Chapter 156: A thousand years ago
The border facing north had already snowed heavily earlier.
The coldness was too strong, and even the snow on the road had not melted. It was just that the wheels were crushed into deep marks and frozen again. Pieces of muddy hard snow spread across the ground like a blade.
An old man came out of the tent with his body. Although he was wearing a thick jacket, the cold wind poured into the collar. He still shivered all over. He quickly tightened his collar and leaned towards the fire pits ignited by several gangs not far away.
"grown ups."
The soldiers were very respectful to the old man. They quickly took out some venison meat from the cloth bag beside them, threw it into a small bowl on the fire pit, added some hard buns and started cooking.
The food of the border army is actually better than that of ordinary local army. However, after the cold weather, the transportation of some supplies comes slowly than usual. This kind of jerky meat that seems vulgar to the nobles in Jiankang City is a bit extravagant for ordinary soldiers.
This name is Chen Shuhuang. Although he was wearing casual clothes and not wearing general armor, he was one of the military advisors of the Dingyuan Army and was responsible for communicating with the other border troops. His status in the border troops was naturally very high.
"When did this venison jerky come from? Can you give me a few?"
Chen Shuhuang just sat down in front of the fire pits of these gangs. With the sound of some ice shattering, a sound came over.
Several soldiers looked at the sound unexpectedly, but saw a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, wearing a blue cotton robe, looking very clean. Judging from his temperament, he was not an ordinary person.
"This is Chen Jinru, the military advisor of the entire Chen family." Chen Shuhuang looked at the soldiers who didn't know how to answer, smiled slightly, and said, "You should have heard of his name before."
The gangs were shocked and bowed to the man one by one, then took out the jerky meat, took a small bowl and added water to boil it.
As the military advisor of the Chen family, Chen Jinru's name was not famous in the border army before. Of course, ordinary soldiers did not know it. However, after the Battle of Zhongli, many practitioners who played a key role in that battle were widely spread with the story of the Battle of Zhongli, so that these soldiers were also very clear that Chen Jinru was not only a powerful practitioner, but also a think tank for the Chen family to dispatch soldiers and generals in the mainland of the Southern Dynasties. These soldiers also heard about it. The military advisor of the Chen family later went to Dangxiang with Lin Yi.
The powerful people in Jiankang were actually more hostile to Lin Yi, but most generals of the border army almost followed Wei Rui's attitude towards Lin Yi, especially those ordinary soldiers, who admired the shining names in the battle of Zhongli.
When these gangs started cooking meat soup immediately, they even cleaned up next to the fire pit and laid a clean animal skin.
"Here comes directly from Dangxiang?"
Looking at Chen Jinru sitting next to him, Chen Shuhuang was still hunched over and stretched out his hands to roast the fire.
"It's also true. I didn't go to Jiankang, but I turned a few places on the way." Chen Jinru said to him.
"Then I don't know if it's snowing in Jiankang City." Chen Shuhuang said with some regret.
"You can go back to Jiankang City at any time." Chen Jinru looked at his eyes quietly and said.
"It's a pity that things always don't go as expected."
Chen Shuhuang slowly straightened his hunched body, and he stretched. With his simple movement, his body joints kept clattering, and his whole body slowly lost his old state, even giving people a feeling of strength and majesty.
"When did you start to doubt me?" He frowned slightly, looked at Chen Jinru with some difficulty in understanding, and asked sincerely.
"Actually, it can't be considered a suspicion, just try it first."
Chen Jinru looked at the old man who seemed to have completely broken away from his old attitude and shook his head, "Before Lin Yi's senior brother came, he carefully checked the people related to those of the Guangming Saint Sect in the South Heavenly Court. They found that you knew people from the Guangming Saint Sect back then, but there were no other clues."
"Just try, it will take so much trouble and so many people?"
Chen Shuhuang shook his head, he looked around and said unbelievably.
At this time, the gangs next to the fire looked around and felt that the camps around them were still as normal and there were no more people. However, many news had been reported from the Northern Wei Dynasty. The conversation between Chen Jinru and Chen Shuhuang suddenly made them have enough associations. A few fear appeared in the depths of their eyes, and the expression of Chen Shuhuang was suddenly completely different from usual.
"If there is anything else... it's just a pure guess." Chen Jin continued to speak out, "As far as you know, if these people related to Emperor You want to completely control the world, they will naturally have arrangements for the future of the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Chen family is the most important force to determine the fate of the Southern Dynasties in the future. Then this mysterious force should also want to penetrate its own power in the Chen family. Although you are a distant relative of the Chen family, your position in the border army has been very subtle over the years. At your position, you can access almost all the military information of the border army, and you can also learn about what happened to the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty as soon as you want. And as long as you want, you can even have a way to tamper with the content of the military information, and even replace the general's military order at some point."
