After occupying most of the western Xinjiang, Shuilianguan has become a place controlled by the combined forces of Dabu and Zhao Jiangxiang.

At that time, Ruofeng's ice coffin had melted, and the body was repacked into a nanmu coffin, and he arrived in Western Xinjiang with the army. According to Wakatsuki's wishes, he was prepared to be buried in the Water Lotus View Cemetery.

On this day, Ruoyue and a group of officers and soldiers carried Ruofeng's coffin to the gate of Shuilian Guanshan, this trip was to bury Ruofeng's affairs, and to ask for the authenticity of "Lotus Illusion", so as to compare it with the book in his hand to determine the authenticity.

didn't want to be in front of the mountain gate, but what Ruoyue did was reprimanded by the chief of the love path, and even the mountain gate was not allowed to take half a step.

Ruoyue was unusually this time, I don't know if it was because of the reprimand of the love chief or how, in short, I didn't have to worry about the love chief anymore, but Nuo Nuo withdrew, and instead found the bamboo forest where Ruofeng was saved, and buried Ruofeng in it, and he found a dry hole at the northern foot of Qingya Mountain, and retreated to practice.

Before leaving, Ruoyue left a message with Zhao Jiangxiang, asking him not to embarrass the Water Lotus Temple, and to wait until he left the customs to do the theory.

Zhao Jiangxiang agreed one by one.

I didn't want to learn the truth about the Fire Lotus Temple before this battle, and Ruoyue was actually furious.

After Fang Shuyun vomited blood and fell to the ground that day, he was carried back by the surrounding soldiers and lay down in the camp tent, his face was like paper ashes, and his breath was dying.

The remnants of the army retreated to Luoyun Town, thirty miles east of Yuyang Pass, for a short rest.

Fang Shuyun still vomited blood every day, and accompanied the imperial doctor to treat him in many ways, but he had no good prescription.

Mr. Zhang Hongluo, the wonderful doctor of the Rejuvenation Hall, heard the news from Qingcheng Mountain day and night, and rushed to come for days.

The soldiers thought that the miracle doctor had come, and he could rejuvenate with his magic hands and heal his injuries with medicine. Unexpectedly, after inspecting the injury, the old gentleman withdrew from the tent, shook his head and sighed again and again.

Fang Shuyun's injury this time, the five internal organs, the eight veins of the strange meridians were all severely damaged, even if it was Bian Que's reincarnation, I am afraid that he would be helpless, and he would have no way to return to heaven.

Fang Shuyun knew that his time was short, so he issued a decree appointing Mu Tu as the new envoy of the Western Xinjiang to rule over the entire territory of Western Xinjiang.

In front of the bed, Fang Shuyun's breath was weak, and he used all his strength to instruct Mu Tudao:

"On that day, I said in Xiaoshi Village: Unarmed can be invincible. Today I will say that it is not advisable to conquer people by force! Remember! It is necessary to give wide range of good results, win the hearts of the people, and the people's aspirations, so that we can achieve long-term peace and stability. ”

Mutu wept and remembered.

Fang Shuyun called Xu Wenjun, Pan Wencai, Yang Bingzhang, and Xiao Jin to the front of the bed and asked: "I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the capital of the court this time, and I have no regrets about my death, but the prince is still young, and the plan of the court and the central government depends on the secretaries." ”

Xu Wenjun and other ministers said with tears in their eyes: "Please rest with your heart, take care of the dragon's body, and don't worry about other things." The ministers must do their best to take care of the young master, bow to the best of their ability, and then die. ”

Fang Shuyun nodded, raised his arm slightly, and pointed to Wen Yinan, who was standing beside him, and said, "Yinan, you come closer." ”

Wen Yinan approached the bed when he heard this.

Fang Shuyun looked around at everyone, took a long breath and said, "Governing the government, the practice of the Xiaoshi Village Council, I think we can learn from it. A few of you might as well form a similar organization, Yi Nan, you are also involved, regardless of the official rank, the collective decision in case of trouble, can also prevent arbitrariness and dictatorship, and cover the sky with one hand. ”

And all said yes as they were told.

Fang Shuyun coughed violently and coughed up blood again.

Everyone's faces were pale, and they begged the Holy One not to say more, and to recuperate.

Fang Shuyun waved his hand, gasped for a while, and asked the ministers to take a few steps back, leaving Wen Yinan alone in front of the couch.

