After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 007 No Money

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer still clearly remembered how the King reacted after reading the letter sent by the Kingdom of Bressi a month ago.

At that time, in front of the messenger, he tore the letter to pieces, then smiled and said: “Since Johan has sworn allegiance to me, then it is time for him to die for the great Legrand Empire.”

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The rage and coldness under that smile made one shudder.

20,000 pounds.

Even for the entire Legrand Empire, it was not easy to come up with such a large sum of money. In the reign of King William III, in order to launch a war against Bressi, he once raised one hundred thousand marks (equivalent to 66,000 pounds). That time it took more than seven months.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least two months to raise 20,000 pounds.

However, the Bressi Kingdom only gave one month of time.

——They had no intention of releasing the prisoners of war.

Coupled with the widely circulated claims that General Johan had defected to the enemy and the Duke of Buckingham had a suspicious attitude, the King directly abandoned paying for the ransom of General Johan and only set a time for negotiations with the Kingdom of Bressi.

The King’s attitude was there, and even Grand Duke Grice’s letter of persuasion was useless. It only made the King even more angry, so other officials even more so dared not anger him.

Therefore, more than a month had passed, yet they haven’t even raised a penny, let alone 20,000 pounds.

But who would have thought that with only a few days left before the negotiation and the delivery of the prisoners, the King suddenly brought up the matter. It even seemed as if he had changed his mind and planned to pay for General Johan’s release.

The Chancellor almost wanted to kneel down for his capricious King.

“Two months?”

The King tapped the armrest with his fingers.

“How much is there in the treasury?”

The Chancellor’s forehead was covered with cold sweat. He carefully observed the King’s face and replied tactfully: “Your Majesty, in order to resist the invasion of the Bressi Kingdom, we have spent a lot of money in April, and even raised the exemption from military service tax……”

“Where is the royal treasury?”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked like he would begin trembling at any moment, and his voice became even smaller: “Your Majesty, you built two royal castles in the west and the north some time ago……”

The King remembered.

The Legrand Empire had an eventful year this year, with riots in Newcastle in the north and Nordover in the west at the end of last year. After suppressing the rebellion, in order to strengthen the rule of these two places, Pureland began building a castle belonging to the royal family each in these two locations. In order to build the castle, the supervision of the royal forest area was even increased.

Excellent.

The King thought expressionlessly.

How about he just let General Johan make a sacrifice for the country.

“What about my private territorial income?”

This part was regarded as the King’s own personal income. His question obviously meant that the King intended to pay for General Johan’s release at his own expense. The Minister was surprised.

He reported on the income of the several territories directly under the King. Although the amount was considerable, the King’s daily extravagant life was obviously also very expensive——in these three days, the money that could be mustered up urgently was only a few thousand pounds.

The King pressed his forehead.

It might be a side effect of rebirth, but now his head was beginning to ache.

“What is the income of my uncle’s territory?”

He asked casually.

Of course, he did not expect to see the Duke of Buckingham, who practically lived like an ascetic monk and did not value pleasure, to have much in his pockets. He even suspected that the Duke had used most of his income to fill the pit that was military expenses.

However, the answer was still shocking to the King.

The Duke simply could not make ends meet.

“That’s it, Your Majesty.”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied.

“According to facts, Lord Duke is one of the biggest creditors of the royal family.”

Legrand was practically in the midst of chaos when Pureland was still a babe. The King, who was still a baby, worried the nobles of many vassal states——in this era, babies faced too many risks growing up, especially when this baby was the Emperor of 36 vassal states.

It was the Duke of Buckingham who had repeatedly paid out of his pocket and used huge loans to support the royal family’s finances.

Then, soon after the King officially came of age, rumors that the Duke of Buckingham was unwilling to hand over power arose. At this time, the Duke of Buckingham did something unexpected——he burned all those certificates of indebtedness.

The King pressed his forehead so hard that his finger joints turned white.

The Chancellor took a peek at the young King, only to see him have his hand on his forehead, covering his eyes. The Chancellor could not make out the King’s mood at this time.

There was silence in the room for a long time.

“Excellent.”

The King mustered up his energy.

“Prepare for negotiations and start raising money.”

Hearing about raising money, the Chancellor immediately got a not-so-good hunch.

“I remember that the inheritance rights of the nobles are controlled by me.”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer had already started to stutter: “Yes……yes……yes, that’s correct.”

“Then let those heirs pay taxes for their titles.”

“Your Majesty……”

The cold sweat gathering on the Chancellor’s head instantly fell down to the floor. There was nothing wrong with the King ordering this. According to the charter signed by the nobles at the time of the King’s coronation, the King had the right to rule on succession of titles——but this was generally used when the succession conditions of two heirs were similar.

However, listening to the King at this moment, he clearly wanted all the major and minor nobles with inheritance rights to take out all the money in their pockets.

In this way, even the legitimate eldest son who was originally sitting firmly in the position of heir would become restless.

Obviously, their brothers would be very willing to give a large sum of money to the royal court, so as to obtain the ruling of “everything by business”——whoever bid higher would inherit and take the title from their eldest brother.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer could already imagine how many nobles in the country would be glaring at the roses in their gardens while cursing the King for his insidiousness.

But for Zhu Chi, there was no alternative.

Legrand’s current situation was too disastrous. Various complicated factors were involved and he did not have enough time to sort it all out. According to the answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pureland had exploited civilians at least three times in the past two years. If he directly increased the tax burden on civilians, then the people’s riots would not be far off from now.

He would rather face the rebellion of some nobles than the riots from the civilians.

Of the two, the latter was the real devastating blow.

And one could not forget that the Duke of Buckingham was not executed. So long as the old Duke was still alive, those nobles who wanted to rebel have to weigh their chances carefully.

“Must this really be done?”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked with a little hope.

“You tell them.” The King said calmly, “Either pay or go to the frontlines.”

Alright, any hope was completely extinguished now.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought with despair.

——As the conveyer of the King’s will, he was afraid that he would have to bear some infamy.

…………

Upon learning that the King had ordered a ransom to be raised, the Duke of Buckingham also came to see the King.

“I know what you are going to say.”

Before the old Duke could speak, the King blocked his words.

“But Johan is not only your son, my brother, but also the general of the Legrand Empire, the dignity of the Rose Family. Most importantly——”

The King paused.

“I need to know the truth about the Battle of Keven and who betrayed me.”

Anger infused through his ice-blue eyes.

The Duke of Buckingham remained silent.

…………

At the same time, the day of the negotiations was approaching.

They began to prepare to set off for the negotiation site, close to the city of Truu on the front.

The Duke of Buckingham originally planned to go with him, but Zhu Chi had other concerns.

He was not at ease about the current situation in the Legrand Empire, and he did not trust those nobles to be obedient during the time he went to the frontlines. So he entrusted the Duke of Buckingham to return to the palace in the heart of Legrand and temporarily replace him in being in charge of government affairs.

Before leaving, Zhu Chi recalled something.

That owner of Mohn Castle, Earl Walter.

He had not come to see the King for a long time.

“Why, does he think the three days I granted were too much time?”

Zhu Chi sat in the carriage and asked softly.

The Master of Households hurriedly left to find Earl Walter.

After waiting for about an hour, he rushed back to report with a pale face.

“Your Majesty……”

“Speak.”

“The Earl has committed suicide.”

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The air seemed to have also been frozen by the cold of midwinter.

“Suicide?”

Inside the carriage, the King laughed cryptically.

The procession that was about to leave stopped.

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After Becoming The Tyrant CH 006 Twenty Thousand Ransom

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Viscount Moore was an aristocrat from the north.

Before being conquered by Pureland’s great-grandfather, the northern part of the Legrand Empire was regarded as “barbaric land.”

