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Some people say that today's Emperor Jin is neither cunning, brave, or cold like the kings of the past, nor is he as tolerant and cruel as his father, Emperor Zhong.
He is cold, but has the demeanor of a gentleman, but he is also angry with thunder in the storm. He is quite like a knight-errant in the world, who is open-minded and not rigid about trivial matters, resolute but generous.
Speaking of which, this is the perfect kingly demeanor.
But as time went by, some veterans of the dynasty always felt that Emperor Jin was actually more like a combination of two people - the former Xie Mingjin, and the later Xie Mingjin.
Grow up for the support of the king, survive for the grace and majesty of the king, sacrifice the world for the king and inherit the destiny.
This is Emperor Jin, but he is also lonely, so lonely that after state affairs, he has no personal affairs.
Regardless of the harem or the children, he is as calm as autumn water and as lonely as a glacier.
But for the most part, kings are always lonely.
Emperor Zhong was the most pitiful and willful monarch, but in the end he got what he wanted with his willfulness, and those who cannot be willful can only guard these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, watching the sun, moon and stars in vain.
There are always storms inside and outside, and there is never peace.
But will anyone still miss that person and those things back then?
No matter what, she left after all, and may never come back.
Later, Xie Mingrong, who was originally stuck in the capital, also left, and she didn't know where she went. However, Xie Zhizhen, who took over her position, and Xie Zhipuru, who was not from the Xie family but more like the Xie family, and the next generation who had grown up through the turmoil were still in power.
The church and the military headquarters were dazzlingly destroyed.
It seems that the bloodline of the Xie family should be like this.
Powerful, restrained, dazzling, and unyielding.
This is the charm of generations and the change of dynasties. No one knows that on the day Xie Mingjin left, he took Xie Mingrong and Xie Mingyue, who had taken over Mingjin's business network and had already opened countless restaurants across the capital, to the White Sword Snow Tower.
This is the first time she has gone up the mountain since she ascended the throne. It seems that she is qualified to walk on this elegant path at this moment and can fulfill the promise she made fifteen years ago without any distractions.
They were followed by Da Mao, but he was playful and made many wild birds in the forest. Li Baiyi, who was practicing his sword, couldn't help but sheathed his sword and looked down. After looking for a while, he turned around and went in.
Make tea.
When Mingjin and the others reached the top of the mountain, the tea smelled just right.
Xie Mingrong thanked him and glanced at Li Baiyi, who had become calmer over the years and had a temperament similar to that of Qin Baiyi, but was more resolute.
But the latter is as old as ever, and its temperament is still as pure as the green pear blossoms in the mountains.
"Did you...have a breakthrough?"
Hearing this, Li Baiyi was slightly surprised and looked at Ming Jin, "Have you taught her martial arts?"
No wonder she looks much younger, vaguely regaining the charm of the eldest sister Xie in the past.
Before Ming Jin could say anything, Ming Yue, who was not sitting, bit the fruit and muttered: "Sister is old and it's not easy to handle. Unlike me, I can just push the bone once."
Xie Mingyue, who could never learn to speak elegantly, still received a cold glance from Xie Mingrong.
Ming Jin twirled the tea cup and said calmly: "If you push the bone once, you can push the bone three times for her."
Mingyue was stunned, "What do you mean, my martial arts talent is not as good as hers?"
She always thought that she was better than Ming Rong and a martial arts wizard.
Ming Jin: "No, you are fat."
Ming Yue was embarrassed and rushed over to pinch Ming Jin, but Ming Jin gave her a faint look, and the latter immediately became frightened, turned around, and threw herself at Ming Rong.
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"Sister, she is cruel to me!"
Ming Rong had no choice but to hold her tightly and asked if the two of them could live in Baiyi Jianxue Tower for a few days and receive the influence of martial arts from the most famous martial arts place in the world.
Li Baiyi was naturally happy. After agreeing, the two of them were taken away by other disciples of Jianxue Tower, leaving Ming Jin and Li Baiyi behind.
For fifteen years, the white sword and snow tower that originally protected the king no longer had anyone accompanying him.
Li Baiyi and Ming Jin have not seen each other for many years.
"I heard that you went to practice hard training, why didn't you go across the sea?"
Li Baiyi raised her eyes and said: "Master said that only those who have given up everything can have the determination to cross the sea, but I can't do it yet."
