Chapter 47: This Life Is Not Under Human Control (Middle)

  Everyone heard Lu Qingyun say this and knew that the turning point or the key part of the matter had arrived.

  The change of events began with Yang Guang's accession to the throne. In the fourth year of Emperor Renzong's reign, the previous emperor passed away, and Yang Guang succeeded him. The first thing he did was to summon Han Wang Yang Yan back to the capital. Why do you think that is? Why did Yang Guang have such a big opinion about Yang Yan?

  Because Yang Quan holds a strong army!

  In the 10th year of Kaihuang, he was appointed as the governor of Yongzhou, and added the titles of Shangzhuguo and Right Wei Da Jiangjun. Less than a year later, he was transferred to Left Wei Da Jiangjun. In the 17th year, he was sent out as the general manager of Bingzhou. From the mountains in the east to the Bohai Sea, south to the Yellow River, all 52 states were under his jurisdiction. He was specially permitted to act at his own discretion, without being bound by laws and orders.

  At that time, the crown prince with the greatest power was Han Wang Yang Yong, but because he often stayed in Bianzhou, everyone's attention was focused on the former Crown Prince Yang Yong and the current Emperor.

  In the 18th year of Kaihuang, Goguryeo King Pyeongwon Taewang led a cavalry of over 10,000 to harass Liaoxi and was repelled by Weizhou Governor Wei Chong. The previous emperor then ordered Yang Guang, Senior Pillar of State Wang Shicong as the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Army, Zhou Ru'ai as the General Manager of the Navy, leading a large army of 300,000 to attack Goguryeo.

  In the 19th year of Kaihuang, that is, one year after the failure to conquer Goguryeo and return, the Turks invaded the border. The previous emperor appointed Yang Guang as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, and Yang Su defeated the Turks greatly. The former crown prince Yang Yong was deposed and ordered to be the King of Han, so he felt uneasy and unstable, because he was stationed in Bingzhou, which was the place where the best soldiers in the world were at that time, and he had a different mind in his heart.

  The king of Han, in a memorial to the previous emperor, said: "The Turks are strong, and Taoyuan should be made a key fortress. It is advisable to repair military preparations." The meaning is very clear, saying that the Turks are too powerful, we should immediately make Taoyuan an important military base for defense against the Turks, and all equipment should be well-equipped, everything is considered from the country's interests, so the previous emperor listened to it. Then summoned many workers, manufactured weapons, stored in Bingzhou.

  Since then, the King of Han has recruited fugitives and relatives, with nearly 100,000 people. He appointed Wang Jun, son of King Xian of Liang's general Wang Lin, as a consultant, and reused Xiao Mohe, who was previously a general of Chen. At that time, several of our fellow apprentices received invitations from the King of Han, but were rejected by our master, who did not want us to get involved in this right and wrong.

  Yang Xiu, the King of Shu, was deposed due to his crimes, making Yang Yan even more uneasy. As a result, he sent people up the mountain more frequently, and after Master passed on the mantle to me, he passed away. My fellow disciples and I wanted to make a name for ourselves and gain a good reputation, so we left the mountain. We helped Han Wang Gong below the mountain."

  "Hmph! Lu Qingyun, don't be hypocritical, it's not good to continue talking about this, you won't say it so I will." Bai Chenggang had also been listening intently just now, Xiao Shouren noticed that when Lu Qingyun mentioned their junior sister, Bai Chenggang's expression became very gentle, as if their junior sister was still in front of them at this moment.

  "That year, before the four of us disciples went down the mountain to help Master Han Wang take his position, my junior sister and I had already secretly agreed to be together for life. However, our master was still alive at that time, and we were afraid that if you and our younger brother knew about it, you would not be able to accept it, and meeting each other would also be awkward. Once the news was made public, you would choose to escape down the mountain, so we hid it from everyone, thinking that after we had all served Master for his remaining days, we could then reveal our secret agreement, and by then, you should have accepted it as well." Bai Chenggang began to speak about things in his own understanding.

  "Haha, are we going to leave the mountain? Are we going to leave on Master's last day? Is this what Little Shifu told you?" Lu Qingyun heard Bai Chenggang say this and suddenly burst out laughing. His gray hair and miserable laughter made him look rather pitiful.

  "Hum! What do you mean? That's right, it was Little Shifu who said that. She was afraid of hurting Master's feelings, and she cared about the two of you so much. With my personality, I would have made it public long ago." Bai Chenggang also showed no weakness, counterattacking with his words.

  "Right and wrong will be revealed soon, just keep talking." Lu Qingyun didn't bother to argue anymore.

  "That year, after descending the mountain, nothing happened in the great camp of Han Wang until the fourth year of Renshou when the previous emperor passed away. Yang Guang sent the cavalry general Qu Tutong with the previous emperor's edict to summon the palace to return to the court. The palace knew something was wrong and did not listen, so they raised troops to rebel. The general manager, Sima Huangfu De, advised against it, but Yang Zhen was furious and imprisoned Huangfu De."

