Steam trains in ancient times (3): The so-called talented woman

“Ha.” Si Qi imitated his previous attitude and chuckled in the same way. The number one scholar felt that he had nowhere to stay. Then he said, “I wonder if you are all gathered here to discuss important matters?”

Everyone looked at Si Qi with eyes that were no longer the same as before, they only looked at him as a promising young man and gave him high hopes. “That’s right. In recent months, the Fourth Prince has submitted memorials to His Majesty, which has attracted His Majesty’s attention.”

“Hey, a lot of these are what we were discussing and researching, but he got the upper hand over them all…”

“Bad luck!”

“It is said that this was all the idea of ​​Princess Zhao’er. This woman is so talented that she can defeat a hundred enemies at once…”

“A mere woman can actually…”

“It’s a pity that she has already married the Fourth Prince, so she is destined to be of no use to us…”

Several people were talking at once, and Si Qi nodded slowly after listening.

It turned out that the Daughter of the World had once again stolen the Crown Prince’s credit and passed on all the good strategies recorded in history to her sweetheart, the Fourth Prince.

With the existence of the Daughter of the World, many excellent policies that have appeared in the history of this dynasty could no longer be used by Si Qi.

Even if it was used, it would just be a collision with the Daughter of the World, and the two sides would end in a draw.

It was not Si Qi’s habit to repeat what others have said.

Si Qi asked directly: “What is there to discuss?”

Everyone frowned: “How can we not treat such a big thing with caution?”

Si Qi said frankly: “We can’t stop the Fourth Prince from coming up with good strategies. It’s useless to discuss ‘why the enemy is so strong’. However, we can offer Your Highness more and better strategies than the other side, in exchange for His Majesty’s favor. In this way, his Majesty will know that even if the Fourth Prince is talented, he is not even one ten-thousandth as talented as our Prince.”

People subconsciously retorted: “You think those strategies are so easy to come up with—”

Halfway through their conversation, they remembered the article Si Qi had just recited on the spot, and suddenly couldn’t continue when they saw Si Qi’s confident and lazy look.

Si Qi casually waved his sleeves, and his facial features were as handsome as his sister Si Peihuan, and every move was dazzling and eye-catching. As the saying goes, a person with knowledge of poetry and books is naturally elegant, and his inner talent makes him stand out even among the scholars. He was outstanding, unrestrained and confident, which was really impressive.

The prince, who was sitting in the first seat and listening quietly to the discussion, saw the young man in the crowd speaking freely and confidently, and his eyes unconsciously became deep.

He didn’t know why he treated Si Qi so differently. Maybe it was because Si Qi and he had a connection. He said gently, “No hurry, sit down and talk. Someone, serve tea to Si Juren.”

The staff were surprised to see the prince being so friendly to Si Qi. They had never seen the prince show such a friendly attitude to anyone. His most common behavior was cold and unpredictable.

Just thinking about Si Qi’s amazing abilities, it seemed no exaggeration to show respect to such a talented person. Everyone immediately gave up the seats below the crown prince to him, and waited eagerly for him to speak.

Si Qi did not refuse, nor did he show any sign of being flattered. He sat down openly, took the cup of hot tea given to him by the prince, and said with a smile, “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Strategy? Policy? Coincidentally, this was what he was good at…

Wasn’t it just to help Chu Feng ascend the throne of the emperor? That was the honor that Chu Feng deserved.

He just took it back for Chu Feng.

Thinking of this, Si Qi slowly spoke, analyzing the pros and cons of the memorials submitted by the fourth prince one by one, pointing out the shortcomings, and directly stating a good strategy that was a hundred times better than the opponent.

The light in the eyes of the surrounding staff grew brighter as they listened, and finally their faces flushed, and they were so excited that they could hardly control themselves.

After finishing a pot of tea, the staff were amazed and convinced by Si Qi’s seemingly endless array of amazing political speeches.

The usually cold prince even chuckled in front of everyone and said, “I am lucky to have Si Qi.” With such high praise, no one present raised any objection.

It was precisely because they knew something that they understood more and more clearly how Si Qi was a man of profound talent and boundless wisdom. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a genius that could only be found once in a thousand years.

Everyone was busy writing down every important point Si Qi said, and would later compile these words into a memorial to be presented to the current emperor.

Presumably, this would make him very happy and he would turn his attention to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again.

Chu Feng had an encouraging look in his eyes as he said to Si Qi, “You have made such a great contribution, you deserve a great reward. If you have any wishes, just tell me, I will definitely satisfy you.”

Generally at this time, the ministers would make some excuses to express their humility and loyalty.

Si Qi said, “Indeed, there is.”

“Oh, tell me about it.” Chu Feng said with interest.

Si Qi: “I need the right to use a coastal area to study some things. I also need the right to cast iron to forge the necessary tools.”

It had been less than half a year since the enemy invaded. Si Qi wanted to help Chu Feng, so he couldn’t just sit there and wait for death.

After hearing this, the staff frowned slightly and said, “Salt, iron, and tea are all controlled by the court…”

If it was money, power, or beautiful women, it would not be a problem for the prince. But when it came to iron and territory, the topic was more delicate.

Who knew what he wanted to do?

The prince hesitated for a moment and then replied directly, “I will ask my father for instructions, and there will be a result in a few days.”

“Your Highness…” an aide said worriedly.

Chu Feng: “It doesn’t matter. What the Juren said must have a purpose. I believe him.”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, everyone could only reluctantly give up, even though they had hidden concerns. There was a hint of criticism in the way they looked at Si Qi.

Si Qi did not explain, but smiled: “Thank you for your trust, Your Highness. Qi will definitely not let you down.”

After saying this, Si Qi suddenly remembered something: “Just now we only discussed how to offer a better strategy than the fourth prince, but did not mention the many problems that Chu already has.”

When everyone heard this, they realized that Si Qi had something else in mind, and they immediately laughed out loud, and asked expectantly: “You have more suggestions? Tell us quickly!”

Si Qi asked the guard beside him to refill his tea, and then he slowly and methodically spoke out one after another of the good governance measures that would benefit the country. The content ranged from the rough to the detailed, and each sentence went straight to the core, so that no matter who heard it, they could understand its meaning.

It was as if Si Qi was afraid that they would not be able to understand some of the key points, so he even explained each step clearly, almost teaching them step by step, and the person who was speaking understood everything thoroughly.

Occasionally someone would raise a question, and Si Qi would be able to answer it quickly. It was obvious that he had thought about these policies many times in his mind, which was why he understood them so clearly.

In comparison, the Fourth Prince’s approach was not so much to offer strategies as to deduce an outline based on the results, leaving the rest for people to figure out on their own, and when asked questions they simply didn’t know the answers. This could not be compared with Si Qi at all.

From conception to implementation and then to decision-making, Si Qi was absolutely overwhelming.

This conversation lasted from noon to dusk, and a group of powerful people who were well-read in poetry were so fascinated by it that they wanted to pull Si Qi aside and talk with him all night long without letting him go.

It was Prince Chu who knew that Si Qi was not in good health, so he stopped everyone and personally sent Si Qi back. He also reminded him to take medicine on time and take good care of himself.

Si Qi listened with a smile, but in his heart he was muttering that Chinese medicine in this world was so bitter, who would want to drink it? He was young and strong, it was just a minor cold, he would get better after a while.

Prince Chu glanced at him, as if he could guess his thoughts, and said in a gentle voice: “If you are afraid of the bitterness, I will send someone to send you some malt sugar and apricot plums later. After you drink the medicine, it will relieve the bitterness.”

Si Qi realized, “Your Highness, I am not a child. I don’t mind the bitterness of the medicine.”

His Highness nodded, as if he believed it. “You are very important to me. I will send Doctor Yu to check on your health regularly. Please don’t worry me.”

Si Qi: “…”

Si Qi smiled: “Of course not… Don’t worry, Your Highness.”

The prince was very satisfied with the answer. He gave a few more instructions, expressing his deep love for talent, and then left.

Si Qi was a little depressed, and murmured, “It seems that I have to invent the cold medicine of this world as soon as possible…”

Otherwise, if he got any minor illness in the future, he would have to drink several bowls of Chinese medicine, which was too miserable.

He turned and walked back to the dilapidated courtyard at home. There was a faint aroma of food in the air. Si Peihuan had already prepared the food and was waiting for him. When she heard the sound in the courtyard, she came out, smiled at him, and said softly, “Come in quickly. Sister has made your favorite dishes.”

Such a peaceful and tranquil appearance in the past years was reassuring, just like what had appeared countless times in memory. But if Si Qi had not appeared in the crisis this morning, I’m afraid it would have been a completely different hellish scene.

Si Qi lowered his eyes slightly, and while talking to his sister with a smile, he went to wash his hands in the basin, lowered his eyes to look at his reflection on the water, thinking about how to avenge this hit.

The current emperor of Chu was a pragmatic man who valued ​​talents as if they were his life and paid special attention to scholars.

Following the example of their superiors, the children of the capital also developed the habit of respecting scholars. If someone could write a well-respected poem, no matter what their origin or family background, they would be treated with respect wherever they went.

It was because of this cultural characteristic that Zhao Er, the daughter of the world, took great advantage after coming to this world.

The poem “Bamboo and Rock¹” fully described the tenacity of bamboo and depicted the charm of rock bamboo. It seemed to be about bamboo, but it was actually about people, and vividly depicted the author’s noble character, uprightness, strength and unyielding heart.

It was because of this poem that she was able to clear away the stigma attached to the concubine’s daughter Zhao’er of that era in one fell swoop, making the originally ordinary concubine’s daughter of the Zhao family become a representative of positivity, optimism and pride in the hearts of the people.

Later, “Song of the Wandering Son²“, a work praising maternal love, cleared up the outside world’s misunderstanding that she had a rift with her stepmother.

The song “Long Song Xing³” has inspired many young people to be ambitious.

A passage of “Ding FengBo⁴” fully displayed Zhao Er’s playful and lively nature, expressed her carefree attitude in fighting against wind and rain and laughing at life, and told of her heroic spirit of not fearing the ups and downs of life.

Just because of these poems that made her famous, no matter how many shocking and extraordinary things she did in the future, or how much she was criticized by public opinion, when others recited her words, “A bamboo stick and straw sandals are lighter than a horse, who is afraid? A raincoat and a straw hat will protect me from wind and rain for the rest of my life⁵“ they would be able to make those ordinary people who were not as skilled as her speechless.

This led to many behaviors that would be seen as shameless and disrespectful in other women, but in Zhao’er, it was the unrestrained and self-willed behavior that showed her conscience and the character of a peerless talent.

Some people may be dissatisfied with Zhao Er’s immoral behavior, but some people were fascinated by such an unconventional Zhao Er, impressed by her personal charm, and thought that Zhao Er was truly an extraordinary woman.

When Si Qi carefully recalled the memories about the Daughter of the World in his mind, he was almost shocked by Zhao Er’s various “great achievements”. He felt quite embarrassed as if he had seen through someone’s pretense.

All he could say was that the Daughter of the World was worthy of being the Daughter of the World, and was shamelessly on par with Chen Yi from the previous world.

Counting the time, the annual poetry festival in Beijing was about to start again. The reason why Zhao Er first became famous was because she recited the poem “Holding on to the Green Mountains and Not Letting Go⁶” at the poetry festival, which made her name known initially.

Later, when she got married and became the fourth princess, she was accustomed to modern life and had no intention of staying at home in a large mansion to take care of her husband and children. As before, she was still active everywhere, unwilling to be lonely and in front of everyone.

She probably won’t miss this year’s poetry festival.

Thinking of this, Si Qi picked up a pen and paper, ready to write a book to give the Daughter of the World a big surprise.

Today was the day of poetry reading.

As soon as Si Qi arrived at the poetry venue, he was greeted by a group of well-mannered young men from famous families, who greeted him with smiles and bows.

Although Si Qi missed the imperial examination this time due to a serious illness, everyone believed that with Si Qi’s talent, he would definitely be in the top three in the next imperial examination.

Everyone felt sorry that he had lost his fame, but no one had ever questioned his ability, let alone ridiculed him in secret or offended him.

They expressed their sympathy to him.

Si Qi shook his head slowly, without any regrets: “Misfortunes often bring blessings. Although I missed the imperial examination, I also found a wonderful opportunity.”

Everyone was immediately curious: “What kind of adventure could be more precious than fame?”

Si Qi saw that among the people present, some had a good relationship with Zhao Er, and some were even Zhao Er’s “believers”, so he asked: “Do you know why I suddenly became seriously ill?”

One person asked, “I heard you fell into the water? And caught a cold?”

Si Qi nodded: “I did fall into the water. I can’t swim, and I was soaked in the water for a whole night after I passed out. I almost froze to death.”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Before they could say anything, Si Qi said, “Luckily, the gods saved us and saved our lives.”

Everyone was skeptical: “God? Do you have any evidence?”

Si Qi smiled slightly: “Of course there is evidence.”

He took out a collection of poems from his arms, glanced at everyone, and said: “This thing is unique in the world, and no one in the world can match it. I have no intention of keeping it for myself, and I should make it public. However…”

Under the increasingly curious gazes of the crowd, he slowly said, “I’m afraid I’m not the only one who has received this gift from the gods.”

Everyone was puzzled and didn’t understand what he meant. Si Qi smiled and said, “Since the poetry meeting hasn’t started yet, let’s go to the private room to appreciate the book first.”

Everyone was so excited by Si Qi’s words that they quickly said, “Let’s go!”

They wanted to see what was written in Si Qi’s arms. What could have made Si Qi miss the imperial examination without any regrets, and why was he so mysterious in his words?

The poetry reading started at 7:00 am in the morning. Many people looked at the seats in confusion and found that many people were missing.

