That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1328 Lantern Festival to Mid-Autumn Festival

In the first year of Jingyu, autumn.

The central plains are stable, the south of the Yangtze River and Liaodong are stable, and the state of Wei in southern Xinjiang is stable, but the grasslands are not stable, and there are even signs of chaos.

All this stemmed from the fact that after suffering for a long time, the old Khan King Lin Han finally lost the match to the raging Sword Qi of Zhuxian in his body, and died in the golden tent of the royal court on the Usi Plain.

According to the theory, father and son inherit, if it is not possible, brothers can still be brothers, but Lin Han's four sons died one after another before him, and he no longer has brothers, only one sister, Lin Yinping.

Under such circumstances, his grandsons, nephews, and nephews rose up one after another and began to compete for the throne of Khan. With the addition of Brobi Khan from the Nahachu tribe, the entire grassland was in chaos.

Zhang Wubing, who was stationed on the small hill, sent several urgent messages to the imperial court, asking how to deal with it.

After hearing the news, the princes in the temple of the imperial capital had different reactions, and they could roughly be divided into two factions.

One faction advocates watching from the sidelines, because now that the imperial court has experienced the turmoil of the San Francisco, the national power has been seriously depleted, and people's minds are settled. It is not appropriate to fight again, so it is best to wait and see the changes and let the grassland fend for itself.

Most of this faction is civil servants, because when there is a war, military generals will inevitably raise their heads. After the San Francisco War, Zhao Wuji was the leader in the court, and Wei Wuji, Zhang Wubing, Yu Kuang, Zha Qing and others echoed in the local area. To overwhelm the civil servants, if there is another war on the grasslands, let alone using the civil to control the military, it is a blessing that the civil officials are not bullied by the military officials.

The other faction is strongly advocated to fight, and naturally the majority are military officers.They believe that the serious loss of national power is a fact, but it has not reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted. Now is a good time. After the defeat in the Northwest, the grassland has already suffered a serious injury. The imperial court should seize this golden opportunity, and after the major forces on the grassland have lost both, they should decisively send troops to completely include the grassland in the dynasty's territory and establish a merit that lasts forever.

The two sides couldn't stop arguing, and several court meetings have reached a stalemate.

In the end, Xiao Zhinan presided over an imperial meeting in person. There were not many people who could participate in this meeting, but their ranks were extremely high. The lowest is also the six official books of the second grade, all in one place.

In this discussion, the opinions of the two factions were finally combined, and Xiao Zhinan made the final decision. He will wait and see what happens, and when the time is right, he will make a thunderous blow to calm the grassland in one fell swoop.

After discussing the matter, Xiao Zhinan asked the Supervisor of Rites to draw up a copy of the decree, and immediately sent it to Zhang Wubing Xingyuan within [-] miles, giving him the right to act according to his discretion.

Afterwards, when Zhang Baisui, who was known as the "inner minister", talked about this matter with the "foreign minister" Xie Suqing, he was very emotional, saying that although His Majesty the Emperor is a woman, his courage is not inferior to that of his father and brother.

Because the scope of the discussion this time is extremely small, and Xiao Zhinan's decree is also a secret decree, most people in the court still don't know that His Majesty the Emperor and several central ministers have finalized the matter, and the two factions are still at loggerheads. In order not to make the prairie wary, several important ministers let it go.

Until the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the noise of the whole temple stopped abruptly.

Not because of the festive season, but because His Royal Highness King Wei is still in court.

Now, no one in the temple knows that His Royal Highness the King of Wei used thunder to rectify the country of Wei first, and then there was a rumor that His Royal Highness the King of Wei had an appointment to fight the Daoist Headmaster on the Lianhua Peak of Biyou Island, and the Daoist Headmaster did as promised And to.

At this time, His Royal Highness King Wei came back safe and sound, but there was no news of the real person in charge of the teaching, so it is needless to say what happened.

King Wei with such feats, force, and power is even better than King Wei back then. In a sense, his prestige in the court and the public is even greater than that of His Majesty the Emperor.

So when Xu Beiyou returned to the imperial capital on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire imperial capital was calm, and there was no sign of the previous party's unity and dissent.

This young man, who was called "King of Wei" by civil servants and "Great General" by military officials, paid homage to his biological father Xu Yan, adoptive father Han Xuan, master Gongsun Zhongmou, Father-in-law Xiao Xuan, besides that, there are uncle Shangguan Qinghong and brother-in-law Xiao Bai and others. When Xu Beiyou returned to the Ganquan Palace after a long absence, it was already dusk, and everyone inside and outside the palace was lighting their lanterns. It was brilliant.

Xu Beiyou stood at the door answering the door, paused for a moment in a daze, then walked slowly along the steps, and saw Xiao Zhinan who came out to greet him at the front hall.

The husband and wife returned to the bedroom together.

Xiao Zhinan didn't leave any maids in the palace today, and even Yinzhu and other five major female officials were driven back to their respective residences for the festival. In such a big bedroom, there were only husband and wife, and there was a plate of moon cakes made by Xiao Zhinan himself. To talk about the craftsmanship, the mind finally arrived.

Xu Beiyou ate half of the mooncake, looked at Xiao Zhinan who was staring at him with his hands on his chin, subconsciously touched his cheek, and asked inexplicably, "What are you looking at? I have flowers on my face?"

Xiao Zhinan said softly: "It's really good to see that you are still the same Xu Nangui."

Xu Beiyou couldn't understand more and more, "I'm not Xu Nangui, who else could it be?"

Xiao Zhinan laughed at himself with embarrassment: "Before you came back, I was always thinking, if after a fight with Qiu Ye, you become that kind of fairy who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, what should you do? ? Or become the kind of person who is too overwhelmed by love, and once he cruelly abandons me to ascend to the Tao, where should I cry?"

Xu Beiyou joked: "If I ascend, you don't have to worry about someone with high merits, and you can be the Ninth Five-Year Master with peace of mind."

Xiao Zhinan gave him a very rude look.

Xu Beiyou ate the half mooncake left in his hand, and said, "But don't worry, even if I want to ascend right now, I'm powerless."

Xiao Zhinan was taken aback, and asked worriedly, "Is there any hidden danger?"

Xu Beiyou shook his head and said, "That's not true, it's just that the gate of heaven was cut off by my sword, which aroused the wrath of heaven. The gate of heaven will be closed for the next 60 years, and there will be no one to ascend in the world."

Although Xiao Zhinan wasn't a monk in the strict sense, she was at the twelfth floor of the Earth Immortal after all, so she naturally understood what it meant to cut through the Heavenly Gate with a sword, and subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands, almost screaming out.

Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "One Jiazi's time is not long, and it is not short. You have to work harder. With the material resources of the whole world, plus the manpower of a living immortal, although it can't help you physically Ascension, but it shouldn't be difficult to find the last soul ascension, and when the time comes, you and I will join hands in ascension and go to the Taishang Daozu for 33 days, which will be a good story."

(End of this chapter)