Although Fu Zhiyu didn't like talking to Xie Ke, what he was talking about now was indeed serious business, and it was closely related to his plan. At this time in his previous life, the border was extremely peaceful, but now even the loyal and brave general Xie Lin was going to be dispatched, so it was no small matter.
"The Qianyuan War has been advanced," Xie Ke saw that he was serious, and his expression became softer, "at least two years advanced."
The Battle of Qianyuan, Fu Zhiyu remembered this battle clearly. It was the first major war he had experienced in his lifetime that caused instability in the capital.
This was a fight with the barbarians on the grassland. The former barbarian leader, King Beiliang, was old and unwilling to make trouble. During his reign, he perfectly abided by the previously signed peace treaty and had no disputes with other countries.
But after the death of the King of Beiliang, his son Xidan inherited the throne and became the new barbarian king. However, this king was not as easy to talk to as before. Soon after he came to power, he quickly sent troops to attack the State of Chen, which bordered the grassland.
Among the Three Kingdoms in the Central Plains, except for the Jilin Kingdom of our dynasty, the other two countries, Chen Kingdom and Jing Kingdom, have a combined land area that is less than one-tenth the size of Jilin. These two countries voluntarily surrendered a long time ago and have completely become vassal states in recent decades.
The State of Chen was completely unable to resist the grassland cavalry, so it immediately sent a letter to Emperor Qing Yuan for help. Emperor Qing Yuan naturally prepared to send troops, but before he could make a plan for the deployment of troops, news came from the front line that the barbarian cavalry had already set foot on the country's territory.
This made Emperor Qingyuan furious, and he immediately dispatched his trusted loyal and brave general Xie Lin to fight against the enemy. Xie Ke went with him as his deputy general, and gave a death order that they could only win and not lose.
The war lasted for more than a year, with both sides suffering heavy losses, and ended with our dynasty narrowly winning.
It is worth noting that Xie Lin was seriously injured in this war, so in the final decisive battle, Deputy General Xie Ke was ordered to take full command. Although his side originally did not have much advantage, they actually turned defeat into victory in the end.
After Xie Ke returned to Beijing, he was welcomed by the people. Because Xie Lin was in poor health, he took over all the military forces of the Xie family with the emperor's approval and became a young and powerful official.
But all this should have happened within two years.
"The King of Beiliang died ahead of time," Xie Ke continued, "everything happened ahead of time, and there were even extra things."
"What... extra things?"
"The General of the Cavalry has sent news in the past few days, saying that there are unusual movements in the ancient country of the Western Regions. There may be changes. Please be prepared and ask the court for food." That's not all. Xie Ke didn't stop. "General Lin's subordinates submitted a report, reporting that there are a large number of rioters in Lin City. Please raise troops to resist and ask the court for food."
In this era, the means of information communication are limited, the speed is extremely slow, and it is easy to be distorted and lose its original authenticity. Anyway, Fu Zhiyu felt strange no matter how he thought about the last two things.
It's not just because it didn't happen in the previous life or in the original book, but more importantly, it's such a coincidence that everything happened at this time, as if it was pre-arranged.
Xie Ke seemed to understand what he was thinking and explained, "This is really not a coincidence, there is a reason. The fact that Emperor Qingyuan began to train the eleventh and thirteenth princes made the Lin and Xue families panic.
The Lin family chose to cooperate with the barbarians to help Prince Xidan kill his father on the throne in advance, but they did not expect Xidan to play by his own rules. He tore up the long-term contract with the Lin family on the spot and threatened that if they did not listen to him, he would send the correspondence to Emperor Qingyuan. The Lin family is now really afraid of the barbarians and dare not cooperate anymore. There is no way they will really abandon the Central Plains territory and follow the barbarians. They can only stay where they are awkwardly and make some trouble to try to cover up their movements. If Xidan really wants to send a letter to Emperor Qingyuan, they must intercept it, and if they can't intercept it, they will deny it. Treason is a serious crime. If the Lin family wins, it will be fine. Anyway, history is written by the victors. But now the barbarians are no longer a normal partner. The Lin family is in a dilemma and can only hold back for the time being.
