Bloody mountains and rivers

On the 1479th day after Jiang Wanli left.

Ju Shurong doesn't know why he remembers the days so clearly, he only knows that since he left, every day has been like a year.

He finally realized that he couldn't let go of Jiang Wanli at all.

So he went out.

This is the first time he has come out in more than ten years.

He was eager to know about Jiang Wanli's recent situation, and his eagerness surprised him.

He came to the tavern, ordered a jug of good Du Kang, and drank slowly.

The storyteller on the stage is speaking vigorously:

"...Let's say that General Anyuan led the remaining 30 soldiers to fight against Huaqiu's [-] army. He defended Qiancheng for two months, and finally defended until the reinforcements arrived, defeating Huaqiu in one fell swoop. !"

He asked Mr. Storyteller: "General An Yuan, is Jiang Wanli from Zhong Ling Kingdom?"

The storyteller said: "Yes, you don't know, that General Anyuan is very powerful. Since his father passed away four years ago, and he succeeded his father as the general of Zhong Lingguo, Zhong Lingguo has turned his back on defeat. It is evenly matched with Huaqiu country!"

Ju Shurong was stunned for a moment, he heard the all-powerful General Anyuan from others, but he still couldn't combine him with the Jiang Wanli in his memory, who would act coquettishly with him.

But he couldn't control his desire to know his news.

He would go to the tavern every day during the day to ask for a pot of Dukang, and he heard that Mr. Shu was talking about the deeds of General Anyuan.When the tavern closed, he returned to Qingfeng Valley.

Repeatedly, a year passed.

He drank wine as usual and listened to the storyteller's narration.

A month ago, General An Yuan captured the important border town of Huaqiu Kingdom, Luocheng.

He felt a probing gaze, and he looked over.A familiar face, much older than the memory, but still recognizable.

The Ninth Prince of Huaqiu Kingdom, Shen Hanzhang.

He seemed to be visiting in private, and he didn't follow many people around him. Seeing him seeing him, he didn't avoid suspicion, but instead smiled back at him.

He ignored him and continued drinking.

Shen Hanzhang didn't stand up with him until the tavern closed.

Shen Hanzhang walked to his side: "Imperial brother, long time no see."

Ju Shurong didn't look sideways: "My lord be careful, the villain is just a grassroots person."

Shen Hanzhang smiled: "I still recognize my sixteenth brother."

Ju Shurong looked at him with cold eyes: "The sixteenth prince of Huaqiu Kingdom died 18 years ago."

Shen Hanzhang looked at him: "Then what is your identity now? Number one in the world?"

Ju Shurong said: "As I said, I am just a grassroots."

Then he turned and left.

Shen Hanzhang was silent for a long time looking at his receding figure.

Ju Shurong was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Those memories have been dusty for a long time, but after meeting Shen Hanzhang today, they all popped up.

That was 37 years ago, when the Prime Minister of Huaqiu State rebelled and was finally suppressed.

But after that, it was discovered that the prime minister had entanglements with a large number of martial arts figures.

Among them is the Luo family.

The only daughter of the martial arts leader Luo Chenghai is named Luo Huaxian.Her name is just like her, as beautiful as a fairy.

At that time, Luo Huaxian's reputation was all over the world, and the current emperor is also attracted by her.

The emperor made a condition that if Luo Huaxian was willing to enter the palace, the Luo family would be let go.

So Luo Huaxian entered the palace, and the emperor loved her very much and made her a noble concubine.A year later, she gave birth to the sixteenth prince, Shen Hanwen.

However, emperors have been the most ruthless since ancient times. No matter how beautiful Luo Huaxian is, he cannot keep the emperor's heart.

When Shen Hanwen was three years old, the emperor was finally no match for his own suspicions, and ransacked the whole family of Luo's family.

That night, Luo Huaxian learned the news in advance, and only had time to entrust her confidant to send Shen Hanwen out of the palace, and hand it over to her old best friend, the number one in the world at that time, Ju Qinghan.

When Ju Qinghan found Shen Hanwen, everyone around him was killed by the hidden guards sent by the emperor.

And he was lying in a pool of blood, tightly holding a piece of green jade pendant in his hand.

He brought Shen Hanwen back to his residence. When Shen Hanwen woke up, he didn't remember anything. He said to Shen Hanwen, "Your name is Ju Shurong."

When Ju Shurong was 15 years old, Ju Qinghan passed away. Before he died, he gave the green jade pendant to Ju Shurong.

Ju Shurong participated in the martial arts conference and won the first place, but he didn't want to be the leader of the martial arts alliance at all.

So he came to the south of the Yangtze River, just when the emperor was traveling, and the dragon boats filled the entire channel of the Qin River.

There are huge crowds of people on both sides of the strait, competing to wait and see the emperor's demeanor.

In the chaos, several people jumped into the dragon boat, and with the voice of "Protect the emperor!", the emperor fell into the river.

Ju Shurong rescued the emperor, and together with the guards subdued all the assassins.

He was about to leave, but found that the jade pendant that Ju Qinghan gave him was gone. He turned to look at the emperor, but saw the emperor was holding the jade pendant tightly, with trembling hands, looking at him with a complicated expression: "Sixteen." .

The jade pendant was a rare and beautiful jade from the Western Regions when the emperor was 40 years old. He said at the time that beautiful jade matches a beautiful woman, and he gave it to Luo Huaxian.

Shen Hanzhang on the side was taken aback, looking at him unpredictablely.

Later, he went back to the palace with the emperor, for no other reason, since he was young, he never had any relatives.

Even if he doesn't like the feeling of being chained in the palace.

But the emperor was seriously ill, so serious that he would not go to court for a few days, and so serious that several princes began to blatantly form cliques in the court.

In the past few months, he has served the emperor wholeheartedly.

In his third month in the palace, the third prince came to him and persuaded him to join the third prince's camp, but he refused,

The third prince's face darkened, and then he smiled and said: "You are so devoted to your father now. Why don't you think about why you left the palace in the first place, and how did your mother and concubine die?"

He looked at the malicious face of the third prince, and finally started to investigate the events of the year.

Discouraged, he went to the emperor's bedroom to question him, and the emperor finally apologized and said sorry, and died.

When he left the bedroom in a daze, he ran into the prince, the man who always planned strategies, the brother of the nine princes and one mother.

That night, the imperial army surrounded his mansion because he "murdered the emperor"

He didn't understand the machinations in the palace. After breaking through the siege, he came to Qingfeng Valley in a daze. He swore that he would never interfere with anything in the world again in this life.