Chapter 555: Extra 10 Years
"You are the worst class I have taught in the past ten years!!!"
The curses echoed throughout the Junxiamen Palace.
The students fell silent and dared not act rashly. They could only blink at the tall figure who walked away angrily. Not even one of them dared to try to stop him.
After the figure walked away, voices began to be heard from all over:
"It's over, the teacher got angry and left again."
"Look at you guys, isn't it just the 'Yongkang Encyclopedia'? What's there that you can't memorize? The teacher asked ten questions, and not a single one of you could answer them!"
"You speak as if you can recite it! Do you know how many words are in the Yongkang Encyclopedia? Over 300 million!"
"Alas, he is a genius himself, so he always treats us as geniuses too!"
"What should we do? We should go to his house and apologize. We have to invite the teacher back!"
"The teacher doesn't like crowds and noise. It would be best to send a representative. Who should we send?"
"I'll go."
A gentle voice said this, and he stood up, dusted off his robe and walked out.
The one who volunteered was Yan Ziju (Tongyinju), who was the best in talent and conduct among the three schools, and the most elegant and handsome. He was Huo Gannian's favorite student.
Everyone thought it was appropriate for him to go.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will ascend the throne as the new emperor next year.
Now, the students who study with him will become his right-hand men in assisting him in governing the country.
"Ziju, go buy some good wine and food, and sincerely apologize to the teacher!"
"Remember to go to Bazhenzhai and weigh two pounds of amber candy and bring it to Master's Wife. If you can please Master's Wife, you'll be able to please the teacher. Success is a sure thing!"
"Ha ha ha ha--"
"That's all right, don't worry. With Ziju here, the teacher will definitely calm down."
"Let's hurry up and catch up on our homework. I still have a 20,000-word article to write. Tonight is another sleepless night—"
Amid the students' laughter, Yan Ziju left Junxia Gate and went to Zongsi Gate to call three people to join him.
Four young men and women left the palace together, first went to the East Market to buy sugar and wine, then went to the West Market Bazhenzhai to buy amber sugar, and went around the South Market and the North Market, bought big and small bags, and went to the Emperor's Mansion.
The four of them were able to pass freely with the token and went straight into the courtyard. Before they even stepped into the yard, they heard Huo Gannian's hearty laughter, which was completely different from the tone in which he scolded them a few hours ago.
Indeed, when the great imperial teacher Huo Gannian was at Sanmen, he was serious and everyone was afraid of him.
Whenever the students saw her phoenix eyes raised in displeasure, they would be frightened from the bottom of their hearts.
But everyone knew that as soon as they left the three gates and returned to the Imperial Master's Mansion, Huo Gannian would immediately change from the aloof Imperial Master to a fool for "love", laughing so hard that his eyes would almost disappear, and his IQ would drop by at least half.
It was because the person whom he cherished most and who could control him the most in the world was in the Imperial Master's Mansion—
Yun Chen.
The four students listened at the gate for a while, looked at each other, and felt that Huo Gannian's voice sounded less angry this time, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.
The four of them greeted "Teacher" and "Teacher's Wife" and stepped into the middle courtyard.
In addition to Huo Gannian and Yun Chen, there were also Wangjing Wang Rongyi, Prime Minister Yun Wang, and Yan Lang who was buried in a medical book.
The past ten years have taken away some of the heroes' glory, but have precipitated more composure and made them closer than before.
They were talking and laughing as they gathered around a large pile of carved and gilded stone tablets on the ground.
Everyone sat far apart, except Huo Gannian, who stuck to Yun Chen as if he had glue on him.
Seeing the students coming in, Yun Chen smiled and asked them to take a seat, while pinching Huo Gannian's chest hard.
The latter gasped in pain, and then he reluctantly stood up, separated a little from Yun Chen, glanced at Yan Ziju and the other three, and said "hmm" faintly through his nose as a response.
When the other people in the yard saw this familiar posture, they immediately understood what was going on.
Rong Yi embraced a stone tablet with Luo Dongdong's name on it, as if he was hugging a woman. As he carved, he occasionally spat on it to reduce the dust, and said with a smile:
"I was wondering why your teacher came back so early today. Maybe you guys pissed him off again? Tell me, why did you come back this time?"
