Jiaohua

Chapter 1489: Fame Through the Ages

The sun was very strong and there had been no wind since early morning.

The female soldiers of the Falcon Battalion were lined up in four long rows. It was quiet in the front of the row, but the noise became louder as you went further back.

Du Xuan was in charge personally, but he didn't stay there for long.

After a while, baskets of dried meat brought by Zhao Ning arrived.

Soon, bags of food sent by Mrs. Qu arrived.

Dongping Academy also sent people twice, delivering a large amount of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, as well as ten loads of introductory books on literacy.

The old aristocratic families in Hengxiang Mansion who had been racking their brains to curry favor with the Xia family army finally got a chance to curry favor and each sent generous gifts.

The officials in the Hengxiang government office had changed several times in just one year. The new governor Zeng and his officials came to congratulate him, but not long after they left, Zhao Ning's troops arrived again. Nearly fifty strong men shouted loudly and dragged a tall and majestic monument.

No one present had ever seen such a stone tablet. It was seven zhang high, with three layers on the base, covering a vast area. The bottom layer was four zhang long and more than two zhang wide.

From the base upwards, the carvings are mainly falcons, cranes, and long clouds. When the long cloth in the middle of the stele is peeled off, what comes into view is a sculpture of water on both sides of the river. In the middle stands a natural pass, which seems like one man can block the passage of ten thousand men.

Du Xuan held the long cloth he had just taken off in his hand and looked at the statue in front of him with surprise.

The women in the queue also looked up with their eyes wide open in amazement.

A woman in her forties, dressed in splendid clothes, came over and said to Du Xuan with a smile, "Mr. Du, you, Chief Steward Wang, and the carpenters and craftsmen hired by Young Master Zhili were all pried away by my eldest wife. This stone tablet was carved overnight by more than a thousand people. My eldest wife said that this is called a war achievement tablet."

These carpenters and craftsmen were hired and transferred from Hengxiang and Zhenzhou by Du Xuan, Wang Fengnian and Zhili for the excavation of the underground secret passage of the Zisu Dyeing Factory and the Zhengmeng Tower in Zhaishuiling.

It has been so long, and the underground secret passage of the Perilla Dyeing Factory has not been fully excavated yet. There is even more to study about the Dream-Seeking Tower in Zhaishuiling behind.

As for the bone cave in the mountain of Ruan’s house, Ali’s current intention is to keep it as it is for the time being and not touch it.

"Battle monument," Du Xuan nodded, "Mrs. Zhao is so thoughtful. On behalf of Miss A Li, I would like to thank you, Mrs. Zhao."

The stone tablet was very large. Du Xuan reached out to touch it, and it just happened to touch the cliff where the waves were crashing. He sighed lightly, looked up at the top of the stone tablet, and said solemnly: "A monument of military merit, whoever can leave his name on it will be famous for thousands of years."

The woman also looked up, her eyes slightly narrowed. Because of Du Xuan's words, thousands of volumes of history appeared before her eyes, like a rushing river, vast and boundless.

The war monument records military achievements, and the blank space on both sides of the monument is used for engraving.

It is now reborn, like a blank sheet of paper, but in the future, one can imagine how many tragic and sad things will happen.

Every war in history has been fought with blood and bones shed.

However, thinking that this monument would only remember the woman's name in the future, the woman smiled and said, "We should defend our country and our homeland, so why should we fear death? Men can guard the borders and chop off the heads of the enemies, and so can we women. We are very strong!"

The word "strong" is also what the lady often mentions in recent years.

Therefore, none of the girls in Ning'an Building are thin. If anyone looks skinny, the lady will definitely have her given extra food and supplements, and will not stop until she gains ten pounds.

The lady said that women should be strong.

……

Xia Zhaoyi was packing clothes when Xu Yinjun walked over quickly from outside: "Boss."

Xia Zhaoyi turned to look at him and said, "Is it about the painter?"

Xu Yinjun frowned: "That person said that if we want to find Wen Baixi to paint, we can only go to Huzhou. He can't come to Hengxiang because he is lame and can't walk."

"Wen Baixi has difficulty walking?" Xia Zhaoyi had not expected this.

