Empress True Colors

The first day of September in the year 372 of the Great Wilderness calendar.

On the road passing the Ministry of Gold, the bright red banner of the Halberd Army was flying all the way. The troops stationed in the Ministry of Gold were evacuated for thirty miles from the official road, and the checkpoints were cancelled. All soldiers were ordered to stay in the camp, even the red flags on their helmets The tassels were all cut into short clusters, so as not to be blown up by the wind, and to be discovered by a murderous **** who harbored resentment and found fault, and said "There is an ambush!" as an excuse to start a war.

The God of Killing was naturally Pei Shu, and the young commander led the army, patrolled for a long time under the open city of the Ministry of Gold, and finally punched the dejected banner, and ordered the army to go straight to Dige.

He walked crisply and fast, followed the generals along the way, but they were all weapons in hand, well-dressed, nervous, and ready for battle at any time. When camping at night, he made simple meals and ate them in a hurry. He stopped binding, held the weapon tightly in his hand, and waited for the young marshal to say at any time, "Let's go back and attack the palace of the Ministry of Gold!"

However, after waiting for the whole night, he still didn't get the order. It was not until the next day that he set off again, and seeing that he was about to leave the area of ​​the Ministry of Gold, the trusted general couldn't help asking the question that had been pent up for a long time: "Young commander, why did you go to the Ministry of Gold?" Instead of fighting?"

Immediately, Pei Shu straightened his back, turned his head slowly, and glanced at the gray mountains.

This is the place where he was born. He once rose to fame here, and he also suffered great injustice here. He once led the lions of the Golden Ministry to smile proudly and enjoy the worship of the world, and was also **** and paraded through the streets by the lions of the Golden Ministry to rebel. He was attacked by the people in his name. He used to ride a fancy horse here to lead the imperial banquet, and he also wore white clothes to watch the killing here. He went through life and death for the Ministry of Gold, and finally he spent five years in the ashes of the sky, living that inhuman life for five years.

During those five years, he struggled to survive, fought against the heavens and the earth and the death situation, day and night, and the only thing that supported him to survive was the word "revenge".

During those days when he woke up on the top of the lonely mountain with howling wolves in the cold wind in the middle of the night, he also howled at the moon countless times, vowing that as long as he survived in the future, he would lead an army back and hang Jin Zhaolong on the city wall of the Ministry of Gold for five years. Dry his corpse.

Because of this oath, he persisted for so long until Jing Hengbo arrived.

Now, the oath will come true, he leads an army, rides on a high horse, and the earth shakes and the mountains shake. Jin Zhaolong and his city shrink back in the most timid posture, wishing to shrink into the dust, the gold department has no name generals, and the morale has already fallen , He only needs to wave his hand, and he can see him disappear into ashes, see him fall into dust, see his three thousand li territory being trampled over by iron hooves, and the jade palace and golden palace become empty.

You can get revenge.

…

With the clatter of horseshoes, the army swept away like an angry tornado. He was on horseback, with his back straight, facing Dige, away from the Ministry of Gold.

From beginning to end, he did not look back.

Amidst the sound of galloping hooves, it took a long time for his lieutenant to hear his calm and firm answer.

"In my heart, her world is more important than my hatred."

…

When the hawksbill army passed by the Ministry of Gold, just like the hawksbill army waiting for a battle, the guards of the Ministry of Gold, who were hiding behind the city wall and did not dare to show any hostility, were holding their breaths and waiting nervously for the hawksbill army to return their carbines at any time. It wasn't until the black smoke and dust rolled over the land of the Ministry of Gold and entered the border of Xiangguo that all the people breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei Shu's reputation as a **** of killing can stop children crying at night in the Ministry of Gold, and no one dares to try to beat him lightly.

The news was quickly sent back to the Royal Palace of the Ministry of Gold, and Jin Zhaolong, who hadn't slept for two days and two nights, suddenly fell down on the couch.

