The 27th day of the 10th year of Emperor Shaojing, the snow was sunny in the first day of Emperor Jing.

The imperial capital, which was first built four thousand years ago, was just a small town with a radius of only two or three miles. Due to certain Fengshui reasons, it was selected and became the center of the entire imperial rule.

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During the process of unifying the world, Emperor Xuanyuan had personally selected it and carried out the first wave of transformation. After ascending the throne, he ordered the world to build all the servants from all directions to build here: the higher ones are cut, the lower ones are filled, the low ones are buried, and the depressed ones are guided. A total of millions of slaves and Yingsuofu worked for ten years before the scale of this giant city was first laid. According to the records of the participants at that time, only the foundation was one. In order to meet the requirements of Emperor Xuanyuan to look up to the world and rule the nations, the ground that was originally slightly lower than the four sides was actually dug up and the four fields were cushioned, which was nearly ten feet higher than the original. The central building of the imperial capital, the Changle Palace group where the emperor lived was located was located at the highest point of the entire imperial capital, which was thirty feet higher than the nine gates outside the imperial capital. Compared with the four gates in the inner ban, it was also eleven or two feet higher.

The high ground carrying the Changle Palaces was called Leyouyuan. It was originally just a slightly higher open space. Because of the Fengshui choice, it was given the important task of carrying the foundation of the imperial governance for thousands of years. After being selected by Emperor Xuanyuan, it was considered that it was not as high as possible, and the other was that the alchemist beside him said that he wanted to destroy the main peak of the Shulong Mountains about a hundred miles south of the imperial capital. He took the thick soil and huge stones to plant it here, and built a high ground of several miles and dozens of feet high. According to historical records:

This alone took three years and cost millions of migrant workers. In order to build many imperial houses, the entire Shulong Mountains were also cut into the Tongshan Mountains. At that time, on the way to the capital, the servants were successively sent, and the dead were plaguing and crying. Based on the extremely conservative statistics in the book of Daxia, the loss of servants in the process of completing the foundation of the imperial capital was nearly 400,000, and this did not include the situation of the remnants of various countries who had lost all rights and dignity due to the destruction of the country and the defeat of the country, and had lost all rights and dignity.

After the initial scale was first established, Emperor Xuanyuan devoted himself to constructing the world's first city that would last forever and carry the imperial career in his mind. The so-called country has the power to move mountains. According to his intention: the fragrant wood and stones in the south, the giant pine and terrain in the north, the beautiful jade and gold and copper in the west, and the five-color treasures in the east, were all gathered from the world like flowing water and sent to the imperial capital. They were all collected by the elites of the four seas and the people who were plundered for more than ten generations. They could not be protected again, and they all lost here, so-called tripods, jade, gold, beads and gravels, abandoned and thrown. People looked at it without much regret. This was what people at that time remembered, and it was exactly the luxury of the day.

Such tyranny and such extravagant expenses will not incite public anger: During the ten years of construction, the civil war changes of all sizes were recorded thousands of times, but they were all mobs. Faced with the elite soldiers who successfully unified the world, they could not resist for even three or two days, and were slaughtered and corpses were slaughtered. There were also reactions from the people and the officialdom. Some accused that this was a blood-stained city and an unlucky place. Some people said that building a city would shake the world, and establishing a capital would shake the foundation of the country. I am afraid that the city would be established, but Your Majesty would not be able to live there. However, all these criticisms and oppositions could not shake Emperor Xuanyuan's iron will. After all the comments were burned, everyone was silent, and no one dared to raise any objections to Emperor Xuanyuan.

However, ironically, as the speaker predicted: Although Emperor Xuanyuan eliminated all the rebels with an iron fist and established the imperial capital, he failed to see the day it was completed as he wished. He consumed a lot of energy during the suppression and purge. After quelling the Eight Kings Rebellion, he became ill and was devastated. He passed away in the tenth year of Xuanyuan and failed to see the imperial capital completed. He planned many times in his dreams to prepare for the completion and opening of the Great City of Thousand Abbreviations. Although the emperor who stood in the highest position and accepted the cheers of the people was not himself, but his second son, Emperor Gaoyang.

