After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 097 Take Him Back

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After coming out of the research institute, Jiang Chen was also thinking about why his reaction was bigger than usual when Major General Wu mentioned Shi Fengyue. The phone rang, stopped and rang again, but he still couldn’t figure out the reason.

“Mr. Jiang.”

A man got out of the SUV and opened the door for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen nodded at the man, got in, and connected the phone at the same time.

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“In the research institute?”

“Just came out.” Jiang Chen put aside the questions in his mind, raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was now three o’clock in the afternoon, and Shi Fengyue’s conference was from two to five o’clock in the afternoon, so he should be in the middle of a meeting at this time: “How is the conference in Nan Province?”

“The same old debates.”

Hearing Shi Fengyue’s lazy voice, Jiang Chen could already imagine him leaning against the wall or slouching on the sofa hugging a pillow, loose and sleepy. He smiled and said, “You slipped out?”

“Something unexpected came up, so I didn’t go.”

Jiang Chen was curious: “What happened?”

“I met someone unexpected on the way.”

“An unexpected person?” Knowing that Shi Fengyue would not bring up things unrelated to him for no reason, Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows: “I know them?”

Shi Fengyue tilted his head, glanced at the young man who was staring at him, and said casually: “Do you want to come and take him back?”

“Who is it?”

Shi Fengyue handed the mobile phone to the boy beside him: “Talk to your brother.”

The boy had a dark expression on his face, and after giving him a hard look, but when he took the phone, his tone instantly became innocent: “Brother.”

Hearing He Qianmin’s voice, Jiang Chen paused before lowering the car window: “Are you in Nan Province?”

“I wanted to tell you before I left.” He Qianmin lowered his head, and that clear voice unique to teenagers was very docile and obedient indeed, “But I didn’t get through to you, and I know you are very busy at the institute, I didn’t want to worry you, so I came to Nan Province by myself.”

“What are you doing in Nan Province?”

Glancing at Shi Fengyue on the side, He Qianmin said vaguely: “I found something before, and I came to Nan Province to trace the clues.”

“Do your parents know?”

“I don’t know.” He Qianmin licked his lower lip nervously, and immediately added: “But I sent them a text message after getting off the plane.”

Jiang Chen said lightly, “Give the phone to Shi Fengyue.”

“Brother…..”

“Immediately.”

He Qianmin raised his eyes and met Shi Fengyue’s eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He pursed his lips and handed him the phone.

Shi Fengyue: “It’s me.”

“Please send him to the airport later.” Jiang Chen said, “Have him come back on the nearest flight.”

Shi Fengyue glanced at the sullen young man who was visibly nervous, raised one corner of his mouth wickedly, and said, “Do you want to see what your kid brother looks like now?”

“You dare!”

He Qianmin raised his head suddenly, revealing a few dirt marks on his milky white face, and the fierce light in his eyes as he reached out to grab the phone.

Shi Fengyue seized the opportunity, captured this moment, and sent it to Jiang Chen before He Qianmin could react.

Jiang Chen looked at He Qianmin who was showing his teeth and claws in the photo, and keenly noticed the mud on his body and the marks of being scratched by something.

“He got hurt?”

“Broke into the territory where a smuggling and trading deal was taking place.” Shi Fengyue laughed: “But he ran fairly fast, and he didn’t suffer any injuries except for a few falls.”

Jiang Chen: “Check to see if he’s injured. I’ll book the nearest flight to pick him up.”

Shi Fengyue’s slightly raised eyes held a smile: “I’ll send you the address of the hotel.”

“Thanks.”

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chen said to the driver: “Brother Zhao, please take me to the airport.”

“The ticket has already been booked.” Qian Yi said in the co-passenger seat: “We are going to the airport now just in time to catch this flight.”

Jiang Chen nodded: “Thanks, Brother Qian.”

……

It took about three and a half hours from Yan City to Ming City, the capital of Nan Province, and it was already eight o’clock in the evening when Jiang Chen arrived at the hotel that Shi Fengyue had reserved.

“Brother.”

Jiang Chen walked into the private room, and He Qianmin stood up instantly. After changing his clothes, one could no longer see a trace of the sorry appearance captured in the photo.

“I ordered your favorite dish.” He Qianmin sat down next to Jiang Chen, and poured him a glass of water: “Drink some water.”

Jiang Chen glanced at him, and then his eyes collided with Shi Fengyue’s. Shi Fengyue raised his eyebrows at him, and smiled knowingly.

Jiang Chen took a sip of the water, turned his head to Qian Yi and Zhao Lin behind him and said, “Brother Zhao and Brother Qian, have a seat and help yourselves.”

The two stood upright, standing at the door of the private room: “You eat first, we just ate something on the plane, so we’re not hungry.”

After the words fell, the waiter pushed open the door of the room and came in. He was startled when he saw the two people who looked like stern door gods, and the soup in the bowl almost spilled out.

While apologizing, the waiter finished serving the dishes and walked out with lingering fears. Jiang Chen smiled: “Let’s eat some together, otherwise the three of us won’t be able to finish the dishes, and it’s not good to waste them.”

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, the two of them sat down at the dining table without anymore mincing.

Shi Fengyue ladled up a bowl of soup and put it in front of Jiang Chen, “The mushroom soup here is pretty good, try it.”

The delicious mushroom aroma had blended into the soup, the taste was mellow and smooth, and it was enjoyable from the tip of the tongue to the stomach.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but take a few more sips. Seeing this, He Qianmin put a piece of fried crab into Jiang Chen’s plate: “Brother, this crispy crab is really tasty, try it.”

“Eating mushrooms and crabs together is not good for your health.” After Shi Fengyue said lightly, he filled Jiang Chen’s empty soup bowl again, put a piece of ribs in his plate and said, “The ribs here are also good.”

Jiang Chen paused. He Qianmin took away the piece of crab from Jiang Chen’s plate, and put some root vegetables in Jiang Chen’s plate instead: “Eating too much meat is not good for your health, brother, you should eat some vegetables.”

“The fish is not bad.”

“Brother, your favorite cauliflower.”

“This tastes good too.”

“Brother, have some carrots.”

Jiang Chen stopped with his chopsticks, and at the same time blocked He Qianmin and Shi Fengyue who were putting food on his plate, “I can’t eat anymore, don’t pick up anymore for me.”

He Qianmin retracted his chopsticks and glanced at Shi Fengyue. Shi Fengyue tilted his head slightly, leaned closer to Jiang Chen who was beside him, and said in a low voice, “How many days will you stay here for.”

Jiang Chen was puzzled why Shi Fengyue came so close all of a sudden, and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of He Qianmin’s nervous expression from the corner of his eye. He raised his brows lightly, and also lowered his voice and said to Shi Fengyue, “I’ll be leaving tomorrow.”

Shi Fengyue curved his lips upwards, “Won’t you stay for a few more days?”

“No time.” Jiang Chen recalled something, turned his head and said, “Today I…..”

Jiang Chen’s eyes widened slightly, Shi Fengyue’s lips were still curved upwards, but his eyes were filled with surprise and bewilderment. It seemed as if molecules were floating in the air, and emotions were transmitted and connected within a distance of less than five centimeters. Jiang Chen’s mind went blank, and he was so infected that only shock and bewilderment remained.

Everyone’s actions seemed to have gone still from a press of the pause button, and a needle could even be heard if it were to be dropped at this instant.

——Clack.

Someone’s chopsticks fell to the ground.

Jiang Chen suddenly came back to his senses, and leaned back a little. After the surprise faded away, he was about to apologize for the accident, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Shi Fengyue’s index finger touching his lower lip. Even though he clearly only thought it was just an accident when he leaned back, now he suddenly felt a burning sensation traveling up to the back of his ears, and he let out a cough: “I’m sorry.” It was an accident just now.

The next six words were swallowed before being uttered.

“It’s okay.” Shi Fengyue lightly rubbed his lower lip, put down his hand and said, “It was just an accident.”

The two people involved in the incident had opened their mouths, and the other three present also recovered from the shock. He Qianmin had a lot to say, but when his eyes caught on the special atmosphere flowing between the two of them even though they were clearly now sitting farther apart, he could only scoop up a large spoonful of rice and put it into his mouth, lower his head and focus on chewing hard.

The meal ended soon and as the restaurant was not far from the hotel, and Shi Fengyue didn’t drive, they could only walk back. Qian Yi and Zhao Lin quickly disappeared into the crowd without a trace just as before.

Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue walked on both sides of He Qianmin, one on the left and one on the right, with He Qianmin in the middle, who suddenly regretted coming to Nan Province on impulse.

