I am fish

The [-] soldiers of the Wei family and the Changsun family surrounding Runing quickly retreated westward to protect the Empress Dowager Geng and the two princes after beating the Jin army head-on.

Zhen Wenjun was always on the left and right, besides Changsun Wu, several people from the Changsun family and the Wei family served as his deputy generals in the army, and all important operations were commanded by Changsun Wu.

Zhen Wenjun knew that Grandson Wu had never been an official and had very limited battlefield experience. It can be seen that he dispatched conquests very calmly, not like a novice at all, but it reminded Zhen Wenjun of the shock when he saw A Liao unfold the Heavenly Soldiers Magic Box in the Shanhai Division.

It turns out that the eldest grandson's family has been hiding their strength in secret all along, A Liao is like this, and so is the eldest grandson Wu.

Dayu's central army is scarce and often pays to hire local gentry tribes to fight, and the management of the army is chaotic. Chang Sun Wu wants to accumulate experience in marching and combat. There is no need to put it on the surface to make people suspicious, mix in the tribes or even hang out with others The name can be well concealed.When the troubled times come, the eldest Sun Wu will be able to provoke the leader immediately.

The eldest grandson's family has always played the role of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. I don't know if this is also negotiated with the Wei family.The Wei family has been attracting firepower on the surface, while the Changsun family is secretly gaining momentum.

Now that Wei Tingxu is "Ding You" in Pingcang, the entire Wei family has no movement except for Wei Lun's funeral, the eldest grandson's family gradually floated up, and this move really worked well.

However, after the emperor went west, he was bound to pass on the throne to one of the two princes. Now that Changsun Wu has held the empress dowager and the princes hostage, he has grasped the most favorable weight and at the same time plunged himself into the greatest crisis.

Although Bu Jie did not go to Runing with Zhen Wenjun, he and several other counselors were not idle.

In the past few days, there are many letters that have flown into Zhen Wenjun's hands, and the more she reads, the more worried she becomes.

She has always known that the Dayu Center is weak and powerful, and that even if the Center wants to fight a war, it needs to pay and hire local tribesmen to fight for the country.Every battle will consume years of accumulation, and the national treasury is empty, but as far as the whole Dayu is concerned, it is not without money.The money is not in the treasury, not in the hands of the emperor, and those taxes that cannot be collected have been deposited in the local area for too long.Zhen Wenjun is very concerned about how many local private soldiers and wealth are concentrated in whose hands, after all, these people are likely to be transformed into his enemies immediately.

Two months ago, she asked Bu Jie and other counselors to secretly investigate the private soldiers and wealth of the wealthy families in the 48 counties of Dayu, in order to analyze the advantages of the enemy and the enemy, and the results made her worry.

It turned out that when Li Yanyi was so troubled by money, he even did not hesitate to cheat and abduct ministers to squeeze a little oil and water to fill the national treasury, every wealthy family in the local county had enough wealth to form a country on its own.Zhen Wenjun feels that she is sitting on a golden mountain, but in real terms, she may not be able to find her name among the top powers today.

Time is limited, and she believes that Bu Jie and the others have not investigated everything.

If Li Yanyi is still alive and knows all this, I don't know how he would feel.

No wonder Da Yu died, no wonder Chong Jin was able to drive straight in without too many obstacles.

I still remember that my mother told her how the founding emperor of Da Yu rebelled, how he bravely defeated the corrupt and violent previous dynasty, and created a generation of prosperity. 200 years have passed in a hurry, all the legends have been buried, and Yu has become another decaying empire waiting for innovation.

Living in this turbulent era, Zhen Wenjun clearly felt how the giant wheel of history was ruthlessly running over everyone.

Da Yu has more than one Wei family and one eldest grandson's family. Zhen Wenjun found that his vision has been focused on the center for too long, ignoring other possible threats.

Countless giants are watching in the dark, not only Wei Tingxu, but all ambitious people are waiting for the best opportunity.

Now Chang Sun Wu took the initiative to hold the Queen Mother and the prince in his hands. If he held it well, he would force the emperor to command the princes, and if he held it badly, he would set himself on fire.

Zhen Wenjun was very interested in how the Wei family and the Changsun family would make this move.

Changsun Wu's army moves much slower than Zhen Wenjun's alone. Zhen Wenjun will go back to Runing first before chasing him.

When the sky was about to shine, Zhen Wenjun arrived at the entrance of Runing City. When she first saw the ruins, she could hardly recognize the once splendid capital.The impenetrable city was devastated in a mess, smoke was everywhere, and corpses were everywhere, while the Jin soldiers guarded the outside and were heavily guarded.

Ru Ning has been occupied by the barbarians, so it may be difficult to enter through the main gate. It is the dry season at this time, and Zhen Wenjun plans to enter the city through the underground waterway.

The entrance to the waterway was tightly sealed with ice, and she melted the ice with fire, and finally managed to get in.

