Evil Emperor Zun

Chapter 754 Pursuit
Ye Shuo didn't know how much chaos he had inadvertently brought to Zhiyuan College. At this time, he had already brought the royal family's approval document to the largest archives in Yixi Kingdom.

Pushing open the two heavy wooden doors, the light slanted down, and what appeared in front of you was a space-time palace carrying all the phenomena of time and space.

The overall layout is grand and magnificent, with ancient style.The symmetrical shape of the central axis expresses a stable and rigorous style of masters. Under the background of calm colors, it looks like the crown of ancient Confucianism.The transparency of the glass curtain wall is perfectly combined with the calm building shape.

Rows of tall bookshelves, row upon row, are full of grandeur and majesty.The heights are different, and the orderly arrangement is like undulating mountains.Fragmented lights flow down from the wave-like ceiling, weaving endless scenery on the warm yellow bookshelf.

At first glance, it is somewhat similar to the library of Zhiyuan College, but in comparison, it has a more historical sense.The two extended corridors are like opening a tunnel of time, showing the ups and downs and vicissitudes of thousands of years to the people.

Ye Shuo stood in front of the door for a long time before he started walking to the depths of the corridor.

For a long time, he has lived in a kind of inferiority complex of "a small country and humble people". It is not until today when he stands here that he deeply feels that no matter how small the Yixi country is, it has its own unique history and culture. Today's peace is also a leap forward. Thousands of years of blood and tears.In any case, here is my birthplace and my root.

The bookshelves are marked according to the age.Ye Shuo didn't hesitate, and walked straight towards the back row.

I once heard County Magistrate Guo say that the Lord of the Nine Nether Palace rose 2000 years ago. Although there is no more detailed investigation direction, at least first investigate the history of that era in detail to see if there are any anecdotes.From the perspective of a prophet, even the information that was ignored at the time will become clues that can be pieced together.

Before 2000, there was no such perfect shooting and recording technology as today, and there were no real photos of old objects, only stick figures drawn by some court painters.The words were also extremely convoluted, and Ye Shuo couldn't understand what he read, so he couldn't help but regret why he didn't bring Nangong Fei with him.

In addition, for a madman who will dominate the world in the future, Ye Shuo believes that even if his status is humble at first, he will never be a commoner.Just imagine, on the street in front of the Dingtian Mountains, even if those uncles who sell meat and aunts who sell watermelon have supernatural powers, can they really rule the world?

No, vision determines ability.In the past, if the opponent was not a warlike king, he was a general who was good at fighting, or he was a courtier with ulterior motives.He must know something about the way of using soldiers, and he also has the opportunity to contact them for many years.Therefore, the direction of Ye Shuo's investigation was placed on those powerful and famous people from the very beginning.Including their biographies, wives, concubines and heirs, they were checked carefully, and nothing was omitted.

Flipping through the volumes, Ye Shuo spent most of the day in the bookshelves in the blink of an eye.He arrived here early in the morning, and now the sun is setting in the west, but the actual gains are still equal to zero.

Those complicated chronicles are nothing more than the battles of various countries, the change of kingship, what reforms and new policies were implemented after the monarch came to power, and the contribution to the entire country, etc. These are also in the history class of Zhiyuan College. learned.

At that time, Ye Shuo always fell asleep in class. He never imagined that one day, he would read the historical materials in such detail.If his history teacher saw this appearance, would he be moved to tears and praise "this boy has finally enlightened"?
All in all...Ye Shuo sighed. In this history, there are indeed a few high-ranking officials whose causes of death are doubtful, and there are also appendixes of unofficial history saying that those who died at the time were just substitutes. But looking at those portraits with bearded faces and dull eyes, he I really feel...these people don't have the potential to become the number one hero.

After rubbing his eyes that were dazzled by reading for a long time, he pulled out a book again.Halfway through the turn, Ye Shuo's movements suddenly stopped.

It was an appendix at the end of an essay titled: "A Political Pearl Lost in the Great Sea——Comment on Wei Zixi, the Chief Assistant Minister of the Last Cangping Kingdom".

Cang Pingguo...Ye Shuo stared at these words.That's right, he didn't remember it until now. On all the information he checked all the way just now, there were very few records about Cangping Kingdom, as if there had never been such a country in history.

