Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 448: The world is in chaos. In a blink of an eye, the whole army was wiped out in a month, and the world was shaken!
[You just smiled and said, "Madam Gongsun, isn't it good to be alone?"]

[Gongsun Madam's eyes flickered, "It's just that I haven't met a man that I love for many years."]

[“What woman in the world doesn’t have spring in her heart and admire young girls?”]

[Before leaving, she suddenly said seriously, "The King of Yan is not someone you can easily deal with, you are a gentleman...please be careful and take care of yourself."]

[When she was in Zixiao Pavilion, Prince Yan was the biggest financial backer behind her, and he knew her character well!]

[You watched the woman's scarlet figure go away. Once you leave Bianjing, the world is vast and the mountains are high and the roads are long, and it will be difficult to meet again.]

【Life is still peaceful as usual! 】

【Wutong always felt that there was a sense of oppression in the Xie Mansion, as if a storm was about to come.】

[Tell Wutong not to go out unless necessary, and if he does go out, let Madam Ruan accompany him.]

[Wutong helped Madam Ruan change her clothes and put on a bamboo hat, making her look like a little girl.]

[Mrs. Ruan's skills are all on water beasts, but she is also a cultivator who has ignited the divine fire. Although she is timid, her water control skills have reached perfection. In her hands, the clear water in an ordinary bowl can be condensed into a sharp arrow that penetrates rocks and cracks walls, and its power is far greater than that of cultivators in the middle three realms.]

[The most valuable thing is that her water escape technique is very powerful. If she encounters danger, it is not difficult for her to escape with Wutong through the well-connected waterways in Bianjing.]

[A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the city of Bianjing is as prosperous and lively as ever. ]

[It was just that Wutong would occasionally return from the market and would always bring back some unusual news—the price of rice had quietly increased several times, and sometimes there was even no demand for it.]

[Under such circumstances, the grain market of the nine major surnames opened in full swing.]

[Early in the morning, there was another knock on the courtyard door.]

[The people who came were Xue Huaian and his group that I met in the Grand View Garden that day. In addition to him, Liu Zixin brought two courtesans, Mei Qingsu and Luo Susu were also there. Everyone was holding a brocade box in their hands, obviously they had prepared a generous gift. ]

[Just the identity of "Second Master's Kendo Successor" is worthy of their special visit. 】

[You smiled and welcomed everyone into the courtyard. Luo Susu's eyes moved slightly, and she looked around inconspicuously - the descendant of the dignified Xie family actually lived here? ]

[Although she had heard that Xie Guan was in a difficult situation in the clan, she did not expect him to be in such a predicament. However, what surprised her even more was...]

[Although the courtyard is simple, it is spotless. What is even more strange is that from the door to the corner, it is filled with various gift boxes, some of which are even piled up very high because there is nowhere to put them. There are many rare and precious treasures among them. ]

[What is even more surprising is that these priceless treasures were carelessly piled up under the eaves by the owner, exposed to the wind and sun, as if they were just ordinary sundries.]

[Xue Huaian glanced across the courtyard, originally speculating in his heart that Xie Guan might have just been lucky enough to win the Second Master's favor, which is why he has his current status.]

【But now it completely dissipated. 】

[Looking at the owner of the humble room who remained calm and composed in this situation, he couldn't help but feel a bit of respect in his eyes. ]

[It is not the gentleman's fault that he was born in a humble family!]

【After everyone started chatting, they gradually got down to business!】

[Mei Qingsu played with the teacup, "Recently, the amount of grain transported from Jiangnan Road to Bianjing has decreased by seven or eight out of ten ships."]

[He frowned, "If this continues, the Stabilization Bureau's granary will be empty in less than a month."]

[Before he finished speaking, everyone present already knew the truth - if it really came to that, the price of rice in Bianjing would be sky-high.]

Xue Huaian said coldly, "The granaries of the nine great families should have been full long ago, but they chose to let the grain rot in there, rather than giving away a single grain of millet for relief."

[“It’s as if he was waiting to see the people cry out in hunger and cold.”]

[Xue Huaian sighed, "In the past, Mr. Shi said that the way to govern a country is to enrich the people first. Now..."]

