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"At that time, the second concubine was fighting for favor, and the noble concubine was pregnant. The national teacher pointed to his palace and said: 'The nine princes are the emperor's order.' Emperor Ling was overjoyed and thought he would succeed him."

"During his birthday, Emperor Ling bestowed the name 'Xin', and raised him personally as Emperor Min. Later, he found out that he was blind, and Emperor Ling thought it was unlucky, so he abandoned it."

"And young and old, not enough food, not warm clothes. Because of his blindness, illiteracy, and reading. He often recites scriptures, leans on bamboo sticks, and travels all day long."

"In the spring of 42, when the Wu army approached, Emperor Ling went south to cross the sea and passed on the throne to Emperor Min."

"When the emperor first came, he was fifteen years old, and he was still ignorant. Half of the dynasties were old and weak in civil and military affairs, and it was planned to replace them with those of similar age. The emperor knocked on the door outside the palace, and refused."

"It is with hair and bare feet, and the plain clothes return to Wu."

"For three years after entering Wu, he was granted the Marquis of Anle in vain, and returned to the fiefdom with Wenwu. Qingxi passed through the village, and people called it "冘水". Water?' Then it was renamed Zhenshui to this day."

"For another three years, it rained at night, and the clouds were black, and everyone closed their doors and couldn't get out. In the morning, the emperor disappeared, and he didn't know where he was going."

"There are only a few new peaches outside the wall, burning extraordinary things."

Wu and Yue fought for hundreds of years, and Yue died 300 years ago. After 300 years, it may be time to change.

When the soldiers approached the city, the state of Wu was in chaos.

However, Xu Ke, the emperor of the Wu Kingdom, always looked unhurried, holding a volume of "Xinyue Shu" all day long, and flipping through the pages of "Min Di Ji" repeatedly.

The new dynasty edited the history for the previous dynasty, and the history books of Yue State were compiled twice.The first chapter was edited 300 years ago; the second chapter was re-edited when Xu Ke was still the prince.

It is said that he edited it again, but in fact he presided over it, and the scholars below edited it.

During the tour in micro-clothes, passing near Zhenshui, I realized that the people here believe in a subjugated king.

I found it very interesting, and after I went back, I compiled "Min Di Ji" myself.

A few sentences, when he was writing, he was only 14 years old.Up to now, it has been more than ten years since he ascended the throne, and he still reads Yueshu from time to time.

The same is true today, he sits high on the Dragon Court, reclining, holding a scroll.

The courtiers were worried, but he didn't care; he ignored his impassioned speeches;

After the next court, he returned to the bedroom.

The hall was as warm as spring, he raised his hand to dismiss his attendants, he didn't even change his court clothes, he just kicked off his court boots, put down the curtains, and lay down on the couch with all his clothes, ready to go back to sleep.

Between half asleep and half awake, he had a bizarre dream.

He dreamed that outside Chengchao Palace, there was a Suyi Immortal standing opposite him.

The fairy seemed a little helpless towards him, but he kindly reminded him: "Be a wise gentleman."

Xu Ke was disdainful and didn't take this sentence seriously.

When he walked down the steps, he realized that he was thin and small, still in his teens.

He walked the 81 steps in front of the hall for a long time, and when he woke up, it was already evening.

The hall was very stuffy, the snowy light reflected the remaining afterglow of the setting sun, and shone in through the mushy windows, through the overlapping curtains, making it dark and depressing.

When Xu Ke got up, the little eunuch stepped forward and told him that several veteran officials were waiting for him in the study.

He ignored it, put on his cloak and went out, heading towards Chengchao Palace.

The Chengchao Palace worshiped Emperor Chongyuan, the former patron saint of the Wu Kingdom. Later, Xu Ke sealed the Chengchao Palace when he saw the black flood dragon fall in his dream.

There is no patron saint, and there is no need to sacrifice, Xu Ke is happy and relaxed.

It was still snowing, Xu Ke was walking in the snow, his untied cloak fell behind him, leaving a long trail.

On the way, he thought of many things.

Many years ago, a big dream-like thing was re-hooked by that dream.

He had admiration and resentment towards Lin Xin, but now there is only a kind of sympathy and desolation left.

Lin Xin asked him to be a Mingjun, but in fact he wanted to be a Mingjun from the beginning.

