"There are three steps to kill Gao Huan. As long as these three steps are solved, even if there is a problem, it will not be a big problem." Yuwen Tai said in a deep voice.

"I hope to hear the details."

"First, if Yuan Ziyou's support can gain the support of the emperor and occupy the righteousness, we will kill Gao Huan!"

"Secondly, if you have obtained the support of the Six Towns of Rebel Army, you can't do anything without troops. The reason why Gao Huan is so domineering is because he has an army."

"Third, if you want to kill Gao Huan, you need a warrior to help."

Dugu Ruyuan pondered and suddenly looked up, "If it comes to warriors, I have one to recommend!"

Over the past few years, Dugu Ruwan has followed Chen Chu's advice and took the initiative to make friends with Gao An. Although Gao An is arrogant, he has a sincere heart. You treat me as a national hero, and I repay you as a national hero.

It is worthy of the intentional closeness over the past few years. Although Gao Ang and Dugu Ruyuan are not as brothers, they can be considered to have a close relationship with each other.

"Who?"

"Bohai, Gao Aocao."

......

In July of the same year, the Northern Wei royal family quelled the Erzhu rebellion.

In August of the same year, Dugu Ru Yong, Yuwen Tai killed Gao Huan and took over the six rebels under Gao Huan's 200,000 former subordinates of Ge Rong. Hou Jing led the remnants of Gao Huan's troops to rebel south and headed for Nanliang.

In January of the following year, all parts of the Northern Wei Dynasty were at peace and there was no more war.

Yuanzi You established the new country name, Tai'an, known in history as the first year of Tai'an. He was given Dugu Ruyuan's Right Prime Minister and Yuwen Taisikong.

In the second year of Tai'an, Yuwen Tai and Dugu Rusheng submitted a memorial to establish a new system of 36, banning corruption, laying down officials, implementing military farming, and promulgating equal farming systems. This resulted in the great increase in the power of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was known in history as the Tai'an Zhongxing.

In the seventh year of Tai'an, Dugu Ruyuan was promoted to Zuocheng. During his tenure, he promoted capable ministers and generals such as Li Bi, Li Yuanzhong, Duan Rong, Duan Shao, Huluguang, and Wei Xiaokuan.

In the 13th year of Tai'an, Xiusheng Yangxi went south for more than ten years, and appointed Yuwen Tai, the then general, as the commander of the central army, Wei Xiaokuan, deputy commander. Duan Shao and Huluguang led the left and right armies, and the three armies set out to march south to attack Nanliang.

At that time, Chen Qingzhi, a famous general from Southern Liang, went to battle with illness and defeated the Northern Wei vanguard. Wei Xiaokuan used counter-espionage to make Xiao Yan change the commander Hou Jing in the face. In the twelfth month of the cold winter, Chen Qingzhi said that his destiny was not in Daliang and died of illness.

In the 14th year of Tai'an, the Nanliang army was defeated on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

In the fifteenth year of Tai'an, Jiankang City was broken, and Xiao Yan led the ministers of Nanliang to surrender, and since then the world has been unified.

......

Twenty-three years in Tai'an.

Luoyang, Dugu Mansion.

The weird little boy at the time had become the leader of the court in his fifties.

More than half of the important officials in the court were promoted by Dugu Rusheng, who went to Luoyang to quell the rebellion, integrate national strength, promote talents, and unify the world. Every step of this was his shadow.

In the eyes of many people, he is already the most powerful minister.

"Uncle Chen, I think I should abdicate." The bamboo shadows in the backyard were mottled, and Dugu sat in the stone courtyard as he wished.

On the stone bench opposite, Chen Chu sat.

Over the years, his relationship with Chen Chu has long been both a teacher and a friend.

"If you don't want to go further, you should really step back." Chen Chu said.

"If you continue to be greedy, it will be difficult to end up in a good way. Over the years, His Majesty always wanted to regain power. He used Yuwen Tai and I to check and balance each other in the court to form the Yuwen faction and Dugu faction, and to develop the royal faction. He never gave up on his desire to regain power." Dugu Ruyuan said.