"I can count on a good night's sleep!"

The guards who had been standing in the hall retreated quietly, and there was a slight sound of stepping on tiles from the roof of the hall. This was the guards arranged by Jin Zhaolong on the roof of the hall, and they were also evacuating after the crisis was resolved.

Jin Zhaolong's eyes were bloodshot, but his expression finally relaxed. He stared at Chong Jinxiulong's tent with a look of gratitude in his eyes.

I am glad that I did not choose to stop Pei Shu, and I am glad that Pei Shu actually crossed the Ministry of Gold without fighting and gave up revenge on him, although he was very surprised by this - based on what he knew about Pei Shu, anyone who had revenge Opportunity, even if you risk your life, you will not give up. Now is this modified?

But this is a great thing for him after all. After the battle of Dige, who knows if Pei Shu will have the strength to come back for revenge?

He let out a long breath towards the ceiling, and closed his eyes comfortably.

Then he suddenly opened his eyes again.

The moment I closed my eyes just now, something seemed wrong?

Above the head is the tent of a heavy splendid dragon. Through the circling body of the golden flying dragon decorated with scales and embroidered armor, one can vaguely see the algae well on the top of the hall, the algae well in the sleeping hall, the belt of flying clouds, decorated with lotus petals, and the dragon holding clouds. The dome is high and deep. , the cloud dragon in the center of the algae well looks a little strange for some reason, it is very black, very prominent, the hovering lines are very clear, the scales on it seem to be mottled and shining, and the head of the cloud dragon somehow looks like a piece of paper. human face…

He suddenly shivered and sat up abruptly.

After sitting up, I was surprised that the face didn't seem to be an illusion, there was really a face on it... no, not above, it was right in front of me!

He suddenly jumped up, the speed of his bounce was not unpleasant, but with a sound of "chi", the roof of the tent was torn, and a ball of things fell suddenly, for a moment, he felt that Yunlong from the caisson above fell down!

Jin Zhaolong backhanded the knife that was always worn behind his back.

But in a blink of an eye, his knife fell silently on the quilt, and a long, black, giant snake-like thing suddenly swam over, wrapped him around, strangled, tightened, and he heard his bones rattle. , suffocation, dizziness, and the strength in his hands suddenly disappeared. He still tried to stretch his feet, trying to reach the mechanism on the bed with his feet, but a hand stretched out and held down his feet.

For a moment, he thought that there was another person, but the hand was slender, long and black, with some scales shining, like a human hand but not a human hand. When he turned his head, he saw a hand with the same length. He had a strange, dark face with scales on his cheeks, which stared fixedly at him, and suddenly grinned at him.

The horror of this smile is indescribable, it seems that all the fear and darkness in his life are thrown in an instant, Jin Zhaolong rolled his eyes.

He passed out.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and after a while, there were soft footsteps.

The exquisite and embossed figure of the woman was reflected on the gold brick floor, the skirt moved slowly, and Jing Hengbo sighed, "I'm dizzy now, how embarrassing!"

She beckoned, and the straw man hunched over Jin Zhaolong, bounced and slid over, and Feifei followed behind, her eyes were shining.

This monster was Feifei's captive, a grass man who was injured and couldn't escape after Feifei led the orc into the swamp, and Jing Hengbo just used it to scare Jin Zhaolong.

This kind of thing itself is not very lethal, but it is rare for people who meet for the first time not to be scared. Jing Hengbo is a bit regretful. When dealing with these guys in the swamp, he is inexperienced. He only thinks about winning but not thinking about it. A prisoner, otherwise it would be nice to let Ming Cheng play with a few straw men.

The straw man's bounce and concealment are very good, and he is good at finding a way out from the corners of the grass. At this time, the palace of the Ministry of Gold has been on guard for several days, and the strong enemy has left. He took Jin Zhaolong out of the palace without any risk, and when Jin Zhaolong woke up leisurely, he was already on Jing Hengbo's horse, tightly bound.

