The kingdom cannot be left without an owner for a day, and the palace cannot be without a king for a day.

Any royal expedition will generally be as fast as possible when returning to the court.

Watching the road flowers, that's what idlers do.

Kings are never idle.

However, the imperial marching troops of the Great Chu Dynasty stopped in Wancheng.

Wancheng originally belonged to the Han land, it was a territory divided by the Great Chu Dynasty when the Han Dynasty was destroyed, Wancheng and Lushan were only separated by a few cities, but a hundred miles away, naturally it also belonged to the border city, and it was not a heavy city where the soldiers were accumulating grain.

It is not a wise thing to stay in such a place as often.

Yet almost everyone in this royal fleet knows why.

Emperor Chu's real oil ran out, and the lamp withered.

Many people know that the longest-reigning emperor has long had problems with his body, with the beginning of the Lushan Alliance, with the violent fluctuations of Lushan's Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, and finally the fall of several grandmasters, his essence and spirit seem to be completely exhausted, and the depression in his body has also exploded.

Emperor Chu's reputation outside is not good, he is lustful and mediocre, and he doesn't like government affairs, but the old ministers who have followed him for many years know that he is low-key and peaceful, and even mediocrity is just a means for him to be a person.

He can't see and don't care, many times just tolerate and let go.

So in the Great Chu Dynasty, no one despised him, and not many people even opposed him.

You can criticize him, you can despise him, but you can respect him.

The palace of Wancheng was built as early as when Emperor Chu came.

On the dragon bed in the palace, Emperor Chu leaned on the soft couch, his eyes wanted to condense, but he was a little sloppy, so his face was calm, but he couldn't help but feel a little helpless and nostalgic.

Concubine Zhao looked down at him and held his hands.

"I thought you could at least make it back to the Imperial City. ”

She said slowly, "I didn't expect it to be so fast. ”

Emperor Chu felt the softness and warmth of her hands and smiled slightly. Said: "I didn't expect it so soon, who would have thought that I would meet Moshou City at the Goddess Summit. ”

Concubine Zhao Xiangfei was silent, but her hands began to exert a slight force, and the knuckles began to light up.

"Don't do it. Emperor Chu shook his head.

Concubine Zhao Xiangfei shook her head a little stubbornly, looked at him and said, "It doesn't matter if you die on the way to war, but you die on the way back from Lushan...... But your reputation is too bad, I don't want to hear people in later generations say that you were frightened by Emperor Yuanwu's sword Pingshan, so that the old disease recurred. If you can't hold the capital, you will return to heaven. You and I have never had a good reputation, but I don't want you to leave with that reputation on your shoulders. ”

"It doesn't matter. Emperor Chu shook his head again, looked at her and said, "I just want you to stay up." ”

"Stay up?" Zhao Xiangfei didn't understand what he meant.

Emperor Chu nodded: "In the future, you only need to stay up... You don't need to do anything, you just need to stay up, even if you suffer a big loss, you can stay up. ”

Zhao Xiangfei still didn't understand and asked, "Why?"

"Because this allows us to stay in Da Chu longer than Da Yan and Da Qi. Emperor Chu smiled and said, "Maybe you can survive Great Qin." ”

Concubine Zhao Xiang looked at him and originally wanted to say something more. But she felt something, and her soft hands stiffened.

Emperor Chu smiled tiredly and said, "No matter what kind of person you will become in the eyes of the Chu people and the historians in the future." I will hand over Da Chu to you, I am very relieved. ”

After saying this, he slowly closed his eyes, as if he was tired and asleep.

Concubine Zhao Xiang held his hand. After looking at him for a long time, he said, "Don't worry, I will do a good job." ”

And then. She stood up, turned and walked out.

"Your Majesty has died. ”

Her voice resounded in the cold palace, and then turned into another thunder in this deep spring.

"Your Majesty is dead!"

Voices of heralds and sorrows rang out.

Her figure is like a statue frozen under the eaves of this palace, her face is like jade, but she has never seen sadness.

It's not that it's not sad, it's just that for many people, where is there time in life to be sad.

......

The Emperor of Chu collapsed on the way.

For Changling, at the end of the spring of the twelfth year of Yuanwu, when the news spread to the streets and alleys, the most honorable hostess of Changling returned to Changling and returned to her harem.

When her figure appeared on the stone path flanked by terracotta warriors, Fusu was already waiting on the stone path.

Looking at Fusu who saluted happily, there was a doting look in her perfect eyes, but it quickly turned into absolute calm.

"You can't participate in the Minshan Sword Club anymore. ”

She looked at Fusu and said.

Fusu's body trembled slightly, his face suddenly turned pale, and asked, "Queen Mother, why?"

"I know that friendship is very important to you, and I also know that I promised you to let you participate in the Minshan Sword Club. ”

The queen looked at him gently and said, "Allowing you to participate in the Minshan Sword Meeting is to allow you to walk freely outside the palace, but your identity is different." ”

Fusu was stunned.

