Chapter 887 Don’t Study History by Watching Movies

"Kaxin! Do you know how to take a picture?" Xiao Peng looked at the camera angrily: "I asked you to take a picture of me, where am I?"

"Isn't it? Aren't you standing on that reef?" Kasim pointed at the screen on the camera with a look of grievance.

Xiao Peng said angrily, "Thank you! You made me as small as an ant. Do I need a magnifying glass to find myself?"

Kasim said, "Boss, you can't blame me! You asked me to take a picture of the Cliffs of Moher, but you insisted on standing next to it. Look at how long and high the Cliffs of Moher are. How could I possibly take a picture of them all and you at the same time? Could you please get closer to the camera?"

Xiao Peng pointed to the cliffs behind him and said, "The Cliffs of Moher! Have you seen Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? It was filmed right here. Look how beautiful it is!"

Kasim curled his lips and said, "Then why don't you go to the Trinity College Library in Dublin? Wasn't the library in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone filmed there? There really are a lot of old parchment books there! It's now a museum. Wouldn't it be better to smell the books and listen to the girls playing the harp there?"

Xiao Peng was stunned: "Are you still Kasim?"

"Ah?" Kasin was stunned: "Boss, what do you mean?"

Xiao Peng's eyes widened as he asked, "How do you know this?"

Kasin took out a book and said, "Boss, this is the Michelin Ireland Travel Guide. You deserve it!"

Xiao Peng: “…”

Kasin said helplessly: "You won't let me touch your car, and I have nothing to do except reading!"

"Can you touch this car? Do you know what this car means?" Xiao Peng widened his eyes.

Kaxin spread his hands and said, "Boss, I only know that after you've driven this car enough, you'll eventually want us to be the driver. You're just looking for something new. Aren't all men like that? Especially when you're drunk in the future, who will drive the car? Won't it be us? Boss, I suggest you let me drive this car now to get familiar with it, so that I don't accidentally scratch it in the future because I'm not familiar with it."

Xiao Peng thought about it and threw the car keys to Kaxin: "I have to say that what you said makes sense. Come on, drive for me, remember to be careful."

"Okay, are we going to Dublin now?" asked Cassin.

Xiao Peng scoffed, "Why go to Dublin? Since we're out here, we should have fun! Have you seen Leap Year? Didn't you notice the route we're taking is the same coastal road from Leap Year? Isn't this also a scene from Leap Year? But we should go to County Meath now. There's King John's Castle there. I loved watching Braveheart when I was a kid. Let's go check it out."

"'Freedom'!" Kasin shouted the famous line from "Braveheart" in a childish voice: "I like that movie too. When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a man like William Wallace! If I were alive in that era, I would definitely strangle Robert Bruce to death! He betrayed William Wallace so many times! He caused William Wallace to be beheaded in the end."

Xiao Peng coughed dryly twice. "Kasim, movies are just movies. Don't take them seriously. You know, the nickname 'Braveheart' doesn't refer to William Wallace, but to the hated Scottish nobleman Robert the Bruce in the movie."

"Huh?" Kasim was stunned after hearing this: "He's 'Braveheart'?"

Xiao Peng nodded. "He later became the King of Scotland and defeated King Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn. Historically, Robert the Bruce is a true Scottish national hero. During the reign of Edward I, it was he who led the guerrilla war against England. Many of the knightly deeds in the film were performed by him, including the Battle of Bannockburn, where he personally charged into battle and broke the deadlock. Legend has it that after his death, a knight beside him took his heart to be buried in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. However, they were attacked in Spain, and the knight joined the battle, shouting, 'Braveheart, lead me forward and drive out the infidels!' This incident was passed down by many bards, and it became the origin of Robert the Bruce's nickname, 'Braveheart.'"

Kasin started the car. "So the stories about William Wallace were all made up?"

Xiao Peng shook his head. "No, no, no. William Wallace is also a Scottish hero. You can see many statues of him in Scotland. He led the Scottish army in the Battle of Stirling Bridge against England during the rebellion against Edward I. He also led guerrilla forces against England."

"This movie is actually quite interesting. The screenwriter is Randall Wallace. When he was traveling in Scotland, he saw a statue of William Wallace. He was immediately interested in it and thought, 'Wow, this person has the same surname as me.' Basically, he started with a picture and made up the whole story. He didn't even know William Wallace before going to Scotland, so the content was inevitably wrong. But the movie was so popular that everyone with the surname Wallace in Scotland claimed to be William Wallace's child, but William Wallace didn't have any children at all!"

After hearing this, Kasim shook his head and said, "No! In the movie, William Wallace and the Crown Princess of England had a child!"

Xiao Peng leaned back in his chair. "I told you movies are just movies. In the movies, his wife is a commoner, but in reality, William Wallace himself was a noble. His wife, Marianne Bradford, was the heiress to Lamington Castle in Lanarkshire and also a noble! After William Wallace lost the battle with the British army, his wife was captured and executed, and they had no children at all. And Princess Isabella in the movie is even more impossible. Historically, Isabella arrived in England from France three years after William Wallace's death, and Edward III was born seven years later. How could she have been pregnant with William Wallace's child?"

After hearing this, Kasim looked disappointed: "Isn't this too boring?"

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Movies and TV dramas are just for fun. Apart from the official history, everything else is basically nonsense. The film you watched was better. The screenwriters in our country have even less moral principles. They even made Lu Lingxuan, who interfered with government affairs, murdered ministers, and defiled the imperial palace, into a kind and virtuous saint. Not to mention that perverted Gao Zhan, who was portrayed as a good man, a good emperor, and a great lover. What else can't they do? I guess Lu Zhen and Gao Zhan themselves couldn't imagine that people would still sing their praises for them for years after their death. William Wallace was a hero after all, and they can't distinguish right from wrong!"

After hearing this, Kasim didn't answer him. He stepped on the brakes directly, and Xiao Peng almost hit his head: "Hey! What are you doing?"

"Boss...look!"