After Li Xiaofei read the pictures and files in the Qingfengguan Cellar, he was so confused that he almost fell down in the cellar.

Above, Hua Xiaoan shouted toward the cellar entrance, "Prince Chen is here! Mr. Li, come up quickly!"

Hearing Chen Hongyi's arrival, Li Xiaofei held onto the wall, patted his head and walked towards the stairs.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Li will be coming up soon. Please sit down first!" After hearing this, Chen Hongyi had already come in.

"You stay up there, and I'll go down. I have something to say to this kid!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hongyi went down to the cellar and bumped into Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei was so frightened that he took two steps back, "Master, why are you down here!"

"Haha, it seems that you already know everything. There are some things that cannot be seen in the sun, so I can only tell you here." Chen Hongyi still had that smile

Li Xiaofei was a little hesitant, more out of fear. It seemed that Chen Hongyi had always known his whereabouts and even his every move.

"Master, what I understand is not shady. I just wronged you!"

"There is no grievance. Aren't we doing well now? Just know it yourself, kid. If you say something, it will make the world even more unstable, and it will also breed many people's delusions and ambitions!"

"But since you let me know, I can't pretend not to know! At least you have to give me a convincing reason!"

Chen Hongyi waved his hand, "First light all the lights here. There is a secret room inside. I'll go there and talk to you!"

Li Xiaofei followed Chen Hongyi's instructions and used the token to open the secret room.

The secret room is equipped with tables and chairs, just like a meeting room. There is a box on the table. The box is very exquisite. When you get closer, you can see that it is carved from Hetian jade.

Li Xiaofei looked at Chen Hongyi, "Could it be that the last secret is in this box?"

"This is just an empty box. In fact, there is no secret at all. Now it's just some stories from decades ago!" Chen Hongyi motioned to Li Xiaofei to open the box.

Li Xiaofei opened the jade box, and it turned out to be empty.

"Master, you originally promised the Chen family to fight for the world and the throne, but you broke your promise! Why is this?"

"Because I was bribed! Is this an acceptable reason?"

"Who? Who can bribe Master? Is there anything more important than the throne?"

"Yes! The men, women, and children of Nanhai County bribed me! The food, clothing, and safety of the people in this world are more important than the throne! If I had used all the material, financial, and human resources in Nanhai back then, I could have occupied half of the country and become the emperor! But from now on, there will only be more in the world.

He is just an ordinary emperor, and the people of Nanhai County will be in danger from now on!"

"Master, I'm still not convinced! You tried your best to help the current emperor, don't you have any intention of making up for your regrets in the past?" Li Xiaofei made it clear.

"You are right, I have regretted it before, but I am already old, and one generation can only do the things of one generation! By the way, do you know the origin of Jianlou!"

"Master is indeed honest. Jianlou is just an organization that collects intelligence, but it seems that except for Liu Mingge, no one else is involved in the world's disputes."

"You are wrong! The founder of Jianlou is a Taoist monk. The founder of Taoism is Laozi Li Dan, who is in charge of the archives and history of the world. He knows everything about the world for hundreds of years, so he has the Tao Te Ching.

!Taoism is in the world as a witness, but when it comes to Liu Mingge, Liu Mingge believes that witnesses are actually participants. Because of this

A witness has the power to change the world. Even if he does not move, he will have an impact on the general trend of the world."

"Taoist? Witness? Participant? Master, why can't I understand something?"

"Your qualifications are indeed dull, so it was too hasty for Jianlou to give you the token! Let me tell you this, Jianlou is an organization that exists to record all experiences in the world. They think they are only witnessing the change of dynasty.

The world rises and falls, but in the eyes of the world they have mastered things that affect the fate of the dynasty and the fate of individuals!"

"So there are many fortune tellers in those Taoist temples?"

"Ahem, that's right. People think they can see the future and change their destiny! The same is true for the rulers of the dynasty. In my opinion, it is actually the same. The court may not even know what they master!"

"For example, your life experience! I'm afraid even the current emperor doesn't know about it!"

"Perhaps they had doubts. Back then, some people said that this was just a play about Zhao's orphans for the world to see!"

"My mind is very confused right now. Things in this world are too complicated. I just listen to Master for the time being and just know it for myself!"

"I have to find something to bribe you! By the way, I'll take you to see the Yiyang Village!"

Chen Hongyi came up from the cellar with Li Xiaofei, whose head was buzzing. Seeing Li Xiaofei's soulless look, Hua Xiaoan thought that their master and apprentice had seen a ghost in the cellar.

"Seal it! Immediately move bricks with mud and seal the cellar!" Li Xiaofei ordered

The master and apprentice guarded a few masons and sealed the entrance to the cellar before leaving for Yiyang Manor.

The so-called Yiyangzhuang is inhabited by lonely people.

Some old men whose sons were all killed in the war were weaving bamboo baskets. When they saw Chen Hongyi coming, they smiled and shouted, "Old Chen, have a few sips! We have big fish here today!"

"Okay, okay, I'll have dinner at your place today! Give me a feast for hundreds of families!" Chen Hongyi was not polite.

Further inside, there is a large group of boys chasing each other on bamboo horses, while girls are chatting and laughing around chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits.