In the twelfth century before the Western Continent came to be, there was an invasion by oversea barbarians. However, the tide-like invasion only lasted less than a hundred years before they disappeared. The northern part of the Legrand Empire had been occupied by barbarians since then. It was not until later that the descendants of the barbarians gradually merged with Legrand, but still their language and customs were deeply influenced by the barbarians’ traditions. Their pronunciation was much more rough and they valued simplicity and practicality.

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Because of this, aristocrats from the north have always been ridiculed in the palace.

When Viscount Moore explained the assassination plan, the King had already noticed that his style of speech and expression were very concise——in the words of the nobles in the central and eastern regions, it was “vulgar as a peasant”.

However, the last couple of sentences that Viscount Moore said just now could be called elegant, and especially the last part “lifetime of effort for you and for the Legrand Empire” was a typical palace expression influenced by the Holy Church.

This was not what an authentic northern aristocrat like Viscount Moore would use.

——Unless someone said this to him recently.

Moore was taken aback by the King’s sudden questioning. He didn’t even understand how the King knew such trivial things.

“Who said it?”

The King’s tone became steely, and like the old Duke of Buckingham just now, his face seemed to have on a cold iron mask at this time.

“Carl, Carl Roy.”

Moore muttered, he also began to realize something.

“He is a traveling merchant.”

“Arrest him. Immediately.”

……………

Today’s Mohn Castle was plagued by disasters.

At seven o’clock in the morning, the owner of the castle, Earl Walter, was almost exiled on the spot, and in the afternoon, under the King’s command, the soldiers in the entire Mohn territory became busy again. All the traveling merchants in the territory were detained and only released after verification of their identities.

By the evening, the castle was shrouded in oppressive darkness.

The sound of wood burning in the fireplace was clearly audible. The King was sitting not far from the fireplace, but his face was mostly in the shadows.

Just now, the Master of the Households delivered a report from the defense army: they found three traveling merchants named “Carl”. There was only one who fit with Viscount Moore’s description of having “talked with them just the night before.”

——When the soldiers broke in, he decisively drew out his dagger and cut his throat cleanly.

The room was filled with horrible silence. The three knights knelt on the carpet with gray faces and lowered their proud heads.

They had a drink together in the inn some time ago. When drunk, it was inevitable that they had said some complaints. At that time, the traveling merchant was next to them, and he said that line casually. But God knew what had befallen then, maybe it was resentment, maybe it was the devil, but for some reason that sentence became deeply rooted in their minds.

Later, they heard the traveling merchant exclaim, “It would be good if there were brave members of the religious order, but unfortunately the heroes are dead”——the popular play at that time was on a story about the pagan tyrant Caligula being assassinated by a member of the religious order.

In short, it was after that day that they planned the assassination.

After explaining everything, Moore no longer dared to look at the King’s expression. The knights realized a terrible thing: someone had carefully prepared this series of conspiracies.

Their vengeance, which they had believed to be an act of bravery and heroism, was in fact playing into the hands of the vicious enemy.

The silence in the room was too heavy for people to breathe. The King did not speak, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Moore leaned down, his forehead pressed to the carpet, and said with repressed shame: “We have committed an unforgivable sin, and we are willing to pay the price of our lives for our mistakes. But, Your Majesty! There is a problem with the Battle of Keven! General must have fallen for a conspiracy.”

The Battle of Keven was the battle in which the son of the old Duke had led the expedition to the Kingdom of Bressi a month ago.

According to the report sent back to the palace, the Duke’s son, the young General Johan, was negligent despite the food and weapons supply being sufficient. He did not take the enemy’s vanguard seriously, and ended up losing the Moon River Fortress at the eastern border of Legrand at the end of July. The loss of Moon River Fortress directly led to the complete defeat of the battle.

“Are you pleading for him?”

The King looked down at the three knights kneeling on the ground, his tone slightly mocking.

“Three people who are about to die and yet try to intercede for others.”

“I pledge with the honor of my family that General Johan is definitely not a person who will make the mistake of underestimating the enemy!”

There was no blood left on Moore’s face, but he still gritted his teeth and made the vow.

“So long as any word I have spoken is a lie, everyone in the Briou Family will burn in the pits of hell forever!”

“The matters after death fall under the jurisdiction of the Holy Spirit.” The King said lightly, “In my opinion, things like eternity in hell are not worth a penny.”

His words caused the three knights to fall into despair.

“But——” the King’s tone changed. He looked at the three knights who suddenly raised their heads. “The diplpmatic mission will arrive on the 21st. Like the fool Earl of Mohn, you have three days. I want to see a detailed report of the battle you participated in——from the deployment of every soldier, the direction of every flag, every longbow, every piece of grindstone for sharpening swords to every bag of grain flour, every piece of cheese prepared……use these things to prove to me that your general really did his best to prepare for this war.”

To request such a report in such a short period of time could be considered quite harsh.

But the King did not mean to be tolerant.

“If you can’t do it——”

The King leaned forward, and his silver hair almost fell on Moore’s cheek. His soft voice pierced into his ears——sounding even more full of mockery than if he were to make severe orders.

“Then this self-proclaimed noble spirit of sacrifice is nothing but that.”

As expected, he saw the knights showing an expression of anger——no knight could calmly face this insult to their character.

“Of course, for now, you don’t have such a thing as a knight’s chivalry.”

The King straightened up and leaned on the crimson velvet chair, arms propped up on the armrest and pale fingers crossed, the fingertips pressing against each other lightly.

The faces of the three military officers flushed.

At the side of the King, that same delicate crossbow remained.

“The financial department of the royal family will assist you. But whether the task can be completed is up to you.”

He said in a soft but fear evoking tone.

“Go, prove to me that he is innocent.”

When Moore and the others stood up, they saw the King smiling cryptically under the flickering lights of the fire: “Now, his life is in your hands.”

This was a threat.

…………

The three knights left, leaving the King alone in the room.

He sat quietly by the fireplace, and the light from the flames outlined the delicate contours of his face.

Zhu Chi didn’t care whether he could find out the reason from the report.

No one knew the army better than an officer who had been promoted from the bottom. What he wanted to do was to gain an initial understanding of Legrand’s imperial army objectively and without being deceived.

Standing high and removed.

There were too many heavy and vision impairing screens around the King.

Perhaps someone like the old Duke who had survived decades of battle on the battlefield could be more certain of the situation in the army, but Pureland?

Forget it, if three out of the ten sentences he heard were truthful then he should be thankful for the conscience of the nobles and ministers for not whitewashing or exaggerating.

After a while, Zhu Chi came back to himself from having fallen into contemplation.

He looked at the snow outside the window and was silent for a while. He then had the Master of the Households bring the old Duke of Buckingham a brand-new cloak befitting of a Duke.

………………

The old Duke unfolded a scarlet cloak. The cloak was made of soft snow fox skin and was excessively expensive. But this was not what the Duke cared about.

With his thickly callused hands from years on the battlefield, he gently stroked the rose pattern embroidered with gold thread on the cloak. The rose was the symbol of the Legrand royal family.

“My little Pureland.”

The old man sighed softly.

Strictly speaking, he had accepted and held his infant nephew from the hands of the Queen earlier than even his brother William III. At that time, his elder brother was still fighting the rebel parties. It was he who guarded the newborn heir for his brother.

The Duke of Buckingham took off his dark robe and draped the cloak with the Rose Family pattern on him.

He was very happy that he could serve his little King again.

…………

The King’s ministers soon arrived in Mohn.

Obviously, the King’s capricious behavior of sneaking out of the palace this time made these ministers very troubled. But the matter regarding the Duke of Buckingham had them unable to admonish the King. They also joined the task of organizing the war report.

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But one person alone was summoned by the King.

As soon as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, still covered in dust from the travel, stepped in, he heard the King’s words:

“How long will it take to raise 20,000 pounds?”

His vision went dark and he almost stumbled.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 033 Hatching Of An Egg (Or Zhang Third’s Strategy)

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The next day, Li Yi left Nie Bufan’s room with a face looking like he had constipation. In a short period of time, it was likely he would not be coming over again.

