In the twenty-seventh year of Jianning in the Great Zhou calendar, on the eighth day of the lunar month, Xiao Zhan, the general of Tiance, finally left the capital.

The old emperor Yu Wenyong ended the day's court meeting early, and Luan drove to Weiyang Palace and came to the queen Dugu Panruo's bedroom.

Queen Dugu married Yu Wenyong at the age of seventeen, and walked through thirty-four spring and autumn cold and summer with Yu Wenyong, when she married Yu Wenyong, Yu Wenyong was just a down-and-out prince who was exiled.

Later, the first emperor died violently, and the crown prince Yuwentuo was assassinated on the second day of his accession to the throne, and the eight sages Wang Yuwenyong was proclaimed to the throne.

After Yuwenyong ascended the throne, Dugu was named the queen and favored the harem, these years, no matter what kind of beauty entered the palace, Queen Dugu's grace was still undiminished, and no one dared to make a mistake in the entire harem.

The wise and martial Emperor Taizong never called himself me in front of this woman, they were more like an ordinary couple.

"Xiao Zhan is bold, he dares to draw a sword on the Jinluan Palace......" The old emperor leaned on the shoulder of the graceful woman, his face was gloomy, and his killing intent surged.

The woman stroked the emperor's broad back, her eyes were full of pity, she didn't speak, just quietly listened to His Majesty's words, venting the depression in her heart.

"Pranya, do you know, today in the court, I almost couldn't help but chop off Xiao Zhan's head. ”

The old emperor gritted his teeth, he had succeeded in slaughtering Xiao Zhan in his life, if it weren't for Xiao Zhan, he would probably still be the king of a county who was exiled to Liangzhou, and he couldn't even get the title of a prince, let alone ascend the throne as an emperor, and even the Great Zhou Dynasty had already been destroyed.

But Yu Wenyong was also defeated by the only Tiance general of this dynasty, as long as Xiao Zhan was alive for one day, Da Zhou would not dare to make any changes, and he Yu Wenyong would not be able to pacify the four seas and unify the Central Plains and Kyushu.

As a king who aspires to dominate the world, he can't make the world have the same book and the same track in his lifetime, Yu Wenyong feels that he is a failure.

It's just that there are too many helplessness in life, even if you are the king of a country, there are still many things you want to do but can't do.

Queen Dugu was like a little woman from an ordinary family gently holding her husband's hand and said softly: "I know Your Majesty can bear it!"

The old emperor shook his head self-deprecatingly and sighed: "Yes, I have to endure it, I can endure Xiao Zhan entering the palace alone to pick up Chen Lingsu, what else can't I bear?"

Queen Dugu said with some disgust: "How old are you, and you still think about other people's daughters-in-law......"

The old emperor laughed, then shook his head and said, "Actually, it was not my intention to accept Chen Lingsu as a concubine back then, but it was instructed by my father!"

"And this?" Queen Dugu was a little surprised, they had been married for more than 30 years, and they had never heard him talk about it.

"Father's move is just to separate me and Xiao Zhan, otherwise how can he pass the throne to the third prince brother with peace of mind, why don't I understand the power, but the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, so when Xiao Zhan came to rob people, I was just pushing the boat. ”

The old emperor had an unconcealable tiredness on his face, he was born in the royal family, he had to intrigue since he was born, even if he sat on the dragon chair, he still couldn't stop calculating.

"A beauty like Chen Lingsu, you are not tempted?" Queen Dugu had crooked eyebrows and eyes, and there was still a smile on her face.

"No!" the old emperor hurriedly denied it as if he were facing a great enemy, and his tone was resolute.

"Duduplicity!" Queen Dugu glanced at her husband and said softly: "Xiao Zhan won't live for many years, don't be like him." ”

"But I don't have many years to live!" The old emperor was unwilling, but he was also very helpless, although all the civil and military officials shouted long live, but birth, old age, sickness and death, since ancient times, even if you are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, you can't avoid it.

It is precisely the fear of death that makes so many monks in the world spare no effort to pursue the vast way of heaven, intending to break through the sky and ascend to become the heavenly people who are free from the red dust.

