Fulu Rubik's Cube

At this time, because Shan Ke was too shocked in his heart, his soul was greatly shocked, making him unable to speak.

After a long time, he said:

"Are those rumors true, but why didn't the scholars in the school tell them?"

Lin Shuanghe glanced at him, then suddenly said:

"Do you know why Yanhongcan, the first monarch of the kingdom, abdicated the throne to the king of Shanqiao?"

Shan Ke immediately replied:
"The lord of the Flame Red Silkworm felt that he was old and weak and could no longer preside over the affairs of the country. My ancestor was a great man, and had the talent to help the world and the country. Therefore, the lord of the Flame Red Silkworm abdicated the throne."

Lin Shuanghe smiled "hehe", the laughter was full of indecipherable meaning.

"Do you believe this statement?"

Shan Ke couldn't help but feel hot on his face, even he himself wouldn't believe this statement.

How can anyone in the world give up the power to command the world.

After he became sensible, he also asked his parents and middle school scholars about this matter, but no one was able to give a reasonable explanation.

At this time, hearing Lin Shuanghe's tone was difficult to understand, but he seemed to know the reason, so he couldn't help asking:
"Shuanghe, what is the truth of the matter?"

Lin Shuanghe said lightly:

"Back then, because my ancestors witnessed the ancestor gods killing dragons and fighting against the scourge, and made great achievements by handing over three volumes of treasures, they were appointed by the patriarch as historians, responsible for recording the changes that took place in the tribe.

This function has been passed down from generation to generation in my family, and each generation has at least three people who are responsible for recording the changes of the kingdom.

Although the official historian is insignificant, not everyone is qualified to be a historian, but the fact that the records are true and credible blocks most of the people.

Hehe, not everyone dares to risk disrespect to record the mistakes made by the monarch. "

Shan Ke's heart trembled, and when he looked at Lin Shuanghe again, there was a trace of respect in his eyes.

Lin Shuanghe paused for a moment, then continued:
"Back then, Flame Red Silkworm, the first ruler of the kingdom, was forced to abdicate the throne to the leader of Shanqiao, but it was not without reason."

Shan Ke held his breath, he was eager to know the real history, but he was afraid that the ancestor he admired the most had seized the throne by disgraceful means.

Just when he was feeling disturbed and complicated, Lin Shuanghe's slow and deep voice came from his ears.

"One is because the leader of the Flame Red Silkworm wants to restore the system of female power, and she plans to pass the throne to her young daughter Flame Sparrow.

The second is that she found that Shan Qiao, who was then the Taifu, had more prestige among the people than herself, and secretly entangled her confidantes to attack Taifu Shanqiao.

The third is that the Lord of the Flame Red Silkworm wanted to build a mausoleum for himself. "

Shan Ke was stunned, and at the same time relieved in his heart, he was also a little strange, and couldn't help asking:

"Women are weak and weak, how can they be the lord of the country, and most of the three princes, nine ministers, twenty-seven doctors, and eighty-one yuan scholars in the country are men, so it is whimsical for Lord Yan to want to restore the old system.

Since she wanted to do something to my ancestors, I can understand that she was forced to abdicate, but why did it become a fault for Lord Yan to build the tomb by himself? "

Lin Shuanghe said leisurely:

"There is nothing wrong with building a mausoleum, but she not only wants to build a mausoleum the size of the capital, but also has [-] guards, maids, servants, etc. in the palace be buried for her, so that these people can continue to serve in the dark. to her."

Shan Kee couldn't help but gasped when he heard the words.

The national capital 'Yanwan City' covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles, and it will take at least ten years to build such a capital city even if the whole country is used.

Besides, she actually wanted to sacrifice tens of thousands of people, so it's no wonder she lost her heart and was forced to abdicate.

Lin Shuanghe continued:
"At that time, the military power controlled by the Lord of Flame Red Silkworm was actually far greater than that of Taifu Shanqian.

But the Tai Tuo has been beholden to the ancestral gods all his life to teach and educate people in the school. After more than [-] years, almost all the young people in the country are from the Tai Tuo and his disciples.

