Chapter 98 The General is Humiliated (1)
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The northwest night is silent.
Zhu Qingchen lay on the ground, staring blankly at the top of the tent.
The system stood by his side: "Chenchen, are you okay? I have blocked some of the plots that are not suitable for children, but there is nothing I can do about the rest. Are you still unacceptable?"
Zhu Qingchen recalled the plot of the original book and couldn't help but tilt his head to the side and retched.
Disgusting! So disgusting!
How could there be such an emperor in the world? How could such a thing happen?
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, which was dedicated to the country and the people, and the high-spirited young general, were destroyed in the hands of a tyrant.
How could this emperor still hold on to the throne? How could his country not be destroyed?
How outrageous!
He has watched quite a few synopses of Small World, but this one is so disgusting, making people physically and mentally uncomfortable, and this one ranks first!
Zhu Qingchen clenched his fists and pounded the ground angrily.
The system flew to the side, pulled out a clean towel soaked in water, and wiped Zhu Qingchen's face.
The cold handkerchief was placed on Zhu Qingchen's forehead, calming his buzzing head.
The system stayed by his side, took out its electronic screen, and fanned him: "Is this better?"
Zhu Qingchen took a while to relax, then he let out a long breath: "Much better, thank you."
"You're welcome." The system comforted him, "Change your thinking. This is the ancient world. We can kill people directly without going through those procedures."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and turned to look at it. The small ball of light emitted a faint blue light in the darkness.
Zhu Qingchen asked: "What is my identity in this world?"
The system confidently replied: "British Duke!"
"Duke of England?" Zhu Qingchen was puzzled. "I am also a Duke? There are two Dukes in the Northwest?"
"Yes." The system said, "You are on the same level as the Duke of Zhenguo. The Duke of Zhenguo guards the northwest, and the emperor is afraid that he will dominate the country, so he specially sent you to contain him."
"Of course, your two families have a very good relationship, otherwise the Duke of Zhenguo would not have specially asked Chu Yunyang to worship you as his master."
Zhu Qingchen seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "Since he is a Duke, then our two families should have something like a gold medal of immunity from death or a red-lettered iron certificate, right?"
"Yes." The system said, "Important props have been prepared for you a long time ago."
"Is there a sword or a dragon-headed cane that can strike down tyrants and slay treacherous ministers?"
"I don't have that." The system checked, "Oh, by the way, the Duke of England, that is, you, has a jade ruler bestowed by the emperor."
Zhu Qingchen was not sure: "Ah? The teacher's ruler?"
"Yes. The Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Yingguo were both founding dukes. They were originally positioned as the chief military commanders and the chief civil officials. The Duke of Yingguo was also revered as the emperor's teacher, teaching the emperor and the crown prince. He had a jade ruler."
"But the emperor was incompetent and didn't want the Duke of Ying to control him, so he deliberately transferred the Duke of Ying to the northwest. In the eyes of the emperor, he was too smart. He could transfer the Duke of Ying and let you restrain the Duke of Zhenguo, killing two birds with one stone."
Zhu Qingchen's mouth twitched: "It's quite smart."
Two dukes are entrenched in the northwest, one is a civil official and the other is a military general. Together with the military power in their hands, they are enough to cause a rebellion.
The system seemed to know what he was thinking, and continued: "The British princes have died out, and you are the only one left, so he is not worried about your rebellion."
"Even if I die, it won't stop me from rebelling."
"As expected of you, scumbag minister."
This is true in every dynasty.
The dukes who were enthroned in the early days of the founding of the country either had no descendants or were suspected by the emperor in the later period, and the emperor would kill them after they died.
Fortunately, his status and position were decent, and he could still have a say in the court.
If he were really a commoner, he would not even be able to enter the Golden Palace, let alone protect the Duke Zhenguo Mansion and Chu Yunyang.
Zhu Qingchen already had three strategies in mind: the best, the middle and the worst.
——The worst option was to ask Chu Yunyang to pretend to be sick and avoid going to Beijing.