When Jin Zhaolong knew that Jing Hengbo planned to take him to Dige and hand him over to Pei Shu, his vision went dark.

He felt very wronged—Pei Shu had already let him go, why was the queen so troublesome, and took the risk of taking him abducted by herself? Why, in order to redeem himself, he promised ten thousand taels of gold and ten thousand soldiers, and the queen just ate snacks, melon seeds and laughed without saying a word?

"That's because." For a long time, Jing Hengbo looked at Dige's direction and said leisurely, "In my heart, the sacrifice of others is more important than my world."

…

On the third day of September in the year 372 of the Dahuang calendar, the army arrived at the border of Xiangguo.

Xiangguo was the last barrier before reaching Dige. Dige issued orders one after another, demanding that Xiangguo resist with all his strength. If he disobeyed, the Yuzhao Dragonriders behind Xiangguo would break through Xiangguo's southern defense line first.

So when the Halberd Army arrived, they saw the banners flying on the border, the army of Xiangguo was in order, and the Princess Regent and his wife personally led the army and rode their horses in front of the formation.

This is almost the most decent formation that Pei Shu has encountered along the way from the tortoiseshell. It immediately caused his whole body to burst into belligerence, and he was about to order the fight with enthusiasm, when he saw that the other party neither gongs nor drums nor shouted nor invited Fighting, suddenly rushed over with the cavalry.

The cross-halberd army was dumbfounded—there were some cavalry who attacked first, but most of them were ambushed first, or rushed down from a high place, using the advantage of location and momentum to scatter the opponent's array. , just so out of shape, rushing all at once?

What's even more ridiculous is that the one who led the army to kill was Yong Xizheng, the son-in-law of the eldest princess, the prime minister of Xiangguo, and one of the two current rulers of Xiangguo. He personally charged forward to meet Pei Shu.

To put it nicely, this is called Wang Jia's personal expedition to take the lead, but to put it badly, he is a reckless fool who takes risks lightly.

Pei Shu sat still, reined in his horse with a sneer, and waited leisurely for this idiot to rush in front of him.

In his opinion, this kind of disorderly and unstructured charge is simply death. If he wants to conquer the world, he must feel insulted and leave immediately, hand it over to any younger brother, and cut off his head.

His gun slapped his legs idly, wondering whether to shoot him or stab him later?

Yong Xizheng, regardless of the soldiers behind him yelling to stop the chase, took the lead and rushed towards him.

Pei Shu sneered and raised the gun.

The prime minister of Xiangguo is lightly dressed in thin armor, with fluttering sleeves, which is even more unpleasant in Pei Shu's eyes - dressed like this, he dares to pretend to be a general!

Did he think that Pei Shu was made of mud and paper?

Just as he was considering whether the point of the gun should pick at someone's chest or crotch, Yong Xizheng, who rushed forward and was only a horse head behind him, suddenly turned his horse's head, and made a beautiful sideways movement, passing by his horse's side.

As he passed by, he tapped the spear lightly on Pei Shu's spear in his hand, and amidst the crackling sound, he said softly, "Please greet the Queen."

Pei Shu was taken aback.

Looking up again, the knights who rushed behind Yong Xizheng all turned their horses sideways, and flowed past the soldiers who were fighting behind him like running water.

A group of menacing soldiers remained in the air, staring blankly at the swords and guns in their hands and the silhouettes of others, Monk Zhanger couldn't figure it out.

With a flash of the spear point behind him, Pei Shu turned around to hold it up, and it was Yong Xizheng who fired the gun, two shots and one shot, he smiled again, "Xiangguo has reported his love at the beginning, and the promise of the year has been fulfilled, I hope the queen will have a great success Decheng, protect the peace of my Xiangguo."

As soon as he finished speaking, he drew his gun and galloped past Pei Shu again, looking as if he had lost to Pei Shu and galloped away.

