After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 054 God’s Attendants

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Thousands of sharp swords, fused with the legendary fire used by the Holy Lord to prevent humans from entering the Holy Garden. The crimson fire was as bright and deep as another kind of blood. The sword wrapped in bloody fire was the will of the gods, and even the air was trembling. When those swords fell, they carried with them the roaring wind.

Their only purpose was to nail the traitors and heretics on the point of the swords like one would do with a poisonous snake.

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The blood was heavy and sticky, and the King’s pupils gradually spread to cover the whole eye.

He was to have his throat and veins cut, and be crucified like a criminal.

Suddenly, there was a sharp screeching in the sky.

“Retract your claws, puppets!”

The icy voice sounded along with the strong wind.

Black mist poured out from the King’s body, and countless delicate black butterflies fluttered from the black mist. They were no longer carrying wind blades, but were themselves turned into extremely sharp black blades. These blades were meant to drink blood. The black butterflies hovered, flying upwards and all around.

The whole sky was filled with the kind of cold, screeching sound of metal rubbing metal that was brought by the flapping of their wings. This sound was like a knife, cutting through the sacred song that echoed in the majestic ground of the church.

This was a howling from hell.

Violent, crazy, molten anger.

The black-clothed priests had to raise their hands, and the fiery swords they were holding were forced to retract and stand in front of them. The crimson fire turned into a barrier, firmly protecting themselves in it. The black butterflies flew at the crimson fire, making the sound of metal colliding onto metal, and then were ignited by the crimson fire.

The black butterflies circled and rushed continuously, and the black priests backed away with light fluttering movements.

The splashing sound of water sounded.

The Devil stood in the pool of blood, stretched out his arms and brought the King out of the thick blood. He leaped slightly, breaking free of the blood to stand on the cold high platform.

The blood in the holy pool rolled down from the black formal attire on the Devil’s body, continuously burning it through and leaving large and small scorches, but the black mist quickly made the attire brand new again. The blood dripped to the ground, and the thick black mist was instantly cleared out, only for the empty spaces to be shrouded in new black mist.

The Devil held the King and looked up at the priests in black who were entrenched in the surrounding area like shadows.

There were no more smiles on his face.

The Holy Court activated the stigma exerted on the King, which was planted in the coronation ceremony more than ten years ago. Hidden deep in the soul of the King, they avoided the “laws” and dragged the King into his own sea of ​​consciousness.

This murder would be silent and undetected.

People would only see the King’s unharmed corpse in the King’s bedroom, and they would only think that he naturally stopped breathing in his sleep.

This was one of the reasons why the Pope did not hesitate to cross the Abyss Strait in person to baptize the King.

If it were not for the King and the Devil signing a contract, then no one would be able to save the King tonight!

The soul of the King would be cut to pieces by thousands of fiery swords.

The smile that hung on the face of the Devil like a mask was finally shattered into nothingness at this time, and his true face emerged from behind the mask——he was a black blade that had already been soaked in blood.

Such a sticky, terrible bloody aura swept out of him.

He was truly infuriated this time.

There was no warmth in those black pupils. The Devil usef his pale hands that were still dripping blood to hold the King firmly in his arms. This was a gesture of possession. This was a soul that belonged only to him and was absolutely forbidden to be coveted by others. He held the King with one hand, giving off the feeling of a monster guarding a unique gem.

The blood from the holy pool kept dripping from the hands of the Devil, and he drew the long sword from the void that was used to kill the Lord of “greed and ill-gotten wealth”.

The moment the long sword was drawn out, the black-clothed priests also acted.

The head adjudicator with the black iron mask backed lightly with the golden eagle-billed bottle, while the black priests with pale masks turned into shadows one after another. They held fiery swords and attacked like demons from all directions.

Like poisonous snakes, like ghosts.

They chanted the ancient hymns in a low voice. The hymns were not written in human language, and the sounds they made were so ethereal that they did not seem to have come from the vocal cords.

The Devil pressed the King so hard into his embrace, as if it was not himself who was burned with the remnant crimson blood from the holy pool on the King’s body. He held the sword in one hand, and carried the King in the other, but he was just as fast and nimble as those black priests——the same swiftness and the same fantasticalness.

The pale dragon bone longsword collided with the fiery swords of the adjudicators in mid-air.

Long, frightening sounds kept ringing in the air.

The adjudicators seemed to have no sense of pain, no emotions, no consciousness of their own, and they didn’t care whether the Devil’s sword would fall on them. They just frantically and at all cost attacked the King who was guarded by the Devil.

But it was the Devil who was more unscrupulous than them.

His hands holding the hilt of the sword were so pale, so pale that it seemed no amount of blood could stain it red.

He was born cold and ruthless, and when he held the sword, it was to send the sword into the heart of the enemy. He was sin and massacre itself. The Devil’s movements were as precise and smooth as a song. When the blade cut into flesh and blood, it would make a fine rubbing sound, like the musical notes of the song. The sharp sound of the sword cutting into bones was the sudden high pitch, while the bloody flowers that sprayed in the air were the unrestrained and frantic chorus.

The black-clothed priests had their throats cut open, their heads chopped off, their bodies split in half.

They shattered in the air and turned into scarlet fires.

The weird thing was that their masks also shattered in the air the same moment they died. Under the masks were icy and pale faces, and each face seemed to be a recarving of an angelic statue.

Aside from the Pope, these black priests were the ones closest to the gods.

Or, they perhaps really couldn’t be called people because——

They were God’s Attendants!

God’s Attendants were inextinguishable.

When a God’s Attendant was cut open by the Devil, they would turn into red flames and scatter on the ground under the high platform like meteors. Then a new black priest would walk out of the fire.

But as the Devil became faster and faster in reaping them, the speed of the resurrection of the God’s Attendants became slower and slower.

The Devil’s dragon bone sword seemed to be awakened by this long-forgotten blood bath, and the vague, dull roaring of an ancient creature sounded in the sword. He held the sword like he was holding a ferocious dragon.

The evil dragon opened its eyes on the sword and let out a low roar that spanned a thousand years.

All the God’s Attendants who were currently resurrecting and not yet resurrected stopped in mid-air, as if there were invisible waves oscillating in the air. They were shaken apart and  in the waves——except for one person!

The adjudicator with a black iron mask who had retreated to the distance from the beginning of the battle.

A pair of white eyes suddenly appeared on the black iron mask, and those eyes suddenly opened. The moment they opened, the hymn that was interrupted by the Devil once again reverberated solemnly throughout the St. Wyth Cathedral. In the internal space, on the four walls of the church, all the painted angels seemed to be resurrected in an instant.

The angels on the mural spread their wings, and their white feathers fluttered down from mid-air.

——A murderous holy miracle.

The angels sang and played songs, and their pure holy feathers flapped, suppressing the thick black mist brought by the Devil.

This was the King’s consciousness. When the Holy Court used the stigma to control this place, they replaced the King’s will and turned the entire consciousness into a dwelling for the gods. Holy miracles were everywhere here, forcing and compelling at the Devil from hell.

“Wake up!”

The head adjudicator sternly shouted.

His voice carried with it ancient revelations, summoning something.

The King, who was embraced by the Devil and had his eyes closed the whole time, at this moment with the falling of the head adjudicator’s voice, he suddenly opened his eyes.

——Icy cold, silver eyes.

It was exactly the same as the eyes on the black iron mask worn by the head adjudicator.

The iconic ice blue of the Rose family was replaced by this bizarre pure white, and a bright and holy flame was burning in the depths of the King’s pupils.

Countless white flames gushed out from the King’s chest, center of back, shoulders, elbows and palms——all the places where the holy anoint was applied during the baptism ceremony. In the Konosen Forest, it was this sacred flame that suddenly ignited, preventing the Devil from taking the King to hell.

Now, this holy fire was also used to stop the Devil.

It was used to prevent the Devil from coming to save the King.

Behind the smiling angels were often hideous evil spirits.

The golden eagle-billed bottle in the hands of the head adjudicator was currently melting, dripping downwards, and remelting into a holy sword. Behind the mask, he stared at the King, chanting the holy words of the King’s coronation ceremony and baptism.

He was waiting for the opportunity.

The monarchs of the world were the “representatives” of the Holy Lord, and they were the actors of the real anointed person on the earth. The eternal great Holy Lord and his representatives in the world corresponded with each other. The moment the mortal monarch was baptized and consecrated, the power of the Holy Spirit would descend on him. At that moment, his image was truly changed and he became a true king.

Becoming the influence of the eternal one on the earth.

Therefore, the sacred fire ignited from the King was far superior than the fiery sword against the power from hell.

That was the power that could really hurt the ancient Devil!

The blood from the holy pool could not really hurt the overly powerful Devil, but the blood was only used to draw out the power of the Holy Spirit concealed in the King’s soul.

The Devil held the King in his arms, and the holy flame swept over him almost instantly.

At this moment, the head adjudicator suddenly moved. Holding the golden holy sword, he leaned over slightly and charged over.

The golden holy sword flashed in mid-air, bringing up sticky black blood.

The head adjudicator’s sword failed.

The Devil held the longsword in front of him and quickly backed away. The sacred fire was still burning, but the Devil did not let go of the King as the head adjudicator thought. He tightly embraced the King in his arms.

This was a greedy, crazy monster.

His treasure belonged only to him.

Regardless of heaven, the gods, or holy flames, none should even try to steal it from him.

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“You should wake up.”

The Devil lowered his head slightly, and his voice was steady, as if he was not being burned by the sacred fire, as if the fire was not the same as the one that forced him to draw his hands away quickly back in the Konosen Forest.

He put something on the King’s hand.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 089 The Fight To Capture That Shou Part 13

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After the meal, Wang Shichan took Fan Luo to play chess, leaving Wei, Li and Nie Bufan to stare at each other.

Nie Bufan looked at them seriously for a while, and asked, “Do you have anything you want to say?”

Li Yi and Wei Di looked at each other and remained silent.

