Proudly follow your heart

The wind was blowing, blowing up dust and ashes, and there was a faint sound of footsteps.

"What does such a burly man look like, crying and crying." Someone said softly.

Hearing this voice, Xiao Hu suddenly raised his head, "The landlord?!"

"Leader?!" From the direction of the voice, two figures walked up, Ye Xiao's sharp eyes recognized the black clothes.

Still with the slanted open skirt, the sun-shielding knife was slung at the waist, the thick smoke and fire seemed to only add more rebelliousness and rebellion to Nangong Cangao's face, the smile on the corner of his mouth was still so free and easy, how many more could he have? frivolous.

"Xiao Hu shed tears for Zhan Ran, why don't you cry for me?" He raised his eyes and looked at Yin Jiu and Wen Rufeng.

"Leader..." Nangong Cang Ao was joking, but Yin Jiu and Wen Rufeng saw that he was still alive and standing in front of them, but their eyes were really red.

He really cried when he said he was crying, Nangong Cang Ao shook his head, but there was a smile on his lips.

Everyone didn't know whether to cry or laugh, to be surprised or happy. This was really a big surprise, but it couldn't have been a better surprise.

"What's wrong with the landlord?" Xiao Hu collected himself, blushed and wiped away the tears on his face, and found that Jun Zhanran was only able to stand up with Nangong Cangao's support.

"I got hit on my leg by a falling wall, it's okay, I'm used to sitting in a wheelchair anyway." Jun Zhanran answered lightly after glancing at him lightly.

"King Zhan..." I don't know how injured he is, and everyone rushes to surround him.

Ji Nantian was ecstatic, "I knew it, I knew it, with the protection of the late emperor, how could he die!"

After wiping his hands on his clothes, he came out more and more, "Kowtow to my emperor!" Then he knelt down to Jun Zhanran.

"That's good, that's right. When King Zhan recovers from his injuries, he should be enthroned as emperor. During this period of time, the imperial palace will be rebuilt." Rong Ziru looked at the pile of ruins, and finally didn't ask what was in his heart.

Nangong Cang Ao looked at him, "He is dead."

Rong Ziru was stunned for a moment, and then knew who he was talking about. He was silent for a while, unable to explain the feeling in his heart, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. Now he was more concerned about his subordinates, "The poison they are suffering from will need to be troubled." King Zhan."

Jun Zhanran naturally agreed.

Someone asked them how they got out of trouble, Nangong Cangao pointed to the ruins of the main hall, "Huangde is worried day and night that Zhanran will come to his door, fearing that his life will be lost and his throne will be lost. Will you add a few more places to save your life? Zhanran was overwhelmed by the wall, and it happened to reveal the secret room hidden underground, which is located under this side hall, and it must be a place for Huangde just in case."

"I think it might be the place where he ordered people to spy on the ministers." All the ministers waited in the side hall before going to court, so Jun Zhanran had this guess.

Huang De was on guard against others day and night, and it was impossible to spy on his ministers secretly.

In any case, when the dust settled, no matter why the underground secret room existed, it saved their lives, and Jun Zhanran didn't want to care about it anymore.

From this day on, Xia Guo is truly without a master.

The news of Emperor Pingkang's death spread all over the world, and the ministers of the Xia Kingdom became headless chickens. Apart from waiting outside the building where Jun Zhanran lived every day, they were worried about their own lives.

Once the monarch and the courtiers, Huangde dealt with this King Zhan in this way. After King Zhan ascended the throne, why didn't he take them down?

The days passed under the worries and celebrations of various people. After a few months, the day of enthronement finally ushered in. What is surprising is that people from other countries are doing all these things.

Yang Ling was in a hurry to return to Linnan, King Anjia's life was imminent, and he wanted to get Emperor Xia's guarantee to Linnan before going back, so he urged him to take the lead and start preparations for his enthronement.

Xisu Wang Rong Ziru got the antidote from Jun Zhanran and saved his troops. In order to make up for what he did before, he spared no expense to prepare for this matter. People who don't know almost think that he has taken a fancy to them Zhanran again. king.