“Have you been to Nan Province before?”

“No.” After such a long period of buffering, Jiang Chen had already recovered, and when he heard Shi Fengyue speak first, he naturally followed his words: “Is there anything interesting in Ming City?”

“There is a street with folk artisanship nearby, and there are many handicrafts.” Shi Fengyue said, “Want to take a look?”

Jiang Chen was also planning to buy some gifts for his parents and the He family, so he said without hesitation, “Let’s go.”

Even though it was almost approaching the new year, Ming City was still warm, which was in stark contrast to the weather in Yan City now, which had dropped to minus ten degrees. Because of this, there was an endless stream of tourists visiting Ming City during the winter vacation, and the folk artisan street was especially lively.

The three who were walking originally side by side were quickly separated by the crowd.

Jiang Chen grabbed Shi Fengyue’s wrist and pulled him to his side, “You stand here first, Qian Min is gone, I’ll go back and look for him.”

“We’ll go together.”

“There are too many people.” Jiang Chen said: “We’ll only be separated again later by the crowds, you wait for me here, I’ll be right back.”

Shi Fengyue grabbed Jiang Chen’s hand, and said in a drawl, “This way we won’t be squeezed apart.”

It was the usual lazy drawl, as if it was only natural for the two to hold hands. Jiang Chen couldn’t help but wonder if he and Huo Bo, Shen Xu, and the others had too little physical contact before, and that was why he thought it was strange for two men to hold hands.

Before Jiang Chen had time to think, he was dragged by Shi Fengyue and squeezed into the crowd.

He Qianmin was not left far behind. Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue were tall, and they were very eye-catching when standing in the crowd. Although he was squeezed away, he could still see them and kept walking in their direction. Seeing that they were heading back into the crowds, and knowing that they were looking for him, He Qianmin raised his hand.

Shi Fengyue’s gaze collided with his. After He Qianmin met his eyes for a moment, he saw Shi Fengyue suddenly bowing his head and saying something in Jiang Chen’s ear. Then, they went in the other direction.

He Qianmin stood there in a daze for a moment, only to realize that he had been made a fool of when he recalled the upward curve of corners of Shi Fengyue’s lips before he lowered his head just now.

“Brother!”

He Qianmin jumped up and yelled.

Across the noisy crowd, Jiang Chen seemed to have sensed something, and was about to turn around, when he heard Shi Fengyue, “The person in front looks a bit like He Qianmin.”

Jiang Chen followed Shi Fengyue’s line of sight, and only saw a corner of a person’s clothes, which were indeed very similar to the coat He Qianmin was wearing today.

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“Qian Min!”

Jiang Chen yelled, and pulled Shi Fengyue to chase over.

Shi Fengyue turned his head, hooked up one corner of his mouth, and waved his hand lazily at He Qianmin.

“What a bastard!”

He Qianmin was so angry that he stomped his foot. He pushed aside the crowd and chased after the two.

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 084 Straightforward Part 1

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The physical examination was half a month ago. Qin Xing had not had a physical examination for nearly a year. He always ignored his age. When a person reaches past 30, he would feel that time flies by, in the blink of an eye a year has already passed.

When he got the physical examination report, he took a few glances, and all the indicators were fine, except for the blood sugar indicator, which stood out and caught the eye.

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Qin Xing sat in a daze with the report in his hands for a few minutes before putting away the report.

For the first time, he clearly felt that he was no longer young.

Shen Zhen watched Qin Xing walk into the office. When he came, he didn’t notify Qin Xing in advance. When Qin Xing saw Shen Zhen, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but curve upwards: “Why are you here today?”

Shen Zhen stood up and gave Qin Xing a hug, but it only lasted a few seconds, he was still a little unaccustomed to being too close to Qin Xing, the feeling it gave him was a bit strange: “After I settled the company’s business, I now have time to come and see you.”

Qin Xing smiled and said: “It happens that I am also no longer needed at the company, so let’s go back together.”

Shen Zhen followed Qin Xing, a little embarrassed.

Don’t know why, but he didn’t feel embarrassed before. He didn’t see Qin Xing for a while, and suddenly he had an unfamiliar feeling, becoming more awkward than before they were together.

Standing beside Qin Xing, Shen Zhen recalled that in his previous life, Qin Xing was like an unattainable symbol in his eyes, not so much a person as a symbol.

He was in awe of Qin Xing and admired Qin Xing, but in fact it had nothing to do with Qin Xing himself.

Qin Xing also found that something was up with Shen Zhen’s mood, and asked softly, “What’s wrong? What happened?”

Shen Zhen: “It’s nothing, have you had lunch yet?”

Qin Xing saw that Shen Zhen was absent-minded, but he didn’t point it out. Instead, he asked, “Are you hungry?”

Shen Zhen couldn’t find anything to say, so he just nodded.

“Let’s go eat something first.” Qin Xing, “What do you want to eat?”

Shen Zhen got into the car and smiled at Qin Xing: “Anything’s fine.”

Qin Xing: “Then we’ll go to your Uncle Lin’s.”

Uncle Lin’s restaurant was Chinese food, and Shen Zhen didn’t object.

Qin Xing went to hold Shen Zhen’s hand, but in that moment Shen Zhen’s mind blanked, and he took his hand back instantly.

Shen Zhen regretted it the second he took it back.

He explained awkwardly: “I just…..”

Qin Xing also had a little bit of astonishment on his face, but it disappeared quickly. His smile was still there, but it faded a lot: “It’s nothing, you don’t need to explain.”

His action just now seemed to have hurt Qin Xing’s heart.

Shen Zhen lowered his head, full of guilt. He reached out to pull Qin Xing’s hand, Shen Zhen’s hand was on the back of Qin Xing’s, but Qin Xing didn’t move, as if he didn’t feel anything.

Shen Zhen didn’t speak, he felt that Qin Xing must be angry.

Speaking of which, Shen Zhen’s relationship experience was not rich.

He and Qin Yue had never been in a romantic relationship at all, and they always got along like buddies.

With Qin Xing, it could be regarded as his first ever romantic relationship.

But he didn’t know how to be in a romantic relationship.

Being in a romantic relationship also depended on talent. Some people seemed to be born knowing how to get along with the person they like, and how to speak sweet words naturally, but some people were just like a block of wood, unable to utter a sweet word at all.

Sitting in the restaurant, Shen Zhen felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between him and Qin Xing.

He took a sip of water, moistened his lips, and began randomly: “Brother Ma said, you went for a medical examination?”

Qin Xing paused while taking off his gloves. He had no expression, but his tone was the same as usual: “There is no problem, it’s normal.”

Shen Zhen: “…..Oh.”

He wanted to comfort him, but the person himself didn’t show any signs of displeasure, and he didn’t know where to even start to comfort him.

Maybe Brother Ma was thinking too much?

The food at the restaurant looked very good, and it probably tasted just as good, but Shen Zhen’s attention was not on eating, and he might as well be chewing wax.

He raised his eyes to look at Qin Xing, for the first time observing how Qin Xing ate.

Qin Xing’s movements were very refined, no matter what he did, he always looked calm.

Shen Zhen looked away and finished his meal quietly.

“No appetite today?” Qin Xing asked.

Shen Zhen shook his head: “No, I ate pretty well.”

He had no habit of leaving leftovers, and he could always finish a bowl of rice, whether he had an appetite or not.

On the way back, Shen Zhen was still sitting next to Qin Xing. He thought about why he suddenly felt awkward and a sense of unfamiliarity.

Clearly, they had been pretty good before. Before he became busy with his companies, he had a good relationship with Qin Xing, and he didn’t feel embarrassed at all.

But now, this strange feeling lingered around the air between them.

It seemed like his reactionary response was a few beats slower, and now he finally reacted.

Shen Zhen sighed, feeling that he was thinking too much.

Originally, he didn’t have so many thoughts, and getting along with Qin Xing was very natural.

After a while, Shen Zhen felt that he had done nothing wrong, withdrawing his hand was just because of a conditioned reflex. After all, he had never been so close to anyone except Qin Xing?

Maybe he was feeling shy?

Shen Zhen himself was a little speechless.

Feeling shy when there was no blushing or quickened heart beating?

This skin was also quite thick.

After getting on the elevator, returning home, and turning on the lights, Qin Xing walked in first: “Are you going to take a shower first?”

Shen Zhen swallowed: “You go first, I’ll read some documents for a while.”

When he was at home before, Shen Zhen often read documents, but now he couldn’t read a single word. After reading the same sentence over and over again, to the extent that he could even recite it eyes closed, in the end Qin Xing was all he could think about in his mind.

