Finally, because he had not been home for several years, Zhou Chen took the initiative to ask the Empress Dowager to allow him to reunite with his family, and he was able to return to Bianjing City.
But after he returned to Bianliang City, the border war broke out again. Without his leadership, the border war became difficult and suffered repeated defeats. The Empress Dowager had to send him again.
Another two years passed like this. When Zhou Chen requested to return to Beijing again, the Empress Dowager did not trust others to guard the border. She only wanted peace in the world, to defend the country well, and to live a good life as the Empress Dowager. She did not want to expand the territory at all, and did not want the Song and Liao dynasties to invade the Song Dynasty.
So she thought of a compromise and moved the Jingguo Mansion from Bianjing City to the border, and ordered Zhou Chen to guard the northwest border for a long time.
But she didn't know that this was exactly what Zhou Chen wanted. If he was in Bianjing City, he would be too big a target and could easily be targeted and impeached. But at the border, it would be different. He had been planning for the border for many years, and this place had long been his world. Here, he didn't need to be on guard against this and that all day long.
Although Zhou Chen did not plan to rebel and become emperor himself, he still had to plan for future generations.
Several decades later, the Jin army entered the pass and attacked the city of Bianjing, capturing the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and countless civil and military officials and their families.
It was at this time that the Zhou family army, led by Duke Jingguo, who had been guarding the border, rose up strongly, fought against the Jin people, conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, established the Xin Dynasty, and made Damingfu the capital, which was later renamed Yanjing.
From then on, the world belonged to Zhou.
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This copy took me quite a while to write, so I’ll just end it here. The next copy has been decided, which is going to be a windy place. If you haven’t seen it, you can go and check it out. It’s pretty good.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1176 Return and Engagement
The early morning sunshine is warm and comfortable. Outside the window, a few unknown birds are resting on the green trees downstairs, chirping non-stop.
Zhou Chen has been sitting on the lounge chair on the balcony for several hours, starting from early morning and continuing until now.
He lived in that world for more than seventy years, and only left that world peacefully after seeing off most of his relatives and friends.
In the world of "The Story of Minglan", although it is an ancient world, he did not indulge himself too much. Apart from his wife Hualan and the people in the concubine Shulan's courtyard, he only took one concubine later, who was a concubine of the Cao family arranged for him by the Empress Dowager in order to win him over.
Hualan and Shulan both lived to be over eighty years old and died one after another, while Zhou Chen passed away peacefully after seeing his grandson establish a new dynasty.
The decades in the world of "The Story of Minglan" are an unforgettable memory for Zhou Chen, and the most unforgettable ones are naturally his wife and children. The one who has accompanied him the longest is his wife Sheng Hualan. She was the first woman to marry Zhou Chen and the last to leave him.
Among the many film and television worlds he has experienced, Hualan may not be the most beautiful, but she is definitely one of the women who has accompanied him for the longest time. They truly depended on each other through life and death and grew old together.
Although he had experienced many worlds and seen off many of his lovers, when he experienced it again, he still felt overwhelmed with sadness in his heart.
Human memory is precious, but sometimes it is painful, especially the pain of seeing off one's loved ones. It is really suffocating. This has nothing to do with how much experience you have. Having a lot of experience can at most allow you to control yourself, but sadness and pain are still inevitable.
He worked from early morning to morning, and from morning to evening, until the strong feeling of hunger in his body awakened him from his silence.
He got up from the recliner, walked into the kitchen, and skillfully took out eggs and noodles from the refrigerator.
I haven't used a modern kitchen for decades, so I was a little unskilled in using it all of a sudden. It took me a long time to finally get a pot of steaming egg noodles out of the pot.
After finishing the pot of noodles, Zhou Chen burped, then walked to the balcony, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and stared out.
It took a long time before he communicated with the system.
"System, open the panel!"
Host: Zhou Chen
attribute
Power: 48
Constitution: 50
Spirit: 44
Agility: 43
Points remaining: 2
Skill;
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Nine out of ten bets will result in loss: After the host activates this skill, if the host participates in any form of gambling activities, he will definitely lose nine bets in a row, and he will definitely win in the last one.
thing;
穿梭卡×11;剧情卡×1;重开卡×1;财富转换卡×1;世界卡×1;
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task:
Son-in-law of the Sheng Family: The Sheng family is a family of luck in “The Story of Minglan”. Please ask the host to become the son-in-law of the Sheng family (completed); Reward: to be collected.
