Outside the Imperial City, the leaden clouds obscure the clear dawn sky, and the cloud waves are treacherous. It seems that along the official road outside the Imperial City of Yizhang, there are only tall trees and shallow bushes all day long, and the old cicadas are bored. They all know that the current situation is chaotic, and they dare not have any thoughts for a while. Fearing that the world would be in chaos, all the flags and drums ceased, and there were still sporadic sounds. Only lead clouds billowed outside the sky, and the wind blew outside the city. It could not be called cool at all, but rather cold.
But inside the palace, the maids and officials were busy coming and going, and it was no different from usual days. There was no sign of an impending rain. The Huanyi Square was the most noisy. Seeing the heavy rain coming, it was natural to put it to dry. All the clothes were taken back. If the clothes were moldy due to the rain and delayed important matters, it would probably be difficult to eliminate the blame. Therefore, most people were in a hurry, and even invited some middle-ranking maids from other places to come and help. The whole palace, Apart from the fact that the sky view is different from that of ordinary days, there is no other difference.
The current Holy Emperor Quan's poor health has been quietly spread to the imperial city a long time ago. However, in the past few decades, this Saint Yizhang has been rumored countless times, such as rumors of poor health and weak bones. It is a pity that Over the years, in addition to the rumors that followed, the court was undergoing a round of earth-shaking changes, with countless heads falling and countless new people replacing old ones.
The Imperial City with Thirty-Two Gates is still there, but the civil and military ministers who still stand respectfully in the palace and are able to meet the emperor have changed many times.
Even many ordinary people in the imperial city said that most of the saints like Yi Zhang would live forever, and the civil and military officials in the court would be uneasy every time they heard that Emperor Quan was seriously ill, thinking about what might happen in the near future. There have been times when someone committed an offense and someone took advantage of him.
Regarding the rumblings outside the palace, and the shocking scene before dawn, most of the maids and officials in the palace were still sleeping and had not gotten up, so naturally they did not know the whole reason. Only those middle-ranking maids who had to earn a living by getting up before dawn when the rooster crow were able to stay in the palace knew that the sky today was too unsatisfactory.
The old man wearing a bright yellow coat walked slowly to the West Government Palace in a deserted place. Chao Rongan, who was holding an umbrella, was naturally following behind him. Although his appearance was not bad, the strength of his feet when he stepped was really serious. It still takes a lot longer than before to just walk from the main hall to the Western Government Palace.
"He Chuan and Liu Qizhou were two young people. I also took these two people along the road to the border area of Nanli to steal information. There were many incidents along the way, and there were many casualties. Even my fashionable and powerful person, I have suffered two injuries, and now that it is cloudy and rainy, I always feel like there are ants eating at me, which is very uncomfortable." The old man raised his head and looked at the outline of the Western Government Palace under the gloomy sky. When he mentioned the events of that year, it was inevitable Somewhat sad.
After all, he was a semi-martialist in his early years. He often learned spears and sticks from a young age, and his skills were very good. Although he did not necessarily have extraordinary talent, he was taught by a famous teacher after all. When he was young and vigorous, he often had the courage to fight. With strong thoughts, he once hid himself among the border troops, and went to Qiling in the north, and Li in the west, fighting happily for several months, and then returned again, and became the kind of hands-off shopkeeper, but he did not worry about the future troubles at all.
After all, compared with the skill of dancing with a spear and wielding a stick, ordinary people cannot learn anything about mental skills, and it is even more difficult to spy out what kind of skill this Saint Yizhang has, putting the people in the court in danger, but still retaining some traces of kindness. So that they will not be forced to take risks.
"I think that these two sworn brothers who have faced life and death on the battlefield will be more able to take over this job than others in the court. Not to mention being able to do everything perfectly, at least they can survive today's incident to the end. The final moment." After stepping into the door of the Xi Zheng Prince's Mansion, the smell of smoke and dust was strangely heavy. It had been a long time since Chao Rong'an came to visit him before, but it had already been a long time since Emperor Quan came back to stay. It was not short, so even though Chao Rong'an sent Huo Zhe to light the palace lantern, the old man still looked at it carefully for a long time, and then he vaguely remembered the layout of the Western Government Palace. Although the old furnishings had been moved away long ago, it seemed that the palace was empty and the cold wind was blowing. They surged across the hall and had no intention of stopping, but the lights were blown and flickered for a while, flickering on and off. The two figures were like the shadow of a snake with a bow in a cup, shaking constantly.
Chao Rongan was worried that Yizhang was the most powerful old man, so he found a long robe from the palace and planned to put it on Emperor Quan's shoulders, but was stopped by the latter who shook his head, but looked at the long robe. Suddenly there was a smile on his face.
I remember that when my wife was still alive, she had two sons under her knees, and she was most favored by her. Although Emperor Quan was still young at that time, he was mostly busy with state affairs, and it happened to be that the covenant was first established, so he was very busy traveling back and forth. Therefore, since the second son was young, he had rarely seen his father, and Emperor Quan was even more strict. Even if he took a short break in the palace, he would inevitably be scolded. Since the queen's death, he has become even more punishing and demanding, and often punishes these things. Both brothers are extremely tired and still need to learn some of the emperor's mental skills. At this time, even Emperor Quan has forgotten about them. The two sons under his knees look like they were when they were young.
"I thought back then it was only as short as a sword, but now I realize that if this long gown is draped over my shoulders, there may be a little extra left to drag it to the ground, and I still have to bother to wash it. I should know what kind of situation I am in. , even adding hundreds of more clothes will be useless." Chao Rongan just lowered his head and listened to the old man's chatter, but he didn't look impatient at all.
