When people look back on the past and try to clarify their memories, they often choose some important events as the time node.

Sadly, those important events are generally not joyful events, but mourning events, such as which elder in the family closed his eyes on a bamboo chair, or which loved one's funeral white flag was blown down by the wind.

For the people, the funeral must be of a higher standard, and the weight of the dead must be heavy enough, so that their collective memory can be deep enough to become their spiritual chronicle, such as the death of the emperor.

Of course, in this case alone, it is difficult to clearly distinguish between funeral and happy events, because the death of the old emperor means that the new emperor ascends the throne.

In the Imperial Palace of the Qin State.

The old man on the sickbed had a wrinkled face, his white hair was dry like frost grass that he had forgotten to burn in late autumn, his eyes were deep, his breathing was weak, and he was about to die.

The crown prince Wang Han, that is, Gu Hanjun, could not see any sadness on his face.

Because he will be the new king of the Qin State, and because he doesn't have much affection for this old man, even if more than 20 years have consumed a lot of memories, at least he remembers this matter very clearly, and the other party is not his real biological father.

The old emperor who was dying on the sickbed was originally just a remote son of the clan, but with his innate ability to receive people and things and occasionally burst out of passion, he went to Beihai County to attack the county king, and even got too much of a real job.

In the decades-long confrontation with the northern barbarians, his cowardly temperament was disguised better and better, and he accumulated extremely deep strength, and finally took advantage of the general trend of the world to become the new emperor of Qin.

This history can be called Zhongxing, and it can even be said that it is the founding of the country, and the old emperor should have been written more heavily in the history books, but it is a pity that he gave birth to a more dazzling son.

The young martial god back then has now become a northern killing god who can stop children from crying at night, even in the palace of the Qin Kingdom, no one dares to look him in the eyes.

"I don't like to be called a god, because I know I'm not, and I don't like to be called Taizong, or whatever, because I don't think that you or the previous emperors are qualified to be in front of me, so I decided to call the emperor after I ascended the throne, with Wang as my surname, what do you think of the name Emperor Wang?"

Gu Hanjun said: "The enthronement ceremony is ready, so you will die tonight, don't waste my time." ”

After saying this, he walked towards the outside of the temple.

The old emperor stared at his back, his eyes full of resentment and remorse.

There are countless palaces in the Xianyang Imperial Palace, and in terms of quantity, only the Qi State School Palace can compare with it.

Those palaces were like countless crouching beasts in the night, ready to attack and bite their prey, and when they were illuminated by the starlight, they were even more hideous.

Gu Hanjun walked to the deepest palace, waved away all the people, and followed the sound of the piano to find the person.

A pond is reflected in the light under the porch, where the girl plays the piano gently, and the white dress gently blows with the night, like a residual lotus in the pond.

The whole picture has a feeling of loneliness and pity, which is very in line with the imagination of the woman in distress being confined in the cold palace, but in fact, her eyes are calm, and there are no superfluous emotions at all.

"Tomorrow I will ascend the throne. Gu Hanjun walked up to her and looked at her condescendingly, but his eyes were full of doting and loving emotions.

"Congratulations. Minglan raised her head, looked at him and said with a smile.

The emotions in Gu Hanjun's eyes had long since disappeared, and he said, "There is definite news from the Qi country. ”

Hearing this, Minglan changed her expression slightly, it was obvious that she was more concerned about the matter of Qi than the death of Emperor Qin and the change of dynasty.

The more than fifty Daoist who entered the illusion realm have now died a lot, and basically all those who are still alive have already confirmed their identities.

Only one never showed up. The scholar named Xi Yiyun has never been discovered, and he has not left any traces in the illusion, as if he has never been here.

This was also what Guo Yihuai wanted to know the most, but until he was killed by Sedum and expelled from the illusion, he didn't understand how Xi Yiyun did it.

Minglan was also very concerned about this matter, and asked Qin's spy organization to investigate for many years, and finally found some clues at the beginning of spring.

"His name here is Yunqi, he used to study in Mogong, and later went to the Qi State School Palace, managed the classics, and began to give lectures the year before last. ”

Xi Yiyun is Su Daozhi! He has changed many names, but no one has ever reported any special deeds.

After thinking about it for a while, Minglan felt that Su Daozhi was not the most obvious competitor, and her eyes drooped.

Gu Hanjun said: "He has not had any contact with the outside world over the years, but a disciple who was accepted some time ago had some contact with the scholars of Zhao Guo Wansong Academy. ”

Hearing the word "lecture", Minglan probably understood what this Yizhai disciple wanted to do, but there were still a lot of puzzles.

"How did he hide his identity so well?"

Gu Hanjun's expression became a little complicated, and he said, "Because...... He didn't even know who he was. ”

Minglan was slightly stunned and said, "You mean he completely forgot his identity?"

Gu Hanjun nodded.

Minglan was a little surprised and said, "Are you sure?"

Gu Hanjun said: "I sent seven groups of people to try, and I made sure that he really forgot his identity as a questioner, and only thought about saving the lives of the common people and walking the avenue." ”

Minglan looked at the strings on the piano, silent and lived in the illusion for too long, confused by the red dust, it is really possible for the questioner to forget all the past, but Su Daozhi is obviously not that kind, more like an active forgetting, why did he do this?

