In early spring, cherry blossoms fall.
Scarlet petals were flying in the city of Oden, and a blond man rode a white horse through the deserted streets. Behind him was a queue of golden cavalry, and their armors were as bright as the sea of gold.
There was no crowd cheering as he expected, but he was not surprised at all. He had been separated from this city for six years, and in those six years things changed and no one was the same as they were at the beginning.
Originally, no matter who was able to reassemble the Blazing Legion, which had not obeyed anyone's orders after the death of the original emperor, would have been an unparalleled achievement and would have been welcomed thirty miles away.
But he is different because he is Xi Che.
The only descendant of the former emperor of the St Empire who is still alive in this world.
Four years ago, the former emperor died silently in the palace. His younger brother took out his will and inherited the throne amidst doubts, and the empire's reign name was also changed from Tianyu to Qingli.
Then, the princes and princesses left behind by the emperor began to die of various diseases, whether close to the city of Oden or far away from St.
However, there is one exception, he is Xi Che.
He left silently, but at that time his father was still sitting on the throne of thorns, looking down at him with cold and proud eyes.
When he came back, he informed the entire Stur Empire, but his proud and powerful father was already sleeping in the cold tomb waiting to decay.
He returned with the most elite legion in the history of the empire. Even the new emperor had to issue an edict to confer him the title of Prince of Red Flame in recognition of his achievements.
But on his way back with the Blazing Legion to accept the canonization, all the residents were forcibly removed. It seemed that just being seen like the former prince was some kind of unforgivable sin.
He walked silently on the black stone road, the horse's hooves chasing shadows making no sound. In this maddening silence, he arrived at the gate of the imperial city.
"The Blazing Legion is not allowed to enter!" Countless heavy crossbows were set up on the city wall. Behind the sharp crossbow arrows, the armored general said among the faces of the soldiers who were waiting in formation.
"Good." Xiche replied calmly, raising an arm, and the cavalry behind him stood solemnly.
"Prince, please dismount."
"Good." Xi Che nodded and dismounted.
"Please ask the prince to disarm you."
"Good." Xiche replied, taking off his sword and throwing it on the ground.
"Invite the prince into the city."
Under the gaze of a group of crossbowmen, Xi Che walked into the imperial city lined with swords and guns.
There were also cherry blossoms flying along the way, and under my feet was a long red carpet, as red as blood and as soft as cream.
Emperor Qingli was sitting at the end of the red carpet waiting, his golden imperial robes gorgeous and graceful.
"You're still back."
His voice was not old, but had a sharp edge to it.
"My nephew is back."
Xi Che nodded and answered like this from the bottom.
"I sent so many people to kill you, but in the end only you, the hunted person, came back alive." Emperor Qingli held his forehead and looked at his feet with interest: "Are the people I sent too useless? Or are you? Is this nephew too capable?"
"Maybe both." Xiche replied calmly.
"So this time you came back, did you think you could leave alive?"
"That's not true." Xi Che raised his head and answered seriously.
"My nephew must have had such a death consciousness."
Emperor Qingli sneered slightly, raised his hand and threw down a piece of red-gold iron talisman.
The iron talisman splashed on the high steps, rolled down and stopped at Xi Che's feet.
"Pick it up and kowtow. From now on, you will be the Red Flame Prince. Past sins will be forgotten."
Xi Che shook his head slightly and looked at the aloof Emperor Qingli: "Your Majesty seems to have made a mistake."
Emperor Qingli looked into Xi Che's pure gold eyes, and the cold air seemed to overflow from them.
He felt an infinite fear, a fear he had only felt when he looked into his brother's desperate, resentful golden eyes.
He started to stand up, tried to retreat, and tried to summon guards to kill the man in front of him.
But it was already too late.
Xi Che's body turned into a shadow, and he pulled out a crimson long knife from his left shoulder with his right hand as he swept forward in the air.
"Now that Tohru is back, he has never thought of leaving."
His shoulder crashed into the arms of the standing Emperor Qingli, who fell backwards, a crimson and bloody blade showing from behind the gorgeous and graceful golden imperial robe.
Although he was not in the heaven realm, he had already stood at the extreme realm of the earth realm. He had never thought that someone would actually dare to openly assassinate him in the imperial city, surrounded by more than a dozen heaven realm beings.
And Xiche was too fast and too decisive.