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One of them wanted to bring Nie Bufan back to Chicken Nest Village, and the other wanted him to be his own. Although their expressions were similar, their ultimate goal was completely different, and there was basically no common language between them. This time, having finally waited for Nie Bufan to leave the palace by himself, they both felt that they themselves had a chance, but they didn’t expect that there would be many other obstacles. Under such circumstances, what should be said and what could be said?

Li Yi was very wary of Wei Di, but wasn’t Wei Di as well?

“It’s rare for me to come out, but it’s not to accompany you to practice your eyesight.” Nie Bufan stood up and walked out.

Wei and Li both asked at the same time: “Where are you going?”

“Wander around.” As soon as his voice fell, his person had already disappeared out the door.

The two quickly followed.

Nie Bufan walked along the corridor, enjoying the surrounding scenery with great interest.

When passing by a wooden pavilion, a white-clothed waiter bowed to greet him: “Gongzi, do you need a massage?”

Massage? Nie Bufan’s eyes lit up and he followed the waiter into the pavilion. The layout of the pavilion was simple, divided into several compartments, each of which was placed with a wooden bed, a table, a screen, an incense burner and several sets of equipment for freshening up.

Behind the pavilion was a hot spring, with misty water and gurgling springs, like a fairyland.

“Gongzi, this maid will help you undress.” A pretty maid greeted him, appearance elegant and graceful.

Nie Bufan spread his arms and waited for the maid to serve him. Unexpectedly, a figure stepped forward and stopped the maid with a cold voice.

“Uncle Leader, why did you drive her away?” Nie Bufan tapped his shoulder and squeezed his waist, saying, “I feel sore all over, just in need of a massage.”

Wei Di stared at him and said, “I have also learned the technique of massage, I can do it for you.”

“No, no, no.” Nie Bufan quickly refused, “You are too strong, and my fragile bones won’t be able to stand it, so looking for those beautiful sisters to serve me is much safer.”

“I want to see just who will dare to touch you?” Wei Di’s tone was cold and his imposing aura spread out, making the maid outside the curtain shiver.

Nie Bufan glanced at him contemptuously, “You just know to bully the weak, do you dare to be kinder?”

Wei Di stared at him.

Nie Bufan turned around and pulled Li Yi, who had not said a word, and said, “Don’t pay attention to him, let’s go get a massage together.”

Li Yi stood still and motionless, saying after a while, “I don’t want those women to touch you either.”

With this guy’s habit, if it was because of a woman’s soothing and gentleness that managed to shake his basic nature, and thus causing him to have no scruples for both men and women, what kind of disaster would it be? He had no morals at all and it was not impossible that this kind of thing would happen. So he must kill all possibilities before they even cropped up, not even buds could sprout!

Wei Di looked at Li Yi suspiciously, feeling that his attitude towards Nie Bufan was very strange. He knew that Nie Bufan had something with the kid from the Zhang family, and now he was even involved with the emperor. Not only him, but Wang Shichan’s attitude was also problematic. Was there more than one or two people who coveted this guy?

Wei Di was feeling a little gloomy.

Nie Bufan heard Li Yi’s objection, and was very dissatisfied. He rolled directly onto the bed, kicked off his shoes, and said, “If you don’t want a massage, then don’t get in the way here. I will get angry.”

Wei and Li glanced at each other, tacitly standing to block the door one after another, like two door gods.

With the two of them there, no one dared to come in and look for trouble.

Nie Bufan got angry. He jumped off the bed and began to undress.

“What are you doing?” Wei and Li asked in shock.

“Streaking!”

The two of them flashed over and quickly restrained him.

Nie Bufan was sandwiched between the two these two great door gods, but did not back down at all and said: “If you have the ability, then you keep a hold on me the whole time. So long as you give me a little chance, I will run out naked.”

“Is it fun to run naked?” Wei Di gritted his teeth.

Li Yi also said: “Don’t be fooling around, showing your body to others, you are the one who will lose out.”

“Don’t worry, I will leave my underpants on.” Nie Bufan said seriously.

What was left of your morals was just that pair of underpants! Wei and Li slandered bitterly.

“Leave with me!” Wei Di couldn’t bear it, squeezing his hands hard, “Go back to Dongsheng Shangfu, if the emperor does not come to ask for you, then you just obediently stay with me.”

Li Yi stared at Wei Di, and said coldly: “Leader Wei, forcing others is not the work of a gentleman. Bufan should decide whether to leave or stay.”

“Who are you to him?” Wei Di sneered, “What right do you have to speak for him?”

Li Yi grabbed Nie Bufan’s waist and pulled him into his arms, saying with a cold face: “Who do you think I am to him?”

Wei Di’s eyes were full of anger, and he circulated his inner strength, forcibly pulling Nie Bufan to his side, and said angrily: “No matter who you were to him before or what relationship you had with him, you better not approach him again in the future.”

“How ridiculous, do I need your approval for what I want to do?” Li Yi was unwilling to show weakness, staring back coldly, “Don’t think that I will be afraid of you just because you are the supreme martial artist.”

The gazes of the two fought in the air, and their internal forces began to circulate on their own. Using Nie Bufan as the conductor, they danced wildly like wild bees.

As a result, Nie Bufan was met with a tragedy. His body became numb, itchy and painful, the blood boiling, like an inflatable sex doll that was being ravaged.

He yelled tragically: “Enough of you both! I’m going to be killed by the two of you!”

Only then did they discover that the situation was not good, and quickly retracted their strength.

Nie Bufan’s legs were weak, and he could only stand firm with the support of the two men.

He angrily said: “Think you’re so great to have martial arts? Feeling that self-satisfied to have internal strength? If I also have martial arts and internal strength, I will beat you both up into paste, knead it into a dough, and twist it into a fried dough twist snack!”

Both Wei and Li sweated after hearing this. One patted his back and the other touched his head to show comfort.

“Hmmph!” Nie Bufan pulled off their hands like one would pull out a chicken feather, and said arrogantly, “It is too late to show goodwill now, I am very angry, and plan to continue to be angry. You will not approach me for a few days. Otherwise don’t blame me for letting out the chickens!”

As soon as his voice fell, coordinating rooster calls rang outside the window.

“Uh, we were too impulsive just now.” Li Yi said lowly.

Wei Di moved his lips but did not speak. However, there was a hint of apology in his eyes.

“Of course you are impulsive, you are impulsive all over!” Nie Bufan continued to rage, “Isn’t it just a Nie Bufan? Take it if you want to use him, is there anything to be contentious over? It’s arduous and fruitless. After using him, you need to maintain him, and if there is an error in your operation, you have to repair him. If damage occurs then he has to be treated, if his emotions go out of control he has to be soothed, and more importantly, you have to vomit out for me if you can’t eat him! Don’t you find it troublesome?”

The two were speechless, just what kind of peculiar existence do you take yourself for?

“Listen to my advice, broaden your mind and live in harmony. The future is beautiful, and the path is bright.” Nie Bufan patted them on the shoulder with a holy look.

“…..” Why was there a feeling of being enlightened? Was this world too harmonious or what?

“Alright, that’s all I have to say, you can go now.” Nie Bufan pointed outside the door, his gaze distant.

The two of them subconsciously prepared to turn around, and then heard Nie Bufan say: “I want to have a massage.”

“…..” So you have been thinking about that this whole time! The awe-inspiring remarks just now were actually used to pave the way for a massage!

They now understood that if Nie Bufan became persistent he could do just anything. With just one mouth he could turn a miracle into decay and reverse everyone’s worldview.

As a result, Wei Di and Li Yi compromised and reluctantly let two maids come in for Nie Bufan’s massage.

Seeing a certain someone half naked and showing a rippling expression of enjoyment under the caresses of the maids’ slender hands, they both felt a sense of constipation-like depression.

The pitiful maids shuddered under the two pairs of fierce eyes, their hearts feeling very exhausted. This was probably their most painful and difficult massage giving experience yet. 

In just a while, Nie Bufan fell asleep peacefully in his enjoyment, with a satisfied smile on his face, not caring at all about the two living creatures behind him despite their very strong presence.

Wei Di waved his hand and sent the maids away, pulled on Nie Bufan’s clothes for him and covered him with a blanket. He said to Li Yi: “Come out, I have something to ask you.”

He shook his sleeves and walked out of the pavilion first.

Li Yi looked at Nie Bufan, and then walked out.

Not long after they left, Wang Shichan walked in lightly, Fan Luo behind him.

Sitting by the bed, Wang Shichan touched Nie Bufan’s head, his eyes gentle like water, and then leaned forward and pressed a kiss on his lips, completely disregarding Fan Luo’s existence.

Fan Luo looked at him in shock, and a huge wave crashed over in his heart.

Wang Shichan, who had always been indifferent and abstinent, actually fell for another? And the other person happened to also be a man. For what reason could he express this love so naturally?

No matter how oblivious Fan Luo was to feelings, he also noticed the ambiguity between them. He slowly cast his gaze on Nie Bufan’s face, his brows were peaceful, smile deep, innocent like a child…..no wonder, no wonder they could not help but want to get close to him and want to possess him.

The mundane world was full of disturbances and struggles, who could be as free and unrestrained as him? Who could be as pure as him?

Fan Luo walked over slowly, sat on the other side of the bed, and stared quietly.

“Don’t you have anything to ask?” Wang Shichan said suddenly.

“No.” Fan Luo lowered his eyes, his voice calm.

Wang Shichan looked at him with some clarity in his eyes.

At this moment, Nie Bufan’s eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Wang Shichan, his face immediately showed a smile. He stretched out his hand to wrap around his neck, and gave him a generous kiss. Then he turned around, and without bothering to take a closer look at who was on the other side, hugged the other and gave another kiss.

Fan Luo stiffened, staring at Nie Bufan’s lips in a daze.

Wang Shichan sighed lightly, hugged Nie Bufan over and patted his forehead.

Nie Bufan rubbed against his arms, and said with discontent: “Why slap me? My forehead is very expensive, and I will charge you 10 coins for patting it once.”

Wang Shichan smiled and said, “Then I will add a few more slaps and make up enough money to add up to 10 taels that you can keep as your private funds.”

