With the cooperation of the Alans, the Wei army quickly annihilated the Kutrigar Xiongnu west of the Don River, and then crossed the Volga River to eliminate the most powerful Xiongnu tribe entrenched there, the Savile Xiongnu.

After conquering this vast territory of Eastern Europe, Ran Min set it up as the fourth province of the Great Wei Empire, namely the Alan Province.

Ran Min originally wanted to continue the westward expedition to conquer the Slavs in the west. However, I was infected with the wind and cold, and I couldn't afford to get sick!

And when Ran Min was sick in bed, he also learned the news that Murong Ke had passed away. Ran Min lost his original fighting spirit, so he returned to the dynasty in May of 373 AD.

This time to return to China, Ran Min spent a whole year!

Suffering from the difficulties and dangers of the road and the long distance, after Ran Min returned to Daliang, he immediately ordered the mobilization of 1.5 million people to build an official road from Daliang to Kushan Province, which later connected Alan Province, Vagata Province Province, Western Satrap Province, Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate Province and other places.

Even in order to communicate the connection between the empire and the major capitals and provinces, Ran Min later spared no effort to mobilize a large number of manpower, material and financial resources to build one official road after another, just like "all roads lead to Rome", and the current situation is that "all roads lead to the beams"!

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The Great Wei Empire has already appeared fifty-six vassal states, and the princes and kings are all the sons of Emperor Ran Min.

In addition to the crown prince, Ran Min would divide the adult princes out to establish the country, but every three years, before October 1, every prince and king would travel thousands of miles to Daliang to congratulate the emperor, which seemed to have become a rule.

However, in fact, Ran Min only wanted to understand the concubines' lovesickness for the sons who were separated, and at the same time, he also wanted the relationship between the central government and the princes to continue, and the relationship would not slowly become strange with the profundity of the blood.

Even though he knew that it was useless, Ran Min did it.

However, what Ran Min never expected was that at this "family gathering", there was a change that made him heartbroken - the crown prince Ran Ming was assassinated in his own Silver Light Palace!

"Poof!" Ran Min, who heard the news, really couldn't stand this kind of blow, and was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted for a while.

White-haired people send black-haired people!

The crown prince who has been cultivated by himself for so many years, the virtuous monarch created for the Great Wei Empire, was assassinated like this?!

"Who is the Assassin?" This was the first thing Ran Min asked when he woke up.

Liu Zhi, who was beside him, replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, it's Wang Yun!" ”

"Wang Yun? Who is this Wang Yun?! ”

"Wang Yunchu was the county commander of Shanyang County, and he had a virtuous name, so he entered the court as an official, and his Royal Highness the Prince was respected, and he was promoted again and again, and he has served as the right attendant of the ministry. But no one expected that Wang Yun, a dog thief, would be bold, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to ask Wang Yun for advice that day, but he didn't think that he would carry a sharp weapon, and when His Royal Highness was unprepared, he pulled out a dagger...... That's how the prince died! Your Majesty, please mourn! ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Wei Empire was killed like this? I can't believe it when I kill Ran Min!

Ran Min said with red eyes: "What about Wang Yun?" I'm going to cut him with a thousand cuts! Crush the bones and scatter ashes! ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wang Yun has swallowed poison and died."

"Poison swallowing?"

"Yes. After the screams of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appeared in the palace, the guards rushed in, and Wang Yun immediately committed suicide by taking poison! ”

"Check, check for me!"

Ran Min said angrily: "Does Wang Yun think that killing my child will be a hundred? Pass the order down, quickly arrest the people involved in the case, etc., I will punish Wang Yun's nine clans! No, the Ten Clans! ”

After the anger, Ran Min then calmed down a bit.

He believes that this matter can never be so simple, first of all, there are many doubts.

Ran Ming, as the crown prince of the Great Wei Empire, was assassinated in the East Palace, which in itself is a very ridiculous thing.

What was Wang Yun's motive for assassinating Ran Ming? Didn't he know Ran Ming's identity? Isn't he afraid of causing trouble to his wife and children, and being connected to the nine clans?