Ming Jin looked at her and said coolly: "Can't you let me go?"
After being the king for many years, everything she says and does is filled with majesty. Even if she deliberately weakens it, it is still somewhat breathtaking.
After all, he had just resigned.
But...it seems familiar again.
Li Baiyi, who was still a little nervous at first, was in a daze for a long time. Finally, her eyes turned red and she nodded without denying her inner paranoia.
"Probably so."
She can neither find a reason to stay with her former friends nor let go of the past.
She had spent many days and months practicing swordsmanship, and she was fully aware of her decision--if the empress was in danger, she would definitely go there without saying a word, just like before, with her sword in hand.
Even though she was a noblewoman from an aristocratic family with no strength at that time, later she became the number one person in Zhao Kingdom's martial arts who single-handedly defeated the Great Wilderness's martial arts.
"You are almost as good as water, but you still haven't crossed the sea. How can you make your predecessors feel so embarrassed?" Ming Jin asked her.
Li Baiyi didn't know what she meant for a moment, "What do you mean?"
Ming Jin didn't say it clearly. At least he drank tea and reached out to stroke Li Baiyi's head.
The latter is now past his youthful appearance, but she is still regarded as her little sister.
This is probably because Li Baiyi's character has never aged, she is still young and pure.
But Mingjin...she has experienced too much, and her heart is as deep as the sun and the moon.
Ming Jin left to see Shu Baiyi, but Li Baiyi was still thinking silently.
What does she mean? Does she dislike herself for not being a good person yet? Or is she unhappy that she hasn't been around for fifteen years?
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The backyard is quiet, and you can vaguely hear some white-clothed disciples practicing and sparring with swords on the peak opposite the cliff. You can also hear the two Xie Mingrong in the pavilion being personally tutored by the white-clothed Erlang from the White Sword and Snow Tower with their half-baked martial arts knowledge.
"Are you going to take them away?" Shu Baiyi came from behind and asked with a smile.
Ming Jin turned around and smiled lightly, "Everyone has their own life to live, and they can do whatever they want."
If you are not young enough to get married, if you want to travel around, practice martial arts, or do business, you can do these things.
Shu Baiyi looked at her for a long time and sighed: "More than ten years ago, the world thought that Xie Mingjin's life was all over, but more than ten years later, they were all wrong again."
"What you want is not the world, nor is it what you want to achieve Xie Mingjin's independent value outside of his life, but for a belief."
Fifteen years ago, Shu Baiyi left the altar feeling a little regretful and sentimental.
I probably thought I saw another person being restrained by power.
But in the past fifteen years, he has experienced many things and seen something.
"Faith?" Ming Jin asked him back, half-smiling but not smiling.
"Yes, whether it was Die Lianhua or the grievances with the Chu family, they were all what you encountered later, but at the beginning, you received the education passed down from ancient times by the Xie family. I think you should admire Xie very much.
Gaozu."
"And this is also the reason why you can withstand these injuries and finally resist the bewitchment of the Nine Heavens and maintain your sanity."
Because whether it is Xie Yuan or Xie Zong, whether they do it for her good or not, they all have one thing in common - they are always proud of the glorious lintel of the Xie family and want to maintain the honor of the Xie family's ancestors.
It was Xie Chu who ended the chaos of the Great Zhou Dynasty and created a stable peace in the Zhao Kingdom.
They deserve to hold their heads high for their bloodline.
But then everyone was defeated.
"The most terrifying thing in the world is not life or death, but the collapse of faith."
She understood the pain of her grandfather, who had to endure the love and sorrow for his aunt and had to strangle his own brother to death in order to protect the remaining tribesmen. Because of this devastating pain, he no longer cared about anyone's sacrifice, including
he himself.
I also understood Xie Yuan's lifelong infatuation for the Second Kenshin and half his life being speechless. This guilt and pain made him abandon all ambitions and pride that he should have had, and he did not hesitate to give up his family beliefs, just to abide by his love for her.
He promised to protect his only daughter.
She understands better the pain of Xie Mingrong's pride being crushed by Xie Jun, which is also a kind of collapse of faith...
Because she understands, she wants to end that situation and start over, even if this beginning is cruel, torn, and bloody.
She doesn't care.
Fortunately, she succeeded. Since she succeeded, there is no need to worry about the other details.
