Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 026 Food Must Not Be Defiled

When Nie Bufan woke up early in the morning, the two brothers were no longer there. He didn’t care either, and began to put on clothes lazily. As soon as he finished dressing, he saw Li Yi leaning against the door and staring at him.

Nie Bufan flicked a drop of eye poop in an extremely elegant manner, and then winked suggestively at Li Yi.

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The hidden depths in Li Yi’s eyes disappeared immediately, turning his head away with an expression conveying that he couldn’t bear to look straight at the other.

“Good morning!” Nie Bufan greeted him as he walked outside the door.

Li Yi grabbed his waist and whispered in his ear: “Last night doesn’t count. We will find a chance to cultivate again in a few days.”

Nie Bufan glanced at him and said earnestly: “For the sake of your physical and mental health, I think it’s better to practice the secret art of virginity.”

Li Yi scanned him up and down: “You are still a virgin?”

“What’s wrong with being a virgin?” Nie Bufan raised his head and said forcefully and with justice, “I am clean-living and honest, I have high standards when finding a woman.”

“Woman?” Li Yi hooked his chin and said lightly, “You can forget about that in this life.”

Nie Bufan didn’t pay any attention, he firmly believed that he was a normal heterosexual, and his unscrupulous words and deeds were just to increase the joys of life. How could just one Li Yi stop his pure heart that longed for the harmony of yin and yang, the harmony of soul and flesh, and the unity of nature and man?

“What are you doing?”

At this moment, Zhang Junshi’s voice came from not far away. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw the scene of Li Yi and Nie Bufan embracing each other intimately and felt uncomfortable.

Li Yi remained embracing Nie Bufan motionlessly, and looked at Zhang Junshi with a declaration of ownership.

Zhang Junshi smiled calmly, and said: “Bufan, I’ve already prepared you some water, you should go freshen up first.”

“Thank you.” Nie Bufan gave him a big smile then pulled Li Yi’s hand off and turned away.

Zhang and Li stared at each other for a long time, neither willing to retreat, declaring war silently with their eyes. It wasn’t until the newly freshened Nie Bufan called their names from the kitchen that this battle without gunsmoke ended……

Today the staple food of the whole village was dumplings.

Putting the steamed dumplings aside, Nie Bufan stayed in the kitchen by himself, concentrating on the sauce. He suddenly heard a faint cold voice behind him asking, “Are there vegetable dumplings?”

“Yes, the two trays on the right are.” Nie Bufan replied subconciously.

“Thank you.”

Nie Bufan stopped his movements and looked back. There was no one behind him, but two trays of dumplings were missing from the table.

The voice just now sounded familiar yet unfamiliar, but it was definitely not from a resident of Chicken Nest Village.

Nie Bufan walked out of the kitchen and looked around. There was nothing unusual, and so he said to a chicken by the door: “Did you see anyone coming in just now?”

Brother chicken groomed at his feathers and ignored him.

En? It shouldn’t be. Who could break into the kitchen quietly and without a trace when surrounded by chickens?

Nie Bufan pondered a bit and then called over Lady Flower to smell the dumplings, and said, “Lady Flower, take me to find this thief.”

Lady Flower flapped its wings, then ran in a certain direction. Nie Bufan quickly followed.

After passing through the village, and exiting out of the back of the village, another five or six minutes passed before Lady Flower stopped on a hillside.

There were no people around, only two empty trays were left in place.

They ate so fast! Nie Bufan picked up the trays angrily, thinking to himself that a master had arrived at Chicken Nest, one who liked to be a thief.

Because of Duobao Sage’s treasure trove, not only the four major families were dispatched, but other families also wanted to have a share. They dared not openly enter Chicken Nest Village, but they still inevitably sent a few masters to secretly investigate. It was just that the chickens in the Chicken Nest Village were very alert, anyone who came close would be spotted immediately. So far, no one had been able to enter and leave the Chicken Nest Village without a trace, the most they could do was watch from a distance.

It now appeared that there was an exception.

Nie Bufan rubbed his chin in thought.

Just when he was about to go back, he suddenly saw a chicken come out of a small hole not far away with a shiny object in its beak.

Nie Bufan stepped forward in curiosity, snatching it from the chicken beak unceremoniously, and inspected the object. It turned out to be a gold coin. A large ship with a strange shape was engraved on one side, and a circle of unrecognized characters was engraved on the other. It did not seem to be the local currency of Yu State.

Nie Bufan looked up and around, only to find that this mountain happened to be connected to that deep pool. If the pool was really the entrance to the treasure trove, then this gold coin was obviously taken from the treasure trove. His chickens actually dug a hole into the back of the mountain and directly entered the treasure trove.

In this way, what use was the key? Wasn’t it simpler to just excavate it directly?

Nie Bufan rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, murmuring to himself: “No, this mountain is huge. To dig through it will not only take time and effort, but also destroy the landform……I can’t let people do that.”

As he was thinking, suddenly he saw that the chicken was about to drill into the hole again. Nie Bufan’s eyes were quick and he grabbed its tail and dragged it out, saying righteously: “Little chicken, don’t come out during the day, don’t you know there are wicked people out there? Beware of being caught and stewed.”

Brother chicken jumped a few times in dissatisfaction, clucking angrily.

Nie Bufan said again: “Did you move a lot of treasures out from there? That book is also your doing?”

Brother chicken raised its head proudly.

“Don’t be smug.” Nie Bufan patted it and ordered, “Take me to your lair. I have to see just how many good things you have stolen.”

Brother chicken twisted in a mincing and reluctant manner.

Nie Bufan showed it his fist.

Brother chicken then bowed its head, making a gesture of submission.

Then, Nie Bufan followed it all the way back to the village.

As soon as he entered the village, Zhang Junshi saw him, and he asked strangely: “Bufan, where are you going? Where are your steamed dumplings? Why aren’t they on the table?”

“I gotta pee, can you bring the food to the table?”

Hai, the toilet room is on that side!” Zhang Junshi shouted.

“I want to let it out in the open air today.” The voice carried back on the wind but the person had already gone.

“……”

Brother chicken brought Nie Bufan to a courtyard at the corner of the village, relatively remote and uninhabited. Walking into the house, brother chicken jumped onto a wooden board and pulled a few times on it with its claws.

Nie Bufan lifted the splint and looked inside, only to have his eyes dazzled. Pearls, gems, gold and silver ornaments, ancient books and other treasures were placed in piles. To say nothing, there were forty or fifty pieces, and all were very valuable at first glance.

He picked up a black pearl casually. It was round and transparent, exuding a charming luster.

Not bad, keep it. Nie Bufan unceremoniously stuffed it into his pocket.

Seeing this, brother chicken was furious, jumped into the nest and spread its wings, desperately protecting its precious collection, a pair of beady chicken eyes looking at Nie Bufan vigilantly.

“Tsk, it’s just a pearl, do you need to be so anxious?”

Nie Bufan gave it a contemptuous look, then put down the splint again to cover the “stolen goods” inside.

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After that, Nie Bufan began to consciously inspect the Chicken Nest Village, and he really did find that there were many treasures scattered everywhere in the corners, mostly small objects, which were not easy to detect when they were thrown in the grass. After a few days, he collected more than ten pieces in total. But obviously there were still many fallen in unknown places.

Don’t know what state the treasure trove of the Duobao Sage was in now that it had been ravaged by this group of chickens? He hoped there was still something left on the day the treasure trove was opened. The destructive power of these chickens was beyond ordinary people’s imagination. Especially after having a certain amount of intelligence, they were even more arrogant and lawless. Nie Bufan strictly ordered them not to openly swagger through the village during the day, and then temporarily put the matter aside.

In fact, Nie Bufan’s curiosity about the treasure trove disappeared without a trace after he learned that a certain exception could come and go freely from his village.

In comparison, he was more interested in the guy hiding in the dark, because that person had sneaked into the village many times to steal food, with a preference for light and vegetarian dishes.

There was one time when Nie Bufan deliberately made a whole meat banquet, but the result was that the person only took away a bowl of rice and two eggs. And on the next day actually sent over a basket of wild vegetables.

In order to find this person, Nie Bufan recruited both Lady Flower and Langya and had them guarding inside and outside during mealtimes, resolutely not letting even a mosquito to fly by. Unfortunately, the result was not satisfactory. The person was like a ghost, coming and going without a trace.

Nie Bufan became agitated and began to change his method of cooking the food, putting spices in the vegetables, adding minced meat in the rice, making vegetarian dishes look like meat dishes, and making meat dishes look like poop……

All of these actions really did cause that person to disappear for awhile. But the other residents in Chicken Nest Village suffered. The taste buds becoming over stimulated, or the appetite being lost when seeing food that looked like poop. After a few days, everyone lost a lot of weight.