It is worth mentioning that because he was suppressed by the unparalleled courage of Di Xuanyuan, the unparalleled giant, could not breathe, and officials and the people had long longed for a relaxed world. Therefore, at that ceremony, all participants of Di Gaoyang, who is known for his kindness and kindness, and virtue, were most sincere to cheer and worship him. The atrocities of the previous generation helped increase the expectations of the next generation. In the eyes of a bystander, this is really a ridiculous and ironic fact. In the later historians, there were indeed some comments on the micro-prints, saying: Di Xuanyuan is strong and supported by the virtues of Emperor Gaoyang.

Although the Qili Ji family ruled only lasted for 160 years, and only less than one-quarter of the subsequent Yingfeng Chen family ruled in 621 years, just like many other rules formulated by Emperor Xuanyuan, the location of the imperial capital has become one of the common characteristics of the 4,000-year rule of the imperial surname. Over the past 4,000 years, although there have been cases of the emperor cultivating the capital and the record of being forced to establish a subordinate capital by foreign enemies, the creed of the imperial capital and the capital of the emperor has always been deeply believed by everyone and has become one of the laws in the imperial theory.

In a blink of an eye, the imperial capital today is no longer comparable to the time when the Emperor Xuanyuan Cao was founded: Although the Changle Palaces on the Gaoleyouyuan were always the residence of the emperors, in addition, there were four new palace groups such as Changmen, Afang, Weihuan, and Taihe. Originally, the names of the thirteen Forbidden Gates were preserved, they had already expanded several times. The outer gates of the past have now been enclosed into the inner gate city. Today, the imperial capital is a huge city with 50 miles east and west, 60 miles north and south, and more than 200 miles per circumference. There are as many as one million people living in many yards divided by 16 official roads with a width of 120 steps, each performing its own duties, and quietly nourishing and supporting the pulse of the world's largest city.

The north of the central part of the imperial capital, with Leyou as the center, is a forbidden palace with a 15-mile length in the side, including the three major palace groups of Changle, Changmen and Weiyang, and the Jitujing House, which is dedicated to the emperor and the inner palace. The number of palace maids and temples Wu Wei, etc., lives here, waiting and protecting the person who may not be able to see for the rest of their lives. All the world is the land, the shores of the land, and the people who are not the ministers.

It was the twelfth lunar month, and the snow was getting heavy. In the palace on the Leyouyuan, the biting coldness covered every corner. Even though the furnace was filled with burning beast charcoal, it was still difficult to drive away the natural solemn power of the heaven and earth.

At the back of the palace group, there is a small hall, lonely in a large area of ​​flat gold bricks, which looks inconspicuous. On the horizontal plaque, there is a line of regular script written on it with ink dots of Zhusha, which is the three characters of Dehe Hall. The brushwork is calm and looks very ordinary, but it has a noble and unlucky meaning.

Only a very few people know that these three words were written by Emperor Gao Yang at that time, and obtained them as the one who combines the five emperors with the stars of the middle virtues and is called emperor. The meaning is that for four thousand years, it has been the place where emperors read and discuss matters. I don’t know how many military and national affairs, how many life and death success or failure were determined here.

Late at night, there was no fire in Dehe Hall, but there was a faint sound of words.

, What you see during this trip is probably like this, I wish you the Holy Majesty the Holy Majesty.

The one who prostrated on the ground was the fire-domain boat that had been with Ao Fuqi for a while on the block that day. About fifty steps ahead of him, the dragon bed was placed horizontally, and there was a person lying on it. Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, he felt that he was so majestic that he dared not look at him and could not stand upright, but he slowly released himself from himself, completely controlling the space in the hall, which was not big, but a hundred steps in a radius.

