Chapter 22: New Feuds and Old Feuds
The snow stopped, and the gray sky was still cloudy, highlighting the desolation. The dense snowmen of Zhongfu Avenue stood motionless, solemn and silent. The Great Wall, which was originally covered with snow, was crowded with people, revealing the solemn blue-gray walls, and the beacon towers were burning wolf smoke one after another.
Dead silence is reborn, black lines surge, gray smoke covers the sky, and the flame of the beacon fire burns a belief - proud to live.
Yun Fan asked for help from the old man who swept the floor outside the city, and the old grandmother secretly told him that the old man was a hermit, and he was very capable, and he could go to him in case of a real emergency.
The old man who swept the floor listened to Yun Fan's narration, his eyes were like lanterns, and the old man, as a monk, let go of his divine sense, and found no signs of a monk of the rich family. Then followed Yun Fan away, Su Rong's injury was controlled, the old man who swept the floor fed her the pills, and the surface was fine, and she left.
The old man who swept the floor was only responsible for intercepting the monks of the Qian family, and he couldn't do such a subtle thing. Let Yun Fan and these mortals handle everything by themselves.
After the old man left, Yun Fan breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at Su Rong with red eyes. Thinking of the token Hou Moran gave him, it was clearly the emperor's killing order.
Qiu Yue interrogated the white-clothed guard and the penetrated Ah San, and he told Yun Fan that the first emperor had died, and now Yun Feng was in power.
This makes sense, Yun Fan's hands are clenched, the green tendons are bulging, and his eyes are full of murderous energy. Is this afraid that I will fight for the throne and that I will take revenge?
"Yes, I just want revenge, the revenge of killing my mother ten years ago, and the hatred of my relatives ten years later. ”
Yun Fan thought to himself: "This war should have been provoked by me, and in the past ten years, I have never forgotten it." ”
Seeing Yun Fan's anger, Ah San laughed, coughing up blood, his face was hideous.
"What are you laughing at? You think you can live?" The military doctor had already simply treated Ah San so that he would not die.
"I didn't plan to live. ”
"Then let's die!" Yun Fan was full of murderous intent.
"You dare, I was sent by the new emperor, the king let the minister die, and the minister had to die. Do you dare to rebel?"
"Hmph, what about the rebellion? What can you do to me?"
"Haha, sure enough, you, the former backup regent, have long been peeping into the throne. ”
"I don't care, everything I care about has been stripped away by you. ”
"Phew, what's more important than the position of the lord of the world? I'm killing you with my life, isn't it just to seal a marquis!" Ah San explained his intentions calmly.
"Why don't you even let go of an innocent woman?" Yun Fan asked, walking towards Ah San step by step.
"I know that I will die today, I can't kill you, and I want to take your relatives..." Ah San saw the blade hanging high above his head, and his body trembled in the face of the instinctive fear of death.
"Listen, I, Yun Fan, swear, that all your family members who are related to each other by blood, whether they are men, women, or children, will have their arms broken. ”
Yun Fan killed Ah San with a sword.
When the sword was drawn, he said slowly: "Seal the letter to the king of the town, convene the Beizhen military meeting, and prepare... Northern Expedition!"
The generals and the law are unified, the kings of the festival will be ordered, and the war will be fought for the war, and the war will be stopped!
The Northern Expedition was launched, and the empire fell into war, and the general of Zhenbian controlled the army and was subject to the kings. The imperial decree shall not interfere, starting with war and ending with war. This would nominally legitimize the transfer of troops from the north.
The old man who swept the floor outside Gulong City, but he was a monk in the Yuan Infant Stage, and he was promised a great benefit by Lin Lan, and he came to the north of this place where there was only a primary aura, to prevent the monks of the Qian Wantong faction from intercepting and killing. What I didn't expect was that the prince "worked hard", secretly cultivated the white-clothed guard over the years, gradually infiltrated the north, and hired a master like a butcher, which can be described as a fatal blow.
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Yun Fan has been waiting by Su Rong's bedside, and Su Rong has been sleeping in a coma for a whole day and a night.
After Su Rong opened his eyes, he felt pain and groaned, "It hurts!"
Yun Fan held Su Rong's left hand tightly, and Su Rong suddenly found that he had lost his right arm, and tears came out of his eyes.
"How so......? My ......"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sister, I couldn't protect you. ”
Su Rong couldn't accept it for a while, and fell asleep in a hurry. Yun Fan was still waiting by the side, taking care of Su Rong.
Su Rong woke up again, although her mood was much more stable, her eyes were red, and she couldn't believe that she had lost her right arm. Yun Fan has been taking care of Su Rong, and after a few days, Su Rong gradually accepted the facts.
The royal family on the edge of the town, the Longyun Overlord, and the Taifu Xu Qing all sent people to inquire about the northern border affairs, and Yun Fan replied in a unified manner: The matter has come to this point, and it is irreparable.
Yun Fan needs a reason to raise troops, and the war in the secular world must be famous. Because of his grandmother, Yun Fan only knew that there were some hermits who could help him, but he, like the mortals in this world, did not know about the existence of monks.
If Yun Fan rashly launched a rebellion and war without a name, which did not conform to the teachings of the ancient saints, then the extraordinary monk forces could intervene in the secular world, which would give Qian Wantong a reason to make a move, and Lin Lan would not be able to stop it.
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Yun Fan asked the military doctor to check the source of the poison.
"There are indeed sales on the black market, but the seller's background is very deep, and I can't find any of them. "The military doctor mobilized overnight, but the patrol did not get any news, the poison was very violent, abnormal things. And a bounty was issued, hunting down all those involved in the matter and their families, except for the new emperor.
