Three days later, in the twenty-second year of the Great Qin Chonghuang, on the fifth day of the third month, the desolate wolf was in Tianchi City, inside the palace.

There were dozens of people standing in His Royal Highness, they were several leaders of the Wild Wolf Civil and Military Hundred Officials and the people of the various tribes who rushed over, because Tuoba Zhulu and Tuoba Har had not arrived for the time being, so some of them discussed in a low voice, of course, they used the Wild Wolf language: "Hey, Old Nalan, why did you say that the Second Prince of the Prison Kingdom suddenly called us here?" ”

"Well, I think it's because of the peace talks."

"Peace talks? The peace talks were returned to China a few days ago, saying that the peace talks between Daqin and the Wild Wolf had been successful, and that the establishment of diplomatic relations would begin immediately, the Yumen Pass would be opened, and the two countries would begin to communicate with each other. Do you need to say it a second time? ”

"Actually, I'm a little strange, but if you call us all, there must be something important to announce, let's wait quietly." After a while...... A dressed Tuobhar stepped out, but this time he did not sit directly on the throne covered in a whole bearskin, as he had done in the previous prison, but stood on the left side of the throne.

Tuoba Zhulu then appeared, and he walked solemnly to the throne step by step, and then sat down slowly.

Tuoba Zhulu was about to speak, but he heard Tuoba Har say to everyone: "Everyone, you have something to say today." The court was quiet, Tuoba was robbed by Tuoba Har, and he didn't say anything, he frowned, his bloodshot eyes looked around at everyone in the hall, and then said: "Three days ago, news came from the Yumen Pass, my father, queen mother, and thirty iron wolves rode on the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the twenty-second year of Chonghuang in Great Qin, and all ......."

"Died tragically in the capital of Daqin, no one survived!" The civil and military officials of His Royal Highness and the speakers of the various tribal families were stunned for a moment, and then

"Boom!" It was noisy, like an explosion of the pot.

"W-What? Our wolf king is dead...... He's dead? ”

"How so? Wasn't the peace talks a success? ”

"Is this accurate?"

"Oh my God, who did it?"

"This ...... This, what to do? Tuobhar spoke again, and he shouted to the noisy crowd of His Highness: "Silence! But the hall was still noisy, and it was called by another old man beside him

The old man of "Old Nalan" stood up directly and said to Tuoba Har: "Second Lord of the Prison Country, the news that the young master said just now, you ......" Tuoba Har was listening carefully to the words of the old man Nalan at first, but suddenly as if he had reacted, he waved his hand, pointed to Tuoba Zhulu sitting on the throne, interrupted the old man's words and said to him: "Nalan Yuanji, if you have any questions, go and ask Zhulu." Nalan Yuanji turned his head to Tuoba Zhulu and asked, "Young Master, where did you get the news just now?" Tuoba Zhulu stood up, walked to the front of the hall, took a deep breath, and said: "Everyone, the news just now is the news from the Yumen Pass, and now it has spread all over the Great Qin, saying that my father, the queen mother, and the thirty iron wolf riders are all buried in the house on Xiliu Street in Qincheng City, and the bodies have been preserved by the Great Qin Mansion, and we will send someone to our wild wolf to ask us to claim it in a while." The people below saw that the young master Tuoba stood up and talked to Nalan Yuanji, so the noise became quieter, and they all listened attentively to the conversation between the two.

Nalan Yuanji looked directly at Tuoba Zhulu, and asked again: "Our wolf king, and the queen." Did they really die? None of the chances of surviving? Tuoba Zhulu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and choked up: "Yes, I can't accept it either, but all the deeds tell me that it is true." "Hearing that Tuoba chased the deer and confirmed this fact with his own mouth,

"Whoa!" With a bang, the court, which had regained some silence, exploded again, and for a while, there were those who cried out in grief, those who sobbed in a low voice, those who looked sad and angry, and those who had heavy faces.

And Tuoba Zhulu mentioned the death of his parents again, and he also choked up, and couldn't say a word, only two lines of tears crossed his cheeks.

And Nalan Yuanji, who had just asked a question, even closed his eyes, and fainted directly, and was supported by everyone around him...... All of a sudden, the hall was filled with sorrow...... At this time, an official wearing a general's uniform jumped up, it turned out to be the northern general Wukangshi, one of the four generals of the wild wolf, who was stationed in Kanas City, the northern capital of the northern capital on weekdays, only to hear Wukangshi ask loudly: "Young master, which god killed the poisonous hand of the beast?" We want to avenge the wolf king! ”

"Yes, revenge, revenge, revenge!" , several fierce generals around him also echoed angrily. Tuoba Zhulu nodded and said: "Although no one has seen the scene of the death of the father and queen mother, no matter how you look at it now, the murderer is the Great Qin Emperor Qin Zheng'an!" Wu Kang Shi jumped up and shouted loudly: "Wow, it is really the emperor of their Great Qin, I have already told you that the words of the Central Plains people are not credible, but there are always some people who are blind to those pair of eyeballs, and they want to say good things for this group of treacherous dog miscellaneous, and this time it will hurt our great wolf king, guest death, guest death, guest death...... "When a person next to him heard his words, he was not happy, and said: "Wukangshi, what do you mean by this, why did you swallow the river and the faction start to spew blood?" Just now, the young master also said, there is no evidence that it was done by the Great Qin people, how can you ......" Wu Kang Shi heard this, raised his scabbard,

