Chapter 18: Raojiang Past, Return
Chapter 18: Raojiang Past, Return
“This…will start from that time.”
"Oh, when?"
"In the first year of Jingfu (892), although there was war, Chang'an remained the same. The fragrance of pomegranate flowers under the blue sky and white clouds was enough to make people forget the smoke of gunpowder. My brother and I were in Chang'an..."
"Ahem... Let's start from when you were in Raojiang."
Anton interrupted in time. He originally wanted to see King Kui's storytelling ability, but he didn't expect it to be true. It was a familiar feeling. The world was still the same as before.
“Um…Okay, that was also the first year of Jingfu, because among the bad guys, only my brother Chi Li and I were from Raojiang.
So we were urgently recalled by the Marshal that year. He learned that there was an ancient method in the Twelve Caves of Raojiang and ordered us to go and look for it.
I learned from the Marshal that this magic was a taboo in the Twelve Caves a hundred years ago. It combines the two techniques of poison and insects, uses poison to make medicine, and then soaks people in it to build muscle and build bones. After that, the insects can control people, making it a powerful weapon that can defeat ten enemies at once. In this way, one will be invincible.
Although using living people as weapons was inhumane, the situation of the Tang Dynasty was worrying at that time, and those with great ambitions were waiting for the opportunity. The commander-in-chief predicted that there would be a great disaster in the future, and only this method could give him a glimmer of hope.
One of my brothers is good at using poison, and the other is good at using insects. We are the most suitable candidates for this mission.
So the Marshal gave it to us, and after we got it, we both memorized the ancient method and took it back with us. "
Anton asked, "Why didn't you give it to the Marshal after you got it?"
"We wanted to, but a year had passed by then, the rebellion in Raojiang was still going on, and we couldn't contact the Marshal no matter whether we sent letters or sent people.
So he thought that he should first stabilize the situation in Raojiang, and then go and apologize after contacting the Marshal.
Unexpectedly, this delay lasted for eleven years. When my brothers and I pacified Raojiang and went to the Central Plains, we found that the Tang Dynasty had already fallen.
We two brothers also returned to Raojiang, re-managed this area, and waited for the commander-in-chief's call."
"..."
After a long time, after chatting with the two, Anton Jun came to the residence arranged by King Qi for the three of them, and thought to himself.
'This silly boy, in the original novel, fell into his brother Chi Li's conspiracy because he trusted his brother Chi Li too much.
Sure enough, it was Du Gong who was causing trouble again this time. Originally, King Kui wanted to go find the commander-in-chief in person, but Du Gong took advantage of King Kui's softness and used Chi Meng's safety and the fact that he did not want to see war in Raojiang as an excuse.
It is said that if this strange method spread to the Central Plains, it would surely set off an even more chaotic war (it seemed that Zhu Wen had not yet rebelled at that time, but the Jiedushi under the Tang Dynasty were very restless), and it was impossible to contact the Marshal at that time.
So he persuaded King Kui, and the two of them aimed to unify Raojiang so as to gain a good power for the Tang Dynasty. It took them 11 years to unify Raojiang.
After they stabilized, the Marshal also returned, but by then he rushed back to the Central Plains with the ancient method, the Tang Dynasty had already been destroyed and there was nothing he could do to save the situation. (I remember that the Marshal didn't say where he went during that time in the anime, I guess it was related to Dokuoho?)
Now we don’t know whether this Poison Lord really didn’t want his strange method to bring disaster to the world, or he wanted to monopolize the ancient method and compete for supremacy in the world, or there was some other hidden secret.
Judging from his previous performance, he might have been the first type. He did not have much ambition when he was young, but his mood changed after unifying Raojiang, and with the demise of the Tang Dynasty, he became the second type.
