Chapter 754: Chase

Ye Shuo didn't know how much chaos he had brought to Zhiyuan Academy inadvertently. At this time, he had already taken the royal approval documents to the largest archives in Yixiguo.

Push open the two heavy wooden doors, and the light scattered slanted. What appeared in front of you was a palace of time and space carrying the whole world of time.

The overall layout is grand and grand, with a magnificent ancient style. The symmetrical shape of the central axis sets off a steady and rigorous style of the great master. Under the background of calm colors, it seems to be the crown of ancient scholars. The transparency and speed of the glass curtain wall are perfectly combined with the calm building shape.

Rows of tall bookshelf are lined up one after another, full of magnificent and majestic feeling. The heights are different, and the arrangement is staggered and arranged like rolling mountains. The fine lights flow down from the wave-like ceiling, weaving endless scenery on the warm yellow bookshelf.

When I first looked, I felt that it was somewhat similar to the library of Zhiyuan College, but in comparison, it had a more historical heaviness. The two extended corridors were like opening a tunnel of time, showing people the ups and downs of thousands of years and the changes in the wind and clouds.

Ye Shuo stood in front of the door for a long time before taking steps and walking towards the depths of the corridor.

He has always lived in the inferiority of a "small country and poor people". Until today, he stood here, he deeply felt that no matter how small the western country of the universe is, it has its own unique history, culture, and today's peace, which has spanned thousands of years of blood and tears. In any case, this is his birthplace and his own root.

The bookshelf was marked according to the age. Ye Shuo did not hesitate much and walked straight towards the back row.

I heard from the magistrate Guo that the Lord of Jiuyou Palace rose two thousand years ago. Although there is no more detailed investigation direction yet, at least I will investigate the history of that era in detail to see if there are any strange stories. From the perspective of the prophet, even the information that was ignored at that time will become a clue for patchwork.

Two thousand years ago, there was no such perfect shooting and burning technology as today. There were no real photos of old objects, only simple drawings drawn by some court painters. The text was also particularly twisted. Ye Shuo could not understand it halfway, and he couldn't help but regret it, so why didn't he bring Nangong Fei with him?

In addition, for a madman who will dominate the world in the future, Ye Shuo believes that even if he is humble at first, he will never be a civilian in the city. Imagine that on the street in front of the Dingtian Mountains, even if he gives the meat uncles and the aunts selling watermelons the supreme magical powers, can they really dominate the world?

No, vision determines ability. In the past, if the other party was either a warlike king, a general who could fight well, or a minister with ulterior motives. He must have known a little about the way of using military force and had the opportunity to get in touch for many years. Therefore, Ye Shuo's investigation direction was placed on the powerful and famous people from the beginning. Including their lives, wives, concubines, children, and carefully looked up, without any omissions.

As he read it in a roll, Ye Shuo had spent most of his day in the bookshelf. He arrived here early in the morning. Now the sun is slanting, but the actual gain is still equal to zero.

Those complex records of the chronology are nothing more than the wars of various countries, the replacement of royal power, what reforms were carried out after the monarch took office, what new policies were implemented, and the contributions to the entire country, etc. These were also learned in the history class of Zhiyuan College.

Ye Shuo always slept in class at that time. He never thought that one day he would read historical materials so thoroughly. If his history teacher saw this, would he be moved to tears and praise "This boy finally got enlightened"?

In short... Ye Shuo sighed. In history, there were indeed a few senior officials with doubts about the cause of death, and there were also unofficial historical records in the appendix. At that time, only substitutes died, but looking at the portraits with curly beards and dull eyes, he really felt that... these people did not have the potential to become the number one hero.

After rubbing my eyes, I pulled out a book again because I read for a long time. Halfway through, Ye Shuo's movement suddenly stopped.

That was the appendix after a discussion article, titled: "The Pearl of Political Stories Left in the Sea - Commenting on Wei Zixi, the Chief Auxiliary Minister of the Cangping State in the Last Time."

Cangping Kingdom... Ye Shuo stared at these words. Yes, he didn't remember until now. After reviewing the information, there were very few records of Cangping Kingdom in all the information, just like there was never such a country in history.