As for the cavalry, that was something the Xue family had done. The cavalry general had already had the idea, and the Xue family hit it off. The Lin family's unusual movements were known to them, and they wanted to follow suit, wanting to mobilize troops in the name of chaos, although they did not intend to rebel so quickly. At present, they just wanted to put pressure on the emperor to make Emperor Qingyuan give up the idea of cultivating other heirs. The ancient country in the Western Regions had a good spirit of contract, but no one expected the barbarians to mess up the pot, and the real war came. The Xue family did not expect all this.
Neither of them wanted to destroy the country, but they were forced by Emperor Qingyuan to use external forces to achieve their goals. However, plans cannot keep up with changes. Now both families are very embarrassed. One pretends that nothing happened, and the other is still holding on, planning to slowly make a big deal out of a small one, so as to get through the crisis of the barbarians first, and not let the country be attacked from all sides and really lose the country. But I guess even if the ancient country in the Western Regions is more honest than the barbarians, it will not have such a good temper. "
In two lifetimes, it was the first time that Fu Zhiyu heard Xie Ke have such a long conversation with him. The amount of information in this conversation was so much and so detailed that he was so shocked that he suppressed his dislike for Xie Ke for a while, as if Xie Ke was eavesdropping on the Lin and Xue families every day.
Xie Ke saw his wide-eyed shocked expression and thought it was adorable. He tried his best to suppress the urge to touch his hand and continued to talk business: "Don't be surprised, it's all true. I have my own way of understanding. The emperor doesn't know as much as I do. He just has some guesses now. Except for the Barbarians' anomaly, he has doubts about the other two, but many things are still uncertain. Even the Lin and Xue families involved are not very clear about the whole situation now.
Zhiyu, I tell you this because I want you to be more cautious. The situation changes in a flash, and it cannot be explained by the experience of the previous life. You must be more careful. "
Fu Zhiyu took a step back, was silent for a while, and then said, "You have been watching the Xue and Lin families so carefully, I'm afraid you have been watching me like this, right?"
"No, I really don't," Xie Ke denied immediately, his face serious, "I... that method is of no use to you, really."
As he said this, he subconsciously moved a little closer, but Fu Zhiyu took a big step back with the lantern in his hand, as if he had seen some ferocious beast, with a look of vigilance on his face.
"I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm really wrong, okay?" Xie Ke complained, "I really won't touch you, don't leave yet. I haven't talked to you like this for a long time, and I finally got this opportunity, and I have something serious to say."
Fu Zhiyu hesitated for a moment and did not leave for the time being, but still kept a distance from Xie Ke.
Xie Ke breathed a sigh of relief and softened his tone, "It happened so fast that I didn't react. Zhiyu, if I really have to leave for a while, can you come and see me off
Three days later, at the Aiwan Pavilion in the suburbs, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to talk to me, I just want to see you. The situation is very complicated this time, what if I really can’t come back…”
Fu Zhiyu lowered his head, and Xie Ke waited patiently for his answer, but he suddenly turned around and ran away, saying before he ran: "You want to lie to me again, I won't go."
Xie Ke did not chase after her. He stood there helplessly, watching the carriage leave quickly. He was trapped in the darkness, and said with a wry smile in a voice that only he could hear: "This has happened several times. I seem to only make Zhiyu more wary of me... 027, am I really not good at chasing people?"
"Yes," 027's mechanical voice sounded in his mind, commenting, "The first part was fine, Fu Zhiyu listened very carefully, but the latter part completely collapsed, it was a mess."
027 was silent for a while, then said, "Maybe the shadow cast by my previous life was too heavy..."
It quickly detected that Xie Ke's state was not right after hearing this sentence, and his emotions fluctuated greatly. It immediately changed its angle and made its own positive suggestion: "By the way, I just searched for the key words of pursuit in all knowledge bases, and found that the most popular one is giving gifts. You can try it."
