Ding Zhou Ji

According to legend, when the Dingzhou Kingdom did not exist, there was a ten thousand-year-old basilisk in each of the Kyushu. These nine monsters each occupied a state and caused harm to one side, and the people of Kyushu suffered unspeakably from it.

More than 1000 years ago, a man of the Yin family got the help of nine ancient gods and beasts from nowhere, and wiped out the nine basilisks one by one.

Later, the oracle instructed that nine large bronze tripods must be cast with the power of Kyushu, and nine divine beasts would inject their divine power into the tripods, and then seal them up for worship.Then you can use this Jiuding to keep the eternal peace of Kyushu.

However, in the process of casting Jiuding, for some reason, it fell short repeatedly.Finally, each of the nine elders of the Xiao clan led 110 members of the Xiao clan, and jumped into the cauldron casting furnace together to offer sacrifices to the tripod, and the nine tripods were completed.

At that time, a blood-red jade pendant formed by the condensation of 99 lives of the Xiao family slowly rose from the top of the nine cauldrons—the Blood Flame Talisman.

The man from the Yin clan cut his wrist, dripped his own blood on the blood flame talisman, and swore to Tianmeng: "From now on, any descendant of the Yin clan who inherits the throne must marry a daughter of the Xiao clan As the queen, make the son born to him the crown prince. If you break the oath, the Yin family will be destroyed, and the Kyushu will be divided." After he finished this oath, the blood flame talisman sucked all the blood he dripped, and at the same time issued a very dazzling Bloody red light.

Later, the man from the Yin family married a woman from the Xiao family, who became the first king and queen of Dingzhou.So for thousands of years, Kyushu has been jointly controlled by the Yin and Xiao clans.

Until 25 years ago, the last monarch of Dingzhou Kingdom suddenly decreed to abolish the queen and prince, and the Xiao clan rebelled immediately.

All of a sudden, gunpowder was everywhere, civil strife was frequent, Kyushu was in turmoil, and finally foreign enemies invaded because of the internal strife.Five years later, Dingzhou was destroyed.

Almost all the old people in Dingzhou believe that this is the punishment of God because the monarch violated the blood oath thousands of years ago.

In the following 20 years, a prophecy left by the high priest before his death has been widely circulated in the former Dingzhou State.

"There is Jiuding in Kyushu. Jiuding determines Kyushu. Ninety-nine return to one."

It is said that only the members of the Yin and Xiao clans can renew the blood oath made thousands of years ago.Then use the blood flame talisman together to unlock the divine power that has been sealed for more than a thousand years in Jiuding.Dingzhou country can restore the country.

Xiao Yimo was when Yin Fuque told her these things.Keeping his head down, he stared blankly at the blood flame talisman in his palm.

Although she has practiced martial arts with the old housekeeper since she was a child.But not until this morning.Not to mention murder.She never hurt even small animals.

She still clearly remembered the sound of the steel knife slashing at the person.And the temperature when the blood splattered out.She couldn't believe that she killed those dozens of soldiers in the blink of an eye.How she wished it was just a nightmare.

Xiao Yimo, who was in such a state of despair, made Yin Fuque heartbroken and helpless.He took the blood flame talisman away from Xiao Yimo's hand.Forced her to look up at herself: "I know you hate death and killing. I also know how painful it is for you to see such a tragedy today. I know what it feels like to end the lives of others with my own hands. But. This is something you have to face. Remember what we said yesterday by the moat?"

Xiao Yimo nodded hesitantly, then shook his head again: "But, why must so many lives be exchanged for living like a human being?"

"Because no matter what you want, you have to pay a price. People in Shuijian country want to get territory and resources that don't belong to them, and they have to pay a price. People in Dingzhou country want to get their freedom and dignity, and they have to pay a price."

Xiao Yimo lowered his eyelids and thought for a while, then looked into Yin Fuque's eyes: "As long as the country is restored, all this will stop, right?"

"Only when the country is rehabilitated will all this stop, and these prices will not be paid in vain."

Xiao Yimo sighed and nodded slightly: "I understand."

Yin Fuque smiled: "I promise, I will do my best to minimize these costs."

"Well. By the way, what you said just now is to renew the blood oath and open the Nine Cauldrons. What do you need to do?"

"Jiuding is now enshrined in the "Fengdingju" in Kyushu. The people of Shuijian Kingdom must have known this prophecy, and they have been guarded by heavy soldiers. As for the two things you asked... Actually, I don't know. How to do."

Xiao Yimo was stunned for a moment: "You lied to me again! How could you not know?!"

Yin Fuque's expression should be as sincere as it is sincere, as innocent as it is: "Why would I know? This is a legend from more than 1000 years ago. I have never seen how the blood oath was made at that time, and how the Jiuding was sealed. Then let alone how to renew the blood oath, how to open the Jiuding, this is not even a legend!".

Xiao Yimo was completely dumbfounded: "You...then...someone should know, right?"

