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Chapter 438 Price and Promise (asking for monthly ticket)
Outside the palace, all civil and military officials knelt down, with Wei Yiwen being the chief among the civil officials. This prime minister had followed Jiang Wanxiang before Jiang Wanxiang had completely risen to power. At that time, Jiang Wanxiang was already over 30 years old, while Wei Yiwen was just a teenager.

There is a twenty-year age difference between the two.

He first served as a recorder in the civil service, and later assisted Jiang Wanxiang in ascending the throne and was a loyal minister. He followed Jiang Wanxiang in his campaigns, repeatedly stopped the Turks, and put down the rebellion of the three parties. Later, when Ying State was stabilized, Wei Yiwen ascended to the throne at the youngest age in history.

He was the Minister of the Left and also the Minister of Justice of Ying State, and was appointed to the position of a pillar of the country.

He made new laws, fought wars in the south and the north, developed agriculture and sericulture, renovated the new capital, and was highly respected. However, such a meritorious Duke of the State, kneeling here at this moment, seemed a little dazed and absent-minded.

In the dim candlelight, Wei Yiwen recalled everything about Jiang Wanxiang, and for a moment he lost his mind about party and government affairs. But he was old after all. He glanced sideways and saw the civil and military officials kneeling outside the palace. Their expressions changed.

Everyone knows that His Majesty is probably dying.

Throughout the world, the States of Chen, Ying, and Tuyuhun had all enjoyed three hundred years of national prosperity. Tuyuhun was defeated first. The States of Chen and Ying each had their own drawbacks, but the drawbacks of Ying, the calamities of the civil and military officials and the political party, were forcibly suppressed because of the reign of this wise and capable emperor.

But now, the real dragon that suppresses these heroes is no longer able to do anything.

The sharpness and fangs of these civil and military officials began to show.

Even before Jiang Wanxiang died, one could already vaguely sense the hostility and confrontation between these civil and military officials from their actions and expressions; one could also vaguely glimpse their party entanglements from their words and actions.

The civil and military officials, all kinds of people, and the changes in people's hearts have all surfaced.

With the death of Emperor Yingguo in a coma, it was as if the water level over the entire Yingguo had dropped, and all the human hearts, calculations, and contradictions between the civil and military generals all surfaced.

All of them are domineering generals and arrogant civil officials.

After your Majesty leaves, whether it is the Crown Prince or the Second Prince, who can suppress them?
If it can be suppressed, the Daying Kingdom can still maintain its majestic momentum. But if it cannot be suppressed, will Daying collapse from within?
Wei Yiwen knelt there quietly with his sleeves hanging down. He seemed to hear people's hearts and see their sharpness. His Majesty wanted to die, but the civil and military officials had already begun to look at him as sharp as swords and their sharpness was cold. In the occasional casual conversation, some hidden things had already emerged.

"Your Majesty, please protect the dragon's body. If anything happens to Your Majesty..."

"Shut up! What are you talking about? Your Majesty is blessed by heaven, how could anything happen to him?"

"Hateful Wolf King, hateful Chen State, hateful Qin Wu Hou!"

"We will definitely seek revenge!"

As they talked, they didn't know when it started to rain from the sky. The raindrops fell on the palace walls. Wei Yiwen knelt there and suddenly said, "My dear lords!"

When he opened his mouth to speak, he spoke each word with great vigor, as if he was suppressing the rivalry among the civil and military officials, ministers from the aristocratic families, and generals, as well as the things hidden beneath the rivalry.

Everyone looked at the prime minister, and Wei Yiwen said solemnly: "Your Majesty, he is still here!"

Thunder burst out in the sky, illuminating the dark clouds on both sides, and rain fell heavily. Among the officials, a minister said: "The Prime Minister is right. Your Majesty's body must be fine."

He calmly suppressed Wei Yiwen's warning.

Wei Yiwen clenched his fists under his sleeves, but he also knew that all the powerful generals and members of the noble families in the world had their own power and foundations. At this moment, with Jiang Wanxiang in trouble, everyone's thoughts changed.

At this moment, steady and solemn footsteps sounded.

The eunuch's voice shouted:

"Grand Marshal, Grand General, Grand Master, First-Rank Zhenguo Duke, Jiang Su is here!!!"

The ambitions of the civil and military officials, which had arisen because the dragon who suppressed them was no longer there, froze at this moment. Jiang Su did not change his clothes and remained in military uniform, with blood from the suppression of the rebellion still stained on his robe.

