The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 782: Trembling Black Hole
Qi Meng pulled the mouth of the sack upwards with force. The sack was a little small and could only cover Ding Bi's neck, with Lieutenant General Ding's head still exposed.

In Tieling, time travelers killed time travelers.

This kind of cannibalism violates the laws of the Eastern World established by the Senate and is expressly prohibited. Killing other traversers will not lead to victory.

However, Qi Meng's purpose in coming here was not to get the Senate's reward - at least he would not kill himself now - so this rule was not important.

Another way is to pull Lieutenant General Ding's head down, but this will not solve the problem either, as his feet will be exposed.

So Qi Meng took out the iron bone flower hidden under his armor and smashed the corpse's knee like a butcher chopping meat, so that the stiff leg could finally bend.

"Commander Ding, this time we didn't follow the original storyline... I'm sorry for letting you log off early." Qi Meng grumbled to the corpse.

When Ding Bi's body was turned over, one could see his big eyes that were still open in death, his slightly rough beard, and his exquisite and gorgeous armor.

Lieutenant General Ding had many sets of armor during his lifetime. Although he rarely led the charge into battle and was always the first to flee, abandoning his allies when encountering the enemy (earning him the nickname "Long-legged General"), he nevertheless had a large collection of armor to preserve his life. Some also say that Ding Bi was a servant under Li Chengliang before coming to Tieling.

As a young soldier, Ding Bi envied the attire of Li Rusong and Li Rubai, their armor, their fine bows, their Ferghana horses, and the Li family's mountains of gold, silver, and jewelry. Ding Bi believed this was the pinnacle of military prowess, and when he prospered, he would possess everything the Li family possessed. In the years following Li Chengliang's death, Ding Bi rose to prominence, monopolizing trade in western Liaoning and flourishing with the Later Jin. He believed he had replaced Li Chengliang as a pivotal figure in Liaozhen. Looking back, he saw the Li family, once so envied, was no longer the same.

We are always pursuing things that do not exist.

The helmet that was exposed from the car door was worn very tightly. I hit it twice with an iron hammer, but it didn't come off.

The red tassel on the top of the helmet was like a ball of wildfire, rising and falling as the carriage bumped up and down, making it particularly eye-catching. The big red cloak on the corpse was tilted to one side. Out of some obsessive-compulsive disorder, Qi Meng reached out to straighten it.

"Cut off the head and wrap it with a piece of cloth." Jin Yuji said, and Qi Meng nodded approvingly. He felt more and more that this Korean girl was not only cruel, but also calm at critical moments. She was a good material for killing.

There was no more room in the pony carriage, no more fabric to spare.

Qi Meng glanced at the red mandarin duck jacket she was wearing, and the Korean woman immediately shook her head.

It's not that I'm worried about morals. In the chilly spring season, a woman with her bare chest whipping a carriage on the street is not only horrifying, but will also cause unnecessary trouble.

"The servants will soon discover Ding Bi is missing. We can't stay in the city for too long. Besides," Jin Yuji looked toward the eastern sky. "Dawn is almost here."

"Are you sure you want to take the body to Kaiyuan?"

Before dawn, Qi Meng must leave the city, then head north and use the body of Lieutenant General Ding to persuade the Ming army in Kaiyuan City to surrender - to be more precise, the Ming army that is ready to surrender to the Later Jin.

Jin Yuji had been driving the carriage with the corpse for half an hour. Two living people and the corpse were squeezed into the cramped space. A heavy arrow pierced the back of the corpse, leaving a round hole that was still oozing black blood.

Although Tieling is a big city, at this time, the north and south streets were sparsely populated, shops along the streets closed their doors one after another, and night watchmen and guards began to appear in the streets and alleys like night wandering gods.

At the T-shaped street in front of Cheng'en Gate, two soldiers carrying lanterns noticed the strange little carriage. Drawing their swords, they approached the shaft and questioned the couple's whereabouts. Qi Meng and Jin Yuji pretended to hit Ding Bi on the back, saying, "Master, the envoy sent by Yang Jinglue is still waiting at the mansion. Hurry back and vomit. You'll feel better after you vomit."

Qi Meng shouted loudly while he and Jin Yuji lifted up Lieutenant General Ding and dragged him into the carriage.