  Then His Highness raised the flag to rebel against Yang Guang, and there were beacon fires responding all over the country. The borders of Sui were also restless. At that time, my hometown was also affected by the war, and I was worried about the safety of my family. I begged His Highness to let me go home and bring my family back, and then come back to join the army. Han Wang Dianxia was kind and agreed to my request. In the chaos of war, I left my little sister-in-law, who was also my wife-to-be, in the care of Lu Qingyun. I didn't expect that after this separation, everything would change completely." White Chenggang recalled painfully.

  "After going through nine deaths and one life, I finally returned to my hometown, but it was already a ruin. So I prepared to turn back, but on the way back, I encountered a robbery, eighteen people surrounded me, wanting my life. Fortunately, my kung fu was still good, plus the luck of being rescued by someone, I recovered from my injuries and then rushed for another three months, finally returning to the military camp. But if I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have returned to the military camp at that time."

  I haven't even entered the camp gate yet, and I can already hear the sound of gongs and drums shaking the sky, firecrackers are also going off non-stop. The whole camp is filled with joy and festivity. I pulled over a new recruit to ask what's going on, after listening to him, I finally found out that it was because my seemingly gentle junior brother and my little junior sister were getting married tonight. At that time, I was so angry that my eyes were about to split open, my heart was filled with grief and indignation. After I risked my life to escape back, they actually welcomed me in this way.

  After calming down, I didn't show up until everyone had drunk and dispersed in the evening. I sneaked into the big camp, found their new house, and thought to myself that maybe Little Sister was forced, coerced by this beast Lu Qingyun, and it's possible that my honest younger brother was also responsible for the robbery on the road. I'll sneak into the new house to eavesdrop on Little Sister's conversation with him. As long as I know the truth, if it's really like I thought, then I'll rush in and kill Lu Qingyun, taking him by surprise, because I know that a direct confrontation would be no match for me, he has received Master's true transmission.

  But things didn't go as I had imagined, I hid under the window and eavesdropped for a long time until they came in. I secretly poked a small hole on the window and took a peek inside. At that moment, my hair was probably standing on end with anger. My lovely little junior sister was sitting with Lu Qingyun, her big belly bulging out, and Lu Qingyun was leaning down to listen to the sound of the fetus in her belly. That belly had already grown very large, which means that as soon as I left, my junior sister's belly started growing, which means that as soon as I left, she was ruined by this beast Lu Qingyun.

  Just when I was burning with anger, they finally spoke up.

  "Brother, from now on you're going to be the father of the child, we're all going to be fathers soon. From now on, when doing things, think more about me and the child, got it?"

  "Okay, got it, I will."

  "Green Cloud, what name should this child take when he grows up?"

  "I've thought about this long ago, if it's a girl, then let's name her Xiao Die, and if it's a boy, then let's name him Si Gang."

  I couldn't listen to this anymore, Little Sister was not forced at all, it was completely voluntary. A hidden weapon was immediately launched, ready to let them all die under the hidden weapon, even if they didn't die, they would have to be injured.

  His kung fu is indeed worthy of his master's true transmission. As soon as I made my move, he reacted and wrapped up all the hidden weapons with a single swipe of his sleeve. The technique I used to throw the hidden weapon was the newly learned Tiān Nǚ Sàn Huā Shǒu (Celestial Maiden Scattering Flowers Hand), but he broke it with one move. I knew then that my hidden weapons couldn't compare to his martial arts, so I prepared to escape and come back another day to cause him trouble.

  However, the couple joined forces and chased me out. The two of them surrounded me and started fighting, one using the Eagle Claw technique and the other using a long whip. I couldn't even defeat Lu Qingyun alone, let alone with the addition of my junior sister. As a result, I was quickly knocked to the ground. It was nighttime, and there was no moonlight that evening, so at first they didn't realize it was me. When they approached me after knocking me down, they were shocked to discover that it was actually me. They were all stunned. I took advantage of this opportunity to throw out another hidden weapon from my sleeve, seize the chance to escape, and narrowly escaped with my life." White Chenggang painfully reminisced about his past years, and by the time he finished speaking, tears were streaming down his face.

  "You say, you all say, should Lu Qingyun be killed? He doesn't even spare his friends' wives, is he worthy of death?" Bai Chenggang suddenly asked Xiao Shouren and Ge Shuyun, his face twisted in a scowl.

  "Wait, White, don't be in a hurry. Let Old Man Lu repeat what happened and see where the discrepancies are between your stories. I've already found some suspicious points from your recollection just now. Did you notice that if their child is a boy, his name would be Si Gang, which means 'thinking of Cheng Gang', or thinking of you, White Chenggang? If they were really being disloyal to you, why would they go through the trouble of doing this? They didn't know you were outside the window." Xiang Shouren advised.

  "That's right, little brother, you're absolutely right! 'Si Gang' indeed means 'thinking of Cheng Gang'. We've never been disloyal to him, it's just that he has a bad temper and started fighting before we could explain. I was speechless at the time. Afterwards, I tried to find him many times but couldn't. It wasn't until I got home that I realized this was all a conspiracy, a plot that had been planned for 20 years, targeting our master-disciple relationship and the Dry Sky Chart. And we? We're just the victims of this conspiracy!" Lu Qingyun sighed and said.

  Got up at 6 o'clock in the morning, and hadn't even brushed my teeth yet. Suddenly I had a burst of inspiration, ideas were flowing like urine, unstoppable! So, in less than an hour, I wrote over 3,000 words.