Liu Xuande would never be a succubus of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

But it didn't work.

He had finally waited for a perfect opportunity last night to kill his father and brothers. The first thing he announced to everyone afterwards was that "the barbarians attacked at night and killed his father and brothers, and he wanted to avenge his father."

No matter how false these words sound, at least there must be such a righteous name, so that the young master of the Zheng family can take this opportunity to become the new head of the family with full justification.

But the fire has already started. If he suddenly changes his statement and says that we were actually fooled, and that it was someone else who killed our father and brothers, not the barbarians... or some other bullshit, who would believe it?

If there are other branches of the Zheng family who want to take the position, they only need to seize this excuse, slander him for being bribed by the barbarians, and then take advantage of the situation to replace him in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the young master of the Zheng family had already been roasted on the flames. If he didn't fight the barbarians, he might be stabbed in the back by his own people. If he fought the barbarians, he might be used as a knife by others...

In fact, from the perspective of the Zheng family, the young master of the Zheng family should immediately give up the power in his hands to prevent the Zheng family from getting involved in this drama. It's a pity that he finally sat in the position he always wanted to sit in. How could he let it go easily?

Then he has lived in vain!

Isn't it just about dealing with a mere barbarian tribe? Even if the other party is extremely powerful, it will still be difficult to shake the Zheng family's wealth. Then I can wait until I have time to find out the person behind the scenes.

The war between the barbarians and the Zheng family broke out with each side harboring this kind of "lucky" thinking.

Master Lu stood on top of the arrows, like a god on earth, overlooking the entire battlefield.

After a long moment, she smiled and said, "It seems Xuande really doesn't need my help anymore."

Jiujiang County: Chapter 41: Paving the way for one's own disciples is the duty of a master

Perhaps because he thought it was unnecessary, Liu Bei did not confess to Master Lu about the "seven death warriors" and his specific plan.

But naturally, he could not hide his little thoughts from Master Lu.

Master Lu possesses perception abilities far beyond those of ordinary people. Even without leaving his home, he can see and hear everything happening around him.

The price is that it is a bit mentally taxing and cannot last long.

She has been silently watching Liu Bei's actions these days, and many of the loopholes and flaws have been secretly repaired by her.

Even for today's good show, she came here specially to take charge to prevent the two sides from fighting.

For Master Lu, whether it was the Zheng family who took human lives lightly or the barbarians who robbed, killed and looted, these guys had already been on the death list.

However, as an official appointed by the imperial court, she is absolutely not allowed to take action against the aristocratic families without instructions from her superiors. This is also a rule that all chess players must abide by.

Otherwise, the major families would have swallowed up the surrounding small and medium-sized families long ago, and the entire world would not be as "stable" as it is now.

However, the people who targeted the Zheng family were unidentified assassins. Even if the crime committed by Prefect Lu was serious, at most she would only be charged with the crime of inadequate supervision, and it was very likely that she would just be suspended from her post.

Suspending himself from his post could bring about the destruction of the Zheng family and the barbarians, which Master Lu thought was a great deal.

However, Liu Bei's purpose seems to be more than just this...

Seeing that the barbarians and the Zheng family had already started a war, Master Lu looked in the direction of Liu Bei and secretly peeked at his current situation.

It wouldn't matter if he didn't look at it, but after seeing and hearing it, Master Lu was stunned for a moment.

Liu Bei was seen standing on the corpse of the Yao family patriarch, holding the blood-stained Gan Jiang and Mo Ye swords. In front of him was a group of common people kneeling and unable to get up, and they seemed to be praying in his direction?

What was even more outrageous was that Jia Xu on the side said loudly: "Celebrate!"

"This sir is the immortal sent from heaven to save us all. He is the sword immortal who loves everyone in heaven, and the true savior of suffering and evil in the world!"

"???"

No, aren't you going there to negotiate?

What are you talking about? How come they are all dead, and then you get the title of Ghost Sword Immortal True Lord...