Nie Bufan hurriedly covered his forehead: “Thanks, but I have money, so I don’t need to sacrifice my forehead.”

Wang Shichan smiled and looked at Fan Luo.

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Nie Bufan followed his gaze and saw Fan Luo looking at him with a deep and complicated gaze.

The oil had already spilled out and it was quite miserably greasy. Was he provoked by something?

This dude Nie Bufan completely forgot about the matter of kissing a certain someone just now…..

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 088 The Fight To Capture That Shou Part 12

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The elegant establishment’s servant cleaned and prepared the fish as well as delivered over other raw meat, vegetables, and wine. Everything was prepared. Nie Bufan and Fan Luo only needed to barbecue the food by themselves.

A small fire ignited and the barbecued meat sizzled. Sprinkled with various condiments, the aroma immediately wafted out.

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Fan Luo turned over the fish in his hand, but stared at the gluttonous looking Nie Bufan.

“En.” Nie Bufan put the cooked fish under the tip of his nose and smelled it, saying with satisfaction, “It smells good, it can be eaten now.”

Blowing at it a few times, he eagerly took a bite, eating it despite the hot temperature burning his tongue. He ate in a very satisfied manner, such coarse and simple food seemed to be peerless delicacy with the way he ate it.

Fan Luo couldn’t help smiling, his appetite was also aroused and he began to start eating.

At this moment, an untimely voice came from outside the courtyard: “Lord Teacher of the State, I didn’t know that you had also arrived at the elegant establishment. I have been amiss in welcoming you, and I hope you forgive me.”

Fan Luo retracted his smile, his eyes growing cold.

While eating, Nie Bufan looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a few finely dressed men walking towards this side without waiting for an invite.

The person at the head of the group was about 34-35 years old. He was dressed in a white embroidered robe and had his hair tied back with a gold hairpin. In his hand held a jade fan, and hanging from his waist was a round jade knot. He also wore boots embroidered with clouds on his feet. He had a burly figure, and though he could be considered handsome in appearance, his eyes were a bit small. At first glance, one would think it was a peculiar existence with only eyebrows.

The people behind him were also very particular about their attire. Although they were not as eye -catching as the eyeless gongzi, they still were not lacking in the “arrogance” peculiar to sons of affluent and aristocratic families.

“Huh? Isn’t this Wei Book Attendant?” Eyeless gongzi smiled cordially. “In the paddock that day, Book Attendant’s triumphant deeds of subduing the envoys of Xitu Kingdom with just a few remarks have already spread throughout the imperial court. Having the chance to see you today, you are indeed handsome and refined, with an extraordinary bearing.”

Nie Bufan didn’t understand. How did he see that he was “handsome and refined, with an extraordinary bearing” when he was covered in the scent of barbecued meat?

“Lu gongzi, today this official and Wei Book Attendant have a small gathering, and don’t want to be disturbed. Please do enjoy yourself somehwere else.” Fan Luo dismissed the guests in a cold and indifferent manner.

“Why be so stuffy when you come out to play? Isn’t it more lively with a crowd?” Eyeless gongzi completely ignored Fan Luo’s aloofness and sat down on his own. The rest hesitated for a while, and had no choice but to sit down at the gesture given by Eyeless gongzi.

Fan Luo put down the food in his hand and was about to get up and leave his seat. Nie Bufan put his arm on his arm and stopped his movement, whispering, “Those who should be leaving should be them. How is it our turn to give way?”

Spitting out a fish bone, Nie Bufan looked straight at them. He pondered to himself, he was clearly unable to see the eyes of Eyeless gongzi, but he still felt that the other’s gaze had been stuck to Fan Luo’s body since his arrival, revealing a bit of evil and unkind intentions. No wonder Fan Luo didn’t like him, his motives were just too obvious!

Seeing the attitude of the two of them, Eyeless gongzi didn’t care at all, and ordered the servants to add food, the dishes quickly filling the small table.

“Everyone, no need to be so courteous, just eat whatever you want.” Eyeless gongzi greeted generously, as if he completely regarded himself as the host of this venue.

The rest of the people joined in, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

The Eyeless gongzi picked up the wine jug to help Nie Bufan and Fan Luo fill up their wine cups, then raised his wine cup and said, “It’s rare to eat at the same table. This humble one shall make a toast first.”

Fan Luo snorted coldly, and Nie Bufan continued to eat fish.

Eyeless gongzi put down the wine cup, and while he chatted randomly he began to pick up the dried meat.

Nie Bufan stretched out his chopsticks and accurately picked up the dried meat on the plate, and then threw it towards the distance. A dark shadow immediately flashed by not far away, and the dried meat that flew out instantly disappeared without a trace.

The rest of the people did not pay attention to this scene, only Fan Luo inadvertently caught a glimpse.

“Wei Book Attendant, what do you mean by this?” Eyeless gongzi’s face changed slightly. He didn’t care about Fan Luo’s coldness, but the person next to him was just a little book attendant of no official rank. Even if he had the favor of the emperor, he was just an insignificant character of no decent standing. What right did he have to so blatantly offend him?

Nie Bufan apologized very sincerely: “Excuse me, my hand twitched.”

Hand twitched? Could the hand twitch in such an accurate way?

The corner of Eyeless gongzi’s mouth quivered a few times. He glanced at Fan Luo, held back his anger, and reached for another plate of dried meat.

But who knew, Nie Bufan tried the same trick again. Before he could pick it up, he threw the meat out.

Eyeless gongzi slapped the table and said angrily: “Wei Xiaobao, don’t think that just because I’m being polite to you, you really take yourself as something!”

When Fan Luo heard these words, his eyes shot sharply at him like icicles.

Eyeless gongzi trembled, his confidence weakening a bit, but he quickly said with arrogance: “Lord Teacher of the State, is this your way of hospitality?”

“Brother Teacher of the State, have we invited guests?” Nie Bufan asked.

“No.” Fan Luo replied affirmatively.

So Nie Bufan turned to Eyeless gongzi again and looked at him with very clear eyes.

Eyeless gongzi’s face shifted from red to black.

Nie Bufan thought to himself: It turned out that the thickness of this person’s face hadn’t reached the point of expert master level. Compared to him, he was far more lacking.

Eyeless gongzi said viciously: “Today I insist you accompany me in drinking! I just don’t believe, who would dare to trouble me afterwards!”

He raised his hand and motioned to the others to come and cheer on.

Nie Bufan and Fan Luo were surrounded by several people.

Eyeless gongzi picked up the wine jug and the wine cup, glanced back and forth between the two of them, and smiled evilly: “Next, whoever I tell to drink shall drink!”

Nie Bufan leaned softly on Fan Luo and said to Eyeless gongzi, “Are you intending to use force based on your greater numbers?”

Eyeless gongzi said in self-satisfaction: “If you want to understand it this way. If you apologize to me now and then drink a few drinks with me obediently, then I won’t quibble about your previous rudeness.”

“What if we don’t agree?” Nie Bufan asked lazily.

“Then don’t blame me for using some extraordinary methods.” Eyeless gongzi took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, an extremely vulgar expression on his face.

The people around also laughed in understanding.

Nie Bufan looked at them with compassion and sighed: “Ai, it seems that it can’t be avoided today. Is calling for help in the struggle later allowed?”

“Haha, in this elegant establishment, who dares to intervene in our business? Just go ahead and call for help all you want.”

“Okay, I understand.” Nie Bufan tapped his chopsticks and shouted at the direction behind them, “Guys, you can go ahead!”

Eyeless gongzi and the others turned their heads subconsciously and immediately saw a large swarm of chickens appearing behind them, some standing, some lying, some hanging from a tree, some hiding in the soil, and every one of them silent in their movements. A sharp light flashed from the beady chicken eyes, aura violent and murderous.

“Cluck!” The lead chicken, Lady Flower, gave an order, and all the chickens flew up and rushed towards Eyeless gongzi and the others, like some kind of feathery and overwhelming tidal wave.

“Ah…..ah…..” Screams came one after another.

Eyeless gongzi and the others fled in all directions, but they were attacked no matter which direction they went. Scratching, biting, pecking, pushing, stepping and various other moves were all practiced out on them.

Several refined looking gongzi were quickly ravaged into unrecognizable forms.

In a room full of flying chicken feathers, Nie Bufan said idly: “Don’t call me unkind, I allow you to call for help.”

“Help…..Help!” The few people finally couldn’t stand it and shouted.

“Hehe.” Nie Bufan added, “Just call all you like, in this elegant establishment, who dares to intervene in our affairs?”

Fan Luo laughed out loud, secretly thinking that this guy was just too evil. Seeing the pathetic and sorry states of these people, all the unhappiness he felt before just disappeared. It seemed that so long as he was by his side, he could keep a happy mood at any time.

“This…..what’s going on?” At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the yard.

Nie Bufan looked towards the source of the voice and saw Li Yi, Wang Shichan and Wei Di walk in one after another.

Huh? They actually came together. Nie Bufan was secretly curious.

“Li gongzi, Leader Wei, help!” When Eyeless gongzi saw them it was as if he saw a life-saving rope, struggling to run towards them.

The three of them flashed out of the way at the same time, completely ignoring him. They bypassed the chaotic flock of chickens, and walked straight towards Nie Bufan.

Nie Bufan knocked on the bowl with his chopsticks and greeted: “Okay, okay, a small punishment is enough, I will let them go today. Everyone has worked hard, come and have a meal together.” 

The chickens clucked a few times, slowly stopped attacking, and walked over one by one, though not forgetting to add a few claw attacks when passing by the several people.

Soon, the space around Nie Bufan and Fan Luo were all occupied by chickens, and Li Yi and the others could only be squeezed to the outside.

“Lord Wei, you have to uphold justice for us!” Eyeless gongzi covered his black and blue face and said angrily, “Wei Xiaobao took advantage of the emperor’s favor to openly insult scholars. It is really unforgivable!”

Wei Di glanced at him and said mildly: “You should be glad that you didn’t manage to hurt him.”