“Bufan, do you have something troubling you?” Zhang Junshi finally couldn’t help it. There was a plate of food that looked like bloody gore in front of him, appearing to have come from some evil spirit purgatory.

“No, I’m fine.” Nie Bufan ate the bloody mash completely unfazed.

Seeing a skull-like thing being chewed up by him, Zhang Junshi also felt pain in the bones all over his body.

“If it’s fine, why are these meals like this?”

“What’s wrong with these meals?” Nie Bufan looked puzzled, “Don’t you think it’s unique?”

Zhang Junshi chuckled dryly a few times. The uniqueness was there, but his appetite was gone.

Li Yi sat on the side with a cold face, holding his chopsticks for a long time without picking up from any of the dishes. His eyes wandered over the dinner table, trying to find a relatively normal dish. It was a pity that he couldn’t judge the ingredients of the dishes from the terrible appearance. Even the rice took on the yellow brownish color of poop.

At that moment, they heard violent footsteps coming from outside the yard. Not long after, Li Huai walked in with an unpleasant expression, followed by Si Chenyu and Chen Muran. They had also suffered, and could not bear it any longer, joining together in protest.

As soon as he saw Nie Bufan, Li Huai shouted: “Nie Bufan, what is the meaning of this?”

Nie Bufan looked at him innocently.

“What is this stuff that you are passing off as food?”

“Why, isn’t it delicious?” Nie Bufan picked up a worm-like thing and put it into his mouth, chewing loudly, appearing to be immersed in the aftertaste.

Everyone present turned their heads away at the same time, unable to look directly.

“Speak, what do you want to do?” Li Huai slapped the table fiercely.

Nie Bufan took a wet napkin and wiped his mouth gracefully, saying indifferently: “In fact, it’s nothing. Recently, someone often visits my kitchen to steal the food I cook. Although I am open-minded and magnanimous, but I still have some complaints about a little thief who take without asking.”

“You mean someone sneaked into the Chicken Nest Village?” Li Yi’s expression became alert.

Nie Bufan nodded.

“Are you saying that the reason why you made your food look like gore and excrement recently is because of that little thief?” Li Huai gritted his teeth.

Nie Bufan nodded again, and said seriously: “This is a very serious matter. The food I cook must not be defiled by contemptible thieves.”

So therefore you “defile” us instead? Everyone had this thought at the same time.

Si Chenyu found a place to sit down, and said solemnly: “With the people from our four major families providing deterrence, there are actually people who dare to still sneak into the Chicken Nest Village. This is indeed a serious matter.”

Chen Muran agreed: “Yes, we can’t just sit idly by.”

“Agreed.” Li Huai nodded indignantly.

“Since everyone shares the same feeling, let’s find a way to find this person together.” A dangerous smile lifted the corners of Si Chenyu’s mouth.

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It would not be an overkill to punish them with death by a thousand cuts for the sin of making them suffer for such a long time!

The group of princes and nobles at the same time developed extremely strong hostility towards a certain fellow who had yet to show his face……

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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 045 Hope

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Zhang Jiusi stood in the crowd. He originally only wanted to have his friends and neighbors live a good life, but he didn’t know how it had turned into a rebellion. Now the arrow was on the string and there was no choice but to let it fly because if they retreat, the consequences will only be worse.

The salt people have weapons in their hands——weapons of all kinds, including wooden sticks, kitchen knives, and even a metal pot.

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They rushed into the salt supervisor Qiu Yi’s house, and in the midst of the fervor chopped off his head, and then rushed towards the government office collectively.

Zhang Jiusi didn’t even know the name of the person standing next to him.

But the other person rushed to him and said: “Don’t dawdle! Hurry up!”

Zhang Jiusi opened his mouth to speak, but the other said: “You actually have a knife! Do you still have more? Let me borrow one.”

It took Zhang Jiusi a long time to find his voice: “This is a rebellion, are you not afraid?”

The other person: “What am I afraid of?! Either way it’s death, death from exhaustion or death from rebellion. I would rather choose rebellion. If it succeeds, I will be able to live a good life in the future, and I will no longer suffer from abuse by the supervisors!”

The people around heard them and responded: “That’s right, the damn court won’t give us a chance at living. The government officials have meat and fish at every meal, what care do they have for the livelihood of the people? They are just a bunch of thieves and prostitutes. What about petitioning for the rights of the commoners?”

“Such an official! Deserve to die!”

“Yes! Deserve to die!”

The people were united and chanted at every step of the way. The people nearby heard that they were all followers of the South Bodhisattva, and they heard that they wanted to go to the government office to get justice. Many people also took to the streets, but most families only dare to send one representative or even none at all. There were also suffering people from the lowest class who rushed out of their homes to join in.

With such a big commotion, the city government naturally also called in personnel. Xinghua’s permanent troops were only a thousand, and their equipment had not been replaced for many years. Ordinary soldiers have no armor, just plain cloth. Only the qian hu (TN: equivalent to a legatus legionis/legion commander in the Roman army) wore armor and an iron helmet.

“Qian hu! The people are here!”

Qian hu Tonglaga sternly said: “What are you afraid of! How can a bunch of insignificant worms be on par with the warriors of my Great Yuan!”

“Kill them all without exception!”

They stayed guarding outside the government office, waiting for the opponent to rush over.

Compared with the salt people, they have at least normal weapons, as well as a better physique.

However, there were a large number of salt people, and many soldiers were anxious.

The soldiers dared not speak loudly, only speaking quietly amongst themselves.

They came from military households and have not fought battles for so many years. Just like wolves who have never seen blood, their predatory nature had been obliterated, and there was more anxiety than excitement.

By this time, Lin Yuan and Yang Zi’an had joined up together.

Lin Yuan brought more than a thousand people, and combined with the salt people and common people, at least three thousand upwards, but there was no time to count the exact number of people at this time.

After the two sides merged, the momentum became even greater. Everyone on Lin Yuan’s side was wearing vine armor and holding long knives in their hands. They knew what they were going to do now. Everyone had a solemn expression. The salt people followed behind them and could naturally feel a sense of security.

They stood outside the government office, and the people on Lin Yuan’s side blocked the salt people who wanted to rush past.

Yang Zi’an shouted towards them: “Disarm and surrender, and those who follow will not be killed!”

Tonglaga yelled angrily: “You group of treasonous thieves! This qian hu will take your life!”

The soldiers did not dare to move, standing on the spot, holding their weapons, and waiting for the battle to start.

After a stick of incense, Lin Yuan ordered: “Do it.”

In the dark night, relying on torches and candles was not enough to illuminate everything clearly. Tonglaga was currently waiting for the other party to attack, but only a dozen sparks flew towards them. Before they could recognize what it was, they saw fire falling to the ground, and a loud noise echoing in their ears.

The flames exploded, the roar was harsh, and the iron pieces shot out in all directions. The soldiers in plain clothes became targets of the iron pieces, and the screams resounded into the night.

Yang Zi’an shouted again: “Surrender or die!”

The soldiers were frightened by this development and dared not move.

Tonglaga was also hit by the iron pieces, and said with a grim look: “Who dares to retreat! Whoever retreats will die! Punished by military law!”

Chen Baisong raised his knife and shouted: “Brothers, follow me!”

Zhu Yuanzhang kept up with: “The old and new hatred will all be settled today!”

Everyone could see that the opposite side was at a disadvantage, and it was time to take them down in one go. At this time, the emotions of the salt people and the common people were already extremely high, and they all rushed forward as if they were injected by chicken blood (TN: term to use for extremely excited or energetic).

Xinghua was after all a small city with not much armed forces. They say the forces number more than a thousand people but in fact, it was not bad if there were even 500 people.

The battle could only be a one-sided beating.

When everything subsided, the sky was already bright and the streets foggy.

Lin Yuan had people cook porridge directly on the side of the road, mixed grain porridge, with beans and wild vegetables, and some aged rice. The cooked rice was more like a mash, but no one complained about this. In a world where many people were hungry, having food to eat was already very good.

“All in one go.” Lin Yuan said, “take Taizhou directly.”

Taizhou’s military strength was originally not much, so it was more convenient to take advantage of this opportunity to capture the whole of Taizhou.

Chen Baisong thought so too: “We line the people up at noon, gather the troops and issue weapons.”

Zhu Yuanzhang also said: “If we let them rest after this victory, I am afraid that they will slack off.”

People were talking in a low voice while collecting their porridge.

“No wonder he is the Southern Bodhisattva. I saw a flash of fire just now, but I didn’t expect such a big commotion.”