Pei Shu raised his head in astonishment, and when he saw the Princess Regent of Xiang Kingdom under the banner in the distance, he seemed to smile slightly.

In the setting sun, she rode forward, as if she was welcoming her husband, and Yong Xizheng's horse's hooves seemed to be particularly brisk because of this.

Pei Shu looked at the backs of those who came and went suddenly, although he was still a little baffled, he also knew that Xiangguo was letting the water out naked, so he quickly called the generals and "followed him" for a while.

In this chase, he chased for hundreds of miles, across plains and wilderness, across mountains, rivers and swamps, through routes without Yuzhao Dragonriders and Kanglong Army, until he chased into the territory of Dige.

When they entered the surrounding area of ​​Dige, those Xiangguo troops who were "fleeing in embarrassment" suddenly disappeared as if they had learned the method of escaping from the ground.

There were only sacks left all over the place, and when I opened it, it was clear water and dry food.

Standing at the mountain pass, Pei Shu watched the soldiers put away the "trophy" with a depressed expression on his face.

The generals thought he was upset because he hadn't been able to fight as fast as he could, and they didn't dare to approach him. They were busy doing things and kept away from him.

There was only one general who walked by him by accident, and suddenly heard the young marshal slap his thigh suddenly, and suddenly realized: "I understand! Yong Xizheng also has a crush on her! Grandma! Why are there so many toads who want to eat swan meat!"

…

The fourth day of September in the Great Wilderness calendar.

Outside Yuzhao Palace, a large group of palace people stood with their hands tied, and a large group of ministers stood in the hallway with their heads bowed.

People kept exiting the hall. When they exited, their faces were pale, sweaty, and their feet were staggering. When the door was closed, a faint roar could be heard in the hall.

"roll!"

A loud shout resounded through everyone's eardrums, and the last courtier staggered out.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then looked back at the distance, the palace walls were continuous, green trees and red flowers, and the sun was shining brightly, but in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that the soldiers were like iron, and the black clouds were pressing down on the city.

"The soldiers are like fire, and the invasion is like a forest... Di Ge, the war is about to start..." The courtiers shook their heads and left.

In the hall, Zou Zheng's face was ashen, and he threw a memorial on the ground.

There were scattered papers scattered all over the ground, many of which were covered with black feathers to show that it was an urgent military report.

"Xiangguo passed it so easily!" Zou Zheng quickly walked around in the hall, "Impossible! This is impossible! What did the regent princess and his wife lead the army to conquer and chased them for days and nights... With the military strength of Xiangguo, If you really try your best, Pei Shu is the **** of war, and it is impossible to come so fast and bypass the defense line of Yuzhao Dragonrider!" He ruthlessly smashed the general newspaper again and again, "There must be something tricky! There must be!"

The military newspaper fell to the ground, and the paper was torn. Some paper fell on the skirt of bright yellow Shuangluan flowers and birds spreading out in a corner of the hall. .

"There is also Yuzhao Dragon Rider!" Zou Zheng said fiercely, "Yin Fengyang violates! If Pei Shu wants to go to Dige, it is absolutely impossible to bypass the southern part of Xiangguo. I asked them to guard the southern border of Xiangguo, not even a fly. Let it go, how did they keep it! How did they keep it!"

"Your Majesty." The woman's voice sounded faintly and coldly from the corner of the hall, "Don't be impatient, you don't look like Your Majesty anymore."

Zou Zheng trembled all over, pursed his lips, stopped his anxious steps, and looked back.

Mingcheng slowly walked out from the dark, dragging her skirt that was one foot long. Ever since she got married, she liked to wear skirts with very long tails, which kept getting longer and longer. In the temple.