Therefore, when the Grand Tutor heard that the Flame Red Silkworm was going to attack him, he went out from Sucheng to the capital to interrogate him alone, without a soldier or sword.

Every time he passed a city, the soldiers in the city immediately turned back and followed him. When he arrived at the capital, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind him.

But the Taifu did not attack the city with coercion, but ordered all the armored soldiers to sheath their weapons and stop outside the gate of the capital.

On the other hand, he tied his hands and entered the city alone.

At that time, even the Jiuqing Weiwei, who was in charge of the city gate guards, was moved, and directly opened the city gate to welcome him into the city.

The Taifu went straight to the gate of the palace. There were three thousand soldiers in the palace, but no one stopped them. They all held their spears and turned their backs.

When the Taifu went straight into the palace gate and saw the Lord of the Flame Red Silkworm, the Lord of the Flame Red Silkworm immediately understood that the situation was over, and gave up the throne to Taifu Shan Qiao in frustration. "

Shan Ke's eyebrows danced when he heard this, and the blood in his heart was soaring that he couldn't hold it back, and he was fascinated by the scene at that time.

After Lin Shuanghe finished speaking, he couldn't help asking:
"My ancestors did not do too much. Why is there no record in the historical data?"

Lin Shuanghe smiled slightly.

"In the final analysis, Taifu Shan Qiao's position as the lord of the country is somewhat unfair, and it is a big taboo for the subordinates to commit crimes against the superiors.

After all, even the Lord of the Mountains did not want someone to repeat his old skills of that day in the future, so only the abdication incident was recorded in the historical materials, but the specific circumstances were briefly mentioned.

However, as a historian, I want to record the truth one by one. "

Shan Kai suddenly understood why Lin Shuanghe was not welcomed in the court, and was assigned to serve him as a servant.

Feeling secretly in his heart, he heard Lin Shuanghe continue:

"Didn't the king and grandson ask why the rumors about the ancestral gods were only circulated among the people and not written down?

In fact, this is the same as the abdication of the country's lord. There are always some things that some people don't want the people to know.

If the people know that all the good life they have today comes from the gift of the ancestor gods, they will turn their gratitude to the ancestor gods.

As a result, the cohesion of the people will be greatly weakened, and even the country's credibility will be lost by half.

This is not a lie. In the past 100 years, there have been groups established in the name of ancestors and gods among the people, bluffing and deceiving everywhere, and destroying the national system. "

"Wow—!"

Shan Ke breathed a sigh of relief, and finally figured out some of the reasons. Looking at the stone wall in front of him, and then turned his head to look at the tall stone statue, his heart was full of awe.

"Hey~!"

Suddenly, Shanxue found a strange place, went to other stone walls to investigate, and said with some hesitation:

"Shuanghe, am I mistaken, or is there a mistake in the description on the stone wall, the ancestor god looks very small?"

Lin Shuanghe smiled "hehe" and praised:

"Prince Xie has good eyesight."

Then he said:

"Did the king and grandson find any mistakes in the patterns on these stone walls?"

Shan Ke was slightly taken aback, and looked back and forth on the many stone walls for a while, feeling something was wrong, but he still didn't find anything different.

All of a sudden, Shankaku felt like he was looking at flowers in a fog.

Seeing its appearance like this, Lin Shuanghe smiled and pointed at the flag that covered the sky in the stone wall.

"look here!"

The fog in Shanxie's brain was suddenly broken by lightning, and he shouted:

"The flag is wrong."

He looked up sharply to the sky.

At an unknown distance above the head, a pennant flag fluttered in the wind, and its phantom covered at least half of the sky.

Since he was born, he has seen this pennant in the sky.

But also because it has been manifesting in the sky, the creatures in the world have long regarded it as something that exists like the sun, moon, stars, etc., and never thought of anything else.

At this time, after being instructed by Lin Shuanghe, Shan Xue suddenly discovered that, in the pattern on the stone wall, the flag pan was actually rectangular instead of triangular.

Shan Ke has a faint feeling that a shocking secret will be revealed today.

He didn't care too much, and quickly walked among the stone walls to investigate, and found that the rectangular flag coils only appeared before the establishment of the Suzaku Kingdom, and in the patterns after that, the flag coils in the sky had become triangular shapes.