“Why hasn’t Master Li come yet?”

“I saw it clearly just now.”

“Master Qi is missing too.”

“Master Qi said that the princess might attend the poetry meeting, and he was obviously excited for a long time. How come he suddenly disappeared now?”

“Ah, it’s the princess! The princess is here as expected!”

An extremely excited voice sounded, and everyone’s eyes subconsciously looked in the same direction.

A woman strode into the pavilion, with a smile on her face that showed no shyness or tenderness at all, and she looked at everyone present with a cheerful and generous look.

The waterfall-like black hair was not neatly combed up. A uniquely shaped agate hairpin was casually inserted as an embellishment, and the rest all fell casually behind her.

She wore light and close-fitting clothes, with light pink ribbons outlining her slender waist, showing off her pretty and graceful figure, attracting a lot of attention.

Seeing that all the people present were still men, she said helplessly, “Didn’t we invite many sisters to come? Why are you scholars here again?”

Someone laughed and said, “You may have been stopped by your elders. Not everyone can see everything with an equal mind like you and I.”

“There are a lot of rumors out there, maybe they are trying to avoid suspicion.”

“How ridiculous! As the princess said, we are not afraid of our own shadows, so why should we care about what others think? They are the ones with dirty hearts, which shows the nature of villains!”

Zhao Er knew how deep the prejudice against women was in this era, so she shrugged and chuckled, “Ha, if you don’t want to come, then don’t come!”

She sat in the main seat as if it was her duty, and said with a smile: “It’s so boring to stay at home all day. Let me have fun today.”

However, in the eyes of others, if Zhao’er could be considered to stay at home all day, other women may have never gone out in their lives.

Everyone smiled and said, “Then let’s start drawing questions.”

There were many ways to play poetry, such as passing the flower by beating the drum to connect the upper and lower couplets, choosing a poem and replacing one or two lines in it to change the artistic conception, or choosing a theme to create freely.

This was the last way to play: randomly draw a topic from a bamboo tube and write a poem based on it. The confident person recites the poem, and the one recognized by everyone as the best draws the theme of the next round of poetry.

In the past few poetry competitions, Zhao Er had won almost all the best prizes in each round. Whether it was singing about bamboo or appreciating the moon, whether it was homesickness or sadness in autumn, it seemed that there was no field that Zhao Er was not good at. She could write amazing and brilliant poems one after another at will, and her outstanding talent was amazing.

The theme chosen this time was Plum blossoms, which was a very common and even a bit old-fashioned classic topic.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Zhao Er, expecting her to write something that would impress everyone based on this old-fashioned topic.

Zhao Er did not disappoint everyone’s expectations and smiled slightly, her eyes full of carefreeness. She picked up the brush and wrote while reading:

“The trees at the edge of my inkstone pool are covered with flowers, each with a faint trace of ink.”

“Good, good!” As soon as the first line of the poem was recited, someone couldn’t help but hum it excitedly, and there seemed to be light in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Er.

Many scholars just smiled bitterly and shook their heads after hearing this sentence. How could they compare? They were afraid that even if they thought hard for a whole day, they still could not compare with the poem that the other person just said.

Zhao Er slightly raised her snow-white chin and glanced at them with a charming look, as if she was coquettishly asking them not to interrupt her thoughts.

The smiling face seemed to be able to capture people’s souls, with a unique charm that made people yearn for it.

Many people stared subconsciously, staring at Zhao Er’s face and swallowing.

Zhao Er continued to write: “Don’t let people praise your good looks, just let your pure spirit fill the universe!”

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the room was surprised.

“Leave only pure energy to fill the universe…Leave only pure energy to fill the universe!!”

“This poem seems to be a eulogy to plum blossoms, but in fact it is a metaphor for myself! I am ashamed of myself, ashamed of myself!”

“I don’t seek praise from others, I just want to quietly leave a fragrance for the world…Such noble virtues, such noble temperament, and a sentiment that does not flatter the world, can only be written by a person like the princess!”

“Another masterpiece! Princess Zhao is truly a goddess!”

Zhao Er’s eyebrows curved, and he waved his hands nonchalantly: “It’s just a small poem that’s not worth mentioning. I just wrote it for fun.”

The scholars immediately retorted: “How can it be a trivial poem?”

“Princess, please don’t be modest!”

Zhao Er smiled as she watched everyone trying their best to tell her how amazing she was. She could only smile helplessly and said, “Okay, okay, if you think it’s good, then it’s good. Just listen to my poems, what about yours?”

Everyone paused for a moment, then all looked embarrassed.

With such a gem before them, who would dare to write poetry in such a humiliating way as to invite ridicule?

Zhao Er was disappointed and said, “Is that so? It seems that I have to wait until you finish writing before I can read the poem.”

A scholar blushed and said, “With the princess here, even if we try our best, it is still not as good as the last poem the princess wrote. Let’s just forget it.”

Zhao Er said with a half-smile, “Then I have ruined your interest. Why don’t you just not write it?”

Everyone hurriedly asked: “How can this be possible!”

“I’ll wait and write, Princess. Let’s take a look at the next round of questions!”

Zhao Er said with interest, “Okay, let’s draw a topic! This is a rare poetry gathering. I want to turn the verses that I don’t have the chance to write into poems and recite them.”

The poetry reading was in full swing. With the background of poems by many talented people, Zhao Er’s talent was unmatched and everyone was impressed by her.

Just when the poetry reading was halfway through, a group of people with flushed faces, as if they had experienced something shocking, finally arrived, including the young master of the Qi family and the young master of the Li family.

They were still immersed in what just happened and couldn’t come back to their senses for a long time.

Someone greeted them enthusiastically, “Finally you’re here! You don’t know how much wonderful content you’ve missed! Princess Zhao has written several wonderful poems again! Come and take a look!”

After saying this, he handed the ancient poem he had copied to the young master of the Li family for his appreciation.

After the young master of the Li family took it, he was surprised at first, then frowned, and then he couldn’t help but look at the smiling, cheerful and confident woman sitting in the upper seat with a special and indescribable look.

Then he silently handed these poems to the people who came with him.

Several people took a look at the ancient poem on the paper, which seemed familiar, or in other words, had not been changed at all. They looked at each other with strange expressions.

This……

After Si Qi sat down, he picked up the sake on the table, took a sip, and smiled slightly.

Notes

1. “Bamboo and Rock” is a seven-character quatrain created by Zheng Xie, a calligrapher and painter in the Qing Dynasty More info ↩︎
2. “Song of the Wandering Son” is a five-character poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao More info ↩︎
3. “Long Song Xing” is a poem by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem expresses the author’s strong desire to make achievements as soon as possible, to make his achievements last forever, and to leave his name in the annals of history. More info ↩︎
4. “Ding Fengbo, Don’t listen to the sound of beating leaves in the forest”, is a lyric written by Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty. This word uses the small things in life, such as encountering wind and rain on the way in the wild, to find profound meaning in simplicity, and to create wonders in ordinary places, showing a broad-minded and transcendent mind, and embodying otherworldly ideals of life. The first part focuses on the rain, and the second part focuses on the after-rain. The whole poem reflects an upright scholar’s struggle for relief in the rough life. More info ↩︎
5. Fragment from the poem Ding Feng Bo ↩︎
6. Fragment from the poem Bamboo and rock ↩︎

Steam trains in ancient times (2): Falsified history

This world originally had a very orthodox history.

Orthodox history that had not been tampered with by external forces.

This period of history was adapted into a TV series by the people of later generations. Because of the profound writing skills, the sophisticated plot that was consistent with history, the handsome actors, and the touching emotional scenes, it quickly attracted the crazy love of a large number of fans and became a hot series that year.

Zhao Er was a die-hard fan of that TV show. She had unique tastes and didn’t like the stereotypical male and female lead couples. She only loved the gentle and affectionate male second, who was the fourth prince who couldn’t get the female lead.

She was obsessed with the gentleness of the Fourth Prince and watched the drama day and night, memorizing every line in the drama by heart, and even studied that period of history specifically for the second male lead.

Through the filter of fans, Zhao Er only felt that the fourth prince in history was so lovable, so considerate, and everything he did was good.

If she could meet him once, even death would be worth it.

Perhaps the gods of this world heard her wish. Because she had to stay up all night and go to work the next day, the girl, who was always infatuated with the man in her dreams, fell down due to hypoglycemia when she went out. She fell onto the road and was directly taken to the dynasty she dreamed of visiting by a speeding car.

After waking up, she thought she was blessed by God. After traveling through time, she soon managed to meet the depressed and frustrated Fourth Prince.

She used her inherent advantage of holding the script to quickly grasp the preferences of the Fourth Prince, which was the most popular tool of this era – ancient poetry. As a talented woman, she quickly became a confidant of the Fourth Prince and realized her dream of meeting her idol.

After her dream came true, Zhao Er soon became dissatisfied with the status of a confidant and wanted to marry her sweetheart.

She was also afraid of the existence of the heroine in the TV series, Si Peihuan, the daughter of the Si family, who was one of the four beauties whose names were recorded in history. In the TV series, Si Peihuan not only became the crown princess from a commoner, but also attracted the attention of the fourth prince, who would never forget her for the rest of his life.

If she wanted to become a princess, she had to first get rid of that troublesome girl.

Although Zhao Er was a little love-minded, she also knew that according to real history, a commoner woman could not even become a prince’s concubine, no matter how good their relationship was.

According to the history books she had read, the real reason that helped Si Peihuan become the Crown Princess was her younger brother, Si Qi, the famous and capable minister who was the first prime minister of the State of Chu.

Si Qi’s fame in the entire history was even greater than that of the first of the four beauties. Anyone who had lived in the country could not be unfamiliar with his name and had heard of his deeds.

He was a truly capable minister who could govern the country and a gifted and talented man of all ages.

It was because of his assistance that Crown Prince Chu was able to become emperor so smoothly, and he governed the State of Chu with peace and prosperity, making this dynasty a famous prosperous era in history, and being repeatedly filmed in TV dramas by later generations.

It just so happened that the Emperor of Chu was a famous wise monarch in history, and Si Peihuan was a famous beauty. Since ancient times, kings have been paired with beauties, which is gossip that people will talk about with relish even in later generations. It was just right for them to be the male and female protagonists of the TV series.

But Zhao Er just didn’t like it.

She just felt that the Fourth Prince was so good and gentle, so why couldn’t he be the emperor, but had to let the overbearing and arrogant Crown Prince Chu be the emperor? Was it because he was born earlier than the Fourth Prince and his mother was of more noble status than the Fourth Prince’s biological mother?

Zhao Er considered herself a modern person and did not care about feudal concepts. She felt that with her help, the Fourth Prince would definitely become the emperor, and she would be the empress who was second only to him.

What prince, what eldest daughter of the Si family, what Si Qi, all of them stand aside.

Therefore, she made full use of her golden finger and induced the Fourth Prince to replace the Crown Prince’s actions in the TV series again and again according to the plots of house fighting, palace fighting and political fighting in the TV series, helping the Fourth Prince to gain the emperor’s favor and be valued by the emperor.

She also pulled together various future famous ministers who were supposed to be recruited by the prince, and wrote down on paper what those ministers would say and do in the future, and asked the fourth prince to memorize them, and then tell them to their faces.

After hearing this, all the famous officials were full of admiration for the Fourth Prince, and felt that the King was the only one in the world who understood them, and that the State of Chu would prosper with the Fourth Prince. They volunteered to work for the Fourth Prince, who was still a lowly figure at the time, and to make plans for him and suppress the power of the Crown Prince.

In addition, the child of the world had all kinds of golden fingers, poetry, singing, business skills, fame and wealth all came to her. With her help behind the scenes, the Fourth Prince was like a tiger with wings, and he repeatedly gained the upper hand in the fight for the throne. Once, he even made the prince bear a stigma, and was completely hated by the emperor, who almost abolished the prince.

It happened that the war on the border was tense at that time. Zhao Er knew that the battle was extremely fierce and beyond human power to contend with, so he gave advice to the Fourth Prince, asking him to urge the Emperor to send the Crown Prince to the border to make amends and clear the stigma.

The prince left and never came back.

Zhao Er colluded with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to cut off the army’s food and fodder, turning what was originally a lost battle into a battle in which hundreds of thousands of soldiers died of hunger and battle on the border. As a result, the Chu State ceded three cities, and the people in the cities were massacred by the enemy.

All the blame was naturally put on the prince who was ambitious, disregarding the safety of his soldiers and rushing to kill.

The prince became the biggest sinner of the State of Chu and the culprit who caused the deaths of nearly one million soldiers and civilians. Even after his death, he did not even have a posthumous name and was completely nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Only those soldiers who followed the prince to fight and died on the battlefield knew that the prince was not looking for glory, so he kept charging at the enemy. It was really freezing cold at that time, and his side could not get even a grain of food from the State of Chu. In order to avoid starving to death, the prince could only lead his soldiers to kill the enemy and steal food. This was a very reasonable plan and he should have won. However, the Daughter of the World informed the enemy and told them that the prince had no food reserves and could not consume them.

As a result, the enemy refused to fight from beginning to end, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers starved to death on the border of Chu.

As for Si Qi…

Si Qi was indeed a talented person, but it is a pity that he could not be used by the Daughter of the World.

If Si Qi showed his talent and became the confidant of the Fourth Prince, it was unclear whether Zhao Er could outsmart Si Qi. The relationship between Si Qi and the eldest daughter of the Si family was hard for Zhao Er to tolerate.

What if the Fourth Prince married his sister as his concubine in order to seize the position of a capable minister, like the Crown Prince?

Zhao Er came to this era not to share her husband with other women.

It is better to destroy things that cannot be used as soon as possible.

