Rebirth of the Golden Bastard

After the heavy rain, Yilan has entered the real late autumn.The coolness of the morning and night can already soak into the bone marrow.The battle in front of the gate of Qingxia City intensified, and the path that was moved away, allowing only a few people to pass, kept piling up new corpses.Cang Qiao and the others took a detour back to Qingxia City, and because there was no means of transportation, the four of them walked for three days before returning to the back of Qingxia City.There, it was not peaceful at this time.

Sikong Shen and Sikong Ding had already dispatched troops and generals, trying their best to block the thieves outside Qingxia City, but more and more people came across the sea, causing their defense to collapse.

When Cang Qiao and the others arrived, a cannon rang, and the entire Qingxia City shook three times. With a series of screams, half of the gates of Qingxia City collapsed, revealing the hideous opening, full of killing intent from foreigners. face.

Rao Cang Qiao is such a foolish person who doesn't care about anything, at this time his heart is also shocked.Although he lived at the bottom of society in his previous life, he had never experienced war at all.Compared with those dirty fights and plots in private, the bloodthirsty murderous intentions in the sun are what really arouse people's panic.Only then will you know what life is.

On the other side of the desert, General Ying's troops seemed to have really been wiped out.Unstoppable troops came continuously from the desert. All the remaining troops in Fengsha City stayed in Qingxia City, under the command of Sikong Shen and Sikong Ding, and all the civilians began to retreat from the rear.

Immediately after the flood, before the new city was built, foreigners invaded.

Cang Qiao and Sikong Lian went upstream in the crowd, staggered several times when they were bumped into, Sikong Lian roared: "Where is Sikong Ding? Let Sikong Ding come to see me!"

Several officers and soldiers maintaining order saw Xia Yunqing, and immediately noticed Xia Cangqiao who was being held hostage.

"Lord Hou!" Someone rushed to report to the city gate ahead, and Sikong Shen frowned when he heard that Xia Cangqiao was being held hostage behind him.

"Go and have a look." Sikong said loudly, the sound of gunfire and the fighting of the crowd drowned out his voice several times, "Be sure to protect Cang Qiao!"

"Yes." Sikong Shen accepted the order, hurriedly lifted his robe and got off the city wall.

At this time, he was not much better, his face was covered with dust and his temples were disheveled.The arm was shot by a stream of arrows, and the blood stained a piece of the cuff.

Originally, he wanted to help out by making meritorious deeds, but unexpectedly he fell into the flames of war.If he died here today, what kind of throne, what tricks, what would it matter to him?

He took the horse pulled by the soldiers below, turned on the horse and galloped away.Passing by the gate of the government office, he saw Gu Xiaozheng pulling out with another person.

Gu Xiao's face was full of anxiety, and there was some water in her dark eyes.Sikong Shen pulled the horse rope, the horse neighed and lifted the pile, kicking up the yellow sand.

"What's going on! What are you doing out here!" It was a reproachful tone that I didn't realize.

"Ninth Prince..." Gu Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly said: "Jiang Ji's body injury is still not healed, but he must go to help the prince."

Let alone helping, how can you get hurt later?

Jiang Ji raised his eyes and saw the hastily bandaged wound on Sikong Chen's arm, and felt even more dissatisfied.

"What kind of injury is this!" He broke away from Gu Xiao and walked forward, "Foreigners invaded, so it's possible that I still have to sleep in it?"

Sikong Shen frowned, seeing that Jiang Ji was struggling to walk.Gu Xiao carefully supported the other party but was afraid that the other party would pull the wound.That anxious look was extraordinarily dazzling.Subconsciously, he lowered his head and looked at his arm. The bleeding from the wound had already stopped, but why did he suddenly feel a burning pain?

With a calm expression on his face, he said indifferently: "Your young master is back."

Gu Xiao and Jiang Ji were both taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at him, "Who?"

"Xia Cangqiao." Sikong Shen rode his horse and wanted to go, "He seems to be kidnapped by someone, I'm going to find out what happened. If you must go to the front, I won't stop you."

After finishing speaking, the horse was clamped between his legs, and before the word "drive" came out, Jiang Ji suddenly rolled over on his back.

"Bold!" Sikong Shen's face was livid, "Get down!"

"Trouble the Ninth Prince, please stop by."

Jiang Ji's wound was aching from being pulled, and he took a deep breath and said, "You don't want to watch Gu Xiao anxious, do you?"

Sikong Shen's words of reprimand suddenly choked in his throat.Looking down, I saw Gu Xiao's eyes widened, as if he wanted to follow.

Sikong sighed deeply, "I will go with Jiang Ji, you stay here."

Gu Xiao opened his mouth to speak, Jiang Ji said viciously: "Hide in the house, your body may be rushed to where by the crowd. When Xia Cangqiao comes back, where can I find you?"

