Xianjun!Keep the fish under the sword!

On the long street of Yicheng, Pei Yan hurriedly told the people beside him: "If the ghost is not credible, the 'facts' based on what it said are even less credible."

Everyone is suspicious.

"I now realize... the inferences I made before sound reasonable, but they are actually divorced from reality." Pei Yan said in a deep voice: "Just try to substitute it, and you can feel it. The part about the first emperor is obviously unreasonable." .”

Pei Yan: "Think about it, as the founder of the country and the emperor of war who pacified the world and unified Dongling, if such a person, because of his own thoughts, angered the first auxiliary national army division around him, so that he was persecuted to death by him, Is the pattern too small?"

The beast of the lower realm: "What is the pattern? I don't understand!"

Pei Yan: "..."

Pei Yan: "If there was a rift between Emperor Chu and Yilu because of the love between men and women, can they really work together to conquer Dongling? The resistance, difficulties, dangers, and hardships the two of them have experienced from supporting Dongling at the beginning to later unifying Dongling. Suspicion and provocation will never be less. If there is no trust in each other... especially respect, and a certain way of getting along with the monarch and ministers, how can it be possible to support each other for so many years?" Pei Yan sighed: "As the saying goes: A scholar is a confidant Even if the first emperor really has feelings for Yilu, it must be based on the tacit understanding and friendship between the two of them for many years, advancing together and retreating together. As the superior, Yilu I have assisted him for many years, if I find out, is it more complicated, at a loss, or angry? Angry enough to want to kill the king?"

Just like him!He didn't kill his wife and children to seize him.

Wuyou let out an "ah" and was surprisingly angry: "So that ghost has been lying to us from beginning to end?!"

Pei Yan nodded his head: "The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. This ghost is too vicious and cruel. With such a disposition, I can hardly imagine that Mr. Yilu, who commanded these undead knights, would choose him to assist, even counting after his death. For thousands of years, stick to the 'Belief in the First Emperor' that has survived on him as the cornerstone."

"So His Highness Wuyuan means...?" Fairy Zixiao was surprised in her eyes, and her voice was also startled.

"The ghost is not the first emperor." Pei Yan said firmly: "Just because of Yilu's talent to stop and kill the monsters of the six realms, I should have thought: the first emperor can't be it, it can't control Yilu at all, the first emperor must be There is another person... who is enough to make Yilu bow his head and become a vassal. Thousands of years after his death, he is still willing to do his best to protect Dongling, protect the people, and guard this border city in the north—rare Mingjun."

Staring, stunned, he stared blankly at the face of the person in front of him for a moment.

Yilu smiled, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

This face... has been engraved in my mind for thousands of years, even after death.

Eyebrows, frowns, and traces are all too familiar, just like back then.

……

"Be careful."

On the narrow mountain wall and narrow road, a stone stack that only allows two people to pass together, a hundred light armored soldiers walked slowly hand in hand.

Based on natural dangers, Shucheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He listened to his advice and took the risk of sneaking into Shucheng from the woodcutter Tianzhan to make a surprise attack.

At this time, one of Dongling's northern land, southern land, and southwestern land each ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. This battle is the key to victory and victory is imminent. Because no one can understand the local dialect of Shu, he took the risk to follow.

As one of the new emperors who have not been enthroned for a long time, he is still as gentle and quiet as before. Because of his highest martial arts, he often sees the first soldiers. At this time, he is also walking in front of everyone and leading himself and the hundred armored soldiers behind him slowly. The narrow path on the cliff.From time to time, gravel was kicked off the cliff.

Ilu stepped on his footprints with cold sweat and walked forward slowly, with one hand tightly held between his fingers, the palm was wet with sweat.

It took a long time to see that the cave on the mountain wall that entered Shu City was right in front of him, so Yilu breathed a sigh of relief.Seeing him stepping onto the Temple of Heaven, his heartstrings loosened slightly, and Yilu was led by him and carefully moved into the alcove.

When everyone stepped into the mountain path in the alcove and took a rest here, two gravels suddenly fell from one side of the mountain wall.At this moment, Yilu's legs were weak, and he was sitting under the mountain wall kneading his legs. He felt a little sand falling from the top of his head, and his heart tightened. Before he could get up, the mountain wall beside him suddenly collapsed .

"Yi Lu!" The new emperor shouted in surprise, and rushed over very quickly to push him out.

All the collapsed rocks fell on him, and a large amount of mud and sand engulfed him and buried the new emperor under the mud.

"My lord!" Yilu's expression changed drastically, and he worked hard with a hundred light armored soldiers to dig him out.

