lonely king

Six years later, Beiyan Kingdom.

Six years after the founding of Beiyan, King Beiyan came to heaven due to illness, and the new king and young master Zhongyan ascended the throne.

The new king and the new policy, Zhong Yan, the leader of the Beiyan Kingdom, held a celebration during the enthronement period, and recruited capable people from all over the world to come to Beiyan Kingdom. ambition.

There is a teahouse next to Wangcheng, named Huiwai Teahouse. Scholars from famous and poor families like to gather here to talk about the affairs of the world and express their feelings. Especially during the celebration, it is overcrowded.

Today, there happened to be a few scholars discussing major events in the world.

A scholar in a purple gown, holding a teacup, was talking about the world.

"Since Nanming Kingdom, Xizhao Kingdom, and our Beiyan Kingdom, the Three Kingdoms crusaded and captured the Jiang Dynasty, each of them established their own kingdoms, and there were many battles. I heard that soldiers from the Nanming Kingdom entered our Beiyan territory yesterday, hurting the people and seizing the land. Money, we scholars must serve our country and our king."

"It's natural, otherwise why would we gather here." Another scholar with a folding fan said, "Now that the new king is on the throne and the new policy is being implemented to recruit talents from all over the world, it is natural that we gather in the capital to repay the favor. Your Majesty, Nanming Kingdom is located in a place with a warm climate in the south of the river, and because of the good weather and abundant rice and grain in the past few years, it has invaded Beiyan several times, is it really deceiving me that Beiyan has no capable people!"

"Brother Wang, don't be so excited. Nanming Kingdom is located in a warm place in the south, and the land is rich. I also own thousands of miles of land in Beiyan. Although it has been severe cold these few years, it is not a weak country. There is only Nanming in the world today. The country and the Beiyan country will be able to confront each other."

"Xizhao Kingdom was originally established with the two countries, but now it is no longer as grand as it used to be."

The scholar with the folding fan nodded, "I think of how arrogant the three kingdoms were when they conquered the Jiang Dynasty. But have you ever heard of the fire in the palace when the Jiang Dynasty fell?"

"Is there a big fire in the palace? I heard that it burned for three days and three nights, and burned the magnificent Jiang Palace to ashes. It is rumored that Jiang Huan, the general of the former Jiang Dynasty, set the fire together with the little emperor he supported. Ginger Nian burned to death together."

"The Great General Jiang Huan Jiang was originally a vassal. Who told him to support a little emperor, and even destroying the country is a joke, hahaha."

With a "crack", a chopstick was broken, making a muffled sound.

In the corner of the teahouse, there is a man in white clothes, with handsome features, red as blood red jade crown and hair, his complexion is much whiter than ordinary people, and there is a sense of immortality in his gestures, if it is not as red as blood The crimson jade crown that had been removed was still on the top of his head, in a trance, one would think that he was transformed by Bai Yu.

It's just that his icy face made people dare not approach him.

This person has long attracted the attention of the scholars in the teahouse. After all, such a posture is hard to be noticed, but the fly in the ointment is that there is a crescent-shaped scar on the corner of the man's eye, which seems to have been burned by something. The traces left behind, this crescent-shaped blood-red scar completely broke the fairy state.

"Lord..."

Sitting next to him was a man dressed in black with a long sword. After hearing the conversation of the scholars, his face became frighteningly pale, and he held the hilt of the sword tightly.

The man in white had no emotion on his face. He had been drinking tea quietly. After the noise in the street, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the street downstairs.

"Mo Yan, look who is on the street."

Downstairs, a group of soldiers and horses passed by, and the leading general was particularly conspicuous. He was nine feet tall, with a golden crown and hair, and gilded armor draped around his body.

"It's Yu Wenyang." Mo Yan replied.

"Yu Wenyang..." The man in white murmured and repeated, "Yu Wenyang, the general of the Beiyan Kingdom who is favored by the king, Yu Wenyang, who has made great achievements in ten cities."

The man in white pinched the teacup in his hand, pursed his thin red lips slightly, and looked at Yu Wenyang downstairs with meaningful eyes.

Downstairs, Yu Wenyang frowned, feeling something behind him, he looked back a few times, but found nothing unusual, when he turned his head, he casually glanced at the second floor of the teahouse, and met the eyes of the man in white.

This look, how could it be like a cold arrow or a gurgling water.

"Who is that person upstairs?" Yu Wenyang asked the lieutenant.

The bearded deputy general looked up several times, but didn't see who it was, and scratched his head, "Isn't it the beauty serving tea?"

