Wherever there are people, there will be fights.

The empire is calm on the surface, but there are turbulent undercurrents in the deep sea. When the marshal of the Northern Army swept across the world a few years ago, I don't know how many officials were trembling with fear.

Not only did the Marquis have a very high level of cultivation and control the imperial army and sit in the military headquarters, but the Marquis once had many powerful generals under his command. Some people were worried that the Marquis would do something detrimental to the royal family.

Some of the things are about promoting superior achievements and overpowering the master.

At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not yet made a name for himself in the court. Instead, he locked himself in the house outside the palace wall and lived an ordinary farm life all day long.

Plant flowers, raise cats...

The Western Xinjiang ambush ended, and the Northern Army Marshal and tens of thousands of his most elite troops were wiped out. His Majesty the Emperor was deeply saddened. That year there was a terrifying whirlwind in Xianyang. I don’t know how many Dingding officials were imprisoned and dismissed.

, even exiled, confiscated the family and exterminated the clan.

His Majesty the Emperor has also changed!

When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appeared in the court, it was the first time that His Highness appeared in court, and the only time in countless years. From then on, His Royal Highness's arms became very long and could reach many untouchable places.

General Liu Rushi, after the death of the Northern Army Marshal, was the most prestigious general in the Northern Army. He was also the most suitable successor to the Northern Army Marshal in the eyes of the Imperial Military Department and even some officials. However, due to the storm that year, there was still that

When His Highness was born, everything changed.

Finally, Chen Yan, who came from a poor family in the south of the Yangtze River, became the marshal of the Northern Army and became the highest ranking member of the imperial military. Over the years, there was nothing unusual between Chen Yan and His Royal Highness. They were neither close nor alienated. Chen Yan succeeded him as the marshal of the Northern Army.

Since then, I have never been to Xianyang again.

Jiang Wentong, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, is a staunch supporter of His Highness the Crown Prince. During court meetings, he has protected His Highness the Crown Prince more than once. In private, this Lord Jiang has already served His Highness the Crown Prince.

That year, a storm swept through Xianyang. The Prime Minister of Dali Temple presided over the trial of many cases. Liu Rushi came from the Northern Army. Although his official position was not low and he competed with the marquis for the qualification of marshal, he ended up in the Northern Army.

I deeply regret what happened.

Ever since Jiang Wentong presided over the trial of those cases, the relationship between the Jiang family and the Liu family had become worse day by day. Until two years ago, the descendants of the two families were jealous of each other in the Red Mansion. General Liu Rushi gave his cousin a hard lesson.

However, Jiang Wentong did not think about his son's fault, but instead submitted a memorial to General Liu Rushi.

He accused his family of having a bad family tradition. He was supposed to be a general who was upright but not strict in military discipline. Instead, his brother entered a brothel and did stupid things that made people laugh. He also wrote a letter asking the emperor to punish Liu Rushi and remove his cousin from the military post.

Logically speaking, both of them were wrong. If Jiang Wentong had submitted the letter fairly, Liu Rushi would not have said anything. However, he only complained to his family and completely ignored his son's issue, which made Liu Rushi furious.

This started the feud between the two families.

But if you think about it carefully, the matter in the brothel will definitely not be so simple. The grudge between the two families should be deeper. After all, Liu Rushi once went to Jiang Mansion with a knife when the storm that swept Xianyang began, but I don’t know what happened next.

, no result was transmitted.

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The grudge between Liu Han and Jiang Jiyuan is widely circulated among the wealthy children of Xianyang, but no one knows it today. Liu Han turned out to be the son of General Liu Rushi.

I originally thought that Liu Han was an ordinary member of the Liu family, but I didn't expect that he was the son of General Liu Rushi. From this, I could understand why the two had a grudge for many years, and why Jiang Jiyuan never attacked Liu Han.

Liu Rushi no longer commanded the army, but was in charge of the Xianyang military headquarters.

But no one can underestimate this general. In the war that swept the world and wiped out the two southern countries, Liu Rushi was the governor of Nanjun at that time. He happened to be facing the Yue Kingdom and led his army under the old army god's tent.

, great achievements.

In today's imperial army, the only ones who can surpass Liu Rushi in fame and achievements are the marshals of the Southern Army who are stationed in the hinterland of the Song and Yue countries in the south. As for the Marshal of the Northern Army Chen Yan and the Marshal of the Western Army Wei Yingwu, although they are regarded as marshals of the three armies, they are not as good in terms of merits and achievements.

In terms of prestige, they are not as good as Liu Rushi who is in charge of the military headquarters.

Liu Han left and Jiang Jiyuan went elsewhere. There were more topics in the meeting, and the discussion naturally became more lively.

Either Lin Yi or why the feud between the Liu family and the Jiang family came about.

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Under a certain shady tree, the branches have grown green branches. The tender green looks particularly pleasant. Under the tree, there is a young man sitting with his arms folded. The young man holds a sword in his hand, and the sword is just covering his chest. The hilt of the sword is

Touching the young man's chin, he looked around with a sweeping and probing look.

The young man was none other than Lin Yi, whom the students said had been specially recruited for hundreds of years.

Lin Yi's eyes kept scanning the students, and he listened carefully to the words of the students around him. He didn't need to listen to the discussions about him. He did listen to the stories about Liu Rushi and Jiang Wentong, and the stories about Liu Han and Jiang Jiyuan.

A lot.

The only thing that made him feel helpless was that he didn't hear the name he wanted to hear, and even that surname never appeared.

He stroked the hilt of the sword helplessly, sensing everything around him with his mind, and began to use his tyrannical thoughts to stir up the tender green on the tree. After a moment, a branch that looked like the tip of a tea leaf was pried and fell onto the headband on his head.

Slowly, he raised his hand above his head, twisted the piece of branch on his fingertips, and took it off casually, observing the life of the branch intently. At the same time, he still spared no effort to listen to the legends about the empire and the countries from the students' mouths.

Students who can enter the palace do not need to be subjects of Qin. Scholars from other countries are willing to come to the academy to study. The empire has always maintained a welcoming attitude. When you come to the empire, you can only have the purpose of studying and nothing else.

Among the many stories, the only one that interested Lin Yi was the Zongsheng whom the students revered. He was the only practitioner in the world who could break through the Seven Realms, letting practitioners in the world understand that there is a more mysterious realm beyond destiny.

The story of Zongsheng seems to be very bitter, even a little miserable. He entered the spiritual world to practice, worshiped at the Western Qi Tianchi, practiced hard, and spent more than ten years before he could reach the realm of breaking obstacles, which shows the end of this life's spiritual practice.

He was called a fool in Tianchi. After traveling down the mountain for four years, he returned and died in front of the door. His teacher said that he was no longer his disciple.

Sitting on the steps of the mountain gate, it was raining heavily, and in the night rain, I went straight to the source of the fifth realm cave. In the morning, I entered the Tao Chaozhen again in the mist. At noon, a long rainbow penetrated the sun, and I looked directly at the big sun and entered the realm of destiny. At dusk, I saw a rainbow in the dim glow.

Then he transcended the ordinary and entered the seven realms of sainthood.

No matter how you look at it, Zongsheng should be a peerless genius, but he has never had a sudden enlightenment, so he cannot make progress. Understanding his mind and seeing the true way are still after a solid foundation.

In the following years, Tianchi invited Zongsheng to return to the country more than once, but he was always rejected, until he finally closed his doors and retired to the northern border of the empire.
Chapter completed!