lonely king

When Baili Nian set foot on the tower of King Xizhao's city, Da Jiang's army had already captured the king's city, and the remnants of Xizhao's army were finally defeated, and Yue Zhixin was ultimately powerless to resist Xizhao's defeat.Xizhao died.

Yue Zhixin stood on the tower, watched as Baili Nian dismounted from his horse, walked to the city wall step by step, climbed the tower, and came to his side.There is nothing left in the Xizhao King City now, Yue Zhixin who was able to leave has been sent away, and the old officials who refused to leave have also been martyred. Only Yue Zhixin is left standing on the tower, looking at the area that once belonged to The vast land of Xizhao.

"You're here." Yuezhixin said to Baili who was coming, but she didn't look at him.

"En." Baili Nian also said little.

Yue Zhixin's expression was calm, and Baili Nian didn't look like meeting an enemy army, but rather like a friend invited to drink tea with her. She even smiled slightly, pointing to the burning palaces and pavilions in front of her, "I have been here since I was a child." Growing up here, my father was still there at that time. Although my father doted on my younger brother, he doted on him even more. The most common thing he said was: If Zhixin is a man, he must be King Xizhao, who will lead Xi Zhaoxiong dominates the world and becomes the lord of the world."

Yue Zhixin turned to look at Baili Nian, "Tell me, is what my father said makes sense?"

Baili Nian paused for a moment, neither nodded nor shook his head, and finally spoke after a long time, "Is the Lord of the World so good? Everyone wants it, and everyone is willing to bet the lives of tens of millions of generals, soldiers and common people. For the Lord of the World."

"Then why are you fighting for it?" Yue Zhixin looked at Baili Nian, "Don't hesitate to hide your name, plan for nine years, restore the country with difficulty, step by step to the present, don't you also want to become the master of the world?"

Baili pursed his lips, and he also turned his head to look at Yue Zhixin, meeting the questioning eyes, but there was a hint of confusion in his eyes, "If I say I don't want to, will you believe me?"

Yue Zhixin suddenly laughed, this statement surprised Yue Zhixin, after all, these words were really inconsistent with Baili Nian's actions.She smiled and said, "If you don't want this world, why bother with this?"

Baili Nian's eyes sank, and he murmured after a while, "Yeah, why bother to make a fuss about it? But back then in Yeling, the [-] dead souls, and the century-old foundation of the Jiang royal family were all burnt down and trampled on by iron hooves. Can I pretend I've never seen it before?"

"So you want to use iron hoofs to travel all over the Three Kingdoms? Are you going to travel all over the Northern Yan, Xizhao, and Southern Ming?" Yue Zhixin looked at Baili Nian, her eyes gradually cooled, and the peace she had just lost, she pointed at the city of King Xizhao. , "Look, this scene is what you want?"

Inside the city of King Xizhao, there was a ruined scene. Although Sui Yi and others marched carefully and did not provoke the people, there were no civilians who would not be affected by the battle between the two armies.Baili Nian followed Yue Zhixin's finger to look over, and happened to see civilians fleeing around the royal city, no different from when Nanming was destroyed.

Endless desolation flashed in Baili's eyes, and he saw the appearance of Yeling after Jiang's defeat of the country, and recalled the scene of Nanming's decline that he had seen on Wangming Mountain after Nanming's defeat of the country.

"The country breaks the mountains and rivers, and the iron hoof hurts the scenery. After a hundred years, I must be a sinner."

"But they are too," Baili twisted his head and looked at Yuezhixin, "Gongsun deceived Jiang Huan, Yue Jian killed Jiang Huan, Beiyan Xizhaonan destroyed Dajiang, and turned this originally peaceful world into a beacon of flames. Aren't these people sinners?"

"..." Yue Zhixin was a little speechless, looking at the ruined Xizhao King City in front of her, she couldn't refute.Today's Xi Zhao is just like Da Jiang many years ago. Da Jiang back then was even more tragic than Xi Zhao, but who caused all this?She didn't dare to say that her father, Wang Yue, was not responsible, and she could only say one thing in the end, "Isn't it all like this?"

Yue Zhixin raised his head, "Father, if you want the world, you must be decisive and bloody. It's not just the father. Gongsun Zhi also wanted the world. He didn't just deceive Jiang. Huan also designed Xizhao, captured his father and killed tens of thousands of Xizhao's lives. As for the deceased King Beiyan, he also wanted the world, and the succeeding Beiyan young master Zhong Yan also planned the world. So is Yu Wenyang. I admit that Yue Ming and I also want to be the masters of the world."

