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Chapter 493 Another Peaceful Day (asking for monthly tickets)
The evil spirit of the military strategists rushed to the sky and almost stirred up the territory of the State of Chen. Strange celestial phenomena appeared. Some people sighed and lamented that this was the reason why strange phenomena would occur when a country was about to perish.

But anyone who dares to say such words will be stopped by others.

He widened his eyes and cursed.

Are you dying?!

On this day, the King of Qin led his army and, according to the information provided by Chen Tianyi, galloped at high speed along the foundation of the State of Chen towards the capital of the State of Chen. Along the way, he saw places for supplies and beacon fortresses.

Thinking back to those days, the people were majestic and proud, and Chen Wu and his thousands of horses passed by.

The means that Emperor Wu of Chen used to establish the Chen Kingdom's hegemony have now become the ropeway that leads to the Chen Kingdom's demise. Originally, there were some second-line troops stationed nearby for garrison and maintenance, but because of changes on the front line, even the troops here were pulled forward to support the front.

The King of Qin's cavalry galloped in the snow.

Duan Qingyu raised his eyes and saw that the sky and the earth were dark. The sound of the war horses' hooves seemed to be absorbed by the unusual snowfall, and did not create the momentum of the past like a wave of thunder.

Yue Qianfeng is right next to us.

The King of the Southwest took a deep breath and felt the cold, chilly air rushing into his lungs. He still felt dazed and unbelievable.

This is the heartland of the State of Chen, not far from its capital.

Looking around, the State of Chen was everywhere, and they were like a sharp sword that pierced into the vital points of the State of Chen, galloping back and forth in this place without any hindrance.

The auspicious eagle in the sky flapped its wings and flew across the vast sky at a speed only inferior to that of the ancient red dragon. With the assistance of the auspicious eagle acting as a scout, this heavy cavalry flew across the territory of the State of Chen like a ghost.

Even though they encountered a small patrolling army on the way, the dozen or so rangers, seeing the surging army that looked almost like a torrent, had no intention of fighting at all.

In fact, these rangers didn't even get to see the King of Qin's base camp.

It had already been captured by the vanguard camp of this cavalry corps.

No matter how familiar they are with the roads here, no matter how empty the rear is, it is impossible for such a large army to move forward at high speed. But it doesn't matter. With such a large country and such a vast territory, the transmission of intelligence is a problem.

Just kill or capture anyone who finds their trace.

That's the perfect stealth raid!

Grasp the key.

The key is not to not reveal any movement or sound, but that the information here is not passed on and known by people in other places.

A strange bird, representing the transmission of important intelligence for the entire State of Chen, flapped its wings in the air. Its tail and feathers were painted red, representing extremely urgent military intelligence. Anyone who dared to intercept it would directly bring about retaliation at the national level.

This strange bird flies so fast that ordinary warriors cannot catch up with it. Even the most elite cavalrymen, riding their horses and galloping day and night, cannot catch up with the bird's feathers and cannot see its gorgeous tail feathers.

The bird turned into a shadow and avoided Duan Qingyu's arrow.

But the next moment, it could not be seen by the naked eye.

As soon as the sound of breaking through the air was heard, the strange bird that flew out with the information that [a large number of cavalry was attacking] suddenly fell to the ground, bleeding profusely. Upon closer inspection, the head of the strange bird had disappeared.

The cavalry scout looked desperate.

After the movement of the large cavalry and the King of Qin's surprise attack were discovered, they made a quick judgment before the front line came into contact, then wrote down the intelligence and passed it on immediately. However, the bird was torn apart before it could fly out.

There was a huge crowd ahead, in a silent and murderous atmosphere. They were the Black Armor Army, the Wudang Flying Army, and part of the Qilin Army's mixed heavy cavalry. This large army dispersed silently, and the king riding on a dragon horse came out calmly.

With a long cry, an extremely huge eagle landed, biting the head of the strange bird in its mouth. It was it that had just killed the strange bird at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, almost like a high-speed beheading.

In front of the scouts, he ate the expensive exotic bird's head.

The golden eyes carried a kind of unruly, vast indifference.

