Two days after Yang Zhengning returned to Anding Division, on the spring equinox in March, Li Nan rushed to his office early in the morning.
"Deputy Director Yang, Blood Rose released a new video early this morning!"
Yang Zhengning took the phone. "Go wash away your sins at the bottom of the river—you jellyfish pig?"
Upon receiving the video, Yang Zhengning did not choose to watch it immediately. Instead, he long-pressed the screen and, following the prompts, first chose to save the video.
According to his reasoning, only the earliest videos are affected the least.
Seeing Yang Zhengning's actions, Li Nan quickly explained, "Deputy Yang, Xiao Wang from the technical department saved this video the moment it was discovered, so the loss should be minimal this time."
"Yes!" Deputy Yang nodded. "Have you watched this video yet?"
"I've already seen it. This video is about the same length as the previous one. The content imitates a horror movie from decades ago. At the end of the video, there is also a bloody scene."
Li Nan scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "This time I didn't dare to look directly into the video, I just listened to the voice."
"Haha, it's okay, this is still progress!"
Vice President Yang, holding his phone, walked up to Li Nan and said, "Let's take a look together this time!"
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The story takes place in the distant past, a time of warlord conflicts and widespread suffering.
In an era when people couldn't get enough to eat or wear, simply surviving was a blessing for ordinary people, so they shouldn't even dream of any entertainment.
Of course, this is only for ordinary people.
Even in chaotic times, the lives of warlords who controlled their own territories were equally comfortable.
The story begins in the home of a small warlord. Although he was just a small warlord, he had about a hundred guns and more than twice that number of soldiers.
Although the sixteen concubines in the household were not exactly beautiful, they were still good for warming the bed when it got cold.
Moreover, these concubines added more than ten new lives to the Yi family. On the surface, the family was at least thriving. Wasn't that enough?
On this day, it was the fiftieth birthday of warlord Master Yi, and he specially invited a recently famous theatrical troupe to perform at his home to celebrate his birthday.
In an era lacking in entertainment, being able to hear such a theatrical performance was a rare treat for the Yi family.
Master Yi held a grand banquet, entertaining guests for five days. The opera troupe also performed for five days on a stage specially built by the Yi family.
For ordinary people, Master Yi's birthday banquet was irrelevant, but the opera troupe, which they rarely saw for several years, could be seen from afar and heard faintly.
Yang Peng, the leading actor in the opera troupe, is a young man in his early twenties who is not only handsome but also possesses a gifted voice.
Yang Peng performed to his heart's content on stage, and every move he made, whether laughing, joking, or cursing, earned thunderous applause from the audience.
The line, "In this chaotic world, I am like a duckweed, watching the flames of war engulf the land. Though I am of humble status, I dare not forget my duty to the country, even if no one knows me," perfectly captures the vicissitudes of life, and the audience, both in the audience and outside the theater, felt the same way.
The strong patriotism expressed in the opera also moved Yi Minmin, who was listening quietly in her boudoir not far from the stage.
Miss Yi is fifteen years old this year. As Mr. Yi's seventh daughter, she is considered to be a daughter he had late in life.
However, this is a chaotic world, and also a world where men are superior to women. If it were today, a little daughter who could be the apple of one's eye would not be able to violate many rules and regulations that must be followed in such a society.
The older brothers and sisters who are engaged or waiting to be married can sit in specially made audience seats and enjoy the romantic scenes on stage.
At the age of fifteen, she should not appear in public in such a setting, as it would be indecent.
Not to mention these special circumstances, even on ordinary days, without her older siblings accompanying her, Xiao Yiminmin is not allowed to leave her family's yard without permission.
Young people are all rebellious, especially Yi Minmin, who is fifteen years old and just beginning to experience romantic feelings.
Looking at Yang Peng on stage, a man of both talent and good looks with an extraordinary temperament, her heart also sank into him.
In this era, not only were wars frequent, but new ideas were also constantly emerging. Xiao Yi's two maids would always take advantage of the opportunity to go out shopping to smuggle some personal items for themselves.
On love, on matters of national importance.
What seems perfectly normal now was considered unconventional and revolutionary in her time.
The emergence of Yang Peng's opera troupe became the spark that ignited this grassland.
After performing for five days, the opera troupe stayed for three more days at Master Yi's kind invitation.
During these three days, Yang Peng, as the mainstay of the event, only accompanied the guests at the dinner table; his whereabouts were unknown at other times.
To express their gratitude for Master Yi's hospitality, including the previous five days, the most attractive members of the opera troupe worked hard on stage during the day and continued to work diligently in Master Yi's master bedroom at night.
This is both a tragedy and an inevitability of our times!
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. As the opera troupe walked away into the distance, while Master Yi was still savoring the novel moves of those handsome actors and planning to have his newly acquired concubine learn them, the steward barged in at an inopportune moment.
"Master, something terrible has happened! Miss Seven has disappeared!"
The butler had expected Master Yi to be furious, but to his surprise, the master was only slightly annoyed.
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