Hmm

He pondered, but he did not express any opinions. Instead, he slowly turned his head, looked into the darkness of his right hand, and said slowly: What about father-in-law's opinion

Cough, cough.

Amid the cough, an old prisoner slowly walked out of the darkness. Wrinkles piled up on his face like an orange tree bark, which squeezed his facial features so hard that he could hardly see them. Although his clothes were simple, they were decorated with signs that only the most senior eunuch leader could wear.

Hearing the old prisoner's cough, the fire domain Yizhou's body moved for a while and leaned even lower.

As one of the most trusted confidants of Emperor Shaojing, he had the opportunity to stand up and talk about things. However, firstly, he had been hiding in the palace for many years and deeply understood that the more people used these special encounters, the more dangerous it would be; secondly, as long as he had a choice, he really didn't want to look at this old prisoner, nor did he want to see his dull, unsightly eyes that were squinting all day long.

The eunuch in the Six Palaces, Eunuch Zhong, is an old prisoner who never calls his name even Emperor Shaojing himself, and is only known as the word "六号".

No one seems to know how old he is and what his real name is. Even a person like the Fire Domain Yizhou only knows that this old prison has been in the palace for nearly a hundred years and has served seven generations of emperors. Although there is no evidence to indicate what role he has played, there are endless rumors in the dark that this old prison, who seems to have died out, actually monitors and controls all conspiracies and struggles inside and outside the palace. Among them, there are countless battles and blood, which were triggered by him and silently cleaned up.

Although that person is above the nine levels, he has insight into and controls all conspiracies and secret battles under the nine lands. This evaluation comes from the mouth of Zhu Wen, the head of the Zhu family in Fengyang about fifteen years ago.

More than ten years ago, the Zhu family was the most powerful and powerful among the aristocratic families of the surnames, and they held military and political power. The Taisho Dynasty at that time was in turmoil and in danger of the day because of the attack of the Sanguo rebels. When the emperor and Emperor Guangtong at that time handed over the position of the Grand Marshal of the World to Zhu Wen and taught him to imitate the army and defeat the thieves, the proposal to change the dynasty began to sound in many corners. However, from that time on, somehow, every time the Sanguo army attacked, the interests of the Zhu family were always the Zhu family. Every time the ancient ministers and generals who died in front of the formation were always the Zhu family.

Although the Zhu family, a major city in the line, gradually cultivated new power and new blood in this process, it seems that they are greedy for profit but do not know how to live or die. There will always be many small families and some important officials who are not aware of life and death to buy and tempt the Zhu family. However, the other high-ranking families with equal strength are also unwilling to sit back and watch to start doing their best. While controlling the Zhu family, they can expand their sphere of influence by attacking the Third Fruit Army. Although the Zhu family has already expected this, the internal and external attacks have caused great damage to their strength and their vitality to gradually lose its strength.

During this process, the Zhao family of the Emperor surname, who was considered almost completely empty by most people, did not receive much attention. Although they still had extremely high appeal among the people and the lower gentry, in the hearts of those heads of aristocratic families with each strength, it had long become a symbol of glory but no real power. In their minds, the most urgent task was to first attack other opponents and then force the change of the Emperor surname to be just a formality issue.

result.

In just a few years, all major families were severely weakened and the elites were greatly damaged. The Sanguo rebels, which combined with Taiping Road, once swept through most of the Xia Kingdom, gradually collapsed and weakened due to the protracted struggle and the withering of the first generation of leaders. The consequence was that no one could complete the final blow.

And at this time, the Heishui Wanyan family suddenly appeared on the historical stage without any preparations for each family.

