Zhou Changsu was born in a small hut in the mountains. In the small broken house built with fences and bamboos, bows and arrows were the only decorations, because his father was a hunter.

Most of them make a living by hunting, which sounds very cool. It should be the life that those rich young men who are ignorant of the world most yearn for, but only the hunters in the mountains know the real suffering, because most of the time they are in the mountains.

Live a life where every grain of rice must be calculated carefully.

Probably because the family is too poor, Zhou Zhangsu has known how difficult it is for his family as long as he can remember. The bowls at home are all clay bowls with holes, and every year, his father spends a lot of money every year just to have clothes that can keep out the cold in winter.

You have to take risks and go into the mountains to see if you can hunt good things to sell in the city. In the winter at that time, because the animals had hidden for the winter, the large beasts in the mountains were also very hungry at this time. If it really happened,

It is common for people to be so hungry that they are afraid of eating people.

Zhou Changsu's mother is a very traditional woman. In the past, her mother would never tell him anything about her natal family. Zhou Changsu had never met any of her mother's relatives. It was only later that she learned that she had been sold to an extremely wealthy squire in the countryside in exchange for debts.

As his aunt, the squire was already over seventy years old. Seeing her beauty, he wanted to be happy because he was not in good health. His mother had a stubborn temper, so she ran away overnight and ran into the mountains. He happened to be rescued by his father.

Hui got married to his father, and from then on he lost contact with his parents' family.

Every time my father went hunting in the mountains, my mother had to boil a pot of hot water and wait for him to come back. There were no lights at that time, and the only illumination at night was the moonlight and the stars. My mother would sit in front of the window, listening to the sound and coaxing her.

While sleeping, he told himself some stories from outside the mountains. Most of those stories were about family stories, but the world inside them was already understood by Liang Bo and Zhou Changsu. When his father came back, his mother would pour a bowl of hot water.

Warm up your father's body. This kind of life is difficult but still sweet.

But this kind of life slowly changed after the death of his mother.

The saddest thing for families who are infected by the cold and have no money for medical treatment is to watch the originally healthy people become weaker day by day. That feeling is a trauma both in the body of the sick person and in the hearts of the family members. Some scars will

Subtly affecting a person, that was the first time Zhou Changsu felt how important money and power were.

After her mother left, the lives of Zhou Changsu and her father changed. In the past, even though the little shabby house was simple and shabby, her mother would still pick flowers to decorate it in the summer. She said it was a yearning for a better life; in winter, sitting

Do some sewing in the house, talk, and become popular.

It's always cold in a room alone, but if two people can relax it a little, then with three people, the room will feel full and no longer empty, and your heart will feel warm. But now the house seems to be a little chilly, although it doesn't affect normal life.

, but they still have feelings.

From that year onwards, the jackets Zhou Changsu and his father wore in winter became less and less resistant to the cold, and the gaps in the bowls at home became wider and wider. Gradually, Zhou Changsu was able to go hunting in the mountains with his father. He competed in archery.

His father is more accurate and can run faster than his father. But even so, his father has never neglected to take care of him. He still won't ask him to go hunting with him in winter, so the rice at home

When he saw the bottom again, he looked at the back of his father leaving with a bow and arrow, and once again followed his mother's example and boiled a pot of boiling water. After all, it had been a habit for many years.

But this time, my father did not come back peacefully as usual. He was bitten by a beast and came back in the middle of the night dragging his tired body. The father who had always been upright was getting old.

Zhou Changsu didn't listen to his father for the first time. He took the bow and arrow that his father had always carried and rushed out the next day. He could see the scars from the bites of wild wolves, so he must make those wolves pay today.

The price! Before it got completely dark, Zhou Changsu had already returned. His hands were covered with blood, but it was not his own blood, but the blood spilled from the neck of the wolf he was holding.

That winter, the two father and son survived by eating the meat of those wolves.

In fact, Zhou Changsu sometimes thinks that maybe he can be so strong and climb up all the way. The stubbornness of his father and mother has also been passed on to him. His father was seriously injured that time, too serious, but in such a situation

Next, he still struggled hard to survive. It was not until the beginning of spring that he closed his eyes with peace of mind and went to accompany his mother.

That year, when Zhou Changsu was sixteen years old, he lost his parents. It can even be said that everyone in the world who had any involvement or blood relationship with him was gone. He was the only one struggling in this world, whether it was warm or cold.