This old man, whom the whole city of Yizhang relied on, was in his dying years. His second son went on a tour throughout the country, but before he returned, the eldest son escaped from the heavily besieged imperial city first. For this man, he would not establish a successor. , let alone an old man who has never been nostalgic for the harem all day long, there are few people in such a large imperial city who can give his heart to him.
It is said that the emperor's family is the most ruthless, especially Emperor Quan in all dynasties, but the old man in front of him has never left any sympathy for himself. There is nothing in front of him, like a sleepy bird in a prison.
It was rare that Emperor Quan was in power today. Even the underground palace where the eldest son lived all year round took a leisurely stroll. He often took down the books from the box rack and looked at them. Naturally, he rarely commented on them. When he saw the scrolls he liked, he did not hide them. I highly praise it. When I see that the books are useless and often contain omissions, I will shake my head. I say that my knowledge is still shallow. In the future, I should study the books carefully and be able to pick out the good and the bad from them.
At the palace road outside the imperial city, a man in bright yellow clothes came with his troops on flying horses, raising countless smoke and dust. In a short time, he arrived at the main gate of the imperial city, but saw that all the gates of the imperial city were closed. There was a team of imperial guards and a total of five soldiers guarding the main gate. When they saw someone coming at a high speed, they drew their bows and raised their swords and stopped the dozens of riders in front of them.
He Chuan took the lead, urging his horse forward, clasping fists and bowing with the panting man in bright yellow robes.
"Don't be offended by the Second Prince. He is inconvenient to salute because of his humble position. Quan is just a little prevaricated and will make up for it later. I thought that he would return in a hurry after the letter was delivered to the hands of the Second Prince a few days ago, so he specially brought Wu Lin with him. The army and the Royal Forest Army have come to welcome you, but the saint has an edict and we still dare not let anyone enter the city at the moment. We have to wait for a while and be patient." The second prince had traveled to Yizhang earlier and had not just taken a look at the flowers, so The tour was very protracted. It was only two months ago that we only reached the east of Xijun. After receiving this secret letter, we hurriedly returned with everyone. Naturally, we were extremely anxious. However, Hechuan was very famous in the court and had the power of the emperor. Therefore, even if the city government suppressed the anxiety in my heart, it was already a bit stretched, but it was not easy to forcefully break through, so I had to stop in the distance and look into the imperial city.
It was not until nearly a thousand black and yellow armors outside the city, like a glow under the lead clouds, slowly pressing towards the imperial city, that it was like waking up from a dream.
Next to him, He Chuan looked indifferent, looking at Xuanhuangjia in the distance, fascinated. When war breaks out in the world, whoever mentions the Three Kingdoms on the West Road is not afraid of the two characters Xuanhuang. In the most prosperous season, there were more than ten thousand Xuanhuang armors, marching towards Qi Ling on the north road, and going south along the east road, as if they were holding open their fists. , almost piercing the Qiling border and approaching the imperial city, but the number of losses was very small. The eight families from the top and bottom of Nanli joined forces in one place, but they were only able to stop them. Such a powerful army, the martial artist is naturally fascinated.
But since the alliance was established, it seems that this Xuanhuang Armor has become only a rumor spread by a few storytellers. Not only are there few people in the world who can remember Yizhang Xuanhuang Armor, but even within the territory of Yizhang, few people mention it. Moreover, it was very expensive to support these more than ten thousand black and yellow armors, and they were gradually replaced by the Five Scales Army.
But this is not the case now. When Yizhang is prosperous, there are still thousands of black and yellow armors, hidden and untouched, which shows the methods of Emperor Quan.
But He Chuan wanted to weigh how much the Xuanhuang Armor weighed.
"I got tired of fighting and killing when I was young. It's refreshing to think that during the chaotic wars, although enemies often turned into friends, there were no old friends who had been there for many years. The bustling and bustling were all for profit. The country was almost in chaos. Sometimes they would advance and retreat together hand in hand, and sometimes the two places would go to war with each other and waste money and people. One general's achievements would lead to thousands of bones being withered. Later generations would always mention this matter with great fervor. They would say that at that time, they were loyal, courageous, wise, and wise in advancing and retreating, but few people knew about it. , if this happens again, maybe I will be the one who suffers."
"But many times, they are forced by the situation and blindly avoid war. Instead, it is better to bite them into pieces and swallow them. This is a chaotic war among various countries. In the end, it is just a change of territory, but the destruction of the country is rare. The trapped beasts If you fight, you can often fight to the death of an evil tiger. If a group of wolves are united, they may not be less powerful than a bear. But today's arrangement has been planned many times by me." The old man walked out of the Xi Zheng Palace and walked to the gate of the palace via Chao Rong'an. Very high position, overlooking the surrounding fields, and then sat down with legs stretched out.
"If the situation is settled until the last moment, it may not be able to stop those who are interested. I really can't stand things like Fulong. Why bother letting others intervene in the emperor's family affairs? Besides, the second brother has a gentle and loyal temperament. If there is Change, maybe you really can't be ruthless, maybe you won't even be able to save your own life, and you will be pushed to the sword and axe, and it will be difficult to compete with my eldest son."
"We are all of this age, don't fight." The old man tremblingly leaned against an arch pillar in front of the imperial city gate, closing his eyes and murmuring like this.
The old man who had earlier ordered the Three Kingdoms on the West Road to talk about the situation turned pale. When he came, he was empty-handed, but when he left, he left behind a building that spanned the natural cliffs of Huajian Mountain. The country was prospering and the country was peaceful and the people were at peace. For almost a decade, it frightened the officials of the family and did not make any mistakes. , Yizhang's family is not weaker than that of other countries in the world, and there are thousands of black and yellow armors that have survived to this day.
But when the old man left, he just said the most ordinary words. He was not like the saint Yizhang, but more like an ordinary old man in the market. Chao Rongan was the only one beside him.