“It all exploded!”

“My heart is now more at ease.”

“The South Bodhisattva also had people cook porridge. How much grain is needed, there are so many people here.”

“So I said, it is definitely better to follow the South Bodhisattva than to follow the damn court!”

“Now there is porridge mash to eat, maybe in a few years, we will have meat!”

They were looking forward to a bright future, although this bright future may only be able to feed their stomachs and eat meat in a few years.

After the discussion, Lin Yuan stayed in Xinghua City to soothe the people, while Yang Zi’an and the others led people to directly attack the provincial government office in Taizhou.

“You must be careful in everything.” Lin Yuan said, “If the enemy is too strong, don’t force yourselves.”

Yang Zi’an smiled and said, “This is natural.”

Most of the people left in Xinghua were children and women. They all took to the streets after things calmed down. They heard that porridge was being handed out, ​​so they brought their bowls and walked to the porridge place to get a share and drank it immediately on the side.

Most of the wealthy households dare not go out and only stayed at home. But there were also smart wealthy households who came out and voluntarily brought with them their food supply.

The food was equivalent to guaranteeing the safety of their lives.

One wealthy household came out, and soon a dozen households came out.

But there were also people who didn’t want to move. These kinds of wealthy households were rather unlucky. Lin Yuan sent people to guard at the door of such wealthy households. They didn’t do or say anything, just guarded the residence until the other party handed over the grains.

Lin Yuan also knew that at this time he absolutely cannot turn a blind eye to these wealthy households. According to historical records, Zhang Shicheng and his men broke into the wealthy households and murdered and set fires, stealing all the money and food.

It was conceivable just how much the salt people hated the rich households. Now he only asked the rich households to hand over the grains. On one hand it was to calm the anger of the salt people, and on the other it was to protect the lives of these rich households.

Xinghua couldn’t get in or out now, and the wealthy people with a bit of brain knew that it was time to bow their heads.

Not only did some send food, but they also sent people, handing over all their servants to Lin Yuan.

Among them, there was a family surnamed Zhao, who was especially courageous, and had almost handed over all his belongings.

Zhao Zirong stood opposite Lin Yuan. He had just handed over all the food, valuables and servants at his home to Lin Yuan, and finally got the opportunity to talk to Lin Yuan.

“I never thought that the South Bodhisattva was a young man.” Zhao Zirong appeared very cultured and elegant with a smile on his face.

Lin Yuan also laughed: “Zhao Gongzi is noble and righteous.”

Zhao Zirong also said: “Zhao is not talented, but he has a few close friends. Whatever the South Bodhisattva wants, just open your mouth, and I will have it sent to you.”

This was a person who knew the current affairs and knew when to hug whose thighs.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, “I won’t be courteous with Zhao Gongzi.”

Food and money were of course necessities.

Lin Yuan would naturally not refuse these people who send them.

As for the ones who don’t send them……did they have the ability to not do so?

The wealthy families in Xinghua all bled heavily (TN: expression for their material losses). Lin Yuan’s people were at the door and they were constantly frightened. But soon they found that as long as they gave money and food, nothing happened, and the people at the door also left.

Naturally, they also started to send on their own.

But some people only gave a little.

People outside also took it, but they continued to stand at the door.

There was no way but to continue to hand over everything until their stores were emptied.

It was quite an eye opener for Lin Yuan when he saw the food delivered by the rich.

Adding these grains together, it was enough food for four to five thousand people to eat for half a year.

The wealthy households have already started to store grains. These grains included coarse grains and fine grains, as well as new and old grains.

And this was only the wealthy households in Xinghua.

What if it was all the wealthy households in Taizhou?

Lin Yuan felt that he could now see the signs of being able to collect all the food he will need for his plans.

He did not hate the rich, nor did he think that the rich should bear the responsibilities that others do not have to bear.

But now he was no longer alone and only needed to care for himself. There were so many people under him who needed to eat, and the crops in the ground will not grow in a day.

The only way now was to search and seize from wealthy households to support his own people.

What he could only do was to protect the lives of these wealthy households.

The side he was standing for was that of the salt people, not that of the rich.

The salt people believe in him and were willing to support him because he could provide benefits to them.

If he couldn’t……

Lin Yuan had been busy soothing the people’s hearts all day.

Even Er Liang was sent out to deal with the people.

“The South Bodhisattva is here, so you definitely don’t have to endure hardship in the future. You all don’t have to worry, this is the intention of the heavens.”

“That’s right, if we don’t rebel, we would still be living a hard life, without enough food or warm clothes, and with just a word from the officials and lords above you could lose even your life.”

The women were still a little worried. They sat together, waiting for their husbands, brothers, and fathers to return.

“We will be a family from now on, so don’t worry.”

“That’s right, you must have not seen the battle just now. The dogs of the court have no power to resist.”

As they talked back and forth, the people’s hearts also slowly settled.

In the evening, Lin Yuan and the others moved into Zhao Zirong’s house. This Zhao Gongzi had great wealth and was also excellent at socializing and presenting himself. It was the first time that Lin Yuan had seen a traditional manor this large.

The words richly ornamented were used for talking about such a house.

Sure enough, no matter what era or world, rich people will still have a good life.

Everyday leading a luxurious lifestyle, ordinary people couldn’t even imagine what it was like.

He didn’t know how long it would take to fight over there. The essence of war was simple to describe, it was but two groups of people fighting back and forth, and whoever was the stronger will win.

But when one look into the details, either winning or losing would still result in having to pay the price of human life. It would always be a cruel matter.

This had been the case since ancient times.

Every dynasty was filled with the sacrifice of countless lives from beginning to end.

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Yang Er was an ordinary salt miner, and his parents were also salt miners. From birth, his fate had been decided.

He had been boating salt since he was a teenager, relying on his meager wages to make a living. The salt supervisors deducted his wages, but he could only endure it as well as the beating and scolding. He sold salt privately with his brothers to the big households in the city. They took the salt, but were unwilling to give the money, threatening that they were going to report to the court for theft. If he did not agree they would beat and scold him.

It was often the case he did not have enough food to eat, and sometimes had to rely on his brothers for relief.

Yang Er didn’t believe it when he first learned of the South Bodhisattva.

If there were gods and Buddhas in this world, why have they suffered for so many years, but the gods and Buddhas have turned a blind eye to them and never listened to believers?

But the people around slowly believed.

He asked them: “If there is a South Bodhisattva, why doesn’t he show up in front of us at this moment and come to help us?”

Those people said: “There are so many people in the world who are suffering. Even if he is the South Bodhisattva he will also have moments where he cannot tend to all. And now that he has thought of us and came to save us how can you still blame him for not coming fast enough?”

As he asked, he gradually felt that what the others said was reasonable. He also began to hope for the arrival of May.

Yang Er had been waiting like this, and then he heard someone say that from the Yellow River someone had dug out a one-eyed stone person. This was the heavens telling them to rebel against the Yuan.

One-eyed stone person! Yang Er remembered the rumors.

Provoke the Yellow River, the world rebels!

This was the heavens telling them to rebel!

If they rebel, they would no longer need to listen to the court, no more struggling to survive, and no need to suffer abuse.

They could live a good life.

But Yang Er didn’t dare to speak out, he only dared to think about it in his heart.

After all, rebellion was a serious crime punished by decapitation.

But at this time, Yang Er stood in the crowd with an axe in his hand and felt very calm.

The day originally envisaged had finally arrived.

Finally, he no longer had to worry about whether there will be food in the pot tomorrow, and whether he will survive next year.

“Charge!” Someone in front was shouting.

Yang Er rushed out.

He brandished an axe, wondering if he hit anyone.

There were screams and shouts in his ear, and he didn’t know if it was from the person on the opposite side or from their side.

When swinging the axe, Yang Er didn’t think about anything.

There were more and more people in front of him.

He felt a pain in his chest, but he still raised his axe and hit the opponent.

The person in front of him fell down, and he also fell down.

The blood in his chest flowed all over the ground, and Yang Er’s eyes could only see black spots, groping for his axe on the ground.

That axe was the only valuable thing in his family.

He was a little panicked and opened his mouth to talk, but vomited a mouthful of blood.

It was a bit painful.

Yang Er touched his chest.

His chest felt wet.

Yang Er suddenly realized, he was stabbed in the chest.

Yang Er lay on his back on the ground, looking at the sky above his head.

Was he going to die?

Yang Er thought.

He had not eaten a few meals of meat, hadn’t worn good clothes, hadn’t married a wife, and hadn’t left a descendant. Will he just die like this?

He thought again, fortunately, he didn’t marry a wife, or she would be a widow.

He thought about a lot of things, and gradually lost consciousness.

