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Chapter 778 Blossom
In autumn, the leaves gradually begin to turn yellow.

In the ninth year of Tianhui, under the diligent rule of the second emperor, Wu Qimai, the Jin Kingdom and its national power are thriving. As the strongest country in the world, it reigns in the world.

Xijing Datong, at this time the military center of the Jin Kingdom in the southwest, where Wanyan Zonghan's Marshal's Mansion was located.To a certain extent, at this time, it is almost a **** that can compete with the north.

However, although Wanyan Zonghan had a lofty and powerful position in the Jin Kingdom, after the death of Wanyan Zongwang, the former second prince of the Jin Kingdom, it was difficult for Aguda's heirs to compete head-on with him.However, there was not much friction between the Jurchen court and the Marshal's mansion.

In particular, the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai, who had been sharp-edged when he was under Agu's subordinates, but has restrained his temperament after he succeeded to the throne, was still the brightest among all the stars.This emperor, who can be one hundred and one hundred on the battlefield and fights the tigers and bears hard, is actually honest in front of his own people. At the beginning of his succession, he was dragged down by a group of powerful ministers and played twenty major boards because of stealing wine. never resisted.

After ascending the throne, although the Jurchen army continued to conquer the south, the domestic governance of Jurchen was stable and peaceful.On the one hand, Wu Qimai encouraged farming and mulberry, and on the other hand, he reformed the domestic system, and made many efforts to eliminate slavery and improve the economic system.During the third expedition, he had begun to implement the slave redemption system in the country to protect the lives of slaves to a certain extent, and he had begun to implement a policy of suppressing land annexation.Although the external battle was fierce and severe, the Jin Kingdom during this period did appear to be very peaceful and stable. As the lord of the defense, Wu Qimai was worthy of the emperor's position.

With his presence, Jurchen seems to move forward smoothly, even if he is as rebellious as Zonghan, he still has enough respect and awe for him.

However, in the past few years of the country's pacification, there are indeed many bright Jurchen heroes who have fallen one after another in the continuous expedition.

The former Jurchen military god, the second prince Zongwang, died of illness during the third Jurchen expedition.

Wanyan Loushi, the god of war, died in the battle against the Northwest four years ago.

In the eighth year of Tianhui, Ban Bo Jilie (the crown prince in the Jurchen Bo Jilie system) and Wanyan Xie, the biological younger brother of Aguda and Wu Qimai, also passed away, although Xie was not as famous as Zonghan. , Lou Shi's outstanding military exploits are close to a hundred victories, but he is also a famous general with a stable personality and a high status.In the first two campaigns of the Jin Kingdom, although Zong Han and Zong Wang were each an army marshal, in fact it was Xie Ye who was in charge of the commander-in-chief.If he is not dead, he should be the next emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

In the same year, the general resigned in the battle of Yanzhou in the northwest, and he was captured and beheaded after a trick.

The generals died in a hundred battles, and the strong men returned after ten years. The fall of one general and star did not stop the Jurchen advance. On the Mongolian grasslands on the northern front, Shu Lie led thousands of cavalry to fight against the rising Mongolian tribes and suffered a little setback. The troops who participated in the expedition returned triumphantly from the south.

They entered from the south gate and presented the trophies to the generals. However, the return of the army this time brought back not many trophies. The pace of the expedition, the battle of the Northwest where Jurchen lost two famous generals in the war, has indeed attracted the attention of many interested people.

The great rebel who killed the king in the south, the devil in the northwest, the mighty Black Flag army, has finally been crushed in the Jurchen Jurchen Crusade.

A dilapidated blood-stained military flag was offered as a trophy by the Jurchen army in front of Zonghan's seat. The generals of the Marshal's Mansion announced the fact that the bandit Ning was beheaded by the array and the entire army of the Black Flag was annihilated.Then there were cheers from the nearby streets and squares.Regarding that army, the attitude of the Jurchen who knew the inside story in Jin Guo was quite complicated. On the one hand, two generals of Jin Guo Lou Shi and Ci Yu lost died in the northwest. Some people were willing to admit his strength. On the other hand, On the other hand, some Jurchens believe that such a record shows that the Jin Kingdom has had problems and is no longer invincible as before. Of course, no matter which view, after the collapse of the Black Flag Army, it was temporarily diluted.

Chen Wenjun watched the return of the army for a while in the crowd, and the city was lively.Back in the mansion, Xi Yin was practicing calligraphy in the study. When she saw her coming, she put down her pen and smiled: "You go to see the teacher? It was a little boring."