Eyeless gongzi opened his eyes——this time Nie Bufan finally saw his eyeballs, and the other’s expression was full of disbelief. He then looked at Li Yi and Wang Shichan and said, “Brother Li, brother Wang, as members of the aristocracy, could we only swallow our anger after being bullied by an insignificant nobody?”

Li Yi didn’t even look at him. He just pushed the chickens away with his feet, and squeezed next to Nie Bufan to sit down unceremoniously, causing many chickens to pile on him with dissatisfaction.

Wang Shichan did spare him a look and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha: “Lu gongzi, take a step back and you will see a broader horizon. Too much persistence can easily lead to inner demons.”

He already developed inner demons! Eyeless gongzi cried in his heart, why was the both of them defending that guy?

Working hard to open those tiny slits for eyes, and seeing Nie Bufan greet them intimately, he realized that this seemingly insignificant guy was the one who truly could not be provoked.

He must eat this bitter fruit in vain.

With a wounded heart, Eyeless gongzi led his accomplices out of the yard with limpoing steps, his eyes full of resentment and unwillingness.

“Why are you all here?” Nie Bufan asked while removing the chicken on the table.

“I heard that you are here, so I came over.” Li Yi replied.

“Have you eaten? Want to join us?” Nie Bufan asked again after grabbing a plate of vegetables from a chicken claw.

Looking at the messy tabletop, the several people calmly expressed that they hadn’t eaten yet.

Nie Bufan immediately welcomed them: “Just in time, let’s eat together, I and the Teacher of the State also didn’t eat yet.”

How could they eat like this?

Surrounded by the chickens, the few people tried their best to maintain their demeanor, sitting as steady as a mountain without showing any signs of what they truly thought.

They secretly decided that if Nie Bufan ate, they would also accompany him in eating without a change to their expressions, so as not to lose their face in front of the others.

The eyes of the few people met across the air, fighting vigorously, and they were all prepared to eat with the chickens.

At this time, Nie Bufan stood up suddenly and said to the few people: “Go, let’s order another table and eat inside.”

Nie Bufan walked a few steps into the room, but seeing the few people still sitting motionless, he asked strangely: “Why aren’t you moving? Do you want to eat with them? I don’t mind if you want to cultivate feelings with them, but isn’t eating like this a little too crude?”

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The several people had stiff expressions and secretly raged in their hearts. Goddamn it. Just what was the point of their long mental preparation earlier? This was very revealing of one’s IQ alright?

They very quickly settled their emotions and pretended like nothing had happened, each patting away chicken feathers that managed to stick onto their clothes before walking inside.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 063 Counterattack & Asking For A Truce

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“Brother Mu, you are too much! Not even telling us about such a big thing in advance, we also really want to drink your celebratory wine——”

Before Xiao Pang finished his words, his round head was knocked hard with Tao Mu’s knuckles, and he immediately changed his tone and said, “I mean, we also want to see with our own eyes how you served the wine to recognize dad and grandpa.”

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“Didn’t you see it now.” Tao Mu looked at his thievishly smiling childhood friend, and explained with some helplessness: “I was a little dazed before, and I didn’t think to notify everyone.” Besides, there was no way to notify this kind of thing. Send an invitation to tell everyone that he was going to recognize a dad? It felt rather weird.

Da Mao put his arms around Tao Mu’s shoulders with emotion: “I know, we won’t blame you.”

The two of them grew up with Tao Mu. Of course they knew that although Tao Mu didn’t say anything, he always envied those who had parents and family. So they could also understand how shocking for Tao Mu this event was. It was impossible for Tao Mu to not tell them on purpose. It could only be said that there had been too many things happening recently. Even the attentive brother Mu, who was always good at socializing, would inevitably have some omissions.

“By the way, during the media interview, Shen Yu cried and said that you were cruel and unrelenting. Shen Yu’s sister also scolded the employees of FlyNews for being rude and insulting people. What are you going to do?” Da Mao comforted Tao Mu and then brought up business: “Shen Yu’s fans are now scolding you for ungratefulness. Especially the fans who liked both you and Shen Yu, they have a particularly fierce attitude.”

Xiao Pang frowned, and said with a complicated expression: “I didn’t expect Shen Yu to be this kind of person. When we were in H Town, I thought he was quite good. His family background was that big, but his personality was still quite good in spite of it, not at all showing any arrogance and airs of the rich and affluent. He could also have fun with the crew and group extras with a friendly attitude, often treating the crew to eat delicious food. Why did he become like this now?”

The little prince who had gone from being naive and ignorant of worldly matters to suddenly a person with a prince syndrome who didn’t understand people’s feelings and even caused trouble to others. This gap in expectations was so big that Xiao Pang, who was a passerby fan of Shen Yu’s, couldn’t stand it at all.

Especially as the person who was troubled by Shen Yu was their brother Mu. If it was not for the fact that everyone was acquainted with each other at one point, Xiao Pang really wanted to turn into an antifan.

Tao Mu didn’t care about it himself: “Don’t worry about him. FlyNews will deal with it.”

Tao Mu deliberately suppressed FlyNews to not respond. He just wanted to let the matter ferment, and when the fermenting led to the point where the whole Internet was aware of this, when everyone had negative feelings about him and FlyNews, then he would show evidence to reverse the situation——didn’t those people want to stir up hype, borrowing Internet public opinion to persecute him? He was a man who had been reborn with knowledge of ten years into the future and had experienced all kinds of Internet slander. So would he still be afraid of this little turmoil stirred up with poor methods?

Tao Mu had been suppressing this matter for a week, and only when the social, financial, and Internet technology sectors began to discuss the matter, did he let FlyNews upload the monitoring video of that day to the Internet. In conjunction with the video recorded quietly by some employees on their smartphones, the truth of the matter was immediately revealed to the public.

All the netizens who believed in the words of the Shen family and criticized Tao Mu and FlyNews all over the Internet immediately exploded. They felt that they had been taken advantage of and used by the Shen family. The feelings of anger and embarrassment caused them to immediately forget how vicious they were when scolding and cursing Tao Mu and FlyNews.

“It’s all their fault. It’s disgusting that they used the trust of netizens.”

“Obviously they went to FlyNews to make trouble for no reason, and now they are actually pouring the dirty water on others. I was actually even a fan of Shen Yu before, and I felt that Shen Yan, as the eldest miss of the Shen Group, would definitely not lie. Thinking about it now, I’m too naive.”

“The Shen family must definitely not be as good as they appear if they could raise such a pair of siblings who are full of lies!”

Fans and netizens who had been supporting Tao Mu and FlyNews were exuberant. Speaking of, when Tao Mu and FlyNews let netizens scold and curse at them without a response in return, they also couldn’t help feeling guilty when they argued with others. But it was all right now, the facts were all in the evidence, so let’s see what those antis had to say to that.

“Like I said, our Mu Mu is not such a vulgar and rude person.”

“FlyNews itself is an Internet media company. It must pay special attention to the company’s image. If it is really like what the eldest miss of the Shen family said, that they just wanted to talk to Mr. Tao and didn’t do anything else, why would FlyNews call the police to chase them out? And the police also cooperated with FlyNews to chase them out? Now look, the Shen family and surnamed Yao started scolding and yelling as soon as they entered the door, so unreasonably making trouble and delaying people’s normal work, what else could they do if they don’t call the police? Just let them cause a scene in the company? They want to set up a stage to put on a show, but FlyNews is not a stage!”

“Before, there were actually even people who doubted the credibility of the police. They thought that the police and FlyNews were working together to bully people? Now stand up and see if your face hurts? Your noble, elegant and well-bred Shen family have violated the law and order regulations. FlyNews just called the police to invite them out politely. It’s already quite good manners already. If it were me, and someone dared to make such a fuss in my store, if I don’t directly beat you the fuck out of my store then I will take your fucking surname!”

“It’s really ruining the image. I didn’t expect these wealthy children from affluent families to act like shrews in private.”

Fans of Shen Yu, who were still jumping around on the Internet questioning Tao Mu’s ungratefulness and hurting their Yu Yu, immediately panicked. All of them were like headless chickens, running around and pulling any netizen they could to explain repeatedly——

“Our little prince is not that kind of unreasonable person. He is too soft-hearted and too kind. When Yao Wenxiao bribed the media outlets to slander Tao Mu, no one came forward, but our little prince was the first to stand up for Tao Mu. Now it must also because he feels that Yao Wenxiao is too pitiful. After all, it is his childhood friend who has played with him since they were children. Now that his childhood friend is in trouble, so what if Shen Yu plea for him as a friend?”

“Shen Yu never said radical things from beginning to end, okay? What he complained to the media was that he was just disappointed Tao Mu did not agree to his plea. This kind of emotion is too normal, okay? If you are looking forward to something, only for it not to happen, can’t people even be allowed to feel disappointed?”

“In fact, I think Shen Yu is a good person with a true temperament and treats others very sincerely. No matter what others think, anyway, if I have such a friend who will be the first to help me when I am in trouble, even if he is unable to solve the problem for me he still tried his best to help me find a solution, and even put down his dignity to beg for me. I would be crazily moved, okay?”

“You Shen Yu fans are really a perfect example of fans taking after idols. You feel very impressed and touched by yourselves, don’t you? I just want to ask, what even did your Shen Yu do? Yao Wenxiao did such a dirty thing. If Shen Yu really treats Tao Mu as a friend, he shouldn’t have made a scene in front of Tao Mu just to intercede for Yao Wenxiao, not to mention complaining to the media that Tao Mu is making such a small matter into a big thing. I just want to ask, Yao Wenxiao secretly instigated so many media to join forces to discredit Tao Mu and let Tao Mu be scolded by unsuspecting netizens. After so many days, even the relatives and friends around him were personally attacked and cyberbullied. Even the contestants of the National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Competition were implicated and had to drop out. FlyNews lost tens of millions as a result. Towards such a big matter, Shen Yu thought he could just get a pass by apologizing for Yao Wenxiao? Fuck that. Does your Shen Yu really regard himself as the emperor, and that his words are worth a thousand pounds of gold? That a casual apology can offset other people’s ten million as well as the abuse and humiliation suffered by so many people?”

