When Shentianzong received the news, everyone was dumbfounded.
He never imagined that the soldiers he sent to encircle and suppress the northwest would be drowned by floods before the war began.
This is something that no one would have imagined.
At that time, people were spreading rumors that this was caused by the emperor's lack of virtue and disasters sent down by God. Some people even shouted slogans that Shen Tianzong should abdicate in favor of worthy people.
However, at that time, the prince was young and there was no suitable candidate to take over the throne of emperor. In the end, the matter was dropped.
As for the monsters in the northwest, it is said that they left on their own after the flood receded, allowing Datong to breathe a sigh of relief.
After Shen Tianzong experienced this incident, his whole person seemed to have been drained of energy and became extremely tired. He even wondered whether he was still suitable to sit in the position of the emperor.
Time went by and another two years passed.
Tianyuan calendar, twenty-three years.
In the south, thousands of miles away from the red land, nine suns appeared in the sky, burning in all directions like a furnace.
The blazing flame burned everything.
It is said that in that year, more than 30% of the life in the entire south was burned to ashes by the nine suns in the sky.
This matter was so mysterious that the Shentian Sect could no longer sit still and prepared to conquer it personally.
However, when his convoy just left Shendu, he encountered an assassination. It is not clear who carried out the attack. Everyone only knows that in that attack, more than half of the guards of Shentian Sect were killed and injured, and even
, even the Shentian Sect himself was stabbed by the enemy.
Although this knife did not hit the vital point, it still pierced Shentianzong's chest and his intestines flowed out. Fortunately, Shentianzong brought a With a newly promoted sage-hand traditional Chinese medicine lady by his side, he managed to escape by chance.
But after experiencing that incident, the Shentian Sect completely gave up the idea of conquering the country in person, and immediately returned home. As for the nine suns hanging in the sky in the south, and the blazing flames burning in all directions, he had no intention to care about it.
Fortunately, this disaster only lasted two years.
Two years later, the nine suns hanging in the sky disappeared, and the earth returned to its usual vitality. However, no one knew how many more corpses there were on the earth to the south.
Everyone only knows that after this incident, many houses in the south are empty.
At least half the house must be empty.
Even, every night, everyone feels chilly, and the dark wind blowing at night is like the wind from the underworld, blowing through the empty houses, bringing loneliness and loneliness.
There will be a lantern hanging at the door of these houses, and every night when there is no owner, these lanterns are swaying in the wind, as if waiting for something.
Next, two years.
Tianyuan calendar, twenty-five years.
The Datong Dynasty finally became stable and there were no disasters. However, the people also had a hard time. The reason was that the court had no money, so it had no choice but to increase taxes.
As a result of heavy taxes, people's life pressure has doubled.
But how could the imperial court care about this?
They only care about collecting money, but they don't care about the lives of the people.
When the people die, they die. As long as the court is still there, there will be a continuous influx of people.
This is the thinking of the people in charge of the important cities in various places of the Datong Dynasty today.
The leaders of each city are like the feudal princes who have all the power to govern the people within their jurisdiction.
When they say they want to raise taxes, they really mean to raise taxes. Anyone who dares to refuse will be doomed.
After reading the chronicle records in his hand, Shen Tianzong felt very complicated: "This is a calamity..."
His voice was very thick, and no one knew what the robbery in his mouth was aimed at. Everyone only knew that at this moment, outside the emperor's palace, a young man with a resolute face was walking slowly.
All the courtiers around him would salute the young man when they saw him.
This young man has a very high status.
He is none other than the current crown prince, Shen Mengtian!
Many people don't know exactly how 'Shen Mengtian' became the crown prince. Everyone only knows that on the day Shen Mengtian was born, there was a heavy snowfall in the divine capital.
This snow was so heavy that in the end, the entire god turned into a snow country.
It was a heavy snowfall that even practitioners could not withstand.
Amidst the heavy snowfall, there was a palace inside the palace that was frozen.
Even after so many years, it is said that this frozen palace is still covered with snow and biting by the cold air, just like it did back then, without any change.
As soon as Shen Mengtian approached the Emperor's palace, before he could say anything, he heard a voice coming from the palace: "Let's go to the Emperor's Palace. That person should still be there. It's time to go see him."
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Shen Mengtian was stunned for a moment, and his brows were full of confusion: "Father, isn't the Emperor's Palace frozen? I remember you said that the Emperor's Palace was once the residence of an important person in the sky, and that important person
After leaving, this emperor The harem has been frozen by that big shot, so why are you letting me go now because that big shot is back?"
Inside the palace, everything was quiet and there was no response.
Shen Mengtian was not in a hurry and stood quietly outside the door waiting.
After a while.
In the palace, the sound finally came out again.
"Go ahead, you'll know after you go."
This voice sounded a little weak, and Shen Mengtian frowned. Over the years, he was growing up and becoming stronger, but he could feel that his father was getting older and stronger day by day.
weak.
Shen Mengtian was very puzzled.
He doesn't know why this is happening?
His father was obviously in his prime, but why had there been such a big change?
All the changes that had happened to his father over the years made him feel that something was wrong. He once asked his father, why is this happening?
However, Shentianzong never gave him a positive answer. Every time, he would tell him that you will know when the time comes.
Every time, it’s the same sentence!
Shen Mengtian hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Father, is the place where I was born in the Emperor's Palace?"
The young man gritted his teeth, with a look of apprehension on his face.
He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he had held back every time. But today, his father suddenly asked him to go to the Emperor's Palace. He could no longer sit still and asked it on the spot.
Inside the palace.
Shen Tianzong was sitting on an imperial chair, his originally calm expression suddenly became a little solemn.