The gravel was sharp and sharp, and cut the hands of Yilu and the soldiers several times when digging.When the new emperor was dug out by them, they saw that his exposed hands, neck, and face were covered with wounds and wounds that were buried and scratched by crushed stones, especially his face, where the blood was mixed with black stones and sand, and it was extremely dirty. , black and red.

There was nothing serious about it, after roughly brushing off the dust and wiping their faces, the new emperor led them to join forces with the "Pei" army in front of the gate of Shu City, and took down Shu City with minimal casualties.

When the military doctor with the army took a closer look at Xindi's injuries, Xindi's face was already covered with fine scars, and he gradually recovered during the battle. The scars carved on the stone are too deep to be removed.

Later, these three scars remained on Xindi's face.

"There is no emperor in the world who would risk his life to protect his subjects from injury." Yilu told him repeatedly because of this incident: "My emperor's safety is far more important than my subjects. If there is another danger, my emperor must not be so arrogant."

The new emperor stretched out his hand to caress the scar at the end of his eyes, and said in a calm and quiet voice: "I am a warrior, those landslides and rubble falling on my body would at most cause some flesh wounds, and if it were you, your life would be in danger."

Yilu heard him sigh softly: "Dong Ling has just established, you and I have a long journey, and I know in my heart that I can't leave you."

Yilu looked at the scar on his face silently, and said nothing.

Later, it took seven years to conquer the north and conquer the west, and finally unified all parts of Dongling.He unified the entire Dongling Continent into the Dongling Kingdom.

Yilu watched him become the first emperor to unify the land of Dongling since ancient times, known as: the first emperor.

Yilu stood at the head of the officials, bowed his head together with the crowd to the first emperor sitting on the throne, and called Qianqiu.

The first emperor got up and got off the dragon chair, walked up to him step by step, and helped him up with his own hands: "You are the first assistant military division of Dongling, without you, it is impossible for me to accomplish great things alone, so you will never have to." Do these vain rituals before me."

Yilu looked back at him and smiled, then bowed his head and saluted him again. "Thank you, my emperor."

"The national situation is initially determined, what advice do you have?"

"I, Dongling, have been fighting for half a year. The people are poor and the cultivated land is deserted. I advise the country to reduce and exempt corvee and taxes in order to wait for the people to recover." Yilu looked at him and said: "It can be limited to one year. , Encourage the people to work diligently, and nine of the harvest will belong to the people themselves... In this way, we should focus on agriculture first, then start education, slowly rest and recuperate, and strengthen the country and build the people."

Sitting high on the throne, the first emperor looked at him as calmly as a mountain, just like when he first met in the mountain private school, he nodded politely and said: "Mr.

Yilu bowed his head and worshiped. "I swear not to disgrace my life."

As time goes by, the people gradually become more stable and the country becomes stronger.

The name of the first emperor also resounded throughout Dongling, and was respected and praised by the people of Dongling.

It's just that the matter of childlessness has always worried the officials.

"At the time of the new emperor, my lord said that Dongling had not yet been unified, so she was not close to women." In the imperial palace, Yilu asked: "Now that the situation of the country has been settled, why does my emperor never mention Li Houna?" Concubine matter?"

The first emperor flipped through the ancient scroll at hand, finished a note with a pen, put down the brush between his fingers, looked up and looked at Yilu back and forth: "I will accept a concubine as an heir." What's the difference?"

Yilu was stunned: "What does my emperor mean?"

"If it is to continue the throne, I can't wait to raise my heir to be a qualified king." He said: "I want to choose one of the existing people to be the crown prince."

Yilu knelt down to him: "Now the name of the first emperor is deeply respected by the people. If it weren't for the blood of my emperor's close relatives, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to convince the people."

Yilu heard him sigh: "Choosing the crown prince from the bloodline is too narrow."

"The ancient system is like this, and it cannot be changed overnight."

The First Emperor nodded: "I understand."

Afterwards, the Beiheng barbarians invaded the border towns of Yidi, and a fierce battle was inevitable.

Because of his fierce reputation, he lost several generals of Dongling in a row. After thinking about it for a while, the first emperor handed over the political affairs to the eldest princess Xianning, and ordered Yilu to assist him. .

The ferocious Beicha clan, who had never been defeated before, was forced to retreat north step by step by the army led by the first emperor, and finally retreated to the north of Yicheng.

Yilu was ordered to come to Yicheng with the letter of agreement for peace talks, and the first emperor went out of the city to meet him in person. In the howling north wind, the too thin, slender and handsome figure stood still on the horse and looked at him approaching. "You came."

Yilu was busy with political affairs in the court, he didn't stop for a moment, when he didn't see him, he didn't know that he missed him so much, when he rode his horse in front of him, he realized that his chest was throbbing endlessly, his chest was full of rolling enthusiasm, almost boiling.

