The eighteenth year of Hongchang.
It lasted one year in Yongxing.
Emperor Yongxing appointed treacherous ministers and embezzled military pay, triggering a mutiny and besieging the imperial city.
The deposed prince Zhu Xian, who was imprisoned in the cold palace, joined forces with people with lofty ideals to visit Shangyang Palace.
Zhang Zhengyang spoke sincerely: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the stability of the country, I have the courage to ask your Majesty to enthrone the eldest son of Zhongzong!"
Emperor Yongxing was so angry that he died!
Since Emperor Yongxing only served as emperor for half a year, he ascended the throne in May and died in the twelfth lunar month, history books call him the "Emperor of Half a Year".
Therefore, the first half of that year was the eighteenth year of Hongchang, and the second half of the year was the first year of Yongxing.
After Zhao Xian ascended the throne, he announced that he would pardon the crimes of assassination and treason in the three princes' palaces. However, all three princes in the palace died, so they could only let the clan adopt others to continue their incense.
All the civil and military officials, the nobles of the clan, all spoke of Your Majesty’s benevolence!
Three days after he ascended the throne, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Zhao Xian announced the new reign name as Jinglong, and brought hundreds of civil and military officials to pay homage to the Ancestral Temple to inform his ancestors.
at this time.
Only then did the officials of the Imperial Ancestral Temple discover that the Mountain and River Cauldron was missing.
The government and the public were in an uproar.
Emperor Jinglong ordered the Jinyi Guards to investigate closely, and soon learned that on the night of the rebellion, many people heard the sound of thunder.
The soldier on duty said: That night he saw with his own eyes a large cloud of purple gas flying straight towards the northern border!
Emperor Jinglong had only been on the throne for a few days, but he did not dare to transfer the capital camp and the imperial army at will, so the matter was finally settled.
The Ministry of Industry recast the sacrificial tripod, which is ten times heavier. It is engraved with the map of Fengyang Kingdom with gold and silver threads and inlaid with emeralds and jade. It is a hundred times more luxurious and gorgeous than the Shanhe tripod.
Emperor Jinglong was extremely satisfied and named it "Jinglong Ding".
The Mountain and River Cauldron was lost, and various rumors spread among the people. Some of them said that Emperor Yongxing killed his own brother, and Jinglong did the same, which finally angered the ancestors of Fengyang Kingdom.
Houye Shi recorded: The tripod fell to the northern border, this is destiny!
…
When the court changes, you will sing and I will appear.
All have nothing to do with Zhouyi.
The carriage kept running day and night, and several horses were exhausted along the way.
Three days later.
New Year's Day.
Zhouyi has left the boundaries of Gyeonggi and arrived in the middle of Xuanzhou.
Among the six northern states, only Xuanzhou does not belong to Northern Xinjiang. Because the northern border is surrounded by dangerous snake winding mountains, it has been without war for more than a hundred years, and the city under its rule is quite prosperous.
Pengshan County.
There is a low mountain in the west of the city called Pengshan, hence the name.
at this time.
A porridge shack was set up outside the city gate, and a large number of unkempt refugees lined up with pots and pans to receive porridge.
Zhou Yi stopped his horse and asked: "Brother, where did Xuanzhou suffer the disaster?"
"We escaped from northern Xinjiang, and there was another war there."
The old man's face was dark and his age could no longer be seen. He was holding a baby in his arms and feeding it with porridge and soup dipped in his fingers.
Zhou Yi wondered: "Isn't the imperial court always negotiating peace?"
Dayong took advantage of the change of power in Fengyang Kingdom and the disillusionment of the northern Xinjiang army to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop. After Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne, he mobilized armies from various prefectures to go north to confront Dayong's army.
Emperor Yongxing has the family fortune saved by his father. If he really fights, he will not necessarily lose to Dayong.
Emperor Dayong was not greedy and demanded that Fengyang cede territory and pay compensation, and return the corpses of the prince and marshal from the Ancestral Temple.
The envoys of the two countries have been arguing for a long time and have not settled on specific regulations. Why are they fighting again?
The old man shook his head and said, "How could I, an old man, know about the war?"
The younger refugee next to him said: "I heard that there was a general on our side who refused to admit defeat and attacked Dayong's army in a surprise attack. Tens of thousands of people died in the Fire Company!"
"They killed them quickly, but it was us who suffered."
"You can't say that. Winning is a good thing, but I'm afraid of losing again!"
