Repugnant Gateway

Three years and seven months later.

Dayang Kingdom Fanggucheng.

Fanggu City is a very strange city, blamed in shape. The other cities built are generally square and square. Although Fang Gucheng has a square in its name, it is not square at all. From a height, Fang Gucheng is more like a huge bull head. There are two city walls that extend outward in a half-moon shape, which is the horns. The main city is relatively large in the back and thin in the front. Such a strange architectural style is unique in the world.

It is said that Fang Gucheng was exactly the same as other cities in the past, square and regular. But the second-generation monarch of Dayan, the Yanwen Wang Muyun who almost unified the sixteen northern countries, personally designed and reconstructed this place. It has to be said that this construction style, which has abandoned the aesthetic concept, has indeed greatly improved the defense. The horns protruding from both sides can increase the attack surface on the siege side. Moreover, the two sections of the horned city wall can be cut off, even if the enemy kills them.

The narrowness of the front city and the width of the back city are because the width of the back city is conducive to the layout and deployment of your own troops. While the front city is narrow, it is difficult for the siege forces to be fully deployed.

Of course, these are legends, ordinary people know nothing about war. And although Dayan had a period of decay that lasted for decades, there was no situation of being besieged by the capital. Ten years ago, after the general's confidant reconstructed Tie Liuhuo, Yan Jun's strength increased greatly. Although he could not restore the heyday of the Muyun period, self-preservation was no longer a problem.

Because there is a superlord Daxi in the south, all the surrounding small countries including the Sixteen Kingdoms of Youyan dare not be kings, but kings.

The current King Yan is the original third son Mu Changyan who returned four years ago.

Aunt Ye, who returned with Mu Changyan, has been in prison for more than three years.

The Imperial City Tianji Palace was built in the back city of Fanggu City, only ten miles from the northern city wall. Thirty miles outside the northern city wall is a branch of Cangman Mountain, which is called Yanshan here. After crossing the Yanshan Mountain and northward, there is a floating ground of Dayan ... The reason why it is called floating ground is because the place is controlled by the nomads on the grassland and nominally belongs to Dayan.

Yanshan is steep, and nomadic people are not good at siege, so with this day, Dayan does not care much about the nomadic people in the north.

Palace.

Mu Changyan is sitting in a chair in a daze. In recent years, he has become more and more dazed. The zigzags stacked on the table in front of him were already two feet high, but he just didn't want to watch them. He had only the woman in his mind, the woman who was now locked in a prison and could not even meet him.

Ye Yun.

Mu Changyan muttered to himself: "Lonely and incompetent, you will suffer when you return to Dayan. You can rest assured that if you give the lone a while, Guding will rescue you."

At this time, the young **** An Chengli ran in quickly: "It's too late."

Mu Changyan's face changed, he quickly got up, quickly walked to the door and leaned over to wait. When the beautiful woman in the palace appeared, his waist was lowered: "Children visit his mother."

The Queen Mother Su Qingnuan is only thirty-nine years old this year. If it weren't for her biological son's early death due to illness, it would not be Mu Changyan's turn to be king. The reason why Mu Changyan was chosen was because Su Qingnuan knew Mu Changyan's temperament clearly. It looks crazy, but it is weak. Moreover, Mu Changyan has no opinion, and is often influenced by others' opinions.

Such a person is best for puppetry.

Facts have proved that Queen Mother Su's eyesight is indeed strong. Mu Changyan has done the most courageous thing in his life, that is, to protect Ye Yun and go to the Magical World. After returning, when I saw Su Qingnuan, this courage disappeared.

"Get up."

Su Qingnuan's voice is a little hoarse, not the kind of beautiful and gentle female voice. But this does not affect her kind of beauty, it is a very arrogant and graceful beauty. She was originally Princess Zhao Guo, married to Yan Wang. After King Yan died of illness, Chao Quan was always in her hands. If she didn't call her a bad reputation, and those family forces were not good enough to offend her, why should she get Mu Changyan, the least-seeing one, back to be king.

Su Qingnuan's figure is well maintained, less than forty years old, but no fat can be found on his body. There are no wrinkles on her face, but there are still marks left in the corners of her eyes.

Su Qingnuan quickly walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, and the two maids behind stooped and trot to follow. As soon as she turned around, the two little maids immediately knelt down to tidy up the long dress for her.

Queen Mother Su sat down on the chair and glanced at the piles of twists and stacks on the table, her face worsened.

"You are the king of Dayan, the king of Wanmin."

With a snap, Empress Su's hand clapped heavily on the table: "But look at how you are now!"

Mu Changyan raised his head, but said nothing. He knew that he had been defeated from the day he came back. Halfway back with Ye Yun, he designed 10,000 ways to protect his beloved woman. He even thought that if the Queen Mother pressed too tightly, he would resist, and really resist. Rather than a throne, Ye Yun would not suffer.

However, when he returned to Fang Gucheng and saw Empress Su's eyes, he knew he had lost.

"Why, even without an explanation?"

Queen Mother Su asked.

Mu Changyan lowered his head: "It's the son who slacked off, and what his mother blamed. The son will pay more attention in the future and will never dare to waste government affairs."

The Queen Mother Su said coldly, "I know what you think in your heart, and you know you want to kill me. But what you think in your heart will never happen unless I die. I have done my best to her, I did n’t kill her for me, just imprisoned her ... if not for the face of the royal family, for the face of you, the king of swallows, this woman has already died hundreds of times. "

"That woman is not yours, she is the former prince's woman!"

Mu Changyan fiercely raised his head: "I know her love is always the elder brother, but ..."

"No but!"

Queen Mother Su stood up, and the maid behind her quickly climbed forward.

