An ordinary black carriage walked through the long street, facing the spring breeze, and headed towards the city lord's palace in the decisive victory pass.
The old man in the car opened the curtain and looked at the originally clear sky. Unexpectedly, patches of dark clouds drifted in, and he couldn't help but sigh.
He murmured to himself: "The sky has changed."
Li Xiuyuan straightened his clothes and replied quietly: "Isn't it normal for the weather to change in spring?"
"Is the weather going to change in spring?"
The old man muttered a few words softly, then came back to his senses, looked at his clean, slender, and somewhat skinny fingers, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
I have been a great master of Chu for most of my life, and a good old man for most of my life. I have never offended any general or minister.
Even back then, the Silver Moon army pressed down on the border and broke through the Black Salt City, fighting all the way to the decisive battle.
As a national advisor, he did not take action, because everything was taken care of by the young man in front of him, and there was no need for him to rush to the battlefield in person to fight.
So much so that everyone in the Chu state, whether courtiers or generals, thought that he was a powerless person who had only been favored by the emperor and had been the state advisor of the Chu state for decades.
Li Xiuyuan seemed to see through the old man's thoughts and couldn't help but smile lightly.
He whispered to him: "In my opinion, hiding a sword for ten years is not enough. I once knew a guy who kept a sword hidden for twenty years without ever taking it out. ..."
"How is it?" The old man couldn't help asking, his beard twitching.
Not so good, Li Xiuyuan smiled: "I originally gave him the opportunity to hide this sword forever, but he couldn't hold it back and the sword broke in the end."
To this day, Li Xiuyuan still can't understand why Qin Xiangyu fell in love with Shopkeeper Wang, a man who hid his sword in the world of mortals but whose thoughts were much deeper than the ocean.
What’s more, I don’t understand a young man with a noble family background like Shopkeeper Wang.
Why are you willing to hide your sword for twenty years and marry a carefree woman like Qin Xiang?
After much deliberation, it can only be attributed to Qin Xiangyu's generous temperament, his thoughts are not as delicate as those of Shopkeeper Wang, and he has never doubted his man at all.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile to the old man: "It turns out that the same is true for the relationship between husband and wife in this world."
The old man couldn't help but sigh and asked: "So, the man with the broken sword is your friend?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan sighed softly.
Said: "Before I drew the sword, I was his daughter's godfather. After I drew the sword, I also let him live. In the end, he became the dead soul under my sword."
The old man was stunned. Only the young man in front of him could be so heartless.
Because he could see a hint of loneliness on Li Xiuyuan's face, he thought that this incident made the Grand Marshal very embarrassed and he had to kill someone in the end.
Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "That's why I envy you. You can spend your whole life hiding your sword and no one can force you to use it."
In his opinion, it is not difficult to hide a sword. What is difficult is to hide the sword all your life and no one can force you to use it.
He has never seen such a person.
My first husband couldn't do it, the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple couldn't do it, the later masters at the academy couldn't do it, and even my master and the old monk couldn't do it.
At this point, he expressed sincere amazement on his face: "Then continue to hide. As long as you don't take action, no one in the entire Chu will dare to draw a sword against you."
The old man trembled when he heard this, lowered his head and thought about it carefully. He smiled bitterly at first, and then couldn't help laughing.
He replied: "It seems that not being able to draw a sword is sometimes a kind of shock!"
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "As long as you don't take action, your enemies will never know your true identity. Even if they think you are a waste, so what?"
The old man was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly.
He murmured to himself: "
After such a big detour, it turns out that the Generalissimo asked the old man not to take action today? Right before your eyes
It's the city lord's mansion, and they are all the emperor's uncle's cronies, as well as the demon realm's guards. "
Li Xiuyuan opened a corner of the curtain and looked at the hazy sky, smiling faintly.
"Even if I don't like the dark clouds in the sky, I will cut a gap in them with a sword, allowing the golden light in the sky to shine on the world."
"Not to mention that Da Chu's imperial uncle should have died when he kidnapped my two younger sisters!"
The old man knew that what happened back then was the debt owed by the entire Chu State to the Grand Marshal.
Thinking of what happened back then, the old man couldn't help but laugh at himself: "From this point of view, all this is retribution. If the emperor had cruelly killed his uncle back then, how could the Chu country be destroyed in one day?"
"hehe!"
Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly and did not express his opinion.
Whether it was Da Chu back then or Da Chu now, he didn't have the slightest fondness for him. Back then he fought for Chu because of Chu Feng.
The general who killed the Demon Realm today was because of his own grudges back then and to avenge the villagers at the foot of Luoxia Mountain.
Even if he is looking for the Da Chu Emperor now, it is for Xiao Qing and Xiao Long'er that the oaths he made back then must be fulfilled.
Otherwise, if you keep it in your heart, you will get sick from holding it in.
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Today's decisive battle was extremely tight inside and outside the city's lord's palace.
Although the city lord's palace cannot be as majestic and tall as the city wall, it is extremely fortified due to the arrival of the Imperial City's imperial guards and the guards from the Demon Realm.
Not to mention, the scene that just happened in the teahouse had already been reported to the city lord's palace by fast horses. For a time, both the imperial army of Da Chu and the guards of the Demon Realm felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
For a time, layers of security were set up inside and outside the city lord's mansion.
Chu Wudi, the general of Da Chu, also personally stood on the not very majestic tower of the city lord's palace, coldly watching the black carriage slowly coming from the long street.