He hoped that in his next life, he could be reborn in a good family and live a good life.

“Kill! Kill them!”

Chen Baisong was raising a long knife in the crowd. The knife was stained with blood. His own face was covered with blood, and there were large and small wounds on his body. His expression was cold and stern, like a Raksha who came up from the underworld. His whole person exuded a savage aura, and the people next to him seemed to have been infected by him, and they all rushed forward as if they had no care for their lives.

He had been a bandit, and the people around him were originally from his villa.

Although these people were not wicked men, but they could also be considered as having experienced many battles. Compared with the salt people and the common people, they knew better where the enemy’s vital points were and how they could protect themselves to the greatest extent.

Especially since they were now wearing the vine armor that they did not have before and holding knives in their hands that were also very sharp.

The team led by Chen Baisong was like a hungry evil spirit.

They cut a gap in the court’s army and opened a way for those behind.

Once the gap was opened, it was difficult to close it again.

Zhu Yuanzhang rushed in with more people.

When the battle ended, it was already the next night.

The ground was covered with corpses. They cut off the head of Zhao Lian, the provincial head, and announced that Taizhou had changed ownership.

When Lin Yuan learned the news, he immediately got up from his chair and asked the person who sent the message: “How many people died?”

The person quickly said: “It hasn’t been counted yet.”

“Take a good inventory, and bury the bodies. Don’t let them lay out in the wilderness.”

“Yes!”

Lin Yuan’s mood was a bit complicated. He sat in his seat and fell motionless into thought.

After capturing Taizhou, the next step was to capture Gaoyou.

There will be sacrifices at every step, but there will also be gains.

——

“There is a lot of grain in the granary of the government.” Chen Baisong drank a sip of cold tea and said to Lin Yuan, “Zhu Yuanzhang and the others are still taking inventory, I arrived back ahead of the others.”

Lin Yuan frowned and looked at Chen Baisong’s injuries: “You haven’t dealt with these injuries yet?”

Chen Baisong: “I won’t die.”

Lin Yuan choked speechlessly, and said after a while, “Take off your clothes, I will apply the medicine.”

Chen Baisong smiled and said, “Young master, I have received more serious injuries, this is nothing.”

Lin Yuan rolled up his sleeves: “Am I the young master, or are you the young master? Are we listening to me or listening to you?”

Chen Baisong: “Listening to you, listening to you.”

So Chen Baisong stood up and took off his clothes.

Fortunately, it was already May, and had entered summer. Although it was not too hot, it was still warm, and one won’t catch a cold when unclothed.

Lin Yuan held medicated powder in his hand and had Er Liang get a pot of hot water.

Chen Baisong was tall and had hard muscles, but he didn’t appear to be rough or boorish looking. The muscles were solid and powerful but also lean, don’t know how he got them.

Lin Yuan looked at it and felt very envious, almost drooling at Chen Baisong’s muscles.

He had trained for so long on his own, and now he only had four pack abs, and they weren’t that obvious either.

Just as Lin Yuan wiped the wound on Chen Baisong’s shoulder with a cloth moistened with hot water, Chen Baisong’s body began to tremble.

Lin Yuan: “What are you shaking for?”

Chen Baisong coughed: “Itches.”

Lin Yuan: “Did I touch your tickle spot?”

Chen Baisong said: “You can continue, I can bear it.”

Lin Yuan switched to his arm this time.

Chen Baisong continued to shake.

“Still itchy?” Lin Yuan asked strangely.

“Do you have tickle spots all over?”

Chen Baisong said: “It won’t be itchy if you wipe a little harder. You are too light so I feel itchy.”

Lin Yuan: “You have an injury, and if I put pressure on it, you will feel pain.”

Chen Baisong: “I have rough skin and won’t feel any pain.”

Lin Yuan had no choice but to wipe a little harder, and Chen Baisong stopped shaking.

“Are you afraid when you fight?” Lin Yuan asked.

Chen Baisong shook his head: “What’s so scary about this, I’m used to it.”

“When was the first time you murdered?” Lin Yuan spilled the medicinal powder on the wound.

Chen Baisong took a breath: “Three years ago, I met a robber on the road.”

Lin Yuan: “Were you afraid?”

Chen Baisong rubbed his neck: “I had a nightmare for a few nights, and I always felt that he was coming to me in the middle of the night.”

“Later, after killing more, I didn’t feel afraid anymore. If I don’t kill them, then they will kill me.”

Lin Yuan looked at the scars on Chen Baisong’s upper body, both on his chest and back. Except for this new injury, almost all of them were old scars.

The image was quite ferocious looking. Chen Baisong didn’t even need to exert any force but the muscles on his arms were still visible.

He still had a thin sweat on his body and his hair was slightly wet.

“You can take a good rest during this time.” Lin Yuan said, “We will wait two months for the attack on Gaoyou to stabilize Taizhou first.”

Some people were already cleaning up the government offices, and most of the salt people also came back, gathering together to share in the porridge.

Because the weather was getting hotter, the food would get rotten if left out for a long time, so it was all eaten before cooking a new pot. The new batch had to be waited on for a while.

But no one rushed them. They were all sitting on the ground, some were drinking water, some were resting on the ground, and the injured were all indoors.

The women Lin Yuan had brought along had also been taken into the city after the battle. They were used to helping take care of the wounded, and their hands and feet were very quick.

At this time, no one paid attention to the social separation of men and women.

Among the poor people, men and women lived under one roof, so it would be a joke to pay attention to such social etiquette.

That was something only wealthy households could pay attention to.

“Those women, they move really fast.”

“Yes, my hand was bandaged by them, and they even used medicine.”

“What medicine?”

“How do I know? But it doesn’t hurt as much after taking the medicine.”

When it came to talking about women, they seem to have more energy.

“Those women were brought by South Bodhisattva. They are really energetic. I asked before. They said that they had never been hungry when they were in the farmstead. They had steamed buns every day, and sometimes they could even eat meat.”

“They have a really good life.”

“You don’t know, they eat fish every day, even if there is no fish, there is fish soup.”

“There is no shortage of salt either.”

“Now that the South Bodhisattva has come to us, can we live like this in the future?”

“Sure! You see, now the South Bodhisattva have people making porridge for us, all hefty portions too! How long has it been since you ate your fill?”

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“Before I couldn’t even eat one full meal in a year, and lived everyday with my belt tightened. If the hunger got too much, I would drink water, it’s just that if you drink too much you would vomit it out, or keep peeing.”

When they talked, they all felt that the future was bright.

As long as there was hope, they could continue to persevere.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 025 Cultivating Martial Arts Or Cultivating A “Gong”

“Take the clothes off.”

Nie Bufan obeyed, and then saw Li Yi also take off his shirt, revealing his strong bronzed muscles, which was in sharp contrast with his own miserably pale skin.

Nie Bufan grumbled with jealousy.

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“Lie down.” Li Yi had him lay face down, lying straight on the bed with his hands spread out in a straight line.

Nie Bufan turned his head, blinked at Li Yi, and asked shyly, “Do you want me to spread my legs too?”

“……Close it up!”

Nie Bufan only wore a pair of short trousers. As soon as his legs were spread, the line of his buttocks was perfectly outlined, tight and muscled.

Li Yi tried to ignore it as much as possible, flipping the quilt aside, and shooing away the chickens who wanted to come up the bed as well.

Then, he knelt down beside Nie Bufan’s legs, stretched out two fingers to press on his lower backbone, and said, “Later, you will adjust your breathing as I move, and slowly feel the flow of Qi that I input in your body.”

Nie Bufan nodded obediently.

“Okay, now let’s begin the first step.” As his inner force circulated, Li Yi pushed his fingers upward along the spine, still not forgetting to tell him, “Pay attention to the breathing rhythm.”

“Pfft!”

Li Yi’s fingers had only made their way up halfway, when Nie Bufan laughed out loud.

“What’s the matter with you?” Li Yi scolded, “Be serious.”

“It’s not that I don’t want to be serious, it’s just that it’s really itchy.” Nie Bufan said coyly, “I’m the most afraid of tickling.”

“……”

“Okay, let’s do it again. Your thing moving around in my body, it’s quite interesting.”

“……”

Li Yi’s mouth twitched and started again. This time Nie Bufan did not laugh, but there was a strange noise coming from his mouth: “Nnn……wu……ah……”

The moan was as alluring as it could be, like a chicken claw, scratching at Li Yi’s heart and causing him to feel agitated.

There was a cold sweat on his forehead, and he endured with difficulty. Though, finally they had passed the first round.

Nie Bufan sighed, “It feels so good!”

Li Yi’s face was stiff, showing that he was not feeling good at all.