But later, he gradually understood that there is no end to the nonsense scriptures.What he ordered, in the end, would never be able to be done, and the courtiers prepared countless excuses to deal with him.

Wu's court was bloated and complicated, and it had reached the point of no cure, but it still used singing and dancing to cover it up.

The lunatic he locked in Mingjun's shell struggled for several years, and finally turned into a terrifying tyrant.

I used to read Lin Xin's Ji Wen with Yue Shu in hand, because I wanted to know how he could become a fairy.

Watching it again recently, I want to see how Lin Xin behaves as a king of subjugation.

The sky was half cloudy, he stopped on the palace road, and took out a lit candle from the palace lanterns on both sides.

Walking by candle in the snow.

If he didn't burn down Chengchao Palace with a torch, it should be a beautiful artistic conception.

Xu Ke slowly climbed the stone steps, igniting the last flame of the 900-year national destiny.

The stronger the north wind, the higher the flames will be for nine days.

The palace people yelled "It's out of the water", Xu Ke threw the candle into the fire, stood on the stone steps, and sneered.

The fire was dazzling, and he looked at it for a while, then looked away.

Taking a casual glance, I vaguely saw a plain white figure in the fire.

The Jiaolong behind Xu Ke was terribly wilted, only as thick as an arm, and the scales on his body were covered with tiny cracks, coiled on his shoulders, his eyes opened and closed as he breathed slowly.

Xu Ke took two steps forward suspiciously, trying to rush into the fire, but was stopped by the palace people.

He pushed them away and hurried forward, trying to see who it was.

The man was standing at the corner, and when Xu Ke saw his sleeves, he raised his hand and told the attendants to retreat.

The palace man hesitated, so he lifted his collar and threw him down the steps.

He turned around and heard the man asking the people around him, "How is it? Are they all burned?"

Gu Yuan glanced at it, and replied: "Well, it's all burnt out, and the statue of the emperor is also burnt out."

For a moment, Lin Xin didn't think that the idol of Emperor Chongyuan was made of gold and would not be burned by fire.

Xu Ke could only see Lin Xin, who was still a mortal, but not Gu Yuan.

He stepped forward quickly and grabbed Lin Xin's sleeve, for fear that he would run away.

Lin Xin subconsciously turned his head towards him: "What's wrong?"

He thought it was Gu Yuan holding him.

Gu Yuan frowned, and raised his hand to brush Xu Ke's hand away.

Xu Ke clenched his throat tightly, and called out uncertainly, "Lin Xin?"

Lin Xin could still recognize his voice, and said, "Excuse me, I'll leave right away."

Xu Ke still couldn't believe it, but said: "You went to the wrong place, Lin Zhen is outside the city."

"I know, because you set fire to the Chengchao Palace, so I'm here to take a look."

"Are you really a fairy?"

"Ah."

Xu Ke finally asked: "Then I used to..."

"We met before." Lin Xin nodded, "But you didn't take my words to heart."

The memories of his childhood resurfaced, and he wanted to explain: "I have tried..."

Xu Ke stopped, thinking that this kind of thing could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

He saw beads of sweat on Lin Xin's forehead: "If you're not in a hurry, I have something to say..."

Lin Xin didn't really want to talk to him: "Ah Zhen is still waiting for me. The two sides are confronting each other, so we should avoid suspicion."

"The overall situation has been decided, just say a few words. It's not like I haven't said it before."

Lin Xin thought for a while and said, "Say it."

Xu Ke clasped his wrist with his backhand, and Lin Xin raised his bamboo stick and knocked him once.

Xu Ke said: "It's too hot here, go to the tower."

Lin Xin said quickly, "I have someone to help me, so I don't bother you."

The totem of the state of Wu is a black dragon, which is still black, and the palace walls and towers are all black in color.

On the way, Xu Ke took the lantern from the palace man, and then glanced at Bai Ling who was in front of Lin Xinmeng.

He seemed to ask casually, "Eyes?"

Lin Xin responded, "It's temporarily broken."

He would not think that Xu Ke was caring about him.

Gu Yuan supported him, Xu Ke walked ahead and climbed up the palace wall and tower.

The lights under his feet were leveled, and Xu Ke hung the lanterns on the tower.

He turned sideways and looked at Lin Xin: "As the patron saint of Zhenshui Village, you often help Zhenshui Village, right?"

"Compared to other patron saints, this is indeed the case."