Fang Shuyun looked at Wen Yinan with slightly open eyes and said for a long time: "Yinan, I have two things to entrust to you today, I hope you cherish them, and you must not live up to my trust." ”

Wen Yinan arched his hand and said: "Yinan obeys the holy order. ”

Fang Shuyun said: "Mo Yan's holy order, can it only be regarded as a brother's trust?" ”

Wen Yinan nodded silently.

"Yi Nan, you are proficient in swordsmanship and well-informed. It's just that this Nine Plum Blossom Sword, have you ever seen anything else? Fang Shuyun glanced affectionately at the long sword path beside him.

Wen Yinan shook his head tearfully: "I haven't seen it."

"Yes! In this world, I am afraid that I am alone and unaccompanied. Fang Shuyun grinned bitterly.

Wen Yinan lowered his eyes and was silent.

Fang Shuyun cast his affectionate gaze on Wen Yinan again and said, "Yinan, in the whole world, I am afraid that you are the only one who can be worthy of this sword!" Yinan, you can take it for me! ”

The guard next to him handed the long sword to Wen Yinan, and Wen Yinan took it with tears.

"It is said, 'The sword will splash with blood.' Yi Nan, this time you and I are both swords out of the sheath, but not for killing, why?! Fang Shuyun coughed when he said this, and his mouth was full of blood.

The imperial doctor hurriedly stepped forward to wipe it.

Wen Yinan's tears finally couldn't stop falling, and he couldn't cry and said: "Yinan drew his sword just to survive in the world, but the saint raised his sword to save thousands of troops and even thousands of people!" ”

Fang Shuyun shook his head lightly and said, "Yi Nan, you are always so humble and self-blaming, but you don't know that the swordsmanship is different, and the sword is the same!" ”

Wen Yinan's heart was like a knife, and he stood with his hands in his hands, speechless.

Fang Shuyun's eyes closed slightly and rested for a moment, Fang Shuwei took out half a copper coin from his arms and asked Wen Yinan lightly: "This second thing is it, brother, do you remember it?" ”

Wen Yinan nodded and said, "Remember." ”

Fang Shuyun asked: "Brother still has that half." ”

Wen Yinan replied: "Yinan doesn't dare to lose. With that, he took out another half of the copper coin in his arms.

Seeing this, Fang Shuyun said intermittently: "If I agree with my brother again this time, I will still use half a copper coin from you and me as evidence, but I must not go back in the future!" ”

Wen Yinan said: "Listen to my brother's orders." ”

"I heard that Shi Yao is already happy, I agreed with Yi Nan today that if Shi Yao gives birth to a boy in the future, she will become a brother with the prince, and if she gives birth to a daughter, how about becoming a husband and wife?" Fang Shuyun stared at Wen Yinan and said.

Wen Yinan didn't dare to hesitate, and nodded again and again.

Fang Shuyun handed over half of the copper coin in his hand to Wen Yinan, and said angrily: "Please give this to the little prince, and you will recognize each other in the future." ”

Wen Yinan took it with both hands, and tears fell like rain on the copper coin.

"Don't cry, Yinan! Man is inherently dead. It's just that today's goodbye to you and my brothers is like the scene of you and my father's generation back then! It's really ...... heaven" Fang Shuyun didn't say a word, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he died of anger.

After the death of the emperor Fang Shuyun, the court was indeed composed of Prime Minister Xu Wenjun, Xiao Jin, the leader of Jinyiwei, Pan Wencai, the king of Liaozhou, Yang Bingzhang, the king of Haizhou, and Wen Yinan, the head catcher of Fengyuan County, presided over the government and assisted the young lord Fang for the people.

The five members of the council tried their best, united sincerely, and did not dare to slack off, and for a time they also managed the country in an orderly manner, with harmonious politics, peace and security, and a prosperous and prosperous atmosphere.

The latter five-member council added Liu Xianzhen, the king of southern Hebei, Gong Zhao, the new governor of Chaoyuan Town, Gaotang, the king of Jizhou, and Wei Xinbei, the king of Xishan Prefecture, to form a nine-member council. Because Wei Xinbei, the king of Xishan Prefecture, was still young, his assistant Yao Youxiao performed his duties on his behalf.

In the blink of an eye, in the spring of the sixth year of Qinghe, the grass and trees of the Grand Canyon in the south of Xiaoshi Village were revived, and they were full of vitality again.

