanjing and Beidaying attack the western side, the Uesugi Tiger will have to be dragged into the field battle. ”

"I don't know how to fight, but I know that if Your Majesty really makes up his mind, no matter how talented Uesugi Tiger is, it will only end up being slowly consumed. ”

Fan Xian lowered his head, looked at the silent cities on the map, and said slowly: "Obviously, although the Northern Qi side has been preparing for this war for many years, after all, in terms of military affairs, they are not our opponents in Nanqing, and they only hope to consume and consume until my Daqing is tired...... At the moment, it seems that the Uesugi Tiger consumes energy, but His Majesty is unwilling to accompany him to consume, even if it is consumed, His Majesty is the final victor. ”

Deng Ziyue and Shi Xianli glanced at Fan Xian, their eyes were full of worry, they were the betrayers of Qingguo, but after all, they were Qingren, and they belonged to the third-party forces in the world, at this time, the war between the two sides had begun, their position and identity were really a little embarrassing, and they didn't know what Fan Xian thought about this matter, so for more than a month, the forces belonging to Fan Xian have never moved.

Fan Xian frowned slightly, and lightly tapped the location of the nameless state city with his fingers, thinking that the Uesugi Tiger was only afraid that he was preparing in the state city that nominally belonged to the Song State at the moment, and a strong uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart, and said: "If I am Your Majesty, if I really want to snatch time and not accompany the Shangshan Tiger, the easiest way is to march together with the two strong armies, and then choose one to go around the back of the Song State, and then the Uesugi Tiger wants to hide the knife in the sheath......"

"But if you want to go around to the back of the Song Kingdom, then wait until you want to borrow from Dongyi City, although now nominally Dongyi City belongs to my Daqing, but the army is going to enter the territory of Dongyi City......" Deng Ziyue glanced at Fan Xian. said: "His Royal Highness and the Black Cavalry are not in Dongyi City now, but on the border between Xiaoliang and Song, if my Daqing army wants to borrow the road, they are only afraid that they will usher in a sudden attack." ”

This sentence actually didn't make it clear, because everyone in the secret room here knew that Dongyi City now belonged to Fan Xiandi, in such a big war involving the world. What kind of attitude will Dongyi City show, His Majesty the Emperor of Qingguo. Whether or not he will send troops to Dongyi City is a matter between His Majesty the Emperor and Fan Xian, a father and son.

"If His Majesty hadn't sent troops to attack Dongyi City at the beginning, it would mean that he knew that I wasn't dead yet, and he wouldn't have chosen this path in the future. Fan Xian sighed and rubbed his somewhat depressed eyebrows, "Don't talk about this." After all, it's not something I can handle, I only care about the situation in Kyoto and Gangnam. ”

Regarding these situations, they are all in the case files submitted by Deng Ziyue, but there are too many contents, and Fan Xian has no time to read them one by one.

"Jiangnan is stable, and the imperial court has withdrawn the new rules for bidding for the inner library, and the opening of the bid for the inner library is as expected by the adults. Salt merchants also joined in, but fortunately, the Ming family still occupied a part of the share, of course, it was much more miserable than in previous years. ”

"Xia Qifei's people are okay, right?"

"After the assassination last year, the imperial court did not have the next move against Mingyuan, and Governor Xue Qing was just suppressing Xia Qifei, but at the moment, it seems. No direct action will be taken. ”

Fan Xian fell into deep thought, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor still kept the promise of the palace after all, after all, the life gate of the inner library is in his own hands, and His Majesty wants to be eternal, and he can only take a step back before his own threat.

"After Sun Jingxiu was dismissed, he originally planned to flow three thousand, but for some reason, the palace suddenly issued a decree to forgive his sins, and Miss Sun was in the workshop the night before. was put back...... Now Sun's life is very difficult. But the people of Hepai were killed very badly, so no one would fall into the ground. ”

Speaking of this section. A smile appeared on the corner of Deng Ziyue's lips, although he did not participate in the affairs of Kyoto, but the Supervision Yuan slaughtered all sides in Kyoto, and the officials of the He faction were about to bleed, which really made this abandoned minister of the Supervision Yuan feel extremely happy.

"It's just that all the people in the courtyard have withdrawn from Kyoto according to the instructions of the adults, so they can't help. ”

Fan Xian nodded, but he felt more and more that things were a little strange in his heart, Your Majesty...... When did he become such a merciful monarch, just to keep his bet with himself?

"Is the family okay?" he shook his head, put aside the things he couldn't guess in his heart for the time being, looked at Wang Qinian and asked.