Shan Ke's heart trembled for a while, and after a moment of stupefaction, he suddenly rushed to Lin Shuanghe, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes and shouting:

"what on earth is it?"

Lin Shuanghe didn't answer Shan Ke's inquiry directly, but waved to him and led him to the first stone wall.

"The answer you want is here."

Shan Ke quickly looked at the stone wall, but all he could see were countless patterns of stars streaking across the sky with streamers.

It's just that this stone wall is divided into two halves. Although both of them show meteors flashing by, the number of meteors displayed on the left is dozens of times more than that shown on the right.

Doubtfully said:

"Isn't this a meteor?"

Lin Shuanghe stood aside and looked at the stone wall, his eyes were a little blurred, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long time he said:
"Hundreds of years ago, countless meteors fell into this world from outside the world, but later people discovered that they were not meteors, but a group of creatures from outside this world. They are called 'celestial demons'."

Shan Ke trembled violently as if struck by lightning, and couldn't help taking a step back.He cried out aloud:
"what?"

Then he took two steps forward and approached Lin Shuanghe and shouted:

"'Sky Demon', isn't that a frightening creature in legend?"

Lin Shuanghe did not explain, but continued:
"600 years after the 'Heavenly Demon' entered this world, another group of outsiders entered this world. They called themselves practitioners and came to kill the 'Heavenly Demon'."

Lin Shuanghe glanced at the dumbfounded Shan Ke.

"Ancestor God is one of those practitioners.

Aren't you wondering why the ancestor god in the stone wall is so small?
Because the ancestor gods are not from this world, these people from outside the world are very short for some reason.

Now you know why your country can develop so fast, right?
It was the ancestor gods who imparted countless knowledge outside the world to the clansmen who were only tribes at that time.

And the reason why the [Qi Banner] in the sky changed from a rectangle to a triangle is precisely because the ancestor god beheaded and killed the Jiao in the river and was punished by the [Qi Ban] rules.

But the Ancestral God was powerful, and before falling, he also cut off a corner of this [Qi Banner], making it change from a rectangle to a triangle. "

Shan Yu's mind was blank at the moment, and he wanted to think about Lin Shuanghe's words, but his thinking was frozen like ice frozen in winter.

After a while, Shan Kei muttered to himself:

"Could everything in the legend be true, then..."

He turned to look at Lin Shuanghe, and asked bitterly:

"Is there really an ongoing war coming?"

"Ugh!"

Lin Shuanghe sighed and explained:

"The ancestor gods came to this world to kill the 'Heavenly Demons', but the number of 'Heavenly Demons' far exceeds that of practitioners, and they have survived in this world for 600 years, and they are deeply rooted and powerful.

Later, some practitioners set up a [Deed Banner] in this world, and signed three war contracts with the 'Heavenly Demon'.

The rules of war contract are as follows:

[-]. This battle should focus on the attack of various creatures in the 'Mountain and Sea Realm'.

People outside the world are not allowed to conquer each other and directly attack the intelligent creatures in this world, but they can guide the development of the creatures in the 'mountain and sea world'.

400. The time limit for this war is 200 years. During the first 200 years, the two sides are not allowed to initiate wars. After [-] years, they will no longer be protected by the contract rules.

Three, according to the outcome of the war to determine the outcome between practitioners and the 'demon'.

As a result of this battle, if the creatures under the agent of the practitioner win, the 'Tianmo' will be sealed, and after the imprisonment of the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' is lifted, the 'Tianmo' will be expelled from this world.

If the winner of this battle is the 'Tianmo', the cultivator will no longer interfere with what the 'Tianmo' does in this world, and the practitioner will leave this world on his own after the imprisonment of the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' is lifted.

Because this battle is a war between practitioners and the 'Tianmo', it is also called the 'War of Dao Demon'.

But although it is a war between practitioners and 'demons'.

But in the end, the "mountain and sea world" is used as the chessboard, and the creatures in this world are used as pawns to conquer each other. In the end, it is up to us to decide which side wins. "

As the scroll of history unfolded, Shan Ke finally knew everything, but instead of feeling relaxed, his mood became even heavier.