And Wang Yun is a civil official, although he is not the kind of person who has no power to restrain the chicken, but he practices martial arts on weekdays just to strengthen his body, because the Great Wei Empire has a martial style, in terms of martial arts, Wang Yun should be inferior to Ran Ming, even if Wang Yun carries a weapon, and he takes advantage of Ran Ming's unpreparedness, the latter should also have room for resistance, how could he be killed all of a sudden?

What's more, Wang Yun was picked up by Ran Ming, and he can be said to be a cronie. Ran Ming has the grace of knowing Wang Yun, why did Wang Yun kill Ran Ming?

It's definitely a conspiracy!

After figuring out this, Ran Min asked people to chase Liu Zhi back, and the affairs of the ten clans of Zhulian Wang Yun were ignored for the time being.

Ran Min then went to the East Palace, where he was going to see his son for the last time.

"Your Majesty!"

When Ran Min entered the East Palace step by step, the princes, ministers, guards, palace maids, and chamberlains who passed by all bowed their heads and knelt down on one knee.

And Ran Min turned a blind eye to this, and he didn't nod his head as usual, he hurriedly entered the mourning room where Ran Ming's body was.

There, Ran Ming's cold corpse lay across the spiritual bed, practicing tricks, and Ran Ming's crown princess, a concubine, and a cadre of children all knelt on the ground in an uproar, crying to death and life, which really made the hearers sad and made the seeers cry.

As Ran Ming's mother, Queen Dong Qiaoqiao has already cried into tears, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief from time to time, crying silently, and talking to Ran Ming, who has died, is very nagging, but it is also very sad.

Seeing Ran Min's arrival, everyone kowtowed again: "Erchen (concubine) see Your Majesty!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Ran Min waved his hand, and then opened a way for him.

Ran Min, who was pale, slowly walked to the spirit bed, his lips twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. And seeing Ran Min coming here, Dong Qiaoqiao, who was already heartbroken, fell into his arms and cried: "Brother Min! Woowoo woo ......"

Ran Min hugged Dong Qiaoqiao's delicate body and sighed.

In fact, where will the sadness in Ran Min's heart be less than Dong Qiaoqiao?

It's just that the emotion he shows is not crying, but silence, deep silence.

Ran Ming is the crown prince he cultivated single-handedly, and he is the prince of the Great Wei Empire, and he already has the qualifications to become a Ming monarch.

Ran Min believes that once Ran Ming succeeds to the throne, the national strength of the Great Wei Empire will reach a higher level and create an unprecedented prosperous era, because Ran Ming is a benevolent and virtuous person, a monarch like Song Renzong!

Ran Min stepped forward again to observe Ran Ming's face, his face was purple, not as if he had been killed by a blade, but poisoned. Ran Min had seen many people who died in battle, so after seeing Ran Ming's death, he basically concluded that Ran Ming was not killed by Wang Yun, but was poisoned.

Thinking of this, Ran Min's heart wondered, who killed Ran Ming?

Are those of the Shi clan gate lords who were suppressed by him too ruthless? Or is it the remnants of his past enemies? Or...... Is it his other son?

Ran Min couldn't help but shiver all over his body.

He glanced at the six princes present, Ran Min had many sons, and they had all been divided, but Dong Qiaoqiao gave birth to seven sons, which shows how holy the latter is.

In Ran Min's glance, the appearance of the other five princes was roughly the same, all of them had sad faces, like mourning, except for the eighth son, Ran Cao, with red eyes and sobbing from time to time, as if he was extremely sad.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

Could it be that Ran Cao is more sentimental?

No, Ran Cao's personality and style of acting are more similar to Ran Min, so it is impossible to show such a sad look.

Could it be that Ran Cao deliberately showed this appearance, wanting to win Ran Min's attention and compete for the position of prince?

Yes!

As soon as Ran Ming died, Ran Cao was Ran Min's biggest sister-in-law. According to the patriarchal system throughout the ages, if Ran Ming dies, the first prince to consider will be Ran Cao.

So, is Ran Cao the mastermind behind the killing of Ran Ming?