Rongguo Yinguang City.
The general stationed in the city, Shizuno, has been in an embarrassing situation recently.
When he "bravely exposed" the plague in Yang State, Yang State was still a staunch ally of Qi State. His behavior was not without the intention of secretly attacking Qi's forces.
However, they never thought that the Qi State would take this as an excuse to directly send troops to the Yang State, turning the nominal vassal state into a de facto Qi territory.
Therefore, Shizuno's move has become what some people call "ignoring the overall situation" and "ignoring the overall situation."
The fundamental reason is that after the Yang realm turned into the Qi realm, Rong State was already bordering Qi State and became the side of the bed.
The present day of Yang State seems to be the tomorrow of Rong State.
Although Jingguo, the overlord of the Central Region, and even the Muguo of the Northern Region, have overt and covert support for these small countries in the Eastern Region. Just like Qi State also supported some small countries in the central and northern regions.
However, when the Qi State really pressed forward with great force and led the army with such famous generals as Chongxuan and Chu Liang, did both Mu and Jing really have the confidence to fight a national war with Qi State in the Eastern Region?
The reason why Yang Jiande devoted all his national power to a decisive battle was because he knew that he could only win more support with a victory.
In a different place, can Rong Guo really achieve the level of Yang Jiande?
The answer seems chilling.
Not to mention how the Rongguo court secretly strengthened the border counties and cities, the war in Qiyang stopped, and the border between Yangrong and Rongguo seemed to be calm.
Most people at the bottom only care about three meals a day and don't care much about the world situation.
On the second floor of an inn in the city, a young man with an ordinary face stood leaning against the window, looking at the passers-by on the street, a little dazed.
"Their lives are still so peaceful. They have no idea that danger is approaching, and they don't know what the future will bring. Perhaps ignorance is a kind of happiness,"
In the room, the bearded Liu Huai was sitting at the table. Hearing this, he said coldly: "They are all stupid people and untouchables! Once the Qi army attacks, they will all bow their heads and wag their tails to beg for mercy. They are worse than dogs."
The man looking out the window was naturally Yang Xuance.
Hearing what Liu Huai said, he just closed the window and said, "For ordinary people, what difference does it make whether the monarch's surname is Yang or Jiang? If the monarch's surname is Jiang, perhaps their lives can be more stable. Some."
Liu Huai looked at him in shock and anger, but thinking that this was the last bloodline of the Yang family, he could only say: "How can you... talk like this?"
Yang Xuance came back, sat down at the table, and poured himself a cup of tea: "What? The Yang Kingdom has perished, and my father-in-law still can't listen to the truth?"
"Young master, be silent!" Liu Huai said anxiously: "You must be careful now. It is not a pity for the old slave to die, but you are extremely important!"
"Look." Yang Xuance smiled with some self-deprecation: "You and I are like bereaved dogs. We don't even dare to show our true faces, and we don't dare to say our real names. Our old identities are even more tightly concealed. You and I are still like this. , how can we force those ordinary people to be loyal to the country?"
Liu Huai was speechless.
"In this world, no one owes anyone anything. Who should you scold those 200,000 soldiers who died under the brutal butcher's knife? My father?"
"Your Majesty has shed the last drop of blood for the country, how can you..."
Yang Xuance stretched out his hand to interrupt him: "Seeking benevolence will lead to benevolence, that's all."
"Okay, okay." Liu Huai was a little frustrated, but after calming down for a while, he took out a golden round stone and a roll of ancient animal skins from the storage box.
"I brought this from the palace. Which one do you want to learn?"
There are words written in blood recorded on the animal skin. After countless years, the blood remains as red as ever. Just glancing at the bloody words, one can feel a tremor coming from the depths of the soul, making one feel the terror and power within.
This is the Blood Demon Art of extinguishing emotions and desires.
However, Yang Xuance only glanced at it and stopped looking, only focusing on the golden round stone.
Suddenly he smiled: "How could I have had any share in the Great Sun Golden Flame Art in the past?"
The Yang family's secret technique of the Great Sun Golden Flame Technique was only passed down to the prince in the past dynasties. It was only after Yang Xuanji learned this skill that he was regarded as the undisputed crown prince of Yangting.
Those who have learned this skill are those who belong to the Chengyang ancestral temple.
However, the current Yang Family Ancestral Temple was "spontaneously" destroyed by the people of Zhaoheng City before the army marched in. How can it continue? There is no place for the sacrifice!
The reason why anyone with a discerning eye does not believe this "spontaneous" statement is because it was the time when Huang Yixing, the "save the people and pacify", was running around Hengyang County to persuade him to surrender. Destroy and abandon the Yang clan's ancestral temple without waiting for the Qi army to take action. It is one of his "contributions".
However, Yang Kingdom has been destroyed, and thousands of horses are in silence. Qi State will not say anything about this, but will only be happy to see the results.
Liu Huai waited quietly for his decision.
But Yang Xuance just shook his head and stopped looking at the golden round stone.
"My father is a hundred times more powerful than me. What he can't do, I can't even do."
As a member of the Yang family, learning the Great Sun Golden Flame Art means inheriting the responsibility.