If you avoid meeting the emperor, he will not be tempted by your beauty.
But for such a tyrant, even if he didn't meet him, he would not let go of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
This can only be a stopgap measure.
——The middle strategy was that he would immediately rebel together with the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion, storm into the capital, and kill the emperor.
In the later part of the original book, the grassland tribes were able to fight their way to the capital, so why can't they?
The problem is how to persuade the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and how to prevent invasions from grassland tribes during the rebellion.
——The best strategy is for him and the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion to make preparations for both scenarios.
He accompanied Chu Yunyang to the capital, waiting for an opportunity to kill the emperor and establish a new emperor.
Chu Yunyang's father and brother stayed in the northwest, ready to provide support at any time.
Of course, he didn't have to have an emperor, but the ancient society still needed an emperor temporarily. Moreover, rebellion was a big deal. If it couldn't be resolved quickly, innocent people would be killed and injured on the front line. Zhu Qingchen had experienced war and didn't want to stir up bloody storms again.
If he could choose a new king with good character without bloodshed, or choose a young child, Zhu Qingchen would spend some time teaching him so that he would not grow up astray.
Zhu Qingchen made up his mind and felt a little cold lying on the ground, so he turned over, struggled to get up from the ground, and grabbed the camel-hair blanket hanging on the bed.
The next second, there was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds outside.
Zhu Qingchen was startled and fell to the ground again.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and the young man's clear and loud voice came from outside the tent: "Dad, Mom! Teacher! I caught the wolf and came back!"
Zhu Qingchen hugged the blanket and looked back.
In the firelight, a young man was seen riding on a horse, followed by five or six guards.
Zhu Qingchen sniffed, got up from the ground, put on his clothes, and prepared to go out and take a look.
The young man who spoke was wearing silver-white armor, which shone brightly in the faint moonlight.
He got off the horse, holding a dead white wolf in his hand. There were two or three wild wolves with pure fur hanging on the horse's back, and blood was dripping from their wounds.
He looked like a nimble little wolf, full of vitality. I guess this must be Chu Yunyang.
Before he could finish his words, the young general, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, quickly covered his mouth.
"Shut up! You're still trying to catch wolves. I thought you were caught by a wolf. It's so late and you haven't come back yet. I didn't dare tell my parents. I just said you went to see Teacher Zhu. If you wake them up, they will break your legs."
This is Chu Yunyang’s brother, Chu Yunqing.
Chu Yunyang raised the white wolf in his hand and grinned at his brother: "I saw this white wolf, so I took people to chase it. I wanted to find their nest to see if there were other white wolves, but there was only this one."
"Isn't the teacher afraid of cold? I'll use this white one as a cape for the teacher." He turned around and patted the other gray and black wolves hanging on the horse's back. "This one is for Dad, and this one is for Mom. I'm going to the capital in a few days, and this one is a gift for His Majesty."
Chu Yunqing looked at him angrily and helplessly: "It's up to you, do whatever you want. I won't care if you get taken away by a wolf in the future."
Chu Yun raised his eyebrows and danced with joy: "My brother was captured by a wolf, but I can't be captured by a wolf."
At this time, Zhu Qingchen put on his clothes, opened the tent curtain and walked out.
When Chu Yunyang saw him, he quickly ran forward with the wolf in his hand: "Teacher, look, I caught a wolf specially for you. I made it into a cloak and it will keep you warm."
Zhu Qingchen took a look, smiled and touched his head: "Be good, but don't take such risks next time, and don't come back so late, brother is very worried about you."
"I know." Chu Yunyang threw the white wolf to his guards and picked up a black wolf from his horse's back. "Brother, do you think I didn't leave any for you? I left one for you. This fattest and strongest black wolf is for you."
He came close to his brother and said, "Give this to me, then don't be angry with me."
Chu Yunqing stood there with a stern face, arms folded, unmoved.
Chu Yunyang, however, was holding the wolf, circling around him, boasting: "Brother, look, this wolf is so well fed, its fur is shiny and glossy too. Wow, it must be so majestic to wear it."