When Zhang Junshi learned of the situation, he laughed unkindly, something that was seldom of him. Who let that man knock him out? He could only send him three words: served you right!

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Nie Bufan was no longer in danger of losing his chastity so his days were lived in a disgustingly happy manner. He no longer had any troubles so that meant the Tian Nu, Si Chenyu, Chen Muran, Li Huai and others all met with troubles. Often they would be harrassed inhumanely, unable to sleep well or eat well, and having to always be on guard of flying feathers.

Si Chenyu said to Li Yi and Zhang Junshi: “I notice you have a good relationship with him, so can’t you control him a bit?”

Li Yi’s face was cold, and black anger emitted from all over his body.

Zhang Junshi smiled as gentle and pleasant as a spring breeze, and promised that he would do some damage control.

That day, Nie Bufan came back from getting fresh air, and suddenly saw an egg next to his pillow.

He thought it strange, under his training the hens had not laid eggs on his bed for a long time. What’s up with this one today?

He stretched out his hand to pick it up, and a warmth radiated from it. Something seemed to be beating in the egg, slowly and powerfully.

Was this a fertilized egg? The chicken inside had taken shape?

Nie Bufan took the egg and held it up against the sun, it was rather dim and unclear.

He randomly stuffed the egg into his pocket and prepared to find a brooding hen to incubate it.

At this moment, Zhang Junshi walked in and said with a smile: “Bufan, are you free? How about going to the restuarant with me?”

“What’s up?”

“Didn’t you sell me the tea egg recipe last time? The restuarant has already made the first batch according to the recipe. I don’t plan to sell this batch. I want to take you to try it out instead.”

“Oh, so that’s it. Okay, let’s go. If we hurry, we can come back before night.” Nie Bufan pulled Zhang Junshi and walked out of the house.

It just so happened that Li Yi went to visit Si Chenyu at his place, and he would definitely not come to keep an eye on him for a while.

When the two arrived at the Zhang family restaurant, the waiter had already peeled the tea eggs and put them in the room, and even had a pot of good wine and plates of appetizers placed on the side.

“How is it? Is the taste okay?” Zhang Junshi asked.

Nie Bufan nodded and said, “En, it’s much better than what I made.”

Zhang Junshi smiled and said, “That’s because we use more ingredients. Come, have some more.”

Nie Bufan was not courteous with him either, his chopsticks moved like they were flying, and occassionally he would clink his wine cup from time to time with Zhang Junshi, all the while making small talk about life.

By the time they were full of wine and food, night had already fallen. Stars could be seen outside the window, and there were few pedestrians on the road.

“Will you stay here tonight?” Zhang Junshi suggested casually.

Nie Bufan leaned against the window with drunken eyes and murmured an affirmative.

Zhang Junshi’s eyes flashed, and he went out and ordered his workers to prepare water.

In the guest room, there was an oval wooden tub big enough for one or two people to bathe in. Of course, it was not as good as the bath at Nie Bufan’s place, and could only soak half of the body.

Nie Bufan undressed and walked unsteadily behind the screen. Zhang Junshi was right next to him, when he suddenly saw an egg falling out of his clothes, he hurriedly caught it, and put it on the bedside table together with his clothes.

Nie Bufan was confused, thinking he was at his own house, and was ready to jump inside when he saw the water. If Zhang Junshi’s eyes and hands weren’t quick enough, he would have definitely caused a catastrophe. Zhang Junshi looked at his charmingly naive countenance and couldn’t help kissing him on the cheek, then he lifted him into the tub. He himself stepped into it naked as well.

“Bufan.” Zhang Junshi whispered in his ear.

Nie Bufan rubbed his arms and muttered, “Zhang Third, I feel dizzy.”

“It’s okay, you’ll be fine after awhile.” Zhang Junshi picked up a towel to help him wipe his body, but this guy was not compliant at all, his body twisting restlessly, and even singing a raunchy song loud and out of tune. It caused Zhang Junshi to become quite agitated.

“Bufan, I won’t be able to hold back if you keeping moving.” Zhang Junshi warned.

Nie Bufan suddenly sat upright with a solemn expression, and pointed at him, “If it’s more than one can bear, then one don’t have to bear it anymore!”

“……” Well then, you said it.

Zhang Junshi stared at him with scorching eyes, then pressed him against the side of the bucket and kissed his lips deeply.

The two were entangled in the slightly narrow tub, their bodies pressed tightly, and even the gradually cooling water could not suppress the turbulent flames.

Zhang Junshi retracted his tongue from Nie Bufan’s mouth, bringing out a silvery strand of saliva. He kissed down his chin, neck, Adam’s apple, collarbone……lifting the other up by the waist, he then moved to capture the cherry red on his chest, twisting and sucking.

“Ah……Zhang Third, you……” Nie Bufan’s mind was a little fogged, but his body’s sensations constantly stimulated his nerves and caused him to blush and his heartbeat to speed up.

Zhang Junshi did not speak, arching Nie Bufan’s whole body out of the bath tub so that it was lying flat on the cloth mat beside the tub.

“Tonight, you belong to me.” Zhang Junshi positioned his desire between his legs, rubbing lightly, as he also kept stimulating the sensitive spots all over Nie Bufan’s body with his hands.

Nie Bufan felt like a fish thrown on the beach, dry, hot, and gasping hard.

The “fisherman” sharpened his knife in eagerness, first steaming him, then spreading some sauce, and then finally taking a bite.

“Ah! No!” Nie Bufan seemed to suddenly come back to himself, startled all over. He raised his foot and pressed it to Zhang Junshi’s lower abdomen to prevent him from entering.

Zhang Junshi pushed his feet away at will, and consoled: “Don’t be afraid, although this is my first time, I will definitely be gentle.”

“It doesn’t seem to be a matter of whether it’s the first time or not the first time.” Nie Bufan trembled, “We’re both men, what’s so great about doing it?”

“Oh? Then you let Li Yi in your bed?”

“Don’t, don’t get me wrong, it was an accident.”

“Oh? Really?” Zhang Junshi smiled, “Actually, this is also an accident. You are drunk and I am drunk.”

“……Does being drunk mean letting loose the beastly nature?”

“Obviously.” Zhang Junshi held his hips and went in a little more.

Nie Bufan leaned back on the ground with his elbows, trying to slip out of Zhang Junshi’s arms. But as he inched back, the other also inched further. The both of them had already moved more than two meters and still remained intimately connected.

Nie Bufan was powerless and looked at Zhang Junshi pitifully.

Zhang Junshi had always been gentle, but at this moment he became uncharacteristically determined, and no longer gave Nie Bufan time to struggle. He clamped down on his waist and with a deep thrust he bottomed out.

“Ah! It hurts!” Nie Bufan slapped hard at the man on him.

Zhang Junshi was actually very nervous, and his heart was beating very fast. It wasn’t until after he entered that the feeling of ecstasy down to his bones finally registered and giving him a great shock.

He sighed slowly, breathing heavily.

This……truly put one’s tolerance to the test! This thought came to both of them at the same time.

Looking at each other, like coming to a tacit understanding, a wave of fierce collisions began.

Nie Bufan had now arrived at a state where he had nothing else to lose, throwing all morals to the wind. He was already at this point. If he continued to restrain himself, then what kind of a man would he be!

With the excuse of being drunk, he put aside his scruples, relaxed his body, and accepted the other as much as possible.

“Ngh……” It was too deep. Nie Bufan moaned.

“Be quieter.” Zhang Junshi gasped in his ear and said, “The walls have ears.” (TN: idiom for thin walls or possible listening ears)

“Ah……nhh……” Nie Bufan moaned louder.

Zhang Junshi immediately kissed him, raised his leg, and thrusted in heavily.

Nie Bufan’s eyes widened, his cheeks flushed.

