The human world has existed for I don't know how many years.

Wind and rain change, the boundless sea has turned into mulberry fields, how many species in the long river of time, from existence to nothing, from birth to extinction, but in an instant.

And only human beings are indecisive and endless.

But life is only a hundred years, even those emperors and generals who stand at the top of history can't escape the barrier of fate after all.

In the thousands of years of China, since the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, each dynasty has only a few hundred years and several generations of monarchs have died, and whenever a dynasty perishes, there is always a dynasty to replace it.

At the beginning of each dynasty, from the emperor down, they all thought of the virtuous and thirsty, and worked hard, and also made the world peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But in his later years, there are often many biases, so that the heroes die in vain, and the people suffer, and there are countless such things.

The reason is that the emperor is not a saint, he also has desires in his heart, desire is a very strange thing, it can shrink and expand, ordinary people's desires are just a meal and a drink, food and beauty are just that, and the emperor is different, between his frowns is the world, that is, hundreds of people.

As the founder of the country, he was more virtuous, but in his later years, his body was no longer as strong as when he was young, and his spirit was like a collapsed fortress, and he tried in vain to chase the art of immortality and couldn't, thinking about the many regrets in his life, until one day, he was secretive and suspicious, causing the butcher's knife to hang high and the world was terrified.

As ordinary people, they only take care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of a family in their lives, and the emperor has to face hundreds of millions of people all over the world, but even if the emperors of the ages, it is difficult to get rid of the mortal body after all, so throughout the ages, although there are many emperors, there are few saints, and it is even more difficult to reach the way of immortals and saints.

Throughout history, people have always thought that the human world is the center of this boundless land, and have attributed human beings to the world primate and rule over all things.

But who knows, the human world is just a corner of this boundless universe, and beyond this world, there are many existences that cannot be explained by human beings.

Maybe human beings, maybe birds, beasts, they are beyond all the worldly existence, as if they have existed with the world since ancient times, they are beyond time, floating in the sea......

There are legends in the world, there is no shortage of immortals and saints, and there are even some legends that ordinary people don't know.

There is the eye of the desert in the far west, the bitter cold land in the north, and the sea of innocence in the east, all of which are located in remote areas, and it is difficult for people to reach them.

And in the rivers and lakes, it has been rumored for thousands of years that in these regions, there are many mysterious places such as the Storm City, the Valley of the Grim Reaper, the Sea God Palace, etc., they are different from the sects on the rivers and lakes, and their names themselves represent mystery and legend.

According to anonymous books, in these places, there are not only mythical beasts that have been passed down for thousands of years, but also the final answer to unlock the secrets of life and death......

However, no one in this world has been able to reach such a place, and no one knows whether those legends of the ages are true or false.

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The story begins in such a time when it is full of legends, but also extremely realistic.

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It was a time of war.

After the seventh year of Zhou Xiande, the young emperor of the Chai family only reached the age of eight, at this time the five generations have been in dispute for many years, the heroes are competing for the deer, the people of the world are displaced, and the suffering is unspeakable.

The mountains and rivers are still the same, only starvation for thousands of miles.

There is a way

"Mountains and rivers surface Tongguan Road......

Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil.

Xing, the people suffer;

Death, the people suffer ......"

On the first day of the first month, at the beginning of the new year, although Kaifeng, the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was not as full of flowers as it once was, after all, another year had passed in the troubled times, and people were still rejoicing in the rest of their lives.

At this time, a fast horse galloped all the way from the city gate, the horse was a unique black-maned good rider in the north, and at this time a horse entered the imperial city, thinking that there was the latest situation in the north.

Without a moment's delay, in front of the palace, the messenger on the horse staggered off his horse, holding the "Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Report from Zhenzhou and Dingzhou on the Northern Border" and handed it to the guards who were already waiting in front of the city gate, and the guards personally sent it to the central cabinet.

In the cabinet, several ministers of the humerus opened the emergency report, and their hearts began to become heavy.

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The Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao State went south at the same time, hundreds of thousands of troops attacked the border of the Later Zhou, for a time the smoke was everywhere, the ruling minister Fan Zhen, Wang Pu and the Empress Dowager Fu immediately recalled the German army after the envoy, the inspector Zhao Kuangyin into the palace, the lack of military generals in the Later Zhou, at this time only Zhao Kuangyin can be qualified for the post of general of the Northern Expedition.

