klisemfg Chapter 36 A furious roar! Blood stains the sky!
Chapter 36 A furious roar! Blood stains the sky!
Fusu was suddenly startled!
He never expected that his inner thoughts would be so clearly revealed by his teacher!
He was a little embarrassed, but he still nodded solemnly.
"Yes, teacher! They are already in dire straits, and we...we shouldn't continue to scheme against them like this."
"Calculation?"
Zhang Fan smiled, a smile that held a profound meaning.
"Think about it again carefully!"
"Privately cultivating immortal seeds is, according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, a crime punishable by the extermination of three generations of one's family!"
"But the actual punishment we gave was merely... one month of forced labor."
"Don't you think this is a little strange?"
Fusu was stunned.
strange?
He initially felt the punishment was too harsh!
Now that I hear what the teacher said, compared to exterminating three generations of one's clan, a month's worth of corvée labor...
This is practically the same as no punishment at all!
even!
That's ridiculously light!
Fusu frowned deeply and fell into deep thought.
Looking at his thoughtful expression.
Zhang Fan then continued speaking, his voice extremely low.
"This was intentional on His Majesty's part!"
"Your Majesty, you want them to plant it privately!"
boom!!!
These words struck Fusu's mind like a thunderbolt from the heavens!
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with utter shock and disbelief!
"Teacher...this...how is this possible?!"
Zhang Fan gazed at the receding scenery outside the carriage and said leisurely:
"How is that impossible?"
"For a person who is about to starve to death!"
"Is it more important to fill your stomach and survive, or to serve a month of painless and ineffective forced labor?"
"His Majesty's decree is meant for those powerful and aristocratic families!"
"It's for the world to see!"
"And this one month of corvée labor is the real backdoor left for the people!"
"His Majesty is telling them that he knows they will secretly plant it, and he tacitly approves of it!"
"As long as it doesn't become common knowledge, His Majesty will turn a blind eye!"
"In this way, our plan can be fully implemented among the people!"
"This is the true art of rulership!"
Fusu was completely stunned.
He felt that his entire worldview was overturned and then reshaped at that moment!
He finally understood!
Towards powerful families, we use tyranny, deception, and lead them to their destruction through contempt!
For the common people, however, the approach is benevolent, tacit approval, and giving them hope to survive!
To perfectly blend two completely opposite methods together!
Transform into an invisible net, capturing hearts and minds, and shaping the world!
"I see……"
Fusu muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming with an unprecedented light!
"This...this is Father Emperor's way of benevolent rule! The way of the king and the way of the tyrant, combined!"
Upon hearing this term...
Zhang Fan was taken aback at first, then couldn't help but laugh.
He looked at Fusu, who was filled with admiration, and spoke with a hidden meaning:
"The Way of the King and the Hegemon?"
Zhang Fan deliberately dragged out the sound, "The way of the tortoise...?"
"This name doesn't sound very appealing!"
Fusu: "..."
He was stunned for a moment, then he realized what was happening!
Seeing Fusu's appearance, Zhang Fan could no longer hold back and burst into laughter!
Fusu couldn't hold back any longer and started laughing too.
This world!
It belongs to the teenagers!
Let those old Deng...fly!
……
night.
Lijia Village.
In every thatched hut, a dim oil lamp was lit.
The air was filled with a long-lost, luxurious aroma of rice.
Nowadays.
The village chief made an exception and took out the last bit of white rice in the village to cook a large pot of white porridge.
Every household received a bowl!
"It smells so good! It smells amazing!"
"I've never had such delicious porridge in my entire life!"
"This is all thanks to the young master and the immortal master!"
Laughter and cheerful voices echoed in every corner of the village.
The number of potato seed tubers distributed to Lijia Village was not large.
Under Zhang Fan's guidance, all the plants have been planted in the prepared land.
But the seeds of hope have taken root and sprouted in everyone's heart!
Everyone had a smile on their face!
"Father, I only found out today that the two distinguished officials who visited a few days ago were actually Young Master Fusu and the Immortal Master Zhang Fan!"
"Absolutely! He's a living god!"
In the corner, Little Sweetie was sipping her porridge when she heard the adults talking. She looked up at them curiously and asked:
"Is that Zhang Fan, that older brother, very amazing?"
An older woman who was mending clothes nearby burst out laughing upon hearing this.
She reached out and gently scraped her little nose.
"That's no ordinary skill! That's a celestial master from heaven!"