All the civil and military officials turned around and looked. Between the palace gates, the tall Grand Tutor with his white hair hanging down, looked solemn and cold, like a giant pillar supporting the sky, carrying an indescribable sense of oppression.

Wei Yiwen and Jiang Susu have never been very harmonious, but at this moment, he actually let out a long breath, with a vague feeling that his tense spirit had finally stabilized.

Jiang Su ignored everyone and strode to the front of the palace.

The Spear of Annihilation in his hand was directly inserted into the ground, still as sharp as when he conquered the world, which completely extinguished the fire of ambition in the hearts of countless people. Jiang Su simply ignored the eunuch's obstruction, pushed open the palace door, and strode in.

But a moment ago——

Jiang Yuan had made up his mind. He called his father, but his father did not respond. So he gritted his teeth, took a step forward, stretched out his hand, and helped Jiang Wanxiang up.

It seemed that because he had slept for too long, Jiang Wanxiang's body became extremely heavy and difficult to move. It took a long time to help Jiang Wanxiang up. Jiang Yuan looked at the medicinal soup with a strange color, his face showing countless emotions, and finally he gritted his teeth.

He put the medicine soup close to Jiang Wanxiang's lips.

Looked up.

He met a pair of eyes as cold as frost.

Jiang Wanxiang, wake up!

Just looked at Jiang Yuan coldly.

Jiang Yuan's body stiffened, and Jiang Wanxiang asked, "What do you want me to drink?"

Jiang Yuan's body was stiff, he gritted his teeth and spoke word by word:
"Let father drink the medicine soup."

At this moment, he felt boundless fear, a fear that almost made his heart clench tightly. But at the same time, Jiang Yuan seemed to be ready to risk it all, and said calmly, "I am worried about my father's health. The imperial physician sent this medicine to me, and I was just about to serve it to my father."

Jiang Yuan faced Jiang Wanxiang's gaze without any hesitation.

wow-

The door opened, and the cold wind of autumn swept in, carrying a bloody smell. Jiang Su's solemn voice came: "Your Majesty, I am late. Is Your Majesty okay?!"

Jiang Wanxiang stared at Jiang Yuan with cold eyes.

Jiang Yuan knew that if the medicine was investigated, he would be killed without a burial place, so at this moment he pretended that there was no problem at all, but pretended to be startled. His wrist trembled, and the bowl of medicine in his hand fell to the ground. With a crisp sound, the medicine and the poison dispersed.

Jiang Yuan exclaimed: "Ah, what a pity, the medicine soup!"

Jiang Su strode in, his eyes swept over Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan stiffly lowered his eyes and stepped back, not daring to confront Grand Tutor Jiang Su. Jiang Su took a few steps forward, ignoring Jiang Yuan, just looking at Jiang Wanxiang, stretched out his hand to transfer vitality to Jiang Wanxiang, and said:
"Your Majesty, do not worry about the general situation of the world, and do not damage your roots."

Jiang Wanxiang smiled and nodded, his face thin, his eyes swept across Jiang Su's arms that were still as strong as before, and looked at his son with cold and indifferent eyes, then he saw the prince who hurried out over there.

The prince looked pale, covered in dust, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

Jiang Wanxiang sighed deeply and finally moved his sharp gaze away from Jiang Yuan. Jiang Gao found that Jiang Wanxiang had woken up, and a look of joy finally appeared on his face. He ran over quickly and directly held Jiang Wanxiang's hand.

"Dad, you're okay! Are you awake? You're okay!"

Jiang Gao called out the old name directly at this moment. Jiang Wanxiang gently patted Jiang Gao's palm and said softly, "Dad is very good, very good. It's very good that the Grand Master is here."

Jiang Gao saw the medicine spilled on the ground and looked at Jiang Yuan beside him.

"what happened?"

Jiang Yuan whispered, "Just now the Grand Tutor came back with such a strong evil spirit that I was a little dazed at the time and accidentally dropped the medicine cup on the ground." There was guilt on his face, and it came from the bottom of his heart. You couldn't tell at all that he was planning to attack his father just now.

Jiang Gao looked at the guilt and regret on his face.

Patting his shoulder, he looked tolerant and said, "Father is in trouble, you were frightened and confused for a while, which is normal. But now dad is awake, it's good that he is awake..."