A smile flashed in Zhang Junshi’s eyes, and his movements slowed down.

The two of them rolled to the other side of the mat, indulging in the pleasure to their heart’s content, their suppressed moans and intermittent sounds of slapping flesh filled the room.

This night was doomed to be sleepless……

Nie Bufan only woke up when the sun was already high up the next day. He immediately felt a splitting headache and his body sore and weak.

His upper body was covered in hickeys, and except for a slight tingling in the private parts, it didn’t hurt as much as the first time. In fact, Li Yi couldn’t be blamed for his poor technique. It was the first time, and he also chose to take Nie Bufan when he was sober. Nie Bufan’s ability to act outlandish when he was sober was something too hard for ordinary people to win up against. His ability to complete the process was already considered an extraordinary talent, and yet you hoped that he would be tender?

On this matter, Zhang Junshi was more clever. He first tricked Nie Bufan into coming along with a flawless reason, and then calmly used the wine and dishes to lower his guard. After he was full and tipsy, naturally his guard would also be completely down.

At this time, whether Nie Bufan was a spirit demon or a ghost, either way he could only wait to be eaten by him, and even gaining the ultimate enjoyment.

Just when Nie Bufan was grimacing, Zhang Junshi walked in with a smile.

“You……” Nie Bufan pointed at him, eyes like knives.

“Does your body still hurt?” Zhang Junshi sat on the edge of the bed, pulled his hand down, and said warmly, “Do you want to sleep some more?”

“Don’t wanna sleep anymore.” Nie Bufan shook off his hand and said with full vigor, “Am I such a fragile person? That I would be knocked down in one night!”

Zhang Junshi’s eyes were piercing, and he smiled and said, “Then it seems we can continue tonight.”

Nie Bufan choked and said with his head hanging down: “Zhang Third, I was drunk and you were drunk too, so the beastly nature presented itself, and led to such a result. Why dont we pretend it didn’t happen?”

“En……” Zhang Junshi touched his chin and pondered, “Alright, we can do it everytime we get drunk, and forget it everytime we do it, how about it?”

Nie Bufan looked at him slantingly and said with disbelief: “Zhang Third, are you still Zhang Third? Are you still my gentle and pure brother Zhang Third?”

“Of course I am.” Zhang Junshi smiled gently as always, and said smoothly, “Don’t think too much, I will be responsible for you to the end.”

“I don’t need you to be responsible.” Nie Bufan said horrified, “I still want to marry a wife and have children, and raise children to guard against old age.”

Zhang Junshi patted his head and said seriously: “It is better to do less daydreaming.”

“……”

“Okay, I’ll have someone to prepare hot water for you to freshen up. Let’s go and eat together after you clean up.” Zhang Junshi placed a kiss in between his eyes, then got up and left.

Nie Bufan fell on the bed, rolling around while wolf howling. How was it that he had guarded against Li Fourth but forgot Zhang Third?

Wait, that’s not right! Nie Bufan sat up. Why didn’t Wang Shichan appear this time? Was his attitude towards others dependent on the person? Be alert with Li Yi, but ignore Zhang Junshi?

Could he have eavesdropped the whole night?

Nie Bufan scanned the surroundings vigilantly, only letting out a relieved sigh when he made sure that there was no suspicious figure around. Could it be that Wang Shichan didn’t follow him at all?

Nie Bufan simply forgot. Back then he had said personal protection “in the village”. With Wang Shichan’s meticulous personality, he would absolutely follow a prescribed pattern to the letter.

He put on his clothes angrily and decided to use the scriptures as toilet paper after he went back.

At this moment, there was a sudden click that sounded in his ear, as if something had cracked.

Nie Bufan followed the direction of the sound and saw a crack in the shell of the egg on the bedside table.

He leaned forward in surprise, and murmured: “This way can also hatch a chick?”

Although eggs could be hatched artificially, it still needed to have the right temperature, and it was absolutely impossible to hatch if they were exposed to air below 20°C for a long time.

But looking at this situation, the chicken was indeed breaking its shell.

Nie Bufan widened his eyes and stared at the egg’s changes intently. As the egg shell slowly fell off, a fluffy thing was gradually exposed.

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This was……a monkey? A monkey born from an egg?

Nie Bufan was stunned!

AN: “The Secrets of Chicken Nest Village”
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Fifth, if the fertilized eggs in Chicken Nest Village are hatched outside the village, they will restore the original form of the mother. And unless they are chickens, animals born outside will no longer turn into chickens when they return to the Chicken Nest Village.

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 027 Departure

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When Su Mu woke up, he found himself entangled with another naked person, but his body was feeling clean and refreshed. When looking for a lover, he always preferred the other to be willing, so when he saw Yun Feiyu’s quiet sleeping face, he felt a bit guilty.

Carefully, he pulled away the hand that Yun Feiyu had placed on his waist, and lifted the quilt as gently as possible to get up.

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Dawn had yet to break. Su Mu casually put on the single robe that he wore yesterday, and summoned the servants outside the door to serve him in washing and dressing. As early as when she heard that the Crown Prince was staying at Feiyu Pavilion, Yuzhu had his court clothes prepared and waiting in Feiyu Pavilion.

After Su Mu left, Yun Feiyu slowly opened his eyes. This person was completely different from what he remembered. Even Yun Feiyu almost believed that they were completely different people, but the Crown Prince’s bare body was completely exposed to him and he could tell clearly that this was indeed the same person.

The passionate scenes from last night appeared in his mind, and he once again stifled the budding emotions in his heart.

Su Mu sat on the icy chair and looked down on the officials, saying: “Ben Gong is unwell. During this period of two months, the six Ministries will jointly discuss the affairs of the government. When making major decisions, more than half must agree……”

After Su Mu had explained everything, the officials underneath were all shocked and confused. The Crown Prince wanted to suspend morning assembly for two months. What was the Crown Prince planning to do?

Unwell? The Crown Prince had been poisoned so many times in assassination attempts and yet was still alive and kicking. That he would feel ill, who would believe this completely unreliable excuse!

An old official came out, and it was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Appointments, Yun Jing: “If Your Highness is unwell, then certainly there is a need to call the imperial doctor. But the imperial court can’t be without Your Highness!”

Other officials also spoke up in agreement. The Crown Prince had just moved towards a change for the better so naturally, some people wanted him to keep it up. But there were more flattering sycophants with bad intentions.

“His Royal Highness is unwell, and just wanted to take a break. What intentions are you people harboring for not allowing His Highness to rest? Could you be trying to plot and bring harm to His Highness?”

“You! Making deceptive remarks to delude the public, according to this crime you should be put to death. Your Highness, chen implore you to see clearly.”

Su Mu looked at the chaotic hall that resembled a vegetable market, and his face darkened. Suddenly he shouted, “Shut up.”

As if the pause button was pressed, everyone in the hall fell silent immediately.

A sharp gaze swept over the officials with their heads bowed and saying nothing, and said: “What do you take this place for, look at yourselves and see whether you are any different from the market shrews.”

After a pause, Su Mu said: “If Ben Gong must do everything personally, what is the use of feeding you? Ben Gong has set up a supervisory department that will be operating unseen, and if you know what’s best, all of you should avoid making any trouble.”

After Su Mu dealt with all matters, he took his attendants and departed the city overnight.

The sweet singing of birds accompanied by the fragrance of flowers awakened Su Mu. He lifted the curtain and asked Shi Nuo who was driving the carriage: “Where are we?”

“Answering Your Highness, we are already close to Jinyang City, and it is expected that we’ll arrive at noon.”

Su Mu nodded. He returned to the carriage and closed his eyes to rest, a simple world map appearing in his mind.

Suddenly the carriage stopped without warning, Su Mu poked out his head and asked, “What happened?”

Shi Nuo’s whole body was on complete guard and said: “Answering Your Highness, several corpses have appeared in the front of the road, seeming to have starved to death.”