Chen Wenjun shook his head and looked at the most conspicuous part of the study. Xiyin's study was mostly filled with famous calligraphy and painting monuments from the south. The one hanging in the center at this time was a pair that could hardly be called a famous master. word.

The ruler and the minister are willing to bow their knees, and one son is alone in grief.

I went to work on Xichuan, and I was the king of the north.

Injury and reward the ancestors, scratching their heads and weeping in the sky.

If the lingering people are here, who Yunhan is dead!
This pair of words written by Ning Yi, Xi Yin hung in the study after returning from the North, and hung in the corner at first, and changed positions continuously since the Northwest War. After he died in the battle, Xi Yin once took it It came down, but it was still hung in the center.To this day, finally moved to the center.

"Rinlin is here, who Yunhan is dead..." Chen Wenjun looked up at the word and read it out softly.She had read this word in the past, but now, when she read it again, the complexity in her heart could no longer be explained to outsiders.

Xi Yin leaned over and said, "Yeah, Rin Rin is like this... Ning Liheng was Qin Siyuan's friend when he was not murdered in the Wu Dynasty. I look back on the events of that year, the origin of Qin Siyuan's Confucianism in the Wu Dynasty, and the death of Qin's father and son. In Taiyuan, Qin Siyuan died at the hands of an adulterer after being assigned, and the second son of the Qin family and Ning Liheng revolted. These three years in the northwest are worthy of this sentence. I underestimated him. Talk about it while you're alive."

Xi Yin sighed slightly that Chen Wenjun could understand more of the deep meaning of his words.For three years in the northwest, with the Jurchen behind and the puppet Qi army in the front, it was Xi Yin’s idea. The reason was that because the Black Flag weapons were powerful, the Jurchen failed to find a good way to restrain them, so they first tried the puppet Qi army as the vanguard. Cannons, the Jin Kingdom is also constantly following the war to improve the cannons.

Unexpectedly, this dragged on, and the war was almost endless. Last year, he was beheaded at the head of Yanzhou City, and Xi Yin felt extremely guilty.Since then, the Jurchen army has strengthened its offensive. Although it has mastered artillery technology and created a super-strong crossbow specially made for shooting hot air balloons, it does not lose the manpower that Ci was killed and the Jurchen invested in the past three years. Material resources, Xi Yin has always felt, has his own responsibility.

Chen Wenjun was silent for a moment, then tilted his head and said, "I heard someone say that Ning Yi is full of tricks, and this time it may be a trick to get away. Has the lord gone to see his head?"

There was no emotion on her face, Xi Yin looked at her, and then smiled complicatedly: "Some people really think this way, in fact, the human head is not a proof, and the things cut off on the battlefield are recognizable. It's not difficult to fake it, but Fan Hongji, who has been in contact with him, said that it is indeed Ning Yi's head, but there are some mistakes."

He shook his head, looked at the words in front of him, and sighed: "Receiving troops from the court is not such a superficial thing. In fact, the Black Flag Army is still alive..."

Xi Yin paused when he said this, and saw a ray of light flashing in Chen Wenjun's eyes-she was worried about the Southern Dynasty and had some sympathy for the Black Flag Army, Xi Yin knew it, and Chen Wenjun did not shy away - and looked at She also smiled: "The battle in the northwest was extremely chaotic, and Liu Yu was incapable of killing him. Many things can only be clarified now. Some of the black flag troops escaped from the northwest, and they even did even more powerful things. , We are still investigating. The rest of the Black Flag Army has now turned to the southwest, and Ning Yi Jinchan escaped. It may have been arranged. However, there are always surprises. "

"What?" Chen Wenjun turned around.

"The battlefield is changing rapidly. He led the army to and from the dead place several times. It is very likely... that a fake death turns into a real death, just like Lou Shi, suddenly encountering an accident, no one expected." Wanyan Xiyin said this. With a complicated look, he sighed: "In the Black Flag Army, I can't find him now... If I hadn't confirmed this matter, even if there was a battle on the northern front, how could I allow him to retreat. Once he died, the Black Flag Army would be left behind. Million, it's just a thought, let's go..."

Chen Wenjun was stunned for a moment, but only after this moment, he smiled slightly.

"Then... the more powerful thing the master said, what is it?"

"It was also my mistake. If Ning Liheng was still alive, it would be a little troublesome, but...if he is dead, let Liu Yu and the others in the south have a headache. This is the news that I only learned recently..."

Xi Yin looked at the words again, and chatted casually with his wife...