He was busy some time ago, and Qin Xing had to deal with the Qin family’s affairs, so he moved back to the Qin family manor for more than a week.

It was just over a week.

Shen Zhen buried his head in the pillow, and recalled the way Qin Xing treated him specially from the beginning.

After thinking about it, Shen Zhen sat up straight from the sofa.

He didn’t feel it before, but now that he thought about it, why did he have the feeling that Qin Xing planned it long ago?

The apartment was big, but there were not many things, and it looked rather empty. Shen Zhen heard the sound of Qin Xing showering, and he couldn’t help thinking of their first time.

Shen Zhen patted his cheeks, turned on the TV, and watched the news.

As if after watching the news, his attention would no longer be focused on Qin Xing.

What should have happened and what shouldn’t have happened had already happened. Now thinking about it so much, it seemed too hypocritical.

Shen Zhen watched the news, but kept his attention on when Qin Xing would come out of the bathroom.

After about ten minutes, Qin Xing came out of the bathroom. He only came out in a bathrobe, with his chest exposed.

Shen Zhen turned his head to look, and still found it very sexy.

“I’m going to take a shower too.” Shen Zhen lowered his head and almost rushed into the bathroom.

He closed the bathroom door behind his back and looked at his face in the mirror. His face was flushed red.

The steam in the bathroom was heavy and still very hot. Shen Zhen turned on some cold water and patted his face first.

Then Shen Zhen raised his head again and looked at himself in the mirror.

He didn’t seem to have changed, he was still the same, but after changing his hairstyle, his aura seemed to be more aggressive.

Shen Zhen took a shower for more than half an hour, not so much taking a shower as escaping from reality.

When he came out of the shower, he went to the bedroom to check, only to find that Qin Xing was not in the room.

Shen Zhen froze, and it took several seconds for him to react. He walked to the guest room almost in a panic, and indeed he saw Qin Xing lying on the bed in the guest room.

While Shen Zhen let out a sigh of relief, he was also a little angry: “Why are you sleeping in the guest room?”

Qin Xing was reading with gold-rimmed glasses. He looked up at Shen Zhen with no expression on his face.

For the first time in so long, Shen Zhen faced Qin Xing who didn’t have a smile on his face.

Qin Xing’s tone was a little cold: “I think it’s better for us to sleep separately these few days.”

Shen Zhen asked almost instinctively: “Why?”

Qin Xing looked at Shen Zhen’s bewildered expression, finally sighed, and said to Shen Zhen, “Xiao Zhen, do you want to have a talk to me?”

Shen Zhen hesitated again.

Still, he said, “Okay.”

Shen Zhen sat by the bed and looked at Qin Xing.

Qin Xing also looked at Shen Zhen, and the two looked at each other. Shen Zhen saw helplessness in Qin Xing’s eyes.

This made Shen Zhen feel nervous that he had done something wrong.

“Xiao Zhen.” Qin Xing’s voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of frightening Shen Zhen, “You are still young, in your twenties, and your life has just begun. I don’t wish it to be a momentary passion…..”

Shen Zhen’s eyes widened: “What momentary passion?”

Qin Xing: “Xiao Zhen, I’m older than you…..”

Shen Zhen: “Not much older.”

Qin Xing looked at Shen Zhen. Shen Zhen was still so young, he had been seducing Shen Zhen from the very beginning. His purpose was not pure from the beginning, but now he suddenly realized that Shen Zhen was still young, and his future was still very bright and long, he still had many years to think slowly.

He didn’t want to wait for Shen Zhen to reach middle age and then regret being with him.

What could he do then?

He would always be the same, but Shen Zhen could change.

Qin Xing felt this kind of feeling for the first time in his life.

If his feelings for Shen Zhen were even just a little less deep, he wouldn’t think of this.

He could selfishly hold Shen Zhen in his hands and never give him a chance to regret it for the rest of his life.

But looking at Shen Zhen’s face, Qin Xing felt a little tired for the first time.

He was always worried that Shen Zhen would meet “true love” one day.

Qin Xing smiled: “Xiao Zhen, have you ever thought about how old I would be when you are thirty?”

Shen Zhen said naturally: “Over forty.”

Qin Xing looked at Shen Zhen.

Only then did Shen Zhen realize that what Brother Ma said was true, Qin Xing cared about his own age very much.

Shen Zhen was a little anxious: “You have always been the youngest in my heart.”

Probably because he was afraid that Qin Xing would not believe it, Shen Zhen said again: “Do you dislike me for being too young?”

Qin Xing was taken aback by this question.

With an expression of “I knew it”, Shen Zhen said, “Actually, I’m not too young. If you think there’s something I didn’t do right or well, you can tell me directly.”

“Don’t use age to brush me off.” Shen Zhen said this on purpose.

He saw Qin Xing’s worry.

But he didn’t want to say anything directly. If he said it directly, it would seem like he didn’t care about Qin Xing’s self-esteem.

Although Qin Xing looked very mature, men, no matter young or old, all possess a childish side.

Qin Xing smiled and said: “I’m not brushing you off, Xiao Zhen, I just don’t want you to regret it one day.”

Regret wasting the most precious time of his youth on an old man.

Shen Zhen: “Is it because I pulled back my hand in the car?”

Shen Zhen looked at him intently.

Qin Xing was suddenly speechless.

Shen Zhen’s gaze was very focused and persistent, and it was as if there were stars in his eyes.

Qin Xing sighed, he stretched out his hand, wrapped it around Shen Zhen’s shoulder, then kissed Shen Zhen’s forehead, and asked, “Do you feel awkward?”

Shen Zhen shook his head.

Qin Xing asked again: “What if my face is full of wrinkles?”

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Shen Zhen thought for a while: “You would still be handsome with wrinkles on your face.”

He really thought so. When Qin Xing became old, he would definitely be a handsome old man, an old gentleman.

Just as able to attract many people, both men and women.

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 102 The Birth Of The Defender

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The King held his wine goblet, his gaze falling on the Archbishop of Jollingshire.

The Archbishop of Yoringshire shuddered unconsciously. The moment the King glanced over, he felt as if a knife had been scraped across his neck. However, he quickly calmed down. As the second most powerful figure in the church in Legrand, he knew much more about the situation on the other side of the Abyss Strait than others.

No one could violate the glory of the Holy Lord, he was sure of this.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, in the name of the merciful Lord.” The Archbishop of Yoringshire held up the cross on his chest, and he looked around at the other people at the banquet, “Can we witness such a tragedy happen?”

People exchanged glances with each other, and many stood up one after another, carefully using words that expressed their views in terms that echoed the archbishop of Yoringshire County, but did not directly oppose the King.

The secular nobles were not like the parish nobles who really had too much devotion to the Holy Court.

They cared more about their own interests than their piety.

With the Holy Court being so mighty and powerful, they wanted to know what attitude the King would take towards the Holy Court. There was no doubt that even though the nobles have gained a lot from the recent “Free Chamber of Commerce Regulations” and the blockade of the Black Death, but these benefits were not enough for them to completely stand on the opposite side of the Holy Court together with the King.

But, equally, they did not want to confront the King who had just won a victory and whose power and prestige have never been higher than now in the country.

They carefully reserved a leeway for themselves.

But the lords and vassal state representatives on the border were not so polite…..They hoped that the royal family and the Holy Court would completely turn against each other so that they could benefit from it.

“Mr. Bishop.” The King turned the goblet in his hand, his tone sounding amiable, and he even had a smile on his face——if it wasn’t for the fact that it was the same smile he had when he ordered a purge after the Rose Crisis then it would be even better, “I heard you are quite accomplished in theology, and you once got the opportunity to go to the Holy See and speak with the Pope. Is that so?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Although the bishop of Jollingshire County was a little puzzled and didn’t understand why the King mentioned this matter, he still bowed slightly and answered in a tone of humility on the surface, but in fact he was quite proud inside.

“I was once fortunate to have been taught by His Holiness.”

“In this case, I think you must possess the essence of the Pope’s thinking.” The King raised his wine goblet in another direction, “I have been confused for a long time about whether there is a punishment of purgatory after death. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you all must be as confused as I am. Since there is a bishop who has been taught by the Pope and an abbot who was born in the Holy Spirit Bay and participated in the debate of the Whitsunday Council, why not ask them to discuss this issue and to clarify for us?”

Holy Spirit Bay, Whitsunday Council Debate.

The sound of the crowd instantly grew, and even the expression on the face of the bishop of Jollingshire County changed slightly.