Yan Ziju put down the gift in his hand, bowed respectfully to Rong Yi, and said with shame:
"I'm a dull student. I made my teacher angry. I couldn't recite the Yongkang Encyclopedia today."
As soon as these words came out, Yun Wang burst out laughing:
"That thing has over 300 million words. Who in the world can recite it?"
"Huh?" Yan Ziju and the other three were all stunned and looked at Huo Gannian.
The latter rolled his eyes calmly, and said calmly:
"I'm just checking you guys, I didn't say I could recite it. I'm not taking the test to become the emperor, it's ridiculous."
Upon hearing this, the four students felt relieved.
It was normal for them not to be able to memorize something that even Huo Gannian couldn't. They put down their gifts, regained their youthful liveliness, and gathered around Yun Chen with smiles on their faces, pushing Huo Gannian aside.
Yun Chen, as usual, embraced the two girls and showed them tenderness:
"Hao Shuang'er, Hao Rou'er, look at how thin you've become after being trained by Zongsi every day. Stay for dinner tonight, and I'll ask Runhe to make you bigger pork elbows!"
"Hehe, thank you, Master's Wife!"
Xun Shuang'er responded with a sweet smile.
Compared to her, the other girl seemed much quieter.
Jiao Rou just leaned against Yun Chen with a slightly blushing cheek and rarely spoke.
Compared to Xun Shuang'er who was lively and ran around, and got along well with the Prime Minister and Prince Wangjing like close friends regardless of age difference, Jiao Rou looked more like an outsider.
Indeed, for her, she was an excluded "outsider" wherever she went.
Just because her father is Jiao Zuotai.
She should have gone to hell with the "Sheep General", but Yun Chen firmly fulfilled his promise to Jiao Zuotai -
Yancheng Martial Arts School, Jiao Rou, please.
Nine words, Jiao Zuotai's only entrustment before his death, Yun Chen has never forgotten them.
After the much-anticipated Huo Yun wedding, Yun Chen personally went to Yancheng as soon as the wedding leave on the boat south ended. He found Jiao Rou in the martial arts hall and brought her back to Kyoto City to raise her.
Also brought back were Xun Shuang'er and Xun Yang, brother and sister, who Yan Shijiu had sent to the martial arts gym without his knowledge.
That was the orphan of Xun Xun that Yan Shijiu had found.
The original intention was to threaten Yun Chen, but later Yan Shijiu was defeated, which unexpectedly caused Yun Chen to reunite with Xun Huan's only remaining blood relative in the world.
From that day on, Yun Chen brought the three children to his side, taught them carefully, and cared for them as if they were his own children.
The mother poured her loving heart into the three orphans and loved them for a full ten years.
Ten years is really a long time.
It was so long that the emperor had changed almost twice and Prime Minister Yun Wang had resigned. Finally, these three children lived up to everyone's expectations and all passed the examination to become candidates for Prime Minister Wu.
Everyone was happy for these three young people.
But only Jiao Rou knew that Xun Shuang'er and Xun Yang were descendants of the famous loyal guard Xun Jian. They followed their father's wishes to practice martial arts, so they voluntarily joined the Zongsi Sect and took the path of military generals.
However, Jiao Rou was the descendant of a treacherous and evil bandit leader. Since most of the three sects had regulations prohibiting children of criminals from entering politics, she could only choose the Zongsi Sect.
And you can only take the exam for the most dangerous and difficult position of Vanguard General among the military generals.
Even though, due to Yun Chen and Huo Gan Nian's pride, no one around her dared to point at her nose and ask her face, "How dare you, the daughter of a murderer, come to enter the Three Gates?"
But some words don't need to be said out loud. Just from the suspicious, defensive and contemptuous looks of the people around her, Jiao Rou can clearly know the gap between herself and Xun Yang and Xun Shuang'er.
If it weren't for Yun Chen, she would have been killed by someone seeking revenge.
No one believed that the daughter of the Sheep General could become a pillar of the country.
This difference in background made Jiao Rou feel deeply inferior, so that even though she was young and beautiful, she did not dare to reveal even a little bit of love to the person she admired.
Thinking of this, Jiao Rou pretended to be casual and quickly glanced at Yan Ziju who was chatting and laughing with Yun Wang.