[“The wealthy are fighting with the starving for chaff; they are robbers!”]

[“In the wealthy households of Bianjing City, Confucianism has long been cooked into delicacies.”]

[Mei Qingsu reminded, "Second Master, please be careful with your words."]

【Xue Huaian understood, but raised his voice instead: "Why? If Prime Minister Su had just entered the court, I would naturally dare to say that it was a clarification of the country... Even if it was put on my neck, I would still dare to say that he was the only Prime Minister of all ages."】

[His tone became more excited, "But look at it now, people have changed. The guy who played chess in the alley back then..."]

[“What have the nine major surnames become? They are high-ranking nobles…”]

[The teacup reflects the sneer in his eyes: "Nine major surnames? What kind of aristocratic families are they? They are just a group of..."]

[The voice suddenly stopped, as if he was talking about something sad in his heart, "Master Guan, do you have any strong liquor?"]

[The woman beside him, Zhou Zhirou, bowed slightly and said, "Master Xue, please forgive me for your hard work these past few days."]

[You laughed and said, "Brother Xue is a true person. Wutong, bring me the jar of Bamboo Leaf Green."]

[Luo Susu and others have long been accustomed to the behavior of the second son of the Xue family - he was clearly born in a wealthy family, but he has a heart that is concerned about the country and the people.]

[He is truly an alien who doesn't fit in among these wealthy families. ]

[Xue Huaian raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, his Adam's apple rolling and splashing the wine: "A scholar is useless... That's why I joined the Imperial Academy but I don't want to take up the post."]

[After drinking one glass of wine... two glasses of wine, maybe it was because I was wandering around Bianjing these days, I felt depressed and the wine made me sad. ]

[“Xue Huaian is ashamed, ashamed... The King of Yan once said, why don’t men take Wu Gou and take over the fifty states in Guanshan.”]

[“The Emperor Gaozu of the Great Qi said that he would bring peace to the world for eternity, but… I, Xue Huaian, am just a useless scholar who cannot bear to see the suffering of the people, but cannot save them!”]

[Liu Zixin held his forehead and looked at the second son of the Xue family, who was drinking in the courtyard, facing the bright sky, his face was red from drinking, and he kept sighing, a bit like a drunkard in the market!]

[She felt a little embarrassed...!]

[On the contrary, the knuckles of the Master Guan holding the cup were as white as jade, even the folds of his clothes were as neat as a meticulous painting, and his face was as bright as spring breeze.]

[Comparing the two, there is a world of difference. ]

[Xue Huaian suddenly leaned forward, his drunken eyes burning like fire: "Master Guan, if it were you - sitting in a high position in the government, holding the power to change the world, what would you do?"]

[You paused for a moment while holding the cup, and said slowly, "You have never been to the top of a mountain, so how can you know how cold it is up there?"]

[“I don’t know!”]

[Mei Qingsu's eyes flashed. Although this young master Guan was as gentle as jade and friendly to others, there was always a layer of mist between his conversations and laughter. He never revealed his true feelings, making it difficult for people to understand his true feelings.]

[Mei Qingsu suddenly changed the subject: "Speaking of this, Master Guan, when do you think the rebellion of the Jiangnan rebels will be resolved?"]

[He smiled and said, "I always hope that the world will be peaceful soon, so that business people like us can start business."]

[The breeze blows past the sycamore tree in front of the courtyard, rustling its leaves.]

[You are silent for a moment: "Perhaps. There will never be true peace in this world again."]

[“Bianjing will not be a paradise!”]

[Mei Qingsu frowned: "My lord, are you saying that the Red Eye Army can become a force to be reckoned with? But Marquis Dingyuan has besieged the remnants for half a month..."]

Luo Susu also said, "The rebels' food supply was cut off long ago, and although their marching and deployment were methodical, they were a mob and did not dare to fight head-on. They could only flee, and now they have nowhere to retreat!"

[You look at the tea leaves floating in the cup and whisper, "When the moon is full, it wanes; when the water is full, it overflows. This principle is the same everywhere. The Great Qi has been established for a thousand years."]

[Xue Huaian sobered up a bit, "But there is a God-shaking formation set up by the Master in Bianjing? It is impossible to break through it!"]