After a pause, Xia Zhaoyi said, "It's not easy to take the old man on the road either. He has an unpredictable temperament and there's no guarantee that something unexpected will happen on the road."

"Well, so, we can only go to Wenhe Building to pick people?"

"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi nodded, "I'll leave this to you. Choose a few painters with great skills, draw a few more, compare which one looks the most like the real thing, and then print it."

"Yes!"

After answering, Xu Yinjun thought for a moment and said, "Also, Kang Jian... He said he didn't want to see anyone from Yangliu Tower. He just saw injustice and didn't want to thank him." Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "If he doesn't want to see him, then he won't see him."

"But, strangely enough..."

"Hmm? What's so strange about that?"

"What about Yang Liulou?" Xu Yinjun frowned. "Boss, you are famous all over the world. You beat Li Ju and suppressed all the warlords. You are in power. How many people came to celebrate the recruitment of the Falcon Camp today? But Yang Liulou doesn't seem to take us seriously at all?"

"..."

"Right, boss?" Xu Yinjun asked again.

Xia Zhaoyi looked at him: "What?"

Seeing Xia Zhaoyi's expression as if he had eaten a fly, Xu Yinjun was suddenly startled and reacted.

He suddenly felt annoyed, pursed his lips and lowered his voice, saying with some shame: "Boss, I know that you have come to this day not because you want others to look up to you. I also know that others are neither humble nor arrogant, do not regard you as a new powerful person, and do not come to curry favor with you. This is the right thing to do... Those who come to celebrate with you without any relationship are the real weirdos. Don't worry, I have always remembered my original intention. How I treated people in the past is how Xu Yinjun treats people today. I said too much just now, but I said it behind closed doors. I won't say it outside."

Seeing him like this, Xia Zhaoyi's expression became gentle: "I didn't say anything, but you said a lot. Don't forget your original intention, these four words are absolutely right."

"But..." Xu Yinjun frowned, "Boss, I still think this Yangliu Tower is a little unusual."

Xia Zhaoyi said, "Before, because of the Kang Jian portrait incident, I had asked Qingque Pavilion to investigate them. It was the people from Qingque Pavilion who told me that they were looking for Kang Jian to thank him for saving their lives."

"Then, have you found out anything else about Yangliu Tower?"

Xia Zhaoyi shook his head: "Mr. Zhao said that Yangliu Tower is well organized and strictly guards against strangers, so outsiders cannot get in."

"Yes, that's why I think they are weird!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Who cares? There is no conflict or interaction between us. Just treat it as a chance encounter."

Thinking in this way, there is no problem, but Kang Jian still feels that Yangliu Tower is really weird.

At this time, Zhili came back quickly from outside: "Little Senior Sister, Little Senior Sister!!"

Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly, walked over and said, "Walk slowly, you've only been out of the wheelchair for a short time."

"Junior Sister, the old man just spoke!" Zhilixi said, "Guess what he said? He suddenly asked others if they knew Mr. Youjian!"

Xia Zhaoyi was quite surprised: "He knows Guo Guan?"

"Yes, I have confirmed it specifically. It is Guo Guan! He mentioned the academy on his own. I did not guide him."

"What did he say? What did he mention about Guo Guan?"

"I didn't say anything. I just asked if Mr. Youjian was dead. We said yes, he was dead. He said he knew who the murderer was, and if you bring him to see you, he would tell you the murderer's name. I thought, who is he threatening? Humph, so I chased him and asked him who the murderer was. Unexpectedly, he went crazy again..."

Xu Yinjun was shocked: "He went crazy again? Is he still crazy now?"

"No...Uncle Xia Zhi knocked him unconscious..."

"..." Xu Yinjun couldn't help but said, "His brain wasn't working well anymore, and he was knocked unconscious."

"There's nothing we can do. He said he wanted to bite his tongue and die in front of us!"

Xu Yinjun looked at Xia Zhaoyi: "Boss, this..."

Xia Zhaoyi said, "His brain is already so damaged, just knock him out, how can it get any worse?"

"..."

"Yes!" Zhili nodded, "Uncle Xia Zhi was right. We will keep a closer eye on him in the future. If he wants to hurt others, we will beat him to death!"

Xu Yinjun laughed and nodded: "Okay, okay!"