"It's not like I haven't sent one before..." Xie Ke sighed, and began to dig into the reasons for his failure, "Maybe it's because those were too ordinary?"
When he thought of this, he said to himself, "Oh, I do have something to give him. If I really have to leave for a while, Zhiyu must be well and nothing can happen to him here."
"Almost all the items you have saved are useless to Fu Zhiyu," the mechanical voice reminded him, "I have mentioned many times that he is a very, very special data. I have tried many methods on him after the hibernation ended, but none of them could have any effect on him.
All the data sent back from him is disordered, but as a person who is also tracing back, Shen Yang is normal. Yuan Mingdao is very normal as long as he is not with Fu Zhiyu, but he becomes disordered as soon as he comes into contact with him. "
Xie Ke was also aware of this. He could only use the most primitive manpower to guard Zhiyu now, but the palace was different from the outside world. The security was much stricter. Zhiyu almost stayed in his palace and never went out. He was also very sensitive, so Xie Ke did not dare to act rashly.
"Why doesn't he want to believe that I'm sincere?" Xie Ke was distressed, "I don't know what to do with him."
Fu Zhiyu ran back to the carriage. Yuan Mingdao saw that he was silent and gloomy when he came back, so he knew better than to disturb him. He waited until Fu Zhiyu calmed down before he asked tentatively, "Master, are you okay?"
"It's okay," Fu Zhiyu shook his head, "Just... a little scared."
After this place became a free world, the plot was like a wild horse that could not be pulled back. I wonder how detailed the Lord God’s definition of “don’t let this world collapse” is. If it’s just a compression of the plot, it shouldn’t be too serious... right
Xie Ke will win. There is no way he won't come back. Instead, he may come back many days earlier.
From what he just said, Fu Zhiyu truly felt how amazing the top three actors in terms of points were. Without the constraints of the plot, he was more like the protagonist than the main character.
The Lord God also complained to him at that time, saying that these people were particularly difficult to manage. The system had a basic function to protect the players from pain. The original novel did not describe each day in detail, so the players could still drag the progress bar.
For players like Xie Ke who were at the top of the pyramid, the entire Lord God World was just an interesting adventure game. If their points were high enough, the protagonists they played would not be even one tenth as powerful as themselves. If the Lord God had not released a patch to restrict props, the players at the top of the pyramid would have ruined the entire Lord God World.
That's why Fu Zhiyu felt frightened. He calmed down a little and then slowly and briefly told Yuan Mingdao what Xie Ke had just said.
"I have to send a pigeon to remind my uncles and the others that although my eldest uncle's place has not been affected, he is a military officer of the imperial court after all. So is my youngest uncle. They should stay in the south and the caravans should not go there recently," Fu Zhiyu thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "As for us..."
Yuan Mingdao was also wondering why Xie Ke knew all this, but when he saw his master's expression, he felt that he was a little absent-minded.
"Master, are you worried about the war?" He consoled her. "These things are not what we want, nor are they caused by us. The world is bustling with people for profit, and as long as they are still fighting, it will happen sooner or later."
"I'm not worried about that," Fu Zhiyu took a deep breath, "Forget it, let's go back first. We can't trust Xie Ke completely. Let's see later."
He still remembered Xie Ke's words "My method is useless to you". If it was useful, Xie Ke would probably know more than this. He knew very well that he was a bug that even the Lord God could not delete, and now he was mutating, so it was not impossible for this situation to occur.
This was an unexpected surprise. Xie Ke’s magical powers were so great that they could not affect him.
The emperor was indeed on guard. Fu Zhiyu heard a commotion outside at noon the next day. It was the sound of a group of people running in unison. He didn't even have to go out to hear Caimei, the gossipy little girl, making a fuss again.
"So many soldiers are coming!" she said in shock. "There are so many soldiers in the palace. If I go out to get something, I will run into five or six groups of soldiers every time. They are on high alert. It's so fierce. I heard that it's the same outside. The whole capital is under martial law. I'm scared. I don't know who has committed a crime again."
