Empress Gong's real name is Gong Daizhen, the second imperial concubine of the old emperor of Xichi, and she was originally just the daughter of a petty official outside Beijing.

Empress Gong entered the palace for only three years, and she filled the royal family with two princes.

The first empress of the old emperor, Helian, has been unproductive, so she was deposed, and the true mother of the Gong Dynasty should occupy the position of queen by virtue of her son.

In order to maintain a harmonious relationship with the Helian clan on the surface, the old emperor would often shush the former queen and ask for warmth, but he unintentionally inserted willows into the shade, and the Helian clan, who was originally unable to conceive, was pregnant at this time.

The old emperor was overjoyed and arranged the best palace maid and room for the Helian clan, and ten months later, a girl fell to the ground, and the old emperor was overjoyed, and surrounded the Helian mother and daughter every day.

This harmonious scene was very dazzling in the eyes of Queen Gong.

When the princess was five years old, during the autumn hunting, the old emperor took his two sons to Xishan to hunt, leaving Empress Gong and Helian mother and daughter.

Empress Gong has been planning for nearly five years, just waiting for this day, she can't wait for a moment, as soon as the old emperor left, she led her henchmen straight to the courtyard where the Helian clan lived, and was about to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

On that day, the brother of the Helian clan came to visit his sister, and saw that the group of palace armor soldiers was menacing, and this new generation of leaders from the Helian clan struggled to wave his sword to protect the clan sister.

When the old emperor returned to the palace after learning the news, the Helian disciple had already died under the sword.

The Helian clan killed a young and promising clansman for no reason, and the patriarch was furious and wanted the old emperor to give an explanation.

Although Empress Gong never showed up from beginning to end, the old emperor still guessed the reason, but even so, he only accused the general who led the troops at that time with a crime of rebellion, and the son of the Helian clan became a hero who defended the inner garden of the palace, and his official position was promoted to three levels.

Seeing that the emperor intended to protect Empress Gong, the Helian clan was also cold, and returned to the Helian clan with his daughter Apu, and lived for ten years.

Although Empress Gong successfully forced the Helian clan away, but since then, the old emperor has never looked at her directly, and he also ignores the two princes born to her, but he is extremely fond of the princess born to the Helian clan, and even faintly has some signs of passing on her.

It is not without a female emperor in the history of Western Chi, and even as early as thousands of years ago, there was a female emperor who was quite capable of fighting well, and it was that empress who expanded the territory of Western Red to today's level.

Thinking of this, Queen Gong couldn't sleep at night, and she couldn't wait to get rid of Apu, who was only fifteen years old, and in the next few years, she planned several assassinations that were not very clever, but they were all discovered early by the people of the Helian family and nipped in the bud.

Things came to this point, even the old emperor couldn't stand it, not only grounded Empress Gong, but also almost took off her phoenix crown, since then, the old emperor seems to be determined to pass the throne to his daughter, not only often take her to important occasions, and even let her patrol the border, participate in the war.

Later, Apu was taken back by Wang Zhiru, and the old emperor even did not hesitate to give away five cities in exchange for his daughter.

Empress Gong, who learned of this, hated the old emperor and the mother and daughter of the Helian clan more and more, she is now grounded in the Buddhist hall, with the title of queen empty, but the actual power is not as good as the woman who is far away in the Helian tribe, and now all matters in the harem are also ordered by the woman outside the palace.

Later, the old emperor was seriously ill, and Apu hadn't appeared for two years, so Empress Gong got a chance to breathe, and just wanted to assist her son to ascend the throne, but she didn't expect these two people to learn Wen Taowu, but they learned to be a little ruthless, and they fought among themselves first.

Queen Gong had the heart to persuade, but the palms and backs of her hands were full of meat, and she couldn't say which one was favoritic, and seeing that Apu was hopeless to return, she thought that it would be okay for them to fight for a while, but she didn't think that the dynasty would release Apu back at this time, and also sent 10,000 elite soldiers.

Seeing that the two sons had no intention of stopping, Queen Gong had to remind them to be unanimous, and the two brothers did listen, and each took out a part of their forces to deal with their sister.

But people are not as good as heaven, Apu's power is still like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, Queen Gong can only be in a hurry, she has been patronizing how to deal with the Helian clan over the years, and she didn't think about winning over the military generals of the DPRK and China at all, and now she wants to help her two sons and she has nothing to do.

Her anxiety contrasted sharply with the leisureliness of the Helian clan, who were the largest clan in the West and had a huge root system, and the number of troops they could mobilize was even more astonishing, but they didn't seem to have any intention of mixing in from beginning to end, and instead allowed Apu to be in deep danger.

