"Great disaster?"

The mother gently repeated these two words, and the expression on her face showed a little bit of brilliance. After a long time, she slowly said, "Child Qingchen...is smart."

“…”

"I won't worry if the Yan family and Xichuan can hand it over to him."

After saying these words, she looked up at me, sighed, and said, "You actually understand very well in your heart, but you just can't believe it, right?"

I was trembling and didn't say anything.

I really can't believe it.

Such a huge project hides a lie that is even greater than this project. It has always stood in Sanjiangkou, which makes people praise it for generations. Everyone hopes this dam, hoping that it will bring good weather to Xichuan, but no one knows that the opening of every year has allowed Xichuan to go step by step to the abyss.

The mother sighed again, and then said, "Yin and Yang are harmonious, the heaven and earth are smooth, all things are starting, and the Tao follows nature. People are born according to this natural way and continue to last."

“…”

"What happens if such a balance is destroyed?"

“…”

"It is just that it is difficult for people to see what they are after being destroyed, because this change is long and subtle, just like rivers rushing. People standing on the shore can only see the turbulent waves, but people standing on high places can see the direction of rivers rushing."

“…”

"This child Qingchen is already rare. He has a pair of eyes that can see through the world."

“…”

"But he can see through the world, but he can't see through the truth."

“…”

"I can only say that the person who sets up this game is too stubborn. Do you think so?"

She turned her head to Pei Yuanhao and said these last few words.

I also turned around and looked at him who looked more pale and frustrated under the light. Faced with such questions, he couldn't even say a word. He just knelt there silently, and his broad shoulders were slightly shaking at this time, as if he was unable to support anything.

The mother said, "Your grandpa is indeed a person with too much thought."

“…”

"He saw it very clearly that your father was a kind and kind monarch. He opposed war. During his reign, he would not use war again and war again. In this way, the recovery of Xichuan will become even more difficult. After a hundred years, the human relationship will be weak and Xichuan will completely leave the Central Plains. If he wants to use war again, it will not be so easy to recover."

“…”

"So, he used this method. After a hundred years, the reigning monarch could almost recover Xichuan without any blood."

“…”

"Good means."

“…”

"What a sinister means!"

My throat was choked, and I couldn't speak several times. After a long time, I said in a hoarse voice: "Is this really the case?"

Pei Yuanhao had a pale face and didn't even look at me. He just nodded heavily.

"You knew it long ago?"

"I didn't know at first, but-"

When he said this, his voice was a little hoarse, and every word seemed like a rough gravel. When he said this, he couldn't continue.

But I already understand.

It was after the Supreme Emperor woke up.

The Supreme Emperor was seriously ill and coma, and his ascension to the throne was not expected. Pei Ji would not easily tell the second person about this. Later, when he woke up again, the situation was hopeless and many things were foregone conclusion. Only then did he tell him this secret.

No wonder, after approaching Sanjiang Dam, he became strange.

A wave of indescribable sourness surged from my heart. I suddenly wanted to cry again, and I had a strong urge to cry.

Although I have not seen blood in this war, maybe the recovery of Xichuan will be really not bloody and no one will cry, but I am sad for those unaware people and those who are busy and survive even if they encounter many difficulties.

They will never know what they have experienced themselves in places they cannot see.

They are struggling hard, but they absolutely cannot imagine that their pain comes from their seemingly happy.

Their survival is like an ant for the people in high positions. Their joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness seem to be their own, but in fact, every frown and smile, and one body is actually manipulated by others.

Heaven and earth are unkind, and they regard all things as straw dogs.

The sage is unkind and regards the people as straw dogs.

Looking back now, when the fire in Jixian Palace was in full swing, the sentence Fu Badai wrote to me when I left the imperial city-

Before the world is chaotic, Shu will be in chaos.

Although this sentence is a common saying, it is not the fact before us. The world is in chaos and Shu is not in chaos yet. Fu Badai is using this sentence to remind me that before the world is in chaos, Shu is in chaos, so why is it in chaos to become Jiangnan?

I think that although he did not see through this secret, he also realized that Shu was facing a huge crisis.