She calculated the time and sent someone to push the future famous prime minister Si Qi into the water on the eve of his imperial examination, causing him to become seriously ill, miss the examination, and indirectly lose the title of number one scholar.

She also took advantage of the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, whose interests were closely related to her own, and had his son use the story of “the minister’s son molested a girl in the street and accidentally crippled his brother”. This “accident” which seemed insignificant in the eyes of others completely killed Si Qi, the serious threat, in the bud.

It broke his arms, ruined his appearance, and made it impossible for him to pass the imperial examinations in his lifetime.

By the way, he also let the son of the minister take the opportunity to insult the innocence of the young lady of the Si family, so that the Fourth Prince, whose fame and status were rising at the time, would never see the existence of this humble and dirty woman again.

At that time, the original owner Si Qi did miss the incognito visit of Crown Prince Chu because of that “accident”, and was unable to deliver his article to the Crown Prince and attract his attention.

His sister was abducted and raped, and her lifelong innocence was destroyed. Even though she was beautiful and kind, she was destined to live in pain and live a life worse than death.

Si Qi, the breadwinner of the family, missed out on his fame and even became disabled. Now he would be unable to participate in the scientific examination. The talented man fell into the middle of the road.

Fortunately, he had a strong character and had been able to pick himself up even after suffering a series of setbacks.

He didn’t know who he had offended, but he thought that if God wanted to give a man a great responsibility, he would first make him suffer and work hard. He gritted his teeth, endured the regretful and mocking looks from others, and went to the prince again, determined to stand behind the scenes, not asking for fame, and help him win the emperor’s heart again.

The prince had heard of the talented Si Qi in his early years, and he really valued his talent. Regardless of Si Qi’s unsightly appearance, he accepted him as his subordinate.

Si Qi’s joining did help the Prince’s Party, which had been gradually losing influence and on the verge of collapse, to gradually gain momentum.

Unfortunately, no matter how talented Si Qi was, he was no match for the daughter of the world who had cheats and a script. After fighting back and forth with the daughter of the world several times, the original owner was helplessly defeated and could only sigh that this girl’s abilities were far beyond what ordinary people could imagine. She was so wise and thoughtful that she seemed to be able to foresee the future, which was beyond human ability.

It was also at this time that the original owner vaguely realized that his sister’s misfortune and his own tragedy might be related to the fourth princess.

He was filled with rage and was about to use all means to help the prince kill that evil woman, but at this moment, the prince died at the border, dying in disgrace and being despised and rejected by everyone.

His greatest help was lost just like that.

——Even the crown prince was dead. Who else in Chu could compete with the fourth prince? Who else could avenge him?

Knowing that there was no chance of recovery, Si Qi, who has suffered setbacks time and time again and whose bright future had been ruined, had completely turned evil.

This great man, who was famous in history, left the capital and joined the enemy state that was at war with the State of Chu. He used the confidential information he had from the crown prince to lead the enemy army to defeat the generals. Within two months, he approached the capital, slaughtering countless people along the way. He became another traitor to the country who was despised by the people of Chu after the crown prince Chu.

Then, at the critical moment when everyone thought that the State of Chu was about to perish, the Daughter of the World developed black gunpowder, and several bombs blew this great historical figure of extraordinary talent into the sky, and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops were buried with him.

The war that was thought to have a predetermined outcome was reversed so easily. Overnight, the Daughter of the World became a goddess revered by all the people of Chu. Regardless of her talent, cunning, or connections… she was the top existence in the world.

She naturally became the empress, and lived with her beloved Majesty for the rest of her life. Her pride, her ability, and her beauty were regarded as the white moonlight in the hearts of countless officials and celebrities.

Her advanced ideas promoted the budding of feminism in later generations. Her influence penetrated into every corner of the prosperous Chu State. She was the most brilliant and dazzling existence of that era…

From then on, no one knew who the Empress of Chu was who conquered the country and conquered the city, who was the wise ruler who led Chu to prosperity, and even less did they know that the traitor who was nailed to the pillar of shame in history might had once been a great figure who would be remembered forever.

At this moment, Si Qi, who had nearly become a traitor to his country, walked out of the cold and dim prison, and met the future emperor who was framed by the Daughter of the World and was now in a precarious situation in the lobby of the county government.

The sunlight shone on him, making his figure appear a little hazy. The light black outline reflected in Si Qi’s eyes made him feel inexplicably familiar.

Si Qi faced the light, squinted his eyes, and endured the glaring sunlight to see the other person clearly.

The man had a stern face and was serious. His eyebrows were high and his facial features were three-dimensional, giving people a strong sense of oppression. He was like a reserved blade. Although it was hidden in the scabbard, no one dared to ignore its deadly sharpness.

When being stared at by those eyes, one would feel as if an invisible force was locking one’s throat and suffocating. Fear, tension, shrinkage… there was absolutely no way to resist it.

However, no matter how stern and cold he looked, Si Qi knew how heartwarming it was when someone with such a face became gentle.

His nose was sore, and his emotions, which had not fluctuated even when he was arrested and tortured, almost lost control the moment he saw the other person for the first time.

Chu Feng…

The brother whom Si Qi thought he would never see again after they parted in the last world appeared in front of him again. Si Qi opened his lips slightly, his voice stuck in his throat, at least he did not do anything disrespectful by calling him by name.

Facing the other person’s calm and deep eyes, Si Qi walked over quickly, performed a scholar’s salute respectfully, and said in a graceful and generous voice: “Student thanks the prince for his help.”

The prince looked at the young man calmly, forcibly suppressed the sudden throbbing in his heart, and said lightly: “It’s okay.”

The elder sister sobbed and wiped away her tears quietly. She couldn’t help but reach out to touch her brother’s wrist, which was rubbed red by the iron chain: “Erlang has suffered.”

“It’s okay”

Si Qi’s mind was not here at all, and he said to Xiu Xiu: [Xiu Xiu, what’s going on? ]

Xiu Xiu hesitated for a moment and replied: [Excessively powerful beings can radiate their influence to other worlds. Just like you are a dragon, so many worlds will have more or less legends related to dragons.]

In this small world today, no one had ever seen a dragon, but people still call the emperor the true dragon emperor to highlight his greatness and legitimacy.

Si Qi thought for a moment and understood a little: [So, maybe Chu Feng is also an extremely powerful existence in a certain world, so people related to him will appear in many worlds? Or, is it his projection? ]

Xiu Xiu: […Yes]

Si Qi was somewhat happy and said with relief: [This is really good, very good]

What kind of fate is it to meet someone you thought you had left in another world?

Although it was only the first time he met this person, Si Qi felt an indescribable sense of closeness to him. He bowed to the prince and said, “Your Highness has saved the students from danger. I have no way to repay you. I am willing to contribute my meager strength to your service, and I will do my best until my death.”

The Minister who walked out behind Si Qi looked at Si Qi with a slightly strange look.

He had deeply experienced how difficult it was to conquer Si Qi’s arrogance, and how he didn’t care even about his own death. He was afraid that even if the emperor came, he would only ask him to be a little respectful. When he mentioned the prince’s name just now, his tone was even more dull, as if he was talking about a stranger. Why was he so enthusiastic when he saw the prince in person?

The prince nodded slightly after hearing these loyal words: “I know right from wrong, and I will never let you suffer any injustice.”

What Si Qi cared about was not whether he could get revenge, but Chu Feng’s attitude towards him. He was delighted at the time and nodded, indicating that he would obey the prince in everything.

When the county magistrate heard this, he fell to his knees with paralyzed legs, his face as pale as paper, and uttered a suppressed cry of regret and sorrow like a bereaved parent.

The prince ignored this small-time opportunist. His eyes, which were originally as cold as a snowy mountain, became as cold as a blade the moment they fell on the minister.

“Master Qi is so majestic.”

Just one glance, and the young master felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and in an instant he broke out in a cold sweat. Trembling, he hurriedly bowed his hands and said in a humble tone: “I dare not!”

It was common knowledge in Chu that the Ministry of Revenue had close ties with the fourth princess who was always good at making money. Therefore, in the eyes of the prince, the Ministry of Revenue was definitely a member of the prince’s party and a thorn in his eyes.

This was also the reason why the young man’s face changed so drastically when Si Qi mentioned the prince’s name. He could have fallen into anyone’s hands, but he had to fall into the hands of the prince who hated his father the most and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

With new and old grudges added together, he would have no chance of walking out alive unless he shed his skin thoroughly, and the county magistrate who was engaged in speculation and profiteering would also suffer as a result.

The county magistrate would surely be accused by the crown prince for acting in this way. As long as the crown prince was still on the throne, he would never be able to rise again in his lifetime, no matter how much he regretted it.

The son of the Minister was arrested for raping a woman in the street and forcing a confession through torture. With such irrefutable evidence, he could not make excuses no matter how eloquent he was.

It seemed likely that the Minister of Revenue would not be able to save his son without paying some heavy price.

Moreover, this would also cause some rift in the relationship with the Fourth Princess, the mastermind behind the scenes.

Si Qi noticed the other person’s expression and sneered, which made his sister beside him feel inexplicably in awe of her deep-minded brother.

She was confused now. She couldn’t understand how she could have encountered such a thing. She couldn’t understand why her brother asked her to deliver a “letter” and invited His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was supposed to be in the palace, to come. She also couldn’t understand the hidden court struggle behind this…

She just wanted to do her best to save her brother, but she seemed to have become the center of the vortex of struggle without realizing it.

The prince sent all the relevant personnel to prison and took them out as useful bargaining chips after they had been tortured enough.

Si Qi asked his master to send his frightened sister home to rest, while he himself, despite his sick body, stayed by the prince’s side.

They left the government office, their destination still being the Crescent Tea Tower.

After leaving the room, before Si Qi could say anything, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised his hand slightly, motioning for a moment, and instructed his men beside him, “Ask Doctor Yu to come and examine Si Juren.”

Then, he said to Si Qi, “Take care of your health. Don’t overwork yourself, or you will hurt your body.”

Si Qi was stunned, then burst into laughter after a moment.

Sure enough, no matter which world he was in, Chu Feng was still the same Chu Feng.

On the way, Si Qi recalled the relationship between the original owner and the Emperor of Chu in history. They were famous for their wise monarch and virtuous ministers.

When the crown prince Chu ascended the throne, the original owner, relying on his merits in following the emperor, was promoted to the second rank at a young age. In the following years, he overcame all difficulties and made remarkable achievements, which made him highly valued by the Emperor of Chu and was quickly promoted to the prime minister. In the next few decades, the party’s power became more and more powerful, and its status has never been shaken. It can be said that it has power over the government and the country, and no one can match it.

His elder sister Si Peihuan was even the empress of the time, and when the crown prince met him, he had to call Si Qi “Imperial uncle”, which made him half a royal relative.

Such a momentum naturally aroused the jealousy of many court officials. Many people worried that the original owner had too much power. If he continued to grow stronger, he might become a major threat to the State of Chu.

Si Peihuan had discussed with her brother privately more than once that the Si family’s status was too high, and whether they needed to leave some leverage in the emperor’s hands to avoid arousing his suspicion.

However, this emperor and his minister were not affected by the rumors from the outside world and just did what they had to do.

Everyone thought that this was just the emperor’s superficial effort, a stopgap measure to stabilize the court, and they were quietly waiting to see when the Emperor of Chu would take action against the original owner and wait to see the original owner suffer misfortune.

But in the end, they all failed to wait for that day to come.

It takes luck for a good minister to meet an emperor who is not suspicious, and it also takes luck for an emperor to meet a minister who holds a high position but does not lose his original intention.

As for the result, the Emperor of Chu gave the original owner the greatest trust, and the original owner was indeed worthy of the Emperor of Chu’s trust. The trust relationship between the two parties can simply be described as a miracle.

After these two people met, it was only natural that the Chu Dynasty would flourish.

Unfortunately, everything was destroyed by the daughter of the world.

The Fourth Prince in history was not a capable and talented person. The charisma and excellent political principles he displayed when fighting for the throne were all stolen by the Daughter of the World from TV dramas or history books. When the prince died, the plot of the TV drama was over, and the Fourth Prince successfully became the emperor. Even the Daughter of the World could not do anything about what happened next.

The Fourth Prince did not last long before his true colors were revealed. He was a mediocre king, incompetent, and not loved by the court officials. Not to mention the prosperity of the Chu State, even the preservation of the dynasty was very difficult. When the Daughter of the World passed away and the dynasty fell into the hands of her son, the Chu State was destroyed by the enemy country that had recovered from the battle that year.

However, people in later generations will not attribute all these failures to the Daughter of the World who was so powerful and left a profound mark in history. It was not her fault, but the world at that time.

It’s also quite sigh-worthy.

Si Qi followed the prince to the Crescent Tea Tower. In the private room on the second floor, the staff members who learned of the prince’s arrival stood up and saluted. Many of them were well-known and elegant people, and the original owner had some impression of them.

This group of people were also familiar with Si Qi. The original owner became famous at a young age and was a well-known talent in the capital’s academy. When he was outside, he was often mentioned with pride by his senior brothers and elders. Occasionally, he would be taken to various celebrity gatherings to meet the president of the poetry association, and he was familiar to many people.

Although he was young, he had a solid foundation and occasionally one or two amazing works would come out. Many people secretly thought that Si Qi would definitely get the top three in this imperial examination. However, he was bedridden due to an unexpected cold and could not even take part in the imperial examination.

When everyone was discussing just now, Si Peihuan suddenly barged in and interrupted the discussion. Saving lives was the most important thing, so it was understandable that the prince left, but he did not expect that he would bring Si Qi with him after returning, and bring him to this occasion.

In other words, Si Qi had the intention of surrendering and was also accepted by the prince.

