Chapter 75

The emperor seemed to be in high spirits, chatting and laughing with the "night emperor" around him. The man occasionally responded with one or two sentences, which were all up to the point, but listening to the voice -

it should be a young man.

The emperor and his party went directly into the inner hall and took their seats on the throne.

All the rituals are the same as in previous years. After a large set of red tape, the banquet is even opened. Yan Jinning couldn't help looking up at the direction of the inner hall. The Chengtian hall was very large, which was said to be the inner and outer halls, but they were far apart. She couldn't see the specific appearance of the man on the seat, but the lamp shadow was flickering. Half of his face was covered with cold iron, which reflected the cold light of the forest, which made people brave.

Yan Jinning was more and more surprised.

Because of the emperor's presence, the people in this hall have always been more restrained, even talking in a whisper between the adjacent tables.

At that time, there were also two young officials sitting at a table next to them. They were covering their mouths with handkerchiefs and biting their ears.

A man said, "is that the emperor of Nanyue? How old are you? "

"Well! It's said that it's only in his early twenties, but I heard from my father that although he's still young, he's very skillful. Their court in the South moon is different from ours. Everyone is afraid of him. " The other one will take over.

"His face, his mask --"

"I don't know about this, it seems that it is destroyed..."

The night emperor is very mysterious, and these ladies in Dongling will not know too much inside information.

Yan Jinning listens to two ears casually, also don't want to waste spirit again.

This evening, she just took a drink when the emperor toasted at the opening ceremony. But at this moment, she could see the emperor, situ Ming, empress Cong and Princess Nankang.

These people, she does not like, even some from the bottom of her heart hate, when even feel chest tightness, some emotional depression want to burst.

"Grandmother, I seem a little drunk. Go to the door and wake up. I'll be back in a minute." After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere in the hall became more lively. Yan Jinning turned to be humane to me.

The old lady looked at her look was really not very good, so she nodded, "there are many people in this palace today. Don't go too far. You can come back after ventilation."

"Good!" Yan Jinning nodded, got up and left the table, quietly went out of the hall from the side door.

The night wind is blowing outside.

Just now, the atmosphere in the hall was still very hot. She shivered when the wind blew.

Lingyu quickly said, "Miss, wait here first. I'll go in and get your cloak."

"Well!" Yan Jinning nodded.

Lingyu turned to enter the hall.

Yan Jinning went out for two steps, and was blown by the cold wind. Her oppressive discomfort was relieved a little, and her spirit was better, but she suddenly smelled that there was a faint fragrance of wine in the night wind.

Surprised in her heart, she followed the smell and looked for it all the way along the corridor. Turning the corner in front of her, she saw a man sitting on the railing in a listless mood.

The robe and jade belt are beautiful.

But --

was it situ yuan?

In the middle of the night, on such an occasion, why did he come here alone? And when did he come out?

Situ yuan is not very approachable. In this case, most people would take a detour when they saw him.

So he didn't look back when he heard the footsteps. He thought the visitor would disappear automatically, but she didn't move.

Situ yuan turned his head impatiently. Seeing that it was her, he lost his temper.

"Why are you here?" said Yan Jinning

"It's so stuffy inside. I'll come out and breathe." Situ yuan Dao, leaning against the pillar, did not move. He picked up the wine cup beside him, poured a cup of wine for himself, and then lowered his head slowly.

Yan Jinning hesitated for a moment, went over and sat down in front of him.

Situ yuan raised his eyes and looked at her again, "how did you come out?"

"I don't like that kind of occasion." Yan Jinning road.

Situyuan chuckled at the corner of his lip, but nodded with deep sympathy, "yes, there are distinguished guests visiting today, and the atmosphere inside is even more restrained."

Yan Jinning suddenly thought of the mysterious night emperor who was sitting on the throne in the palace. He could not help but ask, "the one inside --"

"night inclines to China?" Situyuan followed her gaze and looked back to the direction of Chengtian hall. He said carelessly: "you should have heard of the Nanyue kingdom in the south of Dongling kingdom. He is the emperor of the South moon, and he is called the night emperor. You wonder why he is equal to my father? He -- "

he said, then he chuckled and nodded," there is such capital indeed. "

That man was the king of a country in the South moon. It really makes sense only in terms of his identity, but -

"did Nanyue have any contact with our Chaozhong before? Why before - "after thinking about it, Yan Jinning still felt strange.Not only before, but also in her previous life, she could not remember the intersection between Nanyue and Dongling, but this time, how did the emperor of Nanyue come in person?

"No Situ yuan shook his head, drank up the wine in the cup, and then poured another cup.