Jiang Wanxiang laughed: "Ahaha, that's right, your father still has plenty of time and energy, he was just bumped by that old dog, it's nothing, he just had a good sleep!"

"You two, you look like princes, you have lost your manners. Gao'er, go to the back and ask the doctor to make another medicine soup. Yuan'er, you clean up here."

"Yes! Father, please take a rest. I will go right away!"

Jiang Gao agreed, turned around and ran out quickly. At the corner, he wiped his tears and whispered, "Mom, your spirit in heaven finally blessed my father. I just hope that in the future, my father, Ayuan and I can still be together."

He hurried to find the imperial physician, and Jiang Yuan lowered his head to pack up the medicine.

There are only him, Jiang Su and Jiang Wanxiang here.

Jiang Yuan lowered his head to pack his things. Jiang Wanxiang looked at him and suddenly asked, "Yuan'er, what did you give me to eat?"

Jiang Yuan's body froze, and he lowered his head and said, "It's a medicinal soup. It was prepared by the imperial physician for you, father. He said it can nourish the spirit and replenish vitality. It's a great panacea."

Jiang Wanxiang asked: "Really?"

He sat up again, not at all like an old man who had just coughed up blood and fainted for a few days. His eyebrows were gray, but still as sharp as two newly forged swords. He leaned over and picked up a broken porcelain bowl, which contained some medicinal soup.

Jiang Wanxiang said: "In ancient times, filial sons would taste the chicken soup themselves before feeding it to their parents to tell whether it was hot or cold. You should taste this medicinal soup for me first!" As he spoke, he pushed the porcelain bowl in his hand forward.

Jiang Yuan's heart almost stopped beating. He knew what was in the medicine soup. He looked at Jiang Wanxiang and saw the majestic and solemn temperament on Jiang Wanxiang's face, like an old and arrogant dragon.

My father was not actually in a coma.

He is in disguise!
He knows everything!
Know everything!

The indifferent gaze of this contemporary hero seemed to penetrate into Jiang Yuan's heart and penetrate his soul.

A trace of fear emerged in Jiang Yuan's heart. Jiang Wanxiang sat there, as if he had become the majestic, powerful and omnipotent father when he was young again, as if he could intimidate him with just one glance. Next to him, Grand Tutor Jiang Su had already grasped the sword at his waist.

Jiang Yuan knew that any hesitation would mean death.

This is a situation where ordinary people will die.

But there was not a trace of doubt on his face. He held the most poisonous medicine in the world and drank it. At this moment, Jiang Wanxiang suddenly moved his wrist and dropped the medicine to the ground.

He took advantage of the situation and exhaled a burst of energy, pushing Jiang Yuan out, making him sit on the ground and leaning against the messy tables and chairs. If not for this, Jiang Yuan would have swallowed the poisonous medicine soup containing Fei's heart blood.

Jiang Yuan fell to the ground. Jiang Wanxiang looked at him and said, "Okay, okay!"

"You are fine!"

These three consecutive "yes" seemed to have exhausted Jiang Wanxiang's energy. He looked at his son, whose face still showed confusion and regret at this moment, and finally sighed, waved his hand, and let Jiang Yuan leave.

Jiang Su looked at these things, leaned over, picked up a bit of the medicine soup with his fingers, and said, "The medicine soup is poisonous, it's Fei. It looks like Jiang Yuan poisoned it?"

Jiang Wanxiang closed his eyes, nodded, and smiled:

"I pretended to faint just to test these two people."

"Jiang Yuan, he is so cruel, so cunning, and has such a temperament. He is also determined to lead troops back to the capital at a critical moment. Grand Tutor, tell me, after I leave, who should be given the throne of Daying?"

"A pure and gentle gentleman who takes everything in its proper way."

"Or is he a ruthless, cunning, and vicious criminal?"

Jiang Wanxiang sat there, Jiang Su looked at him, and finally answered, saying:

"I don't know, sir."

"Haha, is there something you don't know, Grand Tutor?" Jiang Wanxiang looked at Jiang Su and couldn't help laughing. There was already a hint of fatigue in that laughter. Jiang Su looked at the old man and suddenly thought of the distant past. At that time, he already had an invincible reputation in the world, but the emperor and dignitaries of Ying State at that time did not believe him.