Holy Spirit Bay was where the holy city of the Holy Court was located today, and the Whitsunday Council debate was the highest meeting of the entire Holy Court. All the people who were born in Holy Spirit Bay and qualified to participate in the holy congregation were almost all members of the core power of the Holy Court, the future reserve of the twelve sanctuaries.

There was a joke used to mock:

Even if it was a little priest, as long as they claimed to be from the Holy Court, even the archbishop of a princely country was willing to bend down and kiss their shoe.

Although it was exaggerated, the truth could be glimpsed.

With the relationship between the King and the Holy Court, how could he get the support of such a person?

The white-haired and thin Father Anil stood up from his seat, and his student, Father Remy, looked at him worriedly.

The Master of the Households loudly introduced to everyone present the unfamiliar Father Anil——he was born in the Holy Court, studied at Trinity Theological College, and became a professor of the college after graduation. When the Holy Court reunified the doctrine in 1411, he was at the meeting table, and now he was the abbot of the Legrand Northland Monastery.

1411 Whitsunday Council, Father Anil.

The expressions of some church members in the audience became complicated, and they exchanged looks with each other. Apparently, a small number of these church members had heard of this great theologian who once defeated the Pope in debates. In fact, the Holy Court originally planned to confirm the theory of purgatory at the meeting in 1411, but because of Father Anil’s refutation, some of the Holy Court’s elders changed their original thinking when it was time to make the decision.

It wasn’t until Father Anil was excommunicated from the Holy Court that the Pope was able to formally write the theory of purgatory into the orthodox doctrine at the third holy meeting.

The big belly of the Archbishop of Jollingshire obviously contained more red wine and power scheming. He didn’t recognize who his opponent was, but after hearing that Father Anil was now just an insignificant abbot of the Northland, he showed a look of contempt.

“Sir.” Abbot Anil said gently, “What is purgatory? Where did it come from?”

“Purgatory is the place of judgment. My dear Mr. Abbot, that is something that even infants know.” The Archbishop of Yoringshire sneered, “Need I tell you more? The souls who have been forgiven of their sins and have not yet made penance, neither can enter the kingdom of God nor go to hell, will be placed in purgatory to suffer temporarily, waiting for all sins to be washed away, and so they need our redemption.”

“Sir, this is stipulated by the doctrine of 1417, not the origin of purgatory.” Abbot Anil said in a steady voice, “The term purgatory was proposed by priests such as Amberkin, Ross, and Peter in the 12th century. That is a wrong interpretation, and their basis comes from verses 39 to 26 of the twelfth volume of the Holy Book, and verse 32 of the twelfth volume…..”

As he spoke, Father Anil recited all the verses he mentioned verbatim.

“Isn’t this enough to explain the existence of purgatory?” The Archbishop of Jollingshire sarcastically said, “Since you remember, you shouldn’t make such a big mistake.”

“On the contrary.” Abbot Anil replied, “It exactly proves that purgatory does not exist. The space of purgatory is not clearly pointed out in the holy book from the beginning to the end, but the latecomers misinterpreted these original designations that we should gain salvation by faith, and in the holy book, we were warned with a clear attitude: there is a complete separation between the living and the dead.”

“Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.”

This was the admonition in the holy book, and Father Anil recited it aloud.

“The Holy Lord has already stated these clearly with His tolerance and mercy——

After death, the soul does not need to go through the purifying stage of purgatory, but is in a state of dormancy, which lasts until the last judgment and final resurrection; the worlds of the living and the dead are completely separated, and there can be no connection that may occur between them, all acts of intercession by the living for the dead, including prayers, offerings of Eucharist, buying indulgences, etc., have no meaning.”

There was an uproar among the crowd.

This was the first time someone had publicly declared so loudly on such a political occasion among the upper class in Legrand that there was no purgatory.

The Archbishop of Jollingshire County pointed tremblingly at the fearless Abbot Anil: “You, you, you…..do you even want to deny and betray your own mission of salvation as an apostle?!”

“Yes!” Abbot Anil replied sharply, “I never thought that I have the right to redeem anyone on behalf of the supreme Holy Lord. Only devout faith can establish communication between the apostles and the Holy Lord. Not even the Holy See can teach a sinner to ascend to the kingdom of God! The key to the kingdom of God is no longer in our hands, but in the hands of all! The secular world has nothing to do with the soul!”

Some nobles who originally wanted to get up sat back to their original positions after hearing these words.

There were varying expressions on their faces.

Especially for the nobles in the south, doing business had always been derogatory in the teachings of the Holy Court, and it had always been considered that only people who have committed crimes would do it. Banking, usury and other related businesses have been denounced as “crimes” and “heresy”. But in fact, the cost of maintaining nobles’ territories was very great, and the closer the nobles were to the commercial booming area in the south, the more dissatisfied they were with these precepts.

Putting aside this point, the various miscellaneous taxes they pay to the Holy Court every year were also not a small expense.

But these people were only a minority, and more people immediately changed their faces when they heard the shocking words of Abbot Anil. Many madams and ladies even held handkerchiefs to their mouths, looking on the verge of fainting.

Several priests stood up one after another and loudly refuted Abbot Anil.

At first, they were still citing various regulations and various interpretations of the holy book, but Abbot Anil was more familiar with these regulations and the interpretation of the holy book than they were. He was able to recite the full text of all the arguments against himself on the spot, and then refute them one by one by citing the holy book.

In the end, the priests were practically left speechless, and could only angrily accuse Abbot Anil of being a “blasphemer” and a “heretic” who should be burned at the stake.

“May I ask you all, is the status of the Holy See higher than the voice of the Holy Lord? Can we think that the words of mortals are above the teachings of the true God?” Abbot Anil asked sharply, “The pating of indulgence itself is the blasphemy towards the sacred! The Holy Court has never had the right to redeem people’s souls, and the only way to obtain salvation is faith itself!”

“I am willing to bear all the responsibilities for my words today. If pious belief is sinful, then I am willing to be burned for it!”

Abbot Anil replied sonorously. He raised his hand to hold the cross on his chest and held it high.

Father Remy stood up and also raised his cross high.

Abbot Anil looked around at everyone present. His hair was white and his hands were wrinkled, but his eyes clearly revealed rock-like strength and fortitude.

The light that fell from the sky enveloped him, and he was more like a benevolent saint than that depicted in all the frescoes and all the statues.

The great hall fell silent.

In the silence, the King put down his wine goblet and clapped his hands: “Thank you for clarifying my doubts, Mr. Abbot.”

Saying this, the King looked around the hall.

He smiled slightly.

“Ladies and gentlemen, shouldn’t we applaud such a good debate? Shouldn’t we rejoice that our mistakes have finally been righted?”

The King’s tone was extremely kind, but his eyes were also extremely cold.

——This was an informal declaration of taking sides.

At the seats, some people began to follow the King to applaud, and soon the number became more and more, mainly the southeast nobles and some original royalist nobles. Representatives of Ingres and Kriya also applauded, along with some small vassal states in the central and southern regions.

High lords and larger vassal states sat stiffly among the applauding crowd.

Their faces were livid, and they neither reprimanded nor agreed.

“Cheers to faith!”

The King smiled, raised his golden wine goblet high, and saluted everyone present. Then he drank the wine in one gulp.

Those who applauded raised their goblets and shouted in unison: “Cheers to faith.”

Amidst the cheers, the King smiled and looked down at his empty wine goblet——A toast to faith! Cheers!

As soon as the wine goblet was put down on the table, the King clapped his hands. The old judge who presided over the meeting of glory baci then stood up, holding a regulation document in his hand.

“Now that we realize our mistakes, we can’t go any further down the wrong path.” The King said lightly, turning a blind eye to the livid faces of the lords and priests, “In order to make up for our mistakes, the royal council has drawn up such a draft.”

A group of judges dressed in black, led by the castle attendants, walked into the hall and distributed the proposed regulation documents to each person.

“Limitation of Purgatory Creeds and Priesthood Ordinances”

Seeing the name of the draft, the corners of General Edmund’s eyes twitched for a moment. For a moment, he felt that what he was holding in his hand was not a piece of document, but a sword.

A war without gunpowder, but equally dangerous was taking place.

He took a deep breath slowly, and finally understood what the King wanted to do with the Duke of Buckingham’s funeral——

How was this a funeral! This was clearly a declaration of war!

This regulation was the first clarion call.

Facing the authority of the Holy Court, the King finally tore away the illusion of harmony on the surface, and put all the enmity on the card table first. He chose to use Abbot Anil, the leader of the “Pure and Holy Faction” who had been expelled from the Holy City, as a pawn, and began to challenge the authority of the Pope.

