In the autumn of the twelfth year of Qingli, the leaves on both sides of the official road gradually became wider and rounder all the way to the south, but they also withered and turned yellow. The scenery along the way changed with the climate, which clearly depicted the topography of the world.
A carriage was driving smoothly on the official road. Fan Xian, who had been missing in this world for more than half a year, finally returned to this world. Those who eagerly hoped for his death, or hoped for his survival, did not know that he had returned.
After going through hardships and crossing the snowfield again, the four of them sneaked into the human world without a sound, without sending a clear signal to any force. Haitang and Shisanlang Wang knew Fan Xian's heart was heavy, while Wu Zhu, who was still without a trace of humanity, just sat silently in the back of the carriage, presumably this person must not understand the messy things in the world , and don't care about those shitty things.
At the county capital of Langya County in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the carriage stopped outside an inn. After a while, Fan Xian left the inn alone, and walked towards the most prosperous brothel in the city, and behind him, Wu Zhu, who was covered with black cloth, followed at a distance. It wasn't Fan Xian's intention to come out with Uncle Wu Zhu, but he also didn't understand why Uncle Wu Zhu didn't remember or know anything, but why he kept following him.
In a secret room in the Baoyue Building, Fan Xian saw Shi Chanli who had been waiting for four full months, as well as Wang Qinian and Deng Ziyue. In today's world, under the strong pressure of Emperor Qing and the palace, There are not many loyal subordinates who are still bravely standing by his side, except for these three in the secret room, there is only Xia Qifei who is struggling to survive in the south of the Yangtze River.
Seeing Fan Xian in real life, the faces of these three loyal subordinates showed unbelievable surprises, because now the whole world knows that Fan Xian went to the temple, but in fact, the whole world, whether it is Fan Xian's friends and enemies all thought that Fan Xian would definitely die in the temple, but who knew he could come back alive!
After some excitement, Fan Xian smiled and asked everyone to sit down. Naturally, he didn't have much time to talk about this unpleasant trip, and even he had some unclear journeys.
Wang Qinian was squatting on the side smoking a pot, and Deng Ziyue put all the important information in the world in the past six months in front of Fan Xian. Fan Xian took a few glances, and the worry in his pupils became more and more intense.
Shi Chanli glanced at the blind young man next to the secret room, and for some reason he felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't know who this was, who could go to such an important place with the sect master. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "I, Daqing North Camp, set out on the third day of June. The first contact between the two sides was seven days later."
"Why is the Northern Qi side so defeated?" Fan Xian looked at him with a serious expression and asked, "Besides, in Langya County, I didn't feel much fear from the Northern Qi people."
"Northern Qi retreated three hundred miles in a row. It is very strange that according to the investigation, Uesugi Tiger was not on the frontal battlefield, but chose to stick to Song Guozhou City." Deng Ziyue stepped forward and responded, and then spread the map on the desktop Above, he pointed to the battlefield there and said in a deep voice: "This position is in the waist bone. If our Daqing frontier army goes straight to the north, Uesugi Tiger will take advantage of the situation and hit the waist and abdomen... Although this famous general chooses the defensive position , but guarding is also extremely dangerous."
"This is the state city that Uesugi Tiger robbed after the war in the north last year. It turns out that this place ended up in this place." Fan Xian smiled slightly. He didn't expect that he would visit the temple in the north. The situation on this continent has already undergone earth-shaking changes. Just when they returned from the snowy field to the south, the Nanqing Iron Cavalry finally started the Northern Expedition!
"Since Your Majesty has made up his mind to use the power of the whole country to march north, the Beidaying is just a vanguard. Under the invasion of this kind of killing spirit, if he is as strong as Uesugi Tiger, he can only choose to defend. This is due to national strength. The genius of the individual general is irrelevant."
After all, Deng Ziyue was an official of the Overwatch Council. Compared with Shi Chanli, he had a clearer assessment of the recent war situation between the two major forces in the North and the South. He looked at Fan Xian worriedly and said, "The Peking Camp has left Cangzhou. , the Northern Qi side retreated three hundred miles in a row, but as pointed by the blade, they still fought a battle on the wasteland. The North Camp is now temporarily suspended for reorganization, but the troops in Yanjing City are frequently mobilized, and it seems that the second attack is imminent …Although Uesugi Tiger has taken advantage of the prefecture city, if Yanjing and the Beidaying attack on the west side together, Uesugi Tiger may have to be dragged into the field.”
