Devil’s Advent

There are many mountains in the state of Jin. The Tianduan Mountains in the north of the state of Jin are known as the most continuous mountains in the east. There are reports of monsters appearing from time to time. However, such monsters are at best similar to the beasts raised by the royal family of Yan. Even if it is not as good as it is, it is just a surprise, so when Jin Kingdom's merchants travel around the world, the most available goods are all kinds of weird monsters.

Back then, Yao Zizhan, a great writer in the Qian Kingdom, traveled to the Jin Kingdom when he was young. He wanted to take advantage of the majestic and rugged Tianduan Mountains to brew his own poetry, but he was accidentally caught by the savages in the mountains. Going back, if it hadn't just happened to be that a soldier from the Jin Kingdom was hunting down the savages nearby and rescued him, the great writer of the Qian Kingdom might have withered before he fully bloomed.

The Tianduan Mountain Range is one of them. In the west of the Jin State, that is, in the area bordering the Yan State, there is also a mountain range. The people of the Jin State call it the Zhema Mountain, and the people of the Yan State call it the Horseshoe Mountain.

This mountain range continues to the southwest of Jin State. It can be said that Jin State is more like a wrapped egg. The only gap, that is, the smooth area, borders Chu State.

In fact, a long time ago, Jin and Chu were not bordering each other. Chu was located in the southeast region of the entire Eastern Continent and originated from Daze. The emperor of Chu even boasted that his family was born from the blood of the Golden Phoenix in the depths of Daze. , but for hundreds of years, the expansion of the Chu people has not stopped, constantly destroying the small countries around them, and finally, they successfully bordered the Jin country, and tens of thousands of wars broke out between the two sides from time to time.

In the southwest direction of the state of Jin, a Nanmen Pass was built following the terrain of the Horseshoe Mountains.

Outside the South Gate, there are many small countries. These small countries are located between Jin, Chu, and Qian. The three countries deliberately maintain the existence of these small countries as a buffer zone.

Because of this, although Nanmen Pass looks extremely majestic, the last time a war broke out here was decades ago. At that time, a coup broke out in a small country, and the dignitaries usurped the throne. When they arrived at Nanmen Pass, they were repelled by the Jin defenders.

However, because of the interference of the Gan and Chu states, the Jin State did not send troops to help the lord restore the country in the end, but only enshrined him as Anle Gong to raise him.

There is also a saying that at that time the power of the three major clans in the state of Jin was already very large, and for this reason there was a rumor that "the lord of the country should be the virtuous one".

Therefore, they believe that since the monarch of a country cannot keep his throne, his fate is over, which should be the normal operation of the way of heaven.

It means that people with a discerning eye can see it at a glance.

at this time,

After the south gate was closed, a huge caravan was undergoing inspection. There were seven or eight hundred people in this caravan.

On the city wall, there are three people standing.

One man in armor is the guard of the south gate, and the old man in Confucianism is the servant of the Jin Kingdom's household department. However, the Jin Dynasty's court only keeps a shelf. What the household servant does is to do business for the royal family , has led the team here for more than ten years;

Behind the old man stood a black-faced boy.

"I said, in the west, Jin and Yan are at war, and in the southwest, the Yan people are still fighting against Ganren. Where is your big caravan going?"

"It's natural to go to the country." The leader laughed.

"Go to the country? Go to the country now?"

"Being rich, my cart is mostly herbs from Tianduan Mountain, so I can sell them for a good price there."

"I'm not afraid to run into the Yan people in Qianguo. When the time comes, I will see that you are Shanxi merchants, and I will rob you directly. Maybe I will lose my life."

"It's the so-called seeking wealth and wealth."

"It seems that our Majesty is so short of money?"

The gatekeeper at the south gate joked.

Between words, there is no respect for Emperor Jin.

Indeed, although Jin State is called Jin State, although Jin State has an emperor, the military and political power of Jin State has long been in the hands of the three major clans for many years.

These three major clans all have fiefdoms and soldiers and horses. To be precise, they are more equivalent to the three major princes in the Jin Dynasty, and the imperial edicts of the Jin Emperor sometimes cannot even get out of the capital. The mascot is also enshrined there.

