Luoyang City, outside the Chongde Palace, the beast head carved in white marble is bathed in the baptism of heavy rain, and two rows of Praetorian Guards wearing Hessen armor stand in the wind and rain.

No matter how many years have passed, this dynasty that has endured centuries is still as majestic as a mountain today.

In the main hall, a young man dressed in a fancy costume stared intently at a sand table.

Beside him, there were some princes and ministers, both generals and civil servants, with respectful faces, and everyone's eyes were closely watching the master's movements.

This young man was the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

On the sand table in front of the emperor, there is a clear distinction, and the illustrated book indicates the various forces, including the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty, the Dongying Islands, the coast of the Beihai Sea, the Dian Kingdom, the Seventy-two Kingdoms of the Western Regions, the Thirty-six Dynasties of Eastern Xinjiang, and many areas that have not yet been named. Just looking at the vastness of this world is not something that human beings can discover at this time.

"Dian country, it's Dian country again!" the young emperor knocked on the table twice, and his eyebrows looked extremely displeased.

The reason why this is so is for no other reason: the Han Dynasty did business, all the way to the west, passing through various countries, which country was not polite, but only this Dian State dared to levy taxes on Han business travel every time. As soon as the tax is levied, it is tantamount to taking a bite into the rich ointment, and the originally rich benefits will inevitably appear to be much less.

The most important thing is that this Dian Kingdom is just a mud pill land for the Han Dynasty. The ministers knew the emperor's anger very well in their hearts, and bowed slightly when they heard the words.

Enraged, the Emperor raised his eyes to his ministers.

"You might as well say bluntly, if we attack the Dian Kingdom, what chance will we have?"

A white-bearded general said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to lead 30,000 elite horsemen and set foot in the Dian Kingdom within half a year." Let's build a new county there, and we can do it once and for all. ”

However, without waiting for the emperor's reply, a eunuch-looking minister immediately stood up against it.

"Enlighten my emperor...... Although the Dian Kingdom is small, it is a hundred Qiang people, not to mention the fierce folk customs, and it is also located in the depths of the dense forest. It is not easy to slaughter, and it is even more difficult to educate. But as long as they worship the power of my heavenly empire, the silver will be doubled. This saves the disaster of soldiers, and besides, ...... The Huns have always been eyeing each other, and we must not go to war on both sides. Your Majesty...... Please be clear!"

After Wen Chen finished speaking, he glanced at the general, and the contempt in his eyes was self-evident.

The old military general immediately retorted: "Hmph, since you became a eunuch, you have never traveled with the army, so how can you be qualified to talk about military strategy? The ancestors said that those who offend me and strengthen the Han will be punished even if they are far away, and the Dian Kingdom cannot be excluded. ”

Wen Chen's face turned agitated when he heard this, and he retorted with a red face: "General Xu, what are you talking about." Whether we fight or not, we must consider the interests of both sides, we have the Xiongnu in the north, and it is not an overnight achievement to expand to the west and east. Over the years, have there been fewer defeats? Hmph, although my official rank is lower than yours, I have obtained it by reading 10,000 books of saints. Learning and excelling is the rule, is the doctrine of the Four Books and Five Classics also bullshit in the eyes of the old general?"

"You, you...... Strong words!" The military commander ran out of words, and finally said angrily, "It's simply unreasonable!"

At this time, the white-faced minister suddenly sneered and took out a paperwork.

"Your Majesty, there is a document here, which records that the third son of General Xu recently occupied a thousand acres of fertile land in Changshan and privately embezzled the acres of General Xiaolong's fields.

The emperor was startled, grabbed it and read it, and was furious, threw the book to the ground, looked at the old military general with anger and shouted: "General Xu, take a look for yourself...... What the hell is going on. ”

It turns out that Changshan County is not only fertile land, but also a land rich in military generals. Not only did Emperor Guangwu calm the chaos here, but also many princes were named the king of Changshan, which shows that this is a royal blessed land. More than 20 years ago, there was a talent named Snapdragon here. This person is a martial arts prodigy, who had competed in front of the palace before that year and was honored as a Zhonglang general.

However, such a person disappeared for some reason.

Now ten years have passed since the incident, and everyone has forgotten about it, but a while ago this person suddenly returned, went to the army to report on his work, and at the same time took over the original family property, and the matter broke out.

So we have today's situation.

When the old military generals in the court saw that this document was actually suing their own son, how could they not be extremely surprised? In the martial arts competition in front of the palace back then, this Snapdragon was so ferocious, he was still able to kill many major generals half-dead, and the bloody picture was still vivid, and it made people's hearts tremble when they thought about it.

The so-called ginger is old and spicy, and the old general thought that this Snapdragon was really damned, but now he had to suppress the matter. So he simply knelt on the ground and wept bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, although my son Xu Meng is young and arrogant, at least he will not take people's land and property for nothing, there must be grievances in this." The emperor may summon another person to find out the matter. It's ......."

The old general set his eyes on the white-faced minister, and cried: "But we are here to discuss state affairs, but unexpectedly, because of the stubbornness of the children, the adults actually put aside the major affairs of the country, this crime, the old minister should punish himself......"

But the court is not allowed to wear a sword, this old handsome man has no sword to kill himself, and he is going to hit the big pillar in front of the palace.

