Chapter 1: The Fog Rises and Manifests the Saints
Shaodian Kingdom is located in the west of the Shenyuan Continent, at the southern foot of the Hengduan Mountains, established by the ancestor Shaodian after the first war of humans and demons, and built the town capital as its royal capital.
The largest mansion on West Chaomen Street in Zhenjing City is the Ding Mansion, and Ding Daoduan, the commander of the General Staff Department of the Commander's Mansion and the commander of the Eighth Army Corps, is sitting in the study and is discussing with his staff officers. Yang Feng, the chief of staff of the Eighth Legion, has been on standby in the Ding Mansion since the king became seriously ill.
"How is it foggy in the summer evening, I haven't seen it in Zhenjing for so many years. Ding Dao's eyebrows frowned slightly.
Yang Feng glanced out the window and said cautiously: "Abnormal weather often portends great changes, is it that the king can't support it?"
Before the words fell, there were hurried footsteps outside the door of the study, and the housekeeper of the Ding Mansion knocked on the door.
"What's the matter?" Ding Dao asked majestically.
"Congratulations, sir, great joy! The young lady has given birth, it is a boy, and the mother and child are safe!" the housekeeper excitedly reported outside the door.
"Really, Jiang Yao finally gave birth, is it a boy?" Ding Dao stood up excitedly.
Yang Feng also stood up and bowed to Ding Dao: "Congratulations to the marshal, this son was born with a vision of heaven and earth, and he will definitely be the one who will make the world surging in the future." ”
Yang Feng didn't know this compliment, but it really came true in the future.
"Hehe, I'm satisfied that he can grow up safely, you go back to rest first, I'll go to the backyard to have a look." Ding Dao walked out of the study quickly and walked towards the backyard with the housekeeper.
Ding Dao's only son, Ding Qi, married Jiang Yao, the daughter of Jiang Tong, the Duke of Anguo, and not long after Ding Qi, who was thirty-one years old last year, was promoted to a fearless knight, it was reported that Jiang Yao was pregnant. The three generations of the old Ding family have been passed down alone, and today they learned that Jiang Yao gave birth to a boy, and Ding Dao immediately put all his troubles behind.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Ding Qi rushed out of the room and said to Ding Dao at a loss: "Son, it's a son, Yao'er is really a person with great luck, father, you have a grandson!"
"Look at your crazy appearance, don't take the child out for your father to see, and let Jiang Yao have a good rest, don't get up. Ding Dao slapped Ding Qi on the head.
After a while, Ding Qi took out a crying baby from the room, and Ding Dao hurriedly stepped forward to take the baby from Ding Qi's hand and held it in his arms.
The newborn baby weighed more than seven pounds, and was crying with his eyes closed and wrinkled his nose, and stopped crying not long after he arrived in Ding Dao's arms. I saw that his eyes widened, his black eyes rolled, and he was giggled by Ding Dao's fingers.
"Look at how strong this child is, he deserves to be the seed of the Ding family. Ding Dao laughed proudly.
Contrary to the jubilant backyard of the Ding family, outside the gloomy dormitory door, Duke Si, the chief prince of the Government Council, was pacing back and forth, like an ant on a hot pot. King Shaodianlong is seriously ill and dying, but he has not yet decided on a candidate for the prince, and the Duke of Zisi has been waiting here for three days.
Duke Zisi's number one political enemy and the feud of the Zi family, Marshal Ding Dao has already expressed his attitude and supports the succession of the eldest prince. Once the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, the Zi family will be suppressed, withdraw from the court or even perish, and Zisi's anxiety in his heart is obvious.
Shao Dianlong, who ran out of oil and had a haggard body, lay on the bed and was dying, and his occasionally rolling eyes told others that there was still a breath of air.
The chief chamberlain saw Shaodianlong's eyelids move, and asked in a nervous whisper: "The king, the ministers of the court and the central government are waiting for you to announce the candidate for the prince, and the Duke of Zisi is guarding outside the door of the palace and has not returned home for three days." ”
After a long while, the old king's hoarse voice sounded: "Which of my two sons do you think is more suitable for succession?"
"The old servant is stupid, far less wise than your king, even the ministers of the court, have not yet reached a conclusion. "The chief chamberlain did not dare to express any opinion in this regard.
There are two traditions for the heir to the throne of the Shaodian Kingdom: first, the eldest son is the first candidate for the throne, and second, the knight with a high rank can inherit the throne offside.
The eldest prince Shao Dianji is now forty-two years old and is a mid-level fearless knight, while the fourth prince Shao Diandan is twenty-eight years old and is still a late shield breaking knight, one order lower than the eldest prince.
But the problem is that the fourth prince was born after the king was promoted to the chief knight, and many ministers of the court thought that his qualifications were higher than that of the eldest prince, and as the second in line to the throne, he was likely to surpass the eldest prince in the knightly rank in the future.
"Wang Ziji is short-tempered, suspicious and intolerant; Wang Zidan is young and has no experience in political affairs, and he is not decisive enough to do things. What I am most worried about is that once Wang Ziji succeeds to the throne and Wang Zidan is promoted to the rank of the dominant knight, the two of them will be brothers, cough, cough, cough......" Suddenly, a rapid cough interrupted the old king's words.
