The commander in chief of the Eastern Theater ordered that the establishment of local armies should not exceed divisions and regiments, and that local armies should not leave their territories.

Shao Dianjian privately summoned Jiang Li and asked, "What's the matter with your brother? Does the Jiang family have to choose between the imperial court and the Ding family?" He ignored Shaodian Luan and directly opposed the essence of Ding Kui's opposition to the imperial court.

"I am the head of the Jiang family, An Guogong, second brother, he can only represent himself, the Eastern Theater is four times larger than the Nannuma Prefecture Theater, isn't it?" Jiang Li couldn't say more.

"Hehe, I live in Wangzhou, and my understanding of the nobility is not comparable to that of ordinary state pastors, in your eyes, the interests of the family are greater than the interests of the royal family, as long as the kingdom does not fall and the title remains unchanged, you don't care too much about who is the king.

In fact, is there a difference between the side branches of the royal family and the aristocracy? Especially in this situation, who is the king is decided by the group of people in the capital, and it is not the turn of us who are guarding the side to put their beaks. Shaodian Jian hinted at something.

He has always been the most cowardly state pastor in the country, and the territory he actually controls is at the bottom of the top ten states, less than the state of Zhenwang, and most of the time he is mediating the contradictions between the nobles in the state, and he is the lowest among all the state pastors in terms of existence.

The country is so chaotic, Zhongwangzhou is torn apart, he suddenly found that he is very important, and even a word can affect the domestic situation, and the sense of existence is very strong, far from being a state pastor for so many years.

"The king of the county is wrong with this!" Jiang Li perked up, "After all, you are a member of the royal family, and you have the right to express your position on the legitimacy of the throne, which is very different from us.

For well-known reasons, we can't get involved in the struggle for the throne, but the Shaodian clan can! ”

Shao Dianjian's vanity was greatly satisfied, he patted his belly, and said: "You can't erase the power of the princes in the court, and I will be satisfied with my opinions." ”

Jiang Li took the opportunity to ask, "Then what do you think about the eldest princess being pregnant?"

Shaodian Jian stood up, and all the people in the house retreated, "If Shaodian Luan really gives birth to a son, with her closest bloodline to the ancestors, her son will not be too bad, and this king thinks that it should not disgrace the glory of the ancestors." He said as he looked at Jiang Li.

"Old opinion!" Jiang Li praised without hesitation, "Be alert to the world!"

"However, there are similar rumors in the capital, and this king cannot be an accomplice to the rumor-mongers. Shao Dianjian still had concerns in his heart.

Jiang Li knew that it was not appropriate to persecute, so he changed his words and said: "Shao Dianxi is a little abnormal, it is not appropriate to use force against the eldest princess and hurt the blood of the first king." ”

“......”

At the end of May, Zhongwangzhou Mu publicly questioned Nannuma Prefecture Mu, saying that Shaodian Luan was the pearl of the first king's palm, and if the first king was alive, no one would be allowed to hurt Shaodian Luan, and the matter of Shaodianfeng's abdication could be appeased by the first princess, and he should not use swords against the first king's relatives.

......

There was chaos in the commander's mansion, except for the Military Command Department, all the chief and deputy commanders questioned Yang Feng's appointment, and of course they also questioned Shaodianluan's summons, where did the war zone come from if there was no war in the east.

Shaodian Zhang simply couldn't get sick, and he left the affairs of the Commander's Mansion alone.

The Senate was even more noisy, with more and more nobles questioning the power of the Prince Regent, and some of them proposed to let the royal guardian prove his words and deeds.

Zibi met with the Prince Regent in private and asked, "What does the ancestor mean?"

Shaodianshi had a blue face, and said helplessly: "The old ancestor refuses to see this king." ”

He was very disappointed and a little flustered, if Shao Dianhuan refused to come forward, his position would be easily shaken, this was not the picture he wanted to see.

The clan government was still firmly on the side of Shaodian Shi, but they could not deny the fact that Shaodian Luan was the eldest daughter of the first king.

At this time, Shaodian Yong came in, and also claimed to respect the relatives of the first king, Shaodian Shi and Shaodian Xi's behavior was a royal family plot to kill the descendants, no matter what Shaodian Luan was wrong, he should not be insulted, and the horse repeatedly performed miraculous feats when resisting foreign enemies, and was promoted to the military command department as deputy commander.

He emphasized the family affection of the royal family, and agreed that Ding Kui would go to the Military Command Department but did not dare to give Shaodian Luan any power.

......

"Second uncle!" Ruan Xingzhu rushed to the man in front of him in surprise.

That's right, the man in Tsing Yi in her room is Ruan Jizong, who has been missing for many years.

"How did you find this?" she asked, wiping away the tears from her eyes. "Although the second uncle is empty-handed, you can't keep me standing. Ruan Jizong looked at her white magician robe with delight.

"Oh, sit down, have you eaten? I'm going to get someone to make you some. Ruan Xingzhu only discovered his gaffe.

Ruan Jizong waved his hand, sat down under the guidance of his niece, and said, "I'm not hungry, don't worry, you can sit down too." ”

Ruan Xingzhu has a small courtyard in the Giant Sheep City Lord's Mansion, which was specially opened up by Long Yan, and there is a separate door leading to the outside of the mansion, which is convenient for her to receive guests.

"When did you come to Giant Sheep City?" she said, trying to compose herself.