"Then he came here this time -" maybe it was the night emperor who looked so mysterious that Yan Jinning couldn't help being curious. "The national letter sent in advance just said that he was interested in the local people of Dongling and wanted to take advantage of the new year to participate in the celebration. This is a kind of show of kindness. As you know, the south of Qiongzhou, where your elder brother is stationed, is Nanyue's territory. Nanyue has risen rapidly in more than ten years, and can almost stand side by side with China and Korea. Naturally, it is better to make friends with them than to be enemies. " Si Tu yuan explained.

Yan Jinning didn't pay much attention to state affairs before, so he asked, "I read in books before. The history of the Nanyue clan is also a long-standing one. How could it have happened more than ten years ago? At that time, what happened?"

"Well!" Situ yuan nodded, but because it was none of his business, he laughed in a good mood and stressed: "a big event!"

Yan Jinning's appetite was suspended by him, and he frowned and glared at him.

She is usually so obedient and obedient that she seldom shows her true disposition.

Seeing her appearance, situ yuan couldn't help but amuse her and said, "want to hear the story?"

"Can't you speak?" Yan Jinning didn't think much about it, so he only regarded it as a sensitive topic, which was hard to tell her.

She has always been sensible, thinking of coming out for a while, she got up to go back.

In a daze, situ yuan reached for her wrist from under his sleeve.

It may be because he drank the wine. The heat in his palm was amazing. With such a strong pull, Yan Jinning could not stand stably and fell directly into his arms.

Strong wine gas, Yan Jinning face brush a red, immediately to break free.

With the wine cup in his hand, situ yuan only confined her with his arm. The more she struggled, he deliberately refused to let go.

Inside this wall is the Chengtian hall where people gather, but if one person happens to come out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yan Jinning was scared. He looked back at him in a panic. He almost cried and said, "Ziyuan, let go quickly. You will be seen."

She looked back at her, almost begging.

Situ yuan's eyes looked down on her and laughed, "are you afraid?"

Because he had a bit of wine, his eyes were more than usual. He felt like he was going to indulge in it.

Yan Jinning was flushed and flustered. He did not dare to look at him. He pulled his skirt and was so anxious that he was about to cry. He said in a low voice: "he will be seen..."

Seeing her appearance, situ yuan, to be fair, really liked her, but because he liked her, he didn't want to blaspheme casually.

At that moment, in fact, he was in a bad mood and fell to the bottom in an instant.

However, he covered up very perfect, even perfect to Yan Jinning didn't realize that he had some emotion wrong tonight.

On this side of the corridor, few people came, but on the other side of the corner, there were maids delivering food back and forth, so situ yuan let go.

Yan Jinning quickly got up to tidy up his clothes and wanted to leave. Situ yuan poured a glass of wine himself, glanced at her sideways and motioned with his eyes: "don't you want to listen to the story? Take a seat

Now his expression had returned to normal, calm and casual.

Yan Jinning's face was still a little flustered, hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down. Situ yuan began to tell a story very slowly, "the settlement of the Nanyue people is in the plain south of Nanwu mountain. With the whole mountain as a barrier, we have to ensure the stability of other people for hundreds of years. Their clansmen have lived there for generations. Although they have no desire to seek hegemony, the land is rich and often coveted by neighboring countries. In order to resist foreign enemies, the people of Nanyue also have the habit of forming an army. Moreover, the leaders of their royal families are not complacent. In order to lead the people to maintain a comfortable and stable life, they have practiced all kinds of cultural, military and military skills What a mess. However, the lineage of the royal lineage, which is inherited in one continuous line, will not last for generations. The last patriarch of the Nanyue clan had no children at all, and only in the year of destiny did he have a daughter. The Nanyue people have always lived a peaceful life. Their people are simple, only believe in blood, and do not mind the distinction between men and women. Nanyue's only princess, named lie Wuyang, is said to have been very smart and intelligent since she was a child. When she was 14 years old, she led her people to repel foreigners who wanted to touch the wealth of their tribe.

the patriarch of Nanyue was very proud, and her people were very supportive of her. However, eighteen years ago, the Nanyue people suffered an unprecedented crisis - "Yan Jinning was listening to him all the time. When he looked at it, she remembered some things." Xijin was destroyed 16 years ago. I heard my father say before that. At that time, the imperial court occupied some places around it, but most of the former sites of Xijin now seem to be enclosed in the southIs it in the territory of Yueguo? You said it was an accident. Was it related to Xijin? "

She was quick and, indeed, quite intelligent. With a smile of appreciation, situ yuan continued: "it's really related to Xijin, but not long after the death of the old emperor of Xijin, when the old and new regimes changed, the princes in the Middle Kingdom seized the throne, and there was a great turbulence, which was not easy to recover. However, the Treasury was empty. In order to fill the treasury as soon as possible, the Xijin emperor made the idea of the South moon. At that time, Li Wuyang was only in her early twenties, and she was quite young. In addition, she was a woman. The emperor of Xijin looked down on her. He only thought that this was a very sure victory. 100000 troops pressed into Nanwu mountain. Strong dance

Yang personally led the people to fight. Although she was a woman, she was a descendant of the royal family. Her momentum and strategy were excellent. After two battles, Xijin finally realized her strength, and the army was unable to move forward

"In that war, Xijin was defeated?" It was quite unexpected for Yan Jinning to think highly of a woman by situ yuan.

