Only after unifying the world did I realize that immortals existed in this world.

"Hey!"

"Ha~"

"Take this!"

Children played on the street corner, using sticks as horses.

A young man carrying a candied hawthorn stand approached, drawing everyone's attention: "Why is everyone willing to play Xue Pingrong, but not Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Jin?"

The actor playing Xue Pingrong was the biggest, chubby kid. He stepped forward and said matter-of-factly, "Xue Pingrong is a hero, and Xiang Yu is a villain."

Upon hearing this, the child actor playing the role of Xiang Yu, the King of Jin, couldn't help but grimace and take two steps back, feeling as if he had been scolded as well.

Xie Cangrong shook his head, gently patted the child's head, and gave him a candied hawthorn: "The King of Jin is also a hero."

"No, brother, you're wrong! Only Xue Pingrong is the hero."

Xie Cangrong smiled and shook his head upon hearing this: "Can there only be one hero in this world? If he is not a hero, why are so many people willing to follow him? A hero must acknowledge the strengths of his opponent and not just smear him. Otherwise, there will be no sense of accomplishment even if he wins."

"No, there's only one hero in the world! Brother, you're neither Xiang Yu nor Xue Pingrong, how can you say that?"

The chubby child just stubbornly frowned, his little face all scrunched up.

Some things can only be said to children in this way.

Because his regime is legitimate, there are many things he cannot say.

Xie Cangrong smiled, not pressing the issue for clarification, but simply said, "Since you say Xue Pingrong is a hero, do heroes keep their promises?"

"Natural Arithmetic~"

"But you promised him before, why did you change your mind now that you've let him play Xue Pingrong? Is Xue Pingrong really that kind of hero?"

The chubby child frowned: "Hmm..."

After hesitating for a while, he reluctantly extended the wooden stick in his hand and handed it to the child who was playing the role of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon of Jin: "Alright~ then you can be Xue Pingrong this time."

Hehe~

Upon hearing this, the other person chuckled sheepishly: "Playing Xiang Yu, the Hegemon of Jin, is quite fun! It's okay~ My brother said that Xiang Yu is also a hero."

The chubby child invited Xie Cangrong, "Brother, do you want to play with us?"

Xie Cangrong said with a regretful expression, "Brother has some very important things to do and can't join you all."

As he spoke, he took out a candied hawthorn and gave it to the chubby child.

Several children swarmed around him, looking at him hopefully: "Brother, I want one too!"

"Me too! Me too!"

Xie Cangrong is a very strange and complex person; he has many facets.

Some are frightening, some are awe-inspiring.

Tang Susu stood to the side, gazing at this rare sight. The sweet and sour taste of the candy balls lingered on her tongue, and she unconsciously curved her eyes into a gentle smile.

That's great!

You can like someone like that.

"Brother, who are you? Will you come again?"

"My brother's name sounds quite similar to Xue Pingrong's. He's got so much going on, I doubt he'll have much time to come!"

"Brother, is that pretty lady your wife? I want to marry such a beautiful woman someday..."

Xie Cangrong frowned upon hearing this, and took back the candied hawthorn he was about to give away: "Only a brother can marry such a beautiful sister. You're too greedy. I won't give you this candied hawthorn."

Child:?

"Giggle~"

Tang Susu kept smiling and giggling, her husband's childish side was also very cute.

"Alright, let's go!"

After distributing the candy balls, Xie Cangrong clapped his hands and said to Tang Susu, "Seeing the kids has helped ease our mood, now let's go see the old man!"

Tang Susu kept laughing: "Old Cui must be heartbroken to hear you say that about him."

Xie Cangrong shrugged: "Anyway, he doesn't like me either."

"Old Cui has given Rong Lang everything he could; doesn't that show he likes him?"

"Let's go!"

……

At the Imperial Academy, a gentle breeze blows, and the faint sound of students reading aloud can be heard.

The continuation of human civilization depends on inheritance and education.

National governance and cultural progress also hinge on education.

Three years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the time was still too short to carry out sweeping educational reforms and improve the public's awareness and quality. Moreover, culture is a double-edged sword; if it develops too quickly, and people's thinking becomes too divergent and too active, many problems will arise if the development of the social system cannot keep up.

The new dynasty temporarily followed the old system, establishing a university in Kyoto to educate the children of the elite. There were also some private schools in the private sector that taught knowledge, which temporarily maintained educational stability.

"Student Xie Cangrong, along with his wife Tang, paid their respects to their esteemed teacher."

"Your humble servant Cui Che greets Your Majesty."

In the spacious hall, Xie Cangrong and Tang Susu bowed to the old man opposite them.

Both sides have their own etiquette to observe.

The old man had a thin face, white hair and beard, high cheekbones, and long, narrow eyebrows and eyes. Even in his old age, he still exuded a serious air as he respectfully bowed to Xie Cangrong, who was much younger than him.

After they were both seated, Tang Susu personally poured tea for her husband and the old man.

Xie Cangrong greeted him, "How has your health been lately, my esteemed teacher?"

Cui Che looked at the brilliant and handsome young emperor before him and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

How long has it been?

The child who once entered the academy to study has grown up so much.

This exceptionally intelligent student, who both delighted and delighted him, yet also caused him distress and frustration, had created so many legends and established incredible achievements. Even now, he still feels somewhat unreal about it.

Even though he had many disagreements with the child, he still succeeded.

He has witnessed the current prosperity of the Great Xia Dynasty.

He composed himself and said to Xie Cangrong, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. This old minister is well."

"Recently, an envoy from a foreign land brought me some elixirs, which I have come to present to my revered teacher, hoping that he will live a long life."

The old man shook his head: "For Your Majesty to live another year is better than for me to live ten. If such a miraculous medicine truly exists, I hope Your Majesty will take good care of yourself."

Xie Cangrong was helpless.

This thing that everyone else was craving, he ended up with rotten bits of.

Cui Che was a wise and ambitious man; he didn't care about fleeting immortality. He was completely uninterested in elixirs of immortality, and simply asked Xie Cangrong, "I heard Zhaowen has suspended its voyages?"

Xie Cangrong complained to his teacher, "Our teacher really dotes on Song Qing the most; the first thing he asked was about him."

Xie Cangrong spoke in a private tone, and the old man, of course, didn't stand on ceremony anymore. He just rolled his eyes at him and said, "You all have your own agendas, but he's the only one who listens to me, so I cherish him."

Cui Che found it increasingly strange that Xie Cangrong hadn't learned anything from him at all, nor was he willing to accept his ideas.

Instead, they lured all his students away.

He seriously doubted Xie Cangrong's original motives for becoming his disciple.

"Furthermore, His Majesty has ordered him to go to sea, and his fate is unknown. I don't even know if I will ever see him again..."