In stark contrast to Jiao Rou's status, Yan Ziju comes from a prominent family, is both virtuous and academically excellent, and has a dignified appearance. He is recognized as the candidate for the new emperor who most resembles Huo Gannian's youthful demeanor.
He is the dream lover of countless girls, and also the person Jiao Rou dreams of but dares not get close to.
Therefore, Jiao Rou just glanced at Yan Ziju quickly, then lowered her head and bit the amber candy in her hand.
Little did she know that when she lowered her head, Yan Ziju happened to look back.
Seeing that she was just sitting there quietly as usual, without even giving him a glance, a look of loneliness flashed in Yan Ziju's eyes.
He was just thinking about how to find an excuse to talk to Yun Chen so that he could be closer to Jiao Rou, but Xun Shuang'er came running over, holding his arm and begging him to help deal with Xun Yang.
Watching the emotional drama of "you love me, I love her, she loves him" among the four young people, Yun Chen, Huo Gannian, Rong Yi, Yun Wang and Yan Lang exchanged a glance, and as experienced people, they smiled knowingly and thought to themselves:
Young people, you all have to experience love, hate, and emotions!
"Alas, I can't interfere with the love between my children!" Yun Chen sighed in a pretentious manner.
Jiao Rou was so sensitive that she immediately understood what Yun Chen meant. Her cheeks flushed and she was so flustered that she forgot to speak properly.
"What are you talking about, Master's Wife? What about 'children's love'? You speak as if you know everything about it!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience fell silent. Huo Gannian's face turned a little unhappy.
Huo Gannian and Yun Chen have been married for ten years, but because Huo Gannian is infertile, they have not been able to have a child, which is a regret for the entire Nan Kingdom.
How people wish to see the child born from this beautiful couple, they can hardly imagine how dazzling and beautiful the child will be.
Unfortunately, there are always regrets in life.
This has also become a scar that people tacitly agree not to touch.
Although Jiao Rou's panicked words at this moment were unintentional, they hit the soft spots of Huo Gannian and Yun Chen, and the atmosphere in the whole place suddenly became cold.
Jiao Rou's face turned pale instantly. She knew she was in trouble, so she pursed her lips tightly and dared not say anything.
Yan Ziju, who was always eloquent, suddenly didn't know what to say to smooth things over.
The whole yard was filled with a heavy atmosphere. Only Yun Chen seemed oblivious. He pulled Jiao Rou over and covered her mouth, begging for mercy:
"Grandfather, please stop talking. Over the years, that guy has been asking for comfort every few days because of this matter, and it has kept me awake all night—"
"Master's Wife!" Jiao Rou was stunned by Yun Chen's obscene words, and hid in Yun Chen's arms with a red face.
The awkward atmosphere in the room was immediately broken and everyone burst into laughter.
Rong Yi looked at Huo Gannian teasingly:
"You're truly the grandmaster of the green tea world! No matter how many years pass, or how many wives and concubines I marry, I'll always be in awe of you!"
At this time, Yan Lang, who had been concentrating on reading medical books, interrupted:
"That's different. You studied thirty wives, while Huo only studied Yun Chen. Naturally, their skills and depth are different."
"Hahahahaha, this sentence is even more vulgar! Hahahaha——"
Yan Lang's words made the four young men present blush with shame, and they threw the whole "awkward atmosphere" out of their minds.
Everyone was chatting and talking lively.
Jiao Rou stayed close to Yun Chen and helped him carve the stone tablet.
Seeing Yun Chen sucking his teeth at a Li family stone tablet, Jiao Rou was curious:
"Master's Wife, I heard you say Aunt Li was your old neighbor in Yancheng and that she made delicious tofu pudding. You've been busy these past two years writing biographies for all your deceased friends and have become quite proficient at it. Why have you stopped here?"
"Kid, you don't understand." Yun Chen frowned.
"Look, Brother Ye, Hua Jue, Brother Gou, Xiao Liu, Dan Kou... everyone has made contributions that can be engraved on a monument. But ordinary people like Aunt Li, who lost their names in the war, don't have any great deeds to publicize and let people remember them forever. Even if this monument is engraved, I'm afraid no one will care. Sigh..."
Jiao Rou nodded, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with any good ideas.