But I didn't expect that Chi Meng was actually born in the second year of Jingfu (893), which is indeed different from the anime. '(Part of the reason why King Kui unified Raojiang was to give Chi Meng a happy childhood)
……
After arriving here, Hou Qing and An Dongjun quickly became good friends with King Kui and Duke Du, but it was unclear how much sincerity there was between them.
During this period, Hou Qing accidentally saw Anton Jun's heart sword and witnessed his internal force turning into a sword.
Anton Jun even pretended to be cool by walking in the air, so Hou Qing begged to be his disciple with shining eyes. After seeing this, Chi Meng kept pestering him and clamoring to learn from him.
However, he only accepted Hou Qing as his disciple.
The reason is the same as in the anime, where a master will not teach you everything he knows.
But Chi Meng didn't care so much, so he taught them together.
This is also a blessing for him, as it will allow him to better connect the two lines of Rao Jiang and Shi Zu.
However, they still addressed each other by that name. Hou Qing disagreed at first, saying that it was against etiquette. Then An Dongjun threatened him that if Hou Qing dared to call him master, he would never teach him martial arts again. So Hou Qing had no choice but to give up.
If Chi Meng didn't accept him, he would feel something weird. Just imagine, a playful and cute girl said to him in a delicate voice: "Master~".
Anton-jun just felt goosebumps all over his body.
Just like this, half a month passed. During this period, Anton's life was just teaching martial arts, writing, and teasing beauties.
Half a month later, Miao Chengtian decided to return to Fengxiang for a few days. Anton Jun happened to have something to do, so they went together. One reason was that it was inappropriate for Miao Chengtian to be out for too long.
Secondly, I need to start implementing my own plan, otherwise what I have written in the past half month will be wasted.
Thirdly, if you understand, then of course you should go and cultivate the relationship.
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"Brother Hou, I will go back to Fengxiang first this time. You wait for me here."
"Okay, Brother An, be careful along the way. I just need to consolidate my new moves in the next few days."
"By the way, have you contacted the other three corpse ancestors?"
"I've contacted them all. After I explained your situation to them, they all said they were looking forward to meeting you."
The incident with Xiaohong happened after Hou Qing returned from his trip to Raojiang in Season 4, so they should be living together now, and it would be easy to find Yinggou.
Hanba has been living in seclusion in Yinyang Village, while Jiangchen is in Xuanduwu.
So it was not difficult for Hou Qing to contact the three of them.
No force can refuse the help of the four great corpse ancestors.
It just so happens that what they want are very simple, get married, become handsome, and separate from their elder sister. Anton can easily meet these three conditions.
The difficult part is the surrendered ministers, but from watching the anime, I guess it has something to do with studying martial arts or something else. We'll talk about it when the time comes and just take it one step at a time.
“Hahaha, I’m looking forward to it too!”
Chi Meng hugged Miao Chengtian and cried, "Sister Miao Chengtian, I can't bear to give up the food you cooked."
Ever since everyone tasted the meal cooked by Miao Chengtian and Anton Jun for the first time, they have been providing everyone with food and clothing for the past half month.
It's just that Miao Chengtian has done it most times, and even Hou Qing, who is known as the "true immortal", would comment on it as "not bad", which shows that he is indeed capable.
Anton Jun was also confused about this. He had experience in his previous life, so what about her? Would training Shengji involve cooking lessons? He didn't know when she learned it.
Anton knocked her head and joked, "Don't you miss me?"
Chi Meng shook her head and said, "What Xiao Guoguo cooks is not as delicious as what the little sister cooks."
"Okay, so that's why you don't want to do it?"
As he said this, he was about to grab her ponytail. Chi Meng was obviously experienced. Seeing that the situation was not right, she immediately hid behind Miao Chengtian.
"Okay, Xiao Meng, we'll be back soon."
Miao Chengtian also stopped the two people from playing in time, and then said to An Dongjun: "Dongjun, it's getting late, let's go."
Anton-Jun also stopped and bowed to everyone:
"Well, everyone, let's say goodbye now!"
RPAGF