“And those people who say they would like Shen Yu to be friends with them. Then I will burn incense and worship Buddha so that you may hurry up and find such a friend. When you are hurt, he doesn’t know to comfort you. Apart from causing trouble and making enemies around you, he will even shamelessly run to you just to plea for your enemy when you finally manage to come out on top. And if you don’t agree with him then they will run around crying everywhere, making it as if you had done something terrible to him. Our Tao Mu doesn’t have such a big heart, and really can’t afford this kind of friend.”

“It’s all you people saying this by yourselves. The way I see it, Shen Yu doesn’t treat Tao Mu as a friend at all, does he? When Tao Mu was slandered, he stood up and said those words that weren’t even a fart’s use at all. And it even made Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng fans become disgusted with Tao Mu. Up to now, these two fans still ridicule Tao Mu. Actually, what does Tao Mu have to do with these two actors? Isn’t it all caused by Shen Yu? Did Tao Mu himself say that his acting skills are better than Yan Sheng’s and Wang Boyuan’s? No, right? He was already being slandered by the entire Internet, and Shen Yu only added to the mess for him. It’s simply like being attacked by enemies on all sides, alright? After catching Yao Wenxiao and the dozens of media outlets, Tao Mu took them to court. Seeing that things are bad, he then ran over to intercede for Yao Wenxiao. Tao Mu disagreed so he made such an outburst and commotion, No wonder Shen Yu and his fans always complained that Tao Mu was cold and indifferent to him and did not regard him as a friend. If I am Tao Mu, I would also not admit that I have such a friend, okay? How can this be a friend? This is clearly a backstabbing bitch, alright? From my point of view, Shen Yu and Yao Wenxiao are the true friends here, while he and Tao Mu just have a plastic brotherhood, yeah?”

“The comment from upstairs suddenly reminded me that the word plastic brotherhood was also spoken by Tao Mu. Say, when he invented the phrase, could he be thinking about him and Shen Yu?”

“I think the analysis from upstairs is very right. The relationship between Shen Yu and Tao Mu is not at all friends. And wasn’t there a talented fellow who made the analysis that Yao Wenxiao and Shen Yu joined forces to target Tao Mu? I didn’t believe it before. Looking at Shen Yu’s reaction now, maybe the two of them really thought to do something like this. Otherwise, Shen Yu wouldn’t hate Tao Mu so much, right?”

“Upstairs +1”

“Upstairs upstairs +1”

“Seconded!”

With a loud “bang”, Yao Wenxiao furiously threw the laptop on the table against the wall. The exquisite laptop broke into two at once, and fine fragments scattered all around.

Yao Wenxiao looked at Shen Yu, who was startled by his actions, with a regretful look, and said with pain: “I’m sorry Xiao Yu, it’s all my fault. It’s all my fault. I didn’t expect Tao Mu to be so cruel. He actually had the heart to hurt you.”

“It’s not your fault.” Mother Shen hugged her precious son in her arms: “It’s Tao Mu who has a heart of iron and stone, and doesn’t care about Xiao Yu at all. How can you be blamed?”

“That’s right. This Tao Mu is really too much.” Shen Yan wrinkled a pair of extremely delicately trimmed eyebrows, and the hostility between her eyebrows made her look a little bit more bitter and mean: “I really don’t know how our Xiao Yu offended him. That he would rather offend the Shen family than let you go.”

Shen Yan said, and then asked Yao Wenxiao with concern: “How is your lawsuit?”

A trace of discomfort flashed across Yao Wenxiao’s face: “This is Beijing, not Shanghai. I’m not familiar with those from the public security, prosecution, and legal departments. Besides, this matter has become so big. I was caught by that nightclub owner for bribing the media outlets. There is a gathering of evidence against me, and FlyNews is now the most influential social platform. Those people are scrupulous about public opinion and are not willing to help.”

Shen Yan’s face turned dark, and she viciously scolded: “This Tao Mu is really cruel. I don’t know what kind of hatred he has with our family. For such a small matter, does he really want to force us to death or what?”

“He won’t be able to ruin me.” A bit of resentment appeared on Yao Wenxiao’s face: “I already called my grandfather. He promised to go to Beijing personally to help me solve this matter. It’s not a big deal, at most I’ll be fined some money, and nothing too serious will happen.”

“However,” Yao Wenxiao said viciously when thinking of Tao Mu: “Our debt will be settled. He caused me such embarrassment, I will never spare him. I don’t believe that there is no black material on him. In this life, I will fight him to the end!”

The mother and daughter of the Shen family felt particularly relieved when they heard these words. Shen Yu didn’t notice Yao Wenxiao’s harsh words. He was curled up in mother Shen’s arms with tearful eyes, like an abandoned kitten, looking so pitiful, even his little paws were curled in: “Mom, sister, say, is Tao Mu really angry with me? Will he still be friends with me in the future?”

“My baby.” Mother Shen was very distressed when she saw Shen Yu’s tears. She quickly wiped his tears gently, wrapped her arms around him and coaxed softly: “That Tao Mu treats my baby so cruelly, our baby should not make friends with him. This kind of manipulative and calculating person is too ruthless and vicious. Mom will be very worried about you making friends with him.”

“But——” Shen Yu bit his lower lip unwillingly: “I want to make friends with him.”

“You want to make friends with him, but he doesn’t take you seriously at all.” Yao Wenxiao snorted coldly, feeling jealous and distressed: “Look at the Internet, because of his actions, everyone is scolding you. Originally, among the contestants in the National School Beauty And Hunk Competition, your popularity was the highest. Now no one votes for you except your fans. The way I see it, he did it on purpose. It will be the National School Beauty And Hunk Competition finals soon. But at this juncture, he put your black material on the Internet, it is just to prevent you from winning the competition.”

Shen Yu lips pouted, wanting to cry even more.

Shen Yan snorted coldly: “If you won’t win, then you won’t win. We don’t care at all. In my opinion, we can simply just drop out and go back to Shanghai. When we return to Shanghai, we can hold a contest show by ourselves. My little brother is so cute, you will definitely win.”

“That’s right!” Shen Yan’s proposal immediately resonated with Yao Wenxiao and mother Shen.

Wen Shijin, who had been standing on the side and had said nothing the whole time, frowned fiercely: “We should not be so impulsive when doing things.”

Before he finished speaking, the three of them glared at him: “Wen Shijin, what do you mean by that, do you want my little brother to suffer for such an inexplicable and dumb contest?”

“I didn’t mean that. I just want to say, if you still want Shen Yu to restore his image of the little prince in the eyes of netizens. Don’t do any willful things anymore.” Wen Shijin tiredly rubbed the bridge of his nose, faintly feeling some regret.

At the beginning, he accepted Chairman Shen’s proposal and joined Lingyu Film and Television Company with his team. Originally, he was attracted by the offer because of the Shen Group’s capital, and Shen Yu also seemed to be a genius that could be cultivated. Moreover, he had been in contact with Shen Yu and knew that Shen Yu’s character was soft, naive and kind, and he did not have the arrogance and airs of those rich second generations at all. But looking at it now, it was not necessarily a good thing to have no temper at all.

Mrs. Shen, Miss Shen, and Shen Yu’s childhood friend/classmate were really getting in the way.

Wen Shijin glanced at Yao Wenxiao subtly, and then mentioned the chairman and Shen Chen directly: “I have already talked with Chairman Shen and CEO Shen. They will arrive in Beijing soon. Before that, everything in regards to Shen Yu, I will have it arranged. If madam and the eldest miss do not believe me, you can call Chairman Shen.”

The Shen family’s mother and daughter were taken aback when they heard these words, and the original arrogance seemed to be extinguished by ice water. Shen Yan replied: “Mr. Wen is too serious. How could we not believe you. Whatever you want Shen Yu to do, we will just listen to you.”

Shen Yu’s eyes lit up, and he looked up at Wen Shijin hopefully, “Dad and brother are coming over?”

“En.” Wen Shijin nodded. Before he had time to speak, Yao Wenxiao asked very excitedly: “Are uncle and brother Shen coming with my grandfather?”

Wen Shijin nodded again.

“That’s great!” Yao Wenxiao was so excited that he punched a fist into his palm: “With the help of uncle and brother Shen, and my grandfather, that bastard Tao Mu will definitely be finished.”

——It might not actually be such a good thing!

Wen Shijin thought of Chairman Shen and Mr. Shen’s entrustment to him, and couldn’t help but glance at Yao Wenxiao with pity.

On the other side, Tao Mu was called to over to Night by Liu Yao again.

“Yao Dad, is there something you wanted to see me for?” Tao Mu pushed open the door of Night, and found that the Night employees were all looking at him with grins.

Since Liu Yao and Meng Qi formally went through the formalities for adopting Tao Mu, the attitude of the entire Night staff towards Tao Mu had changed drastically——there was no more grudge against Tao Mu about leaving Night before, and they treated Tao Mu even better and with more ease than before.

“Xiao Mu, I am going to register a big V account on FlyNews. You help me add a V~” Little Zero said with a smile: “Don’t worry, I will definitely not solicit customers on FlyNews and get you discredited. I am going to open a beauty tutorial account on FlyNews, just like you said, and teach people makeup.”

With every step Tao Mu’s FlyNews had taken up to the present, just how difficult and how much hard work was put in? As Tao Mu’s friends and family, they would not discredit Tao Mu.

The corner of Tao Mu’s lips hooked up and he nodded immediately: “Okay. I’ll add V to your account when I go back.”

After a pause, he said, “Don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye on it in the background and help you filter the comments.” If it was too unsightly, he’ll just delete the banned words directly.

“No need.” Little Zero waved his hand indifferently: “Didn’t your FlyNews say that you want to defend the right of every netizen to speak. Why do you have to make an exception for me. Besides, I am not afraid, if they dare to come at me, then I’ll dare to scold them one by one. This lady has been in jianghu for so many years, and I’m not afraid of this. Let them curse and scold. The more they scold me, the more popular I will become, and the more they scold me, the happier I am. This lady can make my C-position debut with their scolding as stepping stones. They will be the ones feeling annoyed in the end.”