At that time, Jiang Su was just like the Qilin of the past. He enjoyed honor but was subject to various restrictions. Such restrictions even occurred on his path of martial arts practice. He used the Qi of a country as a chain and added it to the evil spirit of military strategists.

The poison is the energy of the emperor's magical power, and the poison is the legend of martial arts.

Even the martial arts legend could not escape it. When Ying State's national fortune declined, Jiang Su would also die because of the country's fortune. This was like a way of treating a dead soldier. The young Jiang Wanxiang found him.

Then he used his sword to cut the chain of luck.

"Is that so? The destiny of the country and the people is also tainted. Did father and grandfather use this filth of the world as chains to lock you up?"

"Then I will bear the filth of the world."

"I want to swallow up the world. I have this great wish. Grand Master, are you willing to help me?"

In Jiang Su's eyes, a hundred years passed slowly. The young man who had the world in his eyes back then has aged to what he is now. In Jiang Su's only remaining eyes, there is a complex emotion.

Jiang Wanxiang said: "Oh...it's raining heavily outside, and the civil and military officials are waiting."

He originally wanted to wear the majestic imperial attire, but even if he pretended to be dead, he couldn't fake his physical weakness. After trying it, he just sighed and said, "I'm old, old."

"I am a little weak after all. Master, can you carry me out and have a few words with them?"

Jiang Su inserted the magic sword in his hand into the ground, flicked his battle robe, turned around and knelt on one knee, put his hands behind his back, and let Jiang Wanxiang lie on his back. Jiang Su stood up, still like a towering mountain, and he walked out slowly.

Jiang Wanxiang lowered his eyes and smiled:

"This time, although I am only pretending, it is almost the same. If it is not close to the truth, how can I hide it from these people? When I was here, they were all ministers who made contributions to the country. Now that I am gone, no one can stop them."

"They are convinced by me, but it's a pity that they are just convinced by me."

"Do you know Wei Shanlan? He fought for his country on the battlefield without caring about his life, but later he became corrupt, a huge corrupt official. I asked him to return the money, but he said he could give me his life, but he was unwilling to give me the money."

"He said that he had sacrificed his life for the country, so why did he take away his money? He had done so much for the country, so how about enjoying himself? But, ahem, his enjoyment made the people of several counties miserable and poor, and almost starved to death."

"There are also Long Taiyue and Ji Shushuang..."

"Oh, they are all loyal ministers and generals of the country, but it's a pity that no one can suppress them when I'm gone."

"Master, I pretended to be dead this time because I wanted you to come back."

"Otherwise, I'm really worried that you, Grand Master, would get too emotional in the fight with Li Guanyi, and in your anger, you would drag the world into the abyss. Hahaha, you really are back..."

"You are the only one who remains unchanged."

Jiang Su walked out step by step. The old man behind him was no longer the young man he had been at the beginning. His big dreams and aspirations had also decayed over the years.

Outside, all the officials were murmuring in low voices, and there were factional struggles among the civil and military officials in the court. Amid the sound of wind and rain, the palace door was suddenly pushed open again. All the officials looked up and could not help but tremble violently in their hearts.

A solemn and murderous aura rolled over, and it even beat down the autumn wind and rain. The Spear of Annihilation roared proudly.

All the civil and military officials were in dead silence as they watched the tall Grand Tutor Jiang Su walk out carrying the aged king on his back.

There was no sound for a moment.

Grand Tutor Jiang Su reached out and grabbed the magic spear, his eyes sweeping forward.

Wei Yiwen saw Jiang Wanxiang and stood up and said, "Your Majesty!!"

He stood up almost instinctively and was about to go over to support him, but when he saw the old man looking up at him, his body suddenly froze. He was clearly in his twilight years and seemed about to die, but at this moment the old man exuded an unprecedented fierce aura of an emperor.

Like a dragon that is growing more majestic and violent as it grows old.

All the civil and military officials were shocked.

Jiang Wanxiang looked at the civil and military officials, taking in the purpose of his fake death, which was to see all the forces clearly, and said, "My lords, I am still here, and Da Ying is still here."

"Why bother coming to the funeral so early?"

The pair of old eyes swept over, taking in the entire situation of the Daying State that had surfaced. With this fake death, who knows how many hidden people would be exposed, and who knows how many people's suppressed desires would be aroused.

For someone like him, even his own death can be used as a strategy.

He is a hero as magnanimous and domineering as the King of Shenwu.

A man who refuses to obey orders in this life will not die in bed or at the hands of women and children.