Although he had ordered the distribution of food and disaster relief, but with the pitiful savings in the treasury of Qing kingdom, it was only a drop in the bucket. Traveling the whole way and being witness to the situation of the people, Su Mu felt both chilled and horrified.

No matter how much skills he had, he had just been a young man living in a peaceful world. He had never seen so many deaths in front of him, and these people were his citizens.

Su Mu took a deep breath and said, “Cremate them.”

Towards corpses found on the road, Su Mu passed the order for corpses that were left unhandled to be cremated.

Su Mu didn’t want the people to face a plague as well when they were already tormented by hunger.

After a while, Shi Yan appeared in front of Su Mu, with a serious expression: “Your Highness, there is a large number of refugees’ bodies in the woods. There are probably thousands of them, and there are also many corpses piled up in several places deep in the woods.”

Su Mu’s face darkened and he said, “Go and find out what’s going on.”

It was definitely not just because of hunger that so many corpses were all concentrated here. Su Mu ordered to continue onwards and to meet in the next village.

The golden sun was high up in the sky, shining down on the old leafless trees in front of the village. A few naughty children could be seen throwing mud under the trees.

A child covered in mud suddenly stopped and pointed at the village entrance: “What is that?”

Hearing this, the other children followed where he pointed.

A chubby child exclaimed: “It’s a carriage!”

The small village was right next to the official road and often there would be travelers staying the night. The children were not afraid of strangers and several pairs of bright eyes stared at the carriage curiously.

Su Mu’s refined and flawless face appeared in the eyes of this group of mud children. But in the eyes of a group of children, Su Mu was only slightly different from other people. They were more concerned about the amount of mud on their companions.

“Children, are your parents here?” Su Mu asked with a genial smile.

A sturdy, dark-skinned child replied loudly: “Yes, I will call the village head.”

After finishing talking, he disappeared in front of Su Mu like a gust of wind, and the other children also ran into the village.

Su Mu watched the group of children rushing away, and couldn’t help but think of his childhood. He was once just as innocent. It’s just that people cannot avoid experiencing misfortunes along with the blessings. He wondered if anyone was still going to sweep the graves of his parents.

Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi, and Qin Ye also got out of the carriage one after another. When they saw Su Mu’s pleasant behavior to a group of children their reactions were all different.

Lan Lan pulled at her eldest son and signalled at him. Liu Xi felt rather awkward but then remembered what Lan Lan had said before departing so he walked towards Su Mu.

Lan Lan looked at her son’s slender and straight back and smiled bitterly. How could she not want her son to start a family, marry a wife and have children. But in their situation, having completely offended the powerful figures of Shi kingdom and Wu kingdom, who else could they rely on but the Crown Prince?

However, the most important thing was that the Crown Prince’s martial prowess was formidably strong and his methods cruel and vicious. It was likely that Liu Xi would not be able to escape the Crown Prince’s “devilish claws” in this life, so Lan Lan could only make such a decision.

The bright smiling face was like a coquettish flower. Liu Xi looked at the beautiful scenery of the village and said, “Is Your Highness thirsty? Would you like to drink some water?”

Su Mu shook his head and said: “No need.”

Qin Ye stood by Yun Feiyu and looked at Liu Xi trying to please Su Mu and let out a disdainful snort, immediately looking away.

Yun Feiyu didn’t have any other expressions from beginning to end. He still had that calm smile, as if nothing could shake his heart.

After a while, a group of children led an old man over fifty to Su Mu.

Although the old man was small and thin, he was full of vigor, and his dim eyes occasionally hinted at shrewdness.

“This old man Zhang Datong pays his respects to Gongzi.”

Su Mu smiled and said: “Laorenjia, please, rise. I am Su Mu and want to spend the night after passing by this area. I ask laorenjia for the convenience.” (TN: laorenjia=polite term for an old woman or man)

The surnames of the people in this village were all Zhang and belonged to the same clan. The old man was the head of the clan and after he invited the newcomers into his home, the old man took out all his provisions to entertain the guests.

In the simple wooden house, Su Mu sat at the main seat and made polite talk with the old patriarch. Thinking of the corpses not too far away from here on the way, he asked: “Laorenjia, when we passed by a mountain forest earlier, we saw many people who died in tragic circumstances. What is going on?”

The old man’s complexion changed and he frowned: “This old man doesn’t know exactly what’s going on, but it’s rumored to be the work of bandits.”

Su Mu frowned and said: “Bandits?” Bandits generally ransacked villages and towns. Why did they deliberately throw those bodies into the woods?

Late at night, Shi Yan, covered in dust, returned to Su Mu.

Su Mu, who just woke up, put on an outer robe at random and asked: “Did you find out?”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Even the usual non-expressive Shi Yan showed a look of anger: “Those people were killed by Prince Su Nian of Jinyang. For this year’s drought, Your Highness gave orders to open a warehouse for disaster relief, but the Prince of Jinyang did not comply to Your Highness’s will. Jinyang City did not produce a grain of rice to help the disaster, but killed the disaster victims who tried to rob the food instead.”

Tens of thousands of disaster victims, thousands of unjust deaths, Prince of Jinyang, you are quite capable!

Su Mu sat on the edge of the bed with a dark expression and clenched his fists.

“Shi Yan, go convey Ben Gong’s will, order the Prince of Jinyang to open a warehouse for disaster relief, otherwise Ben Gong will kill him!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Shi Yan’s figure disappeared from the cabin in a blink of an eye.

Su Nian was the son of Taishang Huang, Su Mochi’s grandfather. So he was the uncle of Su Mochi and was granted lands and the title Prince of Jinyang before Su Mochi was born. This was actually Su Mu’s own diligent supplementing of his knowledge, as for the idiot Su Mochi, he didn’t even know that Su Nian existed. (TN: Tsishang Huang=father of the reigning emperor)

When Shi Yan brought Su Mu’s will to Su Nian, the Prince who had always done whatever he pleased in his own lands threw away Su Mu’s decree on the spot, glaring and angrily saying: “It’s just a bunch of lowlifes, as inconsequential as grass, what’s the big deal if they are dead. This Prince is the Prince of Jinyang personally proclaimed by Taishang Huang, and a younger generation dares to be disrespectful to this Prince……”

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Shi Yan calmly looked at the furious Prince of Jinyang: “My Prince, the will of His Highness has been delivered, please consider carefully……”

“What do you think you are, this Prince will have you executed now!” When Su Nian drew his sword, Shi Yan had already disappeared without a trace.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 004 Scheming

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Luo Yang was not the only one who shut up at the stunning scene.

“Clap! Clap! Clap!”

The sound of crisp applause rang out on the set. First it was a single person, and then it was as if the whole crew seemed to be infected. Suddenly, the whole crew was applauding. In the face of such breathtaking performance, the members in the props team almost forgot about the deliberate trouble brought by Luo Yang. The prop master in charge of hanging the wires put Tao Mu down carefully. Several assistants from the crew rushed forward and began to dry him with towels and wiped at his hair. The treatment towards Tao Mu was really that of a professional actor and not just a martial arts body double.

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Tao Mu, who had bore the full brunt of the water hose for more than four hours, could hardly stand steady. He leaned on the sword with one hand, his body so tired that he trembled slightly, and his lips were tightly closed as he breathed heavily through his nose. But those dark eyes were shockingly bright. Long wet black hair stuck to his face, emphasizing Tao Mu’s pale and beautiful profile. However, the deep hostility condensed between his brows offset any bit of weakness or fragility, and instead only made him appear more dashing and rakish.

Even if he was exhuasted to this point, his slender back was still straight, and his figure upright and handsome. That mild indifference and cold arrogance……it truly evoked one’s desire to tug him into an embrace and wantonly ravage him.

Don’t know what he thought of at that moment, but Luo Yang’s eyes darkened, his Adam’s apple moved up and down slightly, and his mouth felt dry.