The once-familiar neighborhoods turned into piles of unfamiliar ruins. The overturned carts and severed limbs were laid out in the raging market. The billowing smoke still invaded Zhen Wenjun's sense of smell from time to time, making it difficult for her to breathe.

The road was blocked and the house collapsed. Zhen Wenjun tried to find the road in his memory.

After searching for a long time in the city, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the patrolling soldiers, he rescued a few people who were still alive, and guided them to leave through the waterway.Other than that, there is no whereabouts of her mother at all.

After hiding in Tibet for more than half a day, Zhen Wenjun finally understood that Li Yanyi knew that he would not escape this disaster, so he probably had already arranged for his death.Including her mother.

Touching the tiger talisman on his waist, Zhen Wenjun understood that his mother had been involved in the torrent of war, and Li Yanyi would take the initiative to find her with his remaining ambition.

When Zhen Wenjun returned to Changnian Mountain, the bodies of Ah Xin and Li Yanyi were gone, and what was left was a big bump on Xiaoxiao's forehead.

"Where's Ah Xin?" Zhen Wenjun was just asking ordinary questions. Seeing this scene, he knew what was going on and asked in a softer tone. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao still sniffed and blushed:

"I...I wanted her to stay, but she insisted on leaving, so I resorted to Yuziquan to force her to stay..."

"Forcing to stay? Do you know that Ah Xin is one of the best masters in Da Yu, how can you force him to stay?"

"How do I know? My mother never said that."

"So how many moves did you lose?"

"Only [-] strokes before and after were hit on the forehead. The man was walking on the grass with the corpse in his arms, as if flying! I wanted to chase her, but after a few miles, she ran farther and farther. I'm afraid of you. I was worried that I couldn’t find it when I came back, so I had to give up.”

It was beyond Zhen Wenjun's expectation: "You were able to fight Ah Xin for twenty strokes, and you could chase her for miles without being thrown away. That's fine, it's much stronger than I thought."

Xiaoxiao covered his forehead and said aggrievedly: "But I lost too, and I was blown out of my chest." I thought that I was already very good during this period of hard work, but I didn't expect it to be a disastrous defeat. Xiaoxiao pouted for a while. want to cry.Zhen Wenjun knelt down and flicked her bag, and Xiao Xiao quickly stepped back several steps, howling:

"It hurts!"

"It's good to know the pain. She knows that you are not malicious, otherwise you would have been decapitated long ago."

Hearing the words "severe body and head", Xiao Xiao shuddered.

"Although you may be the most powerful child in Dayu, you are still vulnerable to masters." Zhen Wenjun said seriously, "When I was your age, I had already left my mother's side, struggling between life and death. The real enemy is not I will let you go because of your young age. You may not really understand the cruelty of this world, but I can say responsibly that as long as you slack off, you will only die. Tears will not soften anyone's heart."

Give a sweet date a few more hard blows, which makes Xiao Xiao excited and nervous.

"Next, I may not even be able to protect myself. If you want to continue following me, be prepared to lose your life at any time. Do you want to come again?"

"Yes!" Xiao Xiao had already forgotten the pain in his forehead, and he no longer acted like a baby.

"Okay, I've found a horse for you. It's a war horse for Chongjin. It's time for you to try a war horse. It's wild and fierce. You can only tame it if you are wilder and stronger than her. Zhen Wenjun patted the saddle, "Come and try!"

With firm eyes, Xiao Xiao flew onto the horse, which was taller than all the horses she had ever ridden. As soon as she got on the horse's back, the horse began to neigh, trying to push her off.Zhen Wenjun didn't care about her, and had already galloped a hundred paces away.Xiao Xiao gritted his teeth and insisted, and after almost falling off the horse, he finally sat still and tried his best to keep up with Zhen Wenjun's pace.

A Yin set off from Pingcang earlier than Zhen Wenjun, and should have arrived in Runing earlier, but she has never seen her shadow.

Zhen Wenjun suspected that Li Yanyi's final will should be entrusted to A Yin.A Yin is a very subtle existence, she is like a part of Li Yanyi's shadow, she rarely appears in broad daylight, even very few people know her existence, she is not as eye-catching as the Queen Mother, she moves much more naturally, It's not easy to catch her.

While Zhen Wenjun was still thinking about when Ah Yin would show up again, something happened that completely surprised her——

The army led by Changsun Wu was ambushed by thousands of soldiers from the Liu family in Julu County, and was caught off guard. In the chaos, only Mu'er was taken away, and Empress Dowager Geng and Gong'er fell into the hands of the Liu family.After that, Mu'er was also lost, and the grandson Wu returned empty-handed.

It is said that Julu Liu’s family is backed by Geng Bai, who is a famous person in a small county, with only 100 followers, and the private soldiers are also temporarily gathered by Geng Bai for him. This time, he just wanted to sneak attack. That's all, never love to fight.I didn't expect to hit it with one hit.

Liu Wenxing forgot to kneel down when he saw the black-faced Empress Dowager Geng and Gong'er, and couldn't believe that he could "invite" them into his hands.