“What do you do next?” Nie Bufan took the “Secret Art of Muscle and Bone Transformation”, flipped through it, “En, this time it’s lying down face up.”

After saying that, without Li Yi’s reminder, he flipped over and made a posture of being at one’s mercy, and said tragically, “Come!”

Li Yi was silent for a while before spitting out two words: “Raise your leg.”

Nie Bufan lifted both legs immediately.

Li Yi slapped his right leg down, held his left ankle, and pointed his finger at the sole of his foot. He was just about to press down when he heard Nie Bufan thrashing and laughing: “Hahahaha, it tickles!”

“……I haven’t done anything yet!”

Nie Bufan laughed enough and replied, “Can’t I rehearse it first, so that you can be mentally prepared?”

Li Yi stopped on the spot, suddenly wondering if he should continue.

“Come on, I will not laugh later.”

“You are positive.”

En.” Nie Bufan nodded seriously.

Li Yi didn’t say much anymore, and pressed his fingers to the pressure points on the sole of his foot ——

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……”

“……”

Nie Bufan laughed and thumped his chest and feet, looking like he had been struck with madness.

The chickens around were so shocked that their feathers stood upright, and they retreated toward the corner.

Li Yi put down his feet and said lightly: “Skip this step.”

“Okay……” Nie Bufan didn’t insist.

Li Yi grabbed Nie Bufan’s left hand, two fingers slowly moved along his veins, and after one rotation, he raised his right hand……

Then, the range of movements gradually increased, bending his legs, raising his waist, and bowing. Li Yi meticulously helped Nie Bufan complete various movements, but his nerves became more and more tense. The reason was that this guy Nie Bufan’s expression was too alluring, and letting out ambiguous moans from time to time.

For the first time, Li Yi knew that a man’s body could also be so flexible. Those difficult movements were all completed very smoothly by Nie Bufan. With the muscles and bones gradually harmonizing, his body showed a peculiar beauty, like a snow leopard on a high mountain.

Li Yi’s eyes gradually misted over, and his movements became gentler. Although the two bodies were not in direct contact, they were very close, as if they could feel the heat of each other.

“Nn……” Nie Bufan bent his body and said unclearly, “Li Fourth, how long will it be?”

“Almost finished.” Li Yi replied in a hoarse voice, but his hands couldn’t help but to linger around his waist and legs, accompanied with a warm Qi, as if looking for something faintly.

“Wu……can you be faster?”

“You need to be cautious when cultivating martial arts, don’t move.” Li Yi exhaled in his ear, his body was close, their lower bodies almost intertwined.

“Li Fourth.”

En?”

“Are you really sure that the steps are correct?”

“Of course.”

“Do you need a man’s thing to practice martial arts?”

En?”

“Your thing keeps poking my waist.”

“……This move helps the Qi to move through the veins unimpeded.”

“……En, is that right? Then……does it need to be inserted inside?”

“How can I know if it is unimpeded if I don’t go in?”

“Does this also need to be specially tried? If it is obstructed, then doesn’t that mean I get constipation every day?”

“……”

“Is it unclogged enough?”

“It hasn’t officially started yet, the fingers are not strong enough.”

“Don’t you want to use that thing?”

“Why not? After passing this level, I guarantee you will be able to practice this skill.”

Li Yi bit Nie Bufan’s ear and wrapped around him with his whole body.

“Li, Li Fourth.” Nie Bufan swallowed, “I think my apititude is dull and stupid, utterly unable to be trained.”

“It’s too early to tell, you have to try to know.” Li Yi groped about at the base of his leg.

“Act-actually, let’s not try it. I’m afraid, I’m afraid of something going wrong and there will be a deviation in the Qi.” Nie Bufan clamped his legs tightly.

Li Yi said in a low voice, “Didn’t it feel good just now? You moaned so happily.”

“Wasn’t that just to cooperate with your hard work? If I don’t utter a sound, wouldn’t it be too shameful for you?”

“……” Li Yi simply blocked that vexing mouth and no longer gave him a chance to argue.

Seeing that his legs were separated, and the hard object was about to come forward.

Nie Bufan pulled out from the kiss and yelled, “It hurts to death!”

“This time again, are you mentally preparing me in advance?”

“No.” Nie Bufan said shyly, “Only two people practicing martial arts is too lonely, I want to call more people to observe and give some suggestions by the way.”

“……” Li Yi said fiercely, “Then I will make you unable to yell out a sound.”

Nie Bufan hurriedly covered his mouth and said in a muffled voice: “You can’t be so selfish. It’s not right for us to enjoy such a peerless martial arts manual alone.”

Li Yi lifted his left leg and was about to enter aggressively.

Nie Bufan hurriedly took his hand away and was about to yell, but was blocked again, lips becoming glued together.

“Wu……”

A small section entered.

Nie Bufan widened his eyes, waving his hands vigorously at the chickens around him watching the show.

The chickens pondered for a long time before they determined that their owner needed help, so they all jumped onto the bed one after another excitedly, piling on them desperately.

Oh the tragedy, being pressed on by a pile of chickens another small section went inside as well.

Nie Bufan’s forehead bursted with an endless waterfall of sweat.

Save……Save me!

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Maybe God heard his wailing, just when Li Yi was about to attack and occupy territory, the door of the room was suddenly kicked open, and then there was an extremely pissed off voice: “Nie Bufan, you actually ordered your chickens again……”

The sound stopped abruptly. The scene in front of him had the visitor become dazed like a wooden chicken.

Li Huai pointed at the two people crushed by the chickens and asked tremblingly, “You……what are you doing?”

Li Yi’s face was blue, he was stuck halfway, no room to advance or retreat.

Nie Bufan waved his hand desperately as if he was about to gain amnesty: “Huai Huai, come quickly, we are cultivating martial arts, you can join in.”

Li Yi swept the person under him with a look, reluctantly he withdrew and pulled away, lifting his pants up. Having not got any relief, his desire still stood upright unwillingly.

Nie Bufan hurriedly turned over and sat up, grabbed a few chickens to block the key parts, and smiled: “Huai Huai, you looking for me?”

Li Huai glanced at the two suspiciously. His vision was blocked by a bunch of chickens just now so he didn’t see very clearly, but that ambiguous posture was extremely suspicious.

“Why are you both naked?”

“Didn’t I just say it? Cultivating martial arts.” As he said so, he even took out the worn old ‘Secret Art of Muscle and Bone Transformation’ and shook it.

Li Huai walked over, snatched the book, and after a few glances, he immediately said with joy, “Could it be that this is the long-lost ‘Secret Art of Muscle and Bone Transformation’?”

Nie Bufan nodded pretending to be an expert, but he actually despised it in his heart: This is a damned erotic book!

“I didn’t expect that there really is such book!” Li Huai said to Li Yi in surprise, “Brother, how do you feel when you cultivatrd it just now?”

“Of the highest quality, but unfortunately missed a step.” Li Yi’s expression was twisted.

“The fire of Yang is too deep, too much to bear.” Nie Bufan sighed. (TN: Yang=male energy, Yin=female energy)

Li Huai was puzzled, then smiled again: “I will try too.”

“No.” Li Yi quickly tried to put a stop.

“Try it.” Nie Bufan said generously.

Li Yi glared at him, took the book over, and said, “This is the collection of village head Nie. We can’t covet others’ things.”

Nie Bufan was about to say something, but was pinched secretly by Li Yi, and instantly he felt so aggrieved, hanging his head and complained to himself.

Li Huai didn’t think so, but he didn’t dare to refute Li Yi. When he saw the chickens jumping on the bed, he immediately remembered his intentions, pointed at Nie Bufan and said angrily: “Nie Bufan, you have ordered your chickens to plot against me!”

“Me? No I didn’t.” Nie Bufan said innocently, “I have been cultivating with your brother all night.”

“Hmmph! If it weren’t for your instructions, how could those brutes come and attack me in the middle of the night?”

“Did you not see it?” Nie Bufan pointed around, “I also have a lot of chickens here. They will communicate with you only when they like you. Don’t always have such bitter and deep hatred. Our chickens are actually very cute, I sleep with them every day.”

“Do you think I am you?” Li Huai said irritably, “Who wants to sleep with a chicken?”

Nie Bufan glanced at him contemptuously: “Did you not find out? Your brother, prince Si, brother Chen, and the Tian Nu have all slept with a chicken.”

“……”

Why does this sound so weird?

“Little brother, be more calm, learn from your brother, embracing a harem of chickens without a change in expression, calm and relaxed, just like an expert master.”

“Who you calling little brother?” Li Huai turned to Li Yi with a shining expression, “Brother, I want to sleep here tonight.”