If it is because this country is small and not worth mentioning... But even when narrating several hostile countries of Zi Chu State, even the small and small countries that were destroyed in one battle are mentioned occasionally. No matter how Cangping State said it, it destroyed the last Zi Chu State. But there is no record of this history?

Speaking of Zi Chu State, the last king, King Zhuo Yi, was described in historical materials as an extreme tyrant. He was cruel and unvirtuous, bloodthirsty and warlike, greedy for beauty, killing loyal ministers indiscriminately, and being foolish and incompetent... He can be called the first tyrant monarch in the ages!

In the memories presented to him by King Zhuo Yi, although he did fight by nature and invade a large number of surrounding countries, Ye Shuo felt that he was "blacked" in historical materials.

In any case, his political achievements were obvious. The territory of Zi Chu State in his generation had also been greatly expanded. In addition to being confused by Zhiling, King Zhuo Yi was really not lustful. Why was it tampered with so much in history? And even some articles that had nothing to do with Zi Chu State, when it comes to tyrant kings, they would inevitably use King Zhuo Yi as a negative textbook!

If you don’t know the historical facts, just look at this record, King Zhuo Yi is simply cruel and stupid, and everyone is snatching their teeth. However, such a narrative is inaccurate and it seems that he spares no effort to discredit a person. With Ye Shuo’s poor historical knowledge, it can be judged that it must be from the hands of his political opponents!

Strangely, this is not just an example of smearing the kings of the previous generations, but the unjust cases of other people need to be avoided even in the present. In the future, historians will always correct their reputation and give him a more fair evaluation. However, King Zhuo Yi has been criticized until now, unless his political enemy is still in power... And to say that the biggest political enemy of Zi Chu State is naturally Cangping State!

Ye Shuo's heart jumped and he quickly checked the appendix carefully. The article said that as the minister of the regent, Wei Zixi, although the time was short, his political achievements could not be ignored. He also listed in detail a series of new policies that he had advised and implemented.

The article also commented that his life was just like a flash in the pan and it was destroyed with the Cangping Kingdom. If he could survive, he would definitely become a hero of a generation.

If he could survive... Ye Shuo unconsciously tightened the book. Then who dares to say that he must have not survived?

Wei Zixi, Ye Shuo had seen him in the memories of King Zhuo Yi, but in the long-term war between Zi Chu and Cangping, he could only be regarded as a small supporting role at most, and he didn't care at that time. Now, his memories of him have also emerged one by one with this article...

While King Zhuo Yi was confused by Zhiling, the loyal right prime minister repeatedly made suggestions, asking the king not to harm the country because of his beauty. King Zhuo Yi ignored him, and eventually the right prime minister was disheartened and predicted that the Zi Chu State would die from King Zhuo Yi's hands. He could not bear to see him personally and committed suicide in public.

Wei Zixi, the son of the right prime minister, witnessed his father's death loyally and hated King Zhuo Yi to the core, and he turned to Cangping Kingdom in anger. After the defeat of Zi Chu State, the punishment for imprisonment for King Zhuo Yi for thousands of years was also proposed by him.

Later, because Zhiling broke the contract, the Spider Queen led her troops to fall into the Cangping Kingdom. The capital became a ruin and turned into a dark forest in the future... However, from the beginning to the end, he had never seen Wei Zixi die!

If the other party was really alive and gained the ultimate power in the future, with his hatred for King Zhuo Yi, it would be possible that he would have done such a distorted history... Wei Zixi, Wei Zixi... The face of the pale boy in his memory had already been blurred in Ye Shuo's mind. Could it be that he would really be the master of Jiuyou Palace today?

With this question in mind, Ye Shuo kept paying attention to clues about Cangping Country when he continued to read. However, as he expected, the existence of Cangping Country was indeed deliberately covered up. Apart from the appendix that I forgot to delete, even any written record about Cangping Country could not be found.

The former site of Cangping Kingdom is located in the Black Millet. If you want to investigate, you still have to go there... Ye Shuo was thinking, and his eyes suddenly fell on an article in his hand.

This article describes the evolution of porcelain culture in all dynasties, and there are obviously many abridges in it!