"Yes, the weak care about survival, and the strong value faith more. However, the reason why you came here today is not just to fulfill the promise you made back then."
Ming Jin: "There was no need to ask back then, but you can ask today - why did Emperor Chu Gaozu leave such a will?"
The testament left on the scroll fifteen years ago was beyond her expectation because the words written on it were very simple.
——If the royal power is overturned, if it is the Xie family, he should be the one who will carry on the past and forge ahead for the country and the country.
"I didn't understand it at first. Later, my master was pestered by me, and later he told me the answer that he also pestered my master."
"Probably there are two reasons. First, in Gaozu's view, there is no difference between the Xie and Chu families, because he only regards his brothers as the closest people in the world, more than his own descendants. Secondly, Gaozu asked
The person who died was Qin Wuyou, the founder of my Baiyi Jianxue Tower sect. She was very curious that day and asked about it, and Gaozu told her something."
Ming Jin was thoughtful but did not ask, but Shu Baiyi smiled and said, "Actually, no one would believe it, but did you know that when Xie Chu decided to divide the world into monarchs and ministers, more of his followers were actually willing to follow your ancestor?
"
Ming Jin was noncommittal, "I probably know a little bit."
This is also the secret reason why the descendants of the Chu family have to deal with many clans.
"Because your ancestor...how should I put it, is really not like a normal person, he can do this."
Which?
Ming Jin tilted his head and saw the child's Xinxing book in white clothing counting with his fingers. It looked a bit like...a fortune teller?
Ming Jin was startled.
"The Eight Trigrams of Qimen, the scheming and unparalleled one. At that time, many people said that he was half a celestial being. Unfortunately, he could not practice martial arts, but with his prejudgment skills, he was enough to dominate the world. At that time, the Great Zhou Ji Dynasty also
It was probably calculated by him in this way."
He suddenly mentioned the Great Zhou Ji Dynasty, Ming Jin remained silent for a moment, and then asked calmly: "My father must not know that you already know the secret of my bloodline, otherwise he would not dare to entrust Hidden Disease."
"I can't explain it clearly. Things like fate are too mysterious. Back then, your Taizu calculated that in three hundred years a daughter of the Xie family would enter the palace and subvert the great cause of the Chu family. He told Chu Gao Zuming to let him
Future generations should not let the Xie family's daughter get into trouble. This is the rule that the two families have always adhered to at first. But after three hundred years, there are always some who are disobedient. If the rules are broken, disaster will follow. Chu Gaozu naturally
Knowing that his brother's predictions were never wrong, he thought carefully about it, found Qin Wuyou in order to preserve the Xie family's bloodline, and specifically left the Qingque Order, and that's how he made this final decision."
Shu Baiyi felt sad when he thought about the past events of those elders, but overall he was full of admiration.
"But in general, the two of them didn't pay much attention to this matter. Once they came to Qin Wuyou's place for a drink, and they even joked that if the Xie family's daughter made such a choice, it must be the Chu family's son.
When you are in a desperate situation, you will go against it if you rebel. The disciples of the Xie family will definitely be better than those of the Chu family and will be beneficial to the family and the country."
"Qin Wuyou didn't say much about the chat between these two people, but when choosing a successor later, he would tell these things from generation to generation. After three hundred years, the dynasty will truly change, and my mission will be considered completed.
"
Whether it's Chu Gaozu's open-mindedness and brotherly love, or Xie Gaozu's half-heavenly skills, they are treasures that transcend the times.
But Shu Baiyi, a man who had already seen through everything, said nothing, kept the secret, let the troubled times prevail, and finally maintained his original intention.
Although Ming Jin is extremely talented, he never expected that things in the world would be so fateful, especially...
"Senior Qin Baiyi, is he from Qin Wuyou's lineage?"
"Yes, after all, she is also the direct descendant of my Baiyi Jianxuelou." Shu Baiyi said with emotion, "By the way, she crossed the sea for the second time a few years ago, do you know?"
"I know, I even asked Chu Ye to give him a ride."
Ming Jin made an understatement and said, "Shu Baiyi is so sharp. Something suddenly happened. I was stunned for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly."
"I said... Actually there is another thing. Qin Wuyou said that the last time she saw Xie Gaozu, the latter smiled strangely at her."
