Even if you belong to a demonic sect, you still have to bring glory to the country.

Chapter 54 Guan Zhong's Past

The advertisement for hiring an assistant has been posted, and Yu Liangliang has been running the studio in an orderly manner these past few days.

You also need to check the decoration of the temporarily rented studio space. Once all that is done, you can complete the registration.

However, he was still so busy that he couldn't take his time. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and poached Li Sui to oversee the renovation.

Because he understood Li Sui, he knew she was actually not fond of moving around, had little ambition, and was secretly a homebody.

Don't be fooled by Li Ping's carefree attitude now that she's gone; she's still being held back by Zhi Niang, Guan Zhong, and others.

When I graduated and was looking for a job, I only considered jobs near my home and never thought about going out to work hard.

What else can a college student like her strive for?
Now that her mother has money, she won't let her start a business.

The studio I found was a studio that rented a whole building, and it even had a door number.

The layout inside consists of three rooms with a bathroom, which is just right for them.

There are only a few of them.

"The WIFI is set up and the air conditioner is installed. You just need to keep an eye on the staff. An assistant might come for an interview this afternoon. Can you check him out first and let me know if he's suitable? I'll come back now."

Li Sui gave an "OK" sign.

After arranging things here, Yu Liangliang rushed back to the film set without stopping. Weaver Girl is the one who can't be separated from her, because she needs an assistant to do many things. Now that an assistant hasn't been hired yet, it's too pitiful for Weaver Girl to be without anyone by her side.

—The main reason is to prevent the weaver from causing trouble.

The nanny van was just picked up yesterday, and Yu Liangliang has been driving it around for the past two days to get a feel for it.

Guan Zhong watched with envy every day, but dared not touch the steering wheel.

Yu Liangliang was driving, intending to take a main road to the Prince's Mansion, but she found that the road was blocked halfway there.

A row of mounted police officers with flashing blue lights blocked the intersection, preventing all vehicles from entering the road.

On that road, Yu Liangliang saw several military green trucks drive by.

He immediately understood: the road was blocked because troops were about to pass through.

As for what he does, that's not something an ordinary person like him could find out.

Guan Zhong craned his neck, his eyes fixed on the rows of mounted police.

He had already met some traffic police officers in the past two days, and they posed no threat. Yu Liangliang had also said that they were directing traffic on behalf of the authorities.

On a grander scale, it's similar to the constables in the old government offices.

He never had a good impression of these official constables.

But the row of mounted police officers in front of me clearly had a different aura.

Their clothes were also very similar to those of traffic police, especially inside, where he saw a row of people dressed in uniform military green, who exuded a considerable sense of pressure just by standing there.

Guan Zhong, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly gripped the seatbelt tightly.

There are always some people in this world who have similar temperaments, and he already had a vague guess about the identities of the group of people in front of him.

He asked, "Are those officers or soldiers?"

"Officers and soldiers?" Yu Liangliang was taken aback. They rarely used the formal term "officers and soldiers" here. After a while, he nodded: "Yes, they are soldiers from the army."

Since the road was blocked, Yu Liangliang knew she couldn't go this way, so she set up her navigation and took a detour.

Guan Zhong watched as the group of people got further and further away.

His gaze remained fixed on them, and he spoke in a deep voice, "The road over there is blocked. Is some important person coming?"

Before the collapse of the dynasty, the emperor would block the main roads when he traveled.

However, they usually make ordinary people kneel on both sides of the road, instead of completely blocking the way like this.

“These things are not to be asked about,” Yu Liangliang said. “Maybe it’s something confidential being transported, or maybe it involves an important person.”

Yu Liangliang spoke with a nonchalant expression, glancing at the road on both sides.

Guan Zhong glanced at him and suddenly asked, "Don't you hate those soldiers?" "Huh?!"

These words startled Yu Liangliang so much that she almost swerved the steering wheel, but quickly pulled it back.

Immediately following behind came a string of profanities: "What the hell are you doing driving? Have you been drinking?!"

Yu Liangliang pretended not to hear and looked at Guan Zhong with some shock: "Brother Zhong, why do you ask that? How could we possibly hate soldiers?"

At this point, we still need to rely on Li Sui's usual teachings and influence.

Although Guan Zhong harbored resentment towards the government troops, he could clearly see that ordinary people like Yu Liangliang treated them differently, so he asked calmly, "You've never had any contact with government troops before?"

“Yes, I have met them. I have a relative who used to be in the army, and I have a nephew who is now in the army.”

Yu Liangliang said naturally, "The requirements for joining the army are quite high now. If you don't meet the requirements, you can't go. My parents used to want me to join the army, but I became very nearsighted and had LASIK surgery when I went to college. Sigh, maybe if I had done it earlier, I would still have had a chance. But if I had joined the army, I probably wouldn't have met Li Sui, and I wouldn't have become an agent."

Guan Zhong was stunned.

In his time, being a soldier was not a good thing.

At that time, soldiers were all forcibly conscripted.

If a family has a young or able-bodied member who is forced to join the army, it's like the sky is falling.

In war, the odds are against you, and you might not even make it back alive. Not to mention, the treatment you receive is poor.

One of the triggers for the war was the imperial court's inability to pay its soldiers.

Soldiers, like bandits, plundered civilians everywhere.

They may not be absolutely evil, but they are not exactly good people either.

Guan Zhong's parents died at the hands of soldiers.

Because the soldiers disguised themselves as bandits to rob the grain, Guan Zhong's parents, fearing that Guan Zhong would starve to death, left him a small bag of grain.

Then they were killed.

Guan Zhong knew those people were soldiers, because he had seen the army riding through their village the day before.

He went to the yamen to file a complaint.

But the constables dared not help him. He couldn't even see the magistrate and was first beaten with several dozen strokes of the cane.

He lay on the main road outside the government office, covered in blood, while the passersby stared blankly at him.

No one offered him any help, and when he looked up at the sky, his eyes were already covered in dust.

He could not see the bright sky.

The man asked, "Do you want revenge?"

Guan Zhong used his last bit of strength to nod.

The man said, "Okay, I'll take you away."

That person was the old cult leader.

Guan Zhong later shed a lot of blood, but he failed to avenge himself.

The people who harmed his parents had long since died in the war, and all he could see was devastation.

In that world, who could still discern the source of hatred?
"Brother Zhong, let me tell you, our army is different!"

Yu Liangliang found Guan Zhong's words strange, swallowed hard, and said, "We can't guarantee the individual quality of our soldiers, but our army is the best army in the world."

“When my parents’ hometown was flooded, our soldiers buried themselves in the river to form a human ladder so that they could step across the water and be saved.”

Guan Zhong's eye twitched violently, and finally, his eyes showed horror.

"impossible!"

(End of this chapter)