Heishui Wanyan family, which was originally scattered in the Jinzhou area and Xiangyi, had a total of about 300,000 tribes. Almost all the men were soldiers. They accepted the imperial enthronement and granted surnames. They rushed into the Central Plains like wolves, tearing up the already tired Sanguo rebels, swallowing, killing, and slaughtering, but they didn't know whether it was a misunderstanding or something. When the Heishui army approached the Zhu family's general fortress, they even rushed in and killed the entire Zhu family. After three days and three nights of blood, the foundation of the Zhu family was almost completely destroyed. When Zhu Wen, who was angry, rushed back after hearing the news, faced him with only a cruel ruin with black smoke and scorched soil for several miles. He was so angry that he did not listen to the advice of his advisers while making a statement.

The army and horses gathered together to fight to the death with the Black Water Army of the Wanyan family. However, the war started immediately. The Zhu family, which had the advantage of several times the troops, lost all intelligence and supplies because of the nine heavenly decree. They were even more severely denied the general and started the battle. The morale was low to freezing point. As a result, in a bloody battle in Jiulishan, the Wanyan family won a complete victory, and Zhu Wen was seriously injured and captured, and was escorted to the capital. Although, after entering the capital, he received a grace and ordered all his mistakes to pardon him. He even severely accused the Wanyan family of arbitrary acts, killing the people, and giving them gold, silk and other goods to rebuild the general fort, but did not impose any real punishment on the Wanyan family. He only reduced the title of Wanyan Qianjun and fined his salary for three years to show warning punishment.

It was at this time that the Qiu Ao family, who had been ambiguous for a long time, finally expressed their attitudes that the Confucian saint Qiu Yangming and Long Wu Ao Fuqi successively declared the world, expressing their loyalty and support for the current imperial surname, and also showed their amazing power on different occasions, like the last straw on the back of a camel, which completely crushed the delusions of all the ambition families. At this point, the crisis of the imperial surname that lasted for nearly ten years finally ended, and the rule of the imperial surname was consolidated again. The once powerful Zhu family of Fengyang became a third-rate family with low status. They have been in a daze.

And, it is said that all these plans came from the mind of Eunuch Zhong.

While coughing, he slowly pounded his chest until the cough subsided. Eunuch Zhong said slowly: Go back to Your Majesty, what I saw in Old Nu, the boy Chongbo is probably the one Zhang Nanjin had been waiting for for decades.

After about sixty years of quiet, the undead have probably been reborn in my Xia territory again

Emperor Shaojing nodded and said: That is to say, your opinion is the same as King Wencheng's idea.

Eunuch Zhong bowed and said: It's just coughing, it's just coughing.

Emperor Shaojing said lightly: Then, according to your opinion, what should I do?

Eunuch Zhong pointed his chest with his hands, stopped the coughing sound, and said: Go back to Your Majesty, I have always thought that the reason why the legend is terrible is that it cannot be proved, and to destroy those rebellious faiths, you might as well give them hope in advance.

Emperor Shaojing supported his chin with his hand and pondered: But, in this way, it will be unlikely that the other side of Jumen will coax the Taoist gangs.

Eunuch Zhong opened his eyes slightly and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, I think that even if the Jumen is governed, it is also the way of peace for the Wanyan family, not the way of peace for His Majesty."

This sentence seems to be about the thoughts of Emperor Shaojing. After pondering for a while, he said: My father-in-law said it, and said: Yizhou.

The boat in the fire domain paused and said: I am here.

Emperor Shaojing said: You retreat, look for Grand Secretary Zhang, tell him to draw a secret decree, send it to the Ministry of Justice, order the arrest of the two traitors to take Taiping Dao, and set up a reward. He smiled and said: No one knows who looked like, so explain it to the Ministry of Justice. Seeing that the Fire Domain Yizhou agreed to retreat, he suddenly said: Also, yesterday, that person came over and was very dissatisfied with your trip to the northwest. You know Mu Xian and Wu Xia. In the near future, you guys should stop leaving the imperial capital. If that person takes it seriously, I can't protect you. The Fire Domain Yizhou agreed to go, and he told Eunuch Zhong again: Let's deal with the matter of Chongbo, so as to deal with the matter like this. As for the boy who claims to be Fulong in Guigu, how should my father-in-law look at it.