Gu Xiao knew that she couldn't help, so she just nodded and watched the two of them hurried forward.

……

In front of the door of the room that was smashed by the crowd, Ge Zilin brought out some stools, and several people sat down.

Sikong Lian was still holding Cang Qiao with his hands, and the dagger was firmly placed on his own son's neck, unmoved in the slightest.It's not impossible for Xia Yunqing to rescue Cang Qiao along the way, but Cang Qiao winked and told him to just follow without moving anything.

In this way, the four of them arrived at Qingxia City without incident, but the noisy city when they left has completely changed.

Cang Qiao said coldly: "Is this what you want? Let others trample on your own land?"

Sikong Lian snorted coldly, "When I ascend the throne, I will bestow the second prince of Jinzhang as King Jinzhang, and sign a cooperation treaty from then on. This Qingxia City is also agreed to be given to them."

Ge Zilin's eyes were about to burst, and his face was flushed, "Traitor!"

Si Konglian remained calm and said: "What does the emperor do and what does he have to do with the people? As long as the people of Yilan eat and drink well, what does whoever becomes the emperor have anything to do with them? If Jinzhang doesn't invade our border again, won't it be settled?" Problems for so many years?"

Ge Zilin was unable to utter a word when he refuted it.Xia Yunqing kept a cold face, but just looked at Cang Qiao without moving.

"It's different when you get older." Cang Qiao said, "I heard that you used to be a main combat faction. You wanted to conquer the southeast and northwest?"

Speaking of this, Sikong Lian's face turned ugly, and he said immediately: "Some things, once they pass, they can never come back. Now that I am no longer young and vigorous, my thoughts will naturally change accordingly."

"Then you are really extreme." Cang Qiao sneered, "Either occupy others, or be occupied by others."

After a pause, he said again: "If Yilan is like this, what's the use of me picking it up?"

Sikong Lian was taken aback, "Are you willing to be the prince?"

Cang Qiao smiled: "Even if I am willing to do it, what awaits me in the future is nothing but a lot of mess."

But Sikong Lian smiled, and slightly relaxed the grip on his hand, "Of course there is a way to be a father, but the second prince Jinzhang is also ambitious. This time he took Qingxia City, he has to cultivate for a while. After they recuperate In the meantime, as long as you cause them some trouble, within a hundred years, you don’t have to worry about him forcing the palace door.”

Ge Zilin's body trembled and he could hardly speak.Xia Yunqing finally moved her eyes, but instead of looking at Sikong Lian, she looked forward.In the yellow sand, the carriage was rushing towards, the driver Xia Yunqing was not familiar with him, but Si Konglian recognized him.

"Shenyang is here." He smiled with a smile on his lips, and he became more confident.

But when the carriage approached, Sikong Lian suddenly stopped laughing.There was also an army beside the carriage, neat and dignified, magnificent, obviously a reinforcement.The person on the tall horse next to him slowly revealed a clear outline, and Ge Zilin yelled, "Eighth Prince!"

Sikong Lang was dressed in armor, with a silver helmet and a silver sword.Immediately behind him was another person sitting, it was Hua Que whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Cang Qiao!" Hua Que cried out in surprise when he saw Xia Cang Qiao.

Sikong Lang stopped his horse and waved his hand, "Everyone go to the front to help!"

The army rushed past, only Sikong Lang came towards this side with the carriage.

"Military division." He nodded to Ge Zilin, then looked at Sikong Lian, "This is...Mr. Seven? Or rather, Uncle Seven."

Cang Qiao was surprised, "How do you know?"

Sikong Lang got off his horse, turned around and hugged Hua Que again, and said: "When Shenyang set off, I was sent to pick up the carriage. It was actually for surveillance. But Shenyang didn't know that he wanted to deliver a letter on the way, but I stopped him. I Looking at his letterhead, the honorific title on it is the Seventh Prince Sikong Lian."

He looked at his uncle, but there was no respect on his face.To put it bluntly, compared to the Ninth Prince who was fighting in front, this Seventh Prince is really inferior by more than 01:30.

He said: "Uncle Seventh Emperor, let's arrest him without a fight. Uncle Three Emperors has been imprisoned, and Shenyang is already in our pocket." As he spoke, he took a few steps forward to pick up the curtain of the carriage, but Shenyang who was sitting inside was arrested. He was tied up and stuffed in his mouth.

The light made Shen Yang narrow his eyes, and he could see the people outside clearly.Looking at Sikong Lian, he understood clearly in his heart, he twitched the corner of his mouth, still with an elegant and calm face, but shook his head.

Sikong Lian couldn't believe it, "How is it possible... We have planned for so many years, how is it possible!"