"Even if Xiao Zhan dies, he still has a son, that kid is also a powerful character, but it's a pity that that kid doesn't want to be the Taiping Marquis of my Great Zhou, otherwise, the Central Plains and Kyushu are all in my Great Zhou's bag. ”

The old emperor was angry with the young man in Northern Liang, so on the last journey of the young man's five-year trip, he sent the great spy of the Great Zhou Dynasty He Zudao to intercept and kill him along the way, but the young man still returned to Liangzhou alive, and even the fisherman who troubled the ten countries died in the hands of that young man.

Another terrible enemy!

The emperor has no friends, not even blood and kinship, everyone in the world is an enemy, and they are all the objects of his calculations. However, Yu Wenyong is lucky, he has a person who can confide in him without reservation, and this object is his wife Dugu Panruo, who has walked through thirty-four cold and summer with him.

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The Northern Liang Iron Cavalry was stationed on the shore of the Crescent Lake, welcoming the Tiance General Xiao Zhan to leave Beijing and return to Liang, and everyone in the world breathed a sigh of relief, and the war should be gone for the time being.

After this incident, many wise people vaguely knew that if Xiao Zhan did not die for a day, the world would not be chaotic, and some people who originally hated Xiao Zhan hoped that Xiao Zhan would live for a few more years.

This peace is not easy to come by, the rise and fall of the world, the most bitter is the people. This is also one of the reasons why Xiao Zhanma stepped on the Spring and Autumn Period and was reluctant to use sword soldiers after destroying the Western Shu, Houyan, Northern Han, and Northern Wei Kingdoms.

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Xiao Zhan returned to Liang under the escort of the Thunderbolt Fire Chen Xuanba, but when he approached the Crescent Lake, he was surrounded and killed by hundreds of fierce dead soldiers.

Chen Xuanba slaughtered all sides, almost killing all the assassins, but Xiao Zhan was seriously injured, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the Black Dragon Guard, Xiao Zhan would definitely die.

As soon as this incident broke out in an uproar in the world, Xiao Zhan not only had Chen Xuanba, the tenth in the world, accompanied him to protect him, but there were also 200,000 iron cavalry stationed in Beiliang on the shore of Crescent Lake, and there were even people who dared to ambush him.

Above Baixiao Tower, Xiao Xuan, the prince of the world, and Gao Shiqi, a poor Confucian scholar, were playing a new game, and the eagle falcon, which had been green and barefoot, flew in and brought a secret letter.

"Guigu really did it?" Xiao Xuan ate Lao Gao's son with a horse and took Lao Gao's army.

Lao Gao took the secret letter and glanced at it, knocked out Xiao Xuan's horse with a shot on the chessboard, and sneered at Xiao Xuan's army: "These eight lambs really don't stop for a moment, do they really think that this world is in their pocket, let him knead it?"

Sergeant Xiao Xuan asked suspiciously, "Old Gao, where are the ghost valleys hidden? Could it be that they are really hiding in some otherworldly fairyland?"

"I don't know, but this battle of Crescent Lake should be able to gain something, Chen Xuanba shot, those dead soldiers have no way to live, Black Dragon Guard shoots, there are always a few alive......"

Lao Gao flicked his sleeves lightly and continued to play against Xiao Xuan, the wind was light, but he could anticipate the enemy first and win a thousand miles, this is the terrible thing about the peerless strategist who has no power to restrain the chicken.

"Not necessarily, those twelve killing-only guys are not ambiguous at all. ”

Xiao Xuan shook his head with a smile, twenty years ago, the Twelve Guards of the Black Dragon had killed the five thousand advance cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty overnight, which shocked the world, and they all shuddered at the mention of the Black Dragon Guard.

"It was unexpected, but it made sense. Lao Gao waved his sleeves and knocked over the chessboard for the eighteenth time.

"Lao Gao, why did you knock over the chessboard again?" the young prince glared.

"We have to break the game, look for a breakthrough, and never see the situation clearly in the game!" Lao Gao said unashamedly.

Xiao Xuan gave a thumbs up and sighed: "I have to admit that you make sense every time." ”

Lao Gao bared his teeth and looked proud, but he was muttering in his heart, he couldn't play chess with the young master in the future, and with the sophistication of the young master's chess skills, playing chess was simply self-inflicted.