Mori Katsumoto crouched in front of the desk, his brush stained with ink, staring at a blank piece of paper in a daze. See. After a long time on the woolen and Chinese nets, he took up the pen and wrote: "Chaomeng Grace meets the night burning pit, and life is like a gloom." ”

Everyone in the world knows that Sen Shengyuan is brave, but few people know that he is also first-class in writing Chinese poetry.

Now that he is the governor of all important military and political affairs in the capital, the emperor's grace is not unkind. However, in just a few days, the defeat of Changzhou, the usurpation of the throne by Jingren, and the defection of the feudal domains, all kinds of changes followed, making him feel quite alone. This is really "life is like a gloom".

Thinking of this, Sen Shengyuan felt more and more that the future was bleak, and he wrote, "Even if you can't return to Guangkui to the sun, if you don't have luck, you will be sincere." Two sentences.

I heard that in the battle not long ago, the famous general Takasugi and his strange army were all wiped out.

In order to bring down the curtain, the people of Changzhou have paid too much.

And what about Satsuma? In the early years, one resounding name after another slowly appeared on the obituary. Today. Mori Katsumoto doesn't even have a person who can conspire to get drunk.

Next, he expressed his heart directly, "Luoyang confidants are all ghosts, and Nanyu prisoners are alone and stealing" After writing, a little tear stained the paper.

While thinking about the current situation, Sen Shengyuan thought about the last two lines of poetry, and unconsciously fell into a trance.

At this time, I only heard a slightly green voice say: "Life and death are not doubtful of talent, and I am willing to leave my soul to protect the imperial city." How?"

Mori Shengyuan looked up suddenly, only to see a young man standing at the table looking at him. It's not so much youth as children. The man was less than five feet tall, apparently not fully developed. He wears a bright yellow kimono with a chrysanthemum badge on his sword.

Sen Shengyuan shouted loudly: "The minister doesn't know that His Majesty is here, capital crime and capital crime!"

The young man said: "Aiqing is exempt!" It turned out that he was the current emperor of Fusang State, and his name was Liren. Because the Fuso royal family claims to be descendants of Amaterasu, they do not have a surname, only a first name.

Sen Shengyuan said: "Your Majesty is here, Wechen is honored! But the army is simple, please move Your Majesty to the palace, and Wechen will go to pay respects again......"

The Emperor said, "No, I want to see these loyal soldiers. Sheng Yuanqing, how are the current military affairs?"

Sen Shengyuan didn't dare to hide it, and told the emperor about it. The emperor didn't see how anxious he was, but said lightly: "Oh, it's only a small defeat at the moment, so don't worry about it." ”

This sentence alone made Sen Shengyuan secretly admire in his heart. A child who is only as old as he is has such a light mind, he will definitely be a great person in the future.

Sen Shengyuan hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. The lives of the three armies plus the emperor Hongfu Qitian will definitely be able to ......"

Liren smiled: "It's not enough to have Hongfu, you also need to have Tianwei to win this war." Sheng Yuanqing, I want to drive the expedition in person!"

Sen Shengyuan was stunned and asked rhetorically, "What Your Majesty said is true?"

Reijin didn't answer, just smiled at him.

Sen Shengyuan immediately realized that he was rude, and hurriedly said: "The minister is talking nonsense, and it is a capital crime! But Your Majesty ...... There are no eyes on the battlefield, you have to think twice!"

In the more than 1,000 years since the founding of Fuso, there has never been a precedent for the emperor to drive in person, and Liren's words can be said to be the first time in the world, and it is no wonder that Mori Shengyuan was shocked.

The emperor said: "At present, the state has traitors, and the puppet emperor usurped the throne, and it is the time for me to reorganize and reorganize." If I had become a turtle with a shrunken head at this time, wouldn't it have been in vain for you to put up ideas such as 'returning the great government to the dynasty' that you had been engaged in by the Fallen Curtain faction? Katsu Yuanqing, you should become more and more frustrated and courageous in the chaos, you are not as good as Kido Kojiro in this regard!"

Mori Shengyuan only promised: "Yes, yes......"

The emperor stood up: "Okay, I won't make trouble for you." In a moment, you inform the three armies that in five days I will personally crusade against the usurper and Tokugawa Yoshiki, so that the big guys are ready. Then he turned and walked out.

Before Sen Shengyuan could say "Congratulations to Your Majesty", the emperor suddenly turned around and said: "Sen Shengyuan, the two lines of poems I have prepared for you, if you think it is suitable, you will make up for it." You wrote it yourself. "Just leave.

This time, Sen Shengyuan finally shouted steadily: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

After the emperor left for a long time, Sen Shengyuan remembered the poem, and he immediately added according to what the emperor said: "Life and death are not doubtful of talent, and I am willing to leave my soul to protect the imperial city." ”

With the four rhymes ready, he picked up the paper and examined it with satisfaction. The emperor made up poems for himself, what kind of face is this?

But with a careful touch, he suddenly turned his heart over.

"Life and Death, Talent and ......"

Heaven, that is, the Son of Heaven, the meaning of this half sentence is that his Sen Shengyuan's net worth and life were given by the emperor, reminding him not to learn to be as powerful as Qingxi?

As for "I wish to keep my soul to protect the imperial city", it couldn't be more obvious, it was clearly a warning that if he failed to fall the curtain, he would be martyred!

Thinking of this, Sen Shengyuan was covered in a cold sweat.

Five days later, a large flag was raised in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, depicting a rising sun in a red sky. The people are talking about it, this is the royal treasure of the imperial pennant, the last time it appeared was a thousand years ago.