After Zheng Fan had a preliminary understanding of the current situation of the Jin Kingdom, he said that the Jin Emperor was similar to the Zhou royal family in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods?

The facts are indeed true. The reason why the three major clans retain the existence of the Jin Emperor is nothing more than the stability of the Jin State as a whole. After all, there is the State of Yan in the west, and the State of Chu in the southeast. Conflicts broke out every now and then.

At the same time, it was also because the three major clans felt that it was not time to really separate their families.

However, the consciousness of the three major clans has long been formed in the state of Jin, from the court to the people, and the emperor above his head has long been ignored.

Perhaps only the people of the state of Jin in Gyeonggi and the relatives of the royal family are more loyal to the emperor of Jin, so that the emperor of Jin will not look like a complete puppet like that.

"Isn't that right, the war with Yan State cut off the commercial route from the west, and the Qian State is also fighting, and the caravans of Qian State can't enter.

All of a sudden these two business routes were cut off, so many princes and nobles in the capital couldn't get their salaries last month. "

"Your Majesty, are you having a hard time too?" the general teased.

"Inevitably, His Majesty is planning to rebuild the Taimiao, which has already been completed halfway, but the money in the back has been broken, but His Majesty is worried."

The three major clans will hand over a piece of money from their fiefs to the Emperor Jin every year, but the money is pitifully small, and the taxes in the capital are completely useless. The nobles who have been passed down all count on the salary of the treasury to live, but the taxes from the treasury simply cannot be collected anywhere.

Therefore, the Jin royal family had to do business and organize caravans many years ago. The three major clans also turned a blind eye to this. After all, as long as the Jin royal family exists for a day, it has to maintain it. Decent, otherwise it will be lost, but it will be the face of their three major clans, making other surrounding countries laugh at them.

"grown ups."

At this time, a black-faced young man came over, holding a bag in his hand, and handed it to the guard.

The guard frowned slightly at first, but after opening the bag and seeing the jewels and jades inside, he smiled.

It seems that the life of the royal family is really bad, and they have to rely on pawning these old objects to live. Although there are not many, all the things that come out of the palace are priceless.

He is the general of the Wenren family, and was ordered to guard the South Gate Pass. Right now, the Wenren family and the Helian family have joined forces to fight the Yan people in the west. The Yan people can really fight, but it is estimated that they will not last long. The background of the two families was mobilized, and the two sides added up to almost 600,000 troops.

And if it is said that the people of Yan are the best cavalry in the world, then the people of Jin rank second. Although Jin has many mountains, it also has many plains, and there is no shortage of land for raising horses. The extremely cold place farther north of the mountains seems to have poor living conditions, but there are also many savage settlements. Jin often conquers them to obtain horses from them, and even captures some savages to form savage cavalry.

Of course, the savages of the state of Jin and the barbarians in the desert to the west of the state of Yan are naturally incomparable.

"General, when we come back this time, there is still a big thank you. Money is really tight now, and the money grinder is pressing our hands."

Dang Chaohubu's servant said cautiously and shyly.

The guard nodded, not thinking too much about it, and waved to the soldiers below the city, motioning for them to let them go.

The city gates were opened and the caravans began to march.

The guard pointed at the black-faced young man next to the household servant, and said with a smile:

"It's really dark enough, is Daxiao so dark?"

The black-faced youth nodded, with a shy smile on his face.

"Tsk tsk..."

The guard smacked his mouth regretfully,

If this person was not so dark, he would look handsome, and he could accept this person with his own mouth.

The masculine title is very popular in the state of Jin.

Each country has its own hobbies,

Gan people like to dress casually, Jin people like masculinity,

Only the Yan people are the most barbaric, and they seem to have no other hobbies except fighting.

"If you go back to the general, you've been so dark since you were young."

"Black is not bad." The guard still couldn't help it, and reached out his hand to the chin of the black-faced young man, and said, "I heard that your Majesty's face is also quite dark. The capital participated in the Empress Dowager's birthday, and the Empress Dowager looked young and widow-like;

Tsk tsk, it's our majesty who took a few glances from afar and only saw black charcoal, hahahaha. "

The black-faced youth also laughed along with him.

