The Villain's Counterattack

The world is changing so fast that people can't react.

King Yang Xuyan of Liao led his troops westward from Luoyang, Young Marshal Kou Zhong marched south from Yangzhou, and Tiandao Song Que marched north from Lingnan.

In just a few months, Dou Jiande of Guanzhong was defeated and surrendered, Li Shimin of Xiliang was defeated, and the Li Tang moved westward as a whole; Shen Faxing was killed, Lin Shihong surrendered, and Xiao Xing was destroyed by the joint efforts of three parties.

What is most unimaginable is that the Shaoshuai Army, which was in a very good situation, suddenly surrendered to the King of Liao and was directly incorporated into the Sui Dynasty.

Yes, it was not incorporated into Liaodong, but was incorporated into the Sui Dynasty after causing trouble.

In the West Garden of Luoyang City, Yang Guang suddenly appeared, announced his existence with great fanfare, and issued an edict to pass the throne to King of Liao Yang Xuyan.

It was like dropping a bomb on a calm lake, causing endless waves. The entire world was lost from the hands of the Sui Dynasty. After just a few years, it returned to the hands of the Sui Dynasty again, except that the emperor was replaced, which made many people unable to accept it for a while.

Looking back, most of those who had disagreements with Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty disappeared in just a few years. Even if others did not disappear, they either surrendered or suffered heavy losses. Only the Sui Dynasty gained a lot of benefits.

One by one, powerful figures stepped out from behind the scenes, including Grandmaster Lu Miaozi, the Minister of Works, Grandmaster Wang Tong, the Minister of Rites, Grandmaster Pei Ju (Shi Zhixuan), the Minister of the Supreme Court, Grandmaster Yang Xuangan, the Minister of War, Grandmaster Shi Qingxuan, the Empress, and Grandmaster Yang Guang, the President of the Council of Elders of the Imperial Family of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Xuyan ascended the throne and appointed Shi Qingxuan as the queen, Kankan, Dong Shuni, and Song Yuhua as imperial concubines, Song Que, the Duke of Zhennan, as the King of Zhennan, Yang Xuangan as the King of Zhengbei, Buddhist disciple Yin Zhao as the holy monk who protects the country, and Mount Emei as his residence.

Zhu Yuyan refused the court's official canonization and still maintained the title of Queen Yin, working under Emperor Wu Yang Guang. Bi Xiuxin recalled her master Feixuan, and Cihang Jingzhai was reopened as a Buddhist women's temple.

Anlong became the ruler of a country outside the territory, and also had the title of earl of the Sui Dynasty. Song Shidao was the ruler of the Song Dynasty, and Kou Zhong was the general. He was allowed to use the military force of the Sui Dynasty to establish a country outside the territory.

Xu Ziling was unwilling to serve as an official in the court, and also disliked war. He chose to live in seclusion and become a teacher. Feng Zhenzhen and Susu followed him wholeheartedly, but Yang Xuyan pointed him to Shan Wanjing, asking him to be the prince-consort of the next ruler of Dongming.

Compared to the innocent Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong has much more emotional debts. Not to mention Song Yuzhi, Shang Xiufang has brought him a lot of trouble.

After the Sui Dynasty was reunified, the Li Tang Dynasty became extremely embarrassed. Li Yuan personally sent a letter to Kou Zhong, expressing his willingness to marry his illegitimate daughter Shang Xiufang to him on the condition that he help the Li Tang Dynasty to expand its territory westward and take as much land as possible.

Kou Zhong's other confidante, the beautiful Hu Ji Linglongjiao, happened to be from Kucha in the Western Regions. Li Tang would certainly not let go of Kucha if he wanted to expand westwards. But did Kucha really have the strength to resist Li Tang?

For the safety of his confidante, Kou Zhong had to personally help Li Tang conquer several countries. Not only did he successfully marry Shang Xiufang, he also brought the beautiful Hu Ji Linglongjiao back to the Sui Dynasty.

At least Kou Zhong's confidantes were not only Shang Xiufang and Linglongjiao, Song Yuzhi was his legal wife. After finishing the conquest of the Western Regions, Kou Zhong turned around and devoted himself to the conquest of Luzon. However, this time he did not bring Shang Xiufang with him, but brought Chuchu with him instead. This maid in the mansion of the leader of the Wagang army was fully trained under Zhai Jiaojiao and gave him a lot of help.

Kou Zhong was never alone. Xu Xingzhi, Chen Laomou, Bu Tianzhi, Ren Meimei, Gui Xiliang, Feng Ge, Chen Changlin, Bai Wenyuan, Xuan Yong, Luo Qifei, Yin Xianhe and others also stayed with him. On the contrary, Xu Ziling did not follow him because of Shan Wanjing's ancient past.

The biggest problem in conquering Luzon was not leading the troops to fight, but treatment and detoxification. Kou Zhong personally sought help from his master's wife Shi Qingxuan and Kankan. Not only did he get the help of Medicine King Miaoying, but he also recruited a large number of elite disciples from the Demon Sect who were proficient in medicine and poisons.

Oh, the Demon Sect is no longer the Demon Sect now, it has been changed to the Holy Sect and has been recognized by the new generation of Sui Emperor. After the unification, the leader of the Holy Sect finally fell into the hands of Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan, making her breathe a sigh of relief in front of the Evil King Shi Zhixuan.

With most of the Song clan's troops away at war, Song Shidao and Fu Junchuo were ultimately separated. They became rulers of the Song and Fu kingdoms, respectively, making a marriage impossible. However, it was Shang Xiuxun, Song Shidao's original wife in the original novel, who finally tied the knot thanks to the help of Song Que and Lu Miaozi. Shang Xiuxun, no match for Shi Qingxuan and Qianqian, ultimately chose her own happiness over continuing to follow her master, Yang Xuyan.