When Nian Baoyu was in such a critical situation, Yan Qingchen refused to devote all the efforts of Sichuan to deal with the cavalry of the Dongchaga team. Instead, he tried every means to let us go to Longnan and borrow troops from Wuwei. I thought he wanted to preserve his strength in the upcoming war, but now I understand.

He is not saving his strength.

He is almost out of service.

When I think of the years, he has been dragging his sick body and insisting on Xichuan. He said that he is a businessman and must protect the Yan family and Xichuan no matter how big the matter happens. Looking back on his persistence over the years, I feel sad.

The mother looked at Pei Yuanhao and said, "So, it is not enough for you to just migrate the people to Xichuan."

“…”

"I said, you can do it perfunctorily for everyone in this matter, but you can't do it perfunctorily for me."

Pei Yuanhao was silent, finally lowered his head, as if admitting what he did, and whispered: "I understand."

The mother said again: "But don't make any noise about this."

My heart beat, and I looked up at her: "Why?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! My mother lowered her eyelids lightly and looked at me and said, "Compared to everything, human hearts are the most important. If people's hearts are uneven, the world will be chaotic. If people's hearts are confused, the world will be more difficult to settle."

“…”

"I heard from you that the Central Plains has already started fighting, so Xichuan must stabilize."

“…”

"Don't let them know what they have experienced."

I said, "Can't they know the truth?"

The mother said lightly: "Of course the people have the right to know the truth, but the question is, does it have any effect on them to know this truth?"

“…”

"What has happened, what is irreversible, and knowing the truth only adds pain and hatred to them. It is not good for you, nor for themselves."

“…”

"If you want to break some things, you should break them, and don't be too kind."

Seeing that my eyes were still a little confused, my mother looked down at me and said softly: "There is no absolute in the world. Sometimes, revealing certain truths may not be all good things."

“…”

I choked and nodded.

My mother smiled at me.

I don’t know if it was my illusion, but this smile, her tenderness flowed out from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows like water, but it seemed to add some old patterns to the pale and almost transparent face.

I came back to my senses, looked around, and said, "So, my mother has been here all these years. Is it because of this mechanism?"

She nodded and shook her head again.

I looked at her: "What?"

“Yes, but not all.”

“…”

"If it were just this mechanism, I might have dealt with this matter earlier, but there are some things that I want to keep in mind."

My throat started to get stammered again, and Pei Yuanhao's breathing around me became heavy.

I asked, "It's because there are other things you hide and hide here. So, you want to protect these things here?"

My mother looked up at us lightly: "It seems that you know a lot."

I said, "My mother left the jade sign for exemption and the picture of the universe... I meant to leave all of this to me, right?"

She seemed to sigh, and then said, "Leave it to you, just to you, and I didn't expect that you would really find this place. After all--"

"After all, you have separated that map of the universe."

"So, have you closed the drawings?"

"Yes."

"You found Liu Shizhou?"

"He has passed away for many years."

The mother was stunned for a moment and murmured, "He... has left too."

My voice was also trembling: "I heard that he once brought his children to Xichuan with him and had a close relationship with his mother. Later, his mother also sponsored him to Beijing for the exam."

There was still a bit of sadness on my mother's face, as if a person woke up and suddenly things changed drastically. All she faced was life and death separation. This panic was indeed difficult to accept.

After a while, she said, "Yes."

"How much does my mother still remember? What about him?"

"He... Actually, I don't remember much. He said it was a very close relationship, but after all, there was a difference between men and women. He only had a deep conversation with me twice after the erudition meeting, and Fu Badai was accompanying him every time. However, he was a very ambitious young man. Even if his family was dragged down, he would not change his original intention. Such a person has a tenacious temperament. If he becomes an official, he would be a good official, a good official who is not afraid of power, nor is he afraid of difficulties."

My nose was sore and I said, "He is."

My mother glanced at me.

She seemed a little confused about my sudden excitement, but she didn't ask much. Her clear eyes just looked at me lightly, my eyes turned red, and her voice was sour: "He is a good official. Even if he was assassinated, the people of Jiangnan still think about his goodness after so many years."

My mother didn't say anything and was still looking at me.
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