Should he be called crazy or should he be called fearless?

Even  the nobles who had applauded before, when they saw this document, their faces instantly changed, and whipped their heads up to look at the King sitting on the throne. The rest of the priests, lords, and vassal state representatives reacted even more strongly, and many people stood up directly, wanting to say something.

However, just as they stood up, heavy horseshoes echoed from the door of the hall.

Tap, tap, tap.

The sound of the iron hooves falling on the rocky floor was deep and powerful, bringing an unsettling solemn chill.

A war horse and a knight appeared at the entrance of the banquet hall.

Behind the knight was the deep dark night, and the brilliant candlelight reflected off the iron armor he wore. The knight wore cold iron gauntlets and a long sword hung from his waist. He held the reins in one hand and his helmet in the other. His shoulder length silver hair was tied behind his head, and his icy blue eyes were as still as the cold edge of a blade.

General Johan.

He had come.

Today marked the Duke of Buckingham’s funeral and the ceremony in which he would officially become Defender of the King.

At the moment when the opponents stood up and the undercurrent in the hall was surging, he stepped into the banquet hall.

The representatives of the vassal states stopped talking from the moment General Johan stepped into the hall. Those who stood up exchanged glances with each other. The lords on the borders slowly sat up straight, and the noble madams and ladies had a premonition of what would happen next, some flickering their eyes back and forth between General Johan and the other knights at the banquet, nervously and somewhat expectantly.

The King raised his goblet at his cousin.

The Master of the Households announced with a loud voice to all present that the King’s defender, General Johan, had arrived.

Under the many gazes, General Johan raised his hand and clenched his fist, beating his heart.

The collision of iron made a crisp sound.

“I swear by the honor of the knight, I will defend Your Majesty’s dignity and authority with my life.”

General Johan’s voice was deep and powerful, and he stared at the King who was toasting to him on the throne.

“For the rest of my life, I will take the duty and honor of the defender as my duty. All those who do not support Your Majesty, I will punish with a sharp sword and trample under iron hooves.”

“Now——”

General Johan took off his gauntlets and threw them to the ground.

“I make my challenge to all the opponents of His Majesty here!”

The iron gauntlets fell to the ground with a clang.

The flickering candlelight fell on young General Johan——he had inherited his father’s dukedom, and now he would inherit the title of “Defender” from the Duke of Buckingham as well.

The first knight who opposed the new regulations stood up from the banquet table and walked out. He picked up the iron gauntlets thrown to the ground by General Johan: “I accept your challenge.”

This was the Middle Ages.

This was the era of knights.

Beneath all the elegant etiquette of toasting and drinking, the most savage, primitive and violent impulses were concealed. Blood and armor, long swords and duels were the most revered and noble way of adjudicating in this era——at the cost of one party’s glory and one party’s death. The lords could not defeat Abbot Anil theologically, but they could defeat the King’s defender in the dueling ring.

That meant that the King’s plan today would fail——

No one would trust a King who did not have absolute martial force!

At this moment, General Johan symbolized the King himself.

The King put his honor into his hands.

The Rose family had never been afraid of shedding blood, and the dueling stage was set in the square in front of the hall. The torches that had been prepared were lit one by one, and the flames circled the dueling arena.

The master of ceremonies began to announce the knights on both sides of the duel: “The Rose family, defender of the King! General Johan!”

General Johan galloped forward, the scarlet cloak on his back billowed, and the King’s personal guards spontaneously raised the Rose royal banner high for him. The Duke of Buckingham’s old staff cheered loudly. He drew out the long sword at his waist. This time, the dueling arena was much smaller than that of the usual horse-fighting contests. The two sides would not use lances, but a more dangerous melee style duel.

“Dacke State, Sir Tetson!”

General Johan’s opponent also stepped onto the arena, wearing a blue cloak and holding a shield with the laurel family crest in one hand. Facing the son of the Duke of Buckingham, the bloodline of the imperial lion, he maintained enough vigilance and attention.

At the moment when the master of ceremonies announced the start of the duel, General Johan’s horse galloped forward like the wind. The two sides approached in an instant. General Johan held his sword, the blade tilted sideways. His opponent was also a long-established knight with a record to boast about.

With the cold wind blowing across his face, General Johan was extremely calm.

The war horses finally collided. At that moment, General Johan let out a loud roar, and the long sword cut  sharply through the air. Sir Tetson raised his shield to meet him, and in a flash, the side of the long sword slashed against the shield. This was not a miss, but a more deadly attack——because in the next moment, General Johan and his horse leaped upwards.

The King had used this trick in the Battle of Benz, and now it was also utilized by General Johan.

In his life, the Duke of Buckingham taught two of the best knights in the world.

One was his nephew! One was his son!

The horses neighed, the knights roared, and General Johan in mid-air had turned into a fierce lion. His father’s glory revived within him, and his long sword slashed hard, knocking away the enemy’s shield.

Blood, the flash of a sword.

The horse landed on the ground, and General Johan galloped out like a breeze. Behind him, a head flew up high, and blood sprayed like a fountain.

“Next!”

General Johan roared, and he threw his gauntlets to the ground again.

Behind him, the dead body of Sir Tetson fell from his horse.

The wind blew across the earth, and the fire from the torches rose upwards, burning high.

“Next!”

The corpses gradually piled up, and Charles looked at General Johan, who was swinging his sword atop his horse, as if the young Duke of Buckingham appeared before his eyes again.

The last time the iron gauntlets fell to the ground, no one dared to step into the dueling arena. Blood dripped down General Johan’s armor. He reined in his horse with one hand and held his sword in the other, standing proudly and coldly among the corpses that surrounded him. All those who met his gaze involuntarily backed off.

The master of ceremonies shouted three times, but there was no answer.

He announced loudly: “The defender is born!!”

General Johan got off his horse, drew his sword and moved forward. The crowd carved out a wide path for him leading directly to the main hall.

The King stepped down from his throne.

“Congratulations, my defender!”

The King gazed at his cousin, and raised his golden goblet aloft.

“For you, I fight!”

General Johan took the wine goblet served by the servant and toasted the King.

“Defender!” “Defender!”

Cheers erupted like a tidal wave, and thunderous applause burst forth. In the crowd, the former subordinates of the Duke of Buckingham burst into tears.

There was an uproar of voices and cheers, and amidst the din, no one noticed that a bard was trembling all over.

Kriya’s old bard put his hands on the strings, he looked at the King holding the golden goblet, at the smiling General Johan, at the corpses, at the fire and blood…..Countless words skimmed across his mind. He finally understood his destiny in this life.

It was destined that he was to only write an unprecedented epic in his life.

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That was the epic of the birth of the Rose family from blood and fire!

This was a family born in blood, and the young son of the lion, like his father, raised the sword for the King. He was the King’s shield and the King’s sword.

The contract of the previous generation was passed on to the younger generation.

The heroic soul of the Rose family was to never die.

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 096 Shi Fengyue Is His Bottom Line?

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After the final exam was over, Jiang Chen briefly reported to his parents, took his two computers and all peripherals, and went to the research institute under the guard of a few special forces concealed in his vicinity.

Last time, Jiang Chen and Major General Wu discussed the application of image processing in the military. Major General Wu used to work in the radar research room of stealth reconnaissance aircraft, and was later transferred to the 17th Research Institute of National Defense. He was mainly responsible for the research and development of security technology. After learning about Jiang Chen’s image processing system, he was very interested. After bringing Jiang Chen to the research institute, he even formed a temporary group to discuss the scope of application of the Changjiang Image Processing System.

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The seven-hour meeting that day not only discussed the application of the Changjiang Image Processing System in military affairs, but after seeing the power of the Changjiang Image Processing System with his own eyes, Major General Wu directly asked Jiang Chen if he had any intention of joining the national research institute.

After confirming Jiang Chen’s intentions, Major General Wu submitted the report as quickly as possible, explaining in detail the importance of the project in Jiang Chen’s hands to the country’s military development. The documents for the new research group had been approved in less than two days.

Unexpectedly, on the day the documents were approved, an accident almost happened to Jiang Chen.

The start time of the project had to be pushed back because of this, but it had been nearly a month since the incident in Chengyang Square, and the investigation of the case had reached a deadlock. Although Major General Wu hoped to put Jiang Chen’s safety and the confidentiality of his identity first, the documents had been approved for nearly a month, but even the researchers of the research team had not yet been confirmed, let alone started the research.