Seeing this, the two soldiers hurriedly picked up their lanterns and trotted away from Cheng'en Gate. In Tieling, they had offended Master Ding, a capital crime punishable by death.

"Are you sure you want to take the dead out of the city? Just chop off his head." Jin Yuji was a little uneasy.

Qi Meng watched the two soldiers walk away, then turned to Jin Yuji and said, "These Liaodong warriors only recognize corpses. If you take a head to Kaiyuan and say it's Ding Bi, they won't believe you. Not only will you fail to persuade them to surrender, but you and I will also lose our lives."

Jin Yuji mumbled something, but it was unclear what she was saying.

The Liao soldiers were not only good at running, but also good at killing innocent people and taking credit for their achievements. In Liaozhen (and other border towns as well), the generals and officers had the habit of keeping the elderly, weak, women and children of Mongolians and Jurchens as their own—not out of humanitarian considerations—but when their territory was invaded by Mongolians or Jurchens, the generals and lieutenant generals would capture and kill some of the kept foreigners and send their heads to the capital, so that the emperor could not hold them accountable for their poor defense...
"Go out through Zhending Gate. I have bribed the guards." Qi Meng said to Jin Yuji in front of the carriage while straightening the helmet of the corpse.

"Tell me how to get there. You know the way."

Jin Yuji drove the carriage seriously. She actually had a question: why was Qi Meng so familiar with Tieling? He had clearly never been here.

"Doesn't Lieutenant General Ding want to offer everything to the Later Jin in exchange for a share of territory and a title of nobility, like Wu Sangui? I will grant his wish."

Jin Yuji didn't know who Wu Sangui was, and she didn't have the energy to ask. These days, Qi Meng always talked about people and things she had never heard of, such as flintlock rifles, infantry drill manuals, friends of dual-use military and civilian talents, barefoot doctor manuals, militia military training manuals... For Jin Yuji, every day was full of novelty and adventure since she had been with this Ming army ethics officer.

The carriage turned onto T-shaped Street and headed north, clattering along towards Zhending Gate. Qi Meng murmured to the stiffened corpse, "Commander Ding, I wish I could be like you, leaving this dark world of yamen runners and returning to the civilized 23rd century... But my killer hasn't arrived yet, so I can't log off."

Qi Meng's past and future are hard to describe as bright.

Now, many people are looking for him to settle accounts, some are looking for revenge for their relatives and friends, some are looking for greater power (to complete the task of passing the level), and some people are hunting down Qi Meng without any reason.

They or they (including those non-humans) come from various parallel spaces.

"It was a mistake not to make a clean break with the past. The black hole should have been closed..."

Someday in the future.

An alien, a zombie, or some other more terrifying creature suddenly appeared in front of him... Thinking of this, Qi Meng became worried.

Because of frequent trips in and out of the Eastern World, the particle accelerator's overloaded movement caused the surrounding space-time to distort... These had serious consequences for Qi Meng. The experiences of the time travelers became more and more complicated, just like this game log. It was no longer possible to tell who was the protagonist and who was the villain, who was still alive and who was dead...

This situation is too complicated and too chaotic. Every time I travel through time, it has its past, present and future. The three hundred and one past, present and future are entangled with each other because of the distortion of space.

He dreamed countless times that someone whispered in his ear:
"Set time to zero, erase everything you've experienced, and start from Sarhu."

However, when he entered the Eastern World again, the promised zero became one, then one became two, two became four, and four became eight...

The plot and characters in the diary are so complicated that they cannot be recorded in two million words.

"I have to keep updating. Next up are science fiction and mystery notes, Victorian underground novels, and maybe horror stories..."

Qi Meng talked to himself and looked back at Jin Yuji.

"After we pacify Kaiyuan and Tieling, the emperor will reward me and take you to Hangzhou, where we can sail on the West Lake and enjoy poetry and wine while we are young."

Just like what Yuan Chonghuan did when he promised Mao Wenlong to withdraw from Dongjiang Town on Pi Island...
Jin Yuji was full of anticipation: "Okay, but first you have to get out alive."

When talking about Hangzhou, Qi Meng thought of Mao Wenlong, and wondered where Mao Wenlong in this dimension is now.

Where is Yuan Chonghuan?

I can’t control that much anymore.

child time.

On the Zhending Gate Tower, a few dim lanterns swayed in the howling north wind.

(End of this chapter)