The disaster of the world begins with Dongfang Bubai

Chapter 66 Enjoying Solitude
"Kander, do you know what is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"If your majesty does not believe it, you can send someone to investigate my hometown."

Seeing that Xi Mingzhang's words were so certain, Emperor Wen's slight doubts gradually dissipated, and he could not help but sigh:
"I didn't expect you to have such an experience at such a young age, I..." He paused, not knowing what to say.

There is no trait in his heart that would harm the master, because he is a person with great luck and destiny, and he is the only one who can kill others.

Furthermore, Cui You is alive and well now, so he would never think about it in this way. Instead, he feels pity for him because his adopted son Ling Buyi also had a difficult childhood.

Emperor Wen pondered for a while and said:

"Maybe you were just unlucky before. If you were married and had children, this wouldn't be the case."

Xi Mingzhang looked calm:
"Your Majesty, you are doomed to be alone. You will suffer from the fate of being alone. Your relatives will be hurt, and you will be lonely."

"I beg Your Majesty to speak to those wealthy families on my behalf, otherwise it will implicate others and make me more guilty."

"Forget it, I'll do as you say. I'll help you find someone later to see if he can help you escape the fate of being doomed to be alone." Emperor Wen had no choice but to agree.

half a month later.

On this day, it was Madam Wan’s birthday and many guests gathered at the Wan Mansion.

In the front hall, Wan Songbai led a girl with hairpins and rings all over her head, who looked bold and carefree, to welcome the guests who came to celebrate the birthday.

As soon as he saw a couple coming with their children, he immediately bowed with a smile on his face:

"My dear brother, my wife."

"Congratulations, Brother Wan. I heard that the emperor has canonized the old lady as the Lady of the County. Today is a double happiness." Cheng Shi congratulated sincerely.

"As a child, we work hard all our lives to bring honor to our family. Now that my mother has been canonized by the emperor, I feel it is more glorious than my own promotion." After Wan Songbai finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh.

He suddenly saw a familiar figure approaching, and immediately smiled:
"Kander, I thought you were a quiet person and would only send gifts, but I didn't expect you to come as expected. Now that you are here, my house looks even more glorious and splendid."

"General, you are getting better and better at complimenting people nowadays. Actually, I have always been thick-skinned. You can just say that I look great and make people envious."

After these words were spoken, the young people around him couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You, I haven't seen you for a long time, you seem to be much more humorous." Wan Songbai pointed at Xi Mingzhang.

"Captain Cheng, I was busy with official duties some time ago and was unable to come to your house to congratulate you. Please forgive me." Xi Mingzhang bowed to Cheng Shi.

"General Xi, you are too polite. It is of course because of official business. Besides, you also sent someone to send a generous gift. How can it be impolite?" Cheng Shi hurriedly returned the greeting.

"Kander, let me introduce you to someone." Wan Songbai started with the girl next to him:
"This is my youngest daughter Qiqi, and this is Brother Cheng's wife, Madam Xiao Yuanyi, second son Cheng Song, third son Cheng Shaogong, and youngest daughter Cheng Shaoshang."

Suddenly, a tall, graceful woman in her thirties bowed and said:
"Meet General Xi."

Afterwards, the rest of the people also bowed.

"Although I am on good terms with your fathers, I am still young and in the prime of my life. Let's just talk about our own affairs. You can just call me Brother." Xi Mingzhang looked at Wan Songbai again:

"General, I won't go into the hall. Once I go in, I'm afraid no one will dare to get within three feet of me. So I'll just walk around the courtyard alone."

When Wan Songbai heard this, he seemed to remember something immediately and couldn't help but sigh:
"Alas, there are many people in the capital who believe everything they hear and follow the crowd. How could it be that wherever Kander goes, disasters will happen frequently? The saying that he is specifically targeting relatives and friends is all nonsense. Now Lord Cui and Wan are both fine, so you must not take it seriously."

Xi Mingzhang smiled faintly:
"Who made me live to this day? I really have no relatives. The Tian Family Restaurant where the Lantern Festival is held has been confiscated."

"The world was in turmoil at the time and had not yet been completely stabilized. I don't know how many people were affected. How can you blame it all on you? Besides, the Tian Family Restaurant was originally opened by a traitor, so you can't be blamed on it either." "Kande understands. General, there is no need to say more. I am also used to being alone, so I will go to the courtyard for a stroll first."

"Then I'll let him." Wan Songbai was just about to ask his daughter to receive the guests, but he couldn't help but feel a little scared when he thought of the increasingly serious rumors of wife-killing in the capital.

"You're welcome, General."

Xi Mingzhang naturally saw something, waved his hand, and walked towards the courtyard.

"Sister Qiqi, what's going on here? Why do you and Uncle Wan have such strange expressions?" Cheng Shaoshang walked over and asked curiously.

"You don't know yet?" Wan Qiqi explained in a low voice:

"On the night of the Lantern Festival, the noble ladies of the capital city just found out that the famous Ghost-faced Rakshasa was actually a handsome man with a face as white as cream and eyes as black as ink, who looked like a god."

"So in the following days, I lowered the threshold of his mansion by three inches, and handed out countless visiting cards and invitations, just to get closer to him."

"But for some reason, this person has not responded. Every day he is either in the palace or back home and does not see guests."

"Some noble ladies persuaded their elders to submit the invitation again. However, it didn't take long for word to spread in the capital that General Xi was doomed to fail his father, mother, wife, sons, and friends."

"So is this just a rumor, or is it true?" Cheng Shaoshang asked with great curiosity.

Wan Qiqi thought for a moment and said:

"It's half true and half false. I don't think it's that exaggerated, because he is the only one left in the family now."

Xiao Yuanyi, who was standing by, saw her restless little daughter whispering to Wan Qiqi, so she immediately came over and said in a gentle tone:
"Don't cause me any trouble."

Then, he and Cheng Shi walked into the lobby.

the other side.

In the courtyard, Xi Mingzhang was looking at the surrounding waterside pavilions, towers, and carved railings and jade bricks, when he saw Ling Buyi walking towards him.

"General Ling, I didn't expect you to come to Wan Mansion to celebrate his birthday." Ling Buyi answered the question irrelevantly and looked at Xi Mingzhang with a strange look:
"So the way you said to make people stay away is to throw dirty water on yourself."

"I'm just telling the truth. Now it seems that the effect is not bad." Xi Mingzhang smiled faintly.

"So, you really plan to live alone for the rest of your life?" Ling Buyi asked.

Xi Mingzhang was speechless and asked:
"People who have seen the cruelty of the world, no longer have any illusions about it, and only want to rely on themselves, do they need the so-called day and night together, growing old together?"

Ling Buyi didn't know what he was thinking of, and asked:

"Don't you feel lonely? Don't you want to find someone to open your heart to?"

Xi Mingzhang said leisurely:

“Only those who have experienced excitement know what loneliness is, but few people know that the ultimate loneliness is enjoyment.”

"Besides, loneliness is the norm in life. All the decadence in life will be repaid with loneliness."

"So, for me, people don't necessarily need company, and no one can always be by your side, including family and friends. It's right to enjoy solitude."

(End of this chapter)