In front of the palace gate, several horses stopped, and a white horse jumped down a general in armor, more than thirty years old, his face was dusty and majestic, and the red cloak behind him was like a red sunset on the battlefield.

The three people, two men and one woman who dismounted with him, all dressed in civilian clothes, followed by the man who followed the general with a heroic face, dressed in white, chic and handsome, although he carried a sword behind his back, but every movement was extremely elegant. Another man and a woman followed behind the man in white, obviously led by the man in white, among them, the man was tall, at least one head taller than ordinary people, and the woman was dressed in red, this red was not the same as the red of the cloak behind the general, this red was more like a flame, as if it would stretch for thousands of miles at any time, burning everything to ashes, surprisingly, the appearance of this man and woman was somewhat similar.

The general's voice was rough and hoarse: "I am Zhao Kuangyin, the captain of the school, and I am ordered to enter the palace!"

The soldiers in front of the palace gate were stunned by his voice, and before they could think about it, they immediately opened the door to make way, and wanted to stop the three people behind him, but they were swept away by Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, and they could only retreat to the side, seeing the backs of the four disappear in front of the long cloud water steps.

The cold wind swept by, and several guards clearly felt a trace of amazing chill, this winter, it was really difficult, but almost everyone was willing to make this winter longer, because people were thinking in their hearts that as long as they didn't leave this winter, the rain of blood would probably come later......

In the early morning of the second day of the first lunar month, the sky was slightly white, and the clouds on the distant sky were like cracked red silk, and the city of Kaifeng was still quiet, and tens of thousands of troops outside the city gate had been assembled.

Flags fluttered, and in the bitter cold wind, it seemed to hide the colors of the early morning that were gradually revealing above the sky.

Zhao Kuangyin was ordered to lead the army to quell the war in the north, and at this time he had embarked on the road of expedition.

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The army ran all night, this night was coming to Chenqiaoyi, which was forty miles away from the capital, in order not to make the army too tired from the long-distance attack, Zhao Kuangyin ordered the army to camp in Chenqiaoyi to rest, and then set off again overnight.

It wasn't long before the tents were rising like tiny mounds on the ground, and the warriors were raising their stoves, where they needed to feast.

Next to the big tent of the Chinese army is a side tent that is not very conspicuous, but the front of the side tent is well guarded, and no bold soldiers dare to break into this tent, because here are now gathered the most authoritative people in this army except for Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Pu sat around with a man in white, Zhao Pu lightly raised the wooden spoon for adding tea, and the man in white took the man in white as the first to add the tea that had already been boiled, the smell of tea was not very sweet, but it was extraordinarily strong.

The man in white stared at the wooden spoon that added tea, and saw that the teacup in front of him was gradually filled with slightly green tea, and then smiled at Zhao Pu.

His handsome face was a little pale in the firelight, and there were still a man and a woman standing behind him, these three people were the two men and a woman who entered the palace with Zhao Kuangyin.

Several people sat upright for a long time, but no one spoke, until Zhao Kuangyi looked at Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu understood, then put down the wooden spoon and cleared his throat.

"If it falls apart today, people are displaced everywhere, and wars are going on one after another, I don't know when and what month will it be?" Zhao Pu said as he stroked his beard, and then sighed, obviously disappointed by the current situation in the world.

"It's a pity that the young emperor is ignorant, the harem dowager Fu is in control of the court situation, and seeing that the good situation has been buried again and again, and now there is no one available in the court except my brother, so like this, even if I am exhausted, where can I support the devastation of the Hou Zhou?" Zhao Kuangyi's eyes met with Zhao Pu, and he continued as soon as his voice fell.

With that, they both looked at the man in white, as if they were waiting for him to say something.

The man in white couldn't help beating when he looked at the candle flame in front of him, stopped the teacup that was about to be put in his mouth, put it back again, smiled faintly, and said: "You don't have to test my mind, I have been friends with Yuen Long for many years, and I naturally have no doubt about his temperament, if I agree to help you with what you want, you only need to answer me?"

After that, his eyes suddenly brightened several times like the scorching sun, swept over Zhao Kuangyi, and then fell on Zhao Pu.