Chu Yunqing only held out for two breaths before he was finally defeated by his brother's attack.
"Okay, okay, go back and take a shower and go to bed. It's so late."
"Okay."
Chu Yunyang handed the things to his personal guards and asked them to take them away and deal with them, and then he stuck to Zhu Qingchen again.
"Can I sleep in the teacher's tent tonight? I went out hunting without telling my parents, and my brother said I went to find the teacher, so I have to stay with the teacher."
Zhu Qingchen sighed and patted his head: "Then there is nothing we can do. How about you go and admit your mistake to your parents?"
"No, if my legs are broken, I won't be able to go to the capital." Chu Yunyang said coquettishly, "Teacher, good teacher..."
"Okay then." Zhu Qingchen looked helpless, "Come in."
"Yeah."
Chu Yunyang took off his cloak and quickly got into Zhu Qingchen's tent.
Chu Yunqing's face was not very good, and he clasped his fists towards Zhu Qingchen and said, "I am really sorry to bother you, Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen patted Chu Yunqing on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, I will take care of him, you go back and rest too."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen turned around and went back to the tent. Chu Yunyang had already lit the candle.
He often rested in Zhu Qingchen's tent, so Zhu Qingchen had his clothes and a small camp bed for him to sleep on.
Chu Yunyang took some clean clothes and ran outside the tent to change.
Zhu Qingchen got on the bed, covered with a thick camel-hair blanket, and asked, "Aren't you cold in the middle of the night?"
"It's cold." Chu Yunyang shivered as he responded, "But the teacher taught me to be polite. I can't change clothes in front of the teacher, right? I've been running around outside all day, and my clothes are all dirty. I can't bring them into the teacher's tent."
This is still a very honest child.
Not long after, Chu Yunyang changed into clean clothes and came in from outside.
He set up his small camp bed and placed it next to Zhu Qingchen, sleeping next to his teacher's bed like a little child.
He spread out the bedding and shivered as he got into bed: "It's so cold."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "You knew it was cold, but why did you come back so late?"
"White wolves are so rare, I really want to catch one and give it to the teacher."
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen responded and ordered, "Blow out the candles."
"Okay." Chu Yunyang got out of bed and blew out the candle.
The tent fell into darkness again, with only the soldiers patrolling outside occasionally passing by with torches, the light of the fire reflecting on the felt cloth.
Chu Yunyang was still worried and whispered, "Teacher, don't tell my parents."
Zhu Qingchen responded: "I know."
After a while, Zhu Qingchen asked, "I just heard you say that you are going to the capital in a few days?"
"Hmm?" Chu Yunyang asked in confusion. "Teacher, have you forgotten? At the beginning of the year, I captured a small leader of a tribe. His Majesty specially ordered me to go to the capital to play. I will leave in the next few days."
Zhu Qingchen rested his hand on his head and nodded: "Teacher is a little confused."
It seems that the plot has progressed to the point where Chu Yunyang goes to Beijing.
He also needs to prepare early.
"I even caught a wolf for the emperor." Chu Yunyang said proudly, "He grew up in the capital, and the farthest place he has been to is the hunting ground. He has definitely never seen a wolf. When the time comes, I will take out the wolf-fur cloak, and I guarantee it will open his eyes."
Chu Yunyang still has the mentality of a child.
He was the emperor. Even if he had never hunted a wolf himself, how could he not have seen a wolfskin cloak?
He did not regard the emperor as a king, but as a friend.
Perhaps, this is also the reason why he was unfortunately targeted by the emperor.
He is a shining, unpolished gem that grew up in the Northwest.
The emperor controls the world, so of course he will try to control him and mold him into the shape he wants.
Zhu Qingchen paused, then said, "Teacher, let's go to the capital together."
"Hmm?" Chu Yunyang looked at him in surprise, his eyes gleaming in the darkness, "Really? Is it okay?"
