Realm of Power

The spring when the snow melts and the ice disappears has finally passed, and the Central and Asian regions are ushering in the biggest rainy season of the year. The river water rolling down from the upper reaches gradually merges into a mighty river. Groups of fish jump out of the water, and birds fly across the sky. Two rivers The wild flowers on the side of the mountain are so colorful that it is pleasing to see them. In the summer when the orioles are singing and the willows are green, sometimes heavy rain falls on the ground, and the rain beats the banana leaves. A morning full of vitality is like the thin smoke rising from the earth.

Holding a sky-green umbrella, standing in front of such a scene, I was slightly considerate of the slight chill that hit my face. If it weren't for the military flag of the Imperial Army Camp in the distance curled up straight in the rain, it would be like a handful. The razor made it hard to breathe. Li Long almost thought that he had traveled back to the capital of China, which had not experienced the war.

"The mist of the imperial capital and the ten scenes of the Changting Garden. I never thought that I, Zhuang Long, would be able to see him again in my lifetime. Even if I really can't go back this time, I will have no regrets." An old man standing next to Li Long said with a long and deep smile. Taking a breath, the old man looked to be about sixty or seventy years old. He was wearing a blue robe, and his pale color was even more pale in the wind. Like needles, he is even more tough and hale and hearty. Even standing next to Li Long, the contemporary leader of the Li clan, he still has the air of a gentleman. Only his eyes full of complex expressions occasionally flashed a few times, but It was a sharp feeling like the tip of a needle, where countless unbearable memory fragments seemed to be flashing.

"Why should Mr. Zhuang be so pessimistic? Although the Long family is now at its peak, this is only for a while. The Long family is not the royal family after all. I believe that the Long family still dare not do anything to Mr. Zhuang!" Li Long hesitated and said in a solemn voice, " This time the empire promised to support me, Li In order to revive the clan, Mr. Zhuang has had a fifty-year friendship with my Li clan. This time, because he spoke a few words of justice for our Li clan in the court, he was demoted to the north of the river with me, Li Long. In this way, The next time our Li clan can really recover, we will definitely not treat Mr. Zhuang badly."

"Reviving the Li Clan? Do you really believe what those foreign tribes say? Zhuang Long rolled his eyes. Regarding the empire, this great Confucian Tathagata from Central Asia holds the view that those who are not from our race will have different hearts. If the empire returns, Anyway, they are also from a foreign race. How can they really understand Zhongbia? How powerful the Long family is now. It is not an exaggeration to say that they can cover the sky with one hand. Even those who once claimed to be Master Li's disciples are not at this moment. Can someone who dares to stand up really bring the Li family back to life because of someone who doesn't know what it means? I don't believe it for the first time. Why can the Li family be brought back to life just by waiting for one person? It's all nonsense. We have been waiting here for three full hours. Where is the person? Now, let alone the person, we haven't seen even a ghost.

Zhuang Long snorted with a heavy expression on his face, "There are still two hours until sunset. The other party said it is before sunset. Although there is no sun today, the time will not change. If you still don't see it by then, Zhuang I won’t accompany you anymore!

"Of course"

There was a wry smile on Li Long's lips. Zhuang Long was a great Confucian in Zhongbia. During Zhongbia's heyday, he even served as the imperial master for a period of time. Although this time, together with Li Long, he was half-expelled and half-exiled by the Long family. Arriving to the north of the river, they were still confident. Zhuang Long was completely different from the Li clan. The Long family hated the Li clan, but they did not hate Zhuang Long.

The reason why Zhuang Long, a great Chinese scholar who was once the emperor's teacher, was expelled from the court together with himself, an unlucky guy, is that anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Long family has begun to pave the way for him to ascend to the throne of the emperor.

Zhuang Long is the former emperor's master, and the mark on his body cannot be changed. Among the civil servants in China and Bia, Zhuang Long has huge influence. This kind of person is a bomb when placed in the court. The Long family wants to usurp the royal power. , naturally it is impossible to allow such a person to stay in the court, and sending him to the north of the river this time is nothing more than killing chickens to scare monkeys.

The Long family is a military minister, and entering the Central and Eastern Court will inevitably bring about great prosperity for the military ministers. In fact, this is also the case. The first thing Long Po did when he entered the court was to break up the original flattery army and then cooperate with the Long family. The army was mixed, which was equivalent to directly sucking the flattery army into the Long family's army system. Later, Long Po issued an order to re-determine the ranks of military ministers.