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, then looked at the old man and said seriously, "If I were the so-called descendant of Emperor You, if I had arranged it, then I would definitely want to arrange a person like you to occupy such a position among the border troops of the Southern Dynasties."
"It's really not good for Helan Heiyun to spread such news directly. Many people are prone to covet the power of Emperor You, and many people begin to doubt everyone around them again." Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Jinru and smiled, saying, "But why don't they doubt you? Logically speaking, with your status and ability, it seems easier for people to doubt."
"It's probably because I was in Zhongli City without any special surprises, I would have died."
Chen Jinru also laughed and said, "If you finally arrange a person who has the opportunity to influence the future of the Southern Dynasty, you will definitely be reluctant to let this person die directly."
"What he said makes sense." Chen Shuhuang said.
Chen Jinru shook his head and said, "And for people like you, I don't seem to be strong enough."
Chen Shuhuang was silent for a moment and said, "I admit that what you said makes sense. People like us are indeed a very high-ranking group of people in this world. We are indeed changing and controlling this world according to our own ideas, but it is unfair to target us now."
"Who has no ambitions and who has no conspiracy?"
Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Jinru, asked these two sentences, and then laughed, "Is it fair to become the common enemy of the whole world because we are strong?"
"I think I need to ask those who were killed by the Demon Sect in this sentence."
Chen Jinru calmed down his smile. He looked at Chen Shuhuang and said in a cold voice: "Especially the power of the Demon Sect has made you lose the ability to control him. What you have cultivated is probably a true demon that has never been seen in the ages."
"The Demon Sect makes you feel dangerous, just because of his power." Chen Shuhuang's face was very calm. He looked at Chen Jinru and said very seriously: "But for us, the most dangerous thing is not the Demon Sect, but the fact that you cannot agree with now."
Chen Jinru said in a cold voice: "We do our best to find you, not to kill you, or to obtain the so-called inheritance of Emperor You from you. It is to obtain the truth of the facts."
"The truth is that you and most ordinary people in this world who cannot even become practitioners can know more than many years ago, have more choices and more power." Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Jinru with a slightly sarcastic look and said: "In addition to us, the situation of everyone in the world is much better than that before a thousand years ago, but now everyone in the world already wants to get more."
"Those who have not read many books do not know, but people like you should know."
Chen Shuhuang took a deep breath, stood up straight, looked around the distance, and said, "In ancient times, humans gathered to survive, but were still killed by giant beasts at will. Until the Holy Emperor appeared, the Holy Emperor killed all the evil beasts, established dynasties, and protected all tribes. From the beginning of human beings, there were dynasties established. Whether it was Xia, Shang, or later You, the royal family was naturally different from ordinary people. The royal family was a real god, who controlled the power of life and death of all living beings in the world. The vast majority of people in the world, except for a few people who were granted the title and were exempted, were all slaves of the royal family."
"If the royal family wants the slave to die, there is no need to issue any decrees. Just say, the slaves will die. Even if the slaves are buried with them, the slaves will not have any unfair intentions." Chen Shuhuang looked at Chen Jinru, whose face was getting colder and colder, and smiled: "In a thousand years, if the royal family wants to rule the world, they must be afraid of their long mouths, but they must be recognized as the emperor by the people of the world."
"So the difference between us and you now is the most dangerous fact you think."
Chen Jinru's eyes narrowed slightly. He rarely quarreled with people before, and he was also a person who rarely showed joy and anger. But today, he couldn't help but sneer, "So when you used the Demon Sect, you also wanted to make him become a beast that could not be dealt with in the eyes of the world. Then a saint came out to kill the demons and become the holy emperor you mentioned before, and then you want to become that kind of royal family again. Compared with you, everyone in the world is just your slaves."
"You're talking too extreme."
Chen Shuhuang said with a calm expression: "My original intention was to say that our identity was completely different from you. We are like natural dragons, so how can we think of the same idea as you mortals? But you cannot think that we must be wrong and try every means to seek the truth of the facts just because we are born above you. Moreover, we do not want to return to the Divine Dynasty and turn everyone into our slaves. We just adjust the world slightly according to our ideas."
Chen Jinru's eyes were slightly narrowed, which was a very unhappy expression in his heart.
However, at this moment, his brows also frowned deeply.
This is one of the most difficult conversations in his life.
Because the world where the two parties in the conversation are located is completely different.
When the two sides' views on the world and the principles they come into contact with are completely different, this dialogue is unpleasant and cannot continue.
Chapter completed!