Jiang Wanxiang pointed to the sky, his expression as carefree and heroic as always:
"It's so late."

"Gentlemen, please go back first."

"Go, go, go back. I won't serve dinner today."

The civil and military officials wanted to congratulate the emperor for waking up, but for some reason they could not speak, so they had to get up and leave. Just as they were leaving in the wind and rain, the emperor on the other side said, "It is dark and stormy today, gentlemen."

“Slow down!”

"Don't fall down, hahahaha."

The civil and military officials felt as if they were being watched by a real dragon. A boundless chill suddenly rose in their hearts. All the civil and military officials had already left. The palace was lonely and desolate. Jiang Wanxiang patted Jiang Su on the shoulder and said tiredly, "I'm tired, Grand Tutor..."

"Then I'll take you back."

"No, it's been so stuffy inside these days, and it rarely rains."

"Walk around this palace."

Jiang Su remained silent, holding the magic weapon Ji Mie, Jiang Wanxiang looked at the sky and said:

"This world is in turmoil."

"Since the day we met, you have been carrying me on your back for decades."

"After this, I may have to trouble you again, Grand Master."

Jiang Su smiled calmly and said, "Why, decades ago, you were so bold and unrestrained, saying that you wanted to swallow up the world, and you were so bold and arrogant that you asked me to help you and the boy from the Gao family to go to Zhongzhou to snatch the emperor's wedding scene."

"Jiang Wanxiang is a man of affection and justice, but he is also a man of lawlessness."

"Talk about this sad thing."

"It doesn't match you."

Jiang Wanxiang laughed: "Hahaha, you still remember something like this."

Jiang Su said: "If not, how would the world know that you and I have been here? In the history books of the future, it will only record how arrogant you are. No one knows that you practiced hard when you were young and worked day and night."

Jiang Wanxiang chuckled for a long time and said:

"It is really a great honor for me to meet you in this life."

"Old friend."

"I have more than one year left. Let me ride on this chaotic world for a while. After all, how can a person just willingly die of old age? Dying of old age is a very different feeling than dying in the prime of life."

"When I was young, I felt that dying on the road was a worthy death, a happy one."

“I knew I was going to die of old age.”

"I've been afraid, I've been weak, I've been unwilling, I've been angry, but in the end, you still have to look like me."

"How can people like you and me allow ourselves to be laughed at by the world?"

Jiang Su did not answer. His battle robe was rolled up, staining it with blood. He was holding the magic spear and carrying Jiang Wanxiang on his back. At this moment, he was carrying the old emperor and the country within a radius of thousands of miles, just like decades ago, when he was carrying the young man who was exhausted from practicing spear and his arrogant dream.

Jiang Wanxiang fell into a deep sleep. Jiang Su walked slowly, and each step seemed to be the same distance. Looking up, the rain falling on the entire palace stagnated in the void, and then flew upwards against the sky and earth as his sleeves rolled up.

According to martial arts legend, one's lifespan is long, and when one comes to this world, he or she will eventually have something to persist in.

I will keep my promise to you for my whole life.

No matter what, no matter what means, I will let you see the world that you and I painted that day.

Jiang Su walked away step by step, carrying his old friend and his country on his back.

"Whatever the cost."

"Da Ying will definitely unify the world."

After this day, the entire Ying State began to purge itself internally.

Emperor Jiang Wanxiang of Ying State used his death to expose all the hidden dangers in the court. The unruly ministers who would have exploded completely in the future were lured out by him, and then, this dying Canglong.

Picked up the knife.

Chen Dingye laughed for a long time when he learned what happened in Ying State. However, when he heard that Jiang Wanxiang was not dead, he just sighed with regret and said that Jiang Yuan was incompetent and could not bear to be ruthless. If he had been ruthless this time.

Being killed by Jiang Gao and Jiang Su is something that can be recorded in history.

Enough for a good drink.

It was rare for Emperor Chen Dingye to be so happy, and the mood of all the officials improved accordingly.

But his joy didn't last long.

The officials' relief did not last.

Soon, a military order arrived.

The content of the article made Chen Dingye laugh heartily, but the laughter disappeared in an instant and he could no longer laugh.

The words on the scroll were cold and icy.

[Yue's army rebelled and attacked several cities in Dachen]

【Li Guanyi, the Marquis of Qin, surrendered】

(End of this chapter)