[You suddenly laughed, "Sometimes, the strongest walls are often not broken from the outside."] [Mei Qingsu agrees with this statement. If the four masters of the academy had not fallen apart, how could the Sui Dynasty rise up and compete with them?]

[But he disagreed with the disaster in Bianjing. The academy was still in Bianjing, and Prime Minister Su and the nine major families were all entrenched in Bianjing.]

[How is it possible for a small rebel group in Jiangnan Road to do this? ]

【Xue Huaian also acted like a play, "Although Prime Minister Su has been a little... recently, you can spare the world's chess master."】

[“How many strategies and plans in the world are in his hands. Even among the nine major families today, the Zhuge family is a foreign relative, the royal Chen family, the Li family and the Zhao family, who have large armies, can only rely on him. Who dares to speak loudly in front of the prime minister’s house?”]

[How could a person who claims to have calculated everything in the world make a mistake? 】

【Luo Susu did mention something, "The day before yesterday, the escort from the north said that the two pillar generals of the Li family are leading the Mobei Army to the south and will pass through Bianjing soon. If this cavalry is used to suppress the rebellion, the Red Eye Army is afraid..."】

[Jinxiulou is the largest escort agency in the capital, traveling between the north and the south. It is well-informed about the news in the north, which is not known to the court.]

[You lowered your eyes and said nothing, letting the tea smoke blur your expression. ]

[Xue Huaian was puzzled, "If the Mobei Army leaves the north, will they not be stationed in Changshengtian?"]

[“Ridiculous! Those Tartars have been eyeing the Central Plains for a long time. This won’t do. The Great Qi established the Great Ancestor System when it was founded. The north cannot be lost. What are these cabinet ministers doing?”]

[Mei Qingsu said, "Second Master, please be patient." Then he looked at you meaningfully, "Master, what do you think... is there any mystery in this?"]

[You thought for a moment and said, "If the imperial court is willing to remove the northern barrier... I'm afraid that Changshengtian is also in chaos."]

[“The matter related to Changshengtian should be the death of the Khan. Helan Zhenshu is so anxious to return to Changshengtian because the ambitious Arumu has fallen ill in the Golden Tent and will not live long.”]

[Mei Qingsu's eyes gleamed: "Master Guan is indeed very insightful. The eagle who unified the grasslands had actually died in the Golden Tent a long time ago. Da'e clan kept the death a secret and wanted to change the will to let the second son inherit."]

[“The truth was exposed, so there is no need to talk about the process. In the end, Changshengtian was in chaos, and the brothers were fighting against each other. They had no time to worry about Daqi.”]

[Nomads in the northern grasslands usually have the youngest son guarding the stove, and when the older sons get married and start their own families, they are given their own cattle and sheep, and the parents live with the last youngest son.]

[Helan Zhenshu actually had no right of inheritance, but because his mother came from a large tribe, he was given the title of prince.]

Xue Huaian said, "This is a good thing for Da Qi. Otherwise, they would just sit back and watch the fire from the other side of the river and reap the benefits."

[“It would be great if the Sui Dynasty also fell into chaos.”]

[Mei Qingsu stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips and smiled: "Second Master, what you said is quite right."]

[As the leader of the Giant Whale Gang who controls the grain transport, his trade route to the west connecting to the Sui Dynasty has always been the most well-informed. ]

[The Giant Whale Gang is the largest water transport gang, connecting east and west, especially the Great Sui in the west.]

Xue Huaian was puzzled. "There is no internal strife in the Great Sui Dynasty. The Great Qi Dynasty has the Confucian Academy, and the Great Sui Dynasty has the Taoist Three True One Sect. How could there be chaos?"

【This time, Mei Qingsu didn't keep it a secret. 】

[“My Lord, you have also said that Da Qi has the Academy, so who has the final say in Da Qi today? Da Sui has Mount Zhongnan, so who has the final say then?”]

[Your eyes darkened, as if you thought of something!]

[Mei Qingsu said, "Three days ago, Emperor Sui ascended Mount Zhongnan in the name of praying for blessings, but five thousand black armored soldiers secretly surrounded this Taoist fairy mountain."]

