Fang Gang, Jiang Hui and Nan Guozhen fought over hard steamed buns to ease the atmosphere of despair, but the nanny's betrayal made Nan Guozhen very sad, and he came to the mourning hall in depression.
Jiang Hui also quietly followed Nan Guozhen to the mourning hall. At first, Jiang Hui didn't know that the mourning hall was the place where ancestors were ranked. Only when she came to the gloomy mourning hall did she realize that she had come to the wrong place. Jiang Hui is afraid of places with heavy Yin energy. For some reason, whenever she comes to a place with heavy Yin energy, she can't help but tremble. Jiang Hui is about to leave when Nan Guozhen notices her. Jiang Hui can only bite the bullet and stay. .
Jiang Hui was afraid to peek around and saw that in addition to the memorial tablets, there was an ice coffin in the center, and a heroic official was lying on the ice coffin. This official seemed to be in his early thirties. It was a pity that he died young.
"Hui'er, why are you here too?" Nan Guozhen turned around and asked.
In fact, Jiang Hui followed Nan Guozhen all the way, and Nan Guozhen didn't notice it. When he came to the mourning hall, Nan Guozhen realized that someone was following him sneakily. When he turned around, he realized it was Jiang Hui.
"I... I just saw that you were sad, so I... followed you." Jiang Hui replied tremblingly.
"Hui'er, what's wrong with you?" Nan Guozhen saw that Jiang Hui's face was as white as a sheet of paper, her body was shrinking from exhaustion, her whole body was shaking, her head was lowered and she didn't dare to open her eyes.
"This place is too... too scary, let's go!" Jiang Hui replied.
"This is my family's mourning hall. Grandma Huang would often take me to worship my ancestors and teach me... to restore the Southern Kingdom. There are a total of eighty-seven tablets in the mourning hall, and the central tablet belongs to my grandfather. The one from the Southern Kingdom Grandpa conquered this territory, but it's a pity that now..." At this point, Nan Guozhen choked up, and after a while he said again, "The one lying in the ice coffin is my father, the Marquis of Youzhou."
"Youzhou Marquis? It turns out that the heroic Marquis is really dead!" Jiang Hui sighed.
"It's all the fault of the old thief Jianghuang. I, Nan Guozhen, will definitely capture the old thief Jianghuang alive, chop off his head and show it to the public, and then bury his body in the wilderness to avenge my father, me, and the entire royal family." Nan Guozhen Ling said.
"Yes, we must kill the old thief from Jianghuang! He destroyed our home." Jiang Huiye said sternly.
At this time, Jiang Hui was not as scared as before. She walked in to see Youzhou Hou lying An Yi in an ice coffin.
Nan Guozhen looked at his father in the ice coffin and asked in a dull voice, "Hui'er, am I particularly useless? My father's great revenge has not been avenged, and my father's funeral has not even been held. Now the Xinjiang Emperor's army is coming, and But I am helpless. I cannot protect my people..."
In order not to cause panic among the people and unstable military morale, the Crown Princess could only block the news of Youzhou Hou's death. To block the news of Youzhou Hou's death, of course, we could not hold a funeral for Youzhou Hou. We could only place Youzhou Hou secretly in the mourning hall, and only claimed that he needed to rest for a few days because he was overworked with official duties.
In order to make the outside world believe it was true, the Crown Princess sent heavy troops to defend the palace of Marquis Youzhou, and found someone to pretend to be Marquis Youzhou to rest. She also sent someone to deliver meals every meal. She and Nan Guozhen often visited.
This was a trick that deceived the people of Youzhou City and the old thief of Jianghuang. However, this method could only delay it temporarily. After three months, this method was ineffective. Now people outside the city and inside the city are spreading rumors that Youzhou Hou has passed away. Emperor Jiang sent a hundred thousand troops to attack Youzhou City, which made the people in the city panic and the military morale was unstable. You must know that Youzhou Marquis is the pillar of Youzhou City. If the pillars have collapsed, can the small pillars and old pillars below hold up?
"Brother Zhen'er, don't talk about yourself like that. Brother Zhen'er will always be the most admired in Hui'er's heart. Probably because we are still children, adults don't believe that we have the ability to protect Youzhou City!" Jiang Hui saw Nan Guozhen With a frustrated look on his face, he hurriedly comforted him.