"Kings have been like this since ancient times. Jiang Nian, the desire to be king and hegemony cannot be cut off, do you understand?"

Baili Nian's eyes gradually darkened, revealing a touch of doubt, he really didn't understand.After a long time, he murmured: "It's still for the lord of the world, or for the sake of one person, it's really meaningless."

"You won't understand, you were born as an orthodox monarch, you won't understand the pain of being suppressed by others, no one wants to be suppressed by others, no one..." Yue Zhixin raised his head, from Xizhao became a subsidiary, his father Since the king was humiliated, her heart of dominating the king was buried deep in her heart.She firmly believed that only when Xizhao became the most powerful country in the Central Plains and became the lord of the world, could she live in peace.

"Only by becoming the lord of the world can there be a moment of peace." Yue Zhixin murmured.

Baili Nian smiled, it was rare to have such a light and smiling look in his eyes, he looked at Yue Zhixin, "Then do you think I am at peace?"

Baili Nian was once the lord of the world, is he at peace?Yue Zhixin was dumbfounded, he looked determined just now, but at this moment he was a little speechless.

Baili Nian withdrew his eyes, looked into the distance, his eyes were desolate, he asked himself: "Will there be peace in the war?" After a long time, he answered himself, "No, there will be no peace." Tranquility, there will be peace only if there is no struggle."

Everyone wants to be the master of the world, and everyone wants to fight for the throne. If they have the throne, they are afraid that others will take it. If they don't have the throne, they will try to fight for the throne.Is there an end to such days?Since the Three Kingdoms eradicated Dajiang nine years ago, the older generation died, and the new generation became active, always fighting and killing, and there will never be peace.

Yuezhixin looked at Baili Nian, "I want to ask you one last question."

Baili Nian: "I know, I will tell you."

"Where is Yu'er? I want to know where Yue Ying is? Did Sai Jian kill him?" Yue Ying is Yue Zhixin's last concern, and Yue Ying is Xi Zhao's last hope. She wants to know Yue Ying's situation.

Baili Nian didn't want to talk about it, but it was a coincidence that after capturing Xizhao, his informant also discovered Yue Ming's whereabouts.On the official road from Taoyang City to Xizhao, the people from Baili Nian found Yue Ji, to be precise, they found Yue Ji's body.

"Dead." Baili Nian would never be euphemistic, "He escaped from Taoyang City and Sai Jian, and he probably wanted to go back to Xizhao, but he was unlucky, and met the ruler of the Wuyu Kingdom. The Wuyu Kingdom was originally a small country that was a vassal of Xizhao, but Xizhao had already perished, and the Lord of the Wuyu Kingdom knew that Xizhao and Qiangzhao were at odds, so he killed Yueji, presumably because he wanted to send him to Qiangzhao to show his loyalty. .”

Xizhao wanted to attack Taoyang City, but it was designed by Sai Jian. Everyone knew that Xizhao could not keep it.At that time, the Wu Prison Kingdom, who obeyed Xi Zhaoyan and had great respect, killed Yue Min in order to please Qiang Min, and sent him to Taoyang City to show his loyalty.

"The lord of the prisoner killed Wei'er!?"

Yuezhi was so excited that her body kept trembling. Her last hope was shattered, and what made her hope shattered was not Baili Nian or Sai Jian, but the Wu Prison Kingdom that once vassalized her!Yue Zhixin's expression kept changing, first he was shocked and resentful, then slowly became sad, and finally he sneered, helpless and sad.

Baili Nian looked at Yuezhixin with complicated eyes. He didn't know what kind of mood he was in. He said slowly, "I sent the corpse to Xizhao. You decide where to bury it."

After saying this, Baili Nian was a little tired, he didn't want to talk to Yue Zhixin any more, so he turned his head and walked down the city wall.He has never felt so tired, really too tired, he wants to stop every step he takes, too lazy to move again, too lazy to look forward.Baili Nian's heart gradually turned gray and lifeless.

Baili Nian was walking hard, but Yue Zhixin's voice came from behind her. Yue Zhixin was standing on the city wall, she looked into the distance, and suddenly burst out laughing, her voice was desolate and gloomy.

Yue Zhixin: "Hahahaha, father, Zhixin is ashamed of his trust in you, and failed to help Ying'er guard Xizhao and the Yue family! Zhixin is ashamed of you!"

There was a "bang", and it rang under the city wall.

Baili twirled his steps and stopped suddenly, he didn't need to look back to know that it was the muffled sound of a person falling to the ground.Yue Zhi beat the city wall and committed suicide in Xizhao.Princess Xizhao, whose ambition surpassed that of a man's, died in the city wall after all.