Listening to the words of the man in white, Zhao Kuangyi's face was slightly red, but he still couldn't suppress his excitement, obviously, this man in white was extremely important to the great cause they wanted to accomplish at that time, so he hurriedly responded: "Brother Beidi, don't say one thing, even if it is a thousand pieces, what is it enough to worry about!"

Zhao Pu coughed, and Zhao Kuangyi realized that he had lost his temper, and under the candlelight, his already red face was filled with a little white.

Compared with Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Pu was more serious, and seeing that the man did not directly object, he continued: "What is the matter, sir, please make it clear?"

Ye Beidi's eyes were blazing and said: "The world will be together for a long time, and now there is really a need for a Ming Jun, but since ancient times, few people can start and finish well, even if they are as wise as the Qin Emperor, Han Wu and Tang Sect, it is difficult to uphold the original heart in the face of human nature and time, if one day Brother Yuen Long stands on a high place and loses his heart, the two of them, as his closest people, must be good at admonishing, not to let his reputation be ruined, and the world will be ruined again!" After speaking, he stared at the two people in front of him.

Zhao Kuangyi was stared at by him for a while, and he was a little speechless, his eyes glanced to the side, but he really didn't understand why he asked this question, to say that Zhao Kuangyin at that time was a rare generous and wise person, and heroes were born in troubled times, but where is there anyone more suitable for the lord of the world than him, but due to the identity and strength of the man, he only responded first: "It turns out that Mr. is this matter, we will naturally assist seriously, Mr. rest assured!"

Zhao Pu nodded very solemnly and slowly: "Mr. Beidi, don't worry, this is a matter within my own responsibility, if there is such a day, although it is just death!"

Ye Beidi looked at Zhao Pu and knew that what he said was true, so he nodded: "In that case, I will advance and retreat with everyone!"

That night, some people spread the word in the barracks: "The emperor is weak and cannot be pro-government, and we serve the country and destroy the enemy, who knows; it is better to support Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor first, and then set off on the northern expedition."

The army has always admired the strong, Zhao Kuangyin has a good way of governing the army, naturally everyone supports it, and someone found a yellow robe to cover the sleeping Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin heard the voice in a haze, woke up and saw that the tent was full of soldiers, and he was even more shocked when he saw that he was even more shocked, it turned out that the yellow robe could only be used by the emperor, and it would be the same capital crime if others used it without permission.

At this time, there was a tsunami in the mountains inside and outside the barracks: "The Chai family is immoral, and we are willing to support the general as the emperor." It resounded in the sky for a while.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled helplessly and said: "Hey, you yourself are greedy for wealth and wealth, and you have made me the Son of Heaven, if you can follow my life, otherwise, I can't wait for you!"

The soldiers naturally obeyed Zhao Kuangyin's orders.

Zhao Kuangyin said loudly in public: "After returning to Kaifeng, the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty shall not be shocked, the Secretary of State shall not be invaded, and the treasury shall not be plundered, those who obey the order will be rewarded, and those who violate the order will be punished."

All the soldiers made a promise, so Zhao Kuangyin led the mutinous team back to Kaifeng.

Tens of thousands of troops came to Kaifeng City, and the commander Han Tong got the news that Zhao Kuangyin had rebelled and led the forbidden army to resist at the city gate.

Han Tong was mighty and unyielding, standing on top of the city gate, looking at hundreds of thousands of troops, without fear, and said angrily: "Your Majesty believes in you and lets you do it, I can't imagine that Zhao Kuangyin is just a shameless person who takes advantage of the opportunity!"

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the tall city gate, frowned, and said, "I don't want my family to kill each other, but Han Tong has a good way of governing the army and has strong martial arts, how should this be?"

He sighed, feeling sad, but he couldn't help but look at Ye Beidi beside him.

Ye Beidi, the man in white behind him, said with a smile: "Since Brother Yuen Long has such benevolence, let Shan Ling and Shan Ze brothers and sisters take a trip!"

Two figures flashed through the crowd and disappeared, and no one could even see how they had left.

Zhao Kuangyi on the side frowned slightly, and the look on his face that he didn't know whether to admire or fear flashed, and then he saw his brother's gaze, knowing that Zhao Kuangyin had enough trust and confidence in Ye Beidi, so he had to put his mind at ease.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I have always known that Brother Ye's martial arts are unmatched, and I didn't expect that the brothers and sisters of the Shan clan are also so good!"