Ordinary protection gods sit high on the altar, just letting the way of heaven divide the merits in their merit book to distribute blessings, regardless of specific matters.

Xu Ke chuckled, "No wonder."

"As far as you know, I have only helped Zhenshui Village twice." Lin Dao said, "The first time was when your father wanted to build a palace, and I came here; the second time was when you went south and forced the villagers to flee south. I'll help them catch you at the mouth of the valley."

"What about the last siege?"

"You besieged the city overnight, and I came all night. Before I could do anything, Ah Zhen arrived with her people. This time I didn't help, and I ate two extra meals for them."

Xu Ke changed his tone firmly: "Lin Zhen was taught by you."

"I don't see him very often. I only taught him for a few years, and the teaching is not good. I only make him pay attention to rest." Lin Xin paused, "After all, I am not a very good emperor myself. If I am the emperor , I can't do well either."

"He was taught by you, so he conquered me."

"No." Lin Dao said, "He got to where he is today by relying on himself."

Xu Ke flicked his sleeves, seemingly disdainful.

He changed the subject: "I used to want to listen to you and be a wise king."

"and then?"

"Then they don't allow me to be a wise king."

"how?"

"The state of Wu is rotten to the root. After struggling for several years, I was finally dragged into the mud by them."

"Is it?"

"If I don't want to die with them, I won't be able to live. I look at their hypocritical faces every day, and I wish I could poke my eyes. Only by being like them can I be free and live on."

"Yes." Lin Xin lowered his eyes, "Not only can you survive, but you can also live happily. Hundreds of officials are at your disposal, and ten thousand people are at your disposal. If you want to hunt, you will lead people to set fire, ride tall horses, and treat the people as your leader." Prey, chase for fun."

"I don't want to do this at all." Xu Ke was a little annoyed, eager to defend himself, and forgot even calling himself for a while, just shouted, "If I were Lin Zhen, I would definitely do better than him!"

Lin Xin smiled helplessly: "You really think so?"

Putting himself and Lin Zhen together should be something that Xu Ke despises.

So he quickly changed his words: "If the Wu Kingdom is not what it is now, the Wu Kingdom is rotten to the root; if I don't have such a father who is obsessed with cultivation; if I am not the only prince, not the young prince who ascended the throne; If I had someone who would teach me..."

He whispered: "If you are willing to teach me, if you are willing to teach me like you taught Lin Zhen. As long as you are willing to give me a little kindness—"

Lin Xin didn't speak.

Xu Ke said: "I will definitely not be like this now."

He leaned against the city wall and sighed: "I haven't established a queen yet, and there is no one in the harem. Lin Xin, do you know why?"

Lin Xin shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that if I have a child, I won't teach him if I put him in the rotten country of Wu." Xu Ke said sadly, "I'm afraid to raise him into a monster like me."

He took off the emperor's crown, and as if venting his anger, he grabbed it with both hands and threw it on the wall.

The crown knocked down the paper lantern, the lantern fell to the ground, the candle fell over, and soon burned, igniting the bright paper and bamboo frame outside.

He murmured: "You don't want to teach me, you just let me be a wise king, but I don't understand, I don't understand."

This was something Lin Xin did not expect.

When he first met Xu Ke, Xu Ke was young and mature, more sophisticated than him in political scheming.Now he said he didn't understand, but Lin Xin didn't understand either.

Neither of them spoke, the lantern burned out, and the north wind blew away the ashes.

Lin Xin clasped his hands together and said, "You are always blaming others, the courtiers, your father, and me. I am not your father."

Xu Ke was angry, gritted his teeth and asked, "Is there something wrong with me?"

"Since you don't want to be the emperor so much, and you don't want to stay in the Wu Kingdom any longer, is it difficult for you to abdicate if you find a royal family member to inherit the throne?"

"you……"

"Ten thousand steps back, you will not be a wise king, but you must be a tyrant? If you can't survive, how many people can't survive because of you? The country of Wu is rotten, and the soldiers of your country of Wu are still standing in front of the battle. You fight, how dare you say that they are all rotten?"

Lin Xin was so angry that he swung his bamboo stick and hit him hard twice.

Xu Ke stretched out his hand to block it, and said, "You still hate me for what happened in Zhenshui Village."

"Of course I hate you."

"I was..." Xu Ke didn't know how to explain this matter, "It was just a whim."

Lin Xin put away his bamboo stick and said with a sneer, "What a whim."