Yu Wenyang raised the hilt of his sword and slammed the lieutenant on the head, "I know the beauty, that's a man!"

"Oh, general, I have followed you all over the world for several years, and this is the first time I have returned to the royal city in three years. How would I know that beauty... No, who is that man."

Lieutenant General Sui Yi scratched his head. He and Yu Wenyang hadn't returned to Wangcheng for three years, and the lovely wife at home didn't know what he looked like. How could he know who the people in the teahouse were, and there were only beauties and non-beauties in his eyes.

Yu Wenyang frowned and glared at Sui Yi, asking for nothing!

He raised his head again and put his eyes on the man in white. This man had an extraordinary temperament, but he didn't look like someone from Beiyan Kingdom, Yu Wenyang sneered.

"The king's celebration really caused a lot of messy people!"

Yu Wenyang turned his head, pulled the reins, and rode his horse towards the palace.

In the tea house, the man in white watched Yu Wenyang's back disappear into the busy street, and stroked the rim of his cup with his slender fingers.

"Yu Wenyang hasn't returned to Wangcheng for three years, right?"

"Yes, I have been stationed at the border for three years, and I just came back today." Mo Yan added matcha to his teacup.

"If you haven't come back for three years, things about Chao Gang will definitely not go smoothly." Baili Nian murmured, his eyes were deep.

Mo Yan raised his eyes and glanced at the man, then nodded with a vague understanding. "Yes, my lord."

Yu Wenyang rode his horse all the way to the palace, but he didn't return for three years, and he didn't know how the prince is now, no, it should be the king.

Yu Wenyang raised his eyes and glanced at the gate of the palace. As soon as he appeared, the guards at the gate of the palace immediately retreated to make way for Yu Wenyang, and even called out the general respectfully.

"Your Majesty really has a heart, and even made special arrangements." Deputy General Sui Yi said a serious word.

Looking over the guards kneeling on the ground, knowing that this must have been specially arranged by the king, Yu Wenyang raised his lips slightly, and walked quickly towards the palace holding the hilt of his sword.

At this moment in the main hall, Zhong Yan, the leader of Beiyan Kingdom, was waiting anxiously. He was naturally very happy when General Yuwen returned to the court today.Yu Wenyang was a good friend Zhong Yan had made when he was still a prince. Yu Wen Yang was the eldest son of a general. He was raised in the palace since he was a child, and he was very familiar with Zhong Yan. Now that he is on the throne, he wants to see his old friend even more.

"Chen Yuwenyang pays homage to the king!"

As soon as Yu Wenyang entered the hall, he threw the gold-plated armor to the lieutenant general. He lifted up his single clothes and knelt down with his sword in hand. When he raised his head, he looked heroic.

Zhong Yan was very happy to see Yu Wenyang, His Royal Highness, and wanted to immediately move forward to help his beloved general. He raised his eyes and glanced at the ministers on both sides, and put away his hands.

Now that he is the king, he cannot be as reckless as he was when he was a child.

"Aiqing got up quickly and rushed back to Wangcheng from the border. Aiqing has worked hard." Zhong Yan still couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Yu Wenyang was free and easy, he stood up, walked forward a few steps, passed the prime minister's position, and came in front of Zhong Yan.

"I haven't seen you for three years, and the king is already the king!" Yu Wenyang's mouth was full of joy.

When he left Wangcheng and followed his father to the border to guard the border, Zhong Yan was still a prince who had just reached the crown, and after returning, he already had the air of a king.

"Aiqing has worked hard to guard the border for three years."

"No hard work! Guarding the border gates for the King and Beiyan Kingdom is my duty and my wish."

The corners of Yu Wenyang's mouth were filled with a smile, and Zhong Yan also curled his mouth when he saw it. When he sent Yu Wenyang away from the Wangcheng, he had no ability to keep him in the Wangcheng. Time recalls Yu Wenyang.

"General Yuwen is really my luck to Beiyan, and also the luck of the lonely king."

The meeting between the emperor and his ministers was originally a warm scene, but above the super-class, there are always people who are resentful.Ever since Yu Wenyang came into the hall, the prime minister's expression was very bad. He is an old minister of the late King Beiyan, and he has always been at odds with Yuwen's family. When Yu Wenyang and his father were sent to guard the border, it was he who arranged it. Now the new king just Assuming the throne, Yu Wenyang was immediately recalled, and of course he felt unhappy.