Suddenly there was a cool wind blowing, blowing up Baili Nian's hair at the temples, Xizhao was gone, the Three Kingdoms that exterminated Dajiang were gone, Baili Nian, who still had a few traces of hatred, felt ashamed at this moment.

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When Wei Yu led the Qiang Zhu army and horses to the city of King Xizhao from the west, he saw Baili Nian sitting on the cold stone beside the city wall.It was clearly summer, but he was still wrapped in a thick white velvet cloak, and his face was pale.Under the sunlight, the sheet was so white and transparent that it would break if poked.He was expressionless, staring blankly ahead.

"Baili... the Lord of Great Jiang," Wei Yu changed his title in time, "My king ordered his ministers to lead troops to help Great Jiang, and now Xizhao's soldiers and horses have been wiped out, General Xue is dead, and Xizhao has no place to return. "

"Well, thank you King Qiangzhuo, General Wei and Mo Yan will clean up the battlefield."

When Baili Nian spoke, he didn't look up at Wei Yu, his pupils didn't even have focus, and his voice didn't contain the slightest emotion, like a wooden man.Mo Yan looked at Baili Nian with some puzzlement, he wanted to take the opportunity to make some sarcasm, but seeing the other party's appearance, he couldn't open his mouth, and turned to clean up the battlefield.

Mo Yan took a look at Wei Yu, and asked Baili Nian before catching up, "Is it important for you, the king, to warn you?"

No sound came.Seeing that Baili Nian was silent for a long time, Mo Yan wanted to leave, but Baili Nian raised his head again, "Bury Yue Zhixin and Yue Ji in the tomb of the royal family of Xizhao. Also, take someone to search for them. The palace asked if there was a child named Gongsun Zou, the prince of Nanming Wang Gongsunzhi, who was originally held in Xizhao as a hostage, and was still stranded in Xizhao after the fall of Nanming. Find him and send him to Nanlin, just... ...and send it to the Bamboo Pavilion in Nanlin, where Zhang You is buried. Give him some money, and send it there secretly, and don’t let anyone get out.”

Mo Yan nodded, "This subordinate knows."

This was what Baili Nian promised Zhang You. Before Zhang You died, he was most worried about the Prince of Nanming, and his last wish was to let him take good care of Gongsun Xiao.Nanming is dead, and so is Xizhao. Now that Baili Nian has a chance to find Gongsun Zou, he will naturally fulfill Zhang You's last wish.Nanlin is a good place. Baili Nian and Zhang You once met in Nanlin, and they had a good talk and became close friends. Nanlin is also the place where the two were born. Zhang You finally returned to Nanlin, the person who cares about him He should be happy to send it to him.

However, Baili Nian could never go back to Nanlin.

Mo Yan led a team of people to search the Xizhao Palace, looking for Gongsun Zou.He had just searched two palaces, and bumped into Wei Yu at the door. He raised his head and saw that the person he bumped into was Wei Yu. He froze for a moment, and wanted to say hello, but on second thought, he closed his mouth again. went back.

With the current situation of Da Jiang and Qiang Zhuo, and the situation of him and Wei Yu, it is really not a relationship that can greet Yan Yuese.

"Mo Yan!" Wei Yu called out to Mo Yan who was leaving sideways.

Mo Yan paused for a moment, then turned his head to look at Wei Yu, "Wei...what's the matter, General Wei?"

"It's okay...can I call you?"

Wei Yu originally had a stomach for tricky words, but looking at Mo Yan's face and deliberately avoiding his own appearance, he was a little speechless.If he pestered him, Wei Yu would naturally have something to say, but if he avoided him, what else could Wei Yu say.

"Since General Wei is fine, I'll leave first." Mo Yan clasped his fists together, respecting Wei Yu very much, as if he was an unfamiliar person.Seeing Mo Yan's appearance, Wei Yu was filled with anger.Obviously it was him, Mo Yan, who was sorry for himself, and it was obviously him, Da Jiang, who was sorry for Qiang Zhuo, but now it seemed that he was sorry for him, and he was alienated even though he was rushing to talk.

Wei Yu couldn't help but glared at Mo Yan, "Mo Yan, you are really hard-hearted, this general... this general came to help Jiang, is this how you treat me?"

Mo Yan paused for a moment, then looked into Wei Yu's eyes, "What does General Wei want from me?"

"I..." How can I make you!