He tried and endured it all by himself.

In a home without rice, all that was left were the leaky bedding and the cracked mud bowl. He suddenly thought of an idea he had buried in his heart the year his mother passed away, that is, he must be powerful because he has power.

By doing these two things, he would no longer have to face his loved ones struggling on the bed little by little with no way to treat them. The only way to satisfy his thoughts was to join the army, and he would no longer have to run around just for a bite of food.

, it can be considered a loss-free transaction.

At the age of sixteen that year, Zhou Changsu went to Huben Army to join the army. It was also that year that he met Ji Bo'an.

Have you ever been jealous of someone? Have you ever been afraid of someone? Zhou Zhangsu was jealous. He was jealous of Ji Bo'an's life experience and afraid of Ji Bo'an's ability, and these two things were like a stone weighing on his heart, so from the first moment

When he met Ji Bo'an, he knew that the two could only become rivals, not good friends.

No matter in terms of conversation or demeanor, he has never been able to surpass Ji Bo'an. That is the reason brought by his family. Only an excellent big family can teach people like Ji Bo'an. He cannot learn Ji Bo'an's magnanimity.

All he can do is to spread his talents and let others appreciate and choose him. From the beginning, he is passive. Yes, he can only be picked here and there like a commodity to achieve success.

Lu Ya was the first noble person he met in his life. It was because of Lu Ya that he had the opportunity to get in touch with these top power holders, whether it was Emperor Xuande or Emperor Long'an behind him. Step by step, he grabbed all the people he could.

Opportunities, like those vines, grab a point and keep climbing up, never stopping.

He still remembered that Lu Ya's father reused him little by little because of Lu Ya. When he followed Lu Ya's father all the way, he felt more that he was a commodity being shown off. This commodity could express Lu Ya's performance.

The general has such a unique vision that he was able to bring out such an outstanding young general. But he didn't care. If he cared, I'm afraid he would still be a small soldier in the Huben Army, and it would be difficult to find him if he had the chance. He thought

People like Song Ming are actually very stupid. With Ji Bo'an's level of connections, they still have to crawl around in the military camp by themselves.

In those years, although he still couldn't live as smoothly as Ji Bo'an, he had the opportunity to compete. He thought this was good. After all, he finally stood up, that is, that

It took a period of opportunity for him to gain the appreciation of Emperor Xuande, and he became a popular figure for a time.

In fact, Zhou Changsu never understood what the emperor's heart was like. He was suspicious of his generals who went out to fight and kill the enemy, he was suspicious of the prime minister who helped him make plans, he was suspicious of whether the harem women would have relatives entering the court and have an impact on the dynasty and the royal family, and even even

Even his own son will be jealous.

Emperor Xuande had always known about the dispute between the two factions, but he did not completely control it. However, not eliminating it was not a complete indulgence, so he was useful.

When Zhou Changsu left General Lu's staff, General Lu was very unhappy, but he did not dare to compete with Emperor Xuande, so he had to give up. From then on, Zhou Changsu was assigned to the Black Armor Army by Emperor Xuande, because of his performance

He was indeed outstanding, and gradually gained a foothold in the Black Armored Army. He was even loved and even favored by the Queen's father and brother, the eldest grandson's family, and he became one of the most popular figures in the Black Armored Army.

The Black Armored Army, the queen's biggest trump card, was actually another fear in Emperor Xuande's heart? Because it was too easy to backfire...

The eldest son's family was Emperor Xuande's biggest reliance in obtaining the throne, but if this dependence one day became a relative and brought disaster to the country, no one could stop him. That's why Emperor Xuande placed him among them, wanting to know what the eldest son's family was thinking.

Zhou Changsu already knew from that moment who would hold the throne in the future. The fourth prince would always be just a chess piece of Emperor Xuande, used to balance all the ministers in the government and the public, while the eldest prince was his

Although the chosen heir is somewhat incompetent, isn't the Prime Minister here?

But he never thought that Ji Bo'an would never see him again one day, and he didn't even have the chance to compete with him again.

He and several other celebrities around Emperor Xuande knew about the deal between Ji Yu and Emperor Xuande. When he left the Black Armor Army to serve in the Huben Army, he saw the same expressions on General Changsun's family and General Lu's before.

, but it was mostly because of Lu Ya. He was obviously more touched by the way General Lu looked at him. Apart from these, he never felt any other emotion. After all, he is a very realistic person, and his current master

It's Emperor Xuande, isn't it?