When he heard the words "Fulong in Guigu", Eunuch Zhong's face, which seemed to be unmoving, also twitched. He seemed to remember something sad. He paused for a moment, and then slowly said: Go back to Your Majesty, when the boy first entered Wanyan's family, the old slave had already taught him to retrieve all his information, but was blocked by Wanyan Qianjun in the middle. It was not very convenient and he didn't get much of the truly useful things. But after seeing his affairs, he was only as good as a master and did not take it seriously.

But judging from this incident, this guy should not be underestimated

Emperor Shaojing closed his eyes and lie down, saying lightly: King Wencheng has always been conceited, but he was calculated by this boy and took charcoal from the fire for him. In the end, nothing was found. Zhang Nanjin was cautious and cautious, and he must take his actions out of his way, but he arranged it in an unknown way. If he taught his father-in-law to make arrangements, would he be confident?

Eunuch Zhong tilted his nose and said: "The momentum is the time."

Emperor Shaojing smiled slightly and said: I am rude.

He blamed himself for his words as an emperor. What a matter of that. Eunuch Zhong seemed to care nothing, and he didn't even kneel down and thanked him. He just said lightly: Your Majesty is so serious.

He said again: Over the past few days, I have been thinking about something.

Since the beginning, the old slave has always thought that the boy was just the Guigu Fulong, but if he really was Guigu Fulong.

The sound of Emperor Shaojing's breathing suddenly became heavy, but he still didn't open his eyes and said slowly: "My father-in-law is saying it."

The face of the elder brother-in-law remained unchanged, but his breathing became much heavier. He said: I thought that the legend of Guigumen for three thousand years might have been realized for a day.

Emperor Shaojing opened his eyes and said: Since that's the case, my father-in-law thought he was already much more anxious.

Eunuch Zhong shook his head: I can’t do anything.

Once you leave Guigu, you will never look back. Since the old slave left Guigu ninety-five years ago, he has tried his best to find Guigu again. This was the case back then, but it is still the case today.

From Guigu, there will be no clue.

Emperor Shaojing frowned slightly and said: Oh

Eunuch Zhong said justice: Wait, Your Majesty.

We'll wait and see the reaction on Yuntai Mountain.

The news over there will naturally be spread to the mountain, and if Ziwei boy was serious about this matter, he would never ignore his possible junior brother.

Even if he is really Guigu Fulong, if Ziwei boy seriously wants to weigh him, he will not be able to deal with things without revealing any flaws.

Emperor Shaojing pondered for a long time and finally said: Since that's the case, he said it to me.

He said again: The boy waited for the middle of the night and it should be time to call him in. Although his father-in-law was exhausted, he would have to hold on for a while.

Eunuch Zhong bowed slightly and said, "The old slave obeys the order. He slowly moved back to the darkness and stood behind the tent."

Emperor Shaojing stretched out his body, stood up slowly from the dragon bed, suddenly raised his voice, shouting: When the person comes, the sound of the lamp is coming, and the sound of the lamp is gushing out like thunder, which shakes the snow and ice in the four eaves of Dehe Hall to pieces.

Before the crying stopped, people were surging: the palace people who had been kneeling in the snow and ice outside the Dehe Hall, who had been kneeling in the middle of the night, each performing their duties. For a while, the palace was already as fire as spring, and the palace lanterns were tall, and two rows of butter candles as thick as children's arms reflected the hall as daytime. There were three rows of 99 single-legged oil lamps, all of which were lit up and placed on the steps five steps in front of the dragon bed. The thin curtains were also spread between the columns on both sides, all of which were light green and purple gauze. Because they were just hung on it, they were still shaking gently, and were passed by the light, and many bizarre colors and shadows were created, making the hall look like they were in a dream.