The chief chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward to help the old king get his breath right.
The sudden cough made Shaodianlong's pale cheeks red, and he coughed more than a dozen times in a row, and the coughing did not stop, he grabbed the arm of the chief attendant, sat up suddenly, and shouted as if he had exhausted all his strength: "The successor prince is, yes......"
Before Shao Dian Long finished speaking, he seemed to exhale his last breath, and his body went weak and fell to the bed.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, don't frighten the old servant!Imperial Doctor!Call the Imperial Doctor!" The chief chamberlain instructed the guards at the door, and gently patted the old king on the back.
At this moment, Duke Zisi, who heard the movement outside the door, strode in. He glanced at the old king lying on the bed, immediately pushed away the guards who were blocking in front of him, walked to the bed and probed the old king's breathing, and then asked the chief chamberlain, "Which prince will inherit the throne of the king?"
The chief chamberlain did not dare to slack off, so he had to repeat the old king's original words.
Duke Zisi's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "The king finally wants to say, 'The successor prince is the fourth prince Shaodian Dan'!"
"But......" The chief chamberlain had not finished speaking.
"There is nothing, the king's meaning is very clear, in order to prevent the royal bloodline from fratricidal, the fourth prince will succeed to the throne! I will immediately go and invite Prince Dan into the palace, you send someone to invite Wu Yan, the commander of the city defense army, and you must not spread the news until then. With that, Duke Zisi walked briskly out the door.
The fourth prince was waiting at home, and the king was seriously ill and the prince was not allowed to leave the house. When he heard that Zisi was coming, he immediately went out to greet him in person.
"Son-sama, why are you here?"
"The Fourth Prince's Day is sad, Shaodian still expects you to support it. Zisi wiped her tears.
"Don't worry, Lord Duke, these are trustworthy people. Shaodian Dan looked left and right.
"Okay, then I have something to say directly, the king is dead, please ask the fourth prince to enter the palace immediately to preside over the overall situation. ”
"What? Father's Father, who wants me to succeed him? ”
"You just need to follow me into the palace, seize the righteous position, and persuade the chief of the inner chamberlain and the commander of the city defense army, and the eldest prince will not do anything to you. ”
"That ** Shuai and the Eighth Legion?"
"Rest assured, I've arranged it. Zisi smiled, looking confident.
A fast horse galloped into the side door of Ding's mansion, Ding Dao was drinking tea in the study, and the knight on the horse walked into the study, half-knelt in front of Ding Dao, and reported loudly: "Lord Marshal, the fourth prince was just summoned into the palace." ”
"What?!, summon the fourth prince at this time. Ding Dao frowned, "At this time, only the prince will be summoned, who brought the fourth prince into the palace?"
"The fourth prince entered the palace with Duke Zisi. ”
"It's him!" Ding Daohuo stood up, "call Yang Feng over immediately." ”
Not long after, Yang Feng came to the study again, "Lord Marshal, what do you command?"
"You take my seal to the Eighth Legion, and let them immediately surround the capital and let no one enter or leave. Then he sent five thousand fine horses into the city, and went to the front of the house to listen to them. As he spoke, Ding Dao handed the box containing the seal to Yang Feng.
"Yes, what if the city guards don't let you into the city?" Yang Feng stretched out his hand to take the box.
"If the city defense army stops it, you will immediately capture the city gate and take over the defense of the city, move quickly, and do not hesitate!"
"Yes!" the subordinates set off immediately. Yang Feng gave a military salute and quickly turned around and left the study.
After Duke Zisi entered the palace with the fourth prince, he came directly to the imperial study. The chief chamberlain, the commander of the city defense army, and a rule mage in a red mage's robe were already waiting in the imperial study.
Duke Zisi first saluted the red-robed mage and said respectfully: "Dear Master Guijing, you have brought us the guidance of the Dharma God, and everything will be fair and just under the attention of the Dharma God. ”
The rule mage is the highest-level magician in the world, and if you go further, you can be promoted to the god of law, representing the highest combat power of a country, and it is a strategic deterrent force equivalent to nuclear weapons.
The magician guilds on the continent are all provided and managed by the royal families of various countries, and only a very small number of magicians are free, and when there are major changes in the royal family, there will be high-level mages who will come forward to stabilize the situation.
"The power of magic destroys all falsehood, and where there are elements, there is the perception of the god of law, Duke Zisi, your faith will be known to the god of law. His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, the Great King has returned to the Elemental World, and the Dharma God will guide him into the Eternal Sanctuary. Master Guijing returned the salute and slowly said to Zisi and Shaodian Dan.
"I'm going to bother you this time, Master Guijing, the special situation has to alarm you. The fourth prince with long dark red hair had a handsome face, and he bowed to the red-robed ** master after speaking.
Note: "Historical Records" records that the Yellow Emperor is the son of Shaodian, and Sima Zhen's "Suo Yin" believes that Shaodian is a princely clan, not a personal name, and Shaodian is the name of the country in this article, and it is also a surname.
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