General, please be a loyal minister!

Dou Xiao ran for thousands of miles, but when he rushed back to Dongdu, he saw the Liu Ziqi fluttering on the top of the city. In an instant, Dou Xiao's sky fell.

His subordinates caught a new courtier who escaped from the Eastern Capital and brought him to Dou Xiao.

Dou Xiao grabbed his lapel, and asked in grief and indignation: "The new dynasty still has fighting power, why did you surrender? Why didn't you stop your majesty!" The [-] northern and southern troops, even if they were handed over to pigs, would still be able to defend him until he came back!

The official replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty thought that the general was killed, and if he had no intention of resisting, then... he surrendered."

Dou Xiao was dumbfounded: "You said——what?"

The minister wanted to fight to the death, but the king surrendered first.A huge sadness and powerlessness overwhelmed him.

Dou Xiaohong stared: "I was killed? Who said that!" He clearly sent out regular battle reports, why would there be such absurd rumors about his death!

The official replied, "Yes...it's Prime Minister Cheng!"

Cheng Ju?Dou Xiao showed an expression of disbelief.

Cheng Ju is indeed capable of doing it, but he just doesn't want to believe that this young man is a traitor.

He had known Cheng Ju when he was still a small clerk. This young man was not at all afraid of his status as a great general.

Dou Xiao was attracted by his talent and character, and felt that this young man with ideals and talents could change the new dynasty.But soon after, the youth turned around and joined Yan Huan's camp.

At that time, Dou Xiao was very disappointed with Cheng Ju and cut off contact with him.But a year later, Cheng Ju found him and insisted on seeing him despite his refusal.

During that meeting, Cheng Ju told Dou Xiao his plan, and asked Dou Xiao to lend him strength to eradicate the cancer of Yan Huan's party.

Dou Xiao realized that he had misunderstood Cheng Ju. It turned out that he was keeping a low profile for a year and a half. He agreed to help Cheng Ju, and Cheng Ju also helped Dou Xiao repair his relationship with the young emperor, and later got rid of Yan Huan.

Dou Xiao and Cheng Ju became close friends. He thought that the new dynasty finally had a future—with a talented person like Cheng Ju in power, and with him in charge of the military, the world would soon restore peace and take on a new look.

However, reality gave him a slap in the face, Cheng Ju turned out to be meticulous.

What else can he do?

surrender?No!Dou Xiao will never surrender to the Liu family.

When Liu Ji sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, Dou Xiao drove him away without hesitation, and said harshly: "This general will never surrender, and will take Dongdu back!"

The envoy didn't say much, bowed to Dou Xiao, turned around and returned to his command.

As early as when Dou Xiao entered the Eastern Capital, Liu Ji sent an army to cut off his retreat. It is impossible for Dou Xiao to join the large army. If he refuses to surrender, the only way to wait for him is to die in battle. .

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In the next three days, Dou Xiao led people to break through the siege many times, but was easily repulsed by Liu Ji's men. The soldiers and horses of the puppet dynasty were completely destroyed in the siege, and only a few hundred people remained in the end.

Liu Ji led his troops to surround Dou Xiao and the remaining people. He stood in front of the formation and shouted to Dou Xiao: "General Dou, the situation is over, do you still want to resist?"

Dou Xiao stared at Liu Ji and the Liu's military flag fluttering behind him, full of resentment.

Thirty years ago, his father was framed, and Emperor Ling was fatuous and incompetent. He wiped out Dou's family without ever verifying the truth.Surviving by luck, he took his young sister to seek refuge with the Dou clan in Shandong, and later followed the new emperor Yu Yi to overthrow the next dynasty and try to establish a peaceful and prosperous world.

In the beginning, they also had the days when the monarch and his ministers were in harmony, but Yu Yi gradually changed, he no longer wanted to benefit the world, he began to massacre the clan of the next dynasty, and enslaved the people with power...all just to maintain his rule.

Dou Xiao noticed this change, he tried to persuade Yu Yi, but because of this, he separated from the new emperor.He can only do his best to maintain the stability of the new dynasty, and pray that it can be rejuvenated in the hands of the next monarch.

However, the one who succeeds Yu Yi is not the fourth prince who is more outstanding in all aspects, but the sixth prince Yu Xiao who is ignorant.

He could only start to hope that one day the wayward Yu Xiao would grow up and become a qualified king.

But he only saw that the country was becoming more and more chaotic, people's grievances were everywhere, and the whole world was fighting against them.

Over the years, he fought east and west, exhausted himself in order to maintain the continuation of the new dynasty.Now at the end of the road, Dou Xiao finally dared to ask himself this sentence: Is it really the future of the world that he spent his whole life defending?

Why is Emperor Ling so innocent, but can have so many outstanding descendants?And these descendants can have so many outstanding people to follow.God is so unfair!

Facing the second persuasion to surrender, Dou Xiao replied hoarsely: "Dou Xiao will never be a courtier for the rest of his life!" After that, he continued to charge with his sword.