The case had no progress, but the start time of the research project could not be delayed again and again, so after handling all the matters at hand, Jiang Chen was directly taken to the research institute, and he stayed for ten days. Except for the fixed call time, the research institute cut off all contact with the outside world.

In the past ten days, after careful assessment, he initially selected an assistant researcher and three researchers, and including him, there were a total of five people. Except for the first few days of breaking in, the later progress was fairly stable. The only thing that troubled Jiang Chen was that except for Yu Yi, the first researcher he picked, it was difficult for the others to keep up with his train of thought.

It wasn’t until the day before he had to go to the He family’s old family house for dinner that Jiang Chen asked Major General Wu for leave, and mentioned this matter by the way.

Major General Wu was very straightforward: “Do you want a change of new people?”

“Not for the time being.” Jiang Chen shook his head: “The time is still short, after a while, everyone will get used to this rhythm and it may become better.”

“If you think they are not suitable, just tell me.” Major General Wu was worried that Jiang Chen was young and thin-skinned, and he was too embarrassed to kick the people he selected out of the research group, and reminded: “Your current project is one of the most important ones in the entire 17th Institute. Not only our research institute, but also the higher-ups attach great importance to this project. I have issued a military order that there will definitely be results in a year. I know that your general direction will not go wrong, but don’t forget that you must not stumble on the little details either.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Your current first step is military reconnaissance. The three-dimensional geographical maps and topographical maps of military simulations need to be checked by professionals. Do you have a suitable candidate in mind?”

“Not yet.”

“At that time, I will ask the personnel transfer office to give you the information of the researchers who have no projects to complete in the Navigation Department for the time being, and you can choose among them.”

“Okay.”

“By the way, do you know Shi Fengyue?”

Jiang Chen paused, “Yes.”

“That kid, like you, entered the research institute when he was a teenager, but he entered the navigation department. Although he is no longer involved in the research, he still has an idle position as a technical consultant. If you can persuade him to come over to help, it will bring nothing but good to your project.”

“An idle position at the research institute?” Jiang Chen was a little surprised: “As far as I know, he hadn’t ever been in the research institute after returning to the country, nor participated in any research projects. How…..”

“That kid is an exception.” Major General Wu put on his hat, and said in a rather distasteful tone: “He is talented and has a bad temper, and he is used to being a brat. No one can control him.”

The secretary behind Major General Wu said with a smile: “But there’s no helping it, he is very capable, the group of people in the navigation department gave him an idle position so that they can have a reason to call him when something comes up in the future.”

“When something comes up?” Major General Wu snorted coldly: “He won’t even lift his eyelids even when the enemy comes knocking.”

Jiang Chen couldn’t hold back coming to Shi Fengyue’s defense: “If something really happens in the research institute, I believe Shi Fengyue will still come to help.”

Major General Wu didn’t speak, but the secretary tilted his head slightly, moved closer to Jiang Chen, and listed what Shi Fengyue had done:

“Feng Yue just returned to the country at the beginning of this year, and the navigation department called him three times, but he refused all times. In July, the navigation department called him once because of technical problems, and he refused on the grounds that he had to rest after a night of consecutive operations. Someone checked his location out of a quibbling mindset, and found that he drove to the drag racing area of the abandoned warehouse in Xing City that day. And also some time ago, he directly used the military satellite positioning system without reporting it. If not for Mr. Shi and old general He mediating, he might have to answer directly at a court-martial.”

Then the secretary’s tone changed: “However, apart from Mr. Shi and General He, the reason the higher-ups let go of this matter was because he was helping you investigate the case. Xiao Jiang, do you think you have a certain chance of convincing Shi Fengyue to come and help?”

“I’m not sure.” With a smile on his lips, Jiang Chen lightly shook his head and said, “It’s true that Shi Fengyue and I are good friends, but he has his own freedom, and I can’t persuade him to do what he doesn’t want to do, and his current work in the hospital is also quite tiring, so coupled with the work in the laboratory, it might be too exhausting.”

“Then have him quit his job in the hospital.” Major General Wu’s voice was cold and firm: “He’s a talent for scientific research. It’s just nonsense to become a doctor. Is the hospital lacking him as a doctor?”

Hearing Major General Wu’s words, for some reason, Jiang Chen felt a sense of stuffiness in his heart. He pursed his lips, and said, “Whether it’s scientific research or saving people’s lives, Shi Fengyue has done a good job, so I think he has the strength and the right to choose what he wants to do, and I don’t agree with you saying that the hospital does not lack him as a doctor.”

“You may not know this, but my father was in a car accident, and his lower body was basically paralyzed, without any feeling at all. My mother and I searched all the hospitals and experts in Yan City, and no one dared to accept my father’s operation. Only Shi Fengyue dared, not only did he dare, he succeeded, and now my father is recovering very well. Other than not being able to run for a long time or do strenuous exercise, he is no different from a normal person.”

“If there was no Shi Fengyue, my father might still be paralyzed in bed, and my mother would have to carry all the burdens of the family alone. I would not have extra time and thought to do scientific research, and I would not meet Mr. Xiang and you. So it can be said that without Shi Fengyue, our family would not be where we are today.”

Jiang Chen paused, and met Major General Wu’s eyes, saying in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: “Studying medicine is to cure diseases and save lives, and scientific research is also to better protect our country and people. There is no difference between the two. Both are for the development of mankind.”

Major General Wu also stopped, looked straight at Jiang Chen, and said in a deep voice: “Shi Fengyue being a doctor for a lifetime can save at most tens of thousands of families, but if he uses his skills in research, he would protect the more than one billion people in our country, which is more important, the country or the individual family?”

The smile on Jiang Chen’s face faded, and his tone was flat: “Even if it’s just to save a single family, Shi Fengyue is worthy of respect, and his choice is also worthy of respect…..”

Seeing Major General Wu’s expression getting worse and worse, worried that the two would quarrel in the corridor of the research building, the secretary immediately interrupted Jiang Chen, “Xiao Jiang, your cell phone is ringing.”

Jiang Chen paused, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and was slightly taken aback when he saw the caller ID. Major General Wu also saw the caller ID, he frowned and looked away, and said in a deep voice: “The car outside is waiting for you, go quickly, remember to come back on time the day after tomorrow.”

“Yes, sir.” Jiang Chen turned around and said goodbye to Major General Wu and his secretary: “I’m leaving first.”

When Jiang Chen walked away, the secretary smiled and said to Major General Wu: “This is the first time I’ve seen Xiao Jiang quibbling over something. If I hadn’t seen him arguing with you with my own eyes, I would have thought he had no temper.”

“That kid has a big temper.” Major General Wu had no expression on his face, but there was a hint of a smile in his tone.

“Well, we can’t help capable people having bad tempers, right?” The secretary said with a smile: “Xiao Jiang’s temper is actually the best among them. Usually, I hardly see children of his age who are so mature and sensible. Because of his young age, don’t know how much trouble Zhang Lei caused him before, both openly and secretly, but he didn’t say a word about Zhang Lei. Even when you asked him if he wanted to kick anyone out, he just said that he didn’t need to for the time being. Listening to his tone, I can really tell he is speaking the truth. I don’t know if the child really has no temper, or if he values Zhang Lei’s ability and is willing to tolerate him.”

Major General Wu glanced at him: “You don’t know?”

“I didn’t know before, but I know now.” The secretary smiled and said, “It’s quite uncommon for a child of this age to have such magnanimity and long-term thinking.”

Major General Wu snorted coldly: “Zhang Lei almost pissed on his head and he could smooth things over with a smile. I just said a few words about Shi Fengyue, but he got into a fight with me. You still call this a good temper? I think there are few who have a more stinky temper than him.”

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The secretary smiled and said, “Zhang Lei has true skills. Xiao Jiang is willing to tolerate him out of not only the sake of the project but also because he really does have a good temper. If you ask me, if you didn’t step on his bottom line just now, he wouldn’t be so angry.”

“Shi Fengyue is his bottom line?” Major General Wu snorted and said, “If this is the case, it won’t be long before he finds that this bottom line will be trampled by someone soon.”

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Source Of Calamity

Source of Calamity CH 083 Getting Older? Part 2

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Shen Zhen led Chen Zian outside, and the employees immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up at Shen Zhen and Chen Zian.

They all looked at Chen Zian with disdain.

But Chen Zian tried his best to hold back his smile, he thought those disgusted looks were for Shen Zhen.

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“I have something to tell you all.” Shen Zhen said, “Chen Zian has worked in our company for five years. He is considered a senior employee. His contribution to the company is obvious to all. There is no shame in making mistakes. After all, everyone makes mistakes.”