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, and the gate of Kaifeng City was opened, and two figures in the door slowly walked out. The tall Shan Ze was carrying a burden wrapped in a white cloth in his hand, and when he threw it in front of the city gate, a human head rolled down, and it was Han Tong, the general who guarded the city who had just shouted at Zhao Kuangyin at the city gate.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, turned to joy, and rushed into the city.

Since then, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers have controlled the Later Zhou regime without bloodshed, and it is only one day and one night from Chenqiao to here.

Soon after, Tao Gu, a scholar from Hanlin, prepared an edict for the Chan Dynasty, announcing the Zen position of Chai Zongxun. Zhao Kuangyin then officially ascended the throne as emperor and renamed Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun as King Zheng. The name of the country was changed to Song, the capital was Kaifeng, and the Yuan was changed to "Jianlong".

This is the famous "Chenqiao Mutiny" in history, it was this strange and ordinary mutiny that made Zhao Kuangyin add to the yellow robe and began the unification of the Song Dynasty......

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After Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied and Huang Pao established the Song Dynasty, he made great efforts to strengthen the centralization of power, reform the military system, develop production, and consolidate his rule.

Under the planning of Ye Beidi, Zhao Pu and others, after two years of political, economic, and military preparations, the strategic decision of first making the easy and then the difficult, and the south and then the north, was decided, and it was determined to create a unified situation through war.

Then, in September of the third year of Jianlong, he deployed troops to guard the western and northern borders to prevent Liao and Northern Han from plundering southward.

The army of the Song Dynasty first captured Jingnan and Hunan, pacified Shu and Dingjiangnan, and took 11 years to break through Jiangning, and finally the lord Li Yu surrendered, and the Southern Tang Dynasty perished, so that the world was unified.

On the road to reunification for more than ten years, Ye Beidi, Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyi, as important figures around Zhao Kuangyin, played an extremely important role, and it can be said that these people helped him lay the foundation for the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Kaibao, sixteen years had passed since the Chenqiao Mutiny, and Zhao Pu, the strategist at that time, had become the prime minister, and even Gao Huaide, Shi Shouxin, etc., who were once unknown, were all famous generals.

But I don't know why, Ye Beidi, who followed Zhao Kuangyin to fight in the south and the north and made a plan for him, never appeared again, and there were all kinds of rumors about this matter, both in the market and among the courtiers, but no one dared to say it, and no one knew what the truth of all this was.

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This year has just passed the first month, but for some reason, Zhao Kuangyin, who has always been a modest and virtuous corporal, killed a large number of historians as soon as the first month came out, accusing the historians of tampering with history and slandering the emperor.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty shuddered when they saw this situation, and even the prime minister Zhao Pu became seriously ill soon after that, and no one dared to talk about it anymore.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, reigned for 16 years, was a diligent emperor, and his reform of the military, economy, agriculture, and mulberry played a great role in the entire Song Dynasty.

During his tenure in power, he collected elite soldiers, cut their power, controlled their money valleys, weakened their powers, deposed the branch counties, set up general judgments, eliminated the maladministration of the five generations, and made the country present a peaceful and stable situation.

After five generations of war, the people naturally sang the praises of Taizu's virtue in the face of this stable situation, so that the good name was spread to future generations, but the Song Taizu soldiers became the world, after he completed the unification, he also set the rules throughout the Song Dynasty, that is, "heavy literature and light martial arts", the famous "candle shadow axe" in history, "a glass of wine to release military power" and other stories all happened at that time, which also caused the Song Dynasty to a certain extent in the history of the Song Dynasty has been in a passive position of being beaten.

In the ninth year of Kaibao, on the night of October 19, Zhao Kuangyin summoned Zhao Guangyi to drink and stay in the palace together; the next morning, Zhao Kuangyin died violently at the age of 50. A generation of Ming monarch founding emperor went away and was buried in Yongchang Mausoleum, and his younger brother Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne for Song Taizong.

