Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 73 The Fallen Empire, the Truth of Everything!

"This third Changsheng Travel Notes is also the last book about the Qin Dynasty that Changsheng left behind. He alone read the entire history of the rise and fall of the Qin Dynasty."

"All the answers you are looking for are in this article. It is more valuable than the previous two articles."

After Tianshu finished speaking, he slowly walked out.

Patriarch Lu did not stop him.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Just like that, I watched Tianshu leave quietly until I could no longer see his figure.

Taking it step by step, can you achieve immortality?

Patriarch Lu snorted coldly.

As the head of the Lu family, and also the head of one of the five surnames and seven families, he possesses tremendous power and has been a superior since childhood.

He was always the one giving orders to others, commanding others, and keeping others in suspense.

As a result, now

But....I am being led by the Big Dipper step by step.

They clearly knew everything, but they always told him bit by bit, saying it was for his own good. How was that good?
Patriarch Lu just felt that he was being teased.

In the three conversations with Tianshu, twice I always had a strong urge to order the Lu family to kill him.

Kill this person...who has been teasing him!

"Huh...Calm down. Everything is for longevity."

Patriarch Lu closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Keep convincing yourself that you still need help from others.

Soon, the emotions calmed down.

He did not open "The Journey of Changsheng" immediately, but was reviewing the conversation he had just had with Tianshu.

We just had a few words.

But the art of language is that sometimes just a few sentences can tell you a lot.

For example, the Tianshu just now,
When referring to the immortal, he was always addressed as "that person". Even when these two words were mentioned, the head of the Lu family could clearly sense that the other party's tone became slightly more respectful.

"Are they all afraid of him? Or is it just this Tianshu who is afraid of him?"

Patriarch Lu narrowed his eyes slightly.

On this question, he was more inclined to believe that they were all afraid of him.

There is no evidence, just the intuition of a head of a top family, that's all.

"That immortal...what methods does he have that makes these people so afraid of him?"

Patriarch Lu's eyes narrowed even more.

He often opened the first and second chapters of [Travels of Changsheng] and read them again and again.

But how do you see it?
The immortal with the surname "Qin" always has a gentle and elegant image.

On the way, there was a person who went to destroy the enemy gang, but that was still within the scope of human beings and at most he could only fight a little.

If he can beat ten people, can he beat a hundred people?

The Fanyang Lu family is the most prominent family in the world, so it would be easy for them to recruit a hundred thugs, or even a thousand of them at any time.

"He... must have other abilities that I don't know about. It is that ability or those abilities that make these seven mysterious people so afraid of him."

The head of the Lu family came to this conclusion.

Shaking his head, he didn't think about it anymore.

I started to open the third chapter [Journey of Changsheng], which is also the last record in Daqin.

Of course, that person may have other records, but in Qixing's hands, this is the last one.

With a solemn mood, he slowly opened it.

[On August 8, the child's child was born. Hmm... it's a bit awkward to say this, so I'll just call the child "he" from now on.]

[Today, he came to me with a happy face and asked me what name to give the child. I named him Fusu, and he... agreed. He smiled happily, and I could see that he was really happy, which he hadn't felt in all these years.]

[How long has it been since he laughed like this? The birth of that child may bring some light to his dark life.]

[He...Looking closely, he has also aged. His smile today is clearly as cheerful as when he was a child, but I can see the passage of time and the vicissitudes of his face from his face.]

[After all, time did not spare him, but it spared me, so that I still look like my youth. Sometimes he even went out incognito and I followed him. We walked side by side, and many people still thought I was his junior.]

[This… is a headache, hahahaha, a headache! Being told that I’m younger, is this good or bad? I can’t really tell.]

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[August 8th, these days, he has been accompanying Fusu. Fusu's birth really brought him a different view. He became optimistic and more humane.]

[Thinking carefully, when that little brat was born, I also felt very strange. It was my first time being a father, and that feeling… well, how can I put it? I can’t explain it. Anyway, at that time, it seemed that the only thing in my eyes was the son in my arms. ]

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[September 9th, I have a headache today! What a fool! Fusu brought the little guy to me just after his full-month celebration and asked me to accept him as my student.]

[Because he was afraid that I wouldn’t agree, he bribed Wen Yu [eldest son] in advance. He has given that brat a lot of things these days. He….hey, for Fusu, he has been thoughtful.]