"Of course you can. Your father and brother won't go with you. I'm worried about you not having an adult by your side."
"I am an adult myself."
"Well... the teacher is worried about you not having a 'master' by your side."
Chu Yunyang smiled foolishly: "It would be best if the teacher could go with me."
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "There is one more thing I want to remind you of."
Chu Yunyang sat up from the bed and looked at him seriously: "Teacher, please speak."
"The capital is different from the northwest. People's hearts are hard to predict, and the emperor is definitely not what you think. When we get to the capital..."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and saw Chu Yunyang blinking his eyes with a naive look on his face. He probably didn't understand and felt a little helpless.
"Forget it, the teacher will accompany you and teach you personally."
"Great." Chu Yunyang lay back on the camp bed. "Teacher, I'm not stupid. I know that I have to be careful. My parents told me so."
But Chu Yunyang had grown up in the northwest for the past ten years, practicing martial arts and training soldiers. He only knew martial arts and fighting. How could he know about the cunning schemes and the treacherous human nature?
After all, he had never really seen those filthy things, so even if he knew he had to be careful, he didn't know where to be careful.
Forget it, Zhu Qingchen turned over and curled up in the blanket. He would go with him and teach him when the time comes.
Now that the thing hasn't happened, even if Zhu Qingchen told him this, he wouldn't believe it.
Chu Yunyang waited for a while, and when he saw that the teacher stopped talking, he closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
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The next morning.
Zhu Qingchen was awakened by the sound of the soldiers' training horns.
He opened his eyes blearily and looked around.
Zhu Qingchen didn't know when Chu Yunyang got up. His camp bed and bedding were all neatly tidied, as if he had never been there.
Zhu Qingchen got up from the bed, changed his clothes, washed up briefly, and walked out of the tent.
The soldiers were training in the open space, and Chu Yunqing was seen standing on the training ground with his hands behind his back.
Chu Yunyang stood in the team, carrying a wooden weapon, and practicing martial arts with the soldiers.
He deliberately looked at his brother and waved the weapon in his hand: "Ha - ha ha ha -"
When Chu Yunqing saw his expression, he couldn't help laughing. The corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he quickly turned his head away and stopped looking at him.
Seeing that his brother ignored him, Chu Yunyang turned around and saw the teacher, and started laughing at Zhu Qingchen again.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and waved at him, telling him to stop making those little movements and concentrate on practicing martial arts.
Chu Yunyang refused. His movements became more exaggerated and his voice became louder and louder, drowning out everyone else's voices.
Suddenly, Chu Yunyang seemed to see someone coming, and quickly stopped his movements, pretending nothing had happened.
Zhu Qingchen followed his gaze and turned to look.
I saw a middle-aged general, wearing armor, coming towards this side with several deputy generals.
The middle-aged man had a square face, a goatee, a solemn expression, and was full of righteousness.
I guess this is the father of the two brothers Chu Yunqing and Chu Yunyang, the Duke of Zhenguo.
When the Duke of Zhenguo saw Zhu Qingchen was also there, he clasped his fists towards him from a distance, shouted, and quickened his pace to walk forward: "Young Master!"
The other dukes were already over fifty years old, and Zhu Qingchen was the youngest, so everyone called him that.
Zhu Qingchen also clasped his fists from a distance: "Duke Zhenguo."
The Duke of Zhenguo walked up to him and saw that he was looking at Chu Yunyang, so he said, "My little son is too naughty. I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "No, no."
After exchanging a few polite words, the Duke of Zhenguo and Zhu Qingchen stood side by side and asked in a low voice: "Young Master, did this kid go out hunting last night?"
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "Ah?"
"He was away all day yesterday, and he didn't come back until late at night. Yunqing said he went to your place, but that can't be true, right?" The Duke of Zhenguo said with a clear expression, "I'm his father. As soon as he sticks out his butt, I know what he's going to say."
It’s true that no one knows a son better than his father.
Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "He wanted to give you a surprise. He talked to me for a long time last night about making a wolf-fur cloak for each of your father, mother and brother."