But it fell submissively on the arms of a man who was wearing ink-colored armor, his cloak slightly fluttering in the wind and snow, with thousands of troops lined up behind him.

The terrifying oppression almost drives people to despair.

The cavalry scouts of the State of Chen still held their weapons, standing back to back, forming a fighting posture of groups of five: two sword and shield men, a main sergeant, a crossbowman, and a spearman. This was a configuration that had been tested in actual combat during the three hundred years of chaos.

However, this is a well-trained and tough five-member team.

They were facing a heavy cavalry corps led by the second most powerful general in the world, Half-Step Legend.

It's so despairing that people don't even have the courage to commit suicide.

It was dark and dense, and I didn't know whether it was the wind and clouds stirred up by the cloak or the inky clouds hanging from the sky. The King of Qin looked at them and said, "It's good that you can find our traces in advance."

The scout took a deep breath and replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:
"Learn from General Lu of our Great Chen."

He did not say which General Lu it was.

But under such circumstances, there would be no second General Lu worthy of special mention.

The King of Qin looked at the weathered scout, saw his beard and bloodshot eyes, and sighed, "Lu Youxian, such a city defender, although he is an opponent, he is also a difficult opponent."

"Disarm them and carry them on spare horses."

The King of Qin did not kill them, which made the scouts feel unbelievable and dazed. However, when the King of Qin, who was wearing black armor, pulled the reins and let the eight-foot-high dragon horse move forward, the scout captain sat there in a daze and heard a peaceful greeting:
"Long time no see, how are you, Sergeant?"

The elite and skilled scout captain was stunned. He raised his head and saw the King of Qin with his hair tied up with a jade hairpin, smiling and nodding with a calm look. However, in a trance, he seemed to recognize the profile of the King.

That was nearly seven years ago.

At that time, Yue Qianfeng attacked the city, and General Lu Youxian ordered the city to be closed on all sides. At that time, there were still civilians outside, and there were also some criminals. Inside the city, Master Wang Tong, who had come from Zhongzhou to study, was accepting disciples, so there was a meeting of civil and military affairs.

Many young men from aristocratic families gathered there, discussing their ambitions. Beautiful girls smiled, shielding their faces with feather fans, and just watched the scenes with smiles on their faces.

Also at the same time.

Yue Qianfeng led a group of fugitives to attack the city. All the young men from noble families were heading inside, except for a young man about thirteen or fourteen years old riding a horse. He dared to rush outside, saying that he was a ninth-rank military official of the State of Chen and wanted the gate to be opened.

At that time, he was just a soldier guarding the city. He mistakenly thought that he was doing this for the purpose of the young military official. At that time, he was still young and full of passion, and he shouted loudly:
"My Lord, are you going out to intercept?"

"A heavy sword is not good in a horse fight."

"Please take the gun."

At that time, he raised his hand and threw the gun in his hand away. The young man who rushed out raised his hand and grasped the standard long spear of the Chen State. Following the charge of the horse, he raised his hand and threw it. The long spear came with the wind and pierced a prisoner with a scar on his cheek.

The prisoner was preparing to attack a gentle old man.

At that time, the gentle and elegant old man raised his eyes and smiled, as if looking at himself.

The founder of Taoism is Wenyuan.

The story seemed to begin to spin.

The soldiers defending the city who were full of passion at that time have now become unshaven guerrilla scouts who have been excluded. Time is so cruel. The scout captain opened his mouth and the weapon in his hand fell to the ground. He didn't know how to address the person in front of him.

I don't know what to say, I don't know what kind of mood I should be in, watching the young Wu Sanguan who broke out of the city defense that day, and came back again in this manner seven years later. But after a long, long time, he closed his eyes and said:

"Things change all the time, sir."

"It's just, trying to live."

The King of Qin replied: "Yes."

"Nothing lasts forever."

These four words express many emotions in troubled times.

This large army set out from the Red Dragon Secret Realm and arrived at a road for recuperation and supplies. After all, it was such a large army that they were discovered several times. Almost all of the people who discovered their tracks were the captains under Lu Youxian's command.

But alas, they were all taken down.