Finally, Huo Gannian came over slowly and said in a somewhat cunning and sly tone:
"Chen'er, let me teach you a trick. If you want future generations to remember Aunt Li, Brother Zhang, Grandma, Miaomiao, Duoji, and the others, you can't just write a rigid biography. You have to write about: Is Aunt Li's tofu pudding salty or sweet? I can't remember. Is Brother Zhang's hot soup noodles flat or round? Which is better? Do Grandma's dumplings have vinegar or sugar? Are zongzi salty or sweet? You have to write these down, and future generations will definitely remember them. The little guys will argue about them for thousands of years without stopping."
After saying this, Huo Gannian waited proudly for praise, but was greeted with a chorus of thumbs-up from the entire audience:
"Old Ancestor, when it comes to being immoral, you're the one!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
The middle courtyard burst into laughter again, so loud that it almost overturned the entire courtyard.
Dinner was particularly lively and interesting because of the company of four young people.
The only exception is Yanlang.
In the past ten years, in order to make up for the sins he had committed as an accomplice to evil and to use his whole life to forgive his sins, Yan Lang had already broken the rule of only taking a person's pulse once.
He opened a free clinic in Kyoto, providing free medical treatment, and continued to do so for ten years.
For the past ten years, he has been working diligently and has never been absent. However, he has been acting out of character these past few days and has been staying in the Imperial Teacher's Mansion all day long.
He was either taking Yun Chen's pulse or flipping through medical books endlessly.
Because when he was taking Yun Chen's pulse a few days ago, he felt a very strange pulse condition.
Like a baby bird breaking out of its shell, wanting to come out but unable to.
This was a strange pulse he had never felt before.
He was afraid that it was related to the Soul-Devouring Pill from ten years ago. Was there some residual poison that had not yet been eliminated?
So these days he has been desperately flipping through medical books, searching for the fragmentary and incomplete words in the tattered and solitary copy that he has not found for ten years:
"Dragon Ashes, when consumed by men, can prolong life. Women... The source of Dragon Ashes lies in elephant bones. The Soul-Devouring Pill made from them has no antidote, except... burying them in mud from elephant bones can bring them back to life..."
The dragon ashes, if eaten by a man, will prolong his life.
Just like Huo Gannian and Rong Yi, the two of them had eaten dragon ash. Ten years later, everyone had wrinkles on their faces and their hair turned gray.
They both have shiny black hair, and look like the elegant gentlemen they were ten years ago, walking with the gait of a tiger.
Na Rongyi married a wife and had children, as if it were some kind of mission, and he did it endlessly.
So, what would happen if a woman ate the Soul-Devouring Pill made from dragon ashes?
Yun Chen indeed looked the same as he did ten years ago. He had the eternal youthfulness that all women envied, and he was so pretty that people couldn't take their eyes off him.
His eyes were as bright as before, still like a pool of crystal clear spring water.
But Yan Lang was worried that it might be an anomaly, and Yun Chen's life span had actually been shortened, and he would die suddenly one day?
Otherwise, why are the effects of taking Dragon Ashes for men and women discussed separately in ancient medical books?
Also, has the poison of the Soul-Devouring Pill really been removed?
These problems made Yanlang worried, and he searched day and night.
He had no appetite for dinner at all. After leaving the Imperial Tutor's Mansion, he went to the palace library to read books for the tenth time.
It was not until the servants in the mansion came to call him to go back and rest, and his wife was waiting anxiously at home, that Yan Lang realized it was already midnight.
He returned home with a stack of ancient medical books, and Lan Qian was waiting for him at the door of the hall as usual.
"Master, you must be exhausted."
Yan Lang touched Lan Qian's face and said distressedly:
"Silly girl, if I don't come back, just go to bed early and don't keep waiting for me in the wind."
Yan Lang habitually took Lan Qian's pulse as he spoke, not noticing Lan Qian's blushing face and whispering to him:
"I'm almost forty, and you still call me a 'girl'! In front of guests, you should restrain yourself a little!"
"Guests?" Yan Lang then noticed that there were two figures, one big and one small, in the hall.
They were a strange mother and son, and it seemed they had been waiting for a long time.
The woman had decent makeup and excellent skin, a milky white that even the dim candlelight could not hide. Her smile was sweet and soft, reminiscent of warm and sticky oranges roasted in winter.