Shang Xiuxun's current identity is not ordinary. She is a direct disciple of the current Sui Emperor Yang Xuyan. Her father is the Grand Master Lu Miaozi, the Minister of Works, and she herself is the owner of Pegasus Ranch. Since she has decided to marry Song Shidao, her dowry is naturally extraordinary. There are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses alone, and all kinds of material carriages stretch for ten miles, which has greatly amazed many children from wealthy families.

Seeing such a good opportunity, many prominent young men set their sights on Dugu Feng and Shan Wanjing, both disciples of the Sui Emperor Yang Xuyan. However, they discovered that Shan Wanjing had already been appointed the Princess of the Dongming Kingdom, destined to become the future ruler. Therefore, she could not marry and could only seek a husband. As the legitimate daughter of the Dugu clan, Dugu Feng's requirements for choosing a husband were equally high, one of which held many back: he had to be able to practice swordsmanship with her daily and must be strong enough.

Who is Dugu Feng? He is known as the strongest of the younger generation together with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and is expected to become a grandmaster. Isn't this obviously making things difficult for him?

There were countless people who retreated, but there were also those who persisted. Among them, Kedazhi was the most persistent one. He was very skilled in martial arts. For the sake of Dugu Feng, he even betrayed the Turks and left Li Tang to join the Sui Dynasty and became a capable general under Emperor Wu Yang Guang.

Yes, but it was not Emperor Yang Xuyan of the Sui Dynasty that Kedazhi defected to, but Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang. This was probably because Yang Xuyan valued governing talent more, while Yang Guang, who had inherited the identity of Emperor Sui, was more concerned with martial arts.

With the help of Kou Zhong, the Song State expanded over 2,000 miles, and even its navy reached India and was invincible. As Song Shidao's brother-in-law, Yang Xuyan gave him many naval talents and gave him trade priority with the Sui Dynasty, allowing the Song State to make a fortune just by relying on the trade between the Sui Dynasty, India, and other Western countries.

After a busy period, Kou Zhong finally had some free time to complete the most important event in his life. He successfully married Song Yuzhi, Shang Xiufang, Linglongjiao and Chuchu. Others such as Ren Meimei and Yun Yuzhen could only be underground lovers and could not appear in public.

This wedding was unprecedentedly grand, even more grand than Yang Xuyan's previous wedding. After all, at that time Yang Xuyan was only the Duke of Liao and needed to hide his status. At this time, Kou Zhong was already a grand master, a general of the Sui Dynasty, the son-in-law of Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, the successor and son-in-law of King Zhennan Song Que, and also a registered disciple of Emperor Yang Xuyan of the Sui Dynasty.

Yes, even though Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were promoted to Grand Masters, they were not transferred to true disciples and were still nominal disciples. Anyway, none of the three of them had any objection.

There were more than ten grand masters attending the wedding, and the arrival of Ba Fenghan and Badel made Kou Zhong extremely happy.

After marriage, Kou Zhong was still restless. With the support of Ba Fenghan, he decided to establish a country on the grassland. He liked the feeling of freedom in the wind. At this time, Shan Wanjing was pregnant, so Kou Zhong abducted Xu Ziling away.

When the three great masters Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan join forces, who on the grassland can defeat them?

Those who defected to Kou Zhong in Longquan Shangjing showed their skills. The grassland outside the territory covered an area of ​​thousands of miles, and they beat the foreign races to their knees and beg for mercy. They even planned to surrender to the Sui Dynasty in an attempt to control Kou Zhong. However, Yang Xuyan refused very straightforwardly. The reason was very simple and clear: the Sui Dynasty was equal to all outsiders, and it could make friends with them but not interfere in the affairs of other countries' governments.

The excuse was high-sounding, but the action was significant. In just ten years, the Bohai Kingdom became the Bohai County, and most of Tuyuhun became the Western Region Province of the Sui Dynasty.

After Kou Zhong established his country, he opened up a channel to the Sui Dynasty. Not only did he grant fiefs to his subordinates lavishly, he also followed Yang Xuyan's example and supported his subordinates in their northward expedition, attracting many talented people to join. However, the north was cold and harsh after all, and the population restricted the development of Shuanglong Kingdom.

Yes, the name of Kou Zhong’s country was not Kou State, nor Shaoshuai State, but Shuanglong State. Xu Ziling was extremely grateful for this, and had to ask Shan Wanjing to spend a lot of money to help him a lot.

On the other hand, the Sui Dynasty was carrying out drastic reforms. Emperor Yang Xuyan worked hard for three years, and the entire Sui Dynasty was in peace and prosperity. After that, he began to be lazy in his administration. He restarted the Han Dynasty's prime minister system, appointed Shi Zhixuan as the first prime minister, formed a cabinet, and severely restricted his own imperial power.

The prime minister, the cabinet, and the royal council of elders checked and balanced each other and cooperated with each other. The pressure on Emperor Yang Xuyan of Sui was suddenly relieved a lot. He then traveled around the world with Queen Shi Qingxuan, who had just given birth to a little princess.

Unlike Yang Guang who made grand tours and wanted everyone in the world to know about it, Yang Xuyan traveled around the world with a simple entourage, just like his wife (sometimes Shi Qingxuan, sometimes Kankan, he always took one with him and left one to guard the palace), a baby girl (Shi Qingxuan and Kankan both gave birth to a daughter for him), and two palace maids.

The leisurely days lasted for ten years. While traveling with Kankan, he met a little girl named Wu Mei. Kankan accepted her as her disciple, which was an unexpected surprise.

Until one day, Emperor Wu Yang Guang brought news that the Jingyan Palace, which he had painstakingly searched for for many years, had finally appeared!