"Child, yes, just because I was a child and the nanny didn't believe that I had the ability to protect Youzhou City, I rebelled. Does that mean that all the people in Youzhou City think that I, Nan Guozhen, can't protect Youzhou City? Are they all as rebellious as the wet nurse?”
Nan Guozhen, who used to be fearless, is now a little scared when he realizes the crisis. He is afraid that God is testing him or trying to destroy him.
"No, no, not all people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and forget their justice when they see wealth. The people of Youzhou will definitely resist the border with anger." Jiang Hui replied hurriedly.
After speaking, Jiang Hui gave Nan Guozhen a big hug and cheered him up. Nan Guozhen also hugged Jiang Hui and sighed, "It would be great if I wasn't a child. I would definitely be able to protect the people of Youzhou..."
I don’t know why the Crown Princess and the Zixia guards came in. The Crown Princess looked at Nan Guozhen and Jiang Hui with tears in their eyes, who were sharing weal and woe. Unexpectedly, Jiang Hui and Nan Guozhen had only known each other for a month, but their friendship was stronger than gold. It was indeed rare. The Crown Princess couldn't help but lament that children often live more real lives than adults.
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Three days later, hundreds of thousands of spies from Jiangcheng came to report to the emperor's army. Three days later, they set off from Jiangcheng and attacked Youzhou City!
As soon as the news spread that Emperor Xinjiang's 100,000 troops were coming to attack the city in three days, Youzhou City fell into panic, as if the end of the world was coming!
The people were panicking about whether to flee for their lives or to stay and resist. If they chose to flee, where should they flee? Or should we wait for Emperor Xian's army to attack the city? If the city is broken by Emperor Xian's brutality, will it not be massacred? How can we jointly resist a hundred thousand army? Now that the heroic and capable Youzhou Marquis has passed away, there is only an old man and a young man left in Youzhou Mansion. Can they resist the one hundred thousand army of Emperor Xian?
At this critical moment, the Crown Princess adopted Jiang Shangshu's advice and decided to let eight-year-old Nan Guozhen succeed to the throne in Youzhou City and call the king the 'King of Youzhou'.
After Nanguo Zhen succeeded to the throne, he immediately called on all the princes, loyal ministers and righteous men to fight against the crimes of the elder Mu Wu (the Emperor of Jiang) in the name of the descendants of Nanguo and restore the Great Southern Kingdom.
Nan Guozhen is now holding on to the last straw to compete with the Emperor of Jiang, deliberately provoking various princes to oppose the tyranny of the Emperor of Jiang. Even if the Emperor of Jiang wins the attack on Youzhou City this time, he will be spit by the people of the world. He is a dragon. I will never be able to sit comfortably on this chair in my life.
Emperor Jiang's army of one hundred thousand is expected to set off from Jiang City and arrive at Youzhou City today.
Nan Guozhen stood on the towering Youzhou City in a yellow robe, letting the biting north wind blow on his face, the awe-inspiring expression on his face not wavering at all. The soldiers and generals looked at their king and were very surprised. An eight-year-old child's face should be innocent and willful, but what we saw on our king's face was only depth and awe. What power made our king so sophisticated? , perhaps he was different from the moment he was born, and he was born with a heavy mission.
Nan Guozhen's expression suddenly changed, he waved his long sleeves and said loudly to the people below the city, "People of Youzhou City, don't be afraid. I know that the army of the old traitor from Emperor Xianjiang is about to attack the city, but we are the only ones who can unite to resist." , we will definitely be able to repel the 100,000-strong army of Emperor Xinjiang. Youzhou City has survived hundreds of battles, but we cannot abandon the city and the land that gave birth to and raised us, so even if the last drop of blood is shed, Protect our city."
The people of Youzhou City looked up at Nan Guozhen in disbelief. This is our king, King Youzhou. Although he is only eight years old and has a small body, his responsibility to protect the city to the death is admirable. !
What else should the people of Youzhou say? Of course I will defend the city to the death.
When Nan Guozhen heard that all the soldiers and the people of Youzhou were united in vowing to defend the city to the death, a touched smile appeared on his lips.
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