If it is because this country is so small that it is not worth mentioning... But even when describing the several hostile countries of Zichu Kingdom, even the small country that was destroyed in World War I was occasionally mentioned, no matter what Cangping Kingdom, It also destroyed the last Zichu state, but there is no record of this period of history?

Speaking of Zichu Kingdom, King Zhuoyi, the last monarch, was described as an extreme tyrant in historical materials.Brutal and immoral, bloodthirsty and warlike, greedy for beauty, killing loyal ministers indiscriminately, fatuous and lawless... It can be called the No. 1 foolish king of all ages!
In the memories that King Zhuo Yi presented to him, although he was indeed warlike by nature and invaded a large number of surrounding countries, Ye Shuo felt that he was "hacked" in historical materials too much.

In any case, his political achievements are still obvious. In his generation, the territory of Zichu Kingdom was also highly expanded.Besides being bewitched by Zhiling, King Zhuo Yi was really not lustful, so why was it tampered with so beyond recognition in history?And even if there are some articles that have nothing to do with the Zichu Kingdom, when it comes to the faint king, they must use King Zhuoyi as a negative teaching material!

If you don't know the historical facts, just look at this record, King Zhuo Yi is simply cruel and fatuous, everyone gnashes their teeth, but this kind of narrative is so inaccurate, it seems to spare no effort to smear a person like this, with Ye Shuo's poor historical knowledge, he can also judge , must have come from the hands of political enemies!
The strange thing is that this is not the only case of smearing the previous kings, but other people's unjust cases, even if they still need to be taboo in contemporary times, will always be corrected by historians in future generations, and give him a new one. Fair evaluation.And this King Zhuo Yi has been blackmailed until now, unless his political opponent is still in power... And if you want to say that the biggest political enemy of the Zichu Kingdom, it is naturally the Cangping Kingdom!

Ye Shuo's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly checked the appendix carefully.The article roughly said that Wei Zixi, as the auxiliary minister, although his time was short, his political achievements cannot be ignored.He also listed in detail a series of new policies implemented by him, etc.

At the end of the article, he also commented that his life was only a flash in the pan, and he followed the collapse of the Cangping Kingdom. If he can survive, he will definitely become a generation of heroes.

If he can survive... Ye Shuo unconsciously squeezed the scroll tightly.Then who dares to say that he must not have survived?
Ye Shuo had met Wei Zixi in King Zhuo Yi's memories, but in the long-term war between Zi Chu and Cang Ping, he could only be regarded as a small supporting role at best, and he didn't care about it at the time.Now, along with this article, the memories of him emerge one after another...

During the period when King Zhuoyi was bewitched by Zhiling, the loyal and loyal Prime Minister You repeatedly spoke out, begging the king not to deceive the country because of his beauty.King Zhuo Yi ignored everything, and in the end Prime Minister You was disheartened, and predicted that the Zi Chu Kingdom would perish from King Zhuo Yi's hands. He couldn't bear to see him in person and committed suicide in public.

Wei Zixi, the son of Prime Minister You, witnessed his father's loyal death, hated King Zhuoyi to the bone, and threw himself into Cangping Kingdom in a rage.After the defeat of the Zi Chu Kingdom, the punishment of King Zhuo Yi's imprisonment for a thousand years was also proposed by him.

In the future, because of Zhiling's breach of the contract, the Spider Queen led her troops to fall into the Cangping Kingdom, and the capital was turned into ruins, and then turned into the future black forest... However, from the beginning to the end, he never saw Wei Zixi die. the sight!

If the other party is really still alive and has obtained the ultimate power in the future, it is entirely possible for him to do this kind of distorting history based on his hatred for King Zhuo Yi... Wei Zixi, Wei Zixi... ...The face of the pale boy in his memory has long been blurred in Ye Shuo's mind.Could it be that he is really the Lord of Jiuyou Palace today?
With this question in mind, when Ye Shuo continued to browse, he always paid attention to the clues about Cangping Kingdom.However, just as he expected, the existence of the Cangping Kingdom was indeed deliberately covered up.Except for the appendix that I don't know if I forgot to delete it, I couldn't even find any written records about Cangping Kingdom.

The former site of Cangping Kingdom is located in the Black Forest. If you want to investigate, you should go there... Ye Shuo was thinking about it when his eyes suddenly fell on an article in his hand.

