Chapter 428 Not Good at Persuading People to Die
Xie Qingyun lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, as if he was weighing his words.
It's okay to say it directly. After all, he is really not good at beating around the bush when it comes to persuading people to die.
"According to my master's calculations," he looked up at Gu Jiayue. "Two years ago, Dagan's national fortunes were supposed to be flourishing, but something unexpected happened, and it's gradually declining."
He paused, his eyes sweeping across Gu Jiayue's slightly changed expression, and continued, "That slight change will absorb Dagan's national destiny, transform it into his own destiny, and ultimately gather all the energies into one."
"If such a person were born in a time of war, he might be able to save the world. But if he were born in a peaceful era, then..."
"He will be a disaster! A disaster for the entire Dagan, and even for the world we live in!"
"Miss Gu," Xie Qingyun's gaze locked onto her, his tone adding a certainty that left no room for doubt. "According to your fate, you were destined to die young. You should have passed away two years ago."
"But now you are still alive, and you are even constantly absorbing the national fortune of Dagan. This is wrong."
Gu Jiayue only felt a buzzing sound in her head, as if she was hit by a heavy hammer.
She leaned back suddenly, steadying herself on the stone table with her hands, her fingertips turning white from the exertion.
What was he saying? She recognized every word, but when put together, it sounded like incomprehensible writing.
What does it mean that she is absorbing the national destiny of Dagan?
She obviously didn't do anything!
Every day I teach and deal with village affairs, and at most I use my education points to exchange for some medicinal herbs. How can I become a thief of national destiny?
"I'm just a teacher..." She murmured subconsciously, her eyes a little straight, as if she couldn't find the focus, her lips moved, but she couldn't come up with a more forceful rebuttal.
"System, do you know what he is saying?" She called out anxiously in her heart, her voice trembling barely perceptibly.
"Host..." The system's voice was a little hesitant, as if it had something to hide.
Gu Jiayue's heart sank. Looking at its appearance, she knew that it must be hiding something.
"System! Do you know something?" she asked, the uneasiness in her heart surging like a tide.
The system was silent, as if it had completely crashed.
Looking at the system pretending to be dead, Gu Jiayue calmed down a little.
Its attitude says it all.
A feeling of weakness crept up her spine, and her hands that were supporting the stone table trembled slightly, and even her shoulders slumped.
She just wants to live, why is it so difficult?
Memories of my childhood suddenly came flooding back.
Back then, her father and mother had no love for her. When school started, while other children wore new clothes and carried new schoolbags, she could only wear her cousin's old clothes with frayed cuffs, carry a schoolbag her grandmother had sewn from a urea bag, and wear cloth shoes with frayed seams. Her three meals a day consisted mostly of corn porridge with pickles, and she struggled to get through each day.
After growing up with great difficulty, I went to college at the age of eighteen with a student loan.
In order to compete for the outstanding graduate bonus, she took the initiative to apply to teach in the most remote mountainous area. She was almost abducted by human traffickers on the way. Thinking about it now, she still breaks out in a cold sweat.
After graduating and getting accepted into a good school as a teacher, he was constantly bullied. His opportunities for awards and honors were repeatedly snatched away by the director's lazy cousin.
It's not that she didn't fight for it, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she could only force herself to work harder and become better...
Then, I just worked myself to death at my desk.
Arriving in this strange dynasty, she thought her luck had turned.
When I wanted to set up a school, the villagers supported me; when I wanted to do epidemic prevention, everyone cooperated; and most of the people I met were reasonable.
She thought it was luck that had come, but now Xie Qingyun told her.
She is a thief who stole the national destiny of Dagan. The floods and plagues in Dagan in the past two years are all because of her.
"You don't know yet, do you?" Xie Qingyun's voice pierced like an icicle. "Last month, the Chu suddenly attacked us, and the area north of Yanshan has already fallen. They slaughtered all our people, and piled their heads into countless tombs at the city gates."
"Prince Jiang Luli was ordered to take charge of the situation ten days ago. He led 100,000 soldiers to the border and was able to barely stop the war from spreading."
"Have you seen the displaced people? Have you seen a family of four with their heads chopped off? Have you seen a child swept away by a flood? And a woman pinned to the ground by rocks, with only one hand exposed..."
"Stop talking!" Gu Jiayue stood up suddenly, her chest heaving violently, her eyes red, and her voice trembling with uncontrollable force.
"Master Xie, why are you telling me this?" She stared at him, the shock in her eyes gradually turning into anger. "Are you trying to make me feel guilty and end my life?"