He pressed the white silk tied in front of his eyes: "It's useless to talk too much, so let's just say goodbye."

Lin Xin leaned on a bamboo stick and turned to leave. Gu Yuan supported him, but Xu Ke said behind him: "If I were Lin Zhen, I would definitely do better than him."

Lin Xin said indifferently: "You can't do what Ah Zhen does."

"You always favor him, why do you always teach him but not me?"

"I said, you can't do what Ah Zhen does."

Lin Xin was also a little annoyed, turned around, and in front of Xu Ke, counted Lin Zhen's affairs in detail one by one: "Not long after Ah Zhen was born, both parents died, and he followed an old man in the village. big."

"In order to avoid your detection, he had to pretend to be a girl when he was young so that he can grow up safely."

"When he was young, he learned to read and write from the old people in the village who could read and write. He started to learn after finishing homework every day, and he could learn for about a quarter of an hour until the sun went down. Kaimeng's book is an old almanac that every household has, as well as groceries. Lang sells a book of jokes."

"When he grew up, the imperial court opened a school in Zhenshui Village. At first, the school officials didn't let him in. He hid outside the wall and leaned on the beam. It was his grandfather who talked with the school officials for a long time before the school officials let him go. went in."

"He was studying, and grandpa sometimes borrowed old books for him, and he copied them down word by word."

"After wearing the crown, he resumed his men's clothes. He was studying and learning martial arts at the same time. The Martial Arts Department of the Escort refused to accept him, fearing that he would lose his knowledge of martial arts."

"He practiced in private. The bow was crooked, the arrow was crooked, the knife was a hatchet, and the sword was rusty. He practiced day and night, even on New Year's Eve."

"Later, he worked as a dart in the escort bureau, worked as a teacher in a private school, served in the military, and worked as a salesman."

"I said I didn't teach him, and I really didn't teach him. I don't read well, and my martial arts are average. I just taught him archery. I taught him once. I haven't hit the bull's-eye yet. He learned these things by himself. ,not my business."

"To be honest, it should be within your expectation that he is deploying troops to the city now."

Lin Xin asked Xu Ke back: "Can you do better than him?"

Xu Ke didn't answer.

After these words, Lin Xin's mood also calmed down a lot.

He took a deep breath and said, "You said I didn't teach you, but I did."

"Over the years, you have traveled south several times, and you always go to Zhenshui Village. In the school in Zhenshui Village, there is a Mr. Lin. Every time he goes to see you, you ignore him; every time he persuades you, You have someone beat him out every time. Later, as long as he has the intention to speak, you kick him out."

Xu Ke was shocked: "You..."

"It's me." Lin Xin said indifferently, "Later——"

Later, Xu Ke had someone beat him to death.

On the day when the villagers in Zhenshui Village and the surrounding people fled overnight, Mr. Lin risked his life to persuade him, but Xu Ke ordered him to be killed with a stick, and died right in front of him.

Lin Xin raised his head and sighed softly: "I have no partiality, my heart of stone treats everyone equally. I really hoped that both you and Lin Zhen could be well."

"Mr. Lin was supposed to teach Lin Zhen, but was executed by Xu Kezhang."

"Now tell me, have I ever taught you?"

Lin Xin taught him earnestly, to be a wise gentleman, at least not to do so many ridiculous things.

But Xu Ke didn't listen, not once.

But if Xu Ke listened to him once, listened to his words that night, and didn't play such absurd hunting games, maybe Lin Zhen wouldn't be forced to rebel at that time.

So Lin Xin said that it should be within his expectation that Lin Zhen's troops would come to the city.

It's a pity that Mr. Lin was also beaten to death by him.

It was at that time that Lin Xin completely gave up on this terribly bad child.

Xu Ke stood where he was, in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Lin Xin pursed his lips, and squeezed Gu Yuan's hand that supported him: "Let's go."

As the wind and snow got tighter, the fire in Chengchao Palace had been extinguished, leaving only a blackened area.

The moon was covered by dark clouds, and Xu Ke was standing alone on the palace wall and tower in the emperor's court clothes.

The court clothes were gray and almost blended with the night.

Xu Ke leaned on the tower with his hands and fingers slightly spread, covering his face.

Beneath the dark city tower is a gloomy hell.

He smiled wryly, but suddenly remembered that this was the meeting of two subjugated kings.