Chapter 22 The past is like smoke

Chapter 22 The past is like smoke

Chapter 22 The past is like smoke

Zhang Jue thought for a moment and said, "I just heard some rumors. I don't know if they are true or not. I'll just say it for the time being and you just listen to it!"

Xiao Xia nodded, "Uncle Zhang, please speak?"

"The crown prince's eldest son, Yang Yan, is an illegitimate child. For this matter, the crown prince has been suppressed by your father. Your father has behaved well for so many years, only married one wife, and the couple loved each other. I heard that Empress Dugu wanted your father to marry Dugu's daughter as his second wife, but your father refused sternly and swore that he would never take a concubine in this life.

At the beginning of the 18th year of Kaihuang, your father joined forces with King Yang Xiu of Shu to impeach the crown prince for his excessive debauchery and demanded that he be deposed. As a result, the crown prince threw you out at the critical moment, and your grandfather Xiao Moke stabbed him in the back, proving what the crown prince said. Your father could not deny it and had to admit it.

You can imagine how serious the consequences of this incident were. Your father's image that had been in the limelight for many years collapsed, and he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. The emperor and the empress were furious, and they immediately demoted your father to King of Ruyang and placed him under house arrest in Luoyang. King of Shu Yang Xiu was also demoted and placed under house arrest in Chengdu at the same time. This was the Double Kings Case that shocked the court and the public four years ago.

However, things took a turn for the better last year when Empress Dugu passed away. At the beginning of the year, Prince Yang Xiu of Shu was restored to the throne, and the emperor is planning to tour Jiangdu in the south at the end of this year, which is actually to restore your father to the throne. But the crown prince and several other princes would not accept this, so there was an assassination attempt against you."

Although it was said very simply, Xiao Xia could feel the thrill in it, the prince's forbearance and desperate counterattack, the betrayal of his closest relatives, the personality of Prince of Jin Yang Guang collapsed from a high place, and his dream of becoming the prince was shattered.

When did Yang Yong become so powerful?

Xiao Xia was silent for a while and said, "Is this actually the Five Dragons competing for the throne?"

“You can understand it that way!”

Xiao Xia was really puzzled. "But I don't understand. My father didn't rebel or commit treason. Just because he had an illegitimate child, the charge would be so serious. Why is my father still under house arrest?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I don't understand it either. I asked your master, and he said that some things are fine for ministers, but they are serious crimes for the princes. Especially Empress Dugu is very strong. She hates you and your son very much. Fortunately, she passed away, otherwise you and your son would never get ahead."

"In fact, Xiao Moke colluded with the prince and betrayed my father?"

"That should be the case. The old man is very bad and has always been cold and ruthless. Although he was once my master, he expelled me from the sect after your mother ran away. I have never seen him again in all these years."

"why?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "Because I used my military connections to help your mother escape across the Yangtze River, ruining your grandfather's plan to become the father-in-law of the emperor, he hates me to the core!"

Xiao Xia was silent for a moment and then said, "So my speed is beyond ordinary people. It has something to do with the Spring Rain Pill!"

Zhang Jue nodded, "That should be the reason. You must have taken it a long time ago, and you have also taken the Vajra Pill, so your extraordinary speed is not a natural anomaly."

"But my martial arts skills are so poor..."

Zhang Jue smiled slightly and said, "You must have been suppressed by some medicine your mother used, so you didn't show your full potential. Do you still remember when I examined your pulse the day you killed Wu San? Your pulse was very strong and powerful, and your internal energy was surging. That was because your mother laid a solid foundation for you."

"What about now?" Xiao Xia asked again.

"Now that you have started taking the King Kong Pills and Spring Rain Pills again, I believe that your potential will be slowly re-stimulated. You should have noticed that you have grown a lot taller in just a dozen days."

Xiao Xia sighed, "The little nun asked me to practice swordsmanship for two months, but I don't know how to practice it. It seems that apart from becoming proficient, there is no other progress!"

Zhang Jue narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You can practice sword as much as you want, but you have to take double the amount of Vajra Pills and Spring Rain Pills. I believe it won't be long before you come to find me."

...........
The ancestral hall theft case just passed, and the assassination at night was not discovered by anyone, as if nothing had happened.

Xiao Xia encountered Xiao Jianu several times, but he avoided her gaze and didn't dare to look her in the eye, and hurriedly passed by her. As for Liu Erhu, Xiao Xia never saw him.

In addition to practicing sword skills diligently, Xiao Xia would sometimes ride his donkey out of the city for a walk to relax.

After knowing his own life experience, Xiao Xia calmed down.

Sometimes Xiao Xia also felt strange that history was actually changed because of his predecessor, which led to the demotion of his father Yang Guang. But the predecessor Xiao Xia was not a time traveler, so how could he change history?
What secrets are hidden in this? Xiao Xia feels it is confusing and difficult to see clearly.

He simply stopped thinking about it and devoted himself to practicing martial arts.

The Sui Dynasty was bound to be a time of chaos, and this would not change because of the arrival of a time traveler.

The various social contradictions in the Northern Zhou Dynasty had reached their limit. Yang Jian had usurped the throne and wanted to ease the contradictions through reform.

Little did they know that the interests of the major forces and powerful people could no longer be reconciled through reform, and the reforms of Yang Jian and Yang Guang, father and son, instead intensified the conflicts. Therefore, all problems could only be solved through war.

As troubled times came, Xiao Xia felt an unprecedented sense of urgency. Only by becoming stronger could he make a difference in troubled times and live up to his trip to the Sui Dynasty.

Due to the double dose of medicine, his appetite doubled and he had to eat two meals per meal. He definitely couldn't afford it if he had to pay for it himself. Fortunately, Chief Steward Zhang asked Butler Liu to get a second-level warrior's menu. Xiao Xia then enjoyed the treatment of a second-level warrior in terms of food, with unlimited food.

With the help of Chunyu Dan, the effect of Vajra Dan became stronger and his body became stronger day by day.

More than ten days passed in a flash. One morning, he woke up as usual and suddenly felt something unusual.

He heard a fly buzzing. He sat up and saw a fly entangled in a spider web in the opposite corner, struggling desperately.

A black spider was slowly approaching it and stretched out its claws to scratch the fly.

Oh my god! No way!

Xiao Xia was stunned. How could he see the spider's legs so far away and hear the fly flapping its wings?

He looked at the wall again. It was covered with spots of mold, which he had never noticed before.

At this moment, a wild goose cry was heard in the sky above his head, and he could actually hear it in the room.

There was the sound of children running in the distance, and he saw a thin sliver of light coming through the crack in the door.

He also had an inexplicable perception ability. He suddenly felt as if something was happening. When he turned around, he saw a small cockroach poking its head out from the corner of the bed.

After all, Xiao Xia had 1,400 years of cognition, so he was not surprised. He must have upgraded himself.

I've upgraded!
Xiao Xia couldn't contain his excitement. He shouted, jumped off the bed barefoot, drew out his dagger and began to practice swordplay, even faster than his usual speed.

At this moment he felt that his whole body was filled with energy, as if he was on the eve of a volcanic eruption.

Just then, there was a hurried knock on the door outside the yard.

(End of this chapter)