Official of the First Rank: Count the glorious past, and look at the present. Please ask the host to be honored as a first-rank official in the current world (completed); Reward: to be collected.
Both main tasks have been completed, and Zhou Chen directly received the reward. The next moment, the reward was clear to him.
Four basic attribute points were no problem, but the remaining rewards surprised him a little.
Luck Card × 1, Plot Card × 2, Title "Palace Coup Master".
Luck Card: Using this card can increase the host's luck in a film and television world.
Master of Palace Coup: When wearing this title, the host's personal charm will be brought to the extreme when launching a palace coup, and the success rate of the palace coup will be greatly improved.
???
According to the introduction, the Luck Card is a very good item. If you have luck, isn't that equivalent to being treated like a protagonist?
But the title of 'Palace Coup Master' made Zhou Chen a little confused. After participating in two palace coups, he was given such a title. Was this to encourage him to launch more palace coups in the future?
As you travel through more worlds, the system's rewards become more and more abundant, including skills, items, and now even titles. I wonder what will appear in the future.
After resting at home for a few days, seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, Zhou Chen's parents and Li Luo's parents finally agreed on a date to officially get engaged on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was only a few days away.
In a blink of an eye, it was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Zhou Chen had already booked a hotel and arrived at the hotel early.
He had heard from Li Luo that in addition to her parents, today's engagement party would also include her uncle's family of four and her uncle's family of three.
His parents were picked up by his sister and brother-in-law, and they arrived at the hotel early.
It was almost eleven o'clock when Li Luo and his family finally arrived.
Zhou Chen immediately went up to them: "Uncle, aunt." Then he looked at the other strangers.
Li Luo introduced Zhou Chen, first pointing at a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Li Ruiyang.
"This is my great uncle and aunt, great uncle and aunt, he is Zhou Chen."
Zhou Chen followed and shouted: "Hello, uncle, hello, aunt."
"Hello."
The uncle and his wife were very happy to see Zhou Chen. They had heard about Zhou Chen's situation a long time ago. Although he came from an ordinary family, he seemed to have some abilities.
When they met him again today, he was handsome, with a natural demeanor and a smile on his face that was neither humble nor arrogant. He had a special charm that made them feel good about him.
Li Luo pointed to another young couple and introduced them: "This is my eldest brother and his wife."
"Hello, brother, hello, sister-in-law."
Zhou Chen still greeted him in a natural manner, without being overly flattering, but also revealing a bit of enthusiasm.
Li Luo's cousin is called Li Heng. He is well-dressed and wears gold-rimmed glasses. He looks gentle and a bit serious.
Li Heng's wife looked only a few years older than Li Luo. She was very fashionable and pretty, and her every move revealed the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.
The couple also greeted Zhou Chen enthusiastically.
They all knew what kind of personality Li Luo had, so they were quite curious about how Zhou Chen could pursue Li Luo, and they felt that Zhou Chen must have something extraordinary.
Li Luo also introduced Zhou Chen to her uncle, aunt, and a cousin who was a few years younger.
Although his uncle and aunt did not look as elegant as his uncle's family, they were much more enthusiastic and open-minded, especially Li Luo's cousin Zhu Zihan, who kept staring at Zhou Chen and seemed very curious.
Zhou Chen's entire family was present, and they did not invite other relatives because they did not have any close relatives near the county town.
Zhou Chen's parents were also good at talking. After meeting Li Luo's parents and uncles, they quickly started chatting with them in a familiar manner.
At the dinner table, Zhou Chen's father was very active, constantly clinking glasses with Li Ruiyang and other men. Zhou Chen's brother-in-law also cooperated, and the other women soon became familiar with each other and started talking.
Instead, the male and female protagonists Zhou Chen and Li Luo were reduced to supporting roles.
But Zhou Chen has rich experience and has seen all kinds of scenes, so he doesn't care at all. Li Luo, on the other hand, has a cold temperament and can remain calm in any environment, so such scenes are no big deal for her.
The meal took more than two hours to finish. Several elderly people were already staggering when they left and had to be supported to walk steadily.
However, the meal went very smoothly, and this simple engagement ceremony was successfully completed. At the dinner table, Zhou Chen's parents also prepared an engagement gift for Li Luo. The next thing was the matter of getting married in the future, which would need to be discussed at another time.