Landong and Beijiang, an envoy Tiemei, and a princess Bai Lingsha, Tiemei and Xiao Hu agree in love, so naturally they are not in a hurry to go back. Bai Lingsha finally got out of Beijiang, and saw the importance of Daxia and other countries. The characters are not in a hurry to go back.

Women are careful, so they help to prepare various items needed for the ceremony such as imperial robes and jade crowns.

There is also Yan Zhan, who is not in a hurry to go back if he can't go back to succeed him. Compared with being the crown prince of Landong Kingdom, he seems to prefer the status of a horse dealer. The people and horses used in the ceremony have all passed his supervision. Pick and choose.

Jun Zhanran let others take care of all these matters, but there are times when he must be asked for his opinion.

During the period, one day he was asked by no less than [-] people for their opinions, how about the hair crown, how about the jade, the length of the imperial robe, and even how to arrange the new palace...whether to set up a harem.

"Suppose." He replied lightly.At that time, Nangong Cang Ao was beside him.

The questioner was taken aback for a moment, not daring to look at the face of the man on the other side, he responded, and hurriedly backed away, almost tripping over the threshold behind him when he went out.

Nangong Cang Ao was drinking, eyes half closed, took a sip slowly, until the glass was finished, put down the cup, and went out.

He didn't ask Jun Zhanran for an explanation, didn't say a single word, Jun Zhanran didn't explain to him, and since then, he hasn't said a word about this decision.

In this way, the day of enthronement finally arrived.

People from all four vassal states were present to witness the enthronement of the new emperor of the Xia Kingdom, Jun Zhanran, who was also Huang Zhan's enthroned emperor.The pattern of the world will undergo earth-shaking changes, and no matter who it is, they are convinced of this.

There was no wind and snow on this day, the sky was clear, the winter had passed, and spring was approaching. It had been several months since the fire.

It is not easy to build a palace within a few months, but if the five countries work together, even the impossible will become possible.

The furnishings inside can wait, but the outside looks like a brand new palace, including the destroyed harem that was repaired later. In the imperial city, everyone is talking about this day, and everyone is looking forward to this day.

At last it was time for the ceremony to begin.

All the people who are acquainted with Jun Zhanran are present, the four countries, and even the world, are looking forward to this day together. It is something that has never happened before. Waiting for the rebirth of Xia Guo.

"The auspicious time has come—" With the shout of the palace man, all the people watching the ceremony were very excited.

The front of the hall is wide and full of people, Xiao Hu and his confidants are in the front, and the members of the Yingxiao League are also there, followed by Nan Gongnian and others from the Nangong family, Rong Ziru, Yan Zhan and other guests from other countries are also present In the future, Shangguan Yu and other ministers have their own thoughts, some are happy and some are worried, and they are afraid that they will lose their heads after the ceremony.

The onlookers lined up from the palace to the outside. The gate of the palace was wide open. It was the first time for most of the people to see what it looked like inside the gate. Those who came first felt extremely honored.

Looking from a distance, there is a row of people standing at the very front, on the dozens of steps closest to the main hall.

Jun Zhanran was naturally the center of attention. He was facing an incense table. After a ceremony, the ceremony was only half completed when he put on the jade crown that symbolized the emperor.

"Prince Zhan, please." Ji Nantian, as the former emperor's confidant, stepped forward holding a jade crown in his hand. The hair crown was carved from white jade, inlaid with gold and jade, the jade color was emerald green, and its luster was as blue as the sky. , not only noble, but also majestic.

Jun Zhanran picked up the hair crown, looked up, and the people around followed his gaze. There were a lot of people, but Nangong Cangao couldn't be seen in the crowd.

"The leader didn't come." Wen Rufeng said softly from below.

Everyone held their breath, lest Jun Zhan would get angry, but they saw him nodding his head expressionlessly, without any expression.

Wen Rufeng thought in his heart that if any man became an emperor, he would not set up a harem, even if not for himself, he would also serve the community of future generations. It was natural that the leader was displeased this time, but King Zhan had no choice but to make the decision.

Everyone understands this truth.

Jun Zhanran also understood, that's why he made such a decision. He looked around and said slowly: "I ordered people to set up a harem, and all the objects in the hall are almost ready. Shangguan Yu can be of great use. Enough."