This may be a help of some magnitude to the prince who was now in a difficult situation.

Si Qi bowed to everyone, and everyone returned the greeting. Both sides smiled and exchanged names.

There was only one person who looked at Si Qi with a very unhappy expression. He raised his wrist slightly and waved it casually without even mentioning his own name, as if he was too lazy to get to know Si Qi and was putting on a high air.

Si Qi was very sure that he didn’t know this guy, so he took a few extra glances.

Seeing this, one person introduced him to Si Qi, “This is the new champion of this year’s imperial examination. During the palace examination, he wrote a policy paper on current affairs that was so sharp that it made a loud noise when it fell to the ground. His Majesty praised him repeatedly.”

As everyone knows, the current Emperor of Chu was a pragmatic man who was not very capable but definitely not stupid. He was diligent in government and loved the people, which made him very popular.

The questions in each imperial examination were always difficult for the court officials to solve, rather than some pretentious and meaningless complaints.

Those who could give good answers and be personally selected as the top scorer basically have this natural political achievement added to them right away, and would be the most popular person wherever they go.

Now that he had been recruited as the Crown Prince’s aide, everyone expected him to exert his abilities and help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had suffered a series of setbacks recently, to avenge his past shame.

The top scholar raised his chin slightly and said sarcastically, “I am not as talented as Si Juren. Many rumors have said that if Si Juren had participated in this imperial examination, I would not have been the top scholar.”

Oh, so that’s why he felt unbalanced and disliked him, Si Qi suddenly realized.

Seeing this, someone nearby tried to smooth things over by saying, “The number one scholar is extremely talented. We have read the policy paper he wrote, and it is truly stunning and admirable. Why should you be so self-deprecating?”

“Heh.” The man felt relieved after being flattered. He took it for granted, and sat back in his seat without even looking at Si Qi.

Si Qi frowned slightly, and said directly, “Is it better than mine?”

People were puzzled: “Didn’t you miss the examination because of a cold…”

Si Qi nodded: “But after the test questions came out, I still wrote an essay and asked my sister to give it to his Highness for his review.”

Everyone suddenly realized: “It’s the article just now.”

They looked at the prince, who sipped his tea calmly and said, “The paper is filled with clouds and mist, and the talent is amazing and brilliant, far surpassing the top scholar.”

After hearing this, everyone was immediately curious. The essay written by the top scholar was already outstanding, but how could the essay written by his superior be so inferior?

The top scholar’s face instantly turned red, not out of shame, but out of anger. He did not dare to refute the prince, and asked with a humiliated look on his face: “I don’t know where I am wrong.”

The prince glanced at him and said indifferently: “At least your character is inferior to others.”

Si Qi had just suffered such an injustice and nearly lost his life. After being released from prison, he remained calm, spoke calmly and politely.

The person in front of him was not like this. After being provoked by rumors, he became aggressive and gave people a cold shoulder. If someone said that he was inferior to others, his expression would change immediately.

After hearing this, the top scholar was so embarrassed that he didn’t even have anywhere to put his face.

The staff knew that the new champion was quite arrogant, so they looked at him and laughed in their hearts. Then one of them took the article from the prince and put it on the table. Several people gathered together to look at it. Soon, they exclaimed in amazement, and became more and more absorbed in reading it, praising it loudly: “Impressive! It’s possible!”

The top scholar finished reading the article with an unbalanced heart and snorted coldly: “If I were also a student in the capital, I would also be able to write such an article if I were a student with broad knowledge.”

This was an excuse based on one’s background. Everyone was silent and no one responded.

“This kind of article? Haha, indeed, it still has many shortcomings.” Si Qi recalled the content of the original owner’s article and said slowly: “When I wrote it, I was seriously ill and my thoughts were not clear. If I rewrite it now, it will definitely be better.”

Everyone looked at him in surprise: “Can it be better?!”

The number one scholar said angrily: “What nonsense! If you could write better, why didn’t you write it first? It’s just an excuse!”

“An excuse? If I hadn’t been ill and unconscious, I wouldn’t have been unable to take part in the imperial examination.” Si Qi said proudly, “and then how could you have been the top scholar?”

After saying this, without even noticing that the other party was about to explode with anger, he said directly: “Just listen. The troubles in the world are not permanent. Only those who are good at planning for the country can plan the direction of the world’s general trend…”

Si Qi had traveled through many worlds, studying hard in each world and was familiar with the history of hundreds of countries over thousands of years.

Even an ordinary person like the Daughter of the World could use the “foresight” of future people to say many things that inspire the ancients. Not to mention Si Qi, who had read history books and had a belly full of ink.

It’s just writing an article that can solve current affairs problems. What’s so difficult about it?

Si Qi didn’t even need to write a draft in his mind. He just silently recited a policy paper on the spot, which was absolutely the best answer no matter where it was placed. It can be said that every word was a pearl, and he spoke fluently. After he finished, he looked at the excited faces of the crowd, raised the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: “How is it, are you convinced?”

The top scholar covered his face with his sleeves in shame, and after a while he managed to utter a few words, “I am ashamed of myself.”

Steam trains in ancient times (1): Unforeseen disaster

With Xiu Xiu’s help, Si Qi entered the world.

The pitch-black vision gradually became clear, and the sounds of noisy conversations in the neighborhood came closer and closer, and finally fell completely into his ears.

“Are you tired, Er Lang?”

Si Qi turned his head and looked at the woman beside him who was looking at him with concern.

Willow-leaf eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, skin as white as cream, and a face as beautiful as a fairy. But at this moment, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, hiding a look of worry, with a look of deep affection that made him feel pity.

The instinct left in the original owner’s body made Si Qi subconsciously pretend to be fine. His face was calm, and he said weakly, “I’m not tired. Sister, don’t worry.”

The woman took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Si Qi’s forehead. “You have just recovered from a serious illness. If you have any urgent matters, you can do it later.”

Si Qi recalled the original owner’s memory and shook his head slowly: “If I miss this, I don’t know when I can wait again.”

The woman’s eyes became more sorrowful after hearing this. She wanted to persuade him again, but when she thought of her brother’s distress, she sighed silently and said no more.

“Then take a rest at the tea stall. I’ll get you a cup of tea to quench your thirst. It won’t be a problem at this moment.”

Si Qi walked all the way dragging his tired and weak body. At this moment, he was breathing rapidly and his vision was blackening.

Seeing that his physical condition was indeed not good, Si Qi nodded slightly, and sat down at a roadside tea stall with the help of his sister.

Unlike the original owner in the previous world who was full of energy and had endless vitality, the original owner this time was a scholar with a clear mind and a wide range of thinking skills.

His memory was so good that when Si Qi recalled a book he read several worlds ago, he could clearly remember the content of every line of the book.

With such a good brain as an aid, you can get twice the result with half the effort…

Xiu Xiu suddenly issued a warning: [Master!! Si Peihuan is in danger!!]

Si Qi raised his head quickly, and his eyes, which originally seemed a little tired and sleepy, were now as cold as frosty blades, staring straight at the woman not far away.

The woman looked terrified. The tea and cakes she had brought for her brother were all spilled on the ground. A group of servants who appeared out of nowhere surrounded her and shouted at her.

The petite figure kept trying to struggle and dodge amidst the crowd’s obstruction, but was blocked back every time, appearing quite helpless.

Upon seeing this, the people around fled in all directions, and that area was the only empty space in the huge street.

A young man wearing a satin purple shirt, a white jade belt around his waist, and gold-threaded soft boots stood in front of the woman with his hands behind his back.

He had a droopy look on his face and a lewd smile, brushing off the cake crumbs that had stained his body, whether intentionally or by coincidence, and pinched the woman’s fair chin with his fingers, looking at her face wantonly, as if evaluating her. His expression was obscene and his attitude was frivolous.

The woman’s face turned pale, and she loudly begged and resisted something, but the young man grabbed her wrist and dragged her forcefully, trying to take her away.

The servants around him all had happy expressions, smiling, and seemed to be trying to please him.

Si Qi stood up, holding onto the table. Without saying a word, he picked up the stool behind him and threw it over.

The heavy object fell to the ground with a loud noise. The servants looked over here in astonishment, and the young master’s attempt to rob the girl was temporarily interrupted.

Si Qi strode in, his face cold and his tone icy: “Let her go!”

The young master looked away from the stool and glanced at Si Qi with contempt, his chin raised, arrogant and haughty: “This woman soiled my clothes, so she should apologize to me! Since she’s pretty, I don’t want her to do anything. She just needs to drink with me and make me happy! Don’t be so rude and disturb my fun. I’ll let your sister go in the evening or tomorrow morning.”

This was really outrageous.

Si Peihuan’s eyes were filled with tears. She stretched out her hands in fear and tried to grab the hem of her younger brother’s clothes. She kept saying, “I didn’t mean to do that. He just rushed over suddenly…”

Si Qi comforted his sister and ordered the young man again: “Let go!”

After saying that, he slapped the young man’s wrist away, brought his sister over, and hid her behind him.

The young man looked at his hand in astonishment, apparently not expecting that the pale and sickly man could move so skillfully, and he was caught off guard for a moment and was slapped by him.

His expression turned ugly at that moment, and his pair of dark eyes looked at Si Qi viciously, sizing him up.

He was wearing a rough linen shirt and had no ornaments at all, looking like a poor scholar, which was completely different from his noble self.

Nowadays, it was not a big deal for the second generation of officials to rob women and oppress the people.

If it happens to you, if you endure it, the problem may be resolved as a tragedy for just one or two people, and if you are lucky, there may not even be any loss of life.

If you don’t know how to endure it, report it to the government. Well, the whole family will die.

Are you feeling resentful and want to file a complaint and seek an explanation?

You can go to the king of hell to seek justice for yourself.

The young man looked defiant and waved his hand. A group of servants quickly surrounded them. One of them reached out and grabbed the woman’s arm, scaring her so much that she let out a helpless scream.

She knew how she would be treated if she was taken away now, how people around her would point fingers at her, and she would never be able to hold her head up for the rest of her life.

In a panic, she suddenly saw that her younger brother’s face was colder and gloomier than usual. His originally powerless body now seemed exceptionally tall and majestic, protecting her tightly behind him. A slender pale hand grabbed the servant’s wrist, and with a snap, it broke the joint directly, causing the servant to let out a heart-wrenching howl in pain, which shocked Si Peihuan.

Si Qi forced one person to retreat, took out an article from his arms, and hurriedly stuffed it into Si Peihuan’s hands. His face, which was usually expressionless, was particularly calm at this moment. He looked at the woman’s red eyes from crying and earnestly instructed: “Send this article to Mr. Chu of the Crescent Tea House, and state that it was written by Si Juren¹ who missed the imperial examination due to illness. If he is interested, tell him about my current situation.”

Si Qi’s tone was so calm that it was impossible to refuse: “Go ahead, don’t stop.”

The woman’s almond-shaped eyes widened, tears unconsciously flowing from them. She wanted to stay, but when she heard what her brother said, she nodded heavily with a determined look.

Si Qi pushed her lightly on the back and escorted her out of the encirclement. He picked up a broom from the door of an inn by the roadside, stepped on the top of the broom and broke it off. He took out a wooden stick and held it in his hand, looking at the people in front of him.

The young master looked at the scholar’s frail appearance with a half-smile, glanced at the woman, and didn’t care too much. He said arrogantly and sneered: “Teach this brat a lesson for me, so that he will never meddle in other people’s business again!”

Seeing this, Si Qi’s heart sank slightly, and the vague guess in his mind finally came true.

Sure enough, the purpose of this dispute was not as simple as just lust.

The allegation of raping a woman in the street was just a convenient excuse to prevent the matter from reaching another sensitive level. This trouble was designed to target him from the beginning.

Si Qi was weak and could not hold out for long, let alone subdue the enemy and escape as easily as before.

The stick hit the servants hard in the face, breaking their noses and causing blood to flow. A drop of blood flew out and just brushed the face of the young master who was standing outside watching the excitement with a cold look in his eyes, but the other party didn’t even blink.

Just this reaction showed that the other party was not as arrogant and irrational as he pretended to be. Seeing Si Qi’s eyes that could wake people up from nightmares, he just frowned slightly, pursed his lips, and laughed wantonly after a while, saying loudly: “Break his dog legs for me!”

Si Qi was weak and his vision was blurry. He took a step back in a hurry and was almost hit on the back of the head by a stick. The weapon grazed the flesh next to his ear, causing a burning pain.

He stood on the street, panting and leaning against the stick, surrounded by servants who were beaten and screaming, and the last few servants standing in front of the young master.

“I underestimated you.” After several failed attacks, the young master looked gloomy, his eyes full of malice to chop Si Qi into pieces, and shouted: “A bunch of rubbish! You can’t even take down a scholar! Move faster, or I will chop you alive!”

The servants hurriedly stood up and glared angrily at the weak and skinny scholar.

If the original owner was here, he would have been involved in the dispute by now, his sister would have been kidnapped, and he would have been beaten beyond recognition.

Not to mention taking the article to that person, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to speak a complete sentence for the next few months.

After another half an incense stick of time, Si Qi’s body became weak and he could no longer hold the long stick. His knees gave way and he fell to the ground.

Xiu Xiu was screaming loudly in his mind. He saw Si Qi being beaten and the little golden beans kept falling down, making a whimpering sound.

Several servants saw the opportunity and rushed over, grabbed Si Qi’s shoulders and pressed him roughly to the ground.

One of them presented him to the young master like a treasure, with an appearance of allowing the young master to torture and abuse him.

The young man sneered and looked at the scholar in front of him. Noticing that the scholar’s eyes were cold and his face was indifferent, without any fear or cowardice, his mood became worse.