The soldiers and horses of the eldest grandson's family disappeared without a trace, Liu Wenxing temporarily left Empress Dowager Geng and Gong'er in Julu, and ten days later held a grand enthronement ceremony for Gong'er at his home, honoring her as the new Emperor Da Yu.There was no imperial seal, no edict of the first emperor, not even a uniform for enthronement, so Gong'er was put on the throne by them.

As soon as this incident came out, the whole country was in an uproar.On the other hand, the king of Dai'an County, who had taken Mu'er, also respected him as the new emperor, and even produced a "legacy edict", saying that the edict was written by Li Yanyi himself, and it was to pass on the throne to Mu'er.He also yelled at Julu old thief Liu for daring to coerce the empress dowager to entrust a fake emperor to the throne.

Liu Wenxing heard that Wang Shou was so dishonest, so he was not polite, and asked all the counselors under his sect to criticize him, saying that Wang was a villain and first complained.The first emperor was originally a female emperor, how could it be possible to pass the throne to a boy?In this way, what is the point of the Haina reform that she has painstakingly implemented for many years?How can the status of women be improved?Besides, everyone knows which of these two princes is smart and which is dull.Li Rong, the King of Zhiqiu, has the appearance of a monarch at a young age, but Li Jia, the king of Nanyang, is as timid as a mouse and has mediocre aptitude.What's more, there is the queen mother in charge, so what the queen mother said is also false?

Li Rong is Gong'er's name, and Li Jia is Mu'er.Liu Wenxing's overwhelming rumors were even compiled into nursery rhymes, which became more and more outrageous as they spread, making Mu'er an idiot, and Wang Shou instantly became a traitor who wanted to usurp the throne, and everyone shouted and beat him.

Wang Shou fought back again, and Liu Wenxing did his part. When the two sides clamored to start a war to fight over whose prince was the orthodox emperor, Li Min, one of Li Yanyi's cousins, stood up and scolded the two rebels.It is said that the whereabouts of the emperor are only unknown, but you are not going to the king, but here you have the idea of ​​​​the future king!If you have an imperial edict in your hand, take it out and have a look!If you have the support of the Queen Mother, let the Queen Mother speak!Otherwise, the princes from all walks of life will attack it together!

Li Min stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire 48 counties of Dayu, the new grievances and old accounts of the princes who have been dormant for several years or even decades, are settled together. After you sing, I will appear on the stage, and they stand in line, unite, and compete... Divided into the Nanyang faction who supported Mu'er's ascension to the throne, and the Zhiqiu faction who supported Gong'er, the orthodox Zhiqiu faction, the two sides fought for future resources.There are even those who think they are powerful simply enclose land and ascend to the throne directly, proclaiming themselves kings and emperors.

The world is in chaos.

In the fifth year of Zhaowu, which was also the last year of Zhaowu as the reign title, warlords from all walks of life fought like never before.The power that has been stored for many years bursts out, as if returning to the chaotic Warring States Period.In addition, Chongjin came from the north, occupied the central areas of Runing, Guanyang, and Fenhua, and constantly wanted to expand in the other three directions.

This country, which had just survived famine and war for a few years, was once again torn apart and crumbling.

Everyone's ambitions are probing, but Zhen Wenjun retreated silently to the south outside the flames of war, recruiting troops with Guan Xun, who was exiled to Huaiyang as the prefect, and the Lin family, who had recovered his life, and accelerated the pace of expanding their power.

Zhen Wenjun, who secretly bought the first piece of land in Sudu in the ninth year of Shenchu ​​and began to plan, slowly accumulated wealth and contacts, finally ushered in the opportunity to explode.

The powerful families know that war means that the wealth accumulated by the family over the past century is likely to be wiped out in an instant, so these famous people who are addicted to Furongsan and are used to living their lives and dreams are just fighting and clamoring internally. People have too deep knots.

Zhen Wenjun didn't have any worries.

She was originally the daughter of a gardener from a small county in Suichuan. She had nothing. She was born in a turbulent age and has always been the fish of others.Reserved for many years just to fight now, even if you lose, you will just go back to the starting point.

Years of accumulation have turned into a huge army and abundant supplies. She personally led the troops back to the Central Plains, and led the soldiers of the gentry with the Tiger Talisman. Although there were many complaints, all the families are now under the banner of maintaining orthodoxy, and it is not easy to disobey orders.

Zhen Wenjun's stab caught Chongjin by surprise, and took back several counties in the south of Runing from the Hu people, and formed a line with Huaiyang County, creating a safe zone for the people who were displaced by the war to take refuge. .

When Zhen Wenjun looked back and had time to count the days, he found that more than half a year had passed by in a hurry.The harsh winter has long passed, and the long summer has turned into autumn.

Ah Xin took Li Yanyi's body with her to nowhere.

Zhen Wenjun has been waiting for two things.One is A Yin's appearance, and the other is Wei Tingxu's exertion.

Wei Tingxu, who was in Pingcang, hadn't made any movement until now.

Calm not like her, but too much like her.