Looking from afar, it seemed that the shadow of the city of Chen could already be seen in the sky at that time. The King of Qin smiled and said, "I am very familiar with the road here."

Duan Qingyu asked: "Have you done any research and preparation before?"

The King of Qin raised his eyebrows and replied, "If you say so, there is nothing wrong with it. However, my investigation and preparation were too early. About six years ago, I committed a big crime in the State of Chen."

"They probably broke into the palace of Chen State, killed the prime minister of Chen State, and took away General Yue and Qilin from prison..."

"At that time, a small group of Chen Guo's second-line troops were chasing me."

"I crossed the river back and forth in Chen State, and then left them behind and headed north to Zhenbei City. That year, I was a wandering knight for a long time."

While the heavy cavalrymen were resting, changing horses, sharpening their swords, and eating, the King of Qin grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into the mouth of his mount. His eyes were calm, and when he talked about the past, he just smiled and said, "It was quite interesting."

"Who would have thought that the experience of being hunted down in his youth would become the confidence to accurately enter the territory of Chen State at this time? Hahahaha, things in this world, cause and effect, every little thing, can sometimes be very subtle."

The King of Qin looked at the sky in the distance.

In a canyon garrison near Guanyi City and Jiangzhou City, they lay dormant for the time being, ready to wait until the sun sets and everyone is asleep, a time when everyone's vigilance is at its lowest.

A short dash through the city.

........................

At this time, there were still five days left before the King of Qin's coming-of-age ceremony.

In Jiangzhou City, the capital of the State of Chen, the order of the Right Prime Minister Feng Yuning was carried out. Three million taels of silver were taken out from the Right Prime Minister's treasury and handed over to the Right Prime Minister's trusted steward, who accepted the Right Prime Minister's order.

As he looked at the silver that had been counted and stacked, a look of struggle appeared on his face.

He took out one third of the silver. This scene frightened his wife. She turned pale and pulled his sleeve, saying, "Boss, what are you going to do? This was given to you by the Prime Minister. You, you..."

The chief steward Lao Ruying struggled and said, "Yes, but this is also our lives!"

His wife froze in fear: "W-what?!"

Lao Ruying said: "Now the world has changed drastically, and General Yue's army is surging. Our prime minister is smart and decisive. He has already sent all the money he earned from selling his life to him. It's several million taels. Even if he can no longer be the prime minister under the King of Qin, he is still very rich!"

"But what about us? What about us!"

Lao Ruying's face was a little grim: "I have been working like a slave for him since I was young. I have always served the Prime Minister well, but the Prime Minister only cares about his own affairs at this time and has never considered us."

"When he went there, he was rich and prosperous, with everything he wanted."

"But what about us?"

"We may not survive."

"W-what? Boss, don't scare me!"

Lao Liu's face turned pale. Lao Ruying said, "I'm not trying to scare you. If the Prime Minister wants to go, he must go there with a clean record and in peace and stability, with the status and bearing of a famous scholar in the world."

"I have done too many errands for the Prime Minister."

"I know there are too many things about the Prime Minister that cannot be known by others. If the Prime Minister wants to be rich and prosperous, we cannot live."

"For now, we can't care about the prime minister or the master and servant!" "If a man doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!"

Lao Ruying's expression twisted: "If you don't take the money now, when will you take the money?!"

Lao Liu said, "Do you want to take one million taels of silver?!"

Lao Ruying said: "No."

He said: "This one million taels is what is given away!"

"With these two million taels, the world is so big, there is no place we can't go. We can go far away from here and find a quiet place. Then, we can hire some people. Then, we can be masters too!"

One million taels were handed over.

Lao Ruying went to arrange the remaining two matters for the Prime Minister.

One thing was to dismiss the long-term workers and maids in the mansion, and the relatives of the right prime minister took out all the land deeds and debts in their homes.

Looking at this thick stack of land deeds, I borrow money.

Right Prime Minister Feng Yuning's nephew had a look of heartache on his face. He stroked his hand and said, "Is uncle crazy? So much gold and silver, so many land deeds, all good things, why are you planning to give them away like this?"

"Give it away to these lowly peasants. What a pity!"