Sikong Lang sneered, "We've been prepared since you all revealed the trick at 01:30." He pointed at Cang Qiao as he spoke, "Our Lord Marquis of Yilan has helped a lot. "

From the very beginning to the present, almost every scheme has been cracked by this person.Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was destiny.Because Cang Qiao delayed Jin Zhang's contract with Yilan, everything changed after that.One wrong step will result in loss. During the flood, it was Cang Qiao who discovered the existence of Shenyang, and on the other side of the capital, after receiving the news, he started to monitor Shenyang early.It was also because of Sikong Yanjin's eyeliner among the people monitoring Shenyang that he discovered another person connected with the Lanhua faction, the Third Prince.

If only Shenyang was discovered, there might be the third prince hiding life behind him, but the ridiculous thing is that everyone in the royal family has eyeliners all over the place, not only around his own brothers, but also around Renhuang.Because of this, it will be uprooted.

Sikong Lian clenched his hands into fists and didn't say a word for a while.After a while, he dropped the knife, but laughed out loud.

The sky is going to kill him, even after these decades.Destiny belongs to... It's just me making fun of myself.

But if he can make trouble in Yilan, it's not in vain!

Hatred flashed in Sikong Lian's eyes, he suddenly pushed Xia Cangqiao away, picked up the dagger and stabbed at the Eighth Prince.

A general who can fight, he just kills one by one!If Jinzhang breaks through the siege and wins Qingxia today, then let them win again until they destroy the entire Yilan!The world that he can't get, won't let anyone get it!

He swayed, using all his strength in this move.Xia Yunqing stepped out, but the sound of horseshoes came from behind: "Get out of the way!"

Sikong Shen threw the long sword in his hand, but it hit Sikong Lian's back.The man's figure froze, and he knelt down slowly.

Cang Qiao's heart was blocked, just like when he left the rockery and looked at Fang Xing for the last time.Obviously there should be no sympathy and pity, but his heart suddenly clenched into a ball.It must be the case that the flesh and blood are connected.

The same blood flows in the body, and the movement of one party will implicate all of them.He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't make a sound.

Xia Yunqing reached out from the side and hugged him tightly, as if afraid that he would disappear again.

Qingxia City, where the yellow sand spread, was covered with blood. Not far away, the grass lanterns were blown by the wind and rolled into one piece on the ground. The shoes and tattered dolls left by the crowd made this bustling city extremely desolate.

When Sikong Lian died, the reinforcements rushed out of the city gate together with Ninth Prince Sikong Ding and started a fierce battle.The roar shook the heavens and the earth, thunder came faintly from the clouds, Cang Qiao buried her face in Xia Yunqing's neck, and finally burst into tears.

……

In the 26th year of Renhuang, Xiaohan.The flames of war have spread throughout Qingxia City, but it is also limited to Qingxia City.

After the capital was stabilized, reinforcements were continuously transferred from other places, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.Yingyou, who had always been thought to have died in the line of duty, came up from the rear with serious injuries and a small part of the army who hadn't died two months later, and the situation was completely reversed.

Sikong Shen was called back to the capital by Emperor Ren, and the right general replaced him to help the Nine Princes fight.When Si Kongding knew that his seventh brother had just died less than a hundred miles away from him, he didn't say a word, he just raised his sword high, pointed it at the sky, and shouted "Kill!!!!"

……

The 27th year of Emperor Renhuang, the new year.At the end of the war, the Ninth Prince and Yingyou returned to Beijing triumphantly.The second prince Jinzhang retreated to the other side of the sea and signed a treaty not to violate Yilan again within a hundred years.

Yingyou fell from the horse due to a miscalculation by the second prince. She was stabbed in the chest and fell into a coma for two months before waking up.This is also God bless him and not let him die in the line of duty.After returning to Beijing, he was temporarily resigned from his post due to serious injuries, and was sealed off as a national general and returned to his residence to recuperate.

The eighth prince, Sikong Lang, asked himself to stay in Qingxia City to rebuild this beautiful Jiangnan city, and expressed to Emperor Ren that he had no intention of taking the throne. He only wished to guard Qingxia City from now on and never return to Beijing.

Emperor Ren actually agreed, and made Sikong Lang the Lord of Qiankun.Among all the princes, he was the first one to be crowned king.

The eldest prince Si Kongming was completely banned in the same year, and he was not allowed to step out of the eldest prince's mansion ever since.The third prince, Si Kongcheng, knew that everything would be for nothing, so he committed suicide by biting his tongue in prison.

So far, in Emperor Ren's generation, the only remaining princes of the former emperor are Ren Huang and the Nine Princes.Brothers when they were young, they were brothers and sisters, as if it was just a hasty dream, which made people feel regretful and lamented.