Only then did Empress Gong realize that she was insignificant in the eyes of the other party, and even her two sons were just tools for the other party to sharpen Apu.

……

If a woman is ruthless, even a man will sigh to herself, Queen Gong pondered for several days, worried about several gray hairs, and finally thought of a plan - to blow up the palace.

If you can't get it yourself, others won't want to touch it, and if you can blow up Apu to death, it will be an unexpected joy.

Under the imperial chair of the Xichi Palace, there is a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the palace, and the three of Queen Gong's mother and son are standing next to the secret passage at this moment, looking nervous.

Once they get the news that Apu has entered the palace, they will escape from the palace through the secret passage, and then wait for the other to fall into the net.

Hearing the news of Apu's entry into the city before, the three of them were slightly excited, but there was no follow-up after waiting and waiting.

It wasn't until a general rushed into the hall that the mother and son regained their joy, and the general spoke:

"Queen Yu, Princess Apu, she has withdrawn from the city again."

"What!?"

The three of them looked surprised.

"Did someone leak the news?" The eldest prince frowned and said.

The general shook his head, "It is said that a little monk stopped the princess, and after saying a word, the princess withdrew from the city. ”

"Little monk?"

Empress Gong looked puzzled.

"Oh Buddha Buddha." At this time, a Buddha horn sounded, and two monks, an old man and a young monk, walked in from outside the hall.

As the royal family of Northern Turkistan, the three of them go to the Bizhen Temple every year to worship incense, and naturally know the identity of the old monk in front of them, they folded their hands and bowed, and Queen Gong asked:

"I don't know what the Buddha is coming, what are you doing?"

The old monk also bowed and said calmly:

"The poor monk wants to ask the queen to put down the butcher's knife and not to kill again."

"So, you're the one who stopped Apu from entering the city?" The eldest prince said politely.

"Emperor, don't be unreasonable." The woman glared at her son, and then said, "I wonder why the master did this?" ”

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and said slowly:

"Fame and power, but a passing cloud, a hundred years later, all into vain, you still have to think more about the future, if you insist on going your own way, tens of thousands of lives in exchange for monstrous power, you will definitely enter hell in the future, and you will not be able to live forever."

After the old monk finished speaking, he looked up at the three of them with a calm gaze.

When Empress Gong heard this, she looked at her two sons and hesitated. Xichishang Buddha believes in Buddhism, and there is nothing to doubt about the words of the old monk who is known as the reincarnation of the Buddha in front of him, but when things come to this point, can they really stop?

……

"Queen Mother, don't talk nonsense with this old monk, let's hurry up and leave the palace from the tunnel, I don't believe that Apu will never enter the city."

Seeing that the throne was in front of him, the two princes were also ruthless, no matter what he died in, where is the reality of living glory and wealth?

"Amitabha, the two princes must not make mistakes again and again..."

Without waiting for the old monk to finish speaking, a prince directly pulled out his sword, put it against his neck, and said in a deep voice:

"The Buddha said that all sentient beings would rather cut meat and feed the eagle to feed the tiger, since the master you claim to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, can you dare to die for the Dharma?"

Empress Gong was shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Pan'er, what are you doing, hurry up and put it down!" ”

The eldest prince doesn't care about these, now he can't lose anymore, if he goes on step by step, he is still expected to inherit the throne, but his mother's series of operations have made him farther and farther away from the throne, if he fails again this time, then he will have no chance with the throne in this life.

The second prince on the side glanced at his imperial brother and chose to be silent.

With the current situation, it doesn't matter who of the two brothers will be the emperor, they have already offended Apu to death, and once the throne falls into the hands of the other party, what awaits them is only death.

"It's not a pity for the old man to die, but if I die, it will only add to the murder of the prince, if you can make the prince turn back, the old man is willing to cut off his own arm."

The old monk still had a calm face and said slowly.

"Hmph." The eldest prince sneered, put the sword in his hand still on the ground, and looked at the old monk quietly, the meaning could not be more obvious.

Although the eldest prince was born in Xichi, he has little reverence for Tantra, and his respect for monks is also for outsiders to see, and Shimen is just a means to control the people in his heart.

Now it is the living Buddha or the old monk who is blocking the way, in his opinion, there is no difference.

"If the prince insists on this, then the poor monk is willing to cross you."

After the old monk finished speaking, he picked up the sword on the ground and slashed at his arm.