"Shuanghe, how do you know all this?"

Yamaguchi asked a question.

Lin Shuanghe said calmly:
"The tribe chosen by the ancestor god to participate in the war is the Xiawan tribe. What happened to [Qifan] was told by him to Yanhongcan and other high-level tribes. As for other things, some are from historical records, and some are just guesses."

Shan Ke was silent for a moment, and said somewhat angrily:

"Since it is a war between practitioners and the 'Heavenly Demon', why do we involve the creatures of this world? This is really unfair to us."

Hearing this, Lin Shuanghe let out an incomprehensible laugh.

"Hey, someone asked the ancestor god the same question back then.

But the ancestor god replied, do you pay attention to the ants under your feet when you walk, in our eyes, you are the same as ants, all you have to do is obey, no need to consider your thoughts. "

Shan Ke felt even more dissatisfied, and cried out with a 'hum':
"It seems that the ancestor gods also have ulterior motives for helping us, if that's the case, then just ignore this war.

Anyway, he can't attack us, let alone he has already fallen. "

Lin Shuanghe shook his head and sighed:

"There are no eggs under the nest, this is the explanation made by the ancestor god back then, when the war comes, it will not not join because you don't want to join.

Listen clearly, this is a war that will last for 200 years, and no intelligent being can escape it.

Moreover, there will only be one winner in this war. "

After a short pause, Lin Shuanghe said again:

"Actually, the ancestor god did a good job, at least he didn't hide the root cause of this war.

And back then, he also killed He Zhongjiao for the sake of the people of 'Sui Village', and because of this, he was condemned by heaven and fell. "

Shankaku finally understood why the kingdom spends [-]% of its taxes on military development every year.

After thinking about it, Shan Ke felt tight and asked:

"When will the war break out?"

Lin Shuanghe took a slight breath and said slowly:

"This year is the [-]rd year of the lunar calendar. This calendar was promulgated by the ancestor gods after the practitioners signed a war contract with the 'Tianmo'.

Another seven years, that is, the 200th year of the lunar calendar, the 200-year rule protection of the war contract will lose its effect.

At that time, a war sweeping all living beings in this world will come. "

Shankaku murmured to himself:
"Seven years!"

The footsteps of the war are so close, but he has not made any psychological preparations, and he can't help feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.

"Can we win?"

Lin Shuanghe smiled wryly.

This is a life-and-death battle, and who dares to say that he will definitely win this victory!
"King Sun, you have to understand one thing, our world is very backward.

Without the help of the ancestor gods, we would not even have characters and surnames, we would wear grass skirts made of animal skins, and the weapon in our hands would be just a bone.

And the civilizations of these outsiders and the "Heavenly Demons" are very developed, that is to say, not only the ancestor gods have passed on all this knowledge to us, but other tribes have also obtained different civilization inheritances.

The reason why we have not encountered tribes or countries with other civilizations is that because of the protection of the war contract, all the tribes that are ready to go can only develop in situ.

However, the ancestral gods fell early, and other tribes have been guided by outsiders and "demons" for nearly 200 years, so we are at a disadvantage now. "

As soon as these words came out, Shan Ke's heart became even heavier.

Lin Shuanghe didn't want Shanxue to lose his fighting spirit, so he asked in a deep voice:

"Prince Xie, do you know which army is the most powerful in your country?"

Yamaguchi blurted out:
"This country is undoubtedly the strongest in controlling strings!"

Lin Shuanghe gave an 'hmm' and said again:

"Do you know the name of the ancestor god?"

Sankaku tried hard to recall for a moment, then hesitated and said:
"Is the ancestor god named Ruyi Layman?"

Lin Shuanghe nodded and said:
"Ruyi layman is just the Taoist name of the ancestor god. His surname is Zhang, his first name is Ke, and his name is Ruyi."

After a short pause, he continued:
"According to the ancestor god, the surname Zhang originated from the person who first invented the bow and arrow in his realm.

Therefore, the ancestor god deliberately introduced this method of bow and arrow to his country, and for this reason, the crossbow soldiers in his country are the most powerful.

