Chapter 297 The Demon Concubine Does Not Harm the Country, She Only Wants to Harm the Imperial Master (Part 1)
Question 1: How to survive in ancient times?
Answer: Study hard. Study till you die.
Question 2: What if the leader is a tyrant?
Yu Huo: Throw the book away.
Question 3: Then what?
Yu Huo: Then the scam started! (bushi)
Answer: Six!
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[Ding! Soul extradition completed, you have arrived at the plane.]
When Yu Huo opened his eyes, his first reaction was hunger, the kind of hunger that made his chest stick to his back.
What caught my eye was a dilapidated, earth-yellow house. On a broken table with a missing leg lay a ceramic bowl with a chipped edge. Outside the door, a figure was vaguely seen walking back and forth, very busy.
At this moment, a voice came from outside the wooden door.
"Xiao Zhuzi, you can barely afford to eat, so why did you bring that sickly scholar from the Yu family back home?"
The figure outside the door straightened up and looked at the aunt next door: "Aunt Zhang, Uncle Yu Hai saved my life before. I can't ignore Brother Yu. If I don't bring him back, he will starve to death."
Aunt Zhang sighed when she heard this: "But he can't do anything except study. Wouldn't it be a burden to you if he brought him back?"
Xiao Zhuzi was silent for a while, and also sighed: "It doesn't matter whether it's a burden or not. Seeing that the Ukrainian Kingdom is about to attack, it's useless to think so much..."
Aunt Zhang fell silent, and the dead air belonging to the living began to spread in the air.
Living in this era is worse than death.
Yu Huo withdrew his gaze, looked at his bony wrist, and closed his eyes again with a sense of despair.
You little bastard, what kind of broken body did you find for me?
[Sorry, people here are too random with names. It's either Zhuzi or Shuanzi, or Gou'er, Lu'er, or Ya'er. The choices are really limited.]
Yu Huo fell silent for a moment.
The system asked.
[Host, do you want to transfer the world line now? ]
Spread it.
Faced with such a bare scene, Yu Huo couldn't open his mouth to ask for food. Instead of enduring it silently, he decided to divert his attention.
[Unfortunate 945: Okay. World line transmission in progress...]
This place is called Ningguo, and the second emperor founded the country.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that it is called Ningguo, but that was in the past. The Ningguo now... is not peaceful at all.
Ever since Emperor Ning Yang, the second ruler of Ningguo, rescued a man during an autumn hunt, he became even more indifferent to worldly affairs. He spent all his time hanging out with the man, living a life of drunkenness and dreams. He even made him a concubine and mobilized countless financial and human resources to build a pavilion on the top of a cloud.
As the name suggests, the Cloud Top Pavilion - just the sound of it sounds luxurious and gorgeous to the extreme.
From then on, officers and soldiers began to arrest able-bodied men everywhere. Nine out of ten houses on the streets were empty, and all the men were thrown into the quarries to do hard labor.
The people were living in misery and resentment was everywhere, but Emperor Ning Yang turned a deaf ear and acted on his own. With the help of treacherous ministers at his side, he wantonly killed loyal ministers and generals, which made the surrounding small countries restless and led to frequent conflicts on the border.
At this time, all the soldiers were transferred to build the Yunding Pavilion, and the people could only pick up hoes to defend their homes, and their lives were miserable.
With such a dynasty and such a monarch, one can imagine what the ending will be.
The man was actually a fox spirit in disguise. He stayed by Emperor Ning Yang's side in order to absorb the country's fortune and help himself achieve enlightenment as soon as possible.
In order to quickly disintegrate the Ning Kingdom, he instigated the king to build the Yunding Pavilion, killed loyal officials, and even provoked internal and external wars on his own. The Ning Kingdom collapsed in just three years, and the divided territory began to fight for years and the bloodshed continued.
The original owner, Yu Huo, had a wealthy life. His father was a small landlord. Seeing that Yu Huo was very talented, he sent him to school so that he could study and join the gentry.
But things happen unexpectedly. Since Emperor Ning Yang ascended the throne, the imperial examinations have been completely controlled by treacherous officials. They secretly bought and sold official positions and titles, and lived off the fat of the land. The original owner never had a chance to make a name for himself.
This was delayed year after year, and the neighboring country rushed into the village and looted the family, which should have been relatively wealthy. Yu's father and mother were brutally killed by the neighboring country's soldiers, and in the end they even set fire to the crops.
The crops were gone, and the original owner, who knew nothing but studying, starved to death at home.
“…”
Yu Huo suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he felt so weak and hungry. It turned out that he had starved to death!
At this moment, the half-closed door was opened, and a thin, dark young man walked in.
This might be the little pillar that brought him home.
When Xiao Zhuzi saw that he had woken up, his lifeless eyes lit up: "Brother Yu, are you awake?"
Yu Huo curled his lips at him: "Yeah."
"Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat." Without even saying thank you, Xiao Zhuzi ran out. After a while, he walked in with a black and green thing and handed it to him.
Yu Huo fixed his gaze on his hand and asked, "What is this?"
Xiao Zhuzi looked at him doubtfully and said, "Wild vegetable nest."
Seeing the tattered clothes on the other person with patches on top of patches, Yu Huo didn't ask any more questions. He took the piece of wild vegetable nest and took a bite.
It tastes terrible and makes my throat sore.
But Xiao Zhuzi kept swallowing his saliva as he watched.
Yu Huo stopped chewing and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Xiao Zhuzi turned his eyes away: "Eat it."
"What did you eat?"
"Wild vegetable paste."
Yu Huo was silent for a few seconds, then split the piece of wild vegetable in his hand into two: "Here, let's eat it together."
Xiao Zhuzi quickly waved his hand: "Brother Yu, you eat it."
Yu Huo felt inexplicably sad. He grabbed his equally bony hand and stuffed half a piece of bread into it. "I'm too hungry. I'll get sick if I eat too much."
Xiao Zhuzi thought about it, pinched the pancake and didn't eat it: "Then leave this piece for you to eat in the evening."
"......" Yu Huo sighed: "Eat quickly, I'll take you to eat something good tonight."
"Eat something good? Brother Yu, you don't have anything at home, why are you taking me to eat something good?"
The boy had a big head and a skinny body. He spoke with a strong rural accent and looked a little silly.
Yu Huo was choked by the rough texture of the pancake and waved his hand, "You'll know in the evening!"
Xiao Zhuzi listened to his words and blinked his big eyes, obviously not believing him.
But under Yu Huo's fierce gaze, he dared not disobey, so he had to lower his head and stuff the last few wild vegetables into his mouth in big and small mouthfuls.
After eating the pancake, Yu Huo finally regained some strength. He got out of bed, picked up the broken bowl, drank the water in it, and then urged Xiao Zhuzi to take him to the town.
This is the border area between Ningguo and Wuguo, called Sishui Pass.
Because their village was looted by enemy soldiers the day before yesterday, the wealthy families in the town were frightened and began to pack their things in large and small bags in preparation for migration.
During this time, a wealthy man dressed in gorgeous clothes left his busy family and servants, walked to the noodle stall at the intersection with a bitter face, and shouted: "Give me a bowl of noodles with meat!"
The noodle stall owner responded quickly and added some firewood to the pot that was about to go out.
While waiting, the rich man noticed two young men squatting not far from the man with facial paralysis.
He raised his eyebrows: "Hey? These two are really weird..."
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