It's just that his death seems to leave many doubts, some people say that Zhao Kuangyi usurped the throne and killed Taizu; there are also people who say that Zhao Kuangyin said that the emperor slaughtered important ministers, which made him have nightmares in his old age, leading to a final mental breakdown, of course, there are other theories.

This mystery remained in the minds of many people at that time, and the truth was still not found many years later, and what the truth was, perhaps only a few people at that time could understand it.

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In the years after Zhao Kuangyin's death, great changes suddenly occurred in the rivers and lakes, and the four major sects arose for a time, such as the Holy Pavilion, the Boundless Valley, the White Water Stream, Lingxi Mountain, these four major sects are powerful, and it didn't take long for its reputation to overshadow the Shaolin and other factions that have prevailed for many years, but although these four major sects have many masters, they seem to be a little deliberately low-key, and their place is not in the bustling city, and even some are isolated from the world, although the rivers and lakes have their rumors, but except for a few legendary wars, no one knows where they really settled for a few years.

It's just that the more the four factions are so transcendent, the more powerful they are in people's hearts, and over time, some people even say that they seem to be standing outside the worldly power, if they want, they can always affect the rise and fall of a dynasty, but unlike other rivers and lakes, the four factions are invariably far away from the world's disputes, but every few years they will send their subordinates to the outside to experience, sometimes to save the dead, sometimes to eradicate the evil, and even leave a little name among the people.

Chunhua three years, Zhao Pu because of old age and illness and asked to return to his hometown, Taizong read his merits for him to add the title of Taishi, the Duke of Wei, and permanently enjoy the treatment of the prime minister, Zhao Pu before leaving to ask to Taizu Mausoleum to worship, Taizong agreed.

The gray-haired old man held a small square box in his hand, stepped on the long steps step by step, and knelt down in front of the futon full of tablets and candles and lamps in the Yongchang Mausoleum, who would have thought that this old man who had been in his last years was the prime minister Zhao Pu, who had rebelled with Emperor Taizu, experienced two dynasties and enjoyed the glory alone, "half of the treatise on ruling the world", he thought about the Great Song Dynasty all his life, and he was more than 70 years old.

"Looking back on the past, the piles are still in front of me, but it's a pity that His Majesty left young...... Hey, now the old minister is also going to see His Majesty in the Nine Springs, if there is an afterlife, he should follow His Majesty to the world!"

"It's just that there has always been one thing in my heart that makes the old minister linger, I didn't ask it back then, and now after many years, the past is covered in dust, and I only hope to solve the doubts in the old minister's heart when I reunite with His Majesty."

"It's just me, I'm going to fail him after all...... Brother Ye, Brother Ye, will you blame me? Your Majesty, you ...... You used to be so close, but why ......?" the old man's self-talk gradually turned into a whimper.

The huge royal mausoleum, the lights are always bright, I wonder if the former emperor who has been lying in it all his life is also lonely because he lives alone in Jiuquan?

After kneeling in front of Taizu's mausoleum for a long time, Zhao Pu finally got up and carefully placed the square box on the table in front of the mausoleum.

Then bow down and bow, this worship is like in the court back then, the emperor is still high above, and in front of the jade steps below, there are many founding heroes, at that time, all of them are like ambitious young people, full of confidence and hope for the new dynasty that is about to be opened.

Looking back, it seems that there is a sharp contrast between the past and the present, and perhaps this is fate.

Life and death are fate, poverty and wealth are fate, even those unknown battles and gunsmoke are all fate, whether you are an emperor through the ages or an ordinary person, after all, you still can't escape the palm of fate, and the blood and barren mounds left behind are just traces of fate in the deep and shallow edges.

"Your Majesty, this is the Prime Minister's Seal Letter that you personally supervised back then, and since then the old minister can no longer use it, and the saint has not taken it back today, the old minister can only return it to Your Majesty, this world ...... Let them govern......"

After leaving the letter, Zhao Pu seemed to have finally relieved himself of the heavy responsibility he had shouldered for decades, and turned to leave, leaving behind an old and dazed back.

The gate of the imperial mausoleum slowly closed, but suddenly heard a "bang", the moment Zhao Pu turned around, he saw a black cat running out of the mausoleum, I don't know what it overturned, but it doesn't matter, everything will eventually return to the reincarnation of history, even himself.

A few months later, Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the two dynasties, died of illness at home......