Chen Hongyi whispered to Li Xiaofei, "All their family members have died in the war or from illness! Don't ask stupid questions later!"

When a teenage boy saw Chen Hongyi coming over, he immediately threw away the bamboo branch sitting on his crotch, patted the dust on his hands and ran towards Chen Hongyi

"Grandpa! Grandpa! You said you were going to give us real armor and war horses! You came here empty-handed again this time. Why do you always lie to others?"

"Hey, how can a high-ranking official not lie to others! How can one become a general or a prince without lying to others? Guys, remember this! Never trust these officials!" Chen Hongyi told them in a clear-eyed manner.

Started talking

Li Xiaofei felt that this was completely different from the Chen Hongyi he had seen. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Hongyi's servant Huang Grandpa pulled Li Xiaofei's sleeve to signal him not to speak.

After Chen Hongyi took out a bag of candies and a bunch of coins from his arms and gave them to the leading child, the children started to have fun around the candies and coins.

"Boys, you need to learn how to make money, how to fish and build a house, and get a wife in the future. A good man should not be a soldier! Remember this!"

When Li Xiaofei heard these words coming out of Chen Hongyi's mouth, he felt very upset.

Chen Hongyi took Li Xiaofei and continued walking inside until they reached the cemetery in the back mountain.

Looking at the dense tombstones, Li Xiaofei felt a chill in his heart. Chen Hongyi knelt down in front of the cemetery, "Most of these are burial mounds. The war was urgent and there was no time to transport the bodies back. Many people were buried in foreign lands! At first, it was still

I wrote down who was buried by which city, but eventually I stopped writing them down! I couldn’t even find those I wrote down! These days there are so many things stolen!"

Li Xiaofei knelt down and looked at the tombstones carefully. There were at least thousands of tombstones.

Chen Hongyi kowtowed nine times here before getting up and wiping his eyes.

On the way back, Li Xiaofei couldn't help but ask, "Master, why did you say such things to those children?"

"I don't want them to continue to follow our old path! I just hope they can survive this life safely! One general's achievements will lead to thousands of bones, and the dead are all small pawns. They are just a series of numbers in the court, but for their families,

It’s the whole world! If a child loses his father, he will be beaten, bullied, and even starve to death! If a wife loses her husband, she will be bullied, and if parents lose their children, they will lose everything!”

"Master, I admit that I was bribed by you! I'm convinced!"

Li Xiaofei thought of himself more than ten years ago, and how lonely he was like these children. If Chen Hongyi hadn't saved him, his body might have been eaten by wild dogs after his death.

At the Baijia Banquet in the evening, the old people persuaded Chen Hongyi to drink one by one. Chen Hongyi also refused everyone who came, and just like them, he took off his shirt and ate and drank shirtless.

According to usual practice, the children received the chicken legs and glutinous rice dumplings and then dispersed.

But the child who took the lead on the bamboo horse earlier picked up a jar of wine and walked to Chen Hongyi: "Grandpa, I offer you a jar of wine! I want to be a soldier! I want to follow you to fight!"

Chen Hongyi and Li Xiaofei were both shocked. Chen Hongyi immediately took the child's wine and laughed, "Hey, grandpa always told you that good men should not be soldiers! Look at grandpa's scars! He's so ugly that he doesn't even have a wife now."

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Everyone laughed, but the child refused, "No! Grandpa, you are a liar! You are a hero! My father and my uncle are heroes too! I just want to be like them!"

At this moment, everyone stopped laughing and looked at the child and Chen Hongyi.

Chen Hongyi stood up and touched the child's head, "Zhang Jiyun! As expected of Zhang Meng's son! Zhang Sheng's nephew! Okay! I'll drink your toast today! I also promise you, but you have to get married first, and wait until you have one."

After marrying my daughter-in-law and son, I will serve as a soldier under Mr. Li!"

After hearing this, Zhang Jiyun remained unmoved, "Grandpa, you haven't married a wife yet, so why should I marry a wife? I still have to join the army first!"

"Grandpa can't get a wife because he is ugly! You are different! You are more handsome than me! Listen to grandpa! In this way, grandpa will teach you swordsmanship from tomorrow on! That's all right!"

After saying this, Zhang Jiyun finally agreed, and everyone advised him, "Boy, be content! Lao Chen will teach you personally. Most people can't ask for such an opportunity!"

Chen Hongyi pointed at Li Xiaofei, "Don't tell me, this kid, I have taught him swordsmanship for more than ten years, but he just can't learn it and refuses to learn it! Haha, okay, drink! Drink!"

Shen De brought more than 40,000 people back to Yuzhang to meet Cui Ju. Cui Ju told him that now all the people in Chaisangkou were in the army, and the roads were either stuck or in trenches, making it extremely inconvenient for the army to advance.

Everyone discussed together, and some people suggested that it would be better to find ways to bribe the defenders or key figures in the city, but Cui Ju felt that this was too unrealistic. "The people in the city are eager to twitch, peel off our skin, suck our blood and eat our flesh. How can we be bribed?"

"There is no one in this world who will not be bribed. It only depends on whether you have what he wants!" Cui Ju said this meaningfully and looked at Shen De.
Chapter completed!