Half an hour later, the banner moved slowly, and people saw His Majesty the Emperor wearing gold armor and holding a sword in his hand amid the praise of Buddhist scriptures.

In 300 years, this was the first time that the emperor had left the palace, and this time it was a personal expedition. The Imperial Banner shouted long live everywhere, and morale was high. In order to welcome the arrival of the emperor, the soldiers on the front line simply withstood the onslaught of the shogunate army and advanced their positions by 200 steps.

The Imperial Banner fluttered high in the Satsuma army, allowing the shogunate soldiers to see it, and a little guilt arose in their hearts for no reason. After all, they have been taught to be loyal to the emperor since childhood, and now they are doing it to the emperor himself, isn't that a traitor?

No one wants to be a thief, and Tokugawa Yoshiki is no different. Although he put Jingren on the throne, he was still weak when it came to the end.

Only Jingren sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform.

"Your Excellency the General doesn't want to sacrifice my head to the enemy, does he?" he said with a teasing smile.

Qingxi hurriedly knelt down: "How dare Weichen!" Having said that, Qingxi really had such a thought in his heart. It's just that after weighing it repeatedly, it felt inappropriate and didn't implement it.

Jingren said: "General, as the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters for the people. Renren put up the imperial pennant, just to share orthodoxy with me. You go and make arrangements, and tomorrow I will drive the expedition in person, and I will share with him in front of the two armies. ”

Qingxi replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." "I thought to myself: this is the best, the current situation is a little delicate, I still sit in the rear, let this kid take the lead. In case of defeat, it is better to find someone to take the blame.

That night, Jingren summoned Nanase and Deng Mojun to the camp and carefully arranged countermeasures. It's strange to say, one of these two betrayed him and the other arrested him, they should not share the sky, but for some reason they obeyed him.

In the early morning of the next day, the shogunate army was full of drums and horns, and a hundred and ten leather drums were beaten at the same time, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth. The wings of the former army are lined up, and a golden chrysanthemum flag is erected in the middle, which is also a symbol of the royal family. Far away from the Rising Sun Banner in the army of the Fallen Shogun.

A person sits under the golden roof umbrella, wearing a large armor made of gold leaves, who is the new emperor Jingren ordained by the shogunate.

When the shogunate army saw him and shouted long live, they immediately became angry. As soon as he waved his hand, the whole army fell silent.

I only heard him say: "Listen to the soldiers on the other side, Liren has not cultivated virtue since he ascended the throne, and he is so chaotic. As a result, the world fell apart and the people of Lebanon were displaced.

The former emperor once said: If the prince is not talented, the virtuous can succeed to the throne to hang the people. I was recommended by the three armies and the people, and inherited the unification in accordance with the last wishes of the emperor. The abolished emperor should come to the front of the battle to claim the minister, so as not to kill the innocent soldiers. ”

Every time he spoke, the soldiers around him repeated the words and spread them far away. It was the Satsuma army on the opposite side that could hear it clearly.

Some soldiers muttered, "Succeed to the throne on your own or something...... The First Emperor wouldn't have really said such a thing, would he?"

The old sergeant smiled and said, "Why are you so stupid? What the first emperor said, we can't hear it, and it's not that they made it up at will? It's just something that is advantageous, do you really believe it?"

At this time, Jingren said again: "Where is the abolished emperor? Do you dare to fight a decisive battle with me in front of the battle?" But after the three links, the army of the fallen curtain faction was silent, obviously because the emperor was unwilling to go into battle.

Seeing this, the shogunate army waved their flags and shouted, and they were very arrogant.

Jingren laughed, and actually drove the car away from the Chinese army and came to the position alone.

It was only a hundred steps away from the Satsuma army, and one of the commanders in front of the battle felt that such a good opportunity was really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he immediately ordered his men to shoot Keihito. It turned out that the Satsuma army had ambushed many sharpshooters in the surrounding woods to snipe the shogunate officers.

Let's say that the archer got the order, bent his bow and arrows, held his breath, and lightly stretched his ape arm. But listening to the sound of the bow, the bow was really open like a full moon, the arrow was like a meteor, and the white feather arrow went straight to Jingren.

The archer was overjoyed, and this time he had done a great job.

However, just as he was about to hit the target, a figure appeared ghostly beside Kyung-in, reaching out and gently holding the arrow in his hand.

The man was shirtless and thin. Covered in pitch-black scales, like a python. He carried a blood-red demon knife at his waist, exuding a strange aura.

This person is Deng Mojun, Yizang's body has been transformed by him with Taoist pills, and the scale armor born on his body is called "reverse scale", which is invulnerable.

I saw him pinching the feather arrow and throwing his head into the tree without looking back. Hearing a scream of "ah", the sharpshooter fell. And the feathered arrow was stuck between his eyes impartially.

Everyone was shocked, and saw Deng Mojun pick up a few stones from the ground and throw them casually. But the screams came and went, and in a short time all the hidden snipers were killed by him.

Jingren said proudly: "Facing the emperor with a weapon is disloyal, and those who are disloyal will be killed." Soldiers, you are all people of Fuso, I implore you to lay down your arms!"

If others saw that Deng Mojun was so powerful, they might immediately take it. But the Satsuma army was quite tough, and not a single one surrendered.

Jingren let out a long sigh and beckoned to his formation. I saw a witch in a white dress and a scarlet skirt walking out slowly, it was Nanase Yuezhen.

In her hands, there were two pieces of burning rune paper.