This article is about the evolution of porcelain culture in the past dynasties, and there are obviously a lot of deletions in it!

If you want to say it, it's like a person who has done enough warm-up moves and prepared for a [-]-meter sprint with all his strength, but reached the finish line in an instant.After reading it several times, the strong sense of disobedience made Ye Shuo more sure of his judgment.

The author of this article is a historian. According to his style, every time he writes about the evolution of porcelain, he will expand a piece of contemporary history and related customs and interesting facts.Could it be that...that deleted article accidentally touched the old affairs of Cangping Kingdom?
Even this kind of irrelevant articles should be deleted. In those days, it was really unspeakable... Ye Shuo sighed, held up the jade slips, and took a large-scale photo of the articles.

At present, this should be the only clue.Looking at the author's information in the appendix below, the other party should still be alive, so there must be an unabridged manuscript in his hand!

……

After leaving the archives, Ye Shuo found a quiet hut according to the address.

The historian's surname is Qiu, and others call him Professor Qiu.Fortunately, Professor Qiu was quite well-known in the academic world, and occasionally taught in a private school after he stopped writing.However, what he holds is just a nominal job. When he is in a good mood, he will talk a few words.

Ye Shuo found the private school, spent a lot of time, and finally found out where he lived now, and hurried over even before he had time to eat.

After knocking on the door, the dilapidated door was quickly pulled open, and a middle-aged man with a beard frowned and stared at him: "Who are you?"

According to Professor Qiu's age, this person is probably his son.Ye Shuo hurriedly responded according to the words he had thought up early in the morning: "Ah... I am a reader of Professor Qiu, and I like his articles very much. Every word is really perfect! I don't know where he is now, but I can chat with him. chat?"

The middle-aged man frowned even tighter: "My dad went fishing. How about you come back another day?" Judging by his appearance, his hair was disheveled, his eyes were half-closed, and he looked like he was still asleep. He blamed Ye Shuo for disturbing his dream.

Ye Shuo smiled dryly and waved his hands: "It's okay, I can wait for him here!" Seeing the other party's impatient face, he suddenly changed his mind, took out the jade slip, and called up the photos he took earlier, "Well, By the way, I like this article very much, but I feel that the content has been deleted a lot, can you show me the original manuscript?" He exaggeratedly raised his voice: "I really can't wait to read it! "

In his mind, if he asked Professor Qiu frankly, the other party was well aware of this period of history, so he might have some scruples and deliberately avoided it.And the middle-aged man in front of him is impatient with this matter, maybe he can take advantage of this loophole, for example, let him throw his father's manuscript to himself, and then do not disturb each other——

The middle-aged man was a little surprised by his exaggerated performance, and his tone changed a bit, "Speaking of which, it's hard for you to like those old and antique words written by him at such a young age. But you came at an unfortunate time , my father has sealed the pen for many years, and the original manuscripts are now being burned as firewood."

Ye Shuo was taken aback: "Why?"

The middle-aged man slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and looked at him carefully: "I said, are you really my father's reader?"

Ye Shuo was startled, and quickly raised his neck: "Of course! Why?"

The middle-aged man sighed: "If you have really read a few articles by my father, you should know that there are too many things that cannot be touched in the era he studied." If you pick up a pen to write a few words, you should always worry about it. It is better not to write than to be punished for your words.’ That’s what he said.”

……

Just like that, Ye Shuo left Professor Qiu's hut in the forest with questions that had not yet been resolved, but were vaguely clear.

Sometimes, the more you deliberately cover up, the more flaws will be exposed.At least now he can be sure that the core country of "that era" was Cangping Kingdom.And from some aspects, this large-scale erasure was indeed a success.

If he hadn't seen the relevant historical facts in King Zhuo Yi's memory, he would not have known the existence of Cangping Kingdom, including its historical status, and the old grievances with Zi Chu Kingdom.So even if I read the article commenting on Wei Zixi today, I am afraid I will not think deeply about it.

If he hadn't met King Zhuo Yi before, he would not have noticed the disconnection of facts in the historical materials.Perhaps at that time, in his mind, this was just a despicable and stupid king.

All the fragments constitute the current chain of clues.As for the true identity of the Lord of the Nine Nether Palace, it is gradually surfacing...

Next, let's go to the Black Forest to check it out...!
(End of this chapter)