Sikong Lian's body was transported back to the capital and buried outside the royal mausoleum, which was already a great kindness of the Emperor Ren.

……

In the 27th year of Emperor Renhuang, Xia.Cang Qiao and Xia Yunqing took Jiang Ji and Gu Xiao secretly back to the capital Xia's mansion once.They visited the two elderly people. Except that Mr. Xia was a little thinner than before, he was still in good spirits, and Mrs. Xia was fine.

Cang Qiao solemnly knelt down and kowtowed to them, thanking them for their upbringing, and after that, they bid farewell to their families, saying that they would come back every New Year, and disappeared from everyone's sight since then.

In the 28th year of Emperor Renhuang, the Ninth Prince Sikong Shen was officially named the prince.The heir to the throne of Renhuang has been clearly stated, and the important officials bowed their heads and said that God bless Yilan.

Sikong Yanjin failed to seize the throne, so he lost this thought.All day long, he ran to General Ying's mansion, and gradually no longer cared about the political affairs of the court.

Emperor Renhuang drafted an edict to announce to the world, praising Xia Cangqiao's deeds, which caused a sensation in Yilan.This young master who has never been exposed to the public is finally known to the world.The common people in Yilan’s capital have long since changed their minds about Cang Qiao. In the teahouse, there are often storytellers who talk about the great changes and differences between Xia Cang Qiao in the past and Lord Xiahou today.

Not long after, there were rumors that Xia Cangqiao was seen in the rebuilt Qingxia City.At that time, Sikong Shen was helping Emperor Ren to read the memorial, and when the news spread to the palace, Emperor Ren just paused slightly, and said, "Really."

Sikong Chen looked at his father for a while, and said: "I heard that father wanted to pass on to Cangqiao."

Emperor Ren smiled, "It's a pity he refused."

Sikong was shocked, "When did it happen?"

Emperor Ren didn't answer any more, but said: "In the future, Yilan, I have to count on you."

Sikong Shen hurriedly pulled up his robe and knelt down, "Your servant must do his best."

Emperor Ren smiled slightly, picked up the square ring at hand, gently pressed the ink pad on it, and pressed it on the edict just written.

The bright red four flying and phoenix characters - Zhenwu Yilan.

Outside the palace gate, a crisp bird song resounded through the sky.

……

In Qingxia City, an unremarkable shop opened on South Street.There are several beautiful characters engraved on the plaque - dim sum shop.

This store is very popular in Qingxia City. Not only is the decoration innovative, but the service is also very special.

There are only two shop waiters here, one is a cute and cute boy who looks like a girl, and the other is a man with cold brows and eyes, but he is extremely handsome.The two often change into different clothes at the request of the boss to receive guests.

Sometimes he is a scholar, sometimes he is a young master, sometimes he is an actor, and sometimes he looks like a palace maid dressed as a woman.

This shop serves tea and wine and many strange snacks, there is something called biscuits and shaved ice, which is very popular among girls.

The shop is very quiet, and the customers inside are not allowed to speak loudly.There are bookshelves in the corner, so you can read while eating.From time to time, scholars will come here to discuss topics, and it is convenient to make friends.

The shopkeeper of this store is a somewhat evil-looking man, very handsome, but delicate and alert.Many girls came to see him secretly, but he never glanced at those girls, but he was very concerned about the young boy in the shop, and he often saw the two quarreling, and then reconciled as before.

The backing of this store is not small, and the Eighth Prince Sikong Lang who guards here often comes here.It's just that every time he comes, the beautiful waiter will disappear for a while, and I don't know why.

And the owner of this store is even more mysterious.I haven't seen him once every year. I only know that there is a big house not far from the store, where the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and it is very quiet and beautiful.The door plaque hanging on the mansion only has the word Qiao written on it, and nothing else.

It is said that someone occasionally saw the owner of the house, they were two men.I heard they were brothers, but I heard they were not.One is dressed in black with a cold face and introverted, while the other is often dressed in white, handsome and beautiful, with a smile on his face.

Sometimes when the dim sum shop is not open, the people in the shop will gather in the Zhuangzi, and the sound of everyone talking and laughing makes people passing by envious.Harmonious and lively, it feels like a paradise.

And sometimes I heard people say that occasionally there would be some strange singing in the house, singing that Yilan had never heard before.The name is: the most dazzling national style.

In the 30th year of Emperor Renhuang, it was a cold winter.Emperor Ren abdicated, and played chess and drinks with the Ninth Prince all day, very happy.Sikong Shen officially succeeded to the throne and changed the name of the country to Chang. Because of the homonym of Cang, the people all over the world liked it.

At that time, there was heavy snow falling from the sky.Covering the entire Yilan, there is a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, and the New Year's bell is ringing, quiet and peaceful.

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