Xin Yuetu came to give Lin Hai a gift.
According to the previous agreement, Lin Hai hoped that Xin Yuetu would bring him some history books. This was not difficult. Although Xin Yuetu did not understand why Lin Hai would choose such a gift, he collected several history books, whether they were officially compiled by the Ministry of Rites of various countries or essays and miscellaneous notes published by the market. Of course, the book that Lord Xin thought was the most important, "The Great Liang Taizu and the Seventy-two Palace Maids", was also brought to Lin Hai. He also found several versions, even an illustrated version and a color illustrated version that he bought at a high price.
Lord Xin spent several nights carefully reading the color illustrated version. He felt that it was indeed a very valuable treasure, so he carefully put it into a gift box and brought it as one of the most important gifts this time.
"Brother Zhang, congratulations! Judging from the situation, King Zhentian has won another great victory." Even though they were still a dozen steps away, Xin Yue suddenly clasped his fists and shouted in congratulations, "King Zhentian's military prowess is truly impressive."
"Brother Xin is joking again. This time, King Zhentian and the coalition forces of the seventeen big bosses attacked Qinghe County, but they didn't expect to suffer a heavy loss in this small village. They suffered heavy losses and couldn't even take down the village." Lin Hai pretended to be annoyed.
"Brother Zhang, why do you have to hide it? Although this village was not taken down, these seventeen mountain strongholds were taken down. It's all the same, all the same." Xin Yue suddenly jumped onto a stone next to him and looked into the distance. He even saw the scene of the people from Qitian Village and the militia from Qinghe County jointly capturing prisoners. He couldn't help but laugh a few times, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Lin Hai was a little more profound.
Lin Hai, however, remained calm. He knew that with Xin Yuetu's eyesight, or indeed any normal person's, it would be impossible for them to fail to notice something was wrong upon arriving at the scene. Furthermore, Xin Yuetu's identity was too important for either bribery or silencing him to be an option. So, Lin Hai said calmly, "Oh, you're talking about this. It's just collusion between officials and bandits. Which official doesn't support some bandits? Which bandit doesn't rely on officials? It's easier to get things done with someone in the court. Besides, this is also a legitimate business. Don't officials in your area collude with bandits?"
Xin Yue suddenly cursed inwardly that he was so shameless, but then he smiled and replied, "I just like honest people like Zhang Xiaodi. We also have collusion there, and it's a very strong collusion, hahahahahahahahaha."
After the banquet the next day, Lin Hai sent everyone away and came to Xin Yuetu's room, saying that he had something important to discuss.
Xin Yue suddenly looked at Lin Hai, whose face was solemn, and sent his guards away, and asked, "Brother Zhang, is there something wrong?"
Lin Hai stared at Xin Yuetu for a long time, which made Xin Yuetu feel a little scared. Then he shook the bag he brought with him on the table. Xin Yuetu took a look and found that it was all books, to be more precise, all history books. Some of them should be brought by himself, and the others should be collected by Lin Hai through various channels. But no matter how old or new the books were, the quality of the paper, or whether the font was neat, Xin Yuetu picked up a few books to confirm that they were just ordinary history books.
"Brother Zhang, what do you mean?" Xin Yue suddenly felt that Lin Hai was not the kind of person who pretended to be mysterious, and something big must have happened.
"Brother Xin, let me ask you, as a member of the Khmer royal family, you must have been educated, right?" Lin Hai asked.
"Of course. Although I am not valued, we are still royal family after all. We can't have an illiterate person." Xin Yue suddenly got angry. Do you think I am not valued in my own family, so I can't even read?
"That's good. Then please ask Brother Xin to help me explain the history of a thousand years ago." Lin Hai ignored Xin Yue's sudden emotional change and asked directly.
"A thousand years ago? Wasn't that a chaotic war among the countries? The countries fought each other for hundreds of years, um, about five hundred years. Then the Qin Dynasty was almost unified, but ended up falling apart. Then it was the time when the Khmer, Liang, Chen Dynasty and Xia Dynasty appeared in order." Xin Yue suddenly answered.
"Brother Xin, you are talking about things that happened within a thousand years. I want to know what happened a thousand years ago, before the countries started fighting each other?" Lin Hai continued to ask.
Xin Yuetu's voice gradually became steady. "A thousand years ago? Wasn't that a chaotic war between nations? They fought each other for hundreds of years, well, maybe five hundred years. Then the Qin Dynasty nearly unified the world, but ultimately fell apart. And then came the Khmer, Liang, Chen, and Xia dynasties."
"Really, Brother Xin, can you tell me which dynasties existed before the war among nations?" Lin Hai knew it was wrong, but he wanted to see how wrong it could be.
Sure enough, Xin Yue's voice suddenly changed, his eyes grew hazy, and his words became halting. He was completely unaware, his facial muscles, controlled by his nerves, seemed to be trying to force a smile but failing. His facial muscles and vocal cords began to tremble. "A thousand years ago? Wasn't that a chaotic war between nations? They fought each other for hundreds of years, um, about five hundred years. Then the Qin Dynasty nearly unified the world, but ultimately fell apart. And then came the Khmer, Liang, Chen, and Xia dynasties."
After saying this, Xin Yue suddenly closed his eyes completely and fell to the ground.
Lin Hai checked Xin Yuetu's breath and found that he had just fainted. It was okay, but he didn't plan to leave immediately, otherwise Xin Yuetu's guards would think that Lin Hai was here to kill him.
Initially, Lin Hai simply wanted to understand the world, so he deliberately searched for many history books. However, he discovered that all of them began recording the chaotic times thousands of years ago. Lin Hai thought he had bought the second volume of "Five Thousand Years of Chinese History," but after searching everywhere, he couldn't find any history from thousands of years ago. This puzzled him: could it be that something major happened thousands of years ago, so people were forbidden from recording it?
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