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To the south, the news about the destruction of the Black Banner Army and the beheading of Ning Liheng, the monarch-murdering rebel, is gradually spreading throughout the world.

In the Central Plains, although the war has stopped, the fruits of that war on this land are still too bitter to swallow.

Some information gradually appeared after the chaos of the war, and after being known by some people, it turned into a more chaotic situation.

In the Daming Palace Palace, in the autumn after the war, Liu Yu became suspicious and panicked. In the past few days, he has killed more than ten palace guards in a row.

Rumors from the bottom are spreading and expanding among people's mouths.

According to legend, during the three-year Northwest War, the Black Flag Army forced the surrender of many prisoners during the war, and this forced surrender was not just as simple as a general surrender. There are rumors that before the Northwest War began , After the Black Flag Army beheaded Lou Shi, the devil Ning Yi was already actively deploying. He sent a large number of Black Flag soldiers scattered all over the Central Plains, where the crowd gathered.

When the Northwest War started, the Jurchen forced Daqi to send troops, and Liu Yu's compulsory conscription started in these places.At this time, the Central Plains has been baptized by three major wars, and the original order has long been chaotic. Officials can no longer judge who is a good citizen and who is a local from the household registration. into the army of Daqi.

They are soldiers by nature, and they naturally perform well in the army. They are in the early stages of promotion, and it is not a problem. These people hook up with people around them, choose those who are strong, and their thoughts are inclined to the Black Flag Army. The army surrendered, and in every battle, it passed information to the Black Flag Army. In that battle, a large number of people disappeared into the battlefield silently, becoming the nourishment for the Black Flag Army to grow.

This is not the most terrible.

The most terrifying thing is that in today's Daqi army, I don't know how many people are still lurking in it. Some of them have become high-level generals, some are still developing members of the Black Flag Army, and some may even be promoted. Became the imperial guard beside Liu Yu.

These days, every soldier Liu Yu saw was like a lurking member of the Black Flag.

Over the past few days, his spirit has weakened.

The night wind is blowing, rolling up the leaves, and there seems to be water dripping under the eaves.

Tick, tick, tick... a screeching sound.

Liu Yu woke up from his sleep with cold sweat on his back. He felt as if he saw a dark shadow beside the bed, and then... there was really a dark shadow beside the bed.

The man in black leaned over, one hand was like an iron hoop, firmly pinching his mouth, those eyes were looking at him, face to face.

"emperor……"

The voice sounded, the man took out a dagger, put it on his neck, made a gesture, and began to point the tip of the dagger to his eyes, and slowly pierced it down.

"...kill another emperor..."

Liu Yu struggled, but the strength in that hand was still increasing, his cheekbones were rattling, and there was a feeling of damp heat from under the bedding, he was so frightened that he lost control, and his eyes were tightly closed.

The hand that was clamped to his mouth suddenly let go, and then he hit it hard, and Liu Yu fainted.

When he woke up the next morning, the red mark on Liu Yu's face had not faded, and a huge chaos had already appeared in the palace.

There are rumors about inner demons and black flags circulating among the people...

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The impact continues.Jiangnan, the news of Ning Yi's death and the demise of the Black Flag Army had already been spread in people's mouths, except for a few scholars who began to pay homage to the deceased Zhou Zhe and sighed "to put things right", this time, the voices of the folks were quiet.

On the southern outskirts of Jiangning City, large courtyards were built among the hills where the mountains and rivers were originally beautiful, and troops from the Wulie Camp were also stationed nearby.This piece is now the other occupation of Prince Junwu's research on the examination of objects. A large number of elm cannons and iron cannons are now manufactured from here and distributed to various troops, and the prince himself often sits here.

At the end of autumn, a man with a broken hand knocked on the wooden door of a courtyard.After reporting some secret codes, the one who came out to receive him was Lu Agui, the current chief of the Prince's Mansion.This veteran brought back news about Xiao Canghe and about the three-year war in the Northwest. He was Lu Agui's personal assistant in Xiao Canghe's army.

This man's name is Lin Guanglie. In Xiaocanghe for several years, he joined the Black Flag Army to fight bravely, and once rose to the side of the rebel bandit Ning Liheng. He was captured in the last few chaotic battles in the northwest, and received He was tortured inhumanly, and while under custody, he escaped from the prison together with several soldiers of the Black Flag Army, and cut off his own arm with his own hands.

Naturally, he was also treated like a hero. After listening to the relatively important information, Lu Agui settled him and sent someone to inform the prince who was still in the capital at this time.