“Okay!” Nie Bufan enthusiastically moved over a space and said, “The bed is big enough, let’s sleep together.”

Li Huai pointed outside the door and said to him, “I’m sorry but can you change places.”

Nie Bufan rolled up the quilt and hugged a rooster, falling on the bed, spitting out two words: “I won’t.”

“You!” Li Huai was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Li Yi rubbed his forehead and said, “Let’s sleep together. If we keep arguing, the sky will have already lighten.”

Li Huai was indignant, looking around at the chickens eyeing him, he finally climbed onto the bed resignedly.

Nie Bufan nodded in satisfaction and said: “Close the door.”

Li Huai didn’t understand, but then he saw a chicken casually strolling to the door and closing it.

Li Huai pointed at the chicken and looked at Li Yi with his mouth open.

Li Yi lay down expressionlessly and grabbed a piece of quilt from Nie Bufan.

Seeing this, Li Huai had to pretend that he hadn’t seen it, and lay down in the quilt, surrendering to his fate of sleeping with the chickens.

In the darkness, Nie Bufan whispered to Li Yi: “Li Fourth, you still said that it was not an erotic book? It was too explicit, and it almost made me lose my chastity. I will resolutely not cultivate it in the future. You should also take care and be careful of dying from overindulgence.”

Li Yi kissed him fiercely, resenting him for pretending to be stupid and oblivious. They were already like this, and he still dared to deny their bromantic relationship!

Nie Bufan kicked him and motioned him to pay attention to his image. His little brother was sleeping right over there.

Only then did Li Yi sheepishly give up.

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That night, the three people with their own thoughts shared a bed but had different dreams. Of course, the heartless Nie Bufan soon fell asleep, the previous events not seeming to have left any psychological trauma on him. This bed had been slept on by five brothers one after another, and it can be considered to be an example of virtuous Gongs coming to their successful conclusion. (TN: author makes a play on idiom 功德圆满 by replacing it as 攻德圆满. It originally referred to virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion but now hehe.)

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 019 The Aftermath

Everyone originally thought that the allied forces of the four rebel armies would definitely win the attack on the imperial city, but the result was a resounding slap in the face.

Those who had not paid any heed to the Crown Prince’s change at first paid a heavy price. Chen Wei did not actually rebel at all but was a trap set up by the Crown Prince. The purpose was to make all the rebels feel that the imperial city was isolated and helpless. Once they went to attack the imperial city, Chen Wei and Qin Kunyu would then launch a pincer attack, and they actually stupidly jumped into the trap themselves.

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The Eastern Army, the Southeast Army and the Southwest Army were almost completely annihilated. Only the generals of the Eastern Army and the general of the Southwest Army, Shangguan Hao escaped. None of the generals in the Southeast Army survived.

After receiving the battle report, Tian Guohai’s eyes went red with anger. He slapped his hand on the table and roared: “Sixty thousand people, a full sixty thousand elite soldiers, yet only a few dozens of people came back, why don’t you die together! My Eastern Army total 120,000 yet you bastards cost me 60,000 people. You……you……what did you come back for!”

The generals below had just fled back and were currently covered in dust and hungry. A fiery tempered military officer instantly could not resist, his eyes widened and said coarsely: “Your Excellency, how could we have known Chen Wei was unexpectedly Su Mochi’s person. This Crown Prince is too insidious. He actually lured us into attacking the imperial city, and then cooperated inside and outside to wipe out our army.”

Having been able to claim himself as king for nearly ten years, Tian Guohai was not a reckless man. After venting his anger, he calmed down and said to the generals standing below: “Please sit down, everyone. This time we were too underestimating of the enemy. Unexpectedly……unexpectedly this useless Crown Prince would actually become smart, and even know to play this kind of trick. Very good……this old man will have to see just how capable you are.”

In the Southeast Army, the sorry figure of Shangguan Hao knelt down and pleaded guilty. The old man in the high seat raised his hand and said: “Get up, you are not to blame for this. No one thought that Su Mochi would suddenly change so much.”

“Thank you, Your Excellency.” Shangguan Hao stood up, paused and said again: “Your Excellency, the current Crown Prince is different from the past. It may be dangerous for Feiyu to stay there, it might be best to have him get out as soon as possible.”

He shook his head and said: “Most of the spies in the imperial city have been secretly executed by the Crown Prince, and now we can’t get any news.”

“Then does that mean Feiyu is in deep danger?” Shangguan Hao frowned.

“Not necessarily, maybe it’s safe now. The Crown Prince before don’t even recognize his family when he killed, but now as long as Feiyu isn’t exposed, the Crown Prince wouldn’t do anything to him.” Although he said so, he was still worried. After all, that was the only child left of his most loved daughter.

The Prince’s main residence had been renovated, but the Croen Prince ordered everything to be simplified, so the Crown Prince’s main residence was not as luxurious as before, but appearing a bit more simple yet still beautiful.

Yun Feiyu held the scroll in his hand, but his mind was not on the scroll at all. The perfect profile of a youth under the stars appeared in his mind again. In just half a month, most of the countless spies in the imperial city were wiped out by the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince even took the opportunity to kill many disloyal and unruly people.

Could this be the legendary it never rains but once it does it pours (TN: expression describing someone amazing the world with a single brilliant feat when before there was not a hint)? Yun Feiyu’s eyes deepened, and the corners of his mouth raised into a small smile.

Suddenly the little eunuch outside the door came to announce: “His Royal Highness is here.”

Yun Feiyu calmly put down the scroll in his hand and greeted Su Mu: “Paying respects to the Crown Prince.”

Su Mu had just finished morning assembly and had not changed his heavy court clothes yet, which emphasized his imposing and dignified aura.

“Rise, where is Qin Ye?” Su Mu asked.

Yun Feiyu got up and said gently: “In the room, Wei Gonggong please go to invite Qin Gongzi to come over.”

Su Mu looked at Yun Feiyu clad in a green robe. It was a pity that the talents of such a learned and peerless man would be buried in the palace like this. After a moment of contemplation, Su Mu suddenly said: “Would you like to be an official?”

Yun Feiyu was taken aback for a moment, looked at Su Mu unexpectedly, and said with a smile: “I thank Your Highness for the kindness, but I am afraid that there is no place for this caomin in the court.” Indeed, Yun Feiyu may not have been officially recorded in the royal jade disc (TN: royal family register), but he was already in the harem of the Crown Prince. In which dynasty and what generation had there ever been concubines who served as officials in court? Even if the imperial court officials were afraid of the Crown Prince and did not dare to openly oppose it, they would still make it difficult every step of the way.

All of this Su Mu understood but the amount of officials who were executed by him during the turmoil numbered in the dozens, and many positions were vacated. Su Mu must fill these vacancies as soon as possible, otherwise there would be problems when issuing and carrying out decrees.

“As long as you have real power in your hands, I would like to see who would dare to not show respect. Doesn’t Liu Xi have a post working in the Ministry of Rites. You can go to the Ministry of Justice, Chen Xurong will not be tactless.”

Su Mu had no reason to put great talents in front of him but don’t use them. He wanted to see who dared to make trouble for him.

Yun Feiyu smiled. The Crown Prince did not give him the right to refuse. Only the Crown Prince dared to blatantly do such things that would disturb the imperial court order. Not mentioning the fierce reputation that the Crown Prince had earned a long time ago, but just the fact that he killed hundreds of people not long ago, the court officials would not dare to openly trouble the Crown Prince. The scent of blood in the main market square of the imperial city had yet to diffuse.

Qin Ye walked in from the door expressionlessly, with naked hostility in his eyes. When he saw Su Mu, who was sitting in the high seat, he did not express anything, neither bowing or speaking.

Su Mu didn’t care either, but directly said: “General Zhenyuan wants to take you back to the general’s manor. You can go back anytime.”

Qin Ye looked at Su Mu with a mocking smile and said, “Go back, what would I be doing when I go back, let others scorn me? Does His Royal Highness feel that the humiliation I have received is not enough and wants to change to a new way of playing.”

Everyone knew that Qin Ye was the Crown Prince’s person. Even if he returned to the general’s manor, he would not have any foothold. What would others think of him, the world didn’t know that the Crown Prince was the one who was on the receiving end. After all, the Crown Prince was so brutal, who would believe he was on the bottom.

Moreover, he could not marry a wife in this life. When he returned to the general’s manor, he could only eat and wait to die. It was better to stay in the Crown Prince’s Palace. At least no one would dare to taunt and scorn him to his face. And he could also find trouble for the Crown Prince to vent his hatred. Besides, those brothers in his family were no simple pushovers.