I don’t understand, I really don’t understand.

You seem to be playing with something very strange.

Master Lu silently withdrew his gaze and looked at the little Zuo Ci who was looking at him with an 'Aba Aba' look in her eyes. Suddenly, he felt that she was a little more pleasing to the eye.

but.

"…You don't seem scared?"

The battlefield ahead is not to be described as cruel, but it is at least at the level of hell on earth. The barbarians fight as if they don't care about their lives, exchanging injuries for injuries, and fighting to the death to bite off a layer of skin from the other side.

The battle lasted only a moment before the ground was dyed red with blood.

But Zuo Ci looked at this scene indifferently, without any fear or terror in those eyes full of innocence.

How could a normal little girl be so calm?

"It's nothing but death..." Zuo Ci's tone was a little disappointed, but he said again firmly, "It's nothing but death."

Also.

Her guide was the long-deceased old Zuo Ci. It was likely that he had lived a very miserable life in the first half of his life, even to the point of being able to ignore death.

Master Lu felt a little sympathetic and after a moment of silence asked, "...Do you want to stop it?"

"what?"

"Do you want to stop death?"

“…Why stop it?”

The little girl heard it clearly this time and shook her head, saying, "Life and death are like the rising and setting of the sun. This is a perfectly normal natural phenomenon. Why should we try to stop it?"

I don't know who he learned this weird look from.

Master Lu was speechless and said, "But what if one day your brother Xuande dies?"

This trick seems to be particularly effective against Zuo Ci.

She raised her hands, made a big 'x' on her chest, and said hurriedly: "That's absolutely not possible!"

Master Lu was a little amused: "But didn't you just say that this is a normal natural phenomenon?"

"Then what I said just now was wrong... Anyway, big brother can't die."

"You are really domineering."

Master Lu curled his lips, a hint of hesitation flashing across his eyes, but he eventually closed his eyes and sighed, "...Actually, your grandfather left me a fragment of the Heavenly Dao. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. In short, you can understand it as a tool that can prevent death."

"However, this belongs to your grandfather, so as long as you ask me for it, I will return it to you. But... do you really want it?"

Zuo Ci seemed to sense the heaviness in Master Lu's tone, and asked with some disappointment, "If I only have this tool, can I prevent Xuande's death?"

Her eyes twinkled, filled with an innocent light, like those of children in early February.

Master Lu simply opened his eyes and glanced at it, then looked away and replied, "That's right."

"Do you still need to ask?" Zuo Ci said with a smile, "I want to get this tool back."

"You have to think carefully."

Master Lu continued to remind him, “Once you obtain this tool, your life will no longer be ordinary, and as you use it more and more, your body will even show a certain degree of alienation.”

"In short, this is a double-edged sword... It can both help you and hurt you. Even so, do you still want to take it back?"

Mrs. Lu's tone was very stern. She originally thought that with little Zuo Ci's temperament, she would be frightened for at least a while before she could answer.

But she miscalculated.

The little girl Zuo Ci didn't hesitate and said with a smile: "Big brother, you have provided me with food, clothing, shelter and transportation. If I don't repay you, what's the difference between me and an animal?"

"As long as I can protect my big brother from death, what's the harm even if I sacrifice my own life?"

Such a firm mentality is common among older people, but it is very rare for a little girl to have such a firm awareness.

No wonder he was chosen by Zuo Ci as the 'witness of life'.

Yes.

Because they are born with fragments of the Heavenly Dao, these holders often choose one person, a group of people or other things as their own 'witnesses of life'.

Originally, this did not have any special meaning, but in this era, the life witness is equivalent to the heir chosen by the holder.

Old Zuo Ci obviously chose young Zuo Ci as his successor, and even passed down the name "Zuo Ci". However, when the time came, he seemed to change his mind and gave the fragment of the Heavenly Dao to Master Lu.

He seemed to want to leave it to Master Lu to look after.

It’s a pity that Master Lu will fail to live up to this expectation.