If you want to say it, it is like a person doing enough warm-up movements and trying hard to prepare for a hundred-meter sprint, but he reached the finish line in an instant. After reading it repeatedly, the strong sense of incongruity made Ye Shuo more and more affirm his judgment.

The author of this article is a historian. According to his style, every time a piece of porcelain is written and the evolution of porcelain will expand a period of contemporary history and related interesting customs. Could it be... that deleted article accidentally touched the old story of Cangping Country?

Even such an indisputable article had to be deleted. In that era, it was really unspeakable... Ye Shuo sighed, raised his jade slip, and shot the article in a large area.

At present, this should be the only clue. Looking at the author's information in the appendix later, the other party should still be alive now, so there must be unabridged manuscripts in his hand!

...

After leaving the archives, Ye Shuo followed the address and found a quiet thatched hut in front of him.

The historian whose surname is Qiu, others call him Professor Qiu. Fortunately, Professor Qiu was quite famous in the academic world. After stopping writing, he would occasionally teach in a private school. However, he only held a famous position. When he was in a good mood, he would say a few words. When he was free, he would send love to mountains and rivers and enjoy fishing and playing flowers.

Ye Shuo found the private school and spent all his time. Finally, he found out where he lived. He didn't even have time to eat, so he rushed over.

After knocking on the door, the worn-out door panel was quickly pulled open, and a middle-aged man with a beard frowned and glared at him: "Are you?"

According to Professor Qiu's age, this person is probably his son. Ye Shuo quickly followed the words he had thought about in the morning and replied: "Ah... I am a reader of Professor Qiu. I like the articles he wrote very much. Every word is really good! I don't know where he is now, can I talk to him?"

The middle-aged man frowned even more: "My father has gone fishing. Why don't you come again another day?" Seeing his appearance, his hair was messy, his eyes were half-closed, and he looked like he was not awake. It was obviously complaining that Ye Shuo had disturbed his good dream.

Ye Shuo smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, I can wait for him here!" Seeing that the other party was impatient, he suddenly changed his mind, took out the jade slip, and pulled out the photos he had taken in a few seconds, "That, by the way, I like this article very much, but I feel that the content has been deleted a lot. Can you show me the original manuscript?" As he said that, he raised his voice exaggeratedly: "I can't wait to read it!"

In his opinion, if he asked Professor Qiu for a blunt consultation, the other party knew this history well, and might have some concerns and deliberately avoided it. The middle-aged man in front of him was impatient with this matter and might take advantage of this loophole, such as asking him to throw his father's manuscript to himself and then not disturb each other.

The middle-aged man was a little surprised by his exaggerated performance, and his tone improved a little. "After that, it's hard for you to be young, you actually like the old antique texts he wrote. But you came here unfortunately. My father has been writing for many years. Now the manuscripts of the past are burned as firewood."

Ye Shuo was shocked: "Why?"

The middle-aged man pulled the corner of his mouth lightly, lowered his head and looked at him carefully: "I said you are really a reader of my father?"

Ye Shuo was startled and quickly raised his neck: "As...of course! What?"

The middle-aged man sighed: "If I had read a few articles from my father, I should know that there were too many things he could not touch in the era he was studying. 'If I lifted up a pen and wrote a few words, I had to worry about being guilty for my words, so it would be better not to write it'. That's what he said."

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In this way, Ye Shuo left Professor Qiu's forest hut with a question that had not yet been solved but was already vaguely clear.

Sometimes, the more deliberately it covers it up, the more flaws it will appear. At least now he can be sure that the core country of "that era" was Cangping. In some aspects, this large-scale erasure was indeed successful.

If he had not seen relevant historical facts in King Zhuo Yi's memory, he would not have known the existence of Cangping Kingdom, including its historical status and its old grievances with Zi Chu Kingdom. Then even if he saw the article reviewing Wei Zixi today, he would not have thought deeply.

If he hadn't met King Zhuo Yi before, he wouldn't have noticed the disconnection of words in the historical materials. Perhaps in his mind at that time, this would be just a despicable fool.

All the fragments form the current chain of clues. As for the true identity of the Lord of Jiuyou Palace, it is gradually emerging...

Next, go to the Black Jungle to check it out...!
Chapter completed!