[I just don't know if I can really do it? Can I... change Fusu's future? ]

[Forget it, I don't want to think about it. Anyway, I'm accepting Fusu as my disciple today, and I'll also let that brat Wenyu become my disciple. This way, Fusu and Wenyu will all be brothers from the same school.]

[How should I put it? I always... always feel something is weird. I am Wen Yu's father, and I accepted him as my apprentice. This... feels like the seniority is messed up.]

[Forget it, never mind. We are from the future, where seniority is not so serious. Let's just follow the way it was back then, do what we want, and follow our circumstances.]

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[On February 2, Fusu turned three years old. Today I also tried to find out which school he leaned towards: Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism…]

[Perhaps it is my strange body that gives me strange abilities. Anyway, I have read all the schools of thought, and I deliberately put Confucianism's psychology at the end because I want to try to change Fusu.]

[Among them, the Legalists were placed at the front. He admired the Legalists. I also wanted his son to choose the Legalists, but... Fusu skipped it directly.]

[Not only Legalism, but also Mohism, Yin-Yang School... I watched him go through them all until he finally chose Confucianism.]

[I asked Fusu why he chose Confucianism, and he just babbled, "I like it."]

[Is this fate? Even if he was left to the last, he still chose it. Is it really hard to defy fate? ]

[Sometimes, I also know that many remarks are perfunctory to the world, such as hard work will definitely bring rewards, but in fact, many times hard work does not bring rewards, you have to work hard in the right direction. ]

[What later generations say to the outside world may not necessarily be the truth, but it is definitely to stabilize social order, and the Mandate of Heaven is not enough to stabilize society.]

[It exists, I firmly believe it. But I will try to fight it and let Daqin take a different path. ]

[The Qin Dynasty began to change with Fusu, and all the key points were in him.]

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[On May 5, Fusu turned eight years old. And I was sure... it was useless, useless, everything was useless. ]

[No matter what method I use, I cannot change Fusu's love for Confucianism. For a while, I forbad him to study Confucianism. He even learned to lie slightly. He said he would not study, but secretly he was reading Confucianism.]

[His love for Confucianism reached a point that I couldn't understand. Several times I gave up trying to change Fusu and went directly to find the child to tell him about the future of the Qin Dynasty, but... every time at this time, there was always a voice in my heart stopping me, I couldn't go, I couldn't go...]

[I know that voice. It is my voice. It is younger and more powerful. It seems to be...living in the era before the Shang Dynasty.]

[In other words, when I woke up in the Shang Dynasty, I lost a part of my memory. In fact, I already existed before the Shang Dynasty. Especially in the years I have lived in Daqin, I am more convinced of this.]

[But I have forgotten that period of history. I often wonder what kind of world the Great Xia before the Shang Dynasty was like.]

[I am sure I have been there, but I have forgotten.]

[And now, the voice that belongs to me from that era is stopping me from telling people that the Qin Dynasty will fall. Obviously, the me in the past understood my body, its changes, and my cognition of the world better than the me now.]

[I should believe in myself, but... do I really want to watch the Qin Dynasty fall? ]

[I watched it grow and mature, and also saw the once dilapidated Xianyang City turn into the prosperous and flourishing one it is today. How beautiful it all is.]

[No one believes that it is about to perish, and no one believes it, except me... I know its future. This feeling of knowing its tragic future but having to hide it in my heart is so... heavy.]

[I...I will continue to work hard, and use my own methods to try to push Daqin forward a little further. Although it may still be unable to avoid destruction, I still want to try, even if it can only allow it to survive for a while longer.]

[At least, let it survive until... my friends and children can live happily in this life. ]

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[July 7th, I failed. I failed completely.]

[I am an immortal, but for now I am just an immortal. Apart from immortality and some abilities, I am no different from other ordinary people.]

[I know there is power in my body, extraordinary power, but I can't trigger it. Maybe as I live longer, I can touch it.]

[Because I have begun to understand it, but as time goes by, I gradually understand that time seems to be a kind of imprisonment for me, and as time goes by, this imprisonment will become weaker and weaker until I break free.]

[By then, I will know the truth and why... my former self set up such shackles. Yes, all of this was imprisoned by my former self. Is he protecting me now? Or... doesn't want me to know too much?]

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[On August 8, Fusu's teaching was a complete failure. His love for Confucianism was like it was engraved in his bones, far beyond my ability to misinterpret.]

[I couldn't change him, nor could I find Hu Hai, so I asked Wen Yu and the others to carry on my legacy and protect Da Qin.]