He thought that if he changed positions with his father Wang Jiande, the most he could do was be more tolerant to the people, and maybe win the people's support. But it is absolutely impossible to continue the country under the watchful eye of Qi.
Not to mention that the Sheji had collapsed at this time, and it would be easier to rebuild the ancestral temple than to hope that the ancestors of the Yang family would come back to life.
To his surprise, Liu Huai only said: "His Majesty said that he will not ask you to do anything. Just one thing. He asked the old slave to give this item to you."
A Panlong jade pendant was just placed on the table.
With just one glance, you can recognize that this is Yang Jiande's personal accessory.
How many times had he hid beside his mother and secretly looked up to see that majestic but indifferent man, but often he could only see a silhouette and this coiled dragon pendant!
Was the sadness and gaze at that time noticed?
Yang Xuance avoided all this and only looked down at the tea cup. But from the water in the cup, I saw that my eyes had turned red at some point.
He closed his eyes and seemed very calm when he opened them again. He reached out and grabbed the jade pendant and the golden round stone representing the Great Sun Golden Flame Jue.
"There is no need to talk about loyalty and integrity. Only I, the Yang family, owe the people of the Yang country, and no people in the Yang country owe the Yang family."
"You are free." He said to Liu Huai.
To this day, this is the only person left who is still loyal to Yang Jiande. Yang Xuance had never had a good impression of this eunuch, but since the country was gone, there was no need to be bound by state affairs anymore.
After saying that, Yang Xuance stood up and walked out.
Liu Huai only asked: "What are your plans, Master?"
"Although it is impossible to restore the ancestral temple and the country..." Yang Xuance paused for a moment before walking out again: "But a son must do something for his father who died in the war."
Yang Xuance left.
Closing the door to the guest room also closed Liu Huai's last hope.
Even though he himself knew how slim that so-called "hope" was.
It was Yang Xuance's opinion to hide in the Rongguo border city outside the Yangguo border.
That ridiculous life in the world gave him some experience in hiding his whereabouts.
Liu Huai himself had no direction at all.
Yang Jiande's last order was for him to find Yang Xuance and take him out of Yang Country, but he did not say what to do next.
If he must have a goal, he wants to restore the Yang family to the country, to keep the Yang family temple alive, and to have Yang Jiande find peace and endless incense under the nine springs.
But in fact, he himself also understood that what Yang Jiande was unable to do during his lifetime would become even more impossible after his death.
Even Yang Xuance himself, the only person qualified to continue the Yang clan temple, was indifferent to this "grand plan".
What else could he, an old eunuch who had lost his king and his country, do?
"you're free."
Yang Xuance declared his freedom as the only remaining bloodline of Yang Jiande.
But what is "freedom"?
Isn't that the days of following each step and waiting carefully, not "freedom"?
I can’t remember how many years I have been in the palace.
I can only remember that back then, the king was still just a prince, and when he came to the palace for an audience, his posture was different from others. The dragon moves like the tiger steps, as if he is the master of this place.
As expected later, he almost undisputedly sat on the throne.
The prince, who had the support of Qi State behind his back, could not even make waves in front of him.
He also remembered that His Majesty the King saw him in the palace and said he looked familiar, so he casually appointed him as his attendant.
Of course he remembered that during the first court meeting after taking the throne, His Majesty the King told him that this country was rotten, but even if it was rotten fruit, he would make it take root and sprout and grow into a towering tree!
He remembered that when the prince was born, he saw the monarch shed tears for the first time.
The king cried and said: "After being alone for a hundred years, my son will never be like this!"
However……
He remembered how the king was in high spirits and how he became increasingly depressed.
He witnessed it all, felt it all, and chewed it all.
Now, the king is gone, the prince is dead, and the little prince is gone.
In the empty guest room, only the animal skin book on the table was still bleeding.
Liu Huai pursed his lips, unable to even sigh.
To his horror, he found that his eyes were looking at the animal skin book involuntarily. And the roll of animal skin, at some point, had been quietly unfolded.
The Blood Demon Art of Destroying Love and Absolute Desire...
What frightens Liu Huai is not how inhumane or terrifying this magic technique is, or how everyone screams for beatings. But he found that he could not restrain his desire to learn this magic skill.
He has no relatives or friends, but he is not afraid of destroying his passion. But if there is anything else tied up. That was the feeling of wanting to protect Yang Xuance because of Yang Jiande's death.
He had seen how Yang Jiande killed his clan and his own children.
Talents such as Yang Jiande will inevitably end up like this. If he cultivates this magic skill, he is afraid that one day he will have to kill Yang Xuance to cut off the only tie.
This thought only briefly crossed his mind, but it made him uneasy.
That is His Majesty's only remaining bloodline, how could he?
Liu Huai turned his hands into claws, instilled Dao Yuan, and immediately tore the animal skin book into many pieces.
Still unable to rest assured, he held out a ball of hot flames and burned the animal skin recording the magic power to ashes.
However……
He was horrified to find that the bloody words on the animal skin book were flowing through his mind so clearly. He remembered every word of the Blood Demon Art of Killing Love and Absolute Desire!
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