Although it was Su Mochi who had wronged him, but Su Mu was not here to be a punching bag, and he said coldly: “The Crown Prince’s Palace does not lack a bite of food for you, so leave or stay at your convenience.” Su Mu left Feiyu Pavillion with a flap of his wide sleeves.

Qin Ye looked at the direction of Su Mu’s departure with a dark expression: “What does he mean, he is tired of playing so he is ready to throw it away! Does he want me to be grateful!”

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“Don’t you want to go out of the palace?” Yun Feiyu said mildly as he stood by the window and looked up at a group of flying geese.

“What’s the use if I want to go out of the palace? What else can I do when I go out? Who doesn’t know that we are the Crown Prince’s……” Qin Ye gritted his teeth but in the end couldn’t utter the words male pet.

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After Becoming The Tyrant CH 002 The King Arrives

The cavalry leader saw a silver light flashing from the carriage. He realized the gravity of the situation, but it was too late.

Zhu Chi was simply a lunatic. He alone endured the pressure of the cavalry approaching, waiting until the distance between the two sides was reduced to within shooting range before he lifted the crossbow.

“Look out——”

The leader shouted.

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Zhu Chi pulled the lever with hands covered in moleskin gloves. The axle in front slipped off the catch in the nut. The nut rolled and the bowstring was released (TN: not sure if I got the terms right). A flash of cold light shot out from the carriage like a meteor, and in a blink of an eye it came to the defenseless knights. The sharp arrow flew through the air, piercing the chain mail at the next moment.

Blood sprayed up, the leader’s grip on the rein loosened and he fell from the horse. The warhorses coming from behind trappled over his body.

“Crossbow!”

The other knights were shocked and angry.

As we all know, the crossbow was called a “cursed object”.

With simple training, ordinary farmers could even use it to shoot down knights. Even the finest chain mail could not hold up against it. Therefore, as early as more than three hundred years ago, it was absolutely forbidden to be used in warfare.

The anger of the knights had no effect on Zhu Chi in the carriage.

His pale blue eyes seemed to freeze into ice.

The sharp metal arrows pierced through the air continuously.

The rest of the cavalry fell one after another. They mistakenly believed their master’s words and regarded the lone King as a prey to be captured and killed. But at this time, the lonely carriage was no longer an easily obtainable reward, but a terrifying devil.

The cavalry became frightened and began to want to retreat.

Suddenly, the carriage body shook violently. Zhu Chi was not so lucky this time, and his shoulder slammed into the wall of the carriage firmly and his lip was cut by a tooth. He stuck out his tongue and licked it, tasting a familiar rusty flavor.

Under the moonlight, the last cavalryman could see the face of the person holding the bow in the carriage.

The King, regarded as “cruel but worthless”, had a delicate and pale face, a trace of scarlet on his thin lips, and a cursed weapon in his hand, appearing as if he had come from hell.

The cavalryman shivered and lost the courage to fight alone, turning his horse around and rushing into the night.

At this time, the crazed steeds had already rushed towards the wooden fence at the entrance of the canyon, pulling the carriage with them.

The soldiers guarding behind the wooden fence were frightened by the out of control carriage, throwing themselves out of the way on either sides. The steeds with white steam blowing out from their mouths and noses looked like the devil’s mounts, driving through the fence with the carriage in tow.

Thanks to the King’s carriage being made of hard oak and metal, it escaped the fate of falling apart, but only just.

The canyon was neither long nor short, and they had quickly arrived to the end of the stretch.

“Your Majesty! The bridge has been cut off!”

As soon as they had rushed out of the canyon, the Master of the Households was shocked by the scene in front of him, his face going pale. He frantically pulled the reins backwards, trying to stop the horses, his voice even changing a little because of panic.

Out of the gorge was the winding Doma River. At this time, it was midwinter, and the river bank and the river surface were frozen over. The moonlight gleamed on the blue and white glacial river, and it was clear that the bridge that was originally erected on the river surface was cut in half, leaving only a few holes in place where a thin layer of ice had just formed.

“Go around it!”

There was no time for Zhu Chi to see the situation of the river with his own eyes, still he sternly made the order.

As soon as the last word fell, suddenly the sky seemed to spin.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

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At the last moment, the Master of the Households barely just managed to change the direction of the galloping horses. The carriage slid around the ice hole and across most of the river, leaving a long white mark on the smooth ice. But when approaching the river bank on the other side, the connection between the carriage and the front axle completely broke apart.

The carriage was thrown out and overturned on the ice.

The Master of the Households had followed William III on the battlefield, and his reaction was fairly rapid, jumping out onto the ice at the last minute without any damage.

But there was no time to rejoice for his luck, the Master of the Households rushed to the overturned carriage in horror.

“Your Majesty!”

His voice was sharp and anxious.

“Shut up.”

Zhu Chi climbed out of the carriage, pressing the ice with one hand and covering his head with the other. He was panting, and puffs of white mist came out from his mouth. His head had yet to recover from the vertigo.

Seeing that he was safe and sound, the Master of the Households knelt down on the ice with a “thud” and stretched out his hand to make a sign of the cross on his chest: “The Holy Lord bless, the Holy Lord bless.”

He cried with tears of joy.

“Get over here.”

Zhu Chi nearly laughed with anger at the other.

The Holy Lord could bless anyone except for someone like him who sold his soul to the devil.

“Oh!”

The Master of the Households came back to himself and hurriedly went to help Zhu Chi up.

Fortunately, this place was already close to the river bank, and the ice layer was frozen hard. With the support of the Master of the Households, Zhu Chi stepped on the river bank.

The carriage had been damaged. One of the four horses pulling the carriage had broken its neck and one had broken its leg. The remaining two had some minor injuries and were currently stomping their hooves nervously on the river bank.

Zhu Chi ordered the Master of the Households to burn the carriage while he held his wrist and looked across the shore.

He saw fire had begun to appear in the canyon on the other side. Those people had finally reacted. They stopped by the river, not daring to cross the ice like Zhu Chi did. The water level in the Doma River was very deep, and the river was often turbulent under the ice layer. No one knew whether a step would break through an ice hole.

When the carriage was burned, the Master of the Households caught sight of the crossbow thrown on the ice.

His face changed but he dared not say anything.

There was a fire here, and torches also lit over there.

Zhu Chi watched for a while before sneering. He said to the Master of the Households: “We leave.”

………………

Mohn Castle.

This was where the Doma River and the Naxi River meet, and Mohn Castle was the well fortified riverside fortress here.

Under normal circumstances, even if nobles were imprisoned, their life in prison would not be too bad, and it may even be rather decently luxurious. However, in the past month, the old Duke of Buckingham, as the King’s only uncle, was imprisoned in the notorious prison of Mohn Central Tower.

The Mohn Tower was full of torture, blackmail, biting cold temperatures, and an even more dirty environment.

The old Duke of Buckingham was the half-brother of William III and had followed William III on the battlefield for 30 years. He used to be a very radical military strategist, but during the years when he assisted his nephew in state affairs, the old duke gradually settled down and became extra cautious.

A month ago, his son was defeated in an expeditionary invasion against the Kingdom of Bressi. Not only did he lose three important towns, but he was also captured.

The ransom to be paid to the Kingdom of Bressi was 20,000 pounds, which was a jaw-dropping amount.

This defeat made the people very angry, and a rumor spread:

——The old Duke of Buckingham accepted a bribe from the enemy country and deliberately had his son lose the battle because he knew that the King would not give up his cousin.

Hearing this the King in the palace was extremely offended.

So the Duke of Buckingham was tightly imprisoned in Mohn Tower.

However, these were only superficial reasons.

“Have you shown him the execution order given by the King?”

The owner of Mohn Castle, Earl Walter, was responsible for guarding the old Duke of Buckingham.

“He has seen it.”

The earl’s butler replied.

“Did he agree to choose us?”

“No.”

The old Duke of Buckingham only glanced at the command and threw it on the ground, closing his eyes without saying a word.

Earl Walter snorted coldly and cursed: “Then let him go to hell……”

“I don’t know why, my lord.”

The butler hesitated and spoke cautiously.

“I feel a little uneasy, as if something bad is about to happen.”

“The guillotine and executioner are all ready.”

Earl Walter said contemptuously.

The earl even had the leisure to make a cold joke.

“He can’t escape this catastrophe——unless the King arrives in person.”

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AN: The Legrand’s economic system is based on England around the 13th century: pound, shilling and penny are the units. 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings. The only coins in circulation are silver pennies. 240 silver pennies equal the same pound. The average income of an aristocrat was about 200 pounds a year, and even a person with an annual income of 20 pounds was relatively rich. Therefore, the 20,000-pound ransom offered by the Kingdom of Bressi would be considered a sky-high price, which is jaw-dropping.