[They shouldn't exist in this era. It's my fault that they exist. They are variables. Maybe... they can change the situation. We can only... place our hopes on them.]

[There are many things I want to do, but I am too tired. I just want to sleep.]

[Compared to the last time when Shang Chao was killed, this time when I slept I could clearly know that I would be able to wake up in the future.]

[As time goes by, I will learn more and more information. In other words, I will become stronger and stronger, and... more omniscient, and closer to myself when I was in the Xia Dynasty.]

[I'm going to sleep now. This is irreversible. But I'm worried about Yaoyao, Fusu and the others...]

[People often say that immortality is sometimes a curse. I feel it now. Maybe I will get used to it in the future, but I am not used to it now.]

[During the Shang Dynasty, I had no ties except for Master Wen and King Zhou. I was dead if I died.]

[But now in Daqin, many people regard it as hope. Yesterday, a kid from the academy came to me and said that he wanted to be my bodyguard in the future and that he would keep working hard for this goal.]

[I… I don’t know how to answer, especially when I see the expectant light in that child’s eyes, I… I don’t know what to do? I suddenly feel very confused. Also, yesterday Yaoyao asked me to catch butterflies, and I accompanied her to catch them for a long time, and the little one was very happy.]

[But I, I have to leave... I am too sleepy, and when I wake up again, I will not be able to see them again. In other words, this is a long sleep, which is equivalent to my long sleep of death for them.]

[Yaoyao…Yaoyao is still so young, but I feel like she was born yesterday. She cries when someone else holds her, but smiles when I hold her. She depends on me so much, but I am already thinking about leaving.]

[And that kid, Ying Zheng. Yesterday...Yesterday he told me a lot of things. He said he dreamed that I was gone. When he woke up he was covered in cold sweat and realized it was a dream.]

[But I wanted to say at that time that it was not a dream….]

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[On August 8, after three years, I finally made everyone familiar with me accept the fact that I was leaving. Of course, except for Yaoyao.]

[Today is the day I fell into a deep sleep. That kid spent three years building a very complete ancient tomb for me. He was very careful and was afraid that I would be bullied by future generations after I woke up, so he put a lot of things and warnings in it, warning those people that I was the former emperor's teacher of the Great Qin Dynasty.]

[He...he, this really makes me laugh and cry. The helpless child in the past is now worried that I, who once protected him, will be bullied in the future. This is impossible no matter how you look at it.]

【But after all, the child had given his advice out of good intentions, so I gladly accepted it. 】

[And I saw the scene before we parted at the ancient tomb. I saw it clearly.]

[The reluctance, attachment, and melancholy in their eyes... and of course the heartless smile of that little fool Yaoyao. ]

[In fact, what I am most worried about is the little girl Yaoyao and that child. Yaoyao is my youngest child. She has lost her father before she grew up. This is bad news for her and it is also my dereliction of duty. I feel guilty towards her.]

[That child, Ying Zheng. I… I read his beautiful descriptions of the Qin Dynasty. When I read those descriptions, I often felt extremely bitter because I knew that those were impossible to achieve.]

[I feel guilty about telling him all this.]

[That day, I felt like a sinner. Before entering the ancient tomb, I looked at them and vaguely saw an empire, an empire that was about to fall.]

[Daqin will not survive for much longer. I... I am a sinner. I knew everything, but I was unable to change the status quo. I... maybe I have brought shame to the immortals? If there are other immortals in the world. ]

[Huh… Anyway, Ying Zheng, Fusu, Yaoyao… Goodbye. If we meet again, I will bring the things you once liked and pay homage to your graves.]

[Daqin, goodbye. This... the child I watched grow up...]

[When I wake up again, it may be the Han Dynasty. The long night of Qin, before falling asleep in the ancient tomb. 】

This is the end of the third chapter [Journey of Changsheng].

This is also the last part of the trilogy.

Patriarch Lu slowly closed [Journey to Immortality], his eyes flickering.

This is the end.

An immortal named "Qin Changye" has come to the end of his journey in the Qin Dynasty.

He had watched the Qin Dynasty prosper step by step, and he had also watched the Qin Dynasty decline step by step.

He witnessed it, witnessed it with his own eyes.

The history of the rise and fall of the Qin Dynasty.

At the same time, he also sent away all the people he once knew.

"Is this the loneliness of the immortals?"

Patriarch Lu sighed: "Perhaps immortality has disadvantages, but for me now, it has only advantages."

"Changsheng, I will not give up."

