In the eleventh year of Zhaoyangzhou, Ningguo, and Tianyuan, it rained heavily in Kyoto, and the entire capital was wet.

Liang Shaoshan, the leader of the guards, took off his black raincoat, shook the rain on the raincoat, and handed it to the little eunuch beside him.

The emperor suddenly summoned him today, and he didn't know what was going on.

Since the boy's sudden disappearance in the Lost Mountains, the Emperor has become much more reticent, and many of his decisions have become more resolute and ruthless.

Compared with other empires in Zhaoyangzhou, Ningguo is quite good in officialdom, and the bad style of officials is much less than that of other countries. Originally, the emperor turned a blind eye to these subtle bad practices in the officialdom, but just this year, a series of rectification actions were suddenly carried out, and all officials who were found to have bad deeds, imprisoned and killed, made the entire Ningguo officialdom endangered, until Xu Yanchun, the head of the household secretary, was also pulled off the horse, His Majesty the Emperor ordered to stop the rectification action, and then promoted a group of young officials, carried out a major change, and a large number of fresh faces appeared in the court.

"Lord Liang, you are finally here, Your Majesty has been waiting for you in the imperial study for a long time, and you have urged it several times!"

The chief eunuch Wang Gonggong saw Liang Shaoshan coming over and complained a little.

"Princess, I'm really sorry, some things have been delayed. Liang Shaoshan said apologetically.

The prince was a little dissatisfied and said, "What is more important than the summons of His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Yes, that's what the prince said!"

"Alright, let's get over there!"

Liang Shaoshan followed the chief eunuch to the outside of the imperial study.

The prince had long been accustomed to the relationship between the emperor and Liang Shaoshan, and when he came to the outside of the imperial study, he did not report to the emperor that he would go in and leave.

Liang Shaoshan hurriedly stopped him and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty has been in a better mood recently?"

The prince shook his head and sighed: "It's still like that, the emperor is still depressed every day." Every morning after the court, the emperor will come to the imperial study, and often go in for a whole day. ”

Liang Shaoshan shook his head and sighed, it seems that the young man's incident hit His Majesty quite hard. But who can blame this, the root cause of all this, all of this is not caused by His Majesty's own hands!

Liang Shaoshan saw the prince leave, and walked into the imperial study with light steps, the emperor carried his hands behind his back, quietly looking at a painting hanging on the wall, the painting painted a woman, the woman in the painting is dressed in white, black hair is like a waterfall, and her face is quiet.

The emperor seemed to be unaware of Liang Shaoshan's arrival, and still looked at the portrait thoughtfully.

The emperor, who was in the prime of life, had a faint gray color on his head.

Liang Shaoshan sighed secretly: Your Majesty has a little more gray hair, it seems that Your Majesty has not had a good time in the past two years, although Your Majesty seems to be ruthless, but it is by nature, and there is still a true affection for the young man.

Liang Shaoshan shook his head and didn't think much about it, stood behind the emperor and said respectfully: "Your Majesty." ”

"Here, Shake the Mountain!" the Emperor turned slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

For so many years, every time the two of them met, the emperor did not blame Liang Shaoshan for not performing the courtesy of the monarch and minister, and Liang Shaoshan did not feel that he was rude. Because His Majesty the Emperor had already said that when the four guards met him in private, there was no need to make more false courtesies.

"Shaking the mountain, is there any news from the Confidential Institute recently?"

The Confidential Institute is the secret agency of Ningguo, Liang Shaoshan is the president of the Secret Academy, directly under the emperor, with ears and eyes, wings, and heavenly eyes, mainly responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, spying on military intelligence, and helping the emperor train guards, two thousand Xuanjia Iron Cavalry are also under the jurisdiction of the Secret Academy, originally the four guards went out of Liang Shaoshan and the other three people were under the command of one person, but later Han Lei had other tasks, so he put the ears and eyes under the command of Liang Shaoshan.

"Your Majesty, everything is safe in Ningguo, and there are some small fights at the border, but there is no big problem. It's just that there is news from the ears and eyes that the three kingdoms of Great Wei, Dayang and Zhao in the north have formed an alliance, and I am afraid that there will be bad actions against our Ning Kingdom, so it is necessary to transfer the general Qin Shengwu to the northern defense line. ”

After listening to Liang Shaoshan's report, the emperor was indifferent and said, "Just these three kingdoms, there is no need to worry about it. Transferring Qin Shengwu to the north will startle the snake, and with Qin Shengwu in charge, the three kingdoms will not dare to have follow-up actions, so they will let them go first, waiting for the opportunity to catch them all. ”

"Your Majesty, the Great Wei Kingdom has recruited a large number of cultivators this year, all of whom have been put into the army, and the ambition of the wolf son can be seen, so you can't be careless!"

"True cultivators?" the Emperor sneered, "What is the difference between cultivators below the Immortal Realm and unarmed ordinary people in my eyes, you are too worried about shaking the mountain!"

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, but there are too many locusts and it is annoying, there are no cultivators in my Ning Guo army, once the war starts, I am afraid that I will not be able to fight against them!"

Liang Shaoshan originally wanted to propose to vigorously recruit cultivators in Ningguo, but seeing that the emperor was unmoved, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Don't you still have two thousand Xuanjia Iron Horsemen in your hand that can be slashed below the Immortal Realm?"

"What Your Majesty said is, it's just ......"

The emperor waved his hand to interrupt Liang Shaoshan's words and said, "Shaoshan, what is the situation with the eight hundred young warriors I asked you to draw from all over the country?"