Lin Guanglie was placed in the best house and received the best treatment. On this day, Lin Guanglie went out to Jiangning to go shopping, got rid of the two guards who were assigned to protect him, and walked along the path after leaving the city. Far away, I saw Lu Agui and a group of soldiers waiting in front.

Lu Agui's eyes were puzzled. The person in front of him was a talent he carefully selected. His martial arts skills were strong and his personality was loyal. His mother was still in the south. He apologized, and then told him about his last things in the Northwest.

During the three-year war in the Northwest, the enemy kept coming. Even though Ning Yi had already made many arrangements and had to endure it, the battle was still extremely tragic.In the last year, Jurchen's offensive intensified, everyone ran around, and Ning Yi brought his direct troops into the battle. Lin Guanglie was already a member of this team at that time.

Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Although they are protected by everyone, Ning Yi has also been injured several times. In a desperate environment, he rushed to kill with everyone. He also said that he might one day be Wanyan Lou too. Room-like ending.During those times, Ning Yi liked to talk to people, and he had a lot of ideas without avoiding people. When it came to his views on war and the world, everyone might not understand it, but over time, he knew what kind of boxing it was. heart of.

"...The battle I...was caught in was the last few battles that took place. The day before the battle, I remember that the weather was very hot, and we all hid in the mountains. When it was getting dark, we sat on the edge of the mountain. Enjoy the shade. I remember that the sun was as red as blood. Mr. Ning went to see the wounded coming back and told us who was dead..." Lin Guanglie had already stood up when he said this, "He sat with us for a while, and then he said, All my life I remember..."

"He said... I've been nagging you all day, and some people will say to my face, I'm so annoying, I know... He said, in fact, I'm a person who is afraid of death, I don't want to die or pain, neither It's good... He said, I don't want to talk about why we have to die or suffer today, but I feel honored to be able to fight with you and rush up together, because you are human, with noble and noble things, It's not some rubbish, you have done your best for the best thing... So, if something happens one day, I really, it's not a waste..."

The man stood there with tears in his eyes.

"I was caught by them, and it didn't take long for them to say that Mr. Ning was dead. Because of this, I was not killed. I broke my hand that night, killed three people, and rushed out with everyone. I don't know Ning. Is the gentleman really dead, but when he said those words, I really felt that I was a person who would not be inferior to anyone, not even an emperor..."

"Presumptuous!" Hearing those words, Lu Agui's eyes turned cold and he roared out. A group of soldiers around him drew their swords at the same time. For a while, the light of the swords on the mountain road was cold.Lin Guanglie took a breath and pulled out the steel knife around his waist with his only right hand.

"Steward Lu, I promise to save your life and respect you. I broke my hand and just thought, even before I die, I will give you my life back. I brought you the news of Xiao Canghe. Cang He is upright, there is nothing that can't be told to others! But I have finished the news, Mr. Lu, I want to send this life back to the Huaxia Army, you have to block me, you can leave my life today. But there is one thing, Let me make it clear to everyone that after three years of fighting, I only have one hand, and I can still kill, so be careful."

He lowered his body slightly, stood with a sword, and narrowed his eyes.At such a distance, he is only one person, and if he rushes out, he will probably be shot to death on the spot, but even so, the sense of oppression he gives at this moment does not decrease in the slightest. This is a tiger returning from the hell in the northwest.

Lu Agui was silent for a moment: "If Ning Liheng really died, what would be the benefit of you going back?"

"Mr. Ning told us those words..." Lin Guanglie said, "If he really dies, the Huaxia Army will pass him down. Manager Lu, relying on you, can't save the world."

The autumn leaves turned yellow and fell to the trees in the wind. In the sky, the geese flying south patted into rows.During the confrontation between the two sides on the mountain road, Lu Agui raised his head and sighed silently.

It used to be the hometown of the scholar.

Now that the geese have returned, many people will not come back.Either the person is not there, or the heart is not...

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Southwest Dali, where Buddhism flourishes, is a quiet and peaceful country.

Duan Xiaoqing, daughter of Duan Baosheng, Marquis of Lianyi, is 13 years old this year. Although she has not reached the age of Ji, Duan Xiaoqing has been familiar with poetry and books, learned female red, and mastered rhythm since she was a child. She has become a well-known talented woman in Dali at a young age. Over the past few years, people who came to propose marriages broke through the threshold of the Hou Mansion, which made the Hou Mansion very proud.