"No!" She shook her head violently, clenching her fists until her knuckles turned white. "I didn't do anything. I don't want to be accused of this!"
Gu Jiayue turned around and walked away, her steps fast and hurried, as if there was a flood or a beast behind her, and she didn't even want to look back.
Xie Qingyun looked at her back, his face expressionless, and said lightly: "I'll give you three days. If you can't figure it out, I will do it myself."
He pulled a small porcelain bottle from his bosom and placed it on the stone table. The bottle shone coldly in the moonlight. "This is a colorless and odorless poison. If you take a sip, you will die within three breaths, without any pain."
After saying that, he turned and left. His robe swept across the fallen leaves on the ground, making a rustling sound, and he quickly disappeared into the night.
Gu Jiayue paused, slowly turned around, and her eyes fell on the medicine bottle on the stone table.
The bottle was small, like a container for rouge, but now it was like a branding iron, burning her eyes sore.
"System, I want to hear the truth." Her voice was soft, but it was firm and unyielding.
The system knows and can’t hide it anymore.
only……
It remained silent in Gu Jiayue's mind for a long time before speaking in a tearful voice. "I'm sorry, host, I can't tell you. I have a self-destruct program in my body. It's a top-secret system secret. If I reveal the information, the program will be activated and I will be destroyed."
The system is almost crying.
The team leader clearly said that this was just an ordinary novice task, how could such a thing happen?
Gu Jiayue didn't force it anymore, but just said "hmm" softly.
She walked over to the stone table and sat down, her fingertips unconsciously running across the lines on the tabletop.
"Okay, I won't let you tell me. I'll guess it myself." She took a deep breath, and her eyes gradually became clear.
"If I'm right, just shut up."
"The only thing I gained from coming to this world was education points. With these points, I can buy things in the system mall and complete quests. Completing quests elevates my status and reputation." She paused, gazing at the dark night sky in the distance. "So... this so-called education point is actually what Xie Qingyun calls national destiny?"
"Think about it from a broader perspective. Why is the world consciousness so opposed to us? Because we're thieves, stealing its treasures. That's why it's angry and wants to destroy us." Her voice trailed off. "The world consciousness uses natural and man-made disasters to warn humans: thieves have entered, and we must eliminate them. Is that right?"
As expected, the system did not say anything, pretending to be mute in Gu Jiayue's mind, and she silently said in her heart: I am mute, I am mute.
"No!" Gu Jiayue suddenly frowned and denied herself, "If this is the case, we should be on the same front with the system world, but why did He let the system kill me?" She did not forget that there was a system in Gu Yuchuan's body that was eyeing her covetously.
Everyone wants to kill her.
She curled the corners of her mouth and showed a self-deprecating smile, feeling really "honored".
"Host, not everyone in the system world is united." The system suddenly interrupted, its voice low, "There are also those who are dissatisfied with the Lord God."
Gu Jiayue's eyes lit up as she suddenly understood. "So your system also has factions? Which faction do you belong to? And which faction does the system in my second brother belong to?"
The system stopped talking. With that sentence just now, it had already crossed the red line.
I can’t figure it out, I really can’t figure it out.
She rubbed her swollen temples, but her headache only got worse.
The uncle standing by didn't understand what they were saying at all and felt confused, but he heard the last few sentences clearly.
He was so angry that his face turned red and his hand holding the axe creaked.
As expected, I guessed right, this man is here to kill people!
He actually advised Jiayue to die!
Bah! Master, what a bullshit master!
He rushed over first, grabbed the medicine bottle on the stone table, and squeezed it tightly. "Jiayue, don't listen to his nonsense!"
He gasped, his voice trembling with anger.
"What origin, what destiny, what do they have to do with us? We are just ordinary people. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. If the sky leaks, it has nothing to do with us!"
Gu Jiayue looked at her uncle's excited expression, and her heart warmed. She forced a reassuring smile. "Uncle, I'm fine."
She changed the subject, her eyes becoming serious. "But why were you so wary of him just now? Could your previous injury have something to do with him?"
My uncle nodded heavily, the fear in his eyes replaced by anger, his voice tinged with apprehension. "That day, I saw him murder your aunt's entire family with a long sword! Seeing things weren't going well, I turned and fled in my carriage, but he caught up with me. He struck me on the head with a blunt object, and just as he was about to kill me, he seemed to hear something and suddenly turned and fled. That's how I managed to escape death."
"Uncle, did you see his face clearly at that time? Are you sure he looks exactly like the man just now?"
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