Hearing the speech, situ yuan took back his eyes from a distance and looked at her. He shook his head with regret and said with a smile: "no! Li Wuyang is defeated

"Eh?" Yan Jinning was stunned and puzzled. "She could not have been defeated in that war with her methods and Strategies of arranging troops. However, in the battle field against Xijin, a rebel general from Nanyue state came out. Liewuyang was defeated miserably and was seriously injured by the people around her Without waiting for her to ask again, situ yuan continued: "at that time, the patriarch of the Nanyue clan was very old and could not handle many things. In order to preserve the only blood of Nanyue royal family, he painfully gave up nearly half of Nanyue's land and ordered people to bring his beloved daughter back to the tribe."

"Before that, Nanyue - was it because of this that the clan was destroyed?" Yan Jinning tried to ask.

So, from that time on, the owner of the land in the South moon was changed to the present Yeshi?

She is just a boudoir woman, and she knows little about the affairs of neighboring countries and foreign nationalities, but she has the surname of Ye Qinghua

But if it's extermination, there's no reason that the later rulers still use the name of the tribe at that time.

"It's - almost." After a sip of wine, situ yuan looked up at her again. He should have drunk a lot. When he smiles a little, he is no longer the cold faced prince who refuses to accept people from thousands of miles away. However, he turns back to the clear Lang Lang who Yan Jinning is familiar with. When he smiles, he will be warm.

At this time, he was sober and not drunk.

Yan Jinning asked nothing.

He handed over his glass. "It's cold. Can I have a drink?"

Yan Jinning hesitated, did not refuse, holding the cup and sipping a sip of wine.

The wine was very strong, and it was hot in the throat. She frowned to control her expression and didn't call herself a gaffe. Situyuan didn't care about her any more. He just leaned on the railing and continued: "the patriarch of Nanyue is getting old. In the past few years, all the affairs of his family were managed by liewuyang. When liewuyang fell, the sky in the tribe collapsed. Naturally, Xijin's army will not let go of such a good opportunity to seize the victory and pursue the attack. The war of extermination was imminent, but it was a close call. During that time, yeran, a national master who had traveled far away, arrived and took over liewuyang's post as commander-in-chief in the army. Nanyue's national teacher enjoys high prestige in the whole tribe. The morale of the army is boosted. Yeran takes his people to fight against the troops of Xijin and keeps the other party out of the swamp of Nanwu forest. "

Yan Jinning was stunned and finally cleared up some thoughts.

She looked back to see the direction of the hall. "That night, Qinghua was --" the national master yeran and princess liewuyang were in love. " Situ yuan smiles, but his eyes flash, but he doesn't know whether it's called sarcasm or bitterness. However, Yan Jinning is thinking about the old events of the Nanyue clan, and he doesn't pay attention to it. He just listens to him and says, "the fierce Wuyang battle is seriously injured, and he is dying. He doesn't want to fight. He immediately returns to the tribe. However, you may not believe that the national masters of the Nanyue clan are not comparable to those who deceive the world in our court. They have always been gifted people, master the secret magic power that is hard to reach, and even have the same prestige as the royal family in the whole tribe. They are respected as gods by all the people. However, the life experience of yeran, a national master at that time, had twists and turns. He was half of the royal family in Xijin, but his mother was a princess who refused to marry and defected. His identity was embarrassed and he was not accepted by the royal family of Xijin. Later, by chance, Nanyue's old national teacher found his outstanding place and handed him the mantle. Yeran rushed back to the tribe. He had excellent medical skills and mastered the secret medicine of witch doctor handed down from generation to generation. He spent almost all his life learning,

his painstaking efforts dried up, and he managed to save liewuyang's life and pull her back from the edge of life and death. "

After all, situ yuan is an outsider. He has been telling this story in a very stable and stable tone.

At first, Yan Jinning just listened to it casually, but now he was a little worried.If the whole story is not too sad at this point, then there should not be the tragic old story of the rise of the South moon as a country.

"And then?" Yan Jinning continued to ask. "Later --" Si Tu yuan breathed out a breath, as if in meditation. After a while, he said: "because of the heavy injury, although lie Wuyang's life was barely saved, she no longer had the strength and energy of that year. Yeran carefully recuperated and treated her, but after two years, she often suffered from illness and could not live well. I can't see her like this. After returning to the sky, the national master dyed her at night, flushed the crown and immediately ordered troops to march westward. He was a gifted genius with excellent literary and military skills. His army led by the southern moon was invincible. In addition, he was originally a royal family of Xijin. He was very clear about many disadvantages of the Xijin imperial court. In short, all kinds of means were exhausted. Finally, it took him more than seven months to step down the whole Xijin and destroy his mother's family and one country. "

Yan Jinning has never been to the battlefield. When she was a child, Yan Liang taught her to read a lot of books, but she would not show her historical books. At most, they were some interesting travel notes.

She did not see the war with her own eyes, but such a hot blooded story still shocked her.

Although shocked, she didn't like it because it was too heavy.

"Then he became emperor in the South moon?" Yan Jinning continued to ask. "No Situyuan shook his head and said with a sigh and a soft smile, "on the way to the victory of the army led by yeran, a small tribe in the northwest of the Nanyue tribe, which is now outside Qiongzhou City, has been lobbied by Xijin people who have fled out of the city, thus giving birth to a wolf's ambition. Taking advantage of the emptiness of the troops of the Nanyue tribe, they also launched a war and wanted to take advantage of it. At that time, the night ran people were still thousands of miles away. Seeing that their own people were going to suffer, liewuyang reluctantly put on his war robes and took the rest of the tribe to fight. However, after the serious injury two years ago, her body simply could not withstand the devastation of such a war. In that war, she failed to hold on, and she died together with her people, and the whole tribe of Nanyue was slaughtered. Two days later, yeran finally comes back, but the man he loves and the whole Nanyue tribe have already turned into scorched earth. He went mad all night and led people to chase the foreigners who had invaded their tribe to the outside of Qiongzhou City, which also destroyed all the other families. In that war, the nearest battlefield was at the foot of Qiongzhou city. An old soldier guarding the city had seen him from a distance. However, he didn't know whether it was because he used the family's Witchcraft taboo to cure liewuyang before, or that he was only hurt. At that time, he should be less than 30 years old - it is said that he was full of gorgeous hair. Later, he quietly led the people back to the old site where the South moon tribe lived and built a Chaoyang City. His son, who was only five years old, became emperor of China and became the founder of the country. Since then, it is said that no one has ever seen him, even the Nanyue people who live in Chaoyang City. "

Strong dance and night dye! For Yan Jinning, they are only two completely unfamiliar names. However, one of them is a great talent, a woman is not inferior to a man, and the other is extremely elegant. They are so outstanding and outstanding. If you think about it, when they stood together, they should be a couple that both the heaven and the earth should be disgraced by

.

But now --

one of them is buried in the loess, and the other is a cold palace in Huayu. The desolation of them is far beyond the expression of a few sighs.

"What a pity." Yan Jinning didn't know what to say, but was affected by the tragic atmosphere in the story, and the whole mood fell to the bottom, just sighed lightly.

Situ yuan did not speak. When he gave her his glass, he drank it from the mouth of the pot, one mouthful after another. When he finished drinking the bottle, he left the pot and saw Yan Jinning sitting in front of her with his head down. He seemed to be completely immersed in the story. Without speaking, he raised his hand and gently touched her scattered hair

on his shoulder, he said: "it's just a story, just listen to it, don't need to." It's so sad. "

The corners of his lips, with a shallow smile, casual look, but people do not feel what kind of banter.

Yan Jinning looked up at his eyes. At the moment, he felt that it was precious to have him sitting in front of him intact.

She then looked at his eyes seriously and said: "Ziyuan, wealth and glory, those are not important, as long as you live in peace and stability. I know you're in a bad situation, and I don't want to get you into trouble. Just take care of yourself

In fact, her present situation was worse than that of him, but from the beginning to the end, she did not even ask for his help.

Is she deliberately drawing a line with him? But he always put his situation and difficulties above his own interests?

Her eyes, do not know when has agglomerated a layer of water light, so focused on looking at him.

Situyuan could not help but raise his hand, twisted his eyebrows to touch her cheek, hesitated: "Xiao Tingyu's business -"

but Yan Jinning sidetracked his hand.

She put down her cup and stood up and gave him a smile. "It's OK. I'll take care of it myself."

After that, he walked back to Chengtian hall. Situyuan didn't chase her. He sat there silently for a long time. His lost fingers were stifled by the cold wind in the air. Then he slowly lowered his hand and looked serious.

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