“You’re tough, huh? You’d better be soft, huh?” The young master sneered, “He fought in the street, provoked his superiors, and injured many of my men. I’ll send him to the government jail and see how long he can keep his mouth shut!”

The group roughly carried Si Qi to the government office. The county magistrate had not shown up yet, and the master came running over in a hurry. When he saw his fellow disciple lying in the middle with a limp body and his head hanging as if unconscious, he became anxious.

“Hey, what’s going on?”

Si Qi heard the familiar voice and slowly raised his head. Master and Si Qi looked at each other, and Si Qi looked at him calmly.

The master paused for a moment, then ran over with a flattering smile on his face and said to the young master, “Young Master, I want to ask you, who are you…?”

The purple-robed young man said in a defiant tone, “I am the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Today, I have captured a thug who committed a crime in the street for your Yamen²! According to the criminal law, how should he be punished?”

The master smiled more eagerly and flatteringly, saying: “So that’s how it is. Young master really has a chivalrous heart! If you want to put him in jail, you need a written indictment and hand it over to the county magistrate for interrogation…”

“Shut up!” The young minister’s face darkened, and he pointed at the master’s forehead and said, “What the young master said is the evidence! Why waste time on those useless pieces of paper? Do you think the young master will lie to you?”

“You are so kind, so kind. How dare I doubt you? That is absolutely not true.” The master’s forehead was sweating, he kept nodding and bowing to beg for mercy, stammering and trying to make excuses. However, the county magistrate hurriedly ran out from behind, and when he saw that the purple-clothed young man looked quite similar to the Minister of Revenue, he immediately laughed before he came to greet him: “Is it the son of the Minister of Revenue? Oh, after meeting you today, you are indeed as brave and extraordinary as the legends say!”

The county magistrate was a seasoned man, and when he saw Si Qi’s miserable appearance, he knew that his chance to please his superior had come.

After hearing the charges that the purple-robed young master had laid on Si Qi, he waved his hand and said with full energy, “So that’s how it is! Such a villain actually appeared in the capital, committing murder in the street, he is so rampant! Someone, come! Take him to jail, I want to give him a thorough trial!”

Seeing this, the master’s heart sank. He had worked here for many years, how could he not know how much suffering ordinary people who offended high-ranking officials and were sent to prison would suffer. To be able to walk out alive and well was a blessing from the ancestors.

Seeing Si Qi being chained by several yamen runners, with no chance of escape, and seeing the county magistrate looking at the minister in a flattering manner, his mouth was full of flattery, the master was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his forehead.

The young master was flattered with a look of delight on his face. He nodded, as if he had accepted the favor from the county magistrate, and said, “This villain has a rampant character and is born with a rebellious nature. I’m afraid it will be difficult to deal with him with ordinary means.”

The county magistrate said righteously, “Young master, don’t worry. Once he is in prison, he will not be able to make excuses. Even the most stubborn person will admit everything after suffering some physical pain and deep pain.”

After saying this, he seemed to recall some past events, and his smile became even more cruel and bloodthirsty. He said to Si Qi: “If you are smart and sensible, you might as well confess earlier. Otherwise, you will be left with some kind of disability and will never be able to pass the imperial examinations in this life.”

Upon hearing this, Si Qi simply sneered.

The young master thought that he was being shameless, so he tore off his face completely and ordered directly: “Don’t delay any longer, take him to the prison and torture him immediately!”

Seeing this, the county magistrate smiled even more earnestly, and looked at Si Qi with a look of happiness in his eyes. He nodded repeatedly and said, “Don’t worry, young master. Such a stubborn and vulgar villain should be taught a lesson.”

After that, he instructed the master: “Write a confession and have him sign it later.”

“……” The master’s face turned pale and he stood there stiffly.

After a long time, under the repeated urging of the county magistrate, he walked to the desk in a daze, picked up the pen, and his eyes were full of pain.

At the same time, the elder sister, who had been running desperately all the way without paying attention to other people’s eyes, finally arrived at the Crescent Tea Building.

Her face was full of tears. She hurried up to the second floor and asked in a tearful voice, “Excuse me, where is the young master of the Chu family? I am the elder sister of Si Juren. I have an important request. I beg you to let me see him.”

A woman’s hoarse voice came from a private room not far away. Several men sitting opposite each other and talking in low voices paused for a moment.

Everyone looked at the young man who was sitting in the main seat and looked intimidating without even getting angry, as if they were waiting for his attitude.

“Si Juren…”

The indifferent voice sounded slowly, and the man seemed to remember something. After a moment, he said, “Please let her in.”

As soon as the words fell, the person guarding the door turned around and left, coming in front of Si Peihuan.

Si Peihuan stood in the hall, her cheeks slightly pink, beads of sweat slowly dripping down her forehead, her eyes that looked as if she was crying and looking gentle and compassionate were extremely charming.

Perhaps because of her anxiety, Si Peihuan was breathing rapidly, her breath was as clear as orchid, her clothes were soaked with sweat and stuck to her skin, her chest rose and fell, attracting many people’s attention, making people feel eager and hot in their hearts.

Seeing someone approaching her, Si Peihuan looked at the other person with a sad look, as if asking for help. After confirming the other person’s identity, she followed him directly, without paying any attention to the rules of gender separation, and walked into the private room anxiously.

The door was closed, blocking the view of outsiders. She quickly scanned the situation in the room, knelt down, saluted, introduced herself, and with the permission of the handsome man in the lead, handed the article she was holding tightly in her hand to the guard beside her, who then passed it to the man.

The man took it, spread it out and looked at it calmly.

Time passed unknowingly, and Si Peihuan felt that the days were long. She stared at the man’s expression until his face suddenly changed. The speed at which he browsed the articles gradually increased, and finally he even showed some concern with his expression!

Si Peihuan’s heart, which was almost trembling with tension, finally relaxed a little. Seeing that the man wanted to read the article again after finishing it, she begged: “Sir, my little brother is in danger right now, and I’m afraid his life is in danger! Please, for the sake of this article, save my little brother’s life! I am so grateful, and I will serve you like a slave, and I will never be able to repay you! Please save my little brother!”

As she spoke,she knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged desperately.

The man slowly put down the article in his hand, looked at the woman who kept kowtow for a few seconds, and asked her: “What’s the situation? Tell me in detail.”

Si Peihuan quickly raised her head from the ground and hurriedly told the whole story from beginning to end, and said nervously: “…This is what happened. He suffered an unprovoked disaster just to save me. Please, sir, please!”

Si Peihuan’s appearance was indeed unquestionably beautiful. The young master took a look at her appearance, then at the article in his hand, and stood up and said, “If that’s the case, then let’s go.”

Si Peihuan cried with joy and quickly took them to the scene of the incident.

In the damp and cold prison, Si Qi’s hands were trapped by chains and he was pushed into the cell.

The shackles were heavy, dragging down his already burdened body and making it even more tired.

He stood at the cell door, and was greeted by a foul, bloody, and pungent smell. The entire torture room was filled with black torture instruments placed or hung, and even a lot of remnants of flesh and blood could be seen on them.

The blood residue on it had already turned black, and one could imagine that the young master would be eager to use it on him later.

Surrounded by stern-faced jailers who were watching him and making sure he couldn’t escape, the noble young man walked over surrounded by the crowd, a gloating smile on his face, and he was particularly enjoying the pleasure of having victory in his grasp.

He had someone press Si Qi down on the chair, with his hands and feet tightly bound with chains. He looked around at the torture instruments with interest, picked up a bloodstained steel needle, and gently slid the tip of the needle across the sharp teeth of the torture instrument below, saying in amazement, shaking his head: “I have seen a lot, but I have never seen so many torture instruments. I have to use them one by one later. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be unworthy of your pride?

I just don’t know how much torture your delicate skin can withstand. Don’t die too quickly. I don’t have the hobby of torturing corpses…”

He looked at the jailer standing beside him, who immediately introduced it to the young master with a smile: “You might as well try this. It pulls open the eyelids and stabs the eyeball, just like piercing a white egg. Even the toughest man would cry and wail if he saw this. Not only is it easy, but it doesn’t bleed much and won’t stain your clothes.”

“Oh~” The young master didn’t say anything, picked up a strange-looking torture device that looked like a clamp, and said with a smile: “What is that?”

“The finger-picking flower is specially used for those thieves who steal things. When you press the mechanism, your finger will snap off, and a flower shape will be left on the broken part. It’s very interesting.”

The young master’s eyes lit up and he said with a smile, “This is great. A writer should cherish his hands the most. Without fingers, how can he write articles?”

The jailer smiled and said, “But before that, you can use a steel needle to poke into the gaps between his nails and pry off his nails one by one.”

“Well, that sounds interesting~” The young man turned around and asked about the confession letter. Immediately, someone quickly handed over a list of crimes with the ink not yet completely dried.

He took it and took a look. The more he looked at it, the happier he smiled. He praised, “Not bad, you are sensible.” He threw the confession in front of Si Qi and said with a smile, “Sign it.”

Si Qi took a look at the false accusations and ignored them. He directly asked the son of the Ministry of Revenue, “Who were the ones that sent you to cause trouble for me?”

The domineering smile on the young master’s face paused slightly, and his pretentiously arrogant eyes suddenly became very cold. He looked at Si Qi, as if he was surprised that this humble ant, after suffering such a great injustice, was not filled with grief and resentment in his heart, and even had the energy to analyze the situation behind it.

Moreover, he said “the ones”

The Ministry of Revenue walked up to him with a smile, patted Si Qi on the face, and said casually, “Little thing, what do you know?”

Si Qi: “Aren’t you curious about why the people behind you want to target me? Are you so willing to be someone’s pawn and be used as a knife? If you are held accountable later, you will be the scapegoat.”

The face of the young master of the Ministry of Revenue darkened slightly. He slammed the finger-picking flower heavily on the table. His deep eyes seemed to see through the scholar in front of him, wondering whether he was confident or just bluffing.

After a few seconds of silence, he sneered and said, “Do you think you are worthy of bringing bad luck to me? You are just a poor scholar with some talent and are valued by some people, so what? Even if you die, I can solve it by drinking three cups of wine.”

He looked at Si Qi and said word by word: “You, to me, are nothing!”

Si Qi’s attitude was even more disdainful than his. He chuckled and said firmly, “You are panicking.”

The noble young master hated the fact that Si Qi was so cold and arrogant from beginning to end, as if there was nothing in the world that he could not bear the eye of. No matter how bad the situation was, he never changed his expression. Why?

He waved his hand, and someone grabbed Si Qi’s hand with ink and forced it onto the confession.

Si Qi clenched his hands tightly and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t pry them apart.

So several people surrounded him and tortured him. Xiu Xiu was so angry that he screamed and said he would take Si Qi away from this world. Before Si Qi could say anything to Xiu Xiu, the master suddenly ran over without stopping, his eyes wide open, and rushed to the door of the torture room and shouted loudly: “Stop it–!!”

After a few yamen runners made a move, the young master roared in displeasure: “Don’t worry about him! I’m going to torture him! I’m going to kill this bastard here today!”

The master came in quickly and shouted, “Stop! Stop!”

“Who do you think you are? How dare you go against me!” The young master raised his arm and slapped the master’s left face. 

The master did not dare to resist or hide. He could only hold his head with his hands and endure the violence. He said anxiously: “Someone came to ask the officials to let him leave. The county magistrate ordered me to come here!!”

The young man paused and looked quickly at Si Qi, his eyes full of suspicion.

What was going on? Was it really like what Si Qi just said…

Otherwise, how could the county magistrate have the courage to release the person at the risk of offending him? !

Si Qi breathed a sigh of relief. After delaying for half a day, he finally caught up.

The master yelled at several prison guards to untie him. Si Qi’s wrist was untied, and he rubbed his red skin which was stinging with pain, and was carefully helped up by the master.

The nobleman couldn’t accept it. He grabbed the master by the collar and asked him, “Who is trying to steal my person? Who is it?”

The master seemed to want to laugh secretly, the corners of his mouth moved, but he suppressed his emotions and looked at him helplessly, “It’s…”

Si Qi straightened his clothes and walked slowly, his demeanor still intact. He glanced at him with his usual contemptuous eyes and sneered, “It’s His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

His…royal…Highness…the Crown Prince

The young master’s face turned pale, his body swayed, and he subconsciously loosened his hand that was holding his master’s collar.

He had planned everything, but he never expected that he would suffer the consequences here.

Si Qi walked up to him and patted his face very hard, making a slapping sound, but he dared not move.

Si Qi took a half step closer, leaned close to his ear, and said to him: “I am an ant? Huh? Clearing yourself with three cups of wine? Haha…”

Si Qi stood up, looked at him, and said with a smile: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is outside, you should quickly take out some wine and drink with him. Let’s see…”

“Will he have three drinks with you?”

Notes

1. Juren was a rank achieved by people who passed the provincial examination in the imperial examination system of imperial China. It was a rank higher than the shengyuan rank, but lower than the jinshi rank, which was the highest degree. ↩︎
2. Yamen, the name of ancient Chinese judgment and law enforcement agencies. There is also a local magistrate who will live there. ↩︎

Positive internet celebrity (13):  Song of Life, World Tree

After hearing this, the captain immediately ordered the first mate beside him to get the sextometer.

Si Qi walked to the side of the lifeboat without hesitation, stood beside the crew, and said to everyone: “Don’t worry! Let the elderly, children, women and the injured get on board first!”

The noisy crowd in the queue suddenly quieted down. The few people who were originally full of dissatisfaction and anxiety and had burst into conflict stopped arguing with unwillingness after hearing it.

Many young men who were in the front of the line and could get on the boat directly looked at Si Qi, then stepped out silently, letting the people behind them get on first.