The emperor immediately ordered someone to pull him down, first reprimanded him, and then his tone softened a lot, comforting: "Xu Shuai is worried, you have reminded me." One thing is one thing, let's continue to discuss the crusade against the Dian Kingdom. Wait a minute...... Xu Meng and what kind of dragon is it, you also need to listen to it and write it down. ”

I saw that there were civil officials who were recording and reminding the emperor.

"That man's name is General Snapdragon......"

The emperor secretly wondered: "Why do I still remember the name Snapdragon?"

The civil official seemed to guess the emperor's thoughts, and reminded: "Your Majesty, twenty years ago, this general once competed in front of the palace, splashed blood in five steps, and killed several heroic major generals. Therefore, the first emperor added more love and gave him an official title. But the strange thing is that there is no cause and no effect...... He disappeared suddenly ten years ago. Why are you coming back now? Your Majesty—"

The Emperor nodded, and the impression between his eyebrows seemed to deepen.

"is not only the former minister of the emperor, but also deeply favored, this case of acres of land must be investigated. Check!"

The old general's eyes froze, and his body trembled slightly.

The white-faced Wenchen who was standing in line sneered slightly, as if he was holding back enough strength in his heart, and insisted even more that he must not use troops against the Dian State. Under his influence, a large group of henchmen began to analyze the soldiers, horses, soldiers, geography, climate change, and many other issues that needed to be considered. If any link goes wrong, the assumption of an expedition to the Dian Kingdom may be lost.

The white-faced Wenchen finally said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's birthday is about to be celebrated in the following year." At this time, if we use troops against the Dian Kingdom, we will lose our virtue and fortune - her old man must not want to see this, so ...... Holy ......"

The Queen Mother!

The emperor's face immediately sank.

He is the honor of the Ninety-Five, but now that the Queen Mother is in power, there are some things that he can't decide. The handsome face has a little more and the yin owl that should not be at this age. He looked at everyone coldly, only to feel that the distance between people's hearts was so far away, and an indescribable emotion of helplessness or indignation suddenly surged into his heart, and he slammed it over the sand table.

"Don't fight, don't fight!"

"Scatter!"

With a wave of his sleeves, the emperor left the Chongde Palace.

......

Snapdragon, naturally, is not a real Snapdragon, but Yi Shaocheng.

At that time, he traveled thousands of miles, and after sending a red rope to Duojiao, he hurriedly met with Qinghai Yi, and then returned to Lakeside Town. Where to go has also made it difficult for Yi Shaocheng to choose.

Later, he figured out that instead of holding on, it was better to move forward towards danger, and the new and old debts should be collected.

However, this road is very dangerous, and whether he can come back is another matter, so he can't take Wuya with him, so he can only let Wuya wait in Riverside Town, maybe one day, after he has settled all his blood debts, he will go back and meet those two children.

It's just that when he returned to the Han Dynasty, he still had the Nine Fire Heavenly Centipede planted in his body by the vicious Yanzhu, which also caused the fire poison scars on his cheeks.

In ten years, the Nine Fire Heavenly Cedipede in Yi Shaocheng's body grew bigger and bigger, and every time he attacked, he was in great pain, and he could even feel this martial art crawling in his body. However, coincidentally, this fiery red Nine Fire Heavenly Cinnamon densely packed fire foot produced a large number of toxins on the meridians, which instead stimulated the meridians to grow thicker and stronger.

Yi Shaocheng's cultivation of the thunder and lightning heart method is the eight veins of the Qi meridian, and the qi travels through the meridians.

Therefore, under the stimulation of the Nine Fire Heavenly Centipede, the meridians became stronger and stronger, and the thunder and lightning heart method of cultivation broke through the layers of restrictions, one, two, and three...... To this day, as long as Yi Shaocheng meditates, a red cloud will form on the top of his head, running in the shape of Xiao Zhoutian, endlessly, repeatedly, even if there is a fatal wound on the body, it will close by itself, and the recovery speed is comparable to that of a miracle medicine.

This phenomenon is the body of "poisonous reincarnation, impermanence of life and death" that even those who are strong in the realm of the realm cannot ask for.

This kind of physique formation conditions are extremely accidental, after Yi Shaocheng realized this, he dispelled the idea of eliminating the Nine Fire Heavenly Centipede in his body, and he wanted to use the Nine Fire Heavenly Centipede to continue to cultivate the Thunder and Lightning Heart Method. If you can cultivate to the seventh heaven, the top of the thunder and lightning heart method, and once you think through the sky, the whole person will become one with the heaven and thunder, and truly control one of the four laws of heaven and earth, "wind, fire, thunder and lightning", and become an existence that mortals cannot understand.

However, even if there were Nine Fire Heavenly Centipedes swimming in the body and releasing violent toxins, it would still take all kinds of opportunities and a long time to cultivate the Thunder and Lightning Heart Method.

During this period, Yi Shaocheng went back to the Kyushu Sword Sect and found some old people from the same sect, but perhaps after the baptism of the years, the enthusiasm of these people in the past has cooled, what revenge, what master respects the sister, what Yun'er sister, all have become the past, and even mention it.

Yi Shaocheng, whose heart was like ashes, stood on the top of the lonely peak of the sect and looked at the mountains and rivers, and his heart was lonely.

"The Kyushu Sword Sect must be rebuilt. Those enemies must be taken away one by one. ”

An unprecedented murderous aura filled the depths of Yi Shaocheng's heart, the seeds of obsession had been planted a long time ago, and now it was just that the seeds had returned to their homeland to germinate, which was destined to be watered by blood in order to take root and blossom.