in the edge

Chapter 605: Withering and Prospering

Mr. Li, or Carpenter Li, has not yet realized what the bizarre "dream" he had last night meant.

But after a few days, the news from outside made him realize that there seemed to be something wrong with that dream.

"So, what happened?"

When Carpenter Li heard the news brought back by his hurried son, he was dumbfounded for a moment.

"What on earth happened? Why, why did all those people in the court die?"

"I, I don't know either..."

Carpenter Li's son, the young man who had passed the imperial examination, also looked dazed.

Obviously, this news is too shocking from any perspective.

The incident happened two days ago. It was a cold morning. The important figures in the court were still conducting their routine court sessions, just like the previous court sessions. This time it should have been calm and peaceful, just like the past.

But this time, the Prime Minister of the dynasty was inexplicably contaminated by evil.

The people around didn't even have time to react before they were pinned to the ground by the brush and ink. When they finally remembered to fight back, five huge monsters had already shattered the entire hall - yes, it wasn't just the prime minister who was contaminated by the evil spirit, at least twelve court officials went crazy in that court meeting, and the power that these bigwigs erupted was extremely terrifying. The entire palace was almost razed to the ground, and the emperor on the dragon throne was crushed into a meat paste in an instant.

Although the turmoil was barely quelled with the help of the royal family, anyone with eyes could see that this sudden chaos had already caused great damage to the vitality of the Dalu Dynasty.

"This, this, this, this..."

Carpenter Li sat on the ground. His brain had not had time to digest such a huge amount of information. In just a few days... no, it could even be said that in just one morning, all those big shots were dead. All of them were dead. This was such bullshit...

This kind of bullshit actually happened?

"Quick! Stock up on food first!"

This was Carpenter Li’s first reaction.

Yes, although Carpenter Li has not yet reacted to what is going on, his long-term experience has enabled him to keenly grasp the key point - such a big thing has happened in the court, chaos is bound to come, if they don’t quickly store up food while everyone is still not reacting, I am afraid that their family will starve to death!

But this was all he could think of.

If his brother was still here, he would definitely be able to think of more than this. After all, although his brother is not responsible for external affairs, he has always been a radical person. If his brother knew about this, the young man might slap his thigh and say that this is not a disaster at all, but a great thing. He might even make a series of plans on the spot so that they can take advantage of the situation and establish a greater victory in this chaos...

"……etc?"

Carpenter Li suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong.

Good news...

Good news...

"Everything will be fine after drinking this wine, do you believe it?"

The familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar voice once again occupied his mind.

This made Carpenter Li a little confused.

"Could it be, could it be that..."

Carpenter Li stared blankly at the sky outside the door.

The sky was clear and cloudless.

"Can this... really be considered a good thing?"

Carpenter Li stood there for a long while, unable to speak.

But the facts proved that this seemed to be a good thing. At least Carpenter Li's prompt decision had allowed him to receive a batch of food in advance at the most critical moment. After getting the food, in order to ensure safety, Carpenter Li naturally gathered a group of private soldiers.

And what's interesting is that the Li family themselves make rapid-fire crossbows, and they have no shortage of weapons to arm these private soldiers. Rapid-fire crossbows are something that can sweep away everything most of the time, as long as they don't encounter truly powerful opponents.

So the question is, does a truly strong person have time to care about him?

The answer is no. After all, the top strong men died in the entire palace in one breath, and the other masters would naturally have some different thoughts - for example, in Yangzhou City, those great scholars who the Li family could not afford to marry in the past, after this incident, have taken the initiative to hand over visiting cards to the Li family as a symbol of friendship.

Carpenter Li had no idea what was going on. After all, even if he had some weapons and armor, he could not face these truly powerful men.

And now, these powerful people who were once unattainable suddenly took the initiative to show goodwill to him.

This is simply incredible.

"You, you...why?"

During a banquet for many great scholars, Carpenter Li asked the doubts in his mind.

"I have a bad reputation, a bad reputation, and I am still a commoner. Even if I have some weapons and armor, it is not worth it for you to do this..."

"Bad reputation? Bad reputation?"

Those great scholars were all stunned.

"Brother, what are you talking about? Looking at the whole world right now, everyone knows that you have endured humiliation, slept on straw and tasted gall, and endured for many years just to deliver this fatal blow? Although I don't know how you did it, your move is really..."

"Wait? What on earth is this talking about?"

Carpenter Li's mind was already in a mess.

After listening to the stories of those great scholars, Carpenter Li finally realized what they were talking about - it turned out that many people now believed that he was the one who did the tragedy in the palace. There were even some people who swore that they saw with their own eyes that he received three brocade bags from the man surnamed Du when his good brother died tragically. Now that he had just opened one of the brocade bags, a large number of people in the palace had already died.

"It must have been him! The Li family definitely did it!"

Even passers-by in Yangzhou city said this with such confidence.

"If it wasn't him, why did he choose this time to start a rebellion?"

"I, no, I..."

Faced with the great scholar who narrated the whole story, Carpenter Li was choked and speechless for a long time.

He just had too much food stored at home, so he wanted to recruit some people to look after the house and protect the courtyard. Why did he raise an army? With just the little guards he had... well, with just the little guards he had, his fighting ability was not bad. After all, the rapid-fire crossbow was originally a secret weapon, which meant it was not very useful against a truly powerful person. But if it was a battle between two armies...

"……Well."

Carpenter Li slapped his head on the spot.

It seems...indeed.