His wife said, "But, after all, this is my uncle's order."

Feng Yuning's nephew said: "Uncle wants to have a good reputation, but we don't have to give it all away."

The woman was surprised and asked, "What does my husband mean?"

Feng Yuning's nephew put his arm around his wife's waist and said proudly, "Clean your reputation? That's easy to say. Uncle gave us so many things. How can we give them all to those peasants after they passed through our hands?"

"When you walk into a fat piece of meat, your hands are filled with oil."

"It's a waste of time. The Great Chen Kingdom has been established for three hundred years. There is no reason for this."

"The peasants are so easy to fool. Look, if we just give them a little sweet treat, won't they kneel down and kowtow? Besides, no matter what, my uncle won't come to see this matter in person."

"I'm afraid Dachen is out of luck. This land deed is hard currency."

The man just smiled and said:
"The Chen dynasty is about to fall, and a good reputation is useless. These land deeds are enough to pass down our family to future generations. If we collect all the indentures, we will end up owning thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of households. Wouldn't that be great?"

"Being an official, being an official, how can there be such an easy life as this aristocratic family?"

"Besides, I still have a good reputation!"

"As for the money..."

He looked at the money and divided it up, giving part to the manager and part to his other brothers. There were tens of thousands of taels of silver left, and they drank happily together in the most luxurious restaurant in the whole Jiangzhou City.

As for the tenants and the common people, they gave ten cents.

It's just a meaning.

Someone was sent to buy colorful satin, but the buyer touched the silk and felt that the material was too fine and it was not suitable to embroider words with it, so the buyer lowered his price and bought just ordinary colorful cloth.

I bought 70% of the coarse cloth and quoted a price based on 130% of the colored silk.

The women were asked to embroider the patterns, but the delicate and beautiful women frowned at the colorful cloths. They were so angry at the coarse and cheap cloths that their eyes turned red and they shed tears. They said:

"How can it be possible that we are asked to embroider the words ourselves?"

"You bring this up, aren't you trying to humiliate me? Humiliate my family?!"

"Take it out, take it all out!"

The ladies became angry and the things were taken away.

But after all, this was an order given personally by the Right Prime Minister, and when the time came, Caijuan had to be handed over. These ladies and female relatives handed this matter over to their maids.

But these maids are not ordinary.

The upper-class maids also have their own reputations, their own small courtyards and lower-class maids to serve them. They are also lovely in appearance, have their own children when they travel, and have more than ten taels of silver per month to support their own expenses, which is not much worse than that of the beautiful girls in the lower-class families.

Speaking of madam, the ladies also wanted to have tea, so they bought the best agarwood from the Western Regions, and used white jade, gold and silver objects to make incense sticks. It was very particular and they had no time to do these women's work.

So the job was given to the lower-ranking maid, who respectfully agreed, then frowned, picked up the cloth with her fingers, and said, "What rough cloth! It's already tiring to serve the sisters, and embroidering words is too boring."

Then she took these things and went to the servant woman, the thick-footed woman. These women from ordinary families felt a little embarrassed. The maid threw the things down and raised her sleeves to cover her nose, as if she didn't like the smell here.

This made these rough-handed women look even more uneasy.

The maid gave brief instructions and left.

It was another night, and the servants of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion gathered there. The man who was supposed to get his land, title deed, and body contract held ten large coins in his hand, and he seemed to be in an incredible and unexpected joy.

The Right Prime Minister is kind and gives money!

The wife brought back some colorful cloth and said she wanted to embroider words on it. This was not a difficult task, as the work in the past was much more difficult than this one, but today she finally got ten cents.

The man saved the five cents and sent them back home the next year. He saved enough money to redeem his land, and then he would have a good life.

Then he used the five cents to buy two sesame cakes, some vegetarian dishes, and a little meat, and went back happily.

I plan to give my wife, who has been through a lot with me, something good to eat.

What a good thing!

There is meat, vegetables, and soft sesame cakes.

However, when he went out from the side courtyard door and was about to go to his residence, he saw a few people dressed in good clothes, the real servants of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. The man's heart skipped a beat.