There was a little boy standing next to her. He looked thin, but very strong and energetic. When he saw Yanlang looking at him, he started talking like pouring beans:
"Are you the miraculous doctor, Master Yanlang? I heard that you can cure any disease in the world? Then my father can't speak, can you cure him? If you can cure him, I can be your apprentice and you can use me as you please. But don't tell my father about this, he told me to speak less after entering the capital. By the way, if you have a medicine that can make people speak less, you can give me one."
"Hahaha..." Yan Lang was amused by the child and laughed. All the worries he had felt in the past few days disappeared. He really liked this little boy.
He touched the child's head and asked, "You and your mother came to Beijing to find me just for this?"
"No, no!" The woman next to him waved her hands quickly and gently urged the little boy, who quickly took out a roll of brocade from his back pocket.
Yan Lang took it curiously and opened it. In the middle of the brocade was a thin, torn page of a book.
After just one glance, Yan Lang was stunned and stood there, looking at the woman in disbelief, with unconcealable ecstasy in his eyes.
“This…this…”
Yan Lang was so excited that he couldn't speak.
The woman smiled shyly:
"You've been looking for this, haven't you? My husband searched for ten years and finally found it."
Yan Lang immediately understood who the mother and son were and asked hurriedly:
"Where is he? Yun Chen would be so happy if he knew he was still alive! He's back!"
The woman smiled and said, "He said that the meeting should be formal. Let's go to a parlor to take a bath and get a shave. We'll go to the Imperial Tutor's residence tomorrow morning to pay him a visit."
"Okay, okay! Lan Qian, please entertain us well!" Yan Lang gave some instructions in a hurry, then hurriedly entered the study holding the torn book pages.
There were only a few words on the page, which were broken and unwritten, but Yan Lang could tell at a glance that they were exactly the missing words in the last sentence of the damaged copy of the ancient medical book!
It is very likely that the person who read the book at that time accidentally left oil stains on the pages, causing the sentence to be split into two pages!
I didn’t expect to find this second page!
Oh my God, no wonder it took ten years to find it!
Yan Lang excitedly pieced the second page back into the ancient book, and the sentence about how to detoxify the Soul-Devouring Pill was finally complete.
He could finally know what would happen if a woman ate the dragon ash. Would it have the opposite effect to that of a man, causing Yun Chen to suddenly die one day?
Yan Lang's voice trembled with excitement as he recited the sentence he had been worried about for ten years, word for word:
"Dragon Ashes, if taken by men, can extend their lifespan. If taken by women... can also extend their lifespan?? Fuck you!"
Yan Lang swore a rare curse word and collapsed into the chair.
He didn't even bother to read the following sentence: "The source of the dragon ashes lies in the elephant bones. The soul-devouring pills made from them have no antidote. Only those with two souls can be resurrected from the brink of death by burying them in the mud of the elephant's bones. After ten years, the soul will be restored and a new life can be born."
He rubbed his brows exhaustedly and cursed weakly:
"Who the hell wrote this book? Don't let me know, or I'll definitely have Rong Yi rip your lungs out and tie them up in knots!"
At the same time, Yun Chen, who was completely unaware of what was happening in Yan Mansion, was on high alert in the middle of the night, trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain and surround Wei to save Zhao...
I have almost used up all the military tactics in my life, but I still can't escape someone's whining "pleasure".
The Imperial Tutor's Mansion was quiet at night, with lights everywhere.
Only Qiyunju was dark and gloomy, with no servants inside or outside the courtyard.
The doors were tightly closed, preventing the spring water in the bedroom from overflowing.
"Chen'er, I miss you..."
"What's wrong with you again? I haven't seen you for three hours today. You lost your temper with the students and came home an hour earlier than usual."
"Since we're an hour early today, can we play for an extra hour?"
"Huh??? Big brother, I was wrong. I was young and ignorant and said the wrong thing. I beg for mercy...ah..."
An hour later, when Yun Chen was too tired to move, Huo finally let him go.
Every time this happened, Yun Chen felt so weak that he had no strength left in his body.
Huo Gannian obediently helped her wash and dress, and kissed her here and touched her there.
This kind of weasel is putting clothes on a chicken!
The fox combing the rabbit's hair is considered a form of "seduction" in the fox's eyes.