The subsequent consequence was that the military ministers in the court were raised by two levels as a whole.

In terms of rank alone, the Long family has changed from the original second rank to a real first rank. With the overall improvement, the military ministers in the court have completely surpassed the civil servants, because the largest among the civil servants That is to say, the second rank. As the first rank, the four gates have long since withered and are no longer able to compete with the Long family. The Long family After being promoted to a rank, he became the number one in the court. With a casual order, Li Long, the leader of the Li clan, had to come to the north of the river. Imperial masters like Zhuang Long also had to travel far and wide with their senior years to enter. In the foreign land within the big river, the court hall is now as silent as a cicada. Under the arrogance of the Long family, no one dares to raise any objection.

Long Po was decisive and decisive in military affairs, and he had the same style in politics.

The purpose of expelling the Li family and banishing Zhuang Long is to show those civil servants who may stand up to oppose them. The Long family may not kill them, but they can be sent to the north of the river, where there are arrogant empires and cruel people. Prairie people, especially people like Zhuang Long, would always say, "Those who are not from my race will have different hearts." They despised everything. Those who are steadfast in their execution may naturally be caught and beheaded by the cruel empire at any time. Just last month, a Central Asian nobleman was arrested and beheaded by the emperor for offending the emperor's disciples. There are nearly two hundred people, and under various exaggerations, Bertrand Bonnie's evil reputation has had the effect of stopping children from crying in the south of the river.

What's more, the empire's guard in charge of Imperial Palace West Road, Bertrand Bonnie, is a female pervert who likes to chop off the heads of nobles in Central and South Asia.

Now the entire court is craning their necks, waiting to see when Zhuang Long's head will be chopped off by the empire. There are even some good people betting on how long Zhuang Long can survive on the Imperial Capital West Road ruled by foreign races. Divided into one month, two months, three months, half a year and one year, among which The majority were those who had held it for a month, and this had become a joke in the court now. What made Li Long feel dumbfounded the most was that there was underground news that the gambling house that opened the offer had approached Zhuang Long's family, and both parties seemed to be doing something. What kind of agreement is it? No one knows the content of the agreement.

Regarding this, Li Long once asked Zhuang Long jokingly in private, how could a great scholar like Zhuang Long, who valued fame so much, be associated with such a dirty underground gambling house, and the answer he got was that A sadness welled up in his heart,

Even people like Zhuang Long have to do such despicable things.

"Linhang, the new capital, was conquered by the grassland people. The properties of many noble families were lost in Linhang. They fled Linhang in a hurry and lost most of their belongings. Last winter, the imperial capital was destroyed, and Nannan During the escape, my two concubines starved to death. Last winter, my old wife also left. Now there is only one girl left who is underage and is fostered by her aunt's family. This time she was expelled. In the north of the river, we still don’t know whether we will live or die. We can’t let our only remaining daughter end up freezing to death and starving to death!” Zhuang Long said that he had indeed reached an agreement with the underground gambling house, and he, Zhuang Long, would work hard to keep himself alive. In this way, the handicap can be opened wider and wider. As a condition, every month, the underground bank will send a part of the property to his daughter, which is regarded as his life-saving money for Zhuang Long.

"I heard that the losses suffered by the Li clan in Linhang were not big. If Lord Li Long is really serious, why not marry my daughter! I don't dare to ask for rich clothes and food, I just want to be able to live in a good life and have enough food and clothing." Zhuang Long His expression was solemn, and there was no guilt or anger on his face. On the contrary, he was so frank that Li Long was ashamed, and his face was full of embarrassment and he didn't know what to say.

"In these troubled times, millions of households in the Imperial Capital have followed the wind and rain and finally turned into the mud under their feet. Can't Mr. Li Long still see clearly?" Zhuang Long took a deep breath and looked towards The water rolling away on the river said in a cold voice, "The mist and rain in the Imperial Capital are still picturesque, and the spring is still moving. But the people staring at this scene no longer know where they have gone. The military ministers are in power, and the so-called great scholars are just Will be full of pride He just became a lowly old beggar who sold his life for money." The elder of the Li clan had foreseen this back then, so he asked the Li family to abandon civility and embrace martial arts and spread the flag widely. In this way, even if the Li clan's main family was uprooted, at least it would be outside the home. flag It can also give the Li people a chance to recover. The Li people have been able to stay in China for hundreds of years and survive the wind and rain. This is because the Li people know how to adapt. They are more stupid than those of us who think we have read the classics and history but are stupid in reading. The people are too strong!"