This is the advantage of the country, and perhaps in this continuous war in the future, it will be this weapon that ultimately depends on the outcome.

Therefore, this war does not necessarily mean that the country will not win. "

Although Shan Ke knew that Lin Shuanghe's words were comforting himself, he had to say that his heart was indeed somewhat at ease.

Over the past 100 years, the Suzaku Kingdom has grown from 40 people in five cities to nearly [-] million people in eight hundred cities.

The area has also expanded from hundreds of miles at the beginning to 400 million square kilometers today.

There have been 72 tribes integrated into the kingdom.

Shan Ke secretly calculated the military strength of the country.

'Now the total number of soldiers in the country is 600 million, divided into twelve battalions, each with 50 soldiers.

Among them, there are three battalions of cavalry, one battalion of light cavalry, one battalion of heavy cavalry, and one battalion of ranger cavalry.

The Sixth Battalion of the Infantry Army has the largest number of people, with 300 million people.

The third battalion of the Navy has [-] large ships and [-] small and medium ships. '

It cannot be said that this strength is not strong, and Sankaku has always been proud of it in the past, but after a little calculation at this time, he suddenly found that this strength is not enough at all.

There are 600 large cities in the country, [-] small cities, and countless villages and towns, all of which require troops to garrison, and [-] million soldiers are not many.

What's more, the knowledge he learned since childhood told him that if he wants to minimize the damage to the country, he must fight the war outside the country.

This means that the kingdom must have an absolutely powerful foreign military force.

There are some things that can't be thought about carefully, the more you think about it, the more anxious Shan Ke becomes.

"Did Father know about the upcoming war?"

Lin Shuanghe said slowly:

"How can the monarch not know about such a major event, but..."

Lin Shuanghe sighed softly:

"Now the country is skeptical about the coming of war, don't you do the same?
It's like a fire, no one will pay attention to it until it burns to your own house. "

Shan Ke was speechless. Before he came to the 'Land of God's Fall', he didn't think so.

"Ah~~!"

night.

The bright moon is in the sky, and the moonlight shines through the window lattice and shines on the bed.

Shanxue tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

What Lin Shuanghe said today had a great impact on him, and he was full of thoughts.

For a while, he fantasizes that he is leading the army to fight outside and is invincible, and for a while, he seems to see the flames of war in the country, and countless people are crying and fleeing under the enemy's iron hooves.

"Alas~! It would be great if the ancestor god is still alive!"

Shan Ke couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the vitality of the world seemed to be undergoing drastic changes.

'Um? '

Shan Yu climbed up from the bed, relying on his natural sensitivity to vitality to investigate quietly and carefully.

"Chachacha~chachacha~"

The candle flames flickered erratically, the ground trembled slightly, and the teacups on the desk made a slight knocking sound after being shaken.

After feeling it for a while, Shan Ke suddenly discovered that the source of the fluctuation of vitality came from the stone statue of the ancestor god.

His heart tightened suddenly, he turned over and rolled off the bed, and with a backhand move, the sheathed long knife flew into his palm, before he had time to put on his clothes, he kicked open the door and rushed outside barefoot.

At this time, some other people were also alarmed and came out of their residences one after another.

Shan Ke followed the induction and saw that the nine feet nine feet high stone statue of the ancestor god was trembling constantly.

A moment later, there was a white-gold light shining from the center of the stone statue's eyebrows, and countless cracks like wood grains spread to the whole body of the stone statue from this point.

Soon, dots of platinum light appeared from all over the body of the stone statue.

At this time, Lin Shuanghe also brought dozens of soldiers to Shan Ke's side to protect him.

"Chichichi~~chichichi~~"

After a few breaths, the trembling stone statue suddenly began to disintegrate from top to bottom, and countless gravels scattered downward like water.

"Why did the statue of the ancestor god collapse?"

Lin Shuanghe, who had always been as calm as a mountain, stared dumbfounded at the disintegrating stone statue like a sand dune, and couldn't help stammering.

Not only Lin Shuanghe, but everyone who was looking at the stone statue had the same demented expression.

At this moment, a small figure slowly raised his hands and stretched his waist at the collapsed stone statue.

"Oh, it's finally out."