Many women had red eyes and kept crying. When they passed by these young people holding their children, they kept crying and thanking them.

As a result, more and more people voluntarily gave up their seats to allow those who were more in need to leave first.

This scene was all captured by the camera.

People looked at Si Qi quietly, obeyed his commands, and tried their best to suppress their emotions. In his gentle and calm voice, on the ship that was heading towards a desperate situation, they maintained their dignity and honor as human beings and faced everything rationally.

Many netizens were stunned by what they saw. Many foreign netizens murmured:

[Chinese people always unite in times of crisis. This is a miracle we cannot imagine]

[It’s hard to imagine the feelings of those who volunteered to stay until the end, they are heroes!!]

[I’ve already cried]

The crew distributed life jackets in an orderly manner and repeated the self-rescue precautions again and again. No one made a noise or cried, and they all tried their best to cooperate.

Before a girl boarded the boat, she could no longer suppress her anxiety, turned around, and shouted to Si Qi: “47 should also come up!! I will trade my seat with you!!”

Everyone was silent for a moment, all looking at Si Qi. For a moment, no one raised any objections.

Si Qi shook his head: “Thank you, but I hope you can be rescued first. Don’t worry, there are enough lifeboats for all of us, and there is still a lot of time. I will not be in danger.”

Then he asked the crew to ask the girl to come on board so that the team could continue to move forward.

The girl looked at him with red eyes, and her tearful eyes were filled with reluctance to leave.

When the boat was lowered, the girl could still be seen lying helplessly on her legs, covering her face and sobbing.

She said: “The ship is about to sink… What if there are not enough lifeboats and he is lying to us…”

People around her comforted her that it wouldn’t happen.

The girl choked up and cried, “But with his personality, he won’t get on the boat until everyone is rescued! I know it!”

Everyone on the boat suddenly became quiet. They subconsciously raised their heads and looked upwards. Unfortunately, they could only see the blue and white iron skin of the ship.

Si Qi watched as groups of people left. The captain walked up to him, handed him a life jacket, and said softly, “You should leave. The hull is squeezed to a certain extent and may break in half in an instant and sink to the bottom of the sea. By then, we won’t even have time to stay on the boat, and everyone will be sucked into the whirlpool.”

Si Qi also lowered his voice and said to him: “I said that I will protect their safety, guard their backs, and be the last one to leave.”

The captain turned his head and looked at Si Qi, watching quietly.

Finally, he couldn’t help but sigh slowly: “You really… deserve to be liked by everyone.”

Si Qi just smiled faintly, and like many times before, he said, “Thank you for your love, I’m very happy.”

Then, he walked to the deck and watched the survivors rowing away slowly. He smiled brightly and waved goodbye to them.

Then, he put down his arms, walked to the camera, and held up the camera. There was no sadness on his face from beginning to end. He was just as positive and sunny as when he first appeared in front of everyone, full of positive energy.

He said to Chu Feng who was sitting on a chair nearby: “The injured should be the first to leave.”

Chu Feng said expressionlessly: “Before I am a wounded soldier, I am first and foremost your brother.”

Si Qi and Chu Feng looked at each other, and they both knew that neither of them could persuade the stubborn other.

There was a well-maintained musical instrument lying on the ground. Probably in order to make room for more people, the owner of the instrument reluctantly left it here.

Si Qi picked it up, stroked the strings lightly with his fingertips, and said to Chu Feng, “Are you interested in listening to the last song I play for you?”

Chu Feng understood what Si Qi meant and said with a smile: “Of course, this is my honor.”

Si Qi leaned against the gradually tilting and sinking deck, trying to keep his body balanced.

Then, music followed his fingertips and Si Qi recalled everything that had happened in this world.

The surging waves, which constantly rise and fall with the force of gravity, hit the hull.

The strong yet gentle singing voice, transmitted through the camera to every corner of the world, was more powerful than a storm and more shocking than a disaster.

He sang softly: “The wind and rain are our instruments”

“Take a step forward to restart your journey!”

“I am indestructible, I am unstoppable”

“When the thunderstorm comes, it can’t wipe out our memories”

“We stand up in hope!”

Music has no boundaries. Even if they didn’t understand the lyrics, they could easily feel his truest emotions.

Fearless, full of hope, and the most sincere blessings.

The ship made a loud bang and the deck began to shake. The people in the queue screamed in surprise. Si Qi did not stop, but raised his head slightly to look at the sky and sang loudly.

This was his last gift to the world, called the gift of courage.

“Across a thousand nights, looking into the sky”

“Put my treasure in a box and send it to space!”

“Look up! The starry sky is my gift!”

“After darkness comes morning”

“We will definitely meet again under the sun…”

The ship began to tilt little by little, and then suddenly broke in two. Many people cried their last tears in their last moments of life.

Si Qi lowered his head, and his ethereal voice like a siren sang in everyone’s ears: “Believe it, we will meet again under the sun…”

Crack, bang!

The ship broke apart, and the waves beat against the deck, boom, boom, as if death was approaching like a nightmare. Those who had not been able to leave screamed and slammed heavily against the railings, groaning in pain.

Audiences all over the world screamed in despair. They slammed the table frantically and called out Si Qi’s name, praying that this young man who had grown up with them could survive.

Si Qi didn’t want his departure to bring bad memories to everyone, so he stood up from the railing with difficulty, took the camera, wiped off the mirror that was blurred by the sea water, and said with a smile: “It’s getting late, I also want to leave, it’s time to say goodbye.”

[don’t want!!]

[47!!!!]

[please!!]

Si Qi didn’t look at the camera. He curled his lips slightly and said in a low voice: “Dad, Mom, everyone… I, I really love you.”

He had never thought that they would have to say goodbye in such a hasty way in this life. Taking a deep breath, Si Qi smiled and said, “Thank you, I have lived a very happy life!!”

After saying this, Si Qi put down the camera without hesitation and threw it into the sea.

Boom, boom.

The waves were like peaks and the camera slipped through his fingertips.

The next moment, his arm was suddenly grabbed by Chu Feng. Cries of disbelief and shouts rang out from the sobbing crowd, who shouted loudly: [Master!!!]

Si Qi paused, as if he realized something.

He subconsciously grabbed the falling camera stand, slowly raised his head, and looked towards the distant horizon along the line of sight of the crowd.

Several dark, bird-like spots kept approaching, getting faster and faster, and getting bigger and bigger.

Si Qi’s stunned expression gradually turned into surprise, and then into uncontrollable excitement!

The deck, which was originally filled with an extremely depressing atmosphere, was then erupted into waves of cheers. Si Qi and Chu Feng excitedly gave each other a big hug and laughed out loud with their heads raised.

After a long time, Si Qi remembered the existence of the camera and smiled brilliantly. He raised the camera again, aimed at the helicopters that were getting closer and closer, and said, “It’s a sudden turn of events!! The rescue arrived in time!! Thank you all for your help!!”

People suddenly came to their senses from the overwhelming sorrow, and the next second, they cried even more passionately.

But this time, they were tears of joy.

……

…

It had been a year since the kidnapping incident. The sensation it caused at the time can be imagined, and it had caused a strong chain reaction in society. The turmoil had continued to this day and had not completely subsided. People would bring it up from time to time.

After Chu Feng recovered from his injury, the neighbor older brother’s nagging towards Si Qi was even more terrifying than Si Qi’s father and mother combined.

The reason was simple and sufficient: “You said that after the incident is over, you would listen to me no matter how much I complain.”

Hundreds of millions of people heard what he said, and he couldn’t find any reason to refute it. For a long time, Si Qi didn’t dare to speak loudly in front of Chu Feng, and when he visited the patient, he smiled so much that his face was almost stiff.

In order to take care of Chu Feng’s recovery from his mobility problems, he basically did not go out during that period and stayed by Chu Feng’s side the whole day to take care of him.

He didn’t shoot videos anymore, at most he did some live broadcasts occasionally.

Because it was a live broadcast at home, people all over the world saw Si Qi looking pitiful like a young wife in front of Chu Feng, smiling happily as if he was gloating over a misfortune.

Everyone was quite happy with the relationship between Si Qi and Chu Feng.

It was precisely because of Chu Feng’s existence that Si Qi, who was fearless, would not take the initiative to run to dangerous places to shoot videos, as he might not be able to come back at any time.

It would be better if an accident like last year never happened again.

On this day, after the annual birthday live broadcast ended, Si Qi, who had already stepped into the 29th mark from the age of 28 and was about to turn 30, was once again urged to get married by his relatives, friends, parents and family members.

“Even if you’re not in a hurry to get married, it’s good to have a relationship first and give it a try.”

The parents were very anxious about their son who was nearly 30 years old and had no love history.

What made them even more anxious was that the “eldest son” was already over 30 years old, but like the younger son, he was an emotional idiot.

It seemed like these two guys were determined to be monks. There was no sign of any ambiguous partner around them. They always secretly ask one of them why their younger brother didn’t have a relationship, and secretly ask the other one if their older brother had someone he liked recently.

The result was that the stupid sons responded with “No? He’s such a blockhead, he doesn’t understand at all!”, which made the two parents so angry that their teeth itched.

“How dare you talk about your brother!”

Si Qi and Chu Feng said innocently that they didn’t understand.

That day, Si Qi sat on the sofa and read quietly. This time he was reading about ancient history and culture.

After a while, Chu Feng came over and called him to eat. Si Qi ran over happily, flattering him while eating: “Hey, my eldest brother’s cooking skills are getting better and better. It seems that I will have to rely on you to cook in the future. I won’t show off my little tricks anymore.”

Coincidentally, every time he arrived in a world, Si Qi would have a friend who was particularly good at cooking. Therefore, it was not his turn to cook in every world. As time went by, he even learned how to fly a spaceship, but he did not learn how to cook.

Chu Feng looked at Si Qi with a half-smile: “Didn’t you say that you can learn it once you learn it and understand it once you see it?”

Si Qi said with a bashful face: “In front of your absolute strength, what is my little talent?”

Chu Feng laughed and scolded: “If you want to be lazy, just say so.”

“Hehe~”

Si Qi finished his meal quickly and didn’t want to wash the dishes, so he left with a righteous look on his face.

He kept saying to Xiu Xiu: [Do you still have that box of pudding-flavored milkshake?]

Almighty Butler Xiu Xiu: [Yes, it is stuffed in a corner, and there is only one box left]

While Chu Feng was cleaning up the dishes and going to the kitchen, Si Qi sneaked towards the refrigerator.

“No.” Chu Feng seemed to have eyes on his back, and his voice came from the kitchen, “Eating ice cream after dinner when it’s hot, don’t you think it will hurt your stomach?”

“…………”

Si Qi laughed: “What? I was just passing by~~~”

Then he curled his lips and left in disappointment.

After a long while, Chu Feng washed the dishes, tidied the kitchen, came over and told Si Qi that he was going to work.

Si Qi waved his hand to indicate that he understood.

Chu Feng rubbed the top of his head.

Then, something cool was placed on his cheek.

Si Qi was surprised, took it and put it in front of him.

It was a pudding-flavored milkshake.

Chu Feng said, “Wait until the ice outside melts a little before eating.”

Perhaps the milkshake had been left in the corner for too long and had frozen, with a layer of crushed ice torn from the refrigerator forming around it.

Si Qi smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, and he readily agreed, “Okay~~”

He put the milkshake on the coffee table, happily sent Chu Feng out to work, and then came back and disobediently tore open the lid of the milkshake, holding the spoon and eating it happily one spoonful at a time.

The milkshake has the same texture as pudding, but it is more suitable for summer than pudding. It is simply invincible.

Xiu Xiu: […………]

Xiu Xiu silently asked him: [Aren’t you surprised? ]

There were so many popsicles and ice creams in the refrigerator freezer, but Chu Xun just found the pudding milkshake that was squeezed in the corner and took a long time to find out, and he even managed to pull it out.

Si Qi said “Hmm?” and said as a matter of course: “Whatever I want, doesn’t Brother Feng always send it to me first? Maybe this is what it means to be in tune with each other! It will be like this after being together for a long time~~”

Si Qi smiled with some pride: “No matter which world I was in before, the people who were close to me were all like this~~”

Or rather, it seemed as if he had been spoiled like this since he was born, and he had no idea how special it was to be spoiled.

Xiu Xiu fell silent: […………]

Although this was just an unfounded intuition, why did he feel as if Chu Feng had overheard the conversation between him and his master?

He wanted to tell Si Qi, but was afraid that even these words might be heard by Chu Feng. He hesitated for a long time and finally chose to remain silent.

–

In a dark world as majestic and vast as the universe, a never-ending tower stood quietly in the middle, mysterious and unpredictable.

The tower was made of an unknown material, but mysterious and complex patterns were engraved on every corner of the tower. Each pattern represented a small world.

Si Qi returned to the World Tower, where the Lord God lived, with the huge world power bestowed by the small world.

A pattern appeared on the tall tower behind him, and a striking azure light flashed on the pattern, which meant that Si Qi had completed his mission and paid a large amount of world power to the Lord God on behalf of the small world.

The relationship between the small world and the Lord god was also very simple. Whenever a small world reached a subordinate relationship with the Lord god, the employees in the tower would regularly go to each small world to help it obtain more world power. The medium through which they go was the Son of the World who condensed the power of many worlds.

Whenever the Son of the World obtained the golden finger and helped the small world to gain more world power, the small world would give back part of the world power to the Lord god, forming a very good virtuous circle between the two sides.

And in the place that Si Qi could see with his naked eyes at this moment, countless azure lights that flashed like meteors appeared and disappeared from time to time. These streams of light also represented the world power fed back from each small world.

It was conceivable how vast the world’s power the Lord God could obtain at every moment, and how terrifying power he possessed.