"Investigate, continue to investigate, no matter how strong the background of the forces selling poison is, it must be investigated. ”
Yun Fan didn't know anything about the existence of the monk, and the old grandmother wouldn't let the relevant information reach his ears, she just wanted him to be a hero in the world.
Although Yun Fan's spirit was a little decadent, he still exuded the momentum of a general, and the black cloud-like army under the general's stage was neatly arranged, ready to charge in the direction of Yun Fan's sword at any time.
Ten years ago
Ten years later
Hatred becomes his star!
The beacon fire was ignited, and Yun Fan mastered the Beizhen Army!
When Yun Fan was twelve years old, after Zhang Gumu gave him a sword, he began to hand over the northern military affairs to Yun Fan, and when Yun Fan was sixteen years old, Zhang Gumu returned to his hometown. It was also that year that Zhang Gumu asked Yun Fan to organize the Northern Expedition and took over his position by virtue of his military exploits. Since then, the two have only exchanged letters.
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"General, the envoy of the imperial court asks to see you. ”
"See. Yun Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent. Yun Fan met with the imperial envoy, a white-eyed eunuch, in the Chinese military tent.
"The Lords of the Huns were innocently killed, and the short-lived peace was about to be broken, and their young lords appealed to me, Long Yun, and begged us to send troops to the rescue. This king has repeatedly considered that for the sake of peace between the two countries, he has gathered an army today to prepare for the third northern expedition, and according to the law, the king is guilty. ”
"Do you still know that you are guilty? Hmph! Mobilize the army without war, and punish the nine clans according to the law. The white-eyed eunuch looked arrogant, probably unaware that the assassination had openly ignited the anger of the conflict.
"Father-in-law laughed, the nine clans of this king are royal clans!" Yun Fan politely dealt with the white-eyed eunuch.
"Hmph..."The white-eyed eunuch snorted coldly, as if he still had something to say, and looked around at the big tent of the Chinese army, so he didn't say anything.
"Father-in-law, according to the law, the king should command the army until the end of the war, please go back!"
The white-eyed eunuch was suppressed by Yun Fan's momentum, he didn't expect that the weak little man ten years ago would be so tough today.
"Okay, General Yun, King Yun, this palace has come with the emperor's order, and you are so ignorant. You are just the son of a lowly palace maid, a mere prince, I really think I ......" Before the eunuch finished speaking, Yun Fan slapped the tiger chair angrily, so frightened that he almost got out of the chair.
"I hate it most when someone says my mother, get out!" Roll was deliberately pulled by Yun Fan for a long time, his eyes showed murderous intent, his eyes were blood-red, and there seemed to be a little tear.
The eunuch was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and crawled out of the Zhongjun tent with a rolling belt.
"Kill him!" Yun Fan said to Qiu Yue with a bowed head.
"Understood. Qiu Yue walked out of the Chinese military tent and saw two columns of military formations, blocking the eunuch's way out.
"Okay, you Qiu Yue, do you want to rebel?" After all, the eunuch was the one who stayed by the emperor's side, so he was not afraid of it, he knew that Yun Fan did not have the strength to rebel, just an ancient sage's training, Yun Fan did not dare to rebel, and the rebels in history, it is rumored that the bones of millions of troops were struck by the thunder of the sky.
"Rebellion, don't dare to be, it's just that I'm about to go out for the empire, and my father-in-law came empty-handed, which makes the soldiers feel cold!"
"You..."
"My father-in-law went back to tell the emperor that we will definitely pacify the north and protect the country's borders. Qiu Yue stepped forward and took off the crown of the white-eyed eunuch. "Yes, the crown is enough for the soldiers to eat a meal. ”
The white-eyed eunuch has the demeanor of yelling at Yun Fan, and he has indeed seen what it means to be a general, and the king's order is not subject to it.
"Can I go now?" the white-eyed eunuch didn't care about anything, he just wanted to escape from the camp of these bloody guys.
"Father-in-law can always go! Father-in-law, you are the minister of the Imperial Order, who dares to stop you. Qiu Yue motioned for the military formation to get out of the way.
The white-eyed eunuch didn't take a few steps before being stopped by Qiu Yue, "Oops! I almost broke the rules, you have to go there." Qiu Yue looked at the military fence and made a low hole.
"You... It's too much of a deception..."
"Father-in-law doesn't know that this Yuanmen Avenue is a place where soldiers receive merit, stained with the blood of warriors. Only emperors and warriors can do. As for you, although you represent the emperor's order, you have no military exploits after all, and you can't be equated with the emperor, right?" Qiu Yue said with a smile, not hiding his sarcasm at all.
"Okay, I'll go, my father will definitely tell the emperor about your 'hard work'. So saying, he fell on his feet and crawled out, his cloak like a lost dog.
"Hahaha" The soldiers couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
"Huh?" Qiu Yue motioned to the soldiers to stop laughing, and the laughter stopped.
The generals of the northern towns, who were Zhang Gumu's subordinates, had a good relationship with Yun Fan, and this time they were exploited by the new emperor because they were good at lighting beacons, and Yun Fan was ready to participate in the Northern Expedition in order to protect themselves.
Although the royal family on the edge of the town didn't know what Yun Fan was doing, the new emperor succeeded to the throne by favoring maternal relatives, reusing eunuchs, and suppressing the ministers of the court, Yun Fan became a big help to them. And the Empress Dowager clearly stood on Yun Fan's side.
The white-eyed eunuch returned to the palace to exaggerate his grievances and tell the new emperor the truth about the north. was going to instigate the new emperor to send troops to levy, but unexpectedly, the new emperor sitting cross-legged lightly spit out, "Let them go!"
Bai Mei continued to nag and was scolded impatiently by the new emperor. I was sullen all the way, went to the palace to have fun, and was blocked by an arrow before I got out of the forbidden area of the palace. The new emperor didn't react when he learned about it, as if it was none of his business.