"You can't tell anyone about this," Fu Zhiyu put down the cup in his hand and glanced at her, "I'm afraid it's a big deal."
"Master, rest assured, I know my limits."
Imperial Concubine Yun was calm, embroidering on the side. Fu Zhiyu had told her in the morning that Imperial Concubine Yun had no memories of her past life and was much calmer than the two of them.
Two days later, the emperor issued an edict explaining all the unusual changes to the people.
When the barbarians invaded, General Zhongyong and his son Xie Ke immediately went out to fight the enemy, commanding an army of 800,000, hoping that they would continue their undefeated record and strengthen Jilin's reputation. General Lu and Admiral Du led their troops to guard the capital, protect Jilin's heart and soul, and enforce the government. If there were any traitors who disturbed the army's morale, they would be executed immediately.
The Lu family and the Du family, just like Lu Linhai and Du Yin who followed Xie Ke, were from the same faction as General Xie and were both trusted and beloved generals of the emperor.
Now all of them are active, the emperor is really angry this time. Fu Qingyan has been making steady progress along the way, and he has accumulated a lot. Even though he is old and no longer a paper tiger, he cannot move the deep-rooted families for the time being, but it is not so easy for those families to deal with him.
The imperial edict stated that Xie Ke would leave early tomorrow morning. Fu Zhiyu still remembered that he asked him to see him off, but he decided to keep his word and not go.
In his previous life, he went there eagerly, and happened to encounter the famous scene in the book, where Miss Xue risked her life to run out and bid farewell to Xie Ke in tears. Later, Xie Ke returned victoriously, and Miss Xue got what she wanted and was granted marriage by the emperor. The two were really a perfect couple, and the extra person he had appeared was simply inexplicable.
They were clearly not leaving until the next morning, and they knew the hope was so slim that it could be ignored, but Xie Ke had been waiting there the night before.
"As long as he really comes, even if he doesn't come to see me but wants to learn more about the news over there, I will have gotten what I want." He sat alone in the Aiwan Pavilion, sounding like he was talking to himself, "As long as he comes, as long as he comes, I won't leave even if you kill me. The Qianyuan Battle is nothing. What I can get from this war, I can also get from other places."
He looked towards the capital and continued to murmur: "As long as he gives me a chance, just a little bit..."
System 027 woke up from hibernation last month. It listened to all this silently and said nothing.
As an auxiliary machine, it is difficult for it to understand human emotions, and even more difficult to understand why its host, who originally played in the human world, is now dying.
But in fact, there were signs of this happening a long time ago, but he was too confident at that time and thought he could do nothing wrong, so he didn't expect that an accident would really happen.
At present, most of Xie Ke’s methods are useless against Fu Zhiyu, the abnormal data, but Fu Zhiyu is still limited by this world and subject to the power of the secular world.
Xie Ke did want to stay in the capital, as it was at least closer to his treasure. However, with his current status, Fu Zhiyu could choose not to see him if she wanted. As long as he stayed in the Liuli Palace and did not come out, Xie Ke could not enter with his current status.
Xie Ke has the ability to break through the power by force, especially when his system wakes up from hibernation, he has more props to use. But compared to Fu Zhiyu, Xie Ke is more afraid that this world will collapse, and Fu Zhiyu will disappear along with this world, so he is still carefully maintaining the operating logic and dare not be too presumptuous.
Just as Xie Ke said: "Zhiyu can ignore these things, but I can't. I have to rely on these to protect him. Otherwise, what if someone really bullies him?"
But when he really returns and possesses all kinds of power in this world, 027 can't tell whether this situation is good or bad for his relationship with Fu Zhiyu.
…Aren’t you the one who makes him most unhappy
The so-called power is not the main problem between the two of them, 027 system thought, but leaving is also a good thing. It wants to take this opportunity to teach Xie Ke to calm down and change his bad habits, knowing that his current method of asking for forgiveness will only backfire.