The dark-faced young man smiled, and felt his brows and eyes widen. For a moment, the guard licked his somewhat dry lips.

asked:

"Last name?"

"If you go back to the general, my surname is Yu."

"Yu?"

Yu is the surname of the royal family of Jin, that is, the surname of the country.

However, this surname made the guard even hotter. Right now, Emperor Jin himself is having a difficult life, let alone the other royal families. It is really worthless. It has long been common for women surnamed Yu to marry merchants and Jia. Son, as long as anyone with a little wealth and family background wants to marry a girl surnamed Yu, he feels that he can also feel royal.

"My surname is Yu, what's your name?"

"Yu Ciming."

"Yu Ciming?" The guard blinked and said to himself, "Why does it sound so familiar?"

At this time, the Minister of Tobe, who had been lying down and kept being a small boy next to him, said:

"General, our Majesty is also called by this name."

"Oh, yes, it's actually the same as our Majesty..."

The guard's expression suddenly changed.

And at this time,

The black-faced young man with his chin raised all the time raised his hand, holding a dark crossbow in his hand, and at the same time, pulled the trigger.

This kind of dark crossbow is too small and suitable for hiding, but it is not suitable for use on the battlefield. People in the Jianghu use it more, but in almost face-to-face situations, even if the guard is an eighth-rank martial artist, he is directly shot by the crossbow. Hit the door.

The poison quenched on the crossbow bolts took effect immediately, and the guard fell to the ground and his body was quickly paralyzed.

The black-faced youth took out the dagger, squatted down, and directly cut into the guard's neck.

pretty widow?

pretty widow! ! !

At the same time, people in the caravan took out knives and guns from the cargo boxes and directly chopped at the soldiers guarding the city. The guards at the south gate were killed and caught off guard.

On the north side, a group of cavalry had already rushed over, using the path opened by their predecessors, to charge in directly.

This is a soldier of the Jin royal family, not many in number, but they are loyal to the Jin emperor. They are the only soldiers in the Jin country that the Jin emperor can directly call at the moment.

The sound of fighting soon died down. Faced with this kind of sudden stabbing attack, the guards of Nantianmen couldn't parry at all. After most of them were killed, the rest quickly surrendered.

And at this time,

The black-faced young man said to the household servant next to him:

"Xu Aiqing, change my clothes for me."

The Minister of Tobe took half a step back,

"Sir, obey the order."

Shaoqing,

The dark-faced young man in coarse linen clothes changed into a dragon robe, and the soldiers around him knelt down together:

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Yu Ciming took a deep breath, with a look of guilt on his face,

road:

"I am not a good emperor."

Yu Ciming looked around,

Slowly said:

"I am very pleased, and you are able to accompany me and are willing to help me. I have self-knowledge, and I am not a master of great talents, but I will try my best so that you and I can live together and keep you. My little one, if possible, I would also like to give you a better future."

Beside him, the minister of household department wept unceasingly when he heard these words.

at this time,

To the southwest of Nanmenguan, a dark shadow appeared. Standing on the tower and looking at the past, it gave people a terrifying sense of oppression!

Yu Ciming spoke softly to Xu Qian beside him:

"Xu Aiqing, do you think I did something wrong?"

"Your Majesty, minister, only loyal to His Majesty."

Yu Ciming nodded, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said:

"I, as the emperor of Jin and a child of the Yu surname, shouldn't have done such a rebellious thing, but I know, and I also understand that a long time ago, the Situ family planned to divide the Jin family into three families. But because of the opposition of Helian's family and Wenren's family, he gave up.

Because the Situ family controls the eastern part of our Great Jin, while the Helian family and the Wenren family live in the western part. If we separate the families here, it is obvious that the two families are at a disadvantage, so they will try their best to maintain this situation.

But once the attack on Yan is successful, the Helian family and the Wenren family will take part of the territory of the Yan Kingdom, and the division of the three families into the Jin Dynasty will naturally become a foregone conclusion.