So, Yun Chen, who was in a daze, felt that all parts of his body were busy again while he was half asleep and half awake.
This time, she was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy. She was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. She could only frown and hum reluctantly.
This actually aroused Huo Gannian's interest even more.
"Chen'er, just be awake. Don't worry about it, I can do it myself."
"Your uncle..."
After Yun Chen cursed those three words, he was tossed about for an hour or so as if on a boat in the surging waves.
In the end, I couldn't even tell whether I was dreaming or awake.
I only remember him hugging her back tightly and saying the love words he had said over and over again for ten years:
"Chen'er, I love you so much. Let's spend the rest of our lives, our next lives... our reincarnations, forever and ever together, okay?"
Yun Chen didn't have the energy to respond and fell asleep as if he was hit by a brick.
That night, she had a very strange dream.
She dreamed that she was standing on an endless green meadow, with countless golden pythons of all sizes flying around her and circling around her.
She stretched out her hand, and the golden pythons immediately swarmed over, all eager to get into her palm.
She grabbed the most beautiful one among them, and the golden python immediately slid down her arm and into her stomach, disappearing without a trace.
Just when she was feeling strange, the scene before her eyes suddenly changed drastically.
It turned into a desolate and gloomy sea.
A familiar yet unfamiliar figure is playing chess alone on the beach——
He was the only old friend she hadn't dreamed of in the past ten years.
Ten years later, we met again in my dream.
Yun Chen vaguely recalled many past events, with mixed feelings in his heart.
She walked over quietly and Yan Shijiu didn't notice at all.
He was holding a black piece and playing chess very seriously.
He frowned tightly, reviewing the losing situation over and over again, replaying, overturning, and trying again... He kept muttering to himself, "How can I win?" as if he was possessed by a demon.
Yun Chen stood quietly beside him without disturbing him, frowning and looking at him with some distress:
It turned out that in the past ten years, she had dreamed of all her old friends countless times, but not him. Was it because he had been trapping herself here like this?
He tortured himself with a chess game that he could never win, and created an endless hell for himself.
"Give up, Yan Nineteen. You don't have to win in this life."
In the end, she couldn't help but speak, and raised her hand to suppress the new game that Yan Shijiu was about to start.
Yan Shijiu looked up in surprise and stared at her for a long time. She looked so familiar, as if he had just seen her yesterday. He smiled with starry eyes and called out "Yun Chen".
He had a lot to say to her, but when his eyes fell on her lower abdomen, all the words suddenly got stuck in his throat and he didn't want to say anything.
He stared at her for a long time, his eyes filled with longing, obsession, and sadness. In the end, he only asked one question:
"Yun Chen, is the honey milk cheese delicious?"
She nodded, her eyes a little sore, "It tastes good."
"That's good. You're right, victory and defeat are common in the military, and you don't necessarily have to win." Yan Shijiu felt relieved and showed his signature sunny smile.
"Thank you for finally helping me get rid of it." Without saying another word, he waved his hand casually and walked towards the sea without looking back.
Yun Chen watched his figure disappear in the depths of the sea, feeling that this was the last time she and Yan Shijiu would see each other, and that they would never see each other again, either in dreams or in reality.
"Go ahead, and be reborn as a fish in the deep sea in your next life. No one will say anything about you no matter how crooked you are."
After she finished speaking, although Yan Shijiu disappeared, his voice could still be heard from the sea:
"Xiao Yunyun, don't be a good boy. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll pull you down!"
"Oh my God! We've been heard!" Yun Chen screamed in fright and quickly turned around and ran back.
When she ran away from the beach breathlessly, she opened her eyes and saw the bright sky, and all the strange dreams disappeared.
She felt the bedside, but Huo Gannian was not there.
But through the window paper you could see his tall figure, standing straight at the door, looking like an idiot.
No one knew what was going on in the yard outside. It was in chaos, like a pot of boiling water. The whole yard was filled with voices. It sounded like some important person had arrived, or some big news had fallen from the sky, making everyone excited to the point of going crazy.
During this time, Yanlang's voice was also mixed in:
"Are you awake? Not awake yet? Huo Gannian, wake up! Did you hear me? I know what's going on with her pulse! You're going to be a father, Huo Gannian! Why are you so stupid? Do you have any water? Pour a bucket on his head!"