Holding the jade crown in his hand, he suddenly said that, others didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't care about others' reactions, he just continued to say: "Officials who have worked under Huangde will be sent back to their original places, if they want to be officials again, they will be sent back After entering the national examination, in the future, I will assign officials to the emperor, reward and punish them, treat the people and officials, if there is something stupid, I will definitely not let it go."

Without waiting for others to respond, after finishing speaking, he let go of the jade crown in his hand and walked down the steps.

"Your Majesty!" Ji Nantian was anxious, "What does your Majesty mean?"

"I am not your majesty, nor are you my subjects. From now on, whoever wants to be the emperor will be the one. Talented people will be selected from the localities and gathered in Shundu. Whoever is capable will be the emperor. "As if he was afraid that what he said just now would not surprise people enough, Jun Zhanran threw another thunderbolt.

Ji Nantian almost fainted, "You...what did you say?"

"The one who can is the emperor." Jun Zhanran stood on the open space, pointing at the jade crown, "If you don't do well, you can replace it with someone else. With me here, if anyone dares to do anything wrong, I will take his life." , If you do well, he will be the king of Xia Kingdom."

"What?!" At this moment, even people from other countries screamed.

"From today onwards, Linnan, Xisu, Landong, and Beijiang, the four countries no longer belong to the Great Xia, and there is no need for enshrining, but before the Xia Kingdom is truly settled down, you and the other four countries must not invade one step, otherwise..." He stopped one time.

Several people quickly agreed, "With King Zhan and Yingshuai here, who would dare?"

"We promised that we agreed, but what are you?" Yan Zhan couldn't believe it, not only he couldn't believe it, everyone couldn't believe what they heard.

The people were in an uproar, and there was a commotion, shouting "King Zhan".

"Nonsense, you are not an emperor, who else has the qualifications!" Ji Nantian was going crazy with anger.

"Why do you have to have this qualification?" Jun Zhanran asked back, "As long as I am born of the late emperor, even if I am an ignorant person, you still want me to be the emperor? If this is the case, why did you treat me in the first place?" Various trials?"

Ji Nantian was at a loss for words, unable to answer.

Rong Ziru was thoughtful, "King Zhan did this for Yingshuai?"

Speaking of Nangong Cangao, they searched around again, and suddenly found someone standing on the top of the ridge on the side of the palace building, the breeze was blowing, the black clothes were raised, and there was a sound of hunting.

"Eagle Commander!" Yan Zhan called out first.

Nangong Cang Ao nodded to him, and said to another person: "Zhan Ran hasn't finished explaining yet? It's a bit too slow."

Jun Zhanran smiled, "It will be over soon." After a pause, he raised his head and asked, "You knew I would do this?"

"How to do it? Give up the throne?" Nangong Cang Ao folded his arms, looking confident, "You already have me, but you still want to set up a harem, it's not for yourself."

"It's either for myself or for others, so you expect me to let go of all this?" Jun Zhanran asked, "What if you are wrong? If I really want to be the emperor for myself. Set up three thousand beauties in the harem, what would you do?"

"Same, today, there won't be any emperor here." He patted the Zheri knife, and said loudly: "If you really want to be the emperor and set up a harem, I will use this knife to rob you today." , the ends of the earth, who can stop me!"

The voice was loud and spread all over the world, the people below looked up and saw that they were smiling like the sun, such a boldness made people dumbfounded, no one was able to speak.

"Even if you are surrounded by officers and soldiers, the army is overwhelming?" Jun Zhanran asked again.

"Even if I have only one breath left, I won't let you hug others with these hands." Under the eyes of everyone, he said slowly.

Jun Zhanran looked at him deeply, flicked his sleeves, raised his head and laughed loudly, "Okay, Cang Ao, I'll just wait for your words. Today I will go with you, the world is so big, there is nowhere you and I can go! "

Now everyone was really dumbfounded, "Your Majesty" and "King Zhan" shouted indiscriminately.

As long as Jun Zhanran wants to leave, who can stop him, but he is not in a hurry to leave. He turned around and asked Yan Zhan, "You said that day, I was willing to give up everything in order to regain what I had in the past. I said you were wrong, but still remember?"

Yan Zhan couldn't help nodding, "Remember, you want to tell me the answer now? Where did I go wrong?"