Arrows rained all over the sky from the archers behind Liu Ji, and the soldiers of the puppet dynasty fell down like wheat in the autumn harvest. Dou Xiao was also hit by dozens of arrows, and lost his strength after a short resistance.

Before falling to the ground, Dou Xiao put his sword on the ground with his backhand to support his body—he will never, never kneel in front of the Liu family...

Liu Ji looked at Dou Xiao who was struggling to stand upright, with mixed feelings in his heart. He hated the person who killed Yu Wenxun, but if he was asked to judge Dou Xiao's life, he couldn't say anything wrong.

"Buy General Dou well." When Dou Xiao completely lost his breath, Liu Ji left this sentence, turned his horse's head and left.

Dou Xiao's dead straight figure also fell into the pupils of Cheng Ju's eyes upstairs in the East Capital City, hurting his eyes.

Since he was the one who made the decision, he let go of all integrity.When deceiving people like Yan Huan, Xu Zhongyan, and the little emperor, he didn't feel guilty at all, but he felt sorry for Dou Xiao, but it was only regret.

Cheng Ju took one last look at the battlefield, turned around and walked down the tower.

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Cheng Ju, who returned to the yamen, was disturbed by the noise. When he looked up, he saw Yu Xiao rushing in, shouting angrily: "You lied to me! You lied to me!"

Yu Xiao originally wanted to kill Cheng Ju with his sword, but the sword he brought was taken away by the guarding Jingzhou army, so he could only pounce on Cheng Ju with his fists.

The boy's fist was weak and powerless, not much harder than his ears, Cheng Ju didn't move, and let him vent.

Seeing that fists were useless to Cheng Ju, Yu Xiao simply opened his mouth and bit Cheng Ju's wrist. Cheng Ju frowned in pain, pinched Yu Xiao's jaw with his hand and pulled him away.

He taunted Yu Xiao in a cold tone: "Don't call yourself Zhen, you are the emperor. Speaking of which, if your ears were as hard as your teeth back then, you wouldn't be where you are today!"

Yu Xiao was so angry that he trembled all over: "What did you say?"

Cheng Ju raised his eyebrows: "I said that everything today was caused by you."

Sitting in the position of a king, but not fulfilling the responsibilities of a king, he harmed all people and destroyed a country.What sin is greater than this?

But the ridiculous thing is that such kings often don't realize their mistakes, because in their eyes, all people in the world are their servants, and they must serve them without complaint, and provide them with a good life with blood and sweat. Great rebellion.

For example, when exposing Yan Huan, Yu Xiao didn't care how many bad things Yan Huan did to the people, he only cared about how he was deceived by Yan Huan and how he was used... An ironclad proof that Yan Huan harmed others is not as good as what Yan Huan said Yu Xiao's incompetence made Yu Xiao angry.

Cheng Ju pushed Yu Xiao away, brushed off the clothes he had touched, and turned his head to order the guarding Jingzhou Army: "Take Emperor Yu Xiao back, take good care of him, and don't let him come out."

These Jingzhou troops were handed over to Cheng Ju, and they would not refuse orders that did not endanger Jingzhou's interests.They answered "yes" and stepped forward to drag Yu Xiao away who was rolling around.

The government office became quiet again, but Cheng Ju didn't continue to sort out the documents, but stared at the window and started to be dazed.He had no expectations of Yu Xiao at all, or in other words, Yu Xiao's stupid operations during these years in the puppet dynasty were completely in line with his expectations, but why did he bother to say that just now?

——Maybe, it's because Dou Xiao is not worth it.With a yongjun like Yu Xiao on the opposite side, he felt guilty.

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In the northwest, Yumenguan ushered in the first snowfall of this year, which fell on the pale yellow ground, spreading a thin layer of "cotton wadding".

In a small courtyard with loess and mud walls in a village outside the Guan, a woman in gray was harvesting beans to dry in the yard.She is very young, with bright eyebrows and eyes, and plain clothes and hairpins can't hide her beauty.

There was a sound of crunching snow, and a tall and strong man with missing right hand came from halfway through the wall. His only hand was full of meat and food.

The squatting woman glanced back, then retracted her gaze, and continued to pick up the beans that fell on the ground: "Brother Zhao, you are here again, go back, I don't want money or things."

The man named Big Brother Zhao was silent for a moment before speaking: "Miss Wei, you can accept this time, otherwise the general's spirit in heaven will be disturbed."

Wei Yao stopped what she was doing, she turned around and stood up: "Dou Xiao is dead?"

The big man nodded with red eyes, choked up and said: "The young emperor led all the ministers to surrender to Liu, but the general refused to surrender and fought back vigorously. He was shot to death by random arrows in front of the eastern capital."

Wei Yao was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, he just saw off the guests and still refused to accept anything: "Go back, I've said it many times, I will not use the money of the man who killed my husband to raise children. Shuhuai also doesn't want her own Children eat the food of their enemies."