[He suddenly chuckled, "What's interesting is that the headmaster seemed to have foreseen the future and had already ambushed 10,000 Taoist soldiers."]

[“Now the war is raging in the sixteen provinces of the Great Sui Dynasty,” Mei Qingsu tapped the table with his fingertips, “The Liu royal family is facing the Three True Daoists of Mount Zhongnan that have been passed down for three thousand years—much more difficult than the Red Eye Army of Jiangnan Dao.”]

[Xue Huaian tilted the wine cup in his hand, "Mr. Mei, why didn't you tell me about this important matter earlier?"]

[Mei Qingsu glanced at Liu Zixin and the other two girls who were making tea, and said with a smile: "The second young master has been redeeming the beauty and buying a house recently, and he rarely even goes back to the Xue Mansion."]

[“I didn’t dare to disturb your pleasure!”]

[Xue Huaian's ears turned red. He thought about how he had been running back and forth between Zixiao Pavilion and the dental clinic these days, and had no time to even ask about the affairs of the court.]

[He sighed in a trance: "The feathered clothes and colorful dresses at the banquet are still vivid in my mind, how come the world has been plunged into war in the blink of an eye."]

[The group chatted again, it was already afternoon.]

[Luo Susu originally wanted to ask for advice on sword techniques, but she didn't say a word in the end.]

[I’m not afraid of losing, but I’m afraid that I haven’t made enough progress recently and you look down on me.]

[Several people say goodbye and leave!]

[The courtyard returned to silence.]

[You close your eyes and concentrate on your practice. You project the eighth sword from your Niwan Palace—the sword-like figure.]

[The hard training of these days has finally paid off. When you first drew your sword, you were able to unravel more than 60 moves with your mind and body in one, and occasionally even reached the mysterious state of "forgetting both the sword and myself".]

[If the sword intention were to strike first, it could only last forty moves without being defeated.]

[When facing an enemy, the first move is especially important!]

[When your mind and spirit are exhausted, you slowly sheath your sword. The sharp sword force is like a weary bird returning to its nest, restoring itself in the Niwan Palace.]

[He then began to circulate the Qi in his body, and the vital energy in his body surged like a great river, circulating back and forth between the eight extraordinary meridians.]

[When dusk falls, you take out the jade-like "Yanyu Dan" from the brocade box.]

【After more than a month of regulating Wutong's meridians, today is finally the day. 】

[You said to Wutong, "After taking this, hold your Yuan and stay in harmony with the One, and I will protect you."]

[Under the bright moonlight!]

[Wutong obediently sat cross-legged in the courtyard and swallowed it, and a jade-colored halo gradually appeared around Wutong. ]

[Mrs. Ruan is also familiar with the courtyard. She is looking at the two of you from the water tank.]

[You didn't teach me the method of cultivating the primordial spirit. You only have the Yin Fu Jing and Yang Fu Jing. The former can only be cultivated to the seventh level, and the latter is a pure Yang method, which is incompatible with a woman's physique.]

[In the early morning light, the Chinese parasol tree suddenly trembled. ]

[A hazy shadow emerged from her forehead, swaying like mist in the morning breeze - it was her newly formed soul. She looked at her own body in surprise, and her fingertips gently passed through it, unable to touch it.]

[You immediately make a spell to set up a ban: "The soul is fragile. Not to mention sunlight, rooster crowing, and dog barking, even a breeze can hurt the soul. You must be extra careful."]

[You saw Wutong's soul quickly retract into his body, and then he said gently: "When I am not around, you must not leave your body easily."]

【Wutong nodded obediently.】

[In the blink of an eye, time flies by and another half month has passed!]

[That day, you were contemplating the Nine Swords in the courtyard, when you suddenly heard screams coming from inside Xie's house.]

[Xie Yuan looked panicked, rushed in holding the official newspaper, and shouted: "Brother Guan is in trouble!"]

[“Father’s army of 100,000 was completely wiped out in Yunyueze!”]

[His voice trembled, "It is said that the Red Eye Army pretended to flee and lured the government troops into the swamp. It happened to be a heavy rain and high tide."]

【Shocking fission!】

(End of this chapter)