"Smack!" The sound hit the man's face, the man couldn't dodge, was knocked to the ground, Wu Kangshi pointed to the man who fell to the ground, and scolded: "Ashinaan, you dog, that Central Plains people, the Great Qin Emperor Qin Zheng'an, the Qin thief's family, have all killed our wolf king." You still dare to speak for them now, Lao Tzu is the one who beat you today! "The dignified southern general Ashinaan was actually beaten to the ground by the northern general Wu Kangshi, who had the same official rank?

Where can his subordinates sit idly by, and after shouting and scolding, they will attack him, and Wu Kangshi's subordinates are not to be outdone, and they have drawn their swords and stood up, seeing that the two sides in the court are about to fight, and even blood is splattered on the spot!

When Tuobhar saw this, he just kept silent. And Tuoba saw it, so he had to jump down in person and block in front of the two.

Only then did the two sides stop, waiting for Tuoba to speak. Tuoba said, "Don't quarrel with the two of you, and listen to me." "The southern general Ashinaan got up from the ground, and when he heard Tuoba Zhulu speak, he covered his injured face and said no more; And the northern general Wukangshi sneered, glanced sideways at Tuoba Zhulu, and said: "Tuoba Zhulu, I Wukang is a straightforward person, I only know our wolf king, he is also your father, he died in the hands of the Central Plains people, now no matter who speaks for the Central Plains people, I will turn my face and deny people, and no one will be wrong." "The meaning of threat is in words.

When the surrounding people heard Wu Kangshi's rebellious words, they stopped crying and looked this way.

Tuobhar, who was standing on the stage, shouted the name of Ukangshi, but Ukangshi glared at Tuobhar angrily and was not afraid at all.

When Tuoba Zhulu heard this, he turned his head to look at Wukangshi and said calmly: "General Wukangshi, you don't need to provoke me or scare me, I will never speak for anyone else, I only speak for our Wild Wolf Country." Moreover...... I had planned to seek revenge against Great Qin! Daqin killed my father because my father led the army to war, but ...... But my mother, she, has never killed a Central Plains person in her life, and she always boasted to me about the benefits of their Great Qin in the past, but ...... But those brutes didn't even let go of my mother, a defenseless woman who didn't know martial arts! Tuoba Zhulu gritted his teeth and looked at Wukang with a resolute gaze, "Do you know what the spies say? My father, my mother, and thirty iron wolves, all of them had broken bones, their meridians cut off, and they even ...... Even the blood was drained and hung on a tree in the courtyard! I will tell you, tell all of you, I will not take revenge on you, and I will not be a man! Everyone heard the tragic death of Tuoba Zhi and his party, and cried even louder, and Wukang heard Tuoba Zhulu's decisive words, felt Tuoba Zhulu's clear attitude, and also put away the previous contempt and ridicule, and bowed down with his right hand: "I blamed the young master when it was Wukang before, and I hope the young master will forgive me." This time, it was the young master who was called, not by his name.

Ashina'an, who was on the side, heard this, and silently stood back in his position. Tuoba Zhulu then sat back on his chair and said loudly: "The first thing today is to issue an obituary nationwide to announce the death of my father and mother, do you have any opinions?" Naturally, everyone in the hall agreed.

Tuoba Zhulu saw that no one in the hall answered, so he continued: "The second thing is to ......" Tuoba Har, who was standing in front of him, suddenly interjected at this moment: "It is our young master Tuoba Zhulu who is about to inherit the throne and become the new wolf king of my desolate wolf country." Tuoba Zhulu's eyes narrowed slightly, his brows furrowed, this was the second time he was interrupted by Tuoba Har's white robbery, so Tuoba Zhulu didn't say anything, just stared at Tuoba Har to see what else he had to say.

Tuoba Har didn't seem to feel some dissatisfaction from Tuoba Zhulu, and after saying this, he turned around and looked straight at Tuoba Zhulu, and the leader bowed down first.

"See the new wolf king Tuoba chasing the deer!" The rest of the ministers and tribal people also bowed down one after another, and for a while,

"Visit the new wolf king Tuoba and chase the deer." The voices come and go, and they are endless. After another hour or two, Tuoba took care of many of the things that had to be done on the first day of his succession, and then ordered the people to retreat.

Except for Tuoba Zhulu and Tuoba Har's two uncles and nephews, the rest of the people left the main hall of the palace. The last person to walk out of the palace was Nalan Yuanji, who had just opened his mouth to ask Tuoba and the old man who had talked to him before.