Dou Xiao felt guilty for using that method to defeat Yu Wenxun. She has been entrusting someone to take care of their mother and child all these years, but Wei Yao also has her own pride. She has healthy hands and can raise the child by herself.

The big man's persuasion was fruitless, and he wanted to put the things down, but Wei Yao said again: "If you leave the things there, why don't you help me take them outside the village and throw them away."

The big man's back stiffened, and he turned his head and looked at Wei Yao angrily: "The general is gone, will Mrs. Wei still put on such an unkind gesture?"

Wei Yao's face was cold, not oily or salty.

The big man was angry: "Since Mrs. Wei's family is so noble and can't tolerate things from despicable people like me, then Zhao San won't come back to bother her in the future." After speaking, he turned his head and left with his things.

The small courtyard was quiet again, Wei Yao prepared dinner as usual, and then went to the main room where Yu Wenxun's spiritual tablet was enshrined.She took out three sticks of incense from the bamboo louvers next to the altar, lit them, bowed to Yu Wenxun's spiritual seat, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

After staring at Yu Wenxun's tablet for a while, Wei Yao smoked another stick, lit it, and stuck it in the southeast direction.

At this time, a small head with long black curly hair suddenly popped out of the door, and found that Wei Yao hadn't noticed him, the child carefully stepped over the threshold, ran to Wei Yao's side, and hugged her like a "surprise". legs, and complained coquettishly: "Mother is secretly talking to Daddy again!"

Wei Yao turned his head, squinted his eyes and scratched Yu Wenbo's nose: "Don't worry, I didn't report you."

Yu Wenbo covered his nose: "Bo'er is so obedient, there is no complaint to sue."

Wei Yao was amused by the naive child and laughed.

Yu Wenbo caught a glimpse of the incense sticks on the side, pointed to Wei Yao and asked, "Why do you want to put incense here?"

Wei Yao took a look: "Because someone is gone again."

Yu Wenbo asked: "Who?"

"One—" Wei Yao paused, "Your father's opponent."

Yu Wenbo blinked curiously: "The opponent? What is the opponent?"

Wei Yao: "The opponent is a person who resonates in the soul, but cannot share the same path."

Yu Wenbo didn't understand, and blinked his big black eyes.

Wei Yao patted Yu Wenbo's head: "Go, offer a stick of incense to your father too."

Yu Wenbo obediently said "En", and climbed onto the chair with both hands and feet. When he was taking incense, he stopped suddenly, and pointed to the incense stuck beside him: "Do you want to give it to him too?"

Wei Yao was silent for a while: "No need." The stick of incense was just to repay Dou Xiao for sending back Yu Wenxun's body. Besides, there was no relationship between Yuwen's family and Dou Xiao.

Soon Yu Wenbo inserted the incense and returned to Wei Yao, waiting for praise with a small face.

Wei Yao touched his little head: "Where's your brother Hui?"

Yu Wenbo: "Still practicing martial arts!"

Wei Yao turned his head to look at the snowy yard, and told Yu Wenbo, "Go and ask him to come back for dinner."

After hearing what Yu Wenbo said, he ran out of the yard.

The place where Liu Hui practiced martial arts was in the ruins outside the village. The wind and snow were blowing hard, but the young man in the ruins didn't seem to notice it, and he still stubbornly fired and retracted his gun.Yu Wenbo lay on the broken wall and shouted to Liu Hui: "Brother Hui, it's time to eat."

Hearing Yu Wenbo's voice, Liu Hui retracted his gun, turned around, and smiled brightly when he caught a small figure.

The child at that time has grown into half a teenager, his facial features are very similar to Liu Xuan, gentle and handsome.The wind and frost outside the pass washed away the luxury and pomp of his birth, and precipitated a sense of stability.Liu Hui put away his gun and walked towards Yu Wenbo.

Yu Wenbo opened his hand towards Liu Hui: "Brother Hui, ride a horse."

Liu Hui picked up Yu Wenbo and put it on his shoulder: "Riding a horse!"

Yu Wenbo laughed happily on Liu Hui's shoulder, and the teenagers and children ran towards the shabby but warm enough courtyard laughing and laughing.

The wind and snow concealed the figures of the two of them, and only vague questions and answers came from them.

"Brother Hui, why do you want to practice martial arts?"

"Take Bo'er to travel all over the Western Regions after training."

In Yu Wenbo's mind now, the Western Regions are the whole world: "Will it take many years to travel all over the Western Regions?"

"No, a few years is enough."

"What about after that?"

"We can continue west, to Loulan, Qiuci, Dawan, and even Rome..."

"Why don't you go east?"

Liu Hui was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, "We're not going to the east, it's not a good place."

The author has something to say: Dou Xiao's line is over!

Wei Yao's family lived peacefully like this without any accidents.

As for what will happen to the children when they grow up, then the children and grandchildren will have their own blessings.