“Remember to send the recording to me!” Luo Yang, who felt that an electric current was currently running through his body, hurriedly left instructions and turned to leave, not even waiting for director Chen to respond.

The whole tiger’s head, snake’s tail was simply baffling. (TN: idiom for a strong start but a weak finish)

But director Chen didn’t bother to wonder what the young master of the Luo family was spazzing about now. He stretched out his hand to beckon Tao Mu over, smiling kindly as if looking at a rare treasure: “Xiao Mu, I’ve wronged you with what happened today. If you are tired, go take a hot bath. I will give you the rest of the afternoon off. Go back and take a good rest, we’ll do some close-up shots tomorrow.”

After a pause, Chen Yiqian still couldn’t hold back, and said excitedly: “It was too beautiful!”

Director Chen was convinced that with this scene alone, after the drama was broadcasted, Shen Yu, as the male protagonist, would definitely gain the love of many female audiences! Thinking about this, Chen Yiqian looked at Tao Mu with a little pity.

“Thank you, director.” Tao Mu panted slightly and said in a low voice.

“Not bad at all!” Chen Yiqian patted Tao Mu on the shoulder, thought for a bit, and then said, “Work hard and don’t give up. I believe you will definitely be famous.”

With such a face and such martial arts skills, and most importantly he was also smart——knowing when to endure and when to erupt. If with these kinds of conditions he still did not succeed in the industry, it would simply be unreasonable.

Director Chen’s eyes flickered, and he obviously knew the little dispute between Tao Mu and his own casting director. But seeing through it did not mean one should also lay it bare to the open. Although Fatty Liu’s character was somewhat flawed, his work ability was not too bad.

Tao Mu refused the support of the assistant and walked out of the studio exhausted. Except for the recreational vehicles belonging to the main cast members, there was no bathroom in the dressing room. Tao Mu took off the wet costume, dried himself with the towel just given to him by the assistant, and put on his jeans. When he was about to put on his shirt, a knocking came from the door of the dressing room.

Tao Mu opened the door shirtless. Ye Yao and her manager Hong Jie, who were waiting at the door, looked up and saw a flawlessly white chest, beautiful six-pack abs and a sexy V-line——

Oh my mother! Going to have a nosebleed!

Ye Yao’s first reaction was to cover her nose, her eyes glowing like hungry wolf eyes as they stuck themselves to Tao Mu’s body.

Tao Mu was not at all interested in this woman who caused him to suffer an unwarranted disaster. Raising an eyebrow, he asked indifferently: “What is it?”

“Ah? Oh!” Ye Yao came back to her senses, her cheeks flushed, and she said shyly: “I’m here to thank you. If you didn’t stand forward today, I might have been kicked out of the crew by the guy surnamed Luo already.”

“How do you want to thank me?”

“Huh?” Ye Yao didn’t expect Tao Mu to react like this, and was dazed for a while.

Tao Mu’s headache was splitting due to the water hose pressure, and his endurance was much lower than usual. Naturally, he didn’t want to deal with Ye Yao’s seemingly cute but in actuality stupid mannerisms, and made to close the door.

“Ai, wait a second!” Ye Yao touched the door with her hand, and said with a ingratiating smile: “Sister Hong wants to sign you!”

Ye Yao’s manager? Tao Mu raised his eyebrow slightly, and eyes like still wells looked at the mature domineering woman in a black OL suit standing behind Ye Yao.

Sister Hong had felt the charm of Tao Mu’s action scenes just now when she was on the set, and she also knew that Tao Mu had a pretty face. But the visual impact felt when watching from a distance was still very different when compared to actually being in his presence.

At least the blatant sex appeal, the aggression lingering around Tao Mu that was very different from boys of the same age, and the indifferent, sexy and somewhat cynical aura, were all enough to make any woman with normal aesthetics feel weak in the knees.

“Hello -cough-,” Sister Hong realized that something was wrong the moment she opened her mouth. Her voice had become a little hoarse from the visual stimulation. As a result, she had to clear her throat and adjust her state: “I am Wan Meihong, Qin Chao Entertainment’s manager. You can call me sister Hong. I believe you should have heard of our company. If you are willing to join Qin Dynasty Entertainment, I promise, I will definitely be able to convince the company to catapult you to stardom.”

Of course Tao Mu had heard of Qin Dynasty Entertainment. It was named after Emperor Qin Shihuang who had destroyed the six states to unify the empire. That it was given such a name was enough to show the ambitions of Qin Dynasty Entertainment. It’s a pity that Tao Mu also knew that in two years, Qin Dynasty Entertainment would fall apart due to high-level internal strife, many big-name artists would leave one after another and the company never recovered from then on.

“Of course I have heard of Qin Dynasty Entertainment. But I have been admitted to Beijing Film. According to the school’s regulations, students are not allowed to take acting jobs without authorization while in school. So I have no plans to sign a managing company.”

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A slightly cold voice with a bit of huskiness sounded in sister Hong’s ears like the whispers of a lover. The handsome boy stood there shirtless, but his bearing was not as young and inexperienced as that of a teenager. He looked a little exhausted, and probably because he just took off his headpiece his short wet hair also appeared a little disheveled. Fine drops of water dripped down from the tips of his hair, and then fell downward under gravity, trailling from the tip of his nose to pass pale lips, a sexy chin, and then sliding down his chest. With that vivid and evocative appearance, even sister Hong, who believed herself to have seen her fair share of handsome men, couldn’t help feeling a little dizzy——

At this moment, Wan Meihong clearly realized that the boy in front of her had absolutely sufficient capital.

She must sign him. Sister Hong’s eyes flashed brightly. It was rare to see a type like Tao Mu in China’s entertainment circle, an actor who practically burst with sex appeal and yet possessed an inexplicable fragility. He had the talents and qualities that a superb actor must have in front of the camera. But the most important thing was that face. While being overly handsome, it still didn’t overshadow his performance in front of the camera. Wan Meihong believed that as long as his career path was handled properly, Tao Mu could definitely become a hit or even a big hit overnight.

Wan Meihong even dreamed of the scene when she became China’s top talent agent with Tao Mu in one fell swoop. Red lips curved into a perfect arc as Wan Meihong looked at Tao Mu with scorching eyes that were full of ambition.

“You don’t have to worry about these things. So long as you want to let me be your agent, I will do the communicating with the school.”

Wan Meihong spoke confidently, but did not know that Tao Mu had no plans to sign with Qin Dynasty Entertainment. The information possessed by the two parties was not equal, so the more Wan Meihong showed interest, the more Tao Mu was indifferent, and even bored. Reflecting this, his expression revealed a lazy boredom that made one want to push him into a bed.

“But I don’t want to violate the school rules.” Tao Mu said decisively. He leaned on the door panel and then his eyes glanced mildly behind Sister Hong: “You dare to come over?”

Sister Hong turned her head, and saw Zhao Keping walking up with a smile, followed by Mu Huating with his head drooping and looking very reluctant.

Sister Hong’s heart sank, and instinctively she knew Zhao Keping was also here to convince Tao Mu to sign with him.

“Mr. Tao is joking. With your manners and bearing, how could you do such a thing.” Zhao Keping’s eyes swept over Tao Mu’s face and body subtly, and had to admit that the boy in front of him was indeed worth investing in. He also did not forget to mention Mu Huating: “In fact, I brought Huating over so that he can apologize to you. What happened today was due to unintentional impulsivity and it caused you unwarranted trouble.”

Before Tao Mu spoke, Ye Yao who was standing beside him suddenly snorted coldly and sneered: “I don’t think it was unintentional. How is he just being impulsive, obviously he was deliberate in his actions. Truly a vile character, so disgusting.”

Mu Huating’s face darkened and he glared at Ye Yao.

“What, don’t want to accept the truth?” Ye Yao was also not to be outdone.