After all, judging from the character of his disciples, Liu Xuande is bound to achieve great things in the future, so he must have strong combat power around him.

Little Zuo Ci is the candidate.

If the Way of Heaven really exists, perhaps this is the result He expects?

But no matter what, as a teacher, I must pave the way for my disciples.

"I understand. I'll give it to you."

Mohist Book: Chapter 1: Roots, Alaya, Gaia, and Kishua

Half a day later, in Jiujiang County, several thousand meters below Zeshan Mountain.

"Master, the Zheng family and the barbarians have gone to war..."

"Master, the head of the Yao family is dead."

A fair-skinned girl said respectfully.

In front of her was a huge tree that was a hundred meters long. A woman in a black and white robe was leaning against the tree.

Hearing this, the woman slowly opened her eyes.

Those pupils were actually a pair of double pupils, with the center spreading out on both sides and pure black, like a black butterfly.

His appearance is ordinary. If you put him in a crowd and cover his eyes, you won't see anything unusual about him.

But such an "ordinary" woman is the leader of the Mohists in the world.

A long time ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended with each other, with Mohism, Confucianism and Legalism being the three most powerful. In the end, Confucianism and Legalism survived, but Mohism gradually declined and eventually disappeared, with most of its thoughts and doctrines being absorbed by the other hundreds of schools of thought.

But this is actually just what is happening on the surface, a statement used to deceive people.

The true successor of the Mohist school stopped all external activities, stayed in the Mechanical City, and devoted himself to studying the mysteries of life in the world.

Now, thousands of years have passed, and the Mohists have gradually established countless bases in the southern states for research and development.

It's just that their thoughts were gradually corroded by the passage of time.

The so-called universal love, non-aggression and pursuit of unity has also become "creating life."

They believe that human nature is inherently bad, so they attempt to emulate the ancient mechanical immortals' method of creating creatures, giving spirituality to cold mechanical creations, in order to abolish the status of humans in the world.

As for most of the technologies created by our ancestors, they were either dismantled and sold for money, or used to capture ordinary people and conduct live experiments.

Today's Mohists no longer focus on theories of state governance, but instead devote themselves to the research and creation of real mechanical life.

"Master, the head of the Yao family is dead." The fair-skinned girl did not get a response, so she repeated it again.

It wasn't that she liked the head of the Yao family, but she was worried about the possible failure of the Mo family's plan.

When Juzi heard this, his expression did not change at all. He just nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I understand."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the girl and smiled: "Why, you're not willing to give up?"

The girl seemed surprised by Juzi's indifference and said with a pout, "But we've painstakingly planned this for over twenty years in Shouchun County, and now they just destroy it. How can I accept this..."

"why not?"

Juzi shook his head and said, "Throughout history, those who have accomplished great things have never cared about the loss of a city or a piece of land. If every one of our plans fails, will we all be furious and come to seek revenge?"

"If all of us Mozhe had this kind of thinking, we would have been destroyed thousands of years ago."

"But," the girl defended herself, "I've used my clairvoyance to see that the one who disrupted our plan was just a young man with great martial arts skills but no background. Lord Juzi can easily eliminate him if he sends out his war annihilation troops."

“…As our ancestors taught, war is a means of self-defense, not a weapon to take the lives of others.”

Juzi looked at the angry girl and was silent for a moment before speaking earnestly, "Over the centuries, I've witnessed countless brilliant young heroes. The once-arrogant Overlord of Western Chu was undeniably invincible, but even he was defeated, wasn't he?"

"So, why should we, at the cost of exposing ourselves, kill someone who possesses unique skills and is so outstanding?"

"As long as the world understands that this person is an outlier, even if he has saved the world, even if he has protected the entire world, he will still be killed by the prejudice between people. This is the inferiority of human nature."

"what……"

In the eyes of the girl, the world is very small. She can only distinguish between black and white, and cannot understand the words of the Mohist master.

This is too obscure and difficult to understand.