The border between the north and the south had already snowed heavily earlier in the day.

The cold was too strong, that is, the snow on the road had not melted, but it was run over by the wheels, and it froze again, and pieces of hard snow mixed with mud fell to the ground like a blade.

An old man came out of the tent with his body in a cat, although he was wearing a thick jacket, but the cold wind poured into his collar, he still shivered, and hurriedly tightened his collar, and leaned towards the fire pit that was lit by several soldiers not far away.

"Your Excellency. ”

These men had great respect for the old man, and hurriedly took out some venison jerky from the cloth bag beside him and threw it into a small bowl on the fire pit, and added some hard buns to cook.

The diet of the border army is actually better than that of the ordinary local army, but after the weather is cold, the delivery of some materials is slower than usual, this kind of jerky that seems vulgar to the dignitaries and nobles in Jiankang City, but it is a bit extravagant for ordinary sergeants.

This name is Chen Shuhuang, although he is dressed in civilian clothes and does not wear general armor, but he is one of the military divisions of the Dingyuan Army, and is responsible for exchanging information with the rest of the border army, and his status in the border army is naturally very high.

"When did you get this venison jerky, can you bring me some too?"

Chen Shuhuang sat down in front of the fire pit of these soldiers, and with the cracking sound of some ice chips, a sound came.

Several soldiers looked at the sound with some surprise, but saw a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, dressed in a cyan cotton robe, looking very clean, judging from his bearing, he was not an ordinary person.

"This is Chen Qianru, the military advisor of the entire Chen family. Chen Shuhuang looked at these few soldiers who didn't know how to answer, smiled slightly, and said, "You should have heard his name before." ”

The men were taken aback, saluted the man, and then took out the dried meat, and also took a small bowl and boiled it.

As the military advisor of the Chen family, Chen Qianru's name was not famous in the border army at all, and of course ordinary sergeants did not know, but after the first battle of Zhongli, many cultivators who played a key role in that battle were widely spread with the story of Zhongli's battle, so that these sergeants also knew very well that Chen Jianru was not only a powerful cultivator, but also a think tank for the Chen family to transfer troops and send generals in the interior of the Southern Dynasties, and these sergeants also heard that the military advisor of the Chen family later went to the party with Lin Yi.

The magnates of Jiankang are actually more hostile to Lin Yi, but the attitude of most of the generals of the border army towards Lin Yi is almost all with Wei Rui, especially these ordinary sergeants, who admire the shining names of Zhongli in the first battle.

When the men began to cook the meat soup on the horse, they even swept up a little around the fire pit and laid out a clean hide.

"Directly from the party?"

Looking at Chen Qianru sitting next to him, Chen Shuhuang was still leaning over and stretching out his hands to bake the fire.

"It's okay, I didn't go to Jiankang, but I also turned a few places on the way. Chen Qianru looked at him and said.

"Then I don't know if it's snowing in Jiankang City. Chen Shuhuang said a little stunned.

"You can always go back to Jiankang City and have a look. Chen Duru looked at his eyes quietly and said.

"It's a pity that the heavens always don't fulfill people's wishes. ”

Chen Shuhuang slowly straightened up his rickety body, he stretched his waist, with his simple movement, his body joints kept clicking, and the whole person slowly lost his old state, and even gave people a feeling of strength and majesty.

"When did you start doubting me?" he frowned slightly, looked at Chen Qianru with some incomprehension, and asked very sincerely.

"Actually, it's not a doubt, just try it first. ”

Chen Qianru looked at the old man who seemed to have completely broken away from his old state, and shook his head, "Before Lin Yi's senior brother came, he and the sect of the Southern Heavenly Academy, Wu Guzhi, carefully checked the people related to those people of the Bright Holy Sect back then, and they found that you knew the people of the Bright Holy Sect back then, but other than that, there were no other clues. ”

"Just try, so much trouble and so many people?"

Chen Shuhuang shook his head, he looked around, and said with some disbelief.

At this time, these soldiers beside the fire looked around, and only felt that the surrounding camps were still as usual, and there were not many people, but there was a lot of news from the Northern Wei Dynasty before, and the conversation between Chen Duru and Chen Shuhuang suddenly made them have enough associations, and some frightened colors appeared in the depths of their eyes, and the expression of looking at Chen Shuhuang was suddenly completely different from usual.