"Yang Tianfu is training urgently, and now there are more than 100 people in the eighth grade, and the others are all in the seventh grade. ”

"Let Yang Tianfu strengthen his strength and shake the mountain, if I have eight hundred and nine rank martial artists in Daning, I am still afraid of the cultivators of the Great Wei!"

Liang Shaoshan patted his forehead and suddenly realized: "It turns out that Your Majesty has been prepared for a long time, I haven't thought about it yet, Your Majesty is really far-sighted!"

The emperor laughed and said: "Shaoshan, you were originally silent, but I didn't expect that now you have learned Han Lei's ability to slap horses." ”

Liang Shaoshan showed a panicked look on his face, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, I don't like flattery, and I know that I am wrong." ”

"Don't pretend, get up, you see when I blamed Han Lei. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Speaking of Han Lei, I haven't seen him in more than ten years. Shaoshan, you can find a time to summon him back, he is no longer here, and Han Lei doesn't have to stay there anymore. When the emperor said this, there was a slightly sad look between his eyebrows.

Liang Shaoshan asked worriedly: "Han Lei, his protection is not effective, Your Majesty will not punish him, right?"

The emperor stared at Liang Shaoshan, his eyes were cold, and said, "If I say yes, are you planning not to call Han Lei back?"

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

The emperor was impressed and said, "Okay, I won't ask Han Lei to blame, and this matter is not something he can predict." ”

"Is there any other information, if it's gone, retreat!"

"Your Majesty, the border army of Nanzhao over there in the south occasionally invades the border, do you want to send troops to suppress it? Nanzhao is stronger than the three kingdoms of Great Qi combined, and once the war starts, it is estimated that it will last for a long time. At that time, there were Nanzhao in the south and the Three Kingdoms of Great Qi in the north, so I was afraid that it would be very unfavorable to my Daning. ”

The emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Let's drag it out first, and if it can't be delayed, we will adopt a friendly policy." ”

"Harmony?" Liang Shaoshan said slightly, "Then which princess does Your Majesty plan to make peace." ”

"Princess Danyang!"

Liang Shaoshan was puzzled: "Among all the princesses, isn't the one Your Majesty hurts the most is Princess Danyang?

The emperor was a little sad, facing the portrait and said slowly: "Danyang is his own sister, every time I see Danyang, I think of him, when I think of him, I am full of guilt, I can't sleep at night, I feel sorry for him." So I can only marry Danyang ruthlessly. ”

Emperor Huo Ran turned around and said, "I'm tired, you can retreat first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has retired!" Liang Shaoshan bowed and retreated.

The emperor looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall and muttered to himself: "Jinlan, I hope you don't blame me!"

......

Immortal Town, in the school, Long Yixuan and the ancients gathered together.

After the ancient people Yun came back from the Lost Mountain Range, he had been staying in Immortal Town with Long Yixuan, and while practicing, he was looking around for news about Yang Xiaotian and Liu Feiyi, with a famous teacher like Ye Zhiqiu here, and his own hard work, the cultivation of the ancient people was progressing rapidly, and now he has broken through to the Tongtian Realm.

However, Liu Feixu only came to Immortal Town two days ago, and when he came, he took six disciples of the Western Emperor Sword Sect and found the ancient people, saying that he wanted them to join the world.

After arranging the residence of the disciples of the Western Emperor Sword Sect, the three of them got together and talked about the aftermath, and talked about what had happened recently.

The ancients looked angry, and said angrily: "What kind of bullshit righteous path alliance, with a person like him Shen Tuwu can also be the leader of the alliance, there is such a bullshit alliance leader, it can be seen that the so-called righteous path alliance is not a good thing." ”

Liu Feixu laughed softly: "He shouldn't be a good person, it's useless for you to be angry." ”

After the martial arts conference, Shen Tu Wu sacrificed himself to save Yang Xiaotian and Concubine Liu, and the behavior of the two won the admiration of the younger generation, and the older generation praised him, coupled with the publicity of Lutai Pavilion's deeds to him, Shen Tuwu has faintly become the first person of the younger generation. Recently, a righteous path alliance has been formed, and many young talents have joined, and more and more people have joined, and young people from all walks of life have flocked to it.

The ancients said: "I'm not jealous that he can become the leader of the Righteous Path Alliance, but I just feel that the Righteous Path Alliance is only afraid that it will go down the wrong path under the leadership of Shen Tuwu, and then it will not be a matter of one person, and it will have a huge impact on the entire human race." ”

Long Yixuan said: "It's useless to worry about these, the older generation should also watch, if there is a big mess, they should take action, there is no need for us to worry about the sky." ”

Liu Feixu also said: "That's right, the most important thing for us is to do a good job of our world music first, and when Xiaotian comes back one day, we can hand over the world music to him." ”

At this time, Liu Feixu and the others still didn't want to believe that Yang Xiaotian was dead.

Long Yixuan said: "A few days ago, there was a message from Guihai that he wanted to bring four disciples of the Divine Machine Pavilion to join us, Hua Wuxian of the Floating Jade Valley has already brought six people on the way over, and there are also six people from Feixie's side. Gu Renyun, you are the deputy leader of the alliance, and now that Xiaotian is not here, many things need you to give orders, so you don't think about those useless things, the most important thing is how to settle these people who have been added in. ”

The ancients nodded and said, "You inform Guihai that you will bring people with letters, and you will make arrangements when everyone arrives." ”