Wang Qinian coughed twice, smiled and whispered: "It's so good that it can't be better, everyone in the world looks stupid, Lord Chen and Miss Chen enter the palace every day to talk to Your Majesty, and the young master and Miss are also in good health." ”

The situation in Kyoto really made the whole world stupid, Fan Xian is now a traitor of Qingguo, but His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of asking Fan about the crime at all, that is, those women who should have been implicated are now in Nanqing Kyoto, and even faintly higher than before the assassination of the palace.

After Fan Xian heard the news, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Deng Ziyue suddenly said at this time: "The results of the investigation in Yingzhou showed that the people who attacked Wenmao were the mountain bandits who had withdrawn from the South Road and came from the border army. ”

Fan Xian's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly asked, "What about people?"

In the end, Wenmao's body was found, which was covered by the snow at that time. Deng Ziyue slowly closed his eyes and said, "At that time, he was missing an arm on his body, and the old family in the courtyard searched for a long time but did not find it. ”

"I'm going back to Kyoto. After being silent for a long time, Fan Xian raised his head, looked at the three closest subordinates around him, smiled very reluctantly, and said, "You guys immediately withdraw to Dongyi City, and don't get together again in the future, otherwise if someone catches me, where will I cry?"

Hearing that Fan Xian was returning to Nanqing Kyoto, Wang Qinian and the others looked shocked. Wang Qinian and Fan Xian have been together for the longest time, and they also know Fan Xian's thoughts the most, and they are the least particular in their speech, and they hissed and persuaded him: "Although Your Majesty did not carry out the purge, you also know that if you appear in Kyoto, he will definitely kill you at all costs." ”

"I know. ”

"Your life now is at stake in that pact, and more importantly. As long as you live, Your Majesty will be jealous...... Your life will affect the life and death of many people. ”

"I know it all. Fan Xian lowered his eyes slightly and said: "But Kyoto always has to go back, because things always need to be solved, even if I hide in Dongyi City for a lifetime, there is no way to solve it." ”

There was another deathly silence, and a bright light suddenly flashed in Fan Xian's mind. Staring at Wang Qinian, he asked, "As discussed before, Beidaying and Yanjing can obviously compete with Uesugi Tiger. But His Majesty obviously means that he doesn't want to consume, why is that?"

Wang Qinian was silent for a moment and then said, "There is news in the palace, Your Majesty's body is ...... There seems to be a problem. ”

As soon as these words came out, Deng Ziyue and Shi Xianli changed drastically, of course they knew that the health of His Majesty the Emperor was the most important thing in the world, and the problem was that they were responsible for the intelligence work of the former subordinates of the Supervision Yuan. One person is in charge of the intelligence system of Baoyue Tower all over the world, but he has never heard any rumors related to His Majesty's health, but at this time, Wang Qinian said it so accurately, they really couldn't believe it.

Fan Xian stared at Wang Qinian's eyes, and nodded slowly after a long time, he knew where Wang Qinian's news came from, Hong Zhu's existence, even if Chen Pingping was alive, he didn't know it. But Fan Xian handed it over to Wang Qinian, and it was obvious that the news was from Hong Zhu.

There was silence in the secret room for a long, long time, and the three of them knew that no one in this world could stop Fan Xian's actions, Shi Yanli smiled extremely hard, and said, "Your Excellency, don't you tell us the story of this journey? You are the first person to make it back alive from the temple. ”

"It's just a ruined temple, what's there to talk about. Fan Xian smiled, knowing that everyone was actually very curious about that ethereal place, but he was in a heavy mood at this time, and he really had no interest in speaking, he just glanced at Uncle Wuzhu at the door of the secret room, thinking about when the blind uncle would wake up?

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In Yaoya County, the trio of young powerhouses who entered the Snow Mountain Temple broke up, and Wang Shisanlang wanted to rush to Dongyi City as quickly as possible to arrange the news that Fan Xian was alive and Fan Xian. Notify His Highness and the people in the Sword House who are alone in Dongyi City as soon as possible. And Begonia's departure was also expected by Fan Xian. Now that the world has started a war, although the Northern Qi has the strength to fight. But after all, the situation is dangerous, Haitang, as a saint of Northern Qi, naturally can't stay out of the matter, she must rush back to Shangjing, rush back to the side of the Emperor of Northern Qi, and help her country resist foreign invaders as the head of Qingshan Tianyi.

It's just that when they broke up, the look in Haitang's tired eyes made Fan Xian feel a little inexplicably pity, he didn't know how long the Northern Qi side could support in the strong will of Emperor Qing and the war to unify the world and the earth, and he didn't know if the Qing army really broke through the day of the capital, whether the beautiful palace would be burned to ashes, and in those flames, there would be Begonia, Li Li and his emperor woman.