She likes the dignity and elegance of long skirts dragging the floor, likes the rustling sound of brocade rubbing against the ground when the skirts pass by the wooden corridor, and likes to see everyone kneeling behind her skirts and eating the ash raised by the corners of her skirts. The design of the thick train and tighter waist will make her waist look more slender and exquisite, allowing her to regain a trace of confidence as a queen or a woman—otherwise, every time she walks through those promenades, gardens and golden brick floors, she will be in a hurry. I can't help but think of Jing Hengbo, and think of the woman lazily walking through the flower corridors. No matter what she wears, she has a natural curve and a good view. Moss under the bluestone exudes a faint astringency.

She is not Qingmoss, she is the true master of this Yuzhao Palace, her demeanor should be admired and worshiped by the world.

Thinking of Jing Hengbo, and thinking that she might be under Emperor Song City at this moment, a wave of malice welled up in her heart, like poison, spreading out in the dark green land.

Zou Zheng glanced at her skirt with disgust - he has always hated such a long skirt, dragging it, he was always worried that there was a hidden weapon hidden in it.

But he still listened to Ming Cheng's reminder. Ming Cheng's meaning was not to say that he was not like the emperor, but to imply that he would not be like Gong Yin.

Gong Yin is cold and noble, and he has never lost his composure in his life. No one has ever seen him growl and get angry. There is nothing in this world that can make him growl and get angry.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, Zou Zheng's voice had slowed down, and he was infinitely tired.

"Could it be that you really want to give way to that inexplicable woman..."

"Give way?" Mingcheng sneered lowly, "You gave way, what am I?"

"You are the wife of the national teacher!" Zou Zheng whispered impatiently.

"Hehe." Mingcheng sneered even more mockingly, but said, "Do you really think she can block Jing Hengbo and protect Dige?"

Zou Zheng didn't speak. Now that things are going against the grain of the war, all the ministries don't do their best, and even the Yuzhao Dragonriders who have always been protecting Dige don't listen. He already feels that something is wrong. He stole other people's appearance and status, but failed to steal them When it came to the real authority and army, even though the dragon knights and kanglong were there, he felt that his hands were empty and he didn't have the confidence to fight against any army at all.

At the beginning, I was called by all the officials to ascend the throne. I only felt that the world is in harmony, the power is in my hands, the government is orderly, and I am the only one who is the only one, so I have the will to kill the queen.

But in the current situation, besides entrusting his hope to that woman, who else can he count on?

At least that woman's "army", in his opinion, no one in Dige is invincible, even Jing Hengbo.

He didn't answer, and Mingcheng didn't speak, but said after a long while: "You can't entrust all your hopes to outsiders. Once you lose it, you and I will be lost forever."

"Then what do you think it should be?" Zou Zheng said irritably.

After waiting for a while and seeing no answer, he turned his head and saw Mingcheng, looking in the direction of the city gate outside the palace in a trance.

Her voice was very soft, but there was a hint of murderousness, which quietly diffused from between her teeth.

"If you dare to come, I will dare to kill you."

…

The couple who were whispering in the hall didn't know that there was another pair of eyes watching this direction.

Xu Pingran was on the top of a certain palace, quietly looking at the main hall of Yuzhao Palace, and slowly flicked the letter in his hand, seemingly intentionally or not.

Her hand gestures are very light, but the movement of playing the letter paper seems to be a little faster. She has always been cautious and seldom makes unnecessary movements. The lady looks very disturbed. But it doesn't look like she is nervous, but rather excited and joyful. Although this joy has been hidden, those who have followed her for many years can still feel this unusualness.

Xu Pingran was indeed very happy and excited.

Because the letter said that someone had brought news of his son...

She suddenly raised her finger, there was a sound of flapping wings, and there was already a carrier pigeon on the back of her hand.

The subordinates behind him took down the note and said respectfully, "Madam, the Henghalberd Army has only reached Emperor Song City for twenty miles."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Xu Pingran's lips.

Things are so perfect.

Just before he was about to take the throne, he got news of his son.

Everything she was looking forward to was right in front of her eyes.

Killed Jing Hengbo and her followers, and seized the Great Wilderness.

The future is hers, but also his.