That was an existence that was destined to be looked up to.

After Si Qi returned to the World Tower, the speed of time and space in the World Tower was completely different from that in the small world. It could not be described as fast or slow, but existed in the past and the future at the same time.

Therefore, as soon as Si Qi entered the Tower of the World, he felt the feedback of world power for the next thousands or even tens of thousands of years from the small world he had just left. The overall amount was unexpectedly huge.

Sure enough, the impact of spiritual thought and technological progress on the entire world was more profound than the simple threat of military force.

Si Qi felt that he might have been the number one devil in several worlds, but none of them combined could earn as much as he did in the world he just mentioned.

After taking out the world power that should be handed over to the Lord God, the remaining vast world power all belonged to Si Qi. Si Qi casually absorbed this power into his body and glanced at the top of the tower out of habit. The big tree where he had lived for tens of thousands of years was no longer there, so he could not see the touch of green in the darkness.

That touch of green was his home. When he resigned, Si Qi also took away the house he had built on the top of the World Tower.

…Maybe this is called moving with the whole family.

Flying all the way back to his own staff dormitory, Si Qi saw his good friend 007 on the next planet (each employee here was assigned a planet as a room), the guy who claimed that he could make people in countless worlds tremble when they saw him.

However, this guy named 007 behaved in a completely different way from his scary name, and even seemed a little frivolous. He said to Si Qi cheerfully, “Hey, 047, you’re here to slack off too?”

Si Qi was speechless: “I am not you.”

007 chuckled: “Why are you so hardworking? Doesn’t it make me look lazy?”

Si Qi glanced at him and asked, “What on earth are you doing here?”

007 said indifferently: “Oh, the son of the world in my world is dying, so I came to the bureau to apply for a more powerful golden finger?”

Si Qi: “…From your tone, I can tell you’re not in a hurry at all.”

007 smiled and said, “There’s nothing I can do. If it was a normal cheat, I could just apply to the system and it would be delivered to me directly. The problem is that the Son of the World this time is too useless. I must use a D-level or higher item. Oh, I have to make a special trip back here. Really…”

Most of the golden fingers in the quick-travel bureau come from the Lord god, or in other words, from the various small worlds under the name of the Lord god.

Something that was insignificant in this world may be an extremely valuable treasure in that world. Even if both parties were at level E, the effects were completely different.

When the quick travelers gave out golden fingers, they would basically try to choose golden fingers of lower levels. In this way, the small world would have a low degree of rejection of this golden finger, and there would not be much risk for the Son of the World to use it.

Otherwise, if, for example, in the world he just went through, in order to help Chen Yi become the boss behind the scenes in both the black and white worlds, Si Qi directly sent him a D-class star-level destruction bomb from the interstellar world, wouldn’t that be funny…

Generally, when using this level of cheat, the quick-travel bureau would confirm the situation with the staff. If it was judged that the situation was really necessary, it would be approved to let the staff go to get it, otherwise it would be rejected directly.

He didn’t know what kind of trouble the Son of the World in 007’s world encountered that required him to use a golden finger that was more powerful than a stellar destroyer bomb.

Si Qi looked at the black token hanging on 007’s waist and asked him, “Why don’t you just take the token and go through? Why are you still hanging around here?”

There were almost 20,000 worlds where the Lord God stored the golden fingers. Of course, it was impossible to let the employees open the portal and take a spaceship to that world, that universe, that galaxy, and go to the warehouse on the planet to take the treasure. It was a waste of time.

Not to mention that sometimes, a single planet could hold many low-level treasures, such as the previously mentioned annihilation bomb.

And there were countless planets in a small world, so the number of D-level treasures was as numerous as a stream of carp crossing a river. They were insignificant in the treasure house of the Lord God and were not worth mentioning. It takes a lot of effort to find them.

Therefore, the bureau would directly equip each treasure with a corresponding token. After arriving at the small world, the treasure would be delivered directly to the employees by using the token, which was very convenient.

Of course, some particularly powerful treasures were not included in this list.

For example, some treasures might require several worlds to be put together to barely contain them, or even require the Lord God to seal them personally to ensure that the treasures would not suddenly explode and blow up several nearby worlds.

Therefore, the higher the level of the treasure, the stricter the review would be when the bureau approved the application. They were too afraid that the quick travelers would abuse the golden fingers to do bad things.

Therefore, everyone was very sensitive to employees using the cheats  privately. Who knew if there would be a quick-traveler who was not clear-headed and used the treasure to destroy the small world.

If a quick traveler dared to use the golden finger on himself without permission, he would be severely punished once discovered.

This was the reason why Xiu Xiu tried so hard to stop Si Qi from using the golden finger to save people.

He would rather Si Qi leave that world decades earlier than violate the rules and be wanted by the quick travel bureau.

That would definitely attract thousands of employees to hunt them down.

Si Qi learned a lesson from that incident, so he came here specifically after the end of the last world.

Since he couldn’t use the golden fingers in the Lord God’s treasure house, he would make golden fingers for himself.

After bidding farewell to 007, who was dreaming of lazing around in his dorm for a few hundred years before going back to work, Si Qi returned to his home, which was more like a giant potted plant than a planet.

On such a large planet, there was only enough space to plant a huge world tree.

This world-class little tree was Si Qi’s home, and it was also where he had lived since he was a child.

Si Qi picked a few leaves from the tree and placed them in his palm. He then concentrated the world power in his body into them, trying to change the properties of the leaves.

He thought it would be a very strenuous task, but the compatibility between the two parties was unexpectedly good. Just like salt dissolving into water, Si Qi soon created his own “leaf token” based on the properties of the token.

With a thought, the leaf token entered his consciousness. From then on, no matter what world Si Qi went to, he could seal the things of that world into the leaves and “smuggle” them into other worlds for use.

Because this was a method that only the Lord God could use, Si Qi thought that he would try many times but might not succeed.

He succeeded in one try.

How could it be so simple?

Si Qi touched his head in confusion, thinking about it over and over again but couldn’t figure out the reason.

He couldn’t ask others about this violation of the rules, so Si Qi could only attribute it to his own natural talent, which was why he was able to do it.

Previously in the small world, Si Qi used the power of the world to experiment on a book. Because the material of the book was incompatible with the power of the world, Si Qi tried for a long time before he succeeded. The old man Chu Feng who was passing by took the book out of curiosity and read it for a long time. After returning the book to Si Qi, he smiled and said to him: “You can even do this, it’s really good.”

Si Qi smiled mysteriously at the time, realizing that Chu Feng was talking about how profound the contents of the book were. He thought that Chu Feng would never guess that he had transformed this book into the origin of the world.

If other employees heard this, they would definitely be shocked.

Si Qi transformed back into dragon form and flew back to the World Tree, which was larger than an entire asteroid. He curled up in its nest to rest.

In the little nest that was as comfortable and soft as a cloud, one could see many precious treasures that were inconsistent with his identity as a quick-traveler.

The Lord God loved his pet. He knew that Si Qi liked those expensive and shiny things, so he specially collected them from billions of worlds and gave them to him as toys.

He could still faintly smell some of the Lord God’s scent from the toy, and Si Qi slept soundly that night.

Positive internet celebrity (12): Escape

The scene fell into silence, and no one responded to them. The group of people were already familiar with this operation. Amid the extremely terrified screams of a mother, they forcibly pulled a crying little girl over, pointed the muzzle of a gun at the girl’s head, and threatened again: “I’ll give you ten seconds. If you don’t come out after ten seconds, I’ll kill her.”

“Ten, nine, eight—”

Si Qi pushed away Chu Feng who tried to stop him, stood up and said, “I’ll come out, you let her go!”

A lot of worried voices suddenly rang out in the crowd, and everyone looked at Si Qi anxiously, fearing that something bad might happen to him.

The terrorists were not surprised by this. They arranged this because they knew Si Qi’s international influence and what kind of person he was.

He was more famous, more credible, and easier to track down than those powerful guys, and he even had fewer people to protect his personal safety.

The most important thing was that the words that came out of his mouth had an immense and unimaginable power, which no matter how high-ranking or powerful they were, they could not achieve.

The terrorist left the girl behind, walked up to Si Qi, and said to him: “I need you to announce our existence to the world and publicly support our legitimacy! Show that we are a just existence!!”

“…” Si Qi looked at the man in front of him with an unpleasant expression. He watched helplessly as the other party handed him a multi-language manuscript and forced it into his hands.

Then he watched as a group of people quickly set up a live broadcast platform and openly broadcast everything on the ship to the international media.

Before long, the whole world was shocked.

Countless netizens flooded into the platform. International departments attempted to shut down the website through technical means, but were firmly stopped by netizens. They were worried about the safety of Si Qi and other tourists, and feared that the terrorists would kill Si Qi to vent their anger because their plan failed. They used this as a warning to people around the world not to disobey them, after all, they often did this.

The terrorists were very satisfied that they had achieved their goal of attracting global attention.

They believed that their organization would be able to use this incident to let the whole world know of their existence, even if the price was their own death.

Si Qi turned his head and looked at Chu Feng who was looking angry in the crowd, and sighed quietly.

Si Qi did not care about his life.

Although he was a little coquettish sometimes, if it was too hot or too cold, or his toes hit the cabinet, he would act coquettishly to the people around him, trying to get their sympathetic comfort.

But sometimes, he was unexpectedly tough and refused to yield to evil forces.

In the past, he could chop off the head of the Son of the World with a sword because he couldn’t stand the atrocities of the Son of the World. Now, he could just say no because he rejected the threat of terrorists in his heart!

Si Qi threw away the manuscript in his hand and said coldly: “I won’t say it.”

The terrorist’s face darkened, he pointed the gun at Si Qi’s head and shouted angrily.

Si Qi just looked at him coldly, his expression didn’t change at all.

He was not afraid of the other party’s threats, but he didn’t dare to face Chu Feng’s almost terrifying look behind him.

The audience in front of the screen was about to collapse, and the heart-wrenching screams of fans could be heard all over the world.

The man angrily hit Si Qi’s head with the muzzle of the gun, but Si Qi dodged nimbly by leaning sideways with a determined look and refused to cooperate.

Then a group of terrorists who were not afraid of death and were full of blood surrounded him, wanting to give Si Qi a good beating.

Seeing someone aiming a gun at his knees, trying to make him unable to move, Si Qi laughed and said, “You can try and see which is faster, you knock me down first, or I kill myself.”

The group of people were so furious at what Si Qi said that they wanted to rush up to him and let him experience what God’s mercy was. The leader shouted angrily in their ethnic language and stopped the group’s behavior.

The other party stared at Si Qi coldly for a few times, and said in a cold tone: “You can die, but at the same time I will let a whole ship of people be buried with you.”

Si Qi’s expression changed slightly.

There was also a terrorist who knew Chinese and repeated this sentence to everyone.

Soon someone in the crowd cried out in grief, and some began to beg Si Qi to listen to what the group said, saying that it was just a script and not to resist or involve them, as this was an unprovoked disaster for them.

Si Qi stood there stiffly, not moving.

The leader showed a smug look and threatened Si Qi: “Pick up the Lord’s will.”

Si Qi lowered his head to glance at the manuscript that he had crumpled up and thrown aside, revealing a strong sense of rejection.

Perhaps sensing Si Qi’s disgust and disdain, a hot-tempered terrorist raised the muzzle of his gun, pointed it at Si Qi’s shoulder, and shot directly!

The moment the gunshot rang out, Si Qi’s body subconsciously tensed up.

But before he could move, Chu Feng, who had been squatting behind Si Qi, suddenly rushed out and protected him under him.

Chu Feng’s body trembled slightly, but he didn’t say a word. Blood instantly dyed the cloth below his knees red, and the bullet directly penetrated his calf.

Si Qi subconsciously supported Chu Feng who was rushing towards him, and his face looked horrible and ugly as he looked at the right leg dragging on the ground.

He quickly asked Chu Feng to sit down, tore open his trouser legs, and tore his clothes into strips to bandage Chu Feng’s wound temporarily. Looking at the bloody hole from which blood was oozing out, his face turned ashen.

Chu Feng stared at Si Qi quietly, there was no fear in his eyes, only comfort.

He said, “Xiao Qi, don’t be afraid.”

It was a familiar face, familiar words. The man had spoken to him in a similar tone and then left.

Si Qi’s breathing suddenly stopped, and his eyes instantly became cold and vicious. After tying the wound tightly, he slowly stood up. Looking at the group of expressionless terrorists who had no feelings about death, he was extremely angry.

[Xiu Xiu, how many terrorists are on board? ]

Xiu Xiu hacked into the surveillance camera immediately after the incident and replied: [A total of twelve people, eight of whom are in the lobby, one is in the cab holding the crew, one is guarding the engine room, and two are blocking the door.]

Si Qi observed the doors on both sides of the hall and found that they were mechanically controlled doors. He asked him: [Can you force the door to be locked?]

[Yes!] Xiu Xiu promised loudly: [But after locking it, what should we do with all the robbers inside?]

Si Qi pursed his lips: [If I redeem the golden finger…]

Xiu Xiu quickly tried to stop him: [No, Master! No matter what the reason, if a Quick Traveler  privately uses the golden finger issued by the department to the Son of the World, he will be punished by the Lord God! ! ]

Si Qi: […………]

No matter what, Si Qi didn’t want to cause trouble for that being. He took a deep breath and said, “I understand. I’ll think of a solution.”

The current situation was that he could not refuse the other party’s threats, and he could not even sacrifice his own life to ensure everyone’s safety.

The other side was also not afraid of death, so even if their leader was controlled and threatened, he believed this group of guys would shoot the captured leader to death without hesitation, and firmly believe that this was a “glorious sacrifice” and “the mercy of the Lord.”