He jumped off his horse and knelt in front of the first emperor, his hands trembling unavoidably, bowing his head and shouting heavily: "My emperor!"

Emperor Chu got off his horse and walked quickly to him, reaching out and hugging his head.

The charcoal fire was burning high in the tent, Yilu felt a little pain in his heart when he saw his obviously thinner face after he had been fighting for a year. "My emperor still has to take care of himself."

The first emperor's eyes were warm, and he nodded in response. After eating with him, they discussed military affairs and government affairs in the tent.

"How about I make Xianning the Crown Prince?"

Yilu was startled when he heard this: "...the eldest princess?"

After a while, he thought to himself: "This year when my emperor is not in the court, the situation in the court is stable, the eldest princess is indeed able to do something, and she can take on a big role." After a moment of pause, Yilu said: "It's just that the eldest princess is a woman. "

The first emperor said: "What about women?"

"Dong Ling has no precedent for a woman to be emperor."

The first emperor was silent for a long time, and then said: "What I want to see in my life is not only the peace and stability of the people, the long-term stability of Dong Ling, but also the equality of men and women..."

He looked at Yilu: "Do you still remember... When I led the 'Pei' army to revolt, because most of the generals I summoned were women, few surrendered generals were willing to surrender, and none of the people were willing to join my 'Pei' army's banner .”

Because the current situation is that men are superior to women and women are inferior, men are strong and women are weak. This is the ancient system, and no one is unaware of it.

Therefore, when the first emperor handed over the power of the court to the eldest princess, many officials advised and dissuaded him.

Yilu looked at Chudi and remained silent.

"My late father was a private school teacher just like my husband. He only had..." After a moment's pause, the first emperor said: "He only has my son and a daughter, Xianning, but he wants both of us to enter the private school in the village. Listening to school, but the village officials have always refused to allow it, even if there are only a few people in the private school, and there are many vacancies, women are not allowed to enter, as if women are something ominous."

His voice gradually slowed down, and he said: "Later, my father asked Xianning to move a small stool and sit outside the window to listen to the study. It was like this every day."

"Although he is a private school teacher, he can't let his daughter enter the school to attend school..." The first emperor looked at Yilu, and his voice became warm: "That's why I happened to be in the mountains and saw sitting in the private school that Mr. When looking at a few girls, my heart was touched."

Ilu's heart was suffocated, as if he saw the helpless look of the private school teacher who was looking at his daughter out of the window pityingly while teaching.

The first emperor was silent for a long time, looked back at him and said: "People in the world look down on women, and Dong Ling has always been like this... But I have seen too many women born humble and unfair. Now I have worked hard all my life..." He paused: "...Do you think it's okay to want to change the world?"

Yilu seemed to see the gloomy and deep light in his eyes for a moment, his breath sank involuntarily, and he suddenly got up and knelt down towards the emperor in front of him.

"What my emperor wants to do is what Yilu wants to do. As long as it is the order of the first emperor, no one in Dongling will disagree, and Yilu is no different."

The first emperor was silent for a long time, then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "That's good."

Yi Lu was startled, and then suddenly realized that it seemed to be the first time he saw him smiling like this.

"It's so... so good." After he laughed, he murmured again.

Later, the Beiheng barbarians tore up the covenant, betrayed their faith and attacked Yicheng after the army withdrew, causing heavy casualties to the people. The first emperor was furious, led [-] elite cavalry and rushed back to Yicheng.

The Beiman clan has united various clans in the north, and a total of 10 people have already waited on the outskirts of Yicheng.

The army did not return in time for reinforcements. Apart from the common people and the heavy casualties of the guards in the border towns, only the [-] elite cavalry led by the first emperor remained in Yicheng.

Yilu came here day and night on the eve of the battle, and took out the "immortality Gu" that he had obtained during his march in Shu in the past: "Let the people..."

But was flatly rejected by the first emperor. "I am their king, and my duty is to protect the land under their feet and the people who live on it. It is not for my own life to make them swallow the unknown Gu, become painless monsters, and hold iron plows The long hoe stands in front of me."

Yilu wanted to say something, but was blocked by the first emperor again. "It is the king's responsibility to stabilize the world; the soldier's horse leather shroud is the loyal soul of the soldier; what the people should do is to multiply, spin and work, and continue the blood of this land."

He turned his back to Yilu, stood in front of the long curtain of the military tent with a halberd in his hand, and finally said to him: "A king can die, but he must die on his way of kingship. Those who are greedy for life are not worthy of being kings." .Being honored as the first emperor, living as the people, dying as the border of the country, and dying in battle, it is also my best destination."