Duan Baosheng has always been very proud to have such a good daughter, but of course he also knows that the main reason why her daughter is so eye-catching is not only because her daughter has grown up beautifully since childhood, but mainly because of the one she found for her a few years ago. Mrs. lady, this female lay monk named Wang Jingmei is not only knowledgeable, proficient in female red and rhythm, but most importantly, she is quite familiar with Buddhism.For this matter, Duan Baosheng has always been grateful.

Duan Baosheng always has admiration for this female lay Buddhist with outstanding appearance, temperament, and knowledge. He once thought of accepting the other party as the side room of the Hou's mansion. way.Dali Buddhism is prosperous. Although Duan Baosheng likes each other, he does not insist on forced marriage.In order to give the other party a good impression, he has always maintained his sense of proportion. In the past few years, except for the occasional meeting when the other party was teaching his daughter, Duan Baosheng did not meet much with this layman Wang.

In the past few years, the external situation has been turbulent, the Wu Dynasty has been suddenly knocked down from the original imperial state, the Central Plains and the Northwest have been fighting constantly, and Dali has gradually become tense.On this day, Duan Baosheng saw off a guest from the courtyard of the reception, and on the way he met Wang Jingmei who was walking around the garden with her daughter.

He paid attention to Yiren in his eyes, his footsteps slowed down, and his mouth was still talking.That layman Wang never looked here, Duan Baosheng just looked at her profile. At a certain moment, she turned her head to look here, and Duan Baosheng saw that the other party's face was already pale.

What happened……

Duan Baosheng didn't understand.

On this day, the woman who used to be named Li Shishi and now goes by the pseudonym Wang Jingmei heard the news of Ning Yi's death in the southwest corner.

Before that, the army in the small valley where she once lived faced the murderous Jurchen, dragged them, and fought a big battle for three whole years...

She used to think that this battle would go on endlessly, and even then, the pain would not be so overwhelming.

A lot of things suddenly came up again. That figure, a simple fragment of childhood, at the reunion in Jiangning, she was always full of misunderstandings about him. That person killed tens of thousands of people in Liangshan, and during the disaster relief The pursuit of profit and the manipulation of human nature, the Jurchen came, he resisted outside the city, when the Right Prime Minister's mansion fell, he kept running, he killed the emperor, took her to the mountains in the northwest, and let her sort out the words.

At a certain moment, she thought of him and remembered that she once liked him, but after killing the emperor, she couldn't like him anymore, and he would not give in to their arguments.Then, she went to Tiannan, and he blocked Tianbei...

A person so hard, stubborn and unyielding, she almost... about to forget him...

On this day, Duan Xiaoqing saw her intellectual and beautiful female gentleman lost her temper for some reason. She hid in a small room on the side of her boudoir and cried for a long time, a long time...

The next day, Wang Jingmei resigned from Duan Baosheng.

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The wild geese returning from the south flew over the sky of the Wu Dynasty.

In the Central Plains, Liu Yu's regime began to prepare to move the capital to Bianliang.

Yue Fei led his army and approached the battlefield on the northern front. After defeating two armies and recovering a prefecture and county, he was reprimanded by the capital.The Black Flag Army has gone, and the Jurchen no longer has any obstacles to go south, and can no longer start a border challenge.

Prince Junwu returned to Jiangning, heard Lu Agui finish talking about Lin Guanglie, and sighed slightly. Outside, another piece of iron cannon and gunpowder were shipped from the workshop. The improvement of various firearms was in full swing.

In the south, Li Shishi cut his hair, left Dali, and started his journey north.

Lin Guanglie was walking on the road to the west, just like his journey to the south, passing through the steep and precipitous road.

In Xixia, after the defeat of Xiaocanghe and the fall of the Huaxia Army, Li Ganshun began to reorganize the trade routes, and when it was ready to spring, he began to show his strength.Then it's spring...

The black iron cavalry roared like the wind, and in the hurricane-like powerful offensive, it smashed the vast plains of the black water of Xixia, and soon after, stepped into the Helan Mountain.The beacon smoke came from burning, and this was the beginning that no one knew.

——Mongolia, Genghis Khan Temujin, set foot on a huge stage.

At the southern end of Tubo, a not powerful tribal settlement called Dayang has gradually developed and began to look like a Han settlement.An army that once shocked the world is gathering and waiting here.Waiting for the time to come, waiting for someone's return...

The peaks are like gatherings, and the waves are like fury.The time for the deer has come.

　This chapter is seven thousand words.

Episode [-] *Old Canghe* End

There is a summary, I will probably write it tomorrow.

　
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