The Duke of Zhenguo laughed, his expression unable to hide his happiness, but he said, "It sounds good to say it."
Zhu Qingchen said: "Don't teach him a lesson, just pretend you don't know, otherwise you will expose the wolf fur cloak before it's even finished."
"That's right." The Duke of Zhenguo nodded, "Since the young master is begging for mercy, let's let him go for now."
While they were talking, Chu Yunyang kept looking over here.
If his father jumped up and beat him up, he would still have time to run away.
Zhu Qingchen waved at him, indicating that he was fine and asked him to rest assured.
Chu Yunyang then breathed a sigh of relief. Teacher is so nice. Thank you, teacher.
The system flew aside: "Zha Zha Chen, you are a double agent."
Zhu Qingchen grabbed it, stuffed it into his sleeve, and pretended not to hear it.
The system struggled hard: "You damn kid... I'll beat you to death..."
*
Not long after, Chu Yunyang finished his morning exercise.
He put down his weapon and trotted over to Zhu Qingchen.
"teacher!"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
"I've eaten. I'm going to get some food for the teacher. I have classes today."
"OK."
Chu Yunyang looks noisy, but he is actually quite careful.
Chu Yunyang spread a felt and a table on the open space in front of the tent and placed the steaming pancakes and goat milk on the table.
Chu Yunyang knelt down on the felt obediently: "Teacher, what are we going to learn today?"
Zhu Qingchen paused as he broke open the pancake: "What are you learning... um..."
He hasn't thought about this question seriously yet.
Being a teacher to scholars, you can teach them how to write articles.
Being a teacher for modern students, the school can arrange all the courses for them.
Being a teacher to the young general...
Zhu Qingchen let out a hiss and was unable to turn around for a moment.
Oh no, what should he teach the young general?
At this time, the system flew out from his sleeve: "Of course it's to teach martial arts."
"Martial arts?!" Zhu Qingchen blinked his eyes, "Have you forgotten? I am a sick beauty, where do I get martial arts? Do you have a martial arts secret book? Give me a copy."
"No, sick beauty."
"Then how do I teach?"
"Just teach me, I believe the host can do it."
“…”
Unable to rely on the system, Zhu Qingchen hid behind a large piece of pancake and looked at Chu Yunyang.
Chu Yunyang's eyes sparkled as he looked at him expectantly: "Teacher..."
"Well..." Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment, "Let's do a horse stance first."
Although he didn't quite understand the teacher's intention, Chu Yunyang still obediently got up from the ground, and with a "ha" sound, he took a standard horse stance.
Zhu Qingchen broke off the pancake and soaked it in the hot goat milk. While stalling for time, he said to Chu Yunyang: "This... martial arts... the only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed."
Chu Yunyang nodded seriously: "Yes, the teacher is right."
"No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives."
"Ah?" Chu Yunyang was a little confused, but soon returned to normal, "Yes!"
Anyway, what the teacher said is right!
"Practice your breath externally, and your muscles, bones and skin internally..."
"right!"
Zhu Qingchen's knowledge of martial arts was limited to these random idioms.
He couldn't say any more.
Zhu Qingchen quietly acted like a spoiled child to the system: "System, everything, everything, please help me, I really don't know how to teach you anymore."
The system said confidently: "You just stuffed me into your sleeve. I don't care about you anymore."
"I was wrong." Zhu Qingchen cried, "I am so embarrassed."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked at Chu Yunyang again: "Um...what did the teacher teach you before? Where did you leave off last time?"
Chu Yunyang said: "Teacher finished teaching Sun Tzu's Art of War last year, and last time he taught the third volume of Taibai Yinjing."
"Oh, 'Taibai Yinjing'." Zhu Qingchen suddenly realized, "I teach the art of war..."
art of war!
He doesn't teach martial arts at all! He teaches military tactics!
Zhu Qingchen grabbed the system that was about to escape and said: "You lied to me! You are a big liar!"!
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