I, the emperor, will naturally be deposed;

To be more particular, let Zhen Zen give up to the three families, sacrifice to the emperor and queen, and tell the ancestors and ancestors, the world should be home to the virtuous;

Then raise my lineage in captivity, nominally for good health and prosperity, but then I will die inexplicably, and my descendants will also die inexplicably. Within three generations, there will be no future.

If you don't pay attention to a little bit, just let a group of rebels lie and claim that the savages directly slaughtered the palace, it doesn't matter if the people of the world believe it or not, they are nothing more than seeking a cover in history. "

"Your Majesty." Xu Qianhe sobbed again.

"Xu Aiqing, the people of Yan are right in front of you. Tell me, Ji Runhao, will he keep his promise? I don't ask nor do I expect that the king will come to the Great Jin Dynasty. I only ask for a feudal country that can keep you, them, and the ancestors to sacrifice blood." place."

Xu Qian and Chang breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Your Majesty, eight hundred years ago, during the Great Xia Dynasty, the ancestors of the Ji family were conferred in the bitter cold region of the Northwest, and were ordered by the son of Great Xia to be the Eastern Imperial Barbarian.

Today, Daxia has been dead for six hundred years, but the Ji family still has not allowed the barbarians to cross the Yan territory. Even when the Qianren went to the Northern Expedition a hundred years ago, the Ji family only sent 30,000 cavalry back to aid, and the main force of the country is still The desert and the barbarians fought a decisive battle.

In today's countries, many royal families, in terms of commitment, are unmatched by the Ji family! "

"Actually, Xu Aiqing, I understand what you said. It is this ancestral foundation that I have opened the door to outsiders like this. It is really absurd for me, the emperor."

"Your Majesty, it has been too many years for me to be a king or a minister, or a minister or minister."

"Yes, yes, my surname Yu has been emperor for several generations, and I still look like an emperor!"

talking,

Jinhuang seemed to have adjusted his mentality, because the army of the Yan people had already marched to the city.

"Xu Aiqing, you said how useless those gangsters are. The Yan people's army has already detoured here from his kingdom. He has millions of troops on three sides, but he still doesn't move at all. No?

I thought before that if the people of Yan couldn't make it through, I wouldn't have to weigh and choose to suffer, but now, I suddenly felt that this destiny, this damn destiny, seemed to really care for the people of Yan. "

Xu Qianhe knew that Emperor Jin was looking for a reasonable excuse for his choice, the people of Yan belonged to the destiny, and he was following the will of God, this is the best excuse.

"Your Majesty, let me wait, just follow God's will."

Emperor Jin sighed, waved his hand,

road:

"That's all, that's it, pass the order, open the city gate, and I will go out of the city to welcome the Yan people."

………

"Wu Jing, will you kneel later?"

Zhenbeihou sat on Pixiu and watched the south gate close in front of him, and couldn't help asking Tian Wujing.

"Your Majesty promised the Emperor Jin that he would protect him as the Emperor of the Kingdom. He is the Emperor now, and he will be the Emperor in the future."

"Oh, no energy, no energy."

"Although the south gate is opened, the backs of Jin's 600,000 troops attacking Dayan on the west side are already open to us, and the outcome of this battle can be said to be decided.

But if he is willing to cooperate well, there will be less trouble when managing and merging these Jin lands in the future, and our subordinates will also save a lot of deaths. "

"I like to hear this. It can save the men under my command less damage. I'm willing to let me lick his boots."

Tian Wujing shook his head and stopped making a sound.

Jingnan Hou has a rigorous temperament, while Zhenbei Hou has a free and easy temperament. It can be said that the two have two extreme personalities.

The city gate of Nanmenguan was opened, and a group of people came out, the leader was wearing a dragon robe, which was very eye-catching.

The army marched near,

Zhenbeihou and Jingnanhou got off their mounts together and walked forward. Behind them were the main force of Zhenbei Army and Jingnan Army.

However,

Just when the two Marquis were about to kneel down and salute the Emperor Jin,

Jin Huang Yu Ciming suddenly took the initiative to kneel down to the two Marquis,

Sincerely said:

"The lord of the next country, Yu Ciming, pays homage to the two princes!"