Little Zero announced proudly, and then looked at Tao Mu with a bit of shyness: “Just…..don’t feel that I am embarrassing you.”

“How could I.” Tao Mu smiled warmly and softly coaxed them: “I’m still waiting for your esteemed highness’s C-position debut and then come and be my chief makeup artist.”

Little Zero’s eyes lit up. The other people in Night who hadn’t made a sound spoke up one after another: “If you are really not afraid, then we will really sign up for FlyNews V accounts?”

Fearing that it would have a bad influence on Tao Mu before, the Night group did not dare to talk back online. All V accounts closed their comment sections, and some people found it troublesome and even cancelled their accounts. There were no such scenes as a gang of people soliciting customers online that Meng Qi painted earlier.

Tao Mu knew why these people were so restrained. It was because they were afraid that if Night jumped around too happily online, making those netizens feel more resentful and rejecting, it would in turn affect their views on FlyNews and Tao Mu.

Some employees felt aggrieved and scolded Tao Mu secretly for implicating everyone. The resentment had them feeling that if it weren’t for Tao Mu, they would still be happily making money and playing in Night, instead of being hung up on the Internet to be abused and cyberbullied. Why did they have to care about Tao Mu’s image and can’t scold back?

But after Liu Yao and Meng Qi formally went through the formalities for adopting Tao Mu. Everyone suddenly remembered that Tao Mu was just a little thing when he first came to Night, tagging behind everyone all day like a puppy, calling them big brothers and big sisters.

He could also be regarded as a troublesome but cute kid who grew up under their eyes. How could they quibble about such things so much?

This group of people immediately got over it. Anyway, they had been scolded by others their entire lives. Scolded by family members, scolded by customers, scolded by pretentious strangers who had never even known them personally. After all, if they liked the same sex, then that meant they were willingly depraved, and those who worked as MBs deserved to be treated as inferior. Even without Tao Mu, their image in the eyes of others was not that good anyway.

But Tao Mu didn’t think so. He didn’t think that the people in Night were bad people who were willingly depraved. He only knew that when he had no father, no mother, and no money, it was the Night people who gave him designer clothes and taught him to sing and blend drinks. Every year they would also throw a party collectively to celebrate his birthday and buy him all kinds of high-end luxury goods as gifts.

Even if they were all rolling in the filthy mud, they knew to hug each other to keep warm during the cold winter. Those who stood on the shore watching with cold eyes were clean. But none of them gave Tao Mu a helping hand.

Tao Mu made enough mistakes in his previous life. So how could he hurt the people around him for the sake of others in this life? Some injuries were a little painful, and he knew that after having suffered them, so there was no need to have others suffer it too.

Especially those who cared about him.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi leaned on the railing of the second floor and watched as Tao Mu chatted with the Night gang. After a while, Liu Yao shouted, “Xiao Mu, come up. There is business.”

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Tao Mu went upstairs with a smile. As soon as he entered the private room, he was surprised to find that there were dozens of strangers with ingratiating expressions sitting inside.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi then came in and said casually: “Let me introduce. These are the head editors of the dozen or so newspapers and magazines who joined hands to discredit you. They came here this time to ask for a truce.”

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 062 Old Dream

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The meal lasted until more than nine o’clock in the evening, and everyone was drunk. Especially Song Daozhen——Tao Mu had known the old man for so many years and had never seen him drink more than two cups. But he also became drunk with the rest today and when everyone helped him to lie down in his room, his mouth was still drunkenly muttering something. Tao Mu faintly heard the old man say “Little Wen’er”.

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Dean Tao took off the clothes and shoes for old man Song, helped him to lie on his side, and added warm water to a towel used to wipe his face and hands. After everything was finished, she took the dirty clothes that old man Song had taken off, and dragged Tao Mu out of the room.

The color of the moon was like water, and the breeze was refreshing. Moonlight poured down from the old locust tree, like a thin layer of gauze, covering the quiet courtyard. The people who were drunk had already gone to the wing rooms to lay down to sleep.

Dean Tao put the clothes that old man Song had taken off into a enamel washbasin that had chipped paint, and put it under the faucet. While washing, she said: “The little Wen’er that old man Song mentioned was his son who died early. His name was Song Yunwen. He usually never talks about the past, but today he is drunk, and likely more emotional.”

Tao Mu’s heart softened and couldn’t help asking: “Then the old man hasn’t thought about building a new family for so many years?”

Dean Tao was silent for a while, and the movements of her hands also slowed. After a long period of time, she said lightly, “No. It’s probably because the past hurts too much. He kept saying that the fortune teller told him he was born under a murderous and unlucky star, killing his wife and his son, and that if he marries a wife and has children it will only bring harm to others and himself, therefore he should be alone all his life.”

“Can fortune tellers be taken seriously?” Tao Mu was someone who was reborn, and most disbelieved in fate. Hearing these words, he was very disapproving: “One’s life depends on how we live it. I don’t believe in fate. From now on, I will be the grandson of the old man, and I will stay with him for the rest of my life, support him in his retirement.”

After a pause, Tao Mu also said to dean Tao: “Dean, in my heart you are my grandmother. I will also support you in your retirement in the future.”

Tao Mu spoke this from the bottom of his heart. But he didn’t expect dean Tao to suddenly become angry, giving him a glare and scolding lowly, “What nonsense!”

Tao Mu was taken aback and watched dean Tao holding the enamel washbasin and walking under the grape rack to dry the clothes. The moonlight shone on half of her face and the outline of dean Tao could faintly be distinguished, revealing a mixture of sadness and joy.

Tao Mu scratched his head stupidly, and his brain, which had always been running fast, became more and more sluggish under the erosion of alcohol. He still didn’t manage to understand why dean Tao was suddenly angry at him.

Tao Mu, who couldn’t understand it, went into the west side room by himself——the Song family’s courtyard residence was the old-fashioned three-entry house. The front was changed by Song Daozhen to open the Song Ji restaurant. Further inside was the main courtyard. Old man Song lived in the main room by himself, and the side rooms on both sides were locked with big brass locks, and ordinarily no one was allowed in. Behind it was a back room, which was used to house the two workers in the restaurant. Later, the two workers got married and both moved out. Old man Song now used the back room as a warehouse utility room.

In the spacious and empty courtyard, Tao Mu had his own room, the west side room. It had been renovated according to Tao Mu’s preferences with air-conditioning, TV, and computer all available. Even the thickness of the bed was according to Tao Mu’s preference. The quilt was aired out every day, and it still smelled of the sunshine. Tao Mu felt drowsy as soon as he lay down, and quickly fell asleep in a short while.

Then in a hazy state, he dreamt of what happened when he was a child——

When Tao Mu was five years old, he broke into Song Ji’s back kitchen, hugged the old man Song’s leg and raised his head to call him grandpa. He had adorable looks, a sweet mouth, and was a tiny little thing. He begged old man Song with a childish voice to let him do some miscellaneous work for meals in Song Ji. He said that the meals at the orphanage were not good at all while the aroma of Song Ji’s food could even be smelled across the street: “Grandpa, your cooking is so fragrant, you must be very capable. I want to learn from you. I will work for you. I don’t want money, you can just give me a bite of food.”

What could a five-year-old kid do? Old man Song had a solitary temperament, and he was the most impatient of screaming troublemaking children that could be seen running up and down the alley. But Tao Mu was like a small fluffy ball, soft and white. When he hugged old man Song’s leg, old man Song could clearly feel that the child’s body temperature was higher than that of adults. He looked down at Tao Mu and saw that Tao Mu’s large doe-like eyes were full of him.

The old man Song felt his heart soften all at once. He thought of his son. When he was sent to work in the countryside, his wife couldn’t bear hardship, and abandoned his old mother and their child to remarry. His son had been wandering the streets since he was a child. Meals were inconsistent and was often hungry, perhaps just like Tao Mu. If someone was willing to stretch out a helping hand to his son at that time, maybe his son would not learn bad habits, and he would not be shot during the crackdown.

That was how Tao Mu stayed in Song Ji. He was too young to do heavy work so he just stayed in the back kitchen to help wash the dishes and vegetables. The old man Song taught Tao Mu to cook in his free time, from peeling potatoes and cutting potato shreds to decorative carving and preparing meals. Tao Mu learned from old man Song for seven or eight years. Training during the winters and the summers, such that there were layers of calluses on his hands, and faint scars on his fingers, but he had never complained of tiredness or bitterness.

So old man Song regarded Tao Mu as a direct disciple. In the times when the old man Song learned to cook, custom emphasized that a teacher for a day meant a father for life. When the master accepted an apprentice, he not only had to teach the apprentice the craftsmanship, but he also had to worry about the future for the apprentice, and even had to be concerned with important matters such as marriage. It was practically the same as a father and son relationship.

The old man Song also refurbished the side room to the west of the main room for Tao Mu, so that it was more convenient for Tao Mu to just rest there after finishing his homework and practicing the basic skills of knives every night. He didn’t have to go back and forth to the orphanage anymore. Tao Mu lived in the courtyard residence at the age of six until he entered junior high school at the age of twelve when some classmates began to joke that Tao Mu always smelled of ginger, garlic, and oil which was not very cool at all.

There were too many people who ridiculed him, so Tao Mu gradually didn’t want to work at Song Ji anymore. Instead he went to work in a western restaurant outside the alley because wearing a vest shirt looked more cool and fashionable than a gua (TN: Chinese-style unlined garment) and cloth shoes. Later, Tao Mu worked various “fashionable” odd jobs one after another. He was good-looking, sweet-mouthed, and easily attracted customers wherever he worked. So even if he was younger, everyone loved to hire him.