At this moment, the weather is getting overcast, dark clouds cover the sun, and it is expected to rain heavily. After the old man looked up at the dark and gloomy sky, he turned his head and asked in a low voice to Nalan Yuanji, "Old Nalan, what do you say...... What is happening today? Nalan Yuanji twisted his beard and asked instead of answering: "Dong Cheng, what do you think of today's quarrel between the southern general Ashinaan and the northern general Wukang in front of the palace?" Dong Cheng was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and then said: "To be honest, I think what Ashinaan said today is a bit stupid. Nalan Yuanji said lightly: "It's quite stupid." Today, on behalf of the faction where you and I belong, he openly quarreled with their 'swallowing the river' Wukang in the court, and defended the most suspected murderer, so that the originally neutral young master and the Yuwen clan were full of hatred for our faction, and the young master even publicly said that he stood on their 'swallowing the river' faction, which was self-defeating and stupid! Dong Cheng was also puzzled: "Yes, at that time, when the young master was full of grief and anger, and he had a strong suspicion of the Great Qin Emperor, how could Ashinaan touch the young master's mold at this time, causing our faction to fall into an embarrassing situation." Nalan Yuanji asked again: "Do you think Ashnaan is a stupid and stupid person?" Dong Cheng replied without thinking: "Of course not, Ashina is only forty-two this year, but like your powerful niece Nalan Linglong, she became the head of the Ashina family in the seven clans of our desolate wolves a few years ago, and the means are naturally not bad, and later he became the general of Nan, with more than 80,000 troops under his command." How can a stupid stupid person do this? That's why I'm amazed at what he says and does today. Nalan Yuanji sighed and said, "What's so surprising? It's nothing more than being bribed and putting on a big show. Dong Cheng was shocked: "He was bought? Are you from the 'Swallowing River' faction? However, Ashinaan has countless wealth in his family, and he has 80,000 heavy soldiers under him, what kind of bargaining chip can he buy a person like him? And who can afford such unimaginable chips? After hearing this, Nalan Yuanji just patted Dong Cheng's shoulder, shook his head and said, "Dong Cheng, you are really old...... Your Dong family, if it weren't for your son Dong Yangkai to lead General Renxi, you would still be able to hold up the façade, if you were just an old guy, I am afraid that you would have been eaten to the bone. Dong Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Nalan Yuanji's hand away, and said angrily: "your crow's mouth, the two prime ministers, the two Sima and the four generals, these eight important positions in the dynasty, among the seven clans of the wild wolf, only two of my Dong family have two, I am Zuo Sima, and my son Dong Yangkai is the general of the West, how illustrious?" Now that the wolf king is dead, at least the Tuoba family still has the new wolf king Tuoba Zhulu and the eastern general Tuoba Har, and it is not too much to cut. But as soon as Queen Nalan Linglong died, your Nalan family will be the only one left with your old Nalan as the right prime minister, and when it comes to being eaten, I'm afraid you have to worry more about yourself. Nalan Yuanji replied nonchalantly: "But I, Nalan Yuanji, am not so old and confused that I can't even see the people behind the scenes." Dong Cheng heard him mention the person behind the bribery of Ashina'an again, so he stopped arguing with Nalan Yuanji, he quietly got closer, lowered his voice and asked, "Hey, old Nalan, who is this person you are talking about?" Tell me about it. Nalan Yuanji just looked up at the sky and muttered, "It's about to rain...... Dong Cheng said angrily: "Let me ask you." How did you...... Hey, old Nalan, why do you say just leave, you haven't replied to me yet? Nalan Yuanji, who was walking slowly towards a luxurious carriage outside the hall, did not turn around when he heard this, but just stretched out the palm of his right hand and gestured back

The gesture of "two". When Dong Cheng saw this gesture, his mind flashed, and he had already made a conclusion, so he hurriedly said, "Two? You're talking about two ......"

"What I'm saying is that it's just the two of us now, it's going to rain, go back and shelter from the rain......", Nalan Yuanji's voice came from afar, interrupting Dong Cheng's words.

When Dong Cheng heard this, he didn't say anything further, and then he asked, "So, what kind of bargaining chips?" Nalan Yuanji stopped, as if thinking for a while, and then he stretched out his right hand and made another one

"Two" gesture, then turned to Dong Cheng and said, "Dong Cheng, go home quickly, it's going to rain." With that, he got into the carriage without looking back.

Dong Cheng stayed in place, thoughtful, he secretly said in his heart: "The first 'two', I can still guess who it is, after all, this person is really sharp, anyone will guess about him; It's really confusing. This old Nalan loves to be mysterious, and it will rain now, he can say such bizarre and weird...... Forget it, let's go home. Dong Cheng also walked towards his carriage.

Nalan Yuanji, who was sitting in the car at the moment, just finished speaking

"It's going to rain." After saying this, he hadn't opened his eyes since he got into the car, and he had been closing his eyes to recuperate, and after he heard the carriage of Dong Cheng behind him rolling and moving, he closed his eyes and told the coachman to set off.

Then he closed his eyes and tilted his head slightly out of the window, then put his hands to his mouth and sighed, rubbed each other, tugged his cuffs, and squeezed his shoulders.

And then this former year was called

The old man of "the first adviser of the wild wolf" slowly opened his eyes, looked out the car window, and said with emotion: "It's going to change." ”