"Your Majesty, although General Yuwen's return is gratifying, but above Chaogang, I feel that General Yuwen should pay more attention to etiquette. After all, the etiquette of monarchs and ministers should be there. Your Majesty is already Beiyan's Majesty. General, please don't let him go any further." Treat the king as your classmate at that time."

Although the prime minister was facing Zhong Yan, the corner of his eye was on Yu Wenyang's body, with a cold knife in his eyes.

"Hmph." Yu Wenyang glanced at the prime minister, he hated the prime minister's twisted words like that.

"The prime minister is really worrying too much! I don't need the prime minister to teach me the etiquette of monarchs and ministers!"

The prime minister immediately knelt on the ground when he heard this, "Your Majesty, this old minister is just kindly reminding you, this general...why do you speak like that?"

The prime minister knelt on the ground, and the other veterans even whispered, saying what was wrong with Yu Wenyang. There were many civil officials above the court, and civil servants and generals usually focused on different things. They couldn't bear to hear Yu Wenyang taunting the prime minister so bluntly.

"How about the general..."

"The general is really..."

Looking at the resentful eyes of these civil servants, Yu Wenyang was very angry. His Yuwen family had only returned to Wangcheng after three years of fighting in the battlefield. Of course he was angry when he came back to encounter these people who only lived on their salaries and never used swords or guns.

"What kind of words do I have, my Yuwen family sticks to the border day and night for the sake of the country, that's what you guys enjoy for nothing..."

"Ai Qing!"

Zhong Yan grabbed Yu Wenyang, shook his head at him, and stopped him from continuing.

"Aiqing has been bumpy all the way, and she must have worked hard. She should go back to the mansion to rest as soon as possible. Right now, the lonely king is also tired, and all the Aiqings have been in court for most of the day. Let's come here first today."

Zhong Yan waved his hand, and all the ministers knelt on the ground, "Send off my king respectfully."

Yu Wenyang was a little stunned. Seeing the ministers kneeling down, he knelt down and saluted after a few pauses, but he was surprised, why did the king just let himself go back to the mansion?

Zhong Yan looked down at Yu Wenyang who was kneeling on the ground, then turned his head and entered the inner palace.

Yu Wenyang came out of the hall with all the ministers. He frowned, and the joy of rushing back to the palace had already dissipated. He walked on the road outside the hall with his head down.

"General Yuwen is so arrogant! After staying at the border for a long time, I don't even know super-class etiquette, and he even contradicted the prime minister!"

"That's right, he actually contradicted your lord!"

The prime minister was in front, and the minister next to him said flatteringly, and Yu Wenyang, who was walking behind, just heard it, and his face was very ugly.

"Huangkou is just a child, this Chao Gang is not the frontier where he is allowed to run rampant in the wilderness." The prime minister snorted coldly.

"That's right, even the king would not contradict the Prime Minister like this."

Yu Wenyang's face turned pale, and he said that he was fine. When it came to the king, how could he bear it, grabbed the long sword in his hand, and walked in front of the prime minister a few steps, as if he could draw the sword and kill him immediately.

"How dare you call your majesty!"

"General, General! What are you going to do?" The deputy grabbed Yu Wenyang.

"Of course I killed the old man!" Yu Wenyang gripped the hilt of the sword, and if the lieutenant hadn't pulled it, the sword would have been out of its sheath.

"Oh, general, what are you doing!" The deputy general grabbed Yu Wenyang and did not let go.

"General Yuwen, please stay."

The eunuch's voice suddenly sounded behind him, interrupting Yu Wenyang's movements, he paused, this is the eunuch beside Zhongyan.The prime minister in front also heard it, he turned his head and saw Yu Wenyang just in time, twitched the corner of his mouth, and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Yu Wenyang really wanted to rush forward and give him a knife right now, but the deputy general stopped him again.

Yu Wenyang pursed his lower lip and turned to look at the eunuch.

"Is there something wrong with the king?" Yu Wenyang asked.

The eunuch was very respectful: "Return to the general, the general rushed back to the royal city from the border, and he must have seen a lot of beautiful scenery along the way. The king is very interested in the scenery of the mountains and rivers in Beiyan. He specially invited the general to go to the library and talk to the king. Great views along the way."

Library?

Yu Wenyang raised his brows. The library table was the place where he and the king studied together when they were teenagers. The two had met and played at the library table. The library table was their favorite place.

Zhong Yan was indeed the same Zhong Yan as before.Yu Wenyang smiled, "Let's go to the library!"

The deputy general curled his mouth and said deliberately, "The general is not looking for the old prime minister?"

Yu Wenyang glanced back at him, "What old prime minister are you looking for!"

Naturally, go to the library first.