The rain hit Li Long's face, and the coldness had long gone.

Zhuang Long's words were like a knife ripping into Li Long's heart, making him hold his hand tightly. The decline of the Li clan and the changes of Zhuang Long were undoubtedly very similar to the land of the Imperial Capital in front of him, and the chaotic times. In the bustling scene, it is also the cry under the hoofs of horses. No matter how beautiful the article is, it is just a piece of paper to wipe the butcher's knife. In the past, I believe that although Zhongbia was attacked by the imperial capital twice, Zhongbia did not fail, because Zhongbia’s culture is still there, great scholars like Zhuang Long are still there, and the civil servant group in Zhongbia’s court is like repair. Like a craftsman, he is still trying to support this big house in Zhongbia whose roof was blown off in the storm.

But now, the Long family entered the court, completely ignoring the shaky situation in front of them. Instead, they flexed their muscles, knocked down walls and broken beams, and prepared to build a new house. They completely ignored that the previous winter had almost depleted the stock of various places. Now there are refugees everywhere. Countless people are living in hardship and struggle. Even a great scholar like Zhuang Long is like this. Others can't even imagine it.

But yes, the Long family is based in the southwest, and the Long family only cares about its own southwest. Even if everyone else is dead, what does the Long family have to do with it! What the Long family wants is to move north, and what they want is to take this opportunity to climb the ladder of dragon control and become the emperor of Central Asia!

A general's achievements will last forever. The Long family is a military official. This is what military officials believe in. Dead people are nothing in the eyes of military officials who pursue their achievements. In order to conquer Daizhou, Long Po did not hesitate to drive away millions of refugees. It's not that I haven't done it before

"Sir, there are boats ahead!" At this moment, a guard from the Li clan suddenly shouted towards a few black spots on the river. Everyone looked in the direction they pointed at and saw two boats that looked like centipedes. A narrow warship came from the upper reaches of the river, and the Imperial Falcon flag flying on the top of the ship could be distinguished even in the haze of rain.

Soon, the two imperial warships began to slow down and parked steadily at the dock where Li Long was.

"Who could it be?" Li Long and Zhuang Long looked at each other. The empire had really sent someone. Soon under their confused eyes, a baffle was lowered on the stationary imperial warship, and a team of imperial The soldiers came down from above, and one of them, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of an imperial officer, came to Li Long and asked in a deep voice, "Are you Mr. Li Long, the special envoy of the Central and Asian Courts?"

"I'm Li Long!" Li Long nodded,

"In that case, let's get started. These people were rescued by us from the Aden Navy. According to His Majesty's order, they are now handed over to you." The imperial officer grinned slightly and raised his hand towards the deck. , swayed a few times, and it took more than a full minute before you could see the sparse two Thirty Central Bian people got off the warship. They didn't look too good. Among them, a young Central Bian man walking at the front had a face as pale as paper. Li Long was immediately struck by that familiar face. The two of them, Zhuang Long, seemed to have been struck by lightning. They froze in place. How could this person be here? Why didn't he die?

This was going to change the world. Li Long felt that his mind had gone blank. When a person who everyone thought was dead suddenly appeared in front of him alive, even Li Long couldn't accept this result.

What's more, if it weren't for him, Zhongbia would not be in such a situation, let alone the devastation of life now. He had two imperial capitals, two escapes, and left a whole city of people to be slaughtered. How could such a person survive? alive,

No wonder the emperor said that this person can revive the Li clan. This person can indeed revive the Li clan. But such a revival is probably something that even the old clan leader would not want to see, because there is no way to ask any Zhongbia people. They all have the same affirmation for this person, this person deserves to die! But not only did this man not die, he actually seemed to be living quite well.

God is unfair! Li Long closed his eyes in pain and knelt on the ground like Zhuang Long next to him, "Welcome Your Majesty"

"Did the entire court only send Master Zhuang and Aiqing Li Long to pick me up? As for the others, are they all rebelling?" The young man raised his head and his eyes fell on Li Long and Zhuang Long in front of him, with ferocious angry expressions on their faces. Chong Chong said