Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Yang Zhi felt that the alcohol was a little too much, and the scene in front of him seemed to be spinning. Logically speaking, his alcohol tolerance should not be so low, maybe the things he heard today was too sensational.

Li Tuo's voice fluctuated between far and close to his ears. He was floating erratically and everything around him seemed so unrealistic, but he was very clear that a completely unfamiliar world had opened its doors to him.

"Who is in charge in today's world? In Li Tuo's opinion, there are only these few powers. Manchu has been in the Central Plains for two hundred years, and although the eight flags system has become rigid, with the help of the Confucian Scholars, it can still be considered as the main force of the river … "

"The second force is of course the Gui Chen of the Pure Stream Valley. Perhaps according to what Xiao Letian said in the Journey to the West, this group of people are called the 'Lord Scholar' class …"

"What is the third force? Pui … "It's that group of smelly merchants. Although they are being suppressed quite ruthlessly, their influence is not small …"

Li Tuo's voice was like a dream as it revolved around Yang Zhi, causing Yang Zhi to mutter in response, "Why are you telling this to me, what are you trying to do with everything you told me today? "Why would I want to know about these things …"

Li Tuo completely ignored him as he continued to talk nonsense, "What is the fourth force? Of course it's the Chinese warlord, the Great Marshal Zeng is awesome, one person alone borrowed the strength of the East Wind of the Sky to tear apart and rebuild the 200 years of political history of the Great Qing … "

"The fourth force is a foreign force, and that's right, it's Xiao Letian's best at balancing the balance of power amongst the foreign forces …"

"Who is the fifth force?" Hahaha … That's us, us little minor official wandering around the grey zone, has truly influenced history, but it's not recorded in any history books … "

"Yang Zhi, oh Yang Zhi! You have to look at yourself clearly. You came to Great Qing Dynasty's imperial court alone, so who would truly accept you in front of the four powers? They are just using you like a dog, a crafty rabbit, a dog will cook for you! "

"Halfway there, a husband and wife are never as intimate as a married couple. You are just a concubine. Playing with you for a few years just waiting for your lost value before throwing it to the side …" "Right now, you can only rely on us and join the fifth faction. Only we have no true leader, and we are willing to push you to become their leader!"

"Yang Zhi? Yang Zhi! Yang Zhi... " The voice sounded like the voice of a little kid rushing someone, causing Yang Zhi's head to become so dizzy that it seemed as though he was hallucinating.

"Yang Zhi! Open your eyes and see what we are. Hehehe … "We are not humans, we are not ghosts. We are the incarnations of thousands of years of officials in China. Are we the so-called bureaucratic class?"

"We are invisible and formless, yet we are everywhere. No one can catch our shadows, but we truly influence history … Su Shun is just a ball in front of us, while the emperor is just a crane in front of us! "Even if my head was made of flesh and blood, there wouldn't be another one if I were to cut it off. But how many bureaucrats are there in this world?"

"We can't fight, we can't kill! "Like weeds and vines, we twined around every single one of the powers in the world. We desperately sucked in every single drop of nutrients from every single one of their mothers. Even if you use your blade to chop us down, burn us, and poison us to death …"

"So what? "If you kill me, I will give birth to another thousand. If you kill me, I will give birth to another ten thousand. If you kill me, I will dye the world with my life …"

"Yang Zhi, have you ever heard of … "There is such a bizarre and legendary disease in this world. First, a small piece of skin on a human's body became diseased, torturing you to the point where you want to die. You hardened your heart to use a knife to cut off that piece of flesh, but not two days later, another two pieces of flesh became diseased …"

"You will constantly use your knife to cut your own flesh, but the diseased flesh is everywhere. Perhaps at first, it was just a small shadow in your lungs, then your stomach, then your liver, then your bone marrow, then your brain … You keep on cutting, he kept on growing, his children and descendants are endless! "

"We are this bizarre and legendary disease with no cure. We have no cure, we can't be defeated, we will never die! "Throw yourself into our embrace, I will make you, Yang Zhi, the king. I will make your heart's desire soar to the skies …"

"In this grey area, with the support of I, Li Tuo, you are the king, the uncrowned king!"

Yang Zhi was drunk. He felt that everything he had done today was fake and all of it was just a dream. Nonsense! How could there be such a sickness in this world … You guys aren't that amazing... I don't believe it, I just don't believe it! "

Li Tuo smiled and sipped the wine: "You don't believe me? Hehe, can I tell you that even Great Marshal Zeng has allies here? "Right now, even the empress dowager and the prince can't analyze the marshal's thoughts, but I know what happened in Nanjing, a thousand miles away. This is my ability …"

"What does the marshal want?" Actually, I know this better than anyone, because we bureaucrats are the best at researching people! The marshal is old now. He only wants to make a big lock to lock onto the hard-won situation of China. He can have a little friction but he will not allow a big civil war! "

With a crash, Yang Zhi's head smashed into the table. He turned his head to look at Li Tuo, and looked at the distorted face. Talking about the five forces, then … Then what did Xiao Letian count for? Isn't he a force? "

Li Tuo's expression suddenly became weird, and he quietly put down the cup. Li Tuo shook his head and said, "Many of us view Xiao Letian as our sixth force, but I, Li Tuo, have different opinions. He, Xiao Letian, cannot be considered a force, he can only be considered a hidden force … "

"Because he has always been outside of the five forces in China, and because he has always been inseparable from the five forces. He is weak, he is weak, he is hidden, he is weak …" "You know where he is, but you can't find the boundary between him and the other powers …"

"You have me in your midst, you have me in yours. He can form alliances with all forces, and he can also start a war with them at any time. Furthermore, he's good at disintegrating forces that are clearly separated …"

"Therefore, Xiao Letian cannot be counted as the sixth force, he's just a hidden force … In other words, Xiao Letian was not a human at all, he was just a … "Ghost!"

"Fuck you!" With a roar, drunkard Yang Zhi suddenly rushed forward like a tiger, his right fist was as fast as a meteor as it flew towards Li Tuo's face.

With a dull thud, Li Tuo was sent flying backwards with blood flowing from his nose, and his back crashed into the wall.

The drunk Yang Zhi had already lost consciousness. His pupils went wide as he looked at everything in front of him that was covered in a hazy illusion. Fuck you... The Prime Minister … It's not a ghost! "

With that, Yang Zhi fell to the ground and started snoring loudly.