Whether it is from a personal view of history, temperament, and all aspects, Fan Xian can only have one attitude towards the iron-blooded war that is slowly opening the curtain, he must stop all this, but he did not promise anything to Haitang, expressed anything, just blindly silent, with Uncle Wuzhu, walking towards the south alone.

I don't know the depth of autumn, or yellow or red leaves, under the clear sky, Fan Xian and Wuzhu walked south in silence, I don't know how long they walked, but Wuzhu still didn't say a word. Fan Xian's mood was very heavy, he didn't know what he could do after returning to Kyoto, but the intuition in the dark, as well as the news that His Majesty the Emperor might be seriously ill, for some reason urged him to keep going.

The most successful praise after Wang Qinian, Su Wenmao, died, that autumn, the old cripple died early, and in earlier years, Ye Qingmei also died. Originally, after experiencing the joys and sorrows of human beings in the temple, Fan Xian should have looked at life and death more indifferently, but what is unknown is that once he stepped into the world, there were more worldly thoughts in people's hearts.

It was still a black carriage, Fan Xian sat in the carriage, looked at Uncle Wuzhu who was sitting next to the coachman's position, and was not surprised to find that Uncle Wuzhu's side face was still so delicate, and the black cloth was still like that in the autumn wind, everything was actually very similar to the scene from Kyoto to Lanzhou more than 20 years ago.

The dissimilar is actually Wuzhu, this peerless powerhouse who seems to have lost his soul, he doesn't say a word, he doesn't do anything, and his indifferent face can't be revealed, whether he is curious about everything strange and familiar in this world.

Fan Xian felt faintly sad, gently lowered the car curtain, and immediately laughed at himself, Uncle Wuzhu was just a blind man back then, but now he is good, and he has become a mute again, what did his mother do back then? What should he do?

The carriage did not move forward when it arrived at Nanling County, to be precise, the coachman refused to drive further, although the Northern Qi court has been trying to downplay the war in the south, but the war is not as easy to cover up as the scandal of the royal family, everyone in the world knows what is happening in the middle of the continent, hundreds of millions of people are with indifferent but vigilant eyes, nervously waiting for the result, the coachman is naturally reluctant to enter the battlefield.

Took out the silver to buy the carriage, Fan Xian acted as a coachman, and continued to travel south with Uncle Wuzhu, on the way back from the ice field, those full of heaven and earth vitality had successfully healed Fan Xian's injuries, although he knew that he still had no way to touch the boundary between human beings and the heavenly dome, but he believed that no one in this world could threaten him except for Emperor Laozi.

After more than ten days, passing through the simple wooden huts and numb refugee groups on both sides of the official road, the uncle and nephew in the carriage seemed to be walking in a barren area similar to the snowfields of the far north.

The crowd gradually thinned out, and the occasional light snow fell, but it could not hide the dead silence on both sides of the road. Occasionally, a few bodies are about to decompose on the roadside, and villages burned to ruins can be seen in the distant cols.

This was originally a fertile land, even if it was blown by the wind of the North Sea, the fertile land still supported many people, but now there is only a desolation, most of the people have withdrawn to the rear of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the people who have not been able to avoid the war have become victims of the obsession of dominating the world.

As for the burned villages and the people who were slashed and killed by the roadside, whether it was done by the invading Qing army or the scattered Northern Qi soldiers, Fan Xian did not delve into it, war is the original sin of mankind, and in this world, where can there be any good war and bad peace.

The dead official road, the air was dry and with the smell of blood, surrounding the black carriage, Fan Xian drove the restless horses with a blank expression, and did not look back at the expression of Uncle Wuzhu beside him.

He knew that the army between the two countries was now gathering in the Beichong Plain of Yanjing City in the southwest, and after the victory of the camp in Nanqingbei, because of the fear of the Uesugi Tiger who had been sinking his troops, he temporarily returned to the camp to rest, and the silence here was relatively safe. However, the traces of the previous battle were already so shocking, it was hard for him to imagine what kind of Shura killing field this world would turn once the Nanqing Iron Cavalry broke through the Song Guozhou City, where the Uesugi Tiger was located, and went north with all his might.

In the whole world, there seemed to be only the sound of carriages rolling on the road, Fan Xian squinted his eyes, waved his horsewhip, and dodged a Qingguo cavalry squad on the other side of the river that was patrolling, and entered the border of Qingguo.

At this moment, Wuzhu, who had been silent since leaving the temple, suddenly spoke, "The world outside the temple is not very good. ”

"The outside world is already very helpless, but with a little effort, maybe it will get better. The corners of Fan Xian's lips flashed with a complicated smile, and the horsewhip was gently waved down again.

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