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In the midsummer of the 45th year of the Nan Kingdom, the new emperor Yan Tunan ascended the throne.
The first decree he issued after ascending the throne was to celebrate the pregnancy of the Emperor's wife, and to reduce taxes and grant amnesty to the world.
The people who lived a peaceful and prosperous life once again found a reason to celebrate after the "Huo Yun" wedding ceremony. Every household decorated their homes with lights and looked forward to the arrival of a new life.
However, disaster always comes faster than happiness.
On the winter solstice of the same year, 410,000 Japanese pirates from the southeast raided the border, burning, killing, looting, and killing civilians. They even held a "killing competition" in public and massacred nine cities and eighteen villages in succession.
The news of the war reached Kyoto, shocking the court and the whole country, and the whole country was in mourning.
The vanguard general Jiao Rou was the first to step forward and volunteer to lead the troops, leading 200,000 cavalry to meet the enemy quickly.
However, the cavalry was not as good as the Japanese pirates in water battles. After several hard battles, they failed to win, and the general Jiao Rou also disappeared in the war.
The new emperor Yan Tunan immediately ordered the army to lead the army in person, and personally appointed General Xun Yang on the left and General Xun Shuang'er on the right, and sent out an army of 200,000 to fight the Japanese pirates again.
The people of Nan Kingdom admired the new emperor's courage to go to the battlefield right after ascending the throne, but they were also worried about him.
Fortunately, Yan Tunan was a master in commanding his troops. He was neither arrogant when he won nor discouraged when he lost, and he won more than a dozen battles in a row.
Unfortunately, when the Nan Kingdom's army was marching at sea, they were suddenly hit by a tsunami and almost all of them were wiped out. The new emperor also disappeared.
This time, Yun Chen could no longer sit still and didn't care that she was pregnant. Everyone was trying to stop her.
She held the Taiping Sword in her hand, turned over and mounted the Swallowing Cloud Beast, and asked Huo Gannian in a stern voice:
"Will you fight?"
Huo Gannian hesitated for only a moment, then nodded firmly:
"war!"
Ten years later, the banner of the Lion and Tiger was flying high again. Huo Gannian and Yun Chen mobilized the troops overnight, and with Wangjing Wang Rongyi as the vanguard, they sent troops to fight the Japanese pirates again.
Huo Gannian personally dispatched and commanded the troops, Rong Yi charged in the front, and Lieutenant General Yun Chen fought in the back. The three of them worked together tacitly, led the troops to win victory after victory, and after three months of hard fighting, they finally drove the Japanese pirates back three hundred miles away from the East China Sea.
But Huo Gannian was very far-sighted. He said:
"The Japanese pirates know small etiquette but no great righteousness, are particular about small details but lack great virtue, value trivial matters but neglect integrity and shame, fear power but not virtue. The strong will always rob and invade, the weak will always be subservient. There is no other way, only to enforce justice for the people and eliminate them! To ensure the peace of mind of my descendants!"
This means that the Japanese pirates must be wiped out completely to prevent future generations from suffering from them.
Just when Huo Gannian was preparing to regroup his army and attack again, a sudden earthquake occurred on the island where the Japanese pirates were entrenched.
The entire island broke apart and capsized, sinking into the sea, and no one in the country survived.
At the same time, Jiao Rou, who had been missing for a long time, was wearing tattered armor and was covered in wounds. She carried the unconscious Yan Tunan on her back and walked back to the Nan Kingdom Army camp, leaving bloody footprints with every step.
At this point, the Nan Kingdom army returned with a complete victory.
On the day when the army cheered for victory, Yun Chen felt relieved. Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a severe abdominal pain.
Before anyone around her could call Yan Lang to deliver the baby, she had already given birth successfully.
Holding the small, soft person in his arms, Yun Chen kissed her again and again, unable to hold back his tears.
"Anian, give him a name."
"The future is long and full of promise. Let's call him 'Huo Yunsheng'."
"Hmm? What's the connection between this preface and postscript?"
"It doesn't matter, it just sounds nice, isn't that okay?"
"No! Think of someone more cultured!"
"I really can't think of anything...it's your turn to think of it."
"You decide."
"You want to."
"What are you looking at? Still looking? I'm talking to you, think about it!"
“Hahahahahaha——”
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