"If there's anything else... That's just pure speculation. Chen Duan continued to speak at this time, " According to what we know now, these characters related to Emperor You want to completely control the world, then naturally there will be arrangements for the future of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Chen family is the most important force that will determine the fate of the Southern Dynasty in the future, then this mysterious force should also want to infiltrate their own power in the Chen family, although you are a distant relative of the Chen family, but after so many years, your position in the border army is very delicate, in your position, you can contact almost all the military information of the border army, you can also know what happened in the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty as quickly as possible, and as long as you want, you can even have a way to tamper with the content of the military situation, and even be able to change the general's military order at some time。 ”

Speaking of this, he paused, then looked at the old man and said seriously, "If I am the so-called descendant of the Emperor You, if I arrange it, then I definitely want to arrange for a character like you to occupy such a position in the border army of the Southern Dynasty." ”

"Helan Heiyun directly spread such news, it is really not good, many people are easy to covet the power of the Emperor You, and many people begin to doubt everyone around them again. Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Qianru and smiled, and said, "But why don't they doubt you, it stands to reason that with your status and ability, it seems that it is easier for people to doubt." ”

"It's about me that if I hadn't had any special accidents in Zhongli City, I would have died. ”

Chen Qianru also laughed and said, "If it is not easy to arrange a person who has the opportunity to influence the future of the Southern Dynasty, then I must be reluctant to let this person die directly." ”

"It makes sense. Chen Shuhuang said.

Chen Wanru shook his head and said, "And for people like you, I don't seem to be strong enough. ”

Chen Shuhuang was silent for a moment, and said: "I admit that what you said is very reasonable, people like us are indeed a group of people who are very high in this world, and we are indeed changing and controlling this world according to our own ideas, but it is unfair to us now." ”

"Who doesn't have ambition, who doesn't have conspiracy?"

Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Qianru, asked these two questions, and then laughed, "Just because we are strong, we have become the common enemy of the whole world, is this fair?"

"I think I have to ask those who were killed by the Demon Sect. ”

Chen Qianru restrained his smile, he looked at Chen Shuhuang, and said in a slightly cold voice: "Especially the strength of the Demon Sect has made you lose the ability to control him, and what you have cultivated is probably a real demon that has never been seen for eternity." ”

"The Demon Sect makes you feel dangerous only because of his strength. Chen Shuhuang's face was very calm, he looked at Chen Qianru, and said very seriously: "But for us, the most dangerous thing is not the Demon Sect, but the fact that you can't agree with now. ”

Chen said in a cold voice: "We are doing everything we can to find you, not to kill you or to obtain the inheritance of the so-called Emperor Yu from your hands. In itself, it is about getting the truth of the facts. ”

"The truth of the matter is that now, as well as the vast majority of ordinary people in this world who can't even become cultivators, are able to know more, have more choices, and have more power than many years ago. Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Qianru with a slightly mocking gaze and said: "Except for us, the situation of everyone in the world is much better now than it was a thousand years ago, but now everyone in the world wants more. ”

"Those who haven't read much don't know, but people like you should. ”

Chen Shuhuang took a deep breath, he stood up straight, looked into the distance, and said: "In ancient times, human beings gathered and lived in order to survive, but they were still killed by the giant beasts of the flood wilderness at will, until the Holy Emperor appeared, the Holy Emperor killed all the evil beasts, established a dynasty, sheltered all the tribes, and from the real beginning of human beings, there were dynasties established, whether it was Xia, Shang, or later You, the royal family is naturally different from ordinary people, the royal family is the real gods, controlling the power of life and death of all living beings in the world, the vast majority of people in the world, except for a few people who have been exempted, the rest are all slaves of the royal family. ”

"If the royal family wants a slave to die, there is no need to issue any decree at all, just say that the slave will die, even if the slave is buried with him, the slave will not have any dissenting intentions at all. Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Duanru, whose face was getting colder and colder, and said with a smile: "A thousand years later, if the royal family wants to rule the world, they must be afraid of Youyoukou, but they want the world to be recognized as the Son of Heaven." ”

"So the difference between us and you is the most dangerous fact you feel. ”

Chen Qianru's eyes narrowed slightly, he rarely quarreled with people before, and he was rarely a person who was happy and angry, but today, he couldn't help but sneer, "So when you used the Demon Sect, you also wanted him to become a fierce beast that could not be dealt with at all in the eyes of the people of the world, and then a saint came out, killed the demon, and became the kind of holy emperor you said before, and then you want to become that kind of royal family again, compared to you, everyone in the world is just your slave." ”

"You're going too far. ”

Chen Shuhuang's face remained unchanged and said, "My original intention was just to say that our identities were completely different from yours. We are like natural dragons, how can we think the same as you mortals. But you can't think that we must be wrong just because we are born above you, and try to find the truth of what facts. And we don't want to go back to the Divine Dynasty anymore, we want to turn everyone into our slaves, we just adjust the world slightly according to our ideas. ”

Chen Qianru's eyes had narrowed slightly, which was a very unhappy manifestation in his heart.

However, at this time, his brow also furrowed deeply.

It was one of the hardest conversations of his life.

Because the two sides of the dialogue live in completely different worlds.

When both sides have completely different views of the world and the doctrines they are exposed to, this kind of dialogue is unpleasant and cannot be continued.

The other party gave him the feeling that the chess player does not need to be the feeling of the chess piece at all, and the chess piece itself does not and should not jump up to question the chess player why he played the way he did.