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Upon hearing this, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, gave up the idea of ​​hiring a guide to lead the way and gave one of the identity tokens to Emperor Yang of Sui.

Afterwards, the two of them once again crossed the border of the Sui Dynasty's Divine Court and set foot on Ming territory.

"buzz"

Suddenly, a burst of light burst out from the identity token.

Immediately, the world in front of the two people became completely different.

What comes into view is the endless Dragon Tooth Rice, full of spiritual energy.

Just by taking a deep breath, you can seem to smell the unique aroma of Longya Rice.

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, squatted down and looked carefully at the food in front of him, and said in surprise:
"Is this what immortals eat? How can it be planted so openly at the border? What if it gets stolen?"

As he said this, Emperor Gaozu of Han chuckled and stretched out his evil hands, ready to rob the rich and give to the poor.

At this time.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty stopped Emperor Gaozu of Han, pointed to a wooden sign not far away, and said:

"I advise you not to act rashly, otherwise, jail time is just around the corner."

Emperor Gaozu of Han followed the gaze of Emperor Yang of Sui and saw a few lines of small characters carved in a flamboyant style on the wooden plaque.

[It is forbidden to pick the dragon tooth rice in advance. Violators will be imprisoned for a thousand years. - Xing'an City Announcement of the Ming Dynasty]

Seeing this, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, scanned the surroundings with his mind. Faintly, he sensed a lot of prying eyes. He put his arm around Emperor Yang of Sui's shoulders and said:
"Let's go, let's go into the city quickly. I hope this Xing'an City will impress us."

……

the other side.

After Yuwen Huai, a border soldier of the Great Sui Divine Court who presented the identity tokens to Emperor Gaozu of Han, returned to the camp, he took off his armor and sat by the campfire.

Hundreds of colleagues gathered around the campfire, grilling the prey they had hunted today, which was a tiger with dragon horns on its head.

At this time.

An old frontier soldier who was acquainted with Yuwen Huai handed over a cup of muddy wine and said with a smile:

"What? You look like you made a loss again?"

"Don't blame me, brother. This is how the world is. Those nobles want to exploit all the people."

"We can turn a blind eye to it, but you always rush to give away identity tokens for free. I spend a month's salary on this. Is it really worth it?"

Yuwen Huai took the wine, drank it all, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's just some salary. Is it more important than human life?"

One camp was stationed with hundreds of border troops, and there were thousands of camps like this on the border of the Great Sui Divine Court.

Their task was to keep an eye on the movements in the Ming Dynasty and to capture civilians who wanted to sneak over.

There are many kind-hearted border soldiers like Yuwen Huai, but there are more old border soldiers who turn a blind eye to the people who sneak across the border.

Some things, if you see them too many times, you will naturally become numb to them.

The old soldier looked around, lowered his voice, and jokingly said:
"Hey, human lives? Not long ago, I heard that a group of noble sons of aristocratic families had their mounts trample over a dozen civilians to death in a busy city."

"Afterwards, guess what the government ruled? One life, ten divine stones, and our salary is two hundred divine stones a month."

"Haha, brother, wake up a little. You can't save all the people in this world."

After saying that, the old soldier took a large piece of barbecue and walked away.

Yuwen Huai stared at the bonfire in front of him and said to himself:
"I can't save them all... Then, if I can save one, I'll save one."

"The world we live in...if the Ming Dynasty could attack us, it wouldn't be a bad thing." Ever since Yu Wen Huai could remember, he had been living in the Sui Dynasty Divine Court and had seen all the sufferings in the world.

Last year, after serving as a border soldier, I heard the old men in the camp talk about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, which made me quite confused.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were also aristocratic families and descendants of gods and demons, but the people there lived much better than the people in the Sui Dynasty Divine Court.

……

"hiss!"

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang, walked along the road and arrived at Xing'an City. The scenery they saw made the former gasp.

Just like in the Divine Court of the Great Sui Dynasty, people were coming and going, including noble family members in luxurious attire and common people in simple clothes.

But what is completely different from the Great Sui Divine Court is that there are black-armored soldiers patrolling the streets and the sky.

His face was covered with black armor, and he had a pair of burning eyes that looked like green flames, which were not something that any living creature could possess.

In addition, the aura that blended into the heaven and earth shocked Emperor Gaozu of Han so much that he even hesitated as to whether he should continue strolling.

At this time.

A smiling child came up to the two of them and said with a smile:

"This should be the first time for the two monks to come to Daming, right?"

"With just one divine stone, I can take two monks to play in Xing'an City for a day."

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had wandered around the Sui Divine Court before, so he naturally knew that the divine stone was the currency of the Sui Dynasty.

He reached into his arms with his right hand, condensed ten divine stones with the power of incense, threw them all to the child in front of him, and said:

"Why do those black-armored soldiers seem... a little lifeless?"

When the child saw the generous Emperor Yang of Sui, his smile became even brighter. He walked with the two of them on the street and said:
"My two masters, this is the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is not like other dynasties, where aristocratic families and descendants of gods and demons have any special privileges."

"In the Ming Dynasty, all local officials, garrisons, and border troops are puppets. They have no intelligence at all and can only act according to the law."

"So, the two monks must not oppress the people, otherwise, you will be sentenced to death."

When Emperor Gaozu of Han heard this, he was surprised and asked:

"They are all puppets? Doesn't that mean that whoever can control these puppets can ascend the throne and become emperor?"

As for puppets, he didn't know much, but it should be a secret technique like turning beans into soldiers.

Such existence can also replace officials? Border troops?
This Ming Dynasty in the future time and space really made him look at it with new eyes!
The child explained:

"My Lord Monk, you are totally wrong to think so."

"You think a puppet that even the descendants of gods and demons can't do anything to is an ordinary puppet?"

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty asked with great interest:

"So you're willing to be controlled by a bunch of dead things?"

The child spread his hands, showing an indifferent expression, and said:
"Master monk, you are joking. What's wrong with being controlled by a dead thing?"

"As long as you don't violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you can live an upright life in this world. I wonder how many people from other dynasties envy the people of the Ming Dynasty."

“Here, even if we accidentally offend the noble descendants of gods and demons, we don’t have to be afraid as long as we are justified.”

After hearing this, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, observed carefully again and found that, as expected, all the people coming and going had heartfelt smiles on their faces.

Thinking again about what they had seen and heard in the Great Sui Divine Court, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, sighed:
"It seems that these unorthodox methods are not useless."

(End of this chapter)