Employees: “…..”

Full marks for this bureaucratic tone.

Shen Zhen added: “However, he committed a big mistake this time. He embezzled the company and sold the half year long hard work of our company’s employees for his own interests.”

“What do you think should be done?”

Chen Zian stood calmly behind, waiting for the employees to stand by him and scold Shen Zhen.

However——

“How else can this solved? Sue him! Fire him!”

“After committing this kind of mistake, there is no need to pay him three months’ salary if you fire him from the company.”

“He should spit out the money he got, is that something he deserves?”

“Shameless!”

There were also hot-tempered employees who directly scolded: “Chen Zian, do you think we are all mentally retarded? That we are here for you to play with in the palm of your hand?”

“And even thinking of poaching us with low salaries, I wonder why you can fantasize so well? Do you really think we can’t do anything without you?”

“Don’t take all the credit for yourself. The company we have today is not because of you alone!”

At the same time, there were also people who flattered Shen Zhen.

“If it wasn’t for CEO Shen’s willingness to take over the company, you would have been sleeping on the streets right now.”

“That’s right, paying you such a high salary, and this is what you do?”

“You used to stay up late with us, saying that you want to accompany us, but isn’t it really just you sleeping in the office by yourself. I really don’t see how you actually helped us.”

“Do you really think that you are the boss of the company? Why are you so shameless?”

“Bah! You should go to jail!”

Chen Zian’s eyes widened, thinking he had heard wrong.

He looked at the employees in a panic, not understanding how things turned out like this.

It was only one morning, how could these people…..

Shen Zhen looked at Chen Zian. He was actually not angry, he was even a little curious: “It’s a good thing that you want to go out and start your own business. As one of my senior employees, I should be giving you my blessings. This is a good thing. But you insist on turning a good thing into a bad thing, so just what were you thinking really?”

“The company’s salary for you is not low. I’ve also seen it. Your annual salary last year was three million yuan. Logically speaking, if you want to leave and start your own business, you shouldn’t be short of money.” Shen Zhen looked at him, “Do you have any reason?”

Chen Zian twitched the corner of his mouth: “I don’t understand what you are saying.”

Shen Zhen took out the mobile phone and played the recording again.

Chen Zian’s face turned green after hearing it.

Shen Zhen: “What’s the reason?”

Chen Zian fell silent.

Although he had earned a lot these years, he had an addiction to online gambling. At the beginning, he felt that he could not lose much money from online gambling, at most just some few thousand yuan. He would just play a bit when he was bored.

But the more he lost, the more he gambled, wanting to get back his money. So naturally, he became stuck in this cycle.

All his money went into this pit.

He thought, companies earned so much a year, if he could also start a company, the net profit would only be more.

He could pay back the money owed.

In order to gamble, he also mortgaged his house and car to borrow money.

If he couldn’t pay off his debts, he would not even have a place to live.

Towards a thing like gambling, the more you gamble, the more money you throw in, and it becomes difficult to stop.

Chen Zian said to Shen Zhen with an ugly expression: “CEO Shen, I just didn’t think it through, I…..I know I am wrong, please give me another chance, I will talk to CEO Lu….. “

Shen Zhen waved his hand: “No need, I can forgive you for making other mistakes, but I can’t for this kind of thing regarding principles.”

“You can just wait to receive the lawyer’s letter. Also, you have been fired.” Shen Zhen smiled at him.

Chen Zian felt like the sky was collapsing. Not only would he have to pay more than one million yuan in damages——he had already used the money to pay off his debts.

He also had to compensate for the leakage of commercial secrets which ranged from 10,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan.

More than one million yuan.

If it was in the past, he wouldn’t even notice this one million yuan.

He could earn it back in half a year.

But now, he had no money at all, and he couldn’t find anyone to borrow money either.

His former friends had long since stopped contacting him because he borrowed money and failed to repay it.

Looking for a bank to borrow? His house and car were all mortgaged, and he had not been able to take a loan from the bank for a long time.

Usury? He also tried it, and it was difficult to even pay the interest every month.

Chen Zian’s mind went blank, his legs went limp, and he slid down to the ground. He stared at Shen Zhen with wide eyes, and shouted: “CEO Shen, CEO Shen! I really know that I am wrong. I have been in the company for so many years and contributed so many things, please help me! I promise I will definitely do things honestly in the future, and this kind of thing will never happen again, you must believe me, you must believe me!”

Shen Zhen sighed: “If one doesn’t hit the south wall, one won’t look back, but the south wall is not so easy to hit.”

“Brother Chen, you should go home first and wait for the lawyer’s letter.”

Chen Zian looked around and said to his subordinates: “Say something for me, did you forget that when you didn’t know anything before, it was me who taught you? How did I treat you? Ask yourselves, can you just look on while I am kicked out of the company?”

Seeing Chen Zian’s hysterical appearance, the employees felt a little soft-hearted.

“Brother Chen…..you have to bear the consequences if you do something wrong, you shouldn’t have done that kind of thing…..”

“Brother Chen, you’d better go.”

“Yeah, at least keep some dignity in the end.”

Chen Zian looked at Shen Zhen: “CEO Shen, please give me another chance! What do you want from me? Please tell me, as long as I can do it, I will do it!”

He was so panicked that he was about to cry: “I will kneel down for you? It should be fine if I kneel down for you, right?”

Shen Zhen looked at him with a smile on the corner of his mouth: “Then kneel.”

Chen Zian gritted his teeth and was really about to kneel down.

Shen Zhen: “I won’t change my mind even if you kneel down.”

Chen Zian remained motionless.

Shen Zhen: “Before you do something, you should think about the consequences. As an adult, you should be responsible for your actions.”

“That’s it.” Shen Zhen said, “Chen Zian, if you don’t leave, I’ll call the security to come in and drag you out.”

Shen Zhen said to the employees: “Keep on working. There are a lot of things to do this month. After all, the APP has been developed. Your hard work has been spent on it. I will still give you the commission and bonus that should be given. I will come to the company often in the future, so if there is anything, just come to me directly.”

Employees: “Understood, CEO Shen.”

“CEO Shen, have a good day.”

Chen Zian was finally dragged away by the security guards.

The remaining things could be handed over to the company’s legal team of lawyers, which he spent a lot of money to support. This kind of case was very easy for them.

Li Xiaolin got into the car with Shen Zhen, and Li Xiaolin asked, “CEO Shen, where are you going now?”

Shen Zhen: “I’m going to the Qin Group, so I’ll drop you back first.”

Li Xiaolin: “Okay.”

After sending Li Xiaolin back to Huitong Real Estate, Shen Zhen asked the driver to turn to Qin Group.

It took him a lot of time to solve Chen Zian’s matter recently, and he didn’t see Qin Xing for a week.

Other than phone calls and video calls at night, he hadn’t seen Qin Xing for a while, and he very much missed the other.

Shen Zhen felt a bit of an itch in his throat and coughed lightly.

When Shen Zhen entered the Qin Group’s building, he was a little envious. He wondered when he would be able to build such a large building, and fill it up with employees.

Forget it, better not to think about it, the more he thought about it, the more his heart breaks.

“Who is that handsome guy? He looks so familiar.”

“I also find him very familiar.”

“He looks really arrogant, like he looks down on everyone.”

“Don’t you think…..he looks like CEO Shen? The one from before, the one that was played on loop at the business awards ceremony?”

“Now that you mentioned it, he really does look like him.”

“Did he change his hairstyle?”

“Holy sh*t, with a new hairstyle, he looks completely different.”

“So handsome, I want to marry!”

Shen Zhen didn’t hear what they were talking about, he directly took the elevator upstairs.

Assistant Ma was the first to notice Shen Zhen’s arrival.

He walked beside Shen Zhen: “Young Master Shen, long time no see.”

Shen Zhen smiled at him: “Yes, Brother Ma, how are you doing?”

Assistant Ma: “Still the same, nothing has changed. By the way, CEO Qin is not in a good mood. Try and persuade him later.”

Shen Zhen asked strangely: “What happened?”

Qin Xing had such a good temper, was there actually a time he could get angry?

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Assistant Ma shrugged: “CEO Qin, cough, the last time he went for a physical examination, his blood sugar was a little too high.”

Shen Zhen: “High blood sugar?”

Assistant Ma sighed: “CEO Qin seems to be, um, quite concerned about his age.”

…..Did he think that high blood sugar was due to old age?

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 101 Banquet Of Power

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The death knell echoed over the Metzl Castle,  so clear that it felt as if the only sound left in the air was the ringing of the ominous copper bell.