"I don't know how to fight, but I know that if His Majesty really makes up his mind, no matter how much Uesugi Toro shows his talents, he will only end up being slowly consumed to death."
Fan Xian lowered his head, looked at the silent cities on the map, and said slowly: "Obviously, although Northern Qi has prepared for this war for many years, after all, they are not our opponents in Nanqing in military terms. I only hope that it will consume enough energy to make me tired... Now it seems that Uesugi Tiger consumes energy, but His Majesty is not willing to accompany him to consume it, even if it continues, His Majesty will be the final winner."
Deng Ziyue and Shi Chanli glanced at Fan Xian, their eyes full of worry. They were traitors of the Qing Kingdom, but after all, they were Qing people and belonged to a third-party force in the world. At this time, the war between the two sides had begun. Their positions and identities It was really embarrassing, and they never knew what Fan Xian thought about this matter, so for more than a month, the forces belonging to Fan Xian never took any action.
Fan Xian frowned slightly, and tapped the location of the unnamed state city with his fingers, thinking that Uesugi Tiger was probably preparing for that state city that nominally belonged to the Song Kingdom at this moment, and suddenly felt a strong anxiety in his heart , Said: "If I were Your Majesty, if I really wanted to rob time and not waste time with Uesugi Tiger, the easiest way would be to advance with two powerful armies, and then choose one to go around behind Song Guo, and Uesugi Tiger Trying to hide the knife in the sheath again..."
"But if you want to go around to the back of Song State, then wait. If you want to borrow a way from Dongyi City, although Dongyi City is nominally my Daqing's genus, but the army is going to enter Dongyi City..." Deng Ziyue looked at Fan Xian With a glance, he said, "His Royal Highness and Black Cavalry are not in Dongyi City, but on the border between Xiaoliang State and Song State. If my Daqing army wants to use it, they may face a sudden blow."
This sentence is actually not clear, because everyone in the secret room here knows that Dongyi City now belongs to Fan Xian. In such a big war involving the world, what kind of attitude will Dongyi City show? Whether His Majesty the Emperor will forcefully send troops to Dongyi City is ultimately a matter between the father and son, His Majesty the Emperor and Fan Xian.
"If His Majesty didn't send troops to attack Dongyi City at the beginning, it means that he knows that I'm not dead, so he won't choose this path in the future." Fan Xian sighed and rubbed his depressed face. Eyebrow, "Let's not talk about this, after all, it's not something I can handle. I only care about the situation in Kyoto and Jiangnan."
Regarding these situations, they were all in the case files submitted by Deng Ziyue, but there were too many contents, and Fan Xian didn't have time to read them carefully.
"The south of the Yangtze River is stable. The imperial court withdrew the new rules for the bidding of the inner treasury. The opening of the inner treasury's bidding, as expected by the adults, salt merchants also joined in. Fortunately, the Ming family still occupies a part of the share. Of course, it is much more miserable than in previous years."
"Are Xia Qifei's people okay?"
"After the assassination last year, the imperial court did not take any further action against Ming Yuan. Governor Xue Qing was only suppressing Xia Qifei, but right now, it seems that no direct action will be taken."
Fan Xian fell into deep thought. It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has kept the promise made in the palace after all. After all, the life gate of the inner treasury is in his hands. If His Majesty wants to last forever, he can only temporarily retreat before his threat. step.
"After Sun Jingxiu was dismissed from office, it was originally planned to be three thousand years old, but for some reason, the palace suddenly issued a decree and pardoned his crimes. Miss Sun's family was released the night before entering the Jiaofang... Today's life in the Sun Mansion It was very difficult, but the people of He Pai were killed terribly, so no one would make trouble."
Speaking of this festival, a smile appeared on the corners of Deng Ziyue's lips. Although he did not participate in the affairs of the capital, the Overwatch Council slaughtered all directions in the capital, and the He faction officials were bleeding to the brim. Incomparably happy.
"It's just that the people in the courtyard have all withdrawn from the area of Kyoto according to the order of the adults, so they can't help."
Fan Xian nodded, but felt more and more strange in his heart, Your Majesty... When did you become such a benevolent monarch? Just to abide by the bet with yourself
"Is the family okay?" He shook his head, letting go of the unclear things in his heart for a while, looking at Wang Qinian and asking.
Wang Qinian coughed twice, and responded softly with a smile: "It's so good that it can't be better. The whole world is dumbfounded. Princess Chen and Miss go to the palace to talk with His Majesty every day. The young master and Miss are also in good health."