From this perspective, he can really be considered to have started a rebellion.

"No, I, this, I..." Carpenter Li wanted to explain the matter clearly. After all, he had never thought of starting a rebellion. After all, even if he had this so-called continuous crossbow, he would definitely not have any chance of winning once a real master came to encircle and suppress him.

Just like now, the great scholar flying in the air not far away has the ability to fly. If he falls down, how can he, with just a few crossbowmen, stop him...

"Zhang Deyan greets the lord!"

In other words, when Carpenter Li was ready and was about to be killed by the other party on the spot, the figure falling from the air bowed down to him.

This also made Carpenter Li even more confused.

"No, what lord..."

At this moment, Carpenter Li could only ask questions.

"What's going on? Why..."

"Lord!"

The master who called himself Zhang Deyan bowed to Carpenter Li.

"You support our evil faction, so you are naturally our lord!"

"No, who do I support?"

Carpenter Li was completely confused. What was the matter with supporting the evil spirit faction? When had he ever supported such a thing?

However, as Zhang Deyan continued to talk, Carpenter Li finally understood the whole story - yes, although the evil spirit is declining in the current Dalu Dynasty, people are more likely to master the power of the mind through reading, but this does not mean that those users of evil spirit no longer exist.

In fact, there are many generals in the army who use evil spirits. After all, although evil spirits are somewhat dangerous, they are really convenient to use in wars.

However, the power of evil spirit has always been consciously suppressed by those great scholars, and even the output of those who use evil spirit is deliberately controlled.

But now...

"Incredible! Really incredible! My Lord! With your skill, those sour scholars will never dare to say that our evil spirits are just a minor path... What's the use of their so-called major path? In the end, didn't everyone in the house die?"

Zhang Deyan said this with excitement written all over his face.

It turned out to be because of that incident, that is, the sudden involvement of those bigwigs in the court with evil spirits. When everyone thought it was him who did it, all the troubles emerged - just like now, he hasn't even had time to do anything, but he has become the leader of the Evil Spirit Alliance, and also the number one rebel leader in the entire Da Lu Dynasty.

"Hey, no..."

Carpenter Li was already sweating a little, for he was afraid that a word would fly out of his mouth and kill him on the spot.

But the imagined killing never came.

The threat of death did not come, but the people who came to follow him were the first batch to arrive. Some of them were dissatisfied with the former Lu Dynasty army, some had been lying in wait for a long time and were ready to try their skills, and some were even just there for fun. They just thought that something big was happening here, so they came to join in the fun. As for how far this thing could be accomplished, he didn't care.

For experts, it can be said that it doesn’t matter. After all, experts do have the qualifications and enough free time.

But when it comes to Carpenter Li himself...

"You guys really made me suffer!"

A month later, Carpenter Li, or the emperor of the time, took the imperial robe handed to him by his subordinates with a wry smile.

If possible, Carpenter Li did not want to accept the imperial robe, but now he had no say on this matter - simply because the number of people following him was too large, and they all wanted Carpenter Li to really sit in that position and then give them the inheritance they wanted.

Faced with such a large number of people, even if Carpenter Li had many excuses in his mind, he couldn't say it out loud.

What's more, even Carpenter Li himself was still a little dazed.

Everything went too smoothly, so smoothly that it seemed unreal. He did not even encounter any decent resistance as he led his troops northward. In addition, Yangzhou was not far from the capital of Da Lu. He could almost be regarded as an emperor simply by going out for a trip.

"Your Majesty, please don't refuse."

The subordinates once again gave advice.

"The world has suffered from this evil Lu for a long time! Your Majesty, please cleanse the world and restore peace to the world!"

"Ah...ah..."

At this moment, Carpenter Li could only nod mechanically and even forgot to say the words of humility.

Just because, at this moment, he seemed to see a familiar figure.

Across the crowd, the familiar figure seemed a little blurry, which made him unsure of confirming it, but the feeling coming from the other person was so familiar - yes, it couldn't be more familiar, after all, they had known each other for so long, after all, they were once as close as brothers.

But his brother was clearly dead, and had clearly already...

Could it be that the wine I drank that night was not an illusion?
"Wait a moment!"

Carpenter Li quickly stretched out his hand towards the distance.

"Wait a minute! I..."

However, the figure in the distance showed no intention of stopping. He just waved to Carpenter Li and left on his own.

This also made Carpenter Li a little melancholy.

Even though he was wearing the imperial robe, he was still a lonely man.

"Not bad, be content."

Far away from the crowd, Du Chengfeng, who had already jumped onto the treetops, shook his head.

Being able to achieve this is already very good. Now that this Carpenter Li from another world is also so loyal, all he can give is this grand revenge and a life of wealth and glory - as for what this Carpenter Li wants, he really can't give it.

After all, he is not the Du Chengfeng of this world.

The Du Chengfeng in this world is indeed dead, and all he can do is to avenge his other self.

"But this kind of thing... can be considered a good thing."

After thinking about it, Du Chengfeng went back and found Wu Zhao.

Since the self in this world is dead, he is ready to return to the original world - or in other words, they should go to a new world to find themselves in other worlds.

But before that, he still wanted to go back to Wangyou Township and have a drink with Carpenter Li, whom he knew, to reminisce about the past.

But on Du Chengfeng's side, after he returned with Wu Zhao, he received a surprising news.

The carpenter Li, who was familiar with him, and the entire Wangyou Township had been taken away by Wenquxingjun.

(End of this chapter)