After the accident in Ruanjiacun, there has been no news of Ruan Jizong, Guo Ning has not been able to contact him, even if Ruanjiacun has recovered, there is no trace of him, and his whereabouts have become a mystery.

"At the beginning, your father, the eldest brother asked me to leave with the treasures of the secret vault, find a place to hide and find a way to continue the Ruan family's incense. Although the country is big, I don't know where to stay......" Ruan Jizong told his niece what happened over the years.

He left with the ten best disciples of the Ruan family, and at the same time brought with him the treasures that the Ruan family had inherited for many years, compared to the treasures of ordinary people. They didn't dare to stay in Pingzhong County, nor did they dare to stay in Zhongwangzhou, so they went to Nannuma Prefecture to hide.

Secluded in the countryside far from the city, with little contact with the outside world, they had the skills to survive in the mountains, and soon integrated into the local life, and Nguyen Jizong married a local woman.

I have lived in Nannuma Prefecture for six or seven years, and since they have all practiced the Dou Qi Gong method, they are all knights, and no one dares to bully them, but they live quite comfortably.

The only hidden worry is conscription, Nannuma Prefecture has suffered from the disaster of war, the regular army and the local army need qualified soldiers, the Ruan family of these people are inevitably remembered, many times people from the government came to inquire, asked if they would like to join the army, Ruan Jizong refused hard, and was vigilant, secretly preparing to flee again.

In the process, he heard Ding Kui's name, easily inquired about the situation in Nanqiu County, began to pay attention to Ding Kui's situation from the beginning, and tried to inquire if there was anyone named Ruan Xingzhu around Ding Kui.

The hard work paid off, and a few months ago, he finally learned that Ruan Xingzhu was in Hengfu City, so he found a convenient time to find it.

"You have a child, I have a cousin!" Ruan Xingzhu got the good news.

Ruan Jizong did not disappoint the dead Ruan Jizu, buried himself in the small village, and now has two sons and a daughter, the eldest boy is five years old this year.

"Hehe, well, you are the eldest daughter of the long house, and I will trouble you to take care of them more in the future. ”

"No problem!" Ruan Xingzhu patted his chest and said, "Let them come to Juyang City, I will let Brother Kui take care of them." ”

"Come here? Ruan Jizong's face was embarrassed.

"What's the matter? You can go back to Ruanjia Village if you want, but there is still no way to guarantee your safety. It's very good here, although Brother Kui is in a lot of trouble with the imperial court now, but I believe that he has the ability to protect Juyang City. You don't know yet, the people in Ruanjia Village were all rescued by him from the Tian family's knife. ”

Ruan Jizong stood up, walked to the door and the window and looked out, turned around and asked, "Is it safe to talk here?"

"Absolutely safe! Rest assured, no one can hear us. Ruan Xingzhu was puzzled, how did the honest and honest second uncle become nervous.

Ruan Jizong was still not at ease, closed the doors and windows with his own hands, moved the chair to his niece, and said softly: "You still don't know the origin of the Ruan family, right?"

Ruan Xingzhu looked confused and asked, "What is the origin of our family?"

"Well, that's a long story. Ruan Jizong poured himself a glass of water to drink.

"The Ruan family was originally a second-class public ...... of Shaodian Country," he unfolded his reminiscence mode.

The Ruan family of Jingnan Gong was powerful in the Shaodian State back then, but it was also because of the rebellion of the royal family, the Ruan family stood on the opposite side of the imperial court and was suppressed by the imperial court.

It can be said that the people of the Ding family led the troops to destroy the Ruan family, and only a handful of Ruan family children ran into the mountains to hide, and they hid until now.

Ruan Xingzhu's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "The Ding family is the enemy of the Ruan family's extermination?" but, but," she thought for a moment, "it was the imperial court that ordered the rebellion." ”

"It's not wrong for you to say this, but after all, it was the Ding family's troops who killed our ancestors, and this is the revenge of the family and the extermination! Future generations must not forget. Ruan Jizong could feel his niece's feelings for Ding Kui.

Ruan Xingzhu said weakly: "Brother Kui, Ding Kui saved the Ruan family." ”

"Can that offset the loss of the ancestors?" Ruan Jizong asked rhetorically.

"How many years ago was that! What's more, the Ding family also acted on orders, not with my family, the real enemy of the Ruan family is the imperial court and the royal family!" Ruan Xingzhu was extremely conflicted in his heart.

Ruan Jizong looked at his niece with pity, was silent for a while, and said slowly: "I can understand your feelings, and I also agree with some of your views, the ruling Shaodian clan is the enemy of the Ruan family."

But don't forget, the Ding family is also our enemy, the ancestors of the Ding family have the blood of the Ruan family on their hands, even if we don't go to them for revenge, you can't marry into the Ding family. ”

Ruan Xingzhu shook her hand in pouring water for her uncle and sprinkled a table of water, and this sentence pierced her heart like a sharp blade, and the huge pain stimulated her nerves.

Ruan Jizong hurriedly took the kettle and helped Ruan Xingzhu to sit down, "Didn't your father warn you at the beginning? I didn't expect you to fall so deep today, thinking about the blood debt of the ancestors, you can't be an unfilial descendant." ”

Ruan Xingzhu pressed his chest, panting slightly, holding his head high, holding back the tears in his eyes, and biting his lower lip with his teeth.

Can't marry Brother Kui!

There are only these five words in my head.

It was only at this moment that she understood why her father would warn her that there was such a complicated history behind this.

Can't she and Ding Kui really be together?