The situation in the capital really made the whole world dumbfounded. Fan Xian is now a traitor of the Qing Kingdom, but His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of questioning Fan Xi. The status of Qing capital is even faintly higher than before the assassination by the imperial palace.
After Fan Xian heard the news, he couldn't help but also froze in the distance.
Deng Ziyue suddenly said at this time: "The investigation in Yingzhou revealed that the one who attacked Wen Mao was a frontier army withdrawn from the South Road, pretending to be bandits."
Fan Xian's eyes were slightly cold, and he quickly asked, "Where's the person?"
"Finally, we found Wen Mao's body, which was covered by the snow at that time." Deng Ziyue slowly closed his eyes, and said, "At that time, he was missing an arm, and the old subordinates searched for it in the courtyard for a long time, but they couldn't find it. "
"I want to go back to the capital." After a long silence, Fan Xian raised his head, looked at the three closest subordinates around him, smiled very reluctantly, and said, "You all retreat to Dongyi City immediately, and never get together again. Let's go together, otherwise, if I get caught in a net, where will I cry?"
Hearing that Fan Xian was returning to the capital of Nanqing, the three of Wang Qinian were shocked. Wang Qinian had been with Fan Xian the longest, and he also understood Fan Xian's thoughts best, and he was the least particular about his words. He persuaded with a hissing voice, "Although Your Majesty did not carry out the cleaning, you also know, my lord, that if you appear in the capital, He will kill you at any cost."
"I know."
"Your current life involves that bet. More importantly, as long as you live, His Majesty will be afraid... Your life will affect the lives and deaths of many people."
"I know all about it." Fan Xian lowered his eyes and said, "But the capital always has to go back, because things always need to be resolved. Even if I hide in Dongyi City for the rest of my life, there is no way to solve it."
There was another death-like silence, and a flash of light suddenly flashed in Fan Xian's mind. He stared at Wang Qinian and asked, "It was discussed earlier that Peking University and Yanjing can obviously be at odds with Uesugi, but His Majesty obviously means that he doesn't want to. ,why is that?"
After a moment of silence, Wang Qinian said: "There is news from the palace. There seems to be something wrong with His Majesty's body."
As soon as these words came out, Deng Ziyue and Shi Chanli's expressions changed dramatically. Of course they knew that the health of His Majesty the Emperor was the most important thing in this world. The Yuelou intelligence system has never heard anything related to His Majesty's health. At this time, Wang Qinian's words are so true that they really can't believe it.
Fan Xian stared into Wang Qinian's eyes, and nodded slowly after a long time. He knew where the news about Wang Qinian came from. Even Chen Pingping didn't know about Hong Zhu's existence when he was alive, but Fan Xian handed it over to Wang Qinian. Obviously, this news came from Hong Zhu.
There was a long silence in the secret room. The three of them knew that no one in this world could stop Fan Xian's actions. Shi Chanli smiled with difficulty and said, "Your Excellency, won't you tell us the story of this journey? Since Master Ku He, You are the first person to return from the temple alive."
"It's just a ruined temple. There's nothing to talk about." Fan Xian smiled, knowing that everyone was actually very curious about that illusory place. He just glanced at Uncle Wuzhu at the door of the secret room, thinking when will the blind uncle wake up
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In Langya County, the three young strong men who had entered the Snow Mountain Temple broke up. Wang Shisanlang wanted to rush to Dongyi City as quickly as possible, and convey the news of Fan Xian's life and Fan Xian's arrangements in the next day. Immediately notify His Royal Highness who is guarding Dongyi City and the people in the Sword Hut. And Haitang's departure was also expected by Fan Xian. Now the world war has begun. Although Northern Qi has the power to fight, the situation is dangerous after all. As the saint of Northern Qi, Haitang can't stay out of it. She has to rush back to the capital. Hurry back to the side of the Northern Qi Emperor, and as the head of Qingshan Tianyi, help her country resist foreign invaders.
It's just that when they broke up, the look in Haitang's tired eyes made Fan Xian feel a little pity. He didn't know how long the Northern Qi side could last with Emperor Qing's strong will and the war to unify the world. He also didn't know. If the Qing army really broke through the capital, would that beautiful palace be burned to ashes, and would there be Haitang, Lili, and the emperor's wife in those flames
Regardless of his personal views on history, temperament, and other aspects, Fan Xian can only have one attitude towards the iron-blooded war that is slowly unfolding. He must stop it all, but he did not tell Haitang What to promise, what to express, just blindly silent, walking towards the south alone with Uncle Wuzhu.