"The mistake is that I didn't want to regain what I had in the past, nor was I willing to give up everything. Now, do you understand?" His eyes only looked at one place, and at that place, the black clothes were fluttering.

Yan Zhan really understood now.

No matter what, Jun Zhanran will not give up Nangong Cangao, and as long as he becomes emperor, there will be changes, and some people don't like this kind of change.

"I still can't look at that person, kneeling at my feet." Vaguely, Yan Zhan heard Jun Zhanran talking to himself.

Yan Zhan still couldn't recover, but Jun Zhanran jumped up and said to Nangong Cangao: "Let's go, there are still things I don't understand, and I will come back to teach them someday."

"King Zhan! You can't go!"

"Lord! What should we do?" A group of people shouted from below.

Jun Zhanran has already jumped up to a high place, and Nangong Cangao is beside him, "Wulou and the members of the Yingxiao League are ordered to meet at the old place."

The crowd cheered and dispersed, they didn't care who was the emperor, and they didn't care whether their master was the emperor or a general. The world was free and unrestrained, what was wrong, who would come to this imperial city to suffer and worry about state affairs.

Some were even relieved.

But Ji Nantian refused to let go, "Your Majesty has gone through hardships to come to this day, are you going to give up all of this for one person? You brought down Huangde just to give up the country?! The former emperor, I can't stand by Watching Your Majesty leave as soon as you leave!"

He chased after him, but Jun Zhanran slapped him, blocking his way, and laughed loudly from a distance, "Don't understand? I never dealt with Huangde for the sake of society, and what I want to get back is not glory and wealth." , I don’t care what fate is the emperor, what the previous emperor blesses, I just want justice.”

"Fair?" Ji Nantian is now neatly dressed, with no beard or hair covering his face, and the question is clearly written on his face.

"It's justice. A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, life for life—" Jun Zhanran smiled leisurely and carefree. No one had ever heard him laugh like this.

It seems that there are no more constraints in the world, as if he has taken off the shackles of ten thousand catties, and no one can impose any constraints on him anymore.

"The blood debt has been paid. I can do whatever I want. If you have any problems you can't solve, come to me." The voice came from afar, and no one was seen.

Nangong Cang Ao suddenly answered, "Zhanran, Ji Nantian is loyal to protect the lord and is dedicated to Daxia. He has worked hard for many years, since he cares about Daxia Sheji so much, I think he will take the throne, you can rest assured."

Ji Nantian chased halfway, his breath was flustered, and he almost fell from mid-air.

Jun Zhanran praised: "It really is a good idea!"

"Ji Nantian listens to the order. From today onwards, you are the king of the Xia Kingdom. If you do not do well, I will come back to you. Can you hear me?" His voice was full of laughter. In Ji Nantian's memory, he had never heard it. Never had the young man spoken to him in such a tone.

Your Majesty the late emperor, if you were still alive, how would your ministers answer you?This son you love the most, just doesn't want to inherit your throne. If there were no events of the past, would he still make such a decision?If not in the past, would he also be like Nangong Cang Ao, a man who can laugh out loud?

It's a pity, without what if, this dynasty already owes him too much.

In the silence, finally, Ji Nantian slowly knelt on the ground, kowtowed his head, "I listen to the order."

That year, Emperor Pingkang died in a fire in the main hall. King Zhan abandoned his throne on the day of enthronement.

The world was in an uproar.

In April, it was misty and rainy in spring, and a boat crossed the river.

Someone was lying on the qin on the boat, and another person beside him handed over the boiled wine, "Zhanran, how happy are you? Have you ever missed that imperial city? Regretted wandering the rivers and lakes with me?"

"Poetry when awake and song when drunk, I already have wine and poetry, I can play the piano and sing, and more importantly, I have you by my side, and you still ask me if I am happy?" He took the wine cup and went, "I only answer you with four words."

"Which four words?"

"What more can I ask for?"

Leaning over, the aroma of the pear blossom wine is overwhelming, but the taste on the lips is even more intoxicating.

The sun and the moon shuttle, the flowers bloom and fall, but I hope there will be no dreams.

Wealth is floating in the clouds, youth is gone, how about not being happy?

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