How much do people like Ji Bo'an really know? Zhou Changsu felt that he had never really understood Ji Bo'an. The saying "Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle" never seemed to work for Ji Bo'an.

When he just arrived at Suihara Castle, he happened to catch up with Song Ming and others who came back to bring reinforcements. For some reason, what he thought at that moment was that Ji Bo'an couldn't die. If the person he always wanted to surpass died, what should he get?

How about comparison? Song and Ming? Obviously he doesn't like it.

So that day, he took the initiative to ask for help to support Ji Bo'an. That should be the thing he regretted the most in his life.

Ji Bo'an is very weird. Standing in front of him is like standing next to a person of great age and experience. It seems like a deep sea. You can never see what is hidden in it. It is scary.

You see, he even knows this kind of formation that no one knows about.

The maze made him very angry. He didn't know whether it was because Ji Bo'an once again realized that the difference between him and himself was so big, or because he felt powerless that he could not be trapped in this maze, so he

He chose to break through forcefully, and this time through forcefully forcing him to lose the opportunity to fight with this opponent again, because Ji Bo'an... was taken away.

How angry Song Ming and Fei Bing'an were at that time. He still remembered that the anger was like if he could kill someone, he would be beaten immediately by them, but how could he be happy? The person he had always considered his opponent actually turned out to be

One day he will become his savior, but this love will probably never be repaid, right?

Emperor Xuande's secret edict was unexpected by everyone. Even Prime Minister Tang Shi had already made some small moves at that time. When King Ding took out the edict, everything was finally settled. In fact, I have to say,

King Ding and Emperor Xuande were very smart and stable enough. It was actually the two of them who single-handedly settled the entire prosperous dynasty. It was also because of them that they avoided a battle for the right to inherit the throne.

He still remembers the atmosphere in the Queen's lineage at that time, and also remembers how angry the Changsun family, who controlled the Black Armor Army, was when they saw that they were helping Emperor Long'an. Under repeated suppression, Changsun's family

The general took office, the fourth prince was kicked out of the capital to take charge of the fiefdom in an economically barren area, and the queen was imprisoned in her own palace. Everything happened so quickly. Then the relatives of the concubine's party were slowly recognized by Prime Minister Tang

He was found out and gradually the entire smoky court was cleared.

It was also from that time on that everyone's eyes changed when they saw him, showing fear and submission. They would not offend the Emperor's favored general for the sake of irrelevant people. After all, people are selfish.

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In just thirty years, he has reached a position that others would never dare to imagine. He doesn't know why he feels empty, and after this emptiness, he doesn't know why he thinks of Ji Bo'an. If Ji Bo'an is still here, he will be in the imperial court now.

What will it be like in the hall? Will a person like him continue to remain neutral or will he switch sides and side with one of the factions? But neutrality seems a bit unrealistic. After all, there has never been a person in this intrigue and intrigue place.

A clean person.

Emperor Long'an's death was a bit sudden, but it could be considered to have been expected. After all, even his temples were already gray.

Tang Shi has disappeared from everyone's eyes since he handed in the letter of appointment. No one knows where the man has gone. It seems that not even his wife and children have seen that man again. Among the ministers in the court

There are only a very few people that Long'an can trust, and it is because of this that Zhou Changsu became the Duke of Fu as written in the imperial edict of Emperor Long'an.

He finally stood at the top of power, one person below ten thousand people.

"Go and tell the emperor that I am not feeling well and I will not go to court today." Zhou Changsu was looking at the falling snow in the courtyard at this time. He said to the people below in a cold voice, his voice already filled with emotion.

It was different when he was young, a little more majestic and unquestionable.

The person next to him was also an old man who had been with him for decades. Hearing these words, he naturally wanted to give some advice, so he bowed and said: "Sir, the new emperor is young and vigorous now. If you don't have enough time every day,

Isn’t it bad not to go to court?”

The new emperor, Emperor Jingren, has been on the throne since he was a teenager. It has been almost ten years now. He is in his early twenties. Naturally, he is young and energetic and cannot tolerate the ministers not giving him face. I heard that the former one has already dealt with several people who contradicted him.

As an official, thinking about the position of his lord as assistant to the Duke, if he doesn't go back and forth for three days, wouldn't he be openly contradicting the new emperor? Wouldn't he be in bad luck?
To be continued...