The Right Prime Minister was a famous scholar. Although he had to maintain the life and style of a famous scholar and had a mansion, he was very frugal. There were only more than 20 servants in the mansion. The whole world praised his virtue and praised his simplicity.

However, there are many servants who have no status, no fame, do not need to be treated well, have no food or shelter, and just sell their bodies to pay off debts.

Such a person does not need to be provided with food or shelter, and his daily life does not need to be taken care of. Even if he gets sick or dies, it has nothing to do with the host family.

Just give some money every month.

These servants are also masters.

One of them raised his eyes and smiled.

The man saw that the servant's waist pocket was bulging with copper coins.

The servant laughed and scolded, "I heard that you have become rich now. How about giving me 70% of it?"

The man stammered, "I, I spent ten cents..."

The servant raised his eyebrows and cursed, "Ten cents, how could you cheap bones be willing to spend it on yourself? How dare you play with your father here, you deserve a beating!" After a good beating, the man came back staggeringly with a swollen face and nose.

The money was snatched away, and only some sesame cakes were left. The cakes fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces by the servant. He felt very sad to see this, but in the end he couldn't bear to leave. He squatted there and dug for a long time. Finally, he dug out the things and went back with his hands full.

The servants over there burst into laughter.

The dog digs for food.

The man smiled apologetically, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and the dog barked several times.

The servants over there clapped their hands and laughed: "Good dog, good dog!"

In the distance of the rockery, the pavilions and waterside terraces, the young ladies frowned, and the upper-class maids laughed: "How ignorant of etiquette, teasing those people again."

"However, it's not too much that they owe our Prime Minister so much."

Those young ladies were truly beautiful and as pure as snow.

Their respective top-class maids are also first-rate beauties.

The maids below are diligent and reliable, and the servants are kind and obedient. It is truly a peaceful day. It's just that the wind and snow are a little strong today, and the petals of the flowers that the young ladies like are falling, which is not very pleasant.

The man went back with the rotten pancake.

The couple looked at the rotten sesame cake mixed with dirt, and the wife asked, "Where's the money?"

The man's lips trembled and he couldn't say anything.

The woman knew everything but didn't say anything. She just wiped the dirt off the rotten biscuits, put them in the pot, and stirred them with water. She didn't use firewood, as the firewood came from the mountains. The mountains were where the aristocratic families lived, so firewood cost money.

Stir it with water and it will finally become a paste.

The rough-handed woman took a bite and said happily, "It's delicious."

“It tastes like meat!”

She handed the bowl with a hole in it to the man and said, "You eat some too."

The man took a bite and felt his nose a little sour and his eyes red. He felt that he had tried very hard and was very diligent, but why was his life still not getting better? The woman was embroidering the colorful cloth under the moonlight with her eyes wide open.

There were so many requirements, she found a scarlet cloth, touched it with her palm, and rubbed it with her cheek.

The cloth was really good. If she could keep some of it, she could make new clothes for her children. But she didn't dare to because someone had done such a thing before and was beaten to death.

Because that was stealing the owner's money.

But where does the owner's money come from?
She didn't know, it was just embroidery cloth, with cloud patterns and Qilin patterns embroidered on the crimson cloth. Not everyone could produce such high-end craftsmanship, but the cloud pattern could be made more or less.

The world is not just the State of Chen, and the State of Chen is not just Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou city is so big.

There are many noble families and many high-ranking officials.

Among those gentlemen wearing red and purple robes, it was not just the Right Prime Minister.

Their story was not unusual. Yue Pengwu, who was thousands of miles away from here, had no way of affecting the ladies' enjoyment of viewing flowers in the snow, and no one cared about the person who embroidered the words.

In the dazzling light of the oil lamp, more than one person was embroidering something like this. They could not recognize the words, but simply embroidered according to the "picture". In the cloud pattern, there were also scarlet flags.

Said - Welcome the royal teacher.

In this cramped little house, it was shining like fire.

The night watchman walked over, banging his gong and shouting:
"It's dry and dry, be careful with the candles!"

The wind and snow are strong, and the flowers are broken.

The beauty is like jade and the scholar is romantic.

It is also a day of peace.

(End of this chapter)