The three "Travels of Changsheng" are full of regrets.

It is also regrettable everywhere.

But Patriarch Lu will not give up the pursuit.

Not only will he not give up, if the world were given the choice, not many people would choose to give up.

Even though they know that the price of immortality may be loneliness, they will not give up. Only after truly experiencing a hundred years of solitude or a thousand years of solitude will many people who have chosen immortality think it is a curse.

They want to die.

Only those who have experienced it would have such thoughts, because they have experienced it.

It is impossible to give up immortality if you have not experienced it.

This matter is like a beautiful woman and an ugly woman. The beautiful woman is not good at housework, so you will suffer if you take her, but you will enjoy if you take the ugly woman.

Most people would still choose to marry a beautiful woman.

Only after they have truly experienced it for a period of time and realized the bad sides of beautiful women will they give up.

The same is true for longevity.

This is also due to human genes.

people….
Although they are different, many people are actually very similar.

The same goes for liking women, having to eat three meals a day, and pursuing beautiful things…
It's all genetic choice.

"Oh, that person... the immortal, can actually predict the future."

"He not only knew about Fusu's death and the fall of the Qin Dynasty, but he even knew about the Han Dynasty."

Patriarch Lu took a deep breath.

This was the first time in his long life that he had known such a horrifying thing.

Knowing the future, how incredible is that?

But whether this person has achieved immortality or not, it is not unacceptable if he knows the future.

"If he can know the future, can he know... my passion for immortality? And my burning desire to find him?"

Patriarch Lu said thoughtfully, "He can know the future, so he must know what I want, but she didn't come to find me. Did I die before I could find him in the future? Or does he not want to see me?"

"Or is it because of the description of destiny in his records that he won't come to see me?"

The head of the Lu family's thinking became more open.

But regarding time, the more I think about it, the more headache I get.

"I really can't figure it out. I can only wait until next time when Tianshu brings other information."

"And if I'm not mistaken, the next time... it will be the information about the immortal waking up in the Han Dynasty."

"I just don't know in which era he will wake up, Emperor Wen of Han? Emperor Jing of Han? Emperor Wu of Han? Or... Eastern Han, Emperor Xian of Han?"

Patriarch Lu was a little curious.

As he began to ponder further,
At this moment, the voice of the eldest son Lu Ning was heard.

"Dad, according to your order, I have found representatives of various family heads for you!"

The sound came from far away and soon Lu Ning walked in.

Followed by.

There were also other representatives from the Five Surnames and Seven Families. In total, two family heads arrived in person, and the other four families came with representatives.

And these two family heads.

He is the previous head of the family, only slightly younger than the Lu family head. He has now abdicated and is in retirement.

Now, none of the six contemporary family heads have arrived.

This is not because they do not value the head of the Lu family, but because of the tacit understanding among their five surnames and seven families.

The struggle with Li Jiajilang becomes more and more full of contradictions.

Considering how decisively and quickly Li Jia Erlang attacked Xuanwu Gate, if they gathered together, they might be able to encircle and suppress them.

These family heads see through many people in the world, but they cannot see through Erlang of the Li family.

Don't say it's them.

At that time, Xuanwu Gate
Even the retired emperor Li Yuan could not see that Li Shimin was so decisive, and no one could guess what Li Shimin was thinking.

This is the tacit consent of the heads of the five surnames and seven clans.

and so.

Now he has intense conflicts with Li Shimin.

If they gather together, they can easily be wiped out.

They dare not gather together.

"Master Lu, our Zhaojun Li family has arrived. Do you have anything to tell me? It's so urgent."

The representative of the Zhaojun Li family was a young man who spoke quickly.

Young people are always like this.

Whether in later generations or ancient times, people always emphasize speaking out promptly and decisively, without being influenced by the polite greetings of the older generation.

Patriarch Lu also recognized this young man and his decisiveness, so he smiled and said, "I came to you today to ask for a favor."

"A favor?" The Qinghe Cui family representative was stunned: "Master Lu, even your Lu family needs help from others?"

"If I remember correctly, the last time your Lu family asked for help from other families was ten years ago, and that time was the Xuanwu Gate Incident."

The words fell,

Boss Luning frowned immediately.

Damn!

The old man would do anything to achieve immortality.

He appeared calm on the surface, but he was roaring in his heart.

now.

Patriarch Lu smiled and said, "See, it's not very useful. I'm afraid I won't get any specific information in my limited life, so I can only ask for help from the various families."

