Chapter 93 Low Probability

As he spoke, Shang Yuji lowered her eyes, lost in thought.

In Yangzhou City, there was Elder Fang, one of the two saints of the medical profession. This was beyond her expectations. Without Elder Fang, they would not have known that Jiang Xi had a Gu poison, nor would they have obtained Elder Fang's token to get to know Elder Yan.

As for the matter of Jiang Xi becoming an apprentice, she naturally understood that Jiang Xi's reason for becoming an apprentice was largely due to her.

It was because she wanted him to learn martial arts for self-defense that he considered learning martial arts.

If she hadn't been involved, the story would have unfolded as it did in the original book—Jiang Xiqu hadn't left the capital, and her first encounter with these seniors might have been a confrontation on the battlefield.

She asked doubtfully, "If we hadn't come to Yangzhou, would what you're saying be true?"

Xuanming murmured and sighed, “Given the weight of your destiny, we will meet one day, sooner or later, not in Yangzhou, but perhaps in the capital, Sichuan, Jiangzhou, or Nanjing… as long as you two are both here.”

Hui Gu is looking for people; once she finds a trace, she will come looking for them. It's only a matter of time before she finds them.

As a traveling doctor who has traveled all over the world, the probability of Old Yan encountering them is not zero. If he sees Jiang Xi's strange illness, he might stay and treat her.

The three of them descended the mountain because their senior brother, seeing the unusual celestial phenomena, roughly calculated the location of the two women. Their decision to come to Yangzhou was based on the calculation that they knew the women were in Yangzhou at that moment. If they were in other places, they would have changed their route.

Their meeting and acquaintance seemed like a one-in-a-million probability problem, but given Miss Shang's fate, it could be reduced to one percent, or even a certainty.

At this point, Shang Yuji understood that what she had been doing was a low-probability, lucky event. With that kind of luck, winning the lottery was no longer a dream.

Unfortunately, she can't buy a ticket to try her luck right now.

Finally, she asked one last question, and the answer was unexpected.

Qingfeng saw her to the door, and Shang Yuji left with a strange look on her face.

She walked a little further in and arrived at Senior Yi Sha's door, where she handed over the manuscript of the new sadomasochistic story that Senior Yi Sha had requested.

Having acquired these manuscripts, Yi Sha couldn't hide the mix of excitement and anticipation on his face, as if he wanted to take someone down with him. He chuckled strangely, "Little Shang, can you tell this old woman in advance what happened to that young general and the spy?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she waved her hand and said, "No, no, I can't say. If I do, the story won't be as interesting."

Shang Yuji was already familiar with Yi Lao's style. Every time, he was itching to read the unfinished story, but he was also afraid of spoilers and losing the novelty. He was torn between the two, but in the end, he held back.

The only headache is getting people to submit their manuscripts.

"Little merchant, little merchant, this old woman doesn't have many years left to live. I'll read as much as I can, so please hurry up and finish the sequel."

"Hey, besides this old lady, several other older sisters are also waiting for the new story. When will it be released?"

"Just consider it fulfilling my last wish. I can't let an old woman like me go to my grave with regrets."

When Shang Yuji saw Yi Lao accepting the manuscript, the way he seemed to want to drag everyone down with him was genuine. What a sanctimonious senior, Yi Lao!

The young general and the spy were from the same country, but they served their country in different ways. In the end, they both died for their country. The spy refused to reveal the secret and was tortured to death. The young general fought his way up the ranks, but the battlefield was ruthless, and he died under the executioner's blade. When he died, he tightly clutched the token between the two of them and looked forward to meeting her in the underworld at dawn.

Sacrificing their own families for the greater good is but a tiny, insignificant stroke in the grand sweep of their lives.

It is even more helpless to watch everything fall into defeat with unstoppable force, yet thousands of people still go against the tide.

Unlike what Senior Yi usually sees, where two people fall in love only to discover that there is an irreconcilable hatred between them, or where they recognize each other with a token but fall in love with the wrong person, everything returns to normal but the lingering feelings are hard to sever...

In truth, some matters of love boil down to this: "Hesitation leads to chaos; indecisiveness leads to future troubles."

However, writing heart-wrenching stories is another matter entirely.

Countless writers aspire to write a single, heart-wrenching story that will cause readers immense pain!

Of course, the newspaper's storyline is a different story.

Fortunately, Master Yi accepted her story well, but Shang Yuji suspected that Master Yi must have been trying to deceive his companion.

A person doesn't feel tired when doing bad things.

Shang Yuji explained in advance: "Once I'm in the capital, I probably won't have time to write anymore."

Upon receiving the rest of the text, Yi Sha's expression immediately changed. How dare the affairs of the capital delay Xiao Shang's story writing? She was the first to disagree: "Actually, it's not that there are no ways for people from the martial arts world to get involved in the affairs of the imperial court."

Although there is an agreement between the martial arts world and the imperial court that martial arts masters cannot arbitrarily interfere in the change of the court, what if one day a master appears, sees that the emperor is not to his liking, flies into the palace and kills the emperor, causing the court to fall into another change of emperor?

Every unstable change of dynasty is a hardship for both the people and the country.

However, it's not impossible to get martial arts masters involved if you really want to.

Those who want to seize power naturally focus their minds on crooked and unethical means, just as the most profitable methods are written in the law. If you want to quickly acquire wealth, you can consult the law. Some people have even put a lot of thought into this and come up with a way to involve martial arts masters.

First, train a martial arts expert at home for your own use. This person does not need to go out and meet people. Just let people know that they have properly trained a "family master". When you need someone, you can replace him with a martial arts master.

Of course, there are shortcomings. Even if the original martial arts practitioners concealed their appearance, someone would always recognize them. But when the court was in chaos and the court was changing hands, who would pay attention to these details? Maybe everyone had their own ulterior motives and was hiding a group of martial arts practitioners!

Moreover, the victor is the writer of history. When the time comes, the combination of historical writing and official records will surely silence dissent, obscure understanding, and ultimately lead to the distortion of facts and the reversal of right and wrong.

Originally, Yi Sha had planned to go north with them. She stayed in Yangzhou to teach her apprentices. Now that her apprentices were gone, she had nothing to do in Yangzhou, so she might as well go to the capital together. If there was anything she could do to help, she would lend a hand. If not, she would just treat it as a trip to the capital for fun.

Undeniably, she thought Xiao Shang had written a new chapter, and she was able to see it immediately.

In any case, she won't lose out.

But it wouldn't do to say that Xiao Shang is too busy to write.

Shang Yuji smiled faintly: "If we really need Elder Yi's help, please don't find it troublesome, senior."

Yi Sha affirmed, "It's a trivial matter."

She returned to the manor earlier than expected. With a clear goal in mind, Shang Yuji went straight to the study, only to find Jiang Xi, who should have been inside embroidering, standing in front of it.

Jiang Xi heard her footsteps as she returned, so he put down his needlework and went to the study ahead of time to meet Aji.

She didn't care about anything else; as soon as she saw him, she ran straight to him and jumped up to hang on him.

"Jiang Haitian, I'm back!"

Jiang Xi gently supported the person, her eyes crinkling with a smile, and said, "Yun Xiao is back so early."

"Isn't it because I was worried you missed me?"

"Yunxiao is amazing, she knew I missed you."

Shang Yuji tugged at the hair hanging down his head: "There's no need to praise that."