I don't know how long it took, but she said softly, "It's really wonderful." ”

Gu Hanjun also held the same opinion, and said: "How should I deal with it?

"The gentlemen of Yizhai do not cultivate the Tao, but the heart of the Tao is as solid as a rock and cannot be shaken. ”

Minglan said: "Find a way to kill him now, otherwise it will be a great trouble in the future." ”

Gu Hanjun suddenly said: "I also forgot some things, as long as I don't think about it, I will naturally forget it, but there are some things that I don't want to forget, so I can't forget them." ”

No matter how calm the gaze is, it will be felt, not to mention the heat hidden behind the calmness.

Minglan was unmoved, and said flatly: "Actually, there is another person, Yan Changqing of Liuyun Academy, who has never been seen, what do you think?"

Gu Hanjun said: "Liuyun is always Liuyun. ”

Gu Hanjun slowly retracted his gaze and looked at the reflections of the lights on the pond that were not real, and his voice was a little cold.

"I was originally against him going to the capital of Chu State, and you and Guo Yihuai both attached too much importance to Sedum. ”

Minglan said indifferently: "Guo Yihuai's death proves that Sedum is worthy of attention as I said." ”

Gu Hanjun was silent for a while and said, "You are always right. ”

Minglan quietly looked at his side face and said, "Yes, is there anything wrong?"

Out of nowhere, a night wind passed through the palace, shattering the lights and shadows as far as the eye could see.

Gu Hanjun looked at that place quietly and said, "I just suddenly want to forget some more things. ”

After saying this, he turned around and went out of the temple to prepare for tomorrow's enthronement ceremony.

Minglan looked at the water and did not speak.

She understood what he meant, and found it boring.

The shadow of the broken lights on the surface of the pond slowly came back to one place.

She thought of the news from the Chu State.

After the edict of sin, Sedum was imprisoned in the cold palace by the scholar.

The edict was certainly not written by himself, and it was his own volition to be confined to the cold palace, just like her, their thoughts and ideas were surprisingly consistent.

Thinking of these coincidences, Minglan smiled and thought it was so interesting.

......

Another five years passed.

Emperor Bai of Qin acted tyrannyly, expropriated tyranny, and forcibly ordered 3,000 wealthy households in Luoxi to enter Xianyang.

Under his personal command, 30,000 iron horsemen, like the sharpest sword, swept across the entire northern part of the continent, invincible, and even those barbarian tribes retreated in fear.

The only state of Zhao that could compete with the state of Qin encountered a major event at this time, and their emperor was going to die.

His Majesty the Emperor is extremely wise, wise, and lenient and severe, but unfortunately he is congenitally deficient, his body is too weak, and he has no heirs.

In the past five years, perhaps because of these problems, there has been a strange atmosphere between the government and the opposition of Zhao State.

His Majesty the Emperor issued decrees one after another, made a number of personnel appointments and dismissals, strongly restricted the power of the Arrest Factory, and vigorously supported the Hou Party, obviously to make the appearance of the knife open to Henggong.

But no matter how the officials and people of Zhao State and even the merchants of Qi State waited for it, in the end, His Majesty the Emperor did not do anything to Heng Gonggong, and even still trusted him, and even drank the medicine only from the medicine boiled by He Gonggong himself.

The smell of medicine in the hall was much lighter than in previous years, probably because the windows were open and well ventilated.

"Scholar Zhang is fifty years older than us, no matter how much we can survive, we won't be able to survive twenty years later. After drinking the medicine, the emperor's pale face did not improve, he half leaned on the couch, gasped twice, and then said: "In the future, in the world, only you can deal with Emperor Qin." ”

Hengdong did not speak, nor did he persuade His Majesty to rest, because everyone knew that His Majesty would not be able to hold out for a few days.

Facing the emperor's eyes full of expectation and pleading, Hengdong was silent for a while, patted the back of his hand, and still did not speak.

The wind poured in from outside the palace, and with it the queen mother.

With tears on her face, she walked to the couch, squeezed Hengdong away a little roughly, sat down beside the emperor, and took his hand.

Hengdong walked outside the hall and vaguely heard a faint sigh behind him.

......

That night, Emperor Zhao died.

Hengdong watched him lose his breath, and then calmly began to arrange various affairs, until he was almost busy, and then went back to his room to sleep for half an hour.

During the whole process, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and there was no rudeness.

The queen mother asked people to know that he had not gone to the imperial garden and was silent for a long time, but she didn't know whether she should be happy or disappointed.

Before dawn, the palace was already full of ministers in plain clothes, and many ministers went out of the city to greet them according to the rules.

The prince of Hejian is ready to enter Beijing to inherit the throne.

It stands to reason that this is something that has been determined five years ago, and the prince should have been raised in the palace with the gift of the crown prince a long time ago, and it would be good to succeed to the throne directly today.

But I don't know why, this proposal was not passed, and it was rumored that it was because Xiao Heng's father-in-law didn't like the prince and secretly did something.