The cooks in the City Lord's Mansion are busy. Maybe they will never see the Emperor in their lifetime, but today they can personally cook a dish for the Emperor.
This is a big deal for them. From now on, they are also the royal chefs.
The old man on the carriage sighed and said softly: "General Chu back then, after the emperor's uncle seized power... he was the emperor's uncle's confidant..."
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but fell silent when he heard this. He thought of the general who followed him, charged personally on the battlefield, and fought bravely to kill the enemy.
I never expected that I would appear here today.
At this time, all the shops on the street leading to the City Lord's Mansion had closed their doors tightly, and both sides of the street a hundred feet away from the City Lord's Mansion were already lined with Da Chu's imperial troops.
Perhaps in their view, some of the changes that were about to happen would be even more terrifying than the day when the new emperor forced the emperor to leave.
However, when the Forbidden Army, which was facing a formidable enemy, was about to step forward to intercept the carriage, the old man opened the curtain and glared angrily at the leader of the Forbidden Army who rushed forward.
Regarding the arrival of the National Preceptor, the leader of the Forbidden Army could not help but whisper softly at the moment he reacted: "National Preceptor, why are you here?"
The old man sighed and replied: "No matter what happens today, it has nothing to do with you. Let your people stand here like this, and whoever takes action will die!"
The old man was cruel and finally made the decision not to hide the sword anymore.
Looking at the leader of the Forbidden Army who had been dealing with him for decades, he said, "You know I never want to take action, so don't force me."
The middle-aged leader of the Forbidden Army was stunned when he heard this and said softly: "The general is on the tower of the city lord's palace. I guess he is looking at you..."
The old man smiled faintly: "If he dared to block the road, he would be dead today!"
The leader of the Forbidden Army trembled all over, bowed his hands and said, "I know what to do."
It’s done, please keep it up! "After speaking, he waved to the deputy general behind him.
For a moment, no one on the entire long street moved, they all stood quietly.
Let the carriage pass slowly in front of them, heading towards the City Lord's Mansion not far away.
The deputy general waited for the carriage to leave, then whispered: "Sir, how should we deal with this matter today?"
The leader of the Forbidden Army thought for a while, looked at the man in the city lord's palace and smiled coldly: "Didn't you hear what the Imperial Master said? The general is dead!"
As soon as he said this, the deputy general remembered that today's Imperial Master looked particularly cold, and he was very aware of the Imperial Master's status in the court.
Thinking of some terrible things, I couldn't help but say: "Is it possible that the National Preceptor is really a master?"
"you guess!"
The leader of the Forbidden Army replied coldly: "Didn't you see that there is a young man sitting in the carriage? Didn't someone just come to report it? The generalissimo is back!"
"Grand... Grand Marshal... How is this possible? How many years has it been?" The deputy general was startled and trembled all over.
After all, the Generalissimo of Dachu back then was like a god of death on the battlefield, right?
"Hehe! Here's the order, no one is allowed to take action today. All the Imperial Guards who take action will be cut down. No one will be left alive!"
The leader of the Forbidden Army sighed and said quietly: "Back then, you were still standing and did not go to the battlefield. I am the one who came back alive from Black Salt City and this decisive battle..."
Others didn't see it, but he saw the respectful attitude of the Imperial Master towards the young man in the carriage.
Others don't believe it. As a monk, he naturally understands that with the Grand Marshal's cultivation as a dragon, it is normal for him to rejuvenate.
But, facing his men, what can he say and do?
The best thing is to do nothing and just stand here quietly, watching the National Preceptor and the Generalissimo kill the General on the upper floor of the City Lord's Mansion...
The deputy general was startled and asked in a low voice: "The general is dead...and the emperor?"
"The Emperor and the Empress are still in the academy. You must remember this, who is the emperor of Da Chu."
The leader of the Forbidden Army said coldly: "I'm afraid that the general and the man in the city lord's palace will be killed. I don't think the general will be waiting for them at the decisive stage, right?"
The leader of the Forbidden Army was also holding his breath all the way, but he never expected that when he came to the decisive battle, he could finally hold the clouds and see the bright moon, and he couldn't help but feel very good.
He gave the order in a voice that was filled with joy and a bit of coldness: "Anyone who comes out privately will be killed. Go and tell all the Imperial Guards that no one is allowed to take action!"
The lieutenant general clapped his hands, turned around and shouted to the imperial army who was passing the order: "Listen up, all brothers, and stay where I am and wait for orders. Anyone who goes out without permission will be killed!"
In less than a moment, the Imperial Guards on the entire long street shouted in unison: "We will obey the order of the Imperial Master!"
The leader of the Forbidden Army standing in the wind twitched his lips slightly, half-smiling, then slowly raised his head, looked at the carriage heading towards the city lord's palace, and sighed.
He murmured to himself: "It seems that in a few days, the emperor and the princess will return to the court with their army."
His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of a group of Forbidden Soldiers on the street. For a while, the Forbidden Soldiers on the street finally exploded amidst a burst of uncontrollable exclamations!
The day the emperor returns to the court is when the princess and the prince lead the army of Chu to return.
It seems that today is the most important drama, and every one of them is a witness to this drama.
To put it bluntly, the imperial troops guarding the city lord's palace today are all soldiers under orders from the Emperor of Dachu!
Only the imperial guards and the guards from the Demon Realm who were guarding the city lord's palace were the close associates of the new emperor who had just ascended the throne.
So, when the Imperial Guards on the long street burst into cheers, the Imperial Guards in the City Lord's Mansion were still kept in the dark.