Qin Wuyou is a woman, and she is also recognized as the second master in the world after the replacement of Zhou Dynasty and Zhao Kingdom.
As for the first...
"Has Senior Qin Wuyou said what kind of person Ji Wu is?"
After the founding of the Zhao Kingdom, many things about the Great Zhou Dynasty were erased, and even some historical records were not recorded.
Even though the Xie family has a profound history and countless family heirlooms, Ming Jin only knows a few clues.
"Prince Ji Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was named the God of War. I'm afraid he is still the strongest man today, just because..."
"Because he is the first generation of heavenly beings." Ming Jin completed this sentence for him.
Then he looked into the distance with far-reaching vision.
The second surname of the second clan is probably derived from this.
The first is Ji.
After Ji was destroyed, the second clan emerged.
"Not only was he the first generation, he had already entered the realm of heaven and man at that time."
These words made Ming Jin very surprised, "If this is the case, why did you still lose?"
She didn't believe that the two ancestors Chu and Xie could really kill a heavenly being.
After all, planning and the general trend are no match for absolute power.
"Prince Ji died by himself."
Shu Baiyi reveals a terrible secret.
Ming Jin frowned, "Why?"
"Because Crown Princess Jiluo is from the Mei tribe, and the Mei tribe was destroyed by Prince Ji's army in a conquest. Jiluo hated the tribe's destruction, so she changed her name and joined Prince Ji. She succeeded. Not only did she use her charm skills to aggravate the
He realized that Prince Ji's weakness in martial arts was too strong, which made it difficult for him to suppress his madness, and even conspired with the two ancestors Chu and Xie... They won, but in the last battle, they still couldn't do anything to Prince Ji, Prince Ji was too strong
, is the number one person in the world at home and abroad. Without him, the Zhou Dynasty would have collapsed long ago.
In the end, it was Jiluo who provoked Prince Ji's murderous intention, and finally died in his hands on purpose, thus breaking Prince Ji's state of mind... I heard from the note left by Qin Wuyou that as a defeated general, he would never be able to look at the
The defeated opponent was trapped by love, and finally self-destructed his meridians, and walked into the burning flames with his beloved woman in his arms... This is an obsession that a martial artist cannot overcome in his life."
This is also the source of what Shu Baiyi said to Ming Jin that day.
Ming Jin thought about such old things, and felt inexplicably sentimental under his indifference.
She said hoarsely: "That's why the Second Clan says that breaking the law because of love is a disaster. It's mainly because Die Lianhua, the leader of the Second Clan, has seen her parents marry because of hatred, and then both die because of hatred.
, he has a natural fear of love and does not want to touch power anymore, so he sets restrictions for Die Lianhua. However, due to blood inheritance, Meizu's marriage to the body of heaven and man creates hidden dangers. If he is in love, he will always be paranoid. "
The people and loved ones of the second clan from generation to generation are rarely perfect.
Always sad.
But they are not as scary as this generation.
Xie Chuji, with Qin, seems to have reincarnated her fate.
Everyone is drowning in misery in this world.
Ming Jin looked down at her hands. Her body was filled with the love and hatred of the three clans. Finally, she smiled.
Smile like a blooming flower.
Because not far away, Li Baiyi Qinggong jumped onto a branch, swept over, landed firmly, and asked hurriedly and restrainedly, "You want me to accompany you to cross the sea. When will we set off? Can we also meet the master? Do you want it?"
Take your sisters with you? And I have to let my disciple take over my position. Master, can you take care of it for me?"
The current leader of the White Sword and Snow Tower, who has been practicing swordsmanship for many years and rarely even said a few words about recruiting disciples, looks like a child in a hurry.
At that moment, Shu Baiyi twitched the corner of his mouth.
He is old, and both of them have to cross the sea to eat seafood. When will Baiyi Jianxue Tower add a rule of respecting the elderly and caring for the young!
But why did he look at this child as if he had broken through his mental barrier, and was about to break through?
His fifteen years of earnest instruction are not worth one trip to the mountain?
What is this thing called?
Ming Jin ignored Li Baiyi's blushing request and politely begged Shu Baiyi for permission. She walked over, and not far away, Mingyue Zheng ran up to her like a rabbit, holding her arm and winking, saying that Li Baiyi's top disciple had been peeking.
Sister, there’s something wrong with your eyes...
Chapter completed!