An old priest who had never been seen in Metzl Castle led a group of priests to lead the funeral procession. The priest’s hair was frost-white, and a silver cross hung on his chest. Amidst the low voice of hymns, the procession slowly approached.

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The Duke of Buckingham’s coffin was not covered with the customary cruciform pall——the King had instead put a Rose royal banner over it. No one questioned this. If even the Duke of Buckingham could not bear such an honor, then no one in Legrand would be eligible to receive it.

Unlike the funeral of ordinary nobles whose coffin was carried on a carriage when they were buried, eight coffin bearers with black hoods came out of the manor carrying the coffin of the Duke. General Johan, son of the Duke of Buckingham, was at the head of all the pallbearers, next to him was the scholarly and mournful First Mate Charles, and most of the rest were the Duke’s old staff.

The Duke participated in hundreds of battles for Legrand throughout his life. Most of the royal soldiers he led died with him in the rebellion in the North, but there were countless knights who followed him on the battlefield in his era.

“It was 1412, when I was a minor longbowman, our general led us to fight those bastards in Thorne…..I thought I would die at that time! But it turned out that our general was the first to charge, so everyone followed in his lead…..” Almost everyone who followed the Duke of Buckingham in battle affectionately called the Duke “our general”.

In all the stories told during idle times, there were always knights who were proud that they had fought with the Duke.

The funeral procession was quite long.

Many knights came from all over Legrand, and they all dismounted from their horses, and put on the smocks they had worn when they fought with the Duke under their mourning robes. They honored their general with all their might. The King walked in front of them, followed by the procession of nobles, followed by representatives of the guilds.

When the coffin passed the long street where the crowd was waiting, the weeping could no longer be suppressed and filled the air.

The birds perched on the eaves were disturbed by their cries, fluttered their wings and flew into the gray sky. Snow-like white flowers were continuously thrown from all over to the slowly passing coffin.

Mourning flowers fell like snow, as if the sky and the earth suddenly became white and sorrowful.

The King was wearing a black cloak. He raised his head and looked at the mourning flowers falling like snow and the red eyes of the people. It seemed as if winter had not yet passed, and there was still continuous snowfall, but it also seemed that winter had already disappeared, and there was boiling magma running underground.

At the end of the funeral procession followed the poor who also came to attend the funeral, as they were originally invited to come. But as the coffin passed through the long street, more and more people joined in the funeral procession. Some of them prepared black mourning clothes themselves, and some accepted black mourning clothes from the royal guards.

The long black river flowed slowly towards St. Wyth’s Cathedral.

The Duke’s burial spot was very close to William III.

According to Legrand tradition, the tomb was dug on the spot on the day of the burial. The King dug the first pitch for the Duke, and then handed the shovel to General Johan. After that General Johan passed it to Charles. By the time it was handed over to the last knight, the tomb was big enough and deep enough.

The children in the choir sang hymns in unison. During the hymns, Father Anil held a heavy holy book and read the final eulogy.

The King stood in front of the sobbing crowd, and he watched the soil cover the coffin with the scarlet royal flag little by little with no expression. Suddenly he raised his hand, took off the rose badge on his chest and threw it into the tomb that was being filled.

Some things always come to an end at the cost of taking something else away.

The hymn was swept up into the sky in the cold wind, gathered together with the death knell, and gathered together with more elegiac songs, as if all the sorrowful past events from the legendary era to the present, surged up again, reminding some people, what kind of things they carry on their shoulders.

Legrand, St. Wyth Cathedral, 1433.

A heavy square stone tablet was erected in front of the tomb of the Duke of Buckingham. On the stone tablet were engraved with blooming roses and the phrase “For Glory”. On the day when the tombstone of the Duke of Buckingham was erected, on the other side of the Abyss Strait, the first group of priests in Bressi entered the secular palace.

After the symbols of the old era have fallen, a new era is now brewing.

………………

Rose Palace, funeral banquet.

This funeral banquet, which was supposed to be quiet and mournful, was destined to be filled with a turbulent undercurrent.

All the state representatives and lords who received the invitation gathered in the main hall of the palace. For these state representatives and nobles, they didn’t have much heart to mourn the death of the Duke of Buckingham, after all it was not a bad thing for their state. For the vassal states and the great lords, this meant that there was one less person to inspire fear in them.

Many people wanted nothing more than to applaud in their hearts while they shed crocodile tears on the surface.

The struggle for power would never end with death.

The Duke of Buckingham had always been a sharp sword that deterred the vassal states. After his death, Legrand completely lost an important pillar, and the entire country now fell to the young king. Obviously, for the people of the vassal states, they had doubts about whether the young king could possess the same authority——

Victory in war could be attributed to individual bravery, but politics required more cunning.

After the King won, he directly abolished the independent state status of Balboa State and Newcastle State. This approach, in the eyes of some people, was the willful act of the too young and arrogant.

As for the lords and nobles, instead of the sorrow felt by the common people, they paid more attention to some other underlying messages revealed by this funeral:

The archbishop of St. Wyth did not attend the funeral. Did this mean that the royal family of Legrand and the Holy Court were indeed about to shed all pretenses of niceties again? The funeral did not hold any Eucharist, and the royal family would not make such a small mistake in etiquette, unless it was intentional…..Did this mean that the King was about to retaliate against the church?

At the banquet, the lords wore mourning white flowers on their chests, raised their glasses to each other in the name of “mourning for the Duke” from time to time, and took this opportunity to probe each other’s true attitude.

The King sat in the seat of supreme power.

On the high throne, the King rested his left arm on the armrest, and held a golden wine goblet in his right hand. He let the representatives of the vassal states and the nobles below chat with each other, as if he didn’t see the pretense of sorrow on some people was being replaced by the joy of exchanging benefits. The stained glass on the dome of the main hall refracted the light of the candle, and the light fell from the sky, shrouding the King in a hazy halo.

He poured and drank by himself expressionlessly, an empty seat beside him.

That seat originally belonged to the Duke of Buckingham.

On the other side, Earl Henry, who contributed great efforts in the suppression of the rebellion and made great achievements, sat in a position that did not match his achievements. He sat with several border lords and talked in a low voice, discussing something. From time to time, his eyes swept over the King who raised his goblet and drank by himself.

General Edmund sat in the corner.

He held up his wine goblet as a cover to observe Earl Henry and the King. During the suppression of the rebellion in the Northland, after he led Ingres’ army to assist the King in attacking Balboa, he quickly withdrew, unlike that bigheaded Earl Henry——that idiot actually occupied a piece of land on the border of Balboa, intending to expand his territory.

He was simply dumber than a donkey.

Did he think that the King who abolished the Balboa royal family would be willing to let the land he finally regained be touched by the border lords? Or did he think that after winning some battles, he would have enough capital to act presumptuously in front of the King?

For General Edmund, the death of the Duke of Buckingham was definitely not a good thing for the vassal states and the great lords.

General Edmund already had a feeling when the purge order was carried out, but after he saw the King at the funeral, that premonition became even stronger. The death of the Duke of Buckingham injected something icy into the King’s veins, as if he had now firmly put on an iron mask. Under the mask was a bloodthirsty monster that was slowly licking his fangs, just waiting for the moment to declare war.

——He went straight from a proud young monarch to a monster birthed from blood and fire.

General Edmund would rather face a dangerous but familiar lion than an unknown bloody monster.

Seeing that the King on the throne did not move at all, the nobles at the banquet exchanged glances with each other. Finally, an archbishop who came from another region to attend the funeral stood up. He was from Yoringshire County in Legrand, and he was the second most powerful clergy member in Legrand after Archbishop of St. Wyth.

The Archbishop of Yoringshire stood up holding the wine goblet, first raised his goblet to the King, and apologized for his impolite behavior, then he directly made his own accusations: “Your Majesty, please forgive my presumptuousness, it is just that I really can’t witness such a colossal mistake happen in front of all our eyes yet no one calls it out.”

“Speak.”

The King answered casually while holding his wine goblet.

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“Oh Holy Lord, I have seen such a blasphemy towards the dead today.” The archbishop of Yoringshire County cried out, holding a wine goblet in one hand and the cross on his chest in the other. “In today’s funeral, there was actually no one to perform the Eucharist for our beloved lord Duke…..Oh God, how unfair is this to a most noble man like him? Could it be that Your Majesty wants to watch the lord Duke suffer in the red fires of purgatory? Could it be that Your Majesty wants the lord Duke to not receive redemption?”

Whispers filled the banquet hall, and it was obvious that the Archbishop of Yoringshire was not the only one who noticed this.

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