"Do you know who burned down the Dayong Army Camp? Ergouzi, who escaped back, said he was a young general in his teens. I heard his surname was Zhou or Zou, but I didn't catch it clearly."
"That's amazing. He's no worse than Duke Zhen Guo."
"If Duke Zhen is still alive, how can those bastards from Dayong dare to fight?"
"..."
Most of the news that the refugees know has been passed on to a few hands or more than a dozen hands. The authenticity is yet to be determined, but the general direction should not be wrong.
"Fengyang went to war without declaring it! If scholars are ruthless, soldiers are really no match for..."
Zhou Yi sighed. When the peace talks were defeated, who would dare to start the war without the central government's will?
In order to completely cut off Emperor Yongxing's way of survival, Prime Minister Zhang did not hesitate to fight in northern Xinjiang to prevent the government troops from being transferred back to Shenjing to protect him.
"With the arrangement of Shenjing, we are already sure of winning the throne, so why do so many more people need to die?"
Zhou Yi couldn't understand the thoughts of big people, so after all he was not a person who wanted to do big things, so he could only work hard to live his own life.
The soldiers interrogated people entering the city, and the refugees could only sleep outside the city.
Zhou Yi stuffed two taels in, and the soldiers let him go with a smile and a wave of his hand. Sure enough, it is not the imperial edict that can pass through the world, but the silver.
After adding a few bags of rice and noodles to the city, they left the city and walked towards Pengshan.
Pengshan is unknown in Fengyang. It has neither natural dangers nor beautiful scenery.
Hunters occasionally come in and out of the mountains, and no one else disturbs them. This is a perfect place to live in seclusion.
Those who live in seclusion in famous mountains are thinking of shortcuts!
I found a bear cave on the unknown mountain peak, cooked the black bear meat porridge, and used my magic power to cut the stone into mud, turning it into a square and neat stone chamber.
The entrance to the cave is blocked with huge rocks, and if someone actually pries it open, they can know in advance.
"Cold, quiet, silent..."
Zhou Yi murmured: "Compared with living in seclusion in the mortal world, there is no smoke and fire, and it is a different feeling."
The Mountain and River Cauldron stands in the center of the stone chamber. Zhou Yi followed the Blood Refining Spirit War Technique to force drops of blood essence out of the body and forcefully immersed it into the bronze interior with magic power.
"The first step is blood refining. This Mountain and River Cauldron... is a bit big!"
Zhou Yi thought to himself that there was no other person in the world who wasted his energy and blood like he was.
Refining a spiritual weapon with blood requires infiltrating all parts of the spiritual object with essence and blood. With the size and weight of the Mountain and River Cauldron, it directly emptied the essence and blood of hundreds of people.
Essence and blood are extraordinary blood. They come from the heart and are the essence of human Qi and blood!
Zhou Yi consumes more than ten drops of essence and blood every day, and it takes more than ten days of practice to recover.
"No wonder Li Ye suggested refining the Jade Seal. Ordinary innate masters would not want to refine the Mountain and River Cauldron. After finally refining it, they would not be able to live for a few more years!"
The spiritual energy in the mountain is slightly 30 to 50% stronger than that in Shenjing.
After refining the Mountain and River Cauldron with blood, Zhou Yi devoted himself to practicing the Guiyuan Jue, and finally achieved a breakthrough in the third year.
The mana penetrated the body and turned into sword energy, which was several times more solidified than before. It also expanded from two to three feet to five to six feet, and its lethality increased significantly.
"This is probably from the first level to the second level of Qi Refining?"
"It's really a bit slow... But for me, as long as it can still grow, it doesn't matter how fast it is. Safety comes first."
Zhou Yi broke through the realm of magic power, and continued to refine the Mountain and River Cauldron with blood without any disturbance in his mind.
The infiltration of essence and blood is about to be completed. The next step is to communicate with the cauldron spirit and then refine the cauldron spirit...
The sun rises and the moon sets, time flies.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
The world grows old, gets sick, and dies, and the grass and trees rise and fall.
Only Zhou Yi, who practiced in seclusion, remained youthful on his face, and time left no traces.
This day.
Zhou Yi squeezed the magic formula with his hand and shouted loudly.
"disease!"
The Mountain and River Cauldron standing in the stone chamber flew up in the air, spun around, and quickly shrank to the size of a grain of rice.
Zhou Yi opened his mouth and swallowed the small tripod into his belly, caressing his belly with a smile on his face.
"Finally done!"