……

The battle of Zhongdu City has been carried out for more than a day, a day ago Yan Shaoshan arrived in Pengcheng with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and after understanding the situation with the local defender Guo Yun, he led his troops to attack Zhongdu City in the afternoon of the same day.

To his surprise, the other party did not come out of the city as expected, but sent troops to fight with him, and this time there were losses for each other.

Yan Shaoshan has followed his father to fight for more than ten years, and has learned seven or eight points in leading soldiers, and his strategy is even better. But even so, when facing the infamous general opposite, he was still a little powerless.

Yan Shaoshan saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, so he hurriedly issued an order to withdraw the army.

Before leaving, he boasted of Haikou in front of the king's authority, promising to take the central capital within three days, and even when the other party said that he could give him another 20,000 soldiers and horses, he refused. Looking at it now, it is indeed a bit conceited.

If you are determined to take the central capital, it is not impossible, but I am afraid that the 30,000 army in my hand can be left at most 10,000, and this price is too great for both the Yan family and the imperial court.

As the future successor of Yan Jiajun, Yan Shaoshan could imagine how harsh the ridicule of those civil servants would be.

"What is the origin of the other party's generals who have not been checked?" Yan Shaoshan asked the thousands of households on the side.

"General Yu, that person's name is Zhao Hu, he has been in Kaipingwei for a while, and he also experienced the battle of the North and the South.

He was only a captain before, but after the battle, he was directly promoted to a thousand households, and he thought that he should have a good record. ”

Qianhu 1510 replied.

"Up-and-comer?" Yan Shaoshan said to himself.

Punching the master to death, this kind of general who has no past is the most headache.

……

At the same time, in the middle capital, Huzi, who had just finished commanding a big battle, was drinking with Zhou Jiuer, although the two were no longer as compatible as they were at the beginning, they were still one of the few people in the barracks who could speak.

Huzi put a bowl of strong wine into his stomach, a little red appeared on his dark face, he picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth to chew, and said:

"I only knew that the military book you gave me was powerful, but I didn't know how powerful it was. When I fought with Northern Turkistan, I didn't feel anything, I just thought they were useless wine bags and rice bags.

Before today's war, I heard about the identity of the general on the other side, and I was so scared that I almost didn't dare to go out to face the battle, but after the battle, I found that it was nothing remarkable.

Just when I thought he was also a deceitful and famous thief, the prince woke me up with a sentence, he said that that man's ability to lead soldiers can be ranked in the top five in the dynasty, but it is estimated that I should have been squeezed out of the top five by now. If someone can really fight me, it will only be General Yan Jun of Zhenyuan. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu's eyes showed excitement, "Zhou Shenshu's book of war is really a book of heaven, I have only learned half of it, and I can already be compared with the first general of the dynasty, but it is a pity that I lost it." ”

Zhou Jiuer sighed when he heard this, took a sip of the wine in his glass, and said with the strength of the wine:

"Huzi, don't pretend to be stupid, you also guessed that I might be lying to you, but you can't bear my thoughts, so you came to test Lao Tzu three times and twice.

To tell you the truth, the book of war is on me now, but I'm afraid that you have a life to learn, and you have no life. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Jiuer took out the military book from Huzi's surprised gaze, then slapped it directly on the table, and continued:

"I didn't mean to hide it, I did it for your own good.

At the beginning, I saw that your kid was the fate of Feihuang Tengda, so I gave you the military book, and after passing on your military book, your life became a carp jumping over the dragon gate. ”

Speaking of this week, Jiu'er paused, turned his head and looked around, and then said in a low voice:

"What is it that a carp jumps over a dragon gate? That's a real dragon! But right now, there is already a true dragon in Chengnei, Zhongzhou......"

When Zhou Jiuer said this, he immediately kept silent, and then picked up a meat bun and ate it as if nothing happened.

The tiger on the opposite side was in a cold sweat at this time, one mountain does not allow two tigers, let alone a real dragon?

He knows the temperament of the prince best, and now he has only learned half of the art of war, which is comparable to the first military general of the dynasty, if he really learns all of them, the merit is high, and the other party will spare himself?

The bird hides this kind of thing, and this prince with a gloomy heart will definitely do it.

Huzi looked at the military book on the table at this moment, and there was no desire to touch it, this book seemed to have become his talisman.

Zhou Jiuer glanced at him without a trace, and put the military book back into his arms, while Huzi quickly stood up and said deeply at the other party:

"Thank you Zhou Shen for saving your life."

Zhou Jiuer didn't reply, just looked at the meat bun in his hand and was stunned.

……

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