"After all, he is not young anymore, so he has to pave the way for the prince."

"Actually, if you want to be the emperor over the years, you and Yuwen Tai will work together. I can see that Yuwen Tai has no ideas." Chen Chu said.

"You have promoted most of the talents in the court."

Dugu Ruyuan thought about it and shook his head, "Actually... I don't care about these things. I'm very satisfied to be able to do today."

"Uncle Chen, you said... what happened to me today is a dream?" Dugu Ruyuan gently stroked his long beard and said sadly.

"Why ask this?" Chen Chu was surprised.

"Recently, I have always had a dream, and there is a little difference between the dream and everything I have experienced now." Dugu Ruyuan said hesitantly.

"I was in my dream, as if I had made a different choice when I was in Jingzhou."

"There is no unification in this world."

Dugu Ruyan lowered his head, and the long hair on his forehead covered his eyes.

I can't see his expression clearly.

Dugu Ruyuan, who was slightly drunk, felt weak and collapsed on the bench behind him. His blue shirt was covered with shadows of bamboo forests.

The moon was as bright as water, Dugu Ruyuan murmured in a low voice, "Actually, I'm very happy."

......

The next day, Dugu reported to the Northern Wei emperor as he wished, unable to withstand the torture of illness and asked to resign and return home.

Yuan Ziyou is accurate.

Dugu retired to the court as he wished.

In the thirty-six years of Tai'an, Dugu Ru's wish fell ill.

At the end of his death, he called his son to explain his funeral one by one, and after he finished his instructions, he walked away from everyone in the house.

Dugu Ruyuan's descendants knelt outside the door and waited quietly, but they could only hear Dugu Ruyuan's words in the room as if he was talking to himself.

Finally, with three loud laughter, there was no more sound in the house.

After a moment, Dugu's crying sounded in a row.

Amid the faint crying, Chen Chu felt the pictures around him rolled into the vortex little by little like dissolved oil paintings.

These decades of memories are like photos being compressed, as if a movie I have watched has been imprinted into my mind.

When I opened my eyes, the sunlight outside the window was a little dazzling, and the sun was already rising very high.

"How long have I slept..." Chen Chu looked at the clock hanging on the wall, at half past ten in the morning!

I have been sleeping for 13 hours!

Chen Chu sat up from the bed.

The seal in his hand exudes a faint aftertaste.

Just like the temperature of the palm.

Chen Chu picked up the seal and was suddenly stunned.

Because in his perception, the seal in front of him gave him a different feeling.

This special feeling led the leader to close his eyes. After closing his eyes, Chen Chu felt the seal in his hand fall, getting bigger and bigger. Around the seal, black chains appeared and the two ends of the chains were hidden in the darkness.

Chen Chu counted it and found that there were a total of forty-eight chains, and four of them were glowing with a bloody red light.

Is this the spiritual seal the teacher mentioned? Chen Chu understood it in his heart.

Chen Chu looked down at the seal in his hand, rubbed his fingers and played with it gently.

Suddenly, Chen Chu was stunned and his fingertips trembled slightly.

On one side of the seal, there are three words engraved on it: Letter Chen Chu.

In an instant, the already vague memories washed away all the dew.

On a cool summer night, the young man held a seal in his hand, "Uncle Chen, this is the black jade that was tributed to the Western Regions. I am going to carve it into a seal to play with it."

"Haha, I plan to carve every position I get in the future. If it can be passed on, it will be considered as a matter of eternity." After a pause, the young man said, "There will be a surprise for uncle at that time."

The memories that I thought were silent in my mind emerged again.

Chen Chu was stunned, a trace of bitterness appeared on the corner of his mouth. Unfortunately, it was just a dream after all...

Quietly, a tall figure stood behind him quietly, with a faint smell of blood.
Chapter completed!