Sister Hong, who had always been strict with Ye Yao, stood by and said nothing. She was also very sick of things today. However, the main reason why she indulged Ye Yao in mocking Mu Huating was mainly to arouse Tao Mu’s hatred. After all, Tao Mu suffered a lot because of Mu Huating. Young people didn’t know how to manage emotions, and they were always quick to anger.

Unfortunately, sister Hong made the wrong calculation. Not mentioning the fact that Tao Mu had lived another lifetime, even in his previous life, when Tao Mu was only 18 years old, he had never had a moment of impulsivity. For a person who grew up in an orphanage, indulging in emotions was a luxury. If he had that extra time to indulge in emotions, then why not take up an extra part-time job.

“So, how are you going to apologize?” Wan Meihong glanced at Mu Huating, then turned to Zhao Keping, and said with a faint smile, “You don’t just mean a verbal apology?”

Sowing discord in such an obvious manner. Mu Huating looked at Zhao Keping subconsciously.

Zhao Keping smiled calmly and said: “How could that be? In fact, I came here to sign Tao Mu into Summer Star Entertainment.”

Zhao Keping looked at Tao Mu: “You should have heard of Summer Star, right? Last year’s Golden Crow Award for best actor and actress were both from our company. If you are willing to sign to Summer Star, I will persuade the company to strongly support you.”

Tao Mu lowered his eyes calmly. In his last life, he didn’t manage to endure the water hose, not to mention complete the movements beautifully, and in the end was forgotten on the set like a dead dog. In this life, he ironically became a sweet pastry that everyone was scrambling to fight over.

“I was admitted to Beijing Film, and I don’t want to join any talent agency at this time.” Tao Mu’s eyes were cold. In this life, he no longer planned to pass his destiny and future into the hands of others. He believed no one, including the talent agencies.

Tao Mu turned back to the dressing room and picked up the white shirt on the back of the chair. The cheap high school uniform shirt might appear sloppy if it was worn on others. But on Tao Mu, it actually appeared stylish and expensive. Slender fingers fastened the buttons up to the second one on the top, revealing a delicate collarbone, while the lines of his chest muscles and arms were faintly yet tantalizingly visible. It was as if he was a model who would be stepping out onto the catwalk at any time.

Not only was he handsome, he also looked good in anything.

Sister Hong and Zhao Keping, whose talent agent senses were very keen, lit up at the same time. Zhao Keping slapped Mu Huating on the back of the head. Mu Huating dared not say anything, and again uttered a reluctant apology: “What happened today, I’m sorry, I was too impulsive at that time. I wanted to get back at you for twisting my finger.”

The words were all taught by Zhao Keping, admitting frankly about being a vile character.

Tao Mu chuckled. It was not surprising that this idiot could actually pull off a frank and free-spoken character image of a straight man under Zhao Keping’s training.

There was a noisy sound of running and shouting outside the dressing room, and soon Da Mao and Xiao Pang, who had been dragged out of the crew by the casting director, rushed into the room. They circled Tao Mu like eager puppies: “How are you, brother Mu?”

“Brother Mu, are you okay?”

Both of them were very excited. While asking after Tao Mu’s health, they glared at Mu Huating. The idea of ​​pulling a sackcloth over a certain someone and giving him a beating could hardly be contained in their bearing. Tao Mu glanced over, and Da Mao and Xiao Pang who had originally wanted to scold loudly immediately stopped .

“I’m sorry, but I’m a little tired today, and I want to go back and rest.” Tao Mu said with tired eyes, making clear that he didn’t want to make small talk with the two well-known agents in the industry. He said straightforwardly: “As for signing the contract, if you really have this willingness, then let’s talk about it later when I am in my third year of college.”

According to Beijing Film Academy’s rules, students could take part in dramas and other work freely as a junior.

Tao Mu’s words were not entirely used to fob off Zhao Keping and Wan Meihong. He was really ready to finish his freshman year and sophomore year in accordance with the rules of the Beijing Film Academy, and maybe even aim to get a scholarship. Because Beijing Film would cooperate with a certain governmental department of the country to shoot a movie two years from now. After the movie was released, the box office exceeded 700 million, and it became the runner-up in the domestic box office rankings that year. The leading actor and supporting actor both won the Golden Crow Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, which could be described as a double win for the film, critically and financially.

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The most important thing was that in order to encourage students to focus on studying in school, Beijing Film recommended a large number of outstanding students to the crew when selecting actors. Among them, the actor who played the leading role was Liang Chenyi, a junior recommended by Beijing Film. And Liang Chenyi did not disappoint, becoming the most dazzling new star in the domestic entertainment circle through this movie. And with that as his starting point, he then successfully entered the Beijing circle, both his network of connections and resources such as coveted acting roles and luxury brand deals all soared.

With this second chance at life, Tao Mu’s goal was not just to be an actor and make films. And since he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, he naturally didn’t want to miss such a good opportunity.

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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 050 Smile

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“Han Shantong is dead.” After returning from making some inquiries outside, the first sentence Jiang Gui said was this, “Liu Futong escaped with his son.”

Lin Yuan nodded and said to Jiang Gui: “Brother Jiang, sit.”

Jiang Gui sat opposite Lin Yuan and asked strangely: “Why is fourth brother not surprised at all?”

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Lin Yuan smiled and said: “It’s expected.”

Jiang Gui’s eyes widened: “The Xiang Army had such momentum but you expected them to lose to the Yuan Army?” (TN: Xiang Army is another name for Red Turban Army)

Lin Yuan was playing chess with himself. The original owner knew how to play chess. Recently, he had been feeling agitated and there was no one to accompany him, so he played with himself. He said to Jiang Gui: “On both sides of the Yellow River, everyone follows Han Shantong blindly. As long as the court is not blind, naturally they will send heavy troops over. What can they do otherwise? Let Han Shantong step on the face of the court?”

“Then Liu Futong taking Han Lin’er to escape, you also expected this?” Jiang Gui couldn’t figure this out. “Why doesn’t Liu Futong take control and instead support Han Shantong’s son?”

Lin Yuan placed down a chess piece causing the white Go chess pieces to be surrounded, and said with a smile: “Liu Futong had been a minor official but Han Shantong was just an ordinary commoner. Since they have decided who would be subordinate, Han Shantong naturally took pains to win him over.”

If Han Shantong didn’t die, perhaps he might actually be able to become the ruler of the empire.

Liu Futong was an official. Although he was only an inspector, but he was from a wealthy family who had read books and had knowledge. But historically, he tried to preserve Han Shantong’s bloodline until the last second of his life.

This was practically true love.

Such people were rare, and Lin Yuan even felt a little pity for them.

If it wasn’t for the fact he couldn’t logically have any relations with Liu Futong, he even wanted to bring Liu Futong onto his boat.

Think about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang on the left, Zhang Shicheng on the right, and Liu Futong in the front. Such a feeling of safety!

Of course, maybe Liu Futong just wanted to throw a big banner. (TN: expression for taking advantage of someone or something’s influence)

However, the truth was not important. What was important was that the Xiang Army, or the Red Turban Army’s rebellion, and the death of Han Shantong symbolized that the clarion call for the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty had been sounded, and everyone in the world would respond.

From this point on, the imperial court of the Yuan Dynasty would be facing a situation of being surrounded on all sides.

That meant Lin Yuan and his supporters would also be safer.

“It’s time to inspect the army.” Lin Yuan stood up and said to Jiang Gui, “Do you want to come together?”

Jiang Gui: “I’ll go with you.”

When Lin Yuan took a step, Jiang Gui naturally walked three steps behind Lin Yuan.

Looking at Lin Yuan’s back, he was still a little dazed.

Jiang Gui was not a stupid person. On the contrary, that he could live to this day and support his family as a small official in Wu City, he naturally had his survival wisdom.

At the very beginning, he just thought that what Lin Yuan wanted was a farmstead, a farmstead that could be self-sufficient and worry-free in troubled times.