So… victory or defeat was just a matter of seconds.

Looking at the camera that was constantly shooting at his face, Si Qi’s conscience made him unable to give in to the crazy and inhumane group of people no matter what. He didn’t want people to see how weak human nature was under the threat of violence, even if it was just a temporary compromise. It would definitely bring an indelible shadow to many people’s hearts and set a particularly bad example.

The terrorists’ goal would be achieved.

Then he looked at the innocent tourists who were trembling and sobbing beside him, and Chu Feng who was sitting on the ground with serious injuries.

Si Qi took a deep breath, bent down, picked up the manuscript and spread it out.

Then, under the helpless, frustrated, or angry gazes of hundreds of millions of people outside, Si Qi slowly walked to the camera and said to the leader: “I need someone to teach me how to read this manuscript.”

The leader looked at Si Qi deeply with his deep, devilish eyes that were both rational and crazy, then waved his hand and pointed at one of his men, asking him to go over and help Si Qi.

The man walked over with a gun in hand, his expression serious, as if he considered himself a glorious warrior, his back straight, his face full of fearlessness and courage.

He stood in front of Si Qi, with full vigilance, and said to Si Qi: “I will speak, and you read.”

Si Qi glanced at him and slowly handed the manuscript over.

then……

The scene suddenly changed!!

The door slammed shut the moment Si Qi moved, attracting the attention of some people. Without saying a word, Si Qi punched the opponent in the abdomen, knocking him out of his strength in an instant. Then he snatched the gun from his hand, and just like he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, he pointed the gun at the leader, smashed the opponent’s gun barrel with one shot, and made him lose his ability to move with another shot.

Then, one shot after another, Si Qi pointed his gun at all the enemies with a cold face. Gunshots suddenly broke out in the hall, and everyone was frightened and screamed in extreme fear, lying on the ground crying.

Si Qi’s breathing was steady and his attention was extremely focused. Every shot he fired hit the weapons in the hands of the terrorists, destroying them directly and quickly eliminating their ability to move, preventing them from drawing their daggers to capture nearby hostages.

He fired more than forty bullets in one minute, and using a rifle with not very high accuracy, he eliminated all the enemies in an instant without missing a single bullet.

The gunfire finally stopped. Looking at those men all lying on the ground, no longer posing a threat, Si Qi slowly put down his gun with an extremely cold face.

He spoke to comfort everyone, telling them not to panic, and then shouted at everyone to hide under the tables and ensure their safety.

He went up the stairs alone, rushed to the robbers lying on the ground, and quickly strangled them with tablecloths and curtain tapes and tied them up, one after another, with quick and skillful movements.

Everyone hid under the table in panic, watching Si Qi do everything in an orderly manner. Apart from sobbing, no other sound could be heard in the hall.

After tying up the last robber and removing all their weapons, Si Qi strode to Chu Feng’s side and said to everyone, “Is there a doctor? Come and give me a hand!”

Someone quickly crawled out from under the table, took out the multi-functional medical kit that was stored together with the fire extinguisher in the corner of the hall, rushed to Chu Feng, and urgently treated his injuries.

Slowly, some people, still fearful, walked out from the table and came near Si Qi.

Si Qi took a deep breath and bowed his head heavily to everyone, “I’m sorry! I got you involved because of me! I will be responsible for your safety to the end!!”

After a moment of silence, the crowd began to sob in fear. Someone choked up and said, “I don’t blame you, 47. This is all their fault.”

“You are scared too…”

“This should be a responsibility shared by all of us, but we put all the pressure on you alone.”

As they were talking, many people collapsed on the ground in fear, covering their faces and crying uncontrollably.

Although some people were indeed dissatisfied, no matter what, Si Qi did everything he could for their safety and took on all the pressure that no one could blame.

Besides, this kind of thing should not be the victim’s fault.

Someone saw the camera, took out his mobile phone, and found the international live broadcast platform according to the URL that was now circulating everywhere on the Internet.

On the platform, all you could see were the concerns and worries about their safety from hundreds of millions of people around the world, and many people were cheering them on.

Others expressed their determination not to compromise with terrorists and not to show weakness to evil forces, and fully supported Si Qi’s approach.

Of course, more people were shocked and adored by the scene where Si Qi had just dealt with all the terrorists on his own.

Xiu Xiu reminded Si Qi that the two people at the door had already told the others that a gunfight had taken place inside and that things might have changed. They were now watching the live broadcast to see what was going on inside.

Si Qi pulled the tablecloth over the camera, unplugged the radio, and said to everyone, “I believe the outside world must have tried every means to rescue us, but before that, I must protect you.”

“What are you going to do?” someone asked anxiously.

Si Qi: “There must be more of them here. I need to get rid of them before they break down the door. And…”

Si Qi thought about it, but still didn’t say out his bad feeling. He just said, “Don’t worry! I promise with my life that I will protect you!”

Many people burst into tears after hearing Si Qi’s words. Some even grabbed Si Qi’s hand and stopped him from leaving, not wanting him to be in any more danger.

Si Qi: “Like I’ve always said, do as much as you can. I have to do something before things get worse.”

He gently but firmly pushed away the hands that were pressing on his arms, squatted beside Chu Feng, and said to him: “You have always been protecting me, now it’s my turn to protect you, wait for me to come back.”

Chu Feng only hated that his leg was injured. If it was somewhere else, he would have been able to protect the boy.

“Don’t go, Xiao Qi…”

“It’s most appropriate for me to go. They won’t kill me unless it’s absolutely necessary.” Si Qi held Chu Feng’s hand and said to him, “I will listen to any complaints you may have in the future. Now save your energy and don’t talk.”

He looked at the hundreds of tourists who were staring at him without blinking, and begged, “Please take good care of my brother, please!”

Many people nodded subconsciously and agreed solemnly.

Si Qi took out a usable magazine from the discarded guns on the ground, and took out a few cold weapons and put them on his waist, and said to Xiu Xiu: [What’s the situation outside? ]

Xiu Xiu said anxiously: [The terrorists destroyed the ship’s positioning equipment. The people outside can’t find the exact location of the ship for rescue for a while… The most important thing is the people guarding the electrical room. I heard them say that if the situation does not go according to the predetermined plan, they will destroy the ship and let everyone be buried with them!]

[Is this what they really want to do…?]

Si Qi’s face was tense. This was what he had not told everyone just now. It was a very common operation for that group of crazy people who were not afraid of death to drag a group of people to die with them if they failed to achieve their goal.

[Tell me the exact layout of this ship! ]

Xiu Xiu quickly told the location, and Si Qi made a rough plan in his mind.

He ordered everyone to retreat to both sides of the hall and hide in a position where they would not be affected by the enemies outside the door.

Then he asked Xiu Xiu to capture and report the specific situation of the two people outside the door through the camera, picked up the gun, stood at the door head-on, aimed his eyes at the aiming lens, and looked at the tightly closed door.

Xiu Xiu said in a deep voice: [Three, two, one! ]

The moment he finished speaking, the door suddenly opened. The terrorist standing facing the door was startled by the sudden movement and quickly picked up his gun and tried to fight back.

However, the next second, gunshots were heard. Si Qi’s first shot broke the man’s fingers holding the gun, and the second shot eliminated his ability to move.

Two tourists who had served in the military and had been hiding behind the door rushed out quickly. One of them held the man’s mouth to prevent him from making any warning sounds, while the other tied up the terrorist with a tablecloth torn into strips and threw him back among the other kidnappers.

Then the door closed again.

Many people looked at all this in amazement, not understanding why the door could cooperate so well.

But Si Qi did not explain. He gestured to the two retired soldiers, and this time his target was another door.

It was the same operation as before.

Without Xiu Xiu’s help and Si Qi’s terrifying fighting ability, it would have been difficult to accomplish all this so smoothly.

After dealing with the closest threat, Si Qi walked out of the hall alone and headed for the driver’s room.

Under the protection of everyone, Chu Feng listened with a complicated expression to Si Qi’s footsteps gradually running away. His clenched fists showed how unwilling he was at the moment.

Xiu Xiu reminded: [Master, they have planted bombs in the electrical room and other places, and the driver’s cab also has a way to remotely control the bombs. No matter which side you deal with, once the other side realizes that the situation is not good, they will immediately detonate the bomb! ]

Si Qi: [I know, so before they realize something is wrong, I need you to arrange a retreat]

Xiu Xiu was puzzled: [You mean? ]

[Lifeboat]

Xiu Xiu immediately understood: [Okay, Master! ]

There were no hostages in the engine room, so Si Qi was heading to the driver’s cab.

The robbers were unaware that the ship’s control system had been hijacked by Xiu Xiu. They only thought that the sudden closing of the door was caused by the ship’s staff. After realizing what was happening, they became very angry and injured two people.

This misunderstanding facilitated Si Qi’s next action. Xiu Xiu only needed to change the surveillance screen, and the person in the driver’s seat would not know what Si Qi was doing.

He followed Xiu Xiu’s instructions and found the driver’s cab in the shortest possible time. He locked onto the opponent’s specific location based on Xiu Xiu’s description, and after finding the right shooting angle, the door suddenly opened and Si Qi pulled the trigger.

There was a sudden sound of gunfire, and the opponent fell to the ground. Si Qi rushed in and suppressed the situation in an instant.

After the panic, the crew recognized Si Qi’s identity and couldn’t help crying of joy. Before Si Qi could comfort them, after he tied up the terrorists, a stream of angry curses rang out from the communication devices on their waists.

The next second, a roar filled with faith rang out, and a series of explosions accompanied by strong shaking suddenly erupted in the ship.

The faces of the crew members who were finally rescued turned pale as they realized what had happened inside the ship.

The last terrorist realized that their plan had failed, so he angrily detonated all the bombs, intending to die along with the tourists on the ship.

Si Qi commanded loudly: “The ship is going to sink! Some people go prepare the escape props! The rest of you come with me to the lobby and take everyone away on the lifeboat!!”

In a critical moment, people will always subconsciously follow the most prestigious person, let alone this group of well-trained crew members who had already received professional training. When they heard the voice, they immediately followed Si Qi’s instructions.

Si Qi and two of the crew members carried the kidnapper and two injured, unconscious crew members and quickly came to the hall.

The hall was in chaos the moment the explosion sounded, and the entire Internet was frantically urging the relevant departments to rescue people and why they hadn’t arrived yet.

Si Qi rushed into the hall and immediately stopped the panicked people with his voice, saying to them: “Everyone calm down! Listen to me! All the terrorists have been dealt with! The captain has been rescued, and we need your cooperation from now on!!”

His prestige was so exaggerated that the people who were originally frightened to the point of paralysis suddenly calmed down at this critical moment of life and death, and all looked at Si Qi. No one questioned or denied it.

Si Qi said very quickly: “There is complete escape equipment on board. Please follow the captain’s instructions, go to the deck, and leave on the lifeboat!! Don’t worry! As long as everyone cooperates, everyone can be rescued!!”

A group of people looked pale, tears welled up in their eyes, and they looked at the captain with hope.

The captain had never thought that at such a life-and-death moment, everyone would actually cooperate to such an extent just because of one person’s call. It was simply unbelievable!

He was very professional and quickly took over Si Qi’s words and began, “Please stay calm, don’t push, protect the elderly, children and the injured, follow me closely, I will take you out of here!”

After saying that, the captain walked to the front of the crowd first and quickly opened all the doors along the way.

Si Qi shouted from behind: “Don’t worry! Don’t push! I’m right behind you! Everyone will be fine!”

When everyone heard this, although they were so scared that they wanted to escape, they subconsciously suppressed their fear and hurriedly followed the main force and jogged forward.

Si Qi came to Chu Feng’s side. The doctors stood by his side professionally. Even at this time, they did not leave the patient without permission and chose to escape.

Si Qi expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart, and the doctors just shook their heads, indicating that this was what they should do.

Some people were worried that their family and friends outside would be frightened and have wild thoughts because of the explosion. After Si Qi said that all the terrorists had been subdued, someone lifted the tablecloth covering the camera, plugged in the sound equipment, and said to the audience who were closely following the situation, especially his family, “We are fine. 47 is about to take us away on the lifeboat. Don’t worry, nothing will happen…”

After saying this, it was unclear whether the man was comforting others or trying hard to comfort himself. After choking up, he hurriedly said, “Dad, Mom, I love you,” then wiped his tears and quickly left with the crowd.

Si Qi glanced at the camera twice, probably silently saying goodbye to all the friends and family who cared about him. Then he turned around and said to the doctors, “We’re leaving too!”

Everyone hurriedly picked up the makeshift stretcher and lifted up Chu Feng, whose body was gradually getting colder and who had almost fainted from losing too much blood, and then left in a hurry.

Xiu Xiu reminded Si Qi: [Master! Take the camera out with you!]

Si Qi wanted to refuse at first, thinking it was a waste of time, but then he suddenly remembered something and said quickly, “I almost forgot!”

After saying that, he rushed over, picked up the camera and ran outside.

Many viewers were stunned for a moment after seeing this. Some people breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, at least this way they could see what happened to everyone. Some viewers cursed: “It’s already this late, and you still want to be famous!”

Such people were of course a minority among the minority. Most people just watched it all quietly, feeling the tension and fear of everyone on the other side of the screen.

Si Qi quickly ran out of the ship and rushed to the deck. The first thing he said after putting down the camera was to shout to the captain: “Where is the sextometer!! Quickly confirm the location of the ship!! We can directly tell the outside where we are!!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s body trembled slightly, and then their eyes instantly burst into surprise! !

Yes, they had relied on modern GPS equipment for too long, and they almost forgot that they can still use the simplest and most primitive means to confirm the position of the ship at sea! !