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After Becoming The Tyrant CH 001 The Last Tyrant

The carriage rushed through the shadow of the dark forest in which dead trees stood in the night wind like the devil.

The horses pulling the carriage were already sweating and frothing at the mouths, but the whip waving in the air did not allow them to stop and rest.

“My beloved Majesty, it is impossible for us to arrive at Mohn Tower tomorrow morning.”

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The person driving the carriage was even more tired than the horses. The coachman was actually a knight in armor and was currently sweating and panting in exhaustion. As he maneuvered the carriage and drove it into a flat area, he pleaded with the person inside the carriage.

“The horses need to rest.”

“Splendid.”

The King replied from inside the carriage.

“Then you may also sleep forever.”

The knight’s complexion became paler. He dared not speak any more, and continued to drive the horses on despite the exhaustion of driving for a day and night.

Because, sitting in the carriage was none other than the monarch of the Legrand Empire.

Pureland the First.

At this moment, the dark night shrouded the wilds, and the mountains appeared ominous like demons. Unexpectedly, this grandiose King did not bring along a large group of men and horses. He only rushed through the wilderness in a black flannel-covered carriage to a place called “Mohn”.

After intimidating the Master of the Households who was forced to act as a coachman, the King himself leaned on the wall of the carriage and lifted the curtain.

The moonlight that passed through the gap in the woods flashed across his face.

The red cloak worn by the King emphasized the cold and whiteness of his face. He was very young, with facial features still possessing a youthful look that was also a bit too refined. But the surliness that shrouded his features made him look particularly aggressive. In the moonlight, his pale blue eyes revealed a sharpness that could not be ignored.

The King looked at the trees that were constantly passing by outside the carriage, judging how far they were from Mohn at this time.

Of course he knew that both the horses and the coachman were already exhausted.

But he must rush to the small town of Mohn before the sun rises today.

Otherwise, his uncle, Duke of Buckingham, would be dead.

………………

Two days ago.

Zhu Chi was only a young man who was seriously ill. He lay in a place of pale whiteness and watched as his muscles gradually atrophied, calculating in his heart when he would die.

No one wanted to die, including Zhu Chi.

Modern science and technology couldn’t save him, and the gods and Buddhas up in the heavens ignore him. So Zhu Chi did something preposterous. He opened the ancient scroll he had previously obtained by accident which was said to be able to summon the Devil.

As the blood dripped onto the complicated twisting patterns a black mist filled the room.

In response to his last hope made in despair, the Devil came.

The Devil was a businessman who dealt in souls, notorious for his insidiousness.

Zhu Chi sold his soul in exchange for a chance to be reborn in another world.

He asked for a young and healthy body. The Devil agreed and gave him a certain degree of favor when signing the contract, and even included a gift as a bonus.

The strange generosity of the Devil put Zhu Chi on alert.

But there was no alternative, he was already too desperate.

The contract was completed.

In the intensive care unit, the pale and weak youth closed his eyes, and the lines on the heart rate display screen gradually became balanced. At the same time, in a gorgeous palace of the empire located in another world, a pair of pale blue eyes flickered opened.

After processing the memories and receiving the original fate line gifted with the contract, Zhu Chi finally understood why the Devil was so generous.

He was reborn as the King-Emperor of the Legrand Empire in another world——

Pureland I.

[Less than a month after Pureland was born, his prominent father, King William, died of a serious illness.

Thanks to the loyal guardianship of his uncle, Duke of Buckingham, Pureland was able to grow up fairly well and was crowned King. Contrary to the expectations of the people, their young King was naturally ill-tempered, cold and arbitrary, and was an out-and-out tyrant.

At the end of his reign, he personally ordered the killing of his uncle, Duke of Buckingham, a man who was unfailingly loyal to him. This was the cruelest and most stupid thing ever done in Pureland’s short life.

Because it directly led to the subsequent coup in which the tyrant paid the price with his life.

——Pureland I, the last King]

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At this time, it was only four months before the tyrant was overthrown.

Selling your soul for four months of a healthy new life?

Zhu Chi understood that he had been cheated by the Devil.

The wind in the middle of the night was strong, and brushed at his face with the cold sharpness of a knife.

Zhu Chi did not put down the carriage curtain. He needed the cold wind to suppress the anger in his heart, so as to maintain rational thinking.

After watching Pureland’s line of destiny, Zhu Chi realized where the important node of the tyrant’s fate was located——

Western Mainland, September 17, 1432.

——Which was tomorrow.

At dawn tomorrow morning, the Duke of Buckingham, his most loyal uncle, would be hanged.

Zhu Chi’s rebirth was two days late, and the wretched tyrant had already issued an order to execute the Duke of Buckingham. However, Zhu Chi thought about it carefully and confirmed that soon after the King had issued the order, he regretted it, and sent a fast horse to recover the order.

Zhu Chi’s fingers tapped the car railing lightly, his expression a bit cold.

The imperial messenger left the palace within half a day, and the fast horse sent by the King would have been able to intercept the messenger. However, the Duke of Buckingham was still executed.

Obviously, the King’s fast horse sent to recover the order was stopped by another party.

Someone wanted the King to lose his most important minister and relative.

…………………………

The reins were suddenly tugged, and the Master of the Households stopped the rushing carriage. He put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, his expression ugly.

The stallions that stopped abruptly were frightened, and raised their front feet, neighing high and shrill.

“Your Majesty, there is a situation.”

The Master of the Households lowered his voice, his tone a little uneasy.

When the carriage came to a sudden stop, Zhu Chi gripped down hard on the railing and leaned forward to avoid hitting the wall with his head. He looked calm, not surprised at all.

He had left the palace secretly.

Two days ago, after Zhu Chi had a tantrum at his court ministers in the Imperial Conference, he shut himself in the palace and kept himself behind closed doors. This was not the first time that Pureland had done this kind of thing.

None of the ministers could do anything about the irritable young King.

With this cover-up, Zhu Chi took his Master of Households and left the palace. In the original line of fate, this somewhat timid Master of Households sacrificed himself for his King. He was the most suitable and trustworthy person Zhu Chi thought of at the time.

The King’s fast horse could even be blocked off by others so the enemy must have a fine network of spies in the palace.

Zhu Chi knew very well that by the next afternoon, the people would find that the King was no longer in the castle.

He never thought he could hide it for too long. It was a surprise that the soldiers sent to intercept him had not caught up until now.

Currently they were out in the wilderness.

Behind them was a small piece of a black forest that they had just passed by. At this time, some shadows were walking through the forest, approaching them. In front of them was the entrance to the canyon passage, with faint light coming from torches. A small wooden fence that acted as a barricade could be seen under the moonlight.

They were flanked.

“Your Majesty, please stay in the carriage and don’t……”

The Master of the Households pulled the rein with one hand and the sword with the other.

“Charge forward.”

Zhu Chi interrupted him.

The Master of the Households was taken aback for a moment. From the voice of the young King, he heard a long forgotten familiarity——it was the toughness and inviolability passed down in the line of His Majesty King William.

Faintly, the Master of the Households seemed to hear the clicking sound of a machine.

“Charge!”

Zhu Chi gave the order.

The Master of the Households loosened the tightly held rein, and the sword struck the head horse.

The head horse neighed in pain, and rushed out in a flash, causing the other horses to charge forward as well. The carriage seemed to be flying past the ground, making a disturbingly loud noise. The carriage moved at such a speed it seemed like it could fall apart at any time.

The cavalry behind them rushed out of the dark forest. The other party had traveled light and their speed was extremely fast, coming after them like a thick shadow.

Zhu Chi tore off the black flannel used to cover the back half of the carriage.

Under the pale moonlight, Zhu Chi could clearly see the cavalry that was catching up.

There were a total of seventeen cavalrymen, all riding black horses and wearing silver chain mail with no markings. The iron helmet covered their faces tightly, revealing only a gap, which was both a defense and identity cover.

They did not appear to be mercenaries.

Zhu Chi judged the situation calmly.

The sound of horses’ hoofs was rapid, and the black cavalry swept closer like a whirlwind. In an instant they had approached the carriage and even the white exhalations of the opponent’s horses could be vaguely seen. The distance was close enough, Zhu Chi no longer hesitated.

He lifted what he was holding in his hand.

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——It was a crossbow, a construction prohibited by the Church.

Although Pureland was a tyrant, the military training he received since childhood had made him very physically superior. Thanks to this, Zhu Chi could hold the crossbow steadily on the galloping bumpy carriage.

Zhu Chi positioned the crossbow and aimed at the cavalry through the crossbow sight.

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