"Hmm... Maybe someone knows..."

"who is it?"

"I do not know."

"..."

Yin Fuque returned the Blood Flame Talisman to Xiao Yimo, and said with a smile: "If you know everything, then you don't need to do anything, right? In short, since it's all related to Jiuding, you must first see the Jiuding, If you want to see the Jiuding, you must first go to the place where the Jiuding was placed. If you want to enter the place where the Jiuding is placed with complete arms and legs, and then come out with complete arms and legs, the best way is to recover that place first. Since a place is recovered It’s also harvesting, and taking back a state is also taking it in, so why not take back a state? Do you understand?”

Xiao Yimo's head got dizzy when he heard it, so he could only curl his lips and say: "It's really a waste if you don't go to the streets to sell your performances."

"Hey? Good idea! In case the restoration of the country fails, this is also a good way to make a living!"

"Bah! Crow mouth!"

The last king of the Yin Dynasty, King Wulie, had just abolished Queen Xiao and Prince Yin Wulevel 25 years ago. The Xiao family immediately gathered the forces of the four prefectures and raised troops in the name of "the side of the Qing Dynasty". Yingjing City.Intimidate King Wulie to restore the titles of Queen Xiao and Prince, and give way to Prince Yin Wulevel.

King Wulie was furious, so he mobilized soldiers and horses from the other five states to attack the Xiao family.The two sides fought for two full years, with countless casualties but no end in sight, the Xiao family suddenly broke out in civil strife for some reason, and the four states suddenly turned against each other, and the Xiao family was finally defeated.

Afterwards, more than [-] members of the Xiao family were taken to the court outside the city of Yingjing to be executed collectively. Blood flowed like a river, and even the sky turned bloody in an instant.

At the same time, Queen Xiao and the prince were given a three-foot white Ling Ling and a glass of poisoned wine.

Before Queen Xiao died, holding a blood flame talisman in her hand, she cursed sharply: "The blood debt of my Xiao family must be repaid by the sacrifice of thousands of heads from Kyushu!".After saying that, he hit a pillar and died.

The blood flame talisman in her hand seemed to have heard the curse, and immediately sucked in all the blood and brains that flowed from Queen Xiao's head.Then the red light from the blood flame talisman penetrated through the courtyards of the palace, and merged with the blood in the sky above the execution field.

At that moment, the sky and the earth were blood-red in a daze.

After Xiao's defeat, the war in Dingzhou did not subside.

Immediately after King Wulie suddenly deposed Da Sima Weihuo on trumped-up charges, several powerful armed rebel forces appeared out of thin air in Dingzhou.

Two years later, the Dingzhou Kingdom is full of corpses and starvation, and the people's resentment is boiling and the country's strength has been severely damaged.

In the end, internal troubles led to external troubles, and Shui Jianguo, who had been watching from the sidelines, took advantage of the situation with a large-scale army and swallowed this behemoth thirty times its size in just one year.

However, as if there was God's will in the dark, after the catastrophe in Dingzhou, the Yin and Xiao clans were able to miraculously retain a descendant each.

Yin Fuque was rescued by Chefeng on the day of the country's subjugation, and Xiao Yimo's father, Xiao Yi, was the illegitimate son of the head of the Xiao clan.This person has a peaceful nature and has been living in seclusion in a "Tingyun Villa". Due to various reasons, he has never been included in the Xiao family tree.So he never participated in the battle between the Yin and Xiao clans.When Shuijian Kingdom invaded Dingzhou Kingdom, Xiao Yifang joined the army angrily, and finally died in battle.

Not long after Xiao Yizhan's death, a man about [-] years old found his widow Liu Shi, who claimed to be Xiao Yi's friend, and was entrusted by her to take care of Liu Shi and her unborn baby.And he gave Liu Shi a blood-colored jade pendant, claiming that it was a token of the Xiao family's ancestral heritage.

The man's name was Dong Jian, he was a famous commoner in Dingzhou Kingdom, and later became the housekeeper of this "Tingyun Villa".

Liu Shi had been depressed since Xiao Yi's death, and passed away after giving birth to a baby girl.This baby girl is now Xiao Yimo.

Yin Fuque and Xiao Yimo seemed destined to be born for the restoration of Dingzhou.

However, because of the grievances of the Yin and Xiao clans, and the curse of Queen Xiao before her death, if one wants to open the Nine Tripods and finally restore the country, the resentment of the Xiao clan must be appeased first.

As the only remaining descendant of the Xiao clan, Xiao Yimo has the hatred that was condensed by more than ten thousand members of the whole clan in the moment before his death. This kind of hatred can only be resolved by using countless lives as sacrifices.

This also means that the power to activate the blood flame talisman of Jiuding can only come from killing and death.

Yin Fuque did not tell Xiao Yimo about all the above, he really couldn't bear to let Xiao Yimo's originally pure eyes be clouded by such a hateful past and a bloody future.However, such shadows are inevitable.