Zhou Chen and Li Luo sent everyone away, and in the end only the two of them were left.
Looking at Li Luo, who had specially put on makeup and dressed up today and was obviously more beautiful than before, he smiled slightly and reached out to hold her hand.
Li Luo's face turned red, but she did not struggle to break free. Instead, she let Zhou Chen hold her hands, and then got into the car with Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen played with Li Luo for a long time and only sent her back around nine o'clock in the evening.
Although they were engaged, Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to bring Li Luo to his home.
Having known Li Luo for such a long time, he naturally knew that Li Luo was a very sensitive person. Although she was engaged to him, if he insisted on taking her home, she would probably agree, but he did not do so. Instead, he waited for nature to take its course.
After experiencing so many worlds, he is no longer the impatient person he used to be. If he can't help it, then he would have lived hundreds of years in vain.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Luo's family left the county and returned to Jinling to celebrate the Spring Festival. Zhou Chen suddenly became idle again.
So he cleaned up the house and went back to live with his parents. They celebrated every New Year in the old house. He went back two days early so he could help with the cleanup.
Buy spring couplets, post them, buy fireworks, firecrackers, cakes, candies...
Zhou Chen bought everything needed for the New Year. This year, their family had a rich Spring Festival, so of course it had to be grand.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1177 New World, Go Where the Winds Are
It's a new world again!
The moment Zhou Chen opened his eyes, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. The next moment, he closed his eyes again and began to receive memories.
Unlike the previous world, this world is a modern society, and his current identity is a social animal, a real social animal, a programmer in the IT industry, and a senior programmer at that. He has been working in the same company since his internship in college, and it has been more than seven years now.
Zhou Chen, 29 years old, is a senior programmer at an Internet company in Shanghai. He is also a small department leader. He has a Shanghai hukou. His parents have passed away, but they left him a two-bedroom, more than 80-square-meter old house in the downtown area of Shanghai, as well as some savings.
Although he is a social animal, the fact that he has a Shanghai hukou and a house of over 80 square meters in the downtown area of Shanghai already exceeds that of more than 90% of the people in the country, of course, in terms of assets.
Zhou Chen was quite satisfied with such conditions, although he had never experienced a programmer who was a social animal.
Looking back on the work experience of a programmer in the past few years, although it is not as exaggerated as described in TV dramas and novels, it is indeed much harder than ordinary jobs.
This kind of hardship is not only physical, but also mentally difficult. I have been able to persist for seven years while being single and having no pressure in life. I have to say that I am really a tough person.
Seven years of working as a programmer brought him nearly one million in savings.
The main reason why I can save so much money is that I don’t have the pressure of mortgage and car loans. As long as one person is well fed, the whole family will not have to worry, and I don’t have any other extravagant consumption.
Although I have been on more than a dozen blind dates, either there was no follow-up after I saw them, or they just ended after one or two times. In short, I am a single guy, so I can save money.
As long as a man is not a jerk, does not spend money on women, and does not have the idea of enjoying luxury, most adult men can live a comfortable life.
"System, open the panel!"
After sorting out his current basic situation, Zhou Chen opened the system panel, wanting to know which world he had traveled to and what task he had to complete.
But when he opened the system panel and saw that the task in the system task column was not activated, he frowned.
It was this situation again. He hated this kind of unactivated tasks the most, because basically these tasks could only be activated after meeting the main characters in the film and television world. Before that, even if the plot card was used, he could only know the plot at most, and could not directly activate the system tasks, and sometimes he could not even use the plot card directly.
But he was only unhappy for a few seconds and quickly closed the system panel.
They come, the security!
After traveling through so many film and television worlds, he has developed the skills of waiting and adjusting his mentality.
After thinking about it, he decided not to use the plot card for the time being. He was not in a hurry anyway, as activation was a matter of time.
Since it is the 21st century, no matter which world you are in, you cannot be short of money, and making money is not a problem for him now.
The time is now 2019, which is one of the time points Zhou Chen is most familiar with.
Zhou Chen took a tour around the house that belonged to him. It was an old house that was more than ten years old. It was over 80 square meters, with a usable area of nearly 70 square meters. The cost performance was still very high. However, the decoration of the house seemed much backward and old-fashioned compared with the flourishing house decoration styles nowadays.
However, because it is a house in Shanghai, although it is not in the most central location, as long as it is put up for sale, it can be sold for several million, so it is still in high demand.
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