"Kill the king and kill the father!" A dark shadow appeared in front of Xi Che, looking at him with extremely cold golden eyes: "You are worthy of being a son of man."
Xiche drew his knife, and Emperor Qingli rolled down the high stairs, leaving a long trail of blood.
"You are wrong, Fourth Elder."
Xi Che tilted his head and raised the long crimson knife to the sky.
"The original emperor has a metaphor. The holder of disillusionment is the real emperor of this empire."
"I just killed the fake emperor."
"On the contrary, you old guys allow such a loser to sit here and rule this empire. You are truly unworthy of being a son of man."
The shadow shook his head: "The empire only needs a stable ruler and cannot repeat the civil strife at that time."
"As long as someone is qualified to inherit this empire and has the ability to rule this empire, we will recognize and maintain it."
"Then why can't I?" Xi Che asked coldly.
"You have no control over the armies of this empire, except for the three thousand Legions of Flame who obey the Blades of Disillusionment."
"And you won't even get their loyalty from the bureaucrats who control the lifeblood of this empire."
"Besides, you have no reason to live if you kill an emperor in front of us."
Xiche shook his head and smiled slightly: "Then I have to prove it to you one by one."
Golden light rose from his hands and spread its wings ninety-nine feet high in the sky.
The Golden Cross burned again in the sky above the Oden Imperial Capital.
A man in gray clothes walked out from the corner of the palace and presented a thick file to Xi Che with both hands.
"Forty percent of the officials have sworn allegiance to His Majesty. Here is their list."
Outside the imperial city, three thousand blazing troops began to charge towards the golden cross. A soldier leader wanted to give the order to fire his crossbow, but was cut down by the armored general with a sword.
"When the emperor returns, he will celebrate when the sea of blood floats on the oars."
The general looked at the golden cavalry rushing into the imperial city from under his feet, smiled and looked at the golden cross and said.
"As for the question of whether I will die or not."
Xi Che looked up and smiled.
There were golden dead soldiers attacking him from all directions. They were the personal guards guarding the emperor. They had experienced hundreds of battles and were the best among the best.
But there were silver swords slashing down from the sky, nailing them one by one to the white ground. Their bodies instantly turned into ice sculptures, suspended in the air.
Xingxi slowly emerged from the sky, watching everything in this imperial city coldly.
"If the elders still want to try to kill me, just try." Xiche said lightly.
"We recognize your status, but those princes will not, and you are still unable to control the situation in the imperial capital." Black Shadow was indifferent, but had already begun to make concessions.
"About this." Xi Che looked up at the huge golden cross, raised his hand and started writing on it.
"I also invite all the elders to watch from the sidelines."
On the golden cross, characters began to appear one by one, which he had drawn one by one.
“All things are created to nourish people, yet people in the world still complain that God is unkind.
I don’t know that locusts are all over the world, causing all the suffering of the people and the kings and ministers.
The life and death of ordinary people are like things, while the nobles are arrogant and extravagant and blessed by heaven.
Such a world is not human, and those who act against nature should be punished by God.
Suddenly, a madman sharpens his knife at night, and the emperor's star flutters high.
From now on, why should we kill people in vain?
Those who are disloyal shall be killed!
Unfilial people, kill them!
Kill the unkind people!
Kill the unjust people!
Impolite, unwise, and distrustful of others, just follow the orders of God to kill and kill!
I was born not to chase deer, but the dream of thousands of years of vicissitudes has returned.
The king, his ministers, his generals, and his ministers are all like dirt, and they always use their swords to cut down the material.
Send an order to the three armies under his command. There is no need to seal the city with swords and daggers.
This monument was erected among the three armies——
Those who defy heaven will die even if they kneel down! "
"Is this?" The black shadow looked at the ferocious words of "kill" one after another. Even he couldn't help but take a step back.
"Today the city is destroyed, and it will be slaughtered in three days." Xi Che smiled and sat down on the throne of thorns. This throne was made of pure gold, but the entire throne was filled with thorns, which deliberately made people feel uncomfortable. The uncomfortable design comes from the design of the original emperor himself - an emperor should not sit comfortably.
"Dead men don't cause trouble."
The black shadow was silent. The man in front of them really had all the conditions to become the emperor of this empire. They could no longer change all this and could only obey.
"May I ask what your Majesty's new reign name is?"
The official in gray knelt down in front of Xi Che and asked.
"The year name is revealed."
Xiche replied.