Wei Yu slandered.Mo Yan has always been like this, he never says good things, and what he says can always make people half dead.Wei Yu looked at this man, wishing he could bring him over and beat him up!Of course Wei Yu didn't do that, maybe Baili Nian and Mo Yan had done too many things that hurt Qiang Zhuo, Wei Yu was concerned at the beginning, then he had a premonition that Jiang and Qiang Zhuo would have a battle, and then Baili Nian really planned Qiang 晥.After all these incidents, he was not so angry anymore, maybe he was angry, but after getting used to it, he was not so angry anymore.

"Okay, I have nothing to do now." Wei Yu didn't bother to talk to Mo Yan any more, turned his head and left, walked two steps and left another sentence. "After cleaning the battlefield today, I will reward the generals in the open space next to the palace. They eat the shackled sheep and cows from our grassland. Come over and eat some."

"Tomorrow morning, I will lead the troops back to Qiang Zhuo, and I will have a last drink. With Qiang Zhuo and Da Jiang's situation, I don't know what will happen in the future." Wei Yu added, lifted his feet and left.

As Wei Yu said, even though Sai Jian sent soldiers and horses to assist Da Jiang this time, each of them knew that Da Jiang and Qiang Zhuo were not what they used to be. Speaking of war will immediately start a war.Sai Jian probably won't trust Baili Nian anymore, and after Xizhao's destruction, Qiang Zhuo is already the most powerful country in the Central Plains, and Da Jiang can't match it at all.In the first battle of Xizhao, Qiang Hao preserved his strength, but Da Jiang, who was not suitable for fighting in the first place, was even more difficult to relax in this battle.

Mo Yan looked at Wei Yu's leaving back, and heaved a long sigh.How could he not know about Jiang's situation at this time?A broken mirror is hard to recover.

Mo Yan went to Wei Yu's appointment.

At midnight, Mo Yan went to the north side of the palace, just after turning a corner, his eyes were released from the wall, and he saw the flames all over his eyes.There was a large open space by the wall, three or four piles of firewood were piled up on the open space, and the fire was burning brightly, and Wei Yu was standing in the middle, holding a large bowl of wine, laughing and drinking with the soldiers next to him.

When Mo Yan appeared, Wei Yu just turned his head and saw him immediately.There seemed to be a trace of smile on Wei Yu's face, he waved his hand at Mo Yan, and the person sitting next to him stepped aside tactfully, and welcomed Mo Yan to Wei Yu's side.

Mo Yan had never seen Wei Yu like this before, and he always felt that he was still the brat who would play tricks when he was defeated, but this brat has now become an indomitable general. That little guard.

"Why are you in a daze? Is my wine not to your liking? Why don't you drink it?" Wei Yu approached Mo Yan and said with a smile.The people around were very noisy, they were all drinking and having fun on their own, no one paid attention to what they said.

Mo Yan was stunned for a moment, lifted the wine bowl that had been stuffed into his hand at some time, raised his head and poured it into it.

"Why are you in such a hurry to drink?" Wei Yu laughed, and served Mo Yanman again.

"Wei Yu, I'm sorry..."

Mo Yan spoke suddenly.Wei Yu was pouring wine, and sprinkled a few drops, he stretched out after a moment of daze, and filled Mo Yan with the wine. "What are you sorry for? Come and listen." Wei Yu asked deliberately, with a hint of playfulness in his tone.

"I'm sorry for everything." Mo Yan, as if atoning, raised his head and poured another bowl full of wine into it.

From the beginning to the end, I am sorry to Wei Yu.Whether it was the sword piercing his chest at the beginning, or the subsequent many concealment and deception, he had no intention of being a heartless person, but he did a lot of heartbreaking things.

Wei Yu's eyes were complicated, but he didn't say much. He took the wine bowl in his hand and moved it to his mouth, but before it flowed into his mouth, Mo Yan stopped him halfway.Mo Yan poured Wei Yu's bowl of wine into his own mouth with his head raised.

Mo Yan: "This time, I won't ask for your forgiveness, and I don't deserve your forgiveness."

After Mo Yan finished speaking, he ignored Wei Yu, sat on the ground and hugged the wine jar to pour wine, as if giving up on himself, Wei Yula couldn't hold him back, and he couldn't listen to what he said, just like a drunkard who didn't know well .Wei Yu had no choice but to let him drink it.

The next day when Dongfang turned white, Mo Yan had already left. He drank all night last night and held Wei Yuxu in his arms and babbled for most of the night. He was so drunk that Wei Yu couldn't hear what he said. What is it, I only understand the word "sorry" he keeps repeating.Wei Yu looked at the remaining temperature in the tent, and he was a little lost.