Later, for weapons and for more people, the farmstead expanded step by step. Later, in order to make a safe place in the troubled times, they came to Taizhou and made a big bet on their lives.

He didn’t dare to think about what Lin Yuan wanted, but he had to admit that his fourth brother had really changed.

Originally in his eyes, Lin Yuan was a youth who was not yet deeply knowledgeable of the ways of the world. He did not have much scheming and had a kind heart. Such a person might be suitable to be a rich man, but he was not suitable to be a leader.

But Lin Yuan told him with facts time and time again, that Lin Yuan seemed to naturally be born with this potential.

He didn’t know how many times he had imagined walking side by side with Lin Yuan as before, but still in the end he couldn’t help but back up a respectful step.

It seemed that the leader and subordinate relationship that was never clear before had now become extremely clear.

Jiang Gui’s eyes were complicated, and finally he clenched his fists and thought: Things have come to this point, and they have no way of retreating. He could only follow Lin Yuan closely. Maybe one day, he would become one of the big lords he could only look up to before.

Lin Yuan took Jiang Gui to the training ground.

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Today, the only people training recruits were Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Baisong and Yang Zi’an.

He had observed before and found that the three men have completely different training methods.

Zhu Yuanzhang paid more attention to discipline in training soldiers, to establishing a hierarchical structure, one command followed by one action.

Chen Baisong’s method was not like training soldiers, but more like training bandits and teaching them skills on fighting with the enemy that could be used on the battlefield.

Yang Zi’an’s method was similar to Zhu Yuanzhang’s, but not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang’s.

Lin Yuan stood on the raised platform and felt that this platform was well constructed. Although Taizhou’s military strength was not very good, the infrastructure was indeed quite decent. It was indeed a land of fish and rice; with money everything was good.

Almost all the poor people in Taizhou were being fed by him. Having them go find work was in fact just looking for an excuse to give them food.

These grains were originally stored in Taizhou’s granary. Although most of them were old grains, the quantity was quite large.

It was not like he could have the people starve to death.

Lin Yuan also randomly made up the job positions, so that the people have work and food. Only with work and food could their hearts settle.

Otherwise, give out the food directly? What would happen next? Would the people just wait for the government to continue distributing food when there was no food?

Fortunately, the crops in Taizhou will be harvested this year.

Then the pressure of feeding everyone would be much less. Lin Yuan had also sent the merchants to collect grain while also collecting the artisans. Coarse grains and fine grains were both fine, so long as it could fill the stomach, all would be collected.

It was also necessary to pay attention to the merchant ships at sea. If there were any novelties, so long as they have something to do with food, they would also be bought and taken back.

After all, the Yuan Dynasty had quite developed business routes.

The famous Marco Polo had come to China during the Yuan Dynasty, and wrote the nonsense that China was full of gold.

——but then it was not complete nonsense. After all, foreign countries were too poor at that time. He estimated that the ordinary people there now couldn’t even afford brown bread. The actual situation in many small Western countries now might not even be as good as a village here in Yuan.

Who would have thought that an industrial revolution abroad would directly equalize the development and progress that had fallen behind. And not just equaling, but also exceeding.

Lin Yuan looked at the soldiers under the stand. These soldiers were salt people and common people. They heard that Lin Yuan’s military service would not deduct their salaries and could eat meat every day, so they came voluntarily. The wishes of these people were so simple. It was likely that there were not many of them who signed up with a dream of pursuing a conferment of an aristocratic title or become an influential military official.

Regarding the issue of food, Lin Yuan had people make the meat into jerky. When the time came to fight on the battlefield, it could be eaten after boiling it in hot water.

As for the seasoning……with no plastic it was a bit troublesome, as it could not be made into small packages.

Then he thought of making it into a hot pot base flavoring, but there was not enough oil to condense.

After all, they still used sesame oil, soybean oil, and peanut oil. These three oils couldn’t stay solidified at normal temperatures. Lin Yuan could only have the cooks put a little more salt on the jerky, so the soldiers on the battlefield could at least taste some flavor during meals.

After all, there was only half a month remaining before they would set out to capture Gaoyou.

It was not difficult to capture Gaoyou, but after all, it was the first official battle with an actual army. Lin Yuan hoped that this army made up of salt people and common people could at least have some comfort during the harsh conditions when fighting battles.

Make a good start on the first time, and it will be smoother in the future.

After all, it was just a casual inspection, and Lin Yuan was not prepared to speak. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looking at him, he made a gesture for them to continue.

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Jiang Goudan was a recruit. He just turned fourteen, his parents were sick in bed, and there was no rice to cook at home. He heard that the army paid more than if he just took up random manual labor, so he made the difficult decision and left after kowtowing to his parents twice. Carrying the only rag bag in the family he went to sign up as a soldier.

On the day he went to sign up, he saw that there was a long queue. He didn’t know the people in it. There were old and young, but unexpectedly they were not crowded together in disorderly clumps. He glanced around him and found that there were patrols around to maintain order so he also lined up obediently.

During this period, there were always people on the street saying that it was honorable to be a soldier.

Saying that serving as a soldier meant protecting the home and the country, saving the poor and defending their homes.

In addition, soldiers were also able to eat a full stomach, and receive a high military salary. After becoming a soldier one could also eat meat every day.

As far as Jiang Goudan knew, many of the neighbors around him who were the same age or older have come.

Most of them hid it from their parents.

Even the boys at the bottom of society have dreams of being a hero.

Young people basically came for the idea of saving their compatriots and guarding their homes that was tooted on the streets.

The older ones came to sign up in the army for the high pay and the meat.

Jiang Goudan was afraid that he would not be selected, and he was feeling rather uneasy. If he was not selected and had to go do manual labor, he would not be able to earn enough food to feed his family. His grandfather and grandmother were also at home and although they were not sick, they were old and couldn’t do work that could bring in money.

He must become a soldier.

“What’s your name?” Finally it was his turn, Jiang Goudan quickly stepped forward and said, “Jiang Goudan!”

The person sitting behind the table asked again: “How old?”

Jiang Goudan: “Fourteen, fourteen years from birth.”

At this time, the person looked up and said: “The age is too young.”

Jiang Goudan’s eyes widened: “Milord, it’s not too young, not too young.”

Lin Yuan stipulated that only those older than fourteen could join the army, those below fourteen still needed time to grow up. He didn’t want to kill the chickens to get the eggs. (TN: expression for doing something short- sighted)

The person said: “You look rather solid and strong, do you have a wife?”

Jiang Goudan was still a cherry boy after all so his face blushed, and he said with a slight embarrassment, “No.”

The person: “How many family members are there at home?”

Jiang Goudan: “A total of five people, my parents and grandparents.”

The person nodded: “Take this sign and report to the barracks tomorrow. If you have lice on your body, shave your head tonight. Don’t make the squad leader go through the trouble.”

Jiang Goudan nodded and smiled: “Understood, understood, please continue milord.”

He held the sign as careful as if he was holding gold.

He ran home all the way, his mind blank.

He did it! He could enter the barracks! He could feed his family!

His family members did not need to starve to death, they could live on.

Jiang Goudan looked at the old man waiting for him to return at the door of his house and tears welled up: “Grandpa! Grandma! I got in!”

The old man secretly wiped his tears.

If it weren’t for being forced into helplessness, who would want their only grandson to endanger his life in exchange for a chance to survive?

The weapons on the battlefield have no eyes, and the enemy would not let him go because of his young age.

“Good!” His grandfather’s eyes were red, but he still said, “There is still some food at home. We will all have a full meal tonight!”

Jiang Goudan had a wide silly smile on his face.

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He will let his family eat fully every day.

When he goes to the military camp, he will save his food and take it home when that time comes.

Maybe in a few years, he would even be able to marry a wife!

Jiang Goudan grinned, unable to control his smile.

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