Tao Mu went to school during the day and worked at night, specifically looking for a place with staff dormitories. After work, he would sleep the night in the staff dormitory. He was a very stubborn person. Since he was not working in Song Ji anymore, he insisted on not mooching off at the courtyard residence of the Song family. But he would still go to Song Ji every weekend, taking all kinds of delicious Western food from his part-time jobs to see old man Song.

Old man Song scolded him every time he saw him, complaining that he was being ignorant and not doing proper work. So gradually, Tao Mu didn’t even like going to Song Ji anymore. Whenever he bought something new, he would just leave it with dean Tao and ask dean Tao to help him send it over to Song Ji.

By the summer vacation of his third year in middle school, Tao Mu went to work at Night by chance. The staff dormitory at Night was a high-end apartment that Liu Yao bought for investment. Too lazy to rent it out, he simply used it to house his employees. The decoration was luxurious and the location was also good, and there was a large floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could practically see most of the city of Beijing. That was the best place Tao Mu had lived in since childhood. And the people in the shop were very fashionable. Whether it was a resident singer or the male hosts and MBs, each one looked better than the next and each one was richer than the next, wearing and using only famous brands.

These people were also good to Tao Mu. Knowing that Tao Mu was an orphan, they would give Tao Mu their outdated designer clothes that they didn’t like to wear, taught Tao Mu to sing, taught Tao Mu to mix drinks, taught Tao Mu how to use make up, and some even taught Tao Mu how to seduce rich women. However, after letting this be known by the boss, this certain male host was given a good beating.

But Night’s reputation was not very good. Someone saw him working at Night, and went back to gossip in front of old man Song. Old man Song angrily came and made a scene with his broomstick, insisting on taking Tao Mu back. That day also happened to be Tao Mu’s birthday. Everyone in Night had held a birthday party for Tao Mu. The boss Liu Yao even opened a bottle of wine, most of which was drunk by Tao Mu. When old man Song came over, Tao Mu was already drunk.

He very impatiently pulled away from old man Song, and told the old man to go back wherever he came from, and to not obstruct him in making money. He also said that old man Song was not anyone to him, and so he was not qualified to boss him around. He, Tao Mu, was an orphan with no father or mother, and even his parents didn’t want him. No one could control what he liked to do.

Old man Song slapped him severely that night, and walked away tremblingly. When he got home, he threw away all the dishes he had made that whole day, dumping them all into the trash along with Tao Mu’s favorite birthday peach.

Tao Mu only found out afterwards. He toughened his skin and went to apologize to old man Song. After saying many good things, old man Song was finally coaxed. But when old man Song told him to leave Night, Tao Mu was not happy. The two quarreled again, and Tao Mu ran back to Night in an unhappy mood. Then he went to apologize to Liu Yao for old man Song almost smashing Night the other day.

Tao Mu felt that the one who treated him best in Night was the boss Liu Yao and his wife Meng Qi. To curry favor with everyone, Tao Mu would often cook for everyone. He was only 14-15 years old at that time, and because he was good-looking and could talk, he made more money from selling alcohol than others. He helped the resident singer Kevin sing on his behalf, and he could collect seven to eighty thousand in tips for one night. All the girls at the bar would gather around to see him. But sometimes bad things happened. For example, when a drunk guest slapped him in a fit of anger; when he was slapped with a pile of money on the face in order to force him to accompany in drinking, a thousand yuan for one drink; and when he was bothered by a persistent customer who wanted to keep him. He had met all kinds of people.

Later, Liu Yao pushed him to go work in the back kitchen with the cooking, and prevented him from going out to deal with customers. Tao Mu had worked in Song Ji and western restaurants, and could do everything. And the customers especially recognized his craftsmanship. Brother Yao even dared to sell a plate of egg fried rice for 78 yuan. But Tao Mu didn’t like being in the back kitchen, so Liu Yao and Meng Qi coaxed him and were willing to give him a dividend. 50% of the 78 yuan that a plate of egg fried rice sold for. 30% of the 66 yuan a plate of sweet fermented riceballs sold for.

Tao Mu’s wallet swelled up all at once. But he learned how to spend money lavishly from the people at Night, and he was also one for enjoyment, so even if he made more money, not much was saved. Moreover, he also used the money to remodel the electric circuit of old man Song’s courtyard house. Buying old man Song a new LCD TV, refrigerator and air conditioner, and the latrine was also changed to a flushing toilet. Old man Song complained that he was being wasteful just because he had some money, so he fooled old man Song, saying that he would have to live here too when he came back later, and that he wouldn’t like to come back if the place was old and broken down.

At this, old man Song stopped complaining. As a result, the courtyard residence was remodeled but he never went back to live in it. After all, even after the remodeling, the courtyard residence was still just such an old shabby courtyard residence that could not compare in comfort to a high-end apartment.

Later at Night, he also met a few models who often came clubbing. Those little models played well with him, so they urged him into becoming a model and dressing up for those online clothing businesses. Tao Mu looked good and he was a natural clothes hanger. Whatever he wore, he could wear out his own style. Those online businesses also liked to use him as a model. It was a pity that Tao Mu did not go at a good time, it being winter at the time. In the winter in an unheated studio, he had to be shirtless while having his pictures taken so after the photoshoot which lasted for several hours, Tao Mu came down with a cold and got a fever when he went home. The few thousand yuan earned all went into buying medicine.

When Meng Qi was taking care of him, he also lectured him as well, calling him stupid for not being willing to enjoy his blessings. Was it not good to stay in the kitchen at Night every day, he didn’t even have to cook many dishes in a whole night. It was so much better making good money this easily than going out in the bitter winter and getting a cold.

Tao Mu was pretty innocent at that time. He didn’t pick up on Meng Qi and Liu Yao’s worries that the modeling circle was too messy and that a child like him would learn bad things if not under their noses. This was why they didn’t want him to play too closely with those models.

Tao Mu also felt that being a model was indeed really hard and not fun at all. So when that group of models called him again, he refused and did not go again. But Tao Mu had become interested in taking pictures. He went to the photographer who took pictures of him, and had him teach him to take pictures. After learning all he could, he then worked part-time in the photographer’s studio. The photographer was actually quite famous in the industry and occasionally picked up gigs photographing celebrity posters. He asked Tao Mu to be his assistant, and from him Tao Mu came in touch with the film and television circles.

At that time, it was Tao Mu’s third year in high school. He originally wanted to work directly without going to college after graduating from high school. In any case, he thought going to university might not let him earn as much as he did now. But, the photographer and the assistant at the advertising agency suggested Tao Mu to apply for a film and television school. They also said that Tao Mu was so good-looking and so smart, so long as he graduated from a professional school, he would definitely be a big star.

So Tao Mu was convinced by these people to apply for the art exam, passing both Beijing Film and Yan Film. In the end, he reported to Beijing Film——because old man Song didn’t agree with him being an actor, feeling that this was something particularly unreliable. Later, after asking around, he found out that after the students of Beijing Film Academy graduated, they would be able to become a drama actor at worst, and they were also arranged to have a permanent job post with insurance. Which was better than Yan Film where if graduates couldn’t find acting roles they would have to switch careers or go be an extra.

Tao Mu got a headache from arguing with old man Song, so when finally seeing old man Song softening on the matter, he didn’t bother to think about whether Beijing Film was right for him and just applied for Beijing Film directly.

Later, he went to H Town, where it was as if he had lived a whole lifetime, and then returned to Beijing. Where he then recognized two dads and a grandfather. Thinking about those old things from the past again, it was as if a layer of filter was added to them. He didn’t feel bitter at all. A heart that was always drifting like duckweed now settled firmly on the ground, as if a big tree had taken root, slowly germinating, stretching up and out freely and unrestrainedly.

The quiet moonlight passed through the window and quietly crawled into the western side room.

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Tao Mu unfurrowed his eyebrows in his sleep, and the corners of his lips curled upwards like the last quarter moon hanging high in the sky.

A teardrop quietly slipped from the corner of his eyes, disappearing after landing on the pillow.

Tao Mu dreamt as he slept deeply. In the dream, there was old man Song, his Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad, and also dean Tao…..

They were all his family.

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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 104 Soldiers And Civilians

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The day Lin Yuan arrived in Ru Ning was a sunny day. Most of the spring had passed, and summer would come after another month. The sunlight fell on the ground, and the farmers in the fields were ploughing in the fields. It was the first spring since Chen Baisong captured Ru Ning. The people still lived as they did in previous years. If there was anything different, it was that the people were more fearful than ever.

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Even if Chen Baisong controlled all the big landlords like Lin Yuan did before, even if he let the tenant farmers get more benefits, the farmers were still uneasy and fearful.

People seemed to prefer their previous lives, not having enough food, being hungry, having a hard life, being oppressed and exploited, but even so, they had become accustomed to that kind of life. Suddenly having someone tell them that they were free and they no longer had a landowner who would increase the land rent, and they didn’t have to live in worry about food, having to drown a new child after giving birth.

They looked with frightened eyes and buried their heads like ostriches.

Chen Baisong didn’t know what he did wrong.

Shouldn’t the people be happy and ecstatic?

When Lin Yuan rode his horse into the city, he turned his head and saw the fields beside the road, as well as the trembling commoners looking at him with desperate and numb eyes.

This made Lin Yuan more clearly aware of the difference between Ru Ning and other places.

In other places, Lin Yuan was the only and noble spiritual leader of the people.

Lin Yuan forgot where he saw this.

At the end of the development of science, it would become theology. People who feel spiritually empty would desperately seek to place their hopes on something, and the place where they sought hope would be all kinds of religions.

People in troubled times were the most mentally broken. People in Gaoyou, Taizhou and other lands conquered by Lin Yuan placed their hopes in Lin Yuan, but Ru Ning did not.

“My Lord!” The guards followed Lin Yuan. They watched Lin Yuan ride off with the horse, raising the whip and galloping with the wind.

Lin Yuan pulled the reins in front of the barracks. The black steed under him stood upright like a man. Lin Yuan sat on the horse with his back straight. No one in the barracks did not know him. The soldiers all knelt down neatly and uniformly when they saw Lin Yuan.