She walked in front of Mu Changyan, less than a foot away from Mu Changyan's face. She stared straight at Mu Changyan's eyes, saying one by one: "I said, as long as I live, you will never want to marry that woman. Because of her, the former prince was abolished and even died unexpectedly. I can't let her ruin my other son, and she is also the king of Dayan! She tempted the former prince so much that the former prince was unreasonable in front of the first prince, and now she turned your obsessed spirit upside down ... I warn you If you go down like this, I will kill her first. "

"No!"

With a thump, Mu Changyan fell to his knees and said: "The mother-in-law, the son-in-law knows wrong, and the son-in-law must obey the mother's instruction."

"The king."

Queen Mother Su calmed down and leaned over to support Mu Changyan with one hand: "You are the hope of Dayan, and I also have too high expectations of you, so it will be stricter. I thought that Dayan would occupy the north, almost unified, What kind of prestige is that. The dead enemies of Youguo, South Korea, Yongguo all surrendered, and even Zhao, my mother country, sent someone to show his respect. Don't you want to reproduce Dayan's glory? "

Mu Changyan lowered his head: "Children will do their best."

"I think you are lacking today."

Queen Mother Su's tone was more relaxed: "Let An Chengli send all of these memorials to my palace, I will help the king to review them all. But I can't share everything with the king, and the king still has to go forward more. . "

Mu Changyan kept his head down and dared not look at the Empress Su's eyes: "Children know."

Queen Mother Su made a sound and looked around: "I heard that Fang Jiji went out to train again recently?"

Mu Changyan replied: "Yes, there is constant friction between the southeastern border and the Youguo. The general said that with Tie Liuhuo moving southeast to deter the Youguo. Tie Liuhuo has not experienced a war since its reconstruction. There is not enough experience on the battlefield. So the meaning of a general is to train troops in battle. "

Empress Su nodded: "In the field of military use, you don't have to question Fang's confidant's methods. Tie Liuhuo handed him to him, and the king can put it down. However, this person did whatever he wanted to do with the overall situation in mind, and as a general, he led the iron flow to the south and lost it. What should I do with a lot of military affairs in Beijing? The king ca n’t personally train his troops, let alone handle the trivial tasks of the military department. So I thought, would n’t it be the restoration of the two generals under the rule of King Wen? ”

Mu Changyan's face changed abruptly, he had expected this day, but he didn't expect it to be so sudden.

"Children ... Children think that if there are two generals in the court, they will inevitably restrain each other ..."

Before he had finished speaking, Empress Su waved his hand: "You have too many concerns, how can you become a king and look forward to the future. Especially in military affairs, when it is decided, the words of the two generals can be supervised and compared with each other. It is beneficial to the development of the military defense of my Dayan. Chongming Hou Su Zong is humble enough to read the military book, and he is loyal to me Dayan. I think it will be useful ... I will mention this matter in the court, and let those heavy military and military officials See if it is feasible or not. Tie Liuhuo is still handed over to Fang Zhiji and other military affairs are handed over to Su Zong. If it is feasible, then it is so decided. "

When Empress Su turned around, the people took away all the breaks and left like a wind.

Mu Changyan stood there dumbly, with a miserable look on his face.

"What's the point of doing this king ...?"

He mumbled to himself.

The **** An Chengli knelt there, looking at the king's face with a distressed face: "The king, the autumn is about to be the ceremony ... the selection of materials every five years. Now in the court, the civil servant is headed by Zuo Cheng, the prime minister. Originally the military also returned There are great confidant generals who are righteous and virtuous, but this time General Fang confidant left Beijing, most of them were forced by the queen mother. If Su Zong re-elected as general, then Yan Yanwu, all in the hands of the descendants. "

"The descendants are all from Zhao State. Zhao State looked at him friendly to Dayan, but this kind of move clearly made me not to use soldiers as a means to destroy Dayan. The king ... mentioned by the slaves last time. With such patience, most of the veterans are now queen mothers, and the backbone is also queen mothers. The king wants to succeed, he needs young talents. In any case, the king of Qiucheng can not help but go. To recruit some young talents, and slowly cultivate loyalty Heart, just wait for the time ... "

His words didn't go on, because there was no need to say too much.

Mu Changyan smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to talk ... But loneliness will not give up. You are right, loneliness can pretend to be a lazy play, go around in the capital and find some available young talents early."

An Chengli said: "The king's conspiracy is that the slave-servant will arrange this. The young talents from all over have almost entered Beijing. The king simply handed over the government to the queen mother. She feels that the king is deserted and can relax.

Mu Changyan said: "Well, let's go out of the palace and go around. It's also uncomfortable here."

An Chengli waited for Mu Changyan to change his clothes, changed his ordinary clothes, and left Tianji Palace with a dozen of palace guards.

The streets are full of people, bustling. Many teenagers with fresh clothes and angry horses appeared on the street, and they came from all over to attend the Qiucheng Ceremony. The Qiucheng Ceremony is held once every five years to recruit virtue for the court. For the vast majority of children who came from the cold, this is the only chance to change their destiny.

Mu Changyan didn't ride a horse, walked all the way to see, and he felt much better after leaving the palace.

Almost all of the post offices in the city were full, and the inns were not vacant. You can see the hopeful young people everywhere.

"My Dayan has a lot of talent."

Mu Changyan was in a good mood and couldn't help but float a little: "With this grand occasion, he is worried about revival."

As I was saying, a team of carriages came in front, a series of more than thirty cars, and looked very imposing. At least hundreds of big men in black accompanied them around. Although they were silent, they were bold and courageous.

"What kind of man is this?"

Mu Changyan asked, and An Chengli immediately sent someone to inquire.

But before people went out, they saw the flags on the carriages with three words embroidered on them.

Apocalypse.