"Wow, our little sweetheart is so accomplished!"
"Didn't you say just a few days ago that you wanted to marry the Immortal Master when you grew up?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The villagers burst into laughter again.
Sweetie's face instantly turned red, and she buried her head in her mother's arms, making everyone laugh even harder.
The entire Lijia Village was immersed in beautiful dreams for the future.
None of them noticed.
Just then.
On a hillside not far from the village.
Dozens of dark figures appeared silently, like ghosts!
They were dressed in black and carried sharp blades.
The blade gleamed coldly in the pale moonlight!
The leader looked down at the village at the foot of the mountain, where lights twinkled like stars.
A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.
He slowly raised his hand, then suddenly swung it downwards!
Cold, emotionless words came from his mouth:
"kill!"
"Leave no one alive!"
……
now.
Lijia Village was still filled with laughter and joy.
The villagers were drinking sweet white porridge.
He envisioned selling the potatoes for ten times the price next year.
How to repair the house, how to buy a new piece of clothing for the child.
however.
None of them knew that hell had already descended!
Rumble!!!
The earth began to tremble slightly!
What was that sound?
A man who was drinking porridge outside looked up in confusion.
next second!
His pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum size!
From the direction of the village entrance, dozens of tall horses charged madly towards them!
On horseback.
One by one, the men in black held their sabers high, the light reflecting a chilling glint of death in the moonlight!
"Bandits...mountain bandits!!!"
The man let out his last, heart-wrenching roar!
puff!
A saber cleaved down from above his head as easily as cutting tofu!
He was instantly cleaved in two!
Blood and brain matter splattered all over the bowl of steaming white porridge!
"Aaaaaaaahh ...
The tranquility was shattered in an instant!
Panic spread like a plague!
The black iron cavalry did not stop at all!
It crashed through the makeshift fence and rushed into the village!
They began the bloodiest and most brutal massacre!
"Help!"
"Run! Run!"
The door to the thatched hut was kicked open.
The villagers, who were just laughing and joking, froze instantly!
next second!
His chest was pierced by the sharp blade!
An old man had just rushed out of the house when he was rammed by a warhorse and sent flying; the sound of bones shattering could be clearly heard!
The flames were ignited!
The thatched huts instantly transformed into giant torches, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were daytime!
This place is no longer a hopeful human world, but a battlefield of blood and fire!
Village chief Li Laohan crawled out of a burning house, covered in blood.
He saw it with his own eyes!
His own son was stabbed by three knives at the same time while protecting his grandson!
He went berserk, grabbed a hoe, and charged at a man in black!
"I'll fight you to the death!!!"
However, the man in black merely snorted disdainfully and swung his knife backhand!
Click!
The hoe broke!
Old Man Li's entire arm was severed at the shoulder!
He fell to the ground, staring at the hellish scene before him!
Watching those once vibrant villagers fall one by one into pools of blood.
Blood tears streamed from his one remaining eye!
With all his might, he looked up to the sky and let out a desperate roar:
"Why?! Why?!"
"Is there no law anymore?! Is there no justice left?!"
"We just want to survive! We just want to have enough to eat!!!"
"We...we've offended which deity's interests?!"
No one answered him.
The only response he received was the cold edge of a blade.
……
In chaos.
A small figure was hiding behind an overturned water vat, trembling with fear.
It's sweet.
She watched as her mother was slashed to the ground while trying to protect her.
She dared not cry, and covered her mouth tightly.
Sudden.
A pair of blood-stained soap boots stopped in front of her.
A man in black looked down at her as if she were an ant waiting to be slaughtered.
He reached out and lifted Tian Tian out from behind the water tank, like he was picking up a kitten.
Sweetie was terrified and struggled wildly with her limbs!
"Brother Zhang Fan! Save me! Brother Zhang Fan!"
Hearing this name!
The man in black paused, and the cruel smile on his face became even more playful.
"Zhang Fan?"
He gave a cold laugh.
"He can't save you!"
He did not kill immediately.
Instead, he reached out with his other hand and grabbed Sweetie's worn but clean coarse cloth dress.
"The little thing is quite clean."
then.
With a sudden burst of force!
"Rip—!!!"
The sound of tearing cloth was so jarring amidst the firelight and screams!
Sweetie's half-shoulder was instantly exposed to the cold air!
The extreme humiliation and fear finally broke this six-year-old girl!
"ah--!!!!"
A heart-wrenching scream ripped through the night sky over Lijia Village!