The horse’s hooves landed on the ground, and Lin Yuan dismounted. Soon a little soldier walked over with excited and reddened eyes. The little soldier seemed to want to say something, but he opened his mouth several times but couldn’t utter a word. Lin Yuan glanced at the little soldier, his face again revealing his usual smile, and said gently: “Lead the horse away and feed it some bean curd.”

The little soldier nodded again and again. He led the horse proudly as if he was leading the whole world.

When the little soldier walked, even his hands and feet appeared at a loss as to where to place them.

When he fled to Gaoyou, he was only fourteen years old. He had no parents or relatives. On the way, he was often met with sneers and contempt.

Until he fled to Gaoyou and entered the barracks. No one bullied him in the barracks. Everyone was the same. They would gather together every seven days to hold a party of sorts. They would talk about their past and their hometown in front of many others. Tell of how they came to this place after going through hardships.

In this military camp, the little soldier felt happiness he had never felt before.

Here he was accepted, he was full of a sense of belonging, and the more so, the more he revered Lin Yuan.

His reverence was blind and irrational.

This was true for most people in the military camp.

This was not only true of the soldiers under the command of Chen Baisong, but also the soldiers under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Congrong, and Yang Zi’an.

This extreme spiritual worship put the military power and political power solely in the hands of Lin Yuan.

But the most deadly point was that if Lin Yuan happened to die one day, the world centered on him would quickly fall apart.

Lin Yuan himself knew it, but he was powerless to change it. He couldn’t promote the ideas of democracy and freedom.

Democracy and freedom could not grow on deformed ideological soil.

Only by waiting, waiting for the stability of the country, waiting for the new generation to receive education, and waiting for this extreme worship to end, would democracy and freedom fall into the ground and blossom in people’s minds.

Maybe after his death, democracy and freedom would sprout.

The premise was that he could stabilize the country before he died.

As for his merits and demerits, they could only be left to future generations to evaluate.

“Young master.” Chen Baisong left the tent and quickly walked over to greet him. It had been nearly two years since he left Lin Yuan. During the past two years, he had been bleeding and sweating on different battlefields. Only when he was alone in the dead of night would he think of Lin Yuan.

Sometimes he even felt that he no longer knew the young master.

The gentle, kind-hearted young master with a bit of naivete and weakness he remembered had become a calm, strong, and powerful person who held the power of life and death over the people.

This brought an unspeakable sense of confusion to Chen Baisong.

He hoped that he could protect the young master, but the young master did not need his protection.

Lin Yuan looked at Chen Baisong, he was also a little surprised. Chen Baisong looked more mature. If he used to be a wolf, now he has become a tiger. He had learned to be calm and steady, and he was no longer always showing off his fangs and claws so obviously as before.

“Your beard has grown.” Lin Yuan smiled at Chen Baisong, “You have worked hard these days.”

Chen Baisong was silent. He walked to Lin Yuan’s side and looked at this man who was half a head shorter than himself.

He was taller than him, but in front of him, he was always in a lower position.

“Let’s go inside the tent.” Lin Yuan walked ahead, as if he who had come to Ru Ning barracks for the first time was the master who was familiar with here.

Chen Baisong followed behind him, and the two walked into the tent together.

Lin Yuan sat in the seat that originally belonged to Chen Baisong. Chen Baisong’s personal guard served Lin Yuan tea. He was nervous and excited. His legs were trembling——after having gone on the battlefield so many times, he would not even tremble when killing. But now his legs couldn’t help but keep shaking.

“You have done a good job with Ru Ning.” Lin Yuan took a sip of tea. He was not in a hurry to enter the city or to take care of the troubles. “Don’t worry.”

Chen Baisong’s thin lips were tightly pressed. Having dealt in warfare all year round for so many years, Chen Baisong was now like a knife, a knife that had seen blood.

His face looked a little thin, which made his facial features unusually distinct. Lin Yuan had to admit that Chen Baisong was more handsome than him in appearance.

“I didn’t do a good job.” Chen Baisong spoke of what he did in Ru Ning and what he couldn’t figure out the most. “The people are even more panicked.”

Gaoyou changed hands, Taizhou changed hands, and Suzhou changed hands. The people seemed to accept it well. They hoped from the heart that Lin Yuan would lead them to a better life, but why was Ru Ning different? Why were the people of Ru Ning different?

Chen Baisong did not understand.

Lin Yuan smiled and in the tone of a stern and loving father, he said: “You have done well enough, it’s not your fault.”

Chen Baisong lowered his head, he felt ashamed.

He finally made up his mind to take care of Ru Ning’s governmental affairs, but the reality gave him a slap in the face.

“How about this, I’ll take care of it and you’ll come and watch. When things are done, you can tell me what you learned.” Lin Yuan said gently, “Alright?”

Chen Baisong suddenly raised his head and he looked at Lin Yuan with inconceivable eyes.

Lin Yuan: “Take it slowly, you’ll always learn something.”

Chen Baisong drank a cup of tea and saluted Lin Yuan: “Thank you, young master.”

On the edge of Ru Ning city, the farmers were cooking at their respective homes. The women brought out vegetable soup and multi-grain rice. The whole family squatted on the ground and ate the food. There was no white rice in the multi-grain rice. The chaff was the main component. They sat at the door after the meal, talking about tomorrow’s weather and how much the autumn harvest would yield.

“The village head said that the landowner would not accept our rent.” The woman’s expression was a bit dazed, “Five families use three hoes and a cow together, but now do we have to return these to the landowner?”

The man coughed twice. He was only thirty years old, but he seemed to look closer to fifty. His skin was rough and yellow, his cheeks were sunken, and his brows were furrowed. He spit on the ground and stooped his back as he said: “I will ask tomorrow.”

A child was tied with a rag on the woman’s back. The child didn’t know anything. He was only two years old. He didn’t understand the adults’ worries and was playing with his mother’s hair.

“They said that with the South Bodhisattva here, the landowners will now ignore us.” Tears burst from the woman’s eyes, and she asked her husband, “Is that South Bodhisattva really not leaving?”

The man looked at the ground under his feet in silence.

The woman said angrily: “Why does the South Bodhisattva want Ru Ning? Why did they come? Isn’t it good for us to live like the past?”

Although poor, hungry, and struggling to farm but still couldn’t eat enough, life was very stable.

But now, they didn’t know what was waiting for them.

The unknown made them fear, and fear brought resentment.

The next morning, before the sun rose, the man had left the house and went to the fields. The woman had to go to the fields as well. She used cloth strips as a rope and tied the child to the tree where she could see him like one would tie an ox, and began to farm together.

Her vision had already gone bad, and she couldn’t see things clearly if it’s not bright enough, but after so many years of work, she could even do it in the dark, farming having become her instinct.

Just as the first ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and shone on the ground, the village head ran onto the ridge in the fields. Someone behind him was knocking a bell. When the bell rang, the villagers knew that there was news from above. They took their farm tools and walked to the clearing at the entrance of the village and looked up at the village head standing on a stone.

The village head was over fifty and his body was not very sturdy. He shouted with all his strength, “The South Bodhisattva is here! The soldiers are coming today!”

The villagers were terrified.

“What are the soldiers going to do here?”

“I don’t have food in my house! I don’t have a daughter either!”

“Don’t let them come!”

It was the few that spoke, and more people just bowed their heads in silence.

Someone was shaking, their shoulders movimg up and down.

No matter how fearful or unwilling the villagers were, the soldiers still came.

There were not many soldiers who came, only a hundred, but this group of soldiers did not come empty-handed. Other than housing arrangements that the village musy provide, the soldiers brought their own food and daily necessities.

When the soldiers came, the villagers hid in their houses, and they didn’t even dare to go out and take a look.

“Mother, are those soldiers?” The child nestled in his mothers’ arms. Children were not like adults. Sometimes they had quite the courage and were not afraid of many things like adults.

The woman hugged the child and whispered: “You are not allowed to go see, they are ghosts, they will eat you, they will eat up your brain and intestines.”

The child shivered.

But the next day, the child forgot the intimidation of his mother, and he led the children from the same village to sneak over to see the soldiers.

In the world of children, soldiers had a natural sense of majesty. This sense of majesty was different from their parents. They dared not let the soldiers discover them, and only dared to look quietly behind the trees.

The soldiers wore dark clothes with straight backs, which was very different from the adults in the village who were always stooped over.

They looked stronger and taller.

This was the ideal “future” in the eyes of the boy.

“I also want to be a soldier in the future.” A boy whispered.

The other boys also nodded.

They didn’t know what they had to face as a soldier. At this moment, they just yearned for the days when they could stand upright.

The soldier who was squatting on the edge of the field to eat from a bowl saw the group of children. He was not too old and had a lively personality. He waved to the group of children: “Come here, I’ll give you candy.”

The boys first turned around and ran, running a short distance away. Finally, a boy recalled the word “candy” that the soldier had said.

The boys stopped in unison.

They had never eaten candy since they were born, and they didn’t know what real candy tasted like and how it differed from the wild fruits found in the mountains.

But they knew that candy was the sweetest thing in the world.

They looked at each other and finally the boldest of them turned and ran in the direction of the soldier.

The soldier watched him run over, laughed and threw a piece of candy over. The candy fell on the grass. The boy bent over to pick it up, not at all minding that the candy had fallen on the ground, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

He squinted his eyes, and the sweetness of candy filled his taste buds. His life had only been a few years, but this must be one of the happiest moments in his life.

The boys behind him could only watch the boy put such a large piece of candy into his mouth.

The boys walked over, and they looked at the soldier eagerly.

The soldier smiled and asked them: “Want to eat candy.”

The boys nodded frantically.

The soldier said: “Okay, want to eat candy? Come and work with me.”

Only then did the boys discover that these soldiers were not holding weapons, but farm tools.

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They turned their heads and found that these soldiers who had straight and proud backs were also crouching over and doing farm work.

Moreover, they did it quickly and well, looking like veteran farmers at just a glance.

A boy slapped his head: “They are farming my family’s land!”

Were these soldiers helping them with farm work? !

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