In the unknown depth of autumn, with yellow or red leaves, under the clear sky, Fan Xian and Wu Zhu walked southward in silence for an unknown how long, but Wu Zhu still didn't say a word. Fan Xian's heart was very heavy. He didn't know what he could do after returning to the capital, but his deep intuition and the news that His Majesty might be seriously ill urged him to keep walking.
Su Wenmao, the most successful supporter after Wang Qinian, died. That autumn, the old cripple died long ago, and in earlier years, Ye Qingmei also died. Originally, after experiencing the scenes of human beings' sorrows and joys in the temple, Fan Xian should have regarded life and death more indifferently, but for some reason, once he stepped into the world, people's minds became more worldly. Get up, remember life and death, and live for death, how can you laugh it off
It was still a black carriage, and Fan Xian sat in the carriage, looking at Uncle Wuzhu who was sitting next to the coachman, he was not surprised to find that Uncle Wuzhu's side face was still so handsome, and the black cloth smeared in the autumn wind There is still such ecstasy, everything is actually very similar to the scene from Kyoto to Danzhou more than 20 years ago.
The one who is not similar is actually Wu Zhu, this peerless strong man who seems to have lost his soul, he doesn't say a word, does nothing, and his indifferent face can't reveal whether he is familiar with everything that is strange and familiar in this world Curious.
Feeling a little sad, Fan Xian gently put down the car curtain, and then laughed at himself slightly. Uncle Wu Zhu was just blind back then, but now he is a dumb man again. What did my mother do back then? What should I do
The carriage stopped moving forward when it arrived in Nanling County. To be precise, the driver refused to drive any further. Although the Northern Qi court had been trying to downplay the war in the south, the war was not as easy to cover up as a royal family scandal. Knowing what happened in the middle of the mainland, hundreds of millions of people are nervously waiting for the result with indifferent and vigilant eyes, the coachman is naturally unwilling to enter the battlefield.
Taking out the money to buy the carriage, Fan Xian acted as the driver, and continued southward with Uncle Wuzhu. On the way back from the ice field, those full of vitality from the world had successfully healed Fan Xian's injury, although he knew that he There is still no way to touch the boundary between human beings and the sky, but he believes that no one in this world can threaten him except the emperor Laozi.
After walking for more than ten days, passing through the simple wooden sheds on both sides of the official road and the numb refugees, the two uncles and nephews in the carriage seemed to be walking in a barren area similar to the extreme northern snowfield.
The population is gradually thinning out, and there is an occasional light snowfall, but it can't hide the dead silence on both sides of the road. Occasionally, a few corpses that were about to rot could be seen along the road, and a village that had been burnt to ruins could be seen in the distant mountain depression.
This is a piece of fertile land, even if it is blown by the north sea wind, the fertile land still supports many people, but right now there is only a piece of desolation. Became a victim of the obsession with world domination.
As for the villages that were burned and the people who were killed along the road, whether it was the invading Qing army or the scattered Northern Qi soldiers, Fan Xian didn't go into it. War is the original sin of mankind. In the world, where can there be good wars and bad peace
On the dead and silent official road, the air was dry and smelled of blood, surrounding the black carriage, Fan Xian drove the restless horses with a dull expression, and did not look back at the expression of Uncle Wuzhu beside him.
He knew that the armies between the two countries are currently gathering in the Beichong Plain of Yanjing City in the southwest direction. After the victory of the Nanqing North Camp, because they were afraid of the Uesugi Tiger who had been lying still, they returned to the camp for a while to rest. safer. However, the traces of the previous battle were so shocking that it was hard for him to imagine that once the Nanqing cavalry broke through the city of Song Guozhou where Uesugi Tiger was located, and headed northward with all their strength, what kind of Shura killing ground would this world become.
In the whole world, there seemed to be only the sound of the carriage rolling over the road. Fan Xian squinted his eyes and swung his whip down, avoiding a patrolling cavalry squad on the other side of the river, and entered the border of Qing Kingdom.
At this moment, Wu Zhu, who had been silent since leaving the temple, suddenly spoke, "The world outside the temple is not very good."
"The outside world is very helpless, but if you work hard, maybe it will get better." A complicated smile appeared on the corner of Fan Xian's lips, and he gently swung his horsewhip again. (, If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the original!)