An untimely snowfall in July froze many people to death.

The rich and noble families relied on adequate clothing and carbon fire, and the poor people relied on the body bones that had been polished over the years, and finally survived this difficult night. But many lonely rangers and beggars froze to death on the streets on this snowy night.

Heaven is ruthless, and everyone in the world suffers.

Nangong is not a person with a heart for the world, he read a lot of books when he was young, and he just wants to read a literary style, and he has no ambition to help the world.

There were too many people in the world who wanted to save the country and save the country just by talking with their sharp teeth and empty words, and he only wanted to save the so-called people in front of him, the people he had seen, and those who lived in front of him.

So in front of the Taiji Palace, he didn't talk about the rise and fall of the government and the opposition, nor did he want to point out the country and talk about it, he just talked about the past.

Something he's been through himself.

He said: "Until our Emperor Shennong overthrew the rule of the Shura Empire, the prisoner became a pawn of the crime, and he had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. On that day, I promised the hundred brothers who went to the battlefield together that as long as they held that battle, they would all go home with military merits, and not only would no one bully them, but even the county lord would respect them as guests.

"Of these 100 people, I can't guarantee that everyone has been wronged, there must be people who are innocent. But I've heard the story of each of them, and I remember everyone's name. Of the five hundred sinners, more than a hundred were killed in a hopeless siege, more than a hundred were wounded and could not fight again, and there were very few who did not repent and could not forgive their sins, and I promised them to take them home.

"In the end, because of me, they all died on the battlefield.

"If I hadn't sworn by me, who would have been willing to die with one enemy.

"I hurt them.

"It was because they believed in me that they bet their last hope on me to go to this mortal battle.

"But I, with my own hands, slaughtered their only hope.

"The youngest of them, Ma Boy, was born in prison because of his family's connection, and he was in prison for the rest of his life. That year, he was less than fourteen. ”

Xiu Yan said: "But you won, 100 people retreated 10,000 horses, and 10,000 troops avoided white robes, such a record is enough for them to be famous for a hundred years." ”

Nangong said excitedly: "What's the use? Even if we win this war, what do we get? Brother Chen Ying's wife and children are still lonely, and they will be humiliated in the future, who will take care of them?"

Xiu Yan said: "I want to see who dares to bully the orphans of my Great Zhou soldiers." ”

Nangong said: "There are more than 10,000 heroes and martyrs on the battlefield, how can you protect tens of thousands of soldiers behind you." ”

Xiu Yan said: "You and I have walked in the world, safe and sound so far, relying on neither bright armor nor outstanding martial arts, but the clarity of the law." Even if there is no war, in the last years of Shura, there are thieves rampant, and life is like a mustard. ”

Nangong called his name and said: "Xiu Yan Lian, I have always disliked talking to people, and I don't want to listen to people's noise."

"I am talking to you about this today, just because I got the news that although you are Chang'an Wei, you have made secret visits to Beijing many times, and personally sent silver and property to the orphans of soldiers.

"Although we say that 'the emperor does not pay', Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is an official and a clear reward and punishment, and he has not deducted half a penny in the past ten years, and no one dares to accept bribes in violation of the law.

"My dynasty is higher than that of all dynasties, but you can only drink wine and eat rice bran as a general of Zhengsanpinwei.

"The world laughs at you for pretending to be 'useless and poor' and pretending to be 'stupid', not to mention the privilege of the official body to purchase one or two dollars and two taels of goods for the family in the market, but only the 600 stone chestnut rice issued to you by the imperial court every month is enough for your government to pay.

"They don't know that you are cultivating your face, but I know that every time you visit the orphans of soldiers, the money you take out is a few percent higher than the already rich military order.

"I also know that if someone bullies a widow or orphan, you will personally draw a knife and kill someone.

"My father, Bai Liyao, was born recklessly, and now he is an official with a single grade, and there are millions of dry bones under his success. In his early years, he also said that he would take the heroes to a banquet. After many years of fighting, he lost less and won more, and never lost in a key battle. Even if it is overturned, it can turn the tide. In this regard, he deserves to be a first-class general. But when I returned from Shushan, he never taught me how to march and set up formations, how to fight on the battlefield, and only chattered to me about the past when their brothers followed Shennong to fight the world.

"Most of those past events are trivial things, such as Emperor Shennong instigating Prime Minister Zhang Cheng to steal sweet potatoes, and his father was punished for drinking in the army and pretending to be a woman to go to the enemy camp to send spring. These absurd farces that were unimaginable in the past constitute their solid friendship for 20 years and an iron bucket for 10 years.

"Just because Shennong once said that if you are a human being in this life, you must live up to this life.

"When they met, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng was over the age of the ear, Bai Liyao was standing at the right time, Shennong was not as weak as the crown, how the three generations were of one heart and one mind, and talked and laughed in their lives.

Because their common hope is to make this world live up to its people.

"They want people, real people.

"You, Xiu Yan Lian, I believe that you treat people as human beings. I know that you, as General Wei, are powerless to help the people, and you are a drop in the bucket for the world. If the Great Zhou is handed over to you, can you make the world of the Great Zhou, everyone be a human being, and everyone can be a human being?"

At this point, Nangong stared at Xiu Yan, and a rare serious look appeared on his face.

In the twilight of the twilight, the afterglow is brilliant, the sky is full of golden light covering the world, and the two people standing in front of the Taiji Palace at this moment are like being wrapped in red gold sprinkled by the sunset, and they are shining.

Taiji Palace vermilion lacquer gate flying pavilion liudan, magnificent, vertical and horizontal nine roads eighty-one gold rivets in disrepair, but after the rain and frost, but more solemn. Once these eighty-one gold rivets represented the supreme imperial power of ninety-nine to one, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this has become the world's beings who return to the heart of ninety-nine.

Under this majestic Guidian Lan Palace, Xiu Yan's figure looks very small.

In the Heavenly Palace outside the nine heavens, Xiu Yan's ambition was even less worth mentioning.

But this is a rare imperial heart in a hundred years.

Nangong thinks so, Zhang Chuxin thinks so, even if he is a military general of the older generation, and even today, the only Shennong Emperor who is expected to ascend to the Nine Heavens in a hundred years, also thinks so.

Xiu Yanzhuan's eyes did not dodge, he looked directly at Nangong and said slowly: "I wish that the Great Zhou World, since this life is a person who raises his head, why bend over to be a cow and horse." I am willing to use the knife on my waist, the law in my pen, and the order in my mouth, to defend the dignity of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty as human beings with my death. From now on, the Great Zhou, only I Xiu Yan Shu is a courtier, all the people in the world are monarchs, the world is no longer divided into three, six, nine and so on, and there is no one in the world who is superior to agriculture and industry. If you want to bleed, first shed the blood on my body, and if you want to sacrifice, first take my skull. General Nangong, are you satisfied?"

Nangong turned his back to the vermilion lacquer gate of Taiji Palace, in front of the whole Chang'an, in front of all the guards, lifted his robe and knelt on one knee on the golden snow, and arched his hand to the Chang'an Wei general Xiu Yan who calmly accepted Nangong's kneeling in front of him, and said loudly: "The hussar general Nangong, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou." ”