After saying that, he lifted the curtain and went out.

Yilu watched his figure disappear in an instant.

"The three armies listen to the order." Holding the emperor's battle halberd in his hand, he paced in front of the ten thousand elite cavalry who followed him. Those whose parents have no brothers and sisters, stand out! Those who have wives and old children but no young heirs, stand out! Those whose father and son are in the army, the sons stand out! Those whose brothers are in the army, the younger brothers stand out! , I order you to stay in the city, guard the army division, and help the guards of Yicheng, waiting for the army to return!"

The armored long-spear was tightly held in his hand, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry in front of the camp, and there was silence.

"You have followed me from birth to death for many years, and I regard them as relatives, friends and brothers. There is little chance of going here, but the garrison guard is not my leader - the leader of the spear and cavalry!" Iron cavalry: "If the northern barbarians gather to attack the city tomorrow, the people will be abused! We have no chance of winning! Therefore, I will lead you to surprise the northern barbarian king's tent tonight!"

With a deep voice, he said majestically and solemnly: "Soldiers who have not been dispatched! For the people of Dongling, for the peace of the country... Follow me and leave the city!"

"Swear to my emperor! Advance and retreat together! Swear to the Northern Man! Never die!"

Yilu opened his eyes and watched him ride his horse ahead of the crowd, galloping out without looking back.

"My Emperor!" His voice was trembling and hoarse, with hot tears rolling down his eyes, Yilu saw that figure disappearing into the vast night outside Yicheng City, his heart felt like a knife was twisted, and his liver and gallbladder were torn apart.

Later, listening to the startled fighting outside the city, watching the fallen Pei Jun cavalry from a distance, he couldn't hold back.

Standing on the city wall, Yilu asked the people, "Would you like to save my emperor, take the poisonous Gu and survive, use your body as a shield to fight, and don't regret it when your head is broken?!"

Under the mottled and old city walls, the people of Yicheng raised their bowls one by one, drank the clear water in the bowls without hesitation, smashed the bowls in their hands vigorously, and raised their heads to Yilu who was standing on the city wall. Said: "From now on! This body swears to live for the first emperor, and swears to die for the first emperor! What can kill us is not the enemy's long spear and iron arrow, not the slow time, only the human emperor held in the hand of the first emperor." War halberd!"

"This body swears to live for the first emperor, and swears to die for the first emperor... what can kill us is not the enemy's long spear and iron arrow, nor the slow time, only the human emperor's halberd that the first emperor holds in his hand!" Yi Yi Lu Mo recited it once, drank the clear water in the bowl, and threw the bowl into pieces together with the seven guards guarding him behind him.

My emperor, I wish you forever.

He led the people to open the gate of the city, and rushed towards the camp of the Northern Man king without turning back.

But when Yilu led the people to the Beiheng barbarian garrison outside Yicheng, the Beiman had already retreated northward.

He saw that thin and tall figure standing on a high mountain with a human emperor's halberd in his hand, surrounded by black-armored cavalry holding long-guns that had already been pierced by thousands of arrows, and at his feet were numbers of North Koreans who rolled and turned. The head of the constant barbarian enemy general.

His armor was stained rust-colored with blood, and the head of the Northern Barbarian King hung high on the Human Emperor's battle halberd.The hand hanging by his side was soaked in blood, dripping drop after drop of crimson blood.

In the twilight of the morning light that was slowly rising, Yilu watched him with his back straight and facing Yicheng, with his halberd as a pillar, standing there motionless, as if looking from a distance, as if he was not dead.

"My emperor... My emperor..." Tears welled up in his eyes, Yilu climbed up the mountain with trembling hands and feet, and reached out to hug him at a loss: "My emperor..."

The moment he touched the iron armor, the body of the person in front of him exploded suddenly, as if his inner strength was exhausted and his true energy was exhausted in every inch of his body, his body exploded like fireworks, turning into countless Endless flesh and blood, bit by bit, covered the iron armor of corpses all over the ground.

Ilu knelt down slowly unbearably, his body was covered in his flesh and blood. "My... Emperor..."

He knelt in the brighter morning light, in the tall mountain of people and the blood and flesh smeared in front of him, his hands and feet were trembling uncontrollably, his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't cry.

"My emperor... my emperor... my emperor..."

……

Tears rolled out suddenly.

He couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress the old scars carved by the three sharp stones at the end of the eyes of the person in front of him. Looking at the woman in black in front of him, Yilu suddenly smiled, cried, and cried out in pain. Laughing: "My lord...my emperor...you have deceived me so much."

The author has something to say: In the last chapter, I lied to you, hahahahaha... I was wrong.