"The Lantern Festival!"

Dingguo Gong Xu Xi sat alone in the cold and quiet back garden, looking up at the full moon in the sky, a touch of sadness flowing away. The entire Dingguo Gong's mansion was cold and cold, with an indescribable loneliness.

This is not only the case here, but also in the surrounding palaces of princes and princes. There are only some lanterns in the main entrance hall, but there are no lanterns in other places. The cold and quiet environment, the lanterns set off are weak, and the prosperity in the distance is bright and full of fireworks.

The scene is completely opposite.

This is an abandoned place. The fact is indeed the case. Who asked the nobles to commit suicide? When His Majesty ascended the throne, they were greedy and wanted to covet the inheritance of Zhu Youxiao, who was still the grandson, and sat back and watched the Donglin Party.

A group of daring guys staged a coup.

Originally, the emperor wanted to take advantage of the Hongwan case to catch all these guys, but due to the formality of his first accession to the throne, he was blocked by Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant at the time, so he gave up.

If you just give up and live with your tail between your legs from now on, maybe nothing will happen. But I didn't expect that Wei Guogong, who came from the same family as him, died a big death. He actually betrayed Gu Guoen and raised a flag to rebel, and even became so powerful that it swept across the country.

The entire southern Zhili.

After repeatedly trying to commit suicide, these nobles have become nothing but a pile of shit. They are disliked by everyone and they always walk around in circles. Even during the Chinese New Year, not many people came to visit them.

When it comes to the fun-filled Shangyuan Festival, it is even more cold as ice and as quiet as the Nine Netherworld.

"It's the Lantern Festival!" Xu Xi poured a glass of wine and drank it. The hot palace wine dispelled the coldness on his body and made him feel slightly dizzy.

On the coffee table in front of him, there were several transparent glass bottles lying down. It was obvious that he had drank a lot.

Xu Xi looked at the fireworks that kept exploding and disappearing with blurred eyes. He could imagine how brilliant the lights would be tonight and how beautiful the little lady on the street would be. He thought back to the time when Emperor Wanli helped

In North Korea, the Shangyuan Festival after defeating the Japanese was also so prosperous and brilliant.

"It's just that these have nothing to do with me after all. We are just a bunch of old guys." Xu Xi muttered something, but he kept moving. After another glass of wine, his head became dizzy.

"We are all old men, we are all old men!" Xu Xi cried and shouted, like a naughty boy who had lost his beloved toy.

"Brother Wei Xian, brother Wei Xian, it's better for you to leave well and decisively!"

"You're leaving so well!"

The crying continued, and Xu Xi drank three glasses of wine in a row. Unexpectedly, the face of British Duke Zhang Weixian appeared in front of his eyes.

"You are so decisive. There are more than 300 people in the whole family. You are so ruthless. You only left your grandson Zhang Shize and several biological sisters."

"I laughed at you at the beginning. After the whole family died, I got nothing. I was deprived of my title, and the family property was gone, leaving only my grandchildren. I also praised Zhu Chunchen's luck, and some of the leaders of the family died.

Yes, the juniors all survived. Although they had to work hard in Liaodong for a lifetime, they survived after all." Xu Xi murmured to himself, his expression gradually going crazy.

"But I was wrong, I was wrong, you are the real master, the real master!" He roared to the sky, venting his depression, "Look at Zhang Shize, now in charge of the imperial palace and becoming the little emperor's confidant

, confidant!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Suddenly, Xu Xi lay down again and cried loudly, "I'm not as good as you, I'm not as good as you!"

The crying lasted for a long time, and the shouting of "I'm not as good as you" also lasted for a long time. When the moon set in the west, the sound gradually stopped. Xu Xi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he saw his teeth biting his lower lip fiercely.

I don't care even if I bleed.

Staggeringly, he stood up, walked to another table next to him, and picked up his pen. The brush that used to be so light and nimble now seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, making him tremble so hard that he could hardly hold it, until he whipped himself hard.

After a slap in the face, his hand stabilized.

The crisp sound carried far under the night sky, but no one knew it. His cheeks quickly swelled under the force, but Xu Xi couldn't care less. In his eyes, there was only the memorial on the table.

Suddenly, he started writing violently, and a memorial was quickly formed. Bang, he closed the memorial and didn't even look at it after he finished writing.

"I'm sorry to all my ancestors!" Xu Xi fell to his knees and cried again. This time, he never got up again.

Under the same moon, Xu Xi is not the only one who is sad.

More than two hundred miles away from Fujian, there is a large island called Ryukyu. At this time, a village was gathered on the back of the island, where Keelung Port would later be located. On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, this place far away from the mainland also

They were celebrating, they were celebrating that they finally had a home.

Zheng Zhilong, Xu Xinsu, and Yan Siqi, without their entourage, strolled along the edge of the port, walking around casually. At this time, even the ferocious pirate ships were hung with painted lanterns, but this warm atmosphere seemed unable to infect them.

, the expressions of the three of them were cold and lifeless.

"You..." After a long time, Xu Xinsu said, "You..."

However, after several conversations in a row, he finally ran out of words.

After Wang Siyuan's death, the fleet was divided into three parts, with each of the three occupying one share. Zheng Zhilong occupied Penghu, Yan Siqi guarded Ryukyu, and only Xu Xinsu escaped and finally settled in Xiaoliuqiu.

After experiencing the massive Southern Zhili Uprising, the three of them no longer wanted to find a small island as their home base. It would be too lonely.

At this time, among the customary appellation of the Ming Dynasty government, the Ryukyu Kingdom on the Ryukyu Islands was the orthodox one, and Taiwan was called Little Ryukyu at this time. However, the three of them were vulgar and naturally did not know these traditions, so they just called it according to its actual size.

Zheng Zhilong watched with cold eyes, his mind was delicate, and he was vaguely aware of the cracks between the three of them, which could be seen from the lair they chose.

When Yan Siqi started his career, he just wanted to protect his family's one-third of an acre of land. As for what happened in the end, he didn't care. Zheng Zhilong was in Penghu, which is very close to Fujian. From this, we can see that he had a subconscious desire to join the government and return to his hometown in glory.

Only Xu Xinsu, who had offended the emperor too harshly in his early years, did not dare to approach the mainland, so he could only go far away, and finally settled in Xiaoliuqiu.

"You two, are you interested in plundering Japan with me?" After a long silence, Xu Xinsu finally spoke again, but this time instead of asking about your embarrassing future plans, she changed the topic to a practical topic.

"Recently, we captured Guangdong and annexed some pirates. Our family is big and powerful. It's really difficult to open the door. Count me in the Japanese operation." Zheng Zhilong thought for a while and agreed. However, looking at the twinkling look on his face, it was obvious that he had more than just thoughts in his mind.

Here it is.

"I'll go too. I don't have enough money to buy things from the mainland recently." Finally, Yan Siqi thought for a while and nodded in agreement. At this moment, he was focused on the opening, and his role changed dramatically, from a pirate to a pioneer.

This change shocked Xu Xinsu and Zheng Zhilong.

"Okay, let's go to Japan to make a fortune together!" Xu Xinsu was overjoyed. He was the closest to Japan. Although he had taught a daimyo a lesson recently, he was still uneasy, fearing that other daimyo would unite and jointly attack him.

The shogun will come forward, and now that he has the support of the other two, he feels relieved.

Although Wang Siyuan died, many of his ideas inspired the three of them. After following him to see the big scenes and great wealth, the three pirates could no longer return to their original simple thoughts of just robbing. However, they didn't know that the three pirates

How long can a relationship in which people advance and retreat together last?
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