Auxiliary envoy Yao Youxiao proposed: "At present, the situation is stable and all kinds of waste are flourishing, we can demolish the high wall that has been isolated from the south of Xiaoshi Village and the Grand Canyon for a long time, and take this opportunity to reclaim new land and expand the territory, so as to show the general trend of the imperial court's great tolerance and prosperity, and secondly, to prevent the Grand Canyon from becoming a deserted and dangerous place again." ”

The only concern about this proposal is that the former emperor Zhao Jiangxi was exiled here, and now his life and death are uncertain, and if the city wall is demolished, I don't know what the consequences will be.

Everyone asked Wen Yinan about the situation, and Wen Yinan said: "Since Zhao Jiangxi was exiled to the Grand Canyon, there have been guards patrolling the high wall day and night, and I have never heard of Zhao Jiangxi's news since then. ”

Xiao Jin suggested that it would be better to send someone to Xiaoshi Village to investigate on the spot and then make a decision.

Everyone agreed, so it was decided that the Criminal Department would send someone to Xiaoshi Village to find out.

The stakes were very high, so Prime Minister Xu Wenjun asked the young lord for approval, and ordered the new criminal department Shangshu Kou Huaien to personally lead the team to investigate.

Half a month later, Kou Huaien returned to Beijing to truthfully report the results of the investigation.

After on-the-spot investigation and questioning of the high wall guards and the villagers of Xiaoshi Village, there was no trace of Zhao Jiangxi, and the situation was unknown.

This is the same as what Wen Yinan said.

Accordingly, the nine-member group deliberated on the proposal of Yao Youxiao's auxiliary envoy, and there was a rare difference of opinion among the people.

The party led by Xiao Jin believes that it is better to maintain the status quo before the situation in the Grand Canyon is clear, in case of accidents.

The side represented by Yao Youxiao is the one who wants to seize the opportunity to tear down the high wall and expand the territory once and for all.

Yao Youxiao said: "The reclamation of the Grand Canyon is a merit in the present and a move for the future, which not only helps the well-being and livelihood of the local people, but also demonstrates the prestige and generosity of the imperial court, and is also a major event to expand the territory of the dynasty."

The demolition of the wall is bound to be a great sign of the end of an old era and the beginning of a new one.

The Grand Canyon has just experienced the baptism of forest fires, and the original rumors and sinister have also burned down and disappeared. Nowadays, the Grand Canyon is like a new life, and the development and reclamation of the new land should be sooner rather than later, otherwise, as time goes by, it will be abandoned again, and the danger of regeneration of ghosts is unknown.

The former emperor Zhao Jiangxi is already a figure abandoned by history, even if he survives in the world, he is powerless to make waves. The past is irrelevant compared with the great cause of the ages, and we must not waste food because of choking, lose big because of small things, and miss good opportunities. ”

After a vote by the council, the proposal was finally passed by a narrow margin of 5 to 4.

Among them, those who voted in favor were: Yao Youxiao, Gong Zhao, Gao Tang, Liu Xianzhen, and Wen Yinan. Those who voted against were Xiao Jin, Xu Wenjun, Pan Wencai, and Yang Bingzhang.

So according to the resolution, the imperial court decided to tear down the high wall and emigrate to the Grand Canyon.

A few days later, the guards on the wall were ordered to remove it, and the wall began to become an unguarded and abandoned wall.

On an early spring night, when it was warm and cold, a cold wind blew on the high walls of the Grand Canyon.

At this moment, two black figures appeared on the top of the high wall, carrying a large package, which contained clothes and food.

The two men threw the large package off the high wall, looked at the deep Grand Canyon in the distance for a while, and turned to leave.

These two people are Xiao Zhuzi and Wang Juan.

The next night, the two of them took advantage of the thick night to climb the high wall again, came to the place where the package was thrown last night, and looked at the foot of the deep high wall, under the hazy starlight, the black package was still lying quietly in place.

The third and fourth nights were the same.

In two days, the demolition team will come to Xiaoshi Village and start to tear down this high wall, and this high wall will no longer exist.

On the fifth night, Xiao Zhuzi and Wang Juan came to the high wall again.

Tonight was different from the previous days, and a crooked crescent moon appeared in the sky early, shining on the mottled earth.

By the moonlight, Xiao Zhuzi and Wang Juan looked at the foot of the high wall again, and the big package was gone!

So, at the same time as the high wall separating the Grand Canyon was demolished, a rumor quietly spread in Little Stone Village, and someone saw the black ghost in the Grand Canyon appear in the night again!