"Because there are no accidents in the Lushan League. ”

The queen raised her head, looked at the distance of Changling, and said softly: "So you will soon become the crown prince... A prince walking outside is nothing, but a newly established prince can't. ”

"The prince went to participate in such a sword meeting, and the etiquette was inconsistent. And I can't give you a lot of time to play... You have a lot to learn and a lot to do. ”

"I think you understand. ”

Listening to these words, Fusu's head drooped.

He understood these truths, but he couldn't stop feeling sad.

"I know you're a little upset, but as long as that boy is good enough, you'll still have a chance to socialize. ”

The queen seemed to see through what he was thinking, and her voice softened a lot: "That young man has done well in Wushan, I am very satisfied, and naturally there will be a heavy reward." ”

Hearing her words, Fusu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he became happy, happy for what happened to his friend.

"Thank you, Queen Mother. ”

In his opinion, since even she said "heavy reward", this reward is naturally extremely heavy, and an extremely heavy reward may be able to ensure that Ding Ning can follow the Minshan Sword Society and enter the Minshan Sword Sect to practice.

But he didn't know. There are many aspects to a person, and a noble hostess of Changling like her often divides into many aspects when dealing with a matter.

Reward is only one aspect.

......

......

"It's so poor and extravagant, and even a window lattice is carved with so many flowers, but chopping wood is more suitable than the door panel, just to save some effort. ”

"It's iron birch, and it's not so easy to split. ”

A rough-clothed man with a wood-splitting knife looked at the wooden window lattice on the ground with only a few more marks, raised his head, and said in disbelief to Ding Ning, who reminded him: "How can this wood be so hard?"

"If you drop it in water, it will sink, of course it will be hard. ”

Ding Ning smiled slightly and said, "If you want to chop it for firewood." But I have to find a big axe, and this wood knife is probably going to be chopped until tomorrow morning. ”

"Phew, how much effort does it take to carve such a pattern out of such a hard wood?

The rough-clothed man with a firewood knife spat and thrust his trouser belt into his belt, but he no longer wanted to waste the slightest strength on this window lattice, and at the same time said disdainfully: "No wonder this Chu Dynasty took us so cheaply, but after nine years, it can't beat us." Instead, he cut a large piece of land for us. ”

Ding Ning smiled, didn't say more, and looked at the gaze of the rough-clothed man at this time, it was a courtyard.

The courtyard occupies a huge area. The buildings were heavy, and they must have been extremely gorgeous, but at this time, when they were swept away, the roof tiles were broken. Not only were the buildings inside demolished, but even the high walls were smashed with many stains and many large holes were demolished.

Ding Ning followed Shen Yi by his side.

Look through the large hole in the wall at the dilapidated scene of this courtyard. Shen Yi couldn't help but sigh at this time: "I didn't expect that in just a few days, the Liling Monarch's Mansion would become like this. ”

No one knew about the conversation in the deepest part of the dungeon.

However, Yiqiē responded to the words of the strongest military advisor in the history of Great Qin.

When the carnival atmosphere spreads wantonly in the streets and alleys of Changling, many people inevitably think of hatred.

At the beginning, many Changling people who had lost their relatives in the battle with Da Chu just smashed the things they could grab casually in their hands and angrily smashed them into the courtyard wall of the Liling Monarch's Mansion.

But when more and more people gathered, such anger was uncontrollable and turned into a frenzy.

On the first day, the walls and gates of the courtyard were broken, and many valuables were looted.

By the second day, some of the furniture had been looted.

On the third day, even the precious plants and some useful timber were taken away.

Beginning on the night of the third day, even some of the stones and house beams were pulled down with ropes and dragged away.

At this time, in many streets and alleys of Changling, you can see scattered objects of Liling Jun's Mansion everywhere.

The Liling Monarch's Mansion, which was once a legend in Changling, has been reduced to ruins in the past few days.

On the first day, when the Liling Monarch's Mansion changed, Ding Ning went to the scene to see the excitement, and as he expected, those people who stayed in the Liling Monarch's Mansion saw that the situation was uncontrollable, so they had already taken away and destroyed the things that were valuable to the cultivators or to the court.

All he could do was see if there were any clues left that would be of value to him and that would allow him to get some information.

In terms of subtleties, for the entire huge Liling Monarch's Mansion, a few days is naturally not enough.

Like many Changling people who were extremely satisfied every time they entered the dilapidated Liling Monarch's Mansion, Ding Ning also entered the Liling Monarch's Mansion again.

The shabby man with a firewood knife diagonally stuck in his trouser belt wandered in the unattended Liling Monarch's Mansion with great satisfaction, and followed Ding Ning and Shen Yi, who walked into the Liling Monarch's Mansion in a hole in the wall, to a half-collapsed building in the depths.

At this time, Li Yunrui was also walking into the Liling Jun's Mansion from another place.

(It's still a bit rushed, this chapter could have been written better, but I'm a little anxious, and I still don't feel like I can do it.) (To be continued......)