Chapter 3954 3956 [Time Flies]

Five years later, the emperor passed away, and the thirteenth prince ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the reign title.

Compared with the previous emperor, the thirteenth prince was not only cruel and violent, extravagant and lustful, but also greedy for beauty and indulged in enjoyment.

Therefore, after ascending the throne, in order to satisfy his desires, he imposed heavy taxes and extorted money from the people, causing the people to live in poverty, widespread grief, and civil unrest.

The surrounding small countries had already accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with the Song Dynasty, and also took the opportunity to attack the border cities of the Song Dynasty. For a time, the dynasty was about to fall.

Xiang Nan knew that the troubled times were coming, so after discussing with Tie Ruyun, Tie Xinlan and others, he moved his family to the Poison King Valley. In this way, they could avoid the war and reunite with their relatives.

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Ten years later, the thirteenth prince who ascended the throne eventually emptied his body and died because of his extravagance, drunkenness, wine pools and meat forests, and all-night revelry.

After the death of the thirteenth prince, his only seven-year-old son ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Because they were young and ignorant, they were unable to govern the government, so the government was controlled by powerful officials, which made the court even darker, more corrupt, and more precarious. It also aroused civil unrest and war.

During this period, Xiang Nan, Tie Xinlan, Xiao Yuer, Su Ying and others still lived in seclusion in the Poison King Valley, and opened up fields to grow vegetables and grains.

No army, bandits, refugees, or rebels dared to come here, so it was a rare place of peace in troubled times.

Xiang Nan and his people were self-sufficient and self-reliant here, and they could practice martial arts together at ordinary times. I dare not say that they were as happy as gods, but at least they had no worries about food and clothing.

Five years later, the twelve-year-old emperor was deposed by the powerful officials and a new one was established. The new emperor was the grandson of the thirteenth prince's brother, and was also of royal blood, but he was only three years old.

In this way, the powerful officials continued to control the government, and the Song Dynasty became more and more uneasy. There were rebels and refugees everywhere in the east, south, west, north, and center.

As the saying goes, heroes emerge in troubled times, and those who have troops are kings. Even Jiang Fan and Hua Zifang have gathered a group of people and are ready to make achievements in troubled times.

Xiang Nan and Xiao Yuer have no objection to this.

Xiang Nan has long seen it through, and his children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't worry about them. Xiao Yuer is naturally carefree and puts fun first. For him, fighting for supremacy is nothing more than a new game.

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After Jiang Fan and Hua Zifang started their army, they fought well and quickly conquered a piece of land, becoming a king in troubled times.

Then they continued to attack, and their territory became larger and larger, becoming a famous overlord in the Xianghuai area.

During this period, Li Dazui and Yin Jiuyou, two of the four evil men, died one after another, which made Xiao Yuer very sad.

In his heart, he always regarded Li Dazui and Yin Jiuyou as his own fathers. Now that they have passed away, it is naturally difficult for him to accept it.

Two years later, Jiang Fan and Hua Zifang's army had already fought to the Jiangnan area, and their power was already very large. During this period, the mad lion Tie Ruyun also died of illness, which made Tie Xinlan cry.

Du Sha and Hahaer also died soon after. At this time, Jiang Fan and Hua Zifang had unified Jiangnan and occupied Jinling. Hua Zifang then proclaimed himself emperor, named the country Han, changed the year to Tianyuan, and named Jiang Fan as the king of one character.

He named Xiang Nan as the emperor, Tie Xinlan as the empress dowager, Xiao Yuer as King Jing, Su Ying as the princess of King Jing, etc. In short, he gave great rewards and promoted everyone.

Xiang Nan completely sneered at this and wrote a letter to scold the two stinky boys. He started to show off as soon as he conquered the Xianghuai and Jiangnan areas, and he also proclaimed himself emperor. It was simply nonsense.

You know, there are a total of 36 routes in the world, and Xianghuai and Jiangnan are only two routes, and they are also places that must be fought for by military strategists. So it is really hard to say whether it can be defended.

Because since ancient times, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, almost no one has been able to fight from south to north. After all, northerners are more valiant and have the advantage of cavalry.

So the two brats were eager to become emperors and act arrogantly after conquering two territories, which was simply ridiculous.

However, Hua Zifang and Jiang Fan were in a rebellious period, and they fought smoothly after raising troops, so they didn't listen to Xiang Nan at all.

As a result, three years later, the Han Kingdom established by the two was attacked by other forces on three sides, and the main force was eventually wiped out, the capital was breached, and the former power was also wiped out.

Fortunately, Xiang Nan was quite capable and rescued Hua Zifang, Jiang Fan and their beloved concubines and children on a giant crane, saving them from martyrdom.

"Stinky brats, I told you not to be so arrogant, to build high walls, store up food, and be kings slowly. You have conquered so many territories, but you can't wait to be emperors and ancestors. You are really bold.

Now you are fine, are you still arrogant to me?" Xiang Nan scolded the two.

Hua Zifang and Jiang Fan had nothing to say at this time.

They thought they could create a career, but unfortunately it all vanished in the end.

Fortunately, there is a green mountain, and there is no worry about lack of firewood. Although they lost the throne, they still have a life. It is not bad to be a rich man and a hero.

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During these three years, Chang Baicao and Su Rushi also died one after another.

In the following two years, Yan Nantian also died. After his death, Xiang Nan buried his ashes next to the graves of Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenu, so that they can be brothers together in the underworld.

Not long after Yan Nantian died, Xiang Nan received a letter from Yihua Palace, which was sent to him by Lianxing, hoping that he would come to Yihua Palace.

Xiang Nan brought Tie Xinlan, Hua Zifang and others to Yihua Palace, and saw that the originally magnificent Yihua Palace was now covered with white silk, and all the colorful flowers were gone, and all were changed to white and yellow.

Xiang Nan felt a little uneasy.

Sure enough, when he came to the palace, he saw Yao Yue's coffin was placed in the palace, and Lian Xing was leading people to offer incense.

"Second Master...Master, she..." Xiang Nan asked in a voiceless voice.

"Master, she passed away, but don't be sad, she passed away peacefully." Lianxing waved her hand.

More than thirty years ago, after Yao Yue drank Wangchuan water and was hypnotized by Dafa, she had forgotten Jiang Feng, Hua Wuque, Xiao Yu'er and others, so during the following period, she basically had no worries. It's about practicing martial arts and managing Yihua Palace.

Because she had no worries in her heart, she lived quite happily in the second half of her life, so she died a good death.

"That's good." Xiang Nan nodded, and then took his wife, Hua Zifang and others to kneel down and salute Yao Yue.

As the saying goes, no matter how much hatred there is in the past, people are dead when they die, and there is no need to continue to struggle.

"Master, I have come to see you with my wife and children." Xiang Nan prayed, "No matter how many grudges we had back then, let them all be wiped out.

I hope that in that life, after drinking Meng Po Soup, you can forget all your past lives, reincarnate well, and have a wonderful marriage, a loving husband, and well-behaved children in your next life. Master, take care. "