These people are all very familiar old palace ladies. They are capable in their own skills and do their own duties. They don’t speak to each other. They are just busy, just like a group of charming spirits from other worlds. They have finished the arrangement of the hall in a moment, and they have not stopped. They just knelt down, knocked three times to the hall, then stood up and retreated silently, leaving only a Dehe Hall with high lamps and hanging curtains, where they are silently treated.

The lights intersected, and finally illuminated the appearance of Emperor Shaojing.

Emperor Shaojing, the third son of Emperor Guangtong, was 41 years old at the time, and was the golden age of a man. Under the light, he was on the high-level independent level, before the dragon bed. He was wearing a dark yellow silk robe, looking down at the steps like a god, with deep eyes and thoughts, with his cheeks and beards, black, thick, and hard. With his face like a national character, he had a kind of aura without anger. His height was taller than most Xia people. Although he did not have the ten-foot giant body of Xuanwu, he was nearly nine feet tall, with wide shoulders and straight waist, and a very tall figure. A four-foot square sheath was tied to his waist, and the rolling dragon brocade pattern was embroidered on it, which was very dazzling, but it was the only eye-catching pattern on his body.

This person no longer needs to use external brocade decorations to decorate his existence

After scanning the empty hall in a blink of an eye, he seemed to be satisfied and said in a deep voice: After Xuan Yingzheng's meeting, he heard Xuan Yingzheng's shouts of him coming one after another and being heard from afar.

After a while, a man walked into the hall quickly, and knelt on the ground, saying in a deep voice: Knock on the emperor, wishing me long live, long live, long live. Under the light, the red scar on his face was even more eye-catching, but it was Yingzheng who had killed the eldest son and seized the throne a few days ago and seized the throne and took Xianwei.

Seventeen days ago, Ying returned at the 10th anniversary ceremony of the Ying family. He killed Ying Yiren and killed Ying Mu Ying Huayang by relying on the power of the Tenth Dragon Stories. He then immediately ordered the Chinese scholars of the clan to enter the court, saying that Ying Yiren and others died suddenly, asking for the position of the head of the family and attacked his title. Originally, although his memorial was full of flaws and could not justify himself, the power struggles within the major families have always been in one and another

This is a clear rule, especially in the past 30 years, as long as the aristocratic families have reached an agreement, there are few precedents for rejection of the emperors who have gradually lost control of the aristocratic families in various places. However, this time, it was extremely strange that the imperial capital did not respond. After waiting for half a month of anxiety and anxiety, what Ying was waiting for was an edict, and the meaning of the words was unclear, so he only asked him to come to the capital to meet the holy edict.

Then, it was this snowy night. After six hours of hard work, Yingzheng finally waited for the order to see him. However, after the ceremony, Emperor Shaojing seemed to have forgotten his existence and looked straight in the distance. His gaze passed over Yingzheng's head, rushed out of the open hall gate, and threw himself into the boundless darkness.

damn it

The power of the emperor is difficult to tell the future, which makes this tyrant beast, who has always been arrogant, must bow his head and show his respect and obedience. However, in his heart, it is really hard to say how much respect he has from the heart to this level of God.

Even because of some reasons buried deep in his heart and never explicitly stated to anyone, he wanted to do something more, at this moment, to rush to the higher level, to slap the seemingly invincible emperor, and fully enjoy the refreshing feeling of letting his hot blood fall on his face. And if he hadn't been concerned about the aura that he could not tell in the darkness, and the various exaggerations of the rumor about the strength of Emperor Shaojing, he would have been so likely to have been attacked as soon as he stepped into the hall.

At this time, Di Shaojing finally spoke. However, it made Ying Zhengzheng's heart terrified and held accountable

Yingzheng, can you know your sin

In shock, he forgot about etiquette. Ying Zheng quickly raised his head. When he was about to speak up, he was cast on his face by Di Shaojingru's two substantial eyes. The eyes seemed to have magic, which made him swallow a few times, but he couldn't speak.
To be continued...