"It's like this. I want to know about the recent and future movements of Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang."

"As you all know, Li Jia Erlang has been very protective of these two princesses. With the intelligence from the Fanyang Lu family, it is difficult to follow them closely."

"So, we need the help of all the families."

The representative of the Qinghe Cui clan raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Lu, I have never heard you mention the names of Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang before. Now you mention both of them at once. Is there something important happening?"

The representatives of the other five families were also confused and looked at the head of the Lu family.

Patriarch Lu still smiled and said, "It's nothing important, just some small things of the old man, or maybe it's... wishful thinking."

"I don't have much time left to live, so why don't you help me? Maybe it's the last favor."

The head of the Lu family started to show his favor.

The representatives of the six major families all knew the head of the Lu family, who was a man who rose early to greet people. They had never heard the head of the Lu family mention Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang before.

Now suddenly mentioned,

That must be... the two princesses have something very important on them, so Patriarch Lu would not hesitate to ask them for help.

They all took note of this matter and planned to have a good talk with the head of the family after returning.

"No problem, Master Lu."

"Correct."

"Yes, on behalf of the Zhaojun Li family, I agree to do this favor."

"..."

The representatives of the six major families all had their own plans in mind, but they all agreed on the surface.

Although they are only representatives, those who are chosen as representatives are all important figures in their respective families.

They arrived here,

In fact, it is more like the head of the family coming in person.

Can decide many important matters.

Only when one is unable to make a decision on a really important matter will one return to discuss it with the head of the family.

And what the head of the Lu family did was merely surveillance, and it wasn't the second son of the Li family, but just two little princesses, which was not a big deal.

After some more greetings, representatives from the six families began to leave one after another.

After they've left,

Patriarch Lu said to Lu Ning, "Ning'er, Xianyong said that Princess Changle will attend a poetry gathering in two days?"

Lu Ning was slightly surprised: "This... Dad, did Xianyong even tell you about this?"

Patriarch Lu smiled and said, "I asked him to pay attention to everything about Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang. I need to know it first. He is just following orders."

Lu Ning suddenly realized: "I see, then, Dad, indeed...Princess Changle will attend the poetry meeting in two days, do you have any instructions?"

Patriarch Lu thought for a moment and said, "Watch Princess Changle carefully to see if she is acting out of her normal self."

"Yes!" Lu Ning nodded, and then seemed to think of something, and said with wide eyes: "Dad, speaking of this, there is indeed something strange about Princess Changle."

"Oh?" Patriarch Lu raised his eyebrows slightly.

Lu Ning took a deep breath and said, "It's like this. Princess Changle has been seriously ill recently. She is almost terminally ill and it is difficult for her to come down and walk."

"But today, she has to attend a poetry reading, which is much more difficult than walking. How come she... suddenly got better?"

This is also what confuses Lu Ning.

He didn't find out why Princess Changle got better.

As for what some people below said, it might be because the old man was talking about... it was the immortal who saved Princess Changle.

He didn't take this speculation seriously.

Because in his eyes, immortals are illusory and cannot exist!

Something that does not exist, let alone saving Princess Changle.

and so.

This matter has become a mystery.

"Yeah, why did it suddenly get better?"

Patriarch Lu smiled faintly.

He wasn't too surprised.

From the moment I learned that the immortal had risen, I no longer found this incredible, especially after reading the third chapter of [The Journey of Immortality] tonight, it was even less incredible.

The immortal named "Qin Changye" is omniscient and extremely powerful.

And according to his own records, as time goes by, he will remember more and become more powerful.

Now, nearly a thousand years have passed since the pre-Qin era.

I don’t know how powerful he is.

In the imagination of Patriarch Lu, Qin Changye was like a wild beast that would choose its prey before it devours.

This beast is omnipotent, so saving a terminally ill person seems quite ordinary to him.

Patriarch Lu was surprised when he found out that he couldn't be saved.

….….….….….….
Two days later,
The annual poetry festival in Chang'an City arrived as scheduled.

Due to the participation of Princess Changle, Lu Ning once again expanded the venue of the poetry meeting and sent out invitations to invite more people.

There is Cheng Chumo from Cheng Yaojin's family, the son from Li Jing's family, the son from Fang Xuanling's family...
As for the aristocratic families, there